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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1862.
TENTH VOLUME NUMBER 501.
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WILLIAM J. YATES,
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advance.
fcij?" Ad' . iTtisements not marked nn the manuscript
or a sp- die time, w.li be insetted untii forbid, and
harmed ac -ordinal v.
SA MUKL Y. SMITH.
AMoiJJi j and C.stiirli ut Luw,
CUAliLO'JTK, N C,
VTiil aV.-ud r-r !.. and ddiynitty to collecting and
reiiittk:j ail id ii it. trust ed to his cure.
Sptcul .it!-!i'i r.i given to i lie writing of Deeds, Con
Vf.rf ari, kc.
'f ' ' '" ' ir oflr!s:n, mav be found in the
Court U ue. O.Tiee No. I, adjoining the clerk ofliee.
Jauimrv 13. Mul
.1. A. FOX.
Attorney Zaw,
cij.ii:UTTE, X. C.
fA'.vAv.'.i a roi.i.Kcnsa a c,i:nt.
OfTi -e", ver tli Druj Store, Irwins comer.
Ja.i-.a rl. tf
Win. J. Korr,
A T T O 11 A" E V A T E A W ,
CiiAlii.oiTK. X. c...
Will practice ta the County and Stip-rior Coiirls of
MrkleDburj. Union and Cabarrus counties.
OxTi:-k iij t i'. 1 y buiiding opposite Kerr's Hotel.
Janary 2i. v
II. Y. liiX'K WITH
ILis constantly on hand
WATCH S. J-VELnY, PLATED VARE, C,
Of thf b:-t II i;:iisii and American manufacturers.
Call n ! exsmin" hi stock before purchasing clscw'hcre.
Watch cry-t.'l- ;jut in fur -5 cent each.
January, lfoi y
John T. Butler,
niACIIt'A b
IVatfJi a;a;i Clock .Tlakcr, Jew-
Orr-osii". K:.i;!ts Hotkl, Cli'irh-Uc, X. C.
(L.i;.- with R. W. Heckwi:!..)
riue e a KIi-, C l:Et !: .Jftvi-lrj,
of every description, Ri-paiicd and Warranted fur 12
mouths.
(Vt 10. !SJ1. y
J. C. WILKINSON & CO.,
ir.bi:us in
1 "$3 Salver A: s5:ir2 Ware
AX I) FAXCV (KJOl,
Iv. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the .Mansion I.Vvr-e. CII ARLt TTE. X. C.
Auecti'n giv-'n to Rcpnit i::g Watches and Jewelry.
September IS, 1 6C I . y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWELRY.
Sn!iJ Silver and Plated Ware.
Tlie s ! b s -1 i'nor has lately purciias, .1 .i very ext'-nstvr
upplv of the ab.ae urn. h-s. 1 1 is purchases beinj.
niJe .lirreliy from the m.: u ui'nc! u 1 er, he is tlicret'un
einb'.r I lo ;-,!! at a vo;j -iii.l advance oncost, am!
p-;.-o i; 1.1 :v r. si u-.-uicd that all Lis ai tides are war
rautel to h.. win! he represents tiu-m to be.
Kf.fl- aa 1 "i.). lvi c.atl'iiKy repaired and will
ecciie my .;-i ;uu tl ailentiuu.
R. W. UMCXWITII.
xv. ;:, tf
ijss. e. n. and:j2:ws,
c:;ak!.itti:, n. c,
Would inf irm ;he public gvai-i jil! y. an. I ihe citizens of
Mei kiiMibur n ir; i i'at iy, that he lias resumed the
Practice .ti Dl-IN I'iTivV ftad may be found at his. old
tmid. He is prep. ned to et Artif:. ial leih on Uo! l.
Kdver, Vi.ie :.;;. . r on tlie 1 iiei;da.-: ic process, as
patifits :a i.--;'re. and ii.'. ic ll. vv i; h J.ji 1, Tin.
Aai o.- Os Art !i. :;.!.
ile is ii, , 1 j i, 11 1 firm rt:iv iiP'T.ilion helor.f-
-i - i l -iiti.tiy. as- i need a ! .iv that he will be pK-as-
e l to w.ii: u . :i .u ..1' his .11 ftdcuds or new friends j
yo 1 nnv take -h at f ,r granted.
F-'.)aiL-v 5.
T-ie Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur-
Cance Company,
N 1 '.Nrrs to t.,;.c rLks against lrss bv fire, on
iL..rs. !.-, Produce, ic, at u.-i.al rates.
l',t i :. .. C. S i 1.1. 1.!'.
Vict OVERMAX,
Aitn.rj !(IS. M. Wll.SliV.'
i'.c.j- L. N 1 !; HCiTIlLSOX.
D I RECTORS:
A C. STEELE. s. T. WRISTOX,
iN!; V 1:1v,U N' M. JojixmuX,
M. R. 1AM.OR. p. ,;rAi:u,
CiiAS. OVERMW.
Executive Ciii .ir'.-.',, s t YV . : it t
, siston, F.Scarr.Jno.
I,. Urown.
April 10, lsol.
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Jo:iX VO..F.L. Practical Tai- '
lor. r. , u, i;,,.,s tlu, tilU j
r.asoi t h.iibitte :u.d surround- '
l.ng country, ;uat he is prepared ;
lo. manufacture gent'., nu-u's t lo-
thing 111 tlie latest stvle and at :
siiorl notice. His best exertions
4 3 will be riven to render satisSac- j
mi ,
tion to those who patronize him. j
Shop opposite Kerr's Hotel, next j
door to Brown & Stitt's store.
Jnn. 1. lf-2. tf J
COTTON SI2E WANTED.
The undersigned will pay the highest cash price for
Cotton Seed, at their Oil Work?, five mile? south-east
of Charlotte, at Isaac X. Alexander's milK
STEPHENS &. WHISXAXT.
Dec 3, 18G1 tf
imi vols: taxes.
All persons owing me taxes are hereby notified to
t . r . I. i . , i' T . .. . .... 1 i.. ... t It.nrii tKn
pay up uciore mm; im ui jaunnij. j ............... . .. -
money to settle offtlie Poor ami School Kimd. but will
not be able to do so without you pay me. I hope you
will not force me to hot row money and pay your taxes
for von. ?t is but a small amount to each one, and
you can ea.'ilv raise it
W. W. CRIER, Sherilf.
Dec 10, lfc'01. tf
ISA ISLE V WANTED.
I want to purchase, immediately, all the BARLEY
I can pet, for which the highest market price will be
paid. MARTIN Ml'XZLLIt.
Charlotte, O 29, 1861. tf
WHEAT !
The fJiibscrib.er is prepared to purchase the new
crop of Wheat at the hijr!ie.t market price. Farmers
will find it to their advantage to call at the CIIAU
LwTTE ST II AM MILLS before sellinp.
Jauy 1, 1SC2 tf . JNO. WILKES.
1MCTOKY FOBS SALE.
The undersigned propose to sell, at a low price and
upon libel al ci edit, their COTTON FACTORY, locat
ed on the South Fork of the Catawba Kiwi-. The laa
ehinery is 'eonij-araiively new ami in tr'.od order fur
work. The wat'T power is poml and the buildings
ani- 'e. and a pood FLOl'liINt; JiILL atta-died.
The principal machinery eonsits of l.'mo spindh-s, f
cards, looms, aud all the mat hinei v to vvmkthc
same. J. i E. li. STOWE.
Oct 8, 1SG1 Stovvesv ilie, X. C.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A, N. M. TAYLOR
WESPECTFCLLY informs his friends and the pub
iidSt lie penerally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a larpe and complete
stoek. of Ilardw are. eonsiitinp in jiart as follows:
. Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
inp. prafii ti;,:-. teniiou, back, compass, wehb, and butch
er SAWS; Rraces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels.
Augers, (iimh-ts. Ilainmers. Ilatcht ts. and Axe.-: Rrick,
plastering, and pointinp Trowels: S.iw-setters, Screw
idates. Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds. Spoke-
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Square:-: Spirit Levels
I'ocket Levels, Spirit level Vials. Holdup machines.
Coopers, and in fact everlhiup a mechanic wants, in
preat variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store anil Tin-ware Depot, opposite the .Man
sion I!--' rharlotte, X. C.
May IMc.'K tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such ns Rellovvs, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers. Ruttres.es, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plate., Stocks
and oies. Rlack-mit h's Pincers and Tonps, Rasj ers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cl:nch Nails.
Rorax; Iron of all size:-, both of northern and country
manufacture: cast, plow, blister and spring Sieel; Ac,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the dificrcnt sizes, tit TAYLOit"S
Hardware Store, opposite Manrion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Str-ivv Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Ilia s. Shovels,
Spades, Forks. Axes, Picks. Mattocks. Crubbinp Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wapon Chains, Lop Chains. Pruning
and llcdpe Shears, I'runinp and buddinp Knives, par
den Hoes and Rakes, with hamll'-s: (irain Cradles; pruin,
prass and brier Scythes, Rush Hooks, Wapon boxes;
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, .-kdlits. spj-il'-rs,
stew-pans and kettle?, Cauldrons from "Jo to 1 JO
pallons each: Iron and brass Preservinp Kettles, Sln-ep
Shears. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A larpe as-ortnieut; Rlock Tin, Rlock Zinc, Tin Plate,
Rabbit metal, ic
Stoves, ihe larpoj-t Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Man.-ion House
PETEIl R. DAVIS.
W. II. IIAltDKE.
DAVIS & HARDEE.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MEKCI2ANTS,
rotors"fcurs, 7cim
RKF 'ii- TO Hon. I) W Courts. (Jen. R W Haywood,
Raleigh. X. C.
Feb 1SG1
Cm-pd.
Ail kinds of Kl'ROPKAX IMRDS: 5.
also, a beautiful asso'tiuent of XLW SSiV
STY LK CAG LS. Those w ishing a J'
line Songster, will find it at j?J-
J. I). PALMKR S Variety Store.
One door above the Rank of Charlotte.
Xov 20. 1F00.
! Cotton lO'ULiT'oir
E I.I AS & CO! I EM,
W ill purchase
COTTON.
C.RAIX,
FLOUR.
nd 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.
t
ELIAS A COIIEX. j
November 5, 1SC1 2m
Notice.
I 1 ii'iu .iii.i anil 1 111? .1 ... O' .i.i..i., ii. . .
j will he j. leased to sell our old friends aud customers, ;
r"- ., i r... .1.. ..r 1 o r.- ici-i n.
"U rtt ""'U!k',,a- ,or
rnh, and cali onEy,
any article in our line of business that we may have on !
hand. Anv person sending ir coining for Goods after I
this date, without monev, will please excuse us if, in- i
stead of f '''iir thrir order, we furnish them withal
copy of tids advertisement, as tee art determined not to
ttll'asiu.e a, dele on credit. I
EQ3u And those indebted to ns are requested to call
and pay, as we want the money. j
OATES k WILLIAMS. j
January 1, 1861 tf 1
itfljf 333 r strrn .Drraorrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
TnE N. C. Railroad. We sec that some of
our contemporaries along the line of the N. C.
Railroad are complaining ahon-t the bad manage
ment, of that Road, and Mr Cameron, the Presi
dent, and Mr Wilkes, the general Superintendent,
are censured prelty severely. We know there-has
been a great deal of irrogulavily in the running- of
the twins and that local freight has been detained
and accumulated at the various Depots, but we
thought this was owinix to the increased business
of the Road, and partly, recently, to the bad wea
ther. Government freight has so crowded the
Road recently that, v learn, it has been almost
impossible to get local freight shipped from any
point. Even freight intended for the X. C. Srfitc
Government, such as soldiers' clothing, &c , could
not be, or was not. carried, having to be forwarded
from this point by Adams' Express. As for Mr
Wilkes, the Superintendent, we think ho has
labored faithfully to do his duty, and if he has
not succeeded, we have reason to think the fault is
not l is. It should be remembered that the work
on the Road was nearly double the past 3 ear to
what it was formerly. It is the opinion of a gen
tleman who knows something about the woikinp
of the road, that the ears have been run over it
ofiener within the last twelve momhs, considering
tl e increased number used, than d'iring the whole
pnvious live years. M r 'amerort may not be
able to give the road all his attention, but .before
t ensuring hi 1.1 sosevertly it would be well to
take into consideration the great amount of work
thrown upon tlie road by the war, and the difficul
ties he has had to contend with.
We see a notice in the Standard requesting ail
persons having claims against the Road to present
them to the Secretary's cilice, at the Company's
Shops, for settlement.
. . .
IIocs. It is stated that the Confederate Gov
ernment has: purchased and is having slaughtered
aiid packed in Tennessee, fro Itundrnl itoustiuil
Ittfs, for the use of the Confede rate soldiers. From
tin's number of hogs, it is calculated, twenty-four
millions of pounds of Dacon will be produced.
With no demand from the Government for meat
during the Spiing and Summer, we think it rea
sonable to suppose that the price of bacon will not
rule so high as it has been.
Salt. Tlie Salem Press announces that E. A.
Yogler, salt agent for Forsythe county, has re
ceived several hundred bushels to b sol l at cost
and charges. The Raleigh Standard presumes that
this Salt was made on the sea-coast under the su
perintendence of Dr. Worth.
Tun Rank of Unxunito, X. C, chartered in
itio Legislature in February last, has gone into
oj eration. The Hon. E. G. Reade is President,
and C. W. Win.-tead, Cashier. The capital of tl c
Rank is 200,100. Roxboro is in Person county.
Q A fire cccuned at C Impel 11 ill on the 17th
inst, destroying the stores of Robt Loc'er and J.
W.. Carr, the former losing all his stock of goods.
The Li 1 e commenced in Mr lender's store, lie was
insured to tlie amount of $4,000. Tlie fire was
stopped by blowing up two other buildings.
A little son of Capt R J Ashe ran a nail in his
foot on tlie occasion', which produced lock-jaw and
caused his death.
We are authorized to announce A. I. HOOD as f
candid. '.te for the ollne of Sherilf of .Mecklenburg
couutv, at the next August election.
Dec lo, 16;i te-pd.
KECK UTS WASTED.
CAPT. J. M. MILLER wants 40 c7r JO men for his
Cava'rv Company now in service in Virginia
Apply to J. P. ALEXANDER.
CoEJlcdcratc State o" America,
DlSTHICT OF Xow.TII CaKOI.IXA, )
Dfs ri.n. r c- Cack Fkak. J
At a session of this Court in the to n of Wilmington
in the above named District, ou the J'.'lh day of Xo
vember, A. D. le'Cl,itvvas
Ordered, That the next term of the Court be held
at the Court House in the town of Salisbury, on the
'Id Monday of February. A. D. lco;2: aad that all causes
pending in said Court, be adjourned, and all process
be returned to that dav.
JNO. L. CANT WELL, Clerk.
Dee. 3, IS'ul. ' -Mm
is n' t n i r a; T T . II I I
The highest cash maiket prices "will be paid for
Rutter, Eggs, Poultry,, ie, at 'PALMER'S
Sept Ibul " Variety Store. -
ar.i Kiiu Aiis).
RUXA WAY from where we had them hired, near
("fester, in June last, our three negro men. viz : Rill,.
Giles and Henry.
Poll and Giles we bought the 14th of last November
at the estate sale of Ed. Leach, on Rroad River, in
York District. They being brothers 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.
Hill is about 2i years old, 5 feet 8 inehes high, will
weigh loo or lt;o pounds; is very black; rather sharp
faced, speaks .puck when spoken to.
Giles his brother, is about -'4 years old; 5 feet 9
inches hit.!:: will weigh 100 lbs., very black, and
walks with his head up and fett turned out in front.
Henry, we puichased Jan. 1, of Col. C. Rives on the
Catawba river. Re is 28 yeais old, well set. 5 feet 10
inches high, aud will weie h I 75 pounds; has a heary
br.w and speaks slowly: has some character as a run
away. Mxy go to Charleston or Washington c ity, it is
hard telling where he will go as he is a gentleman of
travel.
They all ran oft 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
wav North as some others from this place have at
tempted. PRIDE & DUXOVAXT.
SPITE AGAINST ENGLAND.
It will be seen from the following extract from
the proceedings of the Federal Congress that some
of the Lincolnites were opposed to the surrender
of Messrs Mason and Slidell, and acknowledge
that their country was disgraced by complying
with the demand of England. A bill was before
the House of Representatives making, an appro
priation for the purpose of having the United
States represented nt the World's Pair in London,
when Mr Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, give vent to
his feelings in the following style:
Mr. Lovejoy, (rep.) of 111.: 1 am very decidedly
opposed to this bill. I think it is enough for us,
in all conscience, to have been humbugged and
j dishonored and disgraced by the litirish nation.
without now appropriating d.j thousand dollars
for the purpose of an Ajneriean exhibition there.
Mr. Kellogg, (rep.) of 111., inquired if it had
been through the action of the British govern
ment or of our own government, that we have
been thus dishonored and disgraced.
Mr. Lovejoy I understand how it was done.
That disgrace was all that the nation could bear.
We matched up to it sweating great drops of
blood. We came to it as Christ went to the cross,
saving, " if it be possible, let this cup pas from
us;" and yet we are required to s:iy that we did it
chtcrfnliy, that we did it gladly, and that we now
appropriate thankfully thirty-five thousand dol
lars to n't out comna.-sioners to appear at the Court
of St. James. Inasmuch a we have submitted
to that disgrace, as we have submitted to be thus
dishonored by (Jnat IJtitain, I think the least we
can do is to acknowledge it, and to stay at home
tiil the time comes that we can whip th.t nation
Then I will be willing to 1:0 and appear at their
World's Exhibition. Every time i think of that
surrender, the words come instinctively to me
vv liicli Eneas used when requested by Queen
Jhdo to rehearse the sufferings which had hi fallen
the Trojans during the seige and c.iptuu-. of Troy
"Oh, Queen ! you require me to renew the in
tolerable grief f that siege by teictitig it."
Every time the Trent afftit cuius up, every time
that an allusion is made to it, every time that I
have to think of it, that expression of the tortured
and agonized Trojan exile comes to my lips 1
am made to renew the honors which 1 suffered
when the news of the surrender of Mason and
SJideli reached us. I acknowledge it, 1 literally
wept tears of vexation. I hate it, and I hate the
liiitish liovcinnfont. I here now publicly avow
and record that hate, and declare that it shall be
uncxtinguishable. I mean to cherish it while 1
live, and to bequeath it to my children when I
die; and if I am alive Avhen war with England
comes, and if I can carry a tnu.-ket in that war, I
will cany it. t have thiee sons, and I mean to
charge them, and do now charge them, that if
they shall have at that time readied the years of
manhood and strength, they shall enter into that
war. 1 I believe there was no need for that sur
render, and I believe that the nation would rather
have gone to war with Great Uiitaiu than have
suffered the disgrace of being insulted and being
thus unavenged. I Lave not reached tlie subli
mation of Christianity that exaltation of Christi
anity which allows me to be insulted, abused and
di.liom.ircd. I can bear all that as a Christian,
but to say that I do it cheerfully is more than 1
can bring myself to. I trust in (Jod that the time
is not far distant when we shall have suppressed
this rebellion, and be prepared to avenge and
wipe out this insult we have 'received. We wiii
then stir up Ireland, we will appeal to the Char
tists ot England, we will go to the old French
liulitnim of Canada, we will join hands with
France and Russia to take away the Eastern pos
sessions of that proud empire, 'and will t;d;e away
the crown from that government before we cease.
I trust in God that that time wiil come. 1 trust
the appiopriaiion will be voted down. I don't
believe there was any necessity for this surrender
I am strongly inclined to believe that we would
have been all the stronger for this diiliculfy with
Great Rritain, for it would have made us feel the
necessity of making short work with the rebels.
'After further debate, the House passed the bill
by a large majority.
Read and Rkflkct. A correspondent of ihe
Petersburg Express says:
" Should thetnomy succeed in getting posses
sion of the great Corn-growing section of Xorth
Carolina, the extreme eastern counties, and the
whisky distillers are prmittcd to go on in the
central and western portion of the State, disastrous
indeed will be the Consequence to tlie good people
of North Carolina. Yankee fleets and whi.xky
distilleries are the worst and most formidable ene
mies with which the citizens of this Confederacy
have to contend. May we hope that our brave
soldiers will be able to cope with the former, and
that our State Convention and Legislature may j
suppress the latter, and that we may thus be save i ,
from ruin." j
If the X. C. Convention had half the independence j
claimed for it, it would Jay a heavy tax on every man ;
who distilled, during the war, grain not of his own I
raising. Every one ought to have the priv ilege of j
converting the corn he raises into whiskey if he de- i
sires to do so; but when he begins to buy up corn for
! that purpose, while it is needed for bread, he should j
! be heavily taxed, and the fax appropriated to the sup-
port of the poor while the war lasts.
IWOGIMYOZIK and BLAt'iSSTOIXG. j
! The subscriber is prepared to do all kinds of Wood- ,
work and Hl.icksmithhig, such as makimr and repair- j
; ing Wagons and Buggies, llorse-sh. eing. ic Mis Shop
is at his residence, nearly opposite Mr W F Phifer s ,
dwelling, and he also has a Blacksmith- Shop on the :
Lack-street in the rear or the Mecklenburg House. j
! He solicits a share of public patronage, and feels .
confident he can give satisfaction both ia workmanship i
and charges. Give him a trial. - j
. J. II. PROPEST. j
! January 7, 1SC2 j
: Treas. Office, A., T. &. O. R. R. Co.,
I CllARLOTTK, . C, Jan. ij, lthJ.
1 d h A ti n 11 f 1 MpptiinT of the Stockholders in the At
lantic, Tenn. k Ohio Railroad, will be In ld in Charlotte
on Thursday, the 30th hist. The Directors will meet
i ou Wednesday, 20th iust., in the office of the Treas.
! II. L. WKISTOX, Treas.
j Jan 7 4t
HOSPITAL SCENES.
The Rev. W. M. Crumley, of Augusta, Geo,
now
w in luclimond, V a., attending upon the stck
in the Hospitals, is writing a series of letters to
Mr J. M. Newby of Augusta, which are publish
ed in the Constitutionalist, from one of which we
j copy the following:
In taking my piorning ronnd through one of
the hospitals, I find in one of the wards a youth of
more than ordinary beauty and intelligence. lis
name is; Wood, the drummer boy, from Social Cir
cle. 1 oung ood was the pet and idol of his
regiment. And he is smuggling with pneumonia,
that terrible scourge of the camp and the h.pit-d.
When asked whether he was afraid to die, he calm
ly answered: "No; I joined the church when but
S years of age; mv father and mother 'are both in
j heaven, and 1 would rather o and be with them
there, than to stay and sutrer here." Ile was
beautiful in death lovely as the fresh cut rose
bud, dripping with the dew of morning. Taking
his post in the centre of the long line of the dead
at Oak Wood, no sonnd of his drum shall ever
awake the sleepers there.
Now go with me to another ward. On each of
the bunks stretched out in long rows across the
hospital building, is reeling the form of some
brave soldier. There is one, who has just been
brought in from the camp and placed on a comfor
table bed, with a suit pillow beneath his head
Tears are in his eyes, and his lips quiver from
some deep and pent up emotion within. "What
will you have, my friend?". I 'asked the sick
man, as I drew near to his couch of pain. "Noth
ing," was his reply; "I was just thinking," said
h, "of the cold hard ground where I lay sick it:
the camp, with my knapsack for a pillow. Rut
now I have a warm bed, and a soft pillow, for my
weary limbs and aching head." He would have
added more, but his words faltered, and refused to
come to his relief. The change from the damp
and cheerless pallet id' the camp, to the warm and
comfort-giving bed of the hospital, was too much
for him. The emotions of' a noble heart, now al
ready filled to the brim and running over, found
vent in a gush of waim and grateful tears. While
looking on, I was thinking that if a cup of cold
water, when given, receives its reward, what would
be the reward of the dear good woman who s.'ht
the poor soldier this bed and pillow. I looked
to see if I could find the name of the donor up m
them, but found i.une. lie who sees in secret has
the name recorded, aud the fair douor will not lose
her reward.
Now we are in the third ward. Near tho-centre
of the room, a tall, fine looking man, with hair
and beard neatly brushed, is reclining against a
chair and pillows placed upon his couch. He is
panting for breath. All things indicate that death
is surely doing its work. There, by bis side,
shadow like, is his wife, a young and good looking
woman. She never leaves his side day and night
watching every breath, and pouring out her soul
in one continuous prayer for his recovery. Weari
ed by long watching, aiid thinking him rather bet
ter, she falls asleep at midnight. We do not dis
turb her rest. In a moment, the pulse of t lie sick
man has ceased to beat, and his voice is huslied
forever in death. When we arouse the anxious
wile from her brief slumber, she awakes to find
her husband still in his position the form is there,
but the noble spirit which animated it has fled to
icalins unknown. The midnight stillness is broken
by the wailings of the anguished wife, and the
wild shrieks id' that n"W-m?tde widowed heart.
On the next day, w hen at the gtave, she fell
upon the coffin, aud gave vent to the most heart
rending exclamations of pjignaut grief, I have
ever heard. Pressing the coffin with her bosom,
she cried out, "O, my husband, I have nothing
now to live for! I left home and followed you to
the camp, and when you were sick, I nursed you
there. Then 1 followed you to the hospital, and
there too I nursed you. Now 1 b.ive followed
you to the grave, and, -if I could, 1 would follow
you ou through tlie long march of eternal years.
How can I leave you! how can I go back!"
Her wailings still linger in my cars. But I
must close.
May He who breaks not the bruised reed, and
quenches not the smoking ilix may He who lias
tanl, "Come unto me, all yo that labor, aud are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest," nioiiiiy
with ointment the wounds of the bereaved one. and
give rest to her troubled heart.
A Strange Story. The Northern papers tell
the following queer story, which is vouched for by
the editor of the Chatauqua Democrat, (New
York,) now a clerk in the ofuce of tlie Secretary
of State at Washington.
A member of Congress, from Ohio, related to
me to-day a singular rumour that was told him by
one who professed to know. My readers will alt
recollect it was said, some mouths ago, that but for
some traitors in the army, General McClellan
would have cut ofi and captured some ten thous
and rebels at Munson's Hill. It was s;il that
signal lights were sent up giving the enemy no
tice in season to retreat before MeClcllan could ef
fect his manoeuvre. This is said to be true, am',
that the next day MeClcllan invited the President
to meet him in a private room. WIku the Presi
dent came he found three persons in the rom,
viz: General Scott, General MeClcllan and a thinl
person, whose name is not given. General Me
Clellan arose and said to Mr Lincoln, "that last
night he had been betrayed, and the traitor was
traced to three persons-, as no other living persons
knew of the dan of the signal lights, and those
three," said the general, ikure boretgou'!" lie
then continued, it is utterly impossible that
General Sctt should betray his couutry; as for
myself, I claim to be a true man, and he," point
ing to the third person, "can answer for himself."
The accused was mute, and did not pretend to
deny the charge. ' lie wv high i:i command, and,
as the story goes, it was thought best to silently
and quietly withdraw him from any participation
in the war, for the present, rather than to confess
to treason in high place3.
We may mention in connection with the above,
that Gen. McClellan has charged Adjutant-Gen.
Thomas with betraying his signals, eo report say3.
Anyhow, Thomas has been superseded, and Gen.
Seth Williams has been appointed Adjutant Gen
eral. 1 he Yankees cau'X trust one another
AMERICAN COTTON IN LIVERPOOL.
Recent arrivals from Liverpool bring a state
nient of American cotton in that market, which
amounted on the 21st ult., to 230,001) bales. - The
commercial reader, says the Savannah Republican,
who is probably better informed with regard to
the consumption by manufacturers at the present
time than ourselves, can make his own calculation
as to how long this supply will last. .Placing it
at 80,000 bales per week,-at a rough estimate, it
will appear that the entire stock is bound to be
exhausted by the expiration of sixty days. This
done, the looms of England must . stop and her
four millions of factory laborers seek some other
employment, which is not to bo had, or starve.
The East India cotton, it is understood, will not
dj to work alone.
In this connection, the following from a cor
respondent (if the Richmond Dispatch is both
opprvpos and interesting :
Charles Dickens, in his Household Words, says:
" Let any sociaT or physical convulsion visit tho
United States, and England would feci the shock
from Land's End to .John O'G root's. The lives
of nearly two million of our countrymen arc de
pendent upon the cotton crop - of America; their
destiny may be said, without any hyperbole, to
hang upon a thread. Should any dire calamity
befall the land of cotton, a thousand of our mer
chant shifts would mt idly in dock; ten thousand
mills must stop their busy looms, and two million
mouths would starve for lack of food to feed thetit.
Such is the language of England's most papular
author eight or te.n years ago, and it comes to us
now with double foreo, fresh and as full of mean
ing as it came from his graphic pen. The samo
argument then, answers now, and although the
Federal Government may lick the dust and "yield
foi the present," yet there is a power greater than
diplomacy that will force England to raise the
blockade, that (with the good feeling already ex
isting io Knglaud for our new government) will
compel her to stretch forth her strong nriu and
roll back the cloud of war. Our papers show too
mutfh anxiety on this subject. Let us wait; Eng
land is bound to have cotton, and she will have it.
Lctiiur people follow the example of our Presi
dent, and declare our independence of foreign
powers. And should England arrange this
present trouble with the Pniied States,, it will
make but little difference in-the cud; for,,with the
blessings of God, the strong arms and stout heart
of our people, and the necessity for our great
staples, we arc bound to triumph. '
SCRAPS FOR WAR TIMES.
Cromwell said that ten brave men could stop a
thousand from retreating or running away.
" Fortune favors the brave," as more men aro
killed. in running away than in facing danger
better meet it "face to face."
The cannon of for the first five hundred yards
destroys or grinds to powder everything in its
hissing cotir-e, but further, though the impetus
be less, the danger is more, .n now it is guided by
obstructions, an I when nearly spent fractures
bones without even breaking tho skin, and a
soldier has lost his foot by kicking off a spent ball
rolling to him.
, The fatality of tho windage of balls, (in prox
imity with the body,) as supposed, is a fallacy;
clothes have been torn off without much injury.
Fragments of shells are not so disastrous as
round shot, though laccratinga gre.it deal.
The conical ball (musket, etc.,) is more fatal
than the round ball, more direct, lacerating, and
difficult of extraction.
Any obliquity of surface, bone, etc., will turn a
ball even to a full circle.
A soldier's food should be well cooked; (no
tainted meat.) his meals at regular hours; no
violent exercise after eating; a hearty breakfast,
and at least one meal of animal food a day, with
plenty of vegetables, as carrots, onions, rice, etc.,
ripe fruit, and after exposure or fatigue, good hot
smip, cleanliness observed, and tho feet kept dry
if possible. He should have coffee once or twico"
a day, but if not to be got, the sub-'itutes arc,
acorns, stripped and roasted, ground sassafras nuts,
orated crusCof bread, rye or wheat, parched with
butter, beech loot, horse beans, etc. The substi
tutes for tea are, the yopon, rosemary, strawberry
H aves. Rut the best home tea is made of good
well ma le meadow hay (infusion.) While on tho
subject, I'll say that starch can be made of frosted
potatoes, and the tops make good potash when
burnt; and the myrtle, glycciiue, etc., will furnish
the other component of soap.
Military. Gen. Van Dorn has bcn assigned
to a command which includes Missouri (except
that portion lying between tlie Mississippi and St.
Francis rivers, which remains under command of
Gen. Polk) and Arkansas, jouiian.i north of lied
River, and the Indian Territory. He is author
ize!, also, to draw troops from Texas. It does not
interfere willi or supersede Gen. Price, who re
mains in command of the Missouri troops. The ,
appointment i said to be satisfactory to the Mia
souti delegation in Congress.
Gen Ewell, who has been promoted to a Jtajor
Gener.ilsl.ip, succeeds to Gen. Van Dorn'a com
uiand in the siimy of the Potomac.
There has been some question as to what is the
highest rank in the Confederate Army, whether
simply General or Major General. The highest
rank is "General." The net o Congress provides
for five Generals, who have been appointed, to take
rank in the order in which they arc named, viz :
Generals Cooper, A S Johuston, lec, J E Jonn
stou, and licauregard. "No others can be appoint
ed to the rank of General without ao amendment
of the present law. Cooper stands highest and
licauregard lowest in the list.
Character, of the Conflict. Mr Lorejoy,
a bitter Illinois abolitionist, has introduced a reso
lution into the Lincoln Congress, proposing to
confiscate all property in that portion of the South
which they have possession of. 150 acres of land
is to be given to each yankee who will settle upon
it. How will our farmers like to have their farms
and lands distributed among their enemies in this
way? r it not time for every southern man to
prepare ' trike his foes to the dust?
Strike for the graves of their sires,
Strike for their altars and their fires,
God and their native land.
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Chester, S. C, July 30, 181 tf
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