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TBSF Transient advertisements must Be paid for in
advance.
gjjr Advertisements not marked on the managcript
f .r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and
charged accordingly.
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TO COTTON PLANTERS.
I bare been appointed by the Secretary of the
rr-oodtr? Ohief Atrent for the nurchase of Cotton for
the Confederate Government within the State of North 4 rr.
Carolina, and will pay for the same in 7 per cent Bonds
or Cash. , -
nh A(nt9 rUitincr the different D.irt3 of the btate.
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FIBLD OFMJEES QP N. C. TBOOPS.
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Colonels. Lif.lt.-Col's.
1 J A McDowell.
2 W K Cox,
4 ' Bryan (Irims,
5iT M CJarrctt
G! Isaac K Avurv,
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10
11
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G Haywood,
ll.-nry M 8haw,
L S Baker,
J A J Bradford,
C Levf'ntliorpe,
Sol. Williams,
Alfred M ScaW-H,
14 R T IV nnett,
ir,Vm MaeRaft,
S McElroy,
J7Vm F Martin,
li Thos J l'urdie,
1'J'
yo'Thos. F. Toon.
Ml jV W Kirk land
iW'jamcs Ciinncr,
2:J'Danl II Chrwtii;
24 j Win J Clarke,
2."jll M liuL.-dge,
2'i II K Bu. trv vnu.
27 John A GilmrjrjG F Whitfield
2 Samu. 1 1) Low-, i W 11 A hiwar
HamA Brown,
W S Stallinga,
S. D. Thurston,
James II Wood
John W La
Kobeit F Webb,
Junius L Hill,
J W Hinton,
Jas B Gordon,
S D Poole,
Wm J Martin,
J II Hvman
W A Johnston
WII Yarboro',
Wm A Stowe,
John C Lamb,
Forney Gt'ofge.
W G Robinson,
Nelson Slough
C C Colo
R D Johnston,
Jehu I, Harris,
S C Uryson,
John R Lane
Majors.
2!
:)(Fran M Parkor,
'.'A John V Jordan,
-.Vl'Kil J Brabble,
:rtjciark M Avery,
."11 W L J Lowrauce
;." M W Riusoin,
ltd Artillery
37. W m M Barber,
3-' William J Hoke,
"'J David Coleman,
-41 Artillery
41 John A Baker
42 George C Gibbs,
4:t Thomas S Keuan,
4 I T C Singeltary.
l' J H Morelnfad,
4i" ''E.I ward D Hall,
47 jG II Faribault,
4H'Rbert C Hill,
4!,Lee M McAfee.
M)' J A Washington,
fl!H McKethau,
f2.I K Marshal
;": Win A Owens,
.r4 JCS McDowell,
r5John K Conally,
rr.'Paul F Faison,
r7jArch C Godwin,
r8John B Palmer,
M,D D Ferebee
CO Jos A McDowell,
I Jas. D. Ra.leliffe, iWm S Devane,
fiijRobt. G. A.Love.'G W Clayton
3 B it. vans.
James T Kell,
E R Liles,
W T Williams,
Robt V Cowan,
J L McDowell
john G Jones,
detached
Jim B Ashcraft,
R F Armfield,
F A Reynolds,
detached
John E Brown,
m. G Lewis,
T L Hargrove,
Andrew J Bovd.
W Li oauuders
John A Graves,
S II Walkup,
.ohn A Ir lfming
Geo. Wortham,
C B Hobson
Marcus A Parks,
J T Morehead,
K M Murchison,
Alfred II Belo
G G Luke-,
H C Jones, Jr.,
Wm W Promt,
E Cantw-ell
Wm II Deaver,
James S I lines,
W M Parsley
E A Osborne
William J Hill,
Sam Mi D Tate,
Wm Lee Davidson
Henry McRae
Jno II Whitaker,
Guion and Sparrow
Egbert A Koss,
David P Rowe,
J-no T Ilambrick,
GW Hammond
II D Lee
Thos II Sharpe.
C M Andrews,
WJ Stanly
W S Rankin
Laban Odeil
C C Rlackuall,
T D Love,
W8 Grady
J T Jones
JC Webb
W B Creasman
Wm W Sillers,
G D Coward,
IT W May hew
James A Keith,
companies,
W G Morris
Johu Aslitord
companies,
C W Bradshaw
Walt J Boggan,
C M Stedmau7 j:
J R Winston
A C McAllister
A D Crndup
Albert A Hill
P B (Chambers
J C Van Hook
Jas R McDonald
J Q Richardson,
Jas J Iredell,
Anderson Ellis,
M T Smith
H F Schenck,
James A Craige,
J C Keener,
Jas M Mayo,
W M Hardy
Henry Harding.
I) G McDowell
J II McNeill
C.i Peter G Evans
4.1 L M Allen,
.oiGeorge N Folk,
The above Regiments are in the following Brigades:
Cliugman's- th, 31st, "l.st and 61st.
Cooke's l."th, 27th, 40th and 48th.
Rite's 2!th.
Daniel's 32 d, 43d, 4.",th. 50th and 53d.
Davis 55th.
Hoke's 0th, 21st, 54th and 57th.
Hampton's 9th, (c.avalrv )
Iv rson's 5th, 12th, 20th" and 23d.
Lane's 7th. 18th, 2r!th, :3d and 37th.
W II F Lee's lUth, (cavalry)
Pryor's 1st and 3d.
Pender's i:uh. IGth, 22d, 34th aud 38th.
Pettigrew's llili, 20th, 42d, 44th, 47th and 52d.
Ransom's 21th, 25th. 35th. 19th and 50th.
R.imseur's 2d, 4th, 1 1th and 3Uth.
Robertson's 41st, 59th, aud 63d.
The 10th, 17th, 30th, 10th, 53th, COth, G2d, 64th and
0"th Regiments are not Brigaded.
The 9th, 19th, 41st, 59th, 03d and C4th aro cavalry Re
g'unents. The 10th, 30th and. IOth are Artillery Regiments.
In addition to the Regiments, there are the following
Battalions : Lient-Cnl. Chas E Shober's infantry (for-i.irrlj-
Whatton J.Green's;; Maj J H Nethercutt's Ran
gers; Maj R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Maj John W
Moore's Artdlery: Maj WL Young's Artillery; Maj Alex
McKay s Artillery; Col Peter Mallett's camp Guard.
Col. U m II Thomns has a Legion of Highlanders and
Indians numbering over 1,500 men.
The CJiarlotte Mutual Fire Insur
. ance Company,
CONTINUES to take risks against less by fir on
Jieuscy, Goods, Produce, c, at uual rates.
rresidfntM. B. TAYLOR.
t'ice J'reaidenti:. OVERMAN,
Attorney JOS. II. WILSON,
See'y J- TWr E. NYE HUTCHISON.
DIRECTORS:
A. C. RTEELt, WM. J. YATES,
JNO. L. 1JR0WN, WM. JOHNSTON,
M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR,
CIIAS. OVERMAN.
Kzru:ie Committee F. Scarr, Jno. L.Brown, Wm
J . 1 .its.
April 10, 18C3.
.IRIS & OATES
T Y - . .1 .
...i.p w ay associated with them In
The stv e of "",??' EWIS W. SANDERS.
X lie stj le of the firm will hereafter 1,
V WILLIAMS i TI'C. . rr
the Mercantile
WILLIAMS
we wbu ,o dMe our oil bu'"," Mtl U M
WILLIAMS k OATES.
Dec 9, 1F62
tf
1L .1. 31. MILLER
Charlotte, N. C, '
the Practice of Medicine, and
can be
H resumed
found .it his Office in the Brawlcy building opposite to
Kerr's hotel, or at his residence. .
Feb. 25, 1SC2.
JVOTICfi TO DEBTORS.
All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick J.
Lowrie, deceased, art requested to call and make im
mediate payment to SAML. P: SMITH
Attorory for EjrecutrU.-
Iec 3G, 1842
buying in my name,
appointment.
By orler of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Cot
ton purchased by myself or my agents, on and after
the 18th day of March, 1863, will be paid for in 7 per
cent Bonds or Cash, and not 8 per cent Bonds as stated
in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however,
the 8 per cent bonds will be furnished as stated.
Patriotic citizens we now offered an opportunity to
aid the Government by selling to It tbeir Cotton rather
than to private capitalists.
LEWIS S. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte, March 24, 1863 tf
NEW GOODS.
Just received, and will be MADE TO ORDER, or
SOLD BY THE YARD,
Super. West of England Black Cloths;
Satin Finished Black Doeskin Cassimeres";
English Grey Cloths, a fine article for Confederate
Uniforms;
Also, Confederate Staff Buttons.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
March 3, 1863 tf
BLACK ALPACCA. .
Just received a superior lot of the above desirable
Goods for ladies' dresses, which will be sold at a very
small advance on cost. J. S. PfllLLIPS.
March 3, 1863 tf ' '
SUPERIOR SEWING SILK.
The subscriber has just received an invoice of the
very best ITALIAN SEWING SILK, which he offers
to the public at 12 cents per skein.
March 3, 1863 tf J. S. PHILLIPS.
. ' ' CHARLOTTE,. N. C. '
- NOTICE."8 : ' ' -,
Our terms are four dollar per year in advance.
t&m Individual tr local shinplaeters will not l re
ceived.. When teat to ns ihey will be held iubject to
the sender's call, and not returned by letter. - '
B&- The Democrat will be discontinued to all mlserU
bert at the expiration- of .the time for which it itpaid
Those who want to continue mutt renew before or aCsx
piration of their time. . - , . . -.. ' v , 1 i-
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COWSOBIPTION OF ALIENS.
Mr Clay, of Alabama, has reported a bill fn the
Senate for the conscription of aliens residing in
the Confederacy. The Richmond Enquirer says :
We trust that Congress will do the country the "tobacco, which they would not otherwise do; and
TO ,$HE EOPiaJrOTTIIE I COH7ED-!n--tra
EEATE STATES. i ur4 I '
InL cotnpliaocc with the .request 'of Congress,
contained in resolutions passed .oq the fourth day
of the current month, I broke jour attentjon to
the present conditioa and uture prospects of - our
country, and to 'thevdutiet which patriotism joa-;
poses i on ilia all during thia great struggle for .pur
homes and 6ur.liWrtiei,y,,,i -.-,'f iiT
" These resoluttonsafe in ihe' following laneuaee:1
" VVueTeas, a strong impression , preTatU through
the country that the war nowheing waged against
the people of the Confederate, States may termi
nate during, the present year; and whereas thy
impression is leading many patriotic citizens to en
gage largely in the , production ot cotton and
easoQ . prort as un-T.om " r upon ipe iiucaioe camp in ;
KVUHMJi kliCrCtVrCi T 't .-1fc.v. I
all thousht of feaio. 1 Lieui-Col.' Brown Vtth isoftionsof eomnanicA It. K
x-a trt or mt za rcgtmnf ir.i, U. Troops, J
started oa Sundav eWoioir. th 2.1 J M arch It
is eamp in Dertief marched up the Chowan ' H
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to FULL1NGS & SPRINGS,
by note or account, are hereby notified to call upon
Wm. W. Grier," ex-sheriff, and make immediate settle
ment. J. M. SPRINGS.
February 3, 1863 tf
ZESlog? 1X1.1;
FOR SALE.
Very neat French Calf Bootees for Ladies.
Pegged Calf Bootees (light) for Ladies.
Gents' High Cut Scotch, neatly made.
Elegant pegged and sewed Brogans, double sole.
A fresh arrival of Shoe-Peggs, to sell by the quart;
sizes 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 7-8. Also, a lot of Shoe Knives.
JOHN F. BUTT,
March 10, 1863 tf Mint Street, Charlotte
DISSOLUTION.
The copartnership heretofore existing under the
name and style of STEVENS, SCHUTT & McLEAN, in
the general Cabinet business, is this day dissolved by
the withdrawal of I. A. McLean. The business will be
continued at the same standby the undersigned, who
respectfully solicit a portion of public patronage.
J. H. STEVENS & CO.
February 3, 1863 tf
Slate of North Carolina Gaston Co.
Court of Fleas Quarter Sessions February term, 18C3
Elizabeth II. Roberts, administrator of Mose3 M.
Roberts, dee'd, vs. Joshua and M. O. Roberts
Petition to sell slaves for distribution.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
the Defendants in this case reside beyond the limits of
this State: It is ordered that advertisement be made in
the Western Democrat for six weeks, commanding said
Defendants to appear at the next term of this Court, to
be held on the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in
March, 1863, and plead, answer or demur to this pe
tition, or judgment pro confesso will be entered against
them.
W. D. GLENN, C. C. C.
Carriage & Wagon Shop.
The subscriber, successor to Mr Charles Overman in
tUc Carriage and Wagon making business, respectfully
informs the public that he will promptly execute all
work entrusted to him, and he solicits a share of pub
lic patronage.
REPAIRING of all kinds will be particularly atten
ded to and done at short notice on reasonable terms.
Send your work to Overman's old stand and give me
a trial.
Charlotte, Jan'y 13, 1863.
A. H. CRESWELL.
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At the Medical Purveying Department in
CJiarlotte,
A large nurnber of BOTTLES and VIALS, for which
the highest cash price will be paid.
JAS. T. JOHNSON,
Surgeon and Medical Purveyor.
January 27, 18C3 tf
WATCH AAD CLOCK
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SIKES & GRAY having commenced the Watch and
Clock Making business in Charlotte, in the Parks
Building, nearlr opposite Kerr's Hotel, will be found
ready to repair Watchc?, Clocks and Jewelry at short
notice and on reasonable terms. Also, Engraving
neatly and handsomely executed. All work warranted
for twelve mouths. SIKES & GRAY.
Feb 17, 1863 yr ' .
WILKINSON & FARGO, .
GROCERS & COMMISSION. MERCHANTS,
Augitsta, Ga.,
Having large close Storage accommodations and lorrg
experience, solicit consignments of Produce and Mer
chandize for sale.
Refer to J. J. Blackwood. Esq, Charlotte.
January 27, 1863 3m pd - "
" IOTIci "
I wish to hire 10 or . 15 negro men to chop wood.
I also w ant to purchase five or six negro men. .
J. W. DERB,
Dec 30, 1S62 Spring Hill Forge.
I am prepared to cast machine irons of all kinds,
hollow-ware, salt pans, &c. Orders solicited terms
cash. J. W. DERR,
Jalr 22, 1862 ly-pd, ' Spring Hill Forge
The above reward will be paid for the apprehension
of Delia Starns, a member of my Company, when de
livered at Camp near Fredericksburg, Va., r wherever
the Company may be stationed. Said Starns left the
Camps near Richmond, Va , about the 10th of July
last without Ipuirn if a :a .hnt on M about 6
high, dark hair, broTrn eyes and dark complexion.
i3 SnppOSed tO 1, Inrlrln.-, "in ho trioinltv rtf Ht TIS-
burg Mills, S. C, or Charlotte, N. O. '
By order of CoL W. Mi Bhbkr. r -
!.-'' ' W. Mf STITT,
March 10, 1863 Gt-pd Caf t. Co. I,37tb N- C
justice of passing this bill; th.at is to say, assuming
it to be constitutional. foreigners Jiving nere,
carrying on business, enjoying the protection of
the laws, and of the armies which protect their
property, as well as all other property, from pillage
and confiscation, have, we do not say as deep an
interest and as binding a duty to fight in the
defence of our country as its own citizens for
the citizens have national honor- and national
existence at stake but those aliens nevertheless,
have both an interest and a duty strong enough
and binding enough to impel tbem to fight for
the land they live and thrive in; and quite strong
and binding enough to justify us in making them
discharge that duty, if they be unwilling. At
present they exempt themselves from our military
service by pieces of paper called protections, issued
by gentlemen who are Consuls under the enemy's
Government, 'and who are liable to be controlled
in their actions, and even discharged as some of
them have been in consequence of complaints
made to their own Governments by the Secretary
of State of the public enemy. Armed with these
protections, foreigners complacently look on while
our own young men are forced away from their
homes to defend the interests of all; of the aliens
as well as of the citizens; and they still remain
peacefully at home in all our cities, speculating
either on the wants of the army and the people, or
exercising their trades with such immense
remuneration, and creating for themselves such
splendid fortunes a never even shown upon their
dreams before.
COUNCIL OP STATE.
The Council of State met in the Executive office
in this Citv on Saturday the 11th inst., present F.
B. Satterwaite of Pitt, R. P. Dick of Guilford, Dr.
James Calloway of Wilkes, and Loverd Eldridge
of Johnston.
J. If. Flanner, Esq., of Wilmington, was ap
pointed a member of the Board of Internal Im
provements, in place of E. J. Hale, Esq., who de
clined the position.
The Council authorized the Governor to lay an
embargo on the transportation of certain articles
from the State by speculators. The Proclamation
will be found in our paper to-day.
We learn that the subject of conscripting Jus
tices of the Peace, militia officers and other State
officers was considered by the Council; and we
learn that that body unanimously sustained the
Governor in his wish to preserve the State gov
ernment intact by preventing such conscription.
We think we may safely say that none ot these
officers will be conscripted. Raleigh Standard.
m mm
A Raid on the Enemy in Western
Virginia. The Confederates under General
Jenkins, recently made a descent on the tories and
Yankees in Western Virginia. The result is
thus stated :
The Elections and Spring Courts ef the bogus
Government in all the Counties West of the
Kanawha were broken up. v Driving the enemy
with loss into his fortifications at Hurricane
Bridge, proceeded to Kanawha River, four miles
below W infield Ridge, captured two Government
Steamboats which were passing; embarked at night
in fiat boats and floated down the Kanawha,
attacking and capturing Point Pleasant. Next
morning, killed and captured numbers of the
enemy, took one hundred and fifty horses and
destroyed a large amount of stores. The enemy
made most desperate efforts to cut off his retreat
from the Ohio. River, but they were eluded and
the command extricated in safety.
From the West. Tullahoma, April 13.
Information was received here to-day stating that
V fueeler captured two trains, one between Louis
ville and Nashville, and the other between Nash
ville and Murfreesboro, with a large number of
men and officers. He destroyed the trains.
w
feet
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Learning Good Manners. The Atlanta
Commonwealth, calls attention to the fact that the
Yankee papers are beginning to call things by
their right names. They speak of President Davis,
General Lee, and often of the Government of the
Confederate States. Such is one of the results of
hard fi-bting. The word "ReLcV though still
current, is gradually being dropped, and those big
black -standing heads of "The Great Rebellion,"
under which the New York papers commenced
and continued for a long time the publication of
war news, have long since been discarded. The
entire contempt for the South in which the war
was begun by the North, and but for which it
could never have had a beginning, is fast giving
vray to a respectful appreciation.
m
Capt. A. C. Webster, of the Pierpont (Virginia)
Government,' was hung at Richmond on the 10th.
Webster had been found guilty by a Court Martial
of a breach of his parole. He was charged with
murder, arson, &c. and confessed to having eight
wives.
New Post Offices. The Postmaster General
has established the following New Post Offices in
North Carolina : Higgins Wills, McDowell county,
Mills Higgins, Postmaster; Fox Knobs, Yadkin
county, S. S. Arnold, Postmaster. ,
The idea of planting cAtton, says the Chatta
nooga Rebel, when the country looks to every fur
row of its productive soil for the means of subsis
tence, is as treasonable as the EaUrof cotton to the
enemy, '
whereas, in the opinion of Congress it is of the
utmost importance, not only with, a view to the
proper subsistence of our armies, but for . the in
tercst and welfare of all the people, that the agri
cultural labor of the country should be employed
cnieny in tne production ot a supply ot tooa to
meet every contingency,, lherefore
f Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, That it is the deliberate judg
ment of Congress that the people of these States
while hoping for peace, should look to prolonged
war as the only condition proffered by the enemy
snort or suDjugauon; mat every preparation
necessary to encounter such a war should be per
sisted in, and tl:at the, amplest supply of pro
visions lor armies and people should be the firs
object of all agriculturalists; wherefore, it is earn
estly recommended that the people, instead o
planting cotton and tobacco, shall direct their
i. lis '. . .
agricultural labor mainly to tne production o
such crops as will insure a sufficiency of food for
all classes and for every emergency, thereby, with
true patriotism, subordinating the hope of gain to
the certain good ot the country
Sec. 2. That the President is hereby requested
to issue a proclamation to the people of these
States, urging upon them the necessity of guard
ing against the great perils of a short crop of pro
visions, and setting forth such reasons therefor as
his judgment may dictate.
Fully concurring in the views thus expressed
by the Congress, I confidently appeal to your love
of country for aid in carrying into effect the rec
ommendations of your Senatots & Representatives.
We have reacned the close of the second year of
the war, and may point with just pride to the
history ot our young Confederacy. Alone, un
aided, we have met and overthrown the most
formidable combination of naval and military
armaments that the lust of conquest ever gathered
together for the subjugation of a free people. We
began this struggle without a single gun afloat,
while the resources of our enemy enabled them to
gather fleets, which, according to their official
list, published in August last, consisted of 427
t M S AAA .
vessels, measuring d-au,UdO tons, and carrying
d,Zbo guns. Yet we have captured, sunk, or de
stroyed a number of those vessels, including two
large frigates and one steam sloop-of-war, while
four of their captured steam gunboats are now in
our possession, adding to the strength of our little
navy, which is rapidly gaining in numbers and
efficiency, To oppose invading forces, composed
of levies which have already exceeded thirteen
hundred thousand men, we had no resources but
the unconquerable valor of a people determined
to be free; and we were so destitute of military
supplies that tens of thousands of our citizens were
reluctantly refused admission into the service from
our inability to provide them with arms, while
for many months Bome of our important strong
holds owed then safety chiefly to a careful con
cealment of the fact that we were without a sup
ply of powder for our cannon. Your devotion
and patriotism have triumphed over all these
obstacles, and called into existence the munitions
of war, the clothing, and the subsistence which
have enabled our soldiers to illustrate their valor
on numerous battle fields, and inflict-'crushing
defeats on successive armies, each of which an
arrogant foe fondly imagined to be invincible.
The contrast between our past and present con
dition is well calculated to inspire full confidence
in the triumph of our arms. At no previous
period of the war have our forces been so numer
ous, so well organized, and so thoroughly dis
ciplined, armed and equipped, as at present. The
season of high wafer, on which our enemies relied
to enable their fleets' of gunboats to penetrate
into our country and devastate oui homes, is fast
passing away. Yet our strongholds on the Mis
sississippi still bid defiance to the foe, and months
of costly preparations for their reduction have,
been spent in vain. Disaster has been the result
of their every effort to turn or to storm Vicks
burg and Port Hudson, as .well as of every attack
on our batteries on the Red river, the Tallahatchie
and other navigable streams. Within a few weeks
the falling waters and the - increasing heats of
summer will complete their discomfiture, and
compel their baffled and defeated forces to the
abandonment of expeditions on which was based
their chief hopes aof success in effecting our subju
gation. We must not forget, however, that the war is
not yet ended, and that we are still confronted by
powerful armies and threatened by numerous
fleets, and that the government which controls
these fleets and armies is driven to the most
desperate efforts to effect the unholy purposes in
which it has thus far been defeated. It will use
its utmost energy to avert the impending doom,
so fully merited by the atrocities it has committed,
the savage barbarities which it has encouraged,
and the crowning infamy of its attempt to excite
a servile population to the massacre of our wives,
our daughters, and our helpless children.
With such a ccntest before us there is but one
danger which the Government of your choice re
gards with apprehension, and to avert this danger
it appeals to, the never-failing patriotism and
spirit of self-sacrifice which you have exhibited
since the beginning of the war. The very unfa
vorable season, the "protracted droughts of last
year, reduced the harvests on which we depended
far below an average yield, and the deficiency was
unfortunately still more marked in the Northern
portion of the Confederacy, where supplies were
specially jieeded for the army. If, through a con
fidence in early pjcace, which may prove delnsive,
t
our fiela.shouJd be now devoted to the production
of evUonv and 'tobacco,'. Instead of gTaia'and five
ttockr, and rtner rticles necessary ot the sub
sbtence of the people and ' the army,' " the eonse-
tjucuvv iuw yiy w. venous,. uvSqs .usasi.ro us,
especially fcnouia the presenj
farnHbleaV thilasti Yoor
appeals to you to lay aside
and to devote yourselves to teeunBgyour liberties,
without which those gains would be valueless. It
ii true that the wheat- harvest in' the' more South 4 frana h
yru, ouiiro tuikji, wui, 09 gauereo ncxtmoai.a
prorulsS, an abundant -jieldJmt .vf if hU
promise be fulfilled, tho difficulty of transporta
tion, enhanced as it c has been by an unusually
TAiny winter, will cause embarrassment in mili
tary operations' and-' suffering among the people
should, the. crops in the middle and northern
portions pf the Confederacy prove deficient. But
no uneasiness need be felt in regard to a mere
supply of bread, for man.. It is for the Isrgc
amount of corn and forage required for the raising
of live stock, and for the supply of the animals
used in military operations that your aid is
specially, required. These articles are too bulky
for distant transportation, and in thern the de
ficiency in the last harvest was most felt Let
your .fields be devoted exclusively to the produc
tion of corn, oats peas,, potatoes and other food
for man and ' beagj. Let corn be sown broad-cast
for fodder, in immediate proximity to railroads,
rivers and canals, and let all your efforts be direct
ed to the prompt supply of these articles in the
districts where our armies are operating. You
will thus add greatly to their efficiency, sod
furnish the means without which it is impractica
ble to make those prompt and active movements
which have hitherto stricken terror into our ene
mies, and secured cur most brilliant triumphs.
Having thus placed before you, my countrymen,
the reasons for the call made ou you for aid in
supplying the wants of the coining year, I add a
few words of appeal in behalf of the brave soldiers
now confronting the enemies, and to whom your
Government is unable to furnish all the comfort
they so' richly merit. The supply of meat for the
army is deficient. This deficiency is only tempo
rary, for measures have been adopted which will,
it is believed, soon enable us to restore the full ra
tion. But that' ration is now reduced at times to
one-half the usual quantites in some of our armies.
It is known that the supply of meat throughout
the country is sufficient for the support of all,
but the distances are so great, the condition of the
roads has been so bad during the five months of
winter weather through which we have-just pass
ed, and the attempts of grovelling speculators to
forestall the market and make money out of the
life-blood of our defeuders, have so much influ
enced the withdrawal from sale of the surplus in
the hands of the producers, that the Government
has been unable to gather full supplies. The Sec
retary of War has prepared a plan, which U ap
pended to this address, by the aid of which, or
some smilar means to be adopted by yourselves,
you can assist the officers of the Government in
the purchase of the bacon, the pork and the beef,
known to exist in large quanties in different parts
of the country. Even it the surplus be less than
is believed, is it not a bitter and humiliating re
flection that those who remain at home, secure
from hardship and protected from dancer, should
be in the enjoyment of abundance, and that their
slaves also should have a full supply of food, while
their sons, brothers, husbands and fathers are
stinted in the rations on which their health and
efficiency depend?
Entertaining no fear that you will cither mis
construe the motives of this address, or fail to re
spond to the call of patriotism, I hare placed
the facts fully and "promptly before you. Let
us all unite in the performance of our duty, each
in his sphere; and, with coneerted, persistent and
well directed effort, there seems little reason to
donbt that, under the blessings of Him to whom
we iook for guidance, and who has been to us our
shield snd our strength, we shall maintain the
sovereignty and independence of these Confede
rate States, and transmit to our posterity the heri
tage bequeathed to us by our fathers. ,
JiStf iSUbO DAVIS.
Executive Office, )
Richmond, April 10, 18C3. J
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FLAN SUGGESTED BY THE SECRETARY DF WAB.
L Let the people in caeh county, parish, or
ward, select at public meeting, as early as conven
ient, a committee of three or more discreet citizens.
charged with the duties hereinafter. mentioned.
IL Let it be. the duty f, ,tbia - committee
to ascertain from each citizen id tne county or
parish what amount of surplus meat, whether ba
con. rork or beef, he can spare for the use of the
army, after reserving a supply for his family and
those dependent ou lam tor food. . e -.
Let this committee fix a price which is deemed
by them a just compensation for the articles fur
nished, and inform the citizens hat this price is,
so that each may know, before delivery, what price
is to De paiu ior me arucies luriusueu.
Let this committee make arrangements for the
transportation of the supplies to some convenient
depot, after consultation with the officer who is to
receive them.
Let the committee make delivery of the sup-
plies on receiving psyment of the price, and as
some the duty of paying it over to the citizens who
have furnished the supplies . . , - . . . ,
III. Where the duty of the committee is per
formed in any town or city at which they may be
a Quartermaster or Commissary, no further duty
need be required of them than to deliver to the
officer a list of names of the citizens and of the
supplies which each is ready to furnish, aod the
price fixed; whereupon the officer will himself
gather the supplies and make payment.. .
IV. Where the supplies are furnished in the
country the cost of transportation to the depot "fill
be paid by the Government, in addition to the
price fixed by the com mil tee. :
V. As this appeal is made to the people for the
benifit of our brave defenders now ist. the army,
the Department relies with confidence on toe p.
river six miles: crossed his men. wue hundred and
fiftjl in - number, ia small toats the rirer being
four, miles broad at the place of crossing and
marched about fourteen miles to the camp called
Wingfield. This camp is situated oo the L'bettan
rirer, where it can U protected by the Yankee
gunboats, aod Js .defended, by a eeml-cireular
breast-woik and ditch filled with water, and Inside
had two block houses, a Urz barns, &o.
After a conttoaott march all night, just before
daybreak we arrived at .the hostile camp, having
been joined by. Capt. , with forty guerrillas.
Six men were detsiled and sent forward by Col.
Brown to capture the picket of ' tho enemy to pre
vent any alarm in their camp.. Failing in this,
our - boys were ordered forward, and after driving
in the pickets, charged the Ironworks of the
enemy at a run, and with an enthusiastic shout
that carried dismay to the foe who fled from their
well protected works without 'firing a shot and
took refuge in their block houses, a we supposed.
Col. Brown Ordered Lieut. Peebles, with 'a portion
of Co. E, to reconnoitre one block house, while
Capt. Clement, with' (VP, Melt the other. Tba
latter found one block house nnoccupled; but
Lieut lVcblea was . fired uitou fiotn the other,
with musketry and artillery. ' lirlteria? his men
a well as Le could, under cover of a large bam )
and house, Col. Brown kvpt up an incesaaol firs
of musketry, directed at 'the port holes of lbs ?j.
block house, which frequently siloaeed the fire of
tbe'enemy tor a time. .At Jeogth becoming tttii-
tied of the impossibility of reducing the block
boue, defended as it wsfl by artillery, without t
having artillery, and anticipating succor by the ) '
gnn-boat CoL Brown took .mc&jutes to destroy r
the commissary and quartermaster stores of the ?
enemy sod withdrew, having burnt tho houas,
barn, and sll their stores, and safely brought off
thirty mutt which hare btren delivered to a Con
federate Quartermaster. - .
Ntr was this resolution taken l.'o soon. For,
on Monday evening, .while ho wai crossing hi
men over the, Chowsn, necessarily n tedious opera
tion on account of the small number of the boats
gunboats appeared soote thirty odd Imping
thus started over, leaving. Col. Brown, Capt.
Brown and ('apt. Clement, aod some 10 men.
The men thus embarked, were forced to return,
thus giving Col. Brown fort v fire men to tuaka
head against the Yankees.
Tuesday morning, after our men had been well j
fed by some true meo of Chowan county. Col. li
Brown besring the Yankees intended Uncling a
force, ordered his men 'down to the river siJe te
prevent it if possible. But in this we were too
lste, the Yankees having already effectod a land
ing, were ambuscaded in a swamp near which Ihey
allowed our men to pass, until as tho reir got
opposite them" a Yankee oGccr came from the
thicket and demanded a surrender without firing.
Little Billy Uoose, of Co, Ff replied in phrase
more curt than courteous, "surrender, hell, IT!
give yon surrender' aod fired, as did others.
The officer-fell and was drsgged back into the
bushes by his men. Oar men wore withdrawn
and soon were formed io line of bsttle, and ad
vanced in an old field io front of the Yankees in
the swsmp. and exchanged rounds with them.
Col. Brown ordered his little band to fix bayonets, 1
and prepare to charge the Yaukces then could
be seen retreating into .the swsmp some' fifty
yards By this time oar men bsJ got to the edge
of the swamp, and CoL Brown discovered that the
Yankeca largely outnumbered uv and that from
the thick undergrowth of . lam boo brisrs io the
swamp, it was impossible to chare e them.' ordered
his men to lay down and load, snd then after giving (
tbem another- round, as ordered, ' the meo with
drew scross the open field, which they did ia ss J
perfect order as thouch on parade, carrviar off V
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lets at short range, and not lesvinr even a knan-
sack or gun. .. dpt. Clement, as bi men retired,
seeing they had left the gen of a woooded man,
deliberately gathered it up sod boTc it off, deter-'
mined that tho foe should 'gaio no trophy oa that
field. T .
Io this fight were engsged forty-five meo, to
wlt: Thirty-seven of company F; six of company
B; two of company H- Our tmen withdrew to an
opposite awaniD. and there lav down In view of tba
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i snares snu awaitea tneir approacD, wtuea thsy :
decliocd to make, although outnumbering us five 1
to one. t
In tho meantime the Yankees landed eaonon
t from the gunboats, aod reliable information was t
brought the CoL that three Yaukee cavalry eoopa
nies were approaching and within five miles of i
him. The gun hosts hsd been shelling the s wsmps.
Col. Brewo availed himself of the cover of dark- i
ness on Tuesday night to re cross the Chowan I
which he did lucces. fully tba lights opo a go a- J
boat being to view at the time.
The Yankees in their accvuot admit thai Gea.
Foster brought three compaaies from Plymouth
and Gen.' Peck sect three eavslry companies from
Suffolk. With the -former, Col. Brown and forty
fiva men (chiefly of little Davie) skirmished oa
Toesdsy, aod came' off without material loss;
Casualties on our side ia Monday Horsing's fight ;
Lieut. Peebles of compter K, wounded ia foot,
and three privates wounded, owe mortally. Ia
Tuesday's fight, Lieut. Wilson severely wounded
ia shoulder, also private Colic tt severely wounded
both of company F. 'These were left on the
esstera side of the Chowan, aod loll into the
bands of the Yaokees. , . r .
- All, from CoL Brown down, acted their parti
welL t . ,t . . : - , ''t.:
This is a plain, unvarnished taJe, and sy bo
considered reliable. Our boys only rejrs! that
triotism of the people that no more than joit pom- the cnn.bo.ta and cavalry would not 1st them
pensation , would be fixed by the committees, nor f hl Oeo Voitcf iad hif
accepted by those whose chief , motive will be to tbei ehn09. -
aid their country, snd not to make endue gaiot oat k
of the needs of our nooie soiaiers.
Jas. A, Beddox, Sec'y of War.
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brave (7) 800 marines
' rWL Brown" fpoien of above, ii Lieut-Col
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