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W.J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.
June 4, 1807.
City Improvements. We presume that but
few of our own citizens have a correct idea of how
many new buildings have been erected in this
City within the past few months. From our
own observation, and after consultation with
others, we estimate the number of new Dwelling
Houses at seventy-five one-half of which are
very comfortable houses of four rooms and more;
tome contain eight rooms. Besides, there have
been ten or twelve new Store Houses built, the
largest one (a double two-story brick) being now
in course of construction by Messrs. Miller &
Black. Also, Mr 9. P. Smith has finished up a
handsome dwelling over his store room next to
the Bank.
At this rate, may we not reasonably predict
that Charlotte will soon become indeed and in
truth a great City.
Judge Kelly of Philadelphia, and two Reporters
for Northern papers, while here ten days ago,
declared that they saw more signs of prosperity
in and around Charlotte than anywhere they had
been since entering Tennessee on their trip
South. The Judge made this statement in his
public speech.
Rock Island Manufacturing Company.
We hope that Southern Merchants, especially,
while laying in their Fall Stock, will not neglect
to give the goods manufactured at Rock Island
Mills in Charlotte, a trial. The Raleigh Sen
tinel makes the following proper remarks about
this establishment :
"We beg to invite the e?pecial attention of mer
chants in this and the other Southern States, under
whes notice it may fall, to the advertisement of
Gen. Jno. A. Young, President of the Rock Island
Manufacturing Co. We regard this establishment
as one of the most creditabJe "institutions" of the
State Its fabrics we know to be of the most su
perior quality and texture entirely free, as the
President says, from shoddy or other impurities.
We are proud of the Rock l.-land Manufacturing Co.,
and we cannot too highly commend its goods to the
use of our people and the patronage of our dealers."
A trial of the goods will satisfy any one that
they are of superior quality.
The Attorney General's Opinion, We
devote much of our space to the publication of
the opinion of the Attorney General of the United
States as to who are disfranchised by the Re
construction Acts. We cannot see that it throws
much light on the subject we fear that there
will be as much doubt as to the meaning of the
Attorney General as there has been about the
Reconstruction Acts.
The status of the class of officers alluded to
by the Attorney General has, we think, been
well understood ; but the information mostly de
sired and needed was, whether the inferior officers
under the Stato Government, who held office
previous to the war, are disfranchised or not.
The Attorney General promises to give a fur
ther opiuiou hereafter, and we hope he will de
cide the question alluded to for the benefit of this
State especially.
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Effects of Industry. A correspondent of
the Raleigh Episcopal Methodist writes from
Baltimore as follows :
I am stopping at the Fountain Hotel, where
North Carolinians ought to stop. Mr Clabough,
the Proprietor, stands every day with his neat
white apron on and carves the beef for his nutner
our guests, for lie believes, and no doubt cor
rectly, that tin one can do it so skillfully as him
self; and not hmg ago bp gave in $47,000 income.
The chi-f clerk. Mr Dodson, is a model of his
class, bland, genial, generous and every way
equal to his duties. I have heard that not very
long ago he was a boy tallying oysters at the
wharf four years ago was a conductor on one
of the Street cars, and now owns an elegant,
residence valued at $75,000. the gift of his ad
miring patron, the Proprietor of the Hotel. Such
is the reward for indutry and fidelity."
The idea of a man with an annual income of
$47,000 putting on an apron and acting as a
waiter at a Hotel table, may surprise and aston
ish some people, but not us, for it is certain that
that man (the proprietor of a fine, large Hotel)
learned industrious habits while he was a boy.
and he is not ashamed to work after becoming
rich. It is an honor to him, and ought to put to
blush the nice young men who are afraid to soil
their hands by rolling a barrel of molasses or
sugar, or carrying bars of iron into or out of a
store. Young man, pull off your coat and go to
work don't hire othe- people to do what you
can do yourself. In this progressive age only
such people as are industrious will be considered
respectable. Providenco will never help a man
who does not help himself.
Barn Burnt. We learn that the barn or
crib of Mr II ugh Kirkpatrick, in this county, was
.destroyed by fire on Friday night, the 24lh ult
A considerable quantity of provender was con
sumed with the building. A ngro man, for
merly in the employ of Mr K-, is the incendiary,
and lias made his escape so that he cannot be
arrested.
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Masonic Installation. The officers of
Charlotte Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, were
publicly installed atTreh.ar Hall on Friday even
ing last, in presence of a large audience of ladies
and gentlemen. Dr. Win. Sloan officiated in the
installation ceremony, being the highest officer
of the craft present.
After tie installation, Ex Gov. Vance delivered
an address, which was appropriate to the occa
sion, ;n good taste, and was well received by the
ud'-ence. The Gov. appears to be equal to any
occasion, under any circumstances.
The Choir of the Presbyterian Church was
present and lpade music in a style that cannot be
surpassed for skill and excellence.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To the ladies Brem, Brown & Co.
Lw library for Sale C Overman, Adm'r.
Tobcco for Sale J H MxrAden.
aiwba English and Classical High School J 0
Clapp and S M Finger.
tTnirersity of N. Carolina lion D L Swain, Pres't.
Cemetery Notice S A Harris, Mayor.
Rags Wanted B Koopmana.
City Ordinance S A Harris, Mayor.
Eumenean Society of Davidson College.
Court Orders Wra Maxwell, Clerk.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad S L Fremont,
Chief Engineer and Superintend? qt.
Military Rule. Those persons who declare
that they prefer to live under military rule for
years to come, rather than go into the Union on
certain conditions and under certain leaders,
have thought but little about the dangers of our
present situation and the tendency of military
authority to over-ride civil law.
No matter how well disposed a military officer
is. his action and decisions are almost necessarily
arbitrary and one-sided. From habit and edu
cation he has learned to demand and require
j strict obedience to his orders, whether they, seem
ijust or unjust. The people of the South have
already had experience enough to teach them
that it is useless to think of disobeying military
orders, right or wrong; and if there were no
other motives to prompt a desire for speedy ad
mission to the Union, the wish to get clear of the
military and have civil government fully re
established in our midst should prompt all to
heartily co-operate in reconstructing the State
Governments under the late Acts of Congress.
Gen. Schofield, the commander of Virginia, is
considered one of the best officers in the South,
but the following dispatch shows that he is
gradually but constantly encroaching on civil
authority :
Richmond. May 30. Gen. Schofield, on yes
terday, issued an order for the purpose of giving
adequate protection to all persons in their lights
of person and property in cases where th civil
authority may fail, directing the appointment of
Military Commissioners in sub-districts hereafter
to be defined, giving them the command of the
Poiiee, Sheriffs and Constables, and clothing
them with the powers of Magistrates. These
Commissioners are to take jurisdiction in all cases
where they may have reason to believe that jus
tice is not done. TLe order concludes as follows:
"Trial by the civil courts will be preferred in
all cases, where there is satisfactory reason to
believe that justice will be done. But, until the
orders of the Commanding General are made
known, in any case, the paramount jurisdiction
assumed by the Military Commission shall be ex
clusive. All persons, civil officers and others,
are required to obey and execute the lawful
orders of the Military Commissioners. Any per
son who shall disobey or resist the lawful orders
or authority of a Military Commissioner shall be
tried by Military Commission, and, upon convic
tion, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment.
according to the nature and degree of the offence.
This order will not be so construed as to excuse
civil officers in any degree from the faithful dis
charge of their duties. This is intended to aid
the civil authorities and not to supersede them
exeept in cases of necessity."
The case of H. Rives Pollard, in Virgiuia,
shows that if the military would refrain from in
terfering in unimportant eases, more good would
be accomplished, and less evil. Mr Pollard ad
vertised to deliver a lecture in Lynchburg on the
Chivalry of the South." The military com
mander ordered that the lecture should not be
delivered; which order caused a good deal of
talk and discussion. But, finally, after several
days, the order was withdrawn, and Mr Pollard
went to the designated place to deliver his lecture.
when, lo and behold he had nothing to speak to but
empty benches. Of course the lecture was in
definitely postponed.
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The Raleigh Sentinel recently accused us
of being a fault-finder, because, we suppose, we
have always insisted on a more economical ex
penditure of the public money, and because we ad
vocated the abolishment of useless and unprofit
able offices, 6uch as Adjutant General of Militia
and State Geologist.
The people of the State are now taxed more than
they can bear ; and because we have advocated
measures for lessening taxation, and condemned
appropriations of money for objects not essen
tially necessary, the Sentinel accuses us of being
a fault-finder. Very well the Sentinel may
talk as it pleases, but it will find out pretty soon
that the great mass of the people of the State
agree with us and demand measures for reducing
taxes. The Sentinel is understood to be a
fomenterof political strife, which is far worse
than being a fault-finder.
tW Where can you find a greater people than
the Americans, and among them a more cunning
or smarter class than the Yankees ? Here is a
copy of a Yankee advertisement :
A beautiful pair of false Moustache and Whis
kers, so perfect they cannot be detected from the
genuine, will be sent post-paid by mail to any
address. Moustaches, $1; Side whiskers, $3 ; .
Full beard, $5
We will not give the name and location at
tached to this advertisement, for fear some fool
might be induced thereby to invest his money in
false whiskers. It would be well, before ladies
marry whiskers, to examine whether they are
genuine or not.
3T A correspondent writes from Caldwell
county N. C, to the Raleigh Progress as follows:
"Our farmers are busily engaged with their
crops. Largo quantities of corn have been plant
ed, and the people here are trying to "recon
struct' on the basis of work. The wheat and
fruit crops are so far very promising. I hear
some apprehensions of rust in the wheat. There
is an abundance of corn in the country; it is sell
ing readily at from 85 cents to per bushel.
Immense qnantities have been shipped South."
The same correspondent also says :
'One of the saddest calamities it has ever been
my ptovince to communicate occurred in Wilkes
county, adjoining this, a few days since. A
beautiful and accomplished young lady, the
daughter of one of the most respected citizens of
the county, committed suicide by blowing her
skull off with a double barreled shot gun. It is
reported that she had been seduced by a villian,
who calls himself Lyons, from the State of Geor
gia a man, I am told, of engaging manners and
appearance. Having succeeded in his design,
be informed the young lady that he had accom
plished all his wishes, and then bade her fare
well. She was immediately driven to put an end
to her existence. I refraiu from here giving the
lady's name, but would caution the world against
the villain."
The villain ought to be pursued and punished
as he deserves.
U. S. Courts in the South. Chief Justice
Chase has given notice that he will hold circuit
court in North Carolina early in June. The
soraples he entertained a year ago about holding
courts where military law prevails have in some
way been removed. Although 'military- rule ia
now constant and supreme, as it was not then,
and the remnant of civil power exists only by
sufferance, this is not considered an obstacle to
the regular session of the United States Courts
ia what are now military districts.
I CP" J udge Kelly, after leaviner this place, ad
dressed the people of Coneord and Salisbury.
We learn that his speech at Concord gave
general satisfaction ; and as to bis speech at
Salisbury the Banner remarks : "His manner
and the matter of his speech were not only on-
exceptionable, but, in the most part, commend
able."
We begin to think that Mr Kelly has been
badly misrepresented by correspondents and
newspapers South of this State. His speeches
in this State shows the importance of giving a
man a fair hearing before condemning him.
Bankruptcy. We learn from the Salisbury
North State, that Chief Justice Chase has sent
the following nominations to Judge Brooks for
Registers in Bankruptcy io this State : For
the 7th District, Col C A Cilley; for the 6th
District, R 11 Broadfield, Esq ; for the 5th Dis
trict, Thomas B Keoah, Esq.
Col. Cilley was an officer in the Northern ar
my, and settled in the Mountain (7th) District
since the close of the war. This is some evi
dence of the good treatment Northern men re
ceive from our people, for we presume North
Carolina lawyers recommended Cilley for the
office.
The Sober Second Thought. Soon after
the close of the war a great deal of property in
the South was seized and sold by U. S. officials
as forfeited or confiscated. Besides, many other
things were done for which there was no law or
authority under the Constitution, or by enaet-
ment of Congress. Now, that excitement and
passion is passing away these unlawful acts of
officers are receiving attention from the U. S,
Courts the sober second thought is beginning to
have its influence.
The following paragraph inspires the hope that
even-handed justice will yet prevail, and that
many unrighteous decisions will be reversed by
higher authority :
"In the Supreme Court at Washington Wed
nesday last. Chief Justice Chase granted a "writ
of error" in the case of Joseph Bruin, whose pro
perty had been seized and sold under a decree
of the District Court of Virginia, Judge Under
wood presiding. The writ was granted on the
following grounds :
birst, I hat the District Court condemned and
sold the absolute estate of the petitioner in and
to the property, which judgment it was beyond
the power of the court to pronounce.
second, I hat the condemnation of the property
was for treason, of which the party could not be
adjudged guilty, except by a finding of a j jry.
Intra, 1 bat the proceedings were in Admir
alty, when they should have been on the common
law side of the court, by information arid not by
libeL"
In this case, we believe Judge Underwood
himself, after unlawfully condemning the property
to sale, purchased it at a very low price. We
are gratified to see that Chief Justice Chase is
rectifying such proceedings.
The New York Day Book. This paper caps
the climax of Southern radicalism, by proposing
the names of Jefferson Davis, for President, and
Edgar Cowan, for Vice President, of the United
States. We are sure that no one deprecates more
deeply the use of his name in such connection than
Mr Davis-, nor will it meet any favor from his
friends in the South. It is in this way that such
papers as the Day Book have always done the
South more harm than good. We have no use
either for Northern or Southern radicalism.
Raleigh Sentinel.
The Day Book and other Northern papers of
that style, are deceiving the people of the South
for the purpose of getting their money. Their
course pleases, no doubt, a few extreme men who
profess to be mighty strong friends of the South,
but who take care to buy from the Yankees and
patronize Yankee newspapers, because they
think them a little cheaper than Southern papers.
Such papers as the N.'Y. Day Book and News
have done a great deal to injure the Southern
people and impose heavier burdens upon them.
That's all.
The New York Herald. This sheet has
become extremely radical in its utterances in the
last few days, the object being to secure any
radical patronage that Greeley may lose by bis
course in the Davis bail case. Rich. Times.
Not long ago the Herald censured the Govern
ment for keeping Mr Davis in confinement now
it is grumbling and growling because he was re
leased on bail. It is strange why a paper so
destitute of principle or honest', as the N. Y.
Herald is, should receive the patronage and sup
port of Southern or Northern people. It is
seldom that you find a liar and a villain without
some good trait, but if the N. Y. Herald has any
we have uever perceived it.
t3ST Horace Greely, the father of fanaticism
and, in former years, the foremost and prominent
reviler of the South and her people, has made "a
good thing" by signing Mr Davis' bail bond.
Southern patronage is pouring upon him and his
Tribune in a mighty stream, and the growls of a
few fanatics in New York are giving Greely a
reputation which he otherwise never could ob
tain. Greely is no fool he knows what pays.
President Johnson's Visit to Raleigh.
The Raleigh Standard says :
"We learn that the President will reach this
City on Monday evening. The ceremony of
dedicating the monument to his father, Jacob
Johnson, will take place on Tuesday, at 11, A.
M. The address on the occasion will be deliv
ered by Gov. Swain. Tbe Governor, Heads of
Departments, and Committee of the City Com
missioners will meet the President at Weldon.
He will be received at the depot io this City by
Mr Mayor Haywood.
It is expected that the President will leave
for Chapel II ill on Wednesday, to be present at
Commencement oo Thursday.
The Proposed Union of the Presbyterians.
The New School Presbyterian General Assem
bly have unanimously adopted the report of the
joint committee of the Old School and New
School General Assemblies on a union of the two
bodies. This report submits the plan proposed
by the joint committee to the two churches at
large, leaving the Assemblies of 1868 at liberty
to take action upon it. The New School Assem
bly continued its committee during the coming
year, and expressed an earnest desire for the con
summation of the union. In the meantime,
another branch of the Presbyterian family, the
General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, has passed resolutions favoring a union
of all the Presbyterian bodies, and, for maturing
this plan, has called a General Presbyterian con
vention, which is to meet this fall.
The Presbyterian Church io the South is not
connected with the jtbova movement
SS? The General Synod of one braneh of the
Lutheran Church of the Southern States, was in
session in Staunton, Va., last week. Tbe Rev.
Mr Aldrich writes to his paper in this place as
follows : .
"The officers of the present Convention are:
xtev. a itothrock, of North Carolina, President;
Rev. T S Boinest, of South Carolina, Secretary;
Mr it tf Uhisolm, of S. C, Treasurer.
On theaecond day of the convention, Rev.
Smeltzer introduced to the Synod Rev. A. J.
j?ox, (ot Ian coin ton, N. C.,) as Commissioner
from tbe Tennessee Synod, who came forward
and presented his credentials and proceeded to
state the conditions upon which that Synod
would be willing to unite with our general body.
A committee was immediately appointed, con
sisting of Revs. Rude, Dosh, and Bit tie, to con
sider these conditions and report.
The committee made a report and offered the
following resolutions which were unanimously
adopted :
Resolved, 1st. That we will cordially receive
them as an integral part of this body, on the
truly Lutheran basis which we have adopted, and
in accotdance with which we feel bound as an
ecclesiastical body to withhold our sanction or
imprimatur from any religious publication of
whatever form, which shall inculcate principles
opposed to the doctrine of the Augsburg Confes
sion, as uniformly construed and defended in tbe
symbolical writings of our Church.
Resolved, 2(1. lhat we feel in like manner
bound to appoint or employ no professor io our
theological schools who shall teach doctrines at
variance with our time-honored Confession.
Jt3T The following very sensible admonition
from one of the ablest and most distinguished
thinkers and public men in Europe, is admirably
adapted just tow to this latitude. John Stuart
Mill, in his late Inaugural Address before the
University of St. Andrews, says :
"Let not sny one pacify his conscience by the
delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no
part and forms no opinion. Bad men need noth
ing more to compass their ends than that good
men should look on and do nothing. He is not
a good man who without protest, allows wrong to
be committed in his name, and with the means
which he helps to supply, because he will not
trouble himself to use his mind on the subject."
This should be a sufficient answer to all our
disappointed and "disgusted" politicians and
private citizens, whom we daily hear exclaiming:
I am going to mind my own business, aud shall
never cast another vote as long as I live." Those
things ought ye to do, but not leave these undone.
Gen. Sickles. We learn that Gen. Sickles
has communicated to Gov. Worth his intention
to be in Raleigh on tbe occasion of the Presi
dent's visit. It is also, we understand, his pur
pose to accompany the President to Chapel Hill.
Raleigh Sentinel.
Released. R. A. Shotwell, Esq., who was
placed under $1000 boad to appear before a
Military Commission in answer to a charge ot
carrying concealed weapons, has been released,
and his bond cancelled. The post commander
decided, on hearing the facts in the case, that
General Sickles' order had not been violated.
Newbern Republican.
North Carolina College, located at Mt.
Pleasant, Cabarrus county, N. C , still has an
endowment fund of $12,000, and has resumed
active operations. Arrangements are being
made by tbe Board of trustees tor the election
of a President, and the immediate re organiza
tion of its faculty. So says the Evangelical
Lutheran.
First Watermelon. We encountered the
first watermelon, of the season on Craven street,
yesterday. Nexcbern Republican, 80th.
Crops in South Carolina. Our ex
changes generally give favorable reports of the
crops in their respective Districts. Wheat and
Oats are doing finely; in some sections rust has
appeared, but not ia sufficient quantity to in
jure the crop, which will probably be abundant
if the next two weeks are favorable. Cora is
also reported to look well, though we are sur
prised to learn that a comparatively small crop
was planted in some localities. There is yet
time to remedy this error, for it certainly is a
great error, if the present distress for food
throughout the State is any criterion. Cotton
has been injured somewhat by the late cold and
wet weather, but much has been replanted and
the present indications are that we will have a
large crop this year. In this District, so far as
we can sec and hear, the above remarks are also
applicable, except that we believe the proportion
of grain planted is larger than usual, though we
fear there is not yet as much corn in the ground
as there should be Yorkville Enquirer.
Except a few localities, the prospect for wheat in
North Carolina is very fine.
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Males and Females in Tnic United States.
The New York World says : "The census
shows the alarmiug excess of 730,000 more males
than females in the United States. In the Wes
tern States particularly, there is an enormous pre
ponderance of the male population. Illinois has
an excess of 92,000; Michigan, 40,000; Wisconsin,
43,000; and so on. As the American Equal
Rights' Associations fully disposed of the female
suffrage question last week, they should deal with
the excessive male population at the next anni
versary. In Massachusetts and elsewhere in New
England, there is an almost innumerable number
of spinsters of a certain and uncertain age, while
there are 730,000 unappropriated males wander
ing in loneliness in the Western wilds. Equal
rights would make such a state of things impos
sible, and the society should see to it.
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Making a Child Happt. Blessed be the
hand that prepares a pleasure for a child, for
there is no saying when and where it may again
bloom forth. Does not almost everybody re
member some kind-hearted man who showed him
a kindness in tbe dullest days of his cbilJbood!
The writer of this recollects himself at the mo
ment, as a bare-footed lad, standing at the wooden
fence of a poor little garden in his native villiage,
while with loDgiog eyes he gazed on the flowers
which were blooming there quietly in the bright
ness of a Sunday morning. The possessor came
forth from his little cottage; he was a wood-cutter
by trade and spent tbe whole week at work in
the woods. He had come into the garden to
gather flowers to stick into his coat when be went
to church. . lie saw the boy, and breaking off
the most beautiful of his carnations it was streak
ed with red and white be gave it to him.
Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke a word,
and with bounding steps the boy ran home.
And now here, at a vast distance from that home
after so many events of so many years, the feeling
of gratitude which agitated the breast of that boy
expresses itself on paper. The carnation has long
since withered, bat now it blooms afresh.
Latest IVeirs.
MARKETS.
New York, June 1. Cotton advanced J
Middling uplands 28. Gold 81,36.
LIVERPOOL, June 1. Cotton active and
nrmer. jtimated sales 20,000 bales. Up-
u.J. Ili.iii - ' . tr
nut iijint pence, urleans Hi.
(& The N. Y. Herald has a bpecial, announ-
-iiiS tu execution or Maximilian and his officers.
The report is discredited.at the State Department
Indian War. Fort Kearney dispatches say
that the Indian war has fairly begun. Settlers
are murdered daily. Troops are going West
ward rapidly.
The New Xork Sun thinks that at no period
within the last ten years have there been so
many unemployed working-men in that city as
there are at the present time.
A Dance of Death Stoine Possessed.
A day or two since, a fine sow belon?ins? to Mr
B. A. Hawkins gave birth to a litter of nine
pigs on that gentleman's premises, in South
ward. A remarkable feature attending tha ad
vent of the little porkers into this cruel world
was this: As soon as born, each one becan
squeaking, turning somersaults, rollins over.
and waltzing and dancing as well as untutored
pigs oouia dance all oi which exercises were
kept up until exhaustion and death followed.
This was not tbe case with one only, but with
tne entire litter. Ibis remarkable dance com
menced at early morning and ended in the af
ternoon, when the last pig caved under. This
is one of the most singular freaks in animal life
we have ever heard of. Petersburg Express.
Prolific. A woman in Brooklyn last Tues
day gave birth to four children weighing in the
aggregate twenty-four pounds. The mother
and children are doing well.
Of course the mother is doing well, but how
is it with the father.
In this county, on the 29th ult., by the Rev. A.
Ranson, Dr. J. M. Sample -of Memphis, Tenn., to
Miss Sophia C, daughter of Mr John R. Alexander.
In this county, on the 14th May, by Rev. Wm Mc
Donald, Mr B F Tye to Miss Nancy Adaline Morris,
daughter of Mr James B Morris.
In Asheville, on the 2lst ult., Mr John M Strong
of KDoxville, Tenn., to Miss Emma, daughter of llou.
Wm M Cocke.
In Davie county, on the 8lh ult., Mr Wm P Ilanes
to Miss Sallie E Jones, daughter of E Gibbs, Esq.
In Greensboro, on the 2 1st ult., Rev. Wm C
Wilson) of the N. C. Conference, to Miss Alice J
Long, daughter of Rev. John Long.
On the 27th ult., Mr Lawsoa D. Goore to Miss
Kate, daughter of B F Briggs, Esq., all of Yorkville.
In this city, on tbe 28th ult., Mrs Jane E Owens,
relict of the late H A Owens, aged 54 years.
In this city, on the 29th ult., Mrs Mary Stauffer,
aged about 64 years.
In this county, near Zion Cbnrch, on the 25th ult
Miis Rachel Melissa Boyle, in the 34th year of her
age. She was for many years a member of the
Methodist church of Zion, and was comforted and
supported in a protracted sickness by tbe hopes of
the Gospel and trust in the Saviour. She has gone
to rest. E. F. R.
In Catawba county, on the 25th alt., Miss Nancy
J. A. Potts, daugber of James Potts, aged about 21
years. For the last 4 years she has been a pious
and consistent member of tbe Methodist Episcopal
Church, and died in tbe faith of the Gospel. E. F. R.
In Demopolis, Alabama, on the 23d ult., Mr
Thomas Alphons Sbarpe, about 65 years of age.
The deceased was a native of Statesville, N. C-, but
removed South in early life. For integrity of char
acter, generosity of heart, bumble and devout piety,
his entire life was remarkably exemplary. To these
virtues he added a kindness and cordiality of man
ners which won the esteem and confidence of bis
acquaintances 60 that his purity and piety will live
in their memory and be a bright example for the
guidance and encouragement of all who knew him.
Statesville American copy. J. A. Y.
Ladies! '
We have just received a magnificent stock of
DRESS GOODS.
Elegant Broche Grenadines, Mozambiques. Mohairs,
Lustres, Lenos, Challies, Delanes, Paris Printed
Organdies, Piques, French and British Printed
Jackonets, Percales, Solid Colored Lawns, Muslins,
Chambrays, Ginghams, Ac.
1! T rlhlkffh YARDS of the PRETTIEST
JL,PtPtP CJ alicoos
yon ever Faw at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Bleached and Brown Shirting and Sheeting, Hosiery,
Gloves, Embroideries, White Goods, Napkins, White
aud Colored Figured Table Linen, Doileys, Ac.
Ladies' and Misses' Untrimmed Bonnets aud Ilats,
Ribbons, French Flowers, &c, Ac.
We have decidedly the Largest, Prettiest and
Cheapest Stock of Goods
We have had any time since we have been in busi
ness. We are selling Goods for less than they
could be bought in the Northern Cities thirty days
ago, and for nearly fifty per cent less than they were
sold for here early in the Spring.
An early call will secure the most desirable Shades,
Patterns, Ac.
It is to tbe interest of every person to give us a
call before buying.
BREM, BROWN k CO.
June 3, 1867 2w
LAW LIBRARY.
As Administrator of the Estate of Col. "Wm. A.
Owens, deceased, I will expose to public sale his
Law Library (complete) at the Public Square in the
city of Charlotte, N. C. on Tuesday, 9th of July
next, it being Mecklenburg County Court week. A
credit of six months will be given, interest from
date. C. OVERMAN, Adm'r.
June 3, 1867. 1m
yflK BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO,
TTV for sale at the Corner Drug Store.
Jane 3, 1867. J. H. McADEN.
Cemetery Notice.
Parties who have selected lots in tbe New Ceme
tery are requested to call at tbe office of the City
Clerk, at the First National Bank of Charlotte, and
pay for same and obtain their deeds which are now
ready S. A. HARRIS,
June 3, 1867. Mayor.
CATAWBA
English and Classical iligh School,
NEWTON, N. C.
The next Session of this Institution will com
mence tbe 1st of July next. Tbe School is in a
flourishing condition. Ample provision is made to
accommodate a large number of boys and young
men, both in rooms, boarding and instruction. No
pains are spared in fitting pupils thoroughly for the
best Colleges of tbe country, and in giving them a
thorough and practical basinets education.
Popils have access to valuable Libraries, and
enjoy tbe advantages of a well regulated Literary
Society.
Tuition per Session of 20 Weeks from $9 1 o $22.60
in currency.
Board in families from $8 to $12 per month; in
clubs at about half these prices.
For Circulars and particulars, address J. C Clapp,
Newton, N. C.
J. C. CLAPP, A. B.
Jane 3, 18W.. 8. M. FINGER, A.B.
Effect of a Remote Cause. The news
of Queen Victoria's mediation between France
and Prussia is said to have caused a rapid rise
io the price of white oak staves in West Vir
ginia. The French aud Spanish wine merchants
are supplied largely with this wood for wine
casks from that region, and the trade is thereby
peculiarly sensitive to the fluctuations in Europe.
Thousands of dollars could be made by North
Carolinians if they would engage in the same
traae.j
NOTICE.
A meeting of the old members of EUMENEAN
SOCIETY of Davidson College will be held on
Thursday (July 17th) of next commencement week.
A full attendance is earnestly desired.
8. R. NEEL,
W. W. ROBINSON,
W. N. DICKEY,
June 3, 18C7. Committee.
or
NORTH CAROLINA.
The ONE HUNDRED and FORTY-SIXTn TERSE
of this Institution will begin on Friday, July 19,
1867.
Tuition, $50 ; Board, $70 to $100.
For Catalogue, or more parlicnlar information.
apply to the President of the University,
Hon. D. L. SWAIN,
Jane 3, 1867 3w Chapel Hill, N. O.
lings! Ra!! Rags!!!
The highest CASH PRICE paid for RAGS at
June 3, 1867. B. KOOPMANN'S.
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad.
Office Chiif Exo. & Supt., Wilmington, April 26.
CHARGE OF SCHEDULE.
0a and after Sunday, May 5th, the passenger
trains will jun over this Road as follows:
GOING NORTH.
Leave Wilmington, 6:40 A M and 4:00 P M.
Arrive at Wilmington, 7:30 P M and 7:15 A U.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Weldon, 10:30 A M and 8;15 P M.
Arri?e at Weldon, 3:00 P M aud 3:00 A M.
Trains will pass Goldsboro', going North, at 10:55
A M and 10:50 ? M; going South, at 1:25 A M and
3:00 P M.
The night train each way is an accommodation
train, and will run daily, and connects all tbe way
to New York via Richmond. The day train will not
run on Sundays. It connects by all the routes
North, by Richmond, Old Bay Line and Aunemessic
Line.
Trains -conaect closely with trains to Raleigh and
Newbern. S. L. FREMONT,
Chief Engineer and Superintendent,
P. S. Wheat and Corn are carried between
Goldsboro and Wilmington or Weldon, at Six cents
per bushel, and contracts for through transporta
tion of any goods will be made, if in large quanti
ties, as low as by any other line. Light goods
coming by way of Portsmouth will have especial
dispatch if ordered via Goldsboro, while heavy goods
will come cheaper by Wilmington than any other
route. Direct all your goods for West via Golds
boro, and you will find the charges as law as any
and time as quick they take our passenger trains.
Try it. S. L. F.
June 3, 1867.
State of!. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co.
Court of Pleas j Quarter Sessions April Term, 1867.
M. L. Wriston, agent, vs. J. E. Collier.
Attachment Levied on 1 House and Lot in the City
of Charlotte.
It appearing to the satisfaction of tbe court, that
tbe defendant, J. E. Collier, resides beyond the
limits of this State, on motion it is ordered by the
court that publication be made, for six weeks in the
Western Democrat, notifying the said defendaut to
be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quar
ter Sessions, to be held for tbe county of Mecklen
burg, at the Court House in Charlotte, on the 2d
Monday in July next, then and there to answer
plead or replevy, or judgment final will be take
against him and property levied upon condemned
to plaintiff's use.
Witness, William Maxwell, Clerk of our said court
at office, the 2d Monday in April, A. D.. 1867.
70-6 w WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
State of IV. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co
Court of Pleas ,j Quarter Sessions April Term, 1867
Wm. M. Baily, Administrator of James Alexander,
deceased, vs. the Heirs at Law of James Alex
ander, deceased.
Petition to Sell Real Estate.
It appearing to the satisfaction of tbe Court, that
J. M. Thorn and wife Isabella, one of tbe defendants
in this case, reside beyond tbe limits of this State,
it is therefore, on motion, ordered by the court that
publication be made, for six successive 'weeks, in
the Western Democrat, notifying the said defendant
of the filing of this petition, and that unless they
appear at tbe next term of this court to be held for
the county of Mecklenburg, at the court house in
Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in July next, and an
swer the petition, the same will be taken pro con
fesso and beard cxpartee as to them.
Witness, William Maxwell, Clerk of our said court
at office, the 2d Monday in April, 1867.
70-6 w WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
State of ft. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co,
Court of Pleas j Quarter Sessions April Term, 1867.
Wm. P. Robinson vs. John II. Allen.
Attachment Levied on 100 bushels orn, 2,000 lbs.
Fodder and IJay.JOOibi. Seed Cotton, 1 Rifle Gun
and a lot of Shucks.
It appearing to Hie satisfaction of tbe court, that
tbe defendant in this case resides beyond tbe limits
of this State, on motion it is ordered by tbe court
lhat publication be made, for six weeks in tba
Western Democrat, notifying the said defendant to
be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quar
ter Sessions, to be held for tbe county of Mecklen
burg, at tbe court bouse in Charlotte, oa tbe 24
Monday in July next, then and there to answer
plead or replevy, or judgment final will be taken
against him, and tbe property levied on condemned
to plaintiffs uie.
Witness, William Maxwell, Clerk of oar said cenrt
at office, toe 2d Monday in April, A. D., 1867.
70-6w WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
City Ordinance
Be it Ordained by the Board of Aldermen of tbe
city of Charlotte, That from and after this date no
articles shall be exposed for saU at auction on the
side-walks ia the city, under a penalty of Five
Dollars for each offence, to be recovered before tht
Mayor or any Magistrate in tbe city of Charlotte.
S. A. HARRIS, Mayor,
T. W. Diwit, City Clerk. May 27.
June 3, 1867.
CHARLOTTE MARKET, June 8, 1867.
CoaaacTED by Stisbouss, Macaclay & Co.
Cotton The market opened last week oo the
basis of 20 J to 20 for middling grades, tax paid by
tbe purchaser, at which figures it continued firm
during tbe week and closing steady on Saturday at
20 cents. Sales for tbe week 93 bales.
Flour Country flour from wagons $6.25 to $6.50;
from stores $7 per sack of 100 pounds.
Corn, in more demand, and continues firm at $1.30
from wagons, $1.35 to $1.40 from stores. Peas,
scarce, $1.50. Oats, 65 to 70 cents. BTheat nona
in market.
Bacon The market well ropplied at from 15 io
17 cents from stores. Lard, 16 to 17 cents.
Fresh Butter, 18 to 25 cents ; Chickens, 25 to 30
cents; Eggs, 12 to 15 cents.
Corn Whiskey We notice more inquiry after this
article, and it is held at $2.25 to $2.50.
Liverpool Salt, $3.75 per sack.
Molasses, 80 cents to $1 by retaiL