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Kow it Will Work.
It lias been ar.nounced that six'een ^
States linve ratified the Constitutional
Amendir.ent. According to Radical the
orv, it wi'! rtcj iiro the endorsement of
hut four more Stales to make it a part of
the Constitution, the t?-n unrepresented
Slates not being counted, and having
their rights ignoied. When four more of
the "loyal" States shall have ratilted the
amendment, Congress will proceed to legislate
for the enforcement of its provisions
in the Southern States. Then, it is con
fidently believed, the Supreme Court will
demolish the Radical theory of ignoring
the Southern States in the adoption of
the amendment, and thus defeat the in
iquitous measure, as it has done military
commissions and test oaths. This Tribu
rial, rising aho\e the atmosphere of partisan
strife and popular passions, will, if
it is not "reconstructed," rentier harmless
much of the utjust legislation of the
present uauicai L'on^ress
The Test Oath.
The Richmond Timet sees now no ol>
staele in the way of Southern Federal |
Offices beins filled bv Southern men.?
The adverse deci-ion of the Supreme >
Court of the United States to the cousti
tutionality of the "lest oaths" imposed by
Congress, will lead, we hope, to a marked
improvement in the Federal officials
in the Southern States. The "test oaths"
prevented ninety-nine out of every hun
dred of our people from holding ihe Fed*
era! offices in our midst. They, went, !
therefnre, l.y default, in many instances, |
jmo uie nanus 01 unworthy and incouii I
petent eitl7.?r,s of tho Southern S'ates ; I
and still more frequently, the officials
were unsympnthizing aliens, whose presence
in our midst is a perpetual and hate*
ful reminder of the failure of our noble
trngg'e.
In some of the Southern cities, the of
ficials are. ?tranger*, who came in with
the conquerors, and have nothing in com!
mon with the peip'e. Many of these
men have behaved themselves well, and
have won tho esteem of our people, while
others have made thomselres as odious as
possible. There now exists no reason
why the offices at the South should not
be filled by Son*hern men. The interests
of the Government would, for Instance,
be greatly promoted, by the appoiutment
of popular, capable and honest Southern
men to all the places connected with the
collection of the inlornal revenue, where
a most intimate knowledge of the people
is indispensable to the officials. The policy
of reconciliation is popular with the
President, and he cannot carrj it out
more effectually than by interesting tbe
Southern people in tho numerous offices
in our midst.
Signs.
"iiermes," the usually well informed
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury
writes as follows :
"From all I can gather, it Is probable
that the North Carolina Commission will
return home, an<J advise the people that
they had better accept the amendment,
the disabilities of which, the Commission
have bee. led to believe, will he removed
in a year or two. Further, they will
most likely recommend the Southern peo
pie to unite with the conservative Repub<
licans, in voting for General Grant as the
next President?a measure, which, it it
believed, will disorganize the Republican
party, and ensure the defeat ef Chase.?
The formation of entirely new political
organizations is regarded by moderate
Republicans as inevitable.
The same correspondent telegraphs
under date 21st instant: .
"Governor Orr, of South Carolina, had
an interview to day with a number of the
leading Republican members of Congress; |
among whom were Speaker Colfax, Sen
ators Wade and Wilson, and the Hon.
John Covode.
Governor4~)rr is hopeful that an ar
rangement will he made, by which all
differences between the North and South
will be reconsidered, upon the basis of
Southern representation, impartial suffrsge
and universal amnesty. The pro
ject is yel in embryo.
The Herald, of a late date,states that
a plan is od foot to have the 'amendment*
adopted by the loyal States as rapidly as
posmhle, and the'., when ratified by three
fourths of those States it will he declared
ft part of the Constitution. This is to be
insured'by the nomination of General
Grant as the next President. It says ;
"This is the programme, and the simple
statement of it will carrv with it the general
conviction of its suecess. It will re
move at once all the etumhling blocks to
a se?t!ement with the South, in the shape
of conflicting cliques and schemes for fhe
Presidency; it will consolidate the North
up< n the amendment and upon General
Grant as its champion, and it will bring
the Southern States to a graceful submission
to a reorjj uiization which will liave
!> come part of the Constitution, without
forcing them to sign it."
Bad Time Cturnig
According to the lolloping, from the
jYuliovttl fiihlli</cnccr, we have not seen j
nit* wursi V"i
The courso of the majority in Congress, j
in endeavoring to dissever the Union, for '
whose preservation millions of treasure (
an.I hundreds of thousands of lives were )
freely given ; in seeking to destroy and |
uproot the Executive and judicial branch i
es < f the Government, and tc make the
Consti'utioti tt?elf the mere plaything*of
a political faction, is rapic j tending to
tho destruction, not- only of the Govern
| ment, hut of the whole people. It is
I madly creating a financial crises, which
! will involve the rich and the poor alikoin
j one Common catastrophe. It w ill not only
j destroy the public credit, break the hank
! and the treasury, stop the tuills, silence
j the forges, suspend all commerce, and
, para!yz-? the hands of industry, hut it will
j bring gaunt, siark, relentless want to the
"doors of all, the highest and low est in the
| land.
This is the picture that the unerring
fingers of fate are painting in inetFscaable
colors upon our whole horizon. It cannot
1 much longer he shut out from the unwill
! ing vision of the destructives in Congress.
1 It is the nameh-ss terror thov are thain
| salves recklessly invoking. Let them
j pause in tlieir career hiiJ contemplate its
| awful revelations.
Progress of tlio Constitutional Amendment.
1 To tliis date but twelve Stales have
acted upon the constitutional amendment
at all, and, of these, live States have peremptorily
rejected it. The amendment
passed the Mouse June 13, 18GG.?
Connecticut, whose Legislature was in
session, adopted (lie amendment June 27.
July 12, Tennessee adopted it. July 23
a joint resolution passed the House and
Senate ro ad mil ting Tennessee to reoroi
sentation in Congress, the President ro
turtrng u.o t>m approved Ju'y 24, but
painting nut certain defect* in the pro
eroding. September 9. tie Georgia Legislatute,
in special session, rejected the
amendment. September 11, New Jersey,
in special session, called ostensibly to act
upon the amendment, but actually to elect
a United States Senator in place of Mr.
Stockton, accepted it. September 21,
Oregon adopted it, but October 6 tbc
House reconsidered its action by a vote of
21 ayes to 23 noes, though afterward tbe
amendment was attain adopted. Decern
ber 7 tbe Stale of Alabama rejected it.?
December 19. South Carolina rij.tcled it.
January 4, Ohio ratified it. January 8,
Kciitiioky rejected it. January 9, Vir
giiiia rejected it, only one member voting
in fav??r of it. January 10, New York
ratified it. and on January 11, it was rati
tied by Kansas.
The following States, all of wbich bold
their regular annual legislative sessions
during the present month, have vet to act
upon the amendment:?Pennsylvania,
Minnesota, Maine, Indiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, California, Mississippi.
Nevada, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa,
West Virginia, and Louisiana.
C/jirlrston Mercury.
Trouble Among; ths Kegroes on the Sea
Island Plantations.
An nrtl-r has been issued to Captain
II. C. Brandt, Commissioner of tbe Freed
men's Bureau, who has charge of the net
groes on Back River, to tlie effoet that
the lands are to be turned over to owners
and the freedinen to make contracts. A
portion of ihe Chfcves property has been
leased by Mr. Smith Barn a oil, who was
desirous of making agreements with the
negroes, but they positively refused and
threatened to take Mr. Barnwell's life ?
A detachment of fifty men proceeded to
the place, but soon found that the negroes
wore determined to resist. Capt. Brandt
then proceeded across the riser, went to
Mr. Barnwell's pUce, and at first saw
nothing but a few women an^ children,
lie read his orders to them, and said that
he came to them as a friend and not to
fight them. Soon thereafter, the detachment
was surrounded by three or four
hundred armed negro men and women,
the men keeping to the rear of the women
^tnd children. Some of the neirroas rrot
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in ibe rear of the soldiers behind a fence,
and, when discovered, they had their guns
pointed through holes in the fence, and
hearing directly on the soldiers. Discov
ering this, the captain judiciously determined
to withdraw his men, not wishing
to shed blood, especially as the women
and children would probably have been
the sutWers. He came to town for fur
j ther orders from General Scott, command,
ing the disiric'.
We have been informed that the ne
gruel have been thoroughly drilled and
| armed, and that an officer, with sash and.
I sword, was in command. We also learn
| that the negro lawyer (Bradley) who ap. '
j plied to be admitted to practice in the
Superior Court last wook, is at tho hot
loin of the whole thing ; (hat he has in.
formed the negroes that they can be
removed ; that Congress has passed a law
giving tiiem the right to hold tho land,
and that he has recommended them to
resi?t the officers of the Bureau.
VV'e understand that deapatchea have
been sent to Gen. Scott, informing bim
i\f tho tlata aT oriTuive ?*?. ! !? # 1*^ ?..!!
probably arrive on (lie scene to day.
Savannah News and Iferald, 21.
ONK IIL'ndrrd ash Thirty RIX Ykara
Oi.d?"Aunt Mdly," a colored woman
'formerly belonging to Captain James M.
Harris, residing near Rook fish Cap, in
Nelson county, died at the residence of
this gentleman on the 7th iriat., in the
one hundred and thirty sixth year of her 1
aye. Sfie was born in 1731, in the be
ginning of the reign of George II. She
was n cotemporary of Pope, 8*ift and j
Bolingbroke?though probably she never
heard of them.?Charlottesville Chronicle.
Hon. Fernando Wood arrived In CIiat
Jefcton on Tuesday from Savannah, and is
stopping at the Mills House.
LATEST BY MAIL
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 21.
In the House, Mr. Nluynard, of Tenn.,
introduced n bill providing for the publi'
cation of tli* latfs and judicial proceedings
mi the States lately in rebellion ; referred
to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Kaker, of Illinois, introduced a
joint resolution, declaring the rebel State*'
onvcrnments iiiVxlitl nnlil t\>t.aJIr
recognized; referred to Judiciary Commit
tee.
Mr. Brownwell introduced ajointreso
lution, declaring the rebel State* disqualitie<!
from voting, pending future constilu
tioitiil amendments, until formally restored.
The l?i!l regulating the Supreme Court,
requiring a full board rih! tln&nnnons
decisions on the questions involving State,
national and constitutional questions, was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The Committee on Elections were in
structed to inquire into thd Maryland elcc
Hons, and report whether the laws (lis
franchising rebel properly were enforced.
The Indian Committee were instructed
to investigato the r cent massacres, and
report measures to protect the Western
frontiers,
WAKtllNOW)!!, Jan. 22.
In tha Senate, a memorial whs present,
ed from tlie Chamber of Commerce of
Memphis, asking aid for the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The tariff bill was die
cussed, and, nftcr a short executivo session,
a?lj turned.
In the House, the bill to punish the
placing of obstructions on railroads carry
ing mails was referred to the Post Ollice
Committee.
A hill was introduced, declaring valid
certain acts and proclamations of the
President from 1801 to 1805. It shields
officers from nets committed in the dis<
charge of duty, and declares all officers
shall he presumed to have acted under
orders. The bill was re committed to the
Committee, with the privilege fo report
at anv time. The same Committee re>
ported a bill declaring it the rule of ?!l
United States Courts that persons guilt?
of treason, murder, bribery, and other
'elony, who had given aid, comfort or
counsel to the enemies of the United
States, or had engaged in rebellion, shall
not he allowed to practice in said courts.
Mr. Routwell spoke in its favor, saying
if five Judges of the Supreme Court did
not Lave Mimcient sell respect to lylnpt
rules to exclude rebel traitors, it whs lime
for Congress to slen in and make roles
for them. Kverv device of the minority
to stare c.lT the vote was resorted to.?
The House was still in session at 7 o'clock..
Wjifyilltoton, Jan. 23.
The House remained in session till 8
o'clock litia morning. Forty votes by
yeas and nays were taken?only n third
as many as during the famous tight over
the Kansas Nebraska bill. The majority
tinally yielded, Mr. Houtwell proposing
nn adjournment to 10 o'clock, ami be
tween that hour and noon, should be at
the disposal ot the Democrats, who wished
to debate the bill. There was no promise,
however, on the part of the Democrats
that thsr would allow a vote at noon.
Houtwell's bill, making a rule for the
United States Courts, excluding from praci
tica Confederates, and others, passed 100
to 42. * .
In the House, the Republicans voting
against Rout well's bill were Ilale, Latham,
McLure and Stillwell.
The Judiciary Committee obtained
leave to report the eight hour system of
In Iv.ts at cans* I i rn A
The bill limiting the time for filing
claims in the Court of Claims to six years,
passed.
Two hours were consumed in hearing
excuses, ds.i., of those absent last night
without leave.
The bill providing for the successor ol
the Presidential oflice was taken up, die
cussed, ordered to be printed and referred
to tbe Judiciary Committee.
In the Senate, various petitions were
presented, including one for reimburse,
ment of the money taken by tbe St. A I.
bnn raiders
A long bill, defining the homestead
daws, was referred to the Committee on
Public Lands
The hill passed by the House at neon
to-day. prescribing rules for tbo qualifies
1 tion of lawyers practicing in the United
Slates Courts, was referred to the Judi
ciary Committee.
Washington News.
Nsw York, Jan. 18.
The Tribune's Washington special says
that the Committee of Wavs and Means
are inucli divided on the Tax of the Gold
Bill. Thev agreed that gold should be
sold in (lie open marfcet, hut are not d?f
eided upon the amount or manner of soil,
in2, and have determined to confer with
Secretary McCulloeh and Commissionet
Welle before acting with the Tax Bill as
to the reduction a*ked for.
General F. I) Sowoll han boon ordered
to Nortlt, Carolina to report oo the present
practice of the Courts of that State. Got
ernor Worth will appoint a commieeioner
to act with General Howell. The commission
will report simultaneously to
General Howard and the North Carolina
Legislature.
The Internal Revenue receipt# to-day
were only 4308,000.
Bradley T. Johnson, of Richmond,
formerly a Confederate G^nernhhaa been
admitted to practice in the Supreme Court
nndor the rule abolishing the teat oath.
The Southern Republican Association
in Washington are engaged in procuring
evidence for the impeachment of the Pre
ident. They have adopted a Bill for
reconstruction, which provides that the
appointing power shall he vested in the
President and Senate of the United States;
the Provisional Government to be com*
posed of a Provisional Governov and thir
teen loyal citizens in each State as a leg
'slative power. The Governor shall be
choiian from the loyal eitiaana, and ahall
he over 25 year* of aq;e, and he one who
did not ?'firn an? aereaalnn ordinance, and
who has not held office of my bind under
the Confederate Government. Tliat tbe
Legislative Council and Governor thus
selected shall haVe absolute control of the
government! of nun reconstructed States,
and have power to pass all laws on pro
per subjects' for legislation. All Laws,
! Acts, Ac., of legislative bodies and offi
ccrs since llie adoption of the Secession
Ordinance, are abrogated. The Provisional
Government shall exist until a con
stituiioirttl convention of loyalist*, elected
without distinction of color as to voters,
and excluding nplf leading rebels, shall
adopt a Republican Constitution a-ceptab!e
to Congress. The right of appeal is
given to litigants from judgments rendered
in Cotlrle since the secession.
It is said that the English Mission will
be tendered to David Dudley Field.
'I he Conse*vaiory of li?6 President's
Mansion was burned to day. Tlie arrival
ol the engines saved the buildings. It is
estimated that the plants cannot be replaced
short ol $500,000. The furniture
of the mansion was much damaged by
smoke. An nltnrhr nf lit- Wt>Oa
j is still insensible from the etFecta of overexertion
at the fire.
Washington News and Gossip.
I.ACK OF CON TIDENCB.
The Government is in receipt of ndvi
ces from finrope to the etfect that large
amounts of United Stales securities will
soon he forwarded to this country for sale
owing to the lack of confidence, occa
sioned l?y the announcement that Con
gress would probably impeach the I'resi
dent. Kuropean capltalrsts are disposed
to convert our national securities.? Sun.
THE "IMPK ACIIMKNT."
It is stated, upon apparently good au
thority, that Mr. Stanton, has bscti suhprenaed
to appear before the Committee
on the Judiciary to testify in reference to
Mr.Ashley's impeachment charges against
the l'resident.? Sun.
IMPORT ANT, IV TtU'E.
In the course of these letters, I have
frequently assorted llie inability ol Uon
gress, Hint present constituted, to-adopt,
by the required vote, those measures nee
essary to a pracli al overthrew of the
(Joverngient, namelv : The displacement
of the President; the corruption ot abolishment
of the Supreme Court,.and the
submission of the Southern country to
"the mle of tliA negro population, in con
junctinn with tlie few itinerant political
mountebanks who infest that unforluuste
portion of the United States. I have
now no doubt of the entire correctness of
these assertions. The difficulty in the
accomplishment of tho unholy end# of the
revolutionism, lias been, and still is, t?j the
Senate, Hut it need be no longer dis
guiaod that very shortly lh?s impediment
will have been removed.
This, in short, is tho key to the defeat
of*Foaler in Connecticut, Harris in New
York, and of others I need not nama. It
was aUo the overshadow ing influence that
prevailed in the admission of Nebraska
and Colorado as .States. On the 5th of
March next, ther", a day aeiec'ed l>y the
conspirators by an act of Congress recenjly
passed, life people of tl\is country
mar expect to tee the initiation of means
.fully adequate to consummate their nefa
rioub purposes. It is as certain as any
futura event can be, that unless decisive
measures shall be taken to arouse lb* en
pre country to ita imminent danger, the
"Idea of March" will witness the total
subversion of the substance end the very
forms of ihw Government.
It is in full view of the transcendent
importance of this great emergency that
tnnnv consultations have been recently
had in this city by distinguished gentle
men from all parts of the country, and
the universal sentiment is entertained,
that, if Constitutional liberty is to be pre
served in this land, no lime ia to be lost
in assembling true representative* of the
two millions of voter* who tecorded their
suffrages on the side o) the Constitution
r at the late elections, in solemn council,
J there to make known that the infamous
| purpose to deprive the people of their
1 liberties will not be unresistingly submitted
to. It is brgli time, in the opinion of
1 wise and cautious heads, that the iiiagnh
| tude of the present peril should be naki
I edly set forth, fn order that the people
; mov fitllt* /?nutnroh?in,l l>
. >MnT t l"? * '? f* ??mi pim l|Htr
! to which tt>e Kmliivil leaders have been
step l>v step, conducting them. I well
know thnt the countrv is in such a frenzied
condition tlint words of warning liky
' lhe?e, have nearly, if not quite, lost sig
nificanoa, to say nothing of their influence.
* Tbr-v are not, however. to? words
but those of ths ablest, most prudent,and
purest men the nation can boast of.
[ Baltimore Gazelle.
An' Easy Way to 1'ay the Dkdtm or
the South kr s States. ? Bennett's Her.
aid nays:
The fact must not be forgotten that in
absorbing a foreign Stare we absorb its
obligations. The rebel States, as mem
bers of the Union, each in its State capai
city before the war, had incurred a heavy
bill of State debts, ranging from ten to
forty or fifty millions, more or leas, for
each Slate. Those debts by each of lire
Stales concerned are now held as binding
upon litem, and if we act consistently
with the grand issue of the war, that tbl
rebel States with their subjugation ceased
to erisl as States, wewnuet at least assume
the debts which they owod down to the
hour of their secession from the United'
States. The rights, powers, and oblige*
tions of a cotarjueror go together.
A Coi.ei'.KD uwrih not Allowidto
Pr actio* ih (/kokoia ?In the Superior
Court for Chatham county, Georgia,
Aaron A. Itradlay, a person of color,
made application to lie admitted to prac*
lice law in the State of Georgia.-*
The petitioner ia a member of the State
of Maine. Judge W. it Fleming made
the following endorsement on the peti
tion :
The laws of Oaorgia do not authorise
or contemplate the admission of persons
of color to the Bar, and as this is a matter
entirely of internal police ami municipal
regulation, ovar winch the State has ab.
solute jurisdiction, it is my deliberate
judgement that this court has no power
to grant the within pnt'lioo, the petitioner
being a person of color.
LOVAIi HATTBRS.
The District Court.
The first Quarterly Session of the Dis
trict Court for Lancaster convened at the
usual hour on Monday, the 28th inst ,
and is in progress as our paper gees t<>
f ? ? ? %
I press. jncge illierspoon preside*.?
\ Though his first Term, the Judge d\s
charges the laborious duties oi his poai
lion with great ease, dignity and efficiency*
The Solicitor of the Northern Circuit,
O. D. Melton, Esq., was in attendance kt
the opefting of the Court, and announced
that John 1>. Wylie, Esq, had been deputized
ae prosecuting attorney for the
State in the District Court for Lancaster.
He also announced that the States busi'
ness begun in the Superior Court, and
where recognizances had heen taken to
appear at that Court, would not lie taken
up at the psesent Term, no regular ordar
of transfer to the District Court of cases
of which the latter has j uvisdiclion, ha*,
ing yet been made.
The Grand Jurors summoned tq this
Term were discharged, and from the petit
venire, etgliteen were drawn, in accordance
with the amended District Court Act.?
Jhe late Act provides an imparlance of
one Term.in civil actions, and tha Judge
announced accordingly, that there would
he no business on that tide of the Cwtrrt.
The Slates business was then taken up ?
There are no cases, so far ns we know, of
anv nnnetilorolilo m aormt n?l j
?
The first case lakon lip w as thnt of the
State vs, Sylvester Small and E'iza Small,
a white man and n freed woman, charged
in the indictment with the felonious tak
in? and carrying away a load of Oat
chali", from the gin house or the 1'roseei*
tor, Mr. Wm. He Ik, of the value of ene
dollar. Mr. Wjr/ie having previously
been retained for the defence, W. M. Connors,
Esq., was assigned by the Court to
prosecute in belief of the State. The
investigation of this case occupied se*e
ral hours, the witnesses being numerous
and principally colored ; resulting finally
ill considerably more of chuff than sub
stance. The jury rendered a verdict of
not guilty.
The next esse was tba State ??. Nelly
Mel I wain, a freed woman, indicted for um
lawfully appropriating to her own use, a
certain white bonnet, of tbe proper goods
,and chattels of the l'roseruirix, Miss
Laura Hlaylock. The defendant not hav
ing secured the aasiliance c f counsel, the
Court assigned K K. ^ilison, Esq., to
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cunuuci mo weienre. i lie wunenen id
this case, as between white end colortal,
were about proportionately equal. The
information elrtited from lliein upon the
subject matter of the investigation was
varied and mntprebeQsire; and when our
reporter left the Court room, late in t)>e
afternoon, the Stale's Attorney was io the
midst of an able argument, to demonstrate
that the aforesaid Nelly was guilty of the
felooious appropriation ot the afore&atned
paraphranalia of llio said Laura.
The time when the Court will adjourn
is yet uncertain?probably in a day or
two. It ie with pleasure we note the
order preserved by the Court. Although
a large number of persons were m alien,
dance on Monday, the ulryoet order and
decorum wae maintained, greatly to the
credit of the presiding Judge and officers
of the Court.
The presence of so marry freed.people
io Court is * novelty in this vicinity.?
Their behaviour, both in the Court room
aud on the witness stand, was commendable,
and encouraging to the future ad
vancement of the race.
Good News.
The Test Oath having beep decided
unconstitutional, we learn there will be
nothing exacted now from Postmasters
more than the old Poet OfHce oath. Let
Postmasters be selected, and applications
for appointment be made at once. We
hope each section of our District will give
due attention to this important matter.
If there ever was a lime when a general
dilution of the news of the day
would be beneficial to the mass of the
people, thaftime is now. As an instance
of the total darkness, in this respect, it
which some people eke out their existence,
we bad a gentleman a few days ngn to
i inquire if we had "yet received the Pres
ident'e Message."
Where to get Com.
TIiis it r matter which interest* moat of
our renders just at thit time. There ere
hut verv few farmer* who will have sufficient
to work out the ensuing crop, and
therefore corn they mutt have. It will
he ?een by reference fr> an advertisement
on another column, where the article can
he psocured at J.e tefy lowest price*.?
Wilson Hros., (late firm of Cochran <k
Wilson,) have made arrangement? to tup
ply the demand. Give them a call, at
we are satisfied you ean not do better
elsewhere in Charlotte.
WasHiNOTOH, Jan. 22.?The South
Carolina murder Committee haa been
irs'ructed to inquire about the whipping
of citizens of the United Statee in North*
Carolina, and burning to death of citizen#
in South Carolina when confined in jail.
lion. K I), ilolhrook and ez Governor
Cumrnings, both of Idaho, bad a person,
al encounter at Willard's yesterday, with*
out serious result*.
JUL- . 1 JL? >
( i k k k k a i Soott's Ativick to this Nfl0ROKS?General
Scull, the Military Com
mHiid?r of the State of South Carolina,
delivered an address to the negroes at
Ashepoo River on yesterday. lie spokw
for upwards of an hour and a half on the
uhject of rontracm for labor, between the
planters ard the negroes, and was listened
to with great attention. In the course of
hit remarks, he recommended the negroee
to make contracts for stated wages instead
of for a share in the crop ; and told tbenrt
emphatically that, If they -adopted the
system of contracting to work for mily two
or three days in the week, the result would
he that the planters would make no crop
and the negro realir.e no profit. This he
said had been the result of his eiperienoe,
and it is hoped that the t.egroee will be
sensible enough to take his advice.
Charleston Mercury. '
Covdition ok South CakoMka.?a
special dispatch to the Evening Assays
that General Sickles' testimony before the
Congressional Committee in. relation to
affairs in South Carolina is very strong.
He declared that many counties of that
?> ?.. ...?i
rrijmin vwnsmiu miiitmy uun\?ui
socure to the freedmen any of thsif
rights.
iff
% KMC I I) D .
Married, on the 17th Inst., by Win. Robert*
son, E*(|, Mr. Tiiomas Hoixtom, oftbi* Dietrich
to Mias Mi1.1.ik SrovKR, of Koratiiw.
CHARLOTTE MARKET.
AVi i#,/ wrUlfi Ay Hutchison lint roH'jht <t C?/
Opposite Ist National llunk.
("iiaki.ottk, n. l\, Jan. 26.
Cotton ?26 to 28 cents.
Flour. s18 oo t e 916 (to per barrel.
Corn. AO per bushel,
Mcni, 81.AO par bndiel.
IV.1H, $1.35 per bushel.
Oats, (Seed) $1 00 per hu?h?1.
-Itucnti, 22 to 23 cents per lb.
l'ork, 13 cents per lb. In demand,
laird.' 25 cents per lb. < b
Mutter, 40 rl* j?er"U>.
Kjrjjs, 25 els per do*.
Salt. $ t 00 prrsscH.
llairgini;, 30 cents for T?rd.
NVbiekev. (e .rn) 32 25 p<r gilloif.
Ci?id. I N. V 1 St I 3.V
t2F7"Wit have Imt liule confidence in tli'ff
trumpet tongued >Ut?ineiits of the proprietors
' of advertised medicines genrrilly, but we are
forced to concur in th? opinion, uniformly es-t
pressed l?y all who have used Perry lisvia'
Pain Killer, that it is a verv raluable article,
and one tint it would.be well for every houaehold
to have at liaud, in case at bruises, scalds,
burns, diarrhma, d. smtery, cholera, fever ami
ague, and the host ot diseases, external ami
internal, wliicii ilia adapted to cure or alleviate.
So article of medicine ever attained to audi
unbounded poptjl trity and extensive diffusion*
It lias penetrated In every part, even the tuost
retuotv>, id the known world, bearing with it it*
hea inc inll jcui'es utortf potent than those of the
apices of "Aruby the bleat." Wo are informed
by an-principal druggist*, thai they?scll more
of this ailicle for exportation than any or all
others, and that the demand is constantly itx?
crea<ing ?.Sri/em (Mtrrwr.
For aalo by the Village Merchants. Jan.
NEW A1)VEUT1SRMENT3.
Corn for Sale ! 1
. WILSON BROS.
(I.ATKCOCIIRAM, WILSON' * CO.)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
1IAVK const iitfU on hand a full supply
of I'KIMB WHITE CORN, which thsy
otVor at na low rales as can La bad in tl>?
market.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Dry Goods, Hardware,
and Grooeries.
January 30, 18G7. 6er.
8()IJTII CAROLINA?Lammtir Muriel,
BY D. A WILLIAMS, Inquire, OrdioA*
ry lor m?id District
Whchta*. John J. Porter, has applied
to me for letter* of Admjnistralisn, oo all
and lingular the good* and chattel*, rights
and credits ol J. It. WiUsu, late of the I Hatricl
aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad id onteli
nit and singular, the kindred and creditor*
of the said deceased, to W and appear
?V-J: '* - -
wwm uui H?al >>TUIIiary * l/OUfl K>f
the said District, to be hnlden at I.ancaat?r
Court Hon** on the 1Mb day of February,
next, to aliow can*t?, if any, why the eaid
Administration should umI be granted.
GIVKN under my hand and seal, thia 22*1
duy of Jnnuary, in the year of our
l.>ord J8K7, and in the 91 at year of thw
independence of tha (/. 8. of Aroerion.
1). A. WILLIAMS, O. U D.
Jan. 30th, 1867-at
ESTATE RANFORD H0RT0H.
A LI. paraona having demand* a gal net the
42 Kstale of Raiiford Morton, deceased, ere
I notified to preseat thsnn to the undersigned oo
or before tbe 1st day of April next, and ott
failure ao to do. aaid claims will be barred.
JOHN GAKDNRR, ? . . . '
W. W. ULACKliOM, J Aa"^
2mi*. -S, 1091. 'ii,
Notioe. ?.
ALL pcreona Indebted to the Rotate of Jehrt
Vanlandingbani, dec'd., are hereby notilied
that lliey-muat pay up by the iat day ef
February, 1887. And all paraona having de*
wand* against said Haute, are hereby nested
to present lliera to the undaraiguad according
tojaw, on or before the 1st * 7 of February^
1847, on failure ao to do they will be barred.'
N. H. VANLANDIMOUAtf, Adut'r.
Jan'y. 18, 1M? ? St.
loliii t'. Wilherapo?n,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offers bia Professional Services in the Practice
of I .aw to the Citiieue of Lancaster,
tyofflce en Dunlap Street, near the G. H,
Jannary 9, 1S47. ly
Estate James Faulkner.
F:RS0NM indebted to the Estate of
Jainee Faulkner, deceased, are request*
L. .... - ? -
m ui limn* vmny piymttoia 01 ? ?
part of aaid ind.<t>l?*dna?a Tha (jofatoa*
want Ihftir mnnn, and I ha?a no diaeratioa
but to rnaka collactiona aa anon aa praeti*
uabla A J KIBI.KK, .
Noa 7, *68?3,no tfaraivinf EaVr