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She Seslern 3 c mo crab, (Ekavloiie, .(E. The W esteun Demociiat AV. J. YATES, Editor and Pkopkiktor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. January 7, 1868. State Conventions. The State Convention for North Carolina lias been ordered by General Canby to meet in Raleigh ou the j 4 ih instant. General Canby has also ordered the Convention of South Carolina to assemble in Charleston ou the 14th jjibt f,jr tl(: purpose of framing a State Constitution. Impoktant OitnKK. The one man law-giver speaks Bgiiiii. We publish in another column an important order from General Canby. It will be seen that the order modifies in many particulars the celebrated Order No. 10 of General Sickles, making new ami important changes in the fundamental laws of the Mate. When one man lias the power to change the law of a State to suit his own ideas only, it is time i . j 11 it talking about this being a republican coun try. J Hkavt S.now Storm. (hi Monday and Tuesday hit, mioiv, sleet and rain, fell alternately for about Js h.,iiri. and the whole as frozen into a solid mass on the ground as fast as it fell. The result was that tlie ground was covered to the depth of several in cites. We hive not had such a severe spell of weather ciuce January, ll.7. Fii:st National Bank or u ahi.ottk, N. C. Tliis Bank has declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. See advertisement. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this I!:.iik will be held .u the 1 1th instant. We publish in another column a list of the stockholders, and as the rt.M-kholders are individually responsible, we point to the list as evidence that the Bank is one of the best in the country. Under its present manage ment we have no doubt the stock will prove a profit jible invej-tmcnt. .Applications for stock can be made to the Cashier of the Hank A meeting of the Republican party of Raleigh, week before last, nominated Judge Chase for Presi dent. Joseph W. llolden, Esq., made a speech atid expressed a preference for Chase, lie prefered that Gen. Grant should remain at t he head of t lie army. While on the subject of Presidential nominations, it .may be interesting to see what a Washington cor respondent of the N. V. Express says about the mat ter, as follows : General G rant's letter to the President endorsing thr corrupt and despotic Stanton, has matt rially damaged, if not totally destroyed, his pimsjicct for the nomination. Mr Speaker Colfax declared to a dem ocratic friend, that Grant would not secure t he iioiniii.-itioii. Others, equally well informed, declare that Chase will have every one of the Southern dele gates: that this is a fixed fact, and that lie, beyond a peradvenlure, w ill be nominated on the fu st ballot. The truth is. Chase has been engaged in pipe-laying for the last two years, for this very object, and to promote it. Sprague s money has been freely used. The National ISaiiks. moreover, have not been back ward in coming forward for their great progenitor. This it the way the immaculate Chief-Justice and his atlelitcs have blocked the game against all com petitors." Kkmuvai. or District Co.mm amkks. The Presi dent has removed Gen. Ord, the commander of the Fourth District (Mississippi. &c.) and appointed Gen. McDowell in his place. And (Jen. Pope, the com mander of the Third District (Georgia, e.) has been removed, and Gen. .Meade appointed in his place. The removal of General Ord is rather surprising, for it w as generally understood that he was a fair com mander. &t&- It will be gratifying to farmers and others to tee that the price of Cotton has an upward tendency in the New York and Liverpool markets. 45 We direct rt tent ion to the advertisement of the Military and Polytechnic Acadtmyat llillsboro. N. C. (Sen. Colston, the .Superintendent, deservedly enjoys a high rapuiation as nn instructor of young men. Confederate Officers. We seeii a Virginia paper a long list of Confeder ate officers headed Present whereabouts iiud Occu pations of Men prominent in the Confederate Ser vice, ' and although it is well known that North fnroKn.i officers and soldiers were the backbone of the Confederacy, and that without their aid the war would havy proven an uUer failure two years before it close, we do not see the name of a single North Carolinian in the li.-t. We merely mention the mat ter to show how the services of brave North Caro linians have been ignored by Virginia papers and others. Those who prepare such lists must be .very ignor ant indeed if they do not know the whereabouts and occupation" of many North Carolina ofiiccrs. Here in Charlotte we have living three (Jeneral officers who did as much as any others for the cause of the South. Maj. Gen. D. II. Hill rose from a Colonel to one of the highest commands in the Army, and now publishes one of the most popular Magazines in the country. Prig. Gen. II. D. Johnston went into the war as a Lieutenant in lstll, and came out as a Brigadier (Jeneral he fought bravely all through the war. and was severely wounded in the head and Meek on three different occasions. (Jen. Kufus Ear jMtyrer went in nr. a Captain and was promoted to a j!trijC.adier (Jeneral of Cavalry he too. did good ser vice and was wounded both are practicing Law in ,Siarlotte but you never see tlfeir names or that of imy other North Carolinian in the Virginia papers or ,in the humbug histories gotten up in Virginia. We don't like siudi treatment. JJcsides the three (Jeneral officers named above, we have living here Col 11 C Jones of the "7th N C. lii-giment, Col. W. Lee Davidson of the 7th, Col K. i..ys))rnc of the 4th, Col Z B Vance (ex-Gov of N. C ...) of the JtJth, Col J E Drown of the 42.1, Major Jas. Harris of the 7th. and Maj. M. D. L. McLeod of the 1st N. C. Cavalry all of whom fought through the war and did gallant service but those w ho get up lists of gallant officers never heard of ,'hem, of course. We intend soon to publish a list of Confederate officers of every grade now in this place. Immigration. Important Movement. A call is published in the Richmond papers, signed by the leading profes sional and business men of that city, for a public meeting to adopt measures to encourage immigration from abroad. Dr. Oliver, a gentleman from Scotland, now in Virginia for the purpose of ascertaining the inducements to emigration from his country, will be present to give and receive information. We trust this meeting will result in something practical. Without immigration, labor and capital, this South ern country can never recover from its prostration, and that particular section which first acts upon this fact will first realize the benefits to be derived. We hope ere long that our own immediate people will wake up to the vital importance of this question, and take steps to inaugurate a movement that alone can bring us renewed and certain prosperity. Wilntiui ton Journal. We agree with the Journal that this is a matter in which our people ought to take an interest. More than a year ago a public meeting of the citizens of this county wns held and the subject considered. A colnmittec (of which we had the honor to be Chair man) was appointed to memorialize the Legislature of North Carolina and solicit aid in encouragement of. immigration. The memorial was prepared and signed by the committee, and presented to the Leg islature by our members, but that body thought they could not make an appropriation for the purpose of encouraging immigration to North Carolina, although they spent thousands of dollars to keep up such use less offices as State Geologist, &c. We want to see immigrants coming here and buy ing our lands, and engage in the cultivation of the soil, and thus enrich our section and people. Thou sands of acres of good land are now lying idle in this State, and the owners need the money for it. If some plan was agreed upon to sell this land at a fair price, we would soou have a thrifty population of white farmers that would make the country blossom as the rose, and till would be benefitted. We would suggest that landholders meet together and establish a scale of prices for land, and let the facts be known to the public. Layoff farms of "0 and UK) acres and offer them for sale on fair terms, and the day will soon dawn on a thrifty white pop ulation in our midst, Remember that the wealth of :i country comes from the ground, and whatever pro motes the cultivation of the soil promotes the public god. (J ex. Ghant. The commander of the IT. S. Armies is not a man of much ability, but his name is kept j before the people and in that way he has been made a yri'itt man on paper. We judge that Gen. Grant is j not much liked by the extreme Radicals, for they: give him a lick whenever a good opportunity offers. ' The New York Tribune of last week, in speaking of the removal of military commanders by the Presi dent, said : 'The President successfully plays the game of political chess. The President removes every man w ho favors reconstruction under any other plan than his own. The game goes on the-President winning all the time. Nor do we fail to see that the power which strengthens him is General Grant. There is no use of concealing or avoiding this fact. General Grant is an instrument of Mr Johnson's will. Raleigh Correspondence of the Democrat" Raleigh, Jan. 3, 1S68. Mr. Editor : There is no news of any im portance to write vou from the Capitol. A negro man was murdered here two weeks ago by a U. S. soldier. The affray was caused by a woman. Another negro was found dead, with his throat cut, at what is known as '-Ham Cat." A house of Mr James. Dunn, a citizen of tills count', containing about fifty thousand ouuds of cotton, was burned on the night of the 1st inst. A torch was applied to the house at a hole in the floor cut for the cats. I have heard of another case similar, but I forget the name. The petition of Republicans to Gen. Canby for the removal of the Mayor and Commissioners of this city, so far, has not been heard from. The Freedman's Rureau will be continued here under the command of Gen. N. A. Miles. The General's letter to Gen. Howard, urging the continuance of the Rureau, has been published. He uses some pretty strong language. I think the Republicans may safely set Gen. 3Iiles down for a Republican of the deepest dye. The Sentinel of the 1st says that Gov. Holden has been selected for Governor, and Judge G. V. R rooks and Col. David Ileaton for U. S. Senators. I do not attach any importance to this rumor. j Business is very dull. The universal cry is money, money. The fatal mistake made by the great mass of the farmers in planting nearly all j their land in cotton, and but little in corn, has made many men bankrupts. Every pound of, cotton raised about here cost not less than ni teen cents, whereas it h:ts only been worth nine and ten. In many cases the cotton will not bring enough to buy provisions to make next year's crop. Corn is very scarce and selling for one dollar and fifty cents per bushel now. In view of all these things, a great many men arc availing themselves of the Rankrupt Law. In this District, the 4th, there has been one hundred and ten cases, and there will be before the 2d day of 3 larch, the end of the year from i the day the bill was passed, ten times as many as have already gone into Rankruptcy. j A Freedman's Savings Rank will shortly be ' organized here. Hon. . . llolden is Presi dent and Col. John T. Deweese, Secretary of the Local Roard of Directors. Rev. G. W. 'Rrodic. colored, has been recommended for Cashier. The Daily Progress has ceased to exist. It has gone the i:way of all flesh." The editor has taken himself to Virginia. Messrs Milk? & Hughes have commenced the publication of the ''Daily Advertiser." It is "subject to the powers that be," neither Demo cratic nor Radical. What class of men they ex pect support from, I am unable to say. Johnnie. Michael Shroat was murdered 8 miles South of Ashevillc by Daniel L. Pressly. The murdered man's son, 1'. J. Shroat, oilers a reward of 100 for the arrest of Pressly. ptif U. S. District Attorney Morton shot U. S. District Judge Pusteed, in Mobile, on the liSth ult. JGr2? The New York Herald publishes an estimate. compiled from statistics collected by the Governors i of the Southern States, w hich places the number of j ii!(csami Macks in .Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, ! Georgia and the Carolina, who are in a starving j condition, at three million persons. Exvltauge J'ujhi: j Th e reason of it is, these people have been devoting ' their time and attention to politics instead of work. When they ought to have been hoeing corn and work ing on the farm, they attended political meetings. If they starve it is their own fault. From the Charleston Courier of Dec. Gist. Ekv. E. J. Mf.ynardik. The announcement that this distinguished divine, who. thoughyoung in years, is old in the service of the .Methodist Episcopal Church. South, would, by the appointment of the last Conference, be tra interred Irom the pastoral charge of Trinity Church, in this city, to Charlotte. N. ('., was received at the time with unaffected regret by the congregation to whom he had so efficiently and acceptably ministered during the past two Years of his ministerial duties, and it was determined to characterize the occasion in some way expressive of the reluctance with which the members of Trinity parted with their beloved Pastor, and at the same time to signify their earnest appreciation of his ser vices. In furtherance of this purpose, Mr Meynardie was last evening surprised by a call of the Vestry and leading members of his congregation, accompa nied by a large number of invited guests, ladies ami gentlemen, ami w as made the recipient of a splendid silver pitcher and waiter, from the jewelry establish ment of Mr Augustus II. Hayden, and appropriately inscribed. These gifts, but feebly expressive of the esteem in in w hich the llevercnd gentleman is held, were pre sented by Mr W. 11. Smith, in behalf of the Church, in a very feeling address, to which Mr Meynardie responded in his usually eloquent style, lie" recited the history of his call to the ministry, referring par ticularly t his preparation for the practice of the law as a profession under t he tuition of General James Simons, and his subscque.it career in the Church, and concluded with the expression of the hope that under Divine appointment, he might again be brought into ministerial relations with a congregation to whom he had been so strongly allied by professional and social ties. An adjournment was then made in order to partake of the delicate refreshments which the consideration of the ladies of the Church had prepared, and after a festive reunion the company parted, with re-asserted expression of the deep regret with which they consented to Mr Meynardie's departure for Charlotte, under the appointment of the Conference. We trust t h.-it the" Reverend gentleman, w ho has endeared himself to this entire community, not only by his intellectual, but by his social accomplishments, will find a pleasant heme in the midst of our friends in the old North State, where he goes on Thursday next. New Advertisements. unrwly Statement of the First National Hank of Charlotte, and list of Stockholders. Removal of the Drug Store -of Kilgorc & Cureton. Notice to Debtors-j-U M Gates & Co. Nc.rth State Washing Machine Barnhardt & Houston W to Debtors Presson & Grav. f Dividend of the First National Bunk (r (Moirloito. Stockhohler s Meeting of the First National Bank of Charlotte. Administrator's Sale W B Hill, (S. C.) Alexandriaua Academy A J Harrison, Priucinal. The Moody House W W Kims. Young Marc for Sale S A Harris, Auctioneer. Dwelling House for Kent E Madden. Lenoir Hotel J J Weisiger, Proprietor, Lenoir, X C. Court Order E A Osborne, Clerk. Cuba Molasses O it Parsley & Co., Wilmington. Fresh Hone Superphosphate of Lime K 11 Cowan & Co., Wilmington. Importation of Molasses Worth & Daniel, Wilming ton. N. C. c Jlillshoro Military and Polytechnic Academy. M.vruu.UiK ox tiik Caus. A runaway cou ple were spliced on the cars near Wcldon. N. C on Friday last. It appeared that as sunn as the cars slacked up the Justice (who was to make the twain one flesh, and who had been tele graphed to) juuiK.-d on board, and before the train stopped had commenced ti tie the knot, and there at the dejxst, while the passenirers were getting off and others getting on, he finished the job that made them man and wife forever. And there was need of such haste, as the "parii tits" of the bride objected to the match, and, finding' out that their daughter had el.ped. telegraphed to have the ceremony stopped; but llymau laughs at telegraph ojerators as Cupid dees at lock smiths, and when the representatives of the parients" arrived at the depot the twain were one. JJjct luimje. J'rj'j Xo good man ought to countenance such a proceeding. The parciits of the girl were more deeply interested in her welfare than any others on earth. We have no respect for the 3Iagis trate or any one else who takes a girl from home without the consent of her parents. We call on the press of the county to assist us in denounc ing such rascally conduct It is a .hame to humanity. Andrew Johnson and the Next Presidency. The XeT York Herald of the 31st ultimo, has a long extract on the subject of Mr Johnson and the game for the Presidency. The Herald alludes to the position of accidental President once held bv Tyler and Fillmore, and their de signs upon the succession. Over these it says Mr Johnson has some powerful advantages in the "increased volume of patronage, the demor alization of the party in power and the ravenous appetite of the party out of power." All of these, te Herald says, Mr Johnson can master; and thus concludes its article upon the political prob abilities and .situation : 'If we assume that Mr Johnson is playing his part for Johnson we shall.be more than half right; and in takinir it for granted that when it comes to the pinch the democrats are as likely to fuse upon Johnson as any other man, we think that even (Jeneral Hancock will not be wide of the mark. Mr Johnson, who was thrown flat upon his back in 18(55, has been lifted right side up. and stands firmly upon his pins at the close of lKb'7. He is at last, in reality, master of the situation, and Andrew Johnson is his man for ItitlS." A Washington letter-writer speaks as follows in regard to candidates for President : 'It is not very long since Sherman's name was prominent for the Presidency, but it is no longer mentioned in that connection. Grant is pretty sure to get the 1'epublican nomination, if he will stand on a Kepnblican platform, and though Sherman may "dissent from Grant's politics, 1 think he would not run against him for the Presi dency. Nor is it likely that he would have a chance, for the Democracy would hardly trust him sufficiently to 'make hhi their candidate, even though he were wilKugJ'to accept a nomina tion from them, which i$3ioubtful. For some days past the Democratic sentiment seems to have been running towards Hancock, and the President and most of the Conservative politi cians in Washington are understood to favor him as the Democratic candidate. Hancock's course in Louisiana certainly entitles him to the regard of Democrats and Conservatives throughout the country, and there can hardly be a doubt that he would run well as the candidate of the Demo cracy. Put he does not pretend to be a Demo crat himself rather ignores all parties, in fact and the present is not a time for the Demo cracy to nominate men whose sympathies arc not actively with them. There is not much prob ability of the Democratic Convention being in fluenced by President Johnson's desire as to whom they will nominate, and though Hancock is a good man, and possibly a reliable one, the people are likely to demand a candidate of so plain a stripe that there can be no doubt of where he will stand in this or that emergency. Mu and Mks. Sumxer. The somc-time-ago report that Mrs Sumner was to come to Wash ington to preside in her husband's establishment has failed of verification, and the N. Y. Home Journal of last week has the following, indica ting that there is no likelihood that such "will ever be the case. 'We have good authority for stating that the differences between .Mr and Mrs. Charles Sum ner, which have caused so much unpleasant gos sip and scandal, have been finally settled by a permaneut separation, with the mutual consent and desire of both parties and their best friends. The direct cause of this separation is simply the certainty discovered only too late that there exists between the parties an incompatibili ty of temperament and opinion upon certain so cial questions, which precludes the pe-ss'.bility of their living happily together as maa and wife." It is supposed that Mrs. Sumner don't like the negro proclivities of her husband. She ought to have taken that into consideration before she mar ried. Those w ho make bad bargains ought to stick closer to them Emigration Statistics. The number of alien emigrants who landed at New York from the 1st of January until the 25th of December, 18tb was 227,443; for the same period of 18G7, 358 days, 239.0G5, being au average of 040 per dav. and showing a gross increase in emigration in "lSl.7 of 11.022. From the Yorkville Enquirer. Fatal Affray. . On Tuesday evening, the 24th ultimo, our town was saddened by an affair of the most painful character we have ever been compelled to chron icle as occurred iu our midst. The ladies con nected with the Presbyterian" Church of this place, had arranged to have a Christmas tree and other festivities, at "Moore s Hall on Main street, in behalf of the Sabbath School of their Church. Towards the close ol the entertainment, and about 9 o'clock in the evening, some missiles were thrown though the windows of the hall, from a party of persons in the street in front of the building, and some little boys, it is supposed responded by throwing sticks of wood into the crowd in the street. The persons in the hall becoming excited by the demonstration out side, three or four gentleman, among whom was Dudley Jones, Jr., a young man of high charac ter, went out upon the street to ascertain the cause and character of the disturbance. While in the street, Jones used some violent language towards those who had thrown the missiles into the Hall. The company in the Hall soon afterwards dis persed, and as J ones returned by the Hall, after conducting a lady home, he was called to account by Thomas A. Smith and William Snider two young men well esteemed in the community for the language he had used respecting the authors of the disturbance. Some sharp words ensued and Jones, it seems was attacked by them and struck several times, when drawing a pocket knife he began to cut promiscuously at his assailants. Thomas A. Smith received a severe blow from the knife, cutting his throat from one side to the other, and producing death almost immediately. William Snider received a severe wound from the same knife, in the side and abdomen, from which, however, it is hoped he will recover. Shortly after the painful occurrence, Jones placed himself in the custody of the Sheriff, to await a judicial inquiry into the affair. An application for bail, for Jones, was made by his counsel, on Monday last, before Judge Ueatty, of the District Court, and the defendant released upon a bond, with sureties in the sum of two thousand dollars, for his appearance at the Spring Term of the Court of Sessions. Scarcity of Women. From the San Francisco Commercial Bulletin For a month past every steamer from the Fast has brought unusually large numbers of women. Over one-third of all the cabin passengers have been of the female gender. The matrimonial market of the Pacific coast, although not in the line of our legitimate remarks, is becoming quite an object of attention at the East. The war consumed over eight hundred thousand men, and in some States the excess of women is almost seven or eight to o.je. The Pacific States and Territories contain nearly thirty times more men than women, and if the sort of the latter seek this market in a quiet way, the probabilities are greatly in favor of changing their names soon after their arrival. This would result in build ing up thousands of homesteads, rendering our population more stable and moral, increasing res pect and obedience to the laws, improving and unfolding our resources, stiffening the market generally, and bettering our condition in all other respects. Arrest of Murderers and Robbers. We learn from a private letter received here that a great haul of murderers and robbers has been made in the counties of Pitt and Lenoir. The writer states that fifteen or twenty of the desperadoes are now in the jails of those two counties, with ample evidence to convict them. Several have confessed the whole matter and jnade a full expose of their operations. It was a .single organization, operating in Lenoir and l'itt, and .having no connection with the Jones county banditti. The gang first named robbed two or three fami- lies in Lenoir and then changed their base of operations to Pitt, where they robbed and killed a white man named Priley, about ten days ago. Nearly all of the party are colored men, but it is almost certain they were organized and controlled by two white men, who are also in custody. Jic.h ijh Rt tjistrr. Protestant EnscoPAb Church. The fol lowing statistics of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States for the year ending November 1, ISG7, have been compiled from the latest reports : Diocese- ii4, bishops 44, priests and deacons 2.550. whole number of clergy 2. GOO, parishes 2,370, ordinations 153, candidates for holy orders 255, membership 1,000,000, com municants 200,000, Sunday School teachers 10,807, Sunday School scholars 180.152, bap tisms 34,438, confirmations 10,010, marriages 10,040, burials 15,843, contributions $3,850, 200 02. . - The Northern people will find, at last, that in impoverishing the South, they have made a prac tical application of Esop's fable, and ''killed the goose that laid the golden eggs." They have destroyed the cultivation of cotton, broken up the manufacture of sugar, transferred the carry ing trade to England, a; d deprived themselves of the best market and the best customers they had in the world ! They begin to find the ef fects in their commercial houses, in every depart ment of their business. Every blow they now strike at the South is seen and tit also at the North I It has come to be a legislative war they are waging against their own interests, as well as against our peace and prosperity. Starvation in Sweden. The news from Sweden is appalling. Three hundred thousand of her people are reported to be on the eve of starvation. The following letter has been ad dressed to Mr Seward by W. W. Thomas, Jr., of Portland, Maine : 'Three hundred thousand hard-worked, pa tient Swedes are starving in Norrland. Their crops for three years- have been bad; last year they were an utter failure; ttnd now even their miserable bread, made of straw and the bark of trees, has given out. They sit in their cheerless huts and die. My private advices from Scan dinavia represent this calamity as even worse than the published accounts." Anecdote of ax Actor. Simpson, the actor, would never take an' medicine, and his medical man was often obliged to resort to some strategem to impose a dose upon him. There is a play in which the hero is sentenced, in prison, to drink a cup of poison. Harry Simpson was playing this character one night, and had given directions to have the cup filled with port wine, but what was his horror, when he came to drink it, to find it contained a dose of senna. He could not throw it away, as he had to hold the goblet upside down, to "show his persecutors he had drained every drop of it. Simpson drank the medicine with the slowness of a poisoned martyr, but he never forgave his medical man as was proved ou hi death, for he died without paying his bill. MARKETS. New Yobk, Jan. 3. Cotton active and advanced oaies oi ,uou Dales at lb to 17 cents. Liverpool, Jan. S. Cotton actire and firmer Prices advanced Uplands 7 ; Orleans 7j. Washington, Jan. 3. General Meade left here this morning for Atlanta, Georgia, to as sume command ot the lhvrd Military District. The First National liauk of Day City Michi gan has failed. New Governor for Louisiana. finv Flanders having resigned, Gen. Hancock has ap- puimeu uosnua uaiccr to tne vacancy oc cationed thereby. The new Governor is a native of Kentucky, but an old citizen of Louisiana, and was in the 1'hiladelphia Conservative Convention of 18GG. - A Generous Gift. We learn from the Rev. E. P. Walton, agent of Washington Col- lege, ot which General Lee is President, that the Rev. Henry Ward Becchcr has contributed i,uuu toward a Southern education lund in connection with that institution. JB Dr. Ilelme, a young physician in Mem phis, Tennessee, was arrested last Wednesday, on the charge of burglary. While locked up in jail he swallowed a large dose of morphene, and died that evening. In this county, on the 2d inst., by the Rev. F. B. Andrews, Mr Joseph 1 Hawkins to Miss Dettie E. Simpson, youngest daughter of Capt. Juo. Simpson. In this county, on the 2d inst., by J. T. Downs, Esq., Mr Jacob McCurter of Wilkes county, to Miss N. J. Thornburg of Mecklenburg. In Gaston county, on the 10th ult., by the Rev. J. R l'eterson, AJr llufus A. Sunimcrow to Miss Mary E. Friday. In Raleigh, at Christ Church, on the 80th ult.. by the Rev. R. S. Mason. D. D.. Mr S. G. Rvan to Miss Mary S., daughter of the officiating Clergyman. In Gaston count', on the 15th ult., Mr Andrew Bremer to MLs Paulina Wagstaff. Also, on the 17th ult., Mr R. O. Howe to Miss O. F. Rasran. In York District, on the 17th ult, Mr R. Walter Love to Miss M. Eunice, daughter of Dr. Wtn. Moore. Also, Mr N. B. Campbell to Miss .Margaret E. Wallace. In Newbern, at the residence of John D. Flanner, Esq., January 1st, 1808, by Rev. R. A. Willis, Rev. Linville L. Hendren, Presiding Elder of Raleigh District, N. C. Conference, to Miss Lizzie, daughter of Mrs Marv C. Mayhew. In this county, on the 2d inst , Mr John D. Frazier, aged about 47 years. In Tazewell, Ga., on the 28th of Oc tober Dr. N. M. Bolton aged 57 jTears a native of Cabarrus county, N. C. In Wilmington, on the 2d inst., Bcnnct Flanner, Esq., aged 73 years. Quarterly Statement Of the Ftrt National Bank of Charlotte, Dec. 3Ltf, 18G7: ASSHTS. Notes and Bills Discounted, $171,807 00 Due from Banks and Bankers, 8,470 07 Bank 'JJuilding account, 802 07 Premium Account 11,214 23 Expense, Tax and Salaries, G,f)i$( 61 United States Bonds 122,000 00 Other Securities, 20,14o 00 Cash and cash items I .35,805 39 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock, Surplus r und, Circulation, .... Deposits, Dividends unpaid, Due to Banks, Profit uud Loss, I 4 $370,974 03 .. $150,000 00 15,CHK) 00 108,000 00 82,241 79 318 00 3,G31 72 16,782 52 $37G,9T4 03 I, M P. Pegrain, Cashier of the First National Bank of Charlotte, solemnly swear that the above staie mcnt is correct to the best of my knowledge. M. P. PEG RAM, Cashier. Sworn and subscribed to before me, the 31st Decem ber, 1867. S. L RiDin.t:, Notary Public. The following is a list of Stockholders in the First National JSank of Charlotte : Allison, R W. Barringer, Rnfns Brevard, Robert A Brown, John L Broadway, John 8 Bason, W F Bretn, Thomas II DeBruhl, Mrs M C Dewey, Thos W & Co. Davidson, E C Elias & Cohen, Frnzicr, ('has A Gtiion, B S Gibbon, Dr Robert Grady, Bannister & Co., Graham, Win A, Jr., Gi ruble, Adam Johnston, R M, Trustee, Johnston, Rufus M Johnston, William Lineberger, L &. Co. Lacy, Drury, Jr., McDonald, John McDonald, Robert E McDonald, Ednioud McDonald, J A Myers, Wru R Morehead, John L Makepe.'ice. George McDowell. Robert I llelchor, C McAden, R V Oates, R M Pegram. M P Phifer, C Phi fer, J L Rodgers, Mrs J S Springs, John 1 Stenhousc & Macaulay, St owe, Jasper Stowe. E B Sumner, T J Sumner, J E Sumner, Laura Nat. Ex. Bank, Baltimore, Wilkes, John Wriston, SI :L Wiley, John S Wiswall, A C Webb, Thomas Young, John A Yates, Win J Yorke, A J New Crop Cardenas Molasses. DIRECT IM POliTATION. 200 Hogsheads and 150 Barrels choice new crop Cardenas Molasses to arrive per Brig John Balch, from Cardenas direct, for sale by WORTH & DANIEL, Jan 6, 1868 Wilmington, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA Military & Polytechnic Academy. The 9th annual session opens February 5th. 18C8. Rkovlab Cor as is Languages, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Belles letters, &c. &c. SrK ciai. Cor use of Engineering, Architecture and Draw ing. Go mm krc i a i. C'oriifK for business life. For circulars, apply to Gkx. R. E. COLSTON, Supt., Jan. 0, 1868. lm Hillsboro, N. C. FOR SALE. I will sell nt the Public Square, on Tuesday next, the 14th inst., (Court week,) n 3 months credit, a fine young MARE, in good order and well disposed as good an animal as there is in the country. S. A. HARRIS, Auc. Jan 6, 1868 pd CHARLOTTE MARKET, January 6, 1868. Corrected bt Stexhots b, Macaciat & Co. Coiton But littJe Cotton was offered in our market last week, middling grades selling at 10J to lOj cents, tax paid by purchaser tendency upwards. Flour firm at $5.50 to $5.75, per sack, from wagons. Corn, $1.05 to $1.10 per bushel. Peas, tH) to 95 cents. Oats, 55 cents. Corn Meal, $1.10 to $1.15. Wheat, $2 to $2.25 per bushel as to-quality. Bacon Baltimore tides, from .stores, 17 to 18 cents. Fresh Tork, 10J to 11 J cents. Larfll-5 to 15 cts. Fresh Butter, 25 to 30 cents ; Eggs, 20 to 23.cents; Chicken, 15 to 20 cents. Lirerpool Salt, $2.75 to $2.80 per sack. Corn Whiskey, $2 25 to $2.50. Molasses, 00 cents to $1 per gallon. First National Bank of Charlotte, CnARLOTTE, N. C, 31st Deo., 1867. The Board of Directors hare this day declared a semi-annual dividend of Fire Dollars per share (free of tax) on the capital stock, payable to Stockholders or order on and after the 1st January, 1868. M. P. PEG RAM, Cashier. January u, J8(3 STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the First National Bank of Charlotte, will be hMd at their Banking House on Tuesday, 14th January, 1868. M. P. PEGRAM, Cashier. January 6, 1868 2w - THE DRUG STORE OP Kilgore & Cureton Has been removed to the Store in Granite Row, next to the Express Office. A large assortment of Fresh Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, &c, will be fouud at this new establishment, and will be sold at as low prices as any other house. B. F. KILGORE, M. ft. Jan 6, 18G8. T. K. CURETON, M. D. TAKE NOTICE. All those indebted to PRESSON & GRAY are re spectfully requested to come forward without dels and pay up. Further indulgence is out of the ques tion. We must hare MONEY, and we must have it from those that got our Goods last year. PRESSON & GRAY. Charlotte, January G, 1868. ALEXANDRIANA ACADEMY. Mecklenburg County, N. C. A. J. HARRISON, Principal.' The exercises of the Spring Term for 1868, .will be resumed January 13th nndor the auspices of (he Principal, with an assistant if necessary, and will continue 20 weeks. Charges made from time of en trance with no deduction for loss f time, excejt in cases of protracted sickness, as follows: Boarding in best of families from !?8 toSflOiw month; Tuition in Classics, S15; Higher English. $12.50; Primary English, $7 all in currency. tor further particulars address A. J. HARRISON, January C, 1868 3w Charlotte, N. C THE MOODY HOUSE, Near the Depot, has been re-opened bjr W. W. ELMS, Who solicits a share of public patronatre. The House has been newly furnished, and every effort will be made to accommodate permanent and tran sient Boarders. Charlotte, January 0, 1868. Notice to Debtors. Our dobtors are hereby notified that their indul gence must soon end. 'Claims against those .who do not makecttlemeiit by the first, day of February next will -be placed in the hands of an officer for collection. Jan 6, 1868. R. M. OATES & CO. House for Rent. A two-story Dwelling House, South .of fho'NvC; Railroad Depot, is offered for rent for the year 1868. There is a good Kitchen, Well of excellent Water, and a large Garden attached to the premises. Apply to E. MADDEN, Jan 0,1868 lw Near the Depot New Crop Cuba Molasses. H1IDS. BRIGHT NEW CROP CLAYED Molasses, in prime new packages, daily expected per Schr. "Preston Hobbs," direct from Cardenas. For sale from wharf low for Cash, by O. G. PARSLEY & -CO. Jan. 6, 1808 2w Wilmington, N. C. LISTER & BROTHER'S Fresh Bone Superphosphate of LIME, From the Passaic Carbon Works. Daily Expected a supply of this valuable Fertil izer, which we propose to sell at a price and on term to Kuit the times. We can guarantee this article to be really a gen uine, pure, fresh Bone Superphosphate of Lime, and we invite our friends from the country, and .the tirade, to call and examine if. R. II. COWAN k CO., No. 32 North Water St., Sole Agents for Lister &, Brother's Fresh Bone Superphosphate of Lime. WILMINGTON, N. C, Jan. 6, 1868 0w North State Washing Machine, MANUFACTURED AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. Statesville, N. C, Dec. 23, 1801. Messrs. Barnhardt & Houston Gents: I bare given fair trial to your "improved Washing Machine, and can say that it does its work well and to my en tire satisfaction. 1 do not think it is surpassed by any in wo, but an improvement on all the ethers. A child can operate it, and no skill is required to wash in the bent manner. Jvvery housekeeper luoulcl possess one of your Machines. Respectfully, .MB. 31 AULA- L. DRAKU. January 6, 1868. LENOIR HOTEL, J. J. WEISIGER, Propiuktoh., Lenoir, N. C. The regular Mail Line will run in connection" with this House, three tines a week, to Hickory Station, on the Western N. (;. Railroad. Passengers will be conveyed to any point. Lenoir, Caldwell county, Jan. 0, 1868 'Irr Administrator's Sale. : By permission of the Ordinary of York District, I will expose to Public Sale, on Thursday, lit h day of January inst., on the plantathm,known as the Massey place, nine miles South hast of .Hoc II ill, n. (;,, the following property belonging to the Jt4ate.ot Jwl II. Davis, deceased, viz: o Mules, So heid of Cattle, i Bags of Cotton, Cotton Seed, Cotton Gin, Crn Fodder, Shucks, together with all necessary Farming Implements, Road Wagon and Gearing, Blacksmith Tools, &c. Terms made known on day of sale. Jan C, 1808 W. B. HILL, Adm'r. N. B. The above sale was to have taken place on the 31ft day of December, 1807, but in consequence of the exceeding inclemency of the weather, but few persons turning ont, was postponed until Thursday., Jth day of January, 1808. Jan. 0, 10W lwpd W. II. HILL, Admr. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg county. Superior Court of Law Special Term, Jj'e., 1 867. Robert Gaston and S. A. Sowell vs. S. M. Blair. -. Leave to take the depositions of Robert Gaston, 8. A. Sowell, and others, upon giving six week's notice to the defendant. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, ,iaA the defendant, 8. M. Blair, is a non-resident of the State, it is ordered that publication be made, six" weeKB mint "neturn ikiuwim, ni.rjj'n lished in the city of Charlotte, giving the defendant notice that on the 4th day of February, 1808, at tho offlee-of J. B. Nones, in the City of New York, the de positions of Robert Gaston, S. A. Sowell, and others, will be taken before said J. B. Nones, that the said t defendant, d. . uuir, may tm jreui iv ui questions as may be asked and to cross-question said parties. , Issued, 1st day of January, 1808. E. A. OSBORNE, Clerk, 801-Gw pr. adv. $10 j Blanks. j-i Jost printed, and for sale at the Democrat Office, Marriage Licenses (new fores), Subpoenas, Eaecn tin Administrator's Bonds, and all other BlauX j ued by Clerks and Sheriff.
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