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II 11 V3I J YATESj Editor and Proprietor. firms of Subscription Thrke Dollars, in advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1868. ) seventeenth toibme-n u jj b e b 830. THE Western Democrat rt'IiMSHED BY WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. o Tkkms Three Dollars per annum in advance. o Advertisements will be inserted at reasonable r;iis. or in accordance with contract. Ol-itiiiiry notices of over five lines in length will be el'' god for at advertising rates. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, X. V. This firt class and well known House, formerly Jc..j,t l,y Maj. J. J. Kl'HIl, having been recently re jiuircl a nd refurnished in every department, is now ..j.cii .uid ready to receive guests The Table is iiHsiirpassed, and in point of convc f.ii fx-e and comfort the House not excelled by any i.i tl.H.'ity. W. W. 11 A KT, l-Vbruarv 17, 18JS. Proprietor. Robert Gibbon, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SUlUiEON, Trioit Street, Charlotte, X. C., d'Vi.v and Residence, one door south old State Bank, i ui.-rly V.'m. .Johnston's residence). Jan l.l '.-'. y J. P. McCombs, M. D., o:1Vr his professional services to the citizens of t'!iui-';te and surrounding country. .Vll calls, both it "mill and day. promptly attended to. Oliice Xo. Granite How, up stairs, opposite the XJ.wi-i'jn 1 1. j use. .lami .iy 11, 1K'8. A. W. ALEXANDER, Surgeon Dentist, CIIAH LOTTK, X. C. fi":.-e in the Brawl fj liu'ihl'itf), ftpposile the Charlotte IIol. L ) . t'.in be consulted ou Tuesdays, W ednesdays, Tlmr.-days and Fridays. M.H-. li" l!So8. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CUAULOTTE, X. c, IJ i- on hand a large and well selected stock of l'UIlr. lKt (!S. ( In niic.ils. Patent .Medicines, Family Medi i Iih s, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Tilei Articles, which he is determined to sell at the 'TV lowest prices. M:iy IN'7. DENTISTRY. Traywick & Bland, Having formed a co-partnership, tender their profes sional serv i-es to the public at large. Their oflice will - .ipeii from S a m. to i p. in., and either of them will visil patients at their residences when called, tnliee near t h o Court Iluse, Trade .Street. August lO, 1SCS. o ri! ACTIO AL Watch and Clock Maker, ami ik..w.i:k in ji:v, i:i.i:v. nxi: watches, clocks, Watch Mat riii.'s, Spcctacli-s. .c. A..g. l'.. Is..:. dlAULoTTF, X. 0. WANTED. Kvrry person who desires Cheap floods and flood !.", i-. is w.'iiited at Springs' Corner, where, for the nei thirty d:iys, 1 will sell at a slight advance over N.-.i V.ok cost tlio remainder of my well selected Spring ami Summer stock. Great Bargains in Millinery, L.ilie' ltoimets and Mats. Iriliiiiied and imtrmiiiiod. Pargains in Summer Dress iou ls. liargains in Sli.ii-.-. :iiid in (.Scuts Heady-made Clothing for Suin lii r w ear. tb-iiis" Hats. Hardware, &c, &c. Aug. in, IN",. A. SINCLAIR. ANOTHER NEW STORE. Mr)! niHAV, DAVIS & CO., 11. u e eued a new Grocery Store in Hryce's 1'uild iag. and invite attention to their Stock of Groceries. They keep a supply of everything usually found in s ''ln.-crv Store and wanted by farmers, such as fiigar. Coffee, Salt and Iron, Cotton Yarii, Molas.-cs, Fish, K);ove!, Spades. Forks. &.C, (VocUfy at:d Wunden AV.-ii-e, Irish Vutatoe. Meal and Corn, rurehasers arc requested to call and examine this swk and prices. -' l'rodnce will be bought or taken in exchange t'r (iroceries. or received oil consignment for sale. J'anir.'ihtr attention will be paid to the sale of Cotton, Com. flour, it'., that may be seit to our care. J. YV. McMl'llRAV, March D,. 18t.8. J. N. DAVIS & CO. A. HALES, Watchmaker CSv and Jeweler, X'Xt Door to the Mt:iioii House, Cu aim.ottk. X. C. If your Watch needs Uepairing. Don"! gel mad nud go to swearing; Just take it into HA LI'S" shop, ile will fis it so it will not step. He warrants his work all for a year, When it is used with proper care. He will do it as low as it can be done. And do it so well it's sure to run. January 1, 1S08. y NEW ARRIVALS At J. Kuck & Co's Grocery Store. 5,000 ,'"rN"M.'.,"'NrA,N I.tXM Pounds Daltimore P.acon, :!" Sacks of Rio Coffee. () Sacks Salt, common to nm o P.oxcs of superior Star Candles, " Tierces of Sugar Cured Hams, 2" Parrels of Sugar, all grades, lO llogshe tds of Molasses, 10 Uarrels of Svrup. March r,0, ISf.S. At j. KUCK & CO S. Fresh Rice. Prime Carolina Ui.ee at July -11, lStlS. N1SIJKT & MAXWELL'S. Sugar, All grades, at N1S15ET & MAXWELL S. July -11, 1WS. Preserves. fresdi b:t iif (Jinger Preserves at July -7. XlSIiKT 4 M AXWFLJ. S Law in regard to old Bank Debts. An Act to male Bank Bills a Set Off. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Section 1. That where any note or bond has been, or may hereafter be, given as a renew al of any debt or demand due or payable to any Batik in this State, whose Charter bears date prior to the 20th day of May, 1SG1, the bills of said Bank shall be a lejral set off to such note or bond, without regard to whether such note or bond be iu;de pax-able to said Bank or to some other party; and the bills of such Bank may be offered, and shall be received to sustain the plea of set off to any suit brought upon such note or bond in any Court of this State whether said note or bond be made payable to such Bank or to any other party. Sec. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Katificd the 22d day of August, A. D., 1&G8. LAND FOR SALE. As Commissioner, I offer for sale 102 Acres of Land, 2. miles South of Charlotte on the West side of Town Creek all heavily timbered, well watered, but without buildings. The neighborhood is one of the best in the county. The tract adjoins the Lands of 15. F. .Morrow, A. A. X. M. Taylor and others. Call on 15. F. Morrow who will show the Land. Terms Part cash and balance in one and two years. M. L. WALL IS, Com. August 21, 1808 tf REMOVAL Hammond & McLaughlin Arc removing their Grocery Store to the corner Store in Oates' building, formerly occupied by R. M. Oates & Co., where they will be pleased to see their cus tomers and friends. Aug. 24, 1808. Lincolnton FEMALE SEMINARY. The Fall Session of this Institution, consisting of Fifteen Weeks, will commence August 1 7th and close November 27th. Hoard, Washing and Fuel, (10: Tuition in English from 7 M tolo: French and Latin, each, Music, (vocal and instrumental.) each, 18. 7o; Use of Piano for practice, The 15oard, and half the music, payable in advance. Each young lady will be expected to furnish 1 pair sheets 1 pair pillow cases, towels, napkins and lights. For further particulars, address T. W. 15UKVA11D, Principal, Aug 17, 1808 Cwpd Lincolnton, N. C. Turnip Seed! Turnip Seed!! Purple Tp. White Norfolk, White (ilobe, Large Yellow or (!ol leu (ilobe, Ruta Ruga, and other varie ties, just arrived and lor sale at the Corner Drug Store, by July 20, 1808. J. II. McADEN. THOS. W. DEWEY & CO., Bankers and Brokers, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Hours of business to suit dealers and customers. Bank Notes. Highest market price paid for Southern Rank Notes at the Ranking House of THOS. W. DEWEY & CO. Revenue Stamps, For sale at the Ranking House of THUS. W. DEWEY & CO. Deposits Received and interest allowed at the Banking House of THOS. W. DEWEY & CO. Gold and Silver Coin Bought and sold at the Banking House of THOS. W. DEWEY & CO. February 17, 1808. ATTENTION! North, South, East or West, Will here look for STAMPING best; Prices low and patterns new, Here the greatest choice find you, J. It. HKCKSCIIER. ALSO, Clothing. Hats, Shoes and Boots, Hosiery, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Wearing Apparel for family use. Come ami purchase whatever vou choose. J. 11. HLCKSCDFR, Under the Democrat Oflice. Julv 20, 1808 Cm Superior Starch. Just received, in pound papers, a lot of Superior Starch. N IS RIOT & MAXWELL. July 27, 1808. Charlotte Female Institute, CHARLOTTE, N. C. .The next Session will commence on the 1st October, 18(S, and continue until oOth of June, 1800. The Session is divided into two terms of 20 weeks each, and pupils can be entered for either the whole session or for one term. OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS: Rkv. R. Ri nwKi.i., Principal, and Instructor in Mental and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics. John 15. Biiswei.i.. A. M., Natural Philosophy, Chemistry ami Ancient Languages. Mr.s. M. A. Bi iavKi i.. EnglisJi Branches and Super intendent of Social Duties. Mrs. Sally C. White, English Branches. Miss Makuaket T. Loxc, English Branches and French. Mas. A. C. Pattox, English Branches and Music on Piano. Pitor. A. Bai mwx, Vocal and Instrumental Music. Mas. Jn.iA C. Pattox. Music on Piano. Pitor. R. E. Pit.rKT, Drawing, Painting and Modern Languages. Expenses per Term of 20 XVtilcs: Board (with every expense, fuel, lights, wash ing, &c.,) with tuition in English Branches, $130.00 Tuition, day scholars, Primary Lepartment, 20.00 " " Collegiate " 2100 Music, Ancient and Modern Languages, Drawing and Painting, extra, at usual charges. For Circular and Catalogue containing full partic ulars as to terms, &c , address Rev. K. BUEWELL & SON, July 27, 1808. Charlotte, X. C. Pictures ! Pictures ! ! The undersigned Photographic Artist, of Baltimore, Md , calls the attention of his friends, and the public in general, to las newlv opened PHOTOGRAPH and A M 15 ROT Y PR GALLERY, where he is now pre pared to take A No. 1 Pictures of each and of every style and finish. Satisfaction guaranteed in every Picture. Copies taken from the smallest into the largest portrait Also pictures neatly fitted in Kings, Breastpins and Lockets. All I ask is, "give inc a trial." X. B. Parties desiring to learn the trade and art vf taking Pictures can do so bv applying to II EN BY BAU.Mg'aKTEX, Charlotte, N. O. Photograph Gallery over Jarncs Harty's Store, Feb 24. 1S'S " Nest door to Court-house. Times for Holding the Superior Courts. Fifth Judicial Circuit. Harnett county, the second Monday in August and February. Moore, second Monday after the second Mon day in August and February. Montgomery, fourth Monday after the second Monday in August and February. Stanly, sixth Monday after the second Mon day in August and February. Union, eighth Monday after the second Mon day in August and February. Anson, tenth Monday after the second 3Ion day in. August and February. llichmond, twelfth Monday after the second Monday in August and February. Cumberland, fourteenth Monday after the second Monday in August and February. Eighth Judicial Circuit. V Davic"cbuuty, the first Monday in April and September. llowan, third Monday in April and September. Davidson, second Monday after the third Monday in April and September. Forsythe, fourth Monday after the third Mon day in April and September. Stokes, sixth Monday after the third Monday in April and September. Surry, eighth Monday after the third Monday in April and September. Yadkin, tenth Monday after the third Monday in April and September. Ninth Judicial Circuit. The Judge in this District is Geo. Wr. Logan of Rutherford, and the Solicitor is W. P. Bynum of Lincoln county. m Polk county, the first Monday in March and September. liutherford, the third Monday in March and September. Cleaveland, the second Monday after the third Monday in March and September. Lincoln, the fourth Monday after the third Monday in March and September. Gaston, the sixth Monday after the third Monday in March and September. Mecklenburg, the eighth Monday after the third Monday, in March and September. Cabarrus, the tenth Monday after the third Monday in March and September. Tenth Judicial Circuit. Catawba county, first Monday in March and September. Alexander, third Monday in March and Sep tember. Iredell, second Monday after the third Mon day in March and September. Wilkes, fourth Monday after the third Mon day in March and September. Caldwell, sixth Monday after the third Mon day in March and September. urke, eighth Monday after the third Monday in March and September. McDowell, tenth Monday after the third Mon day iti March and September. P. P. MEDLIN, M- D., Physician and Surgeon, Oilers his professional services to the people of Charlotte, N. C, and surrounding country. Having had experience in the practice of his profession, he hopes. to be liberally patronized. Residence on Col lege Street, rear of Mansion House. August 31, 1808. Mecklenburg Superior Court NOTICE TO SUITORS. By a recent Act of the General Assembly all suits heretofore commenced and all executions cither in the County or Superior Courts are required to be transferred to a new set of Dockets upon application being made by the Plaint ill's in such cases, and the payment of a fee of one dollar in each case; and un less such application is made within six months from the passage of said act, said cases shall stand dismis sed at the cost of the Plaintiffs. Those who are in terested in this matter will please send in their in structions and their fees as soon as practicable, as no case will be so transferred without the payment of said Ice according to law. T E. A. OSBORNE, Aug. 31, 1808 3w. Clerk of Superior Court. Seed Wheat- We have a lot of fine SEED WHEAT for sale. McMURRAY, DAVIS & CO. August 24, 1808. Catawba English and Classical HIGH SCHOOL, XEWTOX, X. C. The next Session will commence the 1st Monday in JULY' next. Xo pains are spared in fitting pupils thoroughly for the best Colleges in the country, and in giving them a thorough business education. Special attention given to Mathematical Teaixixg. Tuition per Session of 20 W'ceks from $9 to $22.50 in currency. Board in families from $8 to $12 per month ; in clubs at about half these prices. For Circulars and particulars, address J. C. Clapp, Newton, N. C. J. C. CLAPP, A. B. June S, 1808. S. M. FINGER, A. B. THE CITY DRUG STORE OF Kilgore & Cureton, No 2, Granite Row, next to the Express Oflice and opposite the Mansion House. A large assortment of Fresh Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs. Perfumery, &c, will be found at this new establishment, and will be sold at as low prices as any other house. B. F. KILGORE, M. D. June 15, 1808. T. K. CURETON, M. D. Notice to Debtors. In order to help those that I thought deserved help, I credited a number of persons during the past ,-ear. I now need the money, and respectfully .call on those indebted to me to come forward and settle. I shall be obliged to enforce collection where no dis position is shown to pay up. Julv 20, 1?08. B. M. PRESSOX. Bank Money. The highest market price paid for old Bank Notes, and orders for the same solicited, at the Citv Bank of Charlotte. W. A. WILLIAMS, July C, 1808. Cashier. jTE."sTEXIIOr5E, I ALLAN MACAULAV, New York. Cii arlottk, N. C. Stenhouse & Macaulay, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 42 Stone Street, XE H" YOliK. Prompt personal attention given to the sale of Cotton, C5tfon Y'arns, Naval Stores, &c, and the purchase of Merchandise generally. Consignments solicited. June 10, 1807. Bankrupt Law. This law has been materially amended by an enactment of the present Congress at its last session. Under the law as it stood prior to this amendment, the debtor would be discharged by the Court from the payment of all his debts, provided his petition and the proceedings there under were all regular, and were filed prior to the first of June 1S68. The law, as it now stands, allows petitioners to file their petitions at any time prior to the first day of January, 1869. If the petitions be filed previous to this date the petitioner will be discharged from the payment of all his debts, although he may have no ''assets." If the petitions be filed after the first day of January, 18G9, a full discharge will not be grauted unless the petitioning debtor have assets sufficient to pay fifty per cent of his debts. It will therefore be seen that it behooves sllwho e6nteuiplatebanTcruptcyH before the first day of January, 18G9, unless their estates are sufficient to pay fifty per cent of their debts. Gen. Littlefield and the Neoroes. We learn that Gen. Littlefield while here last week, attending the Railroad meeting, made a speech to the negroes, iu which he gave them some good advice. lie told them that, if any one had promised them forty acres of land and a mule, they had been deceived, and that the only way they would ever get anything would be to work for it, as all honest people had to do. He advised them to be sober, quiet and indus trious citizens, and'to cultivate the friendship of the white people, among whom they had to live and who would be their best friends, and en deavor to educate their children. Gen. Little field, in politics, we believe, is a Radical, but while here, he demeaned himself as a high-bred gentleman, and won the esteem of our citizens who made his acquaintance. Statesclllc Amer ican. Gen. Majkudeh on Maximilian. A Saratoga correspondent of the Washington Star gives the following : "Among the notables here is the ex-Confederate General J. 15. Ma cruder. He delivered an interesting lecture a nirht or two since in the Union Hotel ball room on Maximilian, in Avhose service he was for sixteen months. lie had a large and brilliant audience, and the lecture was full of interest. He declared that it was Napo leon's desire to encourage the Confederate cause and to break up the Union if possible; and the invasion of Mexico was made to accomplish those ends, and at the same time to gain a foothold on this continent. Maximilian, he said, on the con trary favored the Union and sympathized with the North, and hoped by obtaining recognition of the North, to introduce American idjaa and enterprise into Mexico to develop its resources." In addition to raising food enough for its own support, a fine crop of rice and tobacco and other article, the South has this year raised a crop of cotton that is estimated by its own papers as worth $250,000,000. There was not so much done in all the six years of the rebellion. Phila delphia Xorfh American. The American must recollect that this pro duce was raised in despite of the arbitrary rule and tyrannical oppression of the radical party. Had a liberal policy been pursued towards us, the South would have doubled its agricultural productions, largely increased its population, and thus have added to the wealth of its own section and of the whole country. We should not only have been enabled to pay a much larger proportion of the onerous taxation imposed upon us by this wasteful and extravagant party, but these agricultural products would have added largely to our exports, thus furnishing a basis for our foreign trade that could have been ob tained from no other source. Xorfollc Journal. It is said that the three highest mountains on the globe are Gaurisauka, of the Iliniilaya range, 29,3S0 fectj Dapsang, in Western Thibet, 23, 730 feet, and Ranchinjinga, iu Eastern Thibet, 28,900. Wilm , Char. & Ruth- Railroad. Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 27th, 1808. Tlu Regular Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Butherford Railroad Company wilf be held in this place, on Thursday, October 22d, 1808. Transfer Books will be closed on the 22d of Sept. The attention of subscribers is called to the follow -in"- preamble and resolution, passed at the late meeting of the Stockholders : Wheue.xs, Many persons, who have worked out their stock, or otherwise settled for it, have failed to come forward and get out their regular stock certi ficates; and whereas, this condition of things makes an improper exhibit on the books of the Company, and is frequently the cause of great-embarrassment; and whereas, others have failed to pay their sub scriptions according to the terms thereof; Retolred, That no Stockholder shall hereafter be allowed to vote in any of the meetings of this body, until he shall have received his regular certificate of stock in accordance with the Charter and By-Laws. 1. T. ALDERMAN, Aug. 31, 1808 8w Secretary. The Bankrupt Law. The Fifty Per Cent clause in the Bankrupt Law has been suspended till 1st January, 1800, so that all insolvent persons owing over $300 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, forms, &c , and one or both of them may always be found (luring business Lours at their oflice in Charlotte. VANCE & DOWD, Aug. 24, 18C8 lm Attorneys at Law. WHEAT ! Wheat Wanted. The highest cash price will be paid for good Wheat, in any quantity, by May 18, 1808. J. Y. BRYCE & CO. Edgeworth Female Seminary. This Institution will be re-opened on the first Mon dav of September, with a full corps of Teachers. The entire expense for a Session of Twenty Weeks of Tuition with Board, Washing and Contingent Fee will be. accordins to classes, either 10"), or 110, or llt Dollars, if paid in advance, or 11G.G0, or 121.50 or 120 oO Dollars, if paid lialt in aavance. iuoueraie extra charges will be made for Ancient and Modern Languages, for Music, drawing and Oil Painting. fiiy Each Boarder will furnish her own lights and towels, ami also a pair oi sneets ana pmow cases. For Circular address, J. M. M. CALDWELL, Au". 24. 1S0S 4w Greensboro, C The Registration Act An Act iojyrovicle for the Registration of Voters. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That the Commissioners of Counties shall have power, (a majority of such Commissioners who are duly qualified being pre sent,) to establish, alter, discontinue or create such separate places of elections in their respec tive counties as from time to time they may deem expedient, giving thirty days notice there of, by advertisement in some public journal, if there be one in their county, in three public places and at the Court House iu their county. Sec. 2. The Secretary of State shall, prior to the tenth day of September next, provide for and forward to the Commissioners of Counties, suita ble registration books for each election precinct as established for the last previous election, and a suitable number of the blank forms of oaths, prescribed by Article VI, section 4, of the Con stitution. Sec. 3. In case the Commissioners of Counties shall not receive, on or before the first day of October next, a sufficient number of registration books and blank forms of oaths, as above pre scribed, they shall provide themselves with the same at the expense of the State. " Sec. 4. The Commissioners of Counties, or in case no Commissioners shall have qualified, the Governor shall, on or before the fifth day of Oc tober next, select one Justice of the l'eacc for each election precinct in their counties, who shall act as Registrar of voters for such precinct. He shall be furnished with a registration book and blank forms of oath, and shall at all times, from the fifteenth day of October next until the day of the next Presidential election, receive and register such qualified voters as may offer, ad ministering the oath provided by the fourth sec tion of tho sixth article of the Constitution, to which oath he shall require each elector to sub scribe previous to registering his name in the registration book. He shall receive a fee of five cents for each voter registered, to be paid out of the County Treasury. Sec. 5. Ti e County Commissioners, or incase no Commissioners shall have qualified for their respective precincts, (counties,) the Governor shall, on or before the twentieth day of October next, appoint two electors in each precinct, who shall, with the Registrar, be judges of elections at the next ensuing Presidential election, and shall, fifteen days previous thereto, appoint one Justice of the Peace and two electors in each precinct as J udges of elections for every ensuing State, County and Municipal election. The. judges of election shall attend at the places for which they are severally appointed, on the day of election, and shall be sworn by the sheriff, or in his abseuce, by some Justice of the Peace' or other officer authorized to administer an oath, to conduct the election fairly and impartially, ac cording to the Constitution and laws of the State; and in default of acting, shall be guilt)' of a mis demeanor. Such judges, in addition to the powers conferred upon them by this act, shall have all the powers and duties heretofore vested in inspectors of elections, not inconsistent here with, and be subject to the same penalties. Sec. G. Every male person born in the United States, and any male person who has been natur alized, twenty-one years old or upwards, who shall have resided in the State twelve mouths next preceding the election, and thirty days in the county in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed an elector and shall be entitled to regis tration upon application. Sec. i . Jtixccpt in cases orovided for in section eleven, of this act, no person shall be allowed to vote at any election unless his name shall be found upon the registration books of the precinct in which he offers to Vote unless he shall take and subscribe the following oath : "I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and maintain the Constitution and Jaws ot the United States, and the Constitution and laws of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith ; that I have been a resident in the State of North Carolina for twelve months, and in the county of for thirty days, and that I have neither registered nor voted during this election in any other precinct." Such person having taken this oth shall thereupon be registered Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the judge of elections to Jceep the registration books for their precinct at the place of holding the election dur ing the day of such election, and to register therein the name of any legal voter, first admin istering the oath as provided in the last section, before receiving the vote of any elector not pre viously registered. Sec. 9. Immediately after any clecticn. the judges of election shall deposit the registration books for their respective precincts with the Reg ister of Deedsof their counties. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Register of Deeds, previous to any election to be held after November next, to furnish the judges of election for each precinct with the registry books for their precinct. Sec. 11. I he Registrar of voters shall, at the request of anT legal registered voter iu his pre cinct, furnish to such voter under his signature a certificate of registration, stating the county and precinct in which such voter shall be regis tered. aj;d shtill make an entry of such certificate against the name of such voter on the registra tion book. Upon such certificate of registration such elector may vote in any precinct in his county, without further registration. Sec. 12. Upon receiving such vote, the judges of elections shall fold such certificate of registrr- tion with the ballot of the elector offering to vote thereupon and deposit it with his ballot in the ballot box. Sec. 13. All acts and sections of acts, ordi nances and sections of ordinances, in conflict herewith arc hereby repealed. Sec. 4. This act shall be in force fiom and after its ratification. Ratified the 24th day of August, A. I)., 18G8 An Act to amend an Act entitled tlAn Act to provide for the Registration of Voter." The General Assembly do enact: Section 1. That the Justice of the Peace appointed by the Commissioners or by the Governor to act as Reg istrar of voters in each election precinct, as pro vided in the fourth section of an act entitled "An Act to provide for the Registration of V oters, shall make out two copies ot the original reenstration book for the purposes hereinafter ! mentioned; which said copies when certified to be correct by tho Registrar, shall haTe all tho legal force and effect of the original registration book. Sec. 2. That the County Commistioncra, or in case no Commissioner shall have qualified, the Governor shall, on or before the 20th of October next, appoint six electors at each precinct who shall, with the Registrar, be judges of election; and the said six electors shall take the place of the electors provided for in the fifth aection of the said act and shall perform all the duties which have been conferred upon them. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the judges pro vided for in the preceding section to provide at least three separate ballot boxes on the day of the election at their precincts for the convenience of voters, and as mauy more boxes as they may think -necessary. Two judges shall preside at each of tho three ballot boxes, and if a majority oftTi'd"judges1h"ink more boxes necessary, they shall appoint two additional judges for each atf ditional box. The Registrar shall assist at all the boxes. Sec. 4. The Registrar of voters shall furnish the original registration book and the two copies hereinafter provided for, to the judges of tho election in the precinct for which he is appoint ed ; he shall furnish one copy to the. judges of each of the three boxes, and if there be moro than three boxes, he shall furnish one additional copy for each additional box. Sec. 5. The Registrar shall receive one cent for each name copied from the original registra tion book. Sec. G. Any person who shall, with intent to commit a fraud, vote at more than one time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con viction, shall be imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months, or fined not less than otic hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Court ; and any regis trar of voters or any clerk or copyist who shall make any entry or copy with intent to commit a fraud shall be liable to the same penalty. Sec. 7. No registered voter shall be challenged on the day of election, but those offering to reg ister ou the day of election may bo challenged, and every person applying for registration before the election may be challenged at that time in like manner. Sec. 8. All acts inconsistent with the provi sions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. The Secretary of State shall furnish n printed copy of this act to tho Commissioners of each County. Sec. 10. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Ratified the 24th day of August, A. D.,18GS. Eating His Own Words, A traveler relates that, during his visit to Russia, an author was condemned to eat leaf by leaf a ponderous folio volume which ho had writ ten in favor of the liberties of the people, which had greatly offended the Czar, and, failing to do so, he was to endure the knout. It was con sidered just, as the book was adjudged to be a libel on the authorities, that he should be thus made to eat his own words. A scaffold was ac cordingly erected, the book was separated from the binding, the fly-leaves, and all tfoe white margins cut off, and the unlucky author forced to swallow each leaf as it was put into his mouth by the executioner, who previously folded them into rolls, like lottery tickets, to the great amujo ment of the spectators. As soon as he had swal lowed as much as the physicians, who stood by, thought he could do with safety, he was taken back to prison and brought back next day, and the process continued, and so on the succeeding day, until, in three hearty meals, the wholo volume was literally consumed. This poor man was doubtless a martyr to his liberal principles, and deserved far more agreeable breakfasts; but it would be a capital plan to teach some unmer cifully stupid writers of our own day, in this practical manner, how difficult their books arc to swallow and hard to digest ; and if the same plan were used with printers, the whole typo graphical corps would be confirmed dyspeptics. i Chinese System of Calculation. Every finger on the left hand represent nine figures; the little finger the unit; the ring finger the tens; the middle finger the hundreds; the forefinger the thousands; the thumb the tens of thousands. The three inner joints represent from one to three; the three outer, four to six; the right side, seven to nine. The forefinger of the right hand is employed for pointing to the figure to be called into use; thus 1,231 would at once be dcuoted by just touching the inside of the up per joint of the forefinger, representing 1,000; then the inside of the second, or middle joint of the ring finger, representing 200; thirdly, the inside of the lower joint of the ring finger, rep resenting 30; and, lastly, the upper joint of the little finger touch ,'d on the out, representing 4. Or, again, 99,001) would be represented by touching the side of the lower joint of tho thumb (00,000) aud the lower side of the joint of the fore, middle, ring and little fingers, rep resenting resqKictively 0,000, 000, 00 and 0. - A Rston editor descants upon the falsity of the women of the period, not their faithlessness in love affairs, but the false show they make iu their outward appearance. He says: "Stuffed' busts, skeleton skirts, wire works, pyramids of foreign hair, rubber tricks alas, alas! how uo any of these items harmonize in the thought ' with the conception of the thoroughly nat ural, the graceful, the gentle, the unassuming woman that is secretly every man's ideal, one' who brings back to him the image of hu mother, of his ster, of her he first learned to love!" Ho evidently Li inexperienced in woman's arts and artifices. Who ark to be our JIechanics. It is a noticeable fact that, in the large workshops, man ufactories, and foundries in our cities, at least three-fourths of the workmen, and almost all of the younger journeymen aud apprentices, are foreign born, or the sons of foreign parents. Many American parents bring up their children to feel that manual and mechanical arts are not as genteel as other professions, so that they are falling into the hands of foreigners. O'reciutLoro' Patriot. As long as Southern parents pursuo their present course, just so long will the South be without native born mechanics.