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W EST EBN DEMOCRAT, CHAELOTTB, 1ST . C. WAV, ITEMS. Tha Atlanta Appeal Jearos from gentlcipao who left Longs treat's array on the Jst, that oar forces had fallen back to Ball's XJap or &ogersviIJe Junction, which is the key to the valley that .runs from Bristol to KnoivilJe, following thexjourae of the Wataqga and Holston. The falling back move ment was caused by operations jo other depart ments, and the morale of the army was 4ini impaired by it. .With Jfew exceptions, the en tire army &as je anlisted for the war, and a generous spirit of emu lation foUwedthe work of je-eplistment. Trie army is, at present, in fine .spirits and con dition, and thanks to Gov Vance, of North Caroli na, better .clad than any of oar forces in the field, whilst the 8ubfri3ten.ce department has eo far ex celled all others, although no provisions have been furnished for the past four months, save those col lected within the gepartmest. Msj Gen UacJcnQr is in eomraiad of the front, and Msj Gen Ransom in -command of the cavalry. Important movements may he .looked for in that department, which will free not only .Bast Tennes see from the galling yoke she has worn, lint also Middle Tennessee and Northern Virginia. To speak more plainly would, at .present, be injudi rioiiB, bat we can safely say to oar readers, be of gond cheer, for a 'brighter day will shortly dawn. There was a rumor io Richmond tfee .other 4y thnt tJnmberland Gap had been captured by Long treet, but we have seen nothing to confirm it. Earning a Furlough. The capture of 1200 bead oi cattle in .habt lennessee a lew weeks ago, we learn was effected by seven members of Terry's .Lfxa Kangers and tour'of the od Arkansas Caval ry. They charged the three companies cf Indiana nix months' men, forming the escort, disabling eight or ten and took prisoners forty-three privates. We regret our inability to give the names of 4 V u! a " ii rr rfl 1 j uuuug aciors in tms auair. 1 ney aeservea, as they received, a public acknowledgement of -their services, which was made by Gen Longstreet, in "a general order, and tbey were also granted a furlough for sixty days. A Cavalry Exploit. We have the partic srs of a very handsome affair which occurred hat week near Snickersville, in Loudoun county, Va. A party of seventeen men, of different com psriies of the 6th Virginia cavalry, "disbanded" yruil the 15th instant to recruit, beard that a par ty of Yankees were coming up towards Snickers ville; and determined to go into "active service" and attack them. The Yankees numbered twenty-three men, of the 21st New York cavalry. They were charged as they came up the mountain, four killed, four wounded, and all the rest captur ed except three. These three were pursued until they took refuge with a bi.dy of 50 of their com rades who were approaching, and who were too strong for our roeu to attack. The prisoners were brought off tafcly. Only one of our me.n was wounded. Richmond Dispatch. From Charleston. 252 J doy of the Seujr. The enemy fired 143 shots at Fort Sumter on i Tuesday, but ceased cannonading at sunset. At arj caily hour -on Wednesday morning, the enemy I resumed his fire on the kast angle, but ceased ar t. r s IVsv rounds. The following were the casual XCf at Fort Sumter on Tuesday: Wm. Scarbo rough, Company D, 21st S. C V., severe fracture; Solomon Hugging Chap. Freeman and J. F. Wilkes, slightly wounded. One negro, property .of Caleb Coker, severely wounded. A correspondent of th6 New York Tribune, wri ting from Charleston harbor, says that the busi riP6s of blockade running has been resumed here, and that hardly a week passes without a couple of blockade runners running over the bar and enter ing the harbor. This is said to be attributable to the insufficiency of the blockading squadron, great ly redjiofd by Gillmore's expedition. Charleston Mercury , 17 th. DiMOPOLia, Ala., March 14. Maj Gen Loring has published an address to his division, and effec tive speeches were also delivered by Judge Glenn, Featherstone, and Capt Uarksdale. The whole division, which is large, and is composed of Mis aissippians, Alabamians, Louisianians, and Arkan sians unanimously re-enlisted for the war. The total force of Grant's army in Mississippi, North Alabama and Tennessee is 100,000. The campaign will qpen about the 10th or 15th of April. Another Najval .Exploit. Capture of a Schooner from Maine. We learn that Lieuten ant Edenborough, with a.-small party of men, un der direction of Captain Thomas E Courtenay, a few nights since boarded and burned the schooner Julia Baker, from Portland, Maine, lying in James river, near Smithfield, after securing the crew and three negroes who were aboard. Much credit is due Captain Courtenay, under whose management the expedition was organized, as well as the imme diate actors in the affair. The enemy will learn after a while that to "ocoupy and possess" our riv rrs is a matter beset with more difficulties than tiey "calculated on." Thb Situation in Florida A letter to the ?vornah Republican, dated near Jacksonville, "' . the 8th int , says: - All is quiet to day at the front. We are daily, jMb hourly, expecting an engagement. We have the nemy now inside of the Three Mile Branch. If. ev. occupy from there to Jacksonville. -Their forces are variously estimated at from 15,000 to 000. -Gen. Giljrnore is in command. In the several engogements we have driven them from every position they have taken op to their present .stronghold. We have not yet attacked them there. From Louisiana. A despatch from Shreve tpcTC.'La , datad March 2, says: "Ail w quiet in this department. A passive campaign on the part .of the Yankees is anticipated. The enemy is now making a reconnoisance up Red River. General ; Toy lor is anxious to meet them." I Goicra! Jackson '-e Commissary, Banks, is no more. respected or feared here than when he made ! his disastrous flight from the Valley of -Virginia. The people and -the army have entire confidence in iLieutenant-General E Kirby Smith. From New Orleans. A gentleman just from New. Orleans gives the editor of the Mobile Regis- j ter the annexed news : j Banks' expedition to Texas was in command of ! rtn Whitsett, Gen Banks having never left New I Orleans, and that the expedition' was a complete : failure. A large number of the negro regiments i .had mutinied while at Brasos Santiago, and were j under arrest there. Tbe first or second Metropoli-: tn regiment, and some other white troops, desert- j ed and joined the Juarez party in Mexico Kwy steamboat which arrives at New Orleans from -up tbe river bears marks of guerilla bullets. Persons are oonafantly being Killed on ttoem. fi lots now charge $500 for going up the river and 500 for coming down. Business is very dalljn New Orleans. There rebut few troops in the city now. AH the resi dents vho ere able are leaving iqr New York or Europe. . Over two hundred negroes, who ve.ro engaged in the Fort Jaokson nmtiny, bare Lbejyj sentenced .to be ifce. SIGNS AITD SYMPTOMS. Rumors of recognition by Francefailuref and disasters of tbe enemy in Mississippi, Northern Georgia, Florida, Mobile and Charlestonthe ad vance of Yankee gold to 170 the return of Yan kee troops to their hoaes suspension of the draft the disgrace of Meade the trembling attitude of Wall street the opposition of Earl Derby to the British Ministry, and increasing impatience of the English people --disappointment at the. North . loss of confidence and momentary fear of a finan cial panic snd revolution these are some of the signs of the times across the border, which bid as .keep heart and hope on .How stand we at home? The fourth year of the war has been inaugurated with series of sac- .cesses, uur armies are strong ana in ngnting trim; baggage has gone to the rear and men are stripped for battle; a buoyant spirit everywhere prevails; confidence in our cause grows apace, and Confederate currency begins to wear its rejuvena ted aspect; gold is going down; speculation has bolted for a time; prices of stocks and bonds are tumbling; and, in short, we show that "wonderful vitality" before which tbe New York Times stands amazed. Strike the balance between tbe two causes, and take courage. On the one hand, despe ration, weakness, doubt and internal strife; and on the other, fresh courage, strength, faith and unity of purpose. Is not the contrast cheering, and should we not be grateful to that overruling power which has so nearly given us the victory that we have to struggle but a few months more and claim It as our own; Columbia Carolinian. The signs are cheering, but whether cheering or not let us all resolve never to submit to Abe Lin coln and his brutal crew. Thk Feeling in tbe Army. A private sol dier belonging to Co F, (from Harnett county,) in tbe 15th Regt, Cooke's Brigade, called upon us a few days ago to tell us of the amazing change which has come over the army of Northern Vir ginia within tbe past two or three months, in part leading to, and in part resulting from tbe re-enlistments of the troops. The men had become dis pirited, restless, bent upon coming home at the expiration of their terms of service Gradually a better spirit began to prevail, and when Gen Lee called upon them they were prepared to furnish that unparalleled evidence of self-sacrificing patri otism, the re-enlistment ot companies, regiments, brigades and entire Divisions. Since that time, he says, the utmost cheerfulness, amounting to playfulness, prevails in the camps. Many desert ers have returned, and desertions have ceased. There is also a remarkable degree of health. In his regiment, out of 450 men, only 5 were on the sick list. The meat rations were' small, but they were compensated for by plenty of bread, coffee, sugar, and often vegetables, such as potatoes, cab bages, and turnips. It cannot be otherwise than for a great purpose, that He in wboru are tbe wills and affections of men should thus have turned tbe hearts of our soldiers from despondency to hopefulness, from discontent at their hard lot to the most cheerful submission to all the requirements of that lot. Such men will not, cannot be 6ubjugated.-oy- etUville Observer. . . The Nlw Obder op Exchange Arrival and Departure of Prisoners. The fact that a regular, and, to all appearances, a fair exchange of prisoners, is now in operation, seems to excite- the curiosity of the inquisitive, who want to know bow the tbing can be while Butler is still in au thority in the matter. The fact is, so far as this particular system of exchange is concerned, that Butler is out of the question altogether. The ar rangement is the affair especially of Commissioner Ould on the Confederate side, and Major Mulford, Commander of the truce steamer "New York" on the other. By virtue of the agreement between these two gentlemen, we send them in return for Confederate prisoners, delivered at City Point, a number of Federal prisoners from the Libby and Belle Isle, equivalent to seven-tenths of the num ber so delivered. By this means, the unjust claims of been the the Federal Government, which have subject of such long and apparently in effective correspondence, are quietly laid on the shelf, and if the exchange continues, the last batch of Yankee prisoners delivered to the Federal au thorities will herald the close and completion of the exchange. Lincoln will have back the whole of his "captive army," and we will have back ours. Belle Isle and Johnson's Island, the Libby and the Fort Mc Henry will be cleared out and made ready for the reception of new visitors. On Saturday morning, the 12th inst., Maj Mul ford arrived at City Point, per steamer New York, with about 750 Confederate privates, and 55 Con federate officers. In return for this number, 420 Yankee privates and 40 officers were sent. Rich mond Enquirer. A Noble Soldier. A Glorious Death and Example. Among the noble lives that were sac rificed on the alur of their noble country at Bris tow Station, Va., on the fatal 14th of October last, was that of Lieut Paul B Grier, of Co E, 11th (Bethel) Regiment, N. C. T. He was a brave and patriotic yout h, the son of Mrs Margaret Gricr, a widowed lady of Mecklenburg county, who bad lost another gallant son in the service of his coun try. A few days before bis death, in reply to his mother requesting him to come home oc furlough, he wrote : "Dear mother, I desire greatly to visit my dear home and see you all once more; but I cannot ask a furlough now, when the call of oar bleeding Country requires every man that can raise an arm in her defewce to be at his post. Important move ments are going on, and soon we will be called on to strike one more blow for. our homes and our firesides." Again he saye : "Nothing but the narrow stream separates the two armies and even now the dis-, tant roar of cannon tells me the great contest has begun. If I be so fortunate as to escape unhurt and safe, you shall hear from me soon again, but it is iery uncertain." These were bis last words to his devoted mother. Seven days after, he fell gallantly, a noble martyr to his country's cause. lialei'jh. Lonfcderute. . I - j Geo. Beauregard has temporarily establish- ed his headquarters in Florida. Rumors are rife ; of fresh moveraents, looking to the "wiping out" : of the entire Federal force there. So say Florida papers. j Lieut.-Gen. E. Kirby Smith has been promoted j to a full General, and given the command of the j Trans-Mississippi Department. Gen. Sterling ' Price, it is 6tated, has succeeded Gen. Holmes in 1 Arkansas and the latter is to report in Richmond. ' Richmond, March 15. The exchanged prison-1 en who arrived at City Point on Friday, reached , the city at 1 o'clock to-day, and were received at j the wbarf by a large concourse of ladies, citizens ' and soldiers, with enthusiasm. Demonstrations of welcome were repeated at Capitol Square. Speech-1 es were made by President Davis, Qov Smith and others. The returned prisoner! were furnished j with refreshments, after which they were marched . to Camp Lee. j MILITARY BEGTJXATIONS. Adjt. Gtn, Cooper has published general orders for the enforcement of the military bill, to which all interested should give immediate attention. The orders -are dated March 1. AH persona be tween Reventeen and fifty, are to be at once en rolled. Camps of instruction are to be established at suitable points, under the charge of "command ers and enrolling officers and drill-masters." Ap plications for exemption are to be made in general to tbe enrolling officer of the oounty or district, and shall be supported by the affidavit of the par ty, and other testimony under oath. If the en rolling officer approve the application, he may grant an exemption of sixty days provided it is not countermanded by the commandant of the conscripts, to whom the certificate of exemption has to be forwarded. In case both the enrolling officer and the commandant of conscripts reject the application for exemption or detail, there is an ap peal to the bureau of conscription and the Secreta ry of War. Applications of farmers, overseers, etc., for de tail, are to be made to the local enrolling officer in writing, with tbe affidavits of the party, and other corroborating evidence. If the decision of the enrolling officer be favorable to the application, it is forwarded to the commandant of conscripts, who may, if he approve, grant a detail for sixty days It is then sent to tbe bureau of conscrip tion. Applications of persons between forty-five and fifty, "because justice, equity or necessity require the detail, or because their employment is neces sary to the public," are made in the same way as in tbe case of farmers. Applications for exemption by clergymen, news paper employees, apothecaries, physicians, profes sors, teacheis, etc., are nade to the local enrolling officer, and his certificate must be approved by tbe Congressional enrolling officer. Officers and agents of railroads may make ap plication directly to tbe commandant of coascripts for the State. Tbe duties of provost guards and clerks, of clerks, guards, agents, and employees in commis sary aud quartermaster departments, in the ord nance department, etc , are to be discharged by persons between eighteen and forty-five iiho are unfit for field duty. Should the invalids between these ages be not sufficiently numerous, thin per., sons are to be assigned to such duties from the reserved military class. ; flic r) 11 ro 11 rf inonrirftrvn . 1 1 JlrnArol a tv vavut4 v -vrkj. 1 11 vnni a an uvivVA V aaw- 1 ceedto enroll "at once" all of the clerks, agents, ! guards, employees, etc., just mentioned in tie de- partroents referred to Conscripts unfit for duty in the fit-Id, anc capa ble of discharging the duties in question, vill be recommended by the board of examiners fcr such positions as they seem best suited for. Exemptions are granted to judges or jusiices of any supreme, superior or criminal court, to clerks, and to sherins. Justices of the peace, deputy sheriffs, tommis sioners of the revenue, are not exempted. The Message of Gov. Brown. There is not a Georgia journal .that has come to oir notice Mnce the publication of Gov Brown's extiaordina ry message to the Legislature of that State, which does not in some sense bear the stamp of unquali fied disapproval of the tone and temper of the document. Thinking men beyond the boundaries of the Empire State have likewise not been slow to express their disapprobation. At another time, official caution and official recommendations, strong language, and the antagonistic spirit which throws a fiiebrand in our pathway, might have found vent without harm, and possibly without a word of criti cism ; but at a period like the present, for tbe rep resentative of a great people, who are patriotic, united and zealous in their good works, and on whom no stain of dishonor has ever yet rested, to initate an opposition to the General Government is a step inconsistent with the duties of the hour and a policy that bodes no good to our cause. Gov Brown is an ambitious aspirant for the next Presi dency, and there are those among his followers who affect to believe that be will reach-this cli max; but if we read any truth in the signs of the times ; if there is any language in the firm, bold front with which our people are facing the respon sibilities of the hour, it-tells of an indomitable pur pose to yield a cheerful submission to that will of the General Government, which has found expres sion through Congress, and to reserve all questions involved in party bickerings and political ambition for final settlement when danger is past. He who feeds the passions and prejudices of the masses at a time like this, and endeavors to divert them from the' channel of public good, is the most covert and dangerous enemy with which a country has to contend; and the good sense of the people should consign him to a moral aud political grave from which there is no resurrection. Columbia Carolinian. We fear that Gov. Brown is actuated by a de sire to make political capital for himself. His objections to the late measures of Congress are ill timed and factious, and can do the common cause no good. It would be much better to secure our independence first, before we quarrel and divide about theories. One of the members of the Georgia Legislature, Mr Linton Stephens, introduced a resolution de claring that the suspension of the.' habeas corpus by Congress is improper; but we see it announced since that the Jndiciary Committee have reported resolutions sustaining the action of Congrcts, wbioh we presume will be adopted. Bio Words and small Ideas Big words are great favorites with people of small ideas and weak conceptions. They are often employed by men of mind, when they wish to use language that may best conceal their thoughts. With tew ex ceptions, however, illiterate and half-educated per sons use more "big words" than people of thorough education. It is a very common, but very egregi ous mistake to suppose that long words are more genteel than short ones just as the same sort of people imagine high colors and flashy figures im prove the style of dress. They are the folks who don't begin, but always "commence." They don't live, but "reside." They don't go to bed, but mysteriously "retire." They don't eat and drink, but "partake of refreshments." They are never sick, but "extremely indisposed." And instead of dying, at last they "decease." The strength of the English language is in the short words chiefly monosyllables of Saxon derivation and people who are in earnest seldom use any other. Love, hate, anger, grief and joy express them selves in short words and direct sentences; while cunning, falsehoood, and affection delight in what Horace calls verba scsquipedalia words a "foot- and-a half long." Hogs and Dogs. A writer in an exchange suggests to planters to give their negroes a pig to pet and feed upon the waste of each cabin, and to kill the dog usually found about them: "Thus, he says, from eighty to one hundred and twenty pounds of pork might be saved annually to each family of negroei." - tfOBTHEBJT ITEMS, from the Washington Chronkla. Important Disclosure. In tbe New York Tribune' of Monday, the 7th last, there appeared the following article; jin interview between General L& and General ITClel lan. A written communication was sent to the Secre tary of War on Saturday last by a former member of the Maryland Legislature, and a cousin of the rebel General Lee, stating that during the battle of Antie tamGeo. Lee had his headquarters at his house; that on the night after the battle he sent a messenger into oar lines to Gen. McClellan, requesting an interview at his headquarters, that General McClellan, accompa nied by some of his staff, rode that night through the rebel lines, and bad a long interview with General Lee, who, among other things, informed McClellan that bis army was crossing the Petomac. The writer has been subpoenaed before the Committee on the Conduct of the War." I wish to correct many errors therein. 1. I am not a cousin of Gen. Robert Lee. 2. No inter view could have taken place between the parties during the battle of Aotietam at my house, as I live ten miles from that place. 3. The interview took place three or four days afterwards, and. was rather at the suggestion jo( a mutual friend than courted by either party. 4. At the time of the meeting General McClellan was alone and Gen. Lee came through the lines of the United States Army under my escort, I having received a sol emn pledge of personal safety from General Mc Clellan for ns both. 5. The communication was not made by myself. The interview lasted some three, hours, during a short part of which time I was present. 1. W. ' ThJT Rebellion not Crushed. A recent issue of the New York Times has an editorial en titled, "The Rebel Spirit," in which among other things, it says: "We are very sorry indeed that the opinion entertained for some time past by many -excellent people, that the rebel army and Confederacy were so badly broken down that they would do no more serious fighting this Spring or henceforward, has not been sustained by our latest experiences. The rebels in their recent encoun ters, in different parts of the country, with our troops, under Gens. Seymour, Sherman,' Smith and Palmer, have fought with their usual obstina cy and pertinacity, and marched with their ordina ry celerity. Their small detachments everywhere show fight, and their large armies stand their ground. The rebel backbone is undoubtedly in a frightful condition, and those unacquainted with morbid anatomy might easily imagine that it was . . n . . . - qe impossible for the monster to stand erect, But he does stand, nevertheless, and it is wisest for us neither to ignore his vitality nor his power. As long as the armies of Lee and Johnston exist; we shall have a great deal of work to do; and even they, we fear, will have to be killed half a dozen times before they can be accounted dead." The Baltimore Gazette says: "Notwithstanding the semi-official announcement that the rumors in regard to the recognition of the Southern Confed eracy by Fiance were entirely groundless, the Washington, correspondent of the New York Tri bune states that the son of Mr Dayton had reach- ed Washington, as the bearer of dispatches from his father. Mr Dayton expresses the opinion that the recent course of the French Government in permit ting Confederate vessels of war to be repaired in French ports, and allowing them to depart freely when ready for sea, foreshadows the recognition of the Confederacy." t Grant has left Washington en route for the West Chase has withdrawn bis name from the Pres idential -canvass. The Senate passed a bill authorising Chase to sell the surplus gold in the marker. Lost quota tion 164. 1 A Grand Reception.--Richmond opened wide her arms on yesterday. For hours the hills at liocketts bloomed with beauty, and the streets about the Navy Yard were alive with throngs of pleased, expectant, joyous-hearted people. The glittering muskets ot . a battalion shone in their midst, and the music of a band added to the at tractions of the scene. At half past one o'clock, two steamers, loaded with Confederate soldiers, just released from Northern prisons, after ten months of cruel captivity, appeared, coming slowly toward the wharf. Cheers from the shore and cheers from the boats arose. As the boats touched the wharf, the prison-worn "heroes of many a fight" were seized upon by a thousand ladies or more, and welcomed with Virginia warmth and woman ly enthusiasm. The militaiy presented arms ; the band did its best; the people cheered. Everybody did something, or said or shouted something that evinced overflowing, irrepressible, indefinable glad ness. The prisoners were then escorted up town. The march was a triumph. They stopped iu Cap itol Square, . and were addressed from the monu ment by the President, the Governor, by the gal lant J. Lucius Davis, who was "one of them," and by ('apt Hatch, of the Exchange Bureau. Five thousand persons were present More cheering, music and welcome. ' Edibles and drinkables were circulated. The Marseillaise by the band, and the "prisoners" were escorted, amidst showers of smiles and hurras, to camp, on the western suburbs. Richmond Enquirer, 16th Roll of Honor. A correspondent from Hal ifax informs us that Brig Gen. Junius Daniel, on a visit home some time since, caused a considera ble amount of food to be fold to the poor at extra ordinary low rates. He sold corn at $15 ber bar rel, and peas at $3 per bushel, when they were selling at $25. Gen. D. has sold from his planta- fkMi food to the poor for $1,800 less -than the market price; and he told one of his neighbors to inquire into the condition of a soldier's family and if they needed any thing to go to his farm and get it. Such conduct is noble and generous. A man thus filled with a noble chirity, will always render bis country noble service upon the battle-. field. Another correspondent makes honorable men tion of noble conduct on tbe part of Rev. Wm. H. and I. W. Cunniggim, of Greene county, for their benevolent care and attention to needy soldiers' families. The former spends nearly two-thirds of his time attending to tbeir.vanous necessities, and both have been selling corn to them at $1 a bush el, bacon at 10 to 12 J cents per pound, other ne cessities in proportion. The names of such men should be inscribed in characters of living ligbtj while their good deeds are enshrined in tbe grate ful hearts of the poor and needy. Raleigh Con federate. Yankee Improvements upon "Progress." Upon tbe bodies of sundry dead negroes, who came in for a share of the slaughter at Ocean Pood, were found leather thongs, commonly known as cat-o-nine-tails, with - wrist girdles complete. They were, it is reasonably supposed, designed for use upon the backs of their former masters, under the direction and wittTlbe approval, if not by the order of the Yankee officers of the expedition. Tbe idea is in keeping with Yankee humanity and civilization. It would not succeed, however. 'Na ture protested from the mouths of several thousand muskets, and seme fifteen hundred devotees of the dogma that black it white, bit the dust in testi mony of their folly. PROCLAMATION By the President of the Confederate State of America. The Senate and House of . Representees of the Confederate States of America have signified their desire that a day may be recommended to the peo ple, to be set apart and observed as a day of hu miliation, fasting and prayer, in the language fol lowing, to-wit : Here follows the resolutions of Congress set ting apart Friday the 8th day of April, which res olutions we published a few weeks since. A recommendation so congenial to the feelings of the people will receive their hearty concur rence ; and it is a grateful duty to the Executive to unite with their representatives in inviting them to meet in the Courts of the Most High. Recent events awaken fresh gratitude to the Supreme Itu ler ot nations. - Uur enemies - nave sunered re peated defeats, and a nefarious scheme to burn and plunder our Capital, and to destroy our Civil Gov ernment by putting to death tbe cbosen servants ot tbe people, has been balnea and set at nangbt. Our armies have been strengthened; our finances promise rapid progress to a satisfactory condition ; and our whole country is animated with a hopeful spirit and a fixed determination to achieve inde pendence In these circumstances it becomes as, with thankful hearts, to bow ourselves before the throne of the Most High, and, while gratefully acknowl edging so many mercies, confess that our sins as a people have justly exposed us to His chastisement. Let us recognize the sufferings which we have been called upon to endure, administered by a fatherly hand for our improvement, and, with reso lute courage and patient endurance, let us wait on Him for our deliverance. In furtherance of these objects, now: Therefore, 1, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confeder ate States of America, do issue this my Proclama tion, calling upon the people of the said States, in conformity with the desire expressed by their rep resentatives, to set apart Friday, the 8th day of April, as a day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, and I do hereby invite them on that day to repair to their several places of public worship and be seech Almighty God "to preside over our publio counsels, and so inspire our armies and leaders with wisdom, courage and perseverance ; and so to manifest Himself in the greatness of his goodness, and in the majesty of His power, that we may se cure the blessings of an honorable peace, and of free government; and that we, as a people, may ascribe all to the Honor and Glory of His name." Given under my hand and tbe 6eal of ) the Confederate States of America, at j the city of Richmond, on this 12th day of March, in the year of Our Lord SEAL. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. Jefferson Davis. By the President : - J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. TAX IN KliYD. Ornca Post Quartkrmastkr, 8th District, Charlotte, N. C, March 5, 1864. It is hereby ordered that all the tithe for the rear 1863, in the 8th Congressional District, N. C, of oats, buckwheat, cured ha and fodder, molasses made of cane, beans, Irish potatoes, wheat, rye, ricv, sugar, wool, peas and ground peas, be-delivered to my Agents by the 1st day of April, 1864. After that date my Ageuts will refuse to receive any of the above named articles. An extension of the tim will be given for tb deliv ery of Corn and Bacon. It is further ordered that ail the Cotton be delivered at the Gin Houses designated by my Agents, and that the producer take the gin-houseman's receipt for the number of pounds of lint cotton which his estimate colls for, and before the 1st day of April, 1864, deliver the receipt to roy Agents to whom be delivered the other articles of his tithe. In sections where no gin house can be fonnd, my Agents will authorize the de livery at this Depot of small lots of Cotton, put up as securely as possible by hand. It is further ordered that all receipts given by the High Shoals Iron Company, Garrett Bros., and by Jas R Thigpen, be presented by the farmers holding them to my Agents, to whom the farmers respectively de livered other articles of the tax in kind. Unless this is done' by the 1st of April. 1864, the receipts of these parties will not be recognized by me, and the tithe.of the farmers holding them will be charged against them. Farmers are directed to deliver a fair sample of their Bacon (bog round) and are hereby notified that unless they deliver the full number of ponnds, which their estimates call for, they will not be receipted. Allow me to say, to the commendation of the 8th Congressional Dist., that about 45,000 bushels Wheat and 60,000 bubels Corn, and other articles in propor tion, have been collected, a great portion of which have found their way to the army. The people have done well, and it is to be hoped that not one farmer in the District will refuse to deliver his tithe in full, for tbe Government needs it. I understand that some persons are apprehensive that they will not get pay for transpot tation in excess of the eight miles prescribed by law. They shall be paid when theyshall have delivered all their tithe. Agents will take pains to give publicity to this no tice. S. M. FINGER, Capt. & P. Q. M. 8th Dist., N. C. March 8, 1864 4t To the Friends of the Soldiers through out the Confederacy Quartermaster Gcnkbal's Departuknt, Railroad Borsau, Richmond, Feb. 20, 1864. The friends and relatives of soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia are hereby notified that an arrange ment has this day been effected with the Southern Ex press Company, to carry all packages of food and wear ing apparel to Richmond, Va. To secure the advantages thus obtained through the Express Company, the following instructions must be observed: . ... Packages must not contain more than one hundred pounds ; be well secured, and plainly marked, and sent at tbe expense of the shipper to either of the Soldiers' Relief Associations, which are located as follows : . In JCorxh Carolina, at Raleigh; in,Sourti Carolina, at Columbia; in Georgia, at Augusta; in Alabama, at Montgomery; or to any other point at which one of these Associations have an office. ' - Tbe Agents of these Associations will there take charge of them, and chip daily, by Southern Express Company, to the proper Agents of the respective States at Richmond, who will see them distributed to the proper individual owners. To meet tbe wishes of the' soldiers, and to give them a certain and speedy communication with home, the Southern Express Company has agreed to give this freight preference over everything else ; and, in order that no obstacle may occur to the success of so lauda ble an enterprise, the several Railroad Companies are hereby requested to render tbe Express Company such facilities as will enable it to make ibis arrangement a complete success. As the Southern Express Company assumes all re sponsibility of the transportation of these packages, tbe Relief Associations are requested to withdraw their Agents who have heretofore acted as travelling mes sengers. If the relief Associations will establish agen cies in the rear of other armies, they may enjoy the same privileges hereby secured to the Army of Northern Virginia! F. W. SIMS, Approved, Lieut. Col. and Quartermaster. A. R. Lawtov, Qua'rtermaster General. Orrtca Southcrh Express Compait, 1 Augusta, Ga., Feb 20, 1864. The Southern Express Company hereby notify the friends and relatives of Soldiers in the Army of North ern Virginia and elsewhere, that they are prepared to earrv out arrangements aa announced in the above card, and that they will do U in their power to fulfil its requirements. jam r,o nntiLn, Genl Supt Acting Prest So. Exp.' Co. March 15, 1864 6t FOREIGN ITEMS. It I estimated that nine hundred persons we killed by the explosion of a powder njagtxine P Morocco. a The London "Morning Post" of the 2Cth, iQ j, city article, says the reports from Paris are m0r! positive than before that confidential negotiation nave been entered upon by the French Govern ment with the Cabinet of St James' for the joini recognition of the Confederate States, and it U stated that France will aot alone in case of a nen. tive reply from England. The Post declines to vouch for these reports. Lord Palmerston had announced in the House of Commons that orders hare been sent to the Cape of Good Hope to release the privateer To, caloosa, international law not justifying her deteo. tioo. The Supreme Court of St. Johns has ordered the release of the Chesapeake prisoners BONDS FOR SALE. - I have a few Eight per cent. Confederate Bonds for pale, which may be purchased bj calling forthwith. I ' L. BROWN. March 12, 1864. TAX II KIND. . BACON IS WANTED BY TfTK GOVERNMENT. Office P. Q. M., 8tb Dsr., jr. n "l Charlotte, Msrch 9, 1864. The prodncers of this District are hereby notified to del iver their Bacon to my Agents as fast as tbey caa take care of it. Agents who have not already notified the people to deliver Bacon will do so just as soon as tbey can pos sibly make arrangements for safe keeping and distribu tion, nd tbey will record, the date of such notification. It is but right that I should inform the people thut If they do not pay their Ux In kind in full, thty bt come liable to the penalty of five times the ueiid money value of the unpaid portion. The Government must have the produce, and the above penalty will be incurred, provided all articles taxable, except Corn and Bacon, are not delivered prior to 1st day of April, 1864. S. M. FINGER, March 15, 1864 - 3t Capt and P Q M, 8th DiiU Treasury Depart ment, C.8. Richmond, Feb. 20, 1864. Treasury Notice as to Funoikq cwdir Act op Fii rcahy 17, 1864. Notice is hereby given to all holders of Treasury Notes, not bearing interest, that they may exchange the same immediately, at the office of the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, or of any Depositary, for certificates which will entitle them to 4 per cent. Bonds ; and that the said privilege will continue until the 1st of April ensuing, after which al notes abort the denomination of fire dollars can be funded only at 66 cents to the dollar, exeept ooe hundred dollar notes, which, after that date, are no longer receivable for public dues, and can only be funded at an addition al reduction often per cent per month. The certificates issued, together with the Bonds for which they may be exchanged, are receivable for taxes ot the year 1864 at tbe full amount expressed on tbt face without interest, and re not subject to the tat imposed for that year on other bonds and credit. Tbe short time allowed should admonish all holders promptly to present the notes, and not risk the chance of exclusion by the pressure vfbicb will occur at the end of the month of March. C. O. MEMMINGER, March 1, 1864 Secretary of tbe Treasury. The Act to which tbe above refers is publishf d oa the outside of this paper. Fund your Treasury lYotex. I am prepared to receive deposits and grant receipts, to be exchanged for four percent. Bonds, under the act of Congress, entitled an "Act to reduce tbe Curren cy, and to authorize the issne of new Treasury Notes and Bonds," approved February 17, 1864. Holders ot Treasury notes are advised to bring them in as early as possible, to prevent a pressure upon my time in tbm latter days of March, and to have them separated lot $10's, $20's, $50' s and $100's, and arranged rightsida np. Office hours frjtn 9 o clock, A. M., till 1, f . M. March 1'64 A: C. WILLIAMSON, Depositary. LA.D SALE Ift EQUITY. In conformitv to a decree of tbe Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county, made at Fall Term, 1863, in the matter of Hugh M Houston and wife, and otbtri, for the purpose of making partition of tbe proceeds of er.le between the petitioners, I will expose to public sale to tbe highest bidder, executing bond with ap proved st-curity, at tbe public square in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in April, 1864, on a credit of twelve months, with interest from sale, except five per cent. cash to pay-costs, tbe Tract of Land in tbe pleadings mentioned, situated on the waters of Fonr Mile Creek, adjoining the lands of W P Houston, A A Houston, J M Stuart and others. March 1, 1864 A. C. WILLIAMSON, C. M. E. STRAYED From my Pasture near Wilson Wallace's, shout tbe 1st of Nov. last, a red COW which 1 bought at aoc- tion; formerly owned by Win. Tasty Alexander. AlfO, at the same time and place, a spotted HEIFER, of the brindle order. She was sold at auction by Mr Morri son of Pioneer Mills. I will pay a liberal reward for their delivery to me or for information so that I caa get them. W. A. COOK. Feb 18, 1864 tf $100 REWARD. Ranaway about the 1st May last, a negro girl osmed JANE, belonging to the estate of A. A. Coffey, dee'd. Said negro is 15 or 16 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches high, very dark. She has very Urge feet, toes turned out much more than common. It is supposed that she is in tbe neighborhood of Charlotte, N. C, and is pass ing herself as free. I will pay one hundred dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said negro to me, or if lodged in any Jail so that I can get her. R. C. POTTS, Admr. ' Pleasant Valley, Lancaster Dist., S. 0. Feb 2, 1864 3mpd Charlotte if 8, C ana Ji. Tenn. K O. IZftllroad. Owing to the great risk of fire and the difficulty of disposing of freights at tbe trmini of these Roads, the following orders will be strictly observed : " Sbjpperi.are. forbidden from putting cotton and for age in the Depot's or oo any platform of this company, without the consent of tbe Agent, otherwise they will be held responsible for all damages to tbe company. Shippers must agree to promptly receive their freights at Charlotte, Colombia and Junction, and re move them upon delivery, especially when connecting Roads cannot receive' tbem, otherwise they will lose priority of transportation This company will not be responsible for any cotton or forage before loaded, or after it is discharged from its cars, or for any goods aAer twenty-four hours from their delivery in its Depots. Agents will receipt for no goods natil they art ready for shipment of the same. The general bad order of freights, the hazard of fire and the responsibility of this company' demand that agents strictly enforce these roles. Feb 23, 1864 tf T. R SHARP. Snpt. REHOBOTI1 FURNACE. LINCOLN COUNTV, N. C , TnREB MILES -CAST OF IRON P. O. The proprietors announce to the rublic that this Fnrnare is in full Mat. od will make castings of all kinds to order. Also, ng iron is ma nu ii sale. March I, SHIPP REINHARDT. 3m-pd. Announcement. We, as soldiers, respectfully announce Capt. J. E. MOORE as candidate for Sheriff of Union county at our next regular election ic Aagnst. and as such will be voted for by Mart Soloieis. Feb. 16, 1864 tf J Announcement. We, as soldiers, rVspeetfally'annoanca THOMAS R. MAGILL as a candidate for tbe House of Commons for Union county, at our next regular election in Aog. nex.t, and aa such will be voted for by Mart Soldiirs i tie Aaar. December 22, 1863 tepd
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