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W. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.
July 3, 1865.
MAGISTRATES-
be following is & list of the Magistrates ap-
oted by Gov. Holden for Mecklenburg county:
M elver,
Q Harnett,
F Helper,
. tlrrW!
R Gillespie,
tiri-l
: ii i ni Liti v-
Thos G lay
James Martin,
Kb DeArmond,
H'tch'd Jordan,
'A'm Trelar,
t'has A Frazier,
' W Ahrens,
Dan Barnhardt,
tobt R Llea,
Jefferson Berryhill,
Robert Sloan,
Washington Mills,
JSollleid,
Elani Sample,
W W Grier,
Win McGinnis, Sr,
3lartin Alexander,
I)r Maxwell, .
El am Robinson,
Mark Wilson,
lhomas Kerr,
Thos V Dewey,
B W Alexander.
We understand that the above-named persons
u4 notified to appear in Charlotte on Tuesday.
ViJalj. to be sworn in by Dr. Wm. Sloan.
fie following is a form of the Commission is
isA to Magistrates :
STATE UJ:' MUHTU UAKULIJs A.
Jo , Greeting:
Ther'attemptmad by. some of the New
Yrk journals to create, th impression' that there
is no disposition at the South to give ready faith
ful support to the Federal authority, and that the
submission of the people hre ionly yielded with
a view to future mischief, and hence that they
must be humiliated to the last dpgree. distrusted
and coiitcolled like unyielding enemies, is work
ing much mischief to the cause of pacification and
doing wrong to the. South generally. , We rely
upon the better judgment and kindlier feeling of
the people generally, as a corrective. of these in
considerate and mischievous reflections. Rich
mond Whig. "
Unfortunately, there are a few sycophants here
in the South who consider it necessary to establish
their own loyalty-by abusing Southern men and
demanding their punishment, degradation and
ruin, and who thus deceive the North about the
wishes and sentiments of the . great mass of the
Southern people who are anxious '-to promote
true peace and good feeling. Such miserable
creatures (their real character and motives not
being understood at the North) encourage "some
New Yorkjournals'" and others in theexercise of
malice towards us. It is, indeed, a foul bird that
pollutes its own nest. .
Tho great mas3 of Southern people heartily
supported the Confederacy whilst it had an exist
ence, and now, it being dead., they, will do their
duty as law-abiding citizens of the United States;
but they feel wounded and hurt every time a
Southern , man's property is confiscated .or his
person imprisoned for political offences. This is
natural. And wecan assure the Northern people
that the true.Uuion men of the South we mean
those who, from principle, preferred the Union to
auku m.urjij n.Oip.riUSl :N I ' V 111 IB II) r
Constitution of North CarohWis being amended,
we hope the old method of appointing Magistrates
for the different counties by the Legislature will
be .abolished or restricted. , It ought, to be abo
ished as'a nuisance to the good people of the
State. Let it be a part of the sworn duty'of the
Judges of ( our Superior Courts to appoint a cer
tain number of Magistrates for each county say
one or two for each Precinct or Captain's-Beat.
Ws, in order to promote the speedy restoration of
Civil Authority in the State of North Carolina and
fnsure the perpetuation of a Republican form of
oovernmeut, and reposing special trust and conn
Oebce ia your prudence, integrity and teal for the
tre?ervatt ju ct peace and cood order, do hereby ap
point jou Justices ot the Peace lor tbecounty or
as long as a Provisional Government shall
.ontinue in this State, and no longer: and do invest
tou with all the rights? privileges, powers and au
thorities, useful and necessary to the just and proper
discharge of your duties, under the laws in being
prior to the 20th of May, 1861, and in pursuance of v
.uch other instructions as may from time to time be
issued by ue.
In witness whereof, His Excellency, William W.
Ilolden, Provisional Governor for the State of North
Carolina, by appointment of Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the U. 5. of America, hath signed with his
band these presents. Done at the city of Raleigh,
n the day of , 1865, aud in the 89lh year of
-cur independence. , W. W. HOLDEN.
By the Governor :
ft. G. Badger, Private Secretary, pro tem,
: .
Town Commissioners.) Gov. Holden has
made the following appointments for the Town
of Charlotte : -
H. M. Pritchard, Mayor.
Ward No. 1 W A Williams, W.F Windle. .
j No. 2 J E Stenhouse, A Weil.
fSo. a$-J C Burroughs, H M Phelps.
o. 4 D C Barnhardt, C IJilker.
Improper Appointments. We do not be.
lieve that Gov. Ilolden would knowingly appoint
notoriously immoral and dishonest men to office.
If such persons have secured appointments, we
think the Governor was not aware of their char
acter, and we would suggest that those who know
the facts inform the Governor. That is a better
plan than making publication in-the newspapers.
At present we must decline publishing any com
munications on the subject.
, .
Fruit. Fruit will be rrnre abuudant this year
than for many years previous, and we think of a
superior quality, judging from specimens which
our friends have presented us.
We urge that some plan be adopted by our
Town authorities (either civil or military) to pro
tect those who bring fruit here fo sale from de
predations by boys and others who are disposed
t "grab." The deaplitMe hoys who are permit
ted to roam the streets from day to day in idle
ness and learning bad habits, ought to be taken
care of by somebody. If they could be induced
OUR COUNTRY !
Indepeadenci Pay will be appropriately celfebrfrUd
in Charlotte tomorrow. The troops, will mass and
the citizens assemble at the Oak Grove oa Church
Street, in the rfcar of theMint, at 10$ o'clock, A. M.
The following programme has been arranged for
the occasion :' 7 , .
1. Music by the Brass Band." -
2. Prayer. ; .
3. "Star Spangled Banner." by the Choir.
4. Reading of the Declaration of Independence by
General Thomas.
6. Patriotic Songs by the Choir.
6. Oration bv Col; PacEard, lZ8th Ind. Tola. .
7. ''My country, 'tis of thee," by the Choir.
8. "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie," by the Band.
9 National Salute of thirty-six. guns.
All eood citizens are respectfully invited to attend.
... R C. RISE,
' Lt. Colonel -120th Ind. YoU,
. , . . - J AS. TUCKER,
Lt. Colonel 25th Mass. Vols.
E W. PENIS Y, .
. ' Major 130tb .Indiana Vols,
. A. M. WOOD,
Captain Elgin (111.) Battery.
July 3, 1866. Committee of Arrangement.
to learn trades or engage in any respectable busi-
the Confederacy participate in this feeling mord L ness it would prove a blessing to them and to
Review. The 1st Division of the 23d Army
'Corps was reviewed in this place, on Tuesday
evening last, by Brig.Gen. Thomas. Some three
or four thousand men turned -out." Gen. Thomas
now commands the Division, and is popular with
both citizens and soldiers.
Considering the large number of troops quar
tered in this neighborhood, rumarkable good order
has been preserved, which speaks well for all the
officers in charge of this Pot .
To the Charitable. A friend calls our at
tention to the fact that numbers of Confederate
soldiers, who have recently been released, are
Jaily arriving at Charlotte, many of them sick,
and are entirely dependent upon the kind offices
jf the Federal officers and soldiers for sustenance.
We invite attention to the matter, and solicit con-1
tributions of fruits and vegetables which are so
grateful to the invalid at this season of the year.
If a relief oommitte were organized and would
attend at the Depot on the arrival of the evening
train, and distribute vegetables and fruit, it would
prevent suffering. We would also suggest to
those who have vegetables and fruit to spare, to
nendsomething of thekind to the Hospitals for
tho benelit of both the Ifederal and Confederate
ick soldiers. Let something be done to relieve
the suffering and wants of " all who are siok or
wounded.
We tender our thanks to Hon. J. W. For
ney. Secretary of the U. S. Senate, for valuable
public documents, among them complete copies
f the Tax Laws. .
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Advertising. Northern merchants who want
to advertise in this paper must send their adver
tisements directly to as. and not through Adver
tising Agencies. We have had some experience
with Advertising Agents, and don't care to have
anything more to do with them unless their orders
are ccompanied with the cash.
Tho annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
N. C. Railroad Company u to be held in Salis
bury' on the 13th of July.
or less they are not now of the proscrrptive classM
but are generally found advocating kind feeling
and peace. It is only the latter day saints, the
eleveuth-hour Union men, who urge proscription
and exult at the imprisonment of Southern men
they are always .ready to go with the strong side.
Wo are sincerely desirous of letting by-gones
be "by-gohes we are tired of turmoil and dis
putes, and want to do all in our power to promote
peace but it may become necessary, in behalf
of truth and in defence of conscientious, honest
and fell-disposed men everywhere, to expose
from the record the past course' of some of those
in the South who are now professing to be the
salt of the earth and constantly abusing Southern
men and calling for their degredation.
The following is the form of the pardon grant
ed by the President of the United States to those
whose petitions are favorably received :
" Whereas, r by taking part in the late
rebellion against the government of the U. States,
has made himself liable in heavy pains and penal
ties, and whereas, the circumstances of his case
render him a proper object of Executive clemen
cy. Now,, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew
Johnson. President, do hereby graht ' to the said
, a full pardon and amnesty for all offences
by him'cominitted. arising from participation, di
rect or implied, in the said rebellion, conditioned
as follows: This pardon to. begin and take effect
from the day on which the said. shall take
tho oath prescribed in the proclamation rf the
President dated May 29, 1865, and to be void and
Of no effect if the said shall hereafter at any
time acquire any property whatever in slaves, or
make uso of slave laborl"
mankind generally.
tW We are willing that all who heretofore
paid for the.Democrat (whether .in Confederate
money or anything else) shall have the paper un
til their subscription term expires; in fact, we
have put ourself to a great, deal of trouble and
expense, since the embarrassments consequent
upon the sudden stoppage of the war commenced,
to supply the paper to subscribers , For a few
weeks it was impossible to print our regular
sheet, and we printed small Extras in place of it
aud sent them out. If all did not get them it was
not our fault we did the best we could, and when
it is remembered that all bat a few papers in the
State suspended entirely, we think we have done
well. Many have received the paper for the year
just ending "for the sura of ten dollars, Confeder
e'rate currency. If any one i dissatisfied, all
we have to say to such is, that we do not want
their names on our books again we want noth
ing to do with "skin-flints.'
GrAS Ligiit. President Brown announces that
the company will be prepared this week to com
mence furnishing gas light. Well done for Presi
dent Brown he will no doubt get .the thanks of
the whole community for his timely attention to
this important matter. Salisbury Banner.
We hope the President of the Charlotte Gas
Company will stir himself and get the gas-works
in operation, and give us "more light."
Appointment op Southern Postmasters.
The Postmaster General has made the follow
ing appointment of Postmasters for N. Carolina :
. Wilmington. Wm A Poisson; Greensboro, J D
White; Goldsboro, John Robinson ; ' Elizabeth
City, Mrs Martha Jane Slilroy ; Hillsboro, Chas
J Frazier; Salem, A T Zevely ; Wilson, W G
Sharpe; Yancey ville, AlexMcAlpin: Newbern,
G W Mason.
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13T We have heard a great deal of complaint
made about the wheat crop in this section; but
we saw a farmer from Gaston the'other day who
spoke differently about his own prospects he
said he thought he would make twenty --five bush
els of wheat to the acre. He plants largely anU
works hard.
UST of MAGISTRATES FOR ROWAN "COUNTY
W P Graham. 17 II Howerton. Thos J Meronej,
Adison M Sullivan,' Saml H Wiley, W F Watson. J
W Jones, J M Coffin, A J Young. H F Sprague, J W
Johnson, R Holmes, A J Mock, J A Hawkins, J K
Graham, W Atwell, Paul A Sifford, Geo M Barn
hardt, M j Homes, J M Shaver. Henry Barringer, T
W Haynes, Tho3 Barber, 'D L Bringle, and Dr J G
Ramsey.
" .The following is a list of tho Town Officers ap
pointed for Salisbury : Mayor, J H Ennis, Esq.
Commissioners,' W Murphy. M Richardson, ,S R
Houser, J L Mc dubbins. F E Shober, A L Young.
Thos h Brown, Martin Kichwme and J M Comn.
The statement heretofore published that
Lewis E. Parsons had been appointed Provisional
Governor of South Carolina, is not correct. Mr
Parsons is the Governor pf Alabama. No ap
pointment has yet been made for South Carolina.
3T The President's health was somewhat
improved presterd ay, though he was tod indispos
ed to receive visitors or to attend to much busi
ness. Consequently the Cabinet meeting which
was to have been held to discuss Soutji Carolina
affairs was postponed. New York Herald 28 f A.
Virginia Legislature. The Legislature of
Virginia has passed a bill levying a tax of 20
cents on the $100 for the support of the State
government. .
The rate of interest has, been put at 6 per cent,
but contracts in writing for 7 3-10 per cent shall
be held as legal.
The bill to incorporate the Virginia Emigra
tion and Land Company has been defeated, and
a resolution passed directing the Governor to en
quire into and report at the next session the ac
tion of Missouri, rTennessee and North-Carolina,
I in relation to unimproved State and abandoned
land. .
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Newspapers. The following are the only
newspapers now published ia North Carolina:
The Standard. Record, Progress and N. C.
Christian Advocate, at Raleigh ; Western.Demo
crat at Charlotte; Union Banner at Salisbury;
Peoples Press at Salem; Times at Newbernj Flag
at Plymouth; Herald at Wilmington; Patriot at
Greensboro; and probably the News at Asheville..
These are all that remain of some 35 or 40 pa
pers published at the commencement of and dur
ing the war. .
' Of the papers published at the commencement
of the war the following only are now in operation:
Standard and Progress at Raleigh; Democrat at
Charlotte; Patriot at Greensboro; and Press at
Salem. ' ' - v
Good News The most gratifyin
lately received, is the oiScial announcement
from Washington City, that no man will be ex
cluded from voting because be has been a sol
dier in the Confederate array.
It is desirable that as many persons as possi
ble should have the privilege of voting when
the government is to be reorganized. We want
all to feel that they have an equal and substan
tial interest in constructing a good government.
It would have been most unfortunate if the
soldiers had been excluded; we believe the ma
jority of them have ever been true men, strong
ly opposed to the late war. .
They are a brave andlnanly body of men, and
such men readily forget- and forgive injuries
done to themselves and others. They have be
haved nobly and magnanimously tney have
bad enough of war. , ,
We are sure, they will make useful and peace
able citizens, and will be opposed to the next
war, RaUlgh Standard.
In this county, on the 13tb instant, by R. L. De
Armond, Esq, Mr J M C Hunter to Mrs M. E. Mc
Connell. v
In Rowan county, on the 19th ult, by the Rev. D.
I. Drehier, Mr "John Smith to Miss MA Baker.
Also, on the 22d, Mr Wm L Lambeth to Miss Mary
A S Furr.
In this town, on Saturday morning last, rMis
Liz?;e Britton, daughter of Mr B. H. Britton, aped
18 years. She was a consistent member of t&e
Methodist E. Charch.
MASONIC JVTICE.
A called communication of Phalanx Lodge, No.
31, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock: Membr
are herebv notified to attend, and visiting brethren
are invited. S. L. RIDDLE, W. M.
July 3, 1865. -
Pocket-Book Lost.
I lost my Pocket-book on Saturday last, either iu
Charlotte or on the Providence road between McAl
pin's Creek and Charlotte. it contained ,$31 in
notes on various Banks, about $300 in Confederal-1
Dotes, and the following papers j. One judgment on
Ja3 McLeod for $67, dated' Dec 1?,' I860, in favor of
Wiley Noles ; one judgment on T A Sharpe, for $43,
same date ; one Note on W J Alexander, dated Nov.
1859, for $85 50, with a credit of $7 ; one Ntite on
Jaa H Query, dated April 1, 1860, for $25; one Note
on J B; Black for$10, date no recollected; one Note
on Wiley Noles for $3 30 ; and some Receipts.
I herehy forewarn all persons from trading for
the above papers. If the finder will leave the book
and papers with W M Matthews in Charlotte, or ?:
the Democrat Office, he shall be liberally re warded .
July 3, 1865. 3t A. G. REID.
Taken . Up, -
About the 1st of May, a MULE, Which the o,wctr
can have by proving property and paving expenses.
July 3, 1865. 3t. . . T. H. BREM.
STOLEN
From the! subscriber on Thursday night, the 22d of.
June, a large black MARE, about 12 years old, a&d
entirely blind. She may have been ridden some
distance and turned loose. - Any information which
will lead to her recovery will be liberally rewarded.-
, E. R. HARRIS, . .
July 3. ' 26 Oak Lawn, Cabarrus co.
LAND AND CLA'm AGENCY.
WM. F. DAVIDSON & CO. are prepared to it
tend to the collection of all kinds of Claims again?; '
the. Government and individuals, and are commis
sioned to buy all kinds of Real Estate.
Persons having claims against the Government,
or Lands to dispose of (particularly mineral lands);
will please call on this Agency.
. Mr Davidson can- be found at Charlotte.. The
other partners reside in New York and W&siAngton
City. '
July, 3, 1865. . . tf
SWEPSON, MENDEKQALL & CO.,
GENERAL
Commission ' Merchants,
For the sal of Tobacco, Raw Cotton, Cotton Tf&rn,
Cloths, and Naval Stores,
121 Front Street; NEJV. YORK.
Robt. R. Swipson, New YorH City.
Saml. G. MuHphy, New York City.
Ctrcs P. MsNDESHAtL, Pres t Farmers' Back i:
Greensboro, N. C. '
Dasl. Worth; Company Shops, N. C.
' Gfo; W. Swipson, Haw Rive P. O., N. C.
July 3, 1865. 6m ' "
- Tnomas ,W.;Beiwey,
. CHARLOTTE, N, JD., ,
Will pay the highest market price for Gold &d for
Notes of the Banks of North Carolina, Sooth Ctaa
lina and Georgia. j ;. . - , .
O'Sce at Branch Bank of North Carolina.
Vane 26, 1865 . . - 3tpd ... .
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