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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27
WHO CAN REGISTER.

An Orange Registrar writes to US as follows
awe think all can register who volunteered. and
who had never held any office under the u s. GOV.
eminent. Is this right ?"
1t is, with the addition, Of course, that the Der
son must not have held any civil Office. He adds:
"But any who held Office, ever q militia Office 20
he participated ia the rebellion, gave aid and
c omfort, cannot register"
But for the supplementary reconstruction act
passed at the last session of Congress, militia off.
GERS might have been excluded under the head
as contained in the oath, of executive Office IN
any State" But the supplementary acts pro.
vides that "the words executive or judicial offica
in any State in said oath mentioned shall he
construed TO include all ciuH offices created nv
law for the administration of the general law Of
the State, or for the administration Of Justice "
If, therefore, a citizen swears that he held no
ciOI office before the rebellion, be is entitled to
register if in other respects he can take the oath:
and if he held the Office, and kept himself un-
spotted from the rebellion, he can register. -
The same correspondent asks If mail con.
tractor before the rebellion can register. We
think he can. He held no office He also asks
if Magistrate or Postmaster before the war, who
took no part in the rebellion, can register. We
think he can. He also asks, as a man excluded
who was strong secessonist before and during
the war, and never held any offce!" He is not
excluded. 1t all turns on having held the Office
before the rebellion, whether he took any oath or
not.-R0leigh Standard -.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

General Grant is beginning to make use ofthe
official guilIotine, and has made quite sensation
already. 1t seems that while Stanton was in
office be took of a number of favorites, be-
slowing upon them snug little positions about
Washington, and making them as comfortable
as possible. General Grant long ago, it is said,
opposed this use of the patronage, but was over
ruled 10y the autocrat of the War Office. Now
that Grant has assumed control, he is upsetting
the nice little jobs of the select favorites and
signing them with alarming rapidly to more
active and appropriate duties.
Some months since, the President, for purposes
OF economy, and in coDsistence with law and the
policy of the Government ordered the mastering
out from the service of all volunteer officers on
duty in the country. Their places were to be
hlied by regular officers. 1t is now found that
the order has not been obeyed. Many of the
former officers are still retained, whose principal
business, practically has been of late to circulate
Radical electioneering documents establish negro
leagues, and perform various other duties Of a
partisan political character The correction of
the evil will soon be enforced.
In connection with the muster out of volun-
teer officers, it is confidently stated that Colo.
mel of the regular army will relieve General
Howard, as the Chief Of the Freedmen Bureau.
The military changes consequent upon Gen.
eral Sheridan removal have occasioued frequent
visits between the War and Executive Depart.
ments. The questions, however, relate to minor
details, The assignment of Thomas to the com.
mand of the Fifth District may be regarded as
fixed fact.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
rendered the following decision
The interest of any successor to arise from
the sale of any real estate under any trust for
the sale thereof, shall be deemed a succession
chargeable with duty, and the duty shall! be
paid BY the person having the control of the
funds If a wills b thousand dollars, and TO,
want of personal property the executor sells real
estate to pay the legacy money, the money
arising from such sale is deemed succession
on which the executor must pay the tax
Any person having an interest in an instru
ment unstamped, or improperly stamped, may
present it to the Collector with the proper
stamps and the fifty dollars penalty, which act
legallzes the instrument. The Collector must
note the date and the fact on the margin of the
instrument. The Collector must remit the fine
on the evidence that the stamp was inuocently
or ignorantly omitted. This application, how
ever. must be made within twelve months of the
making of the instrument,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

GRANT AND THE PREs1DENcY.-It may be
worthy Of note, an indication ofthe times, that
the Galena Gazette, the paper published in the
place where Grant resided before the war; which
IS moreover said to be the only paper that Grant
regularly reads, and which seems to have always
maintained very intimate relations with the an
cient tanner of Galena, is strongly urging Grant
as candidate for the next presidency, on the
platform of peace, Cancellation and fraternity.
The Gazette discusses the subject in a recent
able leader, inquiring into the kind of a man the
country wants for the next President tt argues
at length that We DO rot want man who will
imagine himself TO he the State" nor an ambitious
man, "who will imagine that the people were
made for him" nor do we want cunning. crafty,
confidence operator, who thinks that politics is
only game of Numbering. Nor Go we want
a man whose sole aim will be to fan and keep
alive the embers of discord. In short, that we
want neither knave, nor fool, nor coward" But"
says the Gazette, eve do want an honest man
for our President who has faith in the potency
of strong handed and cool-headed justice :" and
it then goes on to eulogise warmly an unnamed
individual, adding at the close: Ills name we
need not mention. The whole world knows it.
1t will never he forgotten. The people demand
the use, for the best good of the country, of his
uncommon executive power" All this is of in
terest appearing in the Gaena Gazette.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

Stg> As exhibiting some of the practical
effects of the operation of the Reconstruction
Acts, the Wilmington Journal mentions case
In winch three of the best citizens of New Han
over were debarred registration on the following
grounds; One of them held the Office Of Corone1
for few weeks about forty five years ago: another
served in similar capacity for about the same
period some twenty years since; and the third
remembers that about forty years ago he was
Constable of the town.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

Having taken Special Letters of Administration
the Estate of Maj. 2. A Grier, decd and having
obtained order to that effect, shall expose to
Public Sale, FOR CASH, at the late residence Of
the deceased, on Thursday, 9Th day of September,
1867, the following articles of personal property
belonging to said Estate, viz:
900 Bushels Of Wheat,
$50 bushels of Corn, 2 fue young Mules, 8 or 10
head of Mich Cows and Beef Cattle in fine condition;
20 head of Stock Hogs; lot of Wool and Ginned
Cotton.
Sale to open at IL o'clock, a. m.
THOS. GRIER, Administrator.
August l6, 1867 3w
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

The press of Georgia are aeitating a call for
State Convention for the purpose Of making
an organized effort in opposition to re-organiza-
ton under the military bills.
County meetings are being held 10 Alabama,
to elect delegates to Conservative Convention
to be held at Montgomery, on the 4th of Sep
tembey.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27
cow LOST.
CONCORD MILLS.

Having opened House in Charlotte, near the
Post Office, for the sale of own manufactured
goods, we invite the attention of merchants and
others to our YARNS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS,
OSNABERGS, CARPET CHAIN, STOCKING
YARNS, &c, &c.
HD- Cotton taken in exchange for Goods. We
sell low for Cash.
j. MCDONALD SONS,
August IL, 1857. Concord, n. G.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

TIMELY WARNING The New York Nation,
ultra radical paper, warns the colored people of
the South against the suicidal policy of banding
themselves into party exclusively against the
whites, and suffering themselves s'to be kept in
a constant feruent' by few white men, who
are using them for their own profit and advan-
tage. And it tells them to remember that whilst
this game may succeed for year or two, it
must in the end recoil upon those who are
playing it,-for, says the Nation, "tbere is
scarcely State, except South Carolina, which
can be controlled by the colored vote alone for
more than two years. The white voters will
constitute majority whenever they choose to
act together; and they will probably incr ease far
more rapidly than the others. Immigration will
soon flow in that direction; and this, of course,
will be exclusively white, and in great part
unfriendy to the colored people" This is the
warning not of "rebels' or ''secesh," but of a
warm, devoted friend to the radical party, and
the power Of the coored race.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

RAILROAD MATTERs-Col A W. Nee. a
we'll known East Tennessee Railroad Engineer,
has been elected Chief Engineer of the East
Tennessee and western North Carolina railroad
This road, leaving the line of the East Teunes-
see and Virginia road at some point near John.
sons Depot, is designed to connect, at Morgan.
ton, North Carolina, with the Western Carolina
railroad, extending from Salisbury to that point.
The Knoxville Press learns that the company
is supplied with means to begin the work at
once
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27

A CURIOUS CALCULA TION.-An exchange
says: "What noisy creature would man be
were his voice, in proportion to his weight, as
loud as that of locust! A locust can be heard
at the distance of one-sixteenth of mile. The
golden wren is said to weigh but half an ounce;
so that middling sized msn would weigh down
not short of four thousand of them; aud it must
be strange if golden wren would not outweigh
four of our locusts Surprising, therefore, that
common man weighs much as sixteen thou
sand OF our locusts, and that the note of locust
can be heard one-sixteenth of mile, man of
common dimensions, pretty sound in wind and
limb, ought to be able to make himself heard at
the distance of one thousand six hundred miles;
and when he sneezes 'his house ought to fall
about his ears!' Surprising flea to weigh one
gram, which is more than its actual weight, and
to jump one and half yards, common man of
one hundred and Fifty pounds, with Jumping
powers in proportion, could jump twelve thou
sand eight hundred miles, or about the distance
from Now York 20 Cochin China"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-08-27
Patent Iron Cotton Ties.

% TONS Boards Patent Iron Cotton Ties. md
- Tie is acknowledged to be the best ~ u's and
has already superseded rope in the oos. .o,d At
South west. full supply will be yep. au' h,
small advance on cost and transportation 10
sTENHOUSE, NACAULAf y '"
August ~, 1867,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

CHICAGO, Oct. I.
The Times Washington special says there
is official authority for contradiction of the
story that Gen. Sherman is called to Wash-
ington to take Gen. Grants place in the War
Department.
Advces from Louisiana show that the
Convention has been called in that State by q
majority about 1000.
The Tribune's Washington special says it
is ascertained that Gen. Sherman comes to
Washington by the express orders Of the
President, and not sent through Gen. Grant
st1 amor connects his name with the War
Office
Officers at army headquarters will not be
surprised If Grants connection with the War
Department ceases within ten days.
New YoRK, Oct. 7.
The Worlds Washington special says !;
Official copies are published of the corres>
pondeIce between the authorities of Mary
land and the War Department., in reference
TO the application to the Government for
committing for ordnance, ordnance stores,
and quotas Of arms due the State IL sp.
pears hat Mr.. Stanton did not refuse such
communication as would not exceed the amount
due Maryland, but that Gep Grant expressed
doubt whether the law authorized him to
issue all arms of one kind, and that he still
has the matter under consideration.
The Tribanes special sys there is founda
tion for the report that Sherman ia to be put
in the War Office. He was called to Wash
ineton by the President rider, which were not
sent through Gen. Grant. as required by an
act in the recent bill, ard this, it is stated,
means that he is to take Grants place in the
War Office The friends of General Gran,
say he has told the President that he will no,
remain in the War Office any longer. They
think the President wishes sherman to sue
ceed him. White House politicians think
Sherman is net going into the War Depart.
ment.
Sherman says there is good reason TO be-
lieve that Indian hostilities will cease ere
long
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Oct. I.
The Secretary of the Treasury this morn
ing addressed an important letter to gentle.
man in New York, in relation to our finances,
Of which the following is copy:
Treasury DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Oct. I, 1857.
Sin: Your favor of the 4th inst, is re-
ceived. Too much Importance is attached to
the utterance to which YOU refer. The people
of the United States are all sound on the
question of the preservation of the National
faith. as they were upon the question of the
preservation of the Union. | consider the
faith of the Government pledged to pay the
500 bonds, when they are paid, in coin.
There need not, think, be any apprehen.
sions that they will be called in at the expi.
ration of hye years from their respective
dates, and paid in United States notes. The
United States notes we're issued under
pressure of great necessity, and are by aus
thority of Congress being rapidly Withdrawn
FROM circulation. No more can be issned
under existing laws, nor can | believe that
any considerable number of members of
Congrs IS would favor an additional issue for
any purpose whatever, much less for the pur-
pose of paying the bonds, in violation of the
express und .rstanding under which they were
negotiated The policy of contracting the
circulation Of the United States notes, adopt.
ed by Congress. and being steadily pursued
by the Secretary, should Of itself. eVap if the
honor of the nation was not involved in the
question, satisfy holders that $50 bonds will
not be called in and paid before maturity in
deprecated currency.
Very truly yours,
II. McCuLLoeH, See'y,
The Secretary Of the Treasury and the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue have de-
termined to detail one present Deputy Com
missoners to take Messmores place at New
York, and ELL the vacancy at Washington BY
new appointment.
Gen. Spinner, Treasurer of the United
States, in his report to the Secretary of the
Treasury to-day, says that the stories which
have been so industriously circulated in re-.
gard to the abstraction or overissue Of stocks,
notes, coupons and currency, or of any one
of them, or OF any other obligation of the
Government. are entirely without foundation.
Secretary Browning was at the Interior
Department to-day attending TO business.
Two hundred and twenty FIVE patents will
be issued from the Patent office for the week
ending the 18th.
Gen. Sherman was at the War Department
to day and had long conference with Gen.
Grant, Gen. r. 8. Granger, Gen. O. o. How.
ard and several members Of Congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

CHICAGO. Oct 7.
The colored people of Baltimore are
somewhat exercised over the report that
Governor Swami intends to disband his mill
tary organization. They declare that their
arms can only be taken from them by force.
The Chicago 7ribune's Gaena, Illinois,
special says: At the Joe Davies County Re-
publican Convention. held at Elizabeth, Sat
urday, Hon. +. B. Washburne made speech
in which he defined iheposition Of Gen. Grant.
He said the General advocated the abolition
of slavery, supports Congress in It's action, en-
dorses the reconstruction bills, advocates i'm
partial suffrage, and is a Radical Republican,
never having belonged to the Democratic
party. Mr.. Washburne said General Grant
accepted the war office from sense of duty
to the country, and that that step was taken
with the full concurrence of Secretary Stan
ton, with whom the General freely conferred
on the subject.
New YORK, Oct. /.
The Worlds special says: An officer of
the Government is about to proceed to South
Carolina to institute legal proceedings in the
United States District Court against two New
York State agents, Constance Cook and a
man named Sherwood, of Steuben county, who
were commissioned BY Governor Fenton,
during the war. to recruit negroes to bill the
quota of that city. 1t appears that these par
ties never paid over to the negroes all of the
State bounties when they were enlisted, but
are alleged to have pocketed about 100000
of the amount.
The steamer Pereine arrived to day 10 nine
days and two hours from Brest, said to be
the quickest passage ever made.
Vienna papers say that the Mexican Gov.
eminent will not give up the body of Maxi
milan before the settlement of the pending
| questions, aud particularly the recognition of
the Mexican Republic by the European
Powers.
DETROIT, Sept. !.
The Annual meeting of the Western Asso>
ciated Press will take place at ST. Louis on
Wednesday, November sixth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08

FRO1 ST. LOUIS.

81. Lou1s, Oct. I.
The seventh Annual Fair Of the ST. L1uis
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
opened to- day, under the most favorable aus.
pscss. The weather il very WARM sad the
attendance good. The attendance 10 proba.
bly, ever 5000.
There is lssgS amount o. stock from
many of the Western States, and consider
vbh number Of biooded sheep from CAnads
The only avards in the farm machinery do
partmennt to day were for eultivators and
plows. OF the former, The Buckeye Cultiva-
tor Of Thomas 6 Mast, Springfield, Ohio,
took the premium over number Of compel
itors; and Of the latter, the Industrial Plow
Manuactory, of St Louis, took four premi>
INNS, and John Deere, Of Moline, Illinois,
took ous. s
In the ring, J. F. Robinson, Of Washington
county, Illinois, Davey and Patrick Stanton,
Of Indiana, and Nelson Greene, Of Greene
county, Illinois, carried of the premiums for
d1ssht horses, aud Logan RsilroAd, Wood
ford cornty, Kentucky, for matched carriage
horses. For the best buggy mares and geld
ings, ST. Louis gentlemen took the premi>
ums, there being but few competitors from
abroad. For the fastest trotting geldings, H.
G. Cssvelins, of ST hoais, took the 6rst pre-
MUM.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
MIDNIGHT hEPORT.
LATE CABLE DISPATCHES.

Lospox, Oct 8.-Dispatches from Rome,
Italy, state that great agitation and alarm
prevails ID shss city. r
The Times to-day says Edward Thornton,
the present Envoy at Rio Janeiro, viii be
appointed Ambassador to the United States.
FLORENCE, Oct. 6.-Deputations are arriv-
ing here, and memorials are pouring in from
all parts of the Kingdom, demanding that
Rome be made the capital of Italy.
The journals throughout the country are
urging subscriptions and money for the Carl
balaian volunteers, who have been wounded
in The fights which have occurred Viterbo.
sPARIs, Oct 1T is reported that Eapo.
leon has informed the Italian Government
that it may occupy Roman territory with its
troops, but they must not enter the city of
Rome.
FLORENCE, Sept. Ia, m.-Reports hourly
received here from the south show that revo-
lution1ry volunteers are invading the Roman
territory on all sides. Yesterday detach
ment of troops were sent out from Rome to
meet the invaders in Trusmore Province, ly-
ing southeast Of the city. A fight took place
between them and the Garibaldians near
Bruzza, near the frontier, in which the. Pa
pal troops were again defeated and compelled
to fall back towards Rome.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
FROM BOSTON.

BosToS, Oct. {.
General Sheridan reached the Boxbury and
Boston line at eleven clock this morning,
having left Newport shortly after six o clock.
He received popular welcome at Fall River
and Taunton, where brief stops were made at
each of these places. The City authorities
and large crowds of citizens received the
General in the most enthusiastic manner at
Savin Hill. He was received by the Rox-
bury authorities and salute of artillery. and
escorted, by tie Roxbury Horse Guards, to
the Boston line. At this point he was re>
ceived by the Boston City authorities and an
imposing array of militia, who formed an ca.
cort Of the procession. Mayor Norcross re.
ceived General Sheridan in a neat speech.
General Sheridal replied as follows: "Mr.
Mayor, regret that want of words prevents
my expressing, in fitting terms, my gratitude
and high esteem for the reception and vel.
come have received here to-day. l am
greatly obliged for your approval Of my &C.
tions heretofore, during the time our country
was in trouble, in the cause of freedom and
progress. | return my sincere thanks to
yourself and the citizens of Boston for this
kind welcome
General Sheridan was conducted to the
Mayors carriage, which, with others, then
moved down the line, the troops taking posi-.
ton at the head of the column
The military in line extended over a mile
IN length. The troops presented arms as he
rode past and there was continuous cheers
ing by the crowd, who filed the streets. The
procession started shortly before l2, and was
an hour passing given point. 1t included
about 5000 soldiers and II bands of music.
The enthusiasm everywhere is very great.
Crowds filled every street through which the
procession passed, aud Sheridan's appear
ance was the signal for prolonged cheering,
waving of handkerchieis and other demonS
strations of welcome. Flags were displayed
upon hundreds of dwellings. stores and pub
lie buildings. and at several points the Gene
raj WAS showered with bouquets
The General reached the Revere House
shortly after72 clock.
The occasion was observed in Boston as
holiday Schools and business were in
great measure suspended. Banks, insurance
Offices, the custom house and post Office were
closed between 2 and 8.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
FROn CHICAGO.

: CHICAGO, Oct. I.
A young man, giving his name as Samuel
0. Pierce, jumped into the river IRON the
Binzie street bridge yesterday, during an at.
tack Of delirium tremeAs. He was rescued.
The robbery Of twenty seven head Of cat
tie, discovered . few days since, from large
herd sent to Calumet for keeping by Culbert-
son / Blair, on Friday the hides Of the miss
ing animals were found at the city slaughter
houses, and on Saturday Henry Schier and
John Kelly were arrested for the crime, and
held to bail in s3,5 each.
The editorial excursion for the Rocy Noun
tains left at two o'clock to day. At noon tie
Sherman House gave the excursienises fare>
we'll dinner. A brsss baud from Wilmington
accompanies the party, which numbers about
one hundred, most Of whom ars frea tlhs iA>
tesioe Of this State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-08
FROI NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, Oct. I.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Tennessee
met to>day. The annual address was do.
livered to>night by Rev. A. j. Baird.
The Legislature assembled at the Capitol at
noon TO day. The Senate organized by elect.
ing Center. of East Tennessee, Speaker.
Clerks and Door-Keepers were also elected.
Carroll Napier, colored, received nine votes
for Assistant Door Keeper, thirteen were me-
cessary to election.
The House elected F. S. Richards, Of Shell
BY, Speaker, and viii complete its orsaniza>
ton tomorrow, when the Governors mes
sngp viii be rsad.
Govotnor Brownlow was Ct the Cepitol 10.
~. HI sleelth seeaed ~,