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I - ' - ? - -r- "x -y; -"-- rff--tr ir ' " r "? 1 ; i MM -T r . . . I a. f ; t - C 37" X O ON THE V west side or trade street y CHARACTER , IS AS IifPOBTANT TO STATES AS . IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND - TUB GLORY OF TEE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY J OF THE OTHER IN.ADVAM'E-m YATSSj- Editor asd Phopmbtok. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 18(54. TOIRTEENTn YOLVSIE N U M B K U 647. 8 . fell '5 fc X THE rQPablilicd every Iuesdj,(o) BY " WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR ASD PKOPE1BTCB. "$20 IN ADVANCE. ' Sr Transient advertisemeats must be paid for in ddvanc. . . . . 'iff- dvcrtiseiaonU not marked on the manuscript fr'a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. OP THE LEGISLATURE OP 1 NOKTU CAROLINA. SENATE. f ' ' Pa-quotank ar.d IVrquimons W II Iiagley, Cam.ii'ii st;.. I Currituck- -D McD Lmdscy. Gates and C;i w.iu M L Eure. Uy(U ami Tyrr-!i Edward L Mann. Xorthainpt-iti J 1 Odnm. -Ilcrtf.'ril Jaim-s M Wynne, liertii J'dwi Pool. Martin and Washington J R Stubbs. Halifax Masun L Wiggins. Edgecombo end Wilson J II Powell, l'itt Ur E J ni.nint lit-aufort E J Warren Ornven X A Whitford Carteret and Jones Dr M F Arendell Greene asid Lenoir J P Speight K Hanover Eli W Hall Duj.lin W K Ward On.slow Isaac N Saunders Uiadeti. Urunswick .nud Colymbus John W EHi.-i Ouinbi-rlaud and Harnett W JJ Wrig'.t amjsou William Kirby - - -Wayne IJenj Aycock J..lmst.n T D Saead Wake W D J.mips Nash A J Taylor Fi-iinkliu W Harris . . Warren Dr T J Pitcliford Granville 11 W Lassiter l,.rs,,n0 S Winstoad - OrangH John Berry . . Alamance and Kuud dph Hon Oilos Mebane Ghatharn E II Straughn 3Iiore and Montg-nncry Dr J AI Crump Kichrnond and Robeson Giles Leitch Anson and Union Col W C Smith. Guilford Robt P Dick " Caswell William L-ng Ic;kinghain D W Courts . Mecklenburg W M Grier CuIiHi ru s and Stanly Dr J E McEachern Rowan and Davit W 1$ March D 1 vulsun- -Ilendt rHon AdaiHs St. kos nud Forsyili J hi Matthews Ah, Surry, &o W H A Sneer (dead) In di ll Wilk. s, ice A AI Iigle iJ.ukf. McDiiwLdi." Arc S F Patterson Lincoln, Gatii. and Catawba AI" L AlcCorkle Rutherford. P-dk, &a Dr WJ T Miller IJuncunih '. ili iidrrsini, &C M Patton Macon, ILtywood, cVc S C lii-ysuu HOUSE OF COMMON'S. -ASarnancc R Y AlcAdon, C F Faucett Alexander J AI Carson Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk A-he Mr McMillan I'.eaufort Hon R S Donnell, D M Carter Ji,.rtle P T Henry , Jas Bond ! ' " Jiladeii J W Russ Brunswick D L Uuisell, Jr. . liiirke J J Erwin Banconibi JAIGudger. : , , Oabarrurt P B C Smith S,'V Chatham J II Henden. W J Headen, W P Hadley Caldwell J AI I shell Camden W A Duke C-urterct Stephen D Pool - , - Caswell Alontford MeGehee, S S Harrison Catawba W P Reiuhardt Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D McLean, Dr John McCormick Cherokee G W Hays -t . ' . Chowan L C Benbury Cleavelaad D Beam, J W Gidney Columbus Forney George Craven Win Lane. T H Gaskius Currituc k . - , , Davie R F Johnston Duplin-T-Zucli Smith. R B Houtoij Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes - Edgecoin-be David Cbb, L D Furinor Frank liuW K Davis ' Po,vth W II Wheeler, W BStipe Gaston W T Shipp - - ; " Gates Richard Bond Guilford D F Caldwell. A Clapp. A S Holton Granville P P Peace. E Grissom, J S Amis Halifax H Joyner, A II Davis Haywood Samuel L Love ' Hendersou M AI Pattou Hertford J B Yann Hyde Mr Gibbs Iredell T A Aliison. L Q Sharpo -Jackson W A- Enloe ; , .. Johnston W A Smith, AY G Banks . ; . . . . JoaesF G Simmons : 4 Lenoir, Alien W Wooten . J jincolu, " Ambrose Co&tner Macon, J AI Lylo Madison, W 11 Brown. Martin, S W Onlterbridgo McDowell. W F Cringe ; . Mecklenburg, John 1, Brown, E G Grier Mo'iitgtimery, Alien Jordan Moore, ElainJ Harrington -Nash. . G C Lewis Xw Hanover.' Saml J Person, J R Hawes Xortliampton. S T Stancill. W J Rogers Orange.-- S F rhillipa, W X Patterson Onslow, A J Murrill . I'asipotank.i W R Mann " " l'erquimons, J II Riddick " '. Person. John W Cunningham Pitt, B G Albritton, C Perkins Randolph, " Joel Aheworth, E T Blair . Rowan. F E Shober. W H Crawford ' Richmond,- B F Little5 .v r; : Robeson, David Bethunp, T J Morisey . -. Rockingham, Mr Strong, A J Boyd ' t l?ntl.t.i f.riT. .t L CirKnn A T? lirvmi " Sampson, L A Powell,' Patrick Murphy - . Stanly, R Harris " ' Stakes. W II Flvnt . urry. Air Waugh : Tyrrell. Union, Wake. W.ivne. C Austin --J . D Ci FowWG Ii Alford, C J Kogers M K Crawford. J M 'Calm Warrern. WT.Allstnn. T .1 .ludkins - Wnshington. L O Latham ' - ' Watauga, Win Ilorton . -' - Wilkes, A S Calloway, P T Iton Yadkin, A C Cowles Vancy, V M Young." PUBLIC ACTS Passed at the First Session of the HeCond Con ," great' of the" Confederate States -1864. ?; J An Act to authorize the manufacture of Spirituous Liqaors for the use of the Army and Hospitals. ' The Con,rress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be lawful for the Surgeon Gen eral or the Commissary General to make all necessary contracts for the manufacture and distillation of Wfeis- ky. brandy, and other alcoholic and sn'uitous liquors for the supply of the army and hospitals upon such terms as may be conducive to ihe publie interest'; and j that the said contracts and any heretofore mndo shall operate a a license to,tbe contractor to manuiaciure the same for thv purpose afcresaid. Sec. 2. That the Surgeon General and the Commis sary General shall be authorized to establish manufac tories tr diitillei ies for the purpose of obtaining the supplies afoi esaidt an'd to employ laborers in the same, instead of resorting to contracts, if they shall deem it more prudeiu to do so. '. - - Sec. 3. That uo contractor or party shall, under the license granted by this act, distil or make more alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other alcoholic or spirituous liquors than he shall deliver to the Government or its agents in fulfillment of his contract or contracts; nor shall it hp lawful for s'.ieh for.trap.lnr to sell, or in any vvav dispose of, otherwise than as ?aid contract or contracts ! may require, any aicouoi, wniKy, oranay, or ouitr alaoholic or spirituous liquors manufactured by him under the license aforesaid; nor-shall this act operate as a license to ary contractor for any violation of the prohibitions herein contained, when such violation shall be a crime r misdemeanor under the laws of the State in which the same may occur. Approved June 14, 1864. " An Act providing for the establishment and payment, of claims for a certain description of property taken or informally impressed for the Use of the army. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to appoint and assign, in each congressional dis. trict aud for each territory, an agent, not liable to mili tary duty jn the held, who shall, at stated times, in each county or parish, under the "direction of the post quartermaster nearest to him, receive and take proof, under oath, in relation to sill claim, in said district for forage, provisious, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, mules, teams aud wagons heretofore furnished to the army by the owner, or heretofore taken or informally impressed for the use of the army, and not yet paid for, by any officer in the military service, or by hi3" order or direc tion, eiprefs or implied from the use of the .property, whether said officer be a line or staff officer, and whe ther he be a bonded officer or otherwise, and report the facts aud transmit the evidence in each case to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, together with his opinion as to the justice and validity ot the claim; and the said accounting officers are hereby au thorized to audit and control and order payment of such claims as appear to them to be equitable and just: Provided, That all such claims originating West of the Mississippi river shall be reported to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department "established for the trans-Mississippi Department, who are hereby author izee to audit, control and direct payment of the satre in the same manner as the accountingoffieers of the Treasury Eat of the Mississippi river. And the said agent is hereby authorized, in taking testimony in re gard to said claims, to administer oaths to witnesses, and, if he think proper, to the claimants themselves. The compensation allowed to said agent shall be ten dollai-3 per day while actually engaged in the perform ance of the duaes'imposed on him by this act, and 30 cents per mile for every mile actually traveled by him, to be paid under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War may assign to the duty herein mentioned any quarter master or disabled officer of the army; and, in that event, said officer or qua: termaster shall, in addition to the compensation now allowed him by law, be en titled to mileage at the rate of forty cents per mile : Provided, further, That the Secretary of War may ap point any non-commissioned officer or private to per form the duties under this act who may be unfit for active service in the field because of wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and the pay and allowance of such non-commissioned officer-or piivate. when so appointed and assigned, shall be the same as are allowed to persons so appointed who may not be liahle to military service. ' " Sec. 2. That this act shall cease and determine on the first day of January, 1865, east of the Mississippi river, and on'ihe first day of May, 18G5, west of the Missis sippi river: and all claims of the description uforesaid, not presented to the agent aforesaid prior to said dates at the respective places mentioned, shall not .'be en titled to the benefits of this act. " - Approved June 14, 1864. An Act to increase the compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departments, and the Assistant Secretary of War and the Treasury aud of the As sistant Attorney General and the Comptroller of the Treasury and other officers therein named. " The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the .compensation of the heads of the several Executive Departmeuts of the Gyvernmentshall, for one year from the passage of this act, be increased to nine thousand dollars ; aud of the Assistant Secre tary of War and of the Treasury and of the Assistant. Attorney General and the Comptroller of the Treasury be increased to six .thousand dollars; and that the salaries of all clerks and employees in the various de partments, located in the city of Richmond, Be in creased thirty-three and one-third per cent , and at all other poiuts throughout the Confederate States twenty five per cent., for one 3'ear from the passage of this act: Provided, That the clerks detailed from the army or navy shall not be entitled to the benefitsof this act. Approved June 14, Ibdi. An Act to amend the several acts in relation to a Vol unteer Navy. . The Congress of th Confederate States of America do enact, That the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to establish a Volunteer -Navy,' " passed 11th February, 1864, be so amended as to allow persons to volunteer in the service of the volunteer navy: Provided, such persous are resident foreigners or Marylanders; arid the President is hereby authorized to cause passports to be issued to such persons as shall volunteer as aforesaid, and shall be accepted by the President of the company by which such vessel was fitted out, either within or beyond the Confederate States. - ' . -: ' Approved June : 4, 1 304. An act to amend an act entitled ?An act to create a Provisional Navy f the Confederate States," ap proved May 1st, 1863. '1 The Congress" of ihe Confederate States "of America do enact, That iu the first line of the fourth section of the act entitled'An act to. create a provisional nffvy of the Confederate Stales,"- the word " provisional " shall be substituted for the word "regular," so that the said fourth section 6hall read as follows; All commis sioned officers of the provisional navy shall be appoin ted by the President, by and with the advice and con sent of the Senate, whenever iu his judgment Ihe pub lie service requires their" appointment, and in - such numbers as he may think necessary, to the following I ranks and grades, viz; Aannmif, vice admirals, rear admirals, commodores, and to such other ranks and irrades as'mav exist in the regular navr. . .'f Approved June 14, i8U4. - - 7 J H : .-. 1 An Act to authorize the formation of new commands. I t be eomposed of supernumerary officers, who may resign to ioin such commands and . to limit and reV suiet the appointment of officers in certain cases. , ' The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President is hereby authorized to grant authority for the organization of companies, bat talions or regiments, to be Composed of Supernumerary officers of the provisional artny. - v' See. 2. That it shall be Jawful for any eupername rary officer to join said organizations, or any other company in Confederate ;service, yhich does not ex ceed the maximum prescribed by law,- upon tender to the proper authorities orchis" resignation for that pur pose. - .' ' i i , ' -' -k. i - - Sec. 3. That the officts left vacant by s'uch resigna tions shall not bo filled,' arid tliat hereafter the lowest grade of commissioned officer ehall not be filled ualess .there are upon the roIlsf "the company for service at least torty six non-commissionea oracers ana privates ; nor shall the position of senior seeond lieutenant be filled, in case of a vacancy therein, unless there are upon the rolls of the company for service at least thirty non-commissiened officers arid privates; nor shall the position of first lieutenant 4e filled, unless in case of a vacancy there are at least. .'twenty non-commissioned officers and privates on the rolls of the company for service, which factjf hall-ia each case be certified to by the captain of the cotnpahj' and approved by the colo nel of the regiment, before each promotion can be made. . Approved June 14, 1864.? ;a t-Vl- . - : An Act to amend an act eoted "An act to organize military courts to attend ifiVarcny of the Confederate States is the field, arid 'to define the powers of said courts." - - ' ' The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, .That the above entitled act be so amended that in all instances in whch the particular division, corps, district or other subordinate organization, to which a military conn is or may be hereafter appoint ed or aggigtied, 4he commander of the army or depart ment may by order, when in his discretion it shall be proper arid safe to do so, 'direct and empower the com mander of the subordinate' division, corps, district, &c, to pass upon and refjg for. trial all charges and specifications to come etbre said court, review and confirm cr disapprove 'he records thereof, trans mit the same direct to the War Department, remit or suspend sentences (where-lawful) and take all action and exercise all jurisdiction in that behalf which per tains under existing laws to the commander of the ar my or department. " . . Sec. 2. . That from and after the passage of this act, when any person shall have'been tried by any military court or court martial,' and 'acquitted of the charge or charges preferred, the findiri;gtQf;tbe court shall ba an nounced immediately, and the person so tried and ac quitted, if a soldier, shall be refeased from arrest and returned to duty; and if other than a soldier, discharg ed from custody without awaiting the examination or report of the reviewing officet of such court. Approved June 14, 1864. . An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to organize military courts to at tend the army of the Confederate States in the field, and to define the powers of said courts,' " approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty fc ur. . . The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the proviso to said act, and alio so mnch thereof as requires that the judge of the military court in north Alabama shall give ten days notice of the times and places of -holding said courts before the same are held, be, and the ,samc are hereby, repealed. Approved June 14, 1864. u. An act to amend the laws relaSitfgto thecommutation value of hospital rations. - The Congress of the Confedrai&Sfates' of America do enact, That the commutation value of rations of the sick and wounded officers and soldiers in hospitals or other places, used in camp or the field as hospitals, be fixed at the Government cost of said rations, and one hundred per centum thereon: Provided, That said on hundred per centum on' the government cost of each ration commuted shall constitute a hospital fund, and be drawn and appropriated, as the Secretary of War shall deem necessary, to purchase supplies for the use of the sick and disabled of the arm in hospitals. Approved June 14, 1864. An Act to amend an act entitled An act to prohibit the importation of luxuries or of articles not neces saries or of common use," approved Feb, 6, 1864i -,V The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That- so much Of the. act entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of luxuries or of articles not necessaries or of common use, "approved sixth Feb ruary, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as forbids the importation of prepared "vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry and game, sealed or inclosed in cans or other wise, and brooms and brushes of all kinds," is hereby repealed. Approved June 14, 18C4. k An Act to amend an act entitled wAn act" to organize military courts to attend the armysof the Confederate Stales in the field, and to defiweTlhe powers of said courts," approved October, 9th, The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of ihe said act as empowers the said military, courts to appoint their clerks and marshals, and "provides for the payment of. the salaries of the said officers, is hereby repealed j and hereafter it shell be the duty of the Secretary of War to tietail and assign persons to fill said offices from military offi cers and non-commissioned officers and privates unable to perforin duty in the field, and jhe . compensation of such persons shall only be the pay . to which they oiay be respectively entitled by virtue.af their military com mission. "' ' ' Approved June 14, 1864. - . 46-4w - The Difference. A gentleman once owned a farm worth 800 a year, till he was obliged to sell half of it to pay "his debts,1 and let the other half on a lease of twenty-one years. ' After a while, the farmer wanted to buy the land. 'IIow is this said the gentleman, "that I could not live upon the farm being my own, while you have paid rent, and yet are able to purchase it ?" "O," said the farmer, "two words, make ail the difference; you said Go,- and I say . Oome. You lay in bed, or took your pleasure, and- sent. others about your business, and I rise betimes and see my business done myself." . - . . ii ; . - : , - The Number of. NEvvsrlxa t 3lEk Some time back a man came into pur office, the Augus ta Register, and took down the' military status of the men connected with the paper. ' Soon after this another .man went to the residences of. the j same parties, and from them or their families as- ccrtained their names and militarv status and re corded it a second time. Again, the.., agent of reg- i istratioo addresses a note to the editor,"' requiring j him to make a full report of na pies, occupations, J &c, of each einplojee of the ofllee. It is presuui- ed the same thing is done all Over the cf-nutry. It j will be seen there are three distinct epr.-iiaientj, f land all for the rsurrope of fakini? a 'niilitarv "census ;' Very: Uow many men are tuen; connected wun newspapcre in me 'jinieaeracyi Answen just precisely one-third of, the number reported to Con- -V j-i i. - gress. TL. et JtA1irf;tm.1.. .-ilk nnncin' ri.-."k ". W1- 1 &lK't-:th-iii. " , .ti tercouiSc ofyoung people in. this, felationship, that T ripens-as naturally into affection as buds into fruit, or laopotes into oumrogs. ' , J - For the Western Democrats ' ! I" -r ":A GREAT ENEMTXV ' ' -Mr Editor: Will jou be. kind enougU to allow nip space io jour paper to address a low remarks to the ladies who are addicted to the habit ol" using BHuf Enough has not yet been said concerning this injurious practice ;" . Nothing is mon difficult to be accounted for, even by men of acute and pro found observation, than the strong attachment of human species to practices which are absolutely at war with nature and hostile to": every principle of true enjoyment and happiness. cuuu not only has a tendency to corrupt the physical powers, but also the meutal faculties, and. jet it is a habit which is daily increasing among .the - females of our country. We can very easily account for our attachment to food and' even , to those-, luxuries of life, which nave anything tempting in their use, but to account for our attachments to habits and practices which are absolutely disgusting, offensive and highly injurious tq health," and which almost invariably lends to immoral and dangerous exces ses, I am compelled to refer them to the.degencr acy of our species. Dear ladies I feel an interest iu your welfare, and I beg that you will abstaiu from snuff dipping or eating. , It appears that tbe excuse for this horrid practice, in mauy instances, is, that snuff serves as a good .tooth-powdcrj but I think this only a pretext for the filthy and dis gusting practice. It taints the. .breath, - deranges all physical sensations and the ucrvous system, and imparts to the rosy cheeks of youthful beauty the delightsome complexion of a cake, of beeswax. - . Soon, after going to Virginia I became acquaint ed with a young lady of the first . respectability whose kind heart. was pcs&essc-d of every noble and generous sentiment, who was in the habit of using snuff. She was taken dangerously ill, and it, be come necessary to physic her, and the result was that she vomitted. nearly a half pint of snuff which scon caused her death 1. . Now, huw can our young, blooming and tender. girls bear to use snuff?i, when it is evident that it injures them? I have - been a soldier in the field for. forty months, and I address the ladies ou this subject because I eel an iutercst in the matter and want the practice of s:juff-eating discontinued. . Therefore; let me entreat you, .my lady friends, to take, a soldier's advice and taste not the un'clean tiling. -; . , . , , : Seugt. W. D. Russell. nOHSES. .. . ; The net value to the winner of the Derby was seven thousand sovereigns; so Blair Athol won, in these two races alone, over sjxty thousand dollars , a pretty ucat amount for one horse. These facls go far to show. the extraordinary care of Knlj- Hsh breeders of tlio blood horse, and their extra ordinary value for all useful purposes No horse can be' compared to the English thorough br .d, from which our own stock is descended, for the saddle, harness, draff, and particularly for military operations. Our cavalry horses are superior to any ofhers ou tlus continent, only as far as they have a greater or smaller infusion of good blood. It is greatly to be regretted,, even .in a national point of view, that for -the-last twenty years wc have piid so little attention -to the breeding of thorough- bred stock, and let slip the golden op portunity of 'filling our country with the sons and daughters of such imported horses as Margrave and Priam, Franby and Chateau Margyad, Zinga ree and Emancipation, which, judiciously crossed on our own blood stock; would now furnish our arr my with superior cavalry horses in great abun dance, and thus. ' enable us to protect our country most successfully and 'amply from all Tankee for agi&g and jraidsv - , .. .. . . 2 . , During the "European wars for: fifteen or twenty , years previous to the battle of Waterloo, the Eng lish cavalry had proven itself.so vastly superior to all Continental cavalry, oh ?all occasions and all battle-fields, that every - nation and monarch soon began to seek after and purchase the English; thoroughbred, to carry to the continent to improve j their stock and'provide for future wants and wars ( Even Napoleon- himself at ouc time offered, a patent of nobility, to an English gentleman rtsiding oh the continent, who had a. vcry fine.: stud. of horses,, in exchange for his horees intending them for immediate use" and the iniprovement of,lhc French cavalry, horser This day every encourage ment 19 given all over Europe .by the different crowned heads to keep an ample supply of thorough -Lred stallions for breeding purposes. Government alono has about' 310 imported .English horses iu 1 their hands iiany of. tficm bought at great cost, located in the different departments", and placed at the service of bre.edr8'.fe','' Flying Dutchman, purchased at five' thousand 'sovereigns, winner,, of the Derby and SL.Leger, and Cossack, also winner of the St. Leger, head t his list of horses imported into France by the iatQ . and present monarch of that country. ; .'. " .. '.." '. ...V : . y; "'-. ;. The weU mounted "cavalry, inijadvance and in retreat, in battle and "on the scout, is .virtually master of his post tTon. 1 II is noble horse is his best friend never failing when well treateduntil nrortol-iin In i-licpnep or dpnfh ami tchpn this war is over, iu' justice to ourselves and country, we j must by all moans patronize most fully. this noblest j d most' unfailing friend. , Goli NOT A SiANDABD.-r-In a late speech at.! Mobilej which we find reported in the Tribune of that city, Senator Secimes, of Louisiana said: The contrast of our paper with gold is not a fair ! mode of aspertaioiog its , value. . Gold in the Coo- federate States to-day is much more valuable tha it-was at the ccmmeccement of the war. It, like j every other article, has risen in valuo among us. j One dollar in specie to-day is equivalent , to what r two dollars and half was-- before the , war -. You can board sow for one dollar a day. - Negroes i that ; were Woith $1,500 iu gold would not now X bring more ihn 53a0 or $400 in gold. . lie had c sent to Nassau for some articles for. which he had j to bu. In "gold. 'ir: . i'.v.' V.t-.;-; -:-.a - When -j.they ; were .deliverei jnr Jflichmond he f found that they could have been s purchased there for'theVame amount as he had paid for thegold, without" any additional expenses, and. without the riit of ruuntog the blockade.:!' 7 k r ? 1 : .A ConCcderate toldier, recently returned from tk. yaukee pfisoo advices that tobacco bq sent to our prisoncrs.at the Xorth" fnMead of money. .WHh'r tobacco anything can bethought' that is wanted, i and it commands a very high price, 1 , a lohdon wight. r How the Lower Classes of English Society .Siffir. . The London Times -has the following account of SQme; night! scenes id London, curiously illostra- tire of some of the statements': made "by Mr. Kav in hia work on the "Social Condition of the Em?. lish People ' f A few evenings go, a little before C o'clock, when th darkness was heavy and damp with that slow, incessant. November - rain, which teems to creep, under any shelter and to epraad its cold ery part of the body, any unwilling touch over every passenger who had to pass at tho back of the tia tioual gallery would have noticed & close crowd of more than forty persons pressing one of the'doors of St, ilartha'a work house. klle would have found that they were waiting for the openingof the casual ward in the hope of obtaining a night's shelter and a. little food.:-; t-. j . , - , -; . -.( If he went up to them he would have seen them huddled together for "warmth. s. They would have taken little notice ot him, except that a man on .i . 'J. . .1. r .K 1. 1 -f the outside of the circle might glance uneasily at iiiuj, ttnu cujjtj j avny as 11 ub um - not jiks 10 oe seen, aod, as if, moved f by a sense of suspicion, whisper to the stranger, 'I never did this in tny life before." r . .' - The. work-house only admits, as a rule, twelve meatid twelveromen, and some of them mnst have the door shut against them. .The door soon opens, and all their eyes fasten on a burley, well dressed, well combed, well-brushed . official, ; tb greatest possible contrast to the ring of paleness, squalor, and dirt outside, lie is well accustomed to this sort of eight, and there is a quiet business like coolness about his manner in ttran go . con trast with the eager, imploring stare of the helpfcss faces below him. lie surveys the group carefully", lirst to see if. there are any who have beep there before; for it will cot do -to allow the casual ward to become a ordinary refuge to any one. As he is euro to have to turn away some; he will admit tboso who have not been thero before. It is loo" great a luxury to be enjoyed by any ono two joighta At last he makes a sign, and one woman-passed in; and another, and another, up to a dozen, or so, and then a pale, weary-looking woman, with 3'oung features, but aged looking hair, is pushed on one side, not roughly; but irresistibly by Lis arm, and her head drops back. and' her eyes .close despair ingly as she, falls away into the rain-fog. ! Then he looks around at the men and admits a few of thctii," pushing.oae or two of them back with m touch of roughness he hardly showed the women. '. "Don't tell me no lies," be says ! sharply, to one who as sures him "I wasn't litre last night, sir," in a tone which seems, to imply that he knows why he is rejected. Fewer of them arc admitted than of tho women, but there are still about a dozen, and a half of men and women Outside. "It is very wet, air," says a pious woman's voice. 'I know it is wet,? he says, as though the circumstances wero quite familiar o him, "but I haven't room for all of you." , After a word with the .authorities .be hind be, admits one or -two -more, and .-the door shuts, quietly, but inevitably; and it ia no good for those who remain to look op at the light above the door and hope for warmth within, and they turn their faces away to the night. - They do not grumble ; the mafes of them,bardly make one murmur; they know their fate, aud itis inevitable, and. they submit in passive despair. Only one Irish woman . begins to. raise a wail of complaint, and seems, alone of them all, inclined to relieve, herself by hard -words against the work house authorities. . They break tho eircle and be gin to shrink away, but, as the Irish woman turcs. and sees a gentleman waiting behind,' she - raises, her , voice to a louder, and dircctcr tone of com-' plaint ; and, then the; others, who seemed to want event spirit enough, to beg, follow, her loud and less sensitive- example, and. gather in a doubtful and less puzzled eircle around the stranger ; and thee when he can get- the Irishwoman -to be quiet ho may bear, in dull, impassive tones, where the help less creatures come from and what they have been doing. It. is always the same- story : 'No work for three mouths." 'It has been a dull time for. trade." Some" "have had .no work since summer." Another "hopes for work In February." Ono "woman, a fingle. woman,: has" only "had a. few weeks', work all tbe spring add summer." . . She has no home and. no friend 30 London, and fcho. an swers all questions with a sort of numbered apathy which is almost more painful to listen to than sharp suffering. ? If they are asked what ; they will do, tbey shrug themselves and say they suppose, they must sleep -po tbe stones ;f they can get a lodging in St.Gilfs for three pence,!, That half ; hopeless hint.is the only api i'ach they make to beg,-. It is flight, and a man must hare a hard .heart to Imve witnessed and. ; questioned their tjiisory j and . not give them enough ltd get a lodging all around and then, with the strange confidence of fellow despair, those who have the money will be trusted io go and get lodgings, and the remainder will linger until they are stretched under the cold shelter of a door iu the wall of the workhouse. :.; t t- t-, "It . We ; believe 2. similar s6cne, sometimes' worse than this, is to be witnessed nearly every night" at the door of St-Martin's work-bouse. ? At almost any hour of the. night men and women may he seen , huddled all together 00 . the steps of the National , gallery or the doorsteps of the . houao themen, often with do coat, a torn and filthy ahirt, and tise- less snoes, ana ine . women, in raggea, w, an , filthy .drcescs, which hang about them io still more. desolate ruin than even the broken down appear; ance of the men. ; I " j: 0sV::a .rrt Or, more pitable still, one may come upoa an, undbtingui&hable lump ol .rags, andf oa .bending dowp to .examine it, finds it4ohia girl, bcqrrup with her. head between 'her knees, shrinking from has; decided, against ;tte partie. ana remanded : - .1. ' . . .. t r. . - tne weathers the harp repass, ot s. aoer stepa-wt) lJv,u V 4U1.?. -T-wi ' . asleep ; od it seems mare charitable to leivft hcr i toUSP1' , , - . . 1 . ! j . ' .t ... . to forget -her misery.for ,an iiour or -two than to 43- lne tt cxpcricttce1 bf ljat yoa havoj give her something, and 5ake her sgtin to deso-i 'wad aid fufrefcd'io.mloa, .body and estate.,, - , -T7X-r ,:,Jjm with; happiness ind.bpg lifo intemp BojrriEp Exempts. We are authorizod tof sy ' ratted. vllh tn'iseryjwd -rrtUiaturo deatU T ' t , that Jadire Saunders, io the case of the' Bonded PS f-' .; "- l-l-1 V-. T . , .- ''- . , incra-10 tue, ervn,y. t. ,,-. lVa' YT lTe ago, tftcscapc conscnpuofl, pn reacn.ng orfolf, Bource.'that ibis, opinion o ;Judge Saunders coo- j wt9 pointed out as one of those. b raised the firit . curs with thaf of Chief Justice .Pearson and theBCCeASboj flag in ..Virginia,: and .wasJoiioedisUly- otVCJaet5cei1 of-lll!.i.S.B?! :nVourtBcoch.-- irrestedi triedf. and ordered to. bo' huog by Dcast Jlalefyh Confederate,". ' ' V aticr. ScrVed him right" for deserting his country. t ' A SINGULAR DILEMMA. ' ; ,7Tbe Cincinnati Enquirer : relies the, follow ibg rather singular occurrence : . - . " In the police court, in Ciooinnat;, miaaularoo' currence was broujht, to light.. : About b years ago, a man named Kd ward Carey left ad affection ate and beautiful wife and threo iotercstiaj? chil dren to seek a fortune - in tbe mine of California. For one year after his arrival in tbe gold .country; Carey wroto constantly to his wifo and incited j sums of money. ' Suddenly the correspondence ceased, and Wra Carey, receiving no money, .wan compelled to adopt other means . o obtain a liveli hood. Finally she received information that her husband had been kilfcd ia the nines, which was corroborated - by a eobscqoent letter from Cali fur nia: For three years she lit ad, u i.ho sopponcd she was, a widow. Hceeiving the attentions of an Italian named ' Joseph llcibe, r who luccedded in gaining her affection, .she consented to marriage, and about a yen ago the two were legally united iu the bonds of wedlock, and have ever since lived finite happily together. : On Sunday last, at .tho church belli were suajtuomug io tho housu o God the worshippers of the True Ueing, Edward Cary who had arrived direct from California by tho morning train, , was makiag inquiries in the neigb--borhood in which his family resided when he left Cincinnati, for hia wife and children His neigh bors and l'ttoodj stood amazed, sod trembled upon beholding the man, whom they had' long siooo be lieved ta bo dead. Upon being.atf urcd that it was Carey, who Was not dead, but jilting,-.ho was as tounded with the ; intelligence; that. Lis wife was again married to another-' man.' Ascertaining the. residence of Mr and Mrs Riibe, the afflicted husi band hastened to a certain ; whether what h had heard: was true or falae. Knocking at the door, a tall. Italian, measuring about six fect, came to the door. Carey inquired, ' ...-.' . ... Docs Mrs llcibe live hero ?" ' Italian "She docs.- Will you walk in ?" . Carey "Yes, sirj will yon plcaso tell her that gentleman desires to ees her 2" t . - ; . , , . . . The Italian consented, " and going to tho door, leading intfr-tbe dining room, - called his wife by. her, first name. She' saswertd, and all full of smiles camo running into the parlor.,- Upon seeing tier first husbaud, who rose from hU- soat to tnecti her, she screamed and fell . fainting -to tho floor. 1 The husbands both hastened to raiso her from tbe floor. When Carey informed llcibe that he was Edward Carey,-the lady's lawful hm-band, IUibe also claimed her as hia wife, and" added, "I shall never give her up." Before,. the wife hid fally recovered from her fainting attack, the Iro bus lands had becomo tagaged in angry, violent words resulting in Carey - drawing ia pistol upon Ileibe, and in the former being forcibly ejected -from the house. Ileibe, on Monday morning, had a warrant sworn out in the police court, charging Carey with,, disorderly conduct aod provoking him to, commit a 3 breach of tho peace..' Carey, was arrested, . and when arraigned before Justice. Warron, in the pre sence of lteibe and his wife, he asked tbe court to -hear an explanation before he entered -his pl?a. Judge Warren consented, and Carey stated (hat he and Ileibe both claimed the lady, aod he, belicv ing himself to he ;the legal claimant, had become disorderly in demanding . peremptorily of llcibo that ha should give her up. (;lietUi exbibiicd to., the'eourt: the marriage certificate, and the qnstion j Was at. once raised v What further proceedings) could bo had In tbo court.": The wife, who, like; Niobc, was all io tcarV.was called upend diked 1 by the court if either of these men wan hi r hu? tand.; She replied ..thai she had been manic 1 Io both, but, haviijg learned that her first husband 1 was dead, she had (ormcd an attachment for llcibe! three years afterwards, and married him. - After assuring the court of her deeply-seated attachment; always for Carey, and. now - her warm affection for Ilciba, who had been to. her 80 affectionate and, devoted husband, the court inquired of her, vil : ; MWat da ijoi new 'propose,: to do livo with your first . busbsod who- is legally such, or your last husband Who, by. ranapprehtuaioo and unia; tealional!y, 'you hart made your husband ?" . The lady replied, "My duty and my Venire is (ai go and iive with my nt LusLand,ldirard Carcy."i i The scene whieh followed cso never be des-t ctibed. - Carry and his wife a p proa c hud each other . and wept aloud, whilo the 'disappointed Italian, seated in bishair Jike-a statue; presented a pic ture of-despair and disappointincnt. Presently his ; feelings were overcome, sod he gricvou! wept, p eliciting the sympathy tJ all Carey and ht wife,, arm in ann, Ieli uho court room, and llcibe, after receiving kindladnwuitiba irom the court that ho, inut be renignodand pursue I Us matter no farther, ; left the presence fjke court icrply chSgtincdsadt terribly mortified at the c -tcbieh bsd Lefallcn . him. ..Carey and his faemytare preparing to leave t the city; and llcib, aiL aloeo in- a def crtcd house,, refutes to. be vmfortcch?itsm m ul . ;r. 4 it 1 "A Pointed Staiioi. Msty a discourse-ff an r hours' length is not half as impressivs as Utefol loving frwia an ceccntria English divine;.- , -,. f Cfl ober, grave, Umprat4,"-rTirirs Jl- t. m , .1. There are three eompsaiona with ' whom yoo should always keep on good tcrmfi , - L JTour wifo. , r-;r im b's'l: . " ' ' . : . 2 Your stomachs - ..-,"'-' . - . ' -.' - 1' .-3 YVur coTiseicnce.j :.f. ..-! r 1 t -.'- ll. "lf you wish- to esioy Ttseeloog life and LapDiace. prf.st - ticm w tf jupr ranee Iritetn'J peranee trodoees t- 4 itmiesti0 misery.; r. ' 2 il'rematiire de4th.il y 1 ; 3 .-1 Infidelity. - '-Tcnbke lhee points-ele$., I refer yoo' 1. To the Newgate CaTc.idar.: t"n;,'. ho ran away fr ran away from liichnjond some raooths r .
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Nov. 22, 1864, edition 1
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