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Charlotte Female Institute,
CHAKLOTTK, N. C.
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until ".01 h June, 1808.
OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS :
llev. R. Harwell, Principnl and Iiwiructor in Men
tal and Moral Philosophy and Mathematics.
Jno. U. Durwcll, A. MM Cheniestry, Natural Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mr. AI. A. Durwell. English branches and Super
intendent Social duties.
Prof A. IJ.ium.inn, Vocal and Instruments Music.
Prof. R. E. Piguet, Drawing, Painting and Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary Ratte, English Branches and French.
Mrs Sally C. White, English Ihanclies.
Miss Mary F. Ponick. Music on Piuno and Guitar.
Miss Ella I. Carson, Music on Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing lull particulars address.
Rev. R. RURWKLL & SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 23, 187.
Medical Card.
DRS. OIRRON & McCOMP.S, having associated
ihemselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery,
respectfully tender their professional services to the
citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country.
From a large experience in private as well as
Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in
proposing to ptiy special attention to the practice ot
Surgery in all its brunches.
Office in (i rani to Row, up stairs, opposite the
Mansion House.
ROBERT GIBBON, M. D.
Dec 11, I860 J. 1 M COMBS, M. I).
MILLER & BLACK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Provisions & Produce,
AND COM.MiSSlOX MERCHANTS,
Trude Street, CJIA li LOTTE. X. C,
Have now in Store ami will keep constantly on hand
a full and select stock of the above articles for sale;
to which tlu-y respectfully invite the attention of
their friends and the public generally.
R. M. MILLER. W. J. BLACK.
September 18157.
English Blue Stone.
A fresdi supply of this fine article for sale low at
SCAR it 8 DRUG STORE.
Congress and
Kissingen Waters,
SCARR S DRUG STORE.
For ;
saie at
C2 Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Combs and
var.ous articles of Perfumery, fresh smplv. just re
ceived at SCARR S DRUG STORE.
September f. 1W7.
COOKING STOVES,
OF TJJE NEATEST AXI MOST SITKKIOU PATTERN.
D. If. BVERLY, Springs' Building, Charlotte, N.
C, has for sale "Spear's Anti-Dust Cooking Stoves,"
which, for every variety of cooking and great econ
omy in fuel, cannot be surpassed by any Stove here
tofore used.
Everybody who has used one of these Stoves testify
that, for convenience in cooking, durability and clean
liness, they are far prelcrable to all other patterns.
Call and sec them.
D. II. BYEIILY has also on hand a good assort
ment of Tin. Japan and Sheet-Iron Ware such arti
cles as are necessary for house-keeping.
l&jf TIN-WARE made to order at short notice on
reasonable terms.
J6aSr REPAIRING promptly executed.
D. II. BYERLY,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 2', 1807.
H. M. PHELPS.
Home, Sweet Home ',
There's no place like Home I'
I am happy to inform my old friends of Charlotte
and the surrounding country, that I have again re
turned and resumed my old business among them,
and am fully prepared to ofter them the
Cheapest Stock of Goods
To be found at any other establishment in the City.
Having recently lived in the Northern States, and
with 1113" old experience in the purchase of Goods, I
am not prepared to say I will sell "below cost,"' or at
a reduction on the original cosj. or "at and below
New York prices," but that I will sell a Cheap, if
not Cheaper, than any other Hon?, and at a small
profit. As my stock was purchased for Ca;h, conse
quently I can afford to dispose of articles at a slight
advance.
I have now in Store, and am constantly receiving,
a choice assortment of
Dry Goods,
Ladies Trimnjings of the latest styles, Linen Table
Damask, Linen Diaper, and all kinds of Flannels.
Calicoes, brown and bleached Sheetings, black and
colored Alpaccas. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnish
ing Goods, &c.. Sc. H. M. PHELPS,
.March 11, 1 8"7. Opposite the Court House.
GROVER & BAKER'S
Premium Sewing Machines,
4'Jj BroaJirui, XEW YORK.
For sale by BR EM, BROWN & CO..
Sept. :10, 1807 ompd Charlotte.
ROBERT P. WARING,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE. X. C.
Office, 3 doors West of Dewey's Bank, and opposite
Carson's new store.
September 2. I SOT.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
Robert Shaw & Son,
Third Door from the Manxon IIoue,
iitii'ti. it iLi,i in
form the public that they
have a large stock of Sail
's dies and Harness on hand,
, which they offer to the
public at low prices.
Anything in the way of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
Bridles, Martingales,
COLL'AR3, &c, will be furnished or made to order.
As we are regular mechanics, we think it will be
to the advantage of all to buy from us. We warrant
our work.
E, REPAIRING neatly executed af short notice
and on reasonable terms. It. SHAW.
W. E. SHAW.
Oct. 14, 1867, Cm
Pure Air.
Whatever renders the blood impure, tends to
originate consumption. Whatever makes the
air impure, makes the blood impurer. It Li the
air we breathe which purifies the blood. And
as, if the water we use to wash our clothing is
dirty, it is impossible to wash our clothing clean,
so if the air we breathe is impure, it is impossi
ble for it to abstract the impurities from the
blood. What, then, are some of the more promi
nent things which render the air impure ? It
is the nature of still air to become impure.
Running water purifies itself. Air in motion,
drafts of air, are self-purifiers. Thus is it that
the air of a close room becomes impure invari
ably. Thus it is that close rooms bring consumption
to countless thousands. Hence all rooms should
be so constructed as to have a constant draft of
air passing through them. The neglect of it
murders myriads. A man of ordinary sze ren
ders a hogshead of air unfit for breathing, con
sumes its blood-purifying qualities every hour,
so perfectly that if a man could re-breathe a full
breath of his own the next instant after its ex
piration, without any intermixture with the
outer air, he would be instantly suffocated.
Hence sleeping in close rooms, even though
alone, or sitting for a very short time in a crowd
ed vehicle, or among a large assembly, is per
fectly corrupting to the blood. Close bed-rooms
make the graves of multitudes.
C. M. Query's New Store.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
A new stock of Full and Winter Goods is now in
Store for sale at reasonable prices.
Ladies Dress Goods, Bonnet, Trimmings, &e, of
all descriptions, in large quantities.
Shoes, Hoop Skirts, Gloves, Yankee Notions, and
Fancy Goods, in great variety.
Millinery.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that she
has spared no pains in selecting her stock of Milline
ry and Trimmings: and having had along experience
in the business feels satisfied that she can please all
who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets and Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms and shortest notice.
Dresses Cut. Fitted. Trimmed and made on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are strictly Cash." Our motto is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
October 14, 18;7.
Groceries and Confectioneries.
NISBET & MAXWELL
Are now receiving and have in Store a large and
well selected stock of Groceries, Confectioneries and
Notions, to which we invite the attention of our
friends and the public generally. Thanking them
for their very liberal patronage heretofore bestowed,
we hope by strict personal attention to business to
merit a continued share of the same.
, Call and examine our goods and prices before pur
chasing elsewhere, as we are determined to sell goods
in our line as cheap as any other house in the city.
Country Merchants will find it to their interest to
examine our Stock.
Sept. 16, 1807. NISBET & MAXWELL.
Sugar, coffee and Molasses,
A full Stock of all grades, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Sole Leather.
1,000 pounds good Sole Leather for Pale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars,
Of the best brands, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Pipes.
A large assortment of common and fancy Pipes, for
sale at NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Soap.
A large lot of Toilet and Bar Soap, for sale at
NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
Toys and Yankee Notions,
A large assortment, for sale at
Sept. i3, 1807. NISBET & MAXWELL'S.
American Button-Hole and Overs earning
SEWING MACHINE.
This Machine is certainly the greatest wonder of
the age, having taken the gold medal pri2e over all
competitors in the World's Exposition at Paris. It
is warranted to execute with perfection, all kinds and
varieties of Sewing, Hemming, Felling, Cording,
Tucking, Braiding, Gathering and Sewing, Quilt
ing. &c, that is or can be done by any other Machine
now before the public, and in addition to all this
makes a more perfect button and eyelet hole than
can be made by hand on any fabric. Its overscam
ing stitch and embroidery on the edge stands un
rivaled in the world.
Parties purchasing can be taught- how to use it at
the Agency, where the Machine can now be seen.
Oct. 14, 1807. A. SINCLAIR. Agent.
Exchange on New York.
Drafts on New York and other Northern cities
furnished at par by
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7. 1807. Trade Street.
Bank Notes.
The highest prices paid for North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Virginia Bank Notes at
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1867. Trade Street.
Six per cent Interest.
Deposits received subject to sight checks and six
per cent interest allowed at
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1807. Trade Street.
Specie.
Gold and Silver Coin, Bonds, Stock, Government
Securities and Mutilated Notes of all kinds, bought
on liberal terms at
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Oct. 7, 1807. Trade Street.
COOPER SHOP.
I have removed my Cooper Shop to the one formerly
occupied by Mr Ores well as a wagon shop, near Mr
Jamison's Blacksmith shop, on the street leading by
the Court House, where I would be pleased to see all
those who desire work done in my line. New work
or repairing done at short notioe. Give me a call and
your work shall be done satisfactorily.
House keepers who want water conveyei.through
their houses by pipes, will apply to the undersigned.
Oct, 14, 1807. y GCS SCIUHDER. -
Gold Bullion.
facilities enable ua to purchase Bullion
Peculiar
at highest rates.
CITY BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
Trad Street,
Oct. 7. 1807.
North Carolina. News. '
A Dwelling Destroyed by Fire. We
regret to learn that Mr Alex. Shemwell's dwel
ling was destroyed, on Wednesday, 23d, by fire,
together with a large proportion ot his furniture,
&c. The fire originated up stairs, and it is sup
posed, irom matches haviner blown from the
mantle-piece to the floor and igniting. The loss
falls very heavily on Mr Shemwell. Salisbury
JSanner. . ":, . - . -'
Death op Max TV. F. Collins. "We re
gret to learn that this gentleman died at his resi
dence, at Ridgway, on the 26th ult. Major
Collins was a publte-spirited and kind-hearted
citizen, and was well-known throughout the State,
having served for years as Public Comptroller
and f or some time as Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of N. ( Raleigh Sentinel.
S? We learn from the Henderson Index,
that, on the 12th, Mr Joseph P. Wilson, of
Granville, under a fit of temporary insanity, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself by means of a
rope, to the limb of, a 4xee. This is one of the
unfortunate results of the late war, the losses
which he sustained thereby seriously impairing
his mind.
BST The Grand Council of the Friends of
Temperance will convene in Wilmington, on the
13th inst. Gea. R. B. Vance, the President
of the State Council, and Rev. W. B. Wellons,
of the Supreme Council, are both expected to be
present.
Large Yield. Notwithstanding the draw
backs of the past season one of our young far
mers mfornis us that some of his lands, rather
low, have yielded corn this season at the rate of
sixty bushels to the acre, and he thinks some of
his cotton will turn out 800 to 1,000 lbs. seed
cotton to the acre. We have heard of others
making forty bushels of corn to the acre. While
a few have thus made large crops, especially of
corn, (to a great extent through extraordinary
efforts) others have not been so fortunate.
WadetLoro Argus.
Pastoral Call. We learn that the Baptist
Congregation of this City have invited the Rev.
Dr Williams, of the Theological Seminary at
Greenville, S. C, to take pastoral charge of the
Church in this City. Iiafa'gh Sentinel.
"Blessed is he who bloweth his own horn, for
he shall be heard :"
A man is lucky who has gass,
A man is lucky who has brass
With gass and brass, and backers, too,
A smart chap ought to wiggle through.
LAND FOR SALE.
I want to sell one hundred and fifty acres of Land
on the West side of the Char. & S. C. Railroad one
mile from Morrow's Turnout. One third of said
land is wooded, and the balance is adapted to culti
vating Grain and Cotton, with two good meadows on
it. Said Tract is without buildings. Call and see
me and I will show you the land.
Oct. 21, 18(57. tf M. L. WALLIS.
J. H. CARSON. THOMAS GUIER.
NEW FIRM! NEW STORE!!
AND NEW GOODS.
CARSON & GRIER,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Coinmission
Merchants, Charlotte, N. C.
"We are now receiving in our new Store, our first
stock of Goods, which were carefully selected, and
bought for CASH exclusively, to which we invite the
inspection of all, as it is part of our business to show
them. We have no Remnants, and not a dollar's
worth of Old Stock. We have a full supply of
Family Groceries,
Pagging, Hope and Iron Ties, Shoes and Leather,
Fish, Cheese, Nails, Glass, Buckets, Brooms, and a
general assortment of Wooden Ware, Powder, Shot
and Caps, Cigars, SnulF and Tobacco, Soap, Soda, &c.
To those wishing to buy for Cash, we can offer
such inducements as will make it their interest to
give us their trade.
Wholesale and retail dealers are invited to give us
a call. Our store is on Tryon Street, nearly oppo
site the old Bank of North Carolina now T. W.
Dewey & Co.
tb'f Highest prices paid for Flour, Corn, Peas,
Oats, Beeswax, and other country produce.
BSgT" Strict attention given to the purchase and
sale of Cotton, Tobacco, Grain, Flour, &c.
References: Gov. Z. B. Vance, Hon. J. II. Wilson,
Gen. I. II. Hill and T. W. Dewey, Esq., Charlotte, N.
C. ; Williams, Black & Co., New York.
October 21, 1807.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
S. B. 'iEACHAM,
Ax'r the First Natumal Bank of Charlotte.
I am now receivinu from the Manufacturers North
the most complete assortment ever offered in this
market of Boots and Shoes. '
I will sell by the case to Merchants at New York
prices, and to the Retail Trade I will sell as low as
any one.
A DIE S SHOES.
I keep Miles' best Shoes for Ladies, Misses and
Children, and Gentlemen's Boots of all kinds
French Calf Skins, American Calf, Kip Skins and
Sole Leather of all kinds.
I feel thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed on me.
jgsjiy Be sure and look for the green Sign-board.
- S. B. M EACH AM,
Near the First National Bank
October 14, 1867.
New Foundry and
MACHINE SHOP.
TATEM, R00KE & CULPEPPER,
Practical Mechanics,
Have opened a Foundry, Machine and Blacksmith
Shop, at the old stand of J. M. Howie, where they
will execute, in the very best style and finish, all
work iu their line.
They are prepared to make all sorts of CASTINGS
for Steam Engines, MilLt, Factories, Water-wheels,
Cane mills. Farming Implements, and, in fact, every
thing pertaining to their business.
Particular attention will be paid to the REPAIR
IXO of all kinds of machinery.
All work shall be done in the very best style, with
the bet material, and at living prices.
All kinds of work for GOLD MINES executed with
skill and dispatch.
Remember, we are practical workmen, and
will warrant all our work. Gire us a calL -"' "
TATEM, ROOKE & CULPEPPER.
October 14, 1867. , .
Wanted, , :
,20,000 Bushels'choice white ; WHEAT, for which
we will pay the highest market price. - .-..,.
May 6, 1807. J. Y, BRYCE CO-
. Distrust of Public Bonds.
Loss of confidence in public bonds is a leading
leacure in tne nnanciai status, Dotn ot Europe
ana America. In Europe the insecurity ot all
public obligations is generally conceded. Even
now they are beginning to prefer the bonds of
the United States to the best European securi
ties known in their markets. Bat a circum
stance has occurred to throw much distrust and
uncertainty upon American bonds. The dis
covery of a large number of counterfeit seven
thirties to be in circulation on botn sides of the
ocean, has greatly- shocked public confidence,
and seriously checked the European demand for
this paper.
But independently of this discovery, there is
everywhere a growing feeling in 'favor of invest
ments in real estate and other permanent and
tangible forms of wealth. We Tead of immense
accumulations of cash capital in London and
Paris. The case is the same proportionally in
all the money centres of the world. The reluc
tance to invest in public debentures, is not an
ephemeral feeling, incident to the revolutionary
condition of Europe and America. It has a
deeper seat and a broader foundation. The
debts of all the principal governments are enor
mously and unprecedently great. There is
scarcely any one of the great powers, except the
United btates, which can possibly, under any-
probable future contingency, pay off its debt.
They are nearly all "kiting," and kiting in a
most desperate manner. V ell may capitalists
distrust their paper, and refuse to touch it.
I he effect ot this distrust will be highly ben
eficial to all forms and classes of industry. It is
already so. Capitalists, instead of putting their
money in the hands of Kings and Jmpcrors to
be employed in feeding standing armies, and to
be wasted in the manufacture of deadly weapons
and useless armaments, are putting it in the
hands of private enterprise, to be employed in
works that shall minister to the material and mor
al welfare of the human race.
Already is the effect of this happy diversion
of capital observable all over the world. In our
own country, a wonderful impetus has been given
to the construction ol various works m the dif
ferent departments of art. The Pacific railroad:
the bridjrincr, at stupendous cost, of the creat
rivers of the continent; vast telegraphic cables
and lines; stately and swift ocean steamers for
the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Australian, as
well as the coastwise trade; these are but more
prominent results of the new employments of
capital. Lesser evidences are seen on every
hand.- All kinds of building, in all the cities
and towns, have felt the influence of this diver
sion of capital. Every department of enterprise
is experiencing the benefit ot this impulse.
In the South, our moneyed men no longer pre
fer State and Federal bonds to local investments.
They prefer to invest their capital in buildings
and manufacturing establishments, and in enter
prises creating life and activity and prosperity
in the communities around them.
ise things, what a cheering fu
ture is in store for our country, if we address
ourselves in patriotic sincerity and honesty to
the settlement of our political troubles. Why
should we wantonly reject a prosperity which a
benignant Providence tenders with open hand ?
Xorfblk Journal.
A Brave Lad.
At the time of Burbridge's last raid into South
western Virginia, December, 1864, one Wyatt,
a captain of the Thirteenth Tennessee Federal
cavalTy, remained in Abingdon, (his native place,
by the way,) for some hours after the main body
of the Yankees had passed ou to Saltville, for the
purpose of ''burning the d d town," as he ele
gantly expressed it. The writer of this, with a
few other hospital patients who were too feeble
for removal, were left behind in charge of As
sistant Surgeon Lightfoot, of Girtner's Ken
tucky brigade; and after an examination by Dr.
Hunt ot the lweltth Uhio cavalry a perfect
crentleman who
declared that we could not be
considered soldiers in
arms and therefore not
prisoners, we were left in peace. But our seren
ity of mind was of short duration, for a report
soon reached the hospital that a squad of Yan
kees were setting fire to the towii, and had sworn
to burn the hospital over the heads of the sick
inmates. We were, of course, in great trepida
tion, and Dr. Lightfxt wras busily engaged
making arrangements to remove his patients to a
church at some distance from the scene of con
flagration. The courthouse and jail were already
wrapped in flames wonder if it was the natural
antipathy of Yankees to Justice that invariably
led them to destroy her temples? when my at
tention was attracted to a boy of some fifteen or
sixteen years, one whom I had frequently seen
with the command of General Duke, who, pale
and fierce, passed from one cot to another, pre
ferring some request which I could not hear un
til he was directed by some one to me. Ap
proaching quickly he said :
"Do you know where I can get a percussion
cap or two, sir? This house will be on fire in a
few minutes unless something is done to stop
that Yankee devil !"
I remembered then that when I had obtained
my furlough from Chimborazo, about a month
previous, to visit Abingdon, where I relapsed, I
had visited camp ere leaving, and that my partic
ular chum had handed me a package containing
eleven or twelve caps, with the remark, ""There's
a keepsake for you, Frank ; don't waste 'em I"
Dear, gallant Bea, your -keepsake ' was of use
at last ! Taking' the package from my jacket, I
asked my young hero where he had obtained a
gun, when he replied, ,with charming naicete,
that ' a drunken negro got lost last night and had
to leave his rifle behind."
I then handed him the caps, when he hurried
from the house, and scarcely five minutes had
elapsed when the clear, sharp crack of a rifle was
heard j in another minute several mounted Yan
kees flew past at the top of their speed, arid 1 saw
from the window my little friend crossing the
street to Dunn's Hotel, with a crowd at his heels.
He had shot Wyatt dead while in the very act of
firing tne Hotel, ana tne eomraqes oi tae incen
diary fled ingkmously. , . , :. ... ; v.
I believe the lad, whose name, I am sorry to
say, I have forgotten, lives somewhere in Central
Kentucky, but wherever he may be he deserves
the respect of brave men and fair women every
where. F: H.
Military Ortei
Hiadqtjarters 2d Military District,
Charleston, S- C, Oct 21, 1867.
General Orders, No. 105.
Post Commanders may admit to bail persons
nocsupject to the Articles ot War, held in arrest
by milijary authority, charged with offences not
capital, upon security, as provided in the follow
ing paragraph:
Security shall consist: 1st, of a cash deposit,
ot tne amount tor which bond is required as bail
by the State law in like cases ; or, 2d, of a bond
in like sum, running to the Post Commander,
conditioned for compliance with all orders, with
surety, who must be a freeholder and must justify
in twice the amount of the penalty, and must,
under seal, authorize any officer so ordered by
the Post Commander, in case of default, and non
payment by the surety on demand, to summarily
seize and sell sufficient of the property of prin
cipal and surety, to satisfy the forfeiture and
costs ; and immediately upon default made, the
bond shall constitute a lien upon the personal
property of both principal and surety.
All bail and other bonds taken under military
authority will conform to the foregoing directions
when not otherwise specially provided.
By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby.
Louis V. Caziarc, Aide-de-Camp.
Headquarters 2d Military District,
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 22, 18G7.
General Orders, No. 106.
I. The following supplementary instructions
are published for government of Boards and offi
cers connected with registration.
II. A session of each Board of Registration.
for the final revision of the registration lists, will
be held at a convenient point to be selected by
the Board within its registration precinct. The
several Boards will not sit in the several election
precincts as heretofore, but at a single place
designated as above provided, and any person
entitled to registration within such registration
precincts, will be there registered in the book of
the election precinct in which he may reside.
III. The session for final revision will be held
on Tuesday, the 5th day of November, and will
continue five consecutive days.
IV. Reasonable public notice shall be given in
each election precinct where registration has here
tofore taken place, of the time tnd place of hold
ing the session provided for in paragraph II, and
of the object of such session as provided by Acts
of Congress in relation thereto.
V. Commanding Officers of Posts are required
to convene, by order, the Boards of Registration
at some convenient place within their respective
registration precincts, immediately upon receipt
of this order, for the purpose of making arrange
ments for holding the session provided for in
paragraph II.
VI. At the meeting provided for by paragraph
III, the Boards will take measures to cause due
notice to be given of the meeting for final revision,
as prescribed in paragraph IV.
VII. The Commanding Officers of Posts will,
as far as practicable, afford facilities to the Boards
in the publication of such notices, by requiring
local civil magistrates or other officers in the
vicinity where notices are to be posted, to attend
to the posting of such notices as may be trans
mitted to them for that purpose by mail or other
wise, by the Boards of Registration.
VIII. The pay and mileage of registrars upon
the final revision will be the same as heretofore
allowed, except that only eight days will be al
lowed for all services rendered by the registrars, j
Mileage will only be allowed for one journey to
and from each of the two sessions of the Boards
herein provided for.
IX. The final registration will be completed
duplicate in the registration books already pro
vided ; and on the completion thereof, one set of
said books will be retained by the Boards of
Registration, to be placed in the hands of the
managers and inspectors of elections when such
officers shall be appointed and duly qualified, and
the other set will be transmitted through the
Post Commanders to these Headquarters.
X. Commanding Officers of Posts will see that
all orders in regard to the completion of the lists
are complied with, and that the books are com
plete in accordance with such orders, before for
warding the same as herein required.
By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Canby.
Louis V. Caziarc, Aide-de-Oamp. .
Headquarters 2d Military District,
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 23, 1867.
Circular.
I. Commanding Officers of Posts upon the
nominations of the Boards of Registration, will
appoint for each election precinct or polling place
within their commands, three discreet and duly
qualified persons, who will be designated "Mana
gers of Elections" in all appointments for the
State of -South Carolina and ' Inspectors of
Elections" when appointed fur North Carolina.
II. When suitable persona cannot otherwise
be obtained, members of the Boards of Registra
tion will be eligible for that purpose.
III. When it is impracticable to fill such offices
for any election precinct or polling place, such
election precinct or polling place will, by order of
the Post Commander, be consolidated with an
adjoining election precinct or polling place for
which such appointments are complete. Such
consolidation will only be made among the re
spective election precincts belonging to one regis
tration precinct.
IV. The orders appointing officers of elections
will specify the election precinct or polling place
by number, and also by the local name or desig
nation thereof, if any, and also will specify the
registration precinct to which the same belongs,
and the County or District for which the same
is made ; and such order will be forwarded with
out delay to these Headquarters.
V. The officers appointed as above provided,
will, immediately upon being appointed by the
orders of the Commanding Officers of Posts,
oualifv bv taking the oath prescribed in General
Orders No. 65, current series, from these Head
quarters. Form No. 1.
VI. Commanding Officers of Posts' will fill sll
vacancies in the office of Registrar that may oc
cur, stating in the order therefor the persons to
whose places such appointment is made, and the
cause of such vacancy ; 'and such appointee will
forthwith quaufr. . '
VII. Whu a Registrar is a candidate for
election at the election ordered to take place on
the 19th and 20th days of November next, ho
shall give notice thereof to the Post Commander,
and such office of Registrar shall be deemed
vacant.
VIII. The powers and duties of Registrars as
superintendents of elections, and of officers of
elections whose appointments are herein provided
for, will be fixed by General Orders.
IX. Managers and Inspectors of Elections will
receive no pay or mileage, but will be entitled for
clerical labor, not to exceed the sum of ten dol
lars for each Board for all duties performed in
regard to elections. , ,
X. The pay and mileage of Registrars as super
intendents of elections will be fixed by General
Orders. . , '
By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Candy. K,
Lous V. Caziarc, Aide-de-Cajap, ,
Looking Like Old Times. -
Tot the past three weeks we have seen passing1
through Asheville droves of Mules and Horses,
on their way South. It looked like old times,
sure. We have not heard whether the drovers
are remunerated for their time and labor ornoti
We regret to think that the little money 'the
Southern planters receive for their crops of cot
ton and rice must be again sent out of the coun
try where it is eo much needed, for the parchaso
of mules for the work of next year's crop.- This
should be stopped as soon as possible. Every
planter should raise his own mules. It is no usu
telling us that it is cheaper to buy than raiso
mules, for it is not the truth. A mule worth.
$150 in ca$h, can be raised as cheap as an ot,
and on the same food. The system of Southern
Agriculture must now be based on a cash foun
dation, and not, as heretofore, on increase of
property. Whatever will save cash outlays must
be adopted. What was tcatted on a plantation,
in the days of slavery, must now be carefully
looked after and made to swell the profits. Dol
lars and cents must now be the profits of our
planters, and not the increaso of the negroes.
Instead of making more cotton to buy more ne
groes and mules, to make more cotton to buy
more land, &c, the policy must be to improve
otHr lands, to make better crops with less labor, -to
get more cash to buy labor saving implements,
to make more money, to improve our homesteads,
and live more happy, and be more truly prosper
ous. "Old things have passed away; behold, all
things have become new. AsJicville Newt.
The End of the World.
There is always an anxiety among a consider
able portion of the population of the world about
the doom of the planet in which they live. They
anticipate the end of the world, and whilst a few
prepare for it, the vast majority satisfy them
selves with dreading it. A writer in the North
British Review, among others, has lately joined
the ranks of the anticipators of the end of the
world, and declares that some change is soon to
take place in the planet. He writes in rather a
frightened vein, and says: "What this change
iu ti a ma il ) rd nnt avnn MiniAtnro Vinf tva iu
in the heavens themselves some traces of de
structive elements, and some indications of their
power. The fragments of broken planets, the
descent of meteoric stones upon our globe, the
wheeling comets wielding -their loose materials
in our own satellite, the appearance of new stars
and the disappearance of others, are as the solar
furnace, the volcanic eruptions, foreshadows of
that impending convulsion to which the system
of the world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet
which is to be burned up, and under heaveus
which are to pass away; thus treading, as it wcro,
on the cemeteries, and dwelling upon the mauso
leums of former worlds, let us learn the lesson of
humility and wisdom, if we have not already
been tauirht in the school of revelation."
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Mutton.
Hon. Daniel Webster kept on his farm, la
Marshficld, from sixty to a hundred sheep, chief
ly for their meat. His selections embraced the
Southdowii8 and the Lcicesters.
On one occasion Mr Webster remarked, bow
little the great mass of Americans cared for muU
ton as food, while in England the people gener
ally esteem it the very best of butcher's meats.
He said he believed one reason to be. that the
English mutton in general was better than ours.
''You may occasionally," he said, "find good mux
ton in Albany, New York and Philadelphia
but in England you find no bad mutton."
A sheep, according to Jlr Webster, should
never be killed for the table before it is three
years old. A lamb, indeed, may get nearly its
full growth at a year and a half, or twenty months,
and become very fat, and this is the age at which
they are usually sold tor the shambles ; but sucn
r . . i .i j .i. i
early mutton is not acucaieiy mixea, me lean
with the fat. it shrinks in boiling, and when. -
cut upon the table, it fills .the dish with white
gravy. Mutton two years older, though no fat
ter, will have a much higher flavor, the muscles
and the fat being mixed, and when thoroughly
cooxea win nil me aisn wnn reu gravy.
It is srratifving to find these views maintained
by one whose authority will secure for them the
n V -1 il TV. n.
lnnuence io wuicn iuey nfc cuuui-u. uo at
tempt in some circles to exclude mutton from
the list of delicacies is here well and deservedly
rebuked. No man who possesses a cultivated
taste in these matters will fail to respond to these
discriminating remarks of Mr Webster.
least till what we say has some effect upon our
countrymen, that a pound of lean, tender, juicy
mutton can be produced for half the cost of the,
same quantity of fat pork; that it is infinitely
healthier food, especially in the summer season
and those who eat it become more muscular, and
can do more work with greater ease to themselves,
than those who eat fat pork. We know-nothing
more delicious than smoked hams, of the South
down breeds of sheep. Venison itself is not
superior. ,
A fellow who is considered rather Soft,' speak
ing the other day of the many inventions which
have been made by the present generation ex
ultingly wound up with 'For my partjIbeUeve
every . generation grows . wiser j and wiser; ' for
there's my father, he knoVd more'n my grand
father, and I believe I know a leetle more'n my
father did . . .. . . ,
'My dear sir remarked a bystander, 'what an
old fool your great grandfather muJtuavabaenr