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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
For the Wettern Democrat;
MECKLENBURG COUNTY BIBLE
SOCIETY.
This Society met at Little t Cwek Church
tt 11 o'clock. A. M., August 7th, 1867, -an at
the request of the-President, Kev. J. g. Chaln.er,
was opened with prayer uy x. -According
to appointment Kev. John Dougl
.-a . ? instructive sermon fr
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John 5th chapter and 3Dth verse : "Search
Ahe Scriptures."
An interesting and entertaining address was
also delivered by Maj. C. Dowd of Charlotte.
to calling the roll the following persons an
swered to their names : ltev. Jas C Chalmers. S
Watson Reid and Dr. Jno M Strong, of Little
Steel Creek Church; Rev. John Douglass, Capt.
A G Neal and Thos B Price, Esq of Big Steel
Creek Church; Rev. It Burwell, Gen. John A
Young and Dr. F Scarr, of Charlotte Presbyte
rian Church; C Dowd and W J Yates, of Char
lotte Methodist Church; James M Hutchison of
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church.
The minute of the last meeting were read and
approved,
In the absence of the Treasurer, Dr. F. Scarr
inade a verbal report, which was adopted, of the
financial condition of the Society, showing that
this Society has a credit on the books of the
Parent Society to the amount of nearly Five
Hundred Dollars at this time,
On motion a Committee consisting of John A
Young, W J Yates and James M Hutchison, was
appointed to nominate officers for this Socioty for
the ensuing year. They made the following
jominations :
President Rev. R Burwell.
Vice Presidents Major C Dowd and Dr. John
I Strong.
Recording Secretary S Watson Reid.
Corresponding Secretary Thos B Price.
Treasurer and Depositor Rev. A Sinclair.
Executive Committee Dr. F Scarr, Rev. N
Aldrich, W A Gillespie and W A Williams.
These nominees were unanimously elected.
On motion the Executive Committee were au
thorized to employ one or more Colporteurs to
.explore this county and supply the destitute with
the Holy Bible.
On motion of Gen. Young, the following article
-was made a part of the Constitution :
"That it be tho duty of tho Executive Com
cnittee to procure the delivery of a Sermon and
an Address at each Annual Meeting of the Socie
ty" which was passed by a Constitutional voto.
On motion the Society adjourned, with prayer
by the President, to meet at Sugar Creek Pres
byterian Church on the first Wednesday iu Au
gust, 1808.
JAS. C CHALMERS, Pies't.
B. Watson Reid, Secretary.
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For the Western Democrat.
TEMPERANCE NOTICE-
The following ministerial brethren, of various
denominations, Messrs. Griffith, Aldrich. Berry,
Stacy, McLaughlin, Ranson, Chalmers and S. C.
Pharr, and several other friends of temperance,
met, according to previous arrangement, in the
Town Hall of Charlotte, on the 5th inst to con
sider the propriety of adopting some plan for the
promotion of temperanco and good order, at least
iu our own community.
The meeting was organized by appointing Dr.
fi. C. Pharr, Chairman. J. C. Chalmers, Secre
tary, and prayer by tho Rev. Mr. Griffith.
After a mutual inteichanga of views, tho fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted, viz:
In view of tho great prevalence of Intemper
ance in Mecklenburg county, and throughout the
country, therefore.
Resolved 1st. That we unanimously and re
spectfully request the Pastors of all the Churches
in this county, of all denominations, to call the
.attention of the officers and members of their
.Churches respectfully to this subject.
Resolved 2d. That a cordial invitation is here
by extended to the Ministers of the various
Churches, and to the friends of the Temperance
cause generally, to meet at the Court House in
Charlotte, on Thursday the 22d of August, at 11
o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of devising a plan
for the co-operation of all the Churches in the
promotion of Temperance, &c.
Tho meeting was then adjourned aftor prayer
.by the Rev. Mr. Stacy.
S. C. PHARR, Chairman.
J. C. Chalmers. Secretary.
City papers please copy.
5? A new project is on foot in New York
for the establishment of an ocean steamship line
between Washington and Alexandria, on the
one hand, and Antwerp on the other, with a de
pot for the reception of German emigrants in
Washington, from which they will be distribu
ted through the different Southern States. Wc
liave no doubt that such a line would Foon be
popular, and it would afford great gratification
throughout the South to see it in operation It
has never been doubted that were the Germans
well informed as to the climate and soil of the
.Southern States, and the facilities tor acquiring
land on better terms than in tho North and
Noithwest, the stream of emigration would soon
be turned into new channels, and. thousands of
industrious Germans would aid us io the de
velopment of our natural resources.
The Case of Mrs. Surratt. Tie recom
mendation for mercy for Mrs. Surratt, made by
some of the members of the military commis
Bion which tried the assassination conspirators,
lias at last been unearthed and reads as follows :
"The undersigned, members of the military
xommission detailed to try Mary E. Surratt and
.others for the conspiracy and the murder of
Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United
tate8f &c , respectfully pray the President, in
consideration of the sex and arc of said Mary
enrratt, if he can, upon all the facts in the
case, find jt consistent with his sense of duty to
the country, to commute the sentence of death
which the court have been constrained to pro
nounce, to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for
Je. Respectfully submitted.
D iJucter, Major General, President; Aug.
Kaufz, Brigadier and Brevet Major General; R
13 Foster, Brigadier and Brevet Major General ;
James A Ekin, Brevet Brigadier General; Chns
H Tompkins, Brevet Colonel and Acting Quar
termaster. This recommendation is written on a sheet of
foolscap, which is joined to the sheet on which
the approval of the death sentence is signed by
president Johnson, by means of red tape through
.eight wholes at the top of the sheet."
Preiident Johnson not only paid no atten
tion to the petition for mercy, but actually re
fused to allow the poor woman a reasonable time
in vrbloh to prepare to die 3
Good Lick. We find the following' case
reported -: A man who won't take a paper be
cause be can borrow one has invented a machine
with which be can cook his dinner by the smoke
of bis neighbor's chimney. It is said that be
pulled bus grandmother's teeth out while sne
was asleep to pay for the material out of which
.lbe new invention was fabricated and then stole it.
WHO CAW KJSfcUSXtsii.
From the passage of the first Reconstruction
A io March last, down to the present time, we
have again and again endeavored to familiarize
our readers with the nature and provisions of
the several Acts of Congress bearing on Recon
struction. But it would appear we have failed
in our endeavor ; for we bear almost daily of
persons whose ideas on the subject are hope
lessly and almost uncomfortably confused. Some
there are who believe that no oe can register
who has "aided and abetted the rebellion;"
others are of the opioion that the "iron clad"
oath must be taken by every one who proposes
to register. These and other misconceptions
appear to prevail much more widely than we
could have thought after the repeated publica
tion of the laws on the subject, with the exposi
tion that has been repeatedly given in all the
public prints. It is to be accounted for in the
fact that, when this information was published,
many felt co immediate interest in the matter,
registration being then far off; and now, when
the time for the application of these laws has
come, many are ignorant of their nature.
Now we will briefly consider who, according
to these Acts, is entitled to the privilege of
registration :
1. All colored men twenty-one years old, who
have resided in the State ono year next preced
ing the date of registration.
2. All white men, native and resident here,
who have attained the age of twenty-one jcars,
6ince the close of the war.
3. All men, whether they were engaged in
rebellion against the United States or not; pro
vided they did not before the war hold uny
office under the United States Government, or
bold any "civil office created by law for the ad
ministration of any general law of a State, or for
the administration of justice."
Mho are Disfranchised. All men who have
cither borne arms against the United States, or
"aided and abetted in the rebellion, after having
(at any previous period ot their lives) taken an
oath as a member of Congress, or a3 an officer
of the United Siates, or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial
officer of any State, to support the Constitution
of the United States," are disfranchised. This
is according to the first Reconstruction Act,
and this clause is based upon section
3d of the
proposed Constitutional Amendment.
The
second Act contains nothing on this head.
The third, however, passed at the July session,
ia section Gth, enacts "that the true intent and
meaning of the oath prescribed in said Supple
mentary Act is (among other things) that no
person who has been a member of the Legisla
ture of any State, or who has held any execu
tive or judicial office in any State, uhether lie
has taken an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States or not, and whether he was
holding office at the commencement of the re
bellion or had held it before, and who was
afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or given aid or com
fort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be
registered or to vote; and the words 'executive
or judicial officor io any State' in said oath men
tioncd shall be construed to include all civil
officers created by law for the administration of
any general law of a State, or for the adminis
tration of justice."
Under this clause, we think, are comprised
all officers, of whatever character, of cither the
United States or any of the States, excepting,
perhaps, officers of the militia. The District
Commander is clothed with large discretionary
power iu the construction of all doubtful points
iu these Acts. We cannot say what his decision
will be in the case of militia officers, but incline
to the belief that in the case of lawyers, also
doubtful in tho minds of many, he will rule that
they are not disfranchised This we infer from
his letter to Senator lrumbull, wherein he sets
forth what he deemed a proper interpretation
of the clause in question, in Article XIV the
Constitutional Amendment. As Congress did
not legislate on the subject with sufficient clear
ness to exclude doubt, it is fair to suppose that
Gen. Sickles, when be has tho power to be his
own interpreter, will rule in accordance with
the indications laid down in his letter.
Postmasters, magistrates, notaries public and
indeed all officers of every grade, we presume,
must be considered disfranchised under the last
Act. Judge Underwood, last week, charged
the Grand Jury in Richmond specially to in
vestigate charges of perjury made against cx
postmasters who have registered.
In the case of several of the officers men
tioned, we know there will still be doubt, and
we hope that Gen. Sickles will, at an early date,
io a General Order, define, beyond a doubt or a
pcradventure, who are entitled to register and
who are not. lie is the only authorized expo
nent within the limits of North and South
Carolina. An order of this kind is much needed,
and nothing else can set at rest the anxiety and
doubt of the individuals concerned. Charles
ton Aiics.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The President has formally intimated to Sec
retary Stanton that his resignation would be ac
eepted, and excites political circles. His volun
tary vacation of the office is not regarded as
probable. The President's note was, in effect,
that considerations of public policy would render
his resignation acceptable.
In case Mr Stanton goes out of the Cabinet,
General Grant will be appointed to perform the
duties of Secretary of War until the President
shall have time to consider who he will name as
the successor of Mr Stanton.
Another Washington telegram says: In con
nection with Stanton's official refusal to resign,
it is stated that he will not be allowed participa
tion in the Cabinet councils.
The comparative statement of the public debt
covering two months, shows that the debt bear
ing coin interest has increased 76,2G2,750.
The debt bearing currency interest has decreased
f 80,720,9 10. Matured "debt not presented for
payment increased 85,923,795.55. The debt
tearing no interest decreased $1,814,253,74.
This makes an apparent decrease of the total
! debt during the past two months
two months $354,028,19,
? ?74uni,s the ame
$4,14G,T50;30, while the
l but the coin in the 1
currency has only decreased 191,868,60, so that
the actual reduction of the public debt from June
1st to August 1st amounts to $4,309,510,98.
Counterfeit. Our readers are cautioned
against a well executed counterfeit 10 bill on
the Third National Bank of Philadelphia They
would do welt to refuse all new bills of this de
scription, until satisfied of their geuaineness.
Charleston, Aug. 6. Benj. Thompson, a
wealthy planter of Beaufort District, recently
placed in the Insane Asylum at Columbia, com
mitted suicide, by hanging, yesterdav. His in-
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sanitv arose from dpnrrRsmn mncnJ k u-J.
glooury condition of the country.
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STATE NEWS.
Council of State. Gov. Worth has conven
ed the Council of State, to meet in the Execative
office, on the 16th inst., to recommend a suitable
rerson for Judge of the Superior Courts, to fill
the place made vacant by the resignation of
Judge Merrimon. Raleigh Sentinel. ,
Dkatfi of Hon. R. C. Puryear. We an
nounce, with profound regret, the death of this
distinguished gentleman, which occured at his
residence in Yadkin County, on the 31st ult.
Ilis disease was Paralysis, of which he received a
severe stroke some two months since, lingering
until the day of bis death.
gt3$ Franklin Smith (white) is to be bung in
Wilmington on the 30th inst., for the crime of
rape.
Correction. We are requested to state' that,
by a mistake in the recent publication of the
ridings of the Superior Court Judges, Judge
Merrimon was assigned to the 7th Circuit and
Judge Gilliam to the 3rd Circuit; whereas it
should have been vice versa. Judge Gilliam
will therefore ride the 7th Circuit. The Press
of the State will please take notice of this cor
rection. Raleigh' Sentinel.
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 6 Orders have
been issued by Gen. Sickles to suspend all jury
trials here on account of non compliance with
General Orders No. 32, ordering a revisal of the
jury lists. All jury trials upon receipt of this
order were suspended. The order only applies
to the Criminal Court of Wilmington
Lieut. Deweese has been placed under
arrest, by order of Gen. Sickles. Among the
charges is the one, that, while an officer of the
army, he was going about and making political
harangues.
JBy A few days since, whilst Deputy Sheriff
Foust, of Pitt county, was summoning the jury,
in the lower part of the county, near the Craven
line, he was attacked by five ruffians one of
them armed with a double-barreled gun, who
demanded his money and papers. Observing
the leader, with the gun, to look down the road,
as if watching for some one approaching, the
Sheriff put spurs to his horse and dashed off,
making his escape. The leader of the band
snapped two caps at him, as be made off.
gf The Sheriffs of Pitt and Craven coun
ties have been removed by Geo. Sickles, and
others appointed in their places. In Craven
an ex-federal officer was appointed.
Child Poisoned. An infant child of Mr
W. II. Petteway was poisoned at Laurinburg,
Richmond county, week before last, by its col
ored nurse, one Julia Leak. She gave it lauda
num. The murderess has been arrested and
lodged in jail at Rockingham.
Liquor Tax. Many persons misunderstand
the State Revenue Law. Some suppose that
taxes arc assessed by the State and Counties on
liquors distilled from fruits. This is untrue.
No tax is laid on liouors manufactured in the
State, oxcept those made from grain.
2? The Presbytery of Concord will meet in
the Church of Asheville, on Thursday the 29th
of August, 1867, at 7 o'clock P. M.
An Act concerning appeals in Criminal Cases.
Sec. 2. Re it further enacted, That in all
such appeals, where the appellant fails, the costs
of the Clerk of the appellate Court shall be paid,
if so directed by the Court, by the county where
the prosecution originated.
Ratified 22d December A. D 1SGG.
The foregoing is published, by request, for
the beneht ot Clerks, ecc.J
CROP REPORTS.
Interesting Official Statements.
Washington, August 2. The following is
a consideration of the crop returns for July, re
ceived at the Department of Agriculture :
"Never has the Department been able to re
port so favorable a prospect Jot uniformly good
crops since the establishment of the statistical
division."
Wheat. The statistical returns for July show
an improvement in the condition of winter
wheat, over last year in every State but Texas,
Nebraska and Minnesota, the diminution in the
latter case being but 4 per cent. The highest
improvement is in Ohio, 160 per cent; Georgia,
96; West Virginia, 78; Tennessee, 72; Indiana,
54; Kentucky, 53; Michigan, 35; Vermont,
25; New Jersey, 25; New York, 17. Spring
wheat was a far less variable product last year,
and there is consequently less variation in the
figures used in the present comparison. All
the States, however, except Vermont, New
York and Pennsylvania, show an increase
over last year.
For three years past the product has been
about five bushelj to each inhabitant. The crop
of 1859, if the census returns are correct, was
but five and a half bushels to each person. The
promise for the present year is about six bushels.
Potatoes The report of the acreage of pota
toes indicates a larger area planted in every
State, except Maine and New York. The con
dition is also above an average, with a few ex
ceptions, among which are New York, Ohio
and Indiana.
Sorghum. The sorghum crop is generally
returned in comparatively poor condition, with
lower figures than any other crop. Ohio and
Indiana indicate a deficiency in acreage of 14
per cent, and in condition of 10 per cent. All
the principal sorghum growing States show a
similar state of facts.
Tobacco is much like sorghum, manifesting
a decline in acreage and generally in condition.
Cotton. There is an increase of average in
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas
Texas, 10 1-10; Mississippi, 9 4-10; Louisi
ana, 8 1-10. The average is about the same as
last year. There is a slight difference as re
ported in favor of the present crop.
Wool. An examination of this item of the
table will show that looses of sheep, unthrifty
condition, and a wet spring, have had an influ
ence both upon numbers aud weight of fleece
1 cVip of the present year is not ten larr
thaQ that of Iast 3- '
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ana win icaa to me conclusion that our wool
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Hon John Slidell is at present living near
Paris, as well as his son-in-law, Erlanger, the
Hebrew banker. It is said, and on apparently
good authority, that, although he is most anxious
j to pass his last days in America, he has latterlv
given up all hoje of ever again seeing his native
land.
A Tight case. "Come here, my lad," said
an Attorney to a lad about nine years old: "A
case is between tbc devil and the people; which
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TO THE PEOPLE OP NORTH CAHO-
Exectjtivx Department ofN. C,
Raleigh, August 3, 1867.
Under recent cts of Congress, called Recon
Btruction acts, popular elections are shortly to
be neia in tnis Mate.
At these elections no person i3 to be allowed
to vote, unless he shall furnish evidence of bis
right to vote from Registrars appointed in pur
suance of said acts.
All male citizens, white and colored, who
have resided in the State one year previous to
the day of election, (with certain exceptions,)
will be entitled to vote, upon producing the cer
tificate of the Registrars.
It is expected that instructions will be issued,
at an early day, from Major General Sickles,
who has been appointed, by the President of the
United States, to carry out the provisions of
these acts in North and South Carolina, ex
plaining to the Registrars their duties, and
giving his construction of the acts as to the per
sons entitled to register, and those to whom this
right is denied ; and these instructions it will
be the duty of the Registrars to obey.
As I understand these acts, no person is to
be allowed to register or vote, who, at any time
before the war, had held any office under the
United States, or any State office "created by
law for the administration of the general law of
the State or for the administration of justice,"
and 'afterwards engaged in insurrection and
rebellion against the United States, or gave aid
and comfort to the enemies thereof." I pre
sume, in the expected instructions from Gen.
Sickles to the Registrars, he will give a con
struction to these, as well as any other pro
visions of the acts, touching the right of regis
tration, which may seem to him suhceptible of
variant interpretation.
It is believed that nearly all the colored
voters, above 21 years old and who have resided
a year in the State, will be entitled, under these
acts, to register, and they will register and vote.
There is no means of making an estimate ap
proximating certainty, as to the numbei of white
male residents, above the age of 21 years, who
will not be allowed to vote
At the last census 1860 the total white
male population was 313,670, and the total male
colored population was 191,349; and at the ex
cited election of Governor in 1860, 112,586
votes were cast.
The effect of this legislation, by the conquer
ing power of the nation, makes the negro in the
excluded States, as to civil and political rights,
the equal of the most favored class of the whites,
and the political superior of most of those who
held office in the State before the war.
Whatever may be the final settlement of the
questions as to the political equality of the two
races, or the superiority of the one over the
other, it ia certain that for a long time to come,
unless humanity is to be shocked by the expul
sion or annihilation of one race or the other, this
State is to be inhabited by both races; and it is
the manuest interest ot both races to live to
gether in peace and friendship, each acting I
kindly and justly towards the other. Every
good man, who is a wise statesman, will use all
his influence to avoid everything tending to
antagonize the races. If one class consolidate
to gain political ascendancy, or effect any other
object deemed beneficial to such class, it will
certainly lead to counter combination, and hos
tility between the classes, injurious to both and
likely to end in ruin to the one or the other.
I have not heard of, and have no idea that
there exists, among the white population, any
combination, public or private, to consolidate
the white vote, to the prejudice of the blacks;
nor have I the slightest suspicion that any such
combination is contemplated.
After the Registrars shall have decided who
are to have the privilege of voting, the persons
so registered will bo called upon to vote for or
against the call of a State Convention, and for
members of such Convention.
These acts provide that, in case a majority of
the voters shall vcte for a Convention and elect
members; and il'snch Convention adopt a Con
stitution which shall be ratified "by a majority
of the persons voting on the question of ratifica
tion;" and "when Congress shall have approved
the same; and when the State, by a vote of its
Legislature, elected under said Constitution,
shall have adopted the amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, proposed by the
39th Congress and known as article 14;" and
when three-fourths of the States shall have
ratified said 14th article, then "the State shall
be declared entitled to representation in Con
gress, and Senators and Representatives shall be
admitted therefrom on their taking the oath pre
scribed by law."
The sole object of this address is to urge on
every citizen of North Carolina to register, who
may be entitled to register and I have gone
into this recital of some of the provisions of the
tcts of Congress, to enable you to understand the
teasons which induce me so to advise you.
If you do not register, then you will not be
allowed to vote for or against the call of a Con
vention, which is expected to make tho altera
tions in your Constitution, contemplated by
these acts of Congress, and such other altera
tions as the Delegates may deem proper.
If you do not register, you will not be allowed
to vote for any delegate to the Convention.
When tho Convention shall have proposed a
new Constitution, if you shall not have registered,
you will not be allowed to vote on the ratifica
tion or rejection of the proposed Constitution,
however much you may admire or abhor it.
And if you do not register, you will not be al
lowed to vote for members of the Legislature,
who are to latify or reject the proposed 14th
article, as an amendment of the Constitution of
the United States.
I have no hesitation io urging upon every
citizen, who is allowed the privilege of voting
under these laws, to register, so as to vote, if he
choose, on these questions. No citizen allowed
to register and vote, who fails to vote, will have
any right to complain, if those who do register
and vote, should adopt a Constitution which
should be ever so oppressive and proscriptive.
Whatever Constitution may be adopted will
no doubt contain a provision making it difficult
to amend it. Heuce every citizen, allowed Io
' do so, should do what he can to make the new
j government as good as possible.
I Let me ask each of you, who is allowed to
' vote and register are you willing to surrender
share in making the Constitution and laws
under which you are to live ? ', Are you willing
to surrender all share in electing the officers to
whom shall be confided the making and the exe
cuting of the laws, including the levying and
collecting taxes ?
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Whether you regard those laws as constitu
tional or un
constitutional, wise or unwise, you
ousht to register and put yourselves in condi-
( tion to vote, and maintain as long as possible the
' right of tbc people to form the government and
' make the laws under which they arc to li.ve.
If you cannot have such a government as you
desire, make it as good as you can.
A neglect or refusal to register I regard as a
voluntary surrender of the right to take part in
governmental affairs; and I therefore most
earnestly entreat every citizen not to despair of
popular government, but to register and vote,
and try to maintain a government, which will
give to him, and bis posterity, as much of secu
rity and happiness as possible. 1
JONATHAN WORTH.
The instructions spoken of have already been
issued by Gen. Sickles, and were published in
this paper last week.
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
The Northern people are exasperated with the
Southern people for the alleged bad treatment
of federal prisoners held by the Confederate
Government, and therefore it is the duty of all
lovers of fair play to assist in showing that the
responsibility does' not rest with the Southern
people or their authorities during the war. If
this was done (and it certainly can be) we do
not believe the North would manifest so much
hatred for the South.
We make the following extract from a letter
of Mr Browne, a correspondent of the New York
Tribune, who was captured and held by the Coo
federate authorities in close confinement over a
year and a half. He says :
"Mr Richardson and myself spent nearly a
week in the National capital after our escape
from a Confederate prison, endeavoring to do all
that was possible for the release of the brave
men in the hands of the enemy; and every one
we met told the same story, that the Secretary
of War (Mr Stanton) was the obstacle in the
way of the resumption of the exchange.
Moreover, Gen. Butler, in his speech at
Lowell, Massachusetts, stated positively that he
had been ordered by Mr Stanton to put forward
the negro question to complicate and prevent
the exchange. Col. A. B. Streight of Indiana
polis, Indiana, a fellow prisoner with us in the
Libby, told Air Richardson, after our return to
freedom, that, iu an interview between the Sec
retary and himself, the former declared to him
the Government could not afford to exchange
able men for skeletons. Other officers and
civilians whose names I cannot now remember,
assured me that he had used to them the same
language in effect; and there is no doubt what
ever that that was his policy and his determina
tion until the clamors of the people compelled
him to retire from his barbarous position.
Every one is aware that, when the exchange
did take place, not tho slightest alteration had
occurred in the question, and that our prisoners
might as well have been released twelve or eigh
teen months before as at the resumption of the
cartel, which would save to the Republic at least
twelve or fifteen thousand heroic lives. That
they were not saved is due alone to Mr Edwin
M. Stanton's peculiar policy and dogged ob
stinacy; and as I have remarked before, he is
unquestionably the digger of the unnamed graves
that crowd the vicinity of every Southern prison
with historic and never to be forgotten horrors."
I, A NO FOR SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity, I
will sell at public auction at the Court House door
in Charlotte, on Tuesday of October Term of the
County Court, (being the 15th day of Oct. next,)
One Hundred acres of LAND, adjoining D. Morrow,
Rev. Mr Bronson, T. H. Brem and the Cily of Char
lotte some of it Creek Bottom valuable for farming
purposes, wood, proximity to town, &c
Terms 3, 12 and 18 months, interest from dale,
purchasers giviug bond and security.
C. DOWD, C. M. E.
Angnst 5, 1867. 19 llw. adv. $10.
LAND FOR SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Conrt'of Equity, I will
sell at Auction, at the Court House in Charlotte, on
Tuesday of October term of the County Court, (be
ing the 15th day of October next,) One Hundred
acres of LAND on West side of Sugar Creek, ad
joining B F. Morrow, T. H. Brem and others, and
about two miles from Charlotte. The tract contains
considerable quantity of bottom land, well tim
bered, &c.
Terms 3, 15 and 27 month3, interest from date,
purchasers giving boud and security.
C. DOWD, C. M. E.
August 5, 18G7 79 ;iw adv. $10
To Merchants and Planters.
We are buying Gold and Silver Coin at a fraction
under New York quotations, which come to us daily,
and are selling at small profit.
BItENIZER, KliLLOGG & PETERS,
Auff 5, 18G7.
Bankers at Charlotte
COWS LOST.
Strayed from my place on the Statesville road,
six miles from Charlotte, on the 12th of July, two
Milch Cows one a light red. with a little white un
der the belly, a short tail, and had an old bell on;
the other a deep red, with a white spot in the free
and some white under the belly, two pplits in one
ear and a crop in the other both in good order. I
am a poor widow woman and hope some one will
interest themselves to enable me to get the Cows.
Any information may be communicated to me or
left at the Democrat Office.
HARRIET C. ALEXANDER:
August 5, 18C7.
Southern Bank Bills.
Having orders for the purchase of various Bank
Notes, we are able to pay good prices for them.
Compare our quotations with others in the State.
BRENIZER, KELLOGG & PETERS,
Aug 5, 1867. Bankers at Charlotte.
Co - Partnership IVoticc.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
The undersigned have this day formed a Co
partnership, under the name of R. H. COWAN &
CO., for the purpose of carrying on a General Com
mission, Shipping and Supply Business in the Cily
of Wilmington, N. C.
Their office, for the present, is on the Corner of
Che.-nutand Water Streets, up stairs, where thty
will be happy to hear from and serve their friends
By the 1st of October next, they will be fully pre
pared to furnish supplies of all kinds.
ROBT. II. COWAN,
JNO. W. CAMERON,
JAMES II. HILL.
Wilmington, N. C, July 29, 1867. Aug. 5 tf
Gold Bullion Wanted.
We want to nnrchase a Ia.-?e nortion of the Gold
Bullion that comes into this market, and will pay
high prices for it.
RRENIZER, KELLOGG & PETERS,
August 5, 1867. Bankers at Charlotte.
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
For Salo,
I offer for sale my DWELLING HOUSE, In the
North-eastern portion of the city, on the corner of
B and Cth streets.
The property consists of TWO FULL LOTS, fint
Garden nni comfortable House, all in good con
dition. Terms made known on application to me at the
First National Bank.
THOS. W. DEWEY.
August 5, 1867 3w
Turnip Seed! Turnip Seed!!
Fresh Seed just received and for sale at
SCARR'S PRUG STQRE.
July
15, 18C7.
THE INDIAN WAR. '
Fort Hayes, Aug. 3. In a previous dispatch
I stated that Capt Ames had started in pursu t
of the Indians who committed the massacre
yesterday. Capt. Ames has just returned. Ue
came up with the savages on Saline river 40
miles from here. They were some 200 strong
The United States troops fought them all dav
vak. ii.va uc.nsvuij iucu utiuer Lis
orders. The savages were well armed with rifles
and were led by two white men. Our troops'
lost ono man and had six horses killed. Cai
Ames wa3 wounded, but not seriously. Five
Indians were killed. The savages carried off the
stock which they bad stolen. A sergeant, with
30 men and one howitzer, who went to the as
sistance of Capt. Ames, has not yet been heard
from. Lieut. Charles Brewster is on the point
of starling with 30 men to succor the sergeant,
as it is feared he is surrounded. We have seen
two large parties of savages near the fort to-day
and the Indians are Apparently on their way
over from the Platte. There is an insufficiency
of troops here, and the government will have to
do something immediately or abandon the couu
try.
Trinity College, IV. C.
The next term commences August Uth, and cloiei
December 19th, 1867.
Tuition, $20 to $30 per Session.
Board, $22 per month.
Washing, rooms and fuel, about $1.75 per month
payments in currency.
For further particulars address the undericaed
at Trinity College, X. O.
B. CRAVEN, President.
August 5, 1867. lmpd ..
Exchange.
New York and Baltimore Exchange at par, ao
European Exchange at New York rates.
BRENIZER, KELLOGG k PETERS,
Aug 5, 1867. Bankers at .Charlotte.
BANKRUPTCY. "
Vance & Dowd
Having been admitted to practice in the Federal
Courts, are prepared to file aud prosecute applica
tions in Bankruptcy.
Charlotte, N. C, July 20, 1867. 2m.
MRS. L. A. NORRYCE,
Would kindly solicit the patronage of the citizens
of Charlotte, and inform them that she is now pre.
pared to do all kinds of
NEEDLE WORK,
Plain, Ornamental and Fancy.
Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made.
A New System of Cutting and Fitting
Three afternoons in each week devoted to leach
ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Eiuhroidery,
Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work.
Mrs. N. is compelled to make her support by her
Needle and close industry.
Feelingtriily giateful forthegreat kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
ha? been with them, she would beg a continuance
of the same. Will be found in the new house next
to Mr Allen CrUse's residence.
July 22, 18G7.
NOKTEI CAROLINA FAIMIS
We are in correspondence with reliable Northern
Agents for the sale of North Carolina LANDS. Any
persons wishing to sell or buy, would find their
business facilitated by addressing us, giving loca
tion and full descriptions of the LANDS.
VANCE k DOWD,
Attorneys at Law.
Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 1867 1!
TURNIP SEED,
Large Yellow Globe, large White Norfolk, Yellow
Ruta Baga, large White Globe, large Red Top and
large Purple Top.
For sale at the Corner Drug Store.
July 29, 1867. J. II. McADEN.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH SCHOOL,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
MISS M. W. ALEXANDER, Frixcifal.
The next Session will commence l?t September,
1867. A Boarding and Day School for young Ladies,
combining a thorough and systematic education,
with home care and training. Music and all tho
higher branches are tanght.
Lincolnton mar be reached by Railroad in three
hours from Charlotte. It is beautifully situated,
with a fine mountain climate, and is perfectly
healthy throughout the entire year.
For particulars apply to the Principal or to Rev.
Mr. Wetmore, Rector of the Parish.
References Judge Shipp, Lincolnton; Col. T H
Drem, Charlotte; Hon N Boyden, Salisbury; Rev. M
A Curtis, D. D., Hillsboro, N. C. ; P W IlairHon,
Baltimore, Md ; Hon. R DeTreville, Charleston, S U.
July 29, 1867 5w
CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Rev. R. Bckwell. It,- i
Johx B. Bubwell.A. M.,rr,nclPal3-
The next Session commences on the 1st day of
October and continues until the 30th June, 18)ef.
For Circular and Catalogue containing full par--ticularj
as to terms, &c, address
Rev. R. BURWELL & SON.
July 20, 18G7. Charlotte, N. C.
By Ex pre,
A fine lot of Jaconets, Swiss Muslins, Irish Linens,
Mosquito Bars, French Corsets and Hoopskirts at
July 29, 1867. B. KOOPM ANN'S.
CONCORD FEMALE COLLEGE,
AT STATESVILLE, N. C.
The next Seion will commence on the first Mon
day of September and will close on the 20lb of
December.
The entire expense of Board and Tuilion, wiflj
washing and incidental fee, w ill be Ninety-Five Dol
lars. Advance paynnts will be required. Nineiy
Dollars paid in advance will settle the account fop
the Session. Moderate extra charges will be mad
for Music. Latin. French, Drawing and Ornamental
Penmanship. For Circular address,
J. M. M. CALDWELL.
July 2D, 1867 lm
Gold Uinc Ijaborcrs.
I want to empoy sereral good steady laborers to
work in and about the Howie or Curetor Gold
Mine, in Union county. 10 miles from Monroe. Good
wages will be paid by the month.
B. J. CURETON,
July 15, 1867 lmpd Superintendent.
Administrator' IVoticc.
naving qualified as Administrator of Laird Alex
ander, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted
to bis estate to come forward and make settlement;
and those having claims against said estate must
present them properly authenticated within the
time prescribed by law or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery.
P. V. MORRIS,
Administrator with the Will annexed.
July 15, 1807 lmpd
wmm awes,
A general assortment, always on hand, t
Feb 5, !867 SCARR'S DRCG STOUK
K:zh1 Rags!! Kngs!"
The highest CASII PRICE paid for RAGS at
JnAe 3, mi. JJ- KOOPMANN 8,
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