North Carolina Newspapers

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Con federate States of America: You are assembled under circumstances of deep interest to your country; and it is fortunate that, coming as you do, newly elected by the people, and familiar with the condition of the various lo calities, you will be the better able to devise meas ures adapted to meet the wants of the public ser vice, without imposing unnecessary burthens on the citizen. The brief period which has elapsed since the last adjournment of Congress has not af forded sufficient opportunity to test the efficacy of the most important laws then enacted, nor have the events occurring in the interval been such as materially to change the state of the country. The unjust war commenced against us, in vio lation of the rights of the Statesrand in usurpa tion of power not delegated to the Government of the United States, is still characterized by the barbarism with which it has heretofore been con ducted by the enemy. Aged men, helpless women and children, appeal in vain to the humanity which should be inspired by their condition, for immunity from arrest, incarceration or banishment from their homes. Plunder and devastation of the property of non-combatants, destruction of private dwellings and even of edifices devoted to the wor ship of God, expeditions organized for the sole purpose crfsacKing cities, consigning them to the flames, killing the unarmed inhabitants and inflict ing horrible outrages on women and children, are some of the constantly recurring atrocities of the invader. It cannot reasonably be pretended that uch acts conduce to any end which their authors dare avow before the civilized world, and sooner or later Christendom must mete out to them the condemnation which such brutality deserves. The suffering thus ruthlessly inflicted upon the people of the invaded districts has served but to illustrate their patriotism. Entire unanimity and zeal for their country's cause have been pre-eminently con spicuous among those whose sacrifices have been greatest. So the army, which has borne the trials and dangers of the war; which has been subjected to privations and disappointments, (tests of manly fortitude far more severe than the brief fatigues and perils of aetual combat,) has been the centre of cheerfulness and hope. From the camp comes the Voice of the soldier patriots invoking each who is at home, in the sphere he best may fill, to de vote his whole energies to the support of a cause, in the success of which their confidence has never faltered. They, the veterans of many a hard-fought field, tender to their country, without limit of time a service of priceless value to us, one which pos terity will hold in grateful remembrance. In considering the state of the country, the re flection is naturally suggested that this is the third Congress of the Confederate States of America. The Provisional Government was formed, its Con gress held four sessions, lived its appointed term nnr nns.spfl innv Tlif nfrmnnpnt. Prnvernmpnl: was then organized, its different departniects es tablished, a Congress elected which also held four sessions, served its full constitutional term and ex pired. You, the second Congress, under the per manent Government, are now assembled at the time and place appointed by law for commencing your session. All these events have passed into history, notwithstanding the threat of eur prompt ...ri ii v.. i suujugauuii, iuauu luree years ago, uy a peupie that presume to assert a title to govern States whose separate and independent sovereignty was recognized by treaty with France and Great Britain in the last century, and reYnained unquestioned for nearly three generations. Yet these very governments, in disregard of duty and treaty obli gations which bind them to tecognizo as indepen dent, Virginia and other Confederate States, per sist in countenancing by moral influence, if not aiding by unfair and partial action, the claim set up by the Executive of a foreign Government, to exercise despotic sway over the States thus recog nized, and treat the invasion of them by their for mer limited and special agent, as though it were the attempt of a sovereign to suppress a rebellion against lawful authority. Ungenerous advantage has been taken of our present condition, and our rights have been violated, our vessels of war de- x : 1 " . i 11 .i lit i lamtu uj puns to wnicn iney nau occn mvuca Dy proclamations of neutrality, and in one instance our flag ako insulted where the sacred riiiht of asylum was supposed to be secure; while one of these Governments has contented itself by simply deprecating, by deferential repr-sentations, the conduct, of our enemy in the constantly recurring instances of his contemptuous disregard of neutral rights and flagrant violations of pnblic law. It may be that foreign Governments, like our ene mies, have mistaken our desire for peace, unre- v . w .j vk.i;pvvi va v v. II vv k LAIIUUCllUll j and nave thence inferred the probability of suc--cess in the effort to subjugate or exterminate the millions of human beings who, in these States, prefer any fate to submission to their savage as sailants. I see no prospect of ah early change in the course heretofore pursued by these Govern- l 1 J. 1 . 1 " 1 I 111 I , jiicuia, uuk wuuu mis ueiuHiuu Brian nave oeen uis pelled, and when our independence, by the valor and fortitude of our people, shall have been won against all the hostile influences combined against us, and can no longer be ignored by open foes or professed neutrals, this war will have left with its proud memories a record of many wrongs, which it may not mis-become us to forgive some for which we may not properly forbear from demand ing redress. In the meantime it is enough for us to know that every avenue of negotiation is closed against us; that our enemy is making renewed and strenuous efforts for our destruction, and that the sole resource for us, as a people secure in the jus tice of our cause and holding our liberties to be more precious than all other earthly possessions, is to combine and apply every available element of .power for their defence and preservation. On the subject of the exchange of prisoners I greatly regret to be unable to give you satisfactory information. The government of the United States, while persisting in failure to execute the terms of tho cartel, make occasional deliveries of prisoners, and then suspend action without apparent cause. I confess my inability to comprehend their policy fi-iiiu jMiDuiiiria iiiiu uy us, iu spiie VI humane care, are perishing from the inevitable effects of imprisonment and the homesickness produced by the hopelessness of release from con finement. The spectacle of their suffering aug ments our longing desire to relieve from similar trials our own brave men, who have speut so many weary months in a cruel and useless imprisonment, endured with heroic constancy. The delivery, after a suspension of some weeks, has just been resumed by the eilemy; but as they give no assur ance ofhi tent to carry out the cartel, an inter ruption of the exchange may recur at any moment. The report? of the Departments, herewith sub mitted, are referred to for .full information in rela tion to the matters appertaining to each. There arc two of them on which I deem it necessary to make special remark. Tuo repuii of the Secretary of the Treasury .t... .'. i : p " i "i . i . i i f i'iLs jiiucs jusiu vinir t-ue conclusion mat ir.e law pasf-ed at the last session for the purpose of wirh- uraiug irons circulation rne large excess oi.'lrea-. sury notes heretofore issued, has had the desired effect: and that by the 1st July the amount io cir culation will have been reduced to a sum not ex ceeding 8230.000,000. It is believed to be of nrimarv importance that no farther issue of nole ; m f ' should take ucc, and that the use of the credit j cupaticn 0f the gallant Capt Morris, -of -the C. S. of the Government should be restricted to the two i steamer Florida. As will be seen by the, follow other modes provided by Congress, viz: the sale of ! -ln jcspatcb, received yesterday by the Secretary bonds and the issue of certificates bearing interest 0fthe 2qaVy, he has lately been amusing himself for the price of supplies purchased within our anj krave crew by sinking two gunboats be limits. The law, as it now stands, authorizes the j0I,,rjno. to the universal Yankee nation : issue, by the Treasury, of new notes to the extent FlgnER 3Iay l.Hon S D Mallory, Sec- of two-thirds of the amount received under its pro- f x gir . j havc authentic intelligence the law, is shown to this sum be re-issued 200,000,000 to our readv ample for the business of the country addition of this large sum to the volume of the currency would be attended by disastrous effects, and would produce the speedy recurrence of the evils from which the funding law has rescued the country. If our arms are crowned with the suc cess which we have so much reason to hope, we may well expect that this war cannot be prolonged beyond the current year, and nothing would so much retard the beneficent influence of peace on all the interests of our country, as the existence of a great mass of currency not redeemable in coin. With our vast resources the circulation, if restrict- . 1 . . . lie . vnnnt nnlnmn tirMilil Kj lcill7 Til fl Q TP. i. " . e aDie, anu uy irrauua aosuruuuu in paymcui ui .,Ki;rt ,inc ro.i?,i.i ,.ia,fn tha nrM.ini mfit- .Is. the onlv basis of a currdhev adaDted to com-! merce with foreign countries. In our present cir- j cumstances I know of no mode of providing for the public wants which would entail sacrifices so great as a fresh issue of treasury notes, and I trust that you will concur in the propriety of absolutely for bidding an v increase o those now in circulation. Officers have been appointed and despatched to the Trans-Mississippi States, and the necessary measures taken for the execution of the laws, en acted to obviate delays in administering the Treas ury and other Executive Departments in those States; but sufficient time has not elapsed to as certain the results. In relation to the most important of all subjects at the present time, the efficiency of our armies in the field, it is gratifyiug to assure you that the dis cipline and instruction of the troops have kept pace with the improvement in material and equip ment. We have reason to congratulate ourselves on the results of the legislation on this subject, and on the increased administrative energy in the different bureaux of the War Department, and may not unreasonably indulge anticipations of commen surate success in the ensuing campaign. The organization of reserves is in progress, and it is hoped they will be valuable in affording local protection, without requiring details and detach ments from active foree. Among the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary of War; vour attention is specially invited to those in which legislation is suggested on the following subjects, viz: The tenure of office of the general officers in the provisional army, and a proper discrimination in the compensation of the different grades; The provision required in aid of invalid officers who have resigned in consequence of wounds or sickness contracted while in service; The amendment of the law which deprives offi cers in the field of the privilege of purchasing ra tions, and thus adds to their embarrassment, in stead of conferring the benefit intended; The organization of the general staff of the army, in relation to which a special message will shortly be addressed to you, containing the reasons which compelled me to withhold my approval of a bill passed by your predecessors at too late a period of the session to allow time for returning it for their reconsideration; The necessity for an increase in the allowance now made for the transportation of officers travel- ing under orders; The mode of providing officers for the execution of the conscript laws; The means of . securing greater dispatch and more regular administration of justice in examin ing and disposing of the records of cases reported from the courts martial and military courts in the army. The recent events of the war are highly credi table to our troops, exhibiting energy and vigil ance, combined with the habitual gallantry which they have taught us to expect on all occasions. We have been cheered by important and valuable successes in Florida, Northern Mississippi, Wes tern Tennessee and Kentucky, Western Louisiana and Eastern North Carolina, reflecting the high est honor on the skill and conduct of our comman ders, and on the incomparable soldiers! whom it is their privilege to lead. A naval attack on Mobile was so successfully repulsed at the outer works that the attempt was abandoned, and the nine months' siege of Charleston has been practically suspended, leaving that noble city and its fortress es imperishable monuments to the skill and forti tude of its defenders. The armies in Northern Georgia and in Northern Virginia still oppose, with unshaken front, a formidable barrier to the progress of the invader; and our generals, armies and people are animated by cheerful confidence. Let us, then, while resolute in devoting all our energies to securing the realization of the bright auspices which encourage us, not forget that our humble and most grateful thanks are due to Him, without whose guidance and protecting care all human efforts are of no avail, and to whose inter position are due the manifold successes with which we have been cheered JEFFERSON DAVIS. Richmond, May 2d, 1864. The Five Dollar Notes. It has been the impression of some persons that Congress would remove the tax imposed at its last session on Trea sury notes of the denomination of five dollars, but a quietus was given to that expectation by the ac tion of the House of Representatives last week. There seems to be very little, if any, disposition among the members of the House to meddle with the currency, other than to prevent any further is sue of'notes than was provided for at its last session. Bacon by the Wholesale The Commissa ry Department has recently received three milfinvs of pounds of bacon, from outside of the Confede- , racy. It is stated on official authority, that the i tithe of bacon in Georgia will exceed five millions of 2onnds. 'Hie reclaimed districts in North Car- olina are also furnishing large quantities. This ; doesnt look much like starving. Charlotte Bui- let in. Intelligence from the Trans-Mississippi states ' that Banks has been thrashed asain, and had es- cared to the Northern side of Red river, and waa falling back to Natchez. i y By the arrival of a gentleman from Jackson, Tenn , information has been received that Gen. Forrest had established his headquarters at the former place, in the residence of Mr Benjamin Long, and had declared his intention of holding West Tennessee, and not permitting a LTnion man ,u ciu.u iu mai pari 01 me country, as ne naa ii - ,i - ii . nid-they should all give in their allegiance to the Confederacy, or leave for the .North.: be 300,000,000, and if 5 of ; , . ,nuntsville" and another gunboat , we shall have an addition of. . ' U. , Tnil- . CoL Lamb circulation, believed to be al-, n( 0.17 - . W 1GST KillSI JDEMOCRAT, GHABLOTl?l WAR NEWS. The "Florida" at Work. The destruction nf Vankee commerce seems to be the favorite oc- and five guns, and one of the East Gulf squadron. Evacuation of Washington, N. C. An of ficial despatch was received from Gen Hoke, an nouncing the evacuation of Washington, N. C , by the enemy. Washington is the capital of Beau fort countv. N. C, and is 127 miles east by south of Ttaleiffh. It is situated on the north side of Tar river, at its entrance into Pamlico, river, a branch of Pamlico Sound, at the head if ship navigation. It has a court house, jail, 2 churches, several stores, and two banks. In 1855 Wash ington had 2,015 inhabitants. Funv TJf.t.ow. It is said that the waters of r ' - Vv , 1 Albermarle Sound are "in our quiet possession The fisheries are being worked with great results by the people. 1 he amount of provisions serarea by the fall of Plymouth is sam to be far greater than any one had supposed, and the countryopen- ed to us will furnish enough to feed a largearmy for many months to come. Raleigh Confederate. Forrest's Plunder. One of Forrest's 'men called upon a tailor in Mobile recently to rove a suit of clothes made of materials from Padicah He represents, says the Register, the spoils d'thej expedition as immense quite beyond his neans1 to estimate. At the different points successfully attacked vast stores were found, and horses and mules in large numbers. This being the sase, every vehicle of whatever description, was harness ed and loaded, and only such of the plundev de stroyed as it was impossible to bring away. Of jeans alone at Paducah, they took enough toload completely a long train of army wagons. There must, he says, have been enough to clotlb all Gen Johnston's army. Fight near Port Hudson. Mobile, May4.-- The operator at Tangipaho reports a fight at Olive Branch, yesterday, between 1,500 Federalaand Scott's cavalry, 800 strong. The fight last?d 8 hours, and resulted in the enemy being dtven across Thompson's Creek. Nojoss reported. From Plymouth. A letter from his sen to one of the editors of this paper, informs us that our troops are now in quiet possession of that p'qee. The letter was written on the 27th, iminedittely after the arrivalof the command to whicl the writer belongs. He says incidentally : "W) are somewhat jaded after our march, and are resting ourselves in Yankee quarters. This is decicedly one of the best fortified places I have yet seen. It is impossible, after looking at the fortifications, to conceive how any number of men could have successfully stormed them and entered the town. This is a dirty, filthy place, and is almost unbear able, in sorr.c portions, on account of the stench of dead horses. Our troops literally demolished the Yankee dens here, which had succeeded the eom fortablc habitations of a once happy people. The plunder they obtained may be said to be iiiralum ble: but who can record or what can reward the unrivalled valor of the'victors ! " A apropos a gentleman just arrived from Ply mouth states that between three and four hundred negio women and children, who had been taken from their legal owners, were re-captured at Ply mouth. The men were either killed in battle, or made their way to the swamps and forrests. Many of the latter will no doubt be taken. A Yankee lieutenant who was in command of the negro forces, has, by order of Gen Hoke, been confined with the negro women and children. He is said to present a nmst abject, hang dog appearance, and has requested to be sent off with the other prisoners of war, but as he preferred the company of negroes previous to the capture of Plymouth, General Hoke has determined not to separate him from them now. GoldsLoro Journal. AFFAIRS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI What has become of Thaver's force of "eitrht regiments," which formed one of the converging columns in the late triangular expedition against Shreveport? Banks has proved as good a commissary in the West as Stonewall found him in the East. - The latest reports from Steele represent him in full re treat for Little Rock, with Price close at his heels, "two hundred wagons and a large quantity of pris oners" being already our profits of his part of the programme. But where is Thayer, who marched from Fort Smith about the same time Steele left Little Rock, confidently expecting to share in the easy triumph at Shreveport? The most reliable intelligence from him makes it highly probable that he has fallen into the hospitable hands of the gallant Stand Watie, the 'istinguished chief of the Cherokees. We have been furnished with the following ex- iracrs irom letters will throw some li rics: received in this ht on the above city, which interrogato- "1st Indian Brigade, Camp Longstreet, ") Choctaw Nation, March 30, 1864. j ... "It is reported that a heavy force f-the enemy -firort. Fort Smith is m the marcrrtd clear out the Indian Nations; it probably numbers ten regiments, or four or five thousand men. So you see we are likely to have some fun soon. Stand Watie now commands the 1st Indian Brig ade, is in fine spiiits, full of confidence, and anx ious to meet the enemy. Look out for news from us." stirnug In another letter of later date this writer says : " 'We have met the enemy and they are ours,' that is, what's left of them. Old Stand, with a portion of his brigade, attacked a force of the ene my, 1500 strong, thirty miles from Boggy Depot. He fought them until dark, and retreated several miles, leaving the Yankees in full possession of the battle-field, and jinder the pleasant delusion that Stand Watie was whipped but Watie out Yankeed them this time. In the still hours ot the night, when the 'Turk was dreaming of the hour,' Staud Watie and his cut-throats, as the Yankees uncharitably call us, fell upon the slum bering Yankees and scattered them to the four winds. We captured six hundred horses aud i equipments, hundreds of arms, and literally ! smashed them 'into a cocked hat.' " j There is little doubt but this force, so roughly ; handled by Stand Watie, was a part of Thayer's i column. From the swamps of Florida ro the prairies of the Indian country our successes ran unbroken. Our Indian allies, under Stand Watie and oth ers, who have never wavered in the darkest hour of our struggle, who have sacrificed their all to ., f e i:u :n i k,,c gita" vuc ui uuuiuci l- jiucnv. win ever oe BIatJfullv remembered bv the mCf th. w . J J " I federa3 States. Richmond Enquirer. i v.. .v, utir-axrhnisf.n " trom iassau. mat ine riori- . ,t fcT . 1 i.l T7II 1- , , , n . -i..lf? J THE POBT PILLOW AFFAIR. Refutation of Federal Slanders. From the Atlanta Confederacy. From Gov. Isbam G. Harris, of Tennessee, who accompanied and has just reached this city, in re turn from, the expedition of Forrest into West Tennessee, we get the following true version of the late attack upon Fort Pillow. In view ol the perverted accounts of the Yaukee papers, this offi cial narrative of the whole proceeding will be iound as interesting as it is necessary to vindicate the truth of history. Arriving in the vicinity of Fort Pillow, General Forrest, having previously arranged his plans and issued his instructions for the attack, rapidly ad vanced his lines, and gained, after a brief, sharp contest, the outer works of the enemy. Having possessed himself of this position, he threw for ward a line of skirmishers in a sort of ravine be tween the outer works and the fort, which line was protected from the Federal sharp-shooters by bis reserve line in the outer defences. He then sent in a flag of truce to the command er of the garrison, demanding the unconditional surrender of the fort and garrison, with all the stores and munitions, stating the advantage of his position his determination to carry the fort, and announcing that if his demand was not complied "with, he did not feel certain that he, himself, would be able to control his men when they enter ed the fort, after having been forced to take the risks of assault. Hearing, after the note was despatched, and be fore an answer to it was received, that the Fede rals believed the demand for surrender a ruse de guerre, and that Forrest, in person, was not in command of the assailants Gen. Forrest himself rode up within hailing distance, announced to the enemy in person that he was Gen. Forrest, and verbally demanded the surrender. A reply was sent back, couched in defiant lan guage, declining to accede to the demand. The assault was commenced, and in five minutes after the bugle sounded the charge, the fort was in possession of our men. Our advanced skir mishers went over the works pell-mell, all around them, each man lifting his fellow by the leg, and mounting on the shoulders of their comrades, un til the fort was filled with Confederates. Col. Booth, commanding the garrison, was the first man killed, and not an officer of the negro regiments was left alive. It is true that a few, black and white, threw down their arms and made signs of surrender; but, at the same time, the men on each side of them still retained their arms and kept up a constant fire and show of resistance. In the heat, din and confusion of a fire at such close quarters, there was no chance for discrimination. In less tbap five minuses after our men scaled the esplanade, the fort was cleared of the enemy, the main body of whom fled to the edge of the river, leaving the fort colors still flying. At the river, they still kept up the fire, until the number was fearfully reduced, and until, as Gen. Forrest states himself, he absolutely sickened to witness the slaughter. He ordered the firing to cease, and dispersed his staff along the lines with orders to that effect. It was next to impossible to effect an immediate ces sation of the firing; the enemy themselves still fighting. Gen. Forrest rode up and down the lines ordering the men to cease firing, and finally stopped the carnage. The Eurvivors of the garri son were all taken prisoners. The maximum aggregate force of the Federal garrison, was 800. . About 500 were buried by Gen. Forrest's men. About fifty of their woun ded were paroled and sent upon a gun-boat to Memphis. 200 prisoners were brought.away, and among the number about thirty negroes. There is not the semblance of a shadow of truth in the Federal exaggerations of wholesale slaugh ter. The above are substantially the facts of, the capture, coming directly and officially from the prominent actors in the bloody drama. Soldiers tell us tbat it is utterly impossible for offi cers to prevent the men from slaving negroes found in arms with the yankecs. Common School Com mitt ee-men. At. a meeting of the Board of Superintendents of Cajumon Schools for Mecklenburg county, the follow ing persons were appointed Committee-men in the sev eral Districts for the ensuing year: Dist. No. 1 C Overman, J M Springs, W J Hayes. " 2 J H Wilson, J H Carson, R M Jamison. " 3 B C Youngblood, Saml Knox, J P Mellon. " 4J S Neely, Rich'd Smith, Randolph Irwin. " 5 Jcs Knox, R H Swan, I J Price. " 6 Z A Grier; A G Neel, T P G Faries. 7N B Taylor, J L Porter, G C Neel. " 8-Wm Suggs, A F Sadler, Wm Clark. ' 9 Thos Hoover, E TMcCord, W S Norment. " 10 R A Rozzell, P Cahill, Sidney Abernathy. " 11 J M Strong, J M Potts, W K Bowden. 12 F G Simrell, Pringl Grier, W K Reid. " 13 Wm Marshall, W Montgomery, WL Hoover " 14 D McGee, J Y Reid, D F Glenn. " 15 T B Price, G W Williamson, B R Smith. " 16 D F Cowan, C E Bell, S B Griffith. " 17 M L Wallnee, B F Morrow, Jas Hennigan. " 18 J B McDonald, Jno Cathey, A H Todd. " 19 S J Farris, Ira Alexander, J C Nicholson. u 20 A A Kennedy, Jos A Frazier, Jas McLure. " 21 Rich'd Elliott, J G Frazier, Jas Prim. " 22 WP Little, Jas Henderson, A Wilson. " 23 A A Alexander, S C Pharr, Dr J I Wilson. " 24 W A Sample, Thos Gluyas, J F Harry. " 25 A B Davidson, R F Blythe, E C Davidson. " 26 J R Gillespie, J D Irwin, Rich'd Beard. " 27 R H Johnston, Wm Patterson, W G Potts. " 28 Hiram Hall, E P Hall, R J W Knox. 29 B Cashon, Arthur Armor, Jas P Henderson 30 E B D Sloan, Jas A Dewese, Dr JM Wilson 31 W M Stinson, Wm Caldwell, W A Dewese. 32 J C Hood, G W Houston, Saml Caldwell. 33 H M Hunter, Rev J D McLaughlin, H Grier. 3i Rev tafiferty, ThosTrottnv J A Cannon 35 E P Cochran, J A Query, Silas Caldwell. 36 Dr T C Neel, Edwin Alexander, John Allen 37 Isaac Mason, Jas Flow, N Monteith. 38 H Galloway, Jas Query, W B Cochran. 39 D W Barnet, D T Th mason, And. Hunter 40 R L DeArmond, N S Alexander, B F Mc- Whorter 41 Jno Ochler, Saml Garrison, Jno Walker. 42 Philip Fisher, S B Hall, A J Hood. 43 J J Orr, J M Wilson, Robt Wilson, Sr. 44 A I Hood, Wm Beaver, D W Miller 45 D W Flow, J M W Flow, A C Flow. 46 J M Pyror., Saml Biggers, Thos i?mith. 47 Wm Maxwell, J B Morris, J R Morn's, 48 R B Wallace, P A Hodges, M B Wallace. 49W Wallace, John Wolf, John Walker: 50 Leroy Phillips, Jos Blair, Wm McCombs. 51W C Morris. J P McGinnis, E C Wallace 52 WP Robeson, RevR Z Johnston, W Taylor 53 1 N Alexander, S H Kirkpatrick, S Wolf 54 O Brown, J C Kirkpatrick, Stan. Sturgeon 55 J C Ros3, D S Coffey, J R Cunningham 56 H H Peoples, JB McLaughlin. JA Caldwell 57 Arthur Grier, Jno Reid, A G Reid 58 J E Sample, Wm Rea, Wm McKee 59 Jas McLeod, W P Houston, J Stevens 60 Jos Woodside, H D Ewart, Jas S Morris " 61 L Hunter, Dr J W Ross, J B Stewart " G2 Jno RiglerW M Matthews, -Dr M M Orr " G3 J L Brown, A C Williamson. E H Rritton " 64 S W Caldwell, Hend'r Query, R McConnell " 65 Jno Beard, D O McRaven, E Alexander. The law requires the School Committees, within one mouth after they are appointed, to report the number and the names of all children in their districts over six and under twenty -one years of age. They will call at the office of the Chairman of the Board, where they will be provided with bla'.iis. In my absence, Wm Maxwell, Esq, will hand uui the blanks. The commit tees will please make their reports as soon as they conveniently can. G. W, McDONALD, May 2, 1864 . Chairman. vC. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. A Story of Blighted Hearts and Broken Headt. "Bricks," a writer in the Atlanta Register, fur nishes the following pleasant light reading, which will be found highly diverting: Soon after a big fight in which I was engaged, 1 bought an unexpired furlough of a friend of mine, who had no further use for it, and went down to Savannah to spend it, and to see a young lady to whom I had an idea of making love, hav ing been told that she was as rich as a Confeder ate speculator. In fact, I went with the fixed de termination to marry her, but declined to do so, for the seemingly frivolous reason that the arrange ment did not meet the approbation of the lady and her friends. Her brother, a colonel io the army, at home on furlough, seemed, particularly, a little disposed to deprecate the match, and vaguely hint ed as much the second time I called, by escorting me to the door with his hand ceremoniously grasp ing the collar of my coat, and kindly assisting me to descend the steps by projecting against me, to keep me from falling backwards, a cavalry boot weighing something less than a ton. After ma ture reflection I was partially satisfied that my visits did not afford the entire family, tbat high degree of satisfaction I had been led to expect, and T discontinued them. Soon after this, while knocking around town one evening, I stumbled upon a theatre, and went in to witness the cold-blooded murder of somebody's tragedy. I found a seat in the pit. In looking around upon the array of beauty and chivalry in the boxes, my unsuspecting eyes suddenly fell up on the most beautiful girl that, the world ever saw, or probably ever will see. There is certainly nothing like her to be found in either sacred or profane history. The rapturous shock, the thrill of ecstacy I experienced on beholding her were tremendous in the extreme. The shock of the most powerful galvanic battery were a gentle touch of n infant's caressing finger in comparison. I seemed to be driven through the floor, as it were, i-i . m I..!. i i I like a ten-penny uau uuuer tut; oiuugc-uamujci wi n Tifnn fr 5C 3fC This terrific sensation, heart like a Niagara ot call Love at First Sight. I could not withdraw witching face. It rested which swept over my delight, was what they my raze from her be- there for hours. She smiled! Ye gods ! what a glorious smile! It was divine ! My heart, my soul, my entire per sonal individuality floated away to the 6eventh heaven of love, leaving my wardrobe seated in tbe pit, an unconscious spectator of the gorgeous scene around it. The curtain fell upon the last act ; or it may have been upon tbe first; or it may not have fallen at all. Indeed, ther may have been no curtain. I only know that the audience rose to go at least she did; and I presume th rest did also, as I can not see what motive they could have for remain ing after she left. I can barely remember that there was with her a grey-haired gentleman, ap parently about fifty evidently her father. She rose to go. Mechanically 1 rose to go too. It had been several hours since my eyes first fell up on her divine face and form; but "So noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads in flowers," tbat to me it seemed but the shadow of one beg garly moment. . She threw her nobia over her head, clustering with curls the least of which would have set a Stoic's heart aflame, and taking the arm of tho grey-haired gentleman evidently her father descended to the street, where her carriage awaited her. She entered it. I would havc given the wealth of the famed Lydian king to have been the driver, or even one of the horses. The carriage drove off I seized with both hands the board behind, where they strap the trunk, yoa know, and taking very long steps and a great many of.them, I contrived to keep up. After a run of about a mijc, the vehicle drew up quite suddenly. I was not prepared for it. The board took me somewhere about the lower ex tremity of the vest and doubled me up like a jack knife. My life was saved by a vial of paregoric which I happened to have in my pocket. The lady descended from the carriage and entered an elegant house. I walked over to tbe opposite side of tbe street, and stood gazing at the envious door through which she had disappeared, until the gray, light of the coming dawn began to appear along tbe Eastern horizon. I sought in vain to find out who the lady was. For several days I was quite distracted with heart rending mixture of doubts, love and anxiety, and I had serious thoughts of applying for admission to some lunatic asylum. Finally I determined as a dernier resort, to settle matter by a coup d'etat. I employed a hackman, who drove an open car riage. I pointed out the house to him. I pointed out a lamp post which stood in front of the door. "Now," said I, "I'll tell you what I want you to do; I'll get into your carriage a few hundred yards up the street. l)o you drive down the street pret ty fast, run against that lamp post, throw me out upon the pavement, cutting my head or breaking my arm by the fall, and then take me up and carry me into that house, and tell the first beautiful young lady you meet on entering, that I have been seriously injured by the running away of jour horses." That afternoon having put on a shirt which cost me forty dollars in Atlanta, I entered tho carriage. It moved off quietly down the street until it ar rived within a hundred yards of the objective point of the drive, when it dashed off at a some what greater speed than I had bargained for. -However, I said nothing, but held my breath and waited the coming shock. ' Two of the wheels spun along beautifully very near the curb-stone. We were in twenty feet of a lamp post but it was not the right one ! I sprang to my feet and fran ticly cried "hold!" It was too late. There was a terrific crash; the carriage stopped suddenly ; I shot forward ten feet landing at the heels of the horses, just as they dashed off, leaving the vehicle a worthless wreck behind them. I came to my senses about three weeks after, and found myself lying on a wretched bed in the wretched backroom of a greasy Dutch huckster. My scheme had failed miserably. The stake for wjiich I played was a sprained ankle or broken arm; an elegant sofa in an elegant parlor, with an . i 7t. . angel in Loo?, hovering about me, and adjusting with delicate, loving fingers, the splints and ban- dages; the dawn of the belle passion in a pare yoang heart ; a moonlight declaration ; an accept- ance,ming ed with snnny smiles and delicious tears; ' c . i-i! A ,i , . . g. i a parson ana a bridal wreath and the happiest fel- low in Georgia. The stake I won was a dislocated shoulder; a broken head; a fractured arm. and a j o ' -v-.B.vw--- remote period. That of the doctor for attendance 8109. The druggists for drugs $(3. The huckster lor room rent 875. The carriage maker for repairs 8600. The nuree, for nothing $93 87, . Making the grand rascally total of $931 87J. The day I left Savannah I greatly added to my happiness by learning that tbe grey-hahed gentle man was the young lady's husband. shattered leg, together with the following bills, tor W mgate, John H McConnell, B W Hnrtuoca, n m nuu all of which I executed my notes of band, osteosi- ; dock, J H Montgomery I A Frailer, J I I 11 vi l u l ti T r Tavluf, G R Ewina, A H Newell, H t ''ill, nJ Mcr.lroy. bly payable at Bight but really, I fear, at a very d Important AiutiVAt. We have reliable in. formation of the safe arrival at a Confederate port recently opened to blockade runners, of four ?es. eels heavily laden with stores, clothing, arm, lm. munition, &c, of immense value to the Govern! ment. Among the provisions brought in waa three millions pounds of bacon and five hundred ta0f coffee. Richmond Dispatch. The notorious lirownlow advises that every Southern man, including ministers of the gnpf especially those of the Methodist Episcopal church' should be driven out of East Tennessee, or put to death. ENROLLING NOTICE. Chief Enrolling Office, 8th Coso. Distsict,) Salisbury, N. C, April 18, 1864. ) Tbe attention of County Enrolling Officers tod com. manding Officers of Militia Regiments, is called Io Cir. cular No. 10, Conscript Office, Raleigh, N. C, ffquir. ing the immediate enrollment of all white male pr. sons between the ages of seventeen and fifty years, and Free Persons of color between the ages of eighteen and fifty, in accordance with Circular No. 8, Bureau of Conscription, embracing General Orders Nos. 2G tod 33, Adj't and Insp. Genl'S Office. All persons within the prescribed ages will be rolled by the Militia officers as early as prctioble, and assemble at the Court Houses of their reyfetive counties at tbe following times for ezamlnatird, Tit ; CHARLOTTE, Mecklenburg county 8&M Regiment, 9th, 10th nd lUb of May. fiOth Regiment, Uih, 13th and 14tb of May. COXCOBD, Cabarrus county 16th, 17tb, and 18th of May. SALISBURY, Rowan county 76th Regiment, 18th, 20th, 21st and 2 2d of May. 120th Regiment, 24th, 25th, 2Cth and 27th of May. NEWTON, Catawba county 30th and 31st of Msj, 1st and 2d of June. MONROE, Union county 82d Regiment, lh, 7th and 8th of June. 119th Regiment, 8th and 10th of June. DALLAS, uaston county I3tn, l4tn and lstnor June. LINCOLNTON, Lincoln county 16tb, 17th and 18th of June. SHELBY, Cleaveland county 91st Regiment, 20th, & t si anu i&u ui wuuv. a m aaJ C T .. 90th Regiment, 23d, 24th and 25th of June 1 All exemptions heretofore granted arc hereby re voked, and all those who wish to make application for exemption or detail, will present the same to the local Enrolling Officer of their respective counties, who will confer with the Board (to be appointed in accord ance with Circular No. 8, Bureau of Conscription,) in giving each and every application a rigid examination. A written report from tbe local Enrolling Officer and from each member of the Board will be required, when each case will be presented to the District Enrolling Officer npon his arrival. All those holding certificates of exemption from the Medical Examining Board of ibis District, iu the coun ties of Union, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Gatton, Cabarrus and Cleaveland, need not appear provided the exemp tion was granted since Feb'y 20th, 1864. Free persons of color will usstmblo the afternoon of the last day iu each of the above counties for enroll ment. The attention of commanding officers ofMilitlals particularly called to the necessity of having the age and occupation of each man upon their rolls. Applications for exemption or detail should be pre sented to commanding officers of Militia in counties not provided with Enrolliug Officers. J. N.'rRIOR, 1st Lieut, and En. Officer 8th Dint. Alkx P Hall. Surgeon: E S Pindlktoh, As'st Sur geon, and W II HowraTox, M. D., Medical Examining Board, will be present at the above times and places. April 25, 18C4 BALE YARN And Virginia Salt. T will exchange the above for Bacon,. Lard, Floor, Corn or Chickens. The salt is made from tht Rock Salt, and is equal or better than Liverpool. II. B. WILLIAMS. May 2, 1864 2ra . To Machinitts, Bl'ickxmitht, Gun-Carriage Makers, and Pattern Ma ken. Good mechanics in any of the above trades can find steady employment, and liberal wages, by applying at the C. S. Naval Ordnance Works, Charlotte, N. C II. ASHTON RAMSAY, x Chief Engineer C. S.Navy, invusrge. April 25, 1864. 61 TAX NOTICE. All persons in the Town Bent liable to pay a tax to the State and County, are hereby notified that a list of their taxublcs must be returned by the last of April, !8C4, or they will be liable to a double tax. Call at the Rock Island Office, on J. M. SPRINGS, M. L. WRISTON, April 4, 1864 List-Takerf. TAX IN KIND. Office P. Q. M. 8th Dist., Charlotte, N. C, April 13, 1864. , It is hereby ordered that all tbe Tithe of the year 1863, of Corn and Bacon, be delivered before the lit of June, 1864. Agents will receive nothing after 31st May, 1864. Assessors will ranch oblige me, be!des doing good service to the country, by sending in to this ollico all estimates of Tax in Kind, by the 1st day of May next; sooner if possible. Agents will give publicity to this notice, so that no one, should he incur the penalty of five. times tbe estimated value, according to late laws of Congress, can have room to complain. S. M. FINGER, Capt. & P. Q. M., 8th Dist N. C. April 18, 1864. 7t A Card. Cimh 11th N. C. Troops, March 30, 18C4. Having learned through some friends just returned from Charlotte, that I have been charged with being tbe ineendiary who set fire to Joseph Rhine's barn, I regard it therefore nothing but proper and doe to my self to publish this card, showing the charge to be base falsehood,-and the author of it a cowardly scoun drel. I shall prosecute the originator of tut UUbood as soon as opportunity offer. 1 was with tbvea respect able youug men A J Smith, Win Oman and Samuel Nicholson at the time the Barn was burned. I refer I my friends to any of these gentlemen for the truth of what I have stated. W. S. ICKUUtt E.K. I have known W S Icebowcr, a member of Co. A, 1 1th N C Regiment, and can say that be is and always has been a good soldir, and I think the report con cerning him a base falsehood. W. B. TAYLOR, Lieut, comd'g Co. A, 11 lb Hegt. We, the uudersigned, members of Co. A, have beard with surprise the attempt to slander W S Icehower, a member of this company, and deem i dutj to raise our voice in defence of the accused. C'orp'I Ieebof basnlways proven hircuelfn good soldier and a ptrfest gentleman. Mr Icehower will be able to prove himself altogetner innocent of the infamous charge. U u Alexander, W J Urown, i t - iv unouit, ' - r at .1 I SI at e Lfwfi J M Fiimhxirdt, M R Alinier, J ii Alexia llXi "nd. l' . , . a Hunter. W W (Irav. W C Harris. j j j gt'owe, C Paysour, T Howard, F C Glenn, F Ilobbs, M HovS, G T Uerron, M B F Raborn, J A Gilson, W C Fora, . "" - """""J " 1 E Ewing, T L Holmes. T S Henderson, M Mill, J M , ck Che,her c n Goodman, D Dulin. J W Pet- mi ii ii r low, i A niiucri, iv uniriiu, itux'"'? w. n vi n itrt.t..-. t t I . -! 1. It I. r.,mm u m Pettos. J A Kiner. M Winrate. N O Harris, CO QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT, 1 Raleigh, April 19th, 1864. This Department has recently received another sup ply of Cotton Cards for distribution opou the same terms as before. The quota for. each county will be double the qnsn tity first distributed. Agent? will make their arrange ments accordingly. II. A. DOWD, A. Q. M. April 25, 18C4. 3t 1 m , .