CHARLOTTE OBSERVER,
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
Daily 1 jear, (postpaid) In advance, - $3 00
' 6 mos. . 'i 'i 4 00
3 mo3
1 mon.
2 OA
75
WEEKLY KD:TI0W.
Vw Itly, (in thecounty) in advance, $2 00
out of the county, postpaid, 2 10
6 months, ' " ' 1 05
ae- Liberal redactions for. clubs. , ,
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CHARLOTTE N. C., SUNDAY, AUGUST I, IS75:
GREAT pTWNfjlNl BOOTSSHOES
S M I T H & FOR BBS,
JJ AVB MARKED DOWN PRICES o, ; THEIR ENTIRE STOCK o, BOOTS SHOES ;
NO. 1,984
s : . . wwisiiiiiiiiiiiMiM aii i : i
MILES' Ladies clotn, goat and calf Shoes " " "'"
Zeiglers' Ladies and goat ........ " V
Zeiglers' Indies cloth, Rutton:Boots " "
Zeiglers' Misses cloth Shoes, "" 3 00
- t.iO
AND O T HER GOO D S I N P R O P O R T I O N." .
TIIESE PRIC'ES ARE FOR CASH ONLY.
SMITH & FORBES,
NEW I R ON FRONT BUILDING., TRADE STREET,
jn31
THE ATLANTIC HOTEL,
A- 3 . 03 &0I D IE JEl ESOBT.
T" Hshmeht, so favorably introduced to the public last Summer, by the
new owner, Capt R D Graham, of Mecklenburg, is for the season of 1875, MAY 1ST TO
OCTOBER 1st, open to such Visitors only as the undersigned may be willing to admit to
his family circle. He hopes to renew his pleasant acqnaintanco with all former guests of
the Atlantic Hotel. ; :
The peculiar situation of this house affords all the pleasure of a voyage without peril or
seasickness. '
NO DUST ! NO FLIES ! ! NO MOSQUITOES ! ! !
Railroad Tickets good for the whole season from Charlotte and return $i) 05
Ten Day Tickets,... 9 55
!plHvE;:iGi IVTHY).
J as. H.. Moors is authorized! to collect ac
counts lor this office and receipt for the
same, to receive subscriptions, &c.
CHAS. R. JONES,
, Editor and Proprietor.
JOb PRIflTlKCr
ELECTION TICKETS.
We are prepared to execute election tickets
at short notice. Township tickets $2 00 per
thousand.. Tickets for candidates one dollar
per thousand in sums of five thousand and
upwards.
No tickets will be sent from the office
until paid for.
New Floor .
The editor acknowledges the receint of a
'sack of very fine flour, ground from new!
wheat at the Charlotte City Mills, which
may be pronounce! of the very best quality,
We can offer but one objection to it. and
that is the diminutive size of the sack sent
us. If our fiiends will Bend t.hm n w
bm ataov
enough, however, we will try and be satis.
fied. The Charlotte City Mills deserve th
patronage of the community here, and we
trust that they wiil receive ail they can ac-
commoaate. j
TbeOBSKKvut job Department aaa been
thoronghlj anpplied -with - ewsry needed
want, and with the latect stylea oType, and
every manner of Job Work can now be don
with neatness, dispatch and cheapness
h at abort notice -BLANKSL
BILLHEAD, i '
. LETTER HI IDS. OABDfl " , --
TAGS, RECEIPTS, 08TERa, V
7 ' PBOaRAMilES, HAND BILLS.
PimmtiMM . 1 1.
The macadamizing.
-Yesterday being the last day of the month
me portion Of the macadamizing
o m.u it mo
been completed, was measured up by Maj T
H Allen. It was found that 650 feet are
completed on South Trade street, and 850 on
North Trade. The progress which has been
made, is very favorable
THE NEGRO SPEAKING !
! The Aduesses testerdayl by Harris,
and Other.
THE CHURCHES TO-DAY.
Applications must be made to
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GEO W CHARLOTTE
Proprietor.
Burgess Iftichols S Co.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
DEALERS IN
F U R N I T U R t
B E D D I N G, &c,
jiU5; No. 5, West Trade Street.
CHARLOTTE, N. a
JUST RECEIVED.
A FULL ASSORTMENT
OP
Parlor Suite, in Hair Cloth
Terry and 'Heps. Also, a new
Supply of Lounges, all grades. A full aeporlment ofMetalic Cases, Caskets and Wood
rn t m
luiuus, uu nana, junl3
J. IS. PHILLIPS,
K E R C HA H T TAILOR,
OH D BR C E II TR A L HOTEL
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
1
4TUOUC Chdbch Very llev LP O'Con
nel, will officiate at St Peters' Catholic
Church to-day, at 101 a. m. The public are
invited to attend.
Baptist I Church. Rev T H Whitfield.
the pastor, will preach this morning at 11
o'clock, and this evening at 8 o'clock,
St. Peter's tE.) Church. Services will
be had to-day at 11 A. M., and at 6
P. M., by the Rector, Rey B 8 Bronson.
Sjccond Methodist Church. Services by
the pastor, Rev. W. S, Haltom.atll AM
and at 8 P. M. Sunday School at 9 A. M.
Tbtoh Street M. E. Church. Rev J a
Nelson, Presiding Elder, of this District
will preach in the Try on Street M E Church
to-day at 11 A. M., and also this evening at
8JP. M. Communion services will beheld
at 3 P.M.
First Prrsbttiruv Church. Services
this morning at 11, and this eveninsat 8.
by Rev. W. E. JcIlwaine. Seats free.
Sunday School at 4 45 o'clock P. M.
A. R. Presbyterian Church. Services in
the Chapel, on the corner of College and 5th
streets, to-day at 11 o'clock A. J!., and at
6 P. M., by the Bev W. M. Hnnter.
8trangew invited. Sunday School at 10
A.M.
Sbcojid Prrsbytkriax CHURCH.-Services
in the morninr at 11. And anin at a
O f . u u J T
the pastor, Rey. E. H. Hardin, at the Court
House. Sunday School in the Court House
dunng the summer at 9J a. m.
Prater Meetinq. The Yoanir Men'
Christian Association will -hold a Prayer
Meeting this evening at 6 o'clock, at their
Hall, over the Commercial National Rank
j The public are cordially in v ited.
Grangers In Session.
Our friend P C Carlton, Esq;' of States
ville; arrived in the city last evening from
Concord, Whither he went on vesterdav fr
join a portion of the Executive Committee
of the State Grange, fdr the nuroose of or.
ganizing a county Grange, composed of all
the subordinate Granges iu Cabarrus. The
Grange was formed, and Mr Cyrus Harris
elected Master. The Executive Committer
will meet in Statesville on Friday next, fcr
the transaction of business of importance to
the order.
Charlotteans at Beaufort.
A postal card received yesterday from
Beaufort, informs us that the following la
dies and gentlemen from Charlotte, are at
'ne Ausanc aotel at that place : Misses
Mary and Bessie Dewey, Miss Ella Dowd
Miss Florence Brem, Miss Sallie Steele',
Misses Rena and Emma McDowell, Mr and
Mrs Geo E Wilson, Mrs J H Wilson, Mrs S
J White and Messrs R E Miller, E B Springs,
J F Orr, H C Morrow, W P Myers, Dr T J
Moore and Capt R D Crabam. Misses So
phia and Alice Alexander and Mrs Smith ar
rived at the Atlantic after our friend wrote
The Chair and the Wife.
The negro whom we mentioned yesterday
i .wkuius as uaving struck his wife over the
head with a chair, the night before, was In
the Mayor's Court yesterday. His name is
Tom Orr. The case seems not te be an ag
gravated one, and he was dismissed upon
the payment of $2 and cost.
Woe Unto the White People !
The darkies of this city have a h.n
sensation... They say that a child which has
just been born in Charleston, opened its
moum, a iew nours after being ushered into
mis world, saying : "Woe unto the white
people in the month of August !" When
asked what that means, the darkies say they
don't know, and they speak in low tones
and look mysteriously,
Changes His Position.
Mr S Lowman, who has been, for two
years past, a salesman in the wholesale de
partment of Wittkowskv Ar.
has abandoned that position to accept a sit
uation as drummer, for Hartman. White-
uim osv., oi Baltimore. MrT,.,,
excellent business rain, and will do well
... " -ne nas made many
friends since becoming
lotte, who, will be sorry to know of his in
tention to quit our city.
ALWAYS GTTARAHTEES SATISFACTIOH.
jan 30
E W: MEAT MARKET.
1YL-
City Bulletin.
Thirty-one long days of su turner, yet.
For new advertisements and impor
tant editorial see fourth page.
Only three days remain in which to regis
ter. Be up and doing.
There were 15 police arreMs for the wetk
ending last night.
The Board of Coiiuty Commissioners will
meet in regular season at the ( 'ourt House
to-morrow.
There was not so much bustle on
the streets last night, as there usually
is on Saturday nights.
Leading white Rpnnl.i;
o K ""M-a ill LUV
county of Mecklenburg have signified
their intention to support the Conser
vative nominees.
During the month of July, 129 deeds
and mortgages were registered of the
omce of the Register of Deeds in this
county.
Gratifying news from all parts of the
county. The people are fully aroused
and the white men are forming in a solid
bodv to meet the nnspt. nf tho
under their white leaders.
Remember, voters, that. t.Ho ftm;..
. y WVIJDMVU-
non is to be submitted tn
I -w j vv 'vav V IV
becomes the law of the land. You have
me last say on it and if it suits you, you
can adopt it, if not you ran throw it
as Hie.
The first Saturday afternoon train.
under the new arrangement on the
Carolina Central Railroad, left this
city yesterday at 4.30 P. M.. with half
dozen- or more passengers; aboard,
bound lor the Cleaveland Springs.
We hope that those of our citizens
who are away at the Springs or the
sea coast, will come home in time to
vote on Thursday next. Not less than
50 are absent from town, and it is a
duty which they owe their country,
to return and be m their places this
, one day.
The Campaign Thia Week.
We would remind our country friends
that on Tuesday there will be speaking
at Huntersville, on the' Atlantic, Ten
nessee & Ohio Railroad
Dowd, Captain R. P. Waring, General
John A. Young and others; and also of
the rally at Matthews' Depot, on the
Carolina Central Railway, on Wednes
day next, which will close the political
campaign in this county, if we mar ex
cept the speaking at Pineville, which
comes off on the same day. W. W.
Flemming, Esq., Colonel John F
and others, will speak at Matthews'.
Major W. J. Montgomery.
We were glad to meet this gentleman,
our able Solicitor, in the citv. nn vpstor.
day. He was on the way home with
his family, from the mountains. Major
M. had gone up West for the purpose of
recreation, but finding work to bedone,
he laid aside his personal pleasure, and
weni actively into the campaign. He
has done good service in McDowell
county. His last speech was at Old
Fort, on Friday. Major Montgomery
represents the prospects in the WW
very bright. He says the people are
thoroughly aroused, and will do their
wiiole duty like true men.
" -m
Summer Absentees.
Mrs. J. S. M. Davidson and family are
sojourning, at present, at Yorkville,
. u.
Mr. Edgar L. Davidson is visiting his
relatives in Columbia, S. C.
Mr. John A. Keith left vesterdav
morning for a visit to Acton, S. C.
Capt and Mrs. T. S. Armistead left
yesterday morning, for the Catawba
White Sulphur Springs.
A. B. Davidson, Esq left yesterday
morning for the Cleaveland Mineral
opnng8.
Township Nominees.
On-motion, J. J. Sims was called to
the Chair, and T. H. Brem. Jr.. wa
quested to act as Secretary.
Messrs. A. H. Martin, S. H. Hilton;
J. P. Alexander, W. F. Davidson, M.
W. Alexander and F. A. McNinch were
nominated as Magistrates for Charlotte
Township.
For School Committee Major C
Dowd, John Wilkes, S. C. Wolfe.
For Township Clerk Wm. Maxwell.
J. J. SIMS.
T. H. Brem, Jb., Chairman.
Weather Probabilities.
Our Old Probs., MrNeill Baker haa
- w.
us nis predictions for the month of August.
He was remarkably correct in his prognos
tications last month, as those who noticed
the matter testify. He predicted a big storm
on the 28th, but it did not come. He in
forms us, however, that it visited some sec
tions of the county, and was very violent.
He judges this way about August: 1st to
4th, mostly cloudy, rain and thunder ; 5th
and 6, warm ; 7 and 8, cloudy ; 9 and 10,
cloudy, look for a little rain ; 11 and 12, rain.'
13 dry ;14 to 16, cloudy and some rain and
thunder ; 17 to 19, warm and nearly clear
m, rain ; zi and 22, warm ; 23 and 24, rain :
25 to 27, warm ; 28 and 29, rainy ; 30 and 31,
moderate weather.
A Pitiable Object.
Day before yesterday, a woman who
gave her name as Mrs. Whitaker, ar
rived in this city, penniless and in the
last stages of consumption. She re
ported her condition to the proprie
tors of the Charlotte Hotel, who, good
Samaritan like, took her in and gave
her accommodations. Her story is,
that her husband will not provide for
I her, and, in addition to being afflicted
with a wasting disease, which must,
ere long, end her existence, she has
actually suffered for the bare necessa
ries of life. Her mother lives in Ar
kansas, brt she has a sister living in
Buncombe county, in this State, and
thither she was making her way to die.
Tue woman's story is a very pitiful
one, and her condition .is such as to
excite the deepest COm m isprnf inn
She had with her an infant child,
which seemed as near death's door as
did the mother.
The junior proprietor Jand the clerk
of the hotel interested themselves in
the woman, and raised enough mon
ey to send her on her way yester
day morning. During Friday night,
she had several violent paroxysms,
which threatened to cause death, but
she was better yesterday morning,
though then barely able to stand alone.
Testerday, James H Harris, colored, ful
Mled his appointment to speak la this city"
The United States Branch Mint in Char
lotte, went into operation, in the year 1837
and yesterday was the first time the grounds
wcre ererouered td any party for the pur
pose of holding political meeting! But
thi s was done by Col Cowles on July 3lst. in
the year of grace, 1875, anl yesterday about
noon a large crowd of negroes assembled in
the vacant lot, corner of Trada and Mint
streets, under the wide spreading ailanthus
trees, which added their fragrance to that of
iue uusicy throng assembled under them.
There were old negroes and young negroes;
town negroes and country negroes; shiny
negroes and rusty negroes; negro men and
negro women.' and. neeroea wsts w..
o vtvuuuo vrU
and negroes without any clothes to speak
of. Here and there, scattered through this
mass, could be seen a white man, and it was
a noticeable fact that nearly all of these were
vuuservauves, whom curiosity had led thith
er. The white Radicals and Republicans
failed to show their faces, only two or three
being present. Even Col Cowles, of the
Mint, while the speaking was. in ; progress,
was up town, bidding on o'.d bottles of pare
goric and little tin oil cans, and one thing
and another, which were being sold at atxe
tion in front of the Court House. The Colo
nel (?) has an eye to the main chance, and
there were no three letnnwi i...4. L
" iwu-OWJUS Ui
bottomless chairs on the speaking grounds,
to be bought and sent to hi Ashe county
store.
I leadel withstanding- thum matter
uuucermng a DriJe.
i fWti?Wi odience, and
introduced one Mallbv. a coWnd
f lPj Danville RaUroad, who
didn't agie with Harris thY thrjwa0
tell how it was going to come about: he bad
forgotten, ho doubt, what his bosses had
told him to say on that point. With this
xcepuon, be went over pretty; touch,' the
3rtaed? ki Phad Uken.
vr Pr.-"" "?w,uu" paienti as
?rTi- e troded Rev
'ZTZT Z ,UBU' smutty uusionMwo
"d.wonnd "P with proposing three cheers
fZJUSSS- IlebenVwithTe
J uip, nip,- aid this minister of
Z J11!" nd ' ""defl gospel, ' Mid lohl
with the crowd in the "hurrah I" J
. Then the tea-party broke tip, nd these
sovereigns cume up town,.ndJiBy of Ihe
spent the remainder of the day in following
Marriage tat Honth., , . , , , :
Only 20 marriage licenses Were issue? tot
month from the bfflcd of: the ' Register' of
Deeds, of this counfy. The names of the
newly-wedded are as follows :
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waiTBsl VV
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Secretary.
RO.,S,E &.' J A M I S O N ,
Springs' Building, .Opposite Central Hotel,on Trade Street and next door to
, r Farmers Savings Bank
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S LA UGH T E R E R S
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The Temperatuie.
; loiiowins was the ranee of the tW.
hlometer, yesterday, at the drug store of W
RBnrwell &Co.: r.
Ati 6 A. M.,..
" 9 A. M aio
12 Mn...M. 89
3 P. M...... 92o
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The Money Order Office. - ?
We are requested to state for the benefit of
the public,' that the money order depart
ment of the postofflce opens at 9 o'clock. A.
M., and closes at 5 P. M. Persons having
business must call, within these hours, as
none will be transacted iiKthis departmer.t
at any other time.; -
1-ittell'B IJvlu Age.
The numbers of the Living Age for May
29th and J une 5tb, contain Indian Missions,
from the Quarterly Review ; Artie Explora'
tion. from the Edinbure Review: Tha iij.
of Snow Parts VI and VII, from Black
wood's Magazine; The Colorado Potato
Beetle, from the Popular Science Rpvi-
German Home Life, Part IV, from Fraser's
Magazine The Centenary Nuisance,' and
Jvn"w,eage oatarday Review- Smith's
saynan iiscovenes. Spectator: Fominin.
Snobs, Liberal Reyiew; with instalments of
inree Feathers by. William Blackr "Miss
Angei, oyjttuss Thackeray, and theusual
choice poetry and miscellany.
: Witti 'fifty-two numbers, of aixtvlkm.
large pages each, (aggregating over 1300
pages a year; the subscription price ($8K ia
1U" ltteu uay, jjoston, Publishers.. '
Lake Let Out.'
TENNESSEE. -BEEF.: AND ' MUTTON. T.STaSS
n Mva uuu MIVUM W wmu MA bUIHVl IC JCOL-
tue of. the CemeWyHlniad(Utioniojthis
the ducks on the lake, the property of Jfr
Rooke, the Keeper of the Cemetery, were all
stolen. "Who the malicious ' scoundrel wast
that did this work, is not known, and will
probably never belt ; Im&ui : '-grim
"Cray llalra . fame, the iButter,"
i' An agency for the new song. M0rey Hairs
Among the Butter " has been established
in this city, by B A Springs, Esq. : who is
ine soie ascent tor western aorta uaroiina.
All bills for advertising will be promptly
Paid upon presentation to him. u We are re
quested to state that persons wishing a copy
cf this charming son would do well to call
WE KEEA FlSst CLASS MEAT MARKET, AND SOLICIT TKADK FROM
1 CASH paying customers only.- No credit customers wanted. ' ' , !l'
Market opened from 4 a. ra., to 9 p. ni.i each day, Sundays excepted"a
8 GRAND DKl'OT , Ty";; ; t. - :i
pr .iintral Waters, at .: . v ; -V:..K
I ... H Mc A DmN '8 DRUG .STORE.
J . i afast Ircj Oil in use pives the
lPneftl?s,' ght bums longer than kero
r Hnce ouccr.'i a f anon.. .
W. Drexel's Vienna
"DELL CO LOGNE-f good quality-rtrialbot.
J tie 25 cents, at-' v?; .r,.;.;V. - -vl;
(A n OtllTtf ib TWO
i"'--. f . ' vf Corner. JDrug 8tore-."
s . Jql21 llUiJ vUhntivJv
A LARGE LOT .,,- '
j Of inJnrv Class, all sizes. Paints, Oils.
The Orphans Entertainment!
1 We trust that our citizens will 4iv tha
little orphans a hearine to-morm nti-
We do not know, as yet, where ; the enter
tainment will take place,, yerrC probably-in
the Court House, but wherever it
! no one should consider the place too in
convenient for him or hex to go to, for the
purpose of contributlne aomethinv van ' tf
it be but a mite, to this noble' charity; Mr
uiuisnas recently written an earnest letter
in which ha says that the orphans ara nn
the verge, of suffering.. We trust that, it
may never be said of North Carolina, that
she allowed this institution to, be broken
tip becauaelour benevolence would not sus
tain it. Rather let thus come forward and
drive the wolf from its door, feed and edu
cate the children until they grow old enough
to help themselves, and thus enable them to
rVa ft p"t ?n lJr
Working Out the Problem.
Alt the daily newspapers and, their
name is legion which the Obsebver
has outlived in Charlotte, have! been
conducted on slip-shod financial princi
ples, and being satisfied that we would
reach the same sad finale, on the 1st
day of July we adopted the cash sys
tem, as far as practicable, and are more
than pleased with the plan. In the
matter of subscriptions, there is no dis
tinction on account of race, color or
previous condition of servitude, and a
subscriber, who is President or Vice
President of a bank, is cut off just as
certainly as our poorest patron, when
the subscription price is unpaid. Many
such have been stricken from our books
within the past month and it is a mat
ter of not a little pride, that their places
have been supplied, until we enter the
month of August, with the largest list
of subscribers we ever had --indeed,
larger than has ever Tbeen attained by
any daily paper in Charlotte. ' '
In conducting , this C paper, we ; have
pandered to no interest or feeling inin
ical to the interest of ' the community;
and have; ! claimed no support excent
what our merit deserved. The demand
for a iournal that wonld Tronrl v
resent the true interests of the country,
in which our lot happens to be cast, and
faithJully represent its ' spirit of honor.
patriotism and business interests, is our
Only argdmemYfor existence td-dav:krii
it filtering us topeatieTitQ say;
that; our efforts hate been : appreciated
to such an extent as to induce us to be
lieve that we have in part met1 the de
mand:"": .:"'v,A.;-'V::::'i..;-;:-j
dl To properly conduct a daily, paper is
a herculian task, and ft tremendous out-:
lay. and our friends must not become
offended! if they are 5 stricken 'from our
list of patrons, when they are behind on
. . . W 1 it, TtTT - - . - m
our uwitB. ,yye enrer pur August du
ties this morning, ;wJhrighter7fiiian
cial prospects ;thanhave ever befbrcr
been fffftined by "any clailv paper in
The reporter arrived on the grounds just
as the Rey Z T Pearsall rose to open the ex -ercises.
Pearsale is the only person we ever
saw who is always pregnant with a speech.
ne oegan with the following classic sentence:
" IPell, here I am agin.' ThU produced tre
mendous applause, butobody disputed the
proposition; and the reverend orator pro
ceeded to in trod ace "the Honerable
Jeenies H. Harris," whom he characterized
as "an ole coon jest out of the holler"
which delicate compliment and elegant wit
ticism produced more merriment and ap
plause. Harris got out his collar first tiling. He
said he had baen traveling and speaking a
great deal, was tired and would not. detain
the crowd lone. He was not her tn J.
dress Republicans or colored people alone,
as he did not understand this as a Demo
cratic or Republican question, or a party
contest, but one for the people regardless of
party, race or color. The Democratic edit
ors and politicians have tried to make it
such, but have failed, and to-day there are
found many men of the Conservative party
who are violently opposed to any change in
the Constitution. The speaker said that it
was unprecedented and unheard of in North
Carolina, for a Legislature to attenmt to sub-
yert the Constitution without consulting the
people. Harris is a man of more than ordi
nary intelligence, and in saying this knew
perfectly well that it is no uncommon
thing for a Legislature to call upon the peo
ple to assemble in Con yen tion. This was a
wilful a isrepresentatien. He said that the
Conservative party did mot want a Conven
tion, but enough of the weak-kneed had
been whipped in by the Democratic press,
to call it. But there are some who hv w.
been wbipped in even yet, for instance W J
Yates. Daniel G Fowle and Jos J Davis.
Again Harris' intelligence renders his state
ment inexcusable. He knows perfectly well
ma; air three of these gentlemen are now
tupporting the Convention nominees in their
respective counties; not "whipped in," of
course, but they are supporting their party,
as good party men, though thev mav not
have deemed it entirely expedient to call the
Convention just at the time it Was called.
Further on in hi speech Harris - spiked
the guns of many of his party friends who
are trying to frighten the negroes and poor
white men, by saying that he was not afraid
of any change which might be made in the
Constitution; "for," ,aaid, he "they know
that they can't make a clause which will
create a distinction on account of. race or
color which will not be set aside by the Fed
eral Courts. They can't do anything to af
fect me that will not effect white men-.
I expect to stay here and to die here,
where I was born, and I. feel just as
safe, in the general sense, undt-r Conser
vative rule as under any other. They can't
hurt me any more than they can hurt the
white man." This is something from the
leader of the colored element of North Caro
lina, which Radical editors and speakers can
put in their pipes asd smoke. In saying
this Harris showed himself above the mean
ness to which white Radicals descend.
He went on to ask what changes were pro
posed, saying that the Democrats didnt know
themselves what they wanted, except that
they wanted another chance at the treasury,
Further on in bis speech, he- answered his
own question. He said that the Democrats
want to reduce the number of judges; want
to elect these-by the legislature want to
abolish the the , township system, and .re
establish the whipping post. To this last he
said he nad no objection, Tor it will catch
the whiteinan as well a the' negro' - He
rather argued in Javor of the whipping poet
SSpeaking again of the 4 silly fears r which
some entertain of a Convention hm miA,
V8o far as equal rights before the jaw is con
cerned, tn it is settled for all time to come,
and no nower Inside this 8tate
Reconstruction is fixed," and the Democrats
can't hurt yoti if they want tol Oar! righto
are not m ttane tha contest." " -- -. -
Harris alaO Daidliis resneeta to tha Oaaa
via, on a recent editorial about each person
who offers to vote beinr : reauired to shoW
his tax receipt, and also on the editorial in.
yesterday's paper headed ; "Draw the Color
Line." He charged ignorance on its editors
and made the member of the . staff who was
present feel very badly :, his iiext reference
to it was as a "rieht decent DaDer.Mand the re
porter appreciated the condescension, no lit
tle, one time he called it "a leading paper;1
the sting was then taken out of the first re
ference, and our joy was complete. Harris
concluded with s ; centennial . or fourth. of
July.speech, about the tree , of liberty,, the
bar-tacgled-spanner, and all that sort of
tlung. His speech was free froramaaceand
Jos C Russell, Maggie M Coadee,
Wm H Eudy,tLouIundy, . A
Francis N Waddell, Anna I Miller,
John E Yen, Margaret E-Veno,
Stanhope H Brown, Margaret E Blakely
J R Utley, Mary J Cochrane,
Daniel H Harkey, Maggie West.
... i . ; i. .
COLORED.
Benjamin Nantx, Mag Caruthers,
weston Lee, Emily .Walker,
Ferry WhiteElla Caruthers,
Robt Martin, Violet Davidson,
Wallace Fox. Petrev Dvidann .
Edmund Sandifer, Julia MannosS,
John Baker, Harriet 8hivers,
Isaac AlexanderSophia Johnston, .
Wm Humphrey, Roxy Davidson,
welson Torrence, Laura Nelson, . ,
Wm Wheeler, Margaret ;Masey,.
Solomon Rea. Cinthbi Irrin
I Augustus Dalkey, Mary Modre.
The Tax Gatherina;.- ,r . .
-...We learn that a crowd of 75 or 80 of the
soUd men of Morning Star Township, assem
bled yesterday to pay their taxes and to hear
the candidates. Dr Kerr led off, and Was
followed by Col Johnston, who, we learn
from a disinterested party present wore him
to a frazzle, making a splendid speech of an
hour afid a half in length. Morning Star Is
allright. The people are wide awake to
the importance of the election and will turn
out to a man on Thursday next. Of all the
crowd on the grounds, ; yesteiday, every
man except one. announced his intention to
vote ror Col Johntton The Sheriffand can
didates will be at Providence to-morrow.
A Case cf Till Tapping.
Last night about half past 11 o'clock,
three negroes were in the store of W M
Long, on Trade street, opposite the
Court House, and while one Was trading
or professing to he, another slipped be
hind the counter and stole the contents
of the money drawer. The thief was'
very quick in his movements, and ef
fected his' escape with the money,
wnicn, fortunately; amounted to onlv
$4. But a few moments before th
theft, Mr Long had taken 100 from
the drawer and put it away for safe
keeping. . ;
Domestic Infelicity.
There was trouble' last night, in the
family of John Rimer. His wife re
ported to the police that be had mal
treated her by s trick ine her. and in
other ways, and she and her son by a
former husband, came up street to
seek protection v While at the atore
of J. H.Henderson, Rimer came up,
and drawing a pistol, attempted to
shoot his step son. He was restrained,
however, and taken to the euard-"
house, his wife saying that she feared .
her life at his hands if he was allowed
to be free
t-.A
COMMUKICaTKD.1
A CARD.
The use of my name on the Anti-Conven-'
tion ticket, is against my wishes, both writ-'
ten and verbal, and often and persistently
expressed."'''' i.-q..- '.':'"
In the first place I desire to be fair and
open-han ded. But a'' candidature at this lae :
day, cannot be just either to himself or to
others. ' : . ' .v; '
A train : The tn-indnlea on which f!nVynhi.-r
stop ind Mr Ransoh were forced on the peo-,"
plei'and on whicbj they , are , how specially- .
advocated, both secretly and openly, are"-
felt to be deeply hostile to the commercial '
interests of our city.' J ' But I am in no sense .
authorized to represent these interests , nor "
are they responsible for this use ofmv name
The Bankers, the business men and the in,
dustrlal classes of Charlotte' will meet the nn .
just ,war made, upon theno in their .own way.
and time. r. -.,,,.11 .'out
i x'it
tf: theraforeJ I am Voted '. for.5 it ' mtlat htt
understood that I do not' seek the oosltlon
' - ' , -i ' ; . T J
of a delegate: nor'do I desire to rebresent any '
class or partisan principles. Oa the contra
ry I wish to stand solely on the1 jgrduiid of "ib
movement ? My theory la to let well enoug h w
loneT, And f nch I hope is ther feeling; ofoln
the hiasaea, including the wisest and best of r
thepubUemen of both parties. 1
' With this explanation, the voters of Meckel
lenbursr. mwt sow detennine fox themselves s w
the course, they will pursue loan exaetzeacf
chance to be elected, those' .who; know me
bestj wjM't assured of y'honeatj efforts
to promote the hlebcst Wood of the country.;, w
promote 1
irrespective of personal or party ends.
T V, SMITH CO.