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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
A Dead Law.
From theN. Y. Tribune (republican )
One hole is enough to spoil a balloon.
The U. S. Supreme Court finds but one hole
in the Enforcement act, but that one is quite
enough to make the entire act powerless
and practically void. For it is a flaw in the
sections which prescribe penalties for the
commission of offenses. In the decision of
the Kentucky case, Sections 3 and 4 of the
Enforcement act are held to be unconstitu
tional ou the ground that, upon a strict con
struction of their terms, they impose penal
ties for acts which the previous sections of
the act had not declared offenses, and which
Congress had no constitutional power to
declare offenses against the United States.
The Court holds that, being, defective in
this particular, these sections are unconsti
tutional and therefore invalid in every par
ticular that the Courts have n power to
say that a provision which in any respect
violates the Constitution still has validity to
some extent, or to determine to what extent.
The objection is a narrow and sharp one,
but it punctures the act effectively. The
difficulty is only that these sections were
not so worded as to limit the penalties im
posed to the performance of acts which can
constitutionally be made offenses against
United States; but that difficulty is fatal.
The Court has no power to legislate to re-
, ... vjc singularly
terse'and forcible language of Chief justice
Waito
"It would certainly be dangerous if the Legisla
ture could set a net large enough to catch all pos
sible offenders, and leave it to the Courts to step
inside and say who could be rightfully detained
and who should be set at large. This would to
some extent substitute the Judicial for the legisla
tive department of the Government. The Courts
enforce the legislative will when ascertained, if
within constitutional grant3 of power. Within its
legitimate sphere Congress is supreme, and beyond
the control of the Courts ; but if it steps outside
of its constitutional limitations, and attempts that
which is beyond its reach, the Courts are authorized
to, and when called upon in due course of legal
proceedings must, annul its encroachments upon
the reserved power of the States and the people.
To limit this statute in the manner now asked for
would be to make a new law, not to enforce an old
one. This is no part of our duty. We must there
fore decide that Congress has not as yet provided
by appropriate legislation for the punishment of
the offense charged in the iudictment."
This is one of the most remarkable and
important decisions ever rendered by the
Supreme Court. It marks the commence
ment of a new era in the exercise of legisla
tive power. During and since the war,
Congress has often acted as if it. were su
preme, not merely within but "outside of
its constitutional limitations."
The Supreme Court of the U. S. on the
Enforcement Act.
From the Baltimore Sun
On Monday the 27th ult., the U. S. Su
preme Court announced its decision, so long
delayed, in the Grant Parish and the Ken
tucky election cases, arising under the En
forcement Act of May 31, 1870. The
Louisiana case, as many of our readers may
remember, was an indictment against cer
tain citizens of Grant Parish in that State,
based upon section 6th of the act known as
the "ku-klux" or "conspiracy" section, im
posing the punishment of fine (not exceed
ing $5,000,) and imprisonment (not exceed
ing ten years,) for the offense of banding or
conspiring together, or going in disguise
upon the highway, fcc, with intent to injure,
oppress or intimidate any citizen, or to pre
vent or hinder his free exercise and enjoy
ment of any right granted or secured by
the constitution or laws of the United
States.
The Kentucky case was an indictment
founded upon sections 3 and 4 of the same
act, against two inspectors of a municipal
election in that State, for refusing to receive
and 'count at such election the vote of a citi
zen of the United States of African descent.
Both cases came before the Supreme Court
upon a certificate of division of opinion be
tween the judges of the Circuit Court for
the districts in which the cases arose. In
the Louisiana case, after a verdict of guilty
upon all the counts of the indictment, six
teen in number, judgment had been ar
rested by order of the presiding Judge,
which order the U. S. Supreme Court has
now affirmed and ordered the discharge of
the parties indicted. In the Kentucky case
the indictment having been held back on
demurrer by the Circuit Judge in the Court
below, that decision is in like manner
affirmed with the same result to the parties
under indictment, viz : that they are dis
charged. The immediate and practical result in
both cases therefore, is the same, viz: that
the Court has decided that no conviction
can be had, which, so far, is gratifying and
satisfactory, at all events to the traversers
and their friends. Other results were an
ticipated, however, from the decision of
these cases by the tribunal of last resort.
It was expected that the vexed question of
the constitutionality of the act under which
the indictments were found would be defi
nitely if not forever settled and put to rest.
This, it is to be regretted, the Court has
not done. It has decided the cases, but not
the question which the cases were supposed
to raise.
In the Louisiana case the judgment of
the Court is unanimous Justice Clifford
concurring in the judgment while dissenting
from tho opinion. The opinion of the Court
in each case is delivered by Chief Justice
Waite, and characterized, so far as the
questions touched upon and the points de
cided go, by great simplicity, directness
and clearness of expression and style. So
far as they go, therefore, they are entitled
to as much weight as can attach to any de
cision oi the Court. Perhaps tho best ex
planation of the unanimity of the Court in
these cases is to , be found in the careful
avoidance of all questions except what were
absolutely necessary to their decision. Un
fortunately the "constitutional question"
happens not to have, been one of these.
The Louisiana case is disposed of from
the point of view of a criminal pleader
rather than the constitutional lawyer. The
sixteen counts of the " Grant Parish indict
ment are severally,; passed in review and
pronounced , fatally , defective for several
reasons for failing to charge an offense
made indictable by act of Congress ; for
failing to show that the wrong complained
of was committed "on account of race, color,"
4&c, of the persons upon whom it was com
mitted; for failing to give notice to the ac
cused of the specific nature of the offense
with which they were charged ; for general
vagueness, uncertainty, and being defec
tive in form and substance.
Of the two decisions the opinion in the
Kentucky case is by far the more important.
It deals not with the defects of the indict
ment, but of the law upon which the indict
ment is founded. The Court hold, in sub
stance, that "the fifteenth amendment has
invested citizens of the United States with
a new constitutional right which is within
the protecting power of Congress. That
right is not, as is so often erroneously as
serted, the
rifjht
of suffrage, which the
Court expressly say
case, affirming their
in tne urant 1 ansn
recent declaration in
Minor vs. Hoppersett, 21 Wallace, to the
same efiect, the constitution of the United
States has not conferred upon any one, "and
that the United States have no 'voters of
their own creation in the State." It is the
right of "exemption from discrimination in
the exercises of the elective franchise on ac
count of race, color, or previous condition
of servitude.
It is not every wrongful refusal to receive
the vote of a qualified elector at a State
election that Congress has constitutional
power to punish. Its "power to legislate
at all upon the subject of voting at State
elections rests upon the amendment," and
"it is only when the wrnnfi
, A i.oouse ot race, color or
previous condition of servitude that Con
gress can interfere and provide for its pun
ishment." Neither the third nor fourth
sections of the "enforcement act" of May
31, 1870, are confined in terms to cases in vio
lation of the fifteenth amendment. They
are couched in language broad enough to
cover any case of "wrongful relusal," and
upon any ground or in the case of any per
son. They are not, therefore, in the judg
ment of the Court, "appropriate legislation"
for the enforcement of the fifteenth amend
ment, or the rights which that amendment
is specifically intended to secure. They
transcend its provisions, and the Court
therefore cannot, without usurping the
legislative function and making a new law
instead of enforcing an old one, give effect
to these sections. Any indictment founded
upon them is necessarily bad, and falls to
the ground with the statute itself.
Such is the scope and effect of these two
decisions. They do not relieve the Court
from the duty of passing directly upon the
constitutionality of the act in its other pro
visions if cases should come before them
in which the indictments are more skillfully
drawn.
The Carolina Central Railway.
Messrs. Wright & Stedman, as attorneys
for the first mortgage bondholders of the
Carolina Central Railway Company, have
filed a petition in the Superior Court of this
county for foreclosure of the mortgage by
which the bonds are secured. They, at the
same time, applied to Judge McKoy for
Receivers, and we learn that an order has
been made appointing Dr. C. II. Roberts,
the President of the Road, Isaao B. Grain
ger, of this city, and Andrew V. Stout,
President Shoe and Leather National Bank
of New York, the Receivers. A bond of
fifty thousand dollars was required by the
Judge, which was promptly given, and the
Road has been turned over to the Receivers
appointed. We learn that all just indebted
ness to the employees of the Road will be
paid by the Receivers. Wilmington Star.
Revolution in the Cotton Trade.
The spinners of New England are begin
ning to realize the fact that they must in a
very short time lose their market for manu
factured cotton in the South, and are al
ready taking steps to facilitate the disposal
of their goods in England and the Continent.
The superior facilities of the Southern mills
for supplying their section with all it can
consume in the way of cotton goods are so
evident, and the success of the mills already
established, when prudently managed, has
been so invariable and so profitable that it
takes no seer to perceive that in a few years,
at most, the South will not only supply
herself with cotton stuffs, but will be the
producer and seller of the manufactured ar
ticle, as well as of the raw material. The
saving of freights, insurance, commissions to
middle men, and time, by bringing the ma
chinery to the cotton fields, must give her
an advantage over all other manufacturers
that no other considerations can offset. As
the man who has an apple orchard can
make cider "cheaper than anybody else, so
those who have the cotton fields can manu
facture cotton on lower terms than those
wTho have to bear the direct and indirect ex
penses of transportation from the place of
growth to the place of manufacture.
The manufacturers of New England real
ize this fact, and hence it is that they are
now preparing for the gradual loss'of the
Southern and Western trade, and stretching
out their hands Eastward in the hope of
securing a part of the consumers that Great
Britain and the Continental nations have
hitherto controlled. They are even pre
paring to compete with the cheap labor of
England on its very soil, and the shipment
of print cloths to that country from Fall
River, Mass., alone now amounts to 20,000
pieces per week, representing a money value
of about $40,000. The other manufacturing
towns of New England are engaged in the
same venture, and the rapid growth of the
export cotton trade may be considered a
foregone conclusion.
The shipments of manufactured cottons
in a single week from New York amounted
to $26S,000, and from Boston in the same
week to $175,000. Part of this was con
signed for sale to London and Liverpool,
the balance to Germany, Brazil, Africa,
China and Japan. It is estimated that the
exports of cotton goods for the year 1876
will be fully double those of 1875. XorfoUc
JUrgifiian.
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A Wife driving her Husband to
Suicide. Thomas L. D. Bell, son of the
late Alderman" Bell of Newark, committed
suicide on Saturday by taking poison. A
letter addressed to "whom it may concern,"
was found on his person. In this he gives
as a reason for the deed the manner in
which his wife goaded him for money to
supply her extravagant desires. She is
charged with keeping him awake at night
harrassing him about dress. iVT Yi, Sun.
North Carolina News Items.
Cdgf"vThe Lutheran Synod meets at St.
Enoch's Cborch, Rowan county, on Tuesday
before the 1st Monday in May.
A Proposition. The President of the
Western N. C. Railroad informs us that he
can buy track iron in sufficient quantity to
lay over the Road from Old Fort to Ashe
ville on twelve month's credit, if the County
Commissioners will endorse the notes given
as evidences of indebtedness. This indul
gence will give the Railroad Commissioners
ample time to collect and liquidate the debt,
even though the Legislature should refuse
any or all aid in paying the same. -Ashe-ville
Pioneer.
Jgf The committee to whom Gen. Vance
referred the matter have recommended
John Wakefield of Caldwell, for the cadet
ship at West Point. John Cowles is recom
mended as alternate. No doubt Gen. Vance
will regard the suggestion of the committee
and make the appointment.
The Commencement of Davenport
Female College at Lenoir, N. C, takes place
on the 7th and 8th of June. Bishop Mc
Tyeire will preach tho commencement ser
mon on Wednesday, 7th, and Robert T.
Gray, Esq., of Raleigh, will deliver the ad
dress before the Eclectic Literary Society
on Thursday, 8th.
vrx.M ouuiiT. Richard Pressley,
colored, late of Catawba county, was con
victed of larceny in the matter of a pair of
shoes, sentenced to 60 days hard labor on
the W. N. C. Railroad. Julius Dula, col
ored, was convicted of horse stealing and
sentenced to 6 years in the Penitentiary.
Samuel Austin alias Randall Caldwell, col
ored, for burglary, was sentenced to be
hung on Friday the 12th of May.
Sale of State and Confederate
Money. Messrs. Cronly & Morris sold at
auction a large lot of Confederate currency
and Confederate and State bonds. The
notes brought cent for every $1,000, the
Confederate bonds 3 cents per $1,000, and
the North Carolina bonds h to 9 cents per
$1,000. One of these latter, now before us,
signed by Z. B. Vance as Governor and
Jonathan Worth as Public Treasurer,
promises to pay to the bearer, at the city of
Raleigh, $1,000 in good and lawful money
of the Confederate States, and yet the bond
sold at auction for nearly twenty times as
much as the poor old Confed. note did,
truly "representing nothing on God's earth
now." Wilmington Jievieic.
SSir The Raleigh News says that the
Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the
case of the State against Robt. P. Lowry
from Warren county. Lowry was indicted
for selling liquor without license and the
only proof was that he sold blaekberry
wine. Judge Rodman in ordering a new
trial said the question was a fact for the
jury and not lor the Court. He did not
think the Legislature intended to tax such
innocent beverages of the people or the
trifling accessories of the ladies toilets.
Pretty good name for b. b. wines.
SrS If we mistake not the voice of the
Johnston county yeomanry, their choice
for Governor is Gen. W. R. Cox. The
General seems to be gaining in popularity
everywhere. An old soldier remarked the
other day in our hearing that "Gen. Cox
would do to trust in any place if it was the
Presidency of the United States," and this
is the sentiment of all who followed the
General in the army, who all love him.
Goklsboro Messenger.
3T Judge Kerr will hold the Spring
term of Wayne Superior Court which con
venes on Monday April 24th, instead of
Judge Seymour who will hold Court in
Orange county.
l-W We learn from a letter from Ten
nessee that the Rev. Cyrus K. Caldwell,
formerly pastor of Buffalo and Bethel
Churches in this county, died in Denmark,
in that State, on the 29th of March.
Greensboro Patriot.
Mr Caldwell was a native of Mecklenburg
county, where he has relatives living. He
was a son of Rev. Samuel Craighead Cald
well, who was for many years pastor of
Sugar Creek Church near Charlotte.
Big Baptizing. Perhaps the largest
baptising that ever occurred in or around
Raleigh took place on Sunday the 2d inst.,
at Mordecai's pond. Rev. Wm. Worrell,
of the Second Baptist Church, colored, led
into the water 150 souls in baptism. The
scene was an imposing and happy one not
withstanding the fact that it was a very
raw and ugly day the thermometer stand
ing at 40 deg. It was thought that Mr
Worrell might need assistance, and so Chas.
Bryant volunteered and stepped into the
cold stream. After remaining for half an
hour he gave up, and had to be rubbed and
covered in blankets to save life. Mr W.,
however, kept his post for two hours, .bap
tizing the last one. The business being
new to Charles, the cold water was too
much for him. Raleigh Era.
Prisoners Escaped One Killed. Last
Friday night three colored convicts em
ployed on the W. N. C. Railroad escaped
from a squad that were engaged-at the time
at Old Fort. Pursuit was given, and one
of the number was shot and killed, but the
remaining two had not been - captured at
last accounts. Asheville Citizen.
Fire in Stokes countt. We regret to
learn that the office of the Danbury Repor
ter, together with the large two-story brick
residence of the proprietors, was totally
destroyed by fire on last Friday morning.
The cause of the fire unknown. Winston
Sentinel. N
Cdlf The sugar crop in Cuba exhibits an
immense falling off from that of last year.
The activity of the insurgents in the cen
tral department has had its ' effect, where
the ruined sugar-houses and burnt cane
fields are all that remain to the Spaniards
after the eight years' struggle with the in
surrection. -
Explosiox op Powder Magazines.
Salt Lake, April 6. Four Powder Maga
zines and mauy tons of powder exploded at
the arsenal to-day. Six were killed and
others hurt. Boulders were thrown in all
directions, one fell a mile away. ' The dam
age to broken glass alone is $50,000.
N. 0. Supreme Court Decisions.
January Term, 1876.
Miaa vs. Calloway et. al., from "Wilkes.
In granting an order for a person to sue
in forma pauperis it is sufficient compliance
with the statute, Bat. Rev. chap. 17, sec. 72,
for the presiding Judge to be satisfied, by a
certificate of counsel or otherwise, that
the plaintiff has an honest cause of action,
on which he may reasonably expect to
recover.
An affidavit, certified by the Clerk of the
Chancery Court of another State, without
having the testimonial of the presiding
Judge of said Court that the person so pro
fessing to be Clerk was such officer, and
that he had authority to administer oaths, is
not so legally authenticated as to authorize
a Judge of this State to act under it.
Mace vs. Ramsey, from Carteret.
Where one violates his contract he is
liable only for such damages as are caused
by the breach, or such as being incidental
to the act of omission or commission as a
natural consequence thereof may reasonably
be presumed to have been in the contem
plation of the parties at the time the con
tract was made,
Therefore, where A. contracted to furnish
B. a boat at a specified time, to be used by
B. in conveying excursionists to and from
different points in Beaufort harbor an ex-
ion tram oeiug rexpeeieu tu arrive at,
such specified time in an action against A.
for damages on account of the breach -of his
contract, It was held, that the measure of
damagi ? would be what a boat like A's
would I ; worth at such time, if he (A.)
knew oi the excursion and the use to which
B. interi !ed to put the boat. And in ar-
riving at tnat value tne jury mignt consiuer
the capacity of A s boat, state of the weath
er, etc.
.Held further, that evidence wras admissi
ble to show that the plaintiff had engaged
enough passengers for this boat and his
other boats on the occasion.
Campbell et. al., vs. Wolfenden et. al., from
Craven.
The Judge below erred in granting an
injunction, bv which persons in possession
of the offices of Mayor and Alderman of a
city, and aetu;; iy performing the duties ot
those offices are restrained from all oflicial
acts.
It is not sufficient to allege that the per
sons falling the offices were not regularly or
rightfully elected; but it must also appear
that they are abusing or are about to abuse
their possession ol official power to the pub
lic injury ; and that the public will sustain
no damage by the suspension for an indefi
nite time of all city government.
Grady et. al., vs. Commissioners oi Lenoir
county, from Lenoir.
The creation or alteration of townships in
the several counties of the State, alter the
lirsf division by the county commissioners,
iUKr art. 7 sec. 8 of the Constitution, is
left Tith the Legislature.
Williams vs. Williams, from Harnet.
The intestate of the plaintiff contracted
with the agent of the defendant for an in
surance on his life. The agent agreed to
insure his life for six months in the sum of
$5,000 in consideration of the payment ot
the sum of $50. The intestate paid to the
agent 845. No written application for a
policy was ever made, and no policy was
ever issued. The balance of the $50 was
never paid and no reason was assigned for
the failure to pay the same. Upon a de
murrer to the complaint, it was held, that
the plaintiff could not recover.
Small, Administrator, vs. Small et. al., from
Perquimans.'
Where a guardian purchased his ward's
land at a sale by the clerk and master, in a
petition for partition filed by himself, and
received a deed therefor, he holds the legal
title to said land, subject to the equity of
the wards, of his paying the purchase money
as a condition precedent to his becoming
the owner of the lands.
The creditor who takes a deed of trust
stands in the shoes of the debtor, and takes
subject to any equity binding the lands in
the hands of the debtor.
Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line R. R. vs.
Wicker et. al.,. from Moore.
The rule for the assessment of damages to
lands, taken for Railroad purpo&es, as set
tled in this State is: The jury shall not de
duct from, or set off against, the damages
special to the land, a part of which is taken,
any benefits arising from the Railroad un
der construction, which are common to the
owner and all other persons in the vicinity;
but may deduct or set off any benefit pecu
liar to the land, with regard to the benefit
to the land arising from the construction of
the road.
The owner is entitled to recover for the
expense of any additional fencing of culti
vated lands made necessary by reason of
the construction of the Road ; but as he is
not required by law to fence uncleared or
uncultivated land, and the expense of fenc
ing such, should it at any future time be
cleared or cultivated, is too remote and un
certain to be estimated, and the same should
not be taken in consideration.
If by the construction of such road water
be ponded upon the land, the owner may
recover damages, if such ponding be the re
sult of the obstruction of a natural or arti
ficial drain-way; otherwise, if the ponding
be the result of an alteration of the previous
grade of the land caused by the construction
of the road-bed.
The danger that the cars of a Railroad
company may injure the cattle of the land
owner without negligence, is not peculiar to
the land owner, a part of whose land is taken,
but common to all who own cattle near the
line of the road ; and as the owner is not re
quired to abate the damages to his land, on
account of any benefit he may derive from
the road in eommon with adjacent land
owners, he is not entitled to be compensated
for any damages which are in like manner
common.
Paschal, Administrator, vs. Harris and wife
et. at, from Warren.
Where a mortgagor has an equity of re
demption, subject to a power ol sale, and
the land mortgaged is actually sold after
forfeiture, the right of the mortgagor is en
tirely extinguiBnea . .
Hence, where A executed a mortgage to
B to secure the payment of a sum of money
borrowed of him by A, the mortgage con
taining a power of sale upon forfeiture, and
the land was sold upon the failure of A to
repay the same at the time specified, It was
held, that the Administrator of A could not
sustain a petition to sell his interest in the
mortgaged premises for assets to pay the
debts of A upon judgments docketed prior
to the executiou of the mortgage because
the sale divested the intestate of all interest.
That the liens of the judgment creditors, if
enforced, must be enforced by some direct
proceeding on their part for that purpose.
Calloway and others vs. the Ore Knob Co.
et. al., from Ashe.
In a joint action against several defend
ants, some ot whom are residents of the
State in whose Court the action is brought,
where such resident defendants are unneces
sary or merely formal parties: It is not
error upon proper affidavits and bond filed
by the non-resident defendants, to remove
the cause to the Circuit Court of the United
States.
The fact that such resident defendants
were" made parties to the action upon motion
t defendants is immaterial
and constitutes no waiver of the right of
tne latter to a removal.
State vs. Powell, from Halifax.
Where upon an appeal to the Supreme
Court from the judgment of the Court be
low, upon an indictment for murder, no er
ror is assigned, and the Court after a care
ful examination of the record, is unable to
discover any error, the judgment of the
Court below must be affirmed.
South Carolina News.
ET Charleston is luxuriating on straw
berries and sweet milk; the former at thirty
five and the latter at ten cents per quart.
Mrs. Dr. Vampill, of Marion, who
has been in attendance ou lectures at the
woman's Medical College, of Philadelphia,
has returned. She is the first lady medical
student of South Carolina.
The merchants of Sumter have or
ganized a merchants union for self-protection.
The association proposes to keep two
books, one for white and the other for col
ored customers, in which will be entered the
names of all parties with whom any member
of the association may have had unsatisfac
tory transactions. Each member of the
union is bound, without favor, to communi
cate to the other members, through the
Secretary, the names of these delinquent
customers, and who will thereupon be re
fused further credit. The merchants claim
that this movement is for the mutual bene
fit of themselves and their honest paying
patrons.
The Liability of State Bank Stockholder 9.
For several years a suit has been pending
in the courts of South Carolina brought by
one Harvey Terry against the stockholders
of the Commercial Bank at Columbia, S. C.
The Bank suspended payment at the com
mencement of the war, and the suit was
brought to make the stockholders liable for
the bills issued by the Bank. In regard to
the matter, the Supreme Court has recently
promulgated the following opinion and
order :
Per curiam: The judgements appealed
from were prematurely announced. The
liability of the defendants, if any, is de
pendent on the fact of their having been
stockholders at the time of the failure of the
bank or within twelve months preceding
that day. The judgment does not fix the
day of the failure of the bank, and, there
fore, does not afford the requisite means of
ascertaining whether the defendants are
chargeable as stockholders. It is therefore
ordered, that the judgment and all subse
quent proceedings be set aside.
It is further ordered, that the case be re
manded to the Circuit Court of Common
Pleas for Richland county, in which it was
heard, to ascertain at what time did the
failure of the bank occur; who were the
stockholders at the time of such failure, or
were interested therein at any time within
twelve months previous thereto; what was
the amount of shares held by such stock
holders respectively ; when did the plaintiff
and others claiming as biilholders become
possessed of the bills of said bank, claimed
by them; and to ascertain what amounts, if
any, are properly chargeable against the
defendants by reason of the matters alleged
in the complaint, and to apportion such
sums among the several defendants found
liable in the ratio of the amount of stock
hld by them as aforesaid.
W. P. Cook's Plows.
The following letter is published as a deserved
tribute to the Plow made in this city: r.l
Mecklenburg Co., April 1,1876.
W. F. Cook: Sir: I have used your one-horse
and two-horse Plows, called "Charlotte" Nog. 1 and
a, which 1 pronounce the best of all of the improve
jriows xnai i nave used or seen in the county " '
..,..1,1 1 . w.irt.V
nuuiu icvuuuucuu every larmtr to use v&r
boys wont use any other if they can get tbeX.
Plow. TTfnr T hrmrrlit t-arn rf tli.m in An., .
- ' - - - wvMa. v n vr WIOV
isfy the boys. S. C. UUTEK"
April 3, 1870.
Hay and Fodder.
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One Car Load Hay and Fodder on consijrnmht
April 3,1870. STITT, WALSH & CfO.
Kerosene Oil.
.' ., ne sus-B cents.
VOKi f liO fi ret Ia caM A.-
15. Hi. SMTTTT
Beeswax Wanted.
Highest price paid for nice clean P.rf -JL
pounds wanted, at jfli,w
April d, 1870. U.S. jfcxrT'rti.u
J. N.
vsuarioite, n. c.t
Below Tryon Street Methoi&ut Church'. '
The buildine has recentlv h f.t. .
ted and renovated, and tbe-Vm ffilSL ni"
A- W. Alexander, is prepared to iCJJiS'
manent and transient BU " AKSKuPk
patronage is respectfully solicit" re o1 pQVc
Mtto- "J. ALEXANDER
DR. A. W. ALfJy
new ones. Dental work will be done at rates to
Uv ?eoVD5 Entire Mtisfaction guaranteed.
writing us from Washinortnn ...... .... "l
TL B. Vance, of North Carols i.llon-
of the Committee on Patents, aud his cf
leagues on me commiuee, nave earned th
gratitude of every family in the lafii k
reDortinsr adversely udou the m,i;...- ?
for an extention of the Wilson patent t
the four motion feed" used by the sein
machine companies of the monopoly combi
ation. This is of importance to every hou$
hold, and especially to those who are A
nendent upon
the sewincr raai;hinQ r
livelihood. 1 he committee report that th
average price of sewing machines l,a8 hp!
$oo, wiiuc inej c uc uiu ai a taircrofit
i.r- oV,r,Mt -20 The diflfcronr.0 V . 1
for about $22.
to many millions ot
dollars, has
sorbed by the owners of the patents, wh0
have been already ,suffiei2ntly well pa'id f0r
the benefit conferred upon the communUy.
and it is not iutended to grant them any
further power for extortion."
The Hon. Mr Vance is an old mountaineer
a man of will, strong in debate, and ve caD'
assure the people of the 9th Judicial District
that their interests are being carefully
watched in every respect. Shelby Banner
New Millinery
AT THE
Old well-established House
OF
MRS. QUERY.
MRS. QUERY is now receiving her Spring and
Summer Millinery and Fancy Geods, wkicif will
include all tho latest styles and novelties of the
season. The reputation of my House for elegant
and fashionable Millinery is too well known to need
comment My stock the present season will be
complete, and will be replenished every week during
the season with new, fresh and fashionable goods as
soon as they appear in New York, from the most
reliable Importers and Manufacturers in New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, and will be sold as low
for Cash as the same quality of goods are sold by
anybody. Ladies will find in my house the '
Only Exclusive Stock
Of Ladies, Misses and Children's Goods in the city.
A full stock of Ladies, Misses and Children's Hats
and Bonnets in all the latest styles in shapes and
materials, Flowers, new shades Silks, Laces, &c,
Ornaments and' Ribbons of all kinds. All kind of
Notions and Fancy Goods for Ladies and Children
at as low prices for Cash as they are sold retail any.
where in the United States.
Ladies having work done at my Establishment
must expect to pay the bill when the work is done,
as on no ether terms can I do their work.
I am Agent fer the celebrated DOMESTIC
PAPER FASHIONS a full stock always on hand.
Fashions sent post paid to any address. Call or
send for Catalogue.
April 3, 1870. MRS. P. QUERY.
E. C. R. XT.
ALEXANDER, SEIGLE & CO.
Announce the largest, cheapest and most attractive
stock of goods ever brought to Charlotte by any
Retail House.
Our stock of Embroidery is perfectly splendid,
also an elegant stock of Ribbon E.C R.U and all
other shades. Ask to see "Lady Jane" Ruffling
E.C.R.U. shade. Ask to see the Night Gown goods.
Ask to see that magnificent stock of Piques, cheaper
than ever sold here. Ask to see the Marsalia goods.
Our stock of Dress Goods, Prints, Cottonades
Cassimeres, Ready-made Clothing, Hats, Domestics,
&c., is large and complete.
ALEXANDER, SEIGLE & CO.
April 3, 1876.
WILSON & BLACK.
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
We have now in store a full stock of White Lead
of all grades, Linseed Oil, Turpentine, Colored
Paints, Putty, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Tanner's Oil,
Machine Oils, Buruing Oils, Kerosene and Elaine,
which we warrant to be as good as any sold, Laun
dry Starch, Laundry Soaps, Lamps and Lamp Fix
tures, Matches, Garden Seed, Concentrated Lyc,
&c, &c.
Baker's, Moller's and Caswell's Cod Liver Oil,
Tarrant's Seltzer, Tildcn's Elix. Iod. Bom. Calc.
Com., Brom Chloralum, Hepatine, Seidlitz Pwders,
Ess. Jam. Ginger, Hoofland s German Bitters, Mont
gomery Hair Restorer, Horse and Cattle Powders,
Baking Powders, Pyraf uge.Tutt's Hair Dye, Jacob's
Cordial, Bull's Cough Syrup, and all leading Patent
Medicines, at
April 3, 1876. WILSON & BLACK'S.
Breakfast Tea.
We are Agents for English Breakfast Packet
Tea Company. Sold only by Druggists at $1 per
pound. W. R. BURWELL & CO.,
April 3, 187C. Springs' Corne r
Superior Court Mecklenburg County.
W. II. Neal, Plaintiff, against Charles A. Ntal,
Defendant. Sumnona.
The State of North Carolina to the Sheriff of Meck
lenburg county Greeting:
You are hereby commanded in the name of ibo
State to Summon Charles A. Neal, Defendant in
the above action, to appear at the next Term of tbc
Superior Court of the County of Mecklenburg, at
the Qonrt House in Charlotte, on the 8th Monday
after the 4th Monday in March, then and there to
answer the complaint of W. H. Neal, Plaintiff in
this suit. Andyou are further commanded to notify
the sn id Defendant that if he fail to answer the 6aid
complaint, within the time specified, the said Plain
tiff will demand judgment against him according
to complaint filed, and for.iLL cosAa nu tlaaTgesfl
this suit incurred -
Witness, J. TErwin, Clerk of our said Court, at
office in Civarlotte, this the 28th day ol March, 187C.
J. R. ERWIN,
CJferk ef the Superior Court of Mecklenburg.
NOTICE.
- JTLe Defendant m the above stated action is here-
j notified that if he fail to answer said complaint
nthin the time above specified,' the Plaintiff will
demand iudirment aerainst him for enecific perfor
mance of contract between him and plaintiff.
OSBORNE & MAXWELL,
21 6w Attorneys for Plaintiff.
THE
Southern Underwriter's Association.
HOME OFFICE IN RALEIGH, N. C.
Cash Capital"$150,000.
ARMISTEAD JONES, President ; G. W. BLACK
NALL, Treasurer ; R. W. BEST, Secretary.
This Company Insures against Loss or Damage
by Fire on reasonable terms.
Statement of .'Condition, March 15th, 1870.
Loans on Mortgages, (first liens,) $108,048 00
County Bonds, (market value,) 27,100 W
City Bonds, (market value,) , , 4,700 00
: Ctsh on hand and in Bank, . 10,154 00
Total assets,
$150,000 00
This is a home Institntion, chartered by the Leg'
lature of 1875, and is under the control and manage
ment of native North Carolinians. The capita"
well invested in the State, and all earnings of tue
Company will be kept at home. Live, Active, iw
liable Agents wanted in every part f the bttc
Address the Secretary.
IW REV. A. SINCLAIR, Local Agent at Char
lotte, N. C.
April 3, 187. 6w