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CHARLOTTE, N. C , TUESDAY, MARCH 31,
1868.
SIXTEENTH VOLUME K U M B E B 813.
the
Western Democrat
l'LBUBKI BY
WILLIAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor.
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Terms Three Dollars jer annum in advance.
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AitVEFTisEMKKTR. For one square of ten lines or
less $1 will be charged for cacti insertion, unless
U, it in for over one month. Notices of marriages
Hnl deaths published gratis. Obituary notices of
over five lines in length charged for at advertising
rites.
Real Estate at Public Sale.
pursuance of authority confered on nieby a cer
Mortwaee Deed executed to me by Edward Ful-
and wife Abby, 1 will proceed 10 sen ou me
ic Square, in the City of Charlotte, on Tuesday
I th day of April, (being Tuesday of County
I!. ,.! mid Lot. in the Oily of Clmr-
. ' Vaid House is in the heart of the C'i!J, front-
n Trv-ii Street, being the one now occupies uy
ml J r'liii-3 Terms niaIe Known on uaj, ui
,S. M. HOWELL, Trustee,
arch 2, 1808. 7w-pd
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CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
p,i- fi'-t class and well known House, formerly
i..,.."l.v Maj. .). D. K KU It, having been recently re
Ktir.'d'tmd refurnished in every department, is now
;'.',.'-,, and ready to receive guests
T'.- Table i- unsurpassed, and in point of conve
;,.!,, :Ui 1 comfort the House is not excelled by any
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i-v 17, IPfiS. Proprietor.
Popular Fallacies. That you can receive
one dollar a day, spend two and get rich.
That the man that can't pay tor his breakfast,
can raise the money to get into a circus.
That to do a man one favor, and then refuse
him another, won't make him twice as mad as if
you had refused him the first. There is no
greater truth than this.
That when you buy on credit, knowing very
well yon will not pay, it is not stealing.
That the next year's taxes will be lighter.
That every other man is to die except you.
That if you have a good cause in love, war or
law. pitch in, you are bound to win.
That when you buy a horse, he will be certain
to turn out as represented.
That if you always say what you think, you
will win the regard of the entire community.
North Carolina News.
HIDES WANTED.
We will pay the highest price for Green and Dry
IlideB. iuiu x mwii.
March 10, 18G8 lm
To Arrive.
;:rin-the week we will receive New Spring Goods,
i '-,V iiud e them.
BARRIXGKR, WOLFE & CO.
Mn-'-h -. I"1' . .
To Farmers.
large assortment of Urude's patent IIoc, and
ii,:mv .,ther l.imK just receded at
I'.AlilliNGEU, WOLFE CO h.
March 1. ISnH.
A. W. SHAFFER,
A T T O 11 S i : Y A T L A Y
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Register in Bankruptcy,
CIIA11LOTTE, X. C,
Will hold Courts in Bankruptcy in any County in
which Uankrupts reside
ofn(.t! !it ,l,e residence oi Mr L r u lungs,
February 1'
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
At Tlddy f- Bro's Brook Store, near Scarr's
Drug Store, Charlotte, AT. C.
Bingham's English and Latin Grammars.
Mitchell's and Cornell's series of Geographies.
SUci-Iiut's scries of Books.
lavies'"series of Algebras and Arithmetics, with
Keys.
Emerson's scries of Arithmetics.
Quockeuboss' series of School Books.
li.ii.iiHKi: if vnrioiis kinds.
ff.rifk" Pomerov's Books Sense and Nonsense.
St. Elmo another lot of that popular Book just in.
Surry of Eagles Nest, a few left, call and get one.
Four l ears in the baudl by Harry Uiimor.
Stationery.
Inrarn Int of Paner. Envelopes. Ink. Pens and
Holders? and in fact everything usually found at a
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lirst class stationery nouse.
Music.
Wo nro .Wonts for a larire Music House, and can
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furnish any piece of music published in the United
States at publishers price, by giving us six aays time.
Wrapping Paper,
18x28 for Sl.GO per Beam and Paper half that sire
tor 'JO cents.
Rags! Rags!!
100,000 pounds of clean Cotton and Linen Rags
wanted, for which the highest price in money win
. . m 1 t P T I f
Marcli 1G. 18G8. At "the Jew dook oiore.
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7.. H. VA.NT
C. IOWl.
VNTF. A DOW P.
Attorneys at Law, Charlotte, N. C,
iO.lHi: IN 1 11 K CofUT llcl-l.)
ll ivi.r' a-.v-iat'd themselves together, will practice
iu iheV..ui-tsof Mecklenburg. Iredell, Catawba, Da
'i.oii. R..w;.n. Cabarrus and Union, and in the Fed
eral and Sll'l ( ll!i- Cril Is.
Claims c..lleet'.'d anywhere in the State.
1 1 ; I l j;g. tf
Robert Gibbon, M. D.,
I'llVSIC'lAN AND SUlMiKOX,
Trijon Strx t, (' fottc, X. C,
o,Ti.-e and Resid.-i:ce, one door south old State Bank,
( formerly V.'in. Johnston's residence).
Jan 1." l.SGS. y
GARDEN SEEDS, &c.
Vnwli Snr.nlv of Garden Seeds, from the cele
brated House of R. Buist. Also a choice selection of
Flower Seeds. For sale at
March 2. mi8. SCARE'S DRUG STORE.
Sale op Stocks At, an auction sale of
stocks yesterday, ten shares of the capital stock
of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, the pax
value of which is SI 00, sold at $35 per share;
seventeen shares of the capital stock of the Wil
mington, Charlotte & Rutherford Road, par value
$50, sold at 11 per share; and seven shares of
the capital stock of the First National Bank, par
value $100, sold at $86 per share. Wilmington
Star, th inst.
We noticed with great pleasure, while at
the depot of the North Carolina railroad, on last
Afniwlav afternoon, a Ion? train of cars well loaded
with Copper Ores, from the Gardner Mine of
this county, litis is one oi me very went auu
oldest mines in this county. It is not only an
ovr-llnt. niinA hut has been worked continuoQS
for many years past, and the deeper and farther
the veins have been explored, the richer and
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more abundant have the Ores unitormiy proi en
to be. Grecmboru Putriot.
Fr.fis Tv the steamer to New York, there
was shipped from this port thirty-three barrels
of eis. The value ot this snipmeni was suuu.
Farmers and their wives would do wen 10 muh.e
a note of this. Xcicleru Commerce:
Spirit. We learn that respond-
ino- to the siip-o-estion of a Virginia merchant,
larft immbprs of citizens on or near the different
railroad lines in this vicinity, are engaged in the
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manufacture of barrels and getting staves, ine
profits from these pursuits for the principals arc
represented to be large and at the same time the
employees receive very fair wages for their labor.
Both articles sell well and readily at Portsmouth,
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Norfolk and Wilmington, and we are giaa to see
these new channels of labor opeued to idle hands.
i y- 1 1 111.
Every section oi iNorth Uarolina aoounas wnu
fine timber, and we hope the day is not distant
wheu it will be made to yield large sums oi money
annually. The fact is, that no other course
promises such speedy release from financial em
barrassment to our people, as the turning of their
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attention to the elements oi weaun aoout mum
at home. Rakigh Carolinian.
this State, professing to
belong to the Conservative party, that are engaged
in abusing and denouncing Gov. llolden and many
of his friends with virulent language, are, iy miui
conduct, doing more to secure Holden's election than
all the Republican papers in the State combined.
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Harsh words can do no cause any goou. v eu mim
the conservative party pray to be delivered from
some of its friends.
ORDINANCES
Passed by the State Convention of N. C-
An Ordinance to prevent the Intimidation of
voters. -
T?a if nWlninpH TlV thfi TWDTilft of North OrtTO-
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Una, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby
ordained as follows :
Rf. o " A r.v ivrcon who shall nrevent or en
deavor to prevent, any qualified elector of this
stilts irrmi tiio irp.A oxorcisft nt the elective irau-
chise, by violence or bribery or by threats of vio
lonno nr itiinrv tn lis nprson or nronertv: or bY
vuw v . J J X X A
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aeprivini; an elector or employment or lureuteu-
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iDg to deprive himoi employment, snaii ueueeiu-
pd mitftv nf a tiiisdpnioanor and unon conviction
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thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for
nnt.' lfKa than onft month, nor more than SIX
months, or by fine of not less than one hundred
dollars nnr tnorfl than fivp, hundred dollars for
each offence, and one half of the fine shall go to
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tne prosecutor.
Sec. 2. The hiriug of any laborer upon the
condition that the same shall vote, or not vote
for anv special candidate or anv particular party.
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or in any specified manner, shall be deemed
bribery within tlie meaning oi this act upon tne
r.,irt of tho nprson demanding the said condition.
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3. This ordinance shall be published and
circulated with the Constitution for the informa
tion of voters, and shall be in force from and
after the date of its passage.
A Medical Mayor on Smoking.
At the close of a lecture in the Temperance
w-m
liau, lioiton, England, Dy Jir iteynoia9, ine
Mayor, who presided over the meeting, Baid :
'luch as I dread the influence of intox-
What. ix the difTcreuce between a barber and a
mother ? One has razors to shave, and the other
has shavers to raise.
GARDEN SEEDS.
Garden Seeds of every description, for .sale, "Whole
sale and Retail, at the Corner lirug More.
PM. 17. 18GS. J- II- McAPKN.
Landreth's Garden Seed,
I'm-dircil mid for sale at the Drug Store of
K I EG ORE & CUR-ETON.
Burnett's Cocoaine for the Hair
At the Dm- Store of K I EG ORE & CLRhlO.
J. P. Mc Combs, M. D.,
iMlViw his i inl'e.-sional sei-vicc3 to the citizen? of
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Charlof.e and surtuitinlnig country, au caus,
i.i.-l.t -ir-.,l ,l iv i.rnini.lU- attended to.
0;!hc N...V) Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the
M -i ii-iit limine.
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Dr. JOHN H. McADEN,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
H.i.j on hand a large and well selected stock of TUUE
1KI ;S, Chemicals. I'attnt Medicines. Family Medi
riins. Paint.-, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, I'ancy and
T.'iM Articles, which he is determined to sell at the
very o est prices.
.May "JO, 1M07.
THE DRUG STORE
OF
Kilgore & Cureton
Has been removed to the Store in Granite Kov, next
to the Kxpress Oliice.
A larjje assor tincnt of Eresh Drugs, Chemicals,
IVmts. Oils, Dye Stuffs, l'erfumery, &c, will be
found at this new establishment, and will be sold at
as low prices as any other house.
1C V. KU.GORE. M. D.
JanG, lSCS. T. K. CL'UETGN, M. D.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
I have on hand, and am constantly receiving, a
general assortment of Groceries, such as Sugar, Tea.
Coffee, Molasses. Cheese, Flour, Ilacon, Corn, Meal,
and everything else in the Grocery line
I will sell as cheap as any house in Charlotte, and
respectfully reiiuest persons wishing to buy to give
me a call.
1 deliver, within the lin. its of the City, all Gro
ceries bought at my Store.
A good lot of Castings aud Hollow-Ware for pale.
A. EEKKY1NLE,
Teh 17. ISr.X. Under Mansion House.
Kerosine Oil
At the Dru" Store of KILGORE & CURETON.
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY
Prompt and Reliable Companies.
tv. rntnmrlu Tnsnr.nice Comnanv of Cincinnati,
Ohio, with a capital of one million dollars, made last
year $235,000, after paying over $400,000 losers
during wie year. It has now asseis aimmu i
$1,230,000, and security by State law 2,000,000.
This security consists in the Stockholders being liable
for double the amount ol tlicir stock.
This Company is always prompt in the adjustment
nfinpa nn.l tin rates areas low as those of any
good Company. Call on the undersigned at City
Dank ot Charlotte. .
March 23, 18G8. A. G. BKLMZhK.
Kerosine Lamps
At the Drue Store of KILGORE & CURETON.
March t, lHifc.
H. M. Phelps' Two Stores,
Ojipoaife tin' Court House.
DRY GOODS' STORE & GROCERY STORE.
The subscriber would remiud the public that he is
now dealing in Groceries as wen as i.'ry uous,
I... spniirate apartments for each branch of business.
In his Dry Goods' Store he keep a general assort
... f rmt, !'nr ( I "vi t bun pn and Iiadics' wear in
fact, anything in that line that may be needed by
The Grocery Store is well stocked with supplies of
every description. Trices will be made to suit the
times.
S& He returns his thanks for the patronage here
tofore bestowed, and promises to use every exertion
to-give satisfaction in tneluture.
fe ii. m. riiELrs,
- Feb 17 ISfiS. Opposite the Court House
ANOTHER NEW STORE.
McMURRAY, DAVIS & CO.,
Hflvfi onened a new Grocery Store in Erycc's Build
ing, and invite attention to their
Stock of Groceries.
"ti, v,m snvmlv of evervthins usually found in
a Grocery Store and wanted by farmers, such as
Sugar, CoHec, salt ana irou,
Cotton Yarn, Molasses, Fish,
Shovels, Spades, Forks, &c.,
Crockery ami Wooden Ware,
T,.;di Pr.trtir.ps MpsiI and Corn.
Purchasers arc requested to call and examine this
stock and prices. .
Produce will be bought or taken in exchange
for Groceries, or received on consignment tor sale.
Particular attention will be paid to tne saie oi concn,
Corn, Flour, &c.,,that may be sent to ourcare.
T W Mp.MI'KKAl.
March IC, 1868. J. N. DAVIS & CO.
North Carolina Land Agency.
A.r Ordinance for the submission of the Const i
tut ion to the People and the Election of certain
Officers.
Be it ordained hy the people of North Carolina,
in Convention assembled, That the Constitution
ndnnted l.v this Convention be submitted tor rat
ification, to the. voters of this State, registered
and qualified, as provided by the acts of Congress
I n. mn as thft M construction Laws, on the 21st,
22nd and 23rd of April 18(38. The vote on said
Constitution shall be "For the Constitution" and
" Uiiint. thf (institution " The said election
shall be held at the places and under the regula-
tions to be proscribed by tne commanding uen
eral of this military district, and the return made
to him as directed by law.
Sec. 2. An election shall be held at the same
timfi an d nlace as the ratification of the Consti
tntinn. fur Senators aud Representatives in the
General Assembly, and for all State and County
officers, who are to be elected oy tne peopie un
d v this Constitution.
Sec. 3. An election for members of the United
States Congress shall be held iu each Ccngres
Bunml District, as now established, at the same
time and place as the election for ratification oi
tlio Constitution. Said election shall be conduct
ed by the same persons and under the same reg
ulations as beiorc meutioneu in tnis ordinance.
Thp. returns shall be made to the President of this
Convention, who shall give the persons chosen
certincatcs ot election.
Son 4. Tho. Commanding General of this Mill
tarv District isreouestedto enforce this ordinance
Hoc. 5. The President of this Convention it
bpvf lv ilirretedto forward a certified copy ot this
ordinance to the Commanding General of this
Milif.irv District.
Ratified 17th of March, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty eight.
An Ordinance Providing for the Payment of the
Interest ot the l iiblic JJtOt.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the people of
nrth Carolina m Convention assembled, ana n
i herehv ordained bv the authority of the same,
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That thft first Ireneial Assembly tnai snail oe
convened under the provisions of the Constitu
tion framed by this body, be, aud the same is
horr hv directed to make the following provisions
for the payment of the interest upon the Public
Debt:
Sec. 2. It shr 11 provide for the payment in
finnh of the interest falling ze on and after the
first rlav of .Tanuarv. 18(10. upon that portion of
the Bonds of the State which are dated prior to
May 20th, 1861.
Sec. 3. It shall provide for the payment in
cash of the interest falling due on and after the
first day of July, 1SG9, upon that portion of the
Bonds of the Statu which are dated'on and after
Jauuary 1st, 18Co.
SW. 4. Tt shall provide for funding all such
ication on focisty, of late I have beea
led to ierd the influence of tobacco, es
pecially upon the youth of society, as being an
evil that threatens the most disastrous conse
quences. The lecturer has told you that in his
younger days smoking among youth was scarcely
known. I can remember the time when smok
ing amongst young boys and amongst women was
almost or altogether unknown. uut your own
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experience win ten you wnemer inai is so now
or not. I believe that in the case of young boys
smoking is too prevalent. The influence of this
vice to arrest the growth of the body is- very
great;. l oeneve mat a person w no uegius w
smoke at nny time under the years of manhood,
ii i -a t-.lt TT
win never grow 10 do a strong, iieaiiuy mau. nc
Will uc eiuuicu iu uuviiijf giun in, nvuuiv. f J
sical vigor, & stunted in intellect. Smokers are
preparing for themselves not only feeble bodies
and feeble minds, but they are preparing for
themselves early graves. My circumstances
bring me much in contact with the youthful por-
i' n :i T
Lion OI me cuuiuiuuiiy, uuu la uiauy uubcs a uicci
w ith children who in their development don't
seem to be above twelve or tnirteen years, dui
who bring to mc legal proof the register of their
birth to show that they are actually in some
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cases iourteen ana even niteen years oi age. in
many cases I ask them if they are smokers?
They very generally deny it, but the tainted
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bretith gives the lie to their statement. A great
number of stunted children I believe smoke to a
o-rcater or less extent. This habit leads them
also in many cases to theft. I have been sur
prised at the smallness of the number of such
cases, but within the last iortnignt. l nave seen
tbrfifi or four vouner children for they were
mere children in stature, though fourteen or fif
teen years of age-brought up on the charge of
stealing tobacco and cigars i
Every word of the above is correct and true.
i
A Fighting Man.
flnft of the Generals of the '-Lost Cause" says
nt thn time of the attack upon Fort Pillow,
the Confederates had converted a Mississppi boat
iuto a cotton-clad, the mate oi wntcn was a u:g,
double-fisted sample of a river bully, "full of
strange oaths," and always enforcing his orders
by knocking men about the head, and adds :
' Just before he wemt into the fight, - he came
swaggering up to me and said :'
"Waal. General. I suppose when one side or
other's licked, you big men'll quit, and shake
hands ?"
"Yps Jim." said I. "when tiic Eghtwg is over
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I expect every man to go home and attend to
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nis uusuie&s.
"That ain't me " Jim said,
palm with his fist like a sledge
ever I ketch a Yank south of
to mash him."
" A ten inch shell that came whistling over the
boat interrupted any further remarks just then,
and shortlv after we were buttiug away at a fed-
.....
eral gunboat, in about as hot a fire as 1 ever want
to see. I should think there were a hundred
..una fvrvnvifid rvii IK and Hi rrnt. one broadside SO
111 IO 1 1 Vv. V' 1 . UUj UWU , V v - "
near that the flash oi their guns set our cotton
bales on fire. Our people fousrht well, but the
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other side were too strong for us and we had to
drop down the river. . During the action while
bunion were roarinsr. boats sinking, shells
shrieking and bursting all around, and the air
filled with flame and smoke, 1 quite lost sight ot
Jim; aud after we had dropped down the river
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out ot tne fire, ana an nauos were ousy repairing
damages, that valiant hero crept out from behind
a cotton bale, and sneaking past me with a flag
oi truce, and said :
"General. I ain't so mad as I was. This am t
the kind of fighten' I'm used to: aud when them
fellers get ready to stop throwm them pots round,
I'll quit if they will."
"And sure eneugh in two weeks he went into
the lines and took the oath."
smiting his left
hammer," for if
Cairo, I'm going
A. HALES.
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
i" Door to lite Mavsion Iluuse, Cn.vra.OTTK, N. C
If your Watch needs Repairing.
Di.Vt get iaad and goto swearing;
Jul take it inta HALKS" shop,
He v.ili six it so it will not stop,
lie warrants Lis work all for a year,
When it is used with proper tare.
He will do it as low as it can be done,
And do it so well it's sure to run.
January 1, lMiS. y
City Bank of Charlotte,
(Trade Street, Springs' Building,)
r.uvs ra""ed and defaced Greenbacks, National Bank
Currency and Shinplasters at a verv small uiscouni.
March 10, 1SK8. A. G. lUll'MZEE, Cashier.
Country Bacon.
Tf jt. t.rs. choice country bacon,
3 l .V Haios, Shoulders aud Sides, just re
ceived, and cheap for cash. ,.,, T
March 0, lSOs' NISBET & MAXWELL.
BOOTS AND SHOES
At 5 Per Cent Profit.
I am now offering my Stock of BOOTS & SHOES at
- ,,-fit tn nutke room for mv Snrinc Stock.
All who are in want of anything m my line would
do well to call before buying.
favors, and hope bv strict
nttont'i..r t. l.ininpss. to merit a continuance of the
All r,.M..ls minted as represented!
Don't mistake the place Sign of the Golden Boot.
S. B. MEACI1AM,
Next door to Johnson & Elliott's New Book Store.
B. To wholesale buyers, great inducements.
Feb. 17, 1808.
ti nwiiTicTi.incntsbv which I can readily
brin- tolhe notice of Northern and European capi
talists our Agricultural and Mineral resources. I in
vite parties having euch property for sale to address
mc at Eeidsville, z.Vj.
Reference is made to the public men generally oi
the State. ... i,,
Marcli 16, 18G8. w. cuuin.
tt: v. ;ntr AffpntbvMrCourts, parties
iiaiiiii "l r c , . x ,i
i. r coin n Iir in this section ot tne
State, or in South CaroUua, will pleivse addrew me at
Charlotte, N. C. w.V--
Charlotte, N. C, March Ti, ipw. .
stfinhouse. Macaulay & Co.,
Cotton and Produce Burs and Wholesale and
Retail Dealers in Groceries, dr.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C-,
Have in Store a good assortment of Groceries of
every dewrription. Cotton Ties, Rope, lagging, u
gar, Coffee, Molasses, Iron, Salt, Cheese, Fish, &c. &c.
Family Flour ol tne Deai oranue.
March 10, ifros.
Planting Potatoes,
For sale by A. BE 11 EI" II ILL.
March 2, 1SG8. Under Mansion House.
Charlotte Female Institute,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. 1
The present session opened on Tuesday the 1st of
October, and will continue until :10th June, lStiiS. j
OFFICERS AN1 INSTRUCTORS:
Rev. Tt. Buvwell, Principal and Inrtructor In Men
tal and Moral l'hilosophv and Mathematics.
Jno. B. BurwcU, A. .M., Cheinestry, Natural Phi
losophy and Ancient Languages.
Mr. M. A. Burweli. English branches and Super
intendent Social duties.
Trof A. Bauuiuuu, Vovjal and Instrumental Music.
I'rof. R. E. Piguct, Drawing. Painting aud Modern
Languages.
Miss Mary Batte. English Branches and French.
Mm Sally C White, English Branches.
Miss Mary F. Penick. Music on Piano and Guitar.
Miss Ella R, Cavsou, Music on Piano.
Terms as heretofore. For Circular and Catalogue
containing full particulars address.
. Rev. R. BURWELL & SON,
Charlotte, N. C.
September 23. 1 807. .
Bank Notes.
Highest market price paid for Southern Bank
Notes at the Banking House oi
.THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Revenue Stamps,
For sale a' the Banking House of
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.
Deposits
THOS. V. DEWEY & CO.
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Received and interest allowed at the Banking House
of
Gold and Silver Coin
Bought and sold at the Banking House of
THOS. W. DEWEY k CO.
THOS. W. DEWEY & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
CHARLOTTE, -A'. C. -
Jlours of "business to suit dealers and customers.
February 1, Iros. -
To Farmers of North Carolina.
The subscriber all8 your attention to a new r er
tiliier prepared by the Lodi Manufacturing Co , mace
from Night Soil, Blood, Bones and Offal of New Yoi k
DOUBLE REFINED FOUDRETTE,
Which is an entirely different article from the com-
mon Poudrette nmae in iormer years, u"
the strength of the old kind, fine as flour, free from
coarse impurities, and is as strong and effective as
anv supcr-phosptiatc in marsci, Kiiuout,
only ?2i per ton ireigui irom i "
m ...1 aal. BMBOOn kt I T ITS
This article has oniy oeen aw uuc ----effects
have astonished every one .who have tried it,
iv nnflilmlv assert that -nsc-a in
ana o wmj-'v -y -
ouautities half a large as was formerly used or t&e
common i.ouurtiie, mai
crop, but ripen it from ten days t two weeis earlier.
This nakes it y tar me cuiansi u
ferablc manure in market.
For pamphlet and further inlormationiippy
Trcs't of Farmers.and Mechanics Association Store,
, March lfi,lH;! 2m : oariour, . ... .
coupons upon the above specified classes of Bonds
as are now due, or which may become due prior
to the time when the payment of interest shall
be resumed as above directed. And for such
purpose the General Assembly shall aut horize
tho lPSUft Ot Ronds of the State, bearing six per
ceut iuterest, which shall be given at par in ex
change for such coupons as arc now due or may
Wnnin dun rrim- to the time when such resump
tion of the payment of interest shall take place, i
Sec. 5. This Ordinance shall be in force and
take effect from and after its passage.
Passed March 14, 18G8.
An Ordinance or the Completion of the Western
North Carolina Railroad.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the people of North
Carolina, in Convention assembled, ana it it.
hereby ordained by the authority of the same,
That the proceeds of no appropriation or sub
scription, which the said Sfcit of North Carolina
has made or may hereafter make,, to or in aid of
the Western North Carolina Railroad Company,
shall boused in the construction of any branch
made, except that of French Broad, until the
main trunk line of said Railroad shall have been
Mines, at or near Ducktown.
i-jtt it mriuer uiuunicu, i
eral Assembly, when the interest of said corpora
tion (the Western North Carolina Railroad Com
it shall hp and the sanic is here-
IIJ.11 ) IC1JU"VV. w , , . 1
i.. tUwmA ami dirpctodto make such lurtner
appropriations or subscriptions to the capital
J.tKnid railroad ComDanv. as will ensure
the completion of said road at the earliest prac
ticable dav.
Durham Smoking Tohacco.
t.. -.:A b. l:irr lr.t of choice Durham Smok
j ui, rcvcii v i
ine Tobacco. To wholesale trade at Factory prices
Marcli 9, 18G8. MSBEX & MAA
The True Story of Cinderella.
The story of Cinderella is familiar to every
one, and yet there are few who treasure it up as
in every respect true. But it has a foundation
aud a reality that really needs no fairy godmother,
... 1 11 A 1 A.
with her pumpkin ana ner rats, to mah.e an euicr
taiuing tale. It is as follows :
In about the year 1730, a French actor, by
the name of Thevcnard. lived in Paris. He was
rich and talented, but he - had no wife, and we
may believe he had never loved any one, but
o-ave all his affections to those ideal characters
that he could represent so finely on the stage.
One day as he was walk'mg leisurely along the
ctrAts of Paris, he came unon a cobbler's stall,
and his eye was attracted by a dainty little shoe
which lay there waitmg lor repairs, iiis imagi
nation began immediately to form the little foot
must St such a little shoe. He fancied it trip-
nin" over his floors; he could hear the music ol
lts.treaa in iaci, mere was uuimug uuiyu
his rich elegant treasures that seemea to mm nan
so beautiful. ...
He went to the stall of the cobbler again, but
could learn nothing in regard to the owner of the
shoe. This only increased his eagerness, and
made him more Uoterminea tJ .uuw w "
beloneed. Bay by day he was disappointed, but
he was not discouraged.
a w fbo IJhIa fot needed the little shoe.
and Thevenard met the owner, a poor girl whose
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parents belonged to the numoiest. ciats. nut
rht not of caste or family.
His heart had already pronounced the little one
his wife. He married the girl, with no question
of what people would say, and felt enough in joy
hearing the tread of the light nimble feet through
his silent rooms, to pay hiin for the sacrifice of
people's approval. This is the true story ol
Cinderella, and from which the child romance
sprang. ,
City Bank of Charlotte,
(Trade Street, Springs' Building.)
Solicits the Accounts of Merchaats and others, and
guarantee satisfaction Office hours from 8 a. m. to
F.1 r. m -i - '.'
"March Irt, ' ' -
Tashier.
The Fcstinistresses appointed thjoughout the
South, of whom there are forty in Alabama alone,
have thus far shown themselves fulljr capable ot
the duties of the offices entrusted fcbem. In
many instances tbeir promptness and fidelity
i ' . v,wb iha crucial Dniise ot the ae-
partnient, and wifl abundantly justify similar ajv
pointments.' . .
From Brazil.
The Following letter, (says the Wilmington
Journal,) from a gentleman, now in Brazil, writ
ten to a. relative of his in Wilmington, N. C., will
be read with interest:
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 11, .863.
I have not forgotten your request, but not be
ing able to write intelligently of either men or
things here, (chiefly for a want of knowledge of the
Portuguese language,) I was and still am unablo
to communicate freely with the people and there
by learn whether it is better for our people to
come here, or "bear those ills they have."
I have arrived at the conclusion, from obser
vntinn and exnerience. that the clitaate here is
fine and tho country in most places that I have
visited healthy, having an abundance of sweet
water. As to the productiveness of the land,
that if very-various some -very rich and of all
grades to very poor. Here may be said to be
"perpetual Spring" so far as vegetation is con
cerned, as plants, ti-ees and crops grow the year
round, but there are seasons f Spring, Summer,
Fall and Winter, even here. Crops planted from
September to December do better than at any
.iinr tim W urn now in the midst of Sum
VV11V1 M'Vl -w
mer, and the mornings are usually hot, but the
evenings pleasant, the thermometer rarely rising
above 90. .
This government is desirous of securing immi
gration for the reason that slavery here is doomed
sooner or later, and the government desires to
secure a white laboring people to take its place,
and consequently it is those who are willing and
able to cut down the forest, build their houses,
plant the various crops, &c, &c.j in a word, to
perform the manual (and I might say the menial)
labor now perlormed by tne slaves, it w there
fore the laboring population of tho South that
are wauted, invited, assisted to come "per con
sequencia," all our people who come hero without
money and expect to secure labor oa credit, in
partnership, or as managers, or overseers, wiU he
disappointed. A few Americans have already
by accident, and a few more may get into good
positions without money but the fate of tho
uiasa js "take down the shovel and de hoe."
. A3 to business in this city, or of any of tho
fMtios T am not so well able to speak, but wiU
give you my impressions : First, then, all Brazil
ians are fond of the city and flock to the cities;
those that are educated, and many of them are,
enter the professions "Law, Physic and Divin
ity" others seek employment as accountants,
clerks, &c, and being able to raise a few hun
dred milrics, (aniilrie is fifty cents) start in busi
ness on their own account. The salaries paid, I
am informed, are astonishingly low a book
keeper of years standing, getting from thirty to
fif ty dollars per month.
There are not, as yet, a sufficient number of
Americans here to justify an American to rely
on that trade exclusively for a support, and if
there was, there are, perhaps, one hundred wait
ing with their mouths open.
The Brazilians as a people are hospitable, po
lite ; many highly educated, accomplished re
d conversation, but in deal-
iug, altogether unreliable practising all sorts of
deception, prevarication and misrepresentation to
make tho best of a business transaction, and the
successful are considered smart by their fellows.
Although indisposed to manual labor, they are
sharp at a bargain equal to any in the world.
As a people, they are sober in a very high de
gree, drinking only wines and malt liquors are
fond of dress and display liave many Church
festivals having the Churches richly docorated
forming grand processions over streets car
peted with gTeen leaves, passing under arches of
palm and other evergreens, decorated with flower
of rarest beauty. The religion, you are aware,
is Roman Catholic, though by the constitution all
creeds are tolerated. A residence of two years
entitles one to the rights of citizenship. A
foreigner naturalized, "may exercise every publi
function, with the exception of Deputy to the
General Assembly, Minister of State, and Re
gent of the Empire."
The Emperor "Don Pedro Segundo," is re-
rrnfpfl tn ho trruA man. but not a crcat man.
It is also stated that in the admioifctrattoB of the
affairs of State, there is much corruption.
I would be glad that I could cordially invite
you with many other dear friends in that woliilly,
abjectly, and I sometimes think, God-forsake
country, to come to this, as an asylum of escape
from the sufferings of the present, anfl the
threatening horrors of the future; but as yet I
am unable to bo advise it might bo "out of the
smoke into the .smother."
I know of no business here, except planting,
that I think an American an pursue with a proa-
pect of success. 10 one Having money, uio opeu
ing in my opinion is fak for success.
An improved Fazenda (plantation) with stock
of cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, mules, implement
of labor, and household and kitchen furiture,
with slaves, can be bought for from five hundred
to one thousand dollars per slave -the whole
Fazenda complete thrown in by paying one-half
or one-third, perhaps one-quarter cash, balance
one, two, three, - four and perhaps more years.
Some cash is indispensable then there most be
a sufficiency of money to furnish supplies until
returns can be had from the labor employed.
All th trnnical fruits abound oramref. pine
apples, bananas, lemons and many other fiiro fruiU
many birds of large size and gaj plomaa
3Iany animals in the forests, but so dense are we
forests that there is very little snort in lmuttog.
Fish in abundance, though I thipk not so rich,
nor so well flavored oysters of an inferior quality. '
The houses nere are an covereu wun me um
houses of the poor (arr.ong whom I include moat -
v . .1 . j tit-
Americans) covered, or rainer inaicnea wuu
straw, or the leaves of the palm, and floors of
clay. Fleas, ticks, redbugs, snakes, frogs, liz-
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zards. alligators, KC dui nownere ma uars
been are they more plentiful than in the States
house flies not near so numerous the chigcr
or bisho (pronounced biccho) tliat settles in the
skin, and if not removed, deposit eggs and make
bad sores, but is easily removed and seldom makes
a sore. -
Your friend and relation,
D. C. MacIxtt&s.
Artemus Ward said that tlie man who wrote
"I'm saddest when I sing was a fool to ing .
much.
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