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, . --v - ' r vs " ; 1 1 SVSV I ' . a ' our Ev OFPIO N SIO peraniium ON THE TKPT SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONR IS THE .COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1864. TWELFTH VOLUME N Oil B E U Oil. SET. YIOS, Editor and Proprtktor. i l l vvx i ii' ti n the (QPoblished every Tuesday ,Q) Br WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O ' . $10 IN ADVANCE, ff Transient advertisements must be paid for in i r ' n r r . It3f Ailvcrtisemenl3 not marked on the manuscript f r aispc-cific lime, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. covsci: pt h i: u ui, at s o a s . COXSCKIPT OFFICE, KalkkiII. N. C, An The annexed Circular from tbe Uureau of Conscription, directing tlit; execution of the late Act of Congress known as tht.- "Military LJill,"' is published for tin- information of all concerned. ly order of the Commandant, E. J. IIAKDIN. Adj't. Bureau of Conscription, j 1".icii.momj, March IX, 1SGL j CIKCULAR NO. P. I. General Orders, No. 20, A. & I. G. O., March 1st, 104, is herewith made a pajt of this Circular, and Com mandants of Conscripts are enjoined to proceed to the rapid and vigorous execution of its provisions, tinder the instructions and interpretation herein prescribed. II. Under the terms of the th section of the Act of Congress published in General Orders, No 'lG. A. & 1. G. O., and the terms of Circular No. &", of the Bureau, last series, Commandants will proceed to organize tire service in their respective States. In addition to the organization therein provided for. and in further pursuance of para graph 1 1, of the said General Orders, No '-itl, Commandants will forthwith organize in each county a iioard, to consist otnot more than three of the most reliable and intelligent citizens, between the ages of 4" and years, and who have been enrolled and detailed for the 'service-. These Hoards will be charged witli aiding the local enrolling of ficer in obtaining information concerning, all applications for exemptions and detail, for agricultural or other indus trial pursuits, and also in furnishing all injlbniiation which may be needed in the duties imposed upon the enrolling officers. ; ) The local and congressional enrolling officer will be required to supervise the action of tln Boards, and promptly report to tin Commandant unrirne.-s or delin quencies on the pait of the persons detailed for them. .So long as the duties are properly pel )i n.ed, the persons so employed will be exempted fioni other service. Cure will be used in the beginning to select proper men; and in view of the grave duties herein devolved upon the enrol ling officer, he will, at his discretion, require the written opinion of the Hoard on claims for exemption or applica tions for detail, and may call on them for;speeial informa tion concerning matter pertinent to the office. In every case refeiied ly the leeal or Congressional district enroll ing officer to the Commandants, an opinion as to the merit niiut be endorsed or accompany tin- ease. ni: the like in U will be ii'idly observed by Comuian Jun;s m iv;ei i .nir id i ios I '.in- ju 1 1 1. ( " p n 1 1 1 i i 1 1 and exam ilia; ion w ho are in the ants Will order the imill-'di.-ite envoi of all persons vt ii li in the pr scribed iiio m nt ot'aiiv deiiai tmeiil oi tie. u : lit lie U'oV the'Aci eminent, and ho an not p 'c:;uly cxciii d 1 IV .1 C II I e 11 is ; ami such as ar found fir for service in the tiej.1 l.i.l.V id. il an . in-detailed until the loth day ofApri ;.ii!ieatioii is made accordim:' t-o the t llexi, pro I'nis ot tile Cited. ti Mi j 1 V laph ot (ieiieral Oideis, No ii. herein i.;neia:M.iiits ot conscripts will ior-iiwitli trar.snnt lie. hi, leciuinneiidatioiis lor'ldivsicians fi. l.i' i lu 1 ,iy. ll aecoidance with paragraph IN. (o li ral Orders, urein filed. Much conuilaint n -aches this liurean. N Ji - e:i' iii':iig irregularities in the Medical examinations. Loose in- irregular cxaminatii must ni't be pemitted, and commandants wili nroinntlv rcnort II1IV well tiscel- I. lined delinuiieiiev in the matter. V. Forms lor consolidated renorts bv the Cnimaiidant l'oiius iur consolidated rejiorts by ti if onscriitts will be forwarded: also forms for the Records of tin- Congressional District, and Local Enrolling Olii ciis. These records must be accurately kept, and the repel'.- based on tin-in must be in ch ar and intelligible form, or th- y will be returned for revision and corn cuon. VI. Persons and classes enumerated in the 1st. 2d, od. till, fith and fth articles of section loth, except those re ft rrrd to in the latter clause of the 4th article of said JOlh section of the Act of Congress recited, shaii he exempted. All other persons referred to in said act shall be detailed. VII. Exkmptioxs rv Examining Hoards. 1. lVrsous wlio shall be determined by the Hoards of Examination to be incapable of performing active service in the field, and any of the duties mentioned in the :-'fh section of the said Act of Congress from causes of a per manent nature, shall be exempted from military service by the said board, who shall grant certificates thereof; which shall specify the causes of the incapaeitj-, reciting i:i full the nature mid degree of the disease or other in capacity, and the probable duration of the disability caused by it ; and the parties shall not be subject to future exam ination, unless spocisli- ordered by tJn- Hoard of the Con gressional district in which sudi parties reside, or by the Commandant of conscripts for the State, or by this Hureau. '2. "When in the opinion of Enrolling Officers the causes for which exemption was granted to a person, after exam ination by the Medical btvtid-have ceased to exist. 1 1 1 y will make a report to the Hoard, stating the name of the person, when enrolled, when examined, and the disease or other cause of disability, with th- reasons for believing it to have disappeared, and that the person is capable of crforming active service in lhr Held, or some of the du ties mentioned in the said Sth section of the act aforesaid. The Examining Hoard w ill then order the party to he brought before it for .a re-examination. When a person is re-examined by the. Hoard, his former certificate shall be surrendered mid cancelled. If again found untit for duty , a new certificate of exeniptioai shall be issued to him. '.i. Every certilicate of exemption granted by a Hoard of Examination shall be approved by the Congressional dis trict enrolling officer, which.shall protect the prison ex empted from molestation by the officers of conscription, and from re-examination, unless the Hoaul of Examination or the Commaudfiiit of conscripts or the Bureau of con scription shall order the same. VIII. Exemption ok Specified classes and Indi viduals. 1. Alligations for exemption under the Hd and Cth ar ticles ot the uith section of the act aforesaid, shall be made to tne i-.nroh-.iig officer of the count v in which the cant resides, who will thoroughlv investigate tin q.pli case, ami ii sausneei, t.y competent i vidmce, that exemption should be allowed, shall issue a certificate thereof; which must be submitted to the Enrolling officer of the Con gressional district, for his approval. '2. Applications for exemptions under the frh article of the 10th section of the act aforesaid, shall he made to the Commandant of conscripts for thn State, who w ill grant she certilicate of exemption auihoiicd by law. to continue during compliance with tha conditions prescribed by said act. Exeaiption, except for the President. Tr. as urer, Auditor and Superintendent, shall not be allowed to any officers and employees of a Railroad company, unless the president or superintendent shall ceitify, on oath, that the parties applied for are indispensable to the efficient op eration of such railroad ; that the number of persons ex empted on said railroad shall not exceed one for each mile thereof in actual use for military trai:-poi tation; that the exempts for such roads shall be reported by name and de scription once a month to thr- comm:;n'!;;io of conscripts t"i-tin-State through which such road parses, (or to lie Bureau of Conscription), together uiui tne names and d.-- l.pi.ve nst otanv wliomav leave rue employment oi tne r.n! tioad coitiuanv. or who mav c-ase 10 lie h ol. -leu-aide to the 1 rib a-nt otierarioii of the-said load. - 1 he evninuou of overseers or agriculturalists on each arm or plantation upon which tin re are now. and were on tile fuif day ,f Januarv last, fifteen able-bodied hands be tween the ag,.s i,t i,; a,jj w;u Ui; a;jowt.tl f,-; t space ot twelve mouths. al!j ,1,,. certificate ofcxoinpti..n shall be t'.iuu-d oy the olik 'ei' taking the bond required by law. j ujion being infoi med by the cuinUiaudant for that State thut the bond is approved. 4.The bond required to b- given upon tbe exemption of an overseer or agriculturalist, under the 4tli article of section 10 of said act. shall be taken by the enrolling offi cer of the county or district iu which such party resides, with the advice and assistance of the temporary Hoard aforesaid. It shall he payable to the Confederate States of America, in a penalty double the estimated value of the products to be delivered to the government, and condi tioned for the faithful performance of the requirements of the 4th article of the loth section of the said act.' The value of the said products shall be assessed by the Enrol ling officer, who shall take the said bond, with the assist ance of the said temporaiy Board, according to the market value thereof at the time and place of assessment. The said boud--a; be secured by a deposit of the amount of the- pe.naity thnvof in notes issued from the Treasury Department of the Confederate States, with any of the depositaries of the said Treasury, or by personal se curity, the nature of the security to be at the option of the principal obligor in the said bond. Should the person so exempted elect to give personal security, the sureties tendered by him shall justify their sufficiency under oath before some justice of th.' peace, but shall not be accepted unless the Enrolling oriicer taking the said bond, under the advice of the said temporary Hoard, shall deem them sufficient. Such bonds shall, after due execution, be trans mitted to the Commandant of conscripts for the State, for hi,- in his office, to be surrendered to the obligors when the conditions thereof are fully complied with; and the re ceipt of any Quartermaster or commissary, specifying that the amount of produce required by the bond has been duly delivered and accepted, will entitle the person to have the bond cancelled ; and copies of such receipts should be forwarded to the Commandant of conscripts, to be by him forwarded to the Quartermaster General, through this Bureau. IX. Exemption on account of Religious Faith. Persons entitled to exemption as provided for in para-grapli-XII, General Orders, No. c2b A. and I. G. O., cur rent series, will, on application, receive certificates thereof from the Congressional District Enrolling officer, on pro ducing satisfactory evidence that they have complied with the requirements of the law. X. Exemption of Officers of Confederate and State Governments. Certificates of Exemption for officers of the Confeuerate and State Governments will be given by the Command ants of the States. XI. Investigation of Applications for Exemption. 1. All other applications for exemption sliall be made in writing to the Enrolling officer of the county or district iu which the applicant resides; shall be supported by his affidavit and oilier sworn testimony, and dealt with ac cording to the provisions of paragraph III of General Or ders, No 2d, A. and I. G. O.. current series. 2. Every application for extniption should be carefully, minutely and thoroughly investigated by the local Enrol ling officer, with the aid of the temporary Hoard to be or ganized under the 2d clause of paragraph II of ibis Cir cular! ami b--' thereafter transmitted to the Commandants of couscripts for the State, with a report of facts, and their respective opinions on the merits of the applicrtion.- The rt port of facts should be somewhat in detail, setting forth in regular order the facts developed in the investiga tion, giving briefly the reasons for the opinion expressed, and instead of being put in the form of an endorsement, wi!Me -made on a scpaiate sheet of paper. The investigation should not be confined to an examin ation ot the application and the papers that accompany it. or merely into the truth of the statements therein made, bur should be directed with a view of ascertaing all the facts and circumstances of the case, and the exact condi tion of th-- parties with relation thereto. XII. Details. A ;ric id hifnl )cttt its. 1. The officers of conscription wiil give the most care- iul attention to the M. A, an I l.-O. O. last clause of the 4i pio is ions ot paragraph IV . O. U. Jo. . cui i nt scries, in connection with the li aiticle of the idtli section of the Act of Congress cited, Thi paragraph einleaees the whole system of details provided by law to maintain the industrial production of the counlry. in view of the public ; defence. i. The investigation of every case presented must be' the most pree.i.-e and accurati whic h can be attained by ihe Enrolling officer (with rli- co-operation of the tempo rary Boards). 'and all action must be in direct, view of the uecessit i s """iiidieatt d. Commandants will institute such modes of enquiry and report as will furnish the fullest testimony. The policy of the law is to enforce the largest amount of production in every case in which the detail is made. The schedule of terms hereto appended will, it is believed meet a majority ot the cases that are likely to be present ed. Wheie t is doubtful whether the case is covered by the classification. Commandants will in general decide by reference to the plain intent of the law, or refer the mutter to this Bureau, with full testimony and opinion. In all details there must be satisfactory evidence of the necessity, as expressed iu General Orders, No "Jrj, current series. Srli eil ul e of Terms. ?. Where there are two or more (arms contiguous, or within live miles of each other, measuring from rhe home steads, having on each five or more hands, amounting in the aggregate to fifteen hands, or whore one person has two or more plantations within live miles of 'each other, havi-ig an aggregate of lifteen or more hands, there may be detailed one person as overseer or manager of the tvo or more farms: provided there is on "neither oftlie farms a white male adult, declared by the Enri.lling officer and the temporary Board capable of managing the farms with a reasonable efficiency, not liable to military duty: and provided the person detailed was, on the first day of Jan uary. b 4, either owner, manager or overseer residing on one of the farms : and provided the owners of said farnisr shall execute a joint and several bond, on the terms pre scribed for ihe owners of iifre.-jj hands, except that such person shall not be allowed the privilege of commutation provided in the 4th article of the Kith section of the act recited. 4. Where details are allowed to persons having less than iifttcn, and five, or more than five hands, they shall niter into like obligation as prescribed for the owners of fifteen or more hands, except that for each hand less than fifteen, dowtt to five, tln iv shall be supplied live pounds less meat, thus: each of fourteen hands, ninety-five; thirteen hands, ninety; twelve hands, eighty-five; six bands, fifty-five; five lianas, fifty pounds. . 5. Where details are allowed to persons having less than five hands', they shall enter into like obligations to sell all their surplus productions to tin Government. li. All details herein prescribed to be allowed are subject to revocation by the Commandant of conscripts, on the report of the Enrolling officer that the person detailed -is not habitually, industriously and in good faith ei gaged in the occupation for which the detail is granted. Enrolling officers are required to be unu sually vlyilatit in supervising such details. Omission iu this duty will constitute grave deieliction. 7. Enrolling officers are required to exercise the ut most caution in recommending details in the classes er,tiiiier::tcd. It is by no means intended to grant them indiscriminately, but to limit them as is consist ent with the public good. Ail pert;uent circumstances will be caroful'y enquired into. Among these are fit ness for the field ; ability or aptitude for the purposes of Ihe detail ; condition of the family: whether any, or how many tie in the military service: public good, ju.-tice, equity or necessity, 4c, &c. XIII. Details fob Public Necessity. Applications for details, such as are not reouired for the service of any of the military Bureaux, r.r for ser- kc i.i any ot lac Departments of the Govefr.'uotit. in- : cm s'-l.o.C l:li i-hlltrilr IIP V!.I hi1 TV.;:iIP. rilTill-1. panled by a descrit live lief tn t! ... ' " i r , I H . or , Ot..;.!- .if the a pi'i op; late a bv the affidavit oi" inty or Distrb t. a 'id be supported the applicant, and other testimony U'.lucr oalii. The Enrolling officer soa'ching investigation the case, the result of wi will iisthnte a minute and ii-.to ;11 the circn msianccs of ; i:ch wiil be set forth on a sep- arate sheet of paper. Tbe District Enrolling officer mar, if ,e approves the application. gra;it a detail for sixty da,s, and for- ' ward the papers through the Commandant' to the Bti- j rvflu. tor its acnon. t Jf the application is refused, the reasons in full will be endorsed; and in case oHippeal, the papers forward- v A LIE WELL) STUCK TO. j " PBOVTSIONS. . j OOUIeB pouring forth, with imtnenso tclocitjr, a liv ed to this Bureau, - through the same channel. - . f '' ' rpi v - i rn- i i 'tu j m t i i ti i . . . . ." . ' in rivir ' ' " If the persons for whose detail application is pmde ! he New lork Times, m a leader with regard The Raleigh Confederate, to show that thcr. u , ln-i,"V.r- . . . , drfinlwl . are engaged in performing tbe duties on account of ; to the extinction of the rebellion, treats with cuu- really too scarcity of provisions and no darker of V ?- J- . h?3r . T. X ETinJ? which details are asked, thev will he allowed to remain tempt the declaration of the Southern papers that coc . . ,Ua ai P'f00 ,n,t0. "Vs V tcT nnW vTC until final action. If otherwise, they should be sent to e-imns of instruction. camps oi instruction XIV. Details for persons between 45 asp 50, foe Government Work Applications for the detail of persons between forty- 1 five and fifty years of age, for service in any of the I military Bureaux, or in any of the Departments of the I Government, will be made, accompanied by a descrip- i tive list, to the local or district Lnrolling oir.cer; ana j it must set forth the nature of the duties to be perfonn ' ed, tin necessity for the deUwlu and the period i'ot j which it is required. -The District Enrolling officer, after investigation made and reported as jirected in. the preceding para i graph, may, if he approve the application, grant a de tail for a period not exceeding sixty days, and lorward the papers to the Commandant, for his action." An appeal from the action of the Enrolling officers and the Commandant may be taken to this Bureau. XV Details of Artisans, Mechanics, etc. 1. Applications for the detail for service in any of the military Bureaux, or for any of the Departments of the Government (including contractors,) of artisans, mechanics, or persons of scientific skill, to perform in dispensable ddties, should be made, with descriptive Jist, to the Enrolling officer. The skill of the party, the duties to be performed, and why his services are indispensable, and the period for which the detail is required, must be distinctly set forth. Applications for the employees of contractors mnst, in addition contain a certificate from the officer con tracted with, or the head of the Department, that the services of the particular parties are required for the performance of indispensable Government work. The District Enrolling officer mny grant the detail for sixty days, and forward the papers, through the Commandant (each expressing his opinion), to this Bureau, for its action. If the application i3 refused, reasons in full will be endorsed", and in case of appeal, papers forwarded to this-Bureau. If the' parties applied for arc at work, they will be allowed to remain until action is taken. If otherwise, they should be sent to the camps of instruction. Applications for the detail of contractors themselves mnst also contain the certificate of the head of tbe Bureau, required by the 11th section of the act. XVI. All other applications for exeniptiou or detail, not otherwise provided, will be made to the Enrolling officer, and forwarded through the proper channels. XVII. Great care should be exercised in exempting or detailing able-bodied men between eighteen and forty-fiye. No case should be acted on until after minute and thorough investigation as to the alleged private or public necessity, advantage, convenience, justice or equity, and as to whether persons not liable to service in the- field may not be obtained. XVIII. Reports. 1. Examining Boards in addition to the lists direct ed in paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 2G, A and I. G. ( , current series, will furnish District Enrolling officers with lists of men in their districts found fit for military service.- but unfit for service in the field, specifying in each case what .duties they are capable of performing. Congressional District officers to fur nish similar lists to county Enrolling officers, the ob ject being to enable persons needing detailed men to see who are the subjects of detail, and to choose from them. 2. Enrolling officers will forward to the Command ant of conscripts, monthly , a report of all persons en rolled by them, and the action taken in each case. These reports, will be consolidated by the Command ant, with refeicnce to the distinctions made in the Act of Congress, and the regulations for its enforcement, in duplicate; one copy of which will be forwarded to this Bureau, and one kept oa file in the office of the Commandant. XIX. Enrollment op Reserve Classes 1. Commandants of conscripts will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen and forty-five and fifty years, in execution of General Orders, No 33, A. k I. G. O., current series ; which is herewith made a part of this Circular. "Adj't, and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, March 15, lbot. J General Orders No. 33. 1. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages ol seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages ot forty-five- and fifty years, under the 5th section of the Act oi Congress to organize lorces to serve daring the war. 2. Persons liable to enrollment will present themselves to the Enrolling Otficer m the States east of the Mississippi River within thirty days from the -day when the notice shall be given in the district or county by the enrolling officer for persons ot this class to appear tor enrollment. The laimre to comply with this notice will subject the defaulter to a liability to be called into the general service with the class of persons between eighteen and forty-live, uiilesa he shall have a valid excuse therefor, to be judged of by the Bureau of Conscrip tion. 3 Any person liable to enrollment under this act may join any company for local defence which has been formed under General Orders No. 8G. issued 26th June, 18i3, 'for the war, or any other company for local defence wli.ch has been ac cepted into the service, and which, by the terms of its enlist ment, is liable to serve any where within the State ; or pet sons of this class may form new companies loi local defence and special service, under General'Oiders No.8l (I8iij), tor the war, and select their own officers. By order. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General." 2. Commandants will keep a separate and distinct roll of pei sous between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and 50. 3. Commandants of conscripts will assign to duty, as a supporting force for conscription service, such persons as may be recommended by the Examining Boards as unfit for the field, but as competent for this service; aud when as many as sixty-tour such persons are so assigned, they will be organized into a company, elect their officers, and return their muster rolls to the commandants: and if there be not a sufficient number to" form a company in each congressioual district, tlicn the commandant may assign a sufficient number of persons between 45 aud 50 years of age, so as to com plete a company for' each congressional district. A competent officer, of the rank of, colonel, will be as signed by this Bureau to organize such companies into a regiment, if there be the requisite number of coui panits; or into two battalions, if deemed preferable. XX. General Instructions. 1. Commandants will nlwnys bear in mind tha Gen eral Orders No. 26, is not only the basi3, but forms a large portion of these instructions. They will habit ually recur to its provisions to iiid iu the application of the other provisions of thi Circular. 2. Commandants will of course refer cases of diffi culty to this Bureau ; but references which bear on their face that tbey are rather to avoid due responsi bility or labor, wiil be retained without remarks. 3. The duty of the commandant of conscripts is, in accordance with these instructions, to maintain and invigorate the industrial production of the Confederacy, and supply its armies with men. This duty must be performed, or our struggle for liberty -and indepen dence will fail. Bv order of Col. J. S. Preitoa, SupU, C. B. DLTFfELD, April Ii, 1804 A. A. General. ' CJAIJISKT DATES. This fine Horse can be found at my stable in this place, during the present season, on Mondays, Tues days and Wednesdays, and at the Ptables of W. T. Stitt. in Providence, on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days. Terms, sijtv dollars insurance. ' P.. RABE. March 1, 1S04 pd t the Southern people will never aaio live in peace I ;). vi - t n t ii' rt t: with the Yankees. It and in Pennsylvania says: "In the Carolina the whifs and tories went through the Revolutionary war. about pnnallv di- vJded ul ; h Nor(hern (upport the wb5gs tri. ' ' .... . , ljr ' iL . V i ninphed, and yet history tells that the ubjU- ) gated tones fell easily into the new order ot thiogs. Ihe Charleston Couiier exposes the lie embraced : in the three words which we have placed in italics, and shows that with the exception of j.en. Green, I who was the only great military officer that Yan J keedoui ever produced, and who became a Geor : gian by adoption, the "Northern support" alluded to by the Times amounted to nothing. "A few ) feeble companies from Pennsylvania." says the Courier, "reached South Carolina and did service; but beyond this, aud a few staff officers, perhaps, 1 no Northerner ever pressed Southern soil in de- lence.ol the devolution." This is unquestionably true. The powerful ar my of which the Yankee General, Lincoln, made a gift to Sir Henry Clinton at Charleston shut ting himself up iu that city while the enemy was all powerful (by sea and land, and had nothiug to do but blockade the harbor and throw "a force of double his strength around it by land was com posed almost entirely of men from Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. To the best of our knowledge and belief, there were not half a dozen companies of Yankees among them. Tho large army which Gates afterwards so foolishly threw away at Camden was composed of the Mary land and Delaware lines, and of militia from Vir ginia and North Carolina, the greater part of the South Carolina militia being at the time engaged with Marion, Sumter, and other partisans, and for tunately being prevented from joining Gates by suddenness of the catastrophe which destroyed his army. The Georgia militia did not join lor the same reason A large body of them was out with Col Clarke, and the overthrow of Gates was so sudden and so unexpected that they had not time to reinforce him. Iu Gates's whole army we are confident there was not a Yankee company. There certainly were no Yankees with Marion and Sum ter, and they were the men who had most to do with the tories in South Carolina. Nor were there any Yankees in Green's army when he took com mand. That army was composed, at Guilford, of the Maryland Line, under the command of Col O Ii. Williams, part of the Virginia Line, General II uger's . South Carolina regulars, a part of the North Carolina Line, the cavalry of Cols. Lee and Washington, and tbe militia of Virginia and North Carolina. Tho whole force numbered- -f,5UU men a considerable army in those days and there was not a company of Yankee soldiers among them. The battle of King's .Mountain was won by militia from North and South Carolina and Vir ginia. Certainly there were no Yankees there. The battle of the Cowpens was won by the Vir ginia and Maryland troops, under command ot Gen. Morgan, tho 3Jaryland Line being that day under the commaud of John Eager Howard There were no Y'ankees there. There were no, Yankees at Ilobkirk's Hill, or at Ninety-Six, or at Eutaw, or at Augusta, or anywhere else, during the whole time of Green's command. The state- tnent, tuerctore, that "Northern w nigs, meaning j Yankee Yv liigs. assisted to subjugate the tor.ves in the Carolinas is simply a Yankee lie. A Yankee historian pamed Hildrefh, whoso book we glanced over several .years ago, says that when. Cornwallis came to Virginia there was no body to oppose him, because the planters were all too busy taking care of their ncgioes ! This lie has never been noticed that we know of, yet it ought to have been. The fact is, Virginia had at that very moment with Washington's army, lying before New York, at least five thousand regulars. She had two thousand more either with Green or with other -officers, outside of the State, and twice that number soon rallied around Lafayette. She had sent the year before three thousand militia to the army of Gates, and she had just conquered, with her own troops, the Hi in ohi territory that splendid empire, embracing Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan which her statesmen, in a mad fit of generosity, aftcrwrrds presented to the United Slates, which was the same thing with giving it. to the Yankees. "Wc fought our own battles during the revolu tion, atid we helped the Yankees to fight theirs The Southern troops throughout the war were the best and the bravest of Washington's army. They saved the army by their valor at L'randywinp, when tbe Yankees, in a panic, abandoned their strong position at Chald's ford. They carried everything before them at Germantown, and would that day have put an end to the war had they been sup- , ported by the Yankees. It was with the greatot . difficulty that Lafayette could induce the Ydnkec j portion of his troops to come farther South than Baltimore, when he was sent to rally the Virginia j militia and make head against Cornwallis. The division of Wayne came near tnuMnying when or j drrod to Virginia. It was only during a few ! months of this year, (17S1,) when Washington i was manoeuvering to circumvent' Cornwall!, and while he was besieging him m l ork, that any large number of Yankee troops ever came south ot the Susquehanna. J o that siege, Lc-.-i-its uie regulars, Virginia sent six thousand u.t n. 'ihe South assisted the North on every other ucca-.ion, but this was the only onp on which h N'rth ever assisted the South. The Rifles of M org -in oFMsed lirrelv to win the field of Saiat g:; ; hut. no Yan . m .1 kee havnnpt asted Morgan to win. the bavonet assisted Morgan to win. the held of J " - .... the Cowpens Richmond Di.yitcii. 1 "' . Cure for Hog CxioLtnA.-.Ci'l K A "Danwiddie county, after, lysine or 'Vynil, of -iU of his hogs, cbajid tlicrr fec-tp raw hirnijs. and he informs u t"fiat t-usttr one died -after thi.-. All that wtriuih iiog from Ihe disease at tho time recovered, and are now as healthy as ever, whilst none were subsequently aifaced by it. We deem this .information worthy id' being given to the country." so that all may haye an cpruituni tv nf profiting bv it. We hone that it will be the meat which would' otl.rwise be lost. iWthe ssvinir to the people a vast quanr:ry oi . .a - a 1 r rOTll Tilt result of Col Wyatt's experiment he considers the .remedy a certain cure. ltrrJr,j Erpro; i " -ya ' ' .The third tit The third tithing district 'mhnnvi tbP nnnnrlr.. of Carteret, Craven, Onslow, Huplin, Sampson, ' W8ter pwewed a magnifying power. I em confi Wayne, Johnston, Joncs, Lenoir and Greene. ' dcnt that lhe Picce cou,1 Bot be 80 distinctly seen According to tho census of I860, the population of these counties numbered in the aggrecate one huudred thousand. Allowing for the addition by reason of the increase of population within the last decade, and e ubtracting the losses by war, by the running off of slaves, and by the occupation of the enemy, an,d of those who have gone to the army, and we will still estimate the figures at seventy-five, thousand. We have lately conversed with a fricn-l who has access to the statistics furnished to the Depart ment from that district; and we learn that there has been received in tithes of food and forage within that district, to the value oFfivc millions of dollars, of which three millions may be estimated as for articles of food, valued at fair prices in times of peace. Wc further learn that the crop of pota toes alone pays all the expenses of gathering the tithes, and leaves the remainder nett profit for the benefit of the army. This table shows then, that within the area of ten counties, and for a popula tion of not more than eighty thousand or seventy five thousand, there are thirty millions of dollars worth of food, or four hundred dollars, worth of food to each mouth men, women and children to which is to be added the original allowance of fifty bushels of sweet and fifty of Irish potatoes, one hundred bushels of corn or fifty of wheat, twenty of peas, &c., to be reserved by each farmer; and to this is again to be added the numerous ar ticles of household supply, of poultry, game, fLsh, eggs, butter, lard, vegetables, &o., not tithed at all. " Why, with this state of things, should there be. any scarcity ot food to any one in the third dis trict, much less any danger of starvation ? Theso figures cannot be over the mark, and they arein der it, to the extent that any unfair practice with holds the tenth of any article due to the govern ment. - We will be glad if Tithe Quartermasters will in form us, for the public benefit, of. the receipts iu their various districts, of different articles, that we may work out exactly how much of fopd there is in the land; and if necessary, the names of those who have it; for the tithe law will tell us this. If it does turn out that there is no real scarcity, then no excuse will remain for the dis honest extortion which reduces the poor to the necessity of begging. Then it will be incumbent on those having au thority to impress, to piotect the community against extortionate prices. FACTS FOR THE TIMES. Many persons arc under misapprehension or in uncertainty as to several points connected with the currency, raxes, claims upon the Government &c , and. the following answers to questions which have beeu addressed to us may prove generally accepta ble. All taxes due to the Government, whether th?y arc the taxes q'ISGo, but not. yet pud, or thn tax es assessed under the law oflSGi, may be paid in four per cent, bonds, or in the certificates on which the fuur per cent, bunds, are to issue. Where a certificate is greater in amount than the tax proposed ot be paid with it, the collector will 'sue a new certificate for the excess- -the tax-payer making up all fractional parts of a hundred dol lars in money. Five dollar notes, will be received in payment of taxes of 'all kinds, or uv.y be funded at par in four per cent, bonds, until the first d-iy of July next; at which time the also will be taxed one third Xilhinfj can be done with notes for a hundred dollars but to fund them in fmir per cent, bonds at two-thirds of their face, aod subject also to a tax of ten dollars per munth 'on each, from the 1st of April. Notes under live dollar? aie subject to no tax or limitation, but remain current a-s heretofore at their full amount. Notes of ten dollars, twenty dollnrs, and fifty dollars, may be paid in taxes or funded in four per cents., or exchanged, for flew notes at two third? of their value until the 1st of January next, at which time ail then outstanding will-be worthies. The idea has gained considerable circulation that claims against the Treasury, existing prior to the first of April, would be paid in tho reduced currency, unless presented and collected before the 1st of April. ' This is an error. It is only true of such claims as hud been adjusted and a wai;if or draft issued for the pa) mint. The Fet tlume.rit had then become a part ot the public re cords, aud the holder of such draft was of the na ture of a dt jiositor in the Treasury, and if he fail ed to draw i. Is money, it became liable to the t-tx on the 1st of April But claims unsettled, or for which payment had not been tendered, will follow the UfUal rule of Iwing paid in currency par at the time of payment. liithmond Sentinel. REMARKABLE FOUNTAIN. The following is a beautiful deccription : tain of water iu Florida: . fo'in- Taking a narrow Tiath. T crossed through some dense underwood, and all at once I stood on the j banks of the Wakulla spring 1 here wa a bain ! of water one hundred yard-in diDnWer, almot I circular The thick hushes were ftlmwt growing i to the waters edge, and bowing fheir heads under -i.i i -i r i . i . i-tr .3 me nurippn-u suriace. l Meppeu inio a hKiu una i i rr r . n .... 1 t ' pusnea on. come immense uuts anmcieu my ai- , I tention and I seized a spear to strike them. The boatman laughed and nked me he fir beneath 1 one, and wouwi be the means oi turning out a Dtl fhe Mirfacfe I supposed they were? answered ' ter and more intelligent thi.- of printers. - ' about three feet. Hr aared n.e that they were We have given our own trado as an illustration at ha;.', twenty from me, arid it w:tc n. The wa- of the imperfection of tho. mcchanie arta at the ter i of the inos marvellous transparency. I South, a imparted under tbe loose aod . very b dropped n ordinary pin in. the wata.r, forty feet jectionaohj nysu-m prevailing among as. It would ep' and s-.w its head with perfect dihtinctifcss as . he to the general welfare, not ooly of tueehsoiet it lay on the bottom. As wc. approached the ecu- '. thcmselve. &ul of the oouotry, if such system of tre I noticed a jagged, grayish limestone rock be- 1 apprenticeship were enforced by special act of our Utath us pierced with holes thro' which one seemed ' legislature m would make it legally obligatory ou to look into unfathomable depths. The boat moved 1,jwlJ on, and now we hung trembling over the j l " V vi'j " 1 w w-,a iiaw I 1 n .1 1 .VflT 1 r - I .t !; I 1 t 1 ; c ? " an" ,ar 11 ,a? a aiTK i yawnng, unfathomable abjks. Irom its gorge i reenn aeptn, na l cicartv saw it emoning on ut ! bottom. This seems incredible. I think the froui a tower UK) feet high. We roweJ on toward the north side, and suddenly we perceived in the water, which ??rc darting hither and thither, the long flexible roots add the wide luxurant grasoet on the bottom, all arrayed in 'the rooflt beautiful prismatic bars. The gentle swell occasioned by the boat gave to the whole an undulating notion. Death-liko fttillnees lfignod around and a tnoro fairy, scene I never beheld.' ,' So ercat is the .quantity of water here poarcd ! forth that it forms a river itself, large enough to i float flath iota with cotton. The planter who lives i here has thus transported his cotton to St, Marks. Near the fountain we saw some or the remains of a mastodon, which had been taken from it. Tho triangular bone below tho kneo measured bix inch, es oti each tide Almost tbe cntiro fcktletoo baa been Sent to Barnaul's Museum- i - Tho. Indian name of the fountain is baaatifully significant. Wakulla means "Tho Slyatciy." li is said that the Spanish discoverer sprang into it with almost frantic joy, supposing they had dis covered the long sought "'win Juvcututis," or the fountain of youth, which should rejuvenato them after their exhausting marches and battles. THE STATE ELECTIONS. Besides tho election of Governor, about the re sult of which we have do apprehensions, a new Legislature is to bo chosen at the next election in August. We trust that the people will be awake-to the great importance of having trao and patriotic men to fill the Legislative Halls that they will choose uo man of doubtful loyalty no man who refuses to say what he is for and whom he is for, or who pretends to be for anything or anybody that may bo acceptable to the particular crowd in which he may happen for the moment to be. Let us have no political weathercocks, no trimmers, no demagogues. This is not the tioio for that species of animal. The times demand nicu true men, fearless men men who are for tho Independence of the Confederacy, at what ever cost, for no cost can bo equal to that of sub jugation or submission. Let us have no ouo who encourages the enemy aud discourages our own soldiers and people by talking about a Convention to enable North Carolina to take her own affairs into her own bauds, to withdraw the key- ton o from the arch, so that tho whole Confederate struc ture may tumble tD the ground Let us havo no man who proposes forever to blast the fair fanio of North Carolina by basely deserting her sitter States of the Confederacy and attempting to patch up a separate . peace with the yankcos a thing which .can't possibly be done, and would be inex pressibly base if it could be done. Let us send no one to tbe Legislature who is for any of these thing, or who is for any ono who is foi them. Let us send no one whju is not deciuedly aud opcu ly against them all. There is another thing wo would beg tbe friends of the Confederacy to guard against, that b, . against having too many candidates, whereby tric ky men may perchance creep into the Legislature No matter how strong the true men of a county may be, we would earnestly urge them to ran no more candidates than they are entitled to bavo members. Give no occasion for dfssention among themselves, no chance for a bad man to be smug gled in. In this time of trial, men can manifest their patriotism as well by standing aside as by obeying their country's call when uttered. Let it be the louM of some good aod competent men that they do thus stand aside rather than create dissen sion. Where this is not done, and the persuasions of -friends cannot redoce the candidates to tho re quisite number, public meetings, or conventions of the people, should be held, to give a fair direction to the people' votes, so that tb;cy may not be scat tered among too many. But wo hope this will not he necessary. We look for a more patriotic spirit among those who whh to be candidates.- Fayette villc Observer. ArniEN ticebuip Reform, Needed. Wc call attention to' and endorse th? following from the Macon Confederate: Among iiher things of reformation in our new order of things, there is no subjoct which ahould receive more especial attention than the inaugura tion of some healthful system of apprenticeship. II we arc to be truly independent wo uoft edu cate and train mechanics from the youths of tho country; aud thi.4 education and training can never be efficient aud attain excellence under the present loose ys-!u of apprenticeship which prevails at the S'uth. There ought to be csfablinhcd certain terms of apprenticeship, sufficient to make those learning trade masters of their various art, in stead ol turning them out upon tbe world jaekleg worLitten, who know nothing of what ihey profcoa. In our own business, that of printing, we do not find one goxl printer in five of all who travel, mas ters of the art. Mont of them Lave acquired an iukiing or insight iuto the bufincn by working a t-hot t while and then starting oot in dvihtoee of all ohhgmiouH to their preceptor and their own best i . interests as Journeymen noaeiultig a S000 fit they can set up four or five thousand cm reprint, that they are competent workmen, and must, there!ore,-iu justice to themselves, command the wages due proficients of the art. We have been greatly annoyed by tuch workmen. In all candor, .v.r u ,U..U ma vi ucujmun !'t ,.o f ti.hir l.oia lli.tMfttAa i4.1 .f i ..;.... i . !..... 1. 1 ...I., i. i . i .t ... pj oi Ki"n ym9 ic, ni6mw vm paying them for their inefficient tcrQT, h a good the pait of masters and apprentices to nerve a suffi- ctent number of years as would ensure proficiency w - mf m I 4 . an k4 vav AMI m4 AmA UaJaa L ana J U" ,,Vf tl Z,Zm sen by Ihe youths of the country. ft if