The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-11-03

SUPERIOR CoURr.-The Fall Term of Mecken-
burg Superior Court was held last week-Judge
Bailey presiding
The case of the State against Thomas A. John
stop, for killing a negro woman, was tried, and
Johnston was acquitted. Johnston is youth about
y wears old, and was engaged in managing his
fathers business plantation in the upper end
Of this county. The negro woman, after abusing
tho white people on the premises, threatened young
.Jobnston and finally collared him, with stick in
her hand, and was pushing him back against tree,
when he drew a knife and stabbed her, causing al
most instant DEATH The Jury, after retiring for
few minutes rendered verdict of justifiable homi
eide.
The case of McBrady, removed from Rowan
charged with being accessory to the killing of Cope
in Cabarrus county, continued The principal
criminal in this case, Murph, is now i'll Rowan
Jail under sentence of DEATH
Court adjourned on Friday to meet again on
Tuesday of this week.
SPECIAL ELECTIoN.-An election will be held in
Lincoln. CASTOR and Catawba counties Wednes-.
dav next for a State Senator-Jas. H. White the
recent member having resigned. John +. Hoke is
the only candidate we hear of
An election will also be held on the day for
Senator for Cleveland, Rutherford and Polk.
SIRu;P.-From all directions hear of large
quantities. of sirup being made from the Chinese
sugar cane. There will be scarcity of molasses
in the Confederacy for some time to come. and if
any one has been holding to the New Orleans
"swoetenng" for the purpose of getting exhor-
bitant price, we think he is doomed to dsappoint-
mcht.
From Mrs r. Peoples, of this county, we have
received u specimen of srup of her make which is
as good as any could desire.
From Col. VIM. NJ Grier also, we have received
u very nice article of strip.
Four years ago frequently urged upon the
people the Importance of cultivatiug the Chinese
sugar cane, and we gratifed to know that they
have generally done the past season, and
realizing II handsome yield of good sirup sufi
Client for home consumption at least.
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CoNFEDERATE CONGREss.-The next session of
Congress will commence on the first Monday in
December. The present Congress expires the 22d
of February 1864, at which time the Senators
and Representatives take their seats.
The Constitution provides that Congress shall as
semble at least once in every year.
NoRrnEKN ELECTIoNs.-The result of the late
North have made up their minds to either subjugate
e1terminate the people of the South or acknowl-
edge their independence. They have determined
to do all they to subjugate us, and failing in
that they must acknowledge independence as a
nation. There is to be no halfway settlement-we
either submit Internationally to Abe Lincoln
must maintain independence. Those
persons who talk about peace any terms short of
rutira ipAp doll HON or
trying to wilfully delude tho people, and in either
case are helping to prolong the war. Everybody
in the South must make up their minds to secure
independence or become the subjects and slaves of
Lincoln. On these terms alone can the war stop :;
and it is certain that it will not stop until indie
pendence is secured. unless all the fighting men of
the South are exterminated Harmony and concord
among ourselves, and a cordial support of the Gov
eminent. is the way to obtain an early peace. Let
all help i'll convincing enemies that do
not intend to submit and then we shall have peace.
IL The Holston Methodist Conference, recently
held at Asheville n. c., expelled five preachers
Messrs. w. II. Rogers, w. H. H. Duggan, r. G.:
Blackburn, Jonathan L. Mann and William Mill
burn, for disloyaty to the Government The Con-
ference deserves credit for condemung disloyaty
i'll this emphatic manner.
rS' The Yankees have hung DR.. Wright at Nor
folk, for shooting Yankee Lieutenant who was pa
rading negro company through the streets of that
City and who ordered negro to arrest DR.. Wright.
similar fate would be meted out to all true South
ern men if the North could subjugate us, unless we
quietly submitted to be put level with the ne
gro. If the South should fall under Lincoln's pew
er, q fate worse than death awaits her people Dr.
Wright was o native of North Carolina
ATRoitOUS ACT.-The Dent Mills about eight
miles from Newman, in the county of Cowea, Ga,
the finest i'll that section of country. with large
amount of wheat and corn. valued at $25 900, were
set ire TO one last week and totally DESTROYED
ihe malls were owned by citizens of Atlanta.
Unless the tories, Yankee sympahisers and Yam
kee spies are exterMnated from the South, we shall
lose all our mills. Burning mile. factories and
barns is one of the modes adopted by our enemies
TO suhJugate US.
we don't know why it is that the Mail Agents
Oh 'le ~ Z. Railroad neglect to leave our packets
OF papers On Monday evenings at Query's and other
''s' oinetS between this point and Concord. 1t
tauses US loss ana our subscribers much inconven-
fence and we will not submit to such NEGLECT mich