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Transient advertisements . must be paid for
Itt i.Irftnce. Obfiuary notices are charged ad vertis-
Advertisnients' not 1 marked on tlie mannscrf pt.
for ipeoific time4 will be inserted nutil forbid, and
charged accordingly, . .. . ,t; : t , 'j-.
$1 per ?qunre of 10 lines or le?s will be c burped
for each ln3erlon, unless ihe advtrtiseruent .is in
serted 2 monthji or more. ' ; : c: ' '
r:7Notice to the Ladies .
OF CHARLOTTE.
I km now prepared to execute all styles of . ;
& &itxLL'-iVI aking.
1 DtlESSKS niade fu'thejatest and most approved
Pri?in"tftif. i! ,; 1 ' ' :
All,.kinds of blLLINERY and FANCY WORK
at ' the' shortest possible notice.,
-r 'The Ftrfctest ' attention will be given to Culling
and Fitting; Particular care' given to Fancy' Trim
Biing.v )i -;-::. " ' - ' '
.Ladies would do well to Ciril, early. -
. , L. II. SMITH, .
"'licb'il, 1867. 3d door above National Bank.
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! COOKI.fi STOVES,
OF TIE NEATEST AXD MOST 6UPEKIOR PATTERN.
"JO. XX. EYE XX L "ST,
Springs' Building. Charlotte; N C,
Ila for xle ' Spear's fnti-Uusl Cooking
STJiuS' which, tor eveiy ariety of . cooking
and great economj' in fuel, cauuot be surpassed by
any Stove heretofore used. : . , .
Everybody who has used one of these Sioves
testify that, for.' convenience in cooking, durability
and cleanliness, they are far preferable to all other
patterns.. t.Oall and see them. , . . , r
D. H. BYERLY hi5 also on hand a good as
por'menf of Tin, Jaa'n and Sheet-Iron Ware such
articles as are necessary for house-keeping.'
Jiajr TIN-WARE made to order at abort notice'
on reasonable terms.
rilElA'llI3fG promptly executed..
' ' ' . D II. BYERLY,
" ' !' ; - :: " Springs Building, Charlotte, N. C.
. March 23, 1867. "
X. B.
VAXCB. , ,
C. DOWD.
. VANCE DOWD, '
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charlotte, N. C ,
Hating asjpciated tln-mselves. together, will prac
tice in Jh'e Courtiof M.eckicuburs. I .rede ll.Caiawba,
rfavidson,'"RoVan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the
Ftdefaraad Supreme Courts. 1 . :
4. Glafufe Collected anywhere in the State.
April 2, 18CG 'if ,
Millinery and Ladies Fabcy'Goodst
MIS. E jFL'LLlN(iS is offf ring her Stock of Borr
nts, Hits, liibboya, Feathers, ttc-i at greatly reduced
prices.' Ladies are invited to call and examine these
Goodj and hear prices, -v ,- - ,
Dec 10, 180t. " J
Just ISceeivrd.
At KOOPMAXX'S STORE, a fine lot of D. R Leak'
celebraied CHEWING TOBACCO, fiOJa 4he blghesf
to the lowest grade.
,AI.?i,ta large lot of LORILLARD'S SCOTCH
SlX UKF, ia small bladders and packages.
The trade supplied.
Marefa 4. 18G7, ' -' ' '
PiJcY Ci ROC SPRIGS.
Pickles. Preserves, Jellies, Mustard. Horse Radish,
Powdered Ginger and Cinnamon, Ginger Preserves,
Macaroni, Hermetically sealed Meats and Fruits,
Sahri'on, Lobtefs, Oysters, Clams"." Sardines, Fine
Apple-". Peaches. Strawberries, Salad -Oil, Catsups.
Sda Ponders, Vinegar, Killikinkk Smoking To
bacco," Hatana SegarsV Tobacco and Stmff. Chest-'
nu1,T Oreen "arrl Dried Apples, Rabins, Fishing
Hooks and Tackle, Violin and Guiiar Strings.
'''t'. WINES AND BRANDIES. .
'diampaTnr. Pemartin Sherry, old Newton Ma
deira, ,old. Port, Catawba, -Rhine. Jas. Hennessee
Cogfia Brandy, . vintage of 185.S, . t4Marc . Renault
double refined rectified Whiskeys,-old Bourbon, Rye,
heat, pure Corn and Monongahela Whiskeys,
iroIfand Gin and Schiedam Schnapps. Bitters,. St
Croix and Jamaica Rum, Cordials and Lemon and
other Syrups, London Porter, A- Guiness & Sont'
xxxtrOn Stout, Dublin," Muir & Son's sparkling
Edinburgh Ale, Glss Bottles, Flasks and Dewijobos
of all s-izes to the Trade. .
Sfd'Corn and Rye Whiskey by the barrel, to the
e at small profit. . . -
Visitors and reidfuti in . Charlotte purchasing
any bT the above Tor "medical" purposes, can get. a
pure article by calling oq. ...
Feb 18, 1867.' - ' ' J. D. 'PALMER.'
Several, Patrons of the Concord . Female College
have raquestrd my ai. I in securing " 1 '
;0 i Wood Pianos
Xprhek use. .This lias induced -me to mak ar.
rsn'sremVnts with some oftlre test manufacturers
whuAbje me to furnish instritmeuts of the Jim
clati A reduced prices. , I ca sav; each purchaser
.frcm $40 "lo'$l60. Prire lists of the ntanfacturers
wll)b ant d those who -desire them, to aid them'
i unmaking, selections. - r-'whrr-selecfirtri?
shalf have
been made the money
rap bKetft "(oTme at my 1 expense, by th.e Sriothern
Express, and a Piano will be shipped to the Depot
the purchaser may desiguate, -.Eatfy Piano, sold will
be fully warranted. Address me at 'Siatesville,
C. j. m. M. CALDWELL.,
May 7, 1868 j -: - - 1
A I'CT I O K R and AGHT.
S A? STUART respectfully informs the citizens
of Charlotte and the public generally that he will
give uia personal attention to Auction Sale3 and
the etilernent of Accounts, or any business of that
kind that may require hrs services. He will visit
tb contty when desired and act as Auctioneer, or
attend to any business in the eitvas n Agent.
He i?an, be found at the Corner Drnjr Store of Dr.
JJcAden, or at the residence-of Mr Rabe.
s t t " " " .
At hry Plantation', 8 mile's from .'Charlotte, on the
Salftbury road, Coffins of all kinds niny be obtained
at short-nOtice. A good supply is always kejit on
band ready-trade.
Fehr25, 1867. " . S. A. SJUART.
r.VASniONS-. FASfllONS! .
RO RIS.Q N. ,& SG HA 11 A M, :
Ilavtng received ttnetr Sjpng Fasbion4 ?are now
Teady X&rtYolistrut t the appearance of their custom
er accordingly, r ::
v : r.V.iB. TAX NOTICE. '
" Chablotti, N.a, March 2dth, 186T."
The time for assessing the Income and Special
Taxes havlng;beei changed from 1st of May to' 1st
of JJarch of each year, I will receive returns at
Dallas,
Brevard's,
Cfbacord.'
April 4th and 25th
5 th .
15th and 16th (court week)
17th ..
18th and 19th . :-
20th
22nd -
24th ' '- '
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M.t Pleasant,' ;
Lincolnton, . .
Cherry ville,' .', 4
Morrow's"Tornout,
clowe s Factory,
All other days in Charlotte.--
AU Licenses heretofore granted expire on the 1st
of May, and application for renewal must be made
Vn the above days', and paid on or before May 1st.
Carriages," te - "worth '"with "harness $300 and up
fvardt,' gold watches, silver' date over. 40 ounce?,
kc , 'mupL be .returned .: AUo, ;.Incomes! for 1&K6
($1,000 are exe'mpt),. .Admiuisirators, Executors,
&c . and "especially persons or their 'asr'ents who
have'eome' hrto posresiiorr of Real Estate by Will,
gifL-or;tuesi'aie la ws. are required and requested to
- a a m n V
meet me ana make returns. .. f..vv. ABKt.iia-
Asst. Ast-essor, 2nd Div., Cth Dist., N. C.
April. t,' 1867. ' 3w .
GOEt'O O 33 DEi I ES S,
Groceries I Groceries !!
I have: in Store, and am receiving 'daily, .
20,000 lbs. choice Bacon hams, shoulders and sides,
2,O00Jbs, superior Leal Lard, -,- ,
"20 barrels Mackerel NosA, 2 and 3,
1 ,500 lbs. Coffee, Rio and Java, a very choice article,
3.000-lbs" 8gar all grades," "
1,500 gallons Molasses Porto Rico, New Orleans,
, . and, other grades, - .- ? i.-..: i
Toire.t'ier
r-.wah a, well assorted Stock of -
FANCY I GROCERIES,
Consisting Id .'par: of . . " '
Pickles, Canned Oysters, Sardines, ?
Crackers, Genuiue Havana Sejrars,
Tobacco, smoking and chewing; Lorillard Snuff,
Pepper," Spice, Soda, Starch, JSoap, Candles,
Pure Cider Vinegar, Powder, Shot. ('ap3,
Sieves, Buckets, Brooms, Blacking, &c, &c,
With almost every article usually kept in a Family
Grocery, which 1 will sell low down for cash, whole
sale and retail, at my store, two doors below Brem,
Brown & Go's Hardware fctore, and nearly opposite
the old Charlotte Hotel.
Give me a call'; all I ask is a fair trial.
March" 25, 1S67.
A. II. TATE.
Just Received,
In Store and will be sold wholesale or retail, Rio
and Laguayra Coffee, of superior quality; Sugar;
Imperial and Gunpowder Tea, best in market; Mo
lasses; Adamantine Candles, by the box; a prime
article of Carolina Rice, new crop; Bacon Sides;
Leaf Lard; Sugar cured Hams; a fresh lot of Garden
Seed, just in time; Northern Potatoes, good rich
Mercer, Pink Eye and Snow Ball; the celebrated
Parlor Match, by the box, dozen or gr0ss Durham's
Smoking Tobacco, by the pound or .sack; Cotton
Yarn; Chewing Tobacco; -various qualities; Loril
lard Snuff, always on hand; 500 bushels prime
bread-Corn; 300 bushels best Seed Oats; Pepper;
Spice; Ginger; Soda; Starch: Hemlock Leather, as
Vheap a3 any; Brads;'Steel Hoes; .'hopping. Axes;
iTTaMlTibains;'-ScyThe and Cradle' P.lades; Curry
Combs; Brushes; Coffee Mills; Rifle Powder; Blast
ing . Pjnwder; ; Shot and' Caps; a fine assortment of
Nails fiom the best factories in ihe United States, so
called; Whim Rope; Well Rope; Men's Brogans,
with yarious other articles.
Remember my motto, quick sales, .short profits
and fair dealings- - v " ";
Still 'at the old stand in Springs' building.
. Look out for the Deer Skin and walk in.
1 SSrTefmV"CASn;
March 18, 1867. W. BOYD.
liltClIISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
Agents for sale of Pacific Guano, -"
" " " " Pure Bone Flour, .
" " " " Baugh's Phosphate. ,
Genuine Peruvian Guano and Pure Groun4 Plaster.
Rockland Lime, Catawba Lime.
A full assortment always on band.
FARMERS !
Call and see our new Steel .Cotton Plows, Steel
Cotton Sweeps, Wrought Iron Cotton Scrapers,
Kagle Plows, Cast Iron Corn Plows, Cultivators,
Corn Shelters and Straw Cutters. '
3,000 Lbs choice Dried Apples,
25 Sacks.FAMlLY FLOUR, ... -"
. UlITCHISON, BURROUGHS &-CO.
Charlotte, March 11, 1807. ,: o '
HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO.,
-'"-GENERAL AGENTS OF THE " '
E3 O XJ ITABX
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Cash
Annua!
Tie Policy
Capital 3,000,000.
Income $,000,000.
Holder shares in the profits of the
Company. The CASH
(301 per cent. Now is
dividend for 1866 is Thirty
the time to secure a Policy
ard thereby makea sure - and ' certain provision for
your lanuly.
Call for Circulars and Policies. ---r.
ACQIDENTAL-POIiICIES, in the Travel
ler's Insifance Comminy Of Hartford, issued.'
. FIRE Insurance Coifjpanies of known and mdis-
L'putable responsibility represented by us. f
S. NYE nUTCUISOS. J . C. BURROUGHS. B. A. SPKI.N'GS
. TAX-
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' 'H6me. Sweet Home!
There's no place! like Home IV
-t'an happy to inform my 'old friends oT Charlotte
and the surrounding countrv, that I have again re-
t riirnf tdjjesusa1jl U&jBod business among them,
and am fully piepared to oner trrem tlie
:: -T G II CAP EST STOCK -OF GOODS
To be found at any .other establishment in the city.
Having recently lived in the Northern States.' and
with my old 'experience in. the PURCHASE OF
"GOODS, I am not prepared to. say I will sill "below
"cost." or at a reduction on the original cost, or "at
and below Xewior.k prices, but that I will sell as
CHEAP IF NOT CHEAPER,
Than any 6ther Honse, and at a SMALL PROFIT.
As my 9tock was purchased for Cash, consequently
I canafford to dispose of articles at a slight, advance.
I have now in Store, and am constantly receiving,
a choice assortment or
LadieTmmittgs of the Latest Styles,
Xiuen Table Damask. Linen Diaper, and all kinds of
. Flannels, Calicoes, .,.
brown and bleached-Sbeeting8,-blaclt and colored
Alpaccas, Ladies' and Gentleman's
.FURNISHING GOODS; &c.c.
CU a4 6eurt Bargains;. , vu1' x
'' ' H. M. PHELPS.
Mareh II, 187. Opposite the Court Heat.
, JMormonism in - England. -The South
London Frees has the following:
. 40or Teaders will probably fee surprised to
bear that MormonistD flourishes io the neigh
borhood of Kepsiogtoo, and that the ; saints'
who meet once a week in Kensington Hail are
increasicg in numbers and influence. Oo Tues
day last they gave a concert and conversazione
in aid of the- land which prortdes'' means for
those who are inclined to proceed to the colony
of 'Salt Lake and the assembly was, we are in
formed, 'very numerous and enthusiastic.' ' '
Tlie Mormon 'missionaries sent abroad by
Lrigham Young are evidently hard at work
We hear of thetr success in Germany, Norway
and Sweden, as well as in England and Wales.
They are well educated, shrewd and plausible
men, gifted with a faculty or making the worse
appear the better reason, and fiod credulous
people in every country they visit. There is no
more energetic or unscrupulous proselytism ex
tant than that of the Mormons.
Jonrr Chinaman Next. Now that slavery
has been abolished, the Radical anxiety to abol
ish Something else is taking definite shape in
the large meetings now -held in California to
advocate the banishment of Chinamen from that
State. The complaint is that the Chinese com
pete with 1 native laborers by offering "to work
cheaper; that they send the money they make
inTCalifojrnia to .China; and that the-introduction
of a race so totally foreign to the laws, lan
guage, religion and civilization of the country,
is questionable policy. The opposition, at pre
vent, is directed against the 'large and wealthy
companies having agents, who transport coolies
to California and hire out their1 labor and ser
vices ; but the real objection seems to be that
the Chinese are coming in such numbers, and
their labor can be secured at such low rates, as
to threaten to drive out all other kinds of labor
and other classes of immigrants. It is not de
nied that the Chinese are faithful servants and
good workmen. They now fill nearly all the
menial positions in San Francisco and in Cali
fornia generally. Tbe men cook, wash clothes,
do house-work and perform other services that
usually fall to women, at very low rates of remu
neration. .
Just Received,
A large lot of Provisions and Groceries, such as
Corn, Flour, Bacon, Lard, &c., and Sugar, Coffee,
Molasses and Salt. Some fine Baltimore cured
Hams. PRESSON & GRAY-
April 8, 1867.
Notice to Physicians.
DR. JAMES F. BEALL offers his nremisas for
sale to any Physician desiring a good country loca
tion in Western North Carolina.
For particulars address Cotton Grove. Davidson
conntv, N. C.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
- BOOTS, SHOES, &c, &c.
Ij XJ ,
Respectfully informs the public that he has a large
stork of Drv Grinds. PInlhinir. , Ttnnt.a nnrl Shnea in
great variety, wh'cb he will sell on reasonable terms.
RAGS WANTED.
I want to purchase 200,000 pounds of clean cotton
and linen Rags. Highest cash price paid.
D. BLUM,
April 8, 1867. 3m Opposite Court House.
FISHERY AND UIVER PLANTATION
The subscriber offers for sale the well known
"FISHERY" on Great Pee Dee .River, known as the
PEGUES' FISHERY." It is in successful opera
tion, and from three to nine thousand Shad caught
during the season, besides an equal number of other
Fish. . ,
Also, One Thousand Acres of LAND adjoining the
Fishery ; Three Hundred Acres of which are gaod
Hirer low ground. The balance a body of line
Cotton Land with crops of Corn and Cotton in pro
cess ot cultivation. . ,.
Terms liberal, and possession given immediately
if required.
A good Superintendent controls the Plantation.
For further particulars apply to the subscriber at
Cberaw, S. C.
April 8K1867 3w ; W. J. PEGUES.
CHOICE COTTON SEED
1500 POUNDS TO THE A CUE.
The subscribers have secured a small quantity of
"DIXON and EXTRA PROLIFIC" COTTON SEED,
to.snpply those Farmers who wish to gather a large
crop of Cotton The Seed offered is from Cotton
which averaged 1500 pounds to the acre last year
notwithstanding the unfavorable season.' Leave
your orders as the supply is limited. :
HUTCHISON,, BURROUGHS k CO.
A LARGE STOCK
SPBIN& GOO US
We are receiving one of the best assortment of
Goods ever offered by us before. We have every
thing that is usually found in a first class Dry Goods
House If jou look to your own interest yon will
examine our. stock before buying. ' Don'i stop te
buy any goods until vou call to see enr stock.
BARRINGER, WOLFE & CO.
Our Slock consists of- t , ,
' " ry Goods, Hardware, Clothing, .
' Hats, Bonnets, ' Umbrellas,
. 1 Groceries, Crockery; ' Wood Ware, "
. . SHOES and BOOTS,
Ladies' Dress Goods.
Muslin. Orearidies. Grenadines. Silks, black and
colored Poplius,-and every, Ftyle ofGoods to be
found in market. . " ' ' '
NOTIONS of all. kinds. Ladies Collars and
Cuffs, Embroideries, 'Domestics, Linen, Sheeting,
brown and bleached Sheeting, Bed Ticking, Ser
vant's goods of all kind's, Hosiery and .Gloves, a
large stock. -GROCCRIES,
The best COFFEE in market come and see it-
H A ICD Vt A ft JE -
Hoes, Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Squares," Monkey
Reaches; Screws, Hinges, Lock. Saws band, mill
and crosi cut Nails, all kinds, Northern;
CASSI MERCS. , - ' '
The best stock of Fancy Cassimeres ia market;
Fjne Cloths, French and.Eaglisa Vesting?, Ac., Ac.
act,-we ,thipk,: we bare jta cheap Gooda as can
be found in market,, and the best : Stock, but we
want the "pu'bllc to judge.. Come soon before it is
too late. ' " : BARRIKGER, WOLFE A .CO. .
; April t, my. .z- -"'-'J4
GEN. PBTTIGBBW'S. ;N. C. JBBICrADE
AT. THJS BATTLE , OF GETT YSBUBG.
From the Raleigh Sentinel. :
- Messrs.. Editobs :- My attention has Veen
called to an article in the Sentinel, in which I
find the following extract -from the "Life and
Campaigns, of General Robert E. Lec," by Mr
McCabe: . ' . .u l-vo , l cJ!v.:: "; v.
"Still.the line pressed on, winning the admirn
tion of even its foes by the magnificence of its ad
vance. Suddenly, when t the crest was almost
reached, the hillblawd with the fire of the Federal
infantry, and Pettigrew's division, in spite of the
efforts of its gallant commander to rally it," broke
in dismay and fled from the field", leaving two thoa
satd prisoners and fifteen standards ia the bands
of theJDnion army. ... . . , .:.- : , ;
.' ' '. "" The. triumph was nearly won
and was as brief as it waa glorious. The . enemy
rallied on their second line and "poured a withering
fire into the captured works now held by the Vir
ginians. Glaneing around to look for bis support,
Pickett, foand that be was alone, that Pettigrew's
men had fled and left him to hia fate. . His grand
charge had been in vaia." ."
It. is greatly to be; regretted that Gen. Lee
has fallen into the hands of so .misinformed a
biographer. All of ns know Gen. Lee. Our j
hearts swell with pride at the mention of his I
name a name second ' to none on the roll of
fame. We loved him in the army. His bland
smile cheered every heart; his noble bearing
nerved every arm. . It was ;my fortune to have
a personal interview with himbut- once, and
then under orders. I approached his tent with
some degree of trepidatioo, but his genial smile
and calm bearing at once reassured me.-. He
received me more like a father would have done
a son, than the' Commander-in-Chief of one of
the grandest armies . the world : ever 6a w, would
an unknown soldier. , 1 met with none of the
difficulties that 1 did in .obtaining an interview
with a post, commander, io North Carolina. I
passed no guards, and saw not half the indica
tions of military rank and importance that sur
rounded that camp. He gave me his hand,
offered me seat, and the interview., ended, he
thanked me for my prompt compliance with his
request. I left him, feeling that I had been in
the presence of one truly good and great, and
wishing that the. petty post commander might
be taught the same lesson I had learned, a sense
of my littleness, an idea of true greatness God
bless the old , hero! May Heaven's choicest
blessings ever Test on him and his ! :
But to Geo. Lee's biographer : . I know not
who Mr Jas. t). McCabe, Jr., of Virginia, is -
It may be that he is .one .of those who won
honors on hard , fought fields. It, may be he
took notes a convenient distance in the rear, or
received bis information from one who did, Of
this I know nothing, but I do assert there was
no bad conduct on the part of Pettigrew's
brigade in the third day's charge at Gettysburg.
It was my fortune to be an humble member
of Pettigrew's Brigade, and to advance with it
ia that fatal charge., I am the only field efficer i
of that old Brigade, save the gallant Maj Jones,
of .the 26tb, who afterwards fell in the Wilder
ness, whose fortune it was ever again to meet
the enemy on the field of battle. In the first
day's fight, the 11th aod 2Cih had suffered
heivily. Col. Leaven th rope, of ,the lltb, pain
fully wounded, and afterwards taken prisoner,
the gallant and accomplished.. Major Boss fell
while leading the regiqiept. The loss in the
26th had been heavier still, for.it was there the
gallant, promising and beloved Burgwyn poured
out his life's biod, and his Lieutenant Colonel,
Lane, fell wounded and bleeding by bis side.
The 47th and 52d, on the right of the Brigade,
had not lost so heavily, though the loss in the
47th was about 125 killed, wounded and mis
sing among the killt d the gallant and amiable
Capt. Iredell; peace t o his ashes ! He died as
the brave ever wish to die, beloved by all, his
comrades, and in the faithful discharge of his,
duty. It was after this bloody, but glorious
encounter of the first day, that, late in the even
ing of the second, the Brigade was ordertd to
the right where Longstreet. bad been hotly en
gaged from 4 o'cloclc. Night closed the action.
On the morning of the third, we were aroused
to a sense of our situation, and no man,, who
viewed the ground, but felt that, when the
charge was made that all thought would be.
blood must flow and gallant spirits take their
final flight. At first it was ordered that Pickett
should advance, supported by, Heth's Division,
then commanded by Pettigrew, but afterwards
this disposition waa changed, and Heth's Divis
ion moved to the left, and on a line with Pickett.
And here, I thinkt we find the ground on which
are based all the charges of bad conduct on the
part of Pettigrew's Brigade. Pickett's men ad
v meed, expecting to be, supported by Pettigrew,
but the support did not reach them in time, and
tbey very naturally .censured -Pettigrew's men
for the failure. Whether any one was to blame
or not, I am not able to say, but certain am . I
that Pettigrew's .Brigade, was not for, at the
very moment Pickett claims to have had, and
did have, a portion of the enemy's works, and
was looking to the rear for Pettigrew's troops,
those-troops were on line With him, battling as
bard and breasting as bravely that storm of
death as the bravest in'Pfck'ett's command;, and
as they looked anxiously to tbe rear for support
from Pettigrew, so did Pettigrew's Brigade look
in vain for itssupDorf: andai Pickett failed.
unair.g -nis grana cnarge naa oeen in .tbiu,
fcr the Want of saDDbrti so did Pettigrew. "glauc
c j- .. 5 . i r . '
ing around, fiod that his grand charge had been
in vain," for the same re ason. : , PeUtlgrews
Brigade was no more 'responsible for the failure
of Pickett's charge than was Gen. Bodes, who
was still further 16 the left and under orders not
to ure a gun
At 1 o'clock, the signal guns were heard, and,
for nearly two hours, I oever lbtened to fo ter
rific a cannonade. That ended, the order-waa
given by the gallant ; 'Marshall! sas I $bat Ak.
should have been tbe last he ever gave.o ad-;
wr an Aa atii 'mii It eiaafa Mfttn t 11 A : 11 wlC1 tft
advanced, the order being "guide right.- with
Archer's Tennessee Brigade no the right. nd
resting on Pickett's left, then Pettigrew's Brig-
ade, then Davb' Mississippi .Brigade, i4 ih?n
a Virffinia Brigade 'whose commander I do not4woroi as poltroons, to wtiom is V De attnoutea
a v irgpia iirigaae, wnDge.eommanaerio not ,-, - -Vi .u- i ' i:- lr
remember, but whose command afterwarda
with Arch
er's Brigade jBnder .GeneralAValker.i
seed, rewired their fire; and still ad-1
We advanced
,vaocedA : I never saw men behave 'more gal-
iantly, nor do I believe men ever did. .1 speak : ilae (rrttigrew s) and Cooke a lingadei of
not for the whole : DivUion, though 1 hope all j North Carolinians, and if h pays he did, thea
did their duty; That Archer' -Brigade kept may Mr MeCabe, JrM of Vin-ioia. charge thea
oo a line with Iickett, I am quite sure, a,rd that
Pettigrew's Brigade was on a line with ArcberV,
1 know. 1 hat Pickett, and prssibly.a portion
of Archer's Brigade, reached the works, and wa
did not, I confess. Fortune favored '. Pickett;
they escaped the flank fire from ; the left nd
from which we suffered so severely. We heard
their shouts, as tbej, entered the -.works; we
struggled to carry our point, out failed. We
heard the burzas of the Yankees when tbey
were, driven r out, and though the retreat may
have commenced on the left, yet We. honestly
think it was nearly simultaneous.. , . 1
T The want of men made the charge a failure;
we cou!d no more 4help Pickett' than he could
us,' and we have as much right to complain that
be did not , como to our support, as be has to
complain that we did not go to him. , J
Pickett was more successful than we were,
lie broke the line, and for a moment held the
froot work; but . that he and. Pettigrew were
both . fairly beaten and driven back, however1
painful may be the confession, is a fact that can
not be denied. Had both Divisions broken
through the line, they would have been driven
out as Pickett was, aud the triumph have been
as short lived. . . .'.', , f ... - ; ;
. To attach blame to., Pettigrew's Brigade for
the failure is as absurd as it: would be to charge
the South with a. want of manhood, because she
failed; and with no data by roe, I venture the
assertion. that-Pettigrew's Brigade lost as many
in killed and wounded (ami no more prisoners)
as any Brigade in Pickett's Division" We mean
not to reflect on Pickett or his gallmt Doldiers,
but we do deny on any field, and under any
circumstances, they ever displayed more gal
lantry than Pettigrew's old Brigade. '
And what is it our Virginia friends would
have us do, to convince them that there is some
manhood in theOltl .North Stite? Why waa
it that, wbeo victory perched upon our banner,
they forgot that- North Carolina troops? en
there, and when disastet'a blasting breath rent
his silken folds', tbey . are ready to say you '
if.' Is it':'not enough that the bonus of-her
sons lie on every battle field in Virginia? Is it
not enough that her Branch, Pender,' Fisher,
Pettigrew, and a host of nobie spirits, perished
there defending alike Virginia and North Caro
lina? ' Is it not' enough that the bitdy fuud
nearest Porter V deadly battery on Malvern Hill,
was a member of Vance's 26th N C , and that
at Gettysburg; under Pettigrew, this tame regi
ment, in the first day's fight, out of eight huo
dred, lost in killed and wouuded five huudred'
and eighty, its gallant Colonel Burgwyn dying
there his Lieutenant ' Colonel Lane falling
wounded with him ? 'Is it not enough that
Leavcnthrope was wounded there, and the no
ble, youthful, Iloss, breathed his last then?
And in the final charge, when Pettigrew bled,
Marshall and Kichard&on died, and the bleeding
Parks and Crudup were ciptives led to their
desolate cells, when the noble Graves, the Dou
glass of them all, "was cVptive made, to pine and
wear his life away on Johnson' s Cold and dreary
ble, with Powell, Davis?, Wason, Evans, Whu
ting, Newsoui, Drake,' Joyner. and a l ost of oth
er names, unknown to Virginia, but dear to the
tlnwort nnna at hnitiU ' arirt o?bfi c 1 1 fV.j r n 1 all (Ka
horrors of that terrible ;pri.-OHj was riot this
enoughr - AJouid not this propitiate Mr aicUabe,
Jr ,'of Virginia? No, the cry is still for more
jNorth Uaroliua has ilone her best, her wnole
duty. The' blood of her sons has enriched Vir
ginia's soil from Bull Hub to the tpot on which
Gen. Lee surrendered, and yet, when censure
comes, it is from Virginia. It is not so with
North Carolinians. Around our camp fires, we
have heard them tell their tales of batth t fought,
defeat sustained, and victories won. ' We have
heard them tell of' ChaneellorsTille.'hbw the
chivalrous Ramseur charged, and oftro ps who
failed to charge. In the campaign of we
heard them tell of how the lines of pottiyl
vania were broken, and ho the noble Iiamieuf
charged and drove tbem back; buf we have
never seen the' North Carotiniao who would
make these things a" matter of history" ' Bad
conduct upon7 the part of the' troops of any
State woyld have been forgotten," fur the sake
of the gallant and good it had furnished. But
we ask not' to be Spared, for the sake of the
living or dead; we only ask to be reported fairly
. That we failed to carry the heights of Gettys
burg is a matter of !isTy;' that we poured out
the best blood of the State in the effort to do so
is a matter "bT history, 'too. . I know the line
wai. too weak, and this is the only answer to the
question as to why we failed;" our failure affects
not the character of the old Bilgade: its coo-
duct io the first day's fight proves its gallantry,
it losses io the final charge proves its darings
At Falling YY aters, its gallant commander fell,
covering the . retreat; his Brigade the last to
cross the Potomac. Since then it. has been un
der ihe command of the brave and lion hearted
Kirkland; a.k him, if at Bristoe, in the Wilder
ncssat Spotsylvania." and on the Not th Anna,
aye down to the hour when he was wocided, it
did not do its duty. Ak,the calm, qaief, gen
tlemanly JUacKae, if second to any Brigadier
second only to our beloved Pettigrew, ifj around
Pistersburg, in the charge at Beams' station, a
charge that has never been surpaed by any
troops, and in which our Lt, Col Bird fell, if.
at liatcher s llun, and to the hour when Gen
Lee was" forced to surrender,- if he ever saw the
Brigade falter or quail, and if be jays it did,
then Mr MeCabe, of Virginia, may assume that
it faltered at Gettysburg If in that final Strug-
1 gle for the life of the. Confederacy, when hope
itself lad fled, if MacIUe'a Brigade
grew's)'did not do as much and as good Service.
it u did not show as botd a iront ana as. many '
meu low uuit, aa any xigvz m t ic&pn a vi
1 Jtwo. . theo f y u behayed badry ai GcUysburg.
Bt if they did not, we ak Mr 3IcCabe,f ir,,
j 8". V?' toand them down to posterity, with,
?v -n,i Wrejnignij inwa.
" f ' vs.- r ..- .a " : '
disasters that ' followed io
er; ask Gen. Uetb, wh
ita train. ln Ur
I go far-
who commanded tbe pi
;UuoOiJf he had-mora gallant troops than Mao
with bad eon duct at Gettysburg.
' .3
Jt U no source of pleasure for sne to "write -these
lines.- 1 regret i he necessity, I regret
that Virginians, should speak thus of us. The
author of the t4Loat Cause' is oo better than
Mr MeCabe, but it would be well for both if
tbey would read Gen. Lee's report of 4he Get
tysburg campaign, and from it learn sv lesson of
manliness and magnanimity. We love Virginia;
we wish her . eons would let is love ber more;
we love her for her revolutijnary history,' the,
thousand pleasing recollections 'that adore it.
We love her vbeeiusu 'twas there Stonewall
Jackon first Beheld the light, and 'tis the land
ot B -bcrt E Lee; we remember, too, with grat
itude her generous hospitality, 'the tender ears
of her, noble, beautiful daughters- ' When kick
and wounded, we were conveyed by a wagon
from the Potomac to Staunton; tieir smiles
bade us-hope ' that we might see ' home agtinj
their kind attention brought tears to our eyes;
our heart was full; we thought of tho loved ones
far away, and can uever cease te love Virgioia
God bless : her noble-women. To night a
th insai d prayers from North - Carolioa altara
accend that. Heaven's blessings may be shower-'
ed on them for kindness shown a North Caroli
na son; brother or loved one may" God answer
tbe prayers!- . - . ' ' v
This has not been written with a view to oar
own defence; we have reached that time of life
when we dwell upon the past rather than cherWh'
hope for the future; our little girls tell us tbey
think father did his duty our bright eyed boy
with flushed cheek, says he knows father did.
Mother sits calmly by aud tells them to thank
God that thtir father has been spared, and in
gratitude t Him is willing-to give Virgmia all
the honors she msy claim; she only aaki that
she may never witness another such struggle,'
that her husband - may never be torn from her
agsin. I am happy in the love of wife and lit
tle ones, and every aspiration of mine was bo--ried
wi h our cause. . But there is a name that
will ever live a name that will ever be dear t
North Carolinians the brightest star in that
bright gataxy. that North Carolina vent to Vir
ginia its light went out it set to rise no more
on earth. on the banks of the Potomac but it '
shone like the star of promise 'til the last of
Lee'a noble roiy had crossed that fatal trAtr;
that rtar that noble spirit, was J. Johnston"1
Pettigrew.-. 'Tie his memory I would have Car
olinians cherish. I want no higher honor than
t have been a member of his ommand. And '
when the cares and toils of life are ended, htn
called upon to surrender wife, little ones, all oa '
earth most dear, wo only ask
To join ia heavea the old Brigade " " ""
W ith Jobnatoa Pettigrew at its bead." -
AMERICAN BOY3.
Probably in every age since the time of poof
Adam and Eve's trouble with their willful son,
the world has been tuppnfted to be near Its end t
on account or the naughtiness ot noys. il
confess that,' for ourselves, in moments of wrath
at the impish perversity, or of sorrow at the
precocious wicKeuness of norcu -specimens ox .
American boyhood, we have sometimes been
tempted to that supposition, and certainly we
could not much wonder if vYoung America fur
nished more food fur the prophet's avengiog
bears than young Ismael supplied, yet the world
has continued to be, and generation after gncr- '
ation has risen from petticoats to jackets and
trowscrs, and from jackets and trowsers to coats
and pantaloons, without any utter extinction of
the line of masculine succession. ' Thai success
s'on will probably be kept up in this hemiephere, "
and here, as of old, the folly of youth' will, la
due time, be subdued by the wisdom of sge.
Our daughters' are constitutionally more
marked by sensibility, end our' eons are more
marked by willfulness The eonsequehce is that
we are move anxioas what will happen to' our
daughter., and what will happen from our soot ,
the daughter's sensitiveness exposing bar .to .
r ccive harm and the son's willfulness ex posinr'.,
him to do ' harm. We are not wise to quarrel '
with nature, and we must expect that boys wiU
be mo' noisy and mischievous than girts; nay, '
we may count it a good sign of a lad's force of
oharacter if there is a good share of aggressive,
fun-hving pluck in , his e imposition. 'Well
managed, his animal spirits will give him all. the
more manly loyalty, and when true to the right-'
eiuse, he will ba all the more' true because 6
u uch living sap has ' gene up Into tbe " fruit of
bis obedience. ' 5- ' ' " , ' t
Yet . what Is more sad than force of will pel- '
verted to bve uses, and' the 'strength of-man- '
hood sunk into the service of bae lusts or fien-
dish passions? What is more sad than tbs'slght
presented eve'ry day in oostreets the scores of -precocious
manikins with the worst vices of men
wrttren over features atuost iafaotile ia theif
noud boys who are hardly old enough to be '
beyond their mothers watch, now swaggering
with all the airs of experienced bloods, and "
polluting the air . of God's' heaven with the
vocabulary of hell ? V Where such monstrous
excesses are not found, how ' frequent is the
utter. repudiation of the proper reverence tosge
and authority How 'many a stripling' among
ns seemrro think.it the very fitvt'proof of snsnly
spirit to break1 the -Divine law which gives
home its blettfedaes and the Sta"e its security,
end to be piond to show that he is above all such
obsolete notions as giving honor to father aod
mother. Sambel Onjrtod:
, ' ' - . - - . f
i - i i m
' Labwi.- Reeenr'wnteraVwhff have leen far the '
Wet Indies, reprew'tit thoe Ii'ands as' rapWlr '
recovering frorn tlie'idlenese and' miri which
seemed t follow imrrieliately upon "the heel cf
emaneipalton.' The practice and profits 'of fret
labor are t-ecoming apparent in ! Le Wands,"
and some of them are outstripping their former
cottniervial prosiierity.' 51 '' :";
. - A negro preacher once observed to his hear
1 Ka alAua 9 lia aasmAfl mm iAMASte . ill fa
, en v v it " """
K.tin.cLiaa .bred en. I find it no mora use la
preacu
preach r to you dan- it is for a grasshopptr p
wara nun nnpiiM.
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