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CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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The New Stamp Law.
George S. Uichards, Collector of Internal
&r venue, has lurnihhcd the lVteiburg
New wilh the appended extracts from the
'upl of Congress of 1875, in relation to affix
ing stamps to checks, drafts, &e. :
Sec. 15. That the words "bunk-check,
draft, or order, for the payment of any sum
'f money whatever, drawn upon any bank,
'banker, or trust-company at sight, or on
'demand, two cents," in schedule 15, of the
'act of June 3th, 1804, be and is hereby
'utricken out, and tlje following paragraph
'inserted in liu thereof j
Bank-check, draft, order or voucher, for
tlc payment of any sum of money whatso
everj: drawn tipn any bank, banker, or
rust-company two cents.
f"Sec. 2lJ. 'That hereafter nothing contain
ed in the internal revenue laws shall be
'eoiistrueil sos Wauthorize the imposition
f fpy samp tax up'orj any medical articles
rjrcpare4 by any njamjffleliirVuj; chemist,
jjhnrinaceptist- or d'M.gi, in 'accordance
jyilh the formula published in any standard
"jHspeiisatory or pharmaceutical journal' is
sue'd by any incorporated college ' qf pri ar?
'lnacy, wiieu such formula and wbereTound,
Htjistinctly referred to tn the printed label
tficheU to such article, and no proprietary
liitefes"js't)erejp pfairiicd. Kelt her shall
Miy etamp le required when the formula of
'any medical preparation shall be printed on
'(he label attached to such preparation shall
'be claimed."
Memo: Any paper upon which moiicj' is
jmid out by a bank or bankers must, under
i his act, be stamped, whether drawn "at
sunlit or not.
JBTe cordially endorse the following gug
ftf ions of the Greensboro Patriot :
"Iany of the States make t heir peniton
tiary convicts a source of profjt to them iur
Vte'd of burden, by hiring them out to
"cpmpanies who employ them and become
"n-sponsible for their care and safe-keeping.
)ther States, which have not heretofore
dune bo, are now pursuing the same course.
The question occurs whether we could not
utilize the live hundred convicts within the
stockade at Raleigh, which number is con
stantly increasing, and m ike them instru
mental in completing our unfinished system
of internal itnprpvemcnts ? Suppose these
'five hundred wpre pu,t to work oj the
.VVestcrn xtepviou how long would it be
.tytfforp tfpj roadbed wpultj be madp to Paint
5Uck ? The State could well afford lo gjve
jfji labor, at a reasonable compensation,
and take pay therefor in stock. Thus she
ypuld be aiding in the prosecution of iu
portaut enterprises, without any cost to the
1pople, and at thesfifiie linje save the an
nual expense oi supporting this little army
;of stall-fed criminals. Kept employed in
Jbjs way they would cease to be a burden
ip tax-payers, would prove vastly tisetul,
lid in a few years many of the great works
in which the people take Ro much interest,
,J?i4tn which the prosperity of the Slate is
"u much involved, might be completed at a
'comparatively insignificant cost. Ami then
-'fjiere will be no need of a great big cut
stoue house at Raleigh for which the people,
hard pressed as they are, will have to pay
.hundreds of thousands before it is com
pleted an item worthy of consideration.
The Lien Law value of a Mule.
,Tjhe Supreme Court of South Carolina
recently gave a decision on a case under
the lieu law. We quote a paragraph :
"It.is shown that. neither money nor any-
thing1 el sii was advanced by the appellant
'tirt'.Peler JVlendenbaJl ; theiefore, Mendeu-
nan was uiiy iijtje.i;ie( j,o appellant lor i
'Wile. '"Jn'ijo' wlse'caji a mule be cons'ulerei
'J',fad?ance to bnexpendeil" Up the
QilcUVr'o'ilucea'thu'Vsnm. The labors of a
tii.f 'r.ji. d ...' . Vi.. i ! i
'cut hwl rtinqvhsl useless' in produt;iu
prop may be in much better poudilion and
more valuable after the crop is made than
IJjeforo. lhe so-called lieu on tin
crop of
.Peter Menden)all held by the appellant is
Void.?' '
V'B -
WJiereypon comes tlip Wiunsb.oro News
With Lhi
llli the Kjllow.inor review oi tin
le question
is to the mine :
in one point we take Jsue ;
caq;d luU'be CjjIjsjaereiPan o, dvaie to b
iffxhended' upon tlii? ii." We conteiii
'tat about nine-tenths of the mules thus
'"advanced" are "expended.' When corn
1 scarce, and the crops laid by, ''ijien the
'j&ept' mule heaves a sigh and give;; up
tt gojt, nd tyU attenuated carcass fecJs
Sfffo tfiwzar'ds wlily his bleaching' bonus
Vfowly '''decompose into super-phosiihate of
JiTho 4islinclion seems tp jle this: If at
thfe'cncT:of'tnef "year the innle jplvanced is
Mliv'e'irnd kicking, po lien on him is bind-
JliTgV bHit'if hedies he may considered t
hlvc bpcnaii advance expended on the soil,
tfijl tlko Ijicn' will in valid."
.:Vi' ' . ? ,.,. .
PpspE'T DTvVis. The portrait of .Tcf
fitfsbn Qiivis ' has bet u added to the gallery
;in the ofjice of the War Department at
'Wajifiton under llje law of (Jougress au
jTldinaftc'' rplleptVoh of the pprtvaits of
JJ Q faffi Jllr'thVj position if .Secretary
"cjhtf;iniz4ti'6ii of .he govniine?)f;
"Tlie likepesS" i aid ib he a very excellent
sj,W,;,iinPjrVn;lV that of. honesty and
fcib11snf',ymtl return ajo'ng with "it, we
Titi: TorkvillIp JJotei. Mr J, M. Raw
JiuWnf; frlWoV of RaxVHpson's Hotel,"
Da vies, proprietor of the
pawe (iise," givp police thajt their
IhoVses Vilf tie closed is regular lintels or
ftfrnv "lie abqvc housr s uil hen after bp
Vdiiductc4 i) private boarding houses, for
tlW'ccoinmonatiop of local or transiept
VUstcShu This movement' pu the part of our
1rttel: keepers is dfcm-d' necessary in Couse
riice of the civil. rights bill. Yo'rkoiHc
VShguirer. ' - " ' " ' '
The Democrat.
lifuiv iiLigiiL very property oe consiuereu a
llUA;essary !supiy liyr'the ro.ductiou of a
tfrppY bl.it B.mule, "jjjs'tead qt being worn
hnb uf t)ifi?o who Jiai'fi seen it and are well
tefcfinYtft witf Vhe orimnal. TJ)is looks as
:l1fSugn the era of vVood Teelinfis was not im-
Importance of Watchfulness.
How tfe'autw Hansom saved the South from
' p'robcible Bankruptcy.
ItLj always gratifying to reeorcj good
things f ' one's friends. It is especially
pleasant to be able lo record quite' a num
ber of good things to the credit of thy
prominent and responsible public er vault
f one's 'own State. Senator Uansoni, as
we learn from a' special telegrain to "the
Ralliinore Sun has performed a service for
which ut only his own people but those of
several Southern States will gic biin their
profound aii'tl heartfelt 'thauks. " A bill
wljich had parsed the Houses of' Congress
without notice, authorized a writ of inan
danius issued by any Circuit Court of the
United Stats against any Slate officer to
remain of full effect, notwithstanding the
death or resignation of such officer. The
effect of the bill, as was ascertained, would
be to compel the paymeut cf all the bogus
bonds, State and municipal, issued during
the Radical and carpetbag rule in several
of the Southern States, which would bank
rupt North Caroliua, Georgia, and perhaps
some other States. It is believed that the
holders of some six millions of bogus rail
road bonds issued by the North Carolina
Railroad authorities inspired this bill, and
the common rqmor is that General Butler
-worked up" the bijl in his ingenious style,
by which suspicion as to its true intent was
not aroused.- The bill had already been
enrolled, and was ready for the. signatures
ol the presiding officers, when, through the
efforts ol General Hansom, it was arrested
in the last stage before becoming a law.
Of the many services rendered the people
of North Carolina since he took his seat as
one of their Senators, this last act of Gen.
Ransom is the most conspicuous ami distin
guished.
"Wilmington Star.
Sensible Views of a Colored Man.
One of the best arguments ever addressed
to the colored race was made by one of
themselves in a lecture delivered in New
York last week. The speaker was M. R.
pelany, who our readers wj remember was
candidate on the Reform ticket in South
Carolina last year lor Lieutenant Governor.
Those venerable citizens, life-long Repub
licans, William CuUen Bryant ami Peter
Cooper, sat on the platform, Mr Bryant as
chairman of the meeting. He introduced
Delany, who remarked at the outset of the
address that few persons in the North knew
anything of the true condition of the South,
most of their information coming from in
terested politicians. The colored people at
the South, when the war was ended, looked
around lor friends, and naturally to those
w)jom the war for their freedom had brought
to them, and as naturally those to whom
they looked advised them so as to subserve
their own interests. Delany says what has
always been plain to all unprejudiced minds,
that the new comers took -advantage oi the
ignorance ot the blacks to mislead them.
He says:
"They taught them that ' whatever was
contrary to the interests of their old mas
ters was right. He said knowingly that the
class ol men who undertook to lead the col
ored men in general had no interest in either
the black or white race of the South. They
taught the blacks that tliey should crush
out the whites. They made them believe
they were representatives of the govern
ment sent from Washington to be custo
dians of their rights ; that the white men
would leinslave them the moment they put
confidence in them. So pushing back the
whiles on one hand, and the blacks on the
other, they plunged their arms to the elbow
in the pockets of the blacks, and lo the
armpits of those of the whites. Cheers
and laughter. Look at the legislation.
The intelligent colored men did not go
South. Humble as he was, he found few,
if any, of his own status among his race,
lyoolc at l)e taXiit'u, extiavagance, The
while ipan is taxed to the last mill, and the
black man js unknowingly paying the tax in
lower wages and higher pripes, Jn four
years ol the government ol South Carolina,
except sotne few belonging to rings, not a
single employee of the government, from
legislator doVvn, received his pay directly.
It was shaved by the money changers at
from 25 to 50 per cent. The blacks were
taught that Republicans favored and their
opponents hated liberty, and it was right
to take any advantage of such opponents.
Until a year ago all their meetings in the
pountry districts were as organized bodies
of armed, tnen. They were taught that
democracy meant slavery. Advantage was
taken of the great religious element in their
natuie to make them trust these men.
"The white people of the South were
waiting and willing to take t).e blacks by
the liainl and go wjth tlp-ii iij every meas
ure tending to the common good of both.
They did pot wish them to leave their posi
tion, their "manhood, or theiv rights. lie
claimed every right for his race that the
Venerable chairman claimed for the white
race. But in giving hjs'race liberty it was
impart 'of the understanding that they
should trample on the rights of the whites.
4nd yet these bad meu'l'aught the colored
men tjpit it was their interest to do so. J
the black men were to continue to ' be iu
Sti'Utnenfs of strife it was thejr work. He
Wanted the 'North to know that there Was
no aiiiruosity fyetveep the whites and blacks
of the South. Cheers. He wanted the
people of the North to shape their policy so
as to discourage the interference of mis
chievous political adventurers. The two
races must dwell together. They were
labor and capital, each necessary to the
other, each useless without tips other."
Major Delany then testified tp the gen
erous and coijrtepipj treatment which his
I'ace received fropj the Southern whites.
e did not share in the fear of a war of
rapes, Lfc looked upon it as impossible,
am ip conclusion again urged that the
chief ev! of the political situations came
from the carpet-baggers, saying that he
wished he could be heard with a oice so
potent as to drive them from the South.
The sensible and candid address of this eoli
ored man ought to be headed by the North
ern people aud by his own race,
Firjs. Thp rpsidpncp pi Mr Wm. Mcv
Mittag caught fjre on last .Saturday niorn
jltg apd was totally popsumed. The fire is
supposed to have caught from the bed
clothes of the colored servant who was in
the habit of sleeping before the tire. Lan
caster Ledger.
(Shdr Mi e o mo
North Car,oUna News Items.
Tnj: Csk ,9F Qvexs. The Suprenve
Coijrt has ajfinned the judgment of the, Court
below ji? J he case of , Owens, convicted at the
last term of Liu;o!ii Superior Court of the
murder ot John W. Cheek, of York county.
The death seutence will be pronounced upon
Owens at the next Term of Lincoln county
Superior Court
GoLpp.y Wkddixg. On Wednesday
last, at the residence of the Hon. F. E.
Shober ip thJs pitVj occurred one of those
rare and interesting ceremonies, called a
Golden Wedding. The bride and bride
groom of the occasion were the Rev. Dr.
ami Mrs. J. T. Wheat, the parents of Mrs.
Shober. There was a gathering of the sur
viving child reu and sjraud children of the
venerable couple. Dr. Wheat read over
the marriage service, and the party re
affirmed their vows. Last night, a recep
tion was held, and quite a numberof guests
assembled to congratulate the distinguished
couple. The evening was spent in cheerful
conversation, and enlivened with music by
Prof. Leo Wheat, of Richmond,' aud by
others. A recherche supper, such as Mrs.
Shober knows how to give, was enjoyed by
the guests. It was pleasant to see that Dr.
Wheat, alter the labors of a Joijg and dis
tinguished career, is still in good health,
pheerful and serene, and still able to work
for the Master, and that Mrs. Wheat, seem
jug to be rebusi ami vigorous, is still a
charming lady, ready to enjoy the pleasure
of social life, and to communicate happiness
to the circle that gathers around her.
Lovely and pleasant in their lives, in their
death may they not be divided. Salisbury
IVatctman, JIarct llti.
Heathenism. There was a chicken fight
at Rocky Mount, Halifax against Edge
combe, for $250 a side. Halifax won the
tight by 3 odds.
Not Authorized. In the injunction case
of the negroes of Wilmington against the
act of the Legislature tried before' Judge
Bond, the Judge decided thai he was not
authorized to take cognizance ot such a case
brought before him in such a way. The
complaint of the negroes against the Act of
the Legislature was dismissed. lialeigh
Sentinel '
Sawdust and Rosin. Who but a yankee
would ever have thought it ? We learn
that one of these enterprising geniuses is
now doing a driving business in the city of
Wilmington after a fashion of this sort:
He gets the sawdust from the mills for little
or nothing, and mixes it up with melted
rosin like making up dough, and then moulds
it into little blocks shaped like bricks, and
ships them North, where they are used for
kindling fires, aud readily sell for five ceuts
apiece.
231f The Congressional Committee at
Washington, has honorably acquitted Mar
shal Douglas ol the charge ot an extrava
gant use of money in this district. (xreens
boro I'atriot.
Walked ix ox his Wife. Mr Brock
of Duplin county, was drafted in the late
war with the first batch of 35 year old con
scripts, limek didn't like the Kervico and
deserted to Washington City where he en
listed in the police force and remained
until after the war. His wife mourned him
as dead and went to work and administered
on the estate. It was one sweet summer
day when widow Brock and all the chil
dren had just sal down to dinner that Brock
loomed up in the door and cried "howdy do,"
and the lest may be imagined. Raleigh
Sentinel.
Gov. John L. Pkxxixgtox. This gen
tleman, who now occupies lhe position of
Governor of Dakota Territory, spent a few
days in our city during the past week. Gov.
Pennington is a native of Wake county, and
was formerly Editor of the Raleigh Pro
gress. He is a gentleman of high literary
attainments, a whole-souled man. We un
derstand that during a recent visit to
Washington he was highly complimented
by President Grant lor his management of
affairs in Dakota. Raleigh Era.
Mr Pennington is a practical printer, having
learned the printing business in Raleigh.
Resigxatiox. Rev. J. C. Hiden has re
signed the pastorate of the First Baptist
Church in this city, for the purpose of ac
cepting a call to Greenville, S. C. Wil
mington Journal'
The damage caused by the recent
flood in this county is large. In bridges
alone it will probably cost the county sev
eral thousand dollars, and the individual
loss has been heavy. Fences, mill-dams,
fec, were swept off every where, Salisbury
Watchman.
The Asiieville Pioneer says: "The Swan
nanoa aud French Broad Rivers rose so
rapidly that persons residing along their
banks had to abandon their houses aud ef
fects therein and tiee for safety. In many
domicils the water was three and fojjr feet
deep,"
Judgk Cloud. Although the health of
Judge Cloud was improved sufficiently to
admit of his return home, it is i eared he is
not sufficiently restored lo hold the courts.
We learn, however, he contemplates putting
in his appearance at Yadkin, if not at the
second week of Surry Court.: Salem Pras.
Fearful Death. We learn from the
Lutheran Visitor that the Rev, J, 13. Low
man, a resident of Lexington, S, C came
lo his sudden and fearlul death in the fob
lowing manner: He was at his brother's
saw mill, and standing on the carriage, near
the saw. As the saw started, the carriage
moving suddenly, tilted him in the dircotion
of the saw, when it caught the skirt of his
coat, and iu making an effort to support to
support himself his arm wa9 cut off, then
one of his Jegs( then his body (breast in
front) was sawed uearly in two through the
heart. It was done as quick as thought.
Ife never uttered a word or even groaned.
The deceased was a Lutheran minister and
a lellow-sludeut of Rev. G. D. Bernheim.
23?" The New York Herald says the
only way to nullify the Civil Rights Bill is
to get a decision that it is uuconstitutionl,
which it thinks those who are agrieved by
the bill should endeavor to do at as early a
day as possible.
cvctL i&ha vi otic,
Legislature of North Carolina.
Monday, March 8.
Senatje Mr JfJantwell gave uotice that
Mr Siorgan lhe photographer invited - this
Senate To the south door of the building
immediately after adjournment that he
might photograph the body. (Pretty pic
ture.) Mr Stanford said no bill could come up to
incorporate even a little one-horse town but
what M r Cantwell saw some constitutional
objection to it, . He had had great respect
for Mr CantwelPs constitutional law until
he heard ihis morning that the highest court
iu tho land had decided in favor of this Leg
islature a bill which Mr Cantwell had argued
here as unconstitutional aud warned them
would be set aside. He referred to Judge
Bond's decision, who decided that the new
charter given the-city of Wilmington by
this Legislature w as constitutional.
The fight in the Senate over the branch
Insane Asylum in the West was ended on
Monday morning by Morgan ton being se
lected over all its competitors, and the reso
lution appropriating $200,000 for this pur
pose, 50,000 annually, passed its secoud
reading. ,
House The bill to repeal sections 14,
15, 16 and 17, chapter 2, Battle's Revisal,
was taken up. The bill abolishes the annual
appropriation of $5,000 for the geological
survey of the State. Mi Fields, the intro
ducer of the bill took the floor in support
of the bill. Mr Trivett was in favor of the
bilL He thought the present plan a failure
and was in favor ol trying something else.
Mr Mebane opposed the bill. Mr Oaksmilh
moved lo lay the bill on the table. The
motion to table prevailed.
Tuesday, March 9.
Senate The Revenue Bill was discussed
aud passed its third reading. $25 worth ol
property, is exempted irom taxation.
- House Mr Means presented a memorial
from citizens of Cabarrus county, asking
permission to sell the Court House and Jail
lots in said county.
Mr Means introduced a bill supplemental
to an act to prevent cattle from running at
large iu Cabarrus and other counties.
Mr Oaksmith introduced a bill to restore
the credit of the State aud to incorpoiate
the Bank of North Carolina.
Wednesday, March 10.
Senate The Committee on Constitu
tional Reform, reported a bill providing for
the call of a Convention "to meet in the
city of Raleigh on the 6th of September,
1875, for the purpose of considering and
adopting such amendments to the Constitu
tion as they may deem necessary and ex
pedient, subject, only to the restrictions
hereinafter provided." The bill provides
that the election foe delegates to the said
convention shall be held on the first
Thursday, in August, 1875, and that iu shall
consist of 120 delegates. The Convention
shall have no power to consider, debate,
adopt or propfse any amendment to the
existing Constitution ordinance upon the
following subjects: lhe Homestead and per
sonal pioperiy exemptions, the mechanics'
and laborers' lien, and the rights of martied
women, as now secured by law, nor lo alter
or amend section 3 or 5 of article 5 of said
Constitution, nor change the ratio between
the poll and property tax as therein estab
lished ; nor shall it have power to propose
or adopt any amendment or ordinance
vacating a'ny office or term of office now ex
isting and filled or held by virtue of any
election or appointment under the existing
Constitution aud laws, until the same shall
be vacated or expired under existing laws,
but it may recommend the abolishment of
any office when the present term shall ex
pire or vacancies oe'eur, and they may pro
vide for tilling such vacancies, other than
as now, and limiting the terms thereof, nor
shall it adopt or propose any plan or amend
ment or scheme ot compensation to the
owners of emancipated slaves, nor for the
payment of any liability or debt incurred
wholly or in part in aid of the late war be
tween the Slates, nor for the restoration of
i.nprisionmeut for debt; nor shall they re
quire or propose any educational or proper
ty qualification tor ofiice or voting; nor
shall said Convention pass any ordinances
legislative in their character, except
such as necessary to submit the amended
Constitution to the people for their ratifica
tion or rejection, or to convene the General
Assembly. The whole, when amended to
be submitted to the people tor j-atificaiiou
or rejection.
Upon which bill the Committee submit
ted the following report: "The Committee
on Constitutional Reform, after considering
the several bills proposing the call of a Con
vention hereretolore introduced and re
ferred, also the several bills proposing
numerous amendments to the Constitution
by the Legislative method, beg leave to
introduce the enclosed bill, and a "majority
recommend that it do pass."
On motion the bill was ordered to be
printed atid made special order tor Friday
at 12 o'clock.
Mr Tate's House bill providing for the
State lo buy the Western North Carolina
Railroad with mortgage bonds issued on
the Road itself, and then finish it to Paint
Rock with convict labor, came up as special
order on its third reading. Mr Linney of
fered an amendment providing if lhe com
missioners find the sum they are required
to pay too great, or the claims they are re
quired to pay to be fraudulent, then they
shall make no purchase and report the same
to the next General Assembly. The ques.
tion was discussed at some length by Messrs,
Love, Graham and Morehead, when, at 12
o'clock, the Senate went into executive sen-'
siou on the election of Directors for the dif
ferent Slate Institutions, adjourning the
same at 2 o'clock without having completed
this duly.
House Mr Trivett introduced a bill to
incorporate the North Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia Narrow Gnage Railroad Com
pany referred.
The bill supplemental to the act to pre
vent stock from running at large iu Cabar
rus and other counties, passed its readings.
Senate bill to commute, compromise and
adjust the Public Debt was taken up and
discussed to the hour of adjournment. Mr
Gudger opposed the bill at considerable
length, and favored repudiation, knowing
that he was reflecting the views of his con
'fJKM.
stituency and his section. Mr McRae re
plied in favor of the bill, in w hich lie de
tailed its various propositions, and believed
that it was the best the State could do tin
der the circumstances. Mr Boyd offered an
amendment to strike out 40 and insert 33.
He believed that was all the people could
or were willing to pay. If lhe bondholders
refuse this, then he was in favor of repudia
tion. Thursday, March 11.
Senate The poll lax bill that passed the
other day was, on motion of Mr Standford,
reconsidered and amended so as to give
Solicitors 50 cents instead of 25, and the bill
again passed third reading ayes 37, nays 4.
Mr Jenkins introduced a bill to amend the
charter of the town of King's Mountain
referred.
The bill requiring all officers of a county
to make returns ot all public funds that
come into their hands, passed third reading.
Mr Graham's bill, equalizing charges of
freight on Railroads, came up on second
reading. It provides that all charges for
freight of same class in lhe same direction
for an equal distance shall be the same.
That the Railroads must forward all freight
in three days alter its reception unless other
. i .i i. ! fri,'.. I.:ii .l.v.i,
wise ugieeu wiwi me sinopt.-i . uhmiuci
i . r i . - r y . I J
not appiy to ireigni coming irom or oeyouu
termini of said road or to be carried through
or across the State. "No action. -''
House Mr Barnhardt of Caldwell,-of
fered a resolution in favor of Sidney Deal of
Caldwell county referred.
Mr Boyd introduced a bill to exchange
stock in the North Carolina Railroad for
construction bonds referred.
The bill in relation to the Land Scrip
Fund was taken up. Mr Meudenhall offered
a substitute which was adopted. Alter a
long debate the previous question was called
and the bill failed to pass second reading.
Mr Norment moved to reconsider. A vole
was taken and the motion to reconsider pre
vailed, yeas 58, nays 47. The bill was made
special order for Monday next.
Friday, March 12.
Sexate The proceedings of the Senate
iu regard lo calling a Convention will be
found on our Editorial page.
A resolution appointing a committee of
five to set ten days after adjournment and
investigate the affairs of the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal, and report the same to
the Governor, was adopted. Another Use
less expense.
House bill to adjotirne sine die on the 22d
instant was considered and postponed until
Wednesday next.
The bill to prevent stock from running at
large within Cabarrus and other countie ,
and the bill providing for the paymeut ot
cost ami other indemnity of officers in cer
tain cases, passed third reading.
House bill preventing the sale of liquor
withiu two and a half miles of Rocky River
Church in Cabarrus county, passed.
Senate bill appointing trustees for Pleas
ant Retreat Academy, Lincolnlou, passed.
House Mr Finger offered a bill to au
thorize thefarmtugoutof convicts referred.
The bill amending the charter of the
North Carolina . Railroad, as regards the
construction bonds, providing tor the trans
fer of the Slate's stock was considered and
debated. After au amendment by Mr Meu
denhall, perfecting the bill, it passed its
third reading. The bill authorizes the N.
C Road to make a new mortgage or use
any existing mortgage for the purpose of
taking up the construction bonds and pay
ing the interest on the same.
REMOVAL !
SMITH & FORBES
Have removed their Shoe Store to the new, large
nd elegant Iron Front Building, next door to
Brcm, Brown & Co's Hardware Store and are now
receiving a full and well selected Stock of
Boots, Shoes,
LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS,
And Hats for the Spring Trade.
They buj' direct from the best Manufacturers, and
to increase their Trade will sell at lower prices
than ever before.
They especially request a call from
WHOLESALE BUYERS,
And will guarantee to sell them as low as any
Jobbing House in the countrv.
Their RETAIL DEPARTMENT is entirely
separate from the Wholesale, and, by buying their
goods for both departments together in large quan
tities, are able to sell cheaper than any house in the
city.
All goods warranted as represented. Give us a
trial and we will guarantee satisfaction.
SMITH fe FORBES,
Trade Street,
Next door to Brem, Brown & Co's Hardware Store.
March 8, 1875.
J. K. PUREPOY,
Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C,
Has the best selection of TOYS and FANCY
GOODS to be found in Western Carolina?
ECOME AND SEE IIIM.1
March 8, 1875.
The Wilmington Eye. and Ear Institute
AND
Surgical Infirmary.
DR. M. J. DeUOSSETT, (late of Baltimore,) Sur
geou in charge.
This Institute lias two departments, one for dis
eases of the EYE and EAR, and the other for
general surgical cases, including the special surgery
of females. Each patient occupies a private apart
ment, with all the comforts of a house, and is al
ways under the personal supervision of the Surgeon
in charge, who resides with his family iu tlie build
ing. Address Da. M. J. DkROSSETT,
Box 372, Wilmington, N. C.
Dr. DeRossett -will visit Cliarlotte professionally,
to remain from the 16 to to tlie 20th of March in
clusive, for the purpose of holding consultation.
March 8, 1875 tf
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
We are Agents for the following FERTILIZERS,
which are claimed to be of thr highest grade sold
in the South :
"Cotton Food,"
"Chesapeake Guano,"
"Orcliilla Guano,"
"Whitelock's Vegctator,"
"Coe's Amrnoniated Bone
Super-Phosphate."
All of which we offer as low as any other standard
Fertilizer in market for Cash, or on time till i he
1st of November next, or in exchauge for Cotton
at 15 cents per pound.
. . J- Mclaughlin.
Feb. 23, 187.
: The Fruit Garden.
If a" new bed of Strawberries l,as
been set out, it should be tone at
With as Strawberries do very well
planted in March. No berries dioaldt
expected the first season. Set in rows t
feet apart," eighteen inches in the row
rich, well-prepared soil, and keep well tiju
and free irom runners, until first of J
then cover the ground between the ku!
willi s; raw, leaves, or similar mulching, 'f
splendid clop will be insured the follo;,.
Spring.. Wilson's Albany and 'hari
Downing are varieties that will be Bixtn'u
give a large yield of good berries.
Black-cap Itaspberries can yet be set out
Tlie North side of the garden lence U
good location." These are pippagated from
the tops of preceding year's growth
can be set out until April first. '
Grapes and Pears .should have been,
ready in the ground; but, with carenl
transplanted, w'ith certainty of success an
time before the leaf is opened. Tlie Parne
may be said 'ot-Apples, Plums, Cherriei
and Quinces. -
To prevent Gapes in Chicl'es.Nx
table-spoonful of sulphur with a quart o(
corn meal. Make iuto dough, bake, and
feed to the chickeus.
Fire-Fangcd Manure.--Thin is stable or
barn-yard manure that has heated in bulk
until it has turned to a white, mouldy coW
being Very light. In that condition it is
scarcely worth carting to a field, the am
monia, which constitutes the principal
strength, having been driven oft' into ihtt
air by the heat. I once tested this matter
by manuring a row of sweet potatoes with
fire-tauied manure, putting about a quart
to a hill, and-a row beside it with saino
quantity of manure that had never heated.
The unhealed doubled the yield. . The tire
fanned made no perceptible increase.
T II E
COTTON COMPOUND,
Guaranteed to be one of the best FERTILIZERS
in use, eitln r for composting or for direct applies,
tion in tlie Cotton drill, for sale by the subscriber.
Farmers are invited to Call and examine it
JOHN A. YOUNG,
March 8, 1873. Gw Charlotte, 21. C
New Chromos.
Call and see the new stock of elegant and cbeap
UliltUJHUS, just received at
Dec. 14, 1874. . PIIIFEIVS BOOK STOW
COL. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS
WITH
Wittkowsky & Kintels.
Fresh arrival of new Goods Spring stjlos.
Beautiful Poplins at 163 cents per yard. Splendid
4-4 Bleached Shirting, 12 cents per yard. Ken
Prints, Ladies -1 ics, Hats and it lowers.
All orders for Goods not in Store, will be prompt
ly executed by Telegraph and Express.
By polite attention, and a disposition to accom
modate our friends, we hope to increase our alrwtljf
large retail trade.
Col. L. S. WILLIAMS will be pleased to set
and serve his numerous friends; acquaintances ami
strangers.
IW Call at our Retail Stobe..JF3
WITTKOWSKY & RINTELS.
March 1, 1875.
To Investors.
The only way to earn a High Kate
OI' INTEREST
Without Conflicting with lhe
USURY LAW.
Buy CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA
Seven Per Cent Fiust Moutgagb Cocfox
Bonds at bO cents and accrued interest the best
Bond now on the market.
The nassnjre of the USURY LAW makes it
rossiBLE for lenders to charge more than tuey!
rate of interest, but by buying these Bonds yon get
a strictly jirst class security at twenty ner cent discouw,
DRAW SEVEN DOLLARS per annum for tverj
EIGHTY DOLLARS invested, and get Ose He
dued Dollars at jlvix'kity, aud are not liable
undt r the L'surv Law.
Tiu se Bonds are secured bv a first mortgage of
only about $10,000 per mile on tlie entire property cj
ii r 1 T... . 1.1.. m. ...i..it,. V V.-rk
Columbia and Augusta semi-annually on the 1st d
Januarv and 1st of Julv.
They are recommended to Trustees and otlien
having money to invest, as being the most desirable
securities ou the market, for the following rcasom,
to-wit :
(First) 1st. They are practically redeemable is
gold, for specie payment will certainly be resumed
before their maturity. Investors will, thereforr,
buy the First Mortgage Bonds at 80 cents, paying
with greenbacks worth only 89 cents on the
lar, and receive their pay for the bond at par,ai
that too iu gold, or its equivalent; thus rcducinf
to a gold basis, they pa- 70 Cents gold and noive
$1 gold, thereby realizing nn ultimate profit of 30
cents ou every U cents invested, witii a nigu n
of interest iu the meantime.
(Second) 2d. They are believed by ihe Road to
be NON-TAXABLE BY THE STATE, CITI
OR COUNTY. The United Status Supreme
fmrt in t he OMnf if thft Nortlipiii ('piitrnl Iiailn"
vs. Jackson (see 7 Wallace, Supreme Court, U. 8
page 207,) decided that w ben a railroad niongv
is a joint ouc, ou property lying in two or niort
States, the bonds secured thereby are not liabU to
taxed by either of t?ie States, and the same priucip
should relieve them from taxation by City
Countv. The Charlotte. Columbia and AugWJ
R. K. Bonds are secured by a joint mortage
property lying m North Carolina, South Oarolm
and Georgia.
(Third) 3d. They are absolutely safe, beinj? se
cured by a first mortgage of onhy about $ 10,000 p"
udle on the entire Road from Charlotte to Augo
and on all the workshops, bridges, franchise n1
equipments of said Road. - ' ' ',
(Fourth 4th. Th total Tinndnd and Float
Debt of the Road is only about $11,000 per mile, , JJ
small as to render certain the ability ot tue
promptly nay its interest and redeem its
Not one Road in ten has so. small a debt
Road baa never defaulted a ainglo day in.Pam2J
of its Coupon, not even during the panic of
year. , 1 -',
(Fifth) 5th. The Bonda are Coupon Bonda,
the interest payable in New York, Charlotte, CoWJ
bUt aud Augusta, at the option of the holder. l
it can be collected through any bank witbwrt
pens?. .
(Sixth) 6th. The Road runs through the dxst ej
ton region of South Carolina. Its business is rP
increasing. New towns are springing up
its lines, and the old towns rapidly growinff
portance. Valuable additions are being niaoc
me prorwrty ot me itoan. . , ni
(Seventh) 7th. The Road w self-sustaining,
its own cars, casts its own car wheels, rebuilt
own locomotives. . f
Finally, as these Bonds have a fixed "e?tW
York, Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta atd tD
ton, they are considered good Collaterals on t
money can always be borrowed for temp0,'
purposes.
tW Application for Bonds may be made I
nf ll.a "NTaliri-il Rniil-. in rrWt' flT tO C t
night, Treasurer, Columbia, S. C.
JOHN B. PAWJwj.
Harch 8,1875 2m 1