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jyp -IJIilyW 'ly IP w Ik OFFICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET SBIO per am mm in advance. CHARACTER IS AS IMPOBTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY" OF THE OTHER. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1864. W. . TAW TWELFTH VOLUME 5 UMBER 619. Editor and Propkietcvr. THE WSSTSM BlffielIT6 (Published every Tuesday,(5) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PP.O'.'RIETOtt. 10 IN ADVANCE. o JJT Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. r3 Advertisements not marked on the manuscript for a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. COXSCRIFT REG LL. ATI OAS. CONSCRIPT OFFICE, ) Raleigh. N. C, April 2, 1804. $ The annexed 'Circular from the Bureau of Conscription dircrf'mg thf t-.v-t-utiou of the late Act of Congress known as tin; "Military liill,"' is published for the information of all concerned. By older of the Commandant, E. J. 1IAKDIN. Adj't. Itureau of Conscription, ) Richmond, March 18, 1804. j CIRCULAR NO. 8. 1. ' General Orders, No. 20, A. & I. G. O., March 1st, IcOl, is herewith mado a part of this Circular, and Com mandants of Conscripts are enjoined to proceed to the rapid and vigorous execution of its provisions, under the instructions and interpretation herein prescribed. II. Under tile terms of tli 8th section of the Act of Congress published in General Orders, No 20. A. & 1. G. O-, and the terms of Circular No. 55, of the 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 General Orders, No 20, Commandants will forthwith organize in each county a Board, to consist of not more than three of the must 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 iniormatioii 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 officers. The local and congressional enrolling officer will be required to supervise the action of these Boards, and promptly report to the Commandant unfitness or delin quencies on the part of the persons detailed for them. So loug as the duties are properly performed, the persons so employed will be exempted from other service. Care will be used in the beginning to s 1 ct proper men; and in view of tin? grave, duties herein devolved upon the enrol ling officer, he will, at his discretion, require the written pinion of the Board on claims for exemption or applica tions for detail, and may call on them for special informa tion concerning matters pertinent to the office. In every ease referred by the local or Congn ssional district enroll ing officer to the Commandants, an opinion as to the merit must be endorsed or accoaipany the case, and the like rule will be rigidly observed by Commandants in refer ring to this Bureau III. Commandants will order tin: immediate enrollment and examination of all persons within the prescribed ages, who are in the employment of any department of the gov ernment, and who are not specially exempted by the Act of Cougre.-s ; and such as are found lit for service in the lield may be detailed until the J(-;h day of April next, pro vided an application is made according to the terms of the Oth paragraph of General Oideis. No "-'0. herein cited. IV. Commandants of conscripts will forthwith transmit to this Bureau, recommendations for physicians to lie em ployed in accordance with paragraph IX. Cent ral Orders, No 20, herein cited. Much complaint reaches this Bureau, concerning irregularities in the Medical examinations. Loose, or irregular examinations must net be permitted, and commandants wili promptly report any well ascer tained delinquency in the matter. V. Forms for consolidated reports by the1 Commandant of conscripts will he forwarded; also forms for the Records of the Congressional District, and Local Enrolling Offi cers. These lecords must be accurately kepi, and the re ports based on them must be, iu clear and intelligible form, or they will be returned for revisiou and correction. VI. Persons and clashes enumerated in the 1st. 2d, !?. 4th. 5th and 0th articles of section lUth, except those re ferred to in the latter clause of the 4th article of said Kith section of the Act of Congress recited, shall be ex 'iii)jed. All other persons referred to in said ac shall be detailed. VII. Exemptions ny Examining Bo wtns. Persons who shall be determined by the Boards of Examination to be incapable of performing active service in the Held, and any of the duties mentioned in the 8th section of the said Act of Congress from causes of a per manent nature, shall be exempted' from military seivice 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 by it ; and the parties shall not be subject to.futtue exam ination, unless specially ordered by the Board of the Cou-givio!i-d district iu which siuh parties reside, or by the Commandant of conscripts for the .State, or by this Bureau. 2. When in the opinion of Enrolling Officers the causes for which exemption was granted to a person, after exam ination by the Mi dical board, have o asi d to exist, tiny will in ike a r 'port to the Board, stat'ng the name of the per-xui. wh'-n ei:ro:i"d, when examined, and ihe disease or other cvve of ! ..-ability, with th" res-sous for believing if to have disappeared, and ihat the person is capable of performing active service in the field, or tome of the du ties mentioned iu the said 8th section of the act aforesaid. The Examining Beard will then old -r Ihe patty to lie brought beibre it for a rc-exaniination. When a person is l .'-examined by the Board, !,is former certiiicate si. all be surrendered and cancelled. If agiin found unfit for duty, a new cerulic.ate of exemption shall be issued to lem. 0. Every certiiicate of exemption granted by a Board of Examination shall be appioved by the Congressional dis trict enrolling officer, which shall protect the person ex empted from molestation by the officers of conscription, ami irom le-exumination. unh ss the Boaid of Examination or th Commandant of eousciipls or the Bureau of cou scription shall older tli0 same. VI II. Exemption of Srmnt:n n.Assr.s and Indi ' vunwt.s. 1. Applications for exemption under the : and 0th ar ticles of the 10th section oi the act aforesaid shall be made" to the Enrolling officer of the county in which the appli cant resides, who will thoroughly investigate the case, and if satisfied, by competent evidence, that exemption i should be allowed, shall issue a certificate thereof; which must be submitted to the Enrolling officer of tin Con gressional district, for his approval. 2. Applications for exemptions under the 5th article ot the ltuh section of the act aforesaid, shall be made to the Commandant of conscripts for the State, who will grant the certidcate of exemption authorized by law. to continu" during compliance with the conditions prescribed by said act. Exemption, except for the President. Trias urer, Auditor and Superintendent, shall not be allowed to auy officers and employees of a Railroad company r unless the president or sup rintendent shall ceitify. on oath, that the parties applied tor are indispensable to the efficient op eration of such railroad ; that the number of persons ex empted on said railroad shall not exceed one for each mile thereof in actual use for military transportation; that the exempts for such roads shall be reported by name and de scription once a month to th commandant of conscripts grille State through which such road parses, (or to the. Bureau oi Conscription), together wi:h the names and de scriptive list ofairy who mav leave the employment of the radroad company, or who may ceas- to be indispensable to t he efficient operation of the. said road. -i. The exemption of overseers or agriculturalists ou each tiro' "1 " P1anta,iou UP" which there are now. aud were on I ic first day of January last, iiin-.-n abb-bodied hands bc tweeu the ages of 10 aud 50, will be allowed for the space ot twelve months, aud the certificate of exemption shall be .T'auted by the .officer faking the bond required bylaw,; i upon being informed by the commandant for that State ; Jtl.at the bond is approved. 1 4. The bond required to be given upon the exemption of an overseer or agriculturalist, under the 4th article of section 10 of said acf. shall be taken by the enrolling offi ; cer of the couuty or district in which such party resides, ! with the advice and assistance of the temporary Board ' aforesaid. It eliall be payable, to the Confederate States of America, in a penalty double the estimated value of the i.roduets to be delivered to the government, and condi tioned for the faithful performance of the requirements of the 4th article of the loth section of the said act. The .-:;!n.. ,-,f Lh.i R.iid oroducis shall be assessed by thr Enrol ling officer, who shall take the paid bond, with the assist ance of the said temporary Board, according to the market value thereof at the time and.plaee of assessment. The 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 so exempted elect to give personal security, the sureties tendcrcff by him shall justify their sufficiency under oath l.efor some, Justice of the neace. but shall not be accepted unless the Enrolling officer taking the said bond, under the advice of the said temporary Board, shall deem them sufficient. Such bonds shall, after due execution,.bc 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 withj and the re ceipt of any Quartermaster or commissary, specifying that the amount of produce required by the bond has been duly delivered and accepted, will entitle the person to have the bond cancelled ; and copies of such receipts should be 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 exemption as provided for in para-, graph 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 of the law. X. Exemption of Officers of Confederate and State Governments. Certificates of Exemption for officers of the Confederate and State Governments will bo given by the Commaud 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 which the applicant resides; shall be supported by his affidavit and other worn testimony, and dealt with ac cording to the provisions of-paragraph III of General Or ders, No 20, A. and I. G. O., current series. 2. Every application for exemption should be carefully, minutely and thoroughly investigated by the local Enrol ling oflicer. 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 opiuions on the merits of the application. The report of facts should be somew hat 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 au 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 ascertain all the facts and circumstances' of the case, and the exact condi tion of the pal-tie's with relation thereto. XII. Details. Agricultural Details. 1. The officers of conscription will give the most care ful attention to the provisions of paragraph IV, G. O. No. 20. A. aud I. G. O., current scries, iu 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, in view of tin' 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), aud all action must be in direct view ol the necessities indicated. Commandants will institute such modes of enquiry and report as wjll 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 tire likely to be present ed. Where :t is doubtful whether the case is covered by the classification. Commandants will iu general decide by reference to the plain intent of the law, or refer the matter to this Bureau, wish full testimony and opiiuon. In all details there must be satisfactory evidence of the necessity, as expressed iu General Orders, No 20, current series. Schedule oj Terms. 3. Where there are two or more farms contiguous, or within five m'Vs of each other, measuring from the home steads, havitifr on each five or more hands, amounting in the. aggregate to fifteen hands, or w here one person has two tit more plantations within five miles of eich other, having an aggregate of fifteen or more hands, there may be detailed one person as overseer or manager of the two or more farms: provided there is on neither of the farms a white male adult, declared by the Euroi5iur officer -and tr.e temporary Board c: a reasonable efficiency. abb; of managing the farms with not liable to military duty: and piovided the person U tailed was, on the first day of Jan uary. 18 J4, either ownf r, manager or overseer residing on one of the farms: and provided the owners of said farms bball execute a joint and several bond, ou the terms pre scribed for the owners of fifteen hands, except that such person shall not be allowed the privilege of commutation provided in the 4th ai ticle'of the 10th section of the act recited. I. Where details are :dljvt d to prisons having b ss than fifteen, and five, or more than five bauds, they shall enter into like obligation as prescribed for the owner? of fifteen or more hands, except that for each baud less than fifteen, down to live, there shall be supplied five pounds less meat, thus: each of fourteen hands, ninety-five; thirteen bauds, ninety; twelve hands, eighty-five ; six hands, fifty-five; five hands, fifty pounds. 5. Where details are allowed to persons "having less than five hands, they shall enter into like- obligations to sell all their surplus productions io the Government. C. All details herein prescribed to be allowed are subject to revocation by the Commandant of conscripts, on the report of the Enrolling nfiicer that the person" detailed is not habitually, industriously and in good faith engaged in the occupation for which the detail js granted. Unrolling officers are required to be unu sually vigilant in supervising 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 is by no means intended to grant them indiscriminately, but to limit them as is consist- i ent with the public good. All pertinent circumstances i . will be carefully enquired into. Among these are fit- ness tor the field ability or aptitude for the purposes of the detail; condition of the family: whether ahy, or ' how many are in the military" service : public good, i justice, equity or necessity, ic", i'o. I XIII. Betah.s vor Public Nlxessitt. Applications for details, such as arc not required for 1 the service ofany of the military Bureaux, or for ser vice in any of ihe Departments of the GovpruTieut. in- i eluding service with contractors, will be made, accom panied by a descriptive list, to the Enrolling officer of the appropriate county or Distri.-t, aud be stipporte'd . by the affidavit of the applicant", and other testimony j under oath. f The Enrelling officer will institute n minute and ; seaiching investigation into all the circumstances of ; the case, the result of which will be set forth on a sep arate sheet of paper. The District Enrolling officer may, -if he approves the application, grant a detail for sixty days, and for ward the papers through the Commandant, to the Bu- , reau, for its action. I If the application is refused, the reasons ia full will ! i be endorsed; and in case of appeal, the papers forward j ed to this Bureau, through the same channel. If the persons for whose detail application is made i are engaged in performing the duties on acconn t of j which details are asked, they willbe allowed to remain j until final action. If otherwise, they should be sent to camps oi instruction. XIV. Details fob persons between 45 and 50, fos Government W6uk. Applications for the detail of persons between forty- fire and fifty years of afje, for service in any of 1 miUtarv Bureaux, or in any 'of the Departments of t&fc Government, will be made, accompanied by a descrip tive list, to the local or district Enrolling officer; and it must set forth 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, for his action. An appeal from the action of the Enrolling officers and the Commandant.jnay be taken to this Bureau. XV. Details op Artisans, Mechanics, etc. 1. Applications for the detail for service ia 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 officer. 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 the proper channels. XVII. Great care should be exercised in exempting or detailing able-bodied men between eighteen and forty-fiye. No case should b acted on until after minute and thorough investigation as to the alleged private or public necessity, advantage, convenience, justice or equity, and as to whether person3not liable to service in the field may not be obtained. XVIII. Reports. !. Examining Hoard? in addition to the lists direct ed in paragraph VI II, General Orders, No. 26, 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 being 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, monthlj, a report of all persons en rolled by tliem, and the action taken in each case. These reports will be consolidated by the Command ant, with reference 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 ou file in the office of the Commandant. XIX. Enrollment of Reserve Classes. 1. Commandants of conscripts will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-live and fifty years, in execution of General Orders, Ko 33, A. & 1. G. O., current series ; which is herewith made a part, of this Circular. "Adj't. and Inspector General's Office, ) Richmond, March 15, 1804. i General Orders No. 33. 1. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages ol seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages of forty-five and fifty years, unikr the 5th 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 Olfieer in the States east of the Mississippi River within thiri days from the day when the notice sluil be given in the district or county by the enrolling officer for peisons ofthiscltiss to appear for enrollment. The failure to comply with this notice will subject the defaulter to a liability to be called into the general service with tho class of persons between eighteen and lorty-five, unless he shall have a valid excuse theielor, to be jtidged of by the Bureau of Conscrip tion. 3 Any person liable to enrollment under this act may join any company for local defence which has been formed under General Orders No. 80, issued 2Cth June, 18G3, for the war, or any other company for local defence which has been ac cepted into the-service, and which, by the terms of its enlist ment, is liable to serve any where within the State ; or per 6ons of this class may form new companies foi local defence and special service, under General Oiders No. 80 (1863), lor the war, and select their own officers. By order. s. coop:r, Adjutant and InspectotGeneral." 2. Commandants will keep a separate and distinct roll of pei sons between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and 50. 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; aud when as many a3 sixty-tour 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 form a company in each congressional district, then the commandant may assign a sufficient number 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 battalious, if deemed preferable. XX. General Instructions. 1. Commandants will always bear ia mind that Gen eral Orders No. 2G, is not only the basis, but forms a large portion of these instructions. They will habit ually recur to its provisions to aid in, the application of the other provisions of this Circular. 2. Commandants will of course refer cases of diffi culty to ibis 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 commandaut of conscripts is, in accordance with these instructions, to maintain and invigorate the industrial production of the Confederacy, and supply its armies with men. performed, or our struggle for dence will fail. Bv order of Col. J. S. Preston, C April 1 i, 1804 This duty must be liberty aud'indepen- Supt., C. Dl.'FFIELD, A. A. General. GAUKLT DAVIS. This fine Horse can be found at mv stable in this place, during the present Reason, on Mondays, Tues- ! days and Wednesdays, and at the stables ot w. i. Ctut, m rroviaence, on i nursuaye, r riuays auu oaiur-. days! Terms, sixty dollars insurance. R. RABE. March 1, 18C4 pd c . - . i mi J i i i WizUxn SJrmorr at 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. . ' . ine Jjevtoa The Democratscill be discontinued to all sultcri- t ff at the ptraU on of . time for which it U paid. Ttoe who want to continue must renew before or attheex- diration of their time. MEETING IN CABAKRUS. A meeting of the" citizens of Cabarrus county was held in the Court House in Concord, on the 20th day of April, 1864. On motion, li. W. Allison, Esq , was called to the Chair, and N Slough was appointed Secretary. Col Daniel Coleman having stated the object of the meeting, Col J M Long reported the follow ing preamble and resolutions which were unani mously adopted : The people of the county of Cabarrus, feeling the importance, at the present crisis in the history of our country, of a united, vigorous and determin ed action of the good people of North Carolina : and' that ignoring all former party issues, they are ready, willing and anxious to sustain the action of all competent, honest aud faithful public servants. Therefore be it .Jietolvcd, By the people of this county, that in the administration of Gov Vance, the State is blessed with an honest, efficient and faithful pub lic servant, and that he deserves the plaudit from every patriot of "well done good and faithful ser vant' ' Resolved, That a committee of three be appoint ed to invite Gov Vance to address the people of this county at such time as will suit his conven ience. Resolved, That we have full faith and confi dence in the integrity, patriotism and fidelity of President Davis. Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the Confederate, Western Democrat, Salisbury Watchman, and all ether papers in the State fa vorable to the cause. The chairman appointed the following gentle men, to wit : Col J M Long, L B Krimminger and W S Harris, Esqs., as the committee of invitation. On motion, the meeting adjourned. R. YV. ALLISON, Ch'n. N. Slough, Sec. WAR ITEMS. Capture of a Gunboat. The following offi cial dispatch was received at the War Department: DEMoroLis, Ala., April 23. To Gen JS. Cooper: Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, commanding cavalry on the Yazoo River, tele graphs me from Yazoo City, on the 22d inst., to this effect: T have the-honor to report the cap ture of a gunboat to-day, near the city, while lying near the shore. She was attacked by a section of artillery and a detachment of sharpshooters under Col Griffith, who drove the men from the guns and finally the crew from the boat. I removed her fine armament of eight 24 pounder guns and the most valuable stores, and had her burned to the water's edge. The captain and pilot are prisoners in my hands, and a number of the crew. My cas ualties are small. L. Polk, Lt. Gen. ' JCgF A dispatch, dated Canton, Miss., April 22, says Dick Taylor has captured . 7,000 prisoners, 400 wagons and 19 pieces of artillery in Louisiana. Dalton, April 15. A lady who came through the lines to-day reports that Forrest attacked Grierson afc Decatur, Tenn., killing Gen. Grierson, and capturing a large number of prisoners. FOOD OF LABORING MEN ABROAD. "The Irish peasant's food, in time of harvest, consists of oatmeal, porridge and a small quantity of sour milk, or butter milk for breakfast; a pound of wheaten bread and a pint and a half of beer at dinner, and at night a supper resembling the breakfast. "In parts of Scotland, the laborers, if single men, are furnished with two pecks of oatmeal on Monday morning, and with a daily allowance of new ox sour milk occasionally they may have beer and bread for dinner, instead of porridge. Few laborers exhibit firmer health or more muscu lar vigor, or really perform more work than many of these men." "The wages of the French peasantry are in general from a fran to a franc and a half per day per man that is, ten to fifteen pence, or twenty to thirty cents; and to women, about four filths of the former sum, or about eight pence or sixteen cents. Coffee and tea arc scarcely known among them. They drink no ardent spirits. Their usual drink is an acid wine, not so strong as common cider, and this mixed with water. They have meat but rarely occasionalry fish; but tluir general provis ion is soup composed chiefly of vegetables and bread. Bread, both wheat and rye, is with.them literally the staff of life. With all this they en joy a ruddy health." From these extracts we sec on what diet mill ions upon millions of men in the two most civiliz ed countries of Europe subsist themselves from year to year, and from youth to old age. Toiling as laborers are not required, to toil here, they yet scarcely know the taste of flesh. What they t'ous eudure constantly, we surely can. endure for a time, when our liberties and all that is i dear to us are at stake: Y e surely can ma stake! We surelv can make i some distant approximation to the abstemious diet r.r, ItcV, l-iVinrcrc fnttpn nt a fp.qet. rather ! i thin our sun should go down in dailncss aud j i blood, and unutterable horror! We can deny our-1 selves at home for a season, that the gallant sol- : diers to whom we look for deliverance, may have j nr.A almnrlt fi.r.d Kvprv o-(1(l citizen ' J(J tbjg wiuinfIiy atllj f choice; the Lad and the inconsiderate must be made to do it. j j SF A most interesting and impressive ceremo- i I nr tonk place at the Episcopal Church in Dalton, j i-cm Wednesday, in the confirmation, by Bishop Elliott, of A-mr Generals of the army of Tennessee, LJeut. Gen.' Hardee and Gens. Cowan, Shupe and s, .t rha , nninj fiftneral was first received . , , , , - , t,.. into the church by baptism, and then the ntcs of ! confirmation were administered to nim with the (others. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. England Protests and Remonstrates lresident Davis Iiepfy. The Mobile Tribune, has "been favored by a vigilant and energetic collaborator with a -copy of correspondence which has just taken place be tween the British authorities and President Davis, on the subject of the raws. The reply of Presi dent Davis is proper in every way. II. B. M.'b Legation, ) Washington, D. C, April 1, 1864. f Mr Jefferson Davis, fc, Richmond, Va : Sir : I have been instructed by Earl Russell, her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to convey to you the following extract of a despatch which has been forwarded to mc by his Lordship. I have chosen the method which appeared to me to be the only available one, under the present unhappy circumstances in which the country is involved, and I trust that the ab sence of all recognized diplomatic or consular resi dents or other agents of her Majesty near Rich mond, will be recognized as sufficient reason for its not being sent through usual channels. ' I need scarcely bay that tho bearer of this despatch, whom you have consented to allow to visit Richmond, has been authorized by the Government of the United States to pass into your lines on the flag of truce boat, for the purpose of delivering it, and will desire your permission to return to Washing ton by the same mode of conveyance. I have the honor -to be, with high respect, your obedient, humble servant, . LIONS corY "lou will also convey to Mr. Davis at Rich mond, through such channel as shall be available. and as you may In your discretion d.eem proper, the lormal protest aud remonstrance of her Majes ty's Government against the efforts of the authori ties of the , so-called Confederate States to build war vessels within her Majesty's' dominions, to be employed against the Government of the Uuited States. - Perhaps your Lordship might best ac complish, this object b obtaining permission from the authorities of both belligerents to send a spo- ciai messenger to luenmond, with the necessary despatch, in which you will transmit this paragraph or the substance of it, together with all that fol lows, to the close of this communication "Her Majesty's Government, in . taking this course, desire Mr. Davis to rest assured that it is adopted entirely in that spirit of neutrality which has been declared the policy of this country with regard to the two belligerents so lamentably deso lating America, and which will continue to be pur sued, with a careful and an earnest desire to make it conducive to the most rigid impartiality and justice. "After consulting with the law officers of the Crown, her Majesty's Government have come to the decision that agents of the authorities of tltc so-called Confederate States have been engaged in building vessels which would be at least partially equipped for war purposes on leaving the ports of this country; that these war vessels would un doubtedly be used against the United States, a country with which this Government is at peace ; that this would be in. violation of the neutrality laws of the realm ; and that Jhc Government of the United States would have just ground for se rious complaint against her Majesty's Government should they permit Fuch an infraction of the amia ble relations now subsisting between the two countries. "Her Majesty's Government confidently rely on the frankue?s, courtesy, and discernment which Mr. Davis has displayed in the difficult circum stances in which he has been placed daring the past three -ears for a recognition of the correct ness of the position which her Majesty's Govern ment have taken upon this, subject. No matter what might be the difficulty of proving in a court of lavr that the parties procuring the buildinir of the?e vessels arc agents of the so called Confeder ate States, it is universally understood throughout the world that they are so, aud her Majesty's Go vernment are satisfied that Mr. Davis would not deny that they are so. Constructed aj rams, as these vessels are, they would certainly be in a con dition on leaving port to inflict the most serioui damage on vessels belonging to the United States, as was shown by the destruction of the Cumber land, United States sloop-of-war, by the ram Mer- nmac, merely Dy tne latter being run into with the Cumberland. "Such 'vessels are to all intents and purposes equipped as war vessels of a certain power, al though they be without a gun or any ammunition on board : nor can the frequent use of the word 'equip iu the sense of 'to furnish with everything neeesHary for a voyage,' he held for a moment to limit its signification to the furnishing of a war vessel with everything which it uiiht be potible to put upon her, or the ultimately putting of which on her might be contemplated. Such a construc tion cannot be entertained for an instant. It i clear that 120-gun ship might be equipped for war purposes with any fraction of her armament on board, although she might not be so powerful or so efficient as she would he if she hd the whole of it. A ram would be also equipped for war pur poses, although the absence of her ordrate and ammunition might render her less effec'ive than she would be with them. This, it is presumed by J her Majesty s Government, will be conceded by Mr Davis, without fuither argument or illustration in support of it. "This much: being rtsblishd t the perfect conviction of her Majesty 'n Government and the law t'fficer of the Crown, and admitted, as they are convinced it must be, by Mr. Davis, and by every Other person of eoui.d and impartial judgment, there is not the slightest roatu to doubt that it is j purposed to use the vessels in question against the ; United States, a country w.th which this nation is a' peace and on terms ol amity, ana mat me per- ! nmtit'f of them to leave the ports of her Majesty's j Uomioioos wouia be a vu.ia.ion oi me neuiraiuy laws of the kingdom, ana eucn au injurious act to-. wards tne unuc-a oiaics as wou;u jusuiy me uo- , vernment of that country in scrioualy complaining of it ?.s unfriendly and offensive in the highest de- gree, even to tho imminent peril of rapturing the peaceful relations now existing between iae iwo countries. "Under these circumstances, her Majesty's Go vernment protest and remonstrate against any fur- j ther efforts being made on the jart of the so-called j Confederate States or the authorities or agents thereof, to build or cause to be purchased, any such vessels to be used for war purposes tgainst tho Uuited States, or against any country with which the United Kingdom u at peace and on terms of amity ; and her Majesty's Government further protest and remonstrate against all suck acts in violation of the neutrality laws of the retlm. I have tho honor to be, joox Lordship's obedi ent servant, V , RUSSELL." TI1K REPLY. Richmond, Va., April Cth, 1804. To the Right Honwable Lord Lyons,' C. B. tc, dc , c, . B. M. Minister to tht Government . of the United States. Mr Lord: I have been instructed by the Presi dent to acknowlcdgo the receipt of a despatch from your Lordship, enclosing a copy of a portion of a despatch from Earl Russell, 11." K M. Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, purpoti') to le a "formal protest and remoostraoco of her Majes ty's Government, agaiust the efforts of the author ities of the so-called Confederate States, to build war vessels within her Majesty's dominions, to be employed against the Government of tho United States' The President desires me to say to your Lord ship, that while he is not unwilling to waive, in existing circumstances, the transmission ofsuoh a document through other than tho usual and pro per channels, it would be inconsistent with tho dignity of the position ho fills, as Chief 3Iagintrate of a nation comprising a population of more than twelve millions, occupying a territory many times larger than the United Kingdom, and possessing resources unsurpassed by those of any country on the face of ihe globe, to allow the attempt of Karl Russel to ignore the actual existence of the Con federate States, and to contumeliously style them "so-called," to pass without a formal protest and remonstrance. Tho President., therefore, docs protest and remonstrate against this studied insult, and be instructs, me to say that iu future auy doc ument in which it may be repeated will bo return ed unanswered and unnoticed. With respect to the subject of tho extract from Earl Russell's despatch, the President denirts uio to state, that the plea of neutrality which is used to sustain the sinister course of ber Majesty's pre sent Government against tho Government cT tbo Confederate States, is so clearly contradicted by their actiotis, that it is regarded by the woilj, not even excepting the United States, as a mere cover for actual hostility, and the President "cuonot but feel that this is a just view of it. Wcie, indeed, . her Majesty's Government einccte in a desiro and determination to maintain neutrality, the President could not but feci that they would neither bo just nor gallant to allow the subjugation of a nation like the Confederate States, .by such a barbarous, despotic race as are now attempting it. He cannot but feel, with the history und tradi tions of the Anglo-Saxon isce before him, that under a Government faithfully representing tho people of Great Britain, tho whole weight and power of that nation would be unhesitatingly thrown into tho scale, in favor of the principles of free Government, on which these States were orig inally formed, and for which alouc tho Confederato States aro now struggling. lie canoot but feci that with such a Government and with the pica of neutrality urged "upon the people as it now is, no such pitiful spectacle could bo witnessed to, U now manifested by ber Majesty's present Govern ment in tbo persistent persecution of the Confed erate States at tbo beck and bidding of officer of the United States, while a prime minister mooks and insults the intelligence of a House of Com mons and of the world by executing the permiss ion to allow British subjects to go to -the United Stites to fiht against u, by the paltry subterfuge that it was the great demand for labor and the high rate of wages that were taking them thither. He cannot but feel that a neutrality most cun ningly, audaciouslv fawning and insolently sought and urged, begged and demanded by one billige rent and repudiated by the other, must bo seen by . all impartial men to be a mere pretext for aidicg the cause of one at tho expense of the other, while pretending to be impartial, to be, io short, but a cover for secret, malignant, treacherous' hostility. As for the specious arguments on the subject of the rams advanced by Karl Hcssell, the President desires me to state that he is content to leave the world and history to pronounce judgment upon this attempt to heap injury upon irsulf, by de claring tli at her Majesty's Government and law officers are satisfied of the questions involved. while those questions are still beforo the hichest legal tribunal of the kingdom, composed of mem bers of the Government and the highest law offi cers of the Crown, for their decision. . The Presi dent himself will not condescend to notice thee 1 have the honor to be your Lordship's obedient, humble servant, BURTON N. HARRISON, Private Secretary. P. S.--Since the above was put in type we have heard it asserted that it is all a bosx. We cannot say whether it is Pennine or not.- hi). Dem CONFEIJERATB REfTOEEg IN CANADA. A correspondent writes from Canada as follow: The British Possessions are crowded with refa gees from the South, most of them the vicrim of -expatriation from Kecfucky, TeDusce aud the banks of the Mississippi River. There are a few families from the Atlantic coast. I have met two from Charleston). LVnegana's Hotel is the Con federate headquarters. The alliance between Eng land and the Coofedcr. was cemented in formal style a few weeks ago. i-ord .Lingor, who is an officer of the Guards, one of the "crack" British regiment now io garrbon here, wss married to Miss Mngroder, the beautiful and accomplished niece of the Confederate commander in Tetav All that was lovely and chiralrous of the two empire, sojourning iu Montreal, appeared at the nuptial. Ff be. We regret to learn thit Mr Wiley Mor gan, Sr., in the Eastern part of thi county, lost his wheat house by fire week befur lat. Lettered to be the work of an incendiary. It tit almost a ruinous loss as it contained all lm grain, toohrwa gon and gear, salt, flaxseed, &c , estimated . to be worth at least 50,000. SalisLurj Watcha::. o
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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