North Carolina Newspapers

1 t- . I K N-vi 1 v I . 1 r H ft www SB5 per annum IN ADVANCE,-.!- --. PROPERTY OP THE OTHER. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1863. 17. TATS;!, Editor and Proprietor. TWELFTH VOLUME NU UBCB 597. OFFICE ) . ON TIIE CHARACTER IS AS mruis lAiNT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUAL, A"ND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE onyun Ti:ST SIDE OF TRADE STREET - ' , . . . (QPublMied every Tuesday BY tt I L L I A 31 . J YATES, EDITOR AND PROPP-H-i uu. ,. j -'J j $ 5 IN J ADVANCE. jjfr-jj"' Transient advertisements ioust.be paid for in -iva.'ice. . . i-tf- Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f.r a specific 'time, will be inserted until forbid, and c h : r d a c -o r d i n r ly . AW 1 RELATION TO THE ACT MTLtTIA AND A GUARD' FOR HOME DEFENCE. yK 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of . I . .t 'X r. I- I ll I 11 I 1 1 1 1 It IL 111(1 II. I . ij t il II .i mi i a .1 :. i, i . enacted Ly I iic- iiiihoritv of the same, That the exemntionsiw tlJ u,vuf"g vV.uruu0 v j j .... . 1 . . i , , l ,J J 1. A C1A li' .in .-erviee in the Militia of the State, shall be tur tne: - ntid to the same extent nnd no farther, t!, ire j.re-ci ibcd in the acts of Congress ot the Con -ii. .'iitcs. nrovidincr for the enrollment of men the public dct'eiic . ::u:v, commonly a n d 'framing exemptions from call:; the conscription and ex- act-!. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the , r.fihe Governor t. ca-.se to be enrolled as a guard-j 'i....u,e defence all white male persons not already ,!;! in the .orvicc c 1 the Con federate State?, be i : theaes of eighteen and fifty years, r.ecident in . t-itc. inel mil ii r foreigners not ne.t um 1 ized, who ! a resi ieut. in tne ouuc io. i him u ,3 servi(.e in North Carolina, and the commandant hopes j. . ii-i hnent . excentin'T persons niini-' ttie olucesi. . . ,,- , , , . ,. ., ... ' ... t i. , t;.ivernor, Judges of the- Supreme and Superior! C) u!s of Law and Equity, the members of the General' A-.-emhly and the officers of the several Depart mer.ts'of'l !,,- (lovi-i -nment of the Stat?", Ministers of. the (Josjk-1; ill tin- several il etiottl 1 nations Ol uie oinie cnnigen vmi :ii; iluties of chuiclies, and such other persons asj .i - . . . i . i o . i. . ... yi i!w Governor, for special reasons, may aeem proper Mil.jccts of exemption. sVc. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons above t!ie :oe of fifty, wlio may volunteer for service in said if nr. 1 for home defence,' and shall be accepted by a r , plain of a company for the same, li ;i 1 1 be deemed lo !,. i.ci'j iiereto, an : shall be held to servic e therein, ,..:h.-r .--enerally or for any special 'duty or expedition a- she eoiiim.i ml! ng (dlicerd of regiment-; or couianies, ... r,,i ,!inrr to the nature of the particular service in i -i .-: ;o;. i.'.a v ileti miine. ' v,-. .; -Be it tuither enacted, That the Governor .- iiu'.t c::i.-" all persons - enrolled in pursuance of the t .v. i ri c. ii i n r f i ctions of this act to he formed into i ; 1 1 1 j ' . 1 1 i -, with liberty to elect the commissioned olfi ,.. -ii co!ii.:iies, and thence into battalions or i .!,, -:);-:. hri:r-tdes aud divisions according to his dis :lu i hi- .--hall appoint the -field officers of such i. ,;i -li.,;. .- re'j.:meiits, brigades and divisions, and ill i--ue coiutiiissions in due form to all the officers .1 1 Tli.f t - ."Tilrrc of flip ietv of Friend.-?, commonly called Quakers, m If.v l. .., i -- niv bojl ill III 11 I1U1II mi. I1U. lomu wi . - v -.j I o i . of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance . .. ... l I'-..... il.,. 1 t . rt ll.i ni-t Kv nnvinrr ttie the Convention of this tale in that behalf, ratified t (.). I Jth d;iy of May, 18G2. Providi alcr .-hall have paid or had levied ..t tnat wiien a of his nropertv 1 111- SU u of live hundred dollar; under the act of Con-iund .1 Lin- l l,,i-,.C!) lit MP ! Ill use UMisunmi'ii .w,.... i - I I: t Ci.it be 1 i , .,nv cum nf moiiev tor his l-x-I under this act. j v' -i Hull uie gam " ' 1. ( allod out for. service tlif Governor in defence of the Slate atrainst invasion and to suppress- inva:ior,!th, r comsiauie?, en ma.i.ie, ether by legiments, battalions, or cot .!:-.. ft s or volunteer.- trom tne same, as ui, m s i-.-imn nmv direct: shail be under lm command, on Ii ilo ollicers Knnoiuted asi herein provided:: :. ul -'ervc only wilhiii the limits ot tlii- otate, an.i m . tern,,' of duty to' be -prescribed bv the Governor, not! The subscriber wants to purchase all the hard and ,.,1;,,,, ,1,'ree months at one term. They, or so manylsoft Soap be can get. Also, he will purchase oak and : t ! :i i v in as m.av be at anv one t me called into service. i- organi.' v direct. d into infantry, artillery or cavalry asj i i..t iIip infant'rv and artillery may be! i.: .I-'!' u if he li:' it o.vn hoi shall so (letermiae, the men rurnisliingj ... .....1 i. rma ii-Vtni.l es aim in co u i itiuvu i s ni m tne, ....v.. apj. roved by the Governor, on such terms as he shall! t.tesc rioe. See fiiini-'.i to said troops the arms, accoutrements and a't-munition of the State when called as aforesaid into ar'ive service, and shall prescribe rules for their return! to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the, 1. 1H II llllllll ------ . i n f.ii,o.nni..t(.il Tlmt the Gnvernormav -.ime. i Sec. 8. He it further enacted, That all laws and lan.-cs of laws coming within the meaning and pur-L u vi.-w of i!;i n t be, and the same are hereby repealed-! See. : He it further enacted. That the commissionsj of oficers of the Militia, called into service by this act, For are susr.ende.l only during tlte period of such service.) Sec. io. F.e it further enacted, That this act shall be j in force from the date of its ratification. j 'U iti'ied t li e 7th day of July, 18G3. r: :orTO. CAKD A.E il O B3S.! ; oitrm card- tor sale, oui an cany can win oni sc iii'.e a pair as we only have ten pair. We have on hand and can make to order calf-skin Shoes and (Jailers of very tine English leather. Lots ladies' calf-skin Ljotee-. Lot of thick Rrogatu. large sizes. J. F. BUTT, Mint Str?et, June 2::. is.;:: if Charlotte, N. C. Hl.ACK ALPACCA, r.Ll'S: FLANNELS. SPOOL COT iirNi,!ack i:l.::aoiii:i smu f snc. and white. J. S. PHILLIPS. tt o ZJopai'txiorsliip. 11 av e t'u' jitid (nr. Tuc t vie associated with them in the Mercantileipremises, i on business. LEWIS YV. SANDERS, inc on m; I t" ... ...Ill t..-.rn.l f.r.t. t oe WILLIAMS, OATF.S & CO. NOTICE. All William- A: O.ues persons indebted to the late firm o will y'ieac cali and settle up, asi we wish 1) close our oil nsin ess. V.-ILLIAMS k GATES. Pec ?. 1PC2 i)i:. .m. mui Charlotte, N. C, I! s r found Ki-rr': J'e. -unicl the Pra-ctice "of Mc'.ie'tn' nr!d can be -.ti tis 'i:ue in tne i-iawiov IjuU.' lOV Ijlilliii'.iir o;in I, tiotel, or at hi reside r. "'" The lUBtoiT of Korth Carolina,' ".jL ," Publii" ! -a Ii:l by tlie un L-isioned. in it.- prefaVc :UXli. v. iihiu DO days, or conceded ti:a it contained omissions ur.avoi. 'able ami :U';r;-v : .-. - m iny imperfection. A second edition was then prom-i vctoeer . ISO. ' is.' l. which would remedy tl:r?i defects. This is now! ' culled for. He will lo e.iaioftil to any one who w IiL'IJIiIC point out any errors in th. date.-, names or facts in the!" The Cov.ntt-r. various counties of the State; fketch of those who bava done Suite. and any bioraphicarnoiice that every iieron who cC'N Letters mav be sent to me, en re of Ron- p. L. Svrnir, JOHN H. WHEEL tit. ipol Hill, N C, June 1th, I St3. Administrator's Sale. On Thursday, the 5th day of November, will be ex posed to public sale, at the late residence of William Wallace, deceased, all the property of said deceased, viz : Wheat, Corn, Fodder, 3 Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Wagon, Cuggy, Household and Kitchen Furni ture, and oiher articles not necessary to mention. Terms made known on day of sale. JANE A. WALLACE, 1 Adm'rs. J.UU5. 2.1. ivhiwa. j Oct 20, 18G3. ot-pd ADJ'T & INSPECTOR GENL'S OFFICE, Richmond. Sent. 8th, 18G3. Special Orders 1 No. 213. ' Extaact. III. The Bureau of Conscription is authorized to raise and eqirip in each of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Nortli Carolina and. Virginia, one Battalion j of six companies of Mounted Men, who furnish their.! own horses, and are not liable to conscription, to be under the orders of the Dureau-for the purposes of con scription, the arrest of deserters, and for local defence, inustertd'for one year. Companies to elect their own olficers. The Field Officers to be assigned from officers etM1 "uieu iah. mm .nc. Ly command of the secretary or war, (Signed) , Jxo. Withers,- Ass'st Adj't General. CoxscnirT Office N. C, Raleigh, Oct. V, 18G3. The Commandant invites the attention of all persis capable of bearing arms, but' who are exempt from military duty under the present regulations, to the above order of the Secretary of War. It will be seen that it is the intention of the Depart ment to raise a liattalion ot .uountcu Men ior special that all able-bodied men, who may be exempt by rea son of having furnished substitutes or otherwise, will not shrink from this call, but will hasten to enlist in the defence of their homes, their firesides and the State that save them birth. Parties enlisting in this Battalion will be exempt from duty in the Militia and Home Guard, and will re ceive the pay and allowance of cavalrymen. The Enrolling Officers throughout the -Sfate are au thorized to receive recruits, or they may report-directly at either of the Camps of Instruction. By order of Col. PETER MALLETT, Commandant of Conscripts for N. C Hugh L. Colk. vjapt. & A. A. A. G. October 12, 18G3 lm ExcSsassge Notice, No. 7, Richmond, Va., Oct. 16, 13G3. The following Confederate officers and men arc here by declared duly exchanged: I. All officers and men captured and parolled at tny timc previous tothe 1st of September, 18G3. This sec tion is not intended to include any officers or men cap tured at Vicksburg, July 4th, 1SC3, except such as were declared exchanged by Exchange notice No. 5, Sept. 12th, 18(53, "or are specifically named in this no- 'tice. Hut it does embrace all deliveries made But it does embrace all deliveries maae tu. v uy , , , .1. oini or otner place oeiore ccpi. iooa, uuu wnu the limitation above namcci, all captures at fort uua- , , . , , , son or any other place where the parties were releasee. on narole. 2. The Staff of Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, knven, Moore, Barton, S. D. Lee, Cumm'mgs, Harris uaiawin, and ot uoioneis ueynoius, tochuicn auu LIUUl V l IIC UlUCCIS UUU UlCU uciuukiul i"- ""i-,1 ... , i ueei oi is uuu oao iei3 nuu iUiiicu. n.ou " A t T (i ml 'ul" "11""-v,'n'1 mjiiumu, v.u. ... . OJ Julv 4th. 18b3. - , . vi.i.a t..i i ne general omcers capiureu at ic-u-suurg, umj 18G3, were declared exchanged July 13th, 1SC3. OULD, October 27. 6t Agent of Exchange. gQ tueKory snes. -v goou puce m o? p.nu. Aug. J l, IbbJ. ti Lj. o. iniiiaAJio. : ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE iOF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. AMU YES. From Char, k S C. Railroad 5 00 " N. C. Railroad . 6 25 " A., T. k 0. Railroad 10 00 , u Wil-, C. k R. Railroad 3 15 DEPARTS. - A. M. t: i; P. M. and 5 P".M and 5 " N C. Railroad G 20 .i. M. and 5 50 P. and G 00 ' M Char, k S 0 Wil., C. k R RaHroad Railroad 1 00 1 30 3 00 it it A., T. & 0.. Railroad P. M. Iti desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to S07 "V, this Oilice U. k lloci: pi ev i the above trains, be sent to ions to its departure. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1S03. tf ISXIK2S ft'OTiTCE. Orricn Southern" Express Company, ) Charlotte, Sept. 2 !, 1803. In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make onr charges conform to the liability assumed, this Company hcrebv gives notice that from and after Octo l.er I st.! 80" . s'. toners will be rcouired to place their valuation upon each package before it will be received, j j Soch valuation v. receipt, and estahlis jthe amount. The ; 1 he inserted in 'ne i -ernpauy & the liability of the Company for j t of God and thv-publie enemy J T. D. GILLFSPIE, I Agent. j ly excepted. s. lb- 'TSCE. ! As sc. er; l1 depredations have been committed on my hereby forewarn all persons ajrainst hunt land with or without dogs". The law will be enforced a-rains1 those offending. . I have no objec tions to pru.'e.it persons lishii on my premises. A. A. KENNEDY j , (Jet C, 1 .StJU It-nd TAKEN UP, . . jOa the 18Ui September, . near Lonergan's Ferry, in jMoeklciburg county, a Eoan Iiorse. Mth saddle and ;brille. The Horse was in. the possession of a negro !at the time I Jco. him. turd the ner-vs) was in company j with a whit- iwan who gave his name a? James jiindfceous, v. ho professed to be a paroled prisoner from ..e?i:v s command ana claimed that be owned ine V-iir opposite to'ncro anu borse. Iiudgeons has absconded, leaving Uhe horse and necrrd in my possession. The negro is in i-uccklciihura: Jail, ana tue horse is at niv plantation. is hertby notified to come pay charges aud tr.ke him Lev-i'.I be sold as tho l.-.w C. V. ERO'.VN. . tf .wecKieniMirsc coticiv civcs Us to or buys from a of personal property, ' sewherc ia the county; : uc iieiuorjsiavo, trounce or other articles n ip.e streets .oi rharlr.ttn ic ;wr.;ioai a iaw.ki permit, tvni i, ;ri:n,i P. M. TOSS, Chairman C' t 1863 lm ol.the Countv Court rtfh-'9Utsfrtt tfUmrrfrrrt I itiiBttxn. A) tmorrnt; CHARLOTTE, N. C. NOTICE. five-dollars per year inf advance Our terms ere 6 months $3. : fisa""Individual or local shinplasters wjll not be re ceived When sent to ns they wilr be held subject to the sender's call, and not returned by letter. oer A? expiration of the ttme for vhich tt ts pa a.A Those .i,n,, ui,:.. m...t rr,. ni piraticn of their time. A Yankee Confession. A yankee corres-. pondent writes frvwn Washington city lo the New York Times as follows concerning tho. retreat of, the vankee army from Virginia: "A great disaster has befallen the army of the Potomac. If it were possible to cover the Admin istration with a deeper load of infamy than that under which it has long staggered, the events of the last month do it. Lee has not been .foiled in his designs, as the Lincoln Government would lead the people to believe; on the contrary, he defeated Mesjjc in eight engagements in as many days, and compelled him . to fall back from Culpeper to Washington with such precipitation as obliged him to leave his dead and wounded. in the enemy's hands. His weary and exhausted troops only find rest and shelter under the defences of the Capital. The country may congratulate itself that the whole riny escaped being entirely cut off from Yash inoton. Nothing saved the army from utter an nihilation but the -good cret.eralship of - Meade. When Conjztcss meets tjiis winter, it will find it self in a beleaguered capital." -The same correspontuent says the Federal Gov ernment will be obliged to make the humiliating confession that the obstructions of Charleston har bor are of a nature too formidable to be removed. It is supposedVbat the yankee writers areprepar ing the public mind for the announcement of the abandonment of the seige at Charleston. JC$U Gen. Burnside- has sent his officers into various counties in East Tennessee to recruit for the Lincoln army. Many of the people of that section were opposed to the waj because they did not want to go into tbe army, and they thought that when the yankees got possession of the coun try they would be clear of military duty. But they are now finding out their mistake; for the yankees are now compelling the East Tenuesseeans to join the Lincoln army. So it will be elsewhere when the yankees get control. Nothing can be gained by submitting to the enemy it will bring Peace tO 1 no man, but will certainly add to his troubles is stated that the Federals have evacu ated the country east of the Chowan River, in Eastern North Carolina, and that they are rein forcing at Plymouth, N. C. JUgg" A sketch of the life and military achieve ments of Gen. John II. Morgan has been publish ed, in which the exploits of that hero are thus summed up : "lie has fought G3 battles andhas been success ful in 57; took 50,000 prisoners, killed 20,000 of the enemy, and destroyed fifty millions dollars worth of property;, taken 50,000 stand of small arms and 50 pieces of artillery, 20,000 horses, and traveled twelve thousand miles.'-' - It is said fhat Morgan has not had with him at any time over 5,000 men for duty. Hisdeeds surpass or equal at leait anything in the annals of history. A Valuable Plant. Verily, says the Lynch burg Republican the sorghum plant is bread and meat as well as sugar and molasses. As witness : A farmer told us that he gives a pint of the syrup, to his negroes in place of meat; he uses it to sweet en the eofiee drunk at his table, and the cofiee is made from the seeds; and lastly, he feeds his cows j .t .1 V. 1.1. ' ... ... : 1 I. l with the fodder of the plant, and thus gets milk to put iu tho" coffee.- None but Chinese could have invented the sorghum, sure enough. ' j The Western papers say that the late'severe j frosts in the W'est have "demonstrated that i the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane, is'much hard-; ier than Indian corn, and may work something of j a revolution by the substitution of one crop for the j other by the farmers. j The Atlanta Intelligencer says the sorghum j crop in Georgia has been unexampled in her histo- j ry. Molasses from that species of sugar cane now j brings 'only 82 and 3 .per gallon in. mo.-l part3 of i the State Ton i ! Ialt.ht. Through a young rentU m:sn. ot u lute countv. the -Vtneiis, j con., n arun- i. t ' . 1 A.I 1C I. man, learns that some or Al organ s men, wno re- , an ltiCicu-e ol price, oi n mvn, si.vui j ii i-ivc, n one ui me r?uuau h ujujucis iu arrainea i ceiitly cau:o into Cherokee county, North Caroli- i our readers will be duly nf'oimL'd j ihe age at which Turkish iirU are generally mar- ua, and the news of whose advent hud spread alarm j As to laborers and mechanics, the remark of our , ried, the father ecks a husband for her among the i through some of the upper counties, as they were 1 -contemporary is also true, though not to so great nobles of his court. If a young m in pecialiy S reported to 'be Federal raiders, succeeded, one an extent. Their wages have generally been ad- j pleases her be is given the rank of Lieut General, day lait week, in capturing a portion of the ootori- ! vanccd from three to five times a"s much as f'ornu r- ' nothing lower being ever selected. Tho chosen I ous Bryson's men, seventeen of whwii they hung, i ly; but they pay ten times as much for food and-i man receives in addition a mugnificent, fully fur i in the neighborhood of Blansvillc, Union county, i clothing. j nished palace and sixty thousand piasters a month ! The news is deemed perfectly reliable. i The cases of mt hardships that wo know of pocket money ; and 1u addition his iather-in-law j are those of salaried men. In very rare instirnoes defrays all the housekeeping expenses. The bride- i . j i i IiLiTAur Changes. General Polk has been j have salaries been increased. How they get along " .... ,'. .- - ' r 1 - p j i.f. assigned to duty in Mississippi, in place of General ; . J... . . 4 1 t V. -r. n t c ' Hardee who will take commanu oi 1 oiK s iormer i commaud in Tennessee. Prvc Before the invention of r ins in 1543, ; a . il.nlr trkvs mnnpv to l uv a few rin. This xuon ey allowed a wife for her own prival still called pin money. iVe would c(j to e a similar state of things private expenses is not be surprise exist now, tor i the price' of pins we hive no doubt, is at presmi ladies used to fasten their 'dresses with skewers., stint themselves 01 everyiLir.g out ine piu.-.tsi auu -to him nis impenoing good lortune, ana it is nis made of wood bones anil ivory. At first'pins : moit indis'pensible articles. We heard a bunk of";- bounden duty to bow rtvercntiilly, ki.s the Sul were considered a .luxury, and not tit -for commcn "ctr-ay recently, that ho bad nut had a pound of tan's fett, aiid itamuera few words tbcutth's high u-e.' They were prohibited being hold in open batter on his table for mcnth, nor a swct potn- ; bouor, the unexpected happiuehs, &c. lie then fchors except on two days d' the yenr, ih the be- ; tee during this season. His salary will not affoid : proceeds v.Itb the chamberlain, who wears the im-"innin- of Januarv. At this time " husbands gavc ; such luxuries and be is too honest to live teywod r j,Cml hat, to the Sabl'iuiC Toite. A Uiilitary band ; quite as high as tuey wer in 1513. resident DA vis AT CHARLESTON. I The Prcsident -nd su5t0 visUe Chareston on ! j i.iuuuaj tne gainst, ije was received at the de- - ; pot by Gen. Eeauregard and staff and the Commit- . .. . " tee ot the City Council, who accompanied him with the military- escort to the City Hall. The j tur" ouc 01 cmzens was Krand and the procession - was enthusiastically cheered alcng the whole route. ? Un arrival at the City Hall, the President was in- f a . r ' - - troduced by Judge Magrath to Mayor Macbeth, rr-i -i . . , , . - . . . : -tue x reaiaent rcturtjea nis -acKnowieds- uients on being introduced, aud addrepsed the rJ people. lie said his feelings had drawn him here in this our hour of trial, and he desired also to confer with our Commanding General, and by per sontl observations acquire some of that knowledge whith would enable him to more fully understand our vants and the reports submitted to him. The President paid a high compliment to the heroic garrisons defending Fort Sumter, and said the eyes of the whole world were upon them, and he trust ed thit the. day would never come when the Yan kee fag would float over it. In proportion lo the hate jf the Yankees of the nest of the rebellion, so he said is the love of every true son of the Con federacy gathered around, as they were, watching our struggle with anxious solicitude. He trusted fhe eiemy's desire to possess Charleston would never e giatifiedj but if Providence ordered oth erwise, he desired for her what -lie wished for his own lafivc county town, Vicksburg that the whole be left in a mass of ruins. He believed Charleston never will be taken, and if the foe shoulc beleaguer us on every side, reinforcements woulc be sent to our assistance in proportion to the forces of the enemy. From his present personal knowledge he looked forward to a glorious record t at theelose of the struggle for our city. He urged a harnonious co-operation on the part of the peo ple with the Commanding General, to be united in.our efforts and to look with an eye devoted sin gly tothe cause of our country. He who would attempt to promote his own personal ends in pre ference, or would not take a musket and fight in the ranks, was not worthy of the liberty for which we arc fighting. Our army now, he said, was bet ter thin it was twelve months ago, was stronger, bears matching, hunger and privations without murimring or straggling, and always welcomes cheerftilly the word "onward." On Tuesday, the 'President and Vice President visited the gunboats, and was received on board the flag ship Charleston by Capt. Tucker and offi cers. From there the President affd party went to Sullivan's Island, and was received by General Ripley, commanding the District, also Gen. Cling maij. They'then visited all the batteries aud Fort Moultrie. Thev were received at the latter bv Col Win. Butler, commanding the fort and batte- lies. I he officers and men were at their various F i n-ciutiii ptisu oiiNuiu.n a jji iuuc : -.:i .. . 1 ..... . . t. : li it.. i. .. l i . . l. n in icucvr uiiu w us ciJiuosia.siiemiy cuuuieu uy tne troops. He then visited Alt. Pleasant and inspect ed the works there and reviewed the Brigade com manded by Colonel Keitt. WThile on Sullivan's Island the party "rode up and down the beach, while the monitors and the enemy's land batteries were at the time in full play on Sumter. The party was plainly visible to the Yankees, being not a mile distant. NEWSPAPERS AND SALARIED MEN. One of our exchanges says:- "Hc is a brave man who will now venture to sell his'produce or wares at relatively lower prices than he has to pay for everything else. Wre know but two classes that are doing this, and they bid fair to live and die in moderate circumstances these are the newspaper men and laborers or mechanics and salaried jneu. We know from experience that newspapers, have only risen two or threo times former prices, while we have to pay froui ten to twenty times as much for everything we use, and still there is complaint that we should increase our prices at all. Newspaper proprietors . could just as well have made fortunes out of the necess ities of the times as other classes, but they huye preferred to make a decent living and servo the cause." - This ..compliment to the Press is but ju.-t, though uttered by one of them and now endorsed uv another. Paying from four to ten times a much as formerly for paper, wages, ink, &c, we have only doubled our prices, no more. Vet it is more than (Questionable whether wc shall "make a decent living" by the publication. With the cir culation we now have and old prices we should ra pidly make a fortune, but, with vastly increased labor, we do not expect to mike a support. Yet we are exceedingly loth to make uny further ad vance in-our prices', for it w ould -seem to be a giv ing way to the ruling spirit of the times, thcgieed of gain. Wo have an intimation, however, that the price of printing paper ""is to be raised, aud at 1 . I II L x ... i no lony. I rriu'.l lo nearly itoubte wnai we now pay. li EO. flid ii;!iirn eltr.f rn wfmfl WO. Tlflflt Will Uit'' I us iutt about as much a? subscribers pay for the . II 1111V I V t. - ' ' I ----- - printed sheet That ol eouise would necessitate r ' i . i r i ,1..11. .i is a marvel, paying SGj a barrel for fl .ur, fcv a r i c- - ,,,..,1 U. (f uusuti ior ireat, v - a wuuu jvi uu-.., v-vm? a pound for fresh mcat.,'-53 a pound for butter. SI i 50 a dozen for eggs, and so on. The only hnagin- able mode by which they can live is that they ..a a a i:LiI1f- i luwuit. - i rijifcCcuea i.nu, auu tu"i y ' iu also with many of the Professors in oaf Lit- road who present arms. At the head of the atair crary institutions. How can they live upon their case'the bridgegroom is received by tho grand vi old salaries? And vet we have heard that in some I ;Cf' conducted by him into a room where all mio- cases even those old salaries have been reduced! It ought not to be S'J. FoycttetiUe Observer. "j C0l. THOMAS' LEGION. Onr rpxilpN will . run A ! V. ?.. .1.. ' ..... J -vi Tfliu iuicium iuc uitiuir- ing letter, describing the services of Col. Win. H. ! Thomas' ealfant Lecion. Th Polonrd r, f.,r ' long time stood in oco-jmrtnti to a tribe, i remnant of a tribe, of I , or a .1 M. 9 ' .cn- west ! ern part of North Carolina, and has managed their ! affaire with fidelity and success, they being now a j thriving people. Camp near Abingdon, Va., ) Oct. 19, 1SG3. f Mr. Editor : When the bistory of the present j war comes to be written, -that page on which all be recorded the bcria deed of ili h.1ia i,f thn "Uld iN'orth State " will Lo iriA nf Iu In i irlir..r As the acts of any portion of the Nortli Carolina troops must be of interest to all the t.eonle of tlio State, you will pardon me for introducing to your numerous readers an organization as yet not much known to the people of the State. "Thomas' Le- gion, raised in the extreme western counties of North Carolina, with three companies from East lennessee, is composed of a regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. James IX. Love, a battalion com- manueu Dy Eaeut. Uol. Win. C. Walker, and an artillery company commanded by Cnpt.J. T. Levi, the whole under the command of Col. William II. Thomas. Included in the regiment are tw com panies of Iiwlians from Jackson county.' At the time of Burnside's advance into East Tennessee, Cul. Thomas, with the Indians and. a few white men, was cut off from the rest, of the 'command, and, as we hear, is now -defending the passes of the Smokj mouutaius, where doub'te-s h will make a good report if au opportunity is a Horded. The rest of the command; now comprising' the major part of the 4th brigade of the army of upper East Tennessee, has of late been iu very active service and has participated, in nearly every en gagement in East Tennessee incc the Federal in vasion. A part of the Legion participated in the engagement at .Limestone on the 7th of Septem ber, where some four huudred of the eiseuiy were captured, and it was complimented for its gallant bearing. At Carter Depot, on the 2If"t and 22d of September, it bore its part with honoT, and suc cessfully resisted on the night of the 21st a large body of the enemy that advanced to attack one of our batteries. In the late advance down the East Tennessee and Virginia Kailroad, our Legion com posed the entireinfantry force. Gen. Williams, with the cavalry, was iu the front, while we fol lowed to a point below Greenville. On Saturday, the 10th, Gen Williams fought the enemy all day at Blue Sprines. where, in conseouence of the great superiority in numbers, thu enemy succeeded iu flanking him, which cauncd a rapid retreat ne cessary. Before day on Sunday morning we com menced the retreat towards Virginia. Just at the dawn of day, at a point some two or three niilea above Greenville, our train was fired at, the wag ons halted till the Legion passed to the front, when the march was resumed. Iu a few moments we came upou a large body of the euemy that had aioved up in the night and had got "above us. The enemy immediately opened fire, which our bos promptly returned and followed up by a churge that forced the dastardly Yankees to run like frightened curs. Here some cavalry and artillery passed the wagon train from our rca'r, and thus strengthened, our gallant boys pressed on, led by the gallant Oolonel Love, and cheered by the com manding General. The next five or six miles was a continued succession of charges, before which the Yanks were compelled in every instance to give way. The whole of our transportation, a long train, was kept close jip.' The enemy was at last turned over to our left, and th whole passed' by. But at llheatown, a short distanco above, we were overtaken by fresh troops pf the enemy, but by dint" of hard fighting and fast driving we again succeeded in getting loose and made good our retreat to Zollicotfer. To fciim.up.: Wc were up all night, in the morning made a charge of seven miles on foot, driving a largely superior and well mounted force before us, finally turned tb'em off. to our left, and then on beint: overtaken stunned the euemy so is to make him keep at too hafo a dis tance to again molest uj ou the retreat. Ort Wed nesday, the 14tb, we fought them at Zoliicofler, where being again flanked, wc fell back to Abing don, bringing the trjins off safely. Here tho ene my, after hovering round us for two days while we were in line of battle, fell back, tearing up the rail road' and burning bridges. Wo Lave now received reinforcements, aud will, I presume, folluw the re treating enemy, but I know not the programme c.f" our Generals. One thing, however, I will predict, and that is, if wc ever gvt the Yanks in aa close a plaee as they had us, we will calch them. Ver ref-pectl'ully, your obed't tcrv't, JA.S. W. TEHBEL.L, "Capt. and A. Q M. Ilegf. Thomas Biiide. Mahriage or the Sultan's Dal'Gut In the beginning uf the present je-ir ouc of the Tur kish Sultan's daughters wa married.- There was a magnificent diiplav of luxury and wealth on the ftff'tf lhe cust "fabulous. ,lhc modu3 KusbSnd" taking is thus described by a tr w W u - of royal corrt.Tpondr rit of the New York Woild : i if . r ii . j l . i l groom is not always over and above pleaeed'at be- .' i.i Trt t . ... .. ; ing selected. If bo be.tuairied he is obliged to ' .... .. .1 : . 1, . , . . t ; gri a umoico, hhuum ueur 11 ivo a wpe or raw '. tress in addition to the prince! 'and. moreover. he is regarded as. the servant rather than tho bus- band of his wife. The Sultan himself announce .a - ;&tpra arc assembled, and the halt is read aloud. This ceremony corretpoali to the betrothal From the Southern CbriatUa A(Jtocm, (ilethodUt ) OUR CHUBCH IN THE BOUDCB , 8TATJSS. The following facta have been farniobed ui by an inttlligent minister gf our Church who. has re cently reached Georgia from thr North-treat: The Church has suffered sadly in MUso'iri and Kentucky, and wherever the ruthless foe hare been enabled to plant their standard. Io Missou ri the Ker. Dr. McAnally, Editor of the. St. Louis Advocate, is not suffered to write a letter to any one. ilia dwelling ha beaa mobbed a camber of ' times and he has been Con Hoed io prison a number ' of days. The Uook establishment in St. Louis is doin well as far as 10b printinir is concerned, but Luo ppr allowed to be issued. A number of our ministers' have been murdered om e 1'refiJ. ing Elders among them. Others are bid io exile in the "Free States," while a great many are ssfe in the South. Their property u all confiscated 1 1 ao destroyed, and their families thrown helpless j upon the world. . In Kentucky last Fall, the Con fere o co was put under arrest at Owcnsboro', fur pissing the char acter of Ret. J. Shoby, who was reported to bo in the Confederate Army. The rote was reconsider ed and a committee appointed to repert at the co ming Conference, which was to meet this month at Glasgow, Ky. It is hardly presumable that they met. The Northern Mfithodiat pspcrs and the political press, c-pcciallythat of Cincmoati the Com lutrcinl, Times and ('azettc were doing all in their power to have Bishop Kavannaogh of Ky., arrested, and profiibited from meeting the Confer ences. It may bo he met the Kentucky Confer ence at Shelby villc, but it is doubtful whether he was suffered to visit Missouri. The Bishop'i health has greatly improved.. It was believed that the preachers of the Ken tucky Conference, a majority of whom are with the enfuty, will do all io their power to station all ministers who huve any sympathy for the Soutbj in tin! poorest and most difficult works. . As to revivals, such things arc hardly ever heard of. There were two or three on a1 small scalo ia Missouri about fourteen months ago. The Chaplains io the Federal Army, are fre quently immoral men. A North-western Confer ence passed the following Uesolutions atnnng oth ers: Kctolved, That we endorse as war measures, Emancipation, Conicationt Conflagration and Extermination! The rancor and madness of tho Abolitionists cannot be imagined. Losses of men, of tens of thousands, are Counted as the locusts of Vyf,l they find revenge in the death of South- eruers. There is tuch a division between the Democrats and Abolitionists beyond the Ohio, that they will not send to the frame schools, or at tend the same religious social meetings Mot ot the preachers being Abolitionists, the Democrat! will not contribute totheir support. ' THE ENGINE REVERSED. When Abraham Lincoln mounted the ear of Stafe, he announced, in his own elegant phrase ology, that he inteuded to "run the mnchine as he found it!" After two years' hard fighting, he seems to hare ceased comparing bis gorcrumeot to a mighty machine, aud now likens it to a shoe-shop; for he talks only of "pegging away, pegging away." On our side, we liave made no comparisons. Nevertheless, wa too have a machine to run as well as Lincoln, and at first it was the aim of everybody to put co a full head of steam and run strait through to the terminus of independence without stopping. All the passengers were ia a good humor with, tho Conductor and the engi neers, and above all, with each other. The train, flew ahead, aud the trip promised to bo short and pleasant ono. , But of late the cngioo has been rerersed. That engine the true motive power of tho war if the good- will, the uffection and frieudnhip of the pep plu. When we all started, everybody was in Ioto with everybody else, and each 'vied with the other to ee which could do the most tor the comfort, pleasure and 'safety -of all the passengers ift the train. No one dreamed that it was posaiole for anybody to do too much, or display too little ll-fi-lmen. Life, property everything was freely, offered, and it nevcrccurred to any tne that the entire possessions of everybody were more lhao enough to give anay, if ocwuon demanded. How things have changed fine the engine was . revers'.d. Everybody is juirreling, everybody is gra.ping, and nobody is helping or trying to help anybody. All are dcspcrulcly bent on making themselves comfortable at tho tipcnue of their neighbors. Nobody cares what becouiespf any body, cr if the train goes to smash, so ho is Saved. Everybody forgets that ail will go to smash 'togeth er, and tbst the only chance of individual aafoty is' the affty of all. People seem to have lost their reason. Kelfitliccti h&s made thca manUci and Idiots. U tlicfe no way of re-reversing the engine, getting on the right track, and going ahead again! None in the world, unless the people go back to the plan they adopted rt the beginning of the war of helping one another. Mutual anistance, not general robbery, is the law of national progress" and success. So long as we play on each other the Yankee tricks of extortion and hoarding, we shall make no headway Richmond IfAfy. A Substitute won QuimSe. -ANaw Orleaoi refugee, now residing in Mobile whilst on a vbll to this section, some two or thee weeks ago, in formed as that Pr. McFarland ono of tho ol3eit and most distinguished physicians of New Orleans, who died in that city since the ooutrncneetnent ef ' t,0 war had discovered what he considered a, f ... . uoftt valuable sobstitute for qninioe, and express- ed, a short time before his death, his deep regret that be should not lire lone enough to aoe tt tested j throughout the Confederacy. Tho substitute is the leaves of the balsam apple, to be steeped for three or four days in a bottle of whisicy. I)oe one table spoon full threo times a day. Grtent boro Beacon. . . A Good ScaoESTio. Every farmer lo tha Confederaev who haa pastorage should turn bis attention to the. breeding of horses aod mules. The present war has so. completely depleted the conntrj of the equino raee that it will require, several years of peace to get tho stock back where it was before the comcaenceuiint of oui troubles.