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.
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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.
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