North Carolina Newspapers

V o fu x.o'm ON THE ;T 'J WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET ......., CHARACTER IS, AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUAL 'DT; THE GLORY 0? THE " ONE IS . THE COMMON . PROPERTY 0 P . TH B OTHER. - T4V I) 3 1 W IN A D VANC Ef W S 'TATES, Editor and "Proprietor-' CHARLOTTE, N. C., T UESDAY, OCTOBER' 18, 1864. TniRTEENTIl :l JV01U3JE K C2I B E R 642. t t . . . . ". " ----- - " ; 7ix:7Yr:T ;. S' : I THE (QPublished every Tuesday ,(o) BY WILLIAM J YATES, 5 EDITOR AKO FROP&IKTOB. $20 IN ADVANCE. 8-5?- Transient advertisements mast be paid for in advance. . , . jf- Adv-cit5cmenl3 not marked on the manuscript f;r a Fpecific time, will be inserted until forbid, and c!i.irped accordingly. MEMBERS OP TIIE CEGISLATUBE OP NORTH CAROLINA. SENATE. 1'iisq'iotank ainl Perquimons W Ciimden and Currituck--!) McD -V II Bagley. Liuusey (I.itcs and Chowan M 1j iurf. Hvdo and Tyrrell Edward L Mann. Xorthampton J 15 0lcm. Hertford J ams M Wynne, lifrtie I'i! IimI. Martin and Washington J R Stubbs. Halifax Ia.n . Wiggins. l',lrrtc(.iii!)e and Wilson J II Powell., Pitt Dr E J Ul 'nnt- Ucaufoit E J Warren , Crave:.-X A Whitford Carteret and Jnuos Dr M F Arendell Greene and Lenoir J P Speight N Hanover Eli W Hall Duj.lin W U Ward Onslow Isaac N Saunders Uladen. l.runswiek and Columbu John W Ellis Cnii herland and Harnett W B Wright Sampson William Kirby Wayne lienj Ayc-ck .T.!m-tnn T I Snead Wake W D Jones Nash A J Taylor Franklin W Harris Warren Dr T J Pitchford . CranviiU U V Lnwiter Person CS Winstead Orange John Berry Alamance and Randolph Hon Giles Mebano Chatham E H Straughn MtM.re and Montgomery Dr J M Crump Richmond aud Robeson Giles Leitch Anr on and Union Col W C Smith iuiWord Robt P Dick Caswell William Long R..ekinham 1) W Courts MHckh nbiig W M Grier Cabarrus and Stanly Dr J E McEachern Rowan and Davie -W B March 1 .iviJson He rson Adams Stokes and Forsyth .1 ti .Matthews ,A.-he. Soi rv. &i W II A Speer (dead) Iredell, Wilkes. A M Bogle, linike. Mel) widl, tec S F Patterson Lincoln, C a.-ton. and oarawoa m u icooiiiio l-. . i. . it r-.n ...i.i- Rutherford. Polk, Dr W J T Miller Buticoiiibo, Henderson, !tc M Pattou . Macon, Haywood, Ac S C Brysou HOUSE OF COMMONS Alamance R Y McAden, C F Faucett Alexander J M Carson Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk Asdio Mr McMiilan Beaufort Hon R S Donnell, D M Carter Itertie P T Henry, Jas Bond Bladen J W ItaH Brunswick D L Russell, Jr Barke J J Ei win BuncoinVu J M Gutlger Cabarrus P B C Smith Chatham J II Headen. WJIIeaden, W P Hadley Cald.rc 11 J M l.-bcll Camden W A Duko Carteret Stephen D Pool Caswell Montf rd McGehee, S S Harrison Catawba W P Reinhardt Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D McLean, Dr John McCormick Cherokee G W Hays Chowan L C Beiibury Cleaveland D Beam. J W Gidnpy Columbas Forney George Craven Win Lane. T II Gaskius Currituck Davit II F Johnston Dapliu Zach Smith. R.B Houston Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes F.dgecombe David Cobb, L D Farmer Franklin -W K. Davis Foryth W H Wheeler. W BStipe Gaton W T Shipp (Siites Richard Bond 1 : m!f..rd D F Caldwell. A Clanp. A S Holton ( I ranvi ill. P P r eaee E ! 1SSOU1, J S Amis Halifax H Joyner, A II Davis Hn-wood S tujut I L Love . . Henderso:: M M Pattou Hertford ,T B Yanu Hyde Mr flibbs I redid T A Allison. L Q Sharpe Jackson W A Eo1.k Johnston W A Smith, W G Banks Jones F G Simmons Lenoir. Allen W Wooten Lincoln, Ambrose Costner Macon, J M Lyle, Madison, W H Brown. Martin, S W Oulterbridge McDowell, W F Craig Mecklenburg. John L Brown, E C Grier Montgomery. E II Davis Moore, Elam J Harrington Nash. G C Lewis . New Hanover. Saml J Person, J R Hawes Northampton, S T Staucill. W J Rogers Orange, S F Phillips, W N Pattirsoa Onslow, AJMurrill l'asquotank, W E Mann Perquimons, J II Riddiek Person. John W Cunningham Pitt. P, G Albritton. C Perkins Randolph. Joel Ar-heworth, E T Blair Rowan, F E ShoWr. W II Crawford Richmond. B F Littlo Ifobeson. David B. thuue, T J Morisey Iwockingham, Mr Strong. A J Boyd Rutherford. J L Carson. A R Brvan Sampson. L A Powell, Patrick 5lurphy Stanlv, R Harris Stokes. W II Flynt Surry. Mr Waugh Tyrrell, Union, C Austin Vake. D G Fowle, G II Alford, C J Kogers Wayne, M K Crawford. J M Caho . Warren, W T Allston, T J Judkinsj Washington. -LC Latham Watauga, Win Horton yilkes. A S Calloway, P T Horton Y'adkin, A C CowIe Yaucy, D M Young. Schedule of Prices for - A .r. ' m n a m 13 m ' n V i. m. . mm. im. mm. v mj m. The commiMonp of ADDraisement for the State'-' North Carolina feel jjreat satisfaction in oresenrlng their t Schednle of Prices for the next sixty days? In that the great abunflanc f most of our crops, with the improved eotidi- ' tiou of our financial, and consequent Increased security for I our currency, enable them, without injury to the producer. to lower the prices of the prune necessaries ot lite to the sol. dier. and it is to be hoped, to the indigent of our country. This lowering of nrices uiuat scram act in increasinsr the value of the national currency, by diminishing the debt of the country. The want of confidence in the worth ot the nil oi couttueuce iu uic wonu oi iuo i it has been by the rapacious greed of Issses. and especially of th Cotton 5o strongly nibite2by tba Railroad. : cnrrencv. increafied as i individuals of ALL'cI i Factories, and lately so stronerlv Companies, has greatly contributed to taw-: - fcwreity ot food can no longer be alledged lor high prices, as there is abundance m the country, and it only remains 10 &uow whether our people, in sustaining our wise and patriotic Treasurer Mr. Trenbolm in his'ftorts hitherto so suc cessful, in putting our iiuaucial matters on a secure footing, will sustaiu the Gove rnment of their choice. The commis sioners also congratulate themselves and the country that they have been aided by a consultation with one of the Virginia Commissioners, by whose aid, and that of Mr. Geo. W. -Mordecai, they have been able to bring about an almost identical Schedule with the neighboring State of Virginia: Apples, dried good, peeled, per bush, of 28 lbs $5 00 3 50 1? 50 12 00 2 75 5 00 10 00 10 00 80 , 40 " . " unpeeled, do Aks with handles, each - without handles, each Bacou, per pound, hog round, Beans, white or cornfield, per bushel of 60 lbs Braiidy apple, per gallon . peach do Beef, fresh, nettperpoand - - fresh, gross per pound " salted per pound Candles, tallow, per pound adamantine, per pound. Chains, trace, per pair Cloth, woollen, for soldiers clothes, f yd widej 10 oz. to yard, and pro rata as to greater or leas weight, or width, ' per yard ... Cotton, raw, per pound Coffee, Uio, per pouud Corn, unshclled, per bushel of 70 pounds 1 3 8 11 50 00 00 00 00 50 50 00 20 80 00 25 50 75 00 50 00 00 50 00 50 50 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 " shelled, sacks not included, per bush, 56 lbs 5 Corn Meal, sacks not included, per bush. of 50 lbs 5 Drills, cotton, I vd wide, 3 yds to pound, per yd Flour, extra family, per barrel of 196 lbs " extra superfine, do do " superfine do do fine do do Fodder, baled, per one hundred pounds , uu baled do do Hats, wool, each Hay, baled, per one hundred pounds " unbuled - do do Hides, dry, extra, per pound " do do - " srreen, per pound 45 41 37 33 4 3 5 4 3 3 2 1 1000 800 350 314 278 710 Horses, artillery, first class, per head " artillery, second class, per head Iron, pig, No 1, per ton, 2000 pounds " pig, No 2, per ton, 2000 pounds " pig, No 3, per ton, 2000 pounds " bloom, per ton of 2000 pounds " Smiths' square or round, per ton 2000 lb3 1030 " serviceable railroad, per ton of 2240 lbs 400 Jeans, wool, domestic, per yard 10 00 30 Kettles, camp, iron, per pound Lumber, good, per one thousand feet 50 Lard, per pound 2 Leather, sole per pound 6 tipper per pound 7 " harness per pound 7 Molasses, cane, per gallon 6 M sorghum per gallon 5 Mules,, first class per head . 1000 " second class per head SCC " third class per head 500 Nails, per keg 100 Oats, sheaf, baled per one hundred pounds 5 " sheaf, unbilled do do 4 " shelled, ner bushel .4 00 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 50 00 50 75 00 00 00 00 50 00 82 30 Oscaburgs, cotton. yd wide, 7 oz. to yd, per yard 1 " cotton, yd wide, 8 oz. to yd, peryard 1 Onions, per bushel Pead, cow, per bushel of CO pounds Potatoeg, Irish, per bushel of CO pounds , sweet do do Peaches, dried, peeled, per bushel of 38 pounds " dried, unpeeled do do Pork, fresh, nett, per pound ' salted per pound Pasturage, 1st quality near town, pr head pr month 8 00 u it common near town, per head pr month a 00 1st Quality in countrv. Pr hd. pr month 7 00 " ' common in couutry, per head pr month 4 Quinine, good, per ounce 56 Rice, new, per pound " old, per pound Rye, good, per bushel of 5G pounds 5 Sacks, two bushels, osnaburgs, each 3 Shirting, cotton, yd wide, 4. yds to lb, per yard 1 " cotton, I yd wide, 3 yds to lb, per yard 1 Stripes, cotton, 3 yards to lb, per yard - 1 Salt, coast, per bushel of 50 pounds - - 20 " Liverpool, per bushel of 50 pounds 35 " Virginia, per bushel of-50 pounds 25 Steel, cast, per pound 8 Shoes, army,- per pair 15 Shoe ihrt ad, flax, per pound 10 Socks, soldiers' wool, per pair '2 Sheep, fat, per head . 35 Sugar, common brown per pound 3 Soup, hard, per pound 1 soft, per pound Shucks, baled, rerxone hundred pounds 4 Shorts, cood. per bushel of 22 pounds 00 00 50 40 00 00 30 10 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 75 00 75 40 00 CO 50 00 50 75 Ship Stuff, good, per bushel of 37 pounds Tea, black, per pound 44 green, per pound Tent cloth, cotton. 10 oz. to yard, per yard Tobacco, No. 1, Extra per poifnd . No. 1 do N" No. 2 do " Lujrs do 25 Tallow, clean, per pound 2 50 Vinegar, cider, per gallon 2 00 ' manufactured, per gallon 1 00 Whiskey, good, per gallon 10 00 Wheat, "cood, per bushel of 60 pounds 7 50 41 hrm, per bushel of 17 pounds 50 Wheat Straw, baled, per one hundred pounds 1 50 " 44 unbaled, per one hundred pounds 1 00 Wool, washed, per pound . 8 00 14 unwashed, per pound 6 00 Wagons, wood axle, 4-horse, new, each 350 00 " wood axle. 2-horse, new, each 250 00 Yarn, cotton, per bunch of 5 pounds 8 00 Hlr of Labor, Teams. Wagtms and Horses. j Baling long forage, per hnndred ponnds, 75 Shelling and bapgiiijr corn, sacks furnished by gov ernment, per buslwd 25 Hire of two horse teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by owner, per day 10 00 Hire of two horse teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by government, per day 5 00 Hire of four horse teams, wagon and driver, rations rations furnished by owner, per day 15 CO Hire of fonr horso teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by government, per day 7 50 Hire of six boree teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by owner, per day 20 00 Hire of six horse teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by government, per day 10 00 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner, per day 3 00 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by gov't, per day l 50 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner, pr month 75 00 Hire ot 'laborer, rations furnif bed by gov't, pr month 37 50 Hire t horse, per day ISO . The Commissioners respectrully snggest that if it be found practical, the producer should be allowed to retain a j, fourth part of their surplus! to be sold at market rates, topajg for their necessary plantation supplies, which they have to v nR!he at Inffh mTket nrices. Thev vtirtittW e.ill nron if . tfamen tobpag forward their corn now eo necessary the support otthearmym their imniediatefrout, and whicl : alon.e wil1 P" " loss to the emmy, of all their crop. ! "r&rr' . a.-' ' 1 eon nussioneia wouiu ; reeommend that the impresment should b HiriVvrsal ana umforui, ieavuigontnoone For the information of all persons concerned, we publish the following instructions, with the hope that they will bQ strictly obeyed. ' - ' ' -" 'No "officer! Ar nrrptSt. clmlt inin tliA tiMciun kitrw r. 7-v r , -y ua, iv ,4,,5 nuP"?" l 4 r. . , . r r j ---- r--- t ! aamU. his famdy, employees, slaves, or to carry wh or - dmary mechanu-al, manufacturing or agricnltufal employ . - J ate Chamber, in the City of Raleigh, on Monday,-the 5th day of December next, unless sooner changed, lmpresring u next mun w me. roara win oe neia m tw wn- agents must lurmsn good and sauaiactory reasons lor dis- approvals on appeals, or the award of local pppratsers wilt the Secretary of the Board, Raleigh, N. C uc bwuiuicu. All coininuincaiioiis bimjuiu uc auuiracu 10 (Signed) 1L K. BUKGWYN,. Garysbnrg. Nl" C. BLACKSTOCK. E.; V. Stocksville N. C . Corn's Appraisement for State-ofN Geo. W, Mordecai, Umpire. Raleigh, Oct. 10, 1SG4. 2fr. WAIVTED, BEEF CATTLE, SEED OATS, & 31 OL ASSES. I want to buy for family use, 200 .gallons sorghum Molasses. I will furnish the barrels to put it in. Also, 100 bushels winter Seed 0ts, and a few dry Cows for Beef. For which I will either pay the cash or give in exchange leather and shoes.- L. BROWN. tjp Also wanted, for the army at Petersbnrgj Pota toes aad Onions, for which I will pay the market price in cash. Who will not spare a few potatoes and onions for our brave solders. ' J. L. BROWN. Charlotte, Oct. 3, 1864 3tpd ',;.- TEACIIfcfl WAITED.' I wish to employ a male TeaeL-er, who can teach the ordinary English branches and aio Latin and Greek. To one properly qualified; a pleasant situation is offer ed, and a liberal salary will be paid. References re quired. Apply to Dr,. J. J. Williams, Walkersvllre, Union county, N. C. . ' September 19, 18C4. lmpd. ': ; . j- ' State of N. Carolina Lincoln Cotuiiy. Court of Plea and Quarter Sessions Aug. Term, 1864. E. VV. Hoyle, Administratrix of Alfred E Hoyle, vs Wm. J. Kenan and wife, and others. Petition to settle estate. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court thatWm J Kenan and wife Sarah C, Lucius Lusk and wife Margaret E., and Laban Hoyle, are non-residcnt3 of this State, it is ordered by the Court that publication -we made in the Western Democrat for six weeks, noti fying them to appear at our next Court to be held for the county of Lincoln, at the Court House in Lincoln ton, on the fiftr? Monday after the 4th Monday in Sep tember next, to answer, plead or demur to said peti tion, otherwise the petition will be heard exparte as to them. Witne?s, W. R. Clark, "erk of our said Court at office, the 5th 'Monday after the 4th Monday in June, A D 18G4. V. R. CLARK, Clerk. pr. adv. $20 36-6t OHAIM' BOTBKf, BY J. B. KERR, Proprietor. JfePv This old established and well- riillsS known Hotel is still kept open for the ac 118 .commodation of travelers. The, table is supplied with the best the market and time3 anora. Sept 20, 18C2 tf . J. B. KERR, WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of, Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to their advantage, to call at the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. Jan'y 1, 1864 tf JNO. "WILKES. ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE Of Messengers OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARRIVES. From Char. & S C. Railroad 7 00 44 N. C. Railroad " 7 00 M. and 6 P.M and 5 00 14 44 Wil., C. & R. Railroad 2 45 P. M. DEPARTS. For N-C, Railroad " , 7 00 A. M and 6 20 P.M - aiid 5 00 44 44 Char, k S C. Railroad 8 00 44 Wil., C. & R. Railroad 7 30 CI It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to this Office One Hocr previous to its departure. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863. tf JOHN VOGEL, 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 etyia and at short noticeMIis best exertions will be given to render satisfac tion tothose who patronize him. Shop opposite Kerr'sHotet, next door to Brown & fctitt 6 store. Jan. 1, 1864. tf Wilmington, Charlotte & Untherford 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: 7 30 A- M. Charlotte, 8 8 9 10 10 15 55 25 00 45 A. If. it . It ( (I Tuckaseege, . 8 20 Brevard, 9 00 Sharon, ' 9 30 Lincolnton, 10 05 Cherryville. M GOING EAST; ARRIVE; LEAVE: Cherryvilje, . 11 30 A. M. Lincolnton, 12 25 P. M. 12 12 I 1 2 15 50 20 53 45 P. M. 11 t it Sharon, 12 55 Brevard, : - 1 25- Tuckaseeire, 2 00 ii i Charlotte. - " -. 5 Fare, six cents per mile. Soldiers going to and re turning from the array, 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 T o'clock, A M, on Mondays, and returns same day. 1 For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per cent to the tariff rates of freight will be added. V.-A. McBEE, '-" . Master of Transportation. Lincolnton, May 25, 1E63. THE FIGHT FOR THE VIRGINIA SALT - .; . wobks. . -y . ' i Tfa ;IiynchbnTg papers eontaln particulars of the fight near the Saltworks: ' ; ' i rt The fight commenced about 10 o'clock Sunday moruing pit the road leading from Saltville to the Letauon and Tazewell (Jourthouse pike, about one arid a quarter miles from Saltville, near the house and. on the farm of Judge Sauders. ,, The Judge was captured and carried oft, the Yankees ntakine i - ,l ' 1 etxoog tfil Is&rghui tlisu9 strong threats, against- bis life, and charging him uig iniormation to out lorces which Jed to astrous defeat. 'From this noiht 6uf for- i '"'-5 - - l - . . , ., ' 7? vi; unveq apour oue loujlft oi a mile, w t.jey took, posttion on the iido of a high 'hall, here coy- ereu Situ a dense under ,; Xhcre were no breastworks on this hiil and no treee suffieieutljr large enough for protection. Here, from uoon until dark, the Yankees repeat edly charged our position, but were received with such a withering hre as to be each time compelled toiall back in confusion and with heavy loss. At nightfall the battle ceasd, and at 10 o'clock that night the ' enemy commenced retreating, going throogh Thompson' l'aea on the same road upon which they advanced, leaving their dead and some of their wounded oa the field, but carrying off such ot the wounded as could be moved. The-total loss of the Kescrvcs was eighteen kill d, sevetaiy-otie wounded, twenty-one missing. The regular regiments lost thiTty-tiirie wounded, houe killed. ' The men detailed to bury the Yankee dead, bu ried one hundred and six whites and one hundred and filly seven negroes, but gentlemen who visited tfee field on Wednesday assure ns that numbers of the dead, both white and black are still unburied. They think these will reach fifty or sixty in num ber, which would made the Yankee killed Upwards oi three hundred, lhere are eighty-six wounded Yankees in the hospital at Emory, among them .Brigadier Oeueral Hanson, of Kentucky, tupposed td be uksrtally wounded, who is said to be a broth el titGeneral lloger Hanson who was killed in the Confederate service. A gentleman who conversed with the General tells us that he puts the Yankee los's at one thousand to twelve hundred, which we are inclined to believe is an underestimate. There are also included among the wounded six negroes. Our forces were commanded on the field by Gen A. E. Jackson.' Generals Breckinridge and Echols were- also On the field after the fight had progress ed for some time. A? soon as the retreat of the enemy wa3 discov ered pursuit was commenced byour cavalry, but with what success 'has not been learned. There was a report at Saltville that our troops had over taken them at the Ilichlands, thirty miles from the battle fivld, and captured five hundred prison ers, ine enemy on tneir retreat threw away guns, pistols, swords, ammunition, overcoats, knapsacks, &c., in the greatest profusion The road from the battle field to within three miles of Thompson's Pass, thirty miles from the battle field, was literal ly strewed with those articles. A large number of pack mules were abandoned and fell into our hands. 11 . , No portion of the Salt Works werc reached by the enemy. They were met in an open field and defeated in 3 pitched battle by one fifth their num bers, and it will be long we predict, before another attempt is made to capture these important works. Wake Superior Court.--Judge Saunders, at the late term of Wake Superior, Court, refused to grant judgments when the plaintiff expressed his unwillingness to receive Confederate currency. In the case of F. J. Haywood vs A, Solomon, which was an appeal from the summary proceeding allow ed by a recent statute to a landlord against a ten ant refusing to vacate, his Honor after a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, ordered a new trial because the; plaintiff instructed the officers to demand specie for the recovery, on the ground Mhat the jury assessed the damages in Confederate currency. Oanncrvalive, ' , Judge Saunders is entitled to the commendation of every true Southerner for his refusal to allow judgment to be entered collectable in specie. Confederate monev is the life blood of the Confed eracy, and he who refuses or friend to the Southern cause. - discredits if, is no Standard. SIcCullocii vs. Boon. . ' a ; -The decision made in our place, by his in this case, on vesteruay, Honor Judge French, will, .doubtless, prove inte resting to many. The petitioner, Joseph D. 2dc Culloch, is a private of Capt., Boon's company of Senior Tie-serves. He. lacked only a few days of being fifty years old when he was "en-rolled and he was--over fifty when he was ordered into service. The point mado by his counsel was, that the spi rit a r.d reason of the act of congress, which eays that "all white men, residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, shall be in the. military service of the Confederate States for the war," releases a man from said ser vice after he has attained the age of fifty. No langnaga . in the act, pats any young man just coming of the age of seventeen in the service; yet the oflieera of tho government are daily enrolling the'ouug- men so soon as they arrive1 at that fge. Tho liberal construction, and they held reasonable construction, which puts these young men in on their arrival at that age, ought to exempt them who come to be fifty by a parity oi reasoning.- The case was fully argued by the counsel on both sides, after which his Honor decided against the peti tioner itnd remanded him into tho bands of bis captain. The counsel tor the government was lialph Gorrell, Esq; and for the petitioner the Hon. J. A. Gilmer, Hon. J. 1L WcLcan, and Messrs Scott and Scott. Greensboro Citizen. Mr. Phillip Owens, of this county, made a very good article of Molasses from the stalk of corn planted for roasting ears. After the corn bad been gathered and, dUposed of, he adopted the process in common use for. making DJola&es from the cane. Salisbury Watchman. Sorghum Srnur. -We learn from all quarters that the cane has turned out very well, and that the yield will be in large excess over last year, and or superior quality. We regret to learn that rum is being made by some, and that no one in Wake County, so far as we have learned, has yet been alle to manufacture sugar. -Raleigh Standard. : . BOLD HOESE THIEVES.; ;' ' -Four men, representing themselves as belonging to Vaughn's eommand, but really believed to be Yankee emisariea, went up the Western Kail lload on Monday the 3d inst ; and in the evening of that day were found at the " residence of M tC Job n A.' Huut, two miles' beyond ' Mbrganton. Having called for supper, Mr Hunt prdcred it for them. After supper, Mr. Hunt invited them into another room to smoke; but they soon made excuse to walkJ out into the yardand II. walked with (hem One of the men then y aid td him, you will probably bo! surprised at. the request, we are about;. .tStjnaVo of you." We-want four horses for "a day or two tcf carry -us forward, but will send them back to vou Mr. H. told them he could not spare his horses and flonld not ncfftnirniilnin thnrri A nitliii fhnn - w ...... . v V hUVH stepped up and remarked, we intend to have the horses whether you are" willing or hot, and the least you eay or dr in opposition the best for you where are your saddles and bridles? Mr. 11. told them he did not know where the bridles were, but there was a saddle, poioting to it. They answered, it made no difference they would mate the ne--roes find them, and ' accordingly ordered tho ni groes to get pine torches and look up the bridles. They went into the stables and barns themselves and selected four horses and a mule, and inime-diately-rodc off, taking with them, mounted on the' mule, a free nogro round at Mr." Hunt's. Having gone some three miles on their way, they eamc to the residence of Mr. Forney, whom . 1 "! 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . ft . tney cauea on, ana toiu that tney wanted to get a horse or two. Their words and manner drew from Mr. Forney the threat thai he would shoot the first man that attempted to take his. horse. Hut they were not deteried by this threat, but entered his yard with the avowed determination of taking them. Mr. Forney produced his double barreled gun, and true to his word4 pulled trigger on the robbers Both cops exploded without firing tho lorrJs. The men then commenced firing at him with colt's re volvers, having two each. But Mr. Forney re capped his gun and tried it again, aad now with better success: he brought down one of the rascals the first fire. The second was a fiiilure to hit his mark, in the darkness of the night. Meanwhilo they continued to fire on him until they had fired some 15 or 20 shots. Ha re-loadod, his gun while they were popping at him; and being again ready to fire, they threw up their hands aud asked for a truce. Being alone, with three armed men against him, and having gained his point", Mr. Forney agreed to let them depart; so they quietly remounted the horses' they brought, taking with them the man he had shot down; ho, by-the-byo, was only very bad ly wounded; having received otre buck-shot in the head, another in the mouth, and several others in his breast and shoulders. . In the mean time, Mr. Hunt had sent word to Morganton of what had happened at his house; and partly induced by the liberal reward offered by W F. McKesson, Esq., for the arrest of these offend ers, and mainly for. . fringing them to justice and teaching such men. a lesson, a small party set out immediately in pursuit. On reaching Mr. For ney's residence they found ho had called in two or three of his neighbors and were preparing to pur sue them. " They all moved off. together. Ou ap proaching Mrs. Caldwell's, threo miles further up the road, they, heard loud groaning?, and soon as certained that the robbers had put up there for the night, the condition of their wounded compan ion preventing' them from continuing their flight as they had doubtless intended. They surrounded the house and demanded a surrender, which was immediatelycomplied with. The men were taken prisoners, brbught to Morganton and committed to jail to await trial and justice, which will doubtless be speedy. Salisbury Watchman. A Rich Letter. Tbo following letter (says the Ilaleigb Deaf Mute Casket) was handed us by a lady friend and we take the liborty of publishing it. It was actually received by one of our Gene rals, who, of course, granted tho desired furlough. Head it. We publish it verbatim ct literatim ct punctuatimz " - . - - August 31 1SC4. to mr general W . kiode sir i want you if you Please to gnnt mr Private john Smith A thirty days furlow if you Please to do so Being that me And him is Pro mis to be married next month, i have no Mother for she is Dead my father dide in services And the yankces has taken All the brother i have got and i bave got some bigness to sea to next month i will tell you what kinl of bisects it is wiien my father dide he left me some things that he wanted me to have And i can git him to git them for me And being that me And Him is Promist to be married at that Present time it will sute me Better than enny other lime, i waot you if you you Please to grant Him A 80 days furlow if you Please as soon As you Can he is station at . if you wil! grant mr Private John Smith A 30 days furlow you will oblige very much that is if you will grant him A 30 days furlow to go home to git married Very llespectful jane A jones Relief for Confederate Sufferers at Newbern. We ate glad to learn that Gen Baker is performing a most humane act in sending relief to the Confederate sufferers, by Yellow Fever, at Newbern or -vicinity. Having learned that many of our people, within the Yankee lines, were suf fering from this fell disease and that they were without medical attention or care of any sort, Gen. Baker asked and obtained peruiU&ion, fromtbe Sec retary of War, to send down such medical aid snd other means of relief and succor as he could ob- ! tain, and as the enemy woujld allow bim to fur- nish. 1 - I j 1 Uoder this arrangement wle learo that Dr O'. A. White of tbe Medical Examining Board, at this post, has volunteered his services for this arduous I but humane duty, and will be sent down to New- j bern, perhaps with others, under flag of truce, as soon as arrangements to that end can be comple ted. Golddtoro Journal. , We leara from a subsequent number of the j Journal that tbe yankee authorities at Newbero j refused permission to send aid. , j CaJ That "tbiDg" described in the riddle pub . lished last week, was the Whale that swallowed Jonah.- Y. SURGICAL OPERATIONS. Dr A. W. Smythe, Housa Surgeon to tbt Net Orleans Charity Hospital, has accomplished a tri umph in surgery, which will rank him anaocg thi most distinguished of tho profession the world over, und an aeonainrancc. with which will douifc-' I less be"' acceptable and useful fo'tha members of j the faculty in the Confederate States. ! The" Mobile Tribuocis. indebted to Pr James 1 Burns, formerly one of the, Visiting l'bysicUns and I Surgeons of f ho New Orleans, Charity -Hospital, ; and now of Mobile, for the subjoined abstract of tlie.ease, a guen in a paraphjej Ln,,bjch..il bay been reported I for publication: , T The operation is that of ligaturing tbe arteria ia oomicatir for eubelaviaQ aneurism, first suggested by Mr Allan Burnt, in 1611; It has hitherto been known as among the roost difficult and tho most' fatal ever performed. Out of twenty record cd cases, the first of which was undertaken by Dr. Valentine Mott, of New York, on tba 1 lib of June, 1813, not ono recovery Lad occurred, dowa to tne present year. w ... ...1 Dr Smythe camo to tlo conclusion that the ver tebral artery was the channel through which tho hemorrhayo forced its way, and that the Tcrsel muat Ik) tied before the hemorrhage could be pre vented. Accordingly, ou the Sth of July, be par formed that, operation on bis patient.. On the fol lowing morning the shot was removed from tba original wound; a marked decrease in tho circula tion was apparent, tbe Blight pulsation at (ho wrist disappearing; coldness and oedema Bupcrrcned, and the brachial artery became occluded, feeling corded throughout its wholo extent. Ia a few days, however, these uofavorablo symptom subsi ded, and slight pulsation was felt tu tho radial sr tery. No further hemorrhage took place, the new wVand healed rapidly;' the ligature coming awsj, on the tenth day. On the 15th of September tha patient- was en tirely well, with the exception of lacking complete control over the muscles of the arm, which, how ever, he was rupidly'regaioing.' ( Thus is consummated one of tho greatest tri umphs of modern surgery, calculated to load toiin-" portant advantages to tho human race. It Is not to bo ignored, indeed, that although it will save and proloog life, there are subsequent danger possible; but they are as nothing ia comparison, with the positive advantages and probable chance against I bent. Conflict op AuTrroniTr. Judgo Halybartoo of tbe Confederate Court baa decided that Mary' landers who have served out tbe term for wbieb' they enlistad in the Confederate army, cannot bo held to further scrvioo," but to be d'schatged if they so demand. . "' Judge l'arkcr, of the Winchester Circuit, Vir ginia, has decided, on tho other hand, that tho voluntary abandonment of their own State by Ma ry land era, their coming bore and making oommott ' cam; with us ia our struggle, are acts to which the law attaches the responsibilities as well as tho privilegos of domieil if not of citizenship, sod laeh persons are consequently embraced ia the legisla tion that continues all enrolled men in service. " '.- At present we have no tribunal whoso decree may settle such conflicts of authority. Exchange 2aper. ' . - Judge Parker's decision is in : accordance with justice and good common sense, if cot with the law. - Canada. It is a strange recommendation of the London Times that England should withdraw her few regiments from Canada lest i'ankeo vaoitv might be tempted to 'gobbI them up." Cao it be possible that England is afraid to risk it? What " can the Times uteao? Does Eogliod seriously contemplate the abandonment of Canada? . It says, it is true, it can bold the United States la check v by blockading her seaports in tho event of war, and ean carry on the conflict if one should arise, by sea. . Bat that blockads eould not prevent tho egress of privateers, and British commetco would -be swept from the sea.. Moreover the United States oay- is now almost large enough to'sopo with that of England. ; Canada, if worthless to the mother country in pence, is invaluable to her In war with the United States as a banc of ggresiva j operations.' jYetif the regular forces oi England are withdrawn from the province, and th only re- , liatice for defence is the militia, nothing cao pre-, vent the United States from a sudden descent up on the abandoned country and a -gf rmsneot oocu- . pation of it. If the British Government should adopt the suggestion of the Times, it will bo a vir- . tual declaration that -Canada is out -of leading ( strings and must .henceforth take care of berselfl Singular Custom. An auction far aatasrried ladies used to take phce annually in Babylon. In ' every district, says tho historian, they assembled on a certain day of the year ail virgin of a mar riageable age. The most beautiful wa fmt . pat op, and the man who bid tbe highest or the largest . sum, gained the possession of her The second In , personal appearance foil jwed, and the bidders grat ified themselves with handsome wives according to the depth of their purses, But ala! it seems there were in Bibyloo some ladie for whom no money ' was likely to be offered, yet the were also dis posed of, so provident were tbe Babylonians. When all the beautiful virgins were sold, the erier ordered the most deformed to Msnd op, and after he bad openly demanded who would marry her, with a small sum, she was at lengthadjudicated to the mao who would be satisfied with the least: and i in this manner tho money tr'iMOg from the sate of J tho handsome, served as a porti-m to those tbat were of disagreeable looks, or that had any other imperfection. This custom prevailed about foot j hundred years before Christ. ' j A model young lady jost gradaated from a eer ( tain distant Academy, remarked:- . j . "I cannot deceive how the young gentlemen f Panola ean drink to such recess when they koow.lt ' ! is so conjarious to their instit micas." cr Major James T Davis, oOIecklcoburg baa I been promoted to bo Lieuteoaat Colonel of tba 49 tk j Kegiaieot, N C. Troops," vico Fleming killed, 't'apt Charles O. Petty, of Gaston, has been pre j moted to be Major of the 49th Regiment, victD j tw promoted Jtvlltu. f 1 1 1 1 1