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I! ( 0 rrrtfV IP CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. . J)I0 111 111 til j ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET -IN ADVANCU- CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1864. tlfa ITAtPIItii. Editor and Proprietor. TWELFTH VOLUME H UI1BC B 618. (Qrublishe every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND- PltOPRIKTOE. $10 IN ADVANCE. P$F Transient advertisements laust be paid for in advance. J6-r" Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f n a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. CO A' SCRIPT KECUJLA.TIOXS. CONSCRIPT OFFICE, ) Kai.ek.h. N. C, April 2, 14. $ Th anni'Xfd Circular from the Bureau of Conscription, directing tl execution of the late Act oi' Congress known as the ''Military I Jill,' is published for the infurniutiou cf all conoTiied. Iiy order of the Conmiuiitlant, E. J. HARDIN. Adj't. Iturrau of Conscription, ) Richmond, 31 arch 18, 18Gi. Mt j" CIRCULAR NO. H. I. General Orders, No. 20, A. & I. G. O., March 1st, l-jtil, is hetvwith niadu a part of this Ciicular. and C'oni i na ii'i.i n ts of Conscripts ar enjoined to proceed to the rapid and vigorous execution of its provisions, under the instructions and interpretation herein prescribed. II. 1'nder the terms-of the ?th section of the Act -of Congress published in General Orders, No 20. A. & 1. G. O., and the-terins of Circular No. ;;", of tin: Bureau, last series, Commandants will proceed to organize the service in their respective States. In addition to' the organization therein provided for. and in further pursuance of para graph II, of the said G neral Orders, No 2(, Commandants ' will forthwith organize in each county. a Board, to consist of not more than three of the most reliable and intelligent citizens, between the ages of 45 and 50 years, and who have been enrolled and detailed for the service. These Boards will be charged with aiding the local enrolling of ficer in obtaining information concerning all applications for exemptions and detail, for agricultural or other indus trial pursuits, and also in furnishing all information which may lie needed in the duties imposed upon the enrolling oflicers. The local and - congressional enrolling officer will be required to supervise tin action of these Boanfs, and promptly report to the- Commandant unfitness or delin iuencies on tin part of the persons detailed for them. So long as the duties arc properly performed, the persons so employed will he exempted fiom other service. Cart: will be used in the beginning to select proper men: and in view of the grave duties herein devolved upon the enrol ling oliicer, he will, at his discretion, require. the written opinion of the Board on claims for exemption or applica tions for detail, and may call on them for special informa tion concerning mutter pertinent to the office. In every t ase referred by the local or Congressional district enroll ing officer to the Commandants, an opinion as to the merit must be endorsed or accompuny the case, and the like rule will be rigidly observed by Commandants in refVr ling to this Bureau i III. Commandants will order the immediate enrollment, and examination of all persons within the prescribed ages, who are in tin employment of any department of the gov ernment, and who are not specially exempted by tin- Act of Congress : and such as are found fit for service in the field may be detailed until the 10th day of April next, pro vided an application is made according to the terms of the !th paragraph of General Oiders, No 20. herein cited. IV. Commandants of conscripts will forthwith transmit to this Bureau, recommendations for physicians to be em ployed in accordance with paragraph IX, General Orders, No 20, herein cited. Much complaint reaches this Bureau, conctiiiing irregularities in the Medical examinations. Boose or irregular examinations must not be permitted, and commandants wili promptly report any well ascer tained delinquency in the matter. V. Forms for consolidated reports bv the Commandant. of conscripts will be forwarded; also forms for the Records of the Congressional District, and Local Enrolling Offi cers. These records must be accurately kept, and the re ports based on them must be in clear and intelligible form, or they will be returned for rcvisiou and correction. VI. IVrsous and classes enumerated in the 1st, SJd, .Id. 1th, 5th and 0th articles of section 10th, except those re ferred to in the latter clause of the 4th article of said 10th section of the Act of Congress recited, shall be exempted. All other persons referred to in said act shall be detailed. VII. KXEMPTIOXS HY EXAMIMN'G BOARDS. 1 . Persons who shall be determined by the Boards of Examination to be incapable of performing active service in tin- field, and any of the duties mentioned in the fth section of tin' said Act of Congress from causes of a per manent nature, shall be exempted from military service by the said board, who shall grant certificates thereof; which shall specify the causes of the incapacity, reciting in full the nature and degree of the disease or other in capacity, and the probable duration of the disability caused hy it ; and tin- parties shall not be subject to future exam ination, utiles specially ordered by the Board of the Con gressional district in which suih parties reside, or by the Commandant of conscripts for the State. or by this Bureau. 2. When in the opinion of Emolling Oflicers the causes foi which exemption was granted to a person, after exam ination by tin- -Medical board, have ti as d to exist, they will make a o port to the Board, stating the name of the person, when enrolled, when examined, and the disease or other cause of disability, with tli reasons for believing it to have disappeared, and that the person is capable of performing active service in the field, or some of the du ties mentioned in the said ih section of the act aforesaid. Tin Examining Board will then order the party to be brought before it for a reexamination. When a person is re-examined by the Board, his former eel tificate shall be surrendered and cancelled. If again found unlit for duty, a new certificate of exemption shall be issued to him. Every eertilicate of exemption granted by a Board of Examination shall be approved by the Congressional dis trict enrolling officer, which shall protect the person ex empted from molestation by the officers of conscription, and from re-examination, unless the Boaid of Examination r the Couimaudant of conscripts or the Bureau of con scription hi-ai i order the same. VIII. Exemption ok Sim:cu-mkd classes and Ixdi- VUH-.W.S. 1. Applications for exemption under the 3d and 0th ar ticles of the 10th section of the act aforesaid shall be made to the Knrolliiipr officer of the count v in w lii. li tl.- ..n,.iL cant resides who will uiuiiiu"iiiY invest in-nte Hi. I. .--I. - aim ii Kails ueu, oy couipciciii. rviueiice, that exemption should be allowed, shall issue a certificate thereof- wbieb .... 1 . 1 I . : l . bv i case, must be submitted to the Enrolling officer of the Con- i gressioual district, for his approval. j 2. Applications for exemptions under the 5th artich? ; o! the loth section of the act aforesaid, shall be made to i the Commandant of conscripts for the State, who will ', grant the certificate of exemption authorized by law. to I continue during compliance with the conditions prescribed j by said act. Exemption, except for the President. Trcas- urer, Auditor and Superintendent, shall not be allowed to ; any officers and employees of a Railroad company, unless i the president or superintendent shall ecitify, on oath,' that j tin- parties applied for are indisputable to the efficient op- I ration of such railroad ; that the number of persons ex- ' nipted on said railroad shall not exceed one for each mile ; ..hereof in actual use for military transportation; that the ! exempts fur roads sin ue reported bv name and de scription once a mouth to the commandant of conscripts tor the fcute through which such roa4 passes, (or to the i r.ureau ot Conscription), together with the names and de.- : scriptiVe list of any who ma v leave the railroad company, or who may c. as.i to be indispensable to thf efficient operation f the said road. c. 1 be 'x'-mp'ion of overseers or agriculturalists on each iarm or plantation upon which there are now, and were on -he hut day of January last; fift, able-bodied hands be tween the ages ot lb and 50. will l, n........i r... ,.. ?r,m l ? m.inths'and thr certificate of exemption shall be kMnt. d by the officer taking the bond required by law, upon being informed by the commandant for that State that the bond is approved. 4. Tue bond required to ne given upon uie exemption of an pverseer or agriculturalist, under the 4th article of section urot said act. snau De uikcu uy luccmunuiguni cer oi nie coumy or uisiiici m nu.u ouu rui V "-. with the advice and assistance of the temporary Board aforesaid. It shall be payable to the Confederate States of America, in a penalty double the estimated value of the products to be delivered to the government, and condi tioned for the faithful performance of the requirements of the 4th article of the 10th section of the said act. The value of the said products shall be assessed by the Enrol ling officer, who shall take the said bond, with the assist ance of the said temporary Board, according to the mrket value thereof at the time and plaee of assessment. Tne said bond may be secured by a deposit of the amount of the penalty thereof in notes issued from the Treasury Department of the Confederate States, with any of the depositaries of the said Treasury, or by personal se curity, the nature of the security to be at the option of the principal obligor in the said bond. Should the person 0 exempted elect to give personal security, the sureties tendered by him shall justify their sufficiency under oath before some justice of the peace, but shall not be .accepted unless the Eiiroilinir officer ts kinsr the said bond, under the advice of the said temnorary Board, shall deem them sufficient. Such bonds shall, after due execution, be trans mitted to the Commandant of conscripts for the State, for file in his office, to be surrendered to the obligors when the conditions thereof are fully complied with; and the re ceipt of any (Quartermaster or commissary, specnying tnai the amount of oroduce required by the bond has been duly ! delivered and accepted, will entitle the person to nave ine bond cancelled ; and copies ot sucn receipts suouiu oe forwarded to the Commandant of conscripts, to be by him forwarded to the Quartermaster General, through this Bureau. IX. Exemption on account of Religious Faith Persons entitled to ex-emotion as provided for in para- P-rardi XII. General Orders. No. 20. A. and I. G. O., cur rent series, will, on application, receive certificates thereof from the Congressional District Enrolling officer, on pro ducing satisfactory evidence that they have complied with the requirements ot the law. X. Exemption of Officers of Confederate and State Governments. Certificates of Exemption for officers of the Confederate and State Governments will be given by the Command ants of the States. XI. Investigation of Applications for Exemption 1. All other applications for exemption shall be made in writing to the Enrolling officer of the county or district in w Inch the anohcant resides ; shall be supported by his affidavit and other sworn testimony, and dealt with ac cording t' the provisions of paragraph III of General Or ders, No 20, A. and I. G. O., current series. 2. Every application for extmption should be carefully, minutely and thoroughly investigated by the local Enrol ling officer, with the aid of the temporary Board to be or ganized under the 2d clause of paragraph II of this Cir cular, and be thereafter transmitted to the Commandants of conscripts for the State, with a report of facts, and their respective opinions on the merits of the application. Tin' r port of facts should be somewhat in detail, setting forth in regular order the facts developed in the investiga tion, giving briefly the reasons for the opinion expressed, and instead of being put in the form of an endorsement, will be made on a separate sheet of paper. The investigation should not be confined to an examin ation of the application and the papers that accompany it. or merely into the truth of the statements therein made, but should be directed with a view of ascertaing all the facts and circumstances of the case, and the exact condi tion of the parties with relation thereto. XII. Details. Agricultural Details. 1. The officers of conscription wjll give the most care ful attention to the provisions of paragraph IV. G. O. No. 20. A. and I. G. O., current series, in connection with the last clause of the 4th article of the 10th section of the Act of Congress cited. This paragraph embraces the whole system of details provided by law to maintain the industrial production of the country, m view of the public defence. 2. The investigation of every case presented must be the most precise and accurate which can be attained by the Enrolling officer (with the co-operation of the tempo rary Boards), and all action must be in direct view of the necessities indicated. Commandants will institute such modes of enquiry and report as will furnish the fullest testimony. The policy of the law is to enforce the largest amount of production in every case in which the detail is made. The schedule of terms hereto appended will, it is believed meet a majority of the cases that are likely to be present ed. Where it is doubtful whether the case is covered by the classification, Commandants will in general decide by reference to the plain intent of the law, or refer the matter to this Bureau, with full testimony and opinion. In all details there must be satisfactory evidence of the necessity, as e xpressed in General Orders, No 20, current serits. Schedule oj Terms. 3. Where there are two or more farms contiguous, or within five miles of each other, measuring from the home steads, having on each five or more hands, amounting in the aggregate to fifteen hands, or where one person has two or more plantations within five miles of each other, haviig an aggregate of fifteen or more hands, there may be detailed one person as overseer or manager of tin? tvo or more farms: provided there is on neither of the farms a white male adult, declined by the Enrolling officer and the temporary Board capable of managing the farms with a reasonable efficiency, not liable to military duly: and provided the person detailed was, on the first day of Jan uary. H04, fit lii r owner, manager or overseer residing on one of tin- farms: and provided the owners of said farms shall execute a joint and several bond, on the terms pre scribed for the owiu is of fifteen hands, except that such person shall not be allowed the privilege of commutation provided in the 4th article of the 10th section of the act recited. 4. Where details are allowed to pc rsons lmving less than fifteen, and five, or more than five hands, they sliall enter into like obligation as prescribed for the owners of fifteen or more hands, except that for each hand legs than fifteen, down to five, there shall be supplied five pounds less meat", thus: each of fourteen hands, ninety-five; thiiteeu hands, ninety; twelve hands, eighty-five ; eix hands, fifty -five; five hands, fiffy pounds. 5. Where details are allowed to persons having less than five hands, they shall enter into like obligations to sell all their sin plus productions to the Government. t. All details herein prescribed to be allowed are subject to revocation by the Commandant of conscripts, on the report of the Enrolling officer that the person detailed is not habitually, industriously and in good faith engaged in the occupation for which the detail is granted. Enrolling officers are required to be unu sually vigilant in stipervi?ing such details. Omission in this duty will constitute grave dereliction. 7. Enrolling officers are required to exercise the ut most caution in recommending details in the classes enumerated. It i.s by no means intended to grant them indiscriminately but to limit them as is consist ent with the public good. All pertinent circumstances will be carefully enquired iuto. Among these are fit ness for the field : ability or aptitude for' the purposes of the detail ; conditfvn of the family; whether any, or how many are in the military service; public good, ! justice, equity or necessity, &c, kc. j XIII. Details for Public Necessity. Applications for details, such as are not required for r the service of any of the military Bureaux, or for ser- I vice in any of the Departments of the .Government, in- ! eluding service with contractors, will be made, nccom- ' panied by a descriptive list, to the Enrolling officer of; the appropriate county or District, and be supported i tiy the itflidav.it of the applicant, and other testimony under oath. I The Eurolling officer will institute a minnte and ' searching investigation into .ell the circumstances of 1 the case, the result of which will be set .forth ou a sep- i arate sheet of paper. ; The District Enrolling officer may, if he approves ; the application, grant a detail for sixty das, and for- j ward the papers through the Commandant, to the Bu- reau, for its action. I If the application is refused, the reasons in full will I be endorsed; and incase of appeal, the papers forward ed to this Bureau, through the same channel. If the persons for whose detail application is made j are engaged in performing the dnties on account of . wnicn aeiaiis are asicea, tney wui oe allowed lo remain until final action. If otherwise, they should be sent to camps of instruction. XIV. Details for persons between 45 and 50, fob Government Wobk. Applications for the detail of persons between forty five and fifty years of age, for service in any of the military Bureaux, or in any of the Departmenta of the Government, will be made, accompanied by a Jescnp tive list, to the local or district Enrolling officer; and it must set fcrth the nature of the duties to be perform ed, the necessity for the detail, and the period for which it is required. The District Enrolling officer, after investigation made and reported as directed in the preceding para graph, may, if he approve the application, grant a de tail for a period not exceeding sixty days, and forward the papers to the Commandant, tor his action. An appeal from the action of the Enrolling oflicers and the Commandant may be taken to this Bureau. XV. Details of Artisans, Mechanics, etc. 1. Applications for the detail for service in any of the military Bureaux, or for any of the Departments of the Government (including contractors,) of artisans, mechanics, or persons of scientific skill, to perform in dispensable duties, should be made, with descriptive list, to the Enrolling oliicer. The skill of the party, the duties to be performed, and why his services are indispensable, and the period for which the detail is required, must be distinctly set forth. Applications for the employees of contractors must, in addition contain a certificate from the officer con tracted with, or the head of the Department, that the services of the particular parties are required for the performance of indispensable Government work. The District Enrolling officer may grant the detail for sixty days, and forward the papers, through the Commandant (each expressing his opinion), to this Bureau, for its action. . If the application is refused, reasons in full will be endorsed, and in case of appeal, papers forwarded to this Bureau. If the parties applied for are at work, they will be allowed to remain until action is taken. If otherwise, they should be sent to the camps of instruction. Applications for the detail of contractors themselves must also contain the certificate of the head of the Bureau, required by the 11th section of the act. XVI. All other applications for exemption or detail, not otherwise provided, will be made to the Enrolling officer, and forwarded through thejiroper channels. XVII. Great care should be exereised in exempting or detailing able-bodied men between eighteen and forty-fly e. No case should be acted on until after minute and thorough investigation as to the alleged private or public necessity, advantage, convenience, jusuce or equity, and as to whether persons not liable to service in the field may not be obtained. XVIII. Reports. I. Examining Boards in addition to the lists direct ed in paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 20, A and I. G. O., current series, will furnish District Enrolling officers with lists of men in their districts found fit for military service, but unfit for service in the field,, specifying in each case what duties they are capable Of performing. Congressional District officers to fur nish similar lists to county Enrolling officers, the ob ject bein,: to enable persons needing detailed men to see who are the subjects of detail, and to choose from them. 2; Enrolling officers will forward to the Command ant of conscripts, month, a report of all persons en rolled by them, and the action taken in each case. These reports will be consolidated by the Command ant, with refetence to the distinctions made in the Act of Congress, and the regulations for its enforcement, in duplicate; one copy of which will be forwarded to this Bureau, and one kept on file in the office of the Commandant. XIX. Enrollment of Reserve Classes. j 1. Commandants of conscripts will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty years, in execution of General Orders, No 33, A. & I. G. O., current series ; which is herewith made a part of this Circular. "Adj't. and Inspector General's Office, ) Richmond, Match 15, 186-1. ) General Oiders No. 33. 1. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages ot seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages ol forty-five and fifty years, under the 5tb section of the Act of Congress to organize forces to serve during the war. 2. Persons liable to enrollment will present themselves to the Enrolling Officer in the States east of (he Mississippi River within thirty days from the day when the notice shall be given in the district or county by the enrolling officer for persons of this class to appear for enrollment. The failure to comply with this notice will subject the delaulter to a liability to be called into the general service with the class of persons between eighipen and forty-five, unless he shall have a valid excuse theitlor, to be judged of by the Bureau of Conscrip tion. 3 Any person liable to enrollment-undcr this act may join any company for local defence which has been formed under General Oiders No. 86. issued 26ili June, 1863, for the war, or any other company for local defence which has been ac. cepted into the service, and which, by ihe terms of its enlist. meni, is naute to serve any wnere witiua tne otate ; or per sons of this class. n:ay form new companies foi local defence and special service, under General Oiders No. 86 (1863), for the war, and select their own officers. By order. S. COOBER, Adjutant and Inspector General." 2. Commandants will keep a separate and distinct roll of persons between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and oj. - 3. Commandants of conscripts will assign to duty, as a supporting force for conscription service, such persons as may be recommended by the Examining Boards as unfit for the field, but as competent for this service; .and wten as many a? sixty-four such persons are so assigned, they will be organized into a company, elect their officers, and return their muster rolls to the commandants; and if there be not a sufficient number to fotm a company in each congressional d:strict, then the commandant may assign a sufficient uumber.of persons between 45 and 50 years of age, so as to com plete a company for each congressional district. A competent officer, of the rank of colonel, will be as signed by this Bureau to organize such. companies iuto a regiment, if there be the requisite number of com panies; or into two battaiious, it' deemed preferable. XX. General Instructions. 1. Commandants will always bear in mind that Gen eral Orders No. 26, is n jt only the bas-is, but forms a large portion of these instructions. They will habit ually rrcur to its provisions to aid in the application of tire other provisions of this Circular. 2. Commandants will of course refer cases of diffi culty to this Bureau ; but references which bear on their face that they are rather to avoid due responsi bility or labor, will be retained without remarks. 3. The duty of the comnflTndant of conscripts is, in accordance with these instructions, to maintain and invigorate the industrial production of the Confederacy, and supply its armies with men. This duty must be performed, or onr struggle for liberty and indepen dence will fail. By order of Col. J. S. Preton, Supt., C. B. DUFFIELD, April 11, 1864 A. A. General. CrARRKT DAYIS. This fine Horse can be found at my stable in tl 13 place, during the present season, on Mondajrs, Tues days and Wednesdays, and at the rtables of W. T. Stitt, in Providence, ou Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days. Terns, sixty dollars insurance. Jt. RABE, March 1, 1R64 pd K(jr WiBitxn Ihmorr at J CHARLOTTE, N. C. Our terms are $10 in the new issue or $15 in the old. We have to pay new issue for the printing paper we buy, and therefore must change the old for new is sue, 5's included. $5 in the old issue pays for four months' subscription. J8 The Democrat will be discontitivrdtq all subscri bers at the expiration of the time for which it u paid. Those who want to' continue must renew before or attheez diration of their time. Hard f7pmpany H, 4th N. C. Regiment, re cently held meeting aud passed the following re solution among others : ' Resolved, That we have heard with prefound regret and indescribable indignation that many of the ladie3 for whom we are fighting, are setting their caps for militia oflicers and such characters as have escaped the swift current by virtue of Ha beas Corpus and various other hobbies, and not only so, but are actually .marrying them occasion ally. Co. H is from Iredell county, and the ladies of that county had better write to their soldier ac quaintances or some one will get mad. Seriously, we fear that the ladies (and home folks generally) do not write to the soldiers often enough. Write cheerful, encouraging letters, and they will help tie soldier to discharge his duty in better spirits, and make him more determined to fight in defence of his home. State Taxes! We copy from the Raleigh Confederate the following correspondence, by which it will be seen that the State does not tax Confed erate Bonds : Brownsville, Granville co , NC, April 13. To the Comptroller of the Treasury of N. Carolina: Sir One of the Magistrates who is to take the list of taxable property, applied to me to know whether the 4 per cent funded currency should be given in, in the taxable property. I could not ad vise him, and at his request I ask a solution of the question. Please answer and oblige yours, &c, A. W. V ENABLE. Comptroller's Department, Raleigh, April 16. Hon. A. W..Yenable, Sir: In reply to yours of the 13th inst., I am authorized to say that our present Revenue Law does not impose any tax up on Confederate Bonds of any kind, for either State or county purposes. At the adjourned session in rebruary, 1SG3, in the Revenue Bill before the General Assembly, Confederate Bonds were included in the 4th para graph of section ltether with county and Htate bonds, ihe two Houses disagreed upon sundry matters in the bill, a committee of conference was appointed and made their report,.which was adopt ed, and one recommendation was to strike out Con federate bonds, which was agreed to. So that neither bonds then issued or those since issued by the Confederate States, of whatever kind, are sub ject to State or county tax. The Public ireasurtr tnd Attorney General con cur in this opinion. Very respectfully, C. li. BliOUDEN, Uomp. Correspondence of the Western Democrat. Headq's N C. Cavalry Brigade,! April 14,-1864. Mr Editor : Hoping that you will be kind enough to indulge me in a few remarks, I will at tempt my first piece to a newspapet. As it is generally the custom of soldiers', when writing, to speak about their respective commands, 1 will not omit saying a few words in regard to our brigade. Ibis brigade liakers, commonly known in the army as ihe "North Carolina Cavalry Brigade" is now commanded by that gallant and dashing officer, Brig. Gen. James B. Gordon. Ever since the first organization oi our brigade, lcth Sept., 1863, Gen. Gordon has commanded it, winning laurels not only for himself, but for his men, State and country, showing the croakers and "whipped men" of North Carolina that what courage they once possessed, if any, fcas been transmitted to the brave souls ot the iN. U. soldiers. Ihe 1st, 2d, 4th lud 5th N C cavalry Regiments compose this Brigade generally known among the cavalry as the "tar heels." We are now encamped near Milford Station, on the Richmond, Fred. & Potomac Railroad. We all anticipated a fine treat by hearing Gov. Vance n ake one of bis amusing aud patriotic speeches at Hanover Junction, during his visit to this army, but unfortunately, from some cause, he was not able to visit us. Why the people at home can support Mr Iiolden in preference to Gov. Vance, with all his fickleness and changing about, is more than wo soldiers are able to comprehend. Mr llolden, to hear him speak for himself, is always supporting the "poor soldier," . but Gov. Vance's actious speak louder than Mr Uolden's words. Mr Uolden's "supports" are in the Raleigh Stan- ' dai d in the shape of nothing. Gov. Vance's sap ports" are in Virginia in the shape of shoes, ! blankets, clothes, cvc. Ihe Spring campaign is about to open the army is actively preparing, and nothing preveuts S a contact ot tue armies oa. cue aimosi .upa.vie , uuiiuiLion oi ine luaua. uui unnuc. ntuu u , T t l "11 I copies the right of Gen. Lee s forces, w,l soon be . ready to make a few more dashes on Kilpatrick's "invincibles," and led on by our gallant leader we will no doubt gain a better reputation for fighting ror tne cavalry tnan ii gaineu lass summer. o.o Spirit Rappings. The Southern Republic The Southern leputiic ' e of Miteissippi has pas- ; ic subject of distilleries. ' len anv one shall establish learns that the Legislature sed a scorching law on the The law provides that when any. a distillery, the property and everything thereunto appertaining, shall be confiscated. It is made the dutvofeverv officer in ibe btate or county, no matter what office he may hold, to report the same, , nnrlor thp npnnrv of five thousand do ars fine and - - . twelve months imprisonment in the county jail, and . .r, 0 nr nonUotinn ch-.ll nor i again be eligible to hold any office in the State. j In case the same is reported by a citizen, he shall j be paid one-half the price of the property confis- i cated. i DREAD OF THE FUTURE The following is from the Nw York Sunday Mercury. It &howa that the Yankee nation is on the eve of being upheaved with internal commo- tioo ; Dread of the Future. It is not to be disguised, that the wisest men at Washington, as well as throughout the country, look with fear and dread upon the issues of the coming Presidential can vass. The temper of the people is so excited, the issues are so vital, the disturbances civil, social and political created by war are so profound, that it is reared an excited Presidential canvass will plunge the nation into chaos. , Heooe, thoughtful and prudent men have warmly secon ded the idea to postpone the excitement of a Presi dential election for four years more, by which time, it is hoped, the rebellion will not only be subdued, but the country will be tranquilized and restored to its normal condition Among the difficulties which are foreseen in the future are the following: First In the event of an election, with Gen. McClellan on one side and Abraham Lincoln on the other, should the mass of the soldiers' votes be thrown, through Administration Infliifn. in favor of Mr Lincoln, the North will at once be plunged into all the horrors of war. The Demo crats would claim, and will no doubt be able to prove, that the vote was, to all intents aud pur poses, fraudulent: that the soldiers, either through discipline, fear, favoritism, or the doctoring of the returns, were compelled to vote en masse for Mr Lincoln. In that case the whole nation would name up in revolution, and the streets of our cities would run with blood Second If Abe Linpoln should be elected by the votes oi the esteru fetates, under his own Amnesty Proclamation, that also would undoubted ly create an outbreak at the North. The people of the State of New York, (for instance) would never consent to be outvoted in the Electoral Col lege by bogus electors repseseuting the camp fol lowers and creatures of Mr Lincoln, in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, etc. In other words, they would uever consent that the few pretended loyal .thousands-in the Southern States should outvote the undoubted loyal millions iu the Northern States. Thirdly. On the other hand it is believed that ifj by charges of corruption against the Adminis tration and the prejudices created ;ly clamor against miscegenation and negro eqTtality, the Democrats should succeed in electing General 51c Clellan, it isRot believed that the people who have control of the Administration would consent to give up their power. The monetary interests in voked are so enormous, that every consideration which can appeal to the selfishness of ambitious men would tempt the party in power to ignore the election. It cannot be disguised that the passions of the populace are at fever-heat. That paper money, the high prices, the fierce excitement of the war, have so wrought upon the passions of the multi tude that it needs but a spark to blow the whole framework of society into atoms. It is the man on horseback who would then rule us. and our boasted liberties would find their rave in the tomb of military despotism. It will thus be seen why it is seriously proposed to postpone the Presiden tial election." If the Yankees think they can avoid civil war in their midst by postponing the Presidential elec tion, they will find out their mistake when they undertake it. Postponing the election would pro duce a revolution sooner than anything else, for those who are panting for the offices now filled by the abolitionists, would not quietly submit to a' postponement without resistance. , , ., ., i I,. WAR ITEMS. The Capture of Fort Pjllow. Last week we published a telegraphic dispatch stating that Fort Pillow iiad been captured by the Confeder ates under Gen. Forrest. Later news confirms the report and indicates that Forrest achieved a hand some victory. The yankee garrison consisted of 3Q0 white and 400 negro troops. The Fort refus ing to surrender, cn the 11th was carried by 6torm, Forrest leading the assaulting party. An indis criminate slaughter followed, and the place was covered with blood. 100 prisoners were taken the balance were tlain. Many of the yankees jumped into the river and were drowned or shot in the water- Stores valued at upwards of $100, 000 and six guns were captured. The Confed erate loss amounted to 75 men killed and wounded. Fort Pillow is on the Mississippi River, about 45 miles north'of Memphis JB0 A yankee spy, -Dr. Lugo, was ariested just as he was about crossing the Rappahannock rivcf on his return - North. Maps of the harbors of Charleston aud Wilmington weie found on his person. Lynchburg, April 19 A Yankee tpy under the assumed name of Sterling King, believed to be Conrad who was with Dr Roesco Lugo, has been arrested at Marion, Virginia, and recognized by returned prisoners from Camp Douglas as a Yan kee detective from Chicago. When arrested, he represented himself as Colonel of the 2d Virgtuia Confederate cavalry. CHAPLAIN Hanoed. Dalfon, April 18 i T l?:.u U,,.l..: VM I., V... R;n.nt VDIUCS i Ilium I, Vliuiiiuin j'jm 4&iBkauJ um d enc mutiny, and canning on a secret correKpwideuce ; with the enemy. He made a full couie.-sion, ac knowledging the justice of bis sentence. Skirmish at Winchester. Capt. Calmees, with some sixtv men. attacked the enemv. on the 1 1 11 uic biaij mm, '---- j " 8th, at Winchester, Va., and captured thirty pris- : oners, who arrived in Staunton'Tuesday last. Our ! nnn had left Winchester but a short time when . . . . the enemy. 125 in number, came in, who learning this fact set in pursuit ot oar force, which Cupt. Calmees being apprised of by their appearance ! close to bis rear, about faced ordered a charge and ; I I ..,ll,.n.. l.aaAh ul aaaaa. . rove tuem aeiuwnu r.uruUf5u luC .uu.ioubiu. own, hu,, ih, i ra,.H Hlwcn Hnl hort distance beyond Winchester, making the above captures. Among me prisoners was one lieutenant. Richmond Acquirer. fiST A detachment of the 67th N C Regiment recently went 100 miles within the enemy's lines - and destroyed Lookout Lighthouse. A HOVEI BP1NNIWO MACHINE. We called attention, gome time ago, to the im portance of a certain spinning machine. Several Litters of inquiry oa the subject have beeo ad dressed to us since then, and we go into the fol lowing particulars of the apparatus by way of a general answer: . . The machine is not by aoy means new. The father of the young mm who flow makes it Icara ed the craft at Nashville, Tennessee. n, how ever, made some improvements in the'ori&ioal mo dels, and these are valuable as obtaining cheap ness of construction, eoonomy of repairs, lighter working and better thread. Tbey are the proper ty of the widow of the inventor, bat have not beeo secured by patent. . . The machinery consists of a gin, a series of rol lers and reels for winding the thread. The whole is worked by a crank-handle, with very little more effort thau that required for an ordinary spinning wheel. A cloth revolving over a pair of light rol lers is clothed with small pieces of raw oottoa, and, as it moves with the rje neral motion, drop the fibre bit by bit, upon jne gin saws. Theso having cut out the aecds, the liut is -carried in tLiu layers under the rollers, and thence through a se ries of small slats in . thread to ihe reels. The whole is very simple, very ingenious, aud very ef fective.. The spinning machine is greatly superior to the wheel and card. A woman and little boy can pro du4 with it, in a day, a pound and a half of fins thread. The quantity alone is norths only differ ence: thsr quality ia very much superior. The material would cott for the day's wotk, say tl, whereas the result of that work at present rates for inferior thread, would amouot to from 915 to $20. While dividing half the profits between the poblio in the shape of a reduction in the price of cotton cloth, this machine would furnish a means of not only support, but comfort to many poor families that are now with willing hands suffering for want of their daily bread. Distributed io the hill country of the interior, it would not only make many a poor home cheerful, but would benefit the country by introducing an important branch of in dustry for permanent development amongst tho people. The materials for the construction of the ma chine can all be obtained withou difficulty. Thoo necessary fur one consist of about t-, pounds of No. 16 wire, about three pounds oi ' sheet iron varying in thickness from one sixteenth to one eighth cf an inch, four small sheets about ono pouud weight of tin, four pounds of brass, ten pounds of rod steel, aud about fifteen pounds of rod iron. A wooden frame is all that is necessary, with these, to complete one of these machines. The present means of constructing the spinning machine is alow. If regular shops for the purpose were established, they could be completed in urge numbers every moath. A company, organized for the purpose, could find no better investment, and could certainly do no better service to the country. I' he property in the invention of the improved machine belongs, we are told, to Mrs. Lewis. She lives at the dinner house on the stage road, between Reidsville and Greensboro', in Guilford county, North. Carolina. Her son learned tho business from his father, and appears to be a very ingenious mechanic He is now on detail from the army, on application of several owners of ma chines requiring repairs, but how long he may be allowed to remain at the work we do not knew. We fin J the above in some of oar exchanges with out a credit we think it Is copied from tbs Urtens boro Patriot. How the Newspapers Killed a Soldier the Result. Just after the fight at Belmont I met Major, now called Colonel Cole, of the 5th Confederate Regiment, (severely wounded in the late battle at Chattanooga.) With Cole was an old man named Gibbons, Cole's orderly. I was then a newspaper correspondent, and soeght from Major Cole information as to the details of the fight ob his psrt of the field. He gave them, ant at the same time the names of the killed of hl$ Regiment. Just hero "old Gibbons" interrupted us, and insisted that his name should be on the published list of the slain, lie assigned as a rea son, tbat bis wife was a tcrmjgaot, that he could not live at home in peace, and had therefore joined the army. He diubed her to suppose hi in dead, and then ferbapa the would regret the wanton wrongs she had done bim. Seeing no special harm to result, I added to my memoranda " Paul Gibbons, a brave old soldier belonging to Col. Pickett's regiment, was shot be tween the eyes while fighting gallantly beside Major Cola." I bad the testimony of Cote and of Gibbons himself, and surely this was enough tor a veracious letter writer. Shortly afterwards I met the correspondent of the ctewspapor, and we exchanged note. The letters appeared and the death of Gibbons was dolv announced. The little paper published in the village whence Gibbous came, pronounced a touching eulogium, aud to the great world beyond the army, Gibbons was no more. Six months afterwards I went down the Tennes see in a skiff from Chattanooga, to reach our army, then encamped at Tupelo. One dsy riding along" oar lines I was accosted by a care-worn old man, whom I did not recognise. "Don't you know me?" he asked io tremulous accents. "I am ihe dnao whom you killed at RelmonL I could not repress an exclamation of denial and amasemeot, the terms of which need not be reproduced. He then ex t.laincd that I hsd "killed bim in the newspapers;" ; that "his wife had administered on his estate, sold ' his negroes and married again." 1 I asked bim what I could do for bim 7 . Hjs ' t,.nn. bv.ka. vbifa tiftira and rfnt itM touched all my sympathies. He answered that I .art e j un.- - j -jr "muat rrturrcct him. and sincerely as I 1 laughed till my side Bad as was uiooons lace, regretted what 1 bad done. I sides ached. The old man jrew angry at length, and swore he would shoot ma. The joke vsoishetf, and l become tnstsotiy serious. In solemn accents I promised to resuscitate bim through the columns of every newspaper in the k. Waam n aa X A M A.I aa aaaa IMata a a a .to the village u i which Gibbons fcaJ lived II is home was plundered and burned, aod bis slaves enticed awsy to starve ia a Yankee gsirisoti. The old man died, and was taricd perhaps no one can designate the spot. We never hesrd of him after j we left JSorthern Misswsippi. Atlanta Rejiticr. 1
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 26, 1864, edition 1
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