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- Jt .' "1 - - - .. 1 . I.'-. ft -.' t 9 D A" I Ar CON.SJiBYATIVE-. BY J. B.; NEATHEBt CO. DECEMBER 14,1104. "to tub indisposili m of our C4ni lite Cnirrraitet for ourcity "subscribers will, be nt ta the Tot Oflic f ?r a few dajs:. j . V' -- V Lr L atts; &ui:UT. Litf.; vf inleiest f ? j in either-Hoiis yeserd.iy. . r- ' 1- , , Jrrtht nt&p.ib'ic sclioorbiU was diseased ' r?4 praaad its second reading, j . )" ' In the 27 a resolution of thanks lo Col. Jos I.'Bwrr arte h:s coiunund f r gallantry at K nston ' was adopted, tad tbe revenuo bill discussed at After U-diy the-IIouse will sit'at nigbl also, scs-. sion aiaiBin5 at 7 p. m. j ' -j. '' Tffl ircvi2tal the Confederal upon our 5 Iris id Mr. rhillipa .had Wen Jfo consUnl for-seve-ral fiytf before cur article jf Monday that we thought it might be becoming in us to try and create . a slight "diversion" in bis favorj t uej a miliary xrr'SM.n,but we have really received! more than w e Jvai gr.nui fir, i lid ? c fir d j the whole t m nt turned upornour 'devoted bead. jOurs wo , regarded 1 as only a milf -rWAy nf m uskclry but we reejeiv in return a Urdble caunor.atie. We thought the weapon - of attack" wj-weie using was only the small instru nicntct pointlcfs ktccl used by the fencer, out we fee cur t.eijihW has mistaken it for a4 sharp poioan apd'iWtcf.dof r'nere!y parrying our thrust wit a wfapcnhkc .our ocn and giving us another, he almost frl.i.Nrs cur helmet with vigoious blotirs , -t , . . - - . ' t frfin a'trwadawerd. j " Now awiausly, we thought our article of Mndy wra exactly ia the 'stvle'iT the CwifeJerate's attacks uptn Mr. Fkillips, paitaking ol the halinage for .which that pp w 6 ffi.ukahfe, and after rtflac ti(m nptt it, w't'j the new light thrown over it by the Chvjf&iirtUe, we raDiiM see that lho language ' ugy el it is t!uri.MJ thin entirely urcslltd for. Is tber iytbiVg ve htve said about Mr. Piiillips" fiKailant that tke'style adopted by hin toward? Mr. P. dfflOxa Jaatify, .vi arrant, nay, suijgekt? Isthepo erfttn af bH juinabi.H le.Wlihle to criticism than lbs ef a aaaaaaer of the Iiote of ("omnjons? The UtKT is ratanible for I is ctui.e to the ITovne and hit rmr iitf "r '- -the fi-nnci isj uhpoiitihle o the - fivtbU Wa eAot sec. Uiat vie arc 44 interuiedJling a car aafaaaa M,-. PhillH. W tliJ ftot bring hi baa! tUc itlic, nor Vo w e intend .to; hrfng i nr.T MBilaaaait the iluust: of Cuni-ns or Srnate VriJ irhB in diftjr. in politic, vce-llts?' before the- pueiir, hat he Wing-brought hn'orrt the pubWc by ar:o:hr, trIy vt have a iglt to defend him as ' a 44ftienav witk jat nivh Rcpms as hia assailants u. , T7e ara'aat j fttitled in - u.sing greater force tbtt ?4 r.ccfary to protect him, nor have we done J K. Hon ok Hr. Phi Pi pa- UeIth and ssrength be gtrsaaia " the quialicn hi his liht lo ttd.o hi . ipwt in i Lajialature, o: U '!e nature of his reso lntrx?nl te4chtsin the Legislature? Our neigh W in a aeMr Uvician thn we if lie ran fiec Uow. can f c by the Lut that Mr. PliiflLj.d is not fcerving kid tpiuntry 4niOng the soldiers nnd the bayont,' ! Aa favorite pliraso ofour n'ciglibors, Is ary tfe aKt:al o the qiicfilu.p's of const! tug ttrmil law, &, , thin" the fct "that other people,' ed iUrs iT ftcfrittftr8 for c smut !c, re 'serving their f country eUetchere cr ol'ej iUe. Eveiy man in his dealfoR wtthike Coi M j.huhV he willing to take the cam kin a if iurra.ct (the woid coin ahsoieie) htsoSVrs. 1T.c veature to llirm that. if the Conftil eraU? 'rifturfa n Mr. Phillips1, thi sejof hht sunk. !pe aijd the late tnr, an 1" his article of yesterday upon Uh are esltated " with ou!, thi piiz for farthest transctndii g the bound-? of 44 decorum " would not be awarded to t . ... . - .As for our offrring to lecture the Confederate we have np idea cf doing anj- such thing. If he akts a tarmlcw, '-friendly ctitieiMii of his rough manner of handling a-fn.end' of ours in jpticb a spirit 'us be does, v e dare not hraTP his indignat on by an at tempt on our pirt to lecture hin. j Ab lo the citcgorical question iput by the Con'ed $rate 5jo the writtr vl .our, editorials wehave only to eaj' that such enquiries arc inadmissible on the KiorecfcAurttsy and yet we return an answer. The . paper is oars and its; artie'es, whether! by birth or adoptan it wakes uo difference to the public aie also ours. ' ' J . .Dr. II at wooi lias' ibeer. apDointcd bv ' " - i Vsneo a Director in the! Insane -Asylum' ot KeTth,rGarIiaa, to fill Iho untxnirtd teiin-tf Law- rnce llinfc,' deceased. , . (Piom ft AiB-jr Coriefiuuieiitdrthe CiDirratlvc ! Laks Dkjgaie,"A. Ji. V f ' - December otb,'lSG4. ( . .Er. Xiifcpr: If ur-readers expect to hear e'c- TV wvtk: cf n -big bitiJe," and if notnmg else from S amy ia iaHcrcs'.iug-, thtftT.I shall, not he able to C?tJfj tb. The armies before Petersburg scv;tn 1:.9 tl: biit the weather is very ih.e, and the ?rr yt M leo. 9anv may move at any time, he 'ctj'30e a rid a few-'dsy.- ago on a Depot seme wbareiahia rs cilleil -Stony Creek", I think, ! and than b actually captured a few hundred bash c!k of -eornnd Ourried i ine. ri;!wood buildings, but "our cfScimt cavalry, coming up, he retirid with his uctiil Ctctnao of faot. ' We filled a few of his peo pla, Nptar4 rnor.e, and with this e Vded .the great 4on to Stony Cfek." Xrrantevidohily cipturd the phca bnt Mid nat hnld it. This is reliable. We cVfect bsin to maka noihcr attack upon "Peters , barj bfrbra finally settling down , into winter quar NTs. ;Beinj always praptrcd for.bim, ' lie will not FarwTisa : ut; should bis wisdom dictate . another flnV uovt'uient cr assault r nor indeed will ire be -particular rtxad should he forego the pleasure al- "v rtctited tire message of Oov. Vance. . L5k all fcla OO'f . papers.' it evinces a detp interest itr Uie wtllar of tLe ldirs. i ' . , ' -f. - . 1 Bl he It .8cifs uo way of stianlvinc the . : Foldtera, wit ah,, ft.ia we very much regret, as thy. will ha eed4. Uor. Vinco is indefatigable in behalf ef fce tahiient, awd he wfd allow ua to hope r tfnt ha ustal ga-l Iack,i:lat;eMlah:sifIortsT(isttr.' -ply tU witk tbat indispensable at ticle. (- " - v; ' 'v-":-' --;y : ""J S?QMA' ;:: .TMBnxdf; FIo Tnis ia tho (tin of am inrtHntUMTabh'ekW 6y the State of (ieorgi (0 j provide for tuc tifppiirt f ili, women and children who htVc Wen driven from I heir honies. L; has already lteaa ee?eDtyfiyeand. one bandred famiiiicB in charge. - Amoiijj' thtrn are.,ohly six v men", all of whoa ra dualled. Looms, itpinnioij whetlsV.andKjlber facilities for self npport - aro beicprotided, and'St S -tlioogl the Uorue vill Xqkt9 caf liiuitci aid from tie Treasnrj,. -.v - x or tao uonsarrawvw. r - I desira : to -call the attchtionlof your dersto some considerations connected with the subjey of impnsnents, because there is so much real igno ranee of 4he law. on the part of thv jxcople an i total . anL. probable - dtsrcg--.ft Jf -the- lar, by', the offlceis of thejjorernment charged wit b-iU-execa H lion. ? l am the nVore anxious to bring this- matter to the public attention nof, because,: . ynprmf tneriw are! UnforhinaelyV becoming general,' ?id I niaj 4 ot d4ily,occurrencev Impressments ofh't?rse?t trle buon; Hour, and, in facValmost eyery thing, and yet I Vent lire t a assert that in not a single ins'anco has the jtquirciiients of the law been obseiyed. Indeed it is owing to this f4Ct-tlat impressments- bar;lej come no fcxiremely odious. Th pi visions -ot the iropress'tnent law's are firm and just and such ns no I one that I trve met wtu onjects 10 out me ui6' irregular, arbitrary conduct of the impressing agents is doing a vast deal of in if chief. '"' '.. 1 The law directs that in all cases ? where snppbeg of any kind arc wanted .by; the government,! that the impressing agent shall t flfer v a price for tho. same whiclH if refuseil by (he own- er, the officer and the owner are each'to self ct froh the neighborhood two arraisers who arc to fix the price it they agree, and if nor; to calUn'n third, ami. h a..p;ion in either cpe is tfi'iZ. from which ihere H no appeal except in those case where .the-- rteh has been purchased, is held for speculation. Thi i the la w the practice ia entirely different. ; The Government agen'R offcronly the schedu'o price of the c mmissaries which is upon an avrrage about ono fourth the maiket pric - Th a of course as a general thing.rcfused and the property is impressed ard often without paying anything except in a pro une to pay. Tt w-a the intention of Congress that a fair rnarH ket price frhou'd be paid, and indeed Congnss lias no auth'-rity under the constitution to impress propj eity for less, than the maiket price. This is clear In tie e8C of AVr. B. Isaacs vs. Ciairborne, tried bes f.re Jude Lyons, in Richmond on th 23rd March' 1863 -that eminent Jmlge delivered ' an elabo-J rate and able opinion on tho subject of impress inents and with reference to-the price the iiovern men t -was under Iho constitui run bound to pay used this language, 4,aecording to numerous decisj ions iist conipvnsation means an equivalent,'' a tecompense in vh1u for the .property taken, viha the article would sell for in the market anil not the price which the "o'-cr .might demVnd Of which one person lor especui reason uognt e wining io grrej and fur this be quotes several nuthoirTies.' R cluuond" Exauiiner, March 24. 18()3. While Cong-es therefore under the constitution din impress or Uke private property f f. the public use, i c.xn only d so upon payirtg j u t cpmpensa tion" in the liniuagH of the c mstitutbni "nd thh rne; ns according to Ju!gft Lyons the. tnrk6t val ue." This d cision was maile befo'c the impress ment I was passed jind inde d vvliile the sulject was brfore that boJv and the. decision too wasmadfi :it their eiy' dior. while the. siif jeci-ws before thejij eyes, and with sin V air expression ..of the coi.stitil tion before tin m d claiin llit Congress couhl pas" no law 'to-take' private propcity, except uponthc nditignif paying a Ono to ht the niuket. priceJ e impressmc'-t law was passed-which wisely pro j videU for the piyment of the just ci:mpenstifin ana which piinc'ple has never . en d -p'ted fr-oin ;iii any suhseqoeiit anirndinent tint I Invo scerv;.Thcfid tacts I think conclusive y show what was tho intcn lion ot Congress ; indeed so manifestly -was it ' the purpse of-Congress, that no property shoul I he in pros d without, a full nwirkei ) .price )eing paW, that upon Uio passage ot trie Uwjor some amend uient; Mr." Fooie excUitued 4'i;ow the Government can uet what supplies, it needs," brciose it was gos mg to pay lh" market pifce; anu it wou'd havo iot ten andean still get. what it needs if it will piy the mat Ket. price, n iiev.er win iinonc ' . Ytt the language of the able Judge . in the case- re ftr ed to is so very stiking t!iat I must quote a ps ige more. "Can'the Goveroment siva he ,Jhv failing to procure suies for. theafmy aitheprr.p.r time or by iclusing tobuy fchern at the. nrnvi paid by all ctiZiMi's becHU.'t it considers thos prices too high, cictte a case oi necessity and then appeal that necess'ly.to justify the fonnnle seizure of them ? If it his the liht to sejzft flur for instance at an aiUurary valua'ioiv why. , has it not the same light to fix any price which it pnv choose to say is reasonable, and make those pprscif who happen to own supplies uar nc cruel expense ot the armies and of the war;. Does not the same, nrinejnle which would justify the impressment . also justify - anv measures which may be nacessarv - to overcome or punish any opposition to 4t.? If this doctrine be mniotatned what docs the G'overnnhent become but. an unmutigated despotism one to be administered -by force accoiding to the will of'its officers and not according to the laws of the land4?' ? .. Again be says 4it e Constitution of the ConfeiW rate States was made for 'time of. war as well as of oeace. It was passed and adopted by the several States when it was evident we slioidd soon be ens gaged in a do dy and cruel war, tc.:' - ' .-.,-'-Indeed, if some remedy i not .applied to this ten ible evil, the industry of th'e; country wiN be piralysed; people s,ay they jnve nnr indiKJment to libor ihen the fiuits of their joil nr0 taken froiri theni without just- conipenKation. I have heard men declare that they would rot fvlttn more hogs than was absolutely necessary for their own families. because their surplus of bacon or p:rk is impressed at piices that will not tnmpensate them for the ex- j.itii.-c i uuiuj; si. a u is. is a ia ne view ot the. mats ter, hecause everylhingshould be done by all means 16 increase. the supply of provisions- f r our armies especiHllv, but still men will thus reason and act, and as long as yon tako any from them; the inducement to labor, -pari from p!rjotisyi, Je.w-will exert the-ns sei ve . Rot ter, far better, would -it be for the cov-1 eminent to pay, in every instance, the full, market ptice, jet it he ever so high, than to discourage the industry, of tbs country. It maj' be said, '-.as it b.is been, u at the government cannot afford to py these high prices. Tt-is ia a great mistakp ; the cost of our struggle for independence is iiothinr compare I with the hearty acionr co-opc'rat.ionand harmoivy of the F,-i,,c c -au auuru if i-ajr iirgT prices jor an our supplies, but weeannofaff id to discounge our citU ten, or immess th hi with the belief that they arc to be tho vict:ms of a cruel and oppressive govern ment Rut the' pe p!e are not without remedy. Thank God we still live under a government of laws Which will shield'and protect her innocent and.loysl citizina- If any agent of the Confederif govern ment violates the impressment iaar. let ih nurtw irjured sue him In a wrft'of-rephvin, then the officer win iiiYu ia skive o?nq article unlawfully iinpres owner at the determina appear that he hs vi latd ibe law, in t?ie seizure of it. Tjils.will efTectuallv put. a stop to all unlaw foX eauresof property.' In addition to thH Jfee Gen eral Assembly, on the 12th of Docmbef 18G3, passs ed a law which makes the unlawful 8iz-ie of in v proTrsiuns, "stock, or mht-r pri.-ate property of any kiiid, by any. person xIUiumg'au'thTrriiy.ta impress a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction1 sha'l 'be fined and imprisoned at the didrcfion of the Court It also is msde the diityof any Justice of the Peace opon complaint on oath of ibe partj', to issue his warrant fr tho afrestyif , the -pirti-H charged with such unlawful proceedings, and upon i satrsftctory evidence, shaibbihd him vef:to the next Superior Court of the county in which the off nee was com mitted. . - OLD NORTH STATE. - Union cr Coc-KcnEs.Rer. Arther Clereland Coxe, D. ' D-i JKpiscopl Bishop of Western New X or k,( preached a s:rmon in Brooklyn, a few days since in which be proposed a Union of Episcopaliansv Presbyterians, MethodisU. Moraviarrs,- and . other vi t luu.uaaw yj me witcene reea. in oounto ine value of the" 7 . oT ; wv " Fv.pu,fli sedfor lbedeliveryifittothe ! Ve,.,-n.li,,bu?,!l " guarantee to the world of the ion of the suitif.it shall lntinueu , eievotion of Worth Uarolma to the great l GENERAL frt . I" , SENATE, "friii' 'V L?'cyrTeBaiA Dec; 13th, ISG4. r:.: The Stnatc wia rnened 1 wit h nmver by Afkinaon. pf jibe Presbyterian CKiircii. v;. ' f .-: ., -, RiiU to amend tha.antl-distilUtion act jph .pro posed a mend men t exfc ndlng the prold bi tion t the brewing ,ef beer or inslt l.qoo:?, or the disfilj itirn of iiPoyV and reeiuirirg'tbe vxporiire tf still houses, itct; to tti' e ftrrrc f iin. of M"ai Irate-)? to remove the obstructions if! s Up Swafi'pt to incorporate the Confederate "Joint ' Sfoe k Pubbahfng ;C-., to pay louuiies ti tba Junior Jleserves, and resolutions t procrfe thovriil6sofrern active military service of crtaiu infirm citizens were severally read a second time. : '.' ,:L - -- - ''" ' J , The School Bill then ling before he Senate, Mr. Dick proceeded to say that this Was "a mitter of qreat importance and, next tonilitary affairs, of interest to tho State and then dbcussed seriatim the chan ges contemplated by tha1?lll in the scheol Ttem uf the StaU. The most important of these chanea were those which alter Ihe name from the coinnmn to the publu: schools of North Carolina,. and provide that tho ages for pupils thai I hojeafter be, instead of from C to 21 yeais as heretofore, in all cases, cjC tended to twenty -even-lor all femules desirous Of qualifying ilteinselves.fer teaching, and. to thirty-six, for, uiles, disabled in service, who have: a like wish. Tho oliject of. 4hfese changes was, Mr. D. proceeded to, say;: to provide a sufficiency; of teachers to meet the educational requirements ff th State. It was often difficult to procure teachers, and this difficulty ' m'ght bo greatly, lessened by permitting-the- many., females whoiri the exigencies of the wr ha" forcwl to their own support to qualify themselves to teach. - ---' . - .' - . .;' ,r - After some further dissultory discussion? the bill passed its second reading. V Mr. Wiggins, of ljalifax, mtfved that the bill pas sed on yesterday .regulating .the miJeage and per diem of members he reconsidered. " .The Speaker decided the motion, under' the 16th rule, but of order. . " " ; Mv Long, of Caswell, appealed from the decis ion; ef the'chair, but on a call cf the Senate the deciss -ion was sustained by yeas 40, nays 2 The bill to. amend tholiiitia ana Uome uuiraj acs wastaken upbuton mdtion hid on thetable and the Senate, by a vote of? 17 to 12, arjourned . HOUSB OF COMMONS. On leave of the Houso, Messrs. McAden, Clipp, Cunnihgham, Patterson and Baxter were allowed to record tbtir "votes on the prissasjo on the habeas er pus resolutions, all save Mr, Bjxte'r voting iu the atlirmitive. '- The bill, to tnake the forcible entry or robhery of a dwelling house. in the daystime, a cipital eflVncf, and resolutiens protecting against the overthrow of State Sovereignty and civil liberty, weie stverajly reported with recommendAtions that they do not pass. ' ' -. Mr. Shephard Introduced resolntior-'of thsnlcs to .Col Jos. B. Starr, and his ccminVrid, for their suc cessful repjuse of the public enemy, at Ksnstcn, which was adopted. . " - . Mr. Smith, of Johnston, introdueed resolution?! Calling for the punishnaent of certain prtis callin themselves agents of the Confederate (i ivernment , fr!illega'J:jnpres.ments and in advo ay of iheir adop tion, stated' that in his county ordeis had been re eiyed i forbidding the retentron of marethan onehalf of the usual amount of provision's heretofore kept ftr a Support. This wonhi not be borne, hnd if so he remedy wero not otherwise provided his con stijuents wuujd right themselves, irrespc iye "pf a Erovernnrent. hv the stronsr arm. v Mr. Caldwell deprecated hasty action, cn'Smittei1 ef such importance, and Mr. : MvG?hea stited General Holmes ha 1 tele graphed to Richmond to learn if.t here weie authoii- ty for the isstial of the.e orlers,-and th'iuht it best not la proceed to further net ion in the premisses till further infhmilioh cool 1 be obtained. Tiieres- olution were thenJfifo'inially passed over. Mr. Waugh introduced, a resolution in reference to tlo suspension of the writ ( f habeas corpus (calling "on I he (Jbvernpr tot procure the discharge ffun cus toly of any 'pne who is not allowed a trial aVhis lia., hillty to niilitry1 service) which was r.ferrcd to the committee on Confederate relations. i 'Hie resolutions relative to the sessions of the House was taken up and, after being atncndeTso as to) provide fr a morninggession at! 1( and evening at 7 o'ciock, passed.. The special order the ItfT.nno bill was then ta ken up uiid variously amended sa.as ;to make all coupons p ;s due, save those of the State issued prior to Feb. 23 J, 1861,' taxable a3 moncy&a cs to Tldw a soldier or anilor c.ne year ifter bis discharge. to redeem bts land sold for taxes and so as to tax slavo dealers five per cent, on total amount of salcsi . Pending its consideration the IJouso arlj-iurned.' ELECTION OF SENATOR, d not be aiy to express the' feeling of re- It wou lief and thankfulnes with which we Welcomed the telegram j from Raleigh e Thursday last annpunc ing the election t.f the llon Tliomaa S. Ashe, as Si-rtator from the Staff of North Carolina," to the Congress of the! Confeder-ita Stas, for six years from the lSth of Februiry I80ft when Mr. Dortch tem will expire f The Raleigh -papers received tl at div had led 11s to anorehund as a riwd 1r't the, iutn. - j, - . - i i - - - - - .w tiohable but fcrr his (undesstood) indentitkaiion with th so called 44 peace" pry an 4 movement--: one whose admitted ability and Wigli personal chars acter had, wo doubt no f, secured hiin a much larger vote in the. early stages of Jhe aontest than his 44 peace" proclivities warranted. 1 K VI he honor is mot worthily bestowed, the trust O mlMcd to one who oever proved faithless, one who tun Is " without fear and without reproach.' Sucli la miti m,n honor t his bta e his country, and his kind. .Personally, professionally and politically, his jwlnile life hfea erxhibited ability, industry a'nd integ l ity, and he is peculiarly posscicdr)f thatlligniry of ieriional presence and courtesy of personal manners whick attract attantton and win faverv hi these, as n ll respects, th Senatorial delegation from North Jaieiina, Gi-aham and Ash will 'unquestionably jnk abve that of any tber State in the Conlede racy, v.- . '. . r - ';.'-"-" la bid party times Mr. Ashe was va Whig. "We do -pot think be ever, connected himself with 'any other party organization.- - Since tha war he las be- I" onged to tho party of the Confederacy. Asach, arwl viral Lsue of Confederate; Independence.-.Fav etteoille' Observer. ". '---.--;:'..;-V - - ' - The rtatislics culled from, tbe . 'British .Registrar fenerars report gve some curious details as to the ages at which, meij are most likely to marry, and we tp be nurfried. After a woman passes 20rbei pros pects of getting a husband begins to fade. Taking the I years 1859; 1 SCO, tl 861. ! we find that 78 cirla -were married at 15years of age, . but no males. . At AS:SEMBL i J MIK i'leefinn OVefVnna nf Ihir mast nillixl nH r.n.il.a lb.. 17 youths entered tbe state of matrimony, and G37 girls v- For both texts, 20 seems to be tbe most fvnrel:agt for mrrije. . In 186 1 -the number of each ux tn married were 48,495 men and 56,640 0omea,j this proportion reversed, th numbort beir 26,471 men ta 20,6T3 women ; and at 0 the drffereae was still Oore cirked,-for while 10,021 men: married at that-are, aaly 7,840 women fund busbtndU. The niilea naving,ance obtained tfie preponderance, maintained it to the last: AtTO, we find.119 marry ingj and onlyj21 women; SO men and3 women, at 7. and 8 men at.$0fo 2 women ' - 1 1- i . " - - r ; '. : "V -s-v-S :.-r-i "'--V- T " ' .: . WAlf NEWS. The Den yctdsred a small forcojof infantryjto tlio ?oolh side cd' the Jkmcs river oti .WtdiiceJay m or n i n ' a tyC xs Laittl t ng,V n en r tli e umu I b ' f .D.afbiiGsp : iiihal Vrie'bcIuV-ttcry-';Sniiio-r-They are lifbu tha neck of; low grounds where lb ey t a n do nothing- kh d yA n not itj v a hcev Our "pjckt t 1 i re e xteiids acf as f h- i r A o nf - and within three hundred yii'ds of ihe-carial..'-- Jt is not ile :sir- table to hohb t?ii- point with our orcos, bnt'sitirly to keep them in cuecic in tne useless pjMvion which they luive iissaniod. v , ; There is ho tttith, io the rumor that lli j have tlTetied any croisiog at a -pOiht higher up the rjver. . . .Oar tuortarsand bittcrirs command the position and' are keeping up the jusu-il atnoant annoy ahce. .'- '- . . -. - '-'; : THIS ItAlDER-J ON, THE WSLDON ROAD. ' " . We le'irvStbai the foicos sent by Grant down 4be AVeldon road consisted of ono entire corps, l3 j.ide-r the cavalry. Every uiaa of theio ou jht to bj cap- ' 4uretL ' - '? :iX v . ' --: : ; '.- ' ' -PROM GEOUGI.V . - ' There is no news later than tba 7th December. At that time the entire Sorce of Sherman xn coins" bined on tho easfside .of tho Ueciiee. VU toe 6h it advanced no less tUati ergHfeen miles ,H9 men were represented as much flitigtioJ, an I .their spirits flagging. Ia numbers there wcro t20,000 muskets, and a most enonnons .wagon train. The country in hi rear was swaiitilrg. with stragglers and desarrer?, who '-re begging or pillaging at every housv. Cifizens who lia'e talsetl wiih the officeis r:-)Denr ia the declaration that - they are universally disgusted with the' expedition and the war. The officers spoka Sery fieely of Sherman's plans. They said he would - not risk aii engag'e mept if he ould help it,; bexsause he had no am munition to snarept wouhl make his way to the sea coast at tne peirest prncncrtnho point. iuu enemy hs3 three orjbnr hundred negroes! w ith m Til. h-t nrrxrma hnt worn morel v camn frt - 'ers. shnniu'ob and aiaklotr theic'waV hoide - rr c, t. at every 8'0ping, to be rejlHCd by otners. - No attention is now. id . to the General Order of Sherman, issued at the' -einning of the maich, and the who'e country has boon pillaged by mobs of oldiers without officers. VLe-llecJ!, -operating on the cor filled' mass at every hiep.Jxaminer. THE GEORGIA CAMl'ArG N. The pci linacIo s niHiine r in which tho gillarit VrhVclcr hashuog.npon thefimks and rear of the powe: ful anny now invading our. State, attacking thorn by-day and by tright, vvhen tliev least -expect, it, and keeping waUh oyei;all their nirre pent, kfaottUl entitle' him. -to tjie lasting gratitude of eve ry Georginn, find t'e praise of ail his cpnutrytiiens jb'roru thec!eparture frofu Atlanta . up to the pres ent hour, le Ks k&pt, on their track and 'bayed the.ni at evf ry step of t'u ir progress. "Thoy belie v v ed wjien -. their e.xpe'dilion "move.! that, there was no such enemy to harrass them, and to Kim wo', p.re. indebted for tho delays tf.id hiudranpo that are likely to proVo the ruio of our barburjus and cruel fo lardl'y'a day has passed th it Wheeler lias not aged some portion of Sherman's :irrny,aId the boastful Kilpatriek has buon vvlfipped by him as often 8 be has fingers nd toes DesiJes fihting wherever he could find the enemy- roads huve been o b t nfc ted , c - f 1 1 e a n d n eg r oei d r i v on o IT, 't h e people forewarned provisi ns that conli not he removed destroyed every thing else done to ems barra8S and dirfrMct , the rhfdcrs." In this way Wheeler has rendered -most vital" service to the cause, for it has given ns time to complete defends and bung up our men. Y e are cow ready fit jShjrm?;n, and, strike where ho will, he will tjud a foe ready an able to cope; with his hired and brutal, minions. . .. ' j On Sunday last, the 4th inst, a batt'e wss fonght "which ex,.-?cria in rnHgiitude any that ha"! char acterized the campaign, -and2 therefore worthy of senne particular mention. Tbe 14th Yankee erps united witli Kilpaflick's ejitire cavalry force made an attack on Wheeler, and a severe bittlc raged for eoveral boiirs." At the moment of the assaiiU" Whecltr's Koes was very pinch extended for the pugposeof faragitig, but ho speedily brought hi ibices togetbtr.and icceivcd the atfaekl of the efle- mv with, a'" vigor 'that made them staler. SeVer times were they driven " back by &nr nun in coun ter, charg- fif and sbme ime ' from Lehin'd brei;S"- works. Finally Wheeler fitulingsjiiinselt" ne-arly surroucded byn greatly s'upen6r force) quietly and in g 'od;order;ri tired and left'thc field, to the eemy. The losses oL the latter jorev. very heavy and the blow cannot have '.ikd tieatly to cripr.le ttiem. . -e capturrd a number of prisoners, one a CoIoti 1 who was taken in a ha' d to hahd fihf. W e a baJtstj severely in tfiTSeis and men; but in ... -- . wm . . n no proportion with the enemy. Am jng our kid.d wasCol; Graves, who on the occasion was acting as Brigadier. . ,". . Ot the prcsr-nt whereabouts of Sherman.' it nrght grtlify curiositr; "but would do no good, to spt-ak. i roni i his movements w"e judge that he hiinsclris'iiot so sure cf hi3.Jaltitude ahd longt- tude. SuiBce it to sav that he has manv da-s hard marching before him ere he wiil be aide to respond visibly totjie rockets of his; fnends;,oin (he coasti with a goid prospect of lia vjr.g to. 6ght hn way thouifh the entire distance. Sawnnah lirjmblican, Gta. ;. " v - ! - ! ' : '. ''" ' Columbia, AU.'t Dec, 4 via Tallahassee, Madison and Doctortown, . ' '--''- ; December 1), ' " Tbe- following U s. statetr en t of t ho Kfjv. Mr. .Browning, just from the Army of Tenncsee : f A fight took place on tho 30th nit., between LTarpeth Creek and Franklin, in which tho enemy were routed from his t breast --works, losing 4000 killed a'nd wounded and CoOO prisoners, Genc ral Cheatham's corp?' was principally engaged. 4 1se neruy a re fal Ii no; j back S to Mu r f rcesboToJ Forrest is reported to be atBcntwafer; between tho enemy and;NasbviIJe?' T jire sjid to dc concentrating at Murfreesboro. . eo'd Hove LixciLs's Mess ag a was received. patch from Washington save : " - "-- X diss During the rcadirrg of the Presrdet Message in thti House of .RepresemtatfvfS. it was several times inlerropted by applause, especrallj the concludme purituu, ia wuicn ne siys no win not be the instru ment to re-enslave such persons as are made free by the Emaneipation. Proclamafion. orlbr anr of.the acts of Congrasa : :. and w here, he says ihat, in tav: ting a single conomon oi peace, ; bo ; meant to say tbat tha war will ceaee on the part of the GoVern ment whenever Jt shall I have ceased on tfie part of th3 who 1 bgan"it." The a pplaus w o by cla ps ping of hands, with 'exclamations J,G6td 1" That,s TUht," etc. Tke-.Speiker rapped with his gavel to prevent a farther infraction of tho rules of decorum, although it was evident that Jia; himself shared in h e approval ef the declaraticni ef the President. the TELEGllAl'IlIC It R I QtTS JOP TUB, SOUTH EKN PUKSS ASSOCIATION. ifitered accordln 111? , fa A . .A A f m . I. TaASUFR mi ci ui oPres-S 0 tho yea tint w tbe Clerk' fJmce of th. iLli'. pf the CWederate- BUtea of; the Northern O . ttrl nje.r-ia. " . ' V,elct ,ol - ' i - - - - . 0 COcgressiocal, . 1 : : Eicdmoxd, D'IC, ia .. The Senate passed a bill to authotizdthe trnsi stop of fv.swspnpera to rsoldiers free ofpotae. Al" pissed a b:il forXhe employment 'e.f H f oe rifgroe0 and foity fin u sand slaos to .work upon, fortiflc ti nVa-iid:perfim oihpr labor connected with defense of the1 colmtry; . Gen: J'&.-H. Johnson o cupied a privileged seat in the Sma'te Chamber diy.' ' , -" " - , ; '- . ,0 n the Ilouse "tho sequestration and enrrcner I n was fu:ther discussed. .' . - 4 '.'.- -tr Cstc0ND DIsrATcn: ' " V t, '.. Richmond, Dec, 13 The Senate passe I concurrent resolu I inns for a cess from the 24th inst, until the 21 or Jnutr '"' - Mr. Orr-from tbe Committen on f6reign afTir8 ported back Henry's resolutions defining the D tion cf the Ccnfederato States, declaring he del08' minarion of. Congress- and the people thereof to seculethe war 1 11 their indepenJenco,is acknoirled ed, arjd'tho resolutions paised, jeas'l6,,nayi no K" . The bill to provide for tho remission of penalty ?C non-delivery of bac6n. Passed-the Iloiise. T .The scqutsrration and currency bills were discuss ed. - j: ; . , . . - ' -. - A bill was passed increasing the pay of members of Congress fifty per cent Pgsed, yeas 45, navS4l Se.ral bills were reported and ordered to be prin ted. ; -. ' r' '. ','.'--' v , ' . Northern Hews. Riciimokp, Dec. 13 The Washingtbnt7AronM;? of Sunday hs been received. A Nashville telegram of tho 10th sats tLe Federal loss In the battle Of Franklin is asoertalned by oflicial reports to be one hundred and te officer? und two thousand and fifteen men killed, wounded and misMng. Scouts report that Hood is about to make a movement of some sort The rebels can lo plainly seen from the fourth corps, standing about th eir camp fire. Hostilities have ceased on aceount of the weather. 'A furicus snow storm prevailed in Northern'cilies on Saturday, extending as far as Halis fjx. . . . ; .-' - "-..'..,','. Gold. closed in New York, oh Saturday at 234. General Davis' expedition from Vtcksburg aW troyed the J.fississippi'ctTital railroad for thirty miles above Big Lick Crossing. Twenty fivo liuti dred bales of cotton were destroyed. '' . HEW AS V EB TISEMEKIS.' WANTED! WANTED M A FEMAXE TEACHKR, OF fOWE JBXt FRIENCB TO zLr tak a prtv te elool In the country, wbre .ben ctlJ b; required to ttuch only ftich brai Ch- e taare nsnaliy tauvLt in Couiiuon Sclitul. iiddritti, tiatlrg tern-a Ac . .). II. & J. W. KINSRY, Tl U til 1 l ' ... 7 Dec. I t, lSf.4: Ml dHw. 1- NOTICE. MIPLCED A 4 VBU CENT PKR. Ox- have ma)e applicktiou to the Letository at Oxford, far a re newal of ihcui. i .., ' , Aii perrtOi a are warutu not. t trade, lor ra id ritifl-itM I ISAAC H. DAVIS, 201-d3t Dec. 14,. 18G4. $4O,(J00 Internal Improvement,North Carolina r - State Bndn for Sale I ' WILL BE SOLD INTIUTriTV- OP ItALEIQU, N. C. AT it ttie Auction rooms ot Wretch & Litcbfurd. on Thursday. 22'f December, Forty Tiiansaiid dolfars f North, Carolina twen ty y ar Coupo boiidf. Ttetic bonds were iMiied for the benefit of Iho OUitham R. It. Company and. are ecu red by a fp ihi niiKH'jjjunci proYiaea lor v kw reucmpuun wueu cue. JMo beltt-r investment can be found. of tbe lawn Aiithoriizin; the lefurtcin be hfid n ap p!ciii.ii to th'o undersigned or to Messrs. Creech & Lltchford Comnjir-.oji .MofiTliautri and Auctioiiof in. ; . KEMP l BATTLE Trcsideiit C. R. B. Co.- Dec-'i3, 1304 200dtcL . WANTED, LADY AS A OOVKUNE3S QUALIF1ID .TO tach" the, EnIiwh branches. 'French Latin, and music, in a privato ramily near Kaleigh. Addrees BUA NO, 58. Ita'eigbi . C Keferences gion and required Doc. 10, Ifctii. 195 dlL ORPHAN. ENDOWMENT FUND. CONTRIBUTIONS lib THIS FUND MAY BE MADE to Geo. V. Mordecai Jno. O. Willlam'i and W II Jyne, Cafihier. . ' ' C. F. DEKiLV ; Kaleigh,Oct. 29, 1864. ' . 2M-tf. .v Sorghum" Xdills aji'd Boilers. TUST RECEIVED, FROM 8APONA IRON WORKS, AN t other supply of two and three Roller MiHa and Boilers from 5() to itni sraiions. Kept constantly on hand a large supply of uvcd, opiucrs, ana extra L.ias. -JAMES M. TOWLES, Ajrt., for Sapona Iron AVorki. - 7-tf. Angust 13th, 1864. . Pest Q. Itf. Depart meet, CS-A-, , ; R a i.kio ri. Dir. C.rl8f4. T WISH TO TJIRR (T) TIIItKE NO. 1 TEAMSTERS FOR 1 Capt. S. H. Klr&Iand. A.' l. M..-IIil!8boro', N. C. O'Sfxsiout l abort r to bile lorsge f. r 4. J Mlnetroe, Aeni M. Dopartunnt. Raleigh. I'm, $37 60 perni&uib, m dicalnttendance and ratfoim, " -. : 193-6t. . W. E. PEIRCE. CanL & A. O. M- T II AVE LOST OR -E uncut; iiu..u i( y it., ui lvircPourjF. Oeioitnrv l . t . 1 Jl 1 mm m . iviu, -i,w u-M3 rajircu imu A - . ... . . . . . . . ... 'r - ... imc-.ii-. mi jiuu, irsufu uy n. ii. ikingabiiry, V pogltary Negroes Wanted, at Pettigrew Hospital WANTED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR FIFTY OR FIX r ty ngrroes, men, and wrpen, as nn pch, cookn and tana irHsta. The women inu-t not bo e-nenmberrd w lh chllf rr9 Good ratj(,na and comforUble quartwa will be furalibii nn i the bf?i est prico Vd allowed by ov rnmnt Apply to . . ; "Jl.ll. l'KTIIT. - Hosjltal etcwanl I'ettirew llosp'tsl. D?. 10, 1804. - : lQS-deicjtd. - : JMPORTANr, NOTICE. - Tn ERE WILL BE A MEETIN O OP Til R DONORS TO TUB Nortn Colin,a Orphan Endowment Fnud and of tfce Di rcctrrs1 in the frasen ent of-the Bptif t Church In the eityed It .lc-ih, on Thurfday tde 15U of Dec, at 11 o'clock A. it . A full ntiendaLCul oet-irable". . ' "- ' ' GEO. V7. MORDECAI. -u. it. jjeems. Financial Agent. Raieigb, iJee. 12, 1864. v -.- . 109 St. r NEGROES AT AUCTION. " 0 THURSDAY, 59 in DECEMBER, WILL BE SOLD . in frent of our a?c roomone Negro Woman 30 lei-ri tdan ejcellant Washer, Irnner and Sfamtre,cna Nerro Man 4 1 years bid, good field hand, one Woman 37 year oldtwith two children. ''.r ' -V..- cnEECII i LITCUFORD, 11 - v ' " ' Commission Merchants and Anctiooerrs. ijeeember 8,1864. -sv- 05i0dtdi' Important Sale of ValtuAle Negroes aluAuction 7ILL BE SOLD IN FRONT OF OUR SALES BOOM OJf- t Tuesday, the 13th Dec., 30 Va!ii tb!s Nejrroi s. coi'i''tiB of f en ar-d n-otnenr. amoni; them a ood blacksmith, sud on eood jh'e nakt?r. a imotber uf vam.tr wrompii .v.rJit. hfly. an children, cooks, house- -rvants and" Held hands. TakJuC , it-pither. ihrmopt valosble and deirabi lot of BPjrrew bavii; Jteiiffrcd f..r snl in -thin market. Persons in DV oi vBMiabli yiuir servants uaid'tfo well to atttnd td o.auo.na raro opportunity Ut snoidy thirwlve. 1 iejw for no faaft. CRIVCil A MTCUFORD. - , Dci 5. 1SB4. . AUvt. od Com Mer. , S. - T; WTLDEE, -ATJCtibnv and v Commission Herchant, '':'"' 'x. '';' " V LODISBUKG, N. .'.'' Will m,ake sales of real aftafa or. personal property, . ehandise, provisions, flour, gtio, salt, .," and iollrtta eonftiaments. Frank tin ton is tb nearest drpAt. V Oct, 31. 1864. -J 164 2m . . v n rr! i :.''N0TICE TO DEBT0BS. r, ; nnBE ACC0UNTS-ANBV-CLA7M8 0? TflBXAT & T ' ; X Iredell have ben plaexl in my inA tot ',"et.lfV embracing -those of Iredsll Bretheri. Prsoat JadebU under either bead ar refpeetfullj rsquestsd to make m mediate payment aa the administrator is alooe to np tho business of the estate. I ean be seen al tha Conservative." ----- - . ' Jt J, uAaSDbUiH Oeteber 18, Jj0tIJ - rttU,V for'nu of Sna( cr,P ; Tba h In ii a- ilia el andcn tfoth 1 It IV ubsfy Ui ncivii I I nropf , patch ' body o uals n Unito't tho re. rcsprr 1 lUA of his expir the ciH No A ndvat lnr ' ing eneni aJlil f ' rial d tr tl the cj of ah heail prisoi fliim No Ad unici TueS' forini tinati tho reitcr ; T( jclair In h claii and den ener T opii ban arri . per ant Sia tak bor X 7dl the por dor tie ver ji innt ch snt hi pr 7 '.p i ! f A an ti d v r el -.f . ! i i "rhoi ' 5 ...- i
The Daily Conservative (Raleigh, N.C.)
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