THE WESTERN' DEMO C R AT" C n A'RTO TTE , N. C,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
STATE NEWS.
Election in the 50th DisTWCT.We
i oltAhnn rT 1011
were in error in cnromcuug mo
R M Henry in the 50th Senatorial District.
Later dates show that Col. James Robt Love
was the successful candidate, by 94 majority.
Asheville News.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Noith
Carolina meets in Raleigh on Monday the 3d of
December.
Ofsters Oysters are brought to the Ral
eigh market, by several dealers in large quanti
ties, end are retailed now at 1 25 cents per
gallon. At the opening of the season they were
fcold at 82.
The time for selling the Charlotte Navy
Yard has been changed from the 29th Isovem
ber, to Monday, the 3d December, 1866. The
sale will take place on the day last named.
Emigration. About 500 persons, young
and old, black and white, from the counties of
Burke, Randolph, Stokes, Davie, &c, passed
through Raleigh last week on their way to the
Northwest.
Serious Accident We regret to learn that
Mrs Scott and Miss Weatherly, of Greensboro,
sisters of Mrs W P Caldwell of this place, who
arrived on the train Friday morning, while
coming to town from the Depot in a buggy, the
horse taking fright soon after starting, were
dashed down a steep embankment into a gully
and very seriously injured. Statesville Amer
ican. Returned Satisfied. We learn that Ben
jamin Turner, who removed from this county to
Illinois, remained there just three weeks, and re
turned to his old home well satisfied. He says
that corn can bo purchased there at 15 to 20
cents per bushel; that lands are dear, and even
a poor cabin to live in is difficult to obtain at a
high price. Comforts, none. Statesville Amer
ican. JSTMajor Joseph A Englehard, editor of the
Wilmington Journal, is announced in the Ral
eigh Sentinel as a candidate for the Principal
Clerkship of the Senate of the ensuing General
Assembly. Major Englehard was the Clerk of
the last Senate and was both a popular and effi
cient officer.
Eulociy. Hon. John Kerr has accepted an
invitation to deliver an eulogy upon the life and
character of the late Hon. John M Morehead,
in Wentworth, on Tuesday of next May Court
for Rockingham.
SHEF.MAN IN MEXICO.
The purpose of the United States, now that
they have bought Louis Napoleon out and vindi
cated the Monroe doctrine, to establish a Protec
torate over Mexico cannot be doubted. Having
assumed, in its negotiations with the French Em
peror, the payment of the Franco-English debt of
Mexico, the United States are to have pledged
to them, as security for its repayment to them,
the four Northern Provinces of Alexico resting on
our Southern frontier. Louis Napoleon, having
thus secured his claims, withdraws his troops,
and the United States steps in to act the part of
nurse to Juarez and keep him in his seat for the
present as the head of the Mexican Government.
The result of all this is easily foreseen. The
poor "Greasers" only exchange the Frenchman
for the North American. The United States
eventually takes posession of Lower California,
Sonora and Chiahuab.ua, and finally, if Juarez, or
any other protege, cuts and capers, or becomes
unmanageable, she will absorb the whole of the
richest mineral country in the world.
Sherman sailed from New York on Saturday
on a United States man-of-war, in company with
a Mr Campbell, who has been sent out as Minis
ter. Sherman goes with extraordinary powers as
a Minister Plenipotentiary, both Military and civil.
Simultaneous with his landing in Mexico a corps
of the United States army will cross into Mexico
to sustain the Juarez Government in the assump
tion of power, and to maintain Senor Juarez in
place as long as it suits the United States to have"
him there. What further complications will grow
out of this new state of affairs it is not easy to
predict. If we get Mexico, however, what a fine
field for progress it will be, and how the Yankee
school-marms and New England missionaries and
pedlars will. flock down thereto make money and
convert the heathen. Richmond Times.
There is vague rumors that the Emperor
Maximilian has been offered the crown of Po
land under certain eventualities.
ANECDOTE of GEN. MAXCY GREGG,
OP SOUTH CAROLINA.
The following incident in the late struggle is
told by a gallant V irginian, late Brigadier Gen
eral C. S. A.," which, while testifying to the
noble generosity of the man, shows the true
characteristic of the heroic soldier :
During the retreat of tho Confederate army
from Maryland, on the day after the battle of
Sharpsburg, General Maxey Gregg commanded
the rear-guard of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, General T T Munford commanding the
brigade of cavalry covering the rear-guard.
When Gen. Muofoid reached the ford, General"
Gregg and his men were just entering the water
to cross to the Virginia Bide of the Potomac.
Near by was an ambulance filled with gallant
Confederates (many of them terribly wounded
and torn in the battle of the previous day,) en
treating their comrades to "carry them back to
Old Virginia." General -Munford seeing that
the frightened driver had abandoned them,
taking his harness and team with him, and that
they were unable to ride behind his men, called
General Gregg's attention to the fact, where
upon the generous old Roman, uncovering his
bead, said to his men, "Boys, see yonder your
comrades who have been abandoned by a cow
ardly driver I They appeal to us for help! You
who have escaped unhurt will not leave these
poor fellows to their fate in sight of old Vir
ginia." In an instant they were - transferring
their arms and .knapsacks. One generous lad,
supposed to belong to the 14th South Carolina
volunteers, catching hold of the singletrees of
the ambulance, exclaimed, "we will carry them
back to old Virginia." In less time than it
takes to tell it, thirty of South Carolina's bravest
eons were up to their waists in the water, bear
ing their comrades safely over the river, ambu
lance and all the sad and gloomy countenances
of the unfortunates seeming almost to forget
their wounds as they caught up the strain. "Oh
carry me back to old Virginia, to old Virginia
chore. Ihose who were too weak to sing
waved their hats and handkerchiefs, and all were
safely placed out of harm's way. As soon as
this had been accomplished General Gregg re
placed bis hat and rode away to see that they
were fared for.
A SLIGHT PROSPECT OP CIVIL WAR
IN WASHINGTON.
From the Washington Union, November 10.
We perceive from the Chronicle that Forney,
true to his instincts, is attempting to inflame the
public mind by calling upon the Loyal Leaguers,
as they are termed, to organize themselves and
come to Washington for the purpose of protect
ing and vindicating the power ot Congress over
the constitutional rights of the President, which
is nothing more nor less than a revolution,
which must be met with decision and firmness.
If Forney & Co. are determined to persist in the
course they have marked out, it is the bounden
duty of the friends of the President to accept
the issue thus presented, and prepare themselves
for the struggle.
If the time has arrived when the legislative
department of the Government is to absorb the
co-ordinate branches, the time has also arrived
when it should be resisted at the point of the
bayonet. We are in favor ot the constitutional
rights of every department of the Government,
which can only be maintained by each acting
within the prescribed limits of the Constitution.
When Congress shall transcend these limits for
the purpose of absorbing the powers of the
President, it is revolutionary, and he is justified
in calling to his aid the whole military power of
the country, which would-be responded to from
North to South, East to West; and, when this
formidable array of fighting material shall pre
sent themselves in vindication of the Constitu
tion, this grand army of "Loyal Leaguers," as
they style themselves, whose loyalty consists in
plundering the public treasury, skulking from
the army when their services were needed, and
now exciting the country to revolution, will
never present themselves in battle array. The
war will be for the Constitution not lor plunder;
for the independence of the three co-ordinate
branches of the Govemmeut, and against either
one absorbing the functions of the other.
If the programme presented by Forney & Co.
is the true and legitimate ground upon which
the Radical Congress intends to plant itself, we
say to the friends of the President let us accept
the issue, and at once organize for the struggle.
Let our friends in every hamlet and village or
ganize themselves at once, and be ready for the
conflict. Let their watchwords be the Consti
tution the independence of the President in
the execution of his constitutional rights and
an united country upon terms of equality and
justice, and present themselves also in Wash
ington, where these Loyal Leaguers may have a
fair opportunitv of looking upon the material
with whom they will have to lock horns if they
attempt to absorb the constitutional powers of
this Government. The impeachment of the
President is a sine qua non for war, and the
friends of the President accept the issue.
The following card has been published by
some of the Radicals of Washington City, and
it is to such movements that the abovo article
from the Washington Union refers :
"Being profoundly impressed with the impor
tance of the struggle through which the country
is passing, and of the necessity of preserving the
results gained by its triumphs in the field, and
more recently at the polls, the undersigned, a
committee appointed by the Soldiers' and Sail
ors' Union of Washington, D. C, do in their
name earnestly invite their comrades, the loyal
veterans of the Republic, with all other friends
of the great cause of the Union and liberty, to
meet in a national u.ass welcome and council to
be held in this, the Federal capital, on Saturday,
December the 1st, proximo.
We ask your presence to honor and assure
protection to the loyal majority in the Thirty
ninth Congress, in whom we recognize faithful
guardians of our assailed institutions and able
supporters of the principles involved.
Come in your might! By your presence show
how sternly loyalty can rebuke treason. Prove
thereby that the threats and insults of a treach
erous Executive against the legislative branch
of the Government cannot intimidate a free
people. Here iu the Federal capital must our
great struggle culminate in wise and equitable
legislation. Here, then, should we assemble to
encourage and strengthen Congress to whose
hands the Constitution wisely entrusts the power
to such just action as will make peace perma
nent and liberty universal.
D. S. Curtis,
. R. J. Hinton,
A. J Bennett,
W. S. Morse,
L. Edwin Dudley.
SCIENCE AND ART.
Some remarkable experiments as regards ar
tillery have been recently made at Shoebury
ness, from which it seems to result that guns
versus 6bips have conclusively gained the victo
ry, and that the strongest iron-clad can be al
most as readily sunk as a wooden ship. The
target exposed to fire on the occasion was built
up of eighteen inches of teak, covered io front
with solid plates of rolled iron-work eight inches
thick, and strengthened by an inner skin of iron
three-quarters of an inch thick. Altogether,
the supposed ship' broadside was about two
feet three inches in thickness. The gun used
was the nine-inch muzzle-loading wrought-iron
Woolwich rifle g- fired with a charge of 43
lbs of power and a 250ib. shell of Major Palli
ser's chilled steel. The projectile went clean
through everything plate, backing, and inner
skin, and lodged itself, after exploding, in some
timber about twenty ieet behind the target.
The conclusions drawn from this experiment
are, that England has now got a gun beyond
which it is almost unnecessary to go; and that,
as iron-clads and wooden ships are almost equal
ly hopeless against it, England's wooden fleet
may turn out not so useless as was supposed.
M. Aukiger, a French chemist, has invented
or discovered a new mode of embalming, which
dispenses with all the repulsive details of the
ordinary system. It consists in pouring dow n
the throat of the corpso two glasses of a liquid,
whose composition is still a secret. The opera
tion lasts but twenty minutes, and in two
months ths corpse becomes as stone. Experi
ments have been made with this new methoJ at
Marseilles and Algiers, iu the public hospitals,
with complete success.
An Austrian chemist, M. Leinelbrook has
discovered a way of inclosing electricity in small
glass capsules, which will explode under the in
fluence of the slightest shock. The capsule is
enclosed in a steel cone, so that if shot from a
rifle it will enter the flesh, and the explosion
which follows is sufficient to kill a man. Ex
periments have been made on horses and oxen
with perfect success, these animals having fallen
down as if struck with li"htnic".
The news from India gets worse and worse.
From the latest reports it would seem that some
thing like 2,000,000 of people have died of fa
mine on the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is
too fearful and painful a sqbject to dwell oo.
NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.
This body closed a most harmonious and ia
teresting session at Fayetteville. last week. Six
days were spent in close attention to business.
Bishop Pierce presided with great satisfaction,
and his pulpit exercises were of the highest order. ,
Besides the usual routine of busirie&s, the Con
ference adopted the change in the name of the
Church, "Episcopal Methodist,' with only three
dissenting votes. The proposition to change the
Constitution of tho Church so as to admit lay
delegates in the annual and General Conferences,
was adopted by the vote ayes 49, nays 23.
The Conference resolved to re-build Greens
boro' Female College as soon as possible. Twenty
thousand dollars have been raised at Greensboro'
towards that object, and Rev. Dr. Deems, and
Kev. A. W. Mangum .were appointed Agents to
secure the funds. Mr Mangum is the active
Agent in this State.
It was resolved to resume the publication of a
Church paper !n Raleigh at an early day. to be
called the "Carolina Episcopal Methodist," and
also to establish a Bookstore in connection there
with. -
The missionary collections for the year, were
only about $1,000. and those for the superanuated
preachers, exceeded $1,400.
The next Conference will be held at Wilmington.
APPOINTMENTS.
Raleigh District L L Hendren, P. E.
Raleigh H T Hudson
" Mission A R Raven
Wake Circuit S B Bobbitt
" Miss'on W M Jordan
Smithfield T P Ricaud
Tar River J H Wheeler
Louisburg J A Cunninggim
Granville John Tillett
Henderson 1 T Wyche
Nashville M J Hunt.
IIiixsboro' District W H Bobbitt, P. E.
Hillsboro' W C Wilson
Chapel Hill O J Brent
Durham's R S Webb
Haw River H II Gibbons
Franklinsville C H Phillips
Guilford Mission Z Rush
Alamance A Norman
Loasburg Lemon Shell
Person P J Caraway.
Greensboro' District N. F. Reid, P. E.
Greensboro' Wm Barringer
Guilford J W Lewis
High Point and Co's Shops N H D Wilson
Trinity B Craven
Thomasville-' D R Brnton
Davidson VV D Meacham
Ash-boro' J E Thomp i,JB Alford, Sup.
Forsyth James WV- Leeler
Stokes G E Wyche
Madison C C Dodson
Wentworth W C Gannon
Yancey ville R G Barrett
Trinity College 5 Craven, Pres't ; P Doub,
Professor Biblical Literature.
Thomasville Female College D R Bruton,
President.
Salisbury District Wm Closs, P. E.
Salisbury Wm H Wheeler
Rowan C M Anderson
Motksville J E Mann
Jonesville L F Way
Surry R T N Stevenson
Wilkes C Plyler
Alexander W II Barnes
Iredell M C Thomas
South Iredell D L Triplett
Statesville M V Sherrill
Elkin To be supplied.
Roanoke District R S Moran, P. E.
Roanoke J P Simpson
Warren J P Moore. T B Reeks, Sup
Tarboro' J W Jenkins
Williamston J J Hines
Plymouth W F Clegg
Washington John S Long
Bath To be supplied
Mattamuskeet W H Moore
Hatteras To be supplied
Wilson J VV Tucker
Agents for Greensboro Female College AW
Mangum, C F. Deems.
Newbern District James Reid, P. E.
Newbern R A Willis
Beaufort J B Williams
Straits and Cape Lookout To be supplied
Morehead City and Newport Jno Jones
Trent Wm A Smith
Kinston J F Kearns
Snow Hill J B Martin
Swift Creek and Neuse Mission N A Hooker
Goldsboro E A Yates
Everettsville S D Peeler
Neuse J B Bailey
Wayne Female College S M Frost, Pres't.
Wilmington District L S Burkhead, P. E.
Wilmington, Front St J H Dallev
Fifth St J C Thomas
Topsail A D Betts
Duplin B B Culbreth
Clinton J H Robbing
Cokesbury T J Gattis
Bladen C M Pepper
Elizabethtown W M Roby
Whiteville--R P Bibb
Smithville J F Smoot. W M D Moore, sup
Chicora Col Inst P II Scoville, Pres't
Brunswick To be supplied
OnslowDan'l Culbreth. D C Johnson, sup
Mariner's Chapel, Wil J N Andrews.
Fayetteville District S D Adams, P. E.
Fayetteville T W Guthrie
Cumberland II P Cole
Deep River F II Wood, T C Moses -Cape
Fear J W Avent
Jouesboro' G Farrer
Troy To be supplied
Montgomery- J D Buie
Rockingham--J Wheeler
Uwharie C W King
Robeson W S Chaffin
M L Wood, Missionary to China.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The stock of cotton on hand at the port of
Liverpool, on the dd, was 665,000 bales, of
wuicn zuu,uuu was American.
Twenty five persons bad. perished by an ex
plosioo in a collier, near New Castle.
There is an increasing unpopularity of the
Queen of Spain arirong her subjects, and she
was recently publicly insulted at a theatre.
The rumor that by a secret treaty the army
of Belgium .is placed at the disposal of the
French Emperor in the event of war, isdis
credited. . ""
It is confidently stated that, under the aus
pices of France, negotiations are now pending
between the Pope and the Patriarch of Con
stantinople for the union of the Greek and
Catholic Churches. This movement is looked
upon. "with great interest in Europe, from the
important influence it may have upon the set
tlement of the "Eastern question."
.The war in Japan has ended. The report of
the death of the Tycoon is confirmed.
The London Times says, "Considering the
difficult position of the President of the United
States, and his efforts to prevent the invasion
of British territory in North America, it would
see witb satisfaction some compliance witb his
request in bebali of .remans who have been con
victed of treason and sentenced to death, but
still, it would concede bo immunity in case cf
Another ioTMiofl."
JEFFERSON DAVIS. ;.;
From the New York Tribune, (Radical paper.)
Eighteen months have nearly elapsed since
Jefferson Davis waa made a state prisoner, i He
had previously been publicly charged, by the
President of the United States, with conspiring
to assassinate President Lincoln, and $100,000
offered for his capture thereupon. The capture
was promptly made and - the money duly paid;
yet, up to this hour, there has not been even an
attempt made by the Government to procure
his indictment on that charge. He has also
been popularly, if not officially, accused of com
plicity in the virtual murder of Union soldiers,
while prisoners of war, by subjecting them to
needless, inhuman exposure, privation and abuse;
but no official attempt has been made to indict
him on Uiat charge. . He has been indicted for
simple treason; and even this indictment has
not been obtained at the instance of the Gov
ernment. It may be so badly drawn that no
-conviction could be bad on it, whatever the
proof advanced; yet the Executive could say,
"I am not responsible for this. . The indictment
was obtained without the asseDt or privity of
my Attorney-General or Cabinet." it
Repeated attempts have been made by the
prisoner's counsel to briog his case to trial; but
to no purpose. The Government does not ap
pear to prosecute; the machinery of the Courts
is always out of order. At one time, Martial
Law stands in the way; when that obstacle is
removed, there is a cavil as to the sufficiency or
completeness of its withdrawal; and, when that
will no loDger serve, it is found that Congress
has somehow disarranged the judicial districts,
so that the case cannot safely be proceeded witb.
And Congress itself, having most inconsiderate
ly meddled with the matter, never took. pains to
inquire what action on its part, if any, was re
quisite: so that now Congress, President-and
Chief Justice are in a complete muddle on the
subject; each seeming inclined to throw all re
sponsibility for the delay on each other.
The upshot of all this is that the prisoner is
not tried, nor likely to be; and that, if tried, he
is morally certain not to be convicted; if con
victed, not to be punished. There are still
many persons who would like to have him ex
ecuted; but there is not one intelligent raoa on
earth who has the faintest notion that he ever
will be. For, though Governments sometimes
inflict capital punishment on conspicuous rebels,
they never, at least in modern times, do so long
after their rebellion was suppressed. Austria,
in 1859, put to death thirteen of the Hungarian
leaders betrayed into her hands by the miscreant
Gorgey; but she tried them by drum-head
court-martial directly after their surrender, and
bad them all hanged and buried within forty-
eight hours. Had she waited eighteen months,
and then executed them, she would have in
voked the execrations of all Christendom.
Since it is notorious that Davis is not to be
punished, why is he s i ill kept awaiting a trial
which he alone seems to desire, and which be
can by no means obtain? What good end is
subserved by persisting in a menace which still
serves to irritate, though it no longer appalls?
Congress, at its last session, evidently felt
that it had the President at disadvantage with
regard to this prisoner that he was an elephant
which Mr Johnson bad too easily acquired, and
was now unable either to keep or dispose of save
to his own loss. In the state of feeling then
prevalent, this aspect of the case was regarded
by many with evident complacency. Had the
President been a man of high courage, we think
he would have bailed the prisoner and called oo
Congress to demand, if that were deemed advi
sable, that be should be surrendered and tried,
and to prescribe the legal conditions - of such
trial, since the ' laws as they stand seem inade
quate or defective. But he should first, at all
events, ha,ve publicly retracted the charge of
complicity with the assassins of President Lin
coln, since he has virtually abandoned it by not
attempting to found an indictment thereon. It
is neither just nor wise to send forth a prisoner
of state with the brand of murder on his brow;
aod a naked failure to prosecute is but equiya
lent to the Scotch verdict, "Not proven." If
Mr Davis is even probably guilty of complicity
with Booth, he should have, ere this, been ex
plicitly freed from the reproach, even though
he were to be executed for treason on the mor
row. A great government may deal sternly
with offenders, but not meanly; it cannot afford
to seem unwilling to repair an obvious wrong.
LEARN A TRADE.
Why is it that the proportion of young men
in this country who turn out badly is so much
larger than it used to be? Every moralist, and,
in fact, every close observer, knows that the
proportion of shiftless, good-for-nothing young
men has largely increased within the last. few
years, particularly in this and other large cities,
but those who discuss the subject seem to be at
a loss for the true' explanation. - In our judg
ment the question is one oi very easy solution
We attribute it to the spirit of false pride which
induces parents to put their boys in stores and
offices rather than apprentice them to good
trades. In this city, at the present time, mer
chants, bankers, insurance men and others of
this class are overrun with applications from
parents who want situations fur, their boys; but
manufacturers find it almost impossible to get
apprentices. It was not so . in former times.
Fifty years ago much later, in fact -parents
generally legarded a trade as'something essential
in the preparation Xf their boys for the battle
of life. Even men whose circumstances did not
require theovto do manual work made it a point
to have their' boys learn trades, in order to give
them practical ideas about business, . to make
them industrious, and also to furnish them
something to fall back upon in case of adversity.
How is it now? Mechanics, and laboring men,
even, have too-generally imbibed the idea that
they ought to place their boys a peg above the
drudgery ot manual labor. ; They seem to think
that they are not doing justice to them unless
they place them in positions where they can
wear "nobLy" clothes and keep their hands
white. There never was a greater mistake.
Look at the leading men in our country, from
the President down, and you will pee that as a
rule it is the men who learned. trades in their
youth who have become the foremost in every
branch of progress aod enterprise The boy
who is placed in a store or office usually geta his
head full of vanity and self-conceit before he
has been long in his position. He acquires an
inordinate love of dress, and soon becomes so
puffed up in his own estimation that practical
common sense can find no lodgment in his brain.
His aim is to dress as well and live as high as
those with whom he comes in contact, and he is
quite likely to go from habits of extravagance
to habits of dissipation. We de not wish to be
understood as saying that this is the road which
all boys travel who do not learn trades. We
simply 6ay that such is the tendency, and it re-
quires a ooy oi gooa mma, lortmea uj gooa
early training, to resist the temptation
J, The boy who ia put $o a trade, oa th other
hand, gives vanity but little chance to get hold
of him. He acquires practical ideas about busi
ness: his - habits are moulded by frugality aod
economy, and he lays the foundation of a good,
useful and industrious citizen. - 1 be idea tnai
manual labor is not "respectable."' is one of the
absufdest things in this age of absurdities. No
person with a thimblefull of brains will say any
thing; of the kind, and those silly creatures wno
do say so are generally the degenerate scions of
bard-workiner mechanics. Jvery boy, wnetner
rich or poor, high or low, ought to learn a trade
not that he should always work at it, but that
he may have it as reserve capital, together witb
its influence in forming his character. New
iork';Sun. .
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METHODIST PROTEST ANT CON
FERENCE, -The Forty-first session of the North Carolina
Annual Conference M.P. Church, was convened
at Salem Chapel, Alamance Co , N. C, on Wed
nesday, Nov. 7, and concluded on the luesday
following. The attendance was unusually large.
The business transacted with spirit, while the
increase exhibited was for beyond that of any
former year. ,
The following is the list of appointments:
President, J. L. Michaux.
Albemarle circuit R H Wills
Tar River C A Pickens
Roanoke John Paris
. Halifax W H Wills
Granville F R Ball
North Granville W McB Robins
Orange Alson Gray
Alamance J W Heath
Greensboro W C Kennett
'. Randolph F S Gladson
Ashboro C F Harris
Davidson II W Peebles
Guilford R R Micbauz
Haw River A W Lineberry
Yadkin R W Pegrani
Winston T H Pegrara
Mocksville G E Hunt
Iredell Z C Lineberry
Monroe J S Dunn
31ecklenburg J L Swain
Catawba James Deans
Cleaveland -A Hunt
McDowell R R Brookshier
Buncombe J P Eller
Paint Mountain N J Roberts
Providence- To be supplied
Pigeon River 41 .
Green River L M Nolen
Stanly A J Laughlio
Columbia J H Gilbreath
Tally Ho ! L P J Harris
Taw River To be supplied
Fayetteville and Sea Board, unsupplied.
J II Page, J C Deans, A M Lowe, Dr AC
Hanis, left without appointments at their own
request. W F Gray, M C Heptinstall, left in
the hands of the President. W W Amick,
transferred to the unstationed list, at his own
.request. Jos Parker superanuated.
Representatives to the Convention proposed
to be held in Montgomery, Alabama, May,
1867, Ministerial, A Gray, W H Wills, C F
Harris, T II Pegram, J L Michaux, A W Line
berry, W C Kennett, W McB Roberts, John
Paris. Lay: Dr M C Wbitaker, Dr L W Batch
elor, G J Cherry, John F Harris, D M Lee, Dr
W A Coble, Henry Walser, W A Coe, L V
Pickens.
Next Conference to be held at Union Chapel,
Granville county, to begin on Wednesday before
the 2d Sabbath iu Nov. 1867.
J. H. PAGE, Secretary.
Notice.
The Wardens of the Poor of Mecklenburg coun
ty, will meet at the Poor House, on Saturday ihe
24th of this month, for the purpose of electing a
bteward and a Physician for the year 1867. None
need apply without a recommendation, &c. '
E. C. WALLIS, Chairman.
Nov 12, 186(3 2tpd
Guano.
Three Hundred Sacks Genuine Peruvian Guano,
and titty Barrels of Pure Bone Dust, now in Store
and for sale by
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
Nov 12, 1866. Opposite National Bank.
A Carriage for Sale.
An excellent six seat, second band Carriage,
(nearly nw) for sale, Price $300, cash. Enquire
of Mayor Harris, or of Mr Joshua Trotter, at whose
snop me uarnage may oe seen.
November 12, 1866. 4lpd
IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.
"MONEY SAVED IS MONEY MADE."
C3 OS-
or
CHARLOTTE, t, C,
Assures the citizens of North and South Carolina,
that they are prepared to verify the above maxim,
by ouermg toeir large and extensive stock of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard-rare,
Stationnries, Notions, Furnishing Goods, Ribbons,
Laces, liats, Uon nets,
. BOOTS AND SHOES,
to Retailers at wholesale prices.
They have employed hands to mannfacture espe-
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tinny ior mem iuc lojiowiug:
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Clothing, witb which
they will keep the Charlotte market well supplied.
Their Clothing are made of the best material and in
the latest style.
Air their Goods are of the latest Importation.
'TIIEIR DRESS GOODS.
both for Ladies and Gentlemen are of the latest and
most approved Patterns.
They are thankful to the citizens of Charlotte and
surrounding conntry for their very liberal patronage
heretofore extended, and hope to merit a continuance
oi tne same.-
4"fc J. . I . m w .....
viie uoor norm or Mansion House. Call oace
and you will be induced to call again.
H. & B. EMANUEL.
Nov 12, 1866.
. IV. C. Railroad .fleet in?.
A meeting of the Stockholders of the North Caro
lina Railroad Company will be held in Raleigh, on
Wednesday, the 12th day of December next, for the
purpose of considering the By Laws and Regula
tions proposed bV'the committee, and also such
amendments' to the Charter as may be suggested.
: A punctual "attendance, either in person or by
proxyis earnestly requested.
; THOMAS WEBB,
Nov. 12, 1866. President.
, :r. . OTICE. h
The tifidersig-ned, Laving moved to- Wilmington,
hare placed their unclosed business in the hands of
Messrs.' HUTCHISON & BROWN, Attorneys at
Law, an3 request all concerned to call upon them
and make settlement.
Nov. 12, 1866. KAHNWEILER & BRO.
. f Almanacs for 1867.
- Blum's and Turner's Almanacs for sale by -Nov
12, 1866. - TIDDY 4 BRO.
t rcbrtli Carolina Form Book,
A few ctfpies for sale by TIDDY 4 BRO.
Hot. 12, 1866,' - '
KEWS ITEMS. -The
Paru correspondent of the London Times
says the Etnperor'a health was improving con.
sideraUy.
Murderers Lynched in SoutJi Carolina.
Branchville, S. C., November 12. -The negroes
who killed Mrs Garvin and daughter, near Orange,
burg,, were hung on Saturday by the cititens.
The freed men were so incensed , against the per
petrators of the outrage that they wanted to bum
the murderers, but were prevented by the whites.
The Washington Republican distinctly char
ges Secretary Stanton with gross neglect in the
matter of the New Orleans riotand. with being
responsible for its non-prevention.
General Dick Taylor dined with Generals
Grant and Sherman on Tuesday evening at the
residence of the General in-Chief. '
Kiectilor's Sale.
The undersigned, Executors of the last Will of B.
R. Smith, deceased, will sell at his late residence, 4
miles South of Charlotte, on Friday, Nor. 30th,
1866, the following property, viz i
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Farming Implements, Wagons,
Carriage, Buggy, Harness,
Horses, Alules, Hogs, Cattle,
Corn, Fodder, 4c, kt.
A reasonable credit will be allowed.
B. R. SMITH, Ja.,
JUNIUS M. SMITH,
Nov 12, 1866 3t Kxecutors.
- Iotice.
Tho .nHarrihpr hfivinw rt.nK. m toed .
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th Omintv Court nf U - i.h...
administration according to- law on the Estate of
tlT ASl -3.. 1 1 a .'
wm a uwru, unewou, uereoy gives general notice
to all creditors of said estate, to present their claims,
1rtlir atif kanliiatAll nritltin t Vi a . I 1 ! . 1 i
UUIJ au.uvu. ".....u .uv WLUO 11U1 l'.EU OJ IRW
IUI uv uipvgv, w.uK.n.cs wu UUIICB Wilt DO
pleaded in bar of recovery.
Debtors to the said estate will also please to make
payment immediately. C. OVERMAN, Adm'r.
Nov 12, 1866 6t
Sale or Land.
Pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court of
Law of Mecklenburg County, at October Term, 1866,
I will iell at the Court House in Charlotte, on Sat
arday the 22d day of December next, to the highest
bidder, on a credit of six months, the purchaser
giving Bond with good security, the following Lands
belonging to the Estate of William A Owens, de
ceased, viz : ' -
Two Lots in the City of Charlotte, Nos. 354 and
357, adjoinjng the Lot occupied by W K Reid said
Lots being subject to the Dower of the widow of W
A Owens.
Also, one-half interest in two Lots fn the City of
Charlotte, Nos. 33 and 41, now occupied by 41 ri
Jane E Owens, and subject to her dower.
Also, one-half interest in a tract of land, just
without the corporate limits of Charlotte, on the
South-west, adjoining the lands of - the late John
Irwin, Dr Asbury and others, subject also to the life
interest of Mrs Jane E Owens.
C. OVERMAN,
Administrator of W A Owens, dee'd.
Charlotte, Nov 12, 1866 6t
Groceries! and Provisions.
We have for sale some nice Hams. Also some
splendid Buck Wheat Flour.
Just received 50 bushels bolted . Meal, and any
thing else that any ooe may want to eat. Just call
and see. A fine lot of Flour of different brands juit
received.
Call and leave your orders. We will send all
goods bought at our store to your house.
We keep constantly on hand, Sngar of all grades;
Coffee of all grades; Molasses, Rice, Teas, Pepper,
Spice, Cheese, Soap, Soda, Table Salt, best brands
of Family Flour, Chestnuts, Apples, Butter, Eggs,
Lard, Potatoes, Irish and Sweet, and anything else
you mav want. If we have not the article you wish
rill get it for you. PRESJON k GRAY.
N. B. All Country Produce bought at our Store,
and the highest cash price paid.
Nov. 12, 1866. . - tf - : '
TO THE PUBLIC.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS.
Hftving rented the well known and popular Stand
of KAHNWEILER k BRO , on Trade Street, and
prior to our removal, (which will be in a few days,)
we offer our entire stock of
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS,
Shoes, Hats and Notions,
at and below COST, for the purpose of closing oat
our entire present stock, as we intend for the future
to keep, only a certain line of GOODS at our new
stand; therefore, we call the attention of our pa
trons, particularly the ladies, and the public gen
erally, to our large and handsome assortment of
Dress Goods, White Goods, &c ,
consisting in part as follows :
Plain, Figured and Striped Freach Poplins,
French and English Merinoes, Plain and Figured
Alpaccas, Plaids, Coburgs, all Wool DeLaiues, Plain
and Figured, and numerous other styles of Dress
Goods all of which we will actually sell at a
sacrifice.
TO THE GENTLEMEN, who desire to be clothed
in a rich and handsome SUIT, from top to toe, will
find it to their interest to give us a call and save
money. A. WEILL 4 CO.,
Nov 12, 1866.
For Kent.
- I offer for Rent, for the year 1867, the Dwelling
occupied by the late Col. B W Alexander. Also,
the Dwelling bow ocenpied by Mr W W Elms. Also;
the Store House, on Trade street, now occupied by
Mr Lowengard. Also, the Store belonging to Thos.
Trotter's Estate, in Granite Row, together witb the
Rooms up stairs. Also, the Store now occupied by
Hutchison, Burroughs 4 Co. -
S. P. ALEXANDER, Agent.
Nov 5, 1886
3t
GROCEKIES.
HAMMOND &TMcLAUGHLIN
Have just received a large Slock of fresb Groceries,
consisiing in part of
50 Barrels Sugar, assorted,
30 " Molasses,
20 Bags Coffee,
50 Kegs Nails, . " '
50 Boies Cheese, assorted.
Bagging and Rope, .
Mackerel, Salmon, Halibut, Codfish, Herring, and
Bice Fish, a superior article, .-
Hardware, Leather, Saddles, 4e.'
Together with every article usually kept in a Family
Grocery Store.
Produce of all sorts taken in, exchange for Goods.
Nov 5, 1866.
Notice.
I have for collection, or arrangement, a number
of claims doe L. S. WILLIAMS. Parties concerned
would do well to call and . see me. otherwise suit
may be brought.
RUFUS BARRINGER, Attorney.
Charlotte, Oct 29, 1866 lmpd
JAKES GORDO,
WM. A. HEA
Wilson, y.C
Norfolk,. Va.
JAMES GORDON & CO.,
Commission Merchant'
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
In view of the high tax imposed on Cotton by tba
United States, say three cents a ponnd d twenty
cents a bale for weighing, and with the hope of in
ducing the Merchants and Planters to sell their
Cotton in Norfolk aad thereby assist in establishing
a direct line of steamers to Liverpool, we wil" 8e"
Cotton for 1 per cent commission.
... Our house was established in 1828, consequently
our long experience enables us to promise a faithful
and prompt discbarge of oar duties to all product
consigned to our care.
Oct Z9, 1866 2m.