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N. C. LEGISI.ATUBE. p. Tuesday, December 13.' Sinati. The School bill being before the Senate, Mr Dick proceeded to saj, this was a mat ter of great importance, next he thought to mili tary affairs; and discussed seriatim the e changes contemplated by the bill in the school system of . the State. The most important of these changes were those which alter the name from the Common to the Public Schools' North Carolina, and that provide that age for pupils shall hereafter be (in stead of as heretofore from 6 to 21 years) extended to twenty -eeven, for all females desirous of qualify ing themselves to be teachers, and to thirty -six tor wales disabled in service, who have a like wish. Tbe object of these latter changes was stated to be, to provide a sufficiency of 'teachers tS meet the educational requirements of the State. It was often difficult to procure teachers, and this diffi culty migbt be greatly lessened by permitting tbe -many females whom tbe exigencies of tbe war had forced to their own support, to qualify themselves to teach. .fter some iuriber and desultory, discussion the bill passed its second reading. ... - - House. The bill to make the forcible entry or robbery of al welling house in the day time a cap ital ofl'ence, was reported from the Judiciary Com mit ice with a recommendation that it do not pas?; ami the Committee on Confederate relations re port d the resolutions protesting against "the over throw of State sovereignty and civil liberty," with a similar recommendation. Mr Shepherd introdaced "Resolutions of thanks to Col. Jos. IS. Starr and his command, for the suc cessful repulse of the public enemy at Kinston," whih were adopted by. the House. Wednesday, Dec 14. SFNATF, Mr Warren, from the Judiciary Com mittee, reported a bill to authorize His Excellency, the Governor, to appoint Courts of Oyer and Ter miner, which under a suspension of the rules, passed its various readings. Mr Odom, from the Salary and Fees Committee, reported a bill on those subjects. (This bill pro vides that His Excellency, the Governor, shall re ceive 810,000 per annum, Treasurer $5,000, Comp troller 2,500, Counsellors of State 940 per day when engaged on public business, and thirty cents per mile when so travelling, etc., and double fees of office.) - Mr Berry introduced a bill to repeal an act es tablishing the mileage and per diem ($50) of members. On motion of Mr Lindsay a message was sent to the House, proposing to set apart Saturday, tbe 17th, for the appointment of magistrates. The hour of 12 having arrived, the special order therefor the resolutions introduced by 31 r Tool in regard to peace negotiations were taken up. Mr Speight moved they be laid on tbe table, and the Senate so ordered by yeas 24, nays 20, the vote being as follows : Yeas Aycock, Berry, Bryson, Courts, Crump, Ellia, Grier, Hall, Kirby, Lindsay, Long, McCorkle, MeEacbern, Miller, Pitchford, Powell, Speight, Smith, Taylor, Ward, Wbitford, Wiggings, Wright, Wynne 24. Nays Adams, Arendell, Barley, Blount, Bogle, Dick, Horton, Jones, Lassiter, Mann, March, Odom, Patterson, Patton, Pool, Saunders, Sncad, Straughn, Warren, Wnstead 20. Mr Berry moved to re-consider this vote. Mr Lindsay moved to lay this motion on the table, which, there being a tie, 22 to 22, was not agreed to. by the Speaker's casting vote. , The question then being on Mr Berry's motion to re consider it was not agreed to, by yeas 22, nays 23. So tbe resolution was tabled. Mr Grier, a bill to incorporate the North and South Carolina Central railroad company. He-ferri-d to the Committee on Internal Improvements. House. The House took up at eleven o'clock, the Revenue Bill and discussed its provisions till nearly two o'clock at which time it passed its se cotid reading, and the House then adjourned till 7 p. iu. At the evening session Mr Shepherd moved a eurpension of the rule that the Revenue Bill might have its third reading, which was agreed to, two thirJs voting in the affirmative. The bill then piied its third reading ayes 54, noes 21. Thursday, Dee. 15. Senate. The Judiciary Committee reported the resolutions enquiring whether the Governor can be inaugurated on the 1st of January unless the General Assembly be in session, with a unani mous report that he can be, and that the Judges of the Supremo Court are also of the same opinion. Mr MeEacheru introduced a bill to provide spir i tonus liquors for medical purposes iu Cabarrus comity. Propositions and Grievances. . A rc$o2utiyu to pay bounty to' Junior Reserves was passed. House. Mr Waugh, from the Joint Committee on adjournment, reported that the Committee, after examining into the business before the two Houses, were in iavor ot an adjournment at seven o'clock, A. M., oti Friday next, the 23d inst. Mi Waugh also submitted a resolution proposing that a message be sent to the Senate, asking its concurrence in an adjournment at the time indica te, i iu the report of the Committee, until the first Mouday of March, 180o. j On motion of Mr Hanes, the resolution was ' amended by striking out the words "Friday the ! 23d inst ," and substituting "Wednesday, the 21st ! Mr Morisey moved to amend by substituting the second Monday in Ostober, 1S65, for the 1st Mon day in March. Mr Cobb moved to amend the amendment by providing for a sine die adjournment on Wednes day next. Messrs Henry and Grissom opposed the amend niend; which after discussion was rejected, ayes 40, uoes CO. The question recurring on the amend ment propoaed by Mr Mousey, Mr Phillips opposed its adoption and urged the passage of the resolu tion as originally introduced. Mr Durgao moved to amend the amendment by substituting tbe 3d Monday of May, J8G5, as the time of.re-pFsembling. Pending the question on this amendment th hour arrived for the execution of the joint order for election of seven Counsellors of State. The following nominations were made, viz : Messrs 11 E'CoIton, John F Wooten, LB Pender, A G Foster, -W.J Yates, N L Williams, RG A Love, P II Winston, Wm Eaton, jr., W J Hill, E M Wellborue, W WT Fife, U V Guion, John II Haughton, R L Patterson, A T Davidson, C B Sanders, C E Shober, II A Gilliam, F B Satterth waite; L Eldridge, Wm II Harrison, Wm S Harris, Wm S DevaDe, MurdoQk McRae and J Shacle ford. . Oa this ballot the only persons elected were Jlcsars Williams, Foster and Winston. The House proceeded to execute tbe eccond joint order, viz : the election of five trustees of tbe Uni versity. Tbe nominations were as follows: Measrs C F Beams, T J Morisey, John W Cameron, Wm B Wright, W S Battle, David A BarnesJohn A y-Mjnjj, Purdee Richardson, David Carter, Henry R Bryan, James P Speight, Samuel F Phillips, M PBOM GEOKGIA AJND THE S. C. COAST. M JMcGrebee, John Pool, R P Dick, J .S. Amis, J , From parties just from Savannah, we learnthat, T CamereorPeter E ilioes n& Pf Johtt' Jordaia. between one and two. o'clock, on Saturda-after-Mr-S F Phillips was tbe only one elected; jT ! noon, Sherman made, three distinct charges against A message was received from His 'Excellency, ! our Jio if 'woTks at appoint about five miles from the Governor, in relation todiffieultiei that fcad j Sar?--jah, and .about mid-way between the Central arisen in procuring a supply of salt, which was sent j and Gulf Railroads. Each time, the Yankee as to the Senate with a proposition to print. j saulting columnwas repulsed with heavy loss . ' r- - - ft. t . Dill .n. n rt XT TT 7 . . I- J . I . -. 1. 1.1 . . ' they wanted to discuss other matters, andtbey did not intend to allow discussion to be cut off in that way. Housb. Mr Shepherd introduced a resolution in quiring whether any legislation can be adopted to-save the Wives and families of soldiers from being dispos sessed, during the war, of houses which they occupy as tenants. Mr Murphy . introduced a bill to make it a capital offence to persuade, entice, or aid negroes to go to the enemy. Some factions' resolutions, introduced by Mr Sharpe of Iredell, were laid on the table by a vote of 52 to 60. SHERMAN'S RETREAT HOOD'S AD VANCE. From the Augusta Register. In the eager suspense with which-we await the reeult of Sherman's retreat to a new base on our coast, wc shall not lose sight of the advantages which are likely to grow out of the grand strategic movements which forced him to evacuate Atlanta, and to look coastward for the security of hia army. The mist which has so long obscured the move ments uf General Hood is at length breaking, and the golden bow of victory arches the .horizon in that direction. The march of Hood's army from the borders of Alabama to the heart of Tennessee, ! has been signally successful; the raw recruits left to impede his march, have melted before him; tue fortified posts of the enemy have one after another capitulated; and Huntsville, Chattanooga, Bridge port and historic Murfreesboro', are ours; he has been routed, horse, foot and dragoon, from his last desperate stand at Franklin, and our victorious legions flaunt their proud banners around the en trenchments of Nashville, into which the retreat ing vandals have fled for security. If our latest advices are true, they have suffered one of the most crushing defeats of the war; and their own ac counts, admit the retreat on Nashville, and the im mense destiuction of the property of our loyal citi zens to prevent it from being used to supply our army. Whatever Hood's future movements may be- whether to press on to the Ohio, or co operate with Breckinridge in relieving East Tennessee, and re-opening tbe upper route to Richmond, he has accomplished results which demonstrate the wisdom of his plans, and mark his last campaign as one of the mcst brilliant of the war. He has not only driven Sherman from Atlanta which he never could have done by confronting him but he has recovered the strongholds which marUcd the advance-of the enemy into our State, and re deemed upper Georgia and most of Tennessee. He has recovered territory whose temporary occupan cy cost the enemy millions of dollars, and thousands of lives; and given to the enemy and the world the most convincing evidence of our capacity to defe. all schemes for our subjugation. To-day he invites the thousands of refugees from Cherokee Georgia and the volunteer State, to come back to their homes, and thousands of hearts are swelling with a joyous and grateful response to the summons. So much for the victorious advance of the dash ing Texan. Ho has accomplished these gratify ing results with very trifling loss. It is said that he has received accessions to his forces much in excess of the loss sustained. He has inflicted se rious "damage upon the enemy, capturing their garrisons, and destroying immense quantities of stores, not to include the thousands reported hors de comlat from the victory at Franklin. The withdrawal of Hood fiom Sherman's front left open the road to the ocean unobstructed, and he soon found that he must take this route Air a water-base, or make a humiliating or dangerous retreat over tbe mountains. It was in this despe rate trait that he boastfully announced that his course was to the South. lie was afraid and ashamed to acknowledge bis incapacity to hold At lanta by an unequivocal retreat. So he goes for ward, but with all his boasting he cannot conceal the fact that he is flying from an untenable posi tion that Hood has forced him to give up the dear bought fruits of a long campaign, and aban don his boasted hold upon the heart-of the iebt;ll ion. True his course ia marked by those acts of cruelty, and waste, and plunder, which have dis graced the enemy throughout, the war women and children, and other helpless non-combatants have been made to suffer, and homes once the abode of peace and plenty, have been sacked and despoiled; but all this dojs not weigh a feather to wards accomplishing the hellish work of subjuga tion. The spirit of resistance grows brighter than ever in the hearts of tho people, who have renew ed cause to hate the remorseless vandals. These personal trials to a portion of our people, constitute the chief result of Sherman's retreat, admitting that he reaches a secure base on the coast; an ad mission. that we do not yet deem probable. A base on the coast affords him no advantages, except the single ono- of obtaining supplies for his army, from which Hood cut him off in Atlanta. The enemy has held for years Port Royal, Brunswick and nu merous other ports affording all the advantages which Sherman will secure, as bases for operations against the interior, unless he shall go to Savan nah. As he has shunned every city and town having any means of defence on his route, it is not likely that, he will attempt to reach that city. It will perh aps be fortunate for us if he docs. In this hurried glance at the progress of the two armies under notice, do we not" find much more cause for congratulation than anxiety and gloom? A month ago Sherman was in the heart of our State, which he had reached in spite of our best means of defence. His raids harassed every portion of the interior, and all our cities were ap prehensive of an advance. To day he is flounder ing in the marshes of the Coosawhatchee praying for the advent of some of his masters' watei craft, which are said to penetrate "wherever it is a little moist." Confederate Victory in tue Choctaw Na tion. The victory achieved by Gens. Gano and Waitie in the Choctaw Nation, some time since, was a complete success. They attacked the enemy in his camp at Cabin creek, fifty miles north of Fort Gibson, on the Fort Scott road, and captured some 250 wagons and 120 prisoners, with but a slight loss of " two killed and four wounded. The enemy's total loss about 204. They fought him success! ully on the 17th, 19th and 20th, A Por- tion of the train, for want of mules and injury to wagons, was burned. One hundred and twenty wagons were Bafely brought out, and 740 mules, and 704 prisoners. Clothing for 2,000 men was issued, to 1,200 of Gano's and 800 of Watie's men. Many stores were captured. The wagons brought are excellent. After the fight was over and the wagons ours, Gano clothed completely 2,000 men on the spot, with splendid Yankee coats, overcoats, pants, shirts, drawers, socks, hats, blankets, oil cloths, ic. Three wagon loads of coffee and ajico were brought off by our forces. eins ana Mr uourts proposed mm it suuuiu oe me . , , c- , jv - j p ,,if t:i fpecial order for every day until disposed of. Messrs F8C6610n J the Savannah, Albany duU Rail Pool Warren and1 Dick opposed this, because they said , road, and that the 1 ankees had captured ' one ot to our fortifications was I within a'drstance of About twdTjUhdfetf yi': T The Augusta papers mention that bherman had lue UrUll uasseuiier iimuo, luuuiuiui, amongst other persons, R. R. Cuyler, Esq., president of tbe road, ,. - : . - . -. ft c The enemy still holds his position at Coosiwhat chie, about three-quarters of a mile from the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Mrack T His batteries continue td' shell every" passing train. With this exception, all is quiet between Charles ton and Hardeeville, the present, terminus of the road. ' The railroad bridge over the Savannah River has not been burned, as was reported- The struc ture burned was the long and important "trestle work on the Georgia side of the Savannah River. We learn that the bridge over the Ogeechee River has been destroyed by our troops. It is believed that Gen..G.-W. Smith is well posted on the other side of the river, with about 7,C'00 troops. The city yesterday was full of rumors of various which we could trace to no authentic source. The most trustworthy report reaches us via Har deeville, and is to the effect that heavy fighting was going on at noon on Monday, near the race course, which is only a few miles from Savannah, but that our men had nobly raaintajned their posi tion and repu'sedthe enemy.- Charleston Coufici, 14th inst. From Savannah. We learn that the enemj made a demonstration on Savannah Tuesday and were repulsed. It is supposed to be only a feeler, put forth to ascertain our strength there. Gen. Hardee, in a dispatch to Gen. Beauregard, dated Savannah, Tuesday, December 13th, reports every thing working well, and that in his opinion the enemy were endeavoring to reach the coast by way of Genesis Point and Fort McAllister. Tbe ene my's fleet off Oiabaw Sound had largely increased. Arrangements have been made which it is confi dently believed, will interfere very materially with Sherman's progress toward the" coast, if tbey do not check him altogether. Sherman has been dis appointed in not being able -to cross the SavannaB river into South Carolina and effect a junction with Foster's forces at Pocotaligo or Coosawatchie. He was, therefore, compelled to move down along the Ogeechee. All 'was quiet along the line of railroad yesterday. Charleston Courier, 15th. We regret to announce the fall of Fort McAlis ter. i That post was carried early Wednesday mtrning by assault, in which a heavy column of Sherman's best troops participated. It is believed that the enemy will next mjke a desperate effort to gain possession of Genesis Point. Along the line of the Charleston and Savannah railroad all continues quiet. Mercury, 15th. FROM HOOD'S ARMY. The following dispatch fiom Gen. Hood was re ceived at Richmond : Headquarters Army of Tennessee, six miles from Nashville, Dec. 8, via Mobile 9. Hon. J. A. Seddon. About 4 o'clock, p. m.,'30th ult., we attacked the enemy at Franklin, drove them from their centre line of temporary works into their in ner line, which they evacuated during the night, leaving their dead and wounded in our possession, and retreated to Nashville, closely pursued by. our cavalry. We captured several stands of colors and about 1,000 prisoners. Our troops fought gallantly. We have to lament the loss of officers and brave :nen. Major General Clelurn, Brigadier Generals Williams, Adams, Gist, Strahl ami Cranberry were killed ; Mtijor General John Biown, Brigadier Generals S. Carter, Manigault, Quarles, Cockerell and Scott, were wounded. Brig. Gen. Gordon, was captured. . ' Signed J. B. Hood, General. A subsequent telegram from General Hood, says our loss of officers is excessively large in proportion to the loss of men. - Hood's Programme. The Montgomery Ap peal, has information which leads it to believe that in the event that General Hood finds the defences of Nashvilla too formidable to justify an attempt to carry then),, he will move to the left of the city and make- Clarksville, sixty five miles below, on the Cumberland River, his headquarters for the winter. At the same time he could capture Fort Donelson. thirty-five miles below on the river, and Fort Henry, which is twelve miles from Donelson, on the Tennessee River. ' This would give U3 the command of both rivers, and from the position at Clarksvillc the army could draw ample supplies from the productive Counties of Christian, Todd and LogaD, in Kentucky. Within a radius of twenty five miles of Clarksville are not less than thirty first class flouring mills, and the supply of corn and meat in that section is inexhaustible. Besides, recruits would flock to our raokj by thou sand, and when spring opens, the army would oc cupy a commanding position, be supplied in every ! particular and greatly increased in numbers. No Enemy at Chattanooga The La Grange Reporter has information from a gentleman from Carrolton, whose brother's neighbor, liv'ng ir. Van Wert, was in Chattanooga on Wednesday of last week. He states that there was not a Yan kee either in Chattanooga" or Bridgeport, nor was it believed there were any this side of Nashville. If this report is correct it will necessatily com pel the evacuation of all East Tennessee," as their troops there can get no supplies-, without holding Chattanooga. Chronicle & Sentinel 11 th. Northern papers of the 14th say that the cold weather had suspended operations around Nash ville. Breckinridge is reported at Sparta, Tcna., with 10,000 men. . FROM EAST TENNESSEE. Lynchburg, Deo. 14. Passengers by the West ern train report a raid on the Virginia and Ten nessee railroad at Bristol. The enemy are sup posed to be a portion of Burbridge's command, from Beans Station. They advanced ranidlv. f entered the town of Bristol at 5 o'clock this morn .J -I FL .-M .US. ' i ing and destroyed considerable quantity of govern-! ment stores, engine and train on the East Tennessee j 4, and Vireinia railroad, and the astern hnnnrf ! in..i. ir;n n tK 'v;M;: nA T-n.o- i ! ,s caotured between Bristol and Abiriadnn. I No positive intelligence of the enemv'a number : j but it is supposed to be five or six thousand, a por- ( uon oi wnom, it is saia, yet occupy the place. A body of the enemy returning towards Bean'3 Station encountered our forces at Zollicoffer Sta tion, on the East Tennessee road, nine miles west Of Bristol, where a fight was said to be progressing at last accounts. - ... Lieut-Col. John S. Mosby, the famous cavalry man, has "been promoted to the rank of Colonel ineir nearest approacu From tho Goldsbofo' Journal, December 15. '.The raiders eame. and have gone", and beyond the usual scare, nobody is touch hurt. - 4; ' We happeaed tQ e;ddwn in tbajlow? part of Pitt county on Sunday lasf jandjilmost stumbled on the raiders. They ascended the south bank of tbe Neuse from Newbern; and at about 10 o'clock, a. in. w he p up nearly'at? hiirh as Co ward's bridge, they fired a few shotsinDur pickets in the Becton old field. It was near this point we made the ac quaintance of the gentlemen, giving -them, how ever, a rather wide berth. v Our information and observation led us to. the opinion, that the force was about 700 strong. "We understood they had a few boats ia the 'expedition, but we doubtiit, J Having driveh'eur picaets ba-ck at Bectfons, the enemy pushed on towards Kinston, and reached the neighborhood'of 'th'ip!ace i tffe" same "evening." What followed we lajn irbm others, ' . Our Kinston correspondent under, date 14th says, the enemy numbered about 1000, and consis ted of portions of theUS2d New York and 15th Massachusetts' infantry-f three companies cfthe 12th New York cavalry, and ono section of Bruce'a New York'light arUjery all under the command of Lt. Col. Ilitcheocithj6 132d N. Y infantry. They went within two miles of Kinston,' where t.hrv encountered a portion of the 3d NI C. cavalry, commanded by Lietrt.otr Beard, and a section of Cummiog s battery, Allji-Kunuianded by Lieut- Col. J. B.: Starr. ' The casualties on our side are4hree men of the cavalry captored and one wounded. None killed. Lieut. John B. Wooten, of Capt. Foy's company, captured a Yankee cavalryman, his horse and accoutrements and brought them in. As might have been expected the Yankees com mitted the usual excesses rplundering and Tob bing indiscriminately. Wm. H. West, Jacob West, Shadrack Randall and Mrs George C Ilarta field suffered most severely, being robbed of every thing of value. e " NEW YORK. The Columbia Carolinian publishes tbe following letter from New York : New York, Nov. 26, 1864. Gotham is "fast," and the fastness is eontamina- .ting. Men dart along the streets as it tbe head less Horseman was at their heels. - fetop them tor anything buX a trade, and they jerk their sentences out with an economy 'that makea one nervous.1 Follow them to Florence's or Delmonieo's; even there they eat, drinknand smoke purely with an eye to the niain cha-'neq. Business, business its their thought by day, their dream by night, and they bend their enjiea to it as if they had aeon- tract with tbe devil tuat might expire at any mo- ment, and find some trade unfinished. Petroleum, Government bonds and gold these are the three notes constantly rung in the car. Physically, New York has not materially changed during tbe war. The stores are filled with the richest goods; magnificent houses are taking the place of the old, and wealth is lavishly bestowed in the adornment of real estate. Central Park is much improved, as-are many of the up town streets. Property has changed -owners freely. Thousands have sunk below the surface, but tens of thousands, grown rich on-the war, have taken their places, and no void exists. Socially, one misses the familiar home faces that used to be encountered on the promenade; but the crowd is the same. - Mere outward appearances in dicate anything but a million of men gone down into their graves within four years. Parties," balls, theatres, operas, are in full blast; and the drifting crowd of Broadway, with the ceaseless diapason that thunders frofft a million wheels, is still the same. Life, bttStyjfci-?, pleasure and unrest are stampedn everything. Politically, Newf-brk is not as bad as has been represented. Tbe sentiment of the' city is for peace. The Southerner finds friends. The mer chants are anxious to conciliate. They are satis fied the North cannot conquer, and, looking ahead, are seeking to re-open the old- avenues of trade with the South. Many of them ate1 indirectly en gaged in the blockade business, and make large ventures. Shipments of Yankee manufactures are constantly going forward to Nassau. An effort is being made to render the conduct of the war more humane, and to induce the Administration to put aside its fanaticism arid Tindictiveness; but it will fail. Some of thGovernment organs are urging The virtue of a different course, but it is at best a feeble and fitfuLlfght, and shows only the greater gloom by which Jn is enveloped. , Tho newspapers are flourishing. The Herald is as enterprising,' :wfii "and erratic, the Tribune as b'itter and fanatic, the Times as unscrupulous, and the World as changeable and unreliable as ever. The News is what is termed :Copperhead," but its editorials are able, independent and defiant com mand respect, and have made the paper pecuniarily successful. The rice of all the dailies is now four cents. Each :employs a1 large number of corres pondents, who write and telegraph from the armies, and every rorMjIng you read, under glaring capi tals, of GRANT, SHERMAN or SHERIDAN, whole pages of -startling events, that set the com munity agog with' excitement. Bnt it don't last long. Lies, like chickens, come home to roost in about two days, and the people meanwhile prepare to swullaw the succeeding dose. The Southern news is gleaned principally from the Richmond papers, whiclTare almost daily received. Edito rials, items and market quotations are eagerly sought after, 'as symptoms of our condition; and when the editorSget hold of one of the Examiner's or VV lug s uproarious articles, mey go into an ec stacy of comments. " Sometimes, I regret to remark, our friends say a word too much, especially in reference to military affairs, though of late I ob serve greater cdU tion. ' -- Among the books recently announced, is Pol lard's Third Year-of tbe war," published by O. B. Richardson, with portraits of Generals Cooper, Bragg, Ewell, Kirby Smith and the author. 'This volume closes with the attack on Petersburg by Gen. Grant. Mr Richardson is also publishing the life of Stonewall Jackson, and tho official reports of battles, published by order of tbe Confederate Congress. WTinfield Scott's autobiography is about to be brought out. ; , The clergy are fanatical, as usual. An effort is being made t unite all the sects, opposed to the Catholics. Dr. Cox heads the movement. Ward BeechT preaches politics and war to the knife at Brooklyn, and his imitators follow suit from many . ot tn e pulpits The great sensation of the last week has been turtles, and now to get and cook them. Many "'Ousana nave ueen lorwaruea to me army oi . f 1 1 I ! 1 . . t Grant The hotels took a thousand each to cook, j 1,10 .ouler !.ma,i sfabliSbmentS from fifty to five ; fowls were then boxed by com mittees and shipped. I Another sensation now at its height, has grown j out of the attempt to burn the hotels. The plan j didn't succeed. The details will probably reach j you before this letter.. Southerners are now watched bj areus eyes. The entire community is in a ner vous flutter, and immense rewards are offered for the "diabolical incendiaries," asthe papers call them. Thus far the man with the black valise is at large. ' Tesmssejsast. 7HOBTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Appoiataiects of the North jCatqlina Conference, M. E. Church South, held at Mocksvjjlle. oa tbe 1 in ictsant. . - V Haikigh District N f R,eiI, P JE : . ; IUleigu Station B Craven. V.- W 44 Col'd Chapel W E Pell and A R Raven. " Mission To be supplied Wajce J B Bobbin Tar River Jos H Wheeler and W Iliirrii . Person Paul J Carrowaj and J P Moore - Orange V M Jordan, T W Moore iHlUboro' To be aapptied " " ";' Ba.-ringpr's Brigade J II Robbina IloLe't Brigade J J Uinea loih Ga Cavalry J D Buie 22ed H C Troopa W II Moore . 30thN O Trtfops A D Bella 44ih N C Troops R S Webb 4RiiN:Tmaw- Pllr 51st N C T coops J B ilford 67th N C Troops E-i Wilsott . Troops bchw yvjt'gton C,J4 Pepper t Other Troops in N U Con J S Long GaKBNSBOJto' District P Boub, P E. " Greensboro J W Tucker Guilford W B Richard?tn ' ' Forsyth e C C Ddfon ' Winston John W Jenkina Stokes S II Ilelsabeck ' - Madison J E Maun. STentworth M C Thomas Yanceyulle R G Barrett Leesburp J P Simpson ' Saura Town Mission To be supplied . Tbisitv College District W Barringer, P B Trinity College od High Point J R Brooks Aslnboio' Z B Rush t . Franklinsville C II I'hillipe, T L Troy . Uwhanie J F lleerans -r Davidson W D Meachem Thomasville and Lexington D R Brnton South Guilford N II D Wilioa Alamance W II Barns 1 ; SALiSBtax District Ira T WycLe,P S Salisbury A W Han gum Rowan J a Cunninpgiru, W W Alba East Rowan John VV Lewis Mocksville C Parker Iredell John Tillett South Iredell T Jj Trlplett Alexander M V Shtrrill Jonesville J F Smobt ' Wilkes W II Thompson Surry To be supplied 1 ' Elkin To be supplied Statesville L F Mar Olin High School S M Frost ' ' Washington District L L Mendren, P E. Roanoke L Shell, N A II Goddin Warren T B Kingsbury, TB Recks, Sup'y Warrenton W 11 Wheeler Ileuderson T P Rieaud. Granville W C Jannon " ' , ' Nashville M J Hunt Tarboro Wm Closs Greenville B F Long MaUamuskcet J II Hill , Newbkhs District CF Deems, P. B. Beaufort John Jones . Lenoir W II Hooker Snow Hill J B Martin Wilson J W Wheeler Goldsboro J B William?, G W Deemi Evereltsville JN Andrews Smiihficld Joseph Wheeler Johnson Mission To be supplied Kinston Troops J C Thomas Wilson Ct B B Culbreth Nahunta Colored Mission To be supplied. WiLMiKGTox District D B Jficholion, P. E. Front Street L S Burkhead Fifth Street S D Peeler Topsail and N. Hanover A Gattis Onslow W A Smith Duplin D C Johnson - . . Sampson W M Rob Bladen J B Bailey South River Mission R P Bibb KlizabethUvvn E A Yates Whiteville J H Dally Smithville T W Guthrie Cape Fear Mission To be supplied Magnolia D Culbreth Brunswick It T N Stevenson. Fayettevillk District W II Bobbitt, P. E. Fayetteville H T Hudson ' Evans' Chape! To be supplied Cumberland C W King " Cape Fear J W A vent naw River II H Gibbons Pittsboro'O J Brent Carthage R A Willis . . .! Rockingham S D Adams Montgomery F II Wood Troy G E Wyche Robeson W II Chaffin, P H Scovills Chapel Hill W C Wilson Chatham W F Clegg . . -Marquis L Wood, Missionary to China. . The next Conference is to be held at Rockingham, Richmond county, N. C. The Columbia I'mson. The Augusta Chron iclc says eacaped Yankee officers from Columbia confess that the guard at that place is very suscep tible to bribery. Somebody wants ventilating. Somebody wants hanging., 1YOTICI2. "The Negrocj of Misses Mary and Martha Johnston, who are not hired privately, will be put up at CafUnia Grove, Gaston county, to the highest bidder, on Jan uary 2d, 1805, for the ensuing year. S. X. JOHNSTON, Agent. Dec 12, 1864 3t-pd IScal JGsfatc Cor Male. A small Plantation will be sold privately, containing about fifty-three actesof land, with all the improve ments. This land lies withiu five minutes walk of tbe Court House in Charlotte, and if sold before tbe 1st of December, possession wi'l tie given the 1st of January, 1865. For particulars inquire of the subscriber on the premises. . ASA GEORGE. Nov 28. 1864 if t Commou School Teachers;. Persona desirous of teaching Common . Schools in Mecklenbnrg county, will please appear for examina tion, at the Chairman's office ia the Court House, on the last Saturday in December. ' - - O.-W. McDONALD, Ch'm, S. P. SMITH. M. D. JOHNSTON. Dec. 12, 1864. Ex. Com. ADMINISTRATOR'S SAsLE. As Administrator of B. F. Watt, deceased, I will sell on Saturday tbe 3 1st of December, at the store of Grier & Gallant, in Steel Creek, Four Likely Negroes, viz: Edom, about 30 years old, Emetine about 17, and her child about 2 months old; an 1 Nancy, 10 years old. All persons having claims against the deceased mast present them, duly authenticated, withia the time pre scribed by lar, or this aoTice will be pleaded ia bar of their recovery ; and those indebted will please make settlement. ALEX. GRIER, Dec. 12, 1864. 3tpd " Administrator. Xegro for Sale. square in CLarloMe, on Monday, 2Cth December. She is about eleven years olJ, one-tourtn waite or gioger cake color, very likely ana smart; bas been raised in the house, and is quick and bandy. Terms cash. Con federate money. S. A. HARRIS, Dec 12, 1864 3t Auctioneer. Negroes, &c., for Sale. As Administrator of John Griffin, deceased, I will fell at my residence, on Negrobfad Creek, ia Union county, ou the 29th inst., two Negro Bovs, aged 14 and 16 first rate boys. Also, one Horse, Buggy and Har ness, and one Silver Watch. S. ROWLAND, Adm'r. Dec 13, 1894 4t-pd - nobttiehn items. ? 8om twenty-fire rebels appeared on the bank of the. river opposite Memphis a few dsys since wared their hats and humhed for Jeff. Davis, a force ff 150 negroes was sent over on a Mcamcr and Jasdcd about a mile lower down the river. The rebels ran, pursued by the negroes, until they eauie to thick bushes where thereTwas a brge Arce of rebels. A few of the negroes cot back, but many rushed Into lh fiver and were drowned. A qnciooati telegram mvs there coobidcr able excaeinent ITitre'oo the Olh, in consequenco of a ruBior -that Forrest was moving against Louis ville. ' In tie Yankee Senate, Mr Davis of Kentucky submitted lengthy joint resolutions for the restora! tion of peace and Union, which were laid on tLo table and ordered to be printed. The resolution 1 propose a ConTentionrofrtlt ihe-8tates,'to which t-jliail be referred an amendment to the Cocstitution one ormiog the New ,Koglaid Slates into ono' State?, another providing for ,the alternate election ot President from free and slave States. Mrs. Srah Hut chics, recently convicted by a military Court in Baltimore, of acting as an acnt to furnish the rebels with supplies, has been coo., nutted to the House of Correction at FitcMurp, Massachusetts, under a sentence of imprisonment for five years. Kev. Arthur Cleveland Coxc, D. D , Kpiscopil Bishop of Western New Yo'ik, preached a ecrtuon ic Brooklyn a few days tinee, in which he proposed a union of Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Metho dists, Moravians, and other sects, on the busts of the Niceoe creed. ' STIMYEI), From my plantation near Wilson Wallace's, on -the 21:h November, ird COW8 i on a low heavy st Cow. llm other a mod into -aiaed Cow with a wkita apot in br feca and a leather strap aronnd cue of her. fore frt-t is a bad jiiinp-r. Th-y were seeu on the PotUr Road u-r Milton U lack's. The one with a strap on hrr fore font can from Stuel Cwk settlement. I will pay a liU-rnl rcivati fortht'in, or information so I can get tin m. " W. A. LOOK. Dec 12, 1864. -Q.M. pep't. Charlotte, N. C. JYOTICE. On Tuesday, tbe 3 J of Januarr. at the late residence of Wm. A. Ardrey, deceased, I will hire the Negroes and rent the Lands belonging to tbe minor bcirs of said de ceased, for the year 1866. JA3. ii. KOUIN5U.N, Guardian Dec 12, 18C4 41 TO El I It I?, A likely negro Woman and h r I litre children for the ensuing year. The eldeit child U a boy large enouph to drop corn and do other light work, and would be hired near his mother, If not needed by the person hir ing her. She is a good baod either in the boose or field, and as tbe owucr of her husband lives near the Union county line, she would be hired on very favor able ;crius to one living In that section. Ap.1y through the office of the Democrat, or address Box 97, Char lottc P. O. , -j. December 12, 18C4 2t Just Received and for Sale, 5000 Lbs. Farming Iron, 100 Sacks Virgiuia Salt, SO Kegs Nails, assorted flies, A lot of superior Patent Plows, And various other articles. Which will be exchanged on liberal terms fur Country Produce or sold low for Confederate money. W. U. MATTHEWS. December 12, 1864 . 2t , ... ,. SALT ! SAlT!! In exchange for Bacon, Pork, Corn or Molus.rs. YOUNG, WRISTON St OHU. Not 38, I8C4 if . NOTICE. Having qualified as Executor of the last Will and Tectament of lit v. It. II. LatTcrty, deceased, all persons having claims agaiust the estate will present Hum fur settlement, and those indebted to the estate will comn forward and make pajmcnt, or ibis ootice wMI bo pleaded in bar of their recovery. . E. C. WALLIS, Executor. Dec S, 1864. 4t ' Salt! Salt:! Salt!!! SCBSISTEKCI DXPABTMEXT, Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 28th, 1804. The Subsistence Department a ill eicthnge SALT for Bacon and - Peef, giving fire and a half pounds of 8U far one pound of Dacon, and one and ihrre-flMi pound of Salt for one pound of Beef. The 8lt is gnol. dry Virginia Salt, and is believed to be equal to the Liver pool for curing meat. i E. M. LOWE, Major and Dist. Cum., 3d DijI. S. C. Per 5, 18C4. 2t ; NOTICE. ' All persons hartng claims against tbe estate of William D. Howard, deceased, will present them to me for payment within tbe time prtfcrlbed by Jaw, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. G..D. BROOM, Kxecotor. Nov 28, 1864 4t-pd Southern Exprea Coiniiany. CHARLOTTE, N. C, Nov. 21, 1864. On and after this dale all Boxes which are rrt urrtjr fastened and strapped, con!ining stores ior the N. -' Troops in the field, marked to the care of Horr'" General Warren, Raleigh, will be forwarded without expense to either shipper or consignee, and will .have preference over all other freight excepting that of the enme class from other States. L. K. BATES. Nov 21, 18C4 If- Aill tfupt. NOTICE." The undersigned having qnalifie d as Executrix of t last Will and Testament of Samuel M. Witters, de ceased, at tbe Or:bef term, 18C4, jot Hcrklenbiirg county court, all persons having claims again! il Estate of t:ii Testator, are required to present tbe same for payme.nL. within the time prescribed by Jaw, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. MARGARET II. WITHERS. Nov 28, 1864 Im-pd Executrix. NOTICE. We positively forbid all persons white and LlarX, poor and rich from fishing in our Mill Pond. Any one caught violating this notice will certnlnly be pre secutrd. We can do loagvr bear the depredations that have been committed on oar premises. Oct 24, I8C4. PARKS WALLIS. Stale of !f. Carollnn-fJiicolii Counts. Court 0 I'ltat and Quarter SttiiontXov. Ttrnt 18C4. J. C. Cobb, Executor of John Bulls, deceased. Petition to Settle Estate. It appearing to wy satisfaction thsl Jo J- Buttp, David Butts, Daniel Butts, Job" M. fihoford. Susan . Colding. D F. ShnfoM. Carolina E. Johnston, VV . T. Shnford and Geo. W. Sbuford. he.rs at law aad leg., tees of John BntU. dceeSsed. are non-resideoU f this State, it is ordered that publication 1 be made In tbe Democrat, a e.ppcr publUbed at Chailotte N. C. notifying ibein to appear ' Coo rt House n Lin colnton, on the 2lt J t Jary, 1865, when lb. Commissioners appeintcd by.Cwit will nuke tbe set tlement. .... , . Witness, W. ciarit, Vierit 01 saia vourt, at eiacr, 30tb Nov. 1S6. , , 436tJ a-l'- $23- w It. CLARK, Clerk. REUOISOTIl FURNACE, In Illant, 3 miles northeast of Iron Station, Lincoln eo, XL. Tbe proprietors are prepared to do Catting of all kinds. Address, - SIIIPP KBIMIAKUI, Dee. 8, 1864. tf Iron P. O., N. C.
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