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W TAfUS Editor and Proprietor.
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WILLIAM J. YATES,
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AN APPEAL TO THB PATRIOTIC.
A MILITARY COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS.
Fkli.ow-Citize.ns: On the day last appointed by the
Pr--Ment of the Confederate States as a day of Thanks
ririnp to Almigntj- God for His blessings upon our
arms, a few Kt-utleiiieii in the Town of Wilson, North
Carolina, subscribed over $5,000 (since increased to
over S.00o) aa the beginning- of a fund to be not less
than Sl'J i.ooO, to be devoted to the endowment of a
Militrv CVIepe in Wilson. N. C, for the education ot
the orphan boy of sncli soldiers as have fallen, or
may hereafier'fall, in defence of the Confederacy. The
plau o tar as matured if as follows:
:. Not wore than one-fifth of the amount obtained is
to be devoted to the purchase of buildings for the open
ing of the College. Ample arrangements have been
made to secure suitable properly on these terms.
2. The balance of the fund is to be invested in Home
safe and rru!'!M.!e manner, the principal never to be
invaded and the interest to be devoted to the support
end edn-;,r ;.;i ot orphan Cadets.
3. The institution is to combine the characteristic.,
r.f a. thnrouxh ("..lU-jriale and a thorough military
course, and is to receive paying Cadets on U-ims usual
in Milit.iry Academics, and all the proiits from thi- de-
. . ... 1 I . I ....... ,1 . I, t t i; ? :l Ti . i I
jiariuieiit are to go 10 sweii uic i.ii.i-.. ;
thus increase the capabilities of the College to educate
or limn, j
4. he first fund of $100,0 .0 is to be obtained as j
follows: Every gentleman making a donation of
or more, is thereby to become a Trustee of the College,
and to have one vote in the Hoard for every $50 given
by hiru to this fund. It is apparent that this at once
reciiren the College from ever becoming sectarian or
sectional. Any lady making a donation of $.".J or
more, may designate some gentlemau as Trustee t'
represent this amount. The douations may be made
in bonds of live equal amounts, payable annually, and
bearing interest iroin January I, lbii. Thus: a gen
tleman gives live bonds for c-00 each, payable sever
ally on Jan'y 1, 101, Jaii'y 1, lbt5, Jan'y I, itStO,
Jan'y I, 18tJ7, and Jan'y 1, ls;3, all bearing interest
from Jan'y 1st. Kst;:j. This is a donation of $1,000.
None of these bonds aie to be considered binding until
$100,000 be thus secured.
5. Every donor may designate the County or State
to which his donation is to be assigned: and orphan
cadets will be taken us nearly as practicable from dif
ferent sections of the Confederacy, in proportion to the
amounts received therefrom.
6. Any individual contributing $2,500, shall have
the designation of one orphan cadet, to receive the
benefit of this fund during the donor's natural life.
7. When there shall be no longer any claim ui.uii the
fund in behalf of orphans of soldiers w ho fall in the
wars of the Confederacy, other orphans shall receive
the benefit of this endowment, in some manner here
after toTje designated by the Trustees.
This, fellow-citizens, is the enterprise to the accom
plishment of which we respectfully solicit your co-operation.
It is a philanthropic project. Hoys who would
otherwise grow up in neglect, will be trained into ex
cellent citizens and many an anxious widowed heart
will be made glad. It is a patriotic project.
The College will traiu accomplished soldiers to take
the places of those who are cut olf, and many a. man
will more freely enter our armies, and our men now in
the field will be still more ready with a glad heart to
sacrifice themselves for their country when they know
that their boys are to be handsomely cared for. It is
a Christian project. The God of eternal truth kbvs
"Blessed is he that considercth the poor; the Lord will
deliver Aim in time of trouble." And he also says,
'He that hath pity on the poor lendelh to the Lord,
and that which he has given, will He pay him again.'
Let all who love their land and trust their God come
up to our help speedily.
The Hev. Dr. Deems has been appointed the Finan
cial Agent. All communications may be addressed to
him at Wilson, N. C- Persons sending subscriptions
will please specify the amount they desire to give, and
their Post Cilices. Proper bonds to be filled will be
Sf'ut them.
Now is the time for action. Let u? remember that
every subscriber to this fund gives assurance to all his
lellow-citiiens that he has faith in the final success of
oar cause, and thus helps to increase the trust of our
friends and weaken the confidence of our enemies.
EDML'ND .MOOUE,
ZKNO. II. GUEKNK,
JOHN T. HAKNKS,
S. S. HATCH WELL,
JAMES W. DAVIS.
WiUfri. N. ('., Sept. :0th, 1802.
A IS ii l O : S YV A A T K 5 ,
To work ou the Piedmont Railroad from Danville to
Greensboro. For further particulars, addriss the un
dersigned at Danville, Va , Greeusborough. N. C, or
Charlotte, N. 0. E. WILKES CO.
Sept. It;, 16-'. tf
ATTEATIOA TO ALL.
200 Reams of Writing Taper,
100.000 Envelopes.
Jmm received at the Mure cf
KOOPMANX k PIIELrS.
M.ny 2T, 1S02 tf
Wil., Charlotte &. Ruth. Railroad
west i: ii x m vision.
On and after Monday the 15th instant, the Passenger
and Mai! Tr-iin will be run on this Road dailv (Sundav
exep;te-l) us follows :
GOING WEST.
Lkats.
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Tuckasegee,
Hrevard,
Miarou,
Lineolr.ton,
GOING EAST.
Lincolnton,
Sl.arc.ii,
lirevard,
Tuck.isogce,
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By order.
Arrivb.
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CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President.
Alex II Stephen of Georgia, Vice President.
J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State.
G. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Memininger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of the Treasury.
S. K. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
Thos. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. lieaan.of Texas, Postmaster General.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PERMANENT
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
NOItTH CAROLIXA,
ALABAMA.
Wm Ii Yancy,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
Robert W Johnson,
Charles li Mitchell.
FLOH1 IA. -A
E Maxwell,
J M P.aker.
GKOKOIA.
Benjamin II Hill,
John W Lewis.
LOUISIANA.
Edward Sparrow,
I J Semines.
MISSISSIPPI.
Albert G Brown,
James Phelan
VIItr.INIA.
R M T Hunter,
Wm B Preston.
George Davis,
Wm T Dortch.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Robert W Barnwell,
James L Orr.
TENNKSSKE.
Langdon C llaynea,
Gustavus A Henry.
TEXAS.
Louis T Wigfall,
W S Oldham.
KENTUCKY.
H C Burnett,
William E Simme.
MISSOUKI.
John B Clark,
It S Y Peyton.
Total number, 26.
HOUSE.
Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker.
ALABAMA.
G W Chilton,
7 David Clopton,
8 James L Pugh,
y E S Dargan.
1 Thomas J Foster,
2 Win R Smith,
3 John P Ralls,
4 J L M Curry,
5 r rancis S Lyon,
ARKANSAS.
1 Felix J Balson, 3 Augustus II Garland,
2 Grandisou D ltoyster, 4 Thos B Hanly.
FLORIDA.
1 James B Hawkins, 2 Hilton.
GEORGIA.
1 Julian Hartridgc,
2 C J Muntierlyu.
3 Hinos Holt,
4 A II Kenan,
5 David W Lewis,
1 Alftod Boyd,
2 John W Crockett,
3 HE Read.
4 George W Ewing,
5 J S Clirisiman,
G T L Burnett,
G William W Clark,
7 Robt P Trippe,
8 L J Gartrell.
9 Hardy Strickland,
10 A B Wright.
KENTUCKY.
7 II W Bruco,
8 S S Scott,
9 E M Bruce,
10 J W Moore.
11 R J Breckinridge, Jr.,
12 John M Eliiott.
LOUISIANA,
1 Charles J Yilliere, 4 Lucien J Dupre,
2 Charles M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis,
3 Duncan F Keuner, G John Perkins, Jr.
MISSISSIPPI.
5 II C Chambers,
(i OR Singleton,
7 E Barksdale.
1 Johu J McRae,
2 S W Clapp,
3 Reuben Davis,
4 Israel Welch.
MISSOURI.
5 W W Cook,
G Tlios W Freeman,
7 Thos A Harris.
1 John liver,
2 Casper W Bell,
3 George W Vest,
4 A H Conrew,
NORTH CAROLINA
1 W N II Smith,
2 Robert R Bridgers,
3 Owen R Kenan,
4 T D McDowell,
5 Archibald Arlington,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1 W W Boyce, 4 John McQueen.
2 W Porcher Miles, 5 James Fnrrar,
6 Thomas S Ashe,
7 James R McLean,
8 William Lander,
9 B S Gaither,
10 AT Davidson.
3 M Ii Bonham,
1 J T H. iskell,
2 W (J Swann,
3 W II Tebbs,
4 E L Gardenshire,
5 II S Foote,
G M P Gentry.
G L M Ager.
TENNESSEE.
7 G W Jones,
8 Thomas Menees,
9 J D C Adkins,
10 Bullock.
1 John A Wilcox,
2 P ter W Gray,
3 Claiborne C Herbert,
VIRGINIA.
11 David M Cuiriu.
TEXAS.
4 Wm B Wright,
5 Malcolm Graham,
G B F Sexton.
1 M R II Garnett,
2 John R Chamhliss,
3 J nmes Lyons,
4 Roger A Pry or,
5 Thomas S Bocock,
G John Goode, Jr.
7 James P Holcomhp,
8 Dan'l C Dejnrnette,
Total number 107.
9 William Smith,
10 Alex R Boteler,
11 John B Baldwin,
12 Walter R Staples,
13 Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Robert Johnson,
16 Charles W Russell.
11 20 A. M.
11 45 '
12 15 P. M.
1 00
V. A. McBEE.
GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Z. B. Vance, Governor. Salary $3,000 per
annum.
R II Battle, Secretary to the Governor. Salary,
exclusive of fees, $300.
Rufus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salary $800.
Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary ,2,000.
W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer.
Salary $1,200.
C. II. Broguen, Comptroller. Salary $1,000,
Oliver II iYny. Librarian.
The Council of State is composed of the following
p nilemen: Council V ooteu of Lenoir, President,
John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphv
of Cumberland, Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, JF
Graves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton, W
L Ilillard of Buncombe.
Liovernor 's Aids David A Barnes, Esq., George
Little, Esq.
Literary Board Zeh. B. Vance, President ex
officio: Arch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor
don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Internal Improvement Board Zeb. B Vance,
President ex officio; 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.
T. 4 ., '"S Masu-r ot Transportation.
Ltnrolntnn, April 1.
It V. BECKWITiri
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE,
VESUVIUS FURNACE
IRON WORKS.
Kht Wtsltxn Htmorrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
THE PRAISES WE HAVE WOK.
Our Duty Sow.
Ions;
NOTICE.
Our terms are three dollars per year in advance.
J8 The Democrat trill be discontinued to all tubtcri
bert at the expiration of the time for which it is paid.
Those who want to continue mutt renew before or at the ex
piration of their time.
It is sad that the 'war Las visited as so
but it is pleasant to Teceive the encomiums and
the applauses which have been elicited by the
skill and courage of our generals and soldiers, and
the wisdom of our rulers. The world is praising
us ! We have nothing to do but to persevere, and
we shall not only establish our security, but we
shall hold a proud name among the nations, and
command a respect which, perhaps, will eave us
many future wars. .
The following is from the Londou Times, of the
lGth September :
"The people of the Confederate States have
made themselves famous. If the renown of Iril-
CORN CROP OP THE EAST.
Since our last issue, we have conversed with an
intelligent planter of one of the Eastern counties,
who informs us that the county of Lenoir alj.ie
this vear will Droduce over 125.000 bushels of
corn." This is a small county- Besides this, I linnf courage, stern devotion to a cause, and mil-
Lenoir will raise a large amount of pork, beef, i tar! a ctite cements amost without parallel, can
j compensate men lor tne ton ana privations or tue
hour, then the countrymen of Lee and Jackson
may be consoled amid their sufferings. From all
caitle. &c. The estimate is below the truth
Taking this for our data, it is reduced to a cer
tainty that the counties east of the Wilmington
and Weldon llailroad, not now under the control
of the Yankees, but which may be in a few
months, will produce about one million and a
half of Lvshcls of corn, besides an amount of
bacon aud beef cattle beyond our ability to con
jecture. The amount of corn, hogs and cattle, in ordinary
years raised in those counties now in possession of
the enemy, is equal to the above estimate. The
present year's crop must be small, (except in
Hyde, where we learn it is very large,) because
of the large number of negroes run off last spring.
We learn that many of our citizens in that sec
tion arc ready to remove their moveable property
beyond the reach of harm, but many of them are
unable to do eo without assistance from the Gov
ernment.. Alter the evacuation of Newbern, the
horses, mules, oxen and wagons of many of the
people were pressed by our troops, which have
never been returned to them, and for which,
doubtless, many of them have not yet received a
cent from the Government. Much of what our
troops left them has been taken by the enemy, be
sides the loss of their negroes.
Now, as a matter of simple justice, not to con
sider the advantage to the Government of saving
this larce amount of corn
country, wc ask will not
something to relieve or assist these people? If
they are likely to be forced from their homes, let
them not be forced out and at the iame time leave
their crops to the mercy of our merciless foe. We
believe they should be defended to the last ex
tremity, but as a matter of precaution, let the
surplus produce at least be removed first.
Raleigh Standard.
the aged fathers and mothers, who wait to hear
the footstep of their son ; let them all still mani
fest (hat noble fortitude and patriotism, which
have made them the boast of their country, and
the pride and inspiration of the soldiers. Let
them still encourage the soldier's leal by their
kindnesses ami their smiles and their praises
The end of our trouble approaches and the : result
is sure, for the whale is spouting blood Rich
mond Enquirer. .
ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER BY
FEDERAL TROOPS.
The Grenada (Miss ) Appeal publishes a tale of
horror, from the lips of the widow of tho mur
dered man, W. II. White, a resident of Do Soto
the Government do
The ticket agents on
arc uow taking Confederate
tiens. We are informed by
it was only for a few days
the N. C. Kailroad
bills of all denomina
thc agent here, that
they refused them at
all, and then for the purpose of gaining inlorma
tion with regard to the counterfeits. Salisbury
Watchman.
A Brave Man. A friend informs us that a
Mr Albert G. Cross lives immediately upon
Chowan river, about sixteen miles above Gates
ville. When the Yankees took possession of that
region of country they broke up all the ferries
upon Chowan river and destroyed all the canoes
and flats that they could find upon the river.
They also forbade the citizens along the line of
the river to put any one across the river without
first obtaining permission from them. Mr Cross,
regardless of Yankee threats, has persisted all the
while in putting every one across the river who
desired to go. For his disobedience of orders,
the Yankees have been trying for several weeks
past to arrest him. He has been compelled to
leave his home and remain day and night in the
adjacent woods. Last week a Yankee gunboat
ran past his house about two miles, landed fifty
men, who proceeded at double quick in the direc
tion of Cross' house, expecting to take him by
surprise. He, however, being upon the alert,
secreted himself in the woods upon the roadside,
and, as the marauders passed him, fired upon them
with his double-barreled gun, killing one and
wounding two others. The brave Yankees took
up their killed and wounded, and skedaddled in
true Yankee style. Raleigh Standard.
Ex-President Tyler's Wife. The wife of
Ex-President Tyler, who has gone North, is a
Northern lady, daughter of the late Col. Gardner,
of Long Island, owner of the Island known by his
name. Miss Gardner was one of the belles of
New York fashionable life, and her marriage with
the then President of the United States, created
a great sensation at the time. She now returns a
widow, with six small children, to the scenes of
her childhood.
The subscriber informs the public that he is manu
facturing Pig Iron at his Furnace in Lincoln comity,
lu e miles north of Sharon Station on the TVil., Char.
& Uutherford Railroad. He is also prepared to cast
I Jiftrhinerv- riiVi e Mill f2p!trincr Thrashing Machine
C'! andeiftminehi-istockbcforepr.rchasinjreisew-Ui.re.1 Irons, 4c.; also Hollow-Ware and Salt Pans.
W.i'.-h crystals p:it in fT 2."i cat fflcli. J. M. 'SMITH.
Jiuiiftry, isj j i Vesavius Furnace P. O. July 15, 1S62. V-pd
f tiie best English and American manufacturers.
The Cost of Manufacturing a 5 Found
Bunch of Srux Cotton. A gentleman, who
many years was engaged in manufacturing cotton
yarn and cloth in this State, has furnished us with
the following estimate of the cost :
When cotton was selling at 8 cents per pound,
the sost of manufacturing a 5 pound bunch of
thread, including the raw material, as about 70
cents and including labor, wearing of machinery,
&c. Then, the usual selling price was 00 cents a
bunch, paving a profit of about 30 per cent, to
the manufacturer, nett. Suppose that raw cotton ' his fury and
is at this time worth 1G cents a pound (most or
the manufacturers already had laid in more than
six months supplies at half that,) and the cost of
manufacturing to be double former expenses
j (which is not true ;) but at double rates, for mate
rial, labor, etc.. the nett cost of producing o pounds
of yarn will not exceed 61 40 at the outside, j and weakens our enemy. His money-changers
Add 75 per cent, to this, which is allowed by the l,ave taken the alarm. New soldiers are hard to
fVinsrrintJnn law "SI f0 a titv Istitp r.rnfit on one brin'- forward: Tt reouires a draft now, and he
bunch of yarn,) and the selling price would be orders the draft but is afraid to execute it. His
52 45 per bunch. ' people are divided and distracted. Again we say
The same rules will apply to cotton cloths, and ; tne whale is spouting blood. Europe sees it, and
restrain the manufacturer's -price to a Irifle less daily declares it. We see it and know it. .Renew
than 25 cents per yard. Statesville Express. then your zeal and courage, citizens and soldiers
i of the Confederacy! Plan with your utmost wis-
' Cure for the Whooping Coucu.-Dissolve dom ye statesmen and rulers! Display all your
one ounce of assafetida in one pint of Jamaica , skill and daring, ye Generals, and all .your heroism
rum mix with a little honey or syrup, and take and endurance, ye fame-crowned soldiers And
a teaspoonful after each paroxysm of coughing let those whose duties are at borne the wires,
until three or four bate been taken , during the . whose husbands are m tne war and the maidens,
da, 1 whooo brothers and lovers are fighting for them ;
parts of Europe, from their enemies as well as
their friends, from those who condemn their acta
as well as those who sympathise with them, comes
the tribute of ud 'miration. When the history of
this war is written the admiration will jdoubtless
become deeper and stronger, for the veil which
has covered the South will be drawn away and
disclose a picture of patriotism, of unanimous
self-sacrifice, of wise and firm adm inistration,
wliich now we can only see indistinctly . The de
tails of that extraordinary national effort which
has led to the repulse and almost to the destruc
tion cf an invading force of more than half a mil
lion men, will then become known to the world,
and, whatever may be the fate of the new nation
ality, or its subsequent claims to the respect of
mankind, it will assuredly begin its career with a
reputation for genius and valor which the most
famous nations may envy. Within a period of
eighteen months a scattered population, hitherto
living exclusively by agriculture and accustomed
to trust for every product of art and manufacture
to the North, has been turned into a self-sufficing
Stute, able to raise an immense army, aud conduct
what is now an offensive war."
The Liverpool Courier of the 17th says :
"The Confederates have won the admiration of
the civilized nations for their constancy, forti
tude, endurance and bravery. They have man
aged to create resources when shut out from the
commerce of the earth ; they have beaten an inso
lent and bullying people three times their num
ber." The Manchester Guardian says:
"The South, both by their military qualities
in the field, and by their statesmanship in the
council, have clearly established their title to a
separate nationality, and the sooner that title is
recognized by the North, the less cause will the
latter have for subsequent regret.
They have given a complete answer to all those
persons who doubted whether they could copo
successfully with the superior resources of the
North."
In connection with these tributes of admiration
and compliment, there is an earnest call for our
recognition. The Par is Constitutionel says :
"From the point of view of European interests
should the present situation be prolonged '( The
separate existence of the Confederate States is a
fact as well as a necessity ; the impossibility of
reducing them is demonstrated. Can Europe
wait any longer before recognizing them 'I Will
she ieq lire that they shall have Washington?
That will be asking ol them what was not asked
of the Greeks, the Belgians or the Italians. It
sufficed for the recognition of the independence of
these people that they were masters of Athens,
Brussels and Milan. We did not wait till they
had taken Constantinople, the Hague, aud Vienna.
They had diiven away the enemy. That was
enough."
The Liverpool Chronicle says :
"Three invasions have been baffled or repelled,
three invading armies have been shattered, both
separately and together. What do we wait for,
or what do tee require? Gunboats, indeed, may
steal up rivers and fire commercial towns ; but the
spiteful vengeance of a malignant enemj' is not to
be a bar to justice. The siege of Washington
places the Confederates in a position to demand
their recoynilion. They are no longer on the
defensive; but the assailants."
It is a pleasing privilege thus to publish to our
brave soldiers and to our rulers and statesmen,
the praises they have won even in distant lands.
That fame is large which thus fills the world !
Oh, how it will glow on the page of history !
Nothing is requisite to crown it with everlasting
glory but the continued display of wise councils
and the patient endurance of privations and hard
ships for a little longer ! Those who love to
praise the noble and the courageous, would almost
weep tears of blood if in the least we should fal
ter now, when a thousand signs tell us that our
cause is won I
A whaler, when he drives in his harpoon,
watches to see the effect. If the huge fish spouts
blood, then he knows that he has touched "A'
life," and that his prize is secure. We are en
couraged now by equivalent signs on the part of
our enemy.
The time was when a defeat would but arouse
redouble his energies, lime was
when, if we destroyed ten thousand of his men,
he would swiftly replace them by ten times ten
thousand. The dart stung him but had not then
touched his vitals. It merely enraged him.
That time is past. The monster now spouts
hlnod ! Defeat now disheartens and intimidates
. OPINION AT THE NORTH.
We look to the result of the approaching eleo
tions in th North with considerable interest,
though venturing bo calculations tts to tho result.
The community there is as fictle as a mob, and
acts according to the caprice of tho moment. Wo
have reason to believe' that the majority of the
people ore tired of the war, and wish it stopped.
But little good fortune, or even a dispatch from
McClellan, is sufficient to elate them for the time
with hopes of triumph. If the elections come off
under these latter influences, we may eipect tho
choice to fall upon the most violent and blood
thirsty of the candidates. In all probability Lin
coln will take care to give the Black Republicans
county, Miss, who was slain oo the 5th instant by l"" 7. . V 1 1 -f? " T f "iTV .,meT
a company of Federal (Dutch) cavalry. It saysr .Wpt will be made to blush, if aueh
' J V J J ""J3 a thins were rvaihli 't tha r.Kpi,.t!ni. kT.V.
.On Thursday, the 4th. some Federal cavalrv ; 4
j :'... I, i. , , '.l" tWMC""; "J vu w cuiirmen 1119
iiuu i r. l i iiii w 1 1 i n till i a tro w r i a a i n n . i i ..-..
t - . s AAV. IIUUUVJ UliU
about twenty of them returned on Friday, reach
ing the widow White's about 1 o'clock. P. M.
They stopped for water, when they were informed
that there was a well just on the roadside about
half a mile further on. They proceeded, and
when about half way to the well were fired on by
some of our partisan rangers. The Lieutenant
commanding the company and some four or five
others were killed, while the rest of the Federals
fled in all directions. Mr White was not at home
at the time, and bad never belonged to any mili
tary organization, though he was making arrange
ments to joiu a company of rangers in a few
days.
About sunset some two or three companies of
Col. Gricrson's Illinois regiment, under command
of Capt: Bycourr, arrived at Mrs. White's from
Memphis and inquired for Mr White, alleging
that he was among those who shot the Federals in
the morning, and that if he could be found he
should die.
This was stated tothe wife and mother, and to
two other young ladies of the vicinity who were
at Mrs White's." About this time M; White, who
had seen this large force stop at his house, and
feared some rudeness to the ladies there, came up
in order to pacify the Fedeiak if it could be
done. They instantly seized him and proclaimed
their intention to kill him. He protested his
innocence, declaring that he knew nothing of the
matter until it was over, and that he had never
belonged to any military company.
His assertion was treated with cool contempt,
and he was told he must die. Ilis.wife and mother
entreated, begged, implored, knelt in agony at
the feet of these heartless ruffians; but woman's
prayers and tears were of no avail. A citizen,
who was a prisoner, and who was observant of
most that passed during that terrible scene, states
that Capt. Bycourt said that there bad been a
time when woman's tears and pleadings would
have been ail sufficient with . him, but now be
could willingly see every man, woman, and. child
in tho South killed.
When the order was given to shoot Mr White,
some dozen caps went off, but the pistols hung
fire.- He then started to escape. He was near
the yard gate, when some one of the crowd by
whom he was passing, shot him in the breast near
the shoulder. He ran down the road, puruued by
a number of the enemy; and soon after he reached
the woods a half dozen shots were heard. In the
meantime, these brutes ordered the females not to
go after him, threatening to shoot them if they
did so. Butch soldiers presented their pistols and
made the wretched wife and mother stand within
the light made by the. flames then leaping up
from their home. House; kitchen and outhouses
were all soon in ashes, and these poor women
forced to stand and see this crowning act of van
dalism. When the order was given to fire thej
house, they had been permitted to take a change
of clothes, tied up in little bundles; but even this
was subsequently refused, and they were made to
throw them all- to the flames.
Pale with terror, and overwhelmed by an agony
of grief such as none can describe, the wife and
mother stood watching the red flames in the deep
ening twilight; yet seeing nothing, for their
yearnings were toward the husband and son who
they knew must be mortally wounded, and per
haps then in the agonies of death.
His body was found next day in the woods,
about a half mile from the house. His head and
face were horribly mutilated five balls passing
through his brain, his eyes shot out, and his head,
before and behind, having six ghastly sabre cuts,
all showing that a carnival of hellish sport
had been held. over the dead.
After returning from the pursuit, they threat
ened any of the women with death who might
attempt to find his body, and then proceeded to
the house of the next neighbor, setting it on fire,
and
turning out
in the night air, shelterless, a
delicate lady and three sick children.
Definitive Treaty of Peace (1783) Be
tween the United States of America and
His Britanic Majesty. Article l.NHii Bri
tanic Majesty acknowledges the said United
States, namely : New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva
nia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caroli
na, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and tn
pendent States: that he treats with them as such,
and for himself, his heirs and successors relin
quishes all claims to the Government, propriety,
and territorial rights of the same, and every part
thereof." , , .
It will thus be seen (says the Savannah Repub
lican) that our independence was not acknowledg
ed as a Nation, but the sovereignty and indepen
dence of each separate Slate, and that the King
of Great Britain, treated "with r7iet as such.'
This State sovereignty has never been given npf
but was reserved in the Artieles of Confederation
as well as in the Constitution of the United
States, and all attempts to substitute the word
Xational for Federal were resisted end defeated.
A Refugee teom Savannah. Mr. Spencer,
a New Yorker, but for several years pas.t a mer-'
A True Patriot. The Chattanooga Rebel
learns that there is a man in Marshall county,
Tenn., who, week before last, refused to sell bis
leather to speculators atone dollar per pound, and
is selling to his neighbors for their own use at j chant in Savannah, Ga., has arrived fn New York
fifty cents a pound. V e saw yesterday, says the
Rebel, an excellent pair of boots he sold within
the last two weeks to a surgeon in the army at
six dollars, such as are retailing in the more South
ern States at $25. He intends, it is said as far as
he can, to keep prices at reasonable rates. His
name is John Lowry, and he has two sons in the
Confederate army. Let this man's name be
known throughout the Southern Confederacy as
a true patriot. .
people.
That there is a great deal of dissatisfaction at
the North, in connection with the war and with
military proceedings there, is very evident. A
large number of the papers go as far as they dare,
t. .uv vaj'h-.viuii vt uicir uiscunicni. i ney win
prai?e Lincoln very elaborately for a time, and
when their reputation for "loyalty" has thus been
increased sufficiently to save them harmless, they,
cendemn him ia good round terms, as long as
their credit will last ' ' .
The New York Herald, of the 6th inst., is very .
plain-spoken against the Lincoln Republican
rule. It says: , '
" It is now universally conceded that tho pres
ent administration is a failure. The time for dis
cussing that fact has therefore passed, and the
questions of interest now are: who ia responsible
for this failure, and how is . the failure to b
remedied ?"
The Herald then proceeds to say that the Re
publicans charge Seward with being the cause of
the failure, in connection with McClellan, whom
Seward favors. The Republicans are therefore
waging a fierce war upon Wh of these with a
view to drive them from position. The war upon
Seward, the Herald describes as being" very
ferocious. It is a strange thing to see Seward
assailed for being conservative! Seward, who
gave form and consistency to the Black Repub
lican party, built it up and made it what it is.
He is now assailed by those whom he trained !
Seward raised up n party which destroyed his
country. He seems now, as his retribution, about
to reap the fate of Aclaeon, who was devoured - by
his own dogs!
Tho Herald, on its part, maintains that Chase
is the ruling spirit of the Cabinet, and that the
ascendancy of his counsels has brought affairs to
ruin. It accuses him of having both ruined the
finances and brought disaster on the Federal arms.
It concludes as follows:
" If we join the radicals, therefore, in asking a
change of the Cabinet, it is to get rid of Mr
Chase, and not of Mr Seward. The administra- .
tion will always fail until the President, like Gen.'
Jackson, rids his Cabinet of all Presidential
aspirants, and finds Secretaries whose ambition is
to do their duties each in his own .department.
The country has yet to encounter greater perils
than any we have escaped, and only with a con
servative Cabinet can they be encountered suc
cessfully. If the President retains his present
disunited, inefficient and unpopular Cabinet, or re
places it by one still more radical, we tremble for
the result."
In another article in the same issue (the 6tb)
the Herald attacks the Government for its usurpa
tions. While unsuccessful and inefficient against
the Confederates, it is terrible to its own people.
and told his story, which is published io the
Times. The following are his views of the "feel
ing at the South :"
"The feeling of the citizens of Savannah with;
reference to the rebellion, Mr. Spencer represents
as being nearly unanimous in favor of continuing
the course they have begun, and of oever yielding
until they have gained their independence. Many
1 of them openly declare that they would prefer
i heemninr? the subject of a foreign power to a re-
The Right SnitiT.-Mr. A. Mclntyre, a tan-1 anion with the National Government. Not a few,
ncr of Chatham county, says that he is perfectly openly avowed that ttey had meditated the more- .
.... ' . .... i t. v.in nf an1 (hat , n (Via aia. -
w l Una tose l leather to h s ne e-hbors or to meni iur vuV j -
the Government
ns4 AC .a A CI. i-k Am Y1 A f
icuciaic uurci nuiuii. via v a. Jk yuuuu avscvcvi . . a r. . .
t-.!.. ci or. enr i..v rn rnr Bavannan, as wcu in mo ouumern ciuro, r
! upper leather. Why cannot other tanners imitate J Union men at heart, but they are obliged
k; .mrJn- w i u,r f . f ni.,r an. to disavow, or at the best to conceal, their senti-
' ... ... ...sir.... I hnpA , hnwd... n s K . m m IiV. At, .
i of terror visiting them at piesent there was at the
the rebellion. The , "Rattlesnake.
and " Vigilance Committee," at whose ia-.'
e ligation so many outrages were committed . on,
at the prices paid by the Con- j tion of Lincoln they saw tbetr opportunity. The,
lent, viz: $1 per pound for sole Northern men, ol whom there are a great many ia
We have heard of a few other tan
: ners who do not chartrc the exorbitant prices de-
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manded by some, but we have not their names.
The war must either be terminated quickly by
our arms, or the speculators will end it ia the
ruin ot the ooutn in eix inuuma. taiciyo.
Standard.
Leuinning of
V1UU
Union men and strangers at the comtnencptaont
of the movement, have pretty ranch died oi.. .
f T,.-J.lr .V.nrir Va b TiUMA 81400 llliit.l
various donations of blankets, shoes, and wearing There was frcst on the ;9th,eepte.erU ,
apparel for the soldiers.
...
j gioia, where oar soldiers were eocamped.