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O 3?" I n tn - ' ' 7- WEST SIDEOF TILVDE STREET " "tlARACTEn IS -s important to states A3 it is to individuals, "axd the glory or' the one is the common property "op the other )$15 for SIS MCIJTHfl. ' ; . - . . . - r IN A DYANC !. W. J. YAVBS, editor d J CHARLOTTE, N. C., T CJESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1865. j thirteextu tolcjie ncmber -is 7. BEffiQGMT, Published every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROraiXTOR. FOR SIX MONTHS $15 IN ADVANCE. cgr Transient advertisements must be paid for in Advance. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript or a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. MEMBERS OP THE LE QIS LATUBE OP UOBTH CAROLINA. SENATE. Pasquotank and Porquimons W II Bagley. Camden and Currituck D McD Lindsey. Gates and Chowan M L Euro. , Hyde and Tyrrell Edward L Mann. Northampton rJ 13 Odom. Hertford James M Wynn. Bertie John Pool. Martin and Washington J R Stubbs. Halifax Mason L Wiggins. Edgecombe and Wilson J II Powell. Pitt Dr E J Blount B.-aufoi t E J Warren Craven N A Whitford Carteret and Jones Dr M F Arendell Greene and Lenoir J P Speight N Hanover Edw'd D Hall 1) iplin W U Ward Oarflow Isaac N Saunders Bladen. Brunswick and Columbus John W Ellis Cumberland and Harnett XV B Wright Sa-npson William Kirby Wayno Benj Aycock Johnston T D Sae.ad Wake W D Jones Nash A J Taylor Franklin W Harris Warren Dr T J Pitchford . Granville R W Lassiter p,.ron C S Winstead Orange John Berry Al.unance and Randolph Hon Giles Mebano Cil athatn E H Straughn Moore and Montgomery Dr J M Crump Richmond and Robeson Giles Leitch' Anson and Union Col W C Smith Guilford Robt P Dick. Caswell William Long Rockingham D W Court Mecklenburg W M Grier Cabarrus and Stanly Dr J E McEachern Rowan and Davie W B March Davidson Henderson Adams Stokes and Forsyth J E Matthews Ashe. Surry, &e Jonathan Hoitou Iredell, Wilkes, tec A M Bogle Burke. McDowell, dec S F Patterson Lincoln, Gaston, and Catawba M L McCokle Rutherford. Polk, etc Dr W J T Miller Buncomhe. Henderson, Jcc M Patton Macon, Haywood, &c S C Brysou HOUSE OF COMMONS. Alamance R Y McAdeu, C F Faucett Alexander J M Carson Anson A J Dargan, L L Folk Ahe Mr McMillan Beaufort Hon R S Donnell, D M Carter jVrtie P T Henry, Jas Boud Bladen J W Russ Brunswick D L Russell, Jr Burke J J Erwin Buncombe J .M Gudger Cabarrus P B C Smith Chatham J II Headen. W J Headen, W P Hadley Caldwell J M Isbell Camden W A Duke Carteret Stephen D Pool Caswell Montford McGehec, S S Harrison . Catawba W P Reinhardt Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D McLean, Dr John McCormick Cherokee G W Hays Chowan LC Benbury Cleavelaud D Beam. J W Gidney Columbus Forney George Craven Wm Lane. T II Gaskins Currituck J J Baxter Davie R F Johnston D.lin Zach Smith, It B Houston D ividson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes Edjecombe David Cobb", L D Farmer Franklin W K Davis F,(l Sy th W II Wlic-clcr. W B Stipe Gaston W T Shipp Gates Richard Bond Guilford D F Caldwell, A Clapp.'A S Ilolton Granville P P lYaee. E Grissom, J S Amis Halifax H Joyner, A II Davis Haywood Samuel I. Lovo Henderson M M Putton Hertford J B Vann Hyde Mr Gibba Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpe Jackson W A En loo Johnston W A Smith. W G Banks Jones F ( Simmons" Lenoir, Allen W Woolen Lincoln, Ambrose Costuer , Macon, J M Lyta Madison, W H Brown. Martins S W Oulterbridge McDowell, W F Craigo .Mecklenburg. John L Brown, E C Grier Montgomery, Allen Jordan Moore, Elam J. Harrington . m Nash. G C Lewis New Hanover. Saml J Person, J R Hawes Northampton, S T Stancill, W J Rogers Orange, S F Phillips, W N Patterson Onslow, l J Murrill Pasquotank, W E Mann Pe rquimons, J II Riddick Person, John W Cunningham Pitt, B G Albritton, C IVrkins Randolph, Joel Asheworth, E T Blair Rowan. F E Shoher. W II Crawford Richmond, B F Little Robeson, David Bethuae, T J Morisey- Rockingham, Mr Strong, A J Bay d Rutherford, J L Carson. A R Bryan Sampson, L A Powell, Patrick MurpLy Stanlv, R Harris Stokes. W II Flynt ' - - Hurry. MrWaugh Tyrrell. L L IWoll ,,. -Union, C Austin Wake. D G Fowl, G H Alford. C J Rogers Wayne, M K Crawford. J M Caho Warren, W T Allston, T J Judkins Washington. L C Latham Watauga, Wm Horton Wilkes, A S Calloway, P T IJorton " Yadkin, A C Cowles ' . Yanoy, V M Young. The following arc the sections of former laws to which the above law refers : Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, -That it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a guard for home defence all white male persons not already enrolled in the service of the Confederate States, be tween the sges of eighteen nr.d fifty years, resident in this State, including foreigners not naturalized, who have been residents in the State for thirty days before such enrollraenl, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judge3 of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Law and Equity, the members of .the General Assembly and the officers of the several Departments of the Government of the State, Ministersof the Go?pel of the tevenil denominations of the State charged with the duties of churches, and such other persons as the Governor, for special reasons, may dfeeni proper sub jects of eieaiption. Late of July, 1863. Sic. 3. Be it further enacted. That in addition to the exemptions contained in the act to which this is an amendment, there shall be exempt County eommis sTf ncrs appointed imderan act entitled "An act for the relief of wives and families of soldiers in tbe army." i regular millers, blacksmiths who have established j shops- necessary operatives in factories and foundries, ; the Attorney General, Solicitors of the several circuits I and counties, physicians of five years' practice, cot- traders with the State or Confederate government, one j editor to each newspaper and the necessary compositors, j mail carriers, professors in colleges and teachers in academics; I'roridtd, that this exemption ' shall only apply to the drills specified in this bill and not to ser vice when the Gnard for Home Defence is called iato the field. Law of Dec , 18C3. The povio in the above section is repealed. The persons mentionad are snhject to Home Guard duty only when the county in which they reside is invaded, or in cast? of insurrection in the county. TYotice. All persons leaving Charlotte by Railroad are re quired to obtain Passports tt the Provost Marshal's office. By order, Liet. O. W. CEACS0N, Oct 17, 1864 ProTOstMarshaL THE NEW HOME GUARD LAW. An Act to Increase the Efficiency of the Home . Guard Organization. " ; Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ) btate of North Carolina, and it is,hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever the Guard for Home Defence shall be called info service beyond the limits cf their respective' counties, the Governor may cause two or more Companies to be consolidated into one company so as to-make not less than sixty-four I men, rank and hie, teacb company; saia company so consolidated shall elect from the Captains commanding t.be ouipanies so consolidated a Captain to eoimoand soch consolidated company, and from ihe first Lieuten ants, Second Liautenants and Junior Second Lieuten ant? of such companies, an officer of each of said ranks, to be assigned to duty with such consolidated com pany, such of the officers of companies so consolidated as may not be elected for service with such consolida ted company, shall be required to perform service as non-commissioned officers or privates in the consoli dated company, formed of their original companies, and while so serving their commissions shall be suspended. Sec. 2: Be it further enacted, That the Governor may in like manner cawse two or more battalions or regiments of the-Home Guards when called into service beyond their respective battalions or regimental limits, or when called, into service within such limits in con nection with other portions of such force, to be con solidated; said ba'talions when so consolidated to be composed of not less than three companies, and said regiments when so consolidated to be composed of not more than ten companies. The Governor m..y assign to the command of such consolidated battalion or regi ment any officer or officers from the battalion or regi ments so consolidated. Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That the Governor may, in his discretion, in constituting the consolidated companies contemplated by the first section hereof, take the one-fourth, one-third, or one-half of any com pany as at present organized with a due proportion of its officers, out of which to constitute such consolidated comp5"v. nfld stlch of the officers of companies as at present "organized", at tr?ay be placed with fractions of their companies to form a consolidated company, as may. not be ek-ctvd to command sncb consolidated comptiny, shall be required to serve in such ..consulida ted company as non-commisslOned officers or privates, and while so serving their commissions shall be sus pended. The Governor shall have power to discrim inate in favor of farmers and mechanics, when he calls out a less number than the whole of a company, also to declare vacant the office of an olhcer wh is declared by a medical board'permancntly disabled for field duty, either in the militia or Home Guards, or of an officer who absconds to the enemy. Skc. 4. Be it further enacted. That all Quartermas ters ami Commissaries of regiments or battalions of Home Guards as at present organized, that may not be assigned to duty by the Governor with a consolidated battalion or regiment, shall be required to serve as non-commissioned officers or privates, in some one company of their present command, and while so serv ing their commissions shall be suspended. Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon General, by and with the advice and consent of the Governor, shall appoint a Medical Board for each Con gresiionnl District in this State, whose business it shall be'to examine all persons claiming exemption from Home Guard duty on account of physical dis ability, that these examinations shall be made at such time and under such rules and regulations as may be established by the Surgeon General and that the mem bers of said Boards shall receive the same pay and allowances while or duty a? the Confederate Conscript Boards. Sec. 6. Bo it further enacted, That when such com panies, baltalious or regiments, have been consolidated a3 herein provided for, they shall continue in such organizations until further provisions shall be made in their behalf. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the second sec tion of "an act in relation to the Militia and a Guard for Home Defence," ratified the 7th day of July, 1803, be, and the same !s hereby amended, by striking out the word "these" in the ninth line of said section, and inserting the word "the;" that the third section of "an act in relation to the Militia and Guard for Home De fence," ratified the. 1 4th day of December, 1863, be, and the same is hereby amended, by inserting between tbe words "regular" and ''millers" the words "and public," And by inserting between the words "millers" and "blacksmiths" the word "and," and that the proviso at the end of said 3d section be and the same is hereby repealed; That in addition to the exemptions specified in the acts aforesaid, there'shall be exempt from Home Guard duty all county trustees, regular and public tanners, hatters aud shoemakers skilled in their respec tive callings, and who were employed in the same prior to the fir-st day of January, A. D., 18G3, and have con tinued to.be so employed since that time. Provided, tanners shall sell one-third of their leather to indigent soldiers' wives and widows for their own use at schedule prices. Provided, that no provision of this act shall be so construed as to exempt from military service any per son mentioned herein, in case of actual servile insur rection or invasion of the county in which he resides, by Federal forces, except the persons and classes men tioned in 2d section of an act in relation to the Militia and a Guard for Home Defence, ratified the 7th of July, lSb'3. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force vora and after its ratification. Read three times and ratified in General Assembly this 23d day of December, A. D., 1864. le VSt si txn x B nun r r a t. . CHARLOTTE N. C. The PfcACE Commissioners. The Richmond Sentinel, speaking of the departure of our Com missioners lcr Washington city, eays the circum stances under which these gentlemen have departed on their mission, ia understood to be as follows.: ' Blair having sought an official confidential inter view wirh Mr. Davis, departed for Washington with the assurance that our President would be willing at any time, without any obstinate regard to form, to send an Agent or Commissioners to Washington to confer about- terms of peace, if in formed in advance that said Commissioners would be received. On Blair's second visit to Richmond he brought the-consent ot Lincoln to receive and confer with any agents, mlormally, 6ent who a view to the restoration of peace. The three gentlemen who left were thereupon selected by the President, and have gone without i'oimal credentials, merely as informal agents, to see whether it be possible to place confidence for peace on any basis which may serve for attaining so desirable" results. Our Commissioners Across the Lines. Peters burg, Jan. 31. Gen. Grant seut in a flag of truce to-day, announcing that our Commissioners would be received at 5 o'clock, p in. Accordingly at that hour, Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Camp bell proceeded out on the Baxter road, and under flag of truce entered the enemy's lines in front of Wise's brigade, of Gen. Bushrod Johnston's divis ion. They were received by Col. Hancock, of Gen. Grant's staff, and conducted to a social train, to the car in the. rear. ihe Commissioners. will be entertained at Grant's headquarters to-night, and start for Washington to-morrow. Mr Ste phens' servant accompanied him. Colonel Hatch, Assistant Agent of Exchange, accompanied the Commissioners, as Secretary. During the passage of tbe Commissioners across ,lhe lines, the breast works of the enemy, as well as our own, were crow ded with soldiers witnessing the novel, event. It is stated that the Commissioner in passing through our lines, were vociferously cheered by ouflroops, and that similar demonstrations were made by the Yankees on their arrival within the Yaukee lines. ' For the Weitern Democrat. SKETCHES OP TRAVEL Through t7ie Koth into the Conftderate lines BY LADY. Lenoir, N. C , Jan. 25, 18G5. N. C. LEGISLATURE. Oo tie 23th, ia the Senate, Jfr'Pattcrsoo intro duced a bill to continue in force tbo- law ia regard : Mr Friend : You requested me to give you an account in toto of. our travels since leaving Ken tucky until our arrival at our prestot home. This I fear would be a herculean task, but knowing w a , a"I"J ,n a." ina.1 aies to , X wiu cont;nually until morning Dijli" briefly sketch the most prominent incidents of our strjets Tree from the tread of the in journey, iuu are ajreaay acquainted, to some forces returnin extent, with our misfortunes in J" Gen. John C. Breckinridge has been ap pointed Secretary of War, in place of J . A. Sed dou, icsigned. - fi Wm. Johnston, Esq , of Charlotte, N. C, was tendered . the appointment of Commissary General, io place of "Northrop resigned; but Mr Johnston declined it. Factory Burnt. We resret to hear that the cotton Factory of .Mc A lister & Co., in Montgome ry county, caught fire accidentally on Friday night last and was destroyed. Fuyetteville Observer. . An Important Decision. We understand that tbe government has decided, in the case of Mr. Augusta Spann, iate of Mississippi deceased, who was an 'exempted agriculturist, that where a detail or exemption was revoked, or the detailed or exempted party died, ouly a payment pro rata for the time the party enjoyed the detail or exemp tion, would be exacted. This dicision was elicited from the Secretary of War by a letter from A. G. Mayers, Esq., on the subject of the liability of the estate of Mr Spann, he having died a few months after he was exempted. m Powder Mill Explosion. The incorpora ting house of tbe powder mills on the Crabtree, three miles from Kaleigh, was blown up on the 27th. A free negro who was-near it was set on fire and blowup into the canal Kirk's Raiders. We understand that all the Classes of the Home Guard are ordered to re fort at once at Morganton to meet an .anticipated attack from a body of .Kirk's raiders. During last week the force stationed at Piedmont Springs were surrounded by about three hundred men, supposed to belong to tbesame command, and our men were compelled to fall back. Such is the news from the Western, front. Statesyille Ex press. Shad have made their appearance in the market at Wilmington, at 31.60 in specie, per pair. TAX-IN-KIND NOTICE. We will attend at the following places for the pur pose of taking the Returns of the Second Class Crop, which consists of Corn, Buckwheat, Rice, Irish Pota toes, Cured Fodder, Sugar, Molasses, Peas and Beans, Ground Peas, and Cotton: Lemly's, DeweeseV, Jlallard Creek, Harrisburg, Crab Orchard, Clear Creek, Morning Star, Providence, Sharon, Steel Creek, Berryhill's, Paw Creek, Long Creek, Dec. 26, 1864. 17th January, L865 18th 19th " 20tb " 24th " 25th, " 26th " 27th " 30th " 31st ' " 1st February, 24 u 3d J. BLACKWOOD, W. M. ST1TT, Assessors Tax-in-Kind, 45th Dlit. N. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, J AS. 6t-pd NOTICE. I positively forbid all persons from hunting on my .land. I can no longer bc-ar the depredations that have been committed on my premises, A. A. ALEXANDER. January 9, 1865. lm-pd Wm. F. Davidson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will resume the practice f Law in the Courts of j Mecklenburg county, of claims, Ac. January 9, 1865 . our ruistortuncs in Kentucky since thewar began, particularly from the time of leav ing XJoviugton, on the border, for the interior of the State, but you can never know tbe thousand petty annoyances to which we were subjected by the Federal authorities, who persecuted us in lieu of the gray-haired fathefand young brother who fled from their despotism, un;ting their fate with that of the Confederacy of freemen. rinaing lue almost intolerable under too sur veillance of Yankee detectives, we applied for a pass into Confederate lines by lettet to General Burbridge, and were informed that such could be granted only by tbe President, application to be made en person-ne. So leaving old Kentucky with its many true hearts, thousands throbbing cs warmly for Southern rights as our own, we, pro ceeded to Cincinnati and from thence on tho "crest line" to Baltimore via Pittsburg and Har risburg. At Baltimore we met friends of the secret league of sisterhood whose .mission it is to care for the .wants of our noble suffering prisoners, and manifold are the comforts dispersed by their busy bands. God bless tbe Maryland women, heart, soul and hand are with the patriots. To gether we visited the beautiful Greenmount Cem etery, and stood by ihe graves of many of our martyr heroes whoso bodies removed from the battle field of Gettysburg, mingle their ashes with the dust of "the old land." Flowers and clinging myrtles wreathe the last resting: place of those few fortunate that the red burial of an enemy's battle field was not theirs, and that Maryland's daughters weep for the brave who sleep sweetly here "after life's fitful fever." . From Baltimore we proceeded to Washington, and thanks to tbe intrigue of a friend, (a favorite with official:?,) gained the entice into the presence of his most royal msjesty, Abraham Lincoln. There being many applicants before us, we bad opportunity for observing the demeanor of this President. There is not one ray of human kind ness in this nianVface, no trace of the bcing.made "little lower than the angels." No dignity, . no courtesy in his address an aspect wholly repulsive, a buffoon, "royal jester of a nation's woes." A tearful mother, imploring for a son's life, was turned away with a brutal jest and denial; a grey haired father and weeping sister, pleading for a son and brother to be retdoved from a hospital's com fortless walls that affection's hand might tend them, were treated with this same monstrous levity. God help America ! Our request was peremptorily refused with the assurance that he (the President Ybad no sympathy with us or oor kind. It may be of our party, (Southern sympathizers) or of our sex the latter would be quite in keeping with his bearing toward ladies. Ho essayed a few feeblo jokes for our benefit, but as we, not being of the enlightened shoddy, didn't 'take,' he desisted in great disgust at our obtuseness. Leaving the desecrated tine, hold of the "White House," we returned to Balti more, not discouraged, ohTno, was ever a woman so? When she will, she will', and there's an end on't. Consulting with our friends in Baltimore, we first appealed to. Mrs. Lincoln, as country women, to assist us by her influence with Stanton This being unsuccessful, we resolved to make one more request to the Federal authorities and if that failed to run the blockade in spite of Mrs. Parting ton's "bumble shells.". - Leaving Baltimore with many a parting thought for the sleepers at Greenmount and its sad, noble women, we proceeded to Charleston, West Vir ginia, and with the assistance of several c derant Union men, requested a permit to pass through the lines at Gauley Bridge, (many had done this after refusal at Washington, never mentioning previous applications,) but were again refused. Nothing daunted we took lodging with an estima ble lady, who, altheugh an aunt of Gen. Grant, is an enthusiastic rebel. Eight weeks we spent in this beautiful little Kanawha Valley, surrounded by the Lincoln hirelings, who watched us suspi ciously at first, but we hoodwinked them by our contented manner. Then fortune favored us Gen. Crnok was left in command of this department, and our hostess, a favorite, procured us tbe tang wished for pass. Leaving Kanawha Valloy with many pleasant memories of newly made friends, with a kind, responsible driver and some lady friends, we tpok conveyance in a little traveliog wagon for Dixie. : Lieut. Gov. Jacobs, of our State, being banished from home by Burbridge, made ote of our party, and truly Bonaparte crossing the Alps had less meed of fame than oflr brave little band climbing Big and Little Sewell mountains in the month of December, 1S64. Along this route to Lewisburg, Va., can be seen the ravages of war's desolation; give an order to have the Church fired after the other buildings Aere burned and then leave town. The ladies implored him nut tn devote t hp m tn destruction, hut VnllnfftrA,rf f lionts.tr.oa t-n rnr.na ! the powder. At length he gave his men permis- i t0 Bjnks 'od ttreiej, which passed it. tereial ston to throw the powder in the public well, but j readings. A till to exempt the employees of tha Several neirra ' N. U. Powder Manafacturin Coratnv (in Aleck , lenburg county) passed its several reading, on coo . dition that they make powder for the State wheu , required, and fay 25 per cent of their annual pro ) fits over int) the State Treasury. A till to en- vudcr and our i able the citizens of the State to consolidate lands Wus rrjected. . a s. a in use guns ana sneus were loft faniiiifn were told to leave us jure them. We were advised damage would be done. " At 12 sion commenced the aheMa hominicr rminrl - ht found our the sheila mi"ht in to remain as no p. tn., the explo- And now my friend, if you would follow our fortunes further, pome to our plc.isant Htll, home in Lenoir, where after our vex-ti,,us wanderings we are gathered together around one hearthstone, where there larks m dark shadow of de.-nolism tt ruin the loving beauty of contentment.. Come, and you- will believe that happiness can exist where freedom lives, even though "the cup be earthen ' and tho viahd.-t those that a god would scorn." ' A. L.. P. Ivy Jlount, Lenoir, N. C. the rotyl is. strewn with the bleaching bones of horses and mules, the light soil barely covering the Tiuman forms that fatigue and starvation laid there in that terrible Hunter's raid through West ern Virginia. -Our arrival at Wytheville was at quite an un rronitioua time. After Gen. Gillem's raid and tbe evacuation of this little town by our forces, you i , T cj; i : I nu i may imagine our aibmay ai uuumg uurseiven iiu surrounded by' Yankees. Tb6 force of the enemy being very considerable, our little band was forced to withdraw. You have heard of JIajor Johnson's handsome ruse, of this we, were witnesses, aud tbanka to this brave officer a large amount of the and will attend to the collection I ordnance stores were saved, five minutes naa scarcely elapsed from the time of the "force ol four" leaving town till tbe streets were filled with howlirisr, shrieking Yankees, who immediately commenced their work of destruction of public tiasi, ' buildings. The Presbyterian Church, not two Station, Lincoln co, A C. i Knnjrpd arHa frora our boardioe house, contained the ammunitieo, powder and guns, on first floor, and shells in the baaeraent.. The - ladies, at the 4t REUOBOTZl FUUrVACE, In Blast. 3 miVe north-east of Iron The proprietors are prepared to do Casting of all Address, lr!fH Dee. 5, 1864. tf . ' " Jron pX N.'c. hotel bere Gen. GiUeia wa .topping, heard him j CONFEDERATE CONGRESS- January 28 The Senate" to-day again passed the bill authorizing the transmission of news papers to soldiers free of postage, notwithstanding the President's objection yeas 13, nays 4. , Gov. Graham was elected Prebident pro fern of the Senate, during the absence of the Vice-President. In the House, the Senate hill f r. the employ, mcnt of slaves and free negroes to work on fortifi cations, was amended and passed. January 30. In the House, to-day, 3Ir Dejar nette of Va., submitted the following, which he supported in an elaborate speech: Whereas, AH nations have ever witnessed with alarm the establishment of a formidable power in their vicinity, and Whereas, Tjie people of the Confederato States, as well as the Tjnited States, have ever cherished the resolution that any further acquisition in North America by any foreign power would be ineoriit6nt with their prosperity and develop ment, and hercaa, The invasion of Mexico by FranceJ has resulted in the alleged establishment of a gov ernment fc uncled on the consent of the governed, nevertheless we have reason to believe that ulterior designs are entertained against California and other Pacific States, which we do riot regard as parties to the war now waged against us, as they have neither furnished men nor. money, for i& prosecu tions, therefore the Congress of the Confederate States do Resolve, That the time mlay not be distant when we will be prepared to unite on a ba-is of the in dependence of the Confederate States, with those most. 'interested in the principles of the Monroe doctrine, and to the carrying out of those princi ples on the North American continent. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. We suppose these resolutions are intended as a sort of feeUr for the yankees Jan. 31. In the House, after debafe, the Sen-1 ate bill authorizing the transmission of newspapers to soldiers free of postpye- was again parsed, not withstanding tbe President's objections yeasG3, nuys 13. The Senate agreed to a reference of the consoli dation hill to a committee of conference. The House bill for the sequestration of the prop erty of persons liable to military service, who have depnrted, or shall depart, from the Confederate States without permission, wus passed yeas 12, nays 7. ' PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT Appointing a day of Easting, Humiliation and Eroyery tcith, Thankrgicing. . Tt. . . , t. P.A vn tr 2trtm V, .... M 1 HC Vijuicrn ui tot? vHificunaiu uiait'a note, by a joint resolution, invited me to appoint a day of public fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving to Almighty God. It is our solemn duty, at all times, and more cs pcciallyMo a season of public Ir'ul a:id adversity, to acknowledge our dependence on Ilia mercy, and to bow in humble submission before His footstool, confessing our manifold sins, supplicating His gra ciyuu pardon, imploring His Divine help, and de voutly rendering thanks for the many and great bhs?iugs which He has vouchsafed to us. Let the hearts of our people turn cor. tritely and trustfully unto God; let u recognize in His chast ening hand the correction of a Father, and sub missively pray that -the trials and suffering which have so long borne heavily upon us may be turned away by His merciful love; that His sustaining grace be given to our people, and His divine wis dom imparted to our rulers; that the Lord of Hosts will be with our armies, and fight for us agair.et our enemies; and that lie will graciously take our cause into His own hand and mercifully establish for us a lasting, just and honorable peaoe aud in dependence. And let us not forget to render UBto His holy name the thanks and praise which are so justly due for Ilis great goodnessj and for the many mer cies which He has extended to us amid the trials and sufferings of protracted and bloody war. Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, PrcbiJent of the Confederate States of America, do issue this my proclamation, appointing FRIDAY, the 10th day of March next, as a day of public fasting, hu miliation and prayer, (with thanksgiving.) for "in voking the favor and guidance of Almighty Ood;" do earnestly invite an soiuiers ana citizens to observe tbe same in a spirit of reverence, peni tence and prayer. ' Given uuder my hand and the peal of the Con federate.States, at Richmond, this twenty fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-Lve. In tho House, three hundred and twtniy-tlret new Magistrates were appointed. In the Senate On Monday the 30th, the resolu tions to graot a bounty of one negro and fifty acrea of laud to each soldier, waa taken up, amended and referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. Pitch ford introduced a bill to chango tbe oamo of tbtt "North Carolina Express Company" to the "Peo ple's Express Company." Humbug. Io the Iloue, Mr Brown of Mecklenburg, in troduced a resolution proposing to adjourn she die on Wednesday; Feb. 1st. On motion of Mr Gris som the resolution was laid on the table syea 41f nays 34. MrJII Headen then introduced re solution to adjourn on Friday tbe 3d of February to meet again on the first Monday in April. This resolution was laid on tbe table temporarily. Mr McLean introduced a resolution authorizing the Governor to contract with Stuart, Buchanan & Co , lor a supply of salt for the year IS (55, should he deem it necessary. Passed its several readings under a suspension of the iules. Mr Bond, of Gates, a bill to creato a homestead freehold, by exempting from execution a certain portion of ihe hud of any citizen of tho State of North Carolina A bill fur the relief of the people. Levies a tax-of ninety per cent, upon executions for debt in cases where specie payment is demanded, was put on its 2d reading. Mr McGehce moved that the bill he laid on tbeble. Not agreed to. Yeas 23, Nays 52. The bill was then informally pasted over fur the present, on motion of Mr Brown, of Mecklenburg. . TnE rtAiLEOADS The following resolutions were introduced in the North Carolina Senato on the 26th, by Mr Ellis: ' Resolved, That the Committee on Internal Im provement! be instructed to inquire how many of the railroad companies in North Carolina ham vio lated and forfeited their Charters, aud in what manner they have so violated and forfeited them, whether by raising their freights above their char tercd privileges, by refusing to rcoeivo and traua- port freight, by chargiog unlawful ao'd unuautl prices for freight, by transporting freight for soma parties in preference to others, by conveying some passengers over their roads and r&iWiug other. Mv absolutely relusine to convey freijiuM, by con- 1j v . . . .... lvnrflio AiiAinfttiipa in nrrti'rf nr tracting with Express companies in prcfc'rcuco to private citizens, by dividing profits with Express companies, by fraud, bj corruption, vy DriDery, by certificates to keep men out of the army, by keeping more men out of the araiy than the roudi need, by entering into contracts with men to keep them feit of the army for consideration and profit, by being paid directly or indirectly to keep men out of the army, by neglecting and refusing to provide cuitab'e and comfortable accommodations for their passengers, for deteotion of goods, for neglect of duty, for extortion and an intent to evade the law, aud for every other manner ia . which they, have violated their chartered rights. Reolved That said Committee lave power t erid for persons and paper, to compel the atten dance of Stockholders, Directors and all other offi cers and employees of aaidroad, to compel tho at-, tendence of witoeeses, to swear witnesses and ex- amine parties under oath. . , Revolved, That said Committee have power to regulate and fix their own times und pboca of . . mtutiugand adjournment during; tbe preaeut session, in vacation or during auy suUque.t aaioo, and that when their investigation shall have been com pleted, they report. t3 ihe General Assembly if in . stbrion, and if uot tu session, to the Governor. NORTHERN ITEMS. . An arrival frora IVrnarcbnco reports thnt the JEFFERSON DAVIS. Confederate steamer Shsnnandoah had - destroyed several American merchantmen along tho coast of Brazil, in consequence of which, vessels bound to the United States wern obtaining British registers. Gen. McClellan railed for Europe on the 2Ctb ultimo. - ' - The American Hottl at Buffalo, and ether build ings, were destroyed by fire on th 26th ult. Loss $1,000,000. The eteanuhip Atlantic, from Motile by, with 1,000 bal.s cotton from the Confederate govern ment, arrived at New York on the 2-lln. General Diz has suppressed the . Confedertta personals-io tbe New York Daily News. A Washington telegram saye the whole subject of the exchange of pricc.rr is now in tbe haufle -of Geo. Grjr.t, and there ia reason to beliefs a full exchange Mill soon be effected. - - FoREion PosBr.ssxorr Tbe Philadelphia In quirer oT the 21s, learns that advices f rom Nassau, N. Instate thtu the Confederates there tavs pur chased Aodroa Island, about 60 miles west of New Providence, and are about to establish there an arsenal aud naval depot, and alio open Courts of Admiralty for the talc and adjudication of prizes, captured by their tea rovers. The Confederates paid, or are to pay,-efght millions 6f dollars io cot ton for the Island. Their . principal port will bo Ascension, situated on a fine harbor on lh? eastern i-side of Andros Island, directly oppobito Nassau, , Tbe mother of the Italian Princes Anna, whoso fortunes were about to be united with those of tho We learn from the Charleston Courier, that the Rev. John S. IlarrtJ', who died at GutbhcsTiIIe, oldest son and heir Victor Emsnuel, was a Miss South Carolina, bequeathed his library, whiob, waa Frazier, oi Charleston, S. C, whom the Prince of considerable extent and value, except such vol. Lucian Murat married during bis long exile'ia ' antes as bis widow may select aad retain, to David America so that the 'future Queen of the new i son College, N. C r "of which Institution bewut Italian: nation will be half Sooth Carolinian. 'graduate.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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