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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

To The Post Office has been removed to the
store Of McssrS kuck & Heilker, where the Post
master, Nh Chas, Frazier. has put up boxes, for
which he charges small rcnt-fee az compensa-
ton for his services till the commencement of the
New Near. The community will be gratifed at
any arrangement by which they can get their
mnil recua rlY.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22
AT BOYD'S
Provision and Commission Store,

Wholesale and Retail, fine assortment of Chew
ing Tobacco, Smoking Tobacco, Nails, Molasses
Cotton Yarn, Salt, Baggiug, Rope, &c, &c.
August 81, 1865. 1t
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

Bacon in demand. Cotton rather duh in eonse-
qusnte of gradual decline In foreign market. Flour
is in demand for home consumption. TRADE mas
been tolerable brisk during the past week.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

81 mourn for nay bleeding country" said a
certain army contractor to General Sheridan
$50 you ought, you scoundrel, replied Sheridan,
'stor aobody has bled her more than you have"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

Henry s. Fo6to, like rat sinking ship
runaway from the Confederacy, was banished
from the United States, and has since been in
Canada gratifying his malice by writing letters
abusing Confederate officers &c. lie some time
ago wrote letter accusing the Confederate Quar-
rinaster- enera, Col, Myers, of great rasealty
in the treatment of Union prisoners at Richmond,
and claiming to have been friend. him
self, to prisoners. The letter read as if it was
prompted by a desire to ngratiate the writer into
favor with the authorities at Washington. But
Foote has recently capped the climax by writing
a letter in favor of giving the negro the right to
vote in the southern States. 1t would greatly
promote peace if all such men Foote were kept
out of the United States forever
We believe it is well understood among lawyers
that the most guilty always turn i" States evil
dence'' Just so it is with those Southern men
who are now abusing southern men-they were
generally the most rampant war men and de-
nounced the Union with almost every breath, but
as soon as the U. S. arms trumphed they sudden
" became great Union men and went to abusing
those who co-operated with them in the southern
cause-they are the who are constantly in
sinuating that southern people will commence
the war again unless they are DISTINGUISHED, their
property confScated, and their persons kept un-
der military rule. Such characters are properly
appreciated by honest men everywhere.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

PREcoc1Y.-Two little boys, brothers, had
been receiving moral instruction from their Aunt
Jane, and among other advice she had endeavor-
ed to impress upon their minds the virtue of I'M
selfshness. when anything is given to you,
Billy" she said to one of the boys, always give
your brother Tom The larger share" This advice
was remembered until the next day, when their
mother gave one an orange, which was cut in I'M
equal halves, and told him to divide it with his
brother; and recollecting what Aunt Jane said to
him, the little boy took the two pieces of orange
and thought minute, and then said, MA, give
the orange to brother, and tell him to remember
what Aunt Jane told us
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT RIcHMoND.-The
President Of the United States accompanied by
Hon. Edwin Il. Stanton, Secretary OF War, it is
confidently asserted will visit Richmond dur
ING the last week in August. The main object
Of the visit wiki be to attend a council Of the
leading general officers of this and an adjacent
military depot in reference to the condition of
affairs 10 this section effected by the policy OF
President Johnson's administration. The coun-
Gil will be held in the private parlors Of the jeff
Davis mansion, where the late President Lincoln
met the prominent Southerners during his stay
here, and which is at present The official resi-
dence of Major General Terry, commanding the
Department. Among the distinguished officers
who will meet the President and Secretary on
this occasion will be Major General Terry,
Mai General Turner, Major General Curtis,
Major General Schofeld, Major General How
ard, of the Freedmen's s, Bureau at Washington,
General j. B. Hawley, Chief of Staff to the
commanding General, aud others
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

The WoRK OF REoRGANIzATIoN.-W
learn that Gov. Holden is rapidly dispatching
messengers to all parts Of the State, with books
containing the Amnesty Oath and with copies
of his recent proclamation to be distributed TO
the Justices to enable them tc prepare the citi-
zens for the election on the 21st day Of ncxt
month Mr. Bagey and Mr. Badger, Secreta-
ries to the Governor, have just left the City,
the former for the Albemarle region and the
latter for the mountain. country, to distribute
the books and. copies of the proclamation.
Let the people promptly come forward and
take the oath and vote. Every voter must
have certificate signed by at leas; two JUS
tees Of the Peace. Boards Of Justices will
soon be organized in every County to admins
ter the oath.-Raleigh Standard
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

THE FANATICs.-It was sincerely hoped that
with the end of the war and the abolition of sla-
very we should have peace throughout the whole
country about the negro. But it appears that
the fanatics of the North do not intend let their
hobby die out so suddenly. They have worked
themselves into office on the negro question for
such long time that they are 10th to give it up
They want to force the southern States to
put the negro an equal with the white man By
giving him the right to vote, &c, and in order
to manufacture public opinion they getting
up negro conve ntions in the South and having
resolutions passed and petitions circulated in ia
yor of negro suffrage. Of course white fanatics
write the resolutions and speeches and prompt
the negro. If they really. cared anything for the
co!ored mans future welfare. they would let him
alone ana leave him in his condition to do
the best be can by industry and perseverance,
without exciting dislike and luminosity towards
him. The fanatics and radicals nothing for
the negro--they working for themselves and
to supplant the President
President Johnson, in giving directions for re-
organizing the southern State governments, very
properly left the question of suffrage to be deci-
ded by the States themselves. The radicals are
doing all in their power to undermine the Presi
dent and build up opposition to his policy. The
people at the North who are in favor of ceasing
agitation about the negro sustain the President
and it will be the duty of the southern people, at
the proper time, to do the same.
If tho southern States were to permit negroes
to VOTE it would not stop the agitation of the
fanatcs-they would then insist on negro jury
men, negro officeholders. &c. Those who wish
peace and quiet for the country must unite to put
down and crush out fanatics by outvotng them.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

TIE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE-The
Cable parted on the I'd of August in latitude
5l40 and longitude 3S, six hundred miles from
Newfoundland A beacon buoy had been placed
the spot where the cable was last seen
Hopes are still entertained that the cable may
yet be recovered. The Great Eastern and her
consort the Terrible, were yet lying about the
spot in hopes of doing something. Deep regret
is expressed at this failure, and the feeling is
growing that the Atlantic cable will never be
laid.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

THE CHURCH INTEILIGEEcEE: We are
Informed that the Church Inteligencer" (EPIs-
copall will be resumed in short time, and that
rs soon the mails generally and perma-
nciitly re established, the Publishers propose to
double the present size of the paper. The Ed
tors request that their Exchanges may resume
their visits in advance of the ro-appearing of the
inteligencer.
The "IntcIligencer." under the management of
its able Editor. Rev. G. NJ Everhart will deserve
liberal support.
~ We return thanks to H. Ii. Helper, ESQ,
the Assessor of internal in this District,
for copy Of the Tax Laws
10 The Greensb )ro PAtrfst Raleigh Standard.
and Wilmington Herald requested to copy the
advertisements of Davidson College for four weeks,
weekly, and send bills to this Office. The adver-
tIsement will be found our 4th page.
1t will be that the exercises of Davidson COL
lege are to be resumed on the 29th Sept. There is
no more competent man in the country than the
President CT this institution, Rev j. L. Kirkpatrick.
The location of the College is excellent-free from
temptations of an immoral kind
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

"GREENBAcKs."-It is rathersearly for people
t" become afraid of s'greenbaeks'' or United
States money. There is no danger of any South
ern man being hurt by having too much of it on
hand. For the next two years our people will
peed all they can get to pay National, State.
| county and town taxes, to pay debts, to restock
their farms. to build and repair houses, and to
pay laborers. This e. S. currency stands on
very different footing compared with Confederate
currency. We lost our Confederate currency
! because the cause, which it was based, failed
The cause on which greenback currency was
based .trumphed, and, SO far as we can see at
present, the probability is that the currency will
remain good. If greenbacks are discredted it is
injury to the public at large, for we are all de-
pendent on it for circulating medium The
local State Banks of the South have suspended
operations, and there is prospect of their re-
Stunning business tor some years to come. if ever.
Therefore we must rely on the national currency
for business operations.
1t is unfortunate for the community at large
when holders of cotton, tobacco, Sc. sell for
specie, because it is likely that the specie will
never see the light ofday again-it will go into
''strorg box or an old stockng-and the holder
will plead mot cent Of money! when called on
TO pay debt invest in public enterprise.
They will suffer almost anything rather than let
the specie pass from their hands, and thus the
public is deprived of capital and facilities for pro-
noting prosperity.
We don't profess to have an extra amount of
Wedge of financial matters, but we think
many people will find greater need for green
backs than they suppose, and that they will
have some difficulty hereafter in getting as
much as they actually want for present demands
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

I PAYING Decisive refer the reader to a
sensible and timely letter of Dr. Deems in to-
days paper. During the first year of the war
and after Confederate money had become pent-
fal, we advised people who were in debt to pay
up without delay and while they could ID so with
paper money. Many refused to do &; and took
advantage Of the stay law. After everybody got
their pockets full of Confederate notes. debtors
became anxious to pay. but unfortunately for
them creditors would not receive. The result is.
the debtors notes and accounts nave been draw
ing interest for a long time, and must be paid in
good money. But the stay-law is still in force,
at least suits for debt can't be commenced in
some time yet, and it may be that debtors are
disposed TO postpone settlement. The wise man
will pay>now while 'greenbacks' are legal ten
der-he will sell lis cotton, tobacco and other
produce for currency and pay his debts while
creditors need it and willing to take it. If lie
waits he may find some difficulty in settling
less he offers specie. Stay-laws are nuisance,
and experience proves that they benefit the credi-
ter rather than the honest debtor:
" Several negroes confined in the
Jail of this county for theft. They were too lazy
to work and Of course went to stealing. And the
people of the county will be taxed TO pay the Jail
fees of these rascas until they can be tried by the
regular Court. Cannot some plan be adopted to
impose punishment upon rogues without keeping
them in Jail and running the county to expense?
Unless something is done all the Jails will soon
be crowded.
There are some good disposed. honest negroes
about here, but there are many very mean ones,
and the latter by their i9leness and rceuery in
jure the character of the former.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-17
Leathern Artillery.

The field-pieces If former ages we're ma
chimes of iron or brass, immensely cum
brous, and aim ,st unmanageable. The
problem to be solved was, how to render
u gun more portable without lessening its
prniactile force. After full consideration
of the matter, Robert Scott came to the
conclusion there was "nnthing like leath
err" OF hardened leather, therefore, he
constructed guns. The correctness Of his
idea was tested by experiment, and the re.
suit was considered to show the imneas-
urable superiority of leather over brass
and iron. Way he did not lay the in-
ventlon at the feet of his own liege sover-
egn it is needless to inquire. Perhaps
he did so, and was snubbed for his pains,
as other inventors have been since his
time. At all events, he raised a company
of two hundred men, aud went over to
Sweden, where he was welcomed by Gus
tavus Adolphus, who seeing his ability and
the value of his discovery, forthwith took
him into his service, and at the end of
two years rewarded him with an off of
quartermaster general of the army.
After five years service under Gustavus,
he repaired to Denmark, where he was ap-
pointed general of the Kings Artillery
but soon afterwards yielding t, the advice
of friends, lie returned to England, and
rendered bis services to his own sovereign,
King Charles l. This step, which was
taken in 1929, turned out very prolita.
Bile one for the colonel. He was received
with open arms by Charles, who appoin-
ted him one Of the gentlemen of the privy
chamber, granted him an annual pension
of G6OO out of the Court of Wards. and
purchased fur him a house in L,mbeth at
Il cost Of 1000, Colonel Scott, howev
er, did not live long to enjoy these tokens
OF the royal favor; for dying in 1871, he
was buried in Lambeth church, where a
sumptuous monument, still to be seen
was erected to his memory by his loving
wife Anne, whom he married 10 France
The sculptor has represented the colune
as an arnor clad, fcrce-lookiug man, wear
ing a heavy mou stache and pointed beard
In the very year of the colonel's death
Gustavus Adolphus had an ample proof o.
the effectiveness and utility of the leath-
ern artillery, at the memorable battle d
Leipslc. The guns were found to be 81
portable that a small battery could easily
be removed from one part of the field t,
another, or new battery was made in the
space of ten minutes aud when a frest
attack was about to be made on the par
of the enemy, . battery was immediatel
at hand to repel it. In fact, it was i,
great measure owing to the invention o
Col. Scott that the Swedish King obtain
ed SO glorious victory; and the impcria
General lilly himself was cou strained Il
admit that the portable cannon performe
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-17

The Country Postmaster.

No reader of the ''Task" .forgets Cow
per's delightful picture of the postmau
dashing into the village, while all the Cos.
sips and towhs-people, aroused by bis bu
gle summons, gather around him to hear
the latest news. La This country we have
more prosaic but not less busting fash
ion of delivering the mails. They enter
the village by stage, and The tightly cord;
ed canvas bags are emptied upon the Post
Office floor, while The brouz"d stage.driver
and the busy Postmaster sorts them over,
and sends the surplus further on. The
Post Office is, by common consent, the
center Of the town. Around it are group
ed the secondary buildings, as the school,
churches, and principal hotel. 1t is for
ever beset by urchins, who play marbles
on the sidewalk and by teams whose
owners have dismounted to transact bust
mes in it. Placards in blue and red are
posted against it; the Sheriff announces
upon it that he will sell bankrupts out,
aud the Marshal that he means to draft
everybody who reads his noti,e. Lovers,
10 bashtul single file, 60 thither to get the
ftiieth protcstation of undyIng love from
Alphonso or Belinda; wives to hear Of their
husbands iu the war, and fathers to read
OF far-otf sons, wandering in strange lands
or at work 10 distant cities. He should
be a strange man to conduct such cores
pondence-tEe Undergraduates whom
so many blame without provocation and
praise but seldom. Of all public fuuc-
tlonaries, we think him the worthiest.-
The department of which he is part
makes nobody the poorer aud oil wiser
aud happier. 1t circulates learning
brings close together the far.separated,
binds the LAM in the consequently
of patriotism aud common interests; and
more than school, church, Or lyceum,
keeps alive the love of country and all the
social and public virtues. In other lands
the postmaster is of higher rank than in
ours The foremost spirits of the mail
in the world were probably Benjamin
Franklin and Sir r ,wllnd Hill. Tue lat.
ter made the Post Office the poor mans
banker throughout the Uaited Kingdom !;
the former organ eel the American postal
service But Sir Rowland Hill, like all
other faithful postmasters in Europe, re-
tires from bis Office with pension, while
our own rural guardians of the mails are
inditferently paid. Congress should sec
that 50 much industry and responsibility
are better remuperated. We already have
the most extensive postal system in the
world; let it be our boast that it is also
the best sustained and its mana !ers the
best appreciated. There should also be a
fairer distribution Of postal money. The
chlef custodians OF mails in large cities,
who do not work at all, receive enormous
salaries; the painstaking and unalded
country-postmaster gets nothing to speak
of.-New YJrk Mercury.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-17
Wistellaneous.
From the New York Daily Nevs
Execution Of Capt. John Y. Bsall.

Execution OF CapG. Jonn Y. b3all.
Hard must be the heart of that man
who can contemplate with pleasure the
death of even the greatest criminal thar
ever lived, and more OBJ lurate must be
the heart of him who could witness IA
scene like that Of yesterday and not drip
Il tear, at least Of pity, for the poor unfDr
tunate who marched like brave man to
meet his doom, aud with true Christian
resignation passed into the presence Of his
Maker
Captain John Yates Beall, who yestcr-
day suffered the extreme penalty of the
law at Governor Island, was born 10
Jefferson county, Virginia-in that once
beautiful and fruitful Valley of the Shen-
andoah, now alas! by wars ravage' made
IA barren waste-ani, at the time of his
death, was bout thirty years of age. He
was most. tendrrly and carefully rear
e., and was educated at the Charlottesville
University.
His family wasone of the richest in the
Old Dominion, it having been worth at
u, d
IF dollars Whrr the war broke out he
was living about five and half miles from
l1arper's Ferry, at a place called Flowing
Springs. He then applied for commits
sion in the Confederate service and was
given Captancy in the "a infantry regi-
ment belonging to the corps of Stonewall
jackson, and Captain Beall participated
IN all Of the principal battles that have ia
ken place in Virginia.
For many years he had been a commu-
meant Of the Episcopal Church, aud vas
number Of times elected delegate to
the Virginia Convention of laymen be
longing to that denomination. He was
man OF rare culture and extensive MFR
nation. His physical appearance was px-
ceedingly pleasing Although only five
feet seven inches in height, he possessed
commanding presence and bore the I'M
press Of high order Of intellect upon his
face. He was rather stouty built, and
wore slight moustacho aud goaee.
lie was charming c0nversatiOnlst and
his manner toward others was always with
that polished urbaniry which is the prime
index of the character of the true gentle
man. For his m,lher he always enter
tanned tue highest sense of ilial regard,
and during his last interview with her he
was assured that he had her undyIng love
aud her prayers for his welfare both 10 this
and the other world.
After his trial aud conviction he was
removed from Fort lafayette, where, up
to that time, he hal been confined AMI
placed in dark cell on the north side Of
Fort Columbus, ON Governor s Island. -
But few persons were permltte to visit
hun, the regulations, in this respect, be-
ing very strict Ga Saturday last he was
visited by bis mother, when the two parted
never to meet again in this world. The
interview, although very painful one to
both, Was not characterized by any buis-
ferrous demonstrations on the part of the
prisoner.
Captain Beall was sentenced to be hung
on Saturday last, but owing to some inlor-
mailly the execution of the sentence was
postponed until yesterday. 1t is reported
that the postponemeut was made because
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-17
The Inn Keeper.

Much has been slil to the detriment of
the tavernkeeper He is, Of course, the
best-known man in the village; but the
parson speaks to him p.troniz'ngly, and the
master OF the AGA lemy warns the boys to
avoid his place. Yet it would be diff suit
to lay anything to his charge, except that
he is very round, and fat, aud y.faced,
and has grown so used to laughing that
he can M more help it than the villagers
fro IL laughing at him. He has stout
chair with powerful hind.legs, in which
he leans back of evenings to elbow off,"
as he terms it; and save the mosquitoes
and the heat, nothing troubles him, it he
be allowed to ten that very old story which
is as venerable and as often tapped as his
uot ancient ale. All the people know
him by his first name; he is one OF tue
oldest residents, and says to the young
men, as they sip his port wine, that it is
some of the same which their mpthers
drank on their first birthnight. The
daily event of his life is the arrival of the
stage coach, and the longest journey that
he ever makes is that between the front.
porch and the stables. Here he orders
one or two of the hostlers and horses
around, simply to show that he is "boss,"
aud the rest of his existence is divided
between cigar and his dinner. In short,
he is the most popular man in ths place,
made 50 by the sheer negativeness Of his
nature, and no more suspects that any
body conteus his business than that his
tavern sign is not a lifelike picture of
Washington, or that the mail will fail to
cone to hand at noon precisely--New
York Mercury.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-03-17

BLooDTHIRsTY CURIosITY.-The fol-
lowing amusing story illustrates the plea
sures of doublebedledness aud Ameri AN
curiosity. A dirty and greasy foreigner,
with beard that Julian tia Apostate
might have ensied, SO long and ively-look-
ing was it, arrived at a hotel at Detroit,
entered his name on the book as Ivan
Somethinghof, hailng from St. Peters
burg, and demanded sleepiug-accommo.
dation. The hotel was full, and the
Muscovite looked 50 very uncleauly, and
wore sheepskii pelisse of so bad an odor,
that the guests unanimously and iudig-
nantly refused to have him billeted upon
them. The hotel clerk, not wishing to
lose customer, was in despair, when atall
bouy western man stepped forward, dashed
his fist on the counter, and exclaimed:
Its risky, | know but I'll try him.
| never did room with Rposhian before,
and ia like to know them strippel.' A
remarkable instance this of the pursuit of
knowledge un Ter difficulties, and the
American characteristic of "wanting to
know