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TUB. lST,aS ,,-.l):fi4l.0.&l-T J0'ri-E---!lT--C:' GENERAL SICKLES' OBDBB HEADQUARTERS 2d MILITARY DISTRICT, (North anl Siuih Caroliua.) Columbia. S. C7, JarcA 21, 1867. General Orders No 1. 1. In compliance with General Orders No. 10, Ileadquarters of the Army, March 11, 1867, the undersigned hereby assumes command of ; ihe Second Military District constituted by the Act of Congress, Public ,o. G8, 2d March, 1867, entitled "An Act for the more efficient government of the rebel .Slates." II. In the execution of the duty of the Com manding General to maintain the security of the iohabirants in their persons and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all distur bers of the public peace and criminals, the local civil tribunals will be permitted to take juris diction oJ and try offenders, excepting only such cases as may,' by the order of the Commanding General, be referred to a commission or other military tribunal for trial III. The civil government now existing in North Carolina ami South Carolina is provisional only, and iu all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United .States, at any time to abolish, modify. -control or supersede the same. Local Jaws and municipal regulations not incon istent with 4he Constitution and laws of the United States, or the proclamations of the Pres ident, or with such regulations as arc or may be prescribed iu the orders of the Commanding General, are hereby declared to he in force; and, in conformity therewith, eivil officers are hereby authoriic d to continue the exercise of their pro-j-er function, smd will le respected and obeyed by the inhabitants. IV. Whenever any civil officer, magistrate or court neglects or refuses to perform an official act properly re quired of such tribunal or officer, whereby due and rightful security to person or property shi.ll be denied, the case will be re ported by tbc Post Commander to these Head quarters. V. Pt Commanders will cause to be arrested person- charged with the commission of crimes and offences, when the civil authorities fail to a Test and bring fuel) offenders to trial, and will hold the accused in custody fur trial by military commission, provost court or other tribunal or ganized pursuant to orders from these headquar ters. Arrests by military authority will be re ported promptly. The charges preferred will be accompanied by the evidence on which they are founded. VI. The Commanding General, desiring to preserve tranquility and order by means and agencies mist congenial to the people, solicits the zealous and cordial c operation of civil offi cers ia the discharge of their duties, and the aid of all good citizens in preventing conduct tend ing to diturb the peace; and to the end that occasion may seldom arise for the exercise of military authority in the matters of ordinary civil administration, the Commanding General respectfully and earnestly commends to the peo ple and authorities of North and South Carolina unreserved obedience to the authority now estab lished, and the diligent, considerate and impar tial execution of the laws enacted for their gov ernment. VII. All orders heretofore published in the Department of the South are hereby continued in fotce. VIII The following named officers are an nounced as the staff of the Major General Com manding : Capr. J W Clous, 38th TJ S Infantry, Acting Ass't Adj't Gen. and Aid-de-Camp. Capt Alexander Moore, 38th U S Infantry, Aid-de-Camp. Brevet Major J II Myrick, 1st Lieut. 3d Art, Aid-de-Camp and Acting Ju lire Advocate. Mjor James P Hoy, Gth U S Infantry, Act ing Assistant Inspector General. DrevctMaj Gn It O Tyler, Deputy Quarter master General U S. A , Chief Quartermaster JJrevet May Gen V V Hums, Major and C. S U. Sv A , duet Commissary of Subsistence. Drevet Lieut. Col. Charles Page, Surgeon U. S a., sieuical JDirector. D. E. SICKLES, Major General Commanding THE DISFRANCHISED. At the suggestion of many of our readers we republic the following showing what persons are affected by the provision? of the Constitu tional Amendment and the Sherman bill iu re gard to exclusion from the ballot box. The fol lowing person- are excluded : 1st. All persons who before the war, were members of Congress, or officers of the United States, and afterwards engaged in the rebellion 2d All periii who, prior to the war, were executive, legislative or judicial officers of the State, an.d took the like oath, and engaged ia the .rebellion. This embraces Governors, member of the Legi.slature, and judicial officers from a Judge of the Supreme Court down to a justice of the peace, who, at any time, helthe office and took the oath and afterwards engaged in the rebellion. Who, then, are not excluded ? 1st. No one is excluded b cause he held an office under the Confederate States from Presi dent down, if he does not fall within one of the excluded classes above specified. The simple fact that he was a Confederate Senator or a Con federate Generator that he took an oath to sup. port the Consiitution of the Confederate States, does not exclude him. 2d No State or county officer is excluded on account of h$ having held the office and taken the oath and engaged in the. rebellion, if he were not an executive, legislative or judicial officer. Therefore, neither a lawyer, sheriff, clerk, tax collector, receiver, county treasurer, coroner, surveyor, constable or road commissioner is ex cluded. 3d. As no man under twenty-one years of age, when the war began, held any such office as disqualified, and none of them took the oath to support the Constitution of the United States during the war, and as the war commenced nearly six years ago, no roan under twenty -even years of age can ba excluded. 4th Militia officers are not excluded. 5th. The whole mass of our people who fall with in none of the excluded classes above men tioned are free from the disqualification, and may vote and hold any office in the States with out regard to the part they toot in the Tar. A bar of Montana gold worth $100,000 is to be seqt to the Paris exhibition. Pennsylvania will have there a .pebble of coal weighing six tons. Chief-Justice Chase nas stated to the numerous applicants now in Washington that le will make no appoinlmen,ts under the bankrupt bjll until May. The Union League has petitioned for the ap-j shall provide that the elective franchise shall olication of the military teconstroctiou bill to bs enjoyed by all such pertocs as hart thaqoal Mjla4 jifieatioes herein stated fr electors of 4 debate" PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The President returned to the House of Rep resentatives the Supplemental Reconstruction Bill, accompanied by the following message, giving faia reasons for aot signing it : To the Bouse oj Representative: - I have considered the bill entitled "An set supplementary to an act entitled Ao act to pro- vide fur the more efficient government of the rebel States,' passed March 2d, 1867, aod to facilitate restoration," and now return it to the House of Representatives, with my objections. This bill provides for elections in the tee States brought under the operation of the orig inal act to which it is supplementary. Its de tails are principally directed to the elections for the formation of the State Constitutions ; but by the sixth scetion of the bill "all elections" in these States occurring while the original act remains in force, are brought within its purview. Referring to the details, it will be found that, first of all, there is to be a registration of the voters. No one whose came has not been ad mitted on the list is to be allowed to vote at any of these elections. To ascertain who is entitled to registration, reference is made necessary, by the express language of the supplement, to the original act and to the pending bill. The fifth section of the original act provides, as to voters, that they shall be male citizens of the State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident of said State for ono year." This is the geueral qualification followed, however, by many exceptions. No one can be registered, according to the original act, "who may be dis franchised for participation in the rebellion," a provision which left undetermined the question as to what amounted to disfranchisement, and whether, without a judicial sentence, the act itself produeed that effect. This supplemental bill superadds an oath, to be taken by every person before his name can be admitted upon the registration, that he has "not been disfran chised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States." It thus im poses upon every person the necessity and re sponsibility of deciding for himself, under the peril of punishaient by a military commission, if ho makes a mistake, what works disfranchise ment by participation in rebellion, and what amounts to such participation. Almost every man the negro as well as the white above twenty-one years of age, who was resident in these ten States during the rebellion, voluntarily or involuntarily, at some time and in some way did participate in resistance to the lawful au thority of the General Government, lhe ques tion with the citizens to whom this oath is to be proposed must be a fearful one, for while the bill does not declare that perjury may be assigned for such false swearing, nor fix any penalty for the offeuse, we must not forget that martial law prevails, that every person is answerable to a military commission, without previous present ment by a grand jury for any charge that may be made against him; and that the supreme au thority of the military commander determines the question as to what is an offence, and what is to be the measure of punishment. The fourth section of the bill provides "that the commanding general of each district shall appoint as many boards of registration as may be necessary, consisting of three loyal officers or persons." The only qualification stated for these officers is, that they must be "loyal." They may be persons in the military service or civilians, residents of the State or strangers. Yet these persons are to exercise most important duties, and are vested with unlimited discretion. They are to decide what names shall be placed upon the register, and from their decision there is to be no appeal. They are to superintend the elections, and to decide all questions which may arise. They are to have the custody of the ballots, and to make return of the persons elect ed. Whatever frauds or errors they may com mit must pass without redress. All that is left for the commanding general is to receive the returns of the elections, open the same, and as certain who are chosen "according to the returns of the officers who conducted said elections." By such means, and with this sort of agency, are the conventions of delegates to be constituted. As the delegates are to speak for the people, common justice would seem to require that they should have authority from the people them selves. No convention so constituted will in any 6ense represent the wishes of the inhabitants of these States; for, under the all embracing ex- (ceptions of these laws, by a construction which the uncertainly of the clause as to disfranchise ment leaves open to the board of officers, the great body of the people may be excluded from the po'ls, and from all opportunity of expressing their own wishes, or vetting for delegates who will faithfully reflect their sentiments. I do not deem it necessary to further investi gate the details of this bill. No consideration could induce me to give my approval to such an election law for any purpose, and especially for the great purpose of framing the constitution of a State. If ever the American citizen should be left to the free exercise of hi own judgment, it is when he is engaged in the work of forming the fundamental law under which he is to live. That work is his work, and it cannot properly te taken out of his hands. All this legislation proceeds upon the contrary assumption, that the people of each of these States shall have no con stitution, except such as may be arbitrarily dic tated by Congress, and formed under the re straint of military rule. A plain statement of facts makes this evident. In all these States there are existing Consti tutions, formed in the accustomed way by the people. Congress, however, declares that these constitutions are not "loyal and Republican," and requires the people to form them anew What then, in the opinion of Congress, is neces sary to make the constitution "lojal and Repub lican ?" The original act answers the question: It is universal negro suffrage a question which the Federal Constitution leaves to the States themselves. All this legislative machinery of martial law, military coercion, and political dis franchisement is avowedly for that purpose aod none other. The existing constitutions of the ten States conform to the acknowledged stand ards of loyalty and republicanism. Indeed, if tbere are degrees in republican forms of govern ment, their constitutions are more republican now than when these States four of which were members of the original thirteen first became members of the Union. Consreas does not now demand that a single provision. of their constitutions be changed, ex cept such as confine suffrage to the white popu lation It is apparent, therefore, that these provision do.noj conform to the standard of re publicanism which Congress seeks to establish. That -there may be no mistake, it is only ne cessary that reference should be made to th original act. which declares, "such constitution What class of persons is here meant clearly ap pears in the tame section. That is. to say: "the male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election." ' . T Without these provisions no Constitution which can be framed in any one of the ten States will be of any avail with Congress. This, then, is the test of what the Constitution of a State of this Union must eontain to make it republi can. Measured by such a standard, how few of the States now composing the Union have republican Constitutions ! If, in the exereise of the constitutional guaranty that Congress shall secure to every State a republican form of government, universal suffrage for blacks as well as whites is a sine qua von, the work of recon struction may as well begin in Ohio as in Vir ginia, in Pennsylvania as in North Carolina. When I contemplate the millions of our fel low citizens of the South, with no alternative left but to impose upon themselves this fearful and untried experiment of complete negro en franchisement and white disfranchisement, it may be almost as complete, or submit indefinite ly to the rigor of martial law, without a single attribute of freemen, deprived of all the sacred guaranties of our Federal Constitution, and threatened with even worse wrongs, if any worse are possible, it seems to me their condition is the most deplorable to which any people can be reduced. It is true they have been engaged io rebellion, and that their object being a separa tion of the States and a dissolution of the Un ion, there was an obligation resting upon every loyal citizen to treat them as euemies, and to wage war against their cause. Inflexibly opposed to any movement imperil ing the integrity of the government, I did not hesitate to urge the adoption of all measures necessary for the suppression of the insurrection. After a long and terrible struggle the efforts of the government were triumphantly successful, and the people of the South, submitting to the strong arbitrament, yielded forever the issues of the contest. Hostilities terminated soon af ter it became by duty to assume the responsi bilities of the Chief Executive officer of the Republic, and I at once endeavored to repress and control the passions which our civil strife had engendered, and, no longer regarding these erring millions as enemies, - again acknowledge them as our friends and our countrymen. The war had accomplished its objects. The nation was saved, and that seminal principle of mis chief which, from the birth of the government had gradually but inevitably brought on the re bellion, was totally eradicated. Then, it seemed to me, was the auspicious time to commence the work of reconciliation; then, when the people sought once more our friendship and protection, I considered it our duty generously to meet them in the spirit of charity and forgiveness, and to conquer them even more effectually by the magnanimity of the nation than by the force of its arms. I yet believe that if the policy of reconciliation then inaugurated, and which con templated an early restoration of these people to all their political rights, bad received the support of Congress, every one of these ten States, and all their people, would at this mo ment be fast anchored in the Union and the great work which gave the war all its sanction, and made it just and holy, would have been ac complished. Then, over all the vast and fruit ful regions of the South peace and its blessings would have prevailed, while now millions are deprived of rights guarantied by the Constitu tion to every citizen, and, after nearly two years of legislation, Sod themselves placed under an absolute military despotism. "A military lie public a government formed on mock elections, and supported only by the sword," was nearly a quarter of a century since pronounced by Daniel Webster, when speaking of the South American States, as "a movement indeed, but a retrograde and disastrous movement, from the regular and old fashioned monarchical systems," and he added : "If men would enjoy the blessings of repub lican government, they must govern themselves by reason, by mutual counsel and consultation, by a sense and feeling of general interest, and by the acquiescence of the minority in the will of the majority, properly expressed; and, above all, the military must be kept, according to the language of our bill of rights, in strict subordi nation to the civil authority. Wherever this lesson is not both learned and practiced, there can be no political freedom. Absurd, prepos terous is it, a scoff and a satire on free forms of Constitutional liberty, for forms of government to be prescribed by military leaders, and the right of suffrage to be exercised at the point of the sword I confidently believe that a time will come when these States will again occupy their true positions in the Union. The barriers which now seem so obstinate must yield to the force of an enlightened and just public opinion, and sooner or later unconstitutional aod oppressive legislation will be effaced from our statute books. WheD this shall have been consummated. I pray God that the errors of the past may be for gotten, and that once more we shall be a happy, united, and prosperous people, and that at last, after the bitter and eventful experience through which the nation has passed, we shall all come to know that our only safety is in the preserva tion of our Federal Constitution, and in accord ing to every American citizen and to every State the rights which that Constitution secures. ANDREW JOHNSON. Washington, March 23, 1867- Notwithstanding the objections of the Presi dent, both the Senate aod House passed the Bill over the veto by over two-thirds. A Monster Hotel The new hotel, to be erected in New York city, opposite the Central Park, by Mr Cranston, of "New York Hotel," is thus described : This hotel is to be two hundred and one feet wide by four hundred and twenty feet in length, coveriog thirty-four lots, or eighty four thou sand superficial feet. It will be seven stories high, crowned with a mansard, or French roof, and will contain one hundred and seventy-four private parlors, six hundred chambers, single i and in suites, besides over one hundred other rooms The size and style of this immense building will exceed that of the Grand Hotel io Paris, making it the finest structure of the kind in the world. The exterior of this building, rich with facades, pavilions, balconies, high roofs, etc., will be truly beautiful and imposing, contrasting wonderfully with the square masses of marble and stone known as the Astor House, and the Metropolitan and fifth Avenue Hotels. -- A. T. Stewart, the millionaire merchant of New York, aays that unless th South bo re- habilitated, politically, business cannot re-1 vivt, . j STATE NEWS. Dr Isaac W. Jones, of Rowao, has been appointed Ty the President, by aod with the advice and consent of the Senate, Assayer of the Branch Mint of the U. S., at Charlotte in this State. Dr Jones was appointed during the recess of Congress, consequently bis commission expired with the 39th Congress. This, there fore, is a re-appointment. . Dr Jones will make a good officer. Salisbury North State. Yarbrougii House. We would call at tention to the advertisement of Mr Blair, in another column. He has the best reputation of any man in the State as a hotel keeper, and we are pleased to see that he has refurnished and repainted the Yarbrougb" House in a thorough raaoner. Persons visiting Raleigh cannot do better than to give him a call. Governor's Council The Council met on yesterday. Present, Wo. A. Wright Esq , of New Hanover, Chairman, Hon.T. S. Ashe of Anson, Col. E. W. Jones of Caldaell, Wm. Eaton, Jr. Esq., of Warren, and Dr Henry Joy ner of Halifax. No proposition was made to convene the Legislature in extra session. The Council adjourned last evening. Raleigh Sen iinrl,28th. Robberies. The Salisbury North State says that robberies are becoming quite frequent in some parts of Rowan. As many as thirteen occurred in one night about five miles south of Salisbury, thus indicating an organized band engaged in such lawlessness. Pardoned. Governor Worth has pardoned Rob Davis, a freedman, convicted of burglary at the Fall term of the Superior Court of Guilford County, and sentenced to be hanged. It is uu derstood that Davis is to be sent out of the State by the Freedmen's Bureau. Raleigh Sentinel. Military. It is said that Brevet Major Gen Robinson will supersede Col. Bomford in the command of this State. Humor says the first named officer has already reached the city. Raleigh Progress. The rivers in the Eastern part of the State were greatly swollen. We learn, from the Norfolk Day Book, that the Roanoke aod Me herrin, particularly, have inundated the sur rounding country for many miles, and great ap prehension exists that much property will be destroyed. Destitution in North Carolina. Col. Bomford, Assistant Commissioner of the Freed men's Bureau for the State of North Carolina, states that there are at least six thousand per sons in North Carolina suffering from want of food, of which number two-thirds are whites. Three thousand bushels of corn were distribu ted during the month, sent by the Southern Relief Commission of New York city. The dis tribution by the Bureau of government rations was as follows : To hospitals, 6,483; orphan asylums, 1,715; destitute whites, 10,958; des titute blacks, 13,421. Davidson County. We are assured by an experienced miner, that Davidson county is fast becoming a genuine Eldorado Capital and enterprise with good machinery, it is said can not find a better field for investment, even in California than is offered by the mines of this region. We understand that certain longheads in Congress are already taking time by the fore lock and looking after their own interests in the regions they are trying to reconstruct. It is a good sign. JEFFERSON DAVIS. The following extract from the proceedings of the Senate convey a gleam ofhope that the long and unnecessary confinement of Jefferson Davis is drawing to a close, unnecessary from the fact that the most loyal in the land men like Horace Greely have stood ready for more than a year to become his bail in any amount: "Mr Wilson introduced the following concur rent resolution : j. "Whereas Jefferson Davis, a citizen of the State of Mississippi, was captured by a military force in the service of the United States, on the 11th day of May, 1865, and has sinee been held in confinement as a prisoner of war" and a "prisoner of State," in Fortress Monroe, Va ; and whereas the said Jefferson Davis stands charged, on the highest authority, with the heinous crime of conspiring to murder the late President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and is also indicted for treason; and whereas the said Jefferson Davis has persistently declared his innocence of the offences charged against him, and through bis legal advisers, by all means known .to the law, has sought and demanded a speedy and public trial by due process of law, be fore a civil tribunal of competent jurisdiction; tbere fore. "Resolved ly the Senate, (the House of Rep resentatives concurring,) That the longer confine ment of the said Jefferson Davis without a trial, or the assignment of a specific time for trial, is not in accordance with the demands of justice, the spirit of the laws and the requirement of the constitution, and the common justice, sound pub lic policy, and the national honor uuite in re commending that the said Jefferson Davis be brought to speedy trial, or that he be released from confinement, on bail, or on his own recog nizance. "Mr Wilson asked that the resolution should be printed and laid over. "Mr Saulsbun hoped it would not be laid over, but that the Senate would proceed to its imme diate consideration. "The Chair said debate was not in or der. "The resolution was then laid over." This resolution from Mr Wilson, alike credi table to hi bead and heart, will hardly surprise the country for the very good reason that no man outside of a lunatic asylum now believes that Mr Davis had any knowledge of or participation in the crime of Mr Lincoln's death. Had he been on trial at the lime of the "conspiracy trial," and before a military commission, no doubt But ler would possess another opportunity to charge upon men in high station the shedding of inno cent blood. The resolution also asserts that Mr Davis has been "indicted for treason." This is true, and Mr Davis's counsel have urged and courted in every way a trial on that charge. They are ready for it now, and feel perfect confidence in their ability to acquit him of the charge. In fact, few sound lawyers can be found who will undertake to maintain the affirmative of the question. We hope the resolution will be at once passed, and the time fixed at an arly day for his trial or release. : Washington Union. -mm. . Louisiana. New Orleans, March 27. Gen. Sheridan has removed Attorney-General Herron, Mayor Monroe and Judge Abeil, and appointed B L. Lynch, Attorney General, Ed ward Heath, Mayor, and W. W. Howe, Judge of the first district oourt. The removed officers are ordered to transfer the apptrriscaneot of the ojes to their sooesaors. ; CONGRESS. Mareh 25. In the Senate, :a petition from the Union league, asking for the application of the reconstruction bill to Maryland, was referred to the Judiciary committee. Saturday's proceedings, relative to adjourn ment, were withdrawn. In the House, a resolution was adopted, (88 to 31,) that the House adjourn on Thursday, to meet the first Wednesday in May, June, Sep tember, November or December, unless the President or officers jointly proclaim, ten days previous to the time appointed, that there is no necessity of the meeting. Several bills connecting the Mississippi river and the lakes by a ship canal were referred to the committee on commerce. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to employ dredge boats to keep open the channel of the mouth of the Mississippi, passed. The minority of the Maryland Legislature petitioned Congress not to adjourn until that State had a republican form of government. Ordered to be printed. March 26 In the Senate, a bill appointing three Commissioners to hear claims againit the money seized from the Citizen's Bank of New Orleans, passed. The bill withholding Agricultural College scrip from rebel States, until represented, passed. It goes to the President. A bill fixing the day upon which the bank rupt bill is to take effect, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. In the House, a resolution, ordering the sur vey for a ship canal around the Louisville Falls, passed. Messrs Butler and Bingham, in personal ex planations, furiously assailed each other. Mr Butler said that he had examined the evidence in the case for other purposes than of proving Mrs Surratt's unjustifiable hanging He said that the memorandum book io which Booth, day by day, kept his thoughts, plans and motions, was taken from his dead body, and with held, though his pipe, spurs and knife were pre sented to tbc court. This memorandum book is in possession of tho Judiciary Committee, with eighteen pages of entries made prior-to Lincoln's assassination, cut out. Mr Butler wanted to know if that book was complete, when it fell into the hands of the government ? Why was the diary withheld from the court? 1 do not charge the gallant soldiers, who sat io tho court, with wrong. They did not see the diary; otherwise they would have judged different. VVhospoilated that book? Who caused that innocent woman to be hanged? There are still in the diary words written a few hours before Booth's death. He quoted from memory : "I have endeavored to cross the Po tomac five times and failed. I now propose to return to Washington, give myself up and clear myself from the great crime." Why was not Conger allowed to tell what was found on Booth's body ? He believed the diary would show that up to a certain hour, Booth intended to abduct Lincoln. Mr Bingham replied in a very excited man ner, and was called to order for using words dis reputable. He claimed that words written after the act were inadmissible as evidence, and de nied any knowledge of the spoliation of the diary, and disavowed any responsibility for the con duct of the prosecution. The Senate amendment, providing for com missions to adjust sequestrated debts, was refer red to the Judiciary Committee. More Relief. We are glad b learn that the Southern Relief Association, of Philadelphia, have forwarded to Messrs. Worth and Daniel, of Wilmington, a sfficient amount of mony to pur chase 3000 bushels of corn, to be distributed among the destitute and suffering people of the State, without regard to color. The corn "will be purchased and placed in the charge of Col. Bom ford and Gov. Worth for distribution. Raleigh Sentinel. IV. . Railroad Schedule. Mail Thais. Leave Charlotte, 9 55 A M. " Raleigh, 8 20 P M. Arrive at Goldsboro, 11.15 " Leave Goldsboro, 3.15 " Raleigh, 6.25 " Arrive at Charlotte, 5.30 A M. Accommodation and Fsxioht Tbaix. Leave Charlotte, 5 00 P M. . " Raleigh, 7.45 A M. Arrive at Goldsboro, 11.15 u Leave Goldsboro, 2 20 " Raleigh, 7.15 Arrive at Charlotte, 10.20 PM. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO., GENERAL AGENTS OF THE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Cash Capital $3,000,000. Annual Income $2,000,000. The Policy Holder shares in the profits of the Company. The CASH dividend for 1866 is Thirty (30) per cent. 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I will tell on Saturday, 6th of April next, on fine GOLD WATCH, the property of Miss M. A. Lowrie, deceased. T. II. BREM, Adm'r. The sale will take place at the Public Square, at 11 o'clock. March 18, 18CT. i - From the Raleigh Sentinel. THE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS .. M essrs Editors : The ignorance disnla.lj by iMr Pollard and Mr McCabe, in their 1(J coo ota of some of the battles fought by Lc arjuy, shows that these would bo historians took no part io the battles themselves, and that tb have not consulted "official reports," but har' sought information from partial, anonymcm newspaper correspondents and other unreliabl ' sources. Had they been disposed to do justic to the troops from other States, they would no! have made a scape-goat of death's Division, cota manded by Pettigrew, to excuse Pickett's failQr" to hold "Cemetery Hill" at Gettysburg, on ijj! 3d of July, and would have said something about the movements of Lane's and Scales' Brij, on the left, io that engagement, as these Brig, ades ot Hill's Corps, commanded bj the gallant Trimble, after Pender's fall oo the 2d, fou.ht on the 3d under Longstreef, and did not leara the field until Pickett's Division commenced falling back. One of General Longst reel's 8ta8 officers was an eye witness to the action of thes two Biigades, as ho was in rear of them whu they fell back he having ridden through a hot fire but a short time previous, to deliver an order from General Longstreet to one of the Hrisada commanders, relative to tho enemy's flanking column on the left. Virginia has enough to be proud of to render it unnecessary for her historians to tnUrepreseot and treat with silence the noble deeds of tha tons of her sister States. I am a Virginian, and I have heard General Lee, General Ileth, and other Virginia officers, who had frequent oppor tunities of knowing, speak of the soldiers from North Carolina in the highest terms. When t true history of the war is written, it will be found that the soldiers from the Old North State wert second to none in bravery in our recent unsuc cessful struggle for independence. James H. Laki. COOKI.G STOVES, OF THE NEATEST AND MOST SUPERIOR PATTERS. Springs' Building:, Charlotte, N. C, Has for pale "Spear's fnti-l)U8t Cooking STOJJESj which, for every variety of cookinj and great economy iu fuel, cannot be surpassed bj any Stove heretofore used. Everybody who has u?ed one of these Stores testify that, for convenience in cooking, durability and cleanliness, they are far preferable to all other patterns. Call and see them. D. H. BYERLY lias also on hand a good i soriment of Tin, Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such articles as are necessary for house-keeping. TIN- WAKE made to order at short ootid on reasonable terms. IIEPAIIIIXG promptly executed. D II. BYEKLY, Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C. March 25, 1867. nnniOAD & Mclaughlin, Have in Store and for sale, on reasonable terms for cash or in exchange for Produce, a large stock of Grocorios, Mess Pork, Beef Hams, Bacon and Lard, Bagging, Rope, Nails. Iron, Salt, Farming Implements, Leather, Ac, Molasses, (some very fine Georgia Syrnp,) Sugar, CofFce, Tea, Rice, Ac A large lot of Cheese and Crackers, Corn, Flour and Meal, Yarns, Sheetings and Shirfinyrs. HAMMOND & McLAUGIILIX, Trade Street, Bryce's Building. March 25, 1867. BilMi .OTES Bought at the Highest Market Rates at the Fir! National Bank of Charlotte. T. W. DEWEY, Cashier. March 25, 1867. 3w GOLD lUJLIMOiY, IT. S Securities, Male and It. 11. Bonds AND COUPONS, Bought at Fiiat National Bank of Charlotte. T. W. DESEY, Cashier. March 25, 1867. 3w Gold and Silver Coin Bought and Sold at the First National Bank of Charlotte. T. W. DEWEY, Cashier. March 25, 1867. 3w Groceries! Groceries!! I have in Store, and am receiving daily, 20,000 lbs. choice Bacon ham?, shoulders and sides, 2,000 lbs. superior Leaf Lard, 20 barrels .Mackerel Nos I, 2 and 3, 1,500 lbs. CoflVe, Rio and Java, a very choice article, 3,000 lbs Sugar all grades, 1,500 gallons Molasses Porto Rico, New Orleans, and other grades, Together with a well assorted Stock of FANCY GROCERIES, Consisting in part of Pickles, Canned Oysters, Sardines, Crackers, Gennine Havana Segars, Tobacco, smoking and chewing; Lorillard Snuff, Pepper, Spice, Soda, Starch, Soap, Candles, Pure Cider Vinegar, Powder, Shot, Caps, Sieves, Bucket3, Brooms, Blacking, Ac, Ice., With almost every article usually kept in a Family Grocery, which I will sell low down for cash, whole sale and retail, at my store, two doors below Brem, Brown it Co's Hardware More, and nearly opposits the old Charlotte Hotel. Give me a call : all I ask is a fair trial. March 25, 1867. A. H. TATE. BlXRAini fc J j A JV G t Are now receiving their SPRING STOCK, Which will be sold at a small advance on New York Prices. Their slock consists of everything belong ing to Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. Our Stock of DRY GOODS censistf 1n part of Calicoes, Delaines, Foulards, Challies, Poplins, Bleached and Unbleached Domestics, Jrjsh Linen Table Linen, full stock of Jaconet Edging, Cambrics and In8eriings, together with a large lot of Hosiery, ic, &c. LADICS' TRIinniXGf, Buttons, Fringes, Tassels and Bugle Trimmiors. Ladies' and Gentlemen's HATS, of the most im proved styles. Clothing, for Men and Boys, of the latest Paris styles.. None kept but of the beFt qualities, and we can guarantee satisfaction to all that are willing to give us a trial. Boots and Shoes for Both Sexef. In this line we cannot be undersold. We kP only those made of the best material, and for neat ness of fit cannot be surpassed. We invite the n't seas of Charlotte and surrounding country X0Qt. os a call; we are positive you will not go a 8aii0ed. , ,w. Our establishment is easily to be found-" Corner Store under Mansion Hoo?e. .sn March 2S, 1367. lVXBAVJJZl A. W. AkLEXAtfIER S URGE 05 DEflTiST, (OFFICE in THE BBAWLKT BUIJJ)JKi) CHARLOTTE, C, pgr Can be consulted on Toes days, VeUe!J Thursdays and Friday;. Jkfarch 35, 1867. '
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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