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CHARLOTTE, N. C,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1862.
ELEVENTH V0LC3IE K U II B ER 547.
"27. 3 YATiMiSe Editor and Proprietor.
THE
TESTES? wmwm
(g)Pub!ihcd every Tuesday,(o)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
$3 IN ADVANCE.
Fy Transient advertisements mast be paid for in
ttiUiace.
l-JT Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
or ?ppcitic time, will be inserted until forbid, and
nir.-'-d accordingly.
Hides and Tan Bark.
I want to purchase Green and Dry HIDES for the
purpose of tunning; also a large quantity of TAN
HARK. For tV articles the highest market cash
iirice will be paiJ.
JOHN TRELOAR.
Charlotte, 0-t. 28, 1SC2 Cm-pd
.TIIIMTIA IVOT1CK.
JltAKQrAuiEus 8:th Rsr.T. N. C. Militia, "l
Charlotte, Oct. 23, 1S62. J
Captain-- of Companies, belonging to the 85th Reg't,
,:! or r their respective commands to parade at
ihir :r-if. .Mtis-trr Grounds, once in each week for
in, pfctio.'i and drill, armed as the law directs, with
tea charts of powder and ball. Those failing to
comply wiih this orier will be held to strict account.
L S. WILLIAMS,
Oct 28th. Col 85lh Iiegt Militia.
SEW MAMFACILUIXG COMPANY.
( OPPOSITE C. 8. NAVY WORKS.)
STCI'IZ.VS MIIITT &. ."WtLEAaf,
PKOPRITOKS.
We are now manufacturing, br steam-power, all
kinds of tfcdstearls.: Tables, Chairs, Wash.stands, and
everything appt i turning to the Furniture and Cabinet
Uu-ioss.
Be are al-o making a rery pretty, durable and
tiprrior Wood Canteen, to which we invite the special
amotion "f office s aiid soldiers.
Orders from the trade and public generally are re
spectfully solicited, as we are confidcut in our ability
to p!eue the most fatidius. Orders prompilr filled.
J. II. STKVKNS,
W. H. SCHUTT,
Ckvar'.otte, Nov 4, 1862 tf J. A. McLEAN.
FLAX SEED.
THE AYR OIL COMPANY will pay the highest price
for Flax .Seed, in any quantity. Apply at E. Nye
Hutchison 1 Co.'s Drug Store.
October 14, 1802 lm
lioicctus oT flic
DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
Oa and after the let day of November, the State
Journal will be published Daily, Tri-weekly and
Weekly. The Daily State Journal will contain all the
nrr9 received np to the latest hour before mailing, and
will considt of two editions daily. The Morning Edi
tion will contain the news by the evening mails, and
all telegraphic news up to 10 o'clock the previous
night, and will be supplied to city subscribers and sent
by ttie morning mails North and East; the Evening
F. Jiliou will be printed at 3 o'clock p. m., and will
ront.un the additional news by telegraph up to 2
o'i ! k p. in., n:id will be sent to subscribers by the
tmins west and by the Fayettevillc mail. Thus s;;b
fc n hers, no matter in hat direction they may live,
will have the news up to the departure of the mails.
Arrangements have been made to procure telegraphic
new from e!! parts r-f the Confederacy, expressly for
the Stale Journal. General news by mail will be
promptly published. The Markets will be fully re
ported Reliable Correspondents will be secured in
the Army and elsewhere. The Legislative Proceed
ings will be reported daily by competent Reporters
The S;ate Journal will be essentially a newspaper.
T-hms: For the Daily 12 month?, $; 6 months,
$. lii; 3 month-', $2; 1 month, f 1. For iheTri-Wcck-iy
12 months, $4: 6 month;;, $2 50; 3 mouths, $1 10.
ADVERTISING B ATFS:
square,
do
dr.
do
1 day,
2 di,
3 days,
4 days.
$.0 60
0 5
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1 square, 5 days, $1 50
1 do 1 week, 1 75
1 do 3 weeks, 3 00
1 do 1 month, 5 00
Ten lines make ti square.
Advertisements for the Daily will be inserted in the
Tri-Vctk!y free of chtitye. This is an inducement
which cannot tail to attract the attention of advertisers.
The above rates apply only to the daily paper. Ad
vertisements will be inserted in the Weekly paper at
the nual regular rates, viz: One dollar per square for
tie tirst insertion, and twenty-five ceuts for each eub
fe.j'ient inst-rliou.
Addiess, JOHN SrELMAN,
Editor and Proprietor,
Oct. 3t. l2 Raleigh, N. C
Dtt. V.. Fl. AftlHlKWM.
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
WouM ii.form the public generally, and the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the
Pra.tice of DKN'TISTRY and nay be fov.nd at his old
stand. He is prepare.! to set Artificial Tteth e n Uold,
Silver, Vulcanite, or ou the Cheopiastic process, as
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin,
Amalgam or Os Artificial.
Ho is als prepared t) perform ny operation belong
ing to IVntutry, and ned net say that he will be pleas
ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends
yo i take that for granted.
Fthnnrv S, 1 8 1
VESUVIUS FURNACE
IKON WORKS.
The subscriber informs the public that he is mana
uring Pig iron at his Furnace in Lincoln county,
Hve rr.:!e, .nh t-f Sharon Station on the Wil., Char.
A Uuihei-tord Railroad. He is also prepared to etist
Machinery, sach as Mill (;earing. Thrashing Machine
!:". 4c: also Huilow-Ware and Salt Pan.
Vef
J. M. SMITH.
"J Fu"-e P. O. July 15, 18C2. y-pd
, IKON FOR SALE.
'M IRON-tyre plow moulds, Wf, kc
iarr'!
..,h ' iucis solicited terms
. . J
W. DEi'.lt
6m-pd,
Spring Hill Forge
AtLi'.iiiiu, ueii-iiangiiig, A:c.
The subscriber begs leave to inform the public that
he is prepared to Repair Locks of every description
Clocks and Jewelry; he will also clean Jewelry for a.
very low price; will make Key? of all kind?: in fact, all
kind of light Repairing done at short notice. Speeinl
attention paid to Bell-hauging. He may be found op
posite the post-office. W. W. WOODEL.
Jan 29, 1862.
Wanted, ten thousand old Ker, of different sizes
1 Gnn-iocks. he. - W. W. WOODEL,
v'aa 2S, ltt'2 eppositi the post-office.
. - - ..
Lincolnton Female Seminary,
LINCOLNTON," N. C.
S. LANDER, A. M., Principal.
Miss M. J. Tcckbr, Mrs. C. Rosimak, Miss A. M.
Haoew, Mrs. M. J. Lakgdon, Mrs. L. A. Landkr,
Assistants.
The Spring Session, 1863, will begin on Monday,
February 2nd, and close on Friday the 19tU of June.
CHARGES PER SESSION.
Board, including fuel and washing, at $4 00
Incidental Tax 1 00
Regular Tuition, including Latin and Singing,
from $10 20 00
French, 0 00
Music on Piano or Guitar, .. 20 00
Use of Instrument 2 50
Pupils furnish their own candles, towels, and toilet
soap.
TtKMs: Seventy-five dollars required in advance ;
the balance at the end of the session. No deduction
for absence unless in cases of serious illness.
The Town of Lincolnton has long been proverbial
for it healthiness. It has daily Railroad communica
tion with Charlotte, from which it is only two hours
distant. For the benefit of pupils from sickly sections,
our long vacation is in the winter.
Our building will accommodate about sixty boarding
pupils. The boarding department is under the imme
diate charge of the Principal anjl his wife, who, with
most of the other teachers, habitually eat at the same
table, and lodge undr 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 ou 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
Hi"h Point, we appeal with confidence to the public
t for a continuance of the same in our new and superior
location.
For additional information addrtss the Principal.
Nov. 11, 1802. tf
THE SOUTIIERN
Hepatio IE3 ills.
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 age and in dis
charge of active pressional duties. Their good ef
fects upon others created such a demand for them that
he was compelled lo 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 OF THE LIVER. Many persons have
testified to their good effects in Chills and Fevers, Bil
ious Fever, Yellow Fever, Pneumonia, Dyspepsia, &c,
kc. They are an excellent FAMILY MEDICINE.
Read the following:
S. D. Wallace, Esq., Treasurer of the Wilmington
and Weldon Rail Road, (Ang. 30, 1862,) says : "It has
been said that "Dyspepsia" is our national disease.
However this may be, it caused me long and severe
suffering. Providentially a friend furnished nie with a
few boxes of the "Hepatic Pills," and the use of them
has perfected a cure. In my family they have been
used frequently with eminent success. Among my ac
quaintances, many cases originating from diseased
liver, have been relieved and cured by them. I regard
them as an invaluable medicine, and take pleasure in
forwarding this voluntary tribute."
Col. John Wright, of Goldsboro', N. C, (Aug. 14,
1862,) says: "I have used the 'Southern Hepatic Pills'
in my family here and also on my plantation in Ala
bama, and always with success. I have a valuable
servant 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 accordiug to directions, and
she is now well, entirely restored by them. A similar
case occurred among my servants in Alabama. For
liver and lungdisea es I have perfect confidence iu
them."
Full directions and other certificates will be found
on 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 would be well for the afilicted to order them at
once.
From the price above stated, a liberal discount will
be made to dealers aa lung as the pills can be furnished.
Address GEORGE W. DEEMS, Wilson, N. C.
For sale in Charlotte, N. C, by F.
SCARR, Druggist.
Nov. 25, 1862. m
COEMT WAATED.
The subscribers wish to purchase CORN. Apply at
their Livery Stables.
BROWN & WADSWORTH.
Charlotte, Nov 11, 1862 tf
Flour JHill for Sale.
The subscriber, having entered into a contract for
building the Railroad from Danville to Greensboro, is
desirous of devoting his whole time to that work, and
offers his STEAM MILL for sale. The property is sit
uateH 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 Confed
eracy. It has also a Barrel Factory, with improved Machine
ry, and Cooper shops attached, which will be sold
with the Mill or separated. JOHN WILKES.
Sept. 10, 1862. tf
The market price paid for Hides, bv
May 13, 1862 " tf S." M. HOWELL.
NOTICE.
i Perons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes
', -wit Fisher & Burrongh, can have an opportunity of
t doing so by calling at the store of'A. A. N. M. Taylor.
! Don't delay, as we are anxious to get our business
j settled up. J. c. BURROUGHS.
! June 3, 18C2. tf
DR. J. M. MILLER,
Charlotte, N. C,
lias resumed the Practice of Medicine, and cam be
fouud at his Ofiice in Brawley's Building, immediately
over Drucker and Heilbrun's Store, or at his residence.
Feb. 25, 1862.
I The subscriber is daily receiving supplies of a good
; article of Sound SALT, which he offers for 6ale at
! lowest market rates.
I Orders accompanied with the money will receive
i prompt attention. A. E. HALL,
1 Sept 23, 1862 3m -pd Wilmington.
Carriages and Buggies.
The subscriber has on hand a few Carfiages and
Buggies, which he will dispose of on reasonable
terms. Among tkera i3 a fino Carriage of latest pat
tern and fine finish. SAML. LANDER, Sr.,
LineoUton, Oet Jl, IPC? pd Cariiage Builder.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
NOTICE.
Oar terms are Are dollars per year in advance.
Jgy- The Democrat vill & discontinued to all tubtcru
6ers"at the expiration of the time for which it it paid
Those who want to continue must renew before or at the ex
piration of their time.
Southern Money. The Richmond Enqmrfer
Bays that a gentleman who has just returned from
the United States says that in the Northern cities
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
bama bank notes are crily five per cent discount.
But a short time since they were 50 and 60 per
cent discount. The gentleman thinks thai if the
northern people could deal in Confederates notes
they, too, would pass at only five per cent discount.
Some people think that this is a sign that the
northern brokers expect an early peace. We
don't know how that may be, but one thing is cer
tain, the credit of the Confederacy and the States
composing it is rising everywhere. Everybody
with common sense knows that we will be a free
and independent people at some time, and that our
debts will all be paid, because we have the articles
to sell that will command the specie throughout
the world. The cunning yankees, seeing that
this will be the final result of the war, of course
are willing to take southern money, and glad to
get it. -
If the southern people will remain united and
allow grumblers and growlers to throw no ob
stacles in the way of the Confederate authorities,
we shall be blessed with peace at no distant day.
The sore-heads who are constantly complaining of
the action of Confederate officials, lead the enemy
to hope to conquer us in consequence of our inter
nal divisions. Let the growlers be rebuked and
let the enemy see that they have no influence in
retarding the cause of the South.
Confederate Court. The December Term
of this Court for the Cape Fear District, opened at
Salisbury on Monday the 1st inst., his Honor. Asa
Rifrgs, presiding. Up to Tuesday evening there
was no case of much importance disposed of, but
we learn there was a full docket and business
enough to occupy the time of the Court for a week
or more. But to the surprise of Attornies and
everybody ebe, far as we know, Judge Biggs
did not appear on Wednesday, having taken the
cars Tuesday night for home. There were gentle
men here with much business from both extremes
of the State, all of whom had to return without
having it attended to. His Honor may have had
very pressing reasons for this sudden and unex
pected termination of his Court, and at another
time will find himself better prepared to attend to
the duties of his office. Sah'slury Watchman.
Neoroes AT the North. The iuflux of
negroes to the North is beginning to be felt in
New York. It is said that a delegation of work
ingmen and mechanics, representing the various
trades of the city, will proceed to Washington,
bearing with them a petition against such a course
of public policy as will be likely to add to the
free negro population of the Northern cities.
While professing not to be actuated by any politi
cal or partizan motive, the President will be re
minded of the hardships which the white labor
ing population are suffering from the exorbitant
prices cf the necessaries of life, while any measure
which may have a tendency to unduly increase
the number of laborers, and, by consequence, a
further increase in the cost of living, will be re
monstrated against.
The yankees will steal negroes, but they don't
want to live among them.
We see it stated that the Maryland Regi
ment, having dwindled down to so few men, has
been disbanded. Col. Johnson, who led the Regi
ment furough the battles around Richmond, is now
at Raleigh, N. C, where his family resides.
Are there not Marylanders enough in the Con
federacy to form another regiment?
'.
The Reason the New York Trihvne wanted to
let the seceding States go. The Albany Argus
recently charged that Greeley was willing to let
the seceding States depart in pease because he
knew that would preveut the United States ever
becoming Democratic. The Tribune, in reply de
murs to this version, and says:
'How utterly false and dishonest the above is,
our readers already know. We had no thought
of this or that party, but of saving the country, by
timely concession, from a woise calamity than the
loss of the cotton States."
The Tribune, then, cannot hope to con'quer the
southern States.
How to Invest tour Money. The surest
possible way to secure what you have, and to in
vest your money so as to make it pay, is to buy 8
per cent Confederate Bonds. Send your Confed
erate money to Richmond and get interest bearing
Bonds, and you will thus help the cause by saving
our currency from depreciation.
South Carolina Legislature. A bill has
passed the Legislature of South Carolina, by a
vote of 68 to 45, exempting soldiers from poll
tax, and soldiers and the mothers of soldiers, not
worth over $1,000, from all tax. Also, a bill ap
propriating 2,000,000, or such part as may be
needed, for the relief of indigent soldiers' fami
lies, to be apportioned among the various coun
ties, according to the number of indigent
soldiers' families, and disbursed by the inferior
courts under eareful restrictions. A bill to punish
counterfeiting or forging Confederate or State
treasury notes with imprisonment for 10 to
years, or with death on the recommendation of he
jury, passed. In this body there are no Con
servatives (prescriptive party) and consequently
khe public busineaa is attended to.
GEN. JOS. E. JOHNSTON.
Gen. Johnston is a native of Virginia, and a
little turned fifty years of age. He weighs about
one hundred and sixty pounds, is five feet ten
inches in height though he looks taller on ac
count of his erect carriage has a florid complex
ion, short grey hair and closely-cut side whiskers,
moustache and goatee. His manners are rather
quiet and dignified, and his general appearance and
deportment highly military. Indeed, everything
about him his bearing, 6tyle of dress, and even
his most careless attitudes betoken the high
toned and spirited soldier, who loves his profess
ion, and whose soul revels in the din and uproar of
the battle field. His short hair and beard, high
color, close fitting uniform, striking air and self-
possession, remind one of the game cock, the most
courageous
of all "the fowls of the air," when
clipped tud trimmed and prepared for the ring.
Intellectually, General Johnston is the equal of
any of the five Generals in the army, and in the
opinion of many, is superior to them all. His re
ports are written with great vigor and a degree of
elegance which sfiows that in the turmoil of the
camp, he is not unmindful of the graces of litera
ture. As a etrategist, he enjoys a very high reputa
tion among military men. In his operations, he
regards masses and general results rather than
isolated bodies and mere temporary effects. And
hence the opinion prevails with some that he lacks
energy and enterprise. This, however, is a great
mistake. No man is more watchful of his adver
sary or more ready to strike when the time comes;
and when he does strike, he delivers the blow of a
giant. He sees but little advantage in picking off
a man here and there, or in precipitating small
bodies of men against each other. Instead of
frittering away his strength, he seeks rather to
husband it until the auspicious moment arrives,
and then he goes to work with an energy and re
solution that is wonderful.
For the same reason he is considered one of the
best fighters in the whole army. Gen. Lee fights
a good deal by manoeuvres. One step is made to
lead to another. An advantage gained here is the
prelude to another on a different part of the field;
until having attained certain positions and accom
plished certain results, he presses forward against
the vital point with a vigor and resolution that
carry everything before them. Johnston wders
the battle after the same fabhion, and enters the
field with the same purposes; but when he gets
fully into the fight, and his blood is once up, he
strikes right and left, and with a rapidity and skill
that are perfectly irresistible. He is not content
with commanding on the field, but, like the de
ceased Irishman, when the bottle was passing
atouod at his own funeral, he insists upon taking
a hand himself.
When Jackson got into position and the battle
was fully joined in front of Richmond, certain
vietory was the assured result of Lee's masterly
combinations. And at the second battle of
Manassas, when Jackson was hard pressed on the
left and asked for assistance, Lee, instead of send
ing it to him and weakening his forces elsewhere,
pressed Longstreet forward on the right, threw
the enemy's left wing into confuson, and thus re
lieved Jackson more effectually and in less time
than if he had sent him reinforcements. Johnson,
on the contrary, had a well-matured plan of battle
at the Seven Pines, but it was simple and direct.
He struck right at the centre of the enemy, in
tending to pierce his lines, capture his force on
this bank of the Chiokahominy, and then drive
the remainder on the East side into the York and
Pamunkey rivers.
When McClellan moved his army to the Penin
sula last spiing, it is said that Johnston, then in
command of the Army of the Potomac, was in fa
vor of taking up his position behind the Cbicka
hominy and not going to Yorktown at all. The
President preferred the position at Yorktown,
however, and accordingly the army was moved
down to Magruder's lines. The night of his ar
rival there Johnston held a council of war, at
which Toombs said : "We must fight to-morrow,
or retreat to-night." All our forces had then
come up, whilst McClellan 's army, already enor
mous, was receiving fresh additions every day,
Johnston agreed with Toombs, but kept hiu army
there fourteen days, chiefly in deference to the
wishes of the President, until McClellan got ready
"to offer him battle, when he broke up his camp
and marched back to Richmond. It was during
this retreat that the battle of Williamsburg was
fought by Longstreet, who brought up the rear.
Important movements are about to be made on
the Rappahannock, but it would be improper to
state what they are. Jackson is in the right
place, and everything is prepared for the enemy.
The hawk does not care how many birds there are
in the flock, nor does the wolf count the 6heep
in the fold. When Lee does strike, his blow will
be a crushing one.
An Anglo-French. Story. Two English
men, who lately left France to figh. a duel over
the borders, amused themselves by playing togeth
er during their voyage. After losing a great deal,
one or them said to his adversary, "I will bet you
that you do not kill me in this duel at ten paces."
"I take the bet," said his adversary; "I shoot bet
ter than you, and, being the offended party have
the advantage of the first fire." "That's no mat
ter," replied the other; "I wish to make the mat
ter interesting, and I bet my fortune against
yours." "Done," said his companion. When
thev reached the ground the one who offered the
bet'said to the seconds: You are my witnesses that
if my adversary does not kill rne, all his fortune is
m?n. for mvself and mv children." The seconds
made a Bign of acquiescence. The combatants
were then placed at ten paces distance, pistols in
hand. The aggrieved party was to fire at the third
d: but before the second motion
I was made his adversary had blown out his brains.
! t t i i i 1 : -A.t a illinn t r r Via ttnn
ills cnnuren inueriii ucaiiy a unm
his bet; his adversary did not kill him.
More Vandalism. A letter from Natchez,
dated November 18th, eays : "Mrs. Bragg, wife of
General Braxton Bragg, and her mother, Mra.
Eifcs, have separately been burnt out by the Aboli
tionists, and are on their way to this place. Their
plantations are on the Bayou Terre, near Thibo
dcaux. La."
N. C. LEGISLATURE. j
Saturday, December 6.
nousE.- Mr Costner presented a memorial
from certain citizens of Lincoln county, asking for
the appointment of J no. E. Roberts as a magistrate
of that county. Mr Foy wished to know whether
Mr Roberts was of an age subject to the conscript
act. Mr Costner stated that the gentleman was
between the ages of 35 and 45. He had served
more than 12 months in the army, and that he
knew the fact that there was no magistrate in the
district where the' gentleman resided. ' Mr Foy
hoped that the House would reject all such as
were liable to conscript duty. Mr Amis saw no
necessity for new appointments which were merely
made to shelter applicants from military service.
Mr Lane moved to lay the application on the
table agreed to.
Mr Brown introduced a bill to change the time
for holding the County Courts of Mecklenburg
county. On motion of Mr Shepherd, the rules
were suspended, and the bill passed its 2d and 3d
readings. The courts are to be held on "the 2d
Mondays of January, April, July and October.
The following engrossed bills from the Senate
were read and disposed of:
A bill to amend the 13th section, 105th chapter
of the Revised Code, relating to Sheriffs, passed
its second and third readings. It authorizes the
county courts hereafter, to require Sheriffs to give
bonds not exceeding $50,000. A bill to supply
powder and lead to the militia of the State,
passed its second and third readings. It au
thorizes th Governor to issue 50 lbs. of powder
and 200 lbs. of lead to each militia regiment.
A Bill to amend the Ordinance of the Con
vention making provision for the families of
soldiers dying in the service; it passed its second
and third readings. It authorizes the payment of
bounty and pay of decea&ed soldiers, first to the
wife or children, and if not married, to the
parents.
A bill to amend the 38th section, 102d chapter
Revised Code relating to jailors, passed its second
and third readings. It authorizes the county
courts to increase the fees of jnilor3 and eounty
surveyors.
A message was received from the Governor,
calling attention to a communication- from H. W.
Guion, President of the Wilmington, Charlotte
& Rutherford Railroad. Mr Quion's letter was
read, complaining of the action of the Confed
erate Government in demanding possession of
the railroad iron now in his possession, and ap
plying it to the completion of the Danville Rail
road. The message and accompanying document!
were 6ent to the Senate with a proposition to
raise a joint Select Committee on the subject.
Monday, December 8.
Senate. The resolutions declaring vacant the
offices of Adjutant and Attorney Generals and the
office of Solicitor of the 4th Circuit. by reason of
their acceptance of -positions in the army, were
passed.
A message was received from the House, trans
mitting a resolution protesting against the turning
of cotton per order of Gen. French, in Eastern
North Carolina, for concurrence.
A motion was made to put the resolution on its
several readings.
Mr Graham was opposed to hasty action. He
heard nothing of the resolution until to-day.
Mr Outlaw ebserved that by orders of some of
the Confederate officers issued months ago, citi
zens of his district had to suffer a wanton destruc
tion of their cotton, and more would be destroyed
unless speedy action was taken.
Mr Ellis was opposed to this continually com
ing in conflict with the Confederate Government.
It would be better that every bale of cotton
should be destroyed than that the enemy should
get possession of it and thus have additional
means for waging war against us. The Confed
erate Generals knew their duty, and he believed
they would exercise a due discretion in the. dis
charge of it. He thought it not the part of the
Legislature to instruct the Confederate Govern
ment. Let the officers alone, feed and clothe
them, and leave them to the legitimate discharge
of their duties and all would be well. Trammel
them by false legislation and evil must ensue.
.Mr Eurc thought the Legislature should speak
the con'plaints of the people. It would have
been well bad the Confederate Government
hearkened to the appeals and the complaint of
North Carolina before Roanoke Island fell. He
knew of instances of wanton destruction of prop
erty in Craven county, suffered and caused only
by the tyranny of officers there.
Mr Ellis rejoined by" abking what kind of
tyranny the people of Craven county were suffer
ing now. The rule of GeB. Jacksoa in New
Orleans would, he believed, have saved a large
portion of the country now held by the enemy.
He vindicated the prudence and discretion of
Confederate officers.
Mr Outlaw vindicated the loyalty of the people
of Bertie, and their willingness to abide by the
orders of the Government, but be thought that
the order now protested against, did not give
sufficient time for compliance with it.
Mr Holeman was opposed to continuing this
attempt to come in conflict with the Confederate
Government. If the Legislature had no confi
dence in the Confederate government, let them
set up for themselves; if they had, then reject the
resolutions. He thought the motto of the Legis
lature was, " to the victors belong the spoils,"
and with that principle every act was made to ac-
cord. This petty warfare against the government
! should cease. He would not vote for the resolu
tion.
Mr Warren would discharge the duty he sup
posed incumbent on him, regardless whether or
not he pleased President Davis, Gen. French or
anybody else.
Mr Young was opposed to the interference of
the State in the execution of the necessary mili
tary enactments. If the people of the East suf
fered, the homes and houses of the West were
open to them', and big people were ready to divide
with them what they had. Mr Slaughter ad
vised that for every bale of cotton burned, where
remuneration could not be recovered from the
Confederate Government, a civil action should be
commenced against the buttoned official who con
sumed it, and remarked that his people had in
structed him when the Weldoa road waa made
the line of operations, to resign his seat and re.
turn home, vowing they would not contribute by
paying taxes or in any other way to . government -that
would refuse them protection.
The discussion was continued at some length, '
participated in by Messrs. Copeland, Young, Ellis
and Holeman in opposition to, and Messrs.
Slaughter, Warren, Lassiter and Outlaw in favor
of the resolutions. .. .
ju imii uuupiiun, me Bjea ana Days were
ordered, and resulted as follows: .-.. - r '
Ayes -Adams of D., Adams of G., Arendell,x
Bagley, Blount, Carroway, Dickerson, Euro,
Faiaoo, Graham,- Jarratt, Lassiter, Leitch, Lind
say, Matthews, Murrill, Neal, Outlaw, Ramsay,
Russ, Sanders, Sharpe, Slaughter, Smith of A.,
Smith of M., Taylor of C, Taylor of N., Warren, '
Whitford,,Wiggins, Wooley, Wright.
JVrts. Copeland, Drake, Ellis, Uoletnan.
Powell. Smith of S.. WliitA. Yrmno
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House. Mr Beall offered a resolution to au.
thoriie the Governor to have a roll of honor for
preserving the names of soldiers dying in the
service, and of those who may distingu;.shthem
selves in defence of their country. Also for the
patriotic women of the State if the Governor
thinks proper, passed its second and third read
ings.
A message wni rceeived from the Governor
transmitting the following documents:
Memorials from the ladies of Caswell county,
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measures to put down extortion and speculation.
From E. W. John, Medical Purveyor C. S.,
stating the want of stimulants for wounded
soldiers, and asking that authority bo given to
the Medical Purveyor's department to contract
within this State for the distillation of wbiskej '
and alchohol.
From M. L. Hopkins of the Virginia Lpgiula
ture, asking the co-operation of the North Caro
lina. Legislature in measures adopted by the Legis
lature of Virginia to put down extortion in prices
of articles of prime necessity. Sent to the
Senate.
A resolution authorizing the Governor to ar
range with the Railroad companies for the trans
portation of salt from Wilmington to the interior;
passed its second and third readings.
A bill from the Senate authorizing the pur
chase of provisions by the Governorj in the eastern
nortinn nf thf Srnt find rliKfribntinr if tn antrl!?'
families and others iu the several counties, was.
passed.
Cheap Method to Cure Bacon. At this
time, when salt is selling for two hundred dol
lars a sack, pays the Charleston Mercury, the fol
lowing simple and cheap method of curing bacon
(given by a eitiaen of Georgia) may be wcrtb
trying:
"1 caw at the house of Mr. William Morton,
well known and respectable citizen cf this place,
good bacon, from a hog weighing two hundred
and fifty pounds, killed last week, made by dip
ping it in boiling brine, hung and smoked imme-.
diately. The plan is simple and commendable for
its economy of salt.' Take a kettle or a large pot
nearly full of water, put in a little more salt than
tho water will dissolve, bring it to boil, cut up the
meat, and while animal heat is in it put in the
kettle and boil from two to four minutes, according
as the meat is thick or thin; rub on meal to keep'
ou the Hies; then nang and smoke it. the brine
must be kept up to its full strength by occasionally
adding salt. When the work is dote, the remain
ing brine may be boiled down and the salt sarod
for other uses, or for the next killing.
"Mr. Morton tells me he learned this plan from
an old man forty years ago, who had used it for
years previous. He has frequently tried it in the
month of August with invariablo Buccess. Every
one who knows him will vouch for the truth of his
assertion."
Wc, the aspoeiate Editor of this paper, tried the
method of salting pork by the means of plaoingit
in strong brine. We bought a dead hog weigh
ing 71 pounds last week, placed half of it in cold
pickle, and in forty-eight hours - the thin parte
were too salt for frying for breakfast. The ham
appeared to be quite weil struck, but we did not
think it quite salt enough to hang up. So we
had it put in pickle again, irotn our little ex
perience in the matter, we shall in futuro adopt
the plan of emcrcing our pork in strong pickle,
instead of pursuing the old mode of rubbing and
wasting calt. The pickle must be as strong as salt
can make it. When strong as it can bo made the
s.ilt will melt no longer. We think, though we
have not fairly tested this latter, that at least one
third of salt can be aaved by using brine for cur
ing pork. "Wilmington Journal.
Wealth oj the South. Cotton. We find
in a Southern exebarge an estimate of eotton on
hand, in the South, the general conclusion of tba
statistical exposition being that at the market
price oi cotton to-day, our now utelessi staple is o
sat vta
rhiohj
les ef
value enough to pay, of itself, every dollar vrh
the Confederate Jbtates owe.
At fh in tnnment a air j firsnnnrt ti
cotton within the country, which, at the ruling
prices of the staple now, is worth 8700,000,000
Since the world began, no nation has ever had.iir
its hands so much wealth in a single article M
production. ' ' xN
The consumption is increasing in a ratio fart
faster than the increased means oi its production
and this results, in a great degree, from the nev
fabrics to which it is being applied, to say nothing
of the increase of the world's population, and thl
new civilizations which immediately require Hi
use. Regarding these interesting facts and sta
tistics with respect to this annual store of wealth
it is impossible to suppose that the sum oL del
i which this war will accumulate can be unmanageaf
; ble or fall with intolerable weight upon oar peopl
Richmond Examiner.
-Gov, Letcher of Virginia, in a eomrnuniea,
tion to the Richmond Whig denied emphatwallj
I the statement of the Philadelphia Press that fc
i r,arl nfT.rJ tn Fernando Wood a proposition for
compromise and reconstruction of tho Onion, t(
(enunciated oj oou, iu a soUU -
i Gov. Letcher aays that he has had no communic?
i r.iir in wn'tinrr with anv Norther!
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