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THE DEMOCRAT. WM. J. YATES, Editor, and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Friday, February 11, 1881. Interesting Sketch. Capt. John Widker of Mecklenburg Chartering the N. C. Itnilroad Democratic National Conventions, de. In this issue of the Democrat we publish a sketch of the public life of Capt. John Walker of Mecklenburg, from the pen of lion. W. W. Holden. Capt. Walker will be remembered by many of our readers as the leader of the Democratic party in this county for many years previous to the war, and Its Representative in the General Assembly of the State and the sketch of bis life will be highly interesting to all who knew him, whether they belonged to the same party or not. The sketch will also be interesting to the citizens of North Carolina generally, as it gives a vivid des cription of the proceedings and scenes in the Legis lature of 1848-'49, when the North Carolina Rail road was chartered, and mentions the names of many of the great men of the State who participated in public affairs in those eventful days, most of whom have long since passed to "that bourne whence no traveler returns." People of the present day may be surprised at nnd disposed to condemn the vote of Capt. John Walker against charteiing the N. C. Railroad and appropriating two millions of dollars towards its construction, but they should remember that the friends and supporters of the N. C. Railroad posi tively refused to favor or support Capt. Walker in his efforts te have a Road chartered from Danville, Va , to. Charlotte, N. C, although nothing but a bare charter was asked for that scheme, while the State was giving millions to the N. C. Railroad scheme. Besides that, there was some danger that the N. C. Railroad would be built only to Salisbury and there stopped, and the extension made from that point west to the Blue Ridge. Under the cir cumstances then existing, any true son or Repre sentative of Mecklenburg would have done just as Capt. Walker did. At an early day we expect to publish from the pen of Gov. Ilolden sketches . of Gen. Alfred Dockery of Richmond county, and Ex-Gov. David S. Reid of Rockingham county. : - t Railroad Matters An Impending; Danger. It has been rumored for some days that the Rich mond and Danville Railroad hud leased the Char lotte and Atlanta Air-Line, but we have the high est authority for stating that the report is incorrect. It seems quite certain, however, that the R. & D. is trying to effect such a lease. The Legislature ought to pass a law prohibiting the leasing or consolidation of any Railroads in North Carolina without the sanction of that body. Our Charlotte friends should be on the alert. If the Richmond & Danville combination succeed in securing control of the Air Line, it will be a crush ing blow to the prosperity of Charlotte. Under such an arrangement, the trains of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, South Carolina Division, might possibly pay Charlotte the compliment of stopping there long enough to water the iron horse, but the delivery of any freight at that point would soon become one of the lost arts. We do not at tempt to disguise the fact that the combination re ferred to would be hurtful to the business interests of Wilmington also ; but to Charlotte it is almost a question of existence. Wilmington Star. The matter is "worthy the serious consideration of not only the people of Charlotte and Wilming ton, but of all the citizens of the State. While we do not believe that the injury to Charlotte would be as great as the Star suggests, yet it would badly cripple our mercantile interests, as well as the in terests of all other Towns in this section, and especially from here to Wilmington The fact is, unless something is done to stop the combinations of powerful corporations, the people will be at their mercy, and the material interests in North Carolina of the merchant, farmer and mechanic utterly des troyed. Will the Legislature try to protect the people ? There is a proposition before the Legislature to have all hangings done at the State Penitentiary 90 days after sentence is passed. When a person is convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Supe rior Court in any county in the State, he is to be transferred to the Penitentiary (where a gallows is to be kept always in working order) and there exe cuted under the direction of the Warden of the Penitentiary. It is said that that plan will relieve the counties of a good deal of expense, as any one county will have to pay only for the transportation of the prisoner to Raleigh and it will do away with the glorification of - criminals on the scaffold and squelch the idea among the ignorant that the direct road to heaven is by the gallows, , : ' .mtT- r' OT" A few gentlemen calling themselves the "State Grange'' met iu Raleigh week, ..before last, elected officers for the ensuing year, and made some Impracticable demands upon the Legislature in re gard to establishing experimental farms, &c. The meeting no more represented the real agricultural interests of the State than does the "man in the moon" represent the so-called State Grange. Both are visionary humbugs. IW A dealer in Theatre tickets in Atlanta sends us a postal offering to sell tickets to the perform ance of that lewd woman, Sara Bernhardt, at $10, $12 and $15 each. People who pay their debts can't afford such sums for very bad luxuries. We decline the trade. tar The Commission appointed by the Legisla ture to "codify" the Laws of the State arrange them together, strike out those that have been re pealed, insert, amendments, &c. consists of Hon. W. P. Bynum of Charlotte, Hon. Thos. Ruffln of Hillsboro, and John S. Henderson, Esq , of Salis bury a good selection. m tW We saw a statement last week that N. C. Railroad stock sold in Raleigh at $93 per share. About $80 has been the ruling rate, and we suspect that the sale at Raleigh was reported for the pur pose of raising the stock in the estimation of mem bers of the Legislature while they are considering lie Construction Bond question. No stock can be soli here for more than 80 or 87, if that much. -.r New Advertisements. Executor's Notice Jos. M. Wilson, Executor of Dr. Isaac Wilson. Notice to delinquent tax-payers M. E. Alexander, Sheriff. , Removal of T. L. Scigle & Co's Dry Goods Store to Trade Street. . Dry Goods. Shoes, Hats and Clothing Barnnger & Trotter. . , , Spring Saques, Black Silks, &c, just received by Wittkowsky & Baruch. '. New Spring Goods being received by Elias& Coheu. New Stock of Dry Goods Alexander & Harris, fresh Family Groceries at Davidson & BeaU's. ' Cigar's, Tobapco, Cdnfeptionerj.es, fcc., at Perry s. ' r The Legislature, j v - j For the want of sp4ce,e'6one?s!the!proceea- ings of the Legislature for the-past week, giving an account only of what business has been finally, act ed on. " ! The Senate passed a. resolution authorizing John W. Moore to prepare and publish a list of '. N. C. troops engaged in the late war, the State to pay for such work. The bifn allowing def endantal in all criminal actions to testify in. their own; behalf was laid on the table; and a bill to protect clients against fraudulent attorneys passed Its third reading.' A bill to incorporate Tucker's Grove Camp Greund, in Lincoln county, passed. -Mr Burwell introduced a bill relative to lost certificates of stock in corpor ations. A bill relative to adjusting and renewing a portion of the State debt (the Construction Bonds) was laid on the table. A resolution to erects mon ument to Gov. Caswell was adopted, and also a bill incorporating the Carolina Gold Mining Company. The bill appointing Hon. Thomas Ruffin, Hon. W. P. Bynum and John S. Henderson, Esq., Commis sioners for the purpose of codifying the laws of the State, was passed, . . , . . , . There is a proposition in the Senate' to give the Adjutant General of. Militia a salary .of $600 per annum. TA useless expense." In the House, the bill to create the new county of Durham passed its second reading by a vote of 66 to 20 34 members not voting. The bill to in corporate the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Asso ciation was indefinitely postponed. A resolution to allow the Secretary 'of Slate additional clerical force at a cost of $1,000 per annum was adopted. The bill te increase the fees of Magistrates and Con stables was laid on the table. . i ; A resolution to erect a; Supreme Court and Library building passed its second reading in the House. The Electoral. .Vote, for President. On Wednesday "lasl "both Houses of Coagress counted the Electoral vote of the different, States for President and Vice-President. The President of the Senate presided and opened the envelopes containing the votes and handed them te tellers who repoi ted the vote. t V After all the envelopes were opened, the tellers proceeded to foot up the vote cast for President and Vice-President. Senator Thurman then said: "The tellers report ., that the whole num ber of electors appointed to vote for Presi dent of the United States was 369, of which a majority is 185." Were the votes of the electors for the State of Georgia cast on the second Wednesday of December, 1880, be ing the 8th day of said month, to be count ed, the result would be:. For Jas. A. Gar field, of Ohio, for President of the United State, 214 votes, and for Winfield S. Han cock, of Pennsylvania, for President of the United States, 155 votes. If not counted, the result would be : For Jas. A. Garfield, 214 votes, and for Winfield S. Hancock, 144 votes. In either event, Jas. A. Garfield has received a majority of the votes of the whole number of electors appointed. Senator Thurman made a similar state ment relative to the vote for Vice-President. "Wherefore," said the Vice-President, "I declare that James A. Garfield, of the State of Ohio, having received a majority of votes of the w.hole number of electors appointed, is duly elected President of the United States for the four years commencing on the 4th day of March, 1881 ; and I do further de clare that Chester A. Arthur, of New York, having received a majority of votes of the who'e number of electors, is duly elected Vice-President of the United States for the four years commencing on the 4th day of March, 1881." . County Matters. The Board of Mecklenburg County Commission ers held meetings on Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday last present, T. L. Vail, J. R. Morris, T. T. Sandifer, Thos. Gluyas and R. M. White. The fol lowing is a sketch of the most important business transacted: Jail fees for January were ordered to be paid the Sheriff, $157.10; and $36.25 to Dr. Wilder for medical services at the Jail and Poor House for January. The Coroner's bill of $37.50 was ordered to be paid for holding an inquest over the dead body of Bob Hennigan, and also $14.70 for inquest over the body of Ned Stroud making - $52.20 for inquests over two dead negroes ; and in addition to that Dr. Wilder was allowed $20 for post mcrtem examina tions total for the two negroes $72.20. THow do you like that, tax-payers ?1 $12 50 was ordered to be paid for coffins for pau pers in January. ' ' It was ordered that Brown Parks, colored pauper, from Cabarru3 county, be sent home, us It was likely he would become a charge on the county. The Clerk of the Board was directed to make out an abstract of the R pad, tax in the county for the year 1880 as soon as possible. It was ordered that the County Treasurer be al lowed one percent commissions on $35,540 re ceived into the Treasury, and the same on the same amount paid out, for the general and special funds of the county, from Jan. 28, 1880, to Jan. 28, 1881. No commissions were allowed on the Road and bridge receipts and disbursements. Alexander Grier and Dr. J. M. Strong resignod as School Committeemen in the 10th District, Steel Creek Township. Lawrence W. Robinson and J. II. Potts were appointed to the. vacancies. It was ordered that the ford oyer . Sugar Cieek, at McDowell's Bridge, be laid oft for a road by a jury to be summoned by the Sheriff, and' that a re port he made at the March meeting of the Board. The Commissioners, as the Board of Education, ordered a new School District in Morning Star Township, from portions of the present Districts 58. 59 and 60. T. L. Vail and R. M- White, committee, reported adversely to the buying of Safes for the Clerk's and Register's offices, and were continued to inquire as to the advisability of making the room between the offices a Safe vault. It was ordered that J. C. Dowd be paid $133.63 for building a bridge over Sugar Creek, near the Air-Line trestle. A petition was presented for a cartway from Jno. B. Elliott's to the Beattie's Ford road. Publication of the petition was ordered in accordance with law. The Sheriff was ordered to summons A. J. Smith and Robert Taylor, School Comtqitfeemen of Dis trict No. 8, Crab Orchard Township, to appear be fore the Board on Tuesday after the first Monday in March, to show cause why they should not be removed, and to answer charges and allegations against them, as set forth in a coin plaint presented to the Board and now on file. J. N. Wallace, Jno. Glenn and 8. C. Reid, were made a committee to advertise and let out to the lowest bidder the building of a bridge across Mc Alpine's Creek, where the Monroe road crosses it near Matthews' Station. The people of Wilmington have been fussing about Market Houses for some time past Theyl are behind the age. Progressive growing cities like Atlanta and Charlotte have long since a.fcan.do.ned Market House's 6f rendezvous ' for loafers; and d eaters' ia'fresh meats, vegetables, &c, occupy store bout... like other business mep. ; Removal of Disabilities, " Amnesty, &c. Gov.CfiotMJfT The'Democtte-wou&&o well to go slow -concerning the matter of ex-Gov. Hol den's political disabilities. Has he acknowledged his great errors, confessed his sins against the. peo ple ? . t certain legislators are not careful they will get np a big disgust throughout North Carolina. The Star would not war upon Gov." Holden. It remembers, however, what another Legislature did, and after a fair trial. Wilmington Star. - The great boast of the Democratic party is that it is not one of hate, or one that, treasures up ani mosities.: It leaves the work of ghouls and grave digging hyenas to the Republicans. We are unal terably opposed to permitting any man to remain under bans out-cropping from the war or recon struction after, the war. The Democratic party has repeatedly asseverated in its platforms a com plete reconciliation to reconstruction laws,' and it comes with bad grace from us to continue the em bargo on an old man, powerless for mischief. It will not promote our material interests with North ern capitalists and emigrants to show a spirit of hatred and vengeance, nor will it tend to disprove the utterances of the rabid bloody .shirters. Tar boro Soutlierner.. , ,,t , Well said. There are thousands of good men and good Democrats In the State who favor the re moval of Gov. Holden's disabilities, and it should be done by the present Legislature. We know that Mr Carter of Buncombe, in making the move in the House ol Representatives towards the removal of Gov.. Holden's disabilities, has the support and approbation of many good men in the Democratic party, in and out of the Legislature. We honor him for the courageous and patriotic move, and are ready to defend him against assail ants at all times. His record as a true and faithful Democrat is as good as that of any man in the State.'; After the matter was brought before the Legisla ture we did not think it proper to say anything more until the Committee reported, and we did not desire, to do so;, but as some of our Democratic co temporaries have denounced the movement and made doleful lamentations about what they term Gov. Holden's great crimes, we think we ought to ask them to remember that Gov. Holden bad to deal with a powerful, 'dangerous and murderous secret combination one that was whipping and murder ing poer white men and black men, rendering des titute many women and children, and was fast be coming a terror to all ' good law-abiding citizens. We mean the Ku-Klux organization. . Unfortun ately Gov, Holden overstepped .the limits of the Constitution and laws in his efforts to put down the terrible and dangerous secret combination we do not justify him in so doing but we do say that the peculiar and extraordinary circumstances which surrounded his administration ought to be taken into account when judging of -the acts for which he was impeached. That is what we say, and that is what we ask fair, liberal-minded, patriotic men to consider. : Our readers know how we denounced the opera tions of the Ku-Klux in 1868-'69-'70, and we know how much the unlawful combination hated us, but notwithstanding thatj we have; been willing to let by-gones be by-gone ; but if those who favor the re moval of Gov. Holden's disabilities are to be insin uated against and their motives impugned, then we are ready to again allude to and expose the outrages of the Ku-Klux Klanswith which Gov. Holden had to deal, and for dealing with which he was im peached. While one is to be censured, the other is equally liable to blame ; and before Gov. Holdeu is required to get down on his knees and beg pardon and forgiveness, the leaders of the Ku-Klux com bination should have been required also to make confessions of wrong doing before securing the ben efit of the State Amnesty Act. At the annual meeting of the North Carolina Press Association last Summer (we were not pre sent) the Association, by a unanimous vote, invited Gov. Ilolden o prepare a history of the Press of the State. . That met with the unanimous approba tion of the newspapers of. the State; with but one exception (the Wilmington Review). After that endorsement of Gov. Holden's integrity and hon esty and disposition to do right.it is surprising that so many papers in the State, which eulogized his appointment as the Press Historian, should now oppose relieving him from political disabilities, and be disposed to abuse him and those who think he ought to be set free and restored to all the rights of citizenship. There is gross inconsistency some where. We want no quarrel with those who differ with us we make no bjection to their expiessing opin ions against the removal of the disabilities of Gov. Holden but we respectfully ask if it is not unfair and unreasonable to requite -Gov. Holden to get down on his knees' and ' make confessions and beg pardon, when many persons in the State (men who were guilty of horrible murders) have been granted free pardon and amnesty by Act of the Legislature without making confessions of any sort or express ing repentance for tlieir crimes? If their cases come within the meaning of political offenses, so does Gov. Holden's. We don't belieye any honest man in the State will attribute to us selfish motives in advocating the removal of Gov. Holden's disabilities, for all readers of newspapers know that we favored the measure eight or ten years ago, long before he ever wrote a letter for publication in the Democrat. But no matter what is said or thought, we shall do what we think is right towards all men and measures. The Wilmington Star, is careful to "copy every thing said against pardoning Gov. Holden will it copy a word or two in his favor? ; Fruit Treks, jSc-We advise people in this section to get their ' fruit trees, evergreens, shrub bery, flowers, &e., Jfrom. home dealers. Trees and shrubs fron the North have been a failure in this climate, and even if they live the fruit is very in ferior. Mr Thos. W. Sparrow ; in this city and at Davidson College, and Nurserymen at Greensboro and Wilson, in this State, can supply you on mode rate terms and with a better article than can be furnished by Yankee drummers who never expect to see you again after selling you trees. Oh 1 why will our people be humbugged by any sort of a drummer or peddler that cotaes along ? Judge Settle. It seems to be3 pretty well un derstood that if Gen. Garfield takes a Sputbern born man Into his Cabinet it w;U be Hon. Thos. Settle of 2JoU Carolina. That is the opinion of prominent North Carolina Republicans, and also of some Northern Republican leaders. Judge Set tle would certainly be a great improvement upon Maynard, of Tennessee, who is now in Hayes' Cabinet; and, inasmuch as the Cabinet is to be composed of Republicans, we hope Judge Settle "will be there." If we can't get a North Carolinian of our own politics in the Cabinet, we are in favor of a decent white Republican like Settle.. It will be seen by the following that the Virginia Republicans are trying to get one of their number into the Cabinet : Harrisburg, Va-, Feb. St A delegation, head ed by ex -Senator John F. Lewis, has just gone to Mentcor, 'Ohio, to urge the "appointment of 8. M. Yost of Staunton Valley, Va., to the place of Postmaster-General In President Garfield's Cabinet Strenuous and persistent efforts are making by that party in Virginia to secure this appointment New York Correspondence of the Democrat. r Nstr YoRk; Feb.' 7, 1881. ' ' Editor Democrat iA. religious paper in Cincin nati has a funny story about Garfield. : Its editor visited the President elect, and told him that he considered his nomination ." providential," and Blalne'a and Sherman's and Grant's defeat equally sO.7 'To which Garfield replied, that while believing in Providence he "shrank from feeling" that so high a power had taken a hand in nominating him. Why should he doubt it? Is hot sacred history full of instances in which Providence had put down ne man and put up another ! JWhen the Israelites, God's chosen people, 'demanded a King, He gave them one, but not for their good, only for their pun ishment. And if a special Providence then, why not now, and why not Garfield, with all his imper fections, made the ruler of this chosen people, as politicians and Fourth of July Orators proclaim them, thatlie mav be 'the instrumen is to ' punish But this is not the fun to' which I alluded. After the editor had overcome his modesty, on that point, he asked if the General had mquiredinto the story of an eagle's alighting on his house in .Washington on the! day of his nomination ? .Yes, he had, and it was literalh true; the eagle had so timed his arrival as to light down on the Garfield house; at "the very time of the nomination, as near, as we could judge of the difference in time between Chicago and Wash ington." The eagle understood; of course, all about this difference of time, which is not surprising when we consider that it knew that Garfield was to be nominated, knew this at Washington, some thou sand miles' away, unless we may.; infer that he flew from Chicago to Washington in the two hours be tween Chicago time and Washington time. The editor could but exclaim, "How strange and inter esting that was 1" And Garfield was silly enough to utter all this nonsense, and the editor even more silly to publish it - 7 : r . -. Saw mill people in your part of the world will be surprised to learn that two millions of dollars a year are paid in this city for the saw dust which they are thankful to have taken away for nothing. Five hundred venders are engaged in the business, in which they employ a capital of $200,000. The price varies, according to the season of the year, from $4 to $8 a load. There is but one place known in the world where the earth has been penetrated to the depth of a mile at the Artesian Well at Potsdam, Missouri, where the chisels have been carried down to the depth of 5,500 feet, or one mile and 220 feet. The Warden of the Tombs in this city has just made his annua Report, stating that 30,442 prisoners were incarcerated in that gloomy prison during the year 1880. That is one m every forty of all the in habitants of this great city, men, women and child ren. ; In view of this astounding fact, does it not argue a little impudence in these people to berate the South about crime and want of civilization? What city or town or county in the South can be found in which one even in a hundred of the inhab itants has been in Jail in a year? And this thirty thousand does not include the other thousands, pro bably tens of thousands, who were arrested for petty offences and confined in station houses, not reach ing the dignity of the Tombs. Another remarkable fact is, that there we're 11,437 females among these 30,442 prisoners.' Such is their boasted civilization ! Nearly 3,000 of the whole number were sent to the State prison and penitentiary, the others to the workhouses, &c. ; I have supposed that your peni tentiary had many prisoners, but, with a larger population, it has never had. the number that are thus punished here, and I suppose that four-fifths of what you have are negroes. H. Some Sharp Talk. In the U. 8. Senate on the 7th some pretty plain talk was indulged in by Mr Butler of South Caro lina, and Mr Conkling of New York. Here is the way it is reported : "Mr Butler of South Carolina, spoke at considerable length upon the alleged census frauds in South Carolina, and criticised severely speeches made by a certain stump orator (understood to be Mr Conkling) in New York during the late Presidential cam paign, in which that stump orator insulted and villified the people of South Carolina, and accused them of a conspiracy to fraud ulently increase the census enumeration in order to obtain greater political power. The falsity and baseness of the accusation, Mr Butler said, were shown by the results of the recent re-enumeration under the di rection of Gen. Walker, who was a Repub lican and also a gentleman. At the conclusion of Mr Butler's remarks Mr Conkling said that he inferred from the little he had heard of the gentleman's speech that it was designed as an attack npon him self, and he had only to say that the vapor ings of the Senator from South Carolina gave him little concern. If he had done injustice to the people of South Carolina he would find seasonable occasion to cor rect it. Mr Butler The Senator has said the vaporings of the Senator from South Caro lina are matters of no concern to him. He will pardon me for saying that the swag gering Insolence of the Senator from New York is of no concern to me. Mr Conkling I do not need to have heard the Senator in order to ascertain that he is a person with whom I. do not choose to bandy epithets here or elsewhere least of all here and therefore I have nothing to add to that which I have heretofore said. The colloquy here ended and the subject was dropped. The State Finances. Mr Treasurer Worth estimates the ex penditures of the State Government for the years 1881-'82-'8a, each at $529,800. To raise the necessary amount and leave a small margin for contingencies will require a levy of twenty-eight cents on the one hundred dollars, or just four cents more than is levied under the existing law. This esti mate of taxes includes a levy of nine cents on the $100 to meet interest on the Public Debt.' The other estimates are put at the lowest figures. Only five cents on the $100 is allowed in the estimate for carrying on the Asylums. The present law levies six cents. This saving is . attributable to the Constitutional amendment which by creat ing a class of paying patients in the Lunatic Asylum thereby increases the fund applica ble to its support. The compromising and settlement of the State Debt under the Act of 1879 has pro ceeded far enough to give assurance that the entire debt provided for in the . bill will be settled. On the 31st December, 1880, $7,470,425 of the old bonds had been sur rendered and $2,211,616.25 of new ' bonds were substituted in their place. The inter est oh these new bonds at four per cent is hereafter to be a very considerable item in our public expenditures. Our General As semblies must practice rigid economy for many years to come in. order to keep our finances in a sound and satisfactory condi tion,. Anything like extravagance on their part would pat in jeopardy the prompt pay ment cf the interest on the public debt and inflict a heavy blow on the credit of the State. IhyetteciUe Examiner. tW Four or five rich men of the North have raised about $300,000 to be given to Gen. Grant He is still willing to take. Local -Mattwi. 1ST It is proposed to hold a Mass Meeting of the citizens of the city and county at the Court House on Saturday next, to take Into" consideration pro positions for improving the public Roads. Schemes that have been suggested will then be explained. . $72.20 is the bill lor Coroner's inquests and post mortem examinations over two dead negroes In Mecklenburg during the . month of January. What do you think of that? And all the bills are not yet in for inquests during January I tST At recent sales at the Court House door, land brought from $18 to $25 per acre, In some in stances more than had been asked for it at private sale. - ' ,', ;. - On Tuesday last, the city property known as the Thos. H. Brem homestead sold for $9,150, Mr Wal ler Brem being the purchaser. Considering the location of ' the buildings in the centre of a square, and as the place has been somewhat neg lected for several years past, the price is a good One. The Prohibition Association of this city has resolved to test the matter by running a temper ance ticket for Mayor and Aldermen at the next election. - . : SW As there is great complaint in city and coun try about getting female cooks, we suggest that as far as possible young colored men be learned to cook and employed in preference to negro women. Men make the best sort of cooks, and. they would find it more profitable and pleasant than .almost any other business in which they can engage. The growing-up colored . girls are unwilling to cook or wash after getting a little smattering of education and joining some one of the many negro societies in our midst. They all want now to be school teachers or live in idleness. Leftts all encourage men. to learn to cook. . . ; - t3T T. L. Seigle & Co. have made a great im provement in the old Koopmann store-house on Trade street by fitting it up for a dry goeds store. It is now among the handsomest store-rooms in the city. " . ; , r - .' ; J. W. Gordon, colored, of this city, has been appointed Mail Agent on the Charlotte & States- ville Railroad. Mr W. R. Myers, Jr., has been transferred from that Road to an Agency - on the Richmond & Danville Road, between Charlotte and Richmond. . t3F" The Rev. Theo. Whitfield, for several years pastor of the Baptist Church in this city, has ten dered bis resignation to the congregation of that Church. Advantages of Advebtisikg. A friend in this county had been trying for a year or two to sell a tract of land for a certain sum, and failed. He advertised it in the Democrat, and in a short time sold the land for $100 more than he had ever asked for it. He paid $2.50 for the advertisement, and thereby made $97.50 clear profit A sale of land under execution iwas sometime ago made at the Court House door, after advertising it with written notices stuck up on a few boards and trees. Of course but few business men knew of the sale, and the land went off at a low rate. If it had been advertised in some one of the Charlotte papers where men could have seen it who don't get their information from Court House doors and obscure places in- the woods, we know of a gentle man who would have given $200 more for the land than it brought. In that way a great injustice was done to both the owner of the land and his credit ors. Can certain members of the Legislature com prehend or see the point f tW After many years delay, it seems that there is to be a Passenger Shed at the Depots of the North Carolina and Char., Col. & Augusta Rail roads. Will net that be nice in bad weather, while one is waiting for the train t EST The Steam Mill of E. W. Stubbs & Co, at Lincolnton was burnt on Sunday morning last supposed te be the work of incendiaries. The ma chinery Was valuable, and the loss is heavy, as there was no insurance. . C3T" The City authorities have agreed to a con tract for Water Works at an annual expense of $2,000 for the city, and each citizen to pay for the water used by his family. HT" A valuable Mare was stolen from Mr T. J. Freeman, who lites four- miles from this city, on Tuesday night last She is a sorrel, five years old and has never been shod. Captain Eads has succeeded in pro curing from the Mexican Government a very valuable concession to aid him in the con struction of his proposed ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehanntepec. From New York to San Francisco by way of this rente the difference in distance is 1,500 miles less than by the Panama Canal, and the differ ence in distance between the month oi the Mississippi River and San;Franciscois 2,300 miles. ' u' - ' ' CHARLOTTE MARKET, Feb. 10, 1881. But little Cotton has been offered this week, though it is understood that there is a good deal in the surrounding country, but much of it unpicked. A large quantity, however, is already baled, wait ing for higher rates. After consulting several dealers we give the following quotations : For Good Middling 10 to 11, Middling 10 to 10, Low Middling 10, Good Ordinary 9, lower grades 5 to 9. Market steady. Corn and Corn Meal in demand at 65 to 70 cents per bushel ; Peas 70 ; Oats 60 ; Sweet Potatoes 65. Flour from wagons and from the baGk country by Rail, $3.25 per sack of 98 lbs. Large quantities are sold here from tbe Northern and Western mar kets by the barrel. No demand for Wheat except what is wanted at the City Mills, and that demand b supplied by Railroad shipments. Bacon Sides from stores to 9 by tbe box, and 9 by retail. Dried Apples & cents per pound ; Peaches 10 to 20 according to quality both in demand. . Fresh country Butter 15 to 20 small lots sell to better advantage than large ones. Chickens 20 cents each for those brought in by wagons ; Eggs 10 to cents per dozen. . N. G. Corn Whiskey, by the barrel. 11.25 to $1 SO per gallon ; Apple Brandy scarce at $1.65. Other Markets. NEW YORK. Feb. 10, 1881. Cotton quiet at U.9-19 for Middling. : -m ; LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10, 1881. Cotton, steady at pence for Middling Uplands. Comparative Cotton Statement The following-i the comparative cotton statement for the week ending -Feb. 4th: 1881. 147,678 4,09460 128,118 2,579,753 840,881 187,879 560,000 1880. : 108,758 8,836645 r 63,582 2459490 991,426 207,087 ; 499,000 Net receipts at all U. a porta, Total receipta to this date, . Exports for the week, Total exports U this date, , Stock at all U. a porta, ' Btock at all interior towns, ' Stock at Liverpool, Stock of American afloat for Great Britain, . r 430,000 253,000 The Overflow at New Orleans. New Oslkaks, :Feb. 9. The Water from the Lake is eradaally rising and increasing the area of the overflow North of New Canal street. The' water has reached Frank lin street, the entire section West lying submerged between New Canal street ana the bayou of St John. The water now covers all - West of Friener street, except a strip of a few squares on either side oi Canal street, North of the bayou of St. John and Old Basin. .The water covers almost the entire section West of Claiborne street, and as far down as Elyiean Field street. All the vegetable gardens in the rear of the city have been destroyed, and some loss of stock is reported but no estimate can be made for' the damage done . by the overflow, and even greater damage seems probable, since the water continues rising. The fair grounds are entirely submerged. The greatest diffi culty is experienced by the inhabitants of the overflowed districts, embracing about five hundred thickly settled squares. The water in the rear of the city is still rising. Heavy Southwest winds : prevailed . last niajht. A relief committee has been or ganized to supply food to the people in the overflowed districts. ; . . ; , MARRIED. In this city, at the residence of MrE. H: White, on the 8th inst, by Rev. E. H. Harding. Mr A. M. Vannoy and Miss Kate Turrentine both of States ville. . ' , At Matthews, this county, on the 3d inst, by Rev. Wm. A. McDonald, Mr T.P. Pyron and Miss Helen Fesperman, daughter of D. M.Fesperman, Esq. DIED. Near Gastonia, Gaston county, on the 2d inst, at the residence of his son, (John L. Rhyne,) Mr Emanuel Rhyne, aged about 75 years for many years a faithful member of the Methodist Church. In Greensboro, on the 29th ult, Mrs. Parthenia Dick, relict of Judge John M. Dick, and mother of Hon. Robert P. Dick, aged 80 years. ' :, Executor's Notice. ' . : Having qualified as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Dr. Isaac Wilson, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to tbe Estate of the said Dr. Isaac Wilson to make early settlement, and those having claims against said Estate must pre sent them before the 12th day of February, 1882, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. JOS. M. WILSON, Feb. 11, 1881 6w Executor. y' BAD ROADS Have been a great annoyance to all of us, but we hepe they will soen get better and trade open tip lively. Then don't forget to call at BARRINGElt & TROTTER'S, Where you will find a good assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, SHOES, HATS AND CLOTHINGs Which we offer at low prices. 3P Those whe have not settled for last year will oblige us by calling. . BARRINGER & TROTTER Feb. 11, 1881. TAX NOTICE. All persons who have not paid their State and County taxes, are notified that if not paid by the 21st inst., I will be compelled to force collections; which will be very disagreeable to me. 1 hope you will take due notice and govern yourselves accord ingly. M7 E. ALEXANDER, Feb. 11, 1881 2w Sheriff. OUR FRIENDS Will please remember that we now occupy the" commodious Store Room on .. West Trade Street, . Recently remodelled so as to make it as convenien't and well lighted a room as any in the city. -: We shall keep, as we have always kept; A Line of Goods Adapted to the wants of all classes of trade. Friends and customers are invited to pay us a call at Our new stand. T. L. SEIGLE & CO. Feb. 11, 1881. .... , Just Beceived, . A large lot of Black Silks, very cheap. Also, a lot of beautiful Spring Saques' for Ladies and Misses, At WITTKOWSKY fc B ARUCH'S. Feb. 11, 1881. ,. Just Beceived. O tin BARRELS C. WESTS KEROSENE 5 UVoil, for Wholesale trade. 240 Dozen Toilet Soap, fine English and American, Toilet and Laundry Soap. ' 10,000 Pounds St. Louis Southern White Lead, at J. 1L McADEN'S, Feb. 4, 1881. Wholesale and Retail Druggist Acid Phosphate. 1( OO BAG8 ACID PHOSPHATE for com 9JJJ posting in Store and for sale by J. C. BURROUGHS. Jan. 28, 1881. .. NOTICE. The copartnership known as LIDDELL EN GINE COMPANY was dissolved by mutual con sent on the 15th of October, 1880. The business of the Firm will be settled at tbe office or JAMES F. JOHNSTON. Feb. 4. 1881 - .2w .... , . , ' , Wanted at the Charlotte Smelting Wor1i$, MINERAL OEES.' Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper and Zinc Ores, PURCHASED FOR CASH. The New York and North Carolina Smejtinf Company at Charlotte, will pay the best Cash Prices' ever paid in this ceuntry for ORES. No charge will be made for sampling and essay' ing Ores purchased by us. - " ' Address, C. E. ROBINSON, Bup't, Jan. 7, 1881 . tf : Charlotte, N. C Indian Biver OrangeV The finest in the world. Also, a full line of Ban-' anas, Apples, Nuts, Cocoanuts, Raisins and Can' dies, just the thing for the New Year. ST The assortment of Caadies surpasses any thing, of the kind ever seen in this market, many new styles manufactured especially for dty trade, r At PERRY S.