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W E8TEEN DBMOCEAT, CHAELOTTE, N. C. isUtn twioctat. W. J. .YATES, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE. IV. C. April 2B, 18CG. IIOBUID Murders. The most alarming fea- ! ture noticeable in the Northern prints, (says the ! Newbern Times.) i the fearful number of inur ders. rapes, burglaries and robberies with which their columns daily teem. Deplorable as society is in the South, it is infinitely better than at the North, if wt- are to judge by the published ac counts of frightful outrages committed in the very heart of civilization, and in many instances not even seeking the cover of the darkness of night to hide their deformity. If the sainted divines in that region could only linve their attention turned for a wbilo from the doleful picture which tlnir distorted fancies have pictured of their poor down-trodden friend., the iiegroes-of the South, to the overflowing pits and sinks of the stench and filth of diabolical wicked ness in their own midst, they would find enough to attend to at homo to allow us a little time for peuce and repose. I.axk of Charlotte. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank of Charlotte was held iu this place on Thursday last. The Directors were authorized to close the affairs of the Bank in accordance with the late Act of the Legisla ture, whenever they thought proper to do so. Coming: It is understood that Maj. Gen. J. B. Stedman, of Ohio, and Brig. Gen. J. S. Ful lerton, of Missouri, will reach this city in a few days. They have been commissioned by Presi dent Johnston to investigate the workings of the freedmen's bureau throughout the entire South, and to report upon the necessity, if any, of its continuance. General Stedman and Fullertou have visited Richmond, Charlottesville, Lynch burg and IVter.-biirg. In each of those places they have put themselves in communication with the citizens of all shades of opinion, with a view of making the enquiry as searching as possible, and of eliciting the true sentiments of the people, i We trust they may pursue like course not only iu our midnt. but throughout North Carolina. They will bo kindly received- Raleigh Progress. j Wo hope these officers, when they come into i our State, will take the trouble to talk with far- i mers and others who employ the freedmen, and j learn their views and experience as to the work- j iligs of the Bureau. We want them to talk with practical men and not with theorists. If their object is to learn and report actual facts, they will .receive a hearty welcome. J - m 9 Expelled. We see that J. II. Hood, for-1 merly of llalcih, a graduate of the Standard office, bas been CxpclIcd from the Tennessee Legislature, of which he was a member, upon ; the charge of wilfully abseuting himself to pre- j vent a quorum. Even when brought before the j bar of the House, he persistently refused to an- I . it- . r it' i i swer to ins name. Mr ii. is a native oi wake, and his father now resides at Dunnsville, about 10 miles from here. llahijh I'ioyicss. Tt is no disgrace to Mr Hood lo be expelled by such a body of men as compose the majority of the Tennessee Legislature. Mr Hood and .others absented themselves to prevent a quorum, and thereby defeat anutrageou3 and disgrace ful measure of the radicals, viz : the disfran chisement of all citizens of Tennessee who aided the Southern cause. Mr Hood, though a Union man, opposes the radical schemes of Brownlow iV Co. CsT The refusal of the U. S. Senate to permit a Minister to bo sent from this country to the 'Republican' Government of Mexico, indicates very plainly that Maximilian's hold on the coun try is considered permanent, and that all the talk about driving out the French is mere bosh. A Washington correspondent says : The appointment of lion. L- D. Campbell as Minister to Mexico, which nomination has been before the Senate for continuation for about three months, 'is likely to hang iirw" for some time to come. The Committee, on Foreign Affairs, to whom the nomination was referred. last week re ported in favor of Mr Campbell's appointment, but when thw matter came up in the Senate for actiu in the executive session, the Senate refus ed to confirm the nomination, and recommitted the matter to the committee, upon the ground that it is inexpedient and impolitic at thisjunc- lure io uccieuiL u iiiiiiimi i iu .ieAio. o ai n i Mr I auipoell is personally concerned, tne jenat lias no ol-ject ion, but to accredit a minister to Mexico makes it necessary that he shall be di rected to go oither to Juarez or to Maximilian, mid the grve and reverend Senators don't feel inclined to decide that question just at this time." Wo have fallen on pestilential days. Cholera in Eurojd and this country; trichina iu Germany; rinderpest (or cattle plague) in Russia, Holland ami England, whereuuto the sheep jIague is added ; and even the birds in Italy are .dying by thousands of miasma, and a uuniue epidemic on the. coast has made shrimps of the Erctich ovstors. A1 1'. Tribune. And in this country the radical atrue is vorsc than all others. Those affected with it im mediately lose all principle and sense of propriety and prefer black objects to white ones. 1 he radical disunion press of the North are now engaged in denouncing and abusing Mr j Seward, Secretary of State, because he supports j the President's policy and is iu favor of restoring the Union and ireser inir the 'CoiK-titutiou ot the j country from being trampled under foot by radical Congress. the i Wc have concluded to reduce i the subscription price of the j Democrat to Three Dollars lor one year. We make this reduction because an increased patronage justifies it. Hereafter our rates win be For twelve months, in advance, For six months, in advance, Co 00 2 00 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " Administrator's Sale S P Alexander, Adui'r. Cows, Hogs, Ac, tor sale Mj. Magruder. Attorneys at Law Osborne & Bariihger. New Spring Goods McLeod & Steele. L. W. Springs, with Young, Moore it Co , Philadel phia. N. C. Stock Ins. Co J M Springs, Sec'y. To Tax Payers S F Houston, lax taker. Wiltu. & Weldon Railroad S L Fremont, Snpt. WI1., Char. & Ruth. Railroad B S Guion, Supt. Fish and Tanners' Oil Scarr's Drug Store. Court Order John B White, C. & M. E. The Tbade dl' New York. On would suppose that when a people, like the Northern people, are prospering and flourishing a8 the green bay tree," that they would not be deposed to exercise revengeful feelings and oppress oth- I ers. But the conduct of the Representative of the North shows that they have no more charity . .. .. . ... . J , or magnanimity in their composition than a tur- therefor. The Committee, after a T short 'discus j nip has blood they are little-hearted and nar- siou, directed their Chairman to report agajnst : row-minded, influenced by passion and prejudice; . any modification of the oath' whatever. The an while they are ready and anxious to receive tI,e trade of the South, they are also as anxious to degrade and oppress Southern people. These reflections are suggested on reading the follow- ! 'nS remarks of the New York News in regard to !.tbe prosperity of New York merchants: Few people have any iust conception of the immense business that is done in this city. We I take one district (the Fourth) for the purpose of i illustration. In a list of one hundred mercantile j houses in this district, we find only three whose j sales within the lust ten months, that have been reported, amount to less than one million of dol- j lars; twelve old from three'million to four mil- i lion dollars worth of goods each; twelve others ! from four to eight million; George A. Wicks 6c J Co. sold ten million; Anthony 6c Hall, ten mil- i lion three hundred and seventy-three thousand. ! At the head of the list of wholesale merchants j stands the house of II. B. Clanio &c Co.. whose sales are reported, under oath, to have reached the enormous amount ot &4,iuu. Jo; winie a T. Stewart 6c Co. report the amount of their wbolesalo business within the same period at $39,1)1,083. This last sum does not embrace a large package business done by this house u Philadelphia, and which amounts to several mil lion dollars, upon which the revenue tax is paid in that city; nor the business of their great retail establishment on Broadway and Tenth street, where they sell many millions worth of goods every year, the aggregate transactions at all of which swell the sales of A. T. Stewar &. Co. above those of any other dry goods house in this country. Release or IIox. C. C. Clay. The follow ing announcement will be received with gratifi cation by Southern people everywhere. Fortress Monroe, April 18. Hon. C C. Clay, lute Confederate States Senator from the Stateof Alabama, and heretofore confined here with Mr Davis, was released on parole this morn- A Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times, speaking of Mr Clay's release, says : "At a late hour last night Mrs. C C Clay ob tained from the President an order for the release of her husband from imprisonment in Fortress Monroe. It was near midnight before Mrs. Clay obtained the order iu form from General Town send. The order releasing Mr Clay is a simple parole, releasing him upon condition that he re main in his own State, and go to other parts of the United States only when absolutely necessa ry, and respond, when required, to answer any charges that may be pref erred against him. Also that he fake the oath of allegiance. The letters accompanying the application for Mr Clay's parole are numerous. I give you the substance of four of them : Lieutenant General Grant recommends the re lease of Clay because he thinks he may safely be left at large on parole, or by amnesty. The man ner of Clay's surrender is sufficient guarantee of his observance of any parole that might be taken by him to appear when called for. He recom mends his release on parole not to leave the lim its of his own State witlrout permission, and to surrender himself to the civil authorities for trial when called upon. Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator from Massachu setts, has no hesitation in recommending the re lease of Clay upon .parole, and has no doubt that he will be forthcoming when his presence is re quired by the Government. Hon. Thaddeus Stevens says he would treat Clay as a belligerent, unless he was in the conspi racy to assas?iiiate Mr Lincoln, which he does uot believe. Would confiscate his property' and let him go. Hon. It. J. Walker has known Clay many years and pronounces him incapable of the-crime of Mr Lincoln's assassination, and when he escaped was certain he surrendered himself in hopes of secu rincr a trial. C We are requested to say that persons de sirous of subscribing for the New York Watch man (Dr. Deems' paper) will find a subscription list at the Book Store of R. N. Tiddy 6c Zo., who will forward the names and money. m - From Europe. The Steamship Persia, ar rived at New York on Friday last, with dates to the 7th inst. The cotton market at Liverpool was dull. American had declined from a half to three-quarters uf a penny. The Fueeumen in Georgia. Milledgeville, Georgia, papers assert that more thau three 1 I,. ,i . , . .1 ,,.rrrl moil llHVri Wlllllll tWO WCekS passed over the railroad from Putnam and adja Qe, cuuutit' tor tne West. They have Deen induced to leave their employers on the promise of higher wages, although they made contracts with them, which contracts were ratified by the Freedmen's Bureau. Planters thus deprived of their employees will be disappointed iu making their crops. " This complaint comes from many counties, notwithstanding arrests have been made of persons who are thus tampering with the em ployees. The Agent of.the Bureau in this place, last week, sentenced a negro man to the chain gang for thirty days for violating his contract with a farmer. - 13 We direct attention to the following invi tation for proposals to carry the mail from this place to the head of the WiU Char. 6c Ruther'd Railroad, in Richmoud county; also from Cherry -ville iu Gaston' couuty, to Rutherfordton : By order of the IVmrd of Directors, proposals e . " !! e i. i C K WT Ji.,nirrtn.l in i;;nl,m..n.1 ronntv to Char- loU iu two.holt, hacks, three times a week, will j be received by the undersigned at Wadesboro', j until Saturday, the 5th day of May, at wfcich time j the contract will be awarded. Service to com- meuce immediately. a. w. W. L. STEELE. j Similar proposals for carrying the Mail from ; Cherry ville. to Rutherford, will "be received and j acted upon at the same time by the undersigned j at Lincolnton. C. C. HEXDElON, j A. K. tiOMESLi. i A dispatch from Washington says : Prepara tions are-making to hold the regular term of the United Slates Circuit Court in llichmond next. month and the trial ot Jtnerson Davis for high treason may be expected within two months. , Another correspondent says : 'i'lbe statement that preparations are being made ir. the United Slates Court iu Richmond for the trial ot Jeff Davis has no foundation ir4 fact. The House Judiciary Committee have this question, and also the question of Davis' onnmii.if a, h a.-,viiiation idot. under eon- ....... .. . , ' . i.ipr.i nn o..ri nn.in hfi hpfii done ana Both, iog will be done in tb,e premises until they have UI1VU, HIIU UVbUtl'M " w ' w .... a made their report to the House. j Washington Items. The House Judiciary 1 Committee had under consideration the question ' recently submitted to them of inquiring into the President a few days a sent a special message ' to Conirress upou the subject. transmitt'iDcr let- ters from the Secretary of the Treasury and the i P'nst-General strongly urging some legis- i lation upon -the subject, and civiiisr tbe reasons i iii&iruiau win present an eiaooraie report uywu ! it, going into the whole question, and attempt to 1 vindicate the action of the Committee by quota ' tions from the President's records. Mr Rogers will present a minority report in favor of its re peal, as desired by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General. The President removed two Radical office holders at Pittsbuig the Postmaster and Inter nal Revenue Collector and appointed good ad min ist ration men in their places, en-Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania, being selected for the lucrative office of Collector. Th President has signed an order for the issue of pardons to six persons in North Carolina, five in Arkansas, one in Louisiana and one in Texas special cases all under the thirteenth excep tion, cr the twenty thousand dollar property clause. President Johnson has ordered that a writ of j mbeas corpus be granted in the case in which it wag refusea by JudKe Uuderwood in Virginia, a by Judge Luderwood in Virginia, ! few days ago. The list of awards for the capture of Mr Davis, and Uie arre.-t of the assassins of Mr Lincoln, Has at length been sent to Congress. The .largest award is to Colonel Pritcbard, who receives ten thousand dollars as the captor of Mr Davis. It has been hinted by the Radicals that the Senate will not confirm the nomination of Judge Stanberry to the Supreme Court, but pass a bill abolishing the judicial district.- Mrs. Jefferson Davis is at the St. Lawrence Hotel, in Montreal. ... Tue Cholera at New York. New York, April 19. The disease on the British steamer Virginia, which arrived here yesterday from Liv erpool, is pronounced by the Health Officer to be Asiatic cholera. She is now at the lower bay, and no communication between her and the shore is allowed. The disease is confined entirely to the steerage passengers, and .appeared when. the vessel was eight days out. There" is no panic on board. The Governor of New York will -issue a pro clamation declaring New York city in peril from the impending pestilence. A Dangerous Preparation. On the 5th of November, 16G3, the proprietor of the Wyoming Hotel, on Greenwich street. New York, directed a porter to place on the side-walk, in front of his liotel, a small box, which emitted an unpleasant odor. The box had scarcely been deposited in the street when an explosion followed which de molished the hotel, killed and wounded many persons and damaged a large number of houses for several hundred yards around the hotel. An investigation led to the discovery that the box contained bottles of a new explosive agent called 'nitro glyceriue," the invention of a Swedish en gineer named Alfred Noble. This terrible agent of destruction has fifteen times the power of the best gunpowder, and the fearful execution which it did on Greenwich street gave it a popularity for mining purposes which the industrious and In defatigable proprietor of the "Plantation Bitters" could scarcely have given it by a twelve months" laborious advertising. A demand for it at once sprang up in the mining territories of Idaho, Ne vada and Colorado, and to meet this demand two hundred pounds of the nitro glycerine was for warded to California by one of the steamers of the Pacific Mail- Line. Fortunately it did not explode on the steamer, for one pound of it would have torn a vessel of two thousand tons to pieces. When it arrived in California and was deposited in the office of Wells, Fargo 6c Co., where it did explode with more terrible ef fect than when it startled New York and blew up the Wyoming Hotel. On the Kith of this month it exploded, instantly killing twenty per sons, wounding a much larger number, and de stroyed a whole block of buildings. It is very evident that this is the most terrific and danger ous exploding agent ever invented. In Europe it lias been used, it is said, for some time as.a safe and incomparably useful explosive agent iu blasting in tunnels, mines and other ex-' cavations, and accidents have been infrequent. Here it is only known, as the Herald - truthfully states. '-as an infernal machine to destroy the lives of persons unacquainted with its tremendous power," and its transportation and use shoud be punished as a capital felony. Tiie Evil Kesults. The negroes of Nor folk, Ya., last week celebrated the p-issage of the Civil llights bill, and many got- drunk aud : made an attack on some white people which re- j suited in the killing of three or four white per sons. The Goldsboro News thus speaks of the affair : -All the testimony corroborates the statements that the riot was an entirely unprovoked attack ! on the part of the negroes. No wituess who has thus far been examined, whether black or white, hesitates to fix the responsibility of the foul and diabolical murders committed, upon ' the negroes. This is one of the results of the passage of the Civil llights Bill, aud we fear it is only the beginning of the end. A few more scenes as have occurred in Norfolk, and a war of races will have begun which can only end in one way. We trust never to see that day dawn; but should it come, it vill take no prophet to foretell the-result.' The fate of the Indian should be a warning to the negro, but he will not heed it, unless h discards, uow and forever, the teachings of radicalism. It is a hard charge to make against any class of men to say that they design to produce, in the Southern States, a war of races, whose hor rors will greatly exceed an' of the past five years; but such war will be the inevitable result of the teachings of the majority iu Congress, and of a repetition of the scenes which have, this week happened in Norfolk. .We caution the colored population of North Carolina to keep aloof from all processions got ten up to exasperate .the whites, and to beget and foster ill feeling between the two races. They are well and politely troated, and it be comes them to act respectfully towards their employers and those whites with whom they are brought in contact. They are free, but they .ire not the equal of the white race, and no Civil llights Biir can, by possibility, make them so. Lager Beer An able and elaborate re view of Cholera, its causes, and the proper pre cautions to be taken for its prevention in the N. T. News, takes the position that lager beer, more than any other beverage, propagates tba ! dreadful disease. The same writer advises an avoidance of all fermented liquors. . - Gen. Kunkk commanding th: garrison at '. Memr his, has issued an order to prevent n- ; J i- . : .i :. " j th,f i croes iroui erunuius iuiu me v-iiv. u o-j io. . .. . - 1 1 . . . 1 J . - . .1. ... KvBM WhA be will treat and punish as vagrants .UU9G n wv refuse to contract and go to work. Another Speech from the President. His Address to the Soldiers and Sailors. Washington, April 18. The President to-night addressed a dense assemblage of soldiers, sailors and others, who complimented him with a sere nade. He said that he cared not for his sland erers, whom be characterized as the "foul whelps of sin." The rebellion had been put down. "Did we," he asked, "shed eo much blood and make so many sacrifices for the pur pose of destroying the States? No! It waa to preserve the States under the Constitution, and in the Union of the Stipes." Ho repeated, ''We toiled not to break down the Union but lo preserve it. - In time of war we have the right to strike, and cripple and reduce to sub jeclionr but in time of peace the converse course is the right one, and we must rebuild the cities, restore the villages, renew agriculture, and en courage all the arts and industrial pursuits. The soldiers, from the private to the command ing general, know better what should be dono than the closet politicians and the humanitarian. Let us (he said,) make every effort to restore the relations which heretofore existed between the Federal Government and all the States. There was nw no enemy against our Govern ment. Denying the right of a State to secede, Ue now, as heretofore, took h3 stand both against secession and consolidation, and intend ed to maintain his policy. He was frequently interrupted by applause, which showed that the soldiers and sailors pre sent heartily endorsed his remarks. On Thursday last, to a procession of negroes, in Washington," celebrating emancipation, the President spoke as folows : He said the time would come," aod that not far distant, when it would be known to the country who was their best practical friend. He knew it was easy to villify him, but for this he did not care. While some pretended to be the especial friends of (he negro, they ride him as a hobby for obtaining and maintaining power; but, as for himself, it had been a princi ple with him to secure freedom in its best sense. He counselled his listeners that they have im portant duties to perform, and that they must show that they are worthy of the liberty with which they have been endowed. He had done, he said, more for them than those who had never perilled life or property, and who pretend ed to be their especial friends, while enconscing themselves in places of safety. JEST" There are various and erroneous con structions of the peace proclamation given in the Radical press. One would suppose that document was plain enough in its terms to be understood by an intelligent reader, but the Radical press persists in misconsfrueing it. The only official interpretation of the proclamation that has been given was sent to Georgia in an swer to the following dispatch : "Augusta, Georgia, April 7, 18G6. Jlfrjor General Howard: Does the President's recent proclamation re move martial law in this State? If so, General Rrannon does not feel authorized to arrest par ties who have committed outrages on freed peo ple" or Union refugees. Please answer by tele graph. Davis Tillson, Rrig. Gen. of Volunteers." 1Y this the President directed the following reply to be sent : "War Department, -) Washington City, April 17, I860. The President's proclamation does not remove martial law, or operate in any way upon the Freedmen's Bureau in the exercise of its legiti mate jurisdiction. It is not expedient, how ever, to resort to military tiibunals in any case where justice cao be obtained through the me dium of civil authority. . E. D. Townsend, A. A. G." A brief interpretation. of the effect of the pro clamation such as the President himself jives, may be stated thus : Wherever the rebellion is declared to have ceased, there the writ of ta Leas corpus is no longer-suspended. - Where" the civil law has resumed its authority, the mili tary authority no longer has precedence. And it may be added that the military arm is retain ed in the States lately in insurrection only to aid, when necessary, the civil tribunals iu exe cuting their decrees. Washington Correspon dent Richmond Times. j Immigration. Quite a number of the me- chanics and other citizens of this place have left for Illinois, and others are contemplating a removal. They are industrious, good citizens, but the situation so straitens them that they have determined to seek a better country. There are others, not quite so fond of work as they ate, who would do well to follow their ex ample, if they would go to work. Raleiyh Sentinel. -3?" General Ewing, late of the United States Army, bas recently performed an act which is highly meritorious and which docs him infinite credit. He has just returned to the Mississippi State Library, through Governor Humphreys of that State, several dozens of books which, at different times during the war, had come into his possession as a commanding officer. These books having been stolen, and General Ewing being an honest man, he oonsidered it his duty to forward them to their destination, which he did, writing at the same time a very neat let ter to the Governor of Mississippi. This is, in every respect, a good example. It should act as a standing monitor to such light fingered generals as Duller, for instance, who we regret to see, has recently once more come before the public in the shape of a harangue be fore the Pennsylvania Legislature, wherein he aired his old stock in trade, namely, the neces sity of executing Mr Davis and General Lee. -General Ewing has indicated a way whereby even Butler could retrreve his reputation. But the question that Daturally presents it3elf is : Will Butler leave off speech-making and make restitution ? We will see. Ar. Y. News. Over thirty years ago, Uev. E II. Avery was tried, in Rhode Island, for the murder of Sarah M. Connell, and acquitted. The girl was found dead in the woods Dear a camp meeting, and Avery was said to have been seen with her just before. Proof has lately appeared that the man seen with the girl was Bot Avery, but a person resembling him in size and dress, and that the. girl committed suicide. That clears Mr Avery from. all suspicion. He left the ministry after hii trial, and is now living in New York. An interesting and important decision, touch ing the responsibility of common carrieis, has just been decided at Milwaukee, in whieh the American Express Company are made to paj two hundred doUars for damages done to . Cre mona fiddle while in transportation, notwith standing the attempted waiver of responsibility exceeding fifty dollars, expressed on th com pany's blank receipts. ;-.; FROM WASHINGTON. Wa8hisstoh, April 20. The Senate passed the bill amendatorj of the habeas corpus art. This grants immunity to array officers for arts committed in aid of the suppression of the rebellion, and ex empts them from Jiabilitj to civil -courts for each aets. During the discussion of the above bill Mr baulsbarj rrmarked that if he were a jodge he would pay no attention to it, believing it to be un constitutional, which led to some sharp remarks be tween that Senator and Mr Clark, who said in the course of his remarks, that if the spirit of the rebel lion had, crept into ihe Senate, there was more ne cessity for the passage of the bill. The personal discussion was of some length. Washington, April 20. The receipts from cus toms, internal revenue and miscellaneous sources for the present fiscal vear will be over $500,000,000, or nearly $171,500,000 more than those of the pre vious year. TERRIBLE DISASTER. A terrible disaster occurred at Aspinwall on the 3d inst. There was a fearfal explosion on board the steamer European, destroying the ship and four hundred feet of the wharf. The cause is supposed to have been from nitroglycerine on board. About fifty persons were killed among them the captain and officers of the ship. The Methodist General Conference lrave adopted a report extending the . jurisdiction of the Southern Church in every direction asked for. The Committee on Episcopal Affairs have reported, advising the College of bishops to ap point one of their number to reside in Califor nia, and also recommending the election of six additional Bishops. April 14. -A report was submitted to the General Conference to-day, calling for the elec tion of six new. bishops. The committee of changes recommended the abrogation of ihe probation system of the church, making mem bership dependent upon profession of faith; also, that class meeting no longer be regarded as a test of membership, but only as a privilege; also, the Establishing of a monthly church meeting, where ail the interests of the church will pass under re view." The committee on colored people recommend the establishment of day schools for the instruc tion of colored children. The Conference adopted the suggestion, and will organize at once such a plan for the education of colored people; also, that colored conferences, districts and stations be organized, and colored preachers be ordained and "appointed to such works. Mr Deems, in behalf of the North Carolina delegation, offered a naDer lookiner toward the addition of another section to the chapter on baptism, in reference to baptized children. . It is estimated that in -Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi there are now about one-third of the number of colored laborers there were in 1800, while there are twice as many white laborers. m What the Brownlows are doing The ashville Banner has a letter from one of its most reliable correspondents, from, which we take the following appalling picture of affairs in East Tennessee : "A few days after Governor Brownlow made his speech in Knoxville, Colonel Brownlow made a most inflammatory speech in Jonesboro, end as a result of the agitation renewed in East Tennessee by these speeches, one man was mur dered by midnight assassins, near Greenville, and six men ordered to leave Jonesboro instant ly; and all over that once happy country the ef fect of these ill-timed speeches was like -a strong wind on smouldering flax likely to result in a general blaze. The only way to arrest these things-is to bring them into publio notice. Light has the same effect on them as on vermin which shelter unN;r tho covr of rocks. Lift the stone, let in light, and in a moment they disappear. This is a secluded country. They have no papers Infinitely more appalling are the murders and wrongs committed in the lone ly, sequestered valleys of that country than any rendered in prose or sung among the highlands of Scotland,-the massacree of Glencoe not ex cepted. No such wholesale massacree as that hasT)cen done, but murder is practiced there as one of the fine arts. It is true the best portion of the Uoion people are oppoaed to these things, but they dare not utter a word against it, for fear of being included with the rebels in pro cess of extermination." FOREIGN ITEMS. The Emperor Napoleon has decided that all the French troops shall be withdrawn from Moxico in detachments the first, 1st Novem ber; the second, 2nd March, and the last, 3rd November, 1807. The anticipated war between Austria and Prussia has made a most unfavorable impression on commercial affairs throughout France. The apprehension is that if these powers to go war, France cannot, even if she would, maintain neu trality. A strong petition has been sent from England to the Pope of Rome, asking for a restoration of communion between the two churches. A convention of leading Divines of the Pro testant and Catholic churches is in session in Paris for a new translation of the Bible. Shanghai advices of March 9 fetate that the Imperial troops gained a complete victory over the rebels in the north of China, and that 50, 000 of the latter had been slaughtered or cap tured. State of Nor tli Carolina, Gallon Co.-j In Equity To Spring Term, 1866. Wm P Bynum and Tbos P Crier vs. Joshua Rob erts and others. Petition for sale of Land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and Master that Alex McBee, Slalinda Mi-Bee, Patsy Car son, Harriet McBee, F B McBee, V E McBee, L Mc Bee, Susan McBee, Vardry McBee, Jr, Anu McBee, Luther McBee, Jas Ratteree and wife, Uobt Ratteree and wife, and Wm McGill, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therelore ordered by me that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, for six weeks, notifying the defendants Of the filing of this Petition, and that they" be and appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for the said county of Gaston, at the Court House in Dallas, on the 1 lib Monday after the 1st Monday in March, A D 1866, or the same will 'be taken pro cenfesso and heard exparte as to them. Witness. John B While, Clerk and Master of said Court at Office, April 20tb, 1866. 14-61 J B WHITE, C.iM. E. CHARLOTTE MARKET, April 23, I860. CORRECTED BY STES UOTSB it MaCACLAT. Some 280 bales Cotton were sold last week at 18 to 20 cents specie, and 20 to 26 cents currency, as to quality tendency downwards. Flour $14 to $14 60: Cof n $1 40 to $t 45; Peas $',85 to $1 4Q;', Oftla $1 $t Ir 'Bactm lJ to 17 cants per pound; Corn Whiskey and Appl Brandy Bf6w 8gr 18 to 22, to 49 eeits, Tea $1 J&'to f 1, SorgWm molass? f 50 .teu per fUon, iron sti9 cesta. ; i - . . n 0fnMlrch' by Rev. A. L. StongVla ?X enDl.,trf.t 'TVJ- C Rn"e11 of Pleasaot Val ley, S. C, to Miss Lethe Dye. On the 5th inst., by Rev. A. L. Stough, Wm. Stephenson of Union county, N. C, to Hiss Mary Yarboroughof Lancaster District, S. C. Administrator's Sale. On Tuesday, the 16th of May, I will sell at th late residence of Col. B. W. Alexander, ia this town, all the HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE and one Milch COW. Tehns.'B months credit. S. P. ALEXANDER, Adm'r. t&" All persons indebted to the estate of Col. B. W. Alexander are requested to make settlement, and those having claims against the same must present them, duly authenticated, within the time prescrib ed by law or thi8 notira will I.a nl1iri in hap nf their recovery. s. P. ALEXANDER, April 23, 1866 4t - Adm'r. FOR SAIjE Two 5ne Cows, a Horse, 25 young; Hog, a Bugy, Molusjes Mill, and some Farming utensil,- will be sold on the Farm of Mai. Maci-mlcr in ntM nnt- ty, on Wednesday tho 2Sth of April. Persons desirous of purchasing fine Cowa will bo accommodated (of course free of charge) at tho bouse until the cars leave for Charlotte on the next day, Thursday. The cars come within two miles of the place. Aoril 23, 1866 JAMES W. OSBOP.VK. acres BABamata. OSBORNE & BARRINGER, Attorneys, at Lair, CHARLOTTE, N. 0. Will practice in the counties of Mecklenburg, Ca barrus, Rowan, Union, Stanly, Iredell, Lincoln and Gaston; also in the Supreme and Federal Conrts of the State. Office in the Brick Building near the Court House, up stairs. April 23, 1866. 4tpd L. W. SPRINGS W1TU YOUNG, MOORE & CO., No. 429 Market and 418 Commerce Street, Pliilndelpliia, Importers and Jobbers of Hosiery, Notions, White Goods, Embroideries, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ac. KrFEa to McLeod & Steele, Jno L. Springs, Charlotte, N. C. April 23, 1866. 7t. Stockholders' ITIeetiiigr. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of tho "North Carolina Stock Insurance Company" will bo held at the First National Bank, Charlotte, at 11 o'clock. A. M.. Tuesday the 1st May, 1866. A full representation of Slock is desired. - J. M. SPRINGS, Sec'y. April 23, 1866 2t ', , , i wr - - - ' - -' The Latest and the Cheapest McLEOD aTsTEELE, Are now receiving their SPRING AND SUMMER .STOCK. Their stock is complete, and tbey hope that all who wish to purchase or look at THEIR GOODS will give them a call. Tbey will charge nothing for showing them. April 23, 1866 Fish and pure Tanners' OIL, For sale at SCARR'S DRUG STORS. April 23, 1866 To Tax Payers In District Charlotte Eatt. I am now ready to list your State and County tai ables. I will keep the List openjintil the 3d May. I can be found one door south ofTharlotte Hotel. S, F. HOUSTON, April 23d- Ta-Taker. Wilmington &. Weldon Railroad. Offick Chief Engineer and Scpkkintkkdkkt, VVilminotov. Anril 14. 1866. f CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after the 15th inst., trains will run over this road as follows : " MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAINS, . Leave Wilmington daily at - - 11 00 P.M. Arrive at Goldsboro' at - 4 15 A.M. Arrive at Weldon at - - - 10 00 A. M. Leave Weldon daily at - - 1.00 P.M. Arrive at Goldsboro' at 5 55 P. M. Arrive at Wilmington at (night) - 12 00 M. - FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS, Leave Wilmington daily except Sunday's at 0 A. 11. Arrive at Goldsboro' at - - 1 30 P. M. Arrive at Weldon at - - . - 8 45 P.M. Leave Weldon daily, except Sundays, at 6 A. M. Arrive at Goldsboro at . - - 12 47 P.M. Arrive at Wilmington at - - 8 45 P. M. The Mail Trains make close connections through to New York and Charleston by inland aod Bay routes; also with Raleigh and Gaston trains. Trains leave Goldsboro at 4 A M. and 5 P. M. oing West, and 8 15 A.M. going East. Trains from the West arrive at Goldsboro at 12 40 A.M. and 7 45 A. M. from the East at 9 45 P. M. All dry goods and light groceries will be carried by these daily Freight trains, and close connections will be made with trains on the N. C. Railroad, dally except Sundays. Goods by Steamers will be sent forward the jlay after they are received into tho Warehouse. No extra charge by this train, which we hope our patrons, old as well as new, will nolle. We do not underbid our neighbors, but work aa low as any, and will deliver as promptly as the best, and claims for loss or damage will be adjusted at once, if presented according to our rules. S. L. FREMONT, Engineer and Superintendent. April 23, 1866 lm GOOD INVESTMENT. A desirable tract of L-AND containing eigbty-fivo acres, more or less, four miles from Charlotte, on the line of the Charlotte Si S. C. Railroad, adjoin ing the lands of B R Smith, John and James Griffith, is offered for sale. 65 acres of the above tract it well timbered. Application an be made to J. C. BURROUGHS, April 16, 1856 3t " , Corn aid Oats. 1,000 Bushels prime White CORN; 500 Busbell fine OATS, for-sale. Apply to P. P. ZIMMERMAN, April 17, 1866 Navy Yard. Wil., Charlotte et Ruth. Railroad. On and after the 17lh ofApril, 1866, the Passen ger Train will run daily (Sundays excepted) on tho Western Imision ot tnis uoaa, as iouows ; GOING WEST. Stations. . Charlotte, Tuckasegee, Drerard, 8baron, Lineolnton, Cberryville. GOING EAST. Stations. Cberryville, Lincolnton, Sharon, Brevard, Tnckasegee, Leas. 6 00 A. MV 6 45 A. M. 7 35 " 8 10 " 8 40 " 9 35 44 6 60 7 40 8 15 8 50 M tt Arrhe. 11 00 A. If. 11 40 " 12 30 P. M. 1 15 " Leave. 10 20 A. M. 11 15 " 11 50 ' 12 40 P. M. 1 20 2 15 Charlotte. Fr.tcrht for transportation, if delivered at tho Depotk on the day previous, will be promptly for. warded on the following day. B. 8. GCION, April 23, 1866 Engineer & Soporlxitecdecl
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