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TWEETING OP THE GOVERNORS. " The rr.ectinf of the Governors of the States of "Viririrjia. .North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor- ' ana. ana jiiBms-nyp') " Augusta." 1 , .''.. fiday the 17th inst, Gov. m. tomitn r.u, after a full, free and harmonious con fii fid interchange of counsel, the following amtiiip; siitr views were expressed: Received, That there is nothing in the present ..i . ..i -cr. a . ' ., ! aspect ii puuiiu uuuirs iu vaube uuy auncuicui ui ZPr i nf ihJ war to the ac .at coniplibhrnent of a peace based on the indepen dence of the Confederate Mates. And to give en couragement to our brave soldiers in the field, and to strengthen the Conk-derate authorities iu the pursuit of this desirable end, we, will use our best exertions to increase the effective force of our ar mies, i " " Resolved, That: the interests of each of our States are identical in the present straggle for self government, and wisdom and true patriotism dic tate that the military force of each should aid the others against invasion and subjugation, and for thia purpose we will recommend to our several leg islatures to repeal all such laws as prohibit the Ex ecutives from sending their forces beyond their respective limits, in order that they may render temporary service wherever most urgently requir ed. Resolved, That whilst it is our purpose to use every exertion to increase the strength and effi ciency of our State and Confederate forces, we re spectfully and earnestly request that the Confede rate authorities will send to the field every able bodied man without exception, in any of its vari ous departments whose place can be filled by cith er disabled officers and soldiers, senior reserves or negroes, ar.d dispense with the use of all provost and post guard, except in important cities or lo calities where the presence of large bodies of troops make them necessary, and with all passport agents upon railroads not in the immediate vicinity of the armies, as we consider these agents an un necessary annoyance to good citizens and of no possible benefit to the country. . Ret-olvcd, That we recommend our respective legislatures to pass stringent laws for the arrest and return to their commands of all deserters or stragglers from the Confederate armies or State troops, and that it be made the special duty under appropriate penalties, of all civil and military offi cers to arrest and deliver to the proper authorities all such delinquents. And, whereas, the public enemy having pro claimed the freedom of our slaves, are forcing into their armies the able-bodied portion thereof, the jnore effectually to wage their cruel and bloody war against us: Thcr-fore be it"' Resolved, That it is the true policy and obvious duty of.all slave owners timely to remove their slaves from the line of the enemy's approach, and especially those able to bear aims; and when they f-liall fail to do so, that it should be made the duty of the proper authorities to enforce the perfom ance of this duty and to give to such owners all necessary aj-sistaucc a3 far as practicable. Ji-Mjlved, That the course of the enemy in ap propriating our slaves who happen to fall into their La m;. ro purposes of war seems to justify a change of j-'.'liey on our part; and, whilst owners of slaves under the circumstances should freely yield them to tht ir country, we recommend to our authorities, under proper regulations, to appropriate such part of n to the public service as may be required. ' '.id, That the States have the right to ex port Mu ii productions and to import such supplies n-i r l e necessary for State-use, or fur the com-i'-.'M i Hipport of their troops in service, upon any vet i or vessels owned or chartered by them; and that we request Congress at its next session to pass laws removing all restrictions which have been im posed by Cenfedcrate authority upou such exports or imports by the States. And, lastly, we deem it not inappropriate to de clare our firm and unalterable purpose," as we be lieve it to be that of our fellow-citizens, to main tain our right of self government, to establish our independence, and to uphold the rights and sov ereignty of the States or to perish in the attempt. Resolved, That the Chairman be requested to fend a copy of these resolutions to his Excellency President Davis, and also one each to the Presi dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to be laid before the respective bodies. Northern and Foreign Items. Several prominent business houses in Baltimore and Wash ington were closed by order of-the Government, and the proprietors arrested on a charge of engag ing in contraband trade with the rebels. The new constitution in Maryland was adopted by a majority of 1510, the army vote having over come the home majorit' against it. Gold had advanced in New York to 223, but closed at 218 in consequence of the reported evao uation of Richmond. A peace address, signed by 300,000 persons has been transmitted from England to Gov. Seymour to be placed before the American people. The sig natures were obtained within three weeks, and em brace every class. The clergy of all denominations have supported it, especially the Catholic priest hood of Ireland.. The crop of potatoes in Ireland is said to be cx-ee-Uent this year. Later. Yankee papers state that Hood's main farce was at Lafayette, Ga., on the night of the lGth, and Sherman's at Shipp's Gap, at which point part of the 24th North Carolina regiment was captured. Hood's army left Lafayette going South at daylight on the 17th. A St. Lcuis telegram, of the 18th, says Trice's headquarters aro reported at Lexington. Curtis drove the rebels out of Independence on Tuesday. Great excitement prevailed at -Memphis on Sun day evening, in consequence of an expected attack on the city by a strong body of Forrest's forces. Twelve hundred guerillas have concentrated under Hinds, near Bradenburg, Kentucky. A peace convention is in session at Cincinnati. Long is talked of as a candidate for President. Gold closed in New York at 210. Fires in Russia. The Moscow Gazette pub lishes a frightful list of files, which, since April last, have taken plaac in different parts of Russia aud it adds, that the account of the principal disas ters U not complete. The work of incendiaries xommenced at the end of April, in the Government of Kalonea, by the destruction of fifty-four houses; next at Okhansk, two hundred and four houses were burnt; at Serdobok, four fifths of- the town were destroyed;-at Mozir, one-half of the houses; at Mologa, more than two hundred; and at the fair of iNijni-iNoogorod, liltcen hundred booths and one hiown up. At Riga, two fires occurred; the same at Tunlen, where the finest quarters of the town were consumed. At Orenburg, six hundred houses were burnt, and Baki is only a heap of ruins. out corm.icrauons iook piace at st. reiersourg; jsii. it -i:iiiiu, a low u which, as Well US X&rOSiaYI, are now in ruins. Previous to April, two imperial - . . . ' - i. . i ii r i i cannon foundries were destroyed. J.. -i ' f : Vt n A aJ onn frkrf fr.Alrrhf hnncne a . 1).. t I ., i uuuu . 'T . i ,n j ttk acrisK, mere The reader will agree with us, that the militarv were six fires in June, and entire quarters of ih nor.,;mc ; f IUI',,afy , ' rru M-aiiLrs in ne operations now in progress in Georeia are of ab- t'.wn were consumed. The powder mazine of cjr,k;:n ao- it. aii . r x,. . e"'ne 01 i sorbmg interest. 1 heir result may 6ettle the eiues-N.i.-:in and that of Okhta, near Petersburg wpre i Lk. ... t, j- . 1 , WAE news. ; ; Battles in the -Virginia Valley. OS- cial dispatches state that Lrenerai jariy attackea Sheridan's camp at L'eaar creeit, oior u oo toe I9th inst., surprised ana routea me 1010 ana lura corps, drove the 6th corps beyond Middletown; captured 18 pieces of artillery and 1,300 prisoners which were safely brought on. The enemy subsequently made a stand and in irn attacked Eatly causing his line to give way. tu , ,l on .: r On the retreat the enemy captured 30 pieces of ar tillery. Oar uett loss is 23 pieces ot artillery, some wagons and ambulances. Our loss in killed and wounded is less than 1,000. Our loss iu prison ers is thought to be small. The enemy's infantry are reported very badly demoralized. We did not pursue. His loss if very severe. -. Gen. .Rainseur was seriously wounded while act ing with great gallantry, and was capjlured by the enemy. Mosby's Operations. Mosby is again on the grand round. Ten days ago he struck the enemy at Salem, on the Manassas Gap railroad, whipping the Yankee troops, capturing their baggago and trains, and breaking up their railroad-building operations. The next we hear of him is through the following official dispatch, from which it ap pears he has suddenly manifested himself at Duf field, on the Baltimore and . Ohio railroad. We give the dispatch : Headq'rs Army Northern Va., Oct 1G, 1861. Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War: On the 14th Col. Mosby struck the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at l)uffields, and destroyed the United States mail train, consisting of a locomo tive and ten cars, securing twenty prisoners :tnd 150 horses. Among the prisoners are two Yan kee pay-master's and $108,000 of Government funds. R. E Lee. Another Fight in East Tennessee Gen. Vaughn appears to be giving the Yankees in East Tennessee no rest. On Wednesday, as heretofore announced, says the Lynchburg 'Republican,' he whipped them at Greenville, and on Thursday morning he again came up with them eight miles west of that place, and gave them another hand some drubbing, capturing thirty prisoners, several wagons and ambulances, and a good many horses, besides killing a considerable number. The ene my left their dead on the field and retreated in con fusion towards Bull's Gap, Gen Vaughn pursuing. From General Price. The following, in the N. Y. Herald, is given as theJatest from Missouri. After asserting the recapture of Pilot Knob by the Yankees, where they found two hundred and fifteen of the Confederate wounded, the account says: "Parties of the rebel Price's force9 in the State are now pillaging and conscripting in the country north of the Missouri river. Price himself, with the main portion of his army is still at Booneville. The Union troops garrisoning several small detach ed locations have been withdrawn and concentra ted at Macon. In a speech which Price recently made to the people of Booneville, he told them that if they did not now rally to his standard, it was the last time he would come into the State to "relieve" them, but if they came promptly forward to bis support, he would remain among them." OPEEATIONS OP HOOD'S ARMY An official dispatch from Georgia states that General Hood's forces have destroyed the Western and Atlantic railroad, from near Resaca to within a short distance of Tunnel Hill, and a portion of the Cleveland road, capturing Dalton and all in termediate garrisons, with stores, arms and equip ments, and about one thousand prisoners. The last official intelligence we bad from our army in Georgia previous to the above-mentioned dispatch, was to the effect that General Hood had, by a circuitous march from Jonesboro', on the Ma con and Western railroad, twenty-two miles south of Atlanta, placed himself on the Western and At lantic railroad at Big Shanty, twenty-five miles northwest of Atlanta, and had destroyed the rail road from Big Shanty to Acworth, a point ten miles further north. In this position he was di rectly in Sherman's rear, the latter being at Atlan ta, and the Western and Atlantic road being his sole line of communication. It was believed, if Hood would hold this position, Sherman would be compelled, by lack of subsistence, to march out from Atlanta and attack us, with the hope of re opening his communications with Chattanooga. But it seems Hood did not maintain this posi tion. From Acworth he sent French against Al toona, Sherman's principal depot of supplies, which is only five miles north of Acworth, and is, in point of strength, quite a fortress. French failed to take Altooua. lie is said to have stormed the outer works without difficulty, but drew off his forces without attempting to carry the inner line of en trenchments. The Yankee accounts of French's loss in this attack were grossly exaggerated. They say he left a thousand dead end wounded on the field, when, in fact, his whole loss is n.nv ascertain ed to have been considerably short of six hundred in killed, wounded and missing. For some reason unknown to us, Hood, after this failure to take Altoona, left the Western and At lantic railroad at Acworth to strike it again, ac cording to the above-mentioned dispatch, at Re saca, which is fifty miles north of Acworth and eighty-four miles north by west of Atlanta. The dispatch tells us his "forces have destroyed the Western and Atlantic railroad from near Resa ca to within a short distance of Tunnel Hill, and a portion of the Cleveland road, c.ipturing Ialton, &c, &.o." Dalton is sixteen miles due north of Resaca, at the junction of the Western and Atlan tic and the Cleveland roads. From this point of junction the Western and Atlantic road runs north west to Chattanooga, passing Tunnel Hill seven miles beyond Dalton. The Cleveland road runs due north from Dalton to Cleveland, where it forms a junction with the Tennessee and Georgia rail road. It will be seen-that Altoona, like Sherman's ar my, is, by these recent operations of General Hood's army, entirely cut off and isolated from Chattanoo ga and Cleveland. For ten or fifteen days they have been in this isolated condition, without com munication with Yankee land, and dependent for their subsistence upon whatever supplies the pro vidence of Sheiman had laid in beforehand. From the accounts given by the Georgia parer these supplies have already run low, and the Yan- kee army are reduced to limited rations of hard oread. hen btanton daily telegraphs Dix that he bus received dispatches from Sherman as we see by the iXortpern papers he never fails to d he simply tells a falsehood. continued and protracted war. General Braxton Bragg, Litherto comniandino- , general, with his headquarters at Richmond, h ! I -11. . ' . been relieved, and goes at once to take command nf . ... . au luipjiuui, ujimary post in one oi toe more southern States. Tbe transfer of Gen. Bra- i4 y pniy iciuurary I i - , eo - i - - " - -' - w uw.w iiuujvuiabc? L'tuL i; ur a WESTERN D EMO O JEl.AT, CHARLOTTE, JST C. THE SITUATION. Upon the whole the news appears to us to be good. Even as derived frm Northern aources, tiro balance of advantage is rapidly getting over to our side, if it was not there already, and the rapid riee t ,JA at tb XoTib. srrite of all the lies, conceal r rtents, and electioneering efforts of the Lincoln ad j ministration, now that it finds itself on the eve of ! the "Presidential struggle, shows that this is felt the North. This Fall campaign promises to close ! as gloriously as the Spring opened, leaving us iu ! substantial possession, by the Winter, of every I State that actually and truly joined the Confede racy. We must bear in mind that Warylana nover was, even in name, a Confederate State, and that Kentucky and Missouri, especially the former, are only so constructively. They have never had a chance freely to deelare themselves. Missouri, we really think is and has been in feeling and de fac to, so far as her own citizens are concerned, a Con federate State.- Kentucky may be, and we think is so now, but she, more than any other State, "paltered in a doublo sense," was true neither to herself nor to her natural affinities. Now, the iron has entered ber soul, and she sees her mistake We think it possible that Kentucky may act upon her knowledge. We need Kentucky for our own strength, we want Kentucky because of the many noblo and brave Southern men she contains, and to whom she has given birth, but still more because of the heroic men she does not contain, but who have left their homes in her bosom to follow the Confederate banner. But leaving this discussion, we may anticipate the possession of more territory than we held when the canp;ait,n commenced. We may at least hope for it. and with it the possession of greatly aug mented moral power. Should we, in the course of events, be enabled to snatch back .Northern Geor gia and East Tennessee, after Sherman's boasted and really able advance after the Yankees bad expended over one hundred thousand men on that advance, the effect would be unsurpassed since Na poleon's retreat from Moscow. Will we? We hope so. Wilmington Journal. . . PARLOR, GENERALS. An exchange remarks that a stranger would na turally conclude that our entire population had been educated in the art of war, from their inces sant criticisms on the conduct and movements of our military leaders. This is emphatically too true. Editors especially are given to such criti cisms. They not only criticise what our generals have done, but advise them what they ought to do. And even then, should the Generals do what they advise, "they complain that it was not done at the right time or in the right way. We have an in stance before us in which this system is applied to the War Department also. The Richmond Exam iner says: "The revocation of details, like many other measures of the War Department, ought to have been earlier. If the Order had been pub lished three weeks ago," &c. &c. We will sup pose that the Examiner advised the measure three weeks ago, (though we consider that doubtful) Perhaps the Secretary was not able to jump at con clusions, like the Examiner, and required the three weeks to examine into the matter. Three weeks' deliberation upon so serious a step would not seem to be unreasonable the time is but a moment in the life of a nation and we think the Examiner should have refrained "from carping when its wish was accomplished. But perhaps the Examiner has an eye to the future. If things turn out well, nobody will remember the Examiner's complaiRts. If ill, the Examiner will be able to say, "it's all owing to your not doing it three weeks earlier, as we advised." It was a well known prin ciple of action of old Mr. Macon, during his Con gressional career, to vote against measures because, as he said, if they passed and were of public utili ty, no one would remember that he voted against them. If they should prove of evil tendency, he could say, "I told you so I voted against them." We have heard an officer of some experience say, that the soldiers in the field look with unquestion ing reliance at the 'orders and movements of their leaders. They do not criticise, but rely upon the skill and devotion of those whose dujy it is to plan and to order, and who have opportunities to secure the information necessary to ,the formation of wise plans and orders. It might cure some of our par lor Generals of their propensity to criticism, if they would take the field in the ranks, learn to obey; and thus qualify themselves to command. We are looking to see some of the grumblers rail out against Gen. Hood's movement to Sherman's rear. It affords a fine opportunity for criticism, upon Mr. Macon's principle. FayeltcviUe Ob server. The Nortii western Conspiracy Astound in g' Developments A commission is iu session at Indianapolis, Indiana, to investigate the case of II. B. Dodd and others, charged with bein;r connected with a treasonable organization for the overthrow of the United States. The cross-examination of Felix S. Stiger, the Government witness, brought out the fact that the revolutionary programme of the ' Order of the Sons of Liberty," of which a Dr. Bowles is military chief, included a rebellion in the West in co-operation with an invasion by the Con federates. According to this programme, Illinois was to furnish fifty thousand men, who were to con centrate at St. Louis and to co-operate with Mis souri, which was to furnish thirty thousand; and these combined forces, to co-operate with Price, were to iuvade Missouri with twenty thousand, or what force President Davis could furnish; and that the one hundred thousand in all were to hold Mis souri against any Federal force brought against them. Indiana was to furnish forty thousand or sixty thousand men to co operate with whatever force Ohio might send; and alf these were to be thrown on Louisville, and were to co-operate with whatever force President Davis could send to East ern Kentucky, under Buckner and Breckinridge, or whoever he might deem best to conduct the op erations. 1 Lis was the programme Dr. Bowles gave the witness in the early part of May, 1864. Early in "June, of the present year, Dr. Bowles told the witness that the uprising would take place if they could obtain the co-operation of Colonels Jesse, Siphertand Walker, in Kentucky. There is good tieal of buiobuggery in the above. A Giant Oak. A friend informs us that in the yard of the late Gen. Alexander Gray, of Ran dolph county, there stands a white oak tree whose diameter is 8 feet. It stands on a rich plat of land, without any competitor or compauioo, as mere is no iree near it. it snades a neat mansion, him. 1 be old lellow was seated in a split-bottom the late residence of the deceased proprietor, who chair, engaged in reading one of the morning pa died in July last, at the great age of 9G. Often pcrs through a pair of spectacles. The back of has our mtormaut seen him, with book in hand, sitting in the shade of this noble tree, whose limbs, themselves as large as ordinary trees, tower away up to the heavens tree and man alike venerable. ever, which does not flourish on that kind of soil Our informant remembers the tree in question for 60 years past, when it was comparatively small. It has grown very fast for the last 30 or 40 years. Fayettctille Observer,. xuia i-siaie oi ucn. uray, fciiuatea at tne Dead and under it a number of chickens were pecking of South Uwharie, has on it an abundance of large about. One of them, a cock, is said to.be a great Umber, of various kinds, not including: pine, bow- net with the General, who ha had him from . COHSCRIPTING; NEGROES. From the Rickmoad Eorrer,1' The proposition to eltend the Conscript Law to the slaves of the State, was first formally advanced by the "Enquirer" in' the isatw of the Cth insL Since that time, we have received many assurances of its popular favor, and none whatever of opposi tion to it. We learn that the planters in the ex treme Southern States favor the proposition, and some have signified their readiness to free five, ten or fifteen of their slaves, if they will enter the army. The near, approach of the time when the Congress meets again, requires that expression be given to the sentiments of the country upon this important measure. We therefore earnestly invite its discussion, and open jour columns to opponents as well as friends of the proposition. The result of 'the late elections is still in doubt, and whether Lincoln or McClellan will be elected, it is yet impossible to determine, but there is no uncertainty as to the question of carrying on the war. Whether Lincoln or McClellan be the next President, the voice, and the almost unanimous voice, ot that people is for a vigorous prosecution of the war. The duty of preparing to meet that issue, will be before the approaching session of the Confederate Cengress; that body will have before it, for consideration, the ways and means, as well of men as of money, for carrying on the war, on our part. The war cry of the enemy, "do parley with re bellion in the field no compromise with Slavery in the readjustment," fully informs our people that, in plain vernacular, the whites of these States are to be subjugated to slavery, and their slaves re duced to the miserable condition of Yankee free negroes. This is the view of the people, among our enemies, and this will be the result of the war, whether ended by Lincoln or McClellan, if the people of these States permit themselves to be con quered. r The conscription of negroes should be accom panied with freedom and the privilege of remain ing in the States; this is no part of abolitionism, it is the exercise by the master of the unquestionable right of manumission; it is remunerating those who defend our cause with the privilege of freedom. Nor should this important subject be prejudiced with questions about putting the negro on an equal ity With our friends, brothers and fathers. Many of the soldiers in their childhood were fondled and nursed by faithful negro nurses, and yet no ques tion of equality was ever raised. Many a man has manumitted slaves without ever being subjected to the suspicion of being an abolitionist. The issues involved in this war are too exalted in their importance and character for us to permit them to be compromised by being degraded - to a question of property. The liberty and freedom of ourselves and of our children, the nationality of our country, the right of enjoying any kind of pro-. perty, the houses over our heads, and the very graves of our children and friends, aro involved in this struggle. Failure makes slaves of all, white and black; robs all of property, real and personal; divides our lands among our conquerors, who will plough up the very graves of oui dead as fertilized ground for making money. ' We have in our midst a half million of fighting material which is proper ty sTiall we use that property for the common couse? Justice and sound policy demands that we make freemen-of those who fight for freedom. We conscript the master and we impress his horses, cattle, wheat and every other property, except slaves. This very exception is an imputation that this war is for slavery and not for freedom. By conscripting the negroes we show to the world the earnestness that is in our people; we prove to our enemies that at the moment of our "supposed ex haustion, in the fifth year of the war, we shall meet them with larger armies than we have before raised; and we explode the false sensation that we are fighting for slavery, or a slave-holder's Confed eracy. There are those who doubt whether sound policy would trust negroes with arms? We are; not of those who entertain any fears upon that subject. Drill and discipline makes valuable soldiers of Rus sian serfs, and no negroes in these States are so ig norant and brutal as those serfs. Between service with the Confederacy and with the . Yankees, be tween living among ns with all their strong local attachments, and going among strangers, who are now openly buying and selling them to recruiting officers, our f laves will find no difficulty in choos ing. And, when once it is understood that free dom and a home in the South arc the privileges of fered by the Confederate authorities, while the en emy extend the beggarly hospitalities of Yankee philanthropy, not only will desertion from ourranks be unf'roquent, but the drafted negroes of the Yan kee artnjes will exchange services. . This subject addresses itself to the consideration of our people, at this particular time, with great force. The prospect of four more years of war are before our people; the enemy will " not even "par ley" with us without unconditional surrender, the fruits of which would be the confiscation of all pro perty, the deportation of whole communities; the degredation of the people, and the domination and tyranny of Yankee masters. There can be no re construction which does not embrace a surrender first, which will not permit confiscation afterwards, which does not insure euslavin? the white, with out freeinsr the blacks. If there are any weak- kneed people who imagine they can save their pro perty by reconsttuciion, let tbcm study the Shibo leth of all parties in the United States "no par ley with rebellion in the field; no compromise with slavery in the adjustment." Unconditional sur render is first demanded before even a parley We are to lay down our arms and submit to the kd- ness or the Butlers. Grants, Shermans and Sben dans; to the fate of New Orleans, the condition of the Valley, the misery of Atlanta, and, after all that degradation, to give up all our slaves in the adjustment. It there are any reasons against ex tending the conscription to slaves, we should like to have them stated, but we are decidedly of opin ion that the whole country will agree to the propo sition, and that at an early day the next Congress will be called upon to provide for it by law. General Lee at nis Headquarters. A correspondent, describing a recent visit he made to the army around Petersburg, writes the Mobile Register: We found General Lee quartered in a grassy yard, his tents shaded by noble trees. General Lee was in his tent, which-is by no means a pre tentious one, at the time ot cur visit, and my con sin and myself strolled by in order to get a look at his head was turned to us, so that we were hardly paid for our pains of our sly observation. Not far from the great Captain's tent, the inside of which looked very clean- and cozy, was his ambulance, beginning of the war, and carries him wherever he goes. 1 suspect the secret of this apparent whim is nothing more than a very rational desire for fresh laid eggs for breakfast, for the rooster is not deprived of his harem. fi CHEROKEE INDIANS NO. 2. , J: i r - WEBBSviLLi:,No i Oct. Cl864. Ztiorf7$tate Journal; Time and opportunity being again favorable the above subject is resumed: ' What was known as the Cherokee nation , was formed by the union of seven clans resembling in some respects, the tribes of Israel. They wero known and are now by the following names: 17'Inwah-hc-yuh, or Tolf clan. ' 2. In-e-cow-wih, or Deer clan. 3. In-e-chees-quah, or Bird clan. 4. In-e-wah-teh, or Paint clan. 5. In-e-se-ho-nih, or Blue clan. - 6. ln-e-co te-ca-wih, or Blind Savannah clan. 7. In-a-giUo-bee, or as interpreted by some, Pretty WohWclan. These clans are very probably the' descendants of" the same number of families. Inter-marriages between the members of the same clan , were pro hibited. A; violation of this custom or law, was punishable with death. ' Traditioa says that a different practice, that of inter-marriages between near relatives, existed in ancient times, which were followed by physical de fects, such as blindness, deafness, idiocy, &c, which under the advice of the medicine men, led to the adoption of the prohibitory law referred to. This cause, more than any other, is supposed to have kept up the physical energies of that tribe and measurably freed them from thoe defects of blind ness, deafness, &c , which arc 'tid to have been numerous before irs adoption. The Cherokee nation or tribe, when first visited by the whites, w .s one of the most numerous, war like and powerful, that whs found oo this conti nent. Their hunting-grounds extended over a large portion of the highlands and mountainous portions of the Territory now embraced within the limits of south-westprn Virginia, western North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, east Tennessee and the Cumberland mountains in Ken tucky. Throughout this extensive territory larg er than either England or France, the Cherokees are said to have been regarded as the eldest bro thers or governing tribe. Near the centre of this vast country of High lands, which now occupies a central position, in the Southern Confederacy, struggling for existence, was, if tradition be true, the garden of Eden for the first parents of the Red Man. Here the Great Spirit, in the creation, was supposed to have per formed some of bis noblest works. After furnish ing it with a salubrious climate, he encircled and fenced it in with the high mountains of the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland, watered ir with the beautiful streams of the Tan-oa-sce (called by the whites Tennessee) which flowed through rich and fertile valleys, interspersed with undulating hills, rising upon hills and mountains upon mountains covered with rich herbage, impenetrable forests, ravines and precipices, dotted over with innumer able towering craggy peaks whose summits pierced beyond the clouds. In the midst of this Switzer land of the South, tradition says, tbe Great Spirit created, of red earth, the. first parents of the Red Men of the forest long before tho white man or pale faces had made his foot prints on this conti nent, placed them in thia garden and commanded them to multiply aud occupy tbe country given to them. He also gave them for food, the fruits of tbe earth, including maize or Indian corn, the fish es in the streams and the innumerable herd of the deer, elk and buffuloe and other animals that fed on their plains, and enjoined it upon them and their descendents while water runs and grass grows never to be enslaved. Junai.uskee. The North Carolina and Virginia Chris tian Conference- met pursuant to adjournment, at Antioch church, Chatham county, North Carolina, and was called to order by Elder John K. Holt, on Wednesday before the first Sabbath iu October. A committee on the character and standiog of Ministers, reported Elder Wm. N. Rragg, of Raleigh, N. C., in bad standing, for having had af filiation with a political faction called "Heroes of America;" which lias ever been regarded as trea sonable in its character. Whereupou, after a fair and impartial trial, he was expelled from the Con ference, and ordered to surrender his credentials. Confederate. $50 REWARD. Strayed from the residence of Mr S. M. Stafford on Rocky River, in Cabarru3 county, a light-red COW, in fine order, With tbe right horn broken off. The above reward will be paid for her deliverv to me or to Mr Stafford. J: M. SPRINGS. 'Charlotte, Oct 10, 18G4 Headquarters Reserve, IN. C,7 Raleigh, Oct. 11, 1864'. j General Orders No. 15. . THE following orders from the Adjutant and Inspec tor Generals Office, are published fur the information of all concerned. All men detailed from the army, who arc fit for field service and not certified to, as re quired, will be immeuiately returned to their several commands ; Adj't and Inspector General's Office, llicbmond, Sept..20lb, 18G-k ' Special Order ISo. 223 (hxtracl.) XXV. All men detailed from the army now serving in Virginia, w ho are not pronounced unfit for field ser vice by a Medical Exnniiuiop Board and who are not certified by various Heads of Departments and Chiefs of Bureau as absolately necessary for tbe continuance of tbe manufacture of munitions and other iodispenst ble supplies for the army, will be immediately returned to duty with their respective commands. By command of the Secretary of War. (Signed) JNO. WITHES, Assistant Adjutant General. Adj't and Inspector General's Office, Richmond. Oct. 1st, 1804 ' Special Orders No. 233. (Extract). I. The employees of Tax in kind service, are hereby excepted front tbe operations of Paragraph XXV, Spe cial Orders No. 223, Adjutant and Inspector Geaeral's Office, September 28, 184 These employees nnder tbe officers on this special duty are providing for the army, and must not be mo lested by Enrolling officers, or by commanders of De partments. By command of the Secretary of War. (Signed) JNO. W. RIELY, Assistant Adjutant General. By order f Lieutenant General Holmes, JOHN W. UINSDALK. Assistant Adjutant General: October 17, 1864. 2t Headquarters Reserve, IV. C, Raleigh, October 1st, 1864. ) Gesebxl Orders No. 12. I. All men, reported for light duty in the State of North Carolina, and who bare net been assigned, will report themselves in person, without delay, to the Com mandant of Conscripts. All officers In tbe State, ia command of light duty men, will report tbeir numbers and employment to tbe Commandant of Conscripts. II. All officers in tbe state, or tne invalid Corps, or j a r I' L m m wno nave oeea raerei mr ugui amy, aua woo are un- assigned, will immediately report ia person, or if una ble, by letter, to these Headquarters, forwarding a cop of tbeir orders of retirement front the Adjutant and In spector General's Office. . III. Capt. A. W. Lawrence, of C. S. Ordnance, hav ing, in obedience to Special Order, No. 207, Pr. XX, A. k I. G. O., current series, reported for duty at these Headquarters, is announced as Ordnance Officer on the Staff of the Lieut. Gen. Commanding, and will relievt Lient. Graham Daves, Acting Ordnance Officer, Re serve, N. C. By command of Lieut. Gen. Holmes: JNO. W. HINSDALE, A. A. Gen. ' October 10, 1864. 3t. . Military Orders. The following orders tn. pear. in the Richmond papers: I' Richmond, Va., Oct. 14, 18W. vJ Generals commanding Reserves in the seve ral States, will, without delay, select and send effi. ears, one to each Congressional District, empower ed to summon, and alter inspection, forward to the oamps of Instruction, all persons holdioe certifi. Lcates of permanent disability, and such persons as- aignvu iu iig uuij, as in nis judgment appear likely to- be adjudged qualified for service. AH such as ny upon examination, be pronounced by select Medical Boards so qualified, will be assigned to doty in the field. The inspectors of conscription aoay be charged with this additional duty in the abHnce of other suitable officers. By "order, S. Coomb, Adj't and Insp'r Gen'l. Richmond, Va, Oct. 13, 1SG1 Paragraph I, General Orders, No. 77, (current series,) is amended by the insertion of Min the ser vice of the Government" between the words "cm ployed" and as artisans'. &e. By order, (Signed), S. TJooper, A. & I. -Gen'). Valuable Property at Auction. EXECUTOirs SALE. Having taken oat Letters Teatameotarj from tfa Count Court of Union county, according to Uw, 0a tbe estate of William D. Howard, deceased, 1 shall i. pose to public sale, On Thursday the 3d of Nortmlrr, at the Uietrsidcnce of tbe deceased, 14 miles west of Monroe, N. C the following articles of proper! bt. longing to said estate, vis r-- Lauds. All tbe right, title and interest which the said Wm. D. Howard, dee'd, bad at tbe time of bis death in thai tract or body of Lund known as ths MILL Tit ACT, fitaated in the western part of Union county, on tb waters of Twelve Mile Creek, adjoining tbe lands ofO. D. Broom, Wm. Jones and other, containing about 115 aires, and has mi it one of the best GRIST illLLH , K . SAW ILL. The lal.re.i Sf .. 5 deceased in these Mills and Lands is one-third of lbs wbote. which now nnder tho Will has to be Sold. ALSO, all tbe right, title and interest of said W.D. Howard in that bod of. Lands known as the MON DAY'S BRANCH LANDS, containing over 7u0 acres, and situated in tbe western part of Union countr, ad joining tbe lands of T. W. Rcdwine, S. B. Howard and others, and has on it a good ordinary GRIST MILL and a good SAW MILL. Tbe interest of said deceased ia tbeso Lauds and Mills Is one-tbird of tbe whole. Negroes. I will also sell the Xegra mau, SCOTT, aed about 45 yeati, and known throughout ibis section of country as one of the best Millers in the Confederacy. A rare opportunity is now offered to mill-owners for supply ing themselves with a good number-one Miller. Said negro lias the reputation or being as bonest as negroes are general! known to b. I will also tell a negro boy aged about 8 jtars smart and likely. I will also sell ft negro Woman, aged about sSe.ri sound so far as known. Hogs, Mules, Corn, &c. Also, one Gold Waicb, two good Mules, one Mart, about 20 bead of Ilogj, some Sheep, one fa mil Car riage, one road Wagon, one log Wagon, one sett HUck. smith's Tools, about 250 bushels Corn, about 35 bush els Wheat, a lot of Fodder, one Rifle Gun, one lot of Farming Tools, Household und Kitchen Furniture, and various other articles too tedious to mention. Sale to be opened nt 10 o'clock, a. m., when and where tbe terms will be made known. Tbe Executor will take pleasure In showing this property to any one who may wish to purchase it, if they will call on him before tbe day of sale. ' G. D. BRO01I, Executor. Wolfsville, Union county, N. C, Oct 10, 1864. t Executive Department , IV. C, Adjutant (Jenekal'u Orricr., 1 Raleigu, October 4th, 1804. General Orders, No. 24. A necessity having arisen for calling a portion of the Guard for Home Defence iuto the field to repel a threatened invasion, to avoid interfering as far as pr os, ible with the indurtrial pursuits of the country, it is ordered that tbo commanding officers of the Guard fur Home Defence in the counties of Surry, Yadkin, Kow nn, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Ga(ton, aod Cleavelaud, and of all the counties lying east of stid counties, will assemble tbeir respective Regiment! or Battalions without delay, and proceed to -divide thun into.three equal parts, to be known as the trl, 2d, aii 3d cla?es these numbers to be determined by lot or draft, aud the classes called out in rStatiou, when Wis than tbe whole are requifed for field service. Commanders of Battalions will exclude from tbe lit class all persons physically incapable of pet forming field service, and they will be careful not to include in either clas? pcr.ons not strictly members of the Guard fur Home Defence. When there are less than .three companies in a Bt talion, they will be united and divided Into three equal parts, and a complement of officers assigned to esch. When there are three, six, or nine companies In a Bat talion, they will be equalized in numbers by transfers from one company to the other, and when the nnniber of compantes is not divisible by three.Jhen it mutt ba made so by breaking up the odd companies and assign ing their member! to tbe other aotnpinirs. Tbt corn pany or companies to be broken up to bt" deteruiiosd by lot. As soon as each commander has complied with ths foregoing instructions, be will arm and equip the 1st class ot bis Battalion and order it to proceed without delay to Goldiboro, and report to Brig. Gen C Leven thorpe, who, ns the troops arrive, will orgauiie thsta into Regiments. The Guard for Homo Defence belonging to counties lying west of those above enumerated, are designed for tbe defence of ih Mountain District. Their organ ization will not ho changed for the present. By order ofG'r. Vasce! R C. GATLIN, AHj't Of al. October 10, 18(54. 3t A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS IN REGARD TO The "Southern Hepatic 1. ' They are prepared from tbe best qnatity of Medi ciues by tbe discoverer, now an aged Minister of is Gospel, and are safe. 2. They hare been kaown for yeari aid tested thousands. 3. Five hundred persons are known to bava baea cured by them. 4. They are not recommended by tbe proprietor for everything, but only for diseases which arise from d'" ordered livers. 6. Directions and certificates accompany eatk l and these certificates are from well known aad niotl respectable individuals. 6. Correspondents recommend them as good for Liv er Disease, Chills and Fevers, Pneumonia. Jaandic, Dyspepsia, Billious Fevers, BilJious Rbivnli, Worms, Pluri'y, Bronchitis, ke. 7. Several gentleman slate that the of pills bat beeo to ihem an aanaal saviag of from JI00 to $20"; they are the best plantation medicine aver or- icrea to tne public. r 8. Some physicians of it h'ghest standing r fieri them to their patients, aad hundreds of boxes bava been sold to regular practitioners. . 9. During the last qoarter 2,8eu boxes have beea aojd to two Druggists, one in Svath Carol Id, aad one ia North Carolina, and some lime ago over 3 700 boxes were ordered by Drnvgisi ia one ! Virginia. Price f 5 box. For $50 a dozen Uxes will be seat to any address. $450 rr gross. A er J"'1 count to Druggists and country dealers. C currency) to accompany orders. nrtM GEORGK W. DEEMS. 1 Coldiboro , N. C. For sale in Charlotte br Dr. Scarr and by Dr. Hatch, isoo; in Lincolnton by S. P. SherriM; In 7 R. Fronebarger: In Concord by T. Rcld; and by Draggiits generally. September 26, lro4. . Salt, Suffar, Tobacco, Rao if TUiWlron. Cotton Yarn, Cotted Goods, anj beautiful and substaatlal Cassiraeres, at wbolesaJj. 1. O. V JijUJ -C Qct 10, 1861 tf
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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