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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

A ISLANDER CONTRADICTED.-Inh his speech
last week at Boston, Mr. Boutwell, is represented
as charging that Mr. johnson removed the ar
chives and closed the bureau for the preserva-
ton of the archives of the Southern Confederacy
for the purpose of destroying evidence of his
completely in the assassination, &c. This para
graph is going the rounds of the press without
contradiction. TIE facts are that the bureau
archive is still in existence, accessible as here
tofore, and the President has not made any or
der of any kind as to its management, and has
not exercised any control whatever over its af-
fairs. Some days ago Gen. Grant, finding that
the then Office of the superintendent of the bu-
reau was mere sinecure, abolished it or relieved
the incumbent, DR. Lieber, and placed the concern
in charge OF clerk, who has charge now.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24
DRESS MAKING.

The subscriber having located in the Black build
ing, first room up stairs, she will cut and make
dresses in the latest Styles and will spare pains
to please her customers She solicits part Of the
patronage of the Ladies of Charlotte and vicinity At
large Mas. NJ. J. GRIFFIN.
Sept. %, 1867 lvpd
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

PARDoNs.-The functions of the pardon clerk
of the Attorney Generals Office in relation to the
rebellion have been virtually suspended by the
amnesty Proclamation. The clerical force devo-
ted to that branch of the business husy in pre-
pairing the statement relative to the States of
Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, for the ap-
preaching session of Congress. Upwards of 49,
900 applications for pardon have been lodged in
the Attorney Generals Office. Most of them,
embracing persons to whose petition no special
significant attaches, ha been granted. Some
five hundred have be- ID Enacted upon. Most of
the prominent men of the South have made ap-
plication. Henry 4. Wise, Louis Wigfall. and
Jefferson Davis are notable exceptions, though
the pardon of the latter has been sought by the
Legislatures of Mississippi and Georgia, and in
Vulnerable petitions. No action has ever been
taken on any application made by absentees like
Messrs. Slidell and Breckenridge, though the lat
ter has not himself sought pardon, but his friends
for him. Notwithstanding the amnesty procla-
nation has lessened the labors ofthe pardon clerk
Mr. F. U. Sttt, in regard to the rebellion the Or
binary course Of criminal justice will give ample
scope for all his energy and industry Wash
Express.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Groceries, Confectioneres, Notions, &c-Nisbet l.
Maxwell.
Hotel for Rent-F DeWolfe Admir-.
GroceFs and Commission Observation-Disclosures L Black
Salt and Molasses-Wllard Bros, Wilmington, C..
Charlotte Female Institute-Rev Burweu Son.
School Notice-A Harrison, Instructor.
Quinine at Scarr's Drug Store.
Dress Making-Mrs NJ Griffin.
Carolina Female College, Blankenship.
Notice of Cooperative Association of Mecklenburg
county.
Horse Stolen-John 4. Dewess.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

GEN. BEAUREGARD-New York, Sept Is.
AT dinner given to Gen. Beauregare by a
party of Southern gentlemen at the New York
Hotel, he made speech in which be stated,
"that he had received tempting offers from
English capitalists to take up his residence in
England as Superintendent of extensive engi.
neering works in that country, but he had con-
eluded, upon calmly surveying the different
governments of the world, their States, and
their inherent strength, that this country pos
sessed the most stable government of any ex-
isting on the face of the earth, and that for his
part he was determined to spend his life under
the flag of the government that was the most
stable and least liable to disorganization. 1t
was nothing short of sheer nonsense, to talk OF
another rebellion. If they wanted to raise one
they could not 1t was utterly impossible for
them to do SO for the next generation"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

In Fayetteville, on the 18th inst Mr. John T Null
Inns, aged Al years. Also, the 18th inst, Mr.
Thos Stoner, in the 30tb year of his age.
At Corpus Christi, Texas, the 9th Of August,
of yellow fever Mary D., wife of G. N McClennahan,
and daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Harris, of this
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

JOSHUA AS A GENERAL.-Gen. D. Fl. Hill,
of the late Gonfedate army, has high opinion
of the military skill of Joshua, and thinks he
displays superiority over noted generals of
latter times. He says:
Joshua, the successor of Moses, was distin-
guished by the favor of Heaven, and yet was
one of the most renowned military leaders Of
his own or any other age. His strategy and
maneuvering furnish an interesting study, at
this day, to the student of military history. He
will see that the mistake which Washington
made at Germantown in attempting to take
Chew's house; which Greene made at Lutaw in
attempting to take the brick Jail, Joshua did
not make when hefve Kings fed to their cave
or stronghold at Makkedab. He did not turn
aside from the great object, but gave orders
"Stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies and
smite the hiudermost of them; suffer them not
to enter their cities" Had Jackson, at New
Orleans, been familiar with the tactics of Joshua
he would have made his night attack on the
23d December, just before day, and thus have
anticipated the great victory of 9Th of January.
Is it not strange that military men in modern
times, with all the lights of history and expert
ence before them, can discover no mistakes in
the campaigns of Joshua, who marched and
fought ages, before Alexander Hannibal, Caesar
and Napoleon Whence did he derive his
strategy? Who taught him the art of war?
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

spelling book of the year 1899 was recent
~ lid to S25 at an auction sale in Washington.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

From New ORLEANs-New Orleans, Sept 16.
The following General Order was issued here
to-day.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.-We had the
pleasure yesterday, at the residence of our es-
teemed fellow citizen, George W. Sulser, ESQ,
of conversing with an old lady Of the patriarchal
age Of one hundred and two years. Her name
is Margaret Swartz widow and re lie of James
Swartz, who was in the Dragon service in our
revolutionary struggle. She is now, and has
been for many years. pensioner of the United
States. This old and venerable lady is native
of Berkeley county, Virginia, and came with her
parents when an iDfant to the Willis of the clark
and bloody ground" and was au eyewitness
and participant in many of the fierce struggles
of the pioneers of this State. Her father set
tied first at Strode's Station, between where
Paris and Millersburg are now situated, when
those fair and fertile regions were unbroken
forests and dense canebrakes, and the red war
riors we're making continued attacks upon the
early settlers, and when every one carried their
life in their hands Mrs. Swartz recollects dis
tinctly these stirring incidents, aud speaks now
of Boone, Kenton. and those other brave and
land from the hands of the ruthless savage.
She saw and conversed with Daniel Boone
when he returned wounded after the sanguinary
battle with the Indians at the Lower Blue Licks.
She now resides with her grandchildren, near
Lower Blue Lcks, in Nicholas county, and is
as sprightly, both mentally and physically, as
lady of sixty. Long may this connecting link
between the past and present be preserved 10
life and health. and be permitted to relate to her
children's children the stirring incidents of
those "days that tried mems souls" -MaysvWe,
KY, Bulletin, 18th.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

NEGROES DR1LL1NG-We are informed that
negroes have been drilling in our steets after
nights. What does it mean? Are the author-
ties aware of the fact !? We do not believe it,
and We therefore call their attention to it, and we
have no doubt Col. EGie will take steps to have
the matter investigated and stopped. Such de-
mons:rations can effect no good results, but are
calculated to produce those ola most serious
nature. They are highly revolutionary, treas
enable, and incendiary, without the authority of
law, and prejudical to good order. There is
some wicked purpose at the bottom of these
secret and unlawful gatherings; and all good law
abiding citizens, white and black, have an inter-
est in having the guilty parties exposed and their
designs frustrated. Do not be inundated by
few reckless scoundrels who are openly setting at
defiance the laws, and plotting against the peace
and safety the people. Col Ede's well known
high cha' acter as a conservator Of the peace, apd
bis firm, prompt, and impartial execution of the
law against all offenders, leave doubt as to the
course be will take, if the matter is properly
brought before him. We therefore, warn all
persons who arc in any way connected with any
unlawful assembly or organization, to abandon it
at once-,Salisbury Banner.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

900 Acres Of Land for Sale.
The subscriber offers for sale until the 18th Of
October next, One Thousand Acres of Valuable Land
lying on the waters of Mountain Creek miles North
of Bcatties Ford. This body Of Land is composed
of four different tracts, all contiguous with excellent
Grist and Saw Mills in the midst. The Mills are not
offered for sale, but might be to accommodate one
desiring to buy the whole.
For terms and further particulars apply to ths
subscriber or j. F Goodson, Esq, one of whom may
always be found at Beatte's Ford.
After the above date these lands If sold will be
leased. J. M. IVY.
Beattie's Ford, N. G., Sept. le, 1867 2wpd
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24
O u IN IN r.,

A Fresh supply of Quinine, for sale at
SCAKRS DRUG STORE.
September %, 1867.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24


1t is stated upon apparently reliable informa-
ton, that Chief Justice Chase has written to
the President sustaining the civil authorities in
the judicial cases in North Carolina out of " hich
arose the conflict of authority between General
Sickles and Marshal Goodloe
CATAwBA RIVER BRIDGE The Iron Bridge
of the w., c. & r. r. r. over the Catawba
River, is now in the course of construction under
the superintendent of Capt Smith. Its Cum
pleton will relieve the public of apprehensons
which have been felt on account Of the shaky
trestle-work upon which the cars now cross
Daily News.
Five large warehouses on the corner of Sixth
and Baymiler streets, Cincinnati, owned by w.
B. Moore & Co and row of tenement houses
adjoining, were destroyed by five recently, in
volving a loss of 100000. Three fremen
were severely injured by falling wall.
The President has received letter from New
York, sigoed by large number of coored per-
sons besides members of colored church, ask
ing the appointment of Fred Douglass, or either
oe several other negroes named, to succeed Gen.
Howard, 10 case the latter thall be removed from
the Freedmens Bureau.
The following military changes have been an
nounced By telegraphic dispatches from Wash
ington: Brevet Major General j j. Reynolds
succeeds General Griffin in Texas, add Major
General Joseph A Mower will command the
Fifth District until Hancock arrives. General
Sickles has been ordered to report at headquar-
tiers between the 18th and 2Oth instants.
The "stone feet" sunk 10 Charleston harbor
during the war, does not appear to have done
| any permanent injury. An English vessel,
drawing eighteen and half feet, has entered
the port, loaded with railway iron. The deep
est laden vessel that had previously entered
drew but seventeen.
There is a man in St Paul who is singularly
afflicted One side of his face never sweats
The perspiration roofs off of the left of his face in
drops, while the right side is entirely free from
moisture. He attributes the phenomenon to dis
| ease, which he says has stopped up the pores o.
his face ON that side.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

MARYLAND.-The Maryland Constitutional
election is progressing quietly. Its adoption,
by large majority, is certain. 1t abolishes
test oaihs for COnfederates, and admits negro
testimony in Courts.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19.-The city ratlfes the
new Constitution by 10000 majority.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

The reaction against the existing political ex-
travagance aud corruption gathers volume and
momentum faster than we had expected We
could have predicted year, or even month
ago. that the State of California would range
herself upon the Conservative side this fall {?
Here is State whose record from the beginning
has been one Of unbroken loyalty to the Federal
Union, and of deep and genuine interest in all
that concerns the prosperity and glory Of the Re-
public. Her citizens have always prided them
selves upon the warmth and Western whole
heartedness of their love for the Union. They
have responded with the quckness of the electric
flash to every appeal which the National Govern
ment, or any of the sisterhood of States, has
made, in any hour of trial, for their sympathy
and aid. Combining the native shrewdness and
integrity of New England with the business en-
terprise of New York and the West, and the i'm
pulsive generosity of the South, California is an
indigenous product and type of our institutions.
She is AN American of Americans. 1t is this ar
ray of facts which imparts such tremendous sig
nificance to the surprising result of the recent
election.-Ne0 York Journal Of Commerce.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

Total increase to the State Railroads 7,733 rs
more than would have been received by these
roads had the new arrangement not been inau-
gurated, and at almost no additional cost to
these companies Had the order Of the Stock
holders been fully carried out this sum would
probably have reached nine thousand dollars.
The people of North Carolina will watch these
operations with some interest," Wilmington
Journal.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

THE CIRCUs.-The circus is certainly coming.
and for further evidence of the fact refer
readers to an advertisement in another column,
from which can be gathered oil the particulars.
The following notice of this Show is taken
from the National Intelligencer:
Barnum and Fan Amburgh's Menagerie and
Dan Cdsteiio'S Model Circus Combination.-
Everybody is asking everybody if every body is
going to the great show, and everybody answers
Yes" So, we presume, everybody is aware
that 1.-THE show" is coming. In further evidence
of the fact, refer readers to the adver-
tisement in another column, from which they
will learn all the particulars. and become
quainted with the varied attractions offered to
please all tastes. There is, in the first place, a
full menagerie of wild beasts. birds and reptiles.
some of which have been rarely, if ever before,
exhibited i'm America. And there is the great
Van Amburgh's den of lions, with which Profess
sor Hall does all sorts of remarkable and thrill
ling feats. There is, besides first class circus
company of riders, both ladies and gentlemen.
acrobats, gymnasts, trapezists. &c, who will all
appear in a varied and novel programme; and.
to cap the climax of attractions. a beautiful
French woman, from the Imperial Circus, Paris
and who has just arrived in America, having
been expressly engaged for this company, will
make her debut in America here, and will create,
we have no doubt. perfect furore among our
susceptible youth. Another fresh attraction will
be the performances of Little Minnie" charm
ing little creature. no bigger than Pea blossom.
the fairy, who will 60 through principal act of
riding, just as if she a full-grown-up lady,
instead of the pretty. weanie thing she is
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24
naE The following is published by request

RAILRoADs-Some gerry 4SteolMy Opera
tions Son,euhere.-We have just been shown
letter from prominent official of the North
Carolina Railroad Com pany, which contains
the following sentence: 'While in Charlotte
called Oh many of the merchants and gave them
the points in regard to shipping vio Go!dsboro'
| found none of them had ordered their goods
ria Raleigh, but some had been received and
marked that way entirely aoittout their hnoaol-
edge or consent" Gtaics ours)
Another-A few days ago lot of Pork, pur
chased in Baltimore by the Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad Company. came here ''stencil
marked" via Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad, and
it done after they left the store Of the seller
These fncts need no comment. The public will
judge of the morality of such operations.
We submit the first months figures, showing
the receipts by the Wilmington and Weldon
Railroad Company and the North Carolina Rail
road Company on freight that passed uio Colds
boro' in the month of August, the first after the
new route was in operations:
W. aud W r. R Co. proportions $3.50 25
n G. r. r. Co. 3,O95 so
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-24

General Schofed issued an order on the 10th
inst, for an election for State Convention in
Virginia. on the 22d of October. The Boards
of Registrations are to have their final revision
of the lists completed fourteen days previous to
the election.
The official returns of registration in Virginia
show that lis, l57 whites and l0l 400 blacks
have been registered in that State; majority for
whites, Is ,667.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-02

and princes. And there we're still other
traces Of similarity.
At Hastings the Saxons revelled while
the Normans prayed AT Aughrim the
Irish prayed while the English revelled.
Yet the same historians who appreciate
the devotion of the Norman, and indi-
cate its efficacy, make it a subject Of
ridicule in the Irish, and couple it with
defeat Providence aud faith are often
too lightly used to link a defective ar
gument or to round a happy period.
Few will now deny that the Saxons were
a more virtuous people than their Nor.
man oonquerors. or that the Irish were
not much more so than the Heterogeneous
mass that followed the Prince Of Orange
IL the Saxons bent TO the yoke of con-
quering race, and prospercd under it,
let them glory in their wisdom aud ser
Witty; but that the Celtic race, through
every vicissitude, spurned ii, hated the
connection, and have still an undying
faith in their ability TO sever it, and
constitute, it is believed, truer nobility
of character
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-02

Communicated.
The Radical party seems to have
suffered the misfortune Of losing its
esprit de corps, and very serious loss
it threatens to be. A party which came
into existence by the niger, and has
ridden the negro onward and upward to
an airy and comfortable elevation, not
for the African but itself, and at last
finds that it has to abandon the animal
or, sticking to its back, be borne down
the opposite decade quite as rapidly as
it aseended, is about the picture which
Radicalism presents in its present condi'
ton, What, then, is to be doneY VIII
the party of great moral ideas follow a
principle down hill which it has so long
followed up hill, or would or would not
this be progression There is evidently
u difference of opinion prevailing, and
the radical ranks are thrown into coniu-
sion. Uncle Thad, more practical per-
haps than theoretical in his attachment
to the race, thinks the darky, which has
carried him thus far, is good enough for
the balance of the journey, and therefore
sticks in the saddle. But Uncle Thad
is only one of class which is not per-
haps the larger clement in his
party. There are many who, hay
ing reached the summit of the
mountain on the back of the wooliv
horse are disposed to maintain their
official attitude if they have to turn the
darky loose and let him find his way
down to his former level again, the best
way he can. This the stupid and un-
manageable creature seems bent on
doing but as to following him back over
the descending road, they cant see it
The country in the mean time sees in
this dilemma in which the Radicals
have become entangled, the ultimate
restoration of things to their normal
condition. The instinct of the darky
which has for time been overcome by
the spurring and lashing from the Radi-
cal whip when it returns will lead him to
seek his olden level and resume his
natural condition as certainly as
water would descend from an ele.
walton to which it had been forced by
artificial means. The Radicals have
attempted violation of the laws Of ma
ture, and some of the party have already
awakened sufficiently to see the folly Of
the thing. The hours of nature being
those of heaven, Radical paper, the
Springfield Republican, has come to its
senses since the defeat of negro suprem-
acy in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and is so
bold as to charge its party with an at
tempt to circumvent GOD" Truly, the
effort to elevate the negro to nominal
equality with the Caucasian, which the
Radical party has so persistently ad-
hered to disregarding alike human and
divine law, seems very much like at
tempting to circumvent God, reason
and nature. X.