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r (ShctirloUe, .S Kbrth Carolina. Ve axe permitted (says the Wilmington Jour nal) to niaie the following extract from a private letter, which shows that our State and people .hare some friend even in Massachusetts : j jlloaTOS, Jan. 21, 1870. Ever since becoming acquainted with the true Debt The National ; A Washington letter gives the following sketch of a speech made in Congress bj Mr Voorheea : ! "In the House j the speech of Hon. Daniel Voorhees , of Indiana, deserves special mention. Ha Paid: Now that ike Administration' has been proven a delinquent in its use of the public bill passed its third reading by a vote of 24 yeas Nortli Carolina Legislature.! S - i i I Monday, Feb. Senate 3Ir Weiker introduced a bill to abolish the office of State Printer. ne tneved a suspension of the rules in order to put the bill on its passage, which motion j prevailed. ' The j tnonej by the Chairman of the appropriations character and unfortunately isolated situation of! (Mr Dawes,) he would further demonstrate the 'The Glorious OU State," and the true merit j wrongs and oppressions of the people.) He spoke With its never failing associates, pure virtue and j of the capitalist and the toiler, the former had unassumed modesty, universally to be met with ! numerous advocates on the floor of Congress among her citixens, all my sympathies have been active in their behalf. As the great, pood and gifted Gaston might have said, if he did not say it. "There she while the toiler, on j whose behalf he are. had seldom any one to speak for him. Mr Voorheea went into an examination of the manner in which the debt was made, i ' He showed to 7 navs Mr Weiker introduced jl resolution instruct ing the Committee on Finance to make in con nection iwith their usual report on the financial condition of the State j - 1st. The manner in which the accounts ? are kept in this' department. j paid as tauds her true merit, virtue and unas- 1 that the capitalists did not as patriots with sumed modesty," bounded on the North by Vir- j Uovernmeut money to save me nieoi tnerxation piuuns, who boastingly chiini to have by "Might out as money shavers and usurers, watching when Divine" all of "The Firrt Families." and last. I our necessities were direst to exact the best but not least, the still more proud South Caro linians, bound and enclose her on the south, with all the known Chirulryl She is often aneeringly taunted by South Caro linian and Virginians, as well as by a large number of uninformed weak-minded people in her other sifter State, of being "The Tar, Pitch and Turpentine State." Now were it true that North Carolina produces nothing more than those important articles, .tar. pitch and turpentine, which constitute one of the greatest and most terms. Death and the sordid greed of gain held hiirh carnival together and ministered to-eash 2d. To whom were sold the bonds niost plaiuly ! dividend on the stock of the State in the North iota, loan the Carolina Railroad, and at what price. t i ;" 3d. To examine the vouchers for all money paid for expenditures in the several departments. 4th. To learn and report the items under the head of contingencies! I ; . 5th What amount was paid for Jabor on the indispensable staples of commerce, that alone en titles her to rank in a commercial point of view nor the money changer came forth to he conflict; as one of the first States in this dismn'ted On- ! Hearts bounding with wj.rm affections and brain fedrracy. The immense importance of North filled with visums of peaceful and happy years i;arIina Products was most keenly felt dnnug sprang up irom every nine spot, ironi away up other's ferocious and unsatiate lusts and appe-H capitol yard, and to servants about tne capiuil. i tites from the beginning to " the close of the con- 6th. What amount of the special tax to'pay test. He asserted and proved most conclusively mterest on the new Donas is on nana, anu wuemer that a vast proportion of the public; debt was a fiction created by unjust and scandalous legista tion and a fraud fastened on the labor of the nation. He spoke of the capitalist making mcr-j chandise of the'eountry's woes and trafficking for 100 per cent of profit amid the roar of can4 J -1 - r 1 1 i x".:.i 1 .1 non and a deluge of blood any of it has been used for any other purpose . 7th. What amountof money belonging to the Board of Education is in the Treasury, land whether any of it has been used for any object but for its legitimate purpose, j - jj j The resolution was adopted., ' j The bill requiriug County :Cotrniissinner to Mr Pou hoped that' the motion to postpone would be voted down. J i i - ' !M . Mr Moore of Chowan,!; opposed the bill, and wanted to know what was to become of investi gation if this bill was passed, rendering valueless the -very bonds whose nialappropriation this Ilouse! bad 1 for week jbeen called on by the friends of this bill to investigate. He continued to some length in his opposition to the measure. . After some further debate, the motion to post pone for one! week was: put to a vote aod pre vailed by a vote of 60 yeas to 27 nays, i j'j : A message ws, received from the Governor transmitting; a communication from thei Public Treasurer in regard to the financial condition of the State. The communication was ordered to be printed.! 1 ; - . j -- - Wednesday. Feb. 9. intro- Flnnkeyism in New York. American character is a strange compound of eccentricities, whims and world combined. In reli- as in secular, we have al- all the isiiiS, oddities, 4straiKhtouts" of the gious matters, as wel to follow after 1 SENATE-3fr Jones,! of Mecklenburg, duced a bill j to confer Southern and Atlautic Referred. J J:' Mr Love introduced certain powers jon tne Telegraphic Company. a resolution rvnTifstin? . , n to the the late war throughout the entire length and breadth of this barbarously and needlessly blood stained country. j Soon after the Life inhuman war was savagely and brutally commenced by the North ngninst ; in the dark pines of Maine. to the far offjoouth of the (.olumbia river, and gave all, that God enabled them to give. Hut above and around the graves of heroes who died for glory and not for gam. speculation is busy, reaping, its double the South, Spirits of Turpentine reached -and harvest from the hallowed blood which they shedj retained during the j whole of that inhumanly ! From statements and calculations which were j and barbarous war the extraordinary hih price J presented in figures! and facts, to jwhich Mr 1 of six dollars per gallon, notwithstanding every ! Voorhees challengesi scrutiny, th ptupendous i nook and-corner of Kurope was drained of all ' amount of S1.5C0.55S.05C. was the sum total and places for selling property House Mr Barnett Board, of. PuWic v It . make certain reports Charities, passed. ; I The bill to amend an act to establish the days uudcr execution, ; introduced a bill post- the Auditor to furnish the Senate, without de lay, a detailed report as to the manner the three thousand anid eighty dollars aud seventy-three cents was paid out for labor on the Capitol square tin to the end of the last fiscal year, and also a similar! statement up to date, which was adopted:! !..... Mi. - . ! t n. , . n.i . J he bill to require a return Dy justices oi me Peace of all criminal actions disposed ot by them to the Clerk jof the Superior Court, passed. ITocse Mr; French introduced a bill defining the powers and 1 duties of Constables in certain cases.: Lies OTr. ; ; ;- ' ( . :: . " . " ! ! ! : '" ! ;; The Senatelbill to abolish the office of State Prin ter was taken up. ; H - J ;.': 'J'! I M. "'!: The question recurred upon the motion of Harris of Wake, col.,to postpone until the Committee ap- poniug until 1872 thct collection of. taxes torthe pointed to investigate;the alleged mismanagement of nunvise i i ihvihi' mifrcsL 1111 iiie uuuuu uv . mi nuouc unuuutr buuuiu uin&c a icwu tu u r r i - n , r - i x x . Kurope the Turpentine money could purchase for the American market, and Bcnxine. obtained from Petroleum, wan as far as poible ud as its tub stitute for niobt purposes iu painting. Icave out of the question the millions of dullars worth of Vcllow-Pine Lumber, the Cot ton, the Uicc, the Corn, the Tobacco. Sec. &c which is now counted as a part of our indebted-i ncs when not one cent, as he proved, ever left.' the pockets of the speculator or-.fVmnd its way into the treasury of the country. The sum total of. what the bondholders actually did loan, did advauce upon the bonds of the government from! 18G2 to 1SC3. was 91.371.424.238. j Compare annually exported froiu "The Glorious Old North ' the amount which the government did I receive State." it should uot le f.rgottrn that it was in ! with the amount for:which our bonds are out-- North Carolina where Gold was first discovered in this country and mined in paying quantities to the amount of millions without scarcely standing, and we find the following result: Amount of debt, which has no j consideration. making an iuipres:ori upon the incalculable mil- Amount which was paid for lions of that precious; metal, which a beneficent j I : i Providence has derailed within her limits, and Kxrcss of ln.nns and usurv over S1.55Q.55S.95G; 1.371.424.23S contracted either before or since the war. ;Ile- ferr'ed to the Committee en Finance. ji ' Mr Welch introduced a .resolution expressing thenense of the' members" of the General Assenip bly that their term of office expires on the! 1st Thursday of August, 1870.- I On motion of 31 r Snipes the bill to amend section 1'.) of the act concerning Guardians jmd Wards Was taken up and passed its several 'i 1 i - j r T i?Esr ay, Feb. 8L House. , i Mr French moved to amend by mnkinjr it the special order for Friday next at 11 o'clock. : Harris of J Wake, colored, accepted Mr French's amendment, j . ; j.,. ';' :l Mr Downing favored the postponement, Messrs.! Tou and Inerani opposed it. Mr Painter had the; following statement read from readings. the Clerk's deak : 1809. J j'-' April, to ' warrant May, " -. S June 44 ! 44 July, " !(' Aug, ,4 which, ere lung will attmct (.Id and Hiamoiolj a greater to her furor of bosm of; uiimmra- thc actual debt, I- - 5179.134.718 yi r Oorlices asked for a n ir.-ill! in th 1ij.I . : .1 n .1 - i j r ' . . . .. . nun unu e nigeu(in me ioom p-umy u.t ... , tt rv of constitutional I Governments. California. North Carolina h n. t only the oriir- ; i 'n,- res;H..nt Imko $..trar ..f inal Gold and IHamotid yielding State, but was the pitneer Sfa'e in making Wine, as my be seen by referring to he l. S. Census Returns in 182t)-30. Ac. - I . ! Jfa correct hitory of wine-maki2r in this .Country is ever written, it must heirin by stating the historical fact " that . when Great Napoleon the First w about to be batched and inipri- ealculablo sum "of S4.470.91 8.930,, an amoui 7 , , , T ' V " , equai 10 one-nun oi ine enure property oi tne of M. Helena, by iho cowardly and disgraceful !itcj $taicS. This Scheme of plunder pnv edict of the unholy Allied Powers, a iiun.Wy of . t.ja;Iljed hy h& Executive is destitute of . the' layoruc anuuevoiea uenerau ocggcu in vain h ,.,1,1 MiMH.rt e t ier in enuitv or law. He The President, in the interest oflwealth and j the capitalist, ond -.against, the equality and4 j rights of labor, ranged himself on theiside of the j heartless , monopoly and against the )owly poor.; I lit the interest of fraud and usury heunouuces j a pi j u of p-iying the debt, which, if carried out.! ; the toiling tax-payer, will be compelled to pay; for that less than ?1.40O.UOO.O00 thd almost in- amount lor rrnusston to accoinjviny their great com mander into exile, their prayer being refused ' they came to this hiue for the politic-il exiles of stated that the inteiest bearing debt when the! last administration closed was 82.049. 975. 700.' The Secretary of the Treasury stated a few days "" r1" j - aj;o inai now was $..hiu,uiii'.uuv; an increa.e ojn arms, every one of the then .W States . fff5o.ti24..)(M). This fs a stublx.rn fact. While the Senate on last Fjriday, signed by Messrs. ' Oct,,' Sweet, Fovkner, Moore of Yancey, Moorejl of . Nor., Carteret: Colcrrove. Haves. Smith and Blvthe, 1 1870. was eutercd upon the Journal. i Mr Weiker. from the Committee . on Educa-j tion. reported favorably on the resolution pro-I posmcr to raise a committee to investiirate and a t t report in reference to the interpolation of an tofestablish n system of Public Instruction. sThe resolutiu passed.! Mr Sweet -introduced a bill to protect the tercstsof the State as a Stockholder in the North Carol iua Railroad Coinnany. Referred. u kict m- Jan. Feb. ISfiO. Dec, ' Mr Taiiiter isaid there was seyernl thousand dol lars yet to come, and: ere this month was out the amount would 'probably be swelled to some;$40.0K7. IT a inrtifi 1ia lf Aiiczn tiftnl'1 AnnfiiHui. tliia onrtrTn mi a supplemental 'to an act relating to the salaries o(' amount entailed upon the tax paying people of the i Mr I.ov44 iniriMlneed a bill amendatorv ot -and i officers, j This! bill fixesUhe salary of he i State, an tha members would tal ary of State. Superintendent of Public I thif evil h 5hf inunediate(passage - ..l . .1. I - A rnli heinir tn kn. the motion t State becret Instruction and Auditor at S1.5U(i each, and the Superintendent of Public Works at $1,250 (These officers are nowjpaid S2.400 each jper vear.") also reduces the i number of messengers per bill, it IC $1,204 48 i;940 66 ( f 366 08 ,2.845 82 "2.482 96 .1,323 83 '4,912 35 3,142 62 readv a nottulation ever ready j - r r , . r . -j ' . 4'strflnne .r,Mla " and do thei honors to cienca r,.an 4V,.. Aietriut Urui' I This Bpecies of flun- a4-J v u A A vra-M am v m w -f & kevism is not so j common j as some oth are the devotees .jpf n few ideas half as numerous as the men worshippers, who run after princes and rend the airj with loud shouts for crowned heads.,. If Queen Victoria feels complimented on account of the distiujniished honors paid to hfer son Arthur, she exhibits the true nature of a l 'it - -i : . - r J . 1 niotner, wherever sucn a aame, is to ue munu. I But how simple m'ust appear our own people to the boy prince himself, who is feasted and toasted, and led around bv our "big men," with their fingers in his; royal button holes ! We scarcely give iutcj the idea, that this little sprout of nobility is non cvmjtoa mentis, as has been suggested by some ofj his interviewers. His be havior has been jveryf good, and he has learned one trait of character which we doubt not was taught by his . mamma before he set sail, for America, and thit igj that a itill tpngue is evi dence of a souudlniind for tie has only spokeu when interrojrated, lind raised his hat when cheered ! , " ' - ' j ' "I ;.'- Jj 'j 'I The Prince has his keepers cautionary step1 and may 'operate to put him through his American tour without dishonoring his' noble mother j! But his keepers have acted unwisely in '"giving out," that the boy would ba taken to church, ?s the sequel will prove, for he become the "gazed hi," on ,?uuday last, by over two thousand of thq elite ofj" New York who gathered at Trinrty Church an hour before the commencduieut of worship1. I SRright eyes and beating heats greetecf bim,1 J and after the choir sung the p hising doxcllogy, jthe vulgar crowd that lined Broadway tirew up their hats as the car riage .that contained Ifis Royal Highness passed to his boaiding h'ousel r j i Such is fluukevism in thex'ity of New York ---and such is the ctiaracter of a lanre class olf people who call themselves i Americans and we have no hope th it will ever be different. ! Grinnell, BelmonL Stroughton and other and it id only fair to sup ' i hospitality (!) will meet sanction of the i masses lialeuih This is a "pre- Nearly as bad as Tiik Ku Ivlix.j , Toiirgee has sentenced two colored tnemberi the League and a colored woman to be hnn the erm of Orange Superior Court, now in 8 11 sipnfancf granted a new trial to another coldly womanwho was found guilty by the jury. tv. two Leaguers are Bob Green aud Tom Von who murdered Blalock, on Christmas la- .i other, Henry Maloy with several aliatet, coun ted with the same murder, will be tried' to and will, no doubt, join the other two in II' march of "old JobusBrowo.r' . j The woman Jinny Green, waa ronvictej r the murder of her husband souie eighteen inom ago, and Jane Davis, the one, who obtained, new trial was convicted as accessary to the um If Maloy should be convicted, of which thera little doubt, it will makebwr whom Ilia II0D will seutence to swing. This is almost as bad the ku klux, and if he don't mind he will LaT the militia after him. Raleigh Sentinel. Schedules. IT RAILfcOAD. NORTH-CAROLINA The Mail Train on this. Road now runs ai follovi Leave Goldsboro, going West, at Arrive at Greensboro, " at Charlotte, Leave Charlotte, going East, at Arrive at Greensboro, : at Goldsboro, 8:30 p m 4:57 a. a. 10:00 4:30 p. MO -5:0 a. m. CTLAR , COL. & AUG RAILROAD. The Mail and Passenger Trains over this l!o4 now runs. as follows: . Arrive at Charlotte, 4:20 p tn. 5.161 : I 398 04 21 $23,833 05 wealthy, men lead off, pjose that their acts o Standard. DR. E. C. ALEXANDER, ! Charlotte, Jn.C, 2,527 1891 a 09 i Offers his services jas Physician i to the citizens of Charlotte and Surrounding country. Office nearly oppositl Charlotte Hotel. I 'Dr. Alexander uiakca a good Cough Mixture, better than any . PatentjIedicinc! Try it. Leave Charlotte, (going South,) 10:15 a. ui. Dissolution. The copartnership heretofore .'existing betwe ALKXANDEK & BLAND is duioNed by muta: consent. The practice of Dentistry will be continued ty Dr. M. Ji. BLAND at the the Charlotte Hotel. The unsettled business of the late firm will b left with mcut. . A. a Hie office, opposite A; W.iAleiander nA Dr. Bland for uU. W.; ALEXANDER A. BLAND. A Card. Having determined to remove Wefct, I (sice plcnrt in recommending to my friends and patrons Dr. M. A. BLAND, who has been associated with me forth past year in the practice of Dentistry. t He is a gu tleman, skillful in his profession and in everv iy worthy the confidence of the public. " - Jan 17, 1870 lm A.l W. ALEXANDER. Feb 7,1870. that members would take steps1 to cease of this bill. . i the motion to postpone until A vote being taken, Friday was adopted. Rexatk the Super Thitbsdav, Feb. 10. i Mr Blythe introduced a bill to authorize ntendent of; Public Works to sell i Public and clerks (now nix in uutuber in the Executive Lots in the City of Raleigh belonging to the State1. nflicc. receiviug S4.O00) to two, with the pay of j Referred. j ; , j J j Air Jones, oi ; waKe lntronucen a Diii ro iprorect hine fide conveyances of land in certain cases. Re- Sl."i00. of State Takes two1 clerks from the Secretary I 111 1 I Will IIC 11 MU . UIIV. V'UW j - i f ii'ii- y : irom tne cuperinienaent ni j uuuc jusirucuoa Mr Burns and Superintendent itjl ubhc Hoiks and Jeaves j ronds of the clerical f.rce as it was in June. 18G8. Files ! alludes to vulva mem a welcome ami the prciicr oi pecu- iaXi,tii.ii is mountain hiuh the debt lis actually I risiui; higher. Mr Voorhet-s contended that our; debt should be paid in strict accordance the I niarv aid 1m ill 111 tiiimv- mnl biinl ('nno-rrSQ I patted a vitc of wch'n-e in their hchalf and they became tnily the Nation' :uestf. In that ! vote they were tendered public land to be re jected at tlieir pleasure, and pecuniary aid was likewise offered them by our National Ijeinla ture. l"iider.thoie rircunihfanccs. it is to he presumed they made choice of and settled inthe ! inofct desirable State, which was North Carolina, j : where they conAnenced the culture of rrapc3 and made wine upon an extensive ecale. which was transported at frreat expense in warons to the seaport of Charhton. South Candina. and thence hhipped to the ports of loton Philadelphia and New ,Y'rk, where it readily sold at hih prief in those low. price days. To this should i le addetl the further fact, that North Carolina is th home of the Isabella and nnmerous other of the best wineyieldinp jrrapes in the known world. J'lease pardon the length of my letter, as it has been written from the fullness of a heart that ever has been and I trust ever will be readv to national with the' contract whether it be rold or preen backs, aud as Thad Stevens said : to contend that the five-twenty bonds are payable in jrold 'was a swindle and a robbery. In conclusion he made a mot eloquent and pathetic appeal for a plan to change the existing state of things: He plead in the interest of the laborer, of the maimed andWouuded soldier, in the namcof the widow and- orphan, and in the name of eternal justice, and iu behalf of the mighty interests of the country, whose Iani;uihii)x energies it would revive, whae drooping trade it would restore, wht-sc I'.iiuting industries it would imbue with new lite. ! '' ; 1 . " I ) i The figures and arguments presented by 3Iri t'x'inas 111 ins j;rauu expose 01 me. ua:rani cheat tha; is imposed on the nation by the Radi cal capitalists are unanswerable. - The' clarion voice of the young orator and ttatesmao of the lVit, estea. ana I "J Vi'"J:S'",' ,K, yi'iiiiiiii''i'oviy 1 j . i : 1 u,u K..,Mfor ut ..nf'rPPino- ftM r.orUv tA rom seiung or. leasing any , portion 01 ineir j u me voiuimpiMuoeip. anu inat ui puc Mr Tiarhps intrrvdiieed a fixed bv the Commissioners, and that of the I Clerk of the Hoard of Trusfees not to exceedj $2 i per day, to be fixed by the Trustees. . lief erred j On motion of. Jlr Jones, of .Viecklenburfr, vote was reconsidered by which the bill to amend i an act creating one million of preferred stock iu the North Carolina Railroad Company was I re-j jected, and on his motion the bill was laid on the table, ' ; ; j The bill to provide for the election of members of the General Assemblj" passed its second read ing, ordered to be printed aud made the spetia! order for Tuesda3 next, j 1 House On motion of Mr Pou, Mr Welch's resolution declaring it to be the sense of it he introduced a bill concerning the Kail- North Carolina. Referred. , This bill those Poads in which the State is inter- probibits the officers or directors of said I Stoves, Tin; Japanned and j - H O L k o w nr ARK, AT WIIOLlSALi: AXD RETAIL, Opposite Thos. 11. Tate;& Thosl Wj. Dewey's Banking House, J ryou btreet, . r Charlotte, : ROOFING, (GUTTEiUNG promptly attended o. f ' Feb. 7, 1870. j GEO. N. C. and KEPAlRlN'G P. 1 1) A O UG H E R T Y. tatoes. JL SLWHJF and a ceived at fFeb 7,1870. V BAR RE US OF IRISH POTATOES, tie lot of country H:uns just re- . J. BLACK'S. Cotton Seed. A" few Georgia. Feb 7, a m WlllCll r:l!lt' t irmiirh tl.i Hull in fnnnt -Melt at others wccs. but mot especiallv d'es i,;.i ..I ,, .i . v t i . uniai.icu i lie tit i-rriii ion til i lie it sympathise and accord with the oppressed and dowD-trotlden of all cnlibtened white peoples, f I remain you rs j Samit.i. W. lEWF.r. Fartbicihe. We I.carn from a friend that Frank K. Allred fatally stabbed his brother. Tol bert Allred. in a hous of ill-fame, near Marion, on the night of the 2d ukimo, in a drunken frolic. Frank and Tolbert, a nephew. Isaac Alfred ami (there had met for a general prce. and at a late hour the party had broken up.leavingthc Albcds, when the dificulty ariethat ended in the death tof Tollert, who was buiiel "n the 10: h. War jTants were issued for the two Alln-ds, by Jus tic iliggins, but they had left for pails un knowu.jA'wi'Acrr YiviKratot. attention of galleries, while the members on the floor ceased their usual hum and. listened attentively to the arguments that, deservedly; .demanded their 'at tention. Mr Voorhces has done the country a great seivice in laying open so clearly a subject of snch vital import aud one that all the efforts and aims ot Kad.cal.aiu has beeu to stlSe, uloss . e over or inisrepresent. VlBOIXIA. The Governor sent to the Legis lature. a pnpplcruentary mosne re at g to the j r utine of State m-tters. In n f erring to the J difbeulty f finding J udges i:ot disualifi d : by i the 14th amcudmeiit. he recommeud that Con- ' gie-sb petitioned for a geneial removal of d!.a- li.itie. , i i Washirrton Tfpms ' The President has' nominated J. P. l?radlcy of New Jersey, and Win. Strong of Pennsylvania, nssoeiate justices of the U. Supreme Court. Opposition to the confirmation of Rradley is strong. The oppositiou waut a Judge from the South. j" j i. j A number of Treasury Cotton cases from thi i Court of Claims wns taken up for aniument in le Supreme Court ou the 8th iust. j ; These 1 cases were brought under the caritured and I abandoned propertv act' of 18G3: and inrolri ' various questions lesides tire question of thei date ot the rebellion., i I J I !T'h..'('.,n...;(..a n ir... a t ! 1.- 111 Uicmbeis of the General Assembly that their .i f ii i term of i ffice expires bu the first Thursday August, 1870, was taken up. 'J hid created some debate and before a Vote was reached the special order was announced, to wit: - A'; bill to repeal Certain sections of the- public laws of 1SG8 '09. This bili rejiealsjall the sections that levies a special tux to pay i in terest on special tax bonds. ' Mr Jarvis took the flar in support of this bill. lie said there was no constitutional objection to the passage of the bill calling attention to sec tion 1, article 8. When these acts were passed the Legislature was the contracting party on the one side and the companies on the other, aiud when the companies accepted these amendments' to their charters, they ;ook this section as a pprt of the contract, aud more than that, the pur chasers id" these bonds, bought them with the provisions of this section staring them in the lace. Now if there was no constitutional objec tions to the passage of the bill then the question was wliet her it was prudent to pass it. Mr Jarvis went on showing the burdened mid distressed condition t the people and the cracl bardh!ps which thisf special tax system had work id upu them, nud the reckless and uncon- Atitujional manner in which this vast amount ofj debt jhad been contracted. He tinrued at length1 hill to niinish' cotton 1 thieTes. Referred, .- (il ! , - : 1. 1 I I. A. H. Galloway, col.;, introduced a resolution pro- I posing to pay but of the per diem of members $100 the; Reporters of the two daily papers of Referred. l ' I ! "l to each of Raleigh. Mr Smith, of Wilkes, thought it wns not worthy of a reference, j He thought it was wrone for tpe Sen ate to entertnin such a foolish proposition lit was simply contemptible and insulting. S j j I , 1 he bill to appropriate certain Iannfl to the Itoar Of Education was postponed indefinitely on motion of Mr Barnes. 1 i i . n i I bushels of for sale at 1870, fine Prolific Cotton Seed from i- : iihlt" - ' J - McMURRAYj : DAVIS & f'O S. GASTON PAUL, Job Printer, Solicits share of the JOIJ PRINTING of the com- munity. As he confines himself altogether to JtiR WORK, he car. guarantee sat i fact iou jiu rrgsrato cheapness and dispatch. j " i j Office up stairs in the wooden building, adjoining the Springs Row, on Trade streef. J Jan 24, 1870. ; .''. J NEW: GOODJ A new lot of 10 aud 11 quarter Sheeting, llracWJ and brown. ; ' ' ) ' j A large lot of ltleached Domicstjc. 1 A large lot of Prints at 12 cents per yard A large lot of all kinds of Dry Goil.i.i Hosiery, Gloves. Hoop Skirts, lilraorsl ISlirti, and everything in the way of White tiootie. Clothing Coats, Pants, Shirts. PiaWers. Ac", tt 11ARRI.NGEU &. WOLKE8. NEW STORE Hardware. Locks. Ilbiges. Hammers, Aaeurs. rhsels, Fsw, Plains of every kind, and a large lot of 'Iocs of tL bestmake. . BARKING Elt &2 UOLKE. " " I Blacksmith's Tool$. Bellows, Screw Plates, Anvils. Vices, l',lrknmitli Hammers, aud every thing wanted ty Itlaekiiniib. IBARRINGER i . .... i i 1 And N e w Go o d s We "are now veccivine' a complete assortment of I GROCZIUEs l,l ' PjW VISIONS, All new and fresh! and will! keep iu connection Urains or an Kinos,) fertilizers, &c, which we offer to the wholesale and retail trade ai the lowest market price, consisting in part, of r lour, 4! HOI.FL. i Iron A large lot of Plow-Moulds, and Wagoft and Cmrpy Tyres, for sale by , j if Jan 31, 1870. BARRING EU &f WOLI'i:. 1 SPRINGS' CORNER. IIorsF. i-Mr Ragland introduced a resolution re questing the Speaker to appoint a Committee of five to draft a bill for the relief of the people. Referred. Mr Moo-e of Alamance, introduced a bill to exempt practising: physicians from working on public roads and serving ini the militia, i Lies over. j . l j Mr Malone introduced a bill to facilitate appeals in Ptate cases.1 Referred. f j . -j .j i Mr Downing wished to . know why the Committee of the Vhle did not prosecute their investigations. Dr. Sloan, President of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad Company, was in t he city. V ! i Th.e bill to! consolidate the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company and the North Carolina Uailroad Company was indefinitely postponed. ;j ' I I '' 'T i Fbiuav, Feb. 11 pf.xate-(-i in motion ot .nrftweet the rules were suspjended in order to take up the bill to protect the interests of the State as a Stockholder in the North Carolina Railroad Company. Messrs. Sweet, Love. Jones of Mecklenburg,! and Robbins spoke in favor ofthebillJ Messrs. Weiker. ; Graham and Jones of Wake, opposed it. The bill finally passed its third t Bacon, n 1 -r ! . ' L.ard, Corn, Wheat, Oats, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Teas, Snuff, Crick lts. Buckwheat, I b ihti Grits, Meal, Soda, RiCe, Peas, Sajt, Tejpp ci, er. Pills! Pills!! Ayer's. Strong's, Brand reth's. Deems. -Hollows r. Willow Ware, Wright s and peucer's Pills atf f Dried Fruit, K1LUORE A t UHETtlN S. f Tobacco, Cheese, . Ties, . Fertilixers, Raisins, Candy, Spice, Ac. Q". Thankful to our friends for past liberal pat ronage, we shall endeavor to make it for your interest favor us with a renewal and continuance of . the to same lobe engrossed and sent to . l- rt-ading. was ordered the House IIocsE.-4-The motion to reconsider the vote bv which the bill consolidating the Atlantic and j N. C-. R. I. Compmiy, and theN. C. R. R Company, was indcfiuitely postponed, was considered. 1 Mr Gunter moved to lay on the table the motion ti reconsider. The yeas alud nays being called, the; House rejected the motion! by a vote of yeas 13 nays 58." The mo- a vole and free of charge. Jan 31, 1870. Horse and Cattle Powders. Wood's and Foutx's Horse land Cnttle Powdon at -w KILGORE k CUllETO.N' S. T Family supplies dwiverod'at any point in the City R. ! M. MILLER & SONS. College Stl, Charlotte, N. W A ND O Mining and ; ,:; JOUX It Manufacturing Co., D DllLECTOHS. was then put to j-howi!ir that iu view of the undeniable fart that 1.1 Tne lonimiftce on ays and Means, heard .....1 .!m ub k. nrf.w.;nlA ..e wh!kV dilcJitlon 111 favor of ipxtfiidm ' i J' .1. . ' .t j I ...1 -.l in . Hllfl I Uc IllllU(rr.ff 111 Lllf. Olll IHMII1M M1IIH1II the State having received from them the par value ot tne oonOM. ana was now receiving benefits accruing from the expenditure of that n in- favor of extending ! aJ Equity, ent.njr that IfJ.OOO.OOO ; be 'd, tlu J sometime longer urgimg arguments in '1 ne eiaoi.!nnn'in 01 an .hvium lor insane colored monh" is recMiiiifndcl. ! Hi also ii the Jiitny excellent chains in the adiuiiii.tratioii id" -l,ic ,iu,e ,;,r hond. representin the ciiu.nil bir of the State. ; gallons oi whifkey now in Imd would not be c ' r ; j ready for market under three jears. and that the ; RoTTESXFM IN TnK IUciiNSTnt rTr.il States. ; present pivment of Ui would involve many1 Governor Heed, of Florida. Ila been found , holder?.- The arguments seemed to impress the ! fruilljr of eharires on which a ; committee of the 1 Committee favorably, j i j i-'Iorida l eb-Utuie call fir bis iuipcch uuut. ! (The c:tse of Ilcphnrn vs. Griswold. brought t'oosidejiug the btate of affairs iu iuiiaua, : from the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, involv- ! .vieurgia, ana in is case iu rionui, auu the d-mhts ing the legal tender law, ha been decided in the i the yeas aud navs being called! the motion was eviaccd-b radical in C.Vugrcw over the aduiis-1 U S. Supreme Court. ' Chief Justice I'liaRe-de- : p-ejected. ? -j i ion , of Virginia aud .Miksippi, we u.ust come ; livcred the opinion of the Court, sustaining the ; $ .Mr lawman moved I to amend bv exceptiL to the coucluion that . recou.-tructiou, althou-h decision of the lower Court. that a contract un Luwi 111 ,nr.F a.1 I i..vr. ..5 uecessful in some thibzs is Uot a iK'rfcct Woik. before the hvral tender law mnld n,.tk. r u cmn ... CU SO bv Its makers. ! ln.rop,l In thi ITnill Ztmtc ,t ! ! t. . . 1 : j c . l money. 51 r J. continued for various legal and constitutional .tavor of his pn 'position.' j Mr Ame moved to Jay the bill on the tabfle aud is not considered so by its makers. tiono reconsider adopted Hr Malone ofFercd the following substitute for the bill: Sec. l.jThat it shall be lawful for the Siock holders of the N-C. R.i R. Company, 'at a meeting to le called an d held as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, according to the charter and by-laws thereof, to transfer to the Atlantic A'N.jC K. R Company all that portion of the S." C ; R. R. bi-tween G ld!boro" and the passinger c c pot at Ra leigh, with all he rights, franchises ai d privileges owned and possessed by the sai 1 road therein, &c. The mall er i was referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. - : : "1 ..' , I ''. j :r The bill to abolish the office of State Trinter was passed. - j ; . -" j .'1 ; j j - WES President. ReV.j JAMES P. EOVCE, I Ij. D. MOffKl, PELZER.i J. D. AIKEN. GEO. E. GIBBON. F tctory Eal End Uqzet St.3fine$, on A hlry litter, CHARLESTON. S. C. Just Arrived, liegeman's Ferrated Elixir of if ark, and) liegeman's Chlorate of Potash Troches, at I KILGORE St CU11LTOX S. Still Greater Inducements .Offered AT I , I . BEATTIE'S FORD. $15,000 Worth of AT Good? Offered almost COST! April next, 'brought to WANDO Recommended by Agricultural manure for Cotton, Wheat, Com and other Grains, JuojtTAKT to Distiller. Conmnsioncr Delano has instructed collectors and assessors to proceed at onee to carry into effect his rulings (concerning the fermenting periods iu '-masho1') in their respective district, and to make assess ments on the re surveys recently made from aud afler the date on which the copy of rc-survey is aenverea o ipc uisuiicr; ana, aisfo, in auy dis trict where rVsurveys have .not been completed "to carry them .forward to completion without IdeJar.- , . ; j The opinion is very long aud discusses at great j a Turnpike Road from M ; length the powers of ('ongress.1 It holds that y, to jAsheville, Kuncomb , Congress Tiad no right to make the government J accepted the amendment. interest on bonds issued for the construction iof arion, McDowell coun- ncombe county. 31 r Jarvis noteH a- legal tender ! for pre-existing private j ilr; Vestal moved to amend by excepting sec debts. It d.a not touch the question of con- , tion 4, chapter 32. from the provisions of the bill, tracts made since the law was passed. j f'fhi section levies a special tax of one twentieth This opinion was concurred in by Justices i of one ncr cent to nav interest on bonds insni-d vi m:tj 1 T7- n t .... . . , r. .... J . ; eioa. viiuuiu nu r em. justice .uiiier de- to the jNorth Western A. (;. IL 11.1 liverea tne minority opinion concurred in by Messrs. Vest, Ingram aud Justice opposed the .iuwicw cwjjiic auu j'aris. noiaing me law to whole bill. j be entirely constitutional ; treating it principally J Mr;French spoke in opposition and concluded as an incident" to the war power. 1 moving to poMpone for one week. ! A Wonderful Southern Disco very! In the Mtutb where LiTer complaint and bilious diseases prfevaif 0 so grent an extent, there has long been felt a need of a medicine thst would act tpecifi ealh on thd Littrr restoring it to its normal, func tions, and t the same time is safe from after effects, and yet so simple that it might be used hy any one. It isclaimejltbat DR. TUTT'S VEGETAbLE LIVER PILLS supplies this want. They act directly on the L.iTer; mer constant use will not injure in the slightest degree the most delicate constitution. Females atl any period ( may use them I with great benefit, and realize great relief from' th distressing nausea which it hey experience at j certain times. These pills jare not recommended as a unirersal cure all, but simply for diseased LiTer, and those mala dies which ffolUw a derangement of t that important organ, such as lyspepsia. Sick Headache, Indiges tion, Loss of Appetite. Costiveness, Tiles, Jaundice, Sour Stomach, Ladies Heartburn. Chills and Fever. Foul Breath, Restlessness at night, and Flatulency. FERTILIZER, Ground Ashley Chemists as a special River if.: HOSPH ATE 1 h-L-1. 1 -For; 1e h 1 WILLIAM C. Fix o js la. , t o - - 11'ri a m I ttw y- liUU h. , DUKES GENERAL AGENTS, . 1 & CO., fTo. 1 South Atfnntir Wharf, C II A R L. B Feb 1870 W. L SPEIXOS. These invaluable Pills may be found in Store of any note in the South and West Feb. 14. tevery j Drug Springs, com Mission . i ;''.' i -!. 'i RROUGf Agents m We beg to inform our friends; and Ihe public 'gen erally. Itiat Horn this data to the first of we will sell Goods almost at Cost Prices. - Our Slock is as large as has ever been! thia place, and consists of almost eTeTV article of merchandise We invite special attention to our large Socks of I " 1 Groceries, Boots and Shoes. Many articles we will sell at actual Coit, such as Ueady-Made Clothing. Hats and Caps. Dctaines, ke. Now is the time to buy your touls furling con fident that by purchasing from Us you cat aave from 15 to 20 per cent, and 'tis a true saying tbat a dol-. lar saved it a dollar made." j" I . Keeolleet the time given to buy your ((fooJs at such reduced prices is only two short months, as we will certainly resume our regular prices on the first day of April. We say to all. embrace the opportu nity given and save money by it j - 4 Selling Goods at such, reduced prices, wp are com-' polled to sell strictly for Cash. 1 Uou't Hunk of ask ing for eretlii. Jau 31, 1870 4w t Old West FRUIT TREES CU LP, CON NO It i CO. Green S j SPRINGS, at Charlotte, X.' 1 ' C. Nursories- rvi SALE AT THE OREEN8BOHO' NURSERY. 1 A' large stock of choice "FRUIT TREEd. consist- ing of Dwarf aud Standard reaches, Pears, Apples, Plums, Ac. , ' j I All orders left at' Scarr'a Drug Store, .Charlotte, or rorwarueu to . J. Tunrley, tSnperintendent Greensboro Nursery, Jf. C, will have prompt atten tion. CP. MEN DEN HALL, Jan 31, 180. i l'roprietor. JAMXK OSBOKSE. i i . Osborne t. w. SPKISt-S. & Co., MERCHANTS, 1 25 North Wafer Street, Fljiladelphia. 1 Consignments of Yms, Tobapco. Dried Fruits ai.d Southern produce generally, soUcittd. r Prompt re turns'made. . . i j 1 ' " ' , ! I We hav made" special arrangements to sell Cotton Tarns to au advantage, and solicit ! consignments of the same Oatea 4 Ca., Burro.ughs Si I? M Holt k Co., and i BErEEE&CCS -R , Springs, WJ Yates N. C. M L Wriston & Co., L.Iiter'df Western Democrat, Charlotlr, rtw.i tuivi ... ; , 1 State of North Carolina, Gaston county. ' Superior Court. James J. Wbitesides, Administrator of Samhel White sides re. Samuel Wilson, el. a I. Petition to Sell Land. ; f ! It appearing ti the salisfaction'of the Cbnrl. that Thomas Wbitesides, James Wbitesides, W. K. White sides, Moses Wilson and John Wilson, defetiaiiti in the above stated proceedings, are non-reaidents of the Slate, it is ordered that publication be made, for six weeks in the "Western Democrat," for the above named defendants to be and appear before, said Court, at office in the Town of Dallas, on the first Monday in April, 18.70, "or judgment pre coiy'tiso will be taken as to them. Witness, E. II. Withers, Clerk; of onr said Court at office in Dallas, January 20ih.!lK70. UOTCwnd . II. WITHERS. C. r. m " m f 1 I rl to sev f1vnt prove thattkl tratH ' ; r thai if SiiJ r I i t r. 1 1!, I'ruti Iak a hoi 1 1 trulj live i 'H i.i-ip. tuep alvt COSII aUoi ical AI C-w. Vatii wet g;n 1 Wa I tive 1 v' . ' Il-c pie sr fmn tot we - w 1 rid ocr sir. t' tii, it ! pet 'ii 1 i t. tit jl'r x , " 1 w 1 v ; f i d t S' V 1 I f J i I I i 1 I - 1 1 t I j t
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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