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N. C. LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday. January 27.
Sksite. A raos,a?c was received
from the
House enclosing
a message from
the Governor, t
. r.r: t,A r.uii!afiire of Georgia.
. . . i..,i (TornfPil to thft
resiriciiDir tne amount. ----
euiture of cotton to three acres fur tvery adult
hand employed. , . '.
Mr Arendell introduced a resolution declaring
all the statements made by the press throughout
the country in regard to the disloyalty of a portion
of 'the -Legislature utterly and entirely faJc; and
pledging the honor of North Carolina to a vigor-
oub support of olrcohstitntional means tr carry- :
on me war,
the war. iur a. tiaa been greaiiy paiut-u
Kir th rircnlation of ylaii'lcrou reports to the
to the .
ffect that the present Legislature was disloyal to ;
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the Confederate. Government atnl contempiaicu
a-reconstruction of the Union: and he thought
that sonic declaration ol this sort was caiieu itr repay the 50'J.UUU aavancea uy ine otaie. rvner
injustice to the Legislature and theState. lr!8ome further discussion, jn which. Mr Reeves
Rr own had never yet advocated a movement ! stated there vould be a loss by "dripping" of at
of this kind, but he considered this a very impor- ! ipfl;t 10.000 bushels, he moved the resolution and
lant ref olutitti, and thould vote for it. Mr M uri ill
was opposed to this resolution. He hoped that tle
honor of this Legislature above reproach, and
moved to lay the resolution on the tabic. Mr Smith
of Macon, had heartily concurred in the hope ex
pressed by the Senator from Onslow, but regret
red that that hope was so ill-founded. Reproaches
had been cast upon the honor of the body, and
it became them to defend it. Mr Copeland was
i.r rv;ltr in j.nnrifirfc anv Tiionsnrii npcessarv to
defend the honor of North CaxpHua, but he j
thought these resolutions uncalled Tr. 31 r War-;
ren wished it to be understood that he had no j
part in the framing of the resolutions. If any
personal charge tverc brought a-ainst him, this
una thither the clace nor the manner iu which he
would meet it
T7nriW Wnlnu vai r,artieinutpd in hv i
Messrs. Rrown, Young, Arendell, Copeland, j
Mr Younj; thoucht there was no nccfj
rsity for j
fft ied a j
the passage of such a resolution, but ofh
substitute to the effect "that whatever may be said
in regard to the loyalty or di?hyalty of urth
Carolina,-the Legislature do not think any formal
diclnration necessary on its part to show the true
position of the State, ar.d pointed to the troops in
the field as evidence of her loyalty."
Mr. Murrill was in favor of treating with con
tempt all charges emanating from any body not
of equal dignity with the Legislature of North
Carolina, fie moved to lay the resolution on the
table, which was vtjectcd ayes 8, noes 27. The
ayes and nops were then ealkd upon the amend
ment of Mr Young, and the amendment w.-.s re
jected ayes b, noes 33. The rosoluiion w.-s.j then
put to vole and carried ayes 31, noes G.
Uousf,. Mr Lore, of Haywood, offered the
following resolntions:
Whereas, Imputations upon the loyalty of the
(renerat Assembly of Noith Carolina have been
current in our on and sitter States of the Con
federacy; and as the said imputations have been
made of undue f&portance by the notice taken of
them, it has become necessary to pive them a full
and explicit denial, b" therefore
Hvnolvcd, That the members of the General
Assembly have no hesitation in reiterating their
solemn pledges of.huhy and fidelity to the
Southern Confederacy; that their firm confidence
in the final success of the present just, necessary
and righteous wr remnins unshaken, and they
pledpe themselves as private citixet;s, as well as
legislators, to pursue this w.ir to any extremity
sooner than accept terms short of a full and un-
t conditional independence, political and Coinrncicial,
of the United States of America. We also em
' phatically and sincerely disclaim any intention of
accepting a peace which would include a reeon
i struction of the Union in any form or niodifica
i tion whatever.
Resolved, That, the Senate concurrirg, the
Speaker of each House be requested to forward a
i eopy of these resolutions to our Senators and Rep
: rcetntativrs in Congress that they may present
them to that body, and thus place on public
reeord this our final and irrevocable determina
3 tion.
Mr Gr.Mom offered the following as a nubsti
ftute: -j Whereas, Various slanderous reports have been
. circulated, both in the State and out of it, reflect -i
ing upon the loyalty of the members of this
i Legislature, and ascribing to them hostility to the1
I Confederate Uovernment, and a desire to recon
struct the Union. Therefore be it unanimously
I Resolved, That as tbe Representatives of the
I people, and in our own behalf as individual citi
t aens, of the State, we protest-against and de
I nounce theso accusations as utterly false in letter
land spirit,- as calculated to misrepresent the senti-
went of those who have never faltered iu the
j support of all Constitutional measures for the
i prosecution of the war, and a tending to produce
Healousies and heart-burnings among a people who
T Aalnil tllv iLiinlinn t 1 n. I O . I.
(Utll iuvi. uouuvu IU 111c Ul OUUlll-
fern independence with their blood upon the
Iproudest battle fields of the revolution; that the
Charge of a desire on the part of the Legislature,
or any portion of it, to conflict with the Con
federate Government, or to embarras the Presi
dent in the prosecution of the war, . is grossly un
true, illiberal and slanderous; that we hereby
pledge ourselves most heartily and emphatically to
the most vigorous constitutional war policy,
promising, in the name of North Carolina, the
mnst liberal contribution nf mpn am) mnnor
'the support of it, and protesting against any set- I
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lemcnt of the struggle which doe not serurc the j
ntiro independence of the Confederate States f !
America.
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1 .Mr Person roved both srncs be printed, he ;
jViehed to exanuue both resolutions before votir." '
r them. ."irurissom opposed the motion un
ecesuary,
4 ays 60.
The motion wus rejected yeas SO,
i M.r Fleming thought ih purliamentary oimrttsy
'lr Griioni ought to aceedo to the proposition to
rtnt when requested bv a number of members,
a it was a reasonable request. He moved the
-tnluf 5rr hf ni.ndp the sireial ordi-r tii-nirirrnw
i f v- .:..- v ricL-nm nnn.c)
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1-k .1 un -l Jks 1 1 r rJ V (lia -a-o trw7 rSS T t 1 I - wm -
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V On the motion to insert Mr Grissom s resol u-:
1 rfara Lo Tinntinfr nnrriif fn hrp hepn no&fni&ii .
pn tne yeas ana nays were xaUed. ben
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tersons name was Called, he asked to be excused
hva voting w the Honst shad not aceeded to tbe
iPnictt .ria.u. u p..H. ue uau not ejtannneu
e resolatioo. Mr Love m votiug. stated he was i
favor .of the resolutions gcneraliv. but there
Its some part of them he, could not agree to, he
f p . j r . . i. f a i
tereiore voieu Bgau'.oti meui. vn - me question
W, the passage of the resolution, Mr Cobb voted
? H its' tbe same .reasons aa iur Jovct Mr Cowles
4 1 i t ived that the member from Lincoln be called
ri )A .to Tota. Br Costoer stated pe had good j
The resol ti
ll ouse had
time and
agai averted their loyalty yhe
..w f,m0lroa Kw vn'tinr for the
mht t0
jje aaot
,.nkr thpmneivp hv vntlnc for the !
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, meQt bill for its spirit was incorporated in "these
'resolutions. He bad heard gentlemen in this
onQ say "if a conflict comes, why let it come,
yet tnCy n0vr disclaimed it in the resolution. He
would vote against them. Mr Love for the same
rea.,on stated by 31r Costner, voted no.
j i'j,e rc$oIutiun ( Mr Grissom'?) passed yeas SO,
resolutions, us "
navs 9.
'jie
ri't.. .n: tn,I rerTiitinn frum th Snatt?. all-
1 iir 1: 1 J I ' ' . . - ..w ... .-.w - - -
,!,-, hi (lovfirnor to contract for salt, was
thorizine the Governor to contract tor salt, was
taken UI) zT Hobbins, on the.authority of hc
gajt rjommisioner, Mated that lie couia not omy
euvt)U salt at 55 per bushel, but also at that price
amendmeTits be laid on the table, wliict was
agreed
to.
Mr Stancil introduced a bill to exempt men
nvpr 4.rj vears of aire from the militia law. Mr
Brvson, a till to incorporate a new county out of '
. it'll .
. Cherokee county by the name of Hiil.
The bill to amend the charter ot the Chatham
Railroad was read and passed yeas GO, nays 21.
W vr f.s i A Y, J auuary 28.
Sknate. The proposition from the House to
adjourn sine die ou Mouday, the 2d February, was
laid on the table. .
Mr Young, from the committee to whom was
referred the message of the Governor in regard
to the Confederate debt, reported b.:ck a bill.
Mr Kllis introduced a bill to enrol free negroes,
and rut them into service as cooks. Referred to
the Military Committee.
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lThe bill to secure, the M&&SOL ma; riftd wotncn'
was taken up, and after being discuscd at len-
by Messrs. Smith, Kure, Murrill, Graham, Faii
. . . : ; 1 . 1 .
aison
and others, was put to vote and lost, ayes 15, nays
28. lhe ten Regiment bill was ditcutsed.
House. Mr Grissom offered a resolution au
thorizing the Secretary of State to appoint a
clerk at a salary not exceeding 800 per annum.
j The bill to legalize certain judicial proceedings
I of the county court of Catawba, r assed its several
j readings.
! The bill to regulate the currency between
debtor and creditor was taken up. Mr Walscrex
pluined the object of the measure. It was to pre
vent the sale of property for specie, and suspend
ing interest when Confederate money was refused
in payment of debts. He spoke earnestly in favor
the bill as one demanded by the people. Mr
Fowle opposed it on the ground of unconstitu
tionality. Mr Grissom was in favor of the bill.
Mr Shepherd opposed the bill as the Legislature
had no ticht to inteifere with coutrsicfs, and
ar-ued that Confederate monry could nut W made i
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Waddill sujported the biU, there was no time for
techical objections about unconstitutionality.
Tho stv law w,s said to be uiieonstit.iti.-.nsl 1
This law was
was looked for
made tho law
absolutely nccessnry for tho protection
people against oppression. 1 here was no other
money in circulation, and debts couM not be paid
if Confederate money was refused. Mr Amis
could not support the bill as it made Confederate
money a legal tender, which was unconstitutional,
lie was against tampering with lhe currency.
A motion was made to lay, the bill ou the table.
Rejected yeas ob, nays 00.
Mr Crawford offered a substitute, which made :
' reasons for abstaining from voting,
lion' was a mere abstraction. The
necessary to protect the people, it j The withdrawal of a portion of those origianlly left !?onfc"Pt aim unuer ou 3-ears of age to
by them, and as public opinion . by the first conscription, of course- . made it more f "a ? .c.?ca m oialc ueie-ee.
, he would vote for the bill. It was important for those to remain. It will be rem em- x organization was commenced in . uJy last,
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all contracts and agreements for the future to be J facts known to the Seuate, I may with propriety
payable in Confederate money, unless otherwise ; ask if they seriously contemplate raising the force
expressed in writing." j indicated in this bill under this provision alone?
Mr L. Henderson offered a substitute, that our 1 There will be volunteers, but they will consist
Senators in Congress be instructed mid our Ri-p- j only of those who are subject to the conscription
resentatives n quested to have a law passed to ! now about to Le enforced. And when the whole
make Confederate money a legal tender. Mr are mustered into service tbe corps for State de
McAden spoke against the bill. Mr Foy thought? fence will amount, perhaps, to a regiment and a
the bill aught to pass. The Legislature had the battalion. If it be the purpose of the Legislature
right to regulate the rate of interest in the State, I to provide a corps for State defence, let us not at
and if creditors refused Confederate- money, the ' tempt it by such lei.dation as nmt, under exist
interest oujrht
a . I .x .1 Y I . 1
io oe sioppea. lie moved lor a
division ot the question, and that the motion be
for striking out the original bill.
The House rejected the original bill by a vote
of 48 to 4G, and adjourned without taking action
on the substitute.
Thursday, Jan. 29.
Senate. The Ten Regiment bill was consider
ed and finally rejected by the following vote :
Ayes Messrs. Adams of Davidson, Arendell,
Raglcy, Rlouut, Kure, Jarratt, Jones, Lindsey,
Mathews, Patrick, Sanders, Sharpe, Slaughter,
Smith of Macon, Taylor of Chatham, Warren,
Whitfordand Wooley 18.
Nays Messrs. Adams of Guilford, Rrown,
Can-away, Copeland, Diekson, Dickcrson, Drake,
JMiis, raison, (jraham.
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HorsE. On motion of Mr Harris of Cabarrus !
the vote by which the bill in regard te the cur-
ren cy was rejected yestcrda' w as reconsidered,
The subject was then postponed.
Mr Lemmonds introduced a bill, accompanied
bv a petition from certain citizens of I'nion coun- ;
ty, in tavor of J. J. Carr being ill.iwcd to distil 1
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T?r,rs tor wcJ'cal and mechanical
purposses iu
couu,J- neaa nrsI
. 'i 5ie "inst '"C day was occupied on a bill to
increase the salaries of the Governor aud oilier
State officers and members of the Li-gilaturrf. No
fial action was taken.
1
Oi'ti Mh.itativ IIesoi ju ks. The report of '
1 hc Secretary of War recently sent into Congress
: coninmnicfites some interesting and most en- i '
; con raging information in reh.ti n to our military
! afiVirs, s.nd presents the encuurajring conclusion
p that our army is fully equal, if not superior, in all
! the elements of strength, to what it' has been at !
rany previous period of the war. Its numbers i
n v nrov - . . . . . i i- . i t.
" K I'" nicwBr. us numDers,
nough still beiiously inadequate to fi! fullv its !
atv. nr
ft jvi auoru a nearer
than heretofore to that result.
approximation
ll-.A y-?- planter 0r Alabama.
Plant Coun. The
fjcergia, fionda and ,he Carol; , M , f Q ,
or tne country in tneir bands
To them much' is
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B,m Vl luc,u wuca WIU be reqnired. Thev
...nsit rnenixli most of tl. nr,i; , , ., J.
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m inTc in K tilr) rinf Vt. it. - 1 ... I
fHPmte Statrs. Grpat is th rMr,....:u:i:.. . i
Hall. Harris. Holpmnn ! i ... ti r . . , . !
T ' , ' ucieai me purpose n proiesses, out is iraugni wuu
Lane, Leitch Murrill, Neal,J'atton, Powell, ; mischief. It 50t on,ly dcclar'ejJ to our in
;T?DU rl v 50nu,,;h f Jb?'Iy' 1 sc'iM that ,l,cJ "o longer look to us to
" " "S"1 "u..?. -4 . strengthen their runks. and rnah a t um In eont n-
ijn? upon ,hc planters of these Stato!. WehaveU,"- Then they fall npon the hands ofibe
Cotton enouch on hand for all purnoeeji. V.r,
. nfBn rnn.l abonbl h nut it o-ritn 3 !
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Jdnd. 1
Important Decision. The Supreme Court of
Georgia has decided that a conscript under the
first law, w b,o obtained a substitute now liable to
conscription .under the new law, also bceomes
"able to enrolr ent
SPEECH OP GEN. J. A. YOUNG,
'1 ci'mecklenbuiio.
t Opposition to the Ten Regiment JSilin the
i The bill reDorted by the minority of the com-
bill reported by
roitlee on military affairs, being on its second read-
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ins in the Senate.-31 r
Younir, of
Mecklenburg,
I addressed the Senate in
substance, as follows:
xio 5nr..,..r,.. AffV. KnmiKonoomohf r tU
spssion of 1 ho Legislature, the condition of the dc
foni nf the Kastern nortion of Our State wero
' nh titbit tho thrpatpnpd invasion of thp onMnv
created a general anxiety for its safety. Imme-
! Aitvv nnnn the nrrnn?y;it!on of the commit:, ?n
llilitarv affairs. SUIH lrv bills and resolutions were
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reterrea to it relating to tins engrossing suDject.
Ueing- a member of that committee 1 am at lib-
cny.ro speaic oi ine manner iu wuicu we m tempi-
ed to discharge our duties, iietore attempting to
frame a bill for the consideration of the Legisla -
ture.
from
we endeavored to obtain all the information
the Governor and Adjutant General that
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would be useful to us, and to ascertain as far as
practicable the views of those functionaries to di -
reet us in our labors. . x nis we um uy a personal
interview with them, and the bill reported, to
which this, under consideration, is a substitute, is
shaped in conformity to the information thus ob-
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laincd. ;
; Since that time the enemy have assembled their, K eighteen hundred and sixty-two : Vrovi- . lt1CuMOND, Jan. 29. Some of the Kentucky
forces on our eastern shore, made a raid towards ; w That the Governor shall have" anthority to ! delegation credit the report that Governor Robin
the centre of our State, and . been repulsed, lhe .appoint ..to the office hereinafter authorized to be : son has called "out sixty thousand men "to repel
powerful army of Rurnside has been met at the fiIIed by him, any persons in the Confederate ser- agressions of the Lincoln Government. The re-
city of trcdericksburg and overwhelmingly ue- , VICCj 0r liable thereto under the conscript law Tput Wa8 referred to iu the House of Reprcsenta
, feated by our invincible soldiers 1 hese impor- aforesaid, whom the President of the Confederate i Jive8 to-day by Mi Fo"ote, who proposed a meeting
j tant events have necessarily produced important States may consent to discharge from the Confed- ; Df the members afW adjournment to adont resolu-
changes in the condition of our defences in the
East. Though the enemy have lauded a largely
increased force at Newbern, and perhaps other
points on our coast, tho Confederate authorities
have been enabled to transfer to our fctate, irom
.Jnt. rrlioreJ from pressure, a force considered
snfrtr.nt to meet and rnel anv attack thev
i may make. i hese t;onieue.rate forces are now
i confronting the enemy, watching their movements
'. and forming an abundant pretection to our State
! against any important invasion. Under these
! circumstances, the question should now be serious-
ly considered whether there exists at this time a
necessity for the oriiariizaJion of any force to act
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as a State reserve. Relieving that there does not,
r.nd in "connection with other reasons, I shall vote
against any biil that may be proposed.
:n 1 .1,.. rr-ina nf tUn i
bill now before us. Its first section tfont .ms its
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iwnost important feature, which is the provision
i that ten thousand troops may.be raised by the
Governor, by voluntary enlistment from those j
' subject to perform military duty. It is no refloc- j
tion, Mr Speaker, upon the gallantry or patriotism j
of tluit class of our citieens yet out of service, to 1
say that the days fin volunteering for this war ;
have passed. At the first call to arms the young l
ri St.i. .i.wi nil o.r !
-"J" ,v v- (
by commanding private considerations, responded :
v,uh .lficitv wh'u-h ftrA n nhidino- eonfidenee '
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the result ot the struggle. Ihis heavy dram ;
upon our population tendered the necessity great- j
cr for those then retained at home to remain, i
upon whom it operated to volunteer, by providing
tht tl.or nnt ni.lv- n.i.rl.t b, Sn but icnr. :,t libertv
to select the service and the company they should
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j-iin, and I aak Senators to recollect how very few
av.-.i'ed 'themselves of this privilege. This, too,
when the conscript law compelled them to enter
the :crvice, aud when they knew that under its
provisions they would be distributed through the
army as the authorities mi"ht direct. lth these
ing circumstances, prove a failure.
I he bill reported by the majority of the corn-
iiuttPn will r.-.is., tho. fiimn .lonxi if r.At, nnd it i !
provisions enforced, and will bring into service a
class of conscripts, who, under the shield of an
appointment as Magistrate or a commission in the
i militia, have avoided active service, greatly to thc
discontent of tho.e who have responded to thc j
I call of their country, and are facing the enemy for
the term of the war. These brave defenders of!
; our country will feel -that the Legislature fails to j
' come to their proper support" by requiring th !
: places of those who have fallen iu battle or by dis- (
ease, to be filled by those at, home, who are under j
every consideration as strongly appealed to by du
. ty to be iu the field as themselves. -
u to reap laurels for
themselves, to make reputa-
1 to achieve libcrf y and in-
iion fr Ihe State, and
dependence tor themselves aud children, but gives i
to the State of North Carolina the unenviable dis-
4 .t. f . . . . 4 x I . m . a. i . ii .11.
ttnenon ot having in the niidst of this frrcnt re- i
volution,. when the hosts of the enemy were devas- !
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tatmg her soil, despoiling her own citizens, and at
: the very moment when the Confederate forces
seem to be marshaling to combat the foe fbr her j
own immediate protection, of placing herself iiT i
i opposition to the common Government of the j
Statis, and of nullifying the law by which it hopes
to be able to prosecute this war to our deliverance. I
; Win, sir. did the States - associate themselrM I
Confederacy? Was it not for kheir common de- j
K-iice, which 'should be directed by a common !
Government ? b there not by this association, a '
common bond of union for mutual support, made ;
a'cred by our plighted faith? And is North I
Carolina, at the moment when the conflict is I
transferred to her own borders, to dishonor herself
by breaking it? These considerations should
cause Senators to pause and reflect. . !
Suppose it now practicable to raise the ten !
thousand troons orotosed bv this bill, the aueatian 1
naturallv arLses what trill tbe State do with 1 I
. . - .
The frWda of the bill will never tender thVm t'n :
,ie Co:. kJcrate
authorities to, be made a part of ;
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the force for our own defence. I am informed that
there is no law requiring thc President to acceit
i a corps tli us organized and as they nau been raised
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State to arm. euaii, and movision. This will or,..
.. au p m;tt:... r Au r..-
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years' service, which, adde-1 to the present Jebt of
oar btute,
will make, in round numbers, a Stato
oert ot thirty-five millions of dollars. It is within
our recoilfcction, Mr Sneaker," when a national debt
f . I, : Iw.r.M that Hi firKt. r(,ncf r 1 1 ,t 1 nil ni't lnvi.i'd tlinKA t ",,v "J ""- v. ..uuv a tumuicicu, iwc
luf. Mr Sneaker, this bill Is r.nt c.nxr Jthnnnd to ;
ot that magnitude was a frmttul theme for politi-
cal disputation, in the days of the old United :
States. It may bo regarded as singular that I
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should speak of th&cost of our defences whilst tbe.f too hot for any who would attempt to disregards
! war is progressing but those who press the pasf
fiTTonlU maf?
of the Confederate - Government afford trs ample
protection, and because id dom
t . .
State in conflict with the Confederate Government
bv withholding from it those troops to which it is
ntiflpd bv the cooscrint law of Congress.
It is argued .and relied ,upon aa,. having muct,
ce, that A'irginia, South Carolina aud Georgia
force
. have their respective corps of State reserves, and
e reserves, and
,-it is stated that tbey contain troops
s subject to con-
ine that matter,
n act passed bv
' scrintion. I am prepared to examine
vAorl t li a fi fzt c
: and will read the first section of an act passed by
f v i. - -
; me irgi.ua iivi5.o...u.i, u..us iUUw,
cutiUcd act to aotliorize a torce ot ten. t bona-
u "v" VJU"1"
, monweaitu.
1 Spp. 1 Re it enacted bv the Gtnpral Aim
' ,jv tijat the Governor of this
! -d he is hereby authorized to
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Commonwealth be
commission John
R Floyd a Major General of the State of Virginia
' wjth authority to rais by voluntary Enlistment, a
force not exceeding ten thousand men. who are
not in the service of the State of Virginia or of
' the (Confederate States, or liable to draft under
' tj,c act 0f Congress, commonly called the "Con -
, . . -
! KrJntioh Law." apnroved the filxtppnfh rlv nf
erate service."
This is the authority for raising Virginia's corps
of State reserves, and it will be perceived that the
Legislature strictly guarded against that conflict
w,t" "tederatc Jaw which had been charged to
' ,,er-.nnd 80 far from furnishing an example tor the
nullification of this important law of Congress by
our State, and for her placing herself in coiflict
with the Confederate Government, Virginia points
us to a line of duty which I trust it will be her
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pride to follow.
I am also prepared to showhow South Carolina
.provided her State reserves,' and it is obtained
from authority as worthy of confidence as the
. Governor of the State himself. I ask the atten-
: ti-n of the Senate to the course pursued by the au- j
luorities 01 oouin uarounain recara to ner con-1
scripts, her State reserves and the Confederate au
thorities. On the 6th of March last,, the authorities of
the State ordered a conscription of her citizens
between the ages of 18 and 45, .for the purpose
of placing them at the disposal of the Confederate
Government for active service in the field. When
the cotiscript act of the Confederate Coneress
I. -f 1 1C.?. a. . .
c
l'tt,3CU AFr". AOU-. oiate was
engaged in eiecutmg this conscription. The
c ac, .nteriereu wuu tnc oiate consenp-
t,on and the latter was at-once abandoped and all
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1 . , m ,
vi-itni t f nor AitiTjn'; Tkat roonn Hi a 0 rio r IV rtr-f
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wf3 yielded up. I hereupon the State authort-
tles determined to organize all citizens over the
companies being -fonucd into eleven regiments,
a11 regularly enrolled and officered. These re-'i-
munts Borfi in this eondithir. f ifim
ments were in this condition of organization when
the conscription act of the 27th of September
was passed. Very soon after its passage, and
before any steps had been taken for the enrollment,
a demonstration was made upon the coast of South
Carolina by the enemy, which induced the belief
that the threatened attack upon Charleston was
about to be made. In this emergency the autho
rities of the State tendered to President Davis the
regiments of reserves already organized and armed,
eight of which were accepted for 90 days, and
were forthwith ordered into the Confederate si rvice,
their term of service dating from the 4th and
5th of November last. The acceptance of these
regiments was with the express understanding
that ihey were to be received io their organized
condition, and that they were to be disbauded
at the expiration of their term of i)0 days, the
Confederate Government retaining in service
those irlio .tcerc subject to the ' conscription, and
r' tu) ni'!7 fo tt State authorities . those who
I irere foL These troops are still in- the service of
j thc ' Confederacy, and this understanding still
j ex"f -;
mis is ine History oi ine fcoutn uaroiina state
reserves, to which reference has been so often
made. Let Senators who have beeti pointing us
to her as furnishing a precedent for oufractioDS
in this matter, follow her noble and patriotic
example.
Georgia is the third State which' wo arc told
furnished an example worthy of our imitation in
disregarding the laws of the Confederate Govern
ment iu thc organization of our State reserves".'
All that I know in regard to what she has done
in this matter, has been furnished me by some one j
unknown to me, who seems to be endeavoring to
proselyte the Senate to Gov. Brown's notions of
the constitutionality of the conscript law, by
f placing upon our desks a comj
j correspondence with the President
ilation of his
upon the sub-
J-'1 .u a speecn aenverea m the senate oi
i ipnrrria li ruin tiia ci m a tn f hir Ana rt tre
meiDer. me reply L would make to Uovernor
frown and his be
Brown and his Senator is that given by. the IIou.
WW w m m ,-m - " .
1 J- oenator in Congress fioin his own
if T irn r 4-
-caie IZ- mat it is enough forme to know
l'la. tbe Confederate Government needs these
soldiers to defeiid us against the invasion of a foe
ose declared purpose is our subjugation. Tim
s not the ,'me. to diiCUSS the constitutionality of
tbe 'aw J" which they are to be raised."
In one of these pamphlets I find a slip contain-
inf? w,,at PurPprts to be the authority upon which
the State of Georgia proposes to raise her corps
,jf Slat0 reserves. The proposition is to raise the
whlc of tiro regiments for the defence of this
great State.
The second resolution 1 asserts that they sfcall be
raised "from all the militia except the part in
factual servioe o. me Coutedcrcy, and is so ltali-
cised as to as attention to ine tact mat tne con-
script law is disregarded, but the first shows the
purpose of the force, which is to be used as a
1 .1 11 .,
noliee force to guard the bridges of her railroads
a-ainst the incendiaries who infest the mountains
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f Tennessee, aod against persons similarlj
disposed elsewhere.
In all these relerences, 31 r bpeaker, it has been
shown that Georgia alone furnished a precedent
P.. Iv mnlli fi!f ifin ftf 9 law f i 1in nrnoe iml thnt
aa haa been stated bv the. Senator, frnm !
Wajne. after her Suprame Court has declared j
the law to be constitutional, liut, sir, if tbe j
Legislature of Georgia has acted -wrong, will !,
that justify the Legislature of North Carolina in
doin; go?
Our Governor made a declaration in his excellent
inaugural address, which made the blood of
patriot s thrill tnrougnout tbe land, when be said
conscript law saved the country, and that
under his administration the State should be made
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battlenJ coming tresn irom ue. Deis ot; strife,
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with his own well-earnca laurels green upon bim,
.po thAentiment, and spirit of his comrades in
trms.l;trust and confide m.hts ; firmness to
execute his patriotic purpose, us his country calls
upoffim unniocmngiy 10 prosecute 10 lor ner
, welfare. lut he looks to us to sustain him, and
i we will be recreant in duty if we .do not. Does
this bill oder consideration proposeto do it. 'Pass
it, Mr Speaker, and the administration of Gov.
: Vance, and the act ot tnis legisiaiure win make
: Vance, and the act of
Legislature will make
ir, I1B. f 1 1 . tmM 1 iuu u niuiuur ill
(a page in North Carolina's History which wilUcausef and caused much comment C
cause her own children to blush. j t0 lhe anteCcdents of the writer. Geo
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WAR NEWS-
Srrei'ffr tif a federal Gunltoat to ConAt-
crates. Charleston, S. 0., Jan. 30. The gunboat-John
1' Smith,- carrying eleven guns and
about two hundred ;mcn surrendered to our. forces
this afternoon after a sljarp engagement in Stono
River. .One other gunboat escaped :n a crippled
' condition. - Our forces were under the command
of Lieut. Col. Yates.
Scouts just returned report that 1 mckney,
j Daufusky aud Rulls Islands have been evaeaated
I by the enemy. "
f Forty seven sail vessels are reported at Hilton
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; Head
i tinna Ptnrositi(r MrntiHntinn at tlm iTnt TIir
tions expressing; gratification at the event.
meeting was not held. ' '
-On (fit, that Commissioners from Indiana and
Illinois have arrived here. This report is the town
talk to-day. ' .
t" An unsuccessful attempt had been made
by the euemy to cross the Rappahannock stuck
j fast in the mud aud gave up tho crossing as a bad
; job. The latflst advices from Fredericksburg
i received at Richmond say there is no chance of a
int.
i nirnt.
PROM THE WEST.
Chattanooga, Jan. '30. It is reported that
Gen. Van Dorn has re-captured Holly Springs
with 700 prisoners and a considerable quantity
of army stores. A Michigan Cavalry regiment is
said to have been almost cut to pieces during a
charge.
Mobile, Jan. 20. A correspondent of the
Advertiser and Register, dated Vicksburg, 2(Jth,
says that 5,000 Yankees are working 011 the canal
opposite. Their intention is to float their trans-
oorts through when
thc river rises,
and Inn!
troops below the city. Our forces below
burg, however, are as strong as above.
Vtcks-
23D N. C REGIMENT.
Mr Editor: Aiong the regiments in
the ser-
. m ' 1 . t I IT- I
I nnn tha 1 1 utrvrn t nltjtt?n c 1 1 trx rin ivo 1 m t Ink j..r
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j paigns and gallantry upon the field of battle have
! passed unnoticed to a great extent by the public.
none perhaps arc more prominent than the 23d
North Carolina, commanded by the gallant Col
D. II. Christie. Col. Christie is a soldier by
education and experience, beinr one of the best
officers both in regad td discipline and drill to the
service. ..
Lt. Col. 11. D. Johnson, is a gallant officer and a
gentleman of intelligence and education. Maj.
C. C. lilacknall is a high-toned honorable geu tic
man, whose career ih the service has been alike
creditable to himself aud satisfactory to his
friends.
This regiment has been engaged in all thc bat
tles from Williamsburg to Ftcderictsburg, includ
ing Seven Pines, the scries of battles around
r Kichtuond and Maryland-campaign.
lt has lost nine officers killed, and twenty-seven
wounded, and over four hundred enlisted men, in
killed and wounded.
It has been through the longest marches, much
exposure, the severest battles, and now presents
the most complete and perfect state of organiza
tion and discipline; has present for duty all of thc
field and staff officers, nearly all the company offi
cers, and five hundred men good and true. The
drill and discipline are superior, and everything is
conducted with ' perfect harmony and system,
thus showing the commanding 'officer to be as
superior in camp as he has shown himself in the
field.
au ine neid omccrs nave oeen wounded in The sobacriher otT,-r his Plantation for tHlr, 9 n.il.i
action. Col. Christie was struck at Seven Pines, j s,nth-eai or Charlotte, near the Kr Mi, immr Jwtf
oal Harbor and Sharpsburg; Lt. Col. Johnson, ly on thc waters of McA!j.in' crck. There re IP!
trie CTniirwlrf twlfp fit $siron Pino- Mi Itluol-.
nail had nine built ts through his clothes four
taking effect in that memorable engagement. On
ly six officers of those elected at the reorganization
in May, 18G2, have escaped unhurt.
. At Seven Pines the Heginicnt went in tho ac
tion with twenty-seven officers, seventeen of whom
were killed or wounded, among others the brave
Major Christain. Of three hundred and fifty men
one hundred and seventy-two were killed and
wounded.
Among others who fell with their faces to thc
foe, were Capfs. Scarborough, Miller, Shu ford and
Hill; J.ieutr. W. P. Gill, O. M. Iteinheardt, Hill
and Lnria, and Assistant Surgeon Jordan, who
lost his life at South Mountain manfully perform
ing his- duty. Corrr.jondence of the ilalcigh
Progress. ',-' . .
PUBLIC 8.1LE.
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On Tticsdiiy, the 3d day of February next, I will tell
at the residence of the Lite David M. Ileideron, dre'd,
(about two milea norih of. Charlotte,) Horses and
Mulet, Cows, IIig, Hay, Fodder," Corn, Wbrai, O.tt,
Farming Utensil?, Ac.,' one Ton Buggr, one 4 htr.e
Wan-nr- 1 sett Klacksiuith's Tooln. one Cftltun Cin .in.l
Thrasher; aI?o the Fixtures about a Gold Mill, Hoiue
-p. -, - - - - - - ----- - -
hold and Kitchen Furniture, and various articles not
mentioned. Terms made known on daj of sale.
Also, thc present growing crop of Wheat and Oats
will be sold, and 8 or 0 Negroes will be hired till the
1st of Januarj, 1864.
DA.V1D HENDERSON, Adm'r.'
Jan 20, 18C3 3tpd
EQUITY SALE OF LAND.
For partition among', the belts at law of t Be late
Marr McBavea, deca.ed, I will sell at the Pallic
1 Square in Charlotte, on tbe second Monday in Febra.
! "T, 1863, (being the 0th day of tbe mnth,) to the
hi3 bidder ."ecatfijg bond with -r,,roved .ecaritr,
i on a credit of six months wiih interest from sale, sar
I ing 4 per cent cash to paj costs, a Tract of LAND
known as the '-Davis Tract," couiaining eightr acres
f more or less.
An .1 .mi I
A. C. WILLIAMSON, C. M. E.
Januarj 6, 1863 5t .
I.O.ST OR MISLAID,
A Certificate for twelre Sharea of Stock inbe Char
lotte and S. C. Railroad, No. 1 142, dated Feb. 5. 1857.-
- J." it. OAdTO.V.
Johx R. Soutst Agent. :
Castaniit Grove, Gaston eounij, Jan. 12, 1861 3n
. Vl7 Application will be made (o the
present Legislature for ihe paisage of . aa act to au
thorize tbe Deacons or Trnstees of Sharon Charvh ia
Mecklenburg countj to sell the Parsonage and land
thereto attached, for the benefit of said congregation.
OP BEV. J. U. GliaVr
I., uoicruur 1 iocs oi in or in iT,ir..i;. 1
, ' .
ittcd . t0 lhe , :iAtoTm , .r"""- W
uoTcroor auce oi norm Uarolina
! tht Secretary of War irivin iVl ,vw" from
.rrU U
Tll0 letter $atC8 BfJij.
winder for a passport to vtlf WA Ge,-
tore a lettci
rrc8ented himself is a citiien of N v 7 r
;irous to return home, and in that charted
ceif ed I PcrmWon. After his return to the .C,?'
he published a letter in the Ilichmrtn.l r .
. ' on the MatA r nu;rtn:".,;- .l. V'Pirtr
j ee I molt anf.irnTmki. .1 whic
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good grounds for suspecting GraTes to be l lR
or at least a disaffected person. An exchani
prisoner from Fortress Monroe heard Glares
the Yankee officers a minute description 0f8Jj!
war steamer building at Richmond, and
being shown diagrams of tho 3Ionitor, described
where, the Confederate steamer differed from Ut
The charge was substantiated by Graves hia
self, he bavg stated to a clergyman of hi ao
quaintance that he had given each iuforoiation
but merely to facilitate his passage North. Th' '
end other instances of his more than luspiciool
ConJuct and conversation, convinced General
Winder that it was unsafe to permit hiui to be at
large. lie accordingly, without conaultiDfr the
Government at Richmond, but merely on hit ova
authority, dispatched an officer to arrest him, con.
sidcring him on bis own representation whe'n be
asked a passport, as a Northern citizen, anJ there.
received several letters statins fi. -1 1
lore uaoie to arrest as a spy. general Winder n
4ot aware he was a citizen of North Carolina
when he issued the warrant, and was hd into the
mistake by the false representationa of Gratte
himself. The Secretary acknowledges that Gen
Winder was in error, and expresses the uttuoet
respect for tho rights of the sovereign State of
the Confederacy, and states that he had- issued
orders for the prompt delivery of the prisoner to
such persona as the Governor should appoint td
receive him.
North -Carolina Bonus. We learn that tie
bids made for the 00,000 in Stgfte bonds recent,
ly adrcrtised for by the Public Treasurer, ranged
from paj to 120. The bonds of this State coutin.
ue to command thc highest figures. A'a. JSfUnJ.
How it IIaite.veii. We underhand tint
Major Ileid Saunders, contrary to advice, purchii.
ed a small yacht and left ClinrleMon in if and
that he hada.crew who betrayed him. As ixin
as he got out of the port, the crew tied him and
steered for the fleet, and delivered him up to lie
Yankees. This accounts for hi despatches new
being destroyed. CuJttbi CrvHia.
A Caution. Great care ehotild be taken that
the matter for vaccination should como from a
perfectly healthy person. A death occurred in
Augusta,' Georgia, on Monday lat, under vetj
shocking circumstances, from eryfijK-las. or aorne
similar diseise communicated by vaccination with
diseased matter. Exchange Paper.
VOUi" lYYDII'.S .M2.TIItVlieVf
AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C.
The eiercisv of tMa Seruinitrr voimm-nerd on lb
19th iuit.
Ttrmt per trtiion of fict inon'ht:
Spi-lling, Reading, Writing-, Arithmetic and
(Jeoprsphy. W 00
Ilistorr, l'hilosojihj, Astronomy, Cheniinlrr,
Butnnj, Alebra, Ucumetrv, Ac 15 CO
If a French and Music Clssi cn te nde up, a niu.
ble tciivhvr will be provided.
Mas. Da. W. A. HOLT.
Jan 20, 18C3 4t
Carringe & Wagon Shop.
The sub.rriber, anceruor Io Mr l'lotl i Ovcrmau in
the Carriage and Wuk00 maklnp buiine!, reitectfu!If
informs tbe public that he will rov ty en-rule a. I
work entrusted to him, and be solicit a thare of pub.
lie rottronage.
REPAIRING ofnllkindi will be parlir'nlarlr atifn
tied to and done at fhnrt notice ou reaotnLl trrmi.
Send 3'our work to Overman' oh! tanl and give tn
a trial.
A. II. CRKSU
Chailotte, Jan'j 13, 1 803. j
iYilWcTiTro ''Iikiitoks."
All jerfottf iit.ULtfd to the Ktatr of l'nttk J.
Iowrie, deccncil, nr requested to rail nn l nukr im
mediate parment la SAMb. 1 .SMITH,
Dec 3o, I8tf2 Aiturnej for Kifuir 1.
PLAi'VTiTio.v roi: saij;,
: acre of (rood land, about 50 of which are tlenrr'l "
in a good state I (iillivation. Hie builtiing are m
toliMAble good condition. The mineral on lhe 1'oJ
are considered ralunble. Apj-lv lo tae in peron cr
address me at Rose Vale P. O', Merklenb'irjr rounrr.
JAUKS TIKMI'.OS.
Jan. 6, 18C3
lm-pd.
Tobacco Produce Store,
(SPRINGS' COILNKIL)
CHARLOTTE, .X. C.
We hare just opened a Urge Tobareo sn l Pro1ift
Store at Springs corner, where we will coriinntlj ittp
on hand a good assortment rf Tobacco frnm Itue btl
niatiuf.tcturers, and rountrj Produce of all kin-Is.
Produce of all Liuds bought or taken io eirr.srg
for any article.
Tobacco, Snoff, Sgflrs and Pipe, whw!sl sad
retail at tbe Tobacco and Produce Store.
10,000 lbs. SMOKING TOHACCO of th firmt qu'1
I j jurt received and for sale.
B. R. SMITH CO.
Jaooary 1, 1S63 tf
LAND SALE UT EQUITY.
For the purposes ei forth in the original bill on f
in mr office, I will fell to the btche.t bidder t.UinT
I note with cood sreurilr. at the Public Square in t'lir-
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1 lolle, on the second JJunJaj io l-rbruarj, ipoj, wr.-a
the 9th da of ihe month, on a credit or sn mow
wiib Interest frum dale, with lhe esecjdion r( Vr
cent rash to paj coU, ataluable Tra t of bANP
the waters of UigSuar Creek, adj iiniug lhe lnni "j
Sarah Alexander, W (J Phillips, W C Clark, C K
and others, containing about one
one acres, more or leis.
, A. C. WILLIAMSON, CM. r
Jannarj , 18C3 " 5t
AUCTION AND
Commission House
CIIAKLOITE, N. C,
In connection Jllh their Tobacco and Vtotnt :ftr
bare opened an auction and Commi.iun II
will bnror sell goods and tbattrU of ercrj desenptw"
j on reasonable commission. Addre,
II. R. SMIHI 4 CO.,
j Jannarj 1, 83 If Charlotte,
T Q.ih e i tzii.
J Hnnawaj from the subscribe- near Davidioa CoIjrfJ
; about a month ago, his negro boj MONROE, sff
. THE CASE
jears, 'jellow complected, nbil ejr-s r'-'
countenance. He is probabJj in lhe ntithborbfHa
not fv off. The abore reward will b riJ
liverj to me, or confinement so that 1 can ft
Mj post vtRrt is D.iridOB College, Vecklenburg r
Anj Informatioa as to tht whereabouts of the tor
tbankfullj received. " ...vviit
,lec30, 90i . Ct-pd JOHN A. HANNAH.
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