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IDU. " ljjrt'-f atelina ItduiiarH .; TREASURER'S REPORT. kj.. i- ; - i . -. Tbusost Dpawkt of North-Carolina, J f, ; . lialeigh,Mayl7, 1884.. J lb Uo General Assembly of North-Carolina i " -Having submitted to you, at your list sitting, full re port of the receipts and disbursement of mr department " for the laJttral year, and a statement in detail of the liabilities oflrWftate, I propose now only to show, by veaeral ttatetneoTSlie amount of appropriations, unpaid, ' aad as estimate of tbe demands on the Treasury, and tbe means to meet them ; and to present the embarrassments in the administration of my department, growing out of s the late act of Congress " to reduce the currency and to authorise' aew issue of notes and bonds." The act nossed at vour session in December last, making appropriations for the military establishment of the State, appropriates one million six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To the Far - ,. Ordn Far Department. nance Commissary " Medical " $720,000 .200,000 487,600 25,0u0 $1,620,000. 1,482,800- t $ 817,500 It will be seen that the aggregate of the several appro priations tails &17,5C0 short of the amount of the appro- 5 nation; and that ao appropriation is made to the Quarter aster's department In tbe bill, as it passed the House of Commons at a late hour on the last night of the session, an appropriation was made . of $48,400 in favor of the Quarter Waster's department, but in the hurry of engross ment it was omitted, and consequently did not pass tho Senate. Erea if this $98,400 be added to the several ap propriations, the aggregate talis $1 11,100 short of tbe total ' amount appropriated ; a discrepancy springing, no doubt, from hasty legislation. Having no-doubt that it was intended to 'make (his ap propriation to the Quarter Master's department, I credited thai4epartnteat accordingly, presuming that you would pass an aat At the present session declaratory of the mis . take. Since the passage of tbe late currency act of Con gress, and before the 1st A pril last, the Quarter Master paid into the Treasury, in Confederate currency, $36,220, " Md has drawn only $5,000, leaving: due to Quarter Mas. ter's department, on the assumption that the supposed 115.000 62,900 7,184- 28,000 64,00 mistake shall be corrected, The hal..dae Pay Department is- . " Ordnance 44 - Commissary -- " Medical " " ' iusane Asylam, ; On (he appropriation of $300,000 a year 'for the relief of our sisjt and wounded soldiers," - -only $25,000 has been drawn this year, leav ing balance of ..Estimated aaount required to pay expenses of he presentation vflheGeueral Assembly, - salaries, 4c, (Coupons due as shown In my report of the'2Sd Korember list, $1,156,183 Amount which hss fell due since, a3,io '"..- 1,84,338 ' Amount brought forward, $l,4y,SS3 Amount paid since 30th Sept last, 90,570. 275,000 200,000 Amount which will fall due in July, September and October next,- ' 1,753,768 693,150 State bonds due and not presented for pay ment as set forth in said repoi t, ' State bonds tailing due 1st Jnly next, $2,451,913 53,000 41,000 $8,422,917 Liabilities due the Dresent fiscal vear. To this amount must be added any appropriations you may make at this session, and the' amount which may tw required, u any, uoaer we resolution oi tne SOtli Septenv ' ber, 1861,' "to provide winter clothiutr tor ourtruons.' which authorizes the Governor to draw for such sums as Ue may deem necessary. What amount has been drawn, or what amount re-imbursed under this resolution, which, irom its caption, seems to have been intended only as a temporary relief to our soldiers, but which has been con imued with universal approbation, I am unable to ascer tain from tbe books of tbe Treasury, because, nntil lately, all military expenditures have been charged up under the general head of" Military Appropriations." The amounts urawn nnder this resolution have been very large. If lurtner sums are required for this purpose, I respectfully submit that a specihc appropriation ought to be made writ. The expenditures of the State, for military purposes, since the commencement of the war. amount to $20,467,016 64 lucBiuuuui nimouraeo. is 7,402,658 87 "4-. I, Lxcess ot expenditures, $12,964.857 77 1 bis excess is added to our State debt. What portion of it has grown out of our contract to clothe our troops, will doubtless be shown to yon by tbe proper department. Ku uis itauiuMuu passea unaer wnien it nas grown to a present magnitude, tbe destitute condition of our troops, no tne inaDiiity oi the Confederate government to clothe bem, made the measure a necessary one, in aid of the oen recently organized government. It was an act of hn i.ianity to our troops. Whether it be now necessarr th continue it, as well as our other war expenses, alter the I'onfcderacy is thoroughly organized, is worthy of your consideration. If the comfort of our Irwin, nr the mnt . Jicient prosecution of the war require-a continuance of i ii peuuiwre oy me oiaie, in audition to her common taare of the expenses of the war; all will cheerfullv meet i lie increased debt it will impose; but to enable us to re theoemy in future, and maintain faith with all our r ealtors, wnicn is tne pride of every North-Carolinian, we should avoid all onnecessarr expenses. 1 learn from Major Dowd that tbe amount dim from ih. (' nfederacy fir clothing supplied to our troops in the ,. booths ot January and February last, is 708,801 50, and ' U..U the Quartermaster General of the Confederate States u..-iats that this claim must be diminished one third when . in new issue. ... When it is sonsidered that in furnish ibj clothing to our troops, we are mere agents of the Con iierate government, paying our own money in advance, i. .sing money in Europe ai great disadvantage, running ti j blockade at the hazard of the loss to the Stale of our ..ip and cargo, and delivering the goods at prices far from it.uuuerating, aa I presume, when tbe dilfereuce in the i.de of the money we pay, and the money we receive, is c iisidered, I regard this decision as monstrously unjust-t 4ii. r do I find any thing in the late currency act of Con fess giving any colorable- ground for it. The act pur suits to impose a tax on the currency, attaching W tbe notes , . Aeretei- eircuMted, and not a tax dm on 'the debt which ttn- government owtd othtnoita tlutn by her Trtatura noiet. a will have seen that tsy Bon. W. N. a. Smith, has iiiiroduced in the House of Representatives a resolution calling on the Secretary of tbe Treasury for the authority . on, which this decision is based. If it should not be re tr. otcd, it seema to me to require indiguant reinonstauee r lr. mthe State. : ".. . (. Tbe amount of Confederate currencv now in the Treasu ry is $571,000, of which $4,ouO is of' tbe new issue. The most diligent efforts have been made to get the claim of the Stale against the Confederacy for large ad rnuces saade in tbe early part of the war audited, with tbe cxi-ectatioo that. Congress would make ao appropriation l.i. its payment, and P. H. Winston, JSsq., of iiertie, the f.irent appointed by me to attend to the settlement, and ' Ua has prosecuted the dnty with commendable zeal, hoped . - to liart bad the auditing of the account completed in time i .i .ue action of Congress at its presentsesaion, but be in to ns me by letter of the 18th inst., that the,lerks in . - h-. limond are now performing tbe duties ot soldiers, and U .t not probable now that the claim can be got in condi- lion for the action of Congress at its present sitting. If it (Wild be collected before the meeting nf the General As- tKii.bty in Aovemoer next, n is not probable that any part it can be used to pay oft the 8 per cent, bonds of the ' ra:, as proviaea in ue am section ot tne Act of 1862-'3, s th oter W. and the result mar possible be that a lanm nm 'lit i thus come into the Treasury not needed to meet p- pn.priations. In this case 1 am in doubt whether I would be authorized to pay the estimated surplus to tbe Commissioners oi ue ainaing una under the Sth section : f tlie Act of 1356- 57 crestiog tbe Sinking Fund. - I ra . oiniiiend an act cenferring this authority on the Treasurer, -i ilv the aforesaid act of 1S63-'G3, the Treasurer is : ed, .riththisnioney when ealleeted from the Confederate f . . rnment, to pay our per cent, oonds, all cf which are ible at the pleasure of tbe State. I made considerable c i.i.tion soon after your lasfr'adjouniment, and br pnblie -mnveruseuienkuuuuea tun uuiuera ui tauj oonas Of my i "wliness to par them ia Confederate currency, orto siva Ht -t per cent. NottMlaroiina tends,; running thirty cu: s, iu rmiiaiiy; tur tnciu.i ixm uuo una ueea p resell tea Mr payment. axcaaoKes sor per cent, oonas nave been iu ; :e to the amount of $83,000. The refusal -of the hold. vrt, 'O receive payment is owing to the depreciated enrren y n which payment is offered and as there is no taxim iM t d on. the interest of the .8 par cent, bonds, or other giuJty imposed on tbe omission to receive payment oi AoaLstbe exchange, the Act is nearly inoperative, and will Sim aecompiran too eno lnieoaea. .. - V lists Confederate currencv shall ereatlv aDDreeiata.';t t pruoauie uuu many oi our coupons will oe presented country reqnirtd,-, By the time they, ware . printedV ttel. , would command a premium of 50 per cent, or more, and 1 deemed it inexpedient to issue them, especially as their superior value kept tbem from circulating and performing the offica for which they were issued. 1 bare not bid them i naa tbemiuion-or aoitars, appropriates a vout session "for the relief of the wires and families. of our EO'diers in the army," prepared for fssue as -soon as pos sible, and issued warrants for one fourth of the amount oeiore tn 1st ot February last. : jy we uiom "' I was ready to pay the balance, and owing to- tbe-orgent j wants of many of the counties, 1 decided to pay the who e of it on the 1st of this month, and have issued warrants accordingly. . t ri roe passage ot tne act oi uongrsas oi ins ii in 1t "t,i nutiira, ho nurrani-T and to Authorize a neW iSSUe of notes and bonds," embarrassed my department in several j important particulars, its lmmeaiaie euuet m j , ! all Confederate notes, above the denomination of five dol- : Ura. nnrnriKiit nt thnir fare while the ordinance of tbe Convention of the 26th February, 186S, No. 85, made all dues to tbe State payable in Confederate notes, i was not authorized to receive or pay them out at less thsn-their face. There were several large debts xlue to the State which I thought might possibly be tendered. The -Atlantic (K.C.B. B. Co., owed the State, on account of tbe loan to tbat company, under tbe actot isoe, unap. n, w $400,000. Th is act provides that the loan waa to be made only on condition that tbe Koed should set aside its re-a ccipts over end above annual expenses, as a Sinking Fund to pay tne aeot ana interest; ana on me iunner wuuimou of giving a mortgage on the effects of the oompauy, con ditioned to save tbe State harmless against loss of both principal and interest, which mortgage I have not been able to find.- The fallowing are all tbe payments which have been made oti this debt, to wit : Nor. 1868, one Hun dred and forty-eight thousand dollars. December, one hundred thousand dollars. : J . - There is also due tbe State $50,000 from tbe Haleign ana Gaston R. K. Co.. and $49,000 from tbe City of Kaleigh,on iimiintor their hnnrln pxchanmd for the bonds Ot the Btate, under ordinance of tfetf Convention No, 7, ratted January 80tb, 1862, the 6th section oi wnicn pruviues ui tbese corporations snail oe aiiowea to reaeem ie """"" at any time before maturity, in the currency of the State, en giving thirty days' notice to the Treasurer of this State of their intention so to do." The lialeigh & Gaston K. It Co., exchanged their bonds with the State, under, this ordinance, to the amount of $200,000, and the City of Kaleigb to tbe amount or $50,000; ana prior ut tue aiu VcKninrv lfiQt thA former mrtwiratinn kfld uaid into the Treasury $150,000 of its bunds, and the latter bad paid $1,000, which sums were paid over to tne commisaiouria of the Sinking Fund, as required by said ordinance, and invested in Slate Bonds, for which they had to pay a very large premium. There is also a large debt due the ijtate from the Western B. B. Co., for interest on their bonds ex changed with the State. TltetoregMUganaoineraeMS oi less magmiuae, were due to the State when tbe currency act of the IT in Feb ruary was passed, all of wbich I was required to receive in any Confederate currency, at its face, according to tbe literal terms of tbe ordinance of the 26th February, 1662. Tbe currency act authunsed the funding or Couteaeraie notes, at their face, until the 1st day of April, in 4 per cent, bonds, which were made good to pay taxes, aa to. their principal, for the present year; and 1 copj tne sin, 7th, 8tb, and 12th sections of the bill for your convenience in jelerriiig to tbem : " " Sec. 6. Tbut to pay the expenses of tbe Government, not otherwise provided for, the Secretary ot the Treasury la heL'bv authorized to iaaua X ner cent, bunds to an amount not exceeding five huudred millions of dollars, the principal ana interest wnereor shall be iree irom taxation, and for the pavment of tbe iuterest thereon the entire netl receipts of any export duty heretofore laid on the Value 0 all cotton, tobacco ana naval stores, wmcn snail oe export ed from the Confederate States, and tbe nett proeeeiia of tbe import duties now laid, or so niuoh thereof as may be necessary to say annually the interest, are hereby specially nledcred: vrovidtd. that the duties now laid upon imoort. and hereby pledged, shall hereafter be paid in specie, or .in sterling exebange, or in tbe coupons ot said Donas. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au thorized, from time to time, as tbe wants of tbe tteasury mar require it, to. sell or hypothecate for treasury notes said bonds, or any part thereof, upon the best terms he can, so aa to meet appropriations by Congress, and at tbe same time reduce ancrrestnot tne amount oi tne circula tion in treasury notes within reasonable and safe limits. Bsc. 8. The bonds authorized by the 6th section of this act may be either registered or coupon bonds, as the, par ties.taking them may elect, and they may be exchanged for each other under such regulations as tbe secretary ot tbe Treasury mdr prescribe. They shall be tor one hundred dot lars or somensultiple of one -hundred dollars, and shall, together with the coupons thereto attached, be of such form and of such authentication as tbe Secretary of the Treasury mar prescribe. The interest shall be payable half yearly, on the first of January and July in each year the principal shall be payable not less than thirty years after their date. Sac 12. That any State holding Treasury notes, received before the time herein fixed for taxing said notes, shall be allowed until the 1st day of January, eighteen hundred acd sixty-five, to fund the same in six per cent, bonds of the Confederate States, payable twenty years after date, and tbe inteiest payable semi-annually. But all Treasury notes received by any Stater after the time fixed for taxing the same, ss aforesaid, shall be held to have been received di minished by tbe amount of said tax. This discrimination between the notes subject to tbe tax and those not so sub ject, shall be left to the good faith of each State, and the certificate of the Governor thereof shall in such-case be conclusive. It will be seen that the $500,000,000 of bonds, authorized to be issued and sold for what tbey will bring, to pay tbe expenses of the government, are to be exempt from taxa tion, as to principal and interest; that the coupons are made eood to par import duties, and that oertain impor tant import and export duties are pledged lor the payment of tbe interest; and that none of these previsions, tending to give credit to these bonds, attach to the bonds which the States may take under the 1 2th section. As a very large amount of this superior class of bonds must be put in market, it is manifest that the inferior class could be sold only at enormous depreciation; and I therefore deem ed it inexpedient for tbe State to invest in the inferior class of bonds, with the view to reconvert tbem, by sale, into tbe new currency: and I at first thought it propab'e, if you were in session before the 1st day of April, that you might prefer to invest in the 4 per cent, bonds With the view to enable you to protect the State amtinst the payment of the debts aforesaid, in a curretiev denrprin- ted by tbe action of Congress, aud to enable you. if yon snouiu uueui i cjkircuteub, iu mveab tun oiaie smnus in 4 per cent bonds, on the 27th day of February, 1 addressed a communication to His Excellency, the Governor, express- ing iwwgij ujj uiuiuu iiwi i was expedient mat you Bbuuld be convened before tbe first day of April. Ue 1. .. . L , 1 i . n. . ... . . tnereupuu biuiuum tue vuuncu oi oiaie witnout delay, and whet tbey assembled laid before tbem my communi cation, and Invited me to attend them and -explain my views. Before tbe Council assembled, other news had oc curred to me. 1 became satisfied that it was inexpedient. in any event, for tbe State to invest her funds in 4 per cent, bonds, and I came to the conclusion that it was not improbable, that Congress, wben it should meet on the IK Monaay oi aiay, mignt mate important amendments to the sot. In this event it was desirable that von hn..M meet afterwards. As tbe tax on the currency is declared to attach to the notes wherever circulated, and the Confed erate government does not claim the right to tax the States, I tbonght Congress would so modify the act as to allow the States to exchange tbe currency on hand on tbe i ut awu, a jr, lor iub new issue, or to invest in tbe class of bouds authorized to be issued under the 6th seo- uou. iBuuuiiueu mese views to tne Council of State -and to avoid tbedifBculty as to the payment of the afore ssid debts to the State, told tbeuf, if they declined to ad rise the convening of the Assembly, that I wouUMake on myself tbe responsibility of declining to receive payment oi saiu ueuts in uonieaeraie notes, at the r (W h, ed udoiu.. Let it-.,b iwaaambared .that Mmti Smith, Leach, Puller, Turner, J. It Leach, Gilmer, Ramsey, and Logan of this State, with fourteen ouier memoers, roieu against taring mow iw lutionsoC tbe table. True the present Congress haa taken no sterk lookioar to negotiations for an honorable peace; but this is not the fault of the Re presentative of the 3d District He was elected as a peace man' ani most faithfully and consistently has ho kept faith with his constituents. Surely he deserves the plaudit of well done, thou good and faithful servant" Progress. funa sihita A payment be tendered, uutil your pleasure should be known believing that a fair interpretation of the ordinance would not require me to receive tbe currency at its fiioe, after Congress had diminished ita valne one-third . - . . The Council decided that it WIL4 im-Tliai! I ant ln .. n yob before the time to which yon had adjourned . !"" aiureaaia, excepting tbe City of Baleigh, afterwards applied to me: to make payments UMilf.li I flojilinfwt tn rAAuinn : I addressed letters to several of onr doloemi;. ;n gress, setting forth the foregoing views of the currency act, asking them if tbey concurred, that they would wove in the matter at the earliest Deriod rviihi I k.- i, .a answers from several of them approving my sureestiona i sin I twin tarill Isosrat auum.sK..4 . - . eV the subiect was referred to th mmmiiio. nn but owinto the jusnension ormail comnmoieation, I am informd ae result:--- i.tl ,i: itbMH vvt- ;';-. ' vwi-iw ausii uut KUiena tna aec I roMiflimonff thA investment of so much of our mrrann . t , hundred dollar bills in 6 per cent bonds; ami the exchange of tue residue, at a Iran nf nno41ilil . 41.. . : - ', - . -. v -"."I mw IUB BCV UHIB recommena mat tne old issues of Confederate notes of HuouDomjuaiios oi.nstotlars and less than;. e hnu-i vieu uvii, icveireu iu navmanant NiftiA ind i,.nntv taxes at two-thirds of teirlace; ad that the new issuo V4 von.iwersie. currency ana uontederate notes of less de- n'rannauon man nve aoitars. ba nm ui LthoS. c payment of said taxes : and that of -the Cnawentioa of the 2-ith February, 1868, No,-, 5. a . ...j va Ajwiniem, ireasurr notes M.ni.nl -. tv. 1. 1 , i . "iv-". wa am uiuor puuucQues, oe repealed Frtm the Progress. BlATISO LoYALTt INTO THB PEOfLB.OP IHo MotJH- tains. Would it not be much better for Governor Vance to bahere at his office hearing tbe complaints . oi 018 opprcssea people ana rearessingineirrn-uugo, than stumping tbe State, telling smutty anecdotes, denying his- Wilkesborough speech, tea. t ' From the following- irom the Hen'dersonrille Timtt, one of the Governor's, organs, it will be seen that per sons calling themselves Confederate officers are carrying things with a nign nana in tne mountain country; Tbe Richmond authorities would no doubt dismiss such men from too service were utey maae acquainted with the facts, but unless the Governor was here to perform his duty we do not see how that is to be done. - In time of war the Governor of a State should be at bis office to hear and attend to the complaints of his people, and not playing the demagogue by canrassing tbe State making speeches and treating to secure rotes. We ask the fiovernors prayerful attention to tne following from one of his trans-Blue Ridge organs. Of coure the officers bete aUatded to will rote for Vance, but we tell the much abused and badly treated people of the mountains that if they vote for him they but invite a continuance of these outrages upon their section and tneir Bunnies. liir.uxY uexsukablb. We learn upon autnon- ty, wmcn we nave no right to gainsay, mat uapu J. S. Hines, went to the house of Mary Tabor, on the 14th ultimo, cursed her, using profane and ob scene language, that she was so alarmed, she went- upon the loft, Irom this he drove her down, and beat her severely with his sword. That be then told her if she ever told what he had done, he would kill her.' 'Case No. S. That Oapt. J. S. Hines, went to the house of Govan Tabor (which may be tho same as that of Mary) on the same day. where he found Re becca Black well who had been ordered by Major McRae to said house : that Capt Hines tried to ride into said house: that he got off of hisiorse, came into tbe house, and cursed her in the most abusive manner: that he ordered her back, catching her by tbe hair and pulling her back: that he struck her twice with his sword, once on the head, amd after wards told her if she ever told it he would kill her. Case No. 3. That Capt J. S. Hines, on the same day, found Rebecca Parris at the same house, where ribe had been ordered to remain by Majors Bryson and McRae: that towards her he used the most abusive language, calling her d d liar, strumpet and rogue : that he beat her severely with his sword, giving her many blows. -Finally, be told her if she ever told what he had done he would kill her. - Case No. 4 That six of Capt Hines' men went to the house of Robert McCall, on the 19th day of May, charging his wife with keeping rogues about her, and cursing and abusing him, Robert McCall, very much. - Next day eight of them returned, took two bushels of his bread corn, said they intended to carry oft or burn up the rest, and took him to jail: that, on the 14th, Capt J. S. Hines came to the jail, and while he (McCall) was lying down, kicked him in the side severely. He then got up, when CaptgHines struck, him with a navy pistol, first on tbe shoulder, then on the head, nearly knocking him down : that after this, Capt Hines struck him repeatedly with his sword, cut three of his fingore : that from said abuse, bis leg and shoulder was black for twenty days. Mr. McCall is about 65 years of age. We give the above, not as a statement of facte, 'but as a rumor, which seems to be pretty well au , thenticated. Our acquaintance with Capt Hines is limited, but hepresents the externals of a gentle man. .We are loth to believe he is guilty as charg ed above. . The acts, as charged, are unbecoming one who holds the honorable position of a Captain in tne army oi tne uonicderate States. It is a dig nified position, and one not properly appreciated by the masses. Bat wc think, from Capt Hines' personal appearance, that be has intelligence to properly guide him in the discharge of his duties, and that he is not the man to abuse even M a little brief authority." j. As to the persons who it is said were abused, we know them not We have never seen them. . We don't -pretend to vouch for them in any way, ex cept as woman and - prisoners. Both, and espec ially the former, are entitled to1 care and protection. uotn ate netpiess, ana it is held by those who are strenuous upon nice points, that jt is at least unni&n ly to strike a woman however insolent or degraded. it mese women were neither insolent nor degraded, and went abused as stated, the offence is magnified t Jt it is . alleged these women were disloyal, that might, with some, justify their being abused. But we think oUferwisel' If they have violated any law, let them be tried Jtnd punished. But no. one man has a right to sit as judge, jury and executioner. We are down on the abuse of power down on every thihg that tends to a " one man power." . we bare made these remarks as much to favor Capt Hines as to reproach him. He mar not be aware of these high charges. He will know it after this, and can repel tbem through our paper if he wishes. No one will be more pleased than our self to know that he is innocent Such ofiences, by the civil law, would place a man in the " stocks," nne mm ana imprison mm. aj the military law they would degrade a man, and would take the commission of a Brigadier. Such conduct is' un manly, unmilitary and despotic. Such acW must be scorned, censured and condemned. If we hope for liberty in thaend we must preserve the majesty of tbe law. ; - - : , v , P. S. Another report has juaft reached tw. which is, that the arm and shoulder of Rebecca: Parris is wibtwowapMcadaotXOTJW for many others. If Congress can give the Presi- j'i .v:l it Mn m him millions. To day one thing, to-morrow another-nd who will U stand up and draw on him all the disfavour and evil turnings, all the'malioe and revenge of .an Executive jncum bent, by raising bis voice in opposition to bills in which so powerful functionary is VtonaMy m-. ' forested ? H a thing so " small'? cannot be restated, how sbail its sequel be prevented f Here is aTloor which opens on the universe of corruption. ioe mond Examiner. Gov. Vance and' his Destructive Supporters. In order to render Vance odious, two years ago, as they hoped, the Destructive organs and leaders, ereat and small, throughout the State, kept constant ly bawling out, Remember a vote for Vance is a vote for Holden." This cry was continued during the campaign, btt the old iron clad, the Standard, always had grpe and shrappel, for. the small fry, ( while' now and then a hundred pound shell was - thrown into the more stubborn of the enemy's for ,'ees ; and thepopularity of Mr. Holden and the irresis tiblwpower.of Conseryative principle hurled back all opposition, and Ooldhel, Vance" Holden's can didate" was made Governor Vance; but that the Conservative party and Mr. Holden were deceived and made rather a poor job of it, is made to appear when we reflect that Gov. Vance so conducted hira self as to bo fully embraced by the destructives du ring the first year be was in office. '' We have already fully shown, we think, that he has not only gone wholly over to the original seces sionists, but tbat.be has fully and entirely embraced all their poisonous doctrines. He is supported by every shade officer and every stall-federate in the State, and every dther person who desires the war to continue that they may make money by specula tion and oppressing the poor. The owners of cot-, ton factoiies, woolen factories, government contrac tors and others who are enriching themselves from the blood wrung from the hearts of the people, are ' nearly all for Vance. They know that he is for war to the " last man and last dollar" and cares not for the cries and moans of starving women and chil dren so thev can oi!e nb their accursed gains. Such men are for war and.not for peace, and we beg the jeople not to be deceived. " I - We call upon the people to remember that a vote for Vance is a vote for W. W. Avery,. John W. , Cunningham, John F. Murrill, Thomas I. FaiROtv, JL W; Venable, Jas. M, Bullock, Jas. Fulton, Wal L, Steele, W. J. Hawkins,, W. W. Peebles, Sam. Love, William Johnston, D. E. McRae, John M. Long, of Cabarrus, J. W. B. Watson, Asa Biggs, E. A. Thewpseti,r'CeoTge V; Strong, David Cobb, H. K. Mash, John U. mrkianov r. w. unyes, uonn Kerr, Burton Craige, Wm. LaqjierA. Arling ton, (who said to Mr. Davis that avbyal man could not travel in some localities in hisuistrict without endangering his life,) Thos Bragg. (Judge' of the Court of Star Chamber,) M. A. Bledsoe, A. M. Lew is, 0. H. Cofield, J. A. Spears, W. F. McKesson, W. K. Lane, Council Wobten, Henry F. Bond, Dr. W. J. Blow, General Joshua Barnes, A. D. Speight, Sam. J. Person, Robt Strange, DrvM. a Whitaker, T. W. Atkin, W. F. Leak, Jim Morris, Zeke Jones, John Spelman, Wm. Robinson, and others we might name were the list not long enough to convince all true Conservative that Vance is supported by all the most odious secession and Destructive leaders, in the State. If the Governor is a Conservative why do these gentlemen support him T All of them denounced Vance and Holden in the same breath, two years ago, when Vance was thought to be a Conservative. Who then has changed 7 Mr. Hol den and those who support him have not, but Gov. Vance has. Gov. Vance will also, receive the sup port of CoL Peter Mallett, who, we learn from very good authority, boasted but a few days before the passage of the act suspending the writ of habeas corpus, that he would soon have a bit in' the mouths of our Judges and lawyers, and of course carry ev- erything his own way. And we call npon all good Conservatives to re member that the election of Vance will not be a victory for tbem or their party, but it will be claim ed as a triumph of those gentlemen whose names we .hare given, and the Destructive party of which they are the leaders. trwjre. t L - 4 . Vunn .ml . Ih.. MlllllHal flUOj 1 1 WflVTStr ST M lout tv huiww w,jihi ii iw i ' V . - - i iwvnHm r IIP n . w ducts, whieh were produced in the year 1868, and m tha r lAHn possession of tnaxrodueer on toi7in or reoruary, mo, mn THE votpoo '"'6 andlcessarr fo?the support of himself and family da- J AT HOME AND im ?S" WaN ring tbe present year, and from or on which, taxes in i,ns:-I adopt this methJr188 AvE Vhl h.h HXilnelMi mnA HlirM-n n ndfd. S V. .V L Pi.,nl, "food of aon..nr-K.1! Sea. S. That section fonr. naraarranhs one anil two. Of L the act approved Feb. 17, 1864, entitled "An net to levy aaaitionu taxes lor tne common aerenee ana support oi tbe & vernment, be so amended as to levy an aaaition- al tax or thirty per cent, upon the amount ox an pronw date r tha effieaof 8h.;rl;n'l"nneiD, lion te be bald w Aot next Wtte' M. WU Tiari OTI IK Bra m ik- " U. that I ahonldle a eadiH"T. S J anv . I bad eoneeated to be. ndiZ 0?J? ought to decline the latter nomL,trcu,asC.11' and was elected by a very 12.58: 8o ft J neiu in oaieiga on tbe I7lh of Mm i..' "tk, mouslv nominatHi fi.r i k. V. K4. 1 r ne omce of V ee. tne i oominaMou, and indeed dreli; I t? iTur oi a miiani vnnniv j ,;-uin.!w. "- .us uciu: out thA "11 1 v ., .6 uUluw tnut I fc, I feel rerr grateful U m, fHend, , , nare Beretotore extended tome and i e,l fortretmeat the ensuinp- .wT nl '"W th? jurtly,aad,faithfull?ia. ms, be to J - . . very respecuullr, t . Jane 80, 1864. " l-t-l made brsellini the articles above menUoned in the said Im.!"?1?? narairranhs. between the 17th dav of Febrnarr. 184. and L" Ti7i T 0o'moulv nomi.' :"5 O FiT. ..j-L ti i I.- -Kill K. nmt nnder it.. .::""t O unumunvi wuit uuh wuicu auuiuuuai i a,.k Ik Imi;.. ik. I... - circum... oolleeted nnder said act. Sec. 7. That on all Treasury notes of tbe old issue of tbe denomination ot ore dollars, not axenaagea ior me new issue prior to the 1st dav of January, 1 861a and which mar remain outstanding on that day, a tax of one hun dred ner cent, ia harehr imnosed. " . see 8. Tbal section sereo oi an act eniiuea si act w lev v additionat taxes for the common defence and support of the Government," approved 17th Febrnarr, 1864, be, and the same ia hereby, repealed, and tbe following in iieuioereoi: : . I Th.t k M n.m. ul.l in Uv 4a y for the common defenceand to carry on the Government of xue vonteaerate states, anprovea ntn Apru. tons, is suspended for tha mbe liA4- ' a "" II. In all cases where a tax is levied on insonwderived from property, real, personal and mixed of every descrip tion, on the amount or ralne of which an ad valorem tax shall be deducted from the income tax r Provided, That in no case shall less be paid than -the ad valorem tax. , III. In the assessment of income derived from manu facturing or mining, there shall be deducted from the gross income or prodta, the necessary annual repairs, not exceeding ten per cent, on the amount of the income de rived therefrom. And. in addition to the deduction now allowed by law in tbe assessment of income-4nvad from any source, tho followinir shall be made, namely : . Tbe Confederate taxes actnallr paid br the owner on sales made by him, and tbe commissioners actually paid by the consignor or shipper for selling, and in the production or manufacture of pie metal, or other iron, the coat of fuel. Sec 9. That all citlsens of anr one of the Confederate States, temporarilr residing in snother State, shall be li able to be assessed and taxed in tbe State or district ia- whicb be may temporarily reside, and it shall be-tha dnty of all such wbo bare not heretofore made return of their taxable property to the district assessor where tbey may THE. PEOPLE OP TBpTTs TORI AL D18TKICT, NORTH 5 Jjrixsjis and 8oi.nuas:-At thi n, 80! ny Conservatives or the District, i didate, to represent the-Countie, LOW ClTUKKS oi msny conservatives or the District ! ' Wie a eandidate. to renrwwnt ih n . s 1 nnun.. Macon, Jackson and Haywood in the sL.Ct fi I0' SSt ff Mm"n fore.-v , J.""" "cium uo .uegisiaiure of th e. ""Sh.' session, or what tha evanu r ue tk TS the proteetion of the State and the ihair at .Za r:svzr "Tcoin? v.vrs.i ron!. mH y.r- J " -oiie, and ri lk "1 curing negotiations, and an honorable p5 .Franklin, If. June 20. 1S4. < lW" Progrtis and Henderson 7?, h.. it-- rcopy. temporarily reside, within thirty ors after the passage of fw0 THE VOTERS OF BpiTJ this set, to make inch return, and anr one liable to be I Fv.t.uw.nim,n,.T . .?'le CnrJ assessed anA tanul u .fiirAMiM who ah.ll feil nr rofmut I iiviu. . "" yna'datefor. -.' . , . , " - - " - i uuiwvvi vviuuiuuv in U1S OCI1 LiPrrial.. 'at - -w hi, jjauw ww jicu.1.1 iiuvku mj uie iawa ui me lionieaeraM states in sncn ease. 1 aios to An Act to Extend the Tinan for eounsurlaic the Polls for oertain CoauUes and for other par poses. - : U ., . j.. Ssctioh 1. Me it enaeled by th General Meembly of th Slate of IfartK Carolina, and it it hereby enacted by the av thoHtv of the earn. That at snalt ba lawful for tkn Sheriffs of the counties in this State, in-possession or under tbe vuukiv ui uiu cuciuj, mi compare me pons oi tneir reapee tive counties for Governor. Members of -the Lea-ialatnra.' and Clerk of the County and Superior Courts, at any place in tbe State they any think proper, and tbey shall include in their returns tbe votes of officers and soldiers, if re ceived within twenty dars after ther are cast, and all other rotes if received within thirteen days after they are cast, and tbey shall not make up their returns and declare tbe result of the elections until the expiration of the time herein specified, and the Clerks ot the -County Courts of am vuuuuea may receive ine returns tut 'sneria ana com pare the same in like manner. " Sao. 8. Be it further enacted. That if at anv time it ahall happen that the Sheriff or Coroner of such county cannot iiuiu iue elections oy reason oi nis oeing within the ene my's lines, the election may be held by some respectable free-holder appointed by three Justices of the Peace of the county, and such free-bolder shall in like eases compare ipe pons in me manner prescribed ia the preceding sec tion, and shall have like powers, be under the same direc tions and restrictions and subiect to the same nenaltiea aa are conferred or imposed on sheriffs ; sad in default of such appointment the retuuiMnay be made to the Secretary of oiato w suaii oompare ine same ana declare tne result of the election. .- ej .'..'. . 80. S Be it further enacted. That if the Conntv Ronrta or Sheriff of the Counties mentioned in the first section of tnis act snail not have appointed inspectors according to the existing law. it shall ba lawful fur AI1V Jnatina nt tha Peace to nuke such appointment on the day of the elec- Sec 4. Be it further enacted. That whan it nfcari hi practicable for the Sheriffs or Clerks elected forsuch eoun. ties lo give bond and qualify in the manner now prescribed by law, it shall be lawful fur them to give tbe usual bonds auu iu quaiuy at me uouniy courts ot tbe County where in Courts are held nearest to their iwnective Counties. Seo. 5. Be it farther enacted, That this act 'shall be in force from its ratification. J?rd three times and ratified in utiwm jxiMTHuiy, une tat zaca aay OT May A. V. 1S64. J wbich yon have elevated me for six S ...... ... i - . -. . . . J sirg in r bu uroui tnai i Dare at hn 7 Conceive to ba for tha lt'iilbi.i utan on i If elected, I shall- permit no oppoMunUvt11! p a j rr- - - measures i.t win - ton, promote the honor, dignity. an1? ,,i xtflta i " w Wewa A BUI. BlUCereiY. VflllP TaI Iam,sincerelva0itPri Colerain, Bertie Co., June 20, 1864. ALBRIGHT a, a in&Sfin ZZZSZ WlLM maoce in the Commons branch of Ih. M H of North-Carolipa, at tha eletiontate'1 H uuo zv, loot. r MJ aaw-w bio ICUUtaiHU UI inrltllin u 1 1 aai , , UraaB of Randolph, aaa cudidate towZLZS1 1 " M Alamance id the Senate of the aeit i , oll Black ia a tried and true Con JJl.t? 7 n . n .. . ... i u. . uue av, loot . p : , HU MOORE AND MONTGOfrERTwTi .. Ja 10 Mnoun THOMAS J. BBIGhA1 aa a candidate to represent Moore and Uontlt " in the Sen of The nexf lZm.Z T"" a r. Unrtli KMif tried and true Conservative. lane w, 1864. WEwARE HOHKED TO ANNORi the office of Sh, r inTi.: '"F reoi tion in AujusI vu'""7' " jUDe ao, 186. . ; . - t toil WTOTICE.-I ANNOUNCE MYSEwTTJ' L for ih ffi o Sheriff of Eandobb qH . . u u. nu. j iu Auguift next. June 20, 1864. , J. C. 15-rJ ANNOUNCEMENT OF CANDIDATES. WILKES J-t.JWfo i" .currency, tsoen atterJ: wne into of. I i nave received from the Governor the folkwin8taie suras, on aevoant oi ti-e sale oi a part; of the steams UfMin, tu wit . : In 8 par cent bonds. And in 6 ner cent, bonds.' All of which is respectfully submitted, cc, as 1 hare heretofore eommnnicated td Voul I adopted1 1 bonds; on 'a ' t .-i L'' '' - ' IM6 IWU1II1UI VU HI, A IDUIil IU UVUITO- 1 AUTNKB, tU tfS1 ii-'.' " cpiiii sasa wonv utoerwue specially rjcd by law, for reasons heretofore given.; laskedoo, IMUU 1.3 O , - v- 7 .1'; i i 'j.: . J ij , - in disapproved the rule, to prescribe the exceptions. I.. Tie time or toe adoption or tma rule, there was much ' iino differenee jh the value of Confederate -notes and onr utn notes than at' present. Now our notes command in ." ftia.fcet a premium over Confederate notes of about 100 ner -e' t and onr cDupops also command a I area premium and tuir.ee are not presented at tbe Treasury for payment. The holders of these eonpops would almost universally take onr treasury note (fundable and. payable 1st January. 1866,) in payment, and many would take-oar change . . nues nacuonai pansoi a aoiiar.,. i nave aireaay pre Sured (except suniiDs:, nnmberinz.-ead elippinir,) t3i&U3.- ; S -) of these notes fundable in 1 8t ; and 1U9,w70 of notes .. less aenominaiion man a dollar. 1 recommend an act aUsaatine the sarment of tha eounona in oar tnaanrr notaa - ' afiroaaiil, where the holders shall prefer them, to Oonfeder a J earreney. Our laws authorixa guardians and other .irastess lo inrest in our bonds, and inanv of tha holdara . s' these. coupons are widows and orphans and others need ; ' ' their income, and the payment in this way would ae- iBvaiKe taem bbu wuvm wit wwaiai .tuo aiaie a la--Ineas. -1 alter roar last adjournment, I contracted for tha nine and printing of $400,000 in notes of less de- t man a aoiiar, aatnorised to be issned under : December last. It has beed thenraatiea'hM. - iange these at par for Confederate euxreney, lyiog tha change which the business of the ship ( 97,O0i; 88,000 still black from the maltreatment of Capt Hiaea.( I .gj. That second section of an act entitled "i We get Ibis from one of OUT belt citizens (and Dot a. I to letr additionaf taxes for the common defence anc torv) wbo liaa seen the arm. . - r b Alport St the Government, approved I7tb. Febrnarr, JONATHAN WORTH, Pub. Treai. Hon. J. T. Leach. We had tbe nleacnrA nf tu. J"g tbia gentleman1 yesterday, on hia way home from Richmond. Like other gentlemen wbo bare token a bold and decided stand in fasor of-personal "u wuautuuonai iioerty,iirr leacQ nas been maligned and abusad, bat during the session of Congress just eteseS he has made a most enviable, record tor himself. His course has been temperate, conciliatory and. generous, bnt at he same time wjuaiawuu xi a oas oeen a laitnfol senti nel on the watchtower. ever mrndfuf of tha nVhtc and dignity of his constituents, and ever ready to iwn un cuumuiuicuui OI pOWOT allu t0..tHWaK tue uiuiiuoa oi a tyrannical nsorpavon.! ' Dr. Leach was ejected as a iWce man. and faithfully W K. performed his duty. His peace resolutions, which we give below, embody the sentiments and wishes of cinetenths of the people of the State, and no end win ever oe put to wis oesoiating, destructive, ruin ous war until these principle! 'aj adopted Wd act- Seortly after the Confederate government was. removed to Richmqnd, a bRl was attempted ia tbe Provisional Congresa to give the President a. large sum, covering the. expense of transporting ' his horses all the way. from Mississippi in box care. This proposed appropriation of the publio cooney was defeated by ithe fearless patriotism of another' Davis, now we believe no longer a member of Con gress,; , But .the idea' has not been forgotten ; and,' in this agony of. the .nation a "joint resolution'' suddenly sprouts up, i0 i9. kedf;tkxonghBtia, House with' icredible alacrity, giving additipnal compensation, and. emolument' to this fuflctioqari under the name of "1l4Wi and fueT fo?ffl; Pfesi-' dential mansion," "and foraee. in the Presidential L stables for four liors'ei during tbe war. v--vi ; f ' mi.. 1 '..."if n..1' ' J . .. - , iue uiuiu vuaputr im, uie-.secona aeCvlOn 01,00 third, article, of tbe Confederate Constitution de ' 'clareS : " Tbe.President shall' at stated times Terave . a eompensatiorv lohiclnhaty neither he 'increased or JiakJled, finsirthe yarioi tot iwbicb he ihas Wri elected ; and be shall not receive during that .period any other emolument from the Confederate ."States or any of tbem." " " ' . ' ' '' -: . The joint resolution of Congress strikes ill the ieeth of the Constitution. It ia enough to declare that fact, as it is to' state that two and 4wo mak4 ; four it would be as foolish to argue the jtruth of .. one proposition-aa of the other. But 'the' "Presi dent cannot live on his salary !" Then' let hita're sign, and live as otber people do, withoot it He has the best house ip Richmond furnished, and twenty-five thousand a year. If he cannot live pn that,- who can live . itt the- Southern Confederacy t It is also said that similar. helps" were given to1 the President of the United States snder tbe oM government So they were, and ir was the un speakable corruption and . villainy which came of this, and other not more lawless expondkurM eftbe nation s money,: wbich overthrew the:U-overn meat ,We make this war to get rid of the pre cedents and practices of the old gbvernmeiit--Would to God we might also get-rid oi-aH the uncawin puuucuuia, wno maae by slqw deereee, anil IMn aiu4i Tirana ilnii I tLl- I, . mny au preeedento thia, tronandaU this warl . It it said that this is a ' WdefaIt, whoy fall, or hati "small matter? that Opposition to ii is faction, f 'bsemt;or'de retorns,ln cooaeqneno &cu But we say, oieta prinoipiisrwiat evil while it is small and can be resisted. . If this small end pf tb? wedge gets in, all the rest follows easily. It An Act to Amend the Tax Laws. The Congress of the Confederate Statee of America, do enact, That the first, second, and third sections of the act to levy additional taxes for the common defence and sup port of tbe Government, approved seventeenth of Febru ary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, he amended and re enacted, so aa to read as follows, to wit : ' Sec. 1 . That in addition to the taxes levied br the M act to levy taxes for the common defence, and to carry on the Government of the Confederate -States," approved April 24, 1868, there shall be levied, from the 17th day of Feb ruary, 1864, on the subject of taxation heieinafter men tioned, and collected from every person,- oopartnerthip, association or corporation, liable therefor, hues as fol lows to wit : 1. Upon the raluaof all property, real; personal and mixed, of every kind' of description, cot hereinafter ex empted or taxed at a different rate, fire p.tt cent : Prod ded, That from the tax on the. value of; property employed iu agriculture shall be deducted tbe valqe of the tax in kind derived therefrom during the same year,' as sssessed ; under the law imposing it, and delivered to tbe Goveru 'tnent, whether delivered during the year or afterwards, including the bacon, deliverable after, and not prior to the assessment of the tax. on property employed in agricnl ture, as'aforesaid ; and -the collection of the tax on such property shall be suspended after assessment, under the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, nntil the valne of the tithe to be deducted can be ascertained, and wben so ascertained, it shall be the duty of the post 'quartermas ter to certify, and of tbe district collector to deduct, the 'Tahte of sucn lime,- ana airy nuance ionua aue may oe paid in bonds and certificates therefor, authorized by tbe "Act to reduce the currency and to authorise a new is sue nf notes and bonds," in like manner as other taxes, psyble during the year: .Provided, That no credit whall e allowed beyond five per cent: '-,, 1$. On the value of gold and silver ware and plate, jew els, jewelry and srateaee, ten per eent .. Jit. Tbe ralua of property taxed nnder this. section shall be assessedtm tne basis of tbe market value of tbe same, or similar property taxed in tbe ' neighborhood Where assessed, in tie year eighteen hundred and sixty, : iromt in eases where lands, slaves, cot too and tobacco "have been purchased since 1st day of January 1S62, in which case the said lands, slaves, cotton and tooacco,- so purchased, shall; be assessed at the price annually paid for ' tbe same by the owner- Provided, "ta.i land purchased by --refugees, ana nem auu -uwupiou vjr tuem lur laeir uwu -use and residence, shall be assessed, according to its mar ket Value in ine year ioau. . "an act and sup port ot tne uvvernnmn, apprurea uu reoruarj, ion, be, and the aame-is.besxby repealed; and it is hereby declared, inat an ue piupci V. " hwh ui curpunmuna, .assaciaUOOS9PB'ouH stum wtupauica, ui-vary ueaenp- tioa, whether incorporated or not, shall be assessed and taxed in tbe same manner, and to the same extent, as the property and assetsntfJindividnals; tbe tax on such prop- arty and assets to be assessed against, and paid by, auch . corporations, associations and joint stock companies: provided. That no bank or banking ecmpany shall belia ble to pay a tax npon deposits of money to the credit .of, andsnDject to tbe checks of others: Provided farther. That tba stock, staves or interests, vepresentiog property or aaselain eorporatipna or joint stock companies, assoct aQons, sbaH hoi bw assessed or taxed. And, provided furUier,f!htAimH property -within the enemy's lines be, and the. same is hereby exempted from -all taxatioa so kntf as it remains in the enemv's lines. .:- r 8' That. paragraph one of aeotion ibree of aa act entitled f An act to levy additional, taxeii, for the com- -'mod defence and support of the Government1" approved ,;17M Kebruarj, 1364, beend the smm ia hsreby ensealed and re-enacted, so as to read as fbllorrs: Upoa Ihe amount of. all gold and silver coin, gold dust, gold or ail jyerlwHwarmoMya ibjBld , abroad, or bills of exebsage drawn therefor, promissory notes, rights, credits and se ' eurities, payable m foreign countries tire per sent Ui be , paid in specie, or Confederate Treasury noiesat their val ue, as compared with specie at the time tbe tax is paya ble, the relative value of specie and Confederate Treasury notes, for the purpose of payment nnder this act, tube fixed by regulations to be prescribed br --theCommia-siower of Taxes, under the direction of tbe. Heeretary of the Treasury. ......... -,.!.,. . Section 4. That sestion "sixteen of tbe Act ts amend an aetotiUed An act to levy taxes for the eoasmon de rates ami catry m toe uoveroineM ot the Confederate States," approreoTinh February, 1864," be, and the same is hereby, amended to read a follows . U Tbe income, property and money, other than Confed erate Treasury notes, of hospitals, asylums, ebarehes, schools, soil egos and other ebaritable in stitutionMball he exempted irom laxauon under tne provisions of this act, ' or any other law.' The property of companies foraged uo- ' .Jd the-act entitled Att act toeaUbliah volunteer nary,' ahaU.be exempt from taxation, except on the income. . IX. kat Paragraph six, section seven, of tbe earns set be ancTthe same is hereby amended by adding thereto, as follows r fc' if Jf any .parson shall fail to make due retura, as re ., quired, by said, section, ot tbe income or profits taxed nnder anr law ot Consress. or in ease of disasrreemant with tbe asasssor, to submit the same ts refiwaea, aa pro- rided by;. lar, or aba!) fail or riifssa to pay the tax tbere oa, within aoofa time ss shall be prescribed by pnblie no tise, kg tbe direction of the Commissioner of T.r iwiaim auau ue ucmueu.iuia UB1U 10.00 in detSUlt: vrO- X be deemed and held to haafiuled to make nav. UHnam Ik. 1 " ffMerferenoe of the enemy, or the abance or neglect of tos omosrs enargea wnn we asasasmeal and coUsetioa of fMlO THE VOTERS OP IREDELL. M. AJtU ALEXANDER COONT1ES.-Fbluw.Citi- xbss: At tne earnest solicitation of many friends, I an nounce myself a candidate to represent the. people of Ire dell, Wilkes and Alexander Counties in the Senate of the next Legislature of North-Carolina. Aa I am comparatively onknown to many persona of the District, and it is not my purpose to canvass, it may oe proper to state oneny my pnncipieca, as l am willing to stand or fall bvihem.i. I am not afraid to trust tbe people; therefore, if it be thought necessary, and they should desire it, I am4o favor of calling a State Convention. Tsosewho oppose a Con vention are not willing to trust the people; they think that tbe people have too much power. They charge that' those who favor a State Convention, wish to secede from the Confederate States. I was opposed to secession in 1861, and I am opposed to it now. Secession cannot cure our present troubles; it would be utter folly and madness, and could only be justified in a life and death straggle for liberty. It would be well for this State as well as for all the Con federate States, to have a Convention in being, if not in session during the war not to secede, but to aid and strengthen the general, ajirerninent by.granting it needful, powers in every emergency, wbich, if assumed without tbe consent of the Stes, would be usurpation-and un warrantable authority. .. Neither the Legislature nor tbe Governor possesses sovereign bower, but a Convention J I J .L ' . . J I . . , , . , , woum uudaess auvu wmr. &na wmie u coviu grant bii needful powers to the common government, and check usurpations, it would see to it that our present !fo'ravof " government is not changed. There are those who are con stantly endeavoring to educate the mind of the public, to prepare it for another form of government Such, men need watching. We need a Republican form of govern ment with all oar rights as freemen guaranteed to ns by tbe Constitution with all the rights of a sovereign State. ' 1 wish a State Convention to co-operate witi'tbe general government and our sister States of the South in obtaining an armistice, so thst negotiations for peace may be com menced. - Let North-Carolina do her duty, and if other States will not meet in Convention or conference with her, norheM ber voice for peace, she will bare done her dutyrfo humanity, our country, and our God. and tbe re sponsibilities of the future will not rest upon her. Negotiations wonld greatly enoomage our people at home and onr soldiers ia the fieW-f' Itimnst ; come to this at last. " The pen, more powerful than the sword, must do nun wu --... m, iniiGU V WWHjrilOU. , j l.it nl tKopoftira hnva nimii. I jam .h.lu tKa Mim.4 mon government and the sovereign States lb an -effort to procure aa armistice, then treaty of peace, and then a vote of the people on the treaty, after its endorsement by the President and Senate. ' The power of Oonnessitf suspend the privilege of tne writ of habtat eorpae in sertain, cases is granted by tbe Constitution. Bnt I cannot agree to its exercise; much less oo i itxe to see ine rrestdent clotned wrtn tun power. The personal freedom aAd libectrfi tbe people should sot be trusted In the hands of one man' But the suspension of the writ itself, aa has been done by Congress, is oa con stitutional and nowarrantabs:. it authorises Ulesal and unwarrantable arrests) it operates wrongfully and oppres sively on ss loyal, as patriotic ahd as trow men as ever inneriteu a Dirinngnt under a "poutaern sxy." . . x ,. - There are those, m1 I fear manv. who desire a strong government, a military despotism, who advocate the clo sing of our letrislatire halls sod Oiril Courts -the over-- riding of all other laws' by the military tbe concentration of tna wbola fbras ai taa people in tha bands of a military Chieftain. Such views shall at no timesoaiye anr jgd orJ wiimwii uuui uic vim law lo uiuuiuv upuu ciiueua hu soldiers military law applies only to the army. Let the laws, civil and military, be enforced" said resposted iWithin -their respective spheres, and be -not traorpled upon by either ciuxens or soldiers. ' ' ..J J.u 11 J5 l Y" COUWT1T.-WE ARE A tborized end reuuested to iniMmnn k. i.uJ t.--- " uuuacrvavire candidates to rentaai 00ty ,ef Johnston in the next General Assembly: For the Commons W.O. RtKKa .nj i i c This ticket was selected by the Reserves from JohJ wiusooro , ano oy a mass meeting ol tbe sens remaining at homaj hM at SmitKKoM ,v. 0. May- These gentlemen will be supported bvall tmCI serva tires. Thev endoras tha nlaifiirm nt ir: d J Stephens, Gov. Brown and W. V. Holden, and if da will do all they can to procure an early and stmJ June 2, 1864. ' " gJ TAX WO0D COrilVTV T nno MM. ly announce myself to the people of Haywood ei ty as a candidate to represent tbem in tbe Hook of U monsoitne next Ueneral AasembLv. IamsCwrl tire or tne " original paneL" JOHN a. ISIBl une to, loot. 29 ta WBARJ AUTHORIZED TO ANIfOCjJ COL- W. H. A. SPEHtt nfthi. sth KnJ a candidate at the election on the 1st Thursday in Jul iiexi, io represent tnanannlanr tka nnnHuiiM ourry,-Aiiegnanny, Ashe and Watauga in tbe Sew aajiaiMirB ih JsoriQ-uaroiina. aiayiis, lse, rau Tug VOTBIR nr iwnnne lit MONTGOMERY.-1 mrlf . liaul i k J v"v oi atoore ana WontfforaerT vm acuaMs tn xionii-uarolina. flv nrinctpiB yapserraliye "aftei the strai test sect," aid are well N w an wno xnow me. . I shall explain them moreftlli tbe proper time. 3. a. BAUREIt. vartnage. Hay Btb, 1864," . i ' lr-4 CHATHAM GO V IT T Ti-WE ARE It quested to annoonre THOMAS B. LONG, Hi candidate to represent the people of Chatham in th 4 ate or the next Legislature. Air. Long is a true Court June?M8H... .. , . -d GR AN VTLLE C OH W'T T . IN C0SF1I anee with solicitationf I cannot disregard, 1 1 nonnca to the "voters of Granrille-that my name i bil .wu. .v. -viwwua w a in tne vommons unDvu next Leguuatnre ; and that I solicit their votes. All I am a Conservative ftbonirh not an nltraimi I iballi a.. 1 - i - " . .... .. ' . i uu ju-.y -fwutt, mm i consider it We dut ol s ieri to legislate With an eve to tha hnnnr and amlf.mof theSal and the best interesU of tbe people, and not tothim Junel,lS6.- , '.-.-. - either ciuxens or soldiers. The representative' should be held to a strict bility br his eeatitaeatiHnerfcsb6nHI.. therefore. bow be rotes upon all qostioos affecting tbeir ieterests. Secret legislation is incompatible with this accountability ; therefore nothing but a necessity effecting the very exis tence and salvation of tbs country could justify H. If elected, 1 shall not fail to do all in my power lo ad ranee the interest of Not4sGarolina, to warn the Confed erate 8tates government of all encroachments upon bar ancient rights as a sovereign 8tate, to see the liberty and freedom of the citixen respited, to aid the common gor rnmAt in prosecuting the war, aad to hrgsopoa Hand to co-operate With it as a representative of a free people of a Borereign State, to negitiate a treaty of peace. Having been a soldier myself, 1 shall give every sneanrafeiBem,' comfort and succor td the army. The State must see that our brave defenders are well Mothed and ahod ; their fanu ilias claim tbe aid of onr-State, and she most see them clothed and fed as long as there is anything m the land at any prico or sacrifice. , .-. v;j m- -.;r. -,u, . There are other Questions I might discuss, but sufBoe it to sar. I stand fairlV and so nare rr nnon the- nnaennime euuueiated by Gor. Brown, Vice Fieaideot Stepheuat, aodtJ m. vr.uoiaaD, jaq. I must apoeai to mr friends to see to it that my prinon pies aro widely dissem'nutsd ss possible, both at boaae add in tne army. . . Very respectfully, Ac., York Institute, June 80, 1864.. , mO THE SOLDIERS AND CITlZEl JL (VT.m)4h NASH COUNTY.-I snnowtesi self a candidate for a seat in tbe House of fw1 at tne enfimng elecbon in August.' As it will M TJOSSible fir me to as mn all Imlawn now nnd tbt Tborsdsr- in August, I take this method ot making bl to yoa my -principles and news." Ism m'"""! honomble -peace as soon as it ean possibly be obt". ana uunx; tnat enorts snouiu nart seen made long w atop uua cruel, bloody and desolating war. Iwaanavara annAaainniat .alarikvA: Annnwvl tKoflf feaald Secession wonld be neacaahla. or if m had W i ... . . ' . . . wouia pay ine expensrs wtn ten cents sod wipe t -the blood .with a toekeiJandkimhiaf lam Dot ' the laA-dollar and last man " gentry. I tbonf4 till think tbe people hare thmght to hold wtttm consult tomther for tha nmmntinn uf thair own inlll r o oppoted to the suspension of the writ of kabtu" tnd abulia tk tuJm aaua mf OM -Malaira in iiti"" one man. In short I am a Conservativepf Jbe "S', i. . l u M.'2LX U -n .nd tPV avvj' an w aua urn, iiuuaga inu fcuiuviu, ur, r Conservative and peace man. -If you elect me I F not to vary a hair's breadth from tbe principles" grai aiM growHig avid glorious yoraervaiive puv i ! ' HUM ft UATTHE"! liijia8j-uiat.' n? ' - -H R. RHEIH. SO te. TO T1 THE VOTERS OF CHATHAM COUN TY. I take this method of informing mr friends and me puonc tnat t am a can naaie rorxne ones oi Bbervtr la tbe said Conntv. . Mr srineiples are truly Conaervativa. and I will feel nnder many obligations for the support of my irwnaa. -1 snail canvass sue uonnty u my nealtn will pcrai. - - - i'f -'ii'.-i. : ! ; r- onirlSSJ. New Hope, June t, 184. . ., 2S 8tpd. ,'taxas." - See. 6. That this act ahall not be ao qonstroed aatosab- WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE Lieut. E. H. BAT, of the 47th N. O. Regiment iorne omosoi anaswoi waxe Uoanty, vX the ensuing election in August next. . Mayl9,186 ' a ' itUL WmTK ARE AUTHORIZED 4o ANN0IW -WW- M WRLROKN aa a .nlulA InKDrt' Obuaty of Wilke in the Bouse of Cecamons st tbe eo"l O THE PEOPLE OF RUTHEBFO A Vrv . DAI W ATr.nwafiVifaa L,. r'ti'twarA. I 1 jmkm anv a vsua. wun l ido; rwww-v-- Villi nousee jnyself a candidal to reorasentlhe peopleol"! enora ana roix in, tne tlouse ot W" -uenerai jsasemmy. - sry nrtneipleS ana viewn J." b. etrsitsst aeet I nuooraoie peace oy negotiations; aoa i oom -. ,j dutr of tha renreaenUtiva to he ffcrcrned by the w"'" Constitneota irelaotftTI will do all is my P0er ? A ntialni oar brave soldiers, and to secure "JTl blepeac. , . ,,JAMES W. ADiJ re ' i i" i if ii i i Zxisn tkw to the HoBsaofComntona fram the County ""1 Captain, Ratter is a Coiwarratire Rafter tbe stnutl . j - fVAvlDSOIf COyKTr.-WE ARB J Ai fWued to .BDc.'LKVTm HAVES, 6lfl candidate lb tbt House of ' May 1,184. to rnprasent tbe people of Dldni3i. ofOnW of SteUt .General A- WWWWiiiia-sp-"!-:'.. a ir MAKaVtaraa rears, on, urge fieson the let a&2-rathef dapple bay. bw3 one ba' maha maae and tail. Taken by rSmghaVCavalry ua wui renin aaia-avare wm reaane Wilhara W t lia'S 1SHA. X3T All the-Stats papan copy sU weeki aceoantsaaabave. - i i;V .it f -iJ-..-.' j-Kf-i "'- AafO Ik. above JESSE VAW"'
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 22, 1864, edition 1
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