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Ke Kaylotte.gmocrttt, &Kavloite, X.C. THE DEMOCRAT. yl. J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. April 25, 1871. The City Election. The election for City Officers will be held on the ()f jav All voters must be registered before tin' ('av. Ti c following arc the nominees of the Conscrva- ?ive party : For Mayor--Gen. J. A. Yocxo. For Ahhrmen. Ward No. 1 Dr F Sear r, Samuel P Smith, R 51 Ward No. 2 Ii E Cochrane, II C Eccles, W II Houston. V',r.l So. 3-S I' Meacham, T W Dewey, W W W ir l X- 4 A Cohen, S B Alexander, J S Phillip. The vote on the new City Charter will be held on W.dmIay next. 1 1 - The next Presidential Election. Villi" ' lotion fur President does not oc- ur until I'm: Fall of 172, many of the political lepers of the connt y have commenced discussing ,,,. ,;il)jcct who shall be the Democratic candidate, nil- re t ie Convention shall be held, &c, &c. The following names have been mentioned as nn !.;!( -i f r the democratic nomination : Charles l'ra;; i-t A'l.ims and Joiin Quincy Adams, of Mussa ( li ivlt-i; (iineial Hancock of Pennsylvania ; Gov . r:i'T Kr.'-di:i of Connecticut; Thomas A. Hendricks if bulimia; Senator Tminnan of Ohio; Gen. Frank p. iilairof Missouri; Governor Haightof California; i;,.,,r'- W. Cass of Pennsylvania; Thomas V. Gar ret. President of the I liti.a re and Ohio Iliiilro.nl, avl '(i eol-.-e 11. lVle.'.letoli of Ohio. At the proper Vine we presume Judge Chase's liiitne will lie brought forward. He is an old-line Mate's Bights I)eii:oer.j!, and one cf the ablest men i:i tin- eoiiiiln . National Affairs. The rejection by the L. S. Senate ot the Lull grant- j hm' amnesty to a large number of Southern men who are now prevented from holding office, shows :i rv had an 1 prescriptive spirit on the part of the Kejiuhlieaii majority which controls Congress. Then-fore it heronies the duty of every man who u.nti- to re-e.-,tahlis!i equal rights to white men and n-ifor." the Government to the hands of men i : ii i i i ll i! 'iic 1 by party spite and malice, to do every t liie; lie c m in a legitima'e way to Pun out tli -pii: now in power in Washington. The Norfolk Journal makes th'c following perti nent remarks on the subject: There has never been an hour in the life of the Republic demanding more calmness, fortitude, anil heroic devotion to our liberties and our land than i'iU, the hour that is passing now. No rational man, not blinded by partisan pasion, can fail to see Mint this government as a government deriving it. jiowej-, from the people, and restrained w ithin the jiniiM of constitutional law, is in rapid process cf il .-tr.a iioii. And there is but oneway tos ive it from itiia.il fall into the ab;,s, that is not tar of, awaiting it. The people, by their votes at the Pre.Tlentid ie( lion, nmt deciiiie for a change of administra te:!. Tuis they will do, if tne opponents of the I arty in power will submit to them such measurts .i- '.v.il inspir" the country with confidence in the '. nuise of the Constitutional artv to restore peace i i J order, and ii.nuy every Wi. ere ; to promote in-j try; to footer trade ; to extend commerce; to i v luce taxation; to lessen the expenses of the gov j tor tJynum to adjourn Cleavelaii. I Court until Tiiur.s ruiuent, and to regard the public good, not the po- j day, and come and assist him in the examin-.tiou of r.iietns grceu. Tne Constitution as it is should be the basis of t'.c Conservative platform for ihe Presidential elec tiou. It has oeen accepted by tne country for ' bet ter or worse ;" an 1 no p.u ty can succeed by muiu ttiin .g tuiit the late amendments are null and void 'I'm s amendments are among the results of the w.u ; and good or bad, rigut or wrong, whether Ii mi ol lo:ce or ir.-e wni, tuey are lucre; we are lM..g under them; and an overwhelming majority t !.! vote-, of the country will be cast against any oi.ulidatc wiio may be committed to a repeal of iin-.u. Our strongest argument i against the lladi cal party are adorned by t.eir violations of the Con Mit.ifiou. Let us not permit tueni to t un our own I ul-, against us. Tuey are daring us to Ihe encoun t rua tuis suicidal issue, and endeavoring by taunts ;md menaces to provoke us into an acceptauce of tne challenge. Miai! we be weak enough to be enticed into the pi'lah the enemy nave prepared for i.s ? Shall we i :.-!i upon the oayonel that is held at our breasts 'i Miali we drink from the ileadly flagon tnal is present ed to our up.-,? In the name of conservatism and rbii liberty, w appeal to tne press of our party to l'e prompt in assuring the country tuat we are con teiuung tor tiie Conluution, an I not against it. Fatal Accipknt. On Thursday evening last, Mr, 1. Lie Alexander, inilier at Mr Pinter's .Mill near this City, met uiiii an accident that caused hi 1 e;itu in ;i .short time. He was closing up tne Mid 'dier night, and in walking across the lioor fell i aroiijr, a slu;1 opening to the ground beneath, a enounce of about U feet, indicting a fatal wound on Lie head. Kn.i.Kp Mr James Richards, (well known in the ' tnuies of Mecklenburg, L'niou and Rowan for the l':i--t 2(1 years.) was killed on tin- Char., Col. & Aug. Hailio.nl on Tuesday last, near Morrow's Turnout. Hie Conductor of the train informs us that he was ' "Id by the brakcnian and four passengers that Mr luehards jumped oil' the platform between the cars Miilr th,. train was going 20 miles an hour. Both 's and one arm were broken, and other injuries uUhied, causing death soon alter being brought to w Iwnie in this Citv. He was about fw vcars old. A Ni:w and PoriLAtt Book. E. J. Hale & N". Booksellers ami Stationers of New York, have j'1"' l'ublished a new Book bearing the title of "u"ild Kssays Among my Books." The author u H"u. W. 15. Reed, former Minister to China. Tue c!t Lditioii was issued on the 13th of April and was Ahausted by the 21st. A second Edition has been ued, and we learn that Mr. Gunnels has or will J ie copi(.s for sale. We have received a copy '"in the publishers, but have not had time to read those who haereadit. commend it to public patronage. fx 1 lie Alinieil Mei'tiniT of tlo Ssliu--L-linldpisa of 1'' Air Line Railroad Company is advertised to be L,1'l in Charlotte on the 2-ltli of May. The Stockholders in the A., T. & O. Road meet in "arlotte on the 'Jth of Mav. We are indebted to D. A. Jenkins, Esq., for Wkft f Sweet Potatoes as sound and nice as bating last Fall New Advertisements. ; af of Property for U. S. Taxes S II Wiley. H 'nunc, uiU. Lc.aa c Wilson & Black. 'IHTty for Salc-J W Wilson, Supt. wn C radios a. Dixon Sweeps Ureal, Brown & Co. ( rU 11 a:ui fitters Smith t Hammond, v:,. 1 l':ls t(,r sale by Sims Jt .McGinn. um e to s(0c:v-ii.,td';r M. L. WrLston, Ch'n. Co-mSii,i!,N ll!:i-ncral debility, Alc. Citv pi . " -v -'icionaiu, lerii. un i ! t..- i ti .. . ... i i . ,i . -Not v. .eeuons c Dowd, Mayor. 'ce to Builders R W AUbon and others, Com- iXt'?' Flour4 &c Stenhouse, Mac&ulay & Co. 11 Claave-land Court. "We stated last week that the report that Judge Logan was afraid to go to Cleaveland county to hold Court was an error, and that the Judge went and opened Court as soon as his official duties permitted. We got our information from one of the best men. in Iititherfordton, and later information proves that we were partly correct and partly wrong in the stut.-ment. The Judge did go to CTeaveland and open Court, but it seems he had previously expressed fear of the Ku Klux, and had so informed the State and National authorities, as the fallowing extract from the proceedings of tne U. S. Senate on the 13th instant shows : Mr re presented a communication from Judge ! Logan of .North Carolina, saying that he was un- j able to hold Court for fear of tneKu Klux, and ask- j ing tor troops to protect him ; also the statements of a large number of the victims (white and colored) of lecent whippings and seourgings in Cleaveland aim aujoining counties ol that State by men wear ing masks. He (Mr Nye) believed the condition of things thus shown, constituted a slate of civil war. These counties were in insurrection to-day. Air Blair said lie did not want the Senator to shed all his tears over North Carolina, but to look at home, lie, therefore, asked for the reading of the proceedings of a vigilance committee in Virginia City, Nevada, and an account of various outrages of recent occurrences in that State. Mr Stewart remarked that the Visilants ot tne Pacific coast, unlike the Ku Klux of the South, had never taken life for political reasons. Mr lilair lurtner quoted lrom the Territorial En terprise, a Republican paper of Nevada, to the effect I that within the last ten years, two hundred murders had been committed in one county of that State, for ! which but two lives had been exacted -as the forf eit I one by law and one by violence." Such renresent.-.tinn tw m,i..i. T,,,! t i and other Southern men caused tne defeat of the Amnesty Bill and prevented the admission of Gov. Vance to his seat in the U. S. Senate. After putting the above in type wc received the Rutherford Vindicator containing a full account of the difficulties in that section, which we copy below : "As many false reports are in circulation, the fol lowing brief resume of the late judicial campaign against the bloodthirsty Ku Klux. is lhadv to be of i interest to our readers. On Thursday evening, the Gth inst., a number of young men less than half a dozen rode out of town on divers errands to see a sick man, to visit a friend, and attend the debate at Union Mcetingllouse. Immediately the apparition of a Ku Klux raid, three hmi'lrpil utritmr irliinn;l t.tt 1 1 ...!;,... I ami -the faithful" "rallied at a certain untiedireU lawyers office to deliberate. Every grade of office hold T, and office-seeker, down to the embryo Justice of the Peace who spells justice with a g, was there in council. The nieetiiur had a verv sombre asnect: but it n suited in the armi- g of a force of nero-'S ! and their white allies of tne loyal persuasion to parade the streets until near daylight to tne intense terror of timid people and lone "females. When we contemplate this action it can be re- j garucd in no other light tnau as an outrage upon the people or a pcact anie community. But this was but a beginning." On Friday night similar parade, picketing and' 'disorder prevailed matving shot rattle ai o una private houses and placing many lives in danger. On Saturday night th-programme was repeated with the variation of a colored female reinforcement to tiie "militia."' On Sabbath morning Judge G. V. Logan started for Shelby where he was to hold Court "the follow ing day, but having reciived information bv the way Unit one Aur.u Bigerstail" and his daughter had been whipped in the hnwr part of the county, he returned and set about to organize a force to capture the perpetrators of this outrage. But for political effect it was g.ven out that the Judge was ! afraid to go to She. by icst he s..ould lab into tic ! hands of the Ku Klux. In consequence of this re- port, a con.-ducrabie nuinoer of our most respectable ; c,i. i.eris came iorwar.i witn a written tender of their Si rvkvs as an escort. T.e signers of tuis paper i i i i . . 1 1 wot, we uei eve, a.i Uiinocrais. .jectre jjoim. however, did not sx lit t. a-:cei t (,f their t r uer: but ui-.p;Ucued a special messenger to instruct Solici- cerlam prisoners wnom he proposed to arre.-.t. Mr Bynuni couiun't see it in tiuit iignt and deciiiied to . COlllV'. j Cn Monday ldght the following citizens of the j county were brought in under a strong guard, and ! c n.li..eu in tne couit H use: J C Wituirow. V i D.'i.iist .1 Dcorist S i .i .-..f est i rf I 'P. ...r 14 P.. puesi, a lnggersiuu, jas owe zy, unu uan o.i, rcoii Toms, Tnonias Toms, .Joscp.i i'ortune, Dan M.irtin, Juiius Fortune and Doe Fvutune. Tne evidence against them was that of a daughter of the man w h. was whipped who ti stiucd that on Saturday nignt, at about the hour when graveyards yawn and restless spirits wjd.i tne earth, a ghostly procession of men'in disguise surround d her home, and very unceremoniously proceeded to apply tne rod to her father Aaron. She also testified 'that she . i : v ;..... a. i i J .' v ft . . . I i Knew ail the men Who weie ui-inseit. out that a t number of tli.m were not ai(;iie.L and them the. did i ...... .. not kitotr. Tne prisoners themselves conscious of their own j innocence maintained a quiet demeanor, although j the indignity of their treatment, having been drag- j ged from tneir families and confined in a filthy Court j i louse un K r a guard, was surely fair ground for irri- j lation. We understand that ou Tuesday night, ; when there was general apprehension that the Ku j Klux would attempt to rescue them, a meeting was j held and all agreed to bar the doors and refuse to ; make t.eir escape. Tins speaks well for their as-j serted innocence. Meanwhi.e the excitement and ; public indignation ran very high. As a large force j uad been called out to iruard the prisoners, loud j j complaint was made at the delay in bringing them l to trial. Tnis being tne busiest season of the year, j respectable and industrious farmers did not relish j carrying an old niusuet to iruard imumst an nn iiria ary cnemv, such as had so wonderfully excited the j imagination of a few leading Radicals. ! On Wednesday Judge Logan iustivetid the Sheriff ; to allow the prisonerato return to their homes upon j giving a bond in the sum of $500 to appear before j nim on the 8lh of May, for preliminary examination, j We forgot to nieutiou tnaton Tuesday the Siierilf S of CTeaveland arrived in town to escort the Judge j to Shelbv, but his services were declined, and on 1 V ednesday the Judtre departed with no other escort than that of his son. Y. Gov. Caldwell has appointed W. A. Moore, j Esq., of Chowan county. Judge in the Second I) is- j trict, in place of Jones who was made to resign on i account of bad conduct. j tW "We call on the good men of Cleaveland and Rutherford to see to it"" that they punish the Radi cal leaders by surpessing all Kuklux disorders, whether originating iu North or South Cat olina. , RaUiih S-.'ntiiicl. Good and timely advice. If those who w ink at and encourage outrages committed by disguised ; persons think it helps the Conservative party they I are greatly mistaken. The Radical party would ; ! have been dead and buried long ago had it not been j kept alive by the excesses and imprudence and j violence of some of its opponents. The whipping of one bad man in Rutherford county, in the night ! time, by disguised men, afforded Judge Logan an excuse for sending a message to Washington, which j made a false impression and defeated the Amnesty j Bill in the U. S. Senate. A Ku Klux outrage was j just exactly what the Radical Senators wanted to kill amnesty and prevent Gov. Vance from taking his seat in the Senate, and they got it from Ruther ford in time to suit. ( . pCale OI SOCiai CW1I1H.UI, ll II1UM. Of I11U.1I11V The Rights of Baxkbupts- Iu the case j through bis own self-reliance, frugality and of J. II. Wagoner, of Memphis, Tenn., a dis-1 forethought. There is no helping a man changed bailnipt, who proposed to into who will not help himself. If a person business again, and was prevented by reve- wishes to succeed, he must set his own nue officers from doing so, on the ground ; shoulder to the. wheel and not waste his that among his liabilities was an indebted-; time in the vain and delusive hope that ntss of $1 1,000 to the Government, the offi- j others will do for him what he ought to do ccrs claiming that Waggoner's discharge j for himself. o government can make men could not invalidate the Government claims, ; religious, sober, self denying, and industn Commissioner Fleasanton has decided - in j ous, aud without these virtues no condition favor of WaggODer. 1 can be happy or prosperous. The Ku Klux Bill. It has been heretofore announced that Congress passed a law to punish what is called Kn Klux out rages. We hare not seen the bill as it finally pass ed, but the following is one of its sections : "That any person or persons having a knowledge that any of the wrongs conspired to' be done, and mentioned in the second section of this act are about to be committed, and having power to prevent or aid in preventing the same, shall neglect or refuse to do so, and such wrongful act shall be committed, ; such person or persons shall be liable to the person injured or his legal representatives, for all damages caused by any such wrongful act, which such named person or persons, bv reasonable diligence, could ii.TVp ?ire-eritl iiriil cnr-lk rlamnwa ni.iv Ln in an action on the case in the proper Circuit Court of the United States; and anv number of persons guiltv of such wrongful neglect or refusal mav be joined as defendants in such action ; Prodded That such action snail be commenced within one year af ter such cause of action shall have occured; and if the death of any person shall be caused by any such wrongful act and neglect, the legal representative of such deceased person shall have such action therefor, and may recover not exceeding $."5,000 therein, for the- benefit of the widow of such deceas ed person, if any there be, or if there be no widow, for the benefit of the next of kin of such deceased person." ITS?" A writer in the Salisbury Examiner accuses Judge Cloud of very bad conduct on the Bench. The writer authorizes the Editor to give Judge Cloud his name if he asks for it. If one-half of what the writer savsis true, we don't hesitate to sav that Judge Cloud ought to be driven from the - , T . T . tl . Ublich 83 a JudSe- If that cannot be done, then some injured suitor, witness or party ought to make k a Phonal matter with the Judge. We have al- ways advised the people to treat Judges with great respect provided the Judges treated the people with respect, but we never will advise obedience to tyrants either iu the shape of Judges or lawyers. Here is one of the accusations made against the Judge by the writer alluded to : "Judge Cloud, perhaps unconsciously to himself, takes sides almost from the beginning, in nearly every case tiiat comes before him, and that in such a peculiar and self-evident manner that everybody sees it. He seems incapable of silting quietly and dispassionately on the bench and hearing a case tried. He interferes with the examination of wit nesses continually, sometimes leading them, and so persistently mteriering with tnem, in a nilgetty, passionate, and domineering style, as to confuse utterly the current of testimony, and really show to the jury in every instance, just iiow much credence he tninKs they ought to give to each witness and his testimony. Thus he really encroaches upon the province of the jury. A witness seldom leaves the stand without having stamped upon him the open and blazing signet of Judge Cloud's approval or aversion. In this way he virtually tells the jury how to decide what they, alone and unbiased, ought to weigh and determine. In addition to the exceeding impropriety of all this, it also vastly in terrupts the dignity and regularity of the proceed ings in his Court."" New York Christianity. In many of the Churches of "our Northern breth ren" they worship God (or profess to do so) in a way that would astonish a plain country man as much as the music in some of our Southern Churches j would disgust such Christians as Watts, Wesley, ! Calvin and Luther. j In New York the worship is by proxy, and the i preaching is often about politics, science, philoso ; phy, &c. Tne New York Herald alludes to some of the j sermons on last Sunday us follows: i "The religious season in the cities is closing with crowded churches and eloquent sermons. A few weeks hence salvation in high life will be preached at Ca; watering places, and of all the preachers of t.ie metropolis only tuose who nave not obtained fame for tneir rhetorical and oratorical powers will remain to speak words of comfort to the seekers after grace who cannot at'ord to make a summer tour. Yesterday the churches were crowded, and well might they have been; for, putting aside tiie question of sous, tne weather was beautiful; it was just a day when the spring fashions could be snown oil to best advantage ; and, besides, one needs to partake of a bountiful supply of religious provender, so as to be able to stand the siege laid by the devil every year in the dissipations on the seashore and on tne mountains. Tnere was much in the sermons of yesterday to send the hearers home thoughtfully inclined. Mr Hepworth's discourse on the subject of marriage was very sensible, and, although it was merely a repetition of what has been said very often, tue auviee it gave anil tne errors it condemned con tained le.ssons which all aspirants for the matrimo nial suite ouirht to carefullv study. Mr Beeeher en- .. , i , . ... . - .. - ...i i ...i .... .... "nu.lcmni "nmuuuy eonce niug inannoou xv uicii ue I ncid, w as worth more than money. Mr jjeecner also spoke favorably of the Yankees ; but he has been known to do that before. Dr. Armitage preached on the subject of angels, gladdening the hearts of his hearers by the assurance that these in visible habitants of space floated around the church, fluttering their wings and looking down with eyes of love." But the people who protest against the humbug-gen- of fiixhkmuble religion are considered old fogies. Now, here is a specimen of Washington City christiunity. A member of Congress who attended Church in Washington last Sunday week publishes the following card: "Yesterday (Sundav) morning I attended the Asbury Metuodist Church, on K street. During the services an address sinned by the Republican Gen era l Committee of this District was read from the altar. Tiie address, which was evidently prepared to be read in the churches of tue District, appealed to the congregation to rally at the polls on Thursday next, and to Vote "the straight Republican ticket without a scratch." I call attention to this circumstance, hoping there are some persons among the Republicans of this uistnet w nose respect tor tne orainauces ot uie Christian religion will impel them to prevent the recurrence of so deplorable a practice. SMITH ELY, Jr., M. C. Washington, April 17. The devil ought to take any pretended Minister of the Gospel who makes political speeches or reads party announcements from his pulpit. -?".Tust before Congress adjourned last week a little spicy debate occurreil in the House, indicated by the extract below: Mr. Butler made a personal explanation, del'endino" himself from various charges, and denouncing 3Ir. Davis (l)em.) of Ken tucky, and -Mr. r arnsworth (Kep.) oi Illi nois. 3Ir. Farnsworth replied, closing his speech with the remark that he could convict the o-cntleman from Massachusetts of embezzle ment and perjury before any jury iu the country. Mr. Vieck replied in defense of Mr. Davis, liutler's truthfulness and rer- j colirarre. ; Self Help. If a man ever rises in the . i-..... : v. : l . . Important Tax Notice. State of Xortii Carolina, ) Treasury Department, Kaleigb, April 21. j The following section of "An Act to raise revenue," ratified the 4th day of April, 1871, is published for the information of all parties concerned j Schedule B, Section 20. "Every non resident or drummer, or agent of a non-resident, who shall sell any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, goods, wares or merchandise, by sample or otherwise, whether delivered or to be delivered, shall, before making any such sale, obtain a license to sell one year, from the public treasurer, by paying said treasurer an annual tax of fifty dollars, but shall not be liable to be taxed in any county because of his sales. Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed guilty of a petty misdemeanor, and upon conviction before any magistrate, shall be lined not exceeding fifty dollars or im prisoned not exceeding one month, and shall forfeit and pay besides, two hundred dollars to the sheriff, to be collected by distress or otherwise, one-half of which shall be accounted for as other taxes, the other half to the use of the informer and the sheriff equally." Parties desiring license to carry on busi ness under this section can obtain the same on application to this Department. Sheriffs are charged with the duty of see ing that the requirements of this" section are complied with. D. A. JENKINS, State Treasurer. Immigration irom France. The return by the steamship Virginia on Monday afternoon of one hundred volun teers who left Aev York last September to njrht against the Prussian invaders of their native l1 ranee is but the precursor ot a great rreneh immigaiioii to tins country, 'these young men had learned to appreciate the advantages wuich the U nited states offer to immigrants from every land, and when, at fengtn, repeated defeats ot the v rench aruues resulted m the capitulation and the destruction of their patriotic hopes, they eagerly accepted the olfer of government to pay their expenses back to America. They Oetieve mat tuea example iu seeking for re munerative employment and happy homes on tins side oi too Atlantic will be extensive ly followed by many ol their compatriots. In itiatory steps have already been taken to watUs tne organization on a large scale in Alsace and i,onaine of emigrant parties of mu'auilaiiis of those provinces who are de termined not to submit to tiie necessity im posed by the war of becoming Prussian sub jects, ihe chaotic condition of things pro duced by tiie war itself ami subsequently Jjy the mad revolt oi the Parisian ruuyes will co-operate, with the burdensome taxation reqiusite to meet the terrible indemnity ex acted by the frussian victors, in exciting and spreading throughout Prance a desire to emigrate to America. It is not unlikely tiiat we snail witne&s ere lon an exodus le- CD sciiibiiiiL!; that winch succeeded the edict of A antes, depleting Prance of much of its best biood and culture and almost all its skilled labor, and conierring upon England and Holland and the British colonies m Ameri ca inestimable advantages, such as we may now expecc to derive from the approaching r lencti immigration to the IJ nited States. Ot this emigration certain of our manufac toiies, as well as the colleges and theatres and gaiienes of art, and especially the vine growing districts of Virginia, North Caro lina, Onio and Texas, will probably reap the earliest benefits. Al P. Herald. m t f33 We learn that A. G. Thornton, the notorious Chairman ol the Board of Com missioners of Payetteville, has been arrested at the suit of the new Board for failure to produce the town tax lists. We also learn from the same' gentleman, that parties in Virginia have obtained judgment in the Pederal Court against the county of Cum berland and town of Payetteville, for the interest due on bonds issued to pay sub scription to the Western Kail road. Under the judgment the Marshal has levied on the Court House, Market House, and all other public buildings belonging to the town and county. Wilminytoa Journal. . A Xew Hotel in New York. A New York correspondent writes: Ground has been broken for the great Central Park Hotel. It will cover the entire block bound ed bv Fifth avenue, Madison avenue, Pifty eiht and Pifty-nineth streets, and will cost, with furniture, at least 2,000,000, and is to be built by an incorporated joint stock company. The ground cost 000,000, and the purchase has caused a further rise of property in the neighborhood. The edifice will be "eight stories high, the walls are to be of stone and iron, and the architecture of the renissance order. The centre of the building will surround a courtyard one hun dred feet in diameter, in which will be banks of flowers and a fountain. There are to be one hundred suites of apartments and three hundred single bedrooms in addition. The whole of the wood to be used in the construction has been rendered uniutiamable by a new patented process. The interior will be decorated in Pompeiian style and the management will be in charge of Mr. W W. I.eland. CHARLOTTE MARKET, April 24, 1871. Reported by Stenhouse, Macaulat & Co. Cotton Sales on Saturday 21 bales, and for the week 21J. We again report the market without change and with very slight fluctuations has ruled quiet and steady during the past week, closing with less firmness, our latest telegrams representing the European markets lower and holders pressing tales. Our quotations are for middlings 12 to 12."? cents, low middlings 123i cnts; inferior grades more dull and diffie alt of sale. Looking at the Cotton ques tion in its general aspect we see no reason at present to change the views we have frequently expressed that the continued tendency is to lower rates, and that for manv mouths to come holders can only en counter a gradual and certaiu lower range of prices. Corn Market unchanged at 90 cents per bushel from wagons. MeaV 95 cents per bushel. Peas $1.15 per bushel from wagons. Oats 50 cts. Flour $3.10 for super, $3.25 for extra, $3.35 for family City inspection. Baltimore smoked Bacon, from stores, 14 cents; dry salted, from stores, 122 to 13 cents; N. C. Bacon, hog round, from wagons, 13 cu. Lard 14 cis. - Fresh Butter 30 cents ; Eggs 15 to 20 cents. Liverpool Salt 2.13 ; American $1.80 per sack. French War Items. The terrible war between the contending parties of France is awful and ruinous to Frenchmen. The French are murdering each other like dogs. The disasters suffer ed from the Prussian invasion was bad enough, but the present strife between the French themselves is not only destructive but disgraceful. We copy below a dispatch giving the latest news from the unfortunate people across the ocean : Loxdox, April 21. An engagement oc curred along the entire line in and around Paris on Wednesday last. The fighting was of a bloody character. Laville was sacked. Ports alerieu ami Courberoie were shell ing Paris frightfully. The Arch de Triumph has fallen. Shells shower in Avenue des Tirnes. Forty civilians were killed. The Nationals (or insurgents) are returning dis pirited and disgusted. The slaughter has been awful. Versailles dispatches say the Communists (insurgents) have not recovered lost posi tions. Desperate house to house light oc curred at Neuilly and Levallois. A decisive engagement occurred at Porte Maillot. The ramparts adjoining is a mass of ruins. The general tenor of regular and special dis-1 patches indicate that the Versaillists (the j legal government) are gradually gaining ground. il Foreign Markets. New York, April 22. Cotton quiet and un changed; unlanda lij; Orleaiii lj sales 1,000 hales. Southern Bunas are dull, except Tennessee and South Carolina, which are strong an d active. Gold weak at 11. Liverpool, April 22. Cotton dull and tending down uplands t pence; Orleans i sales 10,000 bales. 1 1 1 Extra Session. A proclamation has been issued by the President calling an ex- j tra session ot the u. b. benate on the loth j of May. Frost. On Sunday morning hist, 23d, there was a pretty heavy frost visible in this section, but we learn it did no damage. MAKIilED. In thi3 county, on the 4th inst., by Rev. Walter W. Pnarr, Mr Jonathan Stinsoa and Mrs. E. D. Wallace. On the 10th inst., Mr L. F. Harris of York county, S. C, aud Miss Mahulda Loveless of Gaston, N. C Iu York county, S. C, on the 11th inst., Mr A. W. Gladden and Miss Elizabeth A. Coonrod. DIED. In this City, on the 17th inst., Mr John Treloar, aged about 45 years. He was a consistent and worth' member of tlu M-'thodist Cuuivh. In tuis City, on the 20th inst., the infant son of Hugh B. and" Emma L. Peters. In this county, on the 2od inst., Mr. Wm. C. Mor ris, aged 00 years. In Cabarrus county, on the 2d inst., Mrs. Mary X. Cochrane, widow of James Cochrane, aged (30 years. In Gaston county, at Lonergan's Ferry, on the 19th inst., Mrs. Jonana Lonergan, aged about b5 years. In Polk county, on Sunday last, Mrs. Rhodes, mother of Jesse ltnodes, Esq. Mrs. R. was 111 years of age, and had been for 70 years a member of the Baptist church. Notice to Stockholders. The Commissioners appointed to receive subscrip tions of stock to ''The Fair of the Carolinas" having reported to me that the requisite number of Shares of Stock are subscribed, and the amount of money necessary to organize under the Charter paid in. notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Stockholders at the Court House in Charlot te on Tuesday the 2d day of May next, at 12 o'clock, M., to organize under the Charter by the election of ollicers. M. L. WRISTOX, Ch'n pro tern. T. W. Dewey, J. W. Wadswokth, D. W. Oates, J. R. IIom.ani, R. A. Sfkixoh, T. K. Ccketox, April 21, 18H. Commissioners ia Charlotte. Peas. XCi BUSHELS PEAS are offered for sale, low fJJ for cash. April 24, 1871 SIMS & McGIXX. "Poulterer's Friend". A certain porvz-ntivj of G visi a:i d other diseases in Chickens, Turkeys, .V.c, at WILSON & BLACK'S Quinine. 100 Oz. Quinine P. and W. Just received at WILSON & BLACK'S. White Load. 2 Tons Pure White Lead of various brands at WILSOX &. BLACK'S. Linseed Oil, &c. Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Varnishes, Colors. Ax., a full stock at WILSOX & BLACK'S. CITY ELECTIONS. An election will be held at the Court House on Wednesday next, the 2th inst., for the ratification or rejection of the new Charter recently passed for the Citv of Charlotte. Also," on Monday, the 1st day of May next, an election will be held for a Mayor and twelve Alder men for the Citv of Charlotte, as provided by law. April 24, 1871". C. DOWD, Mayor. Pratts- Astral Oil Is not only safe, but will burn free and give a light equal, if not better than any illuminating Oil ever made, and while burning in a well trimmed lamp is almost entirely without odor. SMITH k HAMMOND, April 24, 1871. Druggist. State of North Carolina, Cabarrus County. Superior Court. Emeline Plott, Plaintiff. againt William Plott. Chalmers Plott, Catherine Plott, John F. Plott, Martha A. Plott, and Thomas Jelferson and Eliza beth Vah-ntine, infant children of Valentine Plott, dee'd, Defendants. Petition for Dower. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that John F. Ploit, one of the Defendants in tbiscas, resides beyond the limits of the State of North Carolina, it is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be mad'-, for six successive weeks, in the Charlotte Democrat, a newKpaper pubKshe I in the City of Charlotte, notifying the stid John F. Plott to appear at the next Superior Court to be held for the County cf Cabarrus, at the Co-jrt Hous" in Con cord, on the 10th Monday after the 4th Monday in March, 1871, and then and there to answer or deiaur to said petition, otherwise the same will be heard ex parte a to him, and the case disposed of by the Court as may be right and proper. Witness, John A. McDonald, Clerk of Cabarrus Superior Court, at Office this 19th April, 1871. J. A. MCDONALD, C6 6wpd Clerk Cabarrus Superior Court. Grain Cradle & Wheat Fan, For sale very low. Apply at this Office. April 24, 171. Sale of Prcfperty for TJ. S. Taxes. "Will be sold at the Court Hoase in Charlotte, on the 13th day of Mav, 1871, the following propertr of Peter R. Davis, Executor of II. J. Davis, dee'd ; One Tract of LAND, about 415 acres, adjoining the lands of Ira Parks, John Wolf, Thos. flunter, W. II. Walker and others, about four miles from Charlotte, between the Potter and Monroe roads. Amount of tax is .!.j. The above named owner having neglected or re fused.to pay the Taxes due bv him to the United States, the property described" hag been distrained, and will be sold at the time and place mentioned above, in pursuance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of the United States to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, and for other purposes. SM'L II. WILEY, Collector Int. Rev. 6th District N. C. By JOIIN A. RAMSAY, Deputy Collector. Charlotte, N. .C, this 21st day of April, 1871. Public Sale of Valuable Property, Consisting in part of the following articles: One 3-horse Wagon, 1 sett of Harness, a fine Riding Saddle and Bridle, a lot of Corn and Bacon, 1 sett of first rate Carpenter's Tool. Cross-Cut Saw and a Grind Stone, Fanning Implements and Household Goods of vnrious Winds. Z3T The Sale will take place n the 29th day of April, at the Jugnot Mine. April 24, 1871 lw J. W. WILSON, Supt. Dixon Sweeps, Just received at BRE5I, BROWN & CO'8 Hardware Store. Grain Cradles, Just received. Call and see them or send for prices. At the Hardware Store of BREM, BROWN & CO. Hydraulic Rams, Pumps, Galvanized and Iron Pipe, at BREM, BROWN & CO'S April 24, 1871 2w Hardware Store. Bitters. Drake's Plantation, Hostelter's, Koopmann's and Vinegar Bitters, at manufacturers prices, wholesale by SMITH & HAMMOND, "April 21, 1871. Druggists. To Builders. The undersigned having been appointed by the Board of Commissioners for Cabarrus county, to contract for the enlarging and repairing the Court House in Concord, will receive proposals for said work uutil the 1st Monday in June next ft. W. ALLISON, R. W. FOARD, F. A. ARCHIBALD, Concord, X. C, April 24, '71-;iw Commissioners. Price Reduced. The price of Astral Oil has been reduced, and it U now placed within reach of all. Trv it. April 24, 1871. SMITH & IlAMMOKD. Rye, Peas, Flour, &c. KAA BUSHELS MOUNTAIN RYE, "vU 200 Bushels Cow Teas, 23 Bales Shirting, 800 Sacks Family Flour, 20 Half-Barrels" Mackerel, 0 Kits Mackerel, For sale by STEX HOUSE, MACAULAY & CO. April 21, 1871. List of Letters Remaining in the Charlotte Post Office on Friday, April 21, 1871 : A Benjamin Alexander, J F Alexander. li Mrs Andy Blackner, C E Bell, J T Barrett, Ambrose Brewer, Wm Barrow, John C Brown, Win Boyce col, miss Emeline Boyee.Sergt Jno Ccok, Elizabeth Cook, miss Nancy Ann Creathers, WC Caldwell. D M iss Sarah Defevers, miss C A 8 Dunn, R A Davidson, John Springs Davidson 2, W T Dicher man, rnrs C M Davidson, miss Emma F Davis. G Lucius Gilmer. II Fannie Harris col, Mrs A A Harbin 2, Jacob W llyder. J Mrs Margaret Jones, mrs JJnnetU Jones, mrs Lucia Jones, Lucy Jones col, S Jackson. K Z Kenedy, Esq. M E McDonald, missRosie McDonnell, William McComick, Dani l McGee. X Mrs Xancy Nc.-diiL P Alfred Farley col, miss Emma Pew, Robert D Perry, Charlie ll"Phifer, Ephraim Phifer, Feny 1 'idler. R W E Robeson, Willis Reilie, mrsERamsour, miss Sallie Ross. S Peter Stinson, Edward Scoot, W Mack Smith. V Thomas L Yautdian. W W A Wilson, Miles White, W II Wentz, E C Wall is. When called for please wiv '-advertised." April 21, 1S71. CHAS.'A. FRAZ1ER, P. M. Ayer's Cathartic Pills. Fur all the pitrjwsta of a Laxatice Afedieine. Perhaps no one medicine is so universally required by everybody as a cathartic, nor wasWcr'any before so uni versally adopted into use, in every country and among all classes, as this mild but effi cient nunrative PILL. The 2sfWfr'&s&0,voi,s reason is, that it is a effectual remedy th:n any other. Those who have tried it, know "that it cured them; those who have not, know that it cures their neighbors and friends, and all know that what it doe once it docs always that it never fails through any fault or neglect of its composition. We have thousands iqon thou sands of certificates of their remarkable cures of the following complaints, but such cures are known in every neighborhood, and we need not publish tbem. Adapted to all ages and conditions in all climates; containing neither calomel or any deleterious drug, thev may be taken with safety by anybody. Their s igar coaling preserves them ever fresh and makes them pleasant to tako, while being purely vegetable no harm can arise from their use in any quantity. Thev operate by their powerful influence on the in ttrnal. viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it into he;dthv action remove the obstructions of the stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of the body, restoring their irregular action to health, and by correcting, wherever they exist, such derange ments as are "the first origin of disease. Minute directions arc given in the wrapper on the box, for the following complaints, which these Pills rapidly cure: For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Listleswieas, Lan guor and" Less of Appetite, they should betaken moderately to stimulate the stomach and restore it healthv tone and action. For Liver Complaint and itn various symptom. Bilious Headache. Sick Headache, Jaundice or Green SickiMss. Bilious Colic and Bilious Fevers, they should be judiciously taken for each caw, to correct the diseased ac tion or remove the obstructions which cau.-e it. For Dysentery or Diarrhoea, but one mild dose u generally required. For Rheumatism, Gout, Gravel, Palpitation of the Heart, Pain in the Side, Back and Loins, they should be continuously taken, as required, to change the dhea.-d action of the system. With uch change those complaints disappear. . .. For Dropsy and Dropsical Sweelings they hould be taken in large and frequent doses to produce the .effect of a drastic purge. . For Suppression a large dose should be taken m it products the detired etfect by tympatby. As a Dinner Pill, take one or two Pills to promote digestion and relieve the 6tomach. An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite and invigorates the pyitem. Hence it i ofun advanta geous where no'oerious derangement exiata. One who fetds tolerably well, often find that doae of these Pills makes" bim feel decidedly bettar, from their cleansing and renovating tStcl on the digestive apparatus. Prepared bv DR. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.. Practical and Analytical Cbembts. Sold by all Druggist everywhere, Mirch 22. 1&71
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