THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE," N, C.
W.J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHIUI.OTTC. IV. C.
September 3, 1867.
Gaston Sui'kkiou Coukt. The Superior
Court of Gaston county was held last week
Judge Gilliam presiding. An important case
(removed from Lincoln county) was tried Wm.
Owens for killing lienj. Withers. ' Without go
ing into particulars, we will merely state that tie
evidence (showed a most brutal and atrocious
case of murder. After a quarrel at the house of
Owens, near Iieatits Ford, and after Withers
had started home in hid buggy, Owens followed
him, rode up behind the buggy and knocked him
in the head with his gun.
The trial commenced Tuesday morning and
continued for three days and half of one night,
closing Thursday evening at 9 p. m. The pro
secution was conducted by W. P. Bynum, Esq.,
Solicitor, and Hon. J. W. Osborne, and the de
fence by Hon. Wm. Lander, Gov. Vance and D.
Schenck, E.q. Much ability was displayed on
both idcs the defence relying ou the plea of
insanity..
The Jury after being out all night, returned a
verdict of guilty. Judgment was arrested by an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
We mu.ilexpres our admiration for Judge
Gilliam, who has always shown himself to be a
good and faithful Judge courteous and just to
all having business in Court. The Solicitor, Mr.
liynum, discharges his duties with fairness and
ability, and to the satisfaction of all, except evil
doers. Aktikicial Limiis. The State of North Caro
lina lias been to great expense to supply her citi
zens who lost legs or arms in tho late war with
artificial limbs, but it has been of little use to
the crippled soldier, for we believe tho testimony
is almost universal that the limbs furnished have
proveu a failure they cannot be used with ease
or advantage. This fact has been so palpably
demonstrated, that the Legislature, at its last
session, passed un Act allowing commutation
money to those wIk had received a limb as well
as to tho.se who did not choose to take one.
The money spent for manufacturing the limbs
at Raleigh has been that much wasted, but'we do
not censure Gov. Worth or the State officers for
it, for they only complied with the law, and no
doubt did the best they could.
We commenced this article more for the pur
pose of saying that many persons are going to
Kaleigh to draw commutation money under a
mistaken idea, and consequently many come
back disappointed. Those who have not actually
lost a leg or un arm. or had one of those limbs
rendered useless or permanently disabled, need
not go. The loss of some fingers, or a wound in
the leg or arm, does not entitle the person to com
mutation. The N. C. and Wil. fc Weldox Rail
KOAiS. We direct attention to the advertise
ment in regard to transporting freight over these
Itouds. The State is a large stockholder in these
l!oad, and therefore the people generally are
intereMed in their success, for if they pay divi
dends into tho public Treasury, it will lessen
taxation to that extent. It costs no more to send
freight over this lino than by other Hues, and ar
rangements have been made to put it through to
Weldon and New York as quick as other Roads
can do it. Those who waut to patronize these
State Roads mu.-t mark their goods via Goldsboro
iii.tul of via Raleigh 6c Gaston Road.
The Schedule of the passenger aud mail train
on the N. C- Road has been changed so as to
leave Charlotte at 5 p. m.. and will arrive at
Goldrbnro at 10 a. m. Freight cars will be at
tached to this train in order to expedite the trails
niisiou of freight. j
ViT We are requested to say that at a meeting
ofapoition of the Republican party of Gaston
county, held on Tuesday last. D. A. Jenkins,
E... and C. C. Withers were appointed dele
gHtcs to the Republican Convention to be held
in Rah i'h on tho 4th of September.
We learn that a Republican meeting was
held in this place on Tuesday evening last, and
delegates appointed to the Convention at Raleigh,
but we have seen nothing of the proceedings.
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M ECKI.EN ill' kg County. The Registrars have
been through the county on their first round, aud
the whole number registered is 1,565 whites, and
1,458 blacks. We think it likely the second
round will increase the white vote.
O We publish a communication on our first
page headed "The loyal citizens of Mecklenburg
county.' The author claims to have been (and so
far as we know was) i-yal to the Union throughput
lhe war ; and when he requested us to publish
his article, we considered it our duty to give him
a hearing, though we take no part in the matters
complaint.
ITF From E. J. Hale Sc Son, publishers of New
York, we have received a handsome book of 350
pages, entitled "Dabney's Defence of Virginia
and of the South.' We have not yet had time
to read it. A copy will be mailed free of post
age on the receipt of the price, SI 50. Address
E. J- Hale Sc Son. 1G Murray street. New York-.
The Me ssrs. Hale will issue this week "The
Diary of a Southern Refugee," by a lady of
Yirgiuia.
ForULAU. We heard a man in an adjacent
county, while announcing himself as a candidate
for the Convention, declare that if the people
elected him he would have the tax on Brandy aud
Whiskey "struck out" by Congress. The man
is said to be crazv, and the boys cot him no to
have some fun, but he evidently has sense enough
. ... ,
to know what is popular.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ft. E. Cochrane with Messrs. Buxbaum k Lang.
Medical Notice Dr. J. j!. Miller.
R. P. Waring, Attorney at Law.
Grocers k Commission Merchants Williard Bros.,
Wilmington, N. C.
Railway Freight Line via Goldsboro.
Tooth Paste Dr. Wm. E. Carr.
Ribbons, Millinery and Straw Goods Armstrong,
Cator & Co., Baltimore.
Cty Bank of Charlotte Brenizer, Kellogg k Peters
A New Order. Capt. Larelle has furnished
us with the following copy of a new order issued
by Gen. Sickles, which requires that the iron
clad test oath shall be taken by all officers ap
pointed under any authority after the 1 9th of
July, 1867:
Ueadqcabtebs 2d Military District,!
Charleston, S. C, Aug. 26, 1867.
General Orders, No. 78.
I All persons appointed to office in this Military
District, under any authority, civilor military, from
! tion l0 lhe oftln 0f office reqUired by municipal or
and after July 19, 1867, shall be required in addi
other regulation, to take and subscribe before a
Notary Public, Magistrate, or other officer authorized
to administer oaths, the oath of office prescribed by
law for officers of the United State?. A copy of the
oalh, duly subscribed and attested, shall be filed
with the Commanding Officer of the Military Post.
Blank forms of the prescribed oath will be furnished
on application to the Post Commander
II. All appointments made by municipal, town,
or county authorities being provisional only, will
be reported to the commanding Officer of the Mili
tary Post within which they are made, who will
forward the same, with his recommendations, to
these Headquarters.
By command of Major-General D. E. Sickles :
J. W. CLUUS, A A A G.
The President and the Military Com
manders. We regret to see that, after it is too
late to do any good for the Southern people,
President Johnson continues to interfere with
the Commanders of the Southern States.
In addition to the removal of Gen. Sheridan,
he has removed Gen. Sickles from the command
of North aud South Carolina, and designated
Gen. Canby as his successor. But Gen. Grant,
whom the President ut ln tne Cabinet in the
place of Stanton, kicks up and actually refuses
to obey the orders of the President, because he
docs not consider them proper! A nice state of
affairs, indeed !
A dispatch from Washington makes the follow
ing announcement :
"It is stated that Gen. Grant has written to the
President, claiming that Congress vested author
ity in the five districts in the General of the
United States Army, lie is unwilling to invest
it in another, and therefore will tit least delay
ordering the execution of the Executive orders
relieving Sickles and Sheridan."
The President did not have courage enough
to take an avowed friend into his Cabinet in the
place of Stanton, but temporized by taking Gen.
Grant to please or mollify the Republican party,
and consequently he has again got into trouble.
Sinco the above matter was put in type, we
learn from the following dispatch that the diffi
culty between Gen. Grant and the President has
been settled :
Washington, Aug. 29. The order removing
Gen. Sickles aud assigning Gen. Canby to the
command of the Second Military District, was
issued this morning. It directs Sickles to go to
New York and report to the Adjutant General.
Gen. Grant had a long interview with the Presi
dent this morning. Their difficulties were ad
justed and he withdrew his letter of j-estsrday.
lhe order was also issued this morning relieving
Sheridan of the command of the fifth Military
District and directing him to take command of
the Department of Missouri, while Hancock is
assigned to the fifth Military District. Thomas
remains in command of tho Department of the
Cumberland. During the late contest between
the President and Gen. Grant, the President
placed himself squarely upon his constitutional
rights aud carried his points.
We thiuk there is yet some doubt about the
matter.
Lawyers. We have always been forcibly
impressed with the courtesy and charity which
lawyers extend to each other, and have often
thought that their examples might be imitated
with profit by other classes of persons, and even
by Ministers of the Gospel. While witnessing
the contest in the Court House at Dallas, Gaston
county, between such men as Osborne and By
num on one side, and Vance, Lander and Schenck
on the other we felt an admiration for the pro
fession that we never felt before. The disputes
atid contentions were conducted in such a gentle
manly, liberal and charitable spirit, aud one or
tho other party yielded with such good grace,
that wo felt it was pleasant, rather than disagree
able, to hear them.
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"We learn that some of the colored people in
this citj' are agitating the question of establishing
a store on the co-operative system.' Raleigh
Progress.
Suppose the white merchants and mechanics
establish co operative stores and shops, and re
solve to employ only white men for any purpose,
what will become of the negroes ? Combinations
of thai sort are dangerous, either among blacks
or whites, and those who inaugurate them may
soon see cause to regret it. People, generally,
will buy where they can buy cheapest, and sell
where they can sell highest. That's human
nature. If combinations are formed against any
particular class of men, that class will be justified
in combining and operatiug for their own defence
and benefit ; and thus it will not be long before
a terrible bad feeling is engendered.
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Maryland. The Convention of Maryland
lias formed a new State Constitution which is to
be submitted to the people on the 18th of this
month. The following are the most important
changes made in the old Constitution :
"No person shall be deemed incompetent as a
witness on account of race or color, except here
after so declared by act of the General Assem
bly;" the absence of any religious test, except
belief in the existence of God, moral accounta
bility to Him, and a condition of reward or pun
ishment in this or the world to come.
Slavery shall not be re-established in this State,
but, having been abolished under the poliey and
authority of the United States, compensation, in
consideration therefor, is due from the United
States. In accordance with this view it is pro
vided that the Legislature "shall take such steps
as may be deemed necessary to urge upon the
United States such aid in compensation for eman
cipation ia this State as was pledged by the joint
resolution passed by the Congress of the United
States, April 10, 1S63. and shall pass such laws
as may be necessary for the distribution of such
aid as may be received from the United States
for that purpose."
The ouly material changes in tho Executive
Department are the conferring of the veto power
ou the Governor, and the abolition of the office
! of Lieutenant Governor.
I 1 he Legislative article restricts the regular
8e8sioas o L ;slature to J0 d nn thp
legislature to vu days,
extra sessious to 30 days. The disability of
ministers of the Gospel to become members of the
General Assembly, which was left out in the
Constitution of 1864, is restored. The State is
forever prohibited from lending its credit to works
of internal improvement.
The provisions :n regard to the elective fran
chise do not differ materially from the article in
the present Constitution, excepting the expung
ing of the test-oath, every white male citizen
being entitled to vote who has the usual qualiti-eatioaa,
I The new Constitution of the State of Mary
, land abolishes the office of Lieutenant Governor.
! It has been tried and found a useless expense.
We hope this will satisfy those in North Carolina
who want to establish such an omce in this state.
There are too many useless offices in the State
now.
Glad op It. The city of Raleigh has at last
; got a Hall for the accommodation of public an
j diences. "Tucker's Hall" is completed and was
t dedicated recently Gov. Swain delivering an
address. There will be no excuse hereafter for
using the Halls in the State Capitol for concerts,
traveling lecturers, &c.
IS? We see that some one has issued a pros
pectus fur publishing a new paper at Lincoln
ton, X. C. This will cause a broad smile on the
face of our old friend Britton, who has had such
hard work to make his bread by publishing a
paper in Liucoluton. Observation teaches us,
that while one newspaper in this State lives and
thrives, a dozen die.
"We beg to suggest that the La Crosse Demo
crat, and such like Northern papers, are not
; proper examples to be followed by Southern
presses. We may admire their wit, their sharp
ness, or their truth, when they utter it. but when
they employ personal abuse of any civil or mili
tary officer in the South, no Southern paper
should give circulation to it. It is important
that the office of every man should be respected,
and the officer should be respected for the sake
of the office if possible, if for nothing else."
Raleigh Sentinel.
The Sentinel is right. We have often cau
tioned the people against being deceived by such
papers. Their editors live secure in the North
from all annoyance and trouble, and are not af
fected if present difficulties are never settled.
They can talk big and saucy, and use a great
many brave words, but what good do they do us
here in the South ? None at all. They do much
harm by leading some persons to expect better
terms than are now offered us. If the southern
people expect northern men with southern senti
ments to help them, they will be disappointed.
Decidedly Good. The Winston Sentinel
published in Forsyth county, makes tho follow
ing statement :
Caught in 12 is own Trap. The manufactu
rers and distillers of this district are familiar with
the system of espionage kept upon them by Reve
nue Collector Crane, through a set of tools and
minions iti his employ, who sold themselves to this
man Crane to watch their betters, and now, we
are glad to announce that the fowler has been
caught in his own net.
A few days ago a man visited Greensboro and
after loitering around for a day or so, went to
Crane and informed him that he was a blockade
runner, and laid down $2,000 on his table and
told him he had 100 boxes of tobacco that he
wanted put through all right. Mr Crane pock
eted the bribe and gave a receipt stating that the
tobacco was all right. The man went to Salis
bury, where Mr Wiley had him and Crane ar
rested for defrauding the government. After the
trial, when everything proved that Crane had ac
cepted the bribe, and bond was required for both,
the stranger pulled out a commission as one of
the chief detectives in the service of the Treasury
Department; then he immediately had Mr Crane
arrested and put under bond for $15,000. Mr
C. has gone to Washington C:ty to endeavor to
make it appear that he was only trying to catch
somebody else. May be he was."
Crane is the man who has been seizinjr so
much property in his District, and recently rep
resented the people as tryiug to cheat the gov
ernment. P. S. We learn that the examination of the
matter did not take place before Mr Wiley he
had nothing to do with 71. But the investigation
took place before Commissioner Worth of Greens
boro. For the Western. Democrat.
VALUABLE SILVER SERVICE RESTORED.
Mr. Editor : As an answer to all applicants,
please publish the following facts :
Something over a year since I received from a
New England soldier a letter addressed to "The
Bishop Polk Missionary Society, Charlotte, N.
C.M There being no such society here, as
Vestryman of the Church, the letter found its
way to my box. Finding it related to Silver
Service, and as I supposed. Church Service,
taken during the war, 1 opened correspondence
with the writer of the letter, with a vague hope of
recovering and restoring the Silver Service of
some Church. That correspondence closed some
weeks back, with an eccentric, vigorous and
honest epistle, making a full revelation of the
locality of th Silver, with an elaborate and accu
rate chart of its locality, one mile from Charlotte.
I immediately sought the spot with some five
or six citizens, and found buried, as iudicated,
not a Church Service, but a valuable- Silver Tea
Service, which has since been restored to the
owner the son of the late Judge James Martin
of Mobile it having .been the property of the
lute Mrs. James Martiu and bore her superscrip
tion, and singular enough at the latter part of the
war the party restoring the Silver was a prisoner
in this State, whilst the party to whom it is re
stored was a prisoner North. If this example
could be followed in rising above malice and re
venge, and each and all render unto the van
quished the things that are theirs ; if forgetting
the strife of war, and listening to the whispers of
conscience, each and all with christian spirit
should strive to wipe out its bloody foot-prints,
by honorable acts of restitution and justice, then
would the life and energy of this devoted laud
revive, tho spear become indeed a vigorous
ploughshare aud the sword a scythe, hope would
give them edge and we would give our sighs to
the past, our struggles to the future.
Charlotte. Sept. SJ. W. A. Williams.
For the Wettern Democrat.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
By previous appointment a meeting was held
in the Court House in Charlotte, on Thursday,
August 22d, 18G7, to inquire what could be done
to suppress the evil of intemperance in our com
munity. The Rev. Dr. Pharr was called to the
Chair aud Rev. Wm. C. Power was requested to
act as Secretary.
After considering several plans, it was resolved
to hold a public meeting in Charlotte on Satur
day the 5th of October, proximo, for the adoption
of such measures as will best secure tho desired
object. n,
Prof. Rockwell of Davidson College, and Rer.
Messrs. Chalmers, Aldrich. Griffith and Power
were appointed a Committee to prepare a general
plan to be submitted for the action of the meeting.
It was resolved to request the ministers of the
various denominations in the county to preach
especially on the subject of Temperance at some
time before the meeting and to request their con
gregations to attend.
It was furthermore resolved to request oar city
papers to publish the call for the above meeting.
Eminent gentlemen are expected lx deliver ad
dresses on the occasion.
Wji. C. Powek Seo'j.
Stockholders Meeting. -The Stockholders
of the Western N. C Railroad held their annual
meeting in this city yesterday. The meeting was
well attended.
The following geotlemen are the directors ap
pointed on the part of the State:
A. M. Erwin, A. M. Powel, George F. David
son, A. S. Merrimon, R. L. Patterson, A. C.
Cowles, F. E. Shober, and Col. S. McD. Tate.
Elected by the Stockholders: Gov. Vance, J.
C. McDowell, Hugh Reynolds, and Col. S. McD.
Tate.
Col. Tate was appointed on the part of the
State, a director, bat was elected by the Stock
holders by a unanimous vote.
At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, Mr
Patton, of Buncombe, was elected Director to fill
the place of Col. Tate on the part of the Stale.
Col. Tate was reelected President and Superin
tendent; Major Wilson, Chief Engineer, and R. F.
Simon ton, Treasurer.
The meeting of Directors then adjourned to
meet in Asbeville on the 20th of September
in order to hold a consultation with the friends
of the Road in that section, with a view of put
ting the whole route under contract between that
place and Morganton Salisbury Banner, 30th.
Important Decision of Judge Fowle.
-We are indebted to a friend (says the Ral
eigh Register) for the following highly interest
ing and important ruling of Judge Daniel G.
Fowle; at the present term of Martin Superior
Court.1 It will be seen that he declares men of
color eligible to sit on juries under the existing
laics o the State, since the abolition of slavery.
This ruling is independent of the Civil Rights
Act of Congress, and the order of Gen. Sickles.
It is simply the construction of the State laws,
regarding the new position of the colored peo
ple, since the abolition of slavery. It must,
therefore, give great satisfaction to the friends
of freedom and peace between the races and
sections; while it reflects honor upon the Bench
and Bar of Martin. We regard this opinion as
one of the happiest omens of the times, since it
evinces a readiness on the part of the white
race in Noith Carolina to do justice to the black:
"At Martin Superior Court, before his Honor
Judge Fowle, as the grand jury were about to
be drawn, Henry A. Gilliam, Esq , acting for
the Attorney General, challenged the array, up
on the ground thst the jury had not been drawn
by the County Court, at its regular term, as re
quired by law.
The challenge was allowed by the Court, the
venire discharged, and the Sheriff directed to
proceed forthwith under section 27th, chapter
Slat, Revised Code, to obtain a jury. Where
upon, the Sheriff, the Clerk of the County
Court, and the three Justices of the Peace, who
had been selected to assist in drawing the jury,
requested the Court to instruct them as to their
duty in regard to placing persons of color on the
venire, whose names had been placed in the jury
box by the County Court.
His Honor charged them, that in order to
constitute a proper jury, according to our laws,
it is necessary: first, that the jurors should be
men of ordinary intelligence; second, of good
character; third, freeholders.
That from colonial times until 1865, our peo
ple had been divided into three classes. lstr
white men; 2nd, free persons of color; 3rd,
slaves.
That the third class were excluded from the
jury box because they were slaves.
That the second class were excluded, be
cause, under the theory of slavery, every person
of . color was prima acie a slave, and that as
every freeman was entitled to be tried by his
peers, the free person of color, against whom
the law raised the presumption of slavery, was
not regarded as the legal peer of the white man.
That the constitution and laws of the State,
never, by express enactment, excluded a col
ored man from serving on the jury, when he
possessed the qualifications required, and that
his exclusion was owing to this- construction as
to the legal pares, and this construction was the
necessary result of the institution of slavery.
This is so, else Henderson, Gaston and tho
other fathers of the law in North Carolina, ex
cluded for a long series of years, free persons
of color from the jury box, through mere inat
tention or omission, which is not for a moment
to be considered.
In 1865, the Convention of North Carolina
abolished the institution of slavery, and all men
were declared freemen. It followed as a ne
cessary sequence, that, as soon as the institution
(out of which this construction grew) was abol
ished, when there were no words of exclusion
in the constitution or laws, free persons of oolor
became entitled to all the rights which were
incident to freemen. One of these rights was
to serve upon juries, when properly qualified. .
The colored man, therefore, is entitled to have
his name placed upon the jury list, whenever
he possesses the qualifications required by law,
and you will be sustained by law in summoning
jurors who are freeholders, regardless of color."
.In accordance with these instructions, a jury
of freeholders (part white and part colored) was
summoned and the court proceeded to business.
EEGISTBATION BETUKNS
We give below the registration returns in this
State as far as received. We shall keep the
table standing until completed by the full re
turns from the State. No county must be re
garded as completed unless it is so stated.
J 1 White. Colored.
Alamance,
Beaufort,
Burke,
Brunswick,
Bladen,
Chowan,
Cabarrus,
Caldwell,
Catawba,
Carteret,
Craven,
Duplin,
Davidson,
Forsythe,
Gaston,
Granville,
Hertford,
Johnston,
Lincoln,
Lenoir,
Mecklenburg,
New Hanover,
Orange,
Pitt,
Robeson,
Rowan,
Sampson,
Wake,
Warred,
Wilson,
Wayne,
398
490
324
375
204
527
849
250
371
286
839
407
442
853
666
347
168
707
328
185
1,565
722
458
441
315
1,667
490
1,626
871
468
851
203
341
203
162
541
619
607
40
118
302
2.120
360
320
315
313
1,240
235
495
211
557
1,458
1,534
397
562
300
954
499
1,471
1486
016
816
X-Tbe Yorkville Enquirer speaks encourag
ingly of the crop prospects in that section. There
will be an average crop of grain.
MARKETS.
New York Aug. 31. Cotton" dull at 27
cents. Gold, 141 f.
Liverpool, Aug. 31. Cotton drooping.
Sales 7,000 bales. ' Quotations unchanged.
New Orleans, Aug. 30. Twenty six deaths
occurred from yellow fever yesterday.
Washington Items. It was rumored in
Washington that Frederick Douglass was to re
ceive the appointment of chief of freedsaens
bureaH,?n place of General Howard, who, it is
said is to be removed.
The negro Langston has applied for the Hay
tian Ministership. The President informed him
that it was not vacant, but should a vacancy oe
cur he saw no reason why his (LacgstonY) claims
should not be considered.
Gks. Sickles. A New York correspondent
says : "Ir, is said that General Sickles will de
cline to be transferred to another field of miliary
usefulness, but will return to New York to follow
the practice of law."
1 David F. Caldwell, Esq., has become the
Editor of the Greensboro Patriot. Mr Ingold,
the former Editor, takes charge of the mechanical
department of the office.
Judge Little, instead of Judge Fowle, will
ride this (the 6th) Circuit.
Rock Island Woolen Mills This well
known manufacturing establishment at Char
lotte, N. C, is now in full operation. The mills
have been enlarged, and the machinery has been
adapted to the production of the best styles of
all wool casimeres which are made in America.
The capacity of these mills enables the pro
prietors to manufacture a million of yards of the
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 them.
Wilmington Post.
The Cabinet. "Data," of the Baltimore Sun,
telegraphs to that Journal as follows:
"Rumors and positive statements are made to
night that all the Cabinet had resigned to-day;
that Gen. Grant and the President had an un
pleasant discussion during the session of the Cab
inet this afternoon; that Gen. Grant leaves the
War Department to-morrow, and dispatches to
this effect have been sent hence. Upon the au
thority of the President and a member of the
Cabinet, I am enabled to say that there is no
foundation in fact for these rumors and statements
above mentioned. It is a fact however, that there
is an understanding, among members ofthe Cabi
net, that they will tender their resignations should
Mr Johnson indicate that he desires them to do
so, and this is about the only authoritative, defi
nite matter known as to probable changes in the
Cabinet.
A pressure is continued in certain influential
quarters for changes, as suggested in these dis
patches heretofore, but I can say confidently that
the President has not informed any one of his
decided purpose of reorganizing the Cabinet,
though those who press the matter upon the
President have full confidence that Mr Johnson
will make at least two changes. So far as Gen
eral Grant's position as Secretary of War ad in
terim is concerned, it may be said that the Presi
dent when he made the appointment had not
determined how long it should continue, nor is it
now settled There is no ill feeling between
General Grant and Mr Johnson."
From the Richmond Christian Observer.
A correspondent eends the following sketch
of Concord Female College :
Messrs. Editors: An estimable friend once
told me that he almost invariably read over the
greater portion of the advertisements in a news
paper in order to find out something about the
character and pursuits of tho people and the
movements of society. It is certainly gratify
ing to the large parish of readers with whom
the "Observer" holds weekly converse, to notice,
from the numerous advertisements, the rapid
reconstruction and reorganization of schools
throughout the South.
-Few of these present higher claims to public
favor than the flourishing Institution under the
care of the Concord Presbytery, located at
Statesville, Iredell county, N. C. Its healthful
situation, its spacious buildings, its experienced
Faculty, its accessibility by railroad, and the
excellent moral and religious character of the
community all combine to render it worthy of a
large patronage. An attendance upon the ex
ercises of the recent examination has convinced
me that its course of instruction is unusually
thorough and the standard of scholarship un
usually high. The interesting class of eleven
graduates were all members of the church, four
of the number having obtained a hope in Christ
during their connection with the College. Slay
its efficient Faculty long be spared as instru
ments of good to the church and country at
large. lours, truly, S.
In Rutherford county, on the 22d ult., Brown
Harvey, 18 years old and very Email for his age, to
Mrs Elizabeth Waller, aged about 75 years.
In Beaufort, on the 22d ult., Capt. J. L. Manney
to Miss S. W Siyron.
On the 15th ult., Mr James W. Davis of Stokes
county, to Miss Nannie D. Ilollinswortb of Surry
county.
In Buncombe county, on the 1st Inst.. Mr Jesse
Greer, to Miss Laura L. Thrash.
In this city, on the 29th ult., Wm. K. Reid, Esq.,
in the 59th year of his age. Mr Reid was for many
years Clerk of the County Court for Mecklenburg
county.
In this city, on the 28lh ult., Mra. Margaret L.
Spratt, wife of Chas. E. Spratt, of this city.
In Gaston county, on the 24th ult., Mr Frederick
Kims.
At Beaufort, on the 27th ult., Louise K., infant
daughter of John L. and Lanra V. Pool; aged 8
months.
On the 9th init., at Lenoir, Caldwell county, Mrs.
Caroline E Harper, wife of James Harper, Esq., in
the 60th year of her age.
OBITUARY.
Williau Luther, only child of ITenry and Jnlia
S. Bryant, died July 13th, 1867, aged 9 montba and
23 dayc.
Thus are revered the tender ties that bind onr
hearts to earth ; and thus by oar Saviour are others
twined to draw us op to Heaven.
"I take these little lambs." raid he,
"And lay them in my bread ;
Protection they shall find ia me,
In me be ever blest.
Bis words the mourning parents hear,
And sing in strains divine:
0 Savioar, all we have and are.
Shall be forever thine."
$2 MiaiSTKB OF TBB GOSFXL.
DR. J. H. MILLER
Has returned home, and baa resumed Practice in
Charlotte.
" September 2, 1867.
ROBERT P. WARING, v
Attorney and Counsellor at Lair
CHARLOTTE, N. 0.
Office, 3 doors West of the National Bank, and
opposite Carson's new building.
September 2, 1867.
R. E. COCHRANE
WITH ,
Messrs. BUXB1UM & LANG,
I would respectfully inform my friends and farmer
customers that I am now engaged with the firm s)f
Messrs. BUXBACM & LANG, dealers ia Dry Goods,
Clothing and Gent's Famishing Goods, Boots aad
Shoes, and would be pleased to wait opon them. l
September 2, 1867. R. E. CO CD RANK.
J. A. WILLIARD. A. A. WILLIAPJX
WILLIARD BROTHERS,
IVIIOLCSALC GROCERS
AND
COMMISSION MEHCHAIITS,
And Agents for the Hazard Powder Co., and Marvin
& Co.' Safes. Also, Emery's Cotton Gin asd Com
denser, and Foster's Cotton Planter,
Nos. 29, 30 and 31 North Water Strik
iniiivrGTOjr, r. c
September 2, 1867. 6m
IYOTICE.
On the 15th September inst., the Banking Boas
of BRENIZER, KELLOGG tt PETERS will b
merged into the .
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
and the business will be conducted at the old staad,
Trade Street, Springs' Building.
A. G. BRENIZER has been chosen Cashier, and
C. N. G. BUTT, Teller, late Teller first National
Bank of Wilmington. The Bank will then ba pre
pared to transact all business usually done by an
incorporated Bank, and will endeavor, by Its fair
and liberal dealing, to merit a share of the pubUo
patronage.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 2, 1867.
Fall and Winter ImportallonMlSGV.
Ribbons, Millinery and Straw Goods
armstrongTcator & CO.,
Importers and Jobbors of Bonnet, Trimming and
Velvet Ribbons, Bonnet Silks, Satins and Velvets,
Blonds, Netts, Crapes, Ruches, Flowers, Feathers,
Ornaments, Straw Bonnets and Ladies' Hats, trim
med and untrimnied, Shaker Hoods, &c.
237 axd 239 BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, 1TX.
Offer the largest Stock to be found in this Country,
and unequalled in choice variety and cheapness,
comprising the latest Parisian novelties. .
Orders solicited and prompt attention given.
September 2, 1867.
NORTH CAROLINA
ALL STATE RAILWAY LINES
FROM CHARLOTTE
And all points on the N. C. and- its connecting Ball
Roads to the Seaboard at Wilmington, N. C, t
Norfolk, Va., via Goldsboro ; also via
PETERSBURG AND CITY POINT.
The Railways composing this all State Railway
line have recently agreed to unite in a
Great Through Air Line
Route to all the Northern markets on equal terms
and charges via our own ports, or by way of Norfolk
or Petersburg, Va., to and from the North.
No discrimination in favor of any place or city,
only so far as to carry the great products of b
State as well as return merchandise over tbe Rail
way lines largely owned by the State.
This arrangement, while it giveaas greattfacllW
ties and as cheap rates as by any other line, will
id in paying something into the State Treasury
and into the common school fuad, by which taxes
will be lightened and the poor children educated.
These are some of the reasons for a change of routs
to pass by Goldsboro.
The N. C. R. R., tho Wil. k Weldon R. R., and the
Seaboard and Roanoke Rail Road Companies, bavs
agreed that all goods, not otherwise specially
directed, shall pass by way of Goldsboro, for Balti
more, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, at the
same rates and in the same time that they can bo
carried by any other route.
This has been arranged and freight trains now ram
in close connection from Portsmouth to Cb arietta.
Cars Run Through Without Breaking-
Bulk.
JJSIF Be careful in shipping from New York to
ship by old Dominion Steamship Co., 187 Green
wich Street, or Pier 37, North River.
By old Bay line from Baltimore.
By Clyde's Steamers or- Annemessie Railway,
Philadelphia.
By E. Sampson k Co. Steamers, Central Wharf,
Boston.
r See that no special direction is given td
your goods by any Railway not mentioned hftee.
Take a through receipt to go by the "Inland Air
Line," care of li. E. Agent, Portsmouth.
WILLIAM SMITCI,,
Master of Transportation.
Sept. 2, 1867. 1m Wil. k Weldon R. R. Co.
TOOTH PASTE.
Saponaooouoi
PREPARED BY DR. WM. E. CARR.
Any person wishing to nnrcbase an article that
will remove tartar from the teeth, also onrifv th
breath, will find it will do both, and give health is
tne gums.
P. 8 Any person that will rive it a thorough
trial and feels that it fails their money will be re
funded September 2, 1867.
Sup'ts Office IV. C. R. R. Co.,V
Company Shops, Aug. 29, 1867. j
On and after Sunday, September Tst, trains will
ruo on the North Carolina Railroad as follows t
Mail Thai.
Leave Charlotte, Arrive at Charlotte,
5 p. m. 10.9 a. m.
Fueigjut Tbajs.
Leave Cbarlotie, j Arrive at Charlotte
4:11 p. m. 7 p. m.
The mail train will cooneci at Greensboro', RaL
eigh and Goldsbor.-
Time the same to all points North by either rents.
Also makes daily connection with trains lor VJi
mington aod Newbern.
Sept. 2,1867. JAS. ANDERSON, ftap
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Sept. 2, 1867.
CoaaicTio bt Stcxhouse, Maca.clay k Co.
Cotton Since osr last report cotton has grad
ually declined. Sales for the week 55 bales at front
17 to 20 cents, purchaser paying tax. On Friday
and Saturday these figures were barely maintained.
This decline is principally bated on the expectation
of a large crop growing, though lbs stock on band
in this country and Liverpool is less than at this
time last year.
Floor keeps steady at $4.75 ts $5 per sack (mm.
wagons.
Corn has again declined, weuoU at 99 cents to
$1 per bushel stock on band light.
Wheat, $1.60 to $1.80 per bnsbel, as to quality.
Peas, $110 to $1.25. Pats, 40 to 45 cents.
Bacon is firm at 16 cents, for hog round, from
wagons; Baltimore .clear sides selling from stores
at 20 to 22 cents. Lard, 17 to 18 cents.
Fresh Batter, 20 to 25 cents ; Chickens, .20 to li
cents ; JEggt, 15 to 20 cents. i
Liverpool Salt, $3.40 to $3.50 per sack.
Corn Whiskey doll at $2.25 to $2.50 per gallon.
Molasses, 75 cents to $1 per gallon by retail