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ON THE
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3 per annum
in advance.
CHARACTER IS AS IJIPOBTANT TO STATES AS ' IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLOKT OF THE OXE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OP TEE OTHER.-
WEST SID I
CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1862.
ELEVENTH VOLUME !f UMBER 548.
U, yl YAPHj Editor and Proprietor.
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Pu!Ii!icd every Tuesday, Q)
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WILLIAM J. YATES,
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IX ADVANCE.
dvertisi-meats rr.-it be paid for in
: a-.-ie::
"Ot m'A'l n tie ns miser: pt
be inserted until forbiJ, a:..!
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v.- : :iiiiiti..S to i:ir:ld( at
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d ;i tli v law directs, with
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V arc ti'.'.v ma":;;.;-;urii- r. by ?t:in-fower, all
ki:id of P -i K-.-i-i i'ahle. i.'htirs. Wash-taii'!-, and
t-vcrylloii :! t.i,,.ni,r to tiie i'urniture and Cabinet
i.u-iin-s.
We are
a bo id ?
.i't a very jrtty. durable and
i:' rior
,r VV..,.i
'.. :i i . to which we invite the special
i" h ;i I' il Soldiers.
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l.ie l::oie and pitoi.c genera; IV a re re- i
F'ectliill;. s'.i :' it
io J.lo-i-.t- Li.- mo
i. .:. a we a re cot.a-ici.t in our ai::;ty
:.i -t:. I. ous. U.''!'T-5 prono.tlv bili.-d.
J. !!. STKVF.NS.
V. H SCIIFTT,
fhar!'.tt. Nov 4. !s".i 'f J. A. Vn Lb AN.
i -. iAX si;j;u.
TITn AVi: ;,H. COMPANY pity the highest price
frr I i:i.t Seeil. in .i:tv j'iii r:t ily. Aj p!y al C Nye
1I;; h: on .t t'o.'p i'-'-ig Siore.
to-
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I'rofU'ctiis of the
DAILY STATE JOURNAL.
On nod -a'.icr the I -U dav of Novtmbfr, the
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Wi K'v. The Daily SinU- Joiirtini will cmtairi ail the
rc.i'i ico ivcd up to the late.' t hour before ni:iiiir.g. nn
will eos'Niyt of two editions HiI. The .'doiiiilig K li
tiiin vr:i! ro.it.tin t!ie nes by the evening maiis. aud
all tebvupliic ae-.vs rip to 10 o'clock the previous
nigiir, jtiij it ill t.e -ippiicd to city subscribers a mi seta
ly tiie inor:ioi n.aiN Ni;i:h a:.d Fast; the hAenini;
K li'ion w i.I ic u in;. J at .' o'clock p. 111., and will
e Mi'.iin i. o' additional news by tch graph n;i to 2
v' io I. ,). in., and will be Sent to subscribers bv 'l.e
ti m-t :i l i by the Favettcviile mail. Tint-! s;.b- j
v, i,ii.-:-, :o in.iucr in v.iiat diiiciion they ruay ii.e,
w:!i :i!c tli- news uo to the departure ot the mails. I
A:
; ri.t- iiave been ir.sde to procure telegraphic J
rw- iroin ;u
th - S: ite .I. i
P'o -aptly
irts l tuc ( onfc .cracv, exircs'-Iv (or
,i
'b::eral n"-.vs bv mail will
I. The M arkets will he fuilv
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i urn fiioni i u:s wm to- seriireil in
the Armv :
ini wi.i 0
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renr:e.i daily by comp. tent Reporter.- t
)'.r;..!l will ur c s s o i i 1 1 :v il y a newspuper
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ly l4Z months, $0: 0 month?. I
;r the 0
!.- 2 ; n... nth. .-51. For ! he Tr i- c-k
i "J mount . 5: rejnths, 5- " 0: 3 moi.ihs, 1 50.
nrr, I dy. 50 io I square, ." days. $1 .r.o
! 'lays, 0 7i 1 do 1 fk, I 75
: vi's, ! ("i ! 1 r:o o weeks, 3 O't
d. 4 day-. 1 25 j I do 1 m..ar.h, 5 00
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its f,
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r the I'.iiiy will be inserted in the
'"'ey-. This is an iioluceno u
attract the atter.tioi: of adver' imts.
lr r.i-lv f i. the .. r J v i:i:nr. .Ad-
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...i t.vv.ity :; . e ce.lts i"t itch sub- j
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.'OHS .i HI, MAN.
F.ditor and Proprietor.
Raiei-h. N.
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i 1 ;-. N. C.
Wo -r. i -f.rm th-
ai.
..neral!v
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1 the crirei . of I
y. e.- .' . : p .mc ii.k! '. v
:.. u he ii '.s resurn' d the '
ai: i rt-av be found tit hi- tdd .
t Ari.f.cial Te th mi tjoi 1, '
the ;-i oplastir prociss. as
till TectL; with liold, Tin, I
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1.
S:'.-. ". V..!,-:.-i-e. oa
p.i'icnts i .e.-:r'-. an-.
An. iig.tm i:-i' Artificial
Ile is also rerarrd to perform an v I'.'eritl.-o! belong
C to !Vn
it; -.-. -:er.; not stiy tuat he wil!
;e-i ;iny tif his o! i frieR 1- or new
e h.it for granted.
-e pie-.
; ier.ds-
w a i :
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VESUVIUS FUPvNACE
mux worms.
T.i
er ::i!,rr:- the paio.c til at lie u mutiH-
Tafirmc. p
fn e ni i o -.fc
R it'.o rto
Ha. hir.erv.
Irons, Ac;
iron at itis
rt!l ot Shar..
i Uatiioai.
F'.raace in Lincoln county.
Station on the Wil., Char.
lie is al.-O prepared to ca-t .
U.-h
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T'.y 15. 1PC2.
SMITH,
y-pd
uvin Fi.ru.tee P. u.
1 I'd IN 1 UK SAl.'H.
1 ?.ve mi Hand, at mv Fiit- t :, i
.V.;. .t;"f."" .L.lncoIlUon- l"t 20.O0O bus. ot
!
:
"1U'U"U oai.N u re plow moulds, bars ir i
am prepared to rn machine irons of aR kir.d. '
hollow-ware, .-ah pans, ic. Orders solicitcd-te-mi 1
Vb; . . J- W- L'KRR.
"V1"' t.m-p,:, Spring IhUPorp
aSepairin, nr2I-haaui:tc, Arc
!
The subscriber begs. leave to inform the pUh!u-. tast j
he is prepared to Repair Lock? of every description. I
Clock and Jewelry: be will also clean Jewelrv for a
very low price: wil! mike Keys of all kinds; in fact, nil
kind of light Repairing done at short notice. Special
tuention paid to Mel.'-lianging. He may be fov.nd op
posite the post-office. W. W. WOOPEL.
Jxi 2-. 1862.
Wanted, tea thoosacd old Kevs, of ciOrent .fires:
oM G'in-locks. kc. W. W. WOODLL,
'862 epposjte the pest-office.
iLincolnton Female Seminary,!
mcoLNTO.x, k. C.
S. LANDER, A. M., Principal.
! Miss M. J. Ti cker. Mr.-. C. Rosimak, Mist A. M.
! IIagesi, Mrs. XI. J. Langlox, Mrs. L. A. Lasdkr,
I Assistants.
The Spring Se:ion. 1803, will begin on Monday,
Febr.-y 2nd, and cl-sc- on Friday the 19tb of June.
charges p::r session.
Hosr:!, including furl and warning, at 5 4 ou pc.
wrck,
r-ici'!er.ti!l Tax.
Ucgular Tui'ion, incluuinj
fro in...
.. $80 00
: oo
Latin and Singing,
.10 to 10 00
Vr.-ruh,
' -i -ic r.n Piano or (' i;
V - of Ir.strurrwn!,
Pupils furiiiIi their
10 00
20 00
2 50 j
i!e?, towel?, and t-iU-t
aits:-
;ev-t:tT-f! v
s required in adra'-r r :
t;- balance at t! e t-io! of te session. No dedu-;:...w
tor abs'.-nce un'u ss in ca.cs of serious illn ss.
Thr Town of Linoolnton lias long" been prove n ' '
f r i : . hi a!tliiiiC;S. It in s daily Railroad ci :!i:ntrr -
tion with Charlotte, froru which it is only two Ikh s
dissant. For the b iu ;it of pupiU from sickly sections,
our loi: vacation is in the winter.
Our Luildir.j; will accommodate about sixtv boarditij,'
d'ediJhfi'nncaU
ni...n of the other teachers, habitually ent at the fume
fable, and lodge undr the same roof, with the girls. ;
The faet. that we have semi-anntial ctases enables ;
ns to enfoice a higher .-tankard ot scholarship ti"owi is j
u.Miitl in the best in.-lit utiuus conducted on the c.-dina- j
ry annual y.ui. Diplomas of G rad uatisn will be given ;
to t::OoC who complete our CoIiCye i.out?e. ;
Thankful for the liberal patronage given us while at !
Hieh Point, wc apneul with eoufidence to the public '
lor a cou tin uance ol the same in, ot'r new ana suj)crir
1 'cation.
Fo; additional information address the Principal.
Nov. 11, tf
TIIE SOUTHERN
This combiiiiition of medicines was first prepared by
the proprietor in 1825, when he was pronounced by !
Mil L'C I'uuiu'iu pii v ? it ui;is iu ;i oua i I'm i i in uii
c.i sta-e of Consumption. Thestt pills cured
He is i'ow over seventy years of age and in dis-
.h ir t i.t :ictice nrotessioM.Ll hities. Their i'ood ef-
- '
feet.- upon others created such a demand for them that !
he was compelled to deist from fupplying themtratu-
.tou-iv.
I i v i r ViiT r "rviii rn ti 1 i
d for a!i diseases, but oniv such a arises from
InSORDF.US OF THE MYKR. Many persons have j
te.tiiied to 'heir good etl'ects in ("hibs and Fevers, Iiil- I
ioiir Fever, Vcilow Fever, Pneumonia, Ii.spepsia, ic,
ic. Ti.-y are au excellent FAMILY" il FAU INK.
Ileal the following :
S. I. Wallace, Esq., Tr "surer of the Wilrftington
and VYeldon Hail Road, Aug. 30, '. S'j2, ) sayp : "It has
been said that .''Dvsi'i.i'Si.v ' is our national disease,
ll 'WcVer thi may be, it caused me long and severe
si.il.Tiicr. Providentially a friend famished me with a
few hoN'-si of the "Hepatic Pills," and the use of them
has perfected a cure. In my family they have been
used irefjueutly with eminent success. Among ray ac
quaintances, many cases orijrinHting from diseased
recard '
! I
liver, iiitvc beea relieved and cured by them. I
them as an invaluable medicine, and take pleasure in
forwarding this voluutary tribute."
Col. John' Whigiit, of Goldsnoro', N. C, (Aug. 14,
K-;G2.) says: "I have used the 'Southern Hepatic Pills'
in my family here and also on my plantation in 'Ala-
l.ama, ami iilways witli success. 1 Have a valuable!
,-ervant girl who had been a long time under treatment '
for cutis ii mpnou , wi.'ioiit receiving any benefit. Al
most in lo r rx'rcmitv 1 was induced to irv the 'Hepatic
l'i!is.' They were given according to directions, and
she is now well, cnurely restored by them. A similar
case iiccnrit j anions i.-iy servants in Alabama. For
and In i.i disi as e I have perfect confidence in
tin-in "
Full direction and other certificates will be found,
on the wrapper of vach box.
i ne great rise in t.'ie price oi medicines, compels tec
propiietorto put the-e pills at 50 cents a box. As it
y soon not be pos-ioic tr procure ail th
iiiL'rcdi-
s, it would U- well lor the ufdicted to order thrm ut
From the price ajiove stated, a liberal discount will
be nii-de to dealers ut b-ng as the pills can be furnished.
Adlress (H:Oli:;i-; Y. DF.EV.S, Wii.nn. N. C.
Fot sale in Charlotte, N. C, by F.
SCARR, Druggist.
Nov. 25, lbC2. cm
The subscribers wish to patch rrvRN. Apply at
tltcir Live ry Stables.
hrown i '.YAPswoR'rn.
Charlofe, Nov II, 1S62 tf
Flour Miiffbr SaieT
The sub-. -riber. h.-ivii..' eoiei e i into a contract for
i building the Railroad f;om Ii:.iU- to Itretuaboro, is
de-i:ou- i f devoting his wlmlc time to that work,
und j
sit- !
oiler - - his ST F.AM Mil.!, for sale. The property u
m'tc in the town of Cliarlotte, on lhe Norm Caroiina j
i;,il Road, litis six run of Mill Stones, and the flour j
has a high reputation throughout the Southern Coufe i- ;
eracy. j
It lias a!o a Barrel Factory, with improved Machine- ;
j ry, and t. ouper shops attached, which will be sold '
with the Mill or separately.
JOHN WII.KLS. ' ;
Sept. u;, l b J 2 . tf
The n.irket price naid for Hides, bv
May I.-., fd ' tf S." M.
HOWELL.
.Wi'lCE.
Persons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes j
wii' Ficher i liurrough, ctsn have an opportunity of .
d'dnir so bv csIlinT at the store ot" A. A. N. M. Taylor. !
I,,n dely it we ure ariviotos tt. ,Tt nr hn.fnrns '
ci,i..r
' r
-r
J. C. HFKIIOUGHS.
June J. ?C2.
tf
Dli. .1. 31. .MILLER,
Charlotte, N. C,
Flas resjrr.ed the Practice o
Medicine, ard
e.Jicme, and en oe
found at his Office in Braw
-ley s b.ulding. lnmeoiateiy j
over Drucker and Heilbrun
er and
1862.
s .-tore, or at bit resmence. .
Feb.
.
T rTB '" !
The sub. criber is daily receiving supplies of a good !
article of So .r.d 5 ALT, which he off.rs for sale at J
lowest market rates. '
Orders accompanied with the raoner will receive :
prompt attention. A. F.". HALL. I
Sent 23. 1 Stt? 3m -nil
I ...ii. " - - - - .
WuuiiidTOT '
IL i
Carriages and Buggies.
The subscriber has on band few Carriages and
Buggies, which he will dispose of on reasonable
terms. Among them is a fine Cairiage of latest pat
tern and Cne finish. SAML. LANDER, Sr.,
Liccolnton, Oct 21, 1863 pd Carriage Builder.
b VBtsltxn Dtmnrrnj.
CHARLOTTE, n. c.
' NOTICE.
Our terms are three dollars per year in advance,
j tST" The Democrat will be disrvitinued to all tubteri
: be at the expiration of the t-te fo- uhich it u paid
! These u-ho uant to continue mutt renew before or at the ex
j piration of their time. .
N. C. LX.3ISI.ATUKS.
Saturday, Pecf,.
lor
13.
SENATE. The Seloct Cou.mittee a; ratted to
enqu
ire into the authothv ' i
m.
of i
citizens recently made by C
portal, rt commending tho fjo tlv 1 .) mg the r:s-
lutioti of enquiry on lis- tal.r!.
lie bill to atnend the Revi'd Couc rtdu.'ivt io
r " l.T il . , r . I . . . - - . .
an irn
roa?o ot lanes ot uto -u.ucis u. no: otare,
(. a it. second and third readings. H.js bill
.v? the Governor Sj.ulO; Judges 'l.the S
ti-
1 " :,U1 '-p oetlclJ1-X -r;; u V,
C.njt roller J reasurcr fel.oOO, and 31 em-
UI oi UlU -umu.j v-r Fe4 u-j.
1 1 : t'c r ATr AIi.IImi- infrnih'ii.iil n bill :i 1 1 .n? i n re
1 Kobeson
county to be impressed to work on the public do-
fences instead of s-laves. On motion of Mr Wad- !
,1, il all the counties of the State were included. I
JasscJ irg second third readings.
clwlr,!,nll ii.trodii.--d .-l bill to inpnrnnmU
: .1. . i i ... i '. . i . ! : l . , ., ., ,..i iv ; i
J . it,..
I':'".V at 1 ayettCVllle, passed Its second and third
leanings.
I be ioilowing hngrosseu liiils ana resolutions
fii m the Senate were read : lo incorporate the
Dallas, Newton and King's Mountain Railroad
Company passed its second and third readings.
To establish the Rank of Linoolnton.
Mr Worth, from the Finance Committee, re
ported a bnl authorizing the issuing ol one nul-
U)U 0f Treasury notes in denominations from five
c.,uls t0 te dollars, and making regulations rela-
- i i i i-
, V i
Yir Fleming introduced resolutions guarantee-
liner orth Carolina's r.roirortion cf the Confed-
n . i r
erate debt, on the same basis as that adopted by
,b hedslature of Alabama,
s
For the Western i'tmocrat.
. OHITUAHY.
Of the gallant men who sacrificed their lires upon
the altar of liberty in that ev c-r-mt morable Sharpsburg
conflict, no nobler son fell thau Capt. James B. Atweli,
aged 31 years and'7 mouths. Life for him was all pro
mise, the future was bright, the sky of his destiny
seemed clear and placid; for him time passed on gold
en wings fraught with naught but happiness.
But alas! the thunder-cloud of war dispet'-d the
smiling sunshine, and he, the noble, brave d ..lival
rous was withered by its blast, while gallant , leading
his little band of brave boys in the action of hc great
Sharpsburg fight. He received a severe wound id the
hcad w'hich Pr,jTed futal after an illness of several
wet'ks which he bore with fortitude rarely found in
anyone. He died Oct. I2tu in fchepl erdstown, a.
lie w as a native of Cabarrus county, aud was among
the first to respond to his country's call; but now he
sleeps his last long sleep, and in his grave lie buried
tlu, fOIiriost hopes of many a loving heart
He wls a rood officer, kind and rhHmno- tn hi. men.
a dutiful and aifectionate son, a de oted brother, and
kind and courteous to his friends. More can be said
of him than this, he had made his peace with God, and
he died in the most confident hope of happine.-s in the
world to come. What a gre;it consolation to his be
reaved friend his dying message to them was "meet
me in heaven."' Uh! the thought of meeting a loved
one in iieaveu. l lie most periect Happiness mat any
one can have in this world is to know that the loved j
ones who have gone before them, and for whom they
mourn, was prepared for the change, and that when-
ever called upon they are prepared to meet them iu
heaven. Though we mourn for him we are not iriih
I out hope of meeting him in peace. The m'gnitvde of
i such an affc tion none can adequat'-iy climate hot
j these who are involved iu the beieavement. To 'hem
his loss is irreparable; bur such, alas, is the tenure of
i all earthly bliss the ties on e.-.oh are not petpet.jal
i all else must be dissolved but the "life which is hid
i tvith Christ." "Without a siiji,
I A changi of feature or a shaded smile,
! He gave h's Tiand to the stern mc fcnger,
I And as a glad child setkt hi.- t-t' r's I ce,
I ' Went h, .; '"
The profound sorrow which is fel; by ti...- ei. :;p com
munity at his death is perhaps one of the ben eviA ; rk.
ces of his woitb. His decp-toncd piety, uitatreei-j J,c.
i inanity and mtcKr.ess, with 1ns g'
! lit ; .rtment yet manly disposition
eness i.f spirit and t
won the confidence
, and e--teer.i of ail who knew biin.
j Fricttd ftf:er friend departs;
i Who has not lost a friend?
i There is r.o uniou here of hearts,
That has not here an end.
Were this frail world our final rest
Living or dying none were blest.
Thus star by star declines,
Till all are pa-.-ei away,
As morning high and higher shinei
To pure at.d perfect day;
Nor sinks those star ia empty night,
But hide themselves in heaven's own lic-ht.
A FRIF-Xf).
O O X X 1 33L O 33. J? .
W SI. I.I A 31 fc GATES'
; Have tins day associated with them in the Mercantile
r.r.d Commis'sion business. LEWIS W. SANDERS, j
The style of the firm will hereafter be
WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. j
NOTICE. All persons indebted to the late firm of!
Wiiliams i Oates will please call and settle up, as
we wish to close our old business.
WILLI VMS A 0TES.
Tee 0, 1P62
tf
! Deserter Arrested,
On the 17th of November, a man who calls himre.t
1LLIAM ii IfcO, ana representing Uimseit as a oe-;
, r - A
5,.rIer from the 44th Oeorgial.cgiment t,ol. i.urip.voi
i was taken up in Gaston county, N. C, and locgea in
Mecklenburg jail. He was ridinir a large gray mare,
about 7 years old, foretop slight!.' trimmed, and blue
'ft fn "the wether. He acknowledges having stolen
said mare from a gentleman nvirg luv"!;';'
ana I; union' ' . , f,: V?". 1"
possession awaiting the call of the owner, who can
ha the same by proving property and pajing cliarj.es.
1... . - , . . 1 T :... 1..IT-.1
1 nve in Liincoin county, o mucs ueiu -
JOHN DAVIS.
I Nov 25, 1SC3 2m-pd
ftEGRO !I1A1 FOR SALE.
A Negro Man is offered for sal-a first-rate Black
smith good character.
Euquire at this office.
Dc 2, 1862 31
The Cattle of Fredericktlmrg. .
"A correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer
gives the following account of the crossing of the
j River by the enemy at Fredericksburg, Va., and
of the battle which afterwards took place:
The enemy atte-mpted the passage of the Rap
pahannock by laying down' their pontoons at 1
o'clock on Thursday morning, the 11th. They
'were permitted to' get their bridges half finished
before" on; men fired ; upon them. About dawn,
however thes17th and 18th Mississippi, a part of
Barksdaie's 'Brigade, opened fire upon them, kill-
lDfnnd wminrlinrr m Ifir.i-n nnml.nr Tl-.eco rofri
mpnfg werft arnjed hh SnrinofiVld tffles. and for
a wt i'p drove the pontnoniers from their work.
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1 b"n it was that the Ynnkecs opened uptn the
town with shot, shell and grape, to the destruc
tion of the houses and the terror of its panic-sfrir-keri
and flying inhabitants, two-thirds of
which woro women: but doing little or no harm to
the ual'aot 1 and of Mississippians who were there
i tow:) responded to by our batteries. And ,
, Jlere tlie m.nilleent spectacle was witnessed of
. ,Le Yankpfs firinf; fur f((Ur morta ,lourg upon the
town of FrPfbrirkibliro with bnrrorioa r,biro
close together over a spttee of nearly two miles,
and ranged in three tiers. As the result of their
fiendish work", the two squares on the north side
of Main street, on which are situated the Virginia
hank and the Post Office, were entirely destroyed
the enemy throwing what is called "liquid fire
The sight is represented by those who witnessed
it as one of surpassing yet terrible grandeur. The
inhabitants who were caught inside can tell of
many hairbreath escapes. In one instance, a well
known servant man, named James Rollins, had his
hat knocked off" and hair singed. In another in
stance twenty-seven shells went through a frame
houe in which were some eight persons, without
killing any of them. Some who sought shelter
from the shells in their cellars, were compelled to
vacate because of the houses catching on fire over
their heads.
The gallant Mis?issippians under Barksdale
kept back the pontooners for nearly I'A hours,
notwithstanding their exposure 4tu;ing the entire
time to shot and shell. Our troops then fell back
and the enemy landed on the Fredericksburg side
of the river, and commenced plund"rit!g t he town.
A Georgian, o;i picket duty iu town on Thursday
night, killed one man and brought out six priso
ners all of them thus caught were drunk; and it
is said that rations of whiskey are freely supplied
the men. It. is also reported that the fir.st brigade
of Yankees that came across, had to hi forced over
at the point of the bayonet.
The amount of suffering inflicted on the non
combatants of Fredericksburg by the unprincipled
I foe, is heart-rending. The picture which meet
the eye at every lurm-bouse, cabin and nut
fugitives from burning homes and desolated
hearthstones, clustered in melancholy grouos in
j the houses and about the yards watching the
Llonds hoverW ovor tho fated r-itv rul listenii...
to the steady roar of the artillery whose every
volley adds t the already terrible scene of des
truction is enough to affect the stoutest heart,
and from the most charitable call out curves on
the infamous authors of so much misery. The
continued inaction of the enemy gave assurance
to a number of families who had for many, weeks
been suffering in sight of their homes, that the
danger of bombardment had passed, and within
the past few days they returned to the city.
They were startled from their dream of security
by the hissing shell through the bed-chamber
the rattling of grape in the .treet and the solid
shot opening with murderous crash its way
through roof and floor, even of enurchos. and
plowing tip the very bones of their .vicostors in
the churchyards. The shrieks of worriou with
their infants in their arms, snatched htv-dly from
peaceful sleep, as (hoy ran in frantir- ariazement
and terror through the streets, was enough to ap
pall any but a Yankee's heart. Some sought
refuge in their cellars, but the blazing rafters and
steaming timbers overhead drove them again into
ti c street. How any escaped is a problem whose
Miiution must come within the catalogue, of mira
cles. There hto rumors of women and children
having been kiiled or perishing amid the flames,
hut amid tli" confusion of conflicting reports we
j cm sfiirm nothing difitiite.
We encountered numerous fugitives from the.
burni' g city. An old man, accompanied by his
wife ;nd four or lite children, .was seeking a roof
to shelter them. They saved nothing but the
clothes on fh ;r persons, the results of lot'g years
of toil rimaining in ashes behind theru. A most
affecting sight was a widow with four little
children, some barefoot, and others in their night
clothes, following her weary steps. An infant in
her arms was crowing lustily, unconscious of the
tears coursing silently down the mother's cheeks.
This scene, however, forms only part of the sad
picture on every hand presented.
TIIE 'BATTLE OF SATURDAY.
The same correspondent speaks of the battle on
! -I- , -1,-1 ...r ib lftfb ,ic follows?
J
The ball orene-d on our left with artillery about
;oi - m and was carried on with heavy trims
urtil ono? when ,ie infantry first
wcnt into action on our right. Then it was that,
nonis the combat ranged with an intensity at
i. . . t tUn1 .ivl.-nrr tlit
'oast equal to, u not greater, than aiming that
i has oecurrca aunng tne war.
j Your correspondent was on the right, and ol
i course can speak with more accuracy in regard to
; the fighting on that wing than on the lelt. Jack-
t,,;nfi hv A P. Hill, bore the brunt of the
, . BUtain themselves.
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: 'kTlt r,,,,fmlv
' i c iai..ccB r.n ne.., ...j
driven bacK. -VI one unic, u was aiu, uicj uau
bcen forced back to the extent of one and a half
Qur jine 0f battle extended along the
, railroad track, whilst that of the enemy a3
fnrmprl nn tbo nountv road running parallel with
the river. Here they had the benefit, in case ot
s being forced back, of the natural fortifications
i which the ditching, for tho purpose of drainage,
j on either side of the road gave them. It may be
j asked why they were aHowcd this advantage?
! The answer m.ust be that the enemy's guns from
! the north side of the river comma tided this
petition, and that the position chosen by our
' Generals was for defensive operations, far scr erior,
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being all along on the rise of gentle slopes skirted
by woods. The troops of the enemy on this
wing were mostly old ones, being Meade's Penn
sylvania Reserves,-and Stoneman'g corps, under
the immediate command of General Reynolds.
The prisoners captured by our men, some250 in
number, said that' Burnside commanded on the
Held in person, t. We have some seven Yankee
commissioned officers. The prisoners seemed by
no mean dissatisfied at bcin taken.
A correspondent of the Richmond Examiner
sttyg the result of the fight on our right wing may
be summed up briefly as follows we drove the
enemy back, killin-r three to one, and at night
held the ground occupied by the enemy's batteries
in the morning. The enemy had twenty thousand
men engaged on this wing, while altogether, from
first to last, we had not more than ten thousand
in line of fire. Longstreet's victory was even
more complete, lie drove the enemy into the
streets of Fredericksburg, killing at least five to
one. At d.us!,
on both sides.
the firing ceased
simultaneously
On the left, where the lighting was severe, the
South Carolina briga le suffered heavily. Gen.
Gregg was killed by a minnie ball, which struck
him in the side and penetrated the spine. Refore
his. death he said to one of bis aids, "Sir, tell
Governor Pickens if I am to die I yield my life
cheerfully, fighting for the independence of South
Carolina. Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, of Georgia was
also killed.
The loss of the enemy is estimated at six to
eight thousand in killed and wounded. The Con
federate casualties will not exceed eighteen
hundred.
The Washington Artillery of Ne'v Orleans re
pulsed, several desperate charges of the enemy.
Our troops displayed great zeal and courage.
There were very few stragglers.
The only general .officer known to be killed on
the Abolition side is Gen. Jackson. The number
of prisoners taken is said to be fifteen hundred.
One of Burnside 's staff, captured, says that the
reason the fight was not renewed on Sunday was
in conseqnecce of a serious discontent among the
Yankee officers. It is said that Burnside's army
is mutinous, having positively refusedto renew, a
charge on the Confederate batteries.
lhe following wounded North Carolinians were
received iu Richmond the ni-;ht after the battle:
J W Fully. Co. C, 24th tteg't: J W Aycock, co.
l 24th; J 11 Lindsay, co.'A, 5th; W Carswell,
co. F, 6th; J Hanson, eo. G, 10th; I) M Baker, co.
I. 2d; B Crandtll, co. I, 57c; J P Sales, co. G,
54rh; W Sauls, co. D, 54th; J E Stancell, co. D,
54th; J Fields, co. F, 3d cav.; W Wood, co. G,
54th; R Uanner, co. I, Sd cav.; Lt.'L. Crawford,
co. A, 57th.
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OBJECT OP NORTHERN" POLITICS.
It is a common thing for the uninformed,
inobservant or short-sighted, to mistake the means
for the end. And there is no better illustration
of this fact than the error of supposing cmancipa-
tion to have been the object sought by the radical
statesmen of the North. The leading and control
ling spirits of the Free Soil or Black Republican
Party, from its origin to this day, have been John
Quincy Adams and William II. Seward. These
men have used tho Slavery Question with an
ulterior design. The agitation of the question of
the domestic institutions of the South was adopted
as the best means of at raying the Northern people
in a sectional Anti-Southern party i'or the purpose
of attaining a supremacy of the North over the
South in the Union, and of thus making the
Southern sQction tributary to the pecuniary inter
ests of the Northern people in their manufactures
and trade, to their importance amongst the
family of nations, and to the ambition of their
public men. The mastery of the South was the
end sought, so that with Northern Presidents,
controlling Northern majorities in the two Houses
of Congress and on the Supreme Court Bench, the
South could be managed by "tariffs," ''navigation
laws," "ioti rnal improvements," to the inestimable
benefit of all classes at the North, public men in
cluded. At the same time, they calculated that
the South could be held in check and kept in -a
position of colonial subserviency by apprehensions
of the programme conceived by the fanatical ele
ment, and the terrors that might thus be let loose
upon the Southern communities.
This was the policy and statesmanship of the
j Black Republican party. To understand our posi
tion, and guard against dangers in the future, it is
necessary that we should not attribute too maeh
of the hostile career of the (unfed States against
the Confederate States to fanaticism. This cle
ment has been used, and for a purpose. The
gratification of sectional rapacity and ambition was,
and is, the great ulterior object of the sectional anti-Southern
party. It is this test, not the slavery
question, which the Northern peoplt cannot stand.
Thev now unite in the effort to co'erce vm back into
the Union -Charleston Mercury.
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y- Last Summer, indeed wc may go farther,
J and say ever since the difficulties of the country
I commenced, we made, and have been making,
and continue to make, an ardent effort to obliterate
! party lines. A number of persons took advantage
of this di-position on our part and the part of
' those with whom we acted. While we
: deprecated party, they organized faction. While
1 we tried to promote harmony, they cherished
1 rancour. The result is before up. lhe clique to
; which we have alluded, have under the name
of "Conservatives," seized the helm of power and
' are pursuing & course thit would have ghamed
: Frank Granger himself, or any other official
decapitator, and which, in times like these, while
; we have 3n enemy in our front, iu our rear and
on our flanks, can only be characterized as dis
! graceful and butcher-Jike. Those people are
! marking all men that did not bow to the dictation
i of Jonathan Worth, W. W. Ilolden, et id' gmu
omne. Thank the Lord, the world has not yet
: come toan end, ncr has the earth gtopped revolving,
i Another such snap-judgment will not be so easy
taken. Wilmington Journal.
1 Mfbited Promotion. ColonelJohn II. Mor
! an, whose exploits have gained him so much
i well-deserved fame, has been appointed by the
: President a Brigadier General in the Confederate
''Array.
SUCH PEOPLE CAHNOT BE CON-
QUEUED.
Col. Imbodengiving an, account of his expedition
ic Western Virginia, relates the following:
'0n the 9th instant, I halted near sunset, by
log cabin, iu one of the wildest gorges on the
dry fork of Cheat River. An aged mother and
i several daughters were the only members of the
family at home. The father has been in Camp
Chase over a year on a charge of being a rebel,
and n only son is a soldier in one of my companies.
I asked for corn to feed over ZOO horses. The
old lady said they only had a little, raised by
herself and daughters, but that I was welcome to
take it if I needed it. I took half she had and
paid hor for it, when she seemed to doubt the
j propriety of receiving money from a Southern
, soldier, as she thought it a duty to' give as what
we wanted. Her sons company was not along
and she did not see him. The eldest daughter
said, "Colonel, tell brother we are all well and
doing well. We expect our papa will soon be
released from Camp Chase and come home. Tell
him to be contented in the army, and write to us
if he can. Il we had known that you were coming
we would have had his winter clothing ready to
send to him, but we will ' have no other chance
when you leave. Tell him we girls made enough
corn to do us, and have got a plenty of meat. We
have caught five large Bears in a pen and have
salted them down for winter. The Yankee Sheriff
came along with five soldiers to collect the taxes
and wanted to take the mare, but re had sold the
bear skin for money euough to pay him, 'and I
hope it is the last time we will ever have to pay
Yankee taxes." On my honor, as a gentleman,
this incident is literally true and detailed exactly
as it occurred. I thought as I rode away into the
wilderness that the strippling soldier, but 17 yeara
of age, whoso home I had jast left, would hereafter
in the eyes of a just and impartial posterity have
a prouder claim to honor than the son of any
heartless speculator, though he inherited millions
of a father's ill-gotten gains." ' ,
Ouu Military Oboanization. It is to be
rcgreted that any obstacles should be interposed in
any portion of the Confederacy to the execution of
the conscription law. Whatever constitutional
objections may be urged against that measure
should be deferred to the exigency of the occasion
in the patriotic and gallaut spirit which has
animated the Governor of Virginia a State which
has borne without a murmur every demand of
every kind that has been made upon her resources,
her valor, and her fortitude. The crisis is upon us
now in its full strength, and it behooves us to put
forth all our energies. The gule is at its height,
and if we expect to weather it, every man should
be at hhs post. States or communities which bold
bac-k their men at such a moment are more danger
otis enemies than the Yankees. No alternative ii
left but conscription or subjugation, and we trust
the Government will see that tho law is every
where executed with thoroughness, uniformity and
impartiality. . . . ,
Aft unheard or Monster. Tho order of
the Yankee General Milroy, in Western Virginia,
making sentinels of the whole Y)OPu'st'0nt to gi8
him notice of the approach of Confederate forces,
under pain of death and houpo burning, transcends
in atrocity all the cruel acts that the annals of
military despotism record. We trust that our
commanders in fliat section will skin this human
hyena and roast him alive if he carry into execu
tion one single dcvilmcst of the kind he threatens.
Just as sure as he does it, hang the first ten Yan
kees that full into our hands for every citizen he
shoots, and burn ten more for every household he
applies the torch to. There is to way of dealing
with such devils in human tdiape but to consign
them to the flames they kindle for others. We
invoke our military leaders, as they value the livei
and happiness of our people, to retaliate a hun
dred fold at once for every atrocity which that
hell-hound, Milroy, may commit. Richmond DU.
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The Chatham Railroad Compant.- We
are gratified to learn, from the President of this
Company, that Messrs. I. N. Clegg k Co. have
contracted to grade "the middle division of the
Railroad, to Lockviile, on Deep River, two miles
above Haywood. We understand that the firm
consists of enterprising and. substantial men, who
will prosecute their undertaking with activity and
energy. '1 bey are to finish their division by the
1st January, 1804.
The valuable products of the coal basin of Chat
ham and Moore can be transported on the Deep
River to Lockviile, whence they will find their way
aloug the line of the Chatham Railroad to the N.
C. Railroad. The Directors of the Chatham Rail
road intend, however, as soon as sufficient stock is
subscribed, fo extend their line from Carey to Ral
eigh, and from Lockviile lo the Coalfields.
We wish this Road complete buccess. The
valuable depositee of coal and iron are necessary to
carry on the workshops of the Government and
the Railroads. The coal is essential -to the com
fort of thousands, who, on account of the difficul
ties of Railroad transportation, are deprived of
their usual winter supplies of wood. Ral. Stand.
Direct Trad Hon. T. Butler King, who
hm visited Europe to secure the establishment of
lines of steamers from European ports to the porn
of Georgia, has made a report ofthe results of his
mission to the Legislature of Georgia. His efforts
were first directed to Belgium.jn the hope of form
ing a contract with the "Belgian American Com-
1 pany." In this he failed. The Belgians are more
a manufacturing than a commercial people, and
the above company seemed averse to enter into
any engagements as regards the management of
j steamships. Mr. King then directed hia attention
; to France, in addressing a memorial to the French
Minister of Commerce. He succeeded in iodae
. ing the French Government to change the law
! granting a subsidy for a Northern line to New
York, and. substituting Savannah for New York,
and extending a Southern line from Bordeaux to
the West Indies, to the 6ame port. This was ae
' complished after great labor by Mr. King. Mr.
King's next atep was to form a contract with Mr.
j Frederick Sabel, of Liverpool, for a line of ateam
' era frum that port to Savannah, on the payment of
a subsidy of wie hundred thousand dohar. as ?oa
after peace as possible, which be was anUion! to
i do by the laws of Georgia,