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!'$ J. I! n is if ' rj ; :v . w :? , t - f 1 1 . : I " I ! " : i i t 'U; ; t ; m : I ' - !l it 'I ,- ' '-i .11 i i t, t i v i 41 ; :; f 'i !?' -. i !'. I f l. 4 r.'i I Y 5 1 1 1- Congress.' November 25. In the Senate, ft petition from Massachusetts was presented, asking for equal male and female suffrage in the District. The military committee were ordered to en quire into the"expediency of reducing the regular rmj. A resolution returning thanks to Sheri dan, Sickles, Pope and Schofield was referred. Edward Dunbar, Editor of the New York Globe, was ordered to appear before the Bar of the Sen ate for contempt. , Iu?lhe ouse a Tesolntion waa adopted that no committee shall incur expense hereafter with out further order of the House. Mr Boutwell, the second member of the judiciary committee, rose to report the testimony taken by the com mittee on impeachment and a majority report. The Chairman, Mr Wilson, dissenting, the re port was prepared by Mr Williams, of Pennsyl vania. The summary of the majority report is as follows : "In accordance with the facts herewith sub mitted, and the view of the law herewith pre sented, the committee is of opinion that Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, in that," &c. It closes wit h the following resolution : TftWtW, That Andrew Johnson be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. The report was followed by mingled expres sions of applause and disapprobation, the Speaker, iu the meantime, using his gavel. Mr Wilson, the Chairman, for himself and Woodbridge, presented a report which concludes as follows : We therefore, declare that the case before us. presented by the testimony and meas ured .by the law, does not disclose such high crimes and misdemeanors, within the meaning of the Constitution, as require the Constitutional interposition of the power of the House, and re commend the adoption of the following : 7?eWt"7, That the judiciary committee be discharged from the further consideration of the proposed impeachment of the President of the United States, and that the subject be laid on the table." Mr Marshall, on behalf of himself and Mr Etheridge, stated that they fully concurred in the resolution offered by the chairman, Mr Wil son, and also -concurred entirely with the argu ment regarding the law of the case and the ap plication of the evidence thereto ; but there were differences on some points which induced him and Mr Etheridge to submit a third report. The reports were all laid cn the table, and made the ppecial order for Wednesday of next week. The majority of the Impeachment Committee, in their report recommending impeachment, lay great stress upon alleged usurpation by the Pres ident of the pardoning and the veto power. Also the authority to make removals and appointment?, and particularly refers to what is termed a fla grant violation of the Constitutional powers of the Executive, by organizing governments in the Southern States at the end of the war, without asking the advice of Congress, as they assert, for personal purposes. The President's opinions, in their estimation, are causing great depletion in the Treasury. The tenor of the Executive of fences, throughout the entire report, consists in alleged usurpations of the powers above men tioned. The majority assert also that by various official and other .public dechirat ions, the Presi dent has sought to obstruct the laws of Congress for the pacification of the States, with particular reference to the Constitutional amendment ap proved by Congress. This report is very lengthy and sigued by Boutwell, Williams, Churchill, Thomas and Lawrence. - The report presented by Wilson and Wood bridge dissented from the views of the majority, asserting that there was no evidence presented which demanded impeachment ; but they con demned his political views and were willing to censure. The report by Marshall and Eld ridge strongly defends the President from abuse by his political enemies, and asserts that his only fault consists in not holding to the political views of the party which elected him, in subjugating the people of me oouiu. j ne report is extremely caustic, and abuses harshly some of the witnesses who testi fied before the committee. Baker is accused of perjury. They conclude : "The President will be held in res-pect by his countrymen, when his calumniators are pilloried in the undying scorn and indignation of the American people." A bill to suspend civil officers during impeach ment was referred to the judiciary committee. A motion of BLiinc, of Maine, to reconsider the rote of reference, and to table the vote to re consider, which fastens the bill on the judiciary committee and removes it from arbitrary control of the House, was regarded as a sort of test, on this question. . This motion prevailed with but little opposition, indicating the weakness of the tcheme to suspend .before conviction. Under a suspension of the rules a resolution was adopted declaring that in the present condi tion of the finances the further purchase of ter ritory is inexpedient, and the House holds itself under no obligation to vote money for Buch pur chases. November 26. In the Senate, a bill contin uing in service Genl's Howard and Sickles was referred to the Military Committee. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned. House. Gen. Grant was called on for the cor respondence between himscif and others regard ing the removals of Stanton and Sheridan, and general matters regarding reconstruction. The Military Committee was directed to enquire into the expediency of paying the Army weekly, in stead of every two months. The Committee on Freedmen's affairs was directed to enquire and report the reasons, if any, for continuing the Frcedmen's Bureau. Detective Baker was ar rested iy order of the Judiciary Committee, and discharged on payment of cost. The Committee on Ways and Means were directed to enquire into the expediency of taxing U. S. Bonds and National Banks for the liquidation of State debts. Thad. Stevens left the House much indisposed- The impeachment interest has died out. November 27Tlie Committee of Ways And Means agreed unanimously, this morning, to report a bill for the repeal of the Cotton Tax. Xhe President is sending no nominations to the Senate. The Senate shows a disposition to act on some twenty nominations before them irom the last session. In his address at the Agricultural Fair at Danville. Mr A. W. Venable advised the vouncr men of Virginia and North Carolina to seek their jortunes in tilling tne cartn, to bay land and work, to eschew politics and let professions alone, as the readiest a ad most effectual mode of recon structing their shattered fortunes. Plow deep io he fall, and plow all you can. Leave the surface rough. Fall plowing is an effectual way io destroy many kinds of weeds. Plow the garden, at any rate, and barley and oat From the Salisbury North Sttte. The Mai of Hoses A. Bendni. - This' young man was tried in the Superior Court of this county last week on a charge of murder, in having killed John Kich in Septem ber last under rery peculiar circumstances. The prisoner had an only sister to whom he was de votedly and tenderly attached, and being sud denly informed that she had been seduced by Rich, and that he (Rich) had taken advantage of her presence at his own house to accomplish his designs upon her, he immediately, in a state of mental excitement amounting almost to frenzy, rushed to the house of the deceased, three and a half miles distant, and shot him, inflicting wounds of which he soon after died. He then returned to the city and surrendered himself to a magistrate, remarking to him, '-I have killed John Rich. He seduced my sister, whom I loved better than my own soul, and for whom I was willing to die." The killing was admitted, and the plea princi pally relied upon by the defence, which was very ably conducted by Messrs. Boyden & Bailey, J. M. McCorkle and Jas. E. Kerr, Esqrs., of this place, and Gov. Vance, of Charlotte, was that, at the moment of the commission of the deed, his reason was so far dethroned by the shock occa sioned by the sudden announcement to hirfl of his sister's disgrace as to render him irresponsible for the act, and it was upon this ground, doubt less, that the jury, after deliberating for twenty four hours, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The evidence of the sister's husband, who had married her about five months before the birth of her child, and who imparted the information suddenly to the prisoner, was introduced to show the intense excitement, amounting as he believed, from his conduct at the time, to a momentary insanity, produced in the prisoner's mind by the disclosure. In this opinion he was corroborated by the testimony of the prisoner's father, also present at the time. Dr. I. W. Jones was in troduced by the State, and testified that, in his opinion, the facts deposed to by these witnesses did not furnish unequivocal proof of symptoms of insanity that they were the effects which high excitement and sudden laceration of the feelings might produce in any sensitive mind. The prosecution was conducted with marked ability by the State's solicitor, W. P. Caldwell, Esq., without any assistance. His Honor's charge to the jury, which we had the pleasure of hearing, was one of the very ablest and clearest "summings up" which we have ever heard. Upon the admitted facts of the c:ise he charged the jury that there was nothing to mitigate it from murder to manslaughter. lie gave several hypothetical cases in which the killing of one man by another would be manslaughter, but it was evident that this case did not come within that class. As to the temporary insanity of the prisoner, ho left the jury to determine whether such was the fact whether from the condition of his mind he did not know the nature and quality of the act he was committing, or if he did know the nature of it whether he knew that it was criminal in him to commit it. As we have before stated, after twenty-four hours deliberation, during which time they once came into court asking further instructions from his Honor, in which his Honor adhered closely to all he had said in his first charge declining to give certain instructions asked for by the prisoner's counsel, and suggested to them by the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of the State vs. Ephraim the jury brought in a verdict of "not guify." The prisoner being a popular young man, and having the sympathy of a large portion of the community, this announcement was received with demonstrations of applause which were promptly suppressed by the court. The verdict in this case should not be mistaken by the rash and the thoughtless as affording any hope of evading the penalty of the law, should they ever suddenly rush into any excesses of crime. It was clearly rendered upon the ground of the prisoner's insanity arising from the sudden laceration of the feelings from the sudden wounding of his feelings and his honor in their tenderest point. They should likewise remember that the defence was conducted by a number of the very ablest lawyers in iorth Carolina, while the Solicitor was left to conduct the prosecution single handed, and without any intelligent per son to render him the smallest assistance in any particular. Otherwise the verdict might possibly have been different. And if the verdict in this case meets with general approbation, it should be remembered that this was a very extraordinary case, the mitigating circumstances of which do not occur in one case in a thousand. The Pacific Railroad. It is calculated that by the 1st of January, 1869, the entire route from New York to San Francisco, the two Babylons of the Atlantic and Pacific shores, will be accomplished, if the same progress is made which has completed and equipped the road throughout its present length of five hundred and ten miles, west of Omaha. Connecting, as it will, these two great commer cial emporiums, and convenient as San Francisco is as a point of attraction for the trade of China and Japan, the United States will then be in position to command a larger portion of the rich trade of that portion of the East than hereto fore. There will doubtless be a gradual increase of Chinese immigration, which will eventually spread itself towards the East, and be distributed by means of the great national railroad. And, on the contrary, this road will stimulate a home migration from the Atlantic towards the Pacific coast of foreigners who land on our shores from Europe, as well as of restless adventurers and men of enterprise, attracted by the facilities of travel presented by the Pacific railroad, as well as by the prosperity and rapid growth of the golden .State, in which they will desire to par ticipate. The other sparsely settled States and Territories on our western or Pacific border will likewise present inducements to European emi grants which will result, in a few years, in filling up their vacant lands with a thrifty and indus trious population, which will enter upon the work of the development of their resources: and ultimately make them what they are surely des tined to become; wealthy and influential States of 'this once glorious Union recently "drenched in iraternal blood, and now ''dissevered, discor dant, bellisrerent." The brighter dav. lmwMpr we trmt is not far distant when a "more perfect . nion win taice the place oi the anomalous status of separation and exclusion of the South, and har mony euccced to the existing political discord. Poon Comfort. The New York Herald has discovered that negroes are not eligible to Con gress. They did not become citizens, until the issuing of the emancipation proclamation in Sep tember, 1862. No one is eligible to the United States House of Representatives until he has been a citicen seven years, or to the United States Senate until he has been a citizen nine years. Ihe negroes have only been citizens five Years, and the Herald infers thai. nnn Gvagnep beore . . Nortli Carolina News. " "Wilmington & Manchester Railroai The annual meeting of this company was held in Wilmington on the 27th ult. The Superin tendent End Treasurer's report show the follow ing summary of receipts and operating expenses for the past year : The gross receipts have been 5463 ,288 62 The operating expenses - 249,148 20 Estimated profits " f ( " 1,140 42 From this, it will be seen that the Road has done a very good business, and that skill and economy have been displayed in its management. W. B. Giles was elected President in place of H. 31. Drane, and the following Board of Direc tors: O. G. Parsley, H. Nutt, J. Eli Greg-, John Dawson, D. S. Cowan, R. Bradly, J. G. Burr, J. L. Bartlett, C. Graham, Dr. A. J. Dc Ilosset. Federal Court. This Court was formally opened on yesterday, Judge Brooks being pre sent. The Grand Jury was charged, at length, by his Honor. There are seven negroes on the Jury. Ruleiyh Sentinel, 27h. IB- The State Council of the Friends of Temperance assembled iu Wilmington on Friday the 22d ult., Gen. R. B. Vance, President, be ing in attendance and piesiding. His report of operations was very gratifying and was received with much applause. On Saturday, Gen. D. II.. Hill, who was present as a Representative, by invitation of the Council entertained them with a very interesting address. The following offi cers of the State Council have been elected for the ensuing year: To B Vance, President; R II Whitaker," Associate; J B Bobbitt, Treasurer; J A Cunninggim, Chaplain; J C Thomas, Con ductor; G W Camp, Sentinel. Foul Murder in Jones County. Last Friday, Mr Sam'l Elliott, an old citizen of Jones county was shot while traveling on the Main road, on Island Creek. It is supposed to be the work of two negroes, as two were seen near the scene of the murder a short while before it was committed, armed with muskets or shot guns. Mr Elliot was struck with two shots one in the right knee and one in the hip, and lingered but a few hours. Niiichern Commerce. ter The Justices of Buncombe county have unanimously determined to propose a subscrip tion of $100,000 by that county to the stock of the Western Extension of the North Carolina Railroad. The Cotton Tax. We arc glad to see that such early and earn est efforts are being made to have Congress re peal the tax on cotton. Numerous memorials, North and South, have been forwarded, to Con gress praying for immediate relief. The freed mcn, who are most seriously interested in the matter, have at least entitled themselves to the favorable consideration of that body by the unan imity with which they have supported Radical ism in the recent Southern elections. The New York Chamber of Commerce have memorialized Congress upon this subject, passing the following resolution : Whereas, The value of cotton is less than half as much as twelve months ago, owing to causes of no temporary nature; therefore, Resolved, That the present tax on cotton is unjust and oppressive, because no other impor tant agricultural product is burdened in like manner, and especially so when it is considered that threequarters of the crop has ordinarily to find a market abroad; that by driving agricultu ral industry to other pursuits than cotton in the soil and climate which arc the best in the world for the production of cotton, so far as known, the continuance of the tax is glaring waste of the national resources; that while the tax discourages the production of cotton in our own country, it encourages it abroad, to the great detriment of our shipping interest and of the internal trade of the United States; that the tax is injurious to the freedmen and the labor ers in the South, because it obstructs the culti vation of land and employment of labor; that the present value of cotton is so low in the interior of the South that the tax amounts to nearly 20 per cent, upon the gross value; therefore the tax ought to be abolished with the least possible delay." Senator "Wilson informs a colored correspon dent in this State that he thiuks the tax should be repealed so as to apply to the present crops, and Speaker Colfax, in a letter to Col Eli S. Shorter, of Alabama, says : "I believe the cotton tax ought to be and will be repealed. When it was levied I thought that the high price cotton was then commanding would render the tax less burdensome than it has since proved. But as we do not tax other ag ricultural products, and as cotton is so valuable as an equalizer of exchanges, and is an article of such prime necessity to so many millions, and as its culture in our country should be encour aged, I am decidedly iu favor of abolishing the present direct tax on it ; and the depressed con dition of this staple will, 1 think, incline Con gress to repeal it early in the session. Still, I can of course speak for myseli'alone." We trust we see from these indications that Congress may be induced to repeal this onerous tax. This tax has been estimated at thirty mil lions of dollars, wrung from a section desolated by the war, and every branch of business paraly zed by the emancipation of the slaves, followed by the uncertainty and unreliability of labor. Under these circumstances, with formidable ri vals iu the East Indies and Egypt for both long and short staples; the heavy tax upon cotton in this country must have been conceived in the deadliest hate, and adopted iu the hope of fur ther rum to the Southern planter. It would have been more natural, and certainly more in accordance with the prosperity of the whole country, if Congress had done all it could to fos ter the great staple of the country and assisted by all its means the South to have competed witn ioreign countries in tne cultivation oi cot ton. No, as the surrender of the Confederate armies did not permit the politicians to continue the war in the field, they determined to carry it on in the Halls of Congress. The cotton tax and the frcedmen's bureau were intended to pun ish the South for endeavoring to resist their sub jugation, and the ruin of a large portion of the cotton planters has resulted as a rich reward for the spleen and malignity of men who were too cowardly to meet their armies in the field. We believe that self-interest, the earnest pro test of every commercial centre in the Union, will work the repeal of this tax during the pres eut session of Congress. Imposed when cotton was double its present value, its magnitude must compel a change. The languishing condition of commerce, the tottering fortunes of the cotton planters cannot long stand such experiments of hate in our legislation. Every interest, North and South, demand the repeal of this tax, and we trust and believe it will be done. Wilming- ten JwrmH, ,k What a Stranger thinks of , Charlotte. , A .correspondent of the Raleigh Sentinel writes as follows from this City : r.l. Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 25, 1867. Among the many errors the South has com mitted, it has a long docket in the department of pronunciation. Chancing to be in the same car with the oft quoted Senator Wilson, on the occasion of his visit to our State, I overheard him ask the conductor the distance to Charlotte.' Now I had innocently pronounced ? it as the na tives do. But this Senator gave it a twang that made it rhyme with the ' Widow Bedotte." It is the county seat of the famous old county of Mecklenburg, of Revolutionary meaiory. it is the county that furnished President Polk. He was born 2d Nov. 1795, and graduated at our University, in 1818. He defeated the great Clay for the Presidency. Charlotte is a sort of Chicago, in point of Railroading. At present it is the terminus of three roads, the North Carolina, the Charlotte and South Carolina, and the Western Division of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford. It is the prospective terminus of three more, the Statesville and Charlotte, the Eastern Divi sion of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford, and the Air Line from Georgia. First thing you know, they will be talking about a "City Horse Car Railroad." I believe there is not one of this class of Railroads in this State. I often wonder if one would not be sup ported iu Raleigh; from St. Mary's, via the Cap itol, to the South end of Fayetteville street. If such a road should ever be built, I claim a free pass over it, for this suggestion. Charlotte has the largest number of first class store buildings at present, either finished or be ing built, of any place in N. C, so far as my knowledge goes. It. M. Oates & Co., Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co. and others, have embarked in these improvements, and now thirteen fine new stores present themselves for public admiration, to say nothing of a large number of old ones. The National Bank is about to be put up, a first class Banking House, near the centre of the city. If they surpass the house of the old Braneh Bank of N. C, however, in neatness, conveni ence or comfort, they will be good managers. I learn, through one who has paid some at tention to it, that eighty-six houses have either been built, rebuilt or improved considerably in the past ninety d iys. Last year, in my Charlotte communication, I mentioned the singular fact, that Charlotte had no Market House. The deficiency still remains. But a scheme is- on foot for building a Masonic Hall, a Town Hall and a Market Hall. Mr John L. Morehcad is about building a block of first class stores uear the centre of the city. If the son proves to Charlotte, what his honored father was to North Carolina, that city may well be proud of his citizenship. His own residence, although as yet unfinished, is an or nament. The residence of Mr Carson would suit, in every respect, for any city. The architecture is of a very pleasing kind, and strikes the eye most favorably. Col. Johnson, the S. C. R. R. President, is putting up a residence which will be behind few if any dwelling houses in North Carolina. It will have all the improvements and conveniences of the day. It is next door to the U. S. Mint. It would do credit to a State much more a Ter ritory. Through all the commotions the country has undergone, the old U. S. Mint stands intact. It is decidedly a governmental looking piece of architecture. The old Eagle still perches over the doorway, but, like most of the images of this emblem of American Liberty, the fellow has a most ferocious look; his head is down, as if in the act of descending upon his prey, in perfect terror. Apropos to the symbol, he should be floating freely in his native heights, as mild as a dove. The buildings are closed as a Mint, although it is said they are to be opeued by the Govern ment as an Assaying Institution. It is in the right place for the business, for Charlotte is surrounded with the dust, and, judg ing from what I s iw in "Dewey's Bank," not a little of the precious metal finds its way to town Charlotte supports three Banks, the "First National," the "City Bank of Charlotte," and "Thos. W. Dewey & Co.." formerly of your city With the latter firm, banking is a real heir-loom Mr Thos. Dewey is a son of the time-honored Charles Dewey, Esq., of the old Bank of North Carolina, and judging from the freshness of the banking office, and the constant stepping in and out of mercantile men. the firm seem to be in much favor with the Charlotte dealers. Well it may. Mr Dewey is '-to the manor born." He was cradled in a bank. Handling money and figuring up interest come as natural to Thos. W. Dewey as teaching grammar does to Wm. Bing ham. The weary traveller has no excuse for grum bling for want of a good meal, a good bed, and a good landlord, in Charlotte. The Mansion House has been repaired, renovated and refur nished, since my last visit. It is now a clean, neat and well ordered house. The Bar was not explored, not being in my line. This city possesses a great attraction in its facilities for female education. It is favored with two flourishing Colleges. Rev. Robert Burwell's School has not a superior in this land. It is a delightful home for a young lady. It is hard to suggest an improvement. The buildings are spacious and beautiful; the grounds are ample for all purposes of health and recreation. It is near enough and far enough from the city. The corps of touchers is full and competent. There is an air of refinement and thoroughness about the place that makes a most delightful im pression on the visitor. The proof of its nppre- ciation in this section is a catalogue ot one hun dred and twenty young ladies. The other College is under the care of the Rev. A. G. Stacy. It is in the building former ly ocenpied by Gen. D. H. Hill for his military school. The buildings and grounds are even more spacious, but the College itself is compara tively new. The proof of Mr Stacy's accepta bility is found in a growing number, already one hundred and fourteen. With age and patron age, it will, it is to be earnestly hoped, become one of the ornaments of N. C. Improvements are being made in the grounds and the furniture. The faculty is full and the rooms are filling fast. Mom about Charlotte in my next. EXECUTOR'S SALE As Executors of B & Smith, dec d, we will sell at his late residence, 4 miles South of Charlotte, on tne G. & S C ltailroad, on Tuesday the litnday oi December next, ail the personal property ot said de ceased, consisting of lionses, Muiea Cattle, Sheep, 1 Road Wagou and Harness, 1 Carriage and Harness, Fanning implements, Blacksmith Tools, Household and Kitchen .Furniture, 1 Silver Watch, 1 i'iutol re peater), &c , &c ' Terms made known on day of sale. . - 1$ it. SMITH, JUNIUS M. SillTH, Vov 231S : ' : i Exteriors. Mr Davis' Trial Postponed Richmond, Nov. 26. In the U. S. Court, Mr Evarts, for the Government, said that the intent of the Government was to try the Davis Case 'some day this term. One consideration in fixing the day vras the time when Chief Justice Chase would attend here, and the Government proposed to name a day after the adjournment of the Supreme Court for the time, when Chssc could sit with Underwood. .Mr Evarts suggested the fourth Wednesday in March. Mr O'Connor said that the personal conveni ence of Mr Davis would have been promoted if that had taken place in May last, and it would be very convenient now, but his counsel would agree to the proposition of Mr Evarts. He thought the presence of Judge Chase would be beneficial, not ulone to the interests of the accu sed, but to all interests. Judge Underwood said that the arrangement proposed by the Government was agreeable to the Court, and particularly so, because the Court earnestly desired that Judge Chase should sit upon the case. It was due to the Defendant that two J udges should sit on the case, in order that appeals miyht be taken on disputed questiens. and the case carried up by the Defendant to the highest Court. the Judge agreed to fix the 20th of March for the trial, and, on application of Mr O'Connor, to extend Mr Davis' bail bond until that time, and farther agreed that if J udge Chase could not preside then, to extend the leaf of absence till the Court following. The order for the extension of the leave of absence of Mr Davis, and the fixing of the 20th of March for the trial, was entered by order of the Judge, and the Davis trial ended for this term. Mr Davis did not appear in Court. The three witnesses who came into Court, Ex-Secretary Seddon, Ex-Gov. Letcher and Gen. Wick ham, were recognized to appear at the next trial clay. Messrs. Seddon, Letcher and several other wit nesses for the government were before the Grand Jury, to-d.iy, which shows that Mr Davis will be tried on a new indictment at the term in March. Mr Davis will remain here several days. He will not spend the winter in Canada. Gen. Lee goes, on Thursday, to Petersburg to attend the marriage of his son, Gen. W. II. F. Lee. Richmond, Nov. 27. Ex-Secretary Seddon i was before the Grand Jury all this morning. 1 his afternoon Gen. Lee was before it and ques tioned about two hours. The Jury has found a new indictment. It is about six times as long as the old one; but only presents some facts more in detail. On the 22nd, of March, Mr Davis will be taken in custody by the marshal on this indict ment. Gen. Lee and Mr Seddon were recogni zed to appear as witnesses. The Alabama Convention Montgomery, Nov. 26. The following is the tax article adop ted by the Convention : All taxes on property in this State shall be as sessed in exact proportion to the value of such property; provided, however, that the General Assembly may lay a poll tax not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents on each poll, which shall be applied exclusively in aid of the public school fund. The day's session was consumed in discussing the proposition to vest power iu the Governor to appoint all Judicial officers. The Convention j finally provided for the election of the Supreme Court Judges by the Legislature, and all other Judicial officers by the people. In Iceland the clergyman kisses his congrega tion all around before preaching. That would be a nice land for young ministers. LAND FOR SALE. On Saturday, the 14th December proximo, I will sell at the Court House door in Charlotte, under a decree of the Court of Equity, 102 acres of Land, oa the West Side of Little Sugar Creek, 2 miles from Charlotte, adjoining the lands of T. II. Brcm and others, and heretofore advertised as the Wallace Land. Terms: $75 cash, $-jOU 1st January next, balance on one aud two years time, purchaser giving bond and security. Nov l!-3, 1867. C. DOWD, C. M. E. Bacon and Buckwheat. Just received, another lot of that Superior Bacon from Baltimore some very fine Mary laud Hams. Also, a lot of first-rate Buckwheat Flour Nov 25, 18G7. TBESSON & GRAY. NOTICE. The Notes of the Estate of James B Wallace, dee'd, have been due for some time. Those concerned are requested to come forward and Fettle with the Ad ministrator between this and the loth day of Decem ber, as I am determined to settle up the Estate as soon as possible M B. WALLACE, Administrator. ' November 25, 1867 3wpd HOME PRODUCTION. North State Washing Machine -Best in Use. Puterded October loth, 1S67, by the Subscribers ami Manufacturer, at Charlotte, N. C. If you need anything of the kind, you will en courage home industry by purchasing one of our Machines. It is easy to operate, occupies a small space and does not injure articles to be washed. It is strong and substantial, and does its work in a short time. It is an actual improvement on others of similar out side appearanct. In the North State Washing Machine the Clothes are placed in hot suds and while thus immersed with the air excluded, the Machine is operated, giving the Garments a rolling, rubbing pressure, and at the same time they receive the solvent power of the 6oap. The Clothes are not impaired by the use of this Machine. You can make moucy by saving the wear and tear which your Clothes arc subjected to by washing and heating in the old way. This Machine gives the advantage of using boiling suds and of confining the steam. It can bo worked sitting or standing. It is cheap. The price of it puts it within reach of nearly every family, and pays ita cost back in the saving of garments. Tbt it! Trt it!! But It!!! Manufactured and sold by EARNHARDT k HOUSTON, Nov 25, 18G7. Charlotte, N. C. Certificatk. Chablotte, N. C, Not. 22d, 18G7. Messrs. Barnhardt & Houston: After a fair trial of yur Machine, I feel fully convinced that it is the best I hae ever seen. I have had five or six different Machines since I have been a housekeeper, but always found the servants averse to use them, both on ac count of the labor and as they say the failure to get the "streaks of dirt" out of the clothes. This Ma chine is so easy in its operation and so perfectly cleans the clothes that I find no difficulty in getting mem u use u. rso iamny ougui w ue wuuoui one. Sincere wishes for your success. Yours respectfully, Mrs. M. A. Burwell, - Charlotte Female Institute. Notice. All persons are warned against bunting or tress passing in any way 5n my Land, as the law will be rigidly enforced against all who do so. Nrr 26, 157 2wp4 S. BROWjf, . Pirates on the Spanish Main. By the arrival of the American schooner Lucy we learn that when becalmed about twenty-Gve miles off Cape Delmarie, on the eastern point of Hayti, a suspicious-looking craft was observed at some distance, with an awning over her stern, and the men lying upon their oars. Captain Copp thinking it desirable to keep a sharp 1 out upon this boat, proceeded himself to the mast-head of the Lucy, , in order that, he might have a good view of her. At one time, heiw three men in the boat, at another time he saw five men in her. But h had reason to btliovo there were many more lying in the bottom, lie kept a vigilant lookout. At night he observed from the masthead a light in the same direction in which he had previously seen this boat. He accordingly.' mustered his men, armed them as a precaution against any emergency or surprise, and directed that a strict ''lookout" should bo kept throughout the night.- At about eleven o'clock in the same evening, there wts an alarm given that an armed boat was below the bow of the "Lucy." The boat was challenged but no reply was given. It was how ever observed that a dexterous attempt was made to board tho schooner, but the first man upon her side was shot dead by Captain Coop's revol ver. The second rascal had his head split open by a Kentucky, which was skillfully wielded by the mate. A volley was speedily fired with deadly effect upon the pirates, by the cnw of the Lucy, and in a few moments afterwards tho beseiging boat was seen pulling away from the schooner's side as hard as she could, while tho crew continued their fire, but by morning noth ing was seen of the pirate boat r her crew. Valuable City Property to Rent. 1 will Rent, on Saturday, 14th December, ut tho Public Square, the following valuable I'ropcrty, viz: The Iirlck Slore-housenow occupied by Messrs Wibon Bros., and the nnuill Store-room adjoiuiug bolh i;w occupied aa Dry Good Stores and considered as goo l business stands as any iu the city. Also, the following desirable residences, Ti'r: Tho Homestead of the lute Alex. .Springs and small houoe ou adjoining lot; the two story house near tho Lutheran Church and immediately in the rear of t lie residence of Mr Ilobt. Miller, and the small bonne situated on same lot. Also, the frame residence ou College Street in rear of Mansion House. The above property will be rented to the highest bidder lor the ensuing year. Terms given on day of renting. I will take pleasure iu showing any of th above property to those desiring to seo it. M. L. WillSTON, Agent. Charlotte, Nov. 18, 1807. IMMENSE REDUCTION In Prices! I am now making extensive changes in the con struction of my Store, and being desirous aa far as possible to reduce my present Stock of Goods, I ofler my large and well selected Stock at GREATLY RE DUCED PRICES. Ladies', Misses', Gent's and Boy's Shoos are now being sold REGARDLESS OF COST. Ladies' Cloaks and Shawls REGARDLESS OF COST. UNPARALLELED REDUCTION iu Dry Goods of every description. Men's Clothing at Heavy Reduction. I am determined to reduce my Stock before enter ing the New Store, and oiler for the next THIRTY DAYS such inducements as cannot fail to satisfy all. A. SINCLAIR, Nov 25. 1807. Springs' Corner. NOTICE. CITY PROl'EUn FOR SALE. By virtue of a Deed of Trust made by David and Daniel Kahnweiler to Isaac Loewcnstein, and duly Recorded and Registered, 1 shall sell at public auc tion, FOR CASH, aH he Court House in Charlotte, on the 23d day of December. 18G7, the two STORK BUILDINGS, with theground upon which they stand and attached thereto, located upon Trade street in said city, one of which is now occupied by A Weil ti Co., and the other bv W. W Grier & Co ISAAC LOEWENSTEIN, Trutoe. Bv Jos II Wileok, Attorney Nov. 23, 1867. 6w fitdhgh SACKS SALT, Weighing over 235 ILD"VLk pounds each, i'or sale by Nov 18. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. Concord Female College. The next'Session will commence on the first Mon day of January 1808. It will continue six instead of five mouths. Tuition and board, with washing, will be $io5, half in advance. Each boarder will furnish her own lights and towel;-; and a p:tir of sheets and pillow cases. Music, Drawing, French And Latin are extra. Address, J. M. M. CALDWELL, Statesville, N. C. November 18, 1807. 2m LAND i'OR RENT, And Stock for Sale. I offer my Plantations for Rent for the year 18C8. There are three Farms in good state of cultivation, situated ten miles south of Charlotte, in Providence neighborhood. The place known as "Mile Branch" might be divided into three iarius the other two places arc moderate- sized farms. Any person renting cither of these Farms, can f.l so purchase from me, on favorable terms, Stock, Farming Implements, and Provisions, Sufficient to work the place. These farms will be rented and Itock H)hl private ly. For further particulars call at my residence on Providence Road, or address iae through l'rovidiiro P. O. Applicants must give good reference as to character. JAS. A. CALDWELL. Nov. 18, 18C7. Jm WANTED, 200 Cords of Oak and Pine WOOD, mixed, to be delivered at the Rudieill Mine near Charlotte, tor which the highest caeh price will be paid, Nov. Il,lb07. lio J. KUCK & CO, Encourage Southern Enterprise CANDY! CANDY I ! CANDY!!! NISCET & MAXWELL, Manufactnrers of Plain and Fancy Candies. To Wholesale buyers we will sell CANDY, war ranted pure, and as cheap as it can be bought an 4 brought here from Northern Markets. November 18, 1807. The Combination Sewing Machine The Proprietors, as a further inducement to parties purchasing this celebrated Machine, offer the fol lowing : The price of the Machine is reduced Ten Dollar. Parties purchasing will be instructed gratis to exe cute any work upon it, They warrant the Machine, for twelve moniht, and guarantee it to do any work which can be done by any in the world. And in addition, make a perfect Button or Eyelet-hole, embroidering edge or whip ping on. The Machine is always in operation at the agency. A. SINCLAIR. Nov. 18, 18G7. Springs' C'ornor. Grocery and Provision Store. ALEXANDER 13ERRYHILL, At the centre Store under the Mansion House, hus for sale a good assortment of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Such as Sugar, Coftee, Molasses, Salt, Flour, Mm Bacon, and anything usually kept in a Fs'V very ciore. . Persons who buy at retail will tad wj prices i ... .. as row as any in tnis city. A. BSRJUfUlLI Oeiohet 38, 1867 6zb v. ;