THE WESTERJf DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, 8. C. IBtstrrn 13rniDrrai. CHARLOTTE, N. C. INTERESTING DEBATE IN GRLSS On the Impcnvhincut Quettiun In the House, on had fioiic oil (or poiije tinit" in a tirade against the I’re-siderit and I he Southern people, he the CON- Spaldioff,) wJio stood here as a Girond against ! the Jaci'bins, that the history ol the Girondists j was ill this place to be written; and aithoui'h i the GENE&AIi BANKRUPT LAW. | The following is an «l)slract of tlie General j Bankrupt Law passed by the Tliiriy-niuth Con- tufiitn trriinf lud upon, the nation demands the injfx-achiM lit and renioval of Andrew Johnson. The Sptakcr htre interrupted Mr Ashley, and Said that while he km;w tliere was a Iicen>e (d debatf* on a res'ilufion in regard to impeach* nicnt, he tliouuht the {.'entleiuan from Ohio was jiroceedini; bt-y^nd that limit. Mr Jlandall (iJ*;micrat) inquired whether there Was an insane a.sjiuni near here. Mr Chanler (denif)cratj PU"rested that there was one over the river. [Laughter] Mr IJcyer expressed tlie hope that Mr Ash ley would be allowed to go on without interrup- tiun, bacau.cf' he was doin*; the Presidi-nt ser- I vice, aitd they appreciated his efforts very much. Mr Ashley continued: It is well known that For the Wi'tcrn Ihmocrat. DIMENSIONS OF HEAVEN. Mr. Editck I C in your paper a curious calculation with rt^-ard lo (he extent of the New Jerusaleni, in which calculati.ui the errors aro certainly not the least rtmarkable feature. 1 o these errors 1 propose to call your atiention. The calculator states that the cube *>{' 12,000 furlonL'S, or 7.9-0,000 feet, (the length, breadth and height of the eternal city.) i> l>48,0^^8,000,- 000,000.00-.‘00,000; wher.aH it is only 4*J'3,- 783,'oHh,000,000.00(»,000 He then stales that the mixed decimal 4.1H) r presents the cubic ft-et in a room iyxl9xl», whereas lh>; number oJ cubic feet in s^ueh an apartment i."* 67(0, wliieh would f;ive the iiiimbcr of such uparluic■n^'' at 80,008,481,oOHi;"'.whereas }our c..ku- lator says o,i 4o.-jO.OOIKOOO. .Now, if 1 am Tiot wn'V- how stuj t-ndious is his erri.r I'o tDUcIi for the cubic a'jatci.5urctiient and the num ber of rooms. llcsof'pofiis that tfic rarth always l.a«, and always will curitain *Jt.iJ,0U0/'00 of pei’f'l'', a'-d that cach generaticn last.s UljJ years, and then tells us tbat2,70H 00 will jias-s away in a een- txiry, whereas the niiinbcr ni'jst of necf.“‘-i*y be 000,000,000—that is 'JUO.000,000,000 will die upon the earth in the 100,000 years ulie sup posed, by your caleuiator, dtiraiion t>f our planet’s exi.-.ttnee) in«icad of 1^7,000,000,000,- OOO, as his arKhmtiic has made if. lie thi-n fuppoeefl that there are ll.‘2ui.> worlds in inhab itants and duration of cxisteiico tqual to ours ; then he tells us that eaeti of these ;:o..d |>cople would have a room 10 feet lon^, 1 led wide and 15 leet hi^'h ; this miy be >0, but m^t by the test of hib own figures. JJuc idkinf' it for j!ranlcd that ours iii the only iiifiabited planet, that it will endure lor IOO,*iOO years, that 900,- ^00,000 will die iti each century, and that all vill go to Heaven; deducting oiie-lialfof the ppace affiij^ntd to lieaven lor the throne (d (jod, | fitreetfi, &c , still each one of these 900,000,000 | of angels would have (if each were given his i own place,) 47,7hi and almost one half cubic | leet of spuee, or 10 roomH I'.}x20xl2 ftct. j And now that 1 have finisfied this seeming | foolish calculation, let uie point you to the moral j to be drawn from the immensity of lieaven—it j is this : that though the souls of men be more Dumerou6 than the sum of all created things, there will yet be room for them and to spare in the City of God, and tliat so it will be forever. For the Wtsirrn Democrat. MECKLENBURG BIBLE SOCIETY. At H meeting of the ExfOiitive Committee of the M« okh-iilMirg ISilii*- S'U-iety. Iiekl l‘*-hrnary j ,JiU, ]• culu witfi my colleairue, (Mr Asliley.) 4th, the following ifsoliilioos wvi'e ttdu(.teil: ’ - ■ • ■ Ilesolvcd, That til*- ISoani of MunagtT-*. in each Tt.nrs.J .v lifter Mr ^uch men as he attempt to arrest the revolution, „ress, Hiid aigned by the Piesident. ue time in a tirade against revelation Xije juiisdiction in bankruptcy casi gpoke (it ^ ^ ler.) in his specifications of impeachment, said Cu\irts acting in a supervi«..rv capacity as C which has b!.- «;Jour »n tory ’ ^ ,hai this House would be false .0 itsdf if ic ; E.i«ity. The Judges of'the dis.'rict C blot atid shal be remowd In thcnameof ^ The get.tle- h.yalty betrayed, of l.iw violated, of^ the (.otisM- revolution which es IS given was here to stop. 1 j,y tl^e act lo the several District Courts of tli« The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr But-; (jiiited Slates, with the United Stales Circuit Courts Courts ' will l>e assisted in vlie perfornjance of ihe duties j iinpu>ed upon them by llegi.steis in bankiufitcy, • who are r(.-(piired to be counsellors of tho>e courii, or of some of the Couris of iJecord of iheir several . Stales. 1 he power of the iiHgi>te's is limited,! ■ and provision is maile tor releieiKe of disputed (jne&lioiis to the L>i>tiicl Cuvnt Jmlges, and for I a]>p»':il-'' fioiij the lJi>lriei CiMirts lo the Circuit (.!,>iirls, and fn.mi the latter, in casts where the • , principles and declarations can be carriiMl out. m ater in dispute siiall e.xeeeil -S2.000, to the Su- ! j If there is no respect, however, in this House j,r.-me Court uf the United i?tates. j j fi>r constitutional prineijdis, 1ft me beg gentle- 'J'iiCr..'are two kinds of bankruptcv contetnphi- • men, as one of tlie representatives ol a great hv ilie aef, voluntaiy and iiivolunvaiv. In | commercial people, to bear in mind what are ; the former any person residing within the jtirii- I I the Snancial consrrjuenccs of this prolonged ag- : dietion of ihe United Stale.s, owing over three j ■ itafion. Even the first movement of the gen- ■ luimlred dollars, and finding hiiiiself insolvent, ' I tieman from Ohio (.Mr Ashley) has already cost mav apply by peiition to ilie judge of the district I i the merchants, capitalists, bankers, and manu- , jn which he has resided for tlie six m>>iiilis pre- | I factureis full one hundred millions of dollars. I cedin" the dale of the petition, or for the loi.gest, * He has inflicted immense losses on those who i neri^jw during such si.\ months, and shail there- | be declared & man was right hud been set in motion was not to be stopped, hut was to roll over the House and the country. 'Jhev who embark in revolutions can never shrink. They must always go on. We are no longer a free people, with a con stitutional goveinment, if the i'entieman from Massaehusetfs is a leader of his party, and his STATE NEWS. » We regret to learn that Col. W, H. Thooias, of Cherokee county, is safferiog under nieotal derangewent, growing out of the ezeite* 3ient of the times, and has had lo be sent to the Insane Asyluir. We have for dajs been satihfied that such a step was necessary. We trust that be may speedily recover.—Kaleiyh ISentinel. The Presbytery of Concord will hold its next semi-annual session in Rocky River Church, Cabarrus county, ou the 24th ot April. The wheat crop, generally, in this sec tion of the State is looking very fine, and we learn from our exchanges that the proepect is everywhere promising. M. E CnuBcn, South.—The Baltimore Con ference M E Church, South, have cast a tinaoi- moos Tote in favor of Lay Bepresentatioo and of changing the Church name to Episcopal Methodist. The minority vote on Lay Delei^a- tioD was previously 33 more than one fourth**of the whole vote on Lay Representation, and 53 more than one-fourth on the change of ('hurcb name. This required 99 votes, clear, to carry Ihe first, and 159 vote* to carry ihe second, un- der the requisition for a;three-fourths’ majority. The Baltimore Conference voted on each, 10*4 yeas with no najs This carries Lay Delega tion by five majority in the vote of the whole Church The change of name is lo«t by 55 It is believed that a conference in Illinois will join the Southern Church with votes enough, if N. C. li.MTiST State roNVE.vrios-The measures, aiter both had been given up for lost. next session of this body will be held with the church in Wilmington, and will commence on Wednesday before the 4tb Sabbath in May. Merchants and others in established business will noticc the following change iu the manner of their listing : * Hereafter they :nu't list their purchase from April 1st to April 1st, to tho list-taker«, instead CITY TAXES. All persons residing in the irny of Charlotte, or owning taxable property, or doing biisine!>a itiereia on Ihe fiist day of February, 18«7, are lierchy noti- fie«l to mnke return of their taxiible property, polls, inereliandize or other snl>ject.i mude tiixubk* by tlie ciiy. on or before the last day of .Maich. ist;7. Piirtie? failing to make retiiriis the civil rigfits bill has not only not beeti en , ,u)mense losses on inoso wno ' pe- forced but that the vast m.ht^.ry power at tl e , obliiiations-Fed- i Lon be declared & bankrupt. The creditor., isposa 0 t e rest' en las cen _ : eral, State, corporate. The resolution before | having been properly nolified by the court, meet ! 1"*^ **^1 )ppn Uj'C ti ! uy provides the Jiiliciary Commiice with inde- together and .Mppoint one or more assignees of the j lus .nd.lfcrence or with h.s gu.lty knowledge to ^ ^ j • gainst the President of the United Statrs; to : iJie greater part in value and in number of the ■ arou'C and excite detectives, spies, itif*>rmers, i creditors who have proved their debts, or in ca.xe ' and others; to suborn perjurers; in short to do- | of failure lo agree, then by the Di>triet Ju.Ige, j velop here the whole infamous system of l ibe- or whvre there are oppo.'ing creditors, by the 1 rius and the other Caisars. We are entering ' ' iipon all this, tof», upon the eve ot a financial I crisis, when the wages of' labor are cut down in when hundrids of men are thrown out of employment in t’on- necticut, and when thousand.'s iif men parade the streets for want of something to do. No longer can money be raised in New \ ork to buy and lay rails in Iowa, Mintiesota, N *- braska, .^Iissl)Uri, and elsewhert; and produce must continue to rot in the barns of the fanners of the Northwest, in default of the means to take it to market. Revolutionary and financial agitation is death to commerce, manufactures, ciU-'h the loyal men (d tfie Soutli. Mr lildridge remarked tfiat he understood Mr AslJey to censure the i^resident beciiuse certain parlies had not been brougfit to trial, and he now desired to ask him if he bUm.;d the [’resi dent because Jt lferson D-ivis h id not been tried ujion the indictment found against liini ? Mr Ashley said in n tdy : 1 am unable lo 1 i>i 1 r 1 j , • I . I ' such fclates as llnode l.'land; answer the ;enileoian s question, but 1 know | , , ’ where the I’resi- ] tfiat in military dcpartnirnt.s , dent has command of the army, and where he ! does interfere, he has used the wiiltlaty power i to crush the loyal uien, instead ol sustaining 1 ihem. I Mr Eldridge a.'^ked Mr Ashley ,to favor the I House with one single instance w here the I'resi- dent had neglected his duty in regard to the trial of any person. •Mr A^lilev replied. Yes, sir, in New Orleans and in Memphis, in every city in the South where there^are no civil governments, and where, by his repeated acts, he has recognized the su premacy of the rebel power. Mr Spalding (radical) said : Mr Speaker, I do not ftoast of any xtraordinary de;:ree ol cour age, either moral or physical; but I thank my Creator that he has so constituted me that 1 can rise on the fl ior of this House yet and declarc my convictions, although they differ with the m:ijoiiiy of the {»any with widch I act Sir, I Prather, Wilson SatnpDoii lb coii{:r‘t;iilioii. I)c r*(;m-^-ttd to a'cniaio, iinim*- diately. tiie d•^titllIloll in their ii-.»(.*ciive- (i. ld- (if operation; rt port tin- same to Dr Franei> Searr, Chaii'itiHn of thi> ('oniniittee. and call on our pofitor. licv. A. .‘'inelair, for such sujiply as he may b" alih- lo furni>li. iUnolvtd, That tl.e Secretary be authorized to nquewt the iiianngers. in *aeli eongrei.'Htion, to take u|i a collection a-> eai lv ax pi net iea hie, at fartlie>t not later tiian lln' tii.-t of Apiil. fi.r the puieliase of Jiibles and 'I’e.-'tanients lor this County. A Lint (if Mariagers of the MccKlcnhurg Bible tl/. CharlottJ—Metli''li>t Cluircii: Rev W (’Power, S I.,l!idiile ami SC Wolf*'. l’rf--liyteriaii t’linieli: Jlev A W .Miller, (ien .Jno A Yonnj; and Jno ]> JJurwell. Epi^tiopal (’Imioh : Ilt-v Mr llronson. ,lohn \V ilL*-.'aiiii r'l W A VViliiams. Eniheran (Jliuieh : l*ev N Aldi ieli, Jacob iJuls and .Martin Iceliower. liaiiti.'t (’hureh : iJev li li Griliiih. S I’ Sinilii and Jas .1 Ulackw Sugar Cri elv Church : Janie.-^ M Hutchitsou and Ira Parks. IjHck Creek Chnrch ; Rev I G McLaughlin. Od IJryce Coelirnn and JetVflunter. Davld^on Collffre Chureh : Kt v E F Rockwell, A Mclve r uiul Prof iiichard.'on. Rainah Cliurch : Rt-v 'I'hos I)avi.'«. Hopewell Church : iircvurd David.ion ind Jno r Hurry. Caldwell C'hiireh : Rev S C Pharr, J B Mc Donald and E«!(U’ 'r"dl. Hickory Grove Cliurch ; Rev J J Prather. TV111 Taylor and W'm Carter. Mount Zion Cliur h : IJev J J Prather, Win Gille.«pie and Sparrow. Relhesda Church : IJev J J Prather, Fletcher Mt'orv and E Chi istenbury. Trinity Church : Rev J J Prather, Robt Martin and Dr Win Kerr. Hig Spring Ciinrch : Rev J J Motitgom«*ry and N 15 'faylor. Hebi.m Chuich: llev Mr Melton Wolfe and Win Throwi r. Harrison I'liui cb : Uev Mr Melton, Jas R R insoii and M L Wallace, Sandy Rid^e: Kev J J Prather, Jaine.s H Mor rison and J M Hitch. Dow's Church : Rev J J Prather, Robt McGee and J Kelly. Fairview Church : Rev J J Prather, A W Aber nathy and A G Stansell. New Hope; Rev J J Prather, John F Stilwell and John Easily. Relhel Church : Rev J J Prather, Cid White and WiI.xoii Swearinnen. Mill Grove : Rev J J Prather, A F Stevens and C Stilwi 11. Zion Church: Rev J J Prather, Jesse Long and Jt>hn Lo\e. liig St*el C'reek Chiirch : Rov John Douglass, Thos B Price and (i Neel. Pleasant Hill (Pre.-by terian Church) : Rev Jno Douglass. J M ClioHte an] A K Erwin. Little Steel Cl*M-k Clinreh : Rt'v J (J Chalmers. S \V' Reid niiii Dr Jno M Stronj;. Sliaic n ('hnrch : l^ v R Z Johnston, H C Reid and Capt Jno Walkt r. Providence Church : R. v R Z Jdinstou. Capt w m Stitt and E C Knyk. ndall. Saidis ( luircli : K»-v Joliu Hunter, Lorenzo Hunter and lioyce. Pliiladelpfiia Cloirch ; Rev Mr McDonald. Win Beaver and John M>on‘. Gilead t hurch : Ri v Ah x Ranson, Dewees Irwin and Ezt kii-l Alex!ind. r. i’rosperity Church: IJ.-v Ale.x Kanson, Joseph Bell and .Samuel Garrison. Morning Star : Ueo U Davis and Philip Fisher. Pleasant Hill ( Prot. Methodist Church) : Rev Mr Swayne and David M Lee. Hopewell Church : Rev J J Prather, J Lem- ondii »nd Campbell. List ff Officers. Rev J C Chalmers. Pre^id••nt; Rev W C Power, Vice-Prefid»*iif ; Jame.s M Hutchison, Treasurer; S W Reid, Correpponding Secretary. One OF THE NfcW Statks.—San Francisco, ^larch 1) —A di.'^patch from Carson, dated ^iarch 8ih, »ays the Nevada Legi.-lature ad- joucncd sine die at midnight. Before it ad journed, the Lieutenant Governor .said the Leg islature had done no crcdit to themselves or the State. No revenue bill had been passed, and the State was so utterly without credit that ere dit bad been refused it for 100 pounds of flour for the State prison, which was without a day’s {)rovi.%ion, and that he would turn the prisoners oose to seek a living for themselves. The clos- is|[ swnefl were disgraceful. atid I stand here in this v» ry jilace Irom which more tfoin two iiiontlis ago, tfie Executive id this nation was cfiarged witfi high crimes and misdemeanors, to denounce the whole «cheme ufl one of con^ummate folly. I trust we have not yet arrived at the .«ame state id feeling as tfiat which existed durini; tfie revolution id’ Oliver (hdtnwell, or that which lived in the days of llolie>-pierre and .^lurat in France, when tluise who in one day advocated the most extreme measures were tlie next day brought to the scaffold because they wore not far enough iu the advance. Is that to be our position in this country? Sir, 1 have voted for every radical measure of reconstruction propo.^ed in this House, and yet we have not adopted radical measures enough to suit the jiurposes of some tr* ntlenien around me. 1 hey now cry for the head of the Executive. [“I'liey want nmre blood,” fuggested Mr Wooil, in his scat.] For wliat good j ur[>:ise y Is it to m-ike way for some other mm, or set of men i Is this whole nation to be convulsed, is our be trifled with, j.re our sticks to be brought down to thirty, twenty, or ten per ccnt. simply to gratify this anxu ty to reuiove the executive fiead of I he nation ? Sir, I cannot go for that proposition. Mr Nibluck rose to »sk .Mr Ashley whether tfic newspaper charges that he (Mr Ashley) liad been guilty of official bribery and corruption Wire trut; '! Mr Ashley. I do not yield the fl lor to have the gentleman come here with any such imper tinence. Mr Niblack remarked that ho had no personal niattcr to settle with Mr Ashley here. He always settled his personal mattcis outside of this House. Mr Ashley said : I want to say to the gentle man from Indiana that I should perhaps not Iiave used the words I did. I meant to say that his suggestion was not pertinent to the question before the House. But I will answer it. Mr Niblack. Docs the gentleman withdraw the expression ? and agriculture. For the Western Democrat. WHOSE FAULT IS IT? We are now in a politie.-il chaos, without posi tive government, a Constitution or laws. We } may have a pf-rinissive government, with negro ’ hrst lo lie paid in lull eijuality—or r;itlier. trollifully speaking, negro ."•uperiorily—for politically they art! now entitled to inor« privile^^es and rights than we. Whose fault is this ? A bri(‘f re\ ii'W of our hi-fory since our surrender may aid in answering this intjiiiry. It is well known. li\' the p!ihli>hed letti-rs of General Slu'rman. that a ^horf time priM’ioii-j to the surreiidi-r of G'‘ii. Jo.-eph E. Johnston, that Pre>id»'iit f..incoln had a long private interview witli Gen. Slooinaii somewherti beloiv Riolinioo(i. and that President Lincoln intimated or specified to him the terms 011 which our submission would liegisttr. The w hole affairs of the bankrupt pa,‘y into the hands of the assignees, who have full powers granted them necesssry f-jr the collection of all deois and the final aiju.stmenl and closing up of the estate. Stn’ngHtit regulations «ie made loi the jiruper (lepo>li ami safe keepitig of all motu-ys rtt-eivcd from llie estate; and where de lay is likey to occur from litigation in the fin.al d'sliiliuiio* of the assets tl*ec«>uil is emjiowered lo direct tlieir temporary invesliiient. '1 he bank rupt is liable at all times to be called up for ex- amin.-iiion on oalh upon all matter.s relating to the disposal or condiiion of his property or to his busine.-is trjiisactions. and, tor good cause shown, his wife nny in like m iiiner be comj)e!led lo at tend as a vitne.'S in the case. In the di.■^tri!)ulion of the bankrupt’s estate divi- demls are .0 be paid as agreed upon by a majorr- ly in value of the creditors, from time to time, at three monUs iiiteivais. but liie following claims First, the fee.s, cosls, j and all c.xpm.ses under the Ihiiikrnpl act; second, all debts, L'lxi'S and assessments due to llie I United States ; third, all Slate ilebts, taxes and i asse.ssments; fourth, wages due to any operative, j clerk or house servant to an amount not exceel- ; ing lifiy dolUvs lur labtpr ]'Ci1i'tined within six I months preciiling the bankiujilcv; fifih, all debts ! due to any persons who are or may be entitle»l I to preference by the laws of the United Stales.— ; The Voluntary bankrupt is entiilcd to his di.s- j charge provided no fraud is proved against him. within the tiiue of as heretofore to the Sheriff from July to July, i specified will be liable to double tax. Uetnrns will For tlie present year tliey will li:it their pur- ^ be rect ived at the First NationHl Bank of Charlotte', chases from July 1st, 18GG, to April 1st, 18G7. At an election for Intendant and Com- mi.^sioners of the town of Lincoln'on, held on the 2nd inst., the tidlowing gentlemen were chosen, viz: Intendant, V A McBee; Commis- hioners, C (’ Henderson, A A McL^-an, M L Brown, S P Sherrill, B II Sumner, P A Sum- mey, \Vm Jjaoder, Elam Caldwell. up to the last day of .March, 1867, between the houn of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. TIIOS. W. DEWEY', March 4, 18€7 4t City Clerk. New Banking House, BEENIZER, KELuiiGG & PETERS, Bankers and Brokers, Trade Street, (Springs’ Building.) CIIAHLOTTE, N. C. BaENizF.R, Kellogg A ('o.,) Greensboro, N. C. j he received, and that those terms were eioUiuced j at any time IVoin sixty days lo one year after ad- in the generous article.^ of surrender agreed upon ] j,„lieaii,.n of bankinpuy ;'but the proof or dis- j covery of any fraud or concealment deprives him I o f the rigiit to discharge No ])er?oti who liiis Gold. Silver, Biillio.i, Southern Bank Sottg, jighl and time K.xchange, Stocks, Bonds and Couponi BO L OUT AND SOLD Deposits received, subject lo sight checki, as with the Banks, and Six per cent Interest allowed. Particnlar attention pirrn to the pnrchHfe and sale of Gold, ^Silver. Bullion, and Southera Bauk Note?, on commission. Collections made on all accessible points. ygy~ Bii'ine«s pajier discounted, and Money loaned on collaterals. Rkfkhk.ncks—(jov Z B. Vance, Charlotte : JeiM H Lindsay, Green>boro. .March 11, lSi)7 Cm between the two eminent commanders above iianied. 'I'lu'se articles recognized us as States, and j'romi.-ed an early restoration to the Union, without degiiohng or unmanly conditions. Who ; ri ji'Cted and disapjiroved id'theye iirlicles of sur- ! reiidt-r ? It was onr present Pri'sident. He re- iji-cted thes( coiiclitions of reconstruction, and i atter the surrt iider begun his own work d' recon- ; St ruction — appointing Governors and calling Con- I veiitioiis. propo-iiiig iMoiditions and assuniiitjr re- ; s|ioiisibilitii-s, and promising his Executive power I to >up|iort them. j Thf South promptly acccd- d to all his condi- ' tions and were niet by refusal atid Ci'iiteinpt in ! Congress, and with little better by tho I’residenf, i who never once alluded to the repeal of the test mil I c credit to whose amne;-fy jiroclamation so plainly * ■ indicated hi? iiai row-minded policy’ that even liis enemii s taunft-d him for his restrictions. It is V ii> mil r' oiuoir-u non im 10:1 I l-.^l I Id 1011>. IL l> ' I notorious that his personal pardons ar« many of ; I them iiiconsi.-teiit with his avowed principles.— i The .'•ternest Union men have been denied par dons ; such statesmen and iinioni.-ts as Governor ; once received his diK-harfie is to be entitled again 1 to iti'come a voluntaiy bankrupt, unless his e^tate j is saflicient to pay seventy per cent, of his debts, I or iinie.'S three-fourtfis of his cieditors assent in I writing lo his bankruptcy. Preferences and ! fraudulent conveyances are declared voi.l by the j act. and suitable, provisiuns are made for the I voluntary baukruj»lcy of partnerships and corpo- 1 rations. i The exemptions utider the law are as follows : I T!ie nccessary household and kitchen furni- ; tuiv, and such other articles and necessaries cif i such bankiujit as the a.''signee shall designate ' and set :ip;irt, having reference in the auiount to the family, condition and circumstances of the bankrupt, but altogether not to exceed in value, in any case, the sum of§i>00; and also the wear ing ;>j)parel of such bankru{)t, and thatofhis wife Gialiain and others are still under penalty of ■ il'lreii, aridthe iiiiitorm, at ms and eqiiip- coiili.'cntion. \v!ii!‘ many prominent secessionists are pardoned — not timt we obji'Ct to what lie has done ill that way, (for ail who obtained pardons should have tliem.) but to what fie has failed ti> ilo. 'I'heii his e,\ccptions of men of property, in iiis amnesty, has done more to cripple our ener gies than all the laws of Congress. I'lit to jiroci'cd. Notwiiti'tanding all fhe.«e evidences of in.-incerity. tlie South coutinu»-d to rely on his jiroinises and to follow his advice. L nder his inHoence we have persistently resisted the proposaN of Congress. urid'T the assurance that we would lie protected against these oppres sive and uncoii>tiiutional measures ; and we have now the fruits of our provocations in a Sherman Hill for military government-, and the disappoint ment of our hopes in im'eting the least resistance on tin? part of ihe Executive. For practical re lief we have doled out to us. at stated periods. Mr Ashley. Certainly I do. I wish to say , stereotyped dissertation^ on the unconstitu- i to the gentleman that the point which he raises j of the measures. Wh.it difference to us j against me has no possible connection with this ^ '*■ "bether these oppressive measures j . • . * • . tiM .1 ■ constitutional or not, if the Contrress nas.^es j case, and is not pertinent to it. \V hen those ! Executive executes t^.em ? “He ' char-es were first made against me, I Came into ! k,„„vs the right and yet the wrong pursue.^.” It is time that our credulity w*re a little shaken, : nients of any person w ho is or has been a soldier 1 in llie militia or in the service of the United I i^tates ; and such other property as now is or I hereafter shall be exempted from attachment or j >eizure or levy on execution by the laws of the I L'nited Slates, and such other property, not in- I eluded in the fo-egoing excejitions, as is exempted ; Irom levy and sale upon execution or other pro- [ cess or order (>f court, by the laws of the State in I which tlie bankrupt has hi-; domicil at tlie time I of the commencement of the jiroceedings in ba'ik- ' ruptey lo an amount not exceeiling th.it allowed by such State exemjitioa laws in force in the i year ISGi. ! Acts of involuntary bankrujdcy tinder the law I are cl.issitled as f(dlows: Departure or absence 1 ftom the State where debts are owed, wilh intent j to defraud the creditors; concealment to avoid service of jirocess for the rccovery of debts; con cealment of property to avoid seizure on legal process; assignments designed to delay, defraud or hinder creditors; arrest and detention for seven days, under execution for a debt exceeding one and that we .«.hould b*-gin to think for ourselves : hundred dollars; actual imprisonment for seven instead of allowing the I’resident to think for us. I days in a civil action founded on contract for one NN e r.re now tidd of coming reaction at the ! bundrel dollars ; assignment, gift, confe.>ision of Noith. and civil strife atnong them, and that we i jmjgrncnt, or any other act by which preference the House and asked an investigation of them A Committee was appointed—two of them dcm- j I ocrats and three republicans—and ihe commit-, I tie unaiiimou-ly exonerated mu from any im- | j proper motive whatever. i Mr Bu'ler (radical) made a speech, winding j j up as follows; lain willing to take up the j I i;auntl( t thrown down by ftie gentleman from ^ I Uhio (^.Mr Spalding.) and I say that if any j man stands in the way of the great march of I tiiis couniry to lioiiur, to glory, to pcacc, to, j unity, to h;ip{iincss, to liVerty, and to law, he : mU't be taken out of the way by a constitutional method j Mr Miller (radical) spoke in favor of moder ation, culmnes-', and re^juluritv in *-ucb a **rave ' c . , ^ i* * *- t c , ’ , i tore negroes. It i.-^ a time when “Southern men,” I ii.attcr as the impeae inient ol the 1 resident.— as they are appropriately called, sbould abstain i He was opp(>sed to pri-judgino the case, or pro- from .'eeking olKce or controlling legislation; for i nouncing on this fl jor as to whether or n t the ' they cannot enforce any Coustitntion disapproved President was guilty of the charges before the ’ I'y Congr»-ss. 'I'herefore let ;he Constitution be I evidence was laid before tf.-e House. The ' f*“'"*‘‘^ 'O' I^adicals in Nortli Carolina, who | President should be tried fairly and impartially ! *be view.-* of their fiit-iul-i in Congress, ' •nJ ll.e lloos. ,huuU not l.e b.*,, i„ declari.g | I o..lv a matlc, of.kuil. in»:'t wait for these to ndieve us. of the Girondi.'ts.teach us tfiat revolutions never go backward—they must cuiminate. It is useless to resist them by moral force, iiiid we have none other. \\ e must follow the progress or be trod- di-n under foot. Let the portentuoiis measures How propo.-fd by a. Congres,-* whioh is the supreme arbiter of the land, teach us that wo inu=t avoid and not resist the storm. What must we do ? Siiijmit to the Congres sional plan of recon>truction—elect men who will Let tlie fate ^ .riven to any ereditor, endi>rser or surety ; dis- j honoring commercial jiajier, or suspending and I not resuming payment, for fourteen days. The peiition for an aUjmlication of bankruptcy in such j c.'ir es may come fVom one or more creditfirs whose I debts reach two hundred an«l fifiy dollars ; but i the jK'tition must be brought within six months I after the act of baiikriiptcy has been committed. ; In involuntarily bankruptcv the proceedings are made more stringent than in the other ilescriji ti >n of cases. The penally f^r any fraud or con cealment, direct or indirect, under the act, is im- pii'onmenl, with or without hard labor, for a terra not exceeding three years. There are ot’ier details in the act, relating to the duties of the ofllcers appointed ami author ized under the law, the amount of fees, *fec , which CONGRESS. March 12.—In the Senate, a resolution was introduced, directing the Secretary of War to furnish Gov. B’’ownlow with equipments and arms for twenty-flve hundred Militia. Mr Wil son urged iuunediate action. Mr Johnson ob jected and said the resolution must take its reg ular order. Mr Sumner objected to its imme diate consideration. Mr Sumner’s joint resolution, demanding fur ther guarantees preliminary to reconstruction, was tabled after a long debate. Tlic Senate passed a bill appropriating 81,- 000,000 for the relief of Soutliern people, re gardless of antecedents, to be dispensed by the Ereedmen’s Bureau An amendment, making the appropriation a million and a half, was de feated. March 13.—The House, in Committee of the Wlade, discussed the bill appropriating a million dollars for the relief of Southern destitution — Mr Wood opposed the uicasure, saying the South only wanted civil rights and Northern capital to develop their resources. Mr Williams thought Congrtssional bounty could be better ap[ilKd to assisting the widiws and orphai;S made so by the rebei.i : if anv were to suffer, , . . . , . . let it be those who were disloyal, and let Cod ■ ;XV?;\.Lhalf' iniereTt’inTfk Almighty populate that couritry with people I Harrisburg Dejiot who were loyal to the flag. Mr ('handler de nounced the measure as intendi-d to bolster up the Frecdmen’s Bureau ; it was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Mr Boyer hoped the bill would pass; the Frcedmen’s Bureau was the best means for distributing necessities; if this bill failed, ho did not wish to hear anything more of Ireland’s sympathy J he declared the analogy between the Southern and Irish people complete. Mr But ler and Logan made bitter speeches. Many llepublicans spoke warmly in opposition to the substitute, and in favor of the bill. The ('om- mittee' finally rose without action and the House adjourned. M'lrch 15—It is stated that ntilkr has an amend- ineat 10 the niillion relief bill, authorizing the Dis trict Comnninder.s to compel the rich to feed the poor, by forced assessments. NOTICE. In pursuance of nn order of Court at Janiiary Sessions, Ibti?, I will .= ell at the Court ifoiise door in ilie Town of t\>ncord, on Tuerdity of .April f’oiirl, the !Gih day the following described L.V.NP.S, be ing ihe jiroperiy of Henry C. Howie, deceased: 170 acres lying m the waters of Ki'cky ftiver, «d- Juhn I'ai and House and I.ot at one undivided third interesl in the remainder of ihe tract of Lar.d on which the lnt» Jeremiah Howie lived, adjoining Ihe lands t>f J. I». iMorehead, Cyrenius Alexaiidtr and others. A credit of nine months will he given THOS. 11. UUMI.V.SOV, March 11, 18G7 4vv Administrator Plows ! Ploivw ! I A large assortment of superior PLf)'V.S, at tha Ihii'dware Store of BUE.M, BfiOWN k CO. March 11, 18ti7 2w HUTCHISON, BIRROIGHS & CO., Agents for sale of Pacific Guano, *• “ “ *• Pure IJime Kloar, “ “ “ “ Baugh’s Phosphate. Genuine Peruvian Guano and Pure Ground Plaster. Kuckliind Lime, Catawba Lime. A full assortment always on hand. FARMERS ! Call and see our^ew Steel Cotton Plows, Steel Cotton Sweeps, Wrought Iron tiotion Scrapers, Kaole Plows, Cast Iron t’orn Plows, Cultivators, Corn Slielkrs and Straw Cutters. 3,000 Lbs choice Dried Apples, 25 Sacks FAMILY FLOUIi, 181) Sacks SPUING UATri, On Consignnieni. IICTCIIISON, nURROUGIIS & CO. Ch.irlotte, .March 11, I8U7. AI iTleLcod & Graniteville Brown Sheetings and Utilh, Alamance Cheeks, I’laidi and Drills—fas; colors—low f.ir cash. Also, a fine assortment of English Hollow Ware. March 1 1, 18tJ7. Notice to the Ladies OF CllAKi.OTTE. I am now prepared to e.xecute all jtylej of JVl an t^Ta-- IM akiiig. DRESSK.S m.ade iu the latest and most approved Parisian taste. All kinds of MILLINERY and FANCY WORK at the shorte.-:t possible notice. The strictest attention will be given to Cutting and Fitting. Particular care given to Fancy Trim ming. l..adies would do well lo call early. L.‘ !I. .SMITH, Mch ’ 1, 1867. 3d door ubove Xutional Bank. liverpool $lalt Large, heavy sacks of Liverpool Salt, at $3 50 pfr sack, with all kinds of GUOl'KltlKS proporiionably cheap, just received and for sale bjr March 1 1, 1807. KLIAS k COHF.N. H. ivc. him guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr Biooks (democrat) spoke, lie said that Mr Ashhy had a.sserted that five thousand Union u en had been (filled and wound«d in the S .lUth. ^('W he (r LriH'ks) wiis ftMcntive rcadtr of new.-papcrs, and knew wfiat was ”oin' on. and f e prunounced the declaratii n as a tiiere liction—a figment of the gentleman’s own train. 'J here was no more crime in the Si>uthern conn- try, ill pn.poriion to its p pulation, than in New \.*rk, and no crimes bad been c-iiuinittod .«o offtnsively atrocious as in the northwest of Mis souri During the past year and a half there had been no more crime cjmmitted ia ten south ern States than in ten northern States of like population. Ciime existed everywhere and in every form—murder, arson, etc —and yet *s- sertions of crimes committed in the southern This we think is our jwlicij', for our principles ^ are overthrnwn. and fur the time are ‘■crii«ht d t>> i earth.” These ^ugge^tiolls may not be correct, ' but they seem to be our only hope on j REFLECTION. ’ SPRING IMPORTATION, 1867, HibbonS) Millinerj aad Straw Goods. AK.Tl!l»TISO.\(«, CATOBS & CO., Iinport«-rs nnd Jubbers of RIBBONS. BONNKT SILKS and SATINS, BLONDS, Netts, Crapes, Velvet?, Ruches, Flowers, Fetiibers STRAW BONNETS AND LADIES’ BATS, Trimmed an«l Untrimmed, SHAKER HOODS, &c. The followincT is the clause which was .«o near causing its defeat, and is still part of the bill: ‘•And in all proceedings in hanlcriipfcy eom- mcnceif after oue i/^nr fr im, the time the ar( ifo into fiprrntioii, no discharge sh ill be gr.Tnted to a debtor whose as.sets do not pay fifty per centum of the cl liins against his estate, unless the .-iS'ent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors who have proved their claims is fi'cl in the case at or before the time of application for discharge.” IMPOKTIKT TO FiRMESS. A Liberal Oiler. We keep on hand a large snpplj of Fertilizers— such as Peruvi:»n and Pacific Guano, lt:iw-Bone Phosphate and Super Phosjdiate of I.,ime, and Gyp sum—which we offer 10 Farmerj on reasonable terms. e will supply responsible parlies for one-half cash,and wait for Ihe balance until the crop is made We also keep a larere suppv of Bacon, Corn and Seed Oats, at wholesale. J. Y. BRYCE k CO. Charloite, Feb. 25, 1807. tf “Home, Sweet Home! There's no place like Home !” I am happy to inform my old friends ofCharlotl* and the surrounding country, tlmt I have apuin re turned and resumed my old business among iliem, and am fiiHv prepared to oiler them the CIIKAPEST STODIl OF COODS To be found at any other estaolishment in the tifr. Having recenily lived in the Northern St;iles. anil with iny old experience in Ihe PL’RCH.ASE (.11^ GOODS, 1 am not prepareil to say 1 will sill “below ccst,” or at a reduction on ihe ori(;inal co.»t, or “»t and below New Y'oik prices,” but lhat I will sell »• CHEAP, IF NOT CHEAPER, Than any other lIon.>-'e, and at a S.M.VLI^ PRl>FIT. .\s my slock wns f>urchasel for Caih, coiiscq'ienily I can iilford to dispose of articles ai a sli^rh: ad» Kiu f. I have now in Store, and am coiistanily reteiviii,j, a choice assortment of X>3Et.3r 000X3 S, Ladies’ Trimoiings of thr Latest Linen Table Dumask, Linen Diaper, and all kinds of Flannels, CalicoeM* brown and bleached Sheelin^'s, black and coloffd All iMccas, Ladies’ and'Gentleman's FURNISHING GOODS. &c., &c. Call and secure Bargains. II. .M. PHELPS, March 11, 1867. Opposite the Court Hou*t. I am just receiving an excellent Stock of choice Family Groceries, which will be sold at reasonabl# prices for Cash. Wholesale dealers can be full/ supplied. Also, a large rupplv of HARDWARE, which I will sell at a Small Profit. >Ierchants and others, who wi.-h lo secure Bargains, »i!l consult their own interest by calling ou me before piirclias- ing elsewhere. H. .M. P11KI..P.S, .March 11, 1807. Opposite the Court Mout*. 1000 337 .S39 Bohimore tSfrcet, BALTIMORE, MD.. country are ihentioned here lo arouse the public Stock to be found in this Country, to the iuipeachoient of the President i unequalled in choice variety and cheapness. He would Mjr to the geotiemaD from Ohio (Mr I •nemi.n givw». ets ooHEsig-, An’icipatintr the arriv.il of their Spring Stock in a few davs, will offer the remaining portion of thjir WINTER CLOTHING and DRY GOODS at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Dark Calicoes, some at 12J cents. Good Calfcoet at 15 cent.Q, at March II, 1867. SLIAS k COBEK'S. BUSHELS of CORN FOB SALE. Appiv to R. L. 'PATTER.«ON * CO , Patterson P. O., Caldwell county, N. C. March 4th, I8«7. Impd AUCTIO.lllveR and AGE.ITT. S A. STUART respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and the public generally th.it he w ill give bis personal atiention to Auction Sales and ihe setilement of Accounts, or any bnsiness of that kind that may require his services. lie will visit the country when desired and act as Auctioneer, or attend to any business in the city as an Agent. He can be found at the Corner Drug Store of Dr, McAden, or at the residence of Mr Rabe. ooFFXirs. At my Plantation, 8 miles from Charlotte, on the Salisbury road, Coffins of all kinds may be obtained at short notice. A good soppij is always kept on band ready-made. Feb 25, 1867> B. A, STUABT. SPECIAL NOTICE. I take this opportunity of thanking roy former friends for their lib'Tiil parroimge, nml hope by fell, ing cheap, to secure a continuanre of their furors. .March 11, 18i;7. 11. .M. PHELPS. KCO.^O.VIV IS WEALTH ! To make .Money is lo save it ! Therefore you oaght to pun hase y our Boots, Shoes and Hats for L.4DIE8, ME.f BOVS, FROU H . iVl. P H E L P 8 , who is selling at prices which is pronounced by I judges to be great Imrgains. Remember the place. H. M. PHELPS, March 11, 18C7. Opposite the Couri Houie. Slate of Iff. Carolina, Meckleiibnrf co* In Equity. J. W. Morrow, Admini!>traior vf J R. Daniel and B. E. Daniel, vs. Cbas. E. Spratt and Wm. S. DaaieL Petition for Sale of Real Estate. , It appearing upon affidavit lhat Wm. S. Daniel, one of the defendants in this case, resides beyond the limits of this State, notice ia hereby given for said defendant to appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for Mecklenburg county, ai the court houte in Charlotte, on the 4th ;ouday in April next, then and there to plead, answer or demur t« plaintiff’s bill, otherwise the same will be taken as confessed and decree made accordingly. Witness, Albert 0- W'illiamson, Clerk and Master in Equity for said county, at office in Charlotte, lh»* 9tb day of March, A. D , 1867. M-6ir. A. C. WILLIAMSON, 0. *. B.
