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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-30
NOTICE.

Whereas the Board of Commissioners of the Town
of Charlotte have made publication of Ordinances
established by them forbiddng, under penalty tho
sale of spiriaous liquors in said corporation With
out License, from them, and also regulating the
hours, &C., when liquor may be sold, aud whereas
it is for the interest of society aud the promotion of
good morals and government that these laws should
be observed, now therefore, hereby give notice,
and counsel all persons to observe the same aud
warn them that the penalties published will DO
strictly enforced for any violation.
S. A. HARRIS, mayor.
Countersigned T. w DEWEY, Town Clerk.
Approved FRANK M. HENToN, Capt. Como Post
Jan %, 1866 1t
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LEG1sLATuRE.-On Friday. the House passed
the Senate bill to punish horse stealing 1t pro-
WOES that the thief shall receive one or more
public whippings for the first offence, and be
hung for the second.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 2S-The Senate considered
the JOINT resolution for the appointment of Provis-
lonal Governors in the Southern States Howe, of
Wisconsin, who introduced the bill, made speech
in favor of it.
The House resumed the consideration of the pro-
posed Constitutional amendment relative to basis Of
representation. Harding of Kentucky, and Wright
OF New Jersey made speechestin favor of the ad-
mission OF Southern members. They could see 40
reason for the Constitutional amendment. 1t was
designed by the Radicals as party measure to Sc
cure the suffrage of negroes The House will vote
on the question on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % The Tennessee Senate, on
yesterday, concurred in the House amendment
granting theTight to testify to negroes.
The Senate of the Kentucky Legislature has re-
jected the constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery, and declared the action, already taken BY
the Legislature, final
New YoRK, Jan. 26,-Cotton steady at Al 4s, -
chiefly the latter. Gold 395.
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4 DESCRIBED, if Illegal, Puntshnsent-A no.
torious scoundrel named Wilson, we'll known in
this vicinity desperate and most unprinci-
pied character, was shot to-day by parties un-
known. He before day this morning, shot a
citizen of this county in the yard of Mr John
Coley, about 8 miles from Goldsboro', named
Peacock, and attempted to shoot Nj. Coley him
self; but he was fortunate enough to keep out of
the way. Wilson was pursued and overtaken
in the Northern suburbs of Goldsboro and some
alteration occurring, he was shot and instantly
killed.
We are not informed Of all the circumstances
attending this act Of retributive justice; but We
do know, that no worse character than Wilson
was to be found within the limits of this, or any
other county i'll the State.
\ man of violence, and of unmitigated will.
Amy, he has at last found violent and merited
death Goldsboro Ners 25th.
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CHARLOTTE MARKET, Jan. go, 1866

good deal of Cotton sold last week. Dur
ing the forepart of the week prices ruled higher
than at the close. On Saturday % to 26 in gold
and 80 TO 3G in currency, were the ruling rates.
Corn is still in demand at 81 65 to 81 IS. Meal
is retailing at 81 per bushsl..
Flour ST SO per hundred. No Wheat offering.
y Bacon, hog round, ls4 to 20. Lard %.
No change to note in the price of Groceries
The market is rather bare of Nails and farming Iron
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st his residence at Beattie's Ford, " c., the
9Th inst, the Hon. II W Ccinor, in his !3d year.
Mr. Conner represented this Congressional District
continuously for 20 years.
In CASTOR county, on the l2th of December, DIR
Vim Hanks, aged Ct years.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-30

JUDGE PEARsoN-We learn that a petition
has been circulated in Raleigh for signatures, re-
tor an appointment to the vacant seat on the
United States Supreme Court Bench. The name
of b. F. Moore, Esq. of Raleigh, has heretofore
been mentioned in connection with that position.
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B@ W. S. Henrahan, commoner from Pitt,
died suddenly at his lodgings at the Exchange
hotel Oh Saturday night 20sh. He was In his
seat on Saturday. His disease was thought to be
govt Of the heart.-haleigh Progress
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Horse StOIen--$3J Reward.

Stolen from Redsville on the Piedmont Railroad
onthe 10th January, small bay MARE about 4
years old, left eye out, long tail, name has been
reached. The above reward will be paid for heI
recovery by J. l.. MOREHEAD.
January 20, 1865.
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A MOST DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE-It is
painful to US to record the following statements
as related to US by gentleman Of this county.
On Friday last, Mr.. Obadiah Page of this coun-
ty, residing near Cedar Fork, returned to his
ituous liquors. lie was habitualsin the use of
it to excess, and when in that condition was TN
kind to his family lie had on other occasions
been unkind to his wife and daughter, and his
| daughter had left her home account of it
90 this day, Friday he struck his wife, His
son, Alonzo, lad ABOUT sixteen, had before re-
monstrated with his father about his treatment
| to his mother, and on this occasion told him, if
he repeated his assaults upon hez, that he would
| shoot him. This excited the father and the
Son left the house and weet to the mill to at
tend to his duties The father pursued the son
| to the mill and commenced beating the boy
| The boy attempted to defend himself with his
| pistol, which the father took from him and threw
in the mill.pond. In the scufflo the father cut
the boy in the head severely with his knife, and
! the boy home soon he could extricate
himself. The father pursued, but the boy reach
ed home first, and sezing his rife, attempted to
| fire at his father, but it missed fire. He then
| took gun and fired bringing his father down
upon his knees, he seized second loaded gun,
and fred killing bis father outright. The boy
is said to have been seriously ured by the cut
given by his father.
4 more sharp rebuke has seldom been given
than this, to the practice of intoxication aad the
neglect of family discipline. Seldom has the
| peace of an entire family been more thoroughly
destroyed than in this case.-Ralciyh Sentinel.
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The Columbia branch of the South Carolina
Railroad was completed on the 10th Instant
Trains are now running daily between Charles
ton and Coumbia.
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WANTED,

A Weaver, to take charge of fifty Looms. Good
wages given. Address
J. MCDONALD & SONS,
CoxcoRD, N. c.
January 90, 1866 At
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The expense of collecting direct tax for the
United States Government has been illustrated
10 Florida, where s44,0 900 have been collected
at cost of SIT 925.
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DIRECT IMPORTATION,

Now landing 275 Hogsheads, Cd Tierces and 81
Barrels bright new crop Cardenas MOLASSES
Orders accompanied by thu cash, will be promptly
filled at lowest market rates.
0. G. PARSLEY & co.
Jan 20, 1866 2w
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BIG TUABLE-Corn meal, which has been re.
Gently selling here for two dollars, purchased
yesterday fer 81 ,25-Raieigh Progress 25h.
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DIsTILLERIEs.-It will be seen by the proceed
ings of the Legislature that the House, by de-
cided vote, has passed bill to prohibit distla
ton of spirituous liquors from grain. Of course
the Senate will pass it. and then, it is to be hoped
that corn be more easily obtained for bread.
The bill. as it passed the House, imposes q
fine of $500 and 60 days imprisonment for each
act of dstillation the fine to be appropriated to
the support If the poor of the county. The same
penalty applies to those who transport corn out
of the State for distillation.
1t is hoped that this measure will have ten
dency to put Corn within the reach of the poor.
People can do without whi.key better than poor
women and children can without bread
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Jan 8, 1866.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
49, application viii be made to the present
Session of the General Assembly Of North Carolina,
for Charter incorporating the Rock Island MANI
featuring Company.
Jan s, 1906.
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TO THE READERS OF TIE STANDARD.

have resumed the editorial management of
the Standard
The business of the office will be conducted
hereafter by w. w. Holden and Son.
1t is scarcely necessary to say there will be
no change in the course of the Standard. 1t
will inculcate attachment for the Union, Is the
only solid foundation of permanent repose and
prosperity; and it will continue to give to the
administration of President johnson a steady
and cordial support. W. w. HOLDEN.
Raleigh, Jan. 20, 1866.
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IF The next annual meeting of the Stoekhold
ers OF the Charlotte & s. c. Railroad Company
will be held in this town on the 9TH of February
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-30

The U: s. LAND TAx.-It will be seen by
the following notice that the U. S. Direct Tax
on Real Estate is now being collected in this
county. The Chief Clerk of the Commissioners,
Mr. Carpenter, be found at the Charlotte
Hotel. The tax is eighty cents on the 800
value of all lands in the county, and the valuation
Of 1860 is taken as the standard.
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READY-uADE CLOTHING

at cos: for cash. Our former friends and patrons
will do well to supply themselves at once.
We will keep at all times good supply of Cloths,
Cassimers and Vestings which will be made to
or der in the best style and manner, We will keep
also good stock of Hats, Shirts Drawers and other
furnishing Goods.
yULLlNGS SPRINGS.
jan 90 1856.
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r. A bill is before Congress to change
the practice in regard to enpannelling juries in
Courts. 1t provides that no person shall be dis
qualified from acting grand or petit jury by
reason of his having formed or expressed an opn-
ion upon the matter to be submitted to the jury,
founded upon public rdmor. newspaper state
ments, &c. This change is attempted to be made
in view of the trial of Mr. Davis. = The radicals
in Congress suffer nothing to stand in the way of
their schemes. If anything is found in the Con-
stituton which it is impossible to twist as to
suit their designs, they forthwith propose to
amend the Constitution; and if the common law
is a hindrance. it too must be amended. The ex-
pressed will of the citizens of the District of CO.
lumbia in regard to negro suffrage by
an almost unanimous vote-has been disregarded
and treated with contempt 1t romans to be
seen whether President Johnson will approve or
veto these radical measures.
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FULLINGs & SPRINGS

| Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT
TAILORING STORE, to No. Granite Row, latel,
| occupied by j. S. Phillips. We are offering ou1
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INTERESTING PAPERs.-We publish to- day
two important and interesting papers--Goy.
Worth's Message and the Report of the Pub
lie Treasurer. In order to obtain correct infor-
nation in regard TO public affairs in this State,
the Message and Report should be read by all.
The Governors Message is practical docu-
ment, plain and straight forward in its statements
and bears the mark of the good common sense
of its author.
NEW MAGIsTRATEs.-The following is list
of the new Magistrates appointed by the Legis-
lnture for Mecklenburg county:
Charlotte Beat-T w Dewey. Overman. F
NJ Ross, l. Brown, j l. Morehead S Hous-
ton.
Clear Creek-Wm Beaver, A Hood. O.
Morning Starr McEwen. Arthur Grier.
Providence-J Sol Reid. w NJ Mills. Jas B
Robinson.
Sharon-John Walker, Jas T Downs. w
Hunter.
Steele Creek-A r Erwin. Thos P Grier. T P
G Faris.
observation-disclosures B Price. S j Berryhill.
Paw Creek-Dr Washington Morrison, JOS B
Mcdonald.
Long Creek-R d Whitley. Harry, Sol
Sifford.
Lemly's-R Blythe. J L Jettan.
Deweese's-Alex McIver. w G Barnett. w
CALDWELL
Mallard Craek-R L DeArmond. II CARR
son.
Harrisburg and Crab Orchard-J Milton Cald
we'll L NJ Alexander. VIM McCombs.
The following have also been appointed Magis-
trates for this county: A G Neel, w With
er.. John Il Johnston. ID G Maxwell and j Sam
pie Davis.
II The Sheriff requests to state that there
will be meeting of the Magistrates at the Court
House Saturday next, for the purpose of Or
ganizng the County Court.
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WASHINGTON ITEMs-Mrs. Stephen A.
Dou glass was married Tuesday night, to Major
r. Williams, U. S. A, by the Rev Father
Lynch.
A petition numerously signed by members of
the bar throughout the country; asking the par
don Of John A. Campbell, ex-Judge Of the Su-
preme Court, and assistant Confederate Secreta-
ry of War, was presented to the President on
Monday
The Senate, on Monday confirmed the follow
ing nominations, among others Mr.. Brooks, to
be United States District Judge of the District
of North Carolina; and D. II. Starbuck, to be
District Attorney for the District of North Caro-
lima
Washington, Jan. 24th.-Dr Powell, State
Agent of North Carolina, leaves here for that
State o-morrow, charged with various matters
connected with the Treasury and Post Office
Departments and Freedmen's Bureau
The Commissioner of Agriculture has just re-
ceived at Washington, a large quantity of seeds
from Europe, which are being put up in pack
ages, and will soon be ready for distribution
The lot comprises a number of varieties of wheat
from Odessa several varieties of barley from Bel
GUM, and very large variety of flower seeds,
from different parts of Germany
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OyEIcE u s. DIRECT TAX COMMISSIONERS
For the State of North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, n. c., January rs, 1866.
Notice is hereby given to the owners of Real Es-
tate in the county of Mecklenburg, that the Direct
Tax laid upon all LANDS in the United States by
an Act of Congress of August 6, 1861, is being
collected in the State of North Carolina in pursu-
ance OF an Act approved jane 7, 1862, and of all
amendment Of said Act approved February 6, 1863,
aud OF a further amendment of said Act approved
March B. 1865; and notice is further given that the
said Tax upon the Real Estate of Mecklenburg
county will be fixed the Goth day Of January in
slant, and that Office in Charlotte in said coun-
~, will be open that day, and for sixty days fol-
lowing for the reception of said Tax. As the laws
OF the United States exempt from taxation Home
steads To the value of Five Hundred Dollars when
the owners actually reside thereon at the date of
the fixing of the Tax, such and occupants
are notified 10 appear at Office in the Charlotte
Hotel, during said sixty days and show such fact.
JOHN r. FRENCH,
HIRAM POTTER, Jr,
E. II. SEARS,
.. 5. Direct Tax Commissioners for N. Carolina.
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UsURY LAws.-A powerful effort is being
made in the Virginia Legislature to repeal the
usury laws of that State, so as to afford such a
rate of interest as will invite capital. This is a
subject Of much interest to our people, and one
that the Legislature must meet and act upon
1t is idle to talk of capital coming to North Car
DINA as long as our laws fix the rate of interest
at 6 per cent: Money is worth more elsewhere,
and of course it will 90 where it will yield the
most Our usury laws constantly disregard
ed, but they act a kind Of scare to stran-
gers, and until repealed we shall have no help
from abroad in the way of capital
We trust that the Assembly will either repeal
the usury laws altogether, and let money &c into
the market like other commodities and let the
supply and demand regulate interest, or fix it at
a figure sufficiently to induce foreign capital to
come to the relief of O, suffering people
Raleigh Progress.
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SUPERIOR CoURT-The judges of the Su-
perior Court will ride the Spring Circuit as fol-
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THE STATE CONTAMINATION Reporter
has failed to notice the particular provisions of
the important bill introduced in the House by
McAden Of Aamance, for the more complete
organization of the State government, and which
has passed the House anG is now before the
Senate The bill provides for the full valda-
ton of all official acts of the commissioners Of
Incorporated towns and by all officers of the late
Provisional government makes good the cleo
tons held, informally, 10 any OF the towns for
the election of commissioners-co in
Office the clerks Of the County and Superior
Courts, Sherffs and Registers appointed under
the Provisional government, until their success
ors are qualifed-directs the immediate issue of
commissions 20 the newly elected Justices of
the Peace and the holding of County Courts,
and provides for their qualification, and of the
newly elected Clerks and Sherifs-repeals the
stay law or the act "to change the jurisdiction
of the Courts and the rules Of pleading there
in" &c, &c.-Roieigh Sentinel.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-30

No w Az ne ofhclat organ OF the Emperor
of France, the "Moniteur.'' in an article in re
gard to the United States and Mexico. plainly
shows that there is to be no war between the
United States and France about Mexican affairs
1t says that the occupation of Mexico by French
troops was merely for the purpose of enforcing
the settlement of claims which had been treated
with insolent disregard by the then existing Mex
lean government-that the occupation was tenn
porary-''and will cease with the causes which
created it, This means that the French troops
will be withdrawn.
The London Times contains article on this
subject, from which we make the following ex-
tract:
"A war at the present moment between France
and the United States would open such disastrous
prospects to both countries that prudent men on
both sides will resort to every possible means ia
avoid pushing matters to calamitous an ex-
tremity. Strong is the power of France, and
stable as may be the Emperor's Government the
shock of war with the United States might
prove a serious trial both to France herself and
to her institutions. Even if she succeeded in
carrying it to successful conclusion, it could
only be a ruinous charge for which acquisi-
tons in the thankless soil of Central America
would offer any adequate compensation.
Nor, on the other hand, could anything be
present moment than a with powerful for
eigu country. 1t is evident from the lamentable
accounts which reach US from the Southern
States that nothing but complete rest and close
attention to domestic policy can afford any
chance of recovery to the South, and the United
States is but half itself until that great wound
is at least in fair way of being healed They
too might find that with France their
southern border would increase their domestic
difficulties. and they little able as France
to afford to add another vast item to their nation
al debt. The interests, therefore, of the tw o
Governments ale exactly identical. 1t is the in
terest of France to withdraw as possible
from perlous position, and it is the interest of
the United States to render that withdrawal as
far possible spontaneous, instead of having to
enforce it.
Whatever language the Emperor may have
used in 1862, the people of America may be sure
that he can have intention of sustaining
Austrian Prince in Mexico BY, French bayonets
against the wish of the Mexicans at the risk of
serious embodiment with the United States and
it may be added, in spite of the constant nurmers
of his own subjects. Every probability indicates
that he will peaceably withdraw, or later.
Either the government of the Emperor MaximiI
liam will prove so welcome to the Mexicans as to
need no foreign support or else it will demand
an amount of support which the Emperor will be
unable to give. In either case the French
not fail to withdraw, and it is the interest of the
United Suites to suffer the difficulty to be thus
solved by natural means"
There will be no war.
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Jan q, 1866
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United States Direct Tax.

NECKLENBURG COUNTY.
OyEIcE U. s. DIRECT TAX COMMISSIONERS,
For the State of North Carolina,
CHARLOTTE n c. January 25 1865
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-22

was got up In England aud large edition imported 'Of
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new volume OF Old World Sketches by George H. ObscI
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Ti,te Brown g. Co have nearly out Sctenkols Charac'
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uyenile) and devotional book" Hours with the Lofu
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The Boston religious papers are pFepA,nS 20
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