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ft ii ' ii:!: mi. ill;!. 1 -.1) ' 6 m Sir! U- I:! Ill Mi-:: .VI. : ) il Sr Mi if ilM: m; it Hi ft It If in: t M .id A" ;5 Sr. -' H H fir: Mf. r-! ; t 1 U; J it it it: I! I 1 :M- t", Li it,i 4 141 i p. V I Ml Husband vs. Wife and Wife vs. : Husband To lion. E. O. Rrailt, Supreme Court Judge: As tlris is a free country, I trust dwt you will not take it amis if I examine iu a respectful maa ncr, the opinion of the Supreme Court, as de livered by you, in the ea;e of State vs. llhodes, 1 Phillips' Law, 353. Rhodes was indicted for whipping his wife. The proof against hiui was -that he struck her three hctfc with a BWitcb, the bize ox ms nuger, without any provocatioa, except some words ut- terod bv her and not recollected by the witness lie was tried in the Superior Court, before Judge Little, who held that ' he had a right to whip ber with a switch as large as his thumb.' Of course, therefore, he was acquitted. The Solici tor for the State appealed the verdict being a special one. Examine the case, as reported, Judge, and you will see that I state it correctly. And now for the opinion of the Supreme Court. Your opinion correctly states that there arc no statutes, decisions, nor settled commou law principles binding on the Court. On the con trary, you make the decision, argue it out, and put it forth as setting one way what you were perfectly at liberty to decide almost any other way. In other words, the subject was "at sea," as you state, and you were ia.no sense tied down. And now, Judge, excuse me for saying that I cannot, for my life, examine the decision without a smile, ut least. I do not laugh ' out right, as you did. at Waugh's temperance report. Nor do I get so fall of satire as Icror ii-.r.. acuiBB. Uut a good broad smile 1 can- BOt keep down. After properly throwing out of the case the words used by the wife, because their nature was not proved, you say : "We must, therefore, consider the violence as unprovoked. The question is, therefore, plainly presented, whether the Court will allow a con viction of the husband for moderate correction of the wife, without provocation." 9 Were you.not a Judge, I would ask you to ex plain how a woman or anything c!sc can be "cor rected" without being wrong. Aud it puzzles a plain person to understand how a correction or beating can be anything but immoderate, where the thing beaten has done nothing to deserve it. But more of this prcseutly. . You say: ''We will no more interfere where the husband whips the viife. than where the wife whips the husband " llcre I am afraid to discuss the point too freely. I know man- a woman who can whip you and me, both together. Do you really mean to say. Judge, that it is a fre light between husband aud wife, in Noith Carolina? Suppose we reverse lihodes case, and the question were ''plainly presented" as to the wife giving Rhodes "moderate correction without provocation." As I understand you. each party stands on the same ground exactly, and whoever can whip in the fight is "master (or mistress) of the situatiou." There is no law to check their fighting. They nray fight every day and every hour. The only limit is that after they fight un til one is victor, the' vanquished must net be fur ther bruised. ; JJut examine the matter further. It is a fight, vou say, on equal terms. Erich may lawfully overcome the other, and each, of course, lawfully resist being subdued. Pray tell inc. then, if they went into the fight willingly and were of good pluck, at what stage of the light the law could take hold of either party? Each is lawfully try ing to get the upperhand and fighting valiantly Hgainst subjugation. No law restrains either from striking first, nor from returning blow for blow, violcuee for violence, death for attempted death. You say: ' Two boys under 14 years 'old fight on the play ground and the Courts will not notice it." Rut iu the sumc sentence you say they arc punishable fomewurc for it, to wit: in the school room or at home. So the analogy between the boys and the married couple fails. A free fight between husband and wife! Do you hear that, ye small men, with large wives ? The Courts afford you no redress, if she gives you "moderate correction without provocation." 'Family government" requires you to stand and take a switching from her, whenever she is in clined to- administer it. She makes you sweep the house, Bift the meal, milk the cows, wash the dishes and fly around geuerally, and take a whip ping into the bargain. If you goto Judge Reade about it, he says, "My dear sir, your wife has no riht in law to whip you. but if she does whip you, even for nothing, the law says you must take it." Aud this brings me to the next idea laid down, to wit: "We do not hold that the husband has the ri-jht to whip the wife, but we will not interfere with family government." Quite comforting to a woman, no doubt. I would like to see Judge Ueade tell that to one of our back woods women, whose .husband had given her a whipping for nothing. Really, Judge, you will discover, if you will read your opiniou over, that, instead of a family government with the husband settled hy fair as the head of it, you have jostled the authority of every married man iu the State. In the next place, you will fiud that your de cision makes the wife the perfect slave of the tu.jband, differing in no respect 1'rom old slavery, unless you were in earnest about her whipping him, iu which event he would be her slave. And, finally, Judge, let me suggest to you that Rhodes' case calls for no such principles as you lay down. And if it did. your principles arc wrong. Law should not givu men power aud eay they have no trijht" to use it. They will use it even towards their wives. Had men will use it at onco. Moderate men will gradually get at it too. The only safety for soc:ety is to have laws to Make men do right. (jood laws make good men and in return good men make good laws. And thus they act and react on each other. . Aud this I sayi Wherever a Court can see that-citber party has without cause in flicted corporal violence on the other, our Courts ought to stop it as malicious, and not add to the wrangling, by -proclaiming that either party, uu matter how wrong, may "correct" the other no matter how much in the right. I protest, with, energetic vehemenco against allowing any woman to whip her husband." 8t. Paul tells her to be in subjectiou to her husband. , In her contract of marriage she promised to obey her husband. Our Courts heretofore have told hor that her duty is obedience to her husband. With the foregoing authorities, I will not set still and allow her to be taugbt Uiat she may whip him, if she can. .-, On the other hand, while we must, as always heretofore, hold the man as the head of the fam ily; as -having the highest authority, because res ponsible inlaw, yet family government ' does not require the husband to have the authority of a master. .Family government, indeed! A man of idle, drunken habit, supported by an ind as triune, affectionate wife, returns bome; wand, jlcs- nite all her efforts to please hiui, whins her with I . i - tv:. e r a IWIKD iifce sue sere a uu. . mo 3 taujuj froremment! On the other kod, a gentleman, absent from home, heats that a negro - woman, tbat he has hired, hasstruek his wife, whipped his children, and cut up generally.' On his re turn home, a few days afterwards, he asks the offender about it and she denounces him as a low scoundrel, lie slaps her jaws. - This is not family government. It is a 7ourt House job. lie may v.iup Ins wile, wnom ne nas beiore Uoa promised to cherish and love, when she b fault- less and he a drunken brute, but to compel an impudent hireling with a black skin to behave herself jwahigh handed infraction of the criminal law! So we go. CHOWAN. Communicated to the Hal. Seatintl. v North Carolina News. Irf.TELL Superior Court. The Fall Term of the Superior Court for Iredell Judge Mitchell presidio": was in session last week, and the time consumed in the trial of the State docket, dis posing of a number of minor eases. A negro boy, for an attempt to commit an outrage upon the person of a most respectable lady, was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for five years in the penitentiary when there shall be one. A white man, for stealing a mule, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and another white man, for stealing two animals,' at dinerent times, was sentenced to two year a imprisonment Stobi; IUhnt. The Store of Mr Geo. A. Andrews, at Bradshaw's Mills, Rowan county, was destroyed by fire on the 8th inst. The fire occurred about 10 o'clock in the day, while the clerk was absent. The loss is partially covered by Insurance. Sothiug was saved. : . Wake Superior Court. The case before the Court, which excited the greatest interest, was that of State vs. Jno. A. Long indictment for libel. The alleged libel was contained in a communication addressed by Mr Long, the Sheriff of Richmond county, to Governor north, during his incumbency, charging v. r. Leak, Esq,, who had been requested by the Governor to dis tribute the Maryland charitable donations, with a misappropriation ot the same. After the tna had been protracted through several days, at a very heavy expense to the county, the case was dismissed by the "Judge," on a point of law, which miyht very well have been adjudicated in the incipiency of the trial. The point of dis missal was that the letter addressed to the Gov crnor by the Sheriff was a privileged communi cation, and, on that account, not libellous ! Raleigh 'Sentinel. Remarkable Genius. Wc learn that Miss Julia Rradley, residing in the neighborhood o: ut. latum, froutn Iredell, memorized and re cited verses 01 the JNew lestament and Psalms, from the 1st May to the 4th Sunday in .September aud that little Miss Angelina Sher rill, aged twelve years, memorized and recited oOS2 verses of Scripture from the 2d Sunday in June to the '4th Sunday in September. Can any other little girl beat that. Statesvilte Amer lean. JBS?- George II. Moore, Deputy Collector o: Internal Revenue and Collector of the Third District in North Carolina, has been arrested for neglect of duty and alleged defalcation Robbery. We learn that Mr Henry Austin of Johnston county, who resides near Clayton Tas rouuea 01 aoout oau, mostly specie, on Tuesday night, by a gang of armed robbers, The robbers were disguised, and Mr A. thinks they were blackened white men, or white and black men. Raleigh Sentinel. The Lay Deputies from North Carolina present at the Triennial Convention of the Epis copal Church, at present in session in New York, are Hon. W.-H. Rattle and Messrs. Robert Strange, R. II. Smith and A. J. DeRosset. B We observe that many families who left Western counties some months ago and went to Indiana and Illinois, are returning to their old homes. We have really heard of no one who has gone who is satisfied. After spending nearly all their means in travelling thither, they return poorer than when they left. It is-better to stand by the old State and make it what we want it, by labor and skill. We have a climate unsur passed, and uuder skillful tillage soils that can be made equal to the best. Hundreds of people who removed from this State List year, are now ret urning. 5a?" Any. persons owning hinds in this State, upon which Mica or Isinglass can be obtained in considerable quantity, can make his possessions profitable by communicating with Rev. Dr. B. Craven, President of Trinity College, giviug loca tion and particulars generally - 83T W. M. Robbins, Esq., Elector for the Cth District on the Seymour and ' Blair Ticket, will address the people at the following . times and places : . Newton, AVednesday, Lin coin ton, Thursday, Charlotte, Thursday night, Grassy Creek, Saturday, Concord, Tuesday, Powder Spring. Iredell co , Parks' Store, Thursday, Hamptouvillc, Friday, Yadkinville, Saturday, Oct.. 21. 22. - 24. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. The New Cotton Crop A very fine quality of cotton of the new crop this year has just been brought to the New York market from Carroll parish, Louisiana. It was sold immediately at Ibrty-six cents a pound. It is called the Peeler cotton, and has a long, fine staple, approaching that of the famous Sea Is land cotton. It is a different product, however, and, as it was grown in the interior and in the great cotton region of the Mississippi Valley, we suppose it can be raised where any of the ordinary staples are. The Sea Island cotton can only bo grown within a short distance from the sea and in a particular locality; the supply, con sequently, is limited. If the Peeler cotton should be generally cultivated it would make a great change iu the market value of this great Amerieau product, and might revolutionize the manufactures of the world. This particular kind of cotUm was discovered three or four years ago in an accidental manner. Mr Peeler, a planter in the Mississippi Valley, found among. his ordi nary standing crop a plant bearing a much finer aud longer staple thau the rest. He carefully saved the seed, which he plautcd the next year, and year after, and until he had seed enough of the new variety to sell to his neighbors. - Thus it spread and acquired the name of Peeler cotton. No doubt it will be cultivated hereafter more ex tensively, as it has realized such a high price in the market.. We may say now that as fur as the material interests and prospects of the South go, the tide has turned in their favor. With peace and a continuance of such industry as the mass of Southerners have shown the last year, they will soon become jich again. X. JZ Orrald. Exemptiona in Bankrnptcya ; We are indebted to a legal friend (says ihe Raleigh Sentinel) for the following decision, ren dered by Judge Brooks, at a recent Term of the District Court, relative to tue niawcr i jcieiup tions in Bankruptcy; "At Elizabeth City, iu the district ot sortu Carolina, on the 5th day of October,. 1868iThe question submitted by Mr Register Lehman; in this case is: Can an Assiguee of an estaterin Bankruptcy Bet apart mouey, wnicn was no sur rendered as money by the Bankrupt, but which is or may be realized by the said "Assigiiee from the sale of clutse in action, or other property scheduled and surrendered by him, under.. the provisions for the exemption of certain property to the .Bankrupt, contained in me act ui 1001 1 . . . . . W ITT I. 1 have, ncretoiore, re jno. . r ariau, cer tified from the 4th District, decided that a home stead could not be exempted to the Bankrupt claimed by him under the act of lbo- 0, wnen the party claiming it had uot complied with all the provbions of said Act; and in another ease that real estate was not properly embraced witnm the meaning of the terms, Articles or Necasa- ries, as used m the 14th bection 01 tne .Bank ruptcy Act. 7 - , ' . But now the question is presented, can money be assigned and paid by the Assignee to the Bankrupt, as an exemption, which money is to be acquired by the Assignee from the sales' of 1 1 1 a : -.9 any property wnicn comes u mm as vssiucwi v To enable us to arrive at a correct conclusion upon this question, it. is proper that wc should enquire, in the first place, how the Assignee de rives his title to the property of, the Bankrupt The answer is, that he derives his title by virtue of the Bankruptcy Act, and the assign ment made to him by the Judge or Register pursuant thereto. Secondly, Wc should enquire what is the char acter of the title he thus acquires to the property of the Bankrupt. It is clear, I think, that, as to the real estate, the Assignee takes an estate to himself and his heirs ; and, as to the person-. alty , au estate to himself and his executors and administrators. Thirdly, For what uses and purposes does he take the estate ? The Assignee takes the estate of the Bankrupt, under the law, first to sell the real and personal property and collect the choses in action, and, in this way, reduce the estate to money. If he cannot collect the debts due tne Bankrupt, he may sell such choses in actiou as the Court may order. When he has thus re duced the estate to money, he is required by law to deposit the same, or pay the same out as the Court may direct, in the payment and satis faction of liens, mortgages, dividends and costs of the proceedings. . : Fourthly, What property of the Bankrupt does the Assignee thus acquire title to, and for the uses aud purposes mentioned ? The answer to this question is furnished us by the 14th sec tion of the Act. The first clause of this section, being the 46th general clause of the act declares that when the assignment is made as provided, thereupon, by operation of law, the title to all such property and estate, both real and personal, shall vest in said Assignee, and it declares that all the estate of the Baukrupt, both real and per sonal, shall be thus conveyed and shall thus pass to the Assignee, except only as thereinafter pro vided for in the 47th general clause. Now it only remains, I think, to be ascertained what is excepted, by a fair construction of the last clause referred to, from the operation of the conveyance of the Assignee. This clause declares, first, that the necessary household and kitchen furniture, and such other articles and necessaries of such Bankrupt as the Assignee shall designate and set apart, altogether not to exceed in any case the value of five hun dred dollars, shall bo exempt -that is excluded from the provisions of this section; that such property, so designated and set apart, shall not in any way be affected by the conveyance to tho Assignee or the title thereto pass; and a subsc qucnt clause of the Act, as if to leave no room for doubt, declares that the title of -the -Bankrupt shall not- in any way be affected or disturbed by any of the provisions of the Act as to any of the property thus exempted and set apart under the provisions of the law embraced in these ex ceptions. Also there is other property, as the wearing apparel of the Bankrupt and his family, and such property as is exempted from seizure or sale by a creditor, by the laws of the United States or the laws of the State, in which the Bankrupt resides, which were in force in the year 1864. - .. . If the money attempted to be assigned by the Assignee in this case, and which was to be re alized by sales as aforesaid, can be construed to be within tho meaning of the 47th clause, then it is good, as an exemption ; otherwise, it is not, and the Assiguee would be bound to account for the same strictly, in discharging the cases and trusts upou which he took the title to the pro perty, from the sales of which the money was realized. - ' . Now I think it quite clear, that the Assignee could have assigned to the Baukrupt a horse, stock of any kind, a bond, note or account, any article of personal property, and even money, if the Bankrupt had scheduled and surrendered such property, to make up any deficiency that might exist, in his judgment, after valuing and assigning the necessary household and kitchen furniture; for all those are articles and may be to some Bankrupt necessaries. But when any such article of property is actually assigned or designated, the title to the . same does not pass from the Bankrupt, by force of . the assignment. Therefore, the title to no article of property, so designated, if within the meaning of the law, ever vests in the Assignee., lie could uot theu sell or disposed' such property, aud no one could do , save the Bankrupt. . . - - My opinion is, that the title to all the property of the Baukrupt, of every description, and all the title he held in the same, passed to the Assignee, except the title to that household . and kitchen furniture and such other articles and necessaries as have been designated and assigned under the law to the Baukrupt, and such other property as is specially exempted ' to him ; and . having so passed, the Assignee cautiot pay to the Bankrupt any money arising from the sales of such, made by him; and, if he should do so, such payment would be a devastavit ou his part and he would be answerable over for the same.. :. . Suppose the Legislature of North Carolina, in making the humane provisions euactcd for the temporary relief of widows and families of intes tates, had stopped short of that provision which enables the Commissioners, in case of a deficiency of crops, stock, and provisions for the support of the widow and family, -for one '"year, that they shall proceed to assess the value of the deficiency which sum, so, assessed, shall be paid to the widow, in money, by the administrator could such administrator conclude that; sufficient had not been assigned her of property and pay but of the proceeds of the sales of property in hb hands as administrator any amount in money to make up the deficiency ? " Certainly be could not. And no more can an Assignee in bankruptcy pay to a Bankrupt" anjr":"money which -comes to bis hands, arising ; from,, th; sales' of proper ty, wnicn property was no cxempieu, out - iuc wwo towhich passed thim -under the assignment: And the- reason is that there is no provision :ia the law authorizing such paytnent. It. W. UKUUlvS, U. O. duoge. A PEOCLAKTION, By Wm. W. TJolden Governor of N. Carolina- ExEcrnvE Depabtmexx, -.V - ' "feaWgV October 12th, 1868., Information has been received at this department that military weapons, sueh as repeating rifles of various kinds, have ' been imported jnto this btate, and have been distributed with ammunition and equipments to citizens in several localities. It is believed that boxes containing arms, ammunition and equipments, are concealed in divers places, readj to be distributed as opportunity may offer. The object of the persons thus engaged must be, either to subvert the government, to resist the con stituted authorities, or to prevent a free election in this State on the third daj of next month. The government of North Carolina has been law fully and constitutionally established. I This govern ment has been freely and voluntarily formed by a majority of the citijens, in pursuance of acts consti tutionally passed by the Congress, under which my immediate predecessor held office from the 2d day of March, 1867, to the 1st day of July, 18GX. The con stitutionality of these acts, if questioned during this period, were nevertheless subscribed to and main tained by him, aud by every department of the gov ernment, from the said 2d day of March, 1867, to the said 1st day of July, 18G8; and now, that they have been executed, by the common consent of the whole people voting under them at the polls for members of a Convention, for the new Constitution, and for members of Congress and State officers, the result which has been effected eloses the discussion in re lation to them, and renders the present Constitution of Government as valid and binding as were the Con stitutions of 1776 and 1835.' This government will "be maintained for the fol lowing, among other reasons : - ' 1st It has been lawfully and constitutionally es tablished by the whole people of the State. It is operating smoothly and harmoniously. Under it the people arc quiet and peaceable, and are just entering anew on a career of prosperity. It must not be up set, or even assailed, because the colored people have been allowed to vote; or because they will vote with a certain pai'ty ; or because a few public men are out of office and a few are in. 2d.-Senators and Representatives have been ad mitted by the Congress to seats in that body. The State is, therefore, oas well as in the Union. It is as much of the Union as New--York or any other State. No State can secede, nor can Congress push a State out, jyr sever its relations with the common government. If Congress should, therefore, do what is exceedingly improbable, repeal the reconstruction acts, such repeal would have no more effect than a repeaVof the act admitting Texas or Kansas to rep resentation. : The reconstruction acts have been exe cuted, and are, therefore, beyond the reach of Con gress. -." 3d, The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of the subject. Its powers are expressly . defined by the Constitution to be-'judieial," and not political. It has already decided that the question. of admission to representation is a political question, and that when, determined by Congress, as it has been in rela tion to North Carolina, the Court will not interfere. 4th. The President would have no more power to declare the reconstruction acts null arid void, with a view to the extinguishment of the government of this State, than I woul i have to declare, that a certain County or Counties In this State should cease to exist. The government of North Carolina is, therefore, as firmly established as that of any other State- It has the same control of the right, of suffrage, and of its own internal affairs, us the other States have; and it possesses equal power with the other States to pro tect and perpetuate itself. . , The right of the people" to have arms in their houses, aud to "bear" them under the authority of law, is not questioned. On the contrary, it is claimed as a constitutional right sacred to freemen. The use of arms by the male population, for peaceable and lawful purposes, should rather be encouraged than otherwise; but when, in time of peace, weapons of an extraordinary character are imported into the State by political organizations, and deposited and distributed in a secret manner among persons whose spokesmen deny the authority of the existing govern ment, and w ho publicly declare that all government, to be authoritative and binding, must proceed alone from one race of our people, a state of affairs is at once constituted which renders it the duty of every officer and every citizen to be more than usually vigilant.. It can not bo pretended that these arms are intended for hunting or sporting purposes. It can not be justly assumed that- they are necessary for the protection of tho?e who have them, since the whole power of.jhe State and grneral governments is pledged to protect the peaceable and the law abid ing, whoever and wherever they may be. If it be the purpose of any. portion of the people in any event to resist the laws or to subvert the gov ernment they should bear in mind that treason'. is the highest crime that can be committed; that they arc liable to arrest and punishment under the "Act to punish conspiracy, sedition and rebellion," which will be enforced, if jieceary,-with a firm hand; and they should rejlect that the magnanimity of the gov ernment, which spared the lives and. the estates of tho.se who engaged in the late rebellion, may not be extended a second time to save them from the conse quences of their crimes. It' it be t lie purpose of any portion of the people, by the use of arms, or by threats or intimidation, to prevent the people from going to tho. pollsand voting as they may choose to vote on the third day of next month, it is my duty to inform thcra, that force will be met with force, and that every person 'who may thus violate the law will be punished. Every race of men in this State is free. The colored citizen is equally entitled with the white citizen to the right of suffrage. The poor and the, humble must be protected in this right equally with the affluent aud the exalted The election must be absolutely free. Iu view, therefore, of this condition of affairs, I have deemed it my duty to issue this l't oclamatiou, Iiilniniiishiiifr the liprmlp in nvntil iimliio' prfitomrn t- 0 t I " . - w . . , ! 4 i. 1.1 1 1 1 1 : a.i. - - 1 iu uc j'lulhuic iinu ui uci ijr , uuu iu cAcrcisc me ngui of suffrage firmly and calmly, without violence or force of any kind. Every good citizen is gratified that North Carolina is at present as quiet and peace able as any State of the Union. Let us maintain this good name, for our ,State. , Let us frown indig nanUy on the use of brute force, or bribes, or threats, io control the election; and let . every officer of the State, trivil and military, be prepared to check in-. Btautly any incipient step to sedition, rebellion or treason. The flag of the United States waves for the pro tection ot all. Every star upon it .shines down with vital tire into every spot, howsoever remote or soli tary, to consume thoe who may resist the authority of the government, or who oppress the defenceless and the innocent. The State government will be maintained; the laws will be enforced: every citizen, whatever his political . sentiments, will be protected in his right; the unlawful use of arms will be pre vented, if posssible, and if not , prevented, -will be punished; and couspiracy, sedition and treason will raise their heads oniy to be immediately subdued by the strong hand of military power. The General commanding thi-i department has instructed the dis trict and post commanders to "act in aid and co- A operation, aud in subordination to the civil authori ties, in maintaining the peace and iu securing a free election. The power of both governments js thus pledged to peace, order and tranquility. It is specially enjoined on all officers of the De tailed Militia to observe the "act to organize a militia of North Carolina, and to act in strict subordination to the civil power. .ad all Magistrates, Sheriffs and other peace officers are also specially enjoined to be .vigilant, impartial, faithful and firm iu the discharge of their duties, magnifying and enforceing the law, ferreting out offenders, protecting the weak against the strong who laay attempt to fieprive them t their rights; to the end that the wicked may. be retrain ed, the peace .of society preserved, the good name of the State maintained, and the government per peiuatcd on the basis of jreedoin and Justice to all. " ! Done at our City of Raleigh, on the 12th day r. t -1 of October, in the year of oar Lord one t "J thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, ' and in the ninety-third of oar Independence. By the Governor: W. W. HOLDEN, Governor."' Kobt. M. DecoLAS,' Private Hecretsrv. " Oct. JO, lft 3yy ; .: ; A -Bride Denies her Marriage. : v. i The Louisville Courier -relates the following: A few " months ago, a young lady of this city yisited St. Louis, and during her stay in that place fornied the acquaintance of a young gentle man who became enamored of her. She en couraged his suit, but an obstacle arose in the shape of an opposition on the part of the stern parents of the young lady, which threatened for a time to dash their cup of bliss to the earth. But in this case, as in most other such affairs, love, knew no barrier , to the consummation of their most devout wish. - A clandestine marriage was arranged; and it was agreed between them that she should return to Louisville and keep it a profound secret until a certain time; when he would come and claiui her as his bride. They were accordingly married, and , the sweets of matrimony or honeymoon was postponed until the fact should be made known in this city. . On Saturday last the young man arrived and rushed with all the zeal of a devoted husband to claim his wife. His feelings can better be im agined than described, upon being told by the woman who had solcmuly vowed in the sight of God and man to be his through hie, that she had no knowledge of any marriage ever having been consummated between them. The young man produced.the marriage certificate; insisted on his moral right to cla:m her as his wife, but the young hidy iudiguantly denied the "soft impeach meut," vowing that she had never married him and never would. The parties are both of high social position, and as the young man insists on prosecuting his claim, we may look for some in teresting developments, unless the refractory , bride acknowledges the corn and "stares fate in the face." r Why not be Just and Fair? When Gen. Gordon," of Georgia, one , of the bravest and most distinguished ot tha Confeder ate Generals, declared in a speech that if Graut were elected President, and auy opposition was made to his accession to the presidential chair, he would draw his own sword in his support, the extreme Kadical papers find it convenient to ig nore that significant avowal. ' But when some indiscreet Southern newspaper deals in wild talk, its mad nonsense is seized upon and circulated by every sectional paper in the North as an evi deuse ot' Southern sentiment- 'The truth is that the last thiug on the face of the earth the South ern people desire or dream of is war. They are at a loss to understand how any one can sincerely hold an opposite idea. Neither the election ot Gen. Grant nur any other , man would lead to resistance iu the South Of all the prominent Kepubiicaus, Gen. Grant, so far as he is person ally concerned, is most respected by the fcouth ern people. The fact that he has the chief mill tary urestige in the armies, of the United States, instead of working to his prejudice, tends to elevate him with military people. Kveuifthe South desired to appeal to arms, it is as well aware of its inability to do so as its enemies can be. It seems strange that the North should be ignoraut of the real state of Southern affairs and sentiment. This is the age of steam and tele graphs, yet Mr Johu.Quiucey Adams of Massa chusetts,' 111 his late brief and incisive speech at Greensboro', N. C-, said "he had learned more of the Southern people and their feelings and sentiments the last two days thau he could have k-arued in a life time in Massachusetts. He was astouished at the condition of the Scuthcru people and their wasted, neglected fields. If the North could see it as he had dune, all our trials would be at an end. When one of the must prominent aud intelli gent of the public men of Massachusetts concedes that, he knew nothing of the real state of things in the South till he went there personally, what must be tbe ignorance ot the mass of the popu lation ? This ignorance is the result of partisan misrepresentation, seizing and perverting to its own evil purposes those very agencies of diffusing intelligence which it was once hoped would make the different sections better acquainted and draw them nearer to each ether. We dare say Mr Adams is right when he says if the North could only see tbe real condition of things in the South as he had done, cur trials would soon be at an end. The North would then be touched by the scene, aud it would also see what wanton cruelty it is to ascribe to this helpless people purposes of self-annihilation' by another war. The South wants no war for any cause, but if Gen. Grant is elected, the South is far more likely to assist, as nidicated by Gen. Gordon, in putting down resistance than in offering it. Baltimore Sun. TO THE WHOLESALE TRADE OK North and South Carolina. We would call the special attention of Wholesale Buyers to our large and extensive stock of Hardware, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, &c. We have the largest stock of Goods wc believe ever brought to this market, ana guarantee to sell them as low as they can be had in any other market. We will make it to your interest if you will give our stock a thorough examination peiore buying. 11REM, BROWN & CO. Ladies! We have just received a new stock of Cloaks and Shawls in every variety and style, and very cheap. We have the largest and best selected stock of Ladies' Dress Goods we have ever had the pleasure of show ing our customers before. We have every variety and style in Dress Goods to be had in the Northern markets. We have a full assortment of all kinds of Embroidery, Laces, Edgings, Insertings, White Goods, Linens, Hosiery, Gloves, Merino and Cashmere Yeats. &c. Ladies we would be pleased to have you call ana examine our stock. It affords us pleasure to show our Good. Bit EM, BROWN & CO. Gentlemen ! Call in and get you a new and fashionable Fall style HAT. We have every variety of Hats and Caps for Men and Boys. The latest style Silk Hats manufac tured expressly for us. 15 REM, BROWN & CO. Clothing. We have a large stock of Ready-made Clothing, manufactured in the very best style, which we bought very cheap and can sell at prices w hich defy compe tition. We have a good assortment of Cloths, black and fancy Cassimercs, Satinets, Tweeds. Jeans, Lin seys, &c. ' We have all kinds of Goods for Men and Roys wear. We will make it to your interest to buy from as " Call and examine our stock before buying and judge for vou rself. . , Oct. 12, 1808. St'-' BREM, BROWN & CO. LARGE STOCK OF GOODS, - rAT BEATTIE'S TOKD, N. (J. J. M. Ivy & Co., . Have now in store the largest and most varied stock of Goods ever brought to this place. Thia stock has ! been laid in with a view to meet the wants of Country F 1. - i . -, - ini-R-uanis at wents renii Dujeri. e guarantee to sell everything at bottom figures, and only ask a call. Our atoek embraces every class of merchandise, and is kept up by new arrivals every week. Look to your own interest, and call before buying, whether much or little.' J. M. Itt, ' j: M. IVY ft CO. H.-.W. CptB. JBenttie's Ford, N..C. Oct. i;t. 1SCS 2r. The Indian War. Dispatches from Lieutenant General Sherman and. Major General Sheridan positively assert that there will be a senou3 war with the Indians from this time until the commencement of winter weather. The Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas and Camauches have all commenced hostile operations. The region of country uear Fort Dodge has already suffered from the mcursiooa of au army of 4,600 indian' warriors A largo force of soldiers, under General Sheridan in per son, is making ready to take the field. General Sherman, however, telegraphs to aslungton for more troops. . ... Letters from lort Hays, Kansas, state that General Sheridan is exceedingly busy organizing nis lurcus lur a vigorous piusucuuoii ui uuhUU- ties. Several companies are to bo sent out nt once to co-operate with each other. Sheridan's plan, it is reported, consists ui engaging the at. tcntion of the warriors on the front, and then striking suddenly for their homes and families. No propositions tor peace will be listened to until the Indians have been soverely defeated and many of their number killed. The tribes, when crippled by heavy losses, will not be disposed to renew hostilities very soon. The California In dians were treated in this way several years ago by General George A. Wright, and no serious trouble has been caused by them since. A large body of Indians is reported to be collecting south of Fort Lamed. WHO WILL BE ELECTED? This is a question we cannot answer, but we can tell you where you can buy good Goods, fiuc Good and cheap Goods, such as people need in the way of Hardware, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Uuibrellan, Fancy Notions, &c, it is at BARKINGER, WOLFE & COS. Dress Goods, &c. The nicest Dress Goods wo have ever had to offer to the public. ' The finest stock of Bleached Domestics which can be found in this market, and any one wanting thcia right had better examine our stock. Fancy Delaines, Poplins, Glaca Mixtures, Japanese Cloths, Armours of all styles. Hoop Skirt a, Dalmorals Skirts at all prices, Nitt Shawls; also a large stock of all kinds of Shawls and Blankets. , Flannels, Opera Flannels white and colored, com mon aud extra fine. Ginghams. Ginghams, Alamance Plaids, Linscy, and other kinds of Plaids, all of which we offer cheap. Fino Cloaks. Don't buy a Cloak uutilyou see our, as wo think you will save money. We have almost an Nonh'i Ark in the way of variety. We only ak a fair hov and a look with au unprejudiced eye, and then if we don't sell it is our fault Call and see BAR RING Kit, WOLFE k CO., Opposite the Charlotte Hotel. Look to Your Interest. Come and pay us up. Don't be forgetful of tho kind indulgence we have given you. and if you don't intend to pay please come and ppend your money with us wiio have favored 3 011. Vou can find cm op posite Maj. J. B. Kerr's old Hotel. Don't forgot the place. A man that can pay and won't pay us after our kind treatment dest-rves to settle with pome one else. BARRLNGKR, WOLFE & CO. October 12, 1868. J. Y. BRYCE & CO. Will receive Cotton on consignment and make ad vances on the name; and hold the Cotton as long as parties may wish. Charlotte, Oct. 12, 18C.8. Rubber Belting, A large quautitv of all widths just received hy :'S. 15. MBAC1IAM, Oct 12. 2d door from McAdcn's new building. DR. JAS. N. BUTT, Druggist and Chemist, WHOLESALE and RETAIL DEALER in Drugs and Medicines of every diK'ription and kind, Corner Trade txnd College Street, til AU LOTTL, N . C . TureNo. 1 KEROSENE it is pafe and non-csplo-sive. If alighted torch be plunged in it, it will tx tinguish it as quick as water. It is from six to eight times as cheap as caudles, and from four to six times as brilliant. . Ruy a Lamp, which I c:n sell for 50 cents, and if it does uot give perfect satisfaction you may return it. I have just received a splendid lot of new Lamps. Call and sec them. Chills and Fever. I am treating numbers of persons cuccesnfully for Chills and Fever. If you are puffcring this way I think I can assure you uf a successful treatment, having practiced for over twelve year in a fever and ngue district. Preserve this Notice. You can get at Dr. Jan. N Butt's Drug Store the following sizes of WINDOW GLASS.' ' Glass 8xl0 10x12; JOxll, 10x15, 10x10, 10x18, 12x20,10x21.10x21, 12x14,12x15, 12x10, 12x1. 14x20, 12x22, 12x24, 14x18, 14x22. 14x24, IGxl, 16x20,10x24, 18x20,18x22, 18x21, 20x24, 20x0, 4c, &c. Attention! You can get Medicines and Prescriptions at all hours of the day and night, and on Sunday, nt JAS. N BUTT'S Charlotte, N. C, Oct 12, 1808. Drugstore. QUERY Is receiving, daily, his Fall Stock of Millinery, Trimming, !c. &., Which he nsks the Ladies and the public generally, to call and examine. fcif MRS. QUERY is prepared to serve her friends with the LATEST STYLES in Bonnets, Hats, Drcps making. Set. oct .p, 18458. " GROCERIES, filler & Black Have received a large Stock of Grocerioa, counting in part of Cotion Ties, Bagging and Rope, Sugar, Coffee, AJolaypes and Salt, Iron, Nails, Leather. &c. In short, everything and anything kept in a firet- class Grocery Store. Thankful lor past patronage, we invite our frinda and the public generally to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Oct. 1808. MILLER k BLACK. THE LATEST NOVELTY. Now arriving daily, and on inspection at the Cor ner Store, GRAYS BLOCK, (nearly opposite the Court House,) a large, nnd carefully selected Slock of choice ' . Family Groceries, Which we propose to sell low down for tbe Caph either at wholesale or retail. We intend io keep good Goods, and sell them as cheap as any other House in the city. ' We Lave Bagging, Beards' Patent Buckle Tie, good assortment of Hardware and Wooden Ware; in fact everything usually kept in the Grocery line. ' Try us before purchasing. Oct. ii. 180 W. W. GRIER k CO.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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