North Carolina Newspapers

' - -- - - V' The Dried Fruit Business. Citarlotte, Oct. 27, 18G8. Mr Yates: Your notice in this week's Democrat of the extensive business done in Blackberries by the merchants in Salem, in stou and other points in that part of the Mate, may produce a smile upon the face of some in credulous readers; but bavin- just returned from a visit to Salem and Winston, 1 Ueaire in your fforU to awaken the people of Mecklen burg, Union, and through the large region ol country in whichl your paper circulates, to ,the importance of turning to profitable account the roh rfittmrcea which Providence has strewn eo Cbanj: and rich resources which profusely amongst them. tj To appreciate the "Dried Fruit Business, which includes Blackberries, Apples and Peaches, it will be necessary to hear the business men at the trading points where they accumulate, con verse in regard to it, and to look through their extensive warehouses ud examine their prepara tions for the business. To see their large rooms partitioned off into "Bins" to contain the difter Iw r.rUiMi nf frnit. and the different grades of the several varieties, and see their long tables niled with dried fruit and each side closely seated with women and cirls busily engaged in assort ing the different grades preparatory to being Wred for export, will convey some idea of its natinn there. I did llOt pTOCOXC StatlStlCB of this business, but your suggcst.ou of M J0S0 JO worth being eent North from Salem and i instou T satisfied is below the mark. Mr oglor . m 111 - X- I nnmo von mention, told me no nau bmpi-. i i . i ntA t Vint, there had l,3oU Darreis vi uiaLuviuw. v. ... i. bh 1 000 barrels shipped by the othei a homestead of 50 acres of bnd to include dwell in" outhouses and Fprinir of the value r-f SoOO claiming the same under the Act of the General - . . - , merchants of his town, but m vame appie aim peaches far exceed the berries. ' The important consideration m the matter is w it the nn-duct of the labor of the womeu aud children of the country. . The Blackberries bein" gathered from the waste lands and lence corners, and the fruits from the orchards no heavy or expensive labor is required to produce or prepare them for market. The Sheriff of Forsythe has paid his county taxes into the State Treasury, and reports but a trifiing list ot insolvents, andsnysthe blackberry crop paid the taxes and left a comfortable surplus to the people. The merchants report the people in the county to be in easy and prosperous circumstances and able to pay cash for all their wants. - If the people of Mecklenburg, and in the counties in which the jjemocrnr circuses, only employ the women and children, who arc struggling for the means of subsistence, in gather ing and -drying those fruits fi.r market, a large population would be comfortably supported and the taxes of the people, burdensome as they are, would be paid, and their cotton and other farm products would be a large surplus to be turned to profitable use in building up our dobpulatcd and waste places and in developing the rich re sources of our country. We cannot expect th.'se who perform the labor of preparing dried fruits for market to engage in it unless directed and oouUtd bv the fanners and merchants of the country. It requires some energy and applica tion, as overv thing profitable does; but nothing can be more "simple thin this. Let the farmers prepare the necessary drying conveniences, and organize the unproductive labor attached to the families in their employ, and the idle womeu and children in their neighborhood, and employ them for a few weeks in the Summer and they will be enriched, and will cause the smile of happiness to beam upon faces new clouded with anxious cares , Allow me to say for the ancient town of baiem, that there is not in any State South a community provided with better or move comfortable houses, or a people who have more appearance of sub stantial prosperity. ' There is no effort at display any where, but every thing bears the appearance of substantial utility Winston, the county seat, is KPnnrated from Salem bv an "imaginary Hue," and the much younger, is growing and extending its borders in a manner to excite tne jcaiousy oi its ancient neighbor. The Superior Court was in session in Winston iiof nuk ! maclnno hr-ine- run bv his Honor lilOV n - " ft- mi Judge Cloud, who presided with all the dignity with which ho was possessed, and administered justice and the law according to bis "best ability." Ilis Honor had a dark shade around one eye. 1 suppose from sympathy with J udge Tourgce. Ilis Honor, it was said, had just be tore been rudely embraced and perhaps otherwise roughly manipulated by some uucivil mountaineer, who before his eyes. An Observer. .Hr nf Vorth Carolina, passed at its session of 18.-Sand 185?. chap. 33. entitled an "Act to rc-tV.1icV. n VroohoU Homestead," said bankrupt not bavin? complied with the provisions ot said Anf Tt. i insisted bv the s:-id M. H- & .Tfdin . V W. -------- McClnor. executors as aforesaid, that, the afore a',A hoiA-mnt. is not entitled to the benefit of the oWo rwitrd "Act to Establish a Freehold Home- tn,rl " thn aforesaid bankrupt not-having com plied 'with anv of the provisions of the said Act. and that, the'said Freehold Homestead of 50 nnrna vnlnod nt 500. ovaltt to be stricken from Vn .bidnlo as exempted property filed by the ,;no in this ease, and the same be liable to the 'debts of the said bankrupt, and the said par 4mo ror 11 nctorl fhnt tho. snme should be certified to tV Jude for his opinion thereon. Dated at Raleigh. X. C. the 30th of Sept. A. W. Suafieh, Register. V North Carolina News '. m HI ..- En- Bunker, of Surry county, better known as thelsiamese Twins, arrived in this city on a visit to two children of Mr Eng Bunker, pupils in the N. C. Institution for the Deaf and ; Dumb and Blind. Raleigh Standard. DEvrn of Hon. David Outlaw. We re crcat to learn that the Hon. David Outlaw de parted this life, at his residence m i wuau., via lt Col.. Outlaw was a man ot mark, I I lie rJja " ' t cause be- , , C1. j ;ctino-nihp(l nositions, and was nau uiicu HioiiT vijov.0 r - 1 i U ..i pnmA Ana universally esteemed. e poyu will do justice to his memory, inrougu umns. Rahigh Sentinel. tfsr- We learn that Capt, Simpson's tobacco barn was destroyed by fire lust week. Kutlwr- furd Vindicator. . . . Cr New Corn has been sold and delivered it .i tr.. fi(V,r fli:i- ft.sriftr bushel. la ytuevinu, a., - 1 Hevivai. of Bkmoion. A revival of con siderable interest has just closed at the jh. Church in this place. 1 he meeting lastea some to Wnf.ks and would have continued mucn lou der had not the pastor, Bev. Win. Bamnger, been prostrated by a severe spen oi ieKire, - i 1 lil. . .......maim nr We are glad to state nis neauu i 'pu,'uo- GiemsLoro Times. rr- Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, of Frederic, neda daughter or Judge ilwen-1 raunaers, oi iiaiui"n, auu nm- ivupU j. throuh all the war of Confederate fctates, is practicing law in Richmond a., with mai Keu success. .a. unicinuaii jouiua vow.w come at 625,000 per auuum. Interesting to Bankrupts. r DISTRICT COCKT PAMtICO DHTBtCT, . C. . VThere, by the StaUs law, real property of a certain aSIt be exempted from levy and sale, provided ?he bankrupt complies with the requirements of thesaid law, and the bankrupt fads to comply .ueh property is not exempt from the operation of thl bJnkn.pt met, and the assignee must sell the same for the benefit of creditors. T A W. Shaffer, one of the Registers in said iont-ir.tPTr An berebv certify that in t ruin, in lianat ui'11 t . " .1. - c ,A fh( nrnfPOdiniiS in Sdiu 1115 VUUloo vi , ,. . fore me, the following rjuestion arose perunem to the snid proceedings, and was scaieu-auu nn-ced to by the counsel for the opposing parties, to wit : Mr John J. Jackson . who appeared for the bankrupt, and 3Ir John Manning, jr., wno appeared for M. II. & John McCloor, executors of Evandcr McClocr, deceased, one of the credi tors of said bankrupt, and agreed to the lollow- ins statement of facts On the 17th day of August. 18G8. m. 1 . . f . 1 P J Iviwl-MlT.! Gunter, the apsignee oi ino awrwaiu ""uiki"K his office a schedule of property ICVtll I'LU i I jI. A;taA on sft. nnnrt to be retained py iuc bankrupt aforesaid, as his own property under the provisions ot the l4tn necuou t t . . .11? - norCATI f I runt Act. and alter seum i"'-.r'" property allowed oy me rtaic ! l :...-rv lh,wr.a br tho l?.hrupt A"t, thu r --- ,l.,l1,BUr.t ATvhmd who mat sijrnec sets npirt to dc rcia ..e. y --nnAwhnfim,rht VmntW Letter from t President Johnson- Tlie Rational Expenditure and the JStblicDelt. Execltive Mansion, Washington. D. : J October 24, 18C8. ' the i P vr-ii o-vr.rr.siSP A a jlpsire tOTr,.li n i-n.lnctinn nf tbp rkllbllC debt 38 WOUld in SUDieCl VI liic j"" v-v, suiu u i , ho furnished with some of the leading facts then mentioned, touching, the national expenditures and the public debt. 1 now comply witn jour request, regretting, however, that oineranamorw pressing matters have prevented' me from more t.iorW Illustrating the absolute necessity for im- of the incft snnn ovirt:ike us and involve the country m its rpiralyzing and disastrous- results If however, wise economy oe awpuu, ... mntpriallv reduced, not inerely for ho ; hpripflt. of a fpw. but in tte interest of. aD.; -""T "r,. " 7 . n- lx 1-,1V. Ai revenue would yet remain sumcieni to miwj administration of the government, as wen m ivr pa had not the fear of the Judgo Correspondence of the Democrat. On the Wim:, Oct. 31, 1868. Mr. Emtok : Your correspondent drops you a hasty line to inform your readers that, in his ubiquitous movements through the State, he has been a close observer of matters and things, or dinary.and extraordinary, political and otherwise, and that he has formed the opinion th-it one of the Presidential tickets now in the field will be elevated to the AVhitc ijouso and the other elected to stay at home. Perhaps, as both par- tics aver their intcutiou to save the country and give us peace. aud prosperity, it would be advisa ble for the sovereigns of America to elect both candidates to the Presidency. How would this dual Presidency work ? Maybe two Presidents could manage Uongi ess. The crops in the East are said to be fine and as a consequence busiucss of every kind is im proving. The towns on the Seaboard are show ins: signs of their former bustle and vitality. From Ncwberu 1 had the pleasure of a de lightful ride over the A. it N. 0. and the N. C Railroads to Charlotte. The farmer is now un der the management of Kd. 1. Stanly of New born, forbears known in that city as a thorough businessman. I was phased to hear that the affairs of the Road were in a prosperous cuudition. The N. C. Railroad, as you kuow, is uuder the efficient control of Mr W. A. Smith of Johnston. Mr Smith possesses rrcat energy, and gives to his office the advantage of close personal atten tion. We heard his administrative ability highly complimented, and have heard of several cases of individual hardship which he has remedied, which docs credit to his head and heart. Econ omy in management is said to be his aim, and if successful in carrying out his plans, the stock holders wilbdoubt'less receive tangible evidence of it iu the shape of dividends. I will give you tbe result of the coming elec tion in whatever section, my peregiinations may lead me on the 3d of Novcmbor. Travxler. OPINION OF. 'JUDGE BROOKS. The questioned certified in this cause by Mr Register Shaffer is: Is the bankrupt entitled to the homestead pro vided for by the Act of Assembly of North Car olina passed at the Sessions of ISoS-ViW, as an exemption when the bankrupt has not filed his petition and had the samo laid off to him ac cording to the provisions of said Aet ? t 1-. :i-rt ir, .tmil.t n to the answer 1 must mac.. i 4IV . to the question certified. The bankrupt -is not entitled to the exemption of " the homestead jf1;iiiivfft bv him. The language used 'in the 14th Section of the Rankruptcy Act is much more clear less doubt r.il nti tn W vuInrr th:.n that employed in I Lil ' . . ' - L lnnnv other sections of the Act. The first part of this section, being tho 4bth r,f.novnl manse of the Act. makes a clear provi sion in reiraid to the character of the title which biases to the assignee in the bankrupts property by the assignments, and as clearly provides that it shall embrace all his property, reai aim p.r signal i.-Rprt as thereinafter provided. v..- tliA r.-vrnntlons nrovided for in the s:.mn srtion. 47th General Clause, embrace a homestead under the circumstances of this case? I think it decs not, and I am very clear of doubt in that opinion. It is by virtue of the latter part of the General Clause last referred to, th:t this exemption is saved to the bankrupt, ss he contends. That simply provides that in addition to such exemp tions as had been previously provided for, there should be exempted and excluded from the oper ations of the law all such property as was ex empted to a debtor, and not liable to execution, according to the provisions of the laws of the State in force in lSGo, in which the bankrupt resided. Now, if any creditor of this bankrupt, pre vious to his bankruptcy .had warranted or sued him, obtained bis judgmeut aud his execution could not such creditor have levied upon and sold all the title of the defendant's in such exe cution in the lands now claimed to be exempted as a homestead ? If no other property could be found, would not the officer bavins such executions in hand have been bound to levy upon the homestead. and if he had failed to do so, would he not have been responsible to the creditor? 1 think he would. The Act of 1858-59 provides that, debtors may petition to Court, have Commissioners ap pointed, that such Commissioners after being sworn shall examine the lands in which the reser vation is desired; that they shall report, and that - i.tiill 1 such report shall bo recorded, and mat uie lanas lued and reported shall, ujlvr the jiroi een-h-tce been rcy'sit-red, not be subject to be Id by creditors whoso debts have been tnoc- otrr rotiiocttd. It follows that for any debt contracted at any time prior to the conforming on the part of the debtor to all the requirement of that Act, the homestead is not relieved, and if tho debtor does uot at any time comply with its provisions, as i;i this case debts of his from which the homestead is relieved. The obiection taken by Mr Jackson, counsel for the bankrupt, that the exceptions to there- port of the assignee was not taten in an upt time, cannot be sustained. The question in this case is not whether too much or not enough has been assigned the bank-rm-.t bv the assiirnec. Rut whether uuder the law this property could be embraced in the li of exemptions, or whether the tit le to the saine Important to Liquor Dealers, &c. It is important for persons engaged in tho li quor business to know that under the provisions of the revenue law it will be the duty of every person owning or having in Ins possession on the first day.of November, 18CS, any .distilled spirits intended for sale, exceeding iu quantity fifty gallons, and not then in bonded warehouse, to immediately make return thereof to the col lector of the district In which such spirits uiay be held, stating the number aud kind of packa ges the marks -and brands thereon, the place where the same are stored, and the quanta as nearly as the same can be determined. Such i e-. turn must include all tne spiius uwueu ni.nv bv the party making the same jn tne . i.sn ict. Any person owning or naviug m mo r-"'"" SUCH spirits anu leiusiuj; wiiufv,- will' forfeit the same; and all , distilled spn ua found after December 1, 1.868, m any ckafrc. containing more than five galk cask or th- "coni- No . i - ,.,.i,.L-j nrw i;imr n1 in r- out uav mij inerefMi mnmo uuu u,.u.j t . cd by the act of July 20, 1SC8, will be iorleited. Also, that every person engageu in uimuu . or rectifying spirits, and every wholesale liquor dealer and compounder ot spirit, is ruquiieu. iu place atd keep conspicuously on the outside of his distillery, rectifying, establishment, or place of business," a sign in -plain and legible letters, not less than three inches iu length, painted in oil colors or gilded, and of a proper and prcporT tiouate width, the name or firm of the distiller, rectifier, wholesale dealer or compounder, with the words, "registered distillery," "rectifier of snirits." "wholesale liquor dealer." or rounder of liuuors," as the case may be. fence or wall of a' height greater than five feet can be allowed around the premises of any dis tillery so as to prevent easy and immediate ac cess "thereto. Every distiller must furnish to the assessor of the district as many keys to the doors and gates of the distillery as may be re quired bv the assessor from time to time ; and ,hr. A'ibtWw mnvf, nlwavs be kept accessible to uny officer or other person having such key. Signs arc required to be displayed Dy manu facturers of liquors, and just now the assistant assessors are busily engaged in notifying persons of these requirements. . Facts for Rejection. In r.n able letter of Hon. Bedford Brown, of Caswell, to Wade Hampton, of S. C, we find the following passage, which is worthy of con sideration : -it is, 1 believe, a remarkable fact that while Virginia and North Carolina voted, in the con vention which framed the United States Consti tution, to suppress the African slave trade. Massachusetts and Rhode Island voted to con tinue it. The questiou was compromised by continuing it till 1S08, by which this curse was greatly increased iu the South, by New England and other traders, who brought them for sale. So late as 1825 aud '6 a Senator from the State t of Rhode Island -sat m the Senate ot the United States, who had accumulated an immense fortune the African slave trade. so v; J. a: king Columbia, S. C, Oct. 27. Associate Justice lloge has taken refuge North, from the fury of the'colored citizens. They have learned that he asserted, some time ago, that he wished he had all the negroes in a ten acre field, and he would go through them with his old Regiment. Hogc is the Radical candidate for Congress in this Uistrict. Judge Chase holds Court in Charleston, South Garolin'- tins week. did not by force of the law aud the assignment pass, to the assignee, tor the uses and purposes declared in tne iVCi. i mint mai an me wue held by the bankrupt at the time of filing his petition, did sj pass to the assignee, and that the last named officer must now soil the same, and hold the proceeds to be distributed under the law. let this be certified to A. . Register. r - t it- cnailer, Price of Laxps in Va. A splendid cs- tato of fifteen hundred acres in Goochland county j leri was sciu me oiner aa io two cemieu.cii ni'iu ; , all these things into consideration, are we not cutitieu to some leniency, some justice from our brethren of the North, between whom and ourselves a com mon fraternal feeling should exist. All good men should desire fraternal relations to be res tored between the two sections. With this a brilliant future would open itself to this great family of States, cr those that were once States. Never did any people, by rising aDove uie pt sions'of the hour, have so great an opportunity oi vindicating tne capacity oi mu w ;;'u himself, than our brethren of the North and West by restoring constitutional government, aud thus uniting, in lasting fraternal bonds, the oppressed people of the South J' ; '- Murders and Outrages in S. C. It is a matter of sincere-regret that a few per sons in this State, chafing under the continued insuits and outrages of a domineering majority, have committed acts of violence in retaliation, for which there is neither justification nor ex cuse. The murders, of one James 3iartiu, in Laurens, on the 5th ult., aud 13. F. Randolph, on the lGth, at Hodges' Depot, have led to other outrages equally to be deplored. . . - On Sunday, the 18th, a white man was fired upoii by negroes, near Newberry C. II., and wounded; and on the same day another white man was shot and seriously wounded near Clinton, in Laurens District. These acts were d-ubtless committed by negroes iu retaliation for the kil ling of Randolph and Martin. On Monday morning following, oue Lee Nance, colored, who was identified as the leader of the party who fired upon the white man at New berry, on Sundav, was killed by persons uuknown; on .MondJV mtrnt a moo or negroes asscui- nieciiaie reiunu m uuuuuu .v.. government. - . . ., .. i - - . In 1770 our national maepenaence claimed, and after an exhaustive, bloody struggle of seven years was, in 1783, acknowledged by the parent government. In 1787 the federal constitution was framed, and in. 1789 the gov ernment went into operation tinder its provisions, burdened with a debt of seventy-five millions of dollars cleared during the war of the. revolution. Immediately upon tbe organization of Congress, measures were devised for the payment of the national obligations and the restoration of the public credit, and when in 1812, war was de clared against Great . Britain, the debt had al rdv been reduced to forty-five millions of dol lars. It was then largely increased by thethrco years' struggle that "ensued between the-two nations until, in 1810, it had reached the sum of otft hundred and twenty-seven millions. Peace airain established, provision was made for the earliest practicable liquidation ftfthis in debtedness, in order that it might not become a norn.vir.fnt, infMimhrance upon the people. I'n dor wis and economical legislation the entire amount was paid in a period of twenty years and the extinguishment of the national debt filled the land wifli rrnlr-ino- r.nd Was One of the great RYfiiits of lesideiit Jackson's administration Eveu after its payment a large fund remained in the treasury, which, for safe keeping wasdeposj- ted with Uie several fctates, on condition xnai it should be returned when required by the public wants, '. i - ' ' -. ' - ln 1840, the year after the termination 6f an expensive war witli Mexico, we found curselves involved in a debt of sixty-four millions of dol lars, and this was the amount owed: by the gov ernment in 1SG0. just prior to the outbreak of the rebellion. ' - . In the spring of 1SC1 the war of the rebellion con.mcnccd. Each year of its continuance made an enormous addition to the debt, .so that 'when t in the spring of 18C5, the nation successfully emerged from the dreadtul conflict, tne oonga tiomrof t he' eoverTi1nctn''niatf the vas f.mount of twentyix buiidred millions. They hfid not vet. however, attained their highest, point, for when the army 'and navy had been paid, the volunteer forces disbanded and the navy largely reduced, it was fouud in February, 18GG,that pur indebtedness exceeded twenty-eight hundred - millions of dollars. . . . '. - ' . - 5 Having thus referred . to the indebtedness ot the government at various periods of its existence,, it -may-be well to call attention to a brief state ment of facts connected with its . expenditures. From tho fourth day of March. 1789, to the thirtieth of June, 1861, the entire public ex penditures were seventeen hundred millions ot dollars. Although covering a period of seventy two years, this amount seems small when com pared with the expenses of the government du ring the recent war of four years' duration; for from the first of July, 1801, to the thirtieth of June, 1SG5, they reached h enormous aggre gate of thii ty-threc hundred millions of dollars. An investigation into the disbursements since the first day of July, 18G5, further shows that l.v v.ihlin" to the exnendituros of the last three years the estimated cost of administering the gov ernment for the year ending the thirtieth of June, 1869. we obtain the sum of sixteen hundred mil lions of dollars as the amount required for t lie ly as much as Was expended during the seventy'-two years that preceded Uie war. ... It will be seen from this brief review, that from 17U1 to 18G1 our public debt was at no time more than one hundred and twenty-seven million of dollars, while subsequently four years of war expanded it to twenty-eight hundred mil lion. It wilfalso be perceived that while, prior to 1861, the largest' annual' disbursement vvas not quite seventy-four million for the year 1858, the expenditures during the hst three years of peace have successively been five hundred and twenty million, three hundred aud forty-six mil lion, and three hundred and ninety-three million three hundred and seventy-two million being the amount which it is estimated will be necessary for the yer.r ending the 30th of June next. In making this comparison, we should remem ber that daring the long interval between 1789 and'lSGltno government was, Ircquentiy re quired to make expenditures of an extraordinary few years relieve the people from niiHions of interest now annually drawn from their resources. The idea that the debt is to become ff rmancnt should be jat all) times discountenanced, asin-' volviog taxation too heavy to be borne', aud pay-nient-of an amount in interest every-sixteen years equal to the original sum. The gradual liquida- tion of the public debt would Dy degrees rejease the large capital invested in the securities of the government,4 which, seeking remuneration j other sources of income, would add to the wealth of the nation, upon which it" is now so great a drain. This mmeuse debt, it permitted to De- come permanent and increasing mast eventually pe gaineiCu into me uauuaw 'V-.1 them to exert a dangerous and controlling power )f the government. 1 he debtors LAND FOR SALE. I will sell at the Court House in Cbai-lotte. on th 25th of November, a gowl tract of LAND of 228acrca, subject to Ihc willow's dower, shunted 1 J mile 11 tut of Morrow's Turn Out (C. & S C. ltailroaJ.) ad joining the lands of Jas. G. Johnston, W. P. Uohin- Hence the vital issue whether Cou-i, xso, at- Hc Mine tinie and plate,- one-fourth in terest in two other tract, ach containing orer 800 acres, aud in the same ighborhool. Any persou wishing to see said lancis win can on Jas. G. Johnston or tha umlcruigueo. icrmi nmut known on the day of sale. j. w. WUKKUH, Oct 2, 18G8 3w Adm'r of J..W. Barnett. In t.hft nffnlrs nf would become the servants of the lendcrs-the rrnditors the masters of the people. It is now mi r boast that we have jriven treedoni to three millions of slaves : it will then be our shame that by their own toleration of- usurpation and pro fligjicy forty: 'niillious of people have enslaved themselves, and exchmged slavenoiaers or uew taskmasters in the shape of bond-holders and tax- gatherers. Hence the vital issue whetuer,on Sress and its arbitrary assumptions of. authority shall supersede the supreme law ot tne lanu whether in time of peace the country shall' be controlled by a multitude of tax-collectors and a standing army the one almost ss numerous as the other, and making the debt a permanent burden upon the productive industry of the peo ple; or whether the constitution, with each and all of its guaranties, shall bo sacredly preserved whether now, as in 1789 and 1816, provision shall be made for the payment ot our obligations at as early a period as practicable, that the fruits of their labors may be enjoyed by our citizens, "rather than 1 used to build up and ' sustain a moneyed, monopoly at home and abroad.. Tire contest li not' merely who shall occnpy the prin f.iT.:d offices in tho people's sift, but whether the high behests of tbe luderal constitution shall bo observed. and maintained, in order that our liber ties m.iv be ureserved : the union of the states restored, that our federal system may be unim-pah-ed;; fraternal feeling re established, that'our national strength may be renewed ; the expendi tures diminished, that taxati may be lightened; :tT7u.1f iV-i nnf: ' liii 'iirimiKlvi jifffict the life aiul energy, the prosperity and morals of tlie Tiatiou. Relieving that for the redress of'thc great wroncs and the . cQrrcf tion othe.jywir abuses, uuder 'which' the c-n'trfyHi 'Tiow bWrng4, t must look to the American": ""'people, aud that iu them is our hope. T' . , ; .... , I aup very truly' your friend- -r'- 'w ;-.: '; - Andrew ;Joiixson. General Thomas Ewingl ' ' ., ,V : - . Important Insurance Decision. The New YorV. Court of Appeals, the highest judicial tribunal in" the State, has decided that suicide does not vitiate a life insurance policy. The American Mutual Life Insurance Company re fusedto pay ihc widow of Marcus W. Gibson theVua for which his life had been insured be cause he committed suicide, but the court re affirmed the decision of the Jower courts that the wdiey must be paid - The company attempted to prove tnat Viioson was .au aiucui uuuu, and therefore that "the suicide! wai intentional, the deceased not having tho fear ot Uod before himrrtrtrwroTirtTnledoTit'this ns irrelevant, and he d that an action, to recover ior an msur . . . ..... aute upon the Ute pi t ilcccasea,, it is. incompe. tcnt'ferfaWintoVVilipoiM faith with a view of influencing the question whether, in such ease,' death was occasiona vj n iuwih wi destruction or of accident Tbe Ilormhlican members of tbe lower House of the Orogon Legislature have resigned, leaving-the House without a quorum, and no ap propriation bills passed. Great excitement iu corweqnwiee. - Housekeeper "Wanted. I wich to employ a housekeeper a lady of indu trious habUs and energy. References required. Oct 20, 188. - J- Y- BKYCK. WANTED, t.. n..nir. , Miir.li r'r.?s. "Mntton and Torlc. ! and Green and I)i y Hides. The high cft market price will be paid. T W. A. COOK, Oct 2l, 1SC8. Town Butcher. I cau be found at the Store next to the Democrat Office. " ': ' llOl:s oi uuii.ur us luu .. v. .... ---T four years immediately following the cessation cf hostilities or nearly as much as was expended CHAS. P. HARRIS, Of Concord, with ELlASt 0OIIEN,; CIIAKLOTTK, . U., AS' ill be pleased to seo his friends from Cabarrus and the surrounding country. , t . . ? The best', cheapest and largest" stock of l)ry Goocl, Cloih:ngBoots, Hats and Miscellaneous Goods to be found in the City of Charlotte. Hoiifc open :U all houra ahdefforts made to please. Oct. 1B08. . SEED WHEAT. : .. ' lot of fine Seed Wheat from Marjland, for salt bv v, --a 1 HAM10ND &;iTcM.UGUhl. ' u u-iJ Blue Fish," " A fine article, just received and for sale by ?' HAMMOND ft' McLAUOIILIX. Oet 2fi, 18. - . - McMURSAY, DAVIS & CO., In Bnjre Neie Building'.') Have just received a full SUk of Goods, consist ing of Groceries, l)ry 'Goods, 1 OET v!rr .ca.x"cX7' x r o r cfc o la their gcnural aB6ortmcnt can bo found : , Coffee; Hugar, Molafscs and Syrupa, :.15acon, Lard, Rice, Che, ' ' ; Cotton Ttn, BagRing, Kt.pe and Twine, !. Suit, Leat her, -Oandlea, Crackers, 1'ichlca, ; Soda, Soaps, and Wooden-Ware. f Jlarware. , ; Axes, Nails, SlioWa) r, Hoefi --Trace (ainins, s Table Cutlery, &., 4. 1 - Boots and Shoes, Hats, Ready -wade, Cdothiug, , Xotiu,? Coufeetion- cries, ice' . Thankful for past patronage, they invite tlieir former cuntomeva and U others wlto want to pur chae ou fair terms'; to give them a call aud exumiue Goods And prices . - : - ' fit l'roduco -and Cash taken in exchange for Goods.' McMUItltAV, DAVIS Si CO. Oct2G, 1868. , Imanaca I Almanacs 1 1 1,000 BLUM s. AliMANAL'o to supply me u- Oct (5, mand, jurft rc.ccived.at the Luy.lioolt biorc, , MILLER WANTED. I w-nnt to employ a good Miller one who can run a Flour, Grist or Saw Mill. Reference as to good character must be furnished by applicants. ; . t Apply t6 me at' my residence. Oct 26, 1SG8. A. B. DAVIDSON. NOTICE. Tartics dec us by KOTB or BOOK ACCOUNT would do well to settle the aame before the first of January next. Accounts remaining unsettled then will be handed to an officer for collection. - STENHOUSK, MACAULAY & CO. Charlotte, N. a, Oct 26, 188. ' GROCERIES, II G. D. Broom,; Of Union County, .with J. Kuck & Co. NEW STOCK. character. Large sums were puid to Indians as annuities aud fbr the purchase of their lands, and expeusive wars were waged against powerful tribes. Louisiana was acquired i'rom France at a cost of 81 5,000,000 j'Plorida,1-in consideration of five million, was ceded to us by Spain ; Cali fornia became part of our possessions on "pay ment to Mexico of fifteen million ; while fbr. ten million our government secured from Texas the territory of "Kew 3Iexico. During these periods of our history we were also engaged iu wars with Great Britain and Mexico the first waged against one of the most powerful nations of the world the other mr.de additionally expensive by the prosecution of .military operalions. .10 the enemy's territory. " The startling facts thus concisely stated, sug gests an inquiry usto the cause of this immense increase in the expenditures and indebtedness of the country. During the civil war the main tenance of the federal government was the one 'ieat purpose that animated our people, and that economy which should always characterize our financial operations was overlooked in the great effort of the nation to preserve ft exis f,iiir.o Mfinir nlmsrR whirh had their origin in the war, continued to exist long-after it ha;d becn i brought to a triumphant 'conclusion, and ; tne people, having become accustomed to a. lavish expcndituie of the public mouoy for an object so dear to theui as the preservation of the integrity of their free institutions, have patiently tolerated taxation of the most oppressive character." Large sums of money continue .to be extorted from them, aud squandered in useless and extrava (fint :ir.rirnrriations. " Knormous' expenditures - , r - r t w. ii. ir. ani'iiun x , ., ... (AU. r..Brcc A'Cos Old 'Stand, Charlotte? X C.,) Is now rcceiviBtf a largo and geiwal awortment of Groceries and oi licr Ooccls, : t.hich he offers to the public at low rates for cash or iu exchange for Tro duce. - ' IrohlCottou Ties and Eope, Bafrgir.g. Iron aud aib, . . Sugar, Coffee, Molasses and Salt, . Leather, Hardware and Crockery, - Liquors of nil sorts best qualities, Cbniapaipne Wines extra brands, Spiced Oysters, Sardine?, &c. He keeps everything usually found in a Grocery and Provision Store; and as'bis stock was selected by himself in person, 'he can recommend it to be-of tbe first quality. . Oct VX 18C3. " 1- U-'VL GRSC0RY. J. Kuck & Co., itavc on IimkI a.largc assortnu nt of GROCERIES, which they will sell low for cash, confuting of . 5,000 Pounds Iron Tics, ' ' ; 2 Hale Bagging, 3,0t0 -Pounds Uacou, clear rib, 60 Boxes Candles, . A large lot of Fish in barrels, half-Vr-. , rels and kits, . ' ' ' ' ', Fine lot of Crockery Ware, t :Cheeae, Sugar and Coffeo all gradea, " ! Molasses all kinds, ': - Tlunch. Yarn, Sheeting and Shirting. They have nil kinds of goods generally tcpt in a tt class (Jroccry otwic. w V, ikt'A ' J. KUCK & THIS. CO Buckwheat Flour. A supply of a first-rate article- just received by ' W. II." 11. CKEGOUY, Oct 19, 1808. at J. Y. Krycc & Co's ld stand. READ ; We a?k the fsnucrs to call at our place in tbefa7 Yard, and examine our stock of PLOWS, U AU HOWS, WHEAT FAN?, ... f Corn Shelters, Feed Cutters, and Cider Mills. n call especial attention to our COTTON SCIt-UU.. Also, to the hctV arm ana r.oaa n agon in Charlotte, S. C . ' . , COOK !i ELL SON, Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of farming tools, Charlotte, N. t. Oct 2 18G8. . . Man-land, lor twcutV-twr dollars and fifty cents at . i-p- an acre. This is a toiciably fair price tbr land of killing oncJau.es M-uor a conservative treed- now in Virginia, eveu like that of "Boiling II all;' for there is but little money in the State to pur chase, and no reliable labor to cultivate the soil. If. however, there had been emigrants settling in our State, this fine body of land would have brought far more. It would have been cut up into divisions of forty or fifty acres each, and sold for twp or three" times the price that has been obtained for it, if not more. .Norfolk Journal. i . . 1 3 I . . . . .. man wuo was expecicu uowu uyvu iiit nam, and against whom the negroes. seemed to have a special grudge. It will thus be seen that the indiscreet action of two or three persons, who do not represent the views or feelings of the. people of the State at large, have precipitated a coudition of disor der, bloodshed and crime, which is revolting to the instincts of humanity, and the lovers of order and law. YorJrciUe Evrpfircr. . FRnSII (AIUUYALS OF China, Crockery and Glass Ware JAMES HARTY,, (Next Db to thk Coirt IIotsb,) " ' Is just receiving a very large stock of - China, Crockery and Glass Ware, Together with a good assortment of HoKekeeping articles, coupling of Kuives and Forks, Spoons, Castors, Better 'Prints. Ladles. Tub. Churn, liuck ets. Urea 1 Tray,, P.olUng Pins uak leater, Tea Kettles, Stew Pans, Gridirons, kc. ,, . ' 'House Furnisliing Goods ; .. t)f every description. 1 5 . I have -the most complete assortment oT LADIES BASKK'IS'to te found in the City Market,' Travel ing. Key and Pic Nic Baskets in every variety and Willow Ware generally. Call and examine iny Stock. " , Oct20flW;8. JAMKS HAIiTY. , AGENTS WANTED. . Send 15 cents for" a specimen nuiiibcr of tbe CAHO- LINA FAUMEK, containing splendid List of I c' miums for new 'subscrihers. Active Agents are making $-3 to $10 Fcr day. AMvet, VM. 11. M:RN AH D, Proprietor. . Oct; 26, 1858.' Wilmington. U State Debt , of North Carolina. STATU OF NOKTir CAROLINA. , - , r TMTT pJirAKTST.ST, : -'"Raleigh; October 13lh, lb08. J To IToi.ie it s or Nortii Cakousa Boxn: The State of North Carolin has resumed th reg ular payment of iuterest tiB her dtht. Holders may receive payment or their "'r''51 railing diie Oclohcr 1M, 1W58, at the National lau" of the Kepoblic, New York, or at this oficc The interest authorized to be paid i as follows. .1. Interest due October 1st. I, and afterward", n Bonds dated prior Jo , May iWu8I. 2. Infefesf dnOctobei' t, 11W. ahd afterward, o ii a Mi "(Hh 1WW, whether issued , ou Bond ilated MneeMay -n. ir . M..,nt under authority of the late rrojB-. i permaueui. government. . PASt-Dft COXDS AMI J.- i CARRIAGES JFOR, SALE. J. Til OTTER "haa At-UU Shop opposite the City o rlenwniled for Tartoscs the acconillishiuent J Clock, some, light KOOKAiVAiS tor ene ana two " 7 . t . . . 1 . iioi oi: of wliicli requires a larjre standing army, perver stou of the coustitution, and bubjugatiotk oi states to negro Jomination. . ; ' . W ith a military establish ment ccstint; io tinw? of peace not les'3 thau one huDtlred millious an nually, and a debt the interest upon which draws from tbe treasury each year nearly one hundred and fifty millions making a total of two hun dred and fifty millions of dollars for these two become tm abaolate . ecpsit-y. or bankruptcy -verv cacap. Oct. 10, lbGS. 3wjd J. TROTTER. Reduction. ' . Ko(pmann"s Bitters will hereafter .be sold At 1 per bottle. Oct. 1. 185. Mackerel- TACKACSES BOSTON NEW MACK EREL, received and for sale by ,; ' , STENJtlOUSE, MACAULAi tu. Oct. 1?, 1SG8. ' " - ' 135 Ti Interest bccon.ingi due, o M ' " that dat on Bonds dated before May Ymi, and "ineo .May WbVlWS. wlfl not be pjU money, but will be funded into new six per cent cTpo'n Bonds, dated October!, and running at - Mi oinco or i iue ti.ii t v 'i-ai-a. t cither . Messrs. Soulier & C., New York. , Outdated or scratched Bonda way be eUng or ary of the aloresa.a uctooer i, i " bul this does not apply io iuoe cvum Luve been registered oh the Look of the Treasur Department, duly witnessed by the l'ublic Treasurer unless regularly transferred to the bearer or to iue 1 vlS due Bonds," with interest until OdoberJ. l&CS.may be' exchanged for New Bonds of tbes.m. ges w 11 be giren. exchangeable for Bond, es S The privilege, of tbe exchange. aboTe ment.oae will expire . Tre.srer ; OcHober 1 fw