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By the Governor: A PBOCLAMATION, TO THE PEOPLE DP KOBTH CAEOLINA. . Whereas, It is incumbent on m3 by virtue of the high trust your partiality has conferred upon me to watch with vigilance over your welfare, guard with fidelity your interests, and warn you of .every approaching danger : Now. therefore, I, Zebulon B. Vance, Gover nor of the said State, actuated by a sacred seDse of duty and love of country, do deem it necessary to address you in this manner in regard to tbe dangers and duties of the present time; earnestly praying that it may be conducive to harmony and good will, wherein only is to be found a safe and honorable deliverance frpm all our troubles. It is known to you all, that in the beginning of these troubles, North Carolina was so decidedly opposed to imitating the secession of her Southern sisters, that any attempt to force her to do so by even a majority of - her people, prior to the Proclamation of Lincoln in 1861, would most likely have re sulted in civil war, among our own citizens. It pleased God, however, to prevent this calamity and to calm all the fierce passions of party bitter ness, and to cause the most perfect unanimity by means of that Proclamation, which placed before us the dire necessity of either assisting or slaugh tering our own brothers and friends, interest, bonorand sympathy combined to deeide 4s upon resistance to what all united in condemning a a cruel and wicked war upon the homes and liberties of tbe South. With unexampled zeal we entered into the war, rushed forward our bravest sons, and poured out our richest treasures. With immense sacrifices, and varying fortunes, we continued the struggle, still with great unanimity for years. About the end of the third year, however, a portion of our people,in common with many others through out the South, seeing how our best citizens were falling, and how our fairest, lands were desolated, began, to urge that peace should be sought for by negotiations as well as by the sword. They argued that our Confederate authorities, moved by pride of opinion and embittered by the length and fierceness of the conflict, had not made a sufficient .trial of statesmanship as a means of stopping the Tvar; that no doubt, if properly approached, either by commissioners appointed by our common gov ernment, or by the States separately supposing diplomatic reasons would prevent the enemy from treating with the former that our enemy would grant us better terms than we had supposed, and ' promising that if a fair and honest effort at nego tiations should be spurned by the enemy or rejected then, all classes and conditions of men in the South would unite in an earnest prosecution of the war. This was the first serious approach to a division among our people. Sympathizing with the reason ableness of this demand, though not with all the reasons given for believing in its efficiency, and being as sincerely desirous as it was possible for man to be, to stop the war on honorable terms, I, as your Governor, addressed President Davis in .December, 1803, and urged this course upon him. In answer thereto, be assured me that three sepa rate and distinct efforts had been made to treat with the enemy, without obtaining even a hearing - and that he did not see how a fourth one could be initiated without humiliation to ourselves and in jury to our cause. Trusting that Providence would yet open the way, the matter rested here for another year. Many, however, of our people, who advocated peace upon such vague and ill-defined terms as to cause doubts of their good faith and loyalty, con tinued sedulously to disseminate the opinion that our own government alone was to blame for the continuance of the war, going so far in some in stances as to threaten revolutionary measures for wresting the treaty-making power from its bands, and negotiating with the enemy ourselves, alleging that we could certainly get such terms if the States would act in their sovereign capacity, as would secure our property and slaves, by recon struction. Since tbe beginning of the present year, however, two individuals from the North having visited Richmond on a peace mission, by the authority of President Lincoln, and having, as cur President supposed, opened the way for another effort at negotiations, it Was promptly made, lie immediately sent a delegation through the lines for that purpose, donsistingof Vice-President Stephens, Judge Campbell late of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Hon. 11. M. T. Hunter, Confederate States Senator from tbe State of Vir ginia, men all eminent for their abilities, public services, and the long continued confidence and respect of their countrymen The first two are well known-to have opposed the beginning of this war, a'nd to sympathize with the general desire for negotiations. They were met at Fortress Monroe by. President Lincoln, and Mr Seward, his Secre tary of State, who without allowing them to leave the boat on which they arrived, told them vhat appears in the following official report : fThe report of Messrs Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, our Commissioners, was published last week, and we therefore deem it unnecessary to in sert it hero. Thus you see that neither terms nor conditions were spoken of in the interview, but only subjuga tion offered us, the mere details of which they proposed to settle. At one blow, all our hopes in the humanity and moderation of our enemies were dashed to the ground. No terms or proposals of a treaty coming either from the Confederate States, or any one of the States would be entertained, but a complete, absolute and unconditional submission to the Constitution and laws of the United States, is required as a preliminary step to any, even the slightest cessation of hostilities. Seeing then that wc can treat with the enemy, neither by the au thorities of the Confederate States, nor by separate State action, what will be the result if we submit, as we are required, to do? This we can partly judge by examining that constitution and those laws, to which we are required to yield obedience. That constitution is not tbe one we left. In addi tion to the changes it has undergone by corrupt and violent interpretation by Black Republican judges, its wording has been so changed as to de cree immediately and forever, the abolition of slavery. The "laws" to whose tender mercies we :ar referred, provide most minutely and particu lar? for the punishment of death by the halter, of every mal?, soldier, sailor or marine, civilians and j others,. who haye jjeea. engaged in what they term rebellion. Not ceasing to punish with the death .of the offender, the "laws" pf , the -United States also provide that all his property, real and parsons!, shall be confiscated. Tb oojy mitigation of the rigor threatened by.-tbesa laws, is,contioi In ilr Lincoln's proclamation .-accompanying his annual messago in December, 1863, in which he proposes to hang only thosa above the rank of CqlooeJ in tho army and Lieutenant. in the navv"ltajj4 all civil find diplomatic pfBcers or agenu gf .Confederate .Government, and .various ojtejr classes therein specified; coupled with a vague .intimation to our .commissioners in their recent interview, that whilst we mast prepare to accept all. the pains and penal tias of the laws, we might rely on a liberal use of the pardoning power, vested in him. He also in forms us that the terms set forth in his recent mes sage of December last, wherein he re-ndorses the alfove mentioned" proclamation, will be rigidly ad hered, to. ;: m ..X Now then, we can , sum up, in some sort the consequences of-our submission. Four - million slaves, two hundred thousand of whom have Seen in arms against us, turnedJoose at. one$ injour I midst; our lands confiscated, and sold outMo pay tbe cost of our subjugation, or parcelled among negro soldiers as the reward of the slaughter of f their masters; our ' women, children and old men t reduced to beggary, and driven from their once ! happy homes; our mfltilated and diseased soldiers, ! starving in rags' from door to door, spurned, by even pensioned negro soldiers, whilst the gallows grows weary under the burden of our wisest states men and bravest defenders; to say nothing of uni versal financial ruin, and the intolerable oppression of a rapacious and vindictive foe, in the hour of conquest! Great God! is there a man in all this honorable, high-spirited and noble commonwealth, so steeped in every conceivable meanness, so blackened with all the guilt of treason, or so damned with all the leprosy of cowardice, as to say, yes, we will submit to all this! and whilst there yet remains a half million men amongst us able to resist! And who says tbe enemy will' give us anything better? Not Mr Linceln; and do the weak and the Vacilla ting among us know better than he does, what he will do for us? Having made, therefore, a fair and honest effort to obtain peace by negotiation, and knowing now precisely, from the lips of tbe President of the United States what we are to expect, what are we to do next? There is only one thing left for us to do. We must fight, my countrymen, to the-last extremity, or submit voluntarily to our own degra dation. Let no man mistake the issue now. The line of distinction will be drawn plainly between those who are for their country, and those who are against their country. There is no half way house upon the road. The purifying fire is even now burning throughout the land, and its consuming I flames must separate the dross from the true metal. Degradation, ruin and dishonor on the one nana, liberty, independence and honor, if our souls be strong, on the other. Is it not worth another honest and manly effort? Aye, another, and another, and another, and a thousand efforts, of our whole people. As North Carolinians, descen dants of revolutionary heroes, and fathers and brothers of the noblest dead and living soldiers that ever drew a blade for human freedom, we cannot tolerate the thought of such base and infa mous submission. "?Should we willfully throw down an organized Government, disband our still powerful armies, and invite all these fearful consequences upon our country, we would live to have our children curse our grey hair for fastening our dishonor upon them. I trust and believe that there will be little dif ference of opinion in North Carolina as to the pro priety of continued resistance. The great argu ment which will be brought forward to shake your honor and intended to incite you to despair will be that successful' resistance is no longer possible. Some will tell you that we are already subdued; that the enemy outnumbers us, that our fighting men are all slain; our resources all exhausted and we might as well submit now. Thi3, my country men, is false, and as frequently proceeds from a craven or a traitorous, as from an honest but mis taken 'spirit. Great as our calamities have been, straitened as we are for all supplies both of men and material, I tell you, in all candor, that when I survey our condition by the light of human history, I see no danger which threatens to be fatal to our cause, except this depression of spirit among ihe people and the still more fearful risk of internal dissension. So long as we remain one and deter mined, it is not in the power of our enemies to subdue us.. "But except these abide in the ship, je cannot be saved." All tulngs may be supplied if we werex but possessed of that bold and manly 'spirit of resistance to tyranny, of which liberty and independence are born. That alone can fill the widow's barrel and still the orphan's cry; can cast cannons and build ships of war; can raise up armed men from the dust of the dragon's teeth; can wrest tangible realities from the very jaws of impossi bility. Without it, numbers but add to the igno miny of certain defeat, even as the Persian millions were whipped and shamed by the three hundred in the mountain pass. Are our men .11 slain? Over four hundred thousand names yet stand upon the muster rolls of the Confederacy, to say nothing of tbe many thousands who shirk. Where are they? Thousands upon thousands absent without leave, are lurking in the woods and swamps of the South. Are our provisions all gone? Hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain now rot at the various depots of the South for want of transpor tation; and this transportation cannot be protected because these absent soldiers are not at the pot of duty. Oh! my countrymen! if you would bjit'rise to entreat, to shame, to drive them back to their country's standard. . Has our territory been over run? It has, but how much of it has been held? The enemy marfihed triumphantly through the heart of our sister Georgia, and is she conquered? Except for the garrison at Savannah, and the ashes of desolation on their tr,ack through the interior, Georgia has neither enemy nor the sign of enemy on her soil. So of most portions of the South which space does not permit me to enumerate. For four years, their countless legions have gnawed at the vitals of Virginia, yet to-day they claim not even all of her territory which is sweet bv the cannon. The-cities they garrison, the land their armies actually stand upon, and the waters ridden by t b eir fleets, are all that they really hold, or ever can hold except by our ignoble consent. - Let the balance .of our cities go; Mobile, Charles ton, Wilmington, Richmond, alb and if we are de termined to be free our subjugatiou is quite as dis tant as ever. For thank God, tbe Confederacy does not consist in brick and mortar, or particular spots of ground, however valuable they may be in a military point of view. Oar nationality consists in our jxople. Liberty dwells in the heart of her votaries, and the Tagged, barefooted soldier, stand ing in the depths of tbe forest, or in the shadow of the mountain, can offer her sacrifices, which will be as sweet aud as acceptable as those proffered in gorgeous temples in the midst of magnificent cities. So if our country and its cause, like to the king dom of God, be enthroned in our hearts, then, in deed, am I persuaded that neither principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor life, nor death, nor anv other creature shall be able to separate us from that independence and honor for which our people I nave suuerea ana our sons Jiave jaiea. Therefore, my countrymen, having warned you of this danger- which is upon us, Ppow appeal to you by everything held saered among men, to bear yourselves, as becomes your hih lineage and future hopes. Ximplore yea to lay down all party bitter ness, and to be reconciled to your neighbor for the sake of our country, to- use every" possible exertion to restore absentees to the army; to divide of your abandau freely with the poor and the suffering to strengthen tbe arms of your rulers, and to sus tain your soldiers and their Generals; and to give chaejfully your aid, physical, mental, and moral, in whatever sphere you may be, to. prevent the degtedation of jour country, and the ruin of its people. . ... v . ; s - - Jfcr ibt purpose of determining the bes.t.jjjeaus WESTERN DEM O O EOT; v O H ;ji.BL OT TE, of accomplishing this, as well as for giving expres sion to your opinions, I earnestly recommend that yon assemble in primary meetings, in every county in the State, and Jet the whole world, and espe cially our -enemies, see how a free people can meet a. proposition for their ; absolute " submission to the will of their conquerors. "- "- Given under my hand and the great Seal of tbe State, in our City of Raleigh, on the 14th day of February, A. D., 1865." " " - - J Z. B. VANCE. By the Governor : A. M. McPiieetsrs, Private Secretary. . . GEN. LEE'S ADDEESS. Headquarters. Armies of Confederate States, : 11th February, 1865. J . In entering upon this campaign about to open, the General-in-Chief feels r assured that the sol diers who have so long and so nobly borne the hardships and dangers of the war, require no ex hortation to respond to the calls of honor and duty. With the liberty transmitted by their fore fathers, they have inherited the spirit to defend it. ' ' . " . The choice between war and abject submission is before them. - To such a proposal, brave men with arms in their hands, can have but one answer. They cannot barter manhood for peace, nor thev right of self-government for life or property. But justice to them requires a sterner admoni tion to those who have abandoned their comrades in the hour of peril. , A last opportunity is offered them to wipe out the disgrace, and escape the punishment of their crimes. By authority-of the President of the Confede rate States, a pardon is announced to such deser ters and men improperly absent, as shall return to the commands to which they belong, within the shortest possible time, not exceeding twenty days from the publication of this order at the Kcad quarters.of the Department in which they may be. Those who may be prevented by interruption of communications, may report within the time spec ified, to the nearest enrolling officer, or other offi cer on duty, to be forwarded as soon as piacticable, and upon presenting a certificate from such offi cers, showing compliance with th requirement, will receive the pardon hereby offered. Those who have deserted to the service of the enemy, or have deserted after having been once pardoned for the 6am e 'offence, and those who shall desert, or absent themselves without authority, after the publication of this order, are excluded from its benefits. ,Nor does the offer of pardon extend to other offences than desertion and ab sence without permission. By the same authority, it is also declared, that no general amnesty will again be granted, and those who refuse to aecept the pardon now offered, or. who shall hereafter desert orabsent themselves without leave, shall suffer such punishment as the Courts may impose, and no application for clemen cy will be entertained. Taking new resolution from the fate which our enemies intend for us, let every man devote all his energies to the commort-defence. -- Our resources, wisely and vigorously employed, are ample, and with a brave army, sustained by a determined and united people, success, with God's assistance, cannot be doubtful. The advantages of the enemy will have but little value if we do not permit them to impair oar reso lution. Let us then oppose constancy to adversi- ty, fortitude to suffering, and courage to danger, with the firm assurance that He who gave freedom to our lathers, will bless the efforts of their chit dren to preserve it. ! R. E. LEE, General. IMPRESSION OP A YANKEE COMMIS SIONER IN RICHMOND. The New York Tribune has a letter from Wil liam Cornell Jewett, giving the substance of a conversation with General Singleton, of Illinois, who had just returned from Richmond, and the impressions of that gentleman while in the Con federate capital. The impressions are given as follows : - ' - 1. The Southern people are all anxious for peace not because they are exhausted, or doubt th eir abrJity to continue the war successfully, but to spare non-combatants, women and children, the privatioos and sufferings its continuance must multiply. 2. He thinks it in the power of the North to re construct by an offer of liberal terms to be 'con sidered and acted upon during an armistice of six ty days. . 3. The South will not consent to reconstruction upon any other basis than the clearest recognition of the rights of the States respectively to deter mine each for itself all questions of local and .do mestic government, slavery included. 4. They will not permit slavery to stand in the way of ind ependence to that it would be prompt ly surrendered, but fo nothing else unless it should he a fair compensation, coupled with other liberal terms of reconstruction, secured by consti tutional amendments. 5' lie thinks tfiey can prosecute the war inde finitely, but not without great suffering and sacri fice, which they are prepared to make rather than submit to any terms that do not recognize their perfect equality, and are alike honorable to both sections. " 6. He says he never lived better than he didin Richmond, so far as the substantial are concerned; mat ne lound everything necessary for a state dinner except wine; that he was treated with marked attention " and liberality by everybody. When he inquired for his "hotel bill he. was inform ed it had been settled He thinks even the wo men of the South would fight sooner than see their husbands, sons and brothers "submit to-dishonorable relations, or disgraceful and unequal terms of reconciliation. 7. He 'had an interview with President Davis and all the members of his Cabinet, also with Gen. Lee; that he never heard a word of defiance, or reproach, or crimination, from any one of them, or any person in Richmond. - 8. That General Lee impressed him at once with tbe idea that , he was in the presence of a man whose soul was filled with every sentiment of honor, religion and patriotism. Thcsubject of the war was barely alluded to, and, in connection with which the old man, .with great earnestness and feeling, remarked that he did not wish to leave so. cruel a legacy as the war to his children; and while his affections for his old comrades and friends had not abated in any degree, he had but a plain dufv. under the providence of God, to perform, and would be glad to be spared such a necessity by a permanent peace, not only between the sections, but With all mankind. His appointment as Generalissimo has united the people, and inspired new confidence" and life among the army and people; andbe really believes that, such" is the devotion of the. people to Lee, every man woman and child in the Confederaoy would follow him into the Gulf oF Mexico as a fe Kgious duty, if he required it of them.. WAR NEWS. -. :". ... From South Carolina -r-We have, for some f days.' been in doubt" as. to what force-Sherman; had sent in ine uireciion oi Angusia. j. nia -uuuu uus at length been solved. It seems that - while his mala irmyiaTaD?ea-. towards i BrancliTille 1wl Columbia, he -sent Kilpatriek and bis cavalry to demonstrate, against Augusta and to break up the Charleston and Augusta railroad. From official dispatches, -received at the War Department, we learn jthat on Friday the 10th, General Wheeler attacked Kilpatriek at Aiken, on the Charleston and Augusta railroad, twenty miles "northeast of Augusta, and, after a considerable engagement, drove him five miles in the direction of Branchville. : Ad official dispatch, received from" Columbia", J states mat, in consequence or ine enemy ujvmg occupied Orangeburg in force, our troops" aban doned Branchville and fell back to Columbia.' "5 From PETERSBURG.---.Witb . the: exception of some cannonading and mortar firing. on our left, yesterday afternoon, there was nothing to disturb 4he reigning quiet on the lines. This firing was more moderate than usual, though it continued for several hours. - Elsewhere on the lines affairs were unusually quiet. There is but little firing between the pickets now, during the day, and not as much as was observable some weeks ago. There seems to be a quiet understanding, between the opposing parties to partially cease this practice. From the extreme right we learn that no further movement had been attempted, and . none appre hended at once. Tbe enemy says that .the recent advance was nnade to intercept Gen. Lee on his retreat from Petersburg. Grant no doubt found out to his- entire satisfaction that the city Vas not evacuated. We can inform him that there is no intention to give up this place- And we have no idea that Grant and Sherman and Thomas and all the other Yankee Generals, executing their various combinations towards the two Virginia cities, will be able to compel their abandonment. Petersburg Express, bth " r . From East Tennessee. A report has reach ed us that Stoncman and Burbridge were prepar ing to make a raid from Tennessee into North Carolina in the direction of Raleigh, with the hope of co-operating with the column now said to be on foot-to invade the State from the Atlantic coast. We give this for what it may be worth.- Rich mond Dispatch. '' From Wilmington. We learn that active skirmishing was going on all day Saturday; 11th, between our forces at Sugar Loaf and those of the enemy below. Towards night they advanced in force, driving in our skirmishers and making three attacks upon our main line, all of" which were handsomely repulsed, with .considerable, we might say heavy, loss to the enemy. Our casualties were about twenty.. Finally the Hues were -resumed pretty nearly as before, and all remained quiet, with the exception of some shelling by ' the ene my's fleet. . " t On Saturday one of the monitors in the r'rer threw some of her fifteen inch shells at Fort An derson, with the effect of killing one and wouid ing another of our men. Wil. journal. Fall Distribution of the Literary Fund. OFFICE OF THE LITERARY BOARD, Raleigh, Dec. 6, 1864. .! The President and Directors of the Literary Boird having made distribution of the School Fund, have p structed the following tabular statement to be male, showing the Fall distribution to be made to each coun ty. The amount of said distribution will be paid to those entitled upon proper application to the Treas urer of the Fund. Z. B. V.1NCE, Pies't ex. officio Counties. Federal Fall, Deduct for deaf population. Wis button. dumb bund. Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Alleghany, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Ilaywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, ; Ledell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, , - 10,475 $1,217 C9 5,778. 671 63 10,884 3,507 7 800 12,428 6,954 11,881 8,288 9,330 - 7,064 4,492 7,398 12,473 10,064 16,607 8,958 5,357 11,495 7,612 13,797 14,037 6,403 15,371 7,537 12,936 J3.333 11,985 11,278 8,431 6,883 18,962 6,346 18,606 15,301 7,005 5,676 9,895" 7,726 6,617 13,676 S.41C 13,690 4,365 , 8,158 7,349 5.796 5,823 8,468 . 6,598 14,758 A920 10,420 9,815, 17,582 . 10,653 7,457 14,905 7,747 5,820 9,048 12,691 3,795 16,335 8,828 ; 13,307 14,219 13,014 10,617 .. is.sta 7,33? --9,414 M 9.881,. 10,304 24,334 11,566 5,371 4,915 12,726 14,166 8,321 10,138 8,510 1,265 26 407 59 906 7-5 1,444 76 .1,282 92 - 1,146 68 808 39 1,381 27 963 47 1,084 60 821 18 522 20 . 860 02 1,449 96 1,169 92 1,930 53 1,041 36 622 75 1,336 27 884 89 ' 1,603 88 1,631 77' 744 69 .1,786 85 V:. 876 17 1,503 79 1,549 94 i,393 24 1,311 05 980 09 800 14 2,204 29 737 72 2,162 92 1,778 71 814 33 659 83 . 1,150 28 898 14 . 769 22 1,589 82 629 61 1,591 45 . 507 43 948 36 854" 31. 673 68 676 92 934 39 . 767 01 1,715 60 804 44 1,231 90 1,140 98 2,043 88 1,238 39 866 67 1,732 68 900 58 676 57 1,065 86 1,475 31 441 17 1,875 67 1,026 24 1,546 91 1,652 94 1,512 86 ' 1,234 21. 1,605 "63 -1,852 45 t 1,094 36 1,148 65 . . ;50(k34 . .1,197 88.'. 2,828'78 1,344 53 ... 624 38 , '571 37. 1,479 38 - 1,658 40 967 SI 1,178 53 989 28 $150 00 150 00 150 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 150 00 75 tO 225 00 - 75 00 150 00 "Lenoir, 22S 00 Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin,, McDowell, . Mecklenburg, Montgomery,. Moore, Nash, . - New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robe30ir, Rockingham, 75 00. 75 00 150 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 75 00 150 09 '- V .; 75; 90, -:.''' 225 JQO . , 223 00 75 00 Rowan, Rutherford Sampson, Stanly, Stokes,. -Surry, . . Tyrrell, L. s Unicro, . . Wake, : -Warren,' . -Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, , Yadkin, Yancey, 300 00 225 CO The counties of Clay, Mitchell, and Transylvania, will receive their shares from the counties oat of which they "were respectively formed. , February 20, 1865. f . 1ST . C . T-AH. Exploit of some of Mosdy's Mfcif. Northern Virginia seems not to afljrd full occupa tion for thcv-gallant and adventurous tangers cf Colonel Mosbv. Within the; last week? some 'of them bavc-becn stirring up the Yankees tn the - y,:,lils,a - We are Jaat Friday night Captain Kichardson, with sixteeO-men, all of Mosby's command, dished into tbe town of Williamsburg, and, successfully pretending to be the advance of a cavarry brigade, 'cleared mentof Yankees out of the town, unhorsi wards of a dozeu and killing half that number, None of Captain Richardson's men were struck, though six of their horses were killed under them. They brought off a- number of horses and some other, plunder, Richmond Dispatch, t i .' i 4 -mm Treatment of Renegades. Tbe Goldsboro Journal announces the flihtof a Mr Swafn to the Yankees, and. states on information . received, that he applied to the Yankee Gen. Terry for protec tion on the ground that he has always been a Un ion man, and bad . managed,- under one pretence and another, to evade service in the a rones of the Confederate States. Gen. Terry, who'scems to be a practical Yankee, replied that he had no special use, except one lor men who were too cowardly to stand up for their country, right or wrong, when invaded, and that was to give them a musket and make them fight. Mr. Swain was accordingly placed in the ranks of the Federal army. . Hon. B. F. Perry has received the appointment of Judge of the Confederate States Court for the District of South Carolina, vice Hon. A., G. Ma grath, who resigned in consequence of having been elected Governor of the State. Headquarters Reserve, II. Carolina,) Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Feb 13, 1865. General Order, No. 3. Enrolling .Officers in the State of North Carolina will make diligent inquiry in their respective counties for the arms," &c, called for in Gen. Lee's appeal of January o, lobo. - They are required to receive all arms brought for ward under this appeal, and reporting them to Capt. A. W. Lawrence, Ordnance officer Reserve NC. By command of Lt. Gen. Holmes : "JOHN W. niNSDALE, ' Asst. Adjt. General. HEADQR'S ARMY OF NORTHER VIRGINIA, 1 January 25, 1865. J To rm and equip an additional force of cavalry, there i3 need of carbines, revolvers, pi3tols, saddles, and other accoutrements of mounted men. Arms and equipments of tbe kind desired are believed to be held by citizens ia sufficient numbers to supply our Wants. Many keep them as trophies, and some with the expec tation of using them in their own defence. But it shoull be remembered that arms are now required for use, end that they cannot be made so - effectual for the defence of the country in any way, as in the hand of organized troops. Tbejr are needed to enable our cavalry to cope with the well armed and equipped cavalry of the enemy, not only in tbe general service, but in resisting those predatory expeditions which have inflicted so much loss upon the people of the in terior. - To the patriotic I need make no other appeal than the wants of the service; but I beg to remind those who are reluctant to part with th arms and equip ments in their possession, that by keeping them they diminish the ability. of the arms to defend their prop erty, wUhout themselves deriving any benefit from them. I therefore orge all persons not in the service to deliver promptly, to some of the officers designated below, scch arms and equipments (especially those suit able for cavalry) aa they may have, and to report to those officers the names of such persons as neglect to surrender those in their possession. Every citizen who prevents a carbine or pistol from remaining unused, will render a service to his country. Those who think, to retain arms fur their own defence, should remember if tbe army cannot protect them, the arms will be of little use. While no valid title can be acquired to public arni3 and equipments except from the Government, it is reported that many persons have ijnotantly purchased them from private parties. A fair compensation will, therefore, ba made to all who deliver such arms and equipments to any ordnance officers, officer commanding at a post, officers and agents of the Quartermaster and Commissary Depart ments, at any station, or officers in tbe enrolling ser vice, or connected with tbe Nitre and Mining Bureau. All these officers are requested, and those connected with this army, are directed to receive and receipt for all arms and equipments, whatever their condition, and forward the tame, with a duplicate receipt, to the Ord nance Department at Richmond, and report their pro ceedings to these Headquarters. The person holding the receipt will be compensated npon presenting it to the Ordnance Bareau. While it is hoped that no one will disregard this appeal all efficers connected with this army are required, and all others are requested, to take possession of any public arms and equipments they may find in the hands of persons unwilling to sur render them to the service of tbe country, and to give receipts therefor. A reasonable allowance . Cor their expenses aud trouble will be made to such patriotic citizens as will collect and deliver to any of ibe officers above designated, such arm and equipments as they may find in the bands of persons not in the service, or who will report the same to those officers. Aprompt compliance with this call will greatly promote the effi ciency and strength of the army, particularly of the cavalry, and render it better able to protect the homes and property of the people from outrage. "; R.lS. Lsk, General. The officers receiving arms or accoutrements under this appeal are requested to slate on the face of the du plicate receipts given by them the condition of the ar. tides, whether ia good order or otherwise-4 and if not in good order, the per centage which should be deduc ted on that account. . .. These receipt may be presented for payment to any one of the following named efficers : Capt. J M Stevens, Richmond. . Major B Randolph, Staunton, Ta. . Major E S Hotter, Danville, Va. Capt. G S Getty, Lynchburg, Va. Capt. Chas Seinple, Wytheville, Va. Capt. A G. Brenizer, Salisbury", N. C. By order of ' J. GORGAS, Brig. General, Chief of Ordnance. OfficiaL J. W. Hinsdale, A. A. "G. Feb7-2V18eS i , , : 3t ; -'? . . , : : HEADQUARTERS RESERVE N C Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Feb 13, 1865. General Orders No. 4. , I. Major C. S. Stringfellowr Assistant Adjutant Gen eral C. S. P. A., will relieve Capt. John W. Hinsdale, Ass'st Adj't Genl. of Reserves of N. C, and the latter officer will proceed to jqinr the 3d Regiment.Reserves, N. C, as its Colonel, he haying, been duly elected to that office on the 3d of January, 15.' - - The Lieut-General commanding, in taking leave of Col. Hinsdale,, tenders biswarm congratulations oniis promotion, and earnestly hopes that tbe intelligence, zeal and gallantry which has characterized his service as a Staff Officer, may be matured lay- experience Into greater, usefujoeis in his -new a.id more extended sphere. - Signed,. - T. H. HOLMES, Official: v Lient-Gen'l comd'g. Cms. S. Strisgfellow, Ma,k& A.A.Genl. . Feb 20, 18fi5. .61-? i ADJT AND INSPtR GENL'S OFFICE, Richmond," Sept. 11, 18JS3. General Orders No. I2.jt v J! A III. The folloa-inz'Afct of Congress i published for the information of all coo.cernea ; - ''Every person, not subject to the Rales and Articles of war, who shall procare or entice a soldier of the Confederate States to desert, or who: shall purchase from any jtoldicr his erii, -.uniform clothing, or any part thereof, snail, upon, legal conviction, be nnea mi the discretion of the Court having cognizance of the same, in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year."- j By order of the Secretary of Wr, . - . . , Signed, A COOPER, , v " Adj't. aud Insp'r General. Headquarters Reserve N. 0, Raleigh, reft. o. Official, .i , v.- , W-WV. . nwiaiit, v - fab ;. .'tt A. A; Ceal.' SCHEDULE OF PRICES f-- fo North Carolina. C The Commissioner! of Appraisement for the guu r Korth Carolina prewnt their tfchedule of Price, to rowrn Tarchuiag Agenti .for tha wxtMtj days, with latEIo? aideraUy advanced in consequence ol the adranc i fc. orde oi Government in the priwt paid above thoee 0f ilI late schedule. They earoeatly hope, there now beC t excuse for holdinjr back the product ma . , v UQ supply ot the army, that farmers and others will , 'a'Tegtrtwara alecrityW offer allThat the? Ii. ing up- Pre from their own consumption t the aid of W ana niuui hvw . bo rooffBizca as oar only i,,, from the unrestrained and grasping despotism of our l barons enemy . u,r" Apples, dried good, peeled, per bush 28 lbs. " unpeeled, per buah. cf 38 Ibe. Axes, with handles, each, i ' without handles, each. Bacon, per pound, kog round. Beans, white or cornfield, per bosh CO lbs. Brandy; apphv per rarkm, . . " peach, per gallon. Beef, fresb, nett per pound - . . gross, per pound, ; salted, pr pound," Candles, UllqW. per pound, 1 " adamantine, per pound. Chains, trace, per pair. Ciotb, woolen, for soldiers' clothes, ytrd wide, 10 oz to yard, and pro rata as to greater or leas weight or width, per yard, Cotton, raw. per pound. Coffee, Rio, pVr pound, Corn, nnshelied, per bush. 70 lbs. , Corn Meal, sacks not included, ner bnah. U 11,. $10 00 7 60 18 50 Id 00 ' 4 50 10 50 10 00 10 00 2 00 1 00 2 50 6 OH 10 00 16 00 15 00 2 50 14 50 I t 00 12 20 Drills, cotton, 1 yd- wide, 3 yds to pound, per vd . 2 80 VUmr. extra f.mifv Tr KK1 KM IT,- ' J"'' f " ----- y svva r lUWf " extra snperfine, per bbl 19$ Jbs, . M . superfine, per bbl 196 lbs. " fine, per barrel of 196 pounds', Foddar, bakd, per 100 pounds. . " unbaled, per 100 pounds . Hats, wool, each, ' " liy. baled, per 100 pounds, " unbaled, per 100 pounds. Hides, dry, extra, per pound, " green, per pound. Horses, artillery, 1st class, per head, " artillery, 2d class, per bead. House rent, per room, per month. Iron, n, No. J , per ton, 2000 lbs, 100 00 SO 00 80 00 70 00 . 8 00 7 50 6 00 8 00 7 50 5 00 2 M 1500 00 100 00 4lA0 350'00 314 00 278 00 " 2, 2000 lbs, . " 3, " " 2000 lbs, Bloom, " 2000 lbs. - It li 710 00 Smith's, square or round, per ten. 2000 lbs. 1030 00 " serviceable railroad, per ton of 2240 lbs, 400 00 Jeans, wool, domestic, per yard, a " J 5 00 Kettles, camp, iron, per pound, ' CO Lumber, good, per J, 000 feet, C0 0O Lard, per pound, 4 GO Lea'.cer, sole, per ponnd. 10 00 upper, per pound, - 12 00 harness, per pound, , 11 l0 Molasses, sorghum, per gallon, 15 t)0 Mules, 1st class, per head, 100 00 " 2d class, pr head, J ,200 00 " 3d class, per head, 00 90 Mechanics, first class, per day, rations by gov'nt, 10 00 2d class, per day. rations ar rov'nt. 6 00 Nails, per keg, 200 00 Oats, sheaf, baled, per 100 pounds, 10 00) " sm r, unbaled. pr JOO pounds, 9 2i " shelled, per bushel, , 8 00 Osnaburgs, cotton, J yard wide, 7 oe Ut yd, pW yd, 2 50 Onions, per bushel. cotton. yard -wiae, o ox to ya, per ya, 1 73. 14 00 Oxen, work, fitst quality, por yoke, " . 2d quality, per yoke, Peas, cow, per bushel of HO pounds, Potatoes. Irish, per bushel of GO pounds, " sweet, per bushel of 60 pounds. Peaches, drird, peeled, per bunLrlof 38 lbs, " nnpeelod, per bushel of 3d lbs, Fork", fresh, nett, p r pound, salted, per ponnd. i,roo oo 1.000 oo 15 Of) 8 00 8 00 12 50 10 00 3 f.0 3 90 gross 2 60 Pasturage, first quality, near town, pr head, pr month, 8 common, near town, per head, pr month, 5 00 00 first nualitv. in the conntrr. ncr head car month, . 7 00 " common, in the country, pr head pr month, 4 00 quinine, gooa, per ounce, - . liice,uew, per pound, " old, per ponnd, Rye, good, per busbel of 56 lbs, Rosin, per bbl of '280 lbs, " in bulk of 280 lbs, Sacks, two bushels, osnabnrgs, eaeh, . Shirting, cotton. yard wide, 4 yds to lb, per yd, ' " cotton, i yard wide, 3 yds to lb, per yd, Cotton stripes, 3 yards to ponnd, per yard, Salt, Coast, per bushel of 50 pounds, " Liverpool, per bushel of 50 pounds, " Virginia, per bushel of 50 pounds, Steel, cast, per pound, Shoes, army, per pair, Shoe thread, flax, per ponnd. . Socks, soldiers', wool, per pair, s Sheep, fat, per head, ' Sugar, brown, common, per pound. Soap, hard, per pound, . " soft, per pound. Shucks, baled, 100 pounds. Shorts, good, pv bushel of 22 pounds, , Ship stuff, good, per bushel cf 37 pounds, Tea, black, per pound, " green, per pound, Tent cloth, cotton, 10 oz to yard, per yard, Tobacco, No. 1 , extra, , No. 1, No. 2, - " Lugs, , Tallow, clean. jr pound. Vinegar, cider, per gallon, manufactured, per gallon, . Whiskey, good, per gallon, Wheat, good, per bushel of CO lbs, " ' bran, per bushel of 17 pounds, Wheat straw, baled, per 100 pounds. M unbaled, per 100 pounds. Wagons, wood axle. 4 horse, new, each. , . " wood axle, 2 horse, new, each, Yarn, cotton, per bunch of 6 pounds, -Wool, washed, per pound, ' unwashed, pec pound, bfOO 1 50 1 10 12 00 2 00 00 A 00 1 75 1 10 2 75 40 00 50 00 45 00 10 00 25 00 10 OO 4 00 50 00 6 00 2 00 1 25 8 00 1 75 2 40 10 00 it 00 250 3 00 2 50 1 75 1 25 4 50 4 CO 2 00 10 00 15 00 1 50 2 73 2 00 700 00 500 00 15 00 12 00 10 00) Dire of Labor, Teams, Wagons and Dorsts. Bailing long forage, per hundred pounds, j 1 00 Shelling and bagging corn, sacks furnished by gov ernment, per bushel, 25 Hire of two horse teams, wagon and driver, rations furninbed bv owner, ner dev. - 18 Hire of twe horse teams, wagon and driver, rations ! furnished by government, per day, " Hire of four horse teams, wagon and driver, rations furnmhed by owner, per Cay, , Hire of four horse teams, wagon and driver, rations 12 00 30 00 20 00 36 00 24 00i turniened by government, per day. Hire of six horse teams, wsgon and driver, rations furnished by owner, per day. v Hire of six horse teams, wagon and d4rer, rations furnished bv covernraenL ner dev.-: Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner, per dsy, 6 00 Hire ef laborer, rations fornisbed bv rov'nt, pr day, 4 Oft I- Hire of laborer, rations fur. by owner, pr month, 110. Off Ifcre of laborer, rations by .gov m, per month, 6. wi Hire of horse, per day, .; The Commissioners respectfully svggcst that if it bo found practical, the producer should be allowed to retain a fourth part of their surplus, to be sold at market rUs, to Eay for" their necessary plantation supplies, which they ave to purchase at high maki prrices. They earnestly call upon the farmers to bring forward their corn now so necessary to tbe snnnort of the army in their imsacdiate front, and which alone will prevent the loss to the enemy, of all their erona. ainrJc. iwroea. Ac. The eetanus- sioners would also recommend that the inpressaaenlthould be universal and tfniform, leaving oat bo one. For the information of all persons concerned, we pub lish the following Instructions, with th nope that they will be strictly obeyed; . - "No officer, or agent impress fl necessary aup- t'u which any person may wr consumption of imsclf. hU family, employees, sve, or to carry on bis ordinary mechanical, msnufscturtng or agricultural em ployments." . - Thenext meeting of h Board will bo held la the Sen ate Chamber, in the CUy of Raleigh, on Monday, the 2d day of April nez. unless sooner changed. Impressing gents roust furnish good and satisfactory reasons for dis approvals on appeals, or tbe sward of local appraisers will be approved. All communications sbmht be addressed to tbe Secretary of the Board, Raleigh, N. C. ' (Signed) ' H. K. BURGWYN. Garysboxg, N. C. R. V, BLACKSTOCK, - . 4 fitokeivilte, N.C. Commissioners Appraisement for State ef X. C February 6, 1865. , BLANK DEEDS, Warrant, Ejectments, dec, fcr sale at this Offiea. r r La
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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