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he Seslern cmocrcii, (Shavlolte, 'SH-C. 11 h 4 i El ill .13 11 3 hi H 1 it ' III !9 i 4. HI FOll TUB CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT. J Lespedeza. Mr. Editor: It may be iutercsting to some of your readers to know that the humble, clover like plant, Lespedeza, is now (August) in bloom. It has numerous delicate, pink flowers, scattered along the stem, which may be easily copied by any cweful observer -perfect emblems of retired modesty. Upwards of two years ago, the writer called public attention to the importance of this useful plant, now rapidly spreading itself ov-er all sections of the South. Only a slight abstract of that communication will be cow given, in re sponse to recciil inquiries cm the subject. The genus, Lespedeza, -consisting of at least six South ' cm species, was so named by 3Iichaux,.a French botanist, , .about the beginning of , the present century, In honor of Leepcdez, then Spanish Governor of Florida. In the present impoverished condition of the Southern States, this plant is a wise .and timely Providential boon, and is invaluable, not only in clothing the soil with a beautiful carpet of green, shielding it irojn the scorching rays of the sun, and thus increasing its fertility by retaining it3 ammonia, but also in furnishing a great amount of tender nutriment fox all kind of .stock, which consume it with avidity. It is not a species of clover as some have supposed, but belongs to the same natural order, Leguminosie, or pod-bearing plants. I'uas, beans, clover, lucerne, &c., arc embraced in this order, a class of plants generally yielding much succulent herbage. In enclosures, protected from stock, it'attains a sufficient height to be mown and cured for hay, but its greatest value consists in its fertilizing influence and wide-spread distribution for common pasturage. It grows on all kinds of soils, and is thus rapidly covering our road sides and old-fields with an abundant supply of wholesome, nutritive matter. Iu many places it has already supplanted the unsightly brown-straw, and quietly occupies and beautifies its new possessions. The seeds are smooth and black, bein: contained in numerous small, compressed pods. In sections of country, where it has not yet made its appearance, it would be advisable .to collect a few scjds and sow them on any uncultivated lands. In this way its dispersion and usefulness might be greatly extended. It is said not to have j-ct reached Virginia, but it u the persistent friend of pro gress and rcnoratiun, and is gradually spreading itself from the Southern counties of the old Xort h State in that direction. It is hoped the Old Diuitniou w$, ere long be also blest with the important services of this welcome neic-comrr, and rejoice with licr sister afflicted States under its beneficent sway and ministrations. This plant was discovered, many years ago, by Thunberg, a German botanist, iu Japan; but how and when it found its way to the United States is a question not easily answered. It is only through commercial intercourse, tlr.it its in troduction, in some accidental miyincr, can be consistently accounted for. A considerable num ber of foreign plants, sonic of them troublesome jrstgt iiave been thus cast upon our shores, and become flourishing occupants of the soil under .our genial climate. ut this remark of vnwtl come introduction does not, by any means, apply to the Lespedeza. "We would rather say, by way of parody and conclusion : 'Ploughman, spare that plant Harm not a fjeur by force ; It succors us in want Then let it have its course. C. L. II. rtt TUB WESTERS DKMUCBAT. Conservative Meeting in Lincoln. An adjourned meeting of the Conservative party of Lincoln county met at the Court House in Liucohiton on Saturday the 22d of August, aud iu the absence of David Williams, Esq., the .former Chairman, Gen. Haniel Seiglo was called to the Chair, and ,J. It. Self and W. J. Hoke re quested to act as Secretaries. The object of the meeting being the formation of a Seymour and lilair Club, David Schenck, Esq., from the committee on Constitution and Uy-Jiaws, made a report which was unanimously .adopted. L E Thompson, Esq., aud Col. John F Hoke, addressed the meeting in speeches full of argu ment and force. The following committee was appointed to recommend officers for the Club: 13 11 Sumner, Elkanah Hartzog, David W Kamsour, J F Hoke, A E 3Iullcu, W W Ramsey, who made the fol lowing recommendations which was unanimously adopted: John F Fhifer, President; Ambrose Cestncr .and D A Ilaynes, Vice-Presidents ; W J Hoke, Socnetary j Seth W Stubbs. Treasurer; VAJIc JJco, W 11 Motz, David Schenck, Alfred E 3Iul lins and Michael Finger, Executive Committee. David Schenck, Esq., was called for and re sponded iu an eloquent and telling speech, and in .conclusion offered the following resolutions which ivere .enthusiastically adopted: Resolved, That we fully endorse the Platform of Principles adopted by our State Convention .a,t Ualcigh, as the true exposition of our views -au the political issues of this campaign, and that we will use every honorable means in our power to disseminate those principles and secure victory jn the coiniug election. Resolved, That we disclaim for ourselves in dividually and as a party any intention or pur pose to use violent means to secure our cuds; but on tha other hand we declare that it is our -desire and purpose to submit to all laws properly enacted, and to abide by the "decisions of the Supreme Court of the Uuited States iu all con tested constitutional questions. Oa motion the .Charlotte papers were requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. The meeting adjourned after a large number had eurolled themselves, among them three frced men, subject to the call of the Executive Com mittee. J. R. W. J. 1. SE AG LE, Cbm'n. Self, ) Hoke, .Secretaries. Charity Among the Jews. It is but fair to acknowledge that the Jews arc a charitable people. Like the Quakers, they are never seen begging: the more fortunate among them helping their poorer brethren with a liberal hand. They do not, as a general thing, seek assistance among people not of their own faith; on the contrary, they show generosity and ilarge-;heartcdness truly remarkable. Among numerous instances in corroboration of this stated inent -we may cite the will ol'Judah Touro, a .wealthy and prominent citizen of New Orleans, who died some years ago, bequeathing the major part of his property to charitable institutions of ;all classes. More recently (within a few months) Dr Simeon Abrahams, a uativc of New York, died leaving $300,000, mostly to be divided' among the hospitals, dispensaries and asylums of that city. The Jewish hospital is open free to persons .of any and every faith. Charleston, Aug. 23. The first bale of new eotton was received here today. Judge Pearson's Letter. Communicated to the Wilmington Journal. I cannot recall another instance in the history of North Carolina, as a State, whea her highest judicial dignitary so far forgot the propriety of his position as to descend into the political arena a partisan champion, stripped and girded for the fight. Judge Pearson attempts to excuse himself upon the plea that he is so far removed beyond the frailties of ordiaary men, he can view dis passionately the subjects of the day, and, there fore, in the present crisis, his "silence would be criminal." Having, as he claims, the confidence of both parties, what he says "will be considered calmly, as the advice of a friend having no mo tives but the public good." In the world's history, few indeed have been the men who have occupied such a position ; it was perhaps yieldod to Washington in his last days, but, in our own time, there is no man in Europe or America to whem the public would concede it. The fact that Judge Pearson claims it for himself is the best evidence of the very high estimate placed upon him by the Sage of Mocksville, and cannot fail to evoke in his be half the prayer of Burns for an over-conceited lady, unconscious of the insect upon her bonnet, Oh wad some power the gifrie gi'e us, To see oursels as ithers sec us. It is true that he was the nominee of both parties for the position of Chief Justice. He was nominated by the Conservatives in the hope that he would 'confine himself to his judicial duties, and give to the State the benefit of his law learning the result is what many predicted, the betrayal of their con fidence. Those who had watched the course of J udge Pearson, from the surrender until his nomina tion, had lost confidence in his public integrity. The cases, Hughes ex parte, so ably reviewed at the time by your correspondent Vindex, wherein he holds that the Convention of 1SG5 was legal and rightfully called; Cooke vs. Cooke, wherein he decides that a marriage solemnized after Schofield's order, and before the saving ordinance of the Convention, by a Justice of the Peace ap pointed in Confederate times, was void, and, of course, that the children sprung therefrom would be bastards, but for said ordinance ; and Hayly vs. Hayly, wherein he declares a negro, formerly a slave, emancipated by the will of a party who died in 18G4, entitled to take a legacy bequeathed to him in said will, contrary to the express pro visions of a law of the State, passed before the war, in connection with the reasoning whereby his conclusions in said cases are sustained, satis fied the profession that he was ready to construe the code of public law to meet the exigencies, and to sanction the usurpations of the day, with out any regard to established authority or ex press enactment. He is mistaken, then, in sup posing that he has the confidence of both parties. The members of Iris own profession, who know him best, concede to him much legal learning, but deny to him any political integrity. The gist of the letter iu question seems to be : That by conceding to the frcedmen political equality there will be an end of strife, and that this concession will be evidenced by the election of Grant and Colfax. Dy denying political equality to the frcedmen, we inaugurate civil war, a war of races, and that this denial will be evidenced by the election of Seymour aud Blair, and. in that event, civil war will be inevitable. The position of the Chief Justice proves that he has entirely misconceived the character of the issues joined in the present political . contest. Whether the negro shall, or shall not, be de prived of the franchise, docs not enter into it at all. The Conservative partr seek to sustain the fundamental principles of the Constitution of the United States, whereby the executive, legisla tive and judicial departments of the government shall be at liberty to exercise the powers con ferred upon them by the Constitution, and, as designed by the framers of that instrument, that each shall be preserved from encroachments by either of the others. The 1'epubliean party on the other hand, are struggling to destroy the executive and judicial departments of the government, and to place all power in the legislative department. The former seek to sustain the Constitution as construed by the fathers of the Republic the latter seek to destroy that Constitution, and to give us, in its place, a consolidated despotism the worst des potism that can be conceived the will of a ma jority of Congress. As to the negro, the point is not whether he shall be allowed to vote, but whether the States as States shall be allowed to pass upon that question for themselves. It does not follow that, by the election of Seymour and Blair, the negro will bo deprived of the fran chise. The election of thoso gentlemen would be a declaration merely by the people of the United States that the States, and the States alone, should have the right of regulating the question of franchise, and all other internal ques tions, without being coerced to observe the will of the Congress of the United States. These are the great issues before us issues upon the de cision of which the existence of civil liberty, and the destinies of this country, depend. He who, with Judge Pearson, ignores these great issues, and narrows them down to the mere question of ' negro suffrage," so far from being followed as a monitor, should be regarded as a political neo phyte, wholly ignorant of the momentous ques tions of the day. The Howard Amendment, so recently engraft ed on' the Constitution of the United States, eofwxul to the States the power of "regulating the question of suffrage for themselves. Under that amendment North Carolina may qualify the suffrage as to both classes of her citizens, or she may exclude the negroes altogether from the right to vote. Put the lladical party seek to destroy this power conferred by the Constitution, by a mere ac t of Congress, which the ablest members of that party declared would be inoper ative and void, but which, nevertheless, will be cuforccd by the usurpation of the legislative de portment of the government, should" Grant and Colfax be elected. Against this Conservative protest, they do not-propose to effect an--thing by the sicord they propose to act by, through, and under, the Constitution of the United States, aud according to its forms to that sacred instrument they appeal, and by that, as judicially construed, they meau to stand. Who, then, arc the mdlijiers who arc the revolution i ts? The answer is, that party who propose to inaugurate a war of races, in case the Southern States exercise certain Constitutional rights. In this event, Judge Pearson, who should bean impartial and a fearless expounder of the Con stitution, who has sworn to obey its provisions, declares from his high place, in a voice that is heard all e ver the State, that ciiil tea, must come. What is this but ineit'nj to it? Aud should it come, which God furefend, these who now encourage it by familiarizing the minds of the uegroes to its contemplation, may well apply to themselves the words of the Almighty to the first murderer, "The xoice of thy brother's blood J critth unto me from the g-ound." - k .The Chief Justiee fails as egregiously in his reference to history, as in his conception of the points at issue between the parties. He bases his predictions of civil wax upon assertions, which are not only without foundation, but the exact reverse of which is true. This is unpar donable, especially so, in a man who assumes the leadership of his countrymen in a great political crisis. I quote from the letter : "The idea of four millions of people, not slaves, existing in our midst, without some political right, was out of the question. Such a condition of things never has, within the memory of man, and never will, exist." The Chief Justice not only undertakes to tell us that a certain state of things has not existed within the memory of man, but he assumes the role of a prophet, and declares that they never will exist. If his knowledge of the future is no more accurate than his knowledge of the past and present, his predictions are entitled to no credit. Every student of cotemporary history knows that, at this day, there are millions of adult males in Great Britain, who are not entitled to exercise the right of suffrage, and who have no political rights whatever. Judge Pearson admires greatly the English constitution; time and again has he declared be fore his students, that the English government is among the best and freest, if not the very lest and freest, on the face of the earth. All his learning he has acquired by the study of the English Common Law. Now, Mr Bright, whose name is famous on both sides of the Atlantic, de clared in a public speech, made before the pas sage of the rceent English Reform bill, that cut of an adult male population in Great Britain of seven millions, not more than seven huudrcd thousand enjoyed the right to vote, thus leaving over six millions of adult white males, in the very state of "political vassalage" which Judge Pearson declares has not existed within the mem ory of man, and never will exist. And, this too, in a country whose constitution is regarded as the best, or at least the second best iu the world. I quote again from the letter : " has it ever been known that four millions of people, after enjoying political rights for years, could be reduced to vassalage without a civil war V If it were not known that the Chief Justice is a very inaccurate writer he might bo accused of wilfully misstating the point. The Conservative party do not propose to reduce to vassalage any class of men who have exercised political rights for years. As I have shown, the disfranchise ment of the negro does not enter even into the contest, and if it were involved, the negro has not exercised political rights for years he has not even had the right to vote for one year, and the right was thrust upon him to aid in effecting an unconstitutional purpose. Four millions, says the Chief Justice; now three millions of the four are women and children, who have not among the whites political privileges, ia the sense in which he uses the words. There arc, at this day, even after the passage of the Reform Bill, more adult nudes in Great Britain deprived of the right of suffrage than there are negroes in the Southern States, men, women and chil dren, all included. Besides, the history of Eng land affords an instance, irithin the last forty years, of the disfranchisement of a large portion, if not the bulk, of the voting population of one portion of the Empire, not following any rebel lion and not followed by any civil war. Be fore Judge Pearson ventures again to base an argument upon general assertions let him study, with more care, the history of his own day he may then avoid mistakes over which a school boy might blush. The Conservative party of the South are anx ious to promote the elevation of the colored race, and cheerfully concede to that race more civil and political privileges than the mass of the people cf England and Scotland now enjoy; and, moreover, desire to confer upon them such other political privileges as their happiness requires, and their intelligence justifies. Should they ever be wholly disfranchised it will be the result of the extreme mcr.sures of the Radical party, which is now using them for political purposes merely. In any event there will be no civil war this is a "Raw-head and bloody bones" con jured up by interested political partisans, to co erce the timid and the weak. The same power that subdued, by its strength, ten States, will say to the agitators "Peace be still," and those who are now threatening civil war will not dare to oppose the majesty of the nation. I thought that we had reached the depths of humiliation, but my soul is moved to sadness over the degradation of the Judiciary of our once proud old State, when a newspaper, the name of which is the synonym of political profli gacy, can claim every member of the Supreme and Circuit Court bench as among its partisans, and announces some of the highest as the offi cial mountebanks of a contemplated negro mob. Civis. South Carolina. Columbia, Aug. 24. The Republicans deny the recent telegraphic report, that the Legisla ture proposes to repudiate any class of bonds or seize the assets of the State Bank pledged to pay them. Only the profits of the Bank are pledged to pay bonds and the Bank has no profits. The bonds are secure with or without this law. The law, if possible, strengthens them. The ex planation of the matter is that the Legislature of 1805 appropriated assets of the Bank to for eign bond-holders, depriving the bill-holdgrs of their prior claims. The present bill reverses that action, and protects the bill-holders, as cred: itors of the State. August 2G. The Legislature elected eight Circuit Judges to-day, of whom Ex-Gov. Orr is one. Columbia, Aug. 27. The Attorney Gen eral's opinion on the Bill closing the operations of the Bank of the State, declares the State lia ble for all obligations of the Bank, and says that the Legislature can dispose of the assets as it sees fit. Charleston. Aug. 24. Hon. Jas. B. Camp bell has started for Washington, to-day, to pre sent to the President an address from the people of Charleston, setting forth the dangerous con dition of the city, and the inability of the city authorities to preserve peace, if riots should oc cur; and announcing the determination of the white people to be moderate and avoid, as far as possible, difficulty, and asking the President to provide for the protection of the city. EST- Mr A. B. Andrews of Raleigh N. C, addressed the citizens ef Columbia o,n Thursday evening, in the interest of the Chatham Rail road. It is proposed to secure a charter from the Legislature, aud that the road shall run directly from Columbia to Raleigh, by the way of Camden and Cheraw, making almost an air line road. Seymour and Blair only prof os remedy ing existing difficulties by the peaceful ballot. CITY FINANCES, To ihe Mayor and Aldermen of Charlotte : Tour Committee at Finance report as follows: They find that the Treasurer of the late Board promptly paid over to the present authorities all the money in his hands, $22.27; also two individual notes taken for taxes, amounting to $107.75 ; and turned over the Tax lists, roughly estimated as fol lows : Arrearage of taxes prior to 18G8, $3,217.73 Taxes uncollected on lists of 18G8. 7,082.25 Total, $10,809.98 A very small part of the taxes prior to '08 can be regarded as collectable. They have been virtually lost by delay. Preceding Boards adopted the mis taken policy of yielding too much to those perverse people who grumble at everything, and who answer the just demands of the Law with threats of. resist ance. The principle is wrong. It throws on the good double burdens, making them responsible not only for their own share of public duties, but also for the delinquencies of the vicious. The just rule is to treat all alike. The taxes for the present year have been due since April. About one-third has been collected, and the others left standing. The collector got his half year salary, and leaves his work for others to perform. These are the only available means for the present year, except small sums to be-got from penalties and fines, and from the sale of cemetery deeds. The in conic from Retail Licenses, &c, including that in tended, under military orders, for the poor of the city has all been spent, leaving in some cases, drawbacks on licenses annulled, which this Board must meet. There seems to be no account of the liabilities of the city. The Funded debt is $15,000. The float ing liabilities $2000.00, chiefly incurred by tb,c la,te Board. Your Fire.Committee have reported that depart ment in a bad and unreliable condition. Were a conflagration to break out, the Fire Company could gire no guarantee for the safety of the city, owing to the rotten condition of the hose, the scarcity of water in the street Tanks especially four of them the defective arrangements for getting water else wkcre, obstructions in the gutters, &c. Not less than $2,000.00 will be immediately needed for these essential purposes. A main hose must be got, alone costing some $1,500.00. Necessary repairs in the streets, bridges, cross ings, &c, will require probably $1,000. Contingent expenses, pay of oflicers and police for balance of year, with interest on funded debt, will possibly reach $3,500 additional. The whole making about $8,500 to be provided for by the present. Board. To meet it they have arrearage tax lists for nominally $10,899.98. It is manifest the money cannot be realized out of their culled lists, except by a most rigid enforcement of the Law. This can readily be done. As to taxes, there are no exemptions, and the charter makes the tax lists "a judgment and ex ecution for the taxes therein mentioned." "As to the fund for the poor," your committee re port that the charter makes no provision for that ob ject, nor can the city funds be applied to any such purposes. The only remedy is to seek relief from the Wardens of the poor of Mecklenburg county, and by an appeal to the impulses of private charity in behalf of the infirm and helpless objects, now re ported as almost dying of waut. The late Military Commanders, acting under ex press authority confirmed by Congress, directed the moneys derived from certain sources, to be applied to the support of the poor. In Charlotte these faxes amounted to a large sum nearly $3,000. The late Board turned them over to the Wardens of the poor for the county, who, it seems, turned them right back to the late Mayor, as their agent, for distribu tion. On the 31st of July last, just as that Board was going out, (the military being gone,) the Board ordered Mayor Harris to pay the balance in Tiis hands, amounting to $891.72, and which he held as the Agent of the Wardens of the Boor, back into the General Treasury of the city; whence it was imme diately drawn again by the Mayor and other city oflicers on their salaries, leaving the city poor, and the city creditors to look out for themselves. Ac cording to the popular view,' there was no legal or moral wrong in this. But how the courts, under the new order of things here in North Carolina will hold, remains to be seen. They will probably say that, military instructions made and given under n la-n- of the land, have. binding force. As a matter of trust and confidence, there can be no doubt it was both a legal and a moral breach of faith. Your Committee recommend that steps be taken to sec if there be no redress in behalf of the poor and infirm of the city. Your Committee do not wish to be misunderstood in what they here say inrcgard to preceding Boards. They well understand the difficulties under which those Boards labored, especially the last Mayor and Aldermen. But the present Board, also, have high duties to perform, alike to themselves and to the public. Applications are daily ii'ade to us for ob jects strictly legitimate, which the Board cannot grant for the want of funds in the Treasury. When, therefore, the late Board applied $12,000, or there abouts, to a doubtful policy in the Fire Department of the city, and then left that department in a wholly unsafe condition ; and when in its expiring moments it laid hands on a fund designed, by the authorities and recognized by itself as charitable, taking it from those who had a" claim to it, and giving it to those who had no right to it whatever, that Board cannot complain if it is arraigned at the bar of an injured and an incensed public. Especially is this so, when others are called upon to answer for their official delinquencies. The present Board now has the plain situation fully before it. It has no alternative but to go forward' in the path of duty, and trust to a just and enlightened public to sustain it in its course. In view of the pecuniary embarrassment of the city, and the necessity lor economy, your Committee recommend that all wages and salaries be forthwith reduced. Last year the expenses of the city were $2(5,749.10! And of this sum $7,231.20 went to offi cer and policemen, over and above all costs and fees. The Committee think $1000.00 per annum amply sufficient each for the Mayor and city consta ble; $500. 00 for the clerk and Treasurer; and not exceeding $40.00 per month for the police. They further recommend that the city Constable and police be held to a rigid discharge of their duty in arresting offenders, and that the provisions of the charter be promptly carried out, in sentencing all, who refuse "to pay the fines and penalties imposed, to confinement and hard labor. A just and impartial performance of the several duties herein suggested, and a strict adherence to the policy indicated, will soon determine whether there is a law in the land or not. Respectfully submitted BUFUS BARRING EU, ") M. MARTIN, Com. ' - E II. BISSELL, j Chabi.otte, August 22d, 1808. When on motion, the foregoing Report after full discussion was accepted, and unanimously approved, and ordered to be published in the "Republican," 'Bulletin"' and "Democrat"' newspapers. Also ordered: That Dr W. Sloan, W. L. Miller, and R.Smith, be appointed to apply to " the citizens for a small amount of relief for some half dozen cases of extreme suffering now before the Board. W. L. MILLER, Clerk, pro tern. NOTICE. The Wardens of the Poor of Mecklenburg county, will meet at the Court House in Charlotte, on Satur day, the 1'th of September, for the purpose of trans acting business for the poor of the County. All who have business with the Board must attend on that day. E. C. WALL1S, Chairman. August 17, 1SC8 3w Sinclair's Staw Cutters, For sale by BREM, BROWN & CO., Agents. Patent Churns, BREM, BROWN & CO., Agents. For sale by Old Dominion Nails, For sale by BREM, BROWN & CO., Agents. Hardware. We think we have the largest stock of Hardware in the State. BREM, BROWN & CO , South Trade Street, Oates' Building. August 24, 1808 2w The Tournament at Catawba Springs. Editorial Correspondence of the Old North State. Sparkling Catawba Springs, N. C August 22, 18C8. In this letter we promised to give our readers some account of the Grand Tournament which came off at this place on the 20th, and as they have been so iucessantly regaled with politics for some months past we cannot doubt that it will prove an agreeable diversion. At an early hour the people of the surrounding country be gan to arrive in large numbers to witness the trial of skill between the various contending Knights, and by the time the riding commenced there had assembled about five hundred persons of all ages, sexes and conditions. The notice which had been given was short, and the consequence was that preparations which had be.en made were not as complete as could have been wished. The horses which had been provided for the occasion were not thoroughly trained, and the number of Knights was not as large as had been anticipated. Yet nevertheless eight Knights, as gay and gallant as ever shivered a lance or championed a fair lady's cause, en tered the lists aud contended with equal ardour for the prize. Their names atid titles were : Charles Fisher, of High Point, Knight of G uil ford; Ceo. L. Phifcr, of Lincoluton, . Knight of Castle Thunder; Thomas Murphy, of Salisbury. Knight of the Lost Cause; A. II. Jioyden, of Salisbury, Knight of The Stars and Bars; James II. Orr, of Charlotte, Knight of Last ight; S uiiii.9 Sr MjciJee of Liucoluton, Knight of Lincoln; M S Deal, of Catawba County, Knight ofKewton, and G W Ilaynes of Catawba county, Knight of the Golden Circle. The riding commenced at one o'clock P. 31. to the delight aud excitement of all beholders. After riding the appointed number of times, it was found that the ring had been taken by the following Knights : Lincoln, Guilford and Castle Thunder. The Knight of Lincoln having takeu the ring the largest number of times was declared entitled to crown the Queen of Love and Peauty; the Knight of Guilford, the first Maid of honor; aud the Knight of Castle Thunder the second Maid of honor The remaining Knights, who had not taken the ring, then contended for the honor of crowning the third Maid of honor, when it was won by the Kuight of the Stars aud Pars. After the award had been made by the judges tiud proclaimed by the Marshal, Col. AVyatt an nounced that the crowning of the Queen aud her Maids of Honor would take place in the Pall room at SI o'clock, when the company dispersed. Just before the time came to enter the Pall Poom the clouds which had been so threatening all day, as if with one accord poured forth their couteuts with "a seeming intent to keep every one within doors. Not so however,,.. In a short time the cry went around "it has ceased raining; hurry, or you'll all be caught again." Such a rustling of dresses, aud such a picking up of umbrellas was scarcely ever seen; every one did ''hurry," and when we reached the Pall lloom the company was there awaiting the Royal party. Soon they came, while the non-participants looked on with much interest; the coronation took place "quietly and gracefully." The suc cessful Knight of Lincoln, of Lincoluton, N. C. crowned Miss E. M. Walker, of Pichmond, Va., Queen of Love and Pcauty. As Miss Walker is a beautiful, lovely and accomplished young lady of our noble and gallant sister State of Vir ginia, we and stll others, were delighted to see juer thus honored. The next best, The Knight of Guilford, from Guilford Counjty N. C, placed his wreath upon the stately head of Miss Cclia Moore, of New beru, N. C. Her town may be proud toelaiui her, fur her elegant bearing, and the noble poise of her head have been generally admired here she mad a charming first Maid of Honor. The Knight of Castle Thunder, also of Lin coluton, twined his laurels aTjout the head of Miss Tinte Glen, of Yadkin, county, N. C. Not withstanding his title there was very little of thunder in Ins looks as he decked her fair brow, beneath which a pair of bright dark eyes were ready to flash forth their lightning. This young lady has added much to the gaity aud pleasure of society here this season, and we joyed to hail her second Maid of honor. The Knight of the Stars and Pars, of Salis bury, N. C, crowned as third Maid of Honor Miss Jane McPee, of Lincoluton, N. C. One who has once gazed upon her golden head and dark brown eyes will certainly look again; for n charm therein doth lie that will surely please. Such was the order of the coronation, and then followed the lloyal Set, and the Knight of Lincoln proved himself not only the Knight of the Tourney, but one of the best ou the floor also. The Pall Continued 'till a late hour and closed with much merriment, all seeming well pleased with self and everybody else. The Bankrupt Law. The Fifty I'cr Cent clause in the Bankrupt Law has been suspended till 1st January, 18i'J, sothatall insolvent persons owing over $oOO may take the benefit of the law, as at first, without reference to the value of their estates. The undersigned will keep constantly on hand all the necessary blanks, form, kc , and one or both of them may always be found during business hours at their oflice in Charlotte. VANCE k BOWD, Aug. 21,1 808 lm Attorneys' at Law REMOVAL! REMOVAL! ! Important Notice. II. M. PHELPS Has the honor to inform his friends and the public that on account of an enlargement in his business, h has found it necessary to remove from his old stand, opposite the Court House, and that h can now be fouud at the handsome and commodious STOREROOM OX TRADE STREET, Next to STEN HOUSE, MACAULAY & CO., where he will be pleased torecciye his old friends, ensuring them the same attention and treatment they have always received at his old quarters. His stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS now in store will compare favorably with any in this or any Southern City, and will be sold at Considerably Reduced. Figures In order to make room for his Fall stock. ; A full assortment of Dry Goods and Domestics, Dress Goods and White Goods, Clothing, Cassimeres and Jeans. A well assorted stock of MILLINERY in all its branches. Groceries, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Notions, Hardware, &c , &c. Remember the placa. ii. m. niELrs, next to Stenhouse, Macaulay k Co's, At the stand formerly occupied by,the Farmers k Mechanics' Association. Wall Papering. Just received 1,000 pieces of Wall Papering. Also, KM) pieces Koruering Taper, 20Opair window Cur tips, 100 Fire Screens, 4c , for sale at New York prices. II. M. Pj.1 ELI'S. August 10, 18C8. United States Internal Revenue. Collector's Office Cth Bist. N. C. ) Salisbury, August 10th, 18G8. ' The Revenue Law of July 20th, 18G8, re quires distillers of spirits to pay a special tax 0f four hundred dollars a year, two dollars per day on stills of the capacity to distil twenty bushels of mash or less, and fifty cents on each gallon of spirits produced. The Special Tax to be paid before beginning the business the per diem Tax to be assessed and paid monthly the "a. Ion Tax to be paid before the spirits are removed from the distillery ware-house. Distillers are required to file the usual Distillers Ponds in a sum of not less than ?5,000, with the assessors before they commence distilling. Distillers of Praudy from fruit or grapes are required to pay the same taxes as the distillers of whisky. Those distillers who have paid tlio special Tax required under the old law, must close their Distilleries until the requirements of the new law are complied with, and should they desire to discontinue the business, the money, for the unexpired part of the year, will be rc fuuded to them on application to the Commis sioner of Internal Revenue. Samuel II. Wiley, Collector. Democratic Victokies. The Montana election, held August 3d, was purely local iu its character, although the canvass was conducted mainly on national issues. Last year James M Cava naugh, lcmocrat, was elected to Con'TCPs by a majority of 1108. This jrar the lK-mo-cratic majority in the territory is about 2,500 a clear gain of about 1,400 in a single year. Complete returns of the election in Keutucky make the vote for Stevenson, the Democratic candidate for Governor, 115,521); for Paker Radical, 2G,274, showing a Democratic majority for Stevenson of 8C.24U. Lincolnton FEMALE SEMINAEY. The Fall Session of this Institution will commence on the 17th August and close ou thcTth November. I'oard, Washing and Fuel, $K); Tuition in English from $7 oO to $15; French aud Latin, each, $; Music, (vocal and instrumental,) each, $18.75; I'eo of Piano for practice, $:. The Board, and half ihc music, payable in ailvancc. Each young lady will be expected to fnrniMi 1 j.air sheets, 1 pair pillow cases, towels, napkins and lights. For further particular?, address T. W. RRLVARD, Principal, Aug 17, 18G8 Gwpd Lincoluton, X. C. REMOVAL. Hammond & McLaughlin Are removing their Grocery Store to the coi ner .Siort in Oates' building, formerly occupied by It. M. Oateg & Co., where they will be pleased to see their cut tomers and friends. Aug. 24, 18G8. LAND FOR SALE. As Commissioner, I offer for sale ldl! Acre of Land, 2 miles South of Charlotte on the Went hiile of Town Creek all heavily timbered, well watered, lint without buildings. The neighborhood is one of the best in the county. The tract adjoins the Land of I. F. Morrow, A. A. X. M. Taylor and others, lull on 15. F. Morrow who will show the Laud. Terms Fart cash and balance in one nnd two years. M. L. WALL1S, Cow. August 24, 18G8 tf Cotton Gins. RREM, LROWX & CO., Agents for the Gullelt Steel Rrush Cotton Gin. Seed Wheat We have a lot of line SEKD WHEAT for sale. McMURRAV, DAVIS & CO. August 24, 18.18. Edgeworth Female Seminary. This Institution will be rc-opened on the first Mon day of September, with a full corps of Tenchcm. The entire expense for a Session of Twenty Wck qf Tuitijjn with Hoard, Washing and Contingent Feo will be, according to classes, eitlcr !()", or 110, or 11G Dollars, if paid in advance, or llfi..r0, or 121.50 or 120 50 Dollars, if paid half in advance. Modmtt extra charges will be made for Ancient and Modern Languages, for Music, thawing and Oil Fainting. J2f Each Hoarder will furnish her own light and towels, and also a pair of sheets andjiillowcasci. For Circular addrcs.', J. M. M. CALDWELL, Aug. 24, 18C8 4w Greensboro, '. C. 40 Years before the Public. V5 V. (A J v. e rt -i H ts ci w rjj o pi The Southern Hepatic Pills, That old, long knoicn and tccll tried rein'ity for all if Horn diseases, caused by a 1) I S K A S E D Ii I V K 11 . JGS Read the following CERTIFICATES from persons of the highest respectability. "Y3 LI J 'ER COM PL A I XT. . t Rev. Da. C. F. Dkkjis, (August 23d, 18C2.) says: 'I-have derived great benefit from these Pills, and have known many families and individuals w ho found them very beneficial, and I have also known physician in excellent standing to recommend them io th ci rjat i.ents. . Far all iUiMafafiig from "orders of the liver, I believe they arc the best medi cine offered to the public." Rev. Joifs AV. Potter, Snow IIHX C, (Janunry oth, 18C:i.) says: "For lw he years I was a print sufferer. My liver v.a3 difeawd. I lost my n- and strength, nnd my skin seemed changed color by the bile with which -finy system was over charged. I becamp subject Jo frequent and violent attacks of billions cholic, every attack leaving nie weaker than its predecessor. The physicians hJ been able to patch me up'fc little, but my health in a deplorable state CI had taken patent mcdiciae until l.was tired of thetn. Without energy or com fofVI was barely able to go about a little. Atlengih I yielded to the earnest persuasion of a friend and commenced taking the 1IKPATIC PILLS, ith no confidence in them. They acted like ft charm on ! From that hour I have improved. I have persevered in their use, until now, by God'u blessing, Fai" wcI1 and hearty. 1 hf.d a negro man, who, as I believe, was saved frW"denth bv a dose of these Pills. " Doctors bill was annually from $100 to b"1 1 have had no use for a physieian since. I can coun dently recommend them a a superior family medicine. 55- These Tills arc made by G. W. UEEMS. 0' 28 .South Calhoun Street, IJalti hobe, Md. Tl'jr can be sent to any point in the United States by Ma" or Express. Pit ice Fr one Rox, 20 cents. F. SCAUR, DruggiFt. Special Agent at Charlotte, N Aug. 24, l&C ly Purifies the Blood. Tor Sale by Iriipgls Everywhere August 21, 18C8 ly Cmp4 A
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 1, 1868, edition 1
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