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dent and Director5 are hereby anthomed and RECOjaaiJ
empowered to issue the murine bond ofuid r We,puUi. fcelow 31r Stevens bill, asni-nd-con.rany
in sums of not les than or handed c(f introduced into the House ofliepresen
ji.a1. ....I, u..h t...t .Tfiinu in moaot S9t'0.-' :.tivep. to reconstruct the Southern States.
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110(1 ar.ri tr. ho iiPtr.,t it-d nf not less f'"r
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and not to mature at an earlier period man
tbirtv Tears, uavable at fuch time and place ad
t such rate ot intern not to exceed eii per
cent , and to secure the paueni thereof may
make a oxrtae upon the Kaiload, aud -any-and
all of its property or incme, 111 such man
ner and furai they determine. .
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, 1 hat in all the
meetinKS of the Stockholders of said Company,
the Governor M'all appoint any
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one or more ;
the Board ol'Iuterual ImDrovemeiits 1
UCUlviio w. . . ,
to represent the interest of the State in said
CoBjpany, or any individual Stockholder, and in j
the election of the board of Director?, the- rep-4
resentative of the State shall elect and appoint
four Directors, leaving the President aod uve
Directors to be elected by the individual Stock
holders, thus giving the individual Stockholders
the balance of power iu the control and manage
ment of the Road; Said President and Directors
shall be Stockholders at the time of their elec
tion in all cases.
Sec. 5 13e it further enacted, That any deed
of mortgage, executed and delivered under the
provisions of this act, when registered in the
County of Cumberljnd, shall be binding aud
valid to all intents and purpose, as if the .amc
were registered is every county through which
the said Koad passes, or iu which the property
owned by the Company, aud 'j mortgaged, or
Any part of it is situated'.
Sec' 5. lie it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified 20ih Dec, 1SGG
A RESOLUTION to postpone the Valuation
of the Lands of the Slate.
Whereas, In the opinion of the General As
embly from the unsettled condition of the
labor system in many parts of the State, and
the uncertainty of our political condition, to
gether with a scarcity of a circulating medium,
and other causes, the valuation of the land of
the State in the year 1867, will be, if carried
into effect, altogether uncertain, and in many
cases unreasonably low, and whereas it is be
lieved, that it is more equitable to levy a low
rate of Taxes on the valuation of lb'GO, with
provision for valuation in ca.se of extraordinary
loss or gain, than to impose a higher rate 011 a
Dew and de pressed estimate. Thirefon,
Resolved, That so much of thp act for collec
ting Revenue, ratified March 12th, 1SGG, as
provides for a re-valuation of the lands of the
State in the year 18G7. b- repealed, and the
Taxes ou real estate in 1307 shali he imposed
00 the valuation thereof made in 18(10, as mod
ified under the provision for valuation in spe
cial cases by section 2G of the s:iid act for col
lecting Revenue Central Assembly read
three times and ratjltd this" 15th day oj De
cttnber, A. D., 18GC
From the Abingdon Virginian.
A RAILROAD SCHEME REVIVED.
Several years ago the feasability, and really,
.the necescity of a railroad connection with the
great Central Railroad of North Carolina, at
Charlotte, N. C, to the development of the
mines of wealth now embedded in the Iron
Mountains pouth of Abingdon, was somewhat
elaborately discussed in this paper, and the E 1st
Tennessee and North Carolina papers; but upon
the inauguration of the war posnoly before
the question was partially lost sight of. The
nad was not only regarded as important to the
development of the Iron Miueeof this section;
but as immensely important to the Salt and
Plaster interests of Soutb-wstern Virginia, and
as rfJering a more direct communication with
the great North-west via Cumberland Gap.
The subjoined letter of Mr Murphy, the Repre
sentative from Johnson county, iu the Legisla
ture of Tennessee, will give the gratifying in
telligence that the construction of the road re
ferred to is a:ain before the country, and in a
manner that is compelled to attract attention.
Sir Murphy writes us from Nashville:
Nashville, Dec 15, 18G6.
"Messrs Editors: It will doubtless interest
you and your readers to know that the Tennes
see Lef islaturc has just passed an act authorizing
the issue of State Rocds to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars for the construction of"
a railroad through Johnson county, Tennessee,
extending North in the direction of the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, and south towards
Charlotte, North Carolina, to connect with the
nearest line of railroad in that State. By a
foimer act passed during the present year, the
State guarantees her bonds to the amount often
thousand dollars to the mile of said road, when
the same shall be graded and ready fur the su
perstructure. The State thus proposes to ex
tend her aid to the amount of 515,000 per mile.
1 think we, in Tennesfee, can make our road.
Will you meet us at the line?
Most respectfully, &c,
II. P. Munrny.
'Confederates Pardoned The partial list
of Confederates in high portion pardoned by
the President and furnished by the Attorney
General's ffice to Congress, includes members
of the old army or navy, members of the rebel
CcngreEs or government, Msgor Generals in the
tcbe! army, &c. The list runs as follows : Ala
bams, 33; Arkansas, 29; District of Columbia,
25: Florida, 8; Georgia, 18; Kentucky, 12;
Louisiana, 21; Maryland. 3; .Mississippi, 15;
Missouri, S; North Carolina, 17; South Caro
lina, 2h Tennessee, 15; Texas, 13; Virginia,
48; WiTt Virginia, 9. It al-o contains the
names of these who recommended the pardons,
and does not include a large Lumber of the
520,000 men. There have been issued by the
government some 15,000 or 16,000 pardons of
Confederated less known to fame and not re
turned in the above list, it Icing impossible to
creDare them in time A 1
cations for pardons lie in the Attorney General's I
office. -
Tojs Methodist Church. It is stated
that the returns from tiro Southern Methodist
Conferences show that the proposition to chanrr
the name of the Chutch fn-ui "Methodist Enis-I
copal, South, to "Episcopal Methodist," lias I
been defeated.
nd that the indication is that j
admit Lay Delegates in the i
the proposition
General and .Ac Dual Conferences has also beru I
defeated.
We tfcink there is a mistake in the above
announcement, though it may be -correct as the
General Conference requires a ttree-fourtbs
vote to effect the changes.
XST" Gov. Patto n of Alabama, is in Washing
ton for the purpose of ascertaining from nieni
bers of Congress whether Alabama will be ad
mitted if sbe ratifies the Constitutional amend
v It be reaieuioertu mai iuc uui lnirouuceu
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f LjJr Stevens on the 13tb December, prepared
Si II 19 rf quest, UV uvuii vaivumcue, v aa
re
ferred to the Committee on Territories, of which
Mr Ashley is Chairman. But meanwhile Mr
Stevens has amended a former bill of "his, by
entiraftinir on it the maio features of the North
Carolina bill, so as to give his bill thus amended,
which we publish below, precedence on the
calendar. It will, therefore, come up at once
it 1-. 1
ts f00n as Congress rc-asemoies it is procaDie
the tuiniitrec on Territories will report a bill
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"similar to the one below.
A BILL to enable the Stales lately in rebellion
to regain their privilejes in the Union.
Whereas, The eleven States, which lately
formed the Government called the "Confederate
States of America," have forfeited all their
rights under the Cocstitution, and can be rein
stated in the same only through the action of
Conyrtss; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the eleven States
lately in rebellion, exc?pt Tennessee, may form
valid State Governments io the following man
ner :
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That
the State Governments now existing de facto,
though illegally formed, in the midst of martial
law, and iu many instances the constitutions
were adopted under duress, and Dot submitted
to the ratification of the people, and therefore
are not to be treated as free republics, yet they
are hereby acknowledged as valid governments
for municipal purposes until the same shall be
duly altered, and their legilative and executive
officers shall be recognized as such. -
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
ten States which were lately in rebellion, and
have not been admitted to representation in
Congress, shall hold elections on the first Tues
day of May, 1867, to choose delegates to a con
vention to form a State Government. The Con
vention shall consist of the same number of
members as the most numerous branch of the
Legislature of said State before the Rebellion.
It shall meet at the former capital of said State
on the first Monday of June of said year, at 12
o'clock noon, with power to adjourn from time
to time, and shall proceed to form a State Con
stitution, which shall be submitted to the people
at such lime as the Convention shall direct, and
if ratified by a majority of legal votes shall be
declared the Constitution of the State. Con
gress shall elect a Commission for each of said
States, to consist of three persons, who
shall
elect or direct the mode of selecting the elec
tion of officers for the several election districts,
which districts shall be the same as before the
Rebellion, unless allotted by said Commission.
'I he officers shall consist of one judge and two
inspectors of elections and two clerks. The said
officers, together with all the expenses of the
election shall be paid by the United States, and
aid expenses shall be repaid by said State or
Territory. Each of said officers shall receive
S5 per day for the time actually employed.
Ecli of the members of said Commission shall
receive 53,000 per annum, aud their clerks
52,000. The Commission shall procure all the
necessary books, stationery and boxes, and to
make all regulations to effect the objects of this
act. The President of the United States and
the military commander of t lie district shall
furnish so much military aid as the said Com
missioners shall deem necessary to protect the
polls and keep the peace at each cf the election
districts. If, by any means, no elections should
he held in any of said late States on the day
lutein fixed, then said election shall be held on
the third Monday of May, 18C7, in the manner
herein prescribed. Returns of all such elections
shall be made to the said Commissioners, whose
certificates of election shall be prima facie evi
dence of the fact.
St c. 4. And be it further enacted, That per
sons who shall be entitled to vote at both of said
elections shall be as follows : All male citizens
above the age of 21 years, who have resided
one year in said State aud teu days within the
election district
Sec 5. And be it further enacted, That the
word citizen, as used in this act, shall be con
strued to mean all persons (except Indians not
taxed) born iu the United States, or duly natur
alized. Any male citizen above the age of 21
years-, shall be competent to be elected to act as
delegate to said convention.
Sec C. And be it (urther enacted, That all
persons who, oa the 4th day ot Alarch, lbOl,
were of full age, who held office, either civil or
military, under the government called the "Con
federate States of America," or who voluntarily
swore allegiance to said government, are hereby
declared to have forfeited their citizenship and
to have renounced allegiance to the United
States, and shall not be entitled to exercise the
elective franchise or hold office until five years
after they shall have filed their intention or de
sire to be reiuvested with the right of citizen
ship, and shall swear allegiance to the United
States aud renounce allegiance to all other gov
ernments or pretended governments; the said
application to he filed acd oath taken in the
same courts that by law are authorized to natur
alize foreigners. Provided, however, that on
taking the following oath the party, being other
wise qualified, shall be allowed to vote and hold
office :
"I, A. 15 , do solemnly &wcar, on the Holy
Evangelists of Almighty God, that on the 4th
day ot March, ISO!, and at all times thereafter,
I would willingly have complied with the re
quirements of the Proclamation of the President
of the United States, issued on the Sth day of
uecemuer, isoa, had a sate opportunity of so
doing been allowed; and that on the said 4th of
March, 1SG4, and all times thcieafter, I was op
posed to the continuance of the Rebellion, aud
t( lhe ts?abl,6nruent of the sc-ealied Confederate
Government, scd voluntarily pave no aid and
comfort thereto, but earnestly desired the suc
cess of the Union and the suppression of all
armed resistance to the Government of the
Ft 1 t. . i.i.r -11m
L ititeu states; ana mat 1 will Henceforth faith
'ully support the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States thereunder."
Sec. T. And be it further enacted, That no
constitution shall be presented to or acted on bv
Congress which denies to any citizen anv rights
j j i i in prs ur ruimuoiues nrcu are granted to
j any other citizen in the State. AH laws shall
j be impartial without regard to language, race or
j former condition If the provisions of this
j tion should ever be altered, repealed, expunged i
I 1 n m . ...... 1 .1 .1 . . ... & '4
. j wj ourugaiea, inia act snail become
void and said State lose ita right to be represent
ed in Congress.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That when,
ever the foregoing conditions shall be complied
with, the citixeos of said State may present said
constitution to Congress, and if the same shall
j be apprbted by Congress, said State shall be de
clared entitled to the rights, privilegeanira
i man itics and e subject to all the oUigationV
and liabilities of a ptate within tne Union. - No
Senator or Representative shall be admitted into
. I ' TT T f1.n.toc until PnnnMii. -1. 11 I
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STATE NEWS.
The Supreme Court of Nortri fjarotina"
meets in Raleigh on Monday next, 14th inst.
Bishop Atkinsox. This distinguished di
vine has returned to North Carolina, after an
abscence rX several months in Europe, where
he went ith hope to restore his health. We
understand that be was greatly improved by bis
;o?r,and will be enabled to return to the arduous
duties of bis office with new strenthr-"- -
Sale of the Old Guion Hotel This
property was sold in Raleigh last week for the
sum of 512,000. : Dr F J Haywood was the
purchaser. - . :
Diabolical- Outrage. We learn that a
most horrid atrocity was committed i Greene
county last week. A respectable married lady
was violated by a band of five negroes and threo
low white men, in tbc absence of her husband.
They are all implicated, either as perpetrators
or accomplices in the crime. The five negroes
have been identified and committed .to jail, but
one of the white men only had been arrested up
to our hearing of the report. .,
Outrages of a diabolical character seem to be
confined to two or three of our Eastern counties.
Several murders have occurred in Greene coun
ty. lialeiijh Sentinel. . ' :j
. Why were not the villains executed as soon
as arrested. A Penitentiary would be nice
punishment for such rascals wouldn't it?
JKSy The Gris wold Hotel property was sold
at public auction for Thirty-one Thousand Dol
lars, specie. J. F. Jones & Co., purchasers. ,
Stock in the Wilmington and Weklon Road
brought over 540 the share. GcJdsbcro Noes.
We learn that. Colonel Tate, the ener
getic President of the W. N. C. Raihoad, has
effected an arrangement with tbe N. C Road,
to reduce the freight on corn from 23 to 12
cents per bushel from Salisbury to Charlotte.
Stales oille American. - ' -: 1
N. C INSANE ASYLUM.
We are under obligations to Dr. E. C. Fisher,
Superintendent, for a cony of the "Report of the
Physician and Superintendent of the Insane Asy
lum of North Carolina, for the year ending Nov.
1,1806."
Wre learn from this Report that the whole
number of patients brought to the Asylum since
its organizations is 693. The number fioro other
States is 31. The largest number from any
County is from Wake 54. The next largest
numbers are, from Orange 32, Granville 30,
Mecklenburg 28, Rowan 23, Forsyth 21, New
Hanover 10, Chatham 18, Cabarrus 18, fcc.
We learn from a table showing the probable
cause of insanity of those who have been in the
Asylum during the last two years, . that 10 are
insane from intemperance, and 17 from "The
War." Of the whole number during the two
years, 287, the cause of the insanity of 111 is
unknown. During the years- 1805 and 18G6,
patients discharged incl uding deaths, n umber 1 2 1 .
Of these 22 have recovered, 4 have much irapro
ved, 59 have died, and 11 have eloped. The
whole number remaining on the 1st November,
1866, was 165.
The Superintendent makes a good exhibit of
the sewing and number of garments mended and
made during the year by the patients. The farm
and garden products for the year, at a cost of
not quite $500, foot up at fair prices the very
respectable sum of $4,392 CO. Raleigh Stan
dard "
Cottox Estimates. The Agricultural Report
for December estimates the Cotton crop at 1,750,
000 bales; of which North Caroliua produced Ol,
000, South Carolina 1G2,000, Georgia 205,000,
Texas 300,000, Mississippi 270,000, &c. :
Northern Methodism. -A meeting of North
ern Methodists is to be held in Portsmouth on the
7th of January when a conference is to be organ
ized for Virginia and North Carolina.
&3T A conductor kicked a colored woman
from a street car in Philadelphia. The woman's
husband brought an action against the railroad
co'- pany for damages. The judare decided that
the company had the right to exclude negroes
from their cars, and the jury found for the de
fendant. tkauds. There is a constant succession of
reports of frauds and swindles, of every possible
uetcription, irom all parts of the iNorth. Smug
gling, defalcations, revenue frauds, illicit distil
lation of spirits, and violations and evasions of
the laws in every conceivable way, are now the
burden of most of the news columns of a daily
journal.
S&T In avannah, Ga., they have had green
peas, grown this season. They had fresh Shad
some weeks ago.
Gen. Beauregard's Speech to ide Cox
GREssional Excursionists. On the arrival of the
Congressional excursion party . at New Orleans,
the follow ing special dispatch was sent to the New
York Herald:
New Orleans, Dec. 28. The Congressional
excursionists, escorted by several of the citizens
of Memphis, departed on the regular train of the
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, and on arri
ving at Canton were met by General G. T. Beau
regard, President of tht New Orleans and Jackson
railroad. The General declared that he was in
favor of a consolidated ' government, as the war
had settled the question of Suites rights, and that
if it was in his jxrwer he would not restore the
institution of slavery. In saying this he believed
lie expressed the sentiments of the .fighting men
of the Sputh. ......
OCT At a recent Democratic Convention held in
Louisville, Kentucky, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That we view with horror the revo-
lutiotiary nesigns oi tue minority now in power
in Congress at W ashington, and that in view'of
these dangers we u-gently recommend the meet
ing of a National Democratic Convention in
Louisville, at an early "period: that we request
the Democratic State Convention of Kentuctv'
to issue a call for such a Convention; and that we
suggest the 1st of May, 18C7, as' a proper day
for its meeting: and further, that we pledge to
the members of the proposed Convention a hearty
Kentucky welcome. " ' ""
They have news-girls in Chicago es well as
news-boys- Exchange. .V
inais noming uncommon, in every com
munity there ajce news -.girls as -well as
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THE ENGLISlt.COAI MINE EXPLO-
Terrim Detail jof buffering and Death-
? Scenei and Incidents of the Dimtter. ;
j T(be -London Star describes tome of the scenes
J' J
Wo tbe-explosioo occurred at the Oas colliery.
'TKnnc-J. ...v,-.j .1.. .u .u-
j.iiwucauua luaucu IU trie pib UJUUVI1, BUU luc
thought of all was how to help. At first there
were difficulties.- Tbe "stith" could not at nee
be faced by the beings with human lungs, and
the roses of lhe cages bad been damaged by the
shock. :s ''These being quickly renewed, and the
foul vapor having a little passed away, descents
at once began, and soon the bodies lying imme
diately around the bottom of , the shaft began to
ba brought to yiew It was these, apparently,
that was most fearfully disfigured, and beyond
ihesA it was at first impossible to go. The roads
arid1, air-courses weie choked. It was only by
alow degrees the workings could be explored,
and the night. was far gone before even a score
of three hundred and. eighty men were drawn
up into the open air only less murkey than tbe
darkness below. ; As the search slowly pro
gressed, there began to appear to the eyes of the
explorers tbe familiar, sights of a great coalpit
calamity. Here a horse and its boy driver had
fallen suddenly together as if in battle; and there
lay a group of . men as if mowed down by a
scythe." Along the "plain" that is, tbe main
central road of tbe pit the crowd of workers
bad striven to rush as the report of the explo
sion fell upon. their ears and told them of their
danger. Rut group after group must have been
met by the after-damp, and many less violently
in contact -with it seemed to have fallen in their
growing--: languor over petty obstacles, and to
have been ; suffocated as they lay too feeble to
rise and resume their flight. This is what the
interior of a coal volcano is liko after an erup
tion; and the imagination can hardly realize,
much less exaggerate, its ghastly horrors. Mean
while the expeditions from above goon, multi
plying and quickening. - Then there comes a
brief hiatus, aud then another descent. Rut
the men return. The air in the pit is too foul
to be braved even in this holy and humane un
dertaking. But the bold dwellers in these dark
and treacherous places will not believe it. As
the searchers reascend they are taunted with
tjowaidice,! and while they are being jeered
another party is organized. There are seven
men in it. They are all practical men. Two
are eminent mining engineers, and several are
underground stewards. They descend not, it
is feared, to rise again for there was imme:
diately a second explosion, t Another hero, one
Dawson, again descended, but there was a third
outburst of the deadly destruction. And then
all efforts were for the time given up, when
seventy-six of the more than three huudred
bodies had Jbeen brought to light.
At another one of the minesj the scene is thus
described :
Of the dead they counted many; within a
space of fifty yards there were not fewer than
thirty-eight, and at every few paces the number
was increased; it was also found that the stables
were destroyed, and about eighteen or twenty
horses were killed. .Some of the party returned
to the surface and called for more volunteers to
repair the air-ways and get out the dead.
Plenty of willing hands joined heartily in the
dangerous task, and in the course of the even
ing and night more than one hundred men were
thus employed. One of the most affecting
scenes which the persons so engaged came upon
was the discovsry of more than twenty men,
nearly the whole of whom were locked in each
others arms. They had faced death together,
and had carried the friendship of life to the
very threshold of the grave. Others had evi
dently been swept away while taking leave
nf
each other, and in the terror and confusion of
tin; moment others had still remembered to ap
peal to the mercy of their God. Not a few were
thus found in the attitude of prayer. A more
awful spectacle than that presented to the
searcher on Wednesday nigbt could . hardly be
found, even on a battle field
Horses, coal tubs, and in some cases men and
lads, were heaped together in one confused mass,
and some of the bodies were so much disfigured,
more by dirt than mutilation, that their friends
could hardly recognize them; some had to be
identified by a button or a shoe, or some part of
their tattered garments. Ry midnight nearly
fifty bodies had been brought to the surface, and
the dense and increasing throng at the pit bank
took a painfully excited interest'in the duty of
identifying the bodies ' At times the bodies
were brought up so rapidly that the space re
served for them at the pit mouth was quite
crowded, and as relatives and friends claimed
the dead they were carted away, covered with
blankets, and in many cases, followed by weep
ing women and children
Horrible Case of Lynch Law in Min
NESOTa St. Paul, Deo. 28. On Christmas
day two men, named Campbell and Liscomb,
had
come in from a trapping expedition, and
during an
altercation in a saloon, one of them
stabbed a resident of New Ul:n, named John
Spinner, severing1 a main artery, and causing
his death".
The sheriff arrested Liscomb and Campbell,
and while on their way to jail handcuffed, they
were set upon by a mob,' beaten with stones and
sticks of cord wood, and r finally taken- from the
sheriff and hung. Even whilst banging the
mob cut and backed their bodies in a shocking
manner. Their bodies were still hanging, aud
frozen istiff next morning Campbell and Lis
comb served in Company F, 2d Minnesota regi
ment. If this had occurred in a Southern town,
there would have been a terrible howl at the
North about Southern barbarism
.
Deaths from Cholera in the U. S.
In the United States during the four months
ending 'December 1, 18G6, there were 12,628
deaths from Cholera, of which more than 3.510
were in" the City of St. Louis. . In New York
there were 1,180;- Vicksbur?. 210; Philadel
phia, 834; Savannah, 231; New Orleans, 102;
Richmond,! 164; Memphis, 889; Louisville,
152; Chicago, 978; at Jefferson Barracks, 149;
TybeelUudr Ga r 90. These were tbe princi
pal places where the disease visited. The re
turns are from fifty three of the principal cities
and towns, from the post commanders and
tlnitcd States army. They. are believed to com
prise nearly all tbe mortality which has ensued
from cholera. .
Law Skcckixo ths wire's Propebtt. An
act has been passed by the Georgia Legislature,
nd signed by the Governor, rovid?ng that all
projerty of the wife at the tirhe of her marriage,
whether real or personal, of ichoses in action, 'shall
be and remain er separate propertr; and that all
p roperty' given ho, inherited or acquired bv the
J wife during overture shall vest in and belong to
her, and : shall not be liable for the payment cf
any debt, default, or contract of the hffisbnd. '
THE WAR IN CANDIA , . V v
:TerriUe Scene and Loss i of Lift
f A letter from Athens to the New York Uer
and, in relation to the war in Caodia, thus de
scribes the fighting at the Conventof Arcadion:
Arcadion is a convent, situated in iS strong
position in the Department of Rethymnos It
was occupied altogether by five hundred and
forty persons, three' hundred and Jorty-three of
whom were women and children, leaving one
hundred and ninety-seven ineo capable of bear
ing arms. Upon the '20th, Mustapha Pacha
left his headquarters at Episeopi with twelve
thousand men, and advanced upon the convent,
demanding tbe surrender of the garrboo. The
Cretans refused and tbe Turkish Artillery im
mediately opened a tremendous fire upon the
place, keeping op the bombardment two days
and nights. A breach being at last effected io
the walk, the Turks, who had suffered heavy
losses, poured into the convent court. This was
eurruuuded with small cells, in which the Chris
tians had barricaded themselves and kept up
their fire for six hoars. Findiog all resistance
ineffectual, the defenders of the convent formed
the desperate resolution of setting fire to the
powder magazine. A monk applied the matoh.
Tbe explosion was tremendous, hurling Turks
and Christians into the air, strewiog the neigh
borhood with corpses. , Two thousand Turkish
soldiers were killed on the spot, and large num
bers wounded. Thirty-nine men and children
of tbe garrison were all that escaped. These
were taken prisoners and carried off to Rethym
nos. The wounded Turks are daily, being
brought into hospital. . Canea and Souda have
received upwards of a thousand, many being
officers among them being Mustapha Pacha's
brother in-law. Tbe Turkish army is reported
to be much dispirited by this disaster.
MEXICO.
The visit of General Sherman and Minister
Campbell to Mexico has failed to attain the ob
ject which the Federal government had in view.
Those gentlemen did not find things in Mexico
just as they expected. , They were disappointed.
The Mexicans looked upon the mission with
suspicion. The fight out there wa3 a family
squabble, and they did not relish the idea of
outside interference. Most all of the Mexicans
have rallied to the support of Maximilian,' not
that they hate him less, but that they hate the
United States more. They are afraid that some
compensation might be demanded by tbe United
States, for its services, if that government should
uudertake to compose the difficulties that are
agitating their couutry. They fear that a slice
ot Mexican territory might be expected as a
quid pro quo for the assistance of the foreign
government that takes so much interest in their
disputes, aud is so anxious to calm the troubled
waters of Mexican politics.
The clergy know that the chuTch property
will be confiscated if Juarez is successful. The
Friends of Ortega since bis arrest have gono
over to the Eeiperor, and Canales, when ordered,
by Gen. Sedgwick, to surrender, turned ovet
his command to Esoobedo, against whom he had
been fighting, each determining to resist Federal
dictation. In truth every reasonable indication
points to tbe ultimate success of Maximilian,
aud the defeat of the ends of the mission from
Washington.
We trust that Mexico may yet be restored to
order under tbe efficient Imperial Government
and that the revolutionary period of that coun
try is near its end.
The Massacre at Fort Laramie. A dis
patch from Fort Laramie confirms the account
of the receut massacre of U. S. troops.- A detach
ment went out against the Indians, and were
gradually drawn on until they wero four miles
from the fott, when they were surrounded and
slaughtered. Not a man escaped to tell the
story of the disaster. The bodies were stripped,
scalped and mutilated. Thirty bodies were
found in a space not larger than a good-sized
room. Nearly all the bodies were recovered and
buried in tbe fort. -
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING I CLOTHING !
We are now receiving the largest Slock of
CLOTHING ever offered in this market, and at
lower prices. If you want to buy good Clothing,
well made, call and examine our stock before bujing.
We will sell at Wholesale or Retail ns low as it
ever was sold before the war. Our stock embraces
every quality, from common to tbe finest grade..
BRE1I, BROWN & CO.
Dec 24.18G6
2t
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
CONFECTIONERIES, 6cc.
The undersigned having bought out the estab
lishment of R. M Robinson & Co., informs the pub
lic that be bus a fane stock of
Toys, Notions, Confectioneries &c,
which will be sold at low prices for cash.
Call and examine my Stock at No. 5, Granite
now, opposite the Mansion House.
DALLAS M. RIGLER.
Dec. 24. 18U6.
English and French Boarding
AND
Pay School for Young Ladies,
. LINCOLNTON, W. C.
Miss M. W
ALEXANDER, Principal.
The exercises of thl3 School
will be resumed on
the first of Januarj, 1867.
For particalars, apply to Miss A., or Rev
Wet more.
Dec 17, 18C6 " 3tpi
Mr
JAKES IMRTY & CO.,
Next Door to the Court Ifoute, Charlotte, N. C,
Have just received a new Stock of Croceries con
sitting of Sugar, Coffee. Molasses. Tea. &c.
Ther also have a good assortment of Roots. Shoes.
uuia aau vaps, at reduced prices.
JAMES I1ARTY k CO.
Just Received,
A good article of Linen Bosom Shirts: also. Linen
ana raper Uoiurs, Handkerchief, Cravats, ic.
JAMES HAR1Y k CO.
Dec 24. 1866. ,
Christmas and Jew Year's Pre
eu Is.
Some verj handsome, selected in Europe by one of
tue nrm. ir you want beautiful French and Eng
lish GOODS for tbe Holidays, call and see ihem at
Dec 17th. ELI AS k COHEN'S.
Ladies and Gents' Writioe Desks. Ladles'
Work Boxes, Purses, Porfemounaies, Bags, Petri
Card Cases, Pearl Boxes, Portfolios, Ac, io beauti
ful variety and at low prices, at
Dec I7b. ELIAS COHEN'S.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, .
Tor Christmas, from $2 to $60, at
Dec 17, 18C6 ELIAS COHEN'S.
Just Received,,
50 Kegs Superior White Lead
. 10 Boxes Cheese, ' " . '
800 Bushels Cora, ' ' '
2,000 Lbs. Castings,
i For sale by ' IAMJIOXD k McLATJGHLIN.
Dec 3, 18.
' From tbe Vicksborg Herald, Dec. 21.
THS MISSISSIPPI COMMISSIONERS.
Gen. Robert Lowry, one of the CotninisRinn
l ersT to Washington to interpose in behalf ofMf
lavis, was in jactson on Wednesday. The
Clarion sayR he "brings back no word of hope
or encouragement from the President, nor does
he believe there is enough conservatism left itt
Congress to save us from the vortex 1f destruc
liorijnto which Radical misrule is- carrying the
country at railroad speed. When Messrs Ilillyer
and, Lowry first called on President Johnson, they
were led to believe a universal amnesty would
soon be proclaimed, but a couple of wetks later
this impression was removed, and they now come
home convinced that the day 'of Mr 'DaviV lib
eration is still far distant."
We had the pleasure last evening of" an'Tnter
view why Maj. Hillyer. He agrees substantially
with tbe report of Gen, Lowrv, as stated' ) the
Clarion. Maj. Hillyer viMted Mr Davia :nt For
tress Monroe. He is in fine health, considering
his long and weary confinement, and bears hin
self as the people of the South would expect from
their late President. Inside of the fort he has the
most perfect freedom, and but for the pressure of
the Radicals and tbe indecision of President
Johnson, he would have been released long since.
There is little prospect now of his being released.
Maj. Hillyer is of the opinion that the design
of the Radical majority to'mluce us to a Territo
rial condition will be speedily consummated
over the President' veto, if that is iuterposed,
PUBLKC SALE.
On Wednesday, the 9th of January, I will sell at
public auction, all my Household and Kitchen Fur
niture, all ray Stock, Farming Implements, a Car
riage, Buggy, Cotton Gin, Thresher, a quantity of
Corn; also a fine Piano; with many other articles
too numerous to mention.
Terms Six months credit on all sums over $10
MARGARET CRIER.'
Dec. 24, 1866. 2ipd
:" - NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the Kstate of
Samuel J Lowrie are hereby notified to present them
properly authenticated within the time prescribed
by law, and all persons indebted to that Estate au
make payment to the undersigned. V ; ' u -. . . i
C. DO WD, Administrator.
Dec 24, 1866.
Do you want to bur Goods cheap? If so, goto
BREM, BROWN k CO S.
We have just returned from the Northern Cilirs,
where we bought a very large Stok of all kinds of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Clothing, &c, Sec.
naving gone North after the regular trade was
over, we bought our Goods greatly below their
value, atid wit! give our customers lhe advantsges
of our great Bargains.
We would invite Merchants visiting this City for
the purpose of buying Goods to give us a call be
fore buying, as we feci very certain we can sell ibrra
Goods lower than they can buy them el?ewhere.
All persons ir: want of -Goods will please gire us
a call before buying. - It will give us great pleasure
to Show our Goods whether you buy or not.
BREM, BROWN k CO.
Dec. 24, 1866. 2t
MECKLENBURG FEMALE COLLEGE
AT CI1 AltLOTTi;, Ji. C.
Rkv. A. G. STACY, A. M., President,
Assisted by accomplished Instructors in all the De
partments. Tbe buildings and grounds known as tbe N. C.
Military Institute, located in Charlotte, having been
secured for a term of yeurs for the purpose of a
Female College, the Institution will be opened as
such January 29th, I87.
The first School year will be of irregnlar dura
tion. It will comprise one long Session of Twenty
six weeks.
This Session, or scholastic year, will be divided
into two Terms of Thirteen weeks, each.
Raltt per Term, payable in advance in lawful current
of the United States :
Board with lights, $60 00
Tuition Collegiate Department, , 16 60
Tuition Primary Department, $11 00 to 13 00
; CXTRAS t .-,? 5 '
Music 6n Piano or Guitar, 32 Lesions, ' $20 00
Latin, Greek, French, German, etc., each, 8 00
Painting, Drawing, Embroidery, etc., at fair rates.
Pupils will furnish sheets, pillow cases, towels,
table-napkins, and counterpane.
Tbe standard of Scholarship will be high, and the
instruction thorough.
The building is eligibly situated with more than
twenty acres of land attached, the premises being
delightfully adorned with native .oaks. Ample
means of exercise and recreation will be thus af
forded. For Circular apply to
A. O. STACY,
Dec 17, 1806 4 Charlotte, N. C.
SIT. VERONA MALE ACADEMY,
NBA R WOODLA WN, OA STOX CO UA'T1 X C.
A. J. HARRISON, Principal.
The eiercises of tbe Spring Term will bt resumed
on the third Monday of-January, 107, and will
continue 20 weeks. Charges made from time of en
trance (with no deduction except in cases of pro
tracted sickness) at tbe following rates :
Classics $15, in specie or its equivalent in cur
rency ; Higher English $12 50 do ; Primary Bran
ches $7 do.
December 24, 1866. 3fpd
Concord Female College.
In the N. C. Presbyterian of Sept. 2tth, an article
was published over the signature of Amiens." I
invite attention to an extract from that article. "If
wholesome discipline,, devotion to tbe came of
education, skill and experience in teaching will se
cure success, then tbe Faculty of this Female Cnl
lege have all tbe elements of success. There lino'
institution where tbe .mental cnltjire, - the health',
the morals, and the manners of tbe pupils are more
looked after and cared for."
The next session will commence on the Srctnd
Monday of January, 1867. Each boarder will fiud,
her n n lights and towels, and also a pair of sheets
and pillow cases. Tbe eutire eipoe of Tuition
and Board, ira lu ling washing, for a Session of
Tweatv Weeks, will be from ! 1 & to $125, currency.
Extra charges wil! be made for Music. French, Latin
and Drawing. Advaoce payments will be evpecled,
yet the greatest possible indulgenee will be given '
our patrons. A Urge patronage if needed, t'etirtd''
and expected. $10 will be deducted when full settle
menu are made in aavance.
Address, - J M. M. CALDWELL,
Dec 17, 1866 pd StatesvUle, N. C.
JUST RECEIVED
PRES80N GRAYS,
A fine lot of Sugar, Raisius. Currants. Citron. Can
dies, and all the good things for Christmas.
ve nave received to-dav. a fine lot of Familr
Floor of best brarnt. ' .
Two barrels of splendid Lard. : '. ; ; n -All
in want of good Floar lust call at Presson k
Gny's and leave your orders, and we will bare it
sent to yoor house, if within tbe limits or tbe city.
i . . . ... .
e wonia can me attention or tne country people
to the fact that we pay CASH for all COUNTRY
PRODUCE. Call and ten ns before yon sell.
PRESSON k GRAY.
Dec 24, 1866. -
Corn Wanted.
I wish to purchase Three Hundred f3001 Bushels
CORN for Company use.
LlWh Tor sale by the barrel.
W. W. PEG RAM, Agent,
.Dec 17, 1868 C. S. C. Railroad.
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