The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-09-01
North Carolina News.

BANK FOR STATEsvILLE.-We learn upon
what we consider good authority that party of
worthy gentlemen in the State, will establish
| large Banking House in Statcsville in a short
while-StatesviWe american.
ey~ Oae house in Salem has shipped, thus
far, one thousand barrels of dried blackberries,
worth about $4,000.
Bsyn Dennis Heartt, the venerable editor of
the Hillsboro' Recorder, will soon enter his S5th
year. He is probably the oldest newspaper man
in America.
STATEsvILLE FEMALE CoLLEGE.-Prof E.
F. Rockwell has taken formal possession of this
institution of learning, and is busily engaged in
arranging the College in the best manner for the
accommodation Of young ladies the ensuing ses-
sion, which will begin the 1st Monday in Sep
tember.-StatesUiUeA american.
MILITARY.-By recent order of Gen. Meade,
Commanding the Department of the South
Brevet Major General Nelson A. Miles has been
placed in command of all troops in the State of
North Carolina. The posts to be occupied will
be Raleigh, Goldsboro, and Forts Macon and
Johnston. Brevet Colonel w. b. Royal is as
signed to the command of the post of Raleigh
Newborn is constituted a sub-depot of supplies
Col. NJ. Cogswell is continued as Chief of Civil
Affairs. Col. G. V. Bomford is assigned to the
command of all the troops in the State of South
Carolina, with headquarters at Communicated
eigA Standard.
SALE OF RAILROAD STocK.-Mcssrs. Cron-
y & Morris sold at auction 25 shares of the cap
ital stock ofthc Wilmington, Charlotte & Ruth
erford Railroad Company at SO per share-par
value $50 Wilmington journal.
DRIED FRUIr-The demand for thi. article
has always been good and there is prospect of
better prices this year than for many years.
We say to our farmers dry every pound of every
kind of fruit you possibly can't will sell read
lily and bring good price !-Greensboro Patriot.
na- We learn that the fine dwelling of Mr.
Bullock, near Wiliamsboro, in Granville coun-
ty with nearly all its contents, wa. consumed by
fire, some night last week. On Monday night
last, the fine Merchant Mill of DR.. Alex. IIaw-
kins, of Warren county, was burned to the
ground. Both were the work Of incendiaries.
MILL BURNT On Thursday night last, the
grist mill and cotton gin Of W. Thorne, Esq, of
Halifax Co., were set on fire by nccndiarics and
consumed, with the contents. Three or four
bales of cotton were burned.-Rok Sentinel.
nay- An officer of the Frccdmens Bureau in
Raleigh, denies that Maj. Whittemore gave any
orders to mcfarland to report to him those ne
groes who left the leagues and joined Seymour
and Blair clubs So, then, it would appear that
Macfarland is the author Of this scheme to scare
the negroes out of voting they wish.
BRIBERY AND CoEBCIoN.-The Legislature
passed one or two bills about bribery and coer-
eion, sedition, rebellion, &c. The bills should
have been entitled, ''Acts to prevent colored
voters from voting for the Democrats" That
was the object of their passage, and they will
amount to nothing. No Conservative or Demo
crat will bride or coerce voters, nor will they
buy votes. They are in favor of every mans
voting for whom he pleases. Are the Radicals
so willing? If so, there will be no quarrel be-
tween US.
A large farmer in this county was applied to
recently by several laboring men to make a con-
tract with him to labor for the merit year. His
reply was: "IwW engage no o'pe tn worh 'ciM
me for the nert year, until after dte election IN
Noccmber as orcr. I acW then hire my friends
to uo,k for me-" Can any one object to this.
Will any one employ an enemy to work in his
house or on his farm? Can Democrats and Con-
servatives be expected to do it?-Rak Sentinel.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.-CINCINNATI, Aug.
22-The cattle plague has appeared here.
Seventeen COWS belonging to one dairy have