The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-04-10
STATE ITEMS.

Posi- OFFICES 1t is very desirable that
post Offices should be established throughout
the State. If our friends will write US, sending
names of persons who can take the oath, We will
take pleasure in sending the applications to. the
department at WashiBgtos - Raleigh STAN
aard.
Among other North Caroiiuians lately par
doned BY the President, are ExG Gov. Manly
and Mr. N. ". Woodfn of Buncombe.
STATE SALE-The sale of mules and wagons
belonging to the State, at Rocky Mount, last
week resulted as follows: so mules and 10
wagons brought 81 500 cash.
We learn that the Freedmen are doing pref
ty we'll la Edgecombe: The men are laboring
as we'll as was expected. The women are doing
dollars per month and their food, deducting lost
time from any cause.
! WHIPPED Reuben McDowd, a negro, was
tried this morning before Judge Fowle upon a
charge of stealing pair Of shoes from NJ. Rosen-
baum, aud the jury found him guilty. His pun
ishment was assessed at 80 lashes on the bare
back, which was duly administered by the She
rif.-Ro1eigh Progress.
! BaE A writer in the National Intelgeneer,
| from Milton, N. G., gives an account of the
healthy condition of affairs in his county and
town, states that freedmen everywhere are at
work, have schools, and even the mail is carried
by freedman, and yet-strange to say-there
has never been a Freedmen's Bureau Office in
Milton.
From all quarters oe the tobacco regions of
Virginia and North Carolina there are assu-
RANGES that. great efforts will be made to plant
crop Of tobacco. The want Of agricultural la
Dor will be exhibited less in the production of
tobacco than In any other agricultural product.
NORTH CAROLINA IN EURoPE-Every days
experience DEVELOPS something new in the way
of business success here. Yesterday we learn
ed that Messrs. w. B Smith & Co., who were
the agents of the State for the sale of Emmons'
Geological survey of North Carolina, received
an order from New York for the entire edition,
which is to be shipped to Europe.-Rul Pro-
Miss Mary A. Hampton, of Lincoln county,
recently shot and killed an eagle which meas
ured nine feet from tip to tip.
There are in North Carolina 100 schools for
the blacks, 1872 teachers, and in the month of
January, TO- 59 scholars, or 1000 more than
in December. They are located in all the prin-
cipal towns, and are generally regarded with ia
vor The teachers experience, however, the
popular aversion. They and the employees of
the Bureau, civil and military, amount to no
less than two hundred persons-a slender army
of regeneratien.-Ne York Iost
FATAL SHooTING-A young man named
John + Dixon was shot early Sunday morning,
at the Markct-house, near the A Il n. e. Rail-
road depot, by negro man. 1t seems that the
wounded man was on duty, as private watch
man, to catch thief who had been committing
depredations there before. Whilst on duty as
such the thief came, and Mr. Dixon, catching
him in the act of stealing, drew bis revolver and
ordered his surrender. The negro surrendered
and followed him inside the yard, IN the rear of
the building. Whilst there, he took advantage
of a moment when Dixon off his guard, sez-
ed him blythe wrist and took the pistol from
him. Dixon called for help and the negro shot
at him. The ball entered the left breast and
ranged to the right, passing through the right
lung The physician attending him says there
is little hope of his recovery. The negro escap-
ed, taking the pistol with him.--NeuJern