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W $ YAHtS, Editor and Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1863.
TWELFTH VOLUJIE K U II B E It W.
T H E
iSISdOE&t,
(QPublished every Tuesday.Q)
BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
KCITOB AND PKOPRIKTOB.
IN ADVANCE.
J5- Transient advertisements must be paid for in
advance.
Advertisements not marked on the manuscript
f,r a specific tim, will be inserted until forbid, and
churgr d accordingly.
AN ACT
IV RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD
FOR HOME DEFENCE.
Sec. 1. lie it enacted by the General Assembly of
the fcitate of North Carolina, and it is Lereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That the exemptions
from service in the Militia of the State, shall be for the
Siime causes, and to the same extent and no farther,
that are prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con
federate ."States, providing for the enrollment of men
for the public defence and granting exemptions from
the same, commonly calkii the conscription and ex
emption acts.
:: Sec. '2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the .Governor to eas;se to be enrolled as a'guard
tor home defence, all while. male persons not already
enrolled in the service r f the Confederate States, be
tween the ares of eiglsteen and fifty years, resident in
.this State, including foreigners not naturalized, who
have been residents in the State for thirty days before
sin-li enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices
of (lovernor, Judges . of the Supreme atid Superior
Courts of Law and Equity, the members of the General
Assembly and the officers of the several Departments of
the Government. of the State, Ministers of the Gospel
otlthe several denominations of the State charged 'with
tlie duties of churches, and such other persons as
the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper
subjvets of exemption. .
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons above
the age of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said
guard for home defence, and shall be accepted by a
Captain of a "company for the same, shall be deemed to
belong thereto, an; shall be held to service therein,
either generally or for ;ny special duty or expedition
as the commanding officers of regiments or companies,
according to the nature of the particular service in
question may determine.
See. 4- Be it further enacted, That the Governor
shall cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the
two preceding sections of this act to be formed into
coin pauies, with liberty to elect the commissioned offi
cers of such companies, and thence into battalions or
regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis
cretion, an 1 he shall appoint the field officers of such
battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, and
pball issue commissions in due form to all the officers
aforesaid.
Sec. 5." Be it further enacted, That members f the I
Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may be
exempted from the provision of this act by paying the
sum of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance
of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified
the l2th'dayof May, IHG'2. Provided that when a
Quaker shall have paid or had levied of his prqperty
the film 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 Lis ex
emption under this act.
Sec. 5. That the said guards for home defence may
be called out for service by the Governor in defence of
the State against invasion and to suppress invasion,
either by regiments, battalions, or companies, en masse,
or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, fft his
discretion may direct: shall be under his'comniand,
through the officer? appointed as herein provided:.
Fhall serve only withfh the limits of this State, and in
terms of duty tobe prescribed by the Governor, not
exceeding three months at one term. They, or so many
of them as may beat any one time called iuto service,
may be organized into infantry, artillery or cavalry as.
he may direct, and the infantry ami artillery may be
mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing
their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when j
approved by the Governor, On such terms as he shall
prescribe.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governor may
furnish to said troops the arms, accoutrements and
ammunition of the State when called a's aforesaid into
active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return
and to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the
smite.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all laws and
clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur
view of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. !. Be it further enacted. That the commissions
of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act,
arc suspended only 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 7th day of July. 1863.
COTTOV CAESBK A. SHOES.
Cotton Cards fr sale, but an early call will only se
cure a pair as we only have ten pair.
We have on hand "and can - make to order calf-skin
Shoes and Gaiters of very fine English leather.
Lots ladies' calf-skin Bootees.
Lot of thick Brogans, large sizes,.
J. 1 BUTT,' Mint Street,
June-23, lSOU tf Charlotte, N. C.
.1 U ST RECEl V E ,
BLACK ALPACCA, .
BLUE FLANNELS,
Sl'OOL COTTON black and white.
B L E AC1 1 E D S 11 1 RT I N G.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
June 23, 180.1 tf
Copartnorsliip.
WILLIAMS & OATHS
Have tin day associated With them in the Mercantile
and Commission business, LEWIS . SANDERS.
The style of the firm will hereafter be
WIL.LIAMS, OATES & CO.
NOTICE. All persons indebted to the late firm of
Willianjs & Gates will please call 'and settle up, as
we wish to close our old business.
WILLIAMS & OATES.
Dec 9, lt?62 tf
1)K. .1. M. MUlEl!
Charlotte, N. c., '
Has resumed the Practice of Mcdiciut., and ean.be
found at his Office in the Brawley building opposite to
Kerr's hotel, or at his residence.
Feb. 25. 18o2.
The History of North Carolina,
Published in ISM by the undersigned, in its preface
conceded that it contained omissions unavoidable and
many imperfections. A second edition was then prom
ised, which would remedy th ese defects. This is now
called for. He will be grateful to any one who wiil
point out any errors in the dates, names or facts in the
various counties of the State; aud any biographical
eketch of those who have done service in the field or
State.
Letters may be sent to me, care of Hon- D. L. Swain,
J OILS" H. WHEELER.
Chapel Hill, N. C.. June 4tli, 1804.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
The County Court of Mecklenburg county gives
notice that every person-who sells to or buys from a
slave, Produce or other articleg of personal property, j
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 Court.
Post Office Department,)
Richmond1, October 2Uth, 1863
By virture of authority .vested in me by an act of j
Congress "to authorize the establishment of express!
malla " gnnrnmil S-v 1 'Sfi3 T haro tills rlflv pnt("rpH 1
into an agreement bv which two mails a wek will be-4
carriedaeh way between Meridian, in the State of Mis
sissippi, and Shreveportj in the State of Louisiana..
Now, to meet the expense of the carrying of said ex
press mail, it is ordered that on all letters and pack
ages to be carried on said route, except the official cor
respondence and blanks- and postage stamps of the
Post Office Department, the postage to be prepaid in all
cases, shall be at the rate of forty cents on each single
letter of half an ounce or less, and forty cents for every
additional half ounce orraction of a half ounce.
Letters and packages to be sent by this route may
be mailed and Ahe postage paid, at any post office in the
Confederate States, and those sent from the East to the
West of the Mississippi should be plainly marked via
either Meridian or Brandon, Mississippi, and those sent
fro-m the West to the' East of the Mississippi should be
plainly marked via either Shrcveport or Alexandria,
Louisiana, as they will be forwarded from either of said
offices, and from none other without further notice.
- JOHN H. -REAGAN,
Oct. 27, 18G3. Postmaster General.
ADJ'T & INSPECTOR, GENL'S OFFICE;
Richmond, Sept. 8th, 1863.
Special Orders 1
No. 213.
ExTItACT.J
III. The Bureau of Conscription is authorized to
raise and equip in each of the Suites of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, one Battalion
of six companies of Mounted Men, who furnish their
own horses, and are not liable to cbnscriptjon, to be
under the orders of the Bureau for the pnrposes of con
scription, the arrest of deserters, and for local defence,
mustered for one year. Companies to elert their own
officers. The Field Officer to be assigned from officers
belonging to the Enrolling service. Companies Hot to
exceed one hundred rank and file. '
By command of the Secretary of War,
(Signed) Jno. Withers,
Ass'st Adj't General.
Notice.
Conscript Office N. C; Raleigh, Oct. 7, 18G3.
The Commandant invites the attention of all persons
capable of bearing arms, but who are exempt
from
military dutv under the present regulations,
to the
above order of the Secretary of War.
It will be seen that it is the intetion of the Depart
ment to-raise a Battalion of Mounted Men for special
service in North Carolina, and the commandant hopes
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 gave 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 direct
ly at either of the Camps of Instruction.
By order of Col. PETER MALLETT,
Commandant of Cojiscripts for N
Hugh L. Cole. Gaot. & A. A. A. G.
C
October 12, 1863
lm
f:chaisse Notice, No. 7.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 16, 1863.
The following Confederate officers and men are here
by declared duly exchanged:
I. All officers and men captured and parolled at any
time previous to the 1st of September, 1863. This sec
tion is not intended to include any officers or men cap
tured at Yicksbnrg, July 4th, 1863, except such as
were declared exchanged by Exchange notice No. 5,
Sept. 12th, 1863, or are specifically named in this no
tice. But.it does embrace all deliveries made at City
Point or other place before TSept. 1st, 1863, and with
the limitation above named, all captures at Port Hud
son or any other place where the parties were released
on parole.
2. The Staff of Generals Pemberton, Stevenson,
Bowen, Moore, Barton, S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris
and Baldwin, and of Colonels Reynolds, Cockerell and
Dockery; the officers and men belonging to the Engi
neer Corps and Sappers aud Miners, andnhe 4th and
46th Mississippi regiments, all captnr.ed at Yicksbwrg,
July 4th, 1863.
3. The general officers captured at Vicksburg, July
ith, 1863, were declared exchan
ed July 13tU, I860.
liO OULD,
Agent of Exchange.
October 27. .
6t
SOAP AID WAITED,
The subsciiber wants to purchase all the hard and
soft Soap he can get. Also, he will purchase oak and
hickory Ashes." A good price will be paid.
Aug". 24, 1863. tf L.-S. WILLIAMS.
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
Of messengers
OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
At Charlotte Office, Daily.
ARRIVES. .
From Char. & S C. Railroad 5 00
" N. C. Railroad 6 25
" A.. T. & O. Railroad 10 00
" Wil., C. & R. Railroad 3 15
A. M.
i
P. M.
and 5
and 5
P.M
11
DEPARTS.
N C. Railroad 6 20 A
For
Mr&nd 5 50 P.M
Char. & S C Railroad 7 00
Wil., C. & R. Railroad 7 30
" and 6 00 "
u
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 Horn previous to its departure.
T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent.
Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863. tf
UXPUESS NOTICE.
OsriCE Southern Express CompanV,
Charlotte, Sept. 24, J 863.
In. order to avoid misunderstanding and to make
our charges conform to the liability assumed, this
Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo
ber 1st, 1863, shippers will be required to place their
valuation upon 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
amouDi. juCfc v. vruu u., "
on y excepted. T. D. GlLLhSFlb,
io -i o" A rrcnt
pl i.
JVOTICE.
As several depredations have been committed oa my
premises, I hereby forewarn all persons acainst hunt-
iag-on my land wiih or without docs. The law will
iTon!
Oct 5.
4t-).d
a: A. KENNEDY,
Wt b 1 1 1 h : 25Vino rr a t.
CHARLOTTE, .N. C. '
NOTICE.
Our terms are five dollart . per year in advance.
6 months S3. .
Individual or local shinplasters will not be re
ceived. When sent to us they will be held subject to
the sender's call, and not returned by letter
The Democrat vrifl be discontinued to all subseri
bert at the expiration of the time for which if is paid.
ihote whotcant to continue must renew before or at the tt
P of their tme
Yankee Liberty. Ve learn from Northern
papers that eleven of the most pronifnent citizens
of Memphis, Tenn., were arrested by the Yankee
authorities for being out too late at night ! ; This
is the kind of liberty procured by submitting to
yankee masters. Southern white -men put in the
Guard House for being out after 9 o'clock !
Jg1 The yankee people. have recently been ex
ercised at what they say was a plot, formed in
Canada, to release 2,000 Confederate prisoners on
Johnson's Island, "near Late Erie, and to burn the
cities of Uiiffalo and Ogdensburg, New York. It
appears that the Captain General or' Canada noti
fied the British Minister at Washington, Lord
Lyons, of the scheme, and he communicated the
information to the Lincoln authorities. The Eng
lish and Yankees are .getting very obliging to each
other! It doc's seem that England has been
frightened by the threats of the Lincoln Govern
ment. Generous and, Unselfish Patriotism.
We learn that the same citizen of Richmond who
has already, at different times, handed to the Sec
retary of the Treasury two thousand dollars in gold,
with the condition that his name should not be
known, has just delivered to the Secretary another
thousand in gold, upon the same condition. We
honor the motives and generous bearing of our
townsman. He deserves the appreciation and
gratitude of his countrymen for the noble example
which he has set. Richmond Disjjutch.
Type or Christianity in tiie North The
Illinois Conference of the M. E. Church, held its
last session at Springfield,. 111., Oct. 18th.
After the usual routine of examination of char
acters, etc., two reports on the state of the country
and slavery question were presented. Portions of
the majority and minority .reports were accepted.
They passed a resolution fpom the minority report
in favor. of arming the negroes. Only seven mem
bers made a conservative record.
Gov. Yates and Gen. McClernand were intro
duced to the Conference and received with rounds
of applause.' The Governor then administered
the oath of allegiance to all the members. He
made a speech of two hours long abounding in the
most irreverent expressions and profanity, which
was cheered lustily. A stranger would have sup
posed himself in an abolition ward meeting.
Rev Mr Jewett, one of the oldest members of
the Conference, has been thrown aside because he
could not adopt the politicsxf Abraham Lincoln.
He, it is said, has done more for the. Church than
any man in the Conference,
Rev E D Howard, a man of talent, and exceed
ingly popular, has also been forced to leave the
Conference, because he is'a "national" man.
Rev W C Blundell was tried and expelled for
being-a "copperhead," chat is a national Democrat.
The action of the Conference was equivalent to
a declaration that Garrisonism would be the rule
of interpretation for the Gospel of Jesus. The
precepts of Christ, His missionisufferiug and death
upon the cross, and .the' infinite grandeur of the
objects they accomplished, were subordinated by
the Conference to the malevolent fanaticism of the
infidel. . .
These clergymen were retired because there
fused to become parties to a profanation so hideous
and infernal.
Oh, Christianity, wffat crimes are committed
in thy name. -
Restoring the Union. The- brutal Federal
soldiery, and their more brutal officers, have a
way of "restoring the Union." Here is a sample
of thejr deeds in Mississippi, committed during
their late raid .in the vicinity of Holly Springs:
On their retreat passing through Wyatt, they
burned every house in the place, and would' not
permit any of the sufferers to save anything not
even wearing apparel. In the section through
which they retreated they burned iestdences and
.barns, and shot down stock of all kinds.
A Cx ctw W,rt nd wifo i onp nf thn hfist
institutions a man can 'have about the house, and j
a man that has none has but little to live fur. It;
i v. ,v, . .. r,fa fW
i 111 1 ii t 1 mi v uiiM. linn r vci . nnu La 11 iiu tijuv
- V J. v. . , ....v. "
gets a crood
one, for unless a girl can cook, wash
aud make her own clothes, she is not exactly the
kind for an industrious, working man to tie to.
ut o Pol in r, VJr.Mii?;. h:: insf. r..r' :i "brick "
mj U AVIiWT Jk U 1U
The Rockingham Register says :
"Oue of our fair country-women,
the daughter
of a rich aud independent farmer of Rockingham,
was married the other dav to a eentleuiau who
: may congratulate himself upon securing a prize
'worth having. She was what we would call an
; "independent girl' sure enough Her bridal out-'
- fit was all made with her own bauds, from her
I beautiful straw bat, down to the haadsome gaiters
upon her feet ! Her own delicate hands spun and
wote the material of which her weddiug dress and
travelling clcak were made: so that she had noth-
ing upon her person when she was married which
was not made by herself! Nor was she compelled
bv necessity or Dovertv to make this exhibition ot
her indeDendetice. She did it.lor the purpose of
; ghowino- to the world how mdt pendent fcouiuern
; - deil we
1 IC. XI IUI3 UUUlli silltn.is " '
j should be tempted to publish .her name in this
! connection, so that our bachelor readers might see
' w1o of our gills are most to be desired. If she
! OTaa vpt sinwlfi. and we were to nublish her name,
nnM Ka nnoo (hnmced with
galM- gentlemen seeking the hand of a otoan f
j such priceless value.
'PBIWCIPAIiS AND SUBSTITUTES.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, in bis message lo
. : the Legislature,urges that the principals of sub-
Fstitutcs should be conscripted and put into the ar
my on the ground' that the country needs their
services, and that the Government has the right
to annul private contracts made with individuals.
j if subsequent events demonstrate that the public
good jealls tor it. He enforces this view of the
case by showing that the Government has the right
to make all private rights yield to the public good;
as exemplified in "the impressment of private pro
perty, either for the support of the army, 6r for the
supply of : any urgent public necessity. That the
only thing about it is, that the Government-would
have fo make just compensation' for the injury
done, just as it does when it appropriates private
property to public use. .
Gov. Brown's views on this subject are strongly
presented ; and if we are not mistaken he has
cracked this hard nut at last, and that we shall
soon find Congress at work on a bill to provide for
.the conscription of the principals oT substitutes.
- After recommending the passage of a resolution
instructing the Senators and Representatives in
Congress,, from Georgia, to vote for and urge the
repeal of the conscript act authorizing the employ
ment of substitutes, Gov. Brown argues the ques
tion of the power of Congress to make the change.
e says : .
"But it may be denied that the government can
now so change the law, as to make those who have
furnished substitutes liable to service, as .it is
bound by its contract to exempt them, and they
Jiave acquired vested rights under the contract,
which it is not in the power of the government to
divest. Let us examine this for a moment. I pur
chase a lot of land-from the State of Georgia,. and
pay her one thousand dollars for it, and she cen
veys it to me by grant under her great seal. The
contract is af solemn and binding as the govern
ment can make it. My fee simple is vesfe.d .and
complete. But while I have the grant in my
pockety and "the State has my money in her treas
ury, it is discovered that public necessity requires
the State to repossess herself of ihe land ; I refuse
to .sell to" her; she may pay me just compensation
and take the land without my consent; she violates
no fundamentaPprinciplej as all our private rights
must yield to the public good, and if we are in
jured, we can only require just compensation for
the injury.
Again, 'suppose I have labored hard and made
upon my land a surplus of provisions, which are
my own right and property, and I refuse to sell
them to the government when the army is in need
of them ; it may take ihem without my consent
and pay me just- compensation, and I have been
deprived of none of my constitutional rights.
The right of a person who has employed a sub
stitute to be exempt from military service can cer
tainly stand upon no higher ground. . The gov
ernment has extended to such persons the privi
lege of exemption upon the employment of a pro
per substitute; but if the public safety requires it,
the government certainly hag as much right to re
voke this privilege as it has to ttfie from me my
land, or my provisions, or other property, for pub
lic use; and all the .person who employed the sub
stitute coufd demand, would be just compensation
for the injury. The measure of damages might
be the amount paid by the principal for bis substi
tute, less a just pro ratq,- for the time the substi
tute has served ; and upon the payment of the
damage or the just compensation for it, the govern
ment. would have the right to retain the substitute,
as well as the principal, in service, as the substi
tute has been paid by the principal for the service,
and the principal has been compensated for the
damage, done him by ordering him into service.
Ifwould be competent, however, in estimating the
damages in such case, to take into the account the
interest the principal has in the success of our
caue and the establishment oT our independence
-s necessary to the perpetuities of his liberties and
the security of his nghls. It 'would also be com
petent to enquire whether he. has indeed suffered
any pecuniary loss. If he has paid three thousand
dollars for a substitute, and has been kept out of
the army for that sum for-one year, and during
that time he has made ten thousand dollars more,
by speculation "or otherwise, than he would have
made had he been in the army at eleven dollars
j per month, the actual amount of compensation due
1 from ihe government-to him might be very small,
! indeed, if anything.
"STRIKES" IN THE NORTH.
It appears that the Northern people are suffer
ing from the effects of high prices as well as those
of the South. In New York and other cities the
Tiigh prices of all the necessaries of life have oc
casioned a very wide-spread dissatisfaction among
the laboiing classes, and the consequence is th,at
..... . 11 .1- I 1M
"strikes' lor nignejr wages are ueing maue oauy.
This movement for increased compensation ha
extended to almost every class of u-rativcs, clerks
! ana laborers, ami daily meeiiuirs are neiu on me
; ' w
, . M T 1 TI 11
. .
"lhe strikers seem to be ae-vperuteiy in earnest,-
though they conduct themselves generally 111 a
nuiet. inoffensive manner, confining themselves to
. '
taluj discussions upon the "hard times" and the
exoibitant prices of every article of food and cloth-
ing. When it is consiuerea inai ncariy everyitnng
: which comes into usein every day file, and. which
1 can scarcely be dsspense'd with, has doubled, and
in some instances quadrupled, in price, it is not to
be wondered at that 'these strikes have assumed
the formidable character which the now present,
and that the whole of tocitty is in a state of agita
' tion in consequence of the determination of the
.poor, dependent elaseea to wring from their tm
' ployers a rate of compensation commensurate with
. . . . ... -1 1.1 . 1
the. enormous increase of the ntcvK.sarier ol hfe.
The argument of the poor men is very difficult to
overthrow wben tney ten ou
overthrow when they tell you that coal is eleven
dollars per ton, boots and uhoes double the cost
mey were a year ago, aim simumg cuuaui-eu iu
value in almost an coual decrree.
. I . ,
The "strike" is confined to no particular branch.
but embraces railroad men, machinists, sewing
gi-k, haircloth manufacturers, safe makers, litho-
raphic printers, policemen, window shade pain-
ten. sash and blind makers, srlass cutters, cold
beaters, flP painters, agar
makers, carriage driven and drug clerks,
i , .
LINCOLN BULB IN EAST TENNESSEE
j Matters in KnoxellleTraile: Reijulatett.la
the Knoxville Daily Bulletin we find, under the
glaring caption, "TJuited States Trade Regulation,"
an exposition of the proposed plans of the "Board
of Trade for the Department of East Tennessee:'
By section first a "Local Agent" is appoiuted, ' which shall h,e lo turn the tide of Irbh migration
whose headquarters are at the "Custom House," prom the United States to Mexico. In tjt for
on Gay ctreet. Knoxville is declared to be the j tner country thev are used as food for powdart in
only "port to be furnished with gobdo, wares and
j merchandize ifl tlrt- Department of East Tenuea
I see. Samuel Rogers is made the Local. Acent.
who will grant all permits tor bringing in goods.
AH goods brought hi without his sanction aro for
feited. By the next section, & fee of three dollars
is exacted for each peimit to. import, and the
tradesman must take the following oath?
"You do solemnly swear that you are in all re
spects loyal and true to the Governuieu of the
United States; that you will faithfully conform to
the Proclamation aud Orders of the Presideot of
the United States, and of the Military Governors
and Generals exercising authority under him, aud
lo Departmental Regulations authoriied by law;
aud that you will at all times, by your conduct
and conversation, and by every other means you
can properly use, aid in suppressing the rebellion
aud restoring obedience to the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, so help, you God."
This is a jolly oath. At Greenville this oath is
amended to the effect that, such tradesmen shall
not sell to secessionists, nor associate with them,
nor wed a woman of secession proclivities. If the
Yankees should overrun the whole South, ihe peo
ple will have been so thoroughly sworn and to-so
many purposes, that we fear the. obligations of an
oath will lose their binding force. The above is
not more absurd in its. terms than that adminis
tered at Athens, Teun .., which imposed the obli
gation to obey the United States in preference to
any State, county or corporation. . v
At Knoxville, merchants. can only engage in the
retail business. The wholesale trade is Brown
low's and his appointees. Brownlow must approve
the sale of every bill of goods exceeding $5 iD val
ue, and for each approval he receives 20 cents.
Cotton shippers must pay four cents per pound ex
port duty aod 3 per hogshead on tobacco, "before
either can escape the vigilance of the treasury offi
cers." Manufactured tobaecoDavs five per cent.
export duty. Disloyal men cannot trade, "nor
Union men who do not approve Lincoln's war pol
icy.'; YANKEE CRUELTY.
We call the- attention of the Confederate and
State authorities, says -the Richmond Sentinel, to
the facts so touchingly et forth in the following
letter. They are confirmed by another letter from
Washington, Rappahannock, which denies the plea
set up. by the Yankees in justification of their con
duct. Surely our enemies must have lost every
attribute worthy of humauity:
.Washington, Rappahannock Co., Va.
Mr. Editor : With a trembling hand and ach
ing heart have I retired to . my lonely chamber in
feelings of the deepest gloom, to inform you of one
of the most cruel deds of this war. On Saturday,
the 24th of September, I walked out a short dis
tance from my dwelling, where my husband had
1 been busily engaged during the day grinding his
sugar cape. I became so much interested that I
had almost forgotten about my little girl, who had
spent the day from home. Night fast approaching,
I concluded I would walk on a short distance and
meet her. I did so, meeting her a short distance
from my residence. .
As i turned my steps homewards,. 1 heard the
clattering t of horses' feet. I looked around the
road,and the fields were covered with Yankees,
riding in great haste in the direction of my house.
I quickened my 'step, knowing that they had' rob
bed me lost summer, while absent from homo, of
a great deal my clothing and my little child's,
and the most of my tableware. walked in grct
haste, and as I approached tjie house, oh! the
scene, can 1 ever forget ? There stood my hus
band in the midst, with his uplifted arm to catch
the blows that these demon-like face so heartily
enjoyed. I rushed to his side, fearless of all dan
ger. I asked them why it was that they were
treating my husband in so cruel a manner; that
he was exempt from military duty by law. They
heeded not a word I would say ; even the pleading
of my little one availed nothing.
Seeing that my pleading and my little child's
had no effect, that they then intended carrying
him off, I sent in the house for his hat. As be
placed his hat on his head, I bid him farewell. I
then turned to my husband, and told him if jus
tice is not done you on earth, it would be in the
world to come. The Yankee being infuriated at
my few words of cotifolation to my husband, tin
mediately drew his pistol, and placing it to my
breast, told me a d d secesh, if I did not go- iu
the hou.-c, he would blow my brains out. As I
turned, the ruffian deliberately shot my husband,
who fell at my feet
After the horrible affair was done, they imme
diately placed out pickets, to nrret any one who
might aid the helplessness of my condition or re
lieve my dying husband. A. S. BOWERS.
: :
j MissiSPiriT. Gen. Charlrs Clarke was ioaugu
j rated Governor of Mississippi, at Columbus on the
r 16th inst , with great pomp. In his inaugural ad
I dress he urges a vigorous-prosecution of the war
for defence of the State, and Pays, sooner than cub
I mit, when the army is exhausted, the women and
t children and old men, like the remnant of Pasca
: goula, will join bandit and march into the pea. He
. iotends to make good use of the militia by proper
' organizations, and makes strong appeals to ihe
; people- to return absentees to the army
j The Hon J W
L. atsoo, ot Marsnaji cotinty,
iwas lelected Confederate Senator in the place of
j I,un Jan'evPheUn. , ; '
i Wt.RKiKO WtLL The late general order from
! Gcc. Brad's hcaJquarters, providing' tffat every
Eervice, snan ue euuueu iu a lurtoaga 01 doi jess
' than forty days, is said to be already working ad -
i ;aVJir Within three. honra aftr'the rfchtinn
of the order, upwards of fifty men in one regiment aln to ibeenlimeut or nunareaj in ,-ta tenths
! alone had fastened their clutches upon delinquents 1 field" when' I ataert that such gallantry ia a jouti
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; at home, and had written to their relation to adopt of twentv-two lummeri f nonja litre a piace in at
J measures for their imme diatfl transfer to the army, j tory, and inijirejhe poet far til most ghtloti luaf
FfiOM EUROPE. '
The following extracts are from the Fails cor
respondent of the Ntw York World:
There it an importint movement on foot to in
duce the Tope to come oat. villi a bull, an edict,
or some sort of a pronvtimt6, the object of
the latter thev will be promised free' farms, ex
emption from taxation. for a certain stipulated pe
riod; and they will aUo rtoeiva the especial LVis.
ing of the Pope lor giving pference to ihe laud
ol the church. Already the Mexiean e aeration
fever is becoming ao epidemic The latt iteamer
that left St. Nasaire for Vera Cruz took out 625
passengers, and refused; for want of room almcwt
as tuauy more.'
A Loudon paper confirms the statement that the
French Government had withdrawn its permitaioa
to prosecute work on the iron-clada for the Con
federacy. Furuiahiog caouon knd munitions of
war is a Uo prohibited.
A French gentleman has visited Chattanooga,
CbarlestoD aud Richmond since the defeat of Ros
encraux. The accounts h brings of the general
condition of things in the South are exceedingly
encouraging to the rebel cause. He aaji Bragg'a
army iif the largest and finest body of men in the
world; that Charleston is impregnable, and Rich
niond jubilant. Thin gentleman passed through
New York, and represents the people of Gotham .
as utterly bliud to di&agreeable facts, aud aaya that
they will believe uothinv that it not favorable Ui
the unholy work of subjugation.
i he European press treats President Lioeolof
call for thanksgiving as blasphemous irony.
Our Foreign Relations. The oewa from
Europe brings intelligence of the seizure of our
war vessels building in France, and states 'that
they were seized "00 remonstrance made to Napo
leon by Mr Dayton," the yankee Minister to the
French-government.
This act, following ao closely on, that of the Brit
ish Government, is evidently the result of some
secret arrangement betweeu the two countries
either favorable or unfavorable to the Sdutb. That
Napoleon would be influenced by thteata of the
United States, we do not believe; his action, there
fore, in seizing the iron-clads'moat have been for
purposes of policy.
We said above that this last movement on the
part of Napoleon is evidently some preconcerted
urrangemcnt between France and England. Lei .
us see in what manner, or with what object this
arrangement was made. Is it for the purpose of
tearing whether the building of ihrae teste I a are
violation of neutrality, and il the courts decide it
is not, is tbia arrangement lor the purpose of act
ing together, should the United Suit declare war
again t them'on the release of the vessel?
But a contrary object might prompt tho Empe
ror, and still be a motive of policy. Tho Yankee
Government might' have recently guaranteed to
him that .Mexico should not be disturbed, if be
would -withdraw all that moral support aod recog
nition that he has heretofore granted us. A guar
antee of this kiod is all the French ruler deaires.
He does not care one straw for the Confederacy,
but an motives of policy demand.
That there is something beneath the action of
the French Emperor, is apparent. Whatever it
.may be, good or bad, it should only teach us that
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mo ixienusnip 01 European monarcnies are onij
tendered while it sutts their purposo. Tho mo
ment another and safer way can be found to per- ,
form their plans, that moment friendship oeaaes,
and the party heretofore befriecded is thought no
more of than the meanest-subjret io the Kingdom.
Time will no doubt develops the cause of our war
vessels being seized in France at present we can
only look on patiently and see, under the masks of
neutrality, honor abandoned and justice perverted
to suit the ends of those who claim to act with im
partiality. Atlanta Inteliigenctr.
- EAT LESS MEAT.
The great scarcity of meats of all kinds in the
Confederacy renders it absolutely necds?arv that
all clashes sbouUl be exceedingly eoonomioal io its
use, in order to furnUh the Southern armies with
proper rations. Io the old countries, where the
people poaess iron constitutions and enjoy fine
health, comparatively little meat U used. We
oiut follow their example duriab this war, Ever
housekeeper should raiso as many bogs aod oecvet
as possible, and every farmer ought to devote a
fair proportion of his bel lands to the cultivation
of the Chinese sugar cane, from which to mako
abundant supplies of molasses. By doing this,
aud by cultivating aod drying frulu of all sorts,
we shall have ao abundance or good, nouriahinj .
food for private families and exempts and a fair
proprotion of meats for the army. Tho South has
its all in thi. war. It must conquer an honorable
peace, or lose all that is worth living for. If It i
desires freedom its' people iuut be willing to blar I
sacrifices, privation, and want. Without these
we cannot succeed, and the rooner every man and
woman in the land makes up. their mind to Learall
and suffer all, rather than become Northern slaves,
the sooner we will attain to the great end for which
we arc aiming. Meat is scarce, very scarce, and
we arc compelled todo ttitb very little of it even
now. The stock 00 hand can last but a short time,,
and our reader should make op their minds to do
without it altogether till this horrid war la over
The TutBTT-NiNTH N. C' Reoimikt at
CniCKAMACOA. The army correspondent of the
Atlanta Regtuter, fays : '
i One of the most gallant achievements of thi
war was me aaan 01 me ojiu .onu Carolina iwgi-
inont in the battle or Chickamauga. it wall do-
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j farnighefc , bri ght pace for bi-tory'and a gfortoul
! themo for aong. Two hundred and thirty-eight
men storming and capturing a battery of ten guns,
I supported by s large brigade, is a feat which chal-
j '-uu Vuiw . j .
; Reynolds, the laht Southern graduate jf the'JIiii
'. larv Academy of West Point I but give-ciptes
give cipi
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