DURATION OP THE WAR.
The new plan for our subjugation, popular in
the North since the revival of its spirit, has been
duly explained by the New York Herald in an ar
ticle to be found in a late number of that paper.
Six hundred thousand men and six hundred
millions of Dollars are to be found where unlucki
ly, is not stated for this purpose. Two hun
dred thousand of these are to descend the Missis
sippi to New Orleans, conquering all on the way.
Two hundred thousand more will remain on the
Potomac to keep Virginia in check. Two hun
dred thousand more will be transported by sea to
the Cotton States, which may be easily conquered.
And, when the work is done, all laves are to be
confiscated and sold at $2" per head to pay the
expenses of the work and save the north from any
further taxes for years to cne.
Such is the pleasant path before the Yankee
eye at this hour. It reads like a bill of fare from
cue of our Ilichmond hotel, making the hungry
mouth to water, but with few dishes corrc.oiidiug
to their tempting titles a feast of the JJaruiecidc.
There is, however, one true idea in the project.
This vast army is demanded both by the Federal
Government and the Northern people; because
they know with absolute certainty that if they
cannot subjugate the Southern country within
the uext eight months they must give over all
Jioj-e of restoring the Union.
-Certain exigencies will inevitably and neces
sarily end this war by the 1st of May, It
cannot go on further than that. 3Iilitary opera
tions, if marked by signal success on either side,
will end it sooner. Put if the Southern country
is not subjugated, and if the Southern Government
is not broken by a catastrophe of battles before
the Spring, two causes will compel the recognition
of the Confederacy a:id the cessation of hostilities.
They arc: 1st, The interference of foreign
rations, whose stock of cotton and tobacco will
then be entirely exhausted; 2d, The votes of the
Northern people themselves, cast against he war
at the spring elections, and dictated by tie terrible
suffering and ruin which the hostilities will have
then produced among them.
There are those in the South so Yiltie alive to
the times as to suppose that this rnr can last
seven years, because the first revolution did so.
No such hallucination exists in the minds of the
Northern leaders. They know their time to be
short; the- will put out all their strength in that
limited period; and if we will not do the same, we
must succumb. Never did a Government make a
wiser demand of a Congress than that of the Secre
tary of War for a ten per cent, levy of the whole
Southern white population an army of 5l.0,0U0
men to meet the necessities of this crisis.
71 ah m ond IJj n m iner.
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Mxchange writes as follows:
Grn. McCIellan, took official command this morn
ing. In company with Gen. McDowell he passed
through the camps of the troops, and after slight
i'lsj.r ction, returned to this city to consult with
Gen. Scott upon some alterations which he deems
ijeccs.-aiy thould be immediately made.
'A Avar between the negroes of the District is
impending, and sin uld the influences which have
caiifed this enmity not be removed, there will
probably be a pugnacious contest, which the mere
j o'iro eanuot quell. This feud has been caused
by i. ,n y. induced by the superfluous interven
tion of lit Northern soldier-, and exists between
the tree blacks and slaves of this city. The sol
!u isl.ave so petted the free negroes here by prom
ising ihem protection and better times when the
wur ihiill have ended, that they have become ex
ceedingly saucy and impertinent.
These darkies go into their camps, work dili
gfjitiy, pud arc fed with the soldiers. Many of
ti.em expect to go North with the regiments.
M:i:y of the Federal troops treat these negroes
!S boon companions, and, in many instances, the
most uisg:i.-t'mg intimacies are formed.
The skives of the District bitterly hate the
lror.ps, and those of their own race with whom they
.tie familiar, and avoid their presence-. The result
r, the feeling on both sides has been the generation
f a vindictive feud, which becomes more rene
ial every tiay; and if the discipline of the army is
nut amended in this particular, there is every rea
son to believe that n serious strife will ensue.
Sixty-four clerks in the Department who were
arraigned at the inquisitorial tribunal (3Ir Potter's)
sitting in the ''Star Chamber," (No. 5,) have
refused to take the oath of allegiance.
Kecruitinp proceeds but slowly here. The hearts
of the people are not with the ruling powers, and
1 doubt if n single full regiment can be raied in
.this city, with its population of';"S,UOO.
n'otonly will there be a great difficulty in ob
taining the necessary recruits to supply the place
of the three months', volunteers, but the army now
in the field will be considerably reduced by deser
tions, i am assured by perfectly reliable gentle
men from Anne Arundel, that as many as three
hundred men have managed to cross over from
Virginia into Maryland, and are now in this county
alone. They profess to be very much dissatUfied
with their treatment, and indignant of the man
ner in which they have been deceived. Several
of the soldiers told my informant that they had en
listed under the positive promise of the extra pay
of eight dollars a month to their wives, during
their absence, but th.it they had only received one
dollar, and their wives only three, during three
months. They said, besides, that they lud each
been promised a small farm ia Virginia. An
officer who was in company with them corroborat
ed this statement, and said he was sorry to confess
that four-fifths of the men in his regimeut had en
listcd with this expectation. Another gentleman
from Prince George s.iys that at least three hun
dred more have passed within the neighborhood
of liuena Vista. These have affected their escape
from the District. They were swapping their
coats and uniforms with the negroes for plain
clothing, and taking from them anything in ex
change that would corer their nakedness The
brilliant display of darkies in full uniforms, next
Sunday, will be unusually attractive.
Private information has been received here that
:a barbarous plan has been arranged by some of the
officers of the United States Navy to arm and
provile 1,000 negroes with knives and torches,
ior the purpose of landing them from boats at some
point on the Southern coast, where they can pro
ceed in-land to ravage, burn and destioy. You
ms:y well think this too infamous to believe,
but the source from which I receive it leaves me
-no room to doubt its perfect accuracy.
3-Mrs. Ilenningscn, the wife of Gen. Uen
ningsen, row in Gen. Wise's staff, has arrived in
Richmond. She came from New York, via Louis
ville and Nashville. She was pretty closely
pearched, but succeeded in getting through with
five revolvers, five hundred ounces of quinine and
a galvanic battery.
New Trxas Cottox. The Lavaca Gulf Kev
mentions the receipt of the first bale of cotton in '
that city, on the lUth ultimo, by Messrs. Baughn
& Walker, from the plantatiou of Judge R. B.
,y oflori; or ie y m uoumy.
NORTHERN ITEMS.
Tall 'Stealing Somewhere. The N. Y.
Herald has the following very significant en
quiries: How is it that tho war to suppress rebel
lion has already cost between $150,000,000 and
3200,000,000, when the whole Crimean war cost
England scarcely so much? Who is accountable
for the T.rodi"ious outlays that have been made,
with such comparatively sman results: inr an
; Wyck's committee cannot proceed too vigorously
with its labors.
The War to be pushed on. From the
Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Sun
vc copy the following:
Gen. McClellan h a been assured, it is said, of
being promptly provided with means not only to
defend this city but to be able to resume the of
fensive movement commenced on the 17th ult.
It is intended to create an army and give it that
unity which it has heretofore lacked. A few
months may be required for this purpose.
The President, it is believed, will insist upon
an advance to Ilichmond, when preparations shall
justify. (Jen Banks is also expected to act on
the offensive, without much further delay.
Another letter says:
The Government is undoubtedly making a great
effort to concentrate at and near this point a vast
body of troops, and a large quantity of ordnance
and war like materials of all kinds.. There is an
evident determination to push the war into the
interior of Virginia, and cspecialy in the eastern
part of the State.
Great inducements are to be offered for the en
listment of men in the army of half a million.
Beside a hundred dollars at the end of the three
years, it is now seriously contemplated to offer
bounty lands and allotments of land in the fertile
territory that may be pcimanently held by the
United States. The offer will be tempting to the
unemployed in this country and abroad.
Desertion' of the Watering Places. Jeff.
Davis has played havoc with the fashionable wa
tering places. Poverty and destitution are de
scribed as reigning thcie supreme. At Sharon,
which was last year so crowded that numbers could
not get accommodation, there are not so many vis
itors as would pay th c servant's wages. Even the
old gouty and rheumatic habitues, who have never
before been known to miss a season, are absent.
Newport, Saratoga, Cape May and Nahant, pre
sent the same vacuous and dreary aspect. The
huge barracks of hotels which fashionable caprice
has helped to build up, are full only of the
echoes made by a few unemployed waiters. It
has been stated that the cottages at Newport are
almost all occupied; but the fact of their being so
docs not help the hotels. They are occupied by
families who either own them, or that find an ,
economy in hiring them for the season, thus re
ducing the expense of their costly town establish
ments. Notwithstanding the efforts made by the hotel
proprietors to put the best face on things, it is
evident that there will be a grand smash up this
season at what are called the first class watering
places. The expenses of the large hotels are
frightful, and one season like the present is suffi
cient to absorb all the profit of past years. Be
tween the periodical recurrence of commerical
panics, and the distress caused by the war, this
class of property will soon cease to have any
value.
Villainies Committed at IIamtton. The
Fortress Monroe correspondent of tho New York
Herald, thus describes the villainies committed at
Hampton, Va., by the Yankee army on its cvac- j
nation:
The exodus of negroes from Hampton con
tinued all day, and from the appearance that that
unfortunate village presents, very little of value
has been left there by these sable itinerants
and by the soldiers, who have, I regret to say.
committed not a few excesses and acts of violence.
They have wantonly destroyed many articles of
no earthly use to them, and takeu off many others
that they have found in the deserted houses, that
can be of no service to them. This spirit of mis
chief that sometimes seizes upon men, is
something that I cannot account for; and one can
not but feel indignant and outraged when he wit
nesses the ruin that marks the presence of some
men. These outrages call for some more stringent
regulations upon the part of the authorities here,
if we do not wish to be truly characterized as
robbers and vandals. I hope 1 may never witness
other such scenes as it has been my lot to see to
day. Hampton village is now a j crfect picture of
desolation. Even the negroes that in a degree
enlivened it, when we first occupied it, are fled
inside our lines, and there is not a living thing to
be seen in all its highways and byways.
SEBIOUS AFFRAY.
We are pained to learn that a serious affray oc
curred on Sunday night, the 4th inst., in the
Southern portion of llaleigh, at the house of ui
Mrs. Crawley. Between 1 1 and 12 o'clock at night,
a soldier named W. P. Baker a private in the
Waxhaw Jackson Guards, now encamped two
miles from the city, went to the house ot Mrs.
Crawley, knocked and demanded admittance. Mrs. i
Gorton, whose husband is a soldier in Virginia,1
is living with her mother, Mrs. Crawley. The fe
males were immediately aroused, and perempto
rily refused Baker admittance. He urged his de
maud, and threatened to enter forcibly if the door
was not opened. Becoming much alarmed, Mrs.
llorton quietly slipped out at the back door, and
going to the house of Mr George Davis, near by,
informed him of the attack made upon them, and
begged his assistance. Mr Davis married a
daughter of Mi's. Crawley. He immediately arose
and dressed himself, and fearing he might have
some difficult, took his gun with him. On re
pairing to the houe of Mrs. Crawley, he found Ba
ker, a stranger to him, evidently intoxicated and
still demanding admittance and making his threats.
Davis at once remonstrated with Baker, and beg
ged him to leave, which Biker refused to
do. Davis continued his remonstrances, until
both became excited. Baker drew his bowie-knife,
and threatened to stab Davis, and suiting the ac
tion to the word, he advanced upon Davis, still
threatening, when Davis raised his gun and shot
him, Baker being near enough to be burnt by the
gun. The load entered his breast, making an ap
erture as large as a quarter of a dollar. He was
alive when we lat heard, but no hopes are enter
tained of his recovery. Davis went immediately
ly after the doctor.
We state these facts as they have come to us.
It is deeply to be regretted, as we are told that
Baker, when sober, is a quiet unoffending man
aud a good citizen; and Mr Davis is well known to
our citizens, as an industrious, worthy, man, and
a most peaceable and well-meaning memberjof our
community.
We learn that Mr Davis was up for trial before
Judge Saunders, on Monday evening, and that
the Judge held him to bail in one thousaud dol
lars to make his appearance at the next term of
Supreme Court. Hal. Standard, of 7th.
Since the war com-uenced oyer 400 newspaper
.have been discontinued and 800 reduced in size.
WESTBUlSr DEMOCRAT, CT-IARLOTTK,
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.
Fire We regret to learn that the Female Col
lege in Jamestown was entirely destroyed by fire
on Monday night last. Nearly all of the College
furniture, the musical instruments, books, &c,
were also burnt. vr. u . a. ooie, in m euoria
-w-v MT k 1 1 1 Z l - XT A
to secure some
valuable property from the flames,
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him. The fire is thought to have been communicated
wnii. e
from a candle which was burning in the room of
c . -i u t oo ciqnnn
one of he pupils who was sick. Loss, 13,000.-
6 rcensboro 1 atnot.
The late Gov. Ellis. We are sorry to see
the statement persisted in by several of our ex -
changes, that the late lamented Gov. Ellis died of
consumption. This is a mistake. He died of
disease of the heart. The physicians who attend-
ed him at the Springs state in the most positive
terms that Iris disease was not pulmonary. Hal.
Journal.
Lincoln's Blockade. Corn was offering here
at forty cents a bushel on yesterday without
buyers. We learn that it has sold for thirty cents
a bushel at Washington, Beaufort county, only 35
miles from us. The growing crops were never so
promising as now, and should Lincoln keep up
bU ,,,.,-r bloekml till January, corn will not be
worth in Newborn twenty cents a bushel. This
looks like starving the Southern people with a
vengeance. Of course with corn in abundance we
r;m r.'ii;r nnr own meat. Drivr? on vour i'nr,le eart.
Mr Lincoln, we are getting fat down South on the
blockade. JYeicbem Progress.
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1'owder and j.ead. e learn mat uo eruor
, . . , ,
Clark recently ordered Prof. Emmons on an ex-
plonng tour with a view to ascertain whether and
wnere a supply oi icaa aim tnc csseiuiai e.emeuis
of powder suited to the present exigencies could
be obtained ; and the result is most cheering.
Professor Emmons reports, we learn, that he is
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can oeootaineu to snoot an me aanKees aim lyrams
in the world. In view of this, so satisfactory are
the prospects, that a company has already com
menced or will soon commence the erection of a
powder mill, at a suitable point in this State, his
Excellency having contracted for a large quantity
of powder at a fixed price. Hal. Journal.
We heard the agei.t ot a lead mine not a
liiiruaiiu uiiitn tiuiii utiUj icuaia a v t uujo
that the lead necessary for the purpose indicated,
would be ready in four weeks. Halt's. Watchman
The 5th Regiment N. C. State Troops, Col.
McKae, and the 11th and Dith, N. C. Volunteers,
Cols. Kirkland and Hoke, are assigned to Briga
dier General Early's Brigade, and are now stationed
at Camp Wigfall, four or five miles from Manassas
Junction in the direction of Alexandria. llaleigh
Journal.
Commodore Barron. We learn, on good
authority, that Commodore Barron of the Con
federate Navy, has been assigned to duty by Presi
dent Davis, on the coast of North Carolina and
Virginia. With the armanent already at his com
mand in connection with our land batteries on the
coast, it is thought that he will give the Yankees
a warm reception.
It will be seen from this that the Confederate
government has assumed entire control of our
"coast defences," and to allay all anxiety on the
subject, we can assure our friends, on the sea coast
and elsewhere, that Gov. Clark is omitting no op
portunity, but is employing all the means at his
command, to have them rendered not only secure
a!iain.t attack, but prepared thoroughly for offen
sive operations. Jlufeigh Journal.
From the Battle Field. We had the
pleasure of meeting the Bcv. Jas. Sinclair, Chap
lain of the 5th Kegiment North Carolina State
Troops. It will be recollected that Mr Sinclair, in
the absence of most of the field officers of the
regiment, acted as Lieutenant Colonel, and led
several charges during the eventful 21st July, and
was complimented on the field for his gallantry.
Speaking of the nature of the wounds inflicted
by the two sides in the battle of the 21st ult., Mr
Sinclair tells us that a very large number; of the
Northern dead were almost cut in two by bowie
knives, or spitted by bayonets. Mr S. saw one of
the dead on the enemy's side who must have been
killed in the retreat or rout, who was actually split
down the back like a pickled shad or mullet. The
splitting was evidently done with a bowie knife in
a tremendously muscular hand. One regiment or
battallion, the New Orleans Tigers, we think, led
by Maj. Wheat, a native North Carolinian, threw
down their rifles and .itched in with their bowie
knives. Mr S. says it was awfully exciting. They
put their men through. The majority of these
Tigers were Irish stevedores, draymen, &c, from
the levee, with a " rich Irish brogue'' uncouth
men, not pleasing to General Scott, regular " Faugh
a Ballagh," get out of the way, persons. We can
not praise their accent, but their motions were
rather good than otherwise. Wil. Journal.
The Feelixo in France. A marked change
seems to have come over public sentiment in Paris,
which at first seemed altogether in favor of the
North. As significant of this change, we may
mention the fact that, since the 4th of July, "La
Patrie," the "Journal des Debats," the "Moriiteur"
and "La Pays," have been publishing powerful
and able articles in favor of the Southern Confed
eracy. Charleston Mrrcury.
About 2,000 Germans met at Harmonic
Garden, Essex street, New York, on ti e 2'Jth.
The President of the meeting contended, in a
speech, that, taking the Declaration of Indepen
dence, which declared that "all men were born
free and equal," the working man had the right
to demand the necessaries of life at any time and
under any circumstances. If no other way exist
ed he would commence war upon the moneyed
institutions. This was received with cheers.
The Boo us Legislature. This body, which
ha. been in session at Wheeling, Va., adjourned
on the 26th ult, to re-assemble on the 6th of
August. It appears that an adjournment was
contemplated previous to the battle of Manassas,
but Lincoln telegraphed the traitors to hold on
that an attack wa3 about to be made upon the
"Kebela" and that a transfer of their body to
Ilichmond would then be an easy milter. The
bogus conclave "held on," but did not come to
Richmond!
Horace Greeley Hung is Effigy. Horace
Greeley was, last evening, hung in effigy, in Wash- '
ington Square. The memorable white coat and
hat were seen, that morning, suspended Ly a rope .
on one ot the trees in the parade
in the paraue ground. I lie
effigy remained there until 10 o'clock a. m., to-day, I
attracting much notice. A large placard was
attached to it bearing the following inscription:
"Horace Greeley, the War Blood Hound, forward I
to the Devil !" New York Day Book. j
Eiot at Harrisburg. A fierce not occurred
among the returned volunteers at Harrisbur Pa. i
on the 27th tilt, in conseoueuee of the net.t nf i
the Federal Government to pay them off.
The Question Settled. Gen. Beauregard
has determined to call the battle of July 21, that !
ot Manassas Plains,
be called Bull Run
The battle of the 18th will '
SCENES DURING THE BATTLE OF
MANASSAS.
No person who was not upon the ground and an
eyewitness of the stirring scenes, wmcn
there
transpired can bein to compreuena irom
a de-
KI'IIUL UlL kUC I. - 1 1 IL'IV V- . J
, . . nmnatont tn Bnpslb nnlv
! ?uu F-""F X m'T
of their own personal experience. W. here friends ,
, 4ii;n. Kw cf.r,rpa nnH pverv snecies
7 T' t7" , th't'.nt,
of missile was flying through the air, threatening
, OI " .?nntk .
each instant to send one into eternity, little time
, .g aWcd for more observation or rJflection than
, required to preserve personal safety. The scene
js 0ne of the most exciting and exhilirating that
! caI, be conceived. Imagine a regiment passing
' y0u at '-double quick," the men cheeringw4th
enthusiasm, their teeth set, their eyes flashing,
! and t heir minds in a frenzy of resolution. You ac-
! eomoanv them to the field. T-hcy halt.
An Aid
de-Camp passes to or from the commanding General.
i The clear voices of the officers ring along the line
I in tones of passionate eloquence; their words short,
thrilling and electric. The men feel like giants,
The word is given to march, and the body move
; into action. For the first time in your life you
; listen to the whizzing of iron hail. Grape and
,' canister fly into the ranks, bombs burst overhead,
and the fragments fly all around you. A friend
falls; perhaps a dozen or twenty of your comrades;
he wounded or dying at your leet; a strange myoi
uutary shrinking steals over you, wmcn
' Dossible to resist. You feel inclined
it is im-
neither to
advance nor recede, but are spell bound by the
contending emotions of the moral and physical
man. The cheek blanches, the lip quivers, and
; . i i l.t tl, ...no
me eye almost uiuits m ui'uu -..w.
m b be ordered to
, an .Jacd ' havoc ile marking
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the order is given to advance, to fire, or to charge.
Aud now, what a metamorphosis. With your
first shot you become a new man. Personal safety
! ig your least concern. Fear has no existence id
i - , T, .,
your bosom. Hesitation gives way
uncontrollable desire to rush into the
1 xi . .
before
thickest
an
of
if
the fight. The dead and dying around you,
they receive a passing through, only serve to
stimulate you to revenge. You become cool and
deliberate, and watch the effect of bullets, the
showers of bursting shells, the passage of cannon
bas ag fh eyrake thc;r raurderous channels through
vour ranks: the nlunfrinir of wounded horses, the
agonies of the d-ing, and the clash of contending
arms which follows the dashing charge, with a
feeling so callous by surrounding circumstances,
that your soul seems dead to every sympathizing
and selfish thought.
THE REACTION.
Such is the spirit which carries the soldier
through the field of battle. But when the excite
ment has passed, when the roll ot musketry has
ceased, the noisy voices of the cannon are stilled,
the dusky ball of sulphurous smoke has risen from
the field, and you stroll over the theatre. of carnage,
hearing the groans of the wounded, discovering
here, shattered almost beyond recognition, the
form of some dear friend whom only an hour
before you met in the full flush of life and hap
piness; there another, perforated by a bullet; a
third with a limb shot away; a fourth with his
face disfigured; a fifth torn almost to fragments; a
eixth a headless corpse; the ground ploughed up
and stained with blood; human brains splashed
around; limbs without bodies, and bodies without
limbs, scattered here and there, and the same
picture duplicated scores of times, then you begin
to realize the horrors of war and experience a
reaction of nature. The heart opens its flood
gates, humanity asserts herself again, and you
begin to feel and act more the man and less the
demon. Friend and foe alike now receiva your
kindest miuistcrings. The enemy who but a short
time before, full of hate, you were doing all in
your power to kill, you now exert to save. You
supply him with water to quench his thirst, with
food to sustain his strength, and with sympathizing
words to soothe his troubled mind. All that is
human or charitable in your nature now rises to
the surface, and you are animated by that spirit
of mercy "which blesseth him that gives and him
that takes." A battle field is eminently a place
that tries men's souls.
A WALK OVER THE BATTLE FIELD.
Passing over the ground a few minutes after
the retreat of the enemy, I had ample opportunity
of witnessing" the exhibition of these noble traits.
Dead and wounded lay scattered by hundreds
men from Massachusetts and South Carolina, from
Maine and Louisiana; from llhode Island and Ala"
bama; from New York and Virginia representing
one bloody congregation from nearly every State
of the Old Confederacy the victims of each
others hate. Bapidly as possible those who could
be moved by hand were raised and borne to the
neighboring hospitals. Those most desperately
wounded awaited the arrival of the ambulances,
but friend and enemy alike received all the atten
tion that could be rendered. By the side of those
who could no, be moved till late in the night or
until the ensuing day, crackers and cups of water
were placed. Bushes were torn up and little
arbors made above them, and pillows of leaves
were placed uuder their heads, that the sufferers
might be made as comfortable as possible.
THE CRY FOR WATER.
At almost every step as you passed across the
localities in which the fight raged fiercest, might
be heard the feeble cry for "water," and in no
instance that I am aware of was the appeal unheed
ed. Our men spared no trouble to afford relief.
One noble fellow a South Caroliuiau by the way
just as 1 entered the field, had a New York
Zouave in his arms, carrying him to a neighboring
brook, where among the thicket he found a com
paratively comfortable abiding place during the
night. Another had taken off his coat and made
with it a pillow; and a third, whom I saw, had
torn up a part of his shirt with which he was
binding up the head of a wounded Yankee.
THE HOSPITALS.
The hospitals were located in various places;
some in the woods, some iu distant farm-houses
and barns, and a few in tents. To these points
during the battle and afterwards, the injured were
removed as circumstances would permit. Here
hubs were cut off bodies opened, heads trepanned,
mil balls PTftraftprl frrun mnrnm till n ..U na '...-
and halls extracted from morning till night, as fast
as they arrived. lhe sufferers were laid upon
the grass; their blood-wet clothing removed, and
10 a ,ew seconds more, the keen edged knife would
be at worli among crushed tones, quivering sinews,
a,,u 'ggeu ncsu
Biciimond, August 7. Resolutions of thanks
to Generals Jos. K. Johnston, Gustave T. Beau
regard and the officers and troops under their
command at the battle of Manassas, have been ap
proved by the President.
Lieut. Earle, of the South Carolina troops.
th.rcw himself head foremost from the fifth story
OI ine anaru iiouse mis aiternoon ana was killed
instantly.
Professor DeBow has been appointed Supcrin-tendent-in
-Chief of the Cotton and Provision Gen-
eral gurP,y Jn- Mr Be Bow is a hard-wgrkipg
I man anu win launiuny aiscnarge nis duty.
THE CONFISCATING BILL.
of an act -which
has
The following is a copy
been passed by the Federal Congress :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Confess assembled, That if during the presen or
any future insurrection against Govern men of
thl United States, after the President ot the Uni
ted States shall have declared by proclamation,
hat the Taws of the United States are opposed,
and the execution therof obstructed, by combina
tion, too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings, or by the power
vested in the marshals by law, any person or per
sons, his, her, br their agent, attorney, or em
ployee, shall purchase or acquire, sell or give, any
property of whatsoever kind or description, with
intent to use or employ the same or suffer the
same to be used or employed, in aiding, abetting,
or promoting such insurrection or resistance to the
laws, or any person or persons engaged therein; or
if any person, or persons, being the owner or
owners of any such property, shall knowingly use
or employ, or consent to the use or employment
of the same as aforesaid, all such property is here
by declared to be lawful subject of prize and
capture wherever found; and it shall be the duty
of the President of tho United States to cause the
same to be seized, confiscated and condemned.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That such
prizes and capture shall be condemned in the Dis
trict or Circuit Court of the United States having
jurisdiction of the amount, or in admiralty in any
district in which the same may be seized, or into
which they may be taken and proceedings first in
stituted. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
Attorney General, or any District Attorney of the
United States in which said property may at the
time be, may institute the proceedings of con
demnation, and in such case they shall be wholly
for the benefit of the United States; or any person
may file an information with such attorney, in
which case the proceedings shall be for the use of
such informer and the United States in equal
parts.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That when
ever any person claiming to be entitled to the
service or labor of any other person, under the
laws of any State, shall employ such person in.
aiding or promoting any insurrection, or in resist
ing the laws of tho United States, or shall permit
him to be so employed, shall forfeit all right to sueh
service or labor, and the person whose labor or
service is thus claimed shall be thenceforth dis
charged therefrom, any law to the contrary not
withstanding. The Steam Gun. It will be remembered by
our readers that some few months since Winan's
steam gun, while on its route south, was captured
near Ellicot's Mills, Maryland, by a squad of sol
diers from the Relay House, and the two gentle
men who accompanied the team were arrested,
and with the monster gun, were sent to FWtress
Monroe. The inventor, Mr Dickinson, rode be
hind in a buggy, having in his possession the ma
chinery by which alone the gun could be worked,
and made his escape.
This gentleman has been in Ilichmond for some
time, exhibiting to the officers of the Wajr depart
ment his models, machinery, modus operandi,
&c, of his steam life-destroyer, and as soon as
Congress assembled brought the subject before
that body. On Monday, we are informed by Mr
Dickinson, the committee, of which 3Ir Conrad is
chairman, reported favorably, and CongTess order
ed the construction of one gun. The cost will be
about 5,000. Richmond Dispatch.
Savage Barbarity. The Lincolnites took
two prisoners of the South Carolina regiments, at
the battle of Bull llun. When our troops passed
through Centreville on the grand rout, they were
found hung on a tree! One was from Bacon's
Seventh llegiment, the other from Kershaw's
Second. Our Government has demanded the per
petrators of the horrid act, and notified Lincoln
that if they are not given up four men will be
hung in retaliation. Columbia Carolinian.
UR CREDIT CUSTOMERS,
BY DISREGARDING OUR APPEALS,
have forced us to adopt the CASH SYSTEM.
Our terms hereafter will be strictly Cash on delivery.
FISHER & UURROUGHS.
Aug 6, 1861 tf
State of North Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18G1.
ThoAia-s W Dewey, cashier, vs. R F Stockton.
Attachment.
Tt appearing to the satisfaction of the court that K F
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond the
limits, of this State; it is therefore ordered by the court
that publication be made for six successive weeks in
the Western Democrat, that he be and appear before
the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
to be held for the county of Union, at the court house
in Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, then
and there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro
eonfesso will be entered up agaiust him aud the cause
set for hearing'.
Witness, J E Irby. clerk of our said court at office
the first Monday in Jul, and in the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 18(J1. J. E. IRBY, clerk.
7j-Ct pr adv $G
State of North Carolina Union canity.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18C1.
Benjamin Shepherd vs. 11 F Stockton.
Attachment. .
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that RF
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond
the limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by the
court that publication be made for six successive weeks
; m tne estern Democrat, that he be and appear before
i the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
j to be held for the county of Union, at the court house in
i Monroe, on the first Monday in October next. Ui.n n,l
there to plead, answer or demur, or judgment pro eon
fesso will be entered up against him and the cause set
for hearing.
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court at office
the first Monday in July, and iu the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 18U1. J. E. IRBY, dcrk.
7-Ct pr adv ?G
Stale of North Carol i II a I'm it i n rr. ,
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-July Term
. lcrlui
1881.
I) A Covington, Ex'r of Andrew Secrest, dee'd, V3. JIarj
Petition for Settlement.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that
Mary Secrest, John C Calhoun Osborne, Edward Ritch
aud Xancy his wife, Kvan Laney and Leah us wife
Robt McCombs and Margaret his wife, and Franklin S
Rodgers. defendants in this case.
t limits of this State, so that the ordinary process of law
J cannot be served upon them; it is therefore ordered by
; the Court that publication be made for six successive
, weeks in the Western Democrat. mtifv;n,.
j manding the said non-resident defendants to be and a
' '7 "K UUU I-U 111-
pear ueiore ine justices ol tne court of Pleas and O
ap-
ter Sessions at the next term thereof to be held for the
said county of Union, at the eonrt knn.. r ....
the first Monday of October next, then and there to an
swer, plead or demur to the plaintiff's petition, other
wise judgment pro eonfesso will be taken against them
and the same be heard ex parte as to them
fc2Vith.e' J,EI!"b ,cIerkof our said court at office,
the first Monday in July, and the 85th year of Ameri
caa Independence, A D J8C.1, J. E. jRBy clefk
76-Gt pr adv Gj '
Traitorous Movements in East Ti.nsTT
A letter from Lenoir County, N. (j j '
in,TCast Tennessee 3000 Union m' .1.
armed to fight in behalf of the Lincoln Gov
against tne puwnuis. -luc writer says that ?
should not wonder if there should be a lx
the border between North Carolina and
Tennessee. Jr. Locke, who last year was i Jf
of Lenoir, is now Captain of an Kast Tennl!?
Submission Company; and Mr. llaney, 7?
now a citizen of Lenoir, is 1st Lieutenant. Ti
people of Lenoir are much exasperated 0B
subject. Shelby Eagle. t
We think there must be Jorae mistake nbout .
number of Union men arming ia East Tenntss
is stated by newsuapjfS ia that section that m.
. . . I. i m mi pAinl Tirn fi t-. . .. r . . M
Deen a grcav i""uo" .j mi ui me lout
rights cause. In two counties the gain am0uiltl
seven or eight hundred. "
St
TnE Polish Scythe. We learn from the X
Orleans Picayune that the first llegiment of il
Polish Brigade, Gen. Tochman, is now ready ?
the field. The second regiment is also
ready, and is to be armed with Polish scythes,
Picayune says: - '
"This ia a most fearful weapon, being n .i
shape of a broad sabre, afiixed to a long staff u
a large hook at the socket of the staff. It
far more effective than the bayonet, and will L
terrible execution in a charge. This company l
also to be armed with Colt's revolvers."
15. 11. SMITH & CO
(successors to j. b. f. boose,)
WHOLESALE AND KKTAIL DEALERS IS
BOOTS
AND
Leather, Calf-Skins and Shoe-Finding
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
March 2G, 180!.
tf
E00T AND SHOE
E I P O IU 11 U
Charlotte, N. C. '
LEUu
ARE receiving a choice stock of Boots and SWmf
the best quality (warranted)- which thej will sell m
LOW PltlCKS FOR CASE,
March 2Cth, 18C1. tf
State of North Carolina Union county.
Is Equity To Fall Term, 1851.
George W Fowler aijaintt Israel lleluis and tia
Frances, and others.
Petition to make title to Land.
It appearing in this case to the satisfaction of tU
court that Moses Thomas and wife Cathiuine, Darli(
Sikes, Henry Helms and wife Gatsy, Enot-h Allen and
wife Jane S, Catharine Drown, Moses W Sikes. IsaM.
la Sikes, "Sarah Sikes, John W Sikes, and Wm B Shrr.
ley and wifa Ellen, defendants, reside bevoud the lim
its of this State so that process cannot be personify
served upon them; it is therefore ordered by the court
that publication be made for six weeks successively ii
the Western Democrat, commanding them and enchof
them, to be and appear at the next term of this court
to be held for the county of Union, at the Court Hons
in Monroe, on the 10th Monday after the 4fb MomiM
in August, 18CI, then and there to answer, plwdut
demur, or jndgment pro eonfesso will be entered again!
them.
Witness, Thomas I) Winchester, clerk and muster of
said court at office in Monroe, this the 29th day of Jnl?
1861. T. D. WINCHESTER, cm i.
Iti-Gt pr adv $6
State of North Carolina Union count.
In Equity To Fall Term, 18C1.
Win J Cureton and wife Charlotte, Sarah KimW;
Thos K Cureton, Sen'rs, heirs, viz: James, Thos K, Jr,
and Saml Cureton, and Virginia, intermarried to F D
Green; Jeremiah Cureton's heirs, viz: Thos TjU
and J Narcissa Cureton, and Elizabeth, intermarrirl
with S A Durant ; Ann Potts' heirs, viz: Margaret!,
intermarried with J M Morrow: John Curcton'ib'it
viz: Anu, intermarried with It .M Miller; Henry Mu
sey's heirs, viz: H Iteese Massey, and Mary, i"1"
married with S B Massey, and Bunj II Massey, son!
Edward .Massey, Against
The heirs of Wm Massey, viz: Rebpcca, wife of Jl
Bratton, James E. Sarah A and Wm N Mawcy ;
heirs of Charlotte Massey, viz: L il Massey, Sr. cM
of I)r G L Massej-, dee'd; Mary Antionette and Jim.'
children of II J Massey; Col J C Hale; child of Sf7
Hale, dee'd; Mrs Catharine Matheson, wife of Ci
thoson ; the heirs of Elizabeth Knox of Texas, nan
not known ; the heirs of Benj Hale, Jr, dee'd, n
not known; Susan Lanier's heirs, viz: ThosCl"1'"
Mary wife of Wm Brewer, Catharine wife ot Tln'
Lanier, and others whose names are unknown top
titioners : the children and heirs of Evard Curttcl
dee'd, viz: James B, John, and Evernrd Cureton."
Elizabeth, wife of Thos C Lanier; Mrs Cunning
wife of Jos Cunningham; Mrs March and Mrs Murri
Petition for Sale of Land for Partitien.
In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of l
court that the Defendants in this cause reside berw
the limits of this State, so that process cannot be
sonally served upon them ; it is therefore ordered!?
the court that publication be made for six weeks w"
cessively in the Western Democrat, commanding ti'
and each of them, to be aud appear at the neitter9
this court to be he ld for the county of Futon, "j
Court House in Monroe, on the 10th Monday after 1 ,
4th Monday in August, then and there to answer,
or demur, or judgment pro coufesso will be eaief"
against them. ,
Witness, Thomas D Winchester, clerk and bimWJ
Said COUrt at nffip in Mnnrnn fliia tlio Mill dft of M
18G1. T. D. WIN'ClIESTEB,'e
76-6t pradv$12. ,
State of North Carolina Union
COM'-
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term
Thomas' Y Dewey, cashier, vs. R F Stockton.
Attachment. .
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court thai
Stockton, the defendant in this caje, resides bejonH
limit of this State; it is therefore ordered by the t3
that publication be made for six successive
the Western Democrat, that he Le and appear
beic
uuncs oi me coun oi rieas anu qh""" . b!
to be held for the county of L'nion, at the court "'
in Monroe, on the first Monday in October ntrt
and there to answer, plead or demur, or judgm
eonfesso will be entered up against hiin andtht
set for hearing.
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court, tV
the first Monday iu July, and in the 85th year of '
ican Independence, A D 18G1. J. E. Ji:U)clt'
76-6t pr adv $G
State of North Carolina Union coS
Court of Plea and n...rt.r .! Julr Term,IeV
Thomas W De-lrcy, cashier, va. R F Stockton
Attachment, jf
It appearing to the satisfaction of tho court tb
Stockton, the defendant ia this case, resides "
limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by j,
that publication be made for six successive i
the Western Democrat, a newspapsr publit ine;
town of Charlotte, that he be and appear b a
Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Ses
be held for the county of Union, at the court.,lfj
Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, t,i
there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment p
fesso will be entered up against him and the c
for hearing. . 0$
Witaess, JE Irby, clerk of our aid court ff.
the first Monday in Jaly, and in the ?5th ycr o .
ican Independence, A D 1861. J. E. Il'bi,
76 -Gt pradvf6