North Carolina Newspapers

C 01 Ul; Ml S S3 per annum ( IN ADVANCE 3 ItT" IT1 1 OV THE Wf.ST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, A5D THE QLORT OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER. --- CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1862. ELEVENTH Y0LU3IE N UMBER 545. "j?. StJa TAPHS, Eo"OR and" Proprietor. r A w gr $ THE 3P!iis!icd every Tuesday, WILLI AM" J. YATES, EOITOtt AND PROPRIETOR. i IX ADVANCE. Tr-:icnt advertisements must be paid for in j . tfi' -. , - -t -eminta not marked on the manuscript , o. :ic ; i iue, vvili be iusorted until forbid, atU r ,rU... icordin;riy. Hides and Tan Bark. I wiint to purchase Green and Dry HIDES fir the r- j p .-v; of -.Htniing: a!.o. a lar:e quantity of TAN" IJAllK. For the- articles 'the highest market cah p: ice wiU le paid. JOHN TRELOAR. Cli :irlo'te. Oct 2?. 18C2 6tn-pd IltAUvi auteks fcjfh Kkot. X. C. Militia,) Charlotte, Oct. 23, 102. Captains of Companies, belonging to the 85th Reg't. will order their, tespective commands to parade at t hir iina! Muster tjrounds, ou:e in each week for iit;.-. tton and di ill, armed as the law directs, with ten ehargi-s of jowder and hall. Those failing tn c.uiplv with this orier will he held to strict account. L S. WILLIAMS, O.-t 2 t h . Col 80 th Rent Militia. KEW MANUI ACilUIXG COMPANY. (opposite c. B. KAVY WORKS.) &TCVI2XS, M'HUTT &. ncLEAX, TKOPKIETORS. We are now manufacturing, b.u steam-power, all kinds of 15e.life.H jH. Tables, Chairs. Vsustands, and everything appertaining to the Furniture and C'abiuet Bu-ltiesS. We are also miking a very pretty, durable and aperior Wood Canteen, to which we invite the special tt.it ' lit ion of officers and soldiers. (Ini'-r- IVum the trade and public penorflly are re tj'eettnily solicited, as we are confident in our ability l ph-ate tin- moil fastidious. Orders promptlr filled. J. 11. STEVENS, W. 11 SCHCTT, Charlotte, Nov 4. 1SG3 tf J. A. McLEAX. FLAX ' si: K I). THE AYR OIL COMPANY will pny l!ie highest price f:.r Flux Seed, in any quantity. Apply at E. Xye lliiuliisiiii k C .'s Pi ug Store. tuber 14, IS'' 1 m Pay nu Bit of Slate Eiomily dsie Deceased Soldier. Executive Department, North Carolina, ) Adjutant Generals Office, Raleigh, Oc t. 17, General Orders, No. i). The following regulations are published for the in formation of those persons wiYhing to draw bounty of deceased soldiers, in accordance with an ordinance of the Conveutioa ratified the 22d day of February, 1802: REGULATIONS. 1. The payment of bounty to th representatives of dw i-'l soldiers i ba-ed upon the certificate of the r.;r!Ti:ir.:i!ig officer of the company, who will slate the line of the enlistment of the soldier, the date of his1 i-e in service, the amount of bounty already paid ie Nfa'e, and the cointianv and reriinent to which I.v l! 4 tf r !.- I. longed. l lie cl.iiinant will make affidavit before a magis ti t:,.n I..- or sin is the next of kin to the decea.-ed, - ' 1' to t'lf provisions of the foregoing ordinance of Ho- Coevt t'i :u.d that there is no other person ',t d to make claim. The affidavit, of the claimant I'Vist oc -ii-t:uned by that of one disinterested wim-j.-s. t'.i the !.iu- ttte I ;ti e c irect within his own kuowl-'it-f. aii i til it lie :i:is no in'ere-. in the claim. Tlie h:.il:-1' it- ; it..-'- i mg the oath will ceililytothe en -n:!,. :ry of -de i i ne-s, and ihe clerk ot the County C'ouii v. ii; i'ii '. tn.der seal. ;li-t he is au authorized a:;d .-iciing in: .ri tiau' 3 w;!l the ; fi tl.' hi. iii. mi. or claimants be minors, pnynicnt be iii i-K- 'o 'he gti ir lian, upon the pr iductioii of r i cr certificate tinder the seal of theCou. t, of i . i :i r ci '-u l :un; 'he sutliciency of his bond the i t. .V i.- j-rmi-it hy h i ill as iii other cases, l-oi.riy of fitty dollars, deducting the bounty i fi.i: 111'!", hae heeii previously paid, is due to all per ni.iv have volunteered for three years or the w :r. .uid i fcei x Ic, ;(4 ll persons mustered into or continuend iu r tlie iM-ovisioiis of the Couscri ntion Act. der 1 f Ooieriior Vance. Ji J. G. MARTIN, Adjt Gen. VESUVIUS FURNACE IKON WORKS. The fal osciilier llilnrmo tli ,1,.., he is manit- ' "-on :it his Furnace five tuiics nurth of .Su ron Station iti Lincoln county, on the Wil.. Char. t Uutherford Ka;lroad. He is also nret ared to rust Jl u-hi.ieiv. such a Mill (iearinir. Tlimchinir Ir .ns. c; also IK Wow-Ware and Salt Pans. - J. M. SMITH. Vesuvtiis Furnace P. O. July 15. ltjC2. -pd IKON FOR SALE. I hve oti hand, at my Furnace in Lincoln conntr, C nvAy e,s; of Lincolnton. about 20,000 LBS. of (j;ir Ittotyre plow moulds, bars. Ac. lam prepared to cast machine irons of all kinds, h.'..ovv-wire, sak pans, Ac. Orders solicited terms I VV lil-'PTJ Julv 22. C-'i ' i. .. t,'.-., A l , 'KB. ..Ill A Ul tC Cirriages and Buggies. n vo ..- : l hand a few Carriages and dispose of on reasonable fine Carriage of latest pal SAML. LANDER. Sr.. A'.ot,g them "ru a.U ti.u- tuish is a L;acolnton 'et 21,1302 nd Carrie. R;i,t leepairiiiff. Ilell-hansin. A:c. i he (mwrnbt .r b leave to y ' prepared "form th to IU locks and J "pair Locks nf ...... i ewelrv: he ;.t "r.p.ion, v, rv low price: wiU'maU Kev: of Cm kind of liht KMirin- done a X , 10 UCU U attention paid ti Beiuj1 ft'5!', rM posite the post-office. - i'v touna on- W. W. WOODEL. Jin 2S. 1862. Wanted, ten tbousand old oi l Gun-lock. ic. Jan 2. lo'2 Kr, of different me- w. v. wooDKr. ' opposite the po.t-oifiee. ii. V. I3ECKVITH Has constantly oa hand WATPVICO iCUrci ttV pi ircn Uraor i- , l,semen,s be inserted in the Weekly paper at fj i ' JWELR'' ."t-ATEO WARE, &C., 1 ' ul regular r?tes, viz: One dollar per sqa-re for Ut .he 0-?st English and Aaicricaa manufacturers. . lU first "ion. and tw.nty-five cents for each sub CaU as ! examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. I "Vff inSt rlion- Vv' i-ch crystals put in for 25 cents each. I FI 1 wr. , : - "" Ji 1 Lincolnton Female Seminary, LINCOLNTON, N. C. S. LANDER, A. M., Principal. Miss M. J. Ticker, Mrs. C. Rosemak, Miss A. M. Hage-v, Mrs. M. J. Lascnox, llfs. L. A. Lanukb, Asitnnts. The Sprinp Ses.jon, 1S63, will befrtn on Monday, February 2nd, and close on Friday the 19th of June. CHARGES PER SESSION. Board, including fuel and washing, at $4 00 per week, ow v" Incidentitl Tiur Regular Tui'ion. including Latin and Sieging, from -...S10 to 20 00 00 French 10 00 Music on Piano or Guitar, 20 00 I'sp of Instrument 2 50 Pupils furnish tlieir own caudles, towels, and toilet SO.'ip. Terms: Seventy-five dollars required in advance; the balance at the end of the session. No deduction for abseuce unless in cases of serious iUness. The Town of Lincolnton has long been proverbial for its healthiness. If ha? daily Railroad communica tion w itu Chat lotte, from which it is only two hour9 distant For the b nefit of pupils from sickly seclious, our long vacation is iu the winter. Our building will accommodate about ?ixty boarding pupils. The bearding department is under the imme diate charge of the Principal and his wife, who, with most of the other teachers, habitually eat at the same table, and lodge under the same roof, with the girls. The fact that we have semi-annual classes enable us to enforce a higher standard of scholarship than is usual in the best institutions conducted on the ordina ry annual plan. Diplomas of Graduation will be given to those who complete our College Course. Thankful for the liberal patronage given us while at High Point, we appeal with confidence to the public for a continuance of the same in our new and superior location. For additional information address the Principal. , Nov. 1 1, IHC2. tf Lost or Mislaid. A Certificate for two Shares of Stock in tht Q. k S. C. Railroad, Xo. 924, dated Nov, 8lh, 1854. CYRUS A. ALEXANDER. Concord, Sept 2, 18G2 3ju HIDES- , The markel price naid for Hides, hv May 13, liSGi ' tf S." M. HOWELL. NOTICE. Persons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes with Fisher A Hurrongh, can have an opportunity of doing so by calling at the store of A. A. X. M. Taylor. Don't delnv, m we are anxious to get our business settled up.' J. C- BURROUGHS. June 3, !8t;2. tf DJt. .1. M. )I ILL Eli, Charlotte, N. C, Has resumed the Practite of Medicine, and can he found at his Olfice in Brawley's Building, immediately over Drucker and Heilbrua's Store, or at his residence. Feb. 25, 1KG2. The subscriber is daily receiving supplies of a good article of Sound SALT, which he offers for sale at lowest, market rates. Orders accompanied with the money will receive prompt attention. A. E. HALL, Sept 23, 1862 3m pd Wilmington. Wilmington, Charlotte & Kutherford On and after the loth of November, the Passenger Trains will run on this Road (Western Division) daily, Sundays excepted, as follows: GOING WEST: ARRIVE: LEAVE: 8 00 A. M. 8 51 9 28 " 9 59 " 10 30 " Charlotte, Tuckaseege, Brevard, Sharon, Lincolnton, Cherry ville. GOING EAST: Cherryville, Lincolnton, Sharon, Brevard, Tuckaseege, Charlotte, required in all 8 43 9 23 9 54 10 23 11 15 A. M. ARRIVE: LEAVE: 12 M. 45 19 r.o 25 15 P. M. 12 1 1 2 65 P. M. 24 53 " ii " Passengers are cases, without ex- ce4ion, to purchase lickets, wherever there are ticket agents, and also to furnish the right change, as the Company cannot procure change for every one. An omission to do eilher subjects ibe party to an extra charge of 25 cents, which the conductor is strictly re-qu'-ed to collect. By order, V. A. McBEE, Acting Master of Transportation. Lincolnton, Oct. 28. 15t2 IropectiiM ot tlie DAILY STATE JOURNAL. On and after the 1st day of Xovmiber, the State Journal will be published Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly. The Daily Stale Journal will contain all the news received np to the latest hour before mailing, and will consist of two editions daily. The Morning Edi tion will contain ihe news by the evening mails, and , an telegraphic news np to lo o'clock the previous i night, and will be supplied to city subscribers and sent i by the morning mails Xorth and East ; the Evening j Edition will be printed at 3 o'clock p. m., and will ; contain the additional news by telegraph up to 2 o'clock p. m., and will be sent to subscribers by the j trains west and by the Fayetteville mail. Thui s;.b i scribers, no matter in what direction they may live, i i!l have the news up to the departure of the mails. Arrangements have been made to procure telegraphic j news froui all parts of the Confederacy, expressly for ; the State Journal. General news bv mail will be j promptly published. The Markets w'ill be fully re j ported. Reliable Correspondents will be secured in ' the Army and elsewhere. The Legislative Proceed ings will be reported daily by competent Reporters, i The State Journal will be essentially a newspaper. I Terms: For the Daily 12 months, S; 6 months, j $3 50: 3 months. $2; 1 month, $1. For the Tri-Week-j ly 12 months, $4: 6 months, $2 50; 3 months, $1 50. ADVERTISING HATES: square, do do do day, days, days, dyt Ten $0 50 0 75 1 00 1 25 1 square, 1 do 1 do 1 do 5 days, $1 50 1 week. I 75 3 weeks, 00 1 month, 5 00 lines make a square. Advertisements for the Daily will be inserted in the Trt-Weekty free nf charge. This is an inducement i which cannot tail to attract the attention of advertisers, j The aboe rates apply only to the .lailv paper. Ad- ...w., JUH.N Sl'l-.L,.U.A, Editor and Proprietor, 0ct !1-.i2 ( RaleiSh;X. C Cp SSfstrrn "Stmorrnt. CHARLOTTE, N. C. NOTICE. Our terms are three dollars per year in advance. The Democrat vrill be diteontinued to all subscri bers at the expiration of the time for which it is paid. Those rcho want to eontinue must renew before or at the ex piration of their twie. The" Latest Discovery. We were 6bown a specimen of "rock salt," which a gentlynan, had bmiurhr from Onelika. Alabama. He savs that I what now appears to be an inexhaustible supply was ' accidently discovered by a gentleman, who broke ! rr.lf tshifK hr was lisincf in nlace of a hammer. The rock had such a beautiful crystalized appear ance that he tasted it, out of curiosity, and to his surprise found it to be solid rock salt. It is jsomewhat remarkable that while the people and Legislature of Alabama are making such ex ertions to obtain salt, that it exists in the greatest abundance, not only under the earth but on the surface. A deep cut through a hill on the rail road has been made, which exposes towering cliffs on either side, of pure salt, while the cross-ties are hud" on the same substance. From the graphic description which the gentleman gave of the ex citement over the discovery, we can almost see the little city of Opelika standing on a huge crystal of salt. Atlanta Confederacy. Gov. Pickens of South Carolina received the following despatch dated Marietta, Ga., November 22d : "An inexhaustible supply of salt has been dis covered in Opelika, in Alabama. I go down to morrow, and will be able to contract fur South Carolina at- S5 a bushel, delivered at Augusta, Georgia. 1 have written fully and sent samples by express." The War. The accounts which wc receive from citizens and from returned prisoners, all agree in the fate., that the enemy is now prosecuting, ihe war with even unwonted barbarity. The inhabi tants within their lines are stripped of'rhe means of livelihood, and even ol a present support, not only without remorse or necessity, but by delibe rate system. Horses, cows, pigs, poultry, meat, corn, hay, &c, are seized by the clean sweep; the object doubtless being to destroy or drive off our people, by means of starvation. The prisoners who were taken to Washington and there fell under the keeping of Jailor Wood, the same who was here not long ago, as a Commis sioner, report that they were inhumanly treated; and in addition were robbed, by the Yankee trick of selling them goods in the Washington prison and taking them away at Fortress Monroe. Our prisoners at Washington were tampered with by emissaries, and those who were found cap able of being influenced, were cajoled or intimida ted into taking the Yankee oath of allegance. When these were called for, and stepped out of the line, they were heartily hissed by their fellow prisoners. Brio. Gen. Edwin Price. A paragraph, copied from Abolition sheets, has been' extensive ly republished at the South, in relation to Gen. EdwiB Price, which contains a bold, groundless and malignant falsehood. Gen. Edwin Price ne ver held any commission in the Confederate ser vice, but was an officer in the Missouri State Guard, which organization is now disbanded. He was captured on the Osae, last February, while conducting a body of recruits to join Major-General Price in Arkansas, and was confined for months in the penitentiary af Alton, Illinois, whence he was released on- parole. When the cartel for the exchange of prisoners was perfected, he repaired to the army at Elolly Springs. Hav ing no command, lie did not regard his presence in the army as important, and returned to his home in Missouri, as a citizen, without taking any oath, or being placed under any restrictions. He is a true and gallant man, and has done nothing, and submitted to nothing which can compromise him in the estimation of his friends. Jackson Jllississippian. Ex-Prt&ident Fillmore on the War. The New York World publishes the following extract from a letter recently written by ex-President Fillmore : 'Enough of treasure and blood have already been spent upon the negro question. I am fully persuaded that the u . .ise and untimely agitation of this subject giv a strength to the rebellion, and will cost millions oi treasure and thousands of lives; and that there is no hope for anything else but to restore the Union as it was and the Consti tution as it is. That all efforts for anything else must end iu abortion, anarchy and dissolution." Hon. Wm. Bigler, of Connecticut, has written a letter declining to become a candidate for the United Suites Senatorship, and proposing a plan "for the adjustment of our national troubles." . 4, Professor Aaissiz The Result of a Ltfe. Hear what the great living naturalist says of himself. He has commenced in the Atlantic Monthly a series of articles entitled "Methods of Study in Natural History." They should be read nnil pnrrfiillir f'nnsifterpd hv pverv voiine' man . j j o j who wishes to know anything of the laws or na him nrifh cli.it ninrlniSfv this np w Cnvier 1 - l V- V.',Vf VV lilt VTW M - -w speaks oi himself : "I have devoted my whole life j to the study ol nature, ana yet a single seniem-o may expiess all I have done. I have 6hown that there is 'a correspondence between the succession of fi.-hes in geological times and the differeut states of tlieir growth in the egg. That is all." Recipe for Making Soap. Pour 12 quarts of soft boiling water upon 5 pounds of unslaked lime. Then dissolve 5 pounds of washing soda in 12 quarts of boiling water. Mix the above to gether, and let the mixture remain together from 12 to 24 hours, for tho chemical action. Now pour eff all the clear liquor bein careful not to disturb the sediments. Add to the above 3 pounds of clarified grease, and from 3 to 4 ounces of rosin. Cut it up in bars, for use, and you are in possession of a superior chemical soap, costing about 3j cents pr pound. CciiKlrman. N. C. LEGISLATURE. Saturday, November 22. Senate. Mr Lane introduced a bill in regard to the hiring of slaves. Provides that should any hired slave die before the expiration of the term for which he was hired, the person hiring him shall not be liable for payment for his services beyond the period of his death. Also, a biir for the management of insolvent estates. Demands payment in the administration ! r such estates, first of debts due the State; second, of debts due the Confederate Government, and the payment of other debts pro rata. 31r Ellis introduced a bill concerning the sup ply of salt. Proposes an appropriation of $500, U00 for the purchase of salt, and requires the Gov ernor to appoint four Commissioners to establish salt works and prepare for the manufacture of the article. Mr. Adams, of G., introduced a bill prohibiting the distillation of spirituous liquors until January, 1SQ5. Provides a penalty of 100 or 30 days imprisonment for violation of the law, and imposes a tax of $2 on every gallon of foreign liquors stld during its operation; the amount sold to be given in on oath by the person selling it with his list of taxablcs. Mr Russ offered a Governor to lay an prime necessity, the cept such as are in resolution empowering the embargo on all articles of products of the State, ex- the hands of properly au thorized agents or the btate and Confederate gov ernments. . Mr Young thought the resolution too general, too sweeping in rts provisions, and moved a sub stitute, giving the Governor power to seize articles of prime necessity in transitu to points beyond the lidiits of the State, except when such articles are destined for points where they are absolutely necessary, and except when taken from such por tions of the State having a surplus. Mr. Sharpe thought that where rhere was a surplus of articles of food in any portion of the State, instead of permitting that surplus to pass into the hands of agents from other States it should be sent to the destitute portions of our own State. Mr Russ concurred in this view. Mr Young thought it would be unwise and im politic to blockade our own markets and prevent the exportation of articles of .which we have a J surplus to our destitute sister States, when for j many other articles we are dependent upon those States. Mr Young's substitute was not adopted. I Mr Slaughter moved to amend by limiting the j operations of the act to thirty days. Adopted. Mr Copeland moved to add a proviso, excepting from the operations of the act such articles as are exchanged in regular traffic with accredited agents of communities in sister States, and urged in support of the proviso, the fact that a contract had been made by citizens of his district with certain parties in Virginia, to exchange corn, of which they had a surplus, for salt, for which his people were clamoring, and he theught that the resolution in its present shape would practically annul that contract. The proviso was rejected. Xs amended, the resolution passed, and is as follows: Resolved, That the Governor be authorized to lay an immediate embargo on all articles of cloth ing, woolens, shoes," leather, cloth of any kind, cotton yarns, provisions, whent, flour, meal, pork, bacon, hos, cattle, salt, or any other articles of prime necessity, except articles held by properly authorized agents of this and the Confederate States, and other States of the Confederate States, and this resolution shall have the force and effect of law for the space of thirty days from and after its passage. Mr Brogden was elected Comptroller by a vote of 125 out of 129. A. S. Merrimon, Esq., was elected Solicitor of the 7th Judicial Circuit. Jesse J. Yeates, Esq., of Hertford was elected Solicitor for the 1st Judicial Circuit. A message was received from the House trans mitting the engrossed resolution in regard to the embargo, with an amendment thereto extending its provisions over the articles specified, whether native products or no$. House. Mr Logan presented a memorial and resolution from King's Mountain Baptist Association, deprecating the conduct of extor tioners and speculators. Mr Waddell offered a resolution authorizing the Governor to impress slaves. Mr Foy introduced a bill to increase the county patrol. It authorizes the magistrates of every county to appoint a patrol of 50 men with the pay of soldiers, to patrol night and day. Mr Foy introduced a bill to raise ten thousand troops for the service of the State 12 months. Mr Henry. of Henderson introduced a bill to require Plaintiffs in suits to give Bonds as well as the defendant. Monday, November 24. Senate. Mr Wooley introduced a bill for the relief of debtors in certain cases'. The bill pro vides that when a tender of payment is made in current back notes, treasury notes or notes of the Confederate Stares, and is refused, the interest on the debt shall cease from the time of such refusal. Rev. C. H. Wiley was unanimously re-elected Superintendent of Common Schools. House. Mr Hooper presented a memorial from citizens ot Catawba county against distilla tion of spirits froia corn. Mr McCormick offered a resolution that the Committee on Internal improvements inquire into the exnedienev of completing the works on Cape Fear River between Northington's Fejry and Fayetteville, or allowing citizens to remove the same. Mr McAde rifered a joint resolution of thanks j to our State Troops to be transmitted by the Gov- j ernor to the Colonels ot the several regiments. Mr Walser introduced a bill to appropriate $500,000 for the benefit of the wives and families of cur soldiers. Mr Manning introduced a bill in reference to taxes and the liabilities of Sheriffs. Mr Shepherd introduced a bill to enable County Court Clerks to establish work-houses in connec tion with county jails. Mr Leiunionds introduced a bill to call free persons of color, from 15 to CO years of ago, into the service of the State for the purpose of labor. Mt Gentry introduced a bill to abolish the office of Superintendent of Common Schools. Mr Fowle from the Judiciary Committee re ported back the bill for purchasing provisions with ! a substitute, which appropriates 8500,000 for that purpose. Ihe Governor to appoint agenta with fixed salaries, to purchase and distribute the pro visions to the families of the soldiers and all other poor, at prime cost, including transportation, &o. Mr Beall offered an amendment, allowing Com missioners from counties, who have appropriated money for that purpose, to purchase for their poor at the same rate. "Adopted. Mr McKay moved to increase the sum to one million of dollars. Rejected. M r Peebles offered an amendment, prohibiting purchases to be made from speculators, and that all agents appointed should make oath that they had not done so during the war. Mr Peebles in offering this amendment disclaimed any want of confidence in the Governor, but only wished to arm him with . authority to swear applicants for agencies, and thus prevent speculators from ob taining the office of agent. Mr Worth' was opposed to the amendment, on the ground that provisions might be iu the hands of a speculator, which it would be necessary for the State to purchase to prevent them falling into the hands of the enemy. Mr Fowle opposed the amendment on the ground of its impracticability. The agents could not distinguish between who were speculators or who were not; besides he cared, not who had the provisions he would purchase them at fair rates for the poor. The clause imposing .an oath he considered as a reflection upon the Governor. He believed that few honest persons, who had evtfr traded, could safely take the oath, while the spec ulator would not hesitate about it. Mr Peebles defended the amendment. Specu lators were now watching the proceedings of the legislature and ould take advantage of the op portunity. He insisted on the necessity of ad ministering an oath, as the Governor might be approached by a friend, and not seeing the appli cant, might be easily deceived, and again dis claimed any reflection upon the Governor. The amendment was rejected. Ayes 34, noes 44. Mr Cowles offered an amendment, providing that provisions shall not be sold to Commissioned officers or their families. Rejected. Mr Shober, to effect the end proposed by Mr Cowles, moved to insert the word "indigent" be fore "families" in the bill. Adopted. The bill then passed. OUR CONSCRIPTS COMPARED WITH , THOSE OP EUROPE. Recent events have familiarized the people with the drafting laws of the United States. It may be a matter of interest to ur citizens to compare thcni'with those of foreign governments. Trie regiments of England are generally filled by recruiting, but if these means fail, recourse is bad to' the ballot, and the requisite number is drawn from men between 17 and 25 years of Bge. The time of service is five years, and in peace the men cdn be called out to exercise for from three to fifty-hir days. In time of war the militia is placed.ion the same footing with the regular army. The neral conscription law of France embra ces all between twenty and twenty-seven years of age. Substitutes' can bo offered. The term of service is four or five years, arid a fourth part of the recruits are held as a reserve. In Russia no substitute can be tendered; but a. discharge can be purchased for a thousand rubies. Estate holders and the higher classes enjoy ex emption, i- Under the banners all serfs become free. Russia preseuts almost all the appearance of a vast camp. The laws of Turkey are, in many respects, simi lar to those of France. The ballot brings 25,000r men under the banners, each conscript order being made for a special district. Sardinia requires universal service, from the twentieth year, the men being in two classes the ordinanza, for eight years, uninterruptedly, and the privinziali, for six. Substitutes arc allowed. Austria, with an army of 450,000 men, of whom 50,000 are cavalry, has but little need of severe drafting regulations. Her Cossacks, when 13,000 conscripts were demanded in 1858, marched 120,000 on Vienna. Men are liable, from 20 to 50 years of age, to" serve in the field, and to ' 60 years, in domestic service. Th json of a Count performs military duty alongside of a tailor's apprentice, in the monarchy of Prussia. Such' is the effect of the Landwebr system. The first levy is organized for immediate service and is drawn from men between thirty-six and twenty -two years of age. The second levy iucludes those between thirty-two and thirty-nine years. . The States of the German Confederation have distinct laws. Saxony requires six years' service, with the privilege of substitution. Nassau, Meck lenburg, Shewerin and Oldenburg are the same. The laws of Wertemburg render men under 32 years liable to serve. Electoral Hesse all jw sub stitutes, and requires citizens from 20 to 30 to take up arms. Brunswick requires seven years' service, with two years in the reserve. The conscripts in Sweeden are chosen from all those capable ot bearing arms between 20 and 25 years of age. The classes are five in number. The ballot in Denmark selects those who must serve eight years in the army, including two years in the reserve. The first levy includes those un der 38 years of age, and the second those under 45 years. . Universal conscription is the law of Belgium. The ballot is used and substitutes are allowed. The term of service is eight years, of which about one-half is spent on furlough. The war reserve of the Dutch is in three levies including all those between 25 and 35 years age who are capable of bearing arms. When the States Skceded Frequent in quiries are made as to when the Acts of Secession were passed by the several States. Soath XJaroli na seceded December 20, 1860; Mississippi, Janu. ary 9, 1861; Alabama and Florida, January 11, 1861; Georgia, January 19, 1861; Louisiana, Jan uary 26. 1861; Texas, February 1, 1861; Virginia, April 17, 1861; Arkansas, May 6, 1831; North Carolina, May 20, 1861. Teunesseo pamd the Ordinance of Secession May 6th, and it was rati fied by the people June 8:b, 1861. .From the Richmond Enquirer. CONFEDERATE FINANCES. The subject of the currency is the great ques tion of the day, and is receiving much attention and comment. In order that the subject may be intelligently answered, and to correct many mis apprehensions and exaggerations, we present below some facts which may be accepted as correct. The debt of the Government, at this time may be thus stated. We u?e round numbers for con eoience, taking the nearest millioo : Treasury Notes, currency, " " interest bearing Call Loan, Funded debt, $250,000,000 10,000,000 (50,000.000 ' 74,000,000 Total, " $461,000,000 These figures, both at to currency, and the amount of the public debt, are much smaller than is generally understood., The amount of currency in the Confederate States prior to separation, was something upwards of eighty millions. Much of our bnnne. was, however, done through the North, which being allowed for our former circulation, may be etated at a hundred millions. The consequences of the war have increased the amount of currency, which our -circulation will bear with safety. The sale of the stocks of goods on hand, has placed money in the hands of merchants, which is often held tor the opportuni ties of operating again. The destruction of ex changes, which requires the moving of money, increases the demand for quantity. These things considered and estimated tor, perhaps one hundred and fifty millions may be assumed as the amount of currency which our circulation will bear with out plethora. Our circulation, as above stated, is two hun dred and fifty millions the interest-bearing notes being of the natuie of funded debt. We are, therefore, a hundred millions above the limit ot wealth. Our business is to come down tj jt; and the best means of doing it, and keeping if down, is the public. It would at once be done, if the holders of a hundred millions of currency would invest it in bonds. It will have to bo done by this conversion, effected by some process, ditect or indirect. The Government is obliged to have means, and it is obliged to obtain them from our own people. It is our interest as well is our dutj to furnish them readily. Ws adopt the following from the "Whig" of Friday: "With, or without the stimulus intended by tht legislation of Congress, we hold it to be the dvty of every good and loyal citizen who has mora money in his possession than he has actual uc lor, to invest a large proportion of it in Coi.federate bonds. It is in vain for any man to prate about his patriotism or his loyalty, unless he practically manifests his willingness to sustain the Govern ment in one of its most important departments the financial. If everybody would refuse to buy Confederate bonds, our efforts to establish the in dependence of the Confederacy would be unavail ing. If everybody who can, would invest liberally in these bonds, our success would be rendered the more certain, the fell spirit of speculation would recede to a more reasonable level. 1 he Govern ment would then be able to make its purchases at lower rates, and, consequently, at the end of the war the public debt would be lighter. The tax to pay the interest of this debt must chiefly fill upon the class now able to buy Confederate bonds, and if they would diminish the amount of taxa tion which they will be required to pay hereafter, let them do what tbey can now towards keeping down the public debt in the manner we have indi cated. Every consideration of patriotism, as well as of self-interest, invokes them to the performance of this duty. . . ,, . . The Organization or the Legislature. We were niueh gratified to see the Toit clear manifestation on the part of-the old ueuiocmtio members of the Legislature in its organization, to avoid every indication of party spirit. This is in fact jut what we have desired and practiced every since the war commenced. But as we were pleased by the action of the members of this good old party, we were sickened by the action of what is known as the 'Consei vative party who signal ized themselves by the most scrupulous organiza tion, caucusing on everything, from the Speaker ship to the humblest position in the Legislature. It will not be forgotten that these men won the confidence of the people by the advocacy of no party principles. They made it appear to the peo ple that party spirit had brought the war upon tha country, and we doubt not but that it had its ef fect, and yet how strange it is, with all their pled ges upon their conscience to avoid party, and the experience of the past before their eyes, they have gone right into the most intolerant proscriptiro organization. As an instance of this spirit of intolerance and favoritifm, one of the principal and most responsi ble positions, in that body, was filled by one of tha uaue and near relative ot the traitor and scound rel, Ed. Stanley, Abe Lincoln's appointee to tba chief Executive of the State. As to Mr. Stanley, the Assistant Clerk of the House of Commons, as a loyal citizen of the South, we make no charge. In all probability be may be as sound as any other gentleman in ibe State. But we submit, if his election to so prominent a po sition in the General Assembly, will not be conceiv ed by the enemy as a favorable indication of North Carolina's 'returning to 'the Union? Will not Aba Lincoln tickle in his sleeve and tiay thst the Leg islature is not' so much opposed to Mr. Stanley, aa a military Governor, at last ? At all events ha will conclude that his family, and perhaps his bro- 0f'tber, i a very popular man in the State. Wa are forced to conclude without any other objection 1 to Mr. Stanly than the one we have indicated, that the appointment was an unfortunate one. A fire occurred in Kinston oa Saturday night, the 15th, destroying six or eight thousand dollars worth of property It brake out in t'.e bhec. smith btop of Dibble brth.irs, dentroying seven, f.irfroa nA eonsnniioz three or fir simll a'orcs adjacent. It wan first reporte-1 th? net an io- t cendiary, but w bow rearawa tue reuji I ient. .4 . ti.i. I. f ace