THE WESTERN DEMO CHAT, CHARLOTTE, N . C.
tsUxn
tmocrat.
W. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.
September 24, 1867.
The Editor is still absent.
New Cotton. The first bale of new cotton
was brought to this market by Maj. M. N. Hart,
of Steel Creek neighborhood, which weighed 400
pounds and was bought by Messrs. Stenhoase,
Macaulay & Co., at 20 cents per pound.
The second ba'a was brought by Mr C E.
Bell, and weighed COO pounds, which was bought
by Messrs. R. M. Oates & Co., at the same fig
ures as the former.
Rowan County. We learn from the Salis
bury Banner that at a County Convention held
in that place recently by the Republicans, C. S.
Moring and Allen Rose were nominated for the
approaching State Convention.
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EF II. II. Helper, Assessor in the fifth, or
Salisbury District, was recommended at a public
meeting in Davie county, recently, as a candi
date for Congress from that District.
ViT Maj. Gen. Jas. A. Mower is now in com
mand of the 5th Military District. He continues
in force the existing orders of his predecessors.
Sickness. There is a great deal of sickness
in this city and surrounding country at the present
time, and has been for several weeks past. This
sickness is generally chills and fevers. We learn
from our exchanges that this is the cae in the
Eastern portion of he State. But it is said to
yields very readily to prompt medical treatment.
LtSenator Fessenden denies having expressed
any opinion either for or against the impeach
ment of the President. He says;
'I have written no letter and expressed no
opinion on the subject of impeachment. It will
be time enough for mo to express an opinion on
that subject when the case comes before me.
You are at liberty to contrndict that report, as I
do not like to be considered as giving the lie to
all I have paid in the Senate with regard to my
duties as a Senator in such a case
Swindlers. We learn from the Raleigh
Standard that a party of swindlers are fleecing
the innocent housewives of Wilkesboro, and that
section of the State in a shameful manner, de
priving them of their feather beds. The Stan
dard says :
They propose to exchange new feathers for
old ones, but not having their new feathers along
in the wagons, they make a deposit of 40 cents
per pound for the old feathers in greenbacks, the
good wife empties half her beds, thpy drive off
with the load and never return. Of course the
money which they leave is counterfeit.
We learn that a good many families trusting
to the representation of the strangers, their show
of honesty in depositing money, and led the more
easily astray by the desire to get new feathers
for old ones by exchange, have been deprived of
their beds, and will have to sleep harder this
winter than ever before."
This is the same party of scoundrels, we pre
sume, who were arrested in this city some weeks
past for fleecing some of the citizens of this
county of their feathers. We hardly think it
probable that they will visit our county again,
as it was made rather too warm in this sectiou for
them.
The ClKCUS. The circus is certainly coming,
and for further evidence of the fact we refer our
readers to an advertisement in another column,
from which can be gathered all the particulars.
The following notice of this "Show" is taken
from the National Intelligencer :
Barn um and Van Amburgh's Menagerie and
Dan Castcilo's JSIndel Circus Combination.
Everybody is asking everybody if everybody is
going to the great show, nnd everybody answers
"Yes." So, we presume, everybody is aware
that "the show" is coming. In further evidence
of the fact, we refer our readers to the adver
tisement in another column, from which they
will learn all the particulars, and become ac
quainted with the varied attractions offered to
please all tastes. There is, in the first place, a
full menagerie of wild beasts, birds, and reptiles,
some of which have been rarety, if ever before,
exhibited in America. And there is the great
Van Amburgh's den of lions, with which Profes
sor Hall does all sorts of remarkable and thril
ling feats. There is, besides, a first-class circus
company of riders, both ladies nnd gentlemen,
acrobats, gymnasts, trapezists, &o., who will all
appear in a varied and novel programme; and,
to cap the climax of attractions, a beautiful
French woman, from the Imperial Circus, Paris,
and who has just arrived in America, having
been expressly engaged for this company, will
make her debut in America here, and will create,
we have no doubt, a perfect furore among our
t usceptible youth. Another fresh attraction will
be the performances of "Little Minnie," a charm
ing little creature, no bigger than Pea-blossom,
the fairy, who will go through a principal act of
riding, just as if she was a full -grown-up lady,
justead of the pretty, weauie thing she is.
'General Schcfield issued an order on the 16th
inst., for an election for a State Convention in
Virginia, on the 22d of October. The Boards
jot Registrations arc to have their final revision
of the lifts completed fourteen days previous to
.the election.
The official returns of registration in Virginia
show that 115,157 whites and 101,490 blacks
have been reuiste'red iu that State; majority for
whites, 13,CG7.
Maryland. The Maryland Constitutional
election is progressing quietly. Its adoption,
by a large mnjority, is certain. It abolishes
test oaths for Confederates, and admits negro
testimony in Courts.
Baltimore, Sept. 19 The city ratifies the
Acw Constitution by 10,000 majority.
A spelling book of the year 1799 was recent
ly bid to $25 at an auction sale in Washington.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Groceries, Confectioneries, Notions, &c NUbet &
Maxwell.
Jlotel for Rent F S DeWolfe, Adra'r.
Grocer J and Commission Merchants Miller k Black
Salt and Molasses Willard Dros, Wilmington, N C.
charlotte Female Institute Rev R Harwell Si Son.
School Notice A J Harrison, Instructor.
Quinine, at Scarr's Drug Store.
Dress Making Mrs M J Griffin.
Carolina Female College J E Blankenship.
Notice of Co-operative Association of Mecklenburg
county.
Jlorse Stolen John A. Dewege.
Jefferson Davis akd nis Trial. A Rich
mond.corresDndent of the New York Tribune
writes :
From an authentic source I have reason to
state that Jefferson Davis will be tried at the
November terra of the United States circuit court
here, and that he will be forthcoming at that time.
The counsel for the defense will declare themsel
ves ready for trial. The court will signify its
assent in the same manner. The government
will ask for time under the pretense of being un
prepared; a shift to get out of the trial. The
court will then say it will be in session for a con
siderable period, which will afford the govern
ment ample time to prepare, and if its represen
tatives fail to prosecute the prisoner before the
term of the court expires, it will in that case
probably declare the prisoner discharged, in the
absense of the prosecution. Such will most
probably be the programme of the long expected
Davis trial, and such the upshot of it in the case
of the failure of the government to substantiate
its charges. The country will then be rid of a
serious incumbrance.
Fkom New Orleans New Orleans, Sept 16.
The following General Order was issued here
to-day.
Headquarters District of Louisiana, )
New Orleans, La., Sept. 10, 1867.
General Orders No. 11.
It having come to the knowledge of the Bre
vet Major General Commanding that in various
parts of the State the assembling of armed men,
for political or other purposes, is of frequent oc
currence, and that weil-disposed citizens are often
subjected to anoyance from armed persons,
posted as sentinels and videttes, it is hereby or
dered that such practices and all other acts tend
ing to disorder and violence must be at once dis
continued. Commanders of posts, detachments
and stations within this command will arrest nnd
retain until further orders, all armed men found
posted as sentinels, pickets or videttes, or pretend
ing to be on guard duty for any purpose or by
any authority not duly authorized by law.
liy order of Brevet Maj Gen. Jos. A. Mower.
Nathaniel Bcrbank.
2nd Lieut. 37th Infy A. A. G.
Ges. Grant and the Presidency. A Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Post
(Radical) sends the following to that paper:
Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 1867.
To the Editor of the Even inrj Post :
An Officer of General Grant's staff relates a
conversation which he had with the General a few
days ago, wherein the General remarked, con
cerning the talk of making him President, that
ilhfj would not be President of the United States
if the opportunity were offered; that he was co
politician; that he hated politics; that, so far as
reputation and honor were concerned, he thought
he ought to be satisfied with what of these be al
ready enjoyed; that holding the office of Presi
dent would mar his present comfort, and drag
him into the storms and excitements of politics;
that, as General of ti e Army, he had all the
work he could do, and lime enough to enjoy the
comforts of his familv and home; and that he, as
a soldier had gained f. inds enough in the coun
try without now seeking a place where he should
gain no more, but probably loose those whom he
had gained.
B?" The following is published by request :
Railroads So7ne very Stealthy Opera
tions Somewhere. We have jut been shown a
letter from a prominent official of the Notth
Carolina Railroad Company, which contains
the following sentence: ''While in Charlotte I
called on many of "the merchants and gave them
the points in regard to shipping via Goldsboro'.
I found none of them had ordered their goods
via Huleiyh, but some had been received and
marked that way entirely- icithout their knowl
edge or consent." (Italics are oars.)
Another A few days ago a lot of Pork, pur
chased in Baltimore by the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad Company, came here "stencil
marked" via Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, and
it was done after they left the store of the seller
These facts need no comment. The public will
judge of the morality of such operations.
We submit the first months' figures, showing
the receipts by the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company and the North Carolina Rail
road Company on freight that passed via Golds
boro' in the month of August, the first after the
new route was in operation:
W. and W R. R. Co. proportions S4,640 25
N C. R. R. Co. 3,093 50
Total increase to the State Railroads 7,733 75
more than would have been received by these
roads had the new arrangement not been inau
gurated, and at almost no additional cost to
these companies Had the order of the Stock
holders been fully carried out this sum would
probably have reached nine thousand dollars.
The people of North Carolina will watch these
operations with some interest. Wilmington
Journal.
Destructive Fire. Last Wednesday after
noon at about 3 o'clock, the residence of Mrs
Elizabeth McLaurin on Rowan street caught
fire in the basement from some cause which has
not yet, so far as we know, been ascertained,
and, despite every exertion, was destroyed, with
the kitchen and other out-houses on the premi
ses. When a crowd assembled the five had got
too well under headway to be arrested, and al
though the McLean Fire Co , and the citizens'
generally, worked hard and faithfully, not only
the buildings, but all the furniture', clothing,
and all other valuable property were consumed.
By great and unwearied exertions the adjoining
dwelling of the Mayor, J. R. Lee, was saved.
MfS. McLaurin's loss was very heavy. The
family was suddenly left houseless, and with
only the clothing worn at the time. Besides, it
had been the old family home for many years;
fond associations of the past clustered there, to
kens of the loved and lost, and relics of by gone
days went down in its ashes. We extend our
warmest and most heartfelt sympathy in this
great calamity. Fayetteville New, 17th inst.
Probable Case of Horse Stealing.
We understand that a man who calls himself
John A. Mayo, was arrested at Statesville a few
days ago, under such circumstances as raised a
strong suspicion of hia being a horse thief.
Since that time Mr Elias Stough, of Cabarrus
county,' who lost a horse a few day9 before,
when Mayo was in his neighborhood, has re
ceived information which satisfies bim that the
horse which Mayo had in his possession at the
time of the arrest is his, and has gone to States
ville to identify his property. By promptly ad
vertising Mr Stough was enabled to obtain the
information which will lead to the recovery of
the stolen horse immediately. Salisbury North
Pardons. The functions of the pardon clerk
of the Attorney General's office in relation to the
rebellion have been virtually suspended by tne
amnesty proclamation. The clerical force devo
ted to that branch of the business is busy in pre
paring: the statement relative to the States of
Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, for the ap
proaching session of Congress. Upwards of lo,
000 applications for pardon have been lodged in
the Attorney General's office. Most of them,
embracing persons to whce petition no special
significant attaches, ba been granted. Some
five hundred have be-u unacted upon. Most of
the prominent men of the South have made ap
plication. Henry A. Wise, Louis Wigfall, and
Jefferson Davis are notable exception, though
the pardon of the latter has been sought by the
Legislatures of Mississippi and Georgia, and in
numerable petitions. No action has ever been
taken on any application made by absentees like
Messrs. Slidell and'Breckinridge, though the lat
ter has not himself sought pardon, but his friends
for him. Notwithstanding the amnesty procla
mation has lessened the labors of the pardon clerk
Mr F. U. Stitt, in regard to the rebellion, the or
dinary course of criminal justice will give ample
scope for all his energy and iudustty. Wash.
Express.
Negroes Drilling. We are informed that
negroes have been seen drilling in our steets after
nights. What does it mean ? Are the authori
ties aware of the fact ? We do not believe it,
and we therefore call their attention to it, and we
have no doubt Col. Edie will take steps to have
the matter investigated and stopped. Such de
monstrations can effect no good results, but are
calculated to produce those of a most serious
nature. They are highly revolutionary, treas
onable, and incendiary, without the authority of
law, and prejudical to good order. There is
some wicked purpose at the bottom of these
secret and unlawful gatherings; and all good law
abiding citizens, white and black, have an inter
est in having the guilty parties exposed and their
designs frustrated. Do not be intimidated by a
few reckless scoundrels who are openly setting at
defiance the laws, and plotting against the peace
and safety of the people. Col. Edie's well known
high chaacter as a conservator of the peace, aqd
his firm, prompt, and impartial execution of the
law against all offenders, leave no doubt as to the
course he will take, if the matter is properly
brought before him. We therefore, warn all
persons who arc in any way connected with any
unlawful assembly or organization, to abandon it
at once. Salisbury Banner. ' j
The reaction against the existing political ex
travagance and corruption gathers volume and
momentum faster than we had expected. We
could have predicted a year, or even a month
ago, that the State of California would range
herself upon the Conservative side this fall ?
Here is a State whose record from the beginning
has been one of unbroken loyalty to the Federal
Union, and of deep and genuine interest in all
that concerns the prosperity and glory of the Re
public. Her citizens have always prided them
selves upon the warmth and Western whole
heartedness of their love for the Union. They
have responded with the quickness of the electric
flash to every appeal which the National Govern
ment, or any one of the sisterhood of States, has
made, in any hour of trial, for their sympathy
and aid. Combining the native shrewdness and
integrity of New England with the business en
terprise of New York and the West, and the im
pulsive generosity of the South , California is an
indigenous product and type of our institutions.
She is an American of Americans. It. is this ar
ray of facts which imparts such tremendons sig
nificance to the surprising result ofthe'recent
election. New York Journal of Commerce.
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A Revolutionary Relic. We had the
pleasure yesterday, at the residence of our es
teemed fellow-citizen, George W. bulser, Lsq., j
of conversing with an old lady of the patriarchal
age of one hundred and two years. Her name ;
is Margaret Swartz, widow and relic of James
Swartz, who was in the dragoon service in our
revolutionary struggle. She is now, and has
been for many years, a pensioner of the United
States. This old and venerable lady is a native
of Berkley county, Virginia, and came with her
parents when an infant to the wilds of the "dark
and bloody ground," and was an eye-witness
and participant in many of the fierce struggles
of the pioneers of this State. Her father set
tled first at Strode's Station, between where
Paris and Millersburg are now situated, when
those fair and fertile regions were unbroken
forests and dense canebrakes, and the red war
riors were making continued attacks upon the
early settlers, and when every one carried their
life in their hands. Mrs. Swartz recollects dis
tinctly these stirring incidents, and speaks now
of Boone, Kenton, and those other brave and
gallant men who assisted in redeeming this fair
land from the hands of the ruthless savage.
She saw and conversed with Daniel Boone
when he returned wounded after the sanguinary
battle with the Indians at the Lower Blue Licks.
She now resides with her grandchildren, near
Lower Blue Licks, in Nicholas county, and is
as sprightly, both mentally and physically, as a
lady of sixty. Long may this connecting link
between the past and present be preserved in
life and health, and be permitted to relate to her
children's children the stirring incidents of
those "days that tried men's souls." Maysvillc,
Ky., Bulletin, 5th.
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The Mobile Times has a pathetic account of a
little, girl, of only ten years, and her sick brother
of four, whose father was killed during the war,
and their mother had died more recently; left
without any means or protection, they were kind
ly cared fur by their equa'ly poor but older
neighbors, and managed to keep from staiving
until a new evil came upon them. " The little boy
fell sick and they could get no medicine. Ex
erting all her puny strength, the tender sister
carried the little sufferer in her arms, who was
so weak as to be barely able to cling to her neck
and, coming in front of a drugstore, timidly
asked what was good for the feverand how much
money it would take to give some to her little
brother. A few kind persons, then in the store,
questioned the poor girl and soon learned that
she and her brother were all alone in the world.
She was anxious to hire herself out ou any terms
in order to procure residence. The people in the
store immediately supplied their wants, and a
physician prescribed for the sufferer. Not only
they but their charitable neighbors were furnish
ed with permanent and substantial relief.
Admitted to Bail John A. Ketchey,
committed to jail for larceny some time since
bv his Honor Judge Mitchel, in default of $2,-
000 bail, has been allowed to give bail by order
of Mj Gen. Canby in such sum as shall be des
ignated by Col. Edie, the Commandant of the
post at this place. The application was made
to Geo. Sickles in June last, but it received no
attention until he was superceded by Gen.
Uanby. Salisbury North Stale.
Gen. Beauregard. New York, Sept. 18.
At a dinner given to Gen. Beauregard by a
party of Southern gentlemen at the New York
Hotel, he made a speech in which he stated,
"that he had received tempting offers from
English capitalists to take op his residence in
England as Superintendent of extensive engi
neering works in that country, but he had con
cluded, upon calmly surveying the different
governments of the world, their States, and
their inherent strength, that this country pos
sessed the most stable government of any ex
isting on the face of the earth, and that for his
part be was determined to spend his life under
the flag of the government that was the most
stable and least liable to disorganization. It
was nothing short of sheer nonsense, to talk of
another rebellion. If they wanted to raise one
they could not. It was utterly impossible for
them to do so for the next generation."
A Slander Contradicted. In his speech
last week at Boston, Mr Bootwell is represented
as charging that Mr Johnson removed tho ar
chives and closed the bureau for the preserva
tion of the archives of the Southern Confederacy
for the purpose of destroying evidence of his
complicity in the assassination, &c. This para
graph is going the rounds of the press without
contradiction. The facts are that the bureau
archive is still in existence, accessible as here
tofore, and the President has not made any or
der of any kind as to its management, and has
not exercised any control whatever over its af
fairs. Some davs ago Gen. Grant, finding that
the then office of the superintendent of the bu
reau was a mere sinecure, abolisLed it or relieved
toe incumbent, DrLieber, and placed the concern
in charge oi a clerk, who has charge now.
Good Advice to Young Men. The editor
of the South Georgia Times gives the following
sound advice to the young men of the South :
We would like to see our young men giving
themselves to the farm labors with more readi
ness than many of them seem disposed to. The
great object of every man is happiness. One
takes one road and another a different one, but
all have the same object in view. The path of
ambition has never secured it. It has only
multiplied miseries and disappointments. The
surer road is the plain path. No man can enjoy
life without health. To secure this blessing the
body must be trained as well as the mind.
The farm is the place for health, vigorous,
manly exercise, the surety for health, without
which all other blessings are but ashes on the
lips. We would prefer to be a Cincinnatus to
an Alexander, the farmer Washington to the
conquered Napoleon. We would rather see our
young men ambitious, if that be the proper word
to make large crops upon a few acres; to make
two ears grow where one could heretofore be
obtained; ambitious to have fiae horses cows and
hogs of their rearing, full barns, neat well in
closed farm, houses and rural dwellings; priding
themselves upon "owing no man anything," and
to hear their neighbors say of them that "they
fear God, love truth and practice virtue." If
thu3 it be, you have no use for the rugged dan
gerous path of ambition, full of toils, cares,
anxieties, diseases and disappointments.
JosnuA as a General. Gen. D. H. Hill,
of the late Con fed ate army, has a high opinion
of the military skill of Joshua, and thinks he
displays a superiority over noted
latter times. He says:
generals of
Joshua, the successor of Moses, was distin
guished by the favor of Heaven, and yet was
one of the most renowned military leaders of
his own or any other age. His strategy and
manoeuvering furnish an interesting study, at
this day, to the student of military history. He
will see that the mistake which Washington
made at Germantown in attempting to take
Chew's house; which Greene made at Lutaw in
attempting to take the brick jail, Joshua did
not make when the five Kings fled to their cave
or stronghold at Makkedab. He did not turn
aside from the great obiect. but eave orders :
"Stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies and
emitethe hiodermost of them; suffer them not
to enter their cities. Had Jackson, at New
Orleans, been familiar with the tactics of Joshua
he would have made bis night attack on the
23d December, just before day, and thus have
anticipated the great victory of 8th of January.
Is it not strange that military men in modern
times, with all the lights of history and experi
ence before them, can discover no mistakes in
the campaigns of Joshua, who marched and
fought ages, before Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar
and Napoleon ? Whence did ho derive his
strategy ? Who taught him the art of war ?
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It is stated upon apparently reliable informa
tion, that Chief Justice Chase has written to
the President sustaining the civil authorities in
the judicial cases iu North Carolina out of which
arose the conflict of authority between General
Sickles and Marshal Goodloe. .
Catawba River Bridge The Iron Bridge
oftheW.,C & R. R. R. over the Catawba
River, is now in the course of construction under
the superintendence of Capt. Smith. Its com
pletion will relieve the public of apprehensions
which have been felt on accouut of the shaky
trestle-work upon which the cars now cross.
Daly News.
Five large warehouses on the corner of Sixth
and Baymiller streets, Cincinnati, owned by W.
B. Moore & Co , and a row of tenement houses
adjoining, were destroyed by five recently, in
volving a loss of $400,000. Three firemen
were severely injured by a falling wall.
The President has received a letter from New
York, signed by a large number of colored per
sons, besides members of a colored church, ask
ing the appointment of Fred Douglass, or either
of several other negroes earned, to succeed Gen.
Howard, io case the latter thall be removed from
the Freedmen's Bureau.
The following military changes have been an
nounced by telegraphic dispatches from Wash
ington: Brevet Major General J J. Reynolds
succeeds General Griffiu in Texas, and Major
General Joseph AMower will command the
Fifth District until Hancock arrives. General
Sickles has been ordered to report at headquar
ters between the 17th and 20cbjnstant3.
The "stone fleet" sunk io Charleston harbor
during the war. does not appear to have done
any permaoent injury. An Eoglish vessel,
drawing eighteen and a half feet, has entered
the port, loaded with railway iron. The deep
est laden vessel that had previously entered
drew but seventeen.
There is a man in St Paul who is singularly
afflicted. One side of his face never sweats
The perspiration rools off of the left of his face in
drops, while the right side is entirely free from
moisture. He attributes the phenomenon to dis
ease, which he savs has stODDed ud the Dores of
his face on that side. I
Latest lYeirs.
MARKETS.
New York, Sept 21. Cotton dull. Up
land 24 - Gold 51.43.
Washington, Sept. 21. It is urged upon
Gen. Hancock, at headquarters, that there is no
immediate necessity of his presence in the
Fifth Military District.
The President expresses confidence that, not
withstanding present appearences, the elections
in the South will occur simultaneously.
A dispatch from North Platte, says that peace
has been declared with the Brales, Ogalelles and
Sioux Indians. They receive powder and ball.
Great fears are felt for the safety of a party
of engineers between Fort Smith and Virginia
City. The Indians have notified the contrac
tors that the Railroad shall not be built beyond
Fort Hayes.
There is great excitement along the track.
ine laborers are leavin
t9
New Oeueans, September 18. The deaths
from yellow fever, to six this morning, were 46.
The fever is spreading among the interior towns
of this State. .
New Orleans, Sept. 10. The interments
from yellow fever to six o'clock this morning
were 55.
The Indians North Platte via Omaha,
Sept. 19. The Commission held a council with
the Spotted Tail, Turkey Leg and other Chiefs
today.
The Indian ultimatum is the withdrawal from
the Powder River country, the abandonment of
Smoky Hill and the Pacific Rail Road. They
demand guns, ammunition and presents. The
Commission will reply to-morrow.
From Georgia. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 17.
For soma days past there have been rows be
tween soldiers and freedmen. One negro is re
ported mortally and one soldier badly wounded.
The freedmen attacked the barracks last night,
but no collision occurred. It is said the sol
diers were the aggressors.
Augusta, Sept. 18. The soldiers and freed
men who were the most prominent actors in the
late disturbances here have been arrested.
The soldiers will be tried by Court Martial, and
the negroes by the civil Court.
An inoffensive white citizen was set upon and
badly cut by the soldiers, who, it is supposed,
mistook him for a colored man.
tSF Registration has been completed in Ala-
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inance. 1 no total number ot voters registered
is 2,104, of which the whites have 1,331 and
the blacks 773. lialeiqh Sentinel.
General Mulford, commissioner of exchange
during the rebellion, has been appointed col
lector for the Third Revenue District of Vir
ginia.
In Lincoln county, on the 11th inst., at the resi
dence of the bride's father, by the Rev. J. Ineold,
Mr O A Ramsaur to Miss Bettie Ramsaor.
On Sunday, the 15th inst , by. W W Munday, Esq.,
at his residence in Lincoln county, Capt A II Hous
ton to Miss Mattie Ann Munday.
In Gaston county, on the 3d inst., by Rev. w w
Ratcbford, Mr John S Craig fo Miss G J Nolen.
In York District, S. C, by Rev. W W Ratcbford,
Mr Wm Burns to Miss M J Robinson. Also, on the
12th inst., by the same, Mr W Wbtsonant to Mrs H
N Hamrick.
In Fayetteville, on the 15th inst , Mr John T Mai
ling, aged 41 year 8. AUo, on the 16th inst., Mr
Tbos H Stoner, in the 30tb year of bis age.
At Corpus Chrisu, Texas, on the 6th of August,
of yellow fever. Mary D., wife of G. N. McClennahan,
and daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Harris, of this
place.
HOTEL FOR RENT.
On Wednesday, the Clh day of November next, I
will rent on the premises, in Charlotte, N. C, to the
highest bidder, for three years from the 1st of De
cember, the well known Charlote Hotel, so long
kept by Maj. J. B Kerr.
Charlotte is a prosperous and rapidly growing
city, with bat one Hotel in the business part of it.
For many years two Hotels were well sustained,
until one man became lessee of both.
The public convenience and business interests of
the city imperatively require that this House shall
be re-opened. The rent3 to be paid quarterly, and
secured bj bond and security.
F. S. DlWOLFB,
Adni'r of J. B. Kerr, dee'd.
Sept. 23, 1867. 6w
MILLER &. BLACK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Provisions and Produce Generally,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
TRADE STREET, CHARLOTTE, If. C.
Have now in Store and will keep oonstantly on band
a full and select stock of Ibe above articles for sale;
to which tbey respectfully invite the attention of
their friends and the public generally.
R. M. MILLER. W. J. BLACK.
September 23, 1867.
Salt and Molasses.
5,000 Sacks SALT,
175 Hhds. MOLASSKS.
For sale by WILLARD BROS ,
29, 30 and 31 Water street,
Sept. 23, 1867 tf Wilmisotqm, N C
NOTICE.
A meeting of the Stockholders and all others In
terested in the co-operative Association of Meck
lenburg county, is requested at the Court House
in Charlotte, on Wednesday, the 25th instant,
at 11 o'clock, a. m., as business of importance will
be presented to them for their action.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Sept 23, 1867. Iw ,
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The next session will commence on Tuesday the
1st of October, and continue until 30lh June, 1868.
OfFicaas asd Ikstcctoes.
Rev. R. Burwell, Principal and Instructor in Men
tal and Mora! Philosophy and Mathematics.
Jno. B. Burwell, a. tn., Chemistry, Natoral Phi
losophy and Ancient Laugoages.
Mrs M. A. Burwell, English branches and Super
intendent Social duties.
Prof. A. Banmann, Vocal and Instrumental Music
Prof. R. E. Pignet, Drawiag, Painting and Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary Batte, English Branches and French.
Mrs Sally C. White, English Branches,
Miss Mary F. Penick, Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss Ella R. Carson, Music on Piano,
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Cata
logue containing fail particulars address
Rsr. R. BURWELL SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 23, 1867. '
Horse Stolen.
Stolen from the subscriber on the 18th last., a
small, heavy built, black horse, with a heavy mane
and tail, and a small white spot on the back. Any
information in reference to the horse will be thank
fully received, and any one delivering the Horse to
me at Davidson College will be liberally rewarded.
JOHN A. UKWW.
Sept. 23, 1867, lwpd
Coffee, -Sugar and .Tlolasses,
A full stock of all grades, for sale at
NISBET k MAXWELL'S.
Sole Leather.
1,000 pounds good Bole Leather for sale at
NISBET MAiWELL'3.
Olass Jars,
Galloas and Half Gallons, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars,
Of the best brands, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Layer Raisins,
A large tot in quarter, half and wholes boxes, for
sale at NISBET k MAXWELL'S.
Pipes.
A large assortment of common and faney Pipes,
for sale at NISBET k MAXWELL'S.
Soap.
A large lot of Toilet and Bar Soap, for sale at
NISBET k MAXWELL'S.
Toys and Yankee Notions,
A large assortment, for sale at
Sept. 23, 1867. NISBET k MAXWELL'S.
SCHOOL. NOTICE.
Through the earnest solicitations of many friends
and my former patrons, I will resume, on the 1st
day of October, 1867, the exercises of Mount Verona
Academy, so pleasantly and conveniently situated
on the W., C. k R. Railroad ia Gaston county, N. O.
With many thanks for the liberal patronage hereto
fore extended to me, I hope to be remembered kindly
bj my friends generally, and beg that they will lend
a helping hand in building op the School tolls
former success and original prosperity.
Charges will be made from time of entrance,' with
no deduction for loss of time except in cases of pro
tracted sickness, as follows :
Classics, $15: Higher English, $10: Primary
English, $6, ia specie or its equivalent in currency,
for 5 months.
Rbfkbincbss Wm T Shinp, Esq., Dr. Jos. Graham
and John Springs Davidson?Esq., of Gaston county;
Drs. C L Hunter and W B McLean of Lincoln; Jos.
Duncan, Esq., and Gen. R D Johnston, Charlotte, N
O , and the patrons generally.
A. J. HARRISON, Instructor.
Sept 23, 1867 3w
DRESS IU A KING.
The subscriber having located in the Black bidd
ing, first room op stairs, she will cut and make
dresses in the latest styles, and will spare no pains
to please her customers. She solicits a part of the
patronage of the Ladies of Charlotte and vicinity at
large. Mas. M. J. GRIFFIN.
Sept. 23, 1867 lrpd
QUININE.
A Fresh supply of Quinine, for sale at
SCARR'S DRUG STORE.
September 23, 1867.
Carolina Female College,
ANSON VILLE, N. C.
This Institution is now open for the reception of
pupils.
Complete arrangements have been made for a
thorough course of instruction, both literary and
ornamental.
Term 8 Board, washing, fuel and tuition la Eng
lish branches, $92.50, payable one half tn advance,
the remainder at the end of the session of twenty
weeks. If paid all in advance $85. Pupils furnish
lights, sheets, towels, pillow cases, and counterpane.
By giving timely notice, pupils will be met at
Monroe, Concord, Salisbury, Cheraw or the head of
the Wil. Char, k Ruth. Railroad, and conveyed to
the College free of charge.
J. E. BLANKENSHIP.
Sept 23, 1867. m
Groceries and Confectioneries
NISBET &HUAXWELL
Are now receiving and have in store a large and
well selected stock of
Groceries, Confectioneries & Notions
To which we invite the attention of our friends and
the public generally. Thanking them for theic very
liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, we hope by
strick personal attention to business to merit s
continued share of the same.
Call and examine our goods and prices before
purchasing elsewhere, as we are determined to sell
goods in our line as cheap as any other house ia
the city.
Country Merchants will find ft to their Interest to
examine our Stock.
Sept. 16, 1867. NISBET k MAXWELL.
1,000 Acres of Land Tor Sale.
The subscriber offers for sale until the 15th of
October next, One Thousand Acres of Valuable Land
lying on the waters of Mountain Creek, 5 miles North
of Bcattie's Ford. This body of Land is composed
of four different tracts, all contiguous, with excellent
Grist and Saw Mills in the midst. The Milts are no
offered for sale, but might be to accommodate ong
desiring to buy the whole.
For terms nnd further particulars apply to the,
subscriber or J. F. Good3on, Esq., one of whom may
always be found at Beattie's Ford.
After the above date these lands, if not sold, will be
leased. J. M. IV r.
Beattie's Ford, N. C, Sept. 16, 1867"" 2wpd
FARMER'S HOTEL.
I have opened a BOARDING HOUSE ia Springs'
corner building, over Mr Sinclair's Store. Board
and lodging by the month or day furnished at
reasonable rates. Single meals .can be had at any
time. Give me a trial.
Sept. 9, 1867 4m S. A. STUART.
DWELLING FOR SALE.
The Dwelling Douse and Lot known as the Meth
odist I'arsonage, adjoining the Methodist Church, is
offered for sale in order to liquidate a Mortgage
which was pot upon the whole properly In 1862
It is conveniently located for a business man, being
on Ibe second square from the Public Square. For
particulars inquire of- CHAS. WILSON,
JONAS RUDISILL,
Sept. 9, 1867. For the Trustees.
CHARLOTTE MARKET, Sept 23, 1867.
CoaascTiD bt Stskuocss, Macaclat k Co.
Cotton The market eontfaues vary dull ad
inactive, with a declining tendency we quete IS
to 18 cents for low middling to middling, tax pay
able by purchaser. Sales for the week 43 bales, of
which ten bales were new cotton, the first two of
which were sold at 20 cents.
Flour is steady at $4.75 to $5 from wagons
Corn The stock on band is very light, we quo to
$1.25 to $1-30 per bushel from wagons. New Cor
has also been sold in our market this week at $1,19
to $1.20.
Wheat, unchanged; we quote at $1.65 to $1.89
per bushel.
Peas, $1.10 to $1,20. Oats, 45 to 50 cents,
Baxou is still advancing, wc quote hog round
from wagons at 17 to IS cents; BalUtasr side bacon
Is sellwg from stores at 22 cents. "
Lard is dull at 16 to 17 cents.
BatUr, Hi to 18 cents; Chickens, 20 to 25 cents;
Eggs, 15 to 20 cents. Tbcis article axe scare and
in demand.
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.
Leather, (country tanned,) 8ole, Harness and Up
per 35 to 60 cents; ' Dry Bides nominaL Qreeo
Hido, 5 to 6 cents.