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THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, N. C. tsUxn moctat, WVJ. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, IV. C. October 30, 18GG. The Vote for Governor. About GG coun ties have been heard from, and the vote stands for Worth 27,822, Dockery 8,076. As far as ascer tained, the counties of Iiutherford, Gaston, John ston, Randolph and Montgomery, gave majorities or Dockery. We publish in another column a list of the .members elect to the Legislature. Close Wobk. In the Senatorial District of Ire dell, Wilkes and Alexander, J Henry Hill beat C J Cowles for the Senate by one vote only. Wir.., Char. 6c Kutii. Railroad. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany was held in Wilmington on Thursday lust. We give below an abstract of tho proceedings from the Wilmington Dispatch. Four resolutions were adopted, as follows : Resolved, That the President and Directors of this company be instructed to apply to the next Legislature for an act authorizing tho execution of a first mortgage on the entire property of tho Company, to secure the payment of the bonds of the said company for four million of dollars, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness of th coinpauy to tho State of North Carolina and others, and to complete the road: and a second mortgage be made to tho State to pay the debt due until the said dVbt is liquidated by the sale if the bonds secured by tho first mortgage, the agent for the sale of the bonds being required to appropriate at least one-third of all sales of the bonds toward liquidating the debt due the State. The second resolution authorizes the accept ance of the amendment to the charter passed at the last Legislature, extending the charter to a point near the town of Asheville in Buncombe county. The third resolution authorizes the President and Directors to apply to tin; nest Legislature for an act to extend tho road to the Tennessee line. The fourth resolution accepts the action of the President and Directors in regard to the Wil mington Railway Bridge Company. Mr W F.Lcak, from the Committee on Salaries, reported a resolution recommending that the falary of the President be fixed at $2,500 in gold, and giving the Directors discretion as to the other salaries. Mr VnnBokkelen submitted a minority report fixing the salary of the President at $3,000 in gold. Mr Cronly moved that the salary be fixed at S.'i.oOO in gold. A stock vote being called tho minority report was adopted. Tho following gentlemen were elected Direc tors for the ensuing year : Messrs R II Cowan. II W Guion. S J Person, Jno'A McDowell, W L Steele, S W Cole, S II Walkup. E Nye Hutchinson. A G Logan, R S French. A II VanBokkwlen, A R Honusly and C C Henderson. On motion of Col. R II Cowan, the next Annual Meeting was appointed to be held at Lincolntoii on Wednesday after the 3d Monday in October ucst. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, R II Cowan was re-elected President; and nil the old of ficers. It S Guion, Supt of Western Division; V A McDee, Treasurer; II S Odell, Poad Muster. - Conx. We learn that sales of Com at 40 Cents per bushel have been made in Iredell county. A gentleman doing business at David son College in this count' tells us that he has bought Corn this Fall at $1 per bushel. We are satisfied, from what wo hear, that there is an abundance of Corn in this State, although it is scarce in some localities. We think that in Union county tho scarcity is greater than in any other section, so far as we can judge from reports- - . Stili. Comixcs. Nearly every train from the West brings two or three hardy looking men, whose business East :s to get farms. We sup pose that not less than fifty some from Cabarrus, others from Randolph, G nilford. Orange and Ala mance and Wake have been down looking after farms, durin the past three or four weeks, and tho most of them have been successful. Golds boro AVws. We are surprised that any one should remove from Cabarrus, or any other county in this sec tion, to the East. Tho country between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers is as good as any locality in the world. Markets nro convenient, educational facilities good, and society superior. With proper exertions and economy, farming will pay as well hero as elsewhere. Besides, this pec tion is more healthy than the Eastern part of the State. tW A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune (a radical paper) writes as follows : "I am informed that General Sherman has made a second surrender to the Rebels, more dis astrous to his fame than his celebrated surrender to Joe Johnston. We all know that the General is Conservative, but despite Grant's order not to interfere wiih polities, he makes his conservatism political, lie has written to the President, in dorsing his policy unequivocally, sustaining tho President's course since Lee's surrender, and making no allusion to the Amendment. This letter is held in reserve, and will be printed just lefore the New York election, in the hope of parrying over some half-and-half Republicans. It is very certain that Mr Stanton will retire from tin? Cabinet, being relieved at his own re quest. Sherman will go into tho War office. Stanton is said to havo expressed a desire to go o Spain. The entreaties of his friends may in duce him to change his mind, but his retirement from tho War office is iix-d.'" Tho President has ordered a pardon to bo is sued to Mr Trenholm, Secretary ol the Treas ury of the late Confederate States. Notick. Many of our subscribers complain that their papers are cither stolen or borrowed by their neighbors and worn out before they can get a chance to read them. Any one who is too iUingy to take a paper of his own ought to con sider it too mean to read other people's papers. We hope our subscribers will help us to makH up a list of persons who steal or borrow newspapers, so that we may give them a paper occasionally to keep them from depredating on others. NEW ADVERTISE!! ENTS. Gold Watch Stolen W Mango, SC." Administrator's Notice John Kirk, Adm'r. Commission Merchants -Jus. Gordou & Co, Norfolk. Miller Wanted S W Davis. Groceries and Provisions S F Jlouston. Notice to Shippers C & S C Railroad. Book Store U N Tiddy & Brother. A. Oppenbeimer, Philadelphia. Notice Rufus Burringer. Mecklenburg County Bible Society. Sensible. Mr. S. D. Pool has assumed echto- EP A New York paper expresses a doubt of rial control of the Newbern Journal of Commerce j the soundness of universal suffrage. The char formerly the Times), and in entering upon his ! acter of the crowds that collect around the polls duties makes the following sensible remarks : j in the North on olection day, and the means used "We shall have little to say upon questions of influence popular sentiment, prompt this dis national politics. We prefer to await such de- j trust, and it is folly to expect jadicions decisions velopments as the coming three months will un- of great national questions from an ignorant, im fold. Untold injury is done to many a good cause I .. , , . , . , . , .. , by intemperate expressions on the part of those PrPSSlble populace, manipulated by adroit dema who may favor it. The entire South, with few j f?gups The voice of the people is not the voice exceptions, favors the policy of President John- j of God, every time ; there is no more infallibility , son ; and the President knows this, and but little need be said upon the subject. The political1 j contest, for the present, is at the North, and we i can render no aid to the President's friends there, but we may do them much harm. Where we j I can render no aid, and may do injury, we deem ! jit a duty to pursue a policy of "masterly inac-t ! tivity," doing but little politically, and saying j less. While we shall thus quietly await the j Ilolston Conference in that place recently, ine progress of events, we shall be a deeply interested j Conference voted nearly unanimously to change spectator of those events, as the grand moving)., -. , , , . r ff ). r,-oo el.oll -ol,,DlK, Ua ,,rJI.,l . gaze." If all Southern newspapers would quit discuss ing national politics, or wait until the Southern people were permitted to take part in the affairs of the nation, it would not only promote our peace and quiet, but would deprive yur enemies at the North of a great deal of their electioncer- ing stuit. Vsf' The pcoplo of Baltimore appear to bo laboring under terrible excitement about their police affairs. They have a board called Police Commissioners, and it seems that this board has managed to disfranchise a largo number of citi zens and secure the election of radical city au thorities. Against such conduct many of the citizens have prote.' ed, and petitioned Gov. Swann to remove the Police Commissioners. The Governor, although a Republican himself, sympathises with 1 .o disfranchised citizens and condemns the action of the board. The result is, that two parties exist in Baltimore entertain ing the most bitter hatred for each other. The radicals threaten war and blood, and defy the Governor of the State as well as Presideut Johnson. A communication is published in the Baltimore American calling on tho radical party to organize for another war, arid says : "The "Roys in Blue" and the members of tho several Union Leagues are busily engaged in canvassing the city and enrolling the names of such of our loyal citizens as pledge themselves to support the city authorities in resisting Mr. Swann's interference. Let the work be done right this tune. Even if, as Swann's rebel friends assert, the extra regiments of regulars already concentrating about Washington are intended to secure the riht of every rebel in tho State to vote at the next election be true, the volunteers who did the best of the n-rhfinir in putting down ... , , e r .i i llion would as soon face them in such a the robe cause as the rebels of the South Wo have only to hold our own a ftw hour until the six hundred thousand veterans now ready in the North can come to our assistance." Gov. Swann has issued tho following procla mation : " Whereas. It lias come to the knowledge of the Executive that military and other combinations are now forming in the city of Baltimore for the purpose of obstructing and resisting the execu tion of the laws of this State : Anil Whereas, There is reason to believe that similar combinations are attempted to be organ ized in other States, with the intention of invading the soil of the State of Maryland, to deprive her citizens of their just rights under the laws, and to control the people of the State by violence and intimidation, Now. therefore, I, Thomas Swann, Governor of the State of Maryland, do by this, my proclama tion, solemnly warn the leaders of all such illegal and revolutionary combination; against the peace and dignity of the Slate, that, in the event of riot or bloodshed growing out of these revolutionary proceedings, they will be held to the strictest ac countability, and the power of the State will be exhausted to bring them to prompt and merited punishment," - m.b- -B. 13T What is called a "lobby member of Con gress" is a man who goes to Washington to electioneer for a favorite scheme, or for the pur pose of gouging the public treasury, or to get some favor granted. These lobby members sometimes bribe .the real members to vote for their scheme, and it is known that great corrup tion of this kind prevails. Heretofore 'this busi ness has been carried on by men, but now it is becoming the fashion for females to engage in it because it is supposed they can exprcise more iuiluence in one way or auolher. A Washington letter-writer says the President and Cabinet offi cers are besieged by hundreds of these female wire-pullers who present all sorts of petitions and ask all sorts of favors. And such porsous profess to be respectable and decent. State Aoricultpr al Society. The mem bers and friends of tho North Carolina State Ag ricultural Society are hereby notified and re spectfully invited to attend a called meeting of the Society, to be held at th Capitol, in Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 27th of November next, at 12 o'clock, M. W. R. HOLT, Pre t. P. F. Pr.scrn, Secretary. We are pleased to make the above announce ment. Our agricultural interests must be pro moted and put on the right track. Northern1 Sentiment. In regard to public opinion at tho North, tho Richmond Times re marks : '.Advices from the North indicate an abate ment of Radical violence. As is always the case subsequent to elections, the unity of th trium phant party is threatened, because of those dif ferences upon certain questions which are ignored during the canvass in order to maintain the har mony necessary to success. The recent victories of the radicals seriously menace their party unity. Many of the politi- cians who have assailed the Presidential policy 1 of Southern rehabilitation, and given their cor- j dial co-operation to the plan of Congress are men possibly ; be even an approach to unanimity in the, adop- , ; tion of any general policy. Sumner, Butler and j . Stevens will insist upon confiscations, negro suf- : ; frage, the hanging of Mr Davis and the impeach- j ! ment of Mr Johnson. The more moderate m-n ; i will favor none of these mad projects ; the cx- , Irene Radicals will be content with nothing; short 1 of the thorough adoption and execution t their ..: V,... ..: iinnil.jM. ... I '; them to command the strength in Congress and the popular sympathy necessary to their plans. It is reasonably ch ar that Mr Johnson does not ; fear impeachment, and that really he has wo oc- j casion for such apprehensions. In addition to i the fact that his enemies will be utterly unable i to establish a case against him. sufficiently strong j to justify such an extreme measure, even with ; nit- imuiLiii musses, n lengiu o um oonsumeu - 1 in debate upon the iroTosition r.f impeachment. me luipaueuce 01 me people unuer constant agi- . 1 - . . t.atience of the people under constant agi- tatioifs, assisted by the calm and dignihed atti tude of the South, will consummate the inopen split in the Radical organization." or moueraie views, wen c npareit w.u, urown- j Curad KeeJ wcnt with h;s s;ter n . v I Jow, Stevens and endell Phi lips. 1 he brutal , m . n 1 t 1 I V ... t .1 - 1 , 1 ii o .1 - . brother to a small stream caned Meadow disposition of the latter towards the South is ut- , , , ., , , , ! tern revolting 10 mem. anu mere cannot ;n masses of men than in individuals, and as e e . i l , matter of fact we know that tliePPIe sometimes decide great questions unfortunately, and elect unfit meu to office. , ,r . , .,. TlIE Methodist Church The Asheville News gives an account of the proceedings of the i" "nine oi iuo viiuruu. uuu aisv m J representation. We believe that all the Con ferences of the Southern branch of the Church that Lave met, so far, have voted for these changes. AwAlTixa TliiAL. The number of prisoners now confined in tho County Jail is quite large, in all sixty-seven. Of these ODe is confined for murder, two for highway robbery, four for rape, and the remainder for petty larceny. With but few exceptions, the prisoners are all freedmen, the majority of whom will be arraigned for trial at the piesent term of the Superior Court. Wil mington Journal. Cannot our Legislature adopt some plan for disposing of cases of freedmen arrested for lar ceny without committing them to jail, and run ning the county to heavy expense ? Mexican Affairs. If dispatches from Wash ington are to be believed, tho Government of the United States. will soon assume control of .Mexico, provided Maximilian withdraws voluntarily. And it appears that the United States is to ac quire more territory from Mexico. A letter from Washington to the Baltimore Sun says : "The French Government asks for an extension of the time for the withdrawal of the first install ment of its troops till January 1st, offering in that case to waive the time allowed for the withdrawal ofthe balance of its troops, and remove all the troops substantially at one time. This proposi tion has not been assented to, but it is insisted that it shall commence at once and proceed as rapidly as possible. It is hoped that the whole body of troops will be withdrawn within three months. In view of the anarchy prevalent in Mexico, our Government will be prepared to pro tect the Juarez Government and finally establish it. In consideration of this. Lower California and the northern part of Sinola and Chihauhau are to be ceded to the .United States. No agreement , has been made by our Government to guarantee , , . ; . ... . , . , bt1 .. French claims against Mexico, but should it ap- ,. . .?.,, ., .. . . , n,f , t ... A t, , . ,. . c . li. t i i- m luuiisiimeni oi u siuuie j..epuoncuu uroveriiuieui in Mexico are considered of paramount impor tance. The matter has been fully discussed in the Cabinet, and unanimously agreed upon." A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune says : "It is also stated that on Wednesday last Pres ident Johnson, Gen. Grant and Secretary Seward held a meeting, and it was determined to recom mend, as a measure of the Administration, that we should pay the French claims in Mexico and receive Mexican territory in exchange, probably in the neighborhood of Guaytnas." Tiie Halls in tho Capitol are being put in thorough order for the meeting of the Legislature. What between the hanging of handsome gas fix tures, new carpets, re-burnished desks, and reno vation generally, they present an appearance every way creditable to the State. llal. Sentinel. No doubt it is all very nice, but is this a proper time to spend the public money for s.;qi pur poses ? The people are less able now to pay taxes than at any time heretofore, and .that is the reason we suggest that now is an improper tima to spend money for anything that is not actually necessary. What is the use to talk about econ omy if it is not to be enforced. A Question. With the President removed, and General Grant officially decapitated, and the Southern States reduced to territories, and the Southern whites held in bondage, and with Brown low and Butler and Phillips "running the machine," the condition and fate of the republic might be confidently foretold. What would five-twenties be worth then ? New York Tivies. And w hat would the currency or paper money of any sort be worth ? The Cotton Crop. The estimates now aro, that not much more than one-fourth of the cot ton crop, raised in 18C0, will be made in the South in 18G6, and that the general production iu the world will be five millions of bales less than the demand requires. If these estimates approximate the truth, it will require no great amount of calculation to determine the fact that the price of cotton rnuet rule high, not only for 1SG7, but for some years to come. It will be a long time before we can hope to make more than half the crop of 1SG0 in the Southern States; and notwithstanding the great stimulus which high prices have given to the cotton pro ducers in other sections of the world, it becomes more and more evident, that, to the great cotton fields cf the South, the world must look for its chief supply. If cotton is ever cheap again, it will bo when labor becomes more abundant and more reliable than it is now in the South. The Southern planter, then, has a reasonable assurance that his labors will prove remunera tive, if he can procure workmen, and if quiet is restored to the country. Exchange Paper. The First Gold Min e. The first piece of gold found in the United States is said to have been found in Cabarrus county, North Carolina, in 1 799. It seems from the account furnished Mr Wheeler by Col. Bernhardt that .a bov named ouncr Creek 1 iiiV " , . o .. .... (ill ;i ununv . iwit 1 n 1 111- i'i o,i''r 1 ;i n in uir iom." ot tlie o-mi snooting nsh he saw a yellow suu- stance shining in the water, which he puked up nnd found to be metal. His father carried it to Concord, and showed it to William Atkinson the silversmith of tho village, who was unable to tell wial jt was. It was taktn home bv Mr Reed, , the sjze of a smM sinootLig iron it , 1 . . .1 1 r i-r. ?t was used as a weight against the door to keep .t from shutting. In 1S02 he carried it to market at Fayetteville, where a jeweller pronounced it to be rold, and melted it, producing a bar six or eight inches long. It was sold to the jeweller for 350, a "big price" as Mr Reed thought. Upon subsequent examination gold was found upon the 6iuface alono- Meadow Creek, and in 1S03 pieces of w wew foaml varv;r frorn 16 pounds to i w n . .:i ti .t,:. m no the sma lest particles. Ihe vein of this mine .. . . .1..... was drover! m Wl. Ihe annua, prouucis of the gold mines ot iNortu Carolina are siaieu a. $500,000. The product of the Cabarrus mine in 1840 is estimated at $3,000. Some of the Benefits of Advertising. Several weeks since a gentleman inserted a notice in our paper stating that he -wished to employ a young man to take charge of- a small farm, and directing applicants to apply at this Office. , We have had about thirty applications for the place, and "still they come," therefore we give notice that the place is filled. . 3? A meeting of the members of the bar in attendance on GuUford Superior Court, was held in Greensboro', "on Tuesday, for the pur pose of passing resolutions of respect to the memory ofthe late Jno. M. Morebead. Ralph Gorrell, Esq., presided. Hons. Jno Kerr, Thos Settle and J R McLean, and Messrs. RP Dick and Thos RufEn addressed the meeting in terms of high eulogy ofthe distinguished deceased. JGS?" There is a railroad from Fayetteville, N. C, to the Coal fields at Egypt, Chatham county, and we see that steps are being taken to extend it from the latter point to the North Carolina railroad. This will be a great benefit to trade and travel generally, and espocially to all the regions along the road. Fayetteville always has been a manufacturing town, and before the war there was seven cotton factories there and in the vicinity, which were burnt by Sherman. Information Wanted.- Benjamin Smith, Company U, 40th Regiment N. C. T.. has not been heard from fJIs father, H. II since the fall of Fort Fisher. Smith, of Rockingham. Rich- mond county, North Carolina, would feel con soled to learn with certainty the fate of his son. N. C. Coal The Smithfield and Deep River company of North Carolina has received an order from Philadelphia recently for 200,000 tons of coal. Yesterday morning we had the first vis itation of lrost, sufficient To kill vegetation, and the first ice that has been seen here this Fall. Salisbury Banner, 2Gt7i. Brick Buildings We are pleased to learn from Wm. P. Moore, Esq., that he will shortly commence the erection of a number of fine brick stores on the burnt square nearly one half of which belongs to him. His example will be followed by others. Neicbem Commercial. IIorse Thief "Arrested. John Thomp son, a light mulatto, formerly the slave of Sam'l Christian, Esq , of Montgomery Co., was arrest ed by Mr Johnson Swink, near this place on Wedoesday night last under the following cir cumstances: On Wednesday morning Mr Swink was on his way to his farm, and while passing through a low place in the woods with his gun and dogs, came upon a claybank horse, 'hitched' to a tree, and a few steps from him, a saddle in a ditch. He at once put the saddle on the horse and rode him to town, and in the evening re turned to Ihe spot where the horse was found, to await the return of the thief. Shortly after twilight the thief came. He first went to the tree where the horse was tied, and then to the ditch in which was found the saddle, finding both gone he started off, apparently much dis appointed. But Swink promptly, stepped out from his ambush and arrested him, brought him before the Mayor who committed him to jail. Salisbury Banner.- 3T A portion of the Northern press favoraWe to Presideut Johnson continues to urge upon him the adoption of a vigorous and even aggressive foreign policy. It is contended that by such a course he can best avert the dangers which menace his administration, and unite the country in a loyal and patriotic support of himself as the representative of the power and dignity of the Government. We sometime since adverted to the obvious propriety and necessity of this diver sion, in tUe shape of an active foreign policy, from the animosity and bitterness of our domestic dis putes. A foreign war six years ago would have averted the effort for disunion, and saved the country the effusion of its blood and the sacrifice of its resources. Could we but have an inter esting and exciting complication now with some other power, whether great or small, we should immediately begin the work of restoration and pacification. Richmond Times. Secretary of War. The Washington cor- respondent of the Herald savs Stanton's resis:- nation has been precipitated by the discovery lately made that he has filled nearly all the va cancies in the regular army without the know ledge or assent of Mr Johnson a proceeding which, when discovered, made Mr Johnson very angry. The same correspondent sajs that, "at the request of General Grant, who desires the hearty co-operation of the war office in the work of reorganizing the army, Sherman will act as Secretary of War." The Indian War. Dispatches from Colorado announce that more Indian outrages are being committed. Their raids were said to be so formi dable that settlers were abandoning their homes and going to the forts for safety. General Sher man is reported to be hurrying troops further west. Several posts in the Territory have leen captured and robbed of large nurr.bcrs of stock. To BE Huno Col. Lynch, a Fenian pris oner, has been sentenced to be hung on the 13th December, at Toronto, Canada. It is rumored that an attempt will be made to rescue Lynoh. ' . The Duty of Young Men in the South. The Southwestern, a journal published at Shreveport, La , iu the course of an article up on the wants of the South, urges the young men of that section to devote their attention to agriculture, aud thus take the places of the thousands of freedmen who have left the South ern States or been killed during the war. It urges them to prepare during the coming win ter for the putting in of crops in the spring up- j on the rich but idle acres ofthe South. Says the Southwestern: "We have too many stout young men in the South, shameless burdens on the brawn and muscle of better men than them selves worthless young men, who ride the la borer as the old man of the sea fastened himself on the back of Siubad the Sailor. It is time that they were shaken off and compelled to sweat for themselves." We heartily endorse the above sentiments. The South is not the place, nor is this the time for idlers. All must work. The dronc3 must leave the hives, or become workers. These "stout young men" must take off thsir ccats, and seize the plough handles, or the hoe; or they must enter the workshops cf the land, and fit themselves for first class mechanics. They must recollect that a life of idleueas is a life of unhappinets; and that the busy mac alone en joys true pleasure. The life of none is so truly joyous as that ofthe farmer. Try it, young men, and if you shall find, -when age has silver ed your hair, that we have given you bad ad vice, we will bold ourself personally responsible for all damage, which you maybe enabled to $ow that you have sustained. JSeicUrn Tipiet. Lin test IVews. FENIAN EXCITEMENT. ' New York. Oct. 27, Mochxcitement exists here among the Irish, in consequence of the con viction and sentence to death of MeMahon and Lynch, .Fenians, in Canada. The Common Council has adopted resolutions stating that, in a spirit of humanity, the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty request the Government of Canada to pardon Lynch and his associates, and express ing the wish that the President will unite in the request- New York, Oct. 27. Cotton dull. Floor and Wheat Gold $1,451. advanced. FOREIGN KE1TS. The Berlin correspondence says that, on the 17th, the Chief Surgeon ofthe Prussian army left for Bearritz, to consult with the physician? ofNapoleon ou the possibility of an operation. A dispatch had been received from the Prussian embassy at Paris saying that there was 00 hope for Napoleon, and that his death may be hourly expected. Liverpool, Oct. 26. Cotton market dull. Prices have declined from a quarter to one-half on the week. Sales for the week 60,000 bales. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. New Obikan8, Oct. 26. Gen. Sheridan, on yes terday, addressed a letter to Col. Sedgwick com manding at Brownsville, directing him to warn all adherents of any party or pretended government in Mexico that they will not be permitted to violate the neutrality laws between the U. S. and Juarez governments. The instructions willbe enforced against the adherents of the so-called imperial gov. ernaient ot Mexico, and also against the Ortega Santa Annand other. factions. Washington, 'Oct. 56. General Sherman, accompanied by General Grant, had an inter view with the President this morning. Election in Texas. The eleetioiwn Texas for members of Congress took place on the I5th instant. Thus far, the returns received show the vote to be very small. As far as heard from, Bradshaw leads Epperson in the .First district. Ochiltree is ahead in the Second dis trict. Teiirible Hurricane. Advices from Turks' Islaud state that it was leveled, on the oOtq alt., by a terrific hurricane, destroying over 800 houses. Over 3,000 persons are ren dered houseless and homeless and are almost naked. Over 120,000 bushels of salt were swept away. Six foreign and twelve island crafts lost with twenty .of their crew. .The small pox is said to be very prevalent in Portsmouth, Virginia. The Corn Crop. A Washington dispatch says: "The Agricultural Department have re ports from various parts ofthe country estab lishing the fact that, notwithstanding the recent heavy ruins and early frosts, there will be the largest corn crop ever produced in America." The Cincinnati Price Current states that, notwithstanding the contradictory reports about frost and floods, the corn crop will undoubtedly be a large one, although a small portion of it will be .unsound. The general estimate of the aggregate corn crop of the Uuited States for 1806 is over 1,050,000,000 bushels. Government Tax on Tobacco. 6ome,ideaof the enormous revenue the Government derives from manufactured tobacco through the Internal Revenue law may be gleaned from the taxes paid upon, the article by the house of P. G. Lorillard, tobacconist, of this city. From the 1st of Octo ber, 1866, eleven months, that firm paid into the hands of the Revenue Collector $785,000. New York Herald. - Conquered by Kindness. The Czar of Russia has pardoned, upon his "taking tho oath," the noted Circassian rebel Scbamyl. The lat ter confessed himself conquered, not by the arras, but by the kindness of the Russian auto crat. Is there no lesson in this occurrence for the ally of Russia on the Western continent? Chicago Times. -t Diabolical Ingenuity. One Terrot, a French man, has iuvented three terribly destructive en gii.es the first, a three barreled gun, firing one thousand bullets a minute, the bullets dropping from a hopper without intermission into the gun; the second is similar, but mounted on wheels; and the third is a steam locomotive, discharging two pounds weight of projectiles per second, and capable of killing one hundred and seventy two thousand eight hundred men in twenty four hours, if but one man was killed to every one hundred shots discharged. The Weigitt of Sheep. A rulo prevalent in England for ascertaining the weight of each dressed quarter will be one-seventh of the live weight ofthe entire sheep that is, if a live sheep weighs one hundred and forty pounds the dressed carcass will weigh eighty pounds. This rule is said to be tolerably accurate for sheep in fair order and not very fat. CHARLOTTE MARKET, Oct. 29, 1866. Corrected by Steniiousk, Macaulay & Co. Some 400 bales Cotton were sold in this place laft neck. During the first part of the week 32 to 321 were about the ruling figures. Unfavorable ad vices from New York and Europe caused a decline, and on Saturday 31$ to 32 was about the ruling figures. Prices in New York hardly justifies our merchants in paying these prices. Flour has advanced to $15 and 15 50 per barrel. Wheat $2.00 to S3 per bushel. New Corn SI. 20. Old Corn from Stores $1.40. Oats 90 cents to $1 in demand. Bacon 24 to 25 hog round in demand. Sweet Potatoes 75 cents to $1 per bushel. Butter 25 to 30. Eggs 25. Corn Whiskey $2 10 $2.25 per gallon by the barrel. Miller Wanted. 'A man of steady and industrious habits, who bas had good experience as Miller aad Sawyer, can find employment on liberal terms by applying imme diately to S. W. DAVIS. Oct 29, 1806 tf Meckleabarg County Bible Society. A meeting of the friends of the Mecklenburg County Bible Society will be heJd in the Lecture Room of the Methodist Church in Charlotte, on Friday the 23d of Novrmber next, at 1 1 o'clock, for the purpose of re-organization. A new Constitu tion will be proposed for adoption, and ether busi ness of importance to the welfare of the Society transacted. In view of the great destitution now existing in the County, it is hoped that there will be a full attendance. The Pustora of the various congregations in the County are requested to give notice of the time and place of meeting. J. 11. HUTCHISON, ) F. SCAPvR. Committee. HT. C. POWER, J Oct 29, 1&66. A. Oppenlieiincr, Mannfactorer and Jobber of Hats, Caps, Straw Goods, Furs, 4c, Lc. No. 517 Market Street, PIIILADELPBIJA. Ladies' and Misses' Fancy Iiats of every description Oct 29; i860 In Anson eonnty, oa the leth Inst.ky the Rev. Mr. Boon, Capt, II U Earnhardt, of Cbarru9. to Miss Sallie Dunlap. . In Gaston connty, on the lYth Inst., by Rev. B. L. Beall, Mr W L Hand to Miss M J Hislop. ' In Union county, on the lfih inst,, b j J E Moore, Esq , Mr D C Wilson,, of Mecklenburg county, to Miss Elizabeth Hemby. In Forsvthe coontr. on the 9th Inst.. Tfr Win II Wiseman of Lincolnton, to Miss Fiorina E Roberson. Jn Oleareland connty, on the Id Webb to Miss Sarah Williams. Oct., Mr P B In Salisbnry, on the 17th inst., of Paralyslf, Mrs. Mary Williams Long, wife of Dr. Alexander Long, in the T3d year of her age. &IO Reward. STOLEN,- on the night of the 5th of October, a GOLD WATCH, white face, minute hand broken. The Watch was made by Joe. Johnston, Liverpool. C P Mango nd F Mungo marked inside and outside. The No., I believe, was 4444 or 7444. W. MTJNOO, Jefferson P 0, Darlington District. 8 0. Oct 29, 1866 2tpd Lancaster Ledger will insert 2 timet ani send bill for payment to W. Mungo. IYolicc. I have Jbr collection, er arrangement, a number of claims due L. S. WILLIAMS. Parties concern would do well to call and see me, otherwise suit may be brought. RUFUS BARR1NGER, Attorney. Charlotte, Oct 29,. 18GG lmpd Administrator's Notice; Having qualified as Administrator of Wm. Kirk. deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to said deceased to make settlement, and those having claims against him to present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. John kirk, Adm'r. Oct 29, 1865 lmpd Groceries and Provisions. Next door to Charlotte Hotel. Sucrara. Coffee. Tea. Rice aad Molasses, for sale by " o. F. liOUoTON. Mackerel, Mullets, Herring, Sardines, Lobsters, Salmond and Oysters lot sale by. 6. F. HOUSTON. Picklea, Pepper, Spices, Soda, Candles and Soap lor sale by 8. F. HOUSTON. Maccaroni, Cheese, Crackers and Lem mons for sale by .S.F.HOUSTON. Bread and Cakes for sale by S. F. HOUSTON. B? Durham's best Smoking Tobacco for sale by S. F. HOUSTON. J5y Porder, Shot and Caps for sale by S. F. HOUSTON. gy Flour, Meal, Bacon, Batter, Lard, J2gg9, and Potatoes bought and sold fcy Oct 29, 1863 S. F. HOUSTON. JAMES GORDON, Norfolk, Va WM. A. HIAKNK, Wilson, N. C. JAMES GORDON & CO., Commission iU e r c Ji a n Is, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. In view of the high tax imposed on Cotton y the United States, say three cents a ponnd and twenty cents a bale for weighing, and with the hope of In ducing the Merchants and Planters to sell their Cotton in Nor Co Ik and thereby assist in establishing a direct line of steamers to Liverpool, we will sell Cotton for 1 per cent commission. Our bouse was established in 1828, consequently our long experience enables. uso promise a faithful and prompt discharge of our duties to all .produce consigned to our care. Oct 29, 1866 3m Notice to Shippers. Office Cbahlotte k S. C. R. R. Oo.,1! Columbia, S. C, Oct. 24, I860. Arrangement: have this day been completed for the Transportation of all descriptions of Freights to and from Charlotte and Charleston at LOW RATES. LIVE STOCK will be forwarded through without TRANS-SHIPMENT. For further information and rates, apply to W. W. Pcgram, Agent, Charlotte. E. R. DORSET. General Ticket and Freight Agent. Oct 20, 1866 lu CJiorJoltc & S. C. Railroad. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 23, 1166. On and after SUNDAY, 28th inst., through Pas senger Trains will bo run over this Road as fol lows . Leave Charlotte, Arrive at Colombia, Leave Columbia, Arrive at Charlotte, Oct 2,0, 1CG6 4 50 A.M. 11 0 A. M, 12 lt P. M. 7 15 P. M. JAMES ANDERSON, Superintendent. R. N. TIDDY & BROTHER, WHOLESALE and retail BOOKSELLERS If STjlTIOJTEtlBi Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. Tiddy & Brother, Booksellers, have constantly on hand, a great variety of SCHOOL, & MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS which tbey sell on accommodating terms. We have on hand a full stock fcf Bibles, Prayer- Books, I'ret-byterian Psalms and Hymn Books, If. E. Hymn Books, Baptist Psalmodies and ,Lutbera,fi Hymn Books. BLANK BOOKS. Also, on hand, and constantly receiving Blank Books of various sizes for merchants and .business men generally. , A good supply of Cap, Letter, Note, and Bill Pa per constantly on hand. Also, Legal Cap, which we sell at moderate prices. MUSIC. Sheet Music, Piano Forte Instructors. Presbjte- rian Psaliuodist, (Sharp and Bound Notes,) Timbrel of Zion, Southern Harmony, ChHstian Jinstrels, Sacred Harp, and Sabbath ScbodT-Bell. ILLUSTRATED JUVENILS. We have just received a large lot of beautifully illustrated Books or oux Jittje friends. Cull anQ see. SCHOOL BOOKS. A great variety of Primmers, Spellers, Reader. Grammars, Dictionaries, Arithmetics, Oeogropbies and Cotonical Instruction Books fcr sale, at loir prices by TIDDY k BROTHER. STATIONERY &C. Copy Books. Slates, Pencils, Pens, and Pen Hold ers, Ink and Ink Stands in great variety, or sale by TIDDY & BRO. WRAPPING PAPER Of various sizes and qualities for sale by Oct 29, 1806. TIDDY k BRO. Administrator' Notice. Having been qualified as Administrator of Alex ander Springs, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said k. state to present them for settlement at oirce, and those in debted will save cost by paying. The Estate must be eettled. M. L. WRISTON, Ppt 22, C6 it Adm'r de bonis non.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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