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it cmocrat CHARLOTTE, IV. C Tuesday, Ieeeuiber 17, 18G1. " THE NEWS. Some important news will be found in our columns to-day- The battle at Valley Mountain, in Western Virginia, is represented as a decided victory for the Con-frdt-rati'S. The news from the North indicates serious quarrels be tween the abolitionist.'; and conservatives. The former, it appears, desires to pa.ss abolition laws, while the latter re fist it because they know it would not injure the seceded States, but would certainly drive into the Confederacy jnostuf the citizens of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. We hope the abolitionists iu Washington may get the power, and then we think Lincoln's Government will go to pieces. The news about raising the blockade, we fear, is only found'd nil suppositions. 'i'he Lincolnites propose to release Hon. ('. .1. Faulkner if uur Government will release lion. Mr. Ely. And it is sl,o proposed to release a number of the 11 at t eras priso ners im tiiK same terms. Tiu-re L nothing important from the Totomac, and nothing heard from England yet about the seizure of Mason and S!id-il. U is stated that a whole Regiment of Maryland troops Lave left the Federal army and joined the Confederates. m i The Terrible Coxklaoratios. Iu another column, particulars of the terrible conflagration which de stroyed a large portion of Charleston. S. G., on Wed e.day night lt, will be found. The loss is estimated at 5,000,000. This is, indeed, a sad calamity to the people of that city, and one which they are poorly pre pared to sustain at this time. Tbeir neighborhood threatened by a villaiuous horde of Northern hirelings, aiid a great number of their dwelliugs and business houses in ruins, tbey deserve and no doubt will receive the aid and sympathy of a.l the citizens of the Con federacy. It is stated that the fire wai accidental. Money and prer-sion were geut down from this place lait Friday and Saturday for the relief of the destitute. A meeting was held iu the Court House on Saturday and a committee appointed in each Beat in the county to collect money and provisions. We received the pro ceedings on Monday morning, but not iu time to insert them in this issue. The Charleston Mercury of Saturday says: Nearly six hundred houses were burnt. From the foot of I lust 11 treet, on Cooper river East, to the end of Tradd, on the Ashely running West, the conflagration has made a clean sweep of somof the finest public buildings and private residences of our city. Only a portion of the walls and blackened chimneys, with here and there a rate in its original position and the remains of pillars, are left stand ing in the dismal waste, which a few days ago wjis the scene of busy life atid happy homes A negro woman aged about ;55 a cook belonging to Mr Win. Stevenson was bu:nd to de;ith in his residence, whither she had rah!y returned to save some articles belonging to her mistress. It is som -what singular that the fire should Lave burned a path close t, arid almost parallel with that of the great lire of 1"?. The caue of those who are sulT-'ring by th j calamity excitt s a just and substantial sympathy. Our banks and our citizens have come for ward nobly with this emergency, and have subscribed most liberally. The amounts though large in themselves, wiil be altogether insufficient for the great work of relief. More help is wanted and that immediately. Let those who cannot spare no money contribute in clothing and provisions. Clothing is much lieedi d especially chil dren's clothing. On the recommendation of the President, Congress appropriated $250,000 to be advanced to South Caro lina as part of what the Government owes her, to en able her to relieve the sufferers at Charleston. Patriotic. The patriotic action of the planters on the coast of South Carolina is worthy of all admira- 1 tioa. It will be seen by accounts in our paper to-day that they are jurning their crops and dwelling houses to prevent the enemy troni getting possession of them. The Liucolnilts will soon learn that they make nothing by landing on the Southern coast. We hope the people of the interior will do all they can to relieve the wants of those who have sacrificed their homes and their all for their country's good. - Divmic.vD. The Charlotte & S. C. Ilailroad has de clared a semi-annual dividend of 3J per cent. The Company donated one thousand dollars to the sufferers by fire at Charleston. Kestccky. The Southern Congress has passed an Act admitting the State of Kentucky into the Southern Confederacy. PqF'A merchant of this place (who has not been : dealing in salt) ordered a few sacks of Salt from Charleston for farmers in the neighborhood. He had to pay $12 per sack, besides freight. 350 Wags of Coffee were, sold iu Savannah week 1 before last at 53 to til cents per pound. m Mason and Slidell. The Norfolk Day Took says j that it learns from a gentleman just from Boston, who j visited Mason ai.d Slidell, that they express the convic tion that England never will admit the legitimacy of their arrest, but would demand the amplest repara tion for the insult offered to her tlag. Mafon and Sli dell's papers were preserved from the enemy, and have gone to England. - m "The RiGnT Max is the Right Place." Among the appointments of the North Carolina Conference (which we publish in another column) it will be seen that the Rev. C. P. Jones has been appointed to Ports mouth, Ocracoke and Cape Hatteras. Mr Jones has command of an Artillery Company, and inasmuch as part of his territory is in possession of the Lincolnitcs, it is to be presumed that he will use the Gospel in con nection with powder and lead. The latter will cer tainly have the most effect ou the mean souls of the Yankees. " Tet Oaths." The Convention has been exercised omewbat with an ordinance introduced by Judge Biggs to define and punish treason, called by its ene mies the " Test Oath Ordinance." After rauch dis cussion, it was, on motion of Mr Graham, indefinitely postponed by a vote of 77 to 22. We think it is un fortunate that the ordinance was thus killed. It may have contained some objectionable provisions, but that some law is necessary to anest and detect traitors, is apparent. The Southern people are not half vigilant oough, and our cause has suffered and will suffer in rousequence. The Convention might, at least, have passed a law for punishing those guilty of using tditiou language. But the North Carolina Conven tion is composed of great men ! the be?t talent in the State! Who has any right to complaiu ? m m HaJ-Col. S. L. Fremout, superintendent of the Wil mington aud Weldon Railroad, advertises proposals for enlist.ng a company of 9s men for "Local De fence," to be assigned to duty on the lines of the Wil. and Weldon and Wil. and Manchester Railroads within this State. They are wanted for the purpose of guard ing those Roads, aud will be mustered into tha Con federate service. m Release or Prisoners. Thirty Southerners arrived at Richmond last week from Washington, where they had been confined. They were released on parole by the Lincolnites. Timber. We direct especial attention to the adver tisements in to-day's paper for Timber, to be delivered at the Arsenal at Fayetteville. This is a good oppor tunity for some oue to get a paying coutract. A Nice Present. Our friend Austin Cornelius, of Catawba county, presented us with a very fine Turkey last week. We appreciate such presents as we cer fainly do Mr Cornelius' kinduess to us in this aad other witances. V Thb Stat Coxventioit adjourned on Friday last 1o meetagaia on the 20th yf January. Why could not the Convention have finished its business by this time and adjourned forever ? It would have done so were it not for the fact that a few of the members consume the time in useless speech-making. The State needs all the money she can get for supporting the war, and has none to spare to keep 120 gentlemen in Raleigh at $3 per day doing almost nothing. It is time to econo mize in every prudent way. From the proceedings of the Convention for the past week, we condense the following: D. D. Ferebee, member of the Convention from Camden county, was unanimously appointed to proceed to Richmond and inquire what arrangements can be made with the Gov ernment about paying the war tax of North Carolina from the State Treasury, instead of collecting it from the citizens at present. The Ordinance introduced by Judge Biggs, requiring every citizen of the State, not in the army, to take an oath of allegiance to the Con federacy, was discussed at length by Messrs Graham and Osborne against it, and Messrs. Woodfin and Rayuer for it. Judge Osborne submitted an ordinance from the committee on amendments to the Constitu tion, repealing that clause of the old Constitution authorizing amendments by legislative enactment. Mr Sutherland of Robeson, introduced an ordinance to prohibit the sale of whiskey during the war at a greater price than 30 cents per gallon. Dr. Johnston of Gaston, presented the petition of Mary N. Rankin, free person of color, asking to be allowed to enslave herself and children. Various petitions, praying for the repeal of the Stay Law, were presented. Mr Reid presented an ordinance increasing the salary of the Treasurer to $2,500 and the. salary of the Comptroller to $1,500. Mr Green offered the following as an amendment to the ordinance to prevent speculation: "Be it further ordaiued, That any person who shall buy any corn or wheat with the intent the same to convert into ardent spirits, shall be liable to iudict ment, and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor." Ou Wednesday, the ordinance in regard to specula tion being again under consideration, the above amendment offered by Mr Green, was rejected. The ordinance then passed its final reading. What shape it is in we cannot tell. The ordinance to continue the Board of Claims, at a salary of $2,000 each, was finally passed. The Con vention rejected a proposition to allow the members of the Board $6 per day for services while actually en gaged. On Tue.-day, Mr Schenck, from the stay law com mittee, submitted a report, which lie3 on the table, ordered to be printed. The committee, while disap proving the enactment, opposes its repeal by the Con vention. Mr Osborne introduced "an ordinance pro viding for the punishment of treason." Mr Leake of Richmond, an ordinance laying a tax upen distilled spirits. Mr Woodfin, a resolution in favor of a bank of the State. Proposes to establish a bank on the faith and funds of the State, to be owned by the State ex clusively, with a cnpital of $5,000,000. The Standard of Saturday says: "On Thursday the Convention passed an ordinance exempting the militia of the State from other than monthly drills. The ordinance introducad by Mr Holden, providing fu" the raising of a battelion or regiment for twelve months, to be composed ef returned volunteers of the First North Carolina Regiment, (the Lafayette Light Infantry and the Independent Light Infantry, of the town of Fayetteville, included.) and such other3 as may enroll themselves with them, was passed through its several readings, (the rules having been suspended,) and ordered to be enrolled. Mr Ferebee, the commissioner to Richmond on the subject of the war tax made a partial and interesting report to the Convention. The hope is indulged that an arrangement will be madt by which the war tax will be paid without bearing heavily on the people in May next.'' . Right. One of the amendments to the Constitution of Virginia, recently adopted, provides as follows: "The judges of the Courts of Appeal and of the Cir cuit Courts shall be appointed by joint vote of the two Houses of the General Assembly, commissioned by the Governor, and shall hold their offices during good be havior, or until they attain the age of seventy years or until removed in the manner prescribed in this Consti tution; and shall, at the same time, hold no other office, appointment, or public trust; and the acceptance thereof by either of them shall vacate his judicial office." More Troops. The Governor of South Carolina has called for twelve thousand volunteers to assist in driving the enemy from the coast. They will be re ceived for a term not less than twelve months. The Governor says that unless this call is promptly re sponded to a draft will be executed. We know there will be no ncces.-ity for a draft in South Carolina. Cannot a few companies be raised in this part of North Carolina to assist our neighbors? What is done let be done quickly. A Good Idea. A correspondent of the Greensboro Patriot, in arguing the impropriety of repealing the Stay Law without passing some law to prevent the sacrifice of property, say.s: " Having felt a good deal of interest in this matter, I have consulted many of my most discreet and intelli gent neighbors, and I have not found the first man who objects to the proposition of repealir.g the Stay Law, provided the Convention will pass an ordinance re quiring that all property which may be sold uuder an execution or deed of trust, duriug the war, (except such as it may be necessary to satisfy the current taxes, due from time to time to the State and Confederate Governments) shall first be valued by two or three freeholders under oath, before being offered for sale, and If the creditor does not make the property bring its full valuation, then the property to be released to tlic debtor, at the cost of the creditor." We would never object to a law to prevent the sac rifice of property, provided it protected the creditor as well as the debtor. fiiFThc Boston Post says that a man named Parker II. French was arrested iu that city, by the Govern ment officers, charged with being a Southern " rebel." It is stated that he has been organizing Lodges of the Knights of the Golden Circle throughout the North and spreading secession sentiments. - m Victory or Death. The following arc tbe concluding paragraphs of the inaugural address of Gov. Brown, of Georgia. The Gov. but gives ex pression to the uualterablo determination of each and all of us: Were we disposed to yield, it is now too late to calculatelhe cost of submission, lie would but feebly enumerate the results of our subjugation, who would remind us that is would fasten upon us the entire expense of the war load our industry and that of our posterity for generations to come with burdens and taxation too grievous to be borne subject us to military despotism, and compel us to maintain standing armies quartered among u, to insult us with their insolence, while they riveted more securely the chains of oue bondage deprive us of our self-respect, and break our spirits with the crushing weight of out degradation. Sooner than submit to this, let the last man in the Confederacy die nobly at the point of the bayonet, and let our wives and our children, and all the property we possess, perish together on one common funeral pile; and let the winds that pass over our graves, and chant our funeral dirge, tell to other generations in thee, climes, that we lived freemen, and we died freemen. Sale op Salt. 50 sacks of salt, which had been stored in this place some weeks ago by a per son in Newbern, were sold at auction on Monday, and brought, in small lots, 817 50 per saok. Fug Observer, X 32 M O C EAT, CHAELOTTE, Ecosomt. There is great necessity for the strictest economy at this time, by individuals, corporations and Government. We fear that our Government, State and Confederate, is going to suffer from the curse of having too many offices, and we fear there is a disposition to . , make the salines of public officers unnecessarily large. 11. ; a .);,.-:.: : ' . . , ina uispujiuuu J3 creeping upon us last, ana we warn the people of it in time, so that in selecting officers nJ MT.r.a..ti.-.. . , . and representatives, they may consider the propriety of selecting such men as will practice economy and discountenance all schemes for bleeding the public Treasury W- , , ,. . , e einect. hereafter, onlv fo ennnnrt snr i men as we think will favor an economical administra . , j . ri tion of the State or Confederate Goverpment, and dis- ! charge their duties faithfullv and fearl esslv without ! regard to the probability of a re-election. It is time for the people of the South to be more careful who they select for their representatives, and to be certain that they are men of integrity, practical knowledge and common sense. The best men should be chosen without regard to former party predi'ectiojs, and upon this principle we have long sir.ee determined to act. It is time that the demagogue and pot-house politician were banished from places of triut and power, and until the people determine to do so they cannot expect prosperity and success. One of the main causc3 which destroyed the Govern ment of the late United States was the multiplication of offices, high salaries, and the dishonesty, corruption and immorality of office holders and representatives Congress and the various Departments were filled with a majority of Northern men, principally from the cities and towns, who were selected not for their integrity, but on account of their demagogical abilities and electioneering capacities men who could not earn a living unless they had an office. We hope that the people of the South will remember the past and profit by experience, and see that their new Government is not managed by the same kind of men and in the same way that controlled and ruined the old Government. Tub N. C. Cavalry and the late Skirmish. We find in the Petersburg Express a letter from the Adju tant, Lt. Henry, of the 1st N. C. Cavalry Regiment, written for the purpose of correcting 6ome statements heretofore published about the skirmish between a portion of that Regiment aud the euemy. The letter commences by saying: "A detachment of our Regiment, consisting of 120 men, commanded by Col. R. iu person, and accompanied by Maj. Gordon, Dr. O'Hagan, Capts. Whitaker, Wood and Folk, Lieut.. Shaw, Andrews, Bryan, Rowe, Gaines, Ellis and myself, and afterwards were added to the list the two companies on picket duy, and Capts. Crump ler and Barringer, and Lieutenants Cowlcs, Grier aud Foard." The letter then goes on to give an account of the fight, pretty much the same as we published last week, stating that the enemy behaved so cow ardly that it was a hard matter to get a chance at them. Our men killed one of the enemy, captured 27 prisoners, 16 horses, eqnippage, arras, kc, without suffering any loss except one horse which got loose and run to the enemy. A few men were wounded slightly by their horses falling. Capt. Barringer's and Capt. Crumpler's companies were held as a reserve. For the Western Democrat. Camp JIaxgim, near Raleigh, Dec. 13, 1861. Mrs. Harriet Alexander, Pres't Paw Creek S. A. Society: My Dear Madame: I desire to express, in behalf of my company, the highest obligation to your Society (of which you are its worthy President and to Miss Cahill its Sec retary) for renewed kindness and consideration in the re ception of a box containing IJIaukets, Shirts. Socks and Gloves. To the benevolent women, and especially to the patri otic women of Old Mecklenburg, will the State and the cause of the South be advanced aud its institutions main tained, for the Soldier asks no higher reward (as there can be no more impartial judge) than the approving smiles of the fair and lovely women of our laud. Yours most respectftillv, W. R. MYERS, Capt. Co. G, 34th Reg. N. C. V. For the Wettern Democrat. The following is a list of donations, in cash, given by citizens of Mecklenburg county for the benefit of Capt. J. M. Potts' company, now stationed at High Point: Wm Patterson ten dollars, Jas P White fifty dollars, Dr W S M Davidson fifty, Capt Wm R Myers twenty-fiie, D A Caldwell twenty-five, Col B VV Alex ander twenty-five, Dr 1 Wilson twenty-five, W G Pott3 twenty-five, Saml Black twenty, Saml C Ilager fifteen, Mrs Margaret Davidson ten, W A Brown ten, John Parks ten, W A Gillespie ten, II A Cathey ten, W B Withers ten, Ezekiel Alexander nine, VV L Henderson eight, D N McAuley seven, Rev A Ranson five, Alfred Worsham three, Rev W Colton three, T E Potts five, W B Parks five, S B Holbrooks two, R B Hunter five, C S Potts five, M Osborne three, W P Black two, RC Beard one, Robt White two, John N Patterson two, J M L Rogers one, J R Potts two, Jas Brown one, M E Caldwell five, Jas P Henderson one. Total 207. Tiie Troubles copy the following in East Tennessee. We from the Asheville News of last week. "A terrible state of affairs exists in the border counties of Tennc-ssae. A fight occurred labt week at Parrottsville, Cocke county, about fifty miles from this place, (Asheville) in which Capt. Gor man and two privates of the Confederate cavalry were killed. A messenger reached this place day before yesterday, from the commanding officer at Greeneville, Tenn., urgently requesting that a force be immediately dispatched to the adjoining county of Madison, to intercept some two or three hundred Tennessee and North Carolina tories, who had fled beforo the Southern troops, and taken refuge in the mountains of Madison county. About 1000 tories, the messenger informed us, were at Newport, iu Cocke county, armed and organized. Col. Ii. 13. Vance's regiment had been ordered to disperse them, r.nd would, it was supposed, reach Newport last Tuesday. Nothing definite has been heard since, but it is presumed a collision has taken place before now. We learn that a great many arrests have been made, and no little old fashioned hanging has been done at Greeneville. The authorities hav ing exhausted all mild remedies, are determifed to crush the rebellion bv force, and teach the traitors that the Southern Confederacy is a Gov eminent, with ample power to enforce obedience to the laws. News from Col. Vance's regiment is most anx- iously looked for. We will give it to our readers at the earliest possible moment. P S The Asheville News cf a later date than the above contains a letter from a member of Col Vance's Regiment, in which it is stated that a skirmish took place with the tories in which the Confederates killed 5 or 6 and captured 40 or 50 prisoners, and scattered and dispersed the balance. The Franklin Carolinian, published in Macon coun ty, N C, says that the news about the tories camping in Madison county, in large numbers, is false. The Carolinian says that a fight between the Confederates and Lincolnites took place near Morristown, Tenn., in which the former had to yield to a very much larger force of the latter. The accounts are rather conflicting. Tde Confederate Tariff. It is understood that a number of memorials have been addressed to Congress, in secret session, urging the suspen sion of the Tariff act and the remission of duties on foreign imports from foreign countries during the war. This, it is supposed; will cause large shipments of merchandise, as it is suggested that all merchandise can !e packed in water-tight packages, thrown overboard from vessels and landed at almost any point on the three thousand miles of eea-coast of the Southern Confederacy. IMPORTANT NEWS. ANOTHER CONFEDERATE VICTORY IN VIRGINIA. Eichmosd, Dec. 14. Official intelligence has been re- ; a aiv m vuTiaio, f.'rv oiivni; JUAB. "fcCU CM. Edward Johnston's command on Valley Mountain, i .... tU.. i -i.i. i. i . . uu l,,c out were repuiseu, wiui grai loss, alter an 1 naPe,e.,,t f bollrs; Tb" oatlle commenced at i clock in the forenoon. Johnston's force was twelve ; hundred, but has since been reinforced bv two regimi nts. ! Johnstcu is a Virginian, and a graduate" of West Point, I commands the i weinh Georgia Kegiment. T' .1 r ., ... ? .S,r ., j ijiiTjinu iuc ni-ws oi ine victory at v auey .Mountain, I r -.... . J ' j luri re is nothing of interest from the camps. 15eu McCulloch arrived here to-day. From the Pexixscla. Gen. Magroder has sent his j sicsj to Richmond and there is no doubt of the landing at Newport News of a large body of Federal troops. ; It is said they have occupied Little Bethel. Stirring ; news ii expected from that quarter, j j Important News The Norfolk Day Book of the ; 10th received a copy of the New York Herald of the o!ay before, which states that a panic has occurred in i Wall street, from the Secretary of the Treasury having ! in his report, called for an additional six hundred ; millions ($600,000,000) of dollars, and estimating that, j if the war lasts till July, I8i3, he will want one tbous ! and millions! It is rumored in New York that Gen. j ilcClellan has handed in h'13 resignation, because the j Administration persists iu conducting the war ou Aboli i tion principles. j We heard recently, in Richmond, that a large nnmber : of officers would resign if that policy was determined j on. Columbia Carolinian. D. F. Ferebee, Esq., who has just returned from a mission to ine jonicuerate tjrovernnieut ou wnicn ne was sent by the Convention, reports, among other things, that Secretary Memminger expressed a decided opinion that the blockade would be raised in thirty days Raleigh Register. The "Memphis Arlanche publishes the following private despatch from President Davis, under date of the 2d instant: "The rumor that Gen. Price will be superseded is false, if not malignant. I have not received a tender of Missouri troops, and consequently have no power to make appoiutmeut3 for them, or to control their or ganization. JEFF. DAVIS." Northern Itcmx. A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia In quirer says: A number of citizens of Georgetown and Alexandria openly favor the Confederates. A resolution favoring abolition in the District .f Columbia, was brought up in Congress on the 10th. News from Frankfurt, Ky., of the 10th, says that Garrett Davis has been elected Sen ator instead of Breckinridge. It is believed in Washing ton that the Confederate force near the Federal lines number at least 900,000. General Scott and family have arrived in England. Messrs. Mason, Slidell, McFar'an and Eustis have published in the Herald a protest against their seizure. The Foreign Relations of the Lincoln Gov- EltXMF.XT The Washington correspondent of the New York Times gives in the following condensed form, the pith of the foreign correspondence with the State Depart ment: England entertains or at least expresses no sympathy for us, but rathur the reverse. France has not been cor dial, but has bt-m less offensive than England. Austria has beeu friendly, and from the outset has declared that she would not recognize the Southern Confederacy. Prus sia and all the German States have been equally cordial. Russia has been friendly, but anxious for the war to end. Sweden and Norway have been friendly from the be ginning. Belgium is undecided, but passive. Holland is disponed to follow the lead of England at a respectful distauee. Italy is full of warm sympathy for our Govern ment and for freedom. Spain, though not aggressive, has au evident leaning towards the Jeff. Davis Republic. Denmark is friendly. The Pope, though he announces that his Government is not of this world, but that he is concerned with spiritual things, yet if he were to express an opinion, lie as a good Christaiu, will always be on the side of law and order. Nuisance. We have long been of opinion that of all the unmitigated evils under which the United States government has labored, the Con gress which annually assembles at Washington is the worst. If it was so before the present revolu tion, far worse is it now. The very first day of the present session was signalized by many propo sitions of intensely furious character, against slavery and against everything but that imprac ticable idea, subjugation, which is evidently in high favor among the fanatics who fill those Halls. It will be seen from the remarkable Washing ton letter of the N. Y. Herald, that even Lincoln himself is at points with the ultra party, represent ed in the Cabinet by Cameron, Welles, and prob ably others, and in Congress by the Lovcjoys and Eliots and Stephenses; and that a very decided schism is manifested in Lincolndom. The Presi dent seems to have sense enough to see that to carry out the "iews of Cameron and his followers, would be as fata! a blow as any that the Confed erates thcmseives can strike. The correspondent of the N. Y. Times is even more emphatic in ex pression as to the effect upon Western Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, of the adoption of Cam eron's propositions. The others, more ultr?i thap Lincoln, are too mad to realize anything but their own fanaticism. 1 he Herald writer thinks that Lincoln will not yield to them. We think he will. The hot haste with which the Lovcjoys, (i.e., offer ed their resolutions, on the first day of the session, apparently to get the start of the President, shows that they do not mean to be drivea from their ground. FayttcvilU Observer. ' Northern News. The NJ. Y. Tribune, of the 4th, says that a correspondent of the Stan dard, writing from Washington, gives the follow ing as Seward's last decoration, which the cor respondent heard Seward utter: The effective part of the war on our side i3 over; there may be more fighting, butiie less of it the surer we are of speedy peace. 'Every battle saved which can be honorably avoided is a gain to the cause of the Union. The real danger is over; if we escape the danger of cur foreign affairs all will be well. TheN. Y. Herald, of the 5th, publishes dis patched, which say that Roscncranz has gone into winfr quarters at Wheeling. S&" The Norfolk Day Book givs pundry ex tracts from Northern papers which have probably come through by nag ot truce from rortress Mon- t roe From the Missouri news we should judge that the Confederates were in Dossession of a larcer I portion of Missouri than had been generally sup- posed. 1 he iederals had paraded their recapture J of Lexington with a force of a few hundred men. Lcxingtou, and indeed all the river towLS and counties west of Jefferson city, are now fh poses- j sion of the Confederate forces. This is the richest j nd most populous portion of the State, always ex- cepting the city and county of St. Louis. The N. Y. Herald urges retaliation against Can ada by putting an end to the reciprocity treaty with that country, and by other act of hostile leg islation. The Northern presses and people are very bitter against the Canadians for their suppos ed sympathy with the Southern movement. A certain Lt. Col. Reynolds has been appointed Resident Agent at Port Roval, under the general regulations relative to securing and disposing of the property found or brought within the territo ry now or hereafter occupied by the United States forces in the ''disloyal States." He has been or dered to report to the Secretary of the Treasury. Reynolds is to be the agent to see that there is a fair division of the property stolen by the free booters. Old Gen. Cass has written a letter justifying the arrest of Mason and Slidell, and endenvoriug to show that it was in strict accordance with the right of search question as maintained in corres pondence with the British Government, in 1858. JNf.-'C. In this county, on the 4th Inst, by Wm. Means, Esq, Mr Thomas F McGinn to Miss Amelia S Lead well. In Milton, on the 3d instant, Hon. George Howard, Superior Court Judge of North Carolina, to Miss Anna Stamps, eldest daughter of Dr Wm L Stamps. . v. ' In Paion county, on the eleventh instant, by S. H. Parker, Esq, Mr J. T. Hasty of Anson, to Miss Eliza Brown of Union. In Greensboro, on the 4th inst, Mr S C Dodson to Miss M E Doogherty. In Iredell county, on the 26th ult, Mr John L Brown to Miss Mary R.Rickert. Also, on the 5th inst, Mr R G Poston to Mrs Ellen A Ball. In this county, on the 2C:u ult, Mr John H MtCord, aged 43 vears. On the Mississippi River, CO miles above Memphis, Mr Thos T McKay. He was a ratire of Iredell county, N C, ana removed to Arkansrs a bo 'it 3 years ago. In Yorkville. on the 1st inst., Dr. William Moore, aged 70 years. At Hock Iliil4 York District, Mr John Aycock, aged 40 years. pfogpg The Prcsbjtcry of Concord ! n fzSr hold an adjourned meeting at j Mi$3? Steele Creek Church on Friday the 20h ! inst. at eleven o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of atteml- ing to the ordination and installation of MrS V.. Alerr- ander. R. n, LAFFEUTY, Stated Clerk. I Stolen, Molcii. Stolen from the side of my door on Saturday night, th inst, between 8 and 9 o'clock, one Gilt Frame Show Case of Snuflfand Tobacco samples. The Case is 20 ; o a I .... v. n .1 1. .. - : .. .i c t - . j i . i.' ae i and Tobacco. The labels on either the Battles or Pa pers can be identified. I will give a reward nf $5 o any one that will detect the thief. J. D. PALMER. December 17, 1361. . RECRIITS WANTED CAPT. J..M. MILLER wants 40 or 50 men for hi Cavalry Company now in service in Virginia. Apply to J. P. ALEXANDER. Examination of Teachers. The Examining Committee for Mecklenburg county will meet at the Superintendent's office iu the Court House, on the fourth Saturday in this month (being the 28th day) for the purpose of inquiring into the qualifications of those who may desire to teach Com mon Schools. J. P. ROSS, E. N. HUTCHISON, December 17th. 2t M. D. JOHNSTON. .DISSOLUTION. The copartnership that heretofore existed under the name of J. G. WILKINSON & CO., was dissolved by mutual consent ou the 13th inst. All those who are indebted to the said firm will please call at tbe store of J. G. Wilkinson and settle up, and all having claims against the firm will present them for settlement. J. G. WILKINSON, Dec 17, 1861 3t THOS. TROTTER. WATCnES, JEWELRY, Ac. The subscriber respvet fully announces to the public that he baa purchased the entire stock of Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Silver and Plated Wares, Walking Canes, Fancy Goods, &c, that belong to J. G. Wilkin son & Co., which is now offered to the public low for cash oaly. Particular attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. J. G. WILKINSON. Dec 17, 1S61 Jt $30 KEWAUD. T I will pay the above reward to any persoa v. ho. vriil apprehend and deliver to me my boy SAM. or ctitifiue him in some jail so that I can get him. Said b?'y run away about the 4th of December instant. He may en deavor to get to the neighborhood of Philadelphia church in this county, as be ha some relafiuus there, or he may go to Ashe county, as I bought him of Ste phen N. Wilson, who lives in that cou.ny. Sam bad on when he left, a brown linsey. coat and a black wool hat; has a scar on his forehead, and is about twenty-one years old. Said boy escaped from the Railroad near Columbia, S C, and may be lurking' somewhere down there. JOHN WOLFE. December 17th. tf EXECUTOR S SALE. I will sell at the plan tt ion of Dr. D. R. Dunlap, deceased, about 3 miles sath of Ohnrloito, on Monday the 5th of January next,the following property, viz : 3 horses; 3 mules; 12 or'14 head of cattle, among them several good milch cows; 27 head of pork hogs uow being fattened for bacon; 5 or 4 breeding sows; eighteen or twenty hogs in range; 5o0 to 600 bushels corn; 7 stacks fodder; 3 stacks hay; shucks, and other provender; one tour horse wagon arid gear; one two horse carriage and harness, nearly new; one set black smiths' tools: several plows and oTber farming tools; one threshing machine and gearing; one wheat fan; one straw-cutter and one corn-sheller. Also 25 or 30 acres growingcrops of wheat and oats, together with oth er property. Terms made known on dav of sale. SAU'L. J. LOWRIE, Ex'r. of Pec, 17, 18G1. 3t. I). R. Dunlap, dee d. SFl will Rent at the Court House, on the 1st Janu ary, the Plantation lately belonging to said deceased, lying about ten miles north-west of Charlotte, on the Beattie's Ford road, for the ensuing year. The Plan tation is in good repair about one hundred acres of good land for cultivation. There is a small but com fortable bouse on the premises. SAML J. LOWRIE. NEGROES FOR HIRE. Eighteen or twenty likely NEGROES for hire pub licly on the first of January, or privately before that time. SAML. J. LOWRIE. Dec 17 3t Headquarters N. C. Militia, -1 AOJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE Ghnsral Order No. 3. Raleigh. Dec 7, 1861 The following persons -will be exempt from Company drills, except once in three months: All workmen in any Factory engaged in working for the State, or mak ing arms, lead or powder, or in ship building for tbe. State or Confederate States, the necessary employees of Telegraph or Express lines, or Daily Pres. Ferry men aud keepers of Canal Locks, State o flic era and other persons whose employment in the serrice of the State is inconsistent with their attendance on Militia drill, and persons excused under the Militia Law. This order will not be understood as excusing any person from Militia duty when called upon to repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection, or fiom Regimen tal or Brigade drills and musters. By order of the Commander-in-chief. J. G. MARTIN, Dec. 17. Adjutant General. AXES I AXES J Any person having OLD AXES which can be work ed over, will find sale for them at this department. The axes must be delivered to SYLVESTER SMITH, Esq., who will give receipts for them, which receipts will be cashed on presentation at this office. J. DEVERECX, Quartermaster. December 17th. Raleigh, N. C. NOTICE. Treasurer's Office, A., T. 4 O. Railroad, Charlotte, Dec. 12th. The Sixth installment of the Capital Stock of the Atlantic, Tenn. k O. Railroad Company, subscribed in the town of Statesrille, is due on the 7th of January next. The Eighth installment of the stock subscribed at Mount Mourne, Iredell county, and the Ninth install- rcect of all stock subscribed in Mecklenburg county, is due and payable on the 2 2d of January. If the stockholders desire the work to continue tbey must pay their stock more promptly, as tbe Treasurer must have money. 95-5t M. L. WRISTON, Treasurer. St. Slarj's School, lialeigb, N. C. Right Rev. Thos. Atkinson, D. D.f Visitor. Rev. Albert Smedes, D. D., Rector. . Tbo next Term of this SCHOOL will open Jauuary 6th, 1862. ;r ..v For a circular containing full particular, apply to the Rector. Balelgh, V. C, Dec, IT. Tor the Western Democrat. TO THB CITIZENS OP CHARLOTTE. Chablottx, Decembtr I2th. ' ' My came has been announced in the different papers of the Town as a candidate for Mayor. This is aa honor unsolicited by me, yet being the act of my friends, I do not feel at liberty to decline; and while the con dition of the country permits me to remain at borne, my services are due and will be ever given to the town in which I was born and raised and where all my in terestg lie. Should my services be again needed abroad, in defence of our Confederacy, 1 feel that in responding to this call to strike for our homes and our indepen dence, I would be doing as my fellow citizens would approve, nnd feel convinced that the Commissioners would fill mr post acceptably during the time that duty calls me to the field. W. A. OWSSS... - Tor the Wtttern Democrat, . . QUERY. Do those persons who appear to be nu.cn exercised to know whether Capt. Owens is going to rejoin the army, and who oppose his re-election aa Mayor of Charlotte because they say he does intend doing so, ha e any dispositioa , to join the army them selves? If they are unwilling or not ready to join tha ranks of tho?e "who are fighting and suffering in d- fence of our women andcliildren and homes and right, they certainly should not seek to defeat Capt Owen is Myor because b is ready to devote part of his time to his country's cause. 1 do hope no one will vote against Capt. Owens, nr.d thus aid to defeat him, because ba might be temporarily absent in the army. He was elected Mayor lat January, and made a prompt officer aud discharged hi duties faithfully, until the cause of the Seutu (which I hope is cherished by all Our citl xrn) needed his services, then he left aad served through an arduous campaign where disease aud death, toil and suffering prevailed. Let the citiieas cf Char lwte endorse such patriotic conduct and re-elect Mr Owens. It is well known to tbe observing citizens of Charlotte that an irreFpousible clique governed the town for some year past, and that thef.iiames of soma good and trusty men were run as commissioners to en able saidlique to get control. Last .'an nary the peo ple turned the clique out and elected a new Board, who have managed the financial affairs of the town in an economical and bu.iness-like manner, paying $4,009 mid more of old debts and still hav ing a balance in tbt Treasury. But the said clique a're thirsty for power again, and in order to turn ouU'he present Board, thtk immortal clique are ' again utfng the names of some first rate citizens for Commissioners. My bumble opin ion is, the present Board shold be re-elected. I know, Mr Editor, that yu have always refused to take any part in our municipal elections, but if you will, publish this communication yon will oblige one who did not Tote for the present Board, and benefit msny TAX-PAVEUS. People Ticket, In favor of low taxee, and opposed to the subscription t the Atlantic, Tmn. $ O. Railroad. For Mayou, CAPT. W. A. OWENS. For Commissioners, Ward No. 1 S M Blair, Ward No. 3-J H Carson, v 45 A Cohen. S W Davis. Ward No. 2y-A. N. Gray, Ward No. 4J M Springs, II G Springs. R F Davidson Dec 10, 1801 te-pd Charlotte Market, Dc. 16, 1861. Flour 3 SO to $3 62 per sack a decline since the the first of last week. " , ' ' Wheat $1 40 to $1 SO per bushel. The market has a pretty good supply. Corn 65 to 60 cents ptr bushel, and the 'Upplj 1 fair, though the demand is g90i. Meal 60 Cf nts. 1 Peas 65; Oat? 40 to 50. Almoin 7 h bales of Cotton were sold last week at prices ranging from Q to 7J. Market firm. No Bacon offering. Lard 17 to 20 cts. Pork 10 cents; chickens 12J; Egg 12 to 15. N. O. Sugar 10 to 15; N. O. Mobiles CO to 70. Mackerel, No. 2, $11 per half barrel scarce. Whiskey $1 25 per gallon. There is no salt in market that we hare heard of. , The last was sold last week at $14 per sack. Trade was quHe brisk last week, and everything to eat commanded ready sale. M COLOMBIA, Dec 14. Cotton 5 to 7$ extremes333 bales o!d during the week. Flour jf3 75 to $4 50; Corn 80 to 85; Peas 80; Oats 60; NC Hay $2 per tun. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Cotton is firm, with sales of 1,800 bales. Middling uplands is quoted at 31 a 3lse. TO HIKE.. A good carriage and country Blacksmith. Apply to J. M. SPRINGS. Due 10, 161 PAY VOUU TAXES. AU persons owiug me taxes are hereby notified to pay up before the 1st of January. I must have th money to settle off the Poor and School Fund, but will not be able to do so without you pay me. I hope you will not force me to borrow money and par your taxes for yon. It ij but a small amount to each one, and you can easily raise it. W. W. GRIER, Sheriff. Dec 10, 1861. tf FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce A. I. HOOD aa candidate for the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the next August election. Dec 10, 18 til te-pd. READ THIS. The Soldiers' Relief. Having closed business-in the town of Charlotte, I hereby give you due notice that your Notes and Ac counts for 1861 are ready for settlement. I shall ex pect all persons (except tbe soldier in the army) to come forward immediately and pay up, as I am com pelled to have money or suffer. Any man that will keep money in his pocket when it is justly due his fel low man u doing injustice to himself and his country, therefore I ask you to come forward aud pay up. Tbo man that would take advantage of the preetnt stay-law might want credit again. Dec 10, lr 2m WM. TRELOAR. NOTICE. The Confederate Tax Lists for this county art now in my hands for the inspection of any person! desiring; to see the amount assessed on his own property; and if not satified, cause roust be shown why the same shall not remain as reported by the Assessor. And all persons who have failed to list their property can, by giving a satisfactory excuse to me, in the next twenty days, have their property listed. Thos failing ' to avail themselves of this opportunity will be in every instance charged with a double tax. I will attend at the Court-House on Mondays aid Saturdays of each week until the 28th inst., to bear aad determine all complaints or receive returns. WM. MAXWELL, Tax Collector of Mecklenburg Co. Dee 10, 1861 3w FOR HIRE. The Negroes of Misses Mary and Martha Johnston, fifteen to twenty in number, will be hired at Caitania Grove on the 1st of January, 1862, for tbe year. S. X. JOHNSTON, Agent. . Dec 3, 18'l 4t-pd High Point Female Seminary. - High Point, IV. C. Tbe Spring Session, 1862, will begin Jan. 13, wit tbe fame corps of teachers that has given such general , satisfaction heretofore. Tbe merits of the school, and the unusually lew charges for board and tuition causa a to expect a liberal patronage Charges to 20 wxxxs. Board, exclusive of lights, ' $40; Tuition, including Latin and French $10 to $15; Piajo or Guitar, $20. , 1 Tx rms. 'Forty dollars in advance; the remainder at -tbe close of tbe session. We can furnish bookl peaco prices for cash; but our stock of stationery is exhausted. , For further information, address . '& ' 8. LANDER, A. it., Principal. Dse 10, 1861 ft
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