Carolina Watchman

              w iwhp m i wp wll jp fwfwi vol 1 third series salisbury n 0 monday august 13 1866 no 32 whole no 1723 terms : witki.v 1 yen 8 00 g months 1 60 cash in advance rates of advertising oki square ipaee l 1 - !"><■») lrsl iniertion 1 no " 2d 3d and 4th insertion eaoh "" " for each additional publication .'!,'! another report on thk cask of jefferson davis on saturday mr rogers of new jer sey from the minority of the judiciary committee of thu house of representa tives made a report on the case of 1,1 ferson davis the washington herald i eavb • the icport declare3 the charge of com i ulioity made against mr davis not only i ah uid but the mere wmk of malice and ■ avarice and claims that the testimony i adduced was a chain of flimsy fabrica i tions and these assertions mr rogers i bases npon the testimony of ihe accom i liliceb oonovcr and montgomery mr i rogers believes that tho exposition of ■ this plot so invalidates any testimony ■ coming through the hands of mr hofl i that it renders nil belief in the charges i against davis clay tucker et al fra i possible the nature of this testimony is best i shown by ex racfs therefrom : may 8 l s ig — campbell's testimony i — the testimony of this witness taken by i judge holt was read to him in the com i mittee room and ho was aske 1 if it was i true and he re lied : no ; it is all false why did yon make it i wns informed l,y mr conover that i judge holt bad offered a reward of one lliuntlretl thousand dollars for the capture ■ of jefferson davis ; that ho had no au ithority really to doit that now that ■ jefferson davis was taken they had not li'tioti^li against him to justify them in ■ what they had done that judge holt ■ wanted to get witnesses to prove that d<t 1 ■ vis was interested iu tho pssnssi nation of president lincoln so as to justify bin in ■ laying the 100,000 1 speaking ofthe women that had test 1 ' i ifi'.'iiin mr holt's ollice to corroborate conover cam bell reysat this examina tion : sarah douglass is not her real limine her name was dunham there was auolher woman sworn her name given was assumed ono was couove at liv ilo conover's name is charles dun j hum conover told tno that i engaged li i it it was not going to hurt anybody ;, hat jeff davis would never be brought it trial ; and that if this evidence g"t to iliiin he would leave the country con lover directed me to assume the mime of campbell ihere wu8 a person described by that name who was supposed to be implicated in that affair and i was rep ■ ■ eventing this party lie ir.et conover in he first place by the ap ointment of bnevel snevel said i could make mon my out of it money was my motive 1 - wived six hundred and twenty-five bcllai i received ono bun ired dollars rom conover and five hundred dollars rom judge holt i got one hundred hnd fifty dollars at boston and one hun-i bred at st albans i went to canada lo bunt up a witness to swear false who i bas to represent lamar snevel and bonover together arranged with me to go b canada snevel saw tho written evi hence i was to swear to after conover im.j 24 18cc joseph snevel sworn ; bis right name is william ii roberts bis deposition before holt read to him nd signed joseph snevel he stated was blse from beginning to end conover broie out tho evidence and i learned it by lit'itrf i made it to make money i kceived three hundred and sevety-five ollais from holt and one hun lied dol birs from conover i told conover that il was coming on here to testify to bio truth ; that i had not bad any rest ■ nc i swore to what i did he said i bould bo in a worse fix than i was be bre this was on last saturday he bid things would be settled and there bould be no further trouble when the blse evidence i was to swear to was bad over to mo by conover campbell bid conover's brother-in-law ilr ansen bere present conover told mo ho knew hat holt would ask me and conover bked me the same questions i gave lis evidence before holt when i was brong conover would nod his head bonover was present when i was sworn bv holt when conover would nod 1 1 bould then correct it as near as i could j bampbcll conover and if ult were prea bit campbell and i rehearsed at the otel in washington conover said l i bas asked if such a sum would be satiss bctory i said it would i can't tell mow much i received conover was an b^ent of tho government to hun up v.v bencc m conover has escaped as already stated br rogers was kept from seeing the ev hence in possession of the committee for rlectii.ii and arrangement til 12 o'clot k h friday the house adjourning on sat ■ mr rogers closes his report by urging be speedy trial of mr davis antl agrees bith the majority of the committee in being no need of additional legislation b try mr davis for anything unless it b the design to try him by ex post facto btri of congress arre8t of sisters of charity i who can read the following account ) of rooent events taken from th city of kansas advertiser of july the 7th with out let-in f sentiments of just indigna [ li'-n against a party which in this nine , let-nth century should thus violate every principle of common right and of civili zation and yet lho occurrences them are but the type of that which has lieen foreshad owed in the speeches of lhe leader and is reserved for lho whole hind if tli ex tremists shall over bu able to control tlm executive legislative and judicial de partments of the government this is their aim and purposes the people at lust nre perceiving their tine designs nnd ure organizing for thu defence of them selves and their liberties — charleston courier considerable excitement says tho kansas advertiser was brought about at cape girardeau by the repetition of ml arrest of boiiio of the sisters of charity or nuns attached ns teachers lo the con i vent of a catholic academy at that point ; for their not taking theoath prescribed by the new constitution the excitement ie reported to have been so great against this outrage per petrated in the name of law againsl a highly meritorious benevolent and re ligious order — christian self-saorificing women at that that those who hud tbem in charge as malefactors were com pelled to desist in the discharge of a radical duty at war with every delicate and decorous instinct wo habitually practice towards the sex the matter was compromised hy tho offenders against tlm new constitution giving bond for tlieir appearance at tho next circuit court of cape girardeau county for their appearance to answer to tbo crim inality of the offence of acting in the ca pacity of teachers without taking the convention oath is there any other state in this country even under radical rule the law of which subjects leligi j ous women and men to the indigmities of an arrest and imprisonment in the < discharge of their religious and business ! avocations '. we believe not and yet we loarn from mr drake as the avow j d exponent of radical intent inthisi state lhat not one iota of this obnoxi i ous law is to bo repealed tli.it the safe ty of the radical party admits of no isuch reform - ' death of john ross j ii 11 ross thc well known chief ol the cherokee nation died in this city yesterday evening • i mr b"-s i'or more than a third of a century exercised a powerful and con trolling influence not only over his own people but upon nil the border tribes : he was a man of great political sagaoity which is shown in t-be fact that he so long maintained the ascendency us chief of his nation to which place he was elected every four years a place which he filled when tbe cherokee people went from iheir old home into arkansas in 1885 he married a lady wo believe in dela-j ware and leaves t numerous family con 1 neetion mr lloss was the representative ofthe full blood portion of the nation and that being the controlling element of the ; nation his ascendency was always secure he was a man of intelligence conversed well bore himself with dignity and used a peu handsomely antl with lorce lio j was a politician of intense ambition lov j ed power and his opponents accused him j of unscrupulousnese in securing his pur 1 poses when the war opened be embarked | with the south carrying with him the mrst of the full-bloods i his nation but subsequently he changed front and was addresse 1 svith the uui n lie could not have bee much less than | seventy-five years of age at the time of i his death — national intelligencer the courage of the south as told by a yankee general — general francis 1 blair in a union speech at st louis a few days ago paid the following com pliment to the courage and endurance of , ihe south speaking of tho war be said : they have evinced courage and en durance by their gallantry and long suffering in this cause so mistaken and j so erroneous and so criminal tbey have shown themselves to be the equals of any ; equal number of men upon god al j mighty's globe applause those who have contended against them are those who are readiest to admit that tbey have , shown themselves to be the equals of anv other peoplo in the world ap plause not only have tbey shown i themselves ready lo admit thai these men j are their equals but they bave shown themselves tho readiest to overlook the past and forget what there is need of i forgetting and to receive these men back into the government with all the rights innl dignity of their respective slate un j impaired simply requiring them upon , the pledge which they will give that ihev will renew their allegiance to tbe , i government of the united slate ap plause can we not confide in these brave men i say that we can ap plause judge not that ye be not judged dan kick's elephant on a tear from llie beranton | pa herald our renders will remember the elo luiiit romeo with dun uico's show which wus in this city a week ago the animal for some time has been showing indications of a spirii of insubordination uu showed a bail disposition on the road between oarbondale antl mount i'leasant refusing to turn out for the teams c arriving at new milford un.l still being unruly rice concluded t hiii due him and for this purpose thoy chained his hind legs to a tree uud en deavored to fasten a rope to his lore legs iiiiii by these menus throw him after many fruitless attempts the effort was successful tho rope was attached to a tackle and t-i x men combined their strength to pull him down lie fooled them wiih a blow of his trunk he ro leased liis tore legs anil by a tremend ous cli'ort broke his chains the men bcaterod in all directions pursued by the animal one of them saved bis life by bouuding over a i'enco and the elephant for satisfaction threw down i long span of ir at eleven o'clock they managed to throw him some fifty shots were fired and took effect in his trunk and olher portions of his body but they were only flea bites and were but skin deep let nil children sleep we earnestly advice all who think a great deal or who have to work hard to take all the sleep they can got without medical means we caution parents particularly not to allow their children to be waked up of mornings — let nature wake them up she will not do it prematurely but havo a c ire that thoy g to i od at an early hour ; it-t it be early until it he found that they wake up themselves in full time to dress for breakfast living waked up curly in,i allowed to engage in difficult or any studies late nnd just boforo retiring hns given tunny a promising und beautiful child the brain fever or determined ordinary ailments to the production of water on the brain lel patents make every p bslhle effort to have their children o in bleep in a pleasant humor never scold or give lectures or any way wound a child's feel iugs as it goes to bed lei all banish business and every wordly care at led time and lel lc op como t a mind ut i ace with god and all thu world lel those who ate evil spoken of take comfort il is only at fruit frees thai men throw stones whoever saw thieve tli nnv stone-i nt the birch or maple tree 1 lie mote fruit a tree bears und the rich er ii is tbe more it is likely to ul tract the attention of a thief white sulphur springs — the number of visitors to these popular springe in catawba county x 0 is largely in creasing lite arrivals ihere : july 80th mrs a adams & child greesboro mrs wm barringer,greens boro miss bettie degraffinreid chat ham w p hughs greensboro mrs c a carncross salisburv win murphy salisburv mrs murphy child cv servant salisbury missjane murphy salisbury thomas murphy salisbury gov z 11 vance charlotte mrs vance charlotte master vance charlotte t w steel ' liule rock ark july 31 — j 1 bryce it 2 sersvants charlotte mrs bryee misssennie bryce miss eva bryce miss carry & muster j bryce charlotte anu 1st s b alexander charlotte miss m s alexander mis a alexan der john i burwell mrs burwell miss annie burw 11 mary burwell mrs blackwood miss ella blackwood char lotte j f clark a daughter salisbury a j orr mrs orr child it 2 servants james ii orr and black bear speaking of the conduct of congress in reprimanding rousseau and virtually justifying griuuell the now v,,ik ex press exclaims justice where is thy power never mind justice has plen ty of time and takes it leisure au in spired writer says because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily therefore the hearts of men are set in them to do evil tl.o extremely warm weather at the north i gi\i groat distress the wit-is of lhe small incomes make it an argu ment for going to the wai iring places or somewhere out of town fourteen thou sand indies have besieged their husbauds ion this account and three thousand have sub milled to tho inevitable antl inexoru '; ble necessity . is god dead toof'—x very small girl whose mother was dead nnd whose father had married again but had not re sumed family worship soon after tin event accosted him father is o l deadf no my child said he what makes yon ask lhat question i why you used to pray to him night and morning when my mother was alive but you don't now ; 1 did not know but god was dead too benefits of advertising the benefits to be derived from n pro per course of advertising cannot be ap predated too highly it gives pub licity to the business of private individ i iialsj and affords the public information lin regard to the nature of ones business and ihe articles offered for sale lel tho merchant abstain from advertising and he looses hall 1 is custom buyers i are ii ol supposed to bearch out those who ! are anxious to sell in order to make their purchases but the sellers must endeavor to ferret out buyers and keep flieni in formed of every addition to tlieir slock the medium offered for this purpose is ! the newspaper ; those of that class cir culating the most generally and exten sively aro the ones to be dosin d and an on the whole tlie proper mediums it is necessary that local papers sin uld be thn lirst on whom to bestow patruu ago as ihev answer as daily statements of t io waits received and offered if \ however lho merchant wishes fo extend j his trade into sections whore other pa pers circulate more extensively a share of the patronage sho-dd also bo extend 1 ed to them nothing was over yet lost by adver tising business cannot be transacted without it tho growth and prosperity ; of trade would bo retarded without its undeniable influence trait actions would '' then be coiiliited to the immediate vicin ity of the merchant were ii not tor the j thus as it were noising abroad the ad vantages he offers or which it is said he ; oilers amounting to one and the same it is a noticeable fact that t\iose mer chants even in our own community who advertise the most extensively and in the proper style do a business far ex deeding iu magnitude that of their more narrow-minded ami penurious compeers | we would say lo all then advertise both freely and without reserve and wo will guarantee that success will follow — wilmington join-end . • ■*- . th southeru slat s to volt in the pres j nl nti 1 election — the following point ed remarks occur in an editorial in the president's nrgnn of wednesday lasl : it will he reeolle ted l r readers who have kept the run of ihis paper that wo intimated a suspicion several months ago thai the radical members nl con gress had entered into ii conspiracy against tho constitution to shut it the electoral vp e in 1888 of cet tuiti foutliein , states and that about a mouth ago we stated in re clearly what it was as no senator representative or radical news paper lias presumed to deny the allega tion we take it to have been rue it is a plot that cannol be carried t.t with impunity we do nnl believe it nan be consummated without bloodshed al all events if ib • electorial votes f the states thus unlawfully excluded will elect a candidate for president who shall not be elected without them ihe people will lind a way to have ihem counted by putting the proper president elect into ofiice and maintaining him there by force if ncces-ary the exclusion of ten states from rep | resentation in oongress goes to the ut most verge of public forbearanoe in t o ; further outrage can in our opinion boi superadded to it without breaking the public peace and exposing the country to the horrors of another civil war in | which tbe people of ibe excluded statesj would have the sympathy of tbccivilizjil world the richest man in the world — tbe man who holds the position of being the richest individual in ihe world is it isi stated ti.e viceroy of egypt he pos sesses immense estates in the most tortile country of the globe the value uf their annual product being reckoned at tons of mi iih ns of dollar lie has palaces stores factories and such facilities for tho man ageuieut of his properties and bis own aggrandizement aa are only iimiie 1 by the extent of the country he governs — vet with all his wealth ll.e viceroy is tilwtiye short of uiouoy slid at present is so ued that be is trying to negotiate a oati in london too long credit — a wealthy but nig gardly gentleman was waited on by the advocates of a charitable institution for which they solicited his aid reminding him of ihe divine declaration pr,,v xix : 17 he that bath pity oti the poor lend eth unto lho lord ; and that wiiich be hath given will be pay iiim again to this he replied the becurity no doubt is good and the interest liberal but i cannot give long credit poor rich iniiii the lay of payment was much nearer than he anticipated not a fort nighl bad elapsed from his refusing to bouor this claim of god upon bis btib stance before l,o received a summons wirh which he could not refuse to com ply it was tins night thy soul bhall be required of then then whoso shall tho.-e ihings be whioh thou bast with held i the columbia carolinian ol sunday thinks that podsiiappt-ry is a good term for new england twaddle and tells its readers that the word was invented or manufactured by the new vork a ws we advise the carolinian to improve its acquaintance with our musical friend an old sailor just returned fiom a two year's whaling voyage taking a walk up ono of tho principal streets ofa northern city tho other day was feai fully impress ed by the spectacle affonle i by the tilting hoops and short-roofed shirts of some of our fashionables ii t thought it uiiihi be out of respect of departed modesty that all tbe women had iheir petticoats at halt mast consolation for unmarried lambs the i following linei are offered as ioi ,,- 1 for iht i i iinclioly h.,,1 soothing hv , up for the multitude ol \ demoiselles whoso uiiitriiiioni.il protpecti ore looking ralher gloomy : mourn not l.itly for thy cl.nrnis circled by no lover's mm while inferior belles ynu too i'u it up hunbandi readily ! sparrows when they cbooie to p.iir m.-.-t tliiir matches nny where hut the pliosuix h'ully great i lannot find a equal mete 1 eiirtb though dark enjoys the honur t if a i.ino io wait upon be ; yi-iiui though divinely bright oiiinot vol s falsi ite — . «■ . i lhe freeilmen's bureau in princess ! ann va have lalely made a learned decission upon a vexed question of law : in the case of a negro who stole a gentleman's brood sow and kept her un til she increased her family the llu ri'itu deoided that tho negro is entiled i to lhe pigs if lie returns the sow — dan ville times the cable a messenger if peace — it is a curious coincidence that the tirst news despatches received by the atlan tic cable in 1*58 have been niossag s of peace the despatch of 1858 announced the news of the conclusion of thu war in china us follows : valkntia august 25 — later and high ly important in elligence has been re ceived from china a treaty ol peace has been conolndi tl with clnnii by w hioh england and franco obtain ii their de mands including the establishment ol tbe war the only one by the new cable a trea ly f peace between austria and prussia ur f'llows i tiii.nitv bat n f july 27 re ceived from the vnlentia ireland times a treaty of pence has been signed between austria and prussia two little boys sons of thos short were killed by lightning on monday af ternoon in union iowa tbey wero up in a tree picking cherries when the light ning struck the tree killing them both instantly lhe mother of the boys was standing under the tree at the time and wits knocked senseless but shortly re covered a glimp8eatthe wigwam — the huge semi-circular building at twentieth street ami girard avenue for tin approaching national union convention is being rap idly constructed under a contract to be completed within ten days the outer dimensions are 14c by 105 feet this dwarfs our stately academy of music wilh its one-third comparative capacity for spectators and it is alone eiirpasie-.l in this by the great sanitary fair struc ture in logan sq.mro iu 1804 entering i by a 12 feet wide doorway from giratd avenue a vestibule discloses four ante rooms for committees he great amphi theatre beyond and ihe two encircling galleries a liked sized doorway leads to the lower gallery and the amphitheatre while thc special gallery for the ladies above is reached by a private entrance the am phitheatre is 70 by 140 feet while tho galleries supported by iron pillars 10 ' feet upait ascend like the seats of the grand flag reception in independence hail on 4th of july at tlie head a.e the speaker's desk ll inked i either side by ihe tables assigned to reporters seats are provided for 70u0 persons while 8000 patient visitors can be accommo dated with standing room as ever greens and festooned flowers are to deco rate be many iron columns the frame structure will be gayly relieved after the convention adjourns the building will be appropriated for mass meetings under the auspices of the john sou club — philadelphia paper horrible a babe rilled by a rat and its face and arms devon ed by rats a pittsburg dispatch savs the particulars of a horrible occur rence which transpired a few days ago have just been made public it appears that a young married lady placed hor sleeping infant a little cherub three months old in a cradle mid left the room five or ten minutes afterward she heard a piercing shriek from the little innocent and immediately rushed to its side — she arrived in time to see a huge rat jump from tho cradle antl run through the door upon raising the infant she found it cold in death the rat having bitten through tho lip and cheek , pro ducing spasms iu one of which lhe child had died tlio corpse was laid out in the parlor and being left unguarded a few minutes a swarm of rats entered and attaekod it devouring nearly the entire face and arms before their presence was discovered the house in question is i i tte rally swarming with largo ravonous norway rats wiiich frequently attack grown persons and aro a sotirco of ter ror to its occupants foreign new vork aug 4 p m difipalohee from europe by tbo cable to the associated presi havo been received london aug 3 p m there it no political news of real importance to-,h,y tbe commercial intelligence from liv l i.s to august 3d p m ll.u 11 niter's circular reports the sales of cot ion for the week ending thursday aug 2d nt 71,000 bales tlm sales to-day wero 7,000 iml'.'s middling uplands is quoted at l4d per inn nd i note this as a decline of ji from the lust price received by the cahle london aug 3 i m — the dotting price of consols lo day was 87j for money ; u s i-20 were quutcd at the close of business to dav at cd new vork aug 3 1 m cotton unchanged with sales of suobalc flour drooping vheal dull common 2 to 8 cents lower jlork heavy atfc31u47 lard linn sugar quiet ; collin dull ; naval stores firm ; turpentine 71a70 ratio 3 25*0.00 ; cold new vork 5 p m the steamship moruvian is id wiih dal--i lo the 27th the armistice between prussia and austria expires to-day and will probably bo renewed hul there is no indication as yet of tbis being dulie the english government bas announced its inlet tion of prolonging llie suspension of tlio 11 ibeas corpus in ireland the times says that llio armistice did not come too soou to save tlie austrians from final catastrophe tbo combatants aro now resting irrespective of position there aro well grouutn ed hopes ihai the truce will be prolonged into a definite peace on the 2slh a suspension of hostilities was agreed upon between the italians and austrians on ibe 3rd the italians had a fight wilh the austrians near bonges whicii town they carried by assault they also carried lorica by as sault liverpool july 27 18g0 cotton sales 102,550 bales including 13,590 to speculators and 25,800 to exporters mar ket opened buoyant aud advanced and closed quiet at an advance of _ penny on tho week authorized quotation : fair orleans ic ; mid dlings 14j fair mobile 15 fair uplands 15j later special to the herald by the cable under date london aug 3j — received 5th : martial law bail been proclaimed in lower aus tria and also in venice piussia and wirteoi burg a peace conference is to be held at prague mi the following basis : austria to withdraw liniii the erraniiic confederation to lose ven ire and her part of schleswig-huutein and also to p„y 410,000,000 lo her adversaries as expen ses ol the war tlio german states norl'i of the mitill are to form a union under llio guidance of prussia the gorman states south of thu main to form an idepeudent union still later from europe london august 4 nothing of political interest to-day consols 87ij eiveslweulies c8j liverpool aug 4 cotton flat sales of 8000 bales middling uplands at 14 pence latest and direct from europe london aug 4 the bill for the suspension of the writ of ha beas corpus in ireland was read a second lime in the house of commons last night mr gladstone supported the government and warmly praised the treatment accorded to the , feniana by tbe american government the resolutions against the bill were nega tive by a vote of 105 pglinst 31 advices from the seat of war state that ibe prussian troops havo entered mounbeem and ii rdelburg washington aug 6 the joint congiessional committee of re trenchment will commence work aboul the inid ! die of ibis n outli among tbe first subjects i they will investigate is the corruption alleged in the disposal of confiscated and abandoned prop erly in the soulb by government agenis new vork aug 6 m gold ill 47j sterling quiet sight of cotton dull and declining uplands 36 or leans 37 new york aug 3 0 the ge minis with dates to the 25th is in we comleiice the news austria has accepted tho basis of peace pro posed by prussia and iu bubstanco given in pre vious despatch published above prussia intends annexing territory contain ing 3,000,000 of people miintuffel insists on the immediate payment of 25,00,000 of florins threatening in event of noii-coiiipliance to deliver frankfort up to pil lage this has been refused and the cily has asked the intervention ol napoleon and the en glish cabinet latest markets and financial now vork aug 4 m gold 1 47 exchange lively ; eight of colton quiet tj lands 30 flour drooping 9.30ali515.25 prime weal steady ; common declining pork heavy 81.2fia|81 27 lard unchanged do to others as you would bo done by