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REGULATIONS CONCERNING DISr1
TILLED SPIRITS.
Tbe commissioner of Internal Revenue has
issued a pamphlet containing regulations con
cerning the manufacture, inspection, and sale of
distilled spirits, from which the following ex
tracts are taken : ...
"By tbe act of July 13, J8GG, (section 32,)
there is laid on all distilled "spirits upon which
no ta has been paid, a taz of two dollars on
every proof gallon. This tax is to be a lien on
the spirits distilled, on the distillery used for
distilling the eaae, with the stills, vessels, fix
tures, and tools therein, and on the interest of
the distiller in the land on which the distillery
is situated, from tbe time the spirits are distilled
.until tho tax is paid. Tho tax i9 to be collected
upon the wine gallon when the spirits are below
proof, and upon tbe proof gallon when they are
of greater strength than proof. The making or
keeping, by any person, of grain, mash, wash,
or beer, prepared or fit for distillation, together
with the possession by such person of a still or
.other apparatus capable of use for distillation
upon the tame premises, ie to be deemed pre
sumptive evidence that such person is a dis
tiller." The business of distilling is forbidden in any
.building where any other business is carried on,
.and if steam from a boiler in a distillery is con
veyed to other premises to be used for other pur
poses, revenue officers are required to use the
utmost vigilance to prevent this privilege being
made a facility for the perpetration of fraud
4upon the revenue. Rectifying or redistillation
of distilled spirits in any distillery is forbidden.
Locls and seals to be used in connection nilh.
receiving cisterns are to be procured at the ex
pense of distillers from the collectors. Every
distiller is required to erect two or more receiv
ing cisterns in a room or building used for that
purpose. Dkch cistern must bo of sufficient
.capacity to hold all spirits during the day of
twenty-four hours, and must be constructed so
.as to permit tbe inspector to pass around them:
and the pipes, &,c, connected with the outlets
of the stills, boilers or other vessels must be so
constructed as to be always open to the view of
the inspector.
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The Herald on the South and the Constitu
tional Amendment. The New York Herald, in
the course of a poudirous leader, giving the
President a great deal of gratuitous advice, and
discussing the Constitutional amendment and its
effects, and prognosticating its adoption, savs :
."This amendment is goinj; through. There is
no other settlement for the South. The Gov
ernors of the Southern States ought, therefore,
to call their Legislatures together at once and
ratify this amendment, so that with tho meeting
of Congress in December they may bo all re
stored to both Houses. In this way they can
at once secure the balance of power in Congress
and put au end to auy further attempt cf the
lladicals to apply new restrictions of State res
oration. The Southern States, too, rill thus
be put in a position to take their grouud and
shape their course to some purpose in view of
the Presidential election. What has been done
in the case of Tennessee amounts to the adop
tion of a rule of admission. The way is plain,
the door is open, and in this simple act of rati
fication the South will be restored to its balance
of power. It is the ultimatum of the victorious
North, and tbo South will lose much and gain
nothing by delay in its adoption.
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THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
For the information of our readers, we re-publish
the proposed Constitutional Amendment as
adopted by the late Congress. Before it can be
come a part of the Constitution of the United
States it must be adopted by tha Legislatures of
three-tourths of the States.
Joint Resolution proposing An Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States.
iicsolved by the Senate aud House of Repre
sentatives of the United States r.f Amprif ?n
Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses
concurring That the followino- :irtioln l.f nr,
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posed to the Legislatures of the several States, r.s
an amendment to the Constitution of tho. iTi.ito.l
States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of
said legislatures, snail be valid as part of the
Constitution, namely :
auticle 11.
Soction 1. All persons born or naturalized in
iiie unueu ciaies, ana subject to tlie jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and of
the State wherein they reside. No State .shall
make or enforce any law which, shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property without due process of
law, nor deny to any person within Us jurisdic
tion the equal protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States according to their re
spective numbers, counting the whole number of
persons in each State, eiiluding Indians not
ttxed. But when the light to vote at any elec
tion for the choice of electors for President and
Vice-President of the United States, representa
tives in Congress, the executive and iiulu?il offi
cers of a State, or the members of the Legislature
thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants
vi tucu oiaie, oeing iwentvone years of ae and
tiLi.mia yi me jjuiteu otates, or in any way
MiwKigeu, vxwyi lor participation in rebellion or
pther crime, the basis of representation therein
shall bo reduced in the proportion which the
uuuimri aucu male ciuzetis shall bear to In
wnoio number ot male citizens twenty-one years
Sec, 3. No person shall be a Senator or Repre
sentative m Congress, or elector cf President and
V ice-Preident, or hold any office, civil or milita
ry, under the United States, or under anv State,
who, having previously taken an oath, as a mem
ber of Congress, or as an officer of the United
States, or aa a member of any State Legislature
or as an executive or judicial officer of any Stat?!
to support the Constitution of the United States,
sbalj have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same, or given aid cr comfort to the
enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of
two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
tt t val5dity of Ik public debt of the
United States, authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties
for services in suppressing insurrection or rebel
lion, shall not be questioned. But neither the
United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur
rection or rebellion against the United States, or
any claim for the k or emancipation of anv
s ave; but all such debt,, obligations, and claims
shall be held illegal and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to en
force, by appropriate legislation, the provisions
of this article.
ARREST OF A CONFEDERATE OF
FICER AT THE NORTH-. -
The arrest, in New York last weei, of .Captain
John C Braice, formerly of -the Confederate
Navy, on the charge of murder, and that iie had
papers on his person showing thatJie belonged
to a recent organization in New Orleans, hss
been announced by telegraph. Captain Braine,
it will be recollected, on the 5th of December,
1803, seized the United States passenger steamer
Chesapeake, while she was on her passage from
New York to Portland, Maine. He was ar
rested at the Wall House, Brooklyn, on Satur
day, on a requisition from Washington, by the
United States Marshal, at the instance of one
James Johnson, first engineer of the Chesapeake,
who was on board when Orin'SbaSer, the se
cond engineer, was killed by one of the Confed
erates engaged in tbe capture. Captain Braine
is charged in tbe warrant with the murder of
Shaffer. Johnson, when Captain Braine was
arrested, was very insolent in his language to
wards him, and taunted him bitterly. The re
porter of the New York News visited Captain
Braine at the police station, and gives the fol
lowing account of the interview :
Passing from the prison yard fo the corridor
in front of the grated cells, th reporter found
in one of them a tall, handsome, manifestly in
telligent man, apparently about thirty years of
age, with high forehead, large, dark blue eyes,
aquiline nose, and well formed mouth and chin,
the general expression of his countenance being
pleasant rather than otherwise. He was fault
lessly attired in dark garments, and had the air
and ease, even under the circumstances, of a
well-bred gentleman. The door-keeper intimated
that the individual was Captain Braine. Our
reporter then approached the grating and made
known the object of his visit. Though many
persons outside spoke very roughly of tho pris
oner, our reporter, adopting the good old Eng
lish law maxim, that every man is innocent until
he is proved to be guilty, was resolved to treat
the accused with respect, and he did so. Capt.
Braine, on being asked if he had any objection
to make a brief statement of his complicity in
the affair which resulted in the death of Shaffer,
very readily replied that he had not, and there
upon gave, in reply to interrogatories, a brief
account of the Chesapeake capture, the substance
of rhich is as follows :
In December, 18G3, Braine came fo Williams-
burgh, but did not tarry long ; for about a week
before the capture of the Chesapeake, he sailed
on board that vessel with his wife for Portland;
he had at this time a commission as Lieutenant
in the. Confederate States Navy; while on this
trip he conceived the design of capturing the
vessel. He next went to St. John's, New Bruns
wick, where his command were awaiting his ar
rival. Ihey were mostly Englishmen; there
were a few Irishmen, in his own words, "as good
fighting men as a man wants , he then came
through Boston, via New London, to New York,
under orders from the Confederate States Navy
Department, with his men. Arriving at 4
o'clock in the afternoon, be went with them the
some day on board the Chesapeake at Pier No.
14 North river. He says that the assertion
which has frequently bceu made that he enlisted
men from New York and Brooklyn is utterly
untrue. On tho same day that they went on
board they sailed. At about two o'clock next
morning Braine and his confederates captured
the vessel on Cape Cod. His men had all been
instructed in their roles. Guards were placed
at various points.
Their instructions were not to shoot any but
such as refused to surrender. The second en
gineer, Orin Shaffer, it appears, when called upon
to surrender, was below, oiling the machinery.
On hearing the demand he responded by firing
upon Braine's second Lieutenant. Three shots
were then discharged at him, and he was in
stantly killed. Some of the officers, according
to Braine's account, showed less intrepidity.
One officer, he says, hid behind an ice-box in
the galley. The first engineer was wounded in
the chin ; the first officer in the leg and arm.
Braine says that he saved the Captain's life, but
handcuffed him. The firemen were put in irons.
The vessel, now in possession of Braine, steamed
under orders to Sea Cove, Grand Manan Island,
a British island off Eastport, Maine. Here ho
remained three or four hours, and then steamed
up the Bay of Fundy. Braine put the passen
gers on board a pilot boat off Pugwash, on the
coast of Nova Scotia, came to anchor, and had a
communication with the agent of the Confeder
ate States of America; weighed anchor, and
steered for Sherbrook, St. Mary'p, Halifax, and
was by noon next day off Yarmouth Light. Ou
the following day, the vessel having been caught
in a storm off Cape Sable, put into Shelburn
harbor, short of coal ; cleared for La Have,
Nova Scoti ; ky there a week, and made ar
rangements for coaling at Sandborough harbor,
near Halifax ; sailed alongside the United States
frigate Niagara next morning. As the rest of
his connection with the Chesapeake is already
well known, it is unnecessary to repeat it here.
At the termination of the war, Braine was in
command of the C. S A. schooner St. Mary's
Hearing that the war had terminated, he burned
her eft Jamaica Island. He then went to Eu
rope, and arriving in Liverpool laet July, paid
off his men and returned to the United States,
believing himself safe under the amnesty pro
clamation. He took up his residenoe in Savan
nah; and according to his own statement, he has
been on intimate terms with some of our Gov
ernment officials. r
He next went to Washington, and previously
to starting for Williamsburgh tarried there ten
days. He had been, when arrested in Williams
burgh, boarding at the Wall House about six
weeks. He vas visited by several of his friends
and acquaintances yesterday. He is cheerful,
and believes as he held a commission from the
C. S. A., which with the United Statea were
recognized beligerenfs, amenable to the laws of
war, the killing of Shaffer cannot be regarded
as a murder. He says that he- never himself
discharged a shot on board the vessel. In re
ply to inquiries as to his place of birth, the Cap
tain said that he was born at Holly Springs, i:i
the State of Mississippi. '
His trial ha3 been postponed till the Sth of Octo
ber next.
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Wm. B. Stokes, op Tenn. From a relia
ble source we learn that Wm. B. Stokes, M. 0.
from Tennessee, in a late speech in Jonesboro'
Tenn., said that he had lately met Z. Ii Van
" usuiugiuu vuj, wno aamutcu m a conver
sation with him, that he (Vance) had acted the
part oi a very bad man o the late war so much
so that he could scarcely pick up courae to en
ter a decent man s house. Lverv one whn l-nn-a
Gov. V. will know at once that this sbinmAnt
is a roarhack of the hugest dimensions. This
is the same Stokes who was in Nashville with
ins cavalry when lorrest approached the city.
The General sent the following message tn th
authorities: "Remove the women and children
and Stokes' Cavalry, or I will fire on tha tnwn "
Afhcville Xeirs. -
GEN. LEE'S APPLICATION FOR
' PARDON. V;
- The following highly interesting ajid import
ant letter from General Grant to General R. E.
Lee is published in the National Intelligencer of
last week : . ; "
Headquarters Armies United States, )
Washington, D. C, June 20, 1865. j
General R. E. Lee, Ricftmond, Virginia:
General: Your communication of date the 13th
instant, stating -dm steps you had ta-ken after
reading the President's proclamation of the 29th
ultimoTwith the view of complying with its pro
visions, when you learned that, with others, you
were to be indicted for treason by the grand juy
at Norfolk; that you had supposed that the offi
cers and men of the army of Northern Virginia
were, by the terms of their turreuder, protected
by the United States Government from molesta
tion so long as they conformed to its conditions;
that you weie ready to meet any charges that
miffht be preferred against you and did not wish
to avoid trial, but that if you were correct as to
the protection granted by your parole, and were
not to be prosecuted, you desired to avail your
self of the President's amnesty and proclatcation,
and enclosing an application theivfor, with the
request that in that eveut it be acted on, has been
received and forwarded to the Secretary, of War,
with the followiug opinion endorsed thereon:
"In my opinion, the officers and men paroled
at Appomattox Courthouse, and since, upon the
same terms given to Lee, cannot be tried for
treason so long as they observe the terms of
their parole. This is my understanding. Good
faith, as well as true policy, dictates that we
should observe the condition of that convention.
Bad faith on the part of the Government, or a
construction of that convention subjecting the
officers to trial for treason, would produce a feel
ing of insecurity in the minds of all the officers
and men. If so disposed, they might even, re
gard such an infiaction of terras by the Govern
ment as an entire release. from all obligations on
their part. I will state further that the terms
granted by me met with the hearty approval of
the President at the tijie, and of the country
generally. The action of Judge Underwood in
Norfolk has already had an injurious effect, and
I would ask that he be ordered to quash all in
dictments found against paroled prisoners of
war, aud to desist from the further prosecution
of them. U. S. Grant, Lieut. Geo."
This opinion, I am informed, is substantially
the same a3 that entertained by tbe Government.
I have forwarded your application for amnesty
and pardon to the President, with the following
endorsement thereon :
"Respectfully forwarded through the Secre
tary of War to the President, with the earnest
recommendation that this application of General
R. E. Lee for amnesty and pardon may be
granted him. The oath of allegiance required
by recent order of the President does not ac
company this, for the reason, I am informed by
General Ord, the order requiring it had not
reached Richmond wheu this was forwarded."
Very respectfully, U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
THE DANGER.
Does any one recollect an instance furnished
in human experience of the preservation of a
republican form of government after the con
summation of such a revolution as that which
the Radicals are inaugurating? All free nations
have lost their liberties just as we are doing,
through the machinations of bad men and the
corruf tions flowing from the misappropriation
of the public treasure. When c:r revenues
were small and expenditures limited, the strug
gle for the possession of power was not of such
a character as to shake the foundations of the
government aud to break the peace of the coun
try. But now we have an income which nei
ther Greece "nor Rome, in all the plenitude of
power and the magnitude of empire, ever col
lected frum their tributaries. And when "bar
baric gold" bad driven virtue and honor from
! tucir councils; when their siumle republics fell
before the sapping vices of conquest and wealth,
their governments were as bard to "reconstruct"
as ours. They, too, had men like Andrew
Johnson wise and patriotic who essayed to
check the downfall of truth and virtue. But
they battled in vain. The virtuc3 of Cato, the
wisdom of Socrates, the valor of Scipio and the
eloquence cf Demosthenes and Cicero were vain
to stop the flood whicj), when once it sets in,
sweeps uutil the last landmark of freedom dis
appears. It is not hard to loose liberty; but,
when gone, who can recall it? There is no
resurrection for the lost institutions of a free
people; and if the masses of the North shall
follow in the lead of New England and the
Radical false prophets they will desert the plat
form on which their forefathers stood, even as
the Hebrews of old abandoned their God, and,
like them, "they will wander, perhaps, forty
years in a wilderness of anarchy, blood and suf
fering, smitten by the wrath of Heaven for their
wickedness uud idolatry.
If, through the madness and folly of faction,
the liberties of the American peo'ole are lost,
history furnishes no example to guide us in re
trieving them. Tho lamp of antiquity sheds no
light over paths which return from the sepul
chres of dead republics. When thov fall thev
fall never to rise again, and an iron despotism
roiis to tne door oi their tomb a stono which can
never be displaced. New nations may arise,
new republics be formed from new peoples and
materials, but when once the fires of liberty go
out they can never be rekindled upon the same
altars. This admonition should not be disre
garded by those whose dearest rights are in jeo
pardy. The voices which come up to U3 from
the depths of the past should uot be unheeded
when we contemplate that revolution which
threatens with destruction the very pillars of
our temple, and with the strength and frenzy
of blind Samson would crush us beneath its
ruins. Richmond Times.
Currituck County, N. C. This county
derived its name from the tribe of Indiaus who
once owned the country. The broad Atlantic
lies on its eastern side, the Albemarle Sound on
its southern, and the Virginia line bounds its
northern portion. Its products are corn, wheat,
oafs, salt, fish, wool, potatoes, &c The Island
of Roanoke is within its limits, ou which, nn ttA
13th of July, 1584, the Captains of the Sir.
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m aiicr xtaieigu expeuuiou lauucu, lading poss
ession in the name of the Queen's most Excel
lent Majesty. Here they found the famous
senppernong grape in all its wild luxurance, and
where, it is asserted the original vine still sur
vives, lxoanoke Island then is justly entitled
to the distinction of being the spot where the
Anglo-Saxon first landed on this continent.
The county, our historian remarks, has always
been distinguished for thp independence of its
inhabitants. Samuel . Ferebee was the last sur
vivor of the members of the State Convention
at Fayetteville, in 1789, which ratified the Con
stitutioo of the United States." '
NEWS ITEMS. ; - .
7 S Gej. L. 11. Rossau," of Kentucky, who
caned Griohell and then -resigned his seat in
Congress, has been re-elected without .opposi
tion. - - - -' '': ': ' , ;' ,
Dispatches from New Orleans on Moo
day state that the cholera continues to rage
among the negroes on the JLouUiana planta
tions. .
Nev Jersey Legislature. Alexander
G. Cattell has been elected United States Sena
tor, receiving tbe votes of all tbe Republicans
in each Ho.use, the Democrats refusing to vote.
Tbey presented a protest declaring the new law
for the election of United States Senator uncon
stitutional, aud also declared there was no va
cancy." They also condemn the United States
Senate in severe terms for depriving Mr Stock
ton ci bis vote while being permitted to retain
his seat. ..
Net York, Sept. 18. The great public
demonstration last evening in Union Square, in
support of the President's policy, was attended
by nearly one hundred thousand persons Gen.
Dix, R. H. Pruyne, Mayor Hoffman, Senator
McDougal and, others spoke.
JEy The President and his friends are show
ing no signs of intimidation. His own speeches
are as bold and as confident as ever. The New
York Herald's defection is the chief adverse
sign, but people are suspecting that, after all, it
is only a matter of money, rsome fifty or a hun
dred thousand dollars out of the pocket of the
Radicals, and into the pocket of James G. The
Republican gain in Maine, which was the sign
under which Bennett surrendered, turns out to
be less than the Republican loss in Vermont,
not to speak of the indications favorable to the
Administration in various local elections.
J5.The Net7 York Express asks tbe Radi
cals with what grace or consistency they can
complain of the alleged impossibility of free
speech anywhere in the so-called "unreconstruc
ted States," when the President of the United
States is actually mobbed and denied a hearing,
as at Indianapolis and in other such localities.
HOT The first victory of the political contest
for the whole Union has been gained in Illinois.
An election for municipal officers in the city of
Alton heretofore a stronghold of radicalism
took place on Tuesday last. Political lines
were elenrly drawn, the friends of the govern
ment policy of reunion arraying themselves on
one side and tbe radical advocates of disunion
on tbe other. The disuniouists were complete
ly defeated.
A company of English capitalists, with a cap
ital of 2,000,000, are about to start an enor
mous cotton factory establishment for supply
ing European trade at Charleston, S. C. They
design this to eclipse all others throughout the
entire sea coast. They are backed by the weal
thiest firms in England and France.
. Among the passengers who arrived at New
York, on Wednesday, from Europe by the
steamer Pulton, is the Hon. W. Napier, brother
of Lord Napier, late British Minister to the
United States. He intends to settle permanent
ly in the United States as a farmer.
The Baltimore fair for the relief of Southern
orphans has been a perfect success.
Henry C. Lay, Missionary Bishop of Arkan
sas, has recovered the communion service stolen
from the Church at Van Burcn during the war.
It was discovered in possession of a discharged
soldier in western New Yoik, and he gave it up
tor the price of old silver 108.
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THE SOLDIERS' CONVENTION.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 19. The great
Convention adjourned last night. Gen. Gordon
Granger was President. Resolutions were
adopted by acclamation, endorsing the Philadel
phia Convention of " Aug. 14th, and declaring
that the object of the soldiers, in taking up
arms to suppress the rebellion, was to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
and i.o preserve the Union with all its dignity
and equality, and the rights of the several States
unimpaired, and not in any spirit of oppression
or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation.
They further declare that whenever there shall
be any armed resistance to the lawfully consti
tuted authorities of our National Union, either
in the North or. South, East or West, they will
take up arms to maintain that Union.
Major General Wocl was the temporary chair
man cf the Convention and made a speech. In
the course of his remarks he said the sooner
Congress admitted the Southern Representatives
the sooaer will be allayed the apprehensions of
the people of dangers which menace the coun
try and the perpetuity of the Union. He said
that the purpose of the Radicals were to plunge
the country again into civil war, if negro suf
frage was not conceded by the South, and to
leave the country a howling wilderness for the
want of more victims to gratify their spirit of
revenge. The war, he said, would not be con
fined to the South, but would extend over the
North, and only close with the overthrow of tlie
Government. He said that President Johnstin
was a patriot, and that the brave are always
merciful and generous. With the President he,
too, said, "We have had war enough. Let us
have peace." These sentiments met with par
ticular enthusiasm.
The Convention was largely attended, be
tween 3,000 and 4,000 delegates being present.
A dispatch from Memphis, signed by Gen.
Forrest and other Confederate officers, was read,
expressing their sympathy with tbe purposes of
the Convention, declaring that the Confederate
soldiers are entirely, willing to leave the deter
mination of their rights, as citizens of the States
and of the United States, to the soldiers of the
Union, and pledging, on their part, security of
life, person and property, and freedom of Speech
and opinion to all. A suitable answer was re
turned, j
Horrid Death One of the convicts of the
Western (Pa.) Penitentiary, named Holmes, on
Thursday morning indulged in the most blas
phemous language, cursing everybody, cursing
Christ, cursing God, and pronouncing God
the author of ail sin, and ridiculing the Bible.
While uttering his blasphemy he was suddenly
struck down with apoplexy ' and remained un
conscious until he died at 12 o'clock, noon, on
Friday. -
A Valuable Tract off Land
VOll SALE.
The subscriber offers for Sale a valuable Tract of
Lfnd, ljing on the waters of Mallard Creek, about
8 miles from Charlotte, containing 324 acres, a pood
Dwelling and Ril necessary outbuildings. On tbe
premUes is a good Gold Mio9. .Persons wishing to
purchase Land would do well to call and examine
thU property. , WM. AicGlNNIS, Sr.
Aug. 37, I860. , fa j-
3"" The above Land will be sold at Auction
on the premises on Thursday, Sept. 27th."
GREAT FIRE IN NEWBERN, N..C.
Prom the Newbern Commercial, Sept. 17th.' .
Our .citizens werr aroused From their slum
he rs Sunday morning at quarter past one o'clock
by a general alarm of fire, whteh burst out from
the -rear of the furniture store of O A Nelson &
Co., on middle street, between Broad and Pol
lok, immediately enveloping that building in
flames. " Mr Nelson and his family, who lived
in the second story of the dwelling, jumped
from the windows intoibe street, to save their
lives, two'of the ladies being considerably injured
. Before the firemen could reach the scene, the
buildings on both sides of Middle street, pre
sented, a furious sheet of fire. Almost the en
tire population of the eity hurried to the spot,
and in an incredible short space of time, all of
Middle street between Broad and Pollok streets,
was in an uncontfollable blaze, sweeping down
to Pollok street, up Pollok to Hancock, to the
residence of Wm G Hall, Esq- Four buildings
L were blown up including Mr Hall's. The build
ing on the corner of Pollok and Middle streets,
owned by Dr. Disosway, and occupied by Max
Asher, as a Dry Goods Store, was blown up in
the hope of checking the fire, and prevent its
extending up Pollok street. The flames con
sumed tho store of Sarah Oxley, a colored wo
man, who was burned out on the same locality
two years ago. The intervening space between
her property and the store of Ilobbins & Co ,
prevented the fire from spreading any further
on that street. With the exception of the stores
of Robbins & Co., McLacklan fc Co., C HcJ
brook and R Berry, on Broad street, the entire
block between Broad and pollok, Middle and
Hancock streets is a field of ashes.
Dispite the fiendish outrage of the miscreant,
or miscreants, who cut in three places the hose
of Steam Fire Engine, No. 1, which led from
pollok to the Middle street Market Dock, the
cxhaustless efforts of our truly heroic, firemen,
who worked amid tbe crumbling tenements, like
salamanders, alone-saved the square on the south
side of Pollok street between Middle and Han
cock. Had not the conflagration been arrested
at that point, nothing could have saved the en
tire portion of the lower part of the city, from
being swept out to the river's edge. Had tbe
fire been permitted to cross the lower part of
Middle street, jt would have crept across to
Craven, extending down that square to South
Front destroying everything.
Four squares of the business centre, the very
heart of our beautiful .city, are a broad expanse
of smoking ruins.
That this devilish deed was the work of an
incendiary or incendiaries, admits of no ques
tion. At the request of the City Council, II is
Honor Mayor Washington has offered a reward
of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of such
party or parties. The Church yard of Christ
Church, (Episcopal,) was blocked up at day
light by the houseless and homeless, and rescued
property.
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A A A A
South Carolina Further legislation on
the negro code has been postponed by the State
Legislature of South Carolina till the regular
session. Kesolutions were introduced and refer
red to the committee on federal relations, re
questing tbe President to inform military offi
cials that the war is ended - in South Carolina;
also requesting the discontinuance of the pro
vost courts, and the restriction of 4he jurisdic
tion of the military courts within the limit pre
scribed by the articles of war.
Department of Agriculture The Com
missioner of Agriculture at Washington desires
it to be stated that no more applications for
specimens of the white Mediterranean wheat
grown in the experimental gardens of the de
partment can be favorably- responded to, .the
supply having already been exhausted.
Daddy's for Him. The papers relate with
great show of importance, that while on his late
tour Col. Grant, father of Gen. Grant, paid his
respects to the President and informed him that
he supported his policy. If the son is reticent,
daddy's for the administration.
IVOTJCE.
On Th-.rsday, the 11th day of October, I will
sell at Auction, at the late residence of Dr. J. F
Gilmer, dee'd, in Cabarrus county, a quantity of
Corn ; 250 bushels of fine Seed Wheat, two varieties;
the thorough-bred Stallion "Shooting Star;" seven
Mules, one Yoke of Oxen, two Milch Cows, seven
Calves, two Road Wagons, Gearing, Farming Imple
ments of all kinds, Roughness, Loom, &c.
THOS. II. ROBINSON, Adm'f.
Sept 17, 1866 . 3t
PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
niMSJOND & Mclaughlin,
In the Bryce Building, on Trade Street,
Are constantly receiving and keep on hand for sale
a general assortment of .
Grocorica,
such as Salt, Iron. Leather, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses,
Sheeting, Bale Yarn, Liquors of all kinds, &c , Sic,
which they will sell at moderate prices for Cash or
exchange for country Produce of every description.
H. B. HAMMOND,
Sept 17, 1866. J. McLAUGHLIN.
HEAD THIS FOR YOURSELF.
We are receiving our FALL and WINTER
GOODS, and we ask the public to call and see oar
Stock of
DRY GOODS.
consisting of Detains, Fallords, Poplins, black and
colored Silks, Print3, bleached and brown Domestic
Drills, Cotton Flannel, Bird Eye Draper, Table Lin
nefl3, and in fact everything that the public need.
GESTS' GOODS.
Fine Cloths, Cassimeres, black and colored Ker
seys, Jeans, Shirtings, Shirt Fronts, Collars, &c.
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
of the best style and fashions well made.
II A T S .
Ladies' Hats, in the latest syle, Park IIat3, Sea
Side, Sailors, and every style of the season.
HARDWARE.
Locks, Hinges, Screws, Chisstls, Hammers, Plains
and Bit3, Brace and Bits, Boring Machines with
Bits, Anvils, Vises, Bellow3, and in fact everything
iu the Hardware line.
OR O CERIES .
Sugar, coffee, molasses, cheese, candles, soap,
spice, jiepj'er, ginger, and all kinds of Groceries or
the bust quality.
SHOES.
We ask every body if they want good Shoes to
give U3 a call. . '
As for prices we only a9k a fair ehow. It is to
our interest to deal fair, and oar principle to do
right. Call and see for yourselves, We thank tbe
public for past patronage, and desire a continuation
of the same. " - -
Sept 17, 1866. " BAEllINGEIt, WOLF h CO. '
Jut Received. -
100 Sacks Liverpool Salt, ;
300 bushels Cora,
' 1500 Lbs. Hemlock Leather,
v 50 SacksFamily Flour of J B Stewart'a make.
For sale by ' - HAMMOND k McLAUGHLIN.
Sept 17, 1866.
v Cotton at the South. When the people
of the Scath first began to plant this year's crop
of cotton, there were many predictions that an
unn3u"al yield would be produced, and that the
rich -etaple would bo so plenty hat prices would
decline at least 50 per cent.
- The interest of buyers has indaced many
glowing accounts of the prospects of n abun
dant crop j" and these predictions bfrve operated
to keep down the price, although the supply
has been very limited. But at last it has Veen
determined that the flattering ' accounts which
have been published were founded on specula
tion and not on fact. The season has been very
unfavorable, and there will not be more than the
half of a crop of cotton produced. This will be
an unwelcome result alike to the planter whose
crop has failed, and to the consumer who has
to purchase. Bat ii will give inspiration to the
few who have been successful, and who have
made a fair crop, as the price must be mate
rially advanced. We are pleased "to note that
the accounts give better news of the crops in
this State, than any other; and we h.ope that
the failure of the corn crop will be more than
counterbalanced by the good fortune which has
been met in cotton raising ventures. Wilming.
ton Dispatch.
GROCERIES AND PROVISION
Next Door to Charlotte Hotel.
Having sold my entire interest in the Saddle and
Harness business to Messrs. Hunter & Orsbone. and
established myself in tbe
GROCERY AND PROVISON
business, to which I respectfully invite the atten
tion of the citizens' of Charlotte and surrounding
country. Farmers and others bringing -produce to
this market' will please give me a call before sell
ing. ' .; -. 3. F. HOUSTON.
Charlotte, Sept 17, 1860.--3m.
PIANO.
For sale, a first-rate fine-toned Piano, on accom
modating terms. Apply to
Sept 17. 186G 2t Da. J M. MILLER.
Wc arc Receiving our Fall Supplies.
A superior lot of sugar-cured Hams,
A large lot of Fresh Mackerel of 18G6,
Genuine Lorillard Snuff,
.Durham's Smoking Tobaceo,
Lee's Princess Chewing Tobacco
Powder and Siiot,
Northern Seed Rye,
And various other articles soon to arrive, such as
Nails, Leather, Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Buckets, Tubs,
Brooms, Shoes, &&, &c. Remember we buy and sell
for Cash and cannot be undersold.
Constantly on band Superior Family Flour.
Call on W. BOYD A CO.,
Sept 17, 1866. 2t Springs' Building.
J. T. BUTTLER,
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER,
CHARLOTTE, W. C,
Has just received the finest Stock of GOODS erer
offered in this market, consisting of
W A TCHES.
Fine Gold Hunting American and English Watches
of the best makers. Ladies fine Gold Hunting Ge
nera Watches; fine Silver American, English and
Swiss-Watches. Watches of all sorts and all sizes,
from Five Dollars t' Three Hundred. v
CLOCKS.
I hare some of the best, which I will sell at prices
to please any one.
JEWELRY.
1 would say to the ladies, come and see for your
selves, the finest Slock ever offered in this city, con
sisting of fine Jet Sets ; fine Gold and Enamel Sets;
fine Coral Sets; Locket Pins, Ear-rings, 4c.
. SILVER WARE.
Silver Tea and Table Spoons, Forks and Thimbles j
plated Tea and Table Spoons, Forks. liutter-Knires
and Cups, Castors, &c. - .
SPECTACLES.
Fine Gold, Silver, Steel, &c, to suit all ages.
Gun3, Pistols and Cartridges, and Musical In
struments. The above Goods I will sell cheaper than you can
buy them in New York or elsewhere.
The highest price paid for ' "-
OLD GOLD AND SILVER.
Watch Glasses only 25 cents.
Please accept my sincere thanks for yonr kind
and liberal patronage to me since my return from
the army.
Sept 17, 1866. J. T. BUTLER.
DISSOLUTION.
.The firm of Houston, Hunter & Co., was, on the
7th nit., dissolved by mutual consent. All those
indebted to said, firm will please call and make set
tlement. . 8. F. HOUSTON,
J. N. HUNTER,
, L W. ORSBONE.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept 17, 1866. H.
J. N. HUNTER. L W. ORSBONE.
IVEW FIR1TI.
Having bought the entire Stock formerly belong
iag to Houston, Hunter k. Co., and refitted the same,
we are now ready to fill orders and execute all kinds
of work in the SADDLE and HARNESS LINE, to
which we invite all at the old stand. .
. . HUNTER & ORSBONE.
N. B. Those having claims against the firm of
Houston, Hunter k Co., will present them to the
firm of Hunter k Orsbone for liquidation.
S. F. HOUSTON,
J. N. HUNTER,
L. W. ORSBONE.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept 17, 1866. lm '
ESTABLISHED IN 1840.
HENRY V. NIEITIEYER,
PORTSMOUTH, VA,
Commission Merchant aud Dealer
In Provisions, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Land and
Calcined Piaster, Coal and Salt.
My Wharf adjoining tbe Seaboard and Roanoke
Rail Road Depot gives Shippers cf Cotton, Tobacco,
Naval Stores, Grain and Stares superior facilities
for SALE, STORAGE OR SHIPMENT,
Farmers, Merchantt and Manufacturer
will find it to their interest to give me a call.
Portsmouth, Va., Sept 17, 1860 : lm '
C. B. DIBBLK.
B. O. WORTH.
OIO. U. DKWKY.
DIBBLE, WORTH & CO.,
Coin in si o n ITle r ch a fi f s,
188 Ftarl Street, NEW YORK.
Prompt personal attention to Sales of Cotton,
is aval stores
returns.
and General Produce, with quick
tfept 17, 1866
- 3mpd:
H. B. WILLIAMS, N , - B. B. MEACUAM.
We have associated ourselves in the MERCAN
TILE BUSINESS, nnder the style of
Williams & lUcacham.
we intend keeping a" large aud general assort
ment of all kinds of GOODS. ' '
We will be pleased it see onr friends and ac
qnaintances at any time in the CARSON BUILD
ING, two doors from 1st National Bank.
' ' - WILLIAMS k MEACHAlf-
Sept. 17, 1866. . tf .
Williams At Meacham,
Will boy Cotton and Produce of all kinds on eota
missiou. All Goods consigned to them fpr sale will
be promptly attended to.
WILLIAMS & MEACHAM.
Sept. 17, 1866. tf
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