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o 41 '4 A 1 i i i NOBTH CAROLINA ITEMS- Caution to the Public. There is every reason to believe that there are certain parties prowling about the State buying up provisons on speculation, and representing themselves as acting under the authority of the Governor. We are re quested to caution the public against such persons. No one is authorized by Gov Ellis to purchase supplies Jot our troops who has not an official jcommission for that purpose. The people of the ; State, therefore, would do well not to trade with these sharks. Make them show their papers with the signature of Gov. Ellis and the seal of the State. Raleiqh Journal. nr. n t l . , . 1 1 IX I 1 II J iuc ivUUC oi' -' ' AXGISO AT SHELBY, C. A e learn that a . o whm aJone we now owe allegiance. Together with man by the name of Martin Scruggs, of Cleave- i tiai3 token of our esteem and confidence, we also en land county, was lodged in the jail at Shelby, trust to you, brave sons of Mecklenburg, oar d.-arest i... u T:..;i.,r, rmmWtoa n ! interests and fondest hopes of security. The " irre- ouiuc nine siij;c, uj nie inaiac vviuumtvi., . a charge of giving "tree papers to negroes. Un Friday night 10th. he was released on his own re cognizance, when he was immediately taken in charge by a crowd, conveyed to the suburbs of the Tillage, and hanged until dead. The names of :the persons concerned in the affair arc not known, and. from all we can learn, no exertion will be made to identify thetn. Yorkville Enquirer. The above is incorrect in one or two important par ticulars. The man hung was named Haney. lie was Uiken from the Jail, where he wa3 confined for tamper ing with negroes, harboring runaways and furnishing them with passes. lie sustained a general bad char acter, and had been frequently confined in jail. Gov. Ellis. It will be highly gartifying to the people of the State to know that Gov. Ellis is rapidly recovering and that there is every reason to expect a full and complete restoration of his health. Raleigh Journal. Good Trices. The sale of the estate of John Brigman, deceased, in this county on Thursday last, proved very conclusively that the war has not seriously affected the prices of property, and that our-people arc not badly "scared" yet. Ne gro men sold as high as SI, 200, and women and .ejbjJdrcn in proportion not bought by the heirs either. Horses and mules went off at high figures, and bacon at 15 cents per pound. Terms of sale . one-half cash, balance in six months. Ashecille Jfacf. Death of a Volunteer. We regret to learn that Mr James Hudson, a highly esteemed mem ber 'of the Hornet's Rifles, from Charlotte, died at the hospital of the encampment on Saturday last. His disease was pneumonia. This is the first death that has occurred among the volunteers in this city. The remains of the deceased were es corted to the Central Depot on Saturday afternoon when after depositing them on board the train bound to Charlotte, the Company fired a salute in honor of his memory, and then returned with sad dened hearts to their encampment. Hal. Regis ter, May 15.. Orderly and Well Behaved. There are several companies of soldiers encamped at sundry points within the limits of lialeigh, and we have yet to hear of the lirst instance of disorderly con duct on their part. They are sober, orderly, well behaved men. When we remember that tliecom panies are composed almost entirely of young men unaccustomed to the discipline of a camp, we can not commend their good conduct too warmly. An army composed of such materials must be invinci ble, for they carry with them that moral that sus tains men under all circumstances. Raltijh Reg ister. An Extraordinary Case. On .Monday, the 15th of last month, as Master James Henry Smith, aged 15 years and 7 months, son of Mr James G. Smith, of this town, was standing in the door-way of a partition in a store on West-Centre St., a gun was accidentally discharged from the back room, by which a load of buckshot lodged in the calf of his left leg. It was ascertained that seven pased through the flesh, and about the same number were subsequently extracted. lie was carried to the residence of his parents. From the great loss of blood and other causes, on the succeeding day, mortification succeiled with unexampled rapidity, so that amputation could not be had without the almost certain prospect of death, on Tuesday night. The design of the operation was abandoned; and the sufferer lingered until the following Sunday, and death was expected to take place on that morning. By a re;;ctiou in the system, which all admitted who were conversant with the subject, was unexampled in the records of.science or expe rience, it was found that there was a chance of saving the life of the sufferer by amputation about the middle of the thigh. This operation was per formed on Thursday morning by Dr. Dewey, as sisted by Drs. Moore and Fining son, of this place, and Dr. Blow, of Greenville, who was accidentally present and rendered efficient aid. And now. two weeks after the operation, so far as human judg ement embraces the subject, the recovery of the patienWis certain. Goldsboro Tiilune. To our Eastern Brethren. We have been requested, by ote of our most influential citizens, io say to our eastern friends in this State, that they can be furnished in this section with plenty of hay and rough food for their stock. There is but one packing machine in this section, and it is ,kept constantly employed Greensboro Times. LUXURIFS. One house in this town sold thir tcen hundred dollars worth of snuff in one day last week. A great deal of this will be used too by persons who will have to depend upon charity for bread very soon. Tobacco, snuff and liquors are not necessities and wc do hope that the culti vation of tobacco and the manufacture of whiskey from grain will be abandoned until our troubles .are over. Netcbern Progress. Chinese Sugar Cane. Let our farmers plant largely of the Cane, for which there is yet time, but none to spare. The ports being blockaded no knowing for what tfme, the prices of sugar and molasses must rule high in time, if indeed they .can be obtained at all. StatcsciUe Express. Home Manufactures. The time is now to hand when Southern Manufacturing should begin in good earnest. The South can never become Independent until her people 'shall manufacture their own supplies extending to every article which is wanting for the farm, workshop, aud family. The person that will hereafter expend money at the North for an article, which can be manufactur ed at the South, ot which, he or she can forego, is a traitor, and should be expelled from the South. Such persons will be the very worst ene mies the South will have to encounter in her struggle for Independence. Statesville Express. Military Caps. Miss Sallie Pool, of this place, is manufacturing military and citizen caps of a very handsome style. The Home Guard, the Rowan Artiiiery and Mr Fisher's Regiment, will -all be furnished with caps manufactured by ladies of this place. They are made almost entire ly of goods manufactured in the State. Salisbury Watchman. The CRors. We are jrattified to hear the most flattering reports from the .wheat crop in all .sections of our. Sate. A kind Providence smiles beneficiently upon us. Let us take courage and .njove inward." Eiyh Point Reporter. For the Wester Democrat. PLAQ PRESENTATION. On afternoon of 8atnrday, the 27tb nlk, iq the presence of a large assemblage, the "Sharon Riflemeu," a volunteer company composed ehitfly of the sturdy planters of Mecklenburg, were pre sented with a neat and handsome Flag, bearing a lone star. Miss Lizzie Alexander, appearing in behalf of the warm-hearted and patriotic ladies of Sharon, spoke in an earnest and impassioned manner, as follows: Gentlemen of the Sharon Riflemen : Permit me in the t t as an mh!rm of North-Carolina. nam e of the lad es of snaron, 10 preem jou id in r ig i - . urrijiuic cuaniri j uas me Diooa of our oouiuciu .om -k"" their own soil. Those who were once your friends are now your enemies, having treated with contempt scd derision every proposition for compromise and adjust ment. Sereiiiy-five thousand soldiers hare been called on to subjugate the Southern States. W ill you, gentle men of Sharon, submit to this? Never, no, never! We congratulate you, gentlemen of Sharon in being amongst the first to emulate the example of your fathers in defenee of your country's rights, and whilst yon bear this Banner "amidst the din of arms and the smoke or battle, c will support you with onr prayers, committing you and your just cause to the God of Uattles ; and Jf perchance you should never return, we will entwine our affections around your memory forever. May Victory perch upon your banner, and the God of Mercy protect and return you to your homes and loved ones. Men of the Sunny South ! irwake, Arise, and strike for freedom's sake! Spirits of Geeene and Marion rise, Wave your Banner to the skies; Say to the world the Tyrant's doom Again shall be the bloody tomb 1 Now yon are ready, God and right Will shield us, if we needs must fight. Let Northern tyrants howl and rave, The Sunny South shall be their grave! Mr H. K. Reid being called from the ranks, responded, in behalf of the Captain, as follows : In the name of the Sharon Riflemen, and of our be loved Captain, whom indisposition has prevented from replying to you on this occasion, we receive at your hands this Lone Star Flag with hearts of gratitude and esteem, and we pledge our lives that it shall never re turn to you till victory is inscribed on its folds. The condition of our country, to which you have so aptly alluded, is fearful indeed. For many years our rights i have been invaded our most vital interests have been I diregarded. and even our homes have been threatened ! with the torch cf the incendiary. We have remon strated again and again wc bare offered compromise after compromise we have made every honorable sacrifice that freemen could make in the fondly cher-i.-lied hope that we might vet be permitted to enjoy our rights in peace. But alas ! in vain. Our remonstrances have been unheard, our proposals for peace have been treated with scorn and contempt, and the very magnani mity which prompted them has been construed into cowardice. Forbearance on our part has led to aggres sion. Our offers of peace have emboldened our ene mies, until submission to the most hateful tyranny is demanded, and the cry of war is raised in our midst. The d.iy of otir trial has come the conflict is begun already our brothers lie bleeding on the fields of Mary land; and by aid of heaven we will defend our rights or peri-h in the cause. And since a I other arguments have failed, we now make them our last offer of cold steel and hot lead. And should we be called to the scene where opposing armies meet in deadly conflict, when the sky is black with the smoke of musketry and the earth trembles beneath us with the thunder of cannon, then shall this Lone Star Flag waive over us, and recalling the memo ries of those who are dear to ns it will nerve our arms to victory or death. We know not how soon we may leave you, but when the trump of war shall sound to call us away, the bitterest grief that shall burn in our heart will be that those we love we must leave behind ns. May the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth, in whose hands our lives and our destinies are, protect and defend you in the hour of trial and danger. Immediately after the reception of the Flag, Mr Oswald Alexander, a private, was called on and responded in a patriotic and soul-stirring ad dress. In the course of his address, he appealed to the company to know whether they would at every hazard defend this noble gift. The uni versal shout was, "we will die by it!" The Company then paraded -to its usual muster ground, when Capt. John Walker was called for, and responded in his u?ual felicitous manner, which those only who have heard him can properly appreciate. He defended in a masterly manner the justness of our cause. The pearly tear-drop trickling over the fair cheek of many a beautiful maid, clearly betokened the intense interest felt in the delivery of those speeches. C. THE EUROPEAN PRESS ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS. The latest English papers, brought by the steamship Africa to New York, comment very freely . upon the surrender of Fort Sumter, ot which aecouuts had just been received. The tone of these papers is very significant, as seeming to possess, almost without exception, a strong South ern bias. Even the Manchester Guardiau, always an opponent of slavery, is of the opinion that the seceded States "will have been raised in estima tion" by the recent eveuts at Charleston, aud goes so far as to charge Mr Lincoln's policy "as in cluding every kind of blunder." The London Times is more reserved, the whole affair at Fort Sumter being "utterly inexplicable." The Liver- ! pool Mercury thinks the issue of the conflict be tween the two great opposing sectious " can scarcely form a subject for speculation, because the North will be deprived of its most productive, powerful and wealthy districts." The Liverpool Post anticipates fighting of the most terrible de scription, between armies in many respects equally matched, fired by that peculiar fierceness which consanguinity ever gives to the battles of brethren. The European Times reviews recent events, and pleads for peaco. The New York Journal of Commerce says it would not be strange if England should conjure up some pretext for relieving the cotton trade from restrictions, and avcrtiug dis aster from her manufacturers With the intense feeling likely to exist among the English people, and with vast interests so much fleeted, the Journal adds, they will find it difficult to remain passive spectators. They will not only find it difficult, but impossible. The principles of nations arc their interests, and the interests of England ire free trade and cottou. Hence we shall see what we shall see. TnE Crops. A gentleman from Texas, who has passed some days en route, says that nearly the usual quantity of cotton has been planted at the South, and a very large increase of corn. The Southern authorities have asked for a largely in creased appropriation of land to breadstuffs, instead of tobacco, and this was done in Virginia. Id Texas, the wheat crop will be very large. Caution. Persons who use fire arms should remember that percussion guns or pistols are tome times discharged without the caps. A Southern paper says : A young man was badly wounded in ! this city yesterday, by the accidental discharge of, a pistol in the hand of his friend. It is worthy - 11-., a 111 ! o J a v wuw0v my o au W of remark, that this pistol had no cap on it, but it ; lost. If no vessel is at hand, take your hat ; if no f prevented by subjecting all letters in the Post-Of-seems that a small portion of the percussion powder j hat, off with your shirt, wring it out once, tie the fice, and by any and every mode of conveyance to was on the tub.e and this was sufficient to fire the j arms in a knot, as also the lower end, thus making inspection, just as it is now done in Washington powde.r. - a, bag, open at the neck only. A fleet person can and let no suspicious characters leave. . ' WESTERN DEMOCBAT, O HABOTTE, SOLDIERS' HEALTH. fT P. KtU, oVTHl Jf. T. iOOMAl 0 HSAiTB. 1. Id an v ordinary campaign, sickness disables or destrovs three times as many as the sword. 2. On a march, from April to November, the entire clothing should be a colored flannel shirt, with a loosely Cottoned collar, cotton drawers, woolen pantaloons, shoes and stockings and a light colored ielt hat, with broad brim to protect trie neck, eyes and face from the glare of the sun and the rain, and a substantial but not heavy coat when off duty. 3. 8un-stroke may be prevented by wearing silk handkerchief in the hat, or a white linen hood hat cover, extending like a cape over the neck and shoulders. 4. Colored blankets are best and if lined with brown drilling the warmth or durability are dou bled, while the orotection against dampness from ly ing on the ground, is almost complete. 5. Never lie or sit down on the grass or bare earth for a moment: rather useour hat a hand kerchief even, is a great protection. The warmer you are, the greater need for this precaution, as a damp vapor is immediately generated, to be ab sorbed by the clothing, aud to cool you off too rapidly. 6. While marching, or on other active duty, the more essential it is to safety ot life itself, to rinse out the mouth two or three times, and then take a swallow of water at a time, with short in tervals. A brave French general, on a forced march, fell dead on the instant, by drinking largely of cold water, when snow was on the ground. 7. Abundant sleep is essential to bodily effici ency, and to that alertness of mind which is all important in an engagement ; and few things more certainly and more effectually prevent sound sleep than eating heartily after sun-down, especially ai ter a heavy march or desperate battle. ' 8. Nothing is more certain to secure endurance and capability of long continued effort, than the avoidance of every thing as a drink except cold water, not excluding coffee at breakfast. Drink even cold water very slowly. 9. After any sort of exhausting effort, a cup of coffee, hot or cold, is an admirable sustainer of the stiength, until nature begins to recover herself. 10. Unless altera long absence or great fatigue, do not eat very heartily just before a great under taking ; because the nervous power is irresistibly drawn to the stomach to mauage the food eaten, thus drawing off that supply which the brain and muscles so much need. 11. It persons will drink brandy, it is incom parably saicr to do so after an effort than before ; lor it can give only a transient strength, lasting but a few minutes ; but as it can never be known bow long any giveu effort ia to be kept in continu ance, and if longer than the few minutes, the body becomes more feeble than it would have beeu without the stimulus, it is clear that its use beore an effort is always hazardous, and is always unwise. 12. Never go to sleep, especially after a great effort, even in hot weather, without some covering over you. 13. Under all circumstances, rather than lie down ou the bare ground, lie in the hollow of two logs placed together, or across several smaller pieces ot wood, laid side by side ; or sit on your hat, leaning against a tree. A uap ot ten or nttceu minutes in that positiou will reiresh you more than au hour on the bare earth with the additional advantage of perfect safety. 14. A cut is less dangerous than a bullet wound, uud heals more rapidly. 15. If from any wuuud the blood spirts out in jets, instead of a steady stream, you will die in a few minutes unless it is remedied; because an ar tery has been divided, aud that takes the blood direct from the fountain of life. To stop this in stantly, tie a handkerchief or other cloth very loose ly between the wound and the heart; put a stick, bayonet, or ramrod between the skin and the handkerchief, and twist it around until the bleeding ceases, and keep it thus until the sur geon arrives. 1(3 If the blood flows in a slow regular stream, a vein has beeu pierced, aud the handkerchief must be on the other side ot the wound from the heart; that is, below the wound. - 17. A bullet through the abdomen (belly or stomach) is more ceraiuly fatal than if aimed at the bead or heart; for in the latter cases the ball is often glauced off by the bone, or follows around it under the skin; but when it enters the stomach or bowels, from any direction, death is inevitable under almost alt cm unistauces, but is scarcely ev er iustautaucous. Generally the person lives. a day or t?o with perfect clearness of intellect, often uot suffering greatly. The practical bearing of this statement iu reference to the great future is clear. 18. Let the whole beard grow, but not longer than some three iucbes. 'ibis strengthens aud thickens its growth, aud thus makes a more perfect protection for the lungs against dust, aud of the throat against winds aud cold in winter, while in the summer a greater perspiration of the skiu is induced with an increase of evaporation; heuce, greater coolness of the parts on the outside, while the tluoat is less feverish, thirsty and dry. 19. Avoid fats and fat meats in summer and iu all warm days. 20. Whenever possible, take a plunge into any lake or running stream every morning, as soon as you get up; it none at hand, endeavor to wash the body all over as soon as you leave your bed, for personal cleanliness acts like a charm against all diseases, always either warding theoi off altogether or greatly mitigating their severity and shortening their duration. 21. Keep the hair of your head closely cut, pay within an inch and a half of the scalp in every part, repeat on the first of each month, and wash the whole scalp plentifully in cold water every morning. 22. Wear woollen stockings and easy fitting shoes, keeping the toe and finger nails always cut moderately close. 23. It is more importaut to wash the feet well every night, than to wash the face and hands of mornings ; because it aids to keep the skin and nails soft, and to prevent chafings. blisters and corns, all of which greatly interfere with a soldier's duty. i. The most universally safe position, after all stunnings, hurts and wouuds, is that of being placed on the bad., the head being elevated three or lour incaes only : aiding more than anv one thing else can do, to equalize and restore the prop er circulation of the blood. 25. The more weary you are after a march or other work, the more easily will you take cold, if you remain still after it is over, unless, the moment you cease motion, you throw a coat or blanket over your shoulders. This precaution should be taken io the warmest weather, especially if there is even a slight air stirring. 26. The greatest physical kindness you can show a severely wounded comrade is first to place him on bis back, and then run with all your might for some water to drink : not a second outfit tn U : convey a bucketful half a mile in this way. I ve seen a dying man plntch at a single drop of water from the fingers' end with the Toraeiousness of a famished tiger. , - 27. It weto the skin bj rain or by swimming rivers, keep in motion until the clothes ire dried, and no harm will result. 5 28. Whenever it is possible, do, by all means, when you have to use wafer for cookiug or drink ing from ponds or sluggish streams, boil it well, and when cool, shake it," or stir It so that "the oxygen of the air shall get to it which greatly improves it for drinking. This boiling arrests the process of fermentation - which arises from the presence of organic and inorganic impurities, thus tending to prevent cholera and all bowel diseases. If there is no time for boiling, at least strain it through a cloth, even if you have to use a shirt, or trowser-leg. ....... . -,-.- 29. Twelve men are hit in battle, dressed in red, where there are only five, dressed in a bluish grey, a difference of more than two to one ; green, seven; brown, six. 30. Water can be made almost ice-oool in the hottest weather, by closely enveloping a filled can teen, or other vessel, with woollen cloth kept plentifully wetted and exposed. 31. While on a march, lie down the moment you halt for a rest ; every minute spent in that position refreshes more than five minutes standing or loitering about 32. A daily evacuation of the bowels is indis 7?table to bodily health, vigor and endurance ; this is promoted in many cases, by stirring a table spoonful of corn (Indian) meal in a glass of water, and drinking it on rising in the morning. 33. Loose bowels, 'namely, acting more than once a day, with a feeling of debility afterward, is the first step towaid cholera; the best remedy is instant and perfect quietude of body, eating noth ing but boiled rice with or without boiled milk; in more decided cases, a woolen flannel, with two thicknesses in front, should be bound tightly around the abdomen, especially if marching is a necessity. 34. To have "been tothe wars," is a life-long honor, increasing with advancing years, while to have died in defense of your country will be the boast and the glory of your children 5 children. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Correspondence of the New York Express. WA8UINGTO.N, May 14, 186L. With the pulling and hauling which is going on in the Cabinet or more properly speaking the pull ing and hauling which each Cabinet minister gives the other in a quiet way, is earning for them the coutempt and scorn of all honorable high-minded Union men, from every section of the country. The President, who is good at a joke, is surround ed by a set of parasites, wh j habitually keep from him all knowledge of what is going on in the out side world, and shape 'their stories to suit his viewa which are antiouated in the extreme. No matter what may be the views of the President, with the toadies and office-seekers or 44 Men of influence" in his presence they become law while at Willard's and other places of public re sort, they are ridiculed, and the President is con- fidentty set down by his confidential advisers and toadies as a tool. 1 deem it a duty, yet a paiulul one, to mention these facts, io order that the Ex ecutive may know his own surroundings. If he will profit by them and take counsel only from sensible men, well and good. If not, aud he thinks proper to continue in his present dilatory course, why then the public will well know who is to blame, and where to rest the responsibility of the preseut delay in bringing our troubles to a close before the enemies of the Union have full time to prepare for war or successful retreat, leav ing a country behind them with poisoned wells and poisoned rivers, for our troops to march over and drink from. All knowledge of the doings of the Government is known to every Southern corres pondent in town, while those from the North for even prominent liepublicau journals are told upon inquiry for information at the heads -of depart ments, if only upon trifling matters, that they have too much to do to answer even a civil question, and that they must obtain such informa tion elsewhere. These same gentlemen or their deputies, I am informed, are very obliging to the correspondents of secession journals, and even set up late at night bringing with them private let ters from prominent Republicans at the North to the Cabinet ofhceis and others here, which are copied, and with other information sent to Jeff Davis for future reference. If any kind soul should call at the office of those secretaries for the purpose of informing them of these facts, they are informed that they are so busy as to preclude any person for that day, aud, possibly, for all time to come, from seeing them. The same kind of sur roundings of .Buchanan and his Secretaries are fast clustering around Mr Lin col a and his Cabi net officers. To make a change of officials here, which will give satisfaction to the country, it is absolutely necessary that the chief clerks and heads of departments or bureaus, should come fresh from the people and not from the well trained class of this city. . Until a change. of this kind is effected, no matter how honest the Cabinet officers may be, their departments will continue to be sinks of corruption, treachery and rascality. The macuinery in two departments oi the Govern ment, are all ready at work, and prepared for rob bery on the most approved plan. Not a little uneasiness has been caused here within the last two days by the bold announce ment of a well known New York politician that the President must be suspended and George Law elevated to his place! The Republicans who are out of office seem delighted with the idea hnt. those who are in office are somewhat given to profanity when they bear the subject mentioned. But, if Lincoln is to be deposed, why ignore the pretensions of Uamlim ? of Hamlin with the war like praenomen of Hannibal of Hamlin, " the man after Gen. Webb's own heart" and whom " he always knows where to find." " Call you this backing your friends? A plaugue take such backing," Bays Hannibal. Major Anderson has been promoted to the rank of Colonel, for his gallant defence of Fort Sumter, and is the lion of all circles at present. He une quivocally denies the statement that the South Carolina officers fired upon the Fort after the bar racts were in flames, and asserts that it was Maior ipiey, a ormern man, wno was guilty of this unchivalrous act. Riplev is from Oo-d' N. Y., and is not evec a Southern man in feeling but embarks iu the cause of the seceding States in the same spirit with which Dugald Dalgetty embarked in that of the Marquis of Montrose. Information to the Enemy. Gen. Scott boasts that he is regularly posted up io everything that transpires in Richmond and Montgomery. If this be true, it must be either by letter, sent through the Post Office or Adams Express, or else br snecial memn. Either nPttSSA u 1ST: C Alf ACT TO RAISE TEN THOUSAND troops; : -: Patted at tks Extra Setsio, May, '1881. . - Section 1. Be it enacted by the Qtntnl sembjj Of the State of North Carolina, and tt I. bft"ancot: .u- e th .am That the. Governor .hall imiaediately after passage f this act. proceed !" m !sa l;tr enlistment, a division or corps r ti,n.,.nl men to serve during the present war, a;.-a The troops of this corps 6ball be known a, the State troops of North Carolina. Sec. 2. Be it farther enactea, -shall consist of a corps of artillery and engineers, in fantry and riflemen, to be recruited under the general J .... .j : n rnnfnrniilr with direction ui iuc uuiciuui . such regulation as he may prescribe. c f,,w ..rted. That the corps of ar tillery and engineers shall consist of uot exceeding eight companies, or batteries of light and heavy artille ry with one colonel, chief of artillery ana engineer. one lieatenant-colonel. two majors, (one quartermaster and one commissary with the rank of first LteatenftBi, anri nn xlnitant all to be anDoioted by the eolonei the last from the first lieutenants of the corps,) one ,.rni.m.inr nnA niiartprmfl.ster' sergeant, ten cap ina HiTteen first lieutenants and sixteen second lieu tenants. Each comnanr shall consist of one first eer ireant. one Quartermaster senreant, three sergeants four corporals, two buglers, two artificers (nd in ad dition for each lieht company one farrier and one blacksmith,) and ninety privates. Each company to liftva one cantain mid fnnr lieutenants, to be assigned hv the colonel or other commandinor officer. The chief of the corps shall detail snch commissioned officers as may be necessary to perform the duties of the engineer and ordnance departments. Officers so aeiaiieu ic subject at ant lime to be relieved from such duties by the chif. All officers of ihi eorps stuO e ubject to the same rules and regulations as to commana, wimiu trover n the officers of infontrv and cavalryt rroTioeo That officers snecial I v detailed on eneineer and ordin ance doty shall not assume or be ordered on any oiher duty while so detailed, except. by order of tne com mftnder-in chief. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the regiment of cavalry shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant- colonel, two majors. Cone commisarv and one quarter master with the rank of first lieutenant, all of whom shall be appointed by the colonel,) one sergeant major; one qaartermaster sergeant, one commissary sergeant, and ten troops. Each troop shall consist of one cap tain: one first-lieutenant: two second lientcnants: one first-sergeant: one quartermaster sergeant: fonr ser geants; roar corporal. two buglers; one farrkrj fine saddler; and from sixty-four to 'ninety f.iivateW Each regiment of infantry; light infantry or .riflemen shall consist of one colonel; one lieutenant colonel; pne ma jor; (one commissary and one quartermaster with the rank of first-lieutenant, and one adjutant with the rank and command of first-lieutenant; all to be appointed by the colonel; one sergeant major; one quartermaster sergeant, one commissary sergeant; Hnd ten companies Each company to consist of pne captain: .'one first-ser geant, tour sergeants, tour corporals: two musicians and from sixty-four to ninety privates. V Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That this corps or di vision shall have the following officers in addition to those already provided for, yis: one major-general; tnree Dngadier generals ; one qaartermaster and pay master and paymaster general; one adjutant and in spector general; and one commissary general, all with tne ran ot colonel; and one surgeon general, with the assimilated rank of colonel, six adjutants and inspec tor generals, to rank as follows: pne lieutenant colonel, two majors; and five captains; six assistant commis- sanes general or suDsistance, to rank as follows: one ! lieutenant colonel, one major and fonr captains; ten SHrgeon witn the assimilated rank of major; and not exceeding ten assistant surgeons, with the 'assimilated rank of Captain; and ten with the assimilated rank of first lieutenant; to each regiment one chaplain, with the pay of major, and one assistant chaplain with the pay of captain. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent, of the mili tary board, appoint the commissioned officers provided for in this act (except the aids-de-camp.) The compa ny officers shall be appointed to recruit their respective companies, and as soon as they can complete the same to 64 privates, with the required non-commissioned officers, and report the fact to the adjutant and in spector general, their commissions shall be issued and bear date from the time of their appointment. Should any captain fail to raise his company Tn a reasonable time, the Governor, by and with the consent of the military board may revoke his appointment. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the major general may appoint two aid-de-camps, with the rank as fol lows: one captain and one first lientenant; brigadier generals may appoint one aid-de-camp with the rank of first lieutenant, to be taken from the brigades. Sec. 8. Be it further . enacted, That all the officers and mm of this division or corps shall, at and before their entrance into service, take an oath to be prescrib ed by the governor and with the advice and consent of the military board, and shall also be subject to the rules, regulations, and . penalties ' of the amy, of the Confederate States of.Amcrira. - .Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the pay;-eloth-ing subsistence and allowances shall -be the same for officers and men as are now provided by law for the troops of the army of the Confederate States of Ameri ca. - - Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the unlforni for this corps shall be prescribed by the Governor on the recommendation of a board of competent military offi cers to be assembled for that purpose. . Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the quarter master and paymaster general?, the adjutant and in spector genera? and the surgeon general, together with their assistants herein provided for, shall also perform the duties belonging to their respective departments for the volunteer and militia corps of the State, when required by the Governor. Sec. 12. Beit further enacted, That the quarter master and paymaster eeneral. the commissar nVn! and their assistants and nil oiher disbursing officers shall before entering npon their duty give bond with approved security payable to the State, for the, faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as the Gov ernor may require. Sec. 13. Beit further enacted, That every enlisted man shall receive a bounty of fifteen dollars; payable when mustered into service Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That all lawa and parts of law inconsistent with this act are hereby re pealed. Sec. 15. Be it farther enacted, That this -act shall be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT to define and punish Treaton offtn'ntl the State of North Carolina.- r PASSED AT THE EXTBA 8?8IOX, HAY, 1861. Section 1. Be' it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That treason shall con sist only in levying war against this State, or in adher ing to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort: or in establishing, without the authority of . the General Assembly, any Government within its limits separate from the existing government ; cr in holding or execu ting, in such usurped government any office, or pro fessing allegiance or fidelity thereto, or assisting the execution of the laws under color of authority from such usurped government ; and such treason, if proved by the testimony of tma witnesses to the same overt act. or by confession in open court, shall be poniBhed with death. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, if any free per son, knowing of any such treason, shall not, as soon as may be, give information thereof to the Governor of the State, or to some conservator of the peace, such person shall be punUhed by fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court. - $ , - j Sec. 3. tk: it farther enacted, That, if any free persoa adviaa or conspire with a lave to rebel or to make ia. surreetion in this State, or with any other person, shall iipoa conviction goffer death, whether such rebellion or insurrection be made or not. occ. . D(t u iurtner enacted. That this shall be force from, and after its ratification. ID "Lieut. General Douglas." The Indiana Sen tinel hears it stated by those whose information is entitled to respect, that the Hon. Stephen A. Dughu will be appointed Lieutenant General by President Lincoln. In . view of this announcement we may as well add that it is reported that Senator Wigfall is to command s regiment of a thousand picked men, selected from the ; whole Southern Army, no man in the regiment to weigh under 170 pounds, or be under 6 feet high, or over 36 years of age. Each man will be armed with an Enfield rifle, two Navy, revolyers, and a six-pound bowie From the Philadelphia Bulletin. intebestinq prom n. cabolib We bad an interview this morning withtn. telligent professor of music, a Northern man h has sojourned in G reensboro, N. C, for ie'TeJ years, and who has just reached Philadelphia aft Ytedious journey of six days. He furnishes u with divers interesting items from the North S..7 At the time of President Lincoln's proclamation. J.thientlenanwaathe. captain of a volant-! company, a post he .has held lor several years ; W unwilling to espouse - the' cause of the South hs frankly stated to his subordinates his desire' to return to his home in Lycoming county, pt With-a truly chivalrous seBse of" honor, which contrasts nobly with the peremptory impressmeDt or "driving out" further South, they at once passed resolutions declaring that they could not expect Jiiia to reside with then'nnd they furnished hi moreover, with a recommendation to Gov. Em,' who received him in the ' same manner, and gran! ted' himpermissipa to remain or depart at hit option, dur informant reports the population of North" Carolina as unanimous for resistance to the bitter end this determination extending even to such late enthusiastic' Union men as John A, Gilmer. The latter made a speech recently to au immense crowd, wherein be declared the following sentiments : "I have traversed our State from East to West, beseeching its people with tears ia my eyes and prayers in my heart, to hold fast their allegiance to the Union and the Constitution; but the war has come and we must meet it to thex. tent of our means." There are, probably, 30,000 men in arms at this time in North Carolina, drill, ing night aud' day and" they comprise the flower of the population. The State is considered virtual, ly out of the Union now and will be formally upon the assembling of its convention. Our informant found himself compelled to re. main in Richmond last Sunday. He reported large numbers of troops fiom various points ofthi South congregated there, and othera arriving with each train, ; They are under constant exercise and are drilled in small squads by experienced officers. Resistance to" the bitter, end seemed the prevailing expression among' these troops, as our informant passed through the camp; but he heard little said about the contemplated raid on Washington. An expect that France, and perhaps England with that power, will eventually throw the weight of their vast resources into the Southern cause, and one officer was heard to remark, in this connec tion, that "Jefferson Davis knew upon whom to build his future hopes."; With regard to business affairs, our informant states that there exists in North Carolina not the slightest idea of a repudiation of Northern debts but all consider the State "good for all she owes," eonie weal eonie woe. The boarding schools there are almost entirely broken up temporarily. In conclusion, our informant declares it exceed ingly unwise to.undervalue the forces and spirit of the rebels he fee Is assured of. their ;, resistanoe to the last. . :' The Federal Troops from Kentucky. The Frankfort Yeoman, in answer to the statement coins: the rounds of the papers, that Major Ander son will be entrusted with the command of a bri gade of Kentuckians, immediately to , be raised, "This is all bosh. iXo- brigade, no regiment, not even a company can be mastered out of Ken tucky to march under the banner profaned and desecrated by Lincoln. All such paragraphs are lying inventions, got up for purposes of wicked deception. B. K. SMITH & CO., (successors to j. b. f. booke,) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND Leather, Calf-Skins and Shoe-Findings, CHARLOTTE, If . C iMarch 26, 1801. tf BOOT AND SHOE E M P O IS I U JI, Charlotte, N. C. ARE receiving a. choice stock of Boots and Shot of the best Quality (warranted) which tbey will sell t LOW J?1UCES FOR March 26tb,' 1861. tf Dry Goods for Cash. Until fori her notice, WE WILL SELL NO GOODS ON TIME after Tuesday. 7tb Mat. 1861. Under existing circumstances, (the disturbed con dition of the country and the scarcity of money,) r in order to get money to fay our debts, for the present adopt . - . ' ' -i The Cali System. and shall : be happy to supply our friend! with Coodl very low. 3? 4 , ' BROWN, TATE CU- May 1, 181 3t THE undersigned having obtained general lette' ' of admiuitM ration from the Counir Court Mecklenburg County; at its April Seasion, 1861, oa tk estate of the late II. Delia Springs, all persons indebt ed to the estate of the intestate are required to com forward and make payment; and those havii g claiB against the same are required to present tbera will"" the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in oar oi tueir recovery. , t ; A. U. STISELl!., Aum- May, 1861 4t CHARLOTTE DRUG STORE. E. NYE HUTCHISON & CO. - BSTAIL DEALERS IS Foreign and Domestic Dregs, Medicines, Chemicals, ?eri'aaiT Fancy Articles, Oils, Paints . Var- flishes, Window Glass, Futty, orons, turpentine, Burnm Alcohol, Pnre Liquors Teas, Field and Garden Seet tt. J- Having dosed out Books: w iatead hereaftw to sell for cash. May 7, 18ei. . THE FEMALE ORGANIZATION i often as frail ai that of a tender flower. Many of the sex enter marriage relations without . being able to undergo it" labors and trials of Maternity; In this cor.ntry, ho: sands of young and beautiful women are saenfic0 every year from this cause alone. Hoitetter's Celebr" ted Stomach Bitter will Mfs mm nt t his cli 'rT an untimelV or Tki. j . v. v..n iisrd wu O ' UJCU1LJI1C l.wv t great benefit by immense numbers of people throogo out the republic, and the proprietors bare recalls grateful commendation from all sections of the country The Bitters will be found to be very pleasant to taste even as a beverage, and prompt and powerful its effects as a medicine. : It infuses new vitality ijjjj the frame, and strengthens the whole system, ia women who use it are enabled to go through wl labors which would, without it, be certain to prostraw them. - - For saUi in Charlotte by E. NYE HUTCHISON? Mb A fiOC fad by Droggiatt generally. May, 1J
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