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" ' I,, - "'' 1 , mmm mm mm mmm ,m M m -" -v- -'(5 tie OJST TIIE - WEST SIDE OF TJIADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IHPOBTANT TO TIIR; 0TITER. . . ' Jmm. H f C.IIAllEdTTE, K G., T CJESD AY, OCTOBER 27, 1863. W lJ YAiSSy Editor and Proprietor. TATELFTH . TX)LUJE Hi U 2J B E R ft93. ... oaaaao' A ix lo isj in uiv iuu Ava xuu mis ULORY ."OF THE' ONE ? IS THE-COMMON' 4 PROPERTY 40P OT 1 rrT?d 4 V nil rn . nrrTrrriTr a T O a vm mmm ' . - - i " - . m$m Diffioea&T, (Published every Tuesday,(o) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, - KDITOB AWD PBOP'niETOB. . mm'. -$5 IN ADVANCE. wsj?" Transient advertisements must be paid for in Advertisements not marked on the manuBCript or a KDecilic time, will be inserted uuui ioroiu, ana charged accordingly. " AN ACT RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME DEFENCE. . IX .Sec. 1. He it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted bthe authority of the same, That the exemptions from senrice in the Militia of the State, ehall be for the Fame causes, and to the same extent and no farther, tlnit are prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con- f.'.lorate States, providing for the enrollment ot men for the imblic de.fence and granting' exemptions from the same, commonly, call.; i the conscription and ex emption acts. bee. 2. lie it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to cn:.se.to be enrolled as a guard " for home defence all white male persons not already enrolled in the service cf the Confederate States, be tween the ages of eighteen 'and fifty years, resident in tlis State, including foreigners not naturalized, who have been residents in the State for thirty days before fiich enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior r.nnrt of Law and Equitv, the members of the General Assembly and the otliccrs of the. several Departments of the Government of the State, Ministers or m uusjih of the several denominatioL-s of the State charged with the duties of churches, . and such other persons as the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper subjects of exemption. Sec. 3. I5e it further enacted, That all persons above the :tpe of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said . (xiirtrd for home defence, and shall be accepted by a Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to I.i long thereto, and shall be held to service therein, eithe'rgenerally or for any special duty or expedition as the commanding officers of regiments or. companies, aero riling. to the nature of the particular service in (juestion may determine. - - Sec. 4- lie it further enacted, That the Governor fhall cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the two preceding sections of this act to be formed into companies, with liberty to elect theWmmissioned offi cers 'of such companies, and thence into battalions or regiments, brigades-and divisions according Jlo his dis cretion, auJ he shall appoint the field officers of such batuilious,' regiments, brigades and divisions, and F'lall issue commissions in due form to all. the officers aforesaid. Sec. 5. lie it further enacted, That members of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may be exempted from the provision of this act by4 paying the sum of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified the 12th day of May, 18G2. Provided that wlicn a Quaker shall have paid or had levied of -his property the sum of five hundred dollars under the act of Con gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex emption under this act. v Sec. (5. That the said gwards for home defence may be celled out for service by the Governor in (rfence of the State nainst invaon and to suppress invasion, cither by regiments,' bartalio.is, or companies, n masse, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his discretion may direct: shall be under his command, through tire officers appointed as herein provided: shall serve only within the limits of this State, and in terms of dutv to be prescribed by the Governor, not exceeding three months at one term. They, or so many of them as may be at any one time called into service, maybe organized into infantry, artillery or caviry as he n?ay direct, and the infantry and artillery may be mounted if .he shall so determine, the men furnishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when approved by the Governor, on such terms as he shall prescribe. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governorraay furnisli to said troops the firms, accoutrements and ammunition of the State when called as aforeaid into .active service, and shall prescribe.rules for their return and to prevent the waste, destruction or loss ot tne same. . Se-c. 8. ISe it further ennetcd. That all laws and clauses of laws coming w. thin the mean. ng and pwr-,h(J -g a runaway as Hudgeons left without making view of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.! Q efForts tQ obain hig release The lawfu owner Sec. 9. Be it farther enacted, That the commissions hereby notified to come forward, prove property, 01 omcers o! jinma.cmifii mm mtvuc u, i".u, tre suspended onlv during the period of such service Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from the date of its ratification. Ratified the 7 th-day of July. 1863. COTTON 1 aH)S AND SHOES. Cotton Cards for sale, but an early call'will only se: cure a pair as we only have te"n pair. We have ou hand and can make" to order calf-skin Shoe3 and (i.titers of very fine Euglish leather.. Lots ladies' calf-skin Boofcees; Lot of thick Brogans, large size9. . J. F. BUTT, Mint Street, June 23, 1863 tf' Charlotte, N. C. I JUST RECEIVED, BLACK ALPACCA, BLUE FLANNELS, SPOOL COTTON black and white. BLEACHED SHIRTING. J. S. PHILLIPS. June 23, I8G3 tf CJ o r t xx o x s 13l i r . Vli,t,IAHIS & OATES Have this day associated Vith them in the Mercantile and Commissiou. business, LEWIS W. SANDERS. 1 he style ot the fim will hereafter be '. WILLIAMS. OATES & CO. ,..!.9TICI?-"7A11 Per?ons indebted to the late firm o uiiam$ uaies will pieaae call auJ Ule we wish to close our old business. . Dec 9, 1862 tf v lLLlAMJ & OATES DR. J. J; MILIEU " Charlotte, N. C.', ' Has-resumed the Practice ofMedicine, and can h fund at his Oflice in the Brawley building opposite t Kerr's hotel, or at his residence 0 Feb. 25," 1862. The History of North Carolina, Publisher! In 1851 by the undersigned, in its preface vuiiveuey u:nx n couifiineu omissions unavoidable aud many imperfections, a second edition was th sed. which would remedv these defects. Th ... 1 1 j r it- mi v . 1 "i-ra nr. up win ue grainm io any one w uul errors iu me uHies, names or tacts in the!'" various counties of the orate: and anv nir)(rrn;l!tt)e tkcteh of those who have done service in the field or Ktate Letters way be sent to ae, eare oT Hon- D. L. Swain JOHN II. WflEELEU. Clapel ITiI!f N. C, Juae 4tb, 1S63. : CONFEDERATE TAX. " ". The Confederate Tax is flow due, and for the purpose f eellecting it I will attend the following times and nlapfis. I hone each cue owiner a Tax will meet me nrnmntlv and taT. Persons failinsr to pay at the timet: inJ nlnc.ea annointed. will, according to Act ofCon-- gress, be liable to ten per cent additional tax : .. . Providence Sharon,' " r,' Steel Creek, Berry hill's; ., Paw Creek, ' .Long Creekr' Leraley's, Thursday, Friday, . Saturday, . Monday, . 1st 2d 3d 5th 6th of October, (i ( a a ti . ti a it ii it it ii Wednesday; Tth x ucouaj , Thursday, 8th Friday, 9th. Deweese, Mallard Creek, Saturday. 10th ' HarrLsburg, Monday, 19th Crab Orchard, Tuesday, 20th . Clear Creek, Wednesday, 21st Momincr Star. Thursday. 22d Charlotte during Court week, (2d Monday of Oct.) We&" Merchants and traders are notified that on the first- dav of October thev must r"eturn to the Assessors the gross amount of their Quarterly. Sales, antl pay the Tax thereon to me as soon thereafter as practicable. D.. G. MAXWELL, Tax Collector for Mecklenburg cojanty. . Sept 21, 1863. 6t ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE Of IMesseiasers OF TIIE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At, Charlotte Office, Daily. ARRIVES. Railroad 5 00 From Char, & S C. A. M. and 5 P.M " and.5 ii P. M. it i ii N. C. Railroad 6 25 A., T. & O. Railroad 10 00 Wil., C. & R. Railroad 3 15 ; . DEPARTS. N. C. Railroad v 6 20 A,M. and 5 50 P.M Char. & S C. Railroad 00 and 6 00 Wil., C. & R. Railroad 1 30 " For it A,, T. & O. Railroad 3 00 P. M It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to this Office One Hour previous to it? departure. v i. v. yiuuciisriCj, Ageni. Charlotte, Sept: 7, 1863." tf EXPRESS NOTICE.. Office SouTireRN Express Company, 1 . Charlotte, Sept. 24, 1863. J In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make our cnarges contorm to tne iiaonuy assumea, tnis Company hereby gives notice that frpm and after Octo ber 1st. 1863, shippers will be reqmrea to place their valuation udou each package before it will be received Such valuation will be. inserted in the Company's receipt, and establish the liability of - the Company for the amount. The act of lixsd and tne public enemy only excepted. T. D. GILLESPIE, Sept 28, 1863 4w , Agent. NOTICE. - As several depredations have been committed on my premises, 1 hereby forewarn an persons against Hunt ing on my land with or without dogs.. The law will be enforced against those offending. I have no objec tions to prudent persons-fishing on my premises. Oct 5, 1863 4t-pd A.A.KENNEDY. . TAKEN UP, On the, 18th September, near Lonergan's Ferry, in Mecklenburg county, a Roan Horse, with saddle and bridle. The Horse was in the possession of a negro at the lime-I took him, and the negro was in company with a white man who cave his name as James Iludgeone, who professed to be a paroled prisoner froia- Alosby s command and claimed that he owned the negrfl and horse. Hudge'ons has absconded, leaving the horse and negro in my possession. The negro is in Mecklenburg Jail, and the horse is at myplanration. The o.wner of the horse is hereby notified, to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away within 30 days, or he will be sold as the law directs. B. F. BROWN. October b, 1863. 'tf NOTICE. Committed to.the Jail of Mecklenburg county on the 20th of Sept, 1863, a negro man, who says his name jis MORRIS; and that he belongs to James Hudgeons of jTexas. The negro is copper color, small stature, about ;5 feet high and 30 or 35 years old. He was in com- tnnnp vrlth 1 1 ilil rr rt n a (it hAtl fl proctfld 1 htit lfr . a ha lAnarl , u d , k ue!,ro. or he will h riffilt. with as the law directs. R. M WHITE, Sheriff. Chailotte, N. C, Oct. 5, 18C3. PUBLIC NOTICE. The County Court of Mecklenburg county gives notice that every person who sells or buys from a slavjp, Produce or other articles of personal property, on the streets of Charlotte, or elsewhere in the county, without a lawful permit, will be indicted. F. M. ROSS, Chairman Oct 5, 1863 Ira of the County Courtv STRAYED From the subscr liter's Rocky River place on Saturday the 5th inst., a eorrel MULE, 2 years old, and in good jorder. It is probable he may have followed some one I from the Factory situated on Ro.cky River.; Any person (taking up said Mule and returning him to me shall be jliberally rewarded. My PostOfiice is Kirkjand, Cabar Irus county. - II." II. PHARR, ' Near Rocky RiVer' Church. September 21, 1863 - 4t-pd " EAND FOR SALE. For pale, privatelv, a Farm of four hundred acres, ; in Randolph county, N. O, lying about twenty miles south-enst of High Point, on the plajik-road running from High Point to Fayetteville, and about five miles from Ashbor'o. About 100 aero renrpA. the remainder fjheavily timbered with Piue and Oak. . A two-story g:"fe ..... c ' tut. Vlltjr i(Hff LTVtrilHTClfc V LI luc piavi:. ' l'-i? - in-. . -, . ; . . . i - . t tt . i j i ujm jmuh K'ey imiueuiaieiy. i or- panicaiars u dress JNO. T. HAGAN, Care of II. D. Tusker. Raleigh, N. C. Sept 28, 1863 lm-pd CvT7Tn Carolina, and will pay for the sanie in 7 per cent bonds i orCa.h. . - h?, :Agents v,3,t,n V.1.6 f nt i.arts or u.e Mate in my came, win uavc written certincates oi f former advertisement. Tin tff that time, however. 8 per cent bnn :n .j r.iiriuuc citizens are now offprprf an onnortnmtr to aia the Government by selling to it their Cotloa.rather man io private capitalists. v LEWIS S. WILLIAMS, Charlotte, March 24, 1 863 tf . ,s-v order of the Secretarv of the Treasury, all Cot-. en prom- rn purchased bv mvself or my agents, on and after f is is now the 18th day of March, 1863, will be paid for in 7 per i ho will tenr bonds or CaVi n.i n.. r.nt .finnr'siic cttsl I l . CHARLOT JE, N. C; ' ' ' ' NOTICE. ' Our terms' are five dollar per year in adrancc. 6 months $3. .;, - ,,,, .- -; ,; . J6Individual or local sbinplasters will not be received.- When sent to us. they will be held subject to the sender's' call, and not returned by letter. ; r -5 1 5" 'The Democrat t will be discontinued to all tiJw bers at the expiration 6f the time for which it is paid? Those wnowanl to continue mutt renew before or at vie ex ptrptton of their. time., - 4 ADDRESS OP THE PRESIDENT. Th"e following address of the President was pub lished to the troops in front of Chattanooga on the 17th ult., producing. the greatest enthusiasm : , Headq'rs Army op Tennessee, October 16, 1863, Soldiers : A grateful country has recognized your arduous service, and rejoiced over your glo rious "victory on the neld ot Uhickamauga. Whe your countrymen shall more fully learn the ad verse circumstances under which you attacked' the enemy, though they oannot be more thankful, they i . it. ii " i . j may aumire more me gauantry ana pacnotic ae' votion which secured your success. Kepresenta tives of every State in. the Confederacy, your steps have been followed with affectionate solicitude by friends in every part of the Confederacy. Defen ders, of the heart of our territory, your movements- have been the object of mtensest anxiety.- The hopes of our.cause greatly depend upon you, and happy it is that all can securely rely upoji youjr achieving whatever, under the blessing of Provi dence, human power can effect. , Though you have done mucb, very much yet remains to be done. Behind you is a people providing for your support and depending upon you for protectjon. Before you is a country devastated' by your ruthless inva der, where gentle woman, feeble age and helpless infancy have been subjected to outrages without parallel in the warfare of civilized nations. -: ' With eager eyes they watch for your coming to the'u (Liliyerance, and. the homeless refugee pines for the hour when your victorious arms shall restore his family to the shelter from which they have been driven. Forced to take up arms to vindicate the political rights, tire freedom, equality and State sovereignty, which were- the heritage purchased by the blood of your revolutionary sires, you hava. but the alternative of slavish submission to despot ic usurpation, or the independence which a vigor ous, united, persistent effort will -secure. All which fires the manly breast, nerves the patriot and ' exalts the hero, is present to stimulate and sustain you. . Nobly have you redeemed the pledges .given in the name of freedom, to the memory of your ancestors, and the rights of your posterity. . . That you may complete the juission to which you are devoted, will require of you such exertion in the future as you have made in. the past ; con tinuance in the patient endurance of (oil and dan ger, and that self-denial which rejects every con sideration at variance Tvith the public service, as unworthy of the holy cause in which you are en gaged. , ' ' When the war shall have ended, the highest meed of praise will be due, arid probably given; to him who has claimed least for himself in propor tion to the service he has rendered, and the bitter est self-reproach which may hereafter haunt the memory of any one, will be to him who has allowed selfish aspiration to prevail over a desire for the public good. - UBtted as you are in a common destiny, obedi ence and. cordial co-operation are essentially neces sary, and there is no higher duty than that which requires each to render to all what is due to their station.- He who sows the seeds of discontent' and distrust prepares for the harvest of slaughter and defeat. To zeal you have added gallantry, to gal lantry, energy, to energy fortitude. Crown these with harmotfy, due subordination, and cheerful support of lawful authority, that the measure of your duty may be full." -I fervently hope that the ferocious war so' unjustly waged against oUr coun try may soon be ended; that "with the blessing of peace y&u may be restored to your homes and the useful pursuits, and I pt$y that bur Hevenly Fa ther may coter you with the shield of His protec- lon in the hours ot battle, and endow you with the virtues which will close your trials in victory complete. - (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. President Davis in Alabama. President Davis was in Slma, Ala., oh the 18th ult.,' and was most enthusiastically welcomed by an immense crowd of the citizens which assembled in fr6nt of the hotel. He congratulated the people on meet ing them under such favorable circumstances, and spoke in glowing terms of the gallantry of the Alar bamians in every battle. He said that if the non-conscripts of Alabama will get their horses, &ct and go to the rescue by guarding Courtland and other points, thereby relieving the regular soldiers from the necessity of doing this sort of duty, such blows will be dr alt the enemy that he will find it difficult to recover from. In this way the most effective aid can be given the gallant Wheeler aud j others who are carrying -out the plans of the j noble Longstreet, under the supervision of the 1 heroio Brass. ' In this. way the President is con fident that Gen. Rosencranz can crushed to the i dust. It is only by force of arms that the Yan- ; kees can be brought to reason, or their plans for our j .. 4. , c . , ,! y subjugation defeated; self-reliance and energy are j now our duty, and we should not look to Europe I for aid, for such is not to beexpec'ted now. . The ! alternative is to sustain ourselves with . - , - j - j . ... . renewed energy alid determination and a little w.c pcF.c: , 4 j uriuiy oeueves ii.iai next spnng wiusee me iuts- ders driven from our borders, aud then the farmers who are now refugees can return with their fami lies and por&ue their business unmolested as here? tofbre. r An Arabian Horse fop, rnE Peesident t--The fine Arabiau horse presented to President Davis, whieh has been awaiting a passage in Nas sau for some months, has arrived safely in the Confederate States. OF, V Major D. O. JkUDowell of the 62d N.' C'ReiU i ment, which was surrendered at Cumberland Gan. VI T TI . . - - . 1 uy jren. js razer, . publishes a letter whichia theH nrst jehabh" accoudt of thai affair. It appears that on Monday, the 6th "of September, "about 9 o'clock A. M., the Yankee General, Sha'ckelford, appeared about two miles from: the Gap and -demanded its Kurrende.r which 1 was refused bv Gen' and i on "Tuesday again mide and again refused. Tha Major's statement continues the narrative : " . Oo Tuesday 'evening Col. DeCosey'a command made their appearance on the north side of the mountain. A portion of his command approached on the Harlin county road, and a' portion on the main Kentucky, road. A heavy skirmish soon be gan between Capt. Turpin's company, of my regi ment, and the advance of the Abolitionists. Capt. Turpin, with his gallant boys; effectually - checked the aavance or the enemy until rate in the evening, when the Yankees disappeared, Capt. Turpiohold- mg nis grouna, wnicn was something near, one mile in advance of our line. (About 3 o'clock, Tuesday evening, Col. DeCosey demanded the unconditional surrender of Genera Frazer and command. Gen. Frazef replied under flag of truce, asking of Gen. DeCosey the numher of forces to which he was ordered to surrender. DeCogey replied near 12 o'clock at night, refusing to give the number of forces under his command, stating that it was from motives entirely discon nected with the attack upon the gap that he; did so. wen. grazer tneji refused to surrender, and it ti '.a a was understood that the fight would open at 12 o clock on Monday 1 will state jn this connec tion, that op Tuesday evening a council of the commanding officers of regiments was called, which resulted in tne retusai ot all to be surrendered. will state further that a majority preferred the risk of cutting their way through the Yankee lines than to be surrendered'ori any terms. A fight was therefore confidently expected. Near 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the' 9th, when all was in anxious expectation for the fight to open, Gen. Frazer re ceived from Burnside, under flag of truce, a de maud for the unconditional surrendec of himself and commana. very soon alter its reception, one of Gen. Grazers aid-de-camps came in great haste down the mountain and ordered me to take down my battle-flag and hoist a white' flag instead there of. -Although many of us were of opinion that we would be surrendered sooner or later, you can imagine the astonishment with which this struck the brave boys that were so anxiously expecting an engagement. ... various statements have been made in regard to the conduct of the troops composing 'the com mand at Cumberland Gap. I assert most positive ly that I have yet to see troop3 in finer spirits or more determined to hold, their groifhd than the troops inthe gap. I have learned that an attempt is being made to justify the surrender" of the gap upon the ground that the troops in the gap would not fight, and that some . of them shouted when the flag was ordered down. The last charge was made against the 62d North Carolina regiment The first is false, and the second not only false, . rr . i . it DUt is a Dase ana cowaraiy enorc io protect inose that may be' guilty at the expense of the innocent, brave, patriotic, and true. -We wcYe surrendered then to Gen. Burnside on Wednesday, the 9th, at 4 o'clock, P. 31. Many made their escape - after the surrender, and among them was your unworthy correspondent. We had when we were surrender ed provisions upon which we could have subsisted 30 days. We had all the ammunition on hand that we had when the gap was first invested. ' My regiment 150.rounds to the man, and I presume other regiments had the same. As to the spiking and throwing over the cliffs the artillery mention-- ed in your issue of the 7thtakenw from the Knox ville Register, 1 know nothing, save one piece that two men of my conjmand was picketing, which they spiked and. threw over the elift near it on their own responsibility. This I witnessed and know to be true. The number of forces ipvesting the gap I am not by any means prepared to state. It was represented to be near 10,000 . on each side the gap. If the suirender was a matter of necessity it was from' causes other than a want of provisions, ammuni tion, or a willingness" on the part of the men to do their duty. . ' . , 'Capture of Yankee Wagons. The follow- in? official dispatch was received by Gen. Bragg from General Wheeler : " We 'crossed the river in the face of a division at Cotton Port ford, on the J50th ult., and proceed ed in the direction of McMinnrille, where, after a sharp fight, we captured a large train, with 700 prisoners. The train was loaded with ammunition artdP other stores, and was supposed' to consist of 700 dr 800 wagons, which were burned. . WeJ next attacked McMinnville, capturing altogether 530 prisoners and another large train of commissary stores, ammunition, arms, clothing, &c, and' des troyed the bridge across Hickory Creek, together with an e'ngino and traiH of cars. We then made a demonstration upon Murfreesboro, destroying the railroad bridge over Stone River, took a train of the cars at the bridge over Wartrace : and then moved to Shelbyville, where we captured a large amount of stores and burned them." This is a evcro blow to Rosencranz, whose men have been on short rations for some days. No Impressment. -As much anxiefy exists on the part of our country friends iu relation to . j j i the impressment of produee and animals coming to ? v . -. ; p market we i have made inquiry and are authorized to say that" "all animals hauling- produce For local Consumption will be-respected, and that no im- v . ' J pressraent wU1 be tuade of any product brought by iU VTodacCT for the consumer. No impress ment, has been made, nor will .be, of any produce whatever iutended for private use, and all that is HISTORY OF THE STTRREWDEB " CTTMBERLAlri) j'Q AP.: needed is for parties to notify the-Commissary that people in all the counties long for the day of de any produce is intended for the use of the consum-' lirerance, and do not make any secret of their er, to have jt protected. This will protect the con-' sutner as well as the producer. Where produce is purchased and hoarded for high prices, it must risk its chances, as it deserres. No order exists for impressing any produce on railroads intended for private , ; .vhorbible;h0bder. " t .Mr Sands Smith, an old citiien Df Matthews county, V- was mardered ; in a most horrible manner by the Yankees recently. , It appears that (JoJ. Spear's 11th Pennsylvania r regiment, . with some artillery;, and negro regiment from Ports mouth,' had been sent to Matthews county to catch BeaH's men, who recently destroyed several vessels off the shore. A letter to the Whig says: During their last. Hid they .haii 3 ragged him ff'tB'his'pwn house, destroying ..at the same time a portion' of his property a.nd carrying ' off his ne uco aim nurses, vn inis occasion nc bad armed himself with a double-barrelled shot cun, and on the approach of the Yankees fired bh them, killing one instantly. He levelled his gun at the other but the second barrel missed fire. .They . then rushed upon him,-and seizing him, overpowered him by main-force, and took him prisoner. They tied a rope to hi8 feet and dragged him to his own yard. His daughters, who have abw neither fath er nor mother, with prayers and tears, upon their knees, implored the officer to be allowed to see him an3 bid him farewell. ' They were refuted, and their lives threatened If they dared to ap proach him. He was then tied behind a buggy and carried four miles beyond Matthews, Court House, on their return to Glc-uehester Point: While on the march Mr Smith was so brutally treated by. the private soldiers that he asked to see Col. Spears. When that officer came up, instead of reproving the soldiers he seized a stick and beat the prisoner over the head. He begged fora glass ui water, wnicn was refused mm, wito the remark that be would not want for water long. They men, by order of the Colonel, tied bis hands be hind his back, placed him on horseback, tied a rope around his neck and threw the end of it over the limb of a persknon tree. The ' horse was then driven from under hini. . The fall was not uffi- cient, and he fell-to the ground. He begged for mercy, but none was shown him, and Col. Spears ordered his men to fire into him, which they did, and he died pierced With five balls. Thev then buried him near the tree, leaving his feet sticking out ot the ground, and placed at his head the fol lowing inscription: , . "Warning to d n bushwhackers. Every d n man we catch .with arms in the woods,, wo will hang so high that the birds will build nests in them. So take warning, such will be your' fate, you damn cowards. Here Ii.es the body of an old I t !!..' ft . ousnwnacKer. ,. . The next morning 'after the departure of the Federals, Mr Smith's body was carried to his al most distracted and now. orphan family. Mr Tho mas Smith, the brother of the murdered man, and owner of the adjoining farm, was also dragged from, his house a prisoner and carried off. He was made to stand by and witness the murder of his brother, and the rope with which, he was hung was fastened around the neck of the horse which the brother was compelled to ride. ' ATROCIOUS DECLARATION. . A Yankee Colonel named Jennison, of Kansas notoriety, is raising a regiment in that Slate to op erate in Missouri. Read the following extracts 'from a speech of his, and then let the most craven croaker ask himself if be could ever affiliate with a govcrnmeut so unmindful of the opinions of the world as to entrust military power in the hands of a man. who, beforehand, avowed such criminal pui poses indiscriminate "pillage, slaughter, and destruction : . ' Do -you suppose I will jnarch into Missouri and ask them to take the oath? No, .not by a damned sight! If-they have protection papers I will harrg hem, for real Union men need no written proof of their loyalty. . . In my neO proclamation, I will .say to every physically - able man in the State of Missouri: 'You must fight for your homes, or you'll be put to death!" And the bead of the column will make he road so clear tbat no copperhead shall ever see the tail end of the command. I put the negro on the top and (he traitor un derneath. Everything: disloyal, from a.Shanbae chicken up to a Durham cow, must be cleaned out. AdoptPhis policy, and there will be no more Cop- s -wr- perneads in ivansas. ' . The Fifteenth will be filled within three weeks from to-day. Its whole duty will be to kill rebels. A voice "Have you got horses.?" . Jennison "I n3ver had any trouble in the old Seventh-in getting all the horses I wanted. All the trouble I ever bed was in preventing the boys, (and par-' ticularly old Pardey, over there,) from leading off six or seven. -' ' . Rut my men must not take anything that will not further the interests of his own regiment. Every man must, of course, be his own judge. This Regiment will march with the revolver in one hand and the torch in the other. It will be or ganized on a military aud patriotic, aud. not a polit ical basis. . .Wc carry the flag, JLill with the. sabre, aud hang with the gallows. - T - Ireland. The Gazette de France, under date of the 15th. ult., says : Apiece of news has juof arrived from England, which docs not- surprise ua, aud which we should not be sorry to ejee' cuntiruied. ft i published by the International,-a French journal appearing in London, and is to the effect that a vast conspiracy is now openly organizing in Irtlaudagaiubt the English domination, of course. The conspira tors, who call themselves "Fenians" (J) and "Sons of St. Patrick' are said to be tighty thousand in number, all armed and only awaiting au opportu nity to strike off the Saxon yoke and proclaim the independence of Ireland. If the English Govern-, ment were engaged in a war with France.' which i is hot probable, or with the United States, which is less probable, they would at once raise the stan dard ot teir country, and would be aided by their countrymen who have ' emigrated to America. The Irish would like to bare France oa their aids, 1 hnt thov fiavA TtnTved to do without her. . Th hopes.' .We indulge no allusions -as to the icupor tance ot tnis news. ireiana ou ror centuries groaned under English tyranny, and it is not as tonishing that she tbould always long for freedom; but that happy day is not so near, perhaps, as we could wish W ben it comes we shall hail it with joy.1 ' Z3RIAL 1TA.VIOATIOIT. We hare this, week the pleasure to record tho access of the moat extraordinary invention of the age, if not the most so br any that the world ever sawat Icastithe greatest stride io invention ever made By " single Individual. ... , In October last, Dr. Solomon. And re wi, of Perth Amboy, N. J.; commenced the conatroction of war lerostaJL for reconnoitring purposes, ou his' own, responsibility, not btiog able, afUr submitting his plana to the War Department, to mftka tho hoiorablo Secretary of War "sec, the utility n of a machine which would go ovor into'secenh and re connoitre the , force and position of thu enini)-. ' His plans ahowed on the face of them, to any on? not stupid, that the machine could not da wthc r wisc than go ahead io any , direction in whicVtlm bow was pointed, t nd that, too, with any aiiiount of power or force which might be desired, and . which greenback a would readily, procure. Tho s .power required and tho propelling apparatus ad Jed - dui nine weignt to tne eerotat, wbttber or larger er smaller dimensions; consequently, it did not in- . ctcase the dimensions of the aeronaut beyond tbat of balloons of ordinary construction, much less ifl size than many that are now made. Tho machine made by Dr. Andrews would carry up three men, io addition to all tho fixtures and paraphernalia ?Vits forward movement. It containa 2C,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas. It carried hini, weigh ing 172 pounda, and 25G pounds ballast. - Upon his invitation, last spring.'wo havo sent our reporters at three different times' to witness his. experiments with his machine, and have watched its progress with great interest. Its form was trat of three cigars pointed at both ojds, secured together at their longitudinal equa tors, covered by a net, and supporting by 120 cordi a car sixteen feet below uoder its centre. . - The car was twelve feet long, made of basket work, and was sixteen inches wide at tho bottom. The tcrostat, or cvlindroida, were made of varnUb ed linen, like ordinary balloons. ' On Friday, the 4th inst, he made his last expe riment, and .demonstrated to an admiring crowd the possibility of going against the wind ind of guiding her io any and every direction with a small rudder, having only seventeen square feet of surface. He made no long flight in one straight, line, lest h'is.modui operandi should be divulged; but by a most ingenious plan demonstrated her ca- pabilitics beyond all possibility of doubt, whilst ho prevented ft publio knowledge of his method ot propelling. After a few ahort nights, to satisfy himse'lf and a few friends that all was right, and thut aho would" do all he had contemplated, he ret her off in a spi ral. course upward, she going at a rate of no jess than 120 miles per hour, and describing circles in the air of more than one and a' half miles in cir- ' cumferenco. Sho made twenty revolution! before she entered the upper strata of vlouda and was lost to view. She passed through the first strata of dense white clouds, about two miles high, scatter ing them as she entered In all directions. In her upward flight could be distinctly seen her rapid movement in a contrary direction -to the moving clouds, and is she came before the wind, passing by them with great celerity. As aho was distinct- ly seen thus to move, both below and above the clouds on the clear blue sky, at 5 o'clock p. with sun shining clear upon her, there could be no mistake or optical delusion to the beholder. As to her propelling power and motive appara tus, it .behooves us not now to speak. It might be considered contraband of war. or affordinfr aid and comfort to the enemy; for with such a machine in the bands ou Jeff. Davis, the armies around Washington would be powerless to preserve the capital. . We think Dr. Andrews deserves more pra'ue for the patriotic ingenuity with whieh he has preserved his secret, and yet tried his grand experiment in tne open air before the public, than even that manifested in the conception and eonaf motion of ins uiacnme.- vii mat ana its peautuui simplicity wo may .have occasion to speak hereafter. Wo have the documents. Ai?w York IlcrolJ. Huzza fob'tub Womebt. A gentleman rt- ceotly from Hast Tennessee aye tbat previous In the battle of Chiekamauga, the Yankees had so far, by.liea and misrepresentations, induced the people to believe that Dragg's army was destroyed nd the rebellion cruibcd, tbat great numbers of erciulous Confederates expressed their willingness to submit to the yoke of Northern doanotism. At Sweetwater. Tennessee a meeting of citizens was called to discos the propriety of hoisting tho Un ion flag over that place, and .only one man, Dr. Bogart raised his voice to denoance the digTace- iui proposition, several lautts oi no town, wito tbat unquenchable patriotism whjch ia ad charac teristic of Southern womco. declared that thev would with thiir own hands, tear down the Union 'flag as often as the cravcus should put it up, let the consequences be . what'they might. Among these were 31rs. Hoeart. and Mrs. II. F. rimith. All honor to these ladies, and to Dr. Docart. Their tterling loyalty to the South saved the com munity ol bwcetwater from - the eturma of having by a formal public declaration and act announced themselves the subjugated slaves of Abraham Lin col Q.Raltig h Ayr . - : - ty Judge Bailey, io his charge to iht Grand Jury of Wilkes county, said ho believed, upon, au thority, that were it not for the great number of deserters from the Confederate army, conscripts between 40 and 45 would not have been called out, -and that it is the interest as well a duty of all good citizens to return deserter to their potts, to the end that the Government may not b compell ed to extend still farther the conscript ages. Southern editors who employ their Urao attack ing the.Government, are the first to go to the Yan kees when the city in which they da busioesa hap-, pens to fall into tho handa of the enemy. A rae. morable example of this, waa found iu New Orleans. The Trie Delta's political writer could find noth ing good in President Davis or the Confederate Congress, andayet pretended to be grossly insulted if any one qucstioiJed hi 8outherniani. But be . cordially shook hands with Butler and Dinks, and ' "itill lives!" His attacks - upon the Adiiiioijrra tjon were regarded by those vandals as sulSciout evidence of . bis . covert .Unionism. Southern ' Punch. . . .