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CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OT, THE ONE IS THE . COMMON' rEOPERTT OF THE OTHER.
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V." EST SIDE 0F TRADE STREET
rIN ADVANCE,
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1862
W YAPHIi- Editor and Proprietor.
ELEVENTH V0LC3IE N CUBE R 515.
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THE
iQPabli-htd every Tuesday,Q)
W ILL! A M J.
YATES,
euitor avd prtorniETOK.
-n
$3 IN ADVANCE.
D1 Transient advertisements must b paid for in
: Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
or :i ; c-fic tirnn. will Le ini?orted until forbid, ai:l
c ir'- l .iceordinjrlv.
Hides and Tan Bark.
I want to purchase Green and Drv HIDES f-r the
purpose of tannine; a!ao a l;irire o:M:uity of TAN
HAKK. For t!.-.-e articlei the Liglic-t market cu-ii
pi k: will be LiiH.
JOHN' TRELOAH.
Clinlr're, Oct 2?, 132 6m-pd
.TSSLITIA .OTICff5.
JH;ArQrAKi Kits 8'ii'a H-OT. N. C Vn.iTi.i, "
CU.i: ..iie, t'ct. 23, JhtJ2.
("rptnin of '''impatiies. belyiiyiiig to the fcStb Ueg't,
vi!l i'r'ii-r tl:( ir itj.i'ciive cominaiuls to parade at
th-i.- o.-:-il M'i-trr (Jrcusids, once in each Week for
in-:;:i and drill, armed as ibe law directs, with
tu i .i.iryj of iobiIlt aud hall. Those fiiillng to
coiiijiiy with this order will be held to strict accuuui.
L S. WILLIAMS,
Oct 28th. Col 85th Iteirt Militia.
(OPi'OSITK C. S. NATT WOIIKH.)
STi:Vi;. M'MIiTT & 31vL.EAXf
PlcnPUf ETi;K3.
VCe aie now ma'iiilartiirin, br steam-power, all
iinij of n-'i-te.-.ds. Tables, ('hairs. Washstand?, and
everytliiiij aj-periaining to the Furniture and Cabinet
Vl'i-ine--?.
We are nl.-o mxkiflj a verj preltr, durable and
iii-ri.)r Won1 Canteen, to which we invite the special
alti iition of nflice's umi soldiers
(:-(r? from the trade and public penrally are re
f .i-i!ii',!y folieited, a we are confident in our ability
to pl-nse lb- most fastidiaus. Orders prompilv Hlled.
j. n. STKVKSS,
W. H SCHUTT,
Chariot l, Xov 4, 1802 tf J. A. Mi LEAK.
J-l.AX SEED.
Til" AYR OIL COMPANY will pay the highest pi ice
f.-r li:s Sied, in any quantity. Apjdj at E. Nye
H n'c'iisoii k Ci.s Drug Store.
(irtoher 14, 1S02 lm
Propeetus of Hie
DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
On and after the 1st dsy of November, the State
Journal will be publihed Daily, Tri-weekly and
Wcf.Ui. The Uaily State Journal will contain all the
nv.vri rveeived up to the latent hour before mailing, and
will coneirt of two edition? dailr. The Morning Edi
tion will contain the news by the evening mail, and
ail teli-raphic news up to 10 o'clock the previous
nijibt, ami will be supplied to city subscribers and sent
hy the ino: ning mails North and East; the Evening
h lition iil inpriutcd at 3 o'clock p. in., a-id will
contain the additional news by telegraph up to 2
0 lin k p. ni., a:n! will be seat to subscribers by the
tiain. a.-t and by the Fayetteville mail. TIiuj sr.b-ci-iln
r. no matter in what direcli(n they may live,
wi.! :i.ive the ni-ws up to the departure of the mails.
Aiia;.geuice.ts have been made to procure telegraphic
n-w.- iri.tn all p:rts of the Confederacy, expressly for
thf S:.,i J,n.:nal. (Icneral news by mail will be
ptoi.ipily published. The, Markets will be fully re
port, -d l:.diahlc Correspondents will be secured in
tii.- A: my :md l-eu here. The Legislative Proceed
ing will t;e reporieii daily by compt tent Reporters
1 ie Stte Jouiual will be essentially a newspaper.
Tmi.u: For the Daily 12 months, $f; t months,
:: month. S2; 1 month, $1. For the Tri-Week-ly
12 iiioutlis ft; (' months, $2 50; 3 months, $1 SO
A tiVtUTlSING UATtS:
1 stjuar", 1 d.iy,
$0 50 I 1 square, 5 days, $1 50
0 75 I 1 do 1 week, I 75
1 Oil I do 3 weeks, 3 00
1 25 11 do 1 month, 6 00
d
2 days,
3 ojys,
4 daw.
.!.
do
Ten lines make a sqaare.
A.-Uortisemeuts for the Daily will be inserted in the
T:i-cik!y '.- ;" chrrtje. This is an inducement
w iiieii cxur.oi t.il to attiact the attention of advertisers.
lh.- :.t...ve rates apply only to the daily paper. Ad-vnt.-t
in. n'.s will be in.-ertcd in the Weekly paper at
i! e n-i ,! rr-' ,!.ir isfs. viz: 0!u dollar per squ - re for
t.e t.r-t rii,.i!. and twenty-five cents for each sub
s' 'J ieti! insi i lioll. " ;
A'bhes., JOHN SPELMAX.
Editor aud Proi.rietor,
Raleigh, X. C
Oct. :i, r-v:
mi. 8-:. is. aiss2y,
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
oiil.l jp.f. rui public seiu.rHly, and the citizens of
,"'""lil"lr .ar!i.,M1;,rJy, that he has resumed the
""-fo-e . t ).'.i li RV and mac he found at his old
.-; and. tie is prej.ared to set Aftilieial Teeth on (iolj
.:er. in!,',!,;:-, or on the Cheoplastie pmce a
paiiem in..v . ,ire. and f-!I TcetJ. with" Gold, Tin
A-n -iigar:: or (s Ar'ifv ial.
lb- is :,!s p. epare i to perform any operation belong
1!eut;,!ty. a:iJ need not s.iv that he will be pleas-
i to w .ut u:.on any of his old trieadsor new friends
'.v akt- tl.at for granted,
r bruary 5. lst.il
VESUVIUS FURNACE
... IK OX WORKS.
i aeubvrtber informs the public that he is matm-leiw.;,,-
al his l-ril.u.e in Liucolu county,
- n..u u of Siuiron Station on the Wil., Char.
vidWv ,V llroaJ.- Prri-ired to cst
UlUX FOR SALE.
I have on hand
6 i,d!-s ea.t of Lin.oln'tn IV J. ''lnc"ln crtunty,
raih. 1 ' Uruer? Wued-torms
IV ipHorge
llv pairing, S5eil-!ianssijff, a.c.
The subscriber begs leave to inform the pubK- hat
he is prepared to Repair Locks of cverv description
Clocks and Jewelry; he will also clean Jewelry for a
very low price: will make Keys of all kiud; in fact, all
V id of light Repairing done at short notice. Special
a't-ntion paid to Bell-hacging. He mar be found ot
I'Hi; the post -office. W. W. WOuDEL
J.:n 1662.
Wanted, ten thousand old Ke, of diffeient sixes
01 ""-lock?. Jtc. V. W. WOODEL,
rosite the pcit-oCce..
Lincolnton Female Seminary,
LINCOLNTON, N. C.
i
S. LANDER, A. M., Principal.
Hf:. M T Trr-j Mrs C. RnsCXtAX. Misl A
M.
Hagex, Mr3. M. J. Laxgdox, Mrs
.lllfl .l. i V k 1 - ,
Lakdbe,
Assistants.
The Spring Sesrion, 18C3, will begin on Monday,
February 2nd, and closa on Friday the lSth of June.
CHARGES PER SESSION.
Board, including fuel and washing, at $4 00 per
week,
. $80
00
00
Incidental Tux,
Regular Tuition, including Latin and Singing,
from
French,
Music on Piano or Guitar,
.$10 to 20 00
10 00
20 00
Use of Instrument 2
50
Pupils furnish their own candles, towels, and toilet
ioap.
Tei-ms: Seventy-five dollars required :n advance;
the balance at the'end of the session. No deduction
for absence unless in cases of serious illness.
Thr Town of Lincolnton has long been proverbial
for its healthiness. It has daily Railroad communica
tion with Charlotte, from which it is only two bouts
distant. For the b' ncCt of pupils from sickly sections,
our long vacation is in the winter.
Our building will accommodate about sixty boarding
pupils. The bearding department is under the imme
diate charge of the Principal mid bis 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 enables
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.
I or additional information address the Principal.
Xov. 11, 18G2. tf
THE SOUTHERN
This combination of medicines was first prepared by
the proprietor in 1825, when he was pronounced by
three eminent physicians in a Southern city as in an
advanced stage of Consumption. These pills cured
him. He is now over seventy years of aere and in dis
charge of active professional duties. Their good ef
fects upon others created such a demand for them that
he was compelled to desist from supplying them gratu
itously. They are not recommended by the proprietor as
good for all diseases, but only" such as arises from
DISORDERS OK THE LIVER. Many persons have
testitied to their good effects in Chills and Fevers, Bil
ious Fever, Yellow Fever, Pneumonia, Dyspepsia, ic,
&.c. They are an excellent FAMILY MEDICINE.
Read the following: "
S. D. Wallace, Esq., Treasurer of the Wilmington
and Weldou Rail Road, (Aug. 30, 1802,) says : "It has
been said that "Dvspkpsia" is our national disease.
However this may be, it caused me long and severe
suffering. Providentially a friend furnished me with a
few boxes of the "Hepatic Pills," and the use of them
has perfected a cure. In my family they have been
jised frequently with eminent success. Among my ac
quaintances, many cases originating from diseased
liver, have been relieved and cured by them. 1 regard
them as an invaluable medicine, and take pleasure in
forwarding this voluntas tribute."
Col. John Wright", of Goldsboro', N. C, (Aug. 14,
18o"2.) says: "I have used the 'Southern Hepatic Pills'
in my family here and also on my plantation in -TTa-bama,
aud always with success. 1 have a valuable
ierant girl who had been a long time under treatment
for consumption, without receiving any benefit. Al
most in her extremity I was induced to try the 'Hepatic
Pills.' They were given according to directions, and
she is now well, entirely restored by them. A similar
case occurred among my servants in Alabama. For
liver and Iuug diseases I have perfect confidence in
them."
"Full directions and other certificates will be found
ou the wrapper of each box.
The great rise in the price of medicines, compels the
proprietor to put these pills at 50 cents a box. As it
may soon not be possible to procure all the ingredi
ents, it w ould be well for the afflicted to order them at
once.
From the price above stated, a liberal discount will
be made to dealers as long as the pills can be furnished.
Address GEORGE W. DEEMS, Wilson, N. C.
For sale in Charlotte, N. C, by F.
SCAUR, Druggist.
Nov. 25, 18ti2. era
The subscribers wish to purchase CORN.. Apply at
their Livery Stables.
BROWN & WADSWORTII.
Charlotte, Nov 11, 18G2 tf
Flour Mill for Sale.
The subscriber, having entered into a contract for
building the Railroad from Dauville to Greensboro, is
desirous ofdevnting his whole time to that work, and
oilers his STEAM MILL for sale. The property is sit
uated in the town. of Charlotte, on the North Carolina
Rail Road, has six run of Mill Stones, and the Flour
has a high reputation throughout the Southern Confederacy-.
It has also a Barrel Factory, with improved Machine
ry, and Cooper shops attached, which will be sold
wi-ii the Mill or separately. JOHN WILKES.
Sept. 16, 1S2. tf
The market price paid for Hides, by
May 13, IdtJi tf S. M.
nOWELL.
NOTICE.
Persons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes
with Fisher & Burrough, can have as opportunity of
doing so by calling at the store of A. A. N. M. Taylor.
Don't delay, as we are anxious to get our business
settled up J. C. BURROUGHS.
June 3, 18C2. tf
DR. J. M. MILLER,
Charlotte, N. C,
Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be
found at his Office in Brawler's Building, immediately
over Drucker and Ileilbrun's Store, or at his residence.
Feb. 25, 1S62.
The subcriber is daily receiving snpplies of a pood
article of Sound SALTj which he offers for eale at
lowest market rates.
Orders accompanied with the moneywill receive
pre-mpt attentiou. . A. E. HALL,
Sept 23. lsoa 3ra-pd WitmseTOS.
Carriages and Buggies.
WW
The subscriber has on hand a few Carriages and
Buggies, which he will dispose of on reasonable j
ferine 11 " . - . I
- uk mem is a Hue carriage or latest pat- 1
1 tAPn arwt t- . . 4 - . . ... I
, . Ui,c umsn. OA. Mb. lii.tuaK, or.,
I Lincolnton. Oct 21, 18C2 pd Carriage Builder.
Wtsiitn $r mount
CHARLOTTE, N. C
NOTICE.
Our terms are three dollars per year in advance.
&f- The Democrat will be discontinued to all aubseri.
beri at the expiration of the time for vhich it is paid
Those-tcho want to continue must rtnew before or at the ex
piration of their time.' - ' 1. - v.' i, "
Stealing' Tombstones. The' Yankees are
stealing the ancient tombstones from the, graves at
Jamestown ! We expect next to hear that they
have violated the tomb of Washington. We have
learned that the agent there has the utmost diffi
culty in restraining their depredations. There i3
nothing too vile for these men to do.
Look out for TnEM. Means having been
adopfed at Richmond to rid that city of a portion
of the immense number of rascals who have infest
ed it, one of the papers recommends that all other
Confederate cities be on the qui cue for them.
Turning Things to Account. In the late
dash made by a portion of General Floyd's com
mand in Kentucky, the public functionaries at
Carter 0. H., Kentucky, including Judges, Sher
ifls, &c, weie arrested. The "Lincoln war tax"
was extorted from the Sheriff and handed over
to' our Quartermaster. A store, the owner of
which had fled to Cinciunafi, was taken possession
of, and the Virginia boys were well shod from its
contents. -
That Salt Mine at Opelika. The Col
umbus Sun says: "The Atlanta Confederacy has
biaen shown a lump of rock salt picked up on the
railroad track near Opetika, and has received ver
bal roports of 'towering cliffs on either side, of
pure salt, while the cross-ties are laid on the same
substance.' We are sorry that the truth about
that boulder of salt spoils so pleasant a report
and dissipates all the encouraging anticipations
based upon it. We understand that it was proba
bly dropped from the cars while in transit per
haps from the Louisiana mines."
General Houston. General Houston is a re
fugee from his home. He has gone to Washing
ton county to be out of the way of the Yankees.
He made a speech at lirenham, Texas, at -the re
quest of the people:
He wound up by saying that (his was probably
the last occasion that he would ever address a
public assembly one foot on the brink and
another in the grave He exhorted the people to
temperance and moderation, and to use all their
efforts to repel the insidious foe that was stealthily
marching to rob, plunder and destroy their homes,
their property,-&c, and concluded by a beautiful
peroration in Lis own case; a septuagenarian
driven from his house and home, without cause or
reason, and coming back to Washington county,
the cradle where the liberty of Texas was rocked,
and where he now expected to lay his bones.
NOETHEEN ITF.MS.
The Washington correspondent of (he New
York World has some important announcements
and speculations in his despatches. Among the
rest, the following :
Modification of the Emancipation Proclama
tion. Notwithstanding the boasts of the radicals
that they have secured the adherence of the
President to their programme, it is believed here
that Mr Lincoln's forthcoming message will con
vey an intimation that in some way the emancipa
tion proclamation will be either withheld or modi
fied at the time appointed for its issuance, the 1st
of January. It will be remembered that in the
last Congress, radical as it was, the most radical
features of the confiscation bill were carried by a bare
majority of three indeed, at one time, the essential
features of that objectionable measure were de
feated by a majority of three, but re-considered
and carried; how, is known only to t'ae iakfated.
Iu view of the expression of the peojjjs will at
the late elections, the Democratic leaders in the
House will be able to speak, not indeed, perhaps,
on behalf of "twenty millions," but certainly on
behalf of the great majority of the Northern
people, against the principles embodied in the
confiscation and emancipation measures. It is
believed that the President's solution of the mat
ter will be the reference of the whole subject
to the reconsideration of Congress. Should the
popular branch of that body recede from the
position it took on the confiscation act, the Presi
dent would doubtless obey its action in view of
the voice of the people as recently expressed.
At any rate, it is quite certain that the radicals
are not as confident as they were, and the opinion
gains ground, that if there will not be a con
servative majority in the approaching session of
the House, these certainly will be a majority
against the extreme measures of the radicals.
Resignations in the Irish Brigade on account
of Jllct'ielfan's removal. Gen. Meagher has
issued an address to his brigade "in front of Fred
ericksburg," in which he says some of his subor
dinate officers have resigned their commissions,
"prompted thereto by the recall of Gen. Mc
Clellan." He says he refused their resignations,
and adds: "Ilesignations persisted in at such a
moment are tantamount to desertion. They sub
ject the officers to discredit if not to disgrace, who
urge them. They weaken the military force and
tend emphatically to its demoralization. They
They cannot be sanctioned for an instant by any
officer having the efficiency and the character of
the aimy at heart. They.shf.U be discounte
nanced, condemned, rebuked aDd reprobated, and
that in terms of unqualified severity, by the
Brigadier-General commanding the Irish brigade.
Kx-President Buchanan is out in - another re
ply to Gen. Scott, inwbich he says:
"No public arms were ever et Jen," that the
Southern States, under Floyd's administration of
the War office, received less than their share of
arms, tc.; but, in his explanation of th matter,
the ex-Presideut says "the Government had 00
hand, in the year 1859, about 500,000 old musk
ets," etd.; and that on the 30th of November,
KSft CJ , unt'dftWII 105.000. 01
them from Springfield to five Southern arsenate, j
"in proportion io their respective means of proper j
storage."
. From the Raleigh Standard.
OUR FINANCES.
We have been kindly permitted by a friend, to
publish the following very able letter on the sub
ject of our finances. ; The views and suggestions
contained io this letter are worthy of serious con
sideration, ns well bo account of their soundness
and the clearness with which they are expressed,
as because of the source from which ihey emanate:
.'i' '-u - November 191 SOSr'- "
My Dear Sir: ;You ask my views on the
financial condition of eur country. Money is as
necessary to carry on war as men, who bear the
burthen of this war. In respect to money, gov
ernment can raise money in three waTs by taxes,
loans, anu promissory rotes, to pass as currency.:
It was not deemed prudent to resort to the first
mode, except to a limited extent; the process "of
collecting taxes was too slow for the emergency.
; What is the result? The currency has become
inflated, and the value of Confederate notes, not
withstanding the stays intended to trace it, has
depreciated, so that, by reason of the depreciation,
combined with a shameful spirit of extortioVand
speculation, it now takes $4 to answer the pur
pose that 1 did before the war. How doe3 this
operate on the community? Those who depand
on a money income find it necessary to expend
four times as much as before their estates have
in fact been reduced to one-half, and should the
war last another year, and the government con
tinue to issue notes, their estates will be reduced
to one-fourth. For instance, a man having an
estate of 930,000 at interest, receiving $1,800,
and used to expend 1,500 a year; so he felt com
fortable, and all was well. Now he is obliged to
expend $6,000 a year; his entire income is con
sumed, and his capital encroached 'on 4,500.
But this is not all his capital has depreciated
one half! On the other hand, the .planters and
manufacturers sell their products for ?4 instead of
1; a little flour, or grain, or cotton yarn, pays for
sugar and salr, and they can barter for anything at
relative prices; so their income is increased four
time's, expenses remain the same, and the value of
their estates is enhanced two for one. For in
stance, a man having an eststo of S30,000 in land
and negroes, makes 500 bushels of wheat, 1,500
of corn, and 5,000 lbs. pork to sell at old prices,
in wheat 1, corn 50 cents, pork 5, his income
was 1,500; he expended the whole, being con
tent with "the increase of his negroes, and the
gradual accumulation from that source. But now
he sells wheat at 5, corn 2, pork 20, and
realizes in all 6,500; so his income is increased
5,000, expenses the same, and the value of his
land and negroes enhanced two for one, the mac
is aotually making money by the war.
Thus, it is plain to demonstration the burthen
of the war is borne by those whose estates consist
in money at iuterest, stocks, salaries, arid all
who receive money for their labor. The soldier
who fights our battles finds his pay reduced four
to one. and 20 sent to support his wife andJ
' a a
children counts "but 4, and the effect of issuing
so large an amount of Confederate.and State notes,
has been to take from them their entire income
and one-talf of the capital; not by a direct tax,
or a loan from. individuals, but indirectly as a loan
without interest from the whole class for, when
the goverment issues its "promises to pay the
bearer," it in effect comes from those on whom
the loss falls, and the war is cairied on at their
expense, and the misfortune is, this is the most
helpless class of the community widows, orphans
and those who are mostly too old for the active
employment of capital, and if the notes ever are
redeemed, payment will not be made to those of
whom the indirect loan was made,7 but to the
"bearer" or those to whom they were obliged to
pass the notes at the rate of four to one.
On the other hand, planters and manufacturers
so far from having felt the pressure, are getting
rich by the war. This is a grievous wrong. Men,
for the protection of whose negroes "the war is
waged, get rich those who have no negroes be
come poor; the burthen should at least be borne
equally. What is the, remedy ? llemove the
cause of the evil reduce the inflation of the cur
rency. How ? By loans as far as practicable, and
by direct taxes. Unless this be done, those on
whom the whole weight now rests must sink un
der if, or struggle to get rid of it by investing in
land and negroes; in fact, capital is now iseeking
that channel hence the extraordinary prices of
negroes in spite of the emancipation proclamation.
Merchants, carpenters, school-teachers and others
are struggling to get rid of tho burthen,- by de
manding higher prices but high prices will les
sen the demand, and in the end their customers
will be reduced to those who can barter grain,
meat, or the materials for clothing. These reflec
tions by pursuing the train of of thought, lead to
these conclusions :
1st. It will sati&fy those who have money at
command, that interestas well as patriotism, calls
on them to lend to the government one-half of
their estates if not all; the war can then be
carried on without the ruinous consequences to
them which now presses so nard. Should it be
said "That will be to risk all on the event of the
war." The reply is true but is not all now risk
ed on the event of the war ? Suppose the South
is subjugated,, of what value will be your Confed
erate notes oyourbank bills? The Confederacy
extinct, the funds of the banks confiscated, eil
will be gone anyhow; whereas, should the Spdth
be successful if vou invest in government Joans,
you have good stock with remunerating interest ;
hut lfpon with hold vour funds, and the- Govern
ment is forced to issue, more notes, at t,he end of a
successful war you have depreciated paper, not
worth, in all human probability, one-tenth of its
nominal value; these alternatives ?fe offered hold
your funds and sink quietly intpf insolvency take
the risk of investing in land and negroes at prices,
which, by your struggles, w'il run up to fabulous
prices; or listen to the dictates of interest and pa
triotism, and lend to thegovernment.
2d. It will satisfy tKose who own land and ne
that fairness, as well as inter
est nl natriotismiall on them to lend to the
government one-half of their profits, if not all. . Is
it fair that tWbarthen of a war in defence of oar
common country sbouM be borne alone by other
classes of the cpmmunirv ? Is it not wrong that
you should make money out of a war commenced
for .th rro(ectidn of our slaves? while those who
-
have monied investments are ruined by it ? The
suggeshon that you pay a war tax in land and
slaves, 150 on 30,000 worth, is trifling on the
brink of a precipice. Put aside a sordid thirst for
sain, and let your sense of ri?ht answer th nnps -
tion. Aid the operation by a consideration of
your own true interest. Do you think others can
longer bear the whole burthen of this war ? they
must sink under if,. , If tho South - is subjugated,
it will not be by arms, but by' Iame and priva
tions1 caused by the high prices of the necessaries
of life. Where then will be. your negroes, and
land, and factories? All involved in a common
ruin, which you have it in your power to avert by
attending to the dictates of fairness, of your . own
interest, and of patriotism.
2. It will satisfy the members of the State Leg
islatures nndof Congress, that a further issue of
notes will ruin the country, and that a wise policy
calls on them to reduce the inflation of the cur
rency by means of loans end by direct taxation on
income. Those who have borne the burthen of
the war will cheerfully pay" one-fourth of their
yearly income; those who are making money out
of it ought to submit to a tax of one-half of the
produce of their land and negroes and of their fac
tories. This discrimination should be made on
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the ground that the income of the former is of less
value four to one, while the income of the latter U
of greater value, four to one. The ability to bear
the burthen is . the true test. On what ground
does age exempt from the conscription of men ?
Because the old and the young are not able to
bear arms. So the conscription of money should
be regulated by the ability to pay it. ' One having
a money income of 1,800, may spare one-fourth
and be able .to procure the necesearies of life for
himself and family, while one-whose income was
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i,suu Dy tne sale ot the products of his farm at
old prices, can now spare one-half,"and have more
than 3,000 to add to his estate; so there is no
valid objection to the " discrimination; but our
country can only be saved from ruin by a tax" of
one fourth or one-half of income and productions.
Let the tax be imposed at all events, either with
or without discrimination. Such a tax or con
scription of money is "a necessity." No one can
doubt for a moment, that in the condition" of our
country, a "conscriptiou of money" is as necessary
and as constitutional, and should be acquiesced iu
as readily, as the conscription of men. The one
saved our army from destruction the other may
save our country from rum. Call this a "forced
loan" by way of exciting odium, on- the same
ground call that a forced rendering ' of military
service; but call them what you please, volunteer
ing of men failed to meet the exigency, and a con
scription of men became -necessary, and was enact
ed; volunteering of money has failed, and a con
scription of money has become necessary, and
should be enacted. The menbers will feel the
truth of these remarks by paying 5 a day for
board, the per diem being 3. Will legislators
seek partial relief y increasing their own salaries,
while others are left to suffer ?
Yours, &c, -R. M. P.
HOW THE YANKEE GUNBOAT WAS
CAPTURED.
From the Wilmington Journal.
Messrs. Editors : :Allow me a small space
in the columns of your paper to give an account
of the total destruction of an Iron Steamer, which
entered New River, Onslow county, N. C-, on the
morning of the 24th ult. Her arrival was duly
noticed and promptly reported by Capt." Ward's
pickets to the proper authority, when Capt. New
kirk, with a detachment of the "Rebel Rangers,"
together with Lieut. Latham with one piece of the
Kennedy Artillery, proceeded to the mouth of
New River to pay her their respects. They ar
rived on the morning of the 25th, just as she was
returning from Jacksonville, where she had taken
the mail and what papers she could find, in the
meantime appropriating to her especial use some
boxes of clothing deposited there by tho patriotic
ladies of Onslow, for the use of our brave soldiers
in the field. And just here, for their cousolation,
let me inform the in that, although they failed to
reach their proper destination, yet they never
gave warmth to their enemies, as they were des
troyed with the steamer. As she was quietly
proceeding down the river, on her way out, appa
rently in no hurry at all, Lieut. Latham opened
upon her with his rifled piece, checking Iter, pro
gress, throwing her out of the main channel of the
river, and causing a general confusion on board
So soon as she recovered from . her shock, she
opened upon him a terriSc' fire of shell and canis
ter, but he heeded not her reply, and continued
to pour upon her a rapid fire, causing her iron
sides to ring. But 'twas a play at ball with no
equality in the side, for having but the one
g but the one piece
to contend with, 'she was able
to duect her three
heavy guns at ,-iis, while Lieut. Latham's balls
failed to enter her iron sides, and it was not until
he found that he could riot sink her, did he leis
urely and jti' the best of order retire, .while grape
was flying thick and fast in every direction. The
steamer continued to shell the woods, to find out
the whereabouts of the artillery, and shying around
the place where the knew it had been, she stuck
fast on a &and bar, and could neither get over nor
back away from it. Capt. Newkirk, the officer in
command, immediately dispatched a courier to the
artillery camp for one more gun, which arrived
ftho night of the 25th, under command of Capt.
Adams. It was then determined to renew the
attaek by daylight. Positions were chosen and
j next morniBg, an hour before day, all parties were
ordered to their respective plaees. THcre follows
me posuiou 01 our iorees, wnicn we uo not minK
prudent to print. Capt. Newkirk superintended
the movements. Everything was bow ready and
there ensued for a few moments a perfect stilloess,
which was broken by the rifled shell of Capt. Ad
ams, which went thundering forth;' then another
mads her ring, then came Lieut. Latham's shot,
whieh did its errand well, then reolied the steamer
with her would-be-murderous grape, while both !
pieces of artillery kept up a rapid fire, just then a
boat was seen coins down, and as it touched the
I water, Lieuta. MeCIammy and Spice v wh their
efae.hmnts. stood ready to dispute tbetr ca'ssatre
to the land, but that boat had business elsewhere; Surgeons by tbo Governor, whose doty it shall ha
they made towards a schooner which lay well to-j to risit all the Hospitals in tbls State and Vlr
wards theinlet. and though the artillery threw trinia. beyocd the limits of the city of Richmond
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enot near enough to them to throw the water itrj under-the direction ot tae oargeon uenerai, lor
their boat, it faild to sink them, Just as s shell rtbe purpose iodituteil aioV pfroprito8
.' from the artillery made an entrance into the 'cob-
in, a light was discovered, and Capt- Newk irk
; proclaimed the day ours. Very ' soon the wood
j work of the Steamer was in a light blaze, and tho
1 attention of all vim riirocfcrl tn th h .t,;.u
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bore thern away as a stiff breeze caaried' them fast"
down the river. ... Had it : been . alro,'. the entire
crew would have' been oars, but let tt3 rest content
with whatwas,dppe. . .They left , in ; the1 utmost
confusion, leaving everything they had, their
rifles, cutlasses, books, caps, shoes, and even their
beef and crackers, half-done. Whether any of
them were killed is not known. The shell fell "all
around her. On her passage up the river she whs
fired into by Lieut. Simmons and his . picket, with
what effect is not known. She accomplished
nothing at all. , Our pickets burned the schooner
that was ready for sea. All the papeis the steamer
got at Jacksonville must have been lest, she, luck
ily, for herself, stole a schooner in which to make
her escape, and was forced by 45 men to abandon
her element of power, iron gunboat. The officers
and men engaged are deserving of especial praise.
Capts. Newkirk and Adams, as also Lieut Latham,
McClammy and Spicerand their wen, will always
remember with pleasure the . day of the 26th of .
November, and while it was not tho good pleasure ' .
of Capt. Ward to engage with thera yet he . stood
at an important post ready to dispute their passago
to the land." - Uer cannon, magazine, chests, wa
ter tanks, boiler, and a vast quantity of iron have
been saved. - Many things of value were found,
ameng them a lot of newly invented schackles for
the feet, together with handcuffs in abundance.
South ern men think of this: know what awaits -you,
recollect what they have prepared, perhaps
for your wives - and children 1 Citizens, of the
Cape Fear, and soldiers in the defence, ponder
these things well, and swear that jron will die,
rather than have your loved soil polluted by the
tread of the despot. . . ' ''
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N. C. LEGISLATURE.
. Satubday, November 29.
, - Senate. Mr Lassiter introduced a resolution
concerning the culture of tobacco, .Mr Laxsiter " ,
said this resolution is not intended to prohibit by
law the cultivation of tobaccj, the propriety of I
which is too questionable, jti regard to this as well
as any of the industrial products of the country
But the necessity is be-coinfng greater every day
for us to husband our resources and to look well
to the future. By the steady advanco of tur
enemies the area from which our supplies are to
come is gradually diir,inishing,jtnd by emigration
into the ulterior, many consumers have to be sup-.
ported without a corresponding number of pro-
ducers; and th ten thousand men proposed to ba
raised for the State defence will reduce the num-
ber. In view of these pressing reasons, I hope
the Committee on Agriculture will introduce a
resolution recommending to tho people of the
State the importance of cultivating only thoae
crops which will support human life. '
Mr Adams of Guilford introduced a bill relat'iTe
to witnesses. Requires expenses to bo paid in
advance when summoned out of the County.
The bill to amend 13th section 105th chaptor
Revised Code. Provides that County .Courts
may in their discretion increase the bonds of ' !
Sheriff to 30,000 Passed. !
A bill from the House concerning the salaries
of tho Judges of the Superior Courts of L'tw and -
Equity. Provides for the payment of salaries
when prevented from holding the Courfs by the
presence of the enemy. The bill was discussed ,
by Messrs. Brown, Warren, Lassiter, Carraway,
Eure, Russ, Copeland, Ellis and Shipp. The
question being on the passage of the bill, : it was
lost by a large vote- Mr Ramsay gave notice that
he would, on anether day, move a reconsideration
of the vote by which the bill was defeated.
House. Mr Shepherd presented a report from
the Joint Select Committee on the-Stay Law, with
a bill modifying the same, making provisos and
exceptions in favor of soldiers in service, or.thosa -disabled
while io . the service of the Confederate
States. ' , ".. :
hit Costner introduced a bill for the better gov
ernment of slaves. ;
Mr Mc-Rae introduced a bill allowing in addi
tion to bounty heretofore offered . our soldiers 15
per month. ,, . ,
Mr Carson introduced a bill regulating tie
the prices of articles of prime necessity. "
The bill constituting the 8th Judicial Circuit
passed its several readings. " - " ' " .
. - Mond at," December 1.
Senate. Mr Sharp introduced a bill, to au
tV.Avi a t Via oa( tlarriiinf - tf ab! fan lvr PAmmfi.
sioner appointed by the different County Courts.
The act to provide . clothing and all other S
necessary Quartermasters stores, and to provide I
for securing supplies for destitute families of :
soldiers now in service, was taken np. Mr Brown
opposed the passage of the bill in its present form I
as it created more military offices he advocated .
leaving the families of soldiers under the care of J
the County Courts where he was sure they would
suffer no detriment. Mr Ellis urged the passage
of the bill. The bill, in its present form, after !
some further discussion, was rejected. I
Hojuse. Mr Real reported a bill to amend the '. j
charter of the Western Plank Itoad Company.
Mr Mann reported ' a bill concerning the Cape
Fear and Deep River Navigation Co Abandons
a portion of the works. '.'- , .-;
Mr Grissora introduced" a bill for the relief of
sick and wounded soldiers. . The bill provides in
asmuch as the condition of our sick and wounded
soldiers is distressing and it being oat of the
power of the Confederate Government to make
eaeh provisions for them as their necessities and
merits require, that the Governor shall appoint
an agent to reside in Richmond to take in charge
and organize the Medical Depot, to visit ' tha
I Hospitals and supply all necessaries and adminis
ter to the comfort of the N. U- -troops, to aid
them 10 procuring furloughs and discharges, when
th case may require if, to receive and properly
UlBinUULe BUCil tUPVIIC J vuw tu9
benevolent, ana sacb as msy be forwarded by te
State: also- provides for the appointment of two
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