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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 18(?4.
YATlSiUy Editor and Proprietor.
TDIRTEELMfl VOLUME N UMBER 635.
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CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
.T..fr..r,ii D.Lvis of Mississippi, President.
AlfX II Stephens t.f Georgia,
.7. P. ISenlaniin. "t
James A. St-dJon, of irginia. Secretary ot War.
C. O. M.-iii.aiuger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of the Treasury.
S. II. Afallory. of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
( Jro. Dvi of North Carolina. Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. lioaan, of Texas, Postmaster General.
The President servos six j'ears.
MEMBERS OF
ALABAMA.
II W Wulker
Robt Jemison
A I: KANSAS.
II W Johnson
C B Mitchell
Fi.or.mA.
J M linker
A E Maxwell
OKOirtilA,
II V Johnson
t II Hill
KF.NTIXKV.
II C Iturnett
Vacancy)
LOUISIANA.
Edw'd Sparrow
T J Scmmos
THE SECOND CONGRESS
SENATE. NORTH CAROLINA.
Wm A Graham
W T Dortch
SOUTH CAROLINA.
li W Barnwell
J Ij Orr
TENNESSFE.
L C Ilayncs
(Vacancy)
TEXAS.
W S Oldham
Li T Wigfull
VIRGINIA.
R M T: Hunter
A T Caperton
MISSISSIPPI.
J W C Watson
A G Brown
Missouri. (Vacancy)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker.
ALABAMA.
Wm P Chilton
Daniel Clopton
James L Pugh
J S Dickinson.
Thomas J Foster 6
Wm It Smith 7
W 11 Cohh 8
Marcus II Cruikshank 9
Francis S Lyon
ARKANSAS.
Felix I Batson 3 Augustus II Garland
Rufus. K Garland 4 Thomas B Ilanly.
FLOKIIJA.
St- George Rogers 2 Robert B Hilton.
1 Julian Nurtridgc
x! Wm E Smith
:? Mark II Blanford
1 CliiiWd Anderson
5 J T Shewmako
GEORGIA.
G J
II Echols
7 James M Smith
8 George N Lester
0 II P Bell
10 Warren Aiken.
Willis 1! Machcn
George W Triplett
Henry E Read
fJeorjre V Living
Jajnes S ChriMnan
Theodore L Biuuett
KENTUCKY.
7 II W Bruce
8 Humphrey Marshall
1) Ely M Bruce
10 James W Moore
12 John M Elliott.
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LOUISIANA.
Charles J Villero 4 Lucius J Dupre
Charles M Conrad 5 B L Hodgo
Duncan F Kenner G John Perkins Jr.
MIf
Jehu A Orr
Win D Holder
Israel Welch
Heurv C Chambers
issipri.
5 Otho R Singleton
(5 Etlielbert Barkedale
7 J T Lampkin
1 Thos L Snead
2 X L Norton
:) John B Clark
4 A H Conrow.
NORTH
1 Wm X II Smith
2 Kohert 11 Bridgers
i J T Leach
4 Thomas C Fuller
5 Josiiih Turner
' SOUTH
1 Jas M Witherspoon
2 Wm P.ncl.er Miles
I Lewis M Ayer
MISSOURI.
5 George G Vest
G Wilkes
7 Robert Hatcher.
CAROLINA.
G John A Gilmer
7 James M Leach
8 J G Ramsay
!) B S Gaither
10 George W Logan
CAROLINA.
4 Wm D Simpson
.1 James Farrow
G William W Boyce
Tennessee.
Joseph n Ileiskell
William G Swan
A S Colver
John 1 Murray
Henry S Foote
E A Koeble
7 James McColium
8 Thomas Menees
J John D C Atkins
10 John V .Wright
11 David M Currin (deed)
TEXAS. t
1 John A Wilcox (dec-.!) 4 p p, pPxton
2 C C Herbert 5 A U l!aVl0r
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VIRGINIA.
Robt L Montague D David Funsten
UH W hitfield .
Wm C Wick ham
T S Gholson
Thomas S Bocock
John Goode, Jr.
Wm C Rives
Daniel C Dejarnette
old members and
10 F W M Holladay
11 John B Baldwin
12 Walter R Staples
13 Fayette McMullen
14 Samuel A Miller
15 Robert Johnson
1G Charles W Russell.
40 new members.
TAKEN UP
And committed to tbe Jail of Mecklenburg county, on
the Jith of July, a nejrro boy wbo calls his name HEN
RY. He ays be belongs to Jesse Powel of Edgecombe,
and was hired to' Robert Johnson of Rowan. He is
about 5 feet high, weighs about one hundred and fif
teen or twenty pounds. The owner will pleaye come
! forward, prove property, pay cnarges, ana lake njm
; avrar.
j R. M. WHITE, Sheriff.
July 25, 1864. tf.
. CHARLOTTE, N. C. -
$50 IS E WARD.
Mv servant cirl CELIA. left mr premises about
rnoti'iba ago." She. is ot medium size, b9 a pleasant
countenance, a very tbin head of hair, is about twenty
three years of age. She had on when she left alight
calico" dress, with purple flowers on it. Sue was sent
out for the purpose of picking strawberries, taking a
large new tin bucket, and has not been heard of since.
The above rewjfrd will be given to any person deliv
ering her to me, or lodging her in any jail in ihe State
so that I can get her. II. M PHELPS.
July 23,-1804. tf
IS A IV K OF NORTH CAROM3VA.
A Dividend of six dollars and ninety cents on each
share of stock in this Bank, has been declared this day,
payable to the stockholders (less the tax of ninety cents
to the State en eac h individual share) in four per cent,
certificatt s or bonds of the Confederate States, or one third
less in ConfederateStates Treasury notes of tbe new issue;
payable at the Principal Bank and Branches ou the 15th
day of August next.
The dividends of the Windsor, Newbern and Tarboro'
Branches and the Goldsboro' Agency, will be paid at the
Principal Bank, and of the Weutworth Agency at Milton.
C DEWEY, Cashier.
Raleigh, July 21st. 18G4.
The dividend due, to stockholders at the Charlotte
Branch Bank, wiil be paid in accordance with above
notice at the Banking House ia Charlotte, on and fter
the J5th instant.
THOS. W. DEWEY, Cash'r.
Aug 8, 16G4.' 2t.
CHANGE OF TEBMS.
In consequence of the rapid advance in the price of
paper and printing materials generally, we find it ne
cessary to again advance onr terms. We fix the rates
for the present at $10 for six months or $20 for te
year. We are now paying more than twice as mudh
for paper as we paid 7 .months ago. We have been
two ' wearing out our type and machinery without making
enough to replace them, -although our list of subscri-
I bet has nearly doubled within the last 18 months.
But if an; persons should think our rates too high
we hope they will remember that we are willing to
trade "in tbe old way." We will put the paper at the
old price, tvo dollars, and allow old prices for produce.
We will take 'wo bushels of corn, or wheat, or peal,
for one year's & ibscription. Is not that fair ?
The cross mark on a paper indicates that the
time paid for has expired or soon will expire.-
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
. Of Messengers
OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
At Charlotte Office, Daily.
From Char. & S C.
ARRIVES.
Railroad 7 00
" N. C, Railroad 7 00 1
" Wil., C. & R. Railroad 2 45 P
DEPARTS.
For N. C. Railroad 7 00 A.-M
" .Char. & S C. Railroad 8 00 44
" Wil., C. & R. Railroad 7 30 : "
A. M. and 6 P.M
" and 5 00 "
P. -M.
and G 20 P.M
and 5 00 "
It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to
be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to
this Office One IIocb previous to its departure.
T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent.
Charlotte, Sept. 7, 18C3.' tf
EXPRESS NOTICE.
Office Southern Express Company,
Charlotte, Sept. 24, 1863.
In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make
our charges conform to the liability assumed, lhi3
Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo
ber 1st, 18G3, shippers will be required to place their
valuation upon each package before it will be received.
Such valua'ion will be inserted in tbe Company's
receipt, and establish the liability of the Company for
the amount. The.act of God and the public eiemy
only excepted. T. D. GILLESPIE,
Sept 28, 1863 Agent.
Tailoring.
JOHN VOGEL, Practical Tai
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 styie and at
short notice. His best exertions
will be given -to render satisfac
tion to those who patronize him.
Shop opposite iCerr'sHotel, next
door to Brown & Stitt's store.
Jan. 1, 1864. tf
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
On and after Monday the 25th of May, 1'863, the Pas
senger Train will 'run on this Road (Western Divi
sion) daily, Sundays excepted, as follows :
GOING WEST:
ARRIVE:
8
8
9
10
10
15
55
25
00
45
A. M.
.
Charlotte,
Tuckaseege,
Brevard,
Sharon,
Lincolnton,
Cherryville.
GOING EAST:
LEAVE:
7 30 A. M.
8 20
9 00
9 30
10 05
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ARRIVE:
P. M.
N LEAVE:
11 30 A. M.
12
15
50
20
53
45
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Cherryville,
Lincolnton, 12 25 P. M.
Sharon, 12 55 "
Brevard, 1 25 "
Tuckaseege, 2 00 "
Charlotte.
Fare, six cents per mile. Soldiers going to and re
turning from the army, half fare. Passengers are re
quired to make febe 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 Passesger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per
cent to the tariff rates of freight will be added.
. . V. A. McBEE,
Master of Transportation.
Lincolnton, May 25, 1863.
BY J. B. KEKR, Proprietor.
TO VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded
MIA
Ill
Uljj" .M-Jthe patrons of he Charlotte Hotel.
I At this lio'f i is kept the line of Daily
Stages from Charlotte u Asheville.
Oct. 1, 1861. J. B. KERR.
Flag of Truce Inciters.
Confederate States or America,
1
VT5IB 111 cii
nna .
There has been received, at Wilmington, a lot of ; m0n,1 Va. "
ru.ui i.iar muusauu ciHucuiuues, uoil) pram and grass
iuva. i nev win ai once
?jr
k i i
u-- uiuusrm to tnis nlace
distriluinon. The Courts of the several rm-.nta
arc requested to appoint Commissioners to receive the
quota fr their respective counties. As the present
crop of train aud gras in the Western counties has
t-ot yet been harvested a preference will be given these
counties m the distribution.
J. DEVEREUX, A. Q. M. .
H&Ieigh, July 25, 1S64. 4t
War. Depart est, Bureau of Exchange,
Kichmond, Va., July 1st, 1864.
; AU leer8 to go North by flag of truce must he
sent to this oBiee.
2. Each letter nine j ' ,
kj r 1 ill ii iMffii in z& nri riu r riivfia
Bureau of Exchange, Rich-
3. No letter must exceed in length one page of ordi
nary sized letter paper, and its content h nfinrt
No letter allud-
'.es of tcoops will be al-
BLANK DEEDS, Warraats.
for sale at this Office.
EjecfmesfF. Sec,
strictly to personal or family matters.
nig to me movements oriocalit
lowed to pass..
4. Each letter must contain a United States postage
stamp, or its equivalent in silver or United Stes cur
rency. These regulations will be rigidly enforced and
no letter transmitted in which they are not strictly ob
served. ROBT. OULD, Agent of Exchange,
Official. W. H. Hatch. Cart. and A. A. O.
' Jaly 25, 184. ft.
3d Finger Longest.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
Ranaway, on the 29th June, 1864, my house servant,
JOHN LEE, 2t years of age, five feet 6 inches high,
yellow complexion, slender form, negro features,
pleasant countenance, plausible manners, quick spoken,
the third finger on each hand being the longest. He was
raised in Charlotte, N. C, where his mother and rela
tions are, and he may be lurking in that vicinity. He
had on when he left, a roundabout of purple drill, has
also a yellow summer coat; is disposed to dress fine,
and in this way may escape notice. Ihe above re
ward will be paid for his return to me, or lodged in
jail so that I can get him. Any information concern
ing him may be left w'.th S. A. Harris.
R. A. SPRINGS,
Aug. 1, 186-4. tf Rock Hill P. O., S. C.
Administrator's Notice.
The undersigned having taken out Letters of Admin
istration upon the Estate of the late Sarah Jane Mar
tin, at the July Term of Mecklenburg County Court,
1864, all persons indebted to the estate of said iutes
tate are requested to come forward and mak? payment,
and those having claims against the same are required
to present them for payment within the time prescribed
by law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re
covery. A. II. MARTIN, Adm'r.
Aug. 1, 1864. 4t.. ' ' '
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.Concord Female College.
The next Session- of this Institution located at States
ville, will commence on the last Monday of August.
The price of tuition, for tbe Session, will be from
$40 to $50. The price of board will be $100 dollars
per month, payable in advance, unless a special ar-rr,g-emen1
should be made with the President. Each
boarder will be expected to furnish her own lights',
towels, and a pair of sheets.
Letters of inquiry will receive prompt attention if
addressed to J. M. M. CALDWELL.
Aug. 1, 1864. 3t-pd
NOTICE.
Having taken out letters of Administration on the
estate of R G. Allison, dee'd, I hereby notify all per
sons indebted to said estate to make payment, and all
those having claims against the estate to present them
duly authenticated, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery.
WM. M. ALLISON, Adm'r.
Aug. 1, 1864. 4t-pd.
POSTPONEMENT OF SALE.
The sale advertised to take place on the 3rd of Au
gust, at Eiias & Cohen's Store, is postponed (in" conse
quence of unavoidable circumstances,) until the 25th
of August, at which time it will certainly come off.
Aug. 1, 1864. S. A. HARRIS, Auct'r.
" BARLEY AND HOPS.
Wanted. 1,000 bushels Barley, and a large quantity
of Hops, for which the highest cash price will be paid.
M. MUNZLER,
Lager Beer Brewery,
June 27, 1864 6m-pd Charlotte, N. C.
NOTICE.
I am prepared to card wool for the public. The way
to prepare wool for carding is to wash it in warm soap
suds, and do not wrench out the suds. Let it become
perfectly dry in the sun, and while warm sprinkle a
small portion of grease over it. The wool must be
clear of burs and trash. Those who want me to card
wool for them must prepare it in this way before bring
ing it to the machine.
G. S. FITE.
- Aug. 11 864. 3t.
" NOTICE.
Persons who may want 4 per cent certificates to pay
taxes, can purchase them on fair terms by calling on
the undersigned or on Mr Riddle at the Branch Bank
ofN.c. geo. w. Mcdonald,
Ch'n Board Com. Schools for Mecklenburg.
July 25, 1864
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified as Administrator of Neill Wilkin
son, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to
the said deceased to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against him must present them
within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar Of their recovery.
JOSHUA TROTTER, Admr.
July 25, 18G4 4t
WOOL CARDING.
I will be ready in a few days to Card Wool. Owing
to the high price paid for cards, I prefer carding at
old prices and take Wool, Tallow, &c, for pay. I wish
the lady of every family to see that the cuckleburs
are well picked out, and send one pound or one pint
of soft grease for every ten pounds of wool.
, J. STIREWALT,
June 27, 1864 Mill Hill, Cabarrus county
CHANGE OF BUSINESS.
Desiring to open a new assortment of DRY GOODS
and GROCERIES, which we intend to exhibit for sale
by the first of September, and will sell either at whole
sale or retail, we now offer at private sale our entire
cinrt rf Di-r Goods, a general assortment of Hardware,
j Cutlery, Carriage-trimmings, Hoop Iron, Nails, Water-
buckets and Tanners' OjJ.
Also, Salt, Sice, Coffee, Sugar, Pepper, Ginger and
Spices, of every description, with other articles, too
numerous to mention.
Tbe above goods we will sell at private sale to suit
pjircbaserr, until the 25th August, when the balance of
the stock will positively 1e sold at Public Auction, as
advertised. ELI AS & COHEN.
July 18, 186a. .
GRAIN, LARD, &c.
On the 25th inst., tbe Medical Purveyor will be pre
pared to purchase Corn, Ry, Barley and Lard, for
which market prices wSl be paid; and Sugar, Coffee,
Rice, Salt, Cotton Tarn and Cloth will be given in prt
payment when desired.
Md. Por.'e Office, CharIotter Marob 17. !
' A STIBRING SCENE. -
la the heavy assault mads bj the enemy on
Laws' brigade of Alabamians, on the memorable
3d of Jane, it was suddenly discovered that the
men were almost out of ammunition, so. continuous
and rapid had been their fire. To have started
from tbe trenches for ammunition at that time,
amid the shower of shot and shell that was raining
upon the field in our rear, would have been almost
certain death; And besides, having just taken po
sition at that point of the lino, we unfortunately
naa no oraaanco near. bach a scene was never
witnessed;;; for a soldier without ammunition in the
hour of battle is like a ship without a rudder, or a
sinner leaving the world without a hope of Christ.
Old soldiers gazed npon each other with looks of
earnest solicitude, of blank astonishment and sol
emn inquiry; their lips quivered they , dfluld not
speak and their cheeks were blanched. But it
was not with fear. Having begged from their
neighbors and fired the last cartridge, they coolly
fixed their bayonets unanimously resolved, "let's
give them bayonets," and with the calmness of de
spair prepared "to die to a man in their tracks, ra
ther than yield their position. Tell me, ye shades
of Marathon and Thermopylae! .can such men as
these be conquered? The spirits of the patriot
dead on every SeM returns the anstfer, never!
Heaven always succors such courage and devo
tion; and so it was with these brave men. At the
critical moment when all seemed lost, the gallant
Capt. Leigh R. Terrill, Brigade Adjutant-General,
was seen comingat a "double-quick through the storm
of balls in our rear, with a hundred pound box of
cartridges on his head. Divining, with his accus
tomed foresight, the emergency that would arise
with characteristic prudence and promptness, he
hurried off during the first assault of the enemy,
and obtained a box of ammunition from WofFord's
brigade, which was a quarter of a mile in our rear,
supporting us, and returned with it, at tbe immi
nent peril of his life, just in time to prevent disas
trous consequences. The troops seized on the cart
ridges like famished men upon bread; loud, wild,
defiant shouts, coupled with tbe clang of a- thou
sand rifles, rose along the line; in a trice the solid
columns of the focmen were shattered into flying
or falling lragments, and victory was ours!
Too much praise cannot be given to the brave
men of Laws' brigade for their heroic conduct on
this occasion. They killed and wounded fully two
thousand ot the enemy, with the astonishingly
small loss on their side of two men killed and six
slightly wounded. Montgomery Mail.
Keeping down the Prices. When the Com
missioners of Virginia, in their Schedule, fixed the
prices of produce, &c. the Farmers of that patriot
ic old State were among the first to speak out
against the high prices affixed", and to call for a re
duction. Mr. Trenhohn, the Secretary of the
Treasury, who is from South Carolina calls the at
tention of the farmers of that State to the credita
ble action of the Virginia farmers, and appeals to
them to pursue a like liberal and patriotic course.
He says $2 per bushel for wheat and 1 for corn,,
in other States, would not be any lower than the
rates fixed for Virginia under existing circum
stances. -
Are not the farmers of North Carolina as patri
otic and generous as those of other States? A re
duction in the price of their products, will effeet a
corresponding redaction in the price of articles
they have to buy, and the good old maxim of
"live and let live" be re-established. Raleigh
Confederate. . .
,
Rains. In the last day or two, we have had
copious and refreshing rains, and the corn crops
are doing remarkably well. The Yankees can
never perish out tbe South as long as tbe God of
Nature smiles upon our fields..' All we have to do,
is to be true to ourselves, and the day-light of our
independence will soon dawn upon us. Tarboro
Southerner, 13 th.
m .
Fire. Concord, N. C, Aug. 16.-Our quiet com
munity was thrown into great excitement on yes
terday afternoon, by the alarm of fire in the upper
part of our village. It proved to be the kitchen
on the lot owned and occupied by Rev. Mr. Dre
her which was consumed, together with very val
uable contents, such as ladies' wearing apparel,
crockery, cooking stove and utensils, a quantity of
wheat, &c. The loss altogether is a very heavy
one to Mr. Dreher; and it will be with much diffi
culty that many articles can be replaced. Corres
pondence of the Bulletin.
DuEL.-rllichmond, Aug. 16. An affair of
honor came off this morning, near this city be
tween Daniels, editor of the Examiner, and El
more, of the Treasury Department. Daniels re
ceived a flesh wound' above the ankle. The-cor-
NORTHERN
rcspondence grew out of the publication in the lo
cal columns of the Examiner, on the 1st inst., of
the arrest of a detective charged with having re
ceived a bribe to. suppress certain facts injurious
to the reputation of officials in the Treasury De
partment. N. C. Officers. The. following officers from
North. Carolina, are reported among the wounded
at Fort Delaware:
RS Mitchell, 2d lieutenant co. G, 22d regi
ment; J McLeod Turner, captain 7th regiment;
E M Dorsey, 2d lieutenant 11th regiment; Willis
Whitaker, 2d lieutenant 37th regiment; D A
Coon, 1st lieutenant 11th regiment; A A Cathey,
1st lieutenant 34th regiment; J C Cooper, 1st lieu
tenant 3d regiment.
These officers are reported all well on the 12th
inst.
Maj. Charles M. Roberts, the dauntless
and untiring, has just returned from another scout
into the coves and mouctains of East Tennessee.
In obedience to instructions from Col. Palmer,
with an ample force he penetrated far into the re
gion of tories, encountering several parties, killing
eight or ten, capturing about the same number, re
coveriner a considerable amount of stolan property, i
and bringing off about 20 horees and as maay beef
cattle eaptured from the enemy. The prisoners
reached this plac and among them are some no
torious boshwhaekert, T7ell known to many officers
and soldiers here. Among the partie encounter'
ed was one under a Lt. Dove, recruiting officer fori
Col. Kirk'a command. In the ngbt Dcre was
killed, and on hie person paper of importance
were found. AihevilU Ntv.
ITEMS.
A telegram from New York reports the capture
and destruction of seven vessels, about sixty miles
south of Sandy Hook, bythe new Confederate
steamer Tallahassee.
The N. York Herald, of the 11th instant, con
tains a report, five columns long, of a great mass
meeting to nominate McClellan for President, at
which 100,000 persons were said to be present.
Petitions are circulating in Ohio, and other
States, requesting a postponement of the draft n
til an attempt is made, by negotiation, to seevre
peace, based on the Constitution and the Union.
The Herald thinks the time has arrived when
the administration, on behalf of peace and re-union,
may advantageously open the door to an armistice
and convention of all the Sratesv The Herald ad
vises Lincoln to send a commissioner to Richmond.
r The Baltimore correspondent of the New York
Post, says Winter Davis has issued a call for a Na
tional Convention, to meet in Buffalo, in Septem
ber, to nominate a candidate for. President.
Tbe Indian troubles in the' Northwest are in
creasing in magnitude. . "
The Washington Chronicle, of the 12th, con
tains, a full account of the explosion at City Point
of the Yankee ordnance depot; says it wa one of
i j ?8t terribl ever witnessed. ' Two barges
loaded with .ammunition of various kinds, which
erLe,S&,re(f Et Cily Point. wo Mown to atoms
with tof.,iheir contents, consisting of about thrco
th ousknd barrels. Shot, shell and canister, were
hurled about in all directions, .amidst volumes of
black smoke and an avalanche of broken timbers
A new warehouse 500 feet long, and 50 feet wide,
on the wharf, filled with commissary stores was
shattered to fragments. Adams' Express office,
adjoining the government buildings, and a train of
cars were also destroyed. Iiftj-four persons were
tilled, and lUS wounded, mostly blacks.
A despatch from Cairo; dated the 5th, says the
Confederates have captured all the cavalry sent out
lroni Helena, Arkansas by General JJuford, and
large. number of negroes and their white officers;
that they killed all the officers in command of the
blacks and numbers of tbe negroes.
The negro soldiers at Helena had mutinied and
commenced sacking the town, and breathing dire
vengeance against the few white soldiers stationed
in the place. At last accounts the whites were or
ganizing for defence. The rioters had destroyed
most of the town, including the elegant residence
of Senator Sebastian, which was" pillaged and burnt.
the senator ana nis lamily escaping to Memphis.
THE PRISONERS at ANDERSON VILLE.
A private correspondent, who had occasion to
visit the canvpj of the guards to the Yankee pri
soners at Andersonville, (ia., gives an interesting
account of theisit a part of which we take the
liberty to publish. He says:
During my stay, I visited all points of interest
there, except the interior of the prison. This, I
could have done, but declined the invitation-
There were at tbe time I left, 28,000 to 30,000
prisoners in toe stockade, and, 1 presume by this
time, they. have had many added, from the front at
Atlanta," - -
The mortality amongst them fcas very treat. I
visited the cemetery on-Sunday week and they had
buried thirty-five on that day and on Friday be
fore they buried seventy. Up to the time I left I
think tbey had buried near 4,500 at least, so the
burial party told mo.
I have beard much said about the condition of
the prisoners there, and much commiseration ex
pressed for them; but, I failed to see any brutality
exhibited towards them. They have the samo ra
tions that our brave troops receive; and, as for
their being exposed, tbey arc not more so than our
own brave men in Northern Georgia and Virginia.
The only difference is, that they are confined to a
limited space and are restrained in their move
ments. The whole space of 24 acres is covered by
huts they have built some of blaukets, others of
old tents, oil cloths, pine straw, - earth, etc, and
some of boards. There is also a sutler appointed
by the Government, who sells them vegetables,
fruits, eggs, Or anything else he can procure, ex
cept munitions of war and liquor.
The lankces have established in tbe interior of
the prison a court of justice, where all criminal
offences are tried. Tbe Friday before I arrived
there, tbey hanged six of their number who were
tried, found guilty and condemned by the court to
suffer death for their crimes against .their fellow-
prisoners, lbey sent to the commandant of the
prison fur tools and materials to build tbe scaffold
and the rope to bang them with (which ho gladly
furnished,) and tbey then proceeded to execute tbe
sentence of the court, wiin all the decorum and
solemnity that would have been observed by our
own people. .
Kissing a Bachelor. A correspondent re
lates the following incident:
We have a friend,. a bachelor friend, very fond
of the society of ladies, but extremely modest and
diffident withall. A few evenings since he went
to make a call upon an acquaintance who had re
cently taken to himself a wife, young and beauti
ful, and, as a matter of course, overflowing with
affection for her husband. ,
Now this lovely wife of a week, like all other
young wives, could scarcely survive tho brief ab
sence of her husband for the discbarge of his busi
ness; and always, upon his return, met him upon
the threshold and smothered him with kisses.
It eo happened, when our friend called, that the
husband was absent, but was momentarily expec
ted by the fond and anxious wife. She heard his
footfall upon the step, and supposing it to be her
husband, rushed forth to meet him; and he bad
scarcely laid his hand upon the bell pull, before
tbe door flew open, and bis neck was encircled by
a pair of white crms and burning kisses fell thick
and fast upon his lips and cheeks.
Here was a trying situation for diffident men,
and our friend came near fainting oo the spot;
but, fortunately, tbe lady discovered her mistake
in season to prevent such a melancholy event, and
he escaped from tbe house more dead than alive.
Tbe last we saw of him he was leaning against a
tree, fanning himself with, his coat-tail in order to
recover strength to regain bis lodgings.
The next session of the Baptist State Conven
tion of North Carolina, will be held in tbe town of
WarrentoD, and will oozaioeoee oo tbe 2d of Nor.
President Lincoln denounced bt his Par
Y. The North is ia t blaze of -excitement,
brought forth by a Congressional manifesto issued
against Mr. Lincoln by ht ten party! It p.
pears that Senator Wade, of Ohio, and Rcpresen
tatiTe Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, Chair,
man of the Senate and House ''Committees on the
Rebellions States," have prepared and presented,
in their offieial capacity, on iodiotment against
Lincoln. t Tbe New York II era! d treats the tub
jest as a matter of great impdrtaeoe, In a doable
leaded editorial. In closing, ic gives Lincoln the
following good rap:
As a President of the United States, Mr. Lin
coin murt have sense enough to sco and acknow
ledge he ha$ been an egregiout failure. The belt
thing be can now do for himself, his party and hi
country, ia to retire from the high position to
which, in an evil hour, ho was exalted, and, f any
military ardor possesses bim, join the ranis of tho
army. Ooe thing must be self-evident to Lim,
and that is, that under no circumstances can he
hope to be tbe next President of tbe United States.
Tho dissatisfaction with his administration, which
has long been felt by tho great body of American
citizens, has spread even to .his own rupporters,
and now if he will not make a virtue of necessity,
and withdraw from the Presidential contest, "tbe
supporters of the Government" will be very apt to
act upon tbe advice given then by Messrs. Wade
and Daris to "consider the remedy for these
usurpations, and, having found it, fearlessly exe
cute it." That remedy, need we say what it if
Mr. Lincoln cannot need to be told that it is the
same of which the winds have been whispering for
some weeks post the assembling of a new nation
al convention at Buffalo, to put in nomination for
tho Presidency a man in whom all tho peoplo of
the United States will repose trust and con fid en on
some such man as Grant, McClellan, Hancock,
Sherman or Hooker.
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School Books Wo are glad to sco that our
teachers aro beginning to put forth educational
works. We need them sorely. Dependent on the
North heretofore for the means of instruction, it u
not until recently that we have had any books
worthy of the name calculated to take their place
Amoog late contributions, we notice "Our Own
School Arithematio, by S, Lander, A. M., Lin
colnton, N. C j published by Sterling, Cambell &
Albright, Greensboro, N. C." Simple, clear, well
illustrated and evidently complete, the book will
commend itself to all teachers, and doubtless sup-
fply a want felt by both families and schools. Col
umbia Carolinian.
TnocBLE in Wilkes. We Icarn that a report
was brought by an officer from Wilkes county, one
day la6t week, that tbe troops sent to arrest deser
ters in tho neighborhood of Trap Hill, had quito a
severe skirmish with a large number of these mis
creants in that section on Tuesday'and Wednesday
last, come iour or nve oi capt. Jic.uillan s - com
pany are reported to have been killed, likewise two
or three of the Home Guard. If such is tho case,
and we have no reason to doubt, this is truly a sad
state of affairs in our neighboring county. We
hope that every possible means will be used to
drive these worse than Yankees from tho State and
render it too hot "for them to return. We have
heard no particulars more than that a fight actual'
ly did take place and that the troops were com
pelled to retreat with the loss stated. StatetvxUe
Lxprett.
Too many Women. Tho Boston Advertiser
has a singular statistical article, showing that Mas
sachusetts has ordinarily more than her sbsro oi
women, and that now, through the withdrawal of
men into tbe army, there most be in that .State
one hundred thousand more women than men.
This remarkable surplus is regarded as unfavorable
to the morals of the community, as well as unfor
tunate for those Bectious ot the country where the
men' are in such a majority as to suffer from the
lack of wives, cooks and neamatrcsnes. '
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A Heavy Waoer. The San FraucUoo "Al-
ta California" gives the following account of a
strancelv constituted wager. About ten months
since two gentlemen of that city agreed to the fol
lowing conditions:
If tbe Federal foices did out capture Richmond
within thirty dtjs fiom that date be was to give
his opponent a single sound eatable apple; if Rick
mood held out sixty days, be was to give bim two
DDles. and so on, doubhog the number for each
month, until Richmond was taken, to the end of
time, if that event ma not occur betore. rune
months faavo passed since the first apple was han
ded over, and tbe list of apples delivered at the
end of the successive months is as follows: J, 2,4,
8, 16, 32, 61, VIS, 250 total, Oil.
Thus tar it is all a good joke, and tbe loser bas
paid forfeits regularly with good grace: bat yester
day it ruined a $10 piece to meet tbe demand.
(apples are ID to cents per pound, and it took
a 50 pound box). Should Richmond betaken-
within tbe present montn, be would get back all
the applea he bad lost, and one more, which, as tbe
price will then be at tbe highest notch would
make more than even: but should it hold out a
rear longer, and be continues to pay his losses, his
ast payment would cost hint 40,000, and be
would be $81,900 out; and. should the war Isat
from this date as much longer as it has already
lasted since the comnicncemefal, no nation oo earth
could begin to meet the terms of the wager, and
tbe payments to be made ia greenbacks.
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A Wirr's Pkayeo. Lord! bless and preserve
that dear person whom thou bas ebosen to bs nay
husband, let his life be loog and blessed, comfort
able and holy: and let me also become a great
blessing and comfort unto him, a sharer id all Jus
Borrows, a meet helper in all the accidents and
changes in the world; make me amiable forever io
bis eyes, and forever dear to him. Unite bis heart
ta me ia the dearest love and holiness, and f mine
to bim in all sweetness, ebarit and compliance.
Keep me from all ungentlce, discootcciedneas,
and unreasonableness cf passion and humor; and
make me bumble a obedient, useful and obser
T10t that we may delight in eaeb other accord
ing to Thy Weased Word, and both of as may re
iofet ia Thee, having oar portion io the lore and
errfoa of God fox Tsr. Amen
It is said the Yankee' t their recent "expedi
tion thronzb thj Valley in Virginia, actually rob-
bsd tb jwf hnti at AvUit Cmoty.
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