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f, vC-. tiM - I Zl I ri f . ""-in '-iir " I i , i p UlCJ Ym x 'TUT I rail P "irvP -''.v- I O 33 S 682 per annum ON THE CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND TH ; GLORT,, OF THE ONE- 13 v JHS COMMON -PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. .............. WIIST SIDE OF TRADE STREET SET "" .vi f-us j'ifHV ft - IN ADVANCE. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH. 1862; Editor and Proprietor. TENTS V .O L U 1 E N IJ II D E It i . ... . . .... : - . I4 THE TOOT! BlffiOT&T, (3Publihrd every Tuesday,Q) Y A T E S Sal. W I L L T BY Af T AND PRoPRlKTOR. N- ADVAN K j GOVERNMENT OP NORTH CAROLINA. ; Hexry T. Clark. Governor ex officio. Salary t $3,000 per annum. Pulaski Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. ry, exclusive of fees, SKJ. Rufuall. Page, Secretary of State. Salary $800. I Daniel V. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000. j W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer. I Salary $1,200. C. H. Rropden, Comptroller. Salary 1,000, j Oliver H Perry, Librarian. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF'4 - JEFFERSON DAVIS, First frtsedent of ihe Confederate States of America, delivered ill Richmond, Feb. 22, 1SG2 ad vertisenienta muit be paid for in y- Transient joy Advertisements not marked ou the or specific time, will be inserted until rharu"''! accordingly. manuscript forbid, and Fellow-Citizens: On tins, the birth-day of the man most identified Vfith the establishment ot Americao independence and beneath the uionu- .a.J a. x 1, T , LHintn m vt si ea The Council of State if. composed of the following ment erccieu w commemora.u ... u,u.u gentlemen: Council Wooten of Lenoir, President, "d hose of his compatnots, we have assembled. John V CutH.infrhnin of Pohmhi.-- Iid Murphr to wsher into existence the p -rmanent Govern of Cumberland. Win A Ferguson of Bertie, J F j nient of the Confederate States. Through this tn (iraves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton, W j struuientality, under the favor of Divine Provid er A STATEMENT the lilfd, wounded and raptured in end btittlr and other engarements in ytar 1SG1. FKPKRA L SrCCES.SKS. th the UMtUi. "SIS? L Ilillard of Runcombe, Governor's Aids lion Daul M Barringer, Spu r J W hi taker. I Litkuary Board Henry T Clark, President ex he ser- omcio; Arch u Henuerson ot limvan, jas i uoi- don of Wilkes. Win J Yates of Mecklenburg. Ixtkrxal Imi'Uovkmknt Board Henry T Clark President ex offic io'; James Fulton of New Han over, X M Long of Halifax, The (leneritl Assembly cmmneiiccs Hi session on the third Monday of Xovemher every alternate year. The next election fer members, and for Governor, will be held on the first Thursday of August, 18o'2. c .r f) 3'l'liilli.i. 7 2 Julie li' lto"ii Hie. ' 'J0 Jiilv I 'J Uii'li Mountain 43 55 Jiilv in Sr. Cionre, L An; Il:nt-r.s. !2' O. t 'M Fr il ricktown I N..v MVn 1 : t :t ! . 12 40 Icc 3 IiiiiiiViile, 43 l-Til 3 r.ou! 4! 2u 4 : Total. sU r.ni 10! 23 j 2071 CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. President. Ah-x H Stephens of Georgia. Vice President. II M T Hunter of Virginia, Secretary of State. C (J Memininger of South Carolina, Sec'y of Treas. J P Benjamin of Louisiana, Secretary of War. S II Mnl lory of Florida, Secretary of Xavy. Thos Braag of North Carolina, Attorney General. J II Kengaii of Texas, Postmaster General. IJtrs iu.fi:ii:i:atk lUitli-s. I'CCKSSKS. MEMBERS OP THE FIRST PERMANENT CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. SENATE. i - - i 6 i - F.b .M:ir Aj.l A,.l Af.l M.iv .M uy J ii in.' J une J II !!' J u:.e J Mil' J illl J nn J ime J ilv J.iiy Ju!v Julv Jiilv Jnlv July Auir A ut' Aai Aug A up Srjit Srj.t Sr.t Stj.t I 10 S:iu Antonio, 1 2 Fort Brown, l:; Fort Sumter, Fort Bliss, 2" In JiMii.-la. 1 Sew til's l'oitit,! 31 Faiili'X II., 1 1 ; .j ii i;i Creek , S'l'i.L'"? Point, lu (ir.jtt Bcliifl, I. Viernia, 17 K;itias City, I :i .' w 1 "n-ek. '2 IConiiicv, 27 MatliisM I'oiut' 2'IIayiie.-vill-, 5 ( "art liajre, 17 Scary Creek, IKlBulf Run, 21 iManassui, -1 1 .tiesuiit, 2S, Fort Stanton, I 0 jSjirinlield, 1 r... Mat hi. is I'oint, 2oUav.ki Nest, 27 'Bailey'- X BJ 27i'ross 1. lines, 3 Bii: Cieek, 10 (Jim ley, I 1 ; Lew iu.vil!e, 1 1 j Toiler's Creek lal'.iirboursville, rrjii ;m Lexington, Sejit A!ainea, 1 '-t 1 jSteam'r Fanny fit :t;ree:il; ier. tilt !. Ilil'.lllIrO oin'o tl. t S Santa Uo-a, U. t 12 Mi-. Pas-.ej, t t I Bolivar, l.t 21 'l.eesloirp, Nov 0 Belmont, Nov TiKeton, Nov V ;uyan!otfe. Nor ! I pton Hill. l;Falls C'liureii, Nov 22 IVnsaeola, N 20 'N ear Yieiimi, !'.. 2 ; A nati'Jaie, Dec 13 j AlleliaiiV, Ivc 17:Voori..i'tivilIe, I'e- 2'-Oi-otiileyholo, I'rr 2S Sai i.uiifMlo, 70 A 13 17S 30 3 1 12 2oo 1 .'3 Ub-.i 800 l.-.u 100 lou J(i 0 3) 3u Si lam 50 oU 3 i:. 0 07 :-:oi 50 OI) I oiio in! 10 2'0 loo 150 10 85 200 ',(111 joy' 1 1 150 AI.AII.VMA. Win L Yancy, Clement C Clay. ARKANSAS. ' Robert W Johnson, j Charles B Mitchell. A E Maxwell, ; J M Baker. ! CKORUIA. j B.-njainin II Hill, I Robert Toombs. ! I.OCISIANA. ; Fid ward Sparrow, ! T J Semmes. i MisiSMrri. I Albert ii Brown, . J aim s Phelan j YIIUMNIA. It M 1 Hunter, Win B Preston. NORTH CAROLINA, George Davis. Win T Dortch. SOUTH CAROLINA. Robert W Barnwell, James L Orr. TENNESSKE. Langdon C 11a) nes, Gustavu A Hei.ry. TEXAS. Louis T Wigfah, W S Oldham. KENTUCKY. H C Burnett. Wii'iain E Simms. MISSOURI. Join, B Clark, Ii S Y Peyton. Total number, 2G. 20 HOUSE. Tiiom.vs S. Bocock, Speaker. J.'HJO 1 Coo i ALABAMA. l5 42 I to! looo, 12lU I 5 30 20 ; i. 50! -:. l I '" i o 300 150 5 2u 50 39 3o 50 3j. 250. 30 120:3. 5 2 1 1 1 1; 100. 150 Tot!, 4 12 114 tic 10 20 1 2! 15 : 2i;H 40 0 t lo Iti 4 loo 3o 75 !0i : loO 0 50 2 -.iJ 45 W Chilton, David Clopton, James L Purh, V E S Dargan. Thomas J Foster, G Win Ii Smith. 7 3 John P Ralls, 8 4 J L M Curry. 5 F'rancis S Lvon, ARKANSAS. 1 FYlix J liaison, 3 Augustus II Garland, '2 Graudison D Royster, 4 Thos B Hanly. FLORIDA. 1 James B Hawkins, 2 Hilton. GEORGIA. 1 Julian Hartridge, 6 2 C J Munueilyn. 7 3 Ilines Holt, 8 4 A II Kenan, 0 5 David W Lewis, 10 Willinin W Clark, Robt P Trippe, L J Gartrell, Haidv Strickland, A B Wright. 4i sou 0iij lU" , 5o 2'0 45 125 2o 726 2u0 'js 3'i 10 15 H 100 IS 1 3 4 KENTUCKY. 7 II W Bruce, 8 S S Sett, 0 E M Bruce, 10 J W Mo,) re. 11 R J Breckinridge, Jr. 12 John M Elliott. i 3350' 21S 4325 7014 S777 KT.nl on ruled. ... l'tivoiu-rs, .. Total.... ni:cAriTti.ATio.v. Con'V.l. losses. 1.120 - 3,034 1,477 Alfred Bovd. John W Crockett, H E Rend George W Ewinrr. J S Cliriinan, i T L Burnett, LOUISIANA, 1 Charles J ViUiere. 4 Luoien J Dupre, I 2 Charles M Conrad. 5 John V Lewis, 3 Duncan F Kenner, 0 John Perkins, Jr. MISSISSIPPI. r H C Chambers, 0 R Singleton, 7 E Barksdale. 1 o 3 John J MeUae. S W Chipp, Iieuben Davis, Israel Welch. Fed. losse. 4 HI 1 7.S21 6,777 31 :i.ui3 S.l.VUI'L P. SMITH, Afloriit) and CwiuiM-lor lit Law, CHARLOTTE, X C, j Will attend promptly and diliycntly to collecting and j remitting all claim in'rustcd to his care. 1 St.cei.il attention given to the writing of Deeds, ('ou- ; Vryanee. A.-. trjf (hiring hours of business, mnv be found in the Court l!.nivr, Oili.-tf No. I, adjoining the clerk's oflier. , ijnu.trv 10. Is02 1 John liver, 2 Casper V Bell. 3 George W Vest, 1 4 A II Coniew, ' NORTH 1 1 W X II Smith, ! 2 Robert R Bridgers, : 3 Owen Ii Kenan, I 4 T D Mi Dowel!, j 5 Archibald Arrington, MISSOURI. 5 W W Cook, G Thos W FVeeman, 7 Thos A Harris. CAROLINA. 6 Thomas S Ashe. 7 James K McLean, 8 Will iam Lander, V B S Gait her. 10 A T Davidson. SOUTH W W Boyce. W Porcher Miles. M L Bonhain, J. A. FOX, at CIIAULOTTK, X. C '.'f'.Y'A M. COI.LKCTIXU A urn.-e over the Dm .January i, tf .Store " Irwin's corner. It. w T 3 4 ' 1 CAROLINA. 4 John McQueen, . 5 James I'nrrar. G L M Ager. TENNESSEE. 7 G W Jones, 8 Thomas Menees, 0 J D C Adkins. 1(1 Bullock, 11 David M Currin. BI-CKWITH Ha constantly on hand WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C, "I iae host Knplisli and Auiorican ninnufacturcrs. Call and examine his tnck before pttrchaiuK el.owhcre. in ior j." .I T HeNkeJI, W (i SWKIIII, W H Tebbs. F! L (Jardeushire, H S Foote, M P (J entry. TEXAS. John A Wilcox, 4 Wm B Wright. Peter W Gray, Tt Malcolm Graham, Claiborne C Herbert, GBF Sexton. VIRGINIA. Ja nuarv, 1S62 cents each. John T. Butler, PRACTICAL Watch and Clock .Tinker Jew eller, Arc., ' OrrosiTK Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, A". (Late with It. W. Deckwith.) Fiut; lV;ilclt(!., Clork A Jt-iv liy, nf ever, duscrintiiin. Benaired and Wai i .. n i .-. i.,,- i 2 3 ; 4 1 5 (I 1 7 ; 8 M R H Garnett. John R Chambliss, James Lyons, Roger A Pryor. Thomas S Bocock, John Goode. Jr, James P Holcomho, Dan'l C Dejarnette, Total number 107. !) William Smith, 10 Alex R Boteler, 1 1 John B Baldwin. 12 Walter Ii Staples, 13 Walter Preston. 1 1 Albert G Jenkins, 15 Robert Johnson, 1(5 Charles W Russell. WOOD-WORK and BLACKSMTMKG. ence, we hope to perpetuate the principles of our ! revolutionary rathcrs. Luc day, tne memory and the purpose, seem fitly associated. It is with mingled feelings of humility and pride that I appear to take, m the presence of the people and before high Heaven, the oath prescrib ed as a qualification for the exalted station to which the unanimous voice of the people has call ed me. Deeply sensible of all that is implied by this manifestation of the people's confidence, I am yet more profoundly impressed by the vast respon sibility of the office, and humbly feel my own un worthiness. In return for their kindnesfi, I can only offer assurances of the gratitude with which it is re ceived, and cau but pledtte a zealous devotion of every faculty to the service of those who have chosen me as their Chief Magistrate. When a long course of clase legislation, direct ed not to the general welfare, but to the aggran dizement of the Northern section of the Uuien, culminated in a warfare on the domestic institu tions of the Southern States; when the dogmas of a sectional party, substituted for the provisions of the constitutional compact, threatened to destroy the sovereigu rights of the States, six of those States, withdrawing from the Union, confederated together, to exercise the right and perform the duty of instituting a Government which would better secure the liberties, for the preservation of which that Union was established. Whatever of hope some may have entertained that a returning sense of justice would remove the danger with which our rights were threatened, and render it possible to preserve the Union and the Constitution, must have been dispelled by the malignity and barbarity of the Northern States in the prosecution of the existing war. The confi dence of the iuost hopeful among us must have been destroyed by the disregard they have recent ly exhibited for all the time-honored bulwarks of civil and religious liberty. Bastiles filled with prisoners, arrested without civil process, or indict ment duly found; the writ of habeas corpus sus pended by Executive mandate; a State Legisla ture controlled by the imprisonment of members whose avowed principles suggested to the Federal Executive that there miyjht be another added to the list of seceded States; elections held under threats of a military pawer; civil officers, peaceful citizens, and gentle women incarcerated for opinion's sake, proclaimed the incapacity of our late associates to administer a government as free, libetal, and hu mane as that established for our common use. I'or proof of the, sincerity of our purpose to maintain our ancient institutions, we may poiut to the Constitution of the Confederacy and the laws enacted under it, as well as to the fact that through all the necessities of an unequal strupgle, there has been no act on our part to impair personal liberty or the freedom of speech, of thought or of the press. The Courts have been open; the judi cial functions fully executed, aud every right of the peaceful citizeu maintained as securely as il a war of iuvason had not disturbed the land. The people of the States now confederated be came convinced that the Government of the Uni ted States had fallen into the hands of a sectional majority who would pervert that most sacred of all trusts to the destruction of the rights which it was pledged to protect. They believed that to remain longer in the Union would subject them to a continuance of a disparaging discrimination, submission to which would be inconsistent with their welfare, and intolerable to a proud people. They therefore determined to sever its bonds, and establish a new Confederacy for themselves. (Cheers.) Ihe experiment instituted by our revolutionary fathers of a voluntary union of sovereign States for purposes specified in a solemn compact, had been perverted by those, who feeling powwr and forgetting right, were determined to respect no law but their own will. The Government had ceased to answer the ends for which it was ordain ed and established. To save ourselves from a re volution, which in its tilent but rapid progress was about to ph.ee us under the despotism of num bers, and to preserve in spirit as well as in form, a system of government we believed to be peculiar ly fitted to our condition and full of promise for mankind, we determined to make a new associa tion composed of States homogeneous in interest, in policy aud in feelintr. (Cheers. 1 constancy of these supplies be likely to be dis turbed by war. Our Confederate strength will be too great to tempt nggression, and never was there a people whose interests aud principles committed them so fully to a peaceful policy as those of the Confederate States. By the character of their productions they are too deeply interested in foreign commerce wantonly to disturb it. War of conquest they cannot wage, because the Constitu tion of their Confederacy admits of no coerced association. Civil war there cannot be between States held together by their volition only. This rule of voluntary association, which cannot fail to be conservative, by securing just and impartial government at home, does not diminish the security of the obligation by which the Confed erate State? may be bound to foreign nations.' In proof of this it is to be remembered, that at the first moment of asserting their right of secession, these States proposed a settlement on the basis of a common liability for the obligations of the Gen eral Government. Fellow-Citizens, after the struggles of ages had consecrated the right of the Englishman to Constitutional Representative Government, our colonial ancestors were forced to vindicate that birthright by an appeal to arms. Success crowned their efforts, and they provided for their posterity a peaceful remedy against future aggression. The tyranny of an unbridled majority, the most odious and least responsible form of despotism, hns denied us both the right and the remedy. Therefore, we arc in arms to renew such sacrifices as our fathers made to the holy cause of constitu tional liberty. At the darkest hour of our strug gle, the provisional . gives place to the permanent government. After a series of successes and victories, which covered our arms with glory, we have recently met with serious disaster. Utit in the heart of a people resolved to be free, these disasters tend but to stimulate to increased re sistance. To show ourselves worthv of the inheritance True to our traditions of peace and our love of! bequeathed to us by the patriots of the Revolu- justice, we sent Commissioners to the United tion. we must emulate that heroic devotion which ! 3 . . ... . -. . cocauctea, ana aitnoucn tne contest is noi enaea, and the tide for the moment is agaiost as, the final result in oar favor is notdoubtfuL ' - - -- The period is near at hand when our Foes must ink under the immense load of debt which they have incurred; a debt which in their effort to sub jugate us has already attained such fearful dimen sons as will subject them to burthens which must continue to oppress then for generations to come. We, 'too1, have had our trials and difficulties. That we are to escape them in future is" not to he hoped. It was to be expected "when we entered upon this war that it would expose bur people to sacrifices and cost them much, both of money and blood. But we know the value of the object for which we struggled, and understood the nature of the war in which we were engaged. Nothing could be so bad as failure, and any sacrifice would be cheap as the price of success in such a contest. Cheers. But the picture has its lights as well as its shadows. This great strife has awakened in the people the highest emotions and qualities of the hu man soul. It is cultivating feelings of patriot ism, virtue and courage. Instances of self-sacrifice, and of generous devotion to the noble cause for which we are contending, are rife throughout the land. Never has a people evinced a more deter mined spirit than that now animating men, women and children in every part of our country. Upon the first call the men fly to arms; and wives and mothers send their husbands and sons to battle without a murmur of regret. It was, perhaps, in the ordination of Providence that we were to be taught the value of our liber ties by the price which we pay for them. The recollections of this great contest, with all its common traditions of glory, of sacrifice, and of blood will be the bond of harmony and an en during affection amongst the people, producing unity in policy, fraternity in sentiment aud joint effort in war. Nor have the material sacrifices of the past year been made without some corresponding benefits. If the acquiescence of foreign nations in a pre tended blockade has deprived us of our commerce with them, it is fast making us a self-supporting and an independent people. The blockade, if effectual and permanent, could only serve to divert our industry from the production of articles for export, and employ it in supplying commodities for domestic use. It is a satisfaction that we have maintained the war by our unaided exertions. We have neither asked nor received assistance from any quarter. Yet the interest involved is not wholly our own. The world at large is concerned in opening our markets to its commerce. When the independ ence of the Confederate States is recognized by the nations of the earth, aud we are free to follow our interests and inclinations by cultivating foreign trade, the Southern States will "offer to manufac turing nations the most favorable markets which ever invited their commeree. Cotton, sugar, rice, tobaceo, provisions, timber and naval stores will furnish attractive exchanges. Nor would the THE COST OF THR WAR NORTH. TO THE SALTPETRE. It Is important that the South should have an , iOW- :TH'f1!fw?PSft.c the Cincinnati Kn-'.'U,:" ,nnnU tWrlfi, fid! North'- 8 enormous tf-dw w tb I ing b timely and useful. For the? want of alM - -,-.!-.-,..---) . . ... , . , I t J . , . ., " ' I i;m ...i .i 't ' . i P puwuer is becoming scarce, ana every one 1 In times past the armyhaacost this country, on 1 1 . r . . , , 6 . , ' , J . an average. &L000 annual v ner man. rank and file,. JW are now gettins alomr at a lower rate. I If. we have . 660,000 men in the field, we are I spending at the rate of $G60,000,000 annually, for inevatmjr lOBe,M !VVeJ must add 3150,000,000 rooie for the navy, coast defences and civil list. It is clear that we cannot long wage war at such cost. The French liudget for 1860 was 345,000, OOOj: or 65,000,000 for a force on a war footing of .750,000 men, and, in addition, a reserve on a peace footing of 415,000 men. But such an expenditure has brought the Emperor to his wita end for money. We are spending at ten times this rate. With all that has been borrowed, the floating debt of government to-day probably equals 5100.- o.k -wnr. J uuu,uuu, auu is stilt running on at a rapid rate. It is evident that we cannot indefinitely prolong the war. We shall, if continued long, sink under the exhaustion. Another enormous cost is in the way of interest on the debt we are contracting. We are paying seven per cent, on our loans; the British Govern ment three. If we are spending at the rate of 5700,000,000 annually, that countrj could, with out any greater present burden, expend $1,400, 000,000. We do not refer to this subject by way of discourgement or censure, but as an argument for the most energetic action. . Some of our papers insist that our country is as wealthy as England, and can endure as large a taxation. We have taken the trouble to look into this, and find that the total value of taxable property in the United Kingdom of Great Britain is thirty-two thousand millions of dollars, while the amount of taxable property in the United States is only twelve thousand millions, of which near four thousand millions is in the rebel States, and leaving only eight thousand millions in the loyal States, or about one-fourth of the wealth of England, ; to sustain the enormous taxation proposed. The editor of the New York Express i3 at ' Washington, and speaks his mind freely of the conduct of the war. He says: I feel it a duty to write, in order to wake up the country to the fact that the expenditures of this government, are now so stupendous that they must break the cou.itiy down, unless the taxation is immediate. But this statement of a fact in terms , so general is not enough alarming to wake up the country, unless 1 particularize as well as generalize. Hence, I must add, that for the four or six preceding weeks the expenditures of the government has been full three millions every day, and that for the week ending Saturday they averaged four millions every day. Let the peopli of (he South remember that the Yan kees want to make them pay this enormous debt. States to propose a fair and amicable settlement of all questions of public debt or property which might be in dispute. But the Government at Washing ton, denying our riaht to self-government, refused even to listen to any proposals for a peaceful se paration. Nothing was then left to us but to pre pare for war. (Cheers.) The first year in our history has been the most eventful in the annals of this Continent. A new Government has been established, and its machi nery put in operation, over an area exceeding 700, Ot'O square miles. The great principles upon which we have been willing to hazard every thing that is dear to man, have made conquests for us which could never have been achieved by the ! sword. Our Confederacy has grown from six to j thirteen States, and Maryland, already united to ; us by hallowed memories and material interests, ! will. I believe, when able to speak with nnstifled liooith Oct 1 1,, The subscriber is prepared to do all kinds of Wood- 1 voice, connect her destiny with the South. (Great ! rmk and blacksmith,, such makir-p and repair- , lause; i 0ar peope have Mlied with unexam- j n? ttacon, and lb.pg.es. IIorse-sho..n?, ic. IhsMiop ?.K ... . f : j picu uiinuiujiiy iu me suppvti. ui ot .....w. , pies of constitutional government, with firm re- j i solve to perpetuate by arms the rights which they j ' could not peacefully secure. A million of men, it ! is estimated, are now standing in hostile array made reverse to them but the crncible in which their patriotism was refined. Cheers. With confidence in the wisdom and virtue of those who will share with me the responsibility, and aid me in the conduct of public affairs; securely relying on the patriotism and courage of the people, of which the present war has fur nished so many examples, I deeply feel the weight of the responsibilities I now, with un affected diffidence, am about to assume; and fully realizing the inadequacy of human power to gnide and to sustain, my hope is Teverently fixed on Him whose favor is ever vouchsafed to the cause which is just. With humble gratitude and adora tion, acknowledging the Providence which han so visibly protected the Confederacy during its brief but eventful career, to thee, oh God ! I trustingly commit myself, and prayerfully invoke thy bless ing on my country and in cause. CONFISCATION OF YANKEE PRO PERTY. We learn that Congress has, in secret session, finally passed a bill amending the sequestration law, and invigorating it by a number of new pro visions. . We are enabled to give a summary of the most important provisions of this law. It provides, in the first section, that all the estates, property, ef fects of alien enemies, shall be collected and sold, except that no debt or chose in action shall be sold, and the fund shall be immediately paid into the Confederate States Treasury. The law requires that the fund realized as above shall be equally applied to losses sustained by the acts of confiscation by the enemy. ' It provides also that its application may be ex tended to other losses ow part of faithful citizens of the Confederacy, which the future act of Con gress may establish as proper cases for indemnity. The act defines iu separate classes those who, although living out of the Confederacy, are not to be considered as aliens within its provisions. Among the . exempts are enumerated all persons residiug iu the Northern States who have in good faith attempted to remove their domicil to the jurisdiction of the Confederate States, but have been prevented from doing so by the force or pow er of the enemy. Another exempt class is that of married women, natives of the Confederacy, whose husbands have not contributed to the war upon the South. Where the next of kin of aliens in the ascend ing or descending lines are faithful citizens of the Confederacy they may have decreed to them the estate of the alien, as if he were dead and intes tate, on paying costs in the Confederate States District Court, taking the property subject to all debts due from the alien to faithful citizens of the Confederate States. In cases of all partnerships in which aliens are interested, it is provided that proceedings shall be taken against a surviving partner iu event of a dis solution of partnership. In contracts for the sale of real estate, made with an alien before the 21st of May, 1861, the law al lows the Receiver to execute the contract on re ceiving the amount of purchase money, which is forthwith to be sequestrated. The law makes some changes with respect to the compensation of Receivers and their accounts; their compensation to be settled in the discretion of the court by such analogies as may be furnished in the rates paid executors and administrators in the repective States, and the provision being re pealed which requues Receivers to keep separate accounts of every alien estate. All debtors to aliens are required to report, un der oath, to the Receivers within three months from the passage of the act. Richmond Examiner IUlkige, Feb. 19, 18C3. J' Mr. Holden: The following recipe- for ob- ' taining aalt-petre was furnished to me by Rev. Mr Siuith, member of the State Convention from Ma con, who has been lately directing his attention to ' the subject. The very high price paid for the nitrato by the State authorities at this pLce, and the simplicity of the process for making it, ought to induce every person in the country, to whom it ' is at all convenient, to do something in the way of an experiment, to say nothing of tbo profit. It has become a duty of the most stringent character ' to assist in furnishing this important element as a means of self-defence. . Yours. &e.. H. C. JONES. ' The Ihrodvction of Saltpetre. : '-' Place barrels or hogsheads on a couple of logs so as to raise them some eight or ten inches from' ' the ground. Place straw or hay in the bottoms of the barrels then fill with the dirt to be used;'1 pour water on until the dirt is thoroughly eatura- ' ted, sufficiently so that it will leach out the nitre ' when drawn off; let it stand twenty-four hours, 1 then darw off through small spigot holes near the bottoms of th$ barrels. The water drawn off con tains the nitre in solution, aud should bo strained thro' a cloth or carefully poured off so as to free it ' from dirt and mud, into a clean barrel or tub; then add clean and strong ley made of wood "ashes, in portions, giving time to observe the effect. Tbo ! lime present will be precipitated. The quantity ' of ley to be added may be ascertained by frequent 1 tests made upon a small quantity of the solution in a cup or other small vessel when the further ad- ' dition of ley no longer produces a whituh or cur- " died appearance, the solutionis right. Then carefully drain it from the precipitate and sedi ment, and transfer it to the pot or kettle; boil slow ly at first, aud increase, but not so as to boil it over. When reduced two-thirds or three-fourths, drain it off into a clean tub or trough prepared for the purpose. As it cools crystals will be form ed; after crystalization ceases, which will be in ' twenty-four hours, d'aw off the remaining ley or liquor, theu rinse the crystals with water, which add to the ley drawn off. This remaining liquor, which contains some nitre, may be used in the next operation. Spread out and dry your salt-' J petre then box up. The principal source of salt petre is the dirt found in dry lime-stone caves. It ' may be made, however, from the dirt under old ' " ' houses, barns and kitchens. THE N. C. CONVENTION. Hon. Wiiliara A. Graham, Chairman of tho Legislative Committee of this body, has submitted a report, which makes some very important amendments to the Constitution of the State. As heretofore, the Legislature will consist of two houses, but instead of House of Commons, it will be called House of Representatives."' The election of members is to be biennial, but the Legislature will meet every year, the members not to receive pay for over forty-five days. The Senate to be composed of fifty members, and the House of one hundred and twenty. No person eligible to the Senate under 25 years of age, and must be worth a freehold of the value of $1000, and have been a resident of the State three years, and one year in the district preceding the election. For the House, must be of 21 years of age, a resident of the State two years, and in the county one year preceding the election, and possess a free hold estate of $500. Clergymen ineligible as now, and no person who has been a Treasurer or receiver of public monies In the past or fnture, ' by collection or disbursement, shall be eligible until he shall have fully accounted for and paid into the Treasury all monies due from him. No President, Cash ier or Treasurer ot any corpora tion in which the State is interested, shall be eligible to a seat in either House. These proposed amendments will be consid ered by the Convention when it meets again in April. Fatetteville Independent Lionr Infant ry Company. On the 68th Anniversary of this Company, the 23d of August last, it was tramp ing over the Virginia' peninsula, from York town to Ship Point, and so the annual election of offi cers was not held. On Saturday (Washington's Lirth-day) the first regular meeting of the Com pany was held, when tho following elections were made: P M Hale, Major; II McKethan, 1st Capt.; C B Cook, 2d do.;G II Haigh, 3d do.; Charles Kennedy, 4th do.; James K Kyle, 1st Sergeant; B E Sedbeiry 2d do ; C W Broadfoot, 3d do.; W F Campbell, 4th do ; Wm Cook, 5th do.; Jas W Huskc, liit Corporal; Arch'd Graham, 2d do.; Sam'1 Carmou, 3d do.; T II McLean, 4th do., II It Home, Sec'y. Fay. Observer. TnE University. We learn that Bishop At- j kinson of the Episcopal Church, will preach the Baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class at Chapel Hill, in June next, and that Wm. B. Rodman, Esq., of Beaufort County, will deliver the Annual Address. , How Things are Done in St. Louis.' Ihe foU lowing, from the St. Louis Republican, shows how things are done ap in that place by the Federals: . . On Tuesday, the residence of Trcsten Polk, Lucas Place, was enteied by the United States military authorities, and the value of his asess- ISfil. Will in aeons and Ibipgies. Ilorse-slioriti'r, tc. His .Shop is at his residence, nearly opposite Mr V F Phifer's dwelling, and he also has a lilacksmitli Shop on the baek-street in the rear of the . Mecklenburg' House, lie solicits a hare of public patronaare, and feels cor.ii.lent he "an give satisfaction both in workmanship and cliarires. Cive him & trial. J. II . rrvOPEST. Jli'i:-.rv 7, 1S02 ment ior the benefit of Missouri refugees, 9275 Needles A blacksmith in Wilkes and costs, was seized, as follows : One oak hat- Sewinq county has commenced the manufacture of ladies' rack, two oak chairs, two sofas, one centre-table, Sewing Neeu.cs, and will soon be able to supply , lour sofa-bottomed chairs, two easy chairs, one ear any required quantity. The sample which we ; riage, one what-not, one hair bottomed sofa," two I have seen is for sewing cambric and fine linen, cane-seat chairs, one imitation rosewood meddler, standing in hostile and waging war along a frontier of thousands ol "cs have been VeiXNTEEBS. The Asheville News says that Y . . , 1 . 1 t T, . a XMUianon OI volunteers nas recently -ecu u.Ka..-. ,r.ir.1 - answer everv numr 1 on nn t.n M,lnr mf. th- Uttr -mnrlc ized in that section, and David Coleman elected , t) the best imported, and "warranted not to : ing over one hundred yards. cut in tne eye. j irs. ieDecw oire, aio. vi vjhwo street., wm Sewmg cotton and sewing needles are now be-! sessed for 5100, and a piano, mahogany sofa,' and Lieut. Colonel of the same. The battalion has been ordered to Knoxville, Tenn. We hope the counties j miles; battles have been fought; large force will be organized in of the Bine Ridge. - . . i - . t. cn.,kArn r,"4 i. -ii i i i . . 1 r L : J -t in" maue in mc i uuhiciu wuicutnvy iruy win ruBewooa wuai-nui, wern itn irvui ucr rcsiuoncv "l C . M . V . ...... - . start a button factory? Statcfville Erpms. to satisfy an execution for 125 and
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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