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MEMBERS OP THE LEGISLATURE OP
NORTH CAROLINA.
SENATE.
aquotank and Perquimons W II Bagley.
Camden and Currituck D McD Lindsey.
Gates and Cliowan M L Euro.
JIvdeand Tyrrell Edward L Mann.
Northampton J B Odom.
Hertford James M Wynne.
JSertie Jhu Pool.
Martin and Washington J R Stubbs.
Halifax Mason L Wiggins.
Edecinhe and Wilson J H Powell.
l'itt Dr E J Blount
15,-aufort E J Warren
c'raven X A Whitford
f.'arteret and Jones Dr M F Arendell
(Sreeno and Lenoir J P Speight
N Hanover Eli W Hall
Duplin W U Ward
Onflow Isaac N Saunders
lilauVn. Brunswick and Columbus John W Ellis
Cumberland and Haftiett W B Wright
Sampson William Kirby
Wayne Benj Aycock
Johnston T D Snead
Wake W 1) Jones
Nash A J Taylor
Franklin W Harris
Warren Dr T J Pitchford
(Jranville II W Lassiter
jVrson C S Winstead
Orangts John Berry
Alamance and Randolph Hon Giles Mebane
Chatham E H Straughn
Moore and Montgomery Dr J M Crump
Richmond and Robeson Giles Leitch
Anson and Union Col W C Smith
TJuilford Robt P Dick
Caswell William Long
liockingham D W Courts
M.'ckU-nburg W M Grier
Cabarrus and Stanly Dr J E McEachern
Rowan and Davie-s-W B March
Davidson Henderson Adam
Stokes and Forsyth J E Matthews
Ashe, Surry, &c Jonathan Horton
Iredell, Wilkes, &c A M Bogle
Burke, McDowell, &c S F Patterson
Lincoln, Gaston, and Catawba M L McCorklo
Rutherford. Polk. Sec Dr W J T Miller
Buncombe, Henderson, dec M Pattou
Macon, Haywood, Sec S C Brys.m
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Alamance R Y McAden, C F Faucett
Alexander J M Carson
Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk-A-he
Mr McMillan
Beaufort Hon R S Donnell, D M Carter
liortie P T Henry, Jas Bond
Bladen J W Russ
Brunswick D L Russell, Jr
Burki J J Erwin
Buncombe J M Gudger
Cabarrus P B C Smith
Chatham J II Ileaden. W J Headen, W P Iladley
Caldwell J M Isbell
Camden W A Duke
Carteret Stephen D Pool
Caswell Mont ford McGehec, S S Harrison
Catawba W P Reinhardt
Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D
McLean, Dr John McCormick
Cherokee G W Hays
Chowan L C Benbury
Ch-aveland D Beam, J W Gidney
Columbus Forney George
Craven Wm Lane. T H Gaakins
Currituck
Davie R F Johnston
Duplin Zach Smith, R B Houston
Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes
Kdgecombe David Cobb, L D Farmer
Franklin W K Davis
Fowvtli W II Wheeler, W B Stipe
Gaston W T.Shipp
(Jates Richard Bond
Guilford D F Caldwell, A Clapp, A S Holton
(Jranville P P Peace, E Grissom, J S Amis
Halifax II Joyner, A II Davis
Haywood Samuel L Love
Henderson M M Patton
Hertford J B Yann
Hyde Mr Gibbs
Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpo
Jackson W A Euloe
Johnston W A Smith. W G Banks
Jones F G Simmons
Lenoir, Allen W Wooten
Lincoln, Ambrose Coatner
Macon, J M Lyle
Madison, W H Brown.
Martin, S W Oulterbridge
McDowell, W F Craige
Mecklenburg, John L Brown, E C Grier
Montgomery, Allen Jordan
Moore, EIamJ Harrington
Nash. G C Lewis
New Hanover. Saml J Person. J R Hawes
Northampton. S T Stancill, W J Rogers
'rann-e.
S F Phillips, W N Patterson
Onslow, A J Murrill
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Pasquotank, W E Mann
Penjuimons, J II Riddick
Person, John W Cunningham
Pitt. R G Atbritton, C Perkins
Randolph, Joel Ashoworth, E T-BIair
Rowan, F E Shober. W II Crawford
Richmond, B F Little
Robeson, David Bethune, T J Morisey
Rockingham, Mr Strong, A J Boyd
Rutherford, J L Carson. A R Bryan
Sampson, L A Powell, Patrick Murphy
Stanly, R Harris
Stokes. W II Flynt
Surry. Mr.Waugh
Tyrrell,
Union, C Austin
Wake, D G Fowle, G II Alford, C J Rogers
Wayne, M K Crawford, J M Caho
Warren, W T Allston, T J Judkins
Washington, L C Latham
Watauga, Wm Horton
Wilkes, A S Calloway, P T IIn ton
iausin, a U' Uowles
Yaucy,
D M Young.
CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS,
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Proprietor
PUBLIC ACTS
Passed at the First Session of the Second Can
gressofthe Confederate States 1864.
An Act to authorize the manufacture of Spirituous
Liqaois for the use of the Army and Hospitals.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That it shall be lawful for the Surgeon Gen
eral or the Commissary General to make all necessary
contracts forhe manufacture and distillation of whis
ky, brandy, and other alcoholic and spiritous liquors
for the supply of the army and hospitals upon such
terms as may be conducive to the public interest ; and
that the said contract and any heretofore made shall
operate as a license t the contractor to manufacture
the same for the purpbse aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That the Srgeon General and the Commis
sary General shall bejauthorized to establish manufac
tories or distilleries for the purpose of obtaining the
supplies aforesaid, anjl to employ laborers in the same,
instead of resorting lo contracts, if they shall deem it
more pTudent to do si.
Sec. 3. That no contractor or party shall, under the
license granted by this act, distil or make more alcohol,
whisky, brandy, or other alcoholic or spirituous liquors
than lie shall deliver to the Government or its agents
in fulfillment of his contract or contracts; nor shall it
be lawful for suet contractor to sell, or in any way
dispose of, otherwise than as said contract or contracts
may require, any alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other
alaoholic or spirittous liquors manufactured by him
under the license aforesaid; nor shall this act operate
as a license to any contractor for any violation of the
prohibitions herein contained, when such violation
shall be a crime or misdemeanor under the laws of the
State in which the same may occur.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act providing for the establishment and payment
of claims for a certain description of property taken
or informally impressed for the use of the army.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of
War to appoint and assign, in each congressional dis
trict and for each territory, an agent, not liable to mili
tary duty in the field, who shall, at stated times, in
each county or parish, under the direction of the post
quartermaster nearest to him, receive and take proof,
under oath, la relation to all claims in said district for
forage, provisions, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, mules,
teams and wagons heretofore furnished to the army by
the owner, or htretofore taken or informally impressed
for the use of the army, and not yet paid lor, by any
officer in the military service, or by his order or direc
tion, express or implied 7rom the nse of the property,
whether said officer be & line or staff officer, and whe
ther he be a bonded officer or otherwise, and report
the facts and transmit the evidence in each case to the
proper accounting officers of the Treasury, together
with his opinion a3 to tke justice and validity of the
claim; and the said accounting officers are hereby au
thorized to audit and'control and order payment of
such claims as appearto them to be equitable and just:
Provided, That all suh claims originating West of the
Mississippi river shal! be reported to the accounting
officers of the Treasury Department established for the
trans-Mississippi Department, who are hereby author
izee to audit, control and direct payment of the sarre
in the same manner as the accounting officers of the
Treasury East of the Mississippi river. And the said
agent is hereby authorized, in taking testimony in re
gard to said claims, to administer oaths to witnesses,
and, if he thick proper, to the claimants themselves.
The compensation allowed to. said agent shall be ten
dollars per daj- while actually engaged in the perform
ance of the duties imposed on him by this act, and 30
cents per mile for every mile actually traveled by him,
to be paid under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War
may assign to the duty herein mentioned tiny quarter
master or disabled officer of the army ; and, in that
event, said officer or quartermaster shall, in addition
to the compensation now allowed him by law, be en
titled to mile.'ige at the rate of forty cents per mile:
Provided, further, That the Secretary of ft'ar may ap
point any non-commissioned officer or private to per
form the" duties under this act who may be unfit for
active service in the field because of wounds received
or disease contracted in said service, and the pay and
allowance of such non-commissioned officer or piivate,
when so appointed and assigned, shall be the same as
are allowed to persons so appointed who may not be
liable to military service.
Sec. 2. That this act shall cease and determine on the
first day of January, 1865, east of the Mississippi river,
and on the first day of May, 1865, west of the Missis
sippi river: and all claims of the description aforesaid,
not presented to the agent aforesaid prior to said dates
at the respective places mentioned, shall not be en
titled to the benefits of this act.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act to increase the compensation of the heads of
the several Executive Departments, and tbe Assistant
Secretary of War and the Treasury and of the As
sistant Attorney General and the Comptroller of the
Treasury and other officers therein named.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact. That the compensation of the heads of the
several Executive Departments of the Governmentsball,
for one year from the passage of this act, be increased
to nine thousand dollars ; and of the Assistant Secre
tary of War and of the Treasury and of the Assistant
Attorney General and the Comptroller of the Treasury
be increased to six thousand dollars ; and that the
salaries of all clerks and employees in the various de
partments, located in the city of Richmond, be in
creased thirty-three and one-third per cent., and at all
other points throughout the Confederate States twenty
five per cent., for one year from the passage of this act :
Provided, That the clerks detailed from the army or
navy shall not be entitled to the benefits of this act.
Approved June 11, 1864.
An Act to amend the several acts in relation to a Vol
unteer Navy.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the act entitled "An act to amend an
act entitled 'An act to establish a Volunteer Navy,'"
passed 11th February, 1864, be so amended as to allow
persons to volunteer in the service of the volunteer
navy : Provided, such persons are resident foreigners
or Marylandcrs; and the President is hereby authorized
to cause passports to be issued to such persons as shall
volunteer as aforesaid, and shall be accepted by the
President of the company by which such vessel was
-fitted out, either within or beyond the Confederate
States.
Approved June 14, 1364.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a
Provisional Navy of the Confederate States," ap
proved May 1st, 1863.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That in tbe first line of the fourth section of
the act entitled "An act to create a provisional navy
of the Confederate Stales," the word 'provisional"
Bhall be substituted for the word "regular," so that the
said fourth section shall read as follows : All commis
sioned officers of the provisional navy shall be appoin
ted by the President, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, whenever in his judgment the pub
lic service requires their appointment, and in snch
numbers as he may think necessary, to the following
ranks and grades, viz: Admirals, vice admirals, rear
admirals, commodores, and to such other ranks and
grades as may exist :n the regular navy.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act lo authorize the formation of new commands,
to be composed of supernumerary officers, who may
resign to join such commands, and to limit and re
strict the appointment of officers in certain cases.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
do enact, That the President is hereby authorized to
grant authority for tbe organization of companies, bat
talions or regiments, to b composed of supernumerary
officers of the provisional army.
See. 2. That it shall be lawful for any supernume
rary officer to join said organizations, or any other
company in Confederate service, which does not ex
ceed the maximum prescribed by law, upon tender to
the proper authorities of his resignation for that pur
pose. Sec. 3. That the offices left vacant by snch resigna
tions Bhall not be filled, and that hereafter the lowest
grade of commissioned officer shall not be filled unless
there are upon the rolls of tbe company for service at
least forty six non-commissioned officers and privates ;
nor shall the position of senior second lieutenant be
filled, in case of a vacancy therein, -unless there are
upon the rolls of the company for service at least thirty
non-commissiened officers and privates; nor shall tbe
position of first lieutenant be filled, unless in case of a
vacancy there are at least twenty non-commissioned
officers and privates on the rolls of the company for
Service, which fact shall in each case be certified to by
the captain of the company and approved by the colo
nel of the regiment, before such promotion can be made.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize
military courts to attend the army of the Confederate
States in the field, and to define the powers of said
courts." - - .
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the above entitled act be so amended
that in all instances in which the particular division;
corps, district or other subordinate organization, to
which a military court is or may be hereafter appoint
ed or assigned, the commander of the army or depart
ment may by order, when in his discretion it shall be
proper and safe to do so, direct and empower the com
mander of the subordinate division, corps, district,
&c, to pass upon and refer for trial all charges and
specifications to come before said court, review
and confirm cr disapprove the records thereof, trans
mit the same direct to the War Department, remit or
suspend sentences (where lawful) and take all action
and exercise all jurisdiction in that behalf which per
tains under existing laws to the commander of the ar
my or department.
Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act,
when any person shall have been tried by any military
court or court martial, and acquitted of the charge or
charges pre ft ?d, the finding of the court shall be an
nounced immediately, and the person so tried and ac
quitted, if a soldier, shall be released from arrest and
returned to duty; and if other than a soldier, discharg
ed from custody without awaiting the examination or
report of tbe reviewing officer of such court.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act to amend an act entitled ".An act to amend an
act entitled 'An act to organize military courts to at
tend the army of tbe Confederate States in the field,
and to define tbe powers of said courts,'" approved
February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
.four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the proviso to said -act, and also so
much thereof as requires that the judge of tbe military
court in north Alabama shall givo ten days notice of
the times and places of holding said courts before the
same are held, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved June 14, 18C4.
An act to amend the laws relating to the commutation
value of hospital rations.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the commutation value of rations of the
sick and wounded officers and soldiers in hospitals or
othr r places, used in camp or the field as hospitals, be
fixed al the Government cost of said rations, and one
hundred per centum thereon: Provided, That said one
hundred per centum on the government cost of each
ration commuted, shall constitute a hospital fund, and
be drawn and appropriated as the Secretary of War
shall deem necessary, to purchase supplies for the use
of the sick and disabled of tbe army in hospitals.
Approved June 14, 1864.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to prohibit
the importation of luxuries or of articles not neces
saries or of common use," approved Feb. 6, 1864.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That so much of the act entitled "An act to
prohibit the importation of luxuries or of articles not
necessaries or cf common use," approved sixth FebT
ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as forbids the
importation of prepared "vegetables, fruits, meats,
poultry and game, 6ealed or inclosed in can3 or other
wise, and brooms and brushes of all kinds," is hereby
repealed.
Approved June 14, 1864.
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An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize
military courts toattend the army of the Confederate
States in the field, and to define the powers of said
courts," approved October 9th, 1862.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That so much of the said act as empowers
the said military courts to appoint their clerks and
marshals, and provides for the payment of the salaries
of the said officers, is hereby repealed ; and hereafter
it shall be the duty of the Secretary ot war to detail
and assign persons to fill s'aid offices from military offi
cers and non-commissioned officers and privates unable
to perform duty in the field, and the compensation of
such persons shall only be the pay to which they may
be respectively entitled by virtue of their military com
mission.
Approved June 14, 1864. 46-4w
Resignations. 2d Lieut. W A Thompson,
23d N. C. Troops ; 2d Lieut. John Hester, 45th
N. C. Troops; 2d Lieut. W 13 Field, 1st Cavalry j
Capt. John E Bailey, 5th N. C. Troops; Capt. J
W Gidney, 12th N. G. Troops.
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Capture of Hon. Roger A. Pryor. We regret
to state that the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, of this city,
widely known thronghout the State and the entire
South, was captureq by the enemy yesterday
morning. He was taken by means of the basest
treachery, such indeed as the Yankees alone could
be guilty of. While riding along the lices on our
right, he Btopped at one of our vidctte posts, and
left hia horse and private arms with one or two
other articles in charge of the pickets, statiDg that
he intended, as was rften hb custom, to go forward
and exchange papers with the enemy's videttes.
lie advanced in the direction of the Yankee lines,
flourishing a paper in his hand, in token of his ob
ject, and after proceeding some distance was met
by a Yankee officer. An exchange of papers was
effected, and Mr Pryor bad turned to retrace his
Rteps, when he was suddenly seized by two or
three armed men who were lying in ambush, and
hurried away. The whole transaction, we under
stand, was witnessed by some of our men, but at
too great a distance to render anj assistance. Mr
Pryor bad frequently exchanged papers with the
enemy, and his name and character had no doubt
been reported co them. They resolved to have
bira by fair means or foul, and descended .to the
basest treachery to accomplish their purpose. We
trust some notice may be" taken of the matter by
our military authorities, and every effort used to
secure bis early return, goring the last few
months, the General has beDf acting as an inde
pendent scout, in whieh capacity he has rendered
valuable service Petersburg Express, 2Qlh.
V'AXD THE .GLORY OP THE ONE IS-THE
$ie WtBlttn Jhmorrat
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
NOTICE. Onr patrons will please remember that
we are doing a cash business. Our rnle requires sub
scriptions, advertising and job work to be paid in ad
vance. It is better for all to do business on the cash
principle now. -
Subscriptions will be received for six or twelve
Et Jnths, as may be desired.
Money may be sent to us by mail.
EXCHANGE NOTICE No. 13.
i Richmond, December 1, 1864.
1. All Confederate officers and men who have
betn delivered by the Federal authorities at any
plaie, prior to November 25th, 1864, arc hereby
declared to be exchanged.
All officers and men of the Vicksburg cap
ture of July 4th, 1863, who reported at any parole
caop, euner Jiiast or west ot the Mississippi river,
at ny time prior to November 1st, 1864, arc here
by declared to be exchanged. Ro. Ould,
; Agent of Exchange.
Rain in North Carolina. It has been found
by careful observation by aid of pluviometers that
thfl average annual tall ot rain in this btate is
about 45 inches perpendicular; in other words,
wuld cover the State with water about 45 inches
deep. From an eighth to a quarter of an inch
wuld make a moderate "April shower," one-half
to three-quarters of an inch, a good farming "sea
son." An inch deep would be a heavy rain. Ia
Jane, 1861, fell the heaviest rain on record in this
State, seven and a half inches. Tbo heaviest rain
ever observed was in Guinea twenty-one inohes.
Raleigh Conservative.
Wno is to Blame. Many persons will cen
sire the members of the Legislature fur voting
tlemselvos $45 a day, but they are not as much to
blame as some others. They are here in the per
formance ot public duties and ought at least have
their expenses paid. But what are their expen
se!? Certainly not less than $45 a day, for on the
very day the body assembled the patriotic hotel
keepers of this city advanced board from $25 and
$30 to $40 a day. Who then is to blame for this
additional tax upon the people, the members of the
Legislature or the tavern keepers who are enrich
ing themselves at a time when the whole land is
in sackcloth and ashes? We know what provis
ions cost in this market and we know what it costs
to feed a man, and we say that any one competent
to conduct a hotel can keep a public house, here
in Raleigh, at $25 a day and make money rapidly.
The present price, $45 a day, is worse than specu
lating, worse than extortion, it is we won't 6ay
what; but let not the members of the Legislature,
be censured for the avaricious propensities of the
tavern keepers.
We are assured that while this imposition is be
ing practiced upon the members of tbe North Car
olina Legislature, members of Congress are living
well in Hichmond for $20 to $25 a day Raleigh
Peogress.
Would Lose Fifty Thousand Dollars.
A Maine officer recently, applied for a furlongh,
stating that if it was not granted he should lose
fifty'thousand dollars. This attracted attention at
headquarters, and tbe officer was desired to forward
a statement of how he would Jose it. He , did so
to the effect that he had been in the army without
a leave of absence for two years; that he was en
gaged to a youog lady worth fifty thousand dollars;
that there was another fellow -after her, and that
she had written to him that if he did not come
home and marry her right away she would have
the other man. He got his furlough.
Capture of Escaped Yankee Prisoners.
Some weeks ago the lie v. Isaac Oxford, of CalI
well county, in passing through his fields, discov
ered that some one had pulled out a portion of the
fodder from one of his stacks, and which appeared
to be lying on the ground. His curiosity being
attracted by tbe circumstance, he approached the
spot, and, on removing the fodder, found a yankee
prisoner snugly ensconsed beneath it, quietly tak
ing a nap. As soon as the louder was removed,
however, he aweke, and finding that he was about
to be captured, he jumped up and struck the lie v.
gentleman a severe blow which was instantly re
turned in kind. A regular set to then followed
with the variations customary in old fashioned fist
cuff fights, when the clergyman, proving too hard
for his adversary, finally biought him to terms,
tied him, took him to the jail of the county, where
he was safely deposited for safe keeping. Shortly
after that the same gentleman was out shooting
squirrels, when he come upon three other yankee
prisoners, all of whom he captured.' Tbey were
all reported to belong to the gang which escaped
from Florence. S. C. Can any other gentleman in
the Southern Confederacy beat this? if so, we
6hould like to hear from him. Raleigh Corner
vat ire.
The Soup-House. The City Soup-House
went into operation on yesterday, and over eighty
gallons of excellent soup were distributed to tbe
poor. The establishment is excellently arranged
in the basement of Metropolitan Hall, and every
attention is paid to cleanliness and order. This is
decidedly the most important eharity that has been
set on foot during the war. By it, tbe poor are
supplied with clean, rich soup, composed of beef
shin, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, carrots, onions,
rice, etc., at twenty-five cents quart. Tbe same
food cannot be procured and prepared by an indi
vidual at a less cost than fire dollars a quart.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Central Railroad Company have gone
to work, with a large force, to repair their Road,
which U now in running order from Maeon nearly
to Gordon. The West Point Railroad is also to
be immediately repaired. The Etowah Iron Works
will be re-established" at once.
Tbe Board of Directors of the Weftern N.
C. R. R. have determined to discontinue the Sun
day trains. Whatever the motive we applaud the
resolution as a wise one, because we do not believe
any body ever was profited by a habitual violation
of the Sabbaths Salisbury Watchman.
COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER.
13, 1864. j
THE BATTLE OP HONET II ILL, 8. a
This battle took place near Gnnamville, S. C,
not far from the line of Railroad; running from
Charleston to Savannah, on Wedoasday the 30th
of Not. Gen. G W Smith commuided the Con
federate troops. It resulted in a Confederate vic
tory, and, for the numbers engagedj is one of the
most important of the war. The movement oo
the part of the enemy from the ccist was clearly
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j.ur me purpose oi co-operating wit bherman.
Honey Hill is about two and a ialf miles East
of tbe village of Grahamville, BUafort Diotriet.
On the crest of this, where the road, or highwty,
strikes it, is a eemi-ciroular line of earthworks, du
fective though in construction, as they are too high
for infantry and have little or no exterior slope.
These works formed the centre of our line on
Wednesday, whilst our left reached up into the
pine lands without protection, and our right along
a line of fence that skirts the swamp below the
batteries. They commanded fully tbe road ic
front as it passes through the swamp at tbe base of
the hill, and only some fifty or sixty yarda distant.
Through the swamp, during the winter months,
runs a small creek, which spreads up and down the
road for some thirty or forty yards, but is quite
shallow the entire distance. Some sixty yards be
yond this creek the main road turns off to the left,
making an obtuse angle, whilst another and smaller
road makes off to the right from the same point.'
Tbe enemy came by the former road and turned
the angle apparently before they were aware of the
presence of an opposing force. They consisted of
foui regiments of whites and the same number of
viac&a. x riauucro, oi wiucn ien or twelve are in
our possession, state that this force was commanded
by Generals Potter and Hatch; some of them say
General Foster was also present as chief of .com
mand. The negroes, as usual, formed the advance,
and had nearly reached tbe creek when our bat
teries opened upon them down'the road with a ter
rible volley of spherical case. This threw them
into temporary confusion, but tbe entire forco, esti
mated at five thousand, was quickly restored to
order and thrown ioto line of battle parallel with
our own, up and down the margin of the swamp.
Anus the battle raged Ironi 11 a.. m. till dark.-
The enemy's centre and left were most exposed
and sullered terribly, lbeir right was posted be
hind an eld dam that ran through the swamp, and
maintained its position till the close of the fight.
Our left was very much exposed and an attempt
was once or twice made by tbe enemy to turn it
by advancing through the swamp and up the hill,
but tbey were driven back without a prolonged
struggle.
The centre and left of the enemy fought with a
desperate earnestness. Several attempts were
made to charge our batteries anj many got nearly
across the swamp, but were, to every instance,
forced back by tbe galling fire poured ioto them
from our lines. We made a vbi to the field the
day following and found the swanp and road lite
rally strewn with their dead. Same eight or ten
were floating in the water where tbo road crosses,
and in a ditch on the road-side fust beyond, we
saw six negroes piled one on tot! tne other. A
Colonel of one of the negro regnients, with hia
horse, was killed while fearlessly leading his men
across the creek in a charge. Uith that excep
tion, all the dead and wounded (fficers were car
ried off by the enemy during the. night. Many
traces were left where they were digged from the
vioods to tne road and thrown intoj ambulances or
carts. We counted some sixty or.seventy bodies
in the space of an acre, many of fhich were hor
ribly mutilated by shells; some tith half their
heads shot off and others completer disembowell
ed. The artillery was served with great accuracy,
and we doubt if any battle-field of the war presents
such havoc among the trees and rubbery. Im
mense pines and other growth were cut short off
or torn into shreds.
, As before stated, the general conmand was ves
ted in Major-General Gustavus Smith, of the
Georgia State forces, though the line was imme
diately under the direction of Col. Coleock, whose
conduct on the occasion is spoken of as beyond all
praise. Tbe gallant Col. Gonzalenwas an active
participant in the fight, "and might save been seen
everywhere along tbe lio.e posting -the guns, and
encouraging the troops. j
So much for the battle of Honey Hill. The
enemy were whipped long before its close, but they
waited for night to save themselves from disaster
in their retreat. Soon after dark, they made off
with alt possible spaed, and, as the evidences show,
with the wildest fright and confusion, pearly
everything was thrown away in their flight. The
road and woods for miles was strewed with cloth
ing of every description, canteens, cooking uten
sils, &c, &c, whilat in their camp about two miles
from tbe battle-field, they left everything. Any
quantity of provisions, bottles of liquor, preserved
meats, blankets, overcoats, &c , were abandoned in
their hasty retreat. With the exception of shell
ing from their gunboats nelt day, which was
harmless, nothing has been heard of them since
their galling defeat and inglorious flight. Suva m
nah Republican. .
The yankees near Grahamville have made no
further demonstrations, but are fortifying under
cover of their gunboats. The infantry engaged
on the federal side in the recent engagement, con
sisted of four regiments of white and four of negro
troops. Tbe slaughter of the assailants was much
greater than at first reported. An officer counted
200 of their dead and between eleven and twelve
hundred wounded left on the fielJ. Augusta Con-
stitutionalist, Dee. 4.
.
Hood's Army. The latest tidings from Gen.
Hood show a large accession to his army from re
emits. Geo Forrest is sweeping everything be
fore him, and his horses aad men revelling among
the rieh fields and yankee atores of Tenoemsce.
Tbe yankees have been forced to evaeuata Ilnnta
ville, Decatnr, Pulaski, Columbia, Franklin, and
other towns in North Alabama and Middle Ten
nessee, destroying vat amounts of yankee stores.
At the late Presidential election in the North,
Lincoln carried eight of the large cities, and Me
Clellan seven. The Lincolo cities were Boston,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, St.
Louis, Baltimore and Indianapolis. The MeClel
laa cities were Now York, Brooklyn, Albany, New
Haven, Buffalo, Milwaukie and Louisville.
3 SSOperoiiimm
I IN ADVANCE
THIRTEENTH VOLUHEN U EI B E ! U C50.
8nocsnra tragedy.
CorreipoadMce of the Pttartbarg Kxprtas.
Smith's Store, Spartanbxirg, S. C, Nor. 22.
We had a terrible tragedy enacted In this im
mediate vicinity on Saturday last. Mr Richard R
Smith, a substantial farmer snd a most c.timablo
gentleman, was killed in his bed on the morning
of that day, bi house set on fire, and his body
consumed in the flames. The circumstances of the -case
are these : Mr Smith was a widower, with no
white family, living entirely alone. At daybreak
xn Saturday, he called the house girl to tell Miles,'
his negro man, to come in the house and male a
fire, as was hisr usual custom. The fellow mado'
the fire, and his wife Harriet went In to clean up
the house. After she had finished, and was going
out she met Miles going in with so sxe In his
hao, when he said to her "what have you been
doing (n there?" to which she answered "nothing-"
Cursing her, be passed into his matter's
sleeping om, and instantly, before giving him
time even V cry for assistance, gave him two
blows over tht head, producing total insensibility,
if not instant de&th; at he only groaned twice after
wards. The negrj then raked the fire upon tho
floor, set fire to tba curtains and bed; the firo not
spreading fast cnougV, he kindled a parcel of loo$o
cotton op stairs, and after it was too late to get thn
body out of the bouse, so alarm was ven. Being
about three-quarters of a mile from the scene, I
was among the first on the spot I saw the form
of the unfortunate man burning on his bed, and '
from tbe position of affairs, immediately oonoludcd
that there was foul play. The negroes denied any
agency in the matter, and tried to make it appear
that it was accidental, but the neighbors would not
listen to such a tale. Miles was at onoc arrested
aud chained, and soon after, search being made, a
quantity of property which bad been removed from
the house, was found concealed In the negro quar
ters, and in the ravine in their rear. This led to
the discovery of the matter, and by little and little
the facts, as already detailed, were brought out.
Mles, Harriet, Minerva and Sandy, were taken
into custody, the first as principal, and the latter
as accessories after the fact, for concealing tbo
murder. Many of those present urgently demanded
that Miles should be hung on the spot, but they
were overruled. He was taken out and given three
hundred lashes, and in tho afternoon tried by a
court, consisting of a magistrate and five free
holders, and sentenced to bo hung on the lGlh Deo.
The others were tried yesterday. lincr,va was
used as State's evidence. Harriet was sentenced
to receive eight hundred fashes, one hundred at
once, and one hundred every Monday until the fall
amount bad been laid on, and Sandy to have three
hundred in tbe earn way.
After the fire was extinguished, the remains,
consisting of a few calcined bones, wero collected,
placed in a box and buried by tbe sido of his wife.
Tho affair has created great excitement in the com
munity. S.
PRIVATE LETTER FROM GEN. LEE
The original of tho following private loiter from
General Lc to his son was found at Arlington
House, and is iutercsting as illustrating a phase in
his character:
Arlington House, April 5, 1852.
My Dear Son : I am just in the act of leaving
home for New Mexico. My fine old regiment has
been ordered to that distant region, and I must
hasten to sea that tbey aro properly taken care of.
I have but little to add in reply to jour letters of
March 26, 27 and 28. Your letters breathe a tiuo
spirit of frankness; they have given myself and
your mother great pleasure. Yon must study to
be frank with the world; frankness is the child of
honesty and courage. Saj what you mean to do
on every occasion, and take it for granted you
mean to do right. If a friend atks a favor, you
should grant it, if it is reasonable; , if not, tell liim
plainly why you cannot; you will wrong him and
wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind. Never
do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one ;
tbe man who requires vou to do so, is dearly pur
chased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly, with
all your classmates ; you will find it tbe polioy
which wears best. Above all do not appear to
others what you are not. If you have any fault
to find with any one, tell hitu, not others, of what
you complain; there is no more daogsrous ex peri,
ment than that of undertaking to be one thing be
ford a man's face and another behind his back.
We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury
of any one. It is not only best as a matter of prin
ciple, but it is the path to peace and honor. .
In regard to duty, let me, in conclusion of this
hasty letter, inform you that oeaily a hundred
years ago tlicro was a day of remarkable gloom
and darkness still known as the datk day a day
when the light of tbe sun was slowly extinguivbed,
as if by an eclipse. The Legislature of Connecti
cut was in session, and as its members saw tbo un
expected and unaccountable darkness comic; on,
tbey shared in the general awe and terror. It
was supposed by many that the last daythe day -of
judgment had come. Some one, io the con
aternation of tbe hour, moved an adjournment.
Then there arose an old Puritan legislator, Dereo
port, of Stamford, who said, that if the last day
had come, he desired to be found at his place do
ing his duty, and, therefore, moved that caodlea
be brought in so that the Howe could proceed
with its duty. There was quiet sea io thai man's
mindthe quietness .of heavenly wudom--ao in
flexible willingness to obey present duty. Duty,
tken, is the subHrnest word in our laopuage. Do
your duty in all things like tba old Puritan. Vol
eannot do more; vou should never wish to do less.
Never let me and your mother wear one gray tlr
for any lack of duty on jour part.
Your affectionate father, K. 11 LEE.
To G. W. Curtis Leo.
A FAiTTirui Nj0. Daring their visit U
Warren county, the Federals halted a carriage oa
the road and attempted to force tho negro driver
to shoot his master. Presenting a musket at his
head they told b:m they would blow his braios out
unless he killed his owner. Samba with his ryes
as big as saucers, stuttered out "eao't do it; tsiua;
I raised ole mama from a leatle bov. Kill me but .
don't shoot ole massa." Tba Yankees alter takiog
out tba bones, catting up tba harness, and stealing
fotne homespun, took their departure, leaving this
tarrisg in tbe road. Augusta Chronicle.
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