North Carolina Newspapers

7T It : i; t ! '... t.i . 3 i '-?! -; A -- si- Ml. U 3S i 1.1 4 - V i 1 !' ! t ii i . i lA't i W. C. LEOISLATUBB. - Tuesday, Jan. 24. Senat. Mr Wright, from the committee on the judiciary, reported unfavorably oo bills to allow the making of certain contracts uy . . . i .t1.iin -Afiliihti in Bruli. SBa to io prevent ui wuw.mv v. -r-:-, T-- - make the robbery of dwelling bouses in we cay . - lime a capiii wouv. - Mr Twitch introduced a Dill to allow citizens to ..nn.nliHatfl f nnir lands. committee on propositions and grievances be ink Btructed to enquire into the practicability o7 BSppljinff the families 6f soldiers in the nld, or the families of those that have been killed ft the u ;n the RrtP. with nntmn yarn, or some material for the manufacturing of clothing, at cheaper rates than the present bigh marketable prices; and to report to this term of Ahe Legislature by bill or otherwise.". -s J" Mr iillis, a resolution pioposing a committee of enquiry as to bow many railroad companies in the Slate have forfeited or violated their charters and in vrhat way. Postponed till to-morrow. Mr Hall, a resolution that the Senate go into secret session this evening at 3 p. ui , and that the House be informed thereof. Agreed to. Mr Ellis, a bill to prevent the collection of debts in specie. k : - Resolutions .protesting agaios emancipation for public service were discussed until adjournment. IIouss.--Mr Little presented a memorial from citizens of Richmond county praying the enact ment of a law making land trespass a misdemeanor. Mr Love introduced a resolution of enquiry as to whether the Judgeship of the 8th Judicial District be not vacant, be not residing in said district. A communication was received from the Secre tary of State showing the number of Magistrates in the. State; etc. Mr Brown moved it be printed. Not agreed to. Yeas 46, nays 52, and on motion of Mr Fowle the report was laid on the tablef This communica tion gives a list of the number of Magistrates in eighty-eight counties of the State, who have quali fied and whoso resignations bave not been accepted, cmouoting, in the aggregate, to 4036, or about 45 on an average ito a county. Wake has 120,.tbe highest number; Chowan 8, the least. On motion oi Mr Grissom a bill to exempt em ployees of newspapers from Home Guard duty was taken up, and, under 8 suspension of the rules, passed, the vote being upon its third reading yeas. .57, nays 32. An election for Engrossing Clerk being held, Mr -Davis was duly elected to that office. At 3 p. m., the two Houses met in joint secret session in the Commons Hall. At 6 o'clock the Henate retired to its Chamber and - went imme diately into secret session, continuing there till after 7 o'clock. "Wedueeday, Jannary 25. Sexate After the reading of tb journal Mr Courts moved that the Senate go into secret session. Mr Wiggins said he did not like the idea of secret sessions and desired soma information of the purpose for which the secret session was to be held. Mr Courts said it was for the purpose of ap pointing Commissioners; and the Senate then went into secret session. After being in secret session about an hour, the doors were again opened. The consideration of the resolutions in regard to the arming of 'slaves, &c, was resumed. The 2d and 4th resolutions were stricken out. The 1st resolution and the 2d (3d X)f the series) were adopted. The resolutions then passed their 2d reading. Mr Ellis, by leave, introduced a resolution re commending that a bounty of lands and negroes be given to sold'crs. The lesolution provides for giving one negro and fifty acres of land to each soldier. Mr McCorkle introduced a bill to more effec tually prevent the sacrifice of property sold under execution. House. A message was received from the Sen ate, which was deemed by the chair to require consideration in secret session, whereupon, on, mo tion of Mr Love, the House proceeded to sit with closed doors. ' Mr Fowle introduced a bill, to explain certain exemptions from Home Guard duty. Referred to the Committee on. Judiciary. Mr Carter, a bill to cstablith Military Courts. Referred to the same Committee. Mr Costner introduced a resolution in favor of Willis J..Palnierr which passed its several readings under a suspension of the rules. . A communication from the Public Treasurer relative to the collection of claims of the State against the Confederate Government was read and transmitted to the Senate. Mr Waugb introduced a bill allowing further time for perfecting titles to lands heretoore en tered. A bill to authorise administrators to advance funds for the support of minor distributees of es-tat3,-was laid oa the table on its 2d reading. ' '' ' Thursday, Jan. 26 Senate. Mr Matthews introduced a bill to amend "an act to increase the efficiency of the Homo Guard." .Resolutions to procure exemption from military service of millers and artixans, in order to serve the public, were not agreed to. . - The bill to make robbery of dwelling houses in the day time a capital offence , being before the Senate, was, after a lengthy discussion of the ques tion whether the punisjiment were not too severe for the cjime, laid on the table, by yeas 25, nays 14. Tbe jmpressment question was then discussed. IIoriK. Mr Grissom introduced resolutions to provide for the appointment by each Sheriff of a lputy, to declare such Deputy a State officer, and to call upon the Governor, in the case of such officer being conscripted, to demand his raiurn to his official duties. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. - The bill to exempt the Mayor, Commissioners and certain municipal officers of the City of Ral dgh from. Home Guard duty being ' -under consid eration, WrUenbury moved it be so amended asi o ciwiou us proviaions to all - incorporated towns ft the State. Agreed to. Mr McAden moved a .further amendment to include farmers selling pro duce at sebedule rates to soldiers families, and'those who were the beads of families 0f . four children. Agreed to, and the.bilL.was then tabled for the present. ' ; - - ' ' - r-r J -x..-r-. Tb b Peace CpMMlsaiONERa Richmond, Ja. 24 Frank Blair, : 'u again here, endeavoring .to initiate negotiations for peace ;lSinglt0n .started vfor Washington to-day, but the flag of trucefcoat was compelled to return. : :.r .... From tdk Sor-nrCAaoaKA FEOr --Charles. ton,-Jatiuarjr24. -The enemy bave" aiade no ad vance 'ttOvetnentrScouta report the railroad be tiween Saltkehatcbio 'Bridge and : Pocotaligo des- urojicvi,-lue nes ourns ana ine iron taken away The enemy's pickeU extend a short distance this I fide of Pocotalieo ' " "" " ' " -. ;-"'--fri-T J JPBOM WILMINGTON. From the Wilmington iournal- ' We are really linable to find anvth-tng new from beloW.'V Occasionally heat? shelling; is heard from;' the sea. This is said to - occur at-each 'titfe the eoebiv relieves his picket. whose reiatife'posUioas ; - m , . . - ui,1.;k.i,i.1. c.....BwrA,J, m,.ntfintah on iowaru .was -w-wj. jijw.vw v-; tor many oays. ine enemy ns suwceueu in gei- - . . imu at we know of It was mi lid that th weresijteenpr seven teen jigtt in'tfienvev and it was "even surmised that i the enemy bad transferred or Was tiansferring a ; large portion of his force to the ) est ajde, ofthe river, witn me view oi lurnmg our uiu ui, rort ; I Anderson, or of taking them m the rear so as to.; i allow of the nassae ot his cunDoats. lnis was V u a out u- ... -r , - We do not think it as at all likely that the ene my's land forces have re-embarked and gone off. We will be woefully mistaken " if weTay '"t.IiaTflat tering unction" to our souls, we think. There is in all likelihood at least eleven thousand of them mere je , i DOl more, x . .uC ,.,cjr c vV- ped bloekade-running, ana inns aecoinpiisnea one , T (lor8 were in three divisions, and on reach part of their object, but there are three railroads . three quarters of a mile from the fort, . l.rrvA river hor ro rtt whtf-li thf Ttrnhnnip e ' . , . . r . seek the Control UU I loipv J--1 I -j i Besides, the moral .... effect is in-l complete without the capture of the town, which we think, they are bound to attempt. ' The enemy wants to make this influence com plete, so far as our Legislature now in session is coifccroed. He no doubt thinks that by alternate menaces and blandishments, he may procure such action as will cause the State to drift from her moorings and to carry others with her. It is es sential to us that he should not succeed. Even shoyld Wilmington full and her people be scatter ed abroad or reduced to poverty and ruin, . Wil mington is not the Siate, far less is it the Confede racy. Now is not the time for North Carolina to falter, now is the time for bcr to show of what she is capable of what stuff she is made. Such at least, is our view such is our voice. North Car olina cannot now honorably falter or fall back. She is a Confederate State. She is pledged to her Confederate sisters. Can she, at such a time aban don them and seek safety in submission? We ask our legislators our rulers of all kinds our people, yea, the very strangers within our gates, to put this question to themselves look it fairly in the face and answer it without blinking or evasion. We ask no more and have no doubt about what the answer will be. No matter bow wc may question the policy of some of our civil or military authonties, honor compels us to sustain them in times like these when the people are mutually pledged to each oth er and to their chosen leaders. We cannot but think it -productive of good when there ia a full understanding between the people aud the author ities. Injustice 13 most frequently done to the lat ter, especially by the press, on account of the im possibility of obtaining correct information, owing to a somewhat unaccountable reticence, which, so far as we can see, can do no good aud may do harm. -- " . The latest dispatch frcm Sugar Loaf reports all quict.- NORTHEEN ITEMS'. Northern papers of the 20th, state that Wall street was excited on the 19th, by the report that Blair bad returned to Richmond with a programme from Lincolu in favor of commissioners to meet at City Point. Everybody who had anything to sell wa selling at a sacrifice, in many cases under the conviction that the war was about over. The N. Y. Herald sajs: It is said that the rebels bave a new and very formidable lam nearly com pleted up the Roanoke River, in North Carolina, which they design to shortly move down that stream simultaneously with the descent of the Neuse River by the one which they Tiave at Kin ston, and it is probably intended that while the latter makes an attack on the Union forces at New bern, the former shall attempt to reg-iin possession of Plymouth Efforts are being made by our forces at the latter place to raise the sunken Albemarle, and if this endeavor should succeed, it is thought that with her and a light draught monitor, which is expected to arrive, the rebel attack can be easily repulsed. General Ord having been placed at the head of the army of . the James, he has , been succeeded in the command of the twenty-fourth corps by Major General John Gibbon, lately com manding the second division of the second corps. The VVar in Kentucky. The New York News, of a recent date, says : ' "The Confederate General Lyon's raid througb Kentucky has been concluded. From Western Tennessee he crossed the Cumberland, and moved through Christian county to llopkirrsville The suppressions of the Administration leave us in the dark as to bis further movements through the State, but we now Jeain that he has made a junc tion with Hood by way of McMinnville and Tul Iaboma. Conscripting troopers and appropriating horses as he went, he must therefore have made a circuit through one-half of the State of Kentucky; and in his threatening movement toward the gaps of the Cumberland Mountains must have led to the hasty retreat from Virginia in which Burbridge (Yankee) abandoned his rtillery. Few raids of the war appear to have been crowi with fucbi complete and Mich important successes. The movement of Lyon into Western Kentucky appears, however, to have taken the form of per manent result. Guerillas appear to have sprung up along its track as fire starts out in the Heavens in the wakVof a comet. Colonel Taylor, of the Confederate service.-holds a part of Central Ken tucky. His .headquarters are on the Ohio, at Owensboro. ' His troops hold that river for seventy or eighty miles, and occupy on its banks the im portant towns of Hawsville and Henderson. This war in the rear is growing into great significance in Kentucky, and. will continue to do so until it shall assume dimensions wbichwill rcuke, as it has already done in Virginia, operations based on lines of communication through that State an absolute impossibility. - i . . Fred. Douglas a runaway negro, who left Maryland some years ago, and has been a pet of certain strong-minded abolition women of the North made a speech the other day, in New York, which, we are bound to say, was a very sensible speecn; and m the course ot it nc said - "I am of opinion that such is the confidence whicb the master can inspire over his slave, if Jefi Davis goes about ft earnest to raie a black army, making them suitable promises, they can be made very effective -in the war; for Southern, indepen dence.,. If Jeff Davis will holdout to tbc blacks of im uuuiu lucit , jrecuuui guarantee - irieir tree- dom the possession of a piece of laud the oe-L k ik.:. e J . .t - r 1 groesoi tue coutn win ago r, and bgfat valiantly iui iuia uuviu. - We believe that this negro speaks truly the I eniioieui oi nis people ana we are satisued that, j if Congress and the States, had taken steps early 1 last tall to have given Gen. Iee twor hundred thou V neroe we snoa,d scaPCe . J b"e bad a i,ane? 001 P"1 on .Southern oiL -.Raleigh Confederate, - : sand negroes, we should NORTHERN ACCOUNT OP THE CAP- , TiiiiV- ' v . " The Northefo papers are full of accounts pf the fail of Fort Fisher- Column after column JS. de-4 oted to the feftts of the soldieis and sailorsintil the reader wondera sjthat the fort did not jopon . ucuisn'w.V4 -e-- V j mow atiu out uunug ei. vuio ---1- perate cr Thf alike? loSS WaS beaVV. Ihe COm- rri , maoders ol' ihe tbre kadiegbrigajdes - eoera Curtis and Colonels 'Pennibaker and Bell were n -' . x , wounded. The Confederate boats Chickamaoga and Tallahassee tok part lu the fight, but tctired Up the river auer vi J T u r a Huunary accounts give a history of the bombard- j ment bv the navy. L tne reai assauus, a wrvp. pondentof the Jiahitao.re American gives the -folj lowing account : Vrom Lieutenant Fafquhar,r of the Santiago, : who accompanied the landing party from the navy, I have some interesting particuJars or. tne repuise ,knt ffien- . .l nun iritk rrrorva o n A otlltr fmtn t WO Were UL'CUCU uyuu nuu tioi'v " u - - wLIr f .i ; i garrison appeared on the parapets with muskets and rifies, aud mowed down our men. The first division coming up last could not get into the ditch, and. consequently had no cover or protection. They were. thus compelled to order a retreat, and a large portion of the other divisions obeyed the order, leaving only about two hundred under cover. They were still under this tremendous fire as tbey retreated, and their bodieb wereleft strewn along the beach, together , with many of the wounded, the rebel sharpshooters .afterwards amusing them selves by firing at these unfortunate creatures.- They .also killed a number of the. wounded in this way, who fell near, the ditch. , Those who remained under " coyer behind the palisades, about two hundred, burrowed jinto the saud, and thus protected themselves from the vol leys that were constantly poured into them. Thus the naval storming party failed; not, how ever, through any want of bravery on the part of the gallant fellows, but owing lo the fact that they had to umrch over a level, unobstructed beach without the lightest shelter, and had thus con centrated upon them the whole power of the gar rison. The moment the signal . was given by Admiral Porter, to the fleet to change their fire from Fort. Fisher tQ the water batteries, the whole garrison rushed to the northern ramparts to resist the assaulting party. -They knew there were soldiersunder cover in the woods, but they thought they were to .follow on in support of the naval brigade. Tbey had no idea that, whilst resisting the assault on the noith side, the army was ap proaching on the west side. The losses of the naval brigade were not less than two hundred and fifty in killed and wounded. The number of officers wounded is unprecedented. The Military Axtault. We could sec from the fleet but lit tie of what was going on west of the fort, further than the oc casional glimf sc. of the prolonged con-test whieli had not closed when darkness set in, and could then only be inferred from the flashes of the mus ketry observable on the ramparts and in the inte rior of the work. Acting Master's Mate S. W. Kempton, of the Santiago, was sent on shore in charge of a boat placed at the service of General Terry, and being invited by one of the staff to join them in the as sault, actually entered the fort with General Cur tis, acting as bis aid. He represents that the as saulting party advanced while the garrison was repelling the naval assault, and had succeeded by suddenly capturing the guard of thirty men at the sally-port, manning two howitzers loaded with grape, and shooting down and driving back the sharpshooters on the ramparts in. gaining an en trance and a footing on. three of the mounds be fore the general attention of the garrison was di rected to them. The gallant fellows engaged in this bold and hazardous work were the One Hun died and Forty -second New York. Their sup ports rushed on as soon as the flag was raised, and then commenced one of the severest contests that the war has furnished for the possession of a fort. It appeared to have been constructed espe cially for such a contest as was now progressing, and each of the seventeen mounds were successive ly fought for and struggled over with desperate perseverance and bravery, both by the assaulting party and the.garrison. Mound after mound was captured until nine of the seventeen were in our possession, at 9 o'clock at night, when General Curtis, who led the assaulting party, determined to make one more charge on the enemy, and if that failed, 'to hold on the half that was in bis pos session until the morning.' Just as he was about to make the charge, a white flag was raised by the garrison, and possession given of the entire work. The prisoners were at .once placed in. the bomb proofe and kept under guard until this' 'morning, when they were marched out and numbered, with those vtho escaped and were subsequently re-captured, over one thousand eight hundred privates and one hundred officers, including Major-General Whiting, the commander of all the works on tlve coast., autl Brigadier-General Lamb, the coru mander X Fort Fisher, both ,of whom are wound ed, the latter, it is thought, mortally. The loss of the army in this assault and the sub sequent contest for the possession of the work is seven hundred and fifty in killed, and wounded.' The gallant General Curtis, who accompanied General Butler, but who disagreed with him in the opinion that the fort could not be taken, led the assault, and has a painful wound over the eye. The number of guns captured in the fort and .the adjacdht works, including the batteries on Zeke's island and the Mound, is seventy-two. Tbey were all in good condition, none of them being spiked, though fourteen of the seventeen were, dismounted The varieiy of guns is remarkable, embracing all thi ninsf. fnmpfl varieties nf 1n1 ..... " , including a 100-pounder Armstrong gun, mounted on a solid mahogany carnage. , When it is' lemembercd that the assault was commenced at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and that the full possession of the fort was not obtained until after 0 o'clock in the evening, a period of six hours, some idea of the fierceness of the band-to- hand encounter may be imagined. ' Tlrey fought as men never before' fought. ' ' The rebels having been driven from one mouod to. another, finally, surrendered, at half-past 9 o'clock, which was the time of the first cheer we heard from the gallant victors. Explosion of the Magazine -200 Yankee kill ed. .The-America 'a -correspondent. wrilifl!r the f uay aiier ian, &aye -.- ti Whilst- we were looking at Fort Fisher "under J e u the Federal flag,-and rejoicing orer its down fall, ! : a tremendous explosion took place in its very c6n- ; tre," sounding louder than the boom of a 15 inch ! gun in t volume of smoke and sand rose fifty feet the. air, enveloping and hiding froxn view tbe whole of this immense work for four or five min- utes. .it was at once apparent that the magatite i-iad explodedyand that it must bave been acebm- Moied with great-loss; of life. Wt soon after not lets than two bundrw, including many saiicta trpra ctthB' fleefwbo hanot rt fit urn ed trbelf sbipsi j - a9j;ccj,Gne(iby the MreteMnessI of some b? colored Mroott in learning, candles into tb' azine j .... . , I t lafgef qAanfft of fo-iieaIlMid beenVoa'O Ktnred in a toacrazi'ne. wnich ltie colored soldiers . , n , frP(.lv uspd for their breakfasts, not knowing i v . ' . " j . -. .nrialn o tnn nr nrn nmripr lin. - ncathtTje; meat - 'The exacTmanner in which gre was communicated cannot, of course, be knowntbut ij; is .presumed that there was some loose powder'bn the floor, into "which 'a spark fell? It was a. terrible event, 60 sobu.following our great victory. ' ."- i i The loss ef life by the explosior,'Iifarn, is about two hundred, besides quite a aumoerwoua ded. The magazine that exploded was in the very centre of theparade,tfnd ttTtias' scbopecf out ihe earth to a. great -Jdepth. fot fifty t. felt arou,od added to the ' desolation Uhat" reigns in this vast monument of engineering ability. ; '. s THE N. C INSANE ASYLUM. . From the report of the accomplished Superin tendent of the Ihsano Asylum of North Carolina, we cull some facte which will, do doubt, interest our readers-.'? .;x tv' -' v.-- . Oo the 3l8t of October, 1862, there Were in the Asylum 195 patients. Since that time there have been admitted 81.' There are now in the institu tion 180, of whom t)6 are'; males. ' ' '" Of tbe 96 discharged or died within the last two years, 23 were recovered, and 48 died. The large number of deaths was caused by the, extraordinary prevalence of diseases of a Typhoid type. 7 .. . , A number of ' admissions bave. been roade.frum the army, and it is stated that the prop'er authori ties are taking the necessary steps tf establish' in this State an: Asylum for -the insane soldiers of all the States. r. '-r - , ,- Of the 276 patients-under treatment within the last two years, it is noticeable that a large majority, 161, are unmarried, showing, thereby, another ad vantage" in' the matrimonial'state, and 21 widows are reported insane, while only 3 widowers are found' in'-that "unfortunate state, -a fsot- which proves the greater constancy aud devotion of the gentler sex. . .j,;. The following table will show the. forms of .in sanity under which the patients suffered': Manla '175 Dementia, 53.' Epilepsy, . 17 Imbecility,' 33 Melandioly, 9 Suicidal, 3 Puerneral, , 1 . Homicidal, r 3 - The causes of insanity have been various, and suggest sad reflection to a thoughtful mind- We notice disappointment in love, los3 of busbands, (not of wives) of. property, of parents, of friends, of children, jealousy, pecuuiary difficulties, hard study, use of opium, intemperance, disease, and as we feared, no less than sixteen-have been deprived of reason by tbe wari 1 - ' "' - , Among the countless evils of .this great strife, our noble Asylum is struggling to alleviate the sorrows of the. unfortunate insane. Although few other things may be saved from the wreck, a'l must pray that war shall not blast that. Raleigh Con scrvutie. . The President nd Gen. Lee -The Legis lature of Virginia adopted resolutions on the 17th, declaring that the appointment of Gen. Lee to the command . of all ; the armies of the Confederate States'would promote their efficiency ' andoperate powerfully to re-animate the spirits of the'armies as well as people of tbe several States, and inspire increased confidence in tbe final success of our cause... These resolutions were communicated ta the President, who, in reply, says Virginia cannot have a higher regard for Gen Lee or greater con fident in his character. and ability than is enter tained by him; but expressed the belief of his in ability to asbume .command of other armies than the one now confided to him, unless relieved of tbe immediate command in the field of that now op posed to Grant. In conclusion, the President as sures the General Assembly that whenever it shall be found practicable by Gen. Loe to assume com mand of all the armjes of the Confederate States, without withdrawing him from the direct command of the army of Northern Virginia, he will deem it promotive of the public interest to place him in such command.. Fortt Hours' Devotion for Phace. Bishop Bayley, of New Jersey, having obtained authority from Ronu has issued instructions for "Forty Hours' Devotion" . in all the churches under bis control, and continuing in the various churches until June- next. Services will be held in each church for forty hours, the sacrament being ex posed from morning till evening on three succes sive days. The Pope-bas granted to all the faith ful of the diocese all the, indulgencies and privi leges attached to the service in Rome! " This service was instituted p 1534, in memory of the forty hours during which the body of Christ re posed in the ' sepulchre and has since been cele brated with great solemnity. i.: - Gen. L'ee Sanguine. Tbe Richmond corres' pondent of the Charleston Mercury says: "A distinguished jnember "of Congress called on General Lee a few days ago, to talk over'th-e 6tate of the country. ' General Lee said be saw nothing in the military situation to justify despondency, much, less despair. His only fear was that the dis ease of depression might be permitted to spread among tbe people. If this could be prevented, be was sanguine of sueces's. The member of Con gress was opposed to J-lie use of slaves 8s soldiers, but General Lee's arguments indueed him to with draw,, all opposition. Generals Loegstreet and Ew ell concur with General Lea. If - : , " r -r T-1 -: r - - fiThe United States sloop-of-war San Jacinto was lost off the Bahama Banks ou the night of the 1st, in a terrible gale. iThe U. S. gunboat Nar cissa was. blown up by a torpedo near Mobile a few days since ,. Week before last, the gunboat Rattler drifted from her moorings between Vicks burg and Natchez. She was boarded by a party of "Confederate . cavalry and burnt to the. water's. edge. On Sunday evening last, two Yankee monitors were blown up- by torpedoes off Charles- ten. ; And somc three or four Yankee boats were j lost on Roanokg River. e are glad to see that Old Ab'a navy is being rapidly reduced. Tbe San Jacinto is the vessel which captured Masoo t and Siidell.offVhe Trent. . - , ; ;! : . J:j In 1778, when the Brit is h-forces occupied al-' most alt the ciiiea - of -the- straggling-' eolonie, ! Washington wrotet "I am convinced that the ene-f my, long ere this, are perfeetly satisfied thet the possession utour towns, while -ve nave an army itr the field, will avail thea little. "It iovoItm trs in difficulties, but does net by any means' insure eon'ii quest to them. They well know tl.at it is our arms, not defenceless towns: which tbev have to subdtio rieforff tbev can arrive at tha hapn nf th'ir i wishes, arrJ that, till'tbis is accomplished, tbe superstructure tbeybave.been endeavoring to raise", like the baseless fabrie'of a vision, falls to noth ing. These 'words may be' profitably reflected upon Jby tbe few-Southrons who jtro disposed to be learned that tbeUestruction of life was Vl,ETTEt PBOM.PRESIDENT. DAVIS, : 'Ih. -Regard to Separate Stole Action. ' Theltich mond Whig publishes tbf . followieg reply Of the Presideut to sundry .Senators of; Geor gia, on the topic announcetfintbe above caption; 'be"V big says that is "a cleaf, ' fcrciblff andLcogent document:" . T- . V Richmond, Va., Nov. 17, 1864. To log -you now resnectfullv comply with you should express my views oo the subject to which you invite my attention. ( I In forwarding to me the resolutions introduced into the House of ReDresentatives of "Georgia, by Mr Stephens, of Hancock, you state that you are VonKfedTo of'anyl similar' resolutions, behevinff tbenr to hate a ten '.I ... I. Ui. - dency to create divisions among ourselves, and to unite and strengthen our enemies,' but that it is as serted in MilleugeviHe that I favor such action on the part pf the" States, and would be pleased to see Georgia cast her influence in, that way. - You are kind enough to say that, if this be true, and it the r passage of these or similar resolutions, would in the slightest degree aid cr assist me'in bringing tho war to a successful and speedy close, you will give them your earnest and hearty, support. . I return you my cordial thanks- for this expren eion of confidence, but assure yon tbat there is no truth in the assertion which you mention; and I presume that you will already, bave seen by the closing part of my annual message, which must have reached you since tbe date of your letter, that I have not contemplated the use of . any" other agency in treating lor peace thanTha.t established by the Constitution. of .toe Confederate States.-. Tbat agency seems "to me to be well adapted to Us purpose, and free from the injurioua conse quences that would - follow'' any other means tba have been suggested. ' . . ; ' '.' x The obj.cc.tion to separate Utfe action which you present .in your letter, appears to be so con clusive as to admit no reply. The-immediate and inevitable tendency of such distinct action by each State is to create discordant instead of united, counsels; to suggest to our enemies thj possibility of a dissolution of the Confederacy, and to encour age them, by the spectacle of our divisions, to more determined and united action against us. They would really adopt the false idea that some of the States of the Confederacy are disposed to abandon their sister States and "make separate terms of peace for themselves; and if such a suspicion, however unfounded, were once engendered among our. own people, it would be destructive of that spirit .of mutual confidence and support which forms our chief reliance for. success in tho mala- j tenance of our cause. When tbo .proposal of separate State action was j first mooted it appeared to me so impracticable, so void of any promise of good,' tbat I gave no heed to the proposal; but upon its adoption by citizens whose position and ability give weight to the ex pression of their opinions, 1 was led lo a serious consideration of the subject. My first impressions have not been changed by reflection.. If all the States of the two hostile federations are to meet in convention, it is plain that such a meeting can only take place after an agreement as to Ihetimej place, and terms on which they are to meet. Now, without, discussing . the minor, al though not trifling difficulties, of agreeing as to time and place, it is certain (hat the States would never consent to a convention without a previous agreement as to tbe terms on 'which they were to meet. Ihe proposed convention mast meet on the basis either that no State should, against its own will, be bound by the decision of the convention, or that it should be so bound. But, it is plain that an agrcement.on the basis that no State should be bound, without its consent, by the result of the deliberations, would be an abandonment on the part of the North of its pretended right of coercion; would be an absolute recognition of the indepen dence of the several States of the Confederacy; would be, in a word, so complete a concession of the rightfulness of our cause that .the most vision ary cannot hope for such an' agreement in advance of the. meeting of. a convention. The only other possible basis of meeting is that each State should agree, beforehand, to be bound by the decision of the convention, and such agreement is but another form of submission Id Northern dominion, as we well know that in such a convention we should be outnumbered nearly two to one. On the very threshold of the scheme proposed, therefore, wc are. met by an obstacle which cannot bo removed. Is not the impracticable character of the project ap parent? - You will observe tbat I leave, entirely out of view tbF suggestion tbat a convention of all- the States, of both federations, should be held by com mon consent without any previous understanding as to tbe effect of Us decisions; should meet merely to debate and pass resolutions that are to bind no one- It is not supposed tbat this can really be the meaning attached to tbe proposal by those who are active'in its support, although the resolutions to which you invite my attention, declare, that 'the function of such a convention would beirnply to propose a plan of peace, with the cvnlit'iS -the two belligerents; or, in other words, to act as nego tiators in treating for peace. This, part bf the scheme is not intelligible to me, ir the conven tion is only to be held with the consent of the two belligerents; that con sent cannot be obtained with out negotiation. The plan then would resolve itself into a scheme that the two' Governments should negotiate an agreement for the appointment of ne-gotiators to make proposals for a treaty. It seems much more prompt and simple to negotiate for peace at once than to negotiate for the appoint ment of negotiators, who are to meet without power to do anything but make proposals. If the Government of the United States is will ing to make peace, it wfll treat for peaoe directly. If unwilling, it will refuse to consent to the Con vention of States. The author of these resolutions, and those who. concur in bis views, appear to me to commit tbe radical error of supposing that the obstacle to obtaining the peace which we all desire, consists in the diffieulty of finding proper agencies for "negotiating, 1,0 that thchole scope of -the U resolutions epas in ooiniog suggesting inaiy the enemy will treat, the best agency would bo State delegates to a eanvcotioo; whereas tbe whole and Only obstacle is that the enemy will not treat at all, or entertain any other proposition ihao that we should ubro!l to their yeke, acknowledge toa't we are criminals, and appeal to their mercy for pardoa After this statement of objections, it may appear superfluous to add others of Jess rarity; but, is vou invite a full expression of my views, I will add that history is replete wun instances 01 me loier Bii table difficulties and delays which attend the attempt to negotiate on grjat and conflicting in terests, wben the parties to tbe negotiation are nu- merous. . II mis nag oeen ine case wucrc ius pi ties possessed full" powers to conclude a-treaty, l k..rMn . . ..mKU(TH nf necotia- tors from thirty or forty.States.who, 10 io bi j -. v - r.-LsT-:: without ' Oi ap. exasriprauug warwie, rinr f rv tvnAnrlA an V thlQC? : Jn'thrlkUtorj of ouron couotrr, wt fiad Ibat, o -.iure. uniuw. j!" r m.t,(vvwuuiLM utDJisiuuuuEiBLinA urmu mw.t . l Wright, President of the Senate, and others : attempt to secure concordant Tiewi would r oon be Gentlemen: I answered by telegram this morn- abandoned, and Ibe bartiea rborVembUfe-rcd than Metier ot Attn instant, as requested, aoa ie nopcim oi irre possibility ot tucces&ful ft tbe jime of profound peace, when the most cor dial brotherhood of sentiment existed, and when a jong aed bloody war bad been brought to a tri umphant close, it required two years to assemble a convention and brine its deliberations ta n -.i I and another jear to procure the ratification of their uyn. - t iwi aucn a war as the present io pro gress, tbe views of the lrEe aasemblsre of ntJltU. ton proposed would undergo constant chtnee ae. Agaie, bow is the difficulty resultine from tk coniiicting pretensions of the two belligerents in regard to several of the Stater lo be overcome' Jj it supposed that Virginia would enterlnto a eon- yeution with a delegation from what our encmic choose to term tie . "State of "West Vlririnia 1 .n1 thud - : - ; 1 . -. . . t- ana inu.,xecognue . an inoJeot and wi.Jrw j;.. 1-1- . - menibennentof hetterritoryr Or would the United States consent that '-West Virgiaia" should be de prived of her pretensions to equal rigKu, afier having formally admitted her as a State and allowed her to vote at a Presidential electbui? - Who would send a delegation from Louisiana, Tennessee, Ken tucky, Missouri? Tbe enemy' claims to hold tbe governments of those States, while we assert them to be members of the Confederacy. Would dele gates be received frotn both sides? ' If so, there would soon be a disruption of the convention. If delegates are received from neither side, then a number of the Spates most vitally interested io the result would remain unrepresented, and what value Could be attached to the mere recommendations of a body of negotiators under such circumstances? Various other considerations suggest themselves, but enough has been said to justify soy conclusion that the propoAl of separate State actioo is uawise, impiacticable and offer no prospeot of good to counterbalance its manifold injurious consequences to tbc cause of our country. Very respectfully, yours, tc., JEFFERSON DAVIS. AUCTION HOUSE, And. Brokerage, Charlotte, N. C. Third Door from Springs' corner. c. f. niiuTis & co., Will bnv and sell an consignment and comniUJRn, Coiton, Gold, State and Ordrt-i frora 1 Tobacco, Silrer, Negrotf, Bunk Dills. Confederate Bondi, Ac. 4c- r. distance are respectfully lolicItcJ. C. F. HARRIS, Concord, X. C. A. W. BURTON,. Liucoliiion, N. C. W. SLOAN, CharloU, N,C. RKrxarxciS. Wn Johntton, Esq, Prr-Ment C. k S. C. Railroad; B S Guion, rfuj.t. V. CAR Railroad; I. F Bates, Supt. Southern Express t'ornpany; UrucLrr k neilbruo; i J Blackwood, Pres l Uaok of Cliariotte; T uuariotie; 1 ; y Iluriin, luiubiu, . C ; VI UfWCT, Jashier Branch lUuk of N. C; Mayor of Charlotte ; R M Johnston, Coh and L Colin, Augusta, G. Januarj 9, 18b5 tf On Con ii ? tunc nt, Star Candlfi;ii 00,000 English rrcussIon Caps; small lot of fin French Broad Cloth, black; 800 feet hear English Sole Leather Belting, 12 Inches wide; -125 fct do. 6 inches wide ; 200 feet do. 4 inches wide. 600 Lbs Liquorice, suitable for Tobacconists. A lot of slightly damaged Shtetinp, 12 dozen pairs Cotton Cards, Uict, kt. 500 Sacks dry Virginia Salt, 1,000 Boxes Tobacco, 100 Reams Paper, commercial, note, 300 Krgs Xails, well assorted. - - - C. P. HARMS- CO , Auctioneers, Commission iJerehaots Jc BruLerf. Jan 0, 165. tf TAX-Ii-K1D IYOTICJB. We will attend at tbe fol!owlnjr placet for the par pose of taking (lie Returns of ib Secoad Clas Crop, which consists of Corn, Buckwheat, Rice, Irish Tota toes, Cured Fodder, Sugar, Molasses, Teas and Usans, Ground Peas, and Cotton: r desire tnat 1 negoiraiion. --..iu.r t ,i -u -. Lemlr's, Tuesday, . 17th January, 18CI. Deweese's, Wednescktr, 18th Mallard Creek, Thursday lDlh " Hurrisburg, Friday, Otb " Crab Orchard, Tuesday, 24th " Clear Creek, Wednesday, SM'a Morning Star, Thursday, 2Ctk Providence, Friday, 27lh " Sharon, Monday, 3uih " Steel Creek, . Tuesday, 3lsl " BerryhilHs, Wednesday, 1st February, Paw Creek, Thursday, ii " Long Creek, Friday, Sd ' ' ' JAS. J. BLACKWOOD, ' W. M- STITT, Assessors Tax-in-Kind, 4Slh Dist. X. C. Dee. 26, 1884. 6t-pd OAK GROVE AC A DEW V, MECKLENBURG COCXTY, N. C. . The undersigned, a Gradual of ibe Sanih Carolina College, hereby respectfully informs the pnblic tbat be has opened an Academy, (6r the reception of pupils, six miles below Charlotte, conrenienl to tbe C. k 3. C. Railroad, In a pleasant and healthy locality. Having beeb regularly engaged io teaching for tbe last ten or twelve years, he hopes to be able to give satisfaction to those who may favor biro with their patronage. Tuition, ftr Stuion Twtnty Kttki t Elementary Branches, " $60 00 Higher Kugtub Branches, 100 CO Classics,. 160 00 For further; iaformatioa in refereaee to Board, 4c, address the4iuderigped at Charlotte, N. C ' J. T. CAUTHEN, January 9, 1865. 3mpd CARRIAGE WORK, Wagon-work an4Wood-work of all kinds, and Dlacktmlthing.' T! subscriber bas removed bis Workshops to the stand formerly occupied by Charles Overman, near lb Psesbyterian Church, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work in his Hot.' Repairing will always re ceive prompt attention. ' S&T He will work at old prices and take provisions in parment at tbe same rates, or be will charge an equivalent Ic Confederal ruoner. , Charlotte, Jan. 9, 185 tf . NOTICE . I posiiirely forbid all persons, fro "",i,f land. I can no looger bar lb depredates that b av been committed on my pren 4.LICXAKDEII. January 9, ' Isis-yl . '- Wrnr. Darldaon. ATTORXEr AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, X. C, Will resume lb practice f Law ia tbe Conrts of Mecklenburg eonnty, aad will attead to the cllcclia of claim, Ac. January 9, 1883 4t ' ' . IlEllODOm FURNACE, , In' Blast, .-. 3 miVct vorth-eastoflron Static, Lincoln co, SC. . . ... .......a . .L fa ! nf all pp"". kinds. Aaaress, SHIPP Ic RU!KHARDT, I;o P. O., V. C. '.;:l:H:r mi