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A V...,.-- . A- t .-H k . a. , IftWlllflifTf r ;f I IEET nnnilm JJtARACTR IS AA.tjigOKfAjrr" TO ;' STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AXD THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TUB COMMON PROPERTT OF. THE OTHER. Olf THE W U'KST SIDE OF TRADE STRI; t-r -r Jt.x ArvCJt4M. . CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1863. ELEVENTH ?0LUlIE.0ltBEaC6I. W. J. YAIRSS, Editor and Proprtetoh. mm- J3 T II E Published e?cry Tuesday. BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KDITOU AXD PKCI'ItlETOB. $3 IN ADVANCE. - Trauiient advertisements must be paid for in advance. . . jy Advertisements not marked on the mannsenpt f r specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charp'd accordingly. FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS. c Colonels; Tjf.lt.Coi.'s. Majors. I J A McDowell. : Win t Uynum, W K I).'lrjn-uf 1 I'.rvan (iriiii-), f, T l (Jain tt (': Isaac K Avery, 7 jKd G Haywood, HjUniry M Shaw, i L 8 Baker, luj J A J Jialt'oi-l, J S.l. Williams, i:;..lin-d M Scales, I 1 li T Bennett, r, Hi I S MrElmy, IT Win V Martin, f -1 'lio .1 Tllldie, Ham A Brown, IJames b Hims, Win 11 Vox, IWS .Stalling S. D. Thurston, W iVl 1'ar.siey I David M Carter. James II Wood, William J Hill, Sam Mel) Tate, Wm Lee Davidson Kob-it FJebb,! Junius li Hill, I GeoViHiamson. Jas I! Gordon, S D Poole, Win J Martin, Tlios D Jones, J W Hinton, Jno H Whitaker, W B Thompson, Egbert A Koss, David P Howe, Jno T Ilaiubrkk, W H Yarboro', II 1) I.ee Thos II Sharne. Wm MacTlae, Win A Stowe, John C Lamb, Fortify George, 'Henry lavage W G Robinson, Wm II Toon. It Y Gravi s Robert II Gray, R D .Johnston, John L Harris, S C Bryson, C M Andrews, JO Janles Conner, C C Cole, C C Black nail, T I) Love, J W Francis, John A Gilmer, W I) Barringer, Thos F Gardner, j:: Danl H ('hristie -1 W'm .1 Clarke, v.'.. II M K ut Wiile, Jit II K Burgavyim, J7 Joliu K Cooke, i.I S Ketrdall, R W Singeltary, Samuel D LrtWi J Montpjomry S.i Robert B Vance ice, I J a.' er," I.Jai is M Lowry, :;w J'raii M l'avk ami's 1 Keii, Wm W-Sillers, :ii J-.liu V Jordan, LK H Liles, Jesse J Yeates, i i,i: .1 iiiaooie, (Mark M Avery, - II I W ti Liiwniiu'f :;." M V Ransom, ;; Artillery :7 Wm M Barber, Willi mi J Hoke. :i'.l iVivid CokMiian, til Allillery II Cavalry 4J t;.-orge C Gibbs, I Tliomas S Ivenali, I I T (! Sing. Itury. V. Mr-Moi-ehead, HI Ivhvard D HalU 17 Sion H Rogers, ty Rob-st (; Hill. V.I I M McAfee;. .".' .F A Washington, :I H XlcIvethan, .V2 J K Marshall, r:S Wm A Owens, M .T CS McDowell, ... ft t l.i 4r W T Williams, D G Coward, Robt V Cow:m, J L McDowell John G Jones, detached C X Il'ickerson, If F Arnifiel.l, II H Davidsou, letaclied detached John li Brown, Win. G Lewis, Jas B McGee Jt4in M Kelly t ompanies, L D Andrews, F A Reynolds, companies, companies, C W Uradsliaw Walt J Boggau, C M Stednian, W L Saunders John A ( iraves. Albert A Hill IT L Hargrove, - Aiolrew J I'oyd, Win A Jenkins, G II Faribault, S II Walkui), John A Fleming' (!co. Wortliam, J C Van Hook George Sloan W S Nonnent Marcus A Rarks, J Q Richardson, J T Alorelieal, 'Jas J Iredell, K M Murchison, 'Anderson Ellis, ;r John K ('onallv.'Ab S Callowav, fi Raul F Faison, it; it Luke, T.7 Areh (MJo-lwin, l C Jones, Jr., r.- Join, B Rainier, IWm W Rroftit, f.: D D Ferel.ee !H Cantwell :n Jos A McDowell, !Wm II Denver. '.I J-ms. D. Ra.lcliir.-, jWm S Devane. Rol.t. (I. A.Love.' Clayton. ;::. Refer G Kvaus. iS B Evans, II F Schenek, lames A Craig, J C Keener, Jas M Mavo, W W McDowell, 1 lenrv I larding. McDowell. f.l l. MV Allen, James A Kei ." Mi'eorge X Folk, I In addition lo tlie above, there are four Battalions and forty-one unattached companies of North Carolina.troops in service enough to organize six more Regiments, which would make sev. nty-om North Carolina Regiments ill Service. The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, 1. H.M.K.s to take risks against luss bv fire on Houses, Cuods, Produce. &c, at Usual rates. rriit.-ttt M. R. TAYLOR. I'trr I'rciulsntV. OVERMAN, At 'r nrii JOS. II . WILSON, .SV-7 T ds'r E. NVE HCTC'IHSON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, WM. J. YATES, JNO. L. KIJOWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR, CHAS. Coimr.iUce OY EM MAN. P. Scarr, Jno. L. Drown, Wm Yates. April 10 1SG2 Copai'tnorsliip. A: OATES H:IV' this ,1.. v ssuiiiMed with them in the Mercantile 'i busings, LEAKS W. SANDERS. .tin; Ti.- ( '('la ;n i -i st li- c.f ihr 1 in w ill berealtcr be WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. NOTICE 1! persons indebted to the hue iinn of and St-tilc up, as Wiii: ini-s ,v Oai u i J a to t-Io will pi isf rait on r oia on.-: ness WILLIAMS k OATES D- 1, 1'V tf DR. .1. ). MILLER Charlotte, N. c, i the Practiee ot .Medicine, and Oiiis-e in tiie buildi-ig next to Kerr' sidi-nce. cati be s hotel. VI 1 l"( ; it hi. ii I 1 - - . OlSA WA.TKI." Trie "-iihs.-ribcrs wih to purchase CORN. ' Applv at .-:: Livery Stables. 1 BROWN & WADS WORTH li.ubuie. Nov lsi- tf i r iu ire e & w aeon Shop, 4 7 i lie ) i'wt-r, su Ibo Can ia-e ami V:i eessor to Mr Charles Overman in "11 Viiakill-' l)ii. iiii! rr.ci-1.f rntli- itiNTias the pn'oH,- 1 1 - t. . li lintmtit I - , fcIv t",7 w in k. tittriistc i - execute nl i nun. a li a lit s nc litu.run.tt'. ULl'AUUNG of ali kim'.s '"'""s a share of pub f.o.i to amt ill. no nt short i. -ill i. . . notice, on rtasonatilr" .ir, - intnii-nitrif oi.. - a iri ti. to 'venm.us oU stand and-givc me a. H. CUt:svi:LL. '. . v Char o:u. !!1 V l : At ihc Mvdical Pit rvcyi iuj I partmnit in ('harlot!', A '.Arjre number of BOTTLES and VIALS, ..r th e highest cash price willp-be paid V-" , " ' JAS. T. JOIIN'SOK, Surgeon and Medical Purveyor January 27, 1$jG3 tf NEW GOODS. Just received, and will be MADE TO ORPF.R, or SOLD BY THE YARD, Super. Yest of England Black Cloths; , Satin Finished Black Doeskin Cassimeres: English -Grey Cloths, a fine article fur Confederate Uniform?-; Also, Confederate Staff Buttons. ' J. S. rillLLIPS: j March 3, 18C3 tf ' 1 vill cause to be offered at public sale, at tbe Court House in Concord, Cabarrus county,' N. C, on Tuesday the 21st day of April .next, that tract of hind known as the Stogner lands, adjoining the lands of . Mrs. S. A. Hudson, Allen Boger, Daniel Linkei, and others, nine inilei south of Concord, on the Rocky River Road, containing about 18 acres. Said lands bate been rented for the present year, therefore possession cannot be given until January 1st," 18(54, but the purchaser will be entitled to the present year's rent. The lands are in fine cultivation and well watered, and excellently adapted to the growth of Cotton, Corn, Wheat, &c. Also, at the same time and phi.ee, that tract of Land adjoining the lands of Allen Roger, Joseph HoweU, McAmy White, John Cariker, aud others, containing about y8acre3, and well timbered. Terms of both salc3 made easy to Suit purchasers. C. S. McCUUDY, Richmond, Va. J. M. M'cCcjiDY, Agent for sale. March 3, 1803 4t NOTICE. All rev?ons iIfdebted to FULL1NGS & SPRINGS, by note or account, are hereby notified to call upon Wm. W. Grier, ex-sheriC', and make immediate eettle mcnt. ! J. JI. SPRINGS. February 3. 18C3 tf Tli above reward will be paid for the apprehension of JAMES M. BLUNT, a menrber of my Company, when delivered at Camp near Kcna-nsrille, N. C, or wherever the Company may be stationed. Said Blunt left the Hospital at Kinston, with sick leave, in May last, and has failed to return to Camp. He is about 35 years old, 5 feet, 9 inches high, dark-hair, brown eyes, and dark complexion, and has a large scar on one of his legs below the knee, caused by a gun-shot wound. He is supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Morrow's Turnout, Mecklenburg county, or in the vicinity of Raleigh. By order of.Col. Mat. W. Ransom. . D. G. MAXWELL. Capt. Co. II, 35th JvT. C. Reg't. Feb 17, 1SG3 lm-pd Male of Aortli Carolina Ciastou Co. Court of Pleas $ Quttrter Sessions February term, 1863. Elizabeth H. Roberts, administrator of Moses M. Roberts, dee'd, vs. Joshua and M. 0." Roberts Petition to sell slaves for distribution the Defendants in this case reside beyond the limits It a f v r an r! v r n a, no tif.iytmn f T ilia fntr flint lins oiiiif; n is uiir'U'u iniii nuni umuii-ui uc iiiuijc in the Western Democrat for six weeks, commanding said Defendants to appear at the next term of this Court, to be held on the 7lh Monday after the 4th Monday in March, 18U3, and plead, answer or demur to thiS pe tition, or judgment pro confesso will be entered against them. 0 W. D. GLENN, C. C. C. WOTlCtt TO DEBTORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick J. Lowrie, deceased, are requested to call and make im mediate payment to SAML. P. SMITH, Dec 30, lfc-'o2 Attorney for Executrix. Slate of ft. Carolina Mecklenburg: Co. Court of Picas ,j: Quarter Sessions January Term, 1863. Thomas II. Breni, Exr. of Andrew Springs,dec'd, vs. Mary Springs and others. Petition for settlement of the estate of Andrew Springs, dee'd. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants, Richard Springs, John B. Couzer and Jane IL his wife, 'John R. Withers and Jiargaret A. his wife, reside beyond the limits of this State. It is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made for six successive weeks in the Western Demo crat, a newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, notifying said Defendants to be and appear at the next term of this Court to be held for the County of Meck lenburg, at the Coiirt-H ouso in Charlotte, on the 23 Monday in April next, then and there to plead, answer or demuto the petition, or judgment pro confesso will be taken and t lie same heard ex parte as to them. Witness, Win, Maxwell, Clerk of our said Court, at office in Charlotte, the 2d Monday in January, A. D. ItW3. WM. MAXWELL, C. C. C. Feb 17, 1803 Ct WATCH A IV D CLOCK 3RL S1KES k C.RAY having commenced the Watch and Clock .Making business in Charlotte, in the Parks Building, nearly opposite Kerr's Hotel, will be found ready lo repair Watches. Clocks and Jewelry at short notice and on reasonable terms. Also, Kngraving neatly and handsoniily executed. AH work warranted for twelve months. S1KES & GRAY. Feb 17, 18(J3 vr TO COTTOX PLAIVTJBRS. I have been appointed, by the Secretary of the Tieasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Qotton for the Confederate Government within the State of North Carolina, a:id will pay for the same in 8 per cent. Bonds err cash. Sub-agents visiting the different parts of the Slate, buying in my name, will have -wiitten certificates of appointment. Patriotic citizens are now offered an opportunity to aid the Government by selling to it their cotton rathei than lo private capitalists. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. Charlotte. Feb. 17, 1S)3 tf MllOCMILS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Having large close Storage accommodations and loner r experience, solicit consignments of Produce and Mer ! chandizc for . sale. ; Refer to J. J. Blackwood. Esq, Charlotte. J January", 1?C3 3inp"d &.T3Z.fiST22ATOttS IV OTIC K. All nersons indebted tn Hip nf Ft S. Reid (eccaed. will make payment by April Court aud all having claims against said deceased will present them projferly attested within the time prescribed by law. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of llieir recovery. Those having demands apainst Charles Land fried, deceased, will present them iu like manner, &c. WM. S. NORMENT, AduTr. Feb it, :?or; ru AOTICK. I wish to hire 10 or 15 nejrro men to cbor wood. aiso want to purchase five or six negro men. J. W. DERR, Dec 30, 1862 Spring Hill Forge, l am prepared to cast machine irons of all kinds, liol ow-ware, salt panSf &c Orders solicited terms Clll!l- - .-i r riRRR. 1.1 AA.n. ' V 7 ly-pd, 'Spring Hill Forge j CHARLOTTE, N. C. j NOTICE. I - j Onr terms are three dollars per fc eir in advance; or tiro dollars for six months. L.1. l.,it t th BpnnWs call and not returned 6v letter. I . .it'. ..i.ZZr. ' L.Ti. .x. n. , . .t,VA 1 Trtse tcho want to continue mutt renru lefrt il & : piration of their trme. CONFEDERATE CITIZENSHIP. Mr Clay, of Alabama, ha introduced tbe following bill in the Confederate Senate : 11 A Bill to he entitl-f d an Act to Repeal the Naturalization La-ws. "Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all laws and parts of laws for the naturalization of foreigners and for securing to them the rights of citizens of the Confederate States of America, be and the same are hereby repealed; excepting those laws passed by the Provisional Congress, which provides for the naturalization of persons enifeted in the armies, or engaged4n the naval service of the Confederate States of America during the existing war with tbe United Slates of America. "Sec. 2. No person of foreign birth, who was not a citizen of the Confederate States at tbe time of the inauguration of the Permanent Government of the Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote for any officer, civil or political, State or Federal,, unless he has voluntarily and faithfully served in the armies or navies Of the Confederate States, during the existing war, and has been naturalized in- accordance with the provisions of'the act approved August 22nd, 18G1, entitled "An act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization for persons enlisted in the armies of the Confederate Slates pf America," or of an' act approved December 24th, 1801, cntitd "An act-to amend an act entitled an act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization for persons enlisted in the armies of the Confederate. States of America.'' As the effect of this policy would be to elevate the standard qf citizenship to preserve the public morals, and to defend society from the contagion to which it would be subjected by' opening qur doors to the vagabonds and outlaws of all lands, and especially to the human vermin of Yankeedom, we cannot suppose that it will encounter opposition in either House of Congress, or that it will fail to meet the - prompt approval of the ijxecutive. ofTThe Yankee-Chinese idea that a multitudmofilgyrlfwf-New Jerseyrof Reyolationary memory. population is the highest aim of statesmanship, and the best proof of prosperity and power, is tocL stupid and shallow to be entertained by any-mag"? intelligent Tiead, with forehead bulging out reckoned fit for a legislator especially sincw.Vgpnsiderab1y. aquil umbers profit Iffes!?0 cheek bones see in this war how little tin who havs relied on them so boastfully. Quality not quantity, is the summum Lonum. 'le-ffus aim at this, by building high the waJls 4-htiard hfJ citizenship. The bill of Mr Clapthe founda-jfsbows much more color, boldness and animation, tion. The sooner and the more firmly it is laidjf tnan " usually represented in the pictures we see. tbe better. Richmond Whiq. ' 51 He wears no whiskers except under his chin aifcl BOMBARDMENT OF PORT HUDSON. The bombardment; was commeticed by the Yarr kees at 2 p m. on the 14th, and continued up to 5 p. m.. The enemy fired slowly. At 12 at night a. most desperart" engagement took place. The enemy endeavored to pass our batteries under cover of the darkness. The firing was most terrific, and lasted two hours. One. gun-boat suc ceeded in passing in a damaged condition. The sloop-of-war Mississippi was set on fire and burnt to the waterV edge, in front of our batteries. Qne large yessel was completely riddled, and a third badly crippled and with the rest driven back. At 2 o'clock the enemy withdrew. Our victory was complete and glorious. The boat that passed is doubtless so disabled as to render her achievements fruitless. Thirty-six men and one midshipman of the destroyed frigate Mississippi were brought in by our cavalry, several of whom were severely wounded. Official despatches confirm the victory at Port Hudson. The Mississippi was burnt. The Rich mond, Faragut's flag-ship, went back down the river disabled. Two of the fleet, the Monongahela and the Hartford got by our batteries in a crippled condition. The land forces advanced on our works, but failed to make an attack. Tbe Mis sissippi was one of the best steamers in the Yan kee navy. She was built in Philadelphia in 1841, and carried twelve heavy guns. The Situation op Port Hudson. Port Hudson, is on the east bank of the Misssissiopl river, about-twenty-five miles above Raton Rouge: It is on a very high and nreeinitous bluff, the ascent of which, from the river, has to be made by a narrow, up bill, difficult passage. Yankee accounts say that the position is a very strong and formidable one on the river side; that in addition to, the hight and perpendicularity of the bluff, the rivet sweeps past th place with a rapidity of current that would be a serious disadvantage to gun or mortar boats engaged in action. ' Port kees attempted to turn Vicksburg. The current l,. K,ir I (all. I have been devoted to our once noble gov- Neoro Regiments. A gerrtleman recently j ernment; and I have tried faithfully in the vari from Washington, -where he had heen after his i ous distinguished positions I have been honored 1 release from Fort Layette, states that he was pre- ; with, to promote its prosperity, purity and dura i sent when in the Yankee Congress the debate jbility. I have given the best season of my man ' took place on the negro regimeut bill. He heard j hood to the Constitution and the Laws, even when a member say it was absolutely necessary .to use j violated and trampled on by others, have borne the negroes, as it would be impossible to raise aloft that once proud flag amid the rear of battle, another army of white men ! What a cQmmenta- j and freely poured out my blood in my country's ry on the pretended philanthropby of the North ! i cause. We of the South have offered you com ; They have tried all other expedients of men and j promise; we have yielded everything save honor i money, and have "failed to subjugate the South, 'and liberty, that the government inherited from and iu very spite and with demoniac malevolence, our fathers might not be disrupted and devasta I they would sacrifice the race they are pwjtending j ted, and in vain. But, gentlemen, appealing to a j to befriend, by putting them forward to save their j just God for the rectitude of our intentions, we own men f rom destruction. . do solemnly vow that to such outrageous violation of j General Sax ton at Hilton Head, to save the loss ' the Constitution, such insane fanticism, such nsur- of life, as he candidly admits, in unhealthyegions j pation, and sueh sectional tyrannical, constant would carrison his forts with negroes, ana negroes, would also put them forward w to fight where he I nnwa tbpv will he cut to meces. The deluded creatures are beginning to find out the character of their pretended friends: and would gladly get back to their peaceful homes. Columbia Carolinian. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DA.VIS. llT..u.u,v . ... . .Vv. .v. .-. Messrs. Editors: Perhaps it may be interesting to some to review again the history of our Chief . . Magistrate . , Jefferson Davis was born in Christian county, ivy., in 1805, ana while an infant moved to Mis' -1. v.j torppi with his lathe, Samuel Davis, r.K m 1 1 mj 2m. been a revolutionary soldier. He entered Tran - " i iyWania.-University at Iexington Ky., but left .'Kwithout finishine the course and. went to V est x3T6l4 tkl824 Where he gtadllalcd 1Q 1828, No 23 in a class ot 66 members.. He remained in tne U. S. Army till 1835 being the seven years requir ed to serve after leaving West Point.i when he resigned and engaged in planting. He was 2d Lieutenant 4n Infantry from 1828 to 1833; 1st Lieutenant in Drasoons from 1833 to 1835;.nd vettm AfHnfnnt. nf DrdfrnnnB nd corirorl in HlP Ollflr- termaster Department at different times. He served in some of the Indian Wars and is said to have captured the celebrated Black Hawk. In 1844 he was Presidential Elector on the Demo cratic ticket in Mississippi; in 1845 he was a mem ! V. AM nf il TT S nnniuio - n.l .Unni Via . -ia I time was defeated -for Covernor; in 184f herwas made Colonel of the lsf Regiment tois. Vol. (Rifles,") in which capacity he served in the Mex ican War. - He displayed much gallantry and skill ! in Mexico, and. was severely wounded on one oc- j casion. upiie in wexico in 104 ne was render ed the appointment of Brigadier General, but de clined it, and in the same year he was appointed 0. S. Senator to fill an unexpired term, till 1851, when he was re-elected for six years. He was Secretary of War under -Pierce from 1853 to 1857, from which time, he was U: S. Senator from Mis sissippi till that State seceded. During a great portion of bis Senatorial career he was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affars; and while at the head of the War Department he managed its affairs with more ability and success than any of his predecessors. Hi's rule was to encourage merit and sterling worth wherever found, and many of the present officers in the U. S. Army owe their prominence and promotion to him. reeling warm interest in McCteJIan, and entertaining a high appreciation of his worth and talents, he sent him with two others to take observations of the siege of Sevastopol, and gain from the Eastern World any information -of value to military science. In 1835 he married a daughter of Gen. Taylor, and some years after her death he married his pre sent wife, Venna Howell, an amiable and excel lent lady, daughter of a wealthy commission mer chant of New Orleans and urand daughter of Gov resident Davis is about 5 feet 10 inches high, and weighs some, 140" lbs. He has a well-formed line nose and compressed lip. are prominent, causing the Icheeks to appear hollow; bis hair is of dark color, mixed probably with gray; and his face is of sallow Paeness but with his keen, steady, dark eye around his throat; and one of his eyes is said to be defective in sight, but this would. escape observa tion. From bis manners and appearance one woujd naturally, at first, regard him as dignified, morose, andeven repulsive; but farther acquaintance re moves much of this impression, and Mr Davis ap pears an agreeable, earnest, candid, accomplished and interesting gentleman. His voice is an eleva ted key, distinct and full, and although a little rough is not unpleasant. As a public speaker he is practical, and impres sive, inspiring solemnity and inducing conviction. He neither drives the imagination to the giddy heights ofeloquence and intellectual splendor, nor stoops below honor to tickle popular applause; but appealing more to te moral than- the seneual at tributes of the soul, he speaks what he feels and seems what he is, with that peculiar eloquence which trrtfh, directed to the conscience, always imparts. - He is of Episcopalian persuasion and was con firmed two or three months a&o I learn, and with his family attends St. Paul's' Church regularly. On his withdrawal from the U. S. Senate, after the secession of Mississippi, he showed, by a very able and powerful speech which did houor to his head and heart, that he fully realized the awful responsibility of the issue forced npon us. It was with deep and unfeigned regret that be felt it his duty to relinquish that -government which he had served so long and so faithfully, and for which be had cherished such a filial attachment. -On that occasion Mr Davis rose calm and collected, and although the blood of the nation was hot and the popular heart throbbed wirti agitation, bis magna nimity and sincerity extorted admiration and sym pathy even from his enemies. Witlreyes down cast and body motionless, and in a calm, manly, emphatic tcne, be said, in substance: "I now leave you for other and different duties, and will never again minele with you as I have done for so many years. If I have done any of you injustice, I now ask forgiveness. If in debate or otherwise, I have ever wounded any Senator s feelings, given insult, or violated courtesy r confidence, 1 now retract it j , . - t : i I nr violntpd ranriMv-ir confidence, i now retract It i .ti iiiouu, ana aangerpus legisiauon, w- wiuucth, never. . 1 Zl i. v .it nuuuuii. I have had from the first an unwavering confi- 3ence in President Davis. This is however mt opinion. I know there are some whose judgment is entitled to respect that do not entertain favorv t ble sentiments towards our chief Executive: ami - , v ...w.v, vi i uihuuj ' " t win . -..I..'.' ; cha" " J tiore. f , AUiuugli Mr Dws may Lave occasionally dU : piayca r.n unjieiuin, unaccommodating Inmt, Have louna 4n nini mat tenacity ot purpose and ' sterling reliable qmrlitiea ko requisite for a leader- in- such' a crisis.. It would be in&fiu. t- f. for a - ....M.x M aW V."' 111 1 aggeration to say that all our success and aetMcrc- ment result from hti leffortt Hut he has sbed the means to the end, fitted the cause to the ef - feet, andso dlrecfed the derails of our national Ci ncvj aiuiu mi mc cups ana now s oi popui.ir opinion and prejudice, that the people Gid a sooth- in" consolation in cotifidentlv rclrin. nn tn wisdom, the ability and tbe tiatriotisui of their ProBMa lt ,....: . 11c naseivcn caste, character, prcstiire. oour government at home and abroad, and proved j f an unvi1,ing world that he and the government ic icpiitcui.3 are not tne creatures, oi circum stance nor the slaves of expediency. With sagacity superior to that of most of. our public men, he formed a more correct conception of the character of our enemies and the revolution which has drenched our unfortunate countty in fraternal blood. He insisted that our army be raised for five years, but bis recommendation was overruled. He predicted the first serious difficulty of our enemy that of finance, and timo has verified the prophecy. King Cotton has not yet driven his brother kings of the east intd a supplicating atti tude; toreign recognition has been an empty shadow, nor have political divisions yi t weakened the hopes of the North; but their debt and finan cial system is the yawning abyss that threatens to engulf them. He has pursued the same course, uumoved by praise, unmindful of slander, with the success of our cause and the welfare of our country as his highest objects. While the country was enshrouded in gloom aud when despondency hung like a pall over the land, with the courajre of a hero and the heart of a patriot he lifted his eyes heavenward and rising with the emergency he led the ship of State over the waves of ad verity. As has been said by one of the noblest and ablest men oPthc nation, "President Davis, unlike most leaders of revolutions and with the doom of the chief of traitors jull before -him in cac of failure, has not found it necessary to trespass on the rights of the humblest citizen." 'Doming his youthful impressions among the Northern people, having long aesoeiated with their best and worst men in the field and in the cabinet, in the Na tional councils and in private life; ritli a pure and proud record behind him; ami with the con fidence and admiration of a powerful people around hiuT a soldier, a statesman, a christian I know of irt?one more competent for the portion no one so well uitcd t tfie-emergency. Posterity will vcnerateJiis memory, and long will his part ing words to the U. S. Senate ring in the cars of his Northern associates, and like the It agonizing cry of murdered innocence will hauut their fiendish spirits to perdition. 1 am not of those who ap plaud from sinister motives, but have awarded this tribute to truth and justice. I have never sought any office or favor xithin the Executive patronage nor do I expect to. Mr Davis has four of five small children,, the oldest little Jeff is certainly a "bird," if not a "spoiled chicken." He is a rare specimen of Young America, Jr., is at home in a row among other little boys, often "curses put" the crowd, and generally sets the nursery and whols juvenile dom in an uproar. .He can use more profanity, turn over more furniture, torment more cats, and invent more schemes of devilment than all the little boys within his father's political jurisdiction. Inheriting the military qualities of bis ancestors he is skilled in all manner df infantry; and if they are correct who 6ay old Jeff is the embodiment of self-will and obstinacy, little Jeff is' .certainly a "chip off the old block." Truly, yours, LONG GUARS. GEN. PILLOW AND THE PRESIDENT. General Pillow made a speech recently lo the planters fn Alabama, to induce them 'to permit their slaves to enter Government employ as teamsters, etc. To show that he was not asking them to make sacrifices that he himself would not make, he told df bis own losses four hundred negroes, four gin houses worth ten thousand dollars each, one hundred thousand pounds of bacon, J - - f J, f I two thousand hogs, five hundred head .or cattle, 4 his houses and his plantations destroyed 'and desolated, and twenty-one. hundred bales of bis Cotton burned by his own Government. He stated that General Sherman had written him a letter, couched in .very polite language, offering to return his negroes to him, and to indemnify him for all bis losses, if he would abandon tbe Confederate eon-ice. His answer was: "General, while I thank you for your courteous letter, let me say to yon, the property that, your Government has taken from me was tny own. Your Government has got the power to rob mc rt If but. St ! tnn tvinr tn biitr in a " CnnMrniiin vr. m 9 - ww v w . v w ..v. s . w . v. a a . , buy large brain iu i-iiiuo- iil-bii. uu riiunenuT . i : c ,1 : . .1. ji r . f " I - ' q-iiueu ic-pcci iw iuc . mci r.xecuiive .. i rf it t.i ... . . i of this Confederacy." Although he thought the J Fresident had not done lnm justice, yet he preferred him for President to any other man. We are yvi Uj(iiniiS ii 1 ...jluVia.i5, uui igr nj omer man, baa tor r our rights as freemen; and as for would, if he had it to do over, vote for -vis for President, if he knew that he himself he Jefferson Davis would pJace him in dungeon during thi whole war. Tho Southern Christian remarks evince a noble and Advocate sars such , unselfish patnotisjj, tnat sets tne country above self, and we take great pleasure in recording and recommending them' 1 to the notice of whatever selfish churl may be ! looking to his own gain and honors, rather thao to hjs country's weal. . , aSTThe General Aaseiubly of tho Prusbyteri-! an Church in the Confederate States of America j will hold its third annual setfsion in the Presbytc- rian Church, in tbe city of Columbia b. C, com- meticing on tbe first Thursday (the 7th day) of May, 1863, at 11 o clock a. m. Tbe opening aer- mon UI bo prcacned by tno i.ev. J. u. Jvirkpat- rick, D. D.j tho Moderator of the last Assembly. President Davis, he said : "The President is the already bad its hand full in the war with tbe very man for the position which he holds; if be ! rebels" it would have hn bound by every pledge cannot conduct us through this revoluthan, no i. made frthe last forty yesr to resist. IJut Na man could; he is a man of delicate form,' but oft poleon has exploded the doctrine, and the United ! AQRICULTUnAL Pftnmrnr r -!T:' lh IttLt fnn nr tk. I'. i.J Oi..a .t v. IW tbe but centos of tbe Uniu4 8ut .lt4j shown that tbe Northern .Northern fitatja lfe 8 Mnl -land Md.f (He jTc Hheri ihltitri of improved mWUiU VnHV.TrT4i!Ht- ,l. o.- I nwviy.wi, liriHCCVIIII , i 6l 3l3 of i.n.W V the ortb, 5A ! -r.( TfiiriC in ftf atKTT fiT.Va J-T -T. L. j aoi.S&.in the .Vorth W?Vlue $0S,(&9)M tml jj tbo UQ&r2fiZ7. ! earn aw 1 mcat on , mnch 1cm tztenM( Und, the Foal' produced more than - the N'oftfi. The St' the Sooth turned turned into wheat ficldt. in that tplA produce more thairaba North. t4Jt. eighteen millions ofrupl iJd ardjiv only twelre miHiomi0-' .v.'- -r L J".V we could North has ,k .:u:-4. I .... . . r"V "i'.i.-, With ik;r v..i..: .. A- imaieu.e of rrori-i(- which ih,. L.l $ cessarily suffer in tjie transportation to their armies aud the seriourf Destruction thev must cn. " .. va '4, eviuiciji ii im vviiaiii that Ih Vankrci inust on bejn to suffer from a scarcity of provisions. Every man they draw . from the West is a producer, and the rnouhf of their productions mu.it begin to fall off aJucrcasod conscription and diminished produ?M"n mutt toll upon them in a douMo rutio. The tnoro mrn Lincoln puts intojii armies, the htswiU be rained for their support and he .will hove to meet itms tion as wHI as Southern Imyouets. The South; too, is limited in the production of the stsplvR of food by this war. Hut Hptwith standing the territory in the hinds of the tncnij, the statistics will show, that by ubuudoning tlm culiure of everything but food, we have still! enough land and enough labor lo raise a sufficient supply of meat and bnd for our whole popula tion. The pcoplo oujht to bo awakened to the necessity of planting only corn and wheat SmL raising stock. t The government would do well to urge the importanoo id this ourso upon tbo farmers, and whenever a man is exemptd from the army, let it bo nine one who has been accus tomed to fanning. Rntriyh Journal. GOVERNMENT WORKS. A correspondent .f the Charleston Courier gives lh following description f the Gun Pouik dry and Armory at Greenville, S. (J.: m The Slate of South Carolina has established hereupon an extensive scab a Guir Foundry and an Armory for urn ling cinoon, small arms, Vc. The works are located a mile and a.. half from the town. They are under tbe charge i.f Mr D.itid InpoK, eover x arret, and ml.mo l.ull.lin C- office, store room and shops for tho manufacture of gun carriages, Ac' A building for miking siiiairnrm, in whiob thrc h extensive machinery in operation, is partially completed. This ma chinery was saved from the Tennessee Armory by Mr G. W. Morse, Ihc inventor of the 'Marue breech-loading rifle," who was Superintendent ol the Armory previous to the capture of Nashvillo, and was turned oyer to South Carolina by the Governor of Tennessee, together with a large stock of cast steel, belting, tools, Ac. Several gun machines have been made since the machinery wm received. There is a machine shop connected with the other buildings for furni-hing iron work for gun carriages. There have been several machines made for that purpose. There is a blacksmith's shop with sixteen forge, three trip hammers, nod an iron foundry, with two cupolas, in operation. There is also a brass foundry where all tno brass work in cast. All tho buildings art of wood ex cept tbe iron foundry. There are shout seventy fire men employed. The coal is obtained from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and somo of the iioa frorti the neighboring District of Spartanburg. They aie now engngrd in the manufacture of twelve hundred of "Morse's breech loading ear- , bines." They are making guntoo!i and preparing to make the new model rifle musket, substituting "Morse's new patent lock" when new Joki are necessary. THE "MONROE DOCTRINE." A friend and Pur-lmaster writes us that several of our subscribers rih an explanation of.tha " Monroe doctrine. . Jirietiy, ;t was a position taken bv President Monroe, in his Annual Mes F ge to Congress of Mte. 2d, 1823, that the powers of Europe wouIJ not Lt permitted to in terfcre by force with the. sflnirs of any nation on this continent. The declaration ws regarded at j - tbe time by foreign nations hi boll and cvea im pudent; and many in the t inted btutrs regarded it as imprudent, since it coiunim j their country to an armed resistance of auy such European- attempt, liut year alter year it wa affirmed and re affirnwd, especially by jioliiieians of the "spread eagle" order, until tbe whole world came, to re gard it as a settled and admissible licy. It is completely exploded now by the -French invasion of Mexico, which, if the I nited Slates bad not v . , " ........ . . ...v - ..... . .raw oiaicx inn nni errn uianur.iu ht-wciip mrn . ac, uiucn less cone u war auou. ii. r. woi ' r . ... U. j ty-The regolar army nf France amounts to 408 C10r and the National Guard to 2,030,800 Tke regular army or itusoia is aooui vu,wv: Anstris?in wsr. G'MAM, in peace 378,552; Prus aia, 379,392; Great Ilriuin, 180,000. Russia is ,e onlv power which kerpa on ft as larirr a the only power which kerps on foot as largi force as that which the United States profess-to have. So that the lankeea may boast that tbty j,aTe the largest army In tbe .world, and do tho eitt with it At one time thev had a million 40 (hey say; but it was so cot down by diseaao and jth that Lincoln bad to call for six hundred thousand more, a'nd now he demands throe toilliooa. When he has succeeded iu that objeeL he would belter undcrtake'the cooauest of the world. Tim million oflive Yankees onght to 'bo enough to annex Knrbpo to America, and make Abraham tho first universal monarch. The Bank of Mobile has remitted to London about $200,000 in specie, to meet the demaods cf the interest on tho bonds cf tho Stato of A bamt, till Jolj . r. J