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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1861.
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ii;ir"il accordingly.
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SA Mil EL L SMITH,
;toriiaV si ml Citm-Ir at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
A "i! :iitr:id .rronptU and diligently to collecting and
lL,;,i1Mr ;til claims intrusted to hi? care.
--iil attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con-
. e-'. mtiT'i. V.
jy-li n ing hours of business, may be found in the
m; I li..i?t'. Oiiic No. 1, adjoining the clerk.' office.
J. A. FOX
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
O EX ERA L COLL EOT IX G A G EXT.
o:ii-e i.vcr the Ir2 Store. Irwin's corner.
J-.iviarv I, I I.
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Wm. J. Kerr,
a t t o n x k v a t a vr,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
A :!1 practice in the County and Superior Ceurts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
Okkice in the lira w ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January '4. USUI ' J
ROBEHT GIBBOX, M. D
i'RACriTlOLK OF MCUIClE
AND
'.' X. - ru in's corner, CjIAULOTTE, N. C.
anufl.rv,
R. W. BECK WITH
His constantly on hand
WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C
of the h'i Hnp.it.sh and American manufacturers.
.'.!! :iH-l exaii-iinc his stock before purchasing elsewhere
Watch crystals put iu for 25 cents each.
Jauuarv, 1381 J
ff John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock .Maker, Jew
c.lcr, fc
OlTdSITE Kr.RR's IIotkl, Charlotte, Jv C.
(Late with It. W. Hvkwith.)
o"i-vry description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
Ei 'i nibs.
O.t 1 J0. tf
WILKINSON &. CO.,
DEALERS IN
olies,
Silver & plated Ware
AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE. N. C.
Attention jiiv?n to Repairing Watches and Jewelry,
v j.n-iiiVicr IS, 1500. T
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWELRY.
Solid Silrer and Plalfd Ware.
Tlic iiibioi iber has lately purchased a very extensive
?'u.!y ut the above articles. Wis purchases bcinp
raa ie directly from the manufacturer, he is therefor
en.iWed to sell at a very small advance on cost, and
perrons may rest assured that all his articles are war
rA:ue,j t be what he represents them to be.
Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will
re.-five mv personal attention.
R. BECEWITII.
Nav. 27, I860 tf
Charluftc &z S. C ISailroad.
Oa and after the First day of October, THROUGH
E.U'UK.-SS FliKHJHT TRAINS will run Daily between
("ii irliitte arid Charleston, without transshipment, thus
'laohtivr f: rights to reach Charlotte in 5 days or less
i' oia Nh- Viu-Jk, aud in one day from Charleston, and
Also. THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char
i"'te to Charleston at S8 SO, and to New York, via
Charleston Steamers, at $1!, and vice tvrsr. The mer
hants and public are invited to try this cheap and
expeditious route for ft eights aud passengers.
A. H MARTIN,
Oct 2. I860, tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent.
DIE. K. II. ANDREWS,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the
Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old
stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold,
Silver, Vulcanite, r on the Chcoplastic process, as
patients may desire, and till Teeth with Gold, Tin,
Amalgam or Os Artificial.
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong-i-jr
to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends
yu may take that for granted.
February 5, I 86 1 3m
NEW GOODS.
K00PMANN & PHELPS have received a handsome
Msortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &C, j
which they invite particular artentien.
J. G.
North Carolina j
MUTUAL LIFE IKSUKANfE COMPANY, i
This Company the oldest and most reliable in the!
State, insures white persons for a term of years or
wuiiujr continuance oi lite, on moderate terms. Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
THOS. W DEWEY. Apt.,
Jan 8, 1861 ly at Branch Bank N. C.
CantwelPs Practice
During my absence in the Military service of this
State, in Virginia, subscribers and others desiring cop
ies of the above work, can obtain them of Virs. Cant
well, Raleigh.
All persons indebted to me, by note or otherwise, are
requested to pay her. I will hold her rec eipt good
Price of single copies of the above $5.00 A deduc
tion will be made to those who buv to sell again.
EDWARD CANT WELL.
Camp near Norfolk, July 30, 18C1.
D isisol rit i o 1 1 .
The firm of FALLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis
solved by limitation on the 1st January. 1801.
The business will be continued under the name and
style of FULLIXGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by
integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the
same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their
numerous friends and customers.
The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of
business, for the future compel us to shorten our time
of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying
customers none others need ark it.
All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings.
Springs & Co., must come forward and make immediate
settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the busi
ness be speedilv closed up. "A word to the wise is suffi
cient." Jan 15, 1SG1.
Hardware!! Hardware!!
A. A. N. M. TAYI.0II
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensiv
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paflnel, prun
ing, grafting, tennou, back, compass, wt-bb. aud butch
er SAWS; Braces and bi!s, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes: Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kind3, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougcrs, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at Ycry low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House. Charlotte, N. C.
May 29, 1SJ0. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stockr
and dies. Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cl:nch Nails,
!5orax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and count ry
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; ic,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOK'fe
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks. Axes, Picks. Mattocks. Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains. Pruning
mil Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
.rrass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes:
Hoilow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 12t
gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears. Ac, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate.
Rabbit metal, Ac
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Hons
NOTICE.
Taken np and committed -to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the 8th .:ay of September, I860, a Nerro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about o feet 0
or 8 inches high. He says his name is JIM. and that
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county: that his
master moved to Texas early la it Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull:
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
rr limnp with flnv intelligence. He has a scar on his
ritht fore finger, made by a cutting knife. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex
penses, and take s.nid boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 1S60. tf W. W. GRIER, Sheriff
PETFR R. DAVIS. w- . HARDFE
DAVIS & !AKI)GK.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Potorstours vi-
REFER TO Hon. D W Court. Gen. R W Haywood,
Raleigh, N. G.
Feb 19, 18GI
Cm-pd.
ai:is, imisd.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS;
K,..i.itifn1 tment of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a Jjf,
fine Songster, will find it at
J . p. I'.ALJlraiO arici) oiuir,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 20, I860.
PJotice.
From and after this day (1st of January. 1861.) we
will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers,
and the rest of mankind, for
cah, and cash oii!y,
any article in our line of buiness that we may have on
hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods after
this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in
stead of filling their order, e furnish them with a
copv of this advertisement, as tee are determined riot to
sell a tingle article on credit.
And those indebted to ns are requested to call j
and nar. as we wur.t the monev.
OATES k WILLIAMS.
January 1, fil
tf
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
All persons having unsettled accounts on the Books
of OATES & WILLIAMS, must come forward before
the first of September next and settle by casn or note,
VSSxl' " " !
OATES A WILLIAMS. I
si
2
ttfrstrrn Drmorrnt.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Newspaper Dorhoweks. A mi bscriher writes
us that his paper "is generally wurii lull of holes
before 1 jret it, by men who are worth ten times
as much as I am." We are sorry for him. and
still more sorry for the borrowers. Perhaps if lie
woulu jrive orders to the Postmaster not to deliver
his paper to any one but himsell he uii-;bt tret the
use of it.
FLANS AND DESIGNS OF THE KNKMY. We
have been informed by a oentlen.un who has just
arrived from New York and Philadelphia, that
the most utinrecedentt d exertions are lu;in.r m;iit
in ad the ship-yards and docks of those two cities,
for the fitting out of the latest naval expedition
ever known in this country. Every carpenter
who can be obtained is employed, and merchant
ships are being altered into war ships, and all
the lounderies are hard at work making and al-
tetinu engines for
steam iiroialiors of the lanr-
cm size, as wen as lor small gun-Ouats it was
openly talked among the mechanic thai this im
itietise fleet of war ships Was destined for New
Orleans.
It would seem that, the present design of the
enemy is to effect a ruse, by alluring us on to take
Washington lily, t!.n drawing all ur main force
into Virginia, and leaving the Southern coast
comparatively defenseless, while they make a gland
demonstration on various portions of our coast,
and force their way to New Orleans at all haz
ards. No doubt the Yankees intend to attack the
whole Southern coast this 1 ail. and it septus to us
that more vigorous exertion: should be made to
put the North Carolina coast in a complete fctate
of defence.
Tyrannical Activity. The N. Yotk Journal
of Comiueice ays: "'1 he operations of the Gov
ernment, through its agents in this city, are daily
becoming mote comptehensive, decisive and vig
nrous. 1 he police no longer wait until persons
are caught in overt acts, but take thorn up lor ex
tenuating or sympathizing with secession."
In self defence the same course must be adopted
at the South. Suspicious characters must be ar
rested and dealt with summarily.
im m
JSS" The Norfolk 1 v Book reports a naval en
gagement on James Kiver, on the 13th, in which
the Confederate steamer dropped dowii the river,
near Newport News, for the purpose oi using the
Federal vessels, the Savannah, a large sloop of war.
and the gun-boat Jhy-ltght, lying there, as a
target to try the range of her guns. The Patrick
Henry opened fire and the Federals replied. The
Daylight advanced, when she received a broad
side, which forced her to retreat. Advancing airain
she was met in like manner, and again forced to
retreat. The engagement lasted half an hour
only, and was discontinued w hen too dark to see
The Patrick IJenrv retired out of James river.
The six New England States have only seven
teen regiments and four battalliotis in the war
Illinois aioue has that many, and New York, Mith
about the same population, has three times as
many.
All persons in Mecklenburg county having in his or
her possession Arms or accouti ements belonging to tin
State, and not in the actual use of any volunteer com
pany of the State, are hereby notified to deliver them
to W W Grier, Sheriff of said county : otherwise tin
penalty of the law w ill be enforced against them. Thi
notice is given by the authority of his Excellency, tlu
Governor. No excuse will be taken.
W. R. MYERS,
Aug 27th. Acting Solicitor fot Mecklenburg
MONTAuOENA FEUALh SEMIKAkY,
MOUNT I'LEASAXT, CABARRUS COUXTY,X V
The exercises of this School will be resumed on tlu
20th of August.
Rates pek Session :
Board (including washing and fuel) $40 o0
Erigli:h course, from S5 00 to 15 00
Music, on the Piano, Melodeon or Guitar, 20 00
Languages, each, 8 00
Drawing or Panning, 10 00
Vocal Music, 3 00
Embroidery, 7 00
Other ornauK-utals reasonable.
Tekms :
Half of all the expenses, board and tnilion, must bi
paid in advance, aud the remaiuder at 'he close of tin
Session. Pupils who board in the Seminary will not be per
mitted to make store accounts.
For further information, addresg
L. G. HEILIG.
August 13, 1861 2jm
IIWPOIftTAIVT
UR TERMS will be
rGTlCI?.
POSITIVELY CASH.
on and after the 21st Acgust
COCHRANE A SAMPLE.
Aug 20, 1P61
4w
$75 Ki:VAUi).
RUNAWAY from where we had them hired, near
Chester, in June last, our three negro men. viz : Bill.
Giles and Henry.
Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of last November
at the estate sale ot Ed." Leach, on Broad River, in
York District- They being brothers and having rela
tions in the neighborhood where we purchased them,
it is more than likely they have made their way back
to their old neighborhood.
Bill is about 26 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, will
w eigh 150 or 160pounds; is very black; rather sharp
faced, speaks quick when spoken to.
u:. i..ii,r is nlumf "'4 years old: 5 feet 9
u i as ins .-- . . .
inches high; will weigh 160 lbs., is very black, and,
walks with his head up aud feet turned out in Iront. j
n-.. nntehased Jan. I. of Loi. L. tfives on tne
r!ltflW,;rt" rivcr
f OQ , o.irc n rt UP Kl't. Ii TPM 1U
. . . . . . .-.
:m ;.',k irn YwmnHs- his n. hpavv
brow and pcaks slowlv: has some character as a run-
airay. Mav go to Charleston or Washington city, it is
hard tiling where he will go as he a gentleman of
trVuL u ir.fc,,t the .me time
H ,"v rZll for the 3 men; or $25 a
r... !,i -"f (hpm Slivered in anv tail so that we
incnes men, anu m j i j
can get them. These boys may attempt to make their :
- v - .tV... fmm this t1lr haVe at-:
TIT " lh"8 PMDE $0y1T j
le??r p. c , Jnlr Sf, IM1 tf
CORRESPONDENCE.
The following correspondence between Mr Dodge, the
Clerk of the Supreme Court at Morganton. and Judge
Pearson, concerning the law in regard to aliens, will
be read w;ih interest:
His I i iii or. Ch iff Justice Pen r ton :
Having seen the proclamation of the President
of the Confederate States, I am desirous of know-
i whether I am affected by it, or would be con
j sidereu a citizen as it a native
1 was born in the State of New York in 1795,
! and in 1820 removed to North Cnrdin i. where I
have resided ever since. I married in North Car-
1 d'm;i: all inv r.rm.piti; is l.erp: am an :.ctiiir Jus
j tice of the Peace in Yadkin, and have b-en for
j iany years, and have held offices of trn.t and
piofit under the State, and have repeatedly sworn
allegiance to North Carolina. 1 settled lie-re to
remain permanently, and have never altered my
intention of remaining. Am I required to do any
act under the proclamation. An answer will ob
lige, yours, truly, ' JAS. 11, PODGE.
Yadkin, N. C, Aug. 24, 1801.
Richmond Hill. Aug 24, 1861.
James It. 1iD(;k, Esq. Dim- Sir: Upon
the facts stated in your n.te of the 21 inst., my
(piuioii is, that the act of the Congress of tin;
Confederate States ptouiuig ited by the President
does not apply to your case; for the reason, tint
by the act. of removing to this S:are in 1820, with
an intention of remaining here permanently and
becoming a citizen ol the Siate of North Carolina,
you became one of our cit z in ' by election,"
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as if you had
been born here. Alter that act. you no lougei
owed allegiance to the State of New York the
State of North Carolina was then eutitled to your
alleigance, as of right.
'J he facts stated by you holding offices of
trust and profit, being now an acting Justice ot
the Peace, &c, have an inipot tatit bearing, and
furnish unequivocal evidence of the intention to
become a ciuzen of this Slate.
When ujon ijn , a citizout of France, for in
stance, removed to the United States, although
with an intention of remaining peruntieutly and
becoming a citizen, he did not become a citizon
until naturalized according to the funis required
bylaw.. But when a citizen of me uf the Unittd
States removed to another of the States with a
like intention, his purpose was. ipso fur to, accom
plished. There being no law requiring any par
ticular mode of proceeding in order to his natu
ralization, his act of election had the legal effect
id making him a citizen of tko State to which In
h. id removed. This difference results from the
relation created among the several States of the
United States by force of their Union. Such ha.
been the universal understanding, and instances
witliou' number could be referred to, where citi
zens ol other States have, by this mode of election
become citizens of North Carolina, (Chief Justice
Huffiu, the late Judge Strange, Judire French
Judge Heath, occur to nic) and where citizens of
our Stnte have ceased to be such and become citi
zens of other States, simply by the act of remov
ing and settling there.
It follows that when the State of North Caroli
na withdrew from the United States and beeaun
one of the Confederate State, you, like all of tier
other citizens, became a citizen of the Confe ier
ate States; so, of course, you do not fail back un
der the description of "an alien." Indeed, being
.dreidy a citizen ol this State, and as such a citi
zOiioflhe Confederate States, it would be incon
sistent for you now to make a declaration of un
intentimi to brconu- a citizen of the Confederate
States.
'1 he act of Congress was intended to apply to
that description of persons, who, being citizens
of States adhering to the United States, happened
to be in some of the Confederate States, tor a teni
porary purpose, without an intention of becoming
citizens, and with an intention of returning; in
respect to whom, it was deemed expedient to re
iiiire them to leave the Confederate States, un
less the condition of things induced them to
change their purpose of returning to t lie State of
which they continued to be cirzeus. and to be
come citizen of the Confederate States, which in
tention they are required to declare '-in due form,
acknowledging the aut lioriry of this Government '
P. rsons of this descript:- n having come nt wlnt
is now the Confederate Mttts. were entitled, un
der the Constitution of the United States, art. 4.
.-ec. 2, "To all privileges and immunities of citi
zens of the several States." wit hotit, in fact, be
coming citizens of ! he State in w hich they hap
pened to be, not having elected to do so; and it
was proper, under esistiuir circumstances,
to put
them to their election, and require formal
evi-
deuce of it. if they siaid among us. The
policy
has no more application to you, who have already
made your election aud bee me a citizen of this
State, than to any other citizen ot any State ol'
the Confederate States.
Y urs, &c,
R. M. PEARSON
Our Ginli'.aI.s While petty jealousies abound
in petty places, and efforts are put forth to excite
personal rivalries, it is pleasing to read the follow
ing from the Richmond Examiner:
The armies ot Gens. Johnston and Beauregard
have been temporarily combined, and styled the
'Aimy of the Potomac " While united fur certain
purpose., they are ftill distinct a? ever in their
organizations and in the uetaiis oi conimati J.
i i i i i i
the uetatis ol command.
Gen Beau. egard is at the head of the first corps
and Gen. Johnston of the second. While the statesman predicted from the beginning vouId be
latter is the ranking officer by seniority of appoint- 1 the case. It is we who are blockaded, not the
ment, and could, according to regulation, assume cotton States, 'lhere is but little suffering, corn
entire command of the army, yet, with that defer- j parativety speaking, in Charleston, Savannah or
ence for the feelings and soldierly reputation of j -e' Orleans; but there is a fearful amount of it
his illustrious comrade, he has waived this right, i" ork, Boston aud Philadelphia,
and remits to him the full enjoyment of all the ' "
imtlu.rilv mid i n rofative whic h be had anterior Oui.MNE. During: the discussioo Of the bill
to his owu arrival at Manassas. The commands !
' ...... ... 1 1 c ..i ( i ii . t wrirt
an order of a ;
I Mineral r-l.aru(ipr is never issued bv General John- '
111 illl CCSUIIliain Ui.-uiui,
! stor witloul full and free interchange ot opinion .
i wi(h Ge ueaUref,aru To say that this Conduct
. eiatej by Gen. Beauregard, would do
pnws injustice to that gallant officer, and it gives
L pleasure to inform our readers that nothing can
- ,k-' n,tnl fpelini' of affection, resr.eci
-- -- j ...
an(J gripp existin g between our two distinr
. . . . , .. .
fished Generals- lhere i
thority, eo contention, no h
is no clashing of au-
heart-burning
THE SUPERIORITY OP SOUTHERN
WARRIORS
In a speech delivered last November before the
N. C. Educational Convention at Wilmington,
Gen. P. n. Hill argued to prove the superiority
of Southern warriors over those of the North.
After showing that the victories of the .Mexican
war were achieved mainly by Southern officers
and Southern men, he says :
" In one word, if any body of troops was pre
eminently distinguished during the war, it was
always a Southern corps, and if any individual
was thus distinguished, you m'g'it feci certain
that he was Southern born.
But surely it is unnecessary to multiply proof
ot Southern chivalry on this sacred sou of the
Old North State, where the first blood was shed in
the Revolution, where the first Declaration of
Independence was proclaimed, and whe. e the first
Colonial Governor was openly resisted. In this
very town of Wilmington, in the year 1765, the
people in the broad light of day marched to the
Governor's Palace, boldly seized the Stamp
Master, carried him to the market-house and there
made him swear that he would not attempt to
execute the duties of his office. Compare this
o; en. manly act with the creepii.g of the Boston
Tea party, in the darkness of the night, disguised
as Indians, to the tea ships, defended only by un
irtiied sailors. But the sneaking affair at Boston
has been trumpeted all over the world, and is
taught to our own children along with their
nursery hymns, while the fearless resistance to a
Royal Governor in his own Palace is not generally
known, even in our own State. The truth ia the
North has had all th historians and therefore all
the glory of the Revolution. Hence it is that all
the forld knows of the battle of Bunker Hill,
while the far more glorious battle of Moultrie is
scarcely poken of. Hence it is that school boys
are Jatniliar with the bloodless capture of Ticon
deroga, while the fierce conflict at Hanging Rock
is unnoticed. Hence it is that we are better ac
quainted even at the South with the real and
imaginary exploits of Northern Troops than with
the heroic deeds of our own soldiers. As the
North has produced all the historians, we have
overlooked the curious fact that her great military
achievements, those of whom she specially boasts,
were surprises. 1 bus Breed's Hill was seized and
fortified at night, and Gen. Gage was therefore
taken at unawares. Thus Ticonderogt was sur
prised. Thus Col. Baum was unexpectedly
attacked by Stark with twice as many troops, and
the battle of Bennington was won; nnd we have
been favored ever since with an immense amount
of bluster about it. and with va-t stores of senii
meutaliiy concerning Mrs Molly Stark. Puulus
Hook was taken by surprise, so was Stony Point.
I he battle of Certnantown was a surprise. The
victories at Trenton and Princeton were surprises
U ashington soon found out the stuff his Northern
troops were unde of rlhey were unsurpassed and
unsurpassable, whenever cunning, ingenuity ami
contrivance could be brought into play. But
where there was nothing but hard fighting and no
chance for Yatikee tricks, as at Long Island,
White Plains, Monmouth, &c, they were beaten,
generally badly beaten. The South has no genius
for the artifices of war Gates tried a surprise at
Camden, and lost the battle.
cutnpter was f-ur-
prised at Iishtng Creek Gen. Ashe in like man
ner, near the Savannah. Buford was surprised
;iiid his command cut to pieces. Marion, with a
few partisans became "a minion of the moon."
But as a people, the Southerners prefer sleeping
to prowling about at night. Hence it is that the
great- victories of the South have been won by
down-right, honest, fair-play fighting. There
was no artifice employed at Fort Moultrie, none at
Cowpcns, none at Eutaw, none at Guilford, none at
Craney Island, none at Fort Bowyer, none at
Horse-Shoe Bend. The victory at New Orleans
was won in the broad liuht of day, the only in
genuity there exhibited being the marvellous skill
ot the riflemen in the use of their terrible weapons.'
The War Upon the Pooh Classes of the
Nuiuii. ihe New York Daily News sets forth
that among the poorer classes in that city the
burdens ot the war are already betjinuing to press
with a fearful weight. lhere is trj business, ny
employ uient, no income, no money 1 The writer
proceeds:
ihy man who witnesses the winter of 1361-'62
in this and other Northern cities, will have need
lot u heart of marble aud a f ace of orass to relict
the emotions of pity and horror which must crowd
upon him m beholding the fearful scenes that will
pieceut themselves. A ruined and beggared peo
ple, btruggliug with destitution and exorbitant
taxation at home, and contendiug with expensive
aud bootlesr war abroad, has been described by
history unhappily again and again; but the teirible
spectacle is now apparently about to be re-produced
here, with illustrations of uuusual poignancy
and effectiveness.
Ihc inability to pay rents in summer foreshad
ows a terrible condition of affairs when cold
weather shall be upon us. What must be the
state of things in November or February, if this is
wtiat we are to Contemplate in August? It would
be easy, doubtless, for landlords to evict tenants
and re-let their premises, but would the new comera
be likely to do better? The fact is, the war ia
ruining New York. It is the North and not the
.ii un ir tir ennartmr fha arfanra rr ijia r a
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j MHities, as every clear-sighted financier and
relative to permitting trade with the Yankees, in
the Senate of our State, on the 6th inst., Mr Chan-
dler said.
"That something had been said about
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the quinine iratie wun me idiieet wm
sary. He wished to inform the members of the
Legislature, and the public generally, that there
was an abundacce of quinine iu the mountains of
North Carolina Dr. King, of Charleston alway.
irot his supply there, and if this trade with lan-
keee were abo cat off, a g reat many more would
-it.... . I. T k .hmnliia
gei their applies there. It would be a stimulus ,
to the collectors of that in portant artiele.
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
The Richmond Examiner says :
The State of Virginia has furnished the Con
federate service 75D companies uniformed and
equipped, according to the law. The average
number of men in these companies, is 75 men i
each. They make an aggregato of 55,250 volun
teer soldiers from the State of Virginia, now in
the ranks of the Confederate army and actually in
the field. They are divided into 53 regiments of
infantry, five regiments of artillery, and 17 bodies
of mounted men. Besides these corps, this State
has furnished the temporary service of large
masses of militia, miny thousands of men for
home defence, and a great number of persons who
have employed themselves in guerilla warfare, and
in tending the wounded, who are not ' numbered
on the rolls of the at my. The uctua! number of
Virginia troops on thos rolls, we repeat, are
neither more nor less than 55,250, privates aud
officers.
So much of manhood. In money the State has
not been less liberal. The Convention appropria
ted the snm of 87,000,000 to the public dMeuce,
and 86,000,000 have been actually advanced by
the State Government to the Confederate service.
Such is the official statement. The contributions
of the various counties and of private individuals
cannot be stated with the 6amc accuracy. Rut
they are sufficiently well known to enable us to
state with authority that they exceed 4,000,000
of dollars.
Speaking of Virginia as the scat of war and
the injury she has sustained, and tho freedom of 4
the other States of the Confederacy from similar
damages, the Examiner continues :
In men and money the States have all made
large contributions to the public defence, but not
one of them, with tho exception of North Carolina,
has even approached tho mark of Virginia. Tho
noble State of North Carolina has furnished thirty
regiments unsurpassed by any troops in thevorld,
and has neither blustered at other States or
bragged of her own srallant generosity. It is un
fortunate that a similar spirit has not been mani
fested in all parts of the Confederacy. The in
dulgence of an unnecessary vanity in any quarter,
or even unfounded pretensions, would never have
induced Virginians to present tho unanswerable
fact of. the case to publio view, did not reasonable
self-rspect compel them to do so.
A BRAVE WOMAN.
A friend hag communicated to us the following
particulars, showing tho heroism of a lady (Mrs.
Julia 11. Waugh) in Johnston c iunty. Mist Ten
nessee, which entitles her to a place among the
bravest of the brave. About the 10th of August
a mob of about 150 men in all, led by Johnson,
Grayson, Locke, and others, commenced thair
depredations and insults in the County above
named, near the North Carolina line, hunting
doTn the friends of the Confederate Government
and forcing the weak and defenceless to take tho
oath of allegiance to Lincoln. A portion of this
mob some fifty or sixty in number, visited tho
house of Maj. McQueen, and demanded of his
wife to know where he was. She refused, at the
peril of her life, to tell them; and after a sound
cursing, which they received from an old negro
woman, who had no respect for Lincoln's minion,
they left, and soon after visi'ed the storehouse of
Mr William R. Waugh, who was absent ut the
time. Their Captain marched his men up and
surrounded the house, and demanded of Mrs.
Waugh all the arms and ammunition which her
husband had. She told them that her husband
was absent, and had left her to take caru of the
store and defend tho family. They assured her
if she would quietly surrender the arms sho and
the family should not be hurt. She refused to
comply with the demand, and gathering an axe,
placed herself in the door of the building, and
told them she would split the head of the first
man who attempted to enter. She hud with her
her stepson, about fourteen years of age, armed
with a double barreled gun and pistol her daug
ter about sixteen, armed with a repeater and a
knife, and a young man, who had volunteered to
defend the building, was also armed. They could
and would have killed a dozen or s i of the mob if
the attack bad been made. They endeavored to
intimidate Mrs. W., but she defied them, and
taunted theai with the sight of a Confederate flag
which they had threatened to take from her; but
she said that before they took that fbig they would
have to take ber,'and that while they were doing
that, she would be certain to have her prize in
the shape of a dead tofy. And there she stood,
the impersonation of collected courage, defying
that large, angry, and desperate crowd, until at
last, chagrined and mortified, they slowly re
tired, and soon afterwards disbanded. The cour
age and iron nerve of one woman on other occa
sions tender and gentle as a child had met and
turned back from their purpose some fifty or sixty
desperate men.
It was about this time that the militia of Ashe,
Watauga and other counties on the Western line
of this State, turned out in such large numbers
to meet tho Lincolnites of East Tennessee.,
Mr Waugh in, we bclicvo, a native of North
Carolina, and connected with the Waughs of For
syth and other counties in the north-western part
of the State. His wife ir a brave and glorious
woman. liuleigh Standard.
. A young lady inquired the other day of a sailor
why a ship was always called she;. "Because,"
replied the sailor, "the rigging always costs ruuro
than the hull.
First Contribution. Six hhds. of Tobacco,
consigned to the "Confederate States," arrived hero
on Friday from North Carolina, by the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad, and were tent for ator
age to the Public Warehouse. ..This is the first
loan of Tobacco to the Government, of which we
have been apprised. Who will send the next lotf
Richmond Whig.
New York Politics The "People's Coo-
vention," at Syracuse, N. Y., after adopting a war
platform, nominated Daniel S. Dickinson for
Secretary of State, with a full list of other officera
.11. U LC J l . t
Ihe Republicans nominated very nearly the aauie
, ticket.
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