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THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, N . C. KJ?e Western JStmntxal CHARLOTTE, N. C. INCIDENTS OP THE WAR. . History of the Surrender of Gen. Lees Army. A correspondent of the Southern Opinion, writing from Appomattox C. II , Va., gives the -following interesting sketch -. It is not the purpose nor mission of your cor respondent to determine at what point of bis retreat the idea of a surrender of his army was rst forced upon the mind of Gen. Lee, or to eeek to designate the disaster, or succession of disasters, that finally brought his army to a con dition that placed it out of his power longer to decline the terms offered by Gen. Grant. He Abandoned the Petersburg lines with an army less than twenty-eight thousand, of all arms, pursued by an army of not less than eighty thousand. He had previously accomplished successful retreats in the face ol an enemy equally as numerous, and so long as there was a possible chance of uniting with Johnston or, failing in that, reaching Lynchburg it is pre tnisable that the commander-in-chief kept his own counsels on the subject, or imparted them to his staff in confidence. But with Petersburg, Iliehmood was lost, and the blow upon the morale of the army was too great for it to with stand. The army lost its organization and cohe sive qualities; it fell into fragments piece-meal, and left its debris at every cross-road, at every river ford upon the line of retreat. It was the nucleus of that army only that laid down their rnjs at Appomattox Courthouse. Moreover, it was known to the rank and file of the army on the 7th, while the retreat and pursuit was still in progress, that a correspondence between the two generals had been opened, which could shave no other object than a surrender. The opening note of this correspondence was -dictated by Grant , from his headquarters, dis tant ten miles from Appomattox courthouse, on the Walker Church road, under date of April 7th. Thi note, addressed "Gen. 11. E. Loe, Commanding 0. S. A ," is bb follows : "General, The result of the last week must con vince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this Btiuggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as tny jduty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the sur render of that portion of the Confederate Southern .army, known as the Army of Northern Virginia. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, U. S GRANT, Lieut. Gen. Com'g Armies United States " "This note was received through flag of truce by the band of a courier, and General Lee, accompa nied by several of hi staff, rode down the Buck ingham pike to the Sweeney settlement, and the frame shanty where Joe Sweeney the banjoist was bora. Hero they dismounted, entered the field, and under the famous Appomattox apple-tree the -subjoined leply was penned : "Ai-ril 7th. "General, I have received your note of this day. Though not entirely of the opinion jrou express of the hope .of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your de jure to avoid useless eifusion of blood, and there, fore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will otter on condition of its surrender. II. B. LKE, General. Jp Lieut. Gen. Grant, Coai'g Armies U. S. "The reply wad dispatched, and this terminated .the correspondence of that day, a truce being still observed along the lines. The app le-trce, which was one of an orchard on Sweeney s lot, owned by Mr ilson Hix, baa long since disappeared, root and branch. The lot is now planted in corn, but the hus bandman has regarded the spot, and the site of the tree is distinguishable by an excavation upon which no corn has been planted. Ou the .morning of Saturday, April 8th, the correspon dence was renewed by Grant, who proposed to meet General Lee, or to designate officers to confer with officers of liko rank, to be named by Lee, to meet at any point most convenient or agreeable, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the forces .should be received. This second note from General Grant was re ceived by Lee late on the afternoon of the 8th, and he replied immediately, stating that he would be pleased to meet General Grant in per son at 10 A. M. on the morrow, (Sunday,) "on the old stage road to Iliehmood, between the picket lines of the two armies." The meeting proposed by Lee for 10 A. M., Sunday, did not take place, because, as Grant says in his answer thereto, it "could lead to no good," and as he had "no authority to treat on tho subject of peace." This third note from Grant was received by Lee on the picket line, on the old stage road below the courthouse, whither he had gone to meet Grant. In reply, at once sent, Lee re quested an interview in accordance with the offer made in Grant's note of the eighth, and at ooon on the ninth the first personal interview between the Generals took place on the old stage road, under a honey pod locust tree, near the court house, and not far from the point pro posed for the meeting at 10 A. M. Each was accompanied by their chiefs of staff and order lies. It was at this meeting that it was said Gen. Lee tendered his sword to Gen. Grant, who declined to accept it. The citizens who were -distant witnesses to this interview, deny that Gen. Lee .made any tender of his sword .upon meeting. The salute usual between mili tary men was passed, in which the sword was .elevated aad held forward a moment. After a conference that did not last five min utes, there was a move, and Grant's Chief of Staff said, SbalI we go to General Lee's head- quarters, or shall Lee go over to Grant's." This jwas preliminary Io the adjournment to the resi .denceof Mr Wiluier McLean, on the southwest extremity of the village, where the articles of jcapitnlation were drawn and signed. Gen. Lee was attended only by Col. Marshall, one of his .staff. Gen. .Grant yras attended by two or more .ofhis staff, and a number of Yankee Gen. crals bobbed in and out as the business procee ded, which lasted more than an hour. While the interview with reference to the surrender was progressing in the parlor of the McLean mansion, a strange scene was bcin- ' enacted without in the mingling of tho officers of both armies, that now lay apart lulled in mo - mentarv neaee bv the terms of an irmUti,. On tbe Yankee side were to be seen Generals Ord, Sheridan, Crook, Gibbon, Griffith and Merritt, and on the Confederate side Generals, Longstreet, Pickett, Gordon, Iletb, Wilcox and Others the Yankees sleek, smiling and self- .. 1 it 11 . . Huu uauu-buakjug?, anu me x ancee cancers, wno felt that they were called upon to do the hon prs, - presented their well-filled "ticklers," and jmutual good feeling prevailed ip the streets o( possessea, tne oniederates dusty, Degnmmea tin whicn three of tbe best citizens of New flan .and pedats, but exhibiting in their conversation over were debarred registration on the following none of the chagrin ood sorrosw which doubtless i grounds: ,.One of them held tbe office of Coroner filled their hearts. Thera were introductions i for a few weeks about forty five years ae-o- another J t:ij 1 1. T J a! v. . rr- i 1 M f ""mr Appomattox Courthouse, whose inhabitants, erowded at door and window, looked oa in amazement and alarm. " 7 On the lines of the two armies, where tnfor taatioo of the real status of affairs could only be guessed at, the feeling was different. Peace, or at least a surrender, might follow the interview of the Generals commanding, then seated in con ference at the McLean house; it might end in resumption of hostilities, in fiercest battle, in terrible carnage. Two o'clock had been appointed for the re sumption of the firing. It arrived and passed, and the Yankee skirmish line began to advance upon the Confederate line. Officers of both ar mies began to grow uneasy; then follows a breaking off in the agreeable conversations, and watches are consulted. Then there is a move ment from the McLean house, and a mounted courier, bearing a flag of truce, dashes through the village and out upon the highway, waving his beacon in full view of both lines. He is the messenger of peace! The last hostile gun has been fired between the armies of Lee and Grant, for the former has surrendered. Between 3 and 4 o'clock Generals Lee and Grant parted with a shake of the band, after mutual expressions of satisfaction at the terms of the surrender and the results of the inter view. Their example was followed io turn by the members of the staff and the general offi cers of both armies present, each shaking the band of the other. There was a touching so lemnity clothing the scene, so impressive as to move the callous and least concerned to tears. Io the bouses could be heard tbe lamenlations of women, and up and down tbe streets went the choking whisper "It's all over! General Lee has surrendered!" General Grant, surrounded by a brilliant cavalcade of generals and staffs, galloped back to his own headquarters, through tbe tumult uous uproar of his lines, there to receive the congratulationsof bis corps commanders. Lee, unattended almost, " returned silently and with out pomp to a point of his camp where his generals were waiting to receive him. The scene was like unto that which attends the ob sequies of the dead. Some of rhe officers turned away from Lee as he approached turned away to hide from his calm eyes the evidences of tears in their own. In brief words he announced the result of the interview and the terms of sur render. The officers then in turn, according to rank, approached their geoeral, shaking bands and expressing acquiescence at his cjur se, and their regret at parting. Their lips were trem ulous with emotion, and if they wept it was no quality of a womanly weakness that drew tears from "eyes unused to weep." The next day, Monday, the 10th, were issued general orders, No. 0 embodying the farewell address of General Lee to the Army of Northern Virginia, copies of which were read at the head of each brigade by the respective commanders. The address, so characteristic of Loe, was his lust act executed in his military capacity, and in its terse and feeling sentences is embalmed to gether the heroism of the army and tho genius of its General. Tbe paroling then commenced, and occupied nearly three days. The army was brought across the Appomattox by divisions, and marched to the level space on the grounds of Mr Joseph Dickson, east of the Courthouse, and on the Walker Church road, where the arms were grounded and afterwards stacked by details from Grant's army. " The last shotted gun was fired from a Con federate battery stationed in the yard of Mr Pear's house, on the old Richmond road, about seven o'clock on Suuday rooming, just previous to the passage of the flag of truce signaling a suspension of hostilities, which were uot re sumed again. Timely Warning The New York Nation, ultra radical paper, warns the colored people of the South against the suicidal policy of banding themselves into a party exclusively against the whites, and suffering themselves "to be kept in a constant fermeut" by a few white men, who are using them for their own profit and advan tage. And it tells them to remember that whilst this game may succeed for a year or two, it must in the end recoil upon those who are playing it, for, says the Nation, "there is scarcely a State, except South Carolina, which can be controlled by the colored vote alone for more than two years. The white voters will constitute a majority whenever they choose to act together; and they will probably increase far more rapidly than the others. Immigration will soon flow in that direction; and this, of course, will be exclusively white, and in great part unfriendly to tho colon d people." This is the warning not of "rebels" or "secesh," but of a warm, devoted friend to the radical party, and the power of the colored race. A Curious Calculation. An exchange says: "What a noisy creature would a man be were his voice, in proportion to his weight, as loud as that of a locust ! A locust can be heard at the distance of one-sixteenth of a mile. The golden wren is paid to weigh but half an ounce; so that a middling sized mm would weigh down not short of four thousand of them; and it mast be strange if a golden wren would not outweigh four of our locusts. Supposing, therefore, that a common man weighs as much as sixteen thou sand of our locusts, and that the note of a locust can be heard one-sixteenth of a mile, a man of common dimensions, pretty sound in wind and limb, ought to be able to make himself heard at the distance of one thousand six hundred miles; and when he sneezes 'his house ought to fall about his ears ! Supposing a flea to weih one grain, which is more than its actual weirt,t. and ! to jump one and a half yards, a common lunn of one hundred and fifty pounds, with jumping powers in proportion, could jump twelve thou sand eight hundred miles, or about the distance from New York to Cochin China." - " . Railroad Matters. Col A W. Mee, a well known East Tennessee Railroad Engineer, has been elected Chief Engineer of the East Tennessee and western North Carolina railroad. This road, leaving the line of the East Tennes see and Virginia road at some point near John- SOn S.r P.0VS S? conncCtf at Morgan. i 1 - ar0,ma w,,n ,nc western Carolina ! I,?!,-0' ext.e"d,nS from Salisbury to that point, ! lhe Kd01viI, Tress learns that the companv is supplied with means to begin pany the work at once. As exhibiting some of the practical effects of the operation of the Reconstruction Acts, the Wi'.minrrton Journal mrntinns .CA ... . . " servea in a simuar capacity tor about the same period some twenty years sioce; and the third remembers that about forty years ago he was a Constable of the town. STATE NEWS. First on Hand. Nelson Slough, Esq, Sheriff of Cabarrus County, (the first to settle this year,) paid into the Treasury, on yesterday, the State tax ofhis county, for the presentyear, amounting in nett to 4,269,65. Raleigh Sentinel, 21. Tremendous Freshet. We learn from a gentleman from Orange county, that the heavy rains of Wednesday and Thursday last caused the greatest freshet in Eaoe, Little and Flat rivers, that has been known since 1795. Great damage has been done to fences and crops, and the bridges generally have been swept away. Another friend, who baa just returned from Chatham, informs U3 that the freshet baa been almost as excessive and destructive in the Deep and Haw rivers. Raleigh Sentinel. The Jews are about establishing a synagogue in Wilmington. They are in correspondence with several Rabbis, with tbe view to the location of one, and offer a salary of $2,500 per annum. jgST" We learn, from the Wilmington Journal of Monday last, that United States Marshal Goodloe, acting under orders from Washington City, ordered Deputy Marshal Neff, of Wil mington, to execute the process of the Circuit Court of the United States, heretofore stopped by order of the military, with instructions to forward tbe name of any officer interfering, in order that he may be prosecuted under tbe criminal laws of the United States. Colonel Frank, the Post Commander, acting under or ders from District Headquarters, has again in terfered to prevent tbe execution of the process as being in violation of General Order No. 10. Tbe Wilmington Post adds that Col. Frank telegraphed bis action to General Sickles, and received a reply sustaining the same. The Crops. It affords as much pleasure in being able to state, upon the authority of a gen tleman who has, within the last ten days, traveled through Duplin, Wayne, Wilson, Edgetombe, Sampson, Nash and Cumberland counties, that the corn crops look remarkably promising, and the amount of lands planted is extensive. From present appearances, an abundant crop of corn will be made. Tbe cotton crop is not as promising as could be desired. With tbt pros pects before us, with favorable seasons for a few weeks longer, our section .bids fair to nap an abundant harvest. Wilmington Journal. The r.ops in this portion of the State are very good and will produce, we think, more than an average yield. Rutherford ton Star. SSf Good news still comes to us of tie ex cellent condition of our corn and cotton fields. The weather, it seems to us, could not be better for their prosperity, if it were especially ordered by the farmer. Raleigh Progress. Suicide We learu from the Raleigh Stan dard that Mr William -Glenn, an old citizen of Wake county, hung himself week before last. The cause of the act is not known. Mr G. was a good citizen, and on the morning of the oc currence took a rope and informed his wife that he would bring in some fodder. Staying longer than usual search was made, and he was found in th woods, suspended by the neck and dead. gST Messrs. John G. & F. A. Wright, father and son, residents of Cumberland county, had a difficulty with one Captain John Fry, during which the latter was shot and wounded by the Messrs. Wright, who were subsequently arraigned before the Courts and fined. Not being content with this action of the Courts, Captain Fry, a short time since, caused an order to be issued from General Sickles, for the apprehension of the Wrights and their arraignment before a Military Court. The matter was, subsequently compro mised, however by the Wrights paying to Capt. Fry the sura of $l,200,who then used his in fluence to have the order for the trial before a Military Court revoked. Ill is order was received a few days since, and the matter is now settled, much to the advantage of Captain Fry pecu niarily, but in no other particular. Wilmington Journal. It looks as if the only object Fry had in view was to make money out of the operation. WASHINGTON ITEMS. General Grant is beginning to make use of tbe official guillotine, and has made qu ite a sensation already. It seems that while Stanton was in office he took care of a number of favorites, be stowing upon them snug little positions about Washington, and making them as comfortable as possible. General Grant long ago, it is said, opposed this use of the patronage, but was over ruled by the autocrat of the War Office. Now that Grant has assumed control, he is upsetting the nice little jobs of the select favorites, aud as signing them with alarming rapidity to more active and appropriate duties. Some months since, the President, for purposes of economy, and in consistence with law and the policy of the Government, ordered the mustering out from the service of all volunteer officers on duty in the country. Their places were to be filled by regular officers. It is now found that the order has not been obeyed. Many of the former officers are still retained, whose principal business, practically, has been of late to circulate Radical electioneering documents, establish negro leagues, and perform various other duties of a partisan political character. The correction of the evil will soon be enforced. In connection with the muster out of volun teer officers, it is confidently stated that a Colo nel of the regular army will relieve General Howard, as the Chief of the Freedmen's Bureau. The military changes consequent upon Gen eral Sheridan's removal have occasioned frequent visits between the War and Executive Depart ments. The questions, however, relate to minor details. The assignment of Thomas to the com mand of the Fifth District may be regarded as a fixed fact. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has rendered the following decision : The interest of any successor to arise from the sale of any real estate under any trust for the sale thereof, shall be deemed a succession chargeable with duty, and the duty shal! be paid by the person having tbe control of the funds. If A wills R a thousand dollars, and for want of personal properly tbe executor sells real estate to pay the legacy money, the money arising from such sale is deemed a succession, on which the executor must pay the tax. Any person having an interest in an instru ment unstamped, or improperly stamped, may present it to the Collector with the proper stamps and the fifty dollars penalty, which act legalizes the instrument. The Collector must note the date and the fact on the margin of the instrument. Tbe Collector mast remit the fine on the evidence that the stamp was innocently or ignorantly omitted. This application, how ever, must bo made within twelve months of tbe 1 making of the instrument. THE SIEGE OF MEXICO Dreadful Sufferings cf the Inhabitants. A correspondent of the London Times, writ ing on June 26, gives an account of the siege of Mexico. He says : During the sixty-seven days the siege lasted, no food entered tbe city, containing over 200, 000 inhabitants. Necessaries of life, therefore, rose to a fabulous price, bread being from 10s to 12s per pound; meat of lean mileh cows, 4s per pouud; horse flesh, from 9d to Is. Indian corn or maize, which is sometimes sold for 8s a carga of 300 pounds, was 30; lean fowls, 8s each; eggs, three for 2s. Many of these prices were merely nominal; it was often impossible to get flour or maize for love or' money, as there was no regular sale of them io the markets. Those who had them were obliged to keep it a profound secret, for immediately it was known the Government pounced upon them, and gave it to their soldiers; they had in fact, the power to enter any house to search for provisions. I have seen soldieis go into the miserable huts of the poor and bring out a few handfuls of maize that tbe inmates bad carefully hoarded up. Hundreds, if not thousands, died of star vation, and those who were left had hardly strength to crawl up to you in the streets to ask for alms. . The scenes at the panaderias, or bread shops before their stocks were exhausted, which happened about three weeks, before the termination of the siege, was most heart-rending. There were only three open in the whole city; the doors were crowded at one or two o' clock in the moroing in order to get a good place by the time they opened; all day the streets leading to them were crowded. Outside one near where I live five persons were found dead one morning, having dropped down from exhaustion; many others perished by the crush, or by the swords of the soldiers put there to guard tbe place. There was sometimes an op portunity of leaving the city, of which thou sands availed themselves at the risk of being shot on the way; in fact, seven women and chil dren were killed by one shell while half-way between the two camps, for white flags received no respect, the only chance being that both sides were wretched marksmen. While the poor suffered so fearfully the rich bad also their share; for loans never to be paid and contributions following in quick succession Those who refused to pay were put in prison, without anything to eat or drink, until they did; while others who hid themselves had their houses guarded to prevent the entry of any food for their wives and children. Nearly half the money, moreover, thus collected went into the pockets of the chief officials. All commerce, of course, was suspended, the only life in the streets being the movement of troop3 from one point to another, the pressgang going about seizing almost any one they could catch, and searching houses for horses, and the carriage of the wounded to the hospitals. It is needless to dwell on all the honors which are common to all seiges. Ad incident occurred at the intrenchmcnts of the two camps. The Liberals, or besiegers, stuck op a dead horse, with a large placard, with meat for the traitors. The besieged, or Impe rials, answered by putting up an old woman who bad died of starvation, with meat for the cow ards, a stinging reproach for their not properly attacking the place instead of trying to starve it out. Amid all this misery an anomalous scene presented itself every evening in the Plaza, or principal square, where the band played. Crowds otcuvaleros and senoritas, decked in their best, walked about utterly in difforent to the roar of the cannon, which did not make a bad accompauiment to tho music, oltcu coming in right for the bass drum part. Marquez, appointed Lieutenant-General by the poor Emperor, while he was at Querutaro, was less a man than a demon, aud a demon possessed of inveterate hatred to the English. It was he who murdered the English doctors at Tacubaya, a town near hero, ordering them out to be shot while attending to the wounded, and who broke open the seals of the English Legation some years ago, taking out SGOO.OOO. This appoint ment of tbe late Emperor was the greatest fault he ever committed; but dearly has he paid for it, for nearly all unite in saying that had it not been for the obstinate resistance of Mexico, car ried on five weeks after the fall of Querataro, his life might have been spared. This resis tance was effected by Marquez by the vilest lies bis assuring the Austrians, a chivalrous set of men, 700 strong, who fought only for their countryman, that the capture of the Emperor was only an invention of the Liberals, although be had received official reports of the facts four days after it occurred. lie actually, on the day of his condemnation to death, ordered public rejoicings to bo cele brated for his victory, said to be gained over the Liberals. Five days after these rejoicings, June 21, the Austrians in the meantime being officially convinced of the fall of Querataro, and having come to terms with the Liberals, the be seigers entered tbe city, to the joy of all, in splendid order, without the slightest tumult or least act of violence. Grant axd the Presidency. It may be worthy of note, as an indication ofthe times, that the Galena Gazette, the paper published in the place where Grant resided before the war, which is moreover said to be the only paper that Grant regularly reads, and which seems to have always maintained very intimate relations with the an cient tanner of Galena, is strongly urging Grant as a candidate for the next presidency, on tho platforn of peace, conciliation and fraternity. The Gazette discusses the subject in a recent able leader, inquiring into the kind of a man the country wants for the next President. It argues at length that we do t:ot want a man who "will imagine himself to be the State," nor an ambitious man, "who will imagine that the people were made for him," nor "do we wanta cunning, crafty, confidence operator, who thinks that politics is only a game of thimble-ring. Nor do we want a man whose sole aim will be to fan and keep alive the embers of discord. In short, that we want neither knave, nor fool, nor coward." "Rut," says the Gazette, "we do want an honest man for our President, who has faith in the potency of strong-handed and cool-headed justice ;" and it then goes on to eulogise warmly an unnamed individual, adding at the close : "Ilis name we need not mention. The whole world knows it. It will never be forgotten. The people demand tbe use, for the best good of the country, ofhis uncommon executive power." All this is of in terest as appearing in the Galena Gazette. The pres3 of Georgia are agitating a call for a State Convention for the purpose of making an organized effort in opposition to re-organization under the miUtary bills. County meetings are being held in Alabama, to electvdelegates to a Conservative Convention to be held it Montgomery, on tbe 4th of Sep-J IcjBabej. BOCK ISLAND WOOLEN MILES. This well known manufacturing establish ment at Charlotte, N. C , is now in lull opera tion. The mills hav been . enlarged, aad the machinery has been adapted to the production of the best styles of all wool cvtsimcre which are made in America. This adaptation of ma chinery is an improvement additional to the fa cilities heretofore possessed of producing the entire line of goods manufactured before the war. These mills were put in operation eigh teen years ago, and at that and subsequent periods, tbe proprietors still guarantee that their fabrics shall be adapted to the markets for which they may be manufactured, shall always come up to the standard of quality which they profess to occupy, and shall give satisfaction to the mer chant and consumer. The capacity of these mills enables the pro prietors to manufacture a million of yards of tbe woolen cassimeres, if ordered, specimens of which, thirty in number, have been forwarded to us, and similar ones will be sent to any of our dry goods merchants who may order t'uem. Those which have been forwarded to tbe Jour nal may be examined at any time by those who may desire to do so. According to our taste, these goods, judging from the specimens before us, are of an excel lent quality, and the style of them unexception able aud such as we think will suit the popular taste. The varieties of grey, brown, and striped or fancy figures, are very attractive, and the material is soft and elastic, some of a thick and others of a less heavy texture. The Old North State should be proud of such an establishment. These mills reflect a credit upon tbe enterprise of her people which should meet with the most enlarged encouragement, not only throughout her borders, but in the South. It seems to us that the distribution, far and wide, of such specimens of domestic Southern manufacture as are now before as, can only result in securing that Southern patronage, which every consideration pleads should be lib erally extended towards such enterprises in their efforts to build up a home market. Resides their influence in retaining money at home, which would be attracted abroad, for in vestment in such material as we need to clothe our population, these factories present a field of labor adapted to tbe manipulations of women and children, who are debarred from entering into pursuits already occupied by more stalwart laborers, and for which the delicacy of women and tenderness of children unfit them. Facto ries like the mills at Charlotte, dotted here and there through the South, would prove a great blessing by thus supplying the home demand and affording employment to the weaker and more dependent class to which we have re ferred. We rejoice to have it in our power to extend the reputation ofthe Rock Island Wooleo Mills of Charlotte as far as our influence may. extend, and commend this North Carolina factory to the encouragement and patronage of our Virginia and North Carolina people. Norjulk Journal. Terrible Earthquake -A terrriMe earthquake occurred on the Island of Java on June 10th. It was very destiuctive, throwing down many build ings and killing many people. The losses are said to be incalculable. The sugar crop, which had just been brought into the barns, is totally lost. A large number of Europeans and natives perished the report says as many as three hun dred. It was feared also that other parts of Java might be visited by earthquakes. ' Even at Ba tavia shocks were felt on the day the mail started. The rinderpest is also making great ravages among the cattle of Java. SIX MILES SOUTH-EAST OF CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Fifth Session of this School (for Youths) will commence September 16lh, 1867. Terms per Session of Five Months Specie Rates : Primary English,.. $7 50 Higher" " 10.00 Classics, 15.00 No deduction except in cases of protracted sick ness. Boarding, convenient to the Academy, in the families of Rev. John Hunter, Capt. John Walker, Lorenzo Hunter, Esq , aud others, can be obtained at fair rates H. C. REID, Principal, lm August 19, 18G7 FARMERS ! READ T0IS. As the season is approaching for Seeding Wheat we would call your attention to our large and varied stock of FERTILIZERS now being received. Peruvian Guano, Pacic Guano, Baug'u's Super Phosphate, Zell's Super Phosphate, Ketilewell's Manipulated Guano, Lime, Plaster and Cement. As the demand will be great, we advise our Far mers to call early and lay in their supply. Certificates as to the genuineness of these articles will be exhibited and published hereafter. HUTCUISO.V, BURROUGHS & CO., Aug. 1 9, 1867. Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. J. 15 . EiUiVTER & CO., COTTOS FACTORS AXD Prodacc Commission Merchants, CORNER of HIGH AXD WATER STREETS, PORTSMOUTH, VA., Will sell in the markets of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Liverpool or London, Cotton, Tobacco, Naval Stores, Dried Fruit and all marketable Produce. Liberal advancements made on actual shipments, and personal attention paid to purchase of mer chan.lise. August 19. 1867 3m The Southern Fertilizing Company, RICHMOND, VA.t Are now receiviug and preparing their Fall stock of t UTILIZERS, and offer for sale in unlimited quantities Crushed Peruvian Guano, selected from the purest cargoes imported, war ranted pure and of the highest standard; Phospko Peruvian & Old Dominion, prepared under the supervision of Professor William Giliiam for the Wheat crop, combining a lare per centage of the Phosphates, with an adequate amount of Ammonia; - FRESH GROUND PLASTER Orders solicited. JOH.V KNDERS, President. Office No. 104 Fourteenth street, Richmond. CST JOHN A. YOUNG, Agent, Charlotte, N. C. Rock Island Maxcpaotcbixo Co., 1 Charlotte, N. C, Aug, 15, 1867. 1 have been using tbe most approved Fertilizers upon my Farm for many years. Upon my Wheat, Corn and Cotton crop tbia year, 1 used tbe '0d Dominion Fertilizer," and cheerfully le'ify to its merits, by asserting that I have never used any thil gave as much satisfaction, JOHN A. YOUNO. Ang. 19, 186T. 2m IRON COTTON TIES, BAGGING AND ROPE, Just received aiid for sale by Hammond k Mclaughlin. August is;; 897; WHO CAN REGISTER. An Orange Registrar writes to us as follows : "We think all can register who volunteered, and who bad never beld any office under the U. S.cor ernment. Is this right ?" It is, with tbe addition, of course, tfcat the per son must not have held any civil office. He adds: "But any wbo beld office, eveu a militia "office if be participated in the rebellion, r gave aid a'ad comfort, cannot register, But for tbe supplementary ' reconstruct ion act passed at the last session of Congress, militia offi cers might have been excluded under the head as contained in the oath, of "executive office' Ja any State." But tbe supplementary acts pro vides that "the words executive or judicial office in any State, in said oath mentioned, shall he construed to include all civil offices x created by law for the administration of tbe genera) law of the State, or for the administration . of justice n If, therefore, a citizen swears 1 that he' held no civil office before the rebellion, be is. entitled to register if in other respects he can take' the oath and if he held the office, and kept himself un-' spotted from the rebellion, he can register. The same correspondent asks if a mail con tractor before the rebellion can register. We think he can. lie held no office. He also asks if a Magistrate or Postmaster before the war, who took no part in the rebellion, can register. We think he can. lie also asks, MIs a man excluded who was a strong secessionist before and during the war, and never held any office!" lie not ei eluded. It all turns on having held the office before the rebellion, whether he took any oath or not.- Raleigh Standard. ..... Administrator's Sale. IJaving taken Special Letters of Administration on the Estate of Maj. Z. A. Grier, dee'd, and having obtained an order to that effect, I shall expose to Public Sale, FOR CASH, at tbe late residence of tbe deceased, on Tharrday, 5th day of September, 1867, tbe following articles of personal property belonging to said Estate, vis : 200 Bushels or Wheat, 150bu8hels of Corn, 2 fi&e young Mules, 8 or 10 head of Milch Cow and Beef Cattle, in fine condition; 20 bend of Stock Hogs; a lot of Wool and Ginned Cotton. Sale to open at 11 o'clock, a. m. TUOS. GRIER, Administrator. August 16, 1867 3w 820,000 WORTH OF GOLD and SILVER WANTED. Has just returned from the North with a splendid Stock of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, Jewelry Silver and Plated Ware, Table Knives end Cutlery, Mearsbaum and Brier Root Pipes, Guns and Pistols, Ac , 4c, wbicb is warranted superior to anything ever before intro duced into this market, and which will, be sold at twenty-five pet cent less than the same class of goods can be purchased at any other establishment in tbe State. Cty Particular attention will be paid to tbe re pairing of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Ac. Those indebted to me will please close up their accounts, or I will be forced to put them in tbe hands of an officer for collection. CALL AND BEE THE CUCKOO. Ang. 19, 1867. JOHN T. BUTLER. New Furniture! ODECBAF! At DAVIDSON'S FURNITURE STORE, OPPOSITE THE METHODIST CHURCH, Where will be fonnd a full assortment of everything usually kept in that line, as Wardrobes, Book esse, Washstands, Wire and Tin Safes, Desks, Sideboard J, Chairs and tables of all kinds, Bureaus, Cradles, Cribs, Bedsteads of various styles and prices, Side and Corner Stands, Towel Rcks, Ac., Ac. Bedsteads, Of good quality, will be sold at 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 8 and 10 Dollars. Also, Bed Room Suits complete at from 35 to 250 Dollars. Bureaus, At 10, 12, 16, 18 and 29 Dollars, and all otber arti cles of furniture at prices to suit tbe timi. Mattrasses, A lot of good ones, of Shucks, Cotton and Hsir, just received. Also, Tucker's Spring Beds some thing new and good. Chairs and Tables Of all kinds, a full assortment, and Old Cane Seat Chairs, rebottomed with Cane, as good as new, by a competent workman. Metallic Burial Cases, Of all sizes and var:oos patterns, kept constantly on band, from the plainest and cheapest to tbe finest Satin Lined highly ornamented with Silver Handles and Plates, at 33 per cent below old rates. Also, Mahogany, Walnnt and Pine ready made, at 10 per cent less than they can bt bought in this market. These last articles, BEINQ KEPT READY MADE, can be sent any distance at a moments notice. LOOK FOR THE SIGN, "FURNITURE STORE,' Opposite the Methodist Church. Charlotte, N. C, August 12, 1867. 3m Gunny Dagging- and ICope fifl BALES Gunny Bagging, 25 Coils Rope, in TtTt Store and for sale by STE.NHOUSS, MACATJLAY 4 CO. Angust 12, 1867. - COW LOST. My Cow has been missing since tbe 1st of Decern- bet last. She is a black Mulay, aud has the letter M in her right ear; has a brownish stripe running lengthwise on the back, and a while Lag, She ras with calf when she left, and probably bad itaboat the 1st of April. 1 will be thsnkful for any Infor mation as to ber whereabout. She was purchased from some one (name not recollected) in Providence neighborhood. WM. ROAD1GER. August 12, 1867. ' : CONCORD HULLS. Having opened a nouse In Charlotte, near tbe Post Office, for tbe sale of oar own manufactured goods, we invite the attention of merchants and others to our YARNS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, OSNABERGS, CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING YARNS, Ac, Ac. Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. We sell low for Cash. J. Mcdonald a sons, August 12, 1867. Concord, V. C. BANKRUPTCY Vance Sc. Doird Having been admitted to practice in ibe FearI Courts, are prepared to file and prosecute sppl'c tjpng jr Bankruptcy. ufjarious, a, u., July 29, 1867. zm. Patent Iron Cotton Tie. 3 TONS Beard's Patent Iron Cotton Tie This and Tie is acknow ledged to be tbe best i . J eded-rope in the Swth South west. A full supply will be kept and Mia ai a small advance on cost and transportation t) 8TENH0USE, MACACLAY W Aogost I?, 186J
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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