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per annum ON THE V CHARACTER IS : AS IXLtruaiAST TO . STATES AS IT IS TO LNUlviuuAWi,- AND THE - GLORY OF THE ONB IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER."-- WHST SIDE OF TRADE STREET IN ADVANCE CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1863. W 5 YATKSa Editor and Proprietor. ELEVENTH VOLCJIEN D II D EE 6C8. Published e?ery Tuesday, BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AXn PROPRIETOR. " IN ADVANCE. j-Transient advertisements must be paid for in A1'Cdverti.-:ement3 not marked on the manuscript kTZ ? -cific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. YIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS. 'V. C'H-OXKLS. LlEL'T.-COL'S. Majors. 1 J A McDowell. 2 W K Cox, w L D. liossott, 4 Hi 3 :. 11 t! rimes, f, T VI (Jam-tt ! Isaac L Avery, 7Kd i Haywood, H1 Henry M iSliaw, !L 8 15aker, 0J A J Jl.-adfonl, J J (' L'-vonMiorpe, IJ So!. Williams, i:i A!:V- d M Scales, NUT H'-miett, IT, Win MaeRa, Jt; J S McKhoy, 17 i Wm F Martin, lis Thus J Purdie, l'Jl 20, Thos. F. Toon. 2lV W K'uklaud '22'. Tames CViun-r, 2:1. Dan! II Christie 24 Win .1 (Mark.:, jllam A Brown, James S Hines, S. D. Thurston, James H Wood John W Lea Robert F Webb, Junius L Hill, J W Ilinton, W M Parsley E A Osborne William J Hill, Sam McD Tate, Wm Lee Davidson Henry McRae Jas B Gordon, Jno II Whitaker, S D Poole, Guion and Sparrow Wm J Martin, J H Hyman W A Johnston Egbert A Koss, David P Rowe, Juo T Hambrick, WII Yarboro', Wm A Stowe, John C Lamb, Forney George, GW Hammond II D Lee Thos II Sharpe, W G Robinson, C M'Andrews, WJ Stanly W S Rankin Labfin Odell C C Black nail, T D Love, W S Grady Nelsou Slough O C Cole II D Johnston, JIin L Hams, S C Bryson, ir; II M KutU-dsre, I ! I r Iv Hiii-o-wviin. iJohn R Lane J T Jones 27! John A Giimer.ir'GF Whitfield JC Webb 2-;! Samuel D Lowe, 2;! W II A Spear Saml N Stowe W B t'reasman Wm W Sillers, :in Fran M Parker, James T Kell, (I John V Jordan, llt Ed J Brabble, lin'iClark M Avery, IJi'W L J Lowrance .M Wr Rausoin, y);Art':llrry 37 1 Win M Barber, 3 William J Hoke, r,f David Coleman, 40 Arfiller 4l'JohnA Baker 42 George C Gibbs, W T Williams, G D Coward, Robt V Cowan, T W May hew J L McDowell John G J ones, detached Jno B Ashcraft, John Ashford, companies, W G Morns M M McLaughlin companies, F A Reynolds, detached John E Brown, Wm. G Lewis, C W Bradshaw Walt J Borgan, C M Stedinan, J R Winston A C McAllister A D Ci udup 4:i Thomas S Kenan, 44, T C Singeltary. 4.VJ II Morehi-ad, 4(i lvlwar.l D Hall, 47 (J II Faribault, 48 Robert V Hill. 4'J.Lee M McAfee. T L Harerrove, Andrew J Boyd, W L Saunders John A Graves, 8 II Walknp, J Albert. A Hill John A Fleming P B Chambers 50 J A Washington, Geo. Wortham. J C Van i look rl II McKethan. ft'i'j K Marshall, f3jWm A Owens, &4IJCS McDowell, C B Hobson Jas R McDonald J Q Richardson; Jas J Iredell, Anderson Ellis, M T Smith H F Schenck, Marcus A Parks, J T Morehead, K M Murchison, ,r5!John K Conally, f-G Paul F Faison, f7!Arch C Godwin, Ad! John B Palmer, 5'J D D Fen-bee CO Jos A McDowell, Alfred H Belo (i G Luke, II C Jones, Jr., Wm W Promt, E Cautwell Win II Deaver, Wm S Devaue, G W Clayton S B Evans, James A Keith, James A Craige, J C Keener, Jas M Mayo, W M Hardy tfliJas. D. Radcliffe, Henry Harding. D G McDowell f2:Ri.ht. G. A.Love. fill Peter G Evans fi4iL M Allen. James A Keith, J II McNeill 651 George N Folk, The above Regiments nre in the following Brigades: (."Tmgman's- Cth, 31st, 51st and 61st. Cooke's ir.th, 27th, IGth and 48th. lUte's 2!)th. Darnel's 32d, 13d, 45th, .r0th arid 53d. Davis" 55th. Hoke's fith, 21st, 54th and 57th. Hampton' s 0 1 h , ( eav al ry Ivf rson's 5th, 12th, 20th and 23d. Lane's 7th, Hth, 28ih, 33d and 37th. W II F Lee's l'Jth, (cavalry) Prvor's 1st and 3d. Pender's 13th. IGth, 22d, 31th and Hth. IVttigrew's 11th, 20th, 42d, 44th, 47th and52d. Ransom's 24th, 25th. :55th, 49th and 50th. Ramseur's 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th. Robertson's 41st, 59th, and God. The 10th, 17th, 3Gth, 40th, 56th, 60th, G2d, 64th and 4Vth Regiments are not Brigaded. The Dili, 19th, 41st, 59th, G3d and G4th are cavalry Re pimMits. The luth, 30th and 40th are Artillery Regiments. I addition to the Regiments, there are the following IUttalions : Lieut-Col. Chas E Shobei's infantry (for merly Whatton J Green's ); Maj J II Nethercutt's Ran gers; M:,j R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Maj John VV Moore's Aitiliery; Maj W L Young's Artillery; Maj Alex McRae's Artillery; Col Peter Mallett's camp Guard. Col. Wm II Thomas has a Legion of Highlanders and Indians numbering over 1,500 nun. The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company, riONTIXUKS to take risks against less by fire, on Houses, Goods, Produce, 4c, at usual rates. President B. TAYLOR. Vice J'resiJcntC. OVERMAN, Attorney JOS. II. WILSON, Sec'y j- Feas'r E. NYE HUTCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, WM. J. YATES, JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR, CHAS. OVERMAN. FrtcuUrt Committee F. Scarr, Jno. L.Brown, "Wm 3. Yates. AprU 10, 1863. Copartnorsliip. WILLIAM & OATES 7Um day.nssocJllt with them in the Mercantile ThP.iTlnf busine8s LEWIS W. SANDERS. Ihe stjle of the hrm will hereafter be WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. wish ,o cl "li b",i. "4 SnUe "P- " 11 W v - . Dec 9, 18C2 tf ii-LlAMS & OATES. r it it it t - u 1 t. . . M. Charlotte, N. C, TT . 1 the Practice of Med found ut his Office in the Brawley building opposite to Kerr's hotel, or at his residence. Feb. 25, 1862. ' -ueaicine. and rn u.. iYOTICK TO DEBTORS. All iiersons indebted to the Estate f p.t.M. Low . --- 1 1 1 v. iv r . ne, deceased, art reouested to rail nnW mni-0 metiate payment to Dec 30, l"8'ji ' - - A - - - J ill SAML. P. SMITH, Attorney for Executrix. $4 TO COTTON PLANTEBBi I have been appointed' by the Secretary of the Treasnry, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government within the State of NorSh Carolina, and will pay for the eamein 7 per cent Bonds or Cash. . ; Sub Agents visking the different parts of tne totate, buying in my came, will have written certificates of appointment. By order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Lot ton purchased bv 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 stalediJ: " Patriotic citizens are now offered an' opportunity to aid the Government by selling to it their Cotton rather than to private capitalists. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. Charlotte, March 24, 1863 tf SUPERIOR SEWING SILK. The subscriber has just received an invoice of the veiy best ITALIAN SEWING SILK, which he offers to the public at 12i cents per skein. March 3, 1863 tf J. S. PHILLIPS. 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; Entrlish 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 nt a very small advance on cost. J. S. PHILLIPS. March 3, 1863 tf NOTICE. All persons indebted to FULL1NGS & SPRINGS, by note or account, are hereby notified to call upon Wra. W. Grier, ex-sheriff, and make immediate settle ment. Jr M. SPRINGS. February 3. 1863 tf FOR SALE. Very neat French Calf Bootees for Ladies. Pegged Calf Bootees (light) for Ladies. Geuts' 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 Knive3. JOHN F. BUTT, March 10, 1863 tf Mint Street, Charlotte Carriage & Wagon Shop. The subscriber, successor to Mr Charles Overman in the 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. A. H. CRESWELL. Charlotte, Jan'y 13, 1863. j . At the Medical Purveying Department in Charlotte, A large number ef BOTTLES and VIALS, for which the highest cash price will be paid. JAS. T. JOHNSON, Surgeon and Medical Purveyor. January 27, 1863 tf 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 stand bv the undersigned, who rcspectfullyisolicit a portion of public patronage. J. U. STEVENS & CO. February 3, 1863 tf $60 REWAKD. The above reward ($30 for each of them) will be paid for the apprehension of John D. Ewingand Thos. King, members of my company, when delivered at Camp, near Gainea Station, Va., or wherever the company may be stationed. The said Ewing and King left the camp near Guinea Station on the 2th of March last without leave. Ewing is about 26 or 27 years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches high, sandy hair, grey eyes and fair complexion and is supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Charlotte, N. C. King is about 18 years of age, 5 feet bix inches high, dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion and is supposed to be lurking in the neighborhood of Steel Creek or the vicinity of Charlotte, N. C. By order of Col. W. L. J. Lowbance. G. M. NORMENT, April 14, 1863 5t. Capt. Co. G, 34th N. C. Regt. SCO Headquarters 7th N. C. Regiment, Camp Gregg, near Fredericksburg, Va., March 29th. The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of Piivates Rufus Johnston and Robert. Mulwee, desert ers from Co. D, 7th Regiment N. C. Troops. Johnston is 19 years of age, 5 ftet 9 inches in height, grey eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion, without beard, and by occupation a miner; he may be larking about Gold Hill, Rowan county. Mulwee is 28 years of age, 5 feet 10J iuehes high, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, and has the mark of a cut on one of his eye-lids. He has been lurking about Charlotte for over a year, and had just returned under Gov. Vance's proclamation. WM. J. KERR, April 7, 1863 ' Capt. Co. D, 7th N C Regt. Stale or IVortl: CarolinaCastou Co. Court ofVleas $ Quarter Sessions February term, 1863. Elizabeth IT. Roberts, administrator of Moses M. Roberts, dee'd, vs. Joshua and M. O. Roberta Petition to sell slaves for distribution. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the Defendants its in this case reside beyond the limits of i t is ordered that advertisement be made in ! Democrat for six weeks, commanding said ; this State: I the Western Democrat for six weeks, commanding said ; TWenHanta m annAr at til t m .f th5 Cnun. in beheld on the 7th Moadav after the 4th Monday in i d on the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in j March , 1863. and plead, answer or demur to this pe- ; tition, or judgment pro eonfesso will be entered against them. 59 W. D. GLENN, C C. C. Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio R. R. CHAXGE OF SCHEDULE. On aud after Fridav, April 10, 1863, the trains on this road will leave State? ville on Mondays, Tuesdays, 1 hursdays and Saturdays, at 5 A. M., arriving at uiiar ette at 8.30 A. M. Returning same days, leaving Charlotte at 3.40 P. jr., and arriTing t Statesville at 7.15 r. M. irune n fill A TCP R. SHARP. April n, lssa tf t Gea. Sud t ' WtBltxn Jfrmorrai v - ICHAKLOTTE, N. C. : , ? -NOTICE. . - ; Oar terms are four. dollars per year in advance. . Individual or local shinplasters will not bee eeived. When sent to us they will be held subject to the sender's call, and not returned by letter. ; rT The Democrat will be discontinued to alliuitcrim bers at the expiration of the time for which it i paid Those 'who want to continue must renew before ejstte iz piration of their time. , " ; 1 The Harvest is approaching, and re are informed by reliable gentlemen from many parts of the country that there is not sufficient force to gather it, should it turn out to be as large as it now promises to be. This is an important matter and should receive the earnest attention of the Govern ment. If by any means, it can be done, without detriment to the public interest, the farmers' who have been forced to leave their farms without hands to reap the wheat and oats should be furloughed for ten or fifteen days. We throw out this suggestion, thus early, that those who have the power may take the matter into considera tion, and act for the welfare of all concerned. We can assure them that unless something of the kind is done thousands of bushels of wheat and oats will be lost; and what is true of Rowan county, is also true of every other county in the State and of the Confederacy. Salisbury Watchman. We learn that there are now not more than twenty or twenty-five persons confided in the Confederate States Prison at this placo, at this time, all having either been sent North in exchange, released on taking the oath or sen toff as Conscripts. The most, we learn, now here, are said to be the worst cases imaginable inveterate enemies to the Co n f e d e racy . Salisbury Wa tch man. ! General Imboden's Success in Western Virginia. We learn that confimatory intelli gence was received at Lynchburg, of the brilliant success of Gen. Imboden in the Valley of Virginia, and in the Northwest, some accounts of which we have given already. He had at last accounts not only cleared out the county of Pendleton, but had driven the enemy through Kandoiph into Barbour county in the extreme Northwest, killing and wounding many of them, and capturing many prisoners. Ke had also captured and destroyed vast amounts of commissary and quartermaster's stores, taken some seven or eight hundred head of cattle and a number of wagons, with the horses attached to them. He was within a short distance of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with nothing between him and that great thoroughfare but a routed and crestfallen enemy. It was expected that he would continue his advance to the Railroad and destroy it as far as possible. His success has been most brilliant, and all accomplished with the loss of but three or four wounded none killed. Railroad Accident. Goldsboro, May 2. A collision occured between two trains on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, last night, near Halifax, which resulted in the death of one man and the wounding five others, two of whom it is thought cannot survive. I understand the name of the man killed was Allen Temple, a member of Pettigrew s bngaae, as was also the men who were wounded. One of the engines was badly damag ed and several cars smashed. The trains were the property of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail road and were used in transportation. Running the Blockade.--The impression prevails that there is a system of collusion prac ticed between the blockading fleet off Charleston harbor and those blockade runners who bring in Yankee goods, embracing such things as give neither aid nor comfort to our army nor strengthen our means 01 derence in any manner, it is in ferred that this system is practiced because all the vessels captured by the enemy are freighted either with Government stores or things intended for the supply of the army. No list of the vessels seized or destroyed by the blockaders has been published. Such a list would throw much light on the subject. It would show whether the im pression generally entertained is correct or not. Another alleged fact which adds strength to the suspicion of this collusion is, that the vessels laden with cotton and naval stores, which the Yankees need so much, are seldom, if ever, obstructed in their outward voyage, to the West Indies. If there is enough in the facts to justify this impression if the wealth of the country is going out to benefit Yankee manufacturers, and the j blockade speculators are running in oniy useless gew-gaws and goods that may be dispensed with, while the things necessary for the army are inter cepted the matter is worthy of the especial notice of the Government. A little investigation will easily disprove the suspicion or confirm it, and the subject is of sufficient importance to de mand it. Richmond Dispatch. Unconditionally Released. A flag of truce left for City Point carrying 167 Federal prisoners, including five officers. Among the officers was Lieut. W. F. Stone, of the 1st Maine cavalry, who was captured at Bealton Station on the 16th ult. Lieut. Stone is a natire of Port land, Maine, and was released unconditionally, without exchange or parole. The circumstances which instilled this sten were as follows: Lieut. btone was taken prisoner by Lieut. J. A. Payne, ck Horse Cavalry, who, while proceed- j of the Black ing with his prisoner to Gen. Stuart's headquar- ters, naa to cross a swouen stream, wnicn wasncu his horse from under him. and he was about drowning when Stone, an athletic young . ' , , . . v, e s standing on the bank, leaped froi man, wuu "aa "45 lue.MUki ieJw Cl own horse, plunged into tne stream, ana orougni Lieut. Pavne safe to shore with great danger Lieut. Payne safe to shore with great dange to himself. This circumstance, so creditable to j Lieut. Stone, was made known to the Secretary oi War by Gen. Stuart, who bespoke kind treatment for the captive. The Secretary of War issued an order that he should be released unconditionally and sent hame. which was done vesterdav. Since tbo 17th nH -T.lpriK Pavne himself has been the Old Capitol prison, ! captured, and is now in Washington, P. C Before the departure ot Lt. Rtr.no hArnmisnd to' call and see him. Uich- . mond Dispatch.' "- THE EXEMPTION ACT. The following is a copy of the act. amendatory of the "Exemption Act" of last session, as passed by Congress recently: . .. An Act to repeal certain clauses of an act entitled "an act to exempt certain persons from military u.. service, etc.: . ' . 1. i The Congress of the Confederate States of America ; do enact, That so much of the act ap proved October 11th, 1862, as exempts from mili tary evviee one" person, either as agent, owner or ovetsee on each plantation jon which one white person is required to be kept by the laws or ordi nances of any State, and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military service, and in States having no such law, one person, as fgent, owner, or overseer, on each plantation of twenty negroes, and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military service' and a.so the following clause of said act, to wit: "and, further more, for additional police for every twenty ne groes, on two or more plantations, within five miles of each other, and each having less than twenty negroes, and on which there is no white male adult not liable to military duty, one person being the oldest of the owners or overseers on such planta tions," be and are hereby repealed. 2. For the police and management of slaves there shall be exempted one person on each farm or plantation, the sole property of a minor, a pe son of unsound mind, a feme sole, or a person ab sent from home in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, on which there are twenty or more slaves, provided, the person so exempted was employed and acting as an overseer previous to the 16th April, 1862, and there is no white male adult on said farm or plantation who is not liable to military duty, which fact shall be verified by the affidavits of said person and two respectable citi zens, and shall be filed with the officer: and pro vided. the owner of such farm or plantation, his agent or legal representative, shall make affidavit and deliver the same to the enrolling officer that after diligent effort no overseer can be procured for such farm or plantation not liable to military duty; provided furtliery that this clause shall not extend to any farm or plantation on which the negroes have been placed by division from any other farm or plantation, since the 11th day of October, 1862; provided further, that for every person exempted as aforesaid, and during the pe riod of such exemption, there shall be paid annu ally into the public treasury by the owners of such slaves, the sum of five hundred dollars. 3. Such other persons shall be exempted as the President shall be satisfied ought to be exempted, in districts of country deprived of white or slave labor indespensable to the production of grain or provisions, necessary for the support of the popu lation remaining at home, and also, on account of justice, equity, and necessity. 4. In addition to the State officers exempted by the act of October, 11th, 1862, there shall also be exempted all State officers whom the Governor of any State may claim to have exempted for the due administration of the Government and laws thereof; but this exemption shall not continue in any State after the adjournment of the next regu lar session of its Legislature, unless such Legisla ture shall by law exempt thetn from military duty in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. WHAT TROOPS THE YANKEE STATES HAVE SENT INTO THE FIELD. The United States " National Almanac," for 1863, published in Philadelphia, furnishes some interesting statistics concerning the strength of the enemy. The following table shows the nuin- -ber of troops furnished to the Yankee army from the commencement of the war up to the 1st of January, 1863 : Newl'orkV 222,836 Pennsylvania 200,000 Ohio, (besides over 10,000 enlisted in the service of other States,) 174,738 Illinois to December 31, 1862 135,000 Indiana, 102,698 Massachusettsto Dec 1, 1862, 90,000 Iowa to Dec.. 1, 1862, (more than) 50,000 Michigan to' Decembei 1, 1862, 48,000 Wisconsin December 1, 1862, (besides several three months' regiments,) 42,000 Maine, 30,000 Connecticut to Nov. 10, 1862, 28,551 New Jersey, 20,000 Vermont, 19,000 New Hampshire to November 1, 1862, 18,261 Rhode Island, 15,73b Kansas, 14,000 Minnesota, 11,887 California, (abouf), 7,000 Maryland, (about;, 10,000 Delaware, (about), 3,000 Kentucky to November 1, 1862, 55,000 Missouri, 38,031 Virginia to November 1, 1862, 20,000 Oregon, Nebraska, N. Mexico, no report. Total, 1,350,301 This lan?e number, it will he observed, is " be sides the three months' "regiments" in Wisconsin. This is not the whole of the host that has been sent against us. The following shows the naval force with which the Yankees have assailed us, and gives the strength of the U. S. navy: Steamert. Screw steamers, 118 151 54 323 Side-wheel steamers, Iron-clad steamers, Total, Saili1 Yctuh. 12 i 20 ; 72 i Ships-of-the-line and frigates, Sloops-of-war and brigs, Ships, brigs, barks, and schooners, - j 104 ; " 427 ! Total, - " J Total of steamers and sailing vessels,' The fleet in commission exceeds that of England by jifty vessels. Over 40,000-men are serving on these vessels. . . . No doubt the enemy has sent out against the South, since the commencement of the war, fifteen nunurea tbousana men, in one way ana another, n una red thousand men, in one way i besides their 427 ships all of which to subjugate us, and will utterly fail .3 Desiaes their 4 snips an 01 wnicn nave tailed PICTUBE OP THE CONFEDERATE - - GENERALS. The Richmond correspondent of the London Times, writing on the 21st of November last, gives the following graphic descriptions of the Con federate Generals, Lee, Jackson and Longstreet : Gen. Lee is,' I believe, between 50 and CO years of age, but wears his years well, and strikes jou aa the incarnation of health and endurance, aa he rears his erect soldier-like form from his scat by the fire-side to greet courteously the stranger. His manner icilm and , stately, Lis pretence Im pressive and imposing, his dark brown eyes re markably direct and honest as they meet you fully and firmly, and inspire piscary confidence. The shape and type of the head a little resemble Garibaldi's, but the features are those of a much handsomer man. On the rare occasions when he smiles, and on the still rarer occasions when he laughs heartily, disclosing a fine unbroken row of white, firm set teeth, the confidence and sympathy which he inspires are irresistible. A child thrown among a knot of strange would bo io-vitably drawn to Gen. Lee first in the company, and would run to claim his protection. The voice is fine and deep, but slightly monotonous in its tone. Altogether, the most winning attribute of the General is hij unaffected child-like guilelessness. It is very rare that a man of his age, conversant with important events, and thrown to the surface of mighty convulsions, retains the impress of a simple, ingenuous nature to so eminent a degree it is impossible to converse with him for ten minutes without perceiving how deeply he has meditated upon all the possible eventualities of the campaign in Virginia, and how sound and well considered are the positions which he advances It is obvious that the most entire and trusting confidence is placed in Geo- Lee by his subordi nate officers, whose respect and affection he seems thoroughly to have won. The General is still crippled in his hands from the effects of a fall, which he sustained so long ago as the 30th of August. At dawn of that day, he rode across the historical stream of Bull Run, and observing a patch of herbage, he dismounted and allowed his horse to graze, recollecting, that the animal had carried him the whole preceding day almost without food. Ihe Lteneral himself sat down on a stump. There Were only a few cavalry pickets of Confederates between Gen. Lee and the enemy. A mm. . suddenly a charge oi a large body of Yankee cavalry drove in tho Confederate pickets, and came close up to the spot where Gen. Lee was. The General ran forward to catch his horse, and, grasping at the rein as his horse sidled off, he fell heavily. forward entangled in bis cloak, upon both hands, and jarred the nerves of the arms right up to the shoulders. II is horse was caught by one of his staff, and the Yankee cavalry, not knowing what a valuable prize was close at band, fell back without appioaching more nearly. The General rode throughout the whole of that eventful day, the 30th of August, but for many days and nights he suffered agonizing pain; and even now, on the 2l8t of November, he is far from having wholly recovered the full use of his hands, though not for one day or hour has he permitted himself to be absent from duty. A similar abnegation of self is visible in every thought and act of Gen. Lee. "If only I am permitted to finish - the work I have on hand, I would be content to live on bread and beef for the rest of my life. Occasionally we have only beef, occasionally only bread; but if we have both together, and salt is added to them, we think our selves Sybarites. Upon this occasion, it was necessary to stop and procure food for some of the younger men. ihese are some ot the character istic utterances which struck me as they came from Gen. Lee's lips. In reference to the last, it would seem as though the ordinary demands of human appetite were in him subordinated and subjected in presence of the imperious exactions required from his brain. In all the varied attrib utes which go to make up the commander-in-chief of a great army, it is certain that Gen Lee has no superior in the Confederacy, and it may fairly be doubted whether he has any equal. Gen. Lee has three sons in the army the one a General under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, the second a Colonel, the third (a lad of 18) who is a private attached to one of the batteries of Gen. Jackson's corps. In referenoe to the last, Gen. Lee told me a story which seemed to me, for the first and only time during many conversations, to have elicited from the narrator faint traces of emotion. Most certainly it was difficult to listen to the story with out one's self experiencing such emotion. It appears that at the most critical moment of the battle of Sharpsburg, when Gen. Lee was ordering up every gun to meet the heavy masses of Federal artillery pressing on the centre, he observed a single gun harnessed and ready for action, the sole survivor of a battery which had been engaged earlier in the day, and had been roughly bandied by the Federals. Gen. Lee immediately ordered the gun to the front. As it passed to the front, coming close to the spot where Gen. Lee was standing, he recognized in the postillion mounted on the leading horses his young son. The boy turned and smiled brightly on his father, exclaim ing, (So I see that yon are sending ns in again' It is a pleasure. to add that, although slightly wounded, the boy lived to come safely out of the terrible engagement. At a distance of seven miles from Gen. Lee's headquarters, near the little village of Buokerhill, were the headquarters of the hero of heroes of this struggle, Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Wa had been taught to expect a morose, reserved, distant reception; we found the most genial, courteous and forthcoming of companions. A bright, piere- ing, blue eye, a slightly aquiline nose, a thio, tall, sinewy frame, "made ail over of pin-wire," a great disregard of dress and appearance these are the characteristics of Gen. Jackson's exterior. There is also about him a very direct and honest j look. - The dissppointing circumstance is, that bis ; voice, which is rapid in its utterance, is weak and t ! unimpressive. Passionately atracnea 10 ine vai-; i lev of Virginia, which has for so long been the : principal aceco or his acnievemeou, laouzea vj the inhabitants of Winchester and of tho Valley, General Jackson has acquired such a fame in that entire neighborhood that it is sad to think what wnnhl . happen if the one life round which such prestige clings should yield to a stray bullet or to the Chance Oi aisease. . oiuewy sua wiry as tne General seems. It is impoi!bIe not to fancy tlat he b wearing himself terribly by his mtleri, sleepless activity, by his midnight marches, and by the asceticism of his life. The uspect ani consciousness of his presence, and what that presence means, exhibited by his staff, Impressed me very strongly, and seemed to exceed the re spect exhibited towards Geo. Lee. He spoke few hearty words of admiration of Gen. Leo, say ing that he never. should wish to serve tinier aa' abler commander." Dot his heartiest and mist en. thnsiistioMittflTAaoca Wers -io-aduilratlo?. cf the Cathedral edifices of England, and notatiy of York Minster. He dwelt with great animation upon the vibration of the sir produced by tLe deep notes of the organ in York Minster, and which ho had never heard equalled elsewhere. It is rare to 6nd in a Presbyterian uch appreciation and admira tion of Cathedral magnificence. It remains for me to ay a fow words respecting one other of the most valuable officers of the Confederacy an eminently combative manGen. Longstreet. II is frame is stoat and hcavv. his and hcavv. his i i tml eminently I ' position which j ling a brigade; f couaitMBco norm ana cneery, ami English in appearance. In every ne naa occuDiea nrst. as comtnauainp a armeene das grown in me anectiona ox bis f cers. As brave and imperturable under fire as in his tent, remarkable for his promptitude In think- j ing correctly when in tho greatest danger, his y value to tne Confederacy can hardly be overesti mated. A review of some 10,000 of his men took Elaco when we were at Winchester. Among this ody there were no shoeless or barefooted sufferer; a finer or more spirited body of men have never been assembled together on the North American continent. In conclusion, I can safely sty tbatr although I saw much suffering, great wsnt cf shoes, frequently very inadequate clothing, among the men of Gen. Lee's army, I was astonished to ob serve how confident was the spirit pervading the entire body. No such army has ever yet been assembled to fight for the Coufedcrs-jy. Any battle into which these men enter is half won when the first shot is fired. Again and Again they have . joined Issue under most unfavorable circumstance with their opponents, and have gained victories. It is not likely that the tide will be turned now that tho Federals are every day fighting with los snd less appetite, and now that the experience of 18 months of war has given such eonGdence to the Confederates in themselves and in theircoui-man-ling officers tbst tho dsy of battle is lurely snd triumphantly looked on as necessarily the day of victory ' - The Mai 1.8 Mail Contractors.- Congrcw has wisely exempted these officials, under certain restrictions, from military service, and it is under stood that hereafter all such persons will bo held to s rigid accountability bv the Dcnartincut fur the faithful performance ' of their duties. It has i not escaped tho notice of the Government or thu ! press that in many remote regions tho contractors i n ave Buuiecicu iu9 wives ana motters oi our 1 r a J a I . a mm gallant soldiers to unnecessary pain and dintreas of mind by the Irregularity of their delivery of public mails. In some sections of Virginia and North Carolina, these irregularities have amounted in many instances to insupportsblo grievances, and the people at largo have determined that in future those who enjoy tho advantages secured by tho possession of these contracts shall perform their duties, or accept the alternative proportion of being reported to the Post office Department. These grievances were patiently submitted to during last winter; but indolent or epeculatinz contractors need not hope for the same immunity in' the future which thev have enjoyod in the past, and the corrective will be applied in all eajui in which they are reported for neglect of duty. That corrective will be the punishment of the offender by the loss of his contract aod the transfer of his name from the civil list to the muster roll of tho nearest camp of instruction, in which r.ritijn ' ill ta .ki. tn .nn,.t.t. : .V. - .:.... anxiety which our bravo soldiers and tLelr families feel in consequence of the. irregularities in the transmission of the mails. Richmond Dupatch Government Corn. The fact has boon noticed in the papers that the Confederal Govern ment has in store at Albany about 100.009 bushels of corn in a damaged condition, and which, if not soon removed, will be in a measure worthless. The reason assigned for the delay is the difficulty of obtaining transportation, there not being suffi- cienc roiling siock to remove so lanre a nuannrv of freight to it proper destination. The Milledgt ville (G a.) Recorder says: ! I be lot or eorn at Albany is perhaps the Urgent collected st any one place in Georgia by the sgents of the Government; but we have reasons to believe that other points afford storsge to a very considera- 1 ble quantity, perhsps not less than 250,000 . bushels in Southwestern and Middle. Georgia, j One of the editors of the Recorder ssw at Mar-, shallville last week a large building filled with ; sacks of Government corn, said to contain 12,000 , ; bushels, a great part of which was rotting.- Any person acquainted with shelled corn in large bulk ,! knows that when, from beat or moisture, decays once begins, it is like leavee which rrmeats thei. whole lump. This waste of the staff of life isj positively a trim at this juncture, when tbs counties in op per Georgia are almost destitute of, breadstuff from the failure of the crops last year. The army needs the eorn, aod without it our bat- ties cannot be fought and won. When sJ much Is, at stake, we are surprised that more activity in the " Quartermaster's department does not prevail. ;l . Oc Food Resources. The Savannah Re that there is in Florida a half a' publican ssvs million of be eves and an immense quantity of corn, which the Government can easily purchase. : the latter, in any quantity, at from GO to 75 cents per bushel. . The Republican adds : That tfcis prolific district - of country mty be made accessible by the completion ot a short link . of Railroad lo connect the Atlaatieand dulf with the Pens aoili and Georgia Road. The distance is! but forty-seven tod a half miles. It is aaid there is for sale in Texas, st iliU time a surplus, above home use, of two bundred thousand bead of cattle, of the average gross weight of eleven to twelve hundred pounds, which may be bought. at thirty dollars per head. . j w n w--ij--w.j , secondly, as commanding a division; thirdly, a corpt ( r if i.
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