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1 - . ! NAPOLEON'S PLAN OP MEDIAliUJ. . r uj'te Corretvondence Uayton ana .Setcard ti. vrt Herald, of the 13th instant, contains an important corrFu...v ..... French .Minister of foreign r . . n . . 4 M A wo . n sf Air I ' Inn th Vnnkee representative at uie ? reueu ,.rrf. and Seward, Lincoln's .Minister of State, 'rt: ..i-r.ondence ODens with a lettc-r from Dayton to the French Minister oi Foreign Affairs, AI. Drouyn JJ'Lhuys, in response to some ques tions previously asked in relation to the popula tion of the Southern States, and the positions of the Northern armv. . In it the writer attempts to coutra.st the position ot , CWf VIM - mw affairs at the time the letter was written ov. lV 1862) with that of the year previous, and arirues that the advance of the Union forces into . the territory of the South has been graduaj since jj;Ilister Gf Foreign Affairs to 31. Jlercier. Tfie tfie commencement of the war. Upon tn,s ftuh-i Minister says. 'The little- succrss of our over jeet he says: "In a word, the insurgents do not turfg jht chill'the interest with which we fol oow hold a foot of ground which they did not 1 low tj)e fluctuati0ns of this contest, but the senti hold early in the war, while the flag of the Union ment to w,;ch we have yielded is too sincere for has been constantly advancing, and now floats in,JiffLrerice to find a place in our thoughts, that somewhere on the soil or over the fortifications of wg 6hou'j,j cease to be painfully affected while the every slave State except one. Their armies have, warcont;ues to ratre." He says that the French in the meantime, been driven from an area ot : (jovcr,lHlcl,t is none- the less ready amid the country embracing in the aggregate not less than wisjjes ,,rmcd in favor of peace, to take into ac 00,OOU square miles, and occupied by a popula- count ail the susceptibilities of national feeling; tin ranging from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 cf anj joes not at all question the right of the Federal people." - "Government to decline the co-operatnn of the The writer then alludes to the rclativo naval at Ujar;tillie powers of Europe, but asks wheth etreuth of the two sections, and says that while fcr CO Operation is not the only means which all the incipieut efforts on the part of the South . offers ir.-r If to the Cabinet at Washington to hast to create a navy have Leeu deleatcd, aud her ves- i eu tjje cjuSC r,f the war; and further, if the Fedc cls destroyed, the navy of the United States has, i raj rjovernn,c,,t Relieves that it ought to repel any within the year, grown from a comparatively fOKu intervention, could it not honorably accept Mnall to very great power, closing all the ports , .e jjca 0f direct informal conferences with the of the South, precluding, save with Federal eon- ; autflor:ty which may represent the States of ent, all enfrance to or exit from them unless by ; (J c S()Ut, ? He says that the opening of iuform tcalth or accident Two other elements of rela- , inferences between the beligerent parties does live strength for the continuation of the war are nf t nt-Cc snily imply the immediate cessation of considered in the letter, viz: men and money. Mr h((t.t;i;t,.s lc then proceeds: ''Tluit nothing. Dayton pays th armies of the South have been ,K.rcforej vould hinder the Government of the large beyond example compared with the extent of ijn;tC(j s'tates without renouncing the advantage population from which they Lave been drawn, ami w(5ci, jt believes item attain by the. continuation informs the French Aliui.-ter that to raise them to o-tjlc w.,rj froin entering upon informal confer the present standard the conscription law has. ciic(?d wi,1,tiie Confederates of the South, in case embraced all between the ages of eighteen and fchouM show themselves disposed thereto, foify five, aud think there can be littleoree in : it.prcseiltatives or commissioners of the two par reserve to supply the drain consequent upon the ti( Sl CoU,j a8St.mbIc at such point as it should be ea.-ualttrs of -var. To corroborate th:s view, the ; dccInej ,.rop9r f0 Jesignafe, and which could for French Minister is referred to the census statis- ; w ,irtfm(1,i fl,ltr:i liinrno-il mm. tics of 1800. Alluding to the emancipation proclamation of Lincoln, issued in September, Dayton says: Vhxver may have entertained apprehensions of ! would not involve uny oi me oojecnons raiseu a servile war, such I do not suppose for a moment ! against the diplomatic intervention of Kurope, and, to have been contemplated by the President in without giving birth to the same hopes as the im forenhaduwing his policy." The allusion to this j mediate conclusion of an arm:stic, would exercise proclamation is made to show that slaves hitherto i a happy influence on th march of events. have been an element of fitrength rather than of weakness to the South in the pending war. Passing from the question of population, Mr 1 lay ton proceeds to the consideration of the rtla live monetary element of strength in war of the two sections. He has arrived at ti e conclusion that while the resources of-the South in men are practically exhausted, its resources in ni'ney must be equally o. lie says he is iutructid that the South, with a Boating debt oi 5100,000,000, represented by paj.er-at a discount of 75 per cent, have neither raised, nor have the means oi rai. ing, ti revenue equal to S10,000,UOO, in ai.y form or for any j nrpose. On the other hand, he is in ducted thut the Government of the United States has a revenue available in the precious iih tals of more than $100,000,000, while iis mints are yielding gold more rapidly than foreign trade withdraws it from the couotry. lie con cludes by savins that equality has existed no where, except, un certain battle-fields in Virginia, ! bflwecn the two great armies, lie does. not seek j to depreciate the gallantry of Soul hem soldiers, j regarding them as stid his countrymen. in repiy n tins tetter, me rrencn mister ; K-.ys that the information communicated, and the-' suggestions thrown out, are certainly of a nature j to make him appreciate all the resources of the Federal Government; and adds, "but U i. none the ; less true that notwithstanding the inequali-y ot ti umbers aud of financial means, notwithstanding l.ical advantages ai d partial conquests, the con ditions of soil and climate seem to oppese insup erable"obstacIe3 to the progress of the struggle, and that the tqual ei.crgy of loth sides tends to imprrrs upon it a character of indomitable des peration." He is prepared to render homage to ihe courage which thi Americans, upon the one ride and the other, have shown thus r, but says that this courage, even while it excites the admira tion of the world, is only calculated to render more uncertain the result of the combat, and to retard the termination of the disasters of this bloody war. He then refers to the feelings which the sad sprctacle has given rise to in the French and tho step which a profound sympathy for America has inspired in the Government of the Emperor, in the hope of opening a way to recon ciliation. . Thin etep, in the opinion of the Emperor, ought and could only be takeB with the consent and con currence of tho two belligerent, parties. He states that the reception given to the French proposition by the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburg, prevents its being pushed further for . I . 1'L l.i... I t inr jTL-seui. i lie leirer conciuues Dy savin", j "that if some day the Americans, tired of tumiu' their valor against themselves, should wish to have recourse to u, in order to seek in concert means of terminating this conflict they would find us always ready, as.ochted with other powers nr separately, to aid them with our co-operation, and fo testify by our good offices the feelings which have not ceased io animate Franc in re gard to them. This letter bears dale of the L'od of November, 18G2. The next in the series of letter? embraced in this porrcspondence, are three several communications ; f O l TV ........ T. . i. . I from Seward to Dayton. In the first of these he nays, it is proper for me to say that neither M. Mereier nor any other person has had authority of the Ui.i ed States for r presenting to his Govern ment that the Fr sident would I e d:sp sod to enter tain any proposition in regard to the action of th"s Government in the conduct of our domestic a flairs from any foreign quarter whatsoever. The exact contrary is in effect all that has ever psed between all the minister residing here and this department." This letter is dated Nov. 28, 1S62. The second letter of Seward, under date of Nov. 30, repeats that the United States have jcontiuuaj ly said to all Europe that they know that the sav ing of the American' Union depends on the Ameri can people, and not at all oa the policies of foreign I thinks, need scarcely to be reminded that family quarrels are always of short duration, that the very 1 scandal which they bring operates as an incentive to reconciliation. Ilis next .letter is dated op the 11th of Decern- 5 ber, and merely. acknowledges the reception of th ; I correspondence oetweon uayton and the Jbreuch t 'Minister of Foreign Affairs. iue nexn letter oi importance m me correspon-; important point, and we are gratified that steps : J.dence is one bearing date the 15th of. January, j have been taken to save the Uuilroad and Bridge ! 1863, .from Dayton to Seward, informing him that i at that poiut at all hazards. Raleigh Standard. a diSpatch would shortly be sent by M. Droujn de j Wercoir , requesting hini to suggest, Qn ft guitabie occasion, the propriety ot appointing commissioners to treat with the bouth lor peace and for Union, if possible; if not possible, for such terms of separation as may be eventually agreed . s,n This conminnication was suDnimeu uy t 'T-,,,,, tft th ttmnnr on the 9th. and ,imu - -- -- -1 f. returned by him on the 14th. It contains the lob lowing propositions . First. o interference of any kind by a foreign power. ' Smju d. It does not require or ask lor any ces sation of hostilities pending the negotiation; but like the negotiations for peace in J ., between , i;h;tcj States and Great Rritiaii, permits everything to proceed a if no eflorts lr a settle ment were being made. ' . Then follows the communication ot the 1 rench 1 plaints would be examined into at tins meeting, i A negotiation of this character, he thinks, ' Sewaid in a lengthy letter to Dayton, under i date of the 5th of February, acknowledges the re cept of the dispatch of the French Minister. In its conclusion, 1il says t';at th Congress f the U States furnishes a constitutional forum for debates between the alienated pirties, and that the Sena ; tors and Representatives from the loyal people are 1 them already, fully empowered to confer; and Says th it seata areiil-o vacant inviting the Senators and ; representatives of the '"discontented party, who may be constitutionally sent there from the States involved in the insurrection, lie thinks that the conferences which cau thus be held in Congress ' have a great advantage over any that could be or-" i ganised on the plan suggested by the French Min ister, viz: that Congress, it it thought wise, could call a national Convention to adopt its recommen dations and give them all the solemnity aud bind ing force of organic law. Sueh conferences he says, may be said to have already begun; that Ma ryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, States claimed by the insurgents, are al ready represented in Congress, and are submitt ing, with perfect freedom and a proper spirit, their alh :ce Uj)0a lhe course best calculated to brimr 1:our in ,i,e fchorte,t time, a firm, lasting, and honorable peace. This di-patch he authorizes Mr Daytu!l toreaj tottC French .Minister, and to give hhil a Cl,py if he shall jcsire it. NORTHERN ITEMS. The New York Herald of the lGth says: "The Illinois Legislature passed strong revolutionar' resolutions, chit-fly made up of violent denuncia tions of President Lincoln's Administration, and I of provisions for an armistice aud a peace conven i tion to be held at Louisville, Ky. Similar resolu tions are pending in the Indiana Legislature. The Washington correspondent of tlje Herald says that prominent Republicans have been heard to announce themselves in favor of peace upon any terms Expressions of sueh sentiments caused epuite a couiuiotiou among politicians in Washing ton. The report of the Committee on Territories j shows that the Mormons are openly inimical to the- Uovernnunt ot the United btates. Vallandigham, iu a speech at Newark, X. J., said seventy-five of every hundred men of the North-west were in favor of cessation of hostilities, and a commencement of an experiment for restoring the Union by Constitutional, peaceful measures. ! Towards the close of the speech, he asked, "Will ( you send your sons ng.-.in to the battle field .'"' j Overwhelming cries of "No ne.ver." j News received from Mexico indicates that the ' French arc making but little progress. I m i FOREIGN NEWS. Sir Robert Peel had been speaking on the American question, and expresses the h.pe that ! the States would ultimately become separated. I lie condemned the odious and abominable procla- mation,nf Lincoln, which unaneipated slavery in ' the rebel States only. j Rumors of a c mtiuent recognition by Napo- ! kon arc ventilated by the Loudon press. -v . I The Manchester Guardian hcais of a difficulty ! j between the British Government anw the Cabinet j at Washington, relative to the seizure of a British ; vessel in the Bahamas. . j The London limes says that perhaps at no time ' during the war was fortune declared so decidedly ; against the N rth, over the whole area of its mili- ! tary operations. The emancipation demonstra- tion at Exeter Hall was one of the most enthusi- ' astic scenes ever witnessed iu London for a long ' time. Resolutions reflecting the sentiments of the ; j emancipation party express great sympathy Io the ' North. i 1 resident Davis message excited much atten- ' tion in England. Thel.st, (Pahneiston's organ,) : commends its ability and acknowledges the ri-ht of secession and promises recognition of the South ' at a lulure day. The Polish insurrection has besn suppressed. ! ' I FeRTIFICATloNS AT WELDON. We learn that ' the fortincntiobs at this p ace, under General W'al- ter Gwynn, arc prorressiug rapidly, and ara now ! in a condition to .enable our trouns to reist and re pel any number of the eneniy. eldon is a ver' wjrasTim: democbat, charlotte, CAPTUBE OP ANOTHER FEDERAL GUN BOAT. Cannon from Red River, brought Captain information to Port Hudson of the capture of tha FWroi c n r ir,. n--- Landing Fort Taylor, on Red' River. The Queen of the West (after running by the batteries at Vicksbnrg) captured the Confederate steamer Era, number five, and forced her pilot, John Burke, to take the wheel, and ordered him to take the gun-boat to our batteries. Burke feigned fear, bat finally took the wheel under a Yankee guard. Upon nearing our batteries he told the Yankees they were fifteen miles below them, immediately piffling close in. when she received a shot which broke her steam pipe, and disabling the boat, the Yankees being perfectly unprepared for a fight, and susppcting no danger. Burke jumped over hoard and swam nshore. The boat drifted to the opposite shore when her crew made their escape, mitl. 1 . i. : r m i, .- 4Vii :.,.. u j T, 1 , .i . i , f., hands. The crew subsequently got aboard of the I t . n o l i l j j i i lankeeboat De Soto, . with two hundred stolen . . 3 .1 mi r , ii ji rr iia n ni aTTanran t w 1 1- i r wri iih i wt em inoan rY the est is now in v i v o u ii u t;ui.tir.u ivia. a nv. i v. f r r, i? , . I unon all occasions, repudiated the right ot seces possession of the Confederates, u.lu T s t i .k .,.i y , e e . - . s on In his (Mr Lander s) opinion, the gentle i a place of safety for repairs. bl V x i ti i .a u. and will be towed to a place of safety repairs. The conduct of Burke has elicited the enconiums. highest Tort Hudson, Feb. The Alexandria IVmocrat in' an extra received here, contains the official report of the capture of the Queen of the West, of J. Keize. commanding the fortifications on Red River. He pays that two gunboats made their appearance in front of this position at five o'clock last evening, and after a brief .cannonade, the lea ling gunboat Queen of the West, struck her colors, and I immediarely ordered Captain Fulton, of the Crescent Artillery and Lieut. De La Huntlev, to go aboard and demand her sur render. These officers report but thirteen officers and crew on board. The others escaped under cover of the night. The visible results of the capture consists in one 32-pounder rifle parrot gun, one 24 pounder, three 12-pounders, one-12-pnunder. (slightly damaged,) besides a large supply of ordnance stores, a large stock of quinine, with five cases of amputating instruments, and of dental instruments, clothing, flour, bacon, beef, pork, hard bread, and other stores in proportion. PROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. From the Raleigh Journal. We learn fron. gentlemen east of the Chowan river, that the Yankee Commander of the Buffalos at Elizabeth city, issued orders that all male citi zens, between the ages of 18 and 40 years, living in the Albemarle country, were required to report to him at'Elizabeth city, on Thursday last, the ob ject of the order being, it was supposed, to force them to take up arms in behalf of the Yankees. We also learn that guerrillas are becoming numer ous in that country and that dead Buffalos are constantly found. On Monday, the 9th, three Buffalos werf killed near Elizabeth city. On Tuesday, it is said, their Captain had a young man, named Addison White, whom they had taken prisoner, tied to a stake and deliberately shot, in revenge for their three com panions This act of barbarity, far from intimidat ing the people, tve learn has only exasperated them, and, together with the demand that they shall take up arms against their own cause, the whole country is swarming with guerrillas. The attention of the Government ought to be called to the mur der of young White, and we hope that Capt. Duke will not neglect the duty. Kinston, Feb. 15, 18G3. I have nothing of interest to communicate to you this mo.rning fur ther than the confirmation of the unfortunate af fair that befell our arms in Dover, on Friday last. The enemy surprised our encampment, asT stated to you in my last letter, about two o'clock in the morning, and completely encompassed two com panies of Major Nethereutt's Battalion Captains Davis and Robinson before it was known that the enemy was nirh. I learn that a Buffalo, by the name of Andrew J Loft in piloted the enemy to our encamptm-nt. L iftin is a son of W. C. Loftin, who is now a Confederate prisonerat Salisbur'. .The enemy captured -or they are missing 43 of our men, two wagons, four mules, three couriers' horses, and all the commissary storeson hand at that point, with our entire emip equipage. It is a most out rageous affair, and some one is certainly in fault, but who it is I am not able to say. -. tmm THE ATTACK ON FORT DONELSON. - The Confederate account of the attack on Fort Donelson almost entirely refutes, the Yankee ver sion of the affair. We only, had 800 men in the affair. A' letter from a soldier in Wheeler's caval ry" says : At 3 o'clock P. M. on the 3d we came inthe vicinity of Fort Donelson, and, upon inquiry, citi znes informed us that the force was not very large, and had no fortifications; whereupon it was con cluded to attack the point. Accordingly General Forrest, with, three or four hundred men on the right, and General Wharton, with about the same number on the left, commenced the fight, which lasted with much vigor for two or three hours. It was but the work of a moment to capture a part and drive the remainder of the several corupauies which were posted outside the fortifications. Right bravely did our boys move up to their work, Gen. Forrest charging once on horseback and then again on foot; but so strong erftrenched were the Yankees in their fortifications and rifle pits that he retired, although he had succeeded in en tering the streets of the town. Gen. Wharton with his command had succeeded in getting into the townn the left, next to the river, after hav ing captured quite a number of prisoners, small' arms, and a very superior 12 pounder rifled piece, witlrifs caisson, horses, and amunition. Thus we drove them in a small spaee; but from their rifle pits and windows of houses they poured a very heavy fire upon us, which, I am happy to say, was not very disastrous to us. Night was upon us, and the broad silver moon gave us her cheering light by which to contiuue the attack but finding cur artillery ammunition nearly expended, and that of the small arms steadi ly decreasing, it was determined to retire. Just then information reached us that reinforcements were coming from Fort Henry, and we distinctly heard the shouts of those who were comin" up and do wn on the gunboats. All these concurrent cir cumstances combined to induce us to retire. Be fore our rear had left the old fortifications, the gunboats began a continued durii.sr most furious shelling, which ! nearly the efttire niht We would have Clad to have taken the garrison. dred prisoners, among whom were five comruision ' but 1,'JUU men in rifle pits, with a fine battery of i Shelby to tne magnetic iron oiks, unerokee artillery, was rather heavy for cavalry, but the cx- Ford,'Rroad River. The Company are authorize d ; redition- resulted in the canture nf nmi-lv i,.,- . to connect with either the kpartanburjr and briion I eu omcers, a nunioer or wagons, ambulances, small roaa, or me nanruuu at i otk- arms, and a fine brass rifled peace. ' j ville. If the Company should connect with the j Spartanburg and Union Road, at Spartanbufg 1'LA.tT (RN. The whole farming operators ! Court Honse, the road, by the extension of thirty iu the Cut:federacy ned not be told that it is all two miles to Greenville Court House, will, it is important to plant a large crop of corn. . It willrbe ! claimed by its friend?, become the route of the air needed early from present appearances, though line from Atlanta to Richmond, and will shorten there is really enough corn now in the countryif the distance from Charlotte, N. C , to Atlanta it were not in wrong Kane's. liahigh Standard, about 125 miles. Charleston Mercurr. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. In the Houseon the 17tb, Mr Gaitherof N. C , nsked leave to introduce certain resolutions passed. 1 bv the Legislature of that State, vindicating the i Inr.hv of the State of North Carolina. He said he had been much mortified by questions put -to . him relative to the position oi is oiaie, ana m quiring ll iney were not in isvur oi a ichhisuui; tion? . 'He referred for a refutation of such charges to the fact that the great Union party, as it was called, was now headed by Governor Vance, who needed noone'to vindicate his patriotism and loyalty. The people ofNorth Carolina have never endorsed or acknowledged the right of secession but of revolution, and they exercised that right, when, by a unanimous vote, theytcut ioose from the old government. The Consciipt law was odious to the people of North Carolina all over the State because they thought it was uncon stitutional. - n . i . ; C r Mr Lander, of N. C, dissented from the opiuion ! of his colleague, at least so tar as his district, the OI. b i it u: . 8th was concerned. He understood him to say ,lu " ,t n .. A , r n :.on.j that .Sorlh Carolina had always, in all times aud ----- man was aiiogeuier unsukmi. xae uau me uuuur to be a member of the Convention of North t '.,-..! inn tvhieh dissolved the connection between : tnat ?tate and the old and corrupt government of the Lulled btates. In that body, certain resolu tions were introduced recognizing the right of secession. One of the opposite- party bad gotten up and appealed, to them to allow his substitute to be adopted in lieu of thatj which latter was expressive of different opinions, but the secession party had adhered to their policy and maintained their right. As to lus conscription law which the gentleman had said was odious to the whole State, he begged leave to differ also on that point, for his people had told him that so far as his own individual vote was concerned, it had aided in the salvation of the country. Mr. McLean of N. C, also took issue with Mr. Gaither on the same grounds, but could not see why the conscription bill had been lugged iuto the debate. The resolutions were laid on the table and printed, In tic Senate, Mr Dortch offered a resolution instsuctiug the Judiciary Committee to inquire iuto the expediency ot amending and making more strong the law in regard to persons guilty of aiding or abetting or harboring deserters from the army. Adopted. 'Jhe exemption bill is still under consideration in the Senate, and an amendment has been adopt ed exempting one person on any farm on which there resides a family of women and children of not less than ten in number, dependent on the labor and presence of a white man for support and protection. After the Senate gets the bill fixed up it may turn round and reject it as the House did after k protracted discussion. Marrying by Telegraph On the 6th of February, a iuarriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Wm. Carr, Chaplain of the 4th Regiment New York Ar3!uuteers, under rather novel circum stances, the clergyman and bridgcgrooui being in the City of Washington, and the bride in the Village of I ultnn, Oswego county. New York, the ceremony. The bridgegroora is a during member of the 4th regiment, and circumstances f prevented nis oeing in ruiion to iu:nu ins engage ment with the young lady. Jjy mail, the parties agreed to have the ceremony performed through the medium of the electric telegraph. The Oswego Times says : The day and hour having been arranged, the parties repaired to the telegraph offices at the respective station?, the fair bride accompaniedby a female friend as bridesmaid. The gentlemanly operator ut Fulton officiated as bridesman. The first despatch over the wire rtlating to the affuir was from Washington,' inquiring if the lady was present? An answer in the affirmative was returned, and the ceremony proceeded. Three messages were sent to Fulton and two transmitted to Washington, and the ceremony was completed. 1 he "last messatre from Washington was the declaration of the clergyman pronouncing the parties man and wife. The Yankees are a great people. mm From the Raleigh Register. Deaths of Captain Chalmers Glnm ami his faithful servant, Mat A touching Romance in real life. A touching romance in real life is afforded by the deaths of Capt. . Chalmers Glenn, of Rockingham county, N. C, and his faithful follower Mat. Reared together from childhood, Mat had hhared in all the boyish pranks aud frol ics of his master, and iu liter life had been his constant attendent and most faithful servant. On the morning of the battle of Boonsboro', Captain Glenn called him to him and said: "Mat, I will be killed in this battle; see me'jburied; then go home, and be to your mistress antl'my children all you have ever been to me." From behind a rock the faithful fellow watched all day the form of his be loved master as the tide of battle ebbed and flowed over the eventful field. At last he missed him, aud rushing forward, found the prediction, alas! too truly verified life was already extinct. As sisted by two members of his company, a grave was dug with bayonets, and soon the cold and si lent earth held all that was dearest ou earth to Mat. Slowly and sadly he turned his face home ward, ad there faithfully delivered all the messa ges and valuables with which his master had en trusted him. From that day it seemed that as if his mission on earth was accomplished. Tho' constantly . attending his master's children and promptly obedient to the slightest word of his mistress, he visibly declined. Finally, he was taken sick, and despite all the assistance which medical skill and kind attention could afford, he died on the 4th f February inst. What a strik ing instance of the power of affection in the negro heart, and the strength and beauty of the tie be tween a kind masfer and faithful servant. Peace to Mat's ashes. May the unholy tread of a 'ne gro worshipper" never pollute the last resting place of his gallant master or his faithful self; J. M. G. Sheuiy and Broad River Railroad. ! This road has now been chartered by the States of ; North and South Carolina. The Company will be j organ wea in a rew uavs, ana we uoaersiana that ; arrangements have been made to place immediate- j Railroad, the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail- I ly under contract tnat portion ot the road trom i js. o ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESI DENT OP THE CHARLOTTE & S. C. - RAILROAD COMPANY. . To tit StocH'oldcrt of tht Charlotte $ S. C. R. R. Co.: Your President and Director! respectfully tubmit the following Annual Report; ; With the close of the 31st day of December, termi nated the 15tb fiscal jreur of your Company. During th nast year, ibe busiues of the Road has ben un- j usually beaTy. It mgre than exceeds, in gross income, j double the amount of any precediug year. From the ' Treasurer s Report, the earnings from all sources I amouut to tbe earn, of six hundred and forty-ofte, 1 thousand five hundred and twentr dollars aud seventy ! six cents ($641,520 7C). The expense for the same i period are one hundred and eigbty-nine thousand ! three hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty-one ! cents ($189,334 21) leaving a not income of four ! hundred aad tift.v-two thousand one hundred and ; eiphtv-six dollars and fifty-five cents' (f 452,186 55). ! This sura is chargeable with two dividends, payable in j Julv last and Jauuary, tG3, tbe payment of" interest ! on "the funded debt, the redemption of $30,000 of I bonds due January 1st, 18G3. From it is also to be deducted the cost of about-1000 bales of j cotton and 40 slaves, purchased for Ibe use and benefit ' of the Company, the accounts for which are not en I tirely closed leaving a balance of about $15,000 to ( liquidate outslaudidg accounts and claims agaiust the Company. It has long been the settled policy of this Company to own a considerable portion of the labor ueccssary to the maintenance of the Road. The cotton is hrld as a medium of exchange and basis of "credit abroad after the blockade of our ports is relieved: Should this war, wantonly and wickedly forced upon tbe Con federacy by the Federal Government, terminate im mediately, your Company will require the expenditure in foreign countries of not Ie?s than one hundred aud ' x ... . i . . 1.11 ... . r. ... . . l nny uiouMinu uounrs. i I enure lis property io ice same condition it maintained at the beginning of the revolution. Upon the return of peace, the necessities of the Road will be urgent, the currency of the country depreciated, and sterling exchange .will for some time rule high; with tbe cotton, supplies can he then imported at the lowest rates. The Stockholders should realize the facts, that while their income has been greater, the deterioration, wear and tear of their property has been in a correspond ing ratio. The rails in the track have been much worn; the engines are without their usual efficiency; notwithstanding many ears have been built in tbe fhops during the war, the number onmnd is reduced fifty per centum below the average supply. This was tbe result, to some extent, in yielding to the urgent appeals of the Government to expedite all munitions of war to their destination. The threatened inter ruption of the East Tennessee and Vy-inia roads by the enemy, and the inconvenient transfer across the Cape Fear River, at Wilmington, caused much of the heavy ordnance and other munitions for the defence of tbe Atlantic and Gulf coasts, as well as the Valley of th Mississippi, to pass over your Road. Owiug to the difference in the. gauge of tracks at Charlotte, thee heavy guns and other munitions were received by your ears, and without transfer sent to Charleston, Savannah, West Point, Corinth, Mobile, New Orleans, Vieksburg and Columbus. As was anticipated, many of these cars were uerer returned. A number of them were west of Huntsville, Alabama, when it was cap tured by the enemy. These lossess are referred to only in explanation of the present condition of your property. In the then defenceless condition of our country, the, causey which led to them were cheerfully submitted to, and would b again under similar cir cumstances. Such urgent demands have not been made on your transportation for the past few months, and it is hoped that such necessity will uol occur in future. According to the authori.y vested in Ibe Board of Directors at your annual meeting two years since, a stock dividend of 33$ per centum was directed to be issued on the entire capital stock, Io each stockholder in proportion to hit shares. This issue, when com pleted, will increase the eap:tal stoi-fr to about one million five hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. This amount will be somewhat varied by the number of fractions of shares purchased Jrom or sold to the Company, the bolder iu all cases having the election to buy or sell at par value. To this time 3,G7$ addi tional sb ires hare been issued; in which $9,700 were paid for fractions, and $8rG33 33 received for fractions of shares, leaving the difference between cash received and disbursed on this account only $i,0UG U7, reduc ing the dividend of -stock that much less than 33$ per centum on the amount issued. There are yet out tend ing about 412 shares entitled to receive the 5loclt dividend. It is desirable to hare this account cloed as early as possible; and for this reason the rule was adopted to pay no dividend upon Ibe new stock until the old certificate was surrendered and a new one issued including the stock dividend. The equip ment of your road was not ample at the begining of the war for its then limited business, and in addition to doing more lhan double its usual transportation, it has furnished the engine and cars Io the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad, with which it has been operated. The greater portion of your income is fro n freight, the passenger account including tbe transpor tation of soldiers. All Government freights, with slight exceptions, have been conveyed at rates much below ibe average charges in tunes of peace, to-vvit: 20 cents per hundred pounds per hundred miles, and the soldiers at 2 cenlfper mile. The ordinary charges on the Government business would have given you an income of about $2ou,0o0 more than it has yielded. In addition much freight has been transported free of charge for benevolent and patriotic purposes. This has been accomplished too while the prices of every element which enter, into the onraiinr exnense J railroads have advanced from 50 to 1,000 per cent, and yet itJs gratifying to state that your expenses are not 30 per cent on the gross income of tbe road. Sucb results are not often attained ' by corporations under similar circumstances, n r can such be expected by the stockholders in future. At the beginning of the past year Ihe Company bad a fair quantity of material and supplies on hand, purchased at pence prices. These, have all been consumed, and Ihe Company is now paying for many essential articles ten times their former rates. Notwithstanding the.ndvancing prices of the country, your charges for transportation of passengers and freights were not changed until October last, when they were increased on passengers about 20 per cent., and on freights an average of 30 per centum. VVh'le Ihe railroads generally have contributed, in a high degree, to maintain the Government, it is manifest that their advances upon other interests have not been commensurate with the increasing prices of thecountry. The Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad will be completed Jo Statesville by the 20lh of February. This will become an important auxiliary to your road when finished. The progress of the work has brtn delayed by the difficulties in procurine materials for ihe com pletion of ihe bridge across 3d creek; two miles from Statesville. This bridge is 93 feet above the surface water of the creek, and 5."0 feet long, with aboutJJuO feet, of trestle connected thereto, making no ordinary structure. The income of ihe road f-r the past year in its incomplete condition, running only four trips week, will amount to nearly $24,000. To this lime it has only been neces.sary for this Company lo endorse Si 51,000 of its 6 per centum bonds; and the opinion is entertained that it will not require much more aid from auy extraneous source. With this important tributary complete and an assurance that tbe Grecntboro aud Danville connection will be made during the ensuing year, you have every reason to rely upon a permanent and increasing through business. Only one more im portant link is necessary to place your property on the nriucipal highway of the Confederacy. This is tbe Columbia and Augusta tonneciion. Let thia work of I only 70 miles be constructed, and you annihilate 70 miles between ihese two cities just one-half of Ihe present distance by rail. To this work your Company anftlie ,ity of Columbia have for rears been pledged todoibeir duty, and whenever the Cities of Augusta and Hamburg aud the Georgia Railroad Company, and the planters along .the line will un'Je'witb them, the road cau be built without auy foreign aid or capital. Should concert of action between tbe respectiveparlies identified in interest be secured, tbe graduation of the road should be placed under contract at once. Should Nxran nab or Charleston fall into tbe bands of V'je enemy, this proposed road might, become of vital UA- ' portance m me wuiruvrwj, a )rrcnif .vv- sitv than tbe Danville connection. The trains hare been run w ith much regularity, coo sidering the difficulties of tbe limes and the pressure of brifiness upon them, and it is cause of gratitude that no serious accident -has occurred. More than 90.000 passengers have been transported orer the road tbout injury to any one. lour former bupcrmten- deut left the road in August list, and early in 6ep:em- ber E. Hulbert, Esq , of (.eorg-a, was selected to fill the position. Mii report, with that of the Treasurer, In- eluding the various tabular statements, are submitted, and root attention Is InViied m K-. tailed statement aad accounts of the bn.u ,nor, 4 road. Respectfully submitted, vtiat tt, WM. JOHXSTOV ...... VJot I want thirty men for Company O 34th t , K. C. Troops. All those between ibe ,ei of JV'"I now have a chance of volunteering and ill. "4 49 Company or Regiment of their choWe ! ' Uu Jeer will receive $100 Ilounty, with .11 i ! 7 tol volunteers. Enrol yourselvts immediatelr ", M Ihe conscription. 7 na fi4 I am authorized to receive you in nT Cotun.. may prefer. I can be found for a frw j f lotte, and near the Tuckaseege Ford. In , ' ' . bv call on S A Harris. By order of Lie ut-G,. V. t"" r!i!1ui3. c.puCoV;&T Ui:CUl ITS WANTED. The undersigned are at home (under the U.i . from Gen. Suuth.) fW ibe purpoe of recruit i! "'i" are authorized to tifler $loo bounty and all il.'f' procured by law for volunteers, besides pUf , 'I?1 under the must experienced field .; . f M ... hVi,v. irfiiuw.., "iuru nun me r.n field j jjf " do not wish to join us we would inform rw'e 1'9 authorized to recruit for any company Q tbeun,r ment of North Caroliua. W. L. HIND Capt. Co. A, llih N.'c.'p.rP, J. n. LOWRIK, ' lit Lt.Co. II, Uth .N.C. Rrri W. F. ROZZLE. 1 Feb 10, I8C3 2d Lt. Co. E, I ML x. c. 9ibp ribTT yT :IIavLng been detailed, by Gen. Suaiib, a Recrniiinr Officer for the C3d Regiment K. C. Troopn, I , , found in Charlotte for thirty d '.j s, ready to r'ertWe tut" untcers. All who avail themselves of this opportnoitv will be paid both l he Stale and Confederate Houdit Those who do not will he conscripted. Come, nieu of Meckleuburg, aud join one of tie beit Cavalry Companies in the army, and commanded tr one of the best oflicers,, Capt. J. R. Erwiu. J All deserters and stragglers are warned to join their commands by the 10th Instant, and they win l forgiven, except the forfeiture of py for the limeabieot without leave. Tboe who do not report j,, court martialed. C. L. GIBSON', 2d Limt Reeruit'i.g officer for 534 ta? February 10, 18A3 ' KKCKurrs wa4ti:d. 7 I have been appointed rerruiting officer for Org. ham's X. C. Battery (formerly Breiu's) and wiil be found in Lincololoa to enlist nil men who nmj wi,h to. avail theiusrlves of tho temporary ui'cinnon of ihe conscript act. I will also receive rrcruiti for any company in (Jen Daniel's crack Brigale. Cnfrilm:e and State bounties will be paid. Any one io JJnl. lenburg wishing to eulUt will call and see ('apt. T U Iirem. T. L SBIGLK, Feb 10, I8C3 tf Giaham's X. 0. Hatter. r i? l l o w - c i t i z i ; . s OF CABARRUS, MBCKLENBURO, AS1 AWotSISQ L'Ot'XTlKS; I am now engaged in Recruit ing for the l'jU Kegi. ment X. C. Troops, and especially for Ihe llornni Nest Rangers," commanded by Capt. J. Y. Btyi-e. Tlus regiment is destined exclusively for tie tcr-,t in North Caroliua, and is evtnmnud' d h V Cut. I). U. Ferebec, ao officer of great attainments, lotred aud r. SpCCled by his whole command. Capt. l'-jct it aia noted for his unswerving. devotion to tbe right tnj requirements of bis men. " The 5th in a earalry if p. mctil, and stands A No 1 in I bo tCrigna! ut that ihtuot less soldier, Briga lic-r Gcnvral K. if. fcilWrl'va. Patriots ! come forward with tbe full di It-riiiiua T to driTe tike rntbless inraders'fruiu the soil of tln oij North State, or perish in the attempt let one and l unite in a desperate effort for liberty, and itidrt. our proud banner, and dastard it Le Who'd scruple to fight 'ne.ith Ihe "tUg of tin free." The fullVoiinty ($100) wiil be given and advanced lo those requiring it. I will attend ut Finis' Hotel in Charlotte on TLur. day and Friday of each week. In my ah.ein e Smurl A. Harris, Esq.. will ttirn'ub information. My aJdrcu ii Concord, Cabari us Oanty N. C. If a ftufTicieot number of men will volunteer a nr company can be formed by electing their own tilTirru. Likut. ROIKUT .GAWD, Feb 17, f8;3 2t Recruitinjt IWiur. .AMJIlNISTItATOSCS' MU M II. Having takeu out Letters of Administration aith iht Will annexed oa tbe estato of A. J. liuns, de.rsud, all persons having claims against ourd rt.tir rt hereby notified lo present them within th time in scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in Ur of their recovery. And those indebted to taidotait are requested to make immediate sett lrmrnt. W. W. G Kit-. ft. Admr Feb 3. 18C3 tf with tbe WiU unnri-l. AUCTION AND Commission House. Q. B. 8 US SOT k oa, CHARLOTTE, N. C, " ,w,r e opened an auc ion and Commission Howe, s-d In connection with their Tobacco and Produce Store, will buy or sell goods and chatteU of every druij'tu on reasonable commission. AddreM, 0. tt. SMITH CO., January 1, 1G3 tf Charlotte, N. lYOTic.: to ii:htokh. All pcrsor.s indebted to Ihe I.'itate of PutrirkJ. Lowric, deceased, are requested lo call and wuke i mediate payment lo SAML. P. SMITH. Dec 30, 182 Attorney for Emuini. VOEViVTKERS. Having been detailed to enlist Recruit for Cftnf." K (Capt F K Alexander) 5Cih N C Regiment, now tached lo Rans'un'a Rrigad and elalioiied ! Kensni ville, N. C , an opportunity is offered lo tlne " are liable to conscription to volunteer in rnii tunipsnj. I will remain at home for a few dats, and t7 fi0' wishing lo join said company can address nir a' Im ni ton College. J. W. SHKI'HKUI). Feb 3, I8C3. Lieut, co. K, 5Wb N C Reft. SI OO Kotmfy for Voliinlecriiiff. By rtceut order from Headquarters, all perionl liable to the last Conscript Act have the prhil-K volunteering in any Company they 'nay tee proper t select, without pacing through the conscript cn,P- The undersigned being appointed Recruiting tHIir" for the 53d Regiment S. C. T Col. W. A. Oarns c manding, and the 43d Regiment N. C. T., Cl. Th'' Kenan commanding, will be found in Charlotte fr thirty dys to enlut all persons trbi may with t "'' themselves of the temporary advantnge granted il"-"- State and Confederate bounties paid as beretof" to volunteer. , Men of Mecklenburg, now It your cbanre for K" companies and regiments, commanded by rutll'Ut uU,ce"' , Lt. WM. E. STITT. Recruiting officers for 63d aud 43d ltegtl. Feb 3, 1803 tf State of A. Carolina JJrrklcnbiirg Co Court of Flei if Quarttr Stuiotu Jauuary Ttrm, 1 3 J. Thomas H. Brem, Exr. of Andrew .Springs, dee'd, Mary Springs and others. Petition for ettlerneut of the estats of Andre Springs, dee'd. It appearing to the satisfaction of Ihe Court lbl h Defendants, ICachael Spring. John B Couxer " Jane B. his wife, John B. Withers and Maresret his wife, reside bond the limits of ibis jt ;a therefore ordered by the Court Ibat publication , Utt ninae ior six successive wrens in me netiem crat, a newspaper poblibed In tbe town of Chariot1 ! notifying said Defendants to be and appear at ;b terru 0f tnj, rjoort lo te held for the County of lenburg, at the Court-IIous io Charlotte, on lb'" Monday io April next, then and thero to plead, "? or deniur to tbe petition, or judzmeot pro confcMO ' be taken and ibe same beard ex pane as lo t"'n- Witness. Wm. Maxwell. Clerk of our ssid Court, - ofjlce ia Chatlolte, the 2d Mondsy in January, a-" i i8fi3 W3I. MAXWELL, C. C " j Feb 17, 18C3 Ct
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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