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CjUlOlKil'l'ATCmi In out the c f th We NO ACCOUNTING I U; i'ASTKo rMii-cifuIlt nii'ijiwt Id our Kt-prraentatives ti.4 sL nilnn l ll nti lt nnlitl urr. ' flALISltVUY.-NCy ' mojid n tUxixc.im". mi. .J..i.l I Sn.. s. . .-1 ... lUt.hi. L.rIl.ul,Wt I,. anirae Iheif Jto iinu . " ... Is au old adje, but whether or with lit ntat jenrddng , ihvii,rtion. We hurt , Uio arrangement oi tue ecneuuie oi braid f certain I'flvial on lit K-.ilr.mJ price ' fur tha State, we know not. who have wrniiW large fortunes i,, lo,,kitiir orer the Item which .;L....I ..aa aaaaa Aa uiA aa .a .a.A Ika faaa r I a m TUB cUUTUtli?) EXI-KWSS WMt'AW I. -Knout any kbuwh woo war . . . - . , We Unlit ibmk then ia a MNitv , for 5 ! "I . br t . ... F " ' .. -r - As bue aini crv that we hear, io torn quar- I (mud that our lUilnaJ Companies bn , ncjed, we find, however, tome ten, against tb xpres Compnav. Much observation and some experience aaibfia ua ibat iim Railroad 1xmi k never ran and .never wVH transport package atkl small arti cle wnh the same aatetjr, rrgnlanty- and promptnue that the Express Company does; and to the matter or cbarjret,' if .that be Ibe teal cause of complaint, why 'do put the sempehie whonarnJ the privilege to the fix l-re. thvf a to the Rwwilv of Ide latter to iu NiM ita - ratea ao enrm.ij. ii w in . the mimt of Kailroa4 officUle to fft JirkrteiM to Mifhtt, MiNtvMgrr aprcula ion otav hat QfiN tlmm inJaeemenH tod'ao. -' It la ha man to err. anVf ir vookl arearOonpnjr otiinta thnn to oooforrt to I not be a traniM tliinr l find that the i I r.'...i i I . . . . a reasuiuoie aude Wrga lonable a.Je! , But ia but tbeadraoosa vaiMditr of uen Imk( inttitiiUNl yttm 6f by the Exprenj Company eatwed, to a At u -VrMttt ,Ho,, MJ bw eit by the freq.ient creaae of ibe . l,.,,, wI t.ia live thai the, LfkilUire will irrul to the burbmi. If. the Etprvaa Coint4iMr.kuUi.rlr wit hunt escaae tot nch enoriuou ehargta, it kkiM he blown up, and our Kiirn.i CiHniMiiiie reouirrd at) to orgmiiM tbvir iyUriu of truina tiori na fally to meet tbr tntblie nVenaaily and at rale duly .rv)Mrlioned to the er vioa. a Komimtiom of HCUtUn - think thia ia a win nomination tor . the lVac, party of ibo Iflh, altlixk -JJeCWlan ha been a War man.' lie ia a man of u Mhif mU t aLI Aka aiv.1 Mnalila ul i. .l onl f..k ik-ir - . erg io- wilhaintfthfcn.lil r of the black aame abipment would ha been. U thia I ,,. t . , . . , demand of the Raihwad Cotnpaoiea- on them li(aletjh lYogrm. Thi ia 6oe of the qoarterV in which oppoailioa ha beea made to tbe fioniliern Kxurrw Comtmnr, and we are aura there it neoetsity for it. We al owed, hi daya ago, abundao; reason, a ibe. people in th aeolko beliere, why tbe Eipreaa Cnapany abould either be relormnl or bk)ed uj entirely. We ihowed that they charged about mint kmmdrtd mmd 4emtf- Jin ioiLirt mort f night on SO barreta of Coar alijed from ibia piaoa to Pnaern dbea not ahow n neoresity for reform then tboreia no occasion to cotnplnin of aaj thia; """ ; ' Ieflre ibe war.'we cnnidenl a barrel of ttnt to Pelefkb tj (or alaxit two dol Ian; and now, tbe Railroada owijr charge $t.lO Crom bere io CaU'tgh, and we aup poae five or tii more from there to Pclere bar;. Bat just try il by Eipreaa, and yon are required to pay fifty -kJbri and twenty-nee centa per bbl, inanranee todod ed, bok n" iw ruit takt f Now, what are tbe eipenaea to jaatify Ibb anoroona cbarga. The. Cotnpaaj have a tttfinea, can, railroad track, bridge, depou, or any thing of tbe aort to keep np. Tbey are at no expenae al all, except for the taiariea of tbvir local agtota, employee, meaMnera. o:a, and tbe incidental fxpeane of their ofiioea kern nsi there. We all know thai n com par ed with tbe Bailroad which do their traaeportiag, tbey are eonipamtirelj at no expenae. - Weil, tben, bere is n company, ae far as we know an irmjm$ibU com pany, wbicb baa fastened iiaelf upon onr a (egiUwntn buetneae .with - tbe ! j ticeabW tjiml.. Ff iiUtiice:.Btana, nyit may not e ami to wnqmn rur- wUU . jyjj -rw pt tiown al $ 10 w huahcl. " And 4 brand,' tji jle, at $20 Jr- gallort. r Vj, we would 'aWk, ucli i ,liflortticn be tweett tlitiae frticlee .H, , AVe . . iingic9 m to the pcrton nello of the Cuiuiniaaiotiera of Ai lriertietit', (Iwth enknown to na,) tlmt their uuntn, in jfwd tituca, were of a roetinte kue, but jtow, though alihtljr enUrjed; of rather jmle Miid ii bd oed appear &ii ct with little blue uueicijid t vht ;ib1nl lit, tiiunw jiuiea tlri, they were of rotund fwnii what Wne folk ' would cell "SojUiren' wervna now,. there ie n certain autouiit - of, flahineaa . aud iyiiidle-ahankfdiieM which make one think of "banquet hall deserted. Tnut in ani'tigia. the price of these article, fond iiiemorjr brought, in uicaaure, tbe li)Lt of other day arxund thetn, When 'mile" were plenty and -afge, jpwtin tliem 6u the ".right and the left, and fairlj utiafying their eongeoial nature. ' Wh.,oiler such iapiration could think of oornftkl Itant, except a 'wittiljr perpetrating the ridiculoua! Every hudy know tkey are alwaj on hand ntii-nj the pnr and meek, eren in war time. The come without inviting are a common a' anrt ahine thonjrn not qmte o pHtnf. But Brandy ! well, now it aint just o with it. We xra, rj;iii w U Ke upon fuurni'ore yearn, and neee.ioily near the close of a tie of dutinguslied puWio and private worth, concludes a letter of congratulation on the rrault uf the late election as follow: 1)ne tbinjf inort For llfaren - aake, trie ror ntinoM to repress iwrry in eitb er tbe ExcutiV or. LefWalive Depart menu and in tbe groat body of lb people, till th greet atmjtjrw ahall o orer. - Vp to the eataUiahinent of iMir Jndrpendenrn keep 0 tojrrlher, , as One peopl . . fu-r that men of nut bi ton may vanlt to then RpoUican nud if elected, will display aoio wiaduta in grappling lh vital ques tion on which bang the destiny of both the Nwrlhera and 8ontbern Stales. If be sboold cotiM-ol to stand on an unequivoc nl peace platform, and can be elected, we may JTaaunabJy expect an early terminal tion of tbe war. If it be true that the peo ple of tbe United States -diav discovered that their own liliertie are endangered by tbeir attnuipt to derie aa uf our, we may calculate, alee on n great revolution in pub I'm aentiment there, a recognition of the dctnne of Slate sovereignly, and of onr right to fbno a separate Kepubla if we choose to do ao. Without this, the war will go o. heart' eoMeat, far mT ' "r '? ' To nil of wbwh m4 utter a hearty nmen t Anvvt aire baa' been hereiolore, to Ignore party, and to keep oar ople na one iat in their devotion to the great enwan of In lepeudenoe, ao will k be a)ill until that In deiendeno in arenred. Since April 1881, we have belonged to no party and mean to bekvtf to none till the war b ended. ' In like manne have the treat body of the people f North Carolina acted from the day when the war was fiiat waged ngainit them by Lincoln. A' all their electRMi since the I at of January. 1901. they hare manifested Inn disreeara of fwrtiea. &peciatly nnd pre rAiirtently has tbi been the case in ibe electaa of tJovemor. Coi. Vance, an ohl Whig, baa been twice elected ht unheard of niajoriliea, in a Htate w hicb hail far ten jeer previous to tbe, war been largely oVroocratieV And' peOle who had been fur the old Union by an overwhelming majority, have ainoe that time been united overwhelmingly a(aint it" A it la been for the pa4 f.rar tears. ' ao it will be till tbe war a end till our independence - nnd a 6nsl separation from tbe vile yankee rc are fully and certainly secured. Fa jr. Oe. Ws lo roost heartily endorse these view, and have cherished theiu ever since thia war begun. -We have earnestly endeavored to know co party, bnt have aimed to give our feeble strength to the cause of the country. We have denoonc eJ men both of the old Whig and Duiocrtic partie as we Tiave seen them laboring, a we believed, to build np party J and in thU, the j mutt offer a premium for peach and people, who have no ambitious end ?9"Th EvabcelicalTbact Sociktt. P,e Brandy. It trne, a bushel 1 1( --eninulial. I.avn snataind n. of tbe Southern Cole.lern,y, designed of tieana will keep life in tbe body LGovornor Vance, a ha beeu trnlv chiefly to minister to the plritnat weed of ; of a man fir a month or more, and j aaid, owes his elevation to thi pre our noble defender, is the ieprem;nutive At him for any amount of hard labor-j railing evntiment. it wa that of alt denominations of ChiMiana, who j on the farm, in the shop, and even wlaiola elected him at the first elec- tbrowg1i.ii, lay tlieir offerings ,f piety uon j uc, M diging trenches, double-1 tjont ,nj ,M recently re-electeJ tbe altar of patriotism, and lead the sol- ' quicking or lighting. But-who ! ,jiiu. n,e are ttMj lni,taken who diers of the country to heeome the aoldiers of th Cross. a ' Conservative can aiaiiu ani i inirer uie uiui mo- it iMi.eaoq...nersareiiers. , n,ltnn of lifw u itlu.nt tl.o hliaaf.il . l n 8 .i.- r -. i . i - . i uf iit uai it m , mi, 111 iiitj iMinr. Va with iiinMiinriM in ntlivr eiltM. I.. .. . .. I j r j i wm .... - - - . ' - - - . 1.... ,fn ... ... - . A . am I 1?Ai1AAila BilkAal KMAfflinff ft r.f I J t "t..l . i " J ... i ....v to oureoldiers, them, doiag tb very work for wbicb those j cupied in diHributing tract Bonds war built, expending nothing in the army and in tbe bor-piuia. aaoong tb psopl and cbargiag tbem more j The Society ia now greatly ia need of thaa Umes as much for tbe wort J foods to carry on it truly benevolent work, wbicb tb Bailroad oegnl tb do, and do j ,d calls on "ibe f iends of the soldier aod those who have a heart to labor or to give for their piritual welfare, to mpnd in their contributions. Jilks I). McN'iklt ia ajrent far the Society in this pae, and will gladly receive and transmit tbe con tributions of thue who with to hlp for es well ae tbey. Bat it is soggesled that lb high charges of the Express Company is caused by the increased denxods oa tbem by th Bait road Companies. Does aay one suppose that lb Bailroad n . . ... - ! ompaaie cnarge ue txprea more man i ui ,ruJ. gwod WOfk Uteir pnUuktm rate I V by sboold tbey f j Aay body baa a right to aead freigbu on tba Railroad at tbe pnbmned rales, snd it ia hardly probable that so good a cus tomer as tbe Express would be required to pay norr, even if it were lawful to de mand iL There is no intt suptort io we like to see, nnd if there are any more of all mere imagination the Commi&iorters "may he tee totallers sons f f Temperauce of the sternest order ICechabites Wushingtoniatii, and what not. But we would just like to know for the fun of the tiling why they offered ai sense we have heretofore under- I stood the term, who elected him. Let Governor Vance swerve from jtlio high, patriotic course which has heretofore distinguished htm, and you will soon see that lie is without supporters. We hope that day is far very far distant when we that sugjwokw. If tbe Bailroad officiate are charging more thaa tbe published rate, by what authority ia H done, and what becomes of tbe excess f If by prop er aotboritj, does tbe excess go into tbe ' Treasury of the Companies ! And if into tbe Treasury of tbe Companies, is that not unfair, unjust dealing with the people, tat explain themselves. Or if . not so, j thut they will get Billy Hoi den to write an essay on Brandy and it ABSENTEES FROM THE ARM V. , uses, as against the cornfield Bean. Since the pubHcatioa of ibe General 0r .,wr den of General La and the Proclamation of Tlie Iiichmf.rid Examiner of the Gor. Vasce, we are gratified W learn that 30th, in an article on the Xortll five have reported to the Enrollii.g pffKvr Caolina etcctio'i, tnLef occasion to for this county, votumtarily. This i what ia' sdme lirettv lianl things of (io. ernor Vance, whm it is pleased to clasa with Ilolden and tiie Ltaches, and characterizes as 'trimmer," whose election, in iuclf reflect no? honor upon the Slate, &c. - The Examiner xoe not know the people of North Carolina as well as premium tor sparkling Brandy nod J . ; f oriranizations snubbed the wthy Bean. Wehope,, lhi. oUnUy at one time fet- l they will come out in a "Card" and ; terrti ,V ntlUiu v( t!,e people, and! these misguided mea, in ibis oooaly, we once more appeal to tbem to come forward aod avail themselves of (be very humane offer of Gen. Lax and Gov. Yasck. .For the fate re Ut therti wipe out the atain eniaiied upon their good name by tbi one fain steps-, and make a record which will be generations. . . To tbe friends of lliee men, we appeal to call on them in ptrton and persuade whose booefii ibcae roads were built ! The f read with pleasure and profit by coming KaiiroaU Ooropamec, m that case, have be come corrupt. Tbey profess, by their pabUaijed rates, to work at certain price ; but in reality make a corrupt bargain with a earrwot fc-omean v enter iMu m-icro i ia wilb il by wLica it abstracts from lb public wore than tber profess to charge. And tl at Company, having secured the reduced ithem to the condition of beast in the shamble, to be bar tered and sold to accomplish the ambition of vile speculators in poli tics. . Prcphttying. Everybody knows that Billy Holden has been a proph et for a long time often nnder taking to tell in Advauee the result of measures, of elections, kc., tc. Wa aru a litll.t l.m lit nllo'.V wt . f . 1 A ..... 1 I 1. . I. .. . I. f jj.h th is u.'i i.' wen aiiuw u von. no. i Fayette ville Observer has lately made a prediction. That paper says Uolden will, within the next two years join the Destrnjctives," the be ought to. . Ita view from the ,, t J . , V1 . A . . . . , . ... . o badly for the last year , or two. etand point taken, are not without : J i some justico and truth as they re- j WLtt J0 of JJ8KBTtK iLRRESTt J. esse X. IS THIS SO! Tlie Conferral of the 31st An says ! . ' ,', '.. t.-.. ; We lake this opportunity of m king note of another thinr, a groe unmitigated evil It ia the habitn employment I if The' local offices men. wIki aro fit tor field duty. Oi ee them every where. In the e rolling oflWso lrgiu wilh.i Ik General want a clerk t Ue wi takes the 1 priinmwei aitd bealthie yonng mtn he can fll. IX tl Adjutant Ovner-tl ne Bureau ami taiital Tlie Q lanerrwaaier, O.ri niiaaMry end all the v ry !, jm par Nieiit I 11iey find tbein among tl: young and aide txrdied far too mud While our nnuy i hard presse a . " worn with constant, labor. .m, wei rying ilnttew, its brci redncuU, an the duties) of each Foldicr iucroaved there are ever hem to ho foun those who arc :i,wf fit, cxemt-te all the wnr, and kept from aharlii the otMmna nnd dan:er.MH dutic which ripttrtiiiiti to tho hrviie:,r And what th Fuw rt-q.Urea la con stautly viol.ite.l, and c-vjihioiis ar made f it.pntvji on. The (1ivth ir.ent is nof to hlume for inix, lut h injiridnal who slight '"its coniiiMtid And the iihwI Uiui'tiTaUht tvnture t tho case, so tar m Norili Curolina i ooncertied, ie that the 'SiiMtie-ofiiccs, at. they .are called, have U en.fille. during the warhy tle whoto lien rt were least in the cane, and ar now iu many imst..iice6, by dislovai uiei Yankee at hei-rt. w bo aro shielde. from the inilitAryeerv ice by "shad,' employ men t." Bii trSndoftbtedly rtrrie, and it li an evil which calls for correction. The law requires that these, yostig. able-bodied men 8hould4o eonscripl ed and sent to the army, aud theii places iu Ooyeruineat ollicea fillni hy those who are not capable of field service. - Whv t it not tMie. jliose ho not respo'nsiUo should be held to s strict accountability, aud we doubt not will be. We are qnite sure that neither President Davis nor Gov. Wnce wiW fail ia their du ty in the promi'-e. They owe fidel ity to the people- whose servant they are and t6 the laws pussed by their Ti-presentutivc and w bt-lievo they will not fail intentionally In theri du ty. Let thesw able-bodied men be reported to, tie enrolling ofUcert, aud if they fail to do tiieir duty and the wot k wilt be dene; IS Tlie Wustern . Demotaci Charlotte, takes the samo view we do of the Southern Expren Co and of the rightful expectation of the peo ple that tbe work done by thia com pany should he done by the Bail rond Cutapani s. In announcing itseiew, however that paper dis claim Atiyi feeling of i i eaa u re to ward the agents of the Express, by whom it hay.uiiifurt.Jy been treated with kindness, courtesy, Ac. fcc. We did T-Botdeeti it necessary to make thi diefclbiinvr, because wo presumed no tuch cti8t ruction woald be placid). upoo our opposi tion to it, bused ai it ', upon prin ciple, and the impolicy f the thing. a . ai.l .' a - ti. f kt -"&. w SV03 S Sa-ra v a a them by U that is deV to.thenv to com cirOf ts natural, bnt an, error for -all i'(jjibert Co C 44 "reHtheRt was ' that every-ma should die an honorable to the Governor. arrested by Geo. Tl. Feeler, on j .t .1.. u . .1 :r .i . Crnna Creek, vatcrdav. and wraa death on the field, than to meet the awful doom of the derler, wHipLHnd of the llaiboa'Is make ue of it writing to ns uraut has stiic wora to tlio poo i pie at the North, by Ex-f from . f,e3'' 'atiy on a vipit to m army, to Crane Creek, yesterday, and was dvli vcrjd to Capt. Iloyt He says ho is from Stanly county. the calling out of tlie fl. ui m r. f 1,1 tna mil rr.jl. k.vtm. Ilurfr I v a.. ear "r.ariv i eirmte raaeri subjecting th'in rot only to si Tence l ut to ulmiwko, a-l have nothing more to do but jut to inake as much n.o a ther oicaM. T Lev kave mo nop '.i.ed almost all the tnat-7reizhu that over the Load, anj a.o a large A terrible Powder Mill explosion took place at Augusta, Ga., "oh Ihe with a ieageance, arid abtMct rom the A friend peopMo :tbeir bean s coattnt. . Tbey bavjF j , , . nr.al.at..a,n i 4'8ses their souls with pafenceM vell . that all will come out right that furlough regular! v. It don't look i Bucce8 ' beyond doubt- that his j 58th, killing fcighpersons, and like ue is greatly reluced. This ; r?p-d plan is certain to be suect;-1 blowing the building into fragments. army-ia-as gay as a Christmas par- ' ,U) 3 There were about 6,000 lbs. powder : Tn votved tiribTe expldsion: " rsn of ?! ticreroroeul fieight. Tb lUil- i,-. -t 1. ...Mr I roaj vinj(aiiieiiare cen unuauj' .urmea r at. so l are no longer' the public innilu v.o they ' were de;gned to be. Tby - ... 1 . a . ! Uie tm without tne eoiMiano. ty. I'm perfectly rejoiced that I am with it again. We are quarter ed in town. Our bands serenade every night we have dinners, cake, tve, all around the pecple The peace prospects as rep- f resetiled by the latest Northern pa- pers received, are not 60 cheering as i they were a few days ago. We all soou hear from? the Chicago Tnr-rr-r onfr aarf-maclrirte-tfarouli . halfraxy for joy-Ain't we iQ clo-4G.mvention, however, andsbatttfaeo aitful mta arestyrt:nj and grind-j er t know what to expect. Col. W. If. A.-Steer, of tho 28th N. C.t was killed in the recent fight on the Weldon, road. He was Sena tor elect from Aibyitdn, Surij aod Watauga. " Z:'"r: sonal matters I" cortul us in ques tions of public po',i.-y, lnt that may not be known by cv.?ry !dy. The gwnts of tho E.;rr h iro always treated us with r-t-; -et and liberali ty, Hut that Is no reqawi why we shouhl "keep 0 r k ' wl;. n wo see that Company i:n ' in,; u: the pub lic, as ot laiti it i oiktii. it arJTuTor svthe, at. ibis Wy tim oi t t vkht to bunt detterters, and ky il tl.ii.i. M ha Imo!i through flse ripr'a,"it','"" i" trmd to the loyalty of the c.u-::r. The llonie Guard has betn called out in liowan, be dell, Stanly, MeckUih.irg, Union, and a great many other cotin if iiot through out the State. ' We th:nV th. Prut mut be miftakea io the ii.f iorcclt diaws touch- . tng the loyalty of the county . Can it l6 Po'nilh: The Ne York Sun says "t!io number of reb el prisoners now in ciiBtotly, is "of ficcrs four tbouRand," crrlistcd ien fifty thousand, in round numbers.".
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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