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WESTKllN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, K".' C. "WHEELER'S rr anuras the best historv of recent operations that we have jet seen: Correspondence of , the Richmond Enquirer. Beistow Station, Va., Oct. 15, 1863. I wrote you last from -Warrenton, near which place both Hill and Ewerl bivouacked on Tuesday night day OPERATIONS IN TEN- - - NESSF.E. iH Wbwler'a successful operations in Middle Ten nessee are confirmed. He crossed the rivet at Meade can truthfully say tbat General Lee has Cotton Port, aboreCbattanooga, on theSOth of v. ,ir him 'MfiadeV winter Quarters: for from Sentembcr. under beavv fire, and routed the en e- w J A . 7 f PURSUIT OF THE YANKEE ARMY BY : being heavily pressed by a column of be enemy xuxtauii. . Jtr T-pp IweTo compelled to relinquish their hold upon GEN. LfcK. f j am toia that Cdl. Ruffinof The following account oi the pursuit oi..ieaue s tfaig regiment W8s wounded army by the Confederates' under ueu. .Lee, ! r,ar,ar tn. lirisrnw the Yankees bad constructed mv. and entered the Senuatchie Valley. He met their huts and cabins. And here at Bristow tUey a wagon train, 1,000, ' well -guarded, and attacked j had torn down an elegant new house to get the j them. JV. hard fight ensued, and he 4ptured : weather boarding to, construct huts for the winter ' everything, iucluding several hundred prisoners. ' occupation. , i He killed the mules and burnt the wagons and T ie oortotnlv tniP that Meade has managed his srrr'ei. He next sent Wharton to McMiattville to t Stuart had driven the enemy duriug the! retreat ,nost orderly and that he has saved his : invest the place, and then followed with his entire ; from Jtffert,onton, Cuhpeper county, four miles ' MO orw1 inc, unt few nien. though I think it , fnrt.. He cfintnred the irarrison. includinir two ! , 1 .t . . T L L 1 .. .P.. . -t , D i C - - - o - r- ' ' . . Deyona ine iwppananoocit, oat-K as I8r m Auuum, i true that the y8hkee army ig C0DSlderabiy rdgiments of Yankee infantry and cavalry, and a little village four miles below Warrenton, in the j 1 jT t 1 thirty days' rations for Rosencranz's army, which The country people hereabouts are loud in tneir he destroyed. -praises of Mosby. They say that he has done the ! He paroled all the prisoners, and exchanged his "Ices trreat harm, Desiaes compelling me cut?- ; worn down horses ior gooa ones. e iuu uasn- direction of the railroad--a distance of nearlv 20 miles. Here, just .before iwgbt, our cavalry came op, for the first time, with the enemy's iufatitry, :and were forced to give back a mile or two, to- - rr J i 111 T ivwov - ; - j . - - -wards Warrenton, and our pickets, on Tuesday i ' . . nrfiVentini? straeo-linir and raiding , Duck River, while Wharton threatened Murfrees: night, extended three miles out of Warrenton, on j n;liM fr ' oin2 through the country commit- j boro. Wharton then joined Wheeler at Shelby- tine depredations. I ville. The enemy were reinforced, and fought the Cut-run road. Early on Wednesday morning Ewell bognn to move on this road, with Rodes' division in the advance. - Our artillery, or rather detachments from Col. Snowden Andrew's and Col. Carter's battalions, opened a hrisk fire on the enemy, to which they responded quite energetical ly. Simultaneously with this. Rodes threw for- . it ward one of his brigades as skirmishers, and this line soon succeeded in driving the enemy before fhrm from the temporary stand which they bad ffiken. After this1, Swell's corps moved forward, steadily pushing the enemy before them, by Cat lett's Station, and on to Bristow, capturing some throe hundred Yankees, Early alone taking one hundred and seventy. After the skirmish at Au burn, Early led the advance of Ewell's corps, for the reason that in order to dislodge and drive the erieiny Rodes had to niak? something of a detour. A P. Hill's column left Warrenton on Wed nes'dy morning by the Centreville turnpike, pass ing New Baltimore, immediately beyond which he turned tu the riiht and took the road by Green wich on towards Bristow Station. The column of Yankees which he was pursuing on this road, en camped the right before at Greenwich, 12 miles beyond Warrenton, and" had about two hours' start of Hill on Wednesday 15iornitig. The head' df Hill's " column came up with them, however, on jeMtrday, at Btjstnw Station, about three o'clock, .itiU hi re a fight ensued, lasting until near sunset, in which our force were reputed, or rather Kirk Ur.dV (furnterly Pettirew's) and CookY brigades l .. nh ( uiolinians were driven back, and five. of nr gur.B tre captured, belonging to Lusk's and Ric.-V oatierics of Mcintosh's battalion. One of the fjiJii;-, however, was retaken this morning, so that utir Ic-k will only be four pieces. Our losses in wounded will fnot up, I think, about three hun dred. Kirkland's brigade lost one hundred and sixty-eiht wounded, as follows : 11th North Carolina FROM BEAGG'S ARMY. HisstONAR'T .Ridge, Oct. 20. The following dispatch was received at headquarters this morn ing from Gen'. Stephenson : r Charlestowj., Tenn., Oct. 20.Tbe cavalry under Morrison and Beabrell attacked the enemy's cavalry in foree at Philadelphia to-day, capturing about fourteen hundred prisoners; their artillery, small arras, camp equippage, &c. Our loss, noth ing. The enemy was completely routed. On the 21st the telegraph says that the enemy were being pursued to their defences at Loudon. Their loss is seven hundred prisoners, fifty wagons loaded with stores, ten ambulances, six pieces of artillejy and a lot of mules, horses and other property. C. L. STEPHENSON, Maj Gen. Corad'g. I learn that we have over oive thousand prison- I and dnwe Wheeler back. He retreated across Among them a Colo- X. 26ih 44th 47th 62d (i (i ir u a 14 II In all, 13 53 60 28 14 163 Gen. Kirkland himself wa wounded iu the arm, hut is on the field again this morning. In Cook's brigade, the Division Surgeon told we he thought one hundred would cover the wounded. These were the two brigades which were engaged with the enemy's force consisting, as some say, of a whole Yankee corps, but, as otbers affirm, of pnly a line of skirmishers. Gen; Cook was wounded in the leg. It is quite serious. His leg is well ni;h cjiihhtd. His surgeon informed me that he had taken a hand full of bone out of the wound. In reply to an inquiry which fcpui as to whether he thought the General would lose his leg, he said he" thought it problematical. Lieutenant Colonel Martin, of the 11th North Carolina, was badly wounded, his arm being broken and being struck in the head, beides. Captain John Montgomery of the 44th. (Kirkland's.) was killed. In the skirmish .which took place at Auburn between Rodes and the enemy, yesterday, we lost a small number of wounded, but I have uot heard exactly how many. Of losses in the artillery 1 have no information, but think they were slight. 1 have thus spoken up'jn the "best iril'orrnaiion attainable as to our loss in wounded. 1 have just returned from a ride over the battle ground, where they have been burying the .dead to-day. 1 was told by the burial detail that we hurried about fifty six of our men. Only two dead Yankees were lelt upon the-field afar as I could see. We lost tome prisoners, but how many 1 canttot say accu rately not over a hundred, I think. Lastjiight the enemy again retired in good or der down the Orcnquan road, but it is supposed they have turned up and are luAiug for 'Jentre ville, where their prisoners say that Meade has told them that he means to make a stand. Hill captured about one hundred prisoners yesterday, which I have seen. What the Yankee loss was in the fight of yesterday I have no means of learn ing. I am told that tjiey left about one hundred, of their wounded in charge of two of their surgeons, in our hands. It is certainly a iittle singular, and a fact calling for explanation, that a pursuing army should have iu artillnry captured hyits retreating adversary. It must have resulted from gross mismanagement somewhere. But as at present advised, I am not prepared to fix the blame. General Cook, who commanded the two brigades, says, as 1 hid in formed, that his mn fought well, but that they were not properly supported, the suppons-being more than a mile in rear; and, further, that his uien had to leove upon the enemy in a line run 'iog som- what at right angles with tfee enemy, so at he had to encounter, at the same time, a su j -ji r force in trout, and on his flank, or rather in ho cr l hi may or may not be the explana tion ; I cannot say. I made efforts to find Gen. C. hut was unaUe to do so. I passed ener the UfieJd to-day ; it is immediately at the railway sta tion. The ground on our side, and orer which we charged at the Yankees is an open field, skirted at its fart he? edge by pine forest. As-soon as our men emerged from this forest they were exposed to the 'rukiug fire from the enemy's batteries, which were situated on a crest just below the rail Toad station. This crest was the highest elevation in fhe neighborhood. The open field of which I have, spoken terminates in a high bank on the up per side of the railroad, and it was behind this that the "enemy were concealed, and from which they poured their murderous fire upon our men, and one that succeeded in driving them completely back. No further effort was made yesterday even ing to dislodge them. This uiorntng the Yankee bird had flown. Stuart h9 kept the cavalry quite active since this movement began, and Jones brigade, which has been in the advance, has been specially active and serviceable. Gen." Stuart has commanded "in person and headed the advance, and has fought the-enemy from James city in Madh&n on Satur day evening hack to this point. At one time on Tuesday evening the enemy contrived to cut off Stuart's communication with Gen. Lee, but this was readily restored on Wednesday morning at which time the lst North Carolina cavalry'cap iurod a whole regimeut oi Yankee infantry, but eraThere now to send back. nel pretending to be crazy. . Richmond, October 21. A despatch from Gen. Lee to Gen. Cooper, last night, says that Stuart opposed, on the 19th, the advance of Kil-. Patrick's division of cavalry, whilst Fitz Lee at tacked his flank and rear. The enemy was jout ed and pursued until he reached his infantry Sup port at Hay MarTcetand Gainesville. 200 prison ers, with horses, arms, equipments, eight wagons arid ambulances were captured. A despatch dated Staunton, says Traboden en gaged the enemy at Charlestown, on Sunday, and brought off 430 prisoners, and some valuable prop erty. . The prisoners captured during. Itee's recent ad vance movement about 1,200 has arrived- Gokdonsville. October 21 A CIRCULAR. To the Freemen of the Eighth Congrttsional District, com posed of the Counties of Rowan, Cabarrus, Union, Meck lenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba and Cleveland. Fsixow-Citizeks: Having at length, after much un avoidable delay and with much diffidence, acceded-to the wishes of my friends, to become a candidate for Congress I hasten to announce the fact; and take this method of publishing a synopsis of my views, on the most prominent subjects of public interest. I was ardeatly attached to the Union of our fathers, and labored for its preservation with the most untir- ...... 1 lilli. Inn.:. C nnnnt'n .in4 U A Aimm.t. that they captured and'destroyed about. 1,800 wa-' proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, left no alternative, ! o Lilies, lur iucucicucc ui uui iuujiuuu iiuta. uuusc ! quently, I acquiesced in the separation of North Caro- linii from th Nnrthpm Staffs: and now. holdinc their people "as enemies in war, and in the Tennessee River, near Courtland, JKa. In addition to the above, s gentleman who left Rome on Friday, says that Wheeler and his com mand had arrived safe at Rome, having brought out 3,000" horses, in addition to the 2,000 killed; gons and stores to the value of 811,000,000 is further stated tht Wheeler s loss was not over 300, and that he lost no cannon, and had none with him From Abroad. Among the recent arrivals at this port, we notice those of the-Rev. Dr. Hoge, ! of Richmond, and Rev. Mr. Terry, of Wilmington, ! both of whona had visited Europe on matters con ! nected witji tho interests ol religion. W7e believe ! that thir respective missions were s'uccssful, 9 . . i T r t i we see it statea mat ur. liop-e nad secured a sud- Everything ap,f ply 0f bibles and testaments. We are under ob- pears quiet in front. 'Most of the prisoners who ligations to Mr. Terry for Northern and European were 6ent through here to iticnmona, iai nignt, ; papers, as ;uso tor a letter irom a triend now in were foreigners, and expressed themselves tired of the war. Many wanted to take the oath ot allegi ance. Imboden, it is reported, has taken 700 prisoners at Charlestown, Va. From Northern Virginia. So far as we. could gather from the vaiiou? sources of informa tion, everything was quiet with the army of Gen. Lee y esterday. Some of the fruits of his captures in his late chase after Meade arrived here yester day in the way of prisoners, over nine hundred of whom came down oh the Cenferal road during the day. From the lower "Valley we are -informed that Gen. Imboden made a descent upon the Yankees at Charlestown, eight miles southwest of Harper's Ferry, on Sunday last, in which he captured over four hundred prisoners, and succeeded in getting them off safely, although pursued by a superior force from- Harper's Ferry. His loss is said to have been about thirty in killed and wounded. Richmond Dispatch, 22d. Richmond, Oct. 23 No sign of anything of interest has transpired during the past twenty-four hours. The campaign of Northern Virginia is considered closed until next spring. No progress has been made in the negotiating for a regular exchange of officers. France. SpeaTting of his trip to Europe on board a.Cunard steamer from ' Halifax, he says: "On board the steamer, the 'Africa, I will venture to j say that more than half the passengers were South ern ip feeling: 'tis true there were a good nuinbei of Yankees on board, but they had little to say. peace, mends," 1 regard a vigorous prosecution of a defensive war as the best avenue to national independence, and an hon orable peace. " A christian people, however, should not be too sen sitive on the .subject of honor, wBen principle is not involved; and a brave people should carry the olive branch of pe'ace in one hand and the sword in "the oth er. And, inasmuch, as Mr Lincoln has recently an nounced that "any peace compromise shall not be re jected," if proposed by any of those controlling the array, I'think it advisable that the President should instruct those having this power to open negotiations for peace; subject, however, to the supervision of the treaty-making power of the Government, pr the decis ion of the people. When our armies are victorious, as they now are, propositions for peace, on the basis of i our national independence, may he made and received with tbe least prejudice to our interests and honor; but it does not seem to me that those in power cannot be entirely acquitted of permitting opportunities of Then again, there Were some Englishmen on boaid ; 'Uis 1.10 Pass .Dy wtnout proper improvement. , e . . T i .i f j . , . i ! Entertaining the opinion that the necessity alleged for who "were just as I subsequently found them to be all through England Southern in feeling in a I Southern crowd and Yankee in principle in a Yan- ! kee crowd. The people in England do seem'to be j the most deceitful race on earth. The people j there are just on the- fence, and they lean precise ly as the wind blows." Wilmington Journal. From Louisiana. A correspondent states that'Gen. Tom Green has the Mississippi river as effectually blockaded at Morganza, La., as it ever was at Vicksburg; in fact it is more so, for up to the date of his last dispatches no boat has run his blockade since his battery was erected. The Yankees shelled his force for several hours a few days since, but he was so securely protected that r:ot one of his men suffered. He has now planted his battery, and so effective is it, that he turns back every trunboat or transport that attempts to pass up or down the river. . The Tax in Kind. A "correspondent of the Fayetteville Observer writes as follows: Messrs Editors: As an agent for the collection of the taxes in kind in the fouith Congressional District I deem it expedient, in as much as the law has been much abused by sundry politicians and newspapers, to express through your columns the true sentiment of all the people with whom I have had to deal. It is, Messrs. Editors, "That it is the best law ever passed by Congress." It is true that at first many objected to it on account of the trouble necessarily connected with it, but now that they are more iamiliar with its operations "all are agreed." Many are enquiring who of the candidates for Congress are opposed or are in fa vor of the law? Iain satisfied that the majority of the tax payers believe it an impartial necessity, just as our brave young men thought of the con scription law'aftef the sober second thought. Our young men have made their sacrifice by going in to the army, and our farmers are .perfectly -willing to make theirs by feeding them, and thus sustain the currency and help tomiake one gigantic stroke for freedom! Let no Congress candidate, be de ceived of his "hobby" when he proposes to abolish the tithe law. It is true it can be judiciously amended. Let the soldiers' wives and widows be left enough for su priori, whether it takes much or JST Mobile papers" publish a report brought by i lett enouSh tor support, whether it takes much or rsons from New Orleans, that the Confederates llt,le and tl,e Patoe clause'be dropped, and the law is periect. rmt your own able editorials speak more in its behalf than lean. I am your obedient servant, A Farmer. pen under Gen.. Taylor had captured 15 Yankee, regi ments in Louisiana, together with Gen. Ranks and his staff. In Close Quarters. During this forenoon, whilst some freight, which arrived by the South ern train, was beina taken into the express office, attention was attracted to one of the boxes seeing some hair protruding from a crack in the box, when it was examined and found to contain some one. The box was opened, and apan calling himself Wm - White, was taken out. The ac-Count he gives of himself is that he is a native of Uarbadoes, that he came to Selma, ila., in the steamship Nrptune; and from thence to Savan nah. Wishing to leave SavanHah, and being un able to procure a passport to get out a friend of his nailed him up in the box and shipped him for Charleston, and from thence to this place. The box was marked Lieut. W.T. White N. C. RWil mington, N. C, Camp Williams. He states that he was shinned from Savannah on the IRrh The Harvest;. The Sumter (S. C ) Watch man, of the 19th inst , in noticing the harvest in that District, says: "The. harvest now being gather ed in this District is truly plenteous. Provisions must be abundant, and we see no reason why' any should suffer, unless there is wretched management stfmewhere. The corn crops are unusually large; the sugar cane has turned out well, and thousands of gallons of syrup are being made. Potatoes, rice, peas, &c, have been made n large quantities. Where, then, is the ground for despondency: X)ur armies are victorious in the field; the enemy has been foiled and driven back; the crops are abun dant. Let the people praise the Lord of the haf vest; and let them practice those grac-s which He commands, one toward another. Let those who have, share their abundance with those who have not. .Let the dark spirit of extortion take its ever- i whilst we learn from one of the Express men that I lasting departure from our midst; and let the smiles the box was entered on the way bill at Charleston. on-the 17th inst. White has been placed in charge of the civil authorities, where an examination of the matter will be had. Wilmington Journal. White was subsequently turned over to the M . W Enrolling Officer. Prisoners The Federal" Commissioner, by a wrong calculation, claims 10,000 prisoners ns due the Lincoln Government in exchange. By cur Commissioner's reply, it seems that they owe us over 740U0. The papers of Richmond say we have now upwards of 10,000 there among them 900 offieeis while ' they claim to have GOO of ours. From the London Index, September 3. America It has been our almost invariable t rule to treat with contempt the mendacious asser- I lions of the Federal Government and its hird ad vocates and spies in this country. At the-request ot some friends we consent to make an exception in refereiiee to the reported defection of North Carolina from the Confederate States. Suffice it to say ihat the genius of Yankeedom never forged i of plenty illumine even the faces of the poor. Monsieur Tonson Come Again. The im mortal Parson lirownlow has turned up again this time, in a letter tq the Cincinnati Commercial, breathing fire and destruction upon the rebels. He says : m - Let Rosencranz be Teinforced, and he will whip the whole Confederacy. The "mediation I advo. cate is that of the cannon and the sword: and let j there be no armistice, on sea or land, until all f$e rebels, front and rear, North and South, are sub ijugated or exterminated. And then let condign- punishment bs speedily .meted out to Purvivitv I leaders in this unholy crusade against civilization, i Mymotto is, Greek fire" to the masses and hell tire for the leaders. And' none- but the loyal should be consulted in the great casting up of these accounts. W. G! BROWNLOW. A Four-legged Chicken. In passing the re sidence of Mr Weatherly, living between Greens boro' and Jamestown, I noticed a chicken a half grown roilsier in his yard, with four legs, all hav- me usuai cwppij ui iue iu eauu lout. ne ex- a more unnuugated fa sr-imnrl h -,.irl.J : . ' , r r jr . v - ihat Governor V,.,n a- JL " Pal5 le-s PPred to be attached to the fowl . u j" 7: ' fi ' bueww. oi more for an ornament than service. Thp service. inev were attached to the fleshy part of the rump, some di- tance behind the pair used to toddle upon, and did not reach the. ground, otherwise he extra pair . had all the appearance of the regular ones. Ureensooro 1'atriot. tin Ooutn, is desirous of reunion. We- have he- fore us a. letter from Governor Vance to the agent of North Carolina in thrs country, dated "Rale'h, July 10th, 1S63," and from whrch we. are permit ted to make the following extracts: "The resources of our State and the Confederacy have developed in such a degree that we have every assurance of being able to clothe our troops with our owu goods, and our vast amount of cap tures has given "us an abundauce of arms! . The fall of Vicksburg, though creating some de spondency, has not discouraged us. ' VU fcu w Hm "'-F J I linn PiAprn VhIa. . . v...- J r - r--r r c ( neutral ana. oruerea xo take tne neld. tnemseives to a state or war, our resources are ae- appointment is HUW tn K f . , J " p""-! ""VC, Hopeful. President Davis, in his speech to Bragg's aimv. is re nor ted to hare said. tSat Uln - & - j u iu- i the next battle they did as he hoped and confi i dently believed gain a decided and crushing vic- t rnrr nror T? J w.w. -.J.- - 1 1 UL l lTt I Ij end Hie war. The Gen- velopmg wonderfully, our army is becoming vete-; eral Soule has unbounded popularity in Louisiana ran and invincible, and our cron nrosnects. with i :n 1 . r . CJiT -V'.V"' rrj ",",l,?r'BUUOnM. great many iiir uarvrki wireauy hi, hiluum. eiceeu ueiiei. j from that noble but oppressed "State. recruits the enactment of the Conscript laws if, indeed, it ever existed, was the result of want of forecast on the ! part of those who managed public affairs.aud regarding those laws of doubtful constitutionality and expedien j cy,"! could not have voted for them, if I had been in j Congress. But I do. not propose their repeal, and ad vise a prompt and cheerful acquiescence. in their re- !-t 11 iva -- itvrc fi-v iAAj-kva itrhi aIi tvt ncf V) A a rrn rant r a11 4jLi v 1 iucii tut 1 v? UL'o n uitiu uiuov v ajpaicuii vj ui. Should the war continue much longer, it will he ne cessarx to moiify, if not entirely abolish the Exemp tion acts. . Neither the Tithe, the Funding, nor the Impressment laws are necessary, in my opinion, in any other sense than as the result of improvident legislation. The Vtax in kind " portion of the Tithe law, should be mod ified as to operate more particularly on those products, net necessary to the support of animal life upon the farmer. The surplus "should be taken; those who have none, 3hould not be" forced to give what they cannot gpare; while those who have, should give it all if neces sary. Let the currency be placed upon a secure foot ing and the Tithe law3 will be no longer necessary. If the Impressment law is not - repealed, it will be necessary to provide, with more certainty, that the revision of the Constitution which declares that "pri vate property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation," shall not be violated. It admits of a grave doubt, whether property can-be taken for con sumption, under a Constitution which Km its its taking to ibe "a'' of that property. The power of Congress to suspend, the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, is limited, but I cannot agree to its exercise the privilege of the writ is too iuviiluable to freemen. Much less would I clothe the President with this power. The pefsonal liberty of the people should not be inthe keeping of any one man, however pure or exalted. Mr Jefferson was in favor of "the eternal and unremitting force of habeas corpus laws," and . history has not yet proven that he was wrong. Let us take care how. we part with liberty ip order to obtain more; in that' way we may, some day, loe what we have. "All political power is vested in, and derived from the people only," and their right to the freedom of speech, and to a free Press; to keep and to bear arms; to assemble together to consult for their common, good; and not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law all these and more, "are constitutional rights, "formidable to tyrants only," to which I turn with almost idolatrous devo tion nor can they be suspended or abolished by a fne people, or their representatives. Thure are those; I hope they are few who desire a strong government who advocate the closing of our Legislative halls and Conrtsof Justice the overriding of all other laws by Military law the concentration of the whole force of the people in the handa-of a milita ry Chief, and the reduction of the army as near as possible, to a perfect machine in a word, they want a Dictator,, and would obtain a Military despotism. Whether in or out of Congress, such views shall receive no aid or comfort from me. Military law should, and does apply to the army only. Civil law controls civil ians, and soldiers also; but Martial law, which means the abolition of aU ciyil laws, cannot exist in the Con federacy. Let ths laws, Civil and Military, be enforc ed within their respective spheres, and tneir majesty vindicated against all offenders, whether of citizens or, soldiers; especially'let us see to it, that republican lib erty suffers no detriment. The habit of legislating in secret, is incompatible with that strict accountability, of the representative to his constituents, which is of the very essence of free government: and nothing butftie most inexorable ne cessity, affecting the very salvation of the ountry, can justify its continuance. ' . The organisation of the Confederate Government should be completed, as soon as possible, by the insti tution, upon a proper basis,- of a Supreme Court. This, in my opinion, has been too long delayed. Until it ia done, no complaint slTould be made that the State governments interprel the lawsibr themselves. The wages of the soldier are utterly inadequate to his own wants, and those of his family especially in these times of speculation and extortion, and I am in favor of, their increase: but could the currency be re duced, and the necessaries of life increased, this would not be necessary. Speculation and extortion, also, would in a great measure abate.. The rights of tbe States should be guarded with un tiring vigilance, whilo the powers delegated to the Con federate government should be duly observed. Hence I demand for.the Legislative, Judicial and Executive decisions of North Carolina, full faith, credit and re spect; and regarding her soldiers, in the field equally brave and patriotic wjth any in the world; and her people, at home, both patriotic and competent, I insist that they be appointed to fill the offices within the Sta-e. The Administration of the Government shall receive from me, if elected, all proper and due assistance, and I sball-not fail to urge all needful reforms, pnd hold the administration up to the condemnation of the peo ple should it in my ojunioa, deserve it. To the Army, I sU;ill give every constitutional encouragement, com fort and succor to the people every possible protec tion in their ancient liberties, if assailed; and I shall ue all lawful and honorable efforts to bring about the halcyon days and heavenly blessings of peace with in dependence. Indulging the hope, that some one would become a candidate who would fully represent these views, and feeling an almost'insnperable diffidence to undertake even the partial management of the interests at stake in these appalling' times of strife and carnage; -I have too long decayed becoming a candidate o canvass the whole district. A partial canvass even it desirable, may be prevented by Professional duties and obligations. Under these disadvantageous circumstances". I mast appeal to those who endorse these views to see to it that they are as widely disseminated as possible, both' at home and in the army. - Electors at home vole on the 4th of November, in the army on the 29th of October, making returns within 20 days Most Respectfully, JAMES G. RAMSAY. Oct. 16th, fP63. It . OrriCE OP THE L1TKRART BOARD, Rileiou, October 2 The President and Directors of the Literary Fand baviag mad distribution or said Fund h' the following tabular statement to be published, ehowiag th Fall distribution of each County .V dirtct4 total daring the year. ' ailiuia The amount of said Fall.distribution will be paid to the perotn entitled to the same, anon t the Treasurer of the Literary Fund. , ....' ,PPcaUoat mi p.iniip nf Clav. Mitchell and TrannTlv&nia will receire their shir tmm th r . t 1UO JV " J 1 J " - .ua UUUBI (I Ctn aouiAsa a. VAflUlfi, Vrtsidtnt tz.0m c thpv were respectively formed. ji. ji. Battle, Jr., Secretary to the Board. Counties, Alamance Alexander Anson Alleghany Ashe Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe ' Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Cleaveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Davidson Davie Duplin Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lenoir Lincoln Ma (Km Madison Martin McDowell .fed. Pop. 10,475 5.778 10,884 3,5C7 7,800 12,428 11,036 9,864 6,954 11,882 8,288 9,330 7,064 4,492 ' 7,398 12,473 10,064 16.607 8,958 5,357 11,495 7,612 13,797 14,037 6,406 15,371 7,537 12,936 13.333 11.985 11,278 8,431 6,883 18,962 6,346 18.606 15,301 7,005 5,676 9,895 7,726 6,617 13.676 5,416 13,690 4,365 8,158 7,349 5,796 '5,823 8.4C8 6,598 Mecklenburg 14,758 Montgomery 6,920 Moore 10,420 Nash 9,815 New Hanover 17,582 Northampton'10,653 Onslow 7,457 Orange. 14,905 Pasquotank . 7,747 Perquimans Person j Pitt Polk Ra'ndolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Stanly Stokes Surry Tyrrell " Union Wake Washington Warren Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wrilson : Yadkin Yancey Oct 27. 5.820 9,143 12,691 3,795 16,135 8,828 13,307 14,219 13,014 10.617 13,812 7,333 9,414 9,881 4,304 10.304 24,334 5.371 11,566, 4,915 12726 14,266 8,321 10,138 8,510 . Spring Dis. $1217 68 . 671 1265 407 906 144i 1282 1146 808 1381 ' 863 1084 821 522 860 1449 1169 1930 1041 . 622 1336 884 1603 1631 744 1786 876 1503 1549 . 1393 1311 980 800 2204 737 2162 1778 814 659 1150 898 769 1589 629 1591 507 948 854 673 676 i 984 707 1715 804 - 1211 11 -10 2043 1238 866 1732 900 676 1062 1475 441 1875 1026 1546. 1652 15U2 1234 1605 . 852 1094 1148 500 1197 2828 624 1344 571 1479 1658 967 1178 987 68 25 58 74 75 91 67 38 26 46 59 ;7 19 01 95 91 52 35 74 26 88 87 76 68 84 16 78 93 23 04 08 13 28. 71 91 70 32 32 27 13 21 81 60 44 42 35 30 67 91 3 00 59 13 30 J7-87 38 67 57 56 85" 30 16 66 23 .90 93 85 20 62 44 35 64 33 87 77 37 52 35 36 38 29 51 26 Full Dis. $1522 10 839 1581 509 1133 1805 1603 1433 1010 1726 1204 1355 1026 652 1075 1812 1462 2413 1301 778 . 1670 1106 2004 2039 930 2233 1095 1879 1937 1741 1638 ' 1225 1000 2755 922 2703 2223 1017 824 1437 1122 961 1987 787 1989 634 1185 1067 .842 846 1230 958 2144 1005 1514 1426 2554 1547 1083 2165 1125 45 1328 1844 551 2344 1282 1933 20C6 1891 1542 2007 1065 1367 1435 625 1497 3535 780 1680 714 1849 2072 1209 1473 1236 Total Dis. $2739 78 60 56 49 42 94 64 34 47 57 32 74 46 44 39 15 69 42 30 10 84 70 85 55 20 72 41 54 80 10 16 36 14 64 37 90 77 84 66 51 26 00. 30 27 44 87 09 14 47 75 49 54 12 21 85 98 57 84 71 70 56 12 45 57 79 62 16 6 75 02 55 94 80 41 34 96 46 65 20 21 99 12 15 57 28 81 05 16 69 85 83 78 33 63 93 1511 2846 '917 2040 3250 2886 65 2580 01 1818 3107 2167 2440 1847 1174 1935.03 3262 39 2632 4343 2343 1401 3006 1990 3608 3671 1675 2663 1971 3383 3487 3134 2949' 2205 1800 4959 1659 4866 4002 1832 1484 2568 2020 1730 "3577 1416 3580 1141 2133 1922 1515 1523 2214 1725 3860 1809 2725 Deduct for Deaf and Dumb and Xiint I. f David J Watson, Elita J. C. WrUo0 I and Jos. Walion, deaf and dumb Maggi Bromley, blind. CO ?9 go 30 67 04 16 56 98 71 46 53 00 36 50 34 77i 84! If 29 64 85 55 07 22 59- 11 79 72 07 60 74 64 79 17 76 05 85 75 08 97 42 Sarah W. Ba.hall, Wind, Mincrra A. Walker, deaf and A, Caswell M. Cobb, deaf and dumb ' i uj. yj. ADernatoy, acjxf d dumb oraa u. oognee, blind, 5 00 75 00 75 00 0 00 f G W;fBrti'. bHnd, Jno McCorqU.Jau 1 i and Mary McCorauadalr. dr 225 Jmf-i Swir. ' 1 r. 1 -v ..... . cnocu urreil, blind, f Nancy J. Blanchard, Ellen Jobnion deaf and dumb. ' John W. C. Luper, deaf and dumb, 00 73 0ft 75 00 j I'O 00 75 00 Jonas 11. Cortnen, blind, George L. Jones, blind, Wm. Holt, James Holt, deaf and dumb, ?5 00 73 00 RO uo Japer Jamison, Mary M. Nichols, deaf) .. and dumb. 150 00 Christopher Seerera, deal and dumb, 75 00 2567 18 labellaPcgram,ZA Pcgram, draft dumb. ISO 00 4598 72! 2786 1950 3808 2026 1522 2391 3319 992 4220 36! 43 51 28, 26 James C. Lane, deaf and dumb 41 .Cornelius W. Willburn, bliud, 4ii 23, 2309 02; f John II Belton, Benjamin Btlton. uVuf 1 3480 52, and dumb, j 3719 09 John B. Watson, blind, 3403 91 j 2776 951 . ' . 3612 64 JM. A. Hall, Lizzie Hal!,' blind, 1917 99, 2462 29 2584 44 George Harris. N J Hill, deaf and dumb. 75 75 00 00 1125 2695 C364 1404 3025 1285 3328 k3731 2176 2651 2225 74 21 73 83 17 55 57 37 41 0 85 100,000 00 125,000 00 225,000 00 j N. J. Pnpre, J. fflmpKon. TiMnd, Oeo B i ' Harward, R Clements, deaf and dumb, Pnpre, J Joseph J. Reid, blind, ir.o 00 75 00 150 00 ISO 00 300 CO 00 JLSnmfrlin.SWSumerlin, N 00 I erlin, II Sumerlin. deaf and dumb. S A Owens, M Owens, Bt tey Owens, U'ud, 226 00 TO THE VOTERS OP THE 1 0th Congressional District of N.'C. I respectfully announce myself to you as a candidate for re-election. By your kind partiality I have the hoi or of a seat in the First Congress of the Confederate States. From the time of my election the Confederacy has been en gaged in a stupendous war,.for the jdrpose of driving back the ruthles invaders of its soil, and establishing the pea.ee an.dindependence to which it is so justly n titled. Overtures having been repeatedly made by our Government to terminate hostility and settle tht ex isting difficulties by negotiation and honorable adjuft ment, and tbese overtures having .been as ofl-n iu dignantly rejected no ajtemative remained to as bat to drive back the invaders and conquer a peace by force of arms. While in Congress, therefore, a?yonr representative, I used every exertion in my power to strengthen and increase the army, to give proper assistance and . en couragement to the Executive, aud to prevent, as far as possible, those disastrous collisions between the civil and the military authorities which are so-apt to occur and so difficult to adjust in time of war. I voted for both Conscription acts, not because I de sired to force the Southern citizen from his home and family to the camp and the battle-field, but because I considered them indispensable to the independtnee of the country. I voted -to raise the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates in the army, because I believed that they both deserved and needed it. I voted against the Exemption acts, not because I was opposed to all exemptions, but because I con sidered these acts wrong in principle, dangerous in policy, and unjust in many of their discriminations. I voted for the Fundjng bill, because I thought it necessary to diminish the volume of the currency, and thereby "to give more healthy action to the finances of the country. - I voted for the Tax-bill of the House, Which was re jected by the Senate: but, beore the conference bill, which is the present tax law. came up for action In the House,. I was called away by affliction in my Tamily, and hence I had no opportunity to vote either for or against that measure. - In fine, I voted for every measure Thich I thought would give strength to our artny, vigor to the Govern ment, andweonfidence to t.he country. Should you endorse my-course-as your representa tive by a re-election to Congress, I shall be guided by the same principles and policy which my record in dicates, and I shall devote my best energies and atten tion to secure your interests: and, although I deire peace as ardently as any one, and shall aee every honorable means to obtain it, yet I will consent to ao 1: .. -. .ri,;, V, itoei not brine with it the indeoen- I niiiuauuru, o - .- dence of the Confederate State, their total separation ; from the United Statesand all the blessings of liberty , , ....titlcwl hv inli Ari t nfit t. n rl fip whlih to wnicn we mc - .. " " . we are now contending. Our caase is just. Oar trust is in God. Oar desti ny, I firmly believe, is to be victorious in this straggle, and to enjoy a career glorious beyond parallel in all ! oast history. Let as prove ourselves worthy 01 our cause, and wonay 01 our uriunj. i u . -united in our efforts, and the whole world combined cannot enslave us. , f I am, very respectful,!, year cb t jrri Lincolnton, N. C.Sept. I, 1863 " ELECTION NOTICE. An Election will be opened and held at tbe sevetal election Precincts in Mcckltobuig county ontthe hrt Wednesday in November neit, (lib dy) for a member to represent the 8th Congressional District in tlir nnt Confederate Congress. MANAGERS OF ELECTION. ' The following gentlemen will bold the election st the sereral Precincts at the time above named: Cbarloafc W F Phifer, j. p., John Wolf, D.id Parks. Norments W S Norment, j. p., A F Sadler, Kttmutl l.awing. Long Creek A II Barry, j. p., Albert Wilton, It V Whitley. Deweese B B D Sloan, j. p., Wm Caldwell, Wm 0 Potts. Hill's U H Garrison, j. p., B F McWhorter, D F Diion. Uarrisburg R M Cochran, j. p , S A Stuart, T )i AUi-' ander. Hart's Robt McEwen.'j p , J II Irwin, Jos Rlair. Rea's Arthur Grier, j. p., T M Black. T W Squires. Providence Wm Rea, j. p.. W P' Robinson, J 8 Sample. Steel Creek J M Potts, j. p., J S Neely, Alrx Grier. , R. M. WHITE, K!riff. jQy-Tbe number of votes given must be written in words not in figures and the scrolls containing number of rotes, sealed up, roust be returned to tu befire 4 o'clock tbe next daj. Octobers, 1863 5t - R. M. W., Sheriff. r . Conscript Office, 0 Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 15, lbG3 J General Orders No. 26 "in accordance with instructions from the War De partment, persons liable to Conscription willt j assign ed at the Camp of Instruction, to regiments of their choice in General" Lee or Bragg's army, until farther orders. - Bj order of Col. PETER MALLETT, Commandant of Conscript for N. C. j. W. MIllitt, Adjutant. Qct. 20, 18C3. ' ADJ'T. k INSPECTOR GENL'S OFFICE, Ricumoxd. Sept. 8th, 18C3. Special Orders! No. 213. I Extract. J III. The Bureau of Conscription is authorised to raise and equip in each of the States' of (it-ori, tiouia Carolina, North -Carolina and Virginia, one ?-'00 . ti.ft-.. a it ..I.,, fiirnnh tufir Oi six companies ui nuuuitu Aim, " " . own horses, and ar not liable to conscription, to t under the orders of the Bureau for the purpones of con- ... .... i. ....I A(nctl. scription, the arrest oi deserters, aim iornn mustered for one year. Companies to elect e,V0W" officers. The Field Officers to be assigned irom belonging to the Enrolling service. Cowjnies exceed one hundred rank and file. Br command of the Secretary of War, (Signed) J- iV.!""'' 1 ' A'l Adj t Oenersl. Wotioo. CosscaifT Orrin S. C, Raleigh, Oct. 7, 1IC1. The Commandant invite the attention of all perioei 'capable of bearing arras, but who are eicrnp " military duty " " r'.,. -"" !above order of tbe Secretary of War. i It will be seen tbat It U the intention of the Pep." 'ment to raise a Battalion of Mounted Men for 'service in North Carolina, and tbe commandant top" 'that all able-bodied men, who" may be exempt hv '' son of having: furnished substitutes or othrr!"-. fnot shrink from this call, but will hasten to !the defence of their homes, their firesides and tbea that gare them birtn, Parties enlisting in this Battalion will from duty in tbe Militia and Home Guard, and w ceire the pay and allowance oi caTairjn.ru. The Enrolling Officers throughout the hr' dirtCi. thoriied to receive recruits, or they ma report o ljr at either of the Camps of Instruction. - Br order of Col. PUT Kit :f S.C. Commandant fCon.-cnpUi", Hdc L. Cos, i 'apt. k A. A. A. G. October 12, 1863 im The subscriber want to purchase 0,K aa4 ,ftSo.phec.nget. Also .hi iw ,, p- hickory Ashes. A gooa pr.. w q WILLI" Ang . 24, 18C3. '
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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