Til JS W E S T E R I) EM O &tfSft R ftE N . C. n
W.J. TATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.
September 17, 18G7.
The Editor is absent, which will account
for the small quantity of editorial matter in this
issue of the Democrat. We hope our readers
wiU hear with us until the return of the Editor.
The Amnesty Proclamation. President
Johnson has issued his long looked for Amnesty
Proclamation, which may be found in another col
umn of to-day e paper. He declares that all per
90D8 yet unpardoned, exeept those who are ex
cluded, may now receire the desired pardon by
taking and subscribing the well known amnesty
oath. The preamble, which is very long, recites
the substance of former proclamations.
t The President makes the amnesty Proclama
tion of May 29th, 18G5, the basis of his present
action, and says that the full and beneficent par
don conceded thereby should be opened and fur
ther extended to a large number of persons who
have hitherto been excluded from Executive
clemency. It Is said that ft is never too late to
do good, therefore we should accept the Procla
mation as a mark of the Presidents clemency
and kindness to the Southern people.
The Wilmington Journal says of the Procla
mation :
"The President's Amnesty Proclamation has
had the effect of psrdooiog every individual resi
dent of this city with the exception of Gen. Robert
Ransom. To him no pardon has ever been ex
tended, and he is the only resident of the city,
who comes under any of the four exceptions
named in the Proclamation, who has not received
a special pardon."
We learn-that Dr. I. W. Jones. Superin
tendent of the United States Branch Mint in this
city, will open the Assay Department in the
course of a few weeks.
EP So far as we are individually concerned
in a pecuniary point of viw, we do not care how
much southern people patronize Northern news
papers but we know that many North Carolina
papers have suspended for the want of support,
while thousands of dollars were sent abroad for
papers that could not be as useful to our citizens
as those published in their own State.
The following article from the Asheville News
puts the matter in such a truthful light that we
hope it will effect some good, and induce our
people to first support and encourage home in
dustry and enterprise :
Justice to Ourself. We don't like to grumble,
but we think we have a right to complain when
we bear men say they cannot afford to take their
own coony paper, whose editor is striving hard,
through it, to build up the ruined fortunes of the
country, and thereby do all in hi power for the
good of his neighbors, and then find these same
poor people can spare time and money to make
up clubs for papers published thousands of miles
from the rn, hose only merit consists in its abuse
of a few politicians, without producing an iota of
good to the country at large and this section in
particular. To our mind it shows but little love
for the section in which they live, and certainly
gives but poor encouragement to the editor of
their own paper.
It is a melancholy fact that in the past few
months we have seen in one or two Northern pa
pers, gri-at boasting of th immense increase to
their subscription fmm the South, from which
they have become rich. At the same time a de
cently conducted Southern paper can scarcely
obtain enough patronage to keep the editor from
starving. Now, if these Northern papers did
any good, we would not complain, but they only
and-r to a vitiated taste for personal abuse, and
ow, plang reading they d. great harm to the
country ss well as to individuals. We have just
as good talent and as enterprising men in the
South as at the North, and if the patronage of
the Southern people to Northern journals was
concentrated on Southern journals, it would
bring them out. and with them we should have
purer and higher toned literature newspapers
that would do good and not harm to our people.
The Issue of Rations. It will be seen by
the following Circular, issued by Gen. Miles.
Assistant Commissioner of the Freed men's Bu
reau, that the issuing of rations to the poor has
been discontinued, except to the sick in regularly
organized hospitals.' and to the orphan asylums
for refugees and freedmen :
Bureau Refugees. Freed'n y Abanil Lands. 1
Headquarters Aas't Com. State of N. C-,
Kaleigh, N. C, Sept. 4th, 18C7. )
Circular, No, 17.
In accordance with instructions from the Com
missioner of this Bureau, it is ordered that im
mediately, on reoeipt of this Circular, the issue of
rations be discontinued, except to the sick in
regularly organized hospitals, and to the orphan
asylums for refugees and freedmen. already es
tablished, and that the State officials, who may
be responsible for the care of the poor, be imme
diately notified of this order, so that they may
assume charge of such indigent refugees and
freedmen as are not embraced in the above ex
ceptions. In notifying State and County officials of this
phange. they will be requested to make report
as to what course they will pursue, which reports
will be consolidated by Sub-Districts and for
warded to this office. Prompt action, and the
necessity of assuming the charge of their own
poor, will be impressed upon the proper authori
ties, as the government and private sympathies
pannot be expected to always provide for the des-
tn thej haT beretofore done.
Officers and aerenta r remiAefa1 tn nu 11
means in their power to impress upon the colored
people the importance of providing for future
exigencies, oy economical habits and saving of
.uuuvmg iem IO aeposit their surplus
means in the -Freedmen' s..;..., tv..
Company," an institution incorporated by Act of
ii-ur8 ui mis company have been
opened in W ilaungton and Newbern, aud a third
is proposed in oe established in Kaleigh, to which
places monies can be sent through the Bureau.
By attention and exertion it may beoome iu1v.n
f ageous to establish other branches i n thia Stats
and popresponding advantages thus be gained.
By command of Col. and Brevt. Mai. General
?LS03 A. Miles. Ass't Com.
JACOB F. CHUR,
Brevet Lieut. Col., A. A. A. Gen.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Molasses Hutchison, Burroughs k Co.
Mecklenburg Female CollegeRev A G Stacy, Prest.
Groceries and Confectioneries Nisbet k Maxwelf.
Wilmington Charlotte k Rutherford Railroad.
Land for sale J N Ivy, Beaties' Ford, N C.
Cooper Shop Removed Gas Scbnider. -1
Prospectus of the Carrier Dove, or Jleckle&barg
female College Magazine..
Names. Inasmuch as old party lines have
been obliterated, we have thought about changing
the name of our paper, but have concluded that
names mean nothing definite, and therefore it is
not necessary to make any change. For instance,
the St. Louis Democrat" is a violent 'radical
republican paper, while the St. Louis "Republi
can" is a democratic paper. But if oar friends
of the two old parties would prefer a change, we
invite mem to indicate the reasons, and we shall
govern ourself accordingly.
Order from Gen. Sickles. Capt. Lazelle
has furnished as with the following order from
Geo. Sickles:
Headq'rs Second Militart District,
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 5, J8G7.
Special Orders, No. 144.
Extract
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IV. Whereas the General Assembly of North
Carolina adopted an Act entitled "An Act for the
relief of Executors. Administrators, flee," rati
fied March 7. 1867, whereby it was enacted in
substance as follows: That Executors, Adminis
trators, Guardians, Sheriffs, Constables, Coro
ners, Clerks of the Supreme and County Courts.
Clerks and Masters of the Court of Equity. Trus
tees, and others holding places of a fiduciary
character, should not be held liable for having
received in payment of debts the currency of
the Confederate States, or for having invested
trust fundi in their hands in the securiti.es of the
said Confederate States; that said Guardians,
Trustees aud others should have' authority to
compromise claims in their hands arising before
May 1, I8G5. and declaring such compromises
valid and binding on all parties; that in oases of
contracts wherein any person acting in a fidu
ciary capacity is concerned, and where deduc
tions should be claimed by reason of such con
tract being founded on the Confederate or any
other depreciated security, such persons acting
in a fiduciary capacity to have authority in con
junction with the party or parties therein con
cerned to appoint arbitrators to assess in gold
value the property in reference to which such
contract was made at the time of making the
same, their award to be binding on all parties
interested therein; and that Executors and Ad
ministrators should have authority to prefer any
creditor or creditors of the deceased persons
whom they represent over all other creditors of
equal dignity, such payments to have like force
and effect and such personal representative
should in all cases be treated in law and equity
as though judgment had been conferred in favor
of the preferred creditor or creditors as therefore
allowed by law; and whereas said Act of the
General Assembly of North Carolina is in viola
tion of the Constitution of the United States in
asmuch as it impairs the obligation of the con
tract subsisting between persons acting in fidu
ciary capacities, and thogo for whom they are
empowered to act, and is in violation of the Acts
of Congress passed from time to time, prohibiting
and declaring unlawful all Acts in aid of the late
rebellion; and whereas the said Acts are in vio
lation of the rights of minors and others: It is
therefore ordered, that the said Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly above recited be and are hereby
in all things revoked, annulled, and deolared void
and of no effect.
It is further ordered, that nil acts done, or suf
fered in virtue of the authority attempted to be
conferred upon Trustees and others standing in
fiduciary relations, are annulled and declared
void as to the rights and remedies of all persons
affected or prejudiced thereby.
It is further ordered that all suits or proceed
ings at law or in equity instituted for the purpose
of giving effect to the provisions of said Act. or
founded upon any right or authority claimed to
have been conferred by the authority thereof,
and all pleas, answers and defences alleging any
right or authority claimed to be derived as last
aforesaid, be dismissed with costs to the party
against whom said suits or proceedings shall
have been brought.
All judgments, orders and decrees final and in
terlocutory, and so much and such parts thereof
as affirm or enforce any of the provisions of said
Acts are revoked and annulled, and declared of
no affect, and the courts wherein the same are
entered or docketed are hereby required to dis
miss the same, as to all matters relating to any
right and authority claimed under the act of leg
islation aforesaid, with costs as above provided.
By Command of Maj. Gen. D. E- Sickles :
J. W. CLOUS,
Capt. 33th U. S. Inf., A. D. C. and A. A. A. G.
Order i rom Gen. Canbt. Gen. Canby has
issued the following order :
Headquarters 2d Military District. ?
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 7. 1867. S
General Orders, No. 86.
It being known that many persons, subject to
parole under the terms of the surrender of the
insurgent armies, have, since the ninth day of
April, 1865. voluntarily exiled themselves from
the States lately in rebellion, thereby evading
obligations manfully assumed and faithfully ob
served by all others subject thereto, and have
since returned to the United States :
It is ordered that all such persons now resident
or domiciled, or who may hereafter become res
dent or domiciled within the limits of the Second
Military District, the States of North and South
Carolina, be required to give, within thirty days
after the receipt of this order, at the Headquar
ters of the Post or District in which they may
be resident or domiciled, the parole prescribed on
the 9th day of April. 1865.
The parole will be given in duplicate one to
be retained by the person who gives ic and the
other to be forwarded to District Headquarters
for record and transmittal. The Provost Mar
shal General of the District is charged with the
execution of this order.
By command of Brevet Mnf. Gen. Casbt.
LOUIS V. CAZIARC, A. A, G.
A Remarkable Disclosure. The following
extracts from a private letter to a citizen of
Edgefield, written from Chesterfield District, S.
C, gives an alarming state of affairs in that sec
tion: Have you a society over your way called the
Uuion League or Red String? I do not know
whether they are the same or not. but I have
heard both names. I learn that the Red Strings,
as they call themselves, are taking a strong hold
in North Carolina. They had a large meeting
last week at Wadesboro. Some two or three
thousand negroes attended. I hear, also, that a
good many whites in the upper part of this Dis
trict have joined, and Isupposo negroes also. I
have not heard of a respectable white man be
longing to them. The negroes in this neighbor
hood had a private meeting . at the Court House
(I mean in the village) last Saturday. They
would not admit any white man. They are to
have another next Saturday. What the object of
the meeting is we do not know, but I suppose it
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IS, OI COUrse, lu U'wiuuu tuo -vutwa ui mo
South. The negroes at Heart are very untnenaiy
to the whites.
Thev are forming oompanies and electing offi
cers, and as soon as they get through with their
crops will commence drilling. Some living near
me (on Evan's plantation) nave been neara to say
that they were read v at any moment to take up
arms that the Yankees need not fight the Rebs
giq, for, if they would ffive the negroes guns.
hay would do the ficrhtine. My son heard this
from negroes that I know, and also I know that
they had the very kindest masters while slaves,
and never wanted for anything. These yery ne-
Sroes have always been thought a great deal of
y the whites, and treated with a great deal of
respect. If they talk so, what k&je we Jo expect
fCuIS 9tbFP
ORDER FROM GEN. CANBl.
. , ; BsAngoABTaaa 2d Uilitakt Dirraicr,
Charleston, S. C, Sept. 9. 1867,
Special Orders, No". 148. ' .
' ' Exlract.l V.tl, "
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IX. The following appointments of Registrars
made by Post Commanders to fill existing vacancies,
are hereby confirmed :
- Military Post of Charlotte.
Covm op Catawba. J J Sigmoa, vice J R Ellis.
Cocxtt or Lrxcour. D Hoss, vice Ed mond Saun
ders.
County or Stahlt. Benjamin Davis, vice W H
Randal.
Cocsrr or Aarsos. Thomas Tomlinson, vice E
Fulling?; Robert II Tajlor, vice John Jams; J A
Richardson, vice Joseph Allen; R B Horton, vice
Alexander Little; John Boylin, vice W McKarlana
By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Ed. R. S. Canby.
LODIS'V. CAZIARC, Aid-de-Camp,
Act. Asst. AdjL General,
TnE Maine Election. Portland, Maine,
Sept 10 Chamberlaio was elected Governor
yesterday by about 14,000 votes. The Demo
crats have made gains throughout the State.
The Republican loss in Bath is 247. Biddeford
gives a Democratic majority of 240, against 90
last year. The Democrats will gain representa
tives in8omo of the towns, bat it will not give
them much power io the Legislature. t
In one hundred and nine towns, giving Cham
berlain over 6,000 majority, there is a Repub
lican loss of over U.UUU votes.
Negro Suffrage. The Cincinnati Enquirer
says :
"Every State in the North to which it has
been submitted has voted it down. Connecticut
voted it down last year by 6,000 majority; New
York voted it down in 1860 by 140,000 majority:
Illinois voted it down in 1862 by 190,000 ma
jority. - In Pennsylvania and Indiana" no party
has the courage to submit it- Ohio will vote it
down by a large majority this fall."
Arrest of a Negro Speaker in South
Carolina. We are glad to learn from the
Beonettsville Journal that Nat. Williams, the
negro incendiary lecturer, a description of whose
harangues appeared in the Charleston Mercury,
of the 24th ult., has been arrested and carried
to Darlington. He is charged with preaching
incendiary doctrines to the freed people of
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oiariDoro ai6tnci, mu wm ue irieu oy s mili
tary commission. I nere are others in different
portions of the "second district" that should be
looked after. One. with a white skin, made use
of expressions in Western North Carolina that
were of such a character as to warrant the inter
ference of the district commander. Columbia
Phoenix.
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From Massachusetts Gov. Bullock has
been renominated for Governor of Massachu
setts. One of the resolutions adopted by the
Convention says :
"We, therefore, in behalf of the people of
Massachusetts, while declaring our approval of
the just measures of Congress to arrest the ca
reer and defeat the plans of this dangerous and
desperate man, pledge also to that body in the
future the fullest support in such Constitutional
measures, as, in its wisdom, it mar find it ne
cessary to resort to io furtherance of the 6a mp
end; even to the exercise of its extraordinary
power to remove from office this destroyer of
the public peace and the enemy of the Govern-;
ment itself.'''
Important. At a convocation of a number
of the Judges recently held in Raleigh, it was
decided by them that where defendants in ac
tions of ex-contracts returnable to Spring Term
1867, failed to comply with the provision of the
Convention Stay Law by paving one tenth of
the debt and costs of suit, the provisions of the
stay law would no longer apply as defendants
had neglected or refused to avail themselves of
its provisions, and such suits in court will now
stand as they would have done prior to the war,
and judgements will be rendered at rail lerm,
1867, for the entire debt, subject to the provi
sion of General Order Nft. 10, which stays ex
ecution until the 11th of April, 1868. The
Judges concurring in this decision and who
will be governed by it on the Fall Circuit, are
Warren, Fowle, Barnes, Buxton aod Shipp.
Chief Justice Pearson approved of the decision.
Salisbury Old North State.
Shooting Affray Between an Ex Slave'
and his Former Master. A dispatch from
Parkersburg, West Yirgioiav6th inst , tells the
following story ;
A man named James Wilkes, residing near
this place, and formerly a large slave-holder, en
tered into a dispute with a colored man named
Stephen Evans, last night regarding politics.
Evans had formerly been a slave of Wilkes, and
in the dispute severely berated him for the treat
ment he had received at the hands of the latter
while he was his slave. He finally told Wilkes
that he was a liar, when Wilkes drew a revolver,
and fired three shots at Evans, one taking effect
in bis shoulder, making a severe but not serious
wound. The negro then grappled with his as
sailant, and trenched the weapon from his hand
He then fired two discharges at Wilkes, both
shots taking effect, making severe but not dan
gerous wounds. The negro then crossed the
river .to Marietta, Ohio. Wilkes after having
his wounds dressed, left for Wheeling.
Tnit Whisky Tax. A radical change in the
manner of collecting tha whisky revenue tax will
be recommended at the next session of congress,
embracing a proposition to dispense with the
offices of inspectors, detectives A , providing that
each whiskey still shall be taxed to the amount
of its capacity. An inspector or gauger of stills
will be ordered to ascertein their capacity; after
which the proprietors can obtain from the collec
tor of the district a license to run them for a
week, month, or year, as they choose to select,
which license must be paid for in advance. The
cost of the licence will, of course amount to the
nresent tax on the manufactured article. It is
believed that by this method the government will
be eoabied to collect three limes as much tax as
it now does, and will at the same time protect
honest distillers. Chronicle.
Io Richmond, Ind., recently, three brothers
started to the woods hunting, when a younger
brother determined upon going with them, but
the older ones remonstrated against bis going;
the younger brother still kept following them
up when the older ooes, becoming angry, whip
ped and beat him to death. They then con
cealed the body of their brother in the woods.
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There is s story of a Mississippi steamboat
pilot recently deceased, to the effect that, being
impressed into the Union serviee ' during the
of Vieksbursr. bo used to constantly com
municate important facts to Geo. Femberton by
throwing the rajs of the sua from a mirror on
nnmher of hooses in Yicksburg. each of which
j was mads to represent letter of th alphabet.
Tobacco. The Buffalo Courier says: Tobac
eo seems to be of great use in prisons, not only
as a substitute, but also as a most" useful aid to
discipline. With reference to this a very curious
developement has come out during a recent de
bate in the .Austrian Chambers. C Complaints
were made, as they are made about our own pris
ons, that life in them was getting somewhat too
comfortable for the purpose. The minister of
J ustice, however, defended the measures intro
duced for the alleviation of the hard lot of the
condemned criminals. Not only the reading of
newspapers, he said had proved beneficial, but,
and in a much higher degree, the introduction of
tobacco smoking. He said: "I avow the truth
of the fact that the convicts are now allowed snuff
and pipes. Nay, I am proud of having myself
introduced it in several places; for the permission
to use snuff and smoke tobacco is a mazic aid of
discipline. It simply acts like a miracle. The
mere threat of forbidding tobacco acts instanta
neously upon the most hardened culprit. No
smount of solitary confinement or flofirsiogr comes
in the remotest degree near it." For the past
year or so tobacco has been issued to the soldiers
in our army, they drawing their rations of plug
as regularly as rations of bread, - meat or coffee.
We should think it might also be used as a dis
ciplinarian in - this case. There is probably no
liabit that gives such control over a roan as the
use of tobacco, particularly when chewed. We
remember several years ago seeing an account of
a train of cars snowed in for several days on a
Western prairie, the passengers being a great
portion of them without food. Yet when sup
plies werereached, the first loud cry was not for
food or drink, but for chewing tobacco. It is a
novel idea to make this passiouately loved article
a disciplinarian; but it seems an eminently sensi
ble one. i ,
An Example Worth Following. We were
surprised, a few days since, to find a young friend
of ours, a lad of rather delicate mould, busily en
gaged in the rough work of a common laborer,
handling the boards with which a carpenter was
repairing a certain building. Lie says that he
has been at the business for several weeks, and
having failed to find other employment, deter
mined to adopt this, as better than nothing. He
hopes by proper diligence to learn the trade, and
to become, eventually, a skillful journeyman car
penter. This is an example worth following.
Hard labor is not only not degrading, but it is
dignifying, and the true aristocracy of the coun
try should look to the artisans as its founders.
The false ideas which prevailed some yeais since j
in reference to trades, bas been at last given up,
and it is now with a commendable feeling of pride
and self-reliance that a roan can say, I am a
mechanic," Just so, at one time, prevailed the
prejudice in England against merchants, physi
cians, and barristers; but the discoveries and in-'
ventions which emanated from the brain-working
and hard working student and mechanician, soon
raised higher than a king the humblest of the
humble workmen. The principle culminated in
America, and to day the craftsman can hold his
head higher in America than can Albert, Prince
of Wales, in England. Is it not so? Wilming
ton Post.
Who is She? The Baltimore papers having
at last disclosed the name of the youthful and
accomplished North Carolina debutante, who has
recently appeared upon the boards of Holiiday
Street Theatre, we may state, what we have known
for some time, Hwborshe is. The young lady
is Miss Laura Alexander, of Lincolnton, daugh
ter of the late Julius Alexander, Esq , of Char
lotte. She is described as possessig rare tallants
and accomplishments, and the Gazette speaks in
high terms of her debut, in the fine comedy of
taste, bo with the other papers, except the
American, which teas much pleased and so ex
pressed itself, until it learned that Miss A. was a
Southern young lady, when it opened the bat
teries of a harsh criticism upon her acting. With
the true Jacobin spirit, it has now carried its poli
tics into art, even to assailing the aspirations of
young, sensitive and struggling genius. In spite
of all thi3, the generous public of Baltimore have
taken Miss Alexander most encouragingly by the
hand. Raleigh Sentinel.
A Manly Act. In the severe storm on last
Thursday the abutments were swept from one
of the culverts on the Gettysburg railroad near
ilaoover, but without carrying off the log ofl
which the rail rested, so that a person looking
from above could not see tlat anything
was wrong A colored man who lived in the
neighborhood, David Thompson, ascertaining
the facts, walked on Friday morning more than
a mile and a half in the driving rain to give
notice of the accident to the approaching traio.
But for this timely notice the probabilities are
an accident would have occurcd, involving loss
of life and property. Some of the passengers
raised him a small purse, aod we understand
the railroad company nave . given him a free
ticket over their road. Gettysburg Sentinel.
How to get Ricn. Stick to your business.
There is a man in New York city who has a
chicken stall at one of the markets, tie is now
reported to be worth two millions of dollars. He
lives in a large brown scone palace on Brooklyn
Heights, the furniture of which cost $120,000.
He attends to the sale of his own chickens, oever
taking breakfast at home, but coming over to
the market every morning between the hours of
four aod five o clock. He ean be seen every
day, standing behind a marble counter, with a
white apron on. In the afternoon he drives out
with his wife and family, or a few friends, in an
elegant carriage.
tS3& Henrv H. Haight, just elected Governor
of California, is a native of Kocheskr, New York,
and is about forty-fire years of age. He is a son
of f letcuer M. llaigut, formerly a distinguished
lawyer in Rochester and in St. Louis, and subse
quently eminent at the bar ofSan Francisco. He
was, during the last years of his life, District
Judge of California, appointed by Mr Lincoln.
The younger Mr 11 aigbt -graduated at Yale Uol
lege in 1844 or '45, studied law in Rochester, and
has practiced most successfully at the bar both in
St. Louis and San Francisco. He is said to be a
man of yery decided talents, most pleasing ad
dress and irreproachable character.
A correspondent, writing us from! Davidson,
and communicating the partial results of regis
tration in that County, says that "the course
pursued by the Board in the second Precinct
has met the msrked approbation of all classes,
no complaints having been filled whatever.
J no. T. Cramer is Chairman of the Board. We
are pleased to give credit in every instance
where it is properly due, especially as so many
of the Registrars have grossly ' and wantonly
abused their powers. Kaleigh Sentinel.
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H in too Rowan Helper was in ' States vile hut
week. The American says that he persisted, io
carrying out his principles, by refusing to allowi
a negro to djjTC b)m to JJfeylLd&on College.
Latest IYctts.
- MARKETS.. . '
New Yoijx, Sept. 14, M. Cotton dull, 25 to
Liverpool, Sept. 13 P. M. The sales of
cotton lor me week u 60,000 bales. Steele on
hand 818,000 balea, whereof 289,000 bales are
American. The recent decline is partly owing to
we siocc, which ts larger than for some years.
Washihotow, Sept 13. The Peace Com
missioners held a meeting yesterday at Omaha
ana expect to start for the North Platte on the
14th to meet Spotted Tail, who promises to
uuug uis principal men.. r
The California Democrats have 20 majority
on joint ballot in the Legislature, and two mem
bers of Congress.
The Amnesty Proclamation Washing
ton, Sept 10, 1807. Those intimate with the
President assert that, although not stated io so
many words, his proclamation of amnesty looked
to the restoration of the right of ballot to all those
who were included in its provisions. , . ?.
As to the legality of the proclamation the
ablest lawyers here have declared it to be un
questioned, nor ean Congress set it aside, except
by the overthrow of the constitution itself. JV.
Y. Herald, 11A.
Washington, Sept. 13. Gov. Stevenson
has been inaugurated Governor of Kentucky.
He endorses and will carry out the principles
enunciated by the late Gov. Helm.
The entire Cabinet, Gen. Grant included, fa
vor simultaneous elections in the Southern
States, on the first Monday in November. It is
confidently expected that the District Comman
ders will concur.
From South Carolina Charleston, Sept.
2. Gov. Orr has Dardoned a freed man. named
.
Smart Chisholm. convicted of mnrderinc bia
step-daughter, on condition that he leaves the
state lornve years.
In the case of Jno Jenkins, freedman, con
victed of the murder of young Brantford, during
a riot in Jane. 1S66. and who was three times
resDited bv Gen. Sickles, a notification has heen
served on the Sheriff, by Gen. Csnby, that he
l r..n . : i . i 3 .I... i :n
ubs luuy cxsuiiueu mo case, auu mat luere win
oe no lurtner interference by the military.
Yellow Fever in New Orleans New
Orleans, Sept. 9 The deaths from Yellow
Fever, for the week ending yesterday, was 249.
The deaths for the 24 hours ending yesterday
morning, were 49, and ending this morning, 51.
New Orleans, Sept. 11, The number of
deaths from Yellow Fever, for the 24 hours en
diug at 6 o'clock this morning, was 67.
New Orleans, Sept. 12. The deaths for
the day, coding at 6 this morning, were 61.
Death of a Centurian. Sandy Perkins,
a colored man, died in Bostoo on Wednesday,
at the advanced age of one hundred and five
years. He was born in North Carolina, was
ormerly a slave, purchased his freedom, and
has lived in Boston many years.
We have gratifying accounts from nearly
every portion of the State as to the different
crops. Rice is coming in well and generally
heavier than before supposed. The cotton crop
has improved wonderfully during the last three
weeks In several localities the oickios has al
ready commenced. The corn crop is of courso
luuiuereui numingion l ose.
Fight between Soldiers and Negroes.
'Richmond, September 10. A telegram from
rarmviue, to-nignt, reports a nght, between
some TJ. S. soldiers and the town negroes. The
soldiers had beaten a colored man for refusing
to sell them liquor. The negroes assembled
this morning, and a street fight ensued. The
citizens closed their stores, and a Company of
soldiers was seot in from camp to restore order.
uoe soiuier was stsooea, ana about a dozen sol
diers aod negroes were badly beaten.
The new Postmaster at Wilmington (E.
R Brink, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel on the
staff of Kilpatrick,) has appointed Geo. L. Mab
son (negro) a clerk in the Post-Office io that
city. Wabson is the Same negro who made
such violent speeches in the late Conven
tion. The Journal savs that, to make room
for him, a worthy young gentleman, a resident
of the city, was displaced, without any apparent
cause or the assignment of any reason whatever.
Registration in Rowan is complete,
tne second round ot tbe Hoards baviog been
finished. Tbe result is: Whites 1,947, Blacks
1,074: white majority 873. The Old North
State predicts thst no other county, with the
same population, will register a larger number
of voters.
General Grant has recently, we see it stated,
furnished guns, swords, cannon, caissons, &e.,
for the use of the cadets of Virginia military
institute, over which General Lee presides, and
he bas also restored to the institute the old ca
det battery, which had been taken from it.
Governor Letcher has publiely thaoked Geo.
Grant for these favors, end the Virginians in
general, it is said, are greatly pleased with such
an act of courtesy.
In this county, on tbe 12th instM by J. W. Hun
ter, Esq.", llr Tbos. J. Boatwrigbt to Miss U.J. Wil
liams. ,.
At Davidson College, on the 11th inst., by the
Rev. Samuel Caldwell Alexander, Prof. E F Rock
well to Miss Bettie Holmes Browne, daughter of tbe
late Archibald S Brown nf Fvttivi11 nrt .ronJ
daughter of the late Owen Holmes of Samson
. - - r r
county, n. kj.
At Fallstown, Iredell county, on tbe 10th instant,
by the Bev. E F Rockwell, Mr A S Browne to Mrs.
Mary P Brers, daughter of the late Wm Lee David
sou, Esq.
On the 10th inst at SnrintrfieM. Vnrlr
C, the residence of A B Springs, Esq , by the Bev.
Aiex sinciair, astisiea ty tne liev. James Little,
Msj. Joseph S M Davidson of Quinry, Florida, to
Mis Laura Blackwood, third daughter of tbe late
Leroj Springs, Esq., of Charlotte, N. C.
In York District, on tbe 5th inst., by Rev. S. L.
Watson, Mr D. J. Moore to Mies E. C. Jackcon. Al
so, on tbe 10th Inst., by Rev. R. I.alban, Mr YV. R.
Wbitesides to Miss S. E. Wright.
Iu the vicinity of Greensboro', on tbe lOih inst ,
Mrs. C. Cole, wife of Dr. John L. Cole.
1,000 Gallons UnseoTado Uolasses,
la Barrels and Hogsheads. For sale by tbe pack
age at a low figure.
. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS k CO.
September 16, 186T.
Cooper Shop RemoreclY
I hare removed oy Cooper Shop to the one for
merly occupied , by Mr C res well, as a wagon shop,
near Mr Jamison's Blacksmith shop, oa tbe street
leading, by tbe Court, House, where I would be
pleased to see all those who desire work done ia my
liae. Hew work or repairing doee at short notice.
Give me a caU and your work shall be done satis
factortiy. uua avuniv&tL,
Sept. lj 486. W
t Mexican News. -Santa Anna's son Is con
templating a visit to Mexico.
. Otterburg presented his credentials to Juares,
as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States, on the 20th nit. .
M: Magna, the Prussian Minister at Mexico,
keeps in seclusion at San Luis. ' He is supposed
to.be insane aod disregards - tlio orders from .
Prussia to leave the country. , " r " "
Otterburg telegraphed to JVashington, after
receiving iiis appointment, nis determination to
leave in bept ember.
Two hundred cigar makers, who were ensseo!
in a strike, hare been thrown into prison, -
Groceries and Confectioneries
N I SBET ft ;nA X W.E 1 1 ; V
Are now receiving and hare io store a large and
well selected stock of ' ,
Groceries, Confectioneries Notions
To which we invite the attention of oar friends mni.
the public generally. Thanking them for thek very .
liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, we hope by,
strick personal attention to. business to merit a
continued share of the same." . C
Call and examine our goods' and" prices before
Darebasinsr elsewhere. asr we are determined to teir-
goods in ur Hue as cheap 'as any: other house In. .
the city. , .". '' -" ' N".-C--
Country Uercbftst Ul fin u tneir interest toy
examine our Stock. . " . .. ,
Sept. 16, 1867. " Nf SBET. , MAXWELL..
.Tleck I en bti rgr Female - Col I e?c,'
cliaklottk, i o. . ;. V
Ttnaril with liirhta. fn!. "tntflnn a4 fovtlarent
fee, per Session of 6 Scholastic months, $103, haTT
in advance. If paid entire at the opening of the
Session, only $95 required. ri
Music on Piano, oo lessons in zo weeks, $zs.
Tuition for day Scholars. Primary and Prepara
tory Departments, $16 to $20. .
Collegiate Department $24. ..-;.
Jgy Next session will open October 1st, 1867. -; ,
For particulars address - --f
Rev. A. Q. STAC T, A. If., ; ,..-
September 16, 1867. President-
1,000 Acres or Land Tor Sale.:
The subscriber offers for sale until tbe 15th of
October next, One Thousand Acres of Valuable Laud :
yinr on the vaters of Mountain Creek, ft miles North '
of Bcattie's Ford. This body of Land is composed t
of four different tracts, A contiguous, with excellent
Grist and Saw Mills in the midst. Tbe Mills are not
offered for sale, but might be to accommodate One .
desiring to buy tbe whole.
For terms nnd further particulars apply to the
subscriber or J. F. OoOdson, Esq., one of whom may
always be found at Beattfe's Ford. .. .
After tbe above date these lands, if not sold, will be
eased. J. M. IVY.
Beattie's Ford, N. C, Sept. 16, 1867 2wpd
Wilci'ttn, Char. & Ruth. Railroad.
WESTERN DIVISION x
On and after Monday tbe 9th of September, trains
oa this Road will run as follows 1
GOING WEST, v - '
Will leave Charlotte, on Mondays. Tuesdays! Thors-'
days and Saturdays at 10:30 a. m., and arrive at '
Cherryrille at 2:C0 p. m. ... .t;..
. , GOING EAST,-
Will leave Cherry ville oa Mondays and Saturdays
at 2:30 p. m., and arrive at Charlotte at 6:00 p. tn.
T am fk....:t1 1T I I - . a. mm
and arrive at Charlotte at 12.00 m, ,
Sept, 16, 1867.
PROSPECTUS or thb CARRIER DOVE,
oa ' 1 - -
Mecklenburg Female College Magazine
We propose to send forth from the . Institution,
November 15th, 1867, The Carrier Dove, or Meckw
lenburg Female College Msgazine, designed ex i
pressly for young ladles.
This will be a Periodical of Forty-eight Paget,
well printed on fine paper, and handsomely Hiss
trated. - , ;t
The aim will be to make it, la the highest degree,
attractive and entertaining.
It will be issued Quarterly, at one dollar per an
nura, in advance.
For five dollars, six copies will be seat to one ad ..
dress. ' r;- i
Forward names and money without delay.,. An .
encouraging number of subscribers have already
been obtained. - '
All communications should be addressed to '
Rkv. A. O. STACY, Charlotte, N. C. -
tSSf Editors who publish this Prospectus will be
entitled to the Magazine gratis for one year.
Septemher 16, 186f. '
DWELLING FOR SALE.
The Dwelling House and Lot known as the Mtb
odist Parsonage, adjoiniog tbe Methodist Church, is :'.
offered for sale in order to liquidate a Mortgage
which was put upon the whole properly io 1862.'"'''
it is conveniently located ror a business man, being
on the second eqnare from the Public Square. -For '
particulars inquire of CHAS. WILSON, 1
JONAS RUDISILL,
Sept. 9, 1867. For tbe Trustees,
IVoIicc.
I respectfully inform my friends and the'publle
generally, that I have engaged tbe tervtees of llr
T, W, SPARROW, who will take pleasure In serf- 2
tag bis friends at my store, ... ,
Sept 9, 1867. B, KOOPM ANN.
WO F FORD COLLEGE,
SPARTANBURG C. H, S. 0.
The First Session of the Fourteenth Cellegiata
year begius on Tuesday, 1st October next: Tuition
$54 per y ear j Board $12 per month. Bills rsckoord
in specie, but pajable la currency, . . . , ... .. , ,
For further particulars address,
A. M. SHIPP, President;;" ;.
September 9, 1867 4w ', - -
Tax Notice.
Inconsequence of tbe strict lostroctions of the .
Public Treasurer, I am obliged to collect tbe Tax
due in Mecklenburg county before tha 1st of Octo
ber. If taxes are not paid, I will be compelled to
enforee collection,. - i . f ..
B, M. WHITE, Sheriff. ,
Sept P, 1867. , 3tpd. . ,..
Clover Seed, ;;J
A first rate quality for sale by . " ,
hammond k Mclaughlin.
September 9, 1867, . . .
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Sept. 10, 1807
Cobbcctko ay Stiibocu, Macaclav 'k Co.
Cotton The market continues , dull and very
little offering we quote good ordinary to low mid
dling at 17 to 18 cents, tax paid by" purchaser.
Pales for tbe week 36 bales. ; ,
Flour, in good demand at $4 75 to $5 from wagons;
CornThe market is qaita bare, we quote $1.20,
to $1.25 per bushel from wagons; from stores $1.30.
Wheat We quote good Red at $1.65 to $1.75 1
White, $1.75to $1.85. - ' ' . - -
Peas, $1.20 to $1.25. Oats, 45 to 50 cents. ; '
Bacon continues io demand; we quots bog round
from wagons at 16' cents; Baltimore bacon sells7
at 20 cent from stores. Lard 17 to 18 cents. '
Butter, 20 to 23 cents; Chickens, 20 to 25 cents;
Eggs, 15 to 20 cents. , These articles are scares sod
ia demand. - "... - '
Liverpool Salt, $3.40 to $3 50 psr sack. ;
Corn Whiskey dull at $2.25 to $2.50 per galloo.
Molasses, 75 cents to $1 per gallon by retail. . . .
Sols Leather, country tanned, 30 to 35 cents;
Upper Leather, cotntry tanned, &0 to 55 cents: liar.
i ness Leather, country taaned, 40 to 45 cents.
DiJ Hides nominal. Green Hides, 5 to 6$ cents
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