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" r - -. ,. i j j . ... ,. . 1 , . ,- . , . , .... . . ; , i.. . . . . , , , 1 1 ' -- :- , .. ,. , X. , . . : .. .. .. . . . H , t t, A j'. - ' j j.rjt,,' rt-..: - .- - r - ' -1 r",t . i..... . " - - WILLIAM' ij. i-TATES . EDITOR -A.SD-B0PSIST0RT'4 ' ' ' . 1 1 n i o . $ ro UN jpgrTTaDsIehf advertt8menta. "inust'b,e paid for in advance. ; . , . r. ; Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f :r ft specific time, will be fnserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. AN ACT RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND' A" GUARD IN FOR HOME DEFENCE. Htfc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and 'it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the exemptions from service iu the Militia of the Stale, shall be for the giuiie causes, and to the same extent and no farther, tli.il are pre.-iibud in thact.- of Congress of the Con federate States, providing for the enrollment of men tor the public defence 'and granting exemptions from the same, commonly calli ie conscription and ex emption acts. Sec. 2. He it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to ia;.se to be enrolled as a guard fur home defence all vvhite male persons not already enrolled in the service f the Confederate States, be t weeu t he nges of .eighteen and fifty years, resident in this State, including foreigners not .naturalized, who. have been, residents in the State for thirty day3 before such enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Law and Eouiiv, the members of the General Assembly and the officers of the several Dcpartmentsof the Government of the State, Ministers of the Gospel oftTie several-denominations of the State charged with the duties of churches, and such oilier persons as the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper subjects of exemption. . Sec. 3. He it further enacted, That all persons above thfcrtge of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said guard for home defeuce, lud shall be accepted by a Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to belong thereto, and shall bo 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 serrice iu question may determine. Sec. 4- lie it further enacted, That the Governor thai! cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the two preceding sections of this act to be formed iirto companies, with liberty. to elect the commissioned offi cers oi bucji companies, and thence into battalions or regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis cretion, an ! he. shall appoint the field officers of such baiialijiis, regiments, brigades and divisions, and shall issue, commissions in due form to all the officers aforesaid. ' - See. 5. 15e it further enacted, That members of the Society of iMcnds, commonly called Quakers, may be exempted from the provision of this act by paying tire putn of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance of the Convention of this State iu that behalf ratified the 12th diiy of May, lbU2 Provided that when a Quaker .-hall have paid or had levied of" bis property the sum of five hundred dollars under the act of Con-" gres called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be reiiuircd to nay any sum of money for his ex emption under this act. See C. That the said guards for home defence may be called out for service by the Governor in defence of the State against hfvasion and to suppress invasion, either by regiments, battalions, or companies, en masse, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his discretion may direct; shall be. under his command, through the. officers appointed as herein provided: shall serve o'Mly witfiin the limits of thif State, and in teims of duty to be. orescribed by the Governor, not exceeding, three noulus at one term. They, or. so many of them as may be at any one time called iiUo service, maybe organised into, iufautry, artillery or cavalry as he may direct, and the infantry and artillery may be mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when approved by the Uovraor, on such terms as he shall prescribe. ' . Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That, the Governor may furnish to said troops the arms, aewntremeuts and ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return and to preveut the. waste, destruction or loss of the same. . Sec. 8. Be it further enncted. That nil laws and clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur view of this act -be, arid the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. That the commissions of otlicers of the Militia, called into seFvif e 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 7lh day of July, 18G3. COTTON CARDS A.l) SfilOIiS. Cottou Cards for 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 aud Gaiters of -ery fiue English leather. Lots ladies' calf-skin Bootees. Lot of thick Brogani, larjrt! sizes. J. P. BUTT, Mint Street, June 23, 18G3 tf Charlotte, N. C. JUST RECEIVEU, BLACK ALPACQA, BLL'E FLANNELS, SPOOL COTTON black and white. BLEACH EL) fclirilTING. J. S. PHILLIPS. June VJ. 1863 tf Copartnorsliip. . wai.ii ia n s & o at e: s Have this day associated with them in the Mercantile and Commission business, LEWIS W. SANDERS. .The Style of the firm win hereafter be WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. NOTICE. All persons indebted to the late firm o t w imams & uates win please call and settle u we wish to close our old bnuipja as Williams & OATES. Dec 9, 1?G2 . tf . DR. J. M. MILLER Charlotte, N. C, 1 Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be fouudai his Ouice in the Brawlev building apposite i0 Kerr's hotel, or at his residence. ' -' - Feb. 25, 1802. , .. The History of North Carolina. V-tl"13.r.-.-. i-uoiisne.i in tBJi-bvthe un1oreior,,t . !...:. : - , c ........ fc LU..k.uvU luuiumea omissions unavoidable and manj inipertections. . A second edition wa3 then prom ise.!, which would remedy these defects. This is now called for. He will be, grateful to anv ono wl,ft ;ti point out any errors-in the dates, names or facts in.the-i .iiiuus cuuuuea ui iuv voiaip; aaa -1 . - . . U " . 1 , 1 1 any biographical ' ice in ihf fi 1. 1 -iveicn ui mose who nave uoue service in the field or State. . Letters may be sent to me, care of ITon-D. L Swain JOHN II. -WnEELER. ' Chapel Ilin, N.C. June -1th, 1SC3. FfoiH th pliittt'atioaof'-llrsi B A. Htrntcr, in Sharon jadgUbortood; negro tnanJ.name4.WASB..bont.35. old, medium giz, and copper rolorc It 13 up- , posed tbaf be lias bcea . persuaded off by Rome mean wbite bersohl "and may be trying to make ; his way apprehension and delivery to me, or his confinement in any jaih j-f., J.W.!HUJiTER. v Oct. 27, 186?. tf. v. us Pri ii I i h gr " Msi i e r i a 1 s,fr;S e f dl desire to sell the Printing HaUriais Cjoanected with "the late "North Carolina Whig" newspaper, published in this town. The material consist of a Hand Press wit b Inking Apparatus1, Long Primer and Brevier Type, together with a fair assortment of Fancy and Job Type. Further ilifrma.tion will be furnished by addressing the undefsigned at Charlotte, N. Q, Oct 27, '(J3 RACIIAEL 8. HOLTON. PUBLIC OXiCE. .The Couny Court of 'Mecklenbnrg county, 'gives notice that every person who sells to or bays from a slave, Produce or other articles of personal property, on the streets .of Charlotte, or elsewhere in the county, without a lawful permit, will be indicted. . F. M. ROSS, .Chairman Oct 5, 1863 lm of the County Court. NOTICE. As depredations have been repeatedly committed on my premises, IJiereby forewarn all persons against huntiner on mv laud with or without dogs. The law will be enforced against those extending, Kov 10, I8G3. lm-pd R. II. LAFFRTY. T flffifp TIT"JTtTTInt A VTM V m w w X - - Richmond, October 20th, 1863. By virture of authority vested in me by an act of Congress "to authorize the establishment of express mails," approved May i, 1803, I have this day entered iuto au agreement bv which two nTaus a week will be carried each way between Meridian, in the State of Mis sissippi, and Shreveport, iu the State of Louisiana. N(w, 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 Oilice Dopartmeut, the postage to be prepaid in all cases, shall be at the rate of forty Bents on each single letter of half an ounoe or less, and forty cents for every additional half-ounce or fraction of a half ounce. Letters and packages to be eent by this route may be mailed and the postage paid, at any post office in th Confederate States, and '.hose 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 theywill be forwarded from either of said offices, and from none other without further notice. vJUiINT II. REAGAN, Oct. 27, 18G3. Postmaster General . ADJ'T & INSPECTOR GENL'S" OFFICE, Richmond, Sept. 8tb, 18G3. Special Orders "1 No. 213. Extract. . V "II". 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, aud 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 j-ear. Companies to elect their own officers. The Field Officers to lie 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) Jxo. Witheks, Ass'st Adj't General. KTotice. Co.vsc'uipt Office N. C, Raleigh, Oct. 7, 1863. The Commandant invites the attention of all persons rapable 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 rai.-e a Battalion of Mounted Men for special service iu No'rtli Carolina, jnd 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 awl the State that gave them birth. Parties enlisting in this Battalion will be exempt from duty iu 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 cither of the Camps of Instruction. By order of Col. PETER MALLETT, Commandant of Conscripts for N. C IIl-gii L. Cdlk, Capt. & A. A. A. G. October 12, 1863. lm SOAP AiD ASSIES WASTED, 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, 1833. tf L.,S.. WILLIAMS. ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE OF THE SOUTHEUN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARR1 VES. Railroad 5 00 From Chatv & S C. A. M.and 5 P.M " N. -C. Railroad " A., T. & O.. Railroad 6 25 1000 " and 5 " " Wil., C & R. Railroad 3 15 P. M. J DEPARTS. Railroad G'20 A.M. and 5 50 P.M & S C Railroad 7 00 " and 6 00 C. & R. Railroad 7 30 - " -. , & O. Railroad 3 00 P. M. For u N C Char. Wil., A.r T It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to this Office Osk Hocr previous to its departure. t. D. GILLESPIE, Aget. - Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1&G3. tf ; liPRKSS NOTICE. , Office Socthern- Expuess Compaky Charlotte, Sept. 24t 18G3. - In order to avoid misunderstanding and tto make our cbarges conform to the 'liability assumed, this j Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo , her 1st. lbt3, shippers will be'rrqnircd to j"?ace their I i ;t t i o n jpon each package before it will be received. i --Such valuation -will be' inserted in the Comnajiy's ) rtieiui, and establish" the ILtViUty of the Company" for me amount. The act of God and tbe.public enemy only ext -,,led - T. D. GILLESPJE, j Sept -26, 183 - . . . . t". Agent. T A IV iER Y We have a Tannerv Ir full nprat inn nhnnt BTY-niilpa from Charlotte, on the C. & S. C. Railroad line. It is a Hfoi ni..j t.... . . - . u", ,7" tauuvij, ana we are prepared to purchase, at market prices, Hides of all descriptions, and supply the trade at curreut prices. ..-.. V, " A." IT. GRIFFITH, July 13, 13 tf . C. E. BELL.. j 1 f . Hereafter the ptkf of the eocrat Will be $5 for sj x month 3 or 1 p, for r&fe&nr Wef ph fer to, receive subscriptions for only lapnths al t time gan til ririces for, printing ; materials ; are- more permanent;-- Sotne Konth? agd; jtbeifc we zed 'the'pHcg i? $5 for pVear are yeiv paying 50 centra pound for paper.- .Now we bare been notified by the paper maker that the price hereafter will be $1 per pound just nine times more than "we paid for it at e commencement of the war. Other materials and labor bare advanced in propor tion, . , . , If apy one is inclined to .think our present rates too high, wevill trade with him in the old way take two bushels corn, or a sack of flour, "or 20 lbs. pork, or a 4-horse load of wood for a year's subscription ; or re w;ill take the tame amount in money that they get .for these articles in market. That's.fair. . ; Salt! Salt! Salt ! We will exchange Virginia Salt for Pork, on as good; terms as any body. YOUNG, WRISTON & iiRR. tf . December I, 18G3 LAND SALE IN EQUITY. In conformity to a decree of the Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county, made at Fall lerm, 1863, in the matter of llngh M Houston and wife, and others, for the purpose of making partition of the proceeds of sale between the petitioners, I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder, executing bond with ap proved security, at the public square in Charlotte, on the 2d Mohday in January, 1864, on a credit of twelve months, w)th interest from sale, except five per cent, cash to pay costs, the Tract of LariTl in the pleadings mentioned, situated on "the waters.of Four Mile Creek, adjoining the lands of W P Houston, A A Houston, J M Stuart and others. Dec 1, 18G3 A C WILLIAMSON, C. M. E. EQUITY SLAVE SALE. In obedience to a decree of the Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county, made at Fair Term", 1363, in the matter of T B McKee, Administrator of Robert Walker, 1 will re-open the biddings of sale of the slave Aaron, in Ihe pleadyigs mentioned, at public ve.idue, at the public square in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday of Jan uary, 1804. scarfing at the last bid of sixteen hundred and fifty dollajs ($1,650). The terms will be twelve months credit, except five per cent, cash to pay costs, the. purchaser giving bond and good security for the purchase morrey." Dec 1, 1863 AC WILLIAMSpN, C. M. E. , EQUITY SALE OF A SLAVE."--. By virtue of. a decree of the Court of Equity of Mecklenjs'urg county, made at Fall Term, 1863. in the matter of B W Alexander,. Guardjan of Anne Alexan der and others, I will expose to public sale, and sell to the highest bidder, at the public square in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in January, 1"861, the glave Char lotte, in the pleadings mentioned, upon a credit of 12 months, with interest from sale, except, five per cent, cash to pay costs, the purchaser executing bond with good security for the purchase money. Dec 1, 1863 .,, ,' A C WILLIAMS0N, C. M. E. . 'EQUITY LAIYD SAIE.'. The Land of the late Hiram C. Brawley, deceased, will be re-sold at the public square in Charlotte, on tlie second Monday in Januarj', 18G4, oh a credit of .-ix months. It will be started on the last bid . of $2,337 and sold to the highest bidder. There are 174 acres in the tract. It adjoins the lands of J. P. Ross, Wm. Metns, and lie3 near to town Bond and good security required of the purchaser. Four per cent, cash will be required to pay costs. . . Nov 17, 1863. ts A. C. "WILLIAMSON,' CM. E. NOTICE. Persons having Claims against Harbcrt Stowc's es tate are hereby-notified that the estate is going to be settled up as early as practicable after January Court, and they are hereby required to present them for payment-or otherwise, this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. H D STOWE, Adru'r. - Dec 8, 1863 5t pd Stole of Hi. Carolina Cleveland County. Court of Pleas and Quurter Sessions. J B Martin et al, vs. The Heirs at law and next of kin of J B Harry, deceased. - " ' ; . . Petition for Reprobate of Will. ' It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants in this case, Anna E Bridges and her children, John L Bridges, Asburj- Bialock and wife Sarah, Washington L Bridges, Edmund II Bridges, Hamilton A Bridges, Lafayette Benton, Elizabeth Ben ton, Sarah Harry and Marcus L H- Harry, heirs at law of J B Harry, are non-residents of this otate: It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, Mecklenbuig county, for six consecutive weeks, notifying defendants to be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of Cleaveland at the CourJ House in Shelby, on the 6th Monday after .the 4th Monday in November, 1863, then and there Xo make .themselves parties to this issue if they tLiuk proper .so tf do. Witness, S. v llaams, Clerk of said Court at office, the 6th Monday, after the 4th Monday in August, 1863. adv$10 93-Ct S. WJLLIAMS, Clerk.- BRITTON'S BLUE-BLACR WRITING FLUID,: r . , -. M Mannfactured bv ti. mill Ljn. cnariotie. is. J. i The sabscriber is mannfacturing at Charlotte, N. C.i an article of vViliriNG INK superior to any that has : vet been Olfered to the Southern mibiic. Thic iiSiR tint A Kino.hirtok tntnr. una trill not -niouiir or thicken, nor will it corrode a steel pen. ' Tests having been made with this inK, Dotn in tue sun ana in water, and thev have proven such, that tUe - subscriber feels confident in offering it to dealers as a and yet there were, betore tne war iuore papers superior artiele. Tl5fesun will not deface its' color, but ' printed in the State of Georgia than are now pub gives to it a brighter oue, and by puitin the rnanu- ; )ishcd jn the Confederate States. The reason of script wriueuwitn it in water, it wiM give it a deeper r hU j8 that at ,ea8t 8Cvtrity.fiye- per cent of the blItvilTbeCfound that it wi in the army, ten with it becoming wet will not be injured or defac- ; Many of them cdmmand brigades, reiuieiits, and ed iti the least. ' - -.' ' "-j companies, and are upon different Generals' staff. It is purely a chemical article, and those procuring thislnk will get an article that time will, not deface but which wilt,give m instead, a mora permBeat and lastinjr quality-,v , & ' r r " 1 1 Mamiscrlpti writieo tlfirreen years ngo, , (and which t Iiqva hppn'exoosed to ihe sun "and air since that time, , with Ink mannfactured from this receiptare as bright : Andas gooJ to-darweo firs yi,t?n- ' .' ! Dealers will be auppUedca as liberal terms as poi- j blThIs Ink can be foued for retail at the Dally Bulle- ! tin office," where the subscriber will be pleaded to wait upon patrons. Enquire for Britton's Blue-Black Writ- id I? Flnidi . . Wholesale orders are solicited, ana all or .tnera will wuoies.ue on .i T tjnTTTnv be promptlv filled. Address J. L. Uiilliu, , Au. 24, 1863. Charlotte, ilccklepburg Co , N. C. t ' r 37THN. C. BEGIMEUT. , v The following, is; an eztract Trotu the Roll of 4 Honor in rejjard to the conduct of the 37th Res't N.C Troops in the' present war : " " : -: i --.'Ai. - .-y- . - il 0.:EABQs 37th, N. C. Tboop) , fne.YaBtteil on the peniDSu!a and talen to Poiut ' . : Xy--- o?-tp lSlio, i j j Jjobkoat, from .which plaice he escajtfd and arnr &i pi James Foote, JLiA. Gen.: - . 5 , " T- id safely in thif city a fe. days since. lie giireg , UArAi :; In replj .;.to -jour cpmmanicatipn'j th"e? fpHowiog particulars of prison-life tl IVuit requestidg i tiistory of "my .regiment I sub ni it. t.he J Lookout; Marylan'dU.1; .. -yX"ym x r haveieeu connected with . the regiment from its organization to the present time first as a Captain, "afterwards'as Xieut. Colonel, - and . subsequently as CoIoael7 and having been present with it in nearly every engagement in which it baa taken part :' The 37th Regiment was organized at High Point, N. C, on the 20th of November, 1801. Prior to the battle of Ne where nod before the con-1 script act" was ever talked of, navly six huudred members, of this regiment re-enlisted Ipr three years or the war, and shortly afterwards the regt nient. riroani.rl 1 An n.,t Aaan, it nonaarW 1 do not deem it necessary to give a minute account of the- part takn by thi retriment in the manv bloodv battle fields on which S0 many of its eallaut members have vielded their lives in behalf of our common cause. To give a partial history of its action on the bit tie field would do injustice to the erallant dead ; to give a full history would involve so many events in yhich' I have taken part myself that the reader raiiiht think 1 desired to gain some littlu notoriety nysclf. I therefore content myself with the sim ple statement, so far as its conduct on the battle teW is concerned, that it was engaged at Newberry Hanover .0. H , Mechanicsvilie, Games-' Mill, Fra zler's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar ltun, .Manassas Jinction, Manassas Plains, Ox Hill, XIarpeYs Fer ryY Sharpsburg, Shepardslown,- Fredericksburg, Ctancellorsvillc, Gettysburg and Falling Waters, beades some skirmishes of minor importance Tfcose who desire to know hotv the regiment be haved ort. these bloody fields can ascertain what they desire to know by referring to the impartial bucial reports oi Generals Brunch and Lane and official lists of killed and wounded now on file in the office of the Adjt. General of North Carolina. As I do not desire to claim for my regiment more thiu it deserves, I desire to state that neither my regiment nor the other regiments of this brigade was actively engaged at Mechanicsvillo or Malvern Hill, although they, were all subjected to a terri ble fire of artillery, and lost a good many valuable men. The capture of Harper s. Ferry was achieved almost entirely by the artillery,"and the infantry had comparatively-'little to do ; nor do t con-jtdci the fight with Taylor's New Jersey brigade at Manassas Junction, and the fight at Falling Wa ters, as entitled to be considered anything more 'than severe skirmishes. For the information of the friends. of the regiment I subjoin two tables, compiled ftom the records on file in my Adjutant's office, which will show the casualties of my com mand. ' Losses Killed 150, died of wounds 70j died of disease 302. .... Wounded and recovered. 332. List of Officers killed find died of tcounds Colonel C C Lee, Maj O N Brown, Lt J 0 Hart sogg, 2d Lt W M Green, 2d Lt G H Ueatiy 2d Lt W W l)oherty, 2d Lt W S Battle, Capt D L Clary, 2d Lt G li Gilreath, 2d Lt I M Itoyster, 2d Lt I L Brown, 2d Lt John P Elms, 2d Lt C H Bogan. - ' - List, of Officers,: disallhlQayt W W Lenoir; 1st Lt W H Goodman, 1st Lt W A Stuart, 2d Lt Willis WHitakcr," Capt Jordan Cork, 2d Lt O C Carl ton,. 1st Lt W J F Shull, Cant W W Beard, Uti 3, 2d Lt John I Wilson, 2d Lt Lt Joel 11 Brown W A Mickle From the foregoing tables it will be seen that ruiy regiment has lost 150 men killed, 70 who have died of wounds, oU2who have oicd oi disease, and 332 have been wounded and recovered. Total loss killed and wounded 552; to which add 302 who have died from disease and we. have a total of casualties amoBnting to 85i. It will be Fecn also that fourteen commissioned officers of this regiment have' been killed or mortally wojinded, and ten others permanently disabled by wounds. This table, it will bo seen, does not embrace the names of those offices who have' been wuuuded, but were not disabled by their wounds. An examination of the list on file in llaleigh will show that .there are but six officers in this regiment who have not been L wounded, and a large number (both officers and men) have been wounded several times. Noivithttanding the heavy' lotoses of my regi ment In battle, I have now present 412 officers and men -and am able to give the enemy' a good fight whenever it is necessary. 1 Bespecrfully, Will. 31. Babbour, : Colonel 37th N. 0. T. Changes in N. C. Troops. ol. John S. Mc- I Klroy,'lCth llegiment Cr Troops, has. resigned on account of-wotinds received .in- the-battle of ChaneellorsviIIe. Pnl. .Tnbn A .l r-.l)oweII. 1 sLKP! t N. CL Trnons. . . -D . r resigned. 1 Col. Robert C Hill of the 48th Reg't N. C. Troops; died at his residence in Iredell county on the 5th inst. SrARrrTV OP Printkrs Tn nearlv everv na- Scarcity - . j -.. r K "c p UP "c pct .c. i.c.ur..iB ,ui i-nuuia, while hundreds of them have met death upon the ' fi f . Werentnre that, there ts not fln1 . .jthsoo'th that has not a repre , .. , , , 1 the. held, apd many offices. wersupeud . C ' :cntattve in i"- uled at the t commcncement of. tho struzrle; in order that "the ' proprietor, editor, printers and oil -might enlist. I They are generally men of education and'-'alwavs I rf jnteHgen theTcfoTe fuH y f stand the principles wrare rJghtirig for, ; and the j . hard-ahips, disease, and death, incident to the life i 0j- a g0ldier. 113 n'jjt to be presumed : that they k were actuated by blind fanaticism, or from- love of j , , J . - -t ,. chanse, or from any otlier cause than the purest ' e . J ? motives of chivalry. Macon Confederate. m j - - - . 4 .PRISON LIFE AT POINT T.omrnrrr, l.- V'We have had a cooversation with .Mr KolTert ' Craddoek, late an orderly of the irc&idot. and j afterwards conuectd with the detective force in f this citv. whd was a short time nm canturd hv The prisoners' camp,, under' cKareo tf Capt. "Patterson,' Provost "3Jarshal, is surrounded by a f fence about fourteen fcer High, with a platform near the top, on the outside, on which the senti nels walk. The guard consists of -three regiments of infantry, the 2d, 5th, and 12th New Hamp shire, and a squadron of cavalry of the 2d regu lars. : 4 . .,.- ' r The enclosure embraces about fifteen 'acres of ground, and the prisoners aro iu teuts. Three thousand ar in the small "A" tents, five to each J tent; the rest (say about 6,0(50) are in Wall & Sib- i lev enis, irom ti to in a tent, 'lbe teuts are j ltlid ofi io C?IUP fora lP? men l company, and m vvuiuuivo w m vawava XUviU U IU U1UO Ul visions. - . On one side of the enclosure are the mcs houses, where 00 eat.at one time, and each house fds 1,500 men. The provisions consist of one quarter ot a pound ol damaged pork or beet, and ten small crackers, (say, three quarters of a pound,) aud a pint of. wash, called by the Yankee coffee. Occasionally rice or Irish potatoes ar substituted for bread, and about once a fortnight half a loaf of soft bread and one spoonful of -molasses. . About twice a week they get what they call ban soup, in lieu of coffee. . Each day a detail . of five men from each company is made to go for wood, and as the guard will not let them go beyond the creek, they have to dig up stumps and roots iu so open piece of new ground, "without an axe, unless they steal one. With as' muVh wood is would last com fortably for halt au hour they must shiver over for four nights; and this is all the wood allowed them. Many of the prisoners bare no blankets, and nothing but the cold damp ground to' sleep on. About two weeks ago they had orders to appear in front of their quarters' with , knapsacks and blankets. Tbey were marched to the beach, and then passed in review as fast as possible (about four or five abreast) by the Frovust 31ar hal. About one out of every five who had no blanket was told to stand aside, aud was given a blanket. They presented a very woe-begon'e look, and. were' generally ,. poorly clad aud emaciated. Many have given up all hope, and .will of coura die. The hospital is laid., off on two sides of a wii'e street, and each ward. has two witli tents joined at the ends and holding fourteen beds. The kitchen or mess tent is at the end of the street. The rick are as well attended by the Confederate - surgeons and nurses as the means given them will permit, but there has been weeks at a time when they h'd no medicine on hand of any kind. Three or four die daily in this hospital. When their caes seem hopeless they are taken to the general hospital on the Point, outside of the enclosure, and that is the last seen of them. For' some time the dead were buried without coffin or box, but thrown in a hole just as they died. The small-pox hospital is situ ated on a creek outside of the main guard.' The average number of cases are from six to eight per day," aud about half of that number die. The pa tients must be very strong to recover with the treatment received,' as . they are in tents -on the ground, on - the bleak shore of the Potomac, and near the bay. . rrL . 1 L . t. 'ii 4 .1 Aoe P"a. ,J"" .u n one occasion five of them bribed the sentinel to he called the guard, and two of the men were sliot after they surrendered. A young man named Mc Leary, wjis shot through the head expobing the brain, and then through the body) by a man who was called an officer. Another one of the mch was shot down and kicked about after ' surrender ing. These men were made to walk about a half a mile in that condition. This insfance'of brutality came under the immediate observation qt Mr Crad doek, who vouches for its truth. Richmond Dit- patch. " " ' TO.HY.FXF3- BV w. J. S LATTER. Kindest friend ef all I know, -Softly goetMing ev'ry woe .' In dark distress, Forge ti'u In ess , . Doth freely from thee fivw. . ' Frieuds prove false, but never you , - Thou dearest friend I ever kuetf; Thy circling smoke - I can invoke, , And watch thy fadicg bluo. ' TJie while I dream of pleasures past Bright, alas! too bright to last . Of love lit eyes,. ' Of loving sighs, ' Where erst my lot wai cast ' Of EtrolU'bencath the soft moonlight, Which smilling bcaui'd upon our plight Those dreams of youth, Of love and'truth ' Ah me! the ead'ning blight Tho world, dear one, shall never learn ' The secret kept in mcw'ry'u urn, -And grateful jsmoke '' v ' Shall make a joke. a .. . When bitter thoughts return." . It-was to uk; a blissful dream,- . ' . - . v I- "And on my' life 'it cstftagleam ,t- v . . ' "Of bright suushtoc,; . . J " And, too, on tbioe--. ,t j , ' ' AW! the fitful beam.'" j " ' ' Avaont, ye thouglrt of by-gone hourif A vaunt each cloud of glom that lowers i - Let grateful smoke - v " ""' j ' . In'wreathc8 of jole ." Vouchsafe its juagic powers.' ' ' "And 'as I watch the vapor-T rise w Curling upward towards the-skies--. " I'll bless the pipe, With joy ripe, Nor heed time as it flies. .'t ) IUh.road JIanfrs,. IIe who (ravels much these tlmca on any of our Railways cannot fail to notice tht absence of genteel manners among tuiny of the passengers'. There aro fomc who trouM probably thiok il ao UDpardonalTa offence to ,bo rude and impolite at home, but-who fcem to Kara no use for good manners in i raifrtr just a . though thy considered it a poslttro weAlncM t aianifttit kindness and eonsiacration toward lrao irera -Baf WhatPterothem fcy ihifXof persons, it ia aot unfair fo' conclude that ibcy tcharo t.t homajonly because it It the fashion, and not bcA causa there ia', lb their estimation, any principle iovolved.'f-W pitr, uch poor creatures., lho real gentleman, arid mil lady, are aueh on th public highways as Well as at homo. It has be come a habit with tbem to behave genteelly, and they cirry the habit the principle with them, wherever they go. A few evvnings since we entered ono of the cars' on a respectable railway to get a feat. Sixteen of the seats contained $urtcrn individuals, leaving, room for sixteen more. We stood up half an hour toee if there wis not one individual who Lad po liteness enough to offer part ef hi scat; only ono person moved and. bo. did it in order to stretch him self on bu seat the more effectually to guard his rights, as much as to say "I'm sole proprietor of thia." It seems to us very plain that no man has a right to cUitu a whole seat which is capablo of holding two pemona whila there any one with ut accomodation; and wLeo application is made to such a one fr part of his seat he has no right to demur for a moment, or to give place ' grudgingly. , It also occurs to us that it is the duty of the con ductor to kco that every one who enters the car is. promptly tteattd, thus saving such persons from tbs unpleasant bueiness of pqucixing down besido some ill bred beast whose manners arc (aahidlied after the latent modol cf hoga. Grce mloro (AT 6'.) Watchman and JIirlhier. . j. Iississirw River. The Navigation of the Mississippi by the Yankees appears to be very similar to the navigation of the river Jordan, which in the popular mind Is -supposed to bo a" hard road to travel. Meinphia papers, of the 1st, eay that the steamer Mill Boy had been sunk on the White River, and guerillas have made their appearance at Island 05, and give the following account of the work done by Tuylor'a batteries: . From f avengers ' who arrived on the tcatncr Nebraska, from IS cw Orleans, we loam tho follow ing particulars concerning matters ob th river. -It appearsjhat lick Tuylor, with a bree etima- ted at thirteen hundred, has been operating near ' the mouth of tho Red river. His object eppcars to bo Jo do-troy boat 1 engaged iu navigating tho Mississippi. . . A small battery was recently placed on the west bank of the river at Waterproof, a few miles abovo Natchez. Tho steamer Welcome was fired into by this buttery, and several large holes mado in . her. Although several shots struck her, yet wo learn that coone was injured. Scvcrul head of cattle wero, killed. Sabscquentfy a battery was placed in position on tho went bank of tho river, a short distance below the mouth of Red river. The -steamer Jmerald in passing down received several shots, but we did not learn that much damage was done. . The. small gunboat, No. 8, which passed about the same time, received two or three shots, and had two or three wounded. Tho next day as the fctearuier BJack Hawk was approaching tho point on her way from New Orleans to Vickiburg, she was saluted by a terrible fire of shot and shell. ; One shot blew off part of tho pilot bodse and,'.- totrc oa the leg ot cam ialton, bcr pilot. A second shot killed a colored man, taking his head com pletely off. A shell entered tho Toxasf setting it on fire. . MlsiLACeb.CoUET8ies. The way in which our authorities ha7o persisted in casting pearls be' fore the "swine of Tennessee, is illustrated in tho following statement by a correspondent of tho At lanta Intelligencer : f Capt. C. C. Spiller, formerly of our Tennessee cavalry, has joined the Yanks, and is now Tunning one, of the likle' steamers on the river. fLr Potts, the Southern Kx press Agent, had gone to Ohio, having taken the osth; also Ben. Chandler, Lawson Dugger and son, and 'a number of others of tbp.l'uritao stock, who were long suspected and informed on, but who were permitted to remain in ' Chattanooga, as spies, on our actions, it being con, sidcred good "conciliation policy' By this very policy, in fact, pursued by the Government, wo hare gradually lost the whole of Tennessee. Lieut. Gln. Wm. J. Harpee. This distin guished soldier having succeeded', temporarily, to the command of the army of Tennessee, a brief biographical sketch of him may not be uoioterest ing to our .readers ? . " - . Gen. Hardee is. a native of Appling, iu thorptato of Georgia. Ho graduated at West Point in 1838; reared under Gen Taylor in Florida, as Licutcn- Laut commanding the lid Dragoons, and also nodor General Scott, in Mexico, beiogjresent at all tho gfeat battles, ho so dUtioguiod himself for skill and gallantry that he was twice breveWd. Ho was I Kubseuucntly commuaioced to vuit Kurope for the j 'purpose of perfecting tactics, sod we have the ro- 1 j suit. in his well known wot c on the subject. He J was: next appoiotcd .oommandant at West Point, I and occupied that position wheii Port Sumter ear- 1 i rendered in 1801. On the happening of thia lui'i j portaot event, he resigned fryni the "United States i 1 service, irtirroed to Georgia, and was placed next 1 in command.to Gen Twi.'S. ' Shortly afterwards ! j he was appoiuted by Preaidcut Davis senior Colo 1 ue! jo the, regular; service of the Coofederacy, and j placed in command at FtH't Morgan, Georgia. He ! f had. not occupied this position many moo tbs wherr 1 Mie'was appointed B'igadiersod sept to Arkansas, where he organized Jhe troops it tbatotate... October 1STJ1, he marched with the trmy.bo hai ; ; organlted to Bowliag Greeo, and eatud pcreonial, j i laurels 't Corinth," Shlloh and Farmingtou when j he was promnU44Ptbe.wiMf'OT pisjor ucneral. Io OctoberlBC3,3tie focshr Porryviilo with i such distin mulshed valor that he WtVmade a Lieut General. t - A bacnel6r.t4i-or.tyr r.VVf never, cared a 1 farthing about'ge'tting married, uutil we studied f ao old bachelor a funeral. God grant that Jitter end nay not be liire hia. ' our i V I i! I"
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 29, 1863, edition 1
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