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S2s.s selection Of
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NEWS ITEMS.

Delegations from all parts of the South are
now hocking to Washington for the purpose
of obtaining the views of the President on the
military bill.
The Legislature of Ohio has recently refused
to allow the people to vote on the question whether
the word "wbte" should be stricken from its
Constitution. ---~
In the New Jersey Assembly on Wednesday,
the report of the committee in favor of amending
the State Constitution so as to allow colored
persons to vote was rejected. The Assembly is
composed of majority ofRadcals
Mrs Jefferson Davis, who, with touching de-
votIon, mtigated the austerities of her husbands
prison life during the past year, was lately bles-
sed with another son.
The joint resolution of Senator Sherman to
relieve Governors Patton and Brown from the
disability to hold Office, provides that on account
OF their patriotic efforts to restore their respective
States to their full allegiance to the Union. thew
be allowed to hold Office, and are exempted from
the requirement to take the test oath.
1t is said that the passage ofthe Bankrupt Bill
will cost A. T. Stewart over 100000 in bad
Southern debts.
GREAT EXPLOSION Francisco, March
21.-Two hundred thousand pounds of powder
exploded in Hong Kong harbor, killing forty
persons, destroying several vessels asd shaking
the town like an earthquake.
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therein shall be reduced in the proportion which
The number of such male citizens shall bear to
the whole number of male citizens twenty one
years Of age in such State.
Sec 3. No person shall be Senator or Rep
resentative in Congress, or elector for President
and Vice President, or hold any Office, civil or
military, under the United States or under any
State, who, having previously taken an oath as a
member of Congress, or as an ofhcer of the United
States. or as a member of any State Legislature,
or as an Executive or Judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution Of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or re-
bellion against the same, or given aid and com
fort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may,
by vote of two-thirds of each House, remove
such disability.
Sec. 4 The validity of the public debt Of the
United States authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bouoties
for service in suppressing insurreetion or rebel
lion, shall not be questioned. Bat neither the
United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur-
recton or rebellion against the United States,
or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims
shall be held illegal and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to en-
force by appropriate legislation the provisions OF
this Article.
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CONGRESS.

March 19.-In the Senate bill excluding
from either House of Congress persons tainted
with rebellion was referred to the Judiciary
Committee
In the House, resolution passed suspending
the issue of Agricultural College Scrip to the
insurgent States
Mr. Stevens called up his confscation bill, and
proceeded to read a Speech but soon broke
down, and the Clerk finished the reading. Its
further consideration was postponed to the second
Tuesday in December. -
The House went into committee of the whole
on the million relief bill. MI Butter offered his
amendment as a substitute, that all persons own.
ing one hundred and sixty acres of laad, or en-.
joying an income of over six hundred dollars,
be taxed by the General for the support of the
poor. The committee rose, after long debate
without action.
March 20.-In the Senate, petition from
Ohio women, asking Tor suffrage, was referred
to the Judiciary committee A bill prohibiting
Federal diplomatsts from wearing uniforms unau.
thorlzed by Congress, passed. The Territorial
committee reported favorably on the admission
of Colorado
In the House, the committee on Foreign Re.
latlons were Instructed to institute a means oil
release Of Rev Jno. McMahon, sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life in Canada. Also TO report
means of enforcing claims Of citizens of the
United States against Great Britain pending il
1893, and accrued since
A resolution, instructing the Committee on
public lands to report on the expediency of pro
vldlng for a forfeiture of the bonds granted t.
the Southern States in 1856, to complete Ger
tain Railroads, was offered and postponed.
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yided, and to be held after the expiration of
thirty days from the date Of notice thereof to be
given by said convention, and the returas there
of shall be made to the commanding general of
the district.
Sec. 5. That if, according to said returns, the
constitution shall be ratified by majority Of
the votes of the registered electors qualified as
herein specified, cast at said election, at least
one-half of all the registered voters voting upon
the question of such ratification, the president
of the convention shall transmit a4copy of the
same, duly certified, to the President of the
United States, who shall forthwith transmit the
same to Congress, if then in session, and if not
in session, then Immediately upon its next as
sembling: and if it shall moreover appear to
Congress that the election was one at which all
the registered and qualified electors in the State
had an opportunity to vote freely and without
restraint, fear, or the influence of fraud, and if
the Congress shall be satisfied that such consti-
tuition meets the, approval of majority of all
the qualified electors in the State, and if the
said constitution shall be declared by Congress
to be in conformity with the provisions of the
act to which this is supplementary, aud the
other provisions of said act shall have been COM
piled with, and the said constitution shall be
approved by Congress, the State shall be de-
clared entitled to representation, and Senators
and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom
as therein provided.
Sec. 6. That all elections 10 the States men
toned in thu said "Act to provide for themore
efficient government of the rebel States" shall,
during the operation of said act, be by ballot !;
and all officers making the said registration of
voters and conducting said elections shall before
entering upon the discharge of their duties, sub
scribe an oath faithfully to perform the duties
of their said office, and the oath prescribed by the
act approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An act to
prescribe oath of Office - Provided, That if
any person shall knowingly and falsely Jake and
subscribe any oath in this act prescribed, such
person so offending. and being thereof duly con-
victed shall. be subject to the palms, penalties and
disabilities which Ivy law are provided for the
punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt
perjury
Sec. ]. That expenses incurred by the several
commanding generals, or by virtue Of any orders
issued or appointments made by them under or
by virtue of this act, shall be paid out Of any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
Sec. s. That the Convention for each State
shall prescribe the fees, salary, and compensation
to be paid to all delegates and other officers and
agents herein authorized or necessary to carry
into effect the purposes of this act, not herein
otherwise provided for, and shall provide for the
levy and collection of such taxes on the prop
erty in such State as may be necessary to pay the
same.
Sec. 9. That the word "article" in the sixth
section of the act to which this is supplementary
shall be construed 10 mean section
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FOUNDATIONS.

The rains of the last few weeks appear to
have been general throughout the country. We
see accounts Of many Northern aud Western
towns aud cities being Inundated by water
At Chattanooga, Tenn, the damage is great,
judging by the following account from the At
lanta Intelligencer of the 14th - -~--e-->
"From a gentleman who left Chattanooga at
a late hour on Monday evening last, We have
obtained few particulars Of the terrible state
of affairs in that unfortunate city. At the time
he left, the Tennessee river was still rising, the
rain still falling, and the whole country present
ing the appearance Of a vast sea of water. He
was a guest at the Crutch6eld House, where he
Remained until the water reached the verandah,
when it was deemed prudent to vacate, which
was done 10 boat The water continued to
rise steadily until it reached the ceiling Of the
FIRST story Of the hotel, after which, being in
other parts of the city, he nothing more Of it.
% Market street, the main business thorough.
fare, the water was ten feet deep at the highest
ponts, or over the top of the awnings in font
of the large stores The goods had been re-.
moved to the second stories of the buildings,
where it was believed they would be safe, and
the necessity of removing them to more secure
point was not seen until it was too late. Thus
visions, &c, were destroyed.
Our informant estimates that at least two
thirds of the city is literally destroyed. He saw
small houses floating hither and thither, while
many large ones had either tumbled over or
we're falling asunder. The scene was, one of
wild confusion-in fact, so terrible as to beggar
description. Persons who bad remained in their
homes in the vain hope that the waters would
recede, were compelled in some instances to
make their exit through the roofs, and escape
in boats. He could not give an opinion as to
the number of lives lost, but they were numer-
Gus, and he saw many very narrow escapes
The citizens were going from house to house in
boats, assisting each other and endeavoring to
save articles of personal apparel and few val
uables. On the hills adjacent to the city were
huddled the refugees from the deluge.
Our informant was told that the oldest inhab-
liant does not remember to have seen the Ten
nessee river SO high by fifteen feet, and the uu-
precedented magnitude Of the food can only be
accounted for by the great quantity of rain,
added to the rapid melting of snow in the noun
tains"
The river at Memphis on the 9Th inst, was
up to the high water mark of 1862. The levee
at Helena, Arkansas, broke on Tuesday night
about ten O'Clock, washing away the lower part
of the town and inundating the whole place.
The levees twelve miles below Memphis broke
on the night of the 9th instant, aud the whole
country below is inundated
A dispatch from Cincinnati of the 18th states
that the food there continues to increase. The
gas lamps along the river are out of sight, and
the first stories of the houses completely sub.
merged. -
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just Received.

In Store and will be sold wholesale or retail, Rio
and Laguayra Coffee, of superior qualty Sugar;
Imperial and Gunpowder Tea, best in market; Mo-
lasses; Adamantine Candles, by the box; prime
article of Carolina Rice, new crop; Bacon Sides;
Leaf Lard; Sugar cured HAMS fresh lot of Garden
Seed, just in time; Northern Potatoes, good rich
Mercer, Pink Eye and Snow Ball; the celebrated
Parlor Match, by the box, dozen or gross; Durhams
Smoking Tobacco by the pound sack; Cotton
Yarn; Chewing Tobacco: various qualities; Loril-
lard Snuff, always hand; 500 bushels prime
bread Corn; 300 bushels best Seed OATS Pepper;
Spice; Ginger; Soda; Starch: Hemlock Leather, as
cheap any; Brads; Steel Hoes; Chopping Axes;
Trace Chains; Scythe aud Cradle Blades; Curry
Combs; Brushes; Coffee Mills; Rife Powder; Blast
ing Powder; Shot and Caps; fine assortment OF
Nails from the best factories 10 the United States 80
called; Whim Rope; Well Rope; Mems Brogans,
with various other articles.
Remember my motto, quick sales, short profits
and fair dealings
Still at the old stand in Springs building.
Look out for the Deer Skin and walk in.
nSSr Terms CASH.
March ls, 1867. W. BOYD.
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PROFESSOR THOMPSON
Trained Bears.

Mr. Edwin Croueste, the Original Conversationalst,
late of Lent's Circus, will appear at each enter
tanment.
Mr. VIM Donaldson, Celebrated Delineator of Negro
Eccentricties and Ethiopian Clown.
The Celebrated Bridges Family.
Mr. George Batcheler, the great Vaulter and Leaper
of the Age.
Mr. Harry Cadona, who bids fair to win the title OF
Champion Rider of the World
Robt Hunting, the Double Somersaulter and Light.
ming Leaper.
Mons. Willis Cobb, and his Wonderful Trained Dogs
and Goats.
Mr. VIM Morgan, the Wild Horseman of the Plains
John Nayor, the most affable of Ring masters and
most versatile abilities
Mr. Henry Jennings, Scenic Equestrian.
Mr. VIM Smith, Trainer of Animals.
Also, Mr. Burke Mr. Powers, Mr. Somers, Madam
DeLouis Madam Stanley, Mrs Williams, and a
host of Acrobats, Tumblers, Gymnasts, Equines and
Auxlaries.
W~ ADMISSION IS cents; Children under ten
years of age so cents Separate seats for Colored
Persons, so cents. .-~.-.,..
Bae Doors open at and I o'clock performance
commences an hour after
B9~ Will also exhibit at Chester, S. c.. Saturday
March 3cth Salisbury, Tuesday, April I'd Green's
boro, Wednesday, April Sd; Company Shops, Thurs
day, April 4,h
March Is, 1867
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:. LICENSED GAnBLISs.-A bill is before the
Legislature of Louisiana, which proposes TO
license gambling houses at $4,000 per annum
The curious feature Of the bill is the provision
that requires each gambling room to be on the
ground Aoor, fronting a public thoroughfare,
with one or more large windows to ihe room, so
that the passers-by may see all that is going on
in the room where the gambling is done. 1t is
claimed that in this way the gaming room will
be open to the inspection of the police at all
hours-to merchants, bankers and Others who
have clerks, to fathers who have sons, and to
wives also The idea is a new one-and the law,
if rigidly enforced, might be productive of much
good 10 lettering certain classes of persons from
visiting such places
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-26

State of N. Carolina, CASTOR Co.
Court Of Pleas & Quarter Sessions-Fsb. Term 1851.
VIM Hoffman, Administrator Of Daniel Hoffman,
deceased, VS.. Heirs at Law of the snid Daniel
Hoffman.
Petition to make Real Estate Assets.
disappearing TO the satisfaction Of the court, that
Edward McKeown and wife Sarah Ann, who are
heirs at law of said Daniel Hoffman's estate, ana
that they are non-residents of the State Of Nortn
Caroiua il is ordered by the court that publcanoh
be made, in the Western Democrat, paper PeD.
lished in the Town of Charlotte, for six succesen
weeks for them to appear on the 7th Monday are.
the 4th Monday in March next, at tie court no..
in Dallas, to to said petition, or the P'"'s
of petitioner will be granted. 'r
Witness, Amzi Ford, Clerk of our said Coulr
Office in Dallas, the 7th Monday after the 4th aoh'"'
ts-ss AAzf FORD, Clerk.
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Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
LADIES DRESS GOODS
CITY LAW.

In consequence of the narrow escape of several
persons from being shot on Saturday by bird-bunt
shooting into houses the Ordinance prohibiting
shooting in the City limits and imposing fine or
imprisonment, will be strictly enforced hereafter ON
all persons who violate it, old and young Parents
and guardians bad better notify their children, as
they are liable for all offences committed against
said Ordinance.
The Marshal and Police will arrest and brinr "a
my Office all persons violating this Ordinance.
s. A. HARRIS,
March Is, 1867 Mavor.
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ear The following papers have been selected
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives
to publish the Laws and Treaties of the Gov
ernment: New Nation, Richmond, Va; Raj.
eigh Standard and Henderson Pioneer, 10 North
Carolina; Savannah Republican aud the Au-
gusta Loyal Georgian, in Georgia; Mobile Ma.
tionalist aud the Huntsville Advocate, in Ala.
bama; Fort Smith New Era, in Arkansas; and
Austin, Texas, Intelligencsr.
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MONS. WILLIS COBB'S
Wonderful Trained Dogs and Goats

The Manager, In announcing the commencement
of he Second Annual Tour Of MIKE LIPMAN'S
GREAT COMBINATION SHOW, is pleased to be
err Equestrans, holder Gymnasts, daring Ac-
robats. finer Booded Horses, smaller Ponies, fun
nier Mules, more original Clowns, than any Compa-
ny now travelling Witness the following list COM
prisng only portion Of the performers forming the
Great Congress of Artists, connected with this mo-
del exhibition of the nineteenth century.
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SENATOR WILSON TO "STrMP" THE SoUTH.-
The Baltimore Gazette's correspondent. giving
an account OF the debate in the Senate on the
Supplemental bill, says:
Wilson declared the conditions "laid down.
were those dictated by the conquerors 10 the
conquered"-tha: they were not in the nature of
offers to be accepted, but 81 mandates to he obey
ed. Adverting to the fears of Senators, which
he said were the parents of these projects delay,
be pledged himself that the communities to be
organized under these laws would stand to the
Republican party. That the blacks would be
taught to know their friends-that be himself
Won Id he their teacher, intending to take the
stupp throughout the South-,hat the negroes
alone were in clear majority in three ofthe now
unrepresented States, and, with white allies,
could control the other seven-and that the
whole of these reconstructed States" would be
surer supporters of the Radical candidate in 1868
than many of the Northern States now represen-
ted by Radical Senators. His speech, which wa.
delivered with great earnestness, seemed 10 calm
the arprehensions of many Senators.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-26

There 4s scarcely q manageable eirlileft 10
Albemarle, Va, the rush for wives is 60 great
The young men bad better go to Utah and re-
lieve the .sSaints"
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In selecting and arranging their Great Attraction
fc their Colossal Exhibition it has been the aim of
the management present. for the patronage of the
public, entertainment that shall combine all the
elements of Novelty, Curiosity and Excellence; and
With lavishing expenditure of time and money
they have organized and perfected the Great Sexti-
bule Notwithstanding, under one immense
Pavilion, for Price of Admission.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-26

A New Supply
Of WASHING and wRINGING MACHINES, At tie
Hardware Store of -.-. x ,-...-4
BREM, BROWN 60.
March 10, 1857. 2t
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NOTICE.

In pursuance of order Of Court at January
Sessions, 1867, will sell at the Court House door
the 18th day the following described LANDS be:
ing the property of Henry c. HOWE, deceased:
ITO acres lying on the waters OF Rocky River, ad-
Joining the lands Of VIM. Petree, John Parks and
others; one-baf interest in House and Lot ct
Harrisburg Depot ; one undivided third interest in
the remainder Of the tract Of LAID which the late
jeremiah Howie lived adjoining the lands of J. L.
Morehead, Cyrenius Alexander and others.
credit of nine months will be given.
THOS. Fl. ROBINSON,
March H. 1867 4w Administrator