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T HE WE St E R fl f DEMOCRAT, C II A HI 0 TTE, X .C,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
JJATIOJTAI. THANKSGIVING.
The following ia th proclamation o the
President appointing a Thanksgiving day t
J3jf the President of the United States A
Ptoclamation.
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, has
been pleased to vouchsafe to us, ae a people,
another year of that national life, which is an
jodispensable condition of peace, security and'
progress. . That . yeax, ..moreover, has been
.crowned with many peculiar blessings. The
,civLlr&r tb at .recently closed among us bas nut
been anywhere re opened. Foreign interTcn
tion has.ceasei to exeite alarm or apprehension;
intrusive pestilence has been benignly miciga
JUidi. domestic tranquility has improved; seuti
meota of conciliation have largely prevailed,
and affections of loyalty and patriotism have
been " widely revived; our .-Oelds have yif Ided
quite abundantly; our mining industry has been
aicbly rewarded, and we have beeja allowed xo
extend ur Jbailroad systeoi far into the interior
recesses of. the Country; while our commerce
has resumed its customary activity in foreign
seas. These great national blessings demand a
.national acknowledgment.
..Now therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby recom
mend Ttwmdtj, the 29th day of November
,Dext, he et apart and be observed everywhere
jn .tbexeveraj States and Territories of the Uni
Jted. States, by ibo people thereof, na a day of
lhaflkgiving and praise to Almighty God, with
due remembrance that ' in His temple doth
every man speak of Ilis Honor."
. I recommend, also, that on the came solemn
.occasion, they do humbly and honestly implore
Jlim to grant to our National Councils, and to
jour whole people, that Divioe wisdom which
alone can lead any nation into tie ways ol all
jgood.
In offering iheee national thanksgivings, prat
ies and supplications, we have the Divine assu
rance that "the jLord remaiueth a King iorever."
Tbeu that are mcejt shall lie guide in judg
ment, and such as are gentle shall He leant ljis
way. The Lord shall j-ive strength to His peo
ple; and the Lord shall give to Ilis people the
.blessing of petce."
Jn witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
and and .caused the seal of the United States
.to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this eighth
day of October, iu the year of our Lord, 1806,
and of the Jndepcndence of the United States
Jtbo ninety -first.
ANDIlEvV JOHNSON.
. .By the President :
Wm. 11. Seward, Secretary of State.
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TJIJ! GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE.
Apprehensions are expressed that next year
.the grasshopper plague will extend itself to the
cast of the Missouri river, and coyer a wide trea
of country. The grasshopper column that
started upon the far western plains a month
.eince, have swept through a strip of country
about Bixfy miles wide the Kansas-Nebraska
dividing line being about the centre of their
jnarch and have couie to the Missouri river
too Jate to cross. JJut they h ave laid their eggs
and Jeft their mission to tbo.se that shall come
after. The ground is thickly strewn with dead
grasshoppers, and is perforated with holes
whereio the females have deposited their larva)
The Atchison Free Press says:
-'"Pi? ifl at random with a knife blade, lift up
a little of the surface of. the soil, and very likely
you will at the first attempt unearth a little
white column like the. pith of a rus-h, and open
ing this, you will find a number of cgy;s like
cut's eggs, closely packed together. We dug
up some of tbeir deposits and found in one of
them twenty-eight of the larvae, and iu several
Others more than twenty. The cavity is lined
.jvi'h an impervious coating of whitish gum,
.which incloses he eggs or larvce. aud the aper
ture above the oggs is closely filled also nearly
0 the surface with this white substance, which
probably-serves .the double purpose .of protection
to the larvae and food for the young. Next
summer these will come out as minute grasshop
pers, and in the fall, if some accident does not
destroy them, they will be such pests as Lave
jk'jist nnw been. among us"
Tub Amendment. Dr. Deems' paper, the
Watcbmac, is inclined to urge the Southern
people to accept the Howard amendment. Wo
said in our last it seemed to be certain that in
no event would this State accept the amend
ment ; but, it may be, that three months hence
Governot Worth, the Sentine', and the great
body of the leading men of this State will
urge, in the most earnest terms, the adoption of
this amendment. They may even go further,
aud declare that the salvation pf the South and
the. fate. of the country depend on its adoption.
But we fear it wiil be too late. Oregon has
just virtually cxpungad her ratification of this
amendment, and we do not think it likely that
allthe New England Slates will ratify it. Ral.
Standard. -
. ,W think it likely that some of the Northern
States will nject the Amendment, because they
want to force more .degrading terms on the
Southern States than is proposed by that measure-.
An Incident. As trajn of cars was last
week approach iug the suspension bridge, ne;tr
Niagara the conductor found a young man who
could not pay bis fare. The poor fellow was
evidently in the last stage of consumption, and
.emaciated to skeletpn proportions, lie. sat by
bimself, and his eye ?rei red, as though he had
been weeping; but the la tf the company could
not be transgressed, and be must leave the train.
Kpt ApgrsoujDQyed or spoke as thjp conductor
jedbiiJi from bis seat, all shivering wiib cold; but
just as he reached Abe door a beautiful girl arose
from her seat, and with bright, sparkling eyes,
demanded the amount charged for the poor in
valid. .The coiluctor said $8, and the vounn-
and noble girl took that sum from her p"ckt- '
uooi, ana Jkinuiy leu me sick youtli uacfc to his
set. . The action-put to shame several men who
bad witnessed it, and they offered to pay half,
but the whole-souled woman indignantly refused
the assistance. "When the train arrived iu Al
bany the young proteetress , gave the invalid
money enough to keep bim over night and seud
him to bis friends the next njorning.
Tbe Bibhor of Wiirtftmbnrr nrw. Va
a sprightly shepherd boy, - What are you doing
here, my boy P "Tending swine," " How much
do you get!" ?Onc florin a week." "I am a
sbenherd also.". said the bishnn. "KnfT hi.
much better. salary -That may all be, but then I
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l wpose joo iava man Bwiu. underyourcare,"
repWU bcyr, .
ANECDOTES OP THE WAR.
From the Land weLove, (October Namber r
A quartermaster sends us the follow tog anec-
dote of the hero of man j -a hard fighi and yiany
a toogh joke. 'Gen. Jabtl A Katly had a great j eld 00 Friday,and at Hamilton and Cincin
prjudice against quartermasters. I bad often I Dati yesterday. General Butler advocated the
tried in vain to propitiate him. The orders on 'impeachment of the President, because he sought
the niht of the evacuation of Centreville was to t0 bringTjongress into public - hatred, ridicule
burn all unnecessary baggage aud let the wagons a'nd contempt ; 'Lecause he bad corruptly used
go light. My Colonel had heroically sacrificed ' tjie p0Wer of removal and appointments ; be
all his articles of luxury and comfort even. But j cauie be had neglected to, execute those laws of
I resolved to store away some bottles and deli- 1 Congress which were passed over his veto and
cacies in an enormous chest I had. I was busily other laws j because he had defied the eons tit u
encsged in this laudable enterprise, when Gen. tional right of the Senate to confirm appotnt
Jubal rode up.- "What ara you doing with that ; ments by'placing in power cjScers wbom it had
box-?"- "I keep my regimental" papers in it." j rfjected ; because he had corruptly need the
"Are you the quartermaster of the army that pardoniug power and unlawfully restored pro
you need such a box ?" "No General, 1 am ' perty belonging by right of capture" to the
quartermaster of the -th .Nr 0. Keg't." "1 United States, and because he usurped the power
have a great ruimJ to has you put in your big j 0j Congress by terminating the war by procla
boac and both thrown into the fire." He rode j matiooa instead of by treaty by thendvieeof the
off and I saved my box Sometime after, T hap- j genate or a law of Congress. Each of these of-
ppned to be near him on a raw, bleak night,
when he seemed to be nearly frozen with cold.
I approached him with aoojfl dread, and offered
him the hospitality of ni.y bottle. He- wis not
offended and examined the contents searcbingly
At length he said. -Captain did you burn that
biff box at Centreville V "No, General, 1 saved j
it." "Was this bottle in'thatbi box, Captain?"
.,,r r. i ,..: t ... tV.Qt !
"Its, urucrai. - vapiaiii, 4. am j ,
did not burn that bir box V And I was glad
you may bo sure that I got off so well."
A soldier sends a tribute to a brother soldier
and wc use his own word.. "At the battle of
Williamsburg, iMay 5th, 1862, the 14th' N. C
Troops were lying down behind felled timber in
front of Fort Magruder, having driven back the
first advance of Hancock's troops.
Many dead aud wounded Yankees were lying
in close proximity to our lines, and the moans
of the wounded were truly heart-rending. The
enemy, however, was peppering away at long
range and it was almost certain death to raise
one's head above the timber. A Yankee was
heard crying out" "water, water, friend or foe,
water " Private Beck of the 14th N. C. jumped
up, and spite of the remonstances of friends, and
the orders of officers, walked a distance of 50
yardsi and gave the sufferer his canteen, and re
turned unhurt, though exposed to a fire from
the front and rear."
The sole survivor of the incident gives us the
following: "Previous engagements had so thin
ned out the line officers of the 1st N. C. Infantry
(State Troops) that at the battle of Malvern
Hill, companies C and E of the regiment were
both under command of one subaltern, a second
Lieutenant. Company C was our color company,
and when we moved into action, five corporals,
the remnant of the old color guard, marched
wirh our flag.
Our attack was made up the face of a steep
hill, and through the yard and garden of a par
sonage. The fire of the enemy both with artil
lery and small arms was exceedingly heavy, and
upon our gaining the ercst of the hiiJ, its effect
was too severe to be endured. We did not fall
back, however, but rushed forward to the road
bejond, which had been worn down so as to af
ford a very fair cover to the troops in Hue of
battle. The distance to the road from the rop
of the hill wag uot more than 75 yards But
during the time we werj making this short run,
corporal Latham was shot dead with the colors
in his hands; Lanier took them and instantly
fell mortally wounded Wiggins seized them
and had his knee shattered ; Herring took his
place, but to fall also with a wound through the
body. Finally, corporal Calvin Jones took the
flag and held it while life lasted. He was a fair,
delicate boy of 16 from the county of New Han
over. A ball shattered his arm. I said "go to
the rear and give mc the flag." "Oh, no sir J I
can carry it yet !" The one arm does double
duty. Another shot mangles his girl like face.
"Let go, I can hold it yet !" Another ball
pierces his noble breast. ''Take it, Lieutenant,
I can carry it no farther J" Ilis officer, with
the assistance of Evan Atkinson and George
Lumsden, (both of whom have been since killed,)
laid the brave boy behind a bank safe from
farther mutilation, where as noble a soul wis
breathed out as ever animated mortal mould "
MANUFACTURING IN TS. CAROLINA
We have frequently seen the statement, we
must confess with uq little surprise, that there
is at this time in process of erection in the State
of Georgia, seventh-two mills for the manufac
ture of cotton and woolen goods, some of them
for calicoes. This is an astonishing fact, but it
is the natural consequence of the events of the
last five or six years. So long as Southern
capital could control the labor of the country,
the cultivation of cotton was the most profitable
investment, and to this almost the whole capi
tal of the Southern States was devoted to the
almost eutire neglect of everything else.
Even now, we are lothe to abandon our habit
of purchasing lands with our surplus capital,
but the destruction of slavery bas produced a
revolution jn this respect, that makes it no lon
ger profitable to own extended tracts of land.
A vast amount of capital will be compelled to i
see uive&uueoi in outer nrancnes ot industry, i hi
and we believe that the capitalists of Georgia
bave selected that which offers the highest in.
ducements. Cotton and woolen mills will be
multiplied from year to year, until the South
will finally be able to work up her entire crop
pf cotton, and export the manufactured fabrics
instead of the raw material. With cheap and
intelligent labor, which she will eventually have;
with all her channels of trade open and in pro-
utaoie employment; with all her food made at
home, and with the raw ntat.rial raised at the I
ron. A.-rB r i , ., ...
..j v, uct iudijuueiories, me ooutti win
be enabled to do so without the fear of success
ful competition. She will then recover her
wonted strength ar-d prosperity; Day, surpass Ler
former wealth and renown.
In North Carolina particularly, will this be
especially true. Nature seems to point oat our
State a a region of country admirably adapted
to manufactories. No country on this continent
lurnisnes more advantages tor manufacturing
than North Carolina. The facilities afforded
by unlimited Waterpower, salubrious Climate
aud fertile Soil, are unsurpassed. Few States
in the Ui-ion abound, mora in tites of water
power. The shoals and falls in her primary
rivers, the smaller rivers and large oreeks fur
nish never failing supplies. .iuch of this pow
er is found in that range of country where the
cotton grows well; and higher up near the
mountains, there is no lia4t to its extent.
The soil and climate of North Carolina is ad
mirably adapted to the productiorj of all the ne
cessaries of life depending on Agriculture. It
occupies, indeed, a sort of middle ground, where
the staples and products of the North and South
meet in luxuriant growth in the same rifth fiW"
Nowbere is thera greater sslubrity of elimate '
: i i i . .
i -w ....... v mj intti oaiuuiKjr oi climate :
j experienced, or beilthier, hardier inhabitants tof
Jjo foSpd.-.WSJta. .a " ' i
SPJBECHES OP GEN.: B. . P. BJTJTI.EB.
s lie-. Vevetopes the Radical Plan.
Cincinnati, Oct. 7. Butler addressed an
itnoieose audience at Xenia, Davton and Spring
fences are high crimes and misdemeanors in- the
meaning of the Constitution.
The speech concluded as follows i
"We have been asked the question,. Ilow cao
the President be impeached' lie is Commao-
riuae oe impt
der-in-Chicf of the arn
"titution of the Um
my and navy, and the Con-
ted States says nothing
whatever aooui wno snail nom me omce wciie
he is being impeached. Therefore, if you begin
the itapeaehnient he will order the army and
navy to. disperse Congress, and be ill seize the
reins of government. Where is the remedy ?
Here it is : The .House of Bepresentatives,
under the Constitution, is the grand inquest of
the nation perhaps I might say, for illustra
tion, the Grand Jury. of the nation. 1 prepares
the bill of impeachment against the President if
it s&es cause, and it presents the bill of impeach
ment to the Senate of the United States, which
then becomes a'high court of impeachuent, and
the Chief Justice of the United States sits in
that'eourt as its presiding officer.. It is thus no
longer, for that purpose, the Senate of the Uni
ted States, but it is the court of impeachment of
the United States. What shall they do? When
the impeachment is ready the Senate sands out
its messenger or sergeant-at-arras to bring in
the criminal, be he high or low. (Applause.)
They set him at the bar and read the bill to
him. If he pleud guilty, then they proceed to
sentence him, which sentence is a deposition
and deprivation of office. When he is brought
before the bar the Senate of the United States
may order him to be imprisoned, or to find bail,
or any other proper order that a court may adopt
in a criminal case, and when the Constitution
provided this mode of trial, did its framers mean
that a man who is before the Court of Impeach
ment as a criminal shall be al the same time
chief executive officer of the government? By
no means. From that moment he ceases to be
able to exercise the duties of that office until he
is acquitted. Aud then comes the case of the
inability of the President of the United States
to exercise the office of President, so the Vice
President must take the office, and there being
no Vice-President, it must devolve on the Pres
ident of the Senate for the time being. (Ap
plause ) Jf in any of these steps, so taken, ac
cording to the Constitution, the President does
not obey as a good citizen the behests of the
High Court of Impeachment, then that court,
like any other court in the land, can call upon
the whole body of the people to aid it in en
forcing its rightful authority. (Applause.) And
now I serve a notice on Andy Johnson that
when a rightful court of the Senate of the Un
ited States calls for aid in their behalf, on the
people of the United States, "the boys in blue"
will answer. Wc are told that if Congress shall
proceed to exercise - their rightful authority,
then there will be tried the strength of the gov
ernment, that the President will oall upon the
army and navy, and the army and Jiavy will
obey him. Let there be no fear about that, be
cause the army and the navy of the United
States are not those few men that are in the
regular service.- (Applause.) 1 have no desire
to disparage either the . patriotism or the integ
rity of the army of the United States, but if the
army, as such, or if any portion of it, or of any
officer of it, shall so far forget the duties he
owes to his flag and to his profession as a soldier
a3 to answer any but the legal call of his coun
try, that small body of men shall be swept from
the face of the earth as a cabinet is swept away
before the rising of the morning sun." (pro
longed cheers )
At Hamilton, Butler, in reply to a charge that
he was responsible for stopping the exchange
of prisoners, gave his history of tho transaction,
and stated that ho stopped the exchange under
the express written order of the Lieutenant
General.
A SHERIFF FORCED TO RESIGN.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The people of Calhoun county, in this State,
may be congratulated on the extraordinary fact,
that their Sheriff has been obliged to resign his
office, because they are so lenient and forbeartng
towards each other, that the office docs not 'pay '
In a card to his" constituents the Sheriff of
Calhoun sets forth the reasons that have impelled
ltn to resign :
"In the first place when the election was over
I was out of money. I set in on the prospect
of the office, and have lived on the prospect'
ever siucc ; and from that time until now,-. I
have not taken in fifty dollars of cost ; my ex
penses all the time have been something, and I
must say a good deal, which will hereafter be
substantiated by ray successors in office, if things
do not change materially, and thev perform the
j duties of the office as 1 have" tried to do. ITn-
aZI 'X ",ZT. ? " " "l
cux-" u",u"u""w uucuuisiaiices i nave uvea
for one rear, and lived as economically as any
man could ; but in spite of all my efforts I am
j duuned for money every day, and more debts
i-uiiuug uue iu oc uumieu on. i nave not a
respectable garment to wear buving tobacco to
chew, feeding my borse on hay only, and his
feet tender for 'want of shoeing, and I uot able
to help it, what must I do ?
I have used all my wit and strength to con
tinue in the office and not give it up,. but with
out success. I have offered it with entire pro
ceeds to men if they would give me a home, so
that I could go to work arid raise some capital,
bi;t they refused. Then I have offered men all
they could make if they would ride for me, and
I be responsible for their acts, so that I could
get all my papers executed but all to no effect.
By the time they learned the difference between
a capias and a writ of dowder, they would find
they were making nothing, and quit.
When I went into the office, 1 determined to
make a good Sheriff, and give satisfaction, bu$
found 'it impossible to do so without money or
assistance. And tow I ask, what else could I
do under these circumstances, but quit Sheriff
iog, go to work, try to make something te pay
a k a
uf. t ' '"?r"if "
LJMfS
my aeDtfl, and prepare to marry before it is too
J M. Anderson.
Jacksonville, Ala., Sept: 20183$."
THE rUTUBE-v.
" Trota! the Charlottesrille -Ch rookie. - '.'
Xlt is eptdemiffBOwyd-taik about; human so-,
ciety. being a failure. ? ft is unfortunately true
that wf Southern ' peopNal Jeast, have no faith
in humanity t and -we never did have, and that
was our great error. We hear now constantly
talk about history "moving in cvcles" and "re
peating 'itself,--the' meaning being 'Republican'
Government is a failuie, and that we are going
to bave.a .Military Government here, and that
some form of despotic government ' will follow
upon any republican government that may be
developed in Europe. For a long time (and a
gTcat;de! during the days of the Confederacy
it was fashionable in the- South to sigh for the
British Constitution, and to eulogize England as
the happiest society on the globe,, But Eng
land is beginning," like the rest of Europe, to
show signs of wear and tear in the heavy deuio
erarie seas of the past century. That tight old
Conservative ship is beginning to leak, and the
indications are that. she must speedily put into
port for repairs, or she will be; overwhelmed by
the waves. England is no longer one of "the
five great ; powers,' Tho decrepitude of age
seems to have seized upon her. There is ma
terial prosperity ; the upper classes are culti
vated and refined; the press is more able than
it ever was; there are abundance of religious
and charitable associations; ber soldiers and
seamen have lost none of their hereditary cour
age; but "the State is sick, France, in the last
ten years, has overshadowed . her Russia . is
growing every day ; the United States has passed
her and now Prussia is prepared to bully ner
whenever the occasion may offer; Thoughtful
English men must look with serious concern
upon the' recent sudden collapse of Austria and
ask themselves the reason. What would- Eng
land do in the event of. a.war with the United
States, or France, or Prussia? Her army is
small, and as inefficient as. that of Austria ; ber
navy ii pronounced worthless; and she has. no
means of raising an army, while the illiberal ad
ministration of her navy renders it difficult ' for
her to procure seamen. The Church Establish
ment is a constant source ef internal bickerings;
she. has never been able to devise any system of
National Education ; and Ireland is more dis
contented than ever; while Canada is gravitating
towards the United States, and Russia menac
ing the durability of her empire in the East. .
These things are now felt in England, and
although the English people aro slow in moving,
they are apt to act. thoroughly when they do
move. The present agitation for , Reform
threatens the most radical changes in the British
Constitution. Eogland cannot poise herself any
longer upon the conservatism of the eighteenth
century. She escaped the' French Revolution ;
she has escaped the Democratic fermentation
which has prevailed on the Continent since that
period ; but her hour has come and woe to her
aristocracy if they hesitate. what to do J - - -
There is but one way of maintaining the na
tional position of England, and that is by making
the foundations of the government as broad as
her whole people. England must cease to be a
close corporation else the fate of Austria awaits
her as a nation, or the' fate of the French no
blesse awaits ber aristocracy as a class. Timely
reform may give a new lease to the life of that
aristocracy ; but it cannot in any event endure
beyond another generation. -
England, in other words, is drifting into a
democracy ; as is all Europe: This is too plain
to be contradicted. A time will come when all
Christendom will be democratic. '
. It is at this point, that the class of thinkers,
to whom wc referred in the beginning, apply
their theory of "cycles." They allow that
modern civilization is driving everything into
democracy ; but they say Rome was but a king
dom, then a republic, then a military despotism;
and that modern democracy, succeeding upon
monarchy, will likewise be succeeded by des
potic government.
Where is the thing then to stop ? Do we live
on a wheel ? Will human sooiety never achieve
a position which it can maintain ? Are we to
have a return of the "dark 8ges 1" The fallacy
is in thb, that the mats of mankind in the an
cient world were utterly degraded and. utterly
ignorant. The best society in the Roman Em
pire was corrupt not in the sense io which
London society is corrupt, but in the manner
that sooiety is corrupt in India or China.
The world is not going to turn back again ; it
has advanced too far; it is not going to plunge
into another night unless we can suppose that
Christianity is going to take wings and fly away
unless all the science of this wonderful age is
going to be lost unless our railroad lints, and
telegraphs, and ocean-steamers, and iron foun
dries, and cotton factories, and reaping machines,
and sewing machines, and -oylinder printing
presses are going to be overwhelmed like Egvpt
or Assyria. Does anybody believe that all the
knowledge that is in the world now is going to
be lost 1 - . '
God, who controls all, has not enacted the
tragedy of Calvery, and built up a new Chris
tian, world, with all its growth of religious af
fections, and wealth of knowledge, to extinguish
it again. - -
But how will these Democratic societies govern
themselves ?-says the objector. They will dp
it by the diffusion of moral and religious influ
ences, which trill be forthcoming at just the
right point. Ever since the advent of Christ,
the world his been steadily advancing in reli
gion and morals. The middle ages did not bave
the art, nor the culture, of Greece and Rome;
but society was purer. Those old knights were,
in many respects, very beautiful characters, and
the life of that dy was, in many aspeots, also
very beautiful. Tue world is now immeasurably
in advance of any preceding age. There is no
reason to doubt that human society shall still
piove on and may uot the nnllenium of which
divines speak be just a period of great moral
activity, as the present century bas been a period
of intellectual activity 'I The blajso of science
whirh has burst upon mankind in the past
seventy five years is as startling an event as if
in the uext seventy five years there could be a
flame of spiritual activity of equal brightness.
And it is extremely significant that the whole
christian world is'now.on the tip toe of expec
tation and strange things are foreshadowed on
the Tiber and Bosphorus. '
May not the Millenium and Democracy run
on parallel lines like Predestination and Free
Agency ? " ., .
Georgia.- A dispatch from Augusta, Georgia,
states that considerable feeling- is exhibited
throughout the State on the subject of repudia
tion. It is thought an effort will be made on the
meeting of the Legislature in November to relieve
the people from the payment of certain debts
contracted prior and during the late war. The
plea urged for repudiation is the toss of slaves and
the failure of the crops. The amount of property
returned in the Statefor 1866 Is $207,000,000;
in I860, $620,322,77?.' Loss to the State over
$46o,000,000.- - .
-45QAN33AI. IN WASHINGTON 3IT?T.
X This is a wicked world, I rerily believe, nd
I am confirmed in that sage opinion by a scan
dalous affair, which I may refer to without any
violation of good taste, since die: matter is one
of record.
Your readers will rewembec that a year or
two ago there was a wedding here in high life
(so called)! " A young but prominent citieen of
a Northern State, who counted bis fortune by
millions, was the happy bridegroom, and. the
daughter of a then cabinet minister was the
bride. Bare jewels, worth hundreds of thou
sands were lavished on the fair lady, and such
a wedding' was never in the land since Commo
dore Bartlett's daughter married the Cuban
negro Oviedo. Well, there have been many
rumors about the couple just named, and the
air bas been thick with scandalous rumors. It
was known the husband was a festive cuss, and
that his thousands were spent in riotous living
wine, cards and other etceteras! But ooly
latterly did the wife seem to know or at least to
notice the delinquency of her lord, when it was
presented to her in such a shape that there
could be no doubt of his infidelity. And so she
haa brought action for divorce, and will of course
get swipging damages; both of which she is
entitled to, albeit the lady herself is very gay.
The case will create a sensation when the names
are given to the public.
feroopfcog to folly is a common thing in this
world, especially in the hot-bed of corruption.
A sad case has just been made known, where a
young woman belonging to the most aristocratic
circle of the Federal city has gone astray. She
had not even been suspected until a few days
ago, wben her prolonged absence iu New York,
where she had gone on a visit, led to esquiry,
and her parents to their horror ascertained she
had voluntarily became the inmate of a fashion-,
able brothel. ; No cause, other than that innate
wickedness whieh the devil sometimes implants
into poor, weak human nature, is assigned for
the conduct of the woman who thus recklessly
brings shame on the honored name of ber fam
ily. -Cor, Louisville Courier.
Senator Sprague and wife of Rhode Island,
are the paities alluded to ia the first paragraph.
HONOR.
Striking an antagonist "when he is down,"
says a late number of the N. Y. Express, is a
very mean business, and the principle applies
with force to the present eondion of the country.
The national honor having been pledged over
and over again to tho people of the North, as
well as of the South, and the. Radicals unhesi
tatingly violating these pledges, the Journal of
Commerce says :
"Are there not among them men who can see
the importance of preserving the honor of the
nation in the eyes of the world, without refer
ence to any written or resolved pledges? A free
people striking and continuing to strike a pros
trate foe, trampling on him with iron heel, is
not a pleasant sight to the world It. does not
give to the world any exalted picture of Ameri
can politics or even of American civilization.
There was never an instance of more absolute
submission than that of the South. The utterly
broken-down' condition of the whole Southern
mind passes description.' 1
The honorablo course for the American peo
ple, the course which would justify our claim
to be exponents of the true principles ot liberty
and free government, the oourse whioh would
convince the world that our government is what
we once called it, the most beneficent on earth,
would be to say to the prostrate States: 'You
bave been compelled to abandon your secession
heresies, and we now withdraw our hands from
your throat; rise and govern yourselves accord
ing to the great principles we have al! learned
in the progress of our common civilization.'
The contrary treatment is cowardly, It is
equivalent to saying to the world : Ve have
boasted a great deal of free governments, but
on the whole we do not dare to trust some mil
lions of our own people, educated in our own
system, to govern themselves.'
Memoirs of Talleyrand. Tallej-rand died
at Paris, in the 84th year of hU age, on the 17th
of May, 1838. By his will, he has strictly pro
hibited bis heirs from publishing his memoirs
which he wrote himself, and which are, it is said,
deposited in England until thirty years shall have
expired from the day of his death. Many a state
mystery, and many a grand secret in diplomacy,
will no doubt be revealed to the curious public
ot 1808.
P The friends of J. H. WILSON,
E?q, announce him as a candidate-for re-election to
the Senate from Mecklenburg county. The peoule
of the county know that he is an honest, conscien
tious man.
September 17, I8G6
53s The friends of R, D. WHIT-
LEV nominate him as a candidate for re-election
to the. House of Commons from Mecklenburg
connty.
September 24, 1866 pd
IP The friends of JAMES M. HUT-
CHISON. Esq, respectfully . present his name as a
candidate for re-election to ihe House of Commons
at the ensuing election io October.
September 24, 1668- 1
MXCOlViY COUNTY.
The friends of Dr. 11 L. BROWN respectfully an
nounce ais name as a suitable person to represent
Lincoln County in the House of Commons of
Jorth Carolina, and will give--bim a hearty support
ui me election on me 101U uctoDer.
Oct 1, 1866.
Wanted.
A yonng man to take .charge of, and assist in
.. ... oiunii iiiui, near uanuiie. no must
come well recommended, unless personally known
in id. .1 : r 1. ! . - I
ITAI-lf in o email EV. . . 1 . 1 . . IT. .
i . uC uuiiui ui mis y.ijt:r, iu wnoui applications
may be made. The situation, can be made a very
uesirnuie one.
Oct 1, 1866. - 3t
TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
W. L. ALEXANDER, Nacogdoches, Texas,
A TTOHNfiY AT LA Mr,
(Formerly of lincolnton, N. C.,)
Ajrcp.t for purchase and sale of Real Estate, and
furnishing such information as may be obtained
from public recorda or personal rxaminalion of
subject of enquiry. Persons virbinp to purchase
homes in Texas, cheap, will do well to consult aje.
AH letters . asking information must enclose a re
mittance - ' . r; " ' " ' -
REfFEKKKCBg Geo flobt I-Job oston, Charlotte,
NO; Hon DL Swain, Chapel Uill, N C Hon Kemp
P B.Mtlc, Raleigh, N. C. -
Oct 8,1806. pd . .
I)WLMJb! HOUSE.
Intending to remove to another part of the
'Town, 1 offer for rale the Dwelling House I
now occupj, on Tryon Street, opposite the
Episcopal Church. It is convenient to business, a
pleasant neighborhood, and the lot is known to be
one of tbe handsomest iu the place. Tbe terms will
be accommodating. W. J. YATES,
October 8, 1866
Democrat Office.
7
T i ;r STATE NEWS.
: Sentence of Death. J udge M errhnon
Saturday night, passed the sentence of death on
Cbarle Johnsoo, for highway robberv-wto ba
bung on Friday, the Oth of Nov. prox. Job,,
son, however, has taken an appeal to the
prcme Court, which meets in November, tt
whieh time a, most .Important subject Mt,
whether railroads can be considered hiphwy,
or not will bo discussed and 'decided by som
of the moet eminent lawjers of the State. Tb'u
is one of the most inportant questions ever
brought before a judicial tribunal, and its da.
cision will be one of vast interest to tbe bai and
public. Raleigh Progreai ,1
Death of Maj. J. JI. IIope! We regret
to learn, as we go to press, that iatdligeneeh&i
just becc received of the death, in tbe Easter
part of the State, whither be had pone for tt
benefit of bis health, ofMaj. Jo a H Hope, tbe
proprietor of the Yarbrough House, io this
City. Raleiyh Sentinel.
Thorough-bred Horse lor Sale.
I offer for sale my thorough-bred Stallion '-Thick
etj" a Horse of beautiful form and a fine trartler.
He is About five years old.
J. S. NEKLY.
Steel Creek, Oct 8, 1866. 4t
LARGE NEW STOCK.
Wonld inferm tbeir old customers, and tbe public
generally, that they bave received and are do
opening a large and attractive Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
.. ;. CON818T1NO ,OF t .......
dry: goods,
BOOTS $ SHOES, READY-MA DE CLOTIIIXG,
CIROCERI El,
HARDWARE AND CUTLERT,
which they offer at redaced prices to Wholesale tid
Retail biijers.
Tbeir Stock is one of the largest in the place, sod
prices will be found as moderate.
ELIAS k COHEN,
Oct 8, 1866. Opposite Charlotte Hotel.
BUUNETT, McINKIS & ElRl7
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 36 Whitehall Street, NEW YORK.
Liberal Cash Advances kape oj Consiomjexts.
Cotton, Tobacco, Navnl Stores,' 'and al iorti of
Southern Produce will have tbe special attention of
our Mr. Mclnnis, wbo flatters himself ihat be under,
stands handling SoQtbern'prodace be baring been
for tbe last 18 jearj engaged io business ia Wil.
mingtonN. C, , ,
Oct 8, 186fi. ' 6a
J. II l)XB AUTI & CO.,
2d Door from the Court House,)
Respectfully Inform tbe pnblic that they are roa
stantly receiving additions to their large Stock of
Ready-Made Clothing, Boots, Shoe,
HARDWARE AND CROCKERY.
They invite an examination of tbeir Stock of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
consisting of every variety of Goods in that line.
Also, a full assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISH 1 10
GOODS, in large supply.
These Goods will' be sold at moderate rate tt
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
' Conntry Merchants will find It to tbeir advantage
to give us a call and examine our Goods and prices
All are invited to visit our Store before making
their purchases. We charge nothing for showing
our Goods. J. BUXBAUM CO,
Oct 8, 1866 2d door from Court Hoofe.
Quarterly Statement
Of the First National Bank of Charlotte, for
the Quarter ending the first Monday of Oc
tober, 1866
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts, ......... ........... ....$205,545 O
Current Expenses, . 4,070 51
Pre os i uTOf 25v4 5
Doe from National Banks, ......... ....
" " other Banks and Bankers
65.073 15
2,727 65
122,000 00
12,042 00
4,09(1 45
29.074 02
United States Bonds,....-....
Cash National Currency, ......... .........
Specie,
Legal Tenders.. ....
$438,094 78
LIABILITIES.
Capital Slock,.. ., . $122,000 00
1 1 mwl it
6,888 41
1 IfCOlfl t lOO rtr
108,000 00
120,939 15
935 00
1,007 21
63,233 25
385 43
14,006 27
Deposits .....
Dividends Unpaid, ......
Due to National Dunks, ,
4 " other Bnks and Bankers.. -
Collection Account, w .
Profit and Loss .
. $43,094 76
I, Jobn Wilkes, President of the First Nationsl
Bank of Charlotte, do solemnly swear that lb
above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. - Signed, JOHN WILKES, Pres't.
Sworn to before C. Ornvii, J. P.
L 8. WILLlAlf 9. I A. C. 1L1PK. I W. W. WILLMMS,
of Charlotte, NC. of New Orleans. J of New Orleans.
WILLIAMS, BLACK & CO.,
COIHiTlfSSIOlf M E R C II A It T?
No. 126 Pearl Street, New York.
Special attention giren to the sale of Cotton, To
bacco, Naval Stores, Vara and Domestics.'
Consignments to us are covered by Fire and Marine
Insnrance as soon as freighted, frort all Deuots on
all Railroads in North and Sooth Carolina, at4
Georgia, and frem all Southern sbinpinr portf,
through to New York, whether adrice of shipment
is received or not. . ' . .
' REFERENCES,
G F Watson, Richmond.
T J Corprew, Norfolk.
W T SotberliB. Dannlle, Ya.
John Wilkes, Pres. 1st K. Bank, Charlotte. NC.
Chas Dewey, Cashier, State Bank, Kaleigh, N O.
R M Johnston, Pras Ex. Bank, Colombia, S C.
F JI. Gilmer, Moniiromery, Ala. .
Wells, Adair 4 Co , 'Atlanta, Ca.
P A Scran ton, Augusta, G.
Wm Johnston, Pres. C and S C Railroad.
R R Biidgers, Pres. W and W Railroad.
R W. Lasfiter, Director R and U Railroad.
A B Rocker. Pres. 1st Na- Bank, Lynchburg.
Creevy, Nickerson A Co., New Orleans.
W G Robinson, Pres. Ilech's A Trad'i Bank, N.0.
Bradley, JJ.Il k Co., Saranaab, Gju
R D Post, Mobile, Ala.
October 8. 1866 y - '
- Land Tor Sale,
Valuable tract of LAND, four miles from Char
lotte, between the StatesTiJle and Beatties Ford
Roads, containing 232 Acres... 0erone-balf bearily
timbered wood Jaod. , There is a fine MEADOW on
the place. Also, a good log House and Barn. Caa
be bought low by early application to . "
Oct 8, 1866 3t A. J. ORB,