North Carolina Newspapers

- ? . irrt OFFIC33 S SSO per am mm IN ADVANC ON TJIJS V WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1864. j TniitTEESTn volume nf mb e r t8.' . 3. TIMS, Editor and Proprietor. Mt .''2." - Arfi't ant Inspector Cieu.'s OGico, Fitact. liiuiuiu., -ta ii' 14. ;fnera! Order, No. 67. V. Paragraph i, General Orders No. .63, (current sc ries) is tluis Hint-udcl: All detailed men, (including those between 18 and 45 years of age,) will report lo, and be commanded by the General of Ke-erve? in the Slate in which they have been Hisigned or detaued, who will organise them into tympanies and battalions. It is not anticipated that they will be culled out, except in emergencies occur ring in or near the counties of their residence: nor will eerviee be exacted of them beyond those couuties and counties contiguous thereto; except that companies hereafter formed may be required to perform service in repelling raids along a Jlne of railroad running througU thfir respective cotinti"?.- All exempt's are allowed, und invited to enroll themselves with tilth companies, so as to be prepared to aid in defetdiDg their homes vhen uienaeed bv the enemy. Signed S. COOPER, A. and I. Gen. Oflicial Jno. W. Ilin.-dale, A. A. Gen. IIEADQ'RS RESERVB NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, Aug. 23, 1864. J General Orders, No 7. I Pursuant to General Orders No. G7, paragraph V., Adjutant aad I.i.-pcctor General's Office, dated Attest Kith 18:i. 'Local Kniulling Olli.ers will proceed at once to organize the detail d men, of whatever kind, in their respective counties, into companies, reporting to thi? office the names and residence of the officers lecied. II. All exempts are invited, and earnestly requested, to attach themselves to companies thus to be organized, lor home defence. Arms and ammunition will be issued as soon as the companies are formed.. By command of Lieut. Gen. Holmes. JNO. W. HINSDALE, A. A. Gen. Aug. 29, 1864. 7t Headquarter Reserve, C, 'I I Extract J Uai.eioii, Aug. 1st, lOlHfc. Gekeual OarFRS No: 4. Captains of Senior Reserves, in the several coun ties of the State of North Carolina, where Companies have been organized, w ill assemble them at their re spective Couit Houses, every Saturday at 12 o'clock, f.jr drill and instruction. . By command of Lt. Gen. Holmes. JNO. V. HINSDALE, A. A. G. Aug. 8, 18C1. 7t. Headquarters Reserve, TV. C j Ralkigu, August 0, leG-A. J (Jenkrai. Ouoeus, No. 5. It has been reported to the Lieutenant General Com manding Reserves, that deserters from the army are permitted to remain unmolested in certain counties of this State. It 'is hereby made flu; duty of the Senior Reserves, to apprehend and deliver them to the -nearest Military Commandant; and the Captains of the dif ferent companies are maue and will be held sttictly re sponsible for the execution of this order, in their re rnective counties. Bv command of Lt. General IJor.'MES. . JNO. V. ln.NSDALK, A." A. General. - August 15, 180 1. 7t. Having qualified as K-vcwtrix of the last Will and Tes tament of the late James G. Wilkinson, at the July Term 1S04, of M. kt-ub::r- County Court, all persons indebt ed to the estate of :-a.id testator aie required to coon- for ward and make payment, and thus. Slaving claims against the same are nqtmed to present them for payment within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. N. J. WILKINSON, Executrix. Aug. 3. leGi. Ct BY J. 15. KEKf?, Proprietor. Jgk This old established and well- 18 i known Motel is still kept open for the ae commodatiou of travelers. The table is BUpj)iieU with the best the market and tini-s afl'ud. Sept 26, 1SG2 tf J. B. KERR. ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE Oi "ewweissers OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARU1YES.- From Cbar. & S C. Railroad 7 00 A. M. and 6 P.M " N. V. Railroad 7 00 " and 5 00 " " WiL, C. & R. Railroad 2 45 P. M. J) EPA 11 TS. For N. C. Railroad 7 00 A. M. and 6 20 P.M Char. & S C. Railroad 8 00 " aud 5 00 " Wit P A- 17 PiiHrnail 7 Si) It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to this OUice Onk Hoik previous to its departure. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863. tf Tailoring, JOHN YOG EL, Practical Tai 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 stye and at short notice. His best exertions will be given to render satisfac tion to those who patronize him. Shrp opposite Kerr'sHotel, next i I t.. g uoor io iinuni ,v ouil s store. maZmk Jan. i,isot. tf Wilmiugtou, i'harlotte & Rutherford jfcr. 3: k. o x - On and alter Mouday the 25tb ofMav, 1803, the Pas peDger Train will run on this Road" (Western Divi sion) daily, Suadayg excepted, as follows: GOING WEST: ARRIVE: LEAVE: Charlotte, TuVkaseege, Brevard, Sharon, ? Liocolnton, Cherry ville. GOING EAST: Cherryviile, Lincohitoa, Sharon, Brevard, Tuckaseege, Charlotte. 30 A. M. 6 15 8 05 9 25 10 00 10 45 A. M. 8 20 9 00 9 HO 10 05 ti (i ARRIVE: LEAVE: 11 30 A. M. 12 25 P. AI. 12 55 " 1 25 2 00 " 12 15 12 50 1 20 1 53 2 45 P. M. it F&rev six cents per mile. Soldiers goincr to and re turning from the army, half fare. Passengers are re quired to make the proper change, as the Ticket Aoent cannot furnish change for every one. c A Freight Train leaves Cherry ville for Charlotte at 7 o'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns same day For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per cent to the tariff rates of freight will be added. V. A. Mo BEE, , ' oc , faster of,Transportation. Lincolaton, May 25, 1863. CHAITGE OP TEEMS. In consequence of the ra,'id advance in the price of paper and printing materials generally, we find it ne cessary to again advance our terms. We fix the rates for the present at $ 1 0 for six months or $20 for the year. We are now paying more than twice as much for paper as we paid 7 months ago. ' We have been wearing out our type and machinery without making enough to replace them, although our list of subscri bers has nearly doubled within the last 18 months. But if any persons should think our rates too high we hope they will remember that we are willing to trade "in the old way.'' We will put the paper at the old price, two dollars, and allow old prices for produce. yfe win take two bushels of corn,' or wheat, or peas, for one year's subscription. Is not that lair ? S" The cross mark on a paper indicates that the time paid for has expired or soon will expire. July, 18G4 Headquarters Reserve, TV. C, KaLEIGU. All". ID. 1604. General Ouders No. 6. I. General Orders No. 3, paragraphs III., IV. and V., Headquarters Reserve, N. C, current series, ire hereby revoked. II. All Exemptions of persons within the Reserve ages, will be granted under general instructions from the Bureau ot Conscriptiou, without reference to the Lieutenant General Commanding Reserve. III. Applications for Detail of persons v within the Reserve ages will not be received- by the Local Enroll ing Officers, until after the organization of the compa ny from the county in which the applicant resides shall have been effected. They will, then be carefully inves tigated, and acted upon in conformity with" the provi sions of Circulars No. 3, 8 and 29, Bureau of Conscrip tion, current series, except as hereinafter prescribed: First, In cases of approval by. the District Enrolling Officer, a fuilough for sixty days will not be granted, when the party would, within that time, become eigh teen years old. Secondly, In cases of disapproval by the District Enrolling Officer, if the party be between forty-five and fifty years old, he will be forthwith as signed by the Enrolling Officer to the company of Sen ior Reserves trom the county in which he resides; if between the ages of seventeen and eighteen years, he will be sent to Camp of Instruction for assignment by the Commandant of Conscripts, according to county and congressional district.. Thirdly, All applications herein referred to, required by the Circulars from the Bureau of Conscription to be forwarded, will be trans mitted, through the commandant of Conscripts, to this office for final" action, instead of the Superintendent of the Bureau at Richmond, By command of Lieut. Gen. Holmes. JOHN XV. HINSDALE, A. A. Gen. August 29, '.8G1. 7t. My servant girl CELIA, left my premises about two mouths ago. She is of medium size, has a pleasant countenance, a very thin head of h-tir,-is about twpntv Huee years of'age. .She had on when she left a fight calico dress, with purple flowers on it. She was Sent out for the purpose of picking strawberries, taking a large new tin bucket, and has not been heard of since. The above reward will be given to any person deliv ering her to me, or lodging her in any jail in the Stte so that I can get her. H. M. PHELPS. July 25, 18tU. tf lid Fiiigvv longest. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Ranaway, on the 29th June, 1864, my house servant, JOHN LEE, 21 years of age, five feet ti inches high, yellow complexion, slender form, negro features, pleasant countenance, plausible manners, quick spoken, the third finger on each hand being the longest. lie was raised in Charlotte, N. C.,. where his mother and rela tions are, and he may be lurking in that vicinity. He had on when he left, a roundabout of put pie drill, has also a yellow summer coat; is disposed to dress fine, and in this way may escape notice. The above re ward will be paid for his return to me, or lodged in jail. so that I can get him. Any information concern ing him may be left with S. A. Harris. R. A. SPRINGS, Aug. 1, 18G4. tf Rock Hill P. O., S. C. I will be ready in a few days to Card Wool. Otfing to the high price paid for cards, I prefer ca.idi.ng-at old prices and take Wool, Tallow, &c., for pay. I wish the lady of every family to see that the cuckleburs are well picked out, and send one pound or one pint of soft grease for every ten pounds of wool. J. STIRE WALT, June 27, lSo'4 Mill Hill, Cabarrus county ORAI, LAUE), &e. 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; 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. 1SC4. Mate of IV. Carolina, Mecklenburg Co. Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1864. James M. Hutchison, Adm'r of R II Brawley, deceased, vs James Hemphill and wife Rachael, W B Calden and wife Jane, J M Brawley, M A Brawley, W W Brawley. Mary S Brawley, Mary Brawley, and the heirs at law of Hiram C Brawley and John H Braw ley, deceased. Petition for the settlement of the estate of R H Braw ley. dee'd. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants. Jas Hemphill and wife Rachael, Wm B Cal den und wile Jane. J M Brawley, M A Brawley, W sV Brawl: y, Mary Brawley, Mary S. Braw ley, and the personal representatives of John H. Brawley, deceased, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made for six successive weeks, in the Western Demo crat, a paper published in the town o Charlotte, noti fjings kid defendants to be "and -appear at the next term of this Court to be held for the county of Mecklenburg, at the Court House in Charlotte, ou the second Monday in October next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to this petition, or judgment pro confesso will be taken and the same heard exparte as to them. Witness, Wm Maxwell, Clerk of our saul Court, at ofi:ce in Charlotte, the 2d Mondav in July. A D 1864. 34-Ct WM. MAXWELL. Clerk. Ii ilLKY HOPS. Wanted. l,uoo bushels Barley, and a large quantity of Hops, for which the highest cash price will be paid. M. MUNZLER, Lager Bees Brewery, June 27, 18C4 6m-p,i Charlotte, N. C. This celebrated Horse will eland during tLe Fall I season at my stables in Charlotte. The reputation oft 'Garrett Davis" is well known in this section of the State, and those- who wapt to raise fine stock would do ' well to patronize nim. to tne Urooru. Charlotte, Aug. ?2, 1364. . R. RABS. BLANK DEEDS, Warrants, Ejectments, &or for sale at this Office.' Cje WtBlttn Mnnorrai CHARLOTTE, N. C. We are glad to learn that the North Caro lina Central Rail Road Company have put in oper ation a system of Expressing over their Road on' company responsibility, and that their charges are only about double the ordinary Railroad rates. This is a great improvement, and we hope the Com pany may perfect their system so as fully to meet the public requirements. Salsburi'H'atc7vman. What is the reason the Railroad company , can not carry all freights io the tisual way, "without petting on double charges for "Expressing" ft? We recently had twelve bundles paper (not quite 100 lbs. each) brought from Raleigh to this place., on which we paid 859 40 freight to the railroad. That is about as exorbitant as the Southern Ex press Company's charges, if not mope so. We doubt very tuuch whether the Railroad Ex press will prove any benefit to the publie over the Southern or "Adams" Express. We see a receipe in our exchanges to pre vent weevils from getting in Wheat. It directs that the wheat be put in boxes holding 10 'or 12 bushels each, and then smear three or four paddles with tar and push them down into the grain and let them remain there. Also rub a little tar the outside seams of the box. on A few weeks ago, a respectable citizen of this county, cut a bee tree, in the hollow of which, beneath the comb, were eleven eggs, apparently those of the wild duck. There was no hole or any place where anything larger than a bee could have got-in. Query: How did they get there? Lake (Jity iFla) Columbian. Not many people are green enough to believe that they were there. t Liberal. W.'P. Reinhardt, of Catawba coun ty, has given to indigent soldiers wivosand widows. 100 bushels of Wheat of the pieseot crop, will beat it ? Salisbury Watchman. Who THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH. To show the spirit in "which tEe Presidential campaign is conducted, we make some extracts from late Northern papers. The Washington Chronicl&(Ldncolu's organ) of September 4th says: The trouble in the ranks of the Vallanoigham Democracy is, that it is composed of two violently- antagonistic sections; the one clamorous for war, and the other clamorous for peace; and, between the two, poor General McClellan is suffering sadly. Thus, the war men hate Pendleton, who runs as the peace candidate for Vice President; and the peace men hate McClellan, because he is the war candidate for President. Result: indifference eve rywhere, di&coutent everywhere, apathy every where. The same paper has the following: It i? one of the novel features of the present po litical campaign that the party whose candidate runs upon a purely military record depends chiefly for its success upon the defeat of our armies iu the field. Prevaricate or deny it as they may, the leaders of the Vallandighani Democracy can never elect their candidate for the Presidency if our ar mies in the field are victorious. What a spectacle is this? That a great organization, heretofore con trolling the political power of the country, with all its traditions . and prejudices in favor of waging war upon other nations in fact, relying more upon this theme than anything else should now be in the field, with its candidates for the two highest offices in the gift of the American people, depend ent upon its success only in the hope that our ar mies are to be defeated in the field. The New York Daily News thus defines the po litical status of Mr. Pendleton, the Democratic candidate for the Vice-Presidency: George II. Pendleton is, in the words of the Tri bune, "aDti-war Copperhead of tbe most intense shade; and his votes in Congress have rarely differ ed from those of Vallandigbatu and Benjamin Harris." Precisely so; and, as such, stands upon the Democratic ticket a worthy representative of that glorious phalanx which stood up ia the Con gress of the United States to denounce, in the face of raving madness, a war which has devested the country, burdened our productive industry with a crushing debt, and murdered, aye, murdered, at the bidding of a fanatical Abolition, hundreds of thousands of our sons and brothers. . - George H. Pendleton, . it is true, protested against the destructive passions oL fanaticism, standing in his place in Congress .beside Vallan digham aud Harris. The editor of the Daily News, who looks forward with a deepening pride to the memory of so glorious a fellowship, can bear wit ness that that same George H. Pendleton has dared to v-ote with the fearless and few who did uot shrink from breasting the waves of fanaticism when the Abolition Thugs threatened to silence opposition by violent death. - The leader, now, of that phalanx of patriotic, he has always proved himself wcuhy of his following; and we hail .hi name upon onr ticket, regardless of the considera tion of the triumph it presents to our long and pa tient labor in a good cause, as one full of heart swelling hope to our afflicted country. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, in journeying to Chicago with many members of the Democratic Convention, was much impressed with their conversation, .lie says: Bat the saddest thing in all this political talk was the evidest delight at our military failures. J do not write the words willingly: for, realizing pro foundly that this rebellion can be pat down by no party and by no efiort that stops short of embra cing the people of the North, I know how fully it is admitting that the end of these troublous times is not yet in sight. But there couhl be rio mista king toe tone of exaltation Sn which the invasion of the North and the siege of ihe capital in the fourth year of the war were paraded, and Graot' flanking operations were laughed at, and the abili ty of Jeff. Davis was exultantly eulogized. THE CBISIS. We hold it to be as certain as any future event eao be, that the enemy, between this day and the 4th of November, will make more strenuous exer tions than he has ever yet made ta destroy oar ar mies and involve in their destruction the ruin of the Confederacy. Military success is absolutely essential to the success of Lincoln at the next election. With it, hi3 re-election is certain; with out it, tho probabilities of his defeat are very great. As, with him, and with his party, a triumph at the polls ia an affair of much greater importance than the .good of his country, he will think it eheaply purchased by the blood of fifty or an hun dred thousand soldiers. Before that time shall have arrived his drafted men will have begun to pour in. They will be absorbed as fast as they ar rive in the old regiments, and not undergo the previous oeremooy of a drill at home. They will, therefore, be much the more readily turned into serviceable men, if they do not become exactly what may be called soldiers before the time above designated." It will be necessary, on our part, to bring out the reserves, as far as possible, in order to reinforce General Lee in Virginia and General Hood in Georgia. There is ample material for these purposes, if the proper steps be employed, out cf the number t-f men who havc already been returned by the Conscription Bureau, but have never served. First. There are believed to be upwards of eight thouand men, of Conscript age, belonging to the Statf Government of Virgicia alone. Fully as man; are attached - to each of the State-Governments of North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Ile;e are thirty-two thousand men at once a pow erful army of themselves. If General Lee bad them well disciplined at this moment, he would settle with Grent, before another week had passed oter our heads. If General Hood had them, S.lerman would leave Atlanta much faster than he citne to it. By seme means or other these men should be come at. The Confederate Government cmnoc do it, but the State Government can, by the simplest process in the world. Let each State Legislature be assembled at once, and take mea scres to place all State officers, who are of the re quired age, at the disposal of the conscript officers. Ve especially recommend this policy to the Leg islature of Virginia. .There can be no reason in tie world why these men should not be subjected D the conscription as well as other persons; and the legislation which should make them so would be the most popular legislation it is possible to think of. Second. We have no idea of the number of men detailed on special duty, or for special objects Some of these details are absolutely necessary; but we have no doubt that, if the system were revised, the business would go on quite as well and the army be greatly the gainer. It is necessary, for instance, to detail large numbers for agricultural purposes. The army and the population must be fed; crops must be planted; bread must be made. Yet we are satisfied that, in the details foragiicul tural purposes, great reforms might be made and a large accession of numbers gained by the army. In some places too many men have been taken off by the conscription. This is more especially the case in the mountain counties, where there are few negroes. In other parts of the country too many have been left, if the distribution of the burthens of war with impartiality be an object with those having authority, as we are sure it is. With re gard to manufacturing, the case is somewhat diffe rent. Skilled workmen are not so numerous as we could wish them to be; and our array must have elotheshoes, hats, arms and gunpowder". But in all these operations there are many persons em ployed who have little or no skill, and who might be substituted by older men, and, in many cases, by negroes. In fact, it is a great abuse, in any case, to employ white men of conscript age where negroes could dat the work quite as well. There should not be a white driver, for instance, in the service, unless io cases in which uncommon intel ligence is necessary. The duties of the Bureau of Conscription have been, and continue to bey discharged with great intelligence, industry and success. But they ex tend no farther than to the ascertaining of the whereabouts and status of the conscript, and the turning of him over to the military authorities. What may then be done with him, it is no part of the business or duty of that officer to decide. If he be detailed, or desert, or be made a justice of the peace, or a mail carrier, it is certainly no fault of the Bureau. In some one or other of these ways, and not because the proper return was not made, the country has been robbed of the services of a large army, which, properly employed, might have secured most important advantages. It is not too late now to secure the services of much the larger part of these men; and we hope those io Whose power it lies whether State Legislature or the Confederate .authorities will do it. Jiich mond. Dispatch. Before taking the State officers it would be well to take a few thousand of the Confederate officers who are now quartered in the different tons of the Confederacy, with little or nothing to do. The Provofct guards could be dispensed with, and thou sands of assistant quartermasters, commissaries, agents, impressing officers, &c , might be sent to the army without the least injury to the public service. Some few of these officers, we knew, are neeesary, but there are- many of them of no nse whatever, except to draw pay and rations and an noy people who are working for the cause. Re form in this respect is badly seeded. ' No doubt tho services of a few thormnd State officers could be dispensed with here at home, but a large army might be made up from the useless Government officers and agents now scattered over the country. 'We hope this matter will receive the early attention of Congress. N. C. Brigades. Gen. Kirkland having re covered from bis recent wound, has been essigned to the brigade latterly commanded by Gen. J. G, Martin. CoL McRae of the 15tb N. C Regiment, commands Kirkland'a old brigade. Col. A. C. Godwin, 57th N. C. Troops, has been promoted to ih.e ra nk of Brigadier General. A SCENE IN THE CHICACJo CONVEN TION. It will be seen by the following that the nomi nation of McClellan was not very palatable to some of the delegates to the Chicago convention: Mr. B. G. Harris, of Maryland, seconded the nomination of Thomas Q. Seymour, and proceeded to ealogure bis party services and abilities. Mr. Harris continued as follows: One man named here to-day is a tyrant cheers and hisses. He who first initiated the policy by which our rights and liberties were stricken down; that man ia George U. McClellan. Confusion. Maryland, which has suffered so much at the band of that man, will not submit to his nomination in silence. His offence shall be made kuown. This Convention is a jury appointed by the people to pass upon the merits of public men whose names may be presented for the support of the great Dem ocratic party. General McClellan, I repeat, is a tyrant. Great confusion. He stood here to in dict him -A delegate "1 call hiai to order." Tho President said be hoped there was no man present who would deny the right of free speech; certainly no Democrat will. At the Dame lime he hoped no delegate would feel called upon to pursue a course of remarks so offensive as to interfere with the harmony of the Convention. Mr. Harris read McClellau's order of arrest against the Maryland Legislature, and proceeded to comment upon. the me, but the confusion was so great that the speaker could not be heard, ex cept to eay all the charges of usurpation and tyran ny that can be brought against Lincoln and Butler he can make and substantiate against McClellan. Hisses, cheers and cries of "Vote for Jeff. Davis!' The President wished the Convention would come to order; there ia no attack made here, he said, but what can be made elsewhere, and the gentleman against whom these charges ore being made desires they shall be made now and here, so that he can meet and explain them. These inter ruptions do injustice to ourselves, to the speaker and to tfce distinguished gentleman against whom they are made. Let the gentleman from Mary land have a full hearing, and afterwards hear the other side from gentlemen who are ready aod able to make a full explanation. Mr. Harris proceeded to say that MeClellan was an assassin of State rights, a usurper of liberties, and, if nominated, he would be beaten everywhere, as he was at Antietam. He added, he could not go home and ask the members of that Legislature to vote for such a man. He would not himself vote for him. Hisses. Mr. Carrigan, of Pennsylvania, raised a point of order, that the gentleman having said he would not vote forMcClcllan if nominated, he had no right to take part in the proceedings of the Convention. The President decided the point of order well taken, and, amid the wildest confusion, Mr. Harris retired from the stand. When Harris, of Mary land, was making towards his seat, after being de clared out of order because of his remark, that if McClelhn was nominated, he would not support him, a peison, not a delegate, although sitting within the circle, said to him: "You ought to be turned out of the Convention, you d d traitor!" whereupon Harris turned iound and knocked him out of his chair. This incident contributed much to the general confusion which prevailed for seve ral minutes. THE WAY GEN. MORGAN WAS BE TRAYED AND MURDERED. The circumstances of the killing of Gen. Mor gan are briefly stated by the Lynchburg Republi can as follows: General Morgan with his staff, had his headquarters at the house of a Mrs. Williams io Greenville, and she determined to betray her guest and have him murdered. ' With this view she left her house at an early hour ic the night and rode by an unfrequented and unguarded way to Bull's Gap, a distance of fifteen miles, where the yankee forces were encamped, and there in forming the Yaukee commander of her errand, a troop of cavalry was immediately detailed and sent under her pilotage to perform the cowardly work. They entered Greenville undiscovered and before daylight surrounded the house in which their in tended victim lay all unconscious of the danger that menaced him. By some means he was aroused before they entered the house, and run ning out into ,the yard attempted to make his es cape, but the foe was around him on every tide. Drawing his pistol he fired five thots at his mur derous assailants who were firing heavily upon him, and at length a muskt bull entered his heart, killing him instantly. Geo. Morgan's men being aroused by the firing, soon rallied and drove the eceray from the town. The husband of this Mrs. William?, who played euch a conspicuous part in this drama, (and for which, if the facts be as stated, woman though she is, she should be hung as higth as Human,) is a member of Burnside's Staff. She and ber child ren, we learn, were immediately ordered to leave our lines, and she is now doubtless receiving from her Yaokee friends the reward of Ifcr murderous treachery. The body of Geo. Morgan was brought to Abingdon where it waa interred to await the time when the soil of his own loved Kentucky can re ceive into its bosom the remains of her gallant aod hroic son. The Spirit of tue Women. A gentleman of this place recently writing to his wife now ia Richmond county, alluded to the culling out of the reserves and detailed men, aud expressed his own determination, although exempt, aod no longer young, to luro out with hi musket on any emer gency threatening the place. The lady ia reply eajfs that she hopes the necessity may not arise at this point, but should it do so, she adds Mi don't i want you to shrink from duty. It would bo far oeiier io oe Kiiieu id uaiiio tuau to oe canea a coward. Should there be au attack, you had bet ter send for Buddy, their sou a lad at work at the shops of the W. C. & R R. R Co Krery littje is a help io time of need. If I was not so much afraid of a gun I would be willing to go too. I am afraid cor army ia about to be overwhelmed io Virginia for want of men. If all tEe deserters would go back tbey would make an army themsel ves." The spirit of the women of the country really sustains aod buoys up that of the mea, and to that spirit the country will be largely indebted fur iis iodejpeudr nee. Wilmington Journal. CONFEDERATE FINANCES. Property is dearer and money cheaper io tht Confedeiacy than they were before in any eouo. try at any period. It follows that if Con tedr rata independence is likely to bo established, aar! the war to be euded withia any reasonable period, the rich men after its close will be those whoahaK have converted their surplus property, at the pre sent enormous prices, into currency at its preaart low rates. The present Coofedctare debt is prob ably about twelve or fuarteeo hundred millioas of dollars. If the war'aboaJd tad at oy time when tbia debt shall have 'grown to d greater toagnL tune than two thousand millions, it will .b easily manageable, and every dollar of it will become withiu a few years equivalent to pecie. The idea of repudiation ia a bugaboo. In this very .com mercial age of ours, no nation, however exalted in rank or established io reputation, couki repudiate a publio debt without placing itaalf ur.dcr the ban ot national infamy, or without incurriug pecuniary loss greater than the debt it shirked. Iho South is composed of a serj haughty aod proud people, whose especial weakness of character is stippoaeu to be a Quixotic regard for their personal hyoor. They are a race who could never deliberately vwte themselves a community of swindlers. It ia a slaudcr upon our soldiers to say that, when they return home, they will vote a repudiation cf the public debt. These brave men will have woo, by yea.-s of patient toil and privation, illustrated by a Iou series of gallant deeds, a glory they will scorn to tarnish and refuse to forfeit by a glaring act of dishonesty. They will reflect that the reputation or their country la still ia their keeping, aud .that having bravely achieved jtho great work of inde pendence, it would be silly indeed, and quito un worthy of them, to ignomioiounly t.kulk tho minor tufrk of maintaining its credit and fiuaucial hooor. They will, iudeed, to more interested io maintain iog the publie credit than in overthrowing it. Un fortunately, they will come out of the war pooret than other in worldly goods; and, as property will be the subject of the heaviest taxation, they will have less interest than others in insisting upon an act of publio infamy. They will be the chief rs positarics cf the patriotism and guardians of the honor of their country; they will have done too much in the field to deliberately disgrace it before the world, for the purpose of avoiding a taxutiott which will fall heavily on property and lightly on themselvee. Nor would tho Confederacy be permitted to-ro pudiate its debt, even if it desired to do so ever po much. The announcement of peace will send mil lions of our tieasury notes end. bonds abroad. Tho domestic holders of money and bonds will imme diately and eagerly battar them in exchango for all sorts ot merchandize; aod thus a cotwuderalhi portion of the public debt will boon bo hold by tho inhabitants of other coon trie, whoe Government will paotect them in tbeir rights. The Confede racy will bo too much enamored of peace to heed lessly rush into war with half tho great- powers of the world, for the sake of avoiding an honest debt which it could support without inconvenience. In modern times it is only the interest on public debt that represents the burden to be borne. Tho interest upon the Confederate debt will be about a hundred millions a year. - To show how easily thitt could be paid, it is only necessary to atate tbat an export duty of five cents a pound on cotton would more than produce the sum, and this export duty would fall upon the consumers of cotton abroad, a iid uot upon it producers at homo. This email export duty would pay the entire interest on th public debt, and leave the other staples and prop- -erty of the country free to such taxation as may be deemed necessary for sinking tho principal of the public debt. Our independence will eatabii.h direct trade between the South and Kurop,-and we shall save the tribute and protective bounties which we formerly paid io a thousand form to I ho North. This very saving will be grcuter tl.agi llb taxes which we shall have to pay for uiaiut jio'.og the public debt, and will enable us to meet the taxation without feeling its burden. Nothing is more clear than the fact, even if the Coufcde- . rate debt should reach two thousand millions of dollars, it will be euportcd with moro case than any other country ever before maintained a debt of ou ly a third the proportinate magnitude. Tho pub lic debt, therefore, will not be repudiated by tho Confederacy for three reasons, namely: there will be no necessity for repudiation; the people will too proud of the glory and reputation of their country, thus to bring it to sbamc; and repudation would uot be permitted, even if the Confederacy were base enough to desire it. The man whofeaia repudiation shows at once bis ignorance f publia affairs, and slanders his country. 'Richmond Ex aminer. A Toucnmo Ikcident. A yonng miaieter weut out to preach and observed during . his dif course, a lady who teemed to be much sffrcted. After meeting, be conduced to pay ber a visit and (we what were the imprctio!.s of her mind, llo approached her thus: 'Well, madam, what wer youao sliected about during the preaching to-day ?' La, me,' paid the bdy,.I'll tell you. About it years ago, me and my hatband moved t) this place, and all the property we bad was it jtkiM. Hus band he died, and me and 'the beast were left alone. At Isst the bentt died, and to tell you thn truth your voice put me so much in mind of that dear old critter, that I cauldo't help taking on and , crying about it right In mectin'. No more ques tions were aked. - i -. The term of service of 00,000 soldiers of lb Yankee army expired in Aogust; the terms of 78, 0U0 expire io the present month; 64,000 in Ooto Ler: ia November. 68.000. and in December 51.- j 000, making 3 11,000 whow rera will bare ex-' pired between ihe let of Aogtm and tin Jail of December. . . ,"Importatt if true."Vtot. Neomsyer of II u nieh, aays the world is coming to an end in 18G5. Ho thinks a comet will strike the earth itixt year i and wipe it from existence. This is - important; if iw t.tit w r- not dUDOSCd to think I'rnr. Nenmayer wiser than others. Several Yankee journals are lamenting the fat that Confedeiate cotton bonds" command nearly double the price in English commercial circles of Yankee securities.