The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-12-18
STATE NEWS.

t E CoUNcILLoRs OF STATE E-The Legislature
has elected the following gentlemen, to compose
the board of Councillors Of State :,sI11.o251 sa1
| w A Wright of New Hanover, War Eaton,
yr, of Warren, E W Jones of Caldwell, Giles
Mebane of Caswell, Jesse G. Shepherd of Cum
berland, Henry Joyner of Halifax, and Thos 5
Asbe of Auson. ee5.-s~r't .>'trat,'t go" - -
| ANOTHER MURDER In WILKES IAN by
the name of Dowell, accused of killing one st.
John, both of Wilkes county, was brought be-
fore Judge Mitchell Of this place, last Friday,
undera writ of hobeds corpus. Upon hearing
the testimony, Judge Mitchell refused to admit
Dowell to bail, considering it a case of murder.
The evidence went TO show that Do~ell. and st.
j John had been drinking at Wilkesboro, and APP
parently were upon friendly terms, that Dowell
invited the deceased home with him, and while
at supper discussion arose between them about
the Bible, and politics. the war, &e; that st.
John, who was a maa having Southern sympa-
thies, denounced the ARed Strings" Dowell
being one) which gave offence to DoweI and he
ordered St. John to leave the house. While in
the act of departing, Dowell, who is an athletic
msn, struck the deceased with an iron shovel
On his neck between the head and shoulders,
from the effects of which he died in about two
weeks StatesriNe american. @t Fi3 s>s1
GoSE-GoING-A number of families, COM
posing some of the best material of this county,
have taken up their winding way for new homes
in Georgia, Mississippi, and elsewhere in the
Southwest, and others are making preparations
to start before the 1st of January. BY that time
at least some ten families will have sought homes
in the Southwest. We regret to see the spirit
of restlessness that is abroad among our people,
and the desire seek new homes in distant States
We afraid tbs distance that is 1ending the en-
chantment that's drawing our people on. They
seeking homes in sections where they will have
to work as hard as they will here, with difference
in climate the risk of acclilnating, and all the ills
offrontier life to contend against. Better spend
the money it will cost to ''lseak up," to move
and to"break in," upon fertilizers and ir proved
machinery here, and Put forth your energies to
bring out the full powers to produce of the land
where your home is now Hadesboro argus.
EF- The Charlotte Democrat is opposed to
Gov Worth's recommendation for Penitentiary
and states its objections in brief, but clear and
foreible sty e will be in another part Of this
paper. a-. - ~@
The same journal says there ought to be a
change in the Presidency of theState University:
that however we'll the present incumbent may
have filled the place at time, it is not so now;
and that the prosperity oftbe Institution can only
he restored by change. and the selection ofsome
such man Gen. Joseph E. johnson. We agree
with the Democrat, and believe there is a
general concurrence in the opinion that change
is needed.-Saltsbury Wdtchnaun.
A rattle snake was killed in CASTOR county
short time since, said to be six feet in length
and in size as large as a mans thigh. 1t had 26
rattles and one button-supposed to he p years
old. ,-- -: .....s at...aa-.-.tt .t1u.s-s Ill