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miff W. J YATES, Editoe and Pkopeietok. ( Terms of Subscription $2 50, in advance. ( CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1874. TWENTY-SECOND YOLUME NUMBER 1110. T II E Charlotte Democrat, PUBLISITKD BY VILUAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. o Ttnwa Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, One Dollar and Fifty Cents for six months. Subscription mut be paid in advance. o Advertisements will be inserted at reason-able rates, or in accordance with contract. Obituary notices of over five lines in length will t)e charged for at advertising rates. Dr. JOHN H. McADEN, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, CHARLOTTE, X. C, Hhs on hand a large and well selected stock of PUKE DKL'GS Chemicals. Patent Medicines, Family Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and Toilet Articles, which he is determined to se'fl at the very low est prices. Jan 1, 1874. J. P. McCombs, M. D., Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. All calls, both ni"ht and dav, promptly attended to. Office in Iirown's building, up stairs, opposite the Charlotte Hotel. kt 'if. 1873. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, CHARLOTTE, C. I!riek Office corner of 5th and Tryon Streets. Hesidcnce on College Street. March IMHTJ Alexander & Bland, DENTISTS. Office hours from 8 A. M. to G P. M. Office in Brown's Building, opposite the Charlotte llOUtl. An?UMt 4' 1873- yt. II. HOFFMAN. ISAIAH SIMrSOX. HOFFMAN & SIMPSON, Dentists, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Inspect fully inform the citizens of Charlotte and the public, that they have associated themselves together in the practice of Dentistry. Their aim vfll be to perform all operations relating to the pro fession in the most skillful manner and highest de-R-e of excellence. TVeth extracted without pain by the use of Nitrous Oxide Ohb. Satisfaction guaranteed. OiJiec on Trade Street, in A. It. Nesbit & Rro's new building. Jan. 15, 1873. Saddles, Harness, &c. "We respectfully inform our patrons that we shall continue the manufacture of SADDLERY" and HARNESS at our old stand, next door to Sten hon.se, Macauley & Co's. We shall always keep one of the most extensive Ptoeks in the South, wliich we will sell at prices to t lit. To Wholesale Buyers we say that we will duplicate; any bill in our line bought North. We shall always keep a large slock of well known brands of Hemlock Sole, Oak tanned, Kip and L'ppi r Leather on hand, at prices as low as any in the City. Hides and Bark Wanted, For whic h we pav ilie highest prices in CASH. :?T Ms. WM.' E. SUA W has c harge of the Es tablishment, and wi'l be pleased to see his friends. March ;i, 18;;) ly SC1I1FF & BRO. STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers & Commission Merchants, CuAKI.OTTK, X. C. Consignments of Cotton solicited, on which we will make liberal advances to be sold here, or if f uppers d. -sire will ship to our friends at New York or Liverpool direct. Commissions and storage on moderate terms. CENTRAL HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, X. C. This well-known House having been newly fur nished and refitted in every department, is now open for the aceommodati m of the Traveling public. li0.nuilus.sesat the Depot on arrival of Trains. Ian. 1, 1ST5J. 11. C. ECOLES. W. F. COOK, Trade Street, on Xorti Carolina Railroad, Charlotte, N. C, Manufacturer of CIDER MILLS an 1 all kinds of FA RMl N G 1 M PL KM Ei TS. VtT All orders promptly attended to. Jan. 22, 1:2. R. M. MILLER & SONS AoRxrs von thi: Cki.kwiaticd Pkemium Milburn Wagon. A LA ROE LOT NOW ON HAND. For durability and style of finish unexcelled. all and see them at our Ware Rooms, corner of College and 4th Streets, 2d story. Sept. 8, 187:$. W. N. PRATHER & CO., Manufacturers of PURE UK FIXE It CAXDIES, And Wholesale Dealers in Conftctimerit't, Foreign and l)om-tic Fruits, dc Trade Street, 1st door above Market, CHARLOTTE, N. C IW Orders solicited. Jan. r, 1874. Again We n. eta"nuncc a neat and pleasant amusement for "inter evenings, PARLOR CROQUET, com PM for $5 and $8 per sett, at TIDDY'S. ALSO, a arKe lot of new NOVELS, fresh from w publishers, at TIDDY'S. ri(!lr hool Rook stock is now complete. We " i deem it neeessarv to ro into detail, but simply "nnO'.lllc.. l.n . . ' i ' r 1 1 .. li i 1 . v ""! our mock, is mil. v an aim see -ov- 17. 173. TIDDY & BI RO. NOTICE. Mr U if So,J ont our l'n,ire stock of Groceries to t on v Alexander, who will conti.me the business tjj f r vv Store, we respectfully commend him to wvorabk- consideration of our friends CRIER & ALEXANDER. n f'1' future confine ourselves to a GENER an,u V rIISSIOX IHJSINESS, to the purchase the vh i Cotton and other country produce, to Wbi I lc an(l n'tail l"". Tobacco and Pow-U-rnis llU'SS" Stora!ie f lll'msiied accommodating lir'.WOn1 respectfully solicit a share of tbe pnb c Patronage. GRIER & ALEXANDER. Jn.a, 1874. tf T1 Z-& The Virginia papers give General Lee the credit ot originating or suggesting the idea out of which grew the celebrated new movement" of 18G8, which, by a cor dial union of the Democrats, the Conserva tives, the Liberal Republicans and other parties of that ilk, gave the control of the State to the opponents of Radicalism. Ex change. If such a course had been pursued in North Carolina in 1806-07- 68, the Slate never would have (alien into the hands of the Littlefield thieves. SALE OF BONDS. I will sell at the Court House in Charlotte, on Wednesday, tlie llth day of February, 1874, for . cath, the following Bonds, viz : $20,500, Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta TJailroad first mortgage bonds. 13,000, Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad Gold Bonds. .$:J2,000, Mecklenburg County Bonds, to pay debts due the Merchants & Farmers National Bank of Charlotte, C, hy the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad Company, the said Bonds being pledged as Collateral Security, w ith authority to sell in default of payment. J. R. HOLLAND, Cashier, Merchants & Farmers Nat. Bank of Charlotte, N.C. Feb 2, 1874. Important to Farmers. GUANAHANI, An Imjtorted Xatural Guano A genuine Animal Deposit. Lkttkii from Phof. V. C. Kerr, State Geologist of North Carolina. ty. F. Griffith, Enq , General Agent Guanahani Guano Company : Dear Sir: Dr. F. A. Genth, whose analysis of the Guanahani Guano you have shown me, is Chemical Mineralogist to the Geological Survey, and has no superior as a Chemist. I have no hesi tation in endoriiig any analysis from his laboratory, and I think the analysis justifies his statement that the substance examined by him is a valuable ma nure. From his report, and that of Prof. Wilson, it is evidently a true Guano, both in origin and composition, and its action on crops may be ex pected to be the same in kind and in degree in proportion to its relative per cent-age of the valua ble ingredients Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia and Potash, that of the first being unusually high. Yours truly, W. C. Kerr, State Geologist. As it will bo impossible for us to gel a full supply for this Spring's trade, we ad vise orders to be sent in at an early dav. BURROUGHS & SPRINGS, Gen'l Agts, Feb. 2, 1S74. lm Charlotte, N. C. NEW SHOE FACTORY. Sample & Alexander, MANUFACTURERS And Wholesale aiid Itetail Dealers in IJOOTS, SHOES, HATS anu LEATHER, Have opened their Shoe Factory, and are now pre pared to furnish good goods to the wholesale and retail trade at prices that defy competition. Call and examine style, quality and price before buying. SAMPLE & ALEXANDER. Feb. S, 1874. Last Notice. All parties against whom we hold over-dn Notes are hereby informed that we icill not hold said Notes longer than" the 15th of February. Take our word tor this BURROUGHS & SPRINGS. Feb. 2. 1874. LIME ! rOO BARRELS FRESH LIME, one of the Owv very best Fertilizers in the world cheap er than Guano, and more lasting in its effects. Or ders filled promptly and for any quantity at $1.75 per barrel, bv W. J. BLACK. Feb. 2, 1874. Notice to Whom it may Concern. The panic (so-called) out of which so much capi tal has been made, and behind which so much dodging has been done, having at last passed away and left all of us as well off as we ever were, we thi iik it is now time to make a square settlement and take a new start before another panic over takes us. To this end we call upon all those in debted to us either by note or account to call at our office and settle, as we intend to settle up all our old business. Please consider this notice sufficient. Jan. 20, 1874. GRIER & ALEXANDER. Removal. I hare moved my shop across Trvon street to the room formerly occupied by R. W. Beckwith, where I will in future as in the past, execute well and promptly all work in my line. Gunslocks, keys, ami indeed everything in my line will be done in a workman-like manner, and warranted to rive satisfaction. Jan. 12", 1874. W. B. TAYLOR Groceries, Liquors, &c. W. J. BLACK, In the Jirice Building, Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Having bought out the entire stock of Groceries and Liquors of W. II. II. Houston fc Co., respect fully informs his old customers and the public generally that he will be pleased to do business with them, and sell Groceries and Liquors At as reasonable rates as any other house in this city. lie requests a call from those desiring to pur chase at retail or wholesale Cotton and all other country Produce bought at market rates, for cash or barter. Jan. 12, 1874. W. J. BLACK. A. HALES, Watch-Maker and Jeweler, XtJ't to Tiefdifs Book Store, Is receiving a large addition to his stock, consisting of Ladies' "Gold Watches and Chains. Gents' Gold and Silver Watches and Chains, Ladies' Setts, Ear b bs, Breastpins, Finger Rings, Gold and Silver Thimbles, Gold and Silver Spectacles to suit every person. Clocks, Accordeons, Harmonies, ard all Goods usually kept in a Jewelry Store, Very particular attention paid to REPAIRING Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, and all work war ranted for 12 months Give him a calk Jan. 1. 1873 At Searr's Drug Store. The best food for Infants and Invalids, prepared by Savory fe Moore, London. Italian Macaroni, a fresh supply. Pure Cider Vinegar, for sale at Jan. 19, 1874. SCARE'S DRUG STORE. "The Mills of the Gods Grind Slow but Sure." The above adage, perhaps the hrst ever used by man, I will now use as a text rather a motto on which to base a sad narrative reaching back into past time sixty-three years. In Rutherford county, N. C, in the year 1810, I knew and went to school with a boy about my own age, by the name of Willis Bradley sometimes called Willis Smith. Not because he was particularly bright, but because he was kind-hearted, affection ate and obliging, I conceived a strong at tachment for him. In the year 1812 I left Rutherford and did not return until the Fall term of the Superior Court for the year 1816. On meeting an old acquaintance, he astounded me with the announcement that my former friend, Willis Bradley, was that dav to be tried upon the charge of theft. The charge seemed an outrage upon my implicit confi dence in Willis' moral worth, and 1 at once determined to stand by him until proven beyond the shadow of a doubt to be guilty and unworthy my .high regard. His tVial progressed and terminated, and this is its history : The State's witness, a man of fair and unimpeachable character, made oath that on a certain day, when in the store of Wal ton & JMeEntyre, he saw Willis Bradley lift a lady's shawl from the counter and stealthily slip it under the skirt of his over coat and then walk out of the store. It was further proved by the officer that arrested Willis, that he found the stolen shawl on the horse Willis was riding, betwixt the blanket and saddle. The arguments for and against the prisoner were brief, his counsel only proving and pleading his for mer good character in mitigation of his punishment. The verdict of the jury was, of course, "guilty," tand the judgment of the Court was that "he forthwith receive only five lashes on his bare back." With a pained heart I saw the infliction and thought it just everybody did who could doubt it ? I saw Willis in his meek way resume his garments and walk from the whipping post a doomed, ruined man ! Shunned by the social world as a chastised thief, he resumed the active duties of life as a low, laboring drudge, and in a few years made a low marriage. However, in about twenty vears the bi wheel of the mill of the gods began to move in his be half, and ground the man who had falsely sworn against him to powder ; and before his soul left the tortured body he screamed out : "Willis is innocent ! I took the shawl, tied it under his saddle, and then falsely swore that I saw him do the act." This confession was followed by Willis Bradley's being restored to credit ; but did this compensate for living twenty years with the brand of infamy upon him, and, consequently for being forced to a low marriage, and perhaps the degradation of his children ? Such instances of lonjj delav before retri butive justice overtakes heartless villaius, tempt us sometimes (we know it is wrong) to think that the mills of the gods grind too slow, when, Uzza-like, we feel like putting forth officious but unconseerated hands to fix the tottering Ark of God's justice more firmly upon its cart ! OCTOGEXAUIAN. The British Parliament. The British Parliament which has been dissolved by Queen Victoria at the instance of her Premier was the eighth of her reign, and met on the 10th of December, 1868. It would not have attained the constitutional limit of seven years until 1875, but since 1826 only one Parliament lias existed for more than six years. The longest Parlia ment recorded in English history was that elected in 1661, which existed nearly seven teen years, and the shortest that elected in 1830, which lasted only five months and twenty-six days. The House of Commons now consists of 658 members, of whom 493 are from England and Wales, 60 from Scotland, aud 150 from Ireland. The num ber of electors on the register in June, 1872, was 2,574,039, namely 2,094,781 in England and Wales, 266,751 in Scotland, and 225,507 in Ireland. Since .1872, all elections for members of Parliament must be by ballot. When the late Parliament met the Liberals had a majority of 112, but the position of the two great English parties has since been modified by new elections and bv grave dissensions among the Liberals. Beautiful Allegory. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was at one time engaged in defending a man who had been indicted for a capital offence. After an elaborate and powerful defence he closed his effort with the following striking and beautiful allegory: "When God in his eternal council conceived the thought of man's creation, he called to him the three ministers who wait constantly upon the throne JTistice, Truth and Mercy and thus addressed them: "Shall we make man?" Then said Justice: Oh, God, make him not, for he will trample upon the laws Truth made answer also: 'Oh, God, make him not, for he will polute thy sanctuaries.' But Mercy, dropping upon her knees, looking up through her tears, exclaimed : 'OJi, God, make him, I will watch over him with my care through all the dark path which he may have to tread !' Tnen God made man, and said to him : 'Oh man tiou art the child of mer cy ; go and deal with thy brother.'" The jury, when he had finished, were drowned in tears, and, against evidence, brought in a verdict of not guilty. COTTON FOOD FERTILIZER. J. McLaughlin & Son, Agents. The undersigned are Agents for this excellent Fertilizer, and it is recommended to the Cotton planters of this section of pauntry. j. Mclaughlin & sox. a Feb. 2, 1874. j rVT.v. Dreams. Reverting lo the question before us, what are the materials out of which dreams are formed ? The obvious and sole answer is from the sensations, ideas, emotions, acts and events of antecedent life. Putting aside all notions, ancient and modern, of supernatural intervention, the phenomena of waking existence are those alone to which we can look for their interpretation. The passage quoted from Cicero, while well expressing this fact, denotes also those strange perturbations which form the dis tinctive character of dreams and the great mystery of their nature. We can under stand (or fancy we understand) the memo ries of past images or events impressed up on the brain. But the manner of their grouping in the mind during sleep is the marvel with which we are here concerned. Loosened from all fetters of time and place, and freed from control of the will, the dream makes a little world of its own, bringing into strangely broken succession scenes which have no counterpart in actual life; conjunctions of persons, places, times and incidents, which never did or could have occurred in such combination. The complete dram disregards all realities. It brings the dead back anions' the living without surprise to the dreamer, and em bodies them in the entangled story which has no recollected beginning or end ; con fuses personal identities, and blends impos sibilities with the most common incidents of life. Shakespeare has well called dreams "the children of an idle brain." That power in fact is dormant which gives se quence and congruity to the acts of the waking mind. But still, even here, anal ogies press closely upon us. The images of sensible objects occurring in dreams would seem to be closely akin to those which the memory furnishes to the mind awake, either by effort of will or by mere automatic connections of thought. In this case, as in the other, they are vague and fleeting. No effort of will can long detain them before the waking consciousness ; and in dreams unaided by will, they are still more transient and disjointed. In both cases, objects of vision minister chiefly to this subjective action, while the waking mind can create by will, or receive unbid den, a sensorial memory of rythmical sounds, clothing itself often in actual melo dies, the reflex music of the bruin. This latter point, in its various physiological connections, has scarcely had its due share of attention. Regarding, then, the images of dreams, however perturbed in order, as derived from those of daily life, we still have to ask the question, whether this mimic imagery ever goes beyond, with inventions new to the senses? We think not. We may dream of the Centaurs or the winged Assyrian bulls, as we have seen them in the British Museum, but we do not in our sleep create monstrosities of this kind. Under the most fantastic grouping of persons and in cidents, the individual images are not un natural or distorted. We believe this to be so; but here, as often elsewhere on this subject, we must ask our readers to consult their own experience The Edinburgh Be view. The Bridal Tour. Young Sprriggles and his Aramatha Jane had just been mariied, and were going up on their bridle tour. They didn't know whether, upon their return, they should board with "the old folks," or take rooms at a private hotel. Being only a clerk, Spriggles' means were limited, and he could not expect much at first in the way of living. "Of course," he said to old Bolger, a wealthy member of the firm who had kind ly granted him three weeks absence, "we must be in style, you know, 1 suppose you took a rusher when you were married." "A rusher ?" "I mean you took an extensive one and showed your wife the sights." "Yes," said Bolger, with a nod. "I'll tell you about it. I made long prepara tions for my bridal tour, and the girl that was to become my wife helped me. We had it fixed, and everything laid ont before hand. I worked for it hard, and she worked for it too. It was to be the grand event of our lives, and we wanted it Lo be a success. We felt that as the i:ew life opened, so should we continue. I was earning five hundred dollars a year. That was good pay for a salesman five-and-thirty years a "o better than three times that amount now as things go. We were mariied in the morning at the home of my wife's father. Then we rode two miles to the substantial cottage I had secured for a home. My money had made the first payment on it and Mary's money had furnished three rooms in it. And we ate our first meal thereafter in our own house, and I went thence to my work and my wife set about her work. It was the new life and we de termined to succeed if possible. Aud in that effort was our joy. Ami in the success that followed was unalloyed happiness. In less than three years my house was paid for aud my home was my own. Come storm or come sunshine, we had a roof to cover us a roof from which the hand of man could not turn us. I doubt if ever a bridle tour was happier or more profitable than was mine; ami I knew that Mary en joyed it with me, and I knew the exercise of house-keeping upon her own account was invigorating and healthful. But then we married for real earnest living and hiving. We believed we should find life's purestjoy in the discharge of life's sacred duties." "I declare," pursued the old man, with a glistening moisture in his eye, I should like those firt blessed days of home life to live over auain. But it mav not be. nd," he added, "I fear the young men of the present day will not live them fur my viewing." spriggles walked away Pcratching his head. He wasn't sure that he had caught the drift of the oldraau's remarks, Statement df the Receipts and Disbursements of -Mecklenburg County, N. C, From January 8th t 1873, to Jan. 9th, 1874. 1S73. RECEIPTS. Jan 8. Cash in hand of county Treasurer $10,544 2 " from E A Osborne, clerk superior court, for unclaimed, fees, Tax ou Deeds, Tax col lected on Suits, from January 1, 1873, to Jan. 1, 1873. 588 92 Cash from Wm Maxwell, Regis ter, tax on Marriage Liceuscs for the year 1872, 124 33 Feb. 1. Cash from R M White, late Sheriff, part of balance due on county tax for 1872, 2,500 00 Mch. 1. Cash from K M White, late Sheriff, county tax1872, 2,212 25 11. from State Treasurer for ex penses paid by county to Sheriff for taking prisoners to Peni tentiary, 320 35 April 4. From It M White, late Sheriff, part of balance due on tax for the year 1872, 2,010 08 11. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, License Tax on purchases of merchandise, whiskey, shows, Insurance companies, lightning rods, to January 1st, lb73, 1,290 75 From M E Alexander, Sheriff, rent of court house, 14 25 May 5. From Col. Bryce, gate posts of court house yard, 10 00 0. From R M White, late Sheriff, one-fourth of county poll tax for benefit of the poor, 1872, 440 29 From R M White, part balance of tax for the year 1872, 238 84 June 2. From R M Vi hite, as balance in full for county tax for the year 1872 as per settlement January 8th, 1873, 1,970 86 Sept. 19. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, lart tax for the year 1873, 2,000 00 Nov. 3. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part tax for the year 1873, 12,325 78 7. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part tax for the year 1873, 2.016 73 Dec. 11. From A Burwcll, office rent for the year ending Oct. 1, 1872, 80 00 5. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part county tax for year 1873, 4,000 00 14. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part county tax for year 1873, 4,000 00 22. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part county tax for year 1873, 4,500 00 31. From Z B Vance, office rent for year ending Oct. 1, 1872, 100 00 1874. Jan'y 3. From M E Alexander, Sheriff, part county tax for 1873, 5,000 00 From S W Ueid, tile sold in 1872, 80 7. From R M White, late Sheriff, balance due on unlisted tax for the year 1872, 112-04 9. Cash on deposit iu Bank to Jan uary 1, 1874, 315,54 50,722 82 DISBURSEMENTS. FO0R AND POOR HOUSE EXPENSES. 1S73. Ftu'y 3. Paid Andy Russell, taking pauper to Poor House, $1 50 A F Yandle, hire laborers, 16 00 R N Grimes, making coffins, 14 25 E P Cochrane, making coffins, 7 50 Thos G Maynard, digging grave, 1 50 Mch 3. ThosL Vail, expenses Wm Beatty a pauper to Baltimore, $20.50, dtaft of Dr J J Chisholm for board, glasses and return ticket, $35.00, 55 50 Wm A Ross, Blacksmith account, 3 40 J D Pharr, making coffin, 3 00 A G Shaw, making coffin, 3 00 Stenhouse.Macaulay & Co, account, 28 97 McMurray & Davis, store account, 2 35 Brem, Brown & Co, store account, 6 00 4. 44 44 44 44 g A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 16 00 April 7. Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co, account, 37 96 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 16 00 J P Alexander, for lumber, 10 29 DrEC Alexander, medical attention, 28 50 John T Frazier, burial expenses of Mary J Johnston, 8 00 John 1) Hunter, making coffins, 6 00 R N Grimes, making coffins, 18 00 Andy Russell, taking a pauper to tha poor house, 1 50 R L DeArmond, for Catherine Wil liams a pauper, - 5 00 Thoa L Vail, cash to James Ben net t, a pauper, 4 05 May 5. H J Walker, 1 coffin and burial ex penses, Pink Berryhill, pauper, 8 SO II J Walker, makimr coffin, 3 00 Thos G MaTnard, digging grave, 1 60 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 17 00 A F Yankle, expenses carrying 8 paupees to their homes in South Carolina and Georgia, 29 75 June 2. A F Yandle, Overseer, part salary for the year 1873, 25 00 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 20 60 James M Davis, for lumber, 1 60 R N Grimes, making coffins, 17 00 Geo Summerville,making coffin, 3 00 McMurray & Davis, store account, 14 86 Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co, account, 103 71 July 7. DrEC Alexander, medical attention, 75 50 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 22 00 W A Ross, blacksmith account, 5 25 Alex Henderson, digging graves, 3 00 John B Rfok, diggiug graves, 6 00 July 7. Jas II Henderson, burial expenses , Emeline Bennett, a pauper, 2 60 Jas II Henderson, for Pink Kerr, a pauper, 1 50 Jas 11 Henderson, for Jane Smith, a jpauper, 1 0 R N Grimes, making coffins, 6 00 Aug. 4. A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 22 00 S M Howell, horse collars, 4 00 P P Maxwell, making coffins, 6 00 R N Grimes, making coffins, 6 00 Sept. 1 W P Williams, making coffin, 1 50 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 17 00 Stenhouse.Macaulay & Co, account, 137 44 6. Brem, Brown & Co, store account, 7 50 Oct. 6. Martin Icehour, making coffin, S 00 R N Grimes, making coffins, 12 50 J C Boy t, for beef, 12 15 W A Ross, blacksmith account, 14 40 A F Yaudle, hire of laborers, 17 00 A F Yandle, Overseer, part salary for the year 1873, 100 00 DrEC Alexander, medical attention, 31 00 Stenhouse, Macaulay & Co, account, 73 06 Nov. 3. " " 51 80 McMurray & Davis, store account, 29 34 A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 17 00 R N Grimes, making coffins, 6 00 Alex Henderson, digging graves, 1 00 John B Ifciok, digging grave, 1 50 Nelson Rodgers, taking pauper to poor house, 1 25 Solomon Blythc, taking pauper to' jxr bouse, 4 00 Dec. 1. A F Yandle. hire of laborer, 17 00 J P Alexander, repairs on wagon, 3 00 1S74. Jan'y 3. B S Bronon, for Mrs Rale, pauper, 5 00 5. AF Yandle, overseer.balauce salary for the vear 1873, 225 00 Dr E C Alexander, medical attention, 42 (XJ Poor and Poor House Expenses continued.) Dr Jno H McAdon, medicines, 39 05 R N Grimes, making coffins, 15 00 W P Beatty, making coffins, S .00 Alex Henderson, digging graves, 7 50 Brem, Brown & Co, store accouut, 8 70 ELS Barnett, work on wagon, 4 00 B SBronson, for Mrs Rabe, pauper, 5 00 R R King, account for beef, 15 10 Wittkowsky & Rintels, account, 8 10 Sam Massey, taking pauper to the Ioor house, 1 25 W A Ross, blacksmith account, 4 35 "Whlsnant & Sons, sawing lumber, 4 7a A F Yandle, hire of laborers, 11 00 David Todd, taking pauper to the poor house, 1 25 D II Byerlv, account for tin ware, 6 70 Stenhouse,Macaulay & Co, account, 77 81 $1,759 43 1873. Feb'y 8. Mch 3. COUNTY JAIL EXPENSES. Paid J N Caldwell, -forundries, " 430 310 20 00 18 00 9 00 9 07 400 2 75 16 50 500 300 550 17 95 1 50 550 3 05 W B Taylor, account for keys and repairing locks, Elias fc Cohen, for blankets, 11 W Tatum, work on doors and windows, April 7. Joseph Butler, material and work, J N Caldwell, cleaning out sewers, May 5. Elias & Cohen, for blankets, June 2. J N Caldwell, Yime, buckets and tin cups, July 7. Young Pace, lumber and making fence, W A Ross, work on Jail, Jos Butler, repairing Jail wall, Aug. 4. II W Tatum, work on Jail, Sept. 1. Rich'd Moore, pipe and work, Oct. 6. Jos Butler, repairing Jail wall, H W Tatum, iron, nails and work, Nov. 3. Wolfe, Barringer & Co, account, R N Grimes, work on Jail, 1874. Jan'y 5. Jos Asbury, material and work, Brem, Brown & Co, handcuffs, Wolfe, Barringer & Co, account, Elias & Cohvn, for blankets, 9 50 300 11 10 14 25 $170 82 CORONER'S EXPENSES, INCLUDING POST 1873. MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. Mch 3. Paid W P Little, Coroner, inquest over the bodies of Newton Wil f ong. Sergeant Clemmons and Joe Whitley, and summoning witnes ses, burial expenses, guard and bringing a prisoner to Jail, 32 10 June 2. W P Little, coroner, holding inquest over Robert Smith and summon ing witnesses, 6 80 Dr J P McCqmbs, post mortem ex amination Of Sergeant Clemmons and Newton Wilfong, 20 00 W W Gregory, M D, post mortem examination of Robert Smith, 10 00 Oct. 7. Dr J B Alexander, post mortem ex amination of Frank Kerr, 10 00 $78 90 1873. Feb'y 8. Mch 3. April 7 May 5. PRISONER'S EXPENSES. Paid J N Caldwell, taking a pris oner to Concord, James Segraves, watchman, M E Alexander, sheriff, feeding prisoners, 31 E Alexander, feeding prisoners, Jas JVl Segraves, watchman, J N Caldwell, hire of guard, J N Caldwell, burial expenses of Abe Bailey, a prisoner, Jas M Segraves, watchman, M E Alexander, feeding prisoners, 3 9? 83 00 289 60 49 80 46 50 400 7 75 45 00 49 30 84 40 379 20 4Q5Q 13 00 400 34 00 800 June 2. Jas M Segraves, watchman, " guard Sup'r Court, U W Tatum. putting irons on pris oners and taking them off at court, DrJP McCombs, medical attention, July 7. Jas M Segraves, watchman, John Roberts, guarding prisoners at Superior court, R D Rhyne, Sheriff Gaston county, feeding Taylor McCord 33 days, 13 20 431 8ij 46 50 46 50 352 20 13 50 23 35 46 50 45 00 M E Alexander, feeding prisoners, Jas M Segraves, watchman, July 31 Sept. 1. 19. Oct. 6. 7. Nov. 8. Dec, I. 5. 1874. Jan. 6. M E Alexander, feeding prisoners, J L Orr, watchman at Jail, Dr F Scarr, for medicines, J L Orr, watchman, J L Orr, guarding prisoners at court, 3 00 M E Alexander, feeding prisoners, 343 10 M E Alexander, feeding prisoners, 330 10 J L Orr, watchman, 5000 DrJP McCombs, medical attention to prisoners in Jail, 18 00 $2,785 25 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' EXPENfiES. 1873. June 2. Paid R L DeArmond, commissioner, 46 00 July 7. W H Ncal, " 27 10 19. M M Orr, " 34 00 Thomas Gluyas, " 38 10 Sept. 1. Thomas L Vail, " 40 00 L874. Jan'y 5. 31 31 Orr, 24 00 Thomas Gluyas, 20 50 W H Neal, . " 29 70 R L DeArmond, " 38 80 Thomas L Vail, " 10 CO $308 20 REGISTRATION OF VOTERS EXPENSES, 1873. Feb'y 3. Paid C W McCoy, Registrar, 74 B II Garrison, 1 68 Mch 3. W E Ardrey, 3 51 3Iav 19. J W Hunter, M 4 16 June 2. W P Houston, " 3 14 Sept. 1. B II Garrison, " 62 W P Houston, " 1 99 $18 93 COURT HOUSE AND YARD EXPENSE. 1873. 3Icu 3. Paid T C Allisn, furnishing brick and building 2 short walls, 22 95 3Iay 19. E 31 Andrews for 7.800 brick for court house yard, at $8 per in, 62 40 Samuel Taylor for 10,200 brick for jcourt house yard, at $8 per in, 81 60 J Li Thoniburg for hauling brick and sand, 33 50 Jos Butler for cleaning and laying brick In front of court house, 68 10 July 19. J W B o m, mowing cour. house lot, 1 00 OcU 6. Sims & Alexander, for sumlriin, 1 oo Jos Butler, repairing court lot wall, 1 00 $272 05 1873.- CONTINGENT EXPENSES, April 4- Paid R 31 White, late Sheriff, ta refunded cn 31eans' tract of land, 16 68 Jute ?. R M White late Sheriff, tax refund- iai to Wilson McCombs and Thos Bratton for the year 1872, 4 45 James ilannjng, tax refunded for the year 1867, 6 00 Sept. 1. ME Alexander, Sheriff, summoning managers of ejection., Aug., '73, 28 50 31 E Alexander. Sheriff, notifying court officers to appear & qualify 9 00 $64 01 Continued on Second Ftfe.