WESTEEN DEM OORAT, CHAELOTTE, . 2ST. . O.
NEWS ITEMS.
The Trekt Aitair. The coition of the
Lincoln Government in resard to the 6eizare
Messrs. Mason and Slidell haa at length
asaamed
definite shane. and the world is no lonzer held in
suspense. Lord Lyons, on the 2Gth ult., tent to
the State DeDartment the demand of the British
s. . i 3 A a
jovermeat lor tbeir surrenaer ; ana a aay or iwo
iterward Secretary Beward replied m a lengthy
communication, signifying tbe assent of the aboli
t:on Administration to the demand. Messrs. Ma-
ton and Slidell will therefore be restored,
and the
long agony is over.
Mr. Russell on the Releask op Mason
AND SL1PELL. He predicts the overthrow of the
Lincoln Dynasty. Sir. Russell, in his letter to
the London Times oo the question of the Trent
outrage, says : -
"As I write, there is a rumor that Messrs.
Mason and Slidell are to be surrendered. If it
be true, this government U broken up. There is
bo much vigilance of spirit among the lower orders
cf the people, and they are so ignorant of every
thing except their own politics and passions, so
saturated with pride and vanity, that any honora
We concession, even in this hour of extremity,
would prove fatal to its author."
News from tiie Nortii. Northern papers
to Jan. 1st have ben received at Norfolk. It is
Mated that Messrs Mason and Slidell sailed for
Europe in the steamer Niagara. The N. Y. Tri
bune says the surrender does not come up to the
full demand of Great Britain. Gen. McClennan
is very sick,
and Gcu. Wade of Ohio is suggested
as his succe.-sor.
The steamer Persia has arrived at Halifax with
foreign news and troops tor Canada. It is report
d that England's warlike preparations will con-
tinue in view of difficulties arising from the M-ck-
,.r e,.ii,, 1.1.- K thd r.a. Td.h
ntnne sunk in old vessels. The London Post (gov-
rniuont or-an sivs England will have a reckon-
in.' al-out the matter. The Charleston harbor, it
fsys, is for the use of the world, and cannot be
given up to an ineffectual blockade.
From Pensacola. A dispatch was received
in tfucial quarters, from General Brsgg, dated on
the 2nd ir.st , in which he stated that Port Pick
.ens opened on a Confederate steamer on the day
previous, and that the Confederate batteries re
plied, 8ud firing from both sides continued all
day. No vessels were engaged, and no casualties
-occurred on our side.
McClku.an am the Lincoln Congress.
It in currently reported that a movement is on
loot in the Washington Congress to tuj eisode
General McClellan by the Massachusetts lawyer,
Nathaniel P. Banks. They complain that Mc
Clellan is too slow, and they want a commander
-who will respond to the f or u!ar clamor for an on
ward movement. '1 ho Yankees have been eijiht
am nths engaged in the work of subjugating the
South, but are still a far from accomplishing their
purpose cs they were at the outlet. We do not
wonder, therefore, at their impatience.
Oregon. A Northern paper makes the follow
iig eUtcruent about political affairs in Oregon:
" The tories of Oregon are rampant, and are
rr.nkir ir all sorts of trouble for tiie Union men.
Gov. Whittaker is an avowed sympathiser with
the rebellion, and has namd such ofiiceri for
the j
.recruit.? he proposes to raise that no loyal men
will suDinit to serve under them. Old Joe Lane
jives at Winchester, and takes much interest in
these things, but he is said to bo anxious to sell
out and quit the t-tate for sonic more congenial
.climate. It would pay the Uuion men to raise a
fund and buy him out, if he will leave."
Tiik Prainsvii.le Fight A lady residing
immediately in the neighborhood of Drainsville,
in a private letter to her daughter in Richmond.
pi es the following account of the lato battle at
that place:
'It has been reported that we were badly whip
prd at Drainsviilc, but it is not si. We U.nl forty-three
men killed, and their loss was three hun-
. tired. 1 hey were fifteen thtusand strt'g we
bad only sixteen hundred. If they had stood
their ground until the following morning, we
would have takeu every man, but the cowardly
wretches took to their heels."
THE BLOCKADE FORCED.
Charleston, Jan'y 2. The steamship ' Ella
Warley," formerly the Isabell, from Nassau, ran
the Blockade into the port of Charleston, at day
light this morning. She was chased by the blockad--ers.
She brings a valuable assorted cargo and
passengers, including Mr Bisbie, a bearer of Dis
patches from Mr Yancey.
ANOTHER INSULT TO ENGLAND.
New Orleans, Jan. 2. A letter just received
fiom Havana, also a copy of the.Biownsville Flag,
states that the United States steamer Santiago dc
Cuba had boarded the English 6chooner Eugenie
Smith bound from Havana to MaUmoras, and
. ceized J. W. Zachary, of New Orleun., and
Thomas Rogers, of Texas, and taken them to Fort
Taylor.
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nothing contraband bemi; louud, the schooner was j
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A Humiliated Nation. Id the eurrend-r of!
Mason and Slidell, the British Govetumeut will
ascertain the exact capacity of the Yankee guns. :
In succumbing to the English demand the Yan- j
kces demonstrate that they have no sense of ua- '
tional honor, and that dollars and cents arc their j
.supreme law of action in matters public as well as '
personal. They boarded the Trent with every !
circumstance of bravado & indignity; the Govern-!
ment made the act its own by receiving the Com-;
uiissioners into its possession, and confining them !
as piieoners; theSctretaiy of State and of the Navy, !
.and the House of Representatives applauded the
outrage to the echo; the whole press of ihe Uni eJ f
States teemed withths mot uproarious and de- j
fltiiit exultation over tbe act of Wilkes, and hec- '
tered, bullied and humbled the British Linn in '
every conceivable shape and form. After all this,
to back down instantaneously, and, at the first
menace of England, to surrender the Com mis-
doners, is to exhibit not only a lack of all honor : vindictive race of the North toobt:.in the mastery
and manliness, but a shamel. fcness so shocking , over thein Happily, we fee! no occasion to con
that hereafter the Stats and Stripes will become a j template the horrid idea as a possibility. Unless
badge of degradation and infamy throughout the ! we greatly mistake the true Southern character,
world. Ibis humiliating surrender, so far from j thcre wouId be few eft t0 figure in such a sccne.
propitiating the Luiopean world, will convince j .
them of the conscious weakness and paralyzing j appears to be pretty evident now that
owardice of the blustering pewex that, with six 01J Gen. Scott hurried home from Europe to in-
ouuurcu tuuuMQu men in arms, permits its nose
-. ivi uo jmicv iuu iia ivrc w uo epu upon WllnOUl
an effort at resentment. We believe that, to
morrow, if England and Prance would demand
that the Federal Government recognize the in
dependence of the Southern Confederacy upon i
v j -uv uu.jr .
recognize it, but be glad of the chance. -Ceitain- i
ly there can oow be no longer any fear qf eocse-
-juences on the part of those Governments in them-1.
selves recognizing the Southern Confederacy, or
even in opening the blockade. Richmond Dis- j
jxttck- I.
tsank rf v rt thoir jiianlnneitPA fha nnnM . T
OBDINANCE
OPPRESSIVE
FOB SUPPBESSING
SPECULATION.
of i 1. Be it ordained by tbe people of North Caro-
; Una in Convention assembled, and it is hereby
ordained bv the anthority of the same, That who-
, ever shall engross or get into his hands by buying, j
j contraction or other means, except by producing, ;
a 1 Z . nAaTinrv ' in rria ha no av anv
; corn or outer gram
in tbe neida, or any
! other corn or grain, pork or beet, either nsh,
bantu Ul (luunru, -" " - i -j
salt, saltpetre, or other dead victuals whatever,
and also leather, to the intent to seh the same
ajraiu at unreasonauie pice, ur iu ucp iu duiuo
. . . i
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I from market, and prevent the same from passing
j into the hands and use of the people, or to any
J other intent than to his own ue or consumption,
or for sale at reasonable prices, or for charitable
j distribution amongst poor and necessitous persons;
and. whosoever having in his hands, by the means
I r i e ii. . ir .: j .
j aroresaia, any oi iue uciuie uituuuncu a nicies uui
intended for his own use, or that of his family or
AN
dependants, or tor some fcuch charitable use as ; that gave them birth are visited with the confisca
aforesaid, shall refuse to sell the same to, or shall j tion of their property, with insults to their wives
ak and demand therefor unreasonable prices, and children, with imnrisnnmpnh xilfl. and death
from rCrson or persons desiring and offering
to purchase for their own personal use, or for that
of their families or dependants, or for such chari-
I table use as aforesaid, shall be deemed an unlaw
t ful engrosser; and whosoever shall make any
j motion, by word, letter, message, or otherwise, to
any person or persons, for the enhancing of the
! price, or dearer selling of anything above men
tioned, or else dissuade, move, or stir any one
i coming or purposing to come to any city, market,
post, or place within this State, to abstain, forbear
j to brinjr, or convey any of the things before re
j hearsed to any such city, town, market, or other
I place to be sold, shall be deemed a forestaller; and
i whosoever nau mate any .uomi, t.iier .mo any
-L-ll I
! a?reement, or come to any unuerstanaing with
i an v other person or persons, that he shall not sell
I any of the thing?, before rehearsed, but at certain
i prices, or at not le?s than certain prices, shall be
deemed nn uniawiui conspirator; ana any person
upnn conviction oi enner or toe saia onences, Dy ; p;nueui-e oi
verdict or confession, shall be punished as for avhatall this
misdemeanor, and shall be required to enter into
recognizance with sufficient surety for his good
behavior for the space of three yenrs, in such
sums as the court may direct: Provided, That
upon sufficient cause being: shown, upon afiiiavit,
the court shall have power to order the taking of
depositions to be read in behalf cf the accused,
upon such terms as the court may decree on trial
of cises nrisinjr under this ordinance.
2 And. be it further ordained, That this ordi-nnnc-e
shall be in force during the present war
only, except as to prosecutions which may be pend
ing and undetermined at the end of the war: and
may. in the meantime, be repealed or modified by
the General Assemby.
Read and ratified in open Convention the 11th
day of Pec. 1861.
W. N. EDWARDS,
Pres. of Convention,
WHAT ARE THEY FIGHTING FOSP
The New Orleans Bee answers its own question,
what are the Yankees fighting for, by saying, we
t.tke it that the stale and wretched pretext of pre
serving the Union is well nigh abandoned. The
only journals which yet seem to cling to it as an
apology for their baseness are the Lincoln sheets
in Kentucky and Missouri. They, no doubt, in
common with ah others who use their senses and
intellects, are aware that the Union, as it was, has
ceased to be a possibility, and that any Union
involving the idea of equality of rights in the
South is as completely out of the question as if it
never existed. The North has given up the idea
of fighting for the Union. For what then is
Yankecdom fighting ?
There are but two possible replies to this inter
rogatory. First, for vengeance; second for lapine.
Let us explain: I he .North will never forgive the
South for seceding, and thus destroying that im
mense and lucrative trade by which New York,
Boston and Philadelphia have been enriched.
i Let the war terminate as it may, those cities have
seen the acme of their prosperity, and must
henceforth decline or remain stationary. This
i calamity will result from the independence
of the Southern Confederacy, and fiom our deter
mination to preserve as few commercial relations
as possible with our enemies. The latter are
furious, and swear in their wrath that if they must
suffer, we in the South shall be ruined with them.
This is the mode in which the vengeance motive
operates.
But the war is frightfully expensive, and let it
cease when it will, the Federal Government be
comes burdened with a debt, of which the interest
alone must be annually met by heavy taxation.
The people, wearied and exhausted with sacrifices,
will be in no condition at the end of a protracted
contest to submit to new and onerous contribu
tions. Somebody must pay the piper, and who
so fit as the power which, according to Federal
authority, provoked the war? The South has
four million of slaves, countless acres of fertile
territory, and produces annually . cotton to the
value of two hundred millions, and sugar and
tobacco to more than half that sum. The North
has only- to subjugate the South, and confiscate all
.1- . u -Tu i 4 i i j i i
this, together with houses and lands, and bank
stock, and money, and cattle, and behold ! the
ex-
penses of the war are paid. This is the
L i,.; ,
mode
j 1(1 T NIVU HIV I U'1IIV UlUll 1 V 1 llVl
Tims we sec that the Yankees care nothincr
about the Union. It has even ceased to be a
catchword. They make war on us because thej'
are instigated by hatred and rapacity passions,
in rerfect keeping with their character, and
worthy of their reputation. These being the iiu:
pclling motives and objects of the war, if there
were no other reason why the Southern people
should resist to the last, they arc of themselves
enough. Could they conquer us they would at
once glut their revenge and gratify their greed by
' n wholesale plunder. Under the pretext of iu
; denmifying themselves for the cost of the war,
: they would pauperize the whole South, and lord it
j over her people with indolent domination. Who
can picture the shame and degradation, deeper
and darker than that which the dying Faliero
; predicted for Venice, to which our people would
forrn the Lincoln government that he had seen
enough to convince him that the English and
French governments were a unit on the question
cf the prisoners taken from the Trent, and that
they were in earnest, and therefore that the Wash-
jibing n.can save itselt is another question.
t 176 more Yankee prisoners arrived here
last Thursday night. T.here are now about 300
here
Dr. J. W. .Hall, has received the appointment
of Army Surgeon at .this jdace.--Satt. Watch.
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OUB CONFLICT WITH THE NOBTH.
From the Raleigh Standard.
All the information we have recently received
from the North is to the effect that the people of
that region are more intensely excited against the
South than ever, and that their preparations, both
by land and sea, are constantly going forward and
increasing in magnitude. The government of Lin
i coin, in its most cruel acts, and in its epen viola-
; viun ui ctcijt puuciplt; Ul JLjllli3:i, .lliuencail,
every
j human liberty, is but the embodied hate, and
: envy, and malice of the Northern people. Thev
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are ueierrainca not oniv to deteat us in Dame, but
i -
destroy us, if they can. They regard neutrality
even as a crime, as shown by their course towards
Kentucky. Their tender mercies are before us
in the grievous and inhuman'wrongs which they
are heaping on Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri.
Even the deluded creatures who are still Uuion
:neu in those States, are not secure in their persons
and property; while those who are true to the land
! on the battle-field. What. then, is in reserve for
i us of the seceded States, in the event of our being
overrun by these worse than Hessians ?
We believe that the people of North-Carolina
are, of all the Confederate States, the most united
in their determination to resist the Northern
government to the last extremity. They counted
the cost before they commenced the work of in
dependence. They knew that war would come,
but they did not shrink from it in defence of their
rights. They have been free for eihty years, and,
by the blessing of God, they' will remain free or
die in their tracks. They will make no com
promise with the North they will never cease to
fight as long as a federal soldier is on Confederate
soil they will agree to no terms which will not
permit Maryland. Missouri, and Kentucky delib-
erately to decide their own destiny; and they will
j accept nothing less from the 2sorth than the fullest
, aou uk.m uiiquaunea acknowledgment oi me mue-
tht
e Lonledcrate Mates, we know
involves. t involves many battles
and much suffering. It involves high taxes, a
paper currency, the complete loss of trade with
the rest of the world, hard times, and eloomv
times, and the sacrifice of thousands of lives. It
involves, probably, a struggle not merely during
this year, but for many years. As John Adams
said after the declaration oi independence was
made, against an enemy not so unjust or so cruel
1 as our present enemy we say also,
" I
am not
transported with enthusiasm. 1 am
well awu
re of
the toil, the treasure and the blood it will cost,
yet through all the gloom, I can see a ray of light
and glory. 1 can see that the tint is icorth more
than all the means " It is so '.vith us now l'the
t ud is icorth morn than all the means." It is this
; quality of looking to and providing for the future,
and of suffering to render the future tolerable, if
not secure and happy for our children, which ele
vates man in the scale of beings, and makes hiiu
worthy of those irreat gifts of reason, imagination
and lofty disregard of death in a righteous cause,
which Providence has bestowed upon him. Our
brave troops, we know, are enduring inconve-
nienees and privations, and some of them are suffer
ing; but let them remember that nearly all Gen.
G reene's army in 1781, were "almost naked"
that in the celebrated retreat of this General,
which ended with the battle of Guilford, his men
u were nearly all destitute cf shoes and clothing,
and many were the gashes inflieted upon the naked
feet of the champions of liberty, while the British
were comfortably clothed and supplied with good
shoes; yet no complaints escaped the lips of the
Americans, who lost not a single man by deser
tion" that at Valley Forge, in crossing the Dela
ware, and other places, our forefathers marched
over the frozen ground, marking it with blood
from their naked feet, while for the greater part
of the time they were hungry and cold, without
their wages, and nearly starved. We trust our
brave boys will never be reduced to this extremity,
but it will encourage them, and it will encourage
all of us to bear in mind the sufferings which our
forefathers underwent to achieve our liberties.
" The end is worth more than all the means."
We shall certainly triumph. The wicked and
cruel people who would convert four millions of
happy laborers into savages, by bestowing on them
privileges which Providence never intended them
to possess, and who would divide our property
among themselves, and reduce us to slaveiy, will
be foiled and driven back. The God of battles,
who rules on the earth as in the armies of heaven,
will continue to fight for us if we are only true to
ourselves. Courage, then, all ! Let us be united,
and patient, and firm, and loyal, and self-sacrificing
in emergency. The " ray of light" will in
crease until it discloses its source, the sun of vic
tory. Our independence once achieved, North
Carolina will be one of the most piosperous States
in the world. We shall enjoy ourselves and leave
to our children, not only liberty, but all the bless
ings which toleration in religion, and the in
dustrial pursuits in field and workshop, and edu
cation, and the arts and sciences, and peaceful
commerce with other nations can bestow upon us.
Tiik Sltply of Hogs. From the Bowling
Green Courier, of the 23d, we extract the following:
A large lot of hogs passed through Princeton
the other day en route for the pork houses at
Clarksville, 'i'enn. The best of the joke is they
were driven from Illinois.
We learn that several thousand arc now on the
way from Madisonviile to the same point. Not a
hog has been driven North from the neighbor
hood of Ma lisonviile. This does'nt look much
like starving out the Southern Confederacy.
Kentucky. The Louisville Courier, of the
17 in ult., says:
We learn that there is considerable
among the Kentucky regiments in the
trouble
Federal
army, and that much nxictjf exists nnion tr
the
la 11 kces as to what will be the result. The mes
sage of Lincoln and the report of Cameron iiave
caused such universal dissatisfaction as to quite
demoralize those companies which are composed of
a fair proportion of men of ordinary intelligence.
In Col. Curran Pope's regiment, as we are in
formed upon authority that we can vouch for, there
has been an open mutiny.
On reading Camerou's report, some two hun
dred of his men at once threw down their arms,
dechring that they would not fight if that was the
feast to which they had been invited. They were
arrested, aad under threats and entreaties a few
were iuduced to go into the ranks again. The
bulk, however, persisted in their course, and on
being threatened with the utmost rigor of the mili
tary law, they still bid defiance and declared they
would rabher die than fight for a party that pro
posed to place arms in the hands of slaves with
which to murder their masters and innocent wo
men and childreu. The officers of the Federal
army evidently place no reliance on their Kentucky
volunteers.
It is reported that Prentice, of the I
! Journal, says that there will be no forward move.
aient towards Bowling Green from Green river
uutil Lincoln's position on the slavery question is
defined.
NORTHERN ITEMS.
The New York Express, speaking of the sur
render of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. says that the
surrender to necersitv will soon impose upon us
other necessities connected with Great Britain, to
which we must yield or fight. Ninety days will
not elapse without further insulting demands from
the English oligarchy. The Express advises
instant preparations for war to the extent of a
million and a half of money, and says that the
Administration have given up Mason and Slidell,
not to law, equity and right, but to necessity.
The American Eagle, in its trials and troubles,
has been humbled for the first time to the British
Lion. The rebellion on hand drags down our flag,
which was never before bumbled before England.
Let us Americans, says the Express, hang our
heads because of our humiliation and dismiss the
subject with as much silence as possible.
The National 1 utelligencer says Seward's course
is approved by every member of the Cabinet, and
says tnat war wuu .dngiana, r ranee, &c, is
escaped by it.
From a letter in the Cincinnati Commercial,
dated Frankfurt, Ky., Dec. 19th, we extract the
following:
If the agitation of the negro question is kep t
up by the radicals in "Congress, I fear that we will
lose strength in this State. Although it is no just
reasqn for opposing the Government and its policy
I fear that if radical councils prevail, much moral,
if not physical support, will be withdrawn from
the cause of the Union. Men who have ever been
unconditionally Union, can hardh bear the idea
that Lovejoy, Thaddeus Stevens, Sumner, and
Jim Lane are to be rulers of the destiny of this
people.
As I have heretofora said, the sentiment of
our people is unanimous that the President should
refuse the demand of England for a release of
Slidell and Mason, and if war eusue, our State
would furnish more troops for such a war than
are now iu the field.
Secretary Chase said, in response to a toast at a
dinner given by the Union Club of New York,
that the blackest ne:ro in South Carolina, though
black as midnight, was, in his eyes, whiter than
the whitest rebel.
Vehemently cheered by the
company, among whom was
YY m. JJ. Astor.J
A gentleman from Baltimore says that the peo
ple thcre, as well as at the North generally, are
getting very tired of the war. Those only favor
its continuance who are contractors under the gov
ernment. Gold at New York is at a prtmiumsof six per
cent. The banks have generally suspended.
A Yankee Brigadier General is reported to have
said in Washington, a few days since, that the
army of the Potomac was trying the exhaustion
process, and was not exhausting the rebels, but
the treasury. Pretty good for a Yankee.
DEEP RIVER COAL,
gratified to find that several
We are
wajiou
loads of this -iost excellent coal, have been
brought to this town during the pat week. It
makes a most beautiful and agreeable fire. There
is no longer any doubt about the immense quan
tity, quality and value of this coal. The loads
brought here are from the Taylor lauds, on this
side of Deep River. It is very rich and beauti
ful. The Taylor is the great Coal fields.
We are advised that large quantities of the
best quality of bituminous coal are now being
thrown upon the surface of the Taylor lands. Any
quantity can now be had there at 3:50 per ton.
The attention of the surrounding and up country
should be called to this. If the value of this coal
is once tested, all the parlors within 100 miles
will soon be warmed with it, and all the Black
smiths will use it. They will find it economy to
do so.
What it will cost those who send for it
over
and above the 3 50 paid for it
before loading,
will be the cost of hauling or transportation
- These Coal Fields on Deep River contain a de
posits of more annual yield and value to-North
Carolina, and the Southern Confederacy, than half
the whole of the cotton fields. They are suscepti
ble of making North Carolina the State of the
Confederacy.
Could our State authorities take a true and
practical view of what ought to be done, to bring
this coal into market to be used, there would be
no further hesitation or delay iu doing it effectually.
When the immense annual value to the general
wealth of the State, which would be secured by
the opening of these coal mines, and the opening
of suc h a field of profitable labor to thousands and
thousands of honest laborers, is properly considered
it ought to induce the Convention, at the earliest
day possible, to provide the proper means to trans
port this coal in every direction. The million or
millions necessary to do this is nothing compar
ed to the tens or hundreds of millions of profita
ble results that would certainly follow to the
State. In short, nature has deposited under our
feet hundreds of millions of real treasure, to be
raised comparatively for a trifle, and yet from
some most remarkable cause, we refuse to stretch
forth our hands and take it up. Greensboro Pa
triot. Wooden Shoe Manufactory. We visited
a day or twosuce, the Wooden Shoe Manufactory
of Messrs. Theim & Fraps, of this City. We
had frequently heard of this establish mentt but
we had no idea, until our visit to it, that it was
so thorough and interesting in its operations as
wc found it to be. The enterprising manufac
turers have in their employment some 30 hands,
and are turning out about one hundred pair of
shoes per day. The shape and size of the shoe
are first marked and sawed out, and then it is
bored and scooped out, and fashioned at the bot
tom, and sand-papered, and lined, and painted,
and topped with leather, and thus finished in va
rious rooms in the same building. Most of this
work is done by machinery, driven by steam.
The wood used is gum and poplar, which is well
steamed before the shoe is made. We under
stand these shoes are actually lighter than the
leathei brogan of the same number, and as for du
rability, the bottoms will last until the next war.
We learn that Messrs. Theim & Fraps, who are
finishing one hundred pair per day, have more or
ders than they can fill.
Wooden shoes are worn in the Northern part
of Europe, and in some localities in this country;
but we suppose this is the first manufactory of
the sort, by machinery and steam, which has
been established. Raleigh Standard.
Arrival. A schooner arrived at Mobile, Ala.,
on the 27th ult., from Havana, bringing a cargo
of coffee, sulphur, medicines, &o. The block
ading fleet saw her as she came into port, but
couldn't catch her. Good seamanship and good
pilotage brought her through.
Fire in Salem. A letter from Salem N. C-,
informs the Fayette villc Observer that at 6 o'clock
on the evening of Saturday, the 21st, Mr. Fries'
gas works caught fire, and one of the bouses was
burnt. The other was saved.
Some of the salt works in Bienville Parish, La.,
are turning ottt 200 bushels of salt per day.
COLONEL BRADFORD
This returned Hatteras prisoner met with a cor
dial reception from his many friends on his arri
val here yesterday. In reply to congratulations
on his looking well, he stated that the rations
served out to them were common army rations,
by adding to which 53 50 a week, each, they lived
very well. The numerous prisoners formed a highly
intellectual society, and they were allowed to get
the New York and Boston papers daily. By
some of the officers of the enemy, (of the regular
service,) they were treated with gret politeness,
and even kindness. He confirms the statements
heretofore made of the utterly defenceless condi
tion of the Hatteras garrison, whose balls fell
short of the enemy about 500 yards, whilst their
shells, at the rate of 30 a minute, fell within the
90 feet square enclosed by the walls of the fort.
The enemy had obtained the exact range of the
fort, so as to place these shells with perfect ac
curacy. After getting on board the enemy's ships",
surprise was expressed to our officers that they
bad held out so long, in a contest that could by
no possibility hive any other termination than in
a surrender.
It will be recollected that the Hatteras garri
son were surrendered distinctly as "prisoners of
war," a point of great significance, and which had
not been previously conceded during the war. Col.
Bradford states that Gen. Butler refused to grant
this, but that Com. Stringrham consented. With
out this concession, the fight would have been re
newed, at all hazards.
On one other point the Colonel's information is
important and interesting. It will be recollected
that the enemy landed between 300 and 400 men
on the first evening of the engagement, who took
possession of Fort Clark, which a portion of our
troops had been forced to evacuate. Col. Brad
ford states that a reconnoitering party was sent
that night, who reported the force of the enemy
thus landed at 1400, abou double the whole force
on our side. Fay. Observer, 2d inst.
FLUNKYISM REBUKED.
The attention of a Brtish journal "Reynolds'
London Newspaper" having been attracted by the
boasting 01 tne 1 anKee pres;over the accession of a
few sprigs of European nobility to their service,
and by the flunky reception given to them by
Lincoln and his understrappers, it rebukes the
Presidential snob in the following caustic style:
The appointment to high and responsible com
mand of inexperienced and incapable aristocrats
was the bane, and nearly blasted the fame, of the
British army. If President Lincoln was a man of
spirit and of prudence he would avoid stumbling
into a similar pitfall. But nature seems to have
intended him for a Court lackey rather than for the
President of a Republic. At least we arrive at
this conclusion after reading the names of certain
foreign officers to whom he has granted commis
sions and commands. The nomination of the Or
leans princes mere schoolboys to the staff of
Gen. McClellan is one of those flagrant sbsurdities
attached to "the sweet uses of royalty" which we
should have imagined Republicans would re
pudiate. Then, again, an unknown Priuce, be
longing to some obscure German principality, ap
plied for and obtained the command of a cavalry
corps. It being subsequently discovered that bis
highness could not speak one word of English, a
few trifling difficulties have yet to be overcome
before he assumes the command of the regiment
honored by having such a distinguished warrior as
its Colonel. But the appointment of our old
friend, the drunken and idiotic member from
North Durham, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, to
a command iu the American army, is certainly the
queerest act of folly and stupidity yet perpetrated
by the Lincoln Cabinet. Is it because he hap
pens to be a lord that Master Tempest has found
favor in the eyes of Lincoln? The last appearance
in England of the President's protege was at Mad
borough street Police-court, charged ivith being
drunk and disorderly; but, as his lordship's friends
declared he was mad, the young gentleman was
handed over to their custody, and every one be
lieved him to be the inmate of a lunatic asylum.
Loand behold! Lord Adolphus now turns up on
the "other side" of tl-.e Atlantic, full rigged and
togged as a Federal officer! Pity Lord Forth has
succumbed to the brandy bottle, or else his mili
tary experience might have been turned to ac
count by Mr. Lincoln.
" We learn that the friends of Gov. A.
Reueher, of this State, late of New Mexico, have
information which inclines them to believe that
he and his family are under arrest in Washington
City. He left New Mexico homewards in July
or August last.
Powder Mill We are glad to be able to
slate that the powder mill near this city, has gone
into operation. It is capable of producing a large
amount daily, and the government will doubtless
obtain a portion of its supplies from this mill. It
is under the immediate superintendence of Messrs
Waterhouse & Bowes, we believe. Ral. Stand.
Law of Police. The following is an extract
from the Militia Law of North Carolina, passed at
the extra session of the General Assembly, in
September, 1861, aud ratified on the 20th of that
month.
Sec. 90. That it shall be the duty of any one
of the field officers of a regiment, or the oldest
captain, should there be no field officer, upon com
plaint on oath made by any responsible person,
that there are unlawful assemblies within his
command, or danger of insubordination amongst
slaves, to detail a military patrol, designating
their duties, and requiring the officer commanding
the said patrol to report to him how he has dis
charged his duty; and the said patrol shall deliver
all persons detected in the violation of the law to
the civil magistrates for the examination of the
charges made against them.
Patents. Among the patents issued by the
Confederate government we find the following to
citizens of North Carolina : Henry Domler, Wil
mington, N. C, Military Caps ; J. L. Jones, Tal-
I'loughs ;
ing Gun.
Jas. P. Raukins, Mariou, breach-load-
SOLDIERS WANTED.
The undersigned wants a number of Soldirr to do
duty in South Carolina. A bounty of $50 to $60 will
be paid, and from eleven to twentj-one dollars per
month regular pay. Those who are willing to engage
in the Confederate service and assist in defending their
country, will call at the Mansion House.
Dec 24 B. J. WITHERSPOON, Lient.
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
I will sell for cash at the Hipp Gold Mine, 6 miles
from Charlotte, on the Beattie's Ford Road, on Thure
d&j the 9th day of January, the following property of
tbe Mecklenburg Gold and Copper Mining Company :
One Steam Engine, 35 or 40-borse power, compara
tively new, and in good running order; oae castPamp,
one Drag and two Chillian Mills, Whim Rope, Belting,
&c. Also 1 sett Blacksmith's Tools, and some other
articles, to satisfy eight Ven. exponas, or orders of sale,
in my bands issuing from the Countv Court of Mecklen
burg in favor of John Simpson, Win. P. Little
others vs. the Mecklenburg Gold and Copper Mining
Com pan. w. w. GRIEB
Dec 24, 1861 3t Sheriff.
Confederate Bonds The value of the Co'b
fedsrate paper in the market should not only be
a source of encouragement to the Government,
but of congratulation to the people. They are
now held at par, and maybe regarded as the best
paper currency in. circulation. Arrangement
have been made to pay the forthcoming interest
in gold, at convenient places of deposit through
out the Confederacy. Surely, a government that
so promptly, and faithfully fulfils its obligation,
need have no apprehension of a lack of the'
'sinews of war" hereafter.
How
Fortress
'ie lankees Treat ' "Cnnthr..l. .
Monroe. NORFOLK. Jan 9 T-H:
gence recently received here relative to the treat
ment and condition cf the colored people taken
from their rightful owners by the Yankees, con.
firms the statement that their condition is deplor
able and far worse than it was before they left the
comfortable quarters at the homes of their masters
Doubtless nine in ten of the unfortunate and de-'
ceived refugees from a state of comparative free
dom to one of slavery that is really oppressive,
would eagerly embrace an opportunity to return
to those who have fed, clothed and protected them
requiring only a moderate share of labor in return'
At Fortress Monroe, for instance, where there
are from 1,500 to 2,000 of them, negro men are
paid at the rate of only $8 'and women $4 per
month their clothing being deducted from their
pay. They are required to labor hard, and the
unfavorable change oa their constitution la aaid ta
be killing them off quite rapidly.
NOTICE. f
Treasurer's Office, A., T. k O. Railroad,
Charlotte, Dec. 12th.
Tha Sixth installment of the Capital Stock of tha
Atlantic, Tenn. & O. RaUrond Company, subscribed iu
the town of Statesville, ia due on tht 7i fa of January
next.
The Eighth installment of the stock subscribed at
Mount Monrne, Iredell county, and the Ninth install
ment of all stock subscribed in Mecklenburg county, is
due and payable on tbe 2 2d of January.
If the stockholders Uesire the work to continue they
must pay tbeir stock mure promptly, as the Treasurer
must have money.
95-St M. L. WRISTON, Treasurer.
DISSOLUTION.
The coonrlnership that heretofore existed under the
name of J. G. WILKINSON k CO., was dissolved by
mutual consent on the 13th inst. All those who are
iadebted to the said firm will pleas call at the store
of J. Q. Wilkinson and settle up, and all having cluinii
against the firm will present them for settlement.
J. a. WILKINSON,
Dec 17, 18C1 3t TIIOS. TROTTER.
WATCHES, JKWELRY, v
The subscriber respectfully anuounces to the puhlio
that he has purchased the eniire Ftock of WuU-bes,
Jewelry, Clocks, Sil er and Plati;d Wares, Walking
Canes, Fancy Goods, Ac, that belong to J. G. Wilkin
son & Co., which is now offered to tbe public low fur
cash only.
Particular attention given to Repairing Watches and
Jewelry. J. G. WILKINSON.
Dec 17, ISfil 3t
$30 KEWAKD.
I will pay the above reward to any person who will
apprehend and deliver to rue my boy SAM, or confine
him in some jail so that I can get him. Said boy run
away about tbe 4th of December instant. He may en
deavor to get to the neighborhood of Philadelphia
church in this county, as he ha some relations thers,
or he may go to Ashe county, as I bought him of . Ste
phen X. Wilson, who lives in that county. Sam had on
when be left, a brown linsey coat and a black wool hut;
has a scar on his forehead, and is about twenty-one
years old. Said boy escaped from the Railroad near
Columbia, S C, and may be lurking somewhere down
there. JOHN WOLFE.
December lfth. tf Charlotte, N. C.
"TO HIKE.
A good carriage and country Blacksmith
Applr f
J. M. SPRINGS.
Dec 10, 1861
Headquarters N. C. Militia,
AUJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Gbneral Ooder No. 3.J Raleigh, Dec 7, 18G1.
The following persons will be exempt from Company
drills, except once in three months: All workmen in
any Factory engaged in working for the State, or mk
ing arms, lead or pow der, or in ship building for the
State or Confederate States, the necessary employees
of Telegraph or Express lines, or Daily Press, Ferry
men and keepers of Canal Locks, State officers and
other persons whose employment in the service of the
State is iucansistent with tbeir attendance on Militia
drill, and persons excused under the Militia Law.
This order will not be understood as excusing any
person from Militia duty when called upon to repel an
invasion, or suppress an insurrection, or T om Regimen
tal or Brigade drills and musters. Ky order of the
Commander-in-chief. J. (J. MARTIN,
Dec. 17. Adjutant General.
AXES! AXES!
Any person having OLD AXES which can be wark
cd over, will find sale for them nt thi3 department.
The axes must be delivered to STLyESTEIt SMITH,
Esq., who will give receipts for them, which receipts
will be cashed on presentation at this office.
J. DEVEREUX, Quartermaster.
December 17th. Raleigh, N. C.
Stolen, Stolen.
Stolen from the side of my door on Saturday night,
7th inst, between 8 and 9 o'clock, one Gilt Frame Show
Case of Snuff and Tobacco samples. The Case is 20
x 24 inches, and ha? in it samples of Lorilard's Snuff
and Tobacco. Tbe labels on either the Bottles or Papers-can
be identified. I will give a reward of $5 to
any one tbat will detect the thief. J. D. PALMER.
December 17, 1861M
JOS1AII SIBLEY & SOftS,
Wholesale Grocers and Commiiiion .Vtrchant, Nt. I,
Warrtn Block, AUGUSTA, (7.1. ,
Have in Store aud to arrive
100 Hhds. fair to choice N. O. Sugar,
250 Bbls. N. O. Molasses,
SO Bales Bagging,
300 Coils Rope,
60 Boxes Soap,
30 Boxes Soda,
ftO Dozen painted Buckets,
32 Canisters Black Tea,
25 Bbls. choice Whiskey and Cordials,
10 Eighth casks Cognac Brandy,
10 Bbls. Phelps' Gin.
25 Casks Port, Madeira and Malaga T iae,
2300 Havana Segars,
50.000 German aud American 5egrs,
Also, Pepper, Spice, Twine, Salt, .Vails, Rice, Tobaeta,
Measures, 4c.
Augusta, Nov. 12, 1861
SniilT, Snufl, Smifl!
Just received, a fresh lot of genuine Lonlsrdtlhg
Toast Scotch Snuff. Che gjQjjg.
Sept 24, 18l
PROCLAMATION
1 1 virfne of
resolntioa
In pursuance ana j Carolina, I, Henri
of tbe General Assembly of
Henry
T. WyGnrruW rrBIe citizens of this State,
by notify nd nr,he United States, to re-
now in tbe enemy if .neeiance is jn,tly
tHlD 10 . thedilU
a l Ci roltflA. H
hrreof: and I do
7::. n alien enemy,
nbiect to all the
"c. Jn lties and forfeiture which un or mmj ,u-
' " L !
the reouiremeDts of this Procltmattoo, excepi
tbf ,W. V?. f the Confederal States,
curred by o
- J ' - . . I. . V. .
or some
Governor, ei-offidaf.