WESTERN DEMOCEAT, CHARLOTTE, Iff. C
tut r Ts-Ai. I thus facilitate the conduct of the war. This ex- native state, returned in gwu'
lUeSSage UI rieSlUCUl UdYlD. tent is measurel by the portion of the field of cir- ton, to settle his accounts and iulhll all t&e ormga-
culation which these notes can do maae to occupy, i uo ---""I " r --
The proportion of the field thus occupied, depends ly arrested and imprisoned in Xew 1 ork, wnere
a-ain upon the amount of the debts for which ' he now is. The unsuspecting confidence with
they are receivable; and when dues, not only to which he reported to his Government was abused,
the Confederate and State Governments, but also ; and his desire to fulfill his trust to them used to
to corporations and individuals, are payable in this his injury.
medium, a lare amount of it may be circulated j In conducting this war we have sought no aid
at par. There" is every reason to believe that the j and proposed no alliance, offensive or defensive,
Confederate Treasury notes aro fast becoming abroad. We have asked for a recognized place
such a medium. The provision thatthe.se notes ' in the great family of nations. But in doing so
t.uM k ,.r,rtA Jntn HnnfpdpMte Stork, bear- : we have demanded nothing for which we did not
In u a vviitli vv w 7 . n
ing eight per cent, interest, at the pleasure of the : offer a fair equivalent. The advantages ot mter
! holder, injures them against a depreciation below ' course are mutual amongst nations.and seeking to
no considerable tall , establish diplomatic relations we were umy ku-
in that value need be feared, so long as the interest deavonng to place that intercourse unuer me regu-
shall be punctually paid. The punctual payment j lation of public law.
! of this interest has been secured by the Act pass- j Perhaps we had the right, if we had chosen to
! ed by the last session, imposing such a rate of ; exercise it, to ask to know whether the principle,
' taxation as must provide sufficient means for that ; that blockades to be binding must be effectual, so
: purpose. i solemnly announced by the great powers of Europe
i For tlie successful prosecution of this war, it is at Paris, is to be generally enforced, or applied
indispensable that the means of transporting troops only to particular parties. W hen the Confederate
j n. i:. .. i, t: : .1 i c 0: I Vhite of vmir last. svsion. hpfame a nartv to the
aim ulllliarv suoimca uu imuuiiiu. uo iai no i"J.i- v-n-v,-., - , , j
com- ' declaration reiernng to tnis principle oi interna-
place tional law, which has been recognised fo long by
To the Congress of the Confederate States
The few weeks which have elapsed since your
irdjournment, has brought us so near the close of
the year that we are now able to sum up the
general results." The retrospect is such as should
fill the hearts ot our people witn grain uue io j
Providence for his kind interposition in their be- j
half. j
Abundant vields have rewarded the labor of j
the agriculturist, whilst the manufacturing in
dustry of the Confederate States was never as
prosperous as noT. The necessities of the times
liara Ailln.l intft OTlsUri.'o tim VirnrwllPA (if IllSlnU-
r,frD. on.l ;n u froch ImnuU t. Mift activity ! the value of that stock, and
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of those heretofore in operation, lhc means ot
the Confederate States for manufacturing the
necessities and comforts of life, within themselves,
increases as the conflict continues, and wc are .
gradually becoming independent of the rest of the .
world for the supply of such military stores and :
munitions as are indispensable for war. i
The operations of the aTmy, soou to be partially .
interrupted by the approaching winter, have :
efforded a protection to the country and tua a
ble. in such manner as not to interrupt the
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lustre upon us arms, mrougn me irving , -- r ' rr.,.: J..i;;.t.,i r.,,,,mil. oort.ink.snnnnH
tudes of more than one arduous campaign, which : a etieck on tneir proaucuye energies. u una ; p.i.m. -u , v rt
latitle our brave volunteers to our pra se and ! end, the means of transportation from one section j that it was to be universally enforced,
ntitle our orate o.untccrs to our prae ana , ' h fc b carefully The customary law of nations is made up of
our gratitude. I rom its commencement up to the OI our cnuntr Ul"u' lu, 1 , , , , 7 ' , . . J, t. - 1 , ,i
present period, the war has been constantly en-! yarded and improved, and this should be the ob- their practice rather than their ucclurations and
;,, 't;nna w....i: ' iect of anxious care on the part of the State and ; it such declarations are only to bcenfuiccd in pa--
ries. so as to include new fields. The conflict now ; Confederate Governments, so far as they may have ; t.cular instances, at the pleasure of those who male
ries. so as to include new neius. l lie connict now
extends from the chores of the Chesapeake to 'he
confines of lissoun and Arizona, let. suauen
calls from the remotest points for military aid
have been met with promptness enough not only j
to avert disasters in the face of superior numbers, j
but also to roll back the tide of invasion iou; the
border.
were
! power over the subject. We have already two
j main systems of through transportation from the
Noith to the South one from Richmond and
along the sea-board, the other through Western
V irginia to JNcw Urleans. A third might be se
cured by completing a link of about forty miles
between Danville, in Virginia, and Greensboro, in
North Carolina. The construction of this com-
them. tl-.pn tli commerce of the world, so far
from being placed under the regulation of a gen
eral law, will become subject to the caprice of
those who execute or suspend 4t at wili. If
such is to be the course of nations in regard to
this law, it is plain that it will thus become a
rule for the weak and not for the strong.
Feeling that such views must be taken by the
neutral nations of lhc earth, I have therefore
r . : ! raiativelv short line would erive us a through line i
... . ' i- ... . !. it.. ,.( !.,. t ninc.l ho oru nnm tn hp on fftfM W Hfth nTOVeS
places' within the Confederate States. Thry '' uri" lu ouului tu-' - , y - -: - -
nrrtc ieueraie oiaies, anu "i e us aeeesa iu a iu puiuuuii wuij.im.ij uviv,. ...v...v...v.7 t
! and to military resources, lrom which we are in a
great measure debarred. We should increase
greatly the safety and capacity of our means for
transporting military supplies. If the construc
! tion of this road should, in the judgment of Con
! gress, as it is in mine, be indispensible for the
most successful prosecution ot the war, the action
of the Government will not be restrained by the
constitutional obiection which would attach to a
greatly excelled in numbers, in available resources,
and m the supplies necessary for war; military
establishments had been long organized and were
complete-, the navy, and for the moit part the
army, once common to both, were in their posses
eion. To meet all this, we had to create not only
an army, in the face of war itself, but also the
military establishments neees?ary to equip and
place it in the field. It ought, indeed, to be a
subject of gratification that the spirit of the peo
ple have enabled us, under Providence, to grapple
successfully with these difficulties. A succession
of glorious victories at JJethel, Bull Kun, Ma
nassas, Springfield, Lexington, Leesburg and
Uelmont, has checked :hc wicked invasion which
reed of gain and the unhallowed lust of power
brought upon our soil, and has proved that num
bers cease to avail who directed against a proj-Ie
fighting for the sacrcc right of self-government
And the Tri ilep.; if frpii.riv Af'tor nmrp ilian
even months of war, the enemv have imt only ! thcy ?erve to complete the circle and diversify
blockade of our coast, and shall direct it to be laid
before such Governments as shall afford us the
means of being heard.
But although we should be benefitted by the
enforcement of this law, so solemnly declared by
the great Powers of Europe, we are not dependent
upon that enforcement for the successful prosecu
tion of the war. As long as hostilities continue,
the Confederate States will exhibit a steadily
work for commerical purposes, and your attention i increasing capacity to furnish their troops with
Invito tn thf mpt'ir.ihilitv of spciirin' its parlv ! food. clothinr and arms. If they should be forced
j completion by giving the necessary aid to thecom
I pany organization and administration,
j If we husband our means and make a judicious
ue ot our resources, it would be difficult to hx a
limit to the period during which we could conduct
to forego many of the luxuries and some of the
comforts of life, they will at leat have the conso
lation of knowing that they are thus daily becom
ing more and more independent of the rest of the
world. If in this process labor in the Confederate
a war against tne adversary wnorn we now eneoun- ouuea siiuuiu ue piiuu-mj ununu
ter. The very efforts which he makes to isolate j great Southern staples which have given life to so
and invade us, must exhaust his means, whilst !
been driven to
a iair comparison
to n.en, military
the
failea to extend their occupation of our soil, but
new States and Territories hayebcen add,-d to our
Confederacy; while, instead of their threatened
march of conquest, they have
assume the defensive; and upon
between the two belligerents, as
means and financial condition, the I. unieuerate
States are, relatively, much stronger now than
trhen the struggle commenced.
Since your adjournment, the people of Mis
souri have conducted the war in the face of
almost unparalleled difficulties, with a spirit and
success alike worthy of themselves and of the
fireat cnuse in which they are trn'j!in..
Since that time Kentucky, too, has become the
theatre of active hostilities. The Federal, forces
have not only refused to acknowledge her right
lo neutrality in this war, but have invaded her
for the purpose of attacking the Confederate
States. Outrages ot the most despotic character
have been perpetrated upon her people. Some of
her most eminent citizens have been seized and
borne away to languish in foreign prisons, without
knowing who were their accusers, or specifications
f charges made against thoni. while others have
been forced to abandon their homes, families and
property and seek a refuge in distant lands. Find
ing that the Confederate States were about to be
invaded through Kcutucky, and that her people,
' after being deceived into a mistaken security,
were unarmed and in danger of being subjugated by
the Federal forces, our armies were marched into
that State to repel the enemy and prevent their
occupancy of certain stragetic points which would
have given them advantages in the contest a
ftep which was justified, not only by the necessi
ty of self defence, on the part of the Confederate
States, but also by a desire to aid the people of
Kentucky. It was never intended by the Con
federate Government to conquer or coerce the
people of that State, but, on lhc contrary, it was
declared by our Generals that they would with
draw their troops if the Federal Government
would do likewise. Proclamation was also made
the productions of our industrial system
11 1 e reconstruction which he seeks to effect by
arms, becomes daily more and more palpably im
possible. Not only the causes which induced us
to separate still exists in full force but they h ave
been strengthened; and whatever doubt may have
lingered iu the minds of any, has been completely
dispelled by the subsequent events. If, instead
of being a dissolution of a league, it were indeed
a rebellion iu which we are engaged, we might
find ample vindication for the course we have
adopted in the scenes which are now being enact
ed in the United States.
Our people look with contemptuous astonish
ment on those with whom they had been so re
cently associated. They shrink with aversion
from the bare idea of renewing such a connection
when they see a President making war without
the assent of Congress when they behold Judges
threatened because they mantain the writ of ha
beas corpus, so sacred to freemen when they see
justice and law trampled under the armed heel of
military authority, and upright men and innocent
women dragged to distant du igcons upon the ruere
edict of a derpot when they find all this tolerat
ed and applauded by a people who had been in
the full enjoyment of freedon but a few months
ago, they believe that there must be some radical
incompatibility between such a people and them
selves. With such a people wc may be content
to live at peace, but the separation is final, and
for the independence we have asserted wcwill ac
cept no alternative.
The nature of the hostilities which they have
waed against us must be characterized as bar
barous wherever it is understood. They have
bombarded undefended villages without giving
notice to women and children to enable them to
escape, and, in one instance, seleeted the night
as the period when they might surprise them most
effectually whilst asieep and unsuspicious of
danger. Aron and rapine, the destruction of
private houses end property and injuries of t lie
moat wanton character, even upon non-combatants.
much of tlie commerce ot mankind, into other
channels, so as to make them rival producers
instead of profitable customers, they will not be
the only or the chief losers by the change
in the direction of their industry.
Although it is true that the cotton supply from
the Southern States could only be totally cut off
by the subversion of our social system, yet it is
pl-iin that a long continuance of this blockade
might, by a diversion of labor and an investment
of capital in other employments, so diminish the
supply as to bring ruin upon those interests of
foreign countries which are dependent on that
I staple. For every laborer who is diverted from
the culture or cotton in the fcouth, perhaps tour
times as many elsewhere, who have found subsis
tence in the .various employments growing out of
its use, will be forced also to change their occupa
tion, while the war which is waged to take from
us the right of self-government can never attain
that end.
It remains to be seen how far it may work a
revolution in the industrial system of the world,
which may carry suffering to other lands as well
as our own. In the mean time, we shall continue
this struggle, in the humble dependence upon
Providence, from whose searching scrutiny we
cannot conceal the secrt sofour hearts, and to
whose rule we confidently submit our destinies.
For the rest, we shall depend upon ourselves.
Libeity is always won where there exists the un
conquerable will to be free, and we have reason
to know the strength that is given by a conscious
sense, not only of the magnitude, but of the
righteousness of our cause.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, Nov. 18, 1861.
.of the desire to respect the neutrality of Kentucky j liave marked their forays along our borders and
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tid the intention to abide by the wishes of her
people, as soon as they were free to express their
opinions. These dcclaiations were approved by
me, and I should regard it as one of the best ef
fects of the march of our troops into Kentucky, if
it should end in giving to her people the liberty
, of choice and a free opportunity to decide their ;
own destiny according to their own will. j
The army has been chiefly instrumental in pre?- i
ecuting the great contest in which we are engag
ed; but the navy has also been effective in full
proportion to its means. The naval officers, deprived
to a great extent of an opportunity to make their
professional skill available at sea, have served
with commendable zeal and gallantry on shore
and upon inland waters; further details of which
will be found in the reports of the Secretaries of
the Navy and War.
In the transportation of the mails many difli-
upon our territory. Although wc ought to have
been admonished by these things that they were
iliposed to make upon us war in the most cruel
and relentless spirit, yet we were not prepared to
see them fit out a large naval expedition with the
confessed purpose not only of plunder, but to
incite a eeivile insurrection in thfc midst of us. If
they convert their soldiers into incendiaries and in
volve u in a species of war which claims noncoiu
batants, women and chiUlren, as its vietnus. they
must expect to be treated as outlaws and enemies
of mankind. There are certain rights of human
ity which are entitled to respect, even in war, and
he who refuses to regard them forfeits his claims
if captured, to be considered as a prisoner of war,
but must expect to be dealt with as an offender
agaii.ft nil law, human and divine.
But not content with violating our ;'ghts under
the laws of nations at home, they have extended
these injuries to us within other jurisdictions.
whom, with your
commissioned to re-
jtilttfie V i . o Ancnn wVllK trill K. fill?i A VP l.m.il
in the report of the Postmaster General. The j The distinguished gentlemen
hsm-rvHrm nfll.f. nr.15n.irv mean nf frnnsnnrt.iti, .n approval at the last SeBloll, I
for the movement of trodrs and military sun.lies. i I scnt the Confederacy at certain foreign Courts,
the insufficiency of the ivllinrr stock of railroads ! ,,ave recently seized by the captain
k i.: e United States ship-of-war on board .a
from military operations and the obstruction of ! steamer on the voyage from the neutral Spanish
w
ot a
British
JfeT The annual meeting of the Grand Division
of the Sons of Temperance of North Carolina was
recently held in Concord, N. C. The following
officers of the Grand Division were elected to
serve till the annual session in 1862, viz: H C
Hamilton, of Lincolntnn Division, G. W. P.;
Henry F Ramsour, of Jacob's Fork Division, Ca
tawba county, G. W. A.; A M Gorman, Raleigh,
G. Scribe; li W. Alexander of Hopewell Division,
Mecklenburg county, G. Treasurer; Rev D 1 Dre
her, of Cold Water Division, Concord, G. Chap
lain; J M Alexander, of same Division, Cor.cord,
G. Conductor; J B Grier, of White Hall Division,
Mecklenburg, G. Sentinel.
1 The next annual session of the Grand Division
was ordered to be held in Greensboro, commencing
at 7 o'clock P. M., of Tuesday before the 2d
Wednesday in November, 1S62.
To Persons Wanting Salt. ny person
or association of persons, wanting Salt, not fjr
sjifcufafionare informed that the South-Side Com
pany has made arrangements with the Virginia
and Tennessee Company by which thcy can send
an engine and Cars for one or more loads. The
; conditions upon which the Salt will be sent is,
that the parties bespeaking a train must have
2,800 bushels ready to load on the cars when they
1 reach the Salt Works, and bands to load it, and
; that there shall be do detention of any kind. The
j charges for sending this train and bringing the
j Salt from the Salt Works, to Pete.oburg, or any
j Depot on tho South Side Railroad, will be 65
: cents per hundred pounds.
II. D. BIRD,
water communication by the enemy's fleet, the j
failure and even refusal of contractor to comply
with the terms of thtir agreements, the difficul
ties inherent in inaugurating so vast and compli
cated a system as that which requires postal facili
ties for every town and village in a territory so
extended as ours, have all combined to impede
the best directed efforts of the Postmaster Gener
al whose real, industry and ability have been tax
.ed to the utmost extent. Some of these difficul
ties can be overcome by time, and an improved
.condition of the country, by the restoration of
peace; but others may be remedied by legislation,
and your attention is invited to the recommenda
tions contained in the report of the head of that
department.
The condition of the Treasury will, doubtless,
be a subject of anxious inquiiy on your part. I
am happy to 6ay that the financial system already
adopted, has worked well, so far, and promises
good results for the future. To the extent that
Treasury Notes may be issued, the Government
is .eaabled to borrow money without interest, and
Sup't.
port ot Havana to JLngland. lhey have thus j J he importance ot this announcement to us is
claimed a general jurisdiction over the high seas, ' greatly increased by the fact that since the out
and entering a British ship sailing under its coun- j break of Tories in East Tennessee, and along the
try's flag, violated the rights of embassy, for the i Northern borders of North Carolina, it is very
most part held sacred even amongst barbarians, by doubtful whether or not wagons can safely pass to
tne csait springs ana oacic. a genueraan wno
has just returned from a trip to Klizabethtown and
Carter counties in Tennessee, reports numerous
CAPTURE OP MESSRS. MASON AND
SLIDELL.
News reached Richmond on Sunday, the 17tb,
that Messrs Slidell and Mason, Ministers to Eng
land and France, with their Secretaries, had been
brought into Hampton Roads by a Federal war
vessel, and delivered to the custody of Gen. Wool,
at Fortress Monroe. The fact was communicated
by Gen. Wool, under a flag of truce, to Gen.
Huger, at Norfolk.
It seems that they had taken passage on the
royal mail steam packet from Havana to Liver
pool, and that the steamer was boarded by the
U. S. man-of-war San Jacinto, under command of
Capt. Wilkes, for the purpose of arresting these
gentlemen, who, with their Secretaries, were
brought forcibly off. The ladies of the commis
sioners were left on board. It is thought that the
boarding was effected shortly after the steamer
had left the port of Havana. The U. S. Consul
at Havana gave information of their embarkation
on the British packet.
The mere capture of two citizens is, of course,
a small loss to the Southern Confederacy. The
affair assumes importance only in respect to the
treatment it may receive from the British Govern
ment. The deck of a British vessel is as sacred
as British soil. To board a British vessel forcibly
and carry off persons, is as great an insult to
British sovereignty, as to send armed men to
London and to capture ambassadors assembed
amid her Court. It is in this aspect of the oase
that the capture of Messrs Mason and Slidell
assumes importance. The British Captain protes
ted against the whole proceeding, and will doubt
less report it to his Government. Rich. Dispatch.
The seizure of Messrs. Mason, Slidell and
others, diplomatic agents of the Southern
Confederacy, on their way to England, on the
high seas, upon the deck of a British mail
steamer, and under the British flag, is a proof of
desperate imbecility in the present Government of
the United States which will fill the world with
amazement. The imprisonment of. these two
agents does not cripple the Southern Government.
It loses two good men. But it may send twenty
others to-morrow on the same errand. The Gov
ernment of theUnited States gains nothing beyond
the gratification of its spite against two individ
uals, and engages itself irretrievably in an open
quarrel with the Government of Great Britain,
whose indisputable and cherished right of mari
time independence it has outraged in a manner so
clear and so decisive as to render immediate naval
hostilities almost certain.
If the Government of Great Britain has not
become more spiritless than any Government ever
was before, this escapade of Commodore Wilkes
will cost Lincoln dearer than any adventure of
the war; and Messrs Slidell and Mason may be
found more useful to the Confederacy within the
walls of their prison than they could have hoped
to be, under the most favorable circumstances,
either at St. James or in the Tuilleries. Rich.
Examiner.
How our Commissioners xcere overtaken.
Late intelligence explains how Messrs Mason and
Slidell were taken by the Yankee frigate San
Jacinto. The Commissioners' arrival in Havana,
and the nature of their mission was so far from
being a secret there, that they received the marked
hospitalities of the Captain-General of the island.
Immediately upon their arrival, the Consul of
Lincoln, one Shufeldt, sent a fast yacht, the Non
pareil, to Key West with the news. . Thus the
enemy' had abundant time to mature all their
arrangements for the coup. The Commissioners
had taken passage on the royal mail steam packet
from Havana to Liverpool.
On the 9th inst., shortly after leaving the port
of Havana, the steamer was boarded by the Uni
ted States man-of-war San Jacinto, under com
mand of Capt. Wilkes, for the purpose of arresting
Messrs Mason and Slidell, who with their Secreta
ries, were brought forcibly off. The party of
ladies who accompanied the Commissioners pro
ceeded on their way, and took with them, it is
said, the official letters and despatches of the Com
missioners. Charleston Mercury.
The Norfolk Day Book learns that the capture of
Messrs Mason and Slidell wa$ against the protest
of the British Captain and under threats, and,
indeed, the actual exhibition of force. One re
port is that several shots were fired. It learns
that the capture took place as the mail steamer
left Madeira.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The following is the Northern account of an af
fair heretofore mentioned:
Cincinnati, Nov. 12. The defeat of theUnion
troops at Guyandotte, Va., was accomplished by
the treachery of the inhabitants conspiring with a
force of rebels, variously estimated at from five
hundred to a thousand men, who concentrated in
the country back of the town. These troops pro
posed, with the assistance of the rebel inhabitants
of Guyandotte, to annihilate the Federal troops
stationed at the town consisting of 250 men, part
of a Virginia regiment and a few of Col Zeigler's
Virginia Cavalry.
It was arranged between the rebel cavalry and
rebel citizens to massacre our troops in cold blood.
Accordingly these rebel citizens assumed a very
friendly manner to our troops last Sunday even
ing and invited them to their houses on various
pretexts, and all who were off duty accepted the
invitations. While being thus entertained the
rebel cavalry dashed into the town. Signals were
displayed from every house where the federals
were, and into these the rebels rushed murdering
the unarmed soldiers in cold blood.
The rebel citizens, both men and women, rush
ed to arms and aided the cavalry in the slaughter.
The small body of Federals in camp prepared as
soon as possible for a defence, but they were over
powered and had to break and retreat. Very few
were killed in the engagement with the rebels,
nearly all the killed being murdered in the houses
of the Secessionists. Under these circumstances,
when Gen. Zeigler arrived there, and learned the
particulars of the affair, he ordered the destruction
of the town, when the buildings were immediately
fired and the whole town reduced to ashes.
seizing our Ministers wnnst unaer me protection
and domains of a neutral nation. These gentlemen
were as much under the protection of the British
Government upon that ship and beneath its flag
as if they had been on its soil, and a claim on the
part of the United States to seize them in the
...
wagons passing through the tory region, -but
they will utdoubtedly experience trouble in gett
ing back with their loads. The probability is
streets of London would have been as well found- j that many will be seized, and everything else may
ed as that to apprehend them where they were I be lost, and the men sent off as prisoners. Salis-
taken. Had they been malefactors and citizens
of the United Sta'tes, they could not have been
arrested-in a British ship or on British soil unless
under the express provisions of a treaty, and ac
cording to the forms therein provided for the ex
tradition of criminals.
But rights, the most sacred, seem to have lost
all respect in their eyes. When Mr Faulkner, a
former Minister of the United States to France,
commissioned before the secession of Virginia, his
be lost, and the men sent off as prisoners.
bury I) atchman.
We think there is or soon will be a sufficient
force there to prevent harm to wagoners, though
it would be well for all to go armed.
P. S. It is stated that there is no salt to be
had at the works wjiere Mr Bird proposes to get it.
Commodore Dupont, in his official report to
Secretary Welles, says that in the storm the Isaac
Smith had to throw her battery overboard, and
the Governor and Peerless went down the for
mer with seven marines on board.
The loss in the bombardment of the forts is
stated at 8 killed and 20 wounded.
The N. Y. Herald states that it has good reas
on to believe that the Federal Government has
finally agreed to an exchange of prisoners.
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Commerical Advertiser says that the under feel
ing at the capital, publicly expressed, is that our
foreign relations are in a critical state. Secretary
Seward is not at present upon the best terms,
personally, with the foreign ministers. Cincin
nati Gazette.
Salt. The Newbern Progress says that the
i carsro ot salt which recently reached Wilmmo-tnn
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Senator Gwyn of California, haa been arreited by the sold at $5 per bushel from the vessel. We sup
pose xt was what is called alum salt, large grains.
Orric or the Litebakt Board, Raleigh,' November 13th, 18C1.
t, P-cirf.nt nd Director! of the Literary Fund having made distribution of said .Fund for the
1861rtd th follow-g tabular statecen, to be published, showing the Spring and Fall DUtrib
t0 C TaentthealT SSJX -IS t persons entitled to the sat, on and after
day of April, 1862, or .application ,o J1' their BDarM from th. count!.. ot ,r ... .
The COUb'".' Tnavin- been no report from iaid counties, under the law of the Ge "p .
were respect.vely formed-rtere nav.n0 HPENRy T CLARK, Pres't ex-officio of Lit. Board "
itnbly. ...... u
they
. Ul
Pclarki Cowpkr, Secretary to the Board
Counties. Fed. Pop
Alamance, 10,475
Alexander, 5,773
Anson, 10,884
Alleghany, 3,507
Ashe, 7,800
Beaufort, 12,428
Bertie, 11,03b
Bladen, 9,864
Brunswick, 6,954
Buncombe, 11,882
Burke, 8,288
Cabarrus, 9.330
Caldwell, 7,064
Camden, 4,492
Carteret, 7,398
Caswell, 12,473
Catawba, 10,064
Chatham, 16,607
Cherokee, 8,958
Chowan, 5,357
Clay,
Cleveland, 11,495
Columbus, 7,612
Craven, 13,797
Cumberland, 14,037
Currituck, 6,406
Davidson, 15,371
Davie, 7,537
Duplin, 12,936
Edgecombe. 13,333
Forsythe, ' 11,985
FraikliD, 11,278
Gaston, 8,431
Gates, 6,883
Granville, 18,962
Greene, 6,346
Guilford, 18,606
Halifax, 15,301
Harnett, 7,005
Haywood, 5,676
Henderson, 9,895
Hertford, 7,726
Hide, 6,617
Iredell, 13,676
Jackson, 5,416
Johnston, 13.690
Jones, 4,365
Lenoir, 8,158
Lincoln, 7,349
Macon, 5.7y6
Madison, 5,823
Martin, 8,468
McDowell, 6.598
Mecklenburg, 14.758
Mitchell,
Montgomery, 6,920
Moore, 15,420
Nash, 9,815
New Hanover, 17,582
Northampton, 10.653
Onslow, 7,45?
Orange, 14,905
Pasquotank, 7,747
Perquinaons, 5,82o
Person, 9,143
Pitt, 12,691
Polk, . 3.795
Randolph, 16.135
Richmond, 8,828
Robeson, 13,307
Rockingham, 14,219
Rowan, 13,014
Rutherford, 1 0,61 7
Sampon, 13,812
Stanly, 7.333
Stokes, 9,414
Surry, 9,881
Transylvania,
Tyrrell, 4,304
Union, 10,304
Wake, 21.334
Warren, 11,566
Washington, 5,371
Watauga, 4,915
Wayne, 12,726
Wilkes, 14,266
Wilson, 8,321
Yadkin, 10,138
Yancey, 8,510
860,234
Spring Vis. Foil Pis. Total Pi.
f60996 $1101 10 $1711 06
300 18 607 37 907 55
645 36 1144 09 1789 45
368 64 368 64
512 34 819 91 1332 25
7C2 96 1306 39 2009 35
598 32 1160 07 1758 39
481 44 1036 87 1518 31
357 06 730 98 1088 04
740 28 1249 00 1989 28
415 14 871 20 1286 34
520 44 . 980 74 1501 18
350 16 742 54 1C92 70
310 44 472 18 782 62
372 48 777 65 1150 13
729 66 1311 12 2040 7
494 04 1057 90 1551 94
963 30 1745 68 2708 98
402 18 941 64 1343 82
315 12 563 11 878 23
581 82 T208 32 1790 14
318 48 800 15 1118 63
739 74 1450 30 2190 04
638 03 1475 53 2113 56
475 42 673 38 1048 8t
847 38 1615 75 2463 13
.419 88 792 27 1212 15j
666 66 1359 80 2026 46
601 06 1401 52 2002 58
637 87 1259 78 1897 70
570 II 1185 51 755 62
433 68 886 24 319 92
412 68 723 52 1136 20
1038 18 1903 23 3031 41
319 26! 667 07 986 33
1108 80 1955 81 30P4 01
780 42 1608 40 2388 82i
425 35 736 35 1161 70
414 42 596 64 1011 06
412 89 1C40 13 1453 11
399 36 812 13 1211 49i
' 395 IV 695 56 1090 66j
783 32 1437 58 2220 90
569 31 569 31
778 86 1439 05 2217 91
236 10 458 83 694 93
.370 86 857 54 1228 40
415 44 772 50 1187 94j
370 14 609 25 973 39;
C12 10 612 io;
417 66 890 13 1307 79j
344 46 C93 56 1037 02!
733 44 1551 32 2254 70j
m
369 78 727 41 1097 19j
513 13 1095 32 1608 45j
474 3D 1031 72 15'6 02
654 16 1848 17 2702 3.':
643 36 1119 81 1763 17
422 40 783 85 1206 21
897 42 1566 77 24C4 19
4K2 48 8J4 34 1276 82
361 80 611 78 973 58
529 50 96 09 1490 5!'
644 70 1334 04 1978 74
398 92 398 9-'
910 56 1696 06 2606 62
476 16 927 97 1404 13
664 80 1398 79 2063 59
741 78 1494 66 2236 44
739 74 1367 99 2107 73 !
743 28 1116 02 1859 30
738 66 1451 88 2190 54
388 88 770 72 U59 60
509 49 989 57 1498 97
467 92 1038 66 J626 66
267 12 452 42 719 54
555 48 1083 13 1638 61
1267 38 2557 9 3825 30
621 96 1215 79 1837 75
286 80 564 58 851 38
200 88 516 65 717 53
619 05 1337 72 1956 77
698 52 1499 60 2198 12
405 28 874 68 1279 96
570 66 1065 57 1636 33
484 08 894 55 1378 63
$45,212 52 $90,425 04 $135,637 56
Deduct for Deaf and Dumb and lind
fDaTid I. Watson, Joseph Wat-
sod, Eliza C. Watson
Thomas B. Berry,
Sarah W. Buahell,
$J25
00
Sarah C. Fooshee,
7 00
76 00
73 00
Harriet fi. Strickland, John R.
Strickland, George W. Harlie,
James R. Swing,
Enoch Orrell,
Ellen C. Johnson,
Ll. W. C. Super, Henry B. Sunverlin,
325 00
75 CO
73 00
75 00
150 00
George L. Jones,
E. Ballance,
Thomas W. Harding,
iJonaa Hill, Nancy J. Hill,
Jasper Jamison,
O. Sec vers,
tt 00
75 00
73 00
150 00
73 00
75 to
sabella Pcgram, Zilphia A. Pfgrarn, 150,00
James C. Lane,
73 00
Hiram Merit. Nancy J Banchard, n.
Patty Hall, Kitty Hall, Liriie Hall, d" Utf
r.arkin Snow, G. Harris. Nancy J Hill, 2:5 01
iJane A. Benton, 75 00
Narcisea J Dunret, John Simpson, 150 00
Joseph J Reid, 73 0
John L Snmerlin, Sarah W Sum-'l
erlin, Keedham B Sumerlin, '
David F Wiseman, Martin Singleton, 150 00
$3075 00
Cotton Buyers.
ELI AS & COHEN,
Will purchasa
COTTON,
GRAIN,
FLOUR,
and all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE,
for which the highest market price in Cash will be paid.
Just received a large lot of
Bagging and Roping;
and a complete stock of
GROCERIES.
ELIAS A COHEN.
November 51861 2m
Llncolnite for alleged treasonable conduct.
$15 REWARD.
Runaway from the subscriber on the 13th of Sept.,
my negro boy MARTIN. Said boy is a bright mulatto,
about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, and weighs
145 pounds; has rather an effeminate voice, and one or
two of his front teeth are out. He has au extensive ac
quaintance and has a wife at Mr Henry Cathey'a in the
vicinity of Tuckaseege P. O. It is supposed that he
may be lurking about in that neighborhood or the town
of Charlotte. I will give the above reward for bis de
livery to me or his confinement in Mecklenburg Jail.
R. B. WEDDINGTOK.
Nov I, 1861 tf
97 5 U i:VAUD.
RUNAWAY from where we had them hired, near
Chester, in June last, our three negro men. vix : Bill,
Giles and Henry.
Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of last November
at the estate sale of Ed. Leach, on Broad River, in
York District. They being brotlttrs and having rela
tions in the neighborhood where we purchased them,
it is more than likely they have made their way back
to their old neighborhood.
Bill is about 26 years old, 5 feet- 8 inches high, will
weigh 150 or 160 pounds; is very black; rather sharp
faced, speak? quick when spoken to.
Giles li i 3 brother, is about 24 years old; 5 feet 9
inches high; will weigh 160 lbs., is very black, and
walks with his head up and feet turned out in front.
Henry, we purchased Jan. 1, of Col. C. Itives on the
CaUwba river. Ke is 28 years old, well set, 5 feet 10
inches high, and will weigh 175 pounds; has a heavy
brow and speaks slowly: has some character as a run
away. May go to Charleston or Washington citv, it is
hard telling where he will go as he is a gentleman f
travel.
They all ran off about the same time.
We will pay $75 reward for the 3 men; or $25 a
piece for either of them delivered in any jail so that we
can get them.. These boys may attempt to make their
way North at some others from this place have at
tempted. PRIDE ft DUNOVANT.
Chester, S. C , July 30, 1861 tf
Headquarters Department of ft. C.,1
Office of Chief Commissary, Goldsborough, Oct 17.
Proposals will be received at this Office for the de
livery of 5,000 barrels of good superfine FLOUR for
the use of the Confederate troops on the coast of North
Carolina.
Bidders ranst state the quantity they can deliver per
week or month, the price, and the Railroad depot at
which the Flour can be delivered.
The Flour will be received in either barrels or bags,
but preferenae given to offers for it in barrels.
WM. W. MORRI30N,
0L 22, :S1, 3t. Major C. S Array.
PROCLAMATION
By Jlii ExcilUncy, Henry T. Clark, Governor of Jfrl
' Carolina.
Exkcctivk Dkpartmikt, RalfigM
November 7, 1861.
In pursuance of the power vested in me Hy the ISih
section of the Constitution, and by and with tbe advic
of the Council of State, I do hereby prohibit tne x
portation, beyond the limits of this State, of all Bacoa,
Pork, Beet', " Leather, Mens' Shoes, Woolen Goodi,
Jeans, Linseys, Blankets, &c. Ac, except through th
orders of the proper officers of the Confederate Govern
ment or of the Slate Governments.
The Adjutant General 'vill employ the nrcM7
means to carry into full effect this order. All Afw"
t j purchase for the State are required to have wntt"
authority. HENKY.T. CLARK.
Nov 12th. 4t Governor ex-OfficW-
BIRLEY WANTED.
I want to purchase, immediately, all th BABL'J
I can gat, for which th highest market price M
paid. MARTIN Jll.NZUB.
tf
Charlotte, Oct 29, 1861,
JOSIAII SIBLEY tfc'SO.I'S,
Wholesale Grocers and Commission ilerehantt, M
Warren Block, AUGUSTA, GA.,
Have in Store and to arrive
100 Hhds. fair to choice N. O. Sujar,
250 Bbls. N. O. MoUii.i,
60 Bales Bagging,
300 Coils Rope,
60 Boxes Soap,
30 Boxes Soda,
50 Dozen painted Buckets,
32 Canister Black Tea,
25 Bbls. choice Whiskey and Cordial,
10 Eighth casks Cognac Brandy,
10 Bbls. Phelps Gin.
25 Casks Port, Madeira and Malaga ffi
2500 Havana Scgars,
50.000 German and American Segars,
Also, Pepper, Spice, Twiue, Salt, Nails, Biee,To
Measures, kc. .
Angiista, Nov. 12, 1861 7-p
ro'
COTTON WAREHOUSE.
nixre v u irii txc :n ...w..ttn unHtr
and advance 5 cents per pound on all received,
ing interest on the money so advanced, and 2 '
per bale storage for the first month and ,0.crB'Bl 4
bale for each subsequent month, and column",
percent. OATKS WILLI'3'
October 15, 1861
3t
of
Nprth Carolina -MUTUAL
LIFE IKSUUANfE COflFtt '
Thi Pnmnanv th nIAmm m-A mrmt reliable B
State, insures white persons for a term of J'.tii
during continuance of life, on moderate terrui- ."'jf
insured, for one or five years, for two-tbtrdi i
market value. For insurance apply to .
THOS. W. DEW fci, frc
at Branch Bank
Jan 8, 1861 ly-
Cant well's Practice
of kil
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"'"'"I nj aotfence mine Military BC" . .ef
State, in Virginia, subscribers and others de'rinpl.
iesof tbe above work, can obtain them of r
well, Raleigh. . r
All persons indebted to me, by note or otherwi .
requested to pay her. I will bold her receipt g
Price of single copies of tbe above $5.00 A B
lion will be made to those who buy to sell fi'.-'tf..
EDWARD CANT"'
Camp near Norfolk, July 30, 181,