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THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, N, C. C. IMPORTANT JjEGAI unw w. CHIEF JUSTICE CHAOiji. Frwn the Raleigh Standard. ,, i c, , r:nit ' At a reeeutermo the United States Circuit j Court, held in this City, bis honor Chief Justice , Chase delivered the following important I',u,on .of the Court, upon the question, how far Uiepeo-j pie of the South were relieved from Iwbjhly to j Vortberp creditors by tfce Confiscation and, Sequestration acts of the late so-caiiea omeu rate States. He arrive At tUe following con clusion, "We bold therefore, that compulsory payment, under the sequestration acts, to the Jebel receiver of the debt due to the plaintiffs from the defendant, was no discharge." He also ield tbat the .plaintiff was uot discharged from .the payment of interest. Shortridge ct al vs. Macox. This is an action for the recovery of the amount Xt a proraisory note with interest. There is no question of the JiabiKty of the de endant to the demand of the playitis, unless he is excused by coerced payment of the note 6ued Aipon under an act of the self-styled Confederate Congress, passed August 30th, 1651, entitled an act for the sequestration of the estates of lien enemies," and an amendatory act passed February 15th, 1862. It is admitted that the plaintiffs were citizens jof Pennsylvania; that the defendant was a citizen S North Carolina; that the note suea upon was Biade by the defeudant to the plaiiitiflV; and that Abe defendant was compelled, by proceedings in stituted Jn the Courts of the so-called Confederate .States, to pay the amount due upon it to the eceiver appointed under the Sequestration acts. Upon these facts it is insisted that lluj defen dant is discharged from his liability to the plain tiffs. It is claimed, that, while it existed, the Confederate government was a de facto govern ment; that the citizens of the Slates which did jiot recognize its authority were aliens, and in time of war, alien enemies; that consequently, i.he acts of sequestration were valid acts; and, .therefore, that payment to a Confederate agent xf debts due to such citizens, if compelled by pro ceedings under those acts, relieved the debtor from jail obligations to the original creditors. To maintain these propositions the counsel for ithe defendant rely upon the decisions of the Su preme Court of the United States to the effect hat the late rebellion was a civil war, in the prosecution of which belligerent rights were ex ercised by the Rational Government and accor .ded to the armed forces of the rebel Confederacy; and upon the decisions of the State Courts, during .and after the close of the American war for in dependence, which affirmed the validity of confis cations and sequestrations decreed against the property of non-resident Uritish sulgects and the inhabitants of colonies or States hostile to the United Colonies or United States. But these decisions do n,t, in our judgmer t, sustain the propositions in support of which they .are cited. Thdre is no doubt that the State of North Carolina by he ajcjs of the Convention of May, 1861; by the previous acts of the Governor of the State; bv subsequent acts of all the depart ments of the State Government; and by the acts jof the people at the elections held after Ma', '861, set aside her State government and Con stitution, connected, under the National Consti tution witli the government of the United States, .nd established a new Constitution and govern ment connected with another, so-called central government, set up in hostility to the United States; and entered upon a course of active war fare against the National government. Nor is there any doubt that, by these acts, the practical relations of North Carolina to the Union were suspended, and very serious liabilities incurred by those who were engaged in them. But these acts did not effect, even for a mo ment, the separation of North Carolina from the Union, any more than the acts of an individual who commits grave offences against the State by resisting its officers and defying its authority, separate him from the State. Such acts may subject the offender even to outlaw ry, but can dischargo him from no duty nor relieve him from any responsibility. The National Constitution declares that'Trea fifa against the United States shall consist only in ievyiug war against them or in adhering to their jenemies, giving them aid and comfort." The word "only" was used to exclude from the criminal jurisprudence of the new Republic the pdious doctrines of constructive treason. Its use, .however, while limiting the definition to plain jovert acU. brings these acts in conspicuous relief jxs being always, and in essence, treasonable. War, therefore, levied against the United .States by citizens of the Republic under the pie tended authority of the new State government of Jforth Carolina or of the so called Confederate .government which assumed the title of the ,Cou Tederate States," was treason against the United States. It has been supposed, and by some strenuously .maintained that the North Carolina Ordinance .of 1861, which purported to repeal the North Carolina Ordinance of 1789, by which the Con stitution of the United States was ratified and to .repeal also all subsequent acts by which the as sent of North Carolina was given to amendments jof the Constitutions, did in fact repeal that Ordi nance and those acts, and thereby absolved the people of the State frorj? all obligation as citizens ,of the United States and made it impossible to Commit - treason by levying war against the Rational government. No elaborate discussion of the theoretical ques tion thus presented seems now to bo necessary. That Question I as a practical one, is at rest 'and js not lively to be revived. It is enough to say er.e, in our judgment, the answer which it has xeceived from, events, is that which the soundest Construction of the Constitution warrants and re quires. Nor can we agree with some persons, distin guished by abilities and virtues, who insist when .rebellion attains the proportions and assumes the Character of civil war, it is purged of its treason- .aotecuaracior arja can 0nlv l)0 pUn,sue,i j,v tie .defeat of its armies, the disappointment of its Jiopes, and tbe calamities incident to unsuccessful ; ,war. Courts have no policy and can exercise no po- lit;! n,w.N Tl v lw ,llr ,h il- ' r . i .u j-' i On what sound pr.nc.pje then, can we say jud,-. rlu v I hut tha luiri n rt in a AAteAO f r rta ira-ioAn i irhen the jva.r becomes formidable? v, iwio i i.oovu Jeyied by tan en or ten hundred, is certainly .treason, but is no longer such when levied by ! . f . . 1 ten tnousanu or ten hundred thousand? that the armed attempts of a few, attended by no serious .danger to the IJnion and suppressed by slight .exertions of thfi public force., come, unquestion ably, within UQ constitutional oefinition, but at- Jempts by a vast combination, controlling several States, putting great armies in the field, menacing Tgih imminent peril the yeiy life of the Republic CHARLOTTE, and demanding immense efforta asd immense expenditures of treasure and blood for their de- feat nd suppression, swell beyond ike bounda- xieaof 4he definition, and beeora iujxacent ia the r,rnnnruon of their enormitv? JJut it is said that this is me doctrine of the Supreme Uourt. ve inmK otherwise. Id modern times u is me usuai pract ce 01 civilized governments attacked by organized and formkJabfe rebellion, to exercise and concede bel,iferent ri ,)ts Instead, under such circum- la of pushing rebels when made prisoners 5n war tt9 criminals, they a?reeon eartels for exchanoe anJ make other mutually beneficial . . and .instead of inaibtins upoc of- fi.n;v tPrma and cleM'rnations in intercojrse with the civil or military chiefs, treat them, as far as possible, wirtiout surrender of essential principles, like foreign foes engaged in regular warfare. But these are concessions madb by the Legis lative and Executive departments of government in the exercise of political discretion and in the interest of humanity, to mitigate vindictive pas sions inflamed by civil conflicts, and prevent the fiightful evils of mutual reprisals and retaliations. They establish no rights except during the war. And it is true that wheu war ceases and the authority of the regular government is fully re PFtfcblislied the penalties of violated law are sel dom inflicted upon many. Wise governments never forgot that the crim inality of individuals is not always or often equal to that of the acts committed by the organization with which they are connected. Many ore car ried into rebelion by sincere though mistaken convictions; or hurried along by excitements due to social and State sympathies, and even by the compulsion of a public opinion not their own. When the strife of arms is over, such govern ments, therefore, exercising still their political discretion, address themselves mainly to the work of conciliation and restoration, and exert the pre rogative of mercy, rather than that of justice. Complete remission is usually extended to large classes by amnesty or other exercise of legisla tive or executive authority, and individuals not included in these classes with sorn exceptions of the greatest offenders, are absolved by pardon, either absolutely or upou conditions prescribed by -the government. These principles, common to all civilized na tions, are those which regulated the action of the Government of the United Stutes during the war of the rebellion and have regulated its action since rebellion laid down its arms. In some respects the forbearance and liberality of the nation exceeded all example. While hos tilities were yet flagrant, one act of Congress practically abolished the death penalty for treason subsequently committed, and another provided a mode in which citizens of rebel States maintain ing a loyal adhesion to the Union, could recover after war, the value of their captured or aban doned property. The Xational Government lias steadily sought Jo facilitate restoration with adequate guaranties of union, ordf-r and equal rights. On no occasion, however, and by no act have the United States ever renounced their constitu tional jurisdiction over the whole territory or over all the citizens of the Republic, or conceded to citizens in arms against their country the character of alien enemies, or admitted the exis tence of any government, dt facto, within the boundaries of the Union, hostile o itself. In the Prize. Cases the Supreme Court simply Asserted the right of the United States to treat the insurgents as belligerents, and to claim from foreign nations the performance of neutral duties under the penalties known to international law. The decision recognized, also, the fact of the exercise and concession of belligerent rights, and affirmed, as a necessary consequence, the propo sition that during the war. all the inhabitants of the country loyal to the Union were enemies reciprocally each of the other. Hut there is nothing in that opinion which gives countenance to the doctrine which counsel endeavor to deduce from it, that the ins-jrgeut State by the act of rebellion and by levying war against, the nation became foreign States, and their inhabitants alien enemies. This proposition being denied, it must result that in compelling debtors to pay tp receivers, for the support of the rebellion, debts due to any citizen of the United States, the insurgent author ities committed illegal violence, by which no ob ligation of debtors to creditors could be cancelled, or. in uny respect, affected. Nor can the defence in this cas derive more support from the decisions affirming the validity of confiscation during the war for Americau In dependence. That war began, doubtless, like the recent civil war, in rebellion. Had it terminated un successfully, and had English Tribunals subse quently affirmed the validity of colonial confisca tion and sequestration of British property and of debts due to IJritish subjects, those decisions would be in point. No student of international law or of history needs to be informed how im possible it is that such decisions could hare been mads. Had the recent rebellion proved successful, and had the validity of the confiscations nnd seques trations actually enforced by the insurgent au thorities been afterwards questioned in Confed erate Courts, it is not improbable that the decis ions of the State Courts, made during and after the revolutionary war, might have, been cited with approval. But it hardly needs remark, lhat those decisions were made under circumstances widely differing from those which now exist. They were made by the Courts of States which had succeeded in their attempt to sever their colonial connexion with Great Britain, and sanc tioned acts which depended for their validity wholly upon that success; andean have no appli cation to acts of a rebel self-styled government, seeking the severance of constitutional relations of States to the Union, but defeated in the at tempt, and, itself, broken up and destroyed. Those who engaged in rebellion must consider the consequences. If they succeed, rebellion becomes revolution; and the new government will justify its founders. If they fail, all their acts hostile to the rightful government, are violations of law, and originate no rights which can be re cognized by the Courts of the Nation whose au thority and existence have been alike assailed. We hold, therefore, tbat compulsory payment, under the Sequestration acts, to the rebel receiver, of the debt due to the plaintiffs from the defen dant, was no discharge. It is claimed, however, that whatever may be the right of the plaintiffs to recover the principal debt from the defendant, they cannot recover in terest for the time during which war prevented all communication between the States in which they respectively resided. I We cannot think so. Interest is the lawful i fruit of principal. 1 here are. indeed, some au thorities to the point that interest which has an cruei during war between independent nations, oannot be afterwards recovered: though the debt, with other interest, may be. But that rule, in V" Ju' applicable only to such wars. - T .... v Perceive nothing in the act of the 13th July. J86J. which suspended for a time all pacific in?2- -v ... 1 -hiui ueiween tne lecrat and insurgent n,.rt;.in oi iue country, that requires or justifies the ap- ! plication of that rule to the case b fore T .vera t ' -.f .i - - . .. " --- r f i rights could neither be oricinated nor defeated by the action of the central authorities n( th 1 rebellion. The plaintiff mast have judgment for the prin cipal and interest of his debt, without deduction- A poet intended to pay, "See the pale martyr . in a sheet of fixe," instead of which the printer 1 mde him say, "Seethe pale martyr with hi 'jLirtoo fire." ATTOBttBx OBMBKAL'S OPINION Qf the Poieerg of Military Commander, and a Summary of the Qualification ofVofer. - . ... .t. " , , -iceiouowmgezu, ie CODCiri3I008 ot toe Aiioruey ueuem m reicreoce 10 me power 01 removal or state omcers oj me military commaDder8 of the several military districts : ... 4 . I find it impossible, under the provisions of this act, to comprehend such an official as a Governor of one of these States, appointed to ! office by one of these military commanders, ! Certainly, he is not a Governor recognized by the laws of the State, elected by the people of i the State, and clothed as sued with the Chief Executive power. Nor is he appointed as a militiry governor for a State which has no law ful Governor, under the pressure of an existing necessity, to exercise powers at large. The in tention, no doubt, was to appoint him to fill a vacancy occasioned by a military order, and to put him in the place of the removed Governor, to execute the functions of the office as provided by law. Tbe law takes no cognizance of such an ofiF.cial, and he is clothed with no authority, or color of authority. What is true as to the Governor, is equally true as to all the other Legislative, Executive and Judicial officers of the State. If the military commander can oust one from his office, he can oust them all. If he can fill one vacancy he can fill all vacancies, and thus usurp all civil jurisdiction into his own hands, or the hands of those who hold their ap pointments from him, subject to his power of removal, and thus frustrate the very righe secured to the people by this act. Certainly this act is rigorous enough in the power which it gives. With all its severity the right of electing their own officers is still left with the people, and it must be preserved. I must not be understood as fixing limits to the power of the military commander in case of an actual insurrection or riot. It may happen that an insurrection in one of these States may be so general and formidable as to require the tem porary suspension of all civil government, and the establishment of martial law in its place, and tbe same thing may be true as to local disorder or riot in reference to the civil government of the city or place where it breaks out. What ever power is necessary to meet such emergen cies, the military commander may properly ex ercise. I confine myself to tbe proper authority of the military commander where peace and order prevail. When peace and order do pre vail it is not allowable to displace the civil offi cers and appoint others in their places under any idea that the military commander can better perform his duties and carry out the general purposes of the act by the agency cf civil officers of his own choice, rather than by the lawful in cumbents. The act gives him no right to resort to such agency, but does give him the right to have "a sufficient military force to enable him to perform his duties and enforce his authority within the district to which he is assigned." In the suppression of insurrection and riot the military commander is wholly independent of the civil authority. So, too, in the trial and punishment of crim inals and offenders, he may supercede the civil jurisdiction. His power is to be exercised in these special emergencies, and the means are put into his hands by which it is to be exercised. That is to say, "a sufficient military force to en able such officer to perform bis duties and en force his authority," and military tribunals of his own appointment to try and punish offenders. These are strictly military powers, to be exe cuted by military authority not by the civil authority or by civil officers appointed by him to perform ordinary civil duties. If these emer gencies do not happen if civil order is pre served, and criminals are duly prosecuted by the regular courts the military power, though present, must remain passive. Its proper func tion is to preserve the peace, to act promptly when the peace is broken, and restore order. When that is done, and the civil authority may again safely resume its functions, the military power becomes again passive, but on guard and watchful. This, in my judgment, is the whole scope of the military power conferred by this act, and in arriving at this construction of the act, I have not found it necessary to resort to the strict con struction which is allowable. Who are Entitled to Registration. The following summary as to who are entitled to vote, will be read with peculiar interest at this time ; 1 The oath prescribed in the supplemental act defines all the qualifications required, and every person who can take the oath is entitled to have his name entered upon the list of voters. 2. The board of registration have no authority to administer any other oath to the persons ap plying for registration than this prescribed oath; nor to administer any oath to any other person touching the qualifications of the applicant, or tne falsity or the oath so taken by htm. The act, to gaaid against falsity in the oath, provides that, if false, the person taking it shall be tried and punished for perjury. No provision is made for challensins the qualifications of the applicant, or entering upon any trial or investigation of his qualifications, euner Dy witnesses or any other form of proof. 3. As to citizenship and residence. The applicant for registration must be a citi zen of the State and of the United States, and must be a resident of a county included in the eiectiou aistrict. lie may be registered if he has been such citizen for a period less than twelve months at the time he applies for registration, but be cannot vote at any election unless his citi- !..? ... . ... zensnip nas men extended to the full term of one year. As to such a person the exact len'Mh of his citizenship should be noted opposite his name on the list, so that it ttay appear on the day of election, upon reference tothe li;t, whether the full term ha then been accomplished. 4. An unnaturalized person cannot take this oath, but an alien who has been naturalized, can take it, and no other proof of naturalizaion can be required from him. 5- No one who is not twenty-one years of ae at the time of registration oan take the oath, for be must swear lhat he has then attained that ae. 6. No one who has been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion againt the United States, or for felony committed against the laws of any State, or oi the United States, can safely take this oath. The actual participation in a rebellion, or the actual commission of a felony, does not amount to QMstrancnisement. The sort of disfranchise ment here meant is that which is declared by competent authority, or which has been fixed upon the criminal by the sentence of the court which tried him for the crime No law of tbe United States has declared the penalty of disfranchisement for participation in the rebellion alone. Nor is it known that any juch law exists in either of these ten States, except, perhaps Virginia, m o which State special instructions will be given. , 7. As to disfranchisement arising from having held office followed by participation in rebellion This is the most important part of tbe oath, and requires strict attention to arrive at its meaning. I deem it proper to give the exact words. The applicant must swear or affirm as follows : '-That I have never been a member of any State Legislature, nor held aoy executive oi i judicial office in any State, and afterwards en i gaged in an insurrection or rebellion against the ; United States, or given aid or eomfort to the enemies thereof ; that 1 have never taken an oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to sup port the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards emraced in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or com fort to the enemies thereof." Two elements must concur in order to dis qualify a per&on under these clauses: First, the office and official oath to support the Constitu tion of the United States; second, engaging af terwards in rebellion. Both must exist to work disqualification, and mu3t happen in the order of time mentioned. A person who has held an office and taken the oath to support the Federal Constitution, and has not afterwards engaged in rebellion, is not disqualified. So, too, a person who has en gaged in rebellion, but has not theretofore held an office and taken that oath, is not disqualified. 8. Officers of the United States. As to these tbe language is without limitation. The person who has at any time prior to the re bellion held any office, civil or military, under the United States, and has taken an official oath to support the Constitution of the United States, is subject to disqualification. 9. Military officers of any State, prior to the rebellion, are not subject to disqualification. 10. Municipal officers, that is to say, officers of incorporated cities, towns and villages, such as mayors, aldermen, town council, police, and other city or town officers, are not subject to dis qualification. 11. Persons who have, prior to the rebellion, been members of the Congress of the United States, or members of a State Legislature, are subject to disqualification. But those who have been members of conventions framing or amend ing the constituion of a State, prior to the re bellion, are not subject to disqualification. 12, All the executive or judicial officers of any State who took an oath to support the Con stitution of the United States are subject to dis qualification, and in these I include couuty offi cers, as to whom I made a reservation in the opinion heretofore given. After full considera tion I have arrived at the conclusion that they are subject to disqualification if they were re quired to take as a part of their official oath, the oath to support the Constitution of the United States. 13. Persons who exercised mere agencies or employments under State authority, are not dis qualified; such as commissioners to lay out roads, commissioners of public works, visitors of State institutions, directors of State banks or other State institutions, examiners of banks, no taries public, commissioners to take acknowl edgements of deeds, and lawyers. Engaging in Rebellion. Having specified what offices held by any one prior to the rebellion come within the meaning of the law, it is necessary next to set forth what subsequent conduct fixes upon such person the ofTence of engaging in rebellion. I repeat that two things must exist as to any person to dis qualify him from voting: first, the office held prior to the rebellion, and afterwards, participa tion in the rebellion. 14. An act to fix upon a person the offence of engaging in rebellion under this law must be an overt and voluntary act, done with the intent of aiding or furthering the common unlawful purpose A person forced into the rebel ser vice by conscription, or under a paramount au thority which he could not safely disobey, and who would not have entered such service if left free to the exercise of his own will, cannot be held to be disqualified from voting. 15 Mere acts of charity, where the intent is to relieve the wants of the object of such chari ty, and not done in aid of the cause in which he may have been engaged, do not disqualify. But organized contributions of food and clothing for the general relief of persons engaged in the re bellion, and not of a merely sanitury character, but onfributed to enable them to perform their unlawful object, may be classed with acts which do disqualify. Forced contributions to tho rebel cause, in the form of faxes or military assessments, which a person may be compelled to p.-iy or contribute, do not disqualify. But voluntary contributions to the rebel cause, even such indirect contribu tions as arise from the voluntary loan of money to rebel authorities, Qr purchase of bonds or se curities created to afford the means of carrying on the rebellion, all work disqualification. 16. All those who, io legislative or other offi cial capacity, were engaged in the furtherance of the common unlawful purpose, where the du tics of the office necessarily had relation to the support of the rebellion, such as members of the rebel Conventions, Congresses and Legislatures, diplomatic agents of the rebel Confederacy, and other officials whose offiies were created for the purpose of more effectually carrying on hostili ties, or whose duties appertained to the support of the rebel cause, must be held to be disquali fied. But officers who, during the rebellion, dis charged official duties not incident to war, but only such duties as belong even to a State of peace, and were necessary to the preservation of order and the administration of law, are not to be considered as thereby engaging in rebellion or as disqualified Disloyal sentiments, opinions, or sympathies would not disqualify, but where a person has by speech or by writing, incited otheis to engage in rebellion, he must come un der the disqualification. 17. The duties of the Board appointed to su perintend the elections. i his board, having the custody of the list of registered voters in the district for which it is constituted, must see that the name of the per son offering to vote is found upon the registra tion list, and if such proves to be the fact, it is the duty of the board to receive his vote. They cannot receive the vote of any person whose name is not upon the list, though he may be ready to take the registration oath, and although he may satisfy them that he was unable to have his name registered at the proper time in coo- sequence of absence, sickness, or other cause. Tbe board eannot enter into any inquiry as to the qualifications of any person whose name is not on the list, or as to the qualifications of any person whose name is on the list. 18. The mode of yotiog is provided io the act to be by ballot. The board will keep a re cord and poll-book of the election,- showing the votes, list of voters, and the persons elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the election, and make returns of these to the Commanding Gen eral of the District. ' 19. The board appointed for registration and for superintending tbe elections, must take the oath prescribed by the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, entitled "an act to prescribe an oath of office." I have the honor to be, with great respect, HENRY STANBERY, Washington, June 12. Attorney Gen'l. i STATE NEWS. TTon. R. C. Puryear. The numerous friends and admirers of this gentleman will be greatly gratified to learn tbat he is recovering from a stroke of paralysis,, and is in a fair way to become entirely restored. Winston Sentinel. N. C. Railroad. The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the North Caro lina Rail Road Company will be held in the town of Greensboro, on Thursday, the 11th - day of July next. The Guano Company. It has been announ ced heretofore that the valuable and beautiful property just north of this city, known as "Hilton," bad been purchased by gentlemen who propose to establish a large Guano manufactory. To do this it is proposed to raise a joint stock company, with a capital stock of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, one-half of which has already been subscribed by citizens of Baltimore, on condition that a like amount shall be sub scribed in North and South Carolina. When fifiy thousand dollars, however, shall have been subscribed in these States, the company will be incorporated under the general Incorporation Law of North Carolina, w ithout individual liabil ity. The Guano proposed to be prepared is sim ilar to that so well and favorably known as the Patapsco Guano. It is the intention of the Com pany to get ready to prepare Guano for the crops of the next year. Wilmington Journal. Case of District Attorney Starbuck. It now appears, that U. S. District Attoiney Star buck, before taking the "iron-clad" test oath, actually consulted Attorney General Speed, sub mitting the circumstances for his review. The first law officer of the government believed Mr S. could take it with propriety in a legal view, and in a conscientious aspect that gentleman hail no doubt of his fitness, -Raleigh Progress. Circuit Court. This Court adjourned on Monday afternoon. We learn that the investi gations, in the matter of the presentment in the case of District Attorney Starbuck, satisfied tbe Court tbat no action could be sustained, and the case was dismissed. Raleigh Sentinel. North Carolina Railroads Information received at Washington from North Carolina announces the fact that proceeding.; will soon be instituted to force the Railroads of this State, in which the State has an interest, into bankruptcy, as they are insolvent, in reality, and are only allowed to keep in running order through the sufferance of their creditors. We cannot think this statement is true, and trust if our surmise is correct that some of our railroad folks will at once correct reports so hurtful to the credit of the State and the corporations interested. Ral eigh Progress. B" Ilinton Rowan. Helper, who, with his "Impending Crisis," did more than any other man to secure the Radical victory in JobO, is out in a book advocating the expulsion of the negro race from the United States. Richmond Dispatch. Administrator's Sale. As Administrator of Daniel Hoffman, deceased, I will sell in the tov-n of Dallas, on Friday the 12th day of July next, the property known as Hoffman's Hotel. Also, one other House and Lot located in front and east of the Court House (J acre). Also, 4 acres adjoining said town, on which is located a good Tan Yard. Also, 3 acre Lots adjoining the Tan Yard. Also, 288 acres of Land situated miles South of Dallas, known as Hoffman's Mills, consisting of Flouring Mills. Saw Mill, Cotton Gin, &c, subject to the Widow's Dower. I will sell on Saturday, the 13th day of July next, at Wood Lawn, Gaston county, a Valuable Tract of Land containing 270 acre., on which F. L. Hoffman's widow now resides, subject to the said Widow's dower. TEUMS A credit of twelve months will be given with approved security. W. IJ. HOFFMAN, June 10, 18G7 4w Administrator. IVolicc to Farmers. Farmers wishing to purchase Agricultural Imple ments of any kind, Threshing Machines. Fans, Reapers, Mowers, Horse Rakes, Corn Mills, Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters and Plows of any kind, can get them from us at the Baltimore retail price, with freight anJ drayage added. We are Agents of the large Agricultural Imple ment Manufacturing' Establishment of E. WHIT MAN & SONS, Baltimore. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. e. xye nuTcntsos. j. c. Bunuocaiis. b. a. springs. Charlotte, June 17, 1867. b 5 x a -Ei a n scnooL, MEBANEVILLB, N. C. SESSIOH OF 1 8 G 7 . Fall Term opens July 24th. Course of instruction CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL and COMMERCIAL. For Circular at' dress Cot.. WM. BINGHAM. Jane 17, 1867 6w Teeth Extracted Without Pain, BY A NEW REMEDY. DR. JNO. H. WAYT is prepared to administer tbe "JTitrOUS Oxide Gas" in extracting Teeth. This agent has been successfully used in thousands of cases in tbe principal cities, without the slightest danger. Freedom from pain or danger guaranteed. Office No. 5, Granite Row. Charlotte, June 17, 1867. 3m Sale of Valuable Real Eafafe. On Tuesday, the 9th day of July ensuing, will b sold at public sale, tbe FAiR GROUNDS belonging to the Meckleuburg Agricultural Society. The property contains 12 aere3 of land, more or lesa. siiiimtrl nriilnn a short distance of the corpor ate limits of Charlotte, and therefore most desirable for buildiog sites. Sale will tafce place on in Public Square at 12 o'clock M. TERMS CASH. Sale positive. Any information regarding the property may be had of Col. John A. Young, Char lotte, N. C. A. B. DAVIDSO.V. June 17, 1867. President M. A. Society. J. E. STEX HOUSE, New York ALLAN MA CAUL AY, ' Charlotte, N. C. STEflllOUSE & MACAULAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 49 Stone Stteet, New York. Prompt personal attention given to tbe sale of Cotton, Cotton Yams, Naval Stores, Ac, and tbe purchase of Merchandise generally. Consignments solicited. June 10, 1S67. .Executive Action Under the Opixiox of toe Attorney General. Wc have pat. isfactorj authority for faying that thero is no" foundation for the industrious representations multiplied all over the country to the effect that because tha President has been officially ad vised, and having with his Cabinet approved the advice, of the invalidity of the removals and appointments of civil officers by tho usurpin commandants at the South, he is, therefore about to rush precipitately to a complete nulli-' fieation of all that has been done by these Gen erals, without discrimination and irrespective cf expediency. These statements are altogether groundless, and calculated to excite and inflame in advance the disapprobation of all who think they realize that some ptojres9, however little has been made toward a restoration of the South' and who would regret to see this progressiva movement thrust back to its starting point. Even in such flagrant examples of usurpation as those of Sheridan in the cqses of the Guv. ernor and Judges at New Orleans, now that the wrong is to be redressed not avenged, the qn.es. tion is yiewed as one of rational expediency, to be governed by the circumstances, as they are now, and not as they were when the outrage was committed. We learn that investigations are to bo made, reports are to be had, and the whole matter deliberated upon as a practical question in every one of these cases of infraction of the laws of Congress and the principles of the Constitution. In a word, the President will act etBciently, but bo will act remedially, not via dictively. Washington Intelligencer. "T 1 ' m JSTThe Rev. S. Caldwell Alexander has been installed as pastor of the South Kiver Presbyterian ChurcJi, in Bladen county. DENTISTRY. DR. WM. E. CAHIt, late of Wilminpton, having located in Charlotte, is prepared to attend promptly to all calls relating to bis profession. Having Imd seventeen years experience in the practice of Den tistry, he is satisfied that he can please all who way give him a call. All woik done with reference to nentneps, dura, bility and dispatch. OHiee over Biirrinjrer, Wolfa & Co's, where be can be found at all hours of the day. All work warranted to give entire sntUfac faction. Teeth filled and extracted without pain June 10, 18ti7. Concord Female College. MR. EDITOR: Y ou and your readers', boih ia Ncrth and in South Carolina, are respectfully In vited to attend the Annual Examination in the Con cord Female College at !State3 ille, during the lutt week of June. Wm. M. Kobbins, Eiq , of Salisbury, will deliver a Literary Address on Thursday the 2 7 1 b , which will be commencement ditv. J.'M. M. CALDWELL, June 10, 1867 3w StiUesville, X. C. STEAM SAW-MI I Jj AND GRIST MILL, For Sale. A Steam Saw-Mill, in pood order, now running within four mile? of the ci'y of Charlotte, is offered for sale at a reasonable price. Attached thereto it a first rate Corn Mill in complete order. Will bo sold with the Mills, if desired, ft first rate wagoo and Ox cart all with Iron axles aid a Yoke of well broke young Oxen. P. S. WIIIS.VANT. June 10, 1867. 3wpd HAVE YOU SEEN THE ELEPHANT I If not just walk down to PRESSON & GRAY'S Family Grocery and Provision Store, Where they are daily receiving fre.h supplies of Groceries of every description, and buy your mp plies while the Horse and Wayon in landing before t tie door ready to convey your purchases to your house anywhere within the corporate limits, free of charge. 15. M. IMtKSSON. June 10, 18G7. N. GRAY. The Equitable Life Assurance Society. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS A CO., AO EXTS AT CHARLOTTE, X. C. This Company, which has been under its present able management from the time of its organization, lias been prorc?c:in steadily until it. is now iti tut foremost ranks of Life Insurance Companies. During the past year its increase in busine.s bus been enormous, the amount of policies issued bcinu over tbiity millions of dollars. It is a purely mutual Company, declaring Iti dividends yearly to all policy-holders. June 17, 1867. CAT AW JJ A Englisii and Classical High School, NKW'ION, N. C. The next Session of ihi3 Institution will com mence the 1st of July next. The .School is in a flourishing condition. Ample provision is made to accommodate a large number of boys and young men, both 1u rooms, boarding and instruction. .so pains are ppired in fitting pupils thoroughly forth best Colleges of the country, and in giving tbcm thorough and practical business education. Pupils have access to valuable Libraries, nd enjoy the advantages of a well regulated Literary Society. Tuition per Session of 20 Weeks from $0 to $22.30 in currency. Board in families from $8 to $12 per month; ia clubs at about half these prices. For Circulars and particulars, address J. C CUpPi Newton, N. C. J. C. OLAPP, A. B. June 3, 18C7. S. II. FINGER, A. D. - JSTJU'W G-0OXS AT ITIcLEOD &c STEELE'S. We are receiring a general Hock of all grades of Seasonable Goods. We have now in etore many desirable styles of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, Such as black and colored Silk., black and colored. Siik Grenndine.; black, while and coloted S. VUrp Shallies, Bareges, Tissues, tainanine, irape jioreiu, Shawl Crape 8-4, black English Cassimere s, black, white and colored Alpacc, Luttres, Poplins, Ac. A beautiful line of French Organdies, printed; linen and cotton Lawns, Table Linen, Napkins, Dovlies, Damask Merino, ctton and linen Sheetings, brown and LleacbcJ Domestic, black French Clotbs and Cassimeres, French Drab de tU, Linen Drills and Ducks, Percbals Solid and Printed dari-eillei and Alendale Quiltj, Prints all grides ; Alamance Plaids, Itock Island Cassimeres, at Factory prices. IJradle's Duplex lloopshirts, Summer Balmoral Skirts a beautiful article. A full line of Notions, Tlosiery, OIovm. Straw Goods, Bonnets and Bonnet Ribbons, French Flower) Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Groceries, and a general stock of Hardware. . Our entire stock was selected with much care.snd we feel confident will compare favorably witb D in tbe city, in style aad price. We are anxious to sell, and respectfully examination of our stock, boar our prices, kc, we are determined not to be undersold. Aaril 22. 18G7. McLEOD & STLELb. JUST RECEIVED AT '9 Embroidered Barefre, Striped Mozambique, Pl' Mozambique?, Lawns, Striped Poplins, and a goo? assortment of Prints. May 6j 1867,
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