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SAM I; I-17 P. SMITH,
Atlori) V-"- l r "I Law,
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Electing and
.i , ilic Y.iiliiiC oi Deeds, Con-
Will attend
Special '.. ;i i . .
vt r:imc. c. , . Jt
V...- ju.-n: !, . its .:' b i'i i::y be found in the
CVii"t llouv.1 ."!-.- No. I, a ijoaui the clerk's office.
January It), lcnl
J. A. FOX,
Attorney ct.'t Law,
C11A11EOTTE, N. C.
GES'ERAL COU.ECTlsa AC EXT.
OTice over the Drug Store, Irwin's corner.
January I, ISol. tf
Win. J. Kerr,
ATTOiiXEV AT LAW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus ' ounties.
Office in the Brawley building oppoite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, lol
Illi;ilT (2IBB0N, M. D.,
Pli ati tioliu vr .iiuuiciac
AND
Office Xo. 2 Indus corner, Charlotte, X. C.
January, lrttil.
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C,
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call mid examine hi sto. k before purchasing elsewhere.
Wtch crystals put in for 25 ciiits each.
January, 1 POL y
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock TIaLcr, Jew
eller, Arc.,
Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C.
(Late with R. W. Beck with.)
Tine WafclM'N t ltn h A Jevi-liT,
of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
mo nth
Oct 10, 1801. y
J. G. WILKINSON it CO.,
PKALHtts IN
i 3 v e v .V i 3 a t e cl W a re
AND FANCY GOODS,
i IS-3
No. 5, Granite Eange,
Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, 1SG0. y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWKLRY.
Solid . Silver and VhU d Wan .
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive
supply of the aiiuve articles. His purchases being
mie direct ly frtou the mauufae; ui er, he is therefore
enabled to sell at a very smail advum-e n cost, and
persons may rest assured thai all hi1- articles are war
ranted to be what he represents them to be.
tfm. Wniches a ad t'io.ks cjre.'"i;'!y repaired and will
receive my person il stter.i in.
; V. I'Si'KWITH.
Ny. 27. l .-V, i
ds:. a. i4s:$s-:ws, t
CHARLOTTE. N. C,
Would inform the public geiu i.iLy. i.nd the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the
Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old
Hand, lie is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold.
Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheojilastie process, as
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin,
Amalgam or Os Artificial.
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong
ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends
yoa may take that for granted.
February 5, 1 SJ 1
NEW GOODS,
K00PMANN & PHELPS have received a handsome
assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c,
to which they invite particular attention.
April 2;$, "l86T
Hka DorAUTr.Rs North Caiiolina Troops.
Adjutant General's Ofuce, Raleigh, Oct. 15, 1801. j
General Order. No. 20.
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iiinip.uiif.- uiioinri iiiccneu oy nit ouicruur .
ill remain at home, without pay, until called upon !
for active service, when a reasonable time will be al- i
lowed them for reaching their appointed place of ren-
dezvous. This order is necessary on account of the !
limited quantity of clothing and camp equippage now ?
on hand, and to enable the Governor to have these sup
plies ready for the use of the troops.
By order of the commander-in-chief.
J. G. MARTIN,
0t SI. 4t Adjutant 69ral.
WL1 EAT !
The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers
will find it to thir nrlvti)'irrf tn .nll o t tin PIUII.
, ...... . - - . . . I II V. Vtl.tlk"
LoTTE STEAM MILLS before selling.
J any i, tf J.NO. WILKES.
FACTO ICY foi: sale;.
The undersigned propose t sell, at a low price and
upon liberal credit, their COTTOV FACTORY, locat
ed on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The ma
chinery is comparatively new and it: good order for
work. 1 he water power is good and the
huMdinffS
ample, ami a good FLOURING MILL attached..
The principal machinery consists of lis 00 spindle?, 9
cards, 20 looms, aili all the machinery to work the
same. J. Si E. H. STOWE,
Oct 8, ISM Stowcsville, N. C.
IIL'TTKK! KJTT1R!!
The highe'st cash market prices will be paid for
Butter. Eggs, Poultry, Ac, at PALMER'S
Sept 24, lfcOl Variety Store.
T liilVA linu- Wl tinnrt rtnil im iAnetnnlU- rorplvinfr
l:rge quantities of Hides, vhich I will exchange for
Leather
S. M. HOWELL.
Gt-pd Charlotte, N. C.
October 8, 18C1
I take pleasure in informing my friends and pa'rons
of this town and ueighboi hood that I have returned to
Charlotte and resumed my former business.
In consideration of the existing pressure of the times
I shall limit my terms of tuition (in town) on the
Pin no to $3o, for the fuil Session of 40 weeks, or .?1S
for the half Session of 20 weeks.
I have a line stock of sheet music on hnnd and will
attend punctually to all orders in that line as also to
Tuning, Repairing and Sale of Pianos.
Address orders through the post-office.
CHARLES 0. PAPE.
Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano.
Oct 8, 1861.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
ETp ESPECTFULLY iuforms his friends and the pub
BltL lie generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of 'Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
sto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, aud butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits. Draw Knives. Chisscls,
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers. Hatchets, and Axes: Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters. Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds. Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Level,
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
(lougcrs, and in fact everlhing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAY !.!.
Hardware Store ami Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House. Charlotte, N. C.
May 2f, 18o0. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies. Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe ami clinch Nails,
Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and couutry
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the difl'creiit sizes, at TAYLOll'tS
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks, drubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; drain Cradles: grain,
grass and br.icr Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
srallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles. Sheep
Shears. Jfec, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A larcre assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate.
Babbit metal, &c.
Stoves, ti'-e larjropt Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House
PKTER R. DATtS.
W. H. HAHDEE.
DAVIS & I! AIM) KB.
ilODUl'E COMHSSIOiV MERCHANTS,
Potorslburg, "Va.
R K F V. R TO lion. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood,
Raleigh. X. C.
Feb lit,
rn-pd.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS;
also, a beautiful asso: tment of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a
finr Sonrrster. Will find it at
J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 2
0, 18.30.
From and after this day (1st of January, 1831.) we
will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers,
and the rest of mankind, for
eaih, anil cash oily,
any article in our Hue of business that we may have on
hand. Anv person sending or coming for Goods after
this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in
stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a
copy of this advertisement, a we are determined not to
sdl a single article on credit.
B3k, And those indebted to us are requested to call
and pay, as we wa&t the money.
1 ' OATES 4 WILLIAMS.
January 1, 1SG1 tf
Dissolution.
ri,o r,, (1f pit r ivr.S SPRINGS & CO. was
dis-
solved bv limitation on the 1st January. 161.
The business will he continued under the name and
stvle of FULLINGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by
integrity and strict attentiou to business, to merit the ;
same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by 'l. :r
numerous friends and customers..
The present financial crisis ?nd the uncert-i: r.
business, for the future compel us to shorten t -r .
of credit from twelve to six months to prompt j r
customers none others need ask it.
All persons indebted to the old firm of FnlPr.gs. ;
Springs & Co., must come forward and make immed ate
settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the bus- ;
aees be speedily closed up.' "A word to the -wise is saffi-
3i
Clje 0F5hm Drmorrqt.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
FOEEIGN NEWS.
We gather the following items frorn the late
ftews from Europe :
It was reported -ut a large steamer had left
London with a full cargo of munitions of war for
the South.
Capt lYgram, of the Confedernte steamer Nash
ville, took ff the captain and crew of the Federal
merchant man, Harvey Uirch, and then set fire to
her.
Mr IiU.-stll, in his last letter to the London
Times, averts that Lincoln and his Cabinet are
not indisposed to a peaceful arbitration, and are
propably considering a proposition for accepting
or ut-king thu inn t vention of the European Powers.
It Has reported that several steameas had been
insured in London to run from England and JS'ew
Orleans and back.
Beresf'ord Hope, a member of the English
Parliament, in a recent lecture, said that the
readiest method of restoring peace in America
would be for the European powers to recognize
the independence of the Confederates.
The Charleston Courier publishes Havana dates
to the 24th of November. The Captain and 31 ail
Agent of the Trent had entered their protest
against the seizure of Mason, Slidell, and Eustis
and McFarlutjd, before the proper authorities at
St. Thomas, and sent a special messenger on the
steamer La Platte to report the Mason and Slidell
affair to the home Government.
ale of" Valuable fBro?erty.
STEAM ENGINES & MILL FIXTURES.
No. 1. I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at
the Union Gold .Mines, known as the ''Howie Mine," on
the 23d and 24th of December, the follow iug personal
property, viz:
O 8 lea ill Engines,
with Boilers, 2 J, 8 and 70 horsepower; 1 Tubular
Boiler; 20 Ball's Amalgamators; 4 Bartola's do ; 5
Double Chillian Mills; 1 large iron Lathe; 1 large iron
Pan; 2t by II feet of Boiler Iron; 1 large upright
Boiler, of Boiler Iron; 1 small do. of cast iron; 1 large
18 hoise Wagon; 8 hogsheads Sulphate Soda; 4 Brick
Presses, for face brick;
S Chit Mosae rS.LT25 TCIIjLS, new;
2 Flour Bolts and Reels; I upright Saw Mill, new; lot
Shafting. PuUie. and Hangers; Joints' Mining Pump;
lot Gas Pip'-; lot Iron Gear Wheels;
1-1 3Iulf, Euors'S 4 -1-Iioi-m W;igoiis;
i two horse V, agon. 1 Buggy, 1 Carryall, lot of Har
iis.ss.3 Cow.-, 3 Calves, Farming Tools, Household and
WU lic-n Fin n;t ire, and various other articles too nu
:nt roiis to mention.
2. Also, on the first Monday in January next, I
will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at the Court
Huiise door in Monroe,
Seen TVEttROES;
Ben, aged 42 years; Mary, 40: Julia, 12; William, 10:
Henry 8; Sarah, 5; Mary, 1. And the following Tracts
of Land, lying in the county of Union, on the waters
of Twelve Mile Creek: One tract, 172 acres, adjoining
lands of F L Wiatt and others, and known as the
Washington Mine.
No. 3. Also, another tract, containing 100 acres,
adjoining the lands of A J Clark, Wm H Howie, and
others. Also, another tract, containing 4(33 acres, ad
joining lands of F L Wiatt, the Big Survey, so called,
and others. Also, another tract, containing 287 acres,
adjoining lands of Wm II Howie, R G Howard, ami
others. Mso, another tract, containing o!Jl acres, ad
joining lands of J C Austin, R G Howard, and others.
Also, another tract, containing 264 acres, adjoining
lands of J C Austin, Wm Jones and others. Also,
another tract, containing 40 acres, adjoining lands of
Martin Chapman and others, and formerly known as
the Ingraham Mine tract.
All of the foregoing property levied on and sold as
the property of It. F. Stockton, to satisfy sundry cen
diis and. ft f us in my hands, issuing from the County
and Superior Court. of Union County, against R. F.
Stockton, in favor of T. W. Dewey and others.
C. AUSTIN, Sheriff.
Dec 10, 1861. 4w
SHAK AD IyIOS, ASSES.
60 bbls. N. O.
Sugar, new crop
wholesale. 3u0
Molases, new crop, 100 hhds. N. O.
; 25 kits Mackerel, to hand and for sale
bbls. N. O. Molasses expected every
day.
Orders from merchants will be promptly attended to,
and price.- lower than the same articles can be bought
in the Charleston market.
OATliS 4 WILLIAMS.
Dec 10, 1861 3t
jVZlilliHriiie Paper 31iS!s,
RALEIGH, N. C.
The Ncuse Manufacturing Company pay cash and
the highest market price for COTTON AXD LINEN
RAGS. X. IL Not Wooleu Ri'gs.
Present price 3 cents per pound, delivered at either
Depot in Raleigh. S. H. ROGERS, Pres't.
Address II. W. nusted, Treas'r.
Nov 26th. 4t
NOTICE.
All claims agaiust the Saddle and Harness establish
ment of the subscriber, will be settled by Mr Robert
Shaw, aud all indebted to the same will please make
payment to him, as it is necessary to close up the out
standing business.
II. M. PRITCHAP.D.
Dec 3, 1S61 lm pd
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as administrator of
the estate of R. B Monteith. at the October sessions,
1861, of Mecklenburg County Court, all persons in
debted to said estate are requested to come forward
and make payment; and tho?e having claims against
the same are required to present them within the time
prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery.
of their recovery
A. A
ALEXANDER, Adm'r.
4t-pd
November 5, 1861
PSiOCEAiTI AT I O N
By Hi Excellency, Henry T. Clark, Governor of Xirth
Carolina.
Executive Department, Raleigh,
v i,- t ifi;i r
, , , . - .
In nmsnance of the power vested in me by the 19th
section of the Constitution, and by and with the advice
of the Council of State, I do hereby prohibit th ex-
!( latioll. Itevonn ineiimilgoi mis omir:. nsiiuatun.
Po: Ret t, ' l.vuiher, Mens'
Shoes, Woolen Goods,
Ii sc- Blunkets.A-c.&c.. except through the
. o. tl: proper officer of the Confederate Govern-
i r : he State Governments.
Adjutant General nill employ the necessary
; carry into full effect this order. All Agents
in i
to pur. bafe.lor tne oiate are r"i'r" J" '.lcu
un noniY. - '
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Trnor sx-Offlci.
Not ISta. 4t
THE COWARDLY DESPOTISM AT
WASHINGTON.
Through the instrumentality of one of Seward's
conSdential agents, (says the Richmond Whig,)
we have come in possession of the following letter,
addressed by a brave aud noble woman to Lincoln's
vizier. We are given to understand, that the
perusal of it was not without visible effect upon
that impersonation of all human villainy. Ihe
twitching of the muscles, and his agitated man-
I ner betrayed, not perhaps any compunction, but a
; sense of personal insecurity at the hands of the
avenging i. emesis.
This letter is the most graphic sketch yet given
i-JO the world, of the cruel and dastardly tyranny
which the lankee- Government has established at
Washington. Russell, in one of his letters to the
London Times, mentions the expedient of "arrest
hy t'trajiy" which has been introduced by
Seward, as something new and appalling, and out
stripping all the ingenious contrivances of all the
despoti.-ms that ever existed. But the incarcera
tion and torture of helpless women, and the out
rages heaped upon them, as detailed in this letter,
will more shuck manly natures, and stamp the
Lincoln dynasty everywhere with undying infamy.
'Ihe lelkr tells its own tale, and may be relied
on as a true copy of the original in the hands of
Wm. II. Seward :
Washington, Nov. 17, 1861.
To the Ilvn. IF. II. Seward, Secretary of State:
Sir For nearly three months I have been con
fined, a close prisoner, shut out from air and ex
ercise, and denied all cott-munication with family
and friends.
" Patience is said to be a great virtue," and I
have practised it to my utmost capacity of en
durance. I am told 6ir. that upon your ipae dixit, the
fate of citizens depends, and that the sigu-nianual
of the ministers of Louis the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth, was not more potential in their day,
than that of the Secretary of State in 1861.
I, therefore, most respectfully submit, that on
Friday, August 23d, without warrant or other
show of authority, 1 was arrested by the Detec
tive Police, and my house taken in charge by
them: that all my private letters and papers of a
life time, were read and examined by them: that
every law of decency was violated in the search of
toy house and person, and by the surveillance over
me
We read in history, that the poor Maria An
toinette had a paper torn from her bosom by law
less li'iuds, and that even a change of linen had to
be effected in sight of her brutal captors. It is
my sad exprrienre to record even more revolting
outrages than that, for during the first dajs of my
imprisonment, whatever necessity forced me to
seek my chamber, a detective st od sentinel at the
open door. And thus for a period of seven days
1, with my little child, was placed absolutely at
the mercy of men without character or responsi
bility; that during the first evening, a portion of
the;e men became brutally drunk, and boasted in
my hearing of the ''nice times" they expected to
have with the female prisoners; and that rude
violence was used towards a colored servant girl
during that evening, the extent of which I have
not been able to learn. For any show of decorum
afterwards practised towards me, I was indebted
to the Detective called Captain Dennis.
In the careful analysis of my papers I deny the
existence of a line I had not a perfect right to
have written, or to have received. Freedom of
speech ai d of opinion is the birthright of Ameri
cans, guaranteed to us by our Charter of Liberty
the Constitution of the United States. I have
exercised my prerogative, and have openly avowed
my sentiments. During the political struggle, I
opposed your Republican party with every instinct
of self-preservation. I believed your success a
virtual nullification of the Constitution, and that
it would entail upon us all the direful consequen
ces which have ensued. These sentiments have
doubtless been found recorded among my papers,
and I hold them as rather a proud record of my
sagacity.
I must be permitted to quote from a letter of
yours, in regard to Russell of the London Times,
which you conclude with these admirable words,
Individual errors of opinion may be tolerated, so
lon as good sense is left to combat them." By
way of illustrating theory and practice here am
1, a prisoner in sigh', of the Executive Mansion,
in sight of the Capitol where the proud statesmen
of our land have suns their paMins to the blessings
of our free institutions. Comment is idle.
Freedom of speech, freedom of thought, every
right pertaining to the citizen, has been suspended
by what, I suppose, the President calls a "Mili
tury necessity." A blow has been struck, by this
total disregard of all civil rights, against the
present system of Government, far greater in its
effects than the severance of the Southern
States. Our people have been taught to contemu
the supremacy of the law, to which all have hith
erto bowed, and to look to the military power for
protection against its decrees.' A military spirit
h:is been developed, which will only be subordi
nate to a Military Dictatorship. Read history,
and you will find that the causes which briug
a! out a revolution rarely predominate at its close,
and no people have ever returned to, the point
from which they started. Even should the South
ern States he subdued and forced back into the
Union, (which I regard as impossible, with a full
knowledge of their resources,) a different form of
Government will be found needful to meet the
, opeIncnts of national character. There
. t . , . . ,
is no class 01 society, no crancn ot muusixy,
which this change has not reached, and the dull,
plodding, methodical habits of the poor can never
be resumed.
i 1 1 J." J . . . .
j You have held me, sir, to man's accountability,
j and I therefore claim the right to speak on sub
t jects usually considered beyond a . woman's ken,
: and wnich you may class as
T . J Jr .1 -
" errors ot opinion.
I offer no excuse for this loos digression, as a
three month's imprisonment, without formula of
law. cives me authoiity for occupying even the
rccum moments of a Secretary of State.
1 - . . .. . - "
object is to call your attention to the fact ;
j that during this long imprisonment, I am yet
j ignorant of the causes of my arrest; that my house
: k been seized and converted into a prison by the
: Omrernmcnt: that the valuable furniture it con-
i taiaed has besn abusd and destroyed; that during
some period of my imprisonment I have suffered
greatly for want of proper and sufficient food.
Also, I have to complain, that, more recently, a
woman of bad character, recognized as having been
seen on the streets of Chicago as snch, by several
of the guard, calling herself Mr9 Onderdonk, was
placed here in my house, in a room adjoining
mine.
In making this exposition, I have no object of
appeal to your sympathies. If the justness of my
complaint, and a decent regard for the world's
opinion do not move you, I should but waste time
to claim your attention on any other score.
I may, however, recall to your mind, that but a
little while since, you were quite as much pro
scribed by public sentiment here for the opinions
and principles you hold, aa I am now for mine.
I could easily have escaped arrest, having had
timely warning. I thought it possible that your
statesmanship might present such a proclamation
of weakness to the world, as even the fragment of
a once great Government turning against the
breasts of women and children. You have the
power, sir, and may still further abuse it. You
may prostrate the physical strength by confine
ment in close rooms and insufficient food you
may subject me to harsher, ruder treatment than
I have already received," but yoa cannot imprison
the soul. Every cause worthy of success has had
its martyrs.
My sufferings will afford a significant lesson to
the women of the South, that sex or condition is
no
bulwark against the surging billows of the
" irrepressible conflict.
The "iron heel of power'
may keep down, but
tt cannot crush out.'the spirit of resistance in a
people armed for the defence of their rights; and
I tell you now, sir, that you are standing over a
crater, whose smothered fires in a moment may
burst forth.
It is your boast, that thirty-three bristling for
tifications now surround Washington. The forti
fications of Paris did not protect Louis Phillipe
when his hour had come.
In conclusion, I respectfully ask your attention
to this my protest, and have the honor to be, &c,
(Signed,) ROSE O. N. GREEN HOW.
NORTHERN CONGRESS.
The notorious Yankee scoundrel, Charles Henry
Foster, applied to be admitted as a member from
North Carolina, claiming to have been elected at
Fort Ilatteras. Also, Mr Segar, of Old Point, who
deserted the South, claimed a seat as a representa
tive from eastern Virginia. Mr Stevens of Pen 11.
and Mr Vallaudingham of Ohio, opposed the
claims of these self-constituted representatives.
The matter was referred to a committee. May
nard, a tory from East Tennessee, was allowed to
take his seat.
Washington, Dec. 4. Mr Saulsbury, of Del
aware, offered in the Senate to-day, resolutions in
ielation to the affairs of the country. One of the
resolutions proposes that Franklin Pierce, Millard
Fillmore, Roger B. Taney, Edward Everett, Geo.
M. Dallas, Thos. Ewing, Reverdy Johnson, Jno.
J. Crittenden, Horace Binney, Geo. E. Pugh and
Richard W. Thomas, be appointed Commissioners
on the part of Congress to confer with a like
number of Commissioners from the Confederate
States, to consult and advise together for the pre
servation of the Union and maintenance of the
Constitution, and that they report to Congress.
The last resolution says that upon the appointment
of said Commissioners and the meeting of the
joint Commissioners, active hostilities shall cease
and not be resumed, unless the Commissioners are
unable to agree.
Mr Sumner, of Mass., objected to the resolu
tions. Mr Hale, of N. II., said that James Buchanan
should be added to the list.
The resolution was laid over informally.
Mr Trumbull, of Illinois, offered a resolution,
which was adopted, that the traitor John C. Breck
inridge be expelled from the Senate.
In the House, Mr Cox of Ohio, offered a resolu
tion that the President be requested to inaugurate
systematic measures for the exchange of prisouers
during the present war.
Washington, Dec. 2. In the Senate, Trum
bull gave notice that he would introduce a bill to
morrow confiscating the property of rebels, aud
give freedom to persons in the slave States.
In the House a resolution was adopted request
ing Lincoln to similarly confine Mason and Slidell
until Col. Corcoran and Col. Wrood be treated as
the United States have treated all prisoners taken
on the battle-field.
There is much feeling manifested about Powell,
of Kentucky, and Bright, of Indiana, taking seats
in the Senate their loyalty being doubtful; and
they will be privileged to attend the secret ses
sions, where the movements and strength of the
army will be discussed.
The correspondent of the New York Post, it is
reported, will be expelled from the Senate.
On Tuesday, the 3d inst., the following pream
ble and resolutions were offered and adopted.
Whereas, Herrry C. Burnett, a member of this
House from Kentucky, is in open rebellion against
the Government of the United States, therefore
Resolved, That the said Henry C. Barntt be,
and he is hereby, expelled from this House, and
that the Governor of Kentucky be notified of this
expulsion.
Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be direct
ed not to pay Burnett's salary which has accrued
since the close of the extra session
Mr Wilson introduced a resolution providing
for the release of slaves confined in prison in
Washington.
On motion of Mr Wilson, the same committee
were directed to consider the question of abolish
ing slaves in the District of Columbia, and allow
ing compensation to loyal owners of slaves.
Several Northern correspondents refer to a
flare-up between Lincoln and Secretary Cameron.
Lincoln ordered Cameron to suppress a portion of
his report advising the employment of slaves in
the Federal army and other objectionable portions.
Cameron refused, and said that a number of copies
of his repoit bad been seat to publishers, and he
would not alter it. It is underrtood that Lincoln
assumed the responsibility and struck out the ob
jectionable passages. The Cabinet is in conven
tion. Congress is agitattd at tha ouna of Lincoln.
THE SEQUESTRATION. ACT. t. rf
The sequestration act of the Confederate Con
gress, in the opinion of all who hare had any prac
tical acquaintance with its operation, requires es
sential alterations, if not absolute repeal. In pur
pose and in terms, it effects nothing but to pro
vide a trusteeship for the -property of alien ene
mies. Its nominal purpose is the creation of a
fund for the indemnification of our own citizens
who have sustained loss by the public 'enemy.
Yet no provision is made by which, one cent of
the fund can be applied to the i relief of such citi
zens, even though their wants be most urgent and
immediate. As at present framed, the law affords
no relief to the value of on cent to a living eoul
in
the whole Confederate States. - ' ' '
The law etops just short of accomplishing; the
object for which it was avowedly enacted. " It sim
ply creates a new class of publio officers, charged
with the duty of taking into custody and keeping
in careful preservation all the propety of alien en
emies to be found in the Confederacy If these
absent aliens had themselves been entrusted with
the duty of framing law for the preservation of
their estates in the South, they could not have
devised one that would protect their interests bet
ter than this our Confederate act of sequestration.
Perishable personal property is taken into posses
sion by men of business, who have given bond
and security for the faithful performance of duty;
the property sold at a time when prices are very
high, aud the proceeds deposited in the Confed
erate Treasury. In the same judicious
are debu collected and the moneys given
the safe keeiiinir of the government use.
manner
over, to
Lands
arc also taken possession of by the receivers, care
fully protected and cultivated, and the rents duly,
deposited in the hands of the treasurer. AH this
is done with the greatest pains and nicety;j but,
beyond it, the law stirs not a tep. There is,, in
fact, no sequestration. The act is misnamed in
its title. Instead of being denominated an act
for the sequestration of the property of alien ene
mies, it should be called an act for carefully pre
serving the property of alien enemies during their
temporary exclusion from the Confederacy.
Unless the act be so amended as to convert it
into an. act of confiscation, it might as well be re
pealed altogether; for, why should the Confederate
States encounter the heavy expense of preserving
the property and protecting the . interests of alien
enemies, if no confiscation is to come of the pro
ceedings? If alien property is to be confiscated
at all, then it should be confiscated at once, while
money is abundant and prices high. Why take two,
bitvs at one cherry? The law is intended as a
measure of retaliation; the enemy's law confiscates;
why should our law stop at the pretence, without
accomplishing the reality, of sequestration?, We
know a single county in which alien lands lie worth
a hundred thousand dollars. . Why should they
not be sold, the money realized upon them, and
the sufferers from the enemy be reimbursed, at
once a portion of their losses.. . v.
As the sequestration act now stands, the suffer
ers by the acts of the public enemy are not likely :
to derive any benefit from its fund within any de
finite period. A very large portion of the proper
ty of alien enemies in the South consist in lands
many millions, probably a bandied millions of
dollars could be realized from this source, and ap-.
plied at an early day to the relief of the persons
for whose benefit the law was paised, if the laMT
did but permit it to be accomplished, in fact, the
purpose at which it professes to aim.
'Ihe actual confiscation, the sale, and the distri
bution of the proceeds, would put an end . to the
whole subject; whereas, if negotiations for a peace
should enue while the sequestrated subject was
ail still under the control aud in the hands of the
government, it would create a difficulty and sub
ject of contention, which would greatly embarrass
an accommodation. The Yankees would insist
upon their citizens being the recipients, of funds
so carefully collected and preserved; and the
peace party in the South might bo in condition to
enforce compliance with such a demand. .The
result would be that all the pains and expense of
our government is at now, in the whole business,
of sequestratiou, would enure to the benefit of the
Yankees.
Unless Congress possesses the purpose and the
nerve to confiscate at once to fight the Yankees
with their own fire that body had better repeal
its scquest ation law, which can enure to nobody's
benefit but that of the alien enemies themselves.
To confiscate outright is at once to provide a fund
for the benefit of our own citizens who have lost
their property, in many cases their all, by tho de
predations of the enemy, many of whom are in .a
state of indigence. The first news of our act of
sequestration spread consternation throughout the
North; but since the shrewd Yankees have become
familiar with its admirable provisions for their
benefit they have taken the matter with the utmost
coolnesi. The act is a most tame and emasculate
affair; and, if some tfTectiveues be not put in it,
should be repealed at once. Richmond Exam in.
Seizure of Salt. Our exchange papers are -
exulting over the fact that Gov. Brown of Geor- '
gia recently seized a huge quantity of salt at Sa--vannah
and crdereJ the payment of $5 a sack to
the owner, the Governor considering that a fair
price for it. It turns out that the salt belonged
to a merchant of Macon, who had paid $7 a sack '
for it. This is a very bard case, and is another
evidence of the danger of exercising arbitrary and
despotic power. If the Governor had a right to
take this salt at 85, he had an equal right to take
it at SI, which was the former value. The times
are out of joint, and there is a dispDsition to take
responsibilities which in ordinary times would not "
be tolerated for a moment. . This disposition is .
the result, (and we may say the cause also) of ?
vitiated state of the public mind and morals, which.
should be corrected as far as possible, for if ae '
quiesced in, sueh things will serve as precedents ..
for the future, and leave us as little of real free
dom as the yankees have now. -fay. Observer. ,
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Black Flag Riflemen. This is the name
of a company formed in New Orleans for the de
fence of the State. The indispensable qaalifica- ' 5
tions to membership are that each man must pos
sess a determination to neither give nor &ik quar- . :
ters on the soil of Louisiana; and that eaoh man j
must furnish his own uniform, rife and hunting '
knit.