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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24,
TniRTEENTH YOLUME NUMB EU 65
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THE NEW HOME GUARD LAW.
An Act to Increase the Efficiency of the Home
. Guard Organization.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That whenever the Guard for
Home Defence shall be called into service beyond the
limits of their respective counties, the Governor may
cause two or more companies to be consolidated into
one company so a3 to make not less than sixty-four
men, rank and file, to each company; said campany so
coHSolidated shall elect from the Captains commanding
the companies so consolidated a Captain to command
such consolidated company, and trom the first Lieuten
ants, Second Li&uteoants and Junior Second Lieuten
ants of such companies, an oflicerof each of said ranks,
to be assigned to ditywith such consolidated com
pany, such of the officers of companies so consolidated
as may not be elected for service with such consolida
ted company, shall be required to perform service as
non-commissioned ollicer or privates in the consoli
dated company, formed of their original companies, and
while so serving tbtir commissions shall be suspended.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor
may in like manner cause two or more battalions or
regiments of the Home Guards when called into service
b('3'ond their respective battalions or regimental limits,
or when called into service within such limits in con
nection with other portions of such force, to be con
solidated: said battalions when so consolidated to be
composed of not less than three companies, and said
regiments when-fo consolidated to be composed of not
more than ten companies. The Governor may assign
to the command of such. consolidated battalion or regi-,
mentny officer or officers from the battalion or regi
ments so consolidated. '
Sec. 3. Be it further ftiacted, That the Governor
may, in his discretion, in constituting the consolidated
companies contemplated by the first section hereof,
take the one-fourlh, one-third, or one-half of any com
pany as at present organized with a due proportion of
its officers, out of which to constitute such consolidated
company, and such of the officers of companies as at
prQsent organized, as may be placed with fractious of
their companies, to form a consolidated company, as
may not be elected to command such consolidated
company, shall be required to serve in -such consolida
ted company as non-commissioned officers or privates,
and while so serving their commissions shall be sus
pended. The Governor shall have power to discrim
hiatc ia favor of farmers and mechanics, when he calls
cu.t a les3 number than the whole of a company, also
to declare vacant the office of an officer who is declared
by a medical boaud permanently disabled for field duty,
either in the militia or Ilonrti Guards, or of an officer
who absconds to the enemy.
Sec. 4. Bp iLfurther enacted, That all Quartermas
ters and Commissaries of regiments or battalions of
Home Guards as at present organized, that may not bo
assigned to duty by the Governor with a consolidated
battalion or regiment, shall be required to serve as
non-commissioned officers or privates, in some one
company of their present command, and while so serv-i-ng
their commissions shall be suspended.
Sec 5. Bo it further enacted, That the Surgeon
General, by and with the advice and consent of the
Governor, shall Appoint a Medical Board for .each Con
gressional District in this State, whose business it
shall be to examine all persons claiming 'exemption
frCm Home Guard duty on account of physical' dis
ability, tliat these examinations shall be made at such
time and under such rules and regulations as may be
established by the Surgeon General, and that the mem
bers of said Boards shall receive the same pay and
allowances while on duty as the Confederate Conscript
Boards.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That when such com
panies, battalions or regiments, have been consolidated
as herein provided for, they shall continue in such
organizations nritil further provisions shall be made in'
their behlf.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That (he second sec
tion of "an act in relation to the Militia and a Gaard
for Home Defence," ratified the 7lh day of July, 18G3,
be, and the same is hereby amended, by striking out
the word "these" in the ninth line of e.-tid section, and
inserting the word "the;'' that the third section of "an
act in rehition to the Militia, and Guard for Home De
fence," ratified the 14th day of December, 18G3, be, and
the same is hereby amended, by inserting between the
words -'regular" and "millers" the words "and public,"
and by inserting between the words "millers" and
"blacksmiths" the word "and," and that the proviso at
the end of said 3d section be and the same is hereby
repealed; That in addition to the exemptions specified
in the acts aforesaid, ther shall be exempt from Home
Guard duty all county trustees, regular and public
tanners, hatters and shoemakers skilled in their respec
tive calling', and who were employed in the same prior
to the first day of January, A. I)., 1803, and have con- .
tinned to be so employed since that time.
Provided, tanners shall sell one-third of their leather
to indigent, soldiers' wives and widows for their own
use at schedule prices.
Provided, that no provision of this act shall be so
con trued as to exempt from military service any per
son mentioned herein, in case of actual servile insur
rectir.n or invasion of -the county in which he resides,
by Federal forces, except the persons nnd classes men
tioned in 2d section of an net in relation to the Militia
and a Guard for Home Defence, ratified the 7th of July,
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That this act shall be
in force from and.ifter its ratification.
Read three times and ratified in General Assembly
this 23d day of December, A. D., 18C4.
The following are the sections of former laws to
which t;e above law refers:
. Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a guard
for home defence all white male persons not already
enrolled in the service of the Confederate States, be
tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years, resident in
this State, including foreigners not naturalized, who
have been residents in the. State for thirty days before
snoh pnrolhnenl. executing persons nllinc: the oliiecs
of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of Law and Equity, tbe iiieralers ot the General
Assembly and the ofleers of the several Departments
of the Government o: the State, Ministers of the. Gospel
of the several denominations of'the State charged with
the dtilies of churches, and such other persons as the
Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper sub
jects of exemption. Law of July, 1SC3.
Sep. 3. Re it further enacted. That in addition to the
exemptions contained in the act to which this is an
amendment, there sball be exempt County commis-
..,.! n.fr AntitLl t; A n or frr tho
relirf of wives ana umilies ot soldiers in tne
array.
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regular millers, blacksnutus wno nave estaonsnea
shops, necessary operatives in factories and foundries,
the Attorney General, Solicitors of the several circuits
and counties, physicians of five years'practice, con
tractors with the State or Confederate governmeat, one
editor to each newspaper and the necessary compositors,
mail carriers, professors in colleges and teaehejs in
academies; I'roi-idcd, that this exemption sbail only
apply to the drills specified in this bill ipd not to ser
vice when the Guard for Home Defence is called into
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I the field. Lav of Dec , 18G3.
The proviso in the rbove section is repealed- The
persons mentioned are subject to Home Guard duty
onlv when the county in which tliey reside is invaded,
or in case of insurrection in the county.
AH -persons leaving Charlotte by Ilailroad are re
quired to obtain Passports at. the Provost MArshal's
office. By order, Lieut. G. W. GRAGSON,-
Oct 17, 1864 Provost Marshal.
' - CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Negroes for the AitMY.-The Hon. John j ' The undersigned invite your-attention to a be
Cuningham, of South Carolina, publishes in ti e nevolent enterprise which they believe will corn
Columbia Carolinian his views on the subject ej mend itself to the hearts and conscience of our
using negroes in cur army. These views are civeal eDtre people. It is "to make an orgnnized efluurt
,o the public at the request of Gov. Magra.h.
make a few extracts from Mr Cuningham's articj
"Pretermitting, for the moment, the general
question cfjolicy, it may be agreed that the State
Governments only, and not the Confederate, have
absolute control over that policy and its absolute
enforcement. But each State may place its organ
ized negro troops at the disposal of the Confeder
ate Govenment, for tlie purpose of a common and
united defence of the Confederacy. On the ques
tion of policy, it may be remarked, first, that the
difficulty of the South, arising from the scattered
paucity of her population, in obtaining men to nil
her armies, renders the conscription of her colored
people now necessary; and, second, '-that the danger
of the North's capturing and forcibly arming her
negroes against her, enforces this unexpected ef
fort for self-preservation and independence. And,
too, the negroes have a vital interest,, present and
future, in defending the soil and climate, their
products, and the system of'slave labor whiqh pro
duces them, as the only reliable and permanent
sources of their own subsistence and well-being.
Nor should, nor will, they be unmindful of these
"domestic relations" which bind them to their
homes, their owners, their wives and children, or
of that lasting peace which is so essential to their
happy lives and thriving condition. They may
assuredly understand that Yankeedom will not
leave them any of these blessings, and that the
North intends to dispossess both them and their
owners of their favored country."
The writer explains his plan for preparing the
negroes for the field thus:
"Assuming that tbo negro population of South
Carolina are about 400,000, and that half are
icnrkers, and that of the latter, 75,000 males are
capable (say from LS to 45 years) of bearing arms,
20,000 of them'may be readily spared for military
tervieo, without materially diminishing the indus
trial capacity of our slave system of labor; or pre
venting a full supply of food. This number should
be oui maximum, except under extreme peril to
every part of our State, as the question of a suffi
ciency of food', now so entirely dependent on slave
labor, is a paramount one.
I deem itVssenfjVi.that the negro troops, called
itito the field, should be placed under tho command
of those to
wnom
they havtf - tccunrcotonieu to
render obedience and confidence, in whom they
recognize rightful and habitual authority, and with
whose interest and families they consider them
selves identified. Of course, every coin pany could
not be raised frcra the slaves of the captain and
lieutenants; but it should come from a common
locality, the officers be known to the negroes in
that locality, and be known as slaveholders or man
agers, having a common interest and object with
all its masters. The negro soldjer will and should
be thus impressed by the idea and feeling that he
is fighting for a cause common to himself and.
master, to his country, and all its inhabitants,
white arid black contending for the preservation
of the sources of their support, comfort and peace)
and of their domestic relations." ..-
"The legislative powers only can authorize the
raising of negro troops, or any interference with the
master's lights of property in-slaves. An extra
session of the Legislature-should be promptly cal
led. A conscript law should be passed, determin
ing the policy, the number and ages of- negro
troops; also, whether the slave forces should be
placed under any Confederate controL Emanci
pation should be sternly eschewed, either as a gen
eral policy in regard to the forces, or as an indivi
dual guerdon. Let us stand by the State's settled
policy in this regard."
"Ample provision should be made for compen
sation to the. master for any loss of his slave pro
perty in service. Negro troop?, while they should
bo commanded by white officers, should not be
mingled in the same ranks, either of company or
regiment, with while troops. They shouli be in
the same brigades, divisions, corps or army ; but
the negroes to the whites shouUl not be in a larger
proportion than one to two. The white element
should always be proximate and. predominant, so
as effectually to secure subordination and discipline
in the slave force. The officers should be appoin
ted by the Governor."
?lr Cuningham closes his letter with these sen
sible remarks:
"In conclusion, let the negro soldier not only
understand that he is fighting for his master's
rights but his own. and that his master is also
t fighting for both. ' lie will soon lcafn, too, that it
i is better for him to fiiiht the lankees, in company
j with his master, than to be forced by the Yankees
to fight with them against his master, and to the
ruin of his people and country."
13 lair's Mission. ftic-iimond, Jan. 15. Frank
F. FJluir kft by fhg of truce boat yesterday. Col.
J. W. Singleton, of Illinois, a prominent Feace
Democrat, arrived on return trip and took lodgings
: at the Sp'ottswood hotel. It is understood that
; jajr uaci a private and confidential interview wi th
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the President. He came in no crucial capacity.
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and has had no official intercourse with any mern-
her nf thr government. The opinion in well m-
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formed circles is, that this interview may lead to
conference between authorized agents, or commis-
..norBr.f t!io iwrmnifnts. It is known that
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tho Prirlpnt vfIII nermit iio obstacle of form
Vn ,b. wnv of sending or receiving commis-
From Wfstern Virginia. The following dis-
patch from General Lee shows that we have
LuiH some success iu Western Virginia : .-
UClw i v w
Headquarters, Jan lo.
Early reports that Rosser, at the head of- 300
meu, surnriteu uu .j.-..v. i-."
Reverlv llandolph county, killing and wounding a
ncMprah fl number, and taking ouo prisoners.
V'ii"-" ' w - '
His loss slight.
Signed
R. E. Lee, General.
CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIA-
TION.
FoRT Delaware, Oct. 30th, 18G4.
To-the People of the Confederate Slates.
WZt"
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i rfnrdf of" fbr C.nn-
nperate orate? had trom the beginning of the war
fiWy appreciated the multiplied wnnts and hard
ship of this large class of our people, there would
longince have been organized a society especially
to pYiaiot .their welfare. But so diverge and
onercT avf! keen tne duties which this struggle
have imposed upon our people at home, they have
in a git measure underestimated the trials and
suffering 0f prisoners, and the wide field which
relieving their wants, affords .for the exercise of
Christian Vnevolence. Whilst therefore we hear
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tily "comms'.d the patri .tic and benevolent enter
prizes which vou have," during the war, inausura
ted to prom&e the cause of freedom, the good of
mankind and i.ie glory of God, we most earnestly
ask that anothe; be added to those enterprizes by
which these glorious ends may be promoted. We
make this appeal vs a committee of the "Confede
rate States ChrisUn Association for the relief of
prisoners," a society in operation among the offi
cers in confinement at this Fort; aud we cannot
better commend thiynterprise to your favor than
by acquainting you w'Hi the nature aud purposes
of that association.
Early last summer, t officers imprisoned here,
who were members of engelical churches, appre
ciating the importance of ?ome organized effort to
promote the cause of ijfrist among their follow
prisoners, organized a Christian Association." In
the providence of God lhe Hex. Isaac W. K. Han
dy, b. B., and several i her ministers v&ere confin
ed hero also, and so A artily and faithfully did
these godly men direct the efforts of the Associa
tion, that God speedily,M- abundantly blepscd
those efforts with a grteious out pouring of .his
Spirit, and in the additu of many sotils to His
Church. As the summer advanced, and the
means at its command wol perraitj the Associa
tion, besides having the gel preached, end hold
ing daily prayer meetings, Watc hed a library of
religious and miscellaneousmading, and organized
classes op the various branisiies of science and re
ligion; and so wide was the l-ld which was grad
ually opened to its operationlhat it soon became
necessary to re-draft its ccn::tution. This was
done in October, and the newl Society was styled
the ".(Jonlederate Christian Association for the re
lief uf prisoners," and" was deV. ned to relive th?
w n n ts, spirit uai, mm in 13W.4a nA-shrifica.! of
all prisoners, whether civil, poical or uiiiitary,7b :
our ovyn'or other lands.
The Society was organized uton this broad ba
sis with the hopes that the Uaited States authori
ties might permit it to cxtendjus operations to
other prisons, and that it might its objeets and
efforts suggest to the people ofita Confederate
States the importance of organizing ia each com
munity and State of the Confederacy, similar-Associations
to which this might be Miiliary. Our
Association has been in operation under its new
title but a short tiiue, but bids fair Ho be eminent
ly useful, even with the restrictions which the
prison rules impose upon its operating, 13 ut we
trust that God will extend its usefulness still fur
ther, by removing such, obstacles as hinder its
efforts, and that the people of theOonfederate
States will cordially respond to our apaal in be
half of their prisoners and will furniih this and
similar associations in otner prisons tnnu-ans to
lmcans to
hr;. That
supply their wants.
But 'oar efforts should not stop h
benevolence does not deserve the rj-inio'.ot' Chris
tian benevolence, which does riot embrace rr ene
mies as well as our friends. There are oasands
of prisoners in our own prisons whety wants
should be supplied. Let us endeavor to 'charge
our duty to'them as well as to our own ptisners,
and exemplifying the teachings of biro v.-io e'aid,
"love your enemi, bless them that curse u,sdo
goojd to them that hp to you, and pmy f-ir tSem
which despitefully use you and prosecute J6;.; ,
We therefore most earnestly appeal to Ta , to
organize associations 'everywhere tbrcugliouy. ,;hc
Uoinederacv lor trie rsiiei cr pnscneis. j-.oi
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nev be raised, and books and clothing be boi
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collected and forwarded to the associations
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various prisons, and when necessary let the liin;?
minister bo sent ic preach to the prisoners, and
rest assured God will bless your efforts by proaio.
ting our country s good, and His own glory. i
ft. B. Vance, ' ")
Lewellyn Soutiigate, f. Committee
Congress On the lGth, the House co-
rn:ni tr
tee appointed to investigate the conduct of th
lion. 11. S. Foote, in attepipting to pass our line?
into the enemy's country, made a report declaring
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tiiat Air i-oote was absent lrom nis seat ia tne
House without leave, but the public good would
not be subserved by compelling his attendance.
A resolution was adopted declaring that Mr Foote
had no privileges as z member of the House, and
i referring the whole matter to the President with a
1
J statement of'the
i nouncs that Foo
faet The northern pr.pcrs an -
to'swifa has arrived in Washing-
r
! ton city. It is cowardly and
: "1."; " fr.lS 'rn
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j Oa the 1 tb, the Senate parsed a bill increasing
the maximum rates of compensation allowed Rail -
road companies for transporting the mails. Jn
I the House. Mr Miles submitted a-resolutiourwhich
j ,
j yeas adopted, fcr the appointment of a joint com-
"J1""
, mittce to prepare an .address to trie people ot tne
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ti oiine unaiter -
; aote determination or ongresa m prosecute .e
., v.ar, x. m. uwmuiiivu ,JU,pau) -
tative fiom Texas, was announced and appropriate
resolutions of respect adopted. ';
PRISONERS'
. f man to ocsert tne couuiry iruw. jiery nonoraoie ; ne npayoiier Ureal Britain any amount ci insult fnrnd nr.on it that $b ttUl make a good uilc.
. -, t i.i t m. . I J . . " 7. . , uiw pieuaiia u rv j
a ! man, who has lived and co-operated with the i'and ?iiry, ar.d that she will carry hcr, resentment I You' may rely upCJi'it that she porscsscj a good
' southern people in this war, feels bound to remain j no 4;ler than a prote-t orjia0nslrancL in tuefdispoiition and a kind heart. '
; , , , . r. . i . .. , meai.iiti;2 tis own countrymen will appiaua to tne i wbrn vorf sec a voung woman just ont or toi at
i cna snare iuu cuiumuu jaie, f uitvui ii. uiay ue. ; . er ' 1 " - j : . . . ,r
to ! . . , , . r TerJ eeh3 everything- he does or cays offensive to ;ntt ,,viock. leaning with her tlbow on the table.
j DECISION ON THE TAX QUESTION.
The Mobile Register contains a lengthy decision
jrendcred. by Hon. W'ni. G. Jones, Confederate
i judge for the State of Alabama, in the case of the
I Savings bank of- Mobile -against Henry Barnwell,
i Confederate States tax collector. ,
The plaintiff brought his action at law to recover
' sums of money it had been cqmpelled to pay as
Louiederate taxes for 15S64 Cn State bonds, pur
chased bv it from the State of Alabama, and the
i questions presented were: Are Staie bonds taxed
; by the act of Congress, and if so, is sach taxation
; iiireitutioral ?
I The plaintiff. alo embraced in bis suit a clMpfoon used lo come every Sabbath-and ait don
, for mouey paid in new issue as soldiers' tax, levied I the door to henr. Ono day a very good man
! n . i i . -v f i . t t a a .
: ana collected under the act of the 10th ot June,
i Jc04. and this branch of tbn miis turned nn th
Jbb4f and this branch of
question whether the plaiotiff was not entitled to
pay this tax in four per cent, certificates issued to
plaintiff under the funding act of Fobruaty, 1804,
and which certificates have been since, held by
T!aintiL The tax collector compelled ravment ia
" j Conf ederate notes of the uew. issue, refut ing four
pci inn. otruucaies. me case was in tne nature
of an ngreed one by Government and plaintiff,' and
the questions arose on separate State demurrers to
each count of the complaint.
The case was argued for plaintiff by Robert II.
Smith, Esq.," and IV Phillips, Esq., and for tho
Government by . J. Roquicr, Esq. district attor
ney, and the court decided r
1st. That Congress did net possess the constitu
tional power to tax State bonds.
2d. That the tax acts of Congress, did not" at
tempt to embrace State bends as a subject of tax-
ation.' ' . -
3d. That soldiers' tax was payable only in Con
federate treasury notes of the new issue, and could
not be paid in four per cent, certificates, and that
the act of Congress in requiring the tax to be thus
paid did not violate the pledge given by Congress,
in the funding act, that the four per cent, bonds
should be received for all public dues payable in
18GL That this pledge only related to the taxes
then provided to be levied, and did not extend to
such cstbe necessities of the Government might
require to be afterwards raised.
EAST TENNESSEE.
The "dark and bloody ground" of E. Tennessee,
after having for a few days been evacuated by the
gallant Vaughn, is again to feel tho shock of con
tending hosts. Vaughn was at Carter's Station a
few days since, on his way down thercouMtry, The
Confederates appear determined that the foot of
the invader shall not rest in quiet upon the soil of
Upper East Tennessee. Vaugh-n fights, and when
pressed by numbers, falls back, "picks his flint,"
and comes again. If pluck will win, Vauqhn is
snro 'xrr!r3-gr.ne. Tho Federal hold upon tho upper-portion
of the State is so precarious, and cosfs
thehn sO much to keep up even the semblance of
possession, that it seems strange to us they do not
abandon it altogether. Confederate scouts range
boldly ever all the upper counties, And the Fed
erals, unless in heavy' force, dare not show them
selves anywhere.
Stoneman, according to the Yaukco papers, was
in Nashville a few days ago, Laving just returned
from his raid thro' East Tennessee and So'uthwcEt
ern Virginia. He boasted that he had destroyed
the Saltworks and Lead Mines, and that he only
lost, two thousand men! We happen to know that
the Lead Mines were being vro.ked as usual two
dayj- after hi3 visit, end that the damage done the
Saltworks could be repaired in three or four flecks.
This is the testimony of gentlemen who were on
the ground. And to inflict this trifling damage,
he only lost tico thousand nun! He docs not ap
pear to rate men very high.
At last accounts from Kirk, he was at NCZXort,
supposed to be on his way to Knoxville. About
a rfen of Mnllendore's scouts fought htm at the
river as long as they could. The scouts have
worried Kirk a great deal, hanging upon hi3 Canks
and rear, and "pegging away" at him at every op
portunity Afhevitle News. "
Canada and the United States. The
Canadians , seem to be in great trouble about the
passport fyste::'. which Seward has introduced os
tensibly to prevent cor.rrpiru.tors, etc., from cross
ing the linrj and buinlng the goodiy tcwn3 of De
troit, Buffalo,-etc. Their journals gravely assert
that Mr Seward is behind the times that the
passport 5) stem bar; been abandoned even by
France and Austria; and that, while ia full opera
tion, it never prsvented a single conspirator frosi
crossing tbe'line. They complain clso of tho abroga
tion oi the Reciprocity Treaty as a great grievance,
calculated to fail with heavy force upfcn Canada,
and earnestly desire the British Government to in
terfere, arid get all things straight, if it be possible
( to do fo by negotiation.
The Canadian journals must have a far more iu-
' different opinion of Seward's sagacity .thau we can
r;turc to entertain, if they believe ho n not aware
i ihc incmciencv of the mssDort system, lie
Unows'well enough that it cannot prevent huch in-
. .. . . . .
sioris irom vanuca as ne
fcfl-et3 to dreai, and
t a hail dozen passport
Pincers uroo
u -line two
usand miles for.g ci'n afford no security againtt
danger
ift'iem. Hut there is no danger;
and that no
ln knows so well us Seward himself. Ilia object
-Payable.
It is, in the first puce, to annoy the
1 h Government as much as porsible, and to
I them at eveiy turn. lie knows that he
; shafl gam great eclat with his own countrymen
Great. Britainr, since the days of- the Reyola-
! tion, ia. rjjer to m&uro popularity in tho United
i StateSUcg more has ever been necessary than
. io abuse J0hn Dull, who is heartily detested thzre.
J 'A 'ichnind Dispatch.
L . ''' ZTt'.tT Z' .
Says Artj.mu3 Ward : ."Yu ma differ as much
as vCu Llcsue about the stv e of a vouutr lady's
; fi ffe, but t.h VOu konfidentially, if she bas forty
! inousanu uorrs tne uggci is
; .irr j .
about as near nU as
t yoa et Jt
Always rcr1
paper.
the advertisements in a news-
ui.-irutciiM lu iiiiv i . j ii. t i v. . i . :
v. ii; nnv uauzror. lie S2E3 sitariv ei ou"u unv l t.thrr'i i,noktj',i rnprriiiuv. li".
SUFFER IjITTLE CHILDREN".
A few years ago, a little boy, who Ltd
been taught to keen the Sabbath as a holy
was playing near one of the churches tf thei!
one pleasant ca&oatn aiternoon in summer,
hearing tho voice of tho preacher, rentarcd
fully up the steps almost to tho church door.
minister was speaking of Jesus. This t0
never heard such words before. Ifc was nruc
tcrcsted and listened ther .until the servicf
closed, when, fearing the people, be ran nw
quick that no one could speak to htm. Bi
often thought of that man "who talked," and
had seen him there several times, came to
with such a kind look and pleasant manner
he dared to say a few words. He said he
there "because he liked ".to hear the man
thehox (pulpit) talk." This good man gave
some better clothes and brought him to tho
bath School. Tho teacher several times repc
over to him tho?e tender words of Jesus, "S
tho little children to come unto tne, and fc
them not: for of such m tho kingdom of 0
He came very regularly every Sabbath nnu
proved veiy much; but he never forgot the
lesson, "those worda that Jcm said.," and w
after a few weeks, a Bible was given to him
first wish was to find "that nice verse."
Not many months after, he was sick, and
few days tho doctor told bin poor mother thai
boy must die. She tried to talk with him a'
it, but it ffcemcd as if it would break her h
"Mother," said he, with a faint voice, "can
find thoja words that Je?us eid to children?"
found them and read them again and again to I
"Teacher said he meant me Mo cotno. If I
won't Jesus tako me'" Then after a little ho t
"Ma, lay my finger right on that verse; let me
with it there, then Jctus will sec tho words
paid, come. He'll let mc come. Ho'll take J
my." He did die with his hand on those wo
JeH9 came, and, as we believe, took Jimmy
better world.
Teacher, drop the seed in those youthful hei
lor it shall spring up and bear fruifr above. 1
tor "feed tho lambs," tbey shall blefs" thy fu
fulness when Jesus shall give thee thy reward.
N. C. Donds. We learn that tho recent ad'
tisemcnt of our State Treasurer for the purchase
State bonds resulted as follows: The various I
ranged from iwr to 121 premium that the la
bidding was at a premium of 103. The Treasu:
however, in accordance with tho reservation .
right to do so, which he bad wisely madc, rejec
all the bids. He has since sold about S150X
of bonds at from-150 to 175 premium; and ab
er,00,000 t a premium of 200. Wo further lo;
that he haa declined making auy addftional sal
until it shall be seen whether thj five or 6Ur
lions duo the State from the Confedcrato Sta
Government, chiefly for clothing to our troops, sL
be paid. lialcvjh Conservative.' ,,
SO"- The Ilev. Dr. Hawks, wo understand, 1
resigned the rectorship of Christ Church, Daltimo
and returned to New York, as tbeAssociato It.
tor, with tho Rev. Dr. Sea bury, of the Church
the Annunciation. Doubtless his faithful devoti
to the South has again caused his removal. T
last aeeountB frc-ci bim, in 13i'timorr, trere iAiiJL-i
Federal authorities were barr&ssiog him. I
great popularity and power, as an orator, made hi
especially obnoxious to the Administration, a.
the result eeems to have boen what his friends, 1
some time, have feared. Tho Asaociale Rectr
are in sympathy, each with thfl other, in regard
both their ecclesiastical and political views.- I
Scabury is the author of ouo of the ablest wori
in defence of American Slavery, ever publfetcd-
probably the very ablest." Doth arc men of gTC
power and the congregation to whom they mhiint
is blessed "far above the common walks of uicn."
Church Inlclliycnecr. , . '
Northern News. On Thursday, 12th, tl
Yankee Senate adopted a resolution to, terrains
tho Canadian Reciprocity Treaty. Yeas CI, ca;
8. J here in now no further doubt of the tcrmin
tion of the treaty.
A telegram of the 12th, from Cairo, says Fcrro
is reported concentrating a large force.
A telegram, from Wheeling says the Confcde-
afes under Hm-sT captured tho town of Revcrl;
ami a large portion of the force defendin
'6
It, 0
the 11th.
McClcllan will leave New York, on his L'uropca
tour, early in February. ,
Jamas Guthrie has been elected Senator fruL
Kentucky, to succeed Powell. .
Gone to tiie Yankees. Among those wL
embraced abolitionism, and went North from At
lanta with the Yankee?, was William M. Mark
ham, for many years a resident of that city, when
he bad made a lflrge fortune. Scofield, Lis part
ner in tho rolling milk, and John Flynn, niastei
mae'Wnit of the Wettem and Atlantic rail ret J
Also, John Mocasilan, city treaiarer, and who baC
possession of the city funds; W J Hudson, count);
tax collector: and Ii C Ilolcomb, clerk of the city
council. Tho Intelligencer very decervedly hold
j the names of theo men up cs proper objeets ol
publiC'Seorn ana indignation.
Who Will Make a Good WxrnWhen yoa
see a voun? womaa.wharises- early, et3 the Ubb
j oztnd ning, "Oh, how dreadfully I feel.'
j rt,iv rron : she will not make a good rifo. tho
bc uzr and mOrush.
! YVbtn vou bee a cirl with a broom in her band
sweeping tLc floor, with a rubbing board era
clothes line in htr haad, jou may put it down that
,ne industrious and ill make a Tcrj good wito
' wWt.
when vcu see a girl nith a i.ovcl in her loft
i i - "r. !n )irr rl-ht. chndiliii' trrx. vrn
j nanu, buu l -o . j
j may be snro that she ii unfit for a vrifc. Hap-M
' ness and misery arc before you; which will vera
J choc
3C5C
how- dreadfully I feci,
make a good wifo.' Sh
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