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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14
THE LAST DAYS OF LEES ARMY.
From the New York Times ofFriday.

q Alecture was delivered last evening ct the
Cooper Institute, before small audience, by
Thomas L. Rosser, late a Major.General in the
Confederate army, on '.The Last Days of the
Army Of Northern Virginia"
The lecturer expressed himself as sadly dis
appointed at seeing so few present, having
hoped to see the seats we'll filled by those who
would be pleased to hear what rebel had to
say Beginning at the time when Gen Grant
assembled his forces before Petersburg, he gave
summary description of the events Of the cam
paign until the surrender of Lee. Speaking of
the limited resources of Lee at that time, he
remarked that he had to leeislate for him class
of men whom all unite in cordially despisng-
that class who, in the Congress of The United
States, proclaimed loudly that if gun was fred
they would take the field and fight to the last,
but who were the first to throw the burden of
the war upon those who, like General Lee, had
no share in its inception.
numbered only 53 900 men, be himself having
command of one third of the cavalry, which
was less than 5000 men. Having a line of
over forty miles to maintain, the men became
wearied out with constant labor, and knowing
the wasted condition of the country, they were
disheartened and detected. General Grant,
profting by the experience of his predecessors,
did not attempt direct attack upon Richmond,
but tried to maneuvre Lee out of it. The fail
ure of Pickett to dislodee Sheridan from Din.
widdie Courthouse. and his own defeat and the
capture of Five Forks by Sheridan and War,
rem the 30,h Of April, were the critical
events of the campaign. compelling the evacua-
| ton of Petersburg. The general attack upon
Lees lines Immediately made by Grant kept
the former from slipping away. while the latter
stretched out his left, so that when Lee was
finally able to move, Sheridan was in advance
of him, and still held him at bay.
The movement of Lee to Rice's Station, by
which he placed himself on the direct line OF
retreat to Lynchburg, he characterized as one
of the most mastery steps of the war. But the
destruction of Early's corps at this juncture de.
cided, 10 the speakers opinion, General Lee to
surrender, which is proved by the fact that he
Immediately withdrew from the railroad, aban.
doning his design of retreating on Lynchburg
which he could have made good, and allowing
his enemy to confront him 10 force at Apo.
mattox Courthouse. There he sent in his fac
of truce, with proposals of surrender. The lee
turer illustrated his remarks by reference &c
maps, and was listened to with interest by the
| few who We're present
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DEFINING HIS posTr1oN "Eot "a

DEFINING HIS PosIrIoN-Thc "Fnt Goa
tributor," while at Nashville rece rtly, was re-
quested to define his position on politics, which
he did in letter to John uaEpy," of the
Nashville Banner, as follows:
Il am aware of the necessity Of knowin- just
where man stands in these times which Try
mems soles, as well as the upper leather TO
begin with, am an OLD Henry Clay Wing, of
the Polk School. l believed in the Hard
Cider Platform of 1910, during which cast a
somev hat colored vote for Jackson | voted
against the assassination of Lincoln. | favored
the Maine Law until they fired on our Gag, to-
gether with se'eral of cur fag-stoncs, when |
went in for vigorous prosecution of peace. l
am in favor of woman's rights, if it is good
Looking woman and she ,eritts to nc. l don't
know much about the Monroe Doctrine, and as
for horse doctoring, don't know anything at
all | wouldn't vote to obIige Mormon to
ha more than one wife, and am opposed to in-
Producing cholera into the territories | 60 in
for tax on waterfalls Fl ally, am in favor
Of allowing the negro to v, te in the South--it
is the only way to make treason odorous.
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DARING ROBBERY.

A correspondent of the Goldsboro' News,
writing from Lenoir, Caldwell Co., gives the
particulars of daring robbery in that place, on
the night of the Goth ult. The writer says:
ga coIored woman, named Amanda futile,
entered the residence of Prof L. E. Whitaker,
before the house was closed for the night, and
secreted herself in one of the upper rooms until
a late hour 10 the night, when she descended,
and, in accordance with previous arrangements,
entered into between herself and her accom-
plices, admitted a negro man, named Cass Con-
ly, and negro woman, whose name has not yet
been divulged
The three then proceeded to the chamber
where Prof W, and wife and infant child, were
sleeping, and armed with pistol and club, Gas
was afterward confesssed) entered the room, and
Without waking any of the inmates, distracted
the@ pocket book from Prof. WIS antaloons
pocket, which contained some valuable papers
and about S12 or SIG in currency, ard carried
off the contents of the bureau drawers, which
consisted of large quantity of ladies' and chill
drens apparel.
They then proceeded to an upper room where
were sleeping the eldest daughters of Prof. W
and entering brought out from thence the en-
tire contents Of one large trunk, which consist
ed of wearing apparel, principally. They also
carried off portion of bed clothing from two
| other rooms Very early next morning, sus
picion having fallen upon the woman Amaud
futile, pursuit made, and she was over
hauled about II miles from this place, having
in her possession nearly all the articles stolen
She Immediately confessed the name Of tn
negro man, her accomplish, who was found at
farm house 10 the neighborhood and arrested
Both are now safely lodged in all -. ..-
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-14

STATE Dinner AT THEBEs.-A correspondent
of the Commercial Advertiser, writing from Egypt,
describes the dinner customs of the highest cir
cles, AS follows: "Whi.e at Thebes, we We're in
vited to dine with Governor Selim Efendi, and
Consular Agent, Mustapha Aga. There We're
nine in the party. AS We were ushered into the
dining apartment, a servant handed each guest
towel, and held metallic basin, while another
poured water over the hands. We were then sea-
ted on cushions, on the floor around circular
metallic table, about eighteen inches high, with a
rim around it. In front ofeach guest was aspoon
and piece Of bread First came soup, of which
each dipped. Then boiled fowl was placed in the
centre of the table and rapidly aud gracefully
carved by the Governor with his fingers. Hethep,
with his fingers, passed piece to each.
The greatest compliment an Arab can pay is to
pass to you the leg of fowl, after having frst Bit
ten off mouthfui for himself Then came eleven
other dishes in rapid succession, each served in
the same manner-even dishes that were like our
pies and buildings. The cooking all good
and seasoning excellent. Alter We arose from the
table came long ppes-chibour, and coffee, pre-
| ceedng which, however, the ceremony of washing
the hands was gone through with, and they
needed it. We were soon ushered into the main
hall Of the house, and witnessed an exhibition of
dancing, accompanied by Egyptian instrumental
music The dancing women are the most beauti-
full of all 1.-THE fair and frail" of Egypt, and dance
as did the daughter of ferodias-wl,ich, should
| say, was all tie worse for the daughter
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sSr Hon. Elijah Hisc. jnst elected to C,n.
gross from the third district of Kentucky, las
committed suicide He left note saying that
the state of the country and his advanced age
lead him to seek refuge in death. T
FA About seventy Cherokee Indians from
North Carolina, recently arrived at Fort Smith bv
steamer. They came rs emigrants 10, tie Cher.-
Zee Nation, where they intend settling. -,
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Notice.

would respectfully request every Daily, FRI
Weekly, Semi-Wcekly, Weekly and Monthly Jour
nal, South of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and th'
Ssh deg. 80 min. parallel of latitude West Of tn:
Mississippi, to publish this advertisement twice, ana
send 10 me at New York each time, copy OF ITO
paper containing IT, post paid, with bill for same
Ii is desirable, in my combinations TO procure
cheaper printing paper for Southern Journals 'na'
shall have the fullest information regarding ~
sizes of paper used by the several publication,
can procure it il no other way than BY req"e ~
particular attention to the need OF sending 'OH
the publication with the bill. -, mail
/ desire it cent twice provide sgalnS nor,
failures, and that they be postpaid 10 ,sGER.
office delivery. .-t }. ,. yn,k Ny.
May 6, 1867. Box 3, s'' W.
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: A joint committee of the Old and New School
Presbyterian Churches North have adopted
plan Of union to be submitted to the Churches.
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CLEvELAsp, May Thirty Fenians board
ed heschooncr Elk, yesterday, and tore down
the British @eolots. 90 They quietly left the
sehoonsr after accomplishing their object.
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G Fl ZAP NTING PAPE B.
TO EDITORS AND PUBL ISHERS.

~ EDI UkS AID PUBLISHERS,
Letter from W. G. CLARK, Esq, Pfeside"'%
the Southern Press association.
ATLANTA, Ca, April 49, 1867.
J. s. THRASHER, ESQ DEAR SIR 1t affords
me much pleasure to communicate to you The fol-
lowing resolution Of the Southern Press Associations
Resotred, THAT n testimonial OF our spprecia,
ton for the jealous faithful and effective service OF
John s. ThrasLer, Esq Superintendent Of tLis
Association in years past, we hereby tender him the
thanks of this Association end coafer upon him The
complimentary position of Agent Of the Souiher4
Press Association in the City Of New York"
The terms of commendaiion employed in the
above resolution do no more than justice to your
important services during your Superintendency--
service which had better opportunity TO know,
and none can more highly appreciate than myself
Should occasion require shall be glad 10 avail
mvseif of the aid provided for by the resolution.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
". g. CLARK, President
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IMPORTANT NEWS.

LONDON, May 9.-The peace conference met
yesterday The proceedings have been secret
This much, however, is known: France will ac-
cept the dismantins Of LuxemburG, to which
Prussia will moi consent. The conference has
adjourned to enable the delegates to receive in-
structious from their respective governments
In the meantime, war preparations proceed
France is buying arms both in England aud
Spain. PIussian troops are held in readiness
TO support Luxembourg Bismarck declares the
situation more serious than heretofore.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

McCafarty has been convicted of high treason
ct Dublin.
Notwithstanding the .prelimina.ies looking to
peace France and Prussia are both rapidly arm
ing, which produces great dstrust in Financial
circles 10 London and elsewhere
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EUROPE.
8BYl ATLANTIC FELBGRAPH.
Reciprocity Treaty with the United
II States-The Fegeer Ff0ublesr7De-
= crease OF Bullion in the Bank of
England.

LONDON, Oct. 10, Eve.-The de-
crease of bullion il, the Bank of Eng
land is f365, ,OO0 Fhedeerease fn'theI
Bank of France is 25.000,000f
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 10.-The Reci-
procity Treaty with the United States
has been ratified by the King and
forwarded to Washington. j, The de-
foiency Of Hawaiia, created blythe,
Treaty was abeuta hundred thou
sand. ? Parliament passed a bill pro-
viding for the =. deficiency, increasing
thestaxes- three-fold ION real and per :,
sonal property, and a special duty.
upon opium aud tobacco. These
revenue changes go into force with
the Treaty of the United States, ,i'4s pa.
The steamer Tuscarora arrived at
Hon nolulu,, Sept. 6, from Tahiti She
has been cruising among the Fejae
groups slnyestigating the troubles. be-
tween the native and American resi-
dents. Her mission is said to have
been successful. s.f.ss..5.q r4.lr
1t is understood the King of the
Fegees ceeded to the United States
three small islands, all in groupe,
one of which has a fine harbor capa-
DtC VI OCld5 q AdN dI obdtlOH n
protectorate over the Fejeess was
offered to the United States Captain
Stanley declined accepting it, not
having sufficient authority.
The Tuscarora expected to leave
Honolulu Oct. 1st for San Francisco.
It is. reported. that Gen. McCook is
the bearer of the ratified reciprocity
treaty to Washington. .,
The Lackawana has not returned
from Middlebrook Island.
The sugar ESTATE of the late r. @.
Wyle, located at Honolulu, was sold
at auction for $1,000. 1t cost about
100000. The sugar crop of 1868 is
estimated at 20,000,000 pounds.
Eliza A. Worth, wife of the Ameri-
can Consul at Hilo, died September
18th. The lady was native of New
Bedford. hssste9
The ship Ceylon, from Boston, hav-
ing secured apfhlp cargo of oil, would
sail for New Bedford on the first of
November : "sAa' 90 - ."p-
The arrival of the first mail steamer
from Honolulu was made the occa-
sion of much good feelinga 4 4 xgg
The Idaho took possession of the
wharf built for the China Line and
was visited by thousands of citizens
| - The ,Adpertisea;. recommends the
Government to add $50, 900 year tc
the company subsidy. .s.s i',..a @ -. 80 <
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RICHMOND.
Railroad Meeting-The Effect Of , the
Z Election = Arrangements for the
= Trial Of JEFF. Davis. 4uab syEd ~

RICHMOND, Oct. 16.-The stock
holders of the Virginia & Tennessee
Railroad are In session at Lynch :
burgh for the purpose of considering
consolidation with the other South
Side Virginia Railroads, who were
served with notice from the War
Department, at Washington. forbid
ding any change in the Presidency of
the Company until all the claims due
the Government for running stock
and material sold it at the conclusion
of the. war are paid The stockhold- I
ers appointed a committee to confer
with the General Government and
adjourned until the second Tuesday
in November. roa4 - ss'gS %
: RICHMOND, Va. october 1O.-out-
side of the Republican party the, elec-
tion news has been received here with
general pleasure, and the bulletin
boards have been crowded all day.
The colored people seem to be partic-
ularly dismayed. at the fate of the
Amendment in Ohio. .~a ~, ..s...t...
The Government is making ar
.rangements to have the Davis trial
evidence and arguments reported by
stenographers for preservation in book
form.
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CINCINNATI.
The Ohio EIecti0n-The Republican
State Ticket Elected-It is COnced-
ed by the. Enquirer = Majority
- 1900 - kRS - - 81 'A1s ~,

CINCINNATI, October IL = The
: sConsmercidlss Columbus special says
that returns, official aud unofficial,
from all tho counties in ethe State,
give Hayes about twenty-six hundred
majority. The Democrat conceds the
ticket by about 1000 majority. The
Comp,erciasi asieditorially says that the
strong Republican counties, on the
Reserve turned the scale and secured
the election of General Hayes for
Governor, by a majority varlously aes-
timated at from / 800 to 5000. The
Democrats have elected nineteen Sen
ators and the Republicans eighteen; !;
and in the House the Demoeratsehave
fifty-four, and the Republicans fifty
one, giving four Democratic majority
on the joint ballot.
The Enquirer says that the 4Legis-
lature stands as announced in; yester-
days a Enquirer, although we are
forced at this writing to concede a
majority to Hayes of 211 votes. Our
opponents, however, claim majority
ranging from 10000 to $4,000, but
until the official count shall be an
nounced we are not even ready to
fully acknowledge his election.
The Gazette says: The election of
General Hayes is established beyond
question. Our Columbus correspon-
dent states the majority at 2,048.
The General Assembly stands as
follows: Senate. 10 Democrats to Is
Republicans, with possibly chance
of one yet in favor of the Republi-
cans; House, Sc Democrats and 49
Republicans. ,-.-.5...-.,..-., =.
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NEW YORK.
Supreme Csurt. Verdict = Spurious
-. -.s 7-3O's-C0unferfeits. .,+

70 NEW YoRK, Oct. 1.-THE Supreme
Court to-day gave verdict of $1,000
to Mrs. Fillo, whose husband was
burned to. death in consequence of an
explosion of, fire works in the store
of Messrs. Jones. s,-.f -, -
The American Bank Note, Com
pany pronounce the spurious seven
thirtiess as counterfeits. Jay Cooke
& COereceiyed another ten thousand
dollars worth this morning, from
the West Fish & Hatch have had
$4,000 sent to. them, Sc, 900 of which
they received to-day from Buffalo
and Ohio. These bonds will be i'm
mediately returned. Among the 9TH
er holders are Heiser & Co., SO 900;
Brewster, Southwick & Co., ST, 900;
Winslow Il Co.. $1,000; Mechanics
Bank, So, 600. Several other firms
have received small lots. Nearly all
the counterfeit bonds come from the
West, the first received here being
sent from Leavenworth, September
17th, and now the money comes from
Buffalo. 1t is not known to what ex-
tent these bonds have been received
by the Government, but it is believed
the first estimate was much exagger-
ated. They are received here in small
lots: no remittances of them exceed
ing $4,000. $40
q Among the passengers to- day by
the Henry Chauncey, for California,
were several Missionaries.
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says that the Fenians voted the he
publican ticket almost to man, while
the Germans almost unanimously
bolted on the Equer question.
DEs MONIES, Oct. tJt0-ReturDs
from twenty nine Republican counties
give al majority a of 4 tSa Sa4 The
all strongly Republican, Our ma
jority will very nearly, reach 80, ,0o0,..
!. The Democrats have gained oply
five counties. Side issues and boilers
are alone responsible for the small
loss, sustained. WeshaH have fpurI
fifths majority in, both houses. of the
Legislature, elected on a negro suf-
frage platform.
. Iowa stands true in the storm. All
haii2to Radicalism. eas e 9oit 70 eisg4
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DIES MONIES. Iowa, Oct. 1.-THE
twenty-nine counties thus. far heard
from, give over 14,000 Republican
majority. The remaining counties
will increase it to $4,000.
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Pennsylvania Election Re-
turns.
Farragut's Reception at
aa a Copenhagen, ,5ee 81; 20
INDIANAPOLIS.
Presbyterian Synod of Indiana--The'
Democracy Paralytic - The La
Grange BrignOli--Lueelle Western
at the Metropolitan. ....i.' @..ss p. & .i..,

Especial to the Evansville JournaI.J
INDIANAroLIs, > October al. 1.-The
Old School Presbyterian Synod of
Indiana met in the Third Presby7
terian Church in this city last night.
Rev. Samuel Barr, of HopeweH, !,
johnson County, formerly Chaplain
of the Goth Indiana, preached the.
opening sermon, from Deuteronomy
vIn., 2. Rev. Geo. G. Hickman, of
this city, was chosen Moderator, and
Rev. L. w. Chapman, of Richmond,
and Professor Garnett, Of Hanover
College, Secretaries. There have been
three sessions to-day, and much bust
ness of denominational interest has
been transacted. The session this
evening was devoted exclusively to
religious exercises, which were of a
deeply interesting character.
The Old School Presbyterian Synod
of Northern Indiana, is also in ses-
sion here, having convened last night,
at the First Presbyterian Church.
Fifty delegates were present, others
have reported to-day. Rev. w. w.
Brown, of Wabash. preached the
opening sermon, on 1.-The Encourage
ments and Discouragements of the
Gospel Ministry" The organization
was effected by the election of Rev.
E. W .Fiske, of Greencastle, as Moder-
ator, and the appointment of Revs.
w. S. Wright and r. e. Coyner, of
Delphi, as Secretaries. Interesting
business meetings were held to-day,
during the forenoon and afternoon,
and religious meeting to-night-the
most important feature of which was
a sermon by Rev. Edward Barr, OF
Lafayette.
The Democracy of this county and
vicinity have not yet recovered from
the paralysis .ofasurprise at their un
expected gains in other States, and
their rejoicings are not up to the old
time standard.
The Republicans are far from de-
spondent. Leading men of the party
express the opinion that the lessons
derived from recent reverses will re-
suit in such action as will insure com.
.plete success next year. = "4''als
The LIE Grange ,Brignoli combiIa
ton have presented the best musical
entertainments ever given in this city
but have sung to thin houses. o,5ao
The Black Crook closes tomorrow
having failed to draw during th'
third week. Lucille Western com
mences an engagement at the Metro
poll tan on Monday, her first appear
ance her e.
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WASHINGTON.
National Bank Reports.

w AsnlNoioNs OooouSI ~. ue
quarterly reports OF the national
banks are being received promptly at
the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency. About one half of these
reports, 500. showing the condition of
the banks on the morning OF the dst
INST, nave already been receIyed.r HIhe
reserves are generally and'fuily up to
the requirements of the law, and their
statements now are being printed In
full TO accompany the annual report
of the Comptroller to Congress- I'm
Deeember.,r1l 1g0f'as.ai slFgioniTg e +
o fWAsHINdToN.. Oct. E11.-AdmiraI
Farraett's official report Of his re-
FIception at Copenhagen is received.
He ,dined with the King BY invitation.
and MANY icburtesieso were extended.
On the y0vake the oFranklin proyed
herself the fastest stea N. frigate in ths
snayv The al dmiral rea ed fIrayesl
end on the 26th ult.. Z igp4ifa tfi.2I +
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show b;;msalf Il, > ssneach and shrawd
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Meeting OF the Government Of Onta-
rio = Iowa Election - $4,000 Ma
9T JOrlty.io sdI be panftrait.f., .ff-5 asff

TORONTO, October 1O!LThe first
meeting of the Government of Onta-
rio was held at the, Rosin House to-
day. All the members were present.
1t is understood that nothing of spe-
cial interest was before the Council.