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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1863;
lj. TAFISB, EDITOa ANI PROPRIETOK.
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BY
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FIELD QFFICEBS OF N. C. TROOPS.
C'OLOXELS.
1,J A McDowell.
2 Wm I Hynum,
l XV L DeKoss.Ot,
4:Iryan Grimes,
it T Al Garr.-tt
Fsnac K Avery,
7 1 Ed (I Hay wood,
ft I Henry M thaw,
j!l S Jiak.-r,
Kt'j A J Hr.tdford,
J 1 !C Leveritliorpe,
IJ'IV-nj O V:id.
i:5 Allied M Scales,
1 1 I T Ii unett,
1") Hi m v A Du-.vd,
1C .1 S McElroy,
17 ; Win F Martin,
H Thos J Purdle,
I'J.riol. Williams,
till
i;i:J;tniPS Conner,
ti:::F)anl II Christie
til' Wm J Clarke,
ti." II M Kuthdge,
Jii II K Hiugwynu,
ti'.Iulin It Cooke,
tii S::uu.'l D Lowe,
till Robert Ii Vance,
Trail M Parker,
III John r Jordan,
Ed ,) Drabble,
:: -'.'Clark M Avery,
II I W j J Lowraiie.e
"" M W Ransom,
:i( Artillery
;57. Win M Barber,
3- William J Hoke,
David Coleman,
I1' Artillery
-II Cavalry
li (Jcniw C Cibhs,
1-5 Thomas S Kenan,
41 T C Singe! tary.
4 . J II Mon head,
40; Edward D llall
47,eion II Rogers,
4 ft 'Robert C Hill.
4'. Lee M McAfee.
LlEUT.-COL'S.
I lam A Brown,
Wm R Cox,
8. I). Thurston,
David M Carter.
Roboit F Webb,
Junius L Hill,
Geo Williamson,
I.Jas B Cordon,
O I ' A IMIJ.-j
Wm J Martin,
I'ho.s D Jones,
Majors.
Wm MacRae,
Wm A Stow f,
John C Lamb,
James S llines,
WS Stallings
W M Parsley
James II Wood,
William J Hill,
Sam McD Tate,
Robert S Young1,
J W Hint-on,
Jno II Whitaker.
W B Thompson,
Egbert A Ross,
David P Rowe,
Thomas Kufrtn,iJno T Ilairibrick,
W II Yarboro', .
II D Lee
Thou II Sharpe.
Forney George, Henry" Savage
W G Robinson, C M Andrews,
W m II Toon,
H Y Graves
Robert II Gray,
K D Johnston,
John L Harris,
S C IJryson,
J 8 Kendall,
R W Singeltary,
vv J Montgomry
Jas M Lowry,
James T Kell,
E R Liles,
W T Williams,
obt V Cowan.
J L McDowell
Jolin ( Jones,
detached
C N Hickerson,
R F Armneld,
H II Davidson,
detached
detached
John E 15 row n,
W ni. G Lewis,
T L Hargrove,
Andrew J Royd,
Wm A Jenkins,
G II Faribault.
S It Walkup,
Joun A J lemingi
C C Cole,
C C lilacknall,
T D Love,
J W Francis,
John A Gilmer,
W D Barringer,
Thos F Gardner,
Wm W Sillers,
Jesse J Yeates,
D G Coward,
Jas P McGee
John M' Kc lly
conipanies,
L D Andrews,
F A Reynolds,
companies,
j companies,
U VY J.radsliaw
Walt J Uoggan,
C M Stcdman,
W L Saunders
John A Graves.
Albert A Hill
. J A Washington, Geo. Wortham, ;.T C Van Hook
I II McKcthan
:.. .! K Marshall,
.r.:i;Wm A Owens,
M JCS McDowell,
r5 John K Conally,
r5 Paul F Faison.
TwlAreh C Godwin, ill C Jones, Jr.,
M John 15 Palmer, Wm W ProfTit,
:.! 1) D Ferebee E CaTltWel
r.O Jos A McDowell, iWm II Denver.
U 'Jas. D R-adcliffe, iWm S D.-vanc,
.J R .lit. (I. A.Love.1 Clnvton.
George Sloan . JAV S Nonnent
Mavens A Parks,' J Q Richardson,
J T Morehead, Jas J Iredell,
K M Murchison, 'Anderson Ellis,
Ab S Calloway, j
G G Luke,
S Ji Ivans,
James A K ith,
II F Schenck,
lames A Craige,
J C Keener,
Jas M Mnvo,
W W McDowell,
Henry Harding.
McDowell.
Peter G lvans
'I E M Allen,
('" ! irge N Folk,
In addition to the above, there are four Battalions and
forty -one unattached companies of North Carolina troops
in service enough to organize .six more Regiments,
wl.ieb would make sev.-nty-oiu- North Carolina Regiments
in service.
The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur
ance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks ugaiust loss by fire, on
Houses, Goods, Produce, kc, :H usual rates.
rrti,lfntyi. B. TAYLOR.
I 'ice rrr.ti.fr,, tC. O V K R M A N ,
Atornri IOS. II. WILSON,
ey .j- Tnix'r E. NYE HUTCHISON.
D IP.ECTORS:
A. C. STEELE, WM. J. YATES,
JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON,
M. Ii. TAYLOR, V. SCARR,
CIIAS. OVERMAN.
Frecu'ii't Cohimitlfe F. Scarr, Juo. L.Brown, Wm
J. Y.ite..
April 10, 1562.
Copartiicrslaip.
WILMAMK & OATLS
Have tlii day nssoeiatcd with them ifi the Mercantile
and Commission t.u-iness, LEWIS W. SANDERS.
The fljk- of the iiria will hereafter be
WILLIAMS, OATES k CO.
NOTICE. All persons indebted to the late firm of
i!Ii ltii .t O ite will jde.isc call mid settle up, as
we wish to close o,nr tilTl leusiiios.
WILLIAMS k OATES.
Ie.- : 12 tf
1)1!. .1. M. .Mi'I.LKi!,
Charlotte, N. C,
Hi? resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be
f"i".t his (blice in the building next to Kerr's hotel,
or a? residence. '
1M. 2:., sa-.
The --iibseribers wish to purchase CORN. Apply at j
their Livery Stables. !
BROWN & WADS WORTH. I
Charlotte, Nov 11, 1S62 tf !
$30 KEIVABJD.
The above reward will be paid for the apprehension
of JAMT3S M. BLUNT, k merabef of ray Company,
when delivered at Carap near Kenansrille. N. C, or
wherever the Company may be stationed. Said Blunt
leftthe Hospital at Xinston, with sick leave, in. May
last, and has failed to return to Cmp. He is about 35
years old, 5 feet, 9 inches high, dark hair, brown eyes,
and dark complexion, and has a large scar on one of
his legs below the knee, caused by a gun-shot wound.
He is supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Morrow'a
Turnout, Mecklenburg county, or in the vicinity of
Raleigh. By order of Col. Mat. W. Ransom.
D. G. MAXWELL. ,
Capt. Co. H, 35th N. C.ile
Feb 17, 1863 lm-pd
WtsUxn Uemorraf.
CHARLOTTE, N. O.
Slate of nrorlh Carolina Union Co.
Court of Pleas $ Quarter Sessions January Term, 1863
Jesse Hasty, admr., with the wl annexed, of Peoples
Hasty, deceased, vs. Charity Has'tty aud others.
Petition for account and settlement.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the
Defendants, William W. Clifton and wife Polly, Wilbur
Ha?ty and Nathaniel Helms, reside beyond he limit3
of this State. It is therefore ordered by the Conrt
that publication be wade for six successive weeks in
the Western Democrat, a paper published in the town
of Charlotte, notifying said Defendants that they be
and appear at the next term of this Coutt; to be held
for the county of Onion at the Court-House in Mon
roe on tiie first Monday in April next, then and -there
to plead answer cr demnr to the petition, or. judgment
pro confesso will be taken and the same heard ex
parte as to them." ,
U itiie?s, J. E. Ir6y, Clerk of our said Court, at office
in Monroe, the 1st Monday in January, A. D. 1863.
Feb 10, 1863 6t J. E. IRBY, Clerk.
Slate of North Carolina Union Co.
Court of Fleas j- Quarter Sessions January Term; 1863
Darling Broom,- admr. of Allen Broom, vs, Noah
Broom and others.
Petition for account and settlement.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
the Defendants, Noah Broom, Jacob L. Broom, Noah
Preslar, John Vickery and wife Terressa, Hiram Rey
nolds and wife Ttlitha, and Henry Helms Broom, re
side beyond the limits of this State. It is therefore
ordered by the Court that publication be made for six
successive weeks in the Western Democrat, a paper
published in the town of Charlotte, notifying said
Defendants to be and appear at the next term of this
Court to be held for the county of Union at the Court
House in Monroe on the 1st Monday in April next,
then tind' there to "plead, answer or demur to this
petition, or judgment pro confesso will be taken, and
the same heard ex parte as to them.
Witness, J. E. lrby, Clerk of our said Court, at office
in Monroe, the 1st Monday iu January, A. D. 1863.
Feb 10, 1863 6t J. E. IRBY, Clerk.
State of1 North Carolina Union Co.
Court of Picas. Quarter Sessions January Term, 1863
Stephen H. Parker and Peter Parker, Exrs., vs. Mathew
Farker and others.
Petition for settlement of the estate
Sr., deceased.
of Peter Parker,
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that th?
Defendants, Lemuel Parker and Wiley Parker, reside
beyond the limits of this State. It is therefon
ordered by the Court that publication be made for sij
successive weeks in the Western Democrat, a pape
published in the town of Charlotte, notifying sail1
Defendants to be and appear at the next term of this
Court to be held for the county of Union at the
Court-House in Monroe on the first Monday in Apr.l
next, then and there to plead answer or demur to tbis
petition, or judgment pro confesso will be taken, aid
the same heard ex parte as to-them.
Witness, J. E. Irby, Clerk of our said Conrt, at ofiee
in Monroe, ihe 1st .Monday in Januarj', A. D. 1863.
Feb 10, 1863 6t " J. E. IRBY, Clerk.
stal; of IVorili Carolina Cabarrus Co.
Court of Pleas Quarter Sessions January Term, 1863.
A V Lndwick vs. Gold Hill 'Mining Company; E A
Eudy vs. same; William Lenard vs. same; James
Eudy vs. same; Simeon Hutley vs. same; James
Dunn vs. same; James Eddy vs. same; J "B Harris
vs. fame; W T Miller vs. same; H T Lentz vs. same;.
W V Riles vs. same; Jesse Skcen vs. saniet
Attachments Levied on lands belonging to the Gold
Hill Mining Company.
It appearing -to the satisfaction of the Court that
the parties constituting the said Company are not in
habitants of this State. It is ordered bj the Court
that publication be made six weeks in the Western
Democrat for Defendants to appear and show cause
whv the lands levied upon should not be ordered to
be sold.
Witness, Joseph Yoiing, Clerk of our said Court at
office in Concord, the third Monday in January A. D;,
1863.. . JOSEPH YOUNG, Clerk.
February 3, 1863 6t
JVOTBUK TO
DEBTORS.
All persons indebted to ihe Estate of Patrick J.
Lowiie, deceased, a.rt- requested to call and make im
mediate payment to SAME. P. SMITH,
Dec 30, 1862
Attorney for Executrix.
Carrisige & Wagon Shop.!
Lie subscriber, successor to Mr Charles" Overman in ;
U- ( arrive and Wagon making business, respectfully '
Send your work to Ovcnn LlltX
IVOTSCE, No. 4.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10, 1863.
Thx following officers and men have been duly ex
chstnged, and are hereby so declared.
1. All officers and men captured in Kentucky,. TeD
ne;see, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida aad
South Carolina, uj to December loth. 1862".
2. All officers atvd men captured in Missouri. Ivm
sas. New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas and Louisiana,
up to January 1st, 1863.
.'J The two foregoing sections apply not only to offi
cers and men of the Confederate service, but also to all
persons captured "in arms or hostile array against the
United States, whatever may have beer, the character j
ofthe military oranizatioiis ' to which they were at
tached, und whatever may have been the terms of the
paroles given by them. If any are in Federal prisons,
they are to be immediately released, and delivered to
the Confederate authorities.
5. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered at City Point up to January 6th, 1863.
6. All Confederate officers and pen who have been
delivered at Vicksbnrg up to December 23d, 1862, aud
including said date.
7. All paroled Confederate officers and men receipt
ed for at Vicksbnrg up to December' 23d, 1862, aud
including said date
NOTICE.
Our terms are three dollars per year in
two dollars for six months.
J5" Individual or local sbinplasters will not be re
ceived. When sent to us thev will be held subject to
rtbe sender'scall, and not returned by letter.
'ESS- The Democrat will be discontinued to all subscri
bers at the expiration of th' time, for which it is xSA
Tiiose who want to continue must renew before or at the ex
piration Of their Une.
EXECUTION OP A DESERTER.
A correspondent writing from the 38lh N. U.
Regiment, near Fredericksburg, t the Raleigh
Standard, gives the following account of the exe
cution of a dessrter :
'-'The execution of the sentence of death upon
William A. Tomlin, private, company R, 38th
N. C- regiment, was done the .23d of February.
The culprit had been an enlisted soldier nearly
twelve months, but had never done duty, being
under guard as a deserter. He was otje of those
abandoned characters who could evade the vigi
lance of the civil officers, after the perpetration of
a heinous crime, by a change of locality, a feigned
name, a new avocation, or some other fraud. Ac
cording to his own narrative, he was aged 23
years, naa roamea over norm ana oourn Carolina
as preacher, colporteur, doctor, pill seller, kc,
under twelve different names (too tedious to men
tion,) his true name being N. A. H. Claunch, was
born and partly raised at Jamestown, Guilford
county, N. C, had married three- wives, all of
whom are now living, had murdered two men, one
of whom was his brother. Much of -such matter
was developed on the trial, all of winch tended to
make the culprit a fit example to expiate the
crime of which he was found guilty, and which
the good soldiers interest and justice .to our
country so much demanded.
Being found guilty of desertion and of inducing
others to do so, by a court martial, sentence of
death being passed and confirmed, the-day was
appointed for the execution in the presence of the
brigade (Pender's). Early Monday morning, the
brigade, under the command of our excellent
Colonel, W. J. Hoke; was formed, making three
sides of a raralelogram. The prisoner, seemingly
a willing victim, was marched up to a stake in
the middle of the fourth side, and being secured,
the guard" formed fifteen steps inside the paralelo
gram, the prisoner's back being towards them, the
commanding officer stepped back to the guard and
commanded, .ready! aim! fire! when the prisoner
fell a lifeless corpse, pierced by ten minnie balls,
two of which went through his head. Consider
ing the snow was about a foot deep, and the
weather was extremely cold, it was a gloomy and
sad spectacle. I conjecture the example will have
a happy effect on our troops."
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
It is meet that, as a people who acknowledge
the supremacy of the living God, we should be
ever mindful of our dependence on Him; should
remember that to Him alone can we trust for our
deliverance that to Him is due devout thankful
ness for the signal mercies bestowed on us, and
that by prayer alone can we hope to secure the
continued manifestation of that protecting care
whith has hitherto shielded us in the midst of
triah and dangers.
Ib obedience to His precepts, we have from
time to time been gathered together with prayers
and thanksgiving, and He has been graciously
pleased to hear our supplications, arid to grant
abundant exhibitions of His favor to our armies
and iur people. Through many conflicts wc have
now attained ' a place among-the nations which
commands their respect; and to the enemies who
encompass us around and-seek our destruction, the
Lortfof Hosts has again taught the lesson of His
inspired word: that the battle is not to the strong,
but fo whomsoever He willeth to exalt.
Again, our enemy, with loud boasting of the
power of their armed men and mailed ships,
threaten us with subjugation, and, with evil
machinations, seek, even in out own homes and at
our own firesides, f6 pervert our men-servants and
maid-servants into accomplices of their wicked
designs.
Under these circumstances, it is my privilege to
invite you once more to meet together and to
prostrate yourselves in humble supplication to
Him who has been our constant and never-failing
support in the past, and to whose protection and
guidance we trust for the future.
To this end, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the
Confederate States of America, do issue this my
proclamation, tting apart Friday, the twenty- j
seventh day of March as a day of fasting, humilia- !
tion and nravcr. and I do invite the people of the j
said States to repair on that day to their usual
; THE FRENCH PROPOSITION.
-The very intelligent correspondent of the Sa
vannah Republican, writing from Richmond, says:
"The Federal authorities have declined to act
I llnnn 4 ? ' fc 1
advance; or, Jpiuperors suggestion, ana iu so aomg.
u ciicm, ieiusca to ireai witn.me uouieuerate ,
Government upon afty terras short of an abandon-
ment on Its art of the contest. ' Under these cir
A POLITICAL OPPONENT'S OPINION
U PRESIDENT DAVIS.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Queen in her speech to Parliament savs
with regard to-Americao affairs, that she had Senator U ill of Georgia in a recent speech rays
abstatned from taking any steps with a, view to the following tribute to President Davis:
,uuuw vcooanuu vi iiosMiiues, Decauscr it nau not . vow frntlmon T ill.;. -nn rrrtti
seemed that any such overtax would be attended srJd S. ?
with any possibility of sdccms.
viewed with the deepest concern
a
fche, however, j 0 j irnion fce 1ld i .iwlVi thonirlit diflVroniW .n.l
the conflict ..I. j :.i.j:ir a .i J
wnicn still nsed. and titnKnl uith nf . . . . . . . ..
cymstanccs, what course is Louis Napoleon like y A9trMa k;i, u ;. i b prepossesses id, 6ts ltjor.: lie was not oneinally
to pursue? ' He must either give up 'all idea . of f 2": J firel-Ca for bis trcseot high position. Fur.,
pacification or. follow out hu poRey- to .its- logical,! ,tTn tiL nnnf tICa.'v 'T'tV thermore, since his election, If a single political
sequences,, and recognize our independenc.- LhelD0l 1 b n ' ?S XS"1 nd of mire, in this State- has recfcTa civil
AVhich of these alternatives will he adopt? - rnint bad S . gretted that theGov- corauiusion at his hands; I am to this hour not
The answer to this question may I do not say Lt -M. aware of the fact. These things 'are not calcila.
-depend upon the action of the Confederate t. T2 by I ranee, not ted to win a favorable judgment; bat I experience
Government upon a proposition which there U toih? a sense of self-respect when I realise as I do the
reason to believe ha very recentlv been submitted I.Tm- ' -u' t0 oht& M tb ofhcu, if fact that I am'capable of liftin- myself above thew
very recently
to it. Of the exact nature of this proposition I
am not informed, but am led to believe it has
some reference to the French occupation of
Mexico. Under the supposition,, though without
the knowledge that such is the case, tire question
occurs whether it would be to our interest to ac
cept recognition it the hands of France, coupled
with the raising of the blockade aud the use of
the French Tiavy, and perhaps an alliance,
offensive acd defensive as regards this continent,
upon condition of our abstaining, now and here
after, frorji all interference with . the Emperors
plans in Mexico
Without undertaking to discuj so grave a mat
ter as this, with the limited information at my
command, 1 cannot refrain from expressing the
hope, that the idea of future acquisitions of ter
ritory from" Mexico wjll have no influence whatso
ever upon our government in coming to a resolu
tion. The free gift of the whole of Mexico would
be a curse rather than a blessing, if we were re
quired -to accept its mongrel population along
with it. These wretched people are the vile
amalgam Tesulting from the indiscriminate co
habitation of the Spaniard, the. Indian, and the
negro, and they partake all the vices of each of
those races, without any of its virtues. In addi
tion to this, the inhabitants are as bitterly op
posed to our system of labor as the people of New
England.- The supremacy, therefore,, of the
French, or of any other race, except the Puritan,
could hardly be a disadvantage to other nations.
' What we need is a homogenous population, a
compact territory, and uniform institution We
have territory enough already, and what we have
would be all the better if it were differently
shaped and bounded. Let us rather improve
what wc have, restrict the elective franchise and
tig; right to hold real estate to the people, and
their descendant i, who were living in the Con
federate States i t the beginning of the war, and
those who have-adhered to our cause and assisted
in the establishment of our independence, and dis
courage immigration from all countries, especially
the United States, not having similar institutions
to our own. Do this, and we shall have a house
not founded on sand, or divided against itself.
As between Mexico and the States of -the North
west, one might well be excused for preferring j
the latter. Indeed, a re-union with the North
west is not without its advocates here, amongst
whom may be numbered some of the ablest men f
in the couutry.
Rut to return from-lhis digression: The refusal '
to accept the suggestion of Louis Napoleon argues
great ignorance of the strength and resolution of
the Confederate States on the part of the Federal
Government, or . a strong desire to provoke the
intervention of foreign Powers. In the latter
event, Mr. Lincoln may hope to keep his people
united, prevent any further secession of States,
and preserve the diguity of his Government, even
while conceding our independence under the
pressure from other nations.
The government, it is said, hag received from
Europe within the last two mouths, two millions
yards of military cloth, or enough to faroish.a
suit to every man in the army. Rut this should
uot stop the spinning wheels and looms at home.
One suit of clothes will last a soldier, who has to
march in such weather 'as this,.aud to fight in the
woods aud swatnj, and on rugged mountains but
a short time; The last remaining hope our ene
mies have of subjugating us, is based upon our
(supposed) limited supply of food and clothing.
If the men will furnish the former, there need be
no doubt that the women will provide the latter.
. : . P. W. A.
THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS.
Charleston, March 3. -Nassau advices
received at this point report the arrival there of
the Confedernte Privateer Retribution. Thel
Retribution haa taken and burned the Rark Mary
Wright, of Portland, Me., and the Rrig Camden.
She ' encountered an unknown Whaler in the
Carabcau Sea which showed fight, killing, one of
the crew of the Retribution, when the Whaler
was sunk with all on board, by the fire of the
Retribution. She also captured and sent to a
Confederate PoK the Rrig Elliott, of Rucksfort,
places of public worship, and to join in prayer to . d th gcie,. Jlanover, of Massachusetts.
At f .1 al 1 1 . ." . fill I
Almighty God that he will continue his merciful
protection over our cause, tbst he will scatter our
enemies and eet at naught their evil designs, and
that he will graciously resfore to our beloved
country the blessings of peace and security.
In faith whereof, -I have hereunto set my hand
at the city-of Richmond on the twenty-seventh
day of February, ' in the 3 ar of our Lord one
thousand 'eight hundred and sixty-three.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Elliott was subsequently recaptured by the
Yankees at St. Thomas. The Retributiou also
captured and run ashore on the Bahamas the Rrig
Emily Fisher, taking the crew prisoners
and
An Irishman's opinion of the' Irish Federal-
S. All Confederate officers and men captured and ; ?'5 gentleman, just arrived from Washington,
paroled at Fredericksburg, Va., in December, T8C2. j rcports tne following conversation as having taken
f. All Confederate officers ii nH men efiiittirp.t at fiolds- -
boro, N. C, in December, 1862. place within ins hearing, in a grocery
10. Other miscellaneous and minor exebanges, of '; District ot Columbia, between an msn rtue.-i
the appropriate officers will be duly informed, j officer (who had his lamiiy wnn nuii ana a gu-
KutshKi uilii, j cer:
landing them at Nassau. The crew of the Retri
butiou are all well and would son finish repairs
when she would resume her cruise. -
Mobile. March 2. The Tribune learns from
Capt. Haywood, who took the Florida out of this
w ' - a V ' i
ii . a I KLil'i('nri i n . t wvr f .ff
pors., mai mere were inuo
possinie, such an armistice as wnnU ln.I thfl
parties themselves to reflect on the miseries an J
hopelcssnws of the war in which thev were en
gaged. He differed from the onion'cxprcsscd
by aiany of his political friends that the time had
arriied for recognizing the Southern States. Ilia
conriction was that, come what may, the recon
struction of the Union was impossible. .On the
whole, he approved of the course the Government
had taken. Cheers Earl Russel; in reply,
justified the policy which the Government had
. i i . . .
purtsueu ana cxpressca. a strong opinion that it
would be impossible for the.Union of the Northern
and' Southern States to be again established.
Earl Majmesburg expressed regret that England
bijd not joined France in the proposed Interven
tion. Earl Grey took the contrary view.
In the House of Commons, D'ltracli reviewed
tie Ministerial Programme, imputing vacillation
aid inconsistency , to the Government. The
Foreign Secretary said the North was fighting to
whip the South for independence. The President
of the Roard of Trade alleged that the curse of
shvery was at the bottom of the war. The Chan
jeor of the Exchequer spoke waraily in favor of
the South, but was followed by the Secretary of
Wir, whuSvowed that his opinions are diametri
cally opposed thereto. The Chief Secretary for
Inland declared his conviction that "the Lord of
Hosts was fighting for the Confederates. Rcnt
wick said he believed if a proposal to recognize
the South was brought forward it would be sup
posed by Parliament.
The London Times, adverting to the American
question in Parliament, points out that the views
oft lie opposition are the same as those of the
Government. After a recess of six. eventful
months there is not a single statesman on- either
side who believes that the restoration of the Union
on the terms of the original compact is possible.
Though there isone who declares that if such a
conquest was practicable, it would only prove the
political ruin of America. We arrive, theit, at
the one conclusion -that separation on peaceable
terms and at the earliest moment is the result
which the friends of America ought to desire.
The London Times says that it is reported that
certain parties in Paris had offered a loan to the
Confederate Government of 5,000,000 sterling,
on the basis of Cotton at 5d.-pcr lb, with the
option of exchanging for Confederate Bonds at 70,
bearing 8 per cent interest, and that the offer had
i .j -
ueen accepieu.
A Paris letter .gives a report that President
Lincolu's Administration demands from France a
categorical explanation of the Emperor's inten
tions in Mexico, and . of the interpretation to' be
put on his letter to Gen. orey.
The insurrection in Poland is said to be spread-
ing. A sanguinary battle bad been fought at
Wengrow, in which the insurgents were defeated
and the town captured by the Russians. ' t
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NORTHERN ITEMS.
The New York Herald says "Long five
Abraham our president." "Lincoln is temporary
dictator' The- Herald says that the measures
lately passed by Congress and others that will
become laws, will practically invest Lincoln with
all the powers of Dictator. Ry advices received
from Port Royal, the Herald has further informa
tion respecting the difficulty between Hunter
and Foster. Hunter peremptorily ordered the
staff of Foster to leave his Department, and put
General Stevenson under arrest for disparaging
the negro troops.
The New Y.ork. Times has private advice
confirming, to some extent, the rumors of tiouble
in Geueral Banks's command, growing out of the
introduction of negro troops. Four or five officers
of the one hundred and thirty-third regiment New
York Volunteers have resigned, and one Brigadier
General 'has refused to recogrfize the colored
troops, or to march with them.
George N. Sanders sailed -from Halifax on the
21st for Europe. He ha'd Confederate despatches
with him.
Major General Cassias M. Clay has been
recomuiissioned United States Minister to Russia,
vice Simon Cameron, resigned. -
Id Baltimore the Money Market is as much
excited as in New-York. On the 25tb the closing
rates for gold were 172 bid, and 17iT asked.'
Death by Deownino. We regret to learn
that one day last week, Mr James Neeley, of
Rowan county, in attempting to cross the booth
Ya'dkin River, was drowned. The mother and
sister of the unfortunate young man, wc learn,
were standing upon the shore and witnessed the
blockadcrs in front of Bad catastrophe without being able to render any
a trial.
Chatlotte, Jan'y 13, 1803.
which
Jan 20. 1SG3
Agent of Exchange.
A- II. CRESWELL.
At tlte Midical jyrveyiny Department in
Charlotte.
A Urge number ef. BOTTLES and VIALS, for which
the highest rash price will bwpaid.
JAS. T. JOHNSON, .
Surgeon and Medical Purvevor. !
January 27, I8C3 tf
MAP-WASTED.
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT,
Charlotte, N. C, January 12, 1863
Wanted, immediately, at this Department, ten thou
sand pounds of hard Soap for the Army at Goldsboro,
N. C , for which the market price will be paid. The
the entrance to the harbor. Two pursued, and by assistance to meson ana oroiner. ir IMeeley had
aid of their powerful Frescal lights, they signalized J rendered gaiiau service in me present war, been
the Florida four mike. The chase continued ten j severely wounded, and'waa to have been united in
hours, but the Florida run out of rieW, and on ' marriage to a young lady of Iredell, tbU week, had
her way destroyed a new Yabkee Rrig on her finst , he survived. Statetcille Express.
voyage, laden with sugar, molasses aud rum, the j '
whede valued at one huudred and forty thousand f BST It should concern the publi to know the
w.i rVr - dollars The speed of the . Florida is la miles i tact that speculation in Doar is aasumiog a aenou.
purchases it n-f-; M.flitt is i-reatl. t.lsl 1 asncct in this part of the State.' We are informed
I with her. on good authority that there is a man now. in thu
remon. with several tnousaoa aonara gwt ut
' Officer "I wish to make some
; my family use." .
I Grocer "You are an Irishman, I believe ?'
rwi . :ci r"7:r;.., nf i a daring adventure.
. Urocer "Jsot inree years ago me .uegisi-.- c, - , v .
.rl Aw Wiihitin the milita- Southern toys went into
re. A party of braver: a very large amount in Confederate bill, parchas
Memphis, not long since, ing flour with' the view of sending it out of the
i ... '. - t i c.. Tt,- nill -dnnbtle be emrxovea to
r . r -T . t n ui:-. , nf vnt ' and dunnjr their-peregnuauouu, v uu uouru iwu auc . . . .
ry organization of Irish Roman Catholics; and yet . o P q . depreciate the Confederate currency. Until with.
u. T . ? . i " ' . j . flnnr .nitLfl r had t fn
tne guaru, raisea sieam, worxea .in a iew uayo . m ,
other side of the river, and there i 36 per barrel; but under the operations or the
the great astonishment of Mem-! party referred to it has gone up to 1 12, as we are
j iniormea.--oc"jr uiwmw.
' me uovernmen to nrocure :Manutaciurea j Vl or. hern tn haht tor tnese same xanitecs 1
toen ,2I'iU i3h" induce the People of this section ; " Southerners who are struggling for their turned and tied
to engage in making an article so indispensable 19 the ! l",I'I, . v . liishon Iliihef. and : the boats to the
health and comfort of their relatives in Vlie army, j "W- AitLr. bnmed them, tC
t,.i, E.M.LOWK, r,c0,,,c,u. .r " c ' phia Federaldom
i --! v w Capt.JfcA.C.s. can buy notning in mis biore. -
capable or lilting myself above '
petty, but too often popular considerations, and
judge the President, by the merit of hi nlility
ar.d patriotic motives, and by the principle of bis
administration. Thus judging him I declare, to
you that if I had now to select a Chief Magistrate
for this trying crUis, I should feel it a duty to
select Jefferson Davis. I concede tho charge sneer
ingly made, that he is Neither a ' Caesar, nor a
Cromwell, nor a Napoleon. He is nobler than
either. and greater than all, beeauso ho has respect
unto the laws of the land, and seeks to establish
and not to destroy constitutional governments.
In my opinion, htijjreat desire, to which all earth,
ly dtsires are subordinate, is par final and com
plete uoe in this revolution. Mr Lincoln, with
all Ihe advautages or a long tauetl powerful
ayd well supplied government; State Executives,
even in the Confederate States, not having upon
their shoulders the conduct of this gigantic war;
have pleaded necessity as an excuse for exorcising
extraordinary powers, and hare trampled upou
constitutional restrictions and individual rights.
Rut Mr Davis, with all the disadvantages of a new
and weak government to which I have alluded,,
and with the fearful doom of the chief of traitors
f.ll before him in case of failure, has nrver'yrt
found it necessary to violate the Constitution of
the country, nor to tramplo upon the rights of the
humblest citizan. Within the boundaries of. law,
by the provisions of legislative grant, and ancient
privileges of Anglo-American freedom, he has used
the sword to the discomfiture of a million of ene
mies in arms. By a vigorous policy he has led a
new born nation froni weakness to power. By a
firm but humane adherence to the great principles
of nations into whose family we hsd been refused
admittance, he has degraded the faithless ticcsscs
of our adversary to universal notoriety and per
pctual infamy. And by the wisdom oftjan accom
plished statesmanship, and tho pura rhetoria of an
eloquent pen, he has secured admiration and es J
teem for himself aud bis eountrymen in tho high
est Cabinets and most" refined Couits of the eivilis
ed'world. Even our enemies, usually so bigottei.
and selfish, are driven in shame to apply every
epithet.of ridicule to the awkward blunders of their
President, and to admit the ability, tact and
statcsmsnsnip or, me "rcoei caret. , (
CHARLESTON, 8. C. t
A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex press ,
writing from Charleston S. C, lays :
The most notable feature of Charleston, 18C2,
and one which arrests the attention of tBe visitor
the moment be enten its lines, is the air of quiet
which prevails in what wss once the most bustling, .
business portion! of the city. On King and East
Bay streets,. at least four-fifths of the stores are
closed, and on Meeting street, the only oasis one
sees in the great desert of suspension, is at the
houses of Pringle and Milnor, where the pile of
goods which constantly run the blockade, are
auctioned off. Here, when auction is to take place.
merchants, professional characters and men of
leisure, all eager for the accumulation of dollars,
congregate in vast numbers, and the slore rooms
(resent a scene of busy life, which contrasts strong
y with tho remaining portion! of the city. I
have, by dint of extraordinary perseverance, work
ed my way into one of these densely packed auc
tion rooms and round the scene presented one ox
sufficient interest (o describe. . A burly bin, of
about 240 pounds avoirdupois, mounts a chair, and
announces that the sale is about to commence, con
tinuing with the remark! that the conditions art.
cash, and that no issue of the Hoyer and Ludwig
Confederate plate will bo taken. The cner, who
posser-ses a strength of lung of which Stentor him
self would have been prond, a rapidity of articula
tion that has never been surpassed by human ton
gue,'ia accompanied by ft little grey headed man,
who wean a woolen cap 01 ricuiy vantgaiea nues,
the crown of which display! the Confederate flag.
This little nun's chief occupation is to exalt tho
merits of the goods on sale, throw in occasional
witicisms and catch the "winka and bunka" of
bidders, whieh the crier overlooks. A wink is as
good as a nod, with the little man. and be bawls it
out as lastly as if he were giuag an alarm of
fire, or crying stpp thief.
Many of the merchants here ootnplain tbatat
though these immense cargoes are sold at
their very doors, yet by means of combinations
made among buyers from abroad, they are unable
to purchase articles sufficient to justify them in
keeping openihcir atorea. For exsmple, three,
four, five or six buyers, majr eouibioo and pur
chase a lot of articles, amounting in the aggregate
to one hundred thousand or mora dollars, and then
divide the lot. This is frequently done, and ae
the auctioneers, who have a most extensive catalo
gue to dispose of, go upon the principle of con
densing all they can,' the bnycr of more limited
purse has no means of replenishing histfxharuted
stock. The msgaitude of these sales is really sur
prising, and the. last ono'made by R. A. Pringle &
Co., I understand, footed op over two millions and ,
a half of dollars. The partiea for whose benefit
they are chiefly made, via : John Frase? & Co ,
have already realized $20,000,000. Qf this amount,
$6,000,000 bare been invented in Confederate
bonds.
!
Good Advice. Let every man, woman and '
child, at homo, aays the Molile Register, with a
yard square of ground, scratch it op and put it in.
Corn; Every grain carefully toirnatoa so lam
fruitful earth,' is a mite of contribution to the
nation's liberty. Every acre of cotton that is
planted, is a comfort to our enemies, and a nail ia
the coffin of Confederate independence. We beg ;
every body to plant all the grain they can. - j
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