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Kc l&esicxn 'Dcmoccoi, CkHavloiie, T.S;. Presidential Matters. At present there is much discussion ha Wash ington concerning Presidential candidates and their prospects. There are no positive indications s to the final action of either party, tr the names of the men who -will he nominated. For months before the last nominations were made it was understood that there was a pressure for Mc Clellan which xjonld not beTcsisted. Grant has at this time eo such prestige in the Radical par ty. Its oldest leaders are opposed to -him. . A secret but powerful organization, semi-military in itscharaeter, is formed in many States, and of -which Andrew Johnson is the first choice. Three Andrew Johnson camps are already es tablished in this city and there are more or less in all the Middle and Western States. But leaving candidates out of the question. I think the prediction that in the next Presidential con test the Democratic party will triumph, to be a .perfectly safe one. In my judgment, ftdimttkig that nil the States will take part in the election, the Demo cracy will carry the following States, although a statesman, no less emiecnt thau the Hen. Darnel W. Vorhees, of Indiana, claims a much better result :' California, 5 ; Connecticut. G ; Dela ware, 3 ; Illinois, 16; Indiana, 13; Kentucky, 11; Maryland, 7; Missouri, 11; Nevada, 3 , New Jersey, 7; New York, 33; Ohio, 21; Oregon, 3; Pennsylvania, 26; Wisconsin, 8; Minnesota, 4 ; West Virginia, 4. 181. For the Radicals : Iowa, 8 ; Kau.sus, 3 ; Maie, 7 ; Mas sachusetts, 12; Michigan, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Rhode Island, 4 ; Vermont, 5. 52. Now doubtful for the contest: Alabama, 8 ; Arkan sas,) ; Florida, 3; Georgia, 0; Louisiana, 7 ; Mississippi, 7; North Carolina,!); South Caro lina, C ; Tennessee, 10 ; Texas, 4 ; Virginia, 10 78. Whole number, .311. It would require 15t votes to elect, leaving according to this cal culation, 25 votes to the Democracy to spare. Various changes might be made in this combina tion, but a similar result would be the inevitable 'C.insequcnco. Wihii.n'oi Letter. The Negro Question in Congress. When the new supplemental reconstruction bill of Thad. Stevens was under consideration in the House of Representatives -Mr Brooks, of New York, said he was glad the bill had aroused some opposit ion among Re publicans, for it was evident that they were fearful of the effect out West if they passed such a bill as this. He referred to the several recon struction acts, and contended that their whole object was to -enfranchise the blacks and dis franchise the whites of the South. The object was to enslave eight million of white people by putting an inferior race to rule over them. Mr Brooks then proceeded to argue that the full blooded negro could never be the equal of the Anglo Saxon race, and that nature never in tended him to be so. His very anatomical for mation was different from his head to his feet. He had no hair upon his head, but wool. It was true no instrument had yet been invented to weave the wool of the negro, but he had no doubt that it could be douo. The negro's skull :. ,. ' ft l -4. i ii m different from tnat of the white man. and the , , . i i ,i i n . diffcreuce is noted in his nose, mouth, lens, feet a T' T-irr bod u i i 'i ru i c denote that lie is the equal of the Anirlo Saxon, i . i i i i ' i i ana it was never intended bv nature that he " ' V' V " 1 should be called upon to co-operate in a jrrc-it government, or to be considered as the brother of the white man. Those remarks did not apply to the mulatto, who did evince intelligence when white blood coursed through his veins, but the Congo negro was never intended as a man and brother. Beferring to ancient history, Mi Brooks mentioned the Arabs, the Turks, and others as nations that had been prosperous and rivina until tliot ili-nif frrwi t1w imimktn o tli-irrt in their government and commenced with the work of niisce-on ition Insinuation, Mr Brooks referred to the I history of the Mexican race, and attributed their j effeminacy and degradation to the admixture with colored races. 1 his might be the last time that he would address a white audience upon this floor, for it seemed to be a fixed fact that negroes were to be brought down from the gal leries and brought to seats with the representa tives upon this floor. But he gave notice that the white people of the North would never sub mit to the insult, and if the dominant party now blackened these halls with negro representatives, the Democratic party of the North would at the next election whiten them again. An Awful Tragedy On Sunday, Bee. 8ih, very early in the morn ing, an act was perpetrated, on the road leading from Courtlaud to Tusculoos i, Ala., at the house of Dr. DeGraffenreid, about thirty miles from Courtland, by which Dr. DeGraffenreid, Mr Noah, and Mrs Noah lost their lives. The Tus cumbia (Ala.) Times says : A Mr Briggs, a Methodist preacher, who had been at one time confined in the Lunatic Asv- lutn at Tuscaloosa, was stavimr at Dr. lVftr.-ifF- i enreid's. . Early that morning the Dr. and Mr j to allot to the baukrupt such articles as are ex Briggs were sitting by the fire, and Mr Briggs j cnipted, and file an inventory of the same with was abusing hi wife, from whom he had been j the value of each article so allotted, and creditors cvj-muivu, muv.u -l'i. v. iuhi ii i ui iiu ougui uoi j to abuse his wife so; whereupon Briirgs picked ! up a nail-maae axe handle and struck the Dr. on the head, felling him to the floor. He then struck him again killing him instantly. Mr Noah, who is an old man, rushed in to help the Doctor and he w::s immediately killed with the same weapon. Mrs. Noah hearing the noise, went into the room and Briggs killed her in the same manner. A little boy, who was in the room, saved his life by getting under the bed. He says that after Briggs had kilkd all these, he went around and struck each of theiu one heavy blow on the head. After he had sat isfied himself that they were dead he took a pair j d ii uta uciougmg io oiiQ ana leu tne House ! in his stocking feet, makiug his way across the field. He has since been seen at Millville. Grape Growing and Wine Statistics. It has ;been estimated that the average produc tion of wine in France is 884,000,000 gallons ; worth at the press twenty-five cents a gallon or $221,000,000 for the whole crop. The aggre gate ;nuniber of acres devoted to the grape in all Europe i12,285,7S0. The aggregate annual crop, 3,107,039,000 gallons, and the aggregate value of thU crj, 763,733,500. The figures vere derived by IWaszthv, from official docu ments, and are probably correct. ,o?e wine Product of tK, .United States in 1850 was T218,023. In 1SG0 KWas 1,617,957 raW In 1865 California alone ade 2,000, 000 gallons and it is estimated that at next census, the wine product of the whole VrAd States will reach 10,000,000 gallons. " An eight-wheel car, v:hich the inventor claims one horse can draw, if it is loaded with twenty thousand pounds, is the latest Boston novelty-. The object is to prevent friction in the running jpor of tha car. e North Carolina News. Dwelling House Burnt. We regret to learn that the old family mansion of Mr Kufus Feimster, at Liberty Hill, Iredell county, was destroyed by fire, between three and four o'clock Saturday morning 21st inst., together with most of the lurnrture and a quantity oi oacon, &c. The fire origiaated in the kitchen and is supposed to have been accidental. Statesville American. English Capitalists. L. P. Olds, Esq., of our City, now on a visit 2s orth, designs, aa a part of his busiess, to confer with the English agent, Mr Everett, to see if anything can be done for the improvement of the condition of our State, by securing capital for our land owners, now so much in want of such stimulus to agricultural enterprise. Mr Old's full comprehension of this subject will enable him to put forward our claims surd resources to the best advantage. lialetgh Standard. St John's College, at Oxford, has been purchased by the 31asonic Grand Lodge for $7,000. BeaT" Judge Shipp is to hold a Court of Oyer and Terminer at Statesville on the 3rd Monday in January, for a general jail delivery. He will also hold the Special Term of Union Superior Court on the 4th Monday in Janwary. A New Whitewash. We are reliably in formed that two Yankees have recently canvass ed Uio Coalnty, vending a preparation, or whitewash, to the negroes, which .they assure them, after xtsing for six months, will change i their skins white. The preparation is put up m small boxes, and they tell the negroes that it will make white folks of til who use it according to directions. A box is worth a dollar, and we learn they have sold a large number to the de luded negroes of that county. Salisbury Banner. General Information to Bankrupts, 1. Petitioners under the Bankrupt Act are required to render a Schedule of all their debts and liabilities of every kind and description whatever, and also, an inventory of all their es tate, both real aud personal, including all prop erty and effects of which they are possessed, or in which they may have ah interest, (though not in possession) ire conformity with certain ''Form" prescribed in the "General Orders" of the Su preme Court of the United States. These Sched ules, verified by oath of the Petitioner before a District Court Judge, Register in Bankruptcy, or U. S. Commissioner, mutt accompany the petition, and when filed, is the commencement of proceedings in Bankruptcy. 2. To become a voluntary Bankrupt the debtor must owe debt to the amount of at least (.$300) three hundred dollars. 3. When the petition is by a firm or copart nership a full set of schedules of the respective estates of the members of the firm should also be added. 4. When the petition is filed the case is im mediately referred to a Register, who examines the petition and schedules annexed thereto, and if they are correct in form makes a certificate to ii .i .'tx-.i i.. i... m ..i i. m....i. .1 l mai eiieei. to ue men v.iiu mu v.icik, uiuii au- . , - , , , , . , . ' uu'ts me ueuioi a. iaiih.i iiiil mm issues a wai- !J p. . 1 ,.. liiui in nit; iiiv ssenp-or to summon an i no. eremrorx named in the petitioners schedules to meet at . , L L . A. , , the Register s office, at a certain time and place, . ., . , . ' , , 1 , ' to prove tneir claims auu elect one or more as- signees to take charge of the Bankrupt's estate A creditor can however, prove his claim at any time previous to the hist dividend, which will generally be six months subsequent to the adju dication of Bankruptcy. G. No creditor has any standing in a Bankrupt Court until he proves his chum. ( re Eliza Altenheim, Blatchford. Judge). 7. Creditors have no right to compel the Bank- , u,,, of P!0Pcrty bJ lllm aajuired subse(,ueut to filing a. l)etltl" in Bankruptcy. "In other words, the of ?uf. fihn- ol f he rpion by or against a utuiui, is me u.ue iii wiiieu, 11 au luuieatiuii ui bankruptcy follows, the old order of things passes away and a new leaf is turned over. 8. The bankrupt can apply to the Court at any time after the expiration of six months and within one year from the adjudication for his discharge in bankruptcy, and in case no assets come into the hands of the assignee, or no debts be proved against his estate at any time after the expiration of sixty days. 9. As soon ns an assignee is elected or appoin ted, the Judge or Register will convey to him by deed of assignment, all the bankrupt's property except what is exempted, viz : "Householdand kitchen furniture and other necessaries not ex ceeding in value (500) five hundred dollars; also his wearing apparel and that of his wife and children, and such other property not included in the foregoing as is exempt from levy and sale upon execution or other process, bj; the laws of the State in which the baukrupt resides, to an amount not exceeding that allowed by State ex emption laws in force in 1SG4. 10. It is the duty-of the assignee, within twentv davs after the nssio-nmpnt to hint i Ti ir1t. mf ? ioa jnai.e oujccuous io iiie rcnort or tne r.ssig- nee at any time within twenty davs alter it is filed. ' 11. As to costs in bankruptcy proceedings. Section 47 of the Bankrupt Act provides that the petitioner, before a warrant issues, shall de posit fifty dollars with the Register, or with the Clerk to be delivered to the Register, as a secu rity for his fees. General order XXIX, provides that the fees of the Register, Marshal and Clerk snail be prepaid or secured before they can be compelled to act. It is also provided by General Order XXX, that where the debtor has no 111 m -m - - means, and can prove the fact to the satisfaction of the Court, upou application, an order will be uiuuv iviuiiui- xkl HiV LUfelt HI lilt? case to be paid out of the fifty dollars deposited wit Register. If however there are assets, b ith the ut not enough to pay the Messenger af ter deducting the JSankrupt s exempted property, so that nothing comes into the hauds of the assignee, the fees will have to be paid by the Bankrupt; but if the assignee receives assets the fees of the Messenger will be paid by him before any dividend is made among creditors. The fees of the Register. Messenger and Clerk and for publication of notices in Bankruptcy will in ordinary cases amount to about one hundred dollars in some cases more, in others less the costs depending on the number of creditors, amount of lit igation &c. in each particular case. An Elephant Kills His Keeper. The elephant Romeo killed his keeper. William Wil liams, in Montgomery County, Pa., on Wednes day last. The elephant was in winter quarters. H had been in an angry mood, and was punished by Williams, who was afterwards engaged in washing his face, when he turned upon h!s feet and dashed him the ground, and thrust his tusk through his boy. Williams only lived an hour. He leaves a wife ud no familv. The North Carolina Railroad. Prom the fiillsboro Recorder. W . . ' m Ate HTTTOtADA 1 la J car I iHj -j Mr. J' siirrnr A a Trnn irorn nnr Amnnw tha -As you were not -among the -"-B-'- j -"17'6 J"UM paper ine assaults 01 omers, x aesire uie use oi 1 i i j c j y 1 . j ""'"-j w w uavum xa-w w xv - yoke to renewed assaults, but to call the atten- tion of the public to the new tariff ami new policy lately inaugurated. It will answer no rood purpose at this late date to pick up one or any of the gloves thrown by your brethren with such defiance at my feet. It is frood jreneralship to avoid a tight with women or editors, for they are sure to have the last word. H hen 1 came to my present business and place I was ready to sign a treaty of amity and friendship with most of the editors and a treaty of silence with all. My first purpose was to make a speedy and es sential change in the desigus and operations of the Rosr, and if 1 could work out a dividend for stockholders, and at the same time some good to the mining, mineral, manufacturing and agricul tural interest of the State, a great purpose Would be accomplished Our road has more than once been run in debt in order to catch the through travel, which we never did and I fear never will command. The little we do command pays us two cents, and a mill a mile. When we were runningr for it the monthly receipts from through travel was a little less thau ?4()0 per month. The expense of run nini; the tram for it was 1500 a month ni c i l : auu ouuuiiiLuuucui muu"uu it west iaj uun me euie iui iuruu"u Liaei, uiuuuimi m euecu, i xx i l- if x xi i x i i i. x. l j: -v ,i UIJU UVVU.XX A&VIkAXV lUl KrSXAVUULU. II c , v . tram. This experiment of freight cars attached to the through travel train brought mto the Treas ury $8,000 cr month for freight alone, to say nothing of the travel. Wc may, in fact we did, lose a portion of our through travel, but we could afford to do it on such terms. Last year wc rau at lightning speed for through travel, and we ran 92,000 more out of the Treasury than we were able to run into it. The effort and policy of the road has ever been to make the travel and not the freight pay. The policy has been against the labor and industry of the btate. I might add, such has been the policy of most Southern roads. A few illustrations will better explain what I mean than pages of reason or argument. A barrel of fiour could be sent from Boston or New York over our road to Charlotte, cheaper than you could send the same barrel from Char lotte to Goldsboro; and so with almost any arti 1 11 " cie you could name.- Jvery taciiity was given to our people to buy cheap from others; but no encouragement given them to sell. In fact, difn culties in the way of high tariffs forbid their sell ing in forcigu markets at all. A gentleman in Raleigh bought a barrel of potatoes in Morgauton. lie afterwards learned that he could buy potatoes in Raleigh from New York or Boston, at what the freight from Mor- gauton had cost him. As Mr Rufus Tucker is a director on the road, I kuow he will pardon me if I tell of a practical joke played on him last summer. He bought wheat bran in Charlotte at sixty cents a bushel, and paid 30 cents a bushel to get it to Raleigh ninety cents for wheat bran which he could buy for forty at home. Lest this statement should injure my friend Tucker as a business man aud financier, I must state he did not know the price of the bran or the freight until it was delivered. People do not grow rich by what the buy, but by what they sell. You may buy as cheap from the Ixorlii as you please, but you will soon buy yourselves poor if you do net sell them some thing in return. Under our new tariff we take butter and lard from Charlotte to Goldsboro, at one cent a pound --distance 223 miles. Chickens and ducks half a cent each ; six cents for a turkey; bacon, beef and pork four-fifths of a cent !er pound; apples and potatoes fifteen cents a bushel; hay thirty cents per hundred. "While I write, some enterprising man is pass ing with 1000 chickens for the Baltimore market They cackle and crow, as if they were glad to die tor forty and fatty cents apiece instead of ten and twelve and a half each T-, . . . - - ....... I A IUIUC11 lUVIHUR-SlUIl, H llllllJISlOll UUII - " ,j ; -'-' "-ai u nuut aujMum. ui ijluj jn un.uisiii. i into each of these ports annually from Now ln?- I land: it is immense. With threo ronts tnx nn cotton, forty cents on tobacco, and two dollars on whiskey, our people should turn their attention to clover and hay. There is now more money in lt man in tne trreat Souinern staples, cotton and tobacco. Ihe sea shore counties of North and South (.arolina furnish a market for New Entrland hav at a dollar and fifty cents per hundred. I say. quit your cotton and tobacco, and cultivate grass fur hay. The wet seasons for three years past have been most propitious to the growth of this great untaxed JNew England staple One advantage, too, it has over all other pro ducts. It can t be taxed. Hay, being the spon taneous production ot the earth and little or no ploughing or hoeing being necessary to produce it, could bear a tax better than cotton or tobacco. If 1 could do so without being called disloyal, I would suggest to Congress a modification of the tax on cotton and tobacco, and a partial tax on hay in place of partial confiscation. Congress has not set its face more strongly against Southern Agriculture than have the Southern Railroads by their false policy of high tariffs on the outgoing products of the soil. I hope both will learn, before it is too late, that there is much truth in the saying of Jhe great English farmer, statesman and philosopher : 'That for government to experiment on the farmer isa most perilous thing,for his is a very poortradc, subject to great risks and losses; it is the most precarious in its advantages, the most liable to losses; and the least profitable of any that is car ried on. It requires ten times more of labor, of vigilance, of attention, of skill, and, let me add of good fortune also, to carry on the business of a farmer with success, than what belongs to an- other trade. I know this is not the light in which we have hitherto looked at the business of farming. That we did not so see it was owing to our old system of labor. Now a w ord to stockholders, and I will be silent until I learn the price and quantity of hay brought in at Charleston, Wilmington and New bern. Then, in another communication, I will be better able to show to our people the advan tage of cultivating clover and hay, instead of cot ton and tobacco. Our receipts for the mouths of August,. Sept. and October, a nounted to 8152.078.21. Our expenses lor operating the road 5101,870.21, leavinsr a net nrofit of S50.20R. whiVh th Tto. urer has arDlied to the cxtfmhrn. f a - " V.J I debts. The receipts for the three months a . o I SI 8,223.58 more than the same three months of iwujia n uvf uih,ij notu oui.ii ii n u unu a.iiu wnxijaico iatuiauiji nnu aajr vuab uib jueve- Qearin" will take C the President of the N. C. R. R., nor even, in ded it. WnT Smith n the language of the iron clad, gave "aid, counte- If any apology is deemed necessary for this v n last vear: while the expenses of the three months operating expenses were 40.773.83 less than last year. e compare with last year, because it is licnal Bnn hoMnca Thar. admiaicrratinn iroa ,r I ' m t .1. usual, ana Deeause tnat administration was in- finitely better than the one that preceded it, I finrfAhr luiHar han thn atia fiaf nHuuuiail ,f unu, uC ivuuu tuuc maue upon tee present aaministration, ana tne 1 ii-.- 1 . , .i . . 1 1 i n 1 auuuwuui xavv m"i dvuiv ui . fA ptwuui- j ers are alarmed, and have written me that they see "nothin? but rum in the nresent rx)hcv of the road." We think their fears are ill founded, especially when they call to mind the fact that what we have accomplished was done under a tariff from ten -to two hundred per cent-lower J than former tariffs JOSIAH TURNER, Jr., President N. C. R. R. Co. The Difficulty in Mississippi The people of the State of Mississippi appear to be laboring under a very serious apprehension that the negroes are preparing for a general up rising against the whites. The radical cniissa ries sent i the minds of the ignorant blacks the idea that if they vote on the side of the radicals that Con gress will give them all a farm. Combinations are therefore being made among them to seize the lands, expecting Congress to arrange a plan of division among them, but should Congress fail to proceed, help themselves, and are determined to go to war for that purpose. These combina tions have become so extensive that Gov. Hum phreys has deemed it necessary to issue a proela- i r j i ,. . -u v.l,i- A j A i " and not un- i j x.. i. . -i dertake to carry out any such programme He tells the negroes that if they have any such hopes or expectations they have been grossly de ceived, and that if they have made any such comomations, or contemplate any such, conspira cies they cannot succeed, for the first outbreak against the quiet and peace of society will signal lze the destruction of their hopes. This proclamation has been endorsed by Gen. Ord, commander of the district, who has directed his subordinates to immediately investigate and ascertain what white men have been advisinar the freedmen to take arms, seize land, or any illegal acts. He has also directed that the lead ing blacks must be sent for, and informed that there is no intention on the part of Congress to take land from owners, and for the beuefit of former slaves. A etc York Time The following orders have been issued by General Ord, Commander of the Fourth Military District : Headquarters Fourth Military District, 1 Holly Springs, Miss., Dec. 19, 1807. j Brevet Major General Adam C. Gilliam, Col. Twenty-fourth infantry, and Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Aban doned Lands, for the State of Mississippi, will proceed to Washington, D. C, and represent to the President and Secretary of War the starving condition of the ireednien m a large number of the counties in his sub-district, due to the ruin and bankruptcy of cotton planters, and the ab sence of corn or the means to buy it. He will report the absolute necessity of some provision being made by the Government, to feed the armed freedmen and avert a war of races in such sections as are without food. General Gilliam will take with him such reports and letters on file as bear on this subject. By commaud of Brevet Major Gen. Old. (Signed) O. D. Green, A. A. G. There was also issued on the 17th instant the following important order ay be necessary to give general it . r. . .1 , ii f. i i publication of the fact that all freedmen who are able will be required to earn their support f?llV11irr tlio fnmintr vvir ivwl t rvr r wrwl- iirtnii the hcft tcrnis th;lt can be pi.oeurcd evcn should it furnish a sum,ort oni and thus m.event their becoming a burden to the Government. All freedmen who can, but will not earn a livelihood, when emnlovmeut can be procured, will lav them- selves liable to arrest and punishment as vagrants. selves naoie to arrest ana puni The co-operation of sherilFs, constables, and po lice magistrates is requested in the enforcement rirf! AT nn1 fintr incf nflmn rA lnl.tj n nli " ' ,J vnVi. .t liVl I Ul LJH J M. I llV'il , UUVlVt ,tg ,Wnriu nni! l.-i u coto ..n. l.,rl , tor,. ivitliorities lrom the aljovc lt can bo VJ lllilt lf tlie neSroes liaJ worked properly during the past year, leywid not now be starving, rh-e Government will fini out after a while that it has a hard job iu inter- ierinS "ltJl uie local anairs oi tne csoutucrn estates. If politicians would let the colored people alone, thev could be managed and supported by those who know now to work them. GREAT INDUCEMENTS, At the New Boot and Shoe Store. S. R. MEACIIAM is now North buying his second Stock of Roots and Shoes, and will be pleased to have lus mends call and get supplied in the above goods, at great reduction ot prices. Vt e are now receiving a large supply of City made Roots and Shoes, new styles, for LujJies aud Gentle men. S. 15. M AC 11 AM. December 23, 1 867. THE UNION HOTEL, At Monroe, N. C. This Hotel has been opened by the undersigned and he will be pleased to accommodate travelers ind others who visit Monroe. It is the House formerly kept by Jas. Richards, m tront of the Court House. hvery effort will be made tr- give satisfaction. J. E. W. AUSTIN. Monroe, N. C, Dec 23, 1867. Davenport Female College. LENOIR, N. C. The Spring Session, 18C8, will begin February 3d, and continue JU wees. Roard, exclusive and of Washing and Lights, $55; Tuition, $10 to $20; Piano Lessons, $20; Incidental Fee, $2; Latin and Singing tree. Location beautiful, retired, healthful Ruildings ample and convenient. Roarding unusually S001 1'"'V,e J cachcrs experienced, competent, faithful, es very low. tome to lcaru s Station. For fuller information, address Rev. SAMUEL LANDER, A. M-, Dec 24, 1 807 2m President. BINGHAM SCHOOL, SIEBAXE VILLE, K. C. rne rpring lerra oi xue session or 1W. opens March 4th. Course of instruction Classical, Mathe matical and Commercial. Address, Col. WM. BINGHAM. December 24, 18G7 2m WILL REMOVE, On the first day of January, 18G8, to the fine JStcre now occupied by Messrs. Rrem, Brown & Co. aa a Hardware Store, opposite the old Charlotte Hotel. where we will be found anxious to sell Goods. We will have quite an addition to our Stock b4hat time. y . 1 .4 - " ou "J"" sw V WK" " 1UW agurann us a can. Wo erp (tptprimrpd not in h nndarsnlrl BARRLNGER, WOLFE & December 2.V 1867, CO. Commanding officers arc directed to notify which we name below the leading colored men, and take such other The Wedding Guest, measures as m; 1 Washington Iteins. A number of persons, who went South in Are Winning tof the war, and whose property, m H - . , , .vM c v - j Vv, j t, ' I J' '.. , .1 JUUIlUCUb WU.lOCs v." Jace in January. formerly a Banker in this city matin South, and sentenced to the Albany Pen i . , . . i, , , i,.. ,1 1 iic unary, uui aiierwarus uumyireu. noo cuiv-iv i aiTalust x Secretary tanton ibr v0 000 r i " ' r (Gen. Ord has sent Gen. Gilliam, Assistant Commissioner . of the Freedmen's Bureau, to Washington, to represent the starving condition of the freedmen in portions of his district. He also declares, in an order, that the freedmen shall work in the coming year, or be arrested as va grants, if work Can possibly be had. Information from the West Indies, believed in official circles, indicates a desire to be annexed to the United States. A dispatch received here announces the kill ing of Hon. Cornelius S. Hamilton, Representa tive in Congress from the 8th District of Ohio, by his son, eighteen years of age, while in a tem porary fit of iusanity. - To Drinkers of Cuampaign. We always knew that anioujr the products of New York "Champaign" wine was one. . The recent seizure of some of the establishments where it is manu factured, has led to the public disclosure of the 1 method of its making. Here is the description. "It has been known for some time that imita tion brands of wine have been put upon the mar ket in large quantities, and at great profit to the dealers. The bottles, corks and labels are made to resemble the genuine article so closely that only an expert could detect the true character of the "trashy wine. Ihe cost ot this decoction is sixty-five cents per quart bottle, and it sells at wholesale for $7.50 per dozen, aud at retail from $4 to 8 per bottle. The process of manu facturing is simple and easy. To a certain quan tity of cheap Sauterne wine is added drugs, es sences, &c, including rock candy for sweetening and brandy flavoring, and in a iew'daj's time the mixture is ready for the market. Special Notice to Farmers. LIME ! We can deliver Fresh STONE LTME for Agricul tural purposes, by the cor load of 50 barrels, if or dered within a short .time, to the following named Stations on the X. C. II. 11., at prices affixed: Goldsboro' $1.85 per barrel. Raleigh 2.00 Morrisville 2.05 " Durham's 2.05 " Hillsboro' 2.08 " Mebanesville 2.10 " Graham 2.12 Shops 2.14 Greensboro' 2.1C High Point 2 18 " Thomasville 2.20 " Lexington 2.20 " Salisbury 2.20 " Concord 2.22 " Charlotte 2.25 " Should orders come to hand too late to secure it from cargo now on the way and expected within eight or ten days, it will add about ten cents to the above cost. Address WORTH & DANIEL, Dec 23, 18G7 2w Wilmington, N. C. CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!! CHRISTMAS!!! Will soon be here, and The New Book Store Is just in receipt of a large and well selected assort ment ot Christmas Gifts, comprising Gitt Uooks which are instructive as well as interesting, a few of roetical Works of Thos Gray, orwl Tiv T.oniK Trftioji1 : c,: T, I ... ' il ZZSZ ii urns, oviiizs oi iiic uiivciioiiaie, xtuuuui u . Dents. Fairy Lan(i soricSf Nellie Storie8 Serie8f Favorite Library for young people, Little Trudy's Stories, lfKifa rtf And SrfcSotr l?,KltioAn PntcAn witli Mi 11- lustrations, Tom Miller, Dotty Dimple, Gifts for the Little Folks. Alphabet Dlocks, Tov Books a large 6pplr. We have also just received a supply of Letter cWhlS Hooks, Rill Rooks, Scrap Rooks, Note Rooks, Dratt "T" ulul Bli,nk Dooks of aU d"iptious. Diaries and Almanacs for 1868. We also solicit subscriptions for LIITINCOTT'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, copies of which are kept for sale single copies, So cents; $4 for one year. The Magazine is neatly gotten up, and is devoted to Literature, Science and Education. Dec 24, 1807. TIDDY & RRO. NOTICE. On and after January the first, 1808, fees for all professional services rendered by us, will be con sidered due as soon as the services shall have been rendered, and will be required to be settled by Cash or Note. J. R. JONES, M. D. J. M. MILLER, M. D. N. R. All bills heretofore made with us must be settled. December 23, 18G7. NOTICE. On and after January the first, 1808, fees for all professional services rendered by me will be con sidered due as soon as the services shall have been rendered, and will be required to be settled by Cash or Note. RICHARD K. GREGORY, M. D. N. R. All biys heretofore made with me must be settled. December 23, 18C7, " NOTICE. On and after January the first, 18C8, fees for all professional services rendered by me wijl be con sidered due as soon as the services shall have been rendered, and will be required to be settled by Cash or Note. W. W. GREGORY, M. D. N. R. All bills heretofore made with me must be settled.' December 1G, 18G8. YARBOROUGH HOUSE, FAYETTE VILLE STREET, Raleigh, N. C. The Proprietor, in returning his sincere thanks to the traveling public for the liberal patronage extend ed to him during his connection with this Hotel, takes occasion to assure them that no effort or expense will be spared to retain the present reputation of the Hotel as one of the very best in the South. He is happy to announce that the fall in the price oi supplies enables mm to reduce the price to THREE DOLLARS. PER DAY. To citizens coming in to spend a week or more, he will make still greater reduction. He is prepared to furnish board without rooms at very low rates. He hopes to have the pleasure of welcoming to the Yarborough House hi old customers and manv new friends. J. il. BLAIR. Pronrietor. Dec 23, 18G7. lm Strayed or Stolen. On the 17th instant, a dark ( nearly black) Horse MULE, with gray nose and flanks, with left eve out. and white saddle spots on his baek, broke away from a wagon four nrles from Yorkville, S. C, and was seen the next morning ten miles from the Village. on the road to Tuckasege Ford, coming towards the Ford. He is a heavy made, substantial .Mule, some 15 years old. It is supposed he has been taken up between Yorkville and Charlotte. Any information in regard to him, or his delivery to the subscriber. wiR be liberally rewarded. Jim; A. 1UCNG. 1 Charlotte, N. C. December 23, 1867. I At Cheyenne, a station Wi the Pacific railroad at the foot of the Rocky Mountains where, in July last, there was not a single house or hut nor oats within fifty miles, there are now 5,000 inhabitants. All the iron manufacturing establishments in the vicinity of Wheeling and Pittsburg have de termined upon a reduction of the wages of the operatives, or a total suspension of work at the mills. NOTICE. The subscriber is now fully prepared for nming any Wooden house. His experience for the last ten years is equal to any other person. I feel thankful for past favors, and hope to receive further patron age. JOHN McCOXNELL. Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 16, 1807. Blacksmith Wanted. I want to employ a good Blacksmith for the year 18C8. A liberal arrangement will be made. Apply to the undersigned near Cowan's Ford, or at this Office. J. R. ALEXANDER. Dec 16, 1867 2w Cowan's Ford. Just Received, A fine assortment of Cigars, Ruckwueut Flour, White Lead, Leather, Saddles and Rridles. ROYD & MOODY. Dec. 16, 1867. 2w Spriugs Duilding. W. W. GRIER & CO., Hare now a full line of choice Family Groceries and Provisions, which they are offering low for Cash. Fresh Ruck wheat Flour, warranted pure; aluo, a choice lot of Flour, "Familv Brands," on hand and for sale by W. W. GRIER & CO. Crockery, A nice assortment of Crockery, consisting of Platen, Teas, &c., on hand and for sale by W. W. GRIER & CO. Celebrated Axes. The Celebrated Elephant Axe, "warranted," on hand aud for sale by W. W. GRIER & CO. Corn, Peas, Meal, Bacon, llbmg and Sides, choice family Syrups, Sole Leather, Lard, fresh country made Rutter, together with a general assortment of Family Supplies, on hand and for sale low by W. W. GRIER & CO. December 16, 1867. FOR RENT, The New and Elegant STORE HOUSE now occupiol by C. M. QUERY. Apply ininlediutely to the under signed. Dec 16, 1867. J. DULS, Agent. DIRECT IMPORTATIONS. PRESENTS FOR ELIAS lfc CHRISTMAS. COHEN Have just received, direct from Europe, a beautiful assortment of Ladies' and Gent's Writing Decks, Photographic Albums, and other fancy Good, espe cially for the Holidays. Persons needing something handsome, call at Dec 16, 1867 iiw ELIAS & COHEN'S. HO! FOR CHRISTMAS. We are now receiving a large and choice selection of New Toys, Christmas Presents, Notions, &c, and Confectioneries generally, to which we invite the attention of the public, THE LITTLE FOLKS ESPECIALLY. jggf Wholesale buyers will find it to their interest to give us a call and examine our goods and prices, as we have the largest stock of the kind in the City and cannot be undersold by any one. Guitars, Violins, Banjos, Flutes, Accordiuns, Fifes, Drums, Tainborines, Sugar Roxes, Buckets, Tubs, Travelling and Market Baskets. NESR1T & MAXWELL. Photographic Albums, Very fine and Cheap, at Dec 16, 1867. NESRIT & MAXWELL'S. Mill and Land for Rent. We will Rent the MILL and Ten Acres of LAND, on the Catawba River, known as "Lawing's Mill,'' on Saturday the -1th of January, 1808, for one yeur. The Renting will be at the Mill, to the highest bidder. WM. S NOIIMENT, J. M. LAW ING, Dec 16, 1867 2wpd Administrators. State of North Carolina, Gaston county. Court of I'leas Jf Quarter Srstions, Aor. Seion, 1867. James Ferguson, Adm'r, vs. John Ferguson and Gracy J. Adams. Petition for Partition. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendants in this case reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore, on motiou, ordered by the Court that publication be made, for six weeks successively, in the Western Democrat, u newspaper published in the city of Charlotte, iioiilying said de fendants of the filing of this petition, and that unless they appear at the next Court to be held for the county of Gaston, at the Court House in Dallas, on the 4th Monday in February next, and answer I lie petition, the same will be taken pro confesso as to them, and nn order for partition granted. Witness, Amzi Ford, Clerk of our said Court, at Office in Dallas, the 4th Monday in November, A. D. 18G7. AMZI FORD, Clerk. 98-6v pr. adv. $10. State of North Carolina, Gaston county. Court of Pleat fc Quarter Setnion, AW. Section, 1807. Sarah Ferguson, Adm'r, vs. John Ferguson and Gracy J. Adams. Petition for Dower. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendants in this -case reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore, on motion, ordered by the Court that advertisement be made, for six week successively, in the Western Democrat, notifying the defendants, John Ferguson and Gracy J. Adams, of the filing of this petition, and that unless they ap pear at the next Court to be held for the county of Gaston, at the Court House in Dallas, on the 4th Monday in February next, and answer the petition, the same will bs taken pro confesso as to them and a writ of dower ordered to be issued. Witness, Amzi Ford, Clerk of our said Court, at office in Dallas, the 4th Monday in November. A V. 1867. AMZI FORD, Clerk. 98-6w pr. adv. $10. Special Term of Superior Court. Statk of North Cabolixa, Superior Court of Lav, Union County. Fall Term, 186. It appearing to the Court that the business of this Court is too great to be done at the regular term thereof, it is ordered by the Court that a Special Term of the said Court be held for said County, on the 4th Monday in January next, and to continue in session for one week. . . Alt iriin..... .nm.nnncd in the civil causes of Court, who may be bound to attend the next Regular Term of the Court, shall attend the Special Term under the same rules, forfeitures and penalties, anl with the same privileges as if the Term were a Reg ular-Term. . . Witness, W. II. Simpson, Clerk of our said Court, at Office in Monroe, the 8th Monday after the last Monday in August, A. D. 1867, and in the Wd year of American Independence. . Dec 16. 1867 2wpd W. 11. BlMlw.'i u" To Mill Owners. WANTED, a Situation as Miller. Ha bad . . a Flour, years experience in running fcteam ana Grist and Saw Mills and other machinery, enel Wool and Cotton Cards. Can give satisfactory r ences. Address this offict for particular, Deeember 1ft, 18d7.
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