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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
TEMPORARY MAIL SERVICE IN NORTH
CAROLINA

TEMPORARY MAIL SERVICE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
Proposals will be received ser carrying the L. s.
Mail the following routes until January LIST,
1866. To be carried once week
l From Franklinton to Lousburg,
2 " Henderson TO Oxford,
3 Warren Depot 10 Warrenton,
Wilson to Greenville, thence to Washington,
5 Washington to Swan Quarter,
Rocky Mount TO Nashville,
Greenville to Wiliamston,
/" Warsaw to Kcnnnsville,
Warsaw to Clinton,
10 Kenansvle to Onslow G. II.
IL Nearest depot on Will Char. Rutherford
Railroad to Elizabethtown,
IL Lauriuburg 10 Rockingham,
Is Wilmington to Smthville
IL " Mosely Hall to Snow Hill,
IS Newbern to Trenton,
IG Hilsboro TO Roxboro,
II - High Point to ASHORE, thence TO Troy,
Is Morrisville to Pittsboro,
10 Winston to Dobson via Mt. Airy,
90 Winston to Danbury,
81 - Salisbury TO Mocksville, IIamptonvillo and
Yadkinrille,
% Redsville to Wentworth,
% Danvile (Va) to Yanceyville,
81 Statesville to TaylorsviIle, Wkesboro',
Boone and Jefferson,
25 Terminus of Western Railroad to Nor
canton, and thence to Lenor,
&c Morganton to Marion and Ashcville.
q Marion to huntsville,
% Asheville to Marshall,
20 Asheville to Hendcrsonyille
80 Asheville to Waynesvle,
81 Waynesville to Webster,
81 Webster TO Franklin,
33 Franklin 10 Murphy,
81 /" Charlotte to Monroe,
80 Salisbury to Albemarle, and TO WadesborO,
SO LincOlnton to Dallas, A
81 Lncolnton to Shelby and Ruthcrforaton,
38 " Rutherfordton to Columbus,
80 Raleigh TO Fayetteville,
40 Fayetteville to Carthage,
Al 10 Garysburg to Jackson, Windsor, Plymouth
and Columbia,
d Boykins Depot (va) to Winton and Gates
vile,
10 Norfolk to Elizabeth City,, Hartford and
Edenton, 80
Al II" Elizabeth City to Camden C H., and Curri-
tuck II.
Proposals will be received 10 supply the County
Seats of Allegheny, Clay and Pennsylvania Counties
Halifax, Wilson, Wilmington and Tarboro', will
be supplied by the Wilmington Weldon Railroad
and Tarboro' Branch Railroad
Lumberton will be supplied by the Wilmington
Charlotte Rutherford RuiIroad-Easterne end.
Whiteville will be supplied by the Wilmington b
Manchester Railroad.
- kinston, New bern and Beaufort will be supplied
by the Atlantic Il Railroad.
GodsbOro', Smithfeld, Hllsbo-o', Raleigh, Ora
ham, Greensboro, Lexington Salisbury, Concord
and Charlotte will be supplied by the North Caro-
lima Railroad
Statewide and Newton will be supplied by the
Western Railroad.
Lincouton will be supplied by the Wilmington.
Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad-Wesicru end.
Winston is already supplied from High Point.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAvIs.-The Wash
ington correspondent Of the New ork News
vcntiates the extracts below:
81 am prepared to put at rest all speculation
concerning the trial of Jefferson Davis, so far as
it relates to a Military Commission. | positively
assert that President Johnson has decided that
MIR. Davis shall not be tried by Military Com
mission, notwithstanding he has been persist
entity urged to that course by the Radicals who
thirst for more blood. And moreover | feel
perfectly satisfied that he will never be tried
but eventually will be permitted to leave the
country"
GEN. ROBERT L. LEE-The Staunton Spec
tator says:
On Friday last the trustees, of Washington
College, at Lexington, unanimously resolved TO
tender 10 Gen. ice the Presidency of that ven
cradle institution. Gen. Lee was long Pro
fessor at West Point, and now that his ''military
occupations gone perhaps forever, we trust he
may fed it accord with his ever patriotic i'm
pulses 20 become the tutear- guardian of the
many Ingenious youths of Virginia who would
flock around him there
SOCIETY IN THE NoRTH-All is not peace
in the Northern States; not even in the land of
steady habits, Connecticut. The New Haven
Register of late date says:
1 he maine OF the map who was Knocked down
and stripped of his clothing, about II o'clock on
Tuesday night, was Gourmet, worthy Ger
man. He was carried into the open ground on
the 'circus lot" in an insensble state, and left
entirely naked The city is full Of "roughs,"
and it is hardly safe for persons to be out late
10 the evening, especially females.
TnE APPLICATIONS FOR PARDoN-Thps
far about two thousand applications for pardon,
under the proclamation of the President, have
been. favorably acted On by the Attorney Gene
raj, but not more than She fourth have been
sent out by the State Department to the in
terested parties, The remainder await the sig
natures. of the President and Secretary Seward.
The President has granted special pardona to
b. f. MeDouough of Texas aud George W.
Mordeeai, and VIM. j. Hawkins, OF North Car
DINA, under the amnesty proclamation.
To TEACHERs,-In order to advance the in
terest of education in the Sout, it is desired to
secure the names and address Of all persons reg
ularly engaged in teaching, with the character
oS their schools
Please give the above request your immediate
attention. Address J. ID. CAMPBELL,
Ed n g Jour of Educafion Greenshoro NJ n
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

Dep1oroJle State Of 46airs IN East Ten
nessee,-We ind the following in the Lynch
burg Republican
correspondent in Bristol, Tennessee, fur
nishes with letter, in which it is urged upon
US to notice editorially the great danger to
which persons are liable in passing westward
through east Tennessee. The letter states "that
from Carriers Station, twenty miles west Of this
place, (Bristol, } to Chattanooga, no one profess
sing southern sentiments can pass without u
guard of bayouets Should they attempt such
thing, they are brutality beaten, and in many
instances murdered. All who see them passing
through this little town shudder for the poor
fellows for they we'll know what is in store for
them.
All the prominent citizens are leaving the
country from Knoxville to the Wutauga river.
Even those who were known only as southern
men, but who never took any part in the war in
any Manner have been forced to leave their
homes. Hundreds CT the best citizens Of East
Tennessee are coming tie Virginia. This lawless
conduct is encouraged and urged By public
speeches. Those CcEfederates who are from
West Tennessee, Georgia, &c, should go some
other route than this. Should they attempt to
90 this route for the next few weeks, they will
not. beg you call the attention of such char
acters to the dangers Of this route, and in the
same connection the attention of the United
States authorities. 1t is but murder TO send
them this route. Even Union men, who profess
to be conservative and not abolitionist can't
remain in East Tennessee
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

TENNESSEE ELgsaoSs-The following per-
sons are reported e4etsed to Congress in Ten
nessce:
N G Taylor, Upper East Tennessee, almost a
certainty. Horace Maynard, Knoxville district
a S L Faulkner. oyer Stokes in the Chatta-
nooga di<1dssz- 8etampbell, Nashville dis
trct D B T'1fbtSss, Claskesylle district. Col
oRel Hawkins, over Ethcridge in West Tenncs-
DR. Leftwick, Memphis district Edward
Cooper, Shelbyville district. Faulkner is
thought to be elected over Stokes, and will vote
with Governor Campbell and Mr. Thomas, if
they get chance to vote at all.
Maypard and Hawkins can be depended Oh
as supporters of liberal national policy and
also Taylor. DR. Lettwick is also reported to be
good Union man.
kENTUCKY Observation-Disclosures from
Kentucky thus far shcR shat Of the anti-savery
candidates for Congress, Yeaman Of the I'd dis
trct, Rousseau Of the 5th Smith Of the 6th
Randall of the 9Th, and Mckee of the 9th dis
trict, five in ALL are elected; Of the pro slavery
candidates, Trim. BE OF the lst district, Harding
of the 9th, and Shapklin of the 7th, three in
all, are chosen. In the remaining district, the
Sd, the result is not yet known.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

The New York Herald says the rebel Journals
are bad enough, but they are not half as dan
geroas IN the present crisis of.afairs as the mis-
cegenation organs. President johnson has DOS.
tive information that the abolition radicals, such
as Wendell Phillips and other agitators of the
misccgenation idea, are trying to stir up insur-
rection in the South
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

The fellow who will without just cause insult
a returned Confederate is such a coward that it
would be base iattery to call him dog - Ion.
isuiWe Journal
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
How sECY BENJAMIN ESCAPED.

Havana Correspondence of the New York World.
Early in May he separated from the President
Washington, Georgia, for the
purpose of making his way to Nassau and
Havana from some point on the Florida coast.
He waste attend to some public business at
these ports, and then to rejoin the President IN
the trans Mississippi via Matamoras and Texas.
He travelled directly south, through Georgia and
Florida, on horseback, disguised as farmer IN
search of lands on which to settle, and passed
through the country without exciting suspicion
or attracting attention, until be reached the
lower side Of the Peninsula OF Florida. He
was informed that no boats were to be found on
the eastern coast, and went thence to the Gulf
shore, where, after months delay, he succeeded
in getting ships yawl boat and two men who
were willing to risk their lives upon the sea in
it, The open boat was about ID feet IN length,
10 which they coasted the peninsula rntfi they
reached one of the keys of the Florida reef
where they succeeded in procuring boat some
what larger, but still open boat, in which
they put to sea to cross the Gulf stream, and
fortunately reached the Biuines upon the Banks,
after passage of sixty hours Gu Monday, the
10Th of July, after an unsuccessful attempt to
reach Nassau in which he was baffied by head
winds and heavy weather, he put back to the
Bimines On the 18th he took passage from
the Bmines for Nassau in small sloop Of nine
tons burthen, loaded with sponses, and on Fri
day, the 18th, this sioop foundered at SEA, when
thirty miles distant from the nearest land.
The vessel went down so rapidly that he, with
the coored men who formed the crew., bad
barely time to jump into a skif in tow Of the
sloop before she sank Ia this boat; with light
mast, sail and compass, and their only provisions
pot of boiled rice, which the negroes had
cooked, for their breakfast in this leaky and
o7esioaded boat, and having but one oar, they
made for land, and as the weather was calm and
vessel in sight, by dint of energetic sculling
they reached the light house vessel at 2. NJ ,
and were cordially received by Captain Stewart
on board the Ceorgina, her Britannia Majesty's
light house yacht, and were warmly and most
cordially entertained. This vessel was on an
official tour Of light house inspection upon the
Banks, and at the request of Mr.. Benz anin, re-
turned him opce more to the Bimines. There
Mr.. Benjamin chartered another vessel (sloop)
on the 18Th of July, and arrived at Nassau
Friday, the 2lst. On Saturday, he sailed on
board the good schooner Britannia, 1and arrived
at HAVANA on the Goth, safe and sound
His whole tip has occupied The best part Of
three months, out.of which thirty days have
been passed at eshfin miserable open boats; at
float His h&+fh has not suffered, nor has he
been indispdscd for an hour during all the hard
ships and exposure which he has undergone.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

CONFEDERATE ExILEs IN MEx1Co.-The
Galveston News thus speaks of the 1nal dispo-
sltlon OF the Coutederates who followed Gene
rails Smith, MagrudUr and others into Mexico :
On arriving at Monterey, the troops were dis
charged, and both officers and men scattered in
every direction, the soldiers all engaging in
their respective trades wherever they could find
employment, having made up their minds never
to return to their hoTes in the United States.
Most OF the officers had left Monterey for differ
ent destinations.
General Magruder set out for Europe by wav
of Vera Cruz, intending to join his family, now
somewhere on the Rhine General 4 Kirby
Smith, with twe or three others, had started for
the City of Mexico, andzf thence General
Smith intended to go to Havana, to Join his
wife IN that city, General Preston vas about
to proceed to Halifax, where his family have
resided since their punishment from kentucky Y,
two or three, years ago. General Hindman has
his family With him in Monterey. and intends
residing there for the present General Price
is preparing to so to RioeJaneiro, where he ex-
poets to meet his fanllass nd to make his future
residence. None OF then eversexpect to return
to former homes in the United States
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
FOREIGN ITEMS,

The cholera has certainly abated al Alexan
dria. Mrs Lansing, wife Of the Rev. Julius
Lansing, American Missionary at Cairo, was one
Of its victims. The epidemic was increasing at
Constantinople.
Adyices received at the State Department
! last Sunday from the American Consul at Nal
ia, state that the cholera is raging theirs to a
fearful extent.
An important question had arisen at Liver
pool as to the ownership of Confederate Govern-
ment cotton. The decision was in favor of the
United States as the owner, On the ground that
when the Government VI the Confederate States
came to an end, its property became that Of its
successors. The matter is still open, however,
to discussion. :
A special dispatch from New Orleans dated
August 18TH says that the Confederate prva
tcer Stoucwall was still in the port of Havana
From Peru we have confirmation Of the
| death, by violence, Of the Peruvian Admiral, at
the hands OF the revolutonists headed by Mo1r
tero. The revolution still progresses. General
Frisancho has returned to Lima with the Cow
ernment forces sent to crush Prado, bat without
having accomplished his mission prado has
removed to the Valley Of Jauja, where he is
strengthening his force and preparing for an cx-
petition coas4wafd.
Hay-There are rumors Of an early inter
view between the King Of Italy and the Pope
\ correspondent says it is generally believed
such personal interview will not take place be-
fore the evacuation Of Rome by French troops.
Hpoin.-Thirty cases of cholera we're report
I'd at alentia, Spain. Cholera had also APPEAR
ed 10 camp at Gibraltar. Two Spanish bishops
who protested against the recognition Of Italy
are threatened with trouble their protests
having been referred to the Council of State.
The Epocha says the recognition of the king
dom OF Greece will follow that Of Italy by
| Spain
I P"'fayol-The King Of Portugal, when
closing the cortes, promised strict law for the
a5oiitlon OF slavery IN the Portugese possessions
The Queen of Portugal had been delivered Of q
son.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25
Gen, Harry White.

Our readrrs, doubtless, all remember
how the Senate Of our State remained
"a tie" as it was called, during the great
er part of the winter 81, because the
member whose name heads this article,
had been captured by the enemy while
serving his country on the tainted field.
Repeated efforts were made to have him
exchanged but all such efforts failed A
Brigadier was offered for him, but was
declined A special election was finally
ordered, and Dir. ST. Clair elecled his sue
cessor As his political importance was
thus lessened, he was finally exchanged,
and in good time became a candidate Tor
re enomination; DIR. ST. Clair not only
exhibited the bad taste of becoming a
candidate against him, but, it is.,said, con-
tinued to oppose his, election As tho
canvass progressed, some worthy d, D.,
offered himself as an independent candi-
date, The friends of our nominee began
to besomewhat alarmed at the Situation D
1t is therefore, With great satisfaction that
we notice the satisfactory result in the
district WHITE beats BLOOD, the cop
perhcad candidate, in his own county
Jefferson, 81 votes beats him 2l84 in
Indiana, and is only beaten in Cambria
about '760, leaving him the handsome
m5jority Of 1915 in the district This is
a fitting termination of this intcres' '.1g
canvass Much is due, we have no doubt
TO the great interest Gov. CURTIN took in
this canvass, going into the district III
rerson to urge upon his friends the pro.
prie of standing by this gallant soldier
he Governor and he, are fast friends =
We heartily congratulate this gallant pa
triot upon his election. His presence il
the Senate win be tower of strength tC
the Cause of the Union
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25
Meeting of Coincidence and
"a Sympathy in HarrisbOrg.

The clerks and employees iofthe Land
Department held a meeting last Friday
afternoon, of f'whie;i Major Thomas j.
Reher, Chief Clerk, presided, Colonel
Lewis H. Stout. Of Northampton, serving
as Secretary, the object Of the meeting
being to take action in reference to the
recent untimely death of Mrs. Surveyor
General Barr and VIM. H. Butler, late
clerk in the Land Office. A letter Of
coincidence subscribed to by all the en-
ployees, was addressed to the Hon James
P, Barr, Surveyor cral,tendering him
their heartfelt sympathy at his sad be-
.reavementl by this death there are nine
children left motherless, In reference
1 to the late Mr., Butler the following pre-
amble and resolutions wete passed =
WHEREAS, BY the mysterious work.
ings Of m all-wise and inscrutable Provi-
dence Mr.. fWni. H.. Butler, late a clerk
in the Land Department of Pennsylva-
MIA, came to his death, oil Saturday last.
by a disastrous railroad accident, near
Lancaster, Pcnna, it is meet and proper
that this Department should give express
sions Of sympathy and coincidence to his
relatives and friends, therefore
Resotped. That in the death of Mr.. But
Ter this Department has lost a reliable
and efficient clerk social in his inter-
course, gentlemaniy in his department,
with a warm aud generous heart, and u
kind word for all M
| Reso{pcd, That while we deeply and
sincerely dcplore his loss as a member of
society and Of this department, cut off by
the scythe of time at the poontidc of life,
ID themidst cf health and yigor, and, in
an instant when least anticipated, hurled
IRON this suglunary sphere to that uudis.
covered country from whose bourne no
traveller returns, there, letcus trust, he
may rest in peace and eternal happiness.
Mr.. Butler was unmarried. lie has
two sisters; one the wife of the Hon. j.
b. Beck, residing at Williamsport, and
tho other residing in Philadelphia.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25
The Opposition

II In one respect at least, the Democracy
are Improving, They have learned to
submit more gracefully than formerly, to
the consdtutionally expressed will of the
people When, in eighteen hundred and
sixty the Republican party took its stand
against the ertenston of slavery, the south
ern people declared that, in the event Of
their success on that issue, they would
rebel; aud the verdict Of the people be-
ing favorable the south at once took
grounds against submission. Then the
Northern Democracy had nothing to say
in favor of submitting to the constitu-
tioually expressed will Of the people, but
on the contrary, held conventions in all
the northern states for the evident pur-
pase ofincouraging revolt Again, when
election after election was carried in fav-
or Of sustaining the war policy of the ADJ
ministration they had no word Of acqui-
escence, so long, at least, as the rebel
cause had an army to which their north
ern friends could look with hope for final
success When the last rebel army sur
rendered, however, it was quite different
Finding that in all their efforts to thwart
the popular will they had only heaped
fresh infamy upon their own heads I! they
determined to .stack about" and profess
great reverence for the expressed will of
the people. Even slavery, at one time
their "Divinc institution" was not SO love-
ly after all "The Democracy" they
would tell ms, "was always opposed to
it," They were '.heartily glad that it was
dead1 lIt was the rock on which they
split r All this was very good, although
it came quite too late for their special
benefit, for they had gone down, before
the people on still greater issue-that of
loyalty to the government. However, as
we have said they have at last learned
that it is bsst to submit to the expressed
will Of the people, 4 fresh illustration
OF this fact is found in the spirit in
which they accept their late defeat at the
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25
Hon. montgomery Blair.

From the day that 8. the Blair family
joined our party. To the present time, they
heye not only sought to controlits policy
but monopolize its honors and patronage.
Since our first observation of public men
we have never seen one with as light q
stock of brains who could maneyer. to
keep himself before the people as sue.
cessfully as Montgomery Blair. 1t is
with pleasure we now observe that he has
taken his leave Of the party and has
thrown himself into the bosom of the
Democra cyy He addressed the Negro
haters and Orphan Asylum burners oi
New York city a few evenings ago IN the
interest of-the Democratic ticket at the
fJrthcoming election, Should few o
his speeial friends follow him, our party
would receive no injury.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25

polls. Our neightor, the Hsrdla, favors
its readerswith long article, the bur
-tiien of which is TO inform them
that the Negro sufferage"-has
gone against them and that they, like
,goed citizens submit cheerfully to the
fnding-that pennsylvania has placed
herself, side by side, with Massachusetts,
What a happy day for Pennsylvania
Yes, the day that our own glorious J old
commonwealth places herself side by side,
with the Bay State, she will stand high
er in the eyes oftRs civilized world than
she evor did before Nothing has pre-
vented her from doing this long since,
but the democracy, led by snch men as
james Buchanan (her fasorite son y and
his Attorney General, Jerry Black. Now
that all that breed of politicians are leiped
out .toreee, by the popular Voice, there is
nothing to prevent Pennsylvania from do
ing right on all questions whether they
relate to her whiteor black citizens-her
adopted or native born As we intimated
on former occasion, the day to carry an
election in this country by an appeal tc
the prejudices Of tie people has passed
away. Henceforth, those attempting il
will find that their scheme like the fowleri
gun will 8
"-siiss the mark f,fe ~
Both duck mud lover. st-'
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-25

aGooD- BY, OLD ARM"--In the hospi-
tafat Nashville, a short time ago, wound.
ed hero was lying on the amputating ta-
bic, under the influence Of chloroform.-
They cut offhis strong right arm, and
east it, all bleeding, upou the pile of hui
man limbs. Then they laid him gently
upon his couch He woke from his stu
por and missed his arm. With his left
arm he lifted the'doth, and there was
nothing but the CORY stump t'!Mhere's
my armP' he cried ;-sget my. arm [
-sant 70 see itonce moreF rsy strong right
arm" They brought it to him. He
took8holdef the cold clammy. fingers, and
looking steadIastly at the poor, Dead men,
ber thus addressed,it,with fearful ear
pestness ,HGood7 7by, old arm. We ksyo'
been o. long time together We mfst'
part now Good BY, old arm You'll
never fire; another earbine; nor swing an-
other sabre for the Government" and
the tears roolled down his checks He
then said tothose standiagby.; "Under
stand. | don't regretits loss. 1t has been
torn from my body that not one State
should be torn from this glorious Un-
ion 9H - ia1fi7aar