REPORT OF THE PUBLIC TREASURER
Tb«a.surt Dipartmsnt, )
RUeigb, Nov. 12, 1864 )
To the General Antemblt/ of North i'arAtna:
Tho deuiAads oq the Ti jaeury, payable when-
•Ter pre.-«cutiid, are as follows:
Coopons da« »ad nanaii, f2,6'’8 8 ft O’*
SUtc Binds »4,tOO fO
Due Bi.uks »al5uJiflcla%lb leairorwy
408.4^8 00
UnnnH *T)pr('t>rl*tioas w
To V naiiee f->r uuppcrt of tkiTM aud tar
mUio« it • Idiera,
To OomcuidMr/
To Orio^noo d«pftrto:eiit.
To Pajm&Kter’s depwiraettt,
To Qa*r'ermMter’« ie,>*rtaieat,
To SurgooQ Qenfl *rI’8 dep»rtncnt,
For siok sad woauded aoidierf.
For benefit of oitiisni of WMoingtoa,
(t82 68^ 2
24o 498 fl-'
iO* 76'^ 0
266 3 >6 Oi*
201 »»0 00
24 300 00
ISA 000 00
80.00J eu
The menoa in the TroMarr, (Indflpendont
of our Tr^asorjr notes,) cona>-‘tlc* of
Gonfni«r&t« Treuarj notee, touda »nd
«ertifio (e« is
f6,100,780 ii
1 524,412 86
Deficit 548
It will bo seen from the foregoing that the do
fioitiQoy to meet proaent domaads on the Tr^'asury,
exoludiog State Treasary note, the issne of wbi *b
woali iuorewa the Si‘ate debt, U #3,576 367 48
A^^umiDe; that yuur legis-atioa sball oootiaae
ftlid £ operauonfl on their present Hca.e, the
means to be provided, prior to the l!*r Oot. next,
when the State tuscii arc payable, will bs
To meet ab ve l'fi $8 f 76 3’7 ^8
Tj n-.est ordiiia’r '’I'M t>xpoaa"3, 0
Ts pay C( a-'*;ir8 for aupport t>f snlJiera’
fam lies if ^oa make appropriaiioaa
for t!iis *car as you did fur last yuM 2,000 COO Oo
Annn«l appropriation for relief of eiok
and wooaied eold era. 800.000 CO
Bitimatea of Military Bureaux for 1865:
PaymaHier’n dspartoioat 2,006 805 00
Q i%rt«rmv>ter’a depanmaat, 4f 9 600 0«*
Ordnatloe d9pa'^tia«nt, 100 000 00
Subsisttno) depanuseat, 1 01^.000 O'*
Total, $llf6J 872 48
To this mast be added acj other appropriations
jcu may ni)ke.
It is probable that a large amount of the cou
pons due may net oe p-esented for payment, but
many more of them are lilcely to be presented this
year than were last year, and it is not likely that
Banks will ask for payment of the debt« due
them.
The Stcte debt on the dOtb Sept , ^884,
aashowainmylaaiana 'alrerort wax $81 4f,40 20
Tae State debt 8sp\ SO, 1868 waa 26 2:'6,434 90
laereaae fjr Uat fiaoal year, 80
These views do not embrace the debts we owe
in Europe on our cotton and rosin bonds, nor the
large profi s whieh we are said to have made by
blaokade running, ta value of whioh I am oS-
eially ignorant. You will doubtless recoiva fall
infarmation as to that, from the proper nouroos.
In this amount of Sta^e debt, ia ineludoi $1,-
600,000 Srate bonds delivered .to the Gov. to be
Mnt to Earope, and sold, if necessary, as eolhte-
ral seQurity tor the payment of our ootton bonds,
whioh were sant to EngUnJ but not used, as I
learn from the Goyernor, the cotlon bonds havioe;
b«en readily sold without this security.
In addition to this set oflF, the Cooimi ui;>’>LT9 | !
of the Sinking Fund hold the bonds of tho ! E (
to the amount of ?2,234,500; and G-ov. Vaare has
the Treuury, you will ooop«ralt with ike Oon-
federate ^Q-OTernmaQt in the eftly plan, in my
opinion,materially tegding to sustain the cunrenoy.
It 18 possible that tho preesing wants of this
department may be relieved by the payment into
tiie Treasury of some of the larpre profits said to
have bean rcaliaw'd from blockade running; or by
20 act of OoQgreas, reimbnrsiog to the State a large
amount expended by us in the early part^of the
war • • • .
Under the act “to provide ways and means of
supplying the Treaenry,” ratified Deo. 20, 1862,
I appointed P. H. M'^ioston, Baq , of Bertie, to
oolleot the debt due tke State from the Ooafede-
'al* government. As soon as the vast number of
vouehcrs necewary te support the olaim oould be
put in order by the State Auditor, Mr Winston
proceeded with them to BioUmond, and has ainee
prosecuted the aettlement with great le^ and in
dustry, and with aa little expense to the'' State as
was consistent with the proper discharge ef his
dnty. Many diffi .'ulties bars retarded th« sdttlo-
ment of the ola'm in«Richmond. . Some time
elapsed before the Secretary of the Treasury could
assign to this duty the aeoeasary clerical force;
and the work has been repeatedly srreeted, by
the calling of the elerks to the fisld to repel At-
caeks ot the eneuiy. Within tho paat few days,
the auditing of about $2,100,000 of the claim kas
been completed. It is now befere Congress fur
an appropriation to pay it. I have good reasjn
‘0 hope that it will be paid, either in currency or
boods. The act of 1862 aforesaid, directs the
Cr^SHurer, out of tho mon*y ool|ected on this
cl 'im, to pay off, by rhe 1st Jaoiary, 1865, the
S'ate bonds bearing 8 per cent, interest, unless
;he holders of these bonds would exchange them
for 6 per ce^'t. bonds, payable on the 1st January
1895, aad also to pay tho debts due the Banks by
vT'j uf temporary loans, with a like option to the
Banks to take 6 per cent, bonds. Some $500,000
of this claim, whioh could be paid under existing
appropriations, was pxid some monttis ago. I
advertised my readiness to pay the 8 per cent,
boada, or to make the exchange of bonds, provi*
ded tor in said act. A few of the holders of the
8 per cent, bonds have exchangei them* for the
sixfs, but none of the bond holders or tho Banks
have received payment in Confederate cnrroaoy.
The ground on whieh they refuife to reneive pay
ment is, that the State received from them cur
rency mueh more valuable than that now offered
IB payment.
Another instalment of our elaim is now made
ready by our State Auditor, to be submitted to
the Ooafederate Auditor. As the principles on
which he allows or rejects our claims are now
settled, and our accounts are pul in batter shape
than thoau of the early p«rt of the war, it is pre
sumed tkoze will ica little delay in settling (heae
cbims
Should Coagcesa act favorably .n the amouot
now audited, it will relieve our Tru*a3ury matsri-
ally, aod diminish, to this extext, the meaus to
be provided by you.
We g«t ftoihiog fjr tke boiiaty we pay our
tro^>ps
The total expe ditures of the State on military
appropriations, since the eommeneement of the
war, as sbnwn bj^ the books of the Treasury,
•a $21»2a,40'73
# j. r. bttrird; 8.0f 1,882 2^
■> 18 881 51 i 58
ASTLW'M FOR TEI IlfSA.'VB
[The Treasiirer kera redpmmends provisions for
faoilitating the oolleedons from the counties ]
DSBTS »UJB THS BANKS FOR TEMPOBABT LOAHB
No change a« to the debts due to t^e Banks,
by way of temporary loajs, has been made since
mj anntial report for 1863, and I have nothing to
WAVinni.lra in Sftlli reOOrt*
filed in this office State b'nds to the amoua* oi i By tho »oc of D.io. 20, 1862, tKe sum of $$2,~
$130,000 received for the sale of a p»rt ot fhe | cOO oor wanu:ii, to'the years 1868 and 1864, was
staa^hip Ad-Vanea. Ttiesesats off, :imouiting | opt rop-iatsd for tho support of this IisiHution,
j *:nd at the extra sejflion of Dicembor 1863, upon
>iO 20 ! t’-e r-pres'-ntAtion ot the Directors that this snm
inadequat.e, a further appropriation of $150,-
to $8,864,500 being deducted, leaves the
BaUnoa of real Stxle di'tx, $21.^7
Tke commissioae 'a of S’uklng
FaadhoU Confederate 7 per
eenU bonda to the aa'i of SI 86,000
Aad the State hoi 'B on tka
following 03rpcrati0~B, or
atook in tlis sssia, as fvl-
loWd:
If C Bailroad OoDpany,
▲ A N 0 '* “ abSQt
W C & R ••
Weat ra
B*e “
Oltj of Ralelga,
2,oo-') m
8;0,0t0
2.000 O'JO
ty OJ)
- O tWO
48 OOf}
iS4,0?o O f
000, for the year 1S64, was made, making the
t'ltal appropriations for 1808 and 1864 $274,500.
Tha whoin appropriation was drawn long before
tna cu ^ 01 tbe fi jal year 1864, and the alterna-
tiro \fxi lert ifio -’reasnrer of honoring the drafts
■'1 i\u- Direot -.V, aautboria-j-i by any appropria
tion, or ailowijg -hie beneficent Institution to be
lis.'jtiQJod. Q'ae Giiocraf Assanibly having hart-
tofo'-o rcpoatfdiy l«'g^lised the drafts of the
Dirov*^or3 of this Asjluji ia exasss of appropri-
atioDii, I continued to pay their drifts, amounting
t) $75,000 above tho appropriations. I res-
pectf iiiy ask that the paymt^nts, net authorised
by the appropriations, may* bo legaliicd—and I
earnestly urge, either that tho DIrsctors be au
thorized to draw at discretion, or s?moj>ther rem
edy be devised by which the Troaduror be p'O-
tected from the persoaal r sponsibility of making
payments not authoriied by law, or allowing the
la-«titation to be dissolvrd for want of adequate
-nppir- T'le unsettled oondicion of the earren-
oy an-1 prices ‘nnk* s ic uop faiible to make esti-
j wnt s .>f ihu w?jatii of tho liidtitution, approxima-
I ting :i ’curiey.
1 This iQotiincTon is suppnrced by dircot appro-
j prii;tioDS troo; Diie Treasiry, but tJie laws c^ntcnj-
nicit taa reiiahurseineat of the aojaunt expended
t jr ohtrI;y patients, by tke counties from whioh
they are sent
Tfie act of 1858 appropriates not exceeding
Balaaoe of d^bt, atlowizg lha^9. il,44i,9-lU 2J
If all these sets off be do’joied reliable, it will
leave the balance of S(;tte dabt 821,443,940 20.
From the fjregoing stat' ueati it i^ manifest
that the expens.29 of the Scate ma^t be grea*:ly
dimini*hed in future: Or the taxis vaiilly increaa-
*d, or the Staee debt enor-iiau^ly ^'ujm'ntfd.
I thiak tho State debt oag!\t tint ro be increas
ed. Tne rapid increase of has already inj iii-
ously aff eted the value of «li ^e-euntie?.
Tne premium at which S.tto b ui? or lV^hsary
notes Cio now be sold i jr C.iafjJeraU cirn' ^-y,
is greaily le« thaa it was ou j yoar ag.*; aad heir
mark‘?tibit‘! Vi‘.«e Wiii jj i.Uf>aire'i in tiie ratij ot
the iicre se oi i'i S^hic 'iebt A 8tHi.e b ;rd f t
$lo00 rauning t- irty year?, will L.'in? uow about
$1850, la Oonteddriite currency,— orth ?a 6pt»eie
in which we promise to p.ty the bo d, .ibout $71.
It must be a much more gnov'otu neoessity
than 1 think now ejtist^i, to warrant an increahe ^25,000 a year tor the support of the InstUutioa,
of tne Siata dabt at a sacrifice so ruiaou', but if
the State shjuid tarjw un tht) market anyo'u-
siderable amoaut of our bonds, they would have
to be sold at a still more ruiuoas rat».
I think our txponses may be vastly diminished,
without detriment to th • Stat-» or the Confederrtoy.
One o: the ww ;dt ordiuanee^i of oar Suite Ojoven-
ti>n thit ot me 27th oi June i861, tu^'biog
over the S uTe troops to tne Confederacy, an,! r
pealiog tae aecot thj Gl-j-ieral As«cu)blv ejtagaiish-
ing the Military Bo=»r l. Sabj qiont le;,'iiihtion,
partially rcvcraiog this polijy, has icd to the rapid
and Vik't incrjas j cf the S-ato debt. If has not
yet reached an unmanageabio amount, p.ovidjd
WO return to tha policy of the Convention.
The war making power belongs to the Confed
eracy. The grand sources of revenue are duties
on imports and eipjrts. Tic Constitution gives
to the Confederacy the -exclusive right to levy
these dutiej, aad coasequantly the ability to sus
tain the vast expensas of war. When a Stnte
keeps up a war e.-taMishment, tho expanses must
be paid by direct taxiiion. Besides, military
operations are more efficient and less exj)ci.ftive
whsn dire-'*t:d oy on-j head and one governxucnt,
than w:ien under different commands, and tup-
plied by oompciing Ootumissaries aad Qiarter
Masters Our military establishment, therefore
excepting so mach as may be deemed neoesnary
for polico purposes and the execution ol the Uws,
ought to be turned over to the Confederacy, or
disbanded, and made subject to eonscripti^n,
where the turning of them over would not violate
any pledges of the State tinder which the troops
entered into the service
We have generally undertaken tho execution
of the Confederate act of conscription, so far as
arresting deserters is concerned. It seemS to mo
that it is an anomalous proceeding for a State to
assumA tho burthen of executina an act of Con
gress; and that the expenses inciured ought to bo
paid out of the Natier>al Treasury.
I have been forced into th«s reference to the
State military operations, a suoject apparently
torcign to my department, because I could not
otherwise present the recommendations expected
andy>rovides th-it “no county shall be required
to pay mere than at th> rates of $144 per annum
for each individaal inskae person icnt to the
Asylum.”
For’‘he past 170 years the amount drawn by
the Iftstitution is as follows:
For 1863 ftpprop'‘i-i*ion $S2 608
.'VP'oa It aro" -i; a»n for 1888, 7.6G0
For IB i4 app.'opn’iUca, 81*,60'1
Aoioant orer drawn, . 75,000
Ti-t J expeusea $867.&9^J
From thi) it will be seen that while the ex-
p’ns 5 ot sappor^ing this institution for the year
186B w vs increased nearly tkree fold and for the
year 1861 more than eleven ifold, this amouat to
be pMd h^ the counties, has not been increased.
The amount actually re-inib«arsed by tke Couh>
ties in 1864 is $18,819 47.
Tho act of 1858 prov'de« that each paying
patient shall not bo oh^rgisd htss than at the rates
of $200 per annun. At whsvt rate paying pa-
tieats have bevn charged by itke directors since
•-he bxpensea have run up aa above set forth, I do
not kjjw.
I rocommond that the comti'^s and paying pa-
:icnM ba rrqaircd to pay in the jatio of the in
creased expenses of tho institntio a.
Tho amounts due from the several eounties nn
account of indigent patients, up to January 1st
1864, as psr the official certificate >vf Dr. Fisher,
superintendent of the institution^ have been paid,
with the following exceptions, to witr
add to the remarks contained in s»id report,
whioh I raspectfuUy call yonr attention
STAT8 BONDS NOW DUl AND DUE IN
P.tj!l«ter*'l b^rtia isiuod onds' ao'S of 1848
1850
Cotjp'jn ban>is irsnad aad'^r ao» of 184% akfip
2,* sec 48, 4o9 July 1st, 18i4.
Caaoon bccvieiaane'l onJer sane aot, daa Jan
Iti 1865,
Go*po* bends }eaa)d nader aamo aot,-»dno
1B85,
Dae til i'dividua1a, (aee raport far 18S4,)
1865^
$58 000
41.000
6',000
44.000
87 056
$189,065
Many of tho holders of these claims would ac-
ecpt State bonds fallincr due 1st January, 1893,
in p^yment, and I lecomxiend that authority be
conferred on th« Treasurer to pay them in ikia
way
THB SINKING lUND
Tne commmissiopers (Jf this fund will gubmit
to you during your s^ssioa, a full rep'>rt, ainl I
therefore deem it necessary to make little comment
in relation to thb fund If the State debt be not
increased, this rapidly increasing fund gives ,the
most reliable security to the holders of oar State
bonds and cotes, that thay will all bo puuetnally
paid. The corporation was organized on toe lltb
December 1857, end has been most abiy managed
to this date without any changa in the eommis
gioocrs In this short period its stocks have run
up to $2,370,500, eonsistinst of State bond^, with
rhe exception of $136,000 in Confederate 7 p«r
cent, bonds, and ia being rapidly ipore»aed bj
large Railroad dividends, and the accruing iatar
eats on its stocks.
OONFKDXRATX TRKA8UBT N0TB8.
The act of the 4ast sessioa of Congaese auth ir-
i*ed the States to exchange, during the present
year, on© half the Confedbcate non-interest hear
ing Treasury notes held prior to the time* when
they ceased to be fundable for new ifiae at par;
and for the other half, to take 6 per Oint. bonds;
under the 12th section of the ounency aot ap
proved 12th February 1864; (which bonds would
be liable to taxation in the hands oi a purchaser
from the Scate,) or in 4 per cent uataxable bonds
and uader the resolutions of the General Assem
bly in May last, the Publ’c Treasurer was vested
with plenary discretion to make tke best disposi
tion he could of the old currency, so held bv
the State. As the wants of the Treasury would
compel M9 to sell the bonds I might receive, and
it was unoertain ^bather either class of bonds
which the State might receiva would sail for two
thirds of thair fa«e, I aubiBibted the qaestien to
the Secretary of the Treasury whether the State
cevld take one-half in new issue at par, and th«t
other halt in new ist>ue at a discount of )*3i per
oenfc. Be referred the^quosuoa to tha Attorney
General, who decided th,*t if the State took one
half in new issue at par, she must take the other
half in bonda. The bonds were not ready to be is-
Eued. I then requssied of the Secretary of the
freasury, if he deemed it consistent with law, that
the depesitarymightj»e required to issue iiis cortifi
cate to the Stato ier one half the amount of sach
currency with leave to the Public Treasurer to take
cither the 4 or the 6 per cent bonds from t’me to
iwe and in suoh f>ropo*tion% as ho mi.?ht think
proper. He rea - ily assented to this proposition,
whioh will enable the Pabiio T^eaaurer, when he
has oocasion ft) sell the bends, to elect the class
whieh, at the ti ae, shall command the highest
price iii markdt. I hold tho eertifisate ot the
depositary .in coniormity with this arrangement
[Here follow coma suggestions of a local and
unimportant nature.]
All cf whick ia resp^'ctiully submi^ed,
JONATHAN WORTH,
PttS. Treas.
Tr«asarj of ili« OM Im»t*
TmaSO&T DK^AKTUatf 1 8- A ,
Ki'..'uoai, Hov’r II:
r) the «aJ evo'7 ffteility ba affsril-i ic the
h^luers of ificie notes in effactiof tie e5c-.ang> for
cew, iho Trsasurer. .inalita^t 'froasarv*:® and P.vy D?
posttaria«. aud Depoaitarioa wboae duty i-iu
ailbarto limltel to focding, are h-ireby butheriai-i to
ri03 ve tU'* natea f r txob*?gi These aot iupp4ai
sri'h ^unds will rag'rter tho aamrs of th4 dasoni ors
reoenr'.ag all notaa oiTdred for and entitled to {zo'sasge.
until iba 1st day of Jasa^r/ 1865 ico'asive Th^ notaL
r?ee!»~d and rei;iEt«rad rcasf ^e .•’■'rwardod by arjvo i
'x> the Treasurer at Richmond with a e.>P7 uf the rtgia
aud nair ‘ssu s for t!ie p^yairct of lUe dtpoiifor:
•il! brs fmm !!:»teiy forwarded in ra^ura.
A«»‘ji:=iaat Tpaa«uv«"a »jd D poritarlr'S %ra hatr-
V if.q.ruot.'ii to rena>7lii«b this n t'(.e
G A TRESaOL«.
Gflo’y of freasury
Fatstt^vih.8 DiPosiroaT Nov. 22, 18S4
I-aa« will paid for La« old, on p?eMatati«u al
‘' Offiea
^7i.i 5 W. « P.lV‘ADyoOT, Dep’y.
from me.
Whether you adopt this recommendation or not,
very largo
_ ^
the amount to be raised must
bo
W.ve $2 277 94 Polk,
WoshiDgtou, ' J 085 *10 Haywood,
Cucabtin^nd, 67*t 00 Pasqaotaak,
H’ !> 92 5H AUeghaaj,
PvftDklin, 3,200 13 Wiikee,
B aafurr, 720 00 Bnaooiabc,
Chowaa, 782 00 Ashe,
Burke. 1.16ft 00 Union.
Or*v^, 1.171 00 D^vidaon,
Yanoey, 7,'»0 66 Wilaoa,
Halif«Z| 144 GO Riohmand,
Jobngto!^ 1.K49 20 Ooxritaek,
Warren, 1,294 72 Oftrterat,
Btokee, 155 00 NorthamptoB,,
Tyrrell, 978 00 M«diaoa,
Matlin, 827 60 -.. .
$22,774 69
, ^ I iisucd noticed, as required by t ke act of 1858
I chap. 2, soc. 6, to tho solicitors of tdhe several cir
$245 00
98 00
1,570 66
ISO 00
4«1 00
144 00
79 «0
152.00
861 GO
834 00
229 00
126 00
582 00
7 20
J89 00
S°Mati°t*»nd I whioh'were coaolies ia de fsult «» to uie
U»IC83 I la* duo on .oooant of indigent |»tient. m Mt
yoar appropriations be
should be made at as earira dlv aa’ annuai report for the ‘lineal year end-
If you adopt ' ing 80th September, 1863. What action th,^
Xi y vu auop* taxauon as the OMns of supplying took therein, or wb ether any, I do aot know.
T&j. in Kiuii, JSlicii&iiOiiifl €ouuty
illdH FariSiers uf ii:oti.aoail O.'aa y are rcqui-fcMiU to
. m^ct n» at t'.e f lao^irj tiaoa a**d i^laoca, prepared
ij {isi their oropfl Com 8i»»TtOorn Jiaokwbtat, Rsoici/
Bice, Irish Pjt«t ea, Pcrtdcr, Hay, Molasses of Oaae
\ud 8r‘rgbum Pang, C i-'ton sni Qrouud Paa?, to-wit;
At Stnefe’9, on the 5'h aid 6i.h l))oeinbcf.
“ Miaeral S^riniZi. 7ta “
“ Ro'jkingn&in, 8ih and 9ti “
*' Lvarel tlilL 12=h a!id 13*.h **
8t.w»rtsfiiie, 14^ aad l^tk **
“ Will:aiB»on’s I6tk “ ”*
Fit eli producer must make return of tha entire qua»-
liiy cf eaoh of tha ahoTa arMoia’i pr^dncsi by hia dn-
ifcd year; wiie!b.>r gathered or not
Fife bue^ti's ooin per hundred pounds of net pork,
triU be allotted fre* of tax, for raia'nij «nd fatteoiaj"
:ra T^d tax p^yer must furnish a list of tha unoi
bcr pounds h^ uxpcets ta eUnj^htar; and el aim s.he te
d-.acUon at t*:e t-ma tiie •aUmat^ is made. The Mends
of t.hose .^bseot ia tho army are earneai.17 req^ics^ed to
hst for tbem.
W. D. TOWi»SEND,
PETER Me&AE,
Assessors 8Sd Tsx Dlat N. C.
' Nov. 12. 85 toD
IVon-'S'axabSe Bondj.
600 miUioa Loaa.—Sale Coutiaaed.
NU.V1£^>U3 •i'pHoat’o 19 h»7(ag btioa atMl9 at the
establishud priee of $1'^ ani in lereat, under oircom
kUkneos that entitie thf ^ to fa^oreble esa.’^id^ration;
hM been determined to continue the saTe uatU furt her
notice. AU(J. W. STKBL,
* A^’t for sale of Confederate Bends
Fayatiovilla. Oct. 22. 78 iSaa
Files! Files!
7 u
S to 4|in
Flat bastard files, aas’d, 7 to 14in.
Taper flaw Files,
florae Rtsps. Ki;!
For sale at the 8tcra of the late
Nov’r 22, 18«4. .
JAMES
MABTim
87-6tpd
ivoTici:.
APPIalCAlION will be made to the next Qeneral AS'
sembly of North Carolina for aa act to prevent the
removal of 83’diers’ fumiiies out of snou hoa««s as they
n>ay now oooupy, until the oloae of the pr>ia^nt war.
Nov’r 21, 1864. «7 *trd
AVCX101« SAl^ES.
Byfl. UoBIILLAN, Aaotioaesr.
WILL be sold in front of mj Store oa tha latday of
Droaaber, the following lota of fine CHEWINS
TOBA'^iOO:
100 Boxes MoOniloeh ft Orey.
100 ** Peaoh and Hoaey.
100 “ Signet.
Samples shown at any time. Sale positiv*.
—ALSO—
chc*saB>e ti«e aad plaoe,
2 Bo.'s P. K. Satar.
9 B»las 4-4 SkeetiBf^ aad suadiy otkcr artielat.
JXov’x 17. 86-ite
EXEMPTION OP 8TATE OfFIOBRS
The Richmond papers contain fuller repi>rM
than usual of a lively discassio 1 in the Houae of
Representatives cn this subject on the 19th inst.
The report is a poor one, as the reader will find
every gentleman’s speech a reply to a speech
whioh the report doec not iodicate waa made by
the preceding speaker. Such aa it is, we copy it
as ot interest to the people of this State:—
Ut Staples, of Va, froai tha Gonmitlee whlah
wa* referred a reaolndoa iirectiag aa ia^»»7 in*® *he
expedieeoy af appljiair ta the several States for aach a
modifioaiitn of the aetioaef the States as ahail hv«
the effaot to doeroaee the anmVer of oxamrtio&a frv»
military aenrioe ol State oi^oera, re|eried that they
oonaldered it highly expadieat that aa appeal ba aa4e
to the Mveral Sta^e Legi*lat?'‘ce, bo to aodify their »x-
^apUon laws as to leave subjoet to «liit«r/ «ar?b«
Stato offioera between the agea *igkteen aad forly-fi^«
years whoso preeeeoe at heace may not be eaeantjally
neecseary to oonduat and carry oa the operatioos of
their rc-apeoiiTo governmeata Too Cjfl*a>ut.«a reaoTX-
ineaded the a^raiatm^nt of »Jo»atcoa«i ttee to oonEi.'t
f one TOf-Tober from eaoh Sta*a, oa tha ^ part o? tbe
H'^nse, and enoii meaibera aa aiay be *pp3xa‘ed by tae
whose do*y it be to aoerl»iu tUe aaai'.*or
cf .fl3er8 in caoh one of the sevefal Stat'« cxempi-ed
exisi.ng laws from tailitary aarrioo la the armies of
s Oo!if*df*rat^ Statas fvf the par«,i39 of fsrrylof oa
ibo govaramaat of said S»at^ s. »nd if he au-^ ber »o ex
empted be larger thtn the poblic nfUefsity sba'tl tein
to rrqolre, that the comr:it:ci5 jrenare and report'c tbe
HoUae an addresa aenealing la each one of sai l St*t=*e
»o fc m«diff thefr raspeoHvc *X8mp:tOT laws as td rea
der litble to military all able bodied men be
tween eighteen »Bd foHy-fl''^* ye-ra. whrai semoes ia
thfrlr few'.ral o£B'09 msy b^i t • rtfsgaril? ^lpnav,ed vicfe
wuhoiit rf«>rimeBt io the govoriwnt cf sooa State
Mr. saU! that the re«o1ntlon ju?t r»porwd
■r roBB-Jy for an eril of cecald«5^a>>!e ?a»gr,f-
taJe ^hather it wanM »;eoraplia!x tho o^jxst datiifid,
ta* fntare waald dat-»r»iae. All w>»uld agr^-fl that it
*'a? deiirablft •«aft0 a»“'i*ec*Uaa •* *1«« l»»s
■■•lati^'g ta the extmpmn of psrsoaa ov^^loyed in the
’.f>rvl«e of t\» Stataa Tea coaatry Wvuld ’*c am?a d to
lsa*a nnaber of MTaocs eo emp'ny^d »n«i >xampt
fr«m m’litary duty Virg nla has abuut 1400, K. Core
iri,’ «► rfi' tfcas 14,0*0. §. Oiroliaa thaut 400, MabMBs
^074 Mfis«»a^>pi 110 1« Oeorgia the pruei«a n^rar
ia not kaatrm—inaludiag tb« F>taie siUiUa it wl’l pr-tba
b'y exoeed 15 000 nan. Staples eall ha did ut%
i'sl««d to caat the alishteet rela4t?a& apa» the Rtat« of
[forth Caroliaaaad tfssrgia TH* va’or ef Jb*ir
at* b489 aoaspieuoa»!j displayf-d upon too la^ny
do’ds ta ba eaU»d la qneatiott her.^ ar elaawhar* Bji
it coali act ba d4oi'd thit by tbla wholesale syatew of
xempuons great injastlce has been dcae to the ether
States
We had here a few days slaoe the roieldtl jas alopt-
ad by tho Qo''e7nora at Angaafa. T*te8« ra'alut'oas
breUbe a pure and patriatio spirit Bui it so ha> peae
fao/ ate ailtat npoa'the ealj qa^ntiea t!ieae gaatleean
Cio ooatro!. It is olaar they da not iatoad te modify
thair lia.‘£ of oxenjp*>«* fl. W3 oaa, thereforo, eely aot
npoa the bill rcportr.d here ast ssaslSD, aad refer this
whola matt«r to :he f tato LegMlatareB, w^ere it pra
pcrly beUage To wa cavet appeal aad I aa eoa
fidfot that appeal, rigbtly mide, will aot ha ia v«!a.
IkcT will appreeiata the asfaita4e ef thfi straggle
ad iM drsBiaada ef tbe hoei; they will feel that it
would be f*r ^ett«r ta atop t\e eatlrs asahiarry ef
Stale 0 jveraoteai, elocs the courts ef Jaetfee, easfoad
(ha aatiiorUy ef mag^atratae, obliterate the State liBra,
isd aboliah 8t»tc severifigaty forever, tia« putuit t^.
acy ttraa of pface the rneay havo yet proposed We
are in tbe laidiit ef a war ef caextmpled aegaitad';
are m?naeed with dangors wKbin aai wiihent
Qreat armies threatea as; iaaanfs iMta blockade oar
loaeta. pea«trate ear harbors and riiara; oar capital
es7uala wJth the roar 0? hcstll? goae; t^e solid eart*
trewb1'» bon'^atS t‘;a tread •'f oontfniiog l-glara Xu
the midst of fh(>ee extraordinary eveatH, ws aesnae t^>at
our i»der^ndrtce9 ia aa eetabliahed laet, we Jiseats aad
^ett'e rrave qieelioas of ecsaiUntioaal law; we attempt
to oarry oa tha State aod Ifatiosal QaTeratkaBts, with
aU ttteir best j cf olBeera and employeoe. a-« if we were
in i.iie mi>1»t of profound pe«C3 i^nd travqiilUy Men
raik of St«te Rtg'it-i, flippaatly aad learceJl'^, aa thoogh
ad struggle ex’sted on taia sontinent aave a coatect'for
the pres»rv«tion of State eovcraigmty agaiast the dea-
potio teadeucbe of thA Confederate Qovarnaent. 81r,
ih'.a point may t>e carried too far. A prlooiple, ao im-
valoa^'e *n tins ef p’ace, aay beeoae the aonrca of
w.ora aad dhastitr* aaanaberad in tiaa of war Wha
are the rigbta nf t^-e Statea? Tlrg*aia a^veratgnty or
North. Carol! la aovere'gsty doea aot depend upon
any conatmotioa givra aer* or eljaewhera to the Goo
sii'atioa 1« depends nton the army afaadigg np>n
yonitr rirer, jKuarding ibe approaah to this aaplt»L
Whee that anoy fo«3 down, all State roveroigcty
gOMi doKx; >tb ti. Whea that army aolts aw«
trtat tiy jury, nor babeaa eorpaa, nor State
Risit't* will BA»e u^ fr.'Q **Xferaai»nat'3'?. dtate hcto-
rcigatr W'il aot tal-Hj &rmi;s, nor oU‘tbe aul feci
thssn It o?.ntet buila n^-ias oor «{uip then In rair
ffiav w» IcTolrs iti gr«at p^iasirloi ia djfrnoj ©f
▼iciated t’ocalitntian rad a bTf«aicg country In vain
may re ho^'^ *p before our enemiee trial by Jury, tho
■a60tii.y cf babsfts oc-rpas aaJ the giory ef s free frtss
They woatd so! llstt^n to aa in batter days; tbay vill
hc"d ns now. Bdi^d ia al thair acbasee aod oaleala-
tiona, bliadsd wia paa^ioa. usdaly r1aiid oaevery tem
porary snooeec they|are do^f to tha voiae of reason er th«
p'aadinfa cf bunjizUiy; lh;y h«^e ni tboufht, uj atabJ-
’ion, VO s-jlioitule f >r aozht beycad 'tur au^J ^gatioa.
B-H-idea, if «lie of tbo Ko'ih d*iL'ed fcaoo upos
uiy U-T'os that wrf couU accept th»/ are powvrlesa to
•»o'3ie»»'t. Tbty .haT** given up their f^^ C.'va'iitw.'n,
t:>iiir riuht rf ekciHn a'l t'leir gu&rut^ee of porsoaal
liberty, to rtcover th^m no inoro.
There >;as be^n ro p'rird sincr th' r.rtC!mea«*emer,t of
bejStTnggle wa b«Tenot be^n wiiltnr ia twt wit‘» iheni.
^Visat aaa been the reaalt of 11 oar etfa»**st Pi*tor
so^m and cci^tesapt Erery attempt -wn htkre mvle to
end thifl nnliappy'h a be^n oon%!der»d aa evi
ic-ice of our weika^'e ftni our dc'Bp'ir They will ne»
9RTB peitse. Th?y b^’ra pr(*o!»ime-1 that they v'iU bavo
lO cc-tnpromia?, no ni»:V?nt{o«8, no artai*tio«—nothing
hct war—war, bloody »ni terrible. Thei4«ua is before
aa and we must meet it wi>b the apirit of mea who eao
He bat never be eiaTea. The path we tread leads to
indepisdenoe, or it leads to blaTer* Now, ijde>;d, we
Bust gird up oor loiap. We innst etsrt afr-'sS.
mait strenrtheaoorarmi'a—inerease >7urforo*s; we ncoat
’nf«:s* more vifor in»o tho gavernrnent—diaolay * loftier
» mer o«>nc»»f*irn of the tu«gnitude of the oriala
nod tbs perils that threat«n os. In this hall we mnat
rekindle the fires of patriotism, and e( nd afrech through
-he lacd the inapiratioa of liberty to animate and ch«er
;he be».rta ef the people Sir, it may be that we shall
"o down la thi>t gtrog?lo. That after all, despotism
will triamph over freedom. If'that day ebr>nid ever
'oue. I conress to havicg one conflalation—bitter, in
doel. bat still a consolation. We shall leave bs^ind us
atf g' een spot to gladden the eye of our foe; bnt su
premo deso'ation that will attest to mankind in every
ige that we preferred rather extormiaatloa than tt^e nn-
peakahle degradatien of aubmissiot to Yaakee iaso-
leace and tfrannj Wc ehail leave behind us moan-
nents of a valor never SQrpassed. We shall at leant
teach maakind a lesson of high sonled patriotiam—of
}O0Bt%n('y unshaken, (bat will speak to the soul, like a
'rnmpet cal>. so long as freedom is dear on earth, and
revive tbe example of antiqoe virtue among mon, to the
meet dlet«nt generations.
Bat if we are true to oarselves, God will give ns t^e
victory ^e have res3nro?'8 of men aad ef eupplias,
wisely and eeoaomically managed and directed, suffi-
>>i«at for cor purposes. There is a recnp&rative poorer
in these States, a dauntless courage in tbe S.>T?thein
aeart, that will carry ns through this ctruggle. Soooer
;>r later the end will come That end may be a pros
trate esnntry; bot it will l>e a oouniry whose monntaino,
valleys and streams will be swept by the celcstial airs
of liberty-
Mr. J. T Leach, of N. C., said, the geailesaaa f^ca
Virginia gf^ts up here and tells us that S^ata Rights
must be blotted oat. That we must make an end to
diatc Sovereignty. He wants a eoasolidatrd govern-
taeat He wanta the whole power in the bands of
somebody that can have unlimited authority, not only
over the Ccnfederata Qovamment, bnt over the States
themselves. North GaroUaa, as nanal, eoaes ia for a
share in the remarks of tbe geotloman' The geatlaaan
eays that N. Carolina has 14,000 exempts Iroa Military
.duty, subject to ooaseriptioa. It is very remarkablQ,
when North Caroliaa has furnished more mca than any
other State Shcvhas famished 118,000 aea, one-
third of which lie uader the soil of Virginia; and yet
North Caroliaa is oomplaiaed of beoa«*se she does not
do more. I would consider nyself one of the degenerate
sons of a noble sire if I advocated saeh a measure as
this. Whea North Caroliaa was called apoa far five
thousand aen, she sent np ten, aad iv* thonsaad of
them were seat baek; and aow because North Caroliaa
desires to keep her State offioers she is eomplaiaed of.
I am tired of this oant; we have eo much of it, and so
often. I am aware that if aay oae advocates a aode-
fate policy, he readers himself obaoxious to oertain
partiM, aad liable to the stigma of dialoyalty I want
it to be kaowa that I enderse every word that Gover
nor Brown or Mr Stephens has written. I eadcrse the
letter of Bdr. Boyee, of S. 0, on that subjeet. And
whea tfeMu ara arcwked, tclid beftca » aoek «oni Mr-
tlkl and bucf, I aek t^e poor privUege ot batag haag
with their. I ta m:.'Italy oppua:d la tao trajaj^liaac
down of State righ's ia this aaaaer, Msi shall epf *ae
tfce r«aelu'ioa
^Mr. Foote hare aiada a iwc hoarc* cpcaa'a ea cmv
tcra an t>^ings ia general, aot asesesary t« paMish.]
Mr Vilce, cf Sonth CarcUaa, cald: It ia a aa^cci «f
paiafnl regret that this matter, laatcad of hdag cala^y
deliberated, ahonld briag ab«ai partj axnitaiaat er any-
ihiag like sectioaal jealousy. It is oaly ffcecscd ta r»
qacct the Legislatures of the States te de whal Hay
oeald to diwdaish tha naaber of State Kc
anat atrain avery nerve aad* pat forth every affert to
meet the exigeaoiec of the hour I am vary wlUiac te
aoMrd to Nsr'-h Ga^oUaa that aha has doaa fally aa well
ae any of tha Statea. Aa to the ctateaeat taal cha has
dens mare, 1 oaaaot deny er affirm ih« •wsirtloa of tK«
gentleaan; bet I am wiUiag to accord *-tr all cha da
serves. Jlit this debate had taken mach wider ccope
thaa was necaMary; it had goae iato other matt«ia As
to tbe matter of peace, and the South haviag friaiads in
the North, that is absurd. MoCieUao, wh>} waa Icoke^
p«a as a peace maa, had doo^ared that theUaioaua^t
be maintained. Bvea Pendletoa ha. said that thve
must be ao other policy than iacoast’aetl^ It la a
matter of aaajisment to me that, ia the ailst of this
death etrcggle, wc ebonll suppose that the North
lieten for ao ins'aat to aay propoeiticns ef #«aca wkiob
tbe S juth might make; they »-ou!d r#j*ct it with r 'flo «!e
aad coateapt We bad justas welt «a emrasiy
to the Easperor ef C.^ioa, aad ati*tspt to defioc oor
aition to him as te send propositio -s North.
Mr S -niih, of North Oarallna, said ;hst hc-eonid act
but bellevs that tbe statement ia r^g rd to Stato ex
empts was crrcneons. He could aot t;eIiore *bg.t
number of State exempts wsa 'so diSpr prrtioaAte as
was reprerented, and di.^ not think tho statements eou’d
be dep>cd3d on. The State ef N)rth Carolina had
done more ia coading msa te tha field thaa any "ther.
SSo hsi il &d np her denletei regim>at3, and stood Vy
the cauae in all l*s Cjndiiioixs, and would still stacd hj
it, Oatil eur indeyendarca is achieved, or ws fall ia the
oomnion-etragfU for liberty
Mr. Staples atiked tbe iadalgeaee of the House to say
a faw word* ia reply the member from North Caro—
I’na (Mi T"e *en«len»aa ehatgce me with
ho*9g tv acnsoiidationis^ 1 W11 aot retort apoa him.
No man will aoeaes him of aivooUiag aay propocitlon
Here, tending to strengthen the Coatederate OovmiAent
or to iaoreaso its reseuroas. He haloags to that oIms
of pelitioMs whc fied in all the measnrss of Ooagrca-
ftlaraiing nenrpationa ef tie rights ef the States. I
prtfeos to he a Statea' Rights man—reared aad edaea-
>od io that faitb; but I am not of the sohooi te whioh
the gantiemaa betoogs. There is aothing ia the rccala
tion, or ia the reaarka I aiade, to justify saeh a eharge.
It ia without ibe sl?gataat fo&aiatioa.
The gantlj«an nodertakea aa elaborate 4afoace e'
N3:th.Carol|sa Who attacked hie State? I did not
There was not a word said by me that eonid be ooa-
atrn^ into tta siighteet dispsragcwwnt cf the State
cf N>rth Carolina. I staled a fact ia regard to" the
oumber ef her example—a fact atteatod by^ the ofioial
retnrae at the Bar3an cf Ocaserlptfca. Did he dtey
the stalemeatf No sir He ecateate himself with
eartinf that N >rth Curollaa had famished mora troops
>haa aay oiher St^tc. Sir, tUs statcmeat, if trus,
would cocacioa me ac mortilce^iea. I* a« as preud
•t the glory aad c 'nrage ef the Fccp'e cf North Carell
«a, ae the meet ard at ef persoas Bjt it is a random
•csertlon made by the teatleman It trac, iS has aoth
i«r ta do with the ^acstioa hefcre tha 9ocac It weald
«9t jastify tkaty er aay ether.i au, ia the rctaatl'a cf
more mea thaa are aeecscary for tke par paces ef the
•avemeieat Tiie eoaccriptlea embraecc ail the able
bodied aea ia each State If aay oae *tatc faraiahee
nare soldiers taai aaother, It mast he l^oaaac bar f«p
iiUlioa is greater, and tbe *rae, rigid ea^orormeat ef
the ooasoriptioa laws Tha gcntlcik«n ta'-hs a^rMS* Tir
gtaia. Now. dr. I said net a word ia regard to Tr
^iDi>; hit eiase he bac aUaded te the itiM, I caa tell
'jlm what she >rill aot de—4hs will not fellow his t-
43)file or hie teaobi gs] she will sttnd by b^r sister
States «e the eni of thic strafgle I' ebe is dte'.ia;d t-;
sdli greater ' Sietl'na, she will mac', them with aa
ahriakli>g courage Though aU her feacefal valleys
and happy homes shoald be wrapped ia A..mes,- tke
spirit of her people will act be broliei. Having taken
ap arms in a jiist oaucs, she will act lay them doxa
uatil her;), npca her b'ood-stained s^ll, tra'h
and Justios rre trinmphaat.
Tae question be>n« sails 1, the reicJatioas of Mr.
Staples were adopted
re& TBi oBJutTsa.
Departed thif life at his rcsideacc aaar 41fasdy>vilc,
Rjbecon conaty, oa the lith of Oatc*'er IMA Robert
L Monroe, Ifq . son of Archibald aai Flsra Moaroe,
of Rl'hmoad conaty, ia the t5th year of hla age la
A'lgvat I86S, he j^'i’^ed Capt. Bnle'c ormpaay, statioa*
.1 in aud aronad Wilmtogtoa, where ho ooatract^d the
dinea^e whioh proved fatal to h«a He retaracd to hic
home the firat of a;t Anguat serioaly 111, aad for two
mrathii and a Oa'.f Bu!rer64 iateoaoij. A vary few days
before bla *eath, wh*n qnctionad r,jlative to his prepa
ration to n-*»*t Bo'e-nn approaching hour, his reply
wis: *•!/ J an nu ifsttivtJ, 1 cia rtadg " Ha repeatedly
8|ld, tb»t toe 58 o tyxa of the “P^alcc ani Hyaas,*'
was a favorite oce with him:—
“lu evil long I teok delight,
V '•awed by shame er fear;
Tt 1 a new object c‘.rack my sight,
Aai atopp^ my wild career.
I saw oae haagiag on a tr^e,
In agoaies and blood;
Whofixad hia laagjid eyee oa ae»
As neir his cr>'s* I stood,” k\
Caa.
WAR J1W8
/Wm tfc^w --.RlOiMoaa, m —The
^eaiag Whig has thefcllowicgpoeto#rlpt. -‘‘Just
goiag to ard, w laan^ed that Ihe War
Department had i^ived information from Goor-
«*couragiog char.ow: We
.tat.iiiont.of
*U MW* ae it has reached u^ but w. we warrant
ed in Msanag our readers that the oacU! adricec
fram Oaorgiaara aa favorable n, wa coald aipect "
Attempt ofpHtow^t at SMmfy r.
Sausbu.t, Nor 25._Tk, F,d;„. ,
confined »»«re made an attoyjpt t^ e«ca 4. . »
o^oloek to day, oooaeioaicB aome cxcitem -u* xbev
attcmpJed ta a^ia^ the arms of «h- n » 7£
«.hin A. „d in
ed. Having disarmed a man thfy thr -xt him
through with lh» t..joi..t. T,» .(
wore kiiifd and several woundjd Thf L
guard, witnessing thfse demr n.tratians, n.d
firo on tho pri.vjoers wi^h musketry aad
lueoee okarKod with oaniste', kUlia«^ aad
iog some 40 of 50, whr-n .-rd r %
The guilty once havA been found out
now.
ipe.-—
priaoner-
V5as r-'ti - d.
All t^nict
BT a Tjonjj Lad' wo* tiis ■. r.d eAperi^rae. atftaatioB
.^4 T'^'ehsi" in !* privata family or ia the primary d€«
p rim nt of a S-l^'? Is not ^f »c at>iab coase-
qa ne» as a eea>i'.>rta >10 i«2ae. Ad-irsna
Mfai'j BLLA WINTHROP.
WUalajton, N. O.
^^>v r 21 88 8tp4
FOVWJI,
051 the 3cn»bem Pu^k R->*1, Friday, 25A iaat, a
Laata-ira P,)CKBr BOOK, which the ewoar e»n
t!».»e b-? attpl/iag at loiit Oifioe. doeeribiag ceatcnts and
paying for this ^kdvertiasmeat
NoT’r 2»
fl^arjg:e Sale ot Cottoii and Mri^roes.
'r^HE «.bsd iber wiii stU at lae late re^i jcuoa^of Daniel
1 M.tR»'. deo’d. in upper part of Rlohm^nA ^oun;»-
oomioeoei-'g on tbe 20ts DscsaSer, ani w^ll coatirna
tro"* day to day uaiU all is so'd. the Mbwlat proi;ertj;
flFTE.SI? LIKELY TEGROES, eonaiating af men,
wojien, b'-yt, girls and children, all Ttry i»k»ly Also
about one hnadred bales of COTTON, a large lot of
oaetiog for running a steam saw mill, two eireuhr ea »f;
and mtay other artiolee, not ae«esr->ii;y to mention.
Terms six fflonthc credit, with bond ani roo't eeoaritv.
MARTHA B. MiBAE, Ex’x.
November 19. 88'*'St
LOST,
BETWEEN the Market House aad the D.pot, two^SO
t>il'a*&d two ¥20 bills. Any prri:>B fiadiag ihia mo-
!»ey will oonfor a farcr on me by leanaf it at the E4.
rolling Oifioo 9 A BU . NS.
Fayetteville, N>t 24. 882t;xl.
Foar per cent. t;ERTlPl€ATC8.
Tut?EE Otftifioatoe for $203 tMh, ftsr saier.
D T. NEWB7
Not 21 gn.
Still for Sale.
1 FIRST RATE COPPSH STLlL, 70 Gallons, new
X aad in oomplsbe orl-.r, with Cap »nd W^rm.
Apply to Dr. MARTINS.
Nor 87 5tpd
Salem Almanacs.
BLUM’3 Farmeri and Plantera Almaaae for Oa year
1866, reoeivid ard fer nale, by thrt gross, dcsen, or
•ingle copy, ai tae BOOK {«TORE
Desirable Dwelling for Ueit at Aictita,
H. MoniLLiLIff, Aaotionsdr* *
I WILL rant from wy riioro door on Thsrada; 1ft De
eember, a large aud coaTeaicnt DWELLING HOUSE
ooataining 7 rooms aai 8 tire plaiee. Ta« yard U large!
containing all neoesaary outhi>u«ca, cdd a well tt exocl
lent water, with go»d garden attached; hoaees aad
everythiag eoaneoted with tuo esubll«hment new aad
ia good repair This DwaUiog from its locatloa, (Hay-
mouat^) aad eo->Teaiea3es, ia rendered oae of the most
dwirable in the vicinity of Fayettevilla. Pcce*esiea
girea lit of January
Nov’r 17.
*6-ltr
«EimO¥Al..
rpiLB andersigncd iukve removed from their old atanc
X oa Water Street, te No. 7, MA&KBT STREET
wkere they expect to eoatinne the
^nsral Coiiaaiisaioii 8( Qrooer? BuIiimsi
Prompt atte^icn wiii he givea to all orloia aad cob-
winineatB emmsted te our oare.
■ _ „ _ 0- Mwmw 4 oa
rotiiilQe, B. a, Q9L Vk
Glm'h^ng Troofi —PetfasBOR«, N >4
—The Q.asttennarter is iasning iuli sunph.s" I-
blankote acd clothing, and the Coujmijsiy j,
partment full rations of pr )vi3ioc3 The men
comfortable and in good spirite.
/r#TO Georgia.—PaseoDgere who came down
the Central road laas night report that a raidm.
party of the enemy tapped this read tt Griawoltf
ville, 10 miles thii side of Maco^, at t o’clock oa
Sunday atternoon. They confirm the r«|H.>rt ot
the capture aad destruction of a lumber traia.
Two freight trains (oiag hence to Macon ap!
proaohai very near to the wreck before diaoovrr.
img the preesnoe of tha enemy Tne lamb;r
train eaptared was Ml oa fiic, ths valve of tha
engine reversed, and the train atartcd dowa the
tnek. The freight trains were reversed a&d ptt
baok as rapidly as possible. A short dut&nee toia
sida of Ghordaa heavy oannonadiog ard rap d dia.
okargcs of smali ams were heard. It la supposed
tha aring was at d>}rdon, an4 that Geu
who was holding that position, had beeu attac&ed.
Others rcpori that tha firing was at Macon T«c
disekarges ot aitiliery were very rapid. Tho rej
alar mail train to Maoon tnra^d bacx at Tennilid.
UilledgeTills is supposed to be in the haads oi
the enemy. It had been entirely evacuated bj
ourforses. Everything of value had been broagiit
M. Gov. Brawn is at Maccn. Bo arc Geuerala
Beamregard and Diek Taybr. Everybody aDoat
Maean is in tka trenahes. The members o! tka
Legislature passing through ware arr^eted aai
affjrts nude to put them in tke raaka, ba* ai
efforts tailed aa4 they managed tu get ei
The track of tke caeMy is illaaiuatea by bar:
ing komeateadiL
TaaBptralmen tke tHor^ia rv;aJl, j a:«r Jaj,
did hot go fmruer tkaa Cra«riaidvil;e •» mil •
from Augusta, from which point an c.:giac waa
sant up to Uui;>n Point, li milM fanhrr. 'lua
engiuiser re^rta that iha^ncmy wtr^ thr-.e tulles
above tke latter place, in what force was fcoi
knowii, bat beli*;v«d to be but a cm til b dj ut
eavalry. It is rumored that tne enemy
the OcoQce below tko rai.road bridge. i'ij« ta*-
my waj in ^reeastK>rough on Sunday attcrnoon
Augitsta ComtitmtioneUiii, '2‘2d
W^Uem N(^th ('mrolina.—Kirk ou Aua «r
&aid.—We have good authority for etatiug tuai
the aotori)iu vilUin Kirk is on an extensive raid
in Western North Caroliaa. Oor informatiuu i»
that on Monday last at tha head of from 800 te
12f0 thievac and robberc and murdererc, ^c ca
tered tha town of Kutnsrfordtoa, Rutherford coun
ty, and raabad and destroyed every thing betero
hLm. At iaat aeoounta he wac reported aoviog
ia tlae direction at South Caroli ta
tvoici«6ora’ iStm**
TtuJtm i/«iiM.-~New Tork papers of tku ^ltt
report dhermaa advancing tawarda Sava&nah b
two colasans—one to go to Maeen, tha other to
Augusta—Beaufort, S. C., his ultimate destiua-
tioU| where he intends to mako tbe South Ailantie
Blo^ading iS^uadron kis future base of supplies
Only such buildings at Atlanta as aould be of
keaefit to the rebels were de;itroyed. The uxton-
siva Roiling mills, stablea and store biases at
Rome, were destroyed.
A Cinainnati telegram says 900 rebel prisontr
arrived at Nashviiia Saturday from Atlanta.
They believed tke plaee cvaeiuted aad rushed in
to pillage and wcro captured
Now York papers ot the 23i eoatain a telegram
from Nashville, of tkc22i, which says nearly two
weeks have passed since direc‘ inlurmation has
been received Irum Sherman. At least a montn
ago he informed tho autaorlties at WasUmgtoa
ot his pians.
A Washington telegram of the 28 d says tkoi-e
is information from City Point that but a ahort
time will elapse befuro the Sjuth (}sp I'aoal is
opened
Gen. Burbridge has taken summary action lu
the case of Lieut. Gov. Jacobs, of Kentu.;ky, de
ciding his baniiihment bcyon-i Federal iiaes.
No Ho’-e J^9tos/riiiJi Georgia.—The War De
partment at Riohmoad has forbidden the transmis
sion ol any fuith«!r uleorgia war news by tuiegraph,
on the grounds that the enemy iely upon such
news tor infortuaiioa ooncerning Suorm.ia.
Dsathef a Traitor.—^. Cobb
[lately expelled from the Coufedvrate Congresti]
was killed a few days since in Nortn Alabama, by
tne accidental diachargo.of one of his uwn piptoie
da has tor sometime past been eonsorting witu
the yankees, and was not long since in Nasnviiie.
-Hia yankeo friends had presented him a pair rf
pistols, which he wore upon hit penon. One of
them dropped to the ground and w^nt off, the
ball penetrating his bowels and eoming out at his
bac^, causing death;—Augmtt Co7i*titutionali$t.
Worhan Murdered.~—A correspondent at Green
ville, Pitt County, informs us that a woman by
the name ot Mary Braxton was murdered in that
plaoe on Thuriday night, 17th inst., iu her own
houBe. Her head waa broken in four places, and
her throat out. She was then locked np in the
house, and was not discovered under twenty-four
hours. All her money, jewelry, olothing, and
bed olothing were carried off, not even olothing
enough being left to bury her in. The murderer
has not been discovered.—Raleigh Progrett^ 25th.
Sale of Negroet.—On Monday last, Messrs.
Tucker, Andrews & Co, ot this city, sold the fol*
lowing negroes at the prices named: 1 Boy IW
years old, $5550; 1 do 21 do, f 5S00; 1 do 40
do, 4150; 1 do 30 do., 5100; woman and man
32 and 33 years old, 17200; 1 wom n 26 do.,
92600; 1 boy 81 do., S520U; 1 do 17 dj., 47u0.
Raleigh Frogrtt*, 2£ith.
Wordsworth says that “the tall mountains sieep
day aad night alike.'' From their pillows in the
elouds, we should think they dreamed of Heavdn.
jtfrxcon Tetegr*fpk.
THE SCHOOL..
. A MILITARY &ND C/ ASSIGaL FINI^iHING
ACADBMT.
The aezt session begins Fab’y 1st, 1865, at Mebaacc-
Tille, oa the N. 0. B. B Waile the old course is
retaiacd, tfteaaivc additions have beea made, with a
view to makiagooo» coutiaac ac well aa'gjod scholars.
Address OcL WM. BINGHAM, Sup't,
Ochs, N. a
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