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CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO -INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS TIIE COMMON' PROPERTY OF THE OTntX"-
CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 18()2.
W. 3. TAIS, Editor and Proprietor.
ELEVENTH J0LU111E..-NU M B E It 535.
THE
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President.
717 71 - V.( n 1 VI -f 4 i U & W i Al" fr S.,nhcns of (Jeoriria Vice President
V3 JQi) A XI AUl AJ AJAXV UA14A A 5 7 phcniami.i, of Louisiana, Secretary of State
Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary ot ar
(Published every Tuesday
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W I L L I A M J . V A T E S ,
K!:i 'iit riti'i:i K t or.
IN A! VANCE.
. :; lis T:v;. t Ve i:vM for in
(I. W. liandolnl
C. 0. Meinininger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of tlx Treasury
1 BfHtrrn JJemorrnL
CHARLOTTE, N. 0.
jfjg The Democrat u ill l discontinued to all subxrri.
orri at the errirulion of the time for which it Tal;
TIIE FIGHT AT POOLES VILTjE, MD. i COMPARATIVE
The only resistance our trooDs encountered in i ' - NORTFt
4. -
crossing the Potomac was from the 1st Massachu-
STRENGTH OF THE SOUTHERN SOLDIERS . MURDERED
AND SOUTH- I lH.r r, t..i.. o-...t., 1 :i -"
U hen tins war Irokc out the noimlation ol lh.n the Particulars of the mnrder. undr a Fpdrr? .m-:
r ' '
; setts cavalry, who had hcen appointed to that duty. I ty'Tin " ' nun,bers, twenty-one mil- , Uer, pt to!.,. McCullongh and fifteen guerrilla?,
bv the Confederates, and ; ' 11,111 01 i"o ,ouui was iwovc : . ixirKSMiief .uair county, .uo. it says :.
; lhey were fired into
scampered at a rapid rate.
a- ... .. r
R. K. Mallory. of Florida, Secretary of the Navy. . Those v. ho tcant to continue must rem-u- hrfvre or at the j York Tribune says:
Tiios. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart- ! j,;ranun 0f their time. The duHidnj lutiitss is unjdtnt.nitit, :
nieiit of Justice or Attorney Ceneral. j and ve. do not tcvnt to tnijifj? in it again. Those who arc i C road hpet tCC
I II lle-i.'an of Teas, Postmaster General. ! , , J , . .. ,. ,.,' Wy counted or. for u
i . II. HI ilLTUII, VI 1 " ' 1 ,i,l ,.,, to niiuri have f.fini iiirnr.im''il. Kill ( -- ., -
A lettei- to the New 1,Hllu,ns ol which four millions were slaves. -Now
r uts i!'t inrk'
v:!i lji; iii.ti
1 mi tlif inanus
k-d uiiiil furlii'!.
crijit
and
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST FERMANF.NT
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
NORTH CAROLINA,
line t:x if then u ill 1ail UP without puttina Ht to f)l-th .-i
Irt.itbte nbiiut it.
co.xsciurTiox.
ly.
K Instiu ctios,
ne 2Jih, lb02. j
; .vin mi:; ('am
Ncur R;i!eili,
SPECIAL ()ii:.I.K N'J. 1.
J. All i.fr.-oin saliiertto t provision? of the act f f
'..n-r.-s.j .utithiil :au ad lurtnor to provoie i.r ine
Pul.Ti.- 1). !". ii. -," :i;.j.rovcd the ICth of April l:i'. and
known as tin- Cnt-. riition Act, are herrly orIer-d to
Appear at Ilo ir uvular Ik-L'iniental muster frroum iti
thi-ir rt -pii ti w count ie.', oa the ih day of J'lly, prox.
if Tin. r.iN.-.-riiits :iltT eni-nllment are lu-icl'V or-
ii ! t'i :ij'i-".tr at the C'ourllion-o of their respective
c.nnti"-. on tli 1.1th July, proximo, prepared to pro- ;
c.-cl fm tiiH ith to this camp of in -ti uctioii.
1 1 L The enroll;!: ' oil'n crs v. ill have instructions to !
jri r.nt e.ei.-;i;ij:i as piTM I i'iied ly law, her to apia-nd- j j.
d. ;
IV. i;ic-r- eoi:miandin'- r(j.'iineiits and comp.'mie? of i
tin; Militia o: this State, will iuuiiediut !y notify their (
rcspcctie commands, nnd warn all perjon IiaMe t ;
A Ij AHA MA.
Win L Yancy,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
Kol.ort W Johnson,
Charles li Mitchell.
n.ouiuA.
A E Maxwell,
J M Eaker.
CKOUCIA.
li.lijamin II Hill,
J(hn W Lewis.
I.OVISIANA.
Edward Sparrow,
T J Semines.
MIS.SISSIl'l'I.
Albert (J lirown,
James Plnlun
Vli:!!NIA.
M T Ilimter,
Wm P. Preton.
George Davis,
Wm T Dortch.
SOUTH CAKOLIN'A.
Ilobert W liarnwell,
James L Orr.
TENNKSSEK.
Langdoii C llaynes,
Gustavus A Henry.
TEXAS.
Louis T Wigfall,
W S Oldham.
KENTl'CKV.
II C Hurnett,
William E Sinims.
Ml-SSOl'lU.
John li Clark,
U S Y Peyton.
Total number, 20.
irompi.lv with the aouvc order
i:iav wisli
'i:i..cri lit ion to comi)
No-:. and 2.
V. All i.ei .-o:is siiluect to enrollment. '"
tu Volunteer, l.nir ( join i i.inp:! iiie ; in the Confederate
F.-rv iee on t!ie I April I i t, fu eonlii. to law; and
cou-opi-nth- are j.roii i !i ted from rei rnitin. or orpauiz
in' new i oiiip uiie-- or re-ime:i!.s, i'arliiati or K.in-cr.
i cpti d.
!v ()!,! r: im:ti:ii mallktt.
il.ijor and A.-i'l Adj t lie""!, 1. C. S. A.
WAi: IK1'A IITMKNT,
Ai'Ji iANr ami I.sCKcroi: Cknkiiaih Oki i. k,
Uiliimomi, May U, 1 1 .
(',:m:i:i. (.:!!. i:.s, No.
I. The lolioain act :iMd t emulations in ltd'ercnce
th.-ieio, aie pulili.-hed for the int'ol mat ion of all coii-
ci l lie. I.
An Act to exempt certain person- from enrollment
1'.,r -cri'-' i-i the .trmies ot'ti.c Coiil'eih l ate Pistes.
:'.('. 1. The Con ! .f ihe '.. iifc.it rale States o!
do enact. That nil peron- u ho sha ' I he held
l
HOUSE
Thomas S. IJocock
speaker.
A I. A HAM A.
(I W Chilton,
7 David Clopton,
H James L Pugh,
E S Dai" an.
1 Thomas J Foster,
2 Win li Smith,
John p Kails.
I J L M Curry,
r l rancis ."5 Lyon,
ARKANSAS.
1 Felix J liaison, 3 Augustus II Garland,
2 Gramlisun D Poy.-ter, 1 Tho.s li llanly.
II.OJMKA.
1 James li Hawkins,
Hilton.
tinti: !: !!:! . t. iv .- -rt i. ninier rules t ) lie pre-
, ...i .1 ti.e Si.-.-i . i , i v oi ':': - all in the .-irvice or
. . !.. . ..!' tin- ( i :. ,i. i .tie S..itec ill! judicial and ee
, , ; j ; , ' i . r .-I' tl.e i ':.' ie.;.'e or ' I a
th.- .r:.:!,-i- ..!' l-.-t!i' 1 ! .. a.-e.- . f Co -fe-s nn.ltlie
... .; ',., tl.o .-viial Stat. a ad tiir respi cttve
..ilfc.-i- a!! c'icrl.s of tl.e oili. i ! s uf the State and
C. rate ;.,-..-ri:mcnts allowed ly law- -ail cn.eed
in carrviii'z the mail.- all fertymeii on p...-1 roiit- . ali
pilots :i:id' persons eie-ap-td ill I he maiil.e . i . 1. e en
river and railroad r. ate of t : a u.-;.urtat i..:; --!c h -iapiiic
opcratori and leoi inters of religion in the reju'ai
.lis. hat'-e of lr-'n't' !'i 'I duties all ttia-.d i :i ivull
iii" iron i!i; '"J. furnace :, and foundries a i ! joiiriiey
l!i:7n pi-i.-.U-rs ae ti !!y employed in printing new-pajiers
-all presidents and professo-s of colleges and acade
mies, and ail teachers havintr as many as twenty
... Indars .-Uiicrintendents of the puhlic hopitals.
lauatie as funis, aiol the regular nu r.-es and a t tei.da nts
;!:. rein, and the teacliers employed in the i i: -I i I n t i ms
t..r the ilea! an. I tiiiiin, aim ii:u 1- -in taeii atn.ti'.ecarv
Julian Hnrti'iilgi
' .1 M uiiiierlyn.
Mines Holt,
A II Kenan,
David W Lewis,
!fiv.l llovd.
J John W Crocket!,
: II E L'e.id.
t :o..,-.-. w r.wii.g.
.1 S Chrisiiian,
1' L I! t met t,
(i KOKti I A.
(i William W Clark,
Koht P Trippe,
8 L .1 (J arl it 11.
V Hardy Strickland,
.10 A 11 Wright.
K EXT I'I'KY.
7 If W lirttce.
S S S Scott,
! E M P. nice,
lO ,1 V Mrnnr.
11 li J Iircckinridge, Jr.
12 4ohu M Elliott.
I.'HIsIAXA,
an
1 doinm htisiness, one
apotiie-
S'.i.ii' ::mv etaldis!icd
( .ii v in ood .-tamiinu', v,!i. is i practical itrii'mist -mi
!ci i :itt ndeiils and operatives in wool and cotton
fi.'tories who may he exempted hy the Secre tary ot
War, .hall he, and are heri hy exempted frem military
cri e in the aimies of the Colil'cdei.ite Slates. Ap
proved Apt it 1 , iMiil.
11. Hy the nhove act of Coiipfress, the foHowinir
r!.i--cs !' pei-Miiis uie exempt from enrollment lor
Military . el vice :
.Iii-i ices of the Pence; Sheriffs and Deputy Shei ilf:
Ch.-lhsaiid lco.ty Cierks, allowed law; Masters and
Comiai-sionfi in Chantert: Iitrict and Stale Attor-
nevs ; Aito'ii y Ceiiera! : Posimaters and
Poslniflitcr-. a:i
t C
lUi.ut v
lowed hv law: C'ommi.-ion-
ers of !;. line, and fori im rs who have not acquired
d'.micil in the Confederate States.
III. Tnc follow intr are not exempt:
Miirt ii y Oilicers not in actual service: persons exempt
Pv State laws, hut not l.y the ahovc act: foreijrner
t ho haxe a. ipiircJ ilomieil in the Confederate States.
IV. No persons other than those expressly named or
propei ly implied in the ahove act can he exempted, ex
cept hy f.irt.i.-hoiir a snh-titute, from military service,
in ci.r.forieit v with re, ittat ii ns already published,
(tie..;! ral Orders No. '-.',) and such exemption is valid
telly . luiijj us the said s :i'o-t i t ute is lejral ly exempt.
V. !'et.-,.iis vio) have furnished substitutes will
receive t ln :r cert i lie. i tes uf e v em ot ion iVoin l he C.-i nf ;i ins
i i
tae ( ommandauts of Camti. bv
h ive been accci 'cd. tlihereer-
IU t ill be ,y tile I II f(l 1 i !! er
i tv'.il rectite iii'.l instructions, in
1 1. in- aim nio
tioii catiuot.
eredt-ythe War Pcpartmcr.t.
s. cntM'i:;:.
Ad jt and Insp. (iciu-ral.
ATTKM IOA TO.AI.L.
"200 lloamsof Writin- Paper,
100,000 Ktivtlopesf
Just received at the store of
KOtMMIANN & PHELPS.
May 27, 1m:.' tf
Wil., Charlotte & Ruth. Railroad
WKSTHIIN DIVISION.
i I Charles J Villiere, 1 Lucien J Diire,
I cl Charles M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis,
j .'J Duncan F Kcniicr, G John Perkins, Jr.
Ml.Ssi.Ssll'i'i.
1 John J McKae, T II C Chambers,
2 S W Clapp, H O P Singleton,
0 lieuben Davis, 7 E liarksdule.
4 Israel Welch.
Missorni.
1 John liver, .1 W W Cook.
e Casp. r V Fell, 0 Thos W Freeman,
:i George W Vest, 7 Thos A Harris.
4 All Conrew,
NORTH CAROLINA.
I W N II Smith, ( Thomas S Ashe,
'2 Pobert 11 liritlgers, 7 James K McLean,
Owen K Kenan, d William Lander,.
1 T 1) McDowell, li S (Jaither,
Archibald Arlington, KJ A T Davidson.
SOI TH CAROLINA.
1 W W li. ce, 4 John McQueen,
'2 W Poreher Miles, 5 James Farrar,
I M 1 lloiihum, U L M. Ager.
TENNESSEE.
1 J T Heisk. ll, 7 G W Jones,
t W G Swiuin, 8 Thomas Menees,
:i W II Tt l.bs. i J I) c Adkins,
4 E I, Gardenshire, 10 Hullock.
; II S Foote, 11 David M Currin.
i G MP Gentry.
I John A Wilcox,
2 Peter W Gray,
3 Claiborne C Herbert, G B F Sexton
MRtilNIA
TEXAS.
4 Wm P Wright,
5 Malcolm Graham,
1. 1 l Otllp l!;l. S. or
wllalll the suii-t-tut
lltltates ot e 1 1 1 1 , 1 :
otl-cers only, who
rcirard to the cadi
plications for cxciu;
,'e ,,f .-v...,,.,! ; ... ,.
tuerofore. i c consid-
1 M li II Garnet t.
2 John 11 Chambliss,
li James Lyons,
4 Poger A Pryor,
5 Thomas S liocock,
ti John (Joode, Jr,
7 James P lloleonibe,
S Dand C Dejarnette,
Total number 11)7.
J William Smith,
10 Alex li lioteler,
11 John 1! P.aldwin,
12 Walter li Staples,
l:i Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Pobert Johnson,
1G Charles W Iiussell.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Salary 3,000 p0r
Sal.iry.
$500.
tVi and aft
"ad M.,ii T:v.
XCtptC!)
cr Motidav the iaih instant, the Passer.atr
en this Kuad daily (Sunday
I.FAVV.
7 eu A.
7 4.1
8 1.1
8 40 1
M.
Leave.
i : o' a. m.
.10 "
17 I. M.
'1 will bc n;,j
I'o'ilows :
OLNG WEST.
Cha rlotte,
Tuck.ase eo,
n-..var,'.;
S ha
L:::co!i:ton,
CiOlNi; East.
1
J 1
I.
S'
oh; to
a i: oa.
Prevard.
Tu- ka.-. '.
Charlotte
Akrive.
7 13 A. M.
8 10
S 37 "
y no "
At.Uiv E.
15 v o:
11
11
12
1
20 A. M.
ib "
15 r. m.
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1(T,
V. A Me PEE.
, ., A' ;in- M'f ot Transportation
Linooluton, April 4, If 01
GOVERNMENT OF
'.. 15. Vance, Governor
annum.
Ii H I'attle, Secretary to the Governor,
exclusive of fees, 8-'W0.
Kufus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salary
Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000.
. K. Kichardson, cniet clerk to the Treasurer.
Salary $1,200.
C. H. Urogden, Comptroller. Salary $1,000,
Oliver II Perry, Librarian.
The Council of State is composed of the following
gentlemen: Council Wooten of Lenoir, President,
John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy
of Cumberland. Win A Ferguson of liertie, J F
Graves of Surry. J J Long of Northampton, W
L Ilillard of Uuncomhe.
Governor's Aids lion Danl M liarringcr,
Whitakor.
Literary Hoako Henry T Clark, President cx
oflicio: Arch'd Henderson of Iiouan, Jas B Gor
don of Wilkes. Wui J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Internal Improvement Iio.i:n Henry T Clark
President cx oflicio; James 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 f,r members, and for Governor,
will beheld on the first Thursday of August, 16GC.
been clear in the morning;, and
, , ,. 7 ; ' i ""e v- JUlllcu Ul. 1U1 UllUUiUULHU IIUL.U, uui M iiJt;
arrears, ana ichose pnvers nave oecu utseontumcu. .11 - 1
vfoiifo -Maryland traitor had piled stones "at tbe
1 worst place on the road in such ouantitv that the
" " ! horses at a gallop could not fail to go down. En-
A Good Example. The Governor of Alabama j velopcd in clouds of dust, the head of the rctrcat
has issued a circular calling upon the women of ' column came down the road at speed, and
that State to make socks for the .)0,000 men she plunging into the rocks, men and horses together
has in the field and who cannot bc clothed with j fell in confusion, piled over one another in heaps,
the small sum allowed theni lor that purpose, The rebels were close upon them, ar?d those
whilst everything is so high. He says that those i who were down could only surrender. The rebels
who cannot afford to furnish gratuitously will be bejran firinc into and sabcrinr the urns t rate men.
j paid at the late of fifty cents a pair for heavy cot- j Some of them were crushed under their Ftruirgling
: ton, and seventy -five cents for good woolen socks ; j horses. Capt. Chamberlain, whoso horse had
! and appoints places for their delivery. Contiibu- j fallen upon him, shouted to the rebel leader that
I tions to companies (not to individuals) will bc his men were helpless, and the firing was ordered to
forwarded free of cost. cense. O.mt Mntlnv nnd O-.r.f Vollc with nnst
j Speed the good work ! Let not our noble sol- j 0f their men, escaped. Capt. Chamberlain, with
M-.1..I1 .... 1 . . ...
j-n. iiitvuuuuL'u wus 11 nrninniint iinran nt
I ID - . " - ......... .
j iei us analyze a mtie in order to ascertain what the State, and returned eftor.lke battle of Etk
1 1 ,e Pwor .niters, so much boasted of by onx to his homo io raise a Wgiment; being daly
1 the Northern Hiekmans, is in this case. Wcw.umis.sionevr by JJiur GenenJ IVioe w a re
speak, of course, with reference to the relativeac. cruiting olQccr- His instructions -at - the time
Mual capacity for Taismg arm.es .possesse.! h'-K to quktly raise his ?on,iuiaiid autl- occasion
: respective sections. - - f no warfare until the icturn of our ' army tor the
dicrs suffer for anything that men or women can
supply to them. Let the ladies of North Carolina
remember that she has twice as many men in the
field now as at this time last year, and that they
are necessarily less amply provided with clothing
after a year's service than then. 'o-y. Observer.
Wo have no doubt the women of North Caroli
na will use
winter clot
are now, or may hereafter be, fighting the buttles
of their country. A hint to the ladies of North
Carolina will, we think be sufficient.
about twenty men, was captured. All were libera
ted on parole.
Before the men were sent off, Gen. Lee made
them a speech, advised them never to take up
arms again to subjugate the South, declared that
there are and must be two Confederacies on this
continent, and discoursed at length on ethics and
i use incn 01 us twenty -one millions ot the j protection of the citizens uf the' Stat. After
lNorth, the population of California, Oregon, the having raised his command Col" McCullouou
territories of New Mexico, 1'tah, Jefferson and , learned of the authorization of partisan warfare by
nashmgfon amounting to at least a million, is !, he Secretary of War, and joined his command
geographtcally unavailable to the Washington ; with that of Porter and Quantrcll, defeating the
Government lor operations against the South, j enemy at many joints in the State, ntl capturm
Deducting this item leaves twenty millions. Of ' sufficient arms for volunteers a they joined the
these twenty millions, one-half are females. De- paitisan band, tho successes of which, under the
duettng these, leaves ten millions of males. From . leadersluD of Ouantrell ami lwir. hv Lft-f.
Lnconrageinent by
a million and a half for fillinir (he various iwm.lo . if ih Sft Kn r.w., k i ...
puhltc ofliees, fr conducting commerce in its va- Well-nih rid their State of Federal .lnr.tim
The "head and front" of Col. McCul lough's of-
band
-"v..,, meat.-, ivai ion iinmuu.s ui males, i loin j teaUcislup of guatitrell and
these ten millions deduct four millions necessary I quenlly reached us of late,
for agricultural purposes and household scrvicv, constant and repeated suet
rious branches, for ship-building, printing, th
sue
: every effort in their power to provide ! rolitics in general by aH of which the men were
, , (luly edified. Poolcsvillo citizens fired from
lung for their husbands and sons who houses along the streets on the retreating cavalry.
management 01 ranroaus, ami necessary medium- 1 leuding was the leading of hU "allant
cui work ot a hundred ktnds oilier than cotton- j eesslully against the Yankee forces, chiefly com
spuming aim weaving. ii is deduction leaves
lour and-u-hall millions. Take from this all the
male children under 10 years of age and all the
men over f0, (at least two and a half millions,)
and there is a remainder of just about two millions
of the twenty-otic millions for fighting purpose,
and ul these thousands are unfit from
(i en. Pillow. We are pleased to hear that
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow has been restored to com
mand. The General has arrived in Richmond.
Fk;i res worth NoTiciNC. The public debt
of the Confederate States on the first of August
was 8-47,7-lS;So0 70 tolerably tall figures, but
alino.-t dwarfish compared with those on the Yan
kee side. This war has cost tin ni at least Jfl e,
lian(li"l millioir, and is assuming every day
grander and grander proportions of expenditure.
At the rate of six millions a day uiii ther year of
hostilitit s on the present scale would sweli their
debt 10 S-Vi" 00,000,000 1 the annual interest of 1
which it per cent, would be upwards of $220,
000,000 ! The support of their corrupt govern
ment would require ?100,000,000 more, making
a total of three hundred and twenty millions of
dollars, at least, to be ra'ucd annually irotu a ruined
commerce and people ! Truly this is a refreshing
prospect for the Yankees to exult over.
lry.
At Darnestown, the rebel flung stones and "hot tics
ami all sorts of missiles from the windows.
The letter indignantly adds that the first duty
performed by the 1st regiment Maryland volun- j
teers, called out for the defence of the State, was i
to pour a voile' into the retreating Federal cav- j
any. .1 lie correspondent, from that, thinks that
the Maryland troops in the yattkee service cannot
be relied on.
various physical infirmities for military service
posed of Dutch militia, overrunning' the State.
I,n.,)l I C. I a , r. . .
.'luunougu uuionuiiaieiy got rfeparaicu iroiu Ms
command-, and was captured by the Federal forces
under Col. John MeNeil, who forthwith summon
ed a drum-head Court-Martial and sentenced tho
daring partisan to be shot as a traitor in arms and
disease and j rebellion against the United States, and Stato of
o, at the most,
.
The IIowi.ktt Gun. We very much doubt
if a more effective weapon lias been introduced
anywhere than the rifle recently invented by our
townsman, Dr Ilowlett, and which is now being
manufactured in the best style of workmanship in
the shops of Messrs. J. & F. Garrett, who have
been at much trouble and expense in fitting irp the
requisite machinery for the express purpose of
constructing the irun. It is a brcech-loadinir
piece,
and
om
;inal p
gotten
an,
Spier
up on an entirely new and
and is in every respect superior to
Sharpe s rifle. Ihe lock is less complicated but
more effective, and the charge can bc introduced
more readily and with less trouble than in any
breech-loading gun heretofore made. Greensboro,
Patriot.
Gen. Lee. A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, writing from the army, sajs 01 Gen. Lee :
"You cannot imagine a plainer cr more unos
tentatious looking man than the Commander-in-Chief
of the Confederate armies General Lee.
Take a human form, say five feet eight inches in
height, its constituents well knit together, full in
its proportion and yet without superfluity. Aild
to it a well-shaped, squarely-built head, with a
front whose every line is marked with energy and
genius, a pair of keen, dark eyes brown in the
parlor, but black in the field--that seem to em
brace everything at a glance; a handsomely-shaped
nose, such as Napoleon liked to see on his Gener
als; a mouth indicative of an iron will, and a
countenance whoso natural expression is one of
geutleness and benevolence; cover the head,
mouth, and lower part of the face with a heavy
growth of short gray hair; invest the whole figure
with grace, and an unassuming consciousness of
strength, purpose, and position ; let it speak to
you in a voice whose tones of politeness never
vary, whether uttered to the highest or lowest in
rank, and you have as full and complete a descrip
tion as I can give of the distinguished man who
at this moment holds in the hollow of his hand the
destiny of his country.
The Xk;w:r Oath. The following is the
form of oath usually administered to "contrabands
i that enter the Yankee lines :
! '-You, Cicero, do solemnly swear that you will
tear true allegiance to the United States; that you
; will take good care of the horses and mules, and
if any of them get away, you will go after them
no matter how dark it is, and will also black boots
to the best of your know iedgc and belief. So help
you General McDowell."
IMGS A.I PAPER.
The "Nonsc Manufacturing Company" purchase
Cotton or Linen lings at the highest cash price.
On hand, a supply of Cartridge Paper, cotton Wrap
pers and common Wrapping. Address,
II. W. IIISTI'D, Trcas.,
juiv :: is()2 et n.iici-h, x. c.
POSITION OP TIIE UNION CAUSE.
Plain tall- for a XortJin-n hitittnje.
The New York Times has a melancholy but
very truthful editorial 011 the present aspect of
Yankee affairs. We bespeak for it, an attentive
perusal :
The summer campaign, w hich was to have given
Uj the rebel capital, has come to a disastrous end.
liichmond is relieved, and Washingtotr'isj- be
sieged. That magnificent army, organized ant!
drilled with so much care by AlcClolIan a year
11. . -w . .
ago, repulsed lust on the I 'en insula, has been
again repulsed in its advance upon liichmoml
from the. North, and now seeks safety for itself
behind the forts which line the Potomac. Dis
guise it as we may, the Union arms have been
repeatedly, disgracefully'', and decisively beaten.
The whole campaign against liichmond has proved
a failure. The rebels have resumed the offensive,
and have driven our troops back to the precise
position they held after the battle of Bull Hun,
moic than one year ago. Our Generals do not
seem to be aware whether they intend to attack
us there, or push forward 011 some other line of
operations. One thing may be deemed certain
they will not sit down in front of Washington
and attempt to reduce it by siege. I hey will
cither attempt a flank movement upon it, 01, what
seems to us still more likely, they will push a
powerful column directly into Pennsylvania and
strike a blow at the Union cause on loyal soil.
There is a class of public men who think it
highly unwise to admit that we have Buffered any
reveises. They have copious explanations of the
apparent checks our forces have sustained, and
abundant assurances that they are all to be re
deemed in the immediate future. We regret that
we cannot share their credulous confidence. All
their explanations cannot change this fact, that
wherever we have met the rebels whether be
hind an earthwork, as in front of liichmond, or
in the open field, as in front of Washington they
have beaten us. Sometimes they have outflanked
us; sometimes they have got completely in the
rear of our forces; sometimes they have thrown
their whole force upon a single weak point of our
line and so overborne us by numbers; sometimes
j they have drawn us into ar. ambuscade; but it
matters not how the fact remains that they have
beaten us. And all that these various explana
tions amount to is that their Generals are Lioidcr
two millions of white males be
tween the ages of 10 and 50 constitute the actual
military strength of the North for offensive and
defensive vfar operations.
Let us now look into the Southern statistics.
The four millions of slaves suffice for our agricul
tural purposes. We have then left the whole
; white population 01 eight millions against a cor
responding .sixteen millions of the North, after a
j deduction of the requisite number of field laboi
j ers there and the population of California, .V.o
Out 01 the eight millions deduct one-half for the
female proportion. This leaves four millions of
males. Deduct from this the males under 18 and
over :0, say two millions, and we have two mil
lions left. Deduct those filling public offices, con
ducting commerce, printers, managers of railroads,
and mechanics of all kinds, two hundred and fifty
thousand, and there remains one million seven
hundred and hi ty thousand as ihe. aetml military
strength ol the South being only two
and fifty thmifariiJ less than the much
numbers thai ireiv to occrirlahn lis so
and rrsisllfssli
The above we believe to be .about as fair and
correct an estimate of tho comparative strength of
the two sections in soldiery as can well be made,
and our people should be taught by it how little
real terror there is in the cry of numbers which
has been raised to frighten them by the blustering
braggarts of the North. Kven if their armies out
numbered ours three to one we could beat them,
but if we were to draw fully upon our muscle we
could meet them almost man for man. J'etersbnr;
J'J.rpress.
li una' red
Vil li II I' d
speedily
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
IliciiMONP, Sept. 13, 18G2. The Confederate
Senate has been engaged for the past week in the
discussion of an important subject, viz: thc'rela
tive powers of the Confederate and State govern
ments. The question was introduced on the
motion of 31 r Dortch, of North Carolina, to ex
clude justices of the peace from exemption from
enrollment under the Conscript Act. The pro
posed amendment, it will be observed, raises the
question whether Congress has the power or not,
under the Constitution, to exact military service
from the civil officers of a State, and therefore
goes to the very root of the doctrine of State
lvights, which since the days of "98 and '09 has
agitated the country in one form or another, and
was a controlling clement in the disruption of the
late Federal Union. The State Rights view of
the question was urged with marked ability by
3Iessrs. liallard Preston, of Va., Yancey of Ala.,
and others, whilst the opposite ground was main
tained by "lien Hill," of Ga.; the "Eagle Orator,"
Henry, of Tcnn., and other Senators, who argued
that the Constitution vested Congress with the
unlimited power to raise armies, and that ergo,
not only justices of the peace, but even judges and
governors of States could be required to perforin
1 - j - . .t 1 - rti f
and more skillful, and their armies more effective ! military service in tne coniedtrate army, i ncy
than ours. This is all that anybody can ask in j dllJ not contend for the exercise of this power,
war. And it is worse than idle it is childish and j buf ar?ucd t0 fcllOW t,iat thc P,,wer was delegated
idiotic to attempt to shut our eyes to the giariog b' t,ie Stutes m ratifying thc Confederate Con-
a.id repulsive fact that thus far in thc war the suluiioii.
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rebels have the best ot the lighting liic sooner
The argument on thc other side was that the
we realize our actual condition, the sooner shall 1 Constitution was made up of "checks and balan
ce find a remedy for ft. ! ces" and thc c,;,uso S,Vir'o Congress the power 1 1
What is the cause of these awful disasters?.
Not in any lack of men, for our armies outnumber
the rebels two to one. Not in lack of arms, of
munitions, of supplies of all the means and ap
pliances of successful war for no army on the
face of the eaith has ever been s.j lavishly sup
plied with till these as ours. Not in thc goodness
ot the cause nor in the spirit or the people nor
raise armies could not be construed as conferring
upon Congress the power to destroy the
State governments, which would be the inevi
table result of coercing its civil officers into the
aimy.
There were, of course, other points presented in
the debate, which I have not time to uMu le to.
Thc ouestiou is still pending, but the vote will
in the valor and patience of our soldiers, for in all VY"'My tak;n -Monday, and will indicate thc
these respects wc may chullege the world to sur
pass us. Wc are driven to thc conclusion that
thc rebel Generals have been superior to ours; that
thc rebel Government has beeu able to wield
skillfully and successfully thc weapons placed in
its hands. AVsmAs afford the only test of uiilitary
capacity. The army that conquers is always thc
best. Large or small, ragged or well clad, hungry
or full, armed or unarmed, the army that drives
.,-'.. 1 1 j ft -T-
"Mate liints men r,a r r. n in-net, aui the "fed
eralists, by latituditiuus construction." Cuee
j'O'.'dt nee of the Ptt. Psjucss.
....
We fear that the good name of the people of
Maryland may suffer some numerited lo?s by reason
of the number of scamps going about through thc
Confederate States pas-sing themselves off, no doubt
untruly, as 'Maryland refugees, former member:
BARIiEV WAITED.
31 issouri.
McCullough died resolutely, only asking eno
boon from his murderers, that of giving the word
when to fire. The dastard hireling' were over
come by craven fear and trembling, when they
beheld their victim's resolution in the face of tho
King of Terrors, and most of their discharge
j over-topped thc head of the devoted patriot," 0110
1 ..it. .1 1 .1 , .. '
ouiiul aiuue uoing ine murderous execution, ex
tinguishing till eternity the fitful light of him who
hoped to shine on the pinnacle of renown', shroud-
I ing it in olliviuu forever! 1$ it the murdering of
j a Confederate officer is not all indeed it is but a
prelude. U11 the day previous to McCulJough s
execution, fifteen guerrillas, accused of' breaking
their paroles, were shut by the order of a Court
Maitial assembled by Col. John McNeil, of thc
Federal army. These incn were not accused of
having been captured and paroled, but of having
broken . a parole administered against their wilt
when they were peaceable, unarmed citizen.
a ne criiii.soii gore 01 our murdered ieiiow-cinzeiH
erics aloud for vengeance. ' Horrible, oh, most
horrible, are the hellish deeds perpetrated by our
foe in the name of Union, liberty and freedom.
Ai.J all former sacrifices were not enough 1.; Still
another must be numbered among the many who
have fallen, and yet another added to tho hecatomb
of outraged, murdered Southrons, ruthlessly slain
for loving liberty more than life. Shall our , Gov
ernment offer no protection to its citizen; deal
out no vengeance, upon their murderers ; practice
no retaliation; make a few inefficient and insuffi
cient threats, aud pass these outrages by? Let
steps at once be taken to hold prisoners now in
our hands accountable for thc death of the.se citi
zens of .Missouri, and let our Government show
that it ilares to retaliate.
In this case the proofs are open and palpable.
The Union press of Missouri announces the killing
of thc guerrillas and McCullough, and" while
forced to an acknowledgement of his high moral
charctcr and many virtues, announces the propri
ety and justice of the execution. ' If further cvi
dc ncc is needed that the act was approved by the
Government, wo have it in tho appointment, ono
week after, of McNeil, the murderer, to bc a
llrigadicr-General. Action, instant action, is de
manded and expected from tho Government of
thc Confederate States for tho better protection of
its citizens who have taken up arms for itsaupport.
TIIE YANKEE 200 YEAnS AGO.
Washington Irving, in his inimical " Knicker- .
bockcr History of New York," .has drawn, the
Y'ankcc character to perfection. Two hundred
years have made but little if any changes in their
character. The historian, speaking of th? Man
hattan Yankees, proceeds:
" In truth, they arc a wonderful and all preva
lent people; of that claps who only require an iucl
to gain .111 ell, or a halter to gain a horse. The
thieve.-!J From thc time they first gained a loot
hold on .Plymouth Rock, they began to, migrate
from place to place, and land to land, blinking a
little here and a little there, controverting the- old
proverb that a rjlling stone gather no tna:ii?
Hence they facetiously received thc nicknauio of
j The Pilgrims; that is to say, a people who are
; always seeking a better country than their own.
j William the Testy had adopted a currency
j about equal in value to Old Abe') "of strings of
j beads . wrought out of clams, periwinkles, and
; other shell fi.-h, and called scawant or wampum."
The historian proceeds, "And now, for a time,
i affairs went on swimmingly; money became as
' plentifully as in the modern day of paper cur
1 rt iicy, and, to use the popular phrase, "a wonder
! ft:l impulse was given to public prosperity."
Yankee traders poured into the province, buying
everything they could lay their hands on (Ju.t a
' they do uowj and paying. the worthy Dutchniao
, their own price in Indian money. Jf tbcjljfier,
. however, attempted to pay thcjt'ankccs , in tho
: same coin for their tin-ware and wooden bow!., thc
, eae was altered; nothing would do but, Dutch
guilders, and such like mctalic currency." , What
was worse, the Yankees ; introduced au inferior
; kind of wampum made of oystcrshells, f just a
they counterfeit Confederate notes at this day
with which they deluged the province, carrying
II V. HECK Y 1T1I ;
ibis cnti.-tai:t!v on hand '
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
of the hst Engli.-h and American manufacturers.
' nil .m ! ex.itji'n- his ."ta.-k hefore pMr haying clicv h rp.
V.' iteli rrrM.il? put in for ct-nts c a. h.
Jaii'iarv, 1SCJ v
IRON FOR SALE.
I have 00 hand, at ruy Furnace in Lincoln county '
c miles east of IincuIaton, about 20,000 LBS. &: ,
W IJL'GIJT IP.uN' tvre plow moulds, bars, 4c. ; j
I am prcparcii to east machine irons of all kindl, :
llollo VI -A P. C.1I1 ,,:,r.: X-1 ll.-,', rs e.1;i-;i,1 Irrm i
J. V. PERR, ,
etn-p.l, Spring fflil I Forqr .
tr. h.
at:h-
its enemv off the field is alwavs the better of the ; ot the first .Maryland regiment, etc. or it they
n .1 .
two. Our forces have been fp endid v drillet' arc refugees, tliey are re luge es lor other causes 0jt :n cxclian,,c ,M ... silver and vtAA. ihu Dutch
I want to purchase, immediately, all the 1JARLEY admirably clothed and armed, and always supplied than patriotic ones. herrings and Putch cheese: thus early did thc
I can gtt, fo: which the hi-hest market prof "ill bc wjti3 abundant food; but they have been defeated, ' The fact is, 110 doubt, that the name of Mary- fcuowj,,,, !,Jcn 0f tie caft manifest their kill in
raJ. , ,0., ,1,-v'Ltt" :and that fact overrides all others, and brands i nd 1
Charlotte, Oct 2!,!8l. it , . as .,. , takcn
.-nr m rijk r.i'iirr4iEw m : rrinia
The Fo.in.lrv and Machine shop of U.R late Grm of A strange phenomena recently occurred at Pres- we way 01 accoum.. g o.t.n.u.p , ; ,,atc orlncrn papcr3 received, muicaw mat hc-
ALEXANDKli & MclOUG ALD bavin? been sold, que Isle, Maine. One morning it suddenly, grew : stance of this 13 afforded in Uie case 01 tne party h rivus apprehensions of an invasioa-werc feltat llar
nniirp u !.r.r,'.!u-..ivHi to those indebted "to the concern 0 dnrk a a to rwiniw limns fn be tilif.od Tln.ro of ogc woni an and four men who were taken up a ri,i,tir" and Philadelphia ' At :tha former olacc.
to come forward "immediately and i.'.ake settlemeut ,by wa3 ve puj tilun(jor. anJ sme ia?n fell " which few days since at Kinsville for robbing the hotel bas'uiesu was , suspended, and the citizens wero
c.isri or note: ana tnose natm- nanus aj-ius, 1 , v.l-.t- Kt- , ,.U tlirrc. . J he 7 all naile-a irom
firm wil: present them for settlemeut. the under-. p ... , n. 1 ihe Columbia Carolinian E.i
jne iact is, 110 aouut, tnai cue name 01 .uar- knowin;r cn of the eaft manifest their kill in
and refugee, an honored one, has been too often t bargrrining the New Amsterdammers out. of th
aken by scamps from all the States north oM ir- oystcr and Jcavmg them the shell. ,
inia, as affording the most convenient and plaust-; -' ,-".. -: i;.mil
signed is ruiihoried to attend to sottlcnicnts.
June 17, 18C2 JIEVKV ALEXANDER.
inar. i lotttos that were uuni Out
with a fine black dust.
- " il ri.I..rt,t.in PirrJlf.lin nr.
were covcreu umuiu' "'"""
i keeish appearance.
FJaUimorc, although j forming into companies and .drilling. The M ayor
Ihoy had a most Y'an-; 0f Philadelphia recomineodi the cUizios.toforiri,
I military organizations to reptd i)ivaon