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Efe ttJ YAEfJ, Editor and Pkofmitob.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. TOESQ ; OCTOBER -31. 1865.
FOURTEENTH V0LC3IE N DUB EH 690.
OPaMished ercry Tucsday,Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AMD PROPRIETOR.
'""""-TEKIJ&S, $ 4 PER ANNUM, in advance.
1 Transient advertisements must b tatd for
advance. Obttwary notices are charged ad venis
tf rates.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
f t a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
charged accordingly.
$1 per square of 10 lines or lss will be charged
for each insertion, unles the advcrtUement is in
serted 2 month? or more.
SECOND STOCK OF NEW GOODS.
T. n."RRETI,
CHARLOTTE, IV. C.v
la now opening a fresh Stock of Goods which
he will sell as cheap as anj one.
He particularly invites the attention cf country
Merchants to his V holesale Stock, as he has paid
especial care in selecting a Stock suitable for the
trade.
His Stock consists of everything to be found in
the Dry Good?. Hardware and Grocery line.
T. II. BREM.
Oct 2, 18G5
BOOTS AND SHOxJS,
At wholesale and retail, jit
Oct 9th. T. II. BRUM'S.
HARDWARE,
At - wholesale and retail at
Oct 9th T. II. BREM'S.
DRY GOODS,
At wholesale and retail, at
Oct 9th. - T. II. BREM'S.
MEM'S AMD LADIES' HATS,
A large stock, at wholesale and retail.
Oct 9th.
T. II. BREM.
A Valuable Tract of Land fur Sale
The subscriber offers for stile a Tract of Land ly
ing on the Statesville Road, about one mile north
of Charlotte, containing about one hundred acres.
On the Tract is a valuable Gold Mine.
For particulars apply to me or to W. F Davidson.
JAMES M. HENDERSON.
Oct 9, 1805. tf
CnAKLOTTE FEU ALE INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Rev. R Bl-RWELL, princil)als
JOHN B. BUR WELL, A. M, 1 nnclPal3-
The current session coramencedon the 1st Sep
tember, and will close the 22d December, 1805.
Pupils received at any time and charged from time
of entrance :o end of session.
For circular containing full particulars as to
Terms, &c, uddress
Rtv. R. BURWELL & SON,
Oct 2, 18G5
.'ni
Charlotte, N. C.
HI 12 R C II A T
We are pleased to inform our former patrons and
friends that we arc once more on the maiket, with
u nice lot of Cloths, Cassimercs, Vestings, and Tail
on' Trimmings, together with
tieiilleiiiciiVi Furnishing: Goods,
conii.ting of Shirts, Under Shirts, Drawers, Cravats,
Ties. Collars, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery, Sns
pendcrs, kc. Also, a select stock of Cassiiuere and
Felt Hats
We will be in receipt of our uaal stock of
CLOTHING,
tnacuficturcd by ourselves, in a few days, when we
will be able to suit all sizes and taste.
From our knowledge of the Clothing business, and
facilities for manufacturing, induce us to believe
that we will continue (o merit the patronage here
tofore so liberally given by the citizens of Western
North Caroliua and the upper Districts of South
Carolina. FULLINGS k SPRINGS,
Store under Democrat Office.
Sept 18, 18G5
c. m. QUERV,
AJ Door to Sprint $ Corner,
lias just recetred and opened an extensive assort
ment of
DRY GOODS,
consisting of Calicoes, DeLains, Merinoes, Poplins,
Flannels, Alpaccas, Cashmeres, Jacconetts, Lawns,
fSwiss Muslins,
Balmoral Skirts, Hoop Skirts,
Linen Handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs. Also, a com
plete assortment of Ladies, Gentlemen's, Misses',
ftoys'. Youths' aud children'
Boots, Shoes and Gaiters;
together with a great variety of HATS, of all styles
and prices, all of which will be sold at extremely
low Prices.
A few dozen Cotton Cards.
Please give me a call, as I charge nothing for
snowing niy Goods, being determined to please and
ell to the public.
Sept 18, 1805 tf C. M. QUERY.
Gold and Copper Mines
FOR SALE.
The subscriber oflFVrs for sale that Tract of Land
known as the "CAT1IEY MINE," 4 miles North of
Charlotte, N C, belonging to the estate of Dr. E. II.
Andrews, deceased, containing nearly two hundred
acres. It has on it a small dwelling, some oat
houses, a fine spring of water, and an orchard. It
also has a rich Gold- Mine, and perhaps one of the '
richest veins of Copper ore at the South. j
These Mines have been fully tested, and pro- '
nounced by experienced Miners capable of fielding !
a large amouut of rich ore. For immediate pur
chasers liberal offers will be raede.
For further particulars address or call on my"
Agent, A. Belhune, Charlotte, N. C.
S. B. A K DREWS,
Oct. 2, ISC3 Administratrix.
COR I A Vi HEAT"
I want to purchase Com and Wheat at the Steam
Flouri.ig Mill in this place, for which the market
i.rice will be paid. - JOUX WILKKS.
Charlotte, May 15, 1863.
" 5r. JT. Ii. lVajrt,
OE.YTIST,
lias resumed practice, and will be glad to see old
xustomers and others at feu Office, next door to
"Tunc 19,15. 4 Xf I
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
I will sell on Taesday the 31st Oct., at the late
residence of Tbos. Trotter, deceased, one Horse and
five Males, five Wagons, one Carriage, one Loom,
four Milch Cows and other cattle, Hogs, Sheep, and
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
Terms made known on day of sale.
S. P. ALEXANDER, Ex'r.
Oct 3, 1865. 4t
Administrator's Sale.
As Administrator of Wm. A. Owens, deceased, I
Mil ofTer at Public Sale on Tuesday, 7th November,
Household Furniture, consisting of Bedsteads and
Bedding, Chairs, Tables, Ac, Library of Law and
Miscellaneous Books, and one Fire Proof Iron Safe.
At the same time will be rested a Dwelling House
near the Female College, fo to year I860.
BfiT"All persons Indebted to said .deceased are
hereby notified to make immediate settlement, and
those having claims against the estate will piesent
them in the time prescribed by law, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
J. M. SPRINGS, Administrator.
Oct 16, 1865 4t
' HORSE STOLEN.
Was stolen from my stable in Sharon neighbor
hood, on Tuesdny night the 3d inst., a large sorrel
Horse, blazed face, two white feet and some white
spots on the back, about 16 years old, and a natural
pacer. A liberal reward will be paid for. his recov
ery. J. W. ROSS.
Oct 9, 1865 4lpd
Large Sale of Land and Personal
Properly
AT AUCTION.
Having returned to my home in Virginia I will
sell at Auction, on the premises, on Wednesday the
25th instant, my Farm called "Greyham'a Place,"
containing about COO acres. It is located in the
Scotch Irish settlement, in Rowan county, on Third
Creek, extending across the same, within three miles
of Third Creek Depot; has from 60 to 75 acres of
rich bottom land, adapted to both grain and grasses;
two comfortable Dwelling Houses and all necessary
out buildings; several Peach and Apple Orchards;
is well watered with a stream in each field, and
numerous springs; abundance of wood and timber.
It was originally two farms and can be advanta
geously divided.
Also, at same time and place, will be sold the
crop of corn, fodder, hay and straw, 4 good mules, 2
horses, 45 fatt-d hogs, 50 head of stock hogs, cattle,
wagons, ploughs, and all the farming implements.
Alio, will be sold, on Wednesday, the 1st day of
November, on my Farm near Salisbury, the crop of
corn, fodder, hay, shucks, &c, 20 head of fatted
hogs, 35 head of stock hogs, 20 head of cattle, in
cluding several good milch cows, 20 head of sheep,
horses, wagons, ploughs, and all the farming imple-.
ments. Also, all the household and kitchen furni
ture, embracing beds, mattrasses, steads, bureaus,
tables, ic, Ac.
TERMS For personalty, Cash; for realty, SI ,500
cash, balance in three eqnal annual instalments,
interest from date title retained until paid.
JOHN WASHINGTON,
Samuel Rivks, Sr., Auc. Salisbury, N, C
Oct 16, 18G5 3t
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
di:i ;ooj)s Aii CLOTflaiftc;
STORE.
J3t-m WEITJi c3 CO.
The subscribers respectfully call the attention of
their friends and the public to the fact that they
have fitted up the store room in Mr. David Parks'
Building, on Tryon Street, opposite Mr. Beckvith"s
Jewelry Store, for the purpose of conducting the
Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods
and Clothing Business,
in all its branches. They have just received and
offer for sale a large and extensive assortment of
Fall and Winter tioodt,
comprising every description of Cloths, Cassimcres.
Ladies Dress Goods, Shawls. Cloaks, Gloves, Gaunt
lets, Hoisery, Ladies Hats, Bonnet Ribbons, Linen
and Cambric Handkerchiefs, Balmoral Skirts, Hoop
Skirts, Dress Trimmings, 4c, &c.
nothing and Furnishing Goods.
Our stock of Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing
Goods is complete. As special and personal atten
tion have been given to the selection of these Goods,
aud loug experience in that line will enable us to
give general satisfaction in pvee, quality and styles
unsurpassed by any one.
We have Boots, Shoes and Hats,
of erery description and make, at very low rates.
A call is solicited. We shall always try to pleac,
and take great pleasure in showing our Goods.
WHOLESALE BITTERS
will find it to their interest to call and examine our
Stock before making their purchases elsewhere, as
we have the facility to offer great inducements to
that trade. A. WEILL & CO.
ABRAHAM WKILL.
Oct. 2, 1805. If
A. B. M AYR.
Merchant Tailoring.
' The subscribers will continue to carry on the
Merchant Tailoiing business as heretofore, at the
i store formerly occupied by Thos Trotter, Jeweler.
Prices will be regulated according to the times on
the cash ystem. Country produce will be taken in
.payment for Cutting or work done. We hope our
friends will not ask for credit, as we expect to do
up work in the best style for CASH or its equiva
lent in something to eat or wear.
JAS. A. CALDWELL k CO.
P. S Persons indebted to us will plense call and
settle bv ca.h or uote, as early as possible.
June 26, 1865. tf J. A. C. A Co.
DEVLIN & CO.,
BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Clothing at Wholesale and Retail.
We open the season with a large 6tock of elegant
Clothing and Furnishing Goods
in our Ready -Made Department. We hare also se
cured Ike services nf first-class aftists in our Custom
Department, uhich is likewise supplied with the
finest and best fabrics of the Home' and Foreign
Markets.
To those who wish to order by mail, will be sent
(on application) Samples of Goods, with Directions
for Measuring, which, if correctly followed, will
secure a fit in all cases
DEVLIN" k CO.
Broadway, cor. Grand St . 1
Broadway, cor. Warren St.
KEW YORK.
it.,
Oct 16, 1865
lm
DRUOS. StC 1
Just received. Camphor, Bine Uass, Blaestone, ;
Iudigo, Tartar Kmen'c, Carb. Ammonia, Ac c, at '
the Comer Drug Store. ' !
.11 . .-a 0 I TT- T- C T 1' . 1
Sej.t4.1865
i
i
Proclamation
BY WILLIAM W. HOLDEN,
PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR,
To the People of North Carolina.
Whereas," a Convention of the people of
North Carolina has been cbosee in pursuance of
the proclamation of Andrew Johnson, President
of the United State, of date May 29th, 1865,
under the fourth section of the fourth article of
the Constitution of the United States, which
guarantees to every State in the Union a repub -
lican form of Government, for the purpose off
enabling the loyal people of said State to or
ganize a State government whereby justice may
be established, domestic tranquility restored,
and loyal citizens protected in all their rights
of life, liberty and property; and for the purpose
also of leetorinjr said State to its Constitutional
relations to the Federal Government, by pre
senting such a republican form of government
as will entitle the State to the guarantee of the
United States therefor, and its people' to protec
tion by the United States against invasion, in
surrection, and domestic violence : And said
Convention having assembled in the City of
Raleigh, and adopted Ordinances hereinafter
set forth, I, William W. Holue.v, Provisional
Governor of said State, do hereby proclaim and
declare, that an election will be held in the
various Counties of said State on Thursday, the
ninth day of November, I860, as follows :
1st. For the ratification or rejection of uAn
Ordinance declaring null and void the ordinance
of May the 20th, 1861."
2d. For the ratification or rejection of "An
Ordinance prohibiting slave in the State of North
Carolina."
3d For a Governor and members of the Gen
eral Assembly.
4th. For seven members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Congress of the United States.
5th. For Clerks and Sheriffs of the respective
Counties.
The elections shall be conducted iu accor
dance with "An Ordinance providing for the
election of the members of the General Assem
bly, to be convened oh the fourth Monday of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and
for electing Representatives in Congress and
Governor of tfce State," ratified by the Conven
tion the tenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, and hereinafter set forth;
said Ordinance having been passed in pursuance
of the proclamation of the President of the
United States, of date May 29th, 1865, author
izing said Convention to "prescribe the qualifi
cation of electors, and the eligibility of persons
to hold office under the constitution and laws of
the State." And also, in conformity with the
rules and regulations prescribed by the laws of
this State concerning said elections, in force
previous to the 20th day of May, 1861.
The poople of the State are respectfully urged
to maintain order among themselves at the 'elec
tion, and to discountenance appeals, the ten
dency of which may be to produce ill-feeling
and alienation towards the ftderal government.
The policy of the government has been liberal
and generous towards North Carolina, and no
pains should be spared to secure a continuance
of this policy.
'And the officers in the various Counties, ap
pointed by the Provisional Governor, are en
joined to exert themselves to preserve the peace
among the people on the day of the election; to
act with justice and firmness in all matters that
may claim their attention; to sec that those er -titled
to vote are protected in their right of suf
frage, and that every manifestation, if such man
ifestations there should be, of hostility to the
federal government, is promptly rebuked and
repressed.
Done at our city of Raleigh, the 18th day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five, and in the year of
the Independence of the United States the
ninetieth. ,W. W. HOLDEN,
Provisional Governor.
By the Governor: W R Richardson, Private Sec'y.
AN ORDINANCE
To give publicity to the Ordinance ordering
Elections on the 2d Thursday in 'Nov. next :
Be it ordained by the people of North Caro
lina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby
ordained, That the Provisional Governor be em
powered and requested to take such steps as in
his judgment may be necessary to make known
to the people of North Carolina the ordinances
ordering elections on the 2J Thursday of Novem
ber, 1865. Read three times, and Ratified in
Convention the 12th day of Oct , A. D., 1865
EDWIN G. READE, President.
Jas. H. Moobe, Sec'y of-tbc Convention.
AN ORDINANCE
Declaring null and void the ordinance of May
20tb, 1861:
Re it declared and ordai ned by the delegates
of the good people of North Carolina, in Con- j That all persons who may have preferred peti
yention assembled, and it ii hereby declared tiorts for parden, shall be deemed to have been
and ordained, That the ordinance of the Coo- , pardoned if the fact orcein g pardoned shall be
Ventioa of the State of North Carolina, ratified i announced by the Governor, although the par
on the twenty-first day of November, seventeen j don may not have been received; and provided
hundred and eighty-nine, which adopted and aho That the payment of a public tax shall
ratified the Constitution of the (Jutted States, ; not be required as a qualification of the voter in
and also all acts and parts of acts of the General ; the elections in November next.
Assembly, ratifying and adopting amendments j Re it further ordained, Hut for the purpose
to the said Constitution, are now and at all i of ascertaining the qualifications of persons pro
times since the adoption and ratification thereof, ' posinr to vote, the inspectors may and it shall
have been in fuil force and effect: notwithstand-
r . 1 i i' . . . ? . t J
ing me euppuueu jruiuance 01 tne iwenuctu uaj j
of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, de- j
clarinr that the same be repealed, rescinded ;
and abrogated; and the said supposed ordi- , Be it further ordaiocd. That at the same time
nance is low and at all times bath been cull and and plase, elections shall be held for seven Rep
void. Ratified in Convention, this seventh ' resents tivri in the Congress of the United States,
day of October, in the year cf our Lord lbuo J
EDWIN O. READE. President.
Jas II. Moore, Sec'y of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCF
Prohibiting Slavery ia the State of North Car
olina :
Be it declared and ordained by the delegates '
of the people of the State of North Carolina in !
Convention assembled, and it is hereby declared
and ordained, That Slavery and involuntary
servitude otherwise tHtt for crimes, whereof
me. parties snau naxj Teen amy convietea, seaii
i.- 1 t l l . f . - -. . -
we uu is nirwr iwnjTcr prontoiiea wubw mo
State.
Ratified ia Convention, this Ninth day of
October, in the Jfar of oar Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
EDWIN G. READE, President.
Jas. II. Moore, Sec'y of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCE
1 Submitting to the qualified voters of the State,
mm nuuHiion w rrjtctwn qi ceniiq orot-
nanees:
lie it ordained by the delegates of the people
of North Carolina, and it is hereby ordained by
the authority of the same. That on the second
Thursday of November next, shall be submitted
to the voters of the State qualified to vote for
members of the House of Commons, for their
ratification or rejeetion, the Ordinance passed by
this Convention, entitled "an Ordinance declar
ing null and void the Ordinance of May the
20th 1861," and such persons as shall favor the
ratification, shall vote a ticket with the words,
"Anti Secession Ordinance, Ratified," and those
opposed shall vote a ticket in the words, "Anti
Secession Ordinance, Rejected." . Also at the
same time shall be submitted for their ratifica
tion or rejeetion an Ordinance, passed by the
Convention, entitled "an Ordinance prohibiting
slavery in the State of North Carolina," and
those who favor a ratification of the same shall
vote a ticket with the words, "Anti-Slavery Or
dinance Ratified," and those opposed shall vote
a ticket with the words "Anti-Slavery Ordi
nance, Rejected."
lie it further ordained, That the Sheriffs or
other Officers who may ascertain the result of
the polls in each County shall transmit the
same to the Provisional Governor, who is here
by empowered and requested to cause the num
ber of votes each way to be ascertained and pro
claimed through as many as three newspapers
published in different parts of the State.
Re it further ordained, That, if ratified,
thenceforth said Ordinances shall be the laws of
the land, and that abolishing slavery shall be
come a part of the Constitution of the State.
Read three times and ratified in Convention,
October 17, A. D , 1865
EDWIN G. READE, President.
Jas. H. Moore, Sec'y of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the election of the members of the
General Assembly -to be convened on the
fourth Monday ot November, 1865, and for
electing Representatives in Congress, and
Governor of the State :
Re it ordained by the delegates of the people
of the Estate of North Carolina in Convention
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same, That a General Assembly
of the State shall be convened on the fourth
Mouday of November, 1865, the members where
of shall hold their places till the next election of
such members, which shall be held on the first
Thursday of August, 1866.
15c it further ordained, That the Provisional
Governor is hereby authorized and requested to
issue forthwith to the sheriff -of each County, a
writ directing that an election be held for the
Senators and members of the House of Colli
sions of such General Assembly, on the second
Thursday of November next, under the rules,
regulations and provisions of chapter 52 of the
ficvised Code.
Re it further ordained, That immediately on
the receipt of the writ, each Sheriff shall sum
mon the Justices of the Peace of the Courts of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to assemble at the
court hous on a day appointed by him, which
shall be as early as practicable; and they or so
many as may assemble, shall appoint inspectors
for each place of election, who shall be forth
with notified of their appointment by the sheriff,
and they shall conduct the elections and make
returns of the polls iu the manner prescribed in
said chapter.
Re it further ordained, That each member
and voter shall be qualified according to the now
existing constitution of the State; J'tovutrd,
however, That no one shall be eligible to a seat
or be capable of voting, who being free in all
respects, 'shall not before the twenty-ninth day
of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, cither
have voluntarily taken and subscribed the oath
of Amnesty prescribed in the proclamation of
President Lincolo, with the purpose to suppress
the insurrection and restore the authority of the
United States, and thenceforward shall have ob
served the same, or shall not hare taken and
subscribed the oath of Amnesty prescribed in
the proclamation of President Johnson, bearing
date twenty-ninth day of May, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-fire, and who moreover, shall not
in either case be of those who are excepted from
the Amnesty granted by any of the. said pro-
camations, unless pardoned; bat provided aJo
be their dutv whenever the vote may be chal
11 m . 1 t it t - . .t... i
lengeo, or incy snail nave causa 10 suspect mai
he is not duly qualified, examine him and others
on oath touching the question.
in pursuance of chapter ftxty-mne of tbe Re
vised Code, which shall be conducted under tbe
rules and regulations therein prescribed for such j
cltetious. and the voters in said elections shall !
' be sueb oalv as
shall be qualified to vote for !
House of Commons, and the '
nieatbers of the
Provisional Governor shall give' the certificate
required by the ninth section of said chapter,
Be it further ordained, That at the same time
and place, an election shall bo held for a Gov-
rnor ef the State, under the same rules and
i regulations prescribed in ehapter fiAr-three of
roe Revised Uode, and the persons qaalified to
! . . - m . - . . . 1
! trt r- i r w- IT . r ii
v wc uiciuvcn m mm ajouso oi Vyominons BO
der the ordinance, shall be qualified to rote for
Governor.
Be lt further ordained, That do person shall
be eligible as Governor unless he shall be qual
ified according to the constitution of the State,
and also shall be capable under the provisions
of this ordinance of voting for members of the
General Assembly.
Beit further ordained. That the Governor
i thos elected shall take his seat so soon as the
, authority of tba Provisional Governor shall cease,
either before the ftm day of January, 1860, or
afterwards, before the first day of January, 1867.
Be it further ordained, That the Governor
thus elected shall continue in office till the 1st
day of January, 1867.
Bj it further ordained, That it shall be in
the power of the General Assembly to modify
so much of this ordinance as relates to the pro
visions for electing a Governor and his term of
office. Ratified in Convention this 10th day
ot uctouer, in the year of onr Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-five.
EDWIN G. READE, President
Jas. II. Moore, Seo'y of the Convention,
AN ORDINANCE
To divide North Carolina into seven Congression
al Districts :
Section 1. Be it ordained by tho pcoido of
norm Carolina in convention assembled, and it
is hereby ordained by the authority of the same,
That for the purpose of electing representatives
in the Congress of tho United States, the State
shall be divided into seven districts, as follows:
The first district shall be composed of the coun
ties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquim
mous, Gates, Chowan, Hertford, Northampton,
Halifax, Martin, Bertie, Washington, Tyrrell,
Hyde, and Beaufort; The second district of the
counties of Pitt, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Wayne,
Green, Edgecombe, Wilson, Ouslow, Carteret,
Duplin, and New Hanover; The third district of
the' counties of Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen,
Sampson, Cumberland, Robeson, Richmond,
Harnett, Moore, Montgomery, Anson and Stanly;
The fourth district of the counties of Wake,
Franklin, Warren, Granville, Orange, Nash,
Johnston and Chatham; The fifth district of the
counties of Alamance, Randolph, Guilford, Rock
ingham, Davidson, Forsythc, Stokes, Surry, Per
son, and Caswell; The sixth district of the coun
ties of Rowan, Cabarrus, Union, Mecklenburg,
Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Iredell, Davie, Yad
kin, Wilkes, aud Alexander; The seventh dis
trict of the counties of Ashe, Alleghany, Watau
ga, Yaneev, Mitchell, McDowell, Dttrke, Cald
well, Rutherford, Cleaveland, Polk, Henderson,
Transylvania, Buncombe, Madison, Haywood,
3acksoti, Macon, Cherokee, and Clay, each of
which Districts shall be entitled to elect one Re
presentative in the Congress of the United
States.
Section 2. The electiou for Representatives in
Congress, shall be held and conducted in every
respect, in conformity with the rules regulations
and restrictions, asset forth and prescrilicd, in the
Sixty-Ninth Chapter of the Revised Code except
that the Polls shall be compared in the first dis
trict at the Court House in the county of Chow
an, in the second district at the Court Houso in
the county of Lenoir, in the third district at the
Court House in the-couuty of Cumberland, in
the fourth . district at the Court House iu the
county of Wake; in the fifth district at the Court
Houso in tho county of Guilford; in the sixth
district, at the Court IIouc in the county of Ire
dell; in the seventh district at the Court House
in the county of Buucombe. Read three time
and Ratified in Convention, the day of Oct.
18C5.
EDWIN G. READE, President
James II. Mookk, Sec'y of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCE
For the election of Clerks aud Sheriffs.
Be it ordained by the good people of North
Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is
hereby ordained by authority of the same, That
an election be held for Sheriffs and County and
Superior Court Clerks on the same day and at
the same time and places, that the ejgption for
members of the General Assembly shall take
'place, and in the itme manner as heretofore
prescribed for the election of such officers: Pro
vided that all persons qualified to vote for mem
bers of the House of Commons shall be qualified
to vote for these officers.
See. 2. Be it further ordained, That said
officers shall have ail the qualifications hereto
fore required.
Sec. 3: Beit further ordained, That they
bhall enter on the duties of their office as soon
as the Provisional Government expires, and hold
said offices until further provided for by the
General Assembly. Read three times and rat
ified in Convention the 12th day of October,
A. D , 1865
E. G. READE, President.
Jas. II. Moobe, Secretary of the Convention.
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for the election of two members of j
the House of Commons from the County of '
Cumberland, and one from the County of!
Harnett: '
Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people j
of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, ,
! and it is bercbr ordained by the
authority of.
.L Tt. .11 ajI k. 1 .
iue j u uum uti w j
the County of Cumbcrlsnd shall elect two mem- j
bera to the House of Commons, and tbe County
of Harnett one member, the elections to be held
io accordance with the rales and regulations
prescribed by lav for the election of members
to tbe House of Commons; Provided, that notb-
ing ia thia ordinance shall ehange the represen-
tation of the two Counties in The Senate, but ;
they shall vote together for one Senator, until ;
the next apportionn-cot of Senatorial ihstnets.
Ratified ia Conveotioo this 17th day of Oeto- '
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand tigus .
hundred and sixty-five
EDWIN G. READE, lVcsident.
James H. Moore, Sec'ty of the Convention. t
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
Heretofore when terrible plagues and epi
demic have decimated the human family, tfas
domestic animals have been spared. Now, bow
ever, the dreaded cholera and the cattle plague
both emerged from their Oriental haunts at tho
same time, and terrible as has been that mortal
ity among the nations smitten by the cholera,
the destruction of all kinds of stock sod csttle
by a speclts of murrain ha been equally fear
ful. ' A year ago it was in Egypt, and 1,700,000
cattle perished from the herds of that country.
Passing around the Mediterranean, it made iu
way northward into Russia and the countries on
the Danub", Inland, Siberia, Gallioia, Hungary,
Austria, Boheinia and Moravia were visited and
depopulated of ,thi, cattle with astonishing
rapidity. In the eagerness to avoid a total toss,
the owners of neit stock sold a largo number of
their animals to be transported. to Hamburg
and thencce to England. Ia this way the ter
rible disease has spread over Great Britain. A
correspondent of the London Times, writing
from Vieonn under data of August 17tb, 1865,
thus describes the "Russian Murrain," as the
English call.it :
''The first symptoms of pucmonia pecorutn
cpizootica tiplioii aye dole! uluess and feeble
ness, with difficulty in breathing. Tbe animals
stand with their heads hanging down; their ears
are pendulous, their eyes fixed. The inner skin
of the nose is pale, the inner part of tho mouth
slimy; tho body, boms, ears and legs are cool,
the skin is dry, and the hair rough and bristly.
The first stage of the malady, during which
there is little or no fever, lasts from a fortnight
to three weeks. The symptoms during the se
cond stage are- feverish movements, violent
sbiverings and exacerbation towards the even
ing; increased difficulty in breathing, with
dry, hollow, spasmodio cough. In very many
cases there is no cough during the first stage of
the malady. The appetite is generally good,
though the animals ruminate but little. The
cow gives as much milk as usual, hot it is thia
and of a bluish color. As the malady progres
ses the animals get very weak and faint; some
times the extremities are hot, sometimes they
aro cold, tho hair on tbe back and withers stands
on end, the eyes aro red and wide open, the
neck and bead are stretched out, the excretions
are partially rupprerscd. Tbe second stage,
during which there is still a ehanca that the
animal may be saved, lasts four or five days. -The
third stage, during which the fever assumes
a putrid character, need not be described, as it
invariably ends with, death."
This disease is now raging in almost every
portion of the world. It is in every part of
Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope, New
South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
During the last three or four months it has
killed nearly a million of cattle in Egypt, and
as many sheep, goat, camels, fcc , Tbe
bodies of these animals are all Ihrowu into the
Nile, and so completely was the river blocked up
with their carcasses that the dogs of Damietta
could walk across the Nile on a bridge of dead
oxen without getting their feet wet." The dis
ease, like thj cholen, travels mysteriously from
country to country, and kills about three-fourths
of the animals attacked. Of 159,476 oxon who
suffered from the disease in Russia in 1864, 104,-
714 died. A writer in a French agricultural
journal states that the disease hps re cited! 7 swept
over Europe ood Asia. He mentions the years
817, 1223, 1025, 1T10, 1745, 1800, and 1813.
We can find no account of this particular dia
easo having ever found its way1 into this country
but as in 145 it crossed the sea from Zealand
to Essex county, England, in a cargo of bides,,
we see no reason why it should not arrive io t he
rural districts of New York about the time that
the Asiatic cholera commences its American
campaign in the tictropolis of that State. Thos
far 00 very effective remedies have been dis
covered, but the English snd French coagaxioes
direct that particular "attention should be paid
to the cleaning of all yards, sheds and other
places where cattle tre kept; and this cleansing
should be especially insisted upon where there
has beeu any manifestation ot this disease.
These places should be disinfected by tbe free
use of chloiide of lime, or other allied com
pounds. It is also of great importance that all
diseased animals should be as quickly as possi
ble removed to as great a distance from tbe
healthy as circumstances will allow."
'For vcltom do Fathionulle M'ovien Drtut
The idea that ladies who lavish enormous,
sums annually in personal decorations dress io
fascinate tbeir husbands, lovers, or man iu tne
aggregate, is a vulgar error. A fasbiooable wo-
t'o n ... 0 . . . ....
man is not bait as anxious to win the admiratioq
of the men as to provoke the envy ofberowo
sex. mo t rut n is, tnai gentlemen, as a ruie,
know very little about the commercul value of
female atiire, and (except when they are called)
on to pay the bilUf) care less. An elegant and
becoming toilet, however inexpensive, generally
satisfies them Not so our first family belles
and dashing dowagers. Cost is their standard
of excellence in costume. Aud what consum
mate sumtuary critics they arc. No tradesman
is a better judge of the articles io which he
deals than the lady of fashion is of all tho at- -tides
her sitters wear. With a tingle aide-long
glance, rapid, keen and searching, she can "reek
on up" the jiabiliinents of a rivr.l ia tbe lean
rrumde almost to a shilliog. No pawn broker,
however accustomed to guage the price of coat If
trumpery,' could come nearer the uiatk. Iutita
tioo cashmeres, simulated lace sod false jewelry,
however xraiicmb!at, do not deeeivo ber for
an instant. She sees through the cheat aa easily
a a banker detects a forged bill, and sneers in
wardly at the vain attempt to cope with ber
genuine extravagances. She triumphs ie tbe
reflection that all ber splendors are sUrIlog,aad
that her "set" tharp-eyed as herself, can dis- '
tinguish between cbctp fine ladjisnv sod the
reioons gratdeur ft is intended to cope with, tt
well as she can. t- Bui mole-eyed., man sees not
the difference unless it is pointed out to him. .
Is it not obvious from there premises that the,
richly bedight goddesses of faibioo's cmpyresa
dress to provoke envy in caeh other rather that
to command manly worship?
. . . -- MM