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MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF
KOKTH CAROLINA.
SENATE,
I;lo.uot:uik mid Pcrquimnn.s W H Bagley.
C-im.len and Currituck- -I) McD Lindsey.
(J rites and Chowan M L Euro.
Hyde and Tyrrell- Edward L Mann.
Northampton J B Odom.
Hertford James M Wynne.
JJcrtio John r"d.
Martin and Wu.-hington J It btubbs.
Hulifax Mason L VVi
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IMgecombc and Wilson J II Powell.
l'i,tDr E J Mount
IJeaufort E J Warren
Craven X A Whitford
Carteret and Jones Dr M F Arcndell
Cn ene and Lenoir J P Speight
X Hanover Eli W Hull
"l ji.Iin W 11 Ward
1 . . m.T "I.
( )!,, V Isaac A aaunuiTS
iiladen. l'riinvick and Columbu John
Cumberland and Harnett W 13 Wright
Sampson William Kirby
Wayne lienj Aycock
.JMmston T 1) Sae-ad
Wake W I) Jones
Xasli A J Taylor
Franklin W Harris
Warren I) r T J Pitehford
Cranvill. 11 W Lassiter.
1'erson C S Win.-tead
W Ellis
Orange Jolm lserry
Alamance and Randolph
-lion Giles Mebano
Cliathain E II Straughn
M -e and Montgomery Dr J M Crump
Uiehmond and Robeson Giles Leitch
Anson and Union Cd W C Smith
iiuilford Ilobt 1' Dick
Caswell William Long
Rockingham D W Courts
Mecklenburg W M Grier
Cahai rtis and Stanly Dr J E McEachern
Rowan and Davie W 1! March
Davidson Henderson Adams
Stokes and Forsyth I E Matthews
Ashe, Surrv. &c W II A Speer(dead)
Iredell, Wilkes. Ac A M'liogle
luirko. ;!.!) W( 11, Ac S F Patterson
Lincoln, Gaston, and Catawba M L MeCorkle
Rutherford. Folk, ,Vc Dr W J T Miller
I'.iiiicombe. Henderson, Ac M Pattou
Macon, JInywoed, Ac S C Bryson
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Alamance IL Y Me Aden, CF Faucett
Alexander J M Carson
Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk
Mr McMillan
F.eaul'ort lion R S Donnell, D M Carter
H,., tie i T Henry, Jas Bond
Bladen J W Russ
Brunswick D L Russell, Jr
r.urki J J Erwin
Buncombe J M Gudger
i'aharrus P 1 C Smith
Chatham I II Headen. W J Ileadeu, W P Iladley
Caldwell 1 M I shell
Camden W A Duke
Carteret Stephen D Pool
Caswell Mont ford McGeher, S S Harrison
Catawba W P Reinhardt
Cumberland and Harnett lion J G Shepherd, AD
McLean, Dr John McCormick
Cherokee G W Hays
Chowan L C Benhury
Cleaveland D Beam. J W Gidney
Columbus Forney George
Craven Win Lane. T H Gaskins
Currituck
Davie R F, Johnston
!);,j,liu Zach Smith, 11 B Houston
1 ividson C F Lowe, Lewis Danes
Edgecombe David Cobb, L D Farmer
Franklin W K Davt
F.-rsyth W II Wheeler. W BStipe
C. astuii W T Shipp
Cutcs Richard Bond
Cuiliord D F Caldwell. A Clapp, A S Holton
Cranvilh 1' 1 Peace, E Grissom, J S Amis
Halifax II Joyner. A II Davis
Havwood Samuel L !ve
Heriderson M M Puttou
Hertford J B Yann
Hyde Mr Gihhs
Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpo
Jackson W A Enloe
Johnston W A Smith. W G Banks
Jones F G Simmons
Lenoir, Allen YvT Wooten
Lincoln, Ambrose Costner
Macon, J M Lyle
Madison, W 31 Brown.
Martin, S W Dulterbridge
McDowell, W F Craigo
Mecklenburg, John L Brown, E C Grier
Montgomery, Allen Jordan
Moore, Elam J Harrington
Xash. G C'Lewis
New Hanover. SamI J Person. J R Hawes
Northampton, S T Stftneill. W J ltogera
Orange. S F Phillips, W N Patterson
Onslow, A J .Murrill
Pasquotank, W E Mann
Fei'Huimons, J II Riddiok
'Person. John W Cunningham
Pitt. B G Albritton. C Perkins
Randolph, Jot 1 Asheworth, E T Blair
Rowan, F E Shoher. W II Crawford
Richinor.d. B F Little
Robeson David Betlntne, T J Morisey
Rockingham, Mr Strong. A J Boyd
Rutherford, J L Carsim. A R Brvan
itnpson. L A Powell, l'atrick Murphy
Stanlv,
R Harris
Stokes.
Surry.
Tyrrell.
Inion,
Wake. ,
Wayne,
Warren,
W II Flynt
Mr Waugh
C Austin
D G Fnwle, G II Alford. C J Rogers
M lv Crawford. J M Caho
W T AIL-U.n, TJ Judkins
ashiiii'toii. Tj'C. T.Ttbnin"
Watauga. Wm Hortou
Wilk.-s, A S Calloway, P T U u ton
Yadkin, A C Cowh s
Yuncy, 1) M Young.
PUBLIC ACTS
Passed at the First Session of the Second Con
tress of the Confederate JStates--lSGl.
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y . uuiuorize tne manuiaciure oi cp muous , company ifl Confederate service, which does not tx-
Liquors for the use of the Army and Hospitals. . j CCC(1 the maiinium prescribed by law, upon tender to
The Con,;fes3 of the Confederate States of America : 'he proper authorities of his resignation for that pur
do enact, Tbat it shall be lawful for the Surgeon Gen- j pose. ;
eral o the Commissary General to make all necessar3' Sec. 3. That the offices left vacant by such resigoa
contracts for the manufacture and distillation of whis- j tions shall not be filled, and that hereafter the lowtst
ky, brandy, and other alcoholic and sniritous liquors j grade of commissioned officer shall not be filled unltss
for the supply of the army and hospitals upon such
terms as may be conducive to the public interest. ; and
that the said conducts aid any heretofore -made shall
operate as a lzcen-e to the contractor io manniacture
the same for the purpose aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That ue Surgeon General and the Commis
sary General sha 1 be authorized to establish manufac
tories or distilleries for the purpose of obtaining the
supplies aforesrtiii, and to employ laborers in the same,
instead of resorti ig-to contracts, if they shall deem it
more prudent to iio so.
Sec. 3. That in contractor or party shall, under the
license granted b: this act, distil or make more alcohol,
whisky, brandy, tr other alcoholic or spirituous lbiuors
than he shall deliver to "the Government or its agents
in fulfillment of Lis contract or contracts; nor shall it
bo lawful for such contractor to sell, or in any way
dispose of, otherwise than as said contract or contracts
may renuire. anv alcohol, whisky, brandy, or other
alaoholic or spirituous liquors manufactured by him j
under the license aforesaid; nor shall this act operate i
as a license to an ' contractor for any violation of the !
prohibitions htrc.n contained, when" such violation
shall he a crime tr misdemeanor under the laws of the
State in which tin- same may occur.
Approved June 14, 180'4.
An Act providing 'or the establishment and payment
of claims for a c-rtain description of property taken
or informally impressed for the use of the army.
The Congress ot the Confederate States of Ame rica
do enact, That it sUall be the duly of the Secretary of
War lo appoint and assign, in each congressional dis
trict and for each t rritory, an agent, not liable to mili
tary duty in the field, who shall, at stated times, in
each county or parish, under the direction of the post
I'lartermnster nearest to him, receive and take proof,
under oath, in rcla'iou to all claims in said district for
forage, provisions, .'attle, sheep, hogs, horses, mult s,
t'.'iims and wagons 'Heretofore furnLhed to the army la
the owner, or hi ret d'ore taken or informally impressed
for the use of the army, and not yet. paid for, by any
officer in the military service, or by his order or direc
tion, express or imjlied from the use of the property,
whether said officer be a line or sfalf officer, and whe
ther he be a bondeu otlicer or Otherwise, and report
ihe facts and transmit the evidence in each case to the
proper accounting iiliceis of the Treasury, together
with his opinion as to the justice and validity of the
claim; and the said accounting officers are hereby au
thorized to audit aud'control and order payment of
such claims as appear io 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 Deimrtment established for the
trans-Mississippi Pfu.-lmcnt. who'ire hereby author
izes to audit, control and direct payment of the sac e
in the same lyanner as the accounting oflicers of the
Trc.isury E:st of the Mississippi river. And the said
agmi. 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
dollars per day while actually engaged in the perform
ance of the duties imposed on him by this act, and 30
ceuts 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 armj ; and, in that
event, said officer or quartermaster 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 otlicer or pi ivate,
when so appointed and assigned, shall be the same as
are allowed to persons so appointed who may not be
liable to military service.
Sec. 2. That this act shall cease and determine on the
first day of January, 1365, east of the Mississippi river,
and on the first day of May, 18G5, west of the Missis
sippi river: and all claims of the description aforesaid,
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, 18C4.
An Act to increase the compensation of the heads of
the several Executive Departments, and the Assistant
Secretary of War and the Treasury and of the As
sistant Attorney General and the Comptroller of the
Treasury and other officers therein mimed.
The Congress of the Confederal States of America
do enact. That the compensation of the heads of the
several Executive Uepartmcits of the Government shall,
for one year from the passage of this act, be increased
to nine tliou.-and dollars : and 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 cler ks 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 points throughout (he Confederate States twenty
five per cent., for one year from the passage of this act :
Provided, That the clerks detailed from the army or
navy sbull not be entitled to the bent-fits of this act. -
Approved Juae 14, 18G-1.
An Act to amend the several acts in relation to a Vol
unteer Navy.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the act entitled "An act to amend an
act entitled An act to establish a Volunteer Xavv ' "'
passed 1 1th February, 18o'4, be so amended as to allow j
personswo volunteer in me service oi uie volunteer ;
navy : Provided, such persons are resident foreigners '
or Murylahders; and the President is hereby authorized
to cause passports to be issued to such persons as shall
volunteer as aforesaid, and shaIT"he accepted by the
President of the company by which such vessel was
fitted out, either within or beyond Uie Confederate
States.
Approved June 14, 13C4.
i An act to amend an act entitled "An act to create a
j Provisional Navy of the Coufcderate States," ap
j proved .Mrtv 1st, 18i3.
I The Congress of the Confederate States of America
i do enact, That in t!i.- firii line'of the fourth fiction of
; the act entitled "An net to create a provisional navy
j of the Confederate ;ite," the word "provisional"
i Minn t lumuuiiiu hm nit- woiu rciiUHii, fuiuiii me
1 said fourth section shall read as follows : Alfcommis- ;
' sioncd oflicers of the provisional navy shall be appoiu--1
ted by the President, by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate, whenever in his judgment the pub
lic. service reipiires their appointment, and in such
numbers as he may think necessary, to the following
ranks and grades, via: Admirals, vice admirals, rear
admirals, commodores, and to such other ranks and
grades as may exist iu the regular navy.
Approved June 14, iSt4.
An Act to authorize the formation of new commands.
'"Tr1" u J '"rlS and nineteen men marrying, and only twenty-one ; mond firm, the, residue by citizens of this Slate. From this may be gathered now varroas are the oaite Urur.ic, when
sukt the ap thirty men and three women at seventy j We regard the above as a good Bale lialeigh duties which claim tho attention of the. Govern-: finger nails of the
Tbe Congress of the Confederate States of America , nve; ana clSQt W women.
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! do enact, That the President is hereby authorized lo
j grant authority for the organization of companies, bat-
I talion.s or regiments, to be composed of supernumerary
j otneers ot tue provisional army,
t See. 2.. That it shall he lawful
for any supernnnif
-1 rary officer to join said organizations, or anv other
there are upon the rolls of the company for service t
j least forty six non-commissioned oflicers and privates; I
nm- shall the position of senior second lieutenant be j
filled, in case of a vacancy therein, unless there are
upon the rolls of the company for service at least thirty
non-cornmissiened officers and privates; nor shall the
position of first lieutenant be rilled, unless in case of a
vacancy there are at least twenty non-commissioned
officers and privates on the rolis of the company for
service, which fact shall in each case be certified to by
the captain of the company and approved by the colo
nel of the regiment, before such promotion can be made.
Approved June 14, 1864. ' ''
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize
military courts to attend the army of the Confederate
States in the field, and to define the powers of said
conrts."
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact,- That the above entitled act be so amended
that in all instances in which the particular division,
corps, district or other subordinate ' organization, to
which a military court is or may be hereafter appoint
ed or assigned, the commander of the army br.depart
ment may by order, when in his discretion "it shall be
proper and safe to do so, direct and empower the commander-of
the subordinate divisiou, corps," district,
.Sec., to pass upon and refer for trial all charges and
specifications to come before said court, review
and confirm cr disapprove the 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 finding of the court shall be an
nounced immediately.' and the person so tried and ac
quitted, if a soldier, shall be released 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 officer of such court.
ApproVed June 14, 1804.
An A-t to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an
act entitled 'Au 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
four. The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the proviso to said act, and also so
much thereof as requires that the judge of the military
court in north Alabama shall give ten da3-s notice of
the times and places of holding said courts before the ,
same are held, be,- and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved June 14, 1SG4.
An act to amend the laws relating to the commutation
value of hospital rations.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the commutation value of rations of the
sick and wounded oflicers and soldiers in hospitals or
other daces, 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 one
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 tbe sick and disabled of the army in hospitals.
AppiovedJune 14, 18C4.
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, 18G4.
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, ftuits, 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, 1804.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to organize
military courts to attend the army of the' Confederate
States in the field, and to define the powers of said
courts,' approved October 9th, 1862.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That so much of the 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 he reby repealed ; and hereafter
it shall be the dutj- of the Secretary of War to detail
and assign persons to fill said offices from military offi
cers and non-commissioned officers and privates unable
to perform duty in the field, and the compensation of
such persons shall only he'the pay to which they may
be respectively entitled by virtue of their military com
mission. .
Approved June 14, 13C4. 4G-4w
Another Kaid. From a letter from a reliable,
gentleman, to Mr Young, the Commoner from
Yaney county, we learn that the East Tennessee
torics made a raid upon Ilnrnssville and sur-
rounding country, in Y'ancy, on Sunday the 20th
e 20th
killed,
2s ov. Jackson Stewart, on our part was
h i inr seven balb fchot through him, and sixteen
of our militiamen were captured. Mr Robt. Pen-
land was badly abused and beaten by the raiders,
anJ a good deal of property was destroyed or Car
j-jJ t,ff
Ruh'iyh J'rotjiess.
feiT' The statistics culled from the British Reg
istrar General's report gives some curious details
as to the ages at which, men ard most likely to
marry and women to be married. After a woman
nusses twenty, her prospects bcyin to fade. Taking
the years 1S59, 1S00 and 1SG1, we find that eev
1
enty eight girls were married at fifteen years of
age, no males. At sixteen, seventeen youths
entered the state of matrimony, six hundred and
thirty seven girls. Fur both sxes, tweuty seems
to be the- most favored age for marriage. In 18G1
the number of .each sex then married were forty
eight thousaud four hundred and ninety-five men
.1 1 1 i 1 1 i- 1
and fih thousand six hundred and forty
women.
At twenty-five this proportion was reversed, the
number being twent3'-six thousand four hundred
and seventy-three men to twenty thousand six hun
dred and seventy-three women; and at thirty the
difference was still more marked, for while ten
thousand six hundred and twenty-one men married
at that age, only seven thonsand eight hundred
and forty women found husbands. The males
having once obtained the preponderance maintain
it to tbe last. At seventy, we find one hundred
: N. C. LEGISLATURE.
The resolutions introduced by Mr Ptf&l, id re-
L ; card to annointiner neace CommissirtApra ' in t. !
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w.i, jjau ui me ocuaiu-x.xca3iB. xuux ui nemo aim , me iinjus oi tue Conledcrate Statif siaee the be
Ellis of Columbus and three on the part of the ' ginning of this war. - A glaoco at i hat has been
House, Messrs Caldwell of Guilford, Brown of
Mecklenburg, and Cowles of YadkinV
, ' ' '' . ,7 1 SATyEDAY, Nov. 26.
Senate Tho Senate branches of the Select
Joint Committees were anouneed as follows:
On a System of Tithing Messrs. OJoni. Av-
i cock and Crump.
On the Importation of Goods, Memorializing
L Congress for Compensation for the Advance, etc
Messrs. right, Lilts and Speight.
On the Production of Salt Messrs. Leitch,
Courts and Blount. '
House. The House waa opened with prayer
by Ilex. Dr. Mason, ot the. Episcopal Church. ;
(DuriDg his supplication the venerable gentleman t
tainted ana was borne lrom the UallJ
The Standing Committee on Corp
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announced as'follows: . Messrs. Wauh, Mann.
Cobb, Peon, JIoAPcocc Supc, -A.U..h;
Grier, Carson of Alexander, and Gudger. x -
llesolutions were then introduced as follows:
By Mr Craige of McDowell, that the Governor
take such steps as ho may dtveru proper to suppress
the C S. distillery" Salisbury N. C." Agreed to.
Mr J. II. II cad eh of Chatham, tbat the Judiciary
Committee inquire as to what legislation is ueces
sary to confiscate the property of alien enemies and
disloyal citizens. Agreed! to. Mr' Jones of Davie,
as to the expediency of exempting one miller to
each county, orsuch as had an annual custom
grinding of 3000 bushels of corn. Agreed to.
Mr Brown of Mecklenburg, to permit tbe sale
of Sardis Academy, land and building, and the
purchase and erection of others.
The Joint Standing Committee on Military Af
fairs, reported adversely on the bill to repeal ki!
laws exempting State officers, and recommend that
it do not pass., Keport concurred in.
The bill providing for the appointment of an
assistant county relief comniisionei was read a
third time and passed. " -
Monday, Nov. 28.
Senate. Mr Warren, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported adversely on the memorials from
Forsyth asking the condemnation of a lot of laud
for a bury ing grouud. llcport received and com
mittee discharged. ... '
Mr Mathews asked that the rcpot be spread
upon the Journals, and it was SO ordered.
Mr E. D. Hall, Senator elect from New Hanover,
was qualified aud took his seat.
Mr Long introduced a bill to prevent the spread
of tbe small pox. Under a suspension of the rules
it passed its 2d and 3d readings.
Mr Pool, a bill to legalize advances made by the
Treasurer for the support of the Insane Asylum,
and to provide further means -
Mr Warren introduced the following resolution:
Ilesolved, That a message be sent to the House
ot Commons proposing to raise a Joint Select Com
mittee of three on tbe part of the House and two
on the part of the Senate, to enquire into the power
of the Legislature, under the Constitution, to au
thorize the Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, to
employ the militia beyond the limits' of the State;
and further to inquire into the power of the Legis
lature, under the Constitution, to confer upon the
Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, summary power
ro deprive officers of the militia of their commis
sions. .
House. Mr Erwin presented a memotial from
citizens of Burke county concerning tbe distillation
of grain, proposing that practising physicians in
the several counties of the State be authorized to
have liquor distilled under their own supervision
for medicinal uses. IlcTerred.
Mr Craig introduced a resolution to secure the
transportation of salt from Saltville, Ya., or Wil
mington, N. 0-, to the head of the Western N. C.
Bailroad to supply the Western counties. Keferrcd.
Mr Carter introduced a. bill for the relief of the
prisoners of war from North Carolina Proposes
to appropriate 500 for the purpose, lieferred
to the Committee on Military Affairs
A bill repealing all laws exempting State officers
from conscription was indefinitely postponed, on
motion ol Mr Gris.om. v
' Those who voted in'lbe affirmative (in favor of
indefinite postponement) were Messrs Allison, Al
britton, Amis, Ashcworth, Hanks, Benbury, Best,
Blair, Bond of Bertie, Bond of Gat?s," Boyd, Brown
of Madison, Bryan, Caldwell, Calloway, Calvert,
Carson of Alexander, Carson of Rutherford, Carter,
Llapp, Comics, Lraige, l'argan, Uavts ot Ilalilux,
Etwin, Flynt, Fowle, Gaskins, Gibbs, Gidney,
Grissom, Iladley. Hants, Harrington, Harrison, J
H Headen, W J Headen, Henry, Herbert, Hortou,
of'Watausa. Hortou of Wilkes. Isbell. Johnston.
Jordan, Joyner, Judkins, Laue, Lyle, Mann, Mc-
Aden, McCormick, 31cGchce, McLean, McMillan,
Morrisey, Murrill, Patterson, Perkins, Kiddick,
Rogers. Shame, Simmons. Smith of Durlio. Stipe,
.Vatin, Waugh,'1 Wooten G7!
l - a "T 4 "
Those who voted in the negative (against post
t ponement) were Messrs Austin, Beam, Brown of
! Meckleuburg, Caho, Cobb, Costner, Crawford of
Rowan, Davis of Franklin, Enloe, Faison, Firmer,
George, Grier, Harris, Ilassell, Hawes, Latham,
' i Lewis, Little, Love, Murphy; Outferbridge, Peace,
' Person, Powell, Bernhardt, Russ, Shepherd, fehipp,
i sojun or vauarrus, ctaucui ana strong a. -
resolution requesting His Excellency to take
steps for the suppression the Government Dis-
tilleryat Salisbury, C. Inferred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary.
A bill to incorporate the Trustees of the Wilson
Academy, in Chatham county, aud a bifi to incor
porate tbe Fajttteviile North Carolina-Iron Works,
passed their third readings.
Proceedings continued on 2d Jagc
Sale of N. C.- Bonds. The 550,000 rNorth
Carolina coupon bonds . advertised for sale
Kemp P. Battle, President of the Chatham Rail
road, brought on Saturday last the followi
prices: 810,000 at S05 and interest. 40,000 at
300 and interest. ?3,500 was bought by a Rich-
'JOnSCrvaiive,
- - , u I WAR MATERIA'.
The Mechanic Arts in the Cent Alerafe States.
' From the Richmoud finqilcri
The; mer.Iianift arts luso iui
doDe in one dcpartmcDt of the Cafoderate Gov-
eminent wul serve to cive an idetjor-' the reneral
Erogress. Wo select that known tl the Ordnance
'ureau of the War Department, ich is charged
with supplying arms, artillery oai other oiunitiona
of war-to the army.
At tbe date of the oruuzation of ihtGovcrn-
ment at Montgomery, catly in April 1S0V tbero
were neither arsenals, foundries, pbwder rnifW nor
Government workshops of any kind in operation
within the limits of the Confederate States. Xhe
Tredegar "Works, in this city, was the only cannp
foundry. No fire-arras had ever been made, ei,
cept, perhaps, a few sporting guns made by baud.
No powder bad been manufactured for war pur
poses: no gun-carriages built : no material of war
had ever been prepared. All such work had been
I theKO arts, nml
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-arm ul u,-bl
progress of several
important
ODing with
small
arms.
The piachincry at Harper's Ferry having been
secured in May, was transferred to two safe points,
and in September iollowing, was producing Bmall
arms. Private enterprise t was stimulated, and
private capital induced to invest itself in the build
ing up of other establishments for making fire-arms.
Nearly all of these have passed into the bands of
the Ordnance Bureau; the difficulty of command
ing labor and supplies having discouraged the ma
jority of contractdrs. The Government has, how
ever, prosecuted work on its own account at estab
lishments thus formed by private enterprise, and
has now no less than five manufactories of urius
and three of pistols in operation.
When thU war began all the arsenals of the
unit derate states contained, in the aggregate,
130.000 muk..-ts, chiefly finoth-borc, altered from
flint to pcrcuaion, and lU,O00 rifles. These, with
the arms possessed , by the States, were the total
stock of service arrus". '.At present all its armies
arc provided with the best rifles the smooth-bore
baying nearly all disappeared. Many of these
rifles, nearly all the sabres, and a good many of the
pistols, in the hands of our troops, arc the products
of our own manufactories It is not too much to
assume that with a proper application of the labor
still at our disposal should it become necessary,,
-by the closing ot our ports, to rely wholly upon
ourselves the armies of the Confederacy could be
supplied with all (he arms needd for an efficient
prosecution of the war. But to tiis end it would
be necessary to retain our skilled iueehanics; and
It is a qucstiern well worthy f consideration,
whether steps should not be takcq at once to se
cure to us the skilled labor, still remaining after
the havoc of a sanguinary war,ly attaching it
permanently to these branches of I labor vote, in
stead of waiting until compelled bj necessity to do
what may then be too late to do suJeessful'y. Wc
think, and hare always thought, .hat our best in
terests require us to husband our filled labor, and
place it in the works-hops of tl Government,
rather than risk its loss on the battle field, and by
disease. Legislation to this effect would be wise
fore caste; j '
In the department oi' artillery, the labors of this
Bureau have been even more successful than in
the production of final! arms. Afirst, there was
literally no artillery in the posscssDn of the Con
federate Government. None had.-been accumu
lated at any point, and the only artillery available
was a few batteries in 'the hands Of volunteer com
panies, and some old iron pieces, otned chiefly by
the State of Yirginia The. field artillery pi tbe
armies of the Confederacy compris'p now not less
than a thousand pieces, most of wljich is in field
ba'.teries, well organized and cquiprfd. The gun
chiefly used is the 12 pounder, known as the
"Napoleon," to which we added tbe 10-pounder
Parrott rifle, (the latter mostly cjd tired ) The
number of heavy guns fabricated is. to be counted
by the hundreds, among them sotic rifle guns of
the most formidable description, iln this latter
kind of gun, the Ordnance Department of the
Navy has achieved especial cxccHpico, and thu
Brooke gun ba3 a foreign reputatinj wherever our
struggle is known. The number of cannon foun
dries built up since the beginning f the war is
bjx ; two of these have the capacity to cast guns of
the largest dimensions.
In the manufacture of pointer, great success has
been attained. The President carlv directed his
attention to this point, and the result has been the
erection of not less than five powder mill, in dif-
1 ft-rent parts of the Confederacy. One of these
alone is capable of producing all the powder needed
,n the Confederacy; .and is work, tho design and f
; eyecntir.r. of which tir iir.-nrrati To nootain i
un.xurM
j the consumption of thexe mills, nitre has been im-
! ported and mined, and nitre beds csrabiishcd on '
1 the largest scale. In this connection a curious
i fact deserves to be stated: The most reliable and
fertile nitre-producing district i devoid of a single '
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j old buildings. The continued existence of this
i thenomcnon is due to the sairicity and rersevcr-
: ancc of the Chief of-the Nitre and Mining Bureau,
aided by the ener
good inanagemcut ol ono
M " l
(..iajor J.arne .
: wf big subordinate
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these, us legitimate labors, viz: arm?,
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ry and powder, this Bureau took upon ltf-clf
the labors incident to the' development of the iron, ,
, icad,- copper and tdhcr mineral productions of the t
country. This portion of its duties gradually ma-
tured into a distinct Bureau, at first attached to
mat ot Ure! nance, tut nnaiiy creaieu into a scpa-
Tate one, now well known as the Nitre and jnnjng
Bureau. Added to all these" duties it began the!
exportation of cotton on its own account, and the
importation of supplies The famous blockade
runners CVrnulia and II. E. Lec and others be-
lorth longed to if; and this system tbu inaugurated has wau ftatherk and go'd aoel silver thread, which
j by gradually expanded into another Bireau, charged ! adorns the place, coEt one hundred and fifty dol-Rail-
with tbe same subject, on behalf of all the depart- lars per yard, and the whole building blazes with
wing ments of the government. Thus, a Fccond Bureau gold leaf and tinsel. The rieets shout, scrceeb.
r. . ' , .i i . j e .i t- it 1 .1 : i .i i.-i .
longed to if: and this system thu inaugurated has
grew up, and was detached ; from the Ordnance
i Bureau.
i iuuui. ii ia vunvu w ucvvuiv; iia vnu puivc-jroi
io niaDy Iranchca. The raarkcU arc ioauOicicut
supply its wants eo sudJcnlj creaked, aod.it must .
build, delve, forge, construct, and tramport on iu.
own account. Hence Jle, dus of a CLuf wf ';
Bureau relate to subjects wholly foreign u' its ,
proper sphere. Ilia office la do bioecurc, r.r ii
his chair an casv chair, iq anv sense. In tL
United States service euch'a fuoctiooary tin u;.
his tabic and orders from contractors and in tbo,
markets all be needs, and Is jiraiscd for bis energy
and complimented for success, jf be does this. Seo
what our Chief of Ordnance, for example, ond hi
officers, find themselves olfiged to do; Thoy lca.-u
or purchase umuer lanes, anu piaco iiuii
! thereon to ct timber and lumber, if bricks -ru
needed, they put up buck-yard aud burn brick-
Was; they purchase fcidca all over the country,
glad to get them, and becomo tanners. They boil
their own meats for oil, establish fisheries aud turn
sturgeon into oil for mechanical usos. Thev co to
the mountains and quarry grind-stonca for their
JVrscnals and armories, and. have soino to sparo for
be
e market. And so on, to supply their countless
nts. Nay, they have to go a step further, nod
supply lood and clothing bouicIiuk-h shelter to
theperatives, white and black, by whom they aro
served, aid too often eveo to the families of theso
operative! All work for tho common good, and
look to th Government for sustenance AU this
requires firccast and incessant thought.
ltevcrtiig to the subject of machinery, and its
progress, tho manufacture of percuksion caps is an
instructive instanco of tbe advanoe of arts and
manufactures in tho military service. No machi
nery to make caps existed at the South4 nor was
the art of basking the fulminate of mercury to' firo
tho cap practised. The Ordnance Department of
the State of Yirginia,. under the direction of its
late capallo chief peace to his jshes offered a
reward era machine for forming tho can, and ouo
was in operation about tho 1st of June, 1801. Tho
caps male were rude enough and the product
small. ince that day, such has been the progress,
that -4?0,000 have often been produced iu tho
ConfcdLracy in a day; and there aro machines
enougl to make a million, if ncsded. The eapa
co m pi ro favorably with those made in tho United
Stats, and aro better and more rcliablo than tho
imported English musket cap. All the operation,
down to varnishing the cap, are performed by ma
chinery. Tbe whole number made and issued
daring tho war, has reached 150,000,000, con
fuming over 200,000 pounds of copper; 0,300
pounds of mercury; 50,000 pounds of nitrio acid,
(timde at houie chiefly,) and 00,000 pounds of al
cohol. When it is considered that the machinery
possessed by the United States, at the beginning
of the war, would bavo required twelve years to
produce this amouut of caps, and tbat that xnai
chincry was some fifteen ycara in attaining its
then perfection, the mechanics of the Confederacy
have here something (o boast of.
Excellent machines for drawing friction primers
for cannon und for pressing lead balls of tho vari
ous calibres have been designed and successfully
executed in several parts of the Confederacy. Tho
machine used iu connection with tho lticbmond
laboratory is ingenious, and tho results very atis
factory. At the same laboratory arc a half dozen
highly finished machines for driving time forgcA
invented and cor structcd here.
To sum op tho ltbor of this department it hai
established
7 First Class Arsenal;
5 Second Class Arsenals;
1 Largo Harness Shop;
C Armories of its own ;
2 Armories through Contractors;
4 Powder Mills, (two through Contractors)
1 Laboratory for smelting lead, (now in thargo
of and extended by the Nitre and Miniog Burtfu,)
aud various smaller depots and works.
At each of these finst-class arsenals are fabrica
ted all the material of an army, from a gun-carriage
to a linstock or a horse shoe nail. Wood work,
iron work, tin work and work in copper and hrai
all go on together. Each has its extended carpen
ter's fcbop, with its cndleai machinery for pawing,
turning, loriog and planing wood; its machine
shop for drilling, milling and penring iron in all
its shapes; its blacksmith shop, of twenty to fifty
fires, with it cranes, and haicuien, ond fans; its
harnc?a shop, where saddle.", harncsf, cartrldgo
boxes, cap pouches, belts and nil products of leath
er are umde; its tinshop, its braM furnace, its cu
pola furnace, its storehouses loll of raw material
and finished products, ready to go to tbe army.
To the armies of the Confederacy it das supplied,
East and West of tbe MLmis4ppi, over halt a mil-
,ifjn of small arms, quite 200 well equipped battc
ries, countless fcmall arm cartridges, hundreds of
thousands of accoutrements for cavalry. All this
is but a feeble exhibit of what baa been dono io ouo
department, and ppeaks well for tbe eaergy with
which the resources of the country have been ap-
PIicJ ifl 1A'JQ' It should go far to mako
us hopeful for the future. A country that hat
developed such things 10 tmch a contest, axbibtta .
vitality which will nutain.it throughout tho
,'truo,c; however protracted.
t i.uj
at Morganton, N. C , writes us as follows :
"Molasses is the beat substitute for coffco. Try
j it, and you will never use J!e again. Thus: Take
one pint of MolaMes and boil it until it looks black
aud tastes bitter. All tho sweet tjte of tho Mo-
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! 'asses In a?t be taken from it. If you ta
Hes in the coffee it U became it L
tastC tho Mo
bna fi.it. I nln
. t cnotl,lh Aflcr :t ;a turnt suCcientlv throw
. ?, ,f ,,,,..,.!, : wti nnit
jt T(J c ' fx uf cofft Qnc uU
ruJ, of ' coffee g0J Uo .r,0,nsfall 0f tho '
jf -jj mj ;ie Jfilc Cuffce is dc-iircd
stronger, put in less than tlx cups of water. SU-
- xi.,,,im
OniNRst: Worship. A Chinese Jossbouse, or
temple for heathen wouhip, wa dedicated io San
Kranciaeo on tbe 23d ofAogust. It cost eighty
thousand dollars. A band of tapestry, embroidered
wah feathers and cold and silver thread, which
yell, groan, apio round amid the racket of gong,
. drums and fiddles, and smoke opium xintil they aro
otners relieve tncra. Tho
chief priest are sctnally longer
iiiau ui uucir, bum iu iwisicu iic au aujju