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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1862.
HI iS. YATES, E''tor and rnorniETOR.
ELEVENTH VOLCJJE N D 31 B E R 532.
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CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President.
Ahx Jl Stephens of Georgia, Vice President.
J. P. Ilenjaiiiin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State
(;. W. HaiuLilph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Mciiiminger, of .South Carolina, .Secretary
of the Treasury. -
S. II. Malh.ry, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
Tims. If. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. Reagan, of Texas, lV-dma.-der General.
Kft WtBlttn SJtmomil
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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or :l jui'ilic lime, W
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II be inserted until fi.rbid. :inl
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Jl.Uiol MltTKKS ('AMI' OK ISSTUI CTtON
Near Ualei' Ii, June 2Hli,
Kit No. 1.
i'.k su'o'-ct to the provision? of tlie art of
I'., u'i-is ; ntitl" ! 'mii at t tiirtbcr to provide tor the
I' t' -in ii- rove. 1 the Ktli of April Isi'l, ami
I- no. vii as the Coiitferij.tioii Act, arc hereby ordered to
u....ir ;tt thi ir regular Keifiinental muster ; round in
lli.-ir re-j.ei live eouiilii:.-, on the Ktli day of July, pro.v.
II. The ('iu-rripts alter enrollment are hereby or
tl. re.l to appear at the Courthouse of their respective
f oiintie, on ttie I "tli July, proximo, prepared to j.ro-
.1 loithuilh to this -:ini of instruction.
III. The i. rolling olliccrs w ill have intruclions to
.rant e.i uiptiuns as prescribed by law, hereto appeud
d. IV. Officers commanding regiments and companies of
the Militia of this State, will immediately notify their
re.eetive roniniaiid5, and warn all persons lial.le to
t on .i ii.lion to comply promjitly with the above order,
.Nm. 1 and 2.
. V. All j.ersona subi.-rt to enrollment, who m:iv wish
to Volunteer, niii't join companies ill the Confederate
f rvi c on th.- I ".tli April lust, According to law; and
oii-r.ii. nl ly are j.rohilitel from recruiting or organiz
i n r to w companies, or regiment:, f'arti.an or Hangers
excepted.
i:y order: PETER M A I.LETT.
M.ijor and Ass't Adj't Gen'I, 1. C. S. A.
! MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PERMANENT
I CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
j SENATE.
NORTH OAKOMNA,
George Davis,
Win T Dortch.
SOI TM CAUUI.IN'A.
Jg?" The Democrat will be discontinued to all subseri.
t hers at the expiration of the time for which it is 2aid.
Those who u-ant to continue 7insl mine before or at the ex
piration of their time. The dunning business is unpleasant,
and we di not want to enjnje in it again. Those who ore in
arrears, and whose papers have been discontinued, will ob-
' li'je us if they will pay vp without putting us to farther
trouble about it.
AT. Al:AMA.
Wm L Vaiicy,
('lenient C ('lay.
I A i:k xsas.
, IJohert W Johnson,
Charles li Mitchell.
ri.oiiioA.
A E Maxwell,
J M 1 laker.
;i;ii;;ia.
r.enjatnin 11 Hill,
John W Lewis.
I.OIISIANA.
Kdward Sptirrtw,
T J Seinmes.
MISSISSIFI'I.
Alhert G llrown,
Janus l'helan
VIIIOI.MA.
It M T Hunter,
Wml J I'n.-ton.
Rohert W liarnwell,
James L Orr.
TKNN V. S S F. V. .
Landon (J lfaynes,
;utavus A Henry.
TKXAS.
Louis T Wigfull,
W S Oldham.
KKN'I l KV.
H C liuniett,
Willium K Simnis.
MISSOIRI.
John P. ( lark,
IL S V Peyton.
Total number, 2C.
HOUSE.
Tuo.vAH S. IJocot'K, Speaker.
A I. A It A MA.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Al'JITAST AM) lNSI'KToIt (tKNKKAls OkFICK,
Richmond, May K, I sol .
tiPNRIMI. tliiKKi:, No. 37.
I. The tollowinjr act :-id regulation? in reference
Ihereto, are published, lor the informal ion ofullcoii-
( I I lied.
An Art to exempt certain person? from rnrollmcut
for pervie.- in the armies of the ConlVdetate Styles.
SE('. I. The Congress of the CoiilVdcnite State? of
Auieriea do enact, That all persons v ho shall be held
to be unlit for military service under rules to be pre
feribc! Iiy the Secr-tary of War all in the service or
mpbtv of the Confederate States all judicial and exe
cutive othVers of the Confederate or St e Governments
- the members of both Houses of Congress and the
Legislatures of the several Slates and their respective
otlieers all clerks of the oflicers of the State and
Confederate ( Govern nieiits allowed by law all engaged
in carrying the mail ; - -a 11 ferrv men on po.-t routes all
j.ilut ami per-oiis engaged in the marine service on
river and railroad routes of t ran.-portation telegraphic
operators and ministers of religion in the regular
discharge of iiiiiii-tei i.il duties all engaged in work
ing iron mines, furnace.', and foundries all journey
man printers actually employed ill printing newspapers
all pre.-ident s a ud professors of colleges and acade
mic, and all teachers having as many as twenty
M'holnrs superintendents of the public hospitals,
lunatic asylums, and the regular nures and attendants
'..herein, and the teachers employed in the I iislilutimis
tor the deaf and dumb, and blind in each apothecary
More now established and :oing business, one ajiothe-
goo.l stau. ling, who is a practical druggist
i W Chilton,
7 David Clopton,
8 James L Pugh,
V E S Dargan.
1 Thomas J Foster,
2 Win K Smith,
J John P Ralls,
4 J L M Curry,
i' rancis r jyon,
AKKAXS AS.
1 Felix J Ralson, li Augustus II Garland,
2 Grandison D Rsiyster, 4 Thos li Ilanly.
VI.OKIOA.
I Jutnos Hawkins, 2 Hilton.
(iKOKiilA.
1 Julian Hart ridge,
2 C J Mniiiieilyn.
:t Hiues Holt,
1 A II Kenan,
." David W Lewis,
KF.N
I Alfred Uoyd,.
J John W Crockett,
:i II E Read.
4 George W Ewing,
r J S Chrismaii,
C T L Rurmtt,
I.oriSIANA,
1 Charles J Villiere, 4 Eucien J lupre,
2 Charles M Conrad, J John F Lewi,
i Duncan F Kejiner, G John I'erkins, Jr.
MISSISSIPPI.
" II C Chatnhers,
i O li Singleton,
7 E Purksdale.
C William W Chirk,
7 Pol.t P Trippe,
8 L J Garlrel!,
! Hardy Strickland,
10 A 1$ Wright.
TI'CKY.
7 II W Tlruce,
8 S S Scott,
!l E M ilruce,
111 J W Moore.
11 1J J Hreckinridgo, Jr.,
12 John M Elliott.
1 John J Mcliao,
2 S W Clapp,
Kcuhen j)avi.s,
4 Israel Welch.
1 John liver,
2 Casper W Picll,
'.I (Jeorgc W Vest,
4 A II Coiirow,
NORTH
MISSOl'RI.
5 Wr W Cook,
( Thos W Freeman,
7 Thus A J I arris.
iry in goixl stau. In
niperintenciiiits an. I operatives in wool and cotton
factories who m:i be exempted by the Secretary of
War. whall be, and are hereby exempted freiu military
KTi e in the armies of the Confederate States. Ap
proved April 21, '.SC.2.
II. Iiy the abovo net of Congre?, the following
rl:is.e of persons are exempt from enrollnieitt for
mililarv service :
Justices of the Pi .ice; Sherillsai.l I leputy S'ueril: I 1 W W l'.oyce,
ri.-rk and Mcputy t'lcrk?, allowed by Jaw: Master, and 2 W Poielu r Miles,
ComiiiisMoiiers in Cham-ery: li-Iiicl and State Attor
neys; Attorney tJencral: I'o.-tuiastors und l'eputy
l'ie-liii.nters, and t'leiks allowed by law; Commis5ioii-
rs of llririini', aiol foreigners who have not acquired
ih. u. , in (he Confederate States.
111. The follow ing are not exempt:
Military bliccrs nut in actual service: persons exempt
bi State laws, l.ut not bv the above act; lorciuncr.'
1 W X II Smith,
2 Pohert li Puidgers,
. Owen 11 Kenan,
4 T D McDowell,
5 Archibald Arlington, Hi A T Davidson
Sdfill CAKOI.IXA.
CAUOI.1XA.
H Thomas S Asho,
7 James li McLean,
8 William Lander,
! 1! S Gaithcr,
I M L lioiiham,
wh. have acquired domicil in the Confederate States.
IV. No persons other than those expressly named or
propel ly i'nplicd in the above net can be exempted, ex-
. ;.t l. tin iiishing a snli-l it nte, from military service,
ii eoiiK.i ii,'; v with reirul.il ions already published,
(ton. r.il I -.!, rs No. and ?uch exemption is valid
oil -o b.ng as the iid substitute is leL'aMv exempt.
. l'i-.;is who hive f.irnihed St:b-titutes will
receive th ir i-ertilicates of exemption from the Captains
of Companies, or the Commandants el" Camp.t, bv
w bom the -ub -t It ute have b en accepted. Other eer
lilicates of e, niptioi! u ill be -ranted by the cnrollim'
lic.-rs . 1 1 : y . who will le. 'ixe full
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1 J T ll. ik. ll,
2 W G Swanii,
: W II T. 1.1. s,
4 E L Gardenshirf,
II S Fo.de,
(I M P Gentry.
I John McQueen,
.'V James Farrar,
l L M Agcr.
TKNNKSSKK.
7 ti W Jones,
8 Thomas M chops,
i J D C Adkins,
10 P.ullock.
1 1 David M Currin.
t I John A Wilcox,
Z I'eter v.ray,
3 Claiborne C Herbert,
YIKOINIA
TKXAS.
4 Wm P Wriclit.
it Malcolm (Jraham,
ti li F Sexton.
'IIS
inti nctn
.in: to tne ion.!:t!on- and mode ot exenmi ion. o-
li.Ol lor e l in I . I o' c.ltin.it. therefore be n.nti.l.
I
t i ed lo, the U r 1 epai t lilcli t.
S. Cool'KR.
Ad jt and Insj.. tb neral.
ATTi:TIO. TO ALL.
Kcanis of Writing Paper,
IOO.OOO Envelope
1 M U II Gainctt,
2 John 11 Chtiml.Iiss,
Jl Jatnrs Lyons,
4 lioger A Pryor.
7i Thomas S Ib.cix-k,
ti John Goode, Jr,
7 James P llolcombe,
8 Diin'l C Di iainettc,
Total iiuinher 107.
! William Sinilh,
H Ah x li lloteloi,
1 1 John 11 1'al.l win,
12 Walter li Staples,
I. '5 Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
1 r Robert Johnson,
1(1 Charles W Kussell.
For the Western Democrat.
OUR IIEKOIC DEAD.
r.Y T. N. HA MSA Y.
Our own heroic dead !
On Southern plains tltey lie
On liclJ.s of awful strife, made red
Jjy bloody victory.
Each field where the tattle poured
Its red and awful tide,
They saw the Southern sword
With Yankee blood was dyed.
Their bones arc cn Missouri's hills,
And on Manassas Plains,
Hy Kentucky's gushing rills,
And Carolina's ocean main.
The soil is holy vhere they fell ;
Then glory to the heroic hand
Who fell to save their native land
That land they loved so well.
On Virginia's lonely heights,
And on Caiolina's sacred ground,
The grass will grow, the harvest bright
Above each soldier's lowly mound.
The fife, mth warlike blast,
Shall muster them no more
The army now may thunder past,
And they not heed its roar.
The "stars and bars" 'ucath which
fought
On many a bloody day,
From the cold grave shall rouse them not,
For they have passed away.
Weep not, they are at rest
In the grave's peaceful breast.
they
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the store of
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& PHELPS.
Wil., Charlotte &. Ruth. Railroad
WESTEUN DIVISION.
On and after Monday the l".th instant, the Passenger
nnd Mail Train will be run oil this Koad dailv (Sunday
excepted) a- follows :
C.olNC. WKST.
Lvivr.
7 oo A.
1 V. '
8 1.
s to 1
M.
Lk.ive.
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II 2.1 "
11 50 "
12 17 P. M
Charlotte,
Tin k.tsegi e,
I'.revai d,
5di.i ron,
Lincdtiton,
UOINU EAsT.
AtlRIVE.
A. M.
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Lin.'.duton,
Sharon,
l'.rexaid,
Tilrk;iM'L'i'.
t h.irlotte,
Iiy order, y. A. McP.EE,
A Master ot Transportation.
I.iticoliiton, April 4, Util
" K. W. "BECK WITH
His constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE,
Ot the best English and American manufacturer?.
C.iH and examine his stock before purchasing cl-t v." here.
Wat.di crystals n f,,r 25 CVItL- each.
GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
I Hfxuy T. Cl.AltK. (iovornor it nOiriii. Salnrv
s.l.tllill per annum.
Pulaki Cow per, Secretary to the Governor. Sal
ary, excliifive of fees, ."j.'JMi.
L'ufus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salarv .StM).
Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary 2,IHM. I
W. li. liichardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer.
Salary l.2lMI.
C. 11. lliog.loii. Comptroller. Salary $1,(KJ(I,
Oliver II l'err-. Librarian. " j
Tlie Council of State is Composed of the following
gentlemen: Council Wooteti of Lenoir, President, !
John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy
of Cumberland, Win A Ferguson of llertie, J F :
Graves of Surry. J J Long of Northampton. W
L Ilillard of l.unconihe.
tJovernor's Aids Won Danl M Iarringer, Spier
Whitaker.
Litkraky Po.i:t Henry T Clark, President ex
officio: Arch'd lleiiderson t.f Korean, Jas li Gor
don of Wilkes, Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Intkrxai. I-Mi'nuvK.MKNT PoAi:i Henry T Clark
President ex otlicio; Janu s Fulton of New Han
over, N M Long of Halifax,
The General Assembly commences its session on
the third Monday of November every alternate year.
The next election fer members, and for Governor,
will be held on the first Thursday of August, lSiH.
HOW THEY DRAFT IN PRANCE.
A French paper iiives the following description
of the method of drafting to raise an army in
Trance:
To illustrate the mode in which the drawing
takes place, we will suppose that a particular
commune is required to furnish 100 conscripts,
the total number of eligible young men being say
500. Five hundred bits ol paper are placed in
an urn, of which 400 are blanks, and the re
mainder marked from one to one hundred, oblige
their holders to "fall in." The four hundred who
have escaped are now exempted front military
service, unless some extraordinary event, such as
an invasion of France, should demand the calling
out of the entire arms bearing population.
The mode of rai.ing recruits, as has been ecen,
is simple enough. As regards exemptions, the
French svsteui is scarcely less simple. In the
first place, the conscripts undergo a rigid medical
examination, and if any are found laboring under
physical disability, they are at once discharged.
iSext in order arc the exemptions of soul tins tie
Jamtlle, or individuals with families dependent
upon them, lhus the only son of a widowed
mother is exempted. So also is the brother of an
orphan sister. Hrothers of a soldier still serving
in the army are exempted, as arc also the sons of a
father until the father's term shall expire, only
one of a family being drawn at one time.
A wile cannot exempt her husband, even if
there be children, as the law holds that young
men ought not to marry until they have lultilled
their military obligations to the State. A last
class of exemptions has a pecuniary feature. In
former years that is to say up to 1855 no con
script not exempted by physical disability, or by
the otner causes above enumerated, could escape
service, except by procuring a substitute. This
had given rise to a degrading species of trade or
speculation, in which a large number of man
sellers and bu crs were engaged. Uuf, under the
system referred to, the conscript who bought a
substitute was responsible lor his substitute, and if
the latter deserted or died before the expiration of
the seven years s terms, was liable to be forced
back into the ranks. This system was abolished
in 1S55 by order of the Emperor, and the (Jov
ernir.ent itself now accepts pecuniary indemnity
for the withdrawal of a conscript, and practically
pays for his substitute by offering an ample bounty
to volunteers. It is arranged that the sum re
ceived and paid by government shall vary accord
ing to the military exigencies of the country, but
the present basis is as follows: A conscript is ex
empted for 2,400 francs (S1S0) and the Govern
ment pays a bounty to volunteers amounting" to
2,200 francs, (8440) making a profit of 200 francs
by the exchange.
IVOTICE TO DLISTOKS.
The Foundry and Machine shop of the late firm of
ALEXAMiKp; & McDOl'UALD having been sold,
notice is hereby jivi n to those indebted to the concern
to rt'M.e forward immediately and make settlement 'by
ea.-h or n.-te; and those haling- claims against the
linn will . resent them for settlement. The under- !
.-igued i- authorized to attend to settlement. i
June 17, 1.' HENRY ALEXANDER. '
Artificial Ice. For some months past an
ice making machine has been in operation in
Westminster, London, which effects its purpose
cheaply and quickly by an ingenious process.
Sea water, as most persons know, does
not freeze at the temperature of V'2 degrees, as
fresh water docs. Advantage is taken of this fact
in the following wav: A number of flat, square
metal boxes, filled with fresh water, arc placed
within an air-tight chamber, around which a con
stant circulation of sea water goes on, which by
the evaporation of ether, has been reduced in
temperature below the freezing point. This cir
culation chills all the boxes, and freezes the freh
water into hard solid squares, fit for any use to
which ico is usually applied. A small steam en
gine connected with the apparatus maintains the
vacuum in the chamber, and condenses the ether,
which is thus made to do its work of refrigeration
over and over again with but littlo loss: not more
than about eight pence a daj
Colt's revolvers arc being nianufacturcd at Ma
con, Ga. They are equal in every rc6pect to those
made by the patcutce himself.
LETTER OP A MASSACHUSETTS CHAP
LAIN TO HIS BISHOP.
The Iloston Courier publishes a letter from ;a
Chaplain of a Massachusetts regiment to Uishop
Dc Lancey, of Western Xew York. It is dated at
Winchester, Va., and we give the following extracts
fiom it :
-
My Dkar Risnov : How wonderful life is ! I
am writing this in the office and with the pen of
our old friend, P. W. When I tell you that he
has two sons in the rebel army, and his venerable
law-partner five, all men grown; that both of them
labored successfully to secure a Union representa
tion for this county to the Virginia Convention of
1801; that the Union majority at that election (for
the Union ticket) was C0,000, and that after the
rejection of measures of compromise and the pro
clamation of coercive measures by the President,
and the call for troop.s from Virginia to act with
the North, against the South, 120,000 majority
was given for the secession ordinance and that
he and others then cast their lot with Virginia,
"sink or swim," aud that obstinate resistance and
guerrilla warfare against outside occupants of the
soil are determined on, in case of the ultimate de
feat of their grand armies, you will understand
how Virginians state the case, and the general at
titude ot mind in V lrginia so far as my observa
tion has extended, and the historic steps by which,
as they say, it has been reached. There are here
and there men who have stood out, at every sacri
lice, (loss of property by confiscation and personal
imprisonment,) protesters for Federal allegiance
and recusant as to any recognition of Confederate
sovereignty. But they arc the rare exceptions in
Lastcrn and Southern Virginia. There is a large
class of men of moderate means, who cannot afford
losses or shrink from them, who greatly prefer tho
quiet and security of Federal rule, but quiet and
security being their object, they remain neutral or
compliant under the powers de facto, of whichev
er side. There is no civil government in action
from Harper's Ferry, here even the last class
fails to furnish volunteers to take the ofiicc of
justice of the Peace. Crime of all sorts, there
fore, except it be by soldiers subject to court-martial,
has a holiday, and horse-stealing and robbery
are the order of the day and night.
The presence of troops from distant States (es
pecially those of one division) has exasperated at
any rate you may believe and the intemperate
exultations here of soldiers over victories in which
sons, husbands, and brothers of those who listen
have fallen, tends but little to soothe or to reunite.
A chaplain, and one of our church, preaching in
the open air in the heart of the town on a recent
Sunday, after his service, announced to the assem
bled troops the recent victories in detail, and then
called for "three cheers and a tiger and Yankee
Doodle." He is not a great man, you will per
ceive ; he meant it all as very well and loyal, but
he knew not what he did, for the battles had been
between brothers, over whose biers, and in pres
ence of the mourners on one side, he asked wild
soldiers to "give a tiger."
As I shrank away into a corner of a church on
that day, a stranger in my mother's house, and
thanked God for the upholding of law, and offered
myself a willing sacrifice on the altar of constitu
tional allegiance, "the victory was turned to me
into mourning, for better ones than Absalom
were slain in battle ; and I had been sent sixteen
miles from the post headquarters the day before
to carry to the widow and orphans of a Virginian
the tidings of the fall in battle of husband and
father, tho assurance of unmolested quiet for the
present to the home thus made desolate, to offer a
soldier's sympathy and to suggest the consolations
of religion.f
The problem, my dear Bishop, of military con
quest and occupation is simple and almost solved ;
but the second problem, that of healing, restora
tion, and reconstruction, would appal the stoutest
heart, who well understands its conditions and
terms, were it not for trust in His Almighty wis
dom, mercy, and power, to whom so many faithful
hearts on both sides have turned and supplicated
throughout this entire struggle. That lie brings
good out of evil, and light out of darkness, and
that his methods are unsearchible, is an infinite
stay and comfort.
The condition of Virginia is sad now. Armies
arc everywhere. Here is a Northern army stran
gers ; towards the Ilappahannock, Jackson's forces;
and, of course, where both meet, infinite desola
tion. Husbands and sons are away with the
Southern army ; aged men, the infirm, the youth
in boyhood, and women, and what servants have
not fled, are all that remain. You may imagine
the feelings that prevail in the interior of families,
and you will not wonder that sadness rules the
hour now. Iut you remember our stay in Rich
mond in 1850, and the excitement of John
Brown's raid then. In the midst of her fatherless
children, the widow whose bereavement I have
mentioned said to me, as she covered her face with
her hands, "Why, my dear sir, we have not seen
sunshine in Virginia since John Brown entered
it. Feoplc forget this. This war is not the be- j
ginning. It has been home guard and night- j
watch, and patrol, and rumor of insurrection, '
ever since that day." j
I
P. S. I have just taken the precaution to read
over what I have written above to a venerable
Virginian, now quietly attending to the duties of ;
his calling here. He is one who may be truly :
characterized as a man of large acquaintance and j
wide observation; of a calm and dispassionate tern- '
per, and who has never taken part in politics.
He attests the correctness of my statement, (the
figures he has supplied,) and thinks me for the
spirit which he thinks my letter exhibits. He j
asks me to add what follows as an old man's re- ,
cord. (I write from his dictation, and desite to '
open up thus to others the mind of the class he
represents:) j
"That notwithstanding the reverses of the
Southern armies, and the occupation of their ci
ties, and apparent defeat, the spirit of resistance
throughout the entire South was never more ob
stinate or determined, or more ready to make sac
rifices ; and that coerced harmony, as it is a con-
trad ict ion in terms, so it will be found to be im
practicable in fact.
"That, on ihe other hand, more loyal hearts ccv-
er beat than those who struggled in hope of Union ;
before the ordinance of secession more loyal elo- I
quence never moved assemblies than that which
SOU"ht tO SWaV the mind nf Virginia Lof.vra tho.
Convention ; and that a return to the methods of
pcifua.Mun buu treaty, to the frank and generous
consultations of representatives in council, arc as
open as ever, and moj-c hopeful than ever, and arc
the only methods, and these conditioned upon the
withdrawal of armies and the substitution of depu
ties in conference."
I give my aged friend full record for his view ;
but I add that the withdrawal of armies before the
supremacy of Federal rule is acknowledged and in
some way guaranteed, would be an abandonment
of the reason of the war, waged duly to assert and
vindicate the rightfulness of that supremacy, and
to risk the chances of its renewal. That is, there
fore, impossible. But I have good reasons for the
cheering belief that such guarantees will be met
in the proper quarter with a generous promptness
and magnanimity that will contradict the appre
hensions of suspicion and distrust, and change
aversion into applause.
A sermon was preached by an army chap
lain in Charlestown, the scene of the execution of
John Brown for violation of law, sedition, and
muraer, on a Sunday in April, on sonic text en
joining "the mission of proclaiming liberty;" and
the hymn given out and sung was
"John llrown'." body hang dandling in tho air,
Sing glory, glory, Iialleluja!"
It is a satisfaction to know, as I do, that the
preacher was rebuked for it by the Lieutenant
Colonel of his regiment
Another instance was authentically reported
to me a sermon preached in a town near a large
camp of occupation. The preacher recognized and
proclaimed in this case, too, the mission of freeing
the negroes told them they were free, and that
as the property amassed by their masters was the
truit ot the labors of the blacks, these had the
best title to it, and should help themselves.
No doubt I shall find in this case, also, in in
quiries which I have instituted, that the army au
thorities to whom the preacher was amenable, re
buked his seditious and unlawful utterance. But
who can measure the effect of such demonstrations
when received as an exponent of the design and
spirit of the war ?j
THE HOME AND GRAVE OP MADISON
The army correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch writes from Orange county, Va., as follows :
I have just paid a visit to Montpelier, the home
and grave of Madison. It is one of the most
beautiful places I have, ever seen. The dwelling
is of large dimensions, but of such exquisite pro
portions, and in such a magnificent park of e lately
trees, that till one enters it he regards it rather us
a modest cottage. Covered with cream colored
stucco, and the porch embowered by running
roses, it presents a truly lovely picture. It has
none of that mouldering air of age which arc so
pleasing and painful at Mount Vernon and Monti
cello. Such is the nature of the grounds that you
do not see the mansion till you are upon it. Then,
from the front a wide and glorious panorama
bursts on the view. Woods, fruitful fields, and
the encircling Blue Ridge, combined to make a
scene of exquisite beauty and grandeur. Within
the dwelling nearly all is modern. The present
proprietor is a Mr. Carson, from Ireland, who late
ly came here under a pass from old Abe, and now
proclaims strict neutrality, and claims the protec
tion of the British flag.
The grave of the patriot-sage is situated in the
midst of a large field of luxuriant corn, is 'imper
fectly shaded by five tall locusts, and is surround
ed by a low brick wall, which also encloses several
other tombs. Ihe stone which covers Madison s
tomb is a simple granite shaft, bearing only this
inscription : "Madison. Born March 10, 1751:
Died June 28, 1830." Immediately in the rear
is a smaller shaft of white marble, containing
these words : "In memory of Dolly Payne, wife of
James Madison. Born May 20, 1708: Died July
8, 1849. How little aid the great statesman
dream that in a quarter of a century after his
death Northern and Southern armies would be
confronting each other near his grave.
Dolly Payne, the most accomplished lady of
her day, was a native of Guilford county, N. C
Jbay. Observer.
A ROMANTIC INCIDENT.
The Tupelo correspondent of the Mississippian
narrates quite an interesting little incident con
nected with the occupation of Courtland, Alabama,
by the Federals and its recapture by our troops.
The writer says :
The Federals had held Courtland for some time,
and, as is their wont, inflicted many insults upon its
unarmed citizens without regard to se. Among
the abused and insulted of the fair sex, was the
belle of Courtland, a lady of high accomplishments,
great amiability, and considerable wealth. Exas
perated and justly vindictive, this fair one an
nounced publicly that whoever should either kill
or capture the miscreant who had thus shamefully
insulted her, should receive her hand and fortune.
Not many days after this avowal, Frank Arm
strong's company defeated the Yankees at Court
land, capturing the place, together with many pris
oners, among whom was Captain llobinson, the
dastardly villain whose little soul had permitted
him to be insolent to a refined lady, and who had
forgotten that "Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned" or insulted.
The wretch, Robin?on, showed his cowardice
early in the action, and surrendered his sword to
Capt. Champion, of Missouri, whose dauntless
bravery in this, as on many former occasions, has
made his name familiar to the army. Capt. Cham
pion was ignorant, until when about leaving Court
land, of the romance connected with his captive.
The lady sent him a present of a splendid pair of
holsters, accompanied by an earnest request to
visit her. But, alas for romance," war is inexora
ble, and without being granted time to visit the
fair charmer whom be had avenged, Capt. Cham-
MORGAN'S SECOND EXPEDITION.
A correspondent of tho Knoxvillo Register,
willing from Iluntsville, Tenn.) under date of
August lJth, gives the following interesting ac
count of Morgan's dash into Gallatin, on the
morning of the 12th ultimo. Two hundred pris
oners were captured and also considerable stores:
We left Sparta last" Saturday, arrived at the
Cumberland river Monday morning, where Colonel
Morgan learned that Colonel Boone, with four
companies of his regiment (2$th Ky.,) were en
camped at Gallatin. It was at once decided to
attack them, and the column took up the line of
march and arrived in eight of Gallatin yesterday
morning at daylight, without tho enemy suspect
ing our presence. Learning that Col. Boone, liko
a sensible man, preferred lodging at the hotel with
his wife, Capt. Jo Desha, with a detachment of
twenty-five men, was ordered to inform him of
our approach, which they succeeded in doing in
the most approved stylo. As soon as Col. Boone
was made acquainted with the condition of affairs,
he surrendered himself with his command as pris
oners of war. Thcro was no fight, not a gun was
fired. Learning that a detachment of his force,
with about one hundred negroes, were engaged
in building a fort at tho tunnel between Gallatin
and Bowling Green, a detachment of men under
Major Wash Morgan, was ordered there. " They
succeeded in routing the force, capturing some
fifty prisoners, and destroying both fort and tun
nel the latter of the utmost importance to the
enemy, as it will require several months to re
open it; about 150 yards of trestle work was also
destroyed near the tunnel. Lieut. Rogers, with a
detachment of twenty-six men, were oidcred to
destroy the bridge between Gallatin and Nashville,
which they succeeded in doing.
The train from Louisville atrived shortly after
we had taken possession of the town, and wc wcro
agreeably surprised to receive from the enemy a
most desirable present in tho shape of 30 lino
horses, l,f00 sacks of oats and corn, and GT0
boxes of crackers, all of which wc appropriated
burning that which wc were unable to use.
The locomotive, and about 50 cars, were also
destrocd, leaving a space of 20 miles between
the two ends of the road without cars or engine.
Thus wc spent the day as Morgan's men most de
light to do surprising an enemy before break
fast to give them an appetite, and ihcts receiving
the hospitalities of the place, which I can ossuro
you were tendered with a heartiness of welcome
truly refreshing.
The prisoners, in all about 200 men, wcro
paroled, and their arms, which were of the mo:-t
improved kind, distributed to the recently organ
ized companies of the command. At night the
command fell back to this y-lacc (sixteen miles
from Gallatin,) and to-day wc have enjoyed ri
delightful rest, much needed by both men and
horses, whilst the people of old Sumner old and
young male and female havo been vicing with
each other in acts of kindness to us. The people
arc all true and loyal to the South, and never
will submit to the rule of the Lincoln Govern
ment; they wait anxiously for the time when the
thieving rascals will havo been driven from the
State. To-night we were also reinforced by a fino
company from Warren county, Ky., on their way
South, having left their homes to avoid being
pressed into the Lincoln army.
For the giatification of Col. Bailie Pcyton'u
friends in East Tennessee, I take plcasuro in say
ing that he utterly repudiates tho Lincoln Gov
ernment, and that his sympathies are with tho
South. His name to the call for a Union meet
ing, published some months ago in the Nashville
papers, was unauthorized.
Our friends in Kentucky await us with strong
arms and brave hearts, and thousands of her best
sons are ready to swell our ranks.
his
con.
Dion was obliged to leave the scene of
quest. Since his return, the Captain has avowed
see his affianced, and
his intention of returning to
we predict that his handsome figure will not prove
. .i i i :
uncomely lO tne lauy a eyes. iwuiu;uu u
prisoner at Columbus, MUsaissippi.
now a
jjey-In New York, on the llth, all persons ,
found in the streets in uniform were arrested as
ducrtcr. j
DESPERATE AFFAIR.
Tho Petersburg Express, of tho 23d ult., gives
the following account of a desperate affair which
occurred the day before in the 2d North Carolina
Hospital, located in Petersburg:
John Roland, a conscript from North Carolina,
who had been recommended for a discharge from
service on account of rheumatism, applied on
Thursday evening for permission to remain all
night which was granted. Yesterday morning,
while Dr Warren, surgeon in charge, wa3 making
his usual rounds, Roland assaulted him with a
large knife, slightly wounding his hand and in
flicting another wound just above the jugular
vein in the neck. lie then turned upon Pat
Maury, one of the nurses, who came to tho aid of
Dr. Warren, stabbing him go severely in thrco
places that but faint hopes are entertained of his
recovery. Il was believed that he would die la.st
night. He next attacked Mr. S. B. Bradley, one
of the ward masters, cutting three of his fingers
nearly off. After this he wounded a Mr Bruns,
another nurse, but very slightly, however. To
finish the bloody tragedy, he then stabbed himself
near the heart and cut his throat in two places,
one of the latter wounds severing tho wind-pipe;
after which he jumped out of the window,
a distance of some ten or twelve feet, and
expired in about twenty minutes. Wo learn that
Roland behaved very well during tho night an 1
yesterday morning, nothing in his appearance or
action indicating that anything was the matter
with him. All of a mdden a fit of defloration
seemed to seize him, as if he was possessed of tho
devil. But for Dr. Warren's coolness in getting
the patients out of the way, he would doubtles
have flain several of them in their helpless con
dition. .
The Express of the 25th adds:
We learn that the men wounded by John Ro
land in the desperate affair at the Second N. C.
Hospital on Friday last, are getting on as well as
could be expected, though there are still great
fears about the reeovcry of Pat Maury one of tho
nurses who was so severely stabbed. This was
one of the most singular and unaccountable affair
we have ever beard of, reudercd so much the
more mysterious, by the fact, that all who saw tho
mas, concur in their statement that he wa per
fectly sane. Dr. Warren, after going hU uual
daily rounds through the ward, ybited Roland
whose couch was in tha upper story of a houso
nr the main.bospiUl.and as soon as he approach
ed him and asked bow be wa., Roland drew a long
knife and commenced sawing on his own throat.