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Kt HSc&Uvn Cem5eVat, (Skavioiie,' ''SHCCSt. JrOIi rHt WESTEK3 DEMOCBAI. Large Trees. Ma. Editor : In a late issue of tie "Western Democrat allusion is made to the discovery of a large Poplar on the western bank of tfce Catawba, in York District, S. C, mear Carothers' Ferry It is stated that it measured 21 feet, 4 inches, in circumference, two and a half feet from the ground, 'where the bark was round and smooth, aud appeared to be at least 50 feet to the first limb. The inquiry is then made, "Is not this the largest tsree in tkia section of country, and does it not approach the size of the celebrated trees in California about which so much has been published." For the iu formation of those who may take an interest in the huge and lofty pro ductions of the -forest, permit me to present, in the columns of your taper, a few well-authenticated facts connected with the history of large trees in different portions of the world. The poplar, or tulip tree, the sycamore, several ypecies of pine, and otUcr trees of rapid growth, are frequently found on our water-courses, and j more particularly on the rich, alluvial bottoms of the Mississippi, and its tributaries, of surprising dimensions. The poplar, above alluded to, is "undoubtedly a fine old occupant of the soil f( r this section of country has been well fed by mother earth is much older than that ubiqui tous character, "the oldest inhabitant" among men, aud should command the admiration of every visitor. Rut notwithstanding these ad missions touching its greatness, it falls far short of other denizens of the forest in California, and on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Moun tains. One of the largest of these California trees, ( Taxodium,) known as the "Father of the Forest," and which was blown down many years ago, during a storm, is thus described : It meas ured 42 feet in circumference 300 feet from the base, at which point it broke short off in its fall. It was estimated to have attained the height of 450 feet. It contained a chamber, or burnt cavity for the distance of 200 feet, bn ad and high enough for a person to pass through on horseback. It was, when standing, a colossal pillar of timber which overtopped most of the lofty structures of man, and probably all other trees on the gktbe. Such a display of arboreal greatness could not fail to command the silent admiration and wonder of every thintin, .elf communing visitor. hat a g:ant production to have ppruug from one little seed less in size than j a grain of wheat. Several others, but little in- tenor in size, grow in the immediate vicinity. Another species, found by travelers in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, is said to have a circumfer ence of 118 feet. Two other individuals were also noticed by Humboldt, upwards of forty years ngo, near Chapultepec, measuring respectively 36 nd 38 feet in circumference. These, he sug gests, were the survivors of an ancient garden or pleasure-ground of Montezuma. The Cali fornia red-wood (S -ijvoui) and several species of pine, in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains and on -the b:tnks of the Columbia River, attain as tonishing dimensions. One of these pines proved ! by exact mcasurment to be ihree feet from the ground. Ui 'C?tl r-lrt' ' The elm ( Lhnr.s j Americana) has many large representatives, prin ripiuly in the .Northern Mates. The nie on Boston Common is a conspicuous object for size and symmetrical proportions. It has a basal measurement of 23 feet. The sycamore (Plata nus accidental's) attains gigantic dimensions. One, ne.ar Marietta, Ohio, was described, many years ago, as measuring 1 5 J feet in diameter. The hollow trunk of another enormous sycamore was handsomely furnished, and made use of at L'tica, N. Y., as a retail shop; and afterwards carried to the city of New York for a show. The jmv also attains a great size and age. One of these, near Staines, in Eugland, is older than the meeting of the barons at Runnymcde, where they compelled King John to grant Magna Charta. It has a circumference of about 30 feet. According to Decandolle. the yew of Rraborne in the county of Kent is thirty centuries old. and has a circumference of GO feet. Another indi vidual at Hedor is 80 feet in circumference. Tn the Island of Teneriffe there is a dragon tree (dracdena) which has long been known, and greatly admired. Humboldt measured it in 1793, and found it to be 45 feet in girth, a little above its roots. In 1402, when the Island was conquered by Bethancourt, it was then repre sented to have nearly its present size. During the dog days there flows from its trunk a liquor of a ieep red color, like blood, which soon con cretes, and becomes dry and brittle. This is the true dragon's blood of the shops. But alas! a late account informs us this noble tree has fallen down and is uo more. The banian, or burr tree, (Fiats uidica) is one of the most curious and beautiful productions of nature. Each tree is in itself a grove, being composed of numerous stems which are .connected together some of them hairing the size of a large tree. A celebrated Ixintan stands on an Island in Ilindostan. It is said by the natives to be 3,000 years old. It is described by Milton in his "Paradise Lost," and is supposed by some to be the same that was visited .by Nearchus, an officer of Alexander the treat. Many other large trees, growing in dif ferent portions of the United States and Europe might be mentioned, but it is deemed unneces eary to present a more extended enumeration. Several years ago it was stated in one of our newspapers that "there is an oak tree near Ral eigh, ii. C, which, at the sup's meridian, covers with shade a space of 9.000 square feet. It would afford shelter for 4.500 men." Will some one residing in that place ("the city of oaks") inform us whether tins large oak is still alive a quiet tenant of the soil claiming a "local habi tation anil a name," or is it now only remembered as aa object of fallen greatness ? Since the sub ject of large trees has been introduced, would it not be well for Southern and Western editors to make the proper inquiries relative to our native gigantic productions, and furnish the public with the result of their investigations. In this wav many curious and intcjvstiag facts mi:ht be brought to light, and our knowledge of the patriarchs of the forest, frequently coucealed fmm view, be greatly extended. C. L. H. Iy The vorld m gradually outgrowing ;'thc learned professions." The oo umunitv is over stocked with lawyers and doctor. Many of these .vi: 1.1-t! i. i- . i.i Are obliged to lively the misfortune aud the follies of iheir fellow creatures. The fact people must go to digging in the ground for a living. Hard work is the only thing Xhat will pay now-a-days. Revenue Law. It is of importance to our business men, and prubablj a fact that has es caped their attention.: that under the Internal Revenue Lav, letters intended as receipts, ac knowledging the reception of money, drafts, checks, &c, are .subject, when the sum exceeds twenty doilarso a stamp, equally as well as a formal receipt: The knowledge of this fact, if profited by. may possibly ..avoid som future ijnjjble- The Impeachment Trial. A Washington correspondent of the "Wilming ton Journal writes as follows : Tke gravity of the matter of impeachment has not beea realized by the Radicals until since the closing of their case. All the unreasoning pre judice; of party are to be called into play, and the business was to be put through with a whoop hurrah, and no time was to be allowed for reflec tion, either on the part of the Senate or the pub lic, and as far as the party managers of the House and the Senate aud outside of both could control it, it has been pressed with the roost un becoming haste. There was not a Radical in this city who had the slightest idea when this question was sprung upon the House and the country, that the 10th day of April, inst., would find the trial in progress. Oh, no ! In less than ten days Johnson was to be driven into retire ment and Wade would be crossing his legs under the table at the White House. Alas, for Radical calculations, here we are in the third or fourth week of the case, and old Ben is, in the opinion ot many, tarther irom tne tr resiueniiai omce mau ever. Under the excitement incident to the removal of Stanton, but few doubted that the President would be convicted and removed, right or wrong, and up to a very recent period this opinion has prevailed, but since the close of the case for the prosecution, the public have taken some pains to examine the grouuds of impeachment, and they have found that, notwithstanding the blowing of Ren. Rutler and the anathemas of old Thad. Stevens, and the yelping of the whole radical pack, of all the matter charged in the indictment, the Radical House of Representatives acquitted Mr Johnson by a formal vote only a few days prior to the passage of the impeachment resolu tions, save and except that pertaining to the re moval of Stauton, and that in this he had done nothing more than had been done by or recog nized as the right of every President the country has known, and that all the talk about the violated ''Tenure of office bill" was mere bosh, in asmuch as Stanton was not within its provisions. Thus a feeling has grown up within a few days in opposition to the conviction of the Chief Ex ecutive on such trifling charges, and this feeling is said to have reached the Senate, and grave Senators have paused to consider whether it is better to make this bold stroke lor the temporary success of party, at the "expense of their good name for all time to come. Three or four of those counted on as certain to obey the dictum of party, are said to have declared against con viction within the past few days, and others are supposed to have character enough to vote with them against it when the question is submitted for their final decision. That there is some truth in these reports is manifest from the long faces of the Radicals hereabouts. Forney's paper, which is the organ of the party here, comes out in the most virulent and abusive manner this morning. It threatens the Radicals with utter demolition if they fail to iiiinp.ich .Tohi'R'in. TVipv cannot, in such an event, carry more than two or three insignificant c..,.. cn f.,n i?klc n-;il U . stored to power ; the "military district." will i resolve themselves into their original nothing 1 ness and the Southern States will cast their ! electoral votes for some Democrat next Fall. To all of which you will doubtless say : "So mote it be." Now, Forney is Secretary of the United j States Senate and has"ns good opportunity as any one of knowing how the "cat jumps there, and I take it for granted that he has 6een indications of the change referred to and is trying, in con ceit with other managers, to whip in the recusant. The dispassionate statement of the President's case by Judge Curtis, was listened to with marked attention through its entire delivery, and made Rutler aud Bingham wriggle in their seats as if pins had been inserted therein point upwards. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says : "A very intelligent Radical, who is on terms of great intimacy with many Radical Senators, remarked: "Curtis is delivering a great speech, but it might as well be addressed to the Pawnee Indians the case is judged now." And such seems to be the opinion entertained in well-informed ciscles here of both parties, despite all the attempts made to create a different impres sion. Under that terrible influence of party pressure, the backbones of those Senators which needed "stiffening" are being gradually braced up, and no fears are entertained that they will be able to toe the mark when the day of pro nouncing the verdict rolls round." Immigration. The New York Journal of Commerce com ments at some length upon the fact that a tide of white immigration chiefly Germans is quietly setting in towards the South. The com pany of immigrants who passed through Wash ington on the 25th ult., on their way South, are said to be the pioneers of over ten thousand who are enrolled and expecting to leave various Ger man ports for Baltimore during the present year. Virginia, in consequence of its climate and its accessibility by various routes, will probably en joy the benefit of the new movement sooner than any of her Southern sisters. But the plantations of the Carolinas and the Gulf tier and of the Mississippi valley are not neglected by commis sioners "prospecting" from abroad. German and English agents are now travelling through the Southern States, making contracts for the pur chase and lease of lands. We may soon look for the experiment of white people trying to raise cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco, unaided by negro labor, unless the colored people manifest a disposition to turu the curse of Cain into a blessing, in common with the whites. The Swiss Emigrant Society has an agent now in Virginia looking up lands. This society has some thousand of members, and it is said that the agent's report will be favorable. The Hol landers several hundred fannies of them have also a man on the ground, and will sail for Vir ginia this spring if his report is encouraging. Besides the foreign agriculturists who are look :ngto the Old Dominion as their future home. there i.rc associations of miuers, Welshmen aud others, who believe, and with eood reason that i i ' . r her gold, copper and iron resource might be profitably developed with hard knocks and econ omy. 1 he Texas papers speak of the appearance of G erman farmers aud stock raisers in different parts of their State, "spying out the Jand" for themselves and hundreds of other worthy Teutons. As to the question "what will become of the negro if the South should gradually be filled up with white labor," who can answer it? The future historian and moralist, the Journal of Commerce remarks, will have a sadly curious subject provided for his meditations, if it bhall turn out that the liberty of the negro, .purchased at such incalculable cost of blood and treasure, was the cause of his extirpation from the laud by the intermediate processes of idleness, eickness, neglect, and want of guide, protestor and friend- Tfce Election. General Caoby has issued the following order Hjeadquartebs 2d Military District, ) Charleston, S. C, April 10, 1868. J General Orders, No. 65. With a view to give all duly registered voters the full and unrestricted privilege of exercising the elective franchise at the approaching elec tions in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, it is hereby ordered, that the sessions of all State Courts appointed to be held in each of the States aforesaid, shall be suspended during the periods hereinafter mentioned, namely :. In North Carolina, during the election com mencing on Tuesday, the 21st day of April, 1868, and ending on Thursday, the 23d day of April, 18G8. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby. Louis V. Oaziarc, A. A. G. To Civil Officers. "We publish the following order from General Canby, for the information of civil officers in this section and the State generally : Headquarters 2d Military District, ) Charleston, S. C, April 10, 1868. J General Orders, No. 66. It is hereby ordered, that all resignations of civil officers, tendered either to the military or civil authorities of North Carolina or South Caro lina, shall not take effect, or relieve the officer tendering the same from his responsibility for a due discharge of the duties of his office, until the acceptance thereof is officially notified, and a suc cessor to such office has been duly appointed and qualified. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby. Louis V. Caziarc, A. A. G. Gambling in New York. New York correspondence of Syracuse Standard. The prevailing vice among New Yorkers is gambling. The wives and daughters of our most wealthy citizens are afflicted with the mania, and play as deeply and heavily as their husbands and fathers;. In Twenty-third street near Madi son, avenue, is a gambling house patronized ex clusively by females. With the kiud permission of your readers we will visit it. It is a modest, unpretentious-looking house, the entrance scrupu lously clean, and presenting no different appear auce externally, than those adjoining, save the blinds are all tightly closed. Ringing the bell, we are admit ted by a gorgeous apparelled woman, who acts as a jauitress. Ascending the stairs, we are ushered into the parlors on the first floor. They are elegantly, even luxuriously furnished. The person who fitted up these rooms must have had exquisite taste. The paintings hanging on the wall are rare and valuable, but the most con spicuous, and the one that first strikes the eye and rivets the attention, is the painting by Ary Schaeffer of the gambling scene from Bulwer's play of "Money," and tor which it is stated Au gust Belmont has offered 20,000 and beeu re fused. Seated around the room and at the gam bling table are a number of ladies, all of whom are dressed in the height of fashion. The play ers are flushed with excitement, but the dealer sits calm and collected, aud rakes in the "chips" with the utmost sang froid. Ever and anon some player, when a heavy bet is lost, calls for wine, which is speedily supplied by an attentive and demure looking Hebe. That lady iu the centre of the table is the wife of one of our most wealthy merchants. I could tell you her uame, but tales must never be told out of school. Ob serve that young lady, with a bonnet uo larger than a cookie shell, and Bismark brown ribbons; the one who is now taking off her diamond riug to stake, and which she will lose as sure as eggs is eggs, is the daughter of an Ex-Judge. Ah ! our wealthy merchant's wife is a loser; see, she rises from the table biting her lips till the blood conies to conceal her emotions. Come, let us away, such scenes do not make our opinious of poor, weak human nature the more exalted. Is it any wonder that we so frequently see rewards offered for lost diamond rings, necklaces, aud bracelets ? If we had the power of Asmodeus, we would see these "lost" articles in the safe of some gentleman who has for his sign the old Lombardy emblem of three balls. The thirst for gambling will be satisfied, and money must be obtained. Yes, yes, Hamlet was right, "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy." Female Gamblers in Washington City. The Washington Chronicle is responsible for the following announcement regarding one of the features of Washington society : It may appear to be a slightly sensational statement, but it is none the less true, that there are two fashionable gambling houses, both within half a dozen squares of the treasury building, which are exclusively for the use of ladies. One, and perhaps the best furnished and most largely frequented, is situated on Fourteenth street, while the other is in the first ward, but a few squares distant. At these places, at nearly all hours of the day, may be found richly dressed ladies, connected with families whose standing is high in the community, earnestly engaged in faro, and staking their money with an abandon that would excite surprise. The sterner sex is rigidly excluded, and the players feel themselves secure from intrusion of watchful fathers or angry husbands, while they at the same time place reliance on the silence of their fair com panions, who, we will say, are quite select and respectable, as the judgment of the crafty pro prietresses enables them to perceive that the in discriminate admission of visitors would be in jurious to their interests. Frightful Disclosures. Montreal, April 11. An awful tragedy has occurred at St. Eus tache, Canada. A man named Lebau and his wife, who were iu the habit of robbing and mur dering wayfarers and travelers who stopped at their house, attacked a traveler, the man with an axe and the wife with a razor. The traveler knocked down his assailant, and the wife, mistaking her husband for him, cut his throat. She has been arrested and confessed all of the past horrible transactions. Three skeletons were found in the house. In 1860, each individual owed two dollars and sixty cents of the public debt; in 1S68 each owes seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents thereof. In I860, the expenses of the government were sixty two millions; in 1867 the Treasurer estimated them at two hundred and twenty-five millions independent of the interest on the debt, both being periods of peace. CnuRcn of the Strangers, New York. Rev. Dr. Deems has been preaching in the chapel of the University, and the congregations have grown larger, until it is necessary to move to another building. A gentleman, formerly of Boston, has proposed to give 81,000 towards erecting a church for carrying forward the great christian plans which a church for strangers, in Mch a imrtropnli. is capable of executing. North Carolina News. "WHEAt Prospect. We are gratified to learn that the growing crop of "Wheat throughout this section is remarkably; promising, and we see similar reports from otker sections. Statestrille American. Hail. On Tuesday afternoon, 6th instant, several localities in this neighborhood were visited with severe hail storms, accompanied with light ning. Early garden "truck" was somewhat damaged. Wadcsboro Argus. A Dinner Day. In travelling through Mitchell county, one day last week, Vance com menced eating dinner at nine o'clock in the morn ing, and could not stop until five o'clock in the evening. At almost every house on the road he found a hearty and cordial greeting, with a sump tuous repast set out for him, of which he was compelled to partake.. AshcviVe Kexcs. Since the destruction of the court-house at Wadesboro' an effort is on foot to move the county seat of Anson to some other point. J6 James Ransom, a colored man, nominated for the Legislature in Warren county, declines. He says he is a coach-maker and understands that business better than law making. Sensible! JB" Several shares of "Wilmington &, Man chester Railroad stock were sold here at public auction by Mr S. M. West to Messrs. Crouly & Morris, for 4.25 per share. Wil. Star. "Via Raleigh and Gaston Railroad The. Stencil Business at a Discount. We were pleased to see in town last Saturday, Maj. J. A. Sadler, who is in the interest of the shipping line via Goldsboro, in opposition to a monopoly long en joyed by the it. & G. Road, this road, as it is charged, having runners whose' business it is to mark with a stencil plate, on every package of merchandize they see for shipment in this direc tion, the words which are quoted at the head of this paragraph. The Major is succeeding very well in breaking up this nefarious business, by procuring from merchants and others written orders to the General Agent at Portsmouth to ship their goods, no matter how they may be branded, by the line which he represents. Greensboro Patriot. Unfortunate. We deeply regret to learn that while lion. Thos. S. Ashe, our candidate for Governor, was at the Salisbury Depot, on Wednesday night, to get a ticket tn the Char lotte Road, his pocket book, containing $G00 or 6700, was stolen from him. lie did not discover the loss until he had gotten on the train and had gone half a mile, when the conductor put him off to return to Salisbury. Every effort was being made to detect the thief and our friends had hopes of succeeding. Several sus picious persons had been noticed for a day or two about the Depot. These facts we learn from a gentleman, who left Salisbury during Wed nesday night. Ilalcigh Sentinel. The sum lust by Mr Ashe was about S300. Beware of the Lmposter. A fellow cume to this city, some days ago, who succeeded in imposing himself upon the Metho dist, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers of this place, and, by false representations, also succeeded in obtaining material aid. His appearance has not been described to us, except that he was not a very prepossessing person. He represents himself as an Englishman, a graduate of Cam bridge University, and that his father is a res pectable physician in the city of Loudon. His conversation and manners are such as to indicate that he is a scholar, and a man brought up in genteel society, lie (as usual) said he was a Confederate, had "fit, bled aud died," C-c, and had beeu incarcerated, and just gotten off from the Yankees. While with the Methodist minis ter he was a Methodist, to the Presbyterian min ister he was a Presbyterian, and to the Baptist minister he was a baptist, haviug been immersed by the great Spurgeon in Loudon. So shrewd a fellow did not fail to "raise the wind." lie called himself Charles Hunt, at one time, and Charles Hogg, at another, and professed to one to be making his way to Gensboro, and. to another, to be anxious to reach Petersburg, where he had friends, who would do for him all he asked. Messrs Hudson and Hendren, of the Method ist Church, being so fully impressed by the sweet speech of the man, gave him a letter of endorsement, which they now recall, being satis fied, since he left the city, that he is a consum mate impostor. Raleigh Sentinel. News Items. Terrible Railroad Accident. -New York. April 15. Sixteen miles west of Port Jcrvis, a broken rail threw the cars down a twenty feet embankment. Thirteen persons were killed and fifty-two wounded. Seven were burned beyond recognition. A partial list of the killed aud wounded shows no Southerners. Albany, N. Y., April T The Democrats have carried this city by 1,000 majority. Richmond, April 13. C. M. Norton, a ne gro member of the Convention, has announced himself as a candidate for the first Congressional district of Virginia. Nashville, April 13. A negro barnburner has been hauged in Wayne county, in this State. It is reported that the Indians in Florida have declared war against the whites, reported. Outrages are The Indians are starving in the neighborhood of Fort Berthold, and they are eating their hor ses and dogs. Washington, April 15. President Johnson unveiled the Statue on Lincoln's monument to day. Grant was on the side walk aud declined to appear on the staud. An influential meeting, in the interest of Han cock for President, and Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice President, occurs in Philadelphia next week. It is understood that Pennsylvania will present this ticket to the Convention" A Freedman's Imi regions of Libekia. A frcedman who left Charleston, South Carolina, for Liberia, a few months ago, writes back the most glowing accounts of matters and things there. After statiug that he never felt free un til he reached that Republic, and that he had selected his laud for cultivation, he adds : Of all the fruits I found on the land my tongue is unable to explain, but I will give you the names of some. First, a field of thirty acres of coffee; second, cocoanut trees in any quantity; third, lemons by the bushel; fourth, the great palm tree, the most important and precious tree in the coun try, from which we get nice oil, cabbage, butter; then the kernel, shingles, then cord and thread, and then, best of all, we can get wiue of it to drink. All of these we have on the farm. Tell my brother Washington that this is the country to come to." ' Thd Bud or CutWoim - Last Spring I planted corn- in some tottom lands, that were almost entirely destroyed by this insect. I replanted with pretty much similar re sults as at first. Being much annoyed and disap pointed, I put my wits to work as to what I should do under the circumstances, as I considered those lands the best corn land on my plantation, having always produced most excellent corn. And in the course of my thoughts and meditations on the subject, it occurred to me that insects as well as mankind entertained quite an antipathy to brim stone, and that it is said to be one of the ingrt' dieuts of the last portion that is to be adminis tered to all evil-doers. I therefore concluded I would try and give the bud-worm a dose. I got my seed corn, shelled it and put it in a vessel and poured milk-warm water on it, enough to cover it sufficiently. I then put in pulverized, or flour of sulphur, say about two ounces to a peck of corn. I then stirred it up well; the sulphur, al though not soluble, seemed to impart a sulphur ous odor to the water, in which I let it remain about twelve or fourteen hours. I then drained off the water and put in a small quantity of com mon tar just sufficient to coat the grains slight ly, which was accomplished by pouring in water sufficiently warm to dilute or melt the tar, and then stiring it well together, after which I poured off the water and added about as much more sul phur, which then readily adhered to the grains. I then planted, and the result was, I got a good stand. I can't say whether it was owing to the remedies applied, or to the advanced state of the season,-and I hardly think it was owing to the latter cause, as the replan tings were made in quick succession, the corn being soaked each time that it might get up quick, quite a short time having intervened between the coming up of the first corn and that of the last. These are the facts and others interested can draw their own conclusions or avail themselves of the sug gestion, and try the experiment for themselves. I do not claim it to be a sovereign remedy, or an eutire preventive, but hope that from further ex periment it or some other preventive may be discovered to relieve the farmers of our country from one of the most pestilent insects with which they have to contend. Most respectfully, 31. McR. Robeson co., N. C. April 7, 1868. - - The Connecticut and Michigan Elec tions. The re-election of Governor English in Connecticut, and the repudiation of the Con gressional policy, in the defeat of the negro suf frage constitution in Michigan, have occupied the attention of the public mind here to the ex clusion of impeachment, legislation, and in fact almost everything else. The Republicans are very much depressed over the result. With the amount of money contributed for Connecticut and the name of Grant, they expected to carry the State by at least a thousand majority, but in Michigan the result is regarded as far worse than in Connecticut. Messrs. Howard and Chandler have been boasting that their State would lead off in the work of negro suffrage, and rebuke the popular vote of Ohio last fall on the same issue. They have grossly deceived their Radical asso ciates. The dispatches from Michigan continue to represent an increased majority against the constitution. Wash. Cor. A1 Y. World. Lieut. J. C. Brain. The Mobile Tribune contains a most moving appeal from Lieut J. C. Brain, formerly of the Confederate Navy, who was taken prisoner during the late war on the Chesapeake Bay, and sent to the penitentiary of New York, where he is still confined. He says that his health is becoming undermined from long confinement in a convict prison; that his family is in extreme poverty from his imprison ment, and that he is sadly in want of money for legal expenses and for his family. It is to be hoped that Lieut. Brain may obtain justice; for the Constitution secures to every man a speedy and impartial trial by jury. His case appeals strongly to the sympathy of all, and we trust that efforts will be made to alleviate his sufferings while in prison, and to secure his early release. New Spring and Summer GOODS. We have received our usual stock of Spring and Summer Goods We feel satisfied we can make it to the interest of all persons buying Goods, either Wholesale or Retail, to buy from us All we ask is an examination of our Goods and prices. We have the largest and best selected stock to be found in the city, and will take gTeftt pleasure in showing our Goods. Give us a call before buying. BR EM, BROWN & CO. April 13, 18r,8 2w For Sheriff. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriffof Mecklenburg county, at the election to be held on the lst, d and 23d of April April 13, 1808. 2w. F. W. A II REN'S. Brem, Brown & Co., AflENTB FOR The American Saw Company's MOVEABLE TEETH SAWS. Hardware Store. April 13, 1808 2w Oates' Building. FREIGHT NOTICE. From Portsmouth to Charlotte, via Goldsboro' (on Yil. & Weblon R. R.) An arrangement has just been perfected by which freight can be transported from Portsmouth to Charlotte in - Forty Hours, At as low rates as on any other Road. J. A. SADLER, April 13, 18G8. General Agent. VARIETY STORE. Dry Goods and Groceries. JAMES II. HENDERSON, (One door below B. Koopmann't, Trade Strret,) Takes pleasure in informing the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country that he is now carrying on the Dry Goods and Grocery business in his own name, and asks n share of public patronage He has on hand Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, And indeed everything that can be found in a first class Dry Goods Store. " He is thankful for the Tery liberal patronage which has been bestowed upon him in former days, and hopes by fair and honest dealing, and strict attention to business, to merit a continuance of the if a me. Gr oceries. j In the Grocery line he has a good supply of erery thing needed for family use, such as Flour, Meal, Bacon, Lard, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Ac., &c. Give me a call as I am determined to sell as cheap an any house in the City. To Farmers. I am now prepared to pity the highest cash price, or exchange Good, for Country Produce. JAS. II. HENDERSON. Notice. The Notea and Accounts of A. Aschkinass Co., having been transferred to me for collection, all those indebted will please come forward and settle imme diately. Marrh 30. 18',8. JAS. n. IIENDF.r.SON. Strange Notions. A wealthy man recently died io Paris, lonv;. all his wealth to his nephew, on condition tl 1J 1 U J l , i lul ne wouiu uuvu me ucvoaseu interred at o'clock in the morning, an arrangement one Conti - to the city regulations for funerals j hence tfj, matter has been brought before the courts, j. is not long since a very well known character died, enjoining by his will to be interred, if he died durintr summer, at six o'clock in the mom insr, and at ekrht if in winter. He died duri winter, and four hundred invitations were isuo3 to his "intimate friends" to attend the funeral. Only twenty-nine came, all of whom signed their names iu a register. Eight days afterward, these twenty-nine, faithful till death, received a letter to call on the deceased's lawyer. They did so and each received, according to the will, three hundred and twenty pounds if a lady, and two hundred pounds if a gentleman. The testatur further directed that the names of those who re. ceived his bequests should be published in the journals, to punish those who would not put themselves out of their way to rise so early in the morning to attend his funeral. Spring and Summer DRY GOODS. A large stock of Fancy Dress Goods just receirrd. We hare etery novelty in the Dress Goods line. w only a k the Ladies of taste to call and examine our stock. We have Chinnee Poplins; Fancy AlparcM; Cretons; Purcales, in great variety ; Figured Jaco! nets; Lawns, at all prices ; White Purcale Skirting something nice; Fancy Fixtures of all kinds. w only ask a fair and impartial examination ami w will sell. BA11KIXGER, WOLFE & CO. Hosiery In all styles and varieties, Parasols, Fancy SccnttJ Fans. Come see for yourselves. B., W. & CO. 10,000 Ladies and Gentlemen Wanted To come and buy our stock of Fancy Dress GooJt, Hosiery, Gloves, Yankee Notions, &c. B , W. & CO. Ready-Made Clothing, And a large stock of Hats, Umbrellas, Gentlemen's Cloths and Cassimeres. Also, Vogler's 8nlcm Shws for sale. B., W. & co. Hardware. Everything almost in the Hardware line; Chieli, Augers, Hammers, Door Locks, Hinges, Axes, IIos, Iron and Blacksmith Tools. B., W. & CO. Notice. We thank our friends for past favors and hope they will continue them. We beg those indebted to come forward and pay up at once, as we need money. April 13, 18C.8. BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO. Groceries. BOYD feMOODY Have just received a fresh supply of Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Lard. Bacon. Sugar Cured Hnms, Lorillard'i Snuff, Leak's Fine Chewing Tobacco and Durliam'i Smoking Tobacco best quality. On consignment, and for medical purposes, a lot of London Dock Brandy and fine Apple Brandy, Robertson county, Tenn., Whi.-key superior article, Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskey, Pure "Mountain Dew" Whiskey, from West Virginia, Pure North Carolina Corn Whiskey, Gaines' Cotton Plant Bitters, Tort, Madeira and Malaga Wines, A fresh supply of Scotch Ale can't be beat, Allsopp's Ale, London Porter, &c. All of which will be sold at short profits. On hand and for sale Two Thousand Bushels Corn. April 13, 18'8 lm BOYD & MOODY. Cleaveland Mineral Springs, Situated in Cleaveland county, N. C, on the line of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Kailrusd, will be open for visitors on the 1st of June. W.TKns Chalybeate, Red and White Sulphur. Charges per day, - - $ 3 (Mi week, - - 18 (0 " " month, - - fit) (M Children under 7 years, and servants, half rate. For further particulars address the Proprietors, Shelby, N. C. April 13, 1808 3m Notice in Bankruptcy. United State of A merira, ) Western District of Mitsouri, Tuts is to Give Notice : That on the 20th dsy of February, A. D. 18C8, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the Estate of Ei.isha S. Babrktt of the county of Pettis, and State of Missouri, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, on his own Petition; that the Payment of any Debts and Delivery of any Property belonging to such Bankrupt, or for his ue, and the transfer of any property by him arc forbidden by Law ; that u Meeting of the Creditors of the fai'l Bankrupt, to prove their Debts, and to choose one or. more Assignees of his Estate will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of Cocgruve & Wear, Boonville, Cooper county, Missouri, before Milo Blair, Register, on the 8th day of May, A. I' 18f,8, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Jefferson City, Mo., 2d day of April, 1808. THOS B WALLACE, U. S. Marshal, as Messenger. Western District of Mif ouri. By Ai.r. S. Krekel, Deputy Marshal. April 13, 18G8 2w Snuff! Snuff!! Snuff!!! tfhtffo POUNDS CAROLINA BELLE SMTP HJ' H " just received (8 papers to the pound) n 9 aud 18 pound Boxes, which we offer to the trade very low for cash. April 13, 1808. NISBET & MAXWELL. LOST, Bond No. 5, due January 1st, 18C1, toll. B. William, Guardian, or order, for the sum of $3'J-", for the hir of three Negroes, viz: Charles, Zeke and Jim. The above mentioned Note or Bond was signed by II. M. Guion, President of the Wilmington, Charlotte A Ruthcrfordton Railroad Company, and sealed with the seal of said Company, anu was loat or mislaid iu the year. 1803. All persons are hereby warned against paying, purchasing or transferring said not, as measures are now being adopted to procure i" payment to the proper payee. E. A. OSBORNE. Assignee of the Estate of II. B. Williams, April 13, 18G8. Bankrupt. $10 Reward. Ranaway from the subscriber, the 3d Monday in February last, an apprentice boy (colored) naiad Sam Rose may change his name to Sam Archi lle is about 18 yeara old, yellow complexion, lr?f mouth, a sort of smiling countenance. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to me near Deep Well, Iredell county, N C. April 13, 1808 3w 8. J. BROWS. A. W. ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentist, CHARLOTTE, N. C. (Office in the Brawley Building, oypoiile the Charloli IIoieL) Bf3&, Can be consulted on Tuesdays, Wednesday"! Thursdays and Friday. March 2.. 1808. S. GROSE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Grocers AUD GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Orders for Flour; Corn, Bacon, and other produce, filled with care and promptness. April 13, 1808,
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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