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C. mm THE' WESTEW'DE EXTBACT JPBOM DUKE'S HlSTOB OP MOBGANS CAVALBY. tffrr 30 Bit' Xftmottat CHARLOTTE, N. O. Is WASHINQTON ITEks.

minority South Carolina murder re. port says it is true that Generals Thomas, Sickles Wood and Baird in their testimony state that the courts do not administer full and justice where Union men, soldiers and freed mea arelthe litigants; but then, in answer to a direct question, furnish but one case in Tennessee, oos in" Mfssissippi at Grenada, one in Louisiana, and none in Virginia, (except the Watson case or in North Carolina, Florid, Georgia or Ali. baniaV i All testify explicitly; that no fault caa be found with the Governor! of the fespectirs States, or the high officials, or the judges of th supreme intelligent, well-informed citizens. General Scofield testifies that degroei'-arraigned for crime are' dealt with leniently rather than harshly. The general fading of respectable people, in Virginia is pity for tbi freedraen.

report takes strong cround. against the -policy' and constitutionality of thi proposed military The President is urged' with warnings t0 Herald and Post to veto the abominable tariff bill; by the Tribune to yetothe wretched mea-sure inflating the currency, and by issuing oos hundred niillioa legal tenders to retire tht coo. pound interest notes. i The revenue fraud committee closes its report with "It may be that there are soma meritorious revenue officers in New York, Philadelphia aod Brooklynj nevertheless frauds are so uaivernl and gigantic, the morals of manufacturer! io tainted, and confidence io local officers so shaken, that re-organization is necessary." President has transmitted to the Senate a mass of documents from the Secretary of State in answer tothe resolution of that body calling for correspondence with foreign ministers and consuls in relation to the policy of tbe President towards the States lately in rebellion, and espe cially any inquiries by the Department of State with regard to the conversation or opiniona of such foreign ministers, The doouments embrace despatches from Messrs jClajs King, Sanford, ISigelow, Adams, Marsh, Morris, Murphy, Me. Math and Perry, covering a period of more thin two years.

They all deny having made use of the languag'ej imputed to them by Mr Seward'a correspondent and some of them profess the profoundest faith in Mr Johnson's policy None' of them tender their resignations, as Mr Motley did. "'l HIDES FOR SALE. llfKrfhrfti POUNDS of-DRY HIDES now oa 9SKPhPP hand and foi 'sale bj Feb 25l8tS7. -3- M. 1I0WELL i 1 i ji' i i 1 30.

Sacks or Family Flour, 400 Bashel3 of Spring OATS, 100 CORN, For sale by I I 'j 1 HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS CO. 25.186T. --ft Lime', Corn, Thomastown Lime, Cora and Flour, for tbe lowest price at tbe Charlotte 8. C. Rilro4 Depots i i' 'J i Feb 25, 1867.

i W. PEG RAM. 20,600 Foiiiids Iroai Iron of tbe 'best qualitj, from th Klng'a Moon-tain Iron I keep all kind of Iron for frm ing purposes and for Gold Mining. Just Kcccivcd, 5000 Ua'con Sides," 20 Dbls. Superior Iriih PoUtoei, 2 Tierces New Rice, S.

60 Bags No. 1 Farn ilj Floor, 1 100 Bushels of Bolted; Meal, i 200 Bags Seed for Spring, BOO Choice Hams, New, 100 Sacks Liverpool Salt," 500 Sides.Soperior SoJe Leather .20 Boxes Cheese, -Feb 251 S. B. MEACOAM. AUCTIONEER and ACJEIT A.

STUART respectfullr informs the citixeos of Charlotte arid the public gCneraH that be will give hia personal attention to Auction Sales and ihe seltlerrteni or or aoj business oi idi kind that uiaT.l require bis serviees. will tiiit the countrr when desired and act as Auctioneer, or attend to an baslness in the citjras an Agent. lie can be found at the Corner Urug store of Vt. McAden, or a the residtnce of Mr lenbe. JfP 3P I D3 At mv Plantation.

8 miles from Charlotte, en lbs Salisbury roajdi Coffins of all kinds may be obtained at short A good supply is always kept oa nana reaay-maae. i A. STUART. I State of If. Carolina, Ulecklcnbars Co.

Court of Pleatf Quarter Term, 1867. WUtkowsky RintelU vs. Charles Beckham. Attachment Levied on 2 boxes Goods. 1 b'sleof Bf ging, i Cbeese, 6-barrels of Flour, 1 barrel of Crackers and 2 bftles of Calton.

It appearing to tie satisfaction of tbe coort, tbtl tbe defendant, Cbariea Beckham, resides bryood tbs limits of this State, it is ordered by tbe court tbt publication bernaie, for six weeks, in the Western Democrat, notifying tbe said defendant to be ssd appear at the next Uourt of Pleas and Qosrter Sessions to be held for. the county of Mecklenburg, the court bouse i tit Charlotte, on tbe 2d iloodtj la April next, theriand' there to answer, pleader replevy; or judgment final will be taken against him, aud the property' levied npon condemned to pUio tiffa use. "1 Witness, Wm. Clerk of oar laid Coort office, the 2d Mondat in JanuaryA. V.

1807. ion Ji 66-6t WMJ MAXWELL, Clerk; State of AT. Carolina, Mecklenburg Court of Pleat Quarltr SeuiontJun'it Ttrm, 1867i Thomas' Kerns and Jane Wallace, AdminlstratoVl! of William Wallace, deceased, James Wallace and 1 Petition to Sell Real It appearing to the satisfaction of tbe eenrt, lbs! Wtn Ketougb and wife Mary, one of Ibe defendants in this case, reside beyond ibe limits of this Slats, it is therefore ordered by the court that publication made, for six successive weeks, in ihe Westera Democrat, a newspaper printed in tbe city of Cnr lot re. notifying said Eelongh'aad wife Mary to be and appear at tbe next Coort of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for tbe county of Mcklenbury, at tbe court house in Charlotte, on tbe 2d Mood in April next, then and there to plead, answer op demur to the-petition, or judgment, pro confeiiOi. will be taken ana beard exparte as to tbem.

Witness. Wm MaxwelL Clerk of oar said uoon office, the. 2d Monday of January, A. 1867. B6-6t WM.

MAXWELL, liera. State oflf. Carolina, lUecklenbuiT Court Pleat Quarter Sessions Jan'y Term, iw .1 iP James Kell is, A Colp. Two Attachment Levied on I. Horse and I It innMrin'v ta the aatifit tldn "of the COBrt, 1 tba defendant, B'A Gulp, resides beyoad Of this State, it is ordered by tbe tonrt cation be made, for six weeks, la the I notifying the said defendant to.to ta at the next Court of Pieas and Qosrter be held for tbe ednnty, of Mecklenburg.

house in Charlotte, oa the 2d Mondsj is Apru then and there to answer, plead or repl m.nf Am! ill tVn acralnat Htm. perty levied npoa condemned to plaintiff's "Witness, Wm. Mxweil, Clerk of oar Coarl pffiee, the 2d Monday in Jannaj-y, A.D. f- WESTEBN. TEXAS, j- A i)nvrinnni)pnt writes from Western Texas 1 I T- to the Wilmington, uispatcn a3 touows The -main peculiarities ot the' character oi Western Texas are the I -W 4 i sterility-tf its soil, the dryness of its climate, its want of 'water, and the sanguine pugnacity: of its inhabitants The en tire country, West and South of the river Sao Antonio, is almost a deaef the boly differ ence between it and thje sandy wastes of Arabia beiog that the legion of the neces possesses a little water and' plenty ot grassy un me streams the San Antonio for instance, the soil is eood enough: -yielding when there is a goou season, from thirty to filtj bushels corn! to the acre; hut out on tne-creai, grainy anaJ from the rivers, it is very poor, in some places it is light and sandy, as that of Sampson or Cumberland counties, ijforth 'Carolina.

lnt the climate is most salubriously and delightfully dry. It very seldom rains in Western Tpxas; and wlien it does, it is ja mere Cloudy are unfrequent; yet is foggy occasipnally; and when the sky is overcast, it is, in a majoruy of cases, with what are known to Texans as the "Gulf Clouds," which have a great velocity and usually pass, off the face of the sky cntiiely by Uen or eleven o'clock in the forenoon. skies of Western Texan, owing to the a bsence of atmospheric humidity, are, exceedingly and beautifully bright, clear. and serencjj nor could they jack much, of comparing favorably with those of Italy. The winters here are, mild; and the Northers, so fierce io other, parts ni 'jTexas, are not only of'less frequency, but less severity.

This is because, the region is westward jof the meridian of the westerq shore, of the Gulf. At Christinas a great Norther occurred, with! snow, in which poultry and birds perished; but during the Whole month of January it was not cold enough to sit to a fire but one or two days, when there was a slight1 Norther. The entire month has been very much like May with you. To day, the first Of February, 1 am in my shirt sleeves; whilst the farmers are planting corn, and ladies attending toHheir gardens-Western Texas is not! an agricultural district, for the want of rain principally; and so Utile is the. land valued for faj-ming purposes tbjat the best of it can be had for one, dollar per.

acjre. The chief business in Western Texas is stock- raising and there are instances whew persons from the old States have in a few years and with very little capital, accumulated large amounts of property. All ypu have to do is to go to some man's ranche jaway: down; on the Nueces; buy up a few hundred head; spal as many as possible from your next neighbor; put your brand 'and'tnark on all cattle you fiad without these evidences of DWne'rship, and ycju will get along. This is the fashion in Texas.1 If your are a stock raiser, and steal -a dozen bead or so from your bosom friend," even yo'ur daddy, it is deemed a capital joke. It will do tojtell at your favorite" drinking or gambling I repeat it you must steal.

Abrofiiable braBch of the stock-raising business is the breeding horses, large- numbers of which are driven every year into the old. States fpreale. But, altiiough so many are raised, I have never seen a real fine horse in Texas. Those not of pure Mexican blood are1 mostly half-breeds, and, tl.ough superior to the Alexican pony, are still it ferior to tbeAmerican horse. You can buy the best of Spanish, ponies in Western Texas at fifteen specie dollars per head; I and, haying bought, if you' will look Out for your neck.

Nearly all Spanish ponies are addicted to pitching," and have a special contempt for timid or inexperienced riders. No Spanish horse is fit for the cart or. wagon. He is only suited (oi hunt' ing cattle, and cantering jaround your rsioehe. This' is a hut of upright oaken drive a into the ground, and with raw cow bidesr away out in the prairie located, when practicable, in a clump pftrces aud near some watering place.

The rahche is headquarters for the stock-raiser. lJere are his. provisions; hence are despatched his orders to tho emp and oyees having care of the i i ST H.r-. your wealth is estimated according to the number of cattle you owni just as, before the late: revolution, a -man, having lio slaves, was considered poor. Just 500 Bushels white bread Corn, .500 prime Seed Oats i- 500 Lbs Durham's Smoking' 100 Bunches Cotton Yarn, 25 Boxes Adamantine Candles, 3.

Barrels Molasses, Bacon Sides, Hams and Lard "a new lot of that su perior Coffee; superior gunpowder andlmperia iTea. i Send for joar supplies to Feb 25, 1867 W. BOYD IVew Crop Cuba molasses "Now landing ex Schooner SUSANNA, DIRECT FROM CARDENAS. rtt' lbright new crop cliiyetf 11 Bbls Prime new PCftSes We offer the above for CASH at New York prices Half of the cargo being already engaged, orders should be sent in promptlj. O.

G. PARSLEY CO. JFeb 25, 1867. WltMISOTOS, N. C.

SICO REWARD. jEscaped from Jail at Newbery C. II on the night of the 16th February, 187," prisoners, who were connned nnder sentence or death! and answer to tbe following names and descriptions 1st. Jim Posky-" copper about fifty-five years of age, about five feet nine or tea inches tall, weighs about 170 poonds, has rather a seriooa countenance, round, trood faceJerer haired rjjd- Emakdbl black, short! and thin, fifty-fivo 'ox sixty years of age, bow-legged, large mouth, etoop-jhooldered, bears a strong resem blance to the. natire African, i 3d.

Bookk a Ddckktt brieht copper colored. about thirty-fire years old, weighs about 140 pdnnds, heavy busby hair, growing down low on tbe fore head, about five feet eight inches 4th. Dat" Laks rery fine looking Mack man, about six feet tall, weighs 170 or18apoandsj About twenty-five years of aee: no special marks shown ptJn. Albert Datis bright mulaito: abqdt nre feet fonr or five 'inches ull, weigh aboap I pounds, about twenty-two or twenty -tbree years old, rather a Dieasinar countenance. lbese negroes were tried at this place iaat ber for the murder of Samuel Lane, of this district, conricted, new-trial granted, and connctea for robbery.

A reward of S100 for tbe appretiension oi earn, 1- et, A i r.T or anr cw of them, is offerea oy ineonerin i pew berv district. M. PAYSJMiKK, 4 Newberry S. Feb. 25, ftEAT REDUCTION IN PRICES We are anxious to reduce oar Stock of Dry; 6iodsI Hats, Shoes, and bare aeterayneo: to RCDUCIj iPHICES.

Those in want would do well to call soon and gbenT their money wnere xney can dot cneap A j-1 JttAitiiijiUJiiK Yi vLTlf k- GO. Feb 1 :4 Just Received, 50 Barrels Irish 100-Sacki Family Flour (superior). For sale by HAMMOND i McLACOHLllf. certainly, guilty, sometimes before, bat usually after conviction, and the Court takes no notice of it, unless pleaded, or in some way claimed by tbe person pardoned; and it is usually granted by the Crown or by the Executive. Bui amnesty is, to -ihose who may.

be guilty, and is usually granted by the Parliament or the Legislature, and to whole classes, and before Amnesty is the abolition or forgetiulness of the offense; pardon is its forgiveness. The act under consideration is bottu It is most benificently intended, as it is well calculated to lufl strife to sleep. It embraces all who may be supposed to have committed crimes or injuries by reason of their connection tbe late war, whether tbey were officers or privates, or. whether were of the Federal or Confederate forces; and whether they have been convicted or not. The propriety of embracing those of both armies is apparent from tbe acts of this case.

Those who were engaged in thei fight were neighbors, and must meet each other, and live together, either in forgetfulness and forgiveness of the past, or in hatred and strife. And besides, it is to be expected, as it is desirable, that those of the opposing sections, who are not now neighbors, will, io many instances, become so by removals, and the intercourse of common people, andthe duties' of a common government, will often throw them together. If there were doubts whether the act embraces these defendants, by reason of any technical defect in theiHenlistmeni into service, we should still be inclined to give them its benefits, as acts of grace are tb be liberally construed in favor of the subjects it being the highest respect to the government to suppose that its most amiable prerogative is not sparingly exercised. And it will tend much to induco repose to the public mind, that liabilities for war Crimea, and redress for war injuries are not to be thought off and need not be. discussed, either in private or public, Ordinarily, a pardon must be pleaded at the trial, or claimed after conviction, and a failure to do so lis a waiver of its benefits.

But a general amnesty and paridoo, mu3t be taken notioe of by tbe Courts, like 'any other public law. It cannot even be waived by the persons embraced This opinion mu3t be certified to the Court below, to the end that the defendants may be discharged upon the payment of costs: We perceive no error in Ithe record. North and Soutii. The Augusta, Georgia, Constitutionalist says "Tbe sinister pretext for establishing military despotism in the South is that life is not secure. Crime is made the barometer.

We have, on several occasions, demonstrated that for every murder in the Sooth, we could produce fifty murders in the North; for every theft in the South, a hundred burglaries in the North; for every corrupt official in the South heaven alone knows how many rogues in any one New' England State. As our proof may have been rejected as partisan evidence, the following testimony fiom the Boston Post will pass muster. It says: "Newspaper offices have been mobbed individuals seized and tarred and feathered, ridden upon rails, and executive influence interposed to shield the culprits from the punishment the court decreed. Robberies and murders have been alarmingly prolific garroter9, bank robbers and burglars have plied their vocation as vigilantly here as in Louisiana, and with as much impunity; but this is goring a different ox, and Mr Elliot and his Radical friends are not at all alarmed by the fact. The murders all around us io Roxbury woods, in Franconia, N.

in Auburn, Me. speak a depravity the South cannot exceed; while the robberies in New York and New England are unprecedented in magnitude and numbers. If crime be the guage whereby to decide upon the right of self-governmeut, New England would be in immi-nentdanger of territorialism, at once' Important Decision. Judge Gates, of Louisiana, has rendered a decision which may be of importance to many former slaveholders, sTiould it become a precedent for the courts in other States. He says that the logical eeauence of the action of the State in emancipating slaves must be, that when the right of property in that which had heretofore been treated as such by the laws is destroyed, the laws: to regulate the rights of parties to that property, and to enforce payment or oujigauons given tor it, must loilow the fate of the property itself, and contracts based upon these laws be annulled.

The Judge further) holds, that the tenure by which this species of property was held, was dif ferent from that by which all other property is held. It was not based, he says on natural law and of the right of liberty was a pre-existing right wnicn peionged to the person held as a slave, however much public policy and the supposed interest of the country may have prevented the enforcement of the right by the person claiming n. lui wnen uie sovereign power ot the IState intervened to recognize and enforce that riffht iw vuuu ihj saia mat me property was destroyed by any fortuitous event He adds, that Governments cannot say a-tract of land which is property, by the laws of nature, shall no longer be property, but that a. slave. once emancipated, can, by no subsequent act of the Government, be legally held as.

a slave. If this ruling prevails throughout the courts of the South, notes or other jobligations given for slaves will be knocked into a cocked hat. Advice to Youno Men. The (La.) all vourirr men of small Intelligencer, advises means, to dub their capital in Partners irvL from two to a half dozen, rent a plantation, and go to work themselves. The maceeiU rf ntn ship of a half dozen manly young men's, labor, on plantation, would be a larger dividend'than they can get in almost any other way Besides, It would be an income: from honest and honorable labor to many of our youncr men.

wa Un strained to say, Ja novel consideration. Several young men who were heretofore hano-ers on about town, went to work last season, auot we are told that they earned more than iY. aia a year before. Uur young men have both opportunity and incentive. Let them conquer mauvaise haute, and pull off their coats with the manly determination to ns tuL friends or chance, but all to their own manlv 1HB BOURSE OF 1RPE LVJL TV a limes tells a story illustrative of the old saw thai the course of true love never did.

run amoo'th." A young couple in Smithfield had laM la to outwjt the vigilance of cruel parenu and elope. The sequel was thus ther vonth Rtn KAkiTL the window the lady! attemDted to rllmK Af when, horror, some one detained her from! the not come, gentle Amelia!" She answered, in an "agitated voice. THE HOMESTEAD ACT. An Act to be entitled "an act to establish' Free hold Homesteads for the citizens. xf the State" -f Section 1.

Be it enacted by. the General Assembly of the State jof North Carolina and It is hereby enacted by the authority; of the That it be -laWful for any citizen of the who is possessed of a freehold jof. lands within the same, toIe his petition in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County wljere! the laud praying for thefallotment of a homestead therefrom not exceeding one hundred acres if in the countyr or one acre if in the City or town, which allotment may include a single dwelling and the necessary 'outhouses, and therefore it shall be the duty of the Court, to appoint five freeholders to lay off and allot to the petitioner said, homestead, by metes and bounds acoording to their make a descriptive account of the same under, their handsand seals, and return it to the Court at its next session. I Provided, That if any building, other than the necessary outpouses or houses belonging to the cartilege shall be erected on any part of said homestead in a town or city, then so much the land as is covered by said shal not be exempt longer from execution under the provisions of this act. Sect 2.

That upon the return, as aforesaid, i shall be the duty of the Clerk to record it upon the minutes, and to make out and deliver to the Register of tbe county, a copy thereof, who shal register the same in; his books, making a memo randutn of the time when it is done atjthe foot of the reeistrationl for which services these officers shall be entitled to the fees fixed by law in similar cases. I Sec1. 3. That the, homestead, so laid off and registered, shall not be subject to execution fpr any debt contracted or cause oi action, or oiner liability, save taxes accruing, alter the same is registered. Provided, Said homestead shal not be1 exempt from, execution for any debt or cause iof action arising upon any penal Jbond or covenant previously executed, although the same may accrue after the registration afore said.

I 1 l'" I Sec 4. That if any person be taken a capias ad satisfaciendum, sued out upon any iuomeni iounueu. ur cause oi acuon autiucu subsequent to tbe registration aforesaid it shal not bel required of him to put thelllotted home stead Jn his schedule of effects, or to surrender the same, Provided," This exemption shall not apply as aioresaiu io process on juugoieui, founded on penal bonds or. covenants previously executed although i the causes of action did not accrue till after the registration. I Sect 5.

That no male person io lawful wed lock shall have power to sell or dispose of a home- stead so set apart without the concurrence of his wife, evidenced by deed, executed and veri fied with the same formalities that may be re quired! by law to convey the lands of femes covert: Sec! 6. That in all cases where a homestead freehold is laid off under the provisions of this act, from an estate descendable to heirs, and the wife survives, she shall be ectitled to the said homestead for dower, if she shall iso elect ..1.1 to be auottea to ner in the manner now provi ded by law; subject nevertheless to the condi tion that if sho marry again, there being a child or children of the issue of her first husband, she shall take one third of the same' in cluding the dwelling. Provided, That the homestead provided for in the foregoing sec tions shall not be exempt from debts incurred for making improvements thereon or cultivating tbe same, provided, further, 1 hat such ex emptioo shall continue after the death' of such householder, or householders, for the benefit of the children; os a home, until tbe youngest child shall become twenty-one years of age. Sec. 7.

Be it further enacted, That the fol-i lowing property of each head of a family, or housekeeper, shall be exempt from execution except for taxes, after the ratification of this act to-wit: all necessary farming and mechanical tools, one work horse, one yoke of oxen, one cart or wagon, one milk cow and calf) fifteen head of hogs, five hundred pounds of pork or bacon, fiftyjbushels of corn, twenty bushels of wheat or rj.ee, and household and kitohen'furnii- ture not to exceed in value two hundred doll the libraries of licensed attorneys! at law, practicing physicians and ministers of the Gof pel, also the instruments of surgeons and dentists used in their professions. i Sec 8. That all laws and olauses of laws coming within the meaning and purview of this act are hereby repealed. In General Assembly, read three times and ratified; 25th Feb. 1867.

I r. y. mcaden; Speaker House of Commons. M. E.

MANLY, Speaker of the Senate, State of North Carolina. Dep't of 1 Raleigh, N. Feb. 26, 1867. i R.

"W- Best, Secretary of State, do hereby certify tb atjthe foregoing is a true copy of original on file in this office Given under my hand, this day of Feb ruary, 1807. i. RJ W. BEST. Secretary of Fkbtilizbrs.

No man of common sense, w. llon. rW. Newton, in his letter to the Farmer of last month, cau suppose it possible to cultivate profitably, poor land with hired labour land under our new system fertilizers must be used to a much greater extent than formerly. Nothing can be truer than that to farm profitably, under jthe changed circumstances which surround us, jwe must enrich our lands, j-We cannot affurdj to make half crop'.

We cannot take four barrels of corn where tbe samel labour will give eight, or ten bushels of wheat where we may as well have thirty. We must economise labour by contracting our surface cultivation. and by enriching what we do cultivate, that it may approximate at least its maximum Iof rro- UUUIUU. i i I .1 is i Good! Several young ladies of Columbia.S 0. uaic iiusu a icauiug viuu.

XjaCQ CODtriDUteS five dollars, and the sum total is invested io books, which Jare loaned out to the members for perusal. At the end of a year or when they have gone the sounds the volumes are to be distributed among themselves as gifts, and a new installment will purchase more. Some of our young men would not object "to joining that Cir culating Liiorary. Remarkable. The Hon- Andrew-Hunter, elected States Senator, from Arkansas, declines on i.he gtound that he cannot 'accept without injury to the church of which be is a member.

We are bpro crying, live oomplainiDg and die At Abbevjlle, SC where we; were received with the kindest hospitality, was held' the last Confederate council of war. Mr Davis desired to. know, fromnpia brigade commanders, the spirit of tbe men. presided himself. Besides General Breckinridge Bragg, none others were preseut' than the five brigade commahders Mr Davis was apparently untouched by any of the demoralization which prevailed- he was afjable, dignifhd; and looked the very personification of high and undaunted courage.

Each officer gave in turn, a statement of the condition and 'feeling of his men, and, when urged to do so, declared his own views Iof the situation. In substance, all said the same. They and their followers despaired of successfully conducting the war, and doubted the propriety of prolonging it. The honor of the soldiery was involved in, securing- Mr Dayis' -safe i escape, and their pride induced them to put off submission, to the last moment. They would risk battle in the accomplishment of these objects -but would not ask their men io struggle against a fate, which was inevitable, and forfeit all hope of a restoration! to their homes and friends.

Mr Davis de-clare4jhat he wished to hear no plan which had fori its object only his safety-ptbat twenty-five jhundred brave men were enough to prolong, the war, until the panic had passed away, and they would then be at nucleus for1 thousands more. He urged us to accept his views. We were we could not agree with him, andjrespected him too much to He then said, bitterly, that be saw all hope was gone that all the fiiends of the South were prepafed to consent to her degradation. When he arose to leave the room, he hid lost bis erect bearing, his face was pale, and the faltered so much in his 'step that he was compelled to lean upon General Breckinridge, It was a sad sight to men who felt toward him.aa we did. I will venture to say that nothing he has subsequently endured, equaled the bitterness of that moment.

Medicinal Qualities of Pumpkins. At a recent discussion in the New York Farmers' Club, a correspondent writes of the virtues of the pumpkin I jwill give you a simple, jet very valuable cure; for inflammatory A' woman's arm; was swelled to an enormous size, and pain fully inflamed A poultice was made of stewed pumpkin, which was Irenewed every fifteen minutes, and in a short time produced a perfect cure. The fever drawn put by the poultice made them extremely offensive as they were taken off. I know! a man cured of severe of the Rowels by the same kind of application, I think such as this proper for discussion in farmers' club. vT 1 Dr.

Snodgrass I hare no doubt pumpkins make a good poultice, Whatever! holds water andj warmth best is tho most suitable. Dr. Smith--In my travels in' Syria I found pumpkin seeds almost "universally jeaten by the people on account oi jtneir supposed medical Not because ithey are diuretic, but as an antidote aninialcutae which infest the bowels. They are sold in the streets-as apples and nuts are here. Itj is a med ical fact that of; tape, worm by the persons have been cured use of pumokin The outer, skin being removed, the meats are ijpruised in a mortar, into an oily, pasty mass.

ft is swallowed by the patient after fasting some hours, anid it takes the place ot cuyie in tne stqmacu. ana me tape worm lets go its hold on the membrane and becomes gorged with this substance and in some measure probably torpid. Then a large dose of castor oi is administered, and th6worms are ejected before they are able to renew their hold. li A DELiGnTFrL Legenp. There is a charm ing tradition connected with the site on which the Temple of Solomon was -It is-said to have been held in common by two brothers one whom had a family the other had none.

On the spot was sown a field of wheat. On i the evening succeeding the harvest, the wheat having been gathered separate shocks, the elder brother said unto wife, "My younger brother Is unable to' bear j. the burden and heat of the day; I will arise tike off roy shocks and place them with his, without his knowledfre. jThej younger brother being actuated by the same benevolent motives, said, within himself wMv elddr broiher has a family, and I. have none I will contribute to their support I will arise take pit tny shocks, and place them with his without his knowledge." Judge iof their mutual astonish ment, when on the following morning, they found thejr respective shocks undiminished.

This course of events transpired several-nights, "when each" resolved, in his own mind to stand guard and solve the mystery. They: did so. when, on the following: night they met each other halfway between jtheir respective shocks with their arrasfult Upon ground hallowed, with such associations as these was the lemple of Solomon erected so spacious and magnificent. the admiration and wonder of the world. Alas in these days, how many would sooner steal their brother whole shock than add to it a sinsle Fheaf! eucral Bnsbin, who is on recruiting service Kentucky, finds some trouble in obeying General Grant's oTder forbidding recruiting offi cer hereafter to enlist boys under the age of twenty-one without the consent.

of the parent or guardian. A good many of the colored men don't know their parents1, and to ask the parents of some who do. General Erisbio thinks would be a delicate matter. riCTlJRES! PICTURES Tbe nndersigDed, Phofoffraphic Arlfst of Baltr oegs leave to inform the public la gen eral, mat ne nas opened a No.M Ambrotype, Daguer dtjpe and Photograph Gallery, over Air. J.

Hartv's Storey next door to the court Parties de sinag neat, well executed and true Pictures will do welj to give him call. Copies taken from the smallest picture Into large life-size Portraits. Prices reasonable, HENRY BAUMGARTEN. Feb 18, 1867 tf IJiPOItTAKT TO FARMERS. A liberal Otter, We 'keep on hand a large supplv of Fertilizers- such as Peruvian and Pacific Gnano, Raw-Bone Phosphate and Super-Phosphate of Lime, and Gypsum we offer to Farmers on reasonable terms, v'j will supply- responsible parties for one-half cash, and wait for the balance until tbe crop is made' also keep a large suppv-ef Bacon, Cora and Seed Oata, at wholesale.

A i' J. 4 CO. Charlotte, Feb. 25,1867. 1 tf 25,000 L.bs.

Bar Iron, At 6 cents per pound Retail. V-f 5 i't t' Wholesale, Good Uome-made IRON, at- BREM, BROWN COS. A 1 AMNESTY AND 1 The following decision of the Supreme Court, at iU late session, was delivered some days go by His Honor Judge Reade. Its clear and apt construction of the Amnesty Act, passed at tbe present session of the Lcgialaturei will be highly satisfactory to tbe public, and will sat at restj.wa trusf, all the unfortunate litigation which has sprung up in the Western Counties esneclallj. originating in acts committed daring ttr- .1.

Wil ms war. tie cup iuc uecisiuu nuui id region Journal. i- J. SUPREME COURT FIRST TERM, 186 I TheStattx. Jim.

Blalock and Others, jl, Readx, J. There were sixteen persons in-' dieted in this esse. They were citizens of North Carolina, and during the war 'they enlisted in the Federal service, and engaged in a fight, with arms, with certain of the Home Guards in the Confederate aerviee; and some were wounded on fcoth sides. Several interesting questions were discussed at the Bar as to the regularity of the enlistment and of the swearing and mustering of the defendants, involving the general question, whether they were soldiers in the Federal errice at all: And if they were, then, whether they were acting under orders, or were marauders. But we are relieved from deciding these com plex and embarrassing questions, by "reason of tbe fact, mat since me tnai Deiow, uie legislature has passed an act of Amnesty and Pardon, which embraces this case.

We did so far consider the facts as to enable us to determine the defendants are not clearly entitled to an acquital upon the merits, because, if they were, they would be entitled to a new trial to save the costs. But it is evident that their fiuilt or innocence is involved in, much doubt, and we can see no good likely to result from another trial. I Tbe conflict of arms and political disturbances through which we have passed, have troubled society to its deep foundations. Those who are now neighbors have lately been in armed hostility and met each other with deadly purpose; property and lives have been sacrificed; those who were in command had to compel obedience, and were sometimes too those who had to serve were worn out and irritable, and aometimes, resistant; the rapacious plundered and the innocent suffered. -Every one has something unpleasant to remember, and many have wrongs to revenge; criminal prosecutions and civil suits necessarily spring out of such a past The details, not to say the.

exaggerations of irritating facts; tbe conflict of witnesses; the discussions between zealous the denunciations of parties; the hazard of costs and dam- ages, and the inflictions of 'punishments, would not only keep alive, but would cause tLcse evils to spread into a pestilence. While so many have injuries to revenge, quite as many have errors to regret; and it will "be a great public good if the past can be forgiven and forgotten. In view of this, the Legislature at iti present -session passed an act which provides Jin Act granting a general Amnesty and iiar- don to all officers and soldiers of the State of Xsorth Carolina, or of the late Confederate States armies, or of the United States, Jor offences committed against the Criminal Laics of the State of Korth Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That no person who may have been in the civil or military ser--vice of the State, as officers or soldiers of the militia, officers or soldiers of the home guard, officers and soldiers of the' local police, oficers and soldiers of the late Confederate States, or as officers and soldiers of tbe United States, shall be held to answer on any indictment for any act done in the discharge of any duties imposed on him purporting to be by a law of the State or late Confederate States Government, or by virtue of any order emanating from any officer commissioned, or'non-comniLfcioned of the Militia or Home Guard, or local police of North Carolina, or any officer commissioned or non-commissioned of the late Confederate States; Government, or any offioer or soldier of the United Sta'es Gov-ernment. That no one of the above named offit- -cers or privates, who now are or may hereafter be indicted for any homicides, felonies or mis demeanors committed prior to the first day ot January, A. JSGG, shall be held to answer for, tbe came, but shall be entitled to a full and complete amnesty, pardon and discharge from the same upon the payment of the costs, prol vided they shall not be taxed with the payment of the costs upon any indictment preferred against them from and after tbe passage of this Kill nr in 1 tales in anyof the above named organizations gainst whom no indictment is now pending; shall be liable to prosecution for any offence committed against the criminal laws of North Carolina prior to the first day of, January, A D.t 186C, as aforesaid.

Be it further enacted, That in alj eases where indictments are now pending, either io the County oi Superior Courts, if tbe defendant can! ishow that he was an officer or private in either -of the above named organizations at the time, it hall be presumed that he acted ubder orders until the contrary shall be made to appear. I nuti cuiiiicu, mil private cui- rens, who, on account of age or frorq any other 'Cause, were exempt from service io aaj or all of the above named organizations, who for the pre-I serration of their lives or propertv. -or for the 1t "11 protection of their families, associated themselves; -together for tbe preservation ol law and order, in their respective counties or districts, shall be entitled to all tho benefits and provisions of 'this act- i Be it further enacted, That no person who may bave been in the civil or military service of the State, or late Confederate StatesGovernment, io either of tbe above named organisations, shall be held liable in any. civil action for any act done in tbe dischargo of any duties imposed upon him by any law or authority purporting to be a law of the Slate or late Confederate States it further enacted, That this actl shall be io force from and after its ratification, A. 18C6.

i of this lied has not been uofre-' when occasions of great strife have made 1 it It is applied to whole classes for the purpose of restoring tranquility in the. State. It is the gracious- act of the Government towards its erring subjects. It is the most amicable prerogative of the Government. Law cannot be founded on principles of com passion to guilt.

The ragged task of condemn-icg and punishing is for the Courts; the gracious act of forgiving is for the Crown. 4 Blacks tone, '401. and amnesty are not" precisely iamr A Jardoo is to one 'who i ji: r- vu juit uimiu uoia on raj tiuerar Xw Store. Feb J5, 1867.