OFFICE
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WKST S1L Ul' UlAUh MKKtiT . oiAita A3 ir is TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORT OF THE ONE IS TIIE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER.
W TAES, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 186.
TENTH T O L U II E5 U II B E B ; 486. 1
THE
BlfflBEllT,
(Published every Tuesday ,Q)
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITO J AND PBOPRIKTOR.
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If paid m advance, $2 00
If, mid within 3 months, - 2 50
If paid afti-r the expiration of the rear, 3 00
trg- ny person sending us five xew subscribers,
accouii.AiiWd by the advance subscription (10) will
revive a l"P7 ratis for oue 'ean
c.,K-, riliera and others who may wih to send
monev to us, can do so by mail, at our risk.
o
jp Transient advertisements must be paid for in
advance.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
for a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
charged accordingly.
SA M U IX P. SMITH,
AlloriK)' si ut Counselor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
Will attend promptly and diligently to collecting and
remitting all claims intrusted to his care.
Special attention givcu to the writing of Deeds, Con
Tevauces, Ac.
fta?" Durinjr hour? of business, may be found in the
Court House, Oilko No. 1, adjoiuing the clerk1 a oiiice.
January 10. 1801
J. A.
Attorney vt
CHARLOTTE, X.
C.
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT.
Office over the Drug Store, Irwin's corner.
January 1, 1861.
tf
Wm. J. Kerr,
ATTORNEY AT 1.AW,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
O ficb iu the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, 18U y
UOBEiiT GIBBON, M. D.,
PRACTITIOXEK OF MEDICISE
Office. Xo. 2 Jricins corner, CHARLOTTE, X. C.
January, IStil.
ltWTBi KCK W ITlT
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call aad examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
WateL crystals put in for 23 ccuts each.
January, 1861 J
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock TSakcr, Jew
eller, A:c,
Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C.
(Late with It. W. lieckwith.)
Fin Walcliv, Clock &. ,l"xrry,
of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
nionths.
Oct 16, I860. tf
WILKINSON CO.,
DEALERS IN
Watolies,
Silver fc plated Ware
AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, I860. y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Solid Silver aud Plated Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive
mpply of the above articles. His purchases being
made directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore
enabled to sell at a very small advance oa cost, and
persons may rest assured that all his articles are war
ranted to be what he represents them to be.
BL Watches and Clocka carefully repaired and will
receive my personal attention. "
R. W. BF.CKWITH.
Nr. 27, I860 tf
Charlotte fc S. C. Railroad.
On and after the First dar of October, THROUGH
EXPRESS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between
Charlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus
enabling freights to reach Charlotte in 5 days or less
tfroni N w York, and in one day from Charleston, and
rtria.
Also, THROUGH TICKETS will he sold from Char
lotte to Charleston at $8 50, and to New York, via
a-'harleston Steamers, at and vie vrrm. The mer
chants and public are invited to try tins cheap and
expeditious route for freights aud passencers.
A. 11. MART IX,
Oct 2, 1860. tf Gen l Ft. and Ticket Agent.
DR. E. H. ANDREWS,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
ould inform the public generally, and the citizens of
Mecklenburtr particularly, that he has resumed the
Practice of DENTISTRY aud may be . fouud at his old ,
nd. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, i
Silver, Vulcanite, or on the neoplastic process, as ;
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin, ;
Amalgam or Os Artificial. j
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong- j
,ng to Dentistrv. and need not say that he will be pleas- I
d to wait ujon any of his old friends or uew friends
fun may take that for granted.
February 5, 1861 3m
NEW GOODS.
KOOPMANN & PHELPS have received a handsome
"fortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, 1
o which they. invite particular attention.
AJrl 4, 1801,
J. G.
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
State, inanres white persons for a term of years or
during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
TIIOS. W. DEWEY, Apt.,
Jan 8, 18G1 ly at Branch Bank X. C.
Cantwell's Practice
During my absence in the Military service of this
State, iu Virginia, subscribers and others desiring cop
ies of the above work, can obtain them of Mrs. Cant
well, Raleigh.
All persons indebted to me, by note or otherwise, arc
requested to pay her. I will hold her receipt good
Price of single copies of the above $5.00 A deduc
tion will be made to those who buy to sell again.
EDWARD CANTWELL.
Camp near Norfolk, July 30, 1861.
Dissolution.
The firm of FULLINGS, SPRIXGS & CO. was dis
solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861.
The business will be continued under the name and
style of FULLINGS & 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 ask 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 speedily closed Uj:. 'A word to the wise is suffi
cient." Jan 15, 1861.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A, A, N. M. TAYLOR
RESPECTFULLY' informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and compbte
sto-k of Hardw are, consisting iu part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paunel, prun
ing, grafting, teunon, back, compass, webb, aud butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of nil kinds, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House, Charlotte, X. C.
May 29, 1800. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kiud. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYJLOlt'S
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
iiihI Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears, &c, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, &c.
Stoves, the lanrest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion llousf
NOTICE.
T.il-nn .in and OHUl 111
a aai ii ti f cnv w... -----
county, on the 8th day . of September, 1800, a Negro
boy about In or 2U years oi age, oiach.,; imoin j .- i
or 8 inches high. He says his name is JIM, and that
1. v,..i..o Inlm U'nrthv nf G:itm ennntv: that his
ti iiriuic.- i,f wist. . - . J - -. . . . . - - - j :
master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which
time he ran away front him. Jim appears very dull:
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his
right fore finger, made bj- a cutting knifi-. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove properly, pay ex
penses, aud take said boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 1860. tt vt. uiut-ii, oncrm.
PKTER B. DATIS.
W. II. HARDEE.
DAVIS & HARDEE,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Peterstourgj Va.
REFER TO lion. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood,
Raleigh, X. C.
Feb 19, 1861 Cm-pd.
RIESDS, BIKDS.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS:
1 also, a beautiful nssoitmeut of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a
t!?.S3 An. Smicrster. will find it at
J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 20, 1SG0.
Notice.
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 only,
any article in our line of business that we may have on
hand. Any person sending or coming lor oous auer
this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in
stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a
copy of this advertisement, tee are dettrmmed not to
tell a tingle ttrttele on credit. j
B6&,Anl those indebted to us are requested to call j
and pay,- as we want the money. j
1 OATES k "WILLIAMS, j
January 1, 1861 tf i
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PARTICULAR NOTICE. J
All persons having unsettled accounts on the Books'
of OATES & WILLIAMS, must come forward before ,
the first of September next aud fettle by cash or note, r
or they will fiud their accounts in the hands of an ofti- ;
cer for collection. ' !
- , DATES & WILLIAMS.
Aug 13, 1861 3r " 4
EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON THE
SOUTH.
The people of the South are now suffering the
consequences of a state of actual warfare. Our
active men from every city, town, village and
county have left the ease of home and the pur
suits of private business, and gone to the army
for twelve months or for three years. The sud
den departure of so many leading citizens leaves
a vacutu in the business and social circles of their
respective places of business and residence, which
is silently but painfully felt. - -
Daily we walk the streets, but meet not, as for
merly, many of our. ardent friends. They have
gone to the wars. But not only is their absence
thus noticed from the streets, but, alas! how pain
fully is felt every day and night their absence
from the home circle. The chair at the table is
vacant. The family feel the loss of the absent
one, but are silent. All this, and more than this,
has been brought on our country by the war which
a perfidous administration has waged upon us.
But we all patiently resign ourselves to these
tribulations and make no complaints. It is the
destiny and fortune of the age in which we live
to pass through a great and notable period in the
history of human affairs. The ages to come will
read with intense interest the history of these
times, and linger upon the record we are now mak
ing, as we do upon the great events of antiquity.
We derive strength and consolation from the faith
which we cherish in the development of the future.
However trying may be the scenes through which,
as a people, as families and as individuals, we
shall have to pass, we are still buoyant and hope
ful of a bright future to us who endure these pri
vations, and to those who shall come after us, to
enjoy the good heritage which we shall, by this
war, establish for them.
On our part, on the part of the Southern people,
this war is a necessity which we could not avoid,
and when God sets apartan age, a people or an
individual, to take a great part in the affairs ot
the world, that same jod prepares them with for
titude and courage to fit them for their destined
task. So it is now. The people are moved as by
the power of destiny to do and suffer everything
that war require them to suffer. Hence, men
everywhere are excited to deeds which they never
would have thought of in time of peace and quiet.
Families submit patiently to privations, which,
but for the war excitement, they could not en
dure. We begin to feel severely the effects of the war
and the blockade in all matters of business and
trade. Supplies ot the usual goods, and even pro
visions, are becoming scarce. Hence prices on
everything are going up to figures which, owing
to the scarcity of money and the diminishing or
suspension of business, it is difficult for many peo
ple to pay. These evils are augmenting upon us
every day. Yet we do not complain. We know
that these things are occasioned by the war, aud
we look fur little or no relief till the war is ended.
Until the present troubles be overpast it is the
duty, and it should be the pleasure, of the people
to lighten each other's burthens as much as pos
sible. The strong should bear with the weak.
The resources of the South are such that any
thing like famine or starvation of any part of our
people need not be apprehended, The means of
subsistence can be produced within our own coun
try, and the changes which happen in the circum
stances and pursuits of individuals may prove an
advantage to them, aud to the prosperity of the
country in the end.
Many enterprises will be started, and many
sources of profitable labor will besought out, which
will become of permanent advantage in developing
the resources of our country, which are now whol
ly unimproved.
The pressure which we now feel will have the
effect to stimulate enterprise, and to enlarge the
operation ot Southern capital and labor. But this
war must end. It cannot last, at least it cannot
maintain the huge proportions it has attained,
many months to come. The North cannot long
endure the loads and the evils which are already
falling with crushin g force upon the mass of the
people. The war must diminish its proportions,
and its evils must be mitigated, before winter sets
in.
Though we could hail with joy honorable peace,
vet we wish the war to finish its work effectually,
so that when peace comes it may be perfect and
lasting.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A fine assortment of Gentlemen's Boots
and Shoes: also, Ladies' Misses' and
Children's Shoes., just received.
For sale by
JAS. HARTY.
Oct 1, 1861
3t
$25 REWARD.
SAML. ROTHSCHILD having absconded from this
place, not complying with his contract, the above re
ward will be given for his arrest and confinement
til! I am heard from. Said Rothschild was detained
in Charleston, S. C, on the KUh inst., was released and
left Charleston on the 1 7th inst. for parts unknown. It
i supposed here he will make his way to Louisville,
Kv., or Savannah, Ga. U'M TRELOAR.
"Charlotte, X. C, Sept 24, 18CI
Headqcarteks Xobvh Carolina Tuoors,
K kolixa Tuoors, "J
Gknebal's Office, V
gh. Sept. 26th, 1861. J
AUJLTAKT OK
General Order, Raleigh
Xo. 16. j
I. All companies of twelve months' volunteers offer
ing their services after the 1st of October, are required
to'furuish their own arms, for which the State will pay.
II. Officers raising the companies are hereby author
ized to collect all the public arms in the coutitie in
which they reside for the use of their companies.
III. Should the" above modes fail to furnish arms
enough for any company, the Captain will receive au
thority to purchase on application to thia office. -
Bv order of the Commauder-iu-cbief. -
3 J. G. MARTIX,
Oct. 1, 1851. 84-3t Adjutant GeneraL
NEGRO FOR SALE.
I will sell for cash at the Court Honse door in Thar
lotte, on Saturday the 9th of Xovember next, - a Negro
Boy named JIM. . He is to be sold as a runaway to
satisfy Jail fees, &c, as the law directs. He saya that
he is the property of John Worthy, and is about 22
years of age., W. GRIER, Sheriff.
?cptIY,18Gl. - - " M
MILITIA LAW.
.Abstract of the Militia Law of North Carolina,
j passed at the second extra session of the General
Assembly, lcbl. . ;
The militia organtzationof the State shall be as
follows: . . . .
One Adjutant and Inspector General, with the
rank of MajoT-General, whr shall ; be. General-in-Chief
of all the forces of the State of N. Carolina;
such Brigadier-Generals ' as may be necessary to
command brigades of net less than , two nor more
than six regiments. " 1 "
The entire militia of the State consists of 116
regiments, consisting of 28 brigades, which are
composed as follows :
First Brigade. 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th regiments:
Currituck, Camden, Perquimans and Pasquotank.
2d Brigade 5th, Cth, 7th, 8th and 9th regi
ments: Chowan, Hertford, Gates ana Bertie.
3d Brigade 10th 11th, 12th aud 13th regi
ments: Martin, Washington, Tyrrell and Hyde.
4th Brigade 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th regK
ments: Beaufort, Craven north, Craven south, and
Pitt.
5th Brigade 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st regi
ments: Carteret, Jones, Lenoir and Onslow.
Gth Brigade 22d, 23d, 24th and 25th regi
ments: New Hanover, East of N. K. river do.,
West of do., Sampson east aud Sampson west of
Big Cohane.
7th Brigade 2Gth, 27th, 2Sfh and 29th regi
ments: Duplin, Wayne upper, Wayne lower, aud
Greene.
8th Brigade 30th, 31st, 32d and 33d regi
ments: Edgecombe upper, Edgecombe lower, sash
and Wilson.
9th Brigade 34th, 35th, 3Gth and 37th regi
ments: Halifax upper, do. lower, Northampton and
Warren.
10th Brigade 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st regi
ments: Wake, East of Raleigh; do. West of do ;
Franklin and Johnston.
11th Brigade 42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, and 46th
regiments: Granville north, Granville south, Per
son, Orange, Hillsboro, and Orange Hawfields.
12th Brigade 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th regi
ments: Caswell, Alamance, Chatham upper, do.
lower.
13th Brigade 51st, 52d, 53d and 54th regi
ments: Moore, Harnett, Cumberland upper, do.
lower.
14th Brigade 55th, 5Gth, 57th and 58th regi
ments: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, aud llobe
son lower.
loth Brigade 59th, GOth, Gist and 62d regi
ments: Itobeson upper, Richmond lower, do. upper,
and Montgomery.
16th Brigade 63, 64, 65 and
CGth regi-
ments: Randolph West and East, Davidson lower
and upper.
17th Brigade. 67, 68, 69. 70 and 71st Regi
ments, Guilford W est and Last,
lower and upper, Forsythe.
T?
18th Brigade. 72,. 73, 74 and 75th Regi
ments, Stokes, Surry, North and South, Yadkin.
19th Biigade. 76, 77, 78 and 79th Regiments,
Rowan, Davie, Iredell North of S. Yadkin, and
South of S. Yadkin.
20th Brigade. SO, 81, 82 and 83d Regi
ments, Anson, Union east and west, & Stanly.
21st Brigade. 84, 85, 86 and 87th Regiments,
Cabarrus, Mecklenburg north and south, aud Gas
ton. 22d Brigade. S8T 89, 90 and 91 Regiments,
Lincoln, Catawba, Cleaveland upper and lower.
23d Brigade. 92, 93, 94 and 95th Regiments,
Wilkes upper and lower, Alexander and Caldwell.
24th Brigade. 96, 97, 9S and 99th Regiments,
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Mitchell.
25th Brigade. 100, 101, 102, and 103d Regi
ments, Burke north and south, McDowell and
Rutherford north.
20th Brigade. 104, 105, 106 and 107 Regi
ments, Rutherford south, Polk, Henderson and
Transylvania.
27lh Brigade. 108, 109, 110 and 111th Regi
ments, Buncombe north and south, Madison and
Yancev.
28th Brigade 112, 113, 114, 115 and 110th
Regiments, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Cherokee
and Clay.
To be enrolled: All free white men and whits
apprentices, residents of this State, except minis
ters of the Gospel of every denomination that are
properly ordained, or have the cure of souls, and
the superintendent, assistant physician, and neces
sary attendants of the N. C. Insane Asylum, who
shall be of the age of 18 and under 50 years, shall,
as soon as practicable, be severally and respective
ly enrolled in the militia of this State, by the Cap
tain, &c , within the bounds of whom such person
shall reside.
The following persons are exempt from military
duty except in case of invasion or insurrection iu
tht3 State: The Vice President of the Confederate
States ; the officers, judicial and executive, of the
Confederate States; the Judges of the Supreme and
Superior Courts of law; the secretary of State,
Comptroller, Treasurer, Sheriffs of the several
counties; all the necessary employees of the differ
ent Railroad companies and Telegraph operators;
all custom house officers, postmasters, stage drivers
or mail carriers employed in the care and convey
ance of the mail to the post offices; all millers of!
public mills, provided that this exemption shall
only extend as to each mill to one person subject
to do military duty, whose occupation and daily
employment it is to attend and perform the duty
of a public miller; all branch pilots, all marines
actually employed in the sea service of the Con
federate States or of any merchant. Practising
physicians are also exempted from any fine or
penalty for not attending to the ordinary company '
or military drill, on making oath that it was nec- J
esary for them to be abseLt on professional duty;
also bona JiIe members of fire companies under j
certain restrictions. . i
The other sections of the law, not referred to in
this abstraet, relate more to the appointment, au- j
thority aud duty of officers than to the people at j
large, and cannot well be condensed." " - . !
- When Arkansas seceded from the Union she j
came in possession of property to : the amount' of j
635,000,000. Her indebtedness at the time was:
$3,000,000, leaving a balance of $32,000,000 ac-;
quired by secession, in addition to her other, re-
sources.
J-t id':
"GRINDING SEED COBN!"
We have seen and heard of persons discourag-
mg youths under 18 from going to school. t It
j strikes us that this is the rery worst policy we can
adopt, and we are glad to hear of a rebuke admin
istered to it a short time since by President Davis.
A youth from Mississippi bad joined the army,
contrary to the Jwishes of his relations, who sought
the interposition of the President to have him dis
charged from the service. The President readily
complied, and .remarked, that the using op of
boys in the army was like "grinding seed corn!"
The above from the Richmond Whig, suggests
ideas which we would be happy to aid in impress
ing upon the public. The war which has burst
upon us like a portent, has arrested the attention
of the people to such a degree as to call off their
thoughts from almost everything else. This is
very natural, ana u tne war were to prove very
brief, it would be allowable. . Perhaps up to the
present time, it would have proven unavaidable,
whatever effort we
might have
made
against
it.
Men are not stoics, and ought not to be. It
would have been no credit to us, if, cradled in
peace and pursuing unmolested our ordinary en
gagements, we should have been undisturbed and
unmoved from our accustomed paths, by the sud
den bursting of the storm of war. Something is
due to the sensibilities of our nature, and he who,
without impression, can witness social tragedies,
on whatever scale, is less than a man.
But there has been enough time for indulgence
of this first shock to our feelings and the absorp
tion of our thoughts and energies. Other duties
begin now to appeal to us again for their appropri
ate observance and accustomed respect. They de
mand of us the recognition due to their long-ac-r
knowledged and unchanging importance. Prom
inent among these is that alluded to in the ex
tract above the duty of educating the young.
Our schools have suffered an interruption during
the present year; let it not grow into their suspen
sion. Let the interruption cease at once where
it is practicable, and in all cases at the earliest
possible day. The opportunity for instruction, if
now lost by the boys and girls who are soon to be
our men and women, will be irrevocably lost; The
boy of this year is the man of next year. A brief
period only lies between the school-girl and the
grown lady. If this time, allotted to education,
shall pass unimproved, the season will be gono to
those persons forever. Parents will thus perceive
that they have a duty to perform towards their
children which they may not defer; aud the young
people themselves will see that if they do not wisli
to grow up uneducated, they have something to
do besides surrendering themselves to the excite
ments of the war.
Then let our schools go on. Let us educate
our children as carefully as ever, so far as we pos
sibly can. Suppose the war should last, as it may,
several years, aud that meanwhile this policy of
closing colleges aud shutting up schools, should
continue; the generation which treads on the heels
of the present adult population, will come to their
places, and will act their part through Jife, with
out those advantages of education which we so
justly value, and we will be to blame for it! . The
duty of parents, and the duty of citizens combine
to require of us all that this evil shall not come.
The farmer who "grinds his sead corn" will reap
no crop the next j-ear, and will deserve no com
passion .Rich man d En j u irer.
DISPENSE WITH TITLES.
One of the Charleston papers, the Courier,
makes a sensible suggestion, even if it be only in
reference to a matter of names or rather the han
dles thereto. It is that having cut loose from the
old Union, we of the Confederacy should drop
many of its foolish forms and titles, as many of
them as possible, say we. Why, for instance,
should we multiply and perpetuate "honorables"
simply bcc-iuse this, that or the other man may
have once sat in Congress, even in the better at
mosphere which we think will pervade that of the
Confederacy. It is at best but a form, and may
turn out to be a ridiculous one, should an "honor
able" in the future course of life prove himself to
be anything else. We do not say that any will;
but then who shall assure us that some may not.
Call no mau happy before death.1 If there must
be handles, lot them really represent something,
and let them cease when they no longer serve that
purpose. ' -
From the very necessity of the case, the num
ber of military titles must be multiplied,- and if
there be any titles that deserve perpetuation after
the offices to which they pertain have lapsed, cer
tainly those acquired in the military service of the
country are among the first to which this distinc
tion should be accorded. But may not the very
number of these titles militiate against their value
while, with all due respect to officers, may not
hundreds and thousands of privates who have nei
ther held nor t?ought office or gained official design
ation, still have earned and established as high a
claim for consideration and as just a title to the
rrr'jMtnrlfi t if thnir Pftuntr na onw t.i' fHf!r riit-
manding officers. How then shall the scale be ad- i
inctpfl if not. after cntviop ia nror l.v all n-lui biro t
i .i i i . ' J t .,-
uone ineir auiy siauuing upon tne same piatiorni, i
with only the title and distinction which personal :
merit will assert and ought to receive.
, Perhaps it is foolish to be over-sensitive to the !
criticism? of foreign travellers, no matter how in. j
telligent, but might it not sometimes be worth j
...i-il . ' .i, . i.
thing that might
that might be derived
natured. Among the things ridiculed is this
abundance of titles, so - queer) : at variance with :
democratic profession and usage., Is this ridicule r
i.h .:..t it , - u ; I
. o r - ' - -.
State are addressed or referred as "Gcvernor?" i
be improved uponsome benefit ? "
from their criticisms, even yn VZ mrongn lorx, r, i i our
referred to as "GcveroorT, e ou ruu- V1 -'and
so on? How .many rn principles leticonntered by our soldier, .o all
U at all, iimply ; by their . of tbeir adjourn and travel in the North.-i?-
How many as "Judge,'
men of any prominence
names: Let us think. And we in North Caro
lina are far behind most of our sister States. Why
not all through the- Confederacy- establish r new.
era turn , a Iresh. leaf no . lonseri preface tne
names of Congressmen and Judge, by appelation. j w fTJ tr 'ttZFv?'JZ'
derived from England: where thev &W to nee. Hui rejj waa that he would,, f. bia on-
prig of npbiiity, or members of the Privy "Towr- TO ,oeM!2 K"J ac WM Buro f woul
cil only?- Wilmington Journal ' JramUU the.nd hirM. r -
,
P"? for their release from Gov. Donnison
on
Mr Comfort heard nothing on the route of tha
" . , , , v .,. . . I ,
lefcat of Jf f.deral forces in Virgin beyond a
P?rt at U bfe,In that gcral officer on the
1edcrl "lde hd. wounded. f This u
;!,e fc" we can learn for the wild report
Work and given with such heedless
extravagance by the ptess of a sweeping and
ti. . u : tn. k; 4t;
wu - v ..
nld p sentiments, but to tell,
th? Virginia th at ; the Yankees were
eotnz to hell as fast as they could." This was
J ?T.ldlnc of " Northern man with South-
t ABonr Right. Wc once heard of a , preaohcr
whowas called ppon by some of hu congregation
THE qiiOPS OP THE ,WOBLDv:
. The accounts from : Europe represent- the erope
as generally shorts -The eame is true of the North
ern States. We infer, from statement! in the pa
pers, -that the yield will barely suffice for home
consumption. . - This will prove heavy blow ilk
more ways than one to the Yankee nation. Un
less they make a surplus of wheat, they hare notic
ing for export. The South was their sole market
for their chattels and notions and that market ii
no more. U Last year, they .had an extraordieary
crop of wheat,' and by sending .it to Europe they
were enabled to draw specie to their cities, , and
keep up the appearance of being of some conse
quence to the civilized world.: . With nothing now
to ship, their nakedness and insignificance will be
exposed to Europe,, aud their specie vill return
more rapidly than it came. ' ,
The crops, in the Confederate States are univer
sally good. Such crop of corn . and wheat, were
never known before It is generally supposed that
enough corn has been raised for two years con
sumption. Farmers, however, should not keep it
on hand, but convert it into meat. A pig, even
now, if properly fed, will make good pork before
warm weather next spring. There .will be a de
mand for every pound of bacon and beef we can
make in (he Confederate States., If the war Con
tinues, a plenty of meat will be essential to. cur
safety ; if it ceases, it will be a great blessing not
to be dependent on the North-western States for a
supply. . - ' '
. As our country is the only one of which we have
any account, that is blessed this year with abun
dant crops, it encourages the hope that we are un
der the special favor of Providence, and it should
admonish us of the importance , of striving to de
serve continuance of that favor. Jiiclimond
Whig. J. . - ; -
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ATKOCIOUS TREATMENT OF OUR
PEISONEBS. ' -
A number of our soldiers who wero taken pris
oners at the battle of Rich Mountain, on the 12th
of June last, arrived here yesterday from 'their
place of imprisonment in Ohio, having passed tho
lines lit Norfolk under a flag of truce. ' ',
Mr. David Comfort, one of the number, formerly
a resident of Charlotte Court House, in this State,
gives us an intelligent and deeply interesting ac
count of the atrocious treatment in Ohio of a
uuinbor of the prisoners taken at the Rich Moun
tain and released on parole, with the distinct nn
derstanding that they were to be sent home.
Mr Comfort, with fourteen of his fellowprisoncrs
released on parole, alter being detained for a long
time at Beverley, were at lost sent into Ohio, sup-,
posing that they were to be returned homo. ' On
arriving at Columbus, Ohio, they were all arrested
and imprisoned by the order of Gov. Dennison;
The place of their imprisonment was at "Camp
Chase," about four miles from Columbus, where a
large pen, closely planked up with sentinel towers,
was made to serve as a prison. Within this enclos
ure of plank, which was about sixteen feet high,
two long hed8 had been erected as places of con
finement. These were divided into mere stalls
without doors, and without one single article of
furniture, I not even bedding or blanket. Into
these mere partitions, resembling stalls for cattle,
our soldiers were trust. The sufferings inflicted
upon them almost exceed belief. They were fed
on scanty rations of crackers and mess pork.'
Sometimes they were paraded as often'as a dozen
times a day to be shown to visitors. Many of
these were Ohio ladies.
Besides the prisoners on parole, among whom
was Mr Comfort, who were thrust into this vile'
and brutal place of confinement, it was already
occupied by over one hundred citizens of Western
Virginii, captured by the army, besides some"
twenty-five soldiers taken in the various' engage
ments in the West. " '' ' ' -
In giving us a relation of the sufferings of the
prisoners, Mr Comfort mentioned incidents of the'
brutal and savage treatment of our wounded
calculated to affect the hardest heart. " Owing to
the want of transportation,' niany of our poor
wounded soldiers had to be carried in tho arms of
their comrades. The surgeon at Camp Chase
refused to supply bandages when they were asked
for, and those of their comrades who attended the
wounded are said to have been tioable to procure
soap to wash their wounds. .
-' One - of these' wounded soldiers, taken at Rich
Mountain, had been shot by a ball through the
mouth, fracturing his jaw, after he had surrender
ed. As he was standing among his Yankee captors,
a Federal Colonel road up to him with af cocked,
pistol, demanding, with a fearful oath, "if he waa
one of the d -d rebels who had been shooting at
his men " The soldier did not reply,' when the
brave Yankee officer, with another brutal oath
discharged his pistol in his mouth. , ' "
The release of the paroled prisoners from Camp.
Chase was finally procured, after weeks of great
suffering and worse indignity, through ' the inter-"
vention, as it is understood,' of Gen. McClellan,
who hail commanded the Federal forces of Rich
Mountain, and had engaged to send our prisoners
home.- Mr Comfort had written to Gen. McClellan
of their imprisonment in Ohio, and an' order was
v.,. :o or,,i ;n prisoners was approacnea vj arespecwiuie 'win.-