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CHARLOTTE, N, C., TUESDAY,;. AUGUST 9, 1864.
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AN ACT
IX RELATION TO TUG MILITIA
AND
A GUARD
FOR HOME DEFENCE.
Sec. 1. He 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 in the Militia of the State, shall be for the
6ame causes, and to the same extent and no farther,
that nre prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con
federate .Slates, providing for the enrollment of men
for the public defence and granting exemptions from
the same, commonly call.j i the conscription and ex
emption acts.
Sec. 2 lie it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Governor to a;ise to be enrolled as a guard
for home defence all white male persons not already
enrolled in the service cf the Confederate States, be
tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years, resident in
this State, including foreigners not naturalized, who
have been residents in the St:tc for thirty days before
such enrolment, excepting persons filling the offices
of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of Law and Equity, the members of the General
Assembly and the officers of the several Departments of
the Government of the .Suite, .Ministers of the Gospel
oi'the several denominations of the State charged with
the duties of churches, and such other persons as
the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper
subjects of exemption. "
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons above
the age of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said
guard for home defence, and shall be accepted by a
Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to
belong thereto, ami shall be held to service therein,
either generally or for any special duty or expedition
as the commanding officers of regiments or companies,
according to the nature of the particular service in
question may determine.
Sec. 4- Be it further enacted, That the Governor
shall cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the
two preceding sections of this act to be formed into
companies, with liberty to elect the commissioned offi
cers of such companies, and thence into battalions or
regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis
cretion, an i he shall appoint the field officers of such
battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, nnd
tsall issue commissions in due form to all the officers
uforesaid.
Sec. 5. .Be it further enacted. That members of the
Society of Friend.-!, commonly called Quakers, may be
exempted from the provision ot' this act by paying the
s lm of one hundred ."ci'lars according to an ordinance
of the Convention ot thi State in that behalf, ratified
the 1 2th day of May, 1Si;2. Provided that when a
Quaker shall have paid or bad levied of his property
the sum of five hundred dollars under the act of Con
gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he ball
not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex
emption under this act.
Sec. 6. That the said, guards for home defence may
be called out for service by the Governor in defence of
the State against invasion and to suppress invasion,
either by regiments, battaj ons, or companies, tn masse,
or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his
discretion may direct; shall be under his command,
through the officers f-ppointed as herein provided:
fdinll serve on ly within the limits of this State, and in
terms of duty to he prescribed by the Governor, not
exceeding three months at one term. They, or so many
of them as may be at any ore time called into service,
maybe organized into infantry, artillery or cavalry as
lie may direct, and the iufantiy and artillery may be
mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnisnihg
their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when
approved by the Governor, ou such terms as lie shall
prescribe.
Sec. 7. He it further ciited. That the Governormay
furnish to said troops the arms, accoutrements and
ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into
active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return
nnd to "prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the
same.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That all laws and
clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur
view of this act be, nnd the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. P. Be it further enacted. That the commissions
of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act,
are suspunded only during the period of such service.
Sec. 10. He it further enaxted, That this act shall be
in force from the date of its ratification.
Ratified the 7th day of July, 1803.
A in ii 11 dm Hits to the above Law.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT IN RELATION TO
THE MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME
DEFENCE.
. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of North Carolina, aud it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same. That neither the Gavern
or of this State, nor the officers acting under an act
ratified on the 7th day of July, 18G3, entitled "An act
in relation to the Militia and a Guard for Home De
fence," shall call out for drill or muster the persons
ecrcllcd uiuUt said ct, oftener than once a month in
company drill, or oftener than twice n year in battalion
drill, which battalion drills sh.nll take the place oflie
company drills for the m'onth in which they are ap
poimed, unless when called into actual service to repel
invasion or suppress insurrection, or to execute the
laws of the State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the Governor
fchall have the power to use the Guards of Home De
fence for the purpose of arresting conscripts and de-
forters; I roiua, -j, i."-v sua:', not he ordered upon th
is
duty beyond the limits ot the enmities in which
reside or the counties adjacent thereto.
they
Sr.c 3. Be it further enacted. That in addition to the
exemptions contained in the act to which this is an
amendment, there shall be exempt County commission
ers appointed tinder an act entitled "An act tor the re
lief of wives aud families of soldiers in the army," reg
ular millers, blacksmiths who have established shops
necessary operatives in factories and foundries, ""'the
Attorney (...niemt, Solicitors of tne several circuits and
counties, physician? of five years practice, contractors
with the Si;e or Confederate government, one edimr
to each new$pAper and the necesi'arv compositors, mail
carriers, professor iu colleges and teachers in acade
mic; Vf.f.W, that thi exemption shall onlv apply to
the drills specified in this bill -uul not to service when
t!it ;n;ird for Home IVf-nce is called into the field.
Sfc 4. Be it. further en:u-u-d. That for failure to at
tend ihe battalion or regimental ,hr!l, eaoh field oflicer
shall forfeit and pay one hundred doll.irs; each Captain
and otiier oilietrs who s'a.ili f.iil to master a.-.a drill
hi ir crnTp.ni's at the times appointed, shnll forfeit nnd
"n for each failure fifty dollars, nnd if iion.m,"m:.
fioned olhccr or private sh ill fail to attend at any drill
he shall forfeit a:.J par no! less tlian five nor m.:re th.-in j
twenty-five doli proi7- J. that every absnlee shall '
be allowed until the next m ister'to make bi3 excuse, j
The fines shall be adjudged by regimental and compa- '
aye ourts-martial, and judgments are to be entered ttp
and the fines collected in the same mode and in acrord.
as cevith the provisions of the Militia Law of North
Carolina, passed at the second extra 6esgion.of the
General Assembly, 1861.
Sec 5. Beit further eqacted, That the Surgeon Gen
eral by and with the advice and consent of the Gov
ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding
threecomposed of two physicians each, who shall de
clare by their certificates those persons who shall be
exemptWrom service under the act to which this is an
amendment, on account of mental or physical disabili
ty, and they shall receive the pay of their rank and
traveling expenses, to be determined by the Adjutant
General. - ; "r" '
Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That tbevGuard for
borne "defence, should they be called into service by
the Governor, shall receive the samb pay, rations and
allowances as soldiers in the Confederate States' ser
vice, and shall be subject to the rule3 acd articles of
war of the Confederate States. " .
Sec 7. Be it further enaeted, That when the pressure
of public danger shall not prevent the observance of
such a rule, the said Guard for home defence shall not
be called into service en masse, but by drafts of a num
ber of men from each convenient company, so as to
make up the aggregate force required.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted, That this net shall be
in force and take effect from and after its ratification.
Read three times and ratified in General Assembly,
this the 14th day of December, A. D., 1863.
ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
Of Messengers
OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
At Charlotte Office, Daily.
ARRIVES.
From Char. & S C. Railroad 1 30
" N. C. Railroad 6 20
" A., T. & O. Railroad 9 00
" Wil.,"C. & R. Railroad 3 15
DEPARTS.
A. M. and P.M
" and 9 25 "
P. M.
M. and 2 00 P.M
For
N. TJ. Railroad 6 20 A,
Char, & S C. Railroad 10 00
Wil., C. & R. Railroad 7 30
" and 4 30 "
A., T. & 0. Railroad 4 00 P.M.
It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to
be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to
this Office Use Hour previous to its departure.
T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent.
Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863. tf
EXPRESS NOTICE.
Office Southern Express Company,")
Charlotte, Sept. 24, 1863.
In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make
our charges conform to the liability assumed, this
Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo
ber 1st, 1 863, shippers will be required to place their
valuation upon each package before it will be received.
Such valuation will be inserted" in the'Company's
receipt, and establish the liability of the Company for
the amount. The act of GoT and the public enemy
only excepted. . T. D. GILLESPIE,
Sept 28, 1863 Agent. '
Tailoring.
JOHN VOGEL, PracticalTai
lor,respectfully informs the citi
zens of Charlotte and surround
ing country, that he is prepared
to manufacture gentlemen's clo
thing in the latest style and at
short notice. His best exertions
will be given to render satisfac
tion to those who patronize him.
Shop opposite Kerr'sIIotel, next
door to Brown & Stitt's store.
Jan. 1, 1863. tf
COPPERAS.
TAYLOR & ASBURY are now prepared to furnish
by the ton or otherwise, a fine article of Copperas,
superior to any English offered in market. Druggists
and Apothecaries supplied with a chemically pure
article. Address TAYLOR & ASBURY,
May 5, 18C3
Charlotte, N. C,
Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford
On and after Monday the 25th of May, 1863, the Pas
senger Train will run on this Road (Western Divi
sion) daily, Sundays excepted, as follows :
GOING WEST:
ARRIVE:
LEAVE:
Charlotte,
Tuckaseege,
Brevard,
Sharon,
Lincolnton,
Cherryville.
GOING EAST:
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LEAVE:
Cherryville, 11 30 A. M.
Lincolnton, 12 25 P.' M.
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Sharon, . 12 55 "
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Brevard, 1 25
Tuckaseege, 2 00
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Charlotte.
Fare, six cents per mile. Soldiers going to and re
turning from the army, half fare. Passengers are re
quired to make the proper change, as the .Ticket Agent
cannot furnish change for every one. .
A Freight Train leaves Cherryville for Charlotte at
7 o'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns same day.
For Passenger Traiirs transporting Freights, 50 per
cent to the tariff rates of freight will be added.
V. A. McBEE,
Master of Transportation.
Lincolnton, May 25, 1SCC
rY ,T. IS. KERR, Proprietor.
JggL R71 VERY ACCOMMODATION afforded
JlHV'j Jt-ithe patrons of he Charlotte Hotel.
,i Br T At this Mo" is kept the
Stages from Charlotte u Asheville.
line cfDaily
Oct. 1, I8C1.
J. B
KERR.
AOTICE.
I am prepared to cast machine irons of
all ki
hollow-wnre, salt pans, &c. .Orders solicited Terms
Cash.
I will exchange Iron for Bacon, corn, cloth,
vicious ol any kind.
or pro-
J.
W. DERR.
July 1st, 1863. v-pd: Spring Hill Forpe
IOTICK.
The firm of WILLIAMS, OATES & CO., is this day
(Jan.-1st, dissolved by mutual consent.. All
persons interested will call and close their accounts
M iih either of the under.- ined
L. S. WILLIAMS,
. L. W. SANDERS.
January 12, 1864
11 LANK. DEEDS,
for sale at this Ofiic.
Warrant. Ejectments, &c.
: COTTON YARK
To Exchange for Wool.
As Agents for the State, we nre, prepared to ex
change & superior article of Yarn for Wool. Call early
if ou waut a bargain.
YOFXG, WK15TO & UK It.
May 30, !.5fU
2ra
WANTED,
Scraped Lint and Linen Rags to send to the Hospit
als. - ' -
Persons who can furnish either, have it in their pow
er to relieve much suffering and can obtain a liberal
price for it by sending to the subscriber at Clarlotte,
N. C. JAS. T. JOHWSi
" "Snr. and Med. Pur., C. S.'Army
Charlotte, July 18,1864. 4t '
FayeUeville Rosin Oii Works.
Our Oil Works are now in complete operation both
for making the. erode and refined oil. - The, refining
process extracts the gnm qualities, and mates it the
best of the kind ever offered in this State. 13 a fine
lubricating pil, and being extensively used CP all Rail
Roads where it has been introduced. It is ao the best
Tanners' oil now in use. We offer none fat refined,
and warrant it lo be good. Prompt attenjton given to
all orders. t
MOORE, CASHW1)I.L & CO.,
July 4, lg64 6tpd. FayttevilIe,N. C.
WOOL CARD1IJO.
I will be ready in a few days to Card Wool. Owing
to the. high price paidlbr cards, I pefer carding at
old prices and take Wool, Tallow, Ac. JTor pay. . I wish
the lady of every family to see thi the cuckleburs
are well picked out, and send one pound or one pint
of soft grease for every ten pounds of wool.
J, STIREWALT, ;
June 27, 1864 Mill. Hill, Cabarrus county
CHANGE OF BUSINESS.
Desiring to open a new assortment of DRY GOODS
and GROCERIES, which we intend to exhibit for sale
by the first of September, and will sell eithet at whole
sale or retail, we now offer at private sale our- entire
stock of Dry Goods, a general assortment of Hardware,
Cutlery, Carriage-trimmings, Hoop Iron, NaiSs, Water
buckets and Tanners' Oil. "
Also, Salt, Rice, Coffee, Sugar, Pepper, Gmger and
Spices, of every description, with other aricles, too
numerous to mention. ' " .
The above goods we will sell at private sale to suit
purchasers, until the 25th August, when the balance of
the stock will positively be sold at Public Auction, as
advertised. ELIAS & COHEN.
July 18, 1864.
' WOOL. CARDING.
We beg leave to inform the citizens of Cabarrus
county, and the surrounding country, that, we have
built a Carding Machine at Teeter's Mills, near Harris
burg, and are now ready to card Wool on as good
terms as can be obtained in the State. Our Cards are
new. Give as a trial.
M. H. & E. S. TEETER.
Harrisburg, July 18r 1864 4t-pd
STRAYED r .
From my Pasture near Wilson Wallace's about the
1st of Nov. last, a red COW which 1 bought at auc
tion, formerly owned by Wm.Tas3y Alexander. Also,
aMbe same time and place, a spotted HEIFER, of the
brjndlo 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 can
get then?. W. A. COOK.
Feb 18, 1864 tf
GRAtN, LARD, Ac.
On the 25th inst., the Medical Purveyor will be pre
pared to purchase Corn, Rye, Barley and Lard, for
which market prices will be paid j and Sugar, Coffee,
Rice, Salt, Cotton Yarn and Cloth will be given in part
payment when desired.
J. T. JOHNSON, Surg. & Med. Pur.
Med. Pur.'s Office, Charlotte, March 12, 1864.
BACON FOB SOLDIER'S FAMILIES.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
SCRSISTANCB DEPARTMENT, V
Raleigh, June 27, 1864. j
TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
I am prepared to sell at cost, to any of the counties
of this State, for the use of indigent families of Soldiers,
a portion of the Bacon accumulated for that purpose.
County Commissioners, who are in need of bacon, will
communicate with me.
THOS. D. HOGG, Maj. & C. S.
July 4, 1864. 4t.
Coffee.
Imported Coffee, first quality, on gale at
MOODY & PRITCHARD'S, -July
26, 1864. - opposite Court House.
Salts.
Pure Epsom Salts, on sale at
MOODY & PRITCHARD'S,
July 26, 1864. opposite Court House.
Black Pepper.
Pure and fresh Black Pepper, on sale at
. MOODY & PRITCHARD'S,
July-26, 1864. opposite Court House.
Cooking Soda.
Pure English Cooking Soda, on sale at
MOODY & PRICHARD'S,
July 26, 1864. opposite Court House.
- Sugar.
New Orleans Sugar, on sale at
MOODY & PRITCHARD'S,
July 26, 1864. opposite Court Ilohse.
Sugar Plumb Tobacco.
Together with various brands, on sale at . ,
MOODY & PRITCnA-RD'S,
July 26, 1864. opposite Court House.
Dry- Good, Groceries, Hard
ware' &c,,
By S. A. HARRIS, Auci'r.
The Sale of Messrs. Elias & Cohen as heretofore ad
vertised, 13 postponed until Thursday the 25th of Au
gust, when I will sell, positively, to the highest bidder,
n valuable stock of Dry Goods, Hardware and Groce
ries. The sale will contiune from day to day until the en
tire stock is disposed of.
To Government Agents, Merchants and Farmers, a
rare opportunity is het;e offered, as many articles will
be found among3t the stock worthy the attention of
buyeis. ,
July 18, 1864.
Flag of Truce Letters.
Confederate States or Am
erica, 1 1
KOB f j
Wab Department, Bceeau of Excban
Kichmond, Ya., July 1st, 186
1. All letters to go North by flag of truce must be
sent to this offioe. j
2. Each letter must be inclosed in a seperate envel- i
n an nnnppQpn n Till tAtirpnn n r - n tfiiQniTO ivm 11 . i
. 1 W . II .1.
mond, Va. .
3. Xo lct'er must exceed in length one page of ordi
nnm stTpd letter-naner. and its contents he confined
sirictly to personal or fainilv matters. So letter allud- j
ing to the movements or localities of troops will be al
' lowed to pass. -I
4. Each letter must contain a United States postage
i eom rr ita pniiivnlpnt in silvpp or I'nitpH StatPS CUT- i
; rency.' These regulations will be rigidly enforced, and"!
' no letter transmuted in wnicn mcy arc not siricwj w-
I served. ' i
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July 25, 1R64. 6t.
the Battle of kebnstown, va
The Lynchburg Republican contains the follow
ing further particulars of this glorious Confederate
triumph xm the 24th Julj:
. "A soldier, wounded in the pursuit of the enemy
beyond Winchester, arrived here and says the fight
commenced at Kernstown about 9 o'clock in the
morning, and continued until 2, when the enemy,
commenced falling bact before a furious "charge of
our entire line. They retreated about half a mile
in tolerable order, and attempted to make a stand,
but were again charged, and this time they broke
and ran like sheep, no efforts of their officers suffi
cing to stay the stampede of the frightened
wretches, and everything that could impede their
flight being thrown away. The roaoT-and fields
were literally strewed with abandoned guns, arti
cles of clothing, cartridge boxes, &c. &c.
Our informant says that the lowest estimate of
the enemy's loss in killed and wounded on the bat
tle field was 2500, and in prisoners, exclusive of
the wounded, 2000. During the pursuit by the
infantry, which continued to the neighborhood of
Jordan's White Sulphur Springs, five miles beyond
Winchester, large numbers were shot down and
many captured. At this point the infantrv ,enr
completely broken down by long marching and
bard fighting, ceased from the pursuit, which was
continued by the cavalry far into the night, and
with extremely disastrous results to . tbo erne my,
who were scattered throughout the country iu the
hope of saving themselves from-being killed or cap
tured.. Our informant tells us that after the sec
ond retreat of the enemy, all organization' was lost,
and their army became a scattered mob, squads of
10 and 20 and even 30 surrendering to a single
cavalryman.
" In the battle five pieces of artillery were cap
tured, and during the pursuit thirteeu more are re
ported to have been abandoned and to have fallen
into our hands. It is also reported that Kirkpat
rick's battery of four guns, taken in the fight Wed
nesday, was recaptured.
Our entire loss in the battle is put at 100, while
our informant states that the enemy's .loss in the
fight and pursuit was 5000
Our informant could give us no details of the
casualties sufficiently accurate to justify mention,
though he states that he "heard of no officer of note
being killed or wounded, though some may have
been injured of whom he did not hear.
The affair was a most brilliant one, and but for
the fatigue incident to a long march our troops
would have made it more decisive.- The greater
portion" of the troops engaged marched from Stfas
burg, a distance of nine miles on the morning of
the fight, and were consequently much wearied out
before getting into action.
FROM GEORGIA
Gen. Sloneman and his yanJcee raiders captured.
Griffin, July 31. The passenger train from
Atlanta reports that the Yankee raiding party en
tered Newnan yesterday. Roddy's cavalry hap
pened to he on hand, and pitched into the raiders,
and defeated them with great loss, killing a large
number, and capturing 700 to 1000 prisoners. . A
gentleman who was there says he counted 9G dead
Yankees in one place. Col. Brown low is reported
killed. We captured all their artillery. It is sup
posed this is the same party that tore up the road
at Lovejoy'8. We recaptured the larger portion of
the wagons taken from Us at Fayetteville
Macon, Aug. 1. Our cavalry, under'Gen Iver
son, attacked the enemy, yesterday, near Clinton
The Yankees, commanded by Gen. Stoneman, were
routed and Stoneman, with 75 officers and about
500 prisoners, with 2 pieces of artillery, - surrend
ered, and have just reached this city. The rest of
the Yankee forces are scattered and flying towards
Eatonton. The pursuit continues. Many have
already been killed and captured.
Trains are running regularly to Atlanta. Af
fairs are reported quiet there yesterday and this
morning.- -
Macon, Ga., Aug. 2. Trains from Atlanta ar
rive at the depot regularly on time. Affairs there
wear the usual aspect. Some picket firing and
shelling occurred yesterday afternoon, which did
no damage. .
The . Yankees apparently have abandoned the ad
vance across the Georgia railrgad, and are massing
on their centre and right, endeavoring to work
down between the city and the river.
The -raiders who cut the Macon and Western
railroad, were driven towards Newman, by Jack
son's and Harrison's cavalry. Their advance
reached Newman just after the arrival of the train
carrying Roddy's command to - Atlanta. He at
tacked them in front, and the pursuing cavalry
coming up, the Yankees fled, leaving 500 prison
ers, all their artillery, 6 pieces, acd 700 horses in
our hands. The rest sought escape across the
Chattahoochee. It is supposed more would be
taken.
Three pieces of artillery, captured from Stone
man, were brought here. 600 horses and 800
mules are reported captured from the same party..
FROM VIBGIWIA.
Petersburg, August 1. Our losses in Satur
day's affair foot up 1000. Three hundred killed
and wounded, and three hundred prisoners from
Elliott's S. C. brigade. MahoncVloss, about 450
killed and wounded.
Our captures of battle flags reach 20 and prison
ers 1,100.
Yesterday evening Burnside sent a flag of truce
asking nermission to burv their dead. The com-
munication was retnrned witb the endorsement that !
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application from the commander, of the army ot J
the Potomac would be entertained. Meade then J
t.w.wu w - - . i
This penoa was dm-
700 dead .were buried.
r loss in WOUOded Was
Yankee officers said
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tnml.AA .1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 II I T IIIH 111 IB II IIIMII II
aucr ujiiLcu ouiu . . . .v.w -
3,000.
There was great complaint against Burnside for
bis failure.
Yankee prisoners say Grant i, orcaniiing a grand
raid against the Wcldon railroad.
Prater for Victory. Augusta, oa., 3ug. i.
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Bishop Pearce, of the Methodist Episcepal
fjnurcQ fcoutb, has caliea upon ine ineinoaisu oi
u ci.t. m moef nn Wednpgdav. Annst 10th. for
' special prayer to God for victory,
"w w j , c- ,
oa nraver to God for victory, and tor the ex
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pulsion of the toe trom our rate.
A NORTHERN PEACE MAN.
The Hon. Alexander Long, who was censured
in the late Federal House .of Representatives for
his well known' speech in favor of States' Rights
and of Peace, has had a grand reception at home,
in the 2d Congressional District of Ohio the Cin
cinnati District. The assemblage on the occasion
was very large, and exhibited a great deal of ap
plause for their Representative. Mr Long made
to the people, his auditors, one of the boldest, if
.not the very boldest, speech yet pronounced on
iionnern son, 6ince tne war began. In his speech
in Congress he declared that he had rather see the
Southern States independent than to see their peo
ple, men, women and children exterminated. In
his speech to bis constituents he put the question
more pointedly and positively, as follows:
"That there is no other alternative in this war
than subjugation and extermination oJ the South
ern people on the one hand, or ihe recognition of
their Confederacy on the other, is beyond ques
tion; and how can any sensible, .humane, and liberty-loving
man hesitate in preferring the latter?
Every day's bloody experience and slaughter only
serve to show that there can be no other termina
tion of the contest."
He declared that those wBfc were sane and.sin
cere, who cried outfor the extermination of eight
million? of Christian men, women, and children of
the South, were monsters, "who would be too
highly honored" by calling them fiends: their idea
was as impossible as it was wicked and devilish."
He added: .
"Two friendly republics having a common an
cestry, common glories and recollections, lying bide
by side having a laudable emulation in running
me race or national rreedom, prosperity and great
ness, are infinitely preferable to one proud and
spienuia, duc gloomy despotism, resting like
dark shadow upon the future of the American
continent."
He explained his States' rights views and de
fended the sovereignty of the States, They were
separate colonies they threw off the allegiance to
Great Britain as separate States they were recog
nized ae independent, separate States after the war
of the Revolution they had, during tb'i'war, been
allied sovereignties under the Articles of Confede
ration, and their allegiance as such was continued
under the Constitution of 1789. He gave the his
tory of the Convention which framed that instru
ment to prove that the power to coerce a State by
force was proposed to be. engrafted upon it and re
jected. He contended that there was do such
power granted by the States to the Federal Gov
einmcnrrand that from the day that Abraham
Lincoln called for 75,000 men to be used against
the States that had seceded, tbo old Government
had ceased to exist, and that they of the North
had '.'been living for more than three years under
a new Government a Government necessarily
despotic, because the Constitution being set aside,
the man who rules over us. (them) is absolutely
without restraint of any kind, except that imposed
by his own will."
Mr Long asserted that the idea that the Union
could be restored by the sword was the wildest of
vagaries that ever afflicted a civilized people. That
madness, said he, "combined with the unnatural
idea of placing the negro upon .a level with the
white man, has deluged this land in blood, has
impoverished us with debt and .taxation, and de
stroyed the constitutional liberty bequeathed to us
by our ancestors."
Mr Long assailed Lincoln's administration, de
nounced its corruptions and declared there was no
hope for the North but in driving it from the Cap
itol. He declared that the South could never be
subjugated, and there was no hope of peace but in
recognizing its independence. He avowed his
firm purpose to maintain these views, and defied
the power of Lincoln and bis agent. Ho thus
concluded: .
"From the Administration of Mr Lincoln do
wisdom or common sense can be expected. It
will continue to tread in the downward career of
folly and crime in the hope that upon the "bloody
car of revolution which is crushing the masses to
death, its chiefs can ride to positions of imperial
splendor and individual great tftss. la the dark
vista of the future there is not one single ray of
hope if the blessed sun of peace does not toon as
cend the national horizon and shed its effalgent
rays upon our land.
"Do not, my fellow-citizens follow longer tbu
worse than will-o' the-wisp of Southern conquest
and subjugation, which is leading this country
deeper and deeper into the slough and mire of na
tional degradation and ruin. Let us be just and 1
generous. Lel us staoa by tne l'emocratic prin
ciple, that all just Governments derive their pow.
era from the consent of the governed. Though
everything else falls, let us hava no other Union
than that based upon the cooueut of each aud
every State comprising it, and .let us spurn with
infinite disgust and abhorrence the idea of a Con
federacy 'pinned together by bayonets and only
sustained and upheld by arbitrary coercion and
despotic powers."
A speech like this gives a better sign than any
other that appears in the North. Thero is really
no hop? for the North but the independence ot
the South. When the people are prepared to look
Jhis fact full in the face, and to applaud the bohl
g
its way amongst them. And.wheo-we
consider
t!i ,f .ni, -wUraiinn. no received, are permitted
th(J Government which would, two or three
fg a jjave imprisoned and probably banished
. ritm inc. nnii wi t ri. ni. biiliiui 17 bi.ui. w n u.ca w hk.b
conca(je tbat a great change has come over the
aD(j that the tyranny at Washington is
ut, A k.t hv fen- fnm .the nursnif of
checked somewhat by fear from -the pursuit of
well known ioclinatious. j
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eQrMaj. Charles M. Roberts, with a portion ot ,
the 14th liattalioo, atuekeu a camp ci ine enemy k
nearthe Tennessee line, me day lut wec wiling
: Mvpn. earitanos six
8e8 jjai iioberts
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4id not lose t man ktUed or .
men have arrived here. There
j - grounded. The prisoners
are no better fighting material than can be found
in the 14th Battallion, and no be&er leader for
gallant men than ' Charlie Roberts. "AtherxU
and manly public servant who announces ana trr
i uuitftautly vindicates it before them, we may be
i lieve that there ia a sober second thonant workio
From Gen. Price. The Mobile "Eveniog
News" of the 21st sayr.
Tbii morning Major Stringer, bearer of dls-
atches for the Government, arrived here, having
eft Shreyeportoa the 9th. instant. He confirms
the intelligence forwarded by our .correspondent at
Clinton, of the oceopaTion of Little Rock by the
Confederates, and -brings over new of aa interest
ing character. - .
It appears that we obtained Little Rock witLeut
a fight, tho enemy having evacuated h and retired
to Duvall'a Bluff 01? White river, where they were
vainly waiting and watching for transport to con
vey them to .Memphis. '
As said transports will have to pass ("Jonfederattt
batteries to reach Steele, it ia not probable tbatlfm
eyes will soon be regaled with a view of the Bluff
City. We also learn that Gen. Price has at last
received "marching orders;" that his army is iq ex
cellent condition, and that we may soon expect to
hear agreeable tidings from him.
From tho general disposition of our forces, it ia
thought improbable, if not impossible, for Steele to
escape capture.
. The following is a list of gunboats and tram
ports (belonging to, Porter's fleet) oapturcd and de
stroyed in Red River. It wiU be seon from tho
list that the Confederates are using two of them:
Gunhoa(t Eistport, Chillicotbe, Covington,
Signal.
Trantportst Wool ford, Ohio Bill, John War
ren, Emma, Thomas. Hastings, Starlight, Falls City,
Bella Donna, Laorope.
Afloat and uted by the Conjedcrat. Cham- .
pion No. 3, Champion No. 5.
Missouri. Another important fact in connec
tion with Missouri affairs, has been recently men
tioned by the Northern press. A conspiracy,
with extensive and Influential ramifications, has
just been discovered, having for its object the for
mation of a Northwestern Confederacy. Making
all duo allowances for the sensational exaggera
tions of Yankee news publishers in a time of'ever
ish excitement, we mapr yet sec in their account cf
this newly detected Missouri plot that it is a some
what eerious affair, and that a large amount of pop
ular sympathy is secretly enlisted in it. We Jo
not consider it as evidence that the people of MU
souri are prepared for an uprising against ton
Washington tyrant and the traitors at home who
have trampled down their rights, but we look up1
on it as a sign that the spirit and love of liberty,
though restrained from open development - by tia
iron hand of power, is not extinguished. . Tho
flame though smothered, is yet burning beneath,
and only awaiting a favorable opportunity to. buret
forth in its fury. This same Northwestern Con
federacy is by no means a wild chimera "an airy
nothing" a dream of Southern "rebels" and of
Northern "copperheads." It is a thing in em
bryo, and will in due Betson eome forth from th
womb of time perfect, in its proportions and in
stinct with all the energies of vitality. We'havo
strong hopes that Missouri will ere long be deliver
ed from tbo vile thraldom in whicn she has lived
for the Iat three years that her true sons will
band themselves together and strike down the op- '
!ressor who has put his becU upon their necks on
y to crush and degrade them.
ST Wm. E. Manning, a soldier from Orange
Spring, FU , was killed on the N. C. Railroad, 2
miles beyond China Grove station, in this County.
on the 26th July. He got off the mail train for
some purpose, and being quite sick aud scurcely
able to walk, was left. A freight train was com- .
iog down on a tide track as the other moved off.
Mr. Manning was making his 'way towards
the track with evident anxiety to regniu the
mail train. On reaching tbe track Jo cither acci
dently fell upon it with hu neck across the rail, or
in a moment ot dcspondcLcy threw himself ihere.
and made no effort tu tccwvt- or to avoid the fi wight
train, at that moment within a few feet of him.
The engineer reverted his eogine, but it wm too
late. The poor sick, disappointed soldier was
?uickiy released uom tne rains ana sorrows ot inc.
lis head was severed from his bod j. Sal i$luru
Watchman.
A Cute Yankik. The Macon Confederate of
the 2 1st, says:
One of the Yankee officers at Camp Orflcthrop
i a a
came ne.r escaping yeteruay. Jie biacaaa nu
fact and hands, donned a ragged suit, picked Dp
spade and proceeded to the outlet, remarked to tbt
sentinel that his master bad sent him to carry tb
spade home. The sentinel made no bjeciiuu aud
out he went. He proceeded bat a short distance
when a keen-cyed soldier perceived, through tu
opening in his shirt, a gliuipae of .Lis" skin. He
iunncdiwtely "sutclt a rat" and marched' tho cute -Yankee
back to his old quarters. We suppose the
sentinels, will hereafter keep a sharp lookout for
these black skinocd wl.ito men.
Titk "WoMDnrrcL Casxxxt. The New York
Herald says:
The latest novelty at Harnum's Mascara is
highly successful exhibition cf mechanical AiU
in the shape of what is called the "Wonderful
Cabinet." Out of a box four feet six inehes high
are taken materials from which furniture ia made
in sufficient quantity to cover the stage of the lev
turo room. Chandeliers, tables, stools, a bedstead,
diniog table, di3hcs, a large throne, a cradle, boxci,
books, ic.,' are spread around ia unlimited quanti
ties. The woudtr at first seems to be how so
much could ever have bceo placed in the little bx,
but as the process goes on the only question is bw
the stage i. going to hold the Dumber of articles
which, oa every side are springing up frui almost
nobbing. Tho inventor, Herr Nadobko, a I'ole, is
present at the exhibition, and stows his ujecbaoi..
I cal skill nearly as much in rutlioz together bis
atock ofhouschold furniture as he ia " incongt-
nal construction. ,
Thi (Munot mMinrei onlv 4 feet 6 inches ia
. . . aoJ 2 fect thick, and eon-
. . . f cUUrtte fon itr9B-
d f , . of faroUare; including a dining
table. U iet long, witn eoven urn computet,
J g q ?
11-u. -t. .i5-. a4 't.11 t?tf. with nU
lamps, v ia u v. ..
i tinted, a full bed and bed steads,- with baoglngs
complete.
A wood'rfuj popl at tricks are tb jackttf.
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