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WESTERN DEMOCEAT, CHAELOTTE, 1ST. C. tsUxn CIL1RI.OTTE, IV. C. Tuesday, February 14, 18G5. The Peace Subject. We publish the report .. ,. 0f the Uonr'Uerate commissioners sent to cotisuit w;tli Lincoln and endeavor to obtain honorable tri-m of peace. It will be seen that Lincoln de mauds an unconditional submission to his authority eI,J the laws of the yankee Congress on the part of the southern people; and it will -also be seen that 0lir Commissioners were not permitted to visit Washington city or to even laud at Fortress Mon r0A. The conference took place . on board of a stf amer iu Hampton Roads. In requiring oiQun coiiditional submission, Lincoln requires us to sub mit to the Proclamations he has issued, to the laws of the yankee Cougress abolishing slavery, confis cating our property,. and depriving us of our rights as free white men. We hear a great many people say they are not surprised at the result of this conference ; but we confess ourself surprised, for we did expect that the wicvay would propose some sort of terms not entirely dishonorable we thought they would show some little disposition to conciliate. We are greatly dis appointed nnd astonished, as no doubt thousands of others aro in both sections of the country. It was natural to expect better results from the conference inasmuch as the enemy had permitted Mr Blair, one of their own men, to come to Richmond and invite it. Under 'the circumstances, it is not strange that any one bliould feel disappointed but not discour aged. The only alternative left us is to submit or "fight it out." According to present appearances, if we submit we lose all ; and, on the other hand, if we continue the war and fail to win, we can only lose ail. If the people of the Confederacy will remain united and determined in purpose, and devote all their energies to pushing forward the cause, we can yet compel the enemy to make fair and honorable term.". But we cannot do this unless there is a gen eral reform in the conduct of the people generally find the management of officeholders especially. We wish to talk plainly and candidly on this subject, and therefore say that unless two-thirds of the of ficeholders and employees ut the various posts throughout the Confederacy are dismissed and sent t the army or allowed to.go to their homes, e fear the worst consequences. In saying this, we arc sure we are not prompted by feelings of ill-will towards any individual officeholder, for a large number of those who are in office are only doing what many others would do if they had a chance, viz : filling positions of no practical benefit to the country or cause. We do not abuse tho individual who fills one of these offices neither do we consider it dis honorable in a man to hold one of these offices if the present occupants were to resign, some one else w ould jump into their places but we do condemn the regulation or law of the Government which cre ates so many offices" rr permits them to exist. From observation and information communicated to us, we are led to believe that tho public business could be transacted by one-third of the present number of white men employed at tho various posts. Economy, as well as well as other considerations, demands that the number of officeholders should be diminish ed. And we would also remark that no one should he permitted to hold an office unless he is a citizen of the Confederacy and fully identified with its fate for weal or woe. And, further, no officer who is ut sf-rving in the field should bo permitted to keep a horse (for his own use) to be fed at Government "expense horses, are needed in the army and on farms, and corn is in demand to feed the soldiers und their families and if officers keep horses at their own individual expense, they should be liable to impressment like the horses of other people. In all cases whre farmers are pronounced unfit for service iu the field, let them bo permitted to re main on their farms and make something to eat for the army and those who are not farmers, instead of keeping them on what is called "light duty" in some city, town yr village. And where it is not deemed proper to send mechanics to the field, . let them re maiu at their shops to work for tho families of sol dier? and tho public generally, instead of detailing them to work only for a few government officials and their favorites. Let these reforms be instituted speedily, and let peculating bands be dispersed and broken up by law, and the mass of our people would be cheered in their efforts to secure independence and finally victory would perch upon our banners. In pointing out what wo (as well us thousands of our fellow-citizen?) consider ruinous evils-, we are not prompted by a fault-finding, grumbling spirit; for our readers know that we have always tried, as a public journalist, to sustain the constituted au thorities and encouraged the people to give them aid and hearty support. The South is our native land, and the fato of the Confederacy will be our fate. Therefore we claim to be doing nothing but our duty in begging for that reform which public sentiment demands. We repeat what we have often said heretofore : The enemy can never subjugate us, but if we don't look, out we will subjugate ourselves. da the present emergency let ua all act calmly .and deliberately, do our duty as good citizens strug gling for our native land, discountenance all efforts or propositions that tend to divide and distract our own people, and leave the issue with God. Confederate Taxes Col. D. G. Maxwell, Tax Collector for this county, has furnished us a table showing the amount of the Confederate tax ! paid iu Mecklenburg during the year 16G4. The ' Specific tax was $10,580, tax on Sales $7G,SG0 37, I x' "! 4? ai. PrAnvt i n I on Neat Cattle 7,ioo oo,.. on I lopeity and Credits I , ; $4,6. 82, on Profits above 2o per cent. $2o,021 00, i on 10 per cent additional tax $33,409 01, on 30 per cent do. $G.325 95, Advaiorem 5 per cent tax ' 95.635 2G. on Salaries 899 05. on Incomes : 20SMW6 92. Soldier lux S97.G39 03 Total. ! 7G1.G94 75. j Killed. On Friday lapt, Mr A. Cunningham M.,i i -r , . . - , .,, , lller. llVllTT five miles fnim lliu nlata . wna " " - - .. ....... v. ; by a falling tree. Alls . negroes were engaged in j cutting down trees in the new cround, and Mr Miller ' was superintending the work, when the sad accideut it .u i .- ; happened, lie was a worthy, eood citizen. 11 J B M "" ! IteV. Dr Win A. Smith! of Virginia, will address the public this (Monday) evenmir. at the Presbvterian on in nature oi an Oath showing that no honest man can take the oath required by our enemies. The public is invited to attend. February 13, 18C3 The N. C Legislature adjourned on Tuesday moraine last to meet a?ain on the third Thursdav in May next, nnless sooner Called together by the Ramsey, heretofore Confederate- States Depositary j Governor. ,,Jat Knoxvnie, Tenn., but now of Charlotte, N. CST The Legislature at the late session passed a ' has been authored by the Secretary of the Treas- law permitting the Piedmont Railroad (running ..v. nnm v.iaht n,l Kvn ner i from fireenhoro to Danville "to change the fu t a t t -n u V i . - " fa bv " ; . i alter Danville Koad; but providing that within six months the close of the war the present guage shall be IC-l'OlttUUMlCU ,..t,l:..l,..l " Two bjlls jvere passed xn the subject of Roads one imposes a fine of ten dollars for each failure to work on-public roads, to be collected on warrant be fore any Magistrate ; the other provides that where public roads are opened the damage shall be asses sed by freeholders after the road ts opened this law to apply in all cases of the kind now pending in Courts. The road must be opened first and dam ages fixed afterwards." A new Homo Guard law was passed, which will be found in another column. Corporations, for an Act of incorporation." are re quired hereafter to pay a fee or tax of 300. Increase of Salaries and Fees. The Legis lature passed an Act increasing the salaries and fees of certain public officers in this State. The Raleigh Progress publishes. a synopsis of the Act which we give below : For the year 1805: Governor $15,000 ; a Coun sellor of state 40 per day when engaged in public business, and cents per mile to and from his homo; Judges $7,000. each: Treasurer $7,500; chief clerk to the Treasurer $3,500, second clerk $2,500; secretary oi atate $d,;uu and tour times the tees heretofore allowed ; Comptroller $3,000, and his clerk y.i(X; Governor s private Secretary f2,50t) and quadruple tees; bupreme Court Reporter $1,500: Clerk to the Supreme Court $1,500 and. quadruple f es; Marshal $15 per day while attending the Court; County and Superior Court Clerks, Sheriffs, kc. quadruple fees; State SaltrCommissioner $3,000 arid traveling expenses; Surgeon General the pay of a Brigadier and traveling expenses ; State Auditor $4.5W, his first clerk $3,000. second clerk $1,500; Superintendent of Common Schools $2,500; keeper of the Capitol $1,500; Adjutant General the pay of a Major General ; Commissioners of the Sinking Fund and their clerk each $50 per day while en gaged in public business- - e The Mails. Charlotte is on the highway of t,ravel, with two traius a day running through yet it is a rare occurrence to get a mail from north or south in regular time, or anything approximating regular time. After making all due allowance for bad weather and tho embarrassments of the times, itjshard to understand what detains the mails from Richmond, Raleigh and Columbia. The Raleigh papers, for instance, are frequently two or throe days old when they reach this point; the same may bo said of the Columbia papers, and as for the Rich mond papers it is a rare thing to get one of any date within the past. month. Several copies of the Ral eigh, Fayetteville, Columbia and other papers never have reached here, and we suppose never will. We don't know who is to blame, but it does seem that if the trains come through the mails might come along too. We have received the February No. of "The Key Stone" a Ma.nic Magazine published in Ral eigh, N. C by Win. B. Smith & Co. It is gotten up in good style, considering tho times. Terms $15 for G months. The Railroads. The Legislature passed reso lutions to appoint a committee to investigate the management of Railroads in this State and inquire how many of the Railroad Companies have violated and forfeited their Charters. The committee con sists of Messrs Giles Leitch of Robeson, J W Ellis of Columbus, S F Phillips of Orange. 'john L Brown of Mecklenburg, and D G Gowle of Wake. Those having charges to prefer against the Railroad Com panies would do well to communicate with this com mittee. We give the Post Office of each member of the committee : Giles Leitch. Lumberton. D G Fowle, Raleigh. S F. Phillips, Hillsboro. J L Brown, Charlotte. J W Ellis, Whitoville. We think the above named Post Offices are cor rect, though we are not certain about those of Messrs Leitch and Eliis. South Carolina. The Governor of South Caro lina has issued & call to arms to the people of that State. It is pointed, as will be seen by the follow ing extracts : .'.'The coubt. has been dispelled. The truth is made manifest, and the startling conviction is now forced upon all. The invasion of tfie.State has been commenced ! our people driven from their homes; their property plundered and destroyed; the torch and the sword displayed, as the fate to which they are destined. The threats of nn insolent foe are to be carried into execution, unless that foe is checked and beaten back. I call now upon the people of South Carolina to rise up and defend, at once, their own rights and the honor of their State. I call upon every man to lay aside selfish .considerations, and prepare to do his duty to his State. Let the suggestions of ease and comfort become inglorious and unworthy; let those ends only be honorable which conduce to the defeat of the foe; let all who falter now, or hesitate, be henceforth marked. All who have lived under the protection of. the State, who have flourished under its laws, and shared its prosperity, will gladly arm to protect it from subjugation. If any seek to escape from duty and danger at this time, let them depart. The hour approaches when all who are true to the State will be found in the ranks of those who arm in its defeuce. There is no room in the State but for one class of men; they are l!ie men who will fight in her cause. I give now timely warning to all. The period is near when private business must be, for a season, suspended. Whilft there is yet time, let all prepare to set their houses in order." "In every quarter of the State, in every District, village and town, let the men stand with their arms in their hands. When required to move, let them do so with expedition and hope. Until required to move, let them bo vigilant, and prepared to repress disorder and put down all violence." "You have led the way in those acts which united the people of vour sister States in this confederation ' ii - r - u n . of States and their secession from the Government of tl)P UllUoj StatPS. You first fired the gun at the flag of the United States, and caused that flag to be lowered at your command. As yet, you have suf- C It- . i . i i -.r i " M " ,PS.3 atI &nY mner PP?e. x ou nave spoKen words ,f -fiance let your acts be equally signifi- f,anl- 'our "f-PC ta ates: with the people of those States; you have a common sympathy In the di'tewniuation to be free, nnd in your hatred to the fsiA. , i a i, n.,11 r . fultA - . 1 a . .1 ioi, ivu ". inner in inai sirouirer syinpuinv !..,.,.,' ' ? J r ' V wj,r is aeriveu irom a common suffering. You have defied a tyrant; do not npprehend his power. You have dared to do: fear not to die. No worse fiite.can him 'ho las prido in the an- i cient honor of his State than o see it eoverned bv , i . i i. , p . , , those who J ate it; and insult, with their vices, the ' virtues we have been taught to cherish. i Once more Isay to you. your State is invaded. Unce more 1 call upon yon to arm in its detence . 1 All who unite with us are more than brothers; all who desert us are as false as the foes which assail us.'- . . .. " "Be as resolute as your cause is just, and tri umphant success awaits you.". Impoetant Notice." Holders, of Confederate ! Sfn.fp Sprirritipa nr informed- that Dr. J. G- M. 1 L , onus, a,m uisuLupay u.c.uc... . on the .su in otes. irnntea iorms ionnese scueu- uies be furnished to parties applying at the Bank r nf PhnrlntfA. wlir the, nonnsiturv f.nn he found. ' J This arrangement will prove a great public con venience to this section of country. Vice-President Stephens arrived in this place on Saturday evening on his way South. It is stated that. he intends canvassing Georgia in favor of pros ecuting the war. Mr Stephens has done much harm in Georgia by his rather vacillating course it re mains to be seen whether be can counteract it. We think it bad policy for families of women and children to leave their homes at the approach of the enemy. It strikes us that the best plan is for all non-combatants, along the enemy's line of march, to remain at their own homos as long as they are permitted to do so. We.kuow it is a risk to .stay ( but it is also a serious risk to leave home with no certainty of findings shelter elsewhere. The interior towns are now crowded to overflowing, and vacant houses are not to be had. It is so in this place, and we learn tho same is the case elsewhere.-. We believe a public meeting was held in this place on Saturday last, but as the proceedings have not been furnished us for publication we suppose it was not desired to make them public through this paper. ' - , To John L. Brown, Esq, we are indebted for valuable legislative documents. "We hope some of our brethren of the press who have given the Sorghum a fair trial in thjB manufac ture of Rollers, will give us the result o their ex perience." Fayetteville Telegraph. We have always used the Sorghum or Chinese sugar cane sirup in making Rollers, in preference to any other kind of molasses. We have worked Rol lers made of it for nine months, and the Roller we are now working has been in use over six months ; and we think it does good work, considering the cold weather and the old type we are using. Make tho Roller soft and hang it up (if in summer) for a week or two', in a cool place, to dry and get tough'. Action of the Yankee Congress. The yan kee Congress have adopted an amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishiug slavery. The amendment was carried by a two-thirds vote, a few of the democrats voting for it. It is stated that when the vote was announced tho Republican members went through a regular hurrahing and hugging frolic. Of course, the Lincolnitts claim that this action abolishes the institution in the south ern States, but they will find that that point will have to bo settled on the battle field. Before the amendment can become a -law of the United States it must be ratified by tho Legislatures or Conventions of two-thirds of all the States; and as the yankees have control of twenty-eight States (several new States having been admitted into ttio Union since the commencement of the war) the re- , ... , l, 1 a ; .1 1. ..1 quired two-tmras voxe win oe ooiaineu uy emier ftiir or foul means. BP We learn that Maj." W. W. Pierce, Confed erate Quartermaster for this State, office at Raleigh, has been dismissed from office. If there has been" gross mismanagement, as reports say, why do not some one of the Raleigh papers inform tho public? This is no time to conceal official mismanagement. Tho Raleigh Conservative announces that Major R. II. Hooper has been appointed Chief Quarter master of the District of North Carolina. The People Moving. Since the return of our Commissioners from the conference with Lincoln and Seward, two very large public meetings have been held in Richmond, and a determination expres sed to use every effirt to sustain the Government and prosecute the war for independence. Speeches were made by President Davis, John A. Gilmer of North Carolina, aud others. Paper resolutions will do very little good now. Meetings have also been held in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and other Regiments. The following are two of the resolutions adopted by the 5th N. C. Cavalry : ' Resolved, unanimously. That we deem it proper to renew the pledges made by us one year ago, upon the occasion of reinlistment. to serve our country in weal or woe as long as the foot-steps of a foe pol lutes our soil. Resolved, unanimously. That we send word of cheer to the loved ones at borne and bid them be of good heart. By the blessings of God, under the leadership of our beloved Genrai. K. 1. Liee army will yet conquer an honorable peace. the Returned to Duty. A correspondent of the Columbia Carolinian, writing from Asheville, N. C, relates an uncommon occurrence as follows : "A certain Captain of Kirk's tory command was a Lieutenant in one of the S. C Regiments in 18G2, but being cashiered, raised a company and joined the enemy. He came in a few days ago with one hundred men. reported to Col. l'almer tor duty, and is nffw said to be doing good service, slaying busn- whackers right and left." J8 The Yankee despatches, touching the' peace negotiations, make a stronger case than even the report of our Commissioners. It appears from them that Mr. Stephens, in his earnestness to Work out a solution oi tins areaaiui aiuicuity, aua to stop the horrors of war, asked only for a tempora ry recognition, with an assurance that, if such were granted, then an arrangement might be made, which would amount to a practical union of North and South. This was making the point fine. It was possibly as extreme a grouud as any true man in the outh could aequisee in. But, even this was refused. No recognition either of States or Conederstcy, could be alloiced even for the mo ment: and no negotiation could be entered on, ex cept on the prelioiinary assurance, that submission would follow; and the acceptance of the laws and constitution of the United States the proclama tions of Lincoln and the abolition of slavery. And what a spectacle was here presented. In the very moment when ha was thus arrogantly dicta ting as a conqueror, the terms which would be granted, Lincoln interspersed the occasion with one of those rude and brutal exhibitions ofbuf-. foonery, which has made him famous, as'lhe chief of Babboons. " These Yankee despatches say bur Commission ers went into a fit of merriment over the exhibi tion. It is scarce credible. But if it be true, it shows how the exquisito mimicry of an ape may disturb the most solemn occasions. Italeiyh Can federate, - . Latest IYew. We S,ve snch nws as we have been able to gather P t0 time of goingto press. Everything from the W" be defiorte Sherman -movements re Rot et comprehended. ' . Passengers who Arrived here on Sunday from Soalh :Cport . that a fight took place at Orange k, p.a-i.,,, & iiua., lasv, auu. luni (.lie vuciui erny was repulsed j Orangeburg is oa the S. C. Railrgad, about 50 miles from Columbia. If a fight occurred at that point, it is likely it was with a portion of the enemy's cavalry, wno nanked onrtroops at Dranctwlla. The enemy around Petersburg and Richmond have made no further movement since Monday and Tuesday, when they were chastised severely. Below Wilmington everything is reported quiet, ex cept the occasional shelling of oar position at Segar Loaf by the enemy's boats. ' : SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS. . . The enemy's movements so Jar seem to threaten bolh Augusta and Columbia. On Tuesday as appears by offi cial reports, they gained possession? the Augusta branch of the South Carolina Rail Eoad. occupying Blackville ind other points. Foster's troops are still believed to be on tne other side ot tue balkehatcbie: A dispatch from General Wheeler, dated February 7th, says : "I had started my command for Blackvfne this morn ing, but before reachinjr that place, my pickets were chaiir ed by three brigades of cavalry, which drove them beyond the village. Dibbrell's ' Tannessee brigade being in tho vicinity, met and charged the enemy, driving them back into the village. Having but two brigades which could he Brought against the enemy, I determined not to attack so superior a force. After waiting uutil nearly dark, I withdrew across ..the Edisto,"' A dispatch from Brauchville,' February Sth, 6ays : "The enemy have made their appearance along the rail road beyond the Edisto They burnt a house within a mils and a half of the railroad bridge. About seven o'clock yesterday our troops were withdrawn to this'eide of the railroad.and the bridge burned." A dispatch from Orangeburg, February 9, says: . The enemy Jtre in front of the Et':sto line, near New Bridge and DuFcan Bridge.- The main force is said to be near the rail road.. - Skirmishing took place to-day near Binnaker's Bridge. The enemy show no disposition to force a crossing of the Edisto." A dispatch from Gen. Wheeler, Orangeburg, February 8, says : "All the crossings on the Edisto, abbvo and below, arc fully guarded. A large column of the enemy's infantry struck the railroad at Graham's; and one was moving to strike between Graham's and Blackville." Kilpatrick is at Blackville with three brigades of Yankee cavalry. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. We are gratified to announce on the authority of- the latest Northern news, that an agreement has been made to exchange all prisoners on both sides. This is good news for the prisoners now confined in both sections, as well as gratifying to their relatives "and friends. FROM CHARLESTON. A force, of the enemy, from two to four thousand strong, drove ia our pickets about 8 o'clock Friday morning at Graiuball's, oa James' Island. Some skirmishing took place, but no general engagement. The enemy are uruking active demonstrations at various points, believed to be feints. A force also attacked our troops on the Salkehatcnic. Friday morning, but were easily -epulsed. They also advanced upon the Charles ton road near the Blue House and opened with artillery, -but made no impression on our lines. Intelligence from the road report the enemy moving on Augusta. THE BATTLE OF HATCHER'S RUN, NEAR PETERSBURG. Grant's movement on the right of our lines was brought to a conclusion with the operations of Inst lionday. His troops were on that evening .driven by General Jlahone into the entrenchments they had thrown up on'lfatcher's Rjin. The next day they made feints on our lines, but they were ouly feints. They still hold the position gained on Hatcher's Run. This extends Grant's line to tha westward some three miles. But if he gains any advantage thereby, we do not see it. He is further from Petersburg, and is not nearer to the Soulhside railroad. . He lost about" one thousand five hundred killed and wounded, and about fifty pris oners. Our whole loss will not reach five hundred. We regret to state that Colonel Houston, of this State, wa3 killed in the fight on Manday. It. is now said.that General Sorrell's wound is not considered mortal. The dead on both sides have been buried. The enemy is erecting two or more observatories op posite prominent paints on our right. One of these is iu front of Cook's brigade, nearly opposite Pegram's house. It has already reached a height of between one hundred and two hundred feet, and, it is said, will be run up to three hundred feet. It is located about two miles from our lines. Richmond Dispatch. If all the men in South Carolina who are able to walk don't chooae'to turn out and help beat back the enemy, we do not think they have any right to censure the President because Sherman inarches through the State. The President cannot stop Sher man unless he has more men to place under our commanding officers. tSy Brig. Gen. Bryan Crimes, of North Caro lina, has been made aMajor General and assigned to ltodes Division, of Early's (Ewell's) corps. The division consists of two North Carolina, one Georgia, and one Alabama brigade Gen. Grimes is an excellent officer, and will admirably fill the place of the gallant and lamented Itodes. Ualcijh Confederate. From Western North Carolina. A cor respondent of tho Raleigh Standard, writes as fol lows: MogGANTON, Feb. 3, 1805. YTou may have noticed in the Salisbury Watch man a rumor of a threatened raid in this County, wherein it is stated that some two or three hun dred of the enemy were in the neighborhood of Piedmont Springs. It is all a fako alarm. The whole country has been thoroughly scoured by our forces, and there are no evidences that the enemy has been in that region. . Captured We learn that Lieut. Col. J. M. Neal, .of the Home Guards, was recently captured by some of Kirk's raiders. Col. Neal resided in Marion, McDowell county, and was capjurcd about midway between Marion and Morganton, on Mud dy creek, near Bridgwater. We have heard no particulars, more than that he waa alone, of course expecting no danger in that region. We also learn that Mills Higgins, former sheriff of McDowel, was recently visited by a gang of desperadoes deserters and tories and much in jury done to his property. Raleigh Progress. 'Cabarrus County. Col J C Barnhardt, 84tto NC Militia, writes to Dr McEachern, Senator from Cabarrus and Stanly, that Cabarrus has fur nished to the C S service: volunteers, 1205; con scripts, 301; junior reserves, 84; light duty men en service, 31; detailed and engaged on Govern ment work, 29; detailed and exempted for N C railroad, 8; deduct from Iight'duty men and others discharged, &c.,30; total, 1751; Home Guard duty at least 80 men. Up to October 1st, 1862, he writes, we had 13 deserters, and since that time I do not think the number has much more than doubled.. Also, up to that time, killed in battle, 88: died from wounds rcceieved in battle, 48; died from disease, 174; total lost up to that lime, 310, out of 1379 men., . , "By tbb GovEBSoa." The fallowing notice appears in & Columbia journal: Married, February 4, 18C5, at the residence of the bride's fatherfby bis Excellency-Governor Magrath, Dr. J. F. Heostes, of Mobile, to Rachel, eldest daughUr of J. C. Lyons, E.q., of Columbia. That's 'a new wrinkle," certain. The military situation in this denartment. 8 far aa we may judge from despatches receired, is, to say the least, slightly foggy. In other words, we do not see onr wav clear. Whether Sherman's objective point is Augusta, Charleston, ColutuWa or Richmond, or all four, does "not, to unski'Ie.1 eyes, jet appear. One thing, however, is certain ko, ..p i i- w.j i- vti-ry uine vi grounu inc r euerai army leaves behind it, provided the latter is prompt!, met and attacked at the proper time, is so much gained for us. We have troops-our generals tire watchful-and we firmly believe that, within twenty davs, there will be such a concentration of strength and assault as will make the.Yankee com- maudar tremble for his safety. He may be per- milled to move on our railroads and to penetrate our interior, but these triumphs must be fchort. 41ie COnnihrin aF IhP mtinlrv will r.-ktnTl him in go forward or back, and that right quickly. If he v m wwuv j ww mm 9 w u ay. a w w comes forward, a reception awaits him unlike that which he encountered in his career through Geor gia; if he goes to Charleston, he may find himself afflicted in front and rear; if he returns the way be caiue.-that will be just what we all desire him to do, and we shall be content to let him alone. Un the whole, though some hearts are perturbed wun expectations ot a 6udden appearance ot the the Newborn Times of the 3d inst. There u little enemy, we think the aspect not discouraging, espe- Lf inteiest ia it, though there is something that is ctaiiy u our people will but do their duty. JJy all means, wherever Sherman advances, let him find nothing on which to feed man or beast. Columbia arvuman, ivrt. In thii town, on. the 7th inst., by Tho?. W. Dewey, Esq, Sergt. E. M. Bale of Co. K, 7tb N. C. Ecgt , to t . it. ,. 1... .1.. ti nil Johnston. Cant. Wm. K. Ardrcv. Co. K. 30th N. C. ill 11119 lUUUll, VU IMC Oiai (111., UJ llir lVf. IV. . Regiment, to Miss Majr. M.Robinson, daughter of Wm. P. Robinson, Esq. Iu this town, on the 12th inst., Wm. E. White, Esq, tornierly of Y ork District. S. C. In this vicinity, on the 31st Januaiy. 1865, Elizabeth E.Kdaughter of J. M. aod Biddv J. Creiffhton, aged 6 years, 2 months aud 11 days. In the Hospital at Uoldsboro, on the 21st of January, 1865, W. Harrison Reid, of Co. C, 2d Regiment Junior Reserves, son ofj. W. Reid of Gaston county, N. C. x'resbyteiian please copy. In Cabarrus conntr on the 27th of June, 1864, Mar garet Eleanor, infant daughter of W. W. aud P. Uillom, aged 11 months aud 23 days. A Situation Wanted As Overseer, by a one-armed Soldier exempt from mili tary duty. Call on me at tlie Wayeide Hospital, or ad dress me through the Charlotte Posr-office. Feb.-I3, 1865 . F. M. WAGGONER. rERE.1IP.TOKV ORDERS. In obedience to orders from Headquarters, all men belonging to Company E, in Mecklenburg couuty Col. Brenizer's Regiment of detailed men are ordered to appear in Charlotte, on Saturday tbo 18th instant, for drill. Delinquents may expect to be rigidly dealt with. Hy order ot Uapt. Wnisnant. Feb. 13, 1865. ' W. W. GRIKR, O. S. HOUSE FOR RENT. My residence?" except one small kitchen, is for rent for the remainder of the year. The renting, will take place publicly on Tuesday, 14 lb inst., at 11 o clock, a. m., on the Public bqnare. 1 have also a small farm, three miles from town, to rent privately. M. D. J011N.STUX. 1 February 13, 18C5. I.1IPOI5T AIVT SAIjC OF FARMING STOCK, FARMING UTENSILS, FRO- VISIONS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, &c ; &c. I will sell, at public Auction, in Charlotte, or at my residence, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 22d and 23d of lebruary, at 10 a m., (provided not previously sold at private suie,j the toliowing property : Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Wagons, Wheat Fan, Cutting I Box. Grain Cradle. Scythe, Gears, Chains, Carriage and Harness, Buggy and Harness, Saddles aud Bridles, I Hay, Wheat, Corn, 'Peas, Carpenters' Tools. Ploughs and Hoes, together with Heusehold ProviuontJlhicon, Flour, Lard, Sugar, &c. Also, Bedsteads and Bedding, Bureaus, Secretary, Wash Stand, Extension Table, Side Tables, Chairs, Carpets, Clock, Crockery, Glass ware, Cooking Stove and Kitchen Furniture. I will likewise either sell or rent my farm, adjoining the suburbs of Charlotte, on or before the day ef sale. G. D. BL'RNHEIM. Feb. 13, 1805. 2t NOTICE. All person; having laims against the estate of F. N. Query, deceased, will present them to me forpaynent within the time prescribed by law, qr this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. N. S ALEXANDER, Adm'r. Feb. 13, 18C5 3tpd NOW READY, The February number of THE KEY STONE, the only Masonic Magazine published in the South. Sub scription, six mouths, $15. CASTINE, by Edward EdgeTille. This is a charming etory, thrilling in plot aud gracefully written. Price THE ur citir.ua UAitiuiti;, oy w. u. iierrmg- son, j. o. vavairy. a story oi exciucg interest, arid founded upon real incidents or the war in North Carolina. Price $2. A BEAUTIFUL MAP OF THE BATTLE OF BETHEL, from a survey and drawing of Geo. W. G.Lewis j size 14x17 inches. Price $3. Address, WM. B. SMITH & Co, Field and Fireside Publiahiu Oilice, Feb. 13, 1865 2tpd KaliTgh, N. C. BLACK HAWK. . This celebrated Morgan Trotter will stand the coming season, at my stables a Gaston county, ou the follow, ing terms, viz: Seventy-five Dollars the season, to be J paid always in advance. Feb.. 13, 1865. J. a. DAViDSON. I SXUIC orn . Carolina taourrus fJouutj. I In Equity Fall Term, A. D., 1864. Jesse D. Still against George F. Brown, Leonard Green and wife Nelly, Wiley Kuniker and others. In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendants, George F. Brown, Leonard Green and wife Nelly, are not inhabitants of this State, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that publication be made for six weeks in the Western Dem ocrat, printed at Charlotte, N. C , notifying the said George F. Brown nnd Leonard Green and wife Nelly to be and appear at the next Court of Equity to be held for the county of Cabarrus, at the Court House in Con- cord, on the 1 1th Monday after the last Monday In February next, then and there to answer Complajnam s Bill and to stand to and abide the judgment of the Court in said case, or the sme will be" set for hearing and judgment taken pro confesso as to tbem. Witness, R. W. Allison, Clerk aud Master ia Equity for the County of Cabarrus, toe lltn Monday after the hut Mondjy in' August, 18C4, this 14th January, 1865. it. W. AbbldlUI, U. A H. E. Feb. 13, 1865. 6t pradr $36 NOTICE. . I hare received 150 pairs of Cards for distribution to the soldiers' families in Mecklenburg county, and will be at the Commissary s ollite in Charlotte on Mon- day, 13th inst., and daily thereafter, to attend to their I distribution. None need apply except those in needy I -circumstances, and that nse tne cards tbemselres. I Those who are not known here must come recommend- I ed by the Commissary of the eompany where ther re-I side. . B. W. ALEXANDER.' - February, 13, 1865. J In this county, on the 2d instant, by B. II. Garrison, w;th .ni9 rrC8ence last Saturday. A special train Esq A. B. Rice to Miss Esther Herrou. down f Newbern With General Palmer, Iu Salisbury, on the btb inst., Lieut. Wra. W. Mrers . ... , . ,. f ii,0 i?nnArt;iterr i t;aaMttiA p M,t?nri. " the inihtaiy commandant of North Carolina, who mil i i t From Eastern Nobth Carolina. KinatoD, Feb. 8. The news from below i startling. " A gentleman who arrived nere at aajngm re pom that the 'enemy hare landed 20,000 troops li Morebead City, with five locomotives nd railroad iron sufficient to lay thirty miles' of track.' - Tha j news seems reliable. Cor. of uoldsuoro joumat. - r . m . r.-u , F&0M WltwTO,-The enemy teem CoUtk been amus.ng themselves tjus forenoon by way of woung weir mnuwmon. . j. no. ow. pre ,8CI e" lue nc"V ,rerr 1 iron " ,s. 8enf? V . "V;.?!" ,rom , in.e ?VI8'oe 8DWUnS "WM " mcJ"' 10 "J Tr i 1 U . " r.erorted lth.9 eemf JA" """YAL" p.B""'wu on"u 'rV. - VTCT. .in 1 v v vu-e 4 . miles below, and out of range tf Fort Anderson. A number of wooden Wiats are also in tho river above Fort Fisher. ' - The eneuiv have a garrison at Smith, ville of about ' four hundred men. ?l'i7. Journal, ISth. From Newbirk. We are under obligation to a friend who has conferred many similar favor before, (says the Ooldsboro Journal,) for a copy or inslruetivo. The outside of the sheet ia devoted almost exclusively to the publication of Mr Dick's Deech in Ihe Legislature. Of that speech the. Yankee. Mills Joy. savs "At the urgent request of a largo number of onr readers ana mends, we givo almost our enure oui- - a. side of this isue to the publication of Mr Dick reat fpCecb in the North -Carolina -Legislature. It I . m. fm. O " rai at Mrtneaa uy.-uo; iwr amongst its Beaufort items, has the following: 'Lieut. LJen. U. S. Grant honored our liar Dor had an interview with Unconditional Surrender." After his interview wilhJcn. Palmer, Gen. Grant, departed." . Fire in l'lymoufh An incendiary fire broke ... :.. 1l..n.,... V. Sttiivftan fact HnmA UUk III L IJ U1UUUI, v., VM 'J ? uvuw cotton warehouses were consumed, together with about 310,000 in cotton. Most. of it belonged to Mr James C. Stevenson, of Bcrtio county. No doubt exists of incendiary origin. ivotic'e.. All persons LaTtag claims friiait the tslatt of Joel Alexander, deceased, are ratified o present btm for. payment within tht time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. L 11U.NTEK, Ex'r. Feb. C, 18G3 4t-pd Ailiiimistrator'a ."Notice. As Administrator of Matthew L. Wallace, deceased,. I will sill at the residence of Abraham fcmiih, on Fri day the 3d of March, all tho unwilled property of the said deceased, consisting of two llorstrs, a few Cattle and Hogs, &c. All persons indebted to the dceased are requested to settle, and those baviug claims against hliq must present them wiihiu the tune precribcu by law, or tuts notice will be pleaded in bar of their rocovery. . It. 11 UNTh.lt, Aim'r with the WUI annexed. Feb 6. 18CS aUod I r - IVOTICE. Application will be made to A. C. Williamson, Esq., I r f.. .i I'i.i.. n ( . . .. -i A . . r . V T", , Tl Vn: T.'li " -f " " ruV"S? V n Ti . a i ,ul I runt i.rtitn Ti,f Tu'aIva iiiinMrtKi 1 1 n 1 1 n r a iaann in Inn I f rr. t i T?ni.;n.nn KnmK.r ian lir4 i.i . - . -, - . - -, fir.K lflltl Tlia n.iirinal f aatit r?arlifl.atat liASny been lost, all persons are herebv canlloned not to traflo for the same. JAMES r. LEAK, of Rockingham, Richmond Co., N. C. Feb C, 18C5. , lu DIVIDUIVD NOTICE The Directors of the North Carolina Military Insti tute, hare this day declared a dividend of Fifteen per Cent .on the paid up capital of the Corporation- The same will be paid to the Stockholders ia Coa- federate States Treasury notes on demand, and oa pre- sentation of their certificates at the ISranch sank ot North Carolina, Charlotte. TH03. W. DEWEY, Feb. 6, 186& It Sect' and Treas'r. REIIOROTU FURNACE, In IIIat, 3 miles north-east of Iron Station t Lincoln eo, NC. The proprietors are prepared to do Casting of all kinds. Address. SliIPP k REINIIABDT, . Dec. , 184. tf Iron P. O., .N. C. S500 It E WARD. Ran off from my residence, sv mulatto boy earned BILL, aged about 22 years, weighs about ISO pounds, and is about 6 feet 7 inches high. Said boy was for merlr owned by Mr Dulen, of Randolph county, lias a black slouch bat, dark frock -coat, grayish pants, al most a new pair of shoes: has a good forehead, sun. features, no whiskers; bus ft feminine voice aad 1 slightly stoop-shouldered. - Also, eaid boy is supposed ' to have $250 in gold, which was stolen at the time of his leaving, $50 of which will be paid for bis ftrest it found on him. ' . P. S. I am informed that the above earned bor went off with some soldiers going to the array near Petersburg. Ut was formerly ft waiter to some array onicer. - Wil. TKKLUAK, Charlotte, N. C , Jan. 30, 1885. Stpd . SAET. 150'Bgs King's VIRGINIA SALT for sale. n,,. Inquire at ELfAS k COHEN'S. Jant";, 1865 glOO REWARD. Ranawar from the residence of A. R. Henderson, aa the Catawba River, about the 1st of Sentember. 1864. a nejrro bor earned JIM, the properly of J. T. Jonee. of Norfolk, Va. Said boy is about 13 or 13 years of ag( brown color, very smart and intelligent, and quick to answer when spoken to. . He is supposed to bare cone off with some cavalrv comnaor towards Tlrrlnia. A reward or One Hundred Dollars will be paid for bis delirery to me in. Charlotte, or for Lis confinement In any-Jail in the Confederacy, with notice to me of suck confinement, or I will pay h4f the aVove sum for ftoy Informati(n ibal will enable me to recover Uim. R0BT, F. DAVIDSON, . Agent of J.'T. Jones, Esq., of Norfolk, Va, Charlotte, N. O., Jan 23, 1 8C5. Ct-pd Bank of Charlotte, N. C, ) January 18, 1865. This Bank has declared dividead of three dollars fif,T eenis per share, payable to stockholders la notes of the Confederate States treatury oa demand. J. J. BLACKWOOD, Jan. H, 18C5. 3t .- Presidcat. SILT ! SALT!! Ia exchange for Bacon, Pork, Corn or Molasses. VOUNO, WRIST0N k 0IR. Nor J8, I8C4 ' if Southern Expreii Company. , ' CHARLOTTE, N. C, Nov. 2 1, 1864.. On and after tbis date all Boxes which 'are seeerelr fastened and strapped, containing stores for the X. 0. Troops in the field, marked , to the care of Surgeon, ftneral Warren, Raleigh, will' be forwarded without expense to either snipper or consignee, aba will bare preference over all otber freight excepting that of the same class from other States. ' L. F. BATES. . Nor 21, 1864 tf : Ais t Bapt,
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