North Carolina Newspapers

WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHAELOTTE, JST. C. -X S3 tsUtn W. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. ' ' t .' C SI A RLOT TkTIv 7 c7 July 17, ISGexT1 I he LOCNTV COURT ot Mecklenburg was in session last week. . The Court was quite busy, tnd disposed of several cases of assault and bat- ..a- l. c . '';UU' - ' " r SIX ireeumeii e.c uij.ru wr dealing mules, ba- con, Arc. -...uy. uuly CU1 anu ;Hn, were the warmest days of the season. In the Northern ciUes there were an unusually largo Dumber of cases of sun-stroke. Tun sew Methodist Chukch. As will be T-een by a notice from the Pastor, the Rev. Wra. C. Power, the new Methodist Church building in- this place 'will be dedicated on Sunday next, at 10i o'clock -the Kev. Dr. A. M. Shi pp ofHciat- -1Jr" The building inside is probably onetf tho handsomest in the State every seat on the lower lloor i cushioned and the i.los and altar carpeted with rich nnd elegant material. The wood-work was executed by Mr Jonas Itudasill, the jdasrer- ii and "lamenting by Messrs. Bobinson. Mad- den and Cormack, and the painting byLuwrenco Sc Bolton. The pulpit and altar is the workmnu bliiji of Mr Daniel C B&rnhart, and is a superior specimen of carved work. The Methodist congregation of Charlotte is in debted, for the completion of the building, to the energetic labors of the pastor, Bev. Mr Power, and tho liberality of our citizens generally. N. C. Railroad. The annual meeting of the Stockholders in the North Carolina Railroad was held in IlilUboro on Thursday last. Tho follow ing gentlemen were elected Directors on the part of the Stockholders : Thomas Webb of Orange, John L Mori-head of Mecklenburg. D A Dav is of Rowan, and Geo W Mordecai of Wake. The Srute Directors (previously appointed) are Messrs N lyden of Rowan, J Turner of Orange, Jno A Gilmer of Guilford, R,bt Strange of New Uaii over, B B Roberts of Davie, Jno Berry of Orange, Win C Means of Cabarrus, and Jno A Moore of Alamance. At a meeting of the Directors the following of licers were elected : Thos Webb, President (in place of Mr B:yden); P B Ruffin, Treasurer (in place of Mr Lee); F A Stagg, Secretary; Edw'd Yilkes, Superintendent. . The vote of tho Directors for President stood, for Webb 7, for Turner 3- Wh learn that the meeting passed resolutions j not exactly endorsing but rather favoring the! roposilion to consolidate the A. &A. C. and the Western N. C. Roads with the N. C Road making one company for the three Roads. We hope tho Legislature will never permit such a fccheme to be Consummated. A MISTAKE OK NOT MUCH IMPORTANCE. At the late Commencement of the N. C. University the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Andrew Johnson. President of the United States. But it so happens that the President is not a pro fessional lawyer, never ha's been, and probably never will be. notwithstanding our University has proclaimed him master of the profession. "Mis takes will happen in the best regulated families." We presume the Chapel 11,11 I acuity took it for granted, that Andrew Johnson wjis certainly a j lawyer, inasmuch as he has held all the prominent offices within the e:ift of the people. for-ettinr i that sometimes "common men are as smart as lawyers," if not cunning. Bat if the old sign board once used by the President nnd inscribed "A. Johnson, Tailor." can be found, wo suggest that L. L. D. bo added, iu accordance with the dfCi'-e of the University of North Carolina. A correspondent of the Wilmington Jour nal, writing from Johnston county, proposes the following ticket : For Governor. Gen. Matthew W. Ransom, For Lieut Governor. Gen. Robt. B. Vance. We learn that Gen. Ransom will not be a can didate. , - "The Charlotte Democrat says a plot of iucen diai i.-m had been discovered among the. negroes, and several arrests made. Exchange Paper. We find he above paragraph in some of our ex changes, and we copy "Tt for the purpose of say ing that no such information was promulgated by the Charlotte Democrat. Some weeks ago" we Ftated that three or four mean white men and ue groes had been arrested on the charge of incen diarism, but we never heard of any pint, among ; negroes of that sort. In fact, in ju.-tice to our colored population, we can say that (with but j few exceptions) th'-y have behaved remarkably well -much better than the same class of persons j I...,-.. Iw.l-i ,-i..l in tnwiw si liirm n (Mi.nr- ! , , ,- .1 .i - o r,i . i i i l.ft W Ki.liMVi. Hint IhA inriiioop. or thrt Unil- i ing colored men of this place has been used for ; , v . , . .. i .. i ii Horn l r laiiKS ot lue rruna a won amis in uicii good, and on that account the whites have had 1 no conflicts with the negroes ia this immediate ta"ls- a,ld VC" action. It is true that some lounge about and j . an dj idle away time, and some steal.-for the latter aj i,.,,., DxQi ari( post Com fience severaFhave been whipped, but. as a . Uisnjers j., Iuc States lately iusurgent, to arrest general thing, the colored people of this town ; ai persons who have been, or may hereafter be, luave behaved themselves in a proper manner, charged with the commission of crimes and of And wherever tlu ir deportment has been correct A nces, against officers, agents, citizens and in they have found true friends among the southern habitants uf the United States, irrespective of white nun. ! color, in cases where the civil authorites have - - . ' failed or neglected, or are unable, to arrest and lT Postmaster-General Dennison, a member ' ur;I)?, guei, j,j,,ties to trial, and to detain them ;f President Johnson's Cabinet, has resigned. ; n military confinement, until such time a? a lie is displeased because the President eudoi'scs : proper judicial tribunal may be ready and will- tl" Philadelphia, Convention. Rumor says that ; other numbers of the Cabinet will resign. We 1 liope so. XKW ADVERTISEMENTS. Large Stoc k of Goods J i, Brqrwn i Co. Notice to Creditors James H Caison. Piano fo Salt Hoph Kirkpatrick. Sardis Acsideniv H C Ueid. Principal. lissoluliou Taylor, McLaughlin & Klectiou Managers R M While. Sheriff' Administrator s Notice Laac X Alexander dinr ! McDonald Familr Grocers Walker & McGinn. Concord Female College Rev J M M Caldwell. Tiiblic Sale Jas I Biajrs," Agent. Kdward J Hale, Jr , of Fa ettevilje, with Romme, Duokle, Johnston & Co., New York, Life of Uen. SionewallJackton. Aug?. G Jfejer k Co., Baltimore. GOVEHKMENT FlXANCES In a speech on the Another Veto Dispatches from Washing tariff lu the House of Representatives last week, ton etate that President Johnson has vetoed the Mr WVntworth. of Illinois, sard -that in revising j Freedaien'a Bureau bill recently pa-sed by Con- 1 1 1 n rovcntia i r. C n ...... t . j member that the amount paid into our treasury during the last iiscal year was the largest ever collected by any country. It reached nearly $530,000,000, and exceeded by $150 000.000 the largest revenue ever collected by Great Britain Of this immense gum. $170.000 000 in gold equivalent to $238,000,000 in legal tenders had ! been received from custom-. Our receipts from ! custn,n before the war had never exceeded $60- ! 0(JO,(MU; and, indeed, pave in the years 1 853. "55 :"d'00. they Lad never reached $50,000,000. : And this year they had . reached $170,000,000. more than double those of last year, and more ,ia.t two of our governmental existei.ee. Our ' government was the greatest landed proprietor in the world, and its laods, richer than the most highly cultivated-of the old world, are given away to tho.-e who will cultivate them. Yet we were importing agricultural products. With the me chanic arts as highly developed as in any coun try on the globe, we were patronizing foreign me chanics. Needing laborers, we were carrying work to foreign labor, which starvation would drive to us if we did not go to it. tdF The Pfrleigh Sentinel copies a paragraph from our la?t isue in relation to the pai don, by Gov. Worth, of W. B. Nash of Union county, who was under sentence of death for rape, and makes the following explanation, which we copy as a matter of justice to the Governor, and that of UuUm COUQty may geo the for his action : 'T,liri, nrli imrliano rrf I j i .nr r n i ,-. . i 1 r-f nrtnn Gov. Worth's course, the paragraph may. to some persons, indicate a disposition on the part of the Governor to exercise the power of pardon with out due consideration, or in tho absence of evi dence which fully justifies it. We thej-efore think it proper, to slate the facts in this case, which influenced the action of the Governor: On the 3Uth of May last, a pettition was pre sented to the Governor, very numerously signed by ciiizi-us of Union County, representing that, at the last spring term of the Superior Court of said County, one Micheal Nash was convicted of rape on the person of Minerva Little, she being tho only witness fofr the prosecution, that she proved, by her own oath, that many years ago, being then very young, she- residid with her aunt, and the prisoner resided in the fumilj', that on three several occasions he had violated her person, that she could - not remember in what month of the year these several violations occurred. that she had not told her aunt with whom t-he. lived, nor her fathei'living iu the neigh borhood, nor her grand-mother who lived in a mile of her residence, till some 8 or 9 months after the'alleged rape, that she lived for mouths afterwards iu the family without .disclosing tho alleged outrage to any person whatever. The petitioners further set forth that the pri soner and ls family connexions were very poor, but very honest that the prisoner was of good character up to the time this prosecution was in wtiiO.1 ;,. Ai.rll la-t. Mint fie bad served four yt.ars rajt.!'.faliy as a Confederate soldier. that the jury convicted hint and he was sentenced to be h:i:iir on the first day ot June last. 1 he peti tion'ers prayed for his paidon. on the ground that the life of a man ought not to be sacrificed upon a charge so stale and improbable, and when no specific timu was given, wherohy tho prisoner had no chance to prove -his innocence. Besides this petition, a gentleman of character filed in writ-, ing a statement, that this petition was gotten up soon after the Court, by a brother of the prisoner, who was very poor and unable to defray the ex peuso of going to ialeigli that a day or two before, a subscription had been raised of $40 by the people of Monroe, to defray the expenses of this gentleman in bringing this petition to Raleigh. The Governor refused, at this stage of the case, to pardon, on the ground that he wanted to hear from the judge and jury who tried the case, but ' granted a respite r a month, to give time to Uv(ttre thv elapsed the messenger re- turned with divers affidavits. made by persons of unquestionable veracity, proving facts rendering the evidence ot the prosecutrix exceedingly un probable, and with a petition, signed by eleven of the jurors, (the twelfth bt'ing sick, as alleged.) praying for the pardon of the petitioner, and with the certificate of the judge that if the facts tt foith in these affidavits had been proved on the trial, they would have raised reasonable doubts of the guilt of the prisoner. These affidavits' proved grossly immodest familiarity with the prisoner after the date of the alleged rape, that she had lived in a brothel. &c. Upon this showing. the'Governor granted the pardon. We presume that no one, lifter this' statement f facts, can doubt the propriety of the action of the Executive," After we had prepared, the above for insertion, we received a communication from a friend at Rah igh on the subject, but as the statements are similar to those, copied from the Sentinel, we deem it unnecessary to publish it. It has been represented to us that many of the citizens of Union are displeased because the pris oner was pardoned. We care nothing about the affair ourself. Washington, July 13. Mr Wilson offered a resolution calling on the President, for informa tion as to tho shooting of .3 Federal soldiers at Kins-ton, N. C, by-order of Gens. Hoke and Picket. (Confederates.) in 16(54. The radicals appear to be anxious to again get somebody on frial inasmuch as they failed in M?j. Gee's case. The men shot were deserters from the Confederate army. They deserted from Gen J J Hoke's comm&ad, and were' afterwards captured ing, to try them I asiiinoton, juty it is rumored tnat j Speed aud Harlan have tendered their resigna tions. The Tariff bill was received in the Senate j from the ll'ou?e. Mr Grimes moved to post j pooe its consideration until December, and af- ter del ate, the moLton was agreed to yeas 23, j nays 17- . DEDICATION. The new edifice of the Episcopal Methodist Church of Charlotte will be dedicated to the wor ship of Almighjv God, ou Sunday Moroing the 22d hist. The Rev. Dr. Alb. rt M. Shipp will conduct the dedicAiion services. Exercises to commence at 1C o'clock. Tb pews arc free. The public are invited to at tend. WILLIAM C. POWER, Charlotte, July 16, 183ti. Pastor. gress. We feel certain that it will be better for the colnre'd man and Ihe white man in the South when the Bureau is abolished forever. . More Conflict. The military authorities at Charleston, S. C., have in custody two citizens on some charge. Judge Bryan, of the U- S. i District Court, at the request of the friends of the prisoners, granted a writ of habeas corpus (com manding the military to produce the bodies of the prisoners in Court). Gen. Sickles refused to an swer the writ, whereupon the Judge issued an I attachment against him for contempt. The Gen m-aohed to Washington for instructions. The reply of Secretary Staunton endorsed General Sickles" course, and ordered him not to be ar rested, and if force was used, to resist with what ever force was necessary.' A sad commentary on republican government, especially after the President's late proclama tions and messages about civil law being restored! tW Some of the Virginia editors and others, who have seen the advance sheets of Mr E. A. Pollard's history of the late war, condemn the work as unreliable and filled too much with the author's ill feeling for Ex President Davis and j other prominent Confederates. Such a book may suit our "northern brethren,", but it won't take iu the South. Let the southern people be care-. ful what" histories they huy. If we are subjugat ed let us see to it that we are airly and impar- i-tial ly represented in history before we patronize i such a work Important Decision of the Supreme Court of N. C. The case of Lackey, admr. vs Miller, &c, decided at the recent term of .the Supreme Court, has a. specific interest about it in these times, and therefore-1 beg to submit a rlote of it for 'our readers The piaiBtiff, as administrator, on the 3rd of J March, IStio. exposed to public sale a cow; and the defendant, Miller, purchased it, and, in ac cordance with the terms of sale, gave a sealed note for it as follows:' "71,00. Six months after date we or either of us promise to pay James Lackey, admr. of Wm Wray, dee d, Seventy One Dollars in cur rent bank money, for value received of him, March 3d, 1865" On the trial before a magistrate in Cleave land County, judgment was given against the defendants for the full amount, and upon an ap peal to the Superior Court, this judgment was affirmed - In the Supreme Court, however, judgment was given for twenty dollars (S-0,) with inter est from the time that the note became due, upon the ground that S20,00 in specie was the. value (ir being left to the Court to 'say this) of the note at the time. The Court (Chief Justice Pearson giving th'e opinion) say that the note in -question is not for specie dollars, but for bank money dollars ; that the proper action upon, it is cotevont for ,the damagrs sustained by a failure to comply with its promise; that it is not negotiable; and that the measure of damages is the. value of the amount of bank bills called for, in United States coin. . . JS It is reported on the best authority that old Th;id. - Stevens has written a letter to the lion. William 13. Heed, of Philadelphia, volun teering to defend ex-President Davis in his ap proaching trial. We certainly could tot more astound our readers were wg to inform them that the Devil had turned minister, or that he had given up his business and was killing him self off with drink,. Still it is perfectly consist ent with Thad's theory about the war, formed, doubtless, as he gazed on the melancholy spec tacle of his burnt mills and saw that huge un dershot water-wheej revolving all alone in its glory, to show where his foundry haii been. He then came. t the conclusion that Mr Davis was the head of an undoubted belligerent powt-r and consequently a tie facto government Rich mond Times. An Important Bill In the U. S. Senate, on Monday, Mr Clark, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill to regulate the time and. maimer of holding elections for Sena tors iu Congress. It provides First. That the Legislature of any State next preceding the expiration of a senatorial term shall elect on the second Tuesday- of its session a sucpessor of the retiring Senator. The voting sdiall be viva- voce, and the name of a person receiving a majority of the votes ca.t in each House shall be entered upon the journal of each House, and a joint meeting of the Houses sh ill be convened at 12 o'clock the following day, and if the same person is found to have re ceived a majority, he shall, be declared elected; but if tle same person shall not have received a majority of the votes of both Houses, or if either House shall have failed to take proceedings as required, the joint assembly shall -proceed to" choose viva voce, and the person receiving a majority of votes, all the memberv being present! ar.d voting, shall be declared duly elected Second. That when a vacancy shall exist on the opening of a session 'of a Legislature, an election shall be held on the second Tuesday of the session;' and if a vacancy" shall ocenrr during' the session, it shallbe filled the second Tuesday after its announcement. ' . Third That the Governor shall certify such election, and the Secretary of State countersign the certificate, with the President of the Senate The cenfu contains some facts not very complimentary to the righteous Puritans. Mas sachusetts, with a population but little less than Illinois", has about six times as many pauper? J and more thao ten times as many criminals Georgia, with r. population about the same as Massachusetts, has about one fifteenth as many paupers and dne-tsrentieth as many criminals. ' Taken together, the, average pauperism and crime in- New England arc about einht times greater than in any other equal portion of the population of the country. What the Puritans lack in these respects they make up in preten sion. Wtfh eight times tnqte paupers aod criminals proportionally than the. rest of the country, they pretend to about eight times more virtue than the remainder of the human race. Churches Burnt in the South. A writer I in the New Orleans Christian Advocate esys, ; that so far as be has ascertained, between-one; thousand 'and twelve hundred church -houses j were burned during the war. Thee churches,' he thinks, had cost the people not less than five millions of dollars. In the list the Methodists were the greatest sufferers, the Baptists next, ; then the Presbyterians, and the Catholic least, j STATE HEWS. By jo me inadvertence, the Governor's Procla-, njation, ordering the election for. the ratification or rejection of the new Constitution, was'dated July 1st. It should have been dated July 2nd , M fbe first came on Snnday. Raleigh Sentinel. Gov. Graham will deliver the Memorial Ad dress on the life and character of the late Hon. Geo. E. Badgr, in the Common' Hall in Bal i eign on the 19th day of July. The Raleigh National Bank has declared a dividend of twelve per cent, out of the pnfits , of its business from the 2d day of October to the 30th of June. U. S Taxes. A friend in Washington writes j that, upon a lenewed examination of the returns I in the office of Internal Revenue, he finds that : the various officers in North Carolina, charged j with the collection of the taxes, collected and de posited, during the year ending June 30ih 1866, the sum of 1,000,602.87. 'This is besides the direct tax and custom receipts. And a consider able amount of cotton, and other articles, was shipped, under bond, and the tax was paid in other States which amount, also, is not included m the above statement. . And .all this wrung from an impoverished peo ple, w ho are denied representation in Congress. Raleigh Sentinel. Gov. Holden. We have unquestionable information from Washington that the appoint ment of Gov. Holden, as minister to Sao Salva der, will be confirmed by the United States Senate. This may be relied on as implicitly as though the vote had been taken, and we have no hesitation in saying that be will, if he ac cepts, fill the place with distinguished ability. Rule igh Progress. Z&gf The attention of persons of color, for merly i-laves, who lived together as man and wife prior to the 10th of March, .18(56, and who live in the same relation now .aud intend t continue the relation, is called to the fact that unless they appear before the County Couit Clerk and record themselves as married, they- will be linlle to indictment at the next Pall Terni of the Supeiior-Court. It would be a kindness as it is a duty, for all employers to inform their scrvuhts of this re quirement of the law, as it will no doubt'save the colored people much trouble and expense. Raleigh Standard. PUBLIC MEETING. A public meeting was held in the -Court House ifl Charlotte, on Tuesday the 10th insf, to appoint delegates to a District Convention to meet in Salisbury on the 24th instant, to select delegates to represent this District injhe National Convention to assemble, in Philadel phia on the 14th of August next. , When, on motion, Jos II Wilson, Esq., was called to the Chair, and li P Waring requested to set as Secretary. The meeting was ably and eloquently ad dressed by Gov. Vance, Capt John Walker, and Judge Osborne. On motion the following gentlemen, viz: W 11 Myers, tJov. Vance, Judge Osborne, Gen. 11 Barringer, and Capt. John Walker, were con stituted a Committee to prepare resolutions for the action of the rjaeeting; who, after retiring, returned and submitted tbe following: Whereas, The Natwnal Union Club of the United States, having issued a call for delegates from. all the States and Territories of the Union, to assemble in Philadelphia on the 11th of Augus't, to inquire into the state of the country, therefore, Resolved, That tho Chairman of Ihis meeting be authorized to nominate twenty delegates to represent Mecklenburg County in a District Convention, to convene at Salisbury do the' 24th instant, whose duty it will Jbe to itpoirit two discreet persons to represent the Sixth Con gressional District in the National Convention, on the-14th of August, at Philadelphia. Resolved, That said delegates be authorized to appoint other delegates in tb.e-Salisbury Con vention to represent ths District in a Conven-' tion (lq be held at the city of 'Raleigh, whose duty it shall be to select four .discreet persons to represent the -State at large in said Convention The Chairman, after deliberation, appointed , the following gentlemen aa delegates, in compli ance with first resolution: Wm II Myers, John Walker, Z B Vance; J W Osborne, II 1) Whitley, T L Vail, T N Alexander, Z B Morris, S B Watson, R L De Armon, Col. W B Cochran, James M Hutchin son, Alex Mclver, W S Normenf, Thos Price, Wm M Crier, Jas B Robinson, Williamson Wallace, W J Yates, Rev. John Hunter, and Col. John" A Young. " On motion of Judge Osborne, fhe Chairman and Secretary were added to the list of delegates It was ordered thai the city papers be re quested to publish these proceedings. - ISo.lurtner ousiness appearing u meeting adjourned. JOS. H. WTILS0N, Ch'o. . 11. P. Waring, See. ' . Breach of Promise A widow, of fort)--three summers, .and the mother cf four blooming children, two of whom are married, lately sued a irav deceiver for breach of promise. The "de- ceiver'? U an dd man-of seventy-six, the. father of nine children, and the possessor of two farms. The parties live in Warren county, Ohio. The aged lover gave the fat and forty, if not "fair, widow several ndes in his buggy, to church and other places, and told the lady that he might conclude to marry some day, aud, if he did, he thought she would be the woman. Upon this hint bhe acted, purchasing a wedding, dress, and consulted a few particular female friends in re gard to-the wedding cake. At this stage, how ever, the old man crawfished declined to fulfill 'he ehgagetucnt--flatly denied that he ever in tended to marry the lady. To heal her lacerated feelings, she brought suit against the ''perfidi ous old chap," aud received S2,6G5, which made her happy. ' - Bad Prospect for the Ladies In dis-cus.-iirg the woman's, rights questioo recently, tbej'ail Mall Gazette (LoudoD) niakes the fol lowing revelations: ". - "But it is growing daily more difficult to be-1 come a wife, and, if we may believe Lr iarr. to become a mother also. With regard to the first point, it is demonstrably, impossible for all our women aay, for more tbao-two-third;, or even less -to marry, because there ore .many more women tfian men. and there are many men who cannot and uiasy who will not marry; and, as to the second position, Dr Farr baa announced that ibere are ia Knglaud and Wales alone more than one million of eh i Id less families, while other authorities affirm that our race is so Jar less prolific than ia former times .that to oar large towns twochildren to each married couple has come to be tha avtrage." T " Xatet IVeirs. FROM WASHINGTON. WAtmsGTOH, July 14 In th? Senate, Mr Willey introduced a bill to admit the representatives from each Southern State, provided it ratifies the consti tutional Htiif Ddinent. Ordered to be printed. In the ffouee, Mr Morrill introduced a billrwhich ia partial revision of tbe Tariffbill. Laid over. Two gentlemen from Missouri called on tbe Presi dent, on vesterdav. and Jsforrbed him of a deen laid scheme, on tbe part of tbe Radicals, to carry the Missouri elections by force of arms, if necessary Secret leagues were organized, militia armed, and arms shipped to various portrons of the State by Gov. Fletcher, for the purpose of influrncing the election. The President assnred the gentlemen that, aa it was his duly to protect all citizens in the enjovment of iheir rights as such, it would only be necessary, jn ca$e of stxrt outrages, for tbe citizens to apply to him. MARKET REPORTS, New York, July 14. Cotton quiet and firm. Sales of 250 baU-9 middling at 35 a 37 J cts. Gold 1 52J. Exchange dull, 1!0 days 9J; Sight 11. INDIAN TROUBLES. Serious apprehensions are felt araoag the Denver gold region settlements, in regard to expected In dian troubles. Tbe bands had assembled at Foit Laramie, mid are on the war path A body of Cbeyennes have been depredating on the Little Blue river, 200 miles from Leaveuwortb, and the whole region of the Kansas and Platte rivera ia over-run with hostile bands. ' Hoscrs to Gen. Beackkoard in Frakcs. A Paris letter savs that Napoleon received Gen. Beauregard with marked cordiality, and sent tbe Chamberlain to present him to the Corp$ legitlatif. Raleigh and Gaston R. R. At a meeting of the Directors of this Road, held on Saturday last. Gen. W G. Lewis was elected Superintendent, Richard Ashe, Esq., Road master, and Albert John son, Master-Machinist. Raleigh Sentinel. The appointment efGen Lewis as. Superintendent is an excellent selection. He ia well qualified for the position. , i Lawlessness in Missouri There is great disregard of law iu some sections of Missouri, owing to the bitter filing existing between the Union men and late Confederates, the latter being in many cases called to severe account This leads to retaliation-and deeds of blood -In Charlton county recently, two men named Welch were killed in a quarrel, and no legal ac tion having been taken, the relatives of the de ceased determined to execute justice themselves, and proceeded to shoot two men named uarndtt The same day a Captain rleuley was (shot from the bush by some unknown person. The Value of Negro Testimony. The utter worthlessneBS of negro evidence was strik ingly exemplified in a case that occurred in this town last week. One of our most respected young planters was arrested on the' charge, pre ferred by several freedtnen ia his employ, of murdering one of hts fieldhands Ihe result of tho investigation was his instant and honorable release, the evidence against him. being conclu sively shown to be of the most baseless and malicious character.. The "murdered" negro was produced before the authorities, not only "riot kill" but promising from his appearance a life of fully average longevity Chester (&C) Standard. . - On the 3d inst, Rer. James D Carpenter of the S.C. Conference, to Aliss Z. Jennie Moore of Burke county; N. C. In this town, at the residence of bis son-in-law, Alex. Berryhill, on "the 14th inst., Mr James Wiley, at an advanced age. - In this county, on the. 15th ult, Thomas D John ston, son of Jno T Joheston, aged 19 years and 8 months. Managers of Election. The following persons have been appointed by the County .Court to hold tho election iu Mecklenburg county, ou the first Thursday in August, for the .ratifi cation orvrejection of the amended Constitution : Charlotte F M Ross, j p, G W Gray, Wm F Phifer. ' ' - Steel Creek T P Grier, j p, Jno M Totta, II A Query. . Norment's W Morrison, j p, W S Norment, ArF Sadler. " Long Creek R D Whitley, p, Thomas Gluyas, Matthew Houston. Dewese's Wm Caldwell, j p, JR Gillespie, Thos E Potts. . Hill's R L DeArmond, j p, B F McWherter, John Walker. IIarrisburg J M Caldwell, j p, Elam Alexander, S A Stuart. Hart's R McEwcn, j p, R II Weddington, J C Dennis. Rea's J S Reid, j p. Arthur Grier, A G Reid. Providence W M Mills, jp, T L Vail, Wm Rea. R. M. WHITE, Sheriff. July 16. 1866 NOTICE. "All-persons indebted to tbe Eitate.of the Jate Dr. E. H. Andrews, are requested to Come forward and make payment, and those having claims against the same are requested to preseut ihem for payment within the time prescribed by lawrf or tbi notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. ISAAC N. ALEXANDER, Jnly 16, 1866 tf Adm'r.- PIANO FOR SALE. I have a very good Piano which I wish to pell on favorable terms. Anj one wishing to'purchaie will please call and examine it. - HUGH KIRKPATRICK. July 16, 186S 3t Co-Parlnership JVolice. MR. R- MACDONALD ij this day.(Jaly 1st) admitted n partner in the bufineSs of our House at Charlotte. S.C, which will be continued under tbe firm of ST&NHOUftE, MACAULAY & CO. STENIIOUSE & MACAULAY. . July 16, 1866. DISSOLUTION. The co-partnership heretofore existing in this cityunder the firm of Taylor, McLaughlin & Co., was disolreJ on tbe 14th inst . by agreement of A -A. N. M. Taylor, J. McLaughlin, U. H Elm and J. Duncan: All debts due said firm must be paid forthwith to either C. H. Elms or J.'McLaugblin at tbe old fiaad If not settled in a few dayi tbe debts will be placed in the hand of an officer. TAYLOR tt DUNCAN, j. McLaughlin, C. II. ELMS. Charlotte, July16th, 1866. BrThe undersigned witl continue the GROCERY BUSINESS at the old stftd aa heretofore, and re spectfully solicits a continuance ofira former pa tronage." josepu Mclaughlin. O.Va-lotle, July 16th, 1866 tf LCHAKLOTTE MARKET. July 16, 1866. CoaaECTVD bt Stishocsi, Mac a cut k Co. Cotton was daH the past week, and not mach changing bands." About ten bales were sold at 26 ceuts, currency, Cora, ia ia demand yellow $1 50 to $1 60 per buihel, white $1 65 to $ I 70. NerFlour f8 to 58 50 per bontfred, and 1o de mand Weelern Floor $13 50 to $14' per barrel. . Bacon advanced 22 to 24 cent! per lb. H. J. Walmb. I. ff. ifoQilir. WALKER St, McGIHNr Family Grocers, Trade Street opposite Pretbyterian CKurch, Keep constantly on hand a aupplr of FAMILY GROCERIES, confuting-of Sugar. Coffee, Molaasai, Rice, Mackerel, Raisins, Cand.v. Pepper. Spices, Se gars, chewing and smoking Tobacco, Bacon, Lard, Candles. Butter, Corn, Meal, Floor, c.r all of which will be sold low for cash. Country Produce received ia exchange for trad, July 16, 1866 lm IEV CJOODS At greatly Reduced Prices. J. L. gROWN tV co.; CHARLOTTE, N.C., Havejnst receired tbe LARGEST STOCK of all kinds, of NEW GOODS they have ever hft '-taaj time since tbey bare been in business, and t uvir ' prices." ' " ggr They would especially eall the attention of Merchants to their very large stork of Goods, as ' they are satisfied they are selling Goods lower than they have ever been sold in this market. Call loos if you want bargains. J- L. BROWN . CO., Opposite Charlotte Hotsl. Jnly 16, 18S6 4t Statesville American, and Lancaster Ledger, copy one month and send bill to J. L. B k CO. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. tSy AH persons against whom I hare claims, (some or them halt as old as mjs'elf ) and wba do -not intend to lake the benefit ot the Stay Law, (so, called.)' will ap me a faror and themselves a credit by calling on me at Wm. Boyd Co's stora, and rt newing their paper, and paying as much as tha ia terest, if no more, as I am in want of tbe money. JAS. H. CARSON. July 16, i860 tf SAUDIS ACADEMY. Six miles Sottth-eatt of Chariotfe, N. O. The third Session of this Scbooffor Youths will commence September 3rd, 1866. Termt per Settien ofivt month$$peeu rata r ' Primsrry English - - - $7 60 : Higher " - - - 10 00 Classics .... 15 00 No deduction except In cases of protracted sick ness.' , Boarding, convenient to tha Academy, In tha families or Rev. John Honter, Capt. John Walkerr Lorenzo Hunter, Esq , and others, at $10 per montbr in specie or its equivalent in currency. II. C. REID, Principal. July 16, 1866 lm . . - , . - . - i ... i List of Letter Remaining in tbe Post Office at Charlotte, uncalled for, July 14th, 1866 : A Mrs Sarah A Alexander, J C Alspangh, Dr C A Alexander. B J G Brooks,. David L Bringfe, miss Hettle B'ack. D F Barnett, C J S Crone, James M Cooper. ' D Davis, Abraham & Lyon, Jerry Dnbottj inrs Margaret Dunpole, Lieut W Dickty. Q R S Green 2, Wm Guilland 2, Wm G Garri son. H Elias Hunter, F M Harrlsen, John Hoottr. J Rev T P Johnston, tors Pollie Jamison.' I, c Q LemmoDi, Jack Lattimore, John Lyles. M Miss Lizzie Myers.; Fed McGuion, ran Jan McRee, rors Elizabeth Mayor 2. N Wm P Noles, Dr J L Neagle. P Miss Margaret Pftarr. W-J O Wilson, Westmoreland & Son 2, mill V J Weaver 2, rare iMary Wheeler. " Persons calling for any cf Ihe above letters matt -say they are advertised and give date of list. CHAS. A. FRAZIER, P. M. PUBLIC SALE. ; On Wednesday the 25th inst., I will offer, at the REA MINE, the following property at Pablic Satr 7 Mules, 1 Horse, 1 two and 1 four-horse Wagon, 6 Sets Wngon Harness, 1 Buggy, nearly new, with, harness. 2 sets Blacksmith's tools,' 1 set of Carpen ter's tools, 6 Boxes mould Candles, 1 lot Steel, 1 lot Safety Fuse, 1 lot Powder ; together with House hold and Kitchen Furniture, and many other articles of use, either for farming oc mining purposes. I will treat privately with parties desiring to purchase any of the above properly. JAMES P. BIAYS, Agent. Jnly 16, 1866 2tpd EtUvnrd J. Hale, Jr., or rAYETTsviLMc, a. c, . with Homme, Dunkle, Johnston & Co, 370 Broadway, NEW YORK, ' Wholesale Dealers in Hats, Caps, Straw Good's, F-urs, Parasols, ke. July 16, 1866 pd " " . COMORO FEMALE COLLEGE. The next Session will commence on tbe first Mon day of September,' and will close on Ihe 21st of De cember. The expense of Tuition and Board with washing included, will be from $90 to $100. Par tial advance payments will be expected,. All nerd-' ful Indulgence, however, will be given oar patrons. Let no good and punctual parent hesitate to send his daughter because he cannot raise the money to pay in advance. Eacb papil will furnish ber iwn lights and towels, and also a pair of sheets and ' pillow cases. Extra charges will be made for Mosic, French, Latin and Drawing. Address, J. U. M. CALDWELL, Jly 16, 18C6 Statesville, N. C- . .1, , ii i 1. 1 , Aug. G-.. Meyer 6c Ca, MAHrrACTCBKBB OF . . White Lead, Saltpetre, Varnishes' Lampblack, Putty, Painte, A' 100 Lombard Street, BALTIMORE." . July 17, 1863 ' 6mpd . Concord Female College. - It is due to tbe founders of this Institution and to all who have contributed to its erection, that tbey should be ioformed of 'its condition and prospects. Tbi3'canuot be done aiore definitely, folly or an thoritatively than by submitting resolutions recent ly adopted by the Board of Trustees, and read by their President on - Commencement Day, before the large audience assembled in the Presbyterian church. Retolttd, That the Board of Trustees feel it to ba a high privilege as well as a gratefol and pleasant duty to express their entire satisfaction with tha late examination of tbe pupils of Concord Female College. -.- . . They alto, expresslheir cordial approbation of tha energy, success and prosperity with which the In stitution has been conducted,Jader the peculiar and ; trying tifcumslacces of our coontry. Jhe Trrsstees vould-further cheerfully recommend the Institution, with Its able atd experienced Fac ulty to tbe liberal patronage of an enlightened and christian public The next session will commence on tha frit Moo day of September. For information see advertise- ; ment, and address . J. M. U. CALDWELL, July 16. 8tateeille N. C. 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