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Tin; Westekx Democrat W. J. VATES, EWrua and Pbgprieigz. CHARLOTTE, N. C. August 4, 1868. Gen. Blair's Letter of Acceptance. AYe copy the following article from tbe Salisbury ,rth State, an able supporter of the Democratic ticket. It expresses our views exactly : A pbort time before the meeting of the New York ( unvention, Gen F. P. Blair wrote a letter on political affairs lo a Mr Broadhead which was very generally copied by the Southern Democratic press, and with which most reading men are familiar. We did not j.ul.lish the letter for the reason that we could not nj, prove of the propositions which it contained, and because we regarded it as mischievous in its tendency. The proposition that it would be the duty of the rrcsMent elect to declare the Reconstruction Acts of Congress null and void compel the army to undo its usurpations at the South and disperse the exist ing tate governments there, was, to our mind, revo lutionary. The consequences of such action would certainly be worse than the evils we are now suffer ing ami we could not think of giving it our sanction. We are as anxious to be relieved of the existing State governments at the South as any man can be, hat we are opposed to any .but ConstituUeaal aeans of re dress. If the course recommended in that letter (thouM be adopted it would certainly result in the Mexicanization of the Southern States, if not in (something worse. It would be a precedent which w ouM be resorted to by the Republican party when it again acquired power, and between the two parties j t-rnmiieiit restoration would never be effected. Anarchy, bloodshed and civil war would be the order of the lay until constitutional liberty would disap pear forever from this continent. These proposi tions eeem to be too clear for argument, and we do uot hesitate to say that if the New York platform had endorsed t hat letter it would have split the Conser ve ive parly in twain and ensured the triumphant election of Gen. Grunt. Jut fortunately for the country that body was too ,i-"and too patriotic to endorse any thing of the kind. .S far from endorsing the doctrine therein set forth, the Convention, by its action, did in fact repudiate it. The doctrine of the Conservatives is that the Supreme Court alone can determine the Constitutional validity of acts of Congress, and that j until that tribunal decides that such acts are uncon- j Mituiional tue executive is bound to execute them. This was the view taken by President Johnson of these same Reconstruction Acts; consequently, not withstanding his firm conviction of their unconstitu tionality, he executed them. This is just the oppo site ol the doctrine advanced by Gen. Blair, in his letter to Mr Broadhead, that the President elect must dfchire these acts null aud void and compel the n mil tn dixit? me the evistinrSst!it irnvrnmitnta A n t ' . . . . , , T , Any person, adjudicated Bankrupt, may file his the ( onvennon sustained Andrew Johnson by pass- petition for discharge sixty days after such adjudi iii a votn of thanks to him, and having sustained an cation, provided no creditor has proved his debts or opposite policy it of course, in effect, repudiated that ! no assets come to the hands of the Assignee, other proposed l.v Gen. Blair. Nor does the platform even ! wisc eix must elapse before such application , , A , ,. I can be made, and all applications for discharge must holds no such doctrine, as we know from his Cooper Institute speech. It is true that the Convention nominated (Jen. Blair for the Vice-Presidency, but it nominated him upon its own platform, and upon that platform we support him. We observe that some of our State exchanges continue to publish extracts from the letter of which we have been speaking, and they could not do any tiling better calculated to de feat our ticket in North Carolina. If the letter to Urondhcad was understood to be a part and parcel of the New York platform there are many thousands of white men iu North Carolina who voted the Con serva'ive ticket at the late election who would not support Seymour and Blair, but who will support them on the platform upon which they now stand. Such being our views of Gen. Blair's letter to Mr Broadhead. we have been waiting anxiously to see hi-letter of acceptance. That letter we publish to lay. and after reading it we cannot but believe that the firM one was written hastily and without due rc tleetion. In the letter which we publish to-day he accepts of the nomination with the platform, which Le cordially endorses. He opposes every thing like revolui ion. He recognizes the high functions of the Supreme Court in the premises, and says that it is not revolutionary to execute the judgment of that otirt. lie proposes to remedy the evils under which the eoiimiy is suffering by peaceful means, and says: The appeal to the peaceful ballot to attain this end is not war, is not revolution." Upon the whole the tone of the letter is widely different from the first one, and w ill, e hope, remove the apprehensions of many, lor we know that many able men in North Carolina xv ho are constitutionally conservatives, and who have heretofore acted with the Conservative party, would prefer the election of Gen. Grant to any attempt to carry out the proposition contained in Gen. Blair's h tter to Mr Broadhead." City Authorities. Gov. Hidden has made the following appointments for the City of Charlotte : Mnor H M Pritchard. Ahhrmen R Barringer, Wm Sloan, M Martin, J N Hunter, W L Miller, E H Bissel, John Davidson, colored, and Richard Smith, colored. The new Board met last week and resolved to re tain, for the present, the old officers, and added one more man to the police force, J T Scheuck, colored. QflF We have been absent from town for four biys, which w ill account for not answering several letters received during the latter part of last week. - Usk.x Cockty. The Governor has appointed the following Magistrates for Union county : James 11 Collins, Calvin Rogers, James M Brassell. .Tames R Gardner, Gideon D Kinkier, A J Mulli", Tho. P Pyron, Elias T Harkness, Wm. Newsom Ste phen Billue. Jasper F Barrett, J WCurlee, Jeremiah Perry, Peoples Hasty. R W Tarlton, John 11 Lon. James S Ileitch, John Gordon, James M McNeelr. i . feaT" Congress has adjourned to the 21st of Sep tember. The following circular, dated Washington, 1- C, July 2 186, signed by all the republican members, has been promulgated: 'Congress having taken a recess until the 21st September, it is therefore understood that it shall s"t be incumbent upon the republican members to attend unless they shall be notified that their atten dance is necessary by the Hon. Edwin D. Morgan, chairman of the republican congressional committee n the part of the Senate, and the Hon. Robert C. Schenck, chairman of said committee on the part of the House, said notice to be given on or betsre the -'th cf September next." The bill to arm the rariitia in the Southern States, tailed to passed the Senate previous to adjournment. New Advertisements. Notice Hutchison, Burroughs & Co. t prnip See 1 and Paiats Kilgore & Cureton. Jrugjrest and Chemist Dr. J. N. Butt, b'l'iitable Life Assurance Society Hutchison, Bur- rougns Co., Agents. i; '';'wy Jas. A. McNeoly. The Bankrupt Bill. The following is the text cf the bill to establish a uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States, which has now passed both houses of Con gress : "Be it enacted, That the provisions of the second clause of the thirty-third section of said act shall not apply to case of proceeding in bankruptcy commen ced prior to tbe firqt day of January, 18G9, and the time during which the operation cf the provision of said clause is postponed shall be extended until the said day of January, 1869; and said clause is so amended as to read as follows : In all proceedings in bankruptcy commenced after January, 1869, no discharge shall be granted to a debtor whose assets shall not be equal to fifty per centum cf the claims proved against his estate, upon which he shall be liable as the principal debtor, unless tbe assent in writing of a majority in number and value of his creditors, to whom he shall have become liable as principal debtor, and who shall have proved their claims, be filed in the case at or before the time of the hearing of the application for discharge. "Section 2. That said act be further amended as follows: The phrase "presented or defended," in the fourteenth section of said act, shall read, "prose cuted or defended;" the phrase "non-resident deb tors" in line five, section twenty-two of tbe act, as printed in the Statutes at large, shall read "non resident creditors;" that the word ."or" in the next to the last line of the thirty ninth section of the act shall read "and;" and that the phrase 'section thir teen" in the forty-second section of said act shall read "section eleven" and the phrase "or spends any part thereof in gaming," in the forty-fourth section of said act shall read, "or shall spend any part there of in gaming," and that the words "with the senior register or" and the phrase "to be delivered to tTie register," in the forty seventh section of said act be stricken out. "Section 3. That the Registers in Bankruptcy shall have power to administer oaths in all cases and in relation to all matters in which oaths may be ad ministered by Commissioners or Circuit Courts of the United States, and such Commissioners may take proof of debts in bankruptcy in all cases subject to revision oi sucn proots Dy Registers Dy court, accor ding to the provisions of said act." It will be seen by the above that the time in which debtors may avail themselves of the benefit of the law, without paying fifty per cent of their indebted ness, has been extended to the 1st of January, 1869. At the Democratic ratification meeting held in Monroe, Union county, on the 25th ult., the pro ceedings of which will be found in another column, a large number of colored people were present ; all of whom, with the exception of two, joined the Sey mour and Blair club which was formed on that oc casion. We think it so manifestly to the interest of the colored people, and which they are beginning to see, to unite and co-operate with the Democratic party in the approacuing election, that a very little effort on the paH of ihe wui,eB need be used to in- duce them to form large clubs for the Democratic nominees. Fine Peaches. We acknowledge the reception of some very fine Peaches from Mr Marcellus L. Davis, which were grown on the farm of his father, the late James II. Davis. Information to Bankrupts, Assignees, &c. In filing petitions for discharge, it will be required it t that the Assignee accompany the Bankrupt and file his return and account with the Register setting forth the information required by law. No Assignee can have his account settled until proof is made of due publication of his appointment and application for settlement. Blanks will be kept on hand at this office for all necessary purposes, and this office will be open for business on the loth of each month and as many days thereafter as may be necessary to complete the work to be performed. At all other times the undersigned will be at Raleigh, N. C. Persons interested are informed that the limita tions to the Bankrupt law to June 1st, 18G8, have been extended to January 1st, 1809, and petitions for the benefits of the Act will be received upon the same footing as heretofore. A. W. SHAFFER. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 3, 1868. Choosing Electors in the SorTH. The Wash ington Star has the following article on "Choosing Electors in the South." "The Southern members of Congress, within the past few days, have, in conference wifh Republicans here, decided that it will be best for Presidential electors iu their organized States to be chosen by their respective Legislatures in the same manner as South Carolina has always chosen her's. This, it is held, will remove all fears of the disturbances and frauds which have been apprehended. It is thought probable these views will be carried out ?y the Leg islatures, in whose hands the matter rests." JB The New York News thus concludes an elab orate examination into the election probabilities: "After this survey of the whole field, we say in all candor that we believe that Grant cannot possibly get one hundred electoral votes, and wc doubt whether he will get seventy-five." A Significant Fact. When the Demo cratic party is a unit, it is invincible. For the first time in ten years the old organization now presents an undivided front to the enemy. There is but one wish and one desire among Democrats in all the States, and that is for the success of the good old cause of Constitutional Government. We have had enough of experi ments of trampling Constitutions under foot, of arbitrary arrests, of test oaths, and of the sup pression of free discussion. The Democratic platform opens up the way of escape, and the people are endorsing it in the North, in the South, in the East and in the West. With Seymour for President, and a Democratic Congress, wc shall be able to realize once more that wc live in the United States. Albany Argus. mm mm A Negro Prophet in Virginia. How tJie creature are Humbugged. A correspondent of the Alexandria Gazette thus writes from Han over county, under date of Gth of July: "Early yesterday morning every road and by-path of our lovely land was filled with hurrying crowds of men, women aud children of the colored race, wending their way to the home of Baylor, the prophet. Baylor is an old negro who has seen the Almighty face to face, and talked with him as man talks with man. He knows all things, present, past and future. He has wooden angels, good and bad, which he keeps chained in his domicile, who perform at his bidding the most extraordinary feats, and over whom he keeps vigils night and day. He gives to all who ask it the body and blood of the Saviour. He has constructed a chariot in which he sits, and from which he discloses his wonderful visions and as toundiug revelations, and in which he designs to ride triumphantly to Heaven, like Elijah of old. To this strange being hundred.? of the sons aud daughters of Africa, for miles and miles around, were speeding their way, puffing, blowing, fan ning,aethicg aud sweltering beneath the melt ing rays of the July sun, to drink in the streams of supernatural wisdom which flow from his Heaven inspired lips' Coli'mbia, S. C, July 31. The Legislature every hour shows signs of Conservatism. The negroes arc suspecting the Radicals and refuse to be led. Pe-organization of the Military Districts. The following order has been Issued from the War Department : "The Commanding Generals of the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Military District hav ing officially reported that Arkansas, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Geiorgia, Ala bama and Florida have complied with the recon struction acts, including the act of June 25th, 1868, and that, consequently, so much of the act of March 2nd, 1868, and all acts supplementary thereto, providing for Military Districts subject to the military authority of the United States, as therein, provided, have become inoperative in said States, and the Commanding Generals have ceased exercicing military powers conferred by said acts : Therefore, the following changes will be made in the organization and command of the M il itary Districts, and G eographical Departments: The 1st. 2nd and 3rd Military Districts hav ing ceased to exist, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida will con stitute the Department of the South, General M eade to command, with Headquarters at At lanta, Ga. 2nd. Gen. Gillem will command the Fourth Military DUtrict, comprising Mississippi. 3d Gen. Reynolds will command the Fifth Military District, comprising Texas, with Head quarters at Austin. 4th Louisiana and Arkansas will constitute the Department of Louisiana, Gen. Rousseau commanding, with Headquarters at New Orleans. Gen. Buchanan will continue in command, until relieved by Gen. Rousseau. 5th. Gen. George Croake relieves Gen. Rous seau in the Department of Columbia. 6th. General Canby is re-assigned to command at the Department of Washington. The Prospect It is too early in the campaign to form any very definite idea of the result of the pending contest, but the enthusiasm with which the nomi nation of the great statesman of New York has been received by the Conservative masses of all shades of opinion, warrants the belief that we shall achieve a splended triumph. And this opinion is greatly strengthened, if not confirmed, by the desperation of the Republicans. The bill to distribute arms among the several States is a measure prompted by fear of defeat alone, and the country is under lasting obligations to our able representative, Hon. Nat. Boy den, for the powerful opposition which he made to it, and which resulted in the defeat ef the measure. The bill to deprive certain Southern States of their voice in the Electoral College was prompt ed by the same motives. The police bill now pending in our State Legislature is another meas ure of the same class. And when we take into consideration the mag nitude of the issues, involving nothing less than the restoration of the Union and the preservation of the Constitution, we cannot doubt that the enthusiasm now manifested in behalf of our can didates will rapidly increase. It will continue to swell in volume until it will exceed anything of the kind ever before heard of in the political contests of this country, culminating in a com plete overthrow of radicalism and radical rule. And in the event of such a victory as we antici pate we may reasonably hope to be relieved of the revolutionary governments which now curse the Southern States, and for the restoration of the constitutions and governments of 1865 '66. If the next House of Representatives should be largely Democratic, as we believe it will, it will commence to work by rejecting all the members from the South who claim their seats under the reconstructed governments. In this action it will be sustained by the Executive Depart ment of the Government, which will refuse to recognize them. If, then, any decision by the Supreme Court can be obtained that the recon struction acts of the last and present Congresses are unconstitutional, the House of Representa tives and the Executive will be sustained by the people of the nation with so much unanimity and zeal that the Senate will be compelled to give way before the storm of popular indignation. In this way only do we see a perfectly constitution ally mode of redress, and we are not without the strongest hopes that it will be accomplished in this way. It is .true that it has been found difficult to obtain such decision from the Supreme Court heretofore, and the Chief Justice has been sev erely censured for the failure. But it must be remembered that the Court probably stood in awe of Congress, which, in the event of the ueccssity to enable it to jiarry out its revolution ary designs, was prepared to subvert even that high tribunal. But wilth such a decision de manded by the voice of the nation, supported by the popular branch of Congress and the Execu tive, there can be no doubt that the opinion, which it is well understood is held by a majority of the judges, will be promptly rendered. SW i&bury Xorth State. - Green Manuring. Vegetable substances in their green and suc culent state are powerful fertilizers when thoroughly incorporated! with the soil. The most pertinent explanation of this fact is fur nished by the consideration that they supply the identical elements that future crops require; in the same manner that out of the material of one house, another may be elaborated, and it is true that many of these materials exist in such unity and affinity, as render them especially adapted for the nutrition of the future crop, for it is a recognized truth in physiology, that both auimals and plants take up and assimilate from their food a portion of their bulk in the precise form in which it exists in that food. The practice of growing crops for the special purpose of plowing in as a manure for succeed ing crops is not justified by this consideration merely. It would seem to be a waste of time and material to convert the elements of vegeta ble growth into living forms twice before they are made profitable. Why grow a lupin or clo ver plant in one season to be buried, in order that from its remains a cabbage or a turnip, may be produced? Why if you build a house, do you not fetch the materials direct from the quay ? These questions would be unanswerable did plants obtain all their food from the soil. But such is not the case. A great portion of the bulk of the green crops is obtained from atmos pheric source; and, alter a green crop is ploughed iu the soil necessarily contains more of the or ganic elements essential to vegetable nutriment than it did before that crop was grown; it is richer, iu fact, by the carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen, which the green crop has obtained from sources independent of the soil. In like manner, the crop grown after a green, crop has been in, the advantage of a ready supply of min eral elements which have been worked up by the roots of the fertilizing crop from the soil and sub soil, and which in many instances, owing to their solubility, are with difficulty obtained under or dinary circumstances. ' North Carolina News. The U. S. District Coubt. We announc ed some time since that a special term of the U. S. District Court for the Cape Fear District would be held at this place on the first Monday in August, which will sit also as a Court of Bank ruptcy. We are authorized to say that gentle men of the Bar who desire causes in Bankruptcy tried at this term should write to the clerks of the courts where they are pending and direct them to be forwarded here. The clerk at "Wil mington ia Wm. Larkins, Esq. North Stale. Deap, Dumb and Blind Institution. It is stated that the Board of Directors of this Institution have organized by the election of 31 r Coleman, Attorney General, President, and Revi F. P. Brewer, Secretary. It ia alleged, by some one, that Mr Brewer determined to come South to establish in Raleigh a mixed school of whites and blacks, and that he has affirmed that he expects to have such a school, before he leaves Raleigh. We know nothing as to the truth or falsity of the statement,- but we presume that neither the President nor Secretary would object to the mixture. We learn that the Board of Directors have not stultified themselves by the removal of Mr Palmer, as Principal, who has shown himself to be an excellent manager of the Institution. The Board, we learn, re-elected Mr Palmer on Saturday last. Ral. Sentinel The forming of a Volunteer Company is talked of in Wilmington, after the manner and style of those which existed before the war. The Journal suggests that it would be an agreeable method of escaping the militia duty to which our young men will be held liable under our newly enacted laws. Hon. Nathaniel Boyden. We were glad to meet our distinguished fellow-citizen, whose name heads this article, on our streets on yester day. He returned from Washington on Tuesday night in the enjoyment of excellent health after his arduous labors in Congress, and we think we can safely say that his services to the State have been worth more than all his colleagues combined. Salisbury North State. Rumor. The rumor is quite current on our streets, -though we have not been able to trace it to any ' more authorative source than news paper speculations, that the Federal troops here, and elsewhere throughout the State, are to be speedily withdrawn. Ral. Sentinel. The Weather and Crops. past ten days we have been deluged During the with rain. Much of the wheat which had been carelessly stacked or shocked, has commenced to sprout, and if we do not now have a few days of warm dry weather, we fear a large quantity will be lost. The wheat crop turns out, generally, very fine, and our lips smack in anticipation of cheap bread and biscuit. The pasturage, which the dry weather had greatly curtailed is beginning to re vive, enabling "old boss" and "crumple-horn" to yield their usual quantity of milk. The corn crop has taken a "new start," and where, a few weeks ago, it was stunted and turning yellow, it is now growing vigorously and looks green and healthy. If the weather continues favorable we believe our crops of corn and wheat will give full aver age yields. Asheville News. Rain. Since our last this section has been visited by several heavy rains, putting up the water courses and somewhat impeding travel. We have heard of no damage, but from all sides great benefit to the growing crops. Wadesboro Argus. . A Wonderful Invention. The conversion of the soft and fleecy fibre of cotton into a hard and solid substance like horn and ivory, is one of those remarkable discoveries which distinguish the inventive genius of the present age. This surprising transmutation of vegetable matter has, however, been accomplished by different persons almost simultaneously, both in Europe and this country, like many other great inventions. These inventions are all fundamentally alike in treating cotton, flax, and other vegetable fibre, by first converting it in the usual manner with nitro-sulphuric acid into pyroxilinc or gun-cotton. The gun-cotton is then dissolved with either and alcohol to produce collodion same. The solvents are evaporated from the solution of pyroxiline or gun-cotton by slow and difficult processes, and the residuum, when in a plastic state is subjected to pressure in moulds to form it into a solid substant in any desired mass or shape. This new material is a substance as distinct from the original vegetable matter of which it is composed, as caoutchouk or India rubber in its natural state as a gum is from vulcanized rubber. It resembles horn and ivory in texture and quali ty, and like those substances may be applied to the manufacture of combs, buttons, and various objects of use and ornament. In its pure state it is transparent like amber, and admits of any shade of coloring, from pure white to jet black. Dr McClelland has made a special application of it to dental plates in imitation of the natural gum; and for this purpose the purity of the substance, as well as its great strength and the beauty of the color, appears to adapt it admirably. Perfect imitations may also be made of coral and tortoise shell. This new discovery, indeed, promises to furn ish to art and manufactures a most valuable ac quisition. Four years ago, the following, among other distinguished men, were against the Democracy. Now they heartily support Seymour and Blair : Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justiee of the United States. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. O. U. Browning, Secretary of the Interior. James R. Doolittle, United States Senator from Wisconsin. James Dixon, United States Sena tor from Connecticut. Montgomery Blair, late Postmaster-General. Francis PT Blair, the friend and adviser of Andrew Jackson. Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Henry Stanbury, late Attor ney General of the United States. This by no means completes the list. Violation of the Sabbath. The Jaco bins in Congress Following close upon the exam ple of the French Jacobins, who, in effect, abol ished the Sabbath so for as it laid in puny human hands to do so, deliberately so determined the day of their adjournment as to give them a pretense of a necessity for holding a session, for the first time, we believe, in our history, on the Sabbath day. Sessions of Congress have sometimes ex tended on Saturday night over to Sunday morn ing, but it was not until Jacobinism in full bloom had sway, as it now exists, that the holy Sabbath has been desecrated by an adjournment to meet at anv hour of that sacred day. The people should know that the bargaining and sel ling and huckstering of Wall street, with all its bad passions, had fall play last evening in the lobbies of the Senate, and that the approaches to it were thronged as upon a gala day. National Inttttigmcer. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, July 31. The troops in the District are to concentrate at Lincoln Depot, aud are to be reinforced by Dupont's Light Battery of the Fifth Artillery. The alleged object of the concentration is to form a complete school of instruction. The Freeuman's Bureau in Maryland, except fox educational and bounty purposes, is discon tinued. - The stock-in the National Life Insurance Com pany baa all been taken by capitalists, headed by Jay Cooke. The charter, recently granted by fV.nva ..! : a : : n oi.. 1 vvugisaa, autuvrizcs Ageuciea iu an outies unu Territories, and it is proposed to run the machine in connection with National Banks. A fire commenced early this morning, at Oil City, Pennsylvania. Fifty buildings burned. Fire still raging. MARKETS. New York, July 31. Cotton more active a half cent better. Sales of 2,000 bales at 30. Gold active at 1. 44 . Liverpool, July 31 .Cotton buoyant and advancing; uplands 9, Orleans 10$ pence. " False Impressions in the North. When a Northern nf n takes up the New York Tribune, or other Radical papers, he is too apt to be misled by the correspondence from the South. He toay be led to imagine that those columns' upon' columns of falsehoods are written by the Northern men who have come South since the war, to cast their lot among us and to work for their living like the communities in which they have settled. ' There never was a greater mistake those letters are written by the men from the North, who have come down here to plunder our people. Some are composed to or der in the offices of the papers themselves; and some are the effusions of those few native Radi cals who are able to write. We put the Northern people on their guard against the supposition that our real citizens in our midst from the North would write such in famous lies. Norfolk Journal. The Orangeburg S. C. News mentions the following as the labor plan adopted by Mr James E. Moss, of that district. It is said to be the best that has yet been tried: The hands on the place are supplied with seed and as much land as they desire to plant, and the use of all the work animals and implements on the place, and are allowed to keep such poultry, hogs, &c, as they can raise about their quarters; and in re turn, they work four days for their employer, and then two for themselves. By this system, there is no difficulty about the division of the crops, and many other advantages will suggest themselves to a practical planter. Of course, the employer makes such advances as the hands re quire, and is repaid out of their respective crops. In this particular, no profit is charged on the advances and only such interest as the employer himself pays, if he has to tax his credit to obtain the supplies from others. In this county, on the 27th ult., by the Rev. R. Z. Johnston, Mr I). W. Hartis to Miss Amanda Rea, daughter of John L. Rea. In Cabarrus county, on the 28th ult., by the Rev. D. A. Penick, S. A. Harris, Esq., of Charlotte, to Mrs. C. Whorton of Cabarrus. On the 16th ult., Mr Alexander Moore of Union county, to Miss Mary, second daughter of Mr James Threadgill of Wadesboro. On the 19th filt.; Mr John Barnett of Shelby, to Miss Fannie Tollcson of Union county, S. C At Rock Hill, on the 23d ult., Dr. John A. Walker to Mies Mary E. Rutland, all of York county, S.Vj In Greensboro', on 28th ult. Mrs. Ann Eliza More heard, widow of the late Gov. John M. Morchcad, in the 65th year of her age. This exemplary and ex cellent lady was the daughter of the late Col. Robert Lindsay, of Guilford Co. Her valuable life is termi nated in the midst of her usefulness, surrounded by her children and friends, who mourn not without hope. She had been for many years a -worthy and useful member of the Prcsbyteriaai Church. She rests from her labors aud her works U follow her. In Chester county, S. C, on the 14th lt., 1UU. B. Caldwell, Esq. In Caroline county, Virginia, on the 23d ult., Richard Kidder Gregory, Jr., infant eon of Dr. R. K. and Malvina C. Gregory, of Charlotte. At his residence in Lancaster District, S. C, on the morning of the 27th ult., Col. Jas. E. Cureton. In Gaston county, on the 8th of May last, Mrs. Ruth W. Gordon, wife of John Gordon, in the 83d year of her age. As a shock of corn when fully ripe is gathered into the garner, prepared aforehand for its reception, so she having matured under the in fluence of the Sun of Righteousness, and the dews and showers of Divine Grace, hath been taken to mansions on high prepared for the righteous from the foundation of the world. F. In Iredell county, at his residence near Back Creek Church, on the 19th ult., Rev. YY. B. Watts, in the 36th year of his age. This nseful minister of the Gospel cut down in the strength of manhood had been Pastor of Back Creek and Prospect Ch urches about seven years. He was an earnest minister, a zealous christian, and a faithful Pastor. The kind ness which he had ever received at the hands of the people around especially in his last sickness a kindness which he duly appreciated, and of which he often spoke. The immense multitude who min gled their tears with the bereaved family over his new made grave these were the best evidences of the strong hold which he had upon the confidence and affections of the people among whom be labored. Let us die the death of the righteous, and let our last end be like his. W. W. P. NOTICE. - Whilst our Storehouse is undergoing repairs, wc can be found at R, M, Oates &. Co.'s Store. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. Augusl 3, 18G8. Runaway, From the subscriber. fiv ml Vftrth V.ant nf Charlotte, about the loth of May, a bound white boy, -1 A1"7 TO . M? . 1 0 . w. auuui it ur ic years oi age, oy ine name oi ias. iv. Riley. I will give one cent reward and no thanks to any person returning him to me. Aug. 3, 1868 lwpd JAS. A. McNEELY. CHARLOTTE MARKET, August 3, 1868. COSRECTED BT StEXUOI SE, MACACLAY & Co. Cotton The market is unchanged, we quote mid dling at 28 cents, ineluding tax little offering, but the demand fair. Sales for the week 18 bales. Flour dull at $5.75 to $0.25 per sack from wagons according to quality. Wheat $1.80 to $2.20 per bushel little offering. Corn is declining; we quote at $1.30 to $1.3-3 per bushel from wagons. Peas dull at $1.20 to $1.25 per bushel. Oats 55 to 60 cents. Country Bacon, hog round, 17 to 18 cents from wagons; Baltimore Bacon sides from stores 19 to 20 cents; Lard 20 to 21 cents. Fresh Butter 30 to 35 cents very scarce; Chickens 15 to 25 cents ; Eggs 12 cents. Liverpool Salt $2.75 per sack. Corn Whiskey dull at $2.25 to $2.30 per gallon by the barreL Apple Brandy none in market. Molasses 70 cents to $1 per gallon by retail. . Manufactured Tobacco dull at 45 cents to $1.25 per pound. j Dry Hides in demand at 15 to 15 cents. Pnblio Meeting. A meeting - will be held at the Court House on Thursday evening next, August 6th, for the purpose of organising Seymour and Blair Club for the City of Charlotte. The Report ef tie Committee appoint ed to select permsneat officers will fce read en the occasion. August 3d, 1SC8. County Meeting of the Conservative Party. There will "be a meeting of the Conservative Party of the county of Mecklenburg, at the Ceurt House in Charlotte, at 11 o'clock,, on Saturday the 8th inst., to select delegates to the State Conservative Conven tion to be held at Raleigh on the 1 St h inst. A Urge attendance is earnestly- desired. By order of the Executive Committee'. Angast 3, 1868. Public Notice. At the Tax-paying at Morning Star, oa Thursday, 13th inst., there will be Conservative addressee de livered by several gentlemen. The people are all, of every party, invited to attend. It ia expected that a Seymour and Blair Club will be formed for that district. August 3, 1868. . Thad Stevens threatens that, in case certain contingencies should arise, -he will vote the Democratic ticket. After so serious a threat, would not the law hold the Democratic ticket justifiable in shooting him on sight ? IWntice. -"Trippes Colored Paints." : E19HT DIFFERENT SHADES. These Paints are well adapted to Churches, Fences, Piazzas, Cornices, Chimneys, Roofs, Barns and out Houses. Durable and economical and mix readily with Oil. For sale at the City Drug Store. KILUORE & CURETOX. Landrcth's Turnip Seed, Just received at the City Drug Store. August 3, 1868. KILGORE & CL'RETON. Equitable Life Assurance Society. This company, which has been under its present able management from the time ef its organization, has been progressing steadily until it is now in the foremost ranks of Life Insurance Companies. During the past year its increase in business has been enormous, the amount of policies issued being over forty-seven millions of dollars. It in a purely mutual company, declaring its divi dends yearly to all policy-holders. Xew York City raper. August 3, 18G8. A Growing Socioty. The advantages accruing to the policy-holder by the procurement of a policy iu The Equitable Lite Assurance Society, 92 Broadway, New York, cioced the advantages gained in any other company. Dur ing the past year it has added over two millions oi dollars to its securely invested fund, is purely mu tual, and divides all its profits ameng the assured every year, l'olicies non-torfcitablc JV. i . City paper. August a, 1868. Astonishing Increase. The sum insured by the Equitable Life Assuranco' Society, U2 Broadway, New York, during the last year, nearly doubles the total amount of businese transactions by the four companies organized about the same date as "The Equitable." Is a purely Mu tual Society has $7,000,000 assets income four millions and divides all profits among policy-holders yearly. A'. Y. City paper. August 3, 1868. DR. JAS. N. BUTT, Druggist and ChemiBt, WHOLESALE and RETAIL DEALER in Drugs and Medkincti of every discription and kind. Corner Trade and College Streets, CHARLOTTE, If. C. Spirits of Turpentine. Four barrels Spirits of Turpentine just received at JAS. N. BUTTS Drug Store, Corner Trade and College Streets. Preserving Fluid. Just received at J. N. BUTT'S Drug Store, Spoar' Fruit Preserving Fluid. It is all the go. Try it. Tarant's Seltzer Aperient. You must buy at J. N. BUTT'S Drug Store, Corner Trade and College Streets, Tarant's Seltser Aperieut lt is eae-f the most pleasant purgatives we have ever used. No family should be without a bottle a.t this season of the year. Kerosene Oil. Buy No. 1 Kerosene at JAS. N. BUTT'S Drug Store. I sell none but the best. If a lighted match be plunged into it, it will extinguish it. as suddenly as if immersed in water. Fresh Druzs Are being constantly received by DR. JAS. . BUTT. To Builders. "Received and for sale, French Window Glass, 8x10, 10x12, 10x14, 10x15, 10x16, 16x18, JOx20, 12x14. 12x15, 1216, 12x18, 12x20, 12x22, 16x20, 1424, 18x24, 20x30, 21x36, Lc, Lc, at tbe Drug Store of August 3, 1808. JAS. N. BUTT. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C. The 91st term opens on the 24th of September. A Scientific Course and a Preparatory School hare been established in connection with the College. The whole annual expense for the Scholastic year is from $200 to $230. The use of Scholarships in now restricted to the original purchasers. For particu lars address ' Rev. G. WILSON McrilAIL, Pres t. July 27, 1868 3wpd - ., -,,,. i,, , ,.,iiM., ,. lmmU' 1 ,-,- -mm Administrators' Sale. The undersigned will sell to tbe.aigkest 4idder, cn Thursday, 13th August, at the late residence of T. Neely Alexander, deceased, one valuable young Mare, one fine mule, one horse Power and Thresher, Blacksmith and Farming Tools, one Wheat Fan, and some household articles, &c. ' Terms made known on day of sale. A 11 DON ALEXANDER, HUGH K. REID, Administrators of T. N. Alexander", dee'd. July 27, 1868. 3w ItoticE Application will be made to tbe General Assembly of North Carolina for an Act of Incorporation of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Charlotte. N. C July 27, 188. B. K00PMANN, Trest. Anything and Everything In the HARDWARE LINE will be furnished at the Hardware. Storeof BRUM, TIROWN & CO.. July 27, 1868. Oates' Building. Mecklenburg Female College, CHARLOTTE, N. C REV. A. G. STACY, A. M-, President. Next Session opens October 1st, with a full corps of accomplished Teachers. Board, Fuel, Lights and Contingent Fee, wifh Tuition in the Regular Course,: per Session of 20 weeks if paid entire In advanee,) $103.00. lis If in advance, $1 10.00 per session. Day Scholars, Col legiate Department, $25.00 Primary Department, $16 to $20. Extras at low rates. The College has enjoyed a remarkable degree of prosperity, and a large patronage is expected at the opening in October. For Catalogue, address. A. G. STACY, Charlotte, N. C July 27, 1?C. 2w
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