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a i m me ' o - MiflY' rcfiY JFf ifr I i I J ill .'.. 1 ffl ( I, II. MV S lO per am mta ( IN ADVANCIU- ON THE K E. OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES A3 IT IS ' TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THl GLORY OF ' THB ONE IS THB COMMON PROPERTT OF THE OTHER. WEST SIDE CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1864. W' iJ. YAHii, Editor and Proprietor. TWELFTH VOLUME Fill IB ER. (27. (QPublishcdeTcry Tuesday ,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR ASD PEOPHlETOtt. -O- $ 10 IN ADVANCE. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. COS" Advertisements cot marked on the manuscript f r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME DEFENCE. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of, the same, That the exemptions from service in the Militia of the State, shall be for the same causes, and to the same extent.and no-farther, that are proscribed iu the acts of Congress of the Con federate States, providing for the enrollment of men for the public defence and granting exemptions from the same, commonly call:;! the conscription and ex emption acts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to car;se to be enrolled as a guard for home defence all white male persons not already enrolled in the service c 1 the Confederate States, be tween the aged of eighteen and fifty years, resident in this State, including foreigners not naturalized, who have beeu residents in the Slate for thirty days before such enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Law and Equity, the members of the General Assembly an 1 the ofliecrs of the several Departments of the Govenunetit of tkc State, Ministers of the Gospel of the several denominations of the State charged with the duties of churches, and such other persons as the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper subject f exemption. Sec. 3. lie it further enacted, That all persons above the age of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said guard for home defence, and shall be accepted by a Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to J."Iong thereto, and shall be liejd to service therein, ' either generally or for anjr special duty or expedition as the commanding ollieers of regiments or companies, according to the nut ure ' of the particular service in question may determine. ' Sec. 4- Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall cause all person.s enrolled in pursuance of the two (receding sections of this act to be formed into companies, with liberty to elect the commissioned offi cers of such companies, and thence into battalions or regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis cretion, an he shall appoint the ii'eld officers of such battalion?, regiments, brigades and divisions, and shall issue commissions in due form to all the ofticers 'aforesaid. . See. 5. Its it further cnaetud, Tfat members of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may-he exempted from the provision of this act by paying the sum of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance of the Convention of tlm S-tate in that behalf, ratiiiad the 12th day of May, 13T. Provided tli.it ,wheu a Quaker shall have pai 1 r had levied of his property the sum of live hundred 1 dlars under the act of Con gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex emption under this act. Sec. 6. That the said guards for Lome defence may be called out for service by the Governor in defence of the State against invasion and to suppress invasion, either by regiments, battalion, or companies, m masse, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he; in his discretion nmy direct; shall be under his command, through the ofiieers appointed as herein provided: shall serre only withiie ihejfanits of thi& State, and iu terms of duty to be " prescribed .by the Governor,' not exceeding three months at one term. They, or?o many of them as may be at any one time called into service-, maybe organized into infantry, artillery or cavalry as he may direct, and the infantry atid'-arillcry may be mounted if lie shall so djtermiue"fhe men fur'nishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when approved by the Governor, on such terms asjie shall prescribe. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governormay furnish to paid troops the arms, accoutrements and ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return aud to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the Bame. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That all laws and clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur view of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed Sec, 9. Be it further enacted. That th commissions of'oflicers of the Militia, called into service by this act, are suspended only during the period of such service. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that this act shall be in force from the date of its ratification. . Ratified the 7th day of July, 18G3. Amendments o the above Law. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT IN RELATION TO TUB MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME DEFENCE. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That ueithcr the Govern or of this State, nor'the officers acting under an act ratified on the 7th day of July, 1803, entitled "An act ia relation to the Mrtilia and a Guard for Home De fence," shall call out for drill or muster the persons enrolled under said act, oftener than once a month in company drill, or oftener than twice a year in battalion drill, which battalion drills sh.-.ll take the place of the company drills for the month in which they" arc ap pointed, unless when called into actual service to repel invasion -or suppress insurrection, or to execute the laws of the State. Sec2. Be it farther enacted. That the Governor shall have the power to use the Guards of Home De fence for the purpose of arresting cotrscripts and de serters; Prorid.d, they shall not be ordered upon this duty beyond the limits of the counties jn which they reside or the counties adjacent thereto. Stc 3. Be-it further enacted, That in addition to the exemptions cuumiuvu m mc ci to wiucli tins is an ; amendment, there, shall be exempt County coaimissiou- ! ers appointed under an act cutitlcd"Au "act for the re- ' lief of wives and families of soldiers in the army," rcg- 1 ular millers, blacksmiths who have established shop's, j necessary operatives in factories and foundries, the i Attorney General, Solicitors of the severai circuit and 1 Counties, physicians office years" practice, contractors ' with the State or Confederate government, one editor ; to each newspaper and ihc necessary compositors, mail carriers, professors in colleges and teachers in acade mies; Provided, that this exemption shall only apply to the drills specified in this bill and no to service when the Guafd for Home Defence is called into the field. Sue 4. Be it further enacted, That for failure to at- j tend the battalion or regimental drill, each field officer -i shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars; each Captain and other officers who shall fail to nnutcr and drill their companies at The times appointed, shall forfeit and pay for each failure fifty dollars, aiid if a non-eommis- ! sioned officer or private shall fail to attend at any drill, lie shall forfeit and pay not less than five uor more than 4wenty-five dollars; Provided, that every absentee shall j be allowed until the next muster to make his excuse. I The fines shall be adjudged by regimental and compa- ny courts-martial, and judgments arc to be entered up I and the fine? collected in the same mode and in accord- I ance with the provisions of the Militia Law of North ' Carolina, passed at the second extra session of the General Assembly, 1861. . -.". Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon Gen eral by and with the advice and consent of the-.Gov-ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding three, composed of two physician3"lach, who shall de clare by their certificates those persons who shall be exempt from service under the act to which this i3 an amendment, on account of mental or physical disabili ty, and they shall receive the pay of their rank and traveling expenses, to be determined by the Adjutant General. Six G. Be it further enacted, Thar., the Guard for home defence, should they be called into service by the Governor, shall receive the same pay, rations and allowances as soldiers in the Confederate States' ser vice, and shall be subject to the rules and articles of war of the Confederate States. , Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That when the pressure of public danger shall not prevent th obswance of such a rnle, tbesaid Cuard for home defence shall not be called into service en masse, but by drafts of a num ber of men from each convenient company, so as. to make-up the aggregate force required. Sec "8. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force and take effect from and after its ratification. Read three time3 arid ratified in General. Assembly, this the 14th day of December, A. D., 18G3. ARRIVAL, and DEPARTURE 01 Messengers OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARRIVES. From Char, k S C. P.ailroad 7 30 " N. C. Railroad . 6 20 " A., T. & O. Railroad 9 00 A. M.and 9 P.M " and 1) 25 " P. M. - Wil IV At. R. Kailrniirf 3 If. DEPARTS. For N C. Railroad 6 20 A. M. and 2 00 P.M Char. & S C. Railroad 10 00 " and 4 30 " P. M. " Wil., C. k R. Railroad " A., T. & O; Railroad 30 00 It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of,the above Trains, be sent to this Office Oxk Hour previous to its departure. T. D: GILLESPIE, Agtnt. Charlotte, Sept. 7,.18C3. tf Office Southern Express Company, ) . - Charlotte, Sept. 24, lSt!3. Iu order to avoid misunderstanding and to make oar charges conform to the liability assumed, this Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo ber 1st, 186?, shippers will be required to place theii valuation upon each package Before it will be received. Such valuation will be insetted in the Company's receipt, and establish the liabilityof the Company for the amount. The act of God and the public enemy only excepted. T. D. GILLESPIE, Sept 28, 1803 Agent. JOHN VOUKL, 1'ractical iai lor, respectfully informs the citi zens of Charlotte and surround ing country, that he is prepared to manufacture gentlemen's clo thing in the latest styla and at short notice. His best exertions will be given to render satisfac tion to those who patronize him. Shop opposite Kerr'sIIotel, next J door to Brown & Stitt's store. Jan. I, 18G3. tf - CflPPEKAS. ASBURY are now prepared to furnish otherwise, a fine article of Copperas, English offered in market. Druggists TAYLOR & by the ton or superior to any and Apothe,-ar article. Addre les supplied with a chemically pure S3 TAiLUii & AbrJUJil, May 5, 18Gc , Charlotte, N. C. Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford On and after Monday the 2oth of May, 18G3, the Pas senger Train will run on this Road (Western Divw sion) daily, Sundays excepted, as follows : GOING WEST: ARRIVE: 8 15 A. M. 8 55 " 9 25 " LEAVE: 7 30 A. M. Charlotte, Tuckaseege Brevard, Sharon, .Lincolnton, Cherryvillc. GOING EAST: 8 20 9 00 9 30 10 05 10 00 10 45. ARRIVE: LEAVE: 11 30 A.:M. Cherryville, Lincolnton, Sharon, Brevard, Tuckaseege, Charlotte. 12 15 12 00 1 20 1 53 2 40 p. jr. u (( u 12 25 12 55 1 25 2 00 P. M. u (I It Fare, six ceuts per mile. Soldiers going to and re turniiiir from the army, half fare. Passengers arc re quired to make the proper change, as the Ticket Agent cannot furnish change for every one. A Freight Train leaves Cherryville for Charlotte at 7 o'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns-same day. For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, '50 per cent to the taritf rates of freight will be added. V. A,. McBKE, Master of Transportation. Lincolnton, May 25, 18G3. BY J. B. KEESES, Proprietor. VERY ACCOMMODATION ' afTorrWi l$J& H.Afl..,i.lAl( TT1 I S B At this Hot i is kept the line ofDaily Stages from Charlotte u Asheville. Oct. 1, lGl. J. B. KERR. , NOTICES. I am prepared to cast machine irons of all kinds, hollow-ware, salt pans, &c. Orders solicited Terms Cash. ' - I will exchange Iron for Bacon, corn, cloth, or pro visions of any kind. J. W. DERR, July 1st, 18C3. .V-pd. Spring Hill Forge. GARIICT DAYI. This Cue Horse can le found at my stahle in this place, during the present teasdn, on Mondays, Tues days ami Wednesdays, and at the stables of W. T. Siitt, in Providence, on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days. Terms, sixty dollars insurance. K. RABE. March 1, 1SGI pd The firm of WILLIAMS, OATES k CO., is this day (Jan. 1st, 1SG4) dissolved by mutual consent. All persons interested will call and close their accounts with cither of the undersigned. L! S. WILLIAMS, h. W. SANDERS. January 12, 1864 BLANK DEEDS, Warrants, Ejectments, ice, for sale at this Office. iii iiii r fi 'AM -'a - Announcement. The friends of Col. WILLIAM M. GRIER announce him as a candidate" to represent Mecklenburg county j in the Senate at the ensuing August election. March 23, 1864 te-pd , For the Legislature. Believing that the county of Mecklenburg has been well represented in the person of JOHN L. BROWN, who has proven to be a prompt, active and faithful public servant, many of bis constituents desire his le election, and hereby announce him a candidate for the House of Commons at the election in August next- $r Brown is a good businessman, atojj the services of such men are needed now in oar legislative hulls. -J. " March 15, 18C4. pd VOTERS. For the Legislature. The friends oCE. C. (JRIER announce him a candi date for re-election to" the House of Commons from Mecklenburg county. April 11, 1864 tc-pd ' ' j Announcement. j Monroe, N. C, March 12th; 1?G4. Wc take the liberty of announcing Col. SAMUEL n. WALKDP, of the 48th N. C- Regiment, as a Candi date for the Senate, to represent the district composed of the counties of Union and Anson. SEVKRAL CITIZENS March 15 te-pd of Union Coustj-. Announcement. I We, as soldiers, respectfully-aanounce Capt.jj. E. at MOORE as a candidate for Sheriff of. Union coury our next regular election in August, and as such will be voted for by Feb. 16, 1864 Many Soldibrs. tf Aiissoiii&ccsBiesit. ' . We, .'as soldiers, respectfully - announce THOMAS R. MAGILLas a candidate for the House of Commons for Union county fc at our next regular election in Aug. next, and as such will be voted. for by - Many Soldiers in the Army. December. 22, 18G3 tepd .For the Legislature. The friends of Col JAMES M: fe'TEW-ART desire him to be a candidate to represent Union county in the House pf Commons of the General Assembly of North Carolina, and therefore announce him a candidate for that office. MANY CITIZENS. May 30, 1SG4 -te-pd To the Voters of Union County. FELLpw Citizens; I am a candidate for your suf frages at the next ensuing election for Sheriff in the County of Union. My connection with the army, how ever, has for some months removed me from that fami liar intercourse with you that would generally be de sirable. -But, trusting that I may have a due allow ance for this seeming inconvenience, with a view to repeated expressions, of a desire that I should become a candidate, I have consented to do, so though nudcr vastly different circumstances from those which sur rounded us four years ago. Many of you have realized the hardships-of war and the dangers of battle; but without recalling the past, let us look hopefully to the fifture, and permit me, in grateful acknowledgements of the favors I received at your hands then, with many others previous to that timef to ask your cordial sup port now. If elected, I will use what industry and ability I possess to fulfill the obligations of the office' in such a mtaner its, I hope, rnay ever be satisfuctory to you. On the contrarj-, if 1 am not elected, I shall consider that you have done me no wrong and that I hive no right to criticise because your suffrages are against me. But i am fully sensible of the distinction conferred, by being elected to the position for which I am a candidate, aud shall be as proud to receive your vote's as J shall ever be earnest and faithful to pnove myself worthy of .the responsible trust imposed by the same. And, in conclusion, allow me to hope you will remember your friend, and on the day of election a ticket for the same. - W. H." COLLINS, Co. A, 4th N. C. Cavalry, f March 28, 1864 pel - Gordon's Brigade.- Announcement. Yadkinville, April 18, 18G4. I am authorised to annoucce Col. "W. H. A. SFEER, of the 28th N. C. Troops, a candidate at the election in August next, to represent the people of the counties of Yadkin, Surry, Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga in the Senate of the uext Legislature of Ntp th Ciwolina. . Respectfully, R. F. Armfield. April 25th. 5t The Peoples' Ticket. FOR THE. SENATE, COL. WILLIAM. M. GR1ER. FOR THE COMMONS, R. D. WHITLEY, . J. SOLOMON REID. May 16, 1864 tepd . For Sheriff. We are authorized to announce R. Hi. WHITE as a candidate for re election to the office of SheriU"of Mecklenburg county. May 9, 1G4' pd notice. ; Office of Western Plank Road Company, Lincolnton, N. C, April 11, 1804. j To the Stockholders of the Western Plank -Road Company: The Confederate Tax on the individual shares in this'company will be paid by the President. . C. C. HENDERSON, PresL April .18, 18G4 4t West. P. R. Company n a if o io tii ' LINCOLN COUNTY, N C, THREE MILES EAST OF IRON P. O. The proprietors announce to the public that this Furnace is in full blast, and will mjke castings of all kinds to order. Also, Pig Iron is made and offered for srile. ' " SHIPP k REINHARDT. March 1. 1664 3m-pd. Surgeon General's OfJice, RJfLEIGU, N, C, April 27, 18G4 I propose to-establish in thevcity of Raleigh a mauu factory for ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. - The object of this enterprise is to supply these use ful articles to all soldiers from this btate, who nave Teen, or may be, so maimed in the service as to require them. . - Fiiralcs and non-commissioned oflicer3 will be fur nished gratuitously. Commissioned officers will be charged the. actual cost. Disabled soldiers are requested to correspond with tbe undersigned, civing name, regiment, rank, locality of amputation, and the precise measuremtut Qjf the re maining member. I wish to emplov a number .of competent mechanics for the'abovc named purpose. All suo are invited to communicate immediately with thfs office. " .EDWARD WARREN, Surgeon General of North CarSIina. May 2, I8g4 lm . JBOIYDS FOR SAliE. A few 8 per cent. Confederate Bonds are offered for gale. Old fives or new issue will be "received in pay ment. - JOHN L. BROWN. May 2, 1864. 5tpd V CCfrr 933 ef ern fftmnrrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. The crops in Alabama, says an Exchange, are remarkably fine. Wbeatfis full and compact. As there is a much larger breadth of land planted this year than last, the yield will be large.- Corn, although backward, is promising, aud the hog crop will be much larger than last year ' Tender Mercies op the, YaVxees. The Vicksburg correspondent of the New York Tribune gires the following accpunt of the condition of the negroes torn from their home3 by Gen. Sherman in his raid through Mississippi : "Some 3000 slaves, of all ages and colors, reach ed here yesterday. It was one of the saddest spec-' tacles witnessed . for a long-time in Vicksburg. The women and children were almost starved end half naked. Such "a terrible picture of abject want and'squalid misery gan neither be imagined nor portrayed with pen. Many of the women and children were sick with fevers brought on by the great fatigue and exposure of the long march from Meridian, Enterprise,. Quitman, and other places. Wjll not the friends of freedom and tho humane philanthropists of the North come forward at once and with their hands rescue ese liberated slaves from premature graves V As there can be no more political capital made out of them, these homeless "wretches will be left to perish. ' ' The Mississippi Blockade. New Orleans papers of the 3d inst say that navigation on the Mississippi river has received a check. The re bels have planted batteries at Columbia, Arkansas, nd Greenvillej Mississippi, and three steamers, (he Henry Amos, Olive Branch, and Mississippi, vere ' lying above the former place, unwilling to run -(he gauntlet. ' Greenville is on the cast bank of the river op posite Point Chicot. Columbia ion the west bank, about fifty-four miles below the mouth oi the Arkansas river. At this point the Mississippi makes a very abrupt bend, and after running east tbout five miles another short turn is formed, and tere, oa the left bank is Greenville. The two towns are 'only about a mile apart. Information of the blockade was brought to Vicksburg by the tug boat Panthia, "which arrived at thst port oa Tuesday. She ran the guantlet of'thc Latteries in the night. When she" left our gunboats were endeavoring to dislodge the rebel batteries, which were pretty well seeurcdby a high leveeia which the rebels had made embrasures for their guns. Tiie Water Witch. The Savannah News says the steamer Water Witch, captured ther' on the 3d inst. is an elegant side-wheel, in splendid order and repair, and now lies this side of the bat tery at Bculah, officered and manned by the Con federate Navy.. The Yankee offers had just laid in a large supply of New York "good things," and they are very palatable to and highly relished by Lieut. Carnes, in command, and his gallant crew. She had a large amount of medicines on board, and the ship had just the day before been provisioned; an abundance of arms too, aud in every way well fitted out. The prisoners number sixty-five men and fifteen commissioned and war rant officers. Cure for Ingrowing Nails. Correspon dent of the Medical and 'Surgical Journal recom mends hotlallow as a cure for the painful effects of nails growing into the toe. and believe the following to We have tried it be no exaggerated case: The patient on whom I first tried this was a young lady who had been unable to' put on a shoe for several months, and decidedly the worst case I had ever seen. The disease had been of long standing. The edge of the nail was deeply under-, mined; the granulations fosmed a high ridgo, part ly covered with skin, and pus constantly oozed Irom the root of the nail; the whole toe was swol len and extremely tender and painful. My :node of proceeding' was this: I put'a very small piece of tallow in a spoon and heated it over a lamp un til it became very hot and dopped two" or three drops between the nail and granulations. The ef fect was almost magical. Pain and tenderness were at .once relieved, and in a few days the gran ulations were all gone, the diseased parts dry and destitute of feeling, and the edge of the nail ex posed so as to admit of being pared away without any inconvenience. The cure was complete, and the" trouble never returned. I have tried this plan repeatedly since, with the same satisfactory results. . The operation causes little if any pain, if the tallow k properly heated. niriTTnrATMvs nr an Editor i-An English writer says: "A food editor a competent news- j Solomon was erected. It is said to -have been oc paper conductor is like a general or a poet; born, i cupied ia common by two-brothers, one of whem not made. Exercise and experience give facility, ! ia( a faUJily, the other had none. On.thisspot but the qualification is innate, or it is never mani- j thcr(j wag gown a fitfd of whcat Qu th(J cveniff f'ested. On the London daily papers, all the great ,,. iKa iinrvffif . .i, -h,-ar i.-.vinrr hpen historians, novelists, poef9, essayists and the wri-; tcrs of travels, have been tried, and nearly every ; one has failed." "I can," said the late editor of j the London Times," "find very seldom a man of j common sense." Nearly all successful -editors , have teen of this description. A good editor scl- j dom writes much for his paper he readij, judge?, ! selects, dictates, alters and to do ail this well he , has but little time for composition. J o w.rite lor a paper is one thing to edit it another. A Gallant Private.. During the severe ar tillery duel on the 2d inst., between portions of Caskie's Battalion and the enemy's batteries, a 32- 1 .1. .11 U.nmi lv r t, i a ri xr etriirlr i Y I ' f "L,r,a Mnn;B1, tn r.,m. I t -1 I 1 I ) I I. llfel'I Ul C 1& I tlU - - . V 1 ' .v. " . . , , - 1 - , . it over the embarkment, thus sending tt where its Ui UtOClUu UUU1U uu,uw uaiui, wv. i'i J.J I : t.J H n rA hn anrl T1 r r . v. o r . I r firm the lives of .many of -his comrades. Major Cas kie bae forwarded this gallant soldier's name to Gen. Beauregard, who expressed hja admiratign of tbe noble deed. ' i ? . o i ! . v t .i Thev did so: when on tne to owing nigtil tney we reau iu iargu puaicr ... kivu, j peath the gun. Scarcely ha u$"rth mc h.,f way between their respectie cruel, cowardly, sensual Beast' Got Pi.rpont'a .pour works when private Jan es P. 1 icrce of . . Uh he-ir arn 'rulL Ut0D croand hal- statement in regard v b.s doing, in Extern Vir. the detacninenr, seizing n m ui.iu iianu, uiiu , - - ... . ui. ... ih. T.. ;!. A . .jtanuh mransmn ;A SKETCH OF GEN. FOBBEST. The Atlanta Register publishes the following 6tetch of Gen Forrest, written by a person who is intimate with him : ? - 1 have just returned from Tupeio,'where I spent two days with Forrest. I have listeued in his en campment to, stories of personal adventure that transcend in exciting interest all that are narrated in books, and that were told in song and Btory, be fore knight errantry lost its attractiveness iu the absurd pages of Don Quixotto. Let me tell you what. I think of .Forrest -rwhat I know of him. There has not been born of this revolution a more remarkable son. He is in truth the offspring of revolution. Had there teen n war, Forrest would bo distinguished solely for excellent good sense, his. indomitable energy, and the success that dis tinguished him as a planter and tradesman. He begali life in the utmost poverty. He was indebt ed to charity for bread, and fjor nothing to books. When I first knew him, fifteen years ago, he was very poor. Ho came to Memphis ana for a time was the proprietor of a livery stable. In this business he was not very successful. " When -a "fast" yung gentleman overtaxed his horses, For rest was strangely inclined to punish the customer, lie was nof popular. He becamo a slave-dealer. By his truthfulness and excellent judgment as to tbe value of negroes, he became the jigent and pur chaser of slaves for the planters of the valley of the Mississippi. He grew rich apace. When the war began he himself was ono ot the wealthiest planters whose home was in Memphis. Ilia credit with merchants and' br.nkers waimitless. . His capital was more than half a million dollars. . At the beginning of the war he amused himself for a time ' by running the blockade from Louis ville to Memphis. Ho brought out from Louis ville, when that city was occupied by a large Fed- 'eral force, horses and equipments for a company of cavalry-. He then undertook to raise a regiment of mounted men. This accomplished, he joined Albert Sidney Johnston at Bowling Green. In every encounter with the enemy he was- the victor. He killed the first man with a sabre who thus lost hs life after the war began. His victim was a Kentucky renegade, a huge fellow, who bestrode a powerful horse. Forrest pursued him a mile or two. The Kentuckian finding cswtpe impossible, turned to fight Th'cir Fabres clashed. The skin from the back of the Kentuckian's head was peeled off. Staggered by the blow, the Kentuckian could not parry the next stroke. Forrest's sabre passed through his body. His next achievement was announced at Fort Donelson, whence he escaped when the place was surrendered. . He rode over the battle field of Shi- t rob like another - Mars, wn? wounded: but only maddened by pain which would have consigned other men to the hospital. In his conflict, with itifantry and cavalry he was uniformly successful. He next captured Murfrtesboro', with a garrison stronger than his own force. Then came his famed pursuit of Streight. When Streight had surrendered he complained fo Forrest that he (Forrest) had deceived him as to his strength. "Here," said Forrest, ''are your arms, tliose of your men shall be returned to them; here is an open field; we can" soon settle the question of valor numbers are nothing!" Streight was silenced. In the recent fierce encounter with Smith and Grierson, at Okolona, Forrest himself killed eight men Two of these fell beneath his heavy blade. His. men watch his battle flag. They gather around it, and will follow it into the very jaws of death. They know that Forrest himself: ever fights be neath its folds. He loves a fight as other men do a game of cards, and says he.can't ke.ep out of one. He is constantly urged by officers, soldiers, and citizens to avoid needless cxpbsure of his person, but all in vain. The noise of battle is the ouly music that ravishes the senses of Forrest. , Ordinarily he is mild, and placable, but when maddened is a very fiend incarnate. Ho i3 merci less to a man whom he suspects of cowardice, and the most exacting of all commanders. He is six feet in height, perfectly proportioned, and endued with wonderful strength. His eyes arc blue and have a' very mild expression, his complexion sal low, his hatt very black, his forehead very broad, and his manner nervous. He is never still, and in social intercourse laughs much, though never bois- teTcrusly: He delights in telling stories of the . ft? : " t" achievements or nis men. lie says ms are me truest soldiers that ever drew sabres. His wife and Bon are with liiin. The wife, an excellent woman, unaffected in her manners, of profound religious convictions, by her excellent good sense -and many virtues has kept Forrest out of many a row. In her presence he 13 always gen tle and kind ; but now and then, even in the iuid.st of the monotonous duties incident to idleness in camp, he fields the mastery to his temper. . . ungovernable A Tradition. There 13 a charming tradition connected with the site on vhich the temple of gathered in sepcarate'shocks the older brother said to his wife: "My younger brother is unable to bear the bur den and heat of the day; I will ari.se, take of my 0 , u ' shocks anil place with bis without his knowledge." ' The younger brother being actuated by the same benevolent motives, sum within muieu ! ' My" elder brother has a family but I have ! none: I tvill contribute to their support ; 1 will ! arise, take of my shocks and rJaco with his with ! out Ui3 knowledge." '. ... a ' . m Judge on their mutual astonishment, wnen on ; the following morning they found their respective j ; sJiocks undiminUbed.-. .This .course of events! i transpired for several nights, when each resolved - I inVMI CTlIU BllCU Uutvldliuuo o O LUIS UH I VJ , ,w " nZZ .nA i(i. - . . I pig Ul OOIC'IUUU runtu ov riiaviuw a ' 1 . - -fit.- II cent' the- wonder ana .auouranon 01 iud woriu. Ain? in fhpso dava. how manv would sooner steal tlfeir brother's whole shock than to ndd to it one j.single sbcai'. GENERAL LEE. A gentleman of our acquaintance, who belongs to an ambulance, corps, upon visiting a room in which there were seven or eight wounded patients," was struck with the gaiety of a soldier who bad just had a leg amputated. Upon his expreasio'g his Surprise and pleasure at tbe cheerfulocss with which he bore his misfortune, tbe patient said bo did not seek to conceal from himself tbo serious u'aturo of the loss which be bad sustained,, but that there was one apprehension which -weighed much more heavily on his mind than any with re- ! gard to tho consequences of his ' ndsfoxtane,. and from which it he could bo relieved he felt that ha should be quite happy. When questioned as to tbe nature ot tbe apprehension to wbieb be' allud ed, be said it was that some accident might bap pen to Gen. Lee. Instantly, all the other woun ded men chimed in, each one declaring that anything which had already happened, or could hereafter happen, to himself was not worth think ing of in comparison with the fear of what might happen to tho Commander of the army, and they ' all declared that tbe sentiment was universal among tho troops' '. We very much fear that the modesty f Gen. Lee induces him to underrate his own imrortaoce; and yet wo think tbe sublime incident of tbe 12th of May, when he was desirous to lead a division into action, and was forcibly prevented, ought to have opened bis eyes.. He is at this moment "tho' foremost man of all the world,", and his life ia more precious than tbo life of any other individu al whatever. It was thought a bigb proof of tbo estimate in wbicci the courage of Napoleon was held by his men, -that he should have felt himself so secure of hie position as to promise them tha evening beforo Austerlifx, that in the battle of tha morrow he. would keep out of danger. There can be no doubt that they fought all the better for tha . assurance, and thero can bo just as little doubt that the army of Northern Virginia would, could they always be assured that their leader was outtof danger. Aud General Leo owes it to himself, to the cause, to the unbounded affection of bis cua trymcn and countrywomen, to tbe love, passing the love of man for woman and parent for child, entertained for him by tbo rough and stern war riors whom lie leads, to gratify them in this solo ' request that bo will tike care of his own safety, and not expose fcimself to danger vherehacaa possibly avoid it. Richmond Ditpatch. A WARitioa'H Death. It was evident to tho physicians that death wa9 sitting its clammy seal upou tho brave, open brow of tbo General, and they told him so; asked if be bad any last messa ges to givo. ..The General, with a mind pcrfctly clear and possessed, then made di position of bis staff and personal effects. To Mrs. General II. K. Leo be directed that Lis golden spurs be given as a dying' momento of bis Jovo and esteem, of her husband. To the staff officers be gave bis horses. So particular was be in small things, even in tbe dying hour, that be emphatically exhibited and . illustrated the ruling passion strong in death. To one of his staff, who was a heavy built man, ho said, "You had better take the larger horse; hu will carry you better." Other mementoes bo disposed of ir. a similar manner. . To bis young sou, be left his glorious sword. His worldly matters closed, the eternal interest of soul engaged his mind. Turning to tba Her. Mr Pcterkio, of the Episcopal Cbureb, and of. which ho was an exemplary member, ho asked him to t-ing the bymn commencing: "Uock of ages cleft for me, ( Let me hide myself in thee," he joining in with all the voico bis strength would permit. He then joined in prayer with tho min isters. To the doctor be said: "I am going fast now, I am rcsigined; God's will be done." Thus died Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Anecdote of General- Johnston'. Daring some of the recent movements up at tbe front, General Johnston had occasion, as ts-often - the case, to. establish bis headquarters one day under a tree upon tho field. Soon after he. bad dismounted' from bis horse, and while his staff were gathered around in readi ness for orders, a private of tho General's body guard came up for the purpose of planting the headquarters battle flag "binding some difficulty in piercing the earth with the staff, to which the flag was attached, tbe youog man drew his sabre, and commenced. punching a hole in tbo ground . with the poiut of it." "Stop, stop, my youog man,", said the.General, smilling, "you uiuern't make a pruning book or plough-share of your sword. It will be time enough for thnt when this war is over." Atlanta Rejinr- ' " .: Gen. (Jbant'b Tactics An old officer of the United States army, who spent two years in Orc I gon in the samo regiment ol .dragoons with the I . . IT C- I . . i.U then Jjieui. u. s.-urani, once ioia us mai uo was the most reckless man in tbe service; was famous for spurring his ht5e over chasms in tbe ground, making him leap over the immense fallen trees of the fJrrcst, and in engaging in anything wherein there was danger of bis getting bis i.tck baoken. JIo was well known ic his rcziment as an officer j who had little sympathy with bis men in their hardship".. j He has fully sustained this character In lb Command Of large armies. In all bis operations : along the Mifetoippi, ho took no account iif plan ! nin' an attack of how maoy men be would lose. : c . . 11 The only quetdton wim mn wa, coum ne win a j victory. Macon Lncreu.c. Beast JJotlkr. Tbe Naibville Frets of tho 16th is bard upon Ghoul Butler. It aays: We have strong faith in Lnvater still firmer ' reliance upon our own experience in phyniognomy. tu ndar.f! LkUIUi j - - iUA ? rdin the human m face. wa AaJt , ... a - - x 7 - l.l - I. I. I.nnminn in ToflP lk nnll.al t.'.m minx wm """""i) " v vu uia '. old crony : but it is certainly tbo ChrisRan da- 1 ly of all ibe real of mankind teustutbematite and . abbor tbv greasy Bcoundrel O