North Carolina Newspapers

Off TIIE ? WEST SIDE OF TRADE STJIEET ) : c K.: ''vSlQper annum I N : AD V AN( fV. - -n .- I JT TAPilSj Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE,. N. C, TtJESD AY, DECEMBER 22, 1 863. TWELFTH FOLUHE-rN DUDE R 601. CHAEACTEB IS ' AS IMPORTANT TO . STATES AS IT . IS TO INDIVlDtTiLS,. ANH tUE Glk)BY OF TUB-. OXS5 IS THE COMMON EROPEUTY OF TUB OTHER. '. . - . ' ..; " " ' 'm. ' ' ''A- 11 1 - ..... - -- , m I ii i t '. .-i j " ' ' ' i i '' " ' "" ' " 1 m i ! i-m ii iwi (Published every Tuesday,) BY WILLIAM J YATES, ' EDITOR jyND PKOPRIKTOB. $10 IN ADVANCE. "Transient advertisements advunce. must be paid for in Adrertisementa not marked on-the manuscript .ecific tiraHI be inserted Tu.til &bid, and ,. ' t r a tp c'liired iicpordingly. AN -ACT IN RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME DEFENCE. Stc. 1.. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by tli e authority, of the same, That the. exemptions from service iu the Militia of llie State, sJiall be foT the same t ituijc-d, and to the same extent and no farther, that arc prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con federate States, providing for the enrollment of men fur the public defence aud granting exemptions from the same, commonly calJ::d the conscription and ex emption acts. Sec. 2.. 15e it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to cat.se to be enrolled as a guard for home defence all while iftalc persons not already unrolled iu ihe service i I the Confederate States, be tween the ages of eighteen aud lifty years, resident iu this Suite, including foreigners not naturalized, who have been residents in the State for thirty days before eh enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and- Superior Court? of Law and Equity, the members of the General Assembly and the oflicers of the several Departments of tli - Government of tke State, Ministers of the Gospel of the several denominations of the State charged with the dti'ies of churches, and such other persons as the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper subjects 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 nome defence, aud shall be accepted by a Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to belong thereto, ami shall be held to service therein, either generally or for any special duty or expedition as the commanding officers of regiments or companies, according to the nature of the particular service in question may determine. Sec. 4- Be it further enacted, That the Governor .hull cause all persons enrolled in pursuance ' of the two preeeding sections "of this act to be formed iuto i -ompanics, with liberty to elect the commissioned oili cers of such companies, and thence into battalion? or regiment", brigades and division? according to his dis cretion, on 1 he shall appoint the field officers of such battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, and shall issue commissions in due form to all the officers aforesaid. Sec. 5. we it further enacted. That members of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may be exempted from the provision of this act by paying the sunt of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified the 12th day of May, 18G2. Provided that when a Quaker shall have paid or hadlevied of his property t lie sum of five hundred dollars under the act of Con gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex emption under this act. Sec. . That the said guards for home defence may be called out for service by the Governor in defence of the State ngainst invasion and to suppress invasion, either by regiments, battalion, or companies. n mas.sr, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his discretjon may direct; shall be under his command, through the oflicers appointed as herein provided: .-hall serve only within the limits of thi State, and in terms of duty- to be prescribed by the Governor, not exceeding three months at one term. They, or so many of iIkui as may be at anjone time called into service, in ay be organized into infantry, artillery or cavalry as he may direct, and the iufantry and artillery may be mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when approved by the Governor, on such terms as he shall prescribe. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governor may furnish to said troops the arms, accoutrements and ammunition of the State when called as irtoresaid into active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return and to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the same. 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. 9 Be it further enacted. That the commissions of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act, are 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. 18G3. COTTON CARDS AXI9 SHOES. Cotton Crds for sale, but an early call will only se cure a pair as we oflly 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 Brogaiu, large sizes. J.-F. BTTf. Mint Street, June 23, 1863 tf Charlotte, N. C, .III ST RECEIVE !, BLACK ALPACCA, BLUE FLANNELS, SPOOL COTTON black and white. BLEACHED SHIRTING. J. S. PHILLIPS. June 23, J863 tf OopartuersMp. WILLIAMS fc OATES Have xUis day associated with them in the Mercantile and Communion business, LEWIS W. SANDERS. 1 he style of vhe firm will hereafter be WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. NOTICE. All ttpronna inHhtPil to llw hltp firm nt Williams & Oatea Ui pieRSe eall and settle up, o1 as ...... v.vac uur old business. Pec 9, 1862 tf WILLIAMS & OATES. 1)11:7. M. MU.l.EJI Charlotte, c.. , Has resumed the found at his Office in the Brawley Wildine o m. iniure oi .MeUlCinn anl can be ! Prositeto ! uunii, vi m ma icsiuence. Fb. 23, 18G2. The History of North Carolina, Published in 1851 by the undersigned, in its preface conceded that it contained omissions unavoidable aud many imjurfectious. A second edition was then prom ised, wuicu wouia remedy these defects. This is now called for. He will be grateful to any oue who will ! r . ;"uuf , 1 . ' ni mes or ,llct3 in ,he I various counties of tha XtAtf nn.l mr k; i.- , 1 ,ir " '.I ZyryyV. -" v. . kuuovi ..uu uuuc sauce m meneiQ or siaie. Letters may be seat to me, care of Hon- D. L. Swain JOHN H. WHEELFR fcapeJ Hill. N". C. June Itb, 18C3. RUNAWAY. i From the plantation of I lit. R. A. Hunter, in Sharon 3'ears old, tnediura size, and copper rolor. Ills up- I posed that he has been persuaded off by some mean j white person, and may be trying to make bis way j to the Yankees. A reward of $50 will be paid for bis I apprehension and delivery to me, or bid confinement in any jail. - C: -J. W. HOSTER. Oct. 27, 1863; : . tf Printing materials for Sale. I desire to sell tSe Priitinf"?iaterial8 connected with the late "North Carolina Whig in this to-vvn. The materials eonsis i "'"P;MF ! ber a f ass?IrJ Further information will with Inking Apparatus, Long P ortment be furnished by addres the undersigned at Charlotte, N. C. Oct 27, 63 - RACIIAEL R. IIOLTON. I public Notice. i The County Court of Mecklenburg county gives notice that every person who sells to or bays from a slave, Produce or other articles of personal property, I on the streets of Charlotte, or elsewhere in the county, 1 without a lawful permit, will be imliced. F. M. ROSS, Chairman I Oct 5, 1863 1m of the County Court. I iOTIE. ! As depredations have been repeatedly committed on i my premises, I hereby forewarn all persous against ; hunting on my land with or without dog3. The law will be enforced against those offending. j Nov 10, I8G3. lm-pd R. II. LAFFERTY. , Post Office Department, j PticiiMOND, October 20th, lb03. j By virtnre of authority vested in me by an act of Congress "to authorize the establishment of express mails," approved May 1, 1863, I have this day entered iuto an agreement by which two mails a week will be carried each way between Meridian, in the State of Mis sissippi, and Shrcveport, 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 ot tne Post .Office Department, the postage to be prepaid in all cashes, 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- or fraction of a half ounce. ' Letters and packages to be sent by this route may be mailed and the 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 from the West to the East of the Mississippi should be plainly marked via either Shreveport or Alexandria, Louisiana, as they will be forwarded from either of said offices, '-and from none other without furthefnotice. JOHN II . REAGAN, Oct. 27, 1863. '. Postmaster General. ADJ'T & INSPECTOR GENL'S OFFICE, Richmond, Sept. 8th, 1863. Special Orders No. 213. Extract.! . . - . . III. The . Bureau of Conscription is authorized to raise and equip in each of the States 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 conscription, to be under the orders of the Bureau for the purposes of con scription, the arrest of deserters, and for local defence, mustered for one year. Companies to elect their own oflicers. The Field Officers to be assigned from officers belonging to the Enrolling service. Comjianies Hot to exceed one hundred ranTt and file. By command of the Secretary of War, (Signed) . Jso. Withers, Ass'st Adj't General. Wotice, Coxsckipt Office N. C, Raleigh, Oct. 7, 1863. The Commandant invites the attention of all persons capable of hearing 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 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, bit 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 aud allowance of cavalrymen. The Enrolling Oflicers 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 Conscripts for N. C Huoh L. CoitE. Capt. & A. A. A. G. October 12. 1863 lm SOAP AtfD ASHES WANTBD, The subscriber 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 Ulesseitsers OF TIIE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARRIVES. From Char. iSC. Railroad 5 00 " N. C. Railroad 6 25 A. M. ( n P. M. and 5 And 5 P.M A.. T. & O. Railroad , 10 00 WiL. C. k R. Railroad 3 15 1 1 DEPARTS. N C -liailroad ' 6 20 A. M Char. & S C Railroad 7 00 For n and 5 50 and 6 00 P.M WiL, C. & R. Railroad 7 A., T. & O. Railroad 3 30 1 OOP II. It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains," be sent to this Office OjfB.Uoua previous to Us departare. . " - T, D. OILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1B63. tf EXPRESS NOTICE. . Office Southern Express Company, . Charlotte, Sept. 24, 1803. j In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make our charges conforru to the-liability assumed. Company hereby gives notice that from and after ber 1st, l8uM, shippers will be required to place uliiu t wm ttrt A ourK nl(V a frfi ViofVirP tf Will Hi- rfP Such valuation will be inserted in the Company's I i.'tei l)L. HUU CAlUllOU UIC UIUIIH V vmiku vj i th aninunt. j ue aci oi uoQ una me uttsuc enemy oub' excepted. -Seti 28, 1863 T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. " " 7 TANNERY. We I,ave a Tannery in full operation about v o. , ... .. . .. , m Yuari"lle' the C. & S.O.Kailroad 1 nrst-ciass Tannery, an-we are Dreoared to purchase, at market prices, Hides of all descriptions, and supply the trade at cuneut prices. July 13. i8? tf ckReLl g.IlAHLU'JTlS,: jNi-U,.c-.A o; - ,-. . : -NEW TEBMS. .,- r- .J' Hereafter the price of the Democrat will be $5 for six months or-$10 for a year. We prefer'to receive subscriptions for only 6 months at a time tintil prices for printing materials are more permanent. Some months ago when we fixed the priee-at $5 for a year Other materials and labor have advanced in proper. tion. " If any odc is inclined to tbiuk our present rates too high, we will trade with him in the old wuy take two bushels corn, or a sack of flour, or 20 lbs. pork, or a t 4-horse load of wood for a year's subscription ; or we j will take the same amount in raonpj .that they get -for j these articles in market. That's fair. I We are gratified to see that the Confeder ate Government has determined to permit no more supplies to be sent from the North to the jankee prisoners now confined- in Virginia. The reason for stopping these supplies is, that the northern people had made it the occasion for misrepresent ing and abusing our authorities and accusing them of stealing the supplies. The transportation; of these supplies from the North to the yankee pris oners in our hands ought never to have been per mitted in the first instance, for the Lincoln au thorities will never agree to a fair exchange of pris oners as long as they are permitted to supply their men in our hands with luxuries and comforts. It was a great mistake to ever allow any anything to be sent. from the North for the benefit of those who come into our country to murder our people and destroy property. m Salt. Last year it was predicted that th peo ple of the South, and. their animals, would starve or greatly suffer for the want of salt; but these pre dictions have not been verified, for salt has not been at all scarce this yeais and now, after most persons Have been supplied there is au abundance left in the market. . fdp Government officers complain that it is a hard matter to get transportation over the railroads for army supplies. This difficulty, no doubt, as caused by the large amount of transportation of cotton and tobacco done by the railroad fur specu lators, to the exclusion of ordinary and even Gov ernment freight.. It is said that on many of our railroads, the officers and agents of the roads, and all sorts of employees, have been engaged in specu lating. We' know this to be true to some extent, and we know that while they find transportation for their own freight, they are not disposed to accom modate others. The railroad companies have "farmed out" their roads to the Express company, find if private individuals want freight transported ! they must get the Express to do it and, pay the enormous prices charged. Is there no law to regu late these matters and protect the people from op pression by soulless corporations J.t We do hot want to prejudice the public against railroads, . but we want to arouse public feeling against the selfish manner in which 'they are man aged by some of their officers. Wp speak for the mass of the people who have to submit to the extor tionate charges of the railroads and Express com pany combined. . - From the Raleigh Journal COL. THOMAS' CHEROKEE INDIANS. It seemed to have escaped the attention of the public, the ' very important services rendered the cause of the South by the North Carolina Chero kee Indians orgatiized and now commanded by Col William H. Thomas, of Jackson county. These troops have done much valuable service in the mountains of this State and Tennessee, and we are pleased to observe by the following General Order that they have attracted the attention of General Bragg in so marked a manner. "The de tachment of Captain C. U. Taylor (himself a half breed) are all Cherokee Indians We believe that siuce the commencement of hostilities, the war has not developed a single Indian tory or traitor. Vnd in connection with this creditable fact we may state another. Some Iwo or three cages only of 1 - .1 T .1- ' j . i . . i . i . i, u w.i- lmlu wui.. v-ova w. v...vv.. ...v.v.. ! to his company before he was missed. On the ap- . pearance ot tnc truant at nome tne cuiei lumieui ! ately called his council together to deal with the i f i matter considered as a disgrace to tne tnoe. in one or more of these cases the deserter was arrest ed and soundly thrashed, and in all of them they were tied secure and sent back to their corfiniand id custody of a guard composed of elder members. We think "whito folks" might take a hint here. The following is the General Order alluded to : ; o -f Ueadq'KS Dei; t Iensesseh, I . Al ixsionnrv Kidi.e. Nov. 11. lSC3. t 1 1 r 01 1 fpL. n i n ij: t I,;, ard. diers a brilliant action of Gen. Vaughn and Jeut. C H. Tavlor, commanding detachment of Thomas' Legion of North Carolina State troops. On the . . - . . - up ; commana oapiurea or a isperseu. r? 1 IIIB it U SIIC CUICIII UUa UUUC V i- ka nAUf, rnhhom ftnrf hnchwhriAk-PM wno iBiesr the mountains ot that State, and has restored con fid t nee and security to its people i mm ourselves as becomes a oeoole -struefiling for' I libty w- cannot be subjugated. -' ' . M ' By ooifmahd of Den. Braeg. I Geo. 3V. JJrext, A. A. G. -j I e were paying 50 cents a pound for paper." Now we . Vee Governmpntunrl In fiomtn nf Mwh rvorrlnn newepaper, published . hA Wn nntifip( hv the nanerjnaker that tha nrice p.. .. . . . . . t of a JIand Press u , . .1 . . 4. - r f tney are to relinquish the right to own slaves. Mw0nRi.;Tpr,i. ' nereaiter win oe i per pouna jusi rune limes, more 4 , . - - - - . rimer and Brevier Type, , v v ' . , J The persons .exempted from the privilege of th s rttr orijf .TaT Trrrn than we Dflid tor it at the commencement or the war. I ... . . r . v x A. LA VI J K " "I " " - , desertion nave tasen place among tnc inaians, anu Supreme th.v irrrp nnpR'in whinh n rnnn"tpr in,t ran off ' bv and fai to see his sweetheart, or a husband to see his wife, I sident m tbis ; OT.k nlt fhir ntfarkeii (antsin (ioldman lirvson S tVH" command of mounted robber", in Cherokee county, s The General takes peculiar pleasure in announe-; rresiaentiai eiecuon oi too year oi our ixra ioou i within that city of any article of produce ' . - . f " . " " lU!nn1 . I auk tiatrinn it-en ll o nmt h frrt.cm t A .ml i . T - - . t - -. . 1 six miles lDS D18 acnievcmenc, ior u is ou uuiuuu --' CU.M""?' """" ... uvi uvi t uiatioo.k..io mzu u iu : oc pcrumieu to me. ii is a uence or our earue8i.aes3. uu wiutco iua' " f . - ruC1n viiwj itiu ahu BciMatuTui(w - TjINCOIiN'S PROCLAMATION. The President of the yankee nation has iuuu cam a urcai luanj. loousn iiyuzs fiince .ne sf ..- , . - . J c . and said a great many, foolish thjogs aiace ihe commencement oi the war, but nothing to compare in folly with a Proclamation just issued for the purpose of restoring the Union. It will be seen that lie is willing to pardon southern men (with certain exceptions) who "will go forward and take an oath to support and.) rotcct (fight for) Jhe yan- pardon are, our civil and military officers or agents, judges, members of Congress and the Legisla tires, j &c -they, of courseware to be executed as traitors. With the exception of this portion of our fellow citizens, all are to be pardoned who will humble themselves, relinquish their rights as white men, and take an oath of. allegiance to Abraham Lin coln. If there is a southern man who is willing to submit on such terms, and see any portion of his country meo. executed by the jankee govern ment, he ought to receive swift punishment and be put to death as a cowardly villain and a, traitor. The'followitig is the proclamation, which we publish for the purpose of letting southern men see what is to be their fate if the war is stopped short of the independence of the Confederate States. And in view of such a fate, is it not a shame that some of our own'people should be en gaged in abusing our authorities and ' alienating the affeetions of the people from the cause? Is it not a shame that, while a brutal enemy is trying to degrade and ruin us, there are persons here in the South who-are growling because fhey have to pay a tax, who are cursing the authorities and throw ing obstacles in their way, and thus helping to bring an awful calamity upon us. Men who have property had better even sell one-half of it to se cure independence than to fail in the struggle and lose all. But here js the proclamation : PROCLAMATION.. Whereas, in and by the constitution of the U. States it is provided, that the President shall have power to -grant reprieves aud pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of im peachment ; and whereas, a rebellion how .exists, whereby the loyal State" governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, aud many persons have committed and are now guilty of treason againat the United States; and whereas, with reference" to said rebellion and treason, laws have been enacted by Congress declaring forfeit ures and confiscation of property and liberation of slaves ail upon terms and conditions therein stated, and also declaring that the President was thereby authorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation,. to extend to persons who may have participated in the existing rebellion in any btatc or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare; and whereas, the Congressional declaration for limited and condi tional pardon accords with the well established judicial exposition of the pardoning power ; and whereas, with reference to the said rebellion the President of the United States has issued several proclamations with provisions in regard to the lib eration of slaves; and whereas, it' is now desired by some persous-heretofore engaged in the said rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States, and to leinaugutate loyul State governments within and for I heir respective States ; therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of. the United States, do proclaim, declare and make known to all persons who have directly or by implication par ticipated in the existing rebellion, except as here inafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restora tion of all rights of property except as to slaves, and in property cases where the rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the condi tion -that every such person shall take and sub scribe an oath, and thenceforward keep and main tain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall be of the tenor aud effect following, to-wit : ,"I do solemnly fweaj. in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the constitutiou of the United Slates, and the Uniou of the States thereunder, and that. I will In like manner abide by aud faithfully support all acts of Con gress passed during the existing rebellion with refer- - j fi h.1(1 vniA hv 'nm-rp or hr n'ecminn of the ' . " ' . ' Court, and that I will in iike manner abile thfullr support all proclamations of the Pre- ade dining the existing rebellion having refer- ! ence xo slaves, so ion? aim so lar as uoi inouincu or ,1.,1..,0H !rl l.t- .lo.-i-i.i.. ,.f t ,a Kimrpmi. rnnrt So ( . , o0d." The persons excepted from the benefits of the i bregoing provisions are all who are or shall have been civil or diplomatic officers or agents of tbe go called Confederate government, ull who have left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebellion, all who are or shall have been military or -naval officers of said so-called Con fed-j ; fcn- ...'.' .i n i. I i arm v. oi iieuiuoaui iu nits uuvi , au wuu uave icifc : geats in the United States Congress to aid in the resigned commissions in the i7..:.i c. " 4 r 1- ' ....... .,,V, .r h iT;ft rrr,ia ; it,- iw,u;n n,l'H -tw. bv- -t,,,. in . ...wx. - T 't -" any way in treating colored persons, or white per-' ' sons in charge of such, otherwise than hwfnlly as nricnnaiM tF vcttr. n n w H i.b nrannt ri n v hsTA i C-V..N.. V. " I 1 been found in th I'nitcd states service as suldiers, eamen or in any other capacity. And I do fur-i lm,. nrn,u;m AonUm utul mal-A known tht bnl -carer, io any of-the .fates of- ArkansasTexas, luisiana. Mississippi, Tennessee, .Alabama, Geor, -m' t - f i -v f - - - - fia. r onaa. ccuui -oarotiua aim iiurtn -omruiina. a nnmher of er5on& not. less than one.tanth in I ! number of the votes cast m such States at the ; . .-i . i . x T.a ter by the election, law of the State existing imme- diately before Ahe so-called act of secession, and excluding all others shall re-establiah a State government, which shall be republican, -and in no- I wis coatraTeniog said oath, each shall be reeog ooe ! nixed as the trae government of the State, and th State shall - receive thereunder th Fcnfit of th ... , . . . . . . . . constitutional -nrnv.irviv vltifT if tro (K ttthm ' Uoited States sh.Il miarantr- t. v-r, Rt.t. in rthis Union's republican form of government, and shall protect each of tbem agiinst invasion, on ap plication ot tbe Legislature,' or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be convened, and against domestic violence." . And I do further proclaim, declare and make known that any provision which may be adopted by eucb State government in relation to the freed people of such State which shall recognize and de clare their permanent freedom, provide fur their education j and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present addi tion as a laboring, landless and horseless class, will not be objected to by the national Executive. And it is engageoVas cot improper that, in con structing a loyal State government, in . any State the name of the State, the boundary, the subdi visions, the constitutions and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained, sub ject only to the modification made necessary by the conditions herein before stated, and each oth ers, if any, not contravening said eonditions, and which may be deemed expedient by those framing the new State government. To, avoid misunderstanding, it may be proper to say that this proclamation, so far as it relates to State governments, has no reference to States' where in loyal State governments have all the while been maintained. And for. the same reason it may be proper t6 further say 4 hat whether members sent to Congress from any State, hall be admitted to seats, constitutionally rests exclusively with the respective houses, aud not to any ' extent with the Executive; and, still further, that this proclama tion is intended to present to the people of the States wherein the . national authority has been suspended and loyal State governments have been subverted, a mode in rmd by which the national authority and loyal State" governments may be re established within said States, or in any ot them; and, while the mode presented is the best the Executive can suggest with his present impres sions, it must not be understood that no other pos sible mode would be acceptable.' ' Given under my hand at tbe city ot Washing ton, the 8th day of December, and of the independence of the United State of America the 88th. Abraham Lincoln. A GALLANT EXPLOIT. Capture of the Steamer Chrtutpealce by Confeder ate Passengers the Steamer and caryo-valved a $180,000. The 'New York Herald contains an article giving the particulars of the captuieof jhe Yankee Steamer 'Chesapeake," from New Tork; for Port land, Me.; on Suuday morning tbe Gtb instant, be tween oue and two o'clock, by sixteen Confederate passengers. 8even of the men purchased passage tickets for Portland, Me, while a dozen or more persons, dressed shabily, some as returned soldieTt, went on board and purchased their tickets of the clerk of tbe boat. This nut being an unfrequcnt raeihod of doing business, of course, would not create any suspicions either in the mind of the elerk or captain. Among the seven passengera who obtain ed their tickets at tbe office was one person - who stated to the clerk that liewas an old sea captain, and preferred this mode of reaching Portland on accouut of iu being tbe pleasantest and cheapest. Before she started some fifteen persons were conn ted on her deck; but even atrthe office nothing waa thought of it. Tbe capture was made at hatf-past one o'clock in the morning, when there -waa one-half the ere on duty, the others being below sleep. Tbe second engineer was shot dead. The first engineer was shot in the chin. The first mate was badly wounded in the groin. Eleven' or twelve - shots were fired at tbe Captain. After being overpower ed, he was put iuto irons, and the passengers were notified that they were priooncra of war of the Confederate States of America. The attack was made when about 21 miles East of Cap Cod. The steamer, then in the the hands nf the Confederates, came to off Partridge Island, at about one o'clock, on tbe morning of the Oth. The crew and 'passen gers wero then put into a boat, and sent to -St. Jobn,N. B , and, at last accounts, were at the Man sion bouse. It will be recollected that it was the "Chesapeake" that captured Cpt. Reed and his party when they attempted to run away with the cutter "Cushing," from the harbor of Portland. She was lull of freight, consisting of cotton, rags provisions aud general merchandize. The steam er and cargo were valued at $180,000. She car ried two guns, six pounders, one brats and iho other iron, several revolvers, and some other fire arms. After the dismissal of the crew end pass- j Cngcrs, She sailed she sailed in an Easterly direction, and i " cuuMm.unj seen alongside another vessel, and from her it is thonght she got a supply of coal. As soon as the news ot the capture reached the Brooklyn navy yard, a fleet was Gited out to be i sent in pursuit of the piize, but it is to be hoped j that she has been run ipto a Confederate port ere this. " Ef l ACTIVE CURK l'OU HooCuOLEttA 7J. W. A. San ford furnishes a Southern exchange the following: ' I desire through the median) of your columns to 'lut" ,be PQ.blic eaal proportions l prevalent and hith that tar. and , grease mixed in area certain antidote -for this prevalent and hitherto fatal disease. Tbe mode of ; treatment is as simple as the remedy ttselL Catch I .1 rr j . . yu. u-c-., ! ""u u. T"a .Tl 8 6lu 01 Tbe effect is atmost instantaneous. In a few boars 3 . . . , . . . - . ..fc.w- ..a -li.., in qcor tood. mjsiocx minaer, wirn . whoni the practice originated, says, "if you can j Pel h trn' Srca Wra- Jva emni Vi,m K00 I ,or baJCtn- " more than nf c Le. j m . t t . - . o - i thnrkip. f Aufrnita bave rohiy tad tha rmAhmmm 1 , . : . . r : 'bo? anr . A. ' iormora than he paid ibrit. To enforce-. the obserraace of this ordinance, a detective . has beerr appointed, with plenary power to prevent or report violations oi tbe ordinance. A CnEEHINO VIEW OF THE .SITUA TION IN TRANS-MIESUSSIPPI. - . We extract the following enoou raging riews from an article in the .Mobilo 4'Ntw;" v Wheo Beast Butler was removed from New Or leans and Banks was sent to take his place, tbe latter brought fifteen or twenty thousand men with him. With these, and the small fragments cf Butler's army, he was expected to redooe Port' Hudson, to occupy Alexandria, and to overrun most of the sugar-producing portion of the State, lie succeeded, by the aid of the navy, and as a "corolary of tbe fall cf Vickaburg, in caplarjng Port Hudson. Ho entered Alexandria only to fall back, "after a few days, with-tie lose. q all tbe military storea at Berwick' Bay. The Co u fed- rate 'pick eta, i&deed," wH close enoagh to New i Orleans at one time, to see tbe spirea of St. Pat- ! rick s Church. He was ordered to make an expe dition to Mobile and capture u all here; and two corps of Grant's army, terribly reduced by the sicgo of-4'icksburg, were sent to him as reinforce ments. These reinforcements only made l.ia army about as large as it was when he first wenfto New Orleans for Port Hudson, battle and diacafe had fearfully thinnVU bis rank". About this timo, such demonstrations were made upon bis left by our Trsns-Missisrippi forces, under CtoeralKlr by Smith, as to iodnee him to abandon the doubt ful enterprise of capturing Mobile. The pUn was pustponed, and a grand Louutana-Texas expedi .turn organized. What the result of that expedi tion has been we now know. Thus we see what it has all cost." Butler's ar my, Banks' original army, aud two corps I Grant's army, have accomplished next to nothing In the long period of nineteen months; and the federala really hold little more of Louisiana than they did a month after Farragut anchored bis ships of war opposite Xcw Orleans. . It is true they have injured us, but they have not benefited themselves. If they bad rasped a gain corretiooding to our oi tbey might well boast; but they have not. With all their troops, and all their ships, .and all their money, they can not show auy material advanoe towards the con quest of Louisiana, after nineteen months of steady and persistent effort. This, too, when they had every ' advantage They had all appliances of war, by land and by sea. We, on the contrary, had nothing, after the fall of Vicksburg, but the hoil and the men "the kindly fruita of the earth," and a people brave enough (as little bravery as this requires) to resist the iuvasioo of a vandal foe. With all these cir cumstances against thrra, the people of Trana-M is aissippi have made what we may well call a heroio defense cf their eniry -and it will be ao adjudg ed in historr. . , ; . Now, then, let the Yankees send-thair xpedi- j tion to Texaa wht 'avails it? : If -they-cannot ) conquer Louisiana, permeated as she is with nvt- j gable waters, how can they conquer Tea as? ' Tex- f as is larger, territorially, than all New England aud 4 New York put together. It is owl iuterseated by ( navigable streams. It is' an empire itself, lurge enough to hold, and feed, and austain the whole 1 ronnlatlon nf IhA f 'nnf.rloru! a Slafva Tha T- f pedition" there may succeed to a certain extect, tn one of tts objecta, which is nothing more nor occupation of the country, tbe thing U too absurd j to be thought of. . On the whole, we rather thick that tbe enemy will, in -the language of tbe law, take nothing by the motion of their Trans-Wissisaippi campaign. They have already robbed the people of all the negroes, and cotton, and sugar that carsc in their way. And there is nothing more to steal, where tbey hare iny chance of going In safety. They rosy gracefully retire now, with the honors (soca t j ss they are) of Indiscriminate pillage; 'and they $ may rem f nssuruu ioat incse noncrs wiu ne ireeiy accorded them by .those who have been their ?io time, and by the impartial pea of history.. . - f Wbat the Tlszsalb Intend to pt. 8ome of the citizens of Warren county, Miss., cooo after tho fall of Vicksburg, wroto Gen. SbcfwD, the 1 1 Federal commander, a latter npen the -condition of 1 1 matters in that section. His raply ahowa what 1) course the vandals intend to pursue in thcat ror- ft jtiona of the Confederacy they get in their clutches . 1 Here are aomo extrauts from U . Yoor preamble, however, starts ou wifb-e mis take. 1 do not thick any nation over undertook to feed, supply, and provide Sot the future of the inhabitant of an insurgent district. I contend that after the firing on our ateamboata navigating our on livers, after tha. long and des perate resistance to our armies at Vickabanr. on tbe Yazoo, snd in M baissi ippi recrrslly, we are justified in treating all the iiihabiracta a combat.- tantt, and would be perfectly juatihable in trant-! porting you all beyonu tho seas, if tbe united ctatea dermcd it to her intemt." - Here is a programme Lid don by one of tie leading Federal Generals, It is a pllin one. AU who reed can understand it. If it means anything' it means th!: rWe Federals intend do all in our power to rntn and devastate tbe country we art;' trying to subjugate' This fct now stares our 1 people more plainly to the face than ever, and ought to stimulate tlumt to renewed exertions. I they submit tbey will be stripped of -their alL I they are deflated they cju onljr bo stripped o: their all: If, by renewt'd eztrtion they gain tL( dv a uaiu it they surely will if they only ac aright they will secure to tbetuselv.es tbe peace. able enjoyment of thkir liberties and the nndir turbed poaees&ioa-of their property. I ' " 1 ' j AFkmalk Tniar. The following announce ment in an exchange ahouid.caoe (Jor. 8pragne of Jlbode Island.' . who baa recently wedded ML' Chase, forspent somewhat cf his bargain: . - . 'Ann5base, daughter of Secretary Chase, .Wasbin0i tn aooouut of whose marriage )rt' tranaferred to our columns, acquired an unenn it. i.u:. i . t Mn n.u.i !'lhe abstraction -of ladlca1 .tppud, i Jcw'cirj aa4 a! " xmY n!t t from the Ireaidenoe of thd Wealth ir D r -- - . i. Campteu, ox tnat euy.t a. ac ,puuo mam waaaui aemientlv compelled to disgorge to the'Uolu 8utes Government, bat ahe succscdsd in niaitit' owav with the other articles. - r .... t I 1 t I I i