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CHARLOTTE. N. C., TUESDAY, JULY - 31, 1866.
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ing rates. . ,
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fra specific linio, will be inserted intil forbid, and
charged accordingly.
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for each ia-:ertion, unle3 ihe advertisement is in
serted 2 mrtnths or more.
" AUGUST MGSIAKN,
Practical Matchmaker & Jeweler,
(Xext door South of tin: Mnwsiuii House,)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public
that he it preferred to do all kinds of work ia Lis
line promptly and efficiently. He profiles to
thoroughly understand hi? business, find those pa
tronizing him may expect to have their work well
done 9
vi7 Clocks, Watches, Jewelry. Mu -ic-Uoxcs, kc,
rcpusrel at short notice and on sri t i -f. i i r v terms.
A I GOT NIEMANN,
Next d cr to 'laiiiion House.
April 30. is 00 -
Z B. V A N C K . C. noVD. K. D. JOHNSTON.
VANCE, DOWD & JOIINSTOPJ,
A1TOKNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N. C ,
Having associated 1 1. in -el v s together,-will prac
tice in 'lie Courts of M cckli nbii rtr, Iredell, CatnwLa,
l.iviiUm, Wo .van. Cabarrus and Union, and in the
federal and Supreme. Coiuts.
Claims collected luiywl.ne in the State.
April 2, lf,i if
MEDICAL CARD.
DWS. CIi;iJ x. McCO.NiliS, iiaving associated
lu:usel ces in tin" practice of .M'-dicinc and Surgery,
f v-pect Til ly u-iid'-r their profession. il services-to. the
citiiens ot'i'i:,;! ' i 1 1 e and surrounding country.
From a 1 ii'gJ exjit nce in private as well ns
f'told Hil l J-fw'-pital -p. icti.-e, they fee I justilied in
j.troii)si it tr to p.y special attention to the practice of
jourjrery in all its bi acihcs.
.Vd'ce .in ;r:uHc Wow, vp stairs, opposite the
"M wisioii House.
r.t)i!i:i'.T gibbon; m. i.
Doc 11. ISoj J. P. McCOMWS M. D.
FULLINGU- 6l SPRINGS
3Tive r( iti.vel their CIA T!1 i N't '. aiid :H: WCI( A NT
TAfLOj.'l.Vti .SfOKK. to No. 4 Granite Wow, lutclv
occupied by J. ii. 2'hillips. We are oli'ei i;:g our
tock of
At eost for :i-b. Ojir former friends and patrons
will"'; vvi 1 t. supply lUeiii-elves at once.
V.'c will Uc.-t at all times a good .-npply of Cloths,
Oas-imers and Verting-!, uliieb itiii lie n.sule to
rfrder in the be-t -tyl: nd maiicer, We will keep
jdso a good stocl: Oi' Wats, .Shirts, Drawers and other
fiirni-hiii'' Clviodt.
ri'LLiNos k isrni.vfiH.
Jan :. iko;
E2;l uIi:o:a & Sprisig's,
UIIAttLOTTE, C,
Agetits rf tbe most reliable .i .S'f
L4i.?2I. in the United .States.
Ce on t it e SAl-'K SlI'K'.and insure your projierty
against loss or damage by fire.
Also, INSUUi: Vol'il LITE for the benefit of your
wife and children. -HISKS
taken at moderate rates,
t Call on Hutchison k fc'pri. No 4. Ornnite How.
m i;.'nvi: in r chiton,
J. M. i'KMNtirf,
March 5, IS 0(5 Agents.
Ladies' II at 3 and Bonnets,
trimmer and i; :i t i im ;; .".l ; IJotiiict llibboti, French
Flower . ic, very hai.Jsotu;'. at
O M iv lltli .McLKOD k STEELE'S
Ifand-u rar and F.jshionable styles of Ledies'
RIIESS COttDrf, Laces, hawl. ie. very cheap at
May Uth Mcl.EuD k iiTFELE.
4
Grain and Grass Scyihes,
Sc the Snaths,, Ames" Shovels an KSpaoe', Collins'
Axes, &e, at Mcl.KUD STEELE. S.
CCr Ua dies', Missr-s' and children's I'.OOTS and
SHOES, Confess Gaiters, and Slippers, very hand
some and cheap, at McLEOD & .STEELE'S.
Bri-j, Gents' and YoutUs' Caps and Straw Hats,
cery loav, nt McLEoD & STEELE'S.
Linen and cotton Shctin-jr. Pillow-case Linen,
c. very ljvT, at JlcLEt! k STKELIiS.
.Vay 14, 1 s;;
.1. T. SirTLS-51,
riLvrj.OTTE, N. C, o
fiespcctfully informs the citizens ofChatlottc and
surrounding country that be has opened a suop in
t!ie store occupied by C. M.. Query, .next to Springs'
corner, where he wiii give prompt attention to re
pairing Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, ic.
Waich-gki.-.-cs and materials in general at whole
sale and r tail.
May i ;:. - tf
The Southern Express Company,
For the tr:i!i-poi tation of laercli in lise. valuable
paeka jre--. specie, li;ink notes, bonds, Ac, for all arts
of t he South and SouMiwesf, in connection with
ADAMS EXPRESS COM FAN V,
,7 -"at.r,sheV their agency at 30 DROADWAY,
NEW tiUK, where orders to call fr goods lo be
lorwanlel S,.mi) win receive proiiipt attrition.
Merchandise and valuables delivered to H.irnden's,
Kinsley's, Amei ieaii ail Unite. I States Express Coni
'pan.es. f,r the Southnru Express Oompanv, will re
ceive prompt dispatch.
For particulars, rates of freight, &c. &c", apply at
the office ot the Southeru Express Co:npiuv, 59
Jiroiday u. u. PLANT.
Dec I a, 18oa. Fresideut.
JO I1X VOGEL.
P R A C T I C A L TAILOR,
Respectfully informs the citizens -f Charlotte and
surrounding country, that he is p-i ared to manu
facture gentlemen's clolhinji in the latest style and
at short notice. His best exertions will be given to
render satisfaction to those who patronize- him.
Shop opposite Kerr's ITotcJ, next door to Brown" k
Stiffs tore.
January 1, 1SCG. '
PROCLAMATION
To tJtc 1'eojife of North Carolina.
In obedience to an Ordinance of the State Con.
Tention, ratitied the 25th day of June, lbUG, entitled
'.'An Ordinance submitting to the ijnalified voters of
the State tjie ratification or rejection of the Consti
tution adopted by the Convention," I, Jonathan
Worth, Governor of North Carolina, hereby give
notice tint on Thursday, the second of August nest,
polls u ill.be opened by the. Sheriff of the respective
counties, and kept open for three successive days,
at the several election precincts in each and every
county in the State, tinder the same rules and ref
lations as now exist for the election of members of
the General Assembly; at which election all persona
qualified to vote for members of the General Assem
blyj may vote for or against the ratification of the
same; those who wih a ratification of the Constitu
tion voting, with a written or printed ticket, "Rati
fication," those of a contrary opinion voting, with
a written or printed ticket, "Rejection." Sheriffs
will observe the provisions of lh Ordinance as to
the duties thereby imposed ,
In witness whereof, His E.c Henry, Jonathan Worth
Governor of said State, has hereto set his hand
and caused the great seal of the State to be af
fixed. Done at the city of Raleigh, this the 2d
day of July A D lb'C6.
JONATHAN, WORTH.
Ry the Governor: Wm. IT. Raglev, Private.Sec'y.
TAX NOTICE.
I have received theTas List of Mecklenburg coun
ty for the year 18G0. All persons are requested to
inform nrt- of any taxable that may not have been
returned. I will attend at the following times and
places for the purpose of'collecting the taxes :
Charlotte during Court week and on Saturdays.
Sharon, - Tuesday; July 17th
Steel Creek, Wednesday, " UStli
' Ilerrj hill's, Thursday. " 19ih
Paw Creek, Friday, " 2uth
Long Creek, Tuesday, " 24th
Lemly's, Wednesday, " 25th
Dewcse's, . Thursday, " 2Jth
Hill's, .Friday, " 27th
Ilatrisburg, Monday, " 30th
Crab Orchard, Tuesday, " 31st
Clear Creek, Tuesday, August 7th
Morning Star, Wednesday, " 8th
Providence, Thursday, " 9lh
June 25, 1806 II. M. WHITE, Sheriff.
Illectioii IVotice.
An election will be' opened and he.'d at the several
Election Fieciucts in Mecklenburg couuty, on the
First Thursday in August next (2d day,) for the rat
ification or rejection of the amended State Consti
tution. R. M. WHITE, Sheriff.
June 25, 1S06. ' ,
MajucsazsoN & co.,
C O l M I S S I O N M E 11 C II A N T S,
188 Front Stkekt, JTW Y4)MK.
COM y iSSION MEKCfl ANTS,
WILIvIINGTOrT, N. C.
Particulai attention paid tothe sale of Cotton
and country Produce generally. Consignments in
tended for our New York hou.e are covered by in
surance from point of shipment, and wiii be for
warder through Wilmington free of t,-ommijsions.
JXO. I WILLIAMS,
GKO. VT. WILLIAMS,
J uly 0, 1 x;i.
K. M. Ml'RCIMSON,
I). R. MURC1USOX.
Ill)
SMOKING TOBACC O.
The undersigned' is the sole proprietor of the
above named article, being the successor of the
original manufacturer.
Having' obtained letters patent for said article,
he hereby warns all persons against manufacturing
or attempting to manufacture said article.
All venders of the "Genuine Durham Smoking
Tobacco," must obtain it from me directly or from
my authorized agents.
The following are my sole authorizes Agents at
present. Others w ill be added :
Steahouse k Macaulay, Charlotte ; W D Smith,
FaycttevUle ; Wa'lker, Farrar & Co., Newbern :
Nortiirop ,fc Cummings, Wilmington : 11 D Teei, Tar
boro ; J E Yenable, Petersburg; Ashton k Emerson,
Portsmouth, Ya ; Adolph' Berry, 172 West Pratt St.,
Baltimore,- March, Price & Co!, 91 Walter St., N ew
York. J. R. GREEN.
Durham's, Orange co, X, C, June 25, 1806 .'liu
fvS" Stenhouse & Macaulay, Agents at Charlotte
ATTEXTIOX
lcoiJ-e oT Charlotte ncl sur
rousaeiiiitr country !
SELLIAG OFF ilELOW N. Y. COST.
AO HUM BUG NO HUMBUG 1 1
A 30,000 Sfcxc of Goo-h must all he said
in three mouths.
The citizens of Charlotte and surrounding conn
try will do w ell to call at II. E. MORSE'S before
purchasing elsewhere, as they will 6ave from 25 to
50 per cent by so doing.
Merchants from the city and country will do well
to give me a call, as I will sell them Goods cheaper
than the cheapest I have on hand a large and
well selected stock of
Dry Goods, Clothing, Millinery,
Ladies', Gents', Misses' and children's Boots and
Shoes, a large assortment, aJl sizes Calicoes
ofevery variety ; Hats and Caps; Confectioneries;
Crockery; Trunks; Valises; a huge stock of Notions,
and many oilier articles too tedious to mention.
ECi" Don't Jorget the place at Dr. Pritchard's
old stand, t'ppo.-ile the Couit House.
. H. E. MORSE.
AfpSO, for sale a fine, spacious RESIDENCE,
with good Garden and oui-houses attached.
II. 15. MORSE.
June 25, 1PG5 3m
JL'ST KECEIVEjp.
' Some No. 1 Mackerel; large and fine Sacks Liver
pool Salr; 50(lbnshel. superior Corn.
A lot of North Carol-na Shoes, made at Thomas-
ville, Ladie and Gentlemen s. j
A lot of superior Shoes from Philadelphia. j
Some beautiful Summer Priuts; Bleached and
Isrown 1'omcsiic; uicniucu v-uuou iiaper; ljeu
Ticking. Fine Napkins.
June U5, 18CC H.B.WILLIAMS.
CATAWBA
English 6t Classical High School.
The second Session otyive montns of this School
wfl! commence the 9th day of July.
Terms:
Tini;n fmm 5 1 ft in 9, 1 S. ?neci rates.
Hoarding in families from $10 to $15, currency !
For circular? and further information address J C
Clann. Newton. N". O.
J C CLAP? B
June 11, 1SCG tf sVm. FINGEU, A B.
Ejj? 3B.strrn-'Shroofrat
.CHARLOTTE, N. C.
JEsMItre is wlwit Hon. Montgomery Blair
said in a speech at a democratic meeting in
.Heading, Penri., recently : -
"The Radicals wanted to govern the 'country
by force; for it they carried the eleclions this
fall Andrew Johnson would be impeached and
turned oat, and a man of their own choice made
President. (Indignation ) They meant "to
cbtern thirty-six States by just aa man' as the
thought proper to admit to representation. The
result woald - be two Presidents and two Coo
grtsses, bccau33 the Democracy, who are faith
ful to the. Constitution, will recognize the
Southern members. He told this to some of
the leading lladicals in Washington, when one
turned to him and said, "Yes, and we will have
you just where we have Jeff. Davis now," his
eyes flashing angrily as he spoke it. This
spirit, sid Mr liiair, is hurrying the country
into a new rebellion, in which the battle-fialda
will be amor g you. (A voice "Let it come.")
Mr Blair said no, he did not want to see it, but
counsel your ltauical friends and let them see
what this lust of dominion in their party ia lead
ing us to.
NOT A STBAGGL.EII.
One morning after the great battle of Manas
sas Plains, Sergeant , of Co. A, Sixteenth
Mississippi regiment, being barefooted, straggled
off from his command, traversing the battle-held
in pursuit of a pair ot shoes which some fright
ened Yankee might have thrown away in his
flight. After looking for a long time in vain,
he at last saw a pretty good pair on the pedal
extremities of a dead Yankee. He sat down at
the feet of the dead Yaekee, pulled off his shoes
jind put. them on' his own leet. Admiring the
fit, aud complimenting' himself upou this addi
tion to his marching abilities, he arose -and with
knapsack on his buck and gun in hand, he was
about starting to overtake his 'regiment, when
ha observed "coming towards him a small squud.
ron of cavalry, all of whom, as it was drizzling
rain, were wrapped in their large rubber oil
cloth over-coats. It will be remembered that
the cavalry are frequently assigned to. the duty
of picking up stragglers, and tunco there is uo
good feeling between the infantry and cavalry.
As they approached Sergeant , the fore
most one, asked: "What are you doing here,
sir, awaT from your c'cXnmand.
"That's noneof your business," answered the
Sergeant. " -
"You are a straggler, sir, and deserve the
severest punishment."
" "It's a tie, sir I am not a straggler I only
left my regiment a few moments ago, to hunt
me a pair of shoes. I went all through the
tight yesterday, arl that' more than yoa can
say for where were you yesterday when Gen.
Stuart wanted your cavalry to charge the Yan
kees alter we put 'em running? You were ly
ing back in the pine- thickets and couldn't be
found; but to day, when there's no danger, you
can come out and charge other men wfth strag-
The cavalryman, instead of .getting mad,
seemed to enjoy this raking over, from the
plucky little Sergeant, and as he rode on, laughed
heartily at it: As the squadron was filing
nearly past the Sergeant one' of them remarked:
"Do you know'who you are talking to?"
"Yes-T-to a cowardly Virginia cavalryman."
'"No sir that's Gen. Stuart."
"What?" . .
"And his staff.."
"Thunderation !'
With this exclamation the Sergeant pulled off
his hat, and readjusting it over his eyes, struck
a double qnick on the straightest line fop his
regiment.
Singular Bobbery. A few evenings since,
as a young eentleman was walking on the Com
mon, in Boston, hfr came in contact with a
person going in another direction. Both begged
pardon and passed on. A moment after it oc
curred to our hero that there jnight be some
thing wrong, and he instinctively put his hand
to his watch pocket and fjound that his repeater
was goai Turning round, lie saw the person
whom he- bad so suddenly met, walking a
leisurely pace, a short distance from hiiu.
Grasping his revoirer (purchased in garroting
times), he ran toward the robber, came up to
him, drew his pistol and placed.it in uncomfort
able contact with Lis head, and in language
more farcible than elegant, demanded his gold
hunter, assuring him that should he hesitate an
instant. he should pull the trigger and cause a
miscellaneous Ecatter of brains thereabouts.
The supposed rotber unhesitatingly pulled out
a watch, gave it to his dangerous opponent and
got out of his Tray as quick as possible.
With infinite satisfaction and thankfulness
the young gentleman put the' watch into his
pocket, and in a fever of excitement at his ad
venture, walked home. Oh his arrival there his
mother noticed the excitement which he was
under, and asked him the reason of it, where
upon he narrated to her the circumstances, of
the robbery arrdecovery of the watch. "Why,"
said she, "your watch is in your room where
you left it after changing your clothes before
you went out!" The young than wa3 dumb
founded, took out the watch from his pocket
with a spasmodic twitch, and oji beholding it
became still more excited, for it was not his!
He went to his room and found his own W3tch
where he had left jt. As soon as possible, bow
ever, be advertised his ill-gotten watch, and
took other measures, homing to live to ask the
patlon of his victim, whom he unintentionally
robbed, but at last accounts nothing had becu
beard of bim, so that he fears be may be com
pelled to keep the watch as a trophy of matnaL
fright -
Augs. G, Meyer t Cd, .
MiSCTACTrEEES OF
White Lead,- Saltpetre, VAmishes, Lampblack,
Puttv, Paints, &c,
No 100 Lombard Street, BALTIMORE.
July 17, 18GG 6ropd
From the St. Louis Press.
THE "COURSE OP LOVE" IN
MISSOUBL
Out on the old Bo be una e road, not a hundred
ttiles from this city, lives airs Overplus Hemp
dale, a very worthy and wealthy lady, made a
widow by the careless shooting of some Federal
soldier who dropped tho worthy Overplus
Uempdale while he was manfully striving for
bis rights in company with old Pap Price.
v Mrs Uempdale has a daughter Laura, a fair
young girl of some nineteen summers, and pos
sessed of a warm susceptible but true heartland
who, much to hei aristocratic mo ther'sy disgust,
lately conceived a violent passion for a young
bouse carpenter ia th;s city, familiarly known
as Jack i'laine. Now Jack is a gay, dashing
young fellow, working like a steam eogine when
he does work, and sprceing equally as hearty
when he is 'on it,' very likely to catch the fancy
of a warm-hearted, blooming young girl like
Laura, but not calculated to suit the old lady's
idea of a busb snd.- So Jack, after the first
visit, was peremptorily forbid the house.
The aspect of 'our domestic relation' did not
meet with approval of either of the two young
folks, and a rebellion, to be prosecuted covertly,
was agreed upou instanter. Sundry clandestine
meetings bad been 'arranged' at wi 'friend's'
house in this city which seemed to 'work' protty.
well, but at last the old lady got wind of the
matter, and utterly forbid Miss Laura from leav
ing the house.
A month or two slipped by, and the fond
mother supposing the foolish attachment ball
woru off, rejaxed her vigilance, or seemed to,
yet all the whtle keeping a pretty "sharp eye on
Laura. After a while- Bhe detected certain
movements and proceedings that led her to sus
pect that Laura was in communication with
Jack, and she resolved to resort to a ruse of
some kind to ascertain what shape things were
taking; before she had quite determined what
manner of proceeding to adopt," she was in
formed by a neighbor that Jack and Laura had
arranged a plan of elopement. Her mind was
quickly made up She announced to Laura the
next morning that she was going to Bellvillo on
a visit, to be gone three days, and that sbe must
be a good girl and not tear the house down while
she was gone
That night Jack knew of it, and era he-read
the nice little note that bade him 'come over
early and stay until mother comes back, and
what a splendid time we will have,' he smiled,
knocked, the ashes off from his cigar, and re-,
solved of course he would.
Jack went over, but there is no" earthly nee
in our attempting to describe the delectable
things he enjoyed; it was sugar season on that
plantation, sure. Just before dusk, while Jack
was running over full of the glory of the occa
sion, in rushes Miss Laura's black waiting wo
man with
'Lor bress my brak soul, chilin, ef yerc aint
ole missus rite at the gate. Sure !'
My God! Dinah, what shall we do with
'Jack?' - '
'Pop' em in dat ar closet, dar, Miss Laura!'
and Jack was popped into the closet in a twink
ling. " '
In walked the old lady, and after sharply
scrutinizing the disconcerted and- blushing
countenance of Laura,, felt sure that Jack, had
been there.
'Come Iiere, Laura. " Now you can't deceive
me. That abominable Plaine has been here,
and you add he ha've fixed up a runa-way match,
to come off to-night. Oh, you little thing, you,
after your bringing up, to treat rue so. But
you'll find your mother is no fool. YouMl find
she's too sharp, for you, my ldy. Sooner than
you should marry that miserable Jack Plaine
I'd sec you laid in your grave. lie's not going
to squander my money, I assure you.
The old lady rose; and going to a clothes
press returned with several coliiforters and a
pillow, and walking up to the closet where Jack
was concealed, threw them with a flirt, and
turning to the trembling Laura, said:
'Now march in here, miss; step along! I'll
see that you don't get nowhere's near that low
flung mechanic this night !'
Laura whimpered and protested that she
didn't want to, declaring that her mother would
be 'sorry for this some time.'
But without paying any attention to her pro
testations, her mother gave her a push, shut the
door, locked if, and triumphantly put the key
in her pocket, and in due time wejt to bed.
Pretty early in the morning the old lady rose,
and without waiting to dress, fished the key oat
of her pocket, and opening the closet door to
bid Laura come forth, gazed wildly, for one in
stant, and then uttered a piercing scream. Re
covering very speedily, she started away from
the door and called faintly, "Lausa, Laura, dear!
go into the kitchen and see about the breakfast!"
Then presently 'Jack, I say Jack!" "
Jack came forth with a very 'son-in-law-looking'
air, ind answered, 'Well madam, what is
it?'
'Ja?k, do ypu know anything about a farm?'
'Not to speak of, marm!'
'You can read and write and cypher, I sup
pose?' 'Nothing to brag of, marm!'
'Well at any rate, Jack, I think that after
breakfast you and Laura may as welt go down
to the city and get married, for I'm tired of
watching you, that's a fact
JGC-F" A cewspaper correspondent, describing
the costume of a belle ft a recept ball, says:
"The Miss B , wrth that repugnance to ostenta
tion in dress which is ao pecufiarto her sex,
was attired in a simple white brce 'collar, fas
tened with a neat pearl button solitaire.
Assure yourself that employment is one of
the best remedies for the disappointments of
life. Let even your calamity have, the liberal
effect el occupying you ia someractive virtue,
so shall yoa ia a manner retrcember ' others till
ydtL forget yourself.
tt" :
Loving hearts are like beggars; they lire on
what Is given, :
THE MORMONS.
Origin of the Sett Skttcher of Leaders
I'olyya m g, t c.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gasctte.
The founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph
Smith, the "prophet. JosepJa," or the "martyred
Joseph," as his followers love to call him, or
"Joe Smith," ft3 he is; irrevereutly styled by
Gentiles, claimed that an angel appeared to him
in bis childhood, at the age of fourteen, I be
lieve, and directed hiu to a hill near Palmyra,
New York, where was a book composed of gold
platek.aud containing an' inspired record of a
race upon this continent which had disappeared.
After some years he was permitted to take the
book from the. stoue.box in which it was con
tained, and by the aid of .the Urini and Thum
mum, an apparatus something like a pair of
spectacles, translated " the characters and gave
to the world the present book of Mormon, which
they regard as entitled to credence as being
equally wfth the Bible the Word of God. He
r professed to have revelations, visions, etc , and
claimed that he was sent to the world to restore
the Church of Jesus Christ, which, with the
i divinely appointed "gifts of the Gospel," viz:
healing, speaking in tongues, prophesying, &c ,
had disappeared from the earth." His followers
professed to speak in tongues, prophesy, heal by
laying on of hands, and exhibit the other signs
whteh it is said "shall follow them that believe,"
and which they say were not intended, as Chris
tians generally believe, merely to establish . the
Church of Christ" on earth, but to accompany it
always. Settling at Kirkland, Ohio, they after
ward removed to Missouri; did not get on. well
with the people there, were driven from plafce
to place, and finally over the Mississippi into
Illinois. Here they were kindly welcomed, and
formed a large settlement; built up the City of
Commerce, afterward Nauvoo, and occupied a
great deal of the adjacent country. Finally they
aud the Illinoisans couldn't agree; matters grew
worse, Sniith was accussed of treason, and finally
gave himself up for trial; was put in jail at
Carthage; the jail wa3 attacked by. a mob said
to be from Missouri. Joseph Smith anj his
brother Ilyrutn were shot dead, and John
Taylor, now one of the twelve Apostles, wound
ed. Shortly after this the Mormons left Nauvoo,
and after a-temporary sojourn in winter quarter
in the neighborhood of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on
the .Jlissouri River, struck across the plains to
ytah. The 24th of July, the anniversary-of
the arrival of their band of pioneers snt in ad
vance of the main force, is celebrated as a holi
day among them still. MormonSjf course,
attribute their trouble t tho persecution which
the Church of God has so often been obliged to
undergo. Gentile records say their thefts and
other bad conduct brought it upon them, and
describe Smith as a vulgar impostor.
The Church, in accordance with their claim
that they are the original and only true church
of Chris', is modelled after the eatlier church,
and has apostles, elders, bishops, etc. I hey say
that the Bible is true so far as it has been" cor
rectly translated, that the Book of Mormon is
also true, and (hat they have received still fur
ther revelations of the Divine will. Polygamy
they claim as the subject of a special revela
tion from heaven, which is preserved among the
other. records of their faith. Smith even pro
fessed to give the words of the Lord used to
Moses during their interview on .the Mount. In
their Endowment house, of which 1 shall speak
hereafter, they 4race the eaui6 thing as that,
alluded td in the Bible where the apostles were
endowed with power from heaveji. And in
other particulars they aim to styow .that their
church is the only one which conforms to the
Bib'.e standard. There is a good deal of curi
osity io know what class, of people in respect to
Umorality, sincerity, and education the -bulk of
the people constitute,-. and I do not know that I
could illustrate better than by giving a descrip
tion of & few-of my neighbors in the little vil
lage in which I, with a friend from the States,
spent the pa9fe winter. SalfLake City, and the
settlements generally, were at first surrounded
by a lot t wall, either of adobes or mud for pro
tection against Indians. As the settlements in-'
creased. in size and the danger disappeared, the
inclosure would be broken, and the wall remain
only in fragments, or be used as house xr garden
walls; but the spot, frequently the centre one
in the village, would still be known as "the
fort." Beginning at one corner of the fort, we
find an old couple the husband ao Englishman,
the wife a Canadian who bad been Mormons
for many years, commencing befoe the exodus
to Utah. Both eminently sincere and excellent
people. The man Li firmly convinced that he
has been healed by the elders of the Church,
and the wife, an intense Mormon, often speak
ing in tongues, prophesying and interpreting
tongues, and had been trying to get ber hus
band another wife, not denying that it "would,
break her'heart," but striving anxiously for any
thing which might conduce to his or her spirit
ual advancement, .ext came a young couple,
the wife the daughter of the pair already men
tioned.' Both brought to Utah ia early child
hood, refreshingly ignorant ot matters in the
outside world, religion included. Further along
we find n 4ld 'Englishman with an old Danish
wife. He has bad other wives one of the vil
lagers said, and they had all either died or led
him. His present, spouse used on the sly to
take flour and other articles of produce to barter
for tobacco, for while the old man used the
weed himself, sho would have got into'trouble,
perhaps incurred chastisement, bad - be found
that his goods were being disposed of to provide
it fur her. Both apparently sincere though not
remarkably intelligent.
Pa-sing this affectionate couple, wc come to
an American mechanic, a shrewd and intelli
gent man, brought up in the Mormon faith, and
whose father, eutea Mormon missionary, is now
residing in Dixie or Southern Utah. He the
sob) was not in very good standing with the
church; had had some difficulty about his tith
ing, and talking of going back to The States at
some future lime. In regard to the troth of
Mormontsm, he said he had sometimes been ra
dioed to thibk'.tbat when it began there Was
"sotnetbiog ia U." Had seen people get well
after beir m "mist red to by the church, but
seemed to think it not positive that they would
j n't have got well anyhow; was rather inclined
j to think well of Joe Smith; and "it was "rather
mixed," when I asked him whether, on tbe
whole, he thought the system was a true one
I Next ca'mc one of the aristocrats of tho village
an old' man who, in a row of three adobe houses,
kept an old .wife in the middle house, flanked
on either side by a yonng one." His first wifl -was
dead. He spent his time alternately with) .
the partners of bis subdivided bosom. Polygamy
didn't work well in bis case, and Various little
disagreements had leaked out. The wife in tht
eastern end of his establishment was the young.
e6t and the best cook. One morning when h
should have begun his week at the west end bo
stayed to breakfast in the east, and as soon as
he appeared before the slighted bride there was
an interesting "scene," the particulars of whieh
were duly detailed by his grandson, lad wboga
mother had gone off with the soldiers and et-
pected to return to the States. I alao heard of
his clothes bcing&ffctionately kicked from door
to door, each fair one declining to wash them."
The old man is a rough old codger, but aiealous
-Mormon, and says he has seen the stones oftbt.
altar erected by Adam in-Missouri, for, accord- .
ing to Mormon doctrine, -in that State was the
location of the Garden of Eden. Next in our
course around the forfwe encounter lha humble
cot of an honest young English miner and bis
wife. He retains the Mormon faith but is -not
afraid to grumble in meeting, and before Gen
tiles, at some of the Mormon missionaries ia
England, who he says, collected considerable
sums of money from hi ji and others, of which
he was confident . a proper use bad not .been
made.. Further on we find an old woman, quit
a character in tbe village, whose husband had
bad seven wives and thirty-nine children, no
was living somewhere South, but she did not -go
to him, preferring to remain there with her
daughter, and support herself. Near by lived a
Gentile, brother of the disaffected mechanio
across the fort Like his brother, be bad been .
brought up in Mormonism, and while not so
confident that its inception was wrong, was de
cidedly of the opinion that with polygamy it
was running in the ground in Utah. A man of
shrewd sense, though not much of a scholar, be
delighted when a passage of Scripture such as
tbe one. relating to seven women laying hold of
one man was quoted, in getting the Bible and
seeking to show by .the connection and senso
'that the attempted application was absurd,
Taking the road out' from this corner of this
fort, we find, among others, a man formerly from,
Cincinnati, whose family of two wives and
several children furnished,' as far -as I could,
judge, an example of harmonious and conscien
tious polygamy; and further on an old moun
taineer, whoso -wife had been deserted by her
former husband, who was baptized into the
Mormon church for tho sake of marrying her,
and afterward left her for the States, promising
to return, but failing to keep his word. "The
mountaineer had had two squaw wives, one of
whom died and the other two went back to tbeir .
tribe. Two half-bred children the boy-with ft
father in the States and the offspring of tbe last
union .were growing up in the same family.
At this house whiskey and fobacco were kept
ftr sale to the villagers.
Returning to the fort, we find at the corner
next to the one we started from, a family .con
sisting of a husband, two wives, and several
children living in rather piggish style, in one
room. The husband, I was told how truly I
do not know had been concerned io tho Moun
tain Meadows massacre. Near by was an old
Englishman, a shiftless fellow, though undoubt
edly a sincere Mormon, who, living in a'littlot
house of one room,. and being rjuito scantily en
cumbered with this world's goods, had got.
rather a notoriety "in tho village by his persistent
and unsuccessful efforts to get another wife.
The endowment house to vhich I referred, is
an institution .the proceedings of which are not
allowed to be divulged, and Mormons will say
but little about them, except that tbe exercises
are something of a masonic nature. It is be
lieved among Gentiles, from what has leaked
out from" various sources, such as books written
by ex-Mormons, that tbe temptation in the
Garden of Eden is represented, and scenes of a
similar nature performed, and the candidates
bound up with' stringent oaths; -and that tho
endowment garments which the candidates re
ceive, and which are worn as under-clothing, are
supposcd.to be proof against bullets.
IMPORTANT ORDER.
- Gen Robinson, tbe military 'commander of
North Carolina, has isaed the following order
for the guidance of the oOcers of the 'Freed
man's Bureau-:
Raleigh, N. C, July 13, 18GC.
General Ordes,No. 3.
His Excellency, the Governor of North Car
olina, - having officially notified, the AsMSta&i
Commissioner that "there now exists, under the
laws of this State, no discrimination in the ad
ministration of justice to tbe prejudice of free
persons of color," all officers and agents of tbe
Bureau will hereafter refer all cases to which
Fi eedmen tire parties', to tbe proper Coanty or ,
State authorities, according to the nature of tbe '
case, with the single exception ofclaimi for
wages due under contracts approved or witnessed
by officers or agents of tbe B ureal, wbtcb, not
admitting of delay, will be adjudicated as here
tofore. -.
Is ease of any failure, neglect or inability -of
tbe civil authorities to arrest and bring to trial
persoss, who have -been or may hereafter be
charged with the commission of crimes and. f
fences against officers, agents, citizens and in
habitants of the United States, . irrespective of
color, officers.in -charge of Districts are hereby
directed to arrest and detain such persons in
military confinement, until sueh time as a proper
judicial tribunal may be ready and willing to
try them.
By command IVvt. Maj. Gen. Robinsojc, ..
- -Official: ' Clinton A. Ciller.
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I An appropriate song for a toper who rajas!
'getting over the effects of whiskey toddj
, "Conuiog through tbe rye."