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$3 Per Annum , :
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ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF Til AD E STREET
CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF. THE OTHER-
war. J. YATES, Editor and Propreitor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1867.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME If C JIB Ell .786.,,
(Published every Tuesday.Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
O
31T1KKS S3 PER ANNUM, in advance.
$ 2 for six months.
o
IS? Transient advertisements must be paid for
in idvance. Obituary noticed are charged advertis
ing rates.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
for a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
charged accordingly.
$1 per squ ire of 10 lines or less will be charged
for each insertion, unless the advertisement is in
serted 2 months or more.
MRS. L. A. NORRYCE,
Would kindly solicit the patronage of the citizens
of Charlotte, and inform them that she is now pre
pared to do all kinds of
NEEOLE WORK,
Plain, Ornamental nnd Fancy. -
Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautiful!' made.
A New System of Culling and Tilting.
Three afternoons in each week devoted to leach
ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery,
Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work.
Mrs. X. is compelled to make her support by her
Needle and close industry.
Feeling truly grateful for the great kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
has been "with them, she would besr a continuance
ol the same. Will be found in the new house next
to Mr Allen Cruse's residence.
July 22, 1867.
a Ij a rc
i'j
OF
s t o c K
SPEING GOODS
Fine white and colored Marseilles Quili3, just
received at BAIittlXGEU, WuLFE &. COS.
fjy Ladies' French Dimitry Skirts, India Twilled
Long Cloth, Linen I)re.3 Goods, Extra Fine Lace
Collars and Cutrs, Valencine Lace, Cleny Lace,
Klack .Silk Guper Lace. Cull and examine our New
Goods. UARKIXUKIl, WOLFE & CO-
f2f Irish Linen of an extra quality ; Bleached
.Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Klack Challey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English Cr-.j Veils, at
I3A IlillNGEll, WOLFE
& CO S.
April 15, IPC7.
JUST RECEIVED
C. M. QUERY'S NEW
AT
STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
strixg axi su:u;?ji:it goods.
DRY GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
sold low for cash.
TlilM.MIXGS Our stock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was selected with care.
A fall assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FANCY GOODS.
HOOP SKI UTS llradley's Paris Trail Skirts
tLe luost popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID G LOVES' all c,:lnrs and sizes, of the best
article Ladies" and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
fc.ll kinds.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiter?, of the best Pliiladaphia make.
Also, Men's and Roy's shoes and hats.
DXSTXX-.ISLnXJXr JbJ Jbi3T.
MRS. QUERY would inform her fi iends that
fhf has spared no panis in selecting her stock nf
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
expei -iei.ee in the business feel:? satisfied that she
can please all who will favor her with a call.
Konnets anil Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms ami shortest notice.
Dresses Cut, Fitted, Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are strictly Cash. Our motto is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
April I, lt7.
R O .VE S WA N T
A Chance to Make Money.
The subscriber w ill purchase Rones at 50 cents
per hundred, delivered at Concord Factory, or at
at:y II ulroad Depot between Charlotte and Greens
boro. Cash paid on delivery.
Those who will acc umulate Bones in quantities
at any poiut on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. R. E. Mc DONALD,
April 1, 16G7 tf Concord, N C.
XV O O It
C A K D I
AT
LONG SHOALS PAPER MILLS,
4 Milet from Lincolnton, Lincoln County, A'. C.
The subscribers respectfully inform their custo
mers and the public generally that thev have just
completed the fitting up of thtir machinery with the
latest aud most improved Cards, and
are now pre-
pared tc execute all
orders with
promptness
and
ilispatch.
We are a'so prepared to
card Cotton and Wool
r.i;.i-d.
Price for carding Wool 10 cents per pound ; price
for carding Cotton aud Wool mixed, 13 cents per
pound.
t iistomers must furnish their own grease
one '
pound o
Wool.
grease is required tor every iv pounds oi
Ti-rms cash Country
Produce or Cotton Rags
taken at market price.
GRADY, BANNISTER k CO., Proprietors.
1 respe ctfully inform my old customers and fi iends
li.it I have taken charge of the above machinery
an 1 tfill wan ant all my work or make no charge.
July 15, 187. tf ROUT. CORR.
Sl;itti of .W Carolin:i, I'niou County.
Ct-urt f J'leas .y Quarter Sessions July Ttrm, 1SG7.
V. ". Parker, adm'r of John Walters, dee'd, vs.
Uriah Walters and others.
Petition'to subject real estate as assets.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
the defendants, William Walters and John W. Wal
ters, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is or
dered by'thc Court that publication be made for six
eeksii the Western Democrat, a paper published
iu die city of Chtffluite, notifying said absent de
fendants to"be and appear at oar next Court of pleas
.and quarter Sessions to be held for Union county
at the Court House in Monroe, on 1 1t o 1st MondfiT
m cHbcr next, then and there to answer the alle
l' it'nuis of the aforesaid petition, cr judgment pro
I 'iitWso will be taken and the land ordered to be
fold.
Witness, J. E. Irbr, Clerk of our said Court at
dike, the 1st .Monday in July, A. D.. 1S;7.
J. E. IRBY, Clerk.
J-6w adv. $10
PICTURES AT .10 CEXTS
And upwards, at the
PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY
Over Jas. Harty & Co's Store, next to the Court
House.
Call and get a superb likeness of yourself and
family, at low rates according to style and finish.
Copies taken of old Pictures in a superior manner.
Satisfaction guarantied at the Gallery of
II. BAUMGARTEN,
May 6, 1867. Next to Court House
1,1.71 1, PLASTER,
O omoiit Lxa.cL Sair.
A larjre supply always on hand, and for sale on
most favorable terms, by
WORTH & DANIEL.
Wilmington, N. C.
Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine.
July 15, 18G7 6m
S20.000 WORTH OP
GOLD and SILVER WANTED.
Sutler
Has just returned from the North with a splendid
Stock of
FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Silver and 1 . ated Ware,
Table Knives end Cutlery, Mearshaum and Brier
Root Pipes, Guns and Pistols, &c, &c, which is
warranted superior to anything ever before intro
duced into this market, and which will be sold at
twenty-five per cent less than the same class of
goods can be purchased at aay other establishment
in the State.
Particular attention will be paid to the re
pairing ot Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c.
Those indebted to me will please close up their
accounts, or I will be forced to put them in the
bauds of an officer for collection.
CALL AND
Aug. If), 18U7.
SEE THE CUCKOO.
JOHN T. BUTLER.
0.Ofi:i 1V2IL.L.S.
Having opened a House in Charlotte, near the
Post Office, for the sale of our own manufactured
goods, we invite the attention of merchants and
others to our YARNS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS,
OSXAKERGS, CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING
YARNS, &.C, &.c.
JC Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. "We
sell low for Cash.
j. Mcdonald & sons,
August 12, 1867. Concord, N. C.
The Southern Fertilizing Company,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Are now receiving and preparing their Fall stock of
FERTILIZERS, and offer for sale iu unlimited
quantities
Crushed Peruvian Guano,
selected from the purest cargoes imported, war
ranted pure and of the highest standard;
IosiIio I'cniviaii & Old Dominion,
prepared under the supervision of Professor William
Gjliiam for the Wheat crop, combining a large per
centage of the Phosphates, with an adequate amount
of Ammonia ;
FRESH GROUND PLASTER.
Orders solicited.
JOHN ENDERS, President.
Office No. 104 Fourteenth street, Richmond.
JCg?" JOHN A. YOUNG, Agent, Charlotte, N. C.
Pock Island Manufacturing
Co.,
Charlotte, X. C, Aug, 15, 18G7.
have been using the most approved Fertilizers
upon my Farm for many years. Upon my Wheat,
Corn and Cotton crop this rear, 1 used the "Old
Dominion Fertilizer," and cheerfully tes'ify to its
merits, by asset ting that I have never used any thit
gave as much satisfaction.
JOHN A. YOUNG.
Aug. 19, I8C7. 2?2m
Male 1 i. Carolina, Mecklenburg; co.
Court of J'leas $ Quarter Sessions July Term, 18G7.
J. R. Kirkpatrick vs. S C Doyce.
Attachment Arthur Grier and S. A. Boyce sum
moned as Garnishees.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant in this case is a non-resident of this
State, it is therefore ordered by the court that pub
lication be made, for six weeks, in the Western
Democrat, a newspaper published in the city of
Charlotte, notify ing said defendant to be and appear
at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to
be held for the county of .Mecklenburg, at the court
house in Charlotte, on the 2d .Monday in October
next, then and there to answer, plead or replevy, or
jii'lgment final will be entered against him, and the
effects in the hands of Garnishees condemned to
plaintitfs use.
Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court at
ofhee in Charlotte, the 2d Monday of July, A. D.,
186;
82-Gw
W.M. MAXWELL, Clerk.
Male of N. Carolina. ITIecklenburg co.
Court of Pleas $ (Jututer Sessions July Term, 1867.
Charles Junker vs. The Blakesly Mining Company.
Attachment levied on three Mules.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendants in this case reside beyond the limits
of this Sia-e, it is ordered by the court that publi
cation be made, for six werks, in the Western Dem-
ocrat. notifying the said defendants to be and appear
at tne next Court ot rieas and Quarter Sessions to
be held for ;he county of Mecklenburg, at the court
house in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in October
next, then and there to answer, plead or replevy, or
judgment nnai win oe taken against them, and the
property levied upon condemned to satisfy plaintiffs ,
debt. i
Witness, Win. Maxwell. Clerk of our said Court at
office, the 2d ilouday iu July, A. D , 1867.
S2-C w Wii. MAXWELL, Clerk.
Slate of X Carolina. Slecklenburj? co.
Court of J'leas Quarter Sessions July Term, 1867. !
J. 'J. Alexander, Executorof R. D. Alexander, dee'd, i
vs. the Heirs at Law of R. D Alexander, dee'd. ;
Petition for settlement of R. D. Alexander's Estate. '.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that ;
W. B. Fewell and wife Agnes, defendants in this
case, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is i
therefore ordered by the court ihat publication be
made for six weeks in the Western Democrat, noti
fying said defendants to be and appear at the next 1
lenn of this court, to be held for the county of
Mecklenburg, at the Court House in Charlotte, on '.
the 2d Monday in October next, then and there to '.
plead, answer or demur to the petition, or judgment, :
pro confeso, will Us; taken and the same heard ex
partee as to them j
Witness, Wm. Maxwell, Clerk of our said court j
at office iu Cfcarlotte Uie 2d Monday in July, A. D., :
1667.
1YM. MAXWELL, Clerk, i
ADVERTISING AND ITS COSTS.
Few business men, says the Utica Herald, ad
vertise systematically, liberally, and persistently.
Those who pay most attention to it either adver
tise fitfully, or with a degree of neglect which
they would regard culpable in any other depart
ment of their business What would a merchant
be thought of who ooly opens his store now and
then to invite and serve customers ? Yet an ad
vertisement in a flourishing paper is more con
spicuous than one's store, is more observed and
more spoken of, and to withdraw it is like put
ting up the shutters or taking down the sign.
The most enterprising merchants and traders in
j the interior think themselves liberal if they spend
a few hundred dollars a year for advertising.
They would deem the farmer blind to his own
interests who should be stingy in planting, and
should fail to put in seed in proper quan
tity because it costs something. Advertising is
the seed-planting of the business man, and the
stinginess here must make the harvest meagre.
What shall be the sum appropriated to adver
tising ? It will vary with the character and ex
tent of business. But the smallest trade can be
made more profitable, and the largest can be ex
tended, by liberal advertising. The rule is some
times given, that as much should be paid for ad
vertising as for rent. This may be too much in
some cases, too little in others. But every busi
ness should be kept constantly and prominently
before the readers of the established papers of
the district from which trade is sought. The
readers of newspapers are the most enterprising
and the most intelligent of the population, and
keep their attention and you create a current
which others will follow.
The New York Tribune states that it is true,
as reported, that a Boston druggist, who has a
specially before the public, is paying that estab
lishment $10,000 a year for advertising; he paid
$1,500 for the insertion of one mammoth adver
tisement. The Tribune adds; "Bonner once
paid us $3,000 for one insertion of an advertise
ment of the Ledger. lie knew that by. judicious
advertising he could insure a fortune. This
seems large, but in England such sums are hard
Iy exceptional. There advertising is a regular
part or business. It is reckoned as necessary as
rent, and often ten times as much is spent for it.
Advertising must be done so as to reach the
J people whose custom is sought. A separate sheet,
j a handbill, or circular, is a direct attack; and the
person who receives it either throws it aside with-
uui lenuiug ii, ur ne juis iiimsmi un me ueieiisive
against it. A notice in the favorite paper is a
flank movement; it catches their eye unawares;
it attracts their attention at an idle or listless
moment; it becomes part of th"e current news.
Then it is like constantdropping. It may not be
read to-day. To morrrow it will be glanced at
The next week, it will be looked over. Finally,
it will be read. When a purchase is to be made,
when trade is to be transferred from the former
dealer, when a new article is needed, the notice
will be hunted up, and the inducements offered
subjected to test. Onesuch case will often pay for
a year's advertising
Sometimes men get along without advertising.
Instances are given of pilgrims reaching Mecca
on their knees. It is easier, pleasanter, swifter
to travel by cars. Liberal and discreet adver
tising puts business on wheels, and renders it ac
tive, beneficent to the public, and remunerative to
the dealer.
Wilniiiiglon & Weldon Railroad Co.
Office Chikf Engineer & Gen. Sup't,
Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 1, 1867.
ncr.uLvu SCHEDULE
On and after this date, the following Schedule
will be run by the PasseDger trains over this Rail
road :
DAY TRAINS,
Will leave Wilmington every morning (except Sun
days) at 6 o'clock, A. M., and Weldon everymorn
ing (except Sundays) at 10:40 A.M.; arriving at
Wilmington at 8 o'clock, PM., and at Weldon at 3
o'clock, P. M.
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAINS,
Will leave Wilmington at S:30 P. M., daily, and
Weldon at 6:25 P. M., daily; arriving at Wilming
ton at 2:20 A. M., and at Weldon at 6 A. M. Thirty
three hours to New York.
Trains pass Goldsboro', at 1:57 A M, and 10:35
A M, going North, and at 3:05 P M, and 10: ll P M,
going South.
Passengers to and from the N. C. Railroad going
to or from the North make close connectiocs at
Goldsboro with Day Trains.
Passengers going East or West from Goldsboro,
should take the Day Trains from places South of
Goldsboro. Both trains connect at Wilmington
with trains on Wilmington & Manchester Railroad,
and at Weldon wiih trains via Richmond and Ports
mouth, Va. The Day Trains connect with Old Bay
Line. The Night Trains with Anamessic Line.
Five to ten car loads of "Time" freight will be
carried on Day Trains in fourteen hours between
Portsmouth and Wilmington, and in fifty hours be
tween Portsmouth and Charlotte, via Goldsboro.
S. L. FREMONT,
Sept. 9, 1867 lm Chief Eug'r and Supt.
Smith's Boot and Shoe Store,
CHARLOTTE, N . C
NEXT DOOR TO DEWEY S BANK.
It. It. SMITH &. CO. will furnish Mer
chants their Fall and Winter Stock of BOOTS and
SHOES
At iVew York Wholesale Prices
One of the firm has visi;ed the Factories North,
and had a large stock of Goods made to order, with
a view of supplying Merchants in Western North
Carolina and Upper District? in South Carolina.
Having devoted onr entire attention for many
years to the
SHOE T tl A D E ,
We claim advantages ia it, and will deal as liberally
as possible with all.
Xfggf- Call soon, or send in your orders eaily.
Every article warranted as represented.
We have also a large Stock of
Shoe Findings, Leather niwJ Rubber
BCLT1 iVG.
Sept. 9, 1867. B. R. SMITH & CO.
ROBERT P. WARING,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lair,
CHARLOTTE, N
Office, 3 doors West of
the National Bank, and '
opposite Carson's new building,
bepteruoer 3, lob.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
To Officers of Registration, for their Informa
tion in Revising the Lists of Voters.
Headq'rs 2d Military District, ")
Charleston, S. C, August 27, 1867.
Circular
i
L All citizens are entitled to be registered,
unless disqualified for the acts and offences set
forth in the rules and regulations for Registra
tion, published in General Orders No. 65.
No citizen is disqualified unless, having held
office tioder the United States, or having been
a member of the Legislature of any State, or
having held some executive or judicial office
under a general law of the State, be afterwards
engaged in the rebellion, or gave aid aod com
fort to persons so engaged; or, unless, by the
decree of a competent judicial tribunal, or by
an act of Congress, or law of a State, he has
been disfranchised for rebellion against the
United States, or for felony.
Disqualified persons are of several classes: for
example :
1st. Any person not twenty one jears of age.
2d. Any person who has not acquired a resi
dence in the State.
3d. Any person otherwise qualified by age
and residence, who, having held oflice under the
United States, afterwards engaged in rebellion,
or gave aid and comfort to their enemies.
4th. Any person otherwise qualified by resi
dence and age, who, having been a member of a
legislature, or having held executive or judicial
office under a general law of a State, afterwards
engaged in rebellion against the United States,
or gave aid and comfort to their enemies.
5th. Any person otherwise qualified by resi
dence aod age, who has been disfranchised by the
sentence ot a competent judicial tribunal for
felony.
6th. Any person otherwise qualified by rest
dence and age, who has been disfranchised by
law: for example, a citizen of Jennessee, dis
franchised by the constitution and laws of that
State, for participation in the rebellion, who has
become a resident of North or South Carolina
II. A citizen, not included within either of
the above specified classes, although he may
have voluntarily taken part in the rebellion, is
qualified; so a citizen included within the 3d or
4th class, whose acts m aid of rebellion were not
voluntary, is qualified.
In general, officers of mere municipalities,
towns or villages are not embraced in the 3d and
4th classes of paragraph I ; for example : a
policeman or a member of a town guard, ap
pointed by town or city authorities; local health
officers, weighers, measurers and inspectors of
merchandize and produce; persons holding depu
tations from civil officers, such as deputy sheriffs,
and the like; clerks and assistants appointed or
employed by civil officers; pound-masters, jailors
appointed by sheriffs, etc.; these are not offices
created by law for the administration of a general
law of a State, or for the administration of justice
There are, however, certain municipal or town
officers within the intent and meaning of the
Acts of Congress, and who by subsequent acts
in aid of the rebellion, would be disqualified.
For example, a mayor of a city, or intendant of
a town, who may have been, by virtue of his
office, a magistrate, having authority by law to
hear and determine complaints for petty offences,
and to impose punishment by fine and imprison
ment upon offenders; or to arrest, commit or
hold to bail persons charged with crime.
Municipal or town officers, having authority to
enforce mere local ordinances in the nature of po
lice regulations, for the preservation of order, the
regulation of trade, and the abatement of nui
sances, or other strictly corporate matters, are not
within the disfranchising provisions of the Act.
The circumstance, nevertheless, that the
duties of an officer were performed within a pre
scribed locality, as for instance, either a District,
County, Parish, City or Town, does not screen
fiini from the operation of the disqualifying
clauses, provided, his duties had been prescribed
by a general law; for example, Sheriffs of Coun
ties, and Constables of Towns, fill offices created
by law for thdiadministration of general laws of
the State.
Nor is every employment, although held by
a salary fixed by law, and raised by a general
tax, an office; for example, a teacher in a Public
School, or College supported or endowed by the
State; physicians and attendants employed in
State Asylums for the Deaf and Dumb or for
Lunatics, do not hold offices, although these
persous are in the public service.
Officers of Militia, employed in the execution
of the Patrol Laws, or other laws having rela
tion to the domestic order of the State and the
government of the slavs population therein, and
who afterwards engaged in the rebellion, are
disqualified; such offices, although military in
name, are civil and executive in their duties.
Certain employments, licensed by authority
of State laws, having relation to the administra
tion of justice, are not offices within the mean-
log o
: the acts; lor example, lawyers.
All offices auxiliary to Courts, such as Clerks
of Courts, Masters in Equity, etc., etc., created
by general laws, for the administration of justice,
are within the meaning of the Acts of Coogrefs.
A Notary Public, being a mere ministerial
officer, and performing no executive or judicial
dutie.-, is not within the disqualifying clauses of
the Acts of Congress.
Local officers, having executive powers and
duties defined by general laws, and embraced
within the civil polity of the State, although
chosen or appointed by the people of- the vicin- j
age, are disqualified, if, after holding such offices,
they voluntarily engaged in the rebellion, or j
a Horded aid ar.d comfort to persons so engaged;
for example: overseers of highways, land com
missioners, overseers of the poor, csptains of
beat companies.
Naturalized citizens
having abjured allegi- j
ance to all sovereignty other than that of the j
L nited States, and having taken upon them- j
onions lh. . n n . . J 7r.ti.io k. U. . i
CU1Z2D3, ana acqmrca iiiereDy me ngnrs ana t me couunjpuou oi powaer rcacnea iour nun
prif ilexes of citizenship, who afterwards re-; dred kegs per day. Work was continued
j nounced voluntarily their allegiance to the
i tt.:...! Oi.i.. t ij-jh ' .
-'nu;u omies, ana acznowieagea allegiance to t
ana oetame citizens ot toe pretended govern-!.
xaeot of the "Confederate States of America' '
and voluntarily took up arms against the United
States, or gave aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof, have ceased by their own set to be citi
zens of the United States, and will be deemed
aliens until again naturalized as citizens of the
United States.
The cases of all such persons will however be
specially noted on the Books of Registration,
for further consideration before the final revision
prior to an election.
III. Applications for registration, whether
accepted or rejected, and whether the oath ia
administered or not, are required to be recorded
in the books furnished, and when the applicant
is deemed by the Board to be excluded from
taking the oath, a brief memorandum of the
grounds of such decision will be entered for fu
ture revision.
IV. All citizens believing themselves fjuali
fied should apply to be registered. Attention is
called to the following extract from the pub
Iished regulations for registration.
"The Major General Commanding, in the
exercise of an ultimate revisory authority, will,
in due season, before the holding of any elce
tion, entertain and determine questions, assign
ing errors in the registry, and will upon inspeo
tion of the completed lists, cause corrections of
tho same, that the true design and purpose of
the laws be faithfully answered, and that all the
rights thereby guaranteed be fully and fairly
enjoyed.
Pay and Expenses.
V. The pay of Registrars will be four dollars
per day for each day actually aud necessarily
employed in the performance of their official
duties.
VI. No allowance for clerk Lire will be
made.
VII. The allowance for the rent of a room
for the meetings of the Board, including furni
ture and fixtures, will not exceed the rate of
fifteen (15) per month
VIII. The actual cost of such stationery as
shall be actually and necessarily consumed in
official business will be allowed. The following
articles, and no others, will be deemed statione
ry, viz: pens, ink, paper and envelopes.
IX. Mileage will be allowed to Registrars in
lieu of transportation, at the rate of ten cents
per mile for each mile actually aod necessarily
travelled on duty, by the shortest practicable
route under orders in writing from these Head
quarters, or from the Commander of the Post
or from the Board of Registration, provided
public transportation has not been furnished.
X. Actual expenditures for-postage, tele
grams, couriers and express charges, will be re
imbursed when necessarily incurred by compe
tent authority.
XI. Payments will be made upon bills, signed
and receipted in duplicate by each person enti
tled to pay or mileage or who has incurred au
thorized expenditures, and will be accompanied
by the affidavit of the claimant, duly sworn be
fore a Magistrate or Notary, according to the
form contained in the respective blanks provided
for that purpose. Such bill will be made out
in detail, and will, in the case of expenditures
be accompanied by duplicate receipts signed by
the parties who actually received the money;
and when telegrams are charged for, with co
pics of the telegrams in duplicate, and will be
delivered to the Post Commander who will if
found correct, approve and forward the same to
these Headquarters; duplicate copies of the or
ders must be attached to the vouchers in the
case of claims for mileage. Post Commanders
as Superintendents of Registration, will care
fully supervise the expenditures incurred by all
lioards and Officers of Registration at their re
spective posts, with-a view to the strictest econ
omy coosistant with a full and considerate dis
charge of the important public duties incident
to Registration.
XII. Blanks may be obtained by Post Com
manders, from the Bureau of Civil Affairs.
XIII. Payments will be made upon the or
der of the Major General Commanding, by Bre
vet Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Nicholls, Pay
master United States Army, disbursing officer.
XIV. Officers of the army, when traveling
upon duty connected with the registration of
voters in North aod South Carolina, will, under
a decision from the Second Comptroller, be paid,
in addition to their allowance for transportation,
a sum to cover their actual expenses for subsis
tence, not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents
(83 50) per day, provided the officer making
the charge certifies to the correctness of the
amount, and to the fact that his ordinary mess
expenses at bis proper post, were necessarily
running ca at tne same time.
By command of Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickles.
J. W. CLOUS,
Capt. S8th Inf., A. D. C. and A. A A. G.
The Tunnel at TnE Summit op tue' Si
erra Nevada The ereat tunnel of the Cen.
tral Pacific railroad is completed. This is the
last, the longest, and by far the most costly of
the excavations along the line of this road. It
is one thousand six hundred and sixty feet in
length, and was begun at the east portal on the
16th of September last and the work upon it
has therefore occupied about a year. The ma
terial, which had to be drilled and blasted, was
granit of the hardest grain. As but a limited
surface could be presented to the workmen, ad
vantage was taken of a depression in the centre
and a working shaft of one hundred and fifty
nine feet was sunk so a3 to present four working
faces. Tbe average rate of progress with pow
der was about one foot per day to each face, or
from twenty to thirty feet per week in all.
In March last the company accepted tbe ser
vices of an experiment in nitro glycerine, which
article was manufactured on the spot, wherever
it could be used with advantage, - and the aver-
age was increased to nearly fifty feet per week.
The workmen, principally Chinamen labored
10 three gangs for eight hours each and proved
P0 tarmnea r.lA in Una IrinH n . A ; t
' through one ol the severest winters ever known
!. -1 -t . :!-...
" ejevawou oi over seven mousana ieei aoove :
tne ocean, or three times nig her tnan tne A:ie-1
ghanies or tbe Catskillj. I
A GOOD WIPE. ; r .:
A good wife makes the poorest and most deso
late home a paradise, and moulds the negligent
and indifferent husband into a tender and
thoughtful cdmpanion. The influence -of a wo
man quiet, imperceptible and persuasive ia
irresistible when directed by woman's iostinctiro
tact and affection. The clamorera for woman's
rights rarely attain their object while the meek
and yielding can bind manhood with chains of
roses more potent than chains of steel. The first
inquiry of woman after marriage should be
'How shall I continue tho love 1 . have inspired!
How shall I preserve the heart I have won !n
Endeavor to make your husband's habitation al
luring to him. Let it be to him a sanctuary, to
which his heart may always turn from the ca
late i ties of life. Make it a repose from his cares
a shelter from the world a home, not. for. his
person only, but for his heart. He may meet
with pleasure in othar houses, but let him findptaas
ure in bis own. Should he be dejected, soothe
him; should he be thoughtful, do not heedlessly
disturb him; should he be studious, favor him
with all practicable facilities; or should -he be
peevish, make allowance for human nature, and
by your sweetness, gentleness and good humor,
urge him continually to think, though he may
not say it. "This woman is indeed a comfort to
me; I cannot but love her." t. u t
GUESS I KNOW A THING or TWO."
"My dear boy," said a father to his only son,'
"you are in bad company.- The lads with
whom you associate indulge bad habits. They
drink, smoke, swear, play cards and visit thea
tres. They are not safe companions for you. I
beg you to quit their society. "
"You needn't be afraid of mo, father,0 re
plied the boy, laughing; "I guess 1 know a
thing or two. I know how far to go and wheat
tO Stop." r.'
. The lad left his father's house twirling his 1
cane in his fingors, and laughing at the "oil
man's notions." - t
A few years later, and that lad, grown i6
manhood, stood at the bar of a court before a
jury wbicn bad just brought in a verdict or
guilty againstvhim for some crime in which he
bad been concerned. Before he was sontescef
he addressed the court, and said among other
things; . r
"My downward course began in disobedience
to my parents. I thought 1 knew as much or
the world as my father did, and I spurned his
advice. But as soon as I turned my back Ott
my home, temptations can:e upon me like a
drove of hyenas, and hurried me to ruin." 4 T
Mark that confession, ye boys who are be
ginning to be wiser than your parents! Mark,
it, and learn that di3obcdience is the first step
in the road to ruin. Don't take It.
ToucniNO Incident. Wo recently heard a
remarkable and touching story of a little boy, .
the son of a gentleman in an adjoining county. . .
His age is twelve or thirteen. He is au interesx-
g, promising lad. Ooe day during the past .
winter, he failed to rise in the morning as early
as usual. ."
At length his father went into the room where "
he lay and asked him why be did not get up.--He
said it seemed dark yet, and be was waiting '
or daylight.
His father retired, but the boy did not make
his appearance for some time.
"My son, why don t you get up;
He replied :
"Father, is it daylight?"
"Yes, long ago." ,;
"Then, father," tho little fellow said, "I act
blind."
And so it was; his sight was gone.
In a short time, his father took bim to Nash'
ville to get the benefit of the medical professioa '
there, but the physicians could do nothing for
him, and happily made no experiments on his
eyes. Some ladies in a family of his father's
acquaintance sought to cheer htm in his affile-:
tion, and one night proposed to take him to the ,
opera, that he might hear the music and singing.
He went and was delighted.
In tbe course of the performance, all at once
he leaped up and threw his arms around hif
father's neck, and screamed with ecstacy ;
"Oh, father ! I can sec I lcaoseej" '
His sight bad instantly returned, and sines
then he has retained his full vigor, except that '
under excitement there is somestimes a transient
dimness of vision. '
The case is one of a remarkable and singular
character. Tennestee Paper.
. .
frE Maxims. A poor boy having written to 1
Horace Greely, a&king him what shall be do to
become rich, the philosopher of the Tribune gives
him tbe foiJojng advice ;
1st. Firmly resolve never to owe a debt.
2nd. Acquire promptly and thoroughly some
useful calling. 1
3rd. Resolve not to le a rover; where jou Lt ;
stuck your stake stand by it. , '
4th. Comprehend that there is work almog
everywhere for him that will do it. '
5 tli Realize that he who earns si r -pence a day
more than he spends must get rich, while he who '
spends sixpence a day more than he earns must
become poor. :
A Gunsmith in SV Louis having had his -store
twice robbed set a trap gun inside, which
would be fired by any one attempting to open :
tbe door. A young man who was intoxicated 'r
tried to open the door in mistake for that of his .
boarding house, when the gun went off aod lit -was
shot dead.
' Supposing all the trails worn this summer at -the
fiuhionaUe watering plaees cut oil even with .
the ankles, how many poor children would they
lvV.a i TT.tm mn li tvtn 1. 1 wrtmM ' vim in tfiA
est;mat;OD of raen J An innocent exchanger "
mifks , .UDpose your aBOt WM your Socle i
- -
Somebody has given utterance to the following
I scrap of philosophy, winch if it be not good is at 1
ii . . ii'n. . t 7 ..-;?
lvasv cuwi ( mo pvur iiihd s pursw "
empty, out ne nas aa mucn goiu in , tue sunsej
aod silver in the moon as anybody." 1