THE WEST IRK DfiflOCBAT, CHARLOTTE, If. G.
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W.J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, i. C.
Mav 21, 1867.
''' .Release of Mr Davis. The account which
we publish of the release of Ex-President Davit,
will be found interesting. Mr Davis gave bail
in the pum of $100,000 to appear in November
next for trial.
We are gratified at the release of Mr avis,
but it seeins ftrange that the Government should
keep him confined for two years and then not be
prepared fur trial. The Government paid one
hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of Mr
Davis, and we suppose that prominent officers of
the Government would now bo willing to give the
tame amount if he had not been arrested- They
long since found out that they had an elephant
on their hands. The whole affair has been a farce
on a big scale.
Inasmuch as President Johnson, by proclama
tion, implicated Mr Davis in the assassination of
Mr Lincoln on false testimony or no testimony at
all, he ought at least to make amends by publicly
withdrawing the charge and refunding to the
pubiic treasury the money paid for his arrest.
In consequence of the treatment of the United
State?, Jefferson Davis is to-day a greater hero
than if he had established a permanent Confede
rate Government.
After the release of Mr Davis, the Richmond
papers state that a large number of his friends
and acquaintances called at the hotel and offered
their congratulations to him. Amongst them was
a gentleman of huge proportions, who came up
and offered his congratulations after this style :
'I am glad to see that you are at liberty ; I
knew they wiuld never do anything with you ;
I knew how it would be.'
Mr Davis replied, -I am very glad that you
have not turned out to be a false prophet iu this
instance."
The gentleman said, "I am a Northern man
with Southern principles; I sympathized with you,
and knew how it would be."
llr Davis "I am a Southern man with South
ern principles."
tT7 Some of the Southern newspapers are
praising and complimenting Horace Greeley, the
editor of the New York Tribune, for putting his
name to Jeffersou Davis bail bond. Greeley
knew what he was about, and of course knew
that by standing Mr Davis security he was ad
vertising himself and hi fanatical paper more
extensively than he otherwise could have done.
11b knows that tho operation will pay. It is a
wonder that JSarnutn. the great humbug, did not
offer Mr Davis five or ten thousand dollars to
permit him to sign his bond also.
Judge Buxton Gaston Superior Court.
The Superior Court for Gaston county was
held lat week Judge Duxtou presiding. There
were uo cases of much importance tried mot of
the attention of the Court being occupied with
ordinary stealing and fighting scrapes.
The Court iu Gaston was the closing one of
the 7th Circuit. We were gratified to hear the
lawyers teak in highly complimentary terms of
our friend and former townsman. Judge Buxton,
who has been riding the Circuit. The proinpt
nes and energy with which he discharges his
duty and trausacts the public business, as well
as his kind and gentlemanly deportment in and
out of the Cour House, has caused general ad
miration. Some of the Fkuits. The riots at Rich
mond. Mobile and New Orleans are some of the
fruits of political meetings and political speeches.
Swindlers. We have received from a friend
in Catawba count', pome circulars which were
lit South by swindlers in Northern cities for
the purpose of getting money from the credulous.
We are aked to exposo these fraudulent
schemes, and warn the people ngaiust them. We
have often warned our readers agaiust paying
any attention to lottery, gift enterprise and other
circulars of the kind, but we fear that many per
sons are investing their money in such schemes
and encouraging rascality. One. of tho most
barefaced schemes is that of "T. J- Furniss &S
Co." New York, which proposes to give a few
thousand dollars for the sum of $10, to be sent by
mail. Is there any one such a fool as to be de
ceived iu that way
Vy The Georgia and Mississippi injunction
eaes have been dismissed by the U- S- Supreme
Court for want of jurisdiction.
Beet. Fresh Beef is very scarce in this
market, and is felling at 15 and 20 cents by re
tail. Are there no beeves in the surrounding
country for sale ? Cannot the Mountain people
upply our market at a handsome profit 1
JUnion County. We regret to learn that it
is probable that some of the farmers of Union
.county will have to stop working their crops for
the want of corn for their families and horses.
The corn heretofore sent to that county has
been distributed for bread to the destitute, while
those who are carrying on farms have looked out
for their own supplies; but the difficulty now is.
they have no money to buy with, and but few
can obtain credit. Men who. in former years,
old from three to ten hundred bushels corn,
have not now a months supply of food of any
sort, and no money to purchase what they need.
Relief, to accomplish good, must be given
p6edily.
We hope our exchanges in the Eastern and
Western part of this State will copy the above.
We suggest that any contributions may be sent
to J. McLaughlin at Charlotte, who will see that
it is conveyed to Union couuty.
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gST The rumored removal of Col. John D.
Wbitlord, by military authority, from the Pres
idency of the Atlautic and North Carolina rail
road, is not true.
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NEW" ADVERTISEMENTS.
Bricks for sale E. P George.
$100 Reward Nosh Barriufer, Catawba county.
New Goods Brera, Brown Co.
Wholesale & Retail Druggist Dr. John II. McAdcn.
Executor's Sale A. F. Sadler. Ex'r.
While Lead. Oils, Ac. McAden'a corner Drug Store
Millinery and Dress-making L H. Smith.
Goods at Cost Wittkowsky k Rintels.
Cbtt sad Molasses Stenhonee, Maeenlay Co.
The Do-Nothinq Policy. Those persons in
the South who, like Ex-Gov. Perry, of South
Carolina, are advising the white people to stand
aloof from the work of reconstruction under the
law. and to vote, if they vote at all, against hold
ing Conventions, seem to be acting under the
mistaken impression that they are counseling a
course which will defeat the object of Congress.
They do not seem to understand that negro suf
frage is fixed beyond their power to affect it.
The only result of their refusal to take part in the
work of reconstruction will be to leave the reor
ganization of their State almost entirely in the
, hands of the colored people. The work will go
! on. whether they take part in it or not.
! General Sickles, in accordance with the Sup
plementary Act, has ordered a registration of all
male citizens over twenty-one years of age to be
! made in North aud South Carolina on the third
t Monday in July. Suppose a great majority of
; the whites, not disfranchised, follow Governor
! Perry's advice; that is, get registered and vote
"no convention what good will they do I The
blacks will vote as a unit, and the convention is
certain to be held.
While on this subject, we will say that a great
deal of imprudent, if not mischievous, language
is indulged iu about the approaching elections, by
persons who do not consider the effect of their
words. All talk about voting for negroes in pre
ference to certain white men can result in noth
ing but harm. The Reconstruction Acts are the
laws of the land, and it would be well for those
who cannot comply with them conscientiously and
cheerfully, to say as little about the matter as
possible.
L A correspondent of the Marion (S. C )
Star, writing from Bennettsville, S. C says that
at Marlborough district court, last week, the case
of the State vs. Dodd, a wagoner from Fayette
ville, N. C, indicted for buying stolen cotton,
was tried. The jury brought iu a verdict of Not
Guilty, when Dodd was immediately arrested by
an order from Capt. Hawkins, Commandant at
Darlington C- H., which order was in the posses
sion of one of the prosecutors all the time of the
trial, and when the prosecutor himself was on the
stand testifying in behalf of the State; but fail
ing to convict the accused by a jury of his coun-
! trymen. he pulls out this military order, seeming-
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Jy got up, on the expectation of a failure to prove
his case. Representations of the true state of
affairs have been made to Capt. Hawkins, aud it
is hoped that he will issue an order immediately
for the release of Dodd.
We find the above in an exchange paper, and
call attention to it for the purpose of expressing
iiicr uriiri i hui i u n iiiiiuriiv au uiui 1 I w s aic lie-
quently imposed upon aud deceived by persons
who want to accomplish selfish objects or escape
the punishment for their crimes which our civil
laws inflict.
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Texas. We frequently hear of young men
and old men moving from North Carolina to
Texas; and the stories about the $ne opportu
nities to make money in that State led us to
suppose that no one ever moved away from
Texas; but such is not the case, for we see it
stated that many are leaving and seeking homes
elsewhere. Iu a letter published iu the States
ville American from Austin, Texas, we fiud this
remark :-
"Yesterday a party of one hundred men left
this vicinity for the mountains of the Colorado,
in quest of gold mines, and in a few weeks a
company leuve here for California with three
thousand head of cattle."
The fact is, if people would remain in this
country and work as hard and use as much econ
omy as they do when they go to Texas or other
Western States, they would get rich just as soon.
Tho letter alluded to is dated April 26th, and
says in regard to crops :
"Farmers, generally, are quite gloomy, owing
to the unprecedented late spring. Corn that
should be waist high at this season, is not a foot
high, many having to plant their crop the second
time. Vegetables are yet scarce aud but little
cotton is planted. Fruit will be an entire failure.
Last year the grasshopper and cotton -worm did
immense injury, and the first crop of the former
have already made their appearance in localities.
Persons who have never seen either, can have
no correct idea of the innumerable multitude.
The grasshoppers will crowd so thick upon a
stalk of corn as to break or bend it out of the
ground, and the worm will eat up afield of cotton
in two days. Such are some of the inconve
niences of Texas."'
TLf An American sojourning in Ireland writes
to the Cleveland Herald depicting the miseries
that afflict that country. Every port is crowded
with emigrants, so that the steamers provided
are scarcely able to supply the demand for
transportation. Nor is this movemeut of popu
lation confiued to those who are common laborers,
as was the case iu former years. The better
class of farmers, shopkeepers, Sec. form a large
ingredient. "The truth is," says the writer, "a
rayless despair has cast its blackness over the
land," and the liberal rewards of industry offered
in America, contrasted with the scanty earnings
obtained at home, form a resistless attraction.
Land monopolists, oppressive taxation (the avails
of which are spent out of the country), and the
ruinous system of absenteeism, are the bane of
the green isle.
fF" One of the letding New York journals ex-
pres$ed the opiniou the other day. that there
were not ten men iu the New York Senate, and
not thirty in the lower House who voted for any
measure without a retainer. That is, without
receiving a bribe. And these are the people
who send missionaries South to instruct Southern
people!
The "rebel" General K Ward of Texas,
now lives in Middletown, Ct , and is working at
bis trade, that of a brick maiOQ.
Thk Widow or Bishop Polk A letter
from Columbia, in the Louisville Courier, says :
"Mrs Polk, the widow of the lamented Bish
op Polk, who is Dot less remarkable for her
christian virtues than her intelligence and high
accomplishments, is now engaged in female edu
cation, having associated herself with Dr. Beck
ett, the present priucipal of the Columbia Female
Institute, one of the oldest and most justly pop
ular institutions of the south, the property of the
Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee Fox this noble
institution the church and country are chiefly
indebted to hex lamented husband, who first
projected it; and his widow .could not more fit
tingly commemorate hie virtues and 11 the
measure of her own usefulness, than by dedi
cating hersell to the purposes for which it was
intended. She has associated with -her in the
school an estimable daughter, who, by her su
perior accomplishments, adds grace and dignity
to the high calling in wbieh they bar ingaged."
A Good Sign Warren county in this State
mast be a very peaceful locality, judging from the
following paragraph in the Warrenton Courier :
"We would suggest to the magistrates of this
county that they might terve the county by
renting out the county jail. It is now entirely
useless, having not a denizen, and so far as we
can see, no prospects of any soon."
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CONVENTION OP THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OP
, N. C This body assembled in Wilmington on
Wednesday last, 15lh inst. We learn from the
j Dispatch the following:
The Convention was called to order by the lit.
Rev. Thos. Atkinson. Bishop of the Diocese of
North Carolina. The proceedings were opened
with prayer by the Bishop, after which the Sec-
1 retary callrd the roil, aud found that only twelve
parishes were represented by delegates, but in a
j tew minutes the delegates from another parish
! entered and it was pronounced that a quorum was
i present.
On motion of Mr A. J. Deliosset an election
for Presideut aud Secretary was ordered. Rev.
Dr Curtis, and Mr DeRosset. having been ap-
oiuted tellers, reported the election of the Rev.
r. R. H. Mason, of Raleigh, as President. It
was moved and carried that Mr W. N. Tillinghast.
of Fayette ville, should be unanimously elected
Secretary.
Mr John Wilkes, Treasurer of the Convention,
submitted his report.
Mr John Wilkes was elected Treasurer of the
University of the South.
Rev. Messrs. Mason, Watson, Hubbard and
Cheshire were chosen Clerical Deputies to the
General Convention, and Messrs. A J DeRosset,
R II Smith. W H Battle and Robert Strange were
chosen Lay Deputies.
The subject ot electing an assistant Bishop was
postponed till next session.
Peace in Ecrope. Amid the great events
transpiring in our own country, most of our
people, pei haps, do not properly appreciate the
vast importance, even to ourselves here in the
South, of the announcement made ly the tele
graph, on recently, that the peace Conference
iu Loudon, just adjourned, has settled satisfacto
rily and peaceably the late complications between
France aud Prussia, aud that the war-cloud, for
a while, at least, disappeared from the European
horizon. A war in Europe, at the present lime,
could not have had other than a most disastrous
effect upon the productive gains of the South
For this reason, and in the interests of humanity,
we rejoice that it has been averted.
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g3T The question as to who is entitled to reg
ister under the plan of Congress for reconstructing
the Union of the States has excited much iuterest,
affecting as it does the entire Southern people
In view of these facts it is eminently proper that
so important a matte should be decided by the
Presideut, that a uniform rule of action may be
given for the guidance of the officers charged with
the execution of the laws in theMiJitary Districts;
and we are glad to know that the President, im
pressed with the importance of such a measure,
has directed the Attorney General to prepare an
elaborate and plain opinion as to the proper in
terpretation of the will of Congress, which has
been written, submitted to the Cabinet, been ap
proved, and will be served upon the District Com
manders as au instruction to control their pro
cedure in regard to the grave matter of regis
tration The opinion referred to, will be published
in a few days, when all doubts will be fortunately
put to rest. We feel sure that this .will generally
afford gratification as it will enable citizens to
judge for themselves their qualifications as voters.
Rklikf for tiie Suffering Poor. A week
or two t.ince Mr Gage, ot Boston, passed through
this City on his way further south, and while here
he kindly inquired into the condition of our suf
fering poor. lie was charged by a Committee in
that City, raised for the purpose of aiding desti
tute persons in the South, to make this inquiry;
and liefore he left he designated Gen. Nelson A
Miles, Col. K. W.Pulliam and W. W. IJolden to
receive and dispense such amounts as might be
placed in their hands These gentlemen have
just been informed by William Gray, Esq , Chair
man of the Boston Committee, to whom Mr Gage
reported, that their draft will be honored for a
handsome sum, to be applied as we have stated.
The gentlemen designated by Mr Gage have
held a meeting and appointed Gen Miles their
chairman. It is their purpose to take such steps
as in their judgment will be best calculated to
dispense this gift so as to do the most good to
those who are suffering in our State. So far as
food is concerned. Gen Miles, who is at the head
of the Freedman's Bureau in this State, will furn
ish that in every proper case that may be brought
to his attention. While the government will uot
encourage idleness or vice, it is its wish to relieve
promptly all who are actually suffering for food.
But there are many cases among the desolate,
the aged, and the infirm, in which other aid be
sides common food is necessary. Medicines,
clothing and light food for the sick and feeble,
are required. Such cases will be relieved as far
as practicable. Boston has acted a noble part in
this matter. Raleiyh Standard.
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Riot at Mobile Several Persons Killed
and Wounded. Mobile, May 14. A large
number of negroes met to-nigbt to hear Judge
Kelley of Pennsylvania. A number of whites
were also present. Everything was remaikably
quiet until Kelley began epeaking. He began
by saying he had come to discuss the rights of
the negroes, which they were entitled to, and to
bid defiance to all interruptions and to the world.
He bad the 15th Regiment at his back, and if
they proved inadequate the whole United States
army would not.
Judge Kelley continued this strain for some
time, using language, expressions and incen
diary seuteuces which were calculated to invite
riotous demonstrations, lie was here interrupt
ed by a white in a on the outskirts of the crowd,
whom the police promptly arrested. The first
shot was fired at this point, but it is impossible
to say who fired it. Instantaneously shots fol
lowed from the negroes, who were all well armed.
The firing then became general. A Urge ma
jority of the shots were fired by negroes, as but
very few of the whites present were armed, hav
ing attended the meeting to listen quietly to
.Kelley, and without the remotest idea of causing
a riot. The police succeeded in quelling the
riot, before the arrival of the companies of the
15th Regiment, woo were ordered out by Col.
Sheppard, aud appeared as soon as possible, but
not until the meeting had been dispersed.
Mobile, 15th. During the melee last night
two men were killed, several mortally wounded,
and some slightly injured.
Judge Kelley was invited J tytjOT v liners
to remain, and apeak, offeriog bitn tbs protec
tion of all good citixeos. Col. Shepbecd aUo
offered protection. The .Judge .declined and
left for Montgomery to-day.
& man in Maine applied or two gallons of
rum for medical purposes. For what medical
Eurpose!" inquired tiw agent. "For raising a
arn,n was tLs rsply
Hon. Wm. A. Graham. We are greatly
gratified to be able to state, that the Hon. Wm.
A. Graham has received his pardon, whioh was
forwarded to hiw by the President direct
Raleigh Sentinel.
The ASYLUMS. We are requested by Dr.
E. C Fisher, the Superintendent, to state that
the N C Insane Asylum is now full of patients,
and he regrets he is uuable now to receive any
' more. Vacancies cay ccur, and these only
can be filled. Information as to vacancies can
j be obtained by addressing Dr. Fisher.
Ve learn from Mr Palmer, the .Principal of
the As; 1 urn for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind,
that his institution contains 90 pupils, and is
also full Raltigh Standard.
Suicide We learn that Miss Mary Hacker,
a highly respectable and beautiful young lady
of Wilkes County, committed suicide last Sun
day morning by discharging the contents of a
loaded shot gun into her bead. Cause, disap
pointment iu love. Salisbury Banner.
Killed. We learn that Mr John Webster,
of Davidson County, was kicked by a horse and
killed on Wednesday. Mr Webster was a good
aud brave soldier in the late Confederate army.
I From official information received here,
it appears that General Sickles has been in con
sultation with officers ot Banks within his dis
trict, and has bad under consideration the feasi
bility and propriety of issuing an order for
regulating the banking interest in the second
district, and especially for the purpose of en
forcing a uniform rate of interest.
The Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the
communication was submitted, does not approve
of the project, and it will doubtless be aban
doned by Gen. Sickles Raleigh Progress.
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Military Law. Our readers will remem
ber the iateshooting in a public tumult in Fay
ette ville, of a negro who had been convicted of.
attempting to commit rape upoo the person of a
young lady in that vicinity. Mr Duncan G.
McRae of Fayeteville, the magistrate who com
mitted him to jail, was brought down on the
boat last night under military guard, having
been convicted upon the testimony of a negro
woman, who swore that she saw him point out
the negro and say, "shoot the scoundrel," al
though Mr McRae can prove by several wit
nesses, that he was sitting in the court room
when he heard the report of the pistol, and bad
not leit it since the trial. It is designed to con
vey Mr Mcllae to Fort Macon, to be there tried
by a military commission
A man nearly sixty years of age is thus sep
arated from his family, and made to endure the
rigors of a long confinement upon a charge hav
ing no foundation whatever. Capt A. II. Tuler
is also in charge of the same guard, upon an al
legation of complicity in the same affair. The
post commandant at Fayetteville sends a letter
declaring his conviction of the innocence of Mr
McRae, and the friends of the latter are endeav
oring to lay the matter before Gen. Sickles in
its proper light. Wilmington Dispatch.
Jt&" We are glad to see that efforts are being
made to arrest the "Regulators" who have for
some time past operated in Jones county.
Ncwbern papers inform us that a number of
affidavits, having been filed before R F Lehman,
Esq., U. S. Commissioner, declaring that civil
law could not be administered iu the county of
Jones, aud that magistrates could not issue war
rants against a gang of .marauders styling them
selves "Regulators," on account of the threats
agaiust their lives, the commissioner issued war
rants, under the civil rights bill, for the arrest
of the gang. In accordance with this action
three white men, named Joseph Smith, Geo. W.
Harrison and James Henry Cumbo, were arrest
ed on Saturday afternoon, in Jones county, by
U. States Deputy Marshal It. C- Kehoe. They
are charged with being members of an organized
band of robbers and "Regulators," who have
been operating in Jones and adjoining counties.
The prisoners were brought into the city on Sat
urday night, and lodged in jail.
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Invitations to the President. The
President has received an invitation to attend
five several celebrations of festivals, viz : The
laying of the corner-stone of the monument in
memory of Mr Johnson's father in Raleigh;
the convention of the workingmen in Chicago;
the unveiling the stature of Henry Clay in
Louisville, on the 30th of May; the Bunker
Hill Monument celebration, on the 17th of
June, and the Masonic celebration in Boston,
on June 24th. A delegation of Masons from
Massachusetts, among them General Banks, to
gether with members of the fraternity in the
District of Columbia, (as we learn from the
papers,) called upoo Mr Johnson on Saturday,
and urged him to promise definitely to be pre
sent on the 24th of June at Boston. Two hun
dred Knights Templar propose to form an escort
from the capital to Buston and return. The
President replied that he would be mueh grati
fied to attend on the 24tb of June. He would
probably do so, but had thus far declined to ac
cept any invitations with which he had been
honored because of the incompleteness of the
work under the Reconstruction Acts, which bad
barely' been initiated. Until the Attorney
General's opinion, now in preparation, shall have
been submitted and considered, and some gen
eral rules in accordance with this opinion shall
have been adopted for the guidance of the mili
tary commanders, whereby they may be governed
by uniform practice and common interpretation,
he could uot feel warraoted in giving positive
assurance of attending any of the celebrations
named.
How to Judge a Horse A correspon
dent of the Country Gentleman gives the fol
lowing in reference to horses :
I offer the following suggestions, the result
of my close observation and long experience. If
the color be light sorrel or chestnut, his feet,
legs aud face white these are the marks of
kindness. If he is broad and full between the
eyes, be may be depended on as a horse of good
6eose, and capable of being trained to anything;
as respects such horses, the more kindly you
treat them, the better yoo will be treated in re
turn. Nor will a borse of this description stand
a whip, if well fed. If you want a safo horse,
avoid one that is dish faced. He may be so far
gentle as not to scare, but he will have too much
go-ahead in him to be safe with everybody. If
you want a fool, but a borse of great bottom,
get a deep bay with not a white hair about him.
If his, face is a little dished, so mueh the worse.
Let no man ride suoh a borse that is not an ex
pert rider: they are always tricky and unsafe.
JX you want one that will never give out, never
buy a large overgrown one. A black borse can
not stand heat, nor a white one cold. If you
want a gentle borse, get one with core or less
white about the bead the mere the better.
Selection - thus mad are of great docility aad
geotleaeBft. .
Late&t JYeirs.
Wasuiwotow, May 18.
The Supreme Court has confirmed the deci
sion in the case of Thompson vs Riggs, deciding
that a deposit of gold creates a debt which can
be discharged by legal tender notes.
The release of Mr Davis meets with earnest
applause from bis frieods. Since bis release he
has repelled, as nersonallv obtrusive, anvthino-
like a demonstration, though he has received his
frieods cordially and conducts himself in all re
spects with the quiet and digoityofa private
gentleman.
Geo Bancroft, of New York, has been ap
pointed to succeed Gov. Wright as Minister to
Prussia.
The merchant Prince, Stewart, of New York,
returned eighty dollars income for this year, and
Claflin & Co. one hundred and fifty dollars.
Both returned over a million income last year.
These merchants have sold more goinls this year
than during any year before. They have sold for
cash, and their losses are not attributable to bad
debts.
MARKETS.
New York, May 18 Cotton steady at 231
Gold $1.36. 1
Liverpool, May 13 Cotton opens quiet.
Sales estimated at 10,000 bales. Uplauds 11 J.
Orleans Iff.
Gerrit Smith antj Horace Greeley.
These two lift long abolitionists spoke iu Rich
mond, on Tuesday night last. The Richmond
papers speak in high terms of the remarks of both,
and predict that great good will result from their
efforts.
Gerritt Smith, while earnestly advising the
white people to conform to the laws of Congress
and grant snffrage to all, also said t them and
all others. South, that if he had his way he would
exempt them from direct taxation, that he
wanted the disfranchisement to cease now, and
submitted a proposition for the black to ncliti.m
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against the disfranchisement of their white
neighbors.
Mr Greeley also said that since he had been in
Richmond, he had heard th impression among
Colored men that there would be a confiscation
law passed, and that they would get their lauds
for nothing. The sooner, hi added, the colored
ueoDle crave uo these id
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They would find that it wa cheap to buy laud
man 10 wait ana gei inein tor notlnug.
From Mexico! New Orleans May 15
The Hon. L. L). Campbell's messenger to Juarez
returned to-day, having made the trip from
Matamoras to San Louis Potosi and back in fifty
days. The Liberals report that Kscobado had
35,000 men at Querelaro and had possession of
all the roads but one, with the expectation of
getting that. Maximillian is inside with 15,
000 men. The feeling among the Liberals is
very bitter against Maximilian and his native
officers. It is feared that he will not be able to
save them in the case of capture. Juarez and
his generals are confident of . a speedy triumph
at Queretaro and expect to be in the city of
Mexico in two months.
Washington, May 17. The Supreme Court,
during the session just closed, disposed of two
hundred cases, leaving two hundred and fifty on
the docket.
It is a matter of comment that the Court re
cognized Texas as a State of the Union, in grant
ing the injunction against the payment of the
indemnity bonds, obtained from her during the
rebellion.
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Mount Vernon. Althojgh the general ap
pearance of the estate is that of dilapidation and
neglect, it is manifest that considerable is being
done to keep it at least in presentable order. A
new roadway from the boat to the house has been
cut and graded, the tomb is kept in good repair,
the house, surrounding dwellings, drive ways
and paths looked after, aud the ladies of the coun
try have really rescued the place from desolation
and decay. Only a portion of the dwelling i now
inhabited, and the remainder, including thf dining
room. hall, two parlorx. and the chamber where
Washington died, are thrown open to strangers
foa inspection
A True Lady. I was once walking a short
distance behind a very handsomely dressed
young girl, and, thinking, as I looked at her
beautiful clothes, 'I wonder if she takes half as
much pains with her heart as she does with her
body.
A poor old man was coming up the walks
with a loaded wheelbarrow; and just before !:
reached us, he made two attempts to go into
the yard of a small house; but the gate was
heavy, and would swing back before he could
get through.
Wait,' said the young girl, springing lightly
forward, 'I'll hold the ga'e open.' , And she
held the gate until he parsed in, and received
his thanks with a pleasant smile, as she went on.
'She deserves to have beautiful clothes,' 1 :
thought, 'for a beautiful spirit dwells in her
breast.' :
!
Mr R. II Tallev, the government Inspector of
Whiskey for Mecklenburg County, Va., over
hauled a North Carolinian, by the name of J. M.
Tapscot, a few days since, who had two barrels of
liquor, not Drancieu, wnicn ne onerea in Viarics
ville at 2,50 per gallon. The whUkey, (84 gal
lons) together with the wagon, horse and mule,
were seized by Tallev, and, being confiscated by
the revenue law, will soon be sold at pubiic ven
due. Mr Tapscot left on ftot, the morning after
the unfortunate occurence, for his borne in
Alamance, N. C.
Id Lincoln fcouotj, on the 5th mst., by It. Nixon,
Esq., Mr Henry C. Reagan to Miss Frances R. Del-
linjrer.
In Rowan county, on the 8th lost , by the Rev W
B Watts, Capt C B Burns of Camden, S. C , to Uia
Etta L McLaughlin.
On tbe 9th inst.. Mr John Caldwell to Miss Fan
nie Jenkin. all of York District.
In Carthage, Moore county, on tbe 5th inst., Dr.
Samuel C. Bruce, aged 65 jean.
QUOTATIONS OF N. C. BANK NOTES.
Corrected by Brkvizkb, Kbllooo k Pities,
Bankers and Brokers, Charlotte, N. 0.
Bank of North Carolina . - - 45
' Cape Fear - - - 24
Charlotte ... 24
' Lexington .
" at Graham - 22
Rozboro - - - 45
" Wadeboro . - - - 22
" Tbomasvills 45
" Wilmingtoa - 21
Commerce " 12
Wasbingtoa 7
" Favctteviila -
" Clarendon - 9
" Yancrjrille ...
Miners and Planters Bank 10
Farmers Bank of Greeotbore . 25
Commercial Bask of Wilmingtoa 21
Merchants Bank 6f Newborn - 3
Greensboro Mutual - - '
Goapoas of old sixes (N. C. Bonds) - , a
f.C,lUilc6adeaaa -
The Crop Prospect. -Oar exchanges cor
roborate the statements recently made in theaa
columns that throughout the western and south
era States an unusually large quantity of wheat
has been planted this spring. Nearly all the
report thos far received are very promising, the
chief exceptions being thoe from Louisiana. II
is reasonable to suppose, that should the weather
prove favorable, the next crop of wheat and corn
will be the largest for several years past, and also
that fruit will be very abundant. JV. Y. World.
BRICKS! BRICKS!!
Important to Builders.
The undersigned would respectfully announce to
tbe cltixen? of Charlotte and aurrounding country,
that he has completed his arrangements for man
oracturing nii supplying to this market BRICKS of
a superior quality, for building purposes. Orders
will be filled at moderate pricea, and a liberal dis
count madt to ibosv contracting fr a larsre Quan
tity. H
For further particulars call on Capt. Asa George,
or Messrs. UutrhUoo. Burroughs k Co., at whose
store samples will b kept.
E. P. GEORGE.
May 20, 1867. if
NEW GOODS.
Our Mr Brown is now in New York. On or about
the 1st of June, we will have our stocks complete
at low prices.
. BRKM, BROWN k CO.
May 20, 1867. 2w
DR. JN0. H MclDElV,
WHOtRSAL'l AMD RETAIL
CIIAKLOTTE. N. C
FT as on band a large and well selected stock of
PUKE DKUUS, i bemu-itls, Talent Medicines, Fami
ly Medicines. Paini, Oils, Vanishes, Dje Stuffs.
Fancy and Toilet Ar'.icles, which be Is determined
to fell at the very lowest prices.
May 20, 18K7.
Srlhrlhrth LI!S- WHITE LEAD, at McAden'a
,11PIVhV Corner Drug Store.
300 Gallons Linseed Oil, at McAden'a Cornet
Drug Store.
3 Barrels Spirits Turpentine, at Mc Aden's Dreg
Store.
NO 1 Coach and Copal Tarnishes, cheap, at
McAden'a Drug Store.
FINE Lubricating, Lard and Sperm Oil, at Me
Aden's Corner Drug Store
Bright Illnmin.itiag Kerosene Oil, cheap, at Me
Aden's Corner Drug Store.
Tanners' Strait's and Banks' Oil, at tbe lowest
market price, at McAdca's Corner Drug Store.
May 20, 1S67.
jUILLINEIlY AND DRKSS-SMBIKG.
MISS JOSEPHIN E It FLYNN, of New York, Is
pleased to inform ihe Ladied of Charlotte and sur
rounding country, that ehe has taken charge of the
Dress-malting depaifment for MR. LEONARD H.
SMITH. From her long experience in i he business,
ebe hopes to lereivea large share of patronage from
tbe Ladies of this city.
Call a few doors north of First National Bank,
Tryon Street.
Miss Fynn comes highly recommended from one
of the largest establishments on Broadway, New
York. I hope that sbe niHy be patronized sufficient
ly by tbe Ladies of this city to justify me la keeping
tier here. L. H. SMITH.
May 20, 1867.
Executor's Sale.
As Executor of Wm. Beaty, deceased, I will sell
at ihe Court Houte in Dallas, Gaston county, on
Tuesdav the 27th day of August (Superior Court
week) 176 Acres of Land, situated on Catawba
Creek, adjoining the lands of Dr J F. Smyer, tbe
Sandifer Springs place, and others. A credit of
six months will be given, inteiost from date.
A. F. SADLER, Ex'r.
May 20, 18G7. Impd
Iflolnssei ! Iflolasse ! 1
HOGSHEADS Demerara Mola?ses.
QlP 10 Barrels No I Sugar Houe Molasses,
To arrive end for sale by
STENHOUSE. MACAULAY k CO.
May 20,1867. lw
CHEESE AND MOLASSES.
y(l JTK BOXES English Dairy Cream Cheese,
fJScHJr 5 Hogsheads Bright Cardenas Molasses,
In Store and for snle bv
STENHOUSE, MACAULAY k CO.
Mav 20, 1867. lw
SlOO REWAICD.
Stolen from tbe subsenber, on ibe night of tbe
13th of May, 4 miles East of Newton, Catawba
county, N. C a dark sorrel MULE, 6 years old, fiae
limbs, biire-footed, shared on lie shoulders and
sides by the genring. Tbe most noted inmk is a
white spot about the size of a silver dollar near the
back bone, and a saddle mark on tbe left ride.
I will give $100 for Mule and Thief, o 50 tot
either.
Mar 20, 1867 4w NOAH BARRINOER.
IiIPOKTANTNOTICE.
$30,000 Summer Goods at Cost!!
The undersigned contemplate remodeling and en
larifir.cr their Store, comroencirio; bv tbe middle of
June next, and wbicb will necessitate a sufueosioa
of baiine.s for a lime, aud therefore oiTt-rtbe. En
tire Stock, coniting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boot
and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Hardware, Groceries,
Leather, kc at cost Prices Now ts your timet
get something for your money 1
Calicoes, from ... la to 20 cents
Muslins, - - - - 20 to 35
Shirtincs. bleached and onb'd 10 to 30 "
Shoe, Ladies and Gents, - - . $ 1.26 to 2 5i
Linen Coats, - - - - I 40 to 1 SO
And everything else in proportion ! Wholesale
Dealers desiiinir to replrnith ibeir Stock, bare a
good opportunity offered ibem now. Our Store is
tbe firt Dry Goods Store on ihe rignt nana side or
the street leading from ibe Public Square to tba
Court House, uext to the Corner Drug Store.
W1TTKOWSKY k RINTELS.
May 20. 1867.
CUAULOTTE MARKET, May 20, 1867.
Cosbsctid bt Stikdocse, Macaclat 4 Co.
CottonLast week tte market opened steady al
19 cents for middling uplands (tax paid by par
chaser), and upon tbe receipt of tbe news of tbe
peaceful solution of ibe Luxetnbarg question ia
Europe, it reacted both In Liverpool and New York,
causing a corresponding advance bere closing
firm on SamrdA.v at 21 cenia for middling grades,
Sales for tbe week 93 bales.
Flour Tbe market continnes dull at $12-99 t
$14 per barrel.
Com, In still less demand and deellaed to $1.39
from wagons, and $1.35 to $1.40 from stores stock
heavy; Peas, scarce at $1.50; Oats 65 to 70 cents j
Wheatnone offering.
Bacon in considerable demand at 15 ta IT cents,
as to quality ; Lard, 16 to 18 cents.
Fresh Butter, 30 to 33 rents ; Chickens, 25 to JO;
Eggs, 12 to 15. These articles are in demand.
Corn Whiskey Market overstocked and dull ail
$2.I2J to $2.25 jper gallon.
Liverpool Salt advanced to $3.75 for standard,
weight.
Tbere are no changes to note in any of the lead,
ing articles, and no active demand for anything ex
cept Corn and Bacon wbicb ceatinae ia refaeet at
oar quotations.