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The Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. JUNE 7, 18 78. Repeal of the Bankrupt Law.

The following is the Act of Congress repealing the Bankrupt Law I3e it enacted, That the Bankrupt law approved March 1876, title 61, lie-vised Statutes, and an Act entitled "An Act to amend and supplement an Act entitled an Act to establish a uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States, approved March 2, 18G7, and for other purposes approved June 22, 1874," and all Acts In amendment or supplementary thereto, or in explanation thereof, he, and the same arc hereby repealed. Provided, however, that such repeal shall in no manner invalidate or affect any case in Bankruptcy instituted, and pending in any Court prior to the day when this Act hall take effect but as to all such pending cases, and all future proceedings therein, and in respect of all pains, penalties and forfeitures which shall have been incurred under any of said acts prior to the day when this act takes effect, or which may be thereafter incurred under any of those provisions of any of said Acts which for the purposes named in this act are kept in force, and all penal actions and criminal proceedings for violation of any of said whether then pending or thereafter instituted, and in respect of all rights of debtors and creditors (except the right of commencing original proceedings in Bankruptcy,) and all rights of and suits by or against assignees under any or all of said Acts in any matter or case which shall have arisen prior to the day when this Act takes effect (which shall be on the 1st of September, 1878,) or in any matter or case which shall arise after this Act takes effect in respect ol any mat tor ot Bankruptcy authorized by this Act to be proceeded with after said last named day, the Acts hereby repealed shall con tinue in full force and effect until the same shall be fully disposed of in the same man ner as if said Acts had not been repealed. Hon. K. B.

Vance, last week, offered the following Bill in the House of Itepresenta tives to allow an increased amount of ex emption in Bankrupt cases Whereas. Great doubt exists as to the lecral effect of that portion of the present Bankrupt Law, which excepts from assign ment the amount of property exempt from execution by the laws oi the several States existing in 1871 and whereas, the Supreme Court of the United States has declared the exemption laws as they existed in several of the States at that period unconstitutional and void, and therefore not subject to exemption from assignment in the Bankrupt Courts; and whereas, also, the distressed condition of the people demand more extensive relief at this time; therefore lie it enacted, That section 5,045 of the United States ltevised Statutes bo amended by striking out all that portion of said section which exempts from assignment the amount of property exempt from execution in the several States in 1871, and in lieu thereof insert the following: There shall be also exempt from assignment the farther exemption, in favor of the Bankrupt, the value of $1,000 in real estate, to be selected by the Bankrupt, and to include the mansion and outhouses in which he may reside; the said $1,000 worth of real estate to be assigned and set apart by the Assignee in Bankruptcy as a homestead free from the claims of all creditors and such conveyance by the Assignee shall convey a title in fee to the Bankrupt: Provided, That the value of this homestead shall be determined by the appraisment and valuation of three disinterested persons, to be selected by the Asssignee, and by him sworn to do justice to all the parties concerned. Sec. 2, That all the assignments, decrees, orders, and judgments heretofore made in the Courts of Bankruptcy in behalf of any Bankrupt, as to his exemptions under the present Bankrupt Law, are hereby declared valid to all intent and purposes of said laws Provided, That this section shall not apply in behalf of any Bankrupt who has been guilty of any lraud against which provision is made in the present Bankrupt Law. Sec.

3. That the provision of the present Bankrupt Laws prescribing a limit of two years within which a creditor can file exceptions to the discharge on the grounds of fraud be, and the same is hereby repealed. 1 1 1 A Safe Roof urine: Thunder-Storms. Professor John Wise, of Philadelphia, high authority, writes to the Richmond Dispatch relative to the striking of the chimney of a house in Itichmond by lightning, in which Dr. Taylor lived, although the roof was covered with tin.

As Prof. Wise has had a long observation, and what he says is important and instructive, we copy a part of his letter. He says "A metal roof does not prevent the building from being struck by a thunderbolt; it only eaves the building and its contents lrom injury by the bolt. The metal surface acts as a correlative to the electrical force a bolt striking a metal roof punches a hole through the metal never more than an inch and a quarter in diameter, and it burns the underside by turning the burrs, scroll form, outwards. Of a number examined by me, one of them I presented to Prof.

Joseph Henry, of the Smithsonian Institute. The bolt referred to struck the chimney first, and hence would not puncture the tin, but Under microscopic examination you will find the tin singed. And if you will examine the mechanical effects of the bolt on the chimney you will find that the projectile came from the west or southwest most likely. They all come from that direction in the northern temperate zone. I say without hesitation that a dwelling, or buildine-, having a metal roof presenting a surface of 1,500 square feet, or more, is insufficiently protected from the destructive effects of thunderbolts.

Solomon's temple, standing at a place very subject to thunderbolts of the heaviest kinoV escaped, during all its timeot standing, the effects of lightning, because it was literally covered with metal, and of the finest kind. The finer the metal' the less it takes to -compensate a thunderbolt. Terrible Earthquake in Venezuela. Particulars cf the Catastrophe' by an Eye- Witness 300 Persons Kulea-tHnguiar rnerwmena---streams of Water Become Boiling Hot Devastation and Loss of Life. The Messaeer Franco-Americain, of New York, contains a detailed account of the recent earthquake in Venezuela, by which the city of Cua, distant sixty miles from Carac-cas, the capital, was destroyed.

The par- i i -i i xr UCUiars are given uy vjruaruia, a wuec planter, who was in the city when the disaster occurred. He says In the afternoon, while crossing the Hiver at Fuy, on my way to Cua, I noticed that the fish were leaping from the water. Many other persons also observed this phenomenon, and attributed it to the intense heat. In fact, the air was suffocatingly hot, and the temperature of the water was so high as to render it unpleasant to drink. At a quarter past 9 o'clock in the evening we felt a terrific shock.

It was sudden and very heavy, and was immediately followed by a dreadful noise, caused by the falling houses. This was succeeded by a dead silence for a few moments, which was suddenly broken by piercing cries of pain and terror. Hundreds were buried beneath the ruins, and all who were not hurt ran wildly about, seeking their relatives and friends amid a scene of the wildest horror and confusion. All of the houses of stone and adobe were destroyed, and houses of wood were thrown down. The Church, a new and beautiful edifice, was completely demolished, and persons who were in the plaza and witnessed its destruc tion said that it rose from the ground as if growing, and suddenly fell en masse with a tremendous crash.

All who escaped immediately proceeded to rescue the wounded, and recover the bodies of the dead from the ruins. Fire broke out in a number of places throughout the city, and many persons who were beneath the ruins were burned to death before they could be taken out. The chief civil officer of the district, notwithstanding his deep grief at the loss of a favorite daughter, acted promptly and energetically, and at once took every measure to preserve or der and procure aid tor the people, iuore than 300 persons perished beneath the ruins, among them seventy of the principal inhabitants of tb city. In several instances whole families were killed together. After the first day the entire population left the city and encamped on the banks of the River Feez, taking shelter under hastily impro vised tents.

So soon as the news of the dis aster was heard at Caraccas, twenty-five wagon loads of provisions, money, and an ambulance corps were sent to aid the sutler- ers. Three hundred soldiers were also sent to assist in maintaining order. Many strange phenomena were observed. After the first great shock slighter shocks, accompanied by reports resembling the dis charge oi a heavy piece of artillery, were heard every evening lor some days. Near the Kiver, large fissures in the earth made their appearance, and from them flowed salt water mixed with a greasy matter.

All the fissures, it was observed, ran from east to West. In the Culebra and Pethava ravines, near the city, the ground opened in many places, and foul smelling water, which gave forth phosphorescent emanations, ran out. Almost the whole force of the snock was felt at Cua and vicinity, the neighboring towns suffering only slight damage. Cua was in the centre of a large area producing an abundance of cocoa, sugar and coffee. The dwellings and buildings and machinery on more than twenty plantations were destroyed, causing a loss in this branch alone of more than $40,000.

In Caraccas the greatest consternation and alarm prevailed. Although the shocks felt there were very slight, and do damage was done, they were very frequent, and the greater part of the inhabitants leanng to remain in the houses, encamped in the public squares and gardens, and in the fields near the city. Internal Improvements. It is an incontestable fact that there is no Railroad in operation to-day in this State which may be properly called a North Carolina Road. The North Carolina Railroad was intended to be such, and it was at one time thought that it would build up llmington, Beaufort, and make great cities there.

What it might have done under an enlightened State policy we can not tell, but we do know that it has built up no great city and that it never will. It is simply a feeder to the Roads that run into and build up cities in other States. The same might be said oi the Raleigh cs Augusta and the Wilmington Weldon and Wilmington Charlotte Roads, all cf which are tributaries to the shipping ports of Virginia. What North Carolina needs and what she must have before she can hold her own in competition with surrounding States as a system of internal improvements by land and water by rail, canal and river which will draw wealth into the State instead of carrying it out, which will develop our own resources and draw from our neighbors in stead ot being mere highways for the con venience ot through traffic and travel for the benefit of rival cities in other States. It is within the power of North Carolina, even now, with the convict labor at her disposal to devise and perfect within a short number of years a system of Railroads and water lines equal if not superior to any other State in this Union, and it will be her lolly if she does not see and realize it.

What the Michigan Central has done for Michigan, the Illinois Central for Illinois, the Erie Road and Canal for New York. and similar enterprises have done for other btates, a judicious Internal policy would do for this State. With our numerous water courses, our lakes as canal feeders, and the roads already constructed, with only gaps to be filled here and there, this work is not as difficult as it might seem at first siht. But before this can be done our people must wake to the importance of it, and our legislators show that they have some conception of the duties that devolve upon them and the opportunities offered to make their State one of the greatest, most pros perous and powerful in the whole family of oiaies, insieaa oi wasting their time and the people's money in trifling or buncombe legislation, useless" if not injurious, as is too often the case. Greensboro Patriot.

Emigrants from Europe are bringing with them lots of counterfeit American money. The notes are finely executed. North Carolina Items. Rock Spbixg Semixaby. The annual close of the Rock Spring Seminary took place on Thursday, May 30th.

Rev. C. M. Anderson, of the North Carolina Conference, preached the Annual Sermon, which was considered able and appropriate. Rev.

R. Z. Johnston, of Lincolnton, the beloved pastor of the Presbyterian Church, delivered the Literary Address, which was received with enthusiasm. Mr Johnston said exactly what he thought about the school system, and won the admiration of everybody. He is a christian gentleman, a bright light in the church, and is deeply enshrined in the hearts of the people.

At night the school exercises came oft. The pupils acquitted themselves handsomely, which is very flattering to their hard-working and accomplished Professor, D. Matt Thompson. Lincolnton News. The N.

C. Local Ministers' Conference. This body will hold its next Annual Session in the city cf Charlotte, commencing on Thursday before the last Sabbath of July, 1878. ef The Press of the State are favoring the idea that correspondents should write over their real names. There is no doubt but that it should be done it is fair all round.

We hope the press will insist on it in future. Zr The following were elected as the Democratic Executive Committee of Lincoln county J. G. Morrison, L. S.

Camp, Wm. Tiddy, I. R. Self, and T. M.

Foster. Bankeupts. Henry Overcash of China Grove, in the county of Rowan, has applied to the Bankrupt Court for relief from all his debts due prior to the 23d day of May. A meeting to choose an Assignee of his estate will be held before R. H.

Broadfield, Register, at Salisbury on the 15th day of June, when and where persons interested are notified to attend. Jiles Harriss of McDowell county, has applied to the Bankrupt Court for relief from all his debts prior to May 29, 1878. A meeting of his creditors to choose an Assignee of his estate, will be held before R. II. Broadfield, Register, at Salisbury, on the 15th day of June at 10 o'clock, A.

when and where persons interested are notified to attend. tgf About the payment of poll tax before voting 70,000 men voted in the last general election who had paid no tax. Each one of their votes counted as much, weighed as much, amounted to as much as that of the man who had paid for the privilege and who had valuable interests at stake. Those 70,000 non-tax-payers, united, can control any election in the State. Is it right Is it just Shall the men who pay taxes and sustain the government be controlled and overridden and crushed down by the rabble who 'float and 'tramp' around, homeless, worthless and only noticeable on election days We think not.

Let every man who offers himself as a voter at the polls produce his poll tax receipt. And until a law to that, effpot. is finnrted and enforced, North Carolina legislators will fall far short of their duty. Wadesboro Herald. We endorse the sentiment of the above doctrine.

Anson County. The Anson County Democratic Convention met in Wadesboro on the 1st and appointed delegates to the State and udicial District Conventions. Resolutions endorsing Hon. T. S.

Ashe for Associate Justice, and J. A. Lockhart for Solicitor, were adopted, and the delegates instructed to vote for them. The C. C.

Railway will run a special train from Shelby to Raleigh via Hamlet, on the 12th for the benefit of delegates and visitors to the State Convention, which meets in that city on the 13th of June, at greatly reduced rates, allowing all an opportunity of attending. Wilmington Star. Funeral Luxuries. A decision of a Pennsylvania Judge strikes very properly at the foolish custom of having showy and costly funerals, whether the family of the deceased can afford it or not. Under any circumstances, the setting up a tawdry parade on such occasions is in exceeding bad taste but when the cost becomes a positive burden to the family it is still more inexcusable.

The decision arose out of the application of an administrator for an allowance on account of burial expenses, which amounted to one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents, when the total personal property left by the deceased was only five hundred and eighty-one dollars. The Judge promptly and properly refused to allow any such charge, declaring that "pompous processions of great length, glistening silver caskets, and carved marble monuments are not necessary for christian burials." "Such parades are called 'fine the Judge continues, "and may gratify the vanity of the living, but no respect for the dead demands them and when a deceased's estate is limited, and his debts are not paid, or where he leaves a family of helpless children, the expenses of such burials will not be allowed out of his estate. Those who contract to enjoy such luxuries must pay for them themselves." The Judge's views will be concurred in by sensible people everywhere. Politeness. Nothing renders a man more popular than true politeness.

A man of very ordinary attainments, where this element is largely in the ascendant, will outshine great learning connected with clownish manners. But what is true politeness? This question we think is often miscomprehended. It is not to ape the gentleman in low bows and unmeaning scrapes. Some animals far excel man in this respect without any attempt at this virtue. True politeness in our opinion consists in rendering oneself agreeable by making every one in the company happy.

The art cannot be artificially acquired. It must flow spontaneously from a truly benevolent mind. iii CUP" Many men think they are supporting a newspaper, when in fact they only owe the printer. The Split in Bald Mountain. A special reporter of the New York Sun has visited Bald Mountain and gives the following interesting account of the crack recently discovered A visit to the Mountain Appearance of the Crack A Waterfall 960 feet high The Hat Caves and the Icy Wind Fis- sure8.

Bald Mountain is a knob on the eastern end of a spur jutting from the Blue Ridge, running across McDowell county, N. C. It is about thirty miles from the South Carolina border, eighty from Georgia, and fully sixty from the Tennessee line. The unfinished Western North Carolina Railroad, from Salisbury to Asheville, runs within thirty miles of the Mountain. The famed Chimney Rock faces old Baldy, as it is called, and Vance's Nose flanks it on the west.

All are celebrated peaks, and all are ribbed by rocks from 300 to 1,200 feet high. Chimney Mountain and Vance's Nose are crowned with crags, but old Baldy caps its cliffs with arable land reached by a ridge on the east. The most of this land is a cattle range owned by Mr H. F. Alford.

Although the highest and most celebrated, Bald Mountain is really the most insignificant of the three peaks. Vance's Nose, though almost inaccessible, affords one of the finest views in the State, and a cascade 950 feet high pours over the face of the Chimney Mountain. This waterfall is even more beautiful than the Bridal Veil of Yose-mite. It hugs the smooth rock in an exquisite curve. The falling water becomes milky foam, and the wind ruffles it into snowy winrows, which chase each other down the rock until lost in a shower of spray.

The Broad River, a branch of the Congaree, sweeps between the peaks, and has cut a canon fully 2,000 feet in depth. About six weeks ago Mr Alford went up on Bald Mountain to look after missing cattle. While passing through the woods, he stepped upon a line of red earth and felt himself sinking in the ground. He caught the limb of a tree, and was saved. The earth caved in revealing a crack varying from one to six feet in width, and about 150 yards long.

It was a fresh crack. Mr Alford had passed the line repeatedly within a fortnight, and found the earth solid. The secret of the missing cattle was explained. Trees had disappeared, and the ground around the crack gave a hollow sound. On his approaching the edge of the, fissure, the earth cracked and crumbled, and the prudent farmer did not attempt to ascertain its depth.

He contented himself by building a fence on each side of the crevice, for the protection of his cows. The discovery, however, was quickly noised about. A party of moonshiners or illicit whiskey distillers visited the fissure, and tried to fathom it. Huge stones were rolled into it. Their crashing died away into muffled thunder and was finally lost.

Thereupon the moonshiners inferred that the crack was unfathomable. After a discussion over the strange noises that came from the bowels of the Mountain four years ago, they were satisfied that the fissure was caused by an earthquake, and so declared. A day or two afterward two negroes and a Norfolk drummer climbed the mountain. They hunted for the crevice with great diligence, but the drummer lacked nerve. He mistook the fames of an illicit still for sulphur, and beat a hasty retreat.

It was reported that he had discovered an old crater, and been nearly suffocated with brimstone. The moonshiners declared that they had felt the shock of an earthquake, and predicted the eruption of a volcano. The country is thinly settled, but the rumors reached Hendersonville and Asheville garnished in fine style, and were telegraphed to New York. They said that Bald Mountain had been split in twain, described the crashing of rocks, splintering of trees, and smell of sulphur, widened the, fissure to thirty feet, and sent the inhabitants fleeing in every direction for safety. The writer visited the locality, accompanied by Mr Taylor of Spartanburg, S.

Mr J. M. Flack of Chimney Rock, and Mr McKimley of the Charleston News. The farmers in the vicinity seemed to know and care but little about the discovery. Our only guides were the moonshiners.

They sprang up the mountain like cats. The weather was very warm, and the ridge very steep. We found the crack without difficulty. It runs along the edge of the peak, and not across it. The crack extends along the shelf of the rock, 500 feet from the verge.

It resembles a crack in an immense brick work. The fissure is irregular. For some distance it is vertical, but afterward becomes horizontal and so remains. It daily becomes longer, but does not increase in width. In no place is it wider than six feet.

Stones were thrown into it, and all were satisfied that they could hear them strike bottom. A slope of red clay on either side makes it dangerous to examine the crevice, but with some difficulty a log was thrown across, and all peered into its depths. Blank darkness alone could be seen. There was a smell of dead leaves, but no scent of sulphur. The ground was humpy, and "Awl-ford's" cattle were watching our operations over the rough fence.

It is evident that no earthquake has caused the break. No one claims to have felt a shock since 1875, and persons living at the foot of the mountain declare that they felt none at that The Spring has been exceedingly wet, and this undoubtedly accounts for the crevice. A week's rain might send millions of tons of rock down into the valley. In times past great blocks have fallen out. MrBiackett, who lives at the foot of the mountain, eays he has repeatedly seen these slides.

One occurred two weeks ago, causing a great crashing and roaring. Chimney peak is gashed with fallen rocks. Arches a thousand feet long are left by them, and craggy hips and shoulders project from the mountain. Nor is this all. In two places a whole section of the mountain has been split into rocks and sunk hundreds of feet below the top.

The rock appears to be a coarse granite, lumpy with quartz. Caves and fissures are numerous, Within the eaves the quartz is set so regularly that it looks like the grain of the rock. The crystals undoubtedly lessen the adhesive qualities of the rock, and the slides and strange noises once heard in the heart of Bald Mountain are caused by the action of water, under the mountain; a The rocks are undermined, and and crumbling peaksC? t.rtia pmititrv is a network of streams. Three great whirlpools, from twelve to twenty feet across, fuunelvthem-selves within half a mile of Bald Mountain. Fence rails are sucked into them, and never reappear.

Soundings have been made, but no bottom has been discovered. Probably the strongest proof of the water theory are the wind crevices of Chimney peak. A huge rock elbows its way to the; surface a few hundred feetabove -the base -of -the mountain. This rock is cracked in three places. An icy wind rushes from two of these crevices.

Mandrakes, ferns, shrubs and tops of trees six hundred yards away are shaken by this wind. Mr Freeman, living in a house a mile distant, declares that his cheeks are fanned by this icy breeze while sitting in the archway of his log house. With all its strength the wind is steady and the temperature the same both in Winter and Sutnmer." The "density of the cold air sends it down into the canon, making it a delicious retreat in dog days. The cracks are from twelve to fifteen inches wide and about twenty feet long. A few feet of blasting would undoubtedly open a very large cave, possibly resembling the ice caves of Mexico.

The wind comes so strong from the crevices that the hats of visitors are frequently sent spinning down the side of the mountain, and the air is so cold that a few breaths of it chilled me to the bone. These crevices undoubtedly lead to the interior of the mountain. Far above them at the base of the cliffs, lie the great bat caves of the Broad River, a dozen in number. A steady stream of bats pour from their depths at twilight, and circle around the mountaiu. The natives say that there are millions of them but our party explored one of the caves and found very few.

Although this cave led under a rocky tower apparently solid as iron, it was carpeted with angular boulders that had detached themselves from the interior of the rocky tower. Frequently the passages were so narrow that we crawled through them like serpents. After going one hundred and fifty yards, the boulders were so large and Eacked so close, and our single candle so ad, that we turned back. So much for Chimney peak. The same features mark Bald Mountain.

Caves are usually found in limestone formations, but we saw no evidences of limestone here. The water theory alone can account for the disturbances. Mr McKimly of the Charleston News stumbled upon what he called volcanic cinders or scoria. In great glee he loaded his wagon with the treasure, but quickly threw it into the street when he ascertained that he had been prospecting over the site of an ancient blacksmith shop. There are no signs of volcanic action in any of these mountains, but the North Carolinians are praying night and day for an eruption.

They say that it wouldn't hurt anybody and would be a great help to the State. The excitement four years ago was the signal for a general religious revival. Two brothers, William and Geo. Logan, owned much land in the vicinity of the mountain. George was a Judge, and both are church members.

The mountain, it is said, shook quite lively during a quarterly meeting. Thereupon William fell upon his knees and fervently prayed for the mountain to be still. The Judge followed him with a heartfelt petition to the Throne of Grace. He prayed that the mountain might shake, and shake longer and stronger, until all the sinners were shaken to repentance. The Great Court of Appeals heard the Judge's argument' and" decided in his favor for it is said the mountain began to quake and roar like Sinai, and all the hard cases in the range were 'converted.

Moonshine whiskey fell ten cents on the gallon. When the shaking ceased, however, three-fourths of them became back-sliders, and the market for moonshine whiskey became inflated. A lone widow named Ledbetter resides in a cosy cabin at the foot of the mountain. I read her the dispatch printed in the New York papers, and asked if she had felt the earthquake. "No," she replied, "Nur 1 didn't yar hit four year ago, when they all allowed it shuk right smart.

They sayed hit shuk all the shavins off uv the bench at the sawmill, but hit didn't shuk down my plates thar," poiuting to a rough cupboard where some old fashioned blue plates were ranged against the walk "But this dispatch," said "Is dated at Asheville, right in your vicinity. I didn't think the mountaineers would he." "Thar's whar you're wrong," the good widow replied. "They does lie, certain, but they doesn't tell sich whoppers. I think that's some infernal Yankee crept in up thar at Asheville, certain sure." Domestic Sewing Machine. It is universally conceded that the Light-Running DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE is the best of all the Shuttle Machines ever made.

One House alone in London, England, bought last year 33,000 of them, so says the Hewing Machine Journal. For sale by BRADSHAW May 31, 1878. lm. Charlotte, N. C.

Saratoga Water. Fresh Saratoga Water on draught direct from the Springs. WILSON BURWELL. May 3, 1878. Tooth Brushes.

5 Gross English and French Tooth Brushes selected for retail trade. WILSON BURWELL. May 3, 1878. New Cheese. Just received, New Cream Cheese, very fine.

For sale by May 31, 1878. 8. M. HOWELL. "The Angel in the Cloud." NEW EDITION.

We havejust published a New Edition of this celebrated Poem, by the late Edwin W. Fuller, with the addition of a Memoir and Portrait of the Author, and a number of smaller Poems not heretofore published. Price in handsome cloth, beveled boards, $1.50. Gilt JEdge, $2. Orders solicited.

E. I. HALE BON, May 31. 17 Murray Street, New York. Patapsco Baking Powders.

The best in use. For sale at manufacturer's prices. JQHN HALL May 31, trade Street EST The, Rev. Dr. John Miller was for several years the Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Peterson was some months since tried bv Presbytery, i Kew Brunswick, i Jersey, for preaching certain heresies deposed ironTthe ministry.

He appealed to the Northern General Assembly met a few days since at Pittsburg, and alter a full hearing of hisf case the As' sembly, by a vote of 274 against 18 fo. declined to pustain his appeal. This caJ has excited great interest, in liorthen, branch of the Presbyterian Church. Mecklenburg Democratic Ticket Election on Thursday August 1, 1878. For the Senate, SIDNEYHAM B.

ALEXANDER. For House of Representatives, JOHN L. BROWN, W. E. AUDREY.

For Sheriff, MARSHAL ALEXANDER. For Clerk of Superior Court, JOHN R. ERWIN. For Treasurer, 1 1 S. E.

BELK. For Register, WILLIAM MAXWELL. For Surveyor, M. D. LV BIGGERS.

For Coroner, W. N. ALEXANDER. May 31, 1878 2m :0: Judicial. For Solicitor of the Jth Judicial District, WM.

J. MONTGOMERY, of Cabarrus, Notice to Tax Payers. The Tax Payers of Charlotte Township are hereby notified to meet the undersigned, at his office oyer Harty'a China Store, from June 8th to June 29th, 1878, inclusive, to return a list of their taxable property. E. K.

P. OSBORNE, J. P. and Assessor for Charlotte Townsaia May 24, 1878 4w Grain Cradles. Another lot of the celebrated Grain Cradles mad by Joseph Starnsy just received at j.

Mclaughlin ccs. May 3, 1878. dawson ccrs. Carolina Real Estate Agency, CHARLOTTE, N. Office in old Bank of MccJdenburg Building.

They Rent Houses and collect Rent for the same. Arrangements have been made with Agenti, North and West, through which it is expected Emigration will be turned toward the Carolinas. They buy, sell and exchange Farms, Grazing, Mountain and Mineral Lands. Also, sell City Property privately or at Ptftito Auction, i i fj tW Loans negotiated. May 'J 1 1 NEISWANGER CO'S.

General Insurance Agency, CHARLOTTE, N. Office in old Bank of Mecklenburg Building. Life, Fire and Accident Risks taken at reasonable i' 1 Only First-Class Companies represented. May 17, i I I I 1 A REVOLUTION IN COESETS, And a few Facts guaranteed to every Purchaser. 1st.

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4th. They cannot brealc down, having a cork padded side steel in every Corset. 5th. They are the very Perfection of Comfort. If you will gire this Corset a fair trial and do not pronounce it the easiest and best fitting rod ever wore, return it and get back your money.

We havejust received a fresh stock from the manufao turers. Please call and examine. BARRINGER TROTTER. April 26, 1878. Poulterers' Friend.

A sure preventive and cure for Gapes and Chicken Cholera, and will promote fat Sold in Charlotte by WILSON BURWELL, May 10. 1878. Druggist. Good Digestion. "Give us this day our daily bread' and good medicine to digest it, is both reverent and hmasB.

The human stomach and liver are fruitful soon of life's comforts or, disordered and diseased, tbey tingle misery along every nerve and through erer artery. The man or woman with, good digestion see beauty as they walk, and overcome obstacle) they meet in the routine of life, where the dyspeptic sees only gloom and stumbles and growls at erea imaginary ebjects. The world still needs two or three new kinds of medicine before death can be perfectly abolished but that many lives have been Erolonged, and many sufferers from Liver disease, dyspepsia and Headache, have been cored bv Ms bell's HxPATore, is no longer a doubt. It caret Headache in twenty minutes, and there is no que tion but what it Is the most wonderful discovery yet made in medical science. Those afSicted witn Biliousness and Liver Complaint should use Mxs kill's Hxpathtx.

It can be had at Dr. J. H. McAden's, Wilson A Burwell'e and Dr. T.

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WILSON BURWELL. Window Glass. 300 Boxes Window Glass. 1 'XT May 17, 1878. WILSON A BURWELL.

fl To Creditors of BANK OF FAYETTEVILta All persons holding Claims against the abort Bank are hereby notified to file their evidence! of debt with the undersign eel, on or before the lt dsf of September, 1878, as on that day the fund will be divided, and proceedings commenced for a fiosi closing of the trust account. E. J. LILLY, If aj 9, 1878 Surviving Trustee. i i.