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OFFICE ) ON" THE WEST SIDE OP TRADE STREET $15 for; SIS Lf027TH& - I N ADVANC 12 CHARACTER IS AS IMPOB' 4.NT TO STATES AS IT 13 TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS. THE COMMON PROPERTY OP THE OTHER W -J YASlfS, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1865. THIRTEENTH VOLUME XV USER 58. QPublislied every Tuesday,(J5) BV WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PKOPRlKTOtt. '-3?Ilg9 F0R SIX MONTHSC $13 IN ADVANCE. Transient advertisements mutt be paid for in advance. jga?" Advertisements not marked on the manuscript or a specific tiiae, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. ' ' MEMBERS 6f THE LEGISLATURE OP NORTH CAROLINA. SENATE. Pasquotank and Perquimona W. II Bagley. Camden and Currituck-t-D McD Litidsey. Gates and Chowan, M L Eurf. Ifydoand Tyrrell Edward L Mann. . Northampton J B Odom. Hertford James M Wynne. Bertie John Pool. Marriu and Washington J R Stubbs. Halifax Mason L Wiggins. Edgecombe and Wilson J II Powell. Pitt Dr E J Mount" licaufort E J Warren Craven N A Whitford Carteret and Jones Dr M F Areudell Greene and Lenoir J P Speight . -V Hanover Edw'd D Hall Duplin W R Ward Oaslow Isaac N Saunders Bladen. Brunswick and Columbus John W Ellis Cumberland tyid Harnett W B Wright Sampson William Kirby Wayne Benj Aycoek Johnston T D Suead Wake W D Jones Nash A J Taylor Franklin W Harris Warren Dr T J Pitehford O ran villi It W Lassiter Person C S Winstead Orange John Berry Alamance and Band lph Chathatn E II Suaughn Moore and Montgomery -Hon Giles Mebane -Dr J M Crump Richmond and Robeson Giles Leitch Anson and Union Col W C Smith Guilford RobtP Dick Caswell William Long. Buckingham D W Courts Mecklenburg W M G'rier Cabarrus and Stanly Dr J E McEachern Rowan and Davie W B March Davidson Henderson Adams Stokes and Forsyth J E Matthews Aln Surry, &c Jonathan llortou Lvde'll, Wilkes. &c A M Bogle Burke. McDowell, Scc S F Patterson Lincoln, Gaston, and Catawba M L McCorkle Putherford. Folk, ico-Dr'W J T Miller Buncombe, Henderson, &c M Pattou Macon, Haywood, 6cc S C Brysou , IIOCSE OF COMMONS. Alamance 11 Y McAden, C F Faiicett Alexander J M Carson Anson A J Dargan, L L Polk Ashe Mr McMillan i;.-aufort Hon li S Donnell, D M Carter Bertie P T Henry, Jas Bond Bladen J W Rum Brunswick D L Russell, Jr Burke J J Erwin Buncombe J M Gudger Cabarrus P B C Smith Chatham i II Headen. W J Headeu, W P Hadley Caldwell J M Isbell Camden W A Duke Carteret Stephen D Pool - Caswell Montford McGehee, S S Harrison Catawba W P Keinhardt Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D McLean, Dr John McCormick Cherokee G W Hays Chowan LC Benbury Cleaveland D Beam, J W Gidney Columbus Forney Georgo Craven Wm Lano. T II Gaskins Currituck J J Baxter Davie It F Johnston Dupliu Zach Smith, R B Houston , Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes Ivlgecnm.be David Cobb, L D Farmer Franklin W K Davis Foroyth W II Wheeler. W B Stipe Gaston W T Shipp Gates Richard Bond Uuiltord D F Caldwell, A Clapp. A S Holton Granville P P Peace, E Grissom, J S Amis Halifax II Joyner, A II Davis Haywood Samuel L Love Henderson M M Patton Hertford J 11 Vann Hyde Mr Gibbs Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpe Jackson W A Euloe Johuston W A Smith, W G Banks Jones F G Simmons Lenoir, Allen W Wooteu Lincoln, Ambrose Costlier Macon, J M Lylo Madison, W II Brown. Martin, S W Oulterbridgo McDowell, W F Craige Mecklenburg, Johu L Brown, E C Crier Montgomery, Allen Jordan MoOre, Elam J Harrington Nash. G C Lewis New Hanover. Saml J Person J R Hawes Northampton. S T Stancill. Oran-e. S F Phillips, W N W J Rogers Pattersou Onslow, A.J Murrill Pasquotank, W E Mann Perquimons, J II Biddick Person. John W Cunningham Pitt, B G Albritton. C IVrkins Randolph. Joel Afheworth, E T Blair Rowan, F E Shober. W II Crawford Richmond, li F Little Robeson, - I)avid Bethune, T J Morisoy Rockingham, M r Strong, A J Boyd Rutherford, J L Carson. A It Bryan Sampson, L A Powell, Patrick Murphy Stanly, R Harris Stokes.. W II Flynt Surry. Mr Waugh Tyrrell. L L Hassell Union, C Austin Wake, D G Fowle, G II Alford, C J Rogers Waj'ne, M K Crawford. J M Caho Warren. W T Allston, T J Judkins "Washington. L C Latham Watauga, Wm Ilorton Wilkes. A S Calloway, P T Barton Yadkin, A C Cowles . Yanoy, D M Youn. 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 State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever the Guard fox Home Defence shall be called into service beyond the limits of 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 men, rank and file, to each company; said company so coisolidated shall elect from the Captains commanding the companies so consolidated a Captain to command such consolidated company, and from the first Lieuten ants, Second Lieutenants and Junior Second LieutenT ants of such companies, an officer of each of said ranks, lobe assigned to duty with such consolidated com pany, such of the officers of companies so conjolidated 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'compauies, and while so serving their commissions shall be suspended. Skc 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor may in like manner cause 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 battalions 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-tbird, or one-half of any com pany as at present organiaed with a due proportion of its officers, out of which to constitute such consolidated company, and such of the officers of companies as at present organized, as may be placed with fractious of their companies, to form a consolidated company, as may not be elected to command such consolidated company, shall be required to serve in such consolida ted company as non-commissioned officers or privates, and while so Eerviner their commissions shall he 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 officer who is declared by a medical board permanently disabled for field duty, either in the militia or Home Guards, or of an officer who absconds to the enemy. Sec 4. Be it further enacted, Tliat all Quartermas ter and Commissaries of regiments or battalion of Home Guards as at present organized, that may not tfe 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 scrv 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 gressional 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, arid that the mem bers of said boards shall receive the same pay aud allowances while on duty as the Confederate Conscript Boards. Sec. 6. Be ii further enacted, That when such com panies, battalions or regiments, have been consolidated as 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 aud a Guard for Home Defence," ratified the 7th day of July, 1803, be, and the same is hereby amended', by striking out. the word irthese" in. the ninth line of said section, and inserting the word "the;" that the third section of "an act in relation to the .Mihiia and Guard for Home De fence," rafT'ied the Hth day of December, 1863, be, and the same is' hereby amended, by inserting between the words -'regular" and "millers" the words "and public," and by inserting between the words "miilers" and "blacksmiths" the word "and," and tljatjhe proviso at the end of said 3d spetion be anil the . ""A is herebv repealed; That in addition to the exempVi.iis specified in the acts aforesaid, there shall be exempt from Home Guard duty all county trustees, regular and public tanners, hatters and shoemakers skilled in their respec tive callings, and who were employed in the same prior to the first day of January, A. D., 1863, and have con tinued to be so emploj-ed since that lime. 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 hearin, 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, 1863. . , ' Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That tbi3 act shall be in 'force from and after its ratification. Read three times and ratilied in General Assembly thij 23d day of December, A. D., 1864: The following are 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 iu the service of the Confedeiate States, be tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years, resident in this State, iucludiig foreigners not naturalized, who have been residents in the Sia? for thirty" days before such enrollmenl, excepting persons filling the offices of Governor, Judges 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, Ministers of the Gospel of the everal denominations of the State charged with the duties of churches, and such other persons as the Governor, for special reason, may deem proper sub jects of exemption. Luc -of July, 1S63. SeC. 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 commis sioners appointed under an act entitled "An act for the relief of wives and families of soldiers in the army." regular millers, blacksmiths who have established shop, necessary operatives in factories and foundries, the Attorney General, Solicitors of the several circuits ana counties, physicians ot hve years practice, con tractors with the State or Confederate government, one editor to each newspaper and the necessary compositors, mail carrier, professors in colleges and teachers in acaienues: I'rortdcd, that this exemption shall only j 1 .. ... . 1. 1 ..: 1 1 . :n. j . - l-: M 1 . . t vice whfn the Guaid for Home Defence is called into lut uu.is sj.ri-.uea in nus um nu uul i rr- . the field. Law of Dec , 1822. The proviso In the above section is repealed. The nersons mentloned'&re snbiect to Home Guard dutv ' only when the county in which they reside is invaded, j or in case of insurrection in tbe countv. . - - i 'tiori?1'- X7T. aianiey says evervimng is Kept iu mc IVoticC. - Hst beautiful order, aDd nothing could be more - AU persons leaving Charlotte by Railroad are re- ! satisfactory than the state in which the tombs are ; quired to obtain Passports at the Provost Marshal's preserve(L Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, j ffiOct nJiee4er' Ut' Q' ProoftMarihaL Sarab Rebccc and are boried thcre . r Cjje WtBtxn Ihmorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Return op our Commissioners. The Com missioners sent by President Davis to consult the authorities of the United State3 on the subject of peace, returned to Richmond on Saturday night the 4th They were not permitted to jgo.to Wash ington, norto land from the steamer at Fortress Monroe, but they were met in the boat off Fortress Monroe by Lincoln and Seward, and were told that the only terms upon which they could get peace icas unconditional submission to the Government and Jaws of the United States. Our Commission ers have published a statement concerning the in terview, which will be found in another column. The laws of the yankee Congress have abolished slavery and confiscated all our property, and to these laws we are told we must submit if we want peace. With the southern people it is either ab- ject submission or war uutil their independence is achieved Since the return of our commissioners, large meetings have been held in Richmond, in the army and elsewhere, and resolutions adopted to prosecute the war for liberty at all hazards. The meeting at Richmond was held in pursuance of a call by the Governor of Virginia, and was addressed bv President Davis, who declared that under no cir cumstances would he submit to the enemy. The following is one of the resolutions adopted : "Resolved, That in this presence, and in the face of the world, reverently invoking thereto the aid of Almighty God, we renew our resolve to maintain our liberty and independence, and to this end mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Vice President Stephens. A dispatch from Richmond states that the Hon. A II. Stephens will soon return to Georgia to canvass that State for a vigorous-prosecution of- the war. . He says, since his return from the conference with Lincoln and Seward, that the ouly hope now left for the South is in the strong arms and stout hearts of her people. Lincoln's refusal to make peace on any other terms than rhe unconditional surrender of the southern people, will open the eyes of others besides Mr Stephens. Congress. On Monday the 6th, the House adopted a resolution dircctiog the Military Com mittee to inquire into the expediency of calling into service all able-bodied male negroes in the Confederate States to aid in the military defence of our country. A similar resolution was intro duced in the Senate. The N. C Commissioners to Richmond. Messrs Pool, Carter, Person F.nd Hall appeared in Richmond while we were there, as Commissioners sent by the Legislature of this State for the pur poses of conference, &c. It was very gratifying to us to mark the hospitable and distinguished consideration shown to the State through her Lei; islative Representatives. Xhe gentlemen were admitted to an immediate and protracted interview with President Davis, who, notwithstanding that he was suffering from a severe attack of neuralgia, at once accorded a reception to our delegation. The matters of conference were, we presume, con fidential, but we arc enabled to say, that the Pres ident was frank, unreserved and confiding; that he presented to the Commissioners a full history of his policy as connected with peace negotiations, and that the interview resulted agreeably and use fully. After passing from the audience with President Davis, the delegation were presented to the ladies of the Mansion and were entertained with refreshing hospitalities. The Legislature of Virginia, in both Houses, extended to the Com missioners of North Carolina, privileged seats upon the floor of their respective bodies, and the Gov ernor of the Commonwealth entertained them at breakfast. Important conferences we understand, took place between the delegation and our Con gressional representation, all of which, we presume, will be before the public by the report of the gen tlemen themselves. One thing we are sure was proruifient with all men : that no State should desett her sisters; or enter upon the mad project of separate State action. We await the report of our Commissioners with satisfaction, because from what we observed, we feel asaured that their visit to Richmond and their conferences there, were gratifying to all engaged; and we have great confidence that good will result from this action of the Legislature. Raleigh Con federate. Superior Courts Arrangements for holding the Spring Courts have been agreed upon by the Judges as follows : . 1st Circuit Edenton Jud;e Reade. 2d " Newbern " Howard. Cd " Raleigh, " Gilliam. 4th " Hillsboro, " Saunders. 5th " Wilmington, " French. 6th " Salisbury, " Shipp.' 7th " Morganton, " Heath. 8th u Buncombe, " Osborne. Court House Burned The Court House in j Ashevile was consumed by fire on Saturday, the ! i 28th ult. The fire is supposed to .have been acci- j f dental. It originated in the cupola, where there j as a town clock, on which repairs were being . - . . ' niaje tnaf momin'r. Some other buildinss. we ; t j learu, were also oonsumed. j Yhile the Prince of Wales wag at Hebron he and his suite obtained permission to visit the Cave of Machpelah, Abraham's burial place. They arc j the first Christians, who bave been allowed to enter ' it since the-Crusades, nearlv seven hundred years o. i . - tr - i . f RA.ILROADS. From the Raleigh Confederate. There is a universal voice of condemnation be cause of the reckless bad inanagement of theso corporations. If bad Quartermabtere, Commissa- Ties, Enrolling otneers and the scattered subordin- ates throughout the laud, have broueht. in many cases, reproach on the government, and bv evil conduct put in peril the success of the cause; if deserters have abandoned the ranks to become a prey upon their home people, they are not the oulv or the worst -foes to the revolution, that the Confederacy has produced. Railroad corporations, which ought to have been the especial friend of the government, those fostered and favored cor- porations which have been allowed extraordinary immunity, in keeping their friends and favorites j out of the service. Yet this is far from beintr the case; most of them have out "Hefoded Ierod" in their sordid grasping and extortionate greed for money making. .It has been common for them to hold at the disposal of speculators their running stock, not unfrequently to the delay of government freight, and in some instances to the detention of troops, passing from one noint to the defence of 1 another point of the country. This accommoda tion has been carried to such an extent, that the public eye has been offended, by the open prefer ence given to speculators, not for the transmission of luxuries only; but when they were engaged in buying up the necessaries of life, in localities where they were scarce, to be transmitted to other places for exorbitant gain. The officers of railroad corporations, who connive at these abominable practices, are no better friends to the Confederacy than Sherman or Grant, and if we fail, the down fall of our people may Le laid, in uo small degree, to their charge. Besides this criminal misconduct, the gross neg lect, mismanagement and- carelessness and the utter disregard of the comfort of travellers is matter of universal complaint. li any one wishes to pass through just that amount of torture that is icfupportable, let hiui take A trip on the North Carolina Railroad, to wards Greensboro', and, thence, over the Piedmont to Danville. Great allowance is to be made for the - times, and the difficulties of keepingup the condition of roads. But neither the times nor the condition of roads excuse a total abandonment of order, method, neatness, regularity and comfort. When an Engine comes from Goldsboro' towards Raleigh, broken down, and thence starts for Greens boro, there is neither reason or s?nse in the en deavor to force it through at the hazard tf life to all aboard; certainly to the prolongation of their travel, when Enginesare standing, in better plight, at Company Shops, and there are telegraph eiations along the route.. A few nights ago, we had occa sion to witness such an operation. The train wa's loiig and full; marly soldiers returning to their commands. The Engine on leaving Raleigh was completely broken down, so that the speed attained averaged about two miles per hour. It as easy to telegraph from Raleigh so as to have a good Engine to meet the train at Durham's. Yet this simple-act of justice, to. a heavily taxed traveling public, was wholly ignored, and we wtre compelled to fret and worry along through the cold bitter night consuming twenty-four hours in reaching Greensboro, the better engiue .only reaching us near Haw river? As for cleanliness or comfort, they are gone out of date out of recollection and if any unfortunate passenger should desire to ob- tain icforuianon, $nd apply to tli conductor, he might as well attack ahull dog. But if this is the condition of things' on the North Carolina Road, when we conn; to speak of the Piedmont, ah, our pen refuses the task. There they run by telegraph, and the result is, that between Gretmsboro and D'anville, one is engaged from ten to flT'ecn hours in "waiting or orders." If he is fortunate enough to get orders to move on, he may if ho can keep the track, succeed in getting through in a week or ten days. God sve the country, if its destiny, in any wise, depends on proper and conscientious performance of duty by Railroad corporations. A committee has been appointed by the Legis lature to investigate the conduct of Railroad com panies in this State.J A correspondent of the Cohunbus sta?e3 tflat'the rebel cruiser Sea Kin: Enquirer , now the Shenandoah, whose deeds seem about to eoin&l those of the old Sumter, is commanded by Lieut. James Iredell Waddell, of North Carolina. Lieut. Waddell, at the beginning of this revolution, was an officer of tho United Staies navy and absent on a three years' cruise in thelNlediterrariean. During the first part of the second year of the war, his ship, the Vandalia, we believe, returned to the United States, and Lieut. Waddell resigned. He was closely watched by the Federal authorities, but managed to escape finally by swimming the j i otomao river during a Oars arm stormy nignt. It did not seem-proper to the "authorities at Rich mond to increase his rank, but no higher tribute coulfhave been paid to his qualities' as an officer than his selection, among so many of higher grade, for such an important command as the one he hold at present. , m A Sample of Savannah Rule. We Cod in the New York Commercial the following para graph, which will bhow how delightful the Yan kee rule in Savannah is becoming: "A Savannah belle stepped off the sidewalk the j other day to avoid walking under the American j flag, which hung in front oan clfieer's headquar- j fers. General Geary, military commandant of the j city, immediately gave orders to hare ber promen- ade back and forth under the hateful symbol fur j an hour,- as a warning for similar offenders " j : - - -" I The negro women and children .who hare left i their masters, are huddled together in a pen out- j side the town of Savannah, in want of both cloth- ', ins and food-cd tuffcring from cold and exposure. ' The soldiers appear to have little if any sympathy j with them, and tell them they would be better off if thev would return where they C'.me from oucn is me isj'tn ui niurn num icaiuiMiaii, in regard to Yankee treatment of tho deluded! wretches who left their comfortable homes and fol- j lowed the Yankee army to tbe coast; and euch -! iU be lhe ftte of a11 to imitat9 tbeir "roPl9- c. -l : . i r r e c t, THE MARCH INTO TENNESSEE. The Rev. Dr. J. B. McFerrin, of the Methodist Church, who was with Gen. IloodV army in the late Tennessee camnainm. writos rn th Snnthpm j Christian Advocate as follows r I The campaign into Tennessee was the most fatiguing and exhausting I have ever witnessed Ij0n marches, rain, mow, sleet, ice, mud, froten -?rand, high waters, severe fighting, and many of , tue soldiers without shoes and blankets made the i hole march one which nobody wishes to . tec i repeated. And then what was worse than all, we ; n,et sorrows, dt?asterF, and were compelled to re i Ircai 1T0UX a pomon oi tne country whicn 1 c,on- sider the most loyal, taken altogether, that I Lave ! 8een ,n the southern Confederacy. To me, the retreat was a sad affair. Having been from home nearly three years, and having been separated from my beloved family for more than twelve monlhs, I would gladly have remained with bur army in 'possession of a land, the hearts of whose people are with the bouth. But, God ordered or permitted it to be otherwise. I saw my dear wife, but none ot my children; and my beloved . James was cap tured or killed. A good Christian eon; may God protect him and permit us to meet again. To turn lack under these circumstances, was sad indeed; but then, as a faithful and obedient son, I must say, ratner, thy will be donb " ! The campaign was a failure, a disaster, but not hair so great as has been represented by rumors and exaggerated reports. As General Hood a good man and brave soldier said to mc : God saw that we were not ready, not sufficiently hum bled as yet to receive the 'blessings of peaco and independence. I could write much to you of th condition of things in lennessee, both ns it re gards the country and the Church, but I forbear. The suit in the Federal Court for .the confiscation of the Publishing Il.ojse had not been decided, but it was believed that it would fail and the pro perty will not be confiscated; this, however, is, of course, a mere opinion. Bishop Soule' is yet living, but feeble. He retains his mental facul ties wonderfully, and is still devoted to ti e cause of God and Southern Methodism. Some Yankee deserters attempted to rob his house a few nights before we reached Nashville, but the old heio," with gun in hand, confronted them and drove them from his premises, receiving no injury at their hands. . I must not trust myself now to write all I saw ind heard, while in 'my own, my native laud." God Hess down trodden -and oppressed Tenness3e; she is a noble State and has a noble people. AN IMPOSTER AT LARGE. William Anderson (or Andrew)" Jackson Ful ton, (or Walton.) lately in charge of the Metho dist Church in Washington, Ga , an Englishman, having been accused of having deserted two wives in the West, has suddenly disappeared. He left Washington on Thursday, S:h Dec , stating th:t be was coming to Augusta, aJid has not since been heard from lie has his credentials and will try to pass as a preacher through the hands of Con script Officers and Provost Marshals. Will the preachers generally try to have him intercepted, and his papers restored to the Church, lie is slightly built, has dark hair and eyes, oce upper front tooth out, clean shaven, and may be certainly known by his left arm being nearly a hand's length shorter than the ri-ht, a defect lie may try to conceal under a dark 'cloth oveicoat, with a long heavy cape, which he probably wears. His accent is strongly provincial, he has been a tailor, and has a peculiar shuffling walk. All good citizens should endeavor to arrest him atid bring bim to justice. His flight has fixed the conviction, that the charge is true that he has three wives at least, now living; and be has passed perhaps by the names of Jackson, Wal'oo and Fulton at different times. He lately called him self VV. A. J. Fulton: Information respecting him ie solicited. It may be addressed to tbe Southern Christian Advocate, Augusta, Ga. E. LI. Myers, Editor, Augusta, Ga. A Curious Prayer." A correspondent of the Western Christian Advocate sends that paper the following : A reverend gentleman," direct from the interior nf Texas, stayed at my house a few days at the time Millerism was at its zenith in Cincinnati. 1 lie related to me a rumor which he had heard in Texas of a man he met in our streets as a milleritc preacher. In Texas this man got perml-sioii to preach in a school house, and took occasion to abuse all other, denominations. He said there were men who professed to be called and commis sioned of God to preach the Gospel, but that he pretended to no such high credentials. After abusing all who would not say amen to his views, being about to" close,, a wat whispered to him, if he wished some one to clo.se for. him' to call on Mr II -. He did so. Mr H took the stand, gave out a faymn, and then prayed in this wise : "Lord we thank thee that thou hast ever seut thy ministers among us; we wtre a very wicked people before they came; some of us, however, j have reformed. We thank thee that thou hatt ' called, commissioned and tent thy ministers to preach the unsearchable riches 'of Christ; but as j for this fellow, he has tuld us that thou HJst not j commission him, and wo believe lnui. We hear trange stories of him Lord, we know not whether they be true or not, but thou Inoveft; but wc bear he went to . Galveston "a gambler; that atterwarda he became a preacher; that the young men who i knew him iu these characters' thought tlieui in-j compatible, and, in consequence, ducked him in i the bay; from which, we doubt not, he dates his j commissicn to preach the doctrine ho hit pro-' claimed to us ! We then hear a!so, that he stole a horse at Galveston; we know not whether it be ; true Lord, thou koowest; bat one thing we do j know that is, we know tbt be stops with, lhe ' widow C , and we know that no decent man I would fctop there was making hi By this, time the preacher. Escape, without dimi;sins: his! congregation, and soon nfrcrwaro was holding' mini in iu; u'r 'i" v' '''',y""u viu(iuuii. ; " The San Antonio Herald iys that the Fr r-ch oo arriving iu Matarm roa fluted tbe Confederate fla8 nd P5"1 th Ynkeeag iu silent contempt. r... u . u i.:.. . ..e t :i : SOLDIERS' PAT SOLDIERS BONDS. The Richmond Sentinel makes some explana tions in rtferenco to the deferred pay of oar ar mies. Delay io paymeDt has caused many com plaints, but it may be readily conceieved that it has not been altogether avoidable in tbe year just closed. The act of last Fcbroary, imposing a heavy tax on all currency afloat on tbe first of April, naturajlj created a reluctance on tho part ot Government creditors toreoive payment in the interim, in the notes which were to be o toon de preciated. Nor would it have' been fair - to press these notes on the soldiers. All were waiting for the new money. The pretsvrt in consequence, after the 1st of April, exceeded - the possibility of meeting it. The new notes could not be made fust enough, especially amid the unavoidable inter ruptiona and because of the fact that so large a proportion was required to be absorbed in exchang ing tbe new money for tbe.old. This heavy arrear are on the first of , April,, aod tho difficulties at which we have glanced, have necessarily pressed upon the Treasury daring the year- preventing, it may be, that entire punctuality io every respect which was desirable. Our soldiers shared some of the inconveniences; bat we trust it will not be long before the Govern ment will be able to pay up aU their dues. If, to procure for them supplies of food tod clothing, as a first object, their wages have io some cases been necessarily deferred for tbe time, wo hope' they will acquiesce with that cheerful patience which they have so uniformly exhibited under their pri vations, and which has won for them' a p raise scarce second to that duo to their oon?picoous gal lantry aod their admirable patriotism and good temper. We feel warranted in assuring them that every thing possible will be done to bring up all their arrearage at tho earliest day; and we behove tLat it will not be long ere this is accomplished. With reference to .the bounty bonds to which many soldiers are entitled by the act of February 17, 1864, it is stated that it is only recently that the law has defioed the form of these bonds. Since that has been done tbe subject has engaged tho diligent attention of tho Treasury Department, and tho bond will be ready, for delivery with a little delay as the magnitude of the in, Znl imv. These bonds will bo prized by our soldiers not merely for their value, but as certificates of their gallantry and will be prized, and it is designed to give them a character aod appearance worthy of the kteresting circumstances of tbeir issue. Tbey will be coupon bonds, and will ran for thirty years from the 1st of October, 1861, tbe interest pay able semi-annually. Petersburg Express. m How Quotas are Filled is Yankeidom - Brigadier General G. W. Ilioks, of the United States ormy, in command of recruiting rendezvous, Hart's island, sear New York, has recently ad- dmstd an interesting letter to tbe Adjutant-General respecting the lecruiting and bounty system. His statements will seem incredible only to those who have not had opportunities of knowing bow the Yankee recruiting business has been carriod on. lhe swindle on tbe Government and oeonia have been unprecedented. General Ilinks says: "Felony is compounded and crime condemned by magistrates, that criminals may bo sent into the army to stain its fair fame, imperil its success aod dishonor it? faithful soldiers, or desert its banners and join the enemy, enlist again in somo other locality, consummating a double fraud all to 11 4he quotas. "Drunkards, useless for any purposes of life, aro suborned to defraud tR Government aud country by enlisting as soldiers to fill tbe quotas. "Imbeciles and lunatics arc cajoled to canst, and defrauded of their bounty by designing knaves, but no one appears tor object for it fills tho quotas. , "Rebel spies, refugees, and fugitives Trom jus tice, are assisted to enlist in our armies, from which they pass, with well-filled pockets, . directly into tho Confederacy but it fills the quotas. Men cooped np, dragged, or stupefied with in toxicating liquors, and coerced to enlist under assumed names, which, oftentimes, they them- . selves arc unable to remember; and no oue detects the fraud until they become sobered at the cone- rat rendezvous' "because every one is entirely en grossed in filling the quotas. "Soldiers from our armies are assisted if not. persuaded, to desert, and are concealed until they can bo conducted to some remote locality to enlist again, by the extensive combination of runners and brokers, whose connections ramify tbe whole country to such sn extent that a regular system is created of depleting our araiics to fill tbe quotas. Some purgeocs io London have succeeded by (cirntific operations, in giving sight to persons born blind. There are touching descriptions of the surprijo and confusion to thoe to whom tho wor4d is firt opened. - - An elephant aod bolt fight took place late ly at Saragossa, Spain. Tbe elephaot was walking quietly about the arerr when the Crit bnlf was re leased, and rushed at it with all his might.' The elf pLent received bis antsonict with great cool- ncss, and threw him down with the utmost ease. The bull rcse again and made two attacks, which the elephant resented by killing bim with a thrust of bis tusks. The conqueror di J not .seem tba leat excited. A second bull was released, and io a few rninqtes suffered the same fate as the first. Japanese Little Folks.- Daring more than a half-year's residence in Jspan, I have never seen a quarrel among young or old.' I have never teen a blow struck, scarcely an angry f.ce. I have been the children at tbeir sports, flying kites on the tills, and.no amount tf iotertaigfed strings or kites lodged in trees provoked angry words of im patience. I bave seen tbetu intent on tbeir games of jack stones aud marbles under the shaded gate ways of the temples, but I bare never seen an sp pioaeh to a quarrel among them. They are Uaght implicit ibtdir nee to their parents, but I hav never seen one of tbem chastised. Respect and rev ereu'ee to the aged is universal. A crying child is. a rarity seldom beard or seen. Wo have uolbing to tench them in this respect out of our abundant civilization. I speak what I know of tba little f.,lls of Japan, for mors than any other foreigner have I been among them. -Correspondent Ijn4 .Journal. )