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The Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Mecklenburg County Convention.
The County Conservative Convention
having been called to onler in the Court
House, on the 5th inst., (Jen. W. H. Neal
was nominated Chairman, and 1. A. Shot
well and Chas.' 11. Jones appointed Secre
taries'. The following delegates were then
reported:. .
Charlotte H C Jones, S B Alexander,
Dr. M M Orr, Jno L Brown, S Witikowsky,
C H Jones, U A Shot well, Dr. Jos Graham,
A Macaulay, It A Springs, 15 II Moore, H
P Waring, J II Carson, (Jno E Wilson, W
F Davidson, Thos Grier and II M Miller.
lierryhillVT B Price, Dr I W Ilerron,
I J Price, G II Weam, G W McDonald and
S S Hoover.
Crab Orchard Win McComl.s, John H
Baker, P C Harkey, Z TTayh r, It H King,
II M Dixon, E D McGinnis, W G Hodges.
Providence E C Grier, J L Ilea, S D
Alexander, J T Kell, J A Alexander, E A
McKee and A G Heid.
Deweese W A Sossoman, T G Brown.
Clear Creek J J Flow, II II Henderson,
T A Jerome, E C Stillwell and J C Flow.
Paw Creek Dr Wash Morrison and Jno
Gibson. ,
Morning Star J II Irwin, J It Morris, S
B Smith. , f
Sharon J M Kirkpatrick, W F Griffith
and Alex Kirkpatrick.
Pineville Dr J A Ardrey, J It Kirkpat
rick and J A Younts.
Lemley's J B Alexander, H ATorrence,
L A Potts and W B Withers.
Long Creek E A McAulay, J L Parks,
Dr I Wilson, J N Patterson, J A Wilson, J
S Davidson, Thos Gluyas, J W Moore.
Mallard Creek It L DeArmond, W D
Alexander, J A DeArmond and J II Hen
derson.
On motion of Cant. John W. Moore the
following resolutions were adopted, after
considerable debate :
Jltnolced 1st. That every member of the Conser
vative Democratic party of the county (Charlotte
Township included) have the right to participate
in all tbe business and deliberations oi tins conven
tion, except that of balloting for candidates, which
right is reserved to the delegates of the different
Townships exclusively.
2d. That the rules heretofore governing our
county conventions be adopted as the rules oi tins
convention.
3d. That we bind ourselves to abide by the de
cision of this convention and. support its nominees,
J. It. Kirkpatrick moved that the first
resolution be stricken out. Not agreed to.
Col. II. C. Jones, as chairman of Charlotte
Township, read the following resolutions:
"Whereas. For a Ions: time it has been the custom
of this county to take one of the county candidates
from town and the other from the country to tlie
end that the agricultural and the commercial classes
should each be represented, resolved,
1st. That the Conservatives of Charlotte Town
ship will cheerfully acquiesce in any selection made
by the country townships.
2d. That in the exercise of the conceded and
mutual rights, Charlotte Township hereby selects
lion. J. II. Wilson as the choice for delegate, and
we earnestly call upon the country representatives
in this convention to support Mr Wilson.
Col. Jonesln urging the consideration of
the resolutions, spoke of the disposition of
the Conservatives of Charlotte Township to
drop all extraneous and local issues and
meet the country on a just, equitable and
harmonious platform, lie hoped, and they
n 111
honed, the action ot the meeting would ue
dictated by the same desire for unity and
harmony.
Geo. E. Wilson, Esq., arising to a per
sonal explanation, stated that his resolutions
in the Townslop Convention on Friday had
been misrepresented, as he had no other de
sign or wish-in introducing them but to
allay discord on the subject of the choice of
delegates and secure good feeling between
all classes.
On motion all the Townships proceeded
to ballot for candidates, except Charlotte,
the delegation of which withdrew for con
sultation. The first ballot resulted as fol
lows:
Lemley's, Deweese, Morning Star, Clear
Creek, . Crab Orchard, Mallard Creek and
Berryhill Townships voted for Lol. Wil
liam Johnston and Itev. A. Hanson; Paw
Creek and Sharon' for Wm. Johnston and
T T Sandifer ; Pineville and Providence for
V m. Johnston and v. E. Ardrey; Long
Creek for Z. B. Vance and Rev. A. Hanson;
Steel Creek for W m. Johnston and Dr. J
M. Stroncr.
Gov. Vance was not a candidate, he having
declined the nomination.
When the Charlotte delegation returned
and learned the action of the other Town
ships, its chairman staled that the nomina
tion of Mr Johnston was acquiesced in, and
voted for J. 11. Wilson and Mr Johnston.
Col. Johnston being pronounced, the first
choice of the Convention, a second ballot
was necessary. Pending the ballot It. A.
Shotwell addressed the meeting, urging that
as all parties were desirous ol concord and
harmony, and as the Charlotte Township
delegation, representing the "city element,"
had made overtures toward harmony, and
had cordially ratified the well known clioice
of the county, he hoped the country delega
tions in the same i spirit would support the
city delegation's choice, Hon. J. II. Wilson,
Dr. I. W. Ilerron, as spokesman of the
Berryhill delegation, proposed that Mr Wil
son should be nominated by acclamation,
but it was decided to proceed to ballot,
whereupon ltev. A. Hanson received nine
votes, electing him as the second nominee
of the Convention. Providence, Steel Creek
and Charlotte Townships changed their votes
in favor of Mr Hanson, when on rabtioh Col.
Johnston and Mr Hanson were made the
unanimous nominees of the Convention.
Cot II. C. Jones tendered his resignation
as Chairman, of the County Executive Com
mittee, as his business called him out of the
county frequently and had long felt incapa
ble of giving due consideration to the duties
of the office. . He moved that an Executive
Committee of one from each Township be
appointed ; and that the" Conservatives of
the several Townships be urged to form
local committees. . , '
The Chair appointed the following' under
the resolution : ,
Charlotte, J E Brown aud . Jas J ; Sims.
Lemley's, Dr J.B Alexander. Deweese, II
P Helper. Long Creek, John W Moore.
Paw Creek, Dr T T Sandifer. Berryhill's,
DrIW Ilerron. Steel Creek, Dr J M
Strong. Pineville, J It Kirkpatrick. Sharon,
Isaac Alexander. Providence, Arazi Keul.
Morning Star, Joseph Erwin. Clear Creek,
J M Beaver. Crab Orchard, Wm McCombs.
Mallard Creek, It L DeArmond.
(in motion ot J. J. ims a committee
waited on the nominees of the Convention"
whereupon Col. Johnston coming forward,
. . i it t
amid tumultuous applause, delivered an elo
quent and earnest address, meeting all tan
gible objections that had been made against
him, out disclaiming any - naru leeuugs to
wards any man or class of men, and pledg
ing his unceasing efforts to win success for
the true people and the right cause in the
approaching contest.
I. . . i i; i. . .
Mr Hanson connneu ins remarks io a neat
acceptance, with the reasons therefor, and
thanks for the honor conferred. He did not
deem it consistent in one of his calling to
enter into a heated canvass, nor to take the
stump, but he should do all he could to de
serve the confidence reposed in him.
' - ' It. A. Shotwell, Secretary.
Traveling in the West by a Lady.
CorrenpowUHfe of the Charlotte Democrat.
Illinois, June 28th, 1875.
Deau Mr. Yates: Although far away from
home, away up here in the "great "West," 1 still see
the Democrat each week, and not only read it my
self with untold pleasure, but show it around, for
it tells of Charlotte, beautiful Charlotte, iu which I
feel so much pride. I read every word, advertise
ments and all, for those familiar names that I have
known so long seem to me now even like "house
hold words." In the last number I saw, June 21st,
you speak of the grasshoppers which had been sent
you by Dr. Kinyoun from Missouri. I read that
gentleman's letter, and regret that he should be so
unfortunate as to be in that section of the country
visited by those terrible agents of destruction. lie
should visit Central and Southern Illinois, for this
certainly is the land of plenty, beauty and fertility.
Perhaps a description of my trip out might be
somewhat interesting. . I took the wrong route it is
true, and traveled several hundred miles out of my
way, but the surpassing loveliness and sometimes
grandeur of the scenery, compensated me for what
ever inconvenience I may have suffered from fatigue.
1 parted from my friends on the evening of the Dth
of June with a heavy heart, for who can tell in an
absence however short what may happen, and my
absence was not 'to be short, and though I was
coming to loved ones here, still I was leaving home.
But Col. Wheeler was on the train and he is such a
pleasant gentleman did much to cheer and comfort
me. the night was bright and beautiful, and we
sat talking a long time before resigning ourselves
to the arms of morpheus. Early next morning we
were again together, but we were Hearing Danville
were we had to . part, he going on to Richmond, I
changing cars for Berks ville. Why I should have
traveled 75 miles out of the way to reach Lynch
burg l do not Know, out perhaps the ticket agent
does.
Along this road I was struck by the beautiful
fertile fields that stretched as far as eye could reach.
The farms all appeared so clean and well kept. I
heard a gentleman on the train talking about his
tobacco crop, and he Said that on the day before he
had set out sixty-four thousand plants. That seemed
to my unexperienced mind a great work, but I sup
pose he accomplished it by a force sufficient.
I have often wished to visit Virginia, which is
second in my affections to no btate in the Union
save that of my birth. I'hohor'her for the noble
and enviable part she bore in our late struggle for
liberty. 1 felt almost as if I were upon consecrated
ground. Y e crossed the Appomattox so "famed
in song and story," and 1 confess to a sudden cool
ing of my enthusiasm when I found it only a little,
narrow, muuuy stream. "J'istance lends enchant
nient to the view." Just after leaving Lynchburg
we were overtaken by a sudden mountain storm
which was so new to me as to waken my wonder
and surprise, just a moment before the sun was
shining and it came upon us like a clap, but was
soon over, and then the sunset
ever saw.
was the grandest I
And now lor home. We pass over mountains.
under mountains and through mountains, but nisrht
is upon us again. We reached Bristol at daylight,
H long, dusty
sty, liresonie ride, and at 4 o clock we are
at Chattanooga
Here we lay over until 10 at night
The night was one of such surpassing loveliness
that I should have enjoyed sitting up awhile, but
that pleasure was denied me, because of the fatigue
of my companion. " Where ignorance is bliss 'tis
folly to be wise." I did not know until next dav
what I had lost by missing the view around Look
out Mountain. We reached Nashville for break
fast, and Louisville at 2.80. The scenery before
reaching the latter place is wild and picturesque.
i ne roaci nere goes tiown a grade so steep as to re
quire watchmen all along to go over the track as
soon as a train has passed to see that everything is
right. We were several hours in Louisville. The
city is beautiful. We rode around in the afternoon,
and saw "Central Park," which disappointed me
because I imagine it is not much like the one in
New York, The streets are the cleanest I ever saw,
and the yards brilliant with flowers. The houses
both private and public are very handsome.
Once more upon the road and we reach St. Louis
on Sunday morning, but it did not seem like Sun
day, for the first thing I saw was a pic nic party
just ready to embark on an excursion down the
River, jb lags flying, music playing and it seemed
to me like a gala day. We crossed over the niasniri-
cent bridge which spans the Mississippi "the great
father ot waters first in an omnibus. Our lournev
was now stopped for the time being, because there
was no tram to-day over the road 1 wished to go,
I was shocked to see as we passed through the
streets to our hotel that not only were the stores
open, but billiard saloons, shooting galleries and
everything else you can imagine. All the street
cars were placarded with advertisements of concerts
to take place at the different public gardens. Sun
day as it was I became so carried away by the
novel scene that I should have gone out ridmir as I
did in Louisville it a suddeu storm had not come
up and defeated my plans. At 6.30 we are once
more at the depot, this time the great central depot,
from which all the trains leave, passing under the
city for a mile , through a tunnel, then over the
bridge, the same we passed over in the morning,
the track being under that part used for foot pas
sengers and vehicles. I had the honor to be among
the first to make the trip, as the trains had never
passed out this way before. This bridge is con
sidered a master piece of workmanship aud a great
triumph in art. ' It is a mile long and snans the
river l6ver an expanse of water seventy-five feet
deep, its cost is estimated between six and seven
million dollars. I would not have missed seeing it
for a great deal. I suppose a thousand people were
out to see the train start, among the number was
Gen. Sherman, who is now living in St. Louis
did not know he was there nor should I have looked
at him if I had. . I cannot think him a great man,
simply because he marched through our sunny
South, devastating and laying waste, and also burn-
jug our ueauiuui cuies. na now travel over
prairie lands for miles. How flat and low they
look to my eye after gazing so long at the moun
tains. But my journey is ended. I am at Vandalia,
a charming little town of Southern Illinois, sixty
miles Northeast of St. Louis. It was formerly the
capital of the State, and the State House is" now
used as the Court House.
As regards grasshoppers a gentleman here had a
bottle full sent to him the other day as a curiosity.
I asked all along the road about them and did not
see or hear of one. They were in Southern Mis
souri, but the Governor ordered a day of fasting
and prayer, which was strictly observed, and
strange to say. that very day a cool spell came on
which killed their all. This is a fact The St.
Louis Globe speaks of it as "a very singular coin
cidence." Cakolixa.
Aids to Governor, Bkogdkn. His
Excellency, Gov. Brogden, has made the
following appointments of aids-decamp on
his personal staff with the rank of Colonel:
Col. George W. Stanton, of Wilson.
" Isaac J. Young, of Granville.
" A. D. Jenkins, of Gaston.
Win. S. Pearson, of Burke.
North Carolina News Items. . j
The AVilmixgtox Electiox Case. j
The case of Yaiilkdcelyn against Mayor
Canady and others, involving the constitu
tionality of the act of the Legislature di
viding the city off into new Wards, has
been decided by the Supreme Court to be
unconstitutional VanBokelyn and others
not being entitled to the offices of Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Wilmington.
That decision leaves the government of the
city in the hands of negroes, and non-laxr
payers. Justice Hodman dissented from
the opinion of a majority of the Court.
JSf The last Legislature passed a very
important Act in reference to official bonds
of County Officers. It provides that where
five respectable citizens are dissatisfied with
the solvency of a public officer's bond, the
cause shall be carried before the Superior
Court Judge of the District, who shall in
vestigate the matter, and upon satisfactory
evidence of the. insufficiency of the bond, he
shall declare the office vacant.
The Reward Paid. Capps aud Lane.
the two men who captured the negro Ap
plewhite in Goldsboro week before last,
appeared at the Executive office in Raleigh,
proved their claim, and were awarded the
$5,000 offered by Gcv. Caldwell for the
capture of George Applewhite, one of the
Lowery gang. The claim was audited, and
the money paid by the lreasurer eacu re
ceiving $2,500. These fortunate men are
both negroes one (Capps) a jailor, the
other (Lane) a policeman. They are middle-aged
men with . families. The reward
was out of all proportion to the services
rendered the State; but the General As
sembly of 1872 in its wisdom saw proper to
offer it, and the Governor and Treasurer
had nothing to do but to pay. Lane and
Capps are now two of the happiest men in
the State. Raleigh Sentinel.
Sad Accident. Last week Mr Win. II.
LutterlohjOf Fayetteville, fell from a second
story window in the hotel at Salem and
was Distantly killed. Mr Lutterloh was a
nrominent merchant, favorably known in
the business circles of Wilmington and
Fayetteville. lie ha 1 gone on a visit to
Salem for his health ; and was sojourning
there, sick of a fever, when this sad termi
nation of his life took place It is supposed
that while delirious he jumped out, of the
window to the stone pavement.
ZdtT" Miss Todd, a young lady 17 years
old, living in the vicinity of Eagle Kock,
Wake county, was killed by lightning .on
Friday morning, the 2d inst., while sitting
near a window. Upon examination it was
found that her neck was broken.
Good Yield. We learn that Mr Henry
Winborne of this county, planted, four
bushels of wheat and reaped eighty. A
neighbor of his planted 3 bushels and har
vested 75. The wheat in both cases is an
excellent quality. We will observe here
that at least 40 per cent more grain has
been planted this year than was the case in
1874. Our farmers have experienced the
evil in all the cotton policy, and no doubt
will profit therefrom. They are quite san
guine and look lor a tine harvest this sea
sonN Tarboro Southerner,
Indictments against Col. Jluford, IK II.
Green and others. We learn that the
Grand Jury of Wake county have found
bills against the above gentlemen at the
present term, for changing the gauge of the
N. C. U. It., in violation of the Act of the
Legislature, forbidding such change. Judge
Marshall of Richmond, Va., one of the
counsel for the Company, reached this city
on the 6th inst. lialeigh JYews.
e are dad to learn that a new
f.f Iptrranli liiu will short ! ir 1 10 run from
Salisbury to Asheville, and thence to the
nronosed signal station nr Mount, Mitchell.
The government is to build it from the sta
tion to Asheville, citizens thence to Old
Fort, and the Western Union Telegrah Co.,
thence to Salisbury this will supply a long
X li 4. .!. I
ieit wauv. &uiisuurg tracenman.
Hotels in America and in England.
Col. J. W. Forney writes Irom London to
the Washington Chronicle about the supe
riority of American. Hotels as follows:
"In the matter of hotels, by almost uni
versal consent, especially on the part of the
strangers wno nave tried those m the uin
ted States we are away ahead of the Euro
peans. Edmund Yates, who visited our
country several years ajro. returned with
such an appreciation of the Continental, in
Philadelphia; the Brevoort, in New York ;
the Revere, in Boston ; Welcker s and the
Arlington, iu Washington, that it is a treat
to hear him talk about them; and I have
more than once referred to the experience
of Rev. Llowellyn Bevin, detailed to his
London congregation, in regard to a favorite
American hotel. My own judgment con
curs in this verdict, not only in point of
comtort, but in point oi expense. 1 aver
that vou can live' cheaper at any of our
great hotels than you can in the same class
in London or in Paris. Of course, there are
boarding-honsesnn all the English and Con
tinental cities where, witJi ordinary econo
my, yon can get on with very little expense,
but there is such an infinitude of small
charges everywhere that, do what you may,
you find yourself at tlie end of the week
j considerably out of pocket. For instance,
ii you try to sena tne waiter on on an errand
he takes your message to the commissionaire,
1 V -If T. . .
aim ue cuarges you a sinning. it is six
pence here and sixpence .there, and the
items in one of the bills of the Langham, or
.1 1111 t . Sm "
tne iHiuiaua, or tne Sharing Uross, or the
v estminister, would make you stare. You
pay extra for lights, for fire, for attendance,
e .1.1.... .ii r i '
iorine ooois.au outside oi lees extra to a
legion of servants, and with all the talk
about cheap fares you must be on the qui
vice to avoid swindling hackmcn and drivers
An experienced Londoner gives it as his
zt .t. . i i
opinion, iiiat ii me great noieis in tne me
tropolis werelhalf as good as the v are in
America the system of clubs would not have
grown as it has into the present colossal or-
gaijizauou. ii ai is cnieny ueiigntlul is
the home comforts of onr nublic honea
first, second, and even third-class, and it is
here you realize the very great contrast be
tween them and corresponding places in the
Old World."
Horrible Murder in Wake County.
1 Wife and child butchered by the husband
and father.
j From the Raleigh News: -
AW have already given some of the par
ticulars of the finding of the remains of the
late Mrs -A. W. Partin, Jr., in a swamp in
Panther Branch Township, some 15 miles
south of Raleigh, but we are enabled to lay
before our readers the particulars attending
one of tne most hornole ami revolting mur
ders it has ever been our duty to record
Alfriend'Winfield Partin, Jr., commonly
known as Scott Partin, is a 6011 of A. A .
Partin, Sr., of Panther Branch Township,
Wake county, is aged about 27 years,
weighs about 135 pounds, is some five feet
ten inches high, has one ey e a little squinted,
one front tooth plugged with gold, two oi
his teeth pressing together in front,' has
dark hair, a high crooked Roman nose, walks
a little parrot-toed, has a downcast expres
sion but is quick in conversation. Some
time iu 1872 he married the daughter of
Henderson Walton, of Buckhorn Township,
bv wnom he had a child that was some
eight months old in February last. For
some time prior to Febrnarv he had been
working for George r. rartm, who had em
ployed quite a number of hands for differ
ent kinds oi work, and his wife had been
staying a portion of the winter at bis brotb-
gje's but in February was staying at
his father's.
On the 12th oi February last Scott Partin,
iu company with his wife and child, left bin
fathers house about sunset, (there being
no one at home at the time but his mother,)
saying that he was going that night to the
residence of a cousin some three miles dis
tant. This was the last lime his wife aiid
child was ever seen alive, and as late dis
coveries have developed, the fiend carried
his wife and child into a swamp through
which he had to pass, not more than three
hundred vards from his father's residence,
and there brutally murdered them, chopped
them into pieces and buried them iu the
marsh. He then went back to his mother's
about one o;lock at night and asked for his
trunk, stating that he had made his ar
rangements to go away and would proceed
that night to carry his wife "down the
country." As has since been learned, he
was seen in the neighborhood lor several
days afterwaids when he disappeared lrom
sight. Gradually the suspicion was aroused
that there had been some foul play or that
all was not right, but nothing tangible
could be obtained. Her father and mother
visited the neighborhood shortly alterwards
to see: their daughter, but was told the
couple had moved away, and were shown a
letter from Scott Partin miriorting to be
from Goldsboro, and stating that his wife
and child were doing well. This did not
satisfy Mr Walton, and he at once com
menced an inquiry as to the whereabouts of
his daughter.
Since that time Scott Partin has been
seen in the neighborhood several times, aud
when told by an aunt that he was suspected
of killing his wife and child he became
alarmed and again disappeared.
The efforts of Mr Walton to find his
daughter jiroved fruitless, and some ten
days ago the hitherto peaceful community
became aroused to a sense of the fact that a
foul deed had been committed.
The citizens of Panther Branch Township,
aided by a large number of persons from
Johnston county, (the scene of the murder
is immediately upon the Johnston county
line,) last week organized themselves for a
thorough search of the murdered woman
and child, and 011 Saturday morning last
some 75 men started out to scour the coun
try thoroughly. They formed a line on
foot, the men some four steps apart, deter
mined to leave no spot of ground in the
whole neighborhood unsearched, and con
tinued in this manner until one o'clock, at
which time-, the line had breasted the large
swamp or. marsh some 300 yards from the
residence of A. W. Partin, Sr., and imme
diately 011 the line of Johnston and Wake
counties, every hole, log and suspicious
place having been examined thoroughly.
A portion of the line came across a hole of
mud and water some eight feet in diameter
and about the same length, in a thick body
of undergrowth and only some 40 yards re
moved from a path through the swamp, in
which was a dead cow, the property of Mi
Bryant Smith, of that neighborhood, which
has been dead for some days and which had
attracted the presence of some buzzards.
An examination of this hole was made, not
withstanding the presence of the cow there
in, and it was found to be of considerable
depth, though it was of a muddy character.
One of the party using an iron rake soon
brought to the surface a piece of flesh that
resembled that of a human being, and soon
a bag was dragged out, enough to convince
the party that they had found what they
were searching for, and piece by piece the
body of Scott Partin's wife and child were
pnlled'out of this watery grave to which
they had been consigned at the hands of
him whose duty it should have been to pro
tect them. The murdered woman had been
literally cut to pieces. Her head had been
cut from hen shoulders, her nose and her
upper lip cut from her face, her body
literally quartered, one of her breasts cut
off, her arms cut off at the elbows, and the
remaining portions of her person treated in
a similar manner. The infant had been
served pretty much in the same way. Ap
pearances indicated that the fiend had at
tempted to first bum the bodies, the head
particularly bore evidence of such an inten
tion, but doubtless finding the process too
slow he resorted to the plan of burying his
murdered family- in a gnano bag in the
morass hole in which it was found on Satur
day. The whole community, at the finding
of this outrage upon the every ! feeling of
humanity, became thoroughly enraged and
had Scott Partin then been within the
power of those people he would have
shared no milder a fate than his wife and
child. ,
The Railroad. Sixteen miles of the
Railroad between this and Chester will be
completed by the 1st of August, and the
cross-ties and trestle lumber on the road
ready to be laid down. All of the contrac
tors have been paid up to date and money
still on hand. But few of the county bonds
have yet been sold. Col. Gardner, with his
corps of Engineers, are engaged in locating
the other end of the route between this and
Cberaw, Jxincaster Ledger.
Further Particulars of the EarthquakQin
- ; South America. '
The latest mail advices from different
places in. Columbia, South America, more
than confirm the horrors by the earthquake
iu May. A letter from Salaza, dated May
28tH says : Cucuta is in a pitiful sight.
Everything is in ruins; not a bouse has
been left standing. Thieves and robbers
from the surrounding country have swept
down on the ill fated city and hardly a
single safe has been saved from the Custom
House. Four hundred "mules were killed in
the streets, and as there is no one to remove
them the stench is becoming frightful. The
villages of San Cristobal, Farina, Griasimo,
Capacha, San Antonio, Lobatera, San Juan
de Urena, Rosario and San Cayetano are
completely destroyed. The storehouse at
Puerto de'Los Cachos was sacked and burned
by bandits. " ' ' '.'
A letter from Ocana, May 30th, says:
Ten thousand people were killed af Cucuta
in addition to other thousands who were
seriously wounded and bruised. Death and
destruction reigned everywhere. Great
numbers of the haciendas have been destroy
ed and hundreds of houses in the country
overturned, leaving the people consigned to
poverty. Many of the trees were torn up
from the roots and small hills were opened
like a melon. The cause of the great catas
trophe is unknown and the precise pi ice of
the first manifestation. Some suppose that
the volcano at Sabateia, ,which was in ac
tion in 1848, is again breaking out, while
others say that a new volcano has appeared
in the hills of Giracha.
A private letter from Bucaramanga, of
May 24th, says: Iu Piedecuesta the town
hall is destroyed, and in Paneplona the
Cathedral is in ruins., '
A telegram from Hon. Aquila Parra to
President Perez, dated Bucaramanga, May
24th, says the earthquakes continue.; , Last
night the Cathedral in Paneplona fell, caus
ing great alarm. There is great devastation
throughout the valley of Cucuta.
A dispatch to President Perez fronx Chiua
cota, May 24th, says the population of San
Jose, Rosario aud Cayetano have disappear
ed. There are more than 4,000 victims.
A dispatch from Cocororo, ilatedi? May
24th, says the situation is assuming'a grave
aspect, and sickness and starvation in Pane
plona are increasing.
A telegram from Chiquiiiquira, of Ay
22d. savs the shocks are repeating. There
were two last night and one to-day, and
there .is great alarm among the people. ,? Ap
peals for help were being circulated through
all the cities of Columbia, and the most
liberal responses were . being juade.
Taxing' Money!
Fayetteville, N. C. June 21, 1875.
JZditorof N Y. Journal of Commeire :
Will vou please answer the following
questions, and oblige:
Is money taxable? Did"- tlie -last' C01
iress nass an act forbidding the taxation
by the States of national bank bills, 01
money 0.11 hand? Respectfully, W. II.
Reply Yes
and municipal
money is taxable by State
. 1 1
authority as personal pro-
perty. But. government '..securities or
promises to pay are not thus taxable, and
therefore we hold that greenbacks, not
being mon ey, but an unredeemed promise
to pay money, are not liable to State or
municipal taxation. In Massachusetts cverv
man is obliged to make a return, under
oath, of the personal property held by him
on a given day. A citizen of Boston, feel
ing himself aggrieved by what he deemed
a little sharp practice 111 the collection of
taxes, turned all his personal property into
greenbacks and made a special deposit of
it in bank over the return dav. lie then
returnea it as invested in government se
curities, and dared the assessors to levy a
tax on it. They did not push him to pay,
but kept very still about it, lor fear the
naon migni dc catcinng. mere was no
legislation like that described by our cor
respondent 111 the last Congress, ami if
there had been it would have been uncon
stitutional, and therefore void. AVT.
Journal of Commerce.
j. Mclaughlin,1
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Groceries, Provisions, &c,
College Stkeet, Charlotte, N. C,
: , , , . .
Sells Groceries 'at lowest rates for Cash,
: and buys Country Produce at
highest market price. r- ,
E3F Cotton and other country Produce sold on
commission ana prompt returns made.
WOOL.
The highcsi market price paid for Wool bv
J. A. YOUNG & SON,
June 14. 1875 2m Charlotte, N. C
Cheaper than the Cheapest ! !
SUMMER GOODS
At
Cost and Less than Cost ! ! !
ELIAS, COHEN & ROESSLER,
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD.
We are now selling our handsome Retail as ort
ment of
SUMMER DRESS GOODS, '
WHITE GOODS. -
PARASOLS and FANS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
HATS, SHOES and FANCY GOODS,
At and Less than Cost, for Cash only.
We do not offer CALICOES as a bait to sell
'tu.i. uuvuo, uui nui wjji viysvj u ram is as
cueap as anyoouy.
our diock 01 jjuisss tiUUDS are fresh and
must be sold at any sacrifice. Grenadines from 10
cents up; Satin Stripe Grenadines 20 cents Em
broideries very cheap ; Ready-made Coats, Co'cents
and up ; fine White Marseilles Vests $1:50. Other
Summer Goods in proportion,1 ; - j . " '
Examine our Stock and prices and jud-e for
in. 9 iftLIAS' C0HEN & ROESSLER.
June 28, 18o.
A CARD.
... y tuurc chock 01 urocericg to the
well known strictly Wholesale Grocerv House f
Messrs. R. M. Miller & Sous. I recSnmemJ Tmy
l0- J. M j" "hen in want of
July 5, 1875.
lueir line.
Respectfullv,
W. J. BLACK.
LIQUORS.
I expect hereafter to dent
.Dealers are requested to give me a call before
purchasing their supplies. lore
t Persons indebted to me must 'make nav
ent, as I cannot afford longer Jn.i.L"
mCi"ti' I,S5not afford lonS indulgent
v Northern and Southern Courtesies
Nothing could be more gratvfnl tl...
treatment bestowed uion the rPi., K
lives:bf the Southern Army who u-J... a"
Boston duriiig.the liunker Hill celehmt;
They were" overwhelmed witj, courtiT-
and honor and every evidence or kindn
and fraternal feeling. The effect fil,;. i
not been lost upon the South. Gov Kc
per of Virginia, haR giveu public expressi!!"
to his feelings, and he regards the trta.
ment by Boston of Virginians "whn
with the smell of Confederate baufc; J
their garments" as a "step toward inauu
rating the true -work of the Centenninl ?.
riod the work which is to extiimni Vn
sectional animosities forever. Tle iini
value of these Centennial festivitip ..,"
especially of the exhibition which is'toh
held in Philadelphia next year, U aptlv
expressed by Go v. Kemper. All that Z
want to reroemoer 01 pie war is its devo
tion, chivalry j and the romance which i
ways surrounds these tremendous strifes
The South has no greater enemy than the
man wriowonia enaeavor to revive the
smouldering', fires .of secession, Mlule tlle
North, has, nor more mischievous leader tl,ln
the implacable republican who insists npo,,
brandishing the fiery, tresses ol war and
radicalism in every political campaign.
LAND SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county at Spring Term, 1873, 1
sell on the 3d day of Auzust next, at tbe Cour
House in Charlotte, the following Tracts of i,a.
as the property ,of J A. Caldwell, viz : . . f
A Tract known as the Rea place; a Tract known
as the Sharp place, aud a. Tract known as the Koss
place. . s 1 , . , ? 1 - ,
These several Tracts adjoin each other and nuke
one Tract ; the Lands adjoin the Lands of J g
Noles, Miss Thompson and others, and Contain aito!
gethcr about Five Hundred Acres. The Land win
be sold as one Tract
The above 500 acres contain a small Tract know
as the "Patterson place," adjoining A. T. Sharpc
and others. ' ; Terms Cash. -
J. It. ERWIN,
June 28, 1875 4v Clerk Superior Court.
' A. (IL ' NISBET1 &s ' BRoT
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Confectioneries, Fruits
CIGARS, SNUFF,
TOBACCO, PIPES, 1 '
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
! ' : :
STRINGS. &c, ic. Ac.
f ! ! ' : '
Trade Street.
Charlotte, X. C.,
Would call attention to the fact that they now have
in store the' largest -and most extensive-itock of
Groceries in Charlotte which they are offering for
CASH to wholesale and "retail buyers at prices as
low as they can be bought j from iauy responsible
house in the city, consisting in", part of Molasses,
Coffee, Sugars, Teas, Soda, Brandy Peaches, Crack
ers, Oyslers, Candy, Pickels, and various other
articles not mentioned. ; i : 1 '
July 5, 1875. - "
Charlotter.i Institute
FOR YOUNG ti LADIES.
This Institution, eligibly located in the city of
Charlotte, is offered for Rent for one or more years.
The Buildings are handsome in external appear
ance and well adapted iu their internal arrange
ment for. the purposes for which they were built.
The grounds, comprising about six acres of Land,
include a fine vegetable garden, and handsome lawn
with flower beds and walks in front.
The School, inaugurated under favorable applets,
may reasonably expect a local patronage of not lew
than one hundred scholars the first session, and the
central position of the city, with the concentration
of six Railroads at this point, will insure a fine
patronage from abroad. V
This institution has been in continuous operation
for the past eighteen years. " It is desirable that the
next Session should be opened as usual about the
fir.-t of October.
For further information applv to
. JOS. II. WILSON,
Chairman Board of Trustees,
or J. L. MOREI1EAD,
July 5, 1875 tf Secretary and Treasurer.
Notice.
JUST RECEIVED,
35 Barrels McCan's Syrup,
1,500 pounds Chewing Tobacco,
A large lot of Monumental City Sugar cured Ham?,
Pure Leaf Lard and Liverpool Salt,
Flour, the best in the market,
At R. B. ALEXANDER & CO S,
July 5. 1875. , College Street.
Another Fall!
A1 GBEATiEEi FALL!!
WOLFE, BAlTmNGER & CO.,
Have resolved to sell their entire Stock not oak
reduced prices, but at 1 f
Cost for Cash.
No Goods delivered until paid for. A lot of nc
Prints, an elegant' Stock of Muslias and Goods
every description, Shoes, Hats and lieady-uw
Clothing
Call and be convinced, for we arc DETERMINED
to fol low suit : - " .ti'-.i.-.
tW Our friends who have been buying on tin
can do so still at a small profit.
- WOLFE, BARRINGEIt & CO
Horner & Graves's School
HILLSBORO, N. C.
The Fall Session of 1875 opens on the Tonrtk
Monday in July. ' ' ' ''
a
catalogues sent on application.
July 5, 1875
3wpd
V f
"Williamstpn Female r College,
Jim -i WILLUMSTON,; S. C. , :
The Fall Session opens August 2d, IS"5
Rev. S. LANDER, A. M.J President
Rev. S. A. WEBER, A. M.. Resident rii
June 28, 1875 3wpd
Choice Teas,
Black. Green and Jaoan. for family use,
ate"1
by the Caddy, at r cnVN
R. M. MILLER &S0
May 10, 1875. 1
BUY THE BEST.
THE CELEBRATED U0
StomachTBitters.
It. M. MILLER A- S0X
June 7, 1873 J ( STjl AgeiilsCiiarb
' 'J,,i ' 1 1 ' 'Fancy Paper: ; " l V
A lot of the latest style of paper, the Urn'
Plaid, just received at crnllE.
PHIFER'S BOOK.
JuneS, J875. ,
Commencing To-Day.
We shall sell for CASH only except to nicrt"
of Charlotte with'whom we exchange accu a
country merchants who settle with ?"', &i
Charlotte or at the paper mills in Linsb t
Cleaveland counties. All others must paj
time of purchase or no trade. , r0.
July 5, 1875. TIDD & BU
J ' w. J
BLACK.