THE WESTERN EM.OGKAT, CHARLOTTE, B . C.
tsUxn
moctat.
W.J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.
June 5, 1887.
ry The Rale igh Sentinel, referring to the ob
jections we raised to an extra session of the Leg
islature this Summer, says :
"We learn that a number of the intelligent
members of the Legislature believe that it is
highly important to the public interests that the
Legislature ehould hold a short session. The
cost of a Legislature is imt as heavy as our co
temporary makes it. unless the body should prove
recreant to the public interests, and pimply re
main in session to spend money. If the Legis
lature were to meet and remain in session only
ten or fifteen days. isfldUO per d;iy would jiay the
utire expense for ail purposes.'
Eighteen hundred dollars per day for fifteen
clays would amount to the sum of twenty -seven
thousand dollars. Now. can the Sentinel give
any good reason why that much money should
be spent for the purpose of having a body of law
makers to meet who have already been virtually
superseded by military authority. The public
Treasury of the Stute will have to pay a heavy
cum in the way of expense for a reconstruction
Convention and a new Legislature, to be held by
order of Congress and Gen. Sickles. Why, then,
wa:te money now for another session of the old
Legilature? What is the use of passing any
more laws while those already on our statute
books are not allowed to be enforced ? It will
be time enough to make new laws when it is as
certained that there is to be no military interfer
ence with them.
We are decidedly in favor of obeying all orders
issued by Gen. Sickles, but we are opposed to
assembling the old Legislature for the purpose of
changing our present laws or passing new ones
to pu.it his orders. Wait and let the reconstruc
tion Convention or Legislature do that, if it is
found necessary.
In reference to the remark of the Sentinel, that
several intelligent members of the Legislature
believe there ought to be a session this Summer,
we will say that we know several intelligent mem
bers who do not think so. We hope enough
members will refuse to attend so as to prevent a
quorum, and thus save thousands of dollars to the
impoverished people of the State.
Circular, from Gen. Sickles. Charles
ton, June 20 Gen. Sickles has issued a circu
lar explanatory of certain paragraphs of Order
32, chiifly with regard to the suppression of the
sale of distilled spirits.
Gen. Sickles' explanatory Circular will be
found in another column.
In copying the above, we will take occasion
to 6ay that no one can rightfully censure the
post Commanders for closing the Bar-Rooms,
as thoy are obliged to obey instructions. The
kind and gentlemanly commander of this I'ost,
Capt. Lazelle, deferred executing the order (at
the rcrjucsfof the city authorities) until more
explicit instructions could bo received from Gen.
Sickles; and when those instructions were re
ceived it became bis duty to promptly close the
' shops."
So far as wc can learn, the citizens of this
community do not complain of Capt. Lazclle's
course in any respect, hut. on the contrary, are
well satisfied with his administration.
Dwelling Blunt. The dwelling bouse of
Mr Jerry II. Maxwell, in Providence neighbor
hood, in this county, was consumed by fire on
Saturday the loth inst., together with all the
furniture and clothing of the family. The fire is
supposed to have been accidental.
UT A meeting of the Mecklenburg Agricultu
tnl Society will bo held in the Court House on
Tuesday, the 1Mb of July, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
liy order of the President.
New Fl.OUR. The first new Flour, this season,
was brought to this market on Monday the 17th
inst., by Mr E. S. Teeter of Cabarrus county,
and sold to Win Iioyd. grocery dealer.
Mr R. A. Kezz' ll informs us that he had new
Flour on Friday the 14th inst., but did not bring
it to town for sale.
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r"P"Xo man is disfranchised or prohibited from
voting at the approaching reconstruction elec
tions who did not hold a Federal or executive,
judicial or legislative oflice previous to the war.
It makes no difference how many offices ho held
during or since the war, or how much he fought
for and aided the Confederacy, he is entitled to
vote unless he held office previous to the com
mencement of the war. Gen. Schofield in Vir
ginia, has not issued an order that conflicts with
the above assertion, and of course no such order
will be issued by other commanders, because it
would violate the plain words of the Reconstruc
tion Acts.
rF We have received the first number of the
Goldsboro Daily Morning Star, published by W.
Whitaker. Esq. It is well printed and filled with
jnteresting matter.
8SS-The "Land we Love" (published in this
city by Gen. D. II. Hill,) for July, has been re
ceived as usual, filled with choice and instruc
tive articles. The typographical appearance
pf the wotk. is really handsome, and is a credit
to the printers and pressman. Mr Patlon, the
pressman, has no superior in this country as a
workman.
Charlotte Female Institute. The closing
fxercises of the Charlotte Female Institute will
take place on Wednesday and Thursda'. the
6lh and 27th inst. On Wednesday night the
usual Mjsical Concert. Ou Thursday, at 10
o'clock, the Address will be delivered, before the
young Ladies of the Institute, by the Rev. J.
Henry Smith of Greensboro. N. C. the announce
ment of distinctions accorded in the different
plasscs the Address to the Graduating Class.
The public are invited to attend. Com.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Watch Maker and Jeweler A Hales.
Anoiber New Stock of Goods Breru, Brown k Co.
Dissolution Williams, Black k Co, New York.
Groceries, Leather, kc W. Boyd.
press Making and Millinery L II Smith.
Valuable Mills for sale O J Fox.
Mecklenburg House Edward W Groot.
Branch Bank of N. Carolina T W Dewey, Cashier.
North Carolina Farms for Sale Vance & Dowd.
Prospectus of the Raleigh Register.
IST The Attorney General of the U. S. having
J decided that Gen. Sickles' interference with the
laws of this State is unauthorized, we hope the
President will have the courage to annul many of
the military orders which have been issued. In
the matter of summoning Jurors, if Judges, Mag
istrates and Sheriff's obey the military order, we
: think they will violate their oaths. For this
. reason Judge Barnes refused to hold Court at
j Tarboro recently. Our State laws require that
Jurors shall be freeholders, while Gen. Sickles
; says that the only qualification shall be that they
are tax-payers.
It would be much better to have but one set of
officers to expound and execute the laws, and if
, Congress meets again this Summer we hope it
; will either remove all civil officers and let the
' military take entire control, or distinctly declare
I that military commanders shall not, by a simple
order, annul or suspend our local laws.
lhe Raleigh fcentiuel says ot tins matter:
"The holding of the Courts by our Judges,
under the Constitution und laws of the State and
of the United States, (which they are sworn to
support.) as affected by tin orders of the military
commander, is an embarrassing and perplexing
duty. They are compelled, by their oath of
oflice, to swear that, 4,in case any letter or orders
come to them contrary to law, they will proceed
to enforce the law, such letters or orders notwith
standing." In this matter of juries, the statute
requires that the lists shall be made up from
"taxable freeholders, only of pprsous well quali-
fied." Gen. Sickles' General Order No. 32 com
mands that "all citizens, assessed tor taxes ana
who shall have paid taxes for the current year,
are qualified to serve as jurors." Here there is
no reference either to freehold or intelligence
qualifications. Under such circumstances, what
is a J udge to do ?
It may be said that the State is without a Con
stitution and laws. We reply that the Military
bill, so far from declaring this, specially re-enacts
them, but pronounces them provisional merely
that is, in force until a new government is estab
lished in the manner prescribed.
Chief Justice Chase, in the order which he
made, a few days since, in the Circuit Court,
expressly recognized the validity and binding
obligation of the law of the State in this mutter.
He directed the Marshal, in summoning grand
and petit jurors, to make no distinction on ac
count of color or race, "among persons otherwise
qualified to serve." Accordingly, only such
colored persons as were "freeholders," and "well
qualified." were summoned.
Wo shall betray no confidence, when we say
that the remarks of Chief Justice Chase, at
various times in and out of the Federal Circuit
Court in this city, specially and incidentally, in
reference to the powers of the. District Comman
ders, fully sustain the principles laid down by
the Attorney General.'
In order to accomplish reconstruction under
the Acts of Congress, it is not at all necessary
for Gen. Sickles to interfere with our State laws.
If the laws must bo changed, let it be done by
the representatives of the people in convention
or legislative capacity.
The President and Cabinet. It is offi
cially announced that the President and Cabi
net approve the opinions of the Attorney Gen
eral in regard to the powers of military com
manders and the qualification of voters. The
approval was unanimous except Mr Stanton,
Secretary of War, who objected to certain sec
tions. The Secretaries of State, War and Treasury
expressed the opinion that lawyers who partici
pated in the "rebellion" were disqualified, but
it was finally agreed that they were not.
At a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday
last, the President announced to the Cabinet
that after full deliberation he concurred with
the majority upon those sections of the summary
of the Attorney General to which the Secretary
of War expressed his dissent, and that he con
curred with the Cabinet upon those sections ap
proved by a unanimous vote. That as it ap
peared that the Military Commanders enter
tained doubts upon the points covered by the
summary, and as their action hitherto has not
been uniform, he deemed it proper, without fur
ther delay, to communicate in a general order
to the respective Commanders the points set
forth in the summary.
The points agreed on by the Cabinet will be found
in another column, being an extract from the At
torney General's opinion. But Gen. Pope, com
mander of Georgia, does not seem to regard such
inst rucl ions, as he hits issued an order disfranchising
some that lhe Cabinet declared ought not to be dis
franchised. ,
tW In the case of one of the South Carolina
Courts, where the Jury had already been drawn
at a previous term. Gen. Sickles suspended the
application of the 2d paragraph of General Or
ders No. 32. which requires the Jurors to be se
lected from tax-payers without regard to color.
Judge Moses promised to have the order observ
ed in summoning Jurors hereafter.
Gerrit Smith on Confiscation. We re
marked some time ago that if confiscation should
be commenced in the South it would end in the
North. This view of the matter is taken by Hon.
Gerrit Smith, who, in a receut letter just pub
lished, says :
"Confiscation once entered upon, it will oe diffi
cult, if not impossible, to set limits to the spread
of its demoralizing power. The spirit of lawless
greed engendered by confiscation will no more
stop at State or other lines than will the flames
of a prairie fire at the word of command. Let
there be confiscation in trffe South for the benefit
of these, Mr Stevens' loyal losers, and also for
the benefit of the pour blacks, as he also proposes;
and very soon, under its debauching influence,
immense numbers at the North will be clamoring
iu the name of 'Agrarianism." "Equalization,"'
and other taking names, for their neighbors' pos
sessions. And these rich possessions, it must be
remembered, will kindle the spirit of robbery, as
can none of the poor possessions of the desolate
South."
Yes. indeed, if confiscation is attempted in the
South, the property-holder at the North will also
have to divide. But we presume no one. North
or South, will quietly submit to see his wife and
children beggared to gratify the malice of fana
tics. There can be no such iniquitous and wicked
scheme as confiscation carried out, and we do
not believe it will be attempted. No man ought
to be permitted to live in confiscated property.
.
Fair Play ! A consignment of smoked Her
ring has been sent to Messrs. Presson 6v Gray of
this city, from a Portsmouth dealer, with the in
structions that if they oould not sell them to give
one box each to the most modest, prettiest, meau
est and ugliest man in town. Those having
claims in these respects will apply at once to
Presson &. Gray, and get their share.
P. S. We learn that our friend Waring, of
the Daily Times, had a box forced on him as the
prettiest man, and we think he js entitled to it.
Railroad Difficulties. There appears to
be a very bad feeling existing between the Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad Company (which road
is now being constructed) and the South Carolina
j Railroad Company. The Road from Columbia
j to Augusta, when completed, on account of being
j shorter and more direct between the two cities,
j will be a successful competitor of the S. C. Rail
I road for travel and freight. Therefore the S. C
', Railroad, after failing to prevent the building of
its rival by legal means, has resdrted to tearing
up the track of the Columbia and Augusta Road
where it crosses the S. C. Road. The crossing
was torn up last week by the emplo3'ees of the
l S. C. Road. A pretty bold and outrageous pro-
ceeding, we think. Where is Gen. Sickles' boys
j can't they make peoplo behave in our neigh
boring btate i
13T Gen. Burton, who recently commanded at
Fortress Monroe while Mr Davis was a prisoner,
has been put in command of the Post of Columbia,
S. C.
The Poverty and Misery of a Northern
City. The editor of the N. Y. Independent has
been inspecting some of the dens of vice, poverty
and misery in the city of New York, and his des
cription of what he saw ought to cause Northern
people who have been denouncing the South as
heathenish to cover their faces in shame at their
own inconsistency. Instead of employing mis
sionaries to preach "down South." our Northern
friends had better devote more of their attention
to the heathen at their owu doors. Here is what
the New York editor says:
"In company with several well-known public
men, and under the guidance of the police, we
made a tour last Saturday, through the nether
most haunts of misery, vice and crime in the City
of New York. This is an exploration which every
man connected with public affairs, either by civil
or by editorial duty, ought, if possible, to make
at least once in his life. Born in New York, and
having always either resided or labored within it,
we never saw or knew our own city until last
Saturday night. Never until then had we any
conception of its poverty, of its squalidness, of its
villainy, of its debauchery, or its leprosy ! The
sight can never be forgotten ! The stor', even
if we had ths heart to tell it, must, for decency's
sake, remain untold. We can only say that none
of the familiar descriptions had adequately pre
pared us for the actual scenes. We were shocked,
confounded, sickened ! And as we now look
back upon the awful revelation of that one night's
descent into hell, we can hardly persuade our
selves that what we saw was a reality ; it seems
a hideous dreain."
And yet, with all these horrors right under his
proboscis, this philanthropist has spent the better
portion of his life in bewailing the moral condition
of the poor negroes of the South. Compared with
the lower class of white people at the North, the
negroes of the South have always lived as aris
tocrats. The Western N. C Railroa-o. The States
ville American, speaking of the late meeting of
the Stockholders of this Road, says :
'The resolutions adopted, look to an early
completion of the road, and we are pleased to
learn that vigorous work, under the superinten
dence of Maj. Wilson and his assistant Engineers,
is going forward on both sides of the Blue Ridge.
The energy of Col. S. McD. Tate. President of
the Road, is a guaranty that the Road will be
completed and the trains running to Ducktown,
Tenn., at an early day thus opening direct com
munication between the seaboard and Missouri
river.
LETTER PROM HOW. Z B. VANCE.
Charlotte, N. C , June 16, 1867.
To Messrs. Jason Cooper, scar Archbell and others,
colored citizens of Edgecombe and Xash Counties :
Sirs: Your call upon Rev. Mr. Williams, Ex-Gov.
Wise and myself to address j-ou on the questions
now before the country, at such time and place as
we might select, has been before me for some time.
Hoping that I might be able to find an opportunity
to comply, I have this long delayed replying; but
finding that there is little or no certainty of my
being permitted by business engagements to do so,
I have concluded to decline, and to answer your
invitation, as you requested, through the public
pres.
I frankly confess, my friends, thai I did not hope
greatly to profit you, had I been able to speak to
you in person. Such industrious efforts have been
made to make you think ill of those who were lately
) our masters, and to cause you to regard with dis
trust everything which they might do or say, that I
had little hope of making you believe in either my
sincerity- or good will. With some honorable ex
ceptions, the great mass of jour people are becom
ing widely estranged from their former owners, and
ii is now hardly possible for us to prevent it, melan
choly as it is. Time will, however, soon show you
where your true interests are. Your good sense
will soon enable you to see that neither your dis
tant Northern friends, nor their disreputable camp
followers among the Southern whites, who are so
zealous in your behalf now, can be of as much value
to you as the tiue and consistent men of the South,
with whom you were born and raised.
However many friends a man may have abroad,
be is ill at ease if his neighbor is his enemy. "Thou
shall love thy neighbor a thyself," is not only a
divine command, but is full of worldly wisdom. If
you want a kindness, you don't go to Massachusetts
for i, but to your neighbor; if you want employ
ment, you don't go to ranting politicians you go
to your neighbor; in short, in sickness or in health,
in prosperity or adversity, in joy or sorrow, we are
dependent for more than half of that which renders
life endurable upon our neighbors. Your neighbors
aud your employers are those against whom they
are now seeking to array you, and I greatly fear
they will succeed at first. Your old masters do not
come to you eating their own words and giving the
lie to every profession of their lives; nor do they
come betraying the rights and liberties of their own
color to ingratiate themselves with yours. Many
others do. how ever, and the majority of your people
will believe them, until they learn a very plain and
simple truth; that a bad man among the whites will be
Just as bad, or worse, among the blacks ; and the
change of sides is far from making an honest man
of a hypocri'e and a trickster.
Much damage will doubtless be done before ronr
people see the designs of those who wi?h to lead
thera now, but I hope soon for better things. When
actual and bitter experience has opened your eyes,
then will be our time to address you with 8 hope of
success. When you come to know the true power
of capital and labor combined in friendly effort, how
dependent the one is upon the other, and how ruin
ous to both is enmity and distrust, then I shall hope
to see the day when slavery shall be abolished in
fact, both for black and white, and when, animated
by a common spirit of industry, harmony, and love
of country and of h'lman progress, all shall labor to
make our State blossom as the rose, and turn her
waste places into seats of refinement and delight.
My word for it, my friends, there is not a good man
among your former masters, but pray s for the hour
to come when he may, without disfranchising him
self, work for you I As you are to be citizens, we
want you to be intelligent citizens ; as yon are to
be our neighbors, we want you to be kind and loving
neighbors. In every aspect of the case, it is our
true interest to help you fit yourselve for the new
life to which you are called. If you will permit as,
we will do it.
Thanking you for the confidence vonr invitation
manifests, in my desire to do you good at all events.
and trusting that the same quiet and commendable
spirit which characterized your race during four
years of terrible civil war. may continue to animate
you during the times through which we are passing,
in all good feeling and amity, I remain,
Most sincerely your friend,
JEBULON B. VANCE.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
Headquarters 2d Military District,
Charleston, S. 0 , June 17, 18G7.
In the execution of Paragraphs VI and VII
of General Orders No. 32, current series, Post
Commanders will be governed by the following
instructions :
An Inn is a place where food and lodging are
provided and furnished for pay to travelers and
sojourners.
i Mu cicipal and town authorities may grant to
I Inn Keepers licenses to sell liquors in quaoti
) ties less than one gallon to be drank on the prem
j lses. In determining the number of such licen
ses it i3 expected that due regard will be ob
served to the actual occasion for tavern accom
modations, so that no evasion of the order be
permitted by an unnecessary increase of the pre
sent number of Inns. Io any town where this
occurs the authority to grant licenses will be re
voked and the licenses granted annulled.
The order does not admit of any construction
extending the privilege to apothecary shops, ice
cream-saloons, eating houses, or other places.
The civil authorities to whom license money
has been paid will determine for themselves
whether they will refund to licensees the whole
or any part of the money received for licenses.
The order is operative on and after the date
of it3 publication. Post Commanders in the
exercise of their discretion may extend the time
until the first day of July next.
The Military tribunals constituted by Circular
dated May 15ih, 18G7, from these Headquarters
will have cognizance of all violations of para
graphs VI. and VII. of General-Orders 32, current
series. The proceedings will be forwarded by the
Post Commander to these Headquarters for re
view and final action.
Where by law or municipal regulation the pro
ceeds of licenses are devoted to the in;vintainance
of common schools open to all without discrimi
nation against color or caste, the proceeds of the
licenses now authorized may be applied either to
such schools or to the support of the poor, in the
discretion of the civil authorities.
All laws or parts of laws or municipal regula
tions inconsistent with the provisions of General
Orders 32, or of this Circular, are suspended and
will be deemed and held inoperative.
The authority to revoke licenses when drunk
enness or disorderly conduct is permitted in or
about premises where liquor is sold may be ex
ercised by Post Commanders or by any magistrate
of the vicinage on proof of the offence.
By command of Maj.-Genl. D. E. SICKLES.
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Registration in this State. We learn
from Mr Urodie, who has just returned from
Charleston, that the Board ot Registration re
cently in session there, has prepared Rules on
the subject which will soon be printed.
There will be three Boards of three each to
the larger Counties; two Boards to the Counties
of medium size; and one Board to each of several
small Counties. A Board will consist of two
white men and one colored man.
The Boards of Registers in the various Coun
ties will recommend to Gen. tickles suitable
persons to act as poll-holders or inspectors of the
elections. Raleigh Standard.
Half Hog and Half Goat. A Mr Far
mer, of Henderson county, informs us that he
had born on his place an animal that was evi
dently half pig and half goat. The head and
shoulders were hog, but the other part of the
body was goat. We believe the stories of the
snake and dog men now. Where's Barnurn?
He ought to have an agent here to gather up
the curiosities. Asheville News.
JEST" We have cause to anticipate a remark
ably abundant fruit season, and are hippy to
congratulate our friends generally on the pleas
ant prospect. The peach and apple trees are so
heavily laden that the limbs are already begin
ning to break down, and many will crash with
their uncommon weight even when propped.
Salem Observer.
t$Qa Monday last quite an excitement was
created by the report being circulated that Jas.
T. Fowler, of Pea Ridge, Union District, S. C ,
had poisoned his wife aud was trying to make
his escape.
Fowler etayed two or three days some five or
six miles from this place with some of his old
acquaintances. On Monday night parties came
in pursuit of birn, confirming the report that, he
had poisoned his wife. Fowler is supposed to
be trying to make his way to Tennessee, by way
of Ilendersonville and Waynesville, as ho has
relatives at both places. liutherfordton Star.
Large Increase of Inns At the first
meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Newborn after the official promulgation of
General Order No 32, that body granted license
to thirteen persons and firms as Inn-keepers.
If this action has no effect upon the price of
liquor, board should become very cheap under
the influence of the spirited opposition. 117
mington Journal.
As soon as the military learned of this
wholesale licensing, ac order was issued again
closing the shops
Foreign News. A formidable anti-Popery
riot occurred in Birmingham last week. The
mob sacked two streets. The iioters were in
strong force. The Roman Catholic Chapel was
threatened with demolition. The rioters were
in full posession of the city. All efforts to
preserve order proved futile. Large bodies of
troops were sent to the scene of disturbance
with orders to put it down and restore quiet at
all haz irds.
Birmingham, June 21. The harangues of
a man named Murphy caused the recent riot.
The troops used cutlasses and several of the
rioters were wounded. Murphy continues to
harangue, but comparative quiet prevails.
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Mexican News. Marquez, commanding
the city of Mexico, has executed Gen. O'
Ilaran, the Post commander, for treasonable
correspondence with the Liberals. He lias also
arrested 1G0 Liberal sympathizers and threat
ens to execute them and burn the Capitol if
Maximilian and his Generals are harmed.
The Department of State at Washington has
information that the court martial in the case
of Maximillian has been suspended for the
present.
The N. Y. Times has a telegram which says
that Sana Anna landed at Vere Cruz on tbe
: 4th, but was compelled re-embark. He then
proceeded to Sisel, where he was captured by
the liberals, court martialed and sentenced to
be hung on the 8th. We dont believe it.
Maximilian. It is rumored that Mr Romeo
has oiven a positive assurance to Mr Seward that
the life of Maximilian shall be spared solely in
deference to the desire of the United States Gov
ernment. T" It is announced that General Longstrcet
has been pardoned.
3i ARRETS.
New York, June 22 Cotton quiet. Mid
dling uplands 26a27 cents. Gold 51,38.
Liverpool, June 22. Cotton dull. Mid
dling uplands llalU pence. Orleans 11 J.
New York, June 21. The President passed
Philadelphia without stopping. He was cor
dially received at all other points. He arrived
here safely.
FOREIGN.
Dispatches report that 200 armed men threw
themselves into Rome with the intention, it is
said, of proclaiming it a Republic. The attempt
failed. Forty of the revolutionists are in prison.
The Emperor of Brazil, in his speech opening
the Chambers, said that many planters from the
Southern States were arriving in his dominions.
Gen. Pope's Registration Instructions
for Georgia. Augusta. June 21 General
Pope, to-day, issued special instructions to the
Boards of Registration. Paragraph 2d directs
that Clerks and Reporters of the Supre'me Court,
Clerks, of Superior and Inferior Courts and
Clerks of County and ordinary Courts, County
Treasurers, County Surveyors, Receivers of tax
returns, Tax Collectors, Tax Receivers, Sh eriffa.
Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Recorders, Alder
men, or Councilmen of any incorporated city or
town, who previous to the war occupied these
offices, and afterwards participated in rebellion
are all disqualified, and not entitled to registra
tion. Twenty prominent gentlemen of Louisa
county, Va , have addressed a letter to Gov.
Pierpoint, J. M. Butts, and Judge Rives, in
reference to a circular signed by the latter call
ing a convention at Charlottesville on the 4th of
July, and proposing an alternative which they
think preferable. They say, instead of an ex
clusive convention, composed of a very small
class of our citizens, unconditional Union men,
the effect of which must be to engender bad
feelings and contentions, why not unite in the
call of a convention of all who are in favor of
the restoration of the State to the Union upon
the terms which have been prescribed a con
vention which will unite the people of Virginia,
which will secure the assembling of a constitu
tional convention which will fill that body with
the best and ablest of our citizens.
Is there not patriotism enough in North
Carolina to effect a similar arrangement, and
unite all parties in the work of reconstruction.
JfSTKev. Mr Williams, (Episcopal clergyman)
of Suffolk, Va., recently indicted in New York
on a charge of picking a woman's pocket, has
been acquitted, the evidence against him being
deemed unreliable and insufficient to convict.
The friends of Mr W. and of religion will be glad
to hear this.
8" A carnival of blood, says the N. Y.
Herald, has been chronicled by that paper the
three first days of the past week. It noticed 30
murders and murderous assaults and five or six
suicides. In Cincinnati, alone, three suicides
and two murders occurred.
Why is not a commander appointed for New
York.
Gen. Sickles. Our commander don't like the
opinion of the Attorney General, as the following
dispatch shows :
Charleston. June 10. The comments upon
Gen. Sickles' course, contained in the Attorney
General's opinion, published this morning, created
a profound sensation.
Gen. Sickles has to day forwarded a request to
Washington to be relieved nun duty as Com
mander of this Military District, and demanded o
Court of enquiry on his official actions.
In this city, on the 20th inst , by Rev. A. W. Mil
ler, Mr M. L. Barringer (of the firm of Barringer,
Wolfe k Co.,) to Miss Delia McCorkle.
At Patterson, Caldwell county, on the 13th inst.,
by R L Patterson, Esq , Mr John E Greer of Cald
well, to Miss Carrie S Shultz, formerlj' of Salem, N C.
In Newbern, on the 20th inst., Mr Henry C Hall
to Mis? Sarnh E. Loftin.
In Newbern, on the 17th inst., suddenly, Cicero S
Primrose, in the 37th year of his age.
In Catawba county, on the 16th Inst., J M M
Houston, third son of Dr. P B Ilonston, dee'd, aged
34 year3. He was for many years a consisteut mem
ber and officer of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and in his hist sickness repeated with great warm,' b
and emphasis his life-long and child-like faith in
the glorious promises of the " Great God and
Saviour." lie leaves a widow, three brothers, two
sisters and many friends to mourn their loss.
R. B. B. II.
A. UALUS,
W a I c h - ill a k c r and Jeweler,
One Door South of the Mansion House)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
If your Watch should need Repairing,
Don't get mad and go to swearing ;
Just take it into Hales' Shop,
He will fix it so it will not stop.
He warrants his work all for a year,
When it is used with proper care.
He will do it as low a3 it can be done,
And do it so well its sure to run.
June 24, 18P7 6m
NOTICE.
I have just received a new supply of Ribbons,
Fiowers, Hair Braids, Hair Crimpers, S:Ik Head
N'etts, Dress Trimmings, 4c, which will be sold at
lower prices than heretofore.
Dress Making: and Millinery
Done in the best and most fashionable style by Miss
J. H. FLYN, of New York. All work warranted to
please.
A share of patronage from the Ladies of Charlotte
and public generally is solicited.
L. H. SMITH,
Near National Bank, Trvon Street,
June 24, 1867. Charlotte, X. C.
Dissolution.
The firm conducted by F- W. Williams, Alex. G.
Black and Lewis S. Williams, under the style of
WILLIAMS, BLACK k CO., was dissolved on the
20'.h instant.
The undersigned will settle op its affairs and con
tinue business under the same name for their own
account at 12G Pearl street. F. W. WILLIAMS,
ALEX. G. BLACK.
JB Retiring from business I cordially recom
mend Williams, Black k Co to all my friends.
LEWIS S. WILLIAMS.
New York, Jane 24, 1867. 4w.
BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Branch at Charlotte, N. C.
The following Board of Directors have been ap
pointed for this Branch for the ensnfng year:
James H. Carson, President, John A. Young, Wm.
J. Hayes, John L. Brown, Jas. P. Irwin.
Notes of the Bank will be redeemed on presenta
tion at the Banking House in this place &t Forty
cents on the Dollar io U. S. Currency.
THOS. W. DEWEY, Cashier.
Juue 2i, 1867 lv
LATER STILL,
We have jast received another new Stock of those
beautiful and cheap Calicoes, Bleached Shirting, Ac.
We have a very large Stock of
Gr O O 2L O
for Men's and Boy's Clothing which we hare reduced
the price of in the last few days, and are now selling
VEUT CUE A P.
Cloths, Cassimeres, Tweeds, Flannels, Jeans, Span
ish ana Blay Linens, Linen Ducks and Drills, Cotton
ades in every variety and style, very cheap.
We are offering great inducements to Wholesale
Cash Buyers. Call and examine oar Stock befor
buying, as we are determined not to be undersold.
BREM, BROWN 4 CO.
SHOES! SHOES-!! SHOES!!!
We have in Store a good assortment of "the cele
brated Shoes made by a M. k G. LINES of Thomaj
ville. Encourage Home Enterprite and Industry.
W e are selling these Shoes cheaper than yon can
buy the Northern Shoes of the same qnality. They
have given entire satisfaction to every one that has
tried them. Call and see tbem. .
BREM, BROWN CO.
June 24. 18C7 2w
IVOKTU CAROLINA 'FARMS
FOR S33lXj33.
We are in correspondence with reliable Northern
Agents for the sale of North Carolina LANDS. Any
persons wishing to sell or buy, would find their
business facilitated by addressing us, giving loca
tion and full descriptions of the LANDS.
VANCE k DOWD,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C , June 24, 1867 tf
NEW STOCK OF GOODS.
The undersigned has just returned from the
Northern cities with a good Stock of
O x-ooox-los,
and various other articles, consisting nrinrtnultv nf
Java Coffee, Rio Coffee of superior quality none
oeuer; isiac-K, ureen and imperial Teas; New Or
leans and other Molasse; Bacon Sides, Sugar CurerJ
Hams, Fresh Mackerel, Pickled Shad, Soap, Candles,
Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Soda, While Wine and Apple
Vinegar, Willow Ware, Buckets of all kinds, Tubs
Brooms, Churns, Kegs, U alf-Bushels, c.
Lorillard Snuff best quality ; Soda, Ginger and
Egg Crckers ; a fine lot of Brogan Shoes extra
sizes ; Liverpool Salt, and best Carolina Rice.
Xa O ZX "t XX OX.
White Oak Tanned fine article large lot of
good and good damaged Hemlock.; FsencU Calf
Skins; Upper and Harness Leather.
White Lead, Powder, Shot and Percussion Cap,
all sizes; Whim Rope, Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton
Cards cheap, Scythe Blades, Pad Locks, Blacking,
Matches, Cotton Yarn, Dm ham's Smoking Tobacco,
Chewing Tobacco; Crushed, Pulverized, White and
Brown Sugars, and a fine assortment of best Nails.
I have selected this Stock with great care, and
cannot be undersold. Give me a call before pur
chasing elsewhere. Remember my Motto,
Quick Sales, Short Profits
and fair dealings with all. Wheat, Flour, Corn,
Bacon and Lard taken in exchnnge for Ooods.
Friends, recommending Freedraen to me, may be
assured that they will be dealt with fairly, both as
to weight and change no objection to all goods
being weighed that go from this establishment.
Profits are short, and terni3 necessarily CASH.
I also buy and sell on commission all kinds of
Produce. Orders and consignments solicited.
W. BOYD.
Charlotte, N. C , June 24, 1867.
VALUABLE MILLS FOR SALE.
As Surviving Partner of FOX k McCULLOCK, I
will sell at the Public Square, in the town of Char
lotte, on Tuesday, July 9lh, (beiug Tuesday
of the County Court,) thai valuable property known
as the old
PARKS MILL,
Situated on the waters of Rig Sugar Creek, 6 miles
West of Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg.
On the premises are a good FLOURINO and SAW
MILL. Persons desiring to purchase are referred
to Mr David Lind.cy, on the premises, or can see
me personally in Charlotte for information.
Teims made known on day of sale.
C. J. FOX, Surviving Partner.
June 24, 18C7 3w
IflECKLEIVRURG HOUSE,
ON Till EUROPEAN PLAN,
Is now open, as.heretofore, for the reception and ac
commodation of Permanent and Transient Boarders.
Tlic Tabic is supplied with the best the mar
ket Milords. Clean Rooms and Beds. Meals at all
Hours.
Tile Uur is supplied with the best of Foreign
and Domestic Liquors. Philadelphia Ale on draught
Free Lunch daily, from 1 1 to 1 o'clock.
Mr JAM ELS D. CRAIG is connected with the
House, and will be happy to serve his friends.
A share of public patronage is solicited.
EDWARD W. GROOT, Proprietor.
June 24, I8G7 Cm
Prospectus of the Raleigh Register
DANIEL R. GOODLOJE, Editor.
II. II. Helper k A. B. CtDLFix, Proprietors.
The undersigned propose to publish iu the City
of Raleigh, a Semi-Weekly and Weekly Newspaper,
to be entitled Tiie Raleiuii Reoisteb.
The object of this enterprise is to advance the
cuse of Republican principles, and to aid in restor
ing the State of North Carolina to its place and
functions as a member of the National Union. The
Editor and the Proprietors believe in the equal rights
of all men, and desire to diffuse their sentiments
among thir fellow-citizens, by the publication oi
correct information, and by calm, earnest, and free
discussion. We will insist upon re-building our in
stitutions upon the imperishable basis of justice,
and we Eball call upon all, as the National Legisla
ture has done, to co-operate in the essential work
of reconstruction. We shall regard all as friends
who have "accepted the situation" in good faith by
pledging fidelity to the principles of impartial liber
tr, embodied in the plan of restoration offered to
'.'he South by Congress; and we will treat as Oppo
nents those only who reject that plan.
The first number of the Register will be issued
on the 4th day of July, and thenceforward rtgularl.
Terms of Subtcriplionyin advance.
Semi-Weekly, Single Copy, per annum, $4 0
Weekly, " 3.00
AH letters must be addressed to
Helper k Chapix, Raleigh, N. C.
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Jane 24,' 1867.
Corrected bt Steshoube, Macaclat k Co.
Cotton The transactions in this staple were quite
limited during the week. Sales were made on the
basi3 of 20 to 20j cents for middling Cotton, closing
quiet on Saturday and the above qnotations barely
maintained.
Flour, $8 to $6.25 per sack from wagons; $6.50
to $C75 from stores. A few sacks of new Floor
sold at $6.50 per sack from wagons.
Corn Thb market is but barely supplied selling
from wagons at $1 .37 to $1.40; from stores $1.45.
Peas in demand at $1.50. Oats 70 to 75 cents.
Wheat, $1.75 per bushel for good Red; $2 for
White.
Bacon, 14 cents from wagons; from stores 15 te
17 cents. Lard, 16 to It cents.
Fresh Butter, 20 to 25 cents ; Chickens, 2.5 to 39
cents; Eggs, 15 to 20 cents.
Corn Whiskey is held at $2.25 to $2.50.
Liverpool Salt, $3.50 to $3.75, as to size.
Molasses, 80 cents to $1 by retail.
The stagnation in business continues, and there
is no quotable change in any of the leading article
Corn and Bacon beiog still in demand.