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jon&teSono.: PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY D. H. HILL,- , CHARLOTTE, 2J". C Devoted tothe vindication of the truth of Southern - History, to the preservation of Southern Characteristics, to the develop ment' of Southern Resources, under the changed relations of the Labor Byatmvi to the advancement of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and the Mechanic Arts. 1 7't:.-r-'r - In addition to the contributions from the ni l of writers of The; Land We T.r.vfc' the services will be secured of thorough men of Science, and of Practical Fanners, Miners, Machinists, Ac. o ' TERMS OF SOUTHERN HOME : " One copy, one year, : . : : , $ 3.00 Five copies, one year, : : " : . 13.00 Ten copies, "one year, ,: : : 24.00 Twenty copies, one year, : : . -: , 45.00 The remittances In every case must be by Check, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. . . BST To those wishing to subscribe to an Agricultural paper we would state, that we will furnish the i ; U ' ' '4' Southern Home and Rural Carolinian&t $4.00 " &nd Southern Cultivator " 4.00 " and Richmond Farmer " 4.00 M and Carolina Farmer ' 8.25 " and Reconstructed " " 4.00 .' " and XIX Century. : 5.60 To -ADVERTlSEBS.rrThe'- Southern Home, leaving nowthe. largest circulation of any paper-west of Raleigh, aflprds a fine adver tising medium. Terms nioderate. GH ACRLOTTE : TUESDAY,. APRIL 41871. Compromises of principle are not only wrong in themselves, but aro alBO foolish and impolitic ' In every civilized tongue, it has passed into a proverb that ''honesty U the .best Dolicv." The experience of mankind has demonstrated the folly of tampering with principle. L It is better to sustain a present loss than make a traffic of principle upon grounds, of expediency. mi i'-i i' ji . ' ' : iti l uv iricKBier uiju tue iime-seryer win eventually be found out. In the last few years, we have seen men become rich and powerful by blackening their souls with perjury and glorying in their own (hame: But moat of them are alreftfiv objects of contempt and in a little time will be "a by-word and a hissing" among all decent people. j Look at the late Governor, so-called, of North Carolina, whose i whole life has been one; of treachery to his party and his friends. He ' was a Whig, a Demo crat, a Nullifier, a pro-slavery advocate, a secessionist, a Union man after (ref t, vs. burg, an Andy Johnson man, a violent opponent of Andy Johnson, be was for suffrage," then President of the Union League in North Carolina and elected Governor by the negro vote of the State. In religion, he has been Espiscopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist. By watching the wind and shifting his sails to suit the breeze, he brought his bark safely into the long coveted baven of his ambition, ' only to have it j wrecked ard dashed to pieces there! Many ambi tious men were deluue.d by the bad ex ample set by this unscrupulous) creature and some alas ! hare folldwed it to their ruin. -X v . The course,; pursued in this State to fret rid of the thieves n.nd swindlers mnv be of service in other States. The speak ers were bold and uncompromising. The wishy-washy papers were few in numberf800001' principally with the former slave -a -.Su : i a owners or with the colored people? Witt and weak in ability and m of al force. A bold' organ of the party at the capita exposed the corruptions of the. knaves in pOwer and the local press heralded abroad .uvkw uwiivmivuijp , . r xri uui j uuvo wag ngni in nis Augusta speech in saying that it was. "an open, square fight, upon principle." Let other States follow the example set by North .Carolina. Ala bama bad thrown off the shackles wheii she compromised upon Smith, the moder ate Republican, and again she passed un der the yoke. . She rose once, more in her might, made an "open, square fight" and she is again free. Mississippi compro mised on. Dent, the carpet-bagger and got Alcorn the scallawag. South 1 Carolina made her condition a hundred fold worse. Let the, tax-payers of that State assert .-their right! t and their manhood. Let them resolve that Hhe thieves who have ' gorged themselves wi.tb plunder, shall never, again assemble for purposes of wrong and robbery. If r. k. sedtt is sin cere in his frankly expressed opinion of . Ins thievish legislators he w IA iha respectable people of the State in keen- ing the thieves, away from Columbia. Courage, prudence and perseverance will win the victory Shilly-shally compro mise will bring on more misery and blood shed. . 1 f - ' Personal. - We had -.: the pleasure of meeting, a few days ago; v our old friend Col. R. Springs Mobre, late President of tho King's Mountain Railroad,. The Col. is jusjt as genial, anecdotal and fond of a hearty laugh as When he stood by 'and helped the unconi promising Union editor of the Home to pass out of baehelordom.. This has been several years ago, and the ' Colonel has himself now attained to a mature, marrying age, and we hope that it will not be JoDg until he leave his most Unfortunate class of bachelors.- i i . . . - j - i t t .,. n j- T , t '-. -" ; Monqrelism . "Let any one." says Proejjsor Agassjz, v,,who doubts it'he evil if the mixture of races, and who is in clined, from a mistaken philanthropy,' to breakdown all barriersi between them visit BraziL" ; . . ; , . . , He might have pointed also' to Canada Mexico, to Freneh ' and Spanish settle ments everywhere. The colonies of these 'Awo nationg deteriorate because they amalgamate'with the natives. They go down to the level off the aborigines, in stead of bringing them p to their owjn jBtandard. Thanks. Our. thanks are due to Hon. E. SLcber for valuable Congressional .documents.- ; . - ":" " Important Evidence.' -"The Rev. JB. Smith is a New Jersey man, teaching a colored school in Raleigh for the education of teachers. He has been in the City of Oaks' three years and has done a good work with his Nor mal: School. Some loyal soul thought that Smith, from his position, would nat . m urauy hate bis own race ana give very damaging " evidence about Ku-kluxism. So these mean, little-hearted; spiteful creatures, who are chafing over the dis grace of Holden, had the Rev. J. B. Smith eummoned to Washington City before the Outrage Committee. But the aforesaid mean, spiteful, little-hearted Holdenites have I been cruelly: disappointed. Mr. S. has told the truth in a plain, straight forward way, that" has given confusion of face to the mean, little-hearted, spite ful Holdenites." We give some extracts, regretting that we cannot give the whole testimony ; Question vv bat opportunities have you bad lor knowing the condition of affairs. in North Carolina or any part" of it, as anecting the security of person and property ? Give us your means of infor mation, and the knowledge you have upon that subject. . '' ' , Answer I have, of course, knowledge oi the county where l reside j I have ac quaintance with many persons in differ ent parts of the State : I had acquaint ance with the members of the convention and of the Legislature which met in Ral eigb. I was selected Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, and reorgan ized it, and thus became acquainted with gentlemen from all the counties of tho State, and reorganizing my school I selec ted trustees from various parts of North Carolina, and of course have had -the ac quaintance of hose gentlemen ; and I have been acquainted with most of the members of the convention and the mem bers of the two Houses of the Legislature in the city of Raleigh. ,So far as the county in which I reside is concerned, there is as mueh security for human life there as any place I have resided in. I have heard of outrages being- committed; in different parts of the State, and shave attended some of the examinations of witnesses in the impeachment trial, and heard statements there with reference to charges of outrages, which facts I be lieve you. have before you in some docu ments. It seems that outrages have been committed by parties, irrespective of col or and irrespective of political sentiment ; that is, from private personal spite. Col ored men have whipped colored men, and assumed to themselves the name 'of Ku Klux, and some of them are now in the penitentiary at Raleigh for that offence. QuestionHave you such personal knowledge, or reliable information from those whom you know to be creditable, as will enable you to state the true condi of affairs in any part of the State? Answer I think I have. Question State it as briefly as you can. Answer With regard to the people of North Carolina aiid I have had a great, deal of intimate, close conversation, with gentlemen from various parts of the State I regard them as an extremely kind people, I mean kind toward the colored people; they have a kindly feeling for them ; I have evidence of it on all sides in expressions and in acts. I find that the relationship which formerly existed between master and slave has left a feel ing of kindness on the part of the masters continually recognizing the old relation ship, and aiding and assisting their for mer slaves. 1 know of no feeling, upon the part of any one in North Carolina that I have ever talked with and met, of antagonism toward the colored people. . Qaeation Was your communication, in your position as head of- the normal people? . With which of them had you most conversa tion ? Answer With the colored people and members of the Legislature who were in teresteu in having them educated. Question Do you know anything of wrongs inflicted upon the colored people, derived from the same information, by bands of disguised. men in tho night-time. Answer I have heard there-were such things ; I know nothing of it, except as I have heard of it, as 1 have stated, 1 heard there was a band of colored persons ; my oyn impressions I give from what I hear, tlrat there is no organization called Ku klux' throughout the State, but that per sons in neighborhoods, wishing to punish individuals for. offences, or to gratify per sonal animosity, band together and put on disguises and commit these acts. Question Do wo 'understand you as giving it as your opinion that there is no organized band known as Ku-Klux ? Answer Throughout the State? ': Question Yes, sir. Answer Most decidedly ; ' I do not think there is such a society throughout the State. j ; Question And that they are not bound together by oaths ? . ! Answer There may be in certain lo calities individuals whocommit these acts. Question You think it does not per vade the whole State?' ' Answer I do not think it pervades the State. b - -.'iy ;r. The Rev. gentleman next tells us how Loyal Billy Holden said that he could control 802000 negro votes by a word, and that he wanted Grant, to declare himself Emperor in 1872: rX ? f- i " Then ho said to me, or rather Ato us all, ' Now, if the Government does " not send these troops, I shall arm the colored people. I can control by my word 80.000 men, 1 can go to the convention that is to meet h?re next week, a Republican convention.) and control them by a word." I remarked at the same time, "That is dangerous, power very dangerous power to be in the hands of one man." He then said to me. in the presence of these gen tlemen. " What is to hinder the Kn-klux from taking you,' Pr. Smith ? Are' you not afraid?" "Not ft all;" said L Said he, "There is nothing to hinder them from taking you or any other Radical.' Well, then he went on to sav that for his own part, in his opinion.1 General Grant would hold the Government of the Uni ted States no matter what thA ofoHfnn was in 1872; that he desired him tn ha Emperor, and his' eon to succeed him as iSmperor. I '. , ': ' : m- By the- Chairman : Question That is; Holden, wished, it? 4-Mwer That he wished it. that he .Governor Governor Holden, By Mr. Bayard Question Were the 80,000 mcp of th leasae? i Answer I understood him to mean the colored voters of the State. QuestiohDo you understand that the colored vote of the State is generally bound together by this Union League ? Answer 1 do. j Question In your connection with the colored men, as members of your institu tion and as members of the building association, did ; any one i off them ever complain. to yon of the wrongs done to their race by the Jku-iuux7 Answer ho, sir; 1 have of any wrong in the county not heard of Wake. lhe evidence ot ..Brother smith is " hefty " on Holden, and his mean, little hearted,, spiteful can g. -The dear old flag. Tho Air-Lina Eailrcai I We copy with a great deal of pleasure, from the Spartanburg (S. C.) Spartan, the following account of this great thorough fare':.." ' r - : .. . ' j - ; '' ' The work on this road is progressing rapidly in this county, and Messrs. Bird and Livingston, sub-contractors, are now engaged in their work of giading in our town, in front of Wofford College, and in a few days will be cutting through Church street. The bridge across Lawson's Fork, in a mile and a half of our town, is being built, and the contract forbuil4ing bridges across Pacolet, the Thicketiesj and Broad River are also made. Cross-ties are being delivered algng ! the line, tn facty.ihe work is progressine at such a rate .iis to J inspire our people with the belief that we win nave ranroau communication whd Cbarlotte, by the Air-Line, in "less than twelve months from this time tW(ear-e informed that the work is pro gressing rapidly ' along the jentire line from this point to Charlotte, there being several hundred hands employed in grad ing, bridge building, ect. We are also inprmed that a contract of twenty miles, between this point and Greenville has been let out, and that the worc will com mence in a snort time. The Air-Line is onejoad ichich will be built without much talk or noise. Those who have it in charge, know that money and work build railroads, and vith this knowledge they! have com menced in earnest. They alsojact, in this enterprise, upon the principle that if it were well that it were done, it should be done quickly. , The advantage which this road will af ford to our town, and to the whole up country, can hardly be overrated: .The Air-Line Eagle, published at Gaines ville. Ga., makes the following notice of the progress of the work on t hat end of the road, in January last: 1 'We are pleased to note t he rapid pro gress being made in the construction of this road. The track is now laid and the cars running to Suwanee, and as soon as the; bridge is put up, which, will; be in a few days, the work of laying j the track will be pushed forward with tjhe utmost vigor. The grading is about finished td Big Creek, ten miles from here, and is three-fourths done from that point to this place. The iron to lay the track to Gainesville, has all been purchased, so it will be seen that the time is: close at hand when the shrill whistle of the -iron horse will be heard reverberatingjn our valley."' This is indeed a model road. The5 con tractors are men of energy an4 character. Some oCthem are Northern nien, and all of that class who come here! to add to i ; . i v ' ? their fortunes by developing Southern resourees, receive a hearty welcome from all who have sense enough to dis tinguish between the carpet-bag knave ana me nonesi man oi uusmess. xue cotnpany has been particularly fortunate in'its selection of contractors and the work has been pushed on in a most won derful manner. It has been equally fortunate in pro curing an active efficient corps of Engi neers. Col. T. S. Garnett arid his dis tinguished brother, Charles Garnett, have national reputations Nearly allied to two Confederate Generals of the same name, who tlied for Constitutional liberty, they sprang from- the best stock an the Old Ddminion. Then we have ia brilliant Xi . j . f ... s - array of names on the Easter,irDiviei6n, extending from Charlotte to Broad River Bridge. (We are not acquainted with CQntractorsor engineers beyond.) They are Maj. P. A. Wellford Capt.tB. Y. Sage, Capt. T. H. Allen, O. A. Ramseur, Col. Ti S. Garnett, S. P. Caldwell. S. P. Knee- land, and Robt. M. Clayton. The Pennsylvania Central has no con- trol of this road whatever. - m - i - .:X From the Florida Frees. 7' Best Route North Editor of the Press As a gfeat portion of the Northern travel is aboit selecting their route, or will be during:, the -next few weeks, by which to reach heir homes at the North, I give my own experience itft.be matter after having tried all the various lines from Savannah and Charles ton $ The Central Short Line, via An eusta, Columbia Cbarlotte, land Rich mond is the safest, most direct and the best equipped ; ar.d for the invalid or those who would void night travel by far Be most comtortable. 'ijaking (this route, one can make the entire distance to New York and Boston, by day trains, and have the best of hotels to stop at every night. The Planter's House at Augusta is a first class hotel in every respect; the mansion at unarioiie, ana t ne rjxenange at Richmond, all afford excellent accom dations. The different roads making this line, are in complete order.nevV track, new cara, new bridges and with safety make the best time. ' From Richmond, the route via Fredericksburg .and A quia Creek, is a very pleasant ana most pop ular one. (known as the Potomac- route,) and affords a -delightful sail of two or three hours on the celebrated Potomac River. No traveler who goes over this well managed route once will; wish to try any other, and I can recommend it with confidence to all my friends.! J. S. L. ' We are glad to see this1 compliment to our great through line. ; i p. his interior, Piedmont refute avoid ing, on the one hand, the dust and malaria of the coast 4ine in Rummer, and, on the other the cold " and blockades of ; the mountain line in Winter must become the leading 'railroad system! North and South. We hope that the. several rail roads interested, and our people general Jj wiH do all they can to promote its IMVItUVl p ....... '.( , , ; .v, . - ' 5 . J -- - . ki.'. h .. ? .' . ! i : " 4 p v The difficulties in France between the Communes ' and the Versailles Govern ment seem to be increasing. n Tho inhab itants continue to leave Paris and many streets seem deserled. Eighty thousand Prussians are to bo concentrated at Paris to preserve peace. , This "eccentric" body of men after learn ing at the vitals of the South for six years has changed its amusement by tearing at Gen. Grant. . Mr. Sumner began the as sault in a speech of great length, showing that the . President . had transcended his powers in the San Domingo matter and had acted unconstitutionally throughout. It is rich to hear Charles Sumner talk of the Constitution. He accuses Grant of being King of the San Domingo Ku Klux: We give one extract : "But this story of a violated Constitu tibn is not yet complete. Even admitting some infinitesimal semblance of excuse or apology during the pendency of the treaty, all of which, I insist, ; is absurd beyond question, though not entirely im possible in a quarter unused to constitu tional questions and heeding them little conced ing that the "assumpsi t." insert ed in the treaty by tho Secretary ot btate, had deceived the President into the idea that he possessed the kingly, prerogative of declaring, at his own motion and wishing to deal most gently yen with an undoubted usurpation of the kingly pre rogative; so long as the Secretary of State. ;the sworn counselor of the President, sup plied the formula for the usurpation (and you will bear witness that 1 have done nothing but state the case,) it is" hard to hold back, when the" saine usurpation is ppenly .'prolonged after the Senate had rejected the treaty on which the Kingly prerogative was founded, and when the ooanmnoit".Ariafl hxr tlifl SAOret.arv ff State has passed into the limbo oi things lost on- earth. Here there is no remote infinitesimal semblance of excuse or apol ogy nothing absolutely nothing. The usurpation pivots on nonenity, always excepting the kingly will of the President, which constitutionally is ii nonenity. The great artist of Bologna, in a much admired statue,1 sculptured Mercury as standing on a puff of air. The President has not even a puff of air to stand on. ! Mr. Carl Schurz, of Missouri, is equally severe on the first captain . of the age. Loyal Carl is ja1 formidable antagonist among the Western Germans and is a man not to be despised. . .! Mr. Schurz said that the action of the President in issuing instructions to our naval commanders in certain contingen cies to fire upon the vessels of a Power with which we are at peace, was most clearly a usurpation of the war making power. j ' j In reply to questions of Mr. Howe and Mr. Stewart, as. to whether discretionary power was not vested in the President. Mr. Shurz said that if the Senators turned to the debates of the Senate On February 18. 1859 they would find that President Buchanan asked for discretionary war making power, to protect our citizens in transit over the Isthmus of Panama, and the Senate had indignantly refhsecLJt. It as an audacious preposteroslty to centend, as has: been lone on this floor, that the President had the power to steal the war making power of the government. The fact was that President' Grant had fallen into the mistake of supposing t hat he was the United States; that "in his person alone was concentrated the sovereignty of the United States. This is the most mischievous, anti-republican doctrine ever advocated on the floor ot the Senate, arid did it not occur to Sena tors that it was! time that those acts and doctrines should be sifted to the bottom? He hoped this most absurd, anti-republi can doctrine that the President could steal the war making power of Congress to create an inchoate right in a -foreign country, and create for himself the right to exercise belligerent rights to enforce that inchoate right would not be heard on the floor of tbeSenate again. It smacked very strpngjy of what was called in France, personal Government. It could not be held up too much or too often for condemnation, and the Senator from Massachusetts deserved the gratitude of the American people tor calling their at tention to it. Constitutional argument was abandoned by - the defenders of the President, and they tell back upon the most dangerous of arguments precedent. They contend that the armed interven tion by , President Grant between the Haytians and Dominicans is justified by the action ot President Jyler, and John C. Calhoun, his Secretary of State, 'to wards Mexico, pending the negotiations tor the acquisition of lexas. They must be in desperate 'Straits, indeed, when they resorted to such company as this for their vindication, when action of the President was sought to be" excused by the action of John Tyler and John C. Calhoun. But John Tyler and John C. Calhoun begged to be excused from such company. We give a brief synopsis of the pro ceedings on different days. March 25 Senate. Ex-Governor P Clayton was admitted to a seat as Senator from Arkansas. : A resolution, offered by Mr. Sumner, was adopted, instructing the Secretary ot the -Navy to communicate to Senate the amount of money expended in the employment of United States ves sels in the waters of San Domingo since the commencement of negotiations for the purchase ot a : portion of that island. The resolution reported from the Com mittee On Privileges ; and Elections, for the admission of Mr. Blodgett, of Geor gia,, and Mr. Goldthwaite, of Alabama, was discussed until- the expiration of the morning hour. ; The consideration of; the Deficiency Appropriation Bill was re sumed and, after additional amendments; passed.. 4 v . HoUse. Not .in session. t March, 27 Senate. The whole day in the Senate was occcnpied by Senator Sumner in tho delivery of his speech in relation to the acquisition of San Domin- g;T ' : House. Mr. Hubbard offered a series of resolutions in relation to revenue re form, which were referred to the Com mittee on Ways and Means.. r J . March 28 Senate. A resolution was offered by Mr. Sumner, asking . inquiry into the circumstances of the exclusion of Fred. Douglas from the tabic of the Aquia Creek steamboat. Objection being made, it was not received. Mr. Antho ny's resolutions, prescribing the order of business, was debated nntil the expira tion of the morning hour. . . . L : gopjSE, After disposing of some, un important business the committee on the President's Message, reported a bill to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amepdmentto the . Constitution afi4 for other purposes, . . . - The Baltimore Gazette thus comments on the pew Ku-Klux bill which the Jtadi- cals with i all their quarrelling have had timeto bring against their common ene my, the South. ' , We gave yesterday the text of the new bill which the Badical majority of the special committee of nine have agreed to report to Congress, ostensibly ior, tne purpose of suppressing alleged outrages at the South. The new bill is made up, principally, of the worst parts of Butler's and Shellabarger's bills, and, if suffered to oass. would put the South under the Radical heel up jto the close of the next Presidential election. Althoucrh claim ing to be framed under the authority given by the provisions of theFourteenth Amendment, na : sucn umonw can do found there, except by a forced interpre tat ion of the language and the spirit of that amendment whilst it is also in: dir I to other provisions of s - . the Federal Constitution. . , - I Though more ! cautiously worded than Bntler'a bill, and its desiens more insidi ously covered jup; the - new bill, like Butler's by its jBecond section, aims to transfer to the JUistrict uourts oi me.uui ter! KtsitrH those i criminal cases over which, up to the present time, the State Courts have had exclusive jurisdiction. If the exercise of. this power by. Federal agents should be opposed, it ? would pro- duce, and perhaps is intended w prouuu?, a conflict of jurisdiction between the State and Federal f authorities, which might be used as a pretext for Executive interference! i ? ,? i:- : -u X This section of the bill is, we repeat, a modification of a similar section in the bill originally framed by Butler, and is open to the same objections. Atthe time that Butler's bill .was in troduced into the House, the New York Evening Post," although a Republican journal, denounced it . as an audacious attempt to repeal the Constitution ot the United States and revolutionize our whole system of Government. "In the first place," said the j Post, "it is a piece , of special legislation, . subjecting eleven States to a system of criminal jurisdic tion entirely different from any that exists or would be tolerated in the other States. It makes ; that a crime in South Carolina,-which is ncj crime in New York. It makes certain offences punishable by a different tribunal, and with incompara bly greater severity in Louisiana than in Massach use tts. Congress has no more power to .do this than it has to make different sets of customs or tax Jaws for different States." Nothing can be clearer than that neith er in the Constitution as it was, nor in the Fourteenth, or any other Amendment which has since been added to it, is there any provision which authorizes the Fed eral I Government to maintain civil or der in the States. Yet this authority, by indirection, the second section of the new ; Enforcement bill proposes to confer. Washington, March 29. Secretary Robeson has gone to Philadelphia. .Thirty-six members have asked to speak in the House.' The Senate and House have debated all day. Sherman's Ku-Klux resolutions will come up tomorrow. I Judge Carter refused to honor the re quisition from the Governor of North Carolina for, Bergen and Kirk. There is a requisition also here for Gov. Holden. The vote tabling Sumner's "resolutions was ! 39 to 16. Robertson, i Schurz and Sumner voted no , ThcsHouse discussed the Ku-Klux bill. Wood read from messages of Southern Governors to show that peace prevails in all those States, With a few exceptions in some , of them.1 ; He denounced as infa mous the . incendiary .remarks of Kelly, delivered yesterday r and expressed the hope that if there should ever be a war of races, the negroes, would select a man more valiant than Kelly; who, during the disturbance rin Mobile, hid 'under a table, pretending he was dead, , t ; The Senate adopted Anthony's resolu tion,! allowing the consideration of any bill on the South passed-Iy the House. Davis mape a speech retuting Sher man's charges; against the j. South. Pre vious to its conclusion, an incident of un usual character occurred, which excited considerable comment in the : galleries and upon the floor. Butler, of Massa chusetts, who was occupying the seat of Senator Thurman, immediately adjoin ing that of Davis, had been tor some time intently observing Davis as he proceeded. Davis growing restive and speaking with his usual warmth and earnestness, sudden ly faced Butler and continuing bis argu ment against the credibility! of exagger ated ku-klux stories, said: 'Theso fictiti ous charges are originated by parties i to affect coming elections. The Legislatures to be elected are to choose one-third of the members of this Senate, and it is with a view of. using this political capital for these diabolical and devilish ends, that vile j and slanderous stories of outrages emanate from the brains of political scoun drels and ruffians." . K After taking his seat, observing But ler still staring at him, Davis rose again, and was heard fto say, "What do you mean by attempting to brow-beat me: in that way ? You are a damned scoundrel, sir" adding, after a pause, "Yes, sir I repeat it; you are a damned scoundrel, sir." At this juncture, Wilson came from his seat on the other side of the chamber, and interposed to prevent a continuance of the scene. , ' ..1 Butler soon after left the chamber; It is reported that he replied to Davis, "I don't know yousir ; I don't care for you ; and I don't want to speak to you." The Senate' adopted the resolution in structing the Secretary of War to cause the engineer of the department to extend the survey. of the Etowah .River, 5 already ordered to the Ocmnlgee. River, so as to embrace estimates for a canal, connect ing these two rivers, with a view of open ing unobstructed water communication between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic. . - . i . . . r 'jr o bacc o ipe m n e db, MANUFACTUBEP BV THE ' SOUTHERN FERTILIZING COMPANY, " RICHMOND, V A. ; Tli President President e Companv begs to submit the statements following of Maj. W. T. Sutherliii. former of the VirginU State Agricultural ?"ejy, ana iewis E. Harvie, Esq.; present of said Society, giving the results of th-ir experience with this Fertilizer : 1 , X, si n,.r . Danville; Va., March 2d 1871. Col. War: Gilham, President Southern Fertilizing Company t , , Dear Sir . I am in receipt' of your letter of the 27th ult., asking me to state Vliat 1 think of your Tobacco Fertilizer. - , I hv used yonrTiacco Fertilizer four vears. cxTxrimontinr wwn tU, and a large number of manufactured manures at the same time, aud it gives me pleasure ftr w nrr rr t ' i s JD,KEI',Np Chcla), Amelta Co., Va., Feb. 25, 1S7I. QouW.fttUtAK, President Southern Fertilizing Company : Dear &r-I have been using your Tobacco Fertilizer on my tobacco crop for. several years, and stm longer on wheat-ever since 1867 inclusive. I have found it to be superior ' to anv other fertilizer with which I have compared it, in its effect on tobacco. The tobacco -on which it has been used is heavier and more oHy than that made vrtth Peruvian Guana, and certainly la less affected by drought, particularly if gypsum be used in addition to it. t I have glvpa ypu the result of Its application on the wheat crop letterSept 19tbv J8G8,' In comparison with the same amount of guano per acre, producing one-fourth more wheat on land of the same quality. I will add, that it was commended to me by the implicit trust I had in the character Aim iuicgrnj vi um uuicern oi ine company, with the view of increasing their profit in its sale. -aprl 4 ImJ I Very respectfully and truly, yo "lhe impeachment of Gov ulu merited condemnation. HehaaK s most troublesome and vicious . en tbe the ring of mercenaries and ii;. which he has had at his coraK H the notorious and brutal Kirk and thA most orraninv . aCrffoi the most eraspinff. arrft.. i and . rujib vi mo xiuujcni vroTernors ortv constructed States. No na v. i cor. re. more, or could have donA . v vuuiu uaic uune more th has to incite the disturbances t k J n e which have produced such amm?"1 some agitation throughout the co for two or three years past, and v7 have been so industriouslv and i1 represented, for sinister partisan pQrW as proceeding from Democratic hosW I to the' work of recotstruction ? tt , x5 i through his agents and armed nelfro4as, linc comnosinff ah ororn;a . bandittiarrested persona for th tics, without warrant, and brutally treat i and threatened them and in stiffil stances taken their lives, in furtherahc of his Radical schemes, i He has provoked and aggravated discontent and distort ances, that he might, charge lawlessness and outrages upon the Democratic party has appointed to office -men totally n0! worthy and unfit ; and through secret oath-bound organizations of delpded n! groes has attempted to control the ppli. tics of the State by force. He has mei his reward j let him enjoy it.' ;i;y J'';4V; ; ' -": i ReLIOIOS IN OUR COLU5GE8. Statistic,, of religion incolleges, gathered for the annual college fast, ;which has. recently occured show that at 32 of tho principal colleges in this' country 7,615 students are reported, of whom 3,162 aro profes sors of religion, the number of conyer. sions during the lastwyear being 419. The number of students preparing :fbr the ministry at these institutions is 874, while 40. are: coniempiaiing ; missionary work. ' , ' bbertlscmcnts. FOR SALE. TWO GOOD MILCH COWS with young calves. Appl v to I . E. M. REDD, ! aprll4--2t , Charlotte. Saddle! and Harness ESTABLISHMENT. . The subscriber has opened his manufactory on Trade Street, opposite the New Market House where he will be pleased to see bis old customers and all others that may want goods In his line of. business. april 4, 1871 ly o. M. JH O VV iiLL. , SCYTHES. A lartre stock of Grain and Grass Scythes. wholesale and retail, at BREfll, BROWIf & CO.'S april 4 2t i Hardware Store. IRON AND STEEL. A lot of Swede' Iron and. Plow Steel, at BREM, BROWN & CO.'S april 4 2t . Hardware Store. Groceries and Provisions. , " (At the Sign of the Elephant.) -B. M. PRESSON has in store a large stock of Groceries, Provisions, &c, which he is now selling off at the LOWEST CASH Prices. He keeps constantly on hand r Flour, Bacon, Lard,; Butter, ; Sugar, Coffee; Tea, Rice, Molasses, Cheese. Pepper, Pickles. Ginger, Jellies, Can Fruits, Fish" And everything in his line of business,whlch he offers to the public at reduced prices for oash. Give him a call, april 4, 1871. JUST RECEIVED, 3,000 lbs. Bacon. april 4, 1871 f B. M. PRESSON. To the Public. We respectfully call your attention to the immense stock of new Spring and Summer GOODS now opening, and will eontluue to receive almost daily throughout the season, thereby offering continually; to our customers, fresh Goods with latest styles, and tX REDUCED PRICES. ; : .-vv: 'v- -,r,,:r-; Every department in our establish men t is now. filled with Goods of all qualities, prices and styles. We are confident we can please the most fastidious, as our stock has been selected with great care from first-class houses by good buyers and competent judgei ' " : ; TO HE LADIES. We can only request the LADIES to call and examine our extensive assortment of ' -Dress Goods; Lace Collars,';1 Edgings, Jaconets" Kid Gloves." Hats. Jionnets. Sundowns, Plain and Damask Towels, Table Linens Napkins, Bleachings, d-cl, ; to convince them that we have the finest selected stock in market .' also our stock of fWHIJE GOODS, which -consists of Swiss, Mull, Book and Corded Muslins ; Tarletuns, in all colors ; . checked Jaeonaplalnand cheeked Nain-" sooks; plain und Satin Brilliants, with a ccmpleteassortraenf-of Trimmings for the same.; Our Silk Poplin and Rlabk Silk stock is now complete, i and we will be pleased at any time to show them, as other Goods In our line, to all who will honor us with a call. - TO WHOLESALE' BUYEES We would beg leave to state,1 that our Stock has been bought from manufacturer? by the case, at as low prices as Jobbers in New York purchase them ; we are therefore willing to give our custoraere the benefit of such r an advantage, and having bought almost entire ly for cash, we are ready to show by-our Iowj prices what we assert, that It will be to the interest ot merchants visiting this - city to examine our stock. . F ' , ELIAS & COHEN.; - , : april 4, 1871 , - - : ?a, jor ooifk . improver of" SUTHERLIK. , wno l Know would not adulterate the article yours, Lewis E. Habvib.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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