The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-08-28

UEN fALMER ON THE CONDITION OF AT
FAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA. -1MajOr General
John VI. Palmer, lately commanding in North
Carolina, publishes card denying the Radical
reports Of his>impressions of the state of affairs
in North Carolina. He says, ssI did not re-
port that 'the reconstructed openly and defiant.
ly Insult Union officers in the Streets I saw
no disposition on the part of any respectable
person in Raleigh to act discourteously toward
Union officers; for myself, have to ackhow-
edge many acts of the most obliging kindness.
ct is my belief, too, that the freed people of
all classes as kindly treated 10 Central North
Carolina as they are in any portion of the late
slave States" He however winds up with a
lament that "the rebels" have obtained, by aid
Of the President, Office and power, to The exclu-
sion Of the "Union people,
DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEITs-Coun
$50 compound interest notes of the issue of
July Is, 1864, have made their appearance
The following is description Of the notes
which are limitations: The words ''three years
after Gate on the top of the bill nearly touch
the words Treasury department." while the
genuine have space Of Of an inch between
the two. Also, the bottom of Hamiton's coat
is Of an inch from the lower margin of the
small sos, while in the genuine the bottom
touches the margin, while the note has a
scratchy appearance. There are also counterfeit
n. Y. The engraving of the landing of Colum-
bus is pale and indistinct and is ne-fourth of
an inch shorter than the genuine. The &c" in
Citizens is too large and too far from the other
letters. The heavy line over the head of Cofum-
bus which is in the genuine is not found. This
is a very dangerous counterfeit, as it can be
altered to other national banks by changing
the name. 1t is also reported that counterfeit
fves on the first national bank of Cairo, Illinois,
are 10 circulation. A dangerous counterfeit of
the denomination of 50, the First National
Bank of Newburyport, Mass, has made its ap-
pearance The file of the bill, though some
what coarse, is well done; the flags in the back
ground are quite faint, as are also the court of
arms Of Massachusetts on the left and the eagle
on the right.-Raleiyh Progress.
A WARNING TO YOUNG >MEN,-Charles
Lamb tells his sad experience as warning to
young men, in the following language:
"The waters have gone over me. But out of
the black depths, could l be heard, would cry
out to all those no have set foot in the peril
Gus food. Could the youth to whom the favor
of the first wine is delicious at the opening
scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly
discovered paradise, look into my desolation,
and be made to understand what a dreary thing
it is when he shall feel himself going down a
precipice, with open eyes and passive will, to
his destruction and have no human power to
stop it, and yet feel it all the way emauating
from himself; to see all godliness emptied out
of him, and yet not able to forget time when
it was otherwise; bear about the piteous specta-
Gle of bis own ruin; could he see my fevered
eye, feverish with the last night drinking, and
feverishly looking tonight's repeating of the
folly; could he but feel the body of the death
out of which cry hourly with feebler cutlery
to be delivered, it were enough to make him
dash the sparkling beverage to the earth, in all
the pride of its mantling temptation"