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THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, H. C. (Slje IBestem Drmorrat CHARLOTTE, N. C. For the Western Democrat. DIMENSIONS OP HEAVEN. Mtt. Editor : I see io your paper a curious calculation with regard to the extent of the iNew Jerusalem, in which calculation the errors are certainly not the least remarkable leature. lo these errors I propose to call your attention. The calculator Mates that the cube of 12,000 furlongs, or 7.920,000 feet, (the lenth. breadth and height of the eternal city,) is 948,08,000, 000,000.00,000,000; wl.erras ii is only. 490, 783,088,000,000,000,000. He then states that the mixed decimal 4.96 represents the cubic fret io a room 19x19x10, whereas, the number of cubic feet in feuch an apartment 6770, which would give the number of such apartments at 86,008,481,301,9.,9.05S, whereas your calcu lator says 5,74,750,000,000. Now, if 1 at" cot wrmjg, bow stujendious is Lis error?. So much for tbc cubic admeasurement and the num ber of rooms. He supposes that the earth always ha?, and always will contain 900,000,000 of people, and that each generation lasts 33 years, and then tells us that 2,700,000 will pass away in a cen tury, whereas the number must of necessity be 900,000,000 that is 900.000,000,000 will die upon the earth in the 100,000 years (the sup posed, by your calculator, duration of our planet's exigence) in-.cad of 27,000,000,000. O00, as his arithmetic has made it. He then eupposes thbt there are 11,230 worlds in inhab itants and duration of existence equal to ours ; then be tells us that each of these good people would have a room 1G feet long, 17 ieet wide and 15 feet high ; this may be to, but uot by the test of hi own figures. JJut taking, it for granted that ours i the only inhabited planet, that it will endure for 100,000 years, that 900, 000,000 will die in each century, and that all will go to Heaven; deducting one-half of the tpace aFsigoed to Heaven for the throne of God, etreets, &c , still each one of these 900,000,000 of angels would have (if each were given his own place,) 47,782 and almost one half cubic leet of spaee, or 10 rooms 19x20x12 feet. And now that 1 have finished this seeming fool 'lib calculation, let me point you to the moral to be drawn from the immensity of Heaven it is this : that though the souls of men be more numerous, than the sum of all created things, there will yet be room for them and to spare in the City of God, and that so it will be forever. M For the Wrslcrn Democrat. MECKLENBURG BIBLE SOCIETY. At a mefting of the Executive Committee of the Mecklenburg liihl Society, h-ld February 4th, 16G7, the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That the Hoard of Manager.-, in each congregation, bo reque.t d to ascertain, imme diately, tlie deMitutioii in their respective fiVId of operation; report the same to Dr Francis Scarr, Chairman of this Committee, and call on our De positor, Uev. A. Sinclair, for such supply us he may able to furnish. Jiesolxed, That the Secretary be authorized to request the managers, in each congregation, to take up a collection as early as prtcticalle, at farthest not later than the ri'rt of April, for the purchase if 13ibles and Testament for .this county. A List of Managers of the MccJdenhurg Bible Society. Charlotte Methodist Church: Rev WC Power, S L Kiddle and SC Wolfe. Pre.hyteriau Church: llev A W Miller, Gen Jno A Young and Jim U liurwell. Episcopal Church: Iiev Mr limnson, John Wilkes and ('! W A William. Lutheran Chuich : Kev N Aldrich, JaCoh Duls and Martin Icehower. Baptist Church : Kev It H Griffith, S P Smith and Jas J Blackwood. Sugar Creek. Chuich : James M Hutchison and Ira Parks. Back Creek Church ; Hev I G McLaughlin. Col Hryce Cochran und Jeff Hunter. Davidson College Church : Kt v E F Rockwell, A Mclver and Prof Richardson. Jiamah Church : Rev Thos Davi. Hopewell Church : Brevard Davidson and Jno F Harry. Caldwell Church : Rev S C Pharr. J B Mc Donald and Eddy Todd. Hickory Grove Church : Rev J J Prather. "Win Taylor and Win Carter. Mount Zion Church : Rev J J Prather, Wrn Jillespie and Sparrow. Bethesda Church : Rev J J Prather, Fletcher Moore and E Christenbury. Trinity Church : Rev J J Prather, Robt Martin and Dr Win Kerr. Big Spring Church : Rev J J Prather, Wilson Montgomery and N B Taylor. Hebron Church: Rev Mr Melton. Sampson AVolfe tuid Win Thrower. Harrison Church : Rev Mr Melton, Jas B Rob inson and M L Walluce, Sandy Ridge : Rev J J Prather, James II Mor rison and J M Hitch. Dow's Church : Rev J J Prather, Eobt 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 Stilweil and John Easily. Bethel Church : Rev J J Prather, Col "White and Wilson Swearingen. Mill Grove : Rev J J Prather, A F Stevens and C Stilwell. Zion Church: Rev J J Prather, Jesse Long and John Love. Big Steel Creek Church : Rev John Douglass, Thos B Price and A G Neel. Pleasant Hill (Presbyterian Church) : Rev Jno Douglass. J M Choate und A R Erwin. Little Steel Creek Church : Rev J C Chalmers, S W Reid and Dr Jim M Strong. Sharrn Church : Rev R Z Johnston, II C Reid and Capt Jno Walker. Providence Church : Rev R Z Johnston, Capt Wm Stitt and E C Kuykendull. "Saidis Church: Rev John Hunter, Lorenzo Hunter and Hugh Boyce. Philadelphia Church : Rev Mr McDonald. Win Beaver and John Moore. Gilead Church : Rev Alex Ranson, Dewees Irwin and Ezekiel Alexander. Prosperity Church : Rev Alex Ranson, Joseph Bell and Samuel Garrison. Morning Star : Geo R Davis and Philip Fisher. Pleasant Hill (Prot. Methodist Church) : Rev Mr Swayne and David M Lee. Hopawell Church : Rev J J Prather, J Lem onds aud Campbell. List of Officers. .Iter J C Chalmers. President ; Rev V C Power, Vice-President ; James M Hutchison, Treasurer; S W Reid, Corresjnding Secretary. One of the New States. San Francisco, $Iarch S A. dispatch from Carson, dated J arch 8ib, says the Nevada Legislature ad jouuied sine die at midnight, lie lore it ad journed, the Lieutenant Governor said the Leg islature had done no credit to themselves or the State. No revenue bill had been passed, and ihe State was so utterly without credit that ere dit had been refused it for 100 pounds of flour for the State prison, which was without a day's Jro vision, and that he would turn the prisoners oo8e to 6eek a living for themselves. The clos ing toenes were disgraceful. CON- ' .. , g. 1 11 In the House, on Thursday, after Mr Ashley ,A nn,ia on f.ir some time to a tirade aoainst had coue on for some time io a tirade against the President and the Southern people, he . - iL . 1 t spoke ot the rresiaem u.gr., .ncuous , which has blotted our imiory wim its jouicst blot and shall te rcmoveu m ine name ox loyalty betrayed, of law violated, of the Con, i- tution trampled upon, the nation demands the . x . i n impeacnmcm aou . j Spcake and said that while he knew there wa9 a license of debate on a resolution io regard to impeach ment, he thought the gentleman from Ohio was proceeding beyond that limit. Mr Randall (democrat) inquired whether there was an insane asylum near here. Mr Chanler (democrat) suggested that there was one over the river. Laughter 31 r Boyer expressed the hope that Mr Ash ley would be allowed to go on without interrup tion, bscause he was doing tbe President ser vice, and they appreciated his efforts very much. Mr Ashley continued: It is well known that the civil rights bill has not only not been en forced, but that the vast military power at the disposal of the President has been used, not to protect loyal men, but has been used cither by li'is indifference or with his guilty knowledge to crush the loyal men of the South. Mr Lldridge remarked that he understood Mr Ashley to censure tbe President because certain parlies had not beeu brought to trial, and he now desired to ask hiui it he blamed the Presi dent because Jefferson Davis h;d not been tried upon the indictment found against him ? 31 r Ashley said in reply : I am unable to answer the gentleman's question, but I know that in military departments where the Presi dent has command of the army, and where he does interfere, he has used the military power to crush the loyal men, instead of tustaining them. Mr Eldridge asked Mr Ashley to favor the House with one single instance where the Presi dent had nejilectcd his duty ia regard to the trial of any person. Mr Ashley 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 hoafrt of any extraordinary decree of cour age, either moral or physical; but I thank my Creator that he h;s so constituted me that 1 can rise on the floor of this House yet and declare my convictions, although they differ with the mnjoiity of the party with which I act Sir, I differ toto recto wiib my colleague, (Mr Ashley.) and I stand here in this very place from which, more than two mouths ago, the Kxecutive of this nation was charged with high crimes and misdemeanors, to denounce the whole scheme as one of consummate folly. I trust we have not yet arrived at the same state of feeling as that which existed during the revolution of Oliver Cromwell, or that which lived in the days of Robespierre and Murat in France, when those who in one day advocated the most extreme measures were the next day brought to the scaffold because they were not far enough in the advance. Is that to be our position in this country? Sir, I have voted for every radical measure of reconstruction proposed iu this House, and yet we have not adopted radical measures enough to suit the purposes of some rentlemen around me. They now cry for the head of the Kxecutive. '.'They want more blood," suggested Mr Wood, in his seat. For what good purpose ? Is it to m;ke way for some other man, or set of men '( Is this whole nation to be convulsed, is our public credit to be trifled with, sre our stocks to le brought down to thirty, twenty, or ten per cent, simply to gratify this anxiety to remove the executive head of the nation ? Sir, I cannot go for that proposition. Mr Niblack rose to ask Mr Ashley whether the newspaper charges that he (Mr Ashley) had been uilty of official bribery and corruption wire true '( Mr Ashley. I do not yield the floor to have the gentleman come here with any such imper tinence. Mr Niblack remarked that he had no personal matter to settle with Mr Ashley here. He always settled his personal matteis outside of this House. Mr Ashley said : I want to say to the gentle man from Indiana that I should perhaps not have 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. Does the gentleman withdraw the expression ? Mr Ashley. Certainly I do. I wish to say to the gentleman that the point which he raises against me has no possible connection with this case, and is not pertinent to it. When those charges were first made against me, I came into the House and asked an investigation of them. A committee was appointed two of them dem ocrats and three republicans and the commit tee unanimously exonerated me from any im proper motive whatever. Mr UuMer (radical) made a speech, windiog upas follows : lam willing to take up the yauntht thrown down by the gentleman from Ohio Mr SDaldin-O and I sav that if anv man stands in the way of the x i r' j j jrreat march of tins country to honor, to glory, to peace, to unity, to happiness, to liberty, and to law, he must be taken out of the way by a constitutional method. Mr Miller (radical' spoke in favor of moder ation, calmness, and regularity in such a grave matter as the impeachment ol the President. He was opposed to pre -judging the case, or pro nouncing on this floor as to whether or n t the President was guilty of the charges before the evidence was laid before the House. The President should be tried fairly and impartially, and the House should not be hasty in declaring him guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr Biooks (democrat) spoke. He said that Mr Ashley had asserted that five thousand Union men had been filled and wound d in the Sjuth. Now he (Mr Brooks) was an attentive reader of newspapers, and knew what was ioin' on, and le pronounced the declaration as a mere fiction a figment cf the gentleman'? own brain. There was uo more crime in the southern coun try, in proportion to its p polation, than in New York, and no crimes had been committed so offensively atrocious as in the northwest of Mis souri. During the past year and a half there had been no more crime committed in ten south ern States than in ten northern States of like population. Ctiuie existed everywhere and in every form murder, arson, etc and yet as sertions of crimes committed in the southern country are mentioned here to arouse the public to the impeachment of the President He would saj to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr INTERESTING DEBATE IN GHESS On the Inijyeachmeut Question Spaldins,) who stood here as a Girond against the Jacobins, tnat tne nistory oi me utronaists was in this place to be written; and although 'SUCH Ulc' ao lit 1 1 v u p v .v.u.la,lM, ; 8 kf) did Qt lhhjk tbLj revojQtioQ' V ' such men as he attempt to arrest the revolution, was here to stop. The gentleman from Massachusetts Mr 15ut- . - . . . - - r I , . ,Decifio,rions 0f impeachment, said . . ' . . h. fatSP tn ifsu. ir :t I iiiL liiia uuucv impeachment now. The gentle- s waarioht 1 The ball of revolution which - - . ffiotion vss Dot to Le d . , jj over ihe 1Jouso and tbe country Thrv who embark in revolutions can never shrink. They must always go on. We are no longer a free people, with a con stitutional government, if the gentleman from Massachusetts is a leader of his party, and his principles and declarations can be carried out. If there is no respect, however, in this House for constitutional principles, let me beg gentle men, as one of the representatives of a great commercial people, to bear in mind what are the financial consequences of this prolonged ag itation. Even the first movement of the gen tleman from Ohio (Mr Ashley) has already cost the merchants, capitalists, bankers, and manu facturers full one hundred millions of dollars. He has inflicted immense losses on those who hold slocks, bonds, and other obligations Fed eral, State, corporate. The resolution before us provides the Judiciary Commitee with inde finite amounts of money to trump up evidence against the President of the United States; to arouse and excite detectives, spies, informers, and others; to suborn perjurers; in short to de velop here the whole infamous system of Tibe rius and the other Csesars. We are entering upon all this, too, upon the eve of a financial crisis, when the wages of labor are cut down in such States as Ithode Island; when hundreds of men are thrown out of employment in Con necticut, and when thousands of men parade the streets for want of something to do. No longer can money be raised in New York to buy and Ivy rails in Iowa, Minnesota, Ne braska, Missouri, and elsewhere; and produce must continue to rot in the barus of th farmers of the Ncrthwest, in default of the means to take it to market, ltevolutionary and financial agitation is death to commerce, manufactures, and agriculture. For ihe W estern Democrat. WHOSE FAULT IS IT? We are now in a political chaos, without posi tive government, a Constitution or laws. We may have n permissive government, with negro equality or rather, truthfully speaking, negro superiority for politically they are now entitled to more privileges and rights than we. Whose fault is this ? A brief review of our history since our surrender my aid in answering this inquiry. It is well known, by the published letters of General Sherman, that a short, time previous to the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, that President Lincoln had a long private interview with Gen. Sherman somewhere below Richmond, and that President Linco . intimated or specified to him the terms on wh: ;n our submission would be received, and that these terms were embraced iu the generous articles of surrender agreed upon between the two eminent commanders above named. These articles recognized us as States, and promised an early restoration to the Union, without degrading or unmanly conditions. Who rejected and disapproved of these articles of sur render ? It was our present President. He re jected these conditions of reconstruction, and after the surrender begun his own work of recon struction appointing Governors and calling Con ventions, proposing conditions and assuming re sponsibilities, and promising bis Executive power to support them. The South promptly acceded to all his condi tions and were met by refusal and contempt in Congress, and with little better by the President, who never once alluded to the repeal of the test oath aud whose amnesty proclamation so plainly indicated his narrow-minded policy that even his enemies taunted him for his restrictions. It is notorious that his personal pardons are many of them inconsistent with his avowed principles. The sternest Union men have been denied par dons ; such statesmen and unionists as Governor Graham and others are still under penalty of confiscation, while many prominent secessionists are pardoned not that we object to what he has done in that way, (for all who obtained pardons should have them.; but to what he has tailed to do. Then his exceptions of men of property, in his amnesty, has done more to cripple our ener gies than all the laws of Congress. But to proceed. Notwithstanding all these evidences of insincerity, the South coutinued to rely on his promises and to follow his advice. Under his influence we have persistently resisted the proposals of Congress, under the assurance that we would be protected against these oppres sive and unconstitutional measures ; and we have now the f-uits of our provocations in a Sherman Bill for military governments, and the disappoint ment of our hopes in meeting the least resistance on the part of the Executive. For practical re lief we have doled out to us. at stated periods, lorg stereotyped dissertations on the unconstitu tionality of the measures. What difference to us does it make whether these oppressive measures are constitutional or not, if the Congress passes them, and the Executive executes them ? "He knows the right and yet the wrong pursues." It is time that our credulity were a little shaken, and that we should begin to think for ourselves instead of allowing the President to think for us. We are now told of corning reaction at the North, and civil strife among them, and that we must wait for theso to relieve us. Let the fate of the Girondists. teach us that revolutions never go backward they must culminate. It is useless to resist thern by moral force, and we have none other. We must follow the progress or be trod den under foot, et the portentuous measures now proposed by a Congress whioh is the supreme arbiter of the land, teach us that we must avoid and not resist the storm. What must we do ? Submit to the Congres sional plan of reconstruction elect men who will carry it out in good faith elect white men, be fore negroes. It is a time when "Southern men,'' as they are appropriately called, should abstain from seeking otSce or controlling legislation; for they cannot enforce any Constitution disapproved by Congress. '1 herefore let the Constitution be framed hy the Radicals in North Carolina, who well reflect the views of their friends in Congress, and give us some government which is superior to Ihe anarchy which now prevails in our land. This we think is our policy; for our principles are overthrown, and for the time are ''crushed to earth." These suggestions may not be correct, but they seem to be our only hope on REFLECTION. SPRING- IMPORTATION, 1867 Ribbons, Millinery and Straw Goods AlttlSTKOXC;, C A TOSS & CO., Importers and Jobbers of RIBBON'S, BONNET SILKS and SATIN'S, BLONDS, Netts, Crapes, Velvets, Ruches, Flowers, Feathers, STRAW BONNETS AND LADIES" HATS, Trimmed and Untriramed, SHAKER HOODS, &c. 237 and .339 Baltimore Street. BALTIMORE, MD.. Offer tbe largest Stock to be found in this Country, and unequalled in choice variety and cheapness. ' Orders solicited and prompt attention eiraa. March i, 1867. THE GENERAL BANKRUPT LAW. The following is n abstract of the General Bankrupt Law passctl by the Thirty-ninth Con gress, aud signed by the President. The juiisdictioa in bankruptcy cases is given by the act to the several District Courts of the United States, with the United Slates Circuit Courts acting in a supervisory capacity as Courts of Equity- The Judges of the district Courts ' will le assisted in the performance of the duties imposed upon them lv Registers in bankruptcy, w ho are required to be counsellors of those courts, : or of some of the Courts of Record of their several j States. The power of the Regiters is limited, j and provision is made lor refeience of disputed questions to the District Couit Judges, and for t . i..' i". ..... ii... 1 1;. r ... .. .1. t appeals iivm mc j ii'ii iti, vuui is iu me , zircon. Courts, aud from the latter, in cases where the nutter in dispute shall exceed 62,000, to the Su preme Court of the United States. There are two kinds of bankruptcy contempla ted by the act; voluntary and involuntary. In the former any person residing within the juris diction of the United States, owing over three hundred dollars, and finding himself insolvent, may apply by petition to the judge of the district in which he has resided for the six months pre ceding the date of the petition, or for the longest periud during such six months, and shall there upon be declared & bankrupt. The creditors, having been properly notified by the court, meet together and appoint one or more assignees of the estate of the debtor ; the choice to bo made bv the greater part in value and in number of the creditors who have proved their debts, or in case of failure to agree, then by the District Judge, or w litre there are opposing creditors, ly the Register. The whole affairs of the bankrupt pass into the hands ol the assignees, who have full powers grauted them necessary for the collection of all deots and the final adjustment and closing up of the estate. Stringent regulations are made foi the proper deposit and safe keeping of all moneys received from the estate ; and where de lay is likely to occur from litigation in the final distiibutioi of the assets the court is empowered to direct their temporary investment. The bank rupt is liable at all times to be called up for ex amination on oath upon all matters relating to the disposal or condition of his property or to his business trtnsactions, and, for good cause t-hown, his wife may in like manner be compelled to at tend as a fitness in the ease. In the distribution of the bankrupt's estate divi dends are to be paid as agreed upon by a majori ty in value of the creditors, from time to time, at three monUs intervals, but the following claims are first to be paid in full : First, the fees, costs, and all expenses under the Bankrupt act; second, all debts, taxes and assessments due to the United States ; third, all State debts, taxes and assessments; Fourth, wages due to any operative, clerk or house servant to an amount not exceed ing fifty dollars for labor peifnimed vtithin six months preceding the bankruptcy; fifth, all debts due to any persons who are or may be entitled to preference by the laws of the United Stales. The voluntary bankrupt is entitled to his dis charge provided no fraud is proved against him, at any time from sixty days to one year after ad judication of bankruptcy ; but the proof or dis covery of any fraud or concealment deprives him o f the right to discharge No person who has once received his discharge is to be entitled again to. become a voluntary bankrupt, unless bis estate is sufficient to pay seventy per cent, of his debts, or unless three-fourths of his creditors assent in writing to his bankruptcy. Preferences and fraudulent conveyances are declared void by the act, and suitably.-provisions are made for the voluntary bankruptcy of partnerships and corpo rations. The exemptions under the law are as follows : Tiie necessary household and kitchen furni ture, and such other articles and necessaries of such bankrupt as the assignee shall designate and set ap:irt, having reference in the amount to the family, condition and circumstances of the bankrupt, but altogether not lo exceed in value, in any case, the sum of $500; and also the wear ing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wife and children, and the uniform, aims and equip ments of any person who is or has been a soldier iti the militia or in the service of tbe United States ; and such other property as now is or hereafter shall be exempted from attachment or i-eizure or levy on execution by the laws of the United States, and such other property, not in cluded in the foregoing exceptions, as is exempted from levy and sale upon execution or other pro- cess or order of court, by the laws of the State in j which tne bankrupt has his domicil at the time ot the commencement ol the proceedings in bank ruptcy to an amount not exceeding that allowed by such State exemption laws in force in the year 1864. Acts of involuntary bankruptcy nnder the law are classified as follows: Departure or absence from the State where debts are owed, with intent to defraud the creditors; concealment to avoid service of process for the recovery 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 hundred dollars ; actual imprisonment for seven days iu a civil action founded on contract for one hundred dollars ; assignment, gift, confession of judgment, or any other act by which preference is given to any ereditor, endorser or surety ; dis honoring commercial paper, or suspending and not resuming payment for fourteen days. The petition for an abjudication of bankruptcy in such c;u es may come from one or more creditors whose dei)ts reach two hundred and fifty dollars; but the petition must be brought within six months after the act of bankruptcy lias been committed. In involuntarily bankruptcy the proceedings are made more stringent than in the other descrip tion of cases. The penalty f;r any fraud or con cealment, direct or indirect, under the act, is im prisonment, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding three years. There are other details in the act, relating to the duties of the officers appointed anil author ized under the law, the amount of fees, &c , which are interesting only as a matter of detail. The following is the clause which was so near musing its defeat, and is still part of the bill: "And in all proceedings in bankruptcy com menced after one yar from the time the act slut tt go into operation, no discharge sh.ill be granted to a debtor whose assets do not pay fifty ( per centum of the clo'ins against his estate, unless the assent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors who have proved their claims is filed in the case at or before the time of application for discharge." Anticipating tbe arrival of their Spring Stock in a few days, will offer the remaining portion of th2ir WINTER CLOTHING and DRY GOODS at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Dark Calicoes, some at 12 cents. Good Calicoes at 15 cents, at JJirch 11, 1867, ELI AS COHEN'S. STATE NEWS. We regret to learn that Col. W. H. Thomas, of Cherokee county is suffering under mental derangement, growing out of the excite Dient of the times, and has had to be Bent to the Insane Asylum. We have for days been satihfied that such a step was necessary. We trust that he may speedily recover. Raleigh Sentinel. SOT The Presbytery of Concord will hold its next semi-annual session in Rocky River Church, Cabarrus county, ou the 24th ot April. tOT The wheat crop, generally, in this sec tion of the State is looking very fine, and we learn from our exchanges that the proepeci is everywhere promising. N. C. Raptist State Convention The next session of this body will be held with the church in Wilmington, and will commence on Wednesday before the 4th Sabbath in May. JCST" Merchants and others in established business will notice the following change ia tbe manner of their listing : Hereafter they !nut list their purchase from April 1st to April 1st, to the list-takers, instead of as heretofore to the Sheriff from July to July. For the present year they will list their pur chases from July 1st, 1SGG, to April 1st, 18G7. Atan election for Intendant and Com missioners of the town of Linculn'on, held on the 2nd inst., the following gentlemen were chosen, viz: Intendant, V A McRee; Commis bioners, C C Henderson, A A McLean, M L Brown, S P Sherrill, B 11 Sumner, P A Sum- niey, Wm Lander, Elaui Caldwell. . CONGRESS. March 12. In the Senate, a resolution was introduced, directing the Secretary of War to furnish Gov. lowo!ow with equipments and arms for twenty-five hundred Militia. Mr Wil son urged immediate action. Mr Johnson ob jected and taid the resolution niu?t take its reg ular order. 31 r 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. Tle Senate passed a bill appropriating 81, 000,000 for the relief of Southern people, re gardless ol antecedents, to be dispensed by the Frecdmen's Bureau. An amendment, making the appropriation a million and a half, was de feated. March 13. The House, in Committee of the Whole, dis-cussed the bill appropriating a million dollars fur the relief of Southern destitution. Mr Wood opposed the measure, saying the South only wanted civil rights and Northern capital to develop their resources. Mr Williams thought Congressional bounty could be better applied to assisting the widows and orphat.s made so by the rebels; if any were to suffer, let it be those who were disloyal, and let God Almighty populate that country with people who were loyal to the flag. Mr Chandler de nounced tbe measure as intended to bolster up the Freedmen's Bureau ; it was a wolf in sheep's clothing. Mr Boyer hoped the bill would pass; the Freedmen's Bureau was the btst means for distributing necessities ; if this bill failed, he did not wish to hear anything more of Ireland's sympathy ; he declared the analogy between the Southern aod Irish people complete. Mr But ler and Logan made bitter speeches. Many Republicans spoke warmly in opposition to the substitute,, and in favor of the bill. The Com mittee finally rose without action and the House adjourned. March 15. It is stated that ButHr ha3 an amend ment to the million relief bill, authorizing the Dis trict Commanders to compel tLe rich to feed tbe poor, by forced assessments. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & 0., Agents for sale of Pacific Guano, u " Hurt- Uone Flour, " " " " Baugb's Phosphate. Genuine Peruvian Guano and Pure Ground Plaster. Rockland Lime, Catawba Lime. A fall assortment always on band. FARMERS ! Call and see ouriew Steel Cotton Plows, Steel Cotton Sweeps, Wrought Iron Cotton Scrapers, Eagle Plows, Cast Iron Corn Plows, Cultivators, Corn Shellers and Straw Cutters. 3,000 Lbs choice Dried Apples, 25 Sacks FAMILY FLOUR, 151) Sacks SPRING OATS, Ou Cousignrueut. HUTCHISON, BURROUGIIS & CO. Charlotte, March 11, 18G7. At lTIcLcod & Steele', Graniteville Brown Sheetings and Drills, Alamance Checks, Plaids and Drills fast colors low f.r cash. Also, a fine assortment of English Hollow Ware. March 1 1, 1867. Notice to the Ladies OF CHARLOTTE. I am now prepared to execute all styles of M. antua-Making. DRESSES made ia tbe latest and ' most approved Parisian taste. All kinds of MILLINERY and FANCY WORK at the shortest possible notice. The strictest attention will be given to Cutting and Fitting. Particular care given to Fancy Trim ming. Ladies would do well to call early. L. II. SMITH, Mch U, 1867. 3d door above National Bank IMPORTANT TO FARMERS A Liberal Offer. We keep on hand a largre supply of Fertilizers such as reruvian anu racinc uuano, Haw-bone Phosphate and Super-Phosphate of Lime, and Gjp- sum which we oiler to farmers on reasonable terms. We will supply responsible parties for one-half ian,ana wan tor the balance until the crop is made We also keep a large suppj of Bacon, Corn and Seed Oats, at wholesale. J. Y. BRYCE k CO. Charlotte, Feb. 25, 1867. tf BUSHELS of CORN FOR SALE. Applr to R. L. PATTERSON A CO., Patterson P. O., Caldwell countj, N. C. March 4th, 1867. Impd AUCTIONEER and AGENT. S A. STUART respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and the public generally tbit he will give bis personal attention lo Auction Sales and the settlement of Accounts, or any bnsiness ox that kind thftt may require his services. He will viit the country when desired and act as Auctioneer, or attend to any business in tbe city a? an Agent. He can be found at tbe Corner Drag Store of Dr. ilcAden, or at tbe residence of Mr Rabe. At my Plantation, 8 miles frooi Charlotte, on tbe Salisbury road, Coffins of all kinds may be obtained at short notice. A good supply ia always kept on band ready-made. Feb 25, 1867, B. A. STUART, M. E CnuBcn, South. The Bultimore Con. ference M. E Church, South, ha?e cst a ontoi. mous vote in favor of Lay Representation and of, changing the Church name to Episcopal Methodist. The miooritj vote on Lay Delega tion was previously 33 more thin one fourthof the whole vote on Lay Representation, and 53 more than one-fourth on the change of Church name. This required 99 votes, clear, to carry the first, and 159 votes to carry the second, on. der the requisition for athree-fourths' majority. The Baltimore Conference voted on each, 104 yeas with no najs. This carries Lay Delega tion by five majority in the vote of the whole Church The change of name is lot by 55 It is believed that a conference in Illinois will join the Southern Church with votes enough, if allowed, to overcome" this, and thus carry"boih measures, after both had been given up lor lost. CITY TAXES. All persons res'dinp in the City of Charlotte, r owning taxable properly, or doing business therein on Ihe first day of February, 1867. are hereby noti fied to make return of their taxable property, polls, merchandize or other subjects made taxable by th city, on or before Ihe last day of March. 1867. Parties failing to make returns within the time specified will be liable to double tax. Returns will be recfived at tbe First National Dank of Charlotte, up to the last day of March, 1867, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. TIJOS. VT. DEWEY, March 4, 1867 4t City Clerk. New Banking House.- BREMZER, REluTgG & PETERS, Bankers and Brokers, Trade Street, (Springs' Building,) CI1AKLOTTE, N. C. liRENIZER, KKLLOGQ lO., Greensboro, ss.C. Gold. Silver, Bullion, Southern Bank Notes, sight and time Exchange, Stocks, Bonds and Coupons BOUGHT AND SOLD. figy Deposits received, subject lo sight checks, as with tbe Bauks, and Six per cent- Interest allowed. Particular attention given to the purchase and sale of Gold, Silver, Bullion, and Southern Bauk Note?, on commission. Collections made on all accessible points. JFaf Business paper discounted, and Money loaned on collaterals. References Gov. 7 B. Vance, Charlotte; Jen II. Lindsay, Greenboro. March 11, 18ti7 Cm NOTICE. In pursuance of an order of Court at January Sessions, 1867, I will sell at the Court House door in the Town of Concord, on Tuedny of April Court, the IGih day the following described LANDS, be ing the property of Henry C. Howie, deceased: 170 acres lying on the waters of Rocky River, ad joining the lands of Wm. Petree, John Parks and others ; one-half interest in a House and Lot at Ilarrisburg Depot ; one undivided third interest ia the remainder of the tract of Lar.d on which the latt Jeremiah Howie lived, adjoining Ihe lands of J. L. Morchead, Cyrenius Alexander and others. A credit of niue months will be given. THOS. II. ROBINSON. March 11, 18G7 4v Administrator Plows ! A large assortment of Hardware Store of March 1 1, 1867 rioirx ! ! superior PLOWS, at the BUE.M, BROWN k CO. 2v Liverpool Malt $3.50. Large, heavy sack3 of Liverpool Salt, at $3 50 per sack, with all 'kinds of GROCER! KS proportionally cheap, just received and for sale bjr March 11, 1867. ELI AS k COHEN. ZEE. M. FJBCJUltPiS. "Home, Sweet Home! There's no place like Home !" I am happj' to inform my old friends of Oharlottt and the surrounding country, that I have again re turned and resumed my old business among them, and am fully prepared lo offer them the CHEAPEST STOCK OF GOODS To be found at any other estaolithment in the citr. Having recently lived in the Northern Siales. and with my old experience in the PURCHASE 0 GOODS, 1 am not prepared to say I will sell "below cost." or at a reduction on the original cost, or "st and below New York prices," but lhat I will sell CHEAP, IF NOT CHEAPER, Than any other House, aud at a SMALL PROFIT. As my stock wns purchased for Cajh, consequently I can afford to dispose of articles at a fligh: advance. I have now in Store, aud am constantly receiving, a choice assortment of Ladies' Trimmings of the Latest Styles Liuen Table Damask, Linen Diaper, and all kiuds of Flannels, Calicoes, brown and bleached Sheetings, black and colored Alpaccas. Ladies' aud'Gen tlenian's FURNISHING GOODS, &c, Ac. C'lll aud secure Bargains. II. M. PHELPS, March 11, 1867. Opposite the Court Hooi. c;i:oci;e:ii:s : groceries .'! I am just receiving an excellent Stock of choice Family Groceries, which will be sold at reasonable prices for Cash. Wholesale dealers can be full supplied. Also, a large supply of HARDWARE, which I will sell at a Small Profit. Merchants and others, who Ub to secure Bargains, will consult their own interest by calling on tue before purchas ing elsewhere. - II. M. PUKLPS, March 11, I8C7. Opposite the Court Hous. SPECIAL. NOTICE. I take this opportunity of thanking my forraet friends for their liberal patronage, and hope by sell, intr cheap, to secure a continuance of thrir favors. March II, 1867 II. M. PHELPS. i:COOTIV IS WEALTH! To make Money is to save it I Therefore you oof ht to pun base jour Boots. Shoes and Hats for LADIES, MCI All) BOTs, FROM II. n. PI1 Eli PS, who is selline at oricei which ii nronounred br - judges to be great bargains. Remember the place. H. M. PHELPS, March 11, 18C7. Opposite Ibe Court House. State of !. Carolina, Mecklenburg co, it Equity, J. W. Morrow. Administrator of J. R. Daniel and R. E. Daniel, vs. Cbas. E. Spratt and Wm. S. Daniel. Petition for Sale of Real Estate. It appearing upon affidavit that Wm. S. Daniel, one of ihe defendants in this case, resides beyond tbe limits of this State, notice ia hereby given for said defendaut to appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for Mecklenburg county, at the court boose in Charlotte, on the 4th Monday in April text, then and there to plead, answer or demur t plaintiffs bill, otherwise tbe same will be taken as confessed and decree made accordingly. Witness. Albert C. Williamson. Clerk and Master in Equity for said county, at office In Charlotte, this 9tb day of March, A. D , 1867. 58-6W. JL. V. WILLIAMSON, 0. .