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W. 3. YJJfS1
EDITOR AKD PliOPKKITOR.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1865.
FOURTEENTH V0LUMEN UMBER 680.
1.
A Proclamation.
XI. W. IIOLDEN, PROVISIONAL OM
(JOV'XOR,
To the People Df Aorth Carolina
1 vaivmia.
In pursuance of povrcr vested in me by ANDREW
JOHNSON, I'vcsident of th-? United States, by his
J'roelamf.tion of May 2?tU LSo.";, appointing a Pro
visional Governor "of North Carolina, under the
fourth r,-ti;H of the Constitution of the United
States, v hkh jruarfirtc; to evi-ry S ate in the Union
a republican icriv. ef government; and in order to
naMo the Joyal people of said State to organize a
-atc'bcVminioRt, w hereby justice rnaj U- estab
lished, domestic ttanquility restored, and loyal citi
zens protected In all their rights of life, 'liberty,
uiul property; and in order, a!-o, that said Stale
may b" re-lorcd to its Constitutional relations to
the F'-ra! government, by presenting" such a re-jiii'.lii-f.n
form of government as will entitle the
State to the guarantee of the United Sta'tes'therefor
mid its people to protection by the United States
against invasion, insurrection and domestic vio
lence, I, WILLIAM W. 1IOLDEN, Provisional Cov
rrnor as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim that an elee-
will be
held iu said State, on Thursdav. the
2!-.t day of September,
lyo'.'t, for a Convention, lo
composes ot one hundred and twenty
to be chosen as follows :
deh-trates.
The county of Alamance
will choose two mem-
The cou.ity of Alexander will choose one member.
The counties of Ashe and Alleghany will choose
lie tnci:i "mt.
The cecity of Anson will choo3e two members.
'i 'In- coiiify of Deaui'oi t will choose-two members.
'i'r'.cf-.-oiiiity of Hortie will choose two me'mbcrs.
The county of I)!adeu. will choose one member.
Ti,;- cciiuiy of lirunswicx will choose one racm
ty r.
The couii! y of Ijuncombe will choose one member.'
'1 i.c county of i'urke will choose one member.
The county of Cabarrus wii! choose one member.
The couiity of Caldwell will choose one member.
The county of Camden will choose one member.
1 lie count v
of Carteret will choose one member.
The ci'unly of (
Tile county of (
iswell will choose two members
itawba will choose one member.
Ti!; count v
b.rs.
The .eonntie
imp member.
of Chatham will choose three mem-
of Clicrokce :v;ol Clay will choose
The cou.ity of Chowan will choose one member.
The county of Cleaveland will choose two nicm
ocrs. T'.)C c.-omty of Columbus will choose one member.
The county of Craven will choose two members.
The cour.tks of Cumberland and Harnett will
-1'Oj.c three members.
The county of Cuirituck will choose one member.
The county of Davidson will choose two members.
The comity of Davie will choose one member.
i he county o:
Duplin will choose
two members
The comities of
Kdirecorube
mil Uron wi
1!
souse two members.
The count v of Forsyth will choose
two members
The county of Franklin will choose one member.
The county of Gaston will choose one member.
The county ci" Gates will choose one member.
The county of Granvilla will choose thr-e mem-
The county of Greene will choose one member.
The county of Guilford will choose three mem
bers. The county of Halifax will choose two members.
The county of JJaywood wJl choose one member.
The co -m ties of Henderson and Transylvania- will
'ht'iise ou c jm-mbor.
The comity of Ileitford will choose one member.
Tho comity of Hyde will choose one member.
The county cf Iredell will choose two members.
The county of Jackson will choose one member.
The vounty of Johnston will choose two members.
The county of Jones will choose one member.
The county of Lenoir will choose one member.
The county of I
'The count y of
ueoln will choose one member,
icon will choose one member.
The county of Madison will choose one member.
The county of Martin will choose one member.
"The county cf McDowell will choose one member.
The county of .Mecklenburg will choofC two niem
Urs. The ovm'v of .Montgomery will choose one mora
h ..!.
The county of Moore wiii choose one member.
The county-of Na.-h will choose one member.
The county of New Hanover v.ill choose two
members.
The county of Northampton will choose two mem
bers. The county of Onslow will choose one member.
The county of Orange will choose two members.
The county ol Pasquotank will choosf one mem-
i e r .
The cainity of retquimans will choose one mc.u-
1 .'!
The county of Person will rhoor one- mexiber.
The county of Pitt will choose two 'members.
The county of Randolph will choose two mem-b'-rs.
The county of Richmond will choose one member.
The county of Robeson will choose two members.
The county of Rockingham will choose two meni-
t '-VS.
The county of Rowan will choose two members.
The counties of Rutherford and Polk will choose
t vvt. members. .
county of Smripson will choose two members,
county of'iftuK- will choose one member,
county of fokes will choose one mctnber.
county ol .su:.'y wili choose one member,
coi. u v ot T i i t il will choose one ruetnber.
cviiii.tv of i'niou ivill choose hu- member.
1 nc
1 he
The
I e
l . : v
The co -mty of Wake will chooe three menibers.
'fiie county of Warren will choose tvo members.
The count v of Y"ahinrtoii will choose one mem-
The county of Watauga will ch'oose one mcmlt.
Tho county of Wayne will choose two members.
The county of W'Rkcs will choose two members.
The county of Yadkiu will choose one member.
The counties of Yancey and Mitchell will choose
one number.
The Ck-rka and SheiiHs cf the respective counties
vvill p. ocecd at nice to assemble the Justices of the
F'-ue, a majority v' whom will select from their
i-muVr not less th.Mi -ix nor more thau -eiKliteen
' ti;-Jlcei, men of inttUigeaee. diierctiou, firmnes?,
approved lyahy-, whose duty it shall be t-3 ad
: uiui-ter to those who may be entitled to receive i t a
- i lie oa'h. eoutained ill the President's Amnesty PiVt
litmat'uui gf May 1'Olh, 18(55, under sujt instructions
s m:iv be proscribed in this Proclamation. The :
-us'ices shall, at the same time, uppoiut inpectoo
of the elccti-jns at the various precincts in thrir re
pcciive counties, in accordance with tie law in re
tatJmi tliereto, Chapter 52, Revised Code of North
Carolina. The elections for members ot the Con
vention shall be conducted in tho .-cine manner as
4 let liuas for members ot the ll -ue ot Common?, in
"eordancb with the provisions of chapter 52, He
vised Code, so far as said provisions may be appli
ib'f : and the oilicei s appoint d to hold safd elec
tions. ; 1 to make returns thereof, shall b liable to
i ie srauo peu. titles for. failure to act, or fur neglect,
of du'v, as are prescribed in chapter 52,' Jlevised
t'o.if.-' '
No person wiPbe allowed. to vote who is not a
o'.tr qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and .
laws- of the State, iu force immediately before tiie
-Olh day of May, 1SGT; excejit that the pajmeut of
a poll tax shall not be req-ttred. '
All paroled soldiers of the Army aod navy of the
pretended Confederate States, or'of thU State,-and
:'H paroled omVcr-' of the nrinv anT navy of the pre-
tended Confederate States, or of this State, under
and including the rank of Colonel, if of the nrmv. '
and under and including the rank of Lieutenant. "if !
oflhe n?vy; Vl h-c alIowta to vote, provided they;
nre not included in any of tLe fourteen excluded
nae-scs oi me rrr-siuent 3
.1. . 1 I i .
Am nest v Proclamation;
and, provided further, that they are citizens of the
State in aecoi dunce with the term? prescribed in the
preceding paragraph.
No pei son will be allowed to vote who uoe3 not
exhibit to the inspectors a copy of the Amnesty
Uafii, as contained in the President's Proclamation
of May L0;h, 1 863, ngned by hims
self and certilled
cP
by at least two Justices of the Peac
The Shei ilfs of the respective counties shall fur
nish, as soon as practicable, certificates of election to
those persons who may have received the highest
number erf votes as members of the Convention; and
the Sheriff? fhall also immediately send to the office
of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, a statement of
the vo'e in their respective Counties for the mem
bers afurt-said, and also a- statement of the said vote,
sealed up, directed to the President of the. Conven
tion, Raleigh, to be laid before the Convention.
The members of the Convention ihu3 chosen, will
assemble in the city if Raleigh, on Monday, the
second day of October, 1 SG5.
The ativution of Justices appointed to administer
the Amnesty Oath, is especially directed to the fol-
iwitinji jumii.-i.-ii cACiuucu cnisses oi mi' i resident s
Amnesty. Proclamation of .May 2!th, 1805:
t " First All who are or shall have been pretende-d
j eivM or diplomatic olfiers or otherwise, domestic or
foreign agents of the pretended Confederate govern
' nient.
! Second All who left judicial stations under the
: United States to aid the rebellion.
I Third All who shall have been military or naval
j officers of said pretended Confederate government
ubovc t lie rank of Colonel in the army or Lieutenan)
i iu the navy.
1 C . ...... .... ..T...1...1 . I 1. ?J-...-
Fourth All who left scats in the Congress of the
United States to aid the rebellion.
Fifth All who resigned or tendered resignations
of tLfir commissions in the army or navy oflhe U.S.
to evade duty in resisting the rebellion.
Sixth All who have engaged in any w ay in treat
ing otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war per
sons found in theU. S. service, as ollicers, soldiers,
seamen, or in other capacities.
Seventh All persons who have been or are ab
sentees from the U. S. for the purpose of aiding the
rebellion.
Eighth All military and naval officers in the
rebel service who were educated by the government
in the Military Academy at JVest 1'oint, or the U. S.
Naval A en ile my.
Ninth All persons who held the pretended offices
of (kn errjors of States in insurrection against the
United State.-.
Tenth AH persons who left their homes within
the jurisdiction and protection of the United States,
and passed bej ond the federal military lines into
the so-called Confederate States for the purpose of
aiding the rebellion.
Eleventh All person who have" been engaged in
the destruction of the commerce of the United States
upon the high; seas, and persons who have made
raids into the United States from Camilla, or been
engaged in destroying the commerce' of the United
States upon the Jakes and rivers that separate the
British provinces from the United States
Twelfth All persons who, at the. time when they
seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath
herein prescribed, are in military, naval or civil
confie.cment or custody, or under bonds oflhe civil,
military or naval authorities or agents of the United
States, as pi i.-oners of v.aror persons detained for
offences of any kind cither before or after conviction.
Thirteenth All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the estimated
value cf whoso taxable property is over twenty
thousand dollars.
Fourteenth All persons who have taken the oath
of amnesty as prescribed in the President's procla
mation of December eight, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, or an oath of allegiance to
the government of the "United States since the date
of said proclamation, ami who have not thencefor
ward kept and maintained the same inviolate:
Provided that special application may be made to
the President for pardon by any person belonging to
ih c excepted classes, and such clemency will be lib
erally extended as may be consistent with the fact?
of the case aad the peace and dignity of the United
SUte?.M
. Under the first exception are included all persons
who have been civil or diplomatic officers, or agents
of the pretended Confederat-a government, either,
within or without the territorial limits oflhe United
States.
Under the seventh exception are included all offi
cers, agents, or private citizens who have been ab
sent' from the United States for the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
Under the . thirteenth exception arc included all
who, da: iiig the rebellion, have held any wfTice or
agcti'')- under the State or pretended Confederate
government: or have in any way voluntarily joined
in the rebellion, as for example, by entering or
marching with armed foices hostile to the United
States; by sending or furnishing money, provisions,
or arms to persons engaged in the rebellion, save in
cases w here money or provisions were furnished
from the promptings of charity or humanity: by
acting with assemblages of persons, whether organ
fzuH or unorganized, hostile to the United States;
m:- in at y other way giving voluntary aid, assistance
! or em o'i: aement to the rebellion; and wliose t:ix-
I... WhI. .I.,,. ,.F V.
f i . I 1 1 V. I M I i ' "v. I J
on ue t i oav oi .way icoo. ccccu-
i tat in value
j The oilier
;he sum cf twenty thousand dollars,
exceptions arc so plain as not to require
explanation.
I No certificate will be granted by the Jnstices to
' any person who is included within any of the four-
teen excluded classes, unless on exhibition by the
party of his pardon for his olfer.ee from the Presi-
; d'Mit.
I. The Justices appointed to administer the amnes-
I i"n i ' . "ftPP n nxtv "irp Pcr.eciallv itruct-!
1 ed to he vigilant and faithful. While it will not be that you should be foaling about tue streets, every trace ot public spirit ana public virtue, j ville, were the one hundred and forty thousaud 1 tution of civil for military -government, forj it
their duty to attempt to pry into the hearts and con- idliug in front of hotels, wasting your time, ac-' before that appeal shall fail of such rcspot.se a3 ; mcn.of Grant. ' j tbe States lately in rebellion. Wc believe it i
sciences "of men, they wili nevertheless admonish ; qg bad habiu, while "the 1'ankces" you f brimming eyes and swelling bosoms can k nder. ; General Jlcade, it is said, expressed extreme ! better tbat tSe people of each State shall havo
those who may apply to take the oath, xbaf it must , haye (J j,ated aucj despid crowd into every A great and generous Government, itself re- astonishment to General Lee when informed of j the resnousibility thrown upon the w ofre-cstab-be
taken and subscribed. in good tattli, .vnn nn non- , u .nl. N.ntun.l ;n-,nl Am... I,n, ,1... :, ..n 1 i : iv n . . . .
ct intention on their part to keep it without secret
YW'nitli t-.r fltlMi:i.if ermT Hie oaiu auu iu i.uu-
duet the e!eclir.ns are enjoinedto utc every practi-
cable means to enable every eiii.eu 10 tate iue o.au ;
vho n:ny desire aad be entitled to do so. And the ,
luni'iorr are etjoiued to inspect and examine lair-
ly and truly, to decide ia every case in aeeor
.- - . . . -
nance
':
w ith the law, ni.d with the instructions' they have
reetiv. d fptmi t hi j eflice, and to make prompt and
correct returns of the trim! er of votes and for whom
east, at-tlicir resiyi'tive. precincts.
I Kmc at our city jf- JUitigii, the t(li day of Au
gust, cne '.thousand eipht hundred and fcixty-fiv:,
and in the year ct' ihe Independence I" tbe United
States, the' t-ighty-niKih.
WILLIAM W. IIOLDEN,
Dy the Governor: jroviional Clovernor.
Lt'wis HanivS. Private Secretary.
August 14, 1805. (
,
NOTICIS.-tmit uary iioiires exceeding a few
lines in lenjrth, are chni'!'l advertifin? rates. , pay-nhe-
in adv.nife, 1
purpose or mentnl re.-ervation upon any occasion or ; nvaiu tcijf uciu, x num. vv .... u . ..... ,uut unu u? pcuicu mis wuv3, mewuuiu umciuu 1 coniuiUOHIfS. JUl iney OUgOl Ciejriy IO unaer-
at any time to committ any act in violation of saia i Yankee capital, (a maiden most tuicoy,) and from envying such treasures to any of its ciii- j before brokeu through the Confederate lines1, and j stand that if they refuse or are unable to do this
oath;' and they will warn them that if the oath is qt uurrv jt to North Carolina traders, and build .ens or constituent States, or from confound- ; this would have doubtless been done sootier, bot I Juty" they will compel tho General Government
thus taken and kept, the pardon offered them by the , oWQ gj by yQur OWQ eies. 1 ' jng tilCU, wjth the mere iircbieves .and implc- that up to this time -U adversary, by rapid tl) bteD in a:.d do it for them."
resident wi.I be vc.,1 and lhJJJn ' tbus much of the Prufit '"Ut go to f mcnts of faction. It wilkathcr recognize such tnovementf of his small force f?om point lo point, " , .. . ' . . '
l0JXJZn 4ho duty it i the Northern capitalist, I prefer that it siiould I jewels as part of the general wealth and strength ; und obstinate fitting, had invariably foiled'hitn. ! tJlX
1 in nrniiiii' r-.r siu m i.wierin lutr uaiu uuu iu v.--...- srav Willi v" k- " . .
A LETTER FOR THE TIMES. THE PRESIDENT.
Raleigh, N. C, August, 1SG5. : To those Democrats who are impatient be
31 v Dear Sir The blow that has fallen unon cause President Johnson does not at once break
the people of the South U stunning. : Vlt the party which elected him, dismiss all the
The first perceptible effect is their apathy and v advisers of Mr. Lincoln from his councils, and
listlessncsj. it is a natural and sad result of ; reverse at one pfrokc the extra-legal acts of his
the prodigious efforts and prodigious- failure of predecessor, wo commend the following observa
the last i'uar years. Bnt from this state the . litns of the New York News:
people must rouse themselves. Kvery . mao "The necessities of ids position constrain the
i n?USt 'r ul' llis Ioil,i auJ str UP hisateighbor.
I Nwth Carolina must be put upon a 'course of
effort and career of prosperity. Our sacriuces
and labors have been for the good aad glory of
the commonwealth. 11 these cannot be achieved
in one way let them be accomplished in anoth-
er
Here is a State rc.ua.Ublj- well situated,
; out of the land our fathers bequeathed, and in
! whose soil we L.mva rdnnWl mir AonA- tvf?oo
graves give growth to all the sweet fruits of love
f and patriotism. We must hold and rulo this
i land. We must invite the help of the strong,
j who has brains and brawn and money. Put he
Lruust not take all and rule all. This he will do
i and should do, if we utterly fail of our duty.
! We are greatly impoverish d. Pe it so. Put
i we have our liuids, a few articles for market, our
J strength, skill, and men, old men of wisdom and
i VCilinf nif-h of nnwer Vrr limit Imvn ninnnu'
there is almost none in the country. And mo
ney makes something else go besides the female
quadruped of the proverb.
How shall we gel money? lhiyit. Money
must be bought like anything else." We must
send out of North Carolina everything we can
spare, everything other peoples need, and must
bring the money back and circulate it, and thu3
produce the stimulus which willreact for its own
increase. Kvery man ought toBe made to feel
that it is crimiual and foolish to kStp our tobac
co, cutter., and naval stoics in North Carolina.
The first ot thase articles is wanted, .and the
j others absolutely needed abroad. They need
cotton; we need monelJ have cotton; they
have money. It will beTWjf whole country
to make an eschaffge. ..My humble opinion is
that you should ship all your cotton immediately.
"No," says a speculator, "I will keep it, it
will be higher.,r Let us see. You have 10,0.00
lis. cotton. Suppose it .b?tiVwou d?5,000 in
New York to-day. ou kclrMslfnitle, twelve
months. Calculate the pbssibta destruction, the
probable injury to the cotton. Calculate what
you might do in turning over that 85;000 in
trade, the profit you can make upon one stock
purchased for that money. Will cotton rise to
figures which will equal that? Surely not. -In
six months or nine, with skill and energv you
will have doubled your $5,000.
But, reflect upon another thing. There is
the huge national debt. Kvery thing now must
be taxed. Jut upon what i.3 the main reliance
to be placed? upon the taxation cf luxuries?
That operation can result only in two things
First, the use of luxuries will rapidly decrease.
Second, the revenue will as rapidly diminish.
The waters of the revenue must be. drawn from
fountains which do not fail, because the outflow
is constant. What is an unfailing fouut of rev
enue? 27ic iiccessu its of ItJ'c; of these is cot
ton. Congress well knows that, and time the
tax wili fuli. Suppose 2o cents per lb. will it
be less? be placed on Cotton before Christmas,
where is the stock you have on hand?- Your
reply is: as the" raw material advances so must
l he fabric, and 1 can add the tax to my present
prices. Can you? and make the additional in
terest, &c. JJut may you not be deceived? I
wear a cotton slnrt. At oJ cents 1 may indulge
in a new garment, but at 100 cents i will say
no, L must make this s
hirt last me longer. Jn
practice has not that been the case: Docs
it-not sometimes seem cheaper to live when ar
, , . , , " , r l I J " . ujcouti-ai. a uuuuic-wuics. across uie ueius, anu crhich it hnd been nlaecd bv no fault of
! jucnt. What good thing hath God done for any ; surrounded, constitutes, however, one of immi: kriowing be terrible significanicc of the advan- ! hi did not he&lTinlcomo
uv coua :i ovicic i i c" jot cxiraoniui irt nnveion- suv ni inp r-irciinisrsinnr-tj hu tv nth iio ima hnsn i i .1 - .1. . c 11. j
; " 1 a,.ti i -mi. wuuua.fH a iimc-ai iuimuM. ragC wjiici ttic l cueral troops bail gained, 1 i ue had recoiled from tho
! . ' , , i hat there is truth in this last remark, as looked at the General to ascertain, if possible, t Wai RiifTrTfo,l in him Lv I thiuk
( , . .,u,, fftiuj!,, ipc Whoi paragrapn, we are very wnat nc tnougnt ot it. lie never appeared more : Tndleton This officer had informed
. a .. v.vi viu.. u.t pnnseinns. lint wn laRA nur rjith in tho tinn c.ilmr nnn if Ififi nttjjp hnd tifAn n roviAic hn
ticles are higher? And is. not this paradox ex- hope and beaming faces, pouring forth to the
plained by the increased economy under high j high places of the field. 1 cannot forget the im
priccs? As my reputation as a prophet will not I pressivo sight. I eould perish sooner than
be-seriously damaged by a mistake in this de-j bring myself to speak of their early premise
pa
rtment, 1 venture to predict that every man '
in Aoith Carolina, who keeps his cottoii tiw next
spring will rue it.
And then consider how much good you can
do. with this money. 1 know a number ot young
men in this State who are honest aud skillful iu
business, but are without capital. 1'do believe
that if I had $50,000, without engaging directly
in trade myself, 1 could make such arrange
ments as would double my money for me in a
year, and start thirty young men in business.
But what shall young men do who have no
capital? Well, if your Xorth Carolina neigh
bors who have cotton and tobacco will not sell
and let you Lave money, or take you iu with'
them, 1 know that you can go to JaUimore or
New York and find shrewd men glad enough to
paj you for your brains and time. Kather thau
place oi -piont, auu woin. . v. ""
siav
tbcse will not have it SC. you arc not to blame
must not be idle. Whenever man or wo-;
catchefi VuU standing apparently idle lor ;
an wlc ,.J . .... 1.. '
.1. ..,. .x .-r . T 1 It 1 I r Lll II 1 '11" 1 III I I t IIA
tue ruuvc ui ii. ujiuuiv.. t :
. . - . . I
to explain and exculpate..
Let the whole State throw its energies into ,
3 work of dcTclopiog North Carolina by the
:ot peace, and God will bless . and our ,
shall come to blossom and to bloom like ;
the
a Garden of the Lord. '
"Not slothful in business," - "
" "Vervent in spirit,"
'Serving the Lord." !
Can auy man find a better motto for us in
' these times than those words of the holy Apos-
th
Vcrr truly vour frieml
CHARLES F. PKKMS."
1 : A f-i..ii a tt-Aii ii 1. ra Vi 111 irnn n h ' inw r i Tiirfiiir-it2 fir 1 1 u snrr w 111 r it iir- 110 uiam -amMA...i 1 ... 1. . j. yx.ta a,.-.. 1 .. f . ..t a a. - j
! President to temporize. The Senate, the House,
, the Cabinet, all the public offices, being in the
; hands of the factiontets, he could not porsiblv
j lius-c pressed back, on his elevation to office, the
j licentiousness of the hour within the restraints
j of law. The compromise which became, thus,
! to a enSilera.,lo W.,, a .UW ncS.
constitutioual course of the President upon our
I knowledge of the whole antecedents of hia life.
which have so moulded his character as to make
him, eveu in opposuion to his own will, the
natural loe to the anti-democratic ideas of the
radical faction. In addition to this security, the
whole record cf Andrew Johnson bears the evi-
dence cf an unswerving unity of idea and pur-
pose, without the shadow of turning or the
suspicion of treachery. The principles of eon-
stitutional democracy are not only indissolubly
interwoven with his very nature, but that nature
is remarkably simple and consistent, and hi:
whole course, both before, durintr, and since the
war, answers to a
single
key, and that key is
demotion to the Democratic idea of the Union,
under a free constitutional government.
It is at this tjme of the most extreme imror-
tance that,the Democracy should maintain their I there was no excitement in his voice, or, iudfed,
faith in the President, and continue to give him ! any change whatsoever in its .grave 'and courto
an unwavering support. Whatever the firmness j ou.t tones. A slight flush came to his face, how
id a chief magistrate of the republic, utiliss sus-- ever, a moment af terwards : A-f-hell from the
tained by a strong party he must, eventually yield Federal batteries, fired af the group, burst al
to the pressure of an active faction. And there
is no Democrat, however impatient, lie may he of
the continuance of military rule, or anxious for
the return to a full and free government of law,
but will admit that in the matter of most imme-
diate and supreme consequence, the restoration
of the South, the President is f.ractipull y in
complete accord with Democratic ideas. . In the
very nature of things the continuities of military
rule must soon cease, and the habeas .corpus,
with all civil immunities, be restored to the
people. Wc can then, under such circumstances,
well afford to wait, and while we all unite in the
persistent expression of our opinion that popular
rights ought never to have been encroached
upon; and ought to be immediately restored,
every sentiment of wisdom, patriotism and party
policy combine to induce" us to continue to
stirngthen the hands of the President in his!
endeavors to petform faithfully his first and
highest duty by a cordial approval, and a chari
table consideration of the difficulties which pre
vent the immediate satisfaction of all our wishes.
JioRttn Courier.
SOUTHERN SOLDIERS.
. Saml. F. hillips E?p, in his oration deliver
ed in Raleigh on the 4th of .July.last, paid the
following just tribute to the gallantry of our
Southern soldiers :
'We are not unmindful of the grievous sor
rows which have recently pierced the hearts of
many of our ' fellow-citizens. We bring into
this presence the pale faces of all the gallant
sons of North Carolina who have -fillenTn t his
war; we recall the services and sacrifices of their
surviving comrades. We shall -utter no -word,
think no thought, to break, the honored repose
ot the one, or to wound the just sensibilities ol ;
the other. in the folt hgT.r of an April sun
tcur years- ago, .1 stood at the gates ol your
University and saw them pressed wide op-.u by
a throng of iSouthern boys huronir with high
and early graves, without attceiion and regret.
We that are here claim that whatever is to bo
the future of this State it must be'one iu which
tho devotion-to its commands of those soldiers
who held up its flag during four bloody cam
paigns, thai! be a principal ornament and Source
of .pride. ISome years after the fall
of Leouidas and his men, a Greek traveller, ex
ploring Thermopylae, read there upon a t-tone
the inscription "Stranger, tell it at laccdc
uion, that wc lie here in obedience to her c.-m-uiand:
!" 1 reckon that the "noblest as it is the
must siuq li of military epitaphs. fn fa jry 1
hear that same message to Xorth Carolina!
bourne from many a hillock in Pennsylvania,
vania, ,
South
in Maryland, through all v lrginia, in
Carolina and other &ates; -and'cold wilKbe the -
heart ot this Commonwealth, and vanished
""""" u-i a.i. , ,
jealousy' ojf the menioiics which Scotland chcl"
islres ot Wallace ana lruce, ot btcrhng Undge
and JJannockburn. It knows that these names
e,e-; ,! ...:i:..
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A L . t I It W 1
ci.iiie empire, anu mai mey nrea iicarts tnia
nerved arms at Trafalgar, Talav.ra and Water- ,
loo. I Jcel-sure tbat the gallsnt Soldiers here !
present who.e privilege it has been to rc-estab-
lish ttte- natiauuf dominion ever man V thousand '
suae leagues upon both sdopes of fhc moun-
" tains, entertain no petty suspicion uf pitc in '
regard lo gillant feats of arms done "upon the.1
other tide if the -great question which they
have settled. They yield to the Sonthcrn army
all claim upon the honors of niany well fought
fields whioh are to go down to history as trophies
: of Confederate gallantry.'
THE PETERSBURG BATTLES.
General Lee.
A correspondent of the N. Y. World writes
as follows: ,
Soon after sunrise on the 2d of April the Fed-
cral cotumns,..in heavy mass, advanced from the
outerlmo of wgi-kn,. which they had carried at
daybreaV, to attack (Jen. Lee in his inner in-
trenchments near Jtersburg. When the present
writer reached th vicinity of army headquarters,
on the Cox road, wst of the city, a . Federal
column was rapidly advancing to charge a bat-
j tery posted in the open field to the right of the
j bouse, and at-that-, time firing rapidly. Gen.
I ".h-h "iii hi U tho coTu'mn il
Lpo- wjiq in ihA In wn in f rnnr nt hi a Jinrfi noff ma
w
could. not have exhibited less emotion of any
'"description. Jn full uniform, with his cold-
hiltcd f word, and perfectly quiet look, he a p-
' peared to be witnessing, with simple cunositv-,
; some military parade.
The inovenuiit-of the Federal column became
more rpid, and the battery was eoon charged:
but it succeeded ij galloping fF under a heavy
ire of musketry. The column then pressed on,
and the Federal artillery opened a heavy fire on
i the hiil, before which the Southern guns tbere
was no inftntry withdrew. . Gen. Lee retired
slowly with his artillery, nding his wcll-knoan
! iron-gr-, and one person, at least, in the com
pany forgot the shell and sharpshooters, looking
at the superb old cavalier, trect as on arrow and
calm as a May morning. When he said to an
officer near, "This is a bad business, Colonel,'
j most upon him, killing a horse near by, and
i cith'ng bridle reins. This - brought a decided
I expression of ''fight" to tho old soldier's face,
I -'md 1
ic probably felt as he did in Culpeper whetpf4e ""vest which the cholera .has to uap jn
li ster cf Haprahannock bridge occurred !ho,se countries is too abundant to be game red ,
. t! e dister ef flapr ahannock bride
j when he muttered, Gen. Stewart told
I should mow like to go into a charge."
me,'"I
J he demcrnor of publii; men on great occa
sions is legitimate matter for history, (jleneral
Lcc's personal "hearing upon this critical occa
sion, wht-n he saw himsdf about to bo subjected
i to the greatest humiliation to the pride of a
soiruer capture was. admirably nouia-ana
serene. It was impossible not to be struck with
the grandeur of his appearance no other phrase
describes it; or to refrain from admiring the
princely air, with which the old cavalry officer
satliis horse. With his calm and thoughtful
eye, and perfect repose of manner visible in fpitc
of the restive movementf his horse, frightened
by the hruig., it was hard to hclieyo.that he saw
tl cri was no hope, ahd for himself would have
cared little if one of .the bullets singing around
had. found its mark in his breast." '
Of General Lee's soldiership, the writer, who
is announced as one of General Lee's btaff, goes
on to say :
i If General Lee continued, of hh own choice,
j to occupy a position at Petersburg from which,
t as events soon showed, he-could uot extricate his
j army, it will go furTo rob hua of that renown
I which be had previously won.
Upon the obvious view of the situation, Gen.
Lce4 in February, issued orders for the removal
of all the stores of the army to Danville. Gov
ernment cotton and tobacco was hauled away
from Petersburg ; hundreds of .the inhabitants
left the place; aii the surplus artillery was scot
tt) AmdilTOourtbouse, and even tho reserve ord-
nance tra;n of lhe ftnny wai ordered to the same
; point. . Then suddenly, in the midst of all, the
; movement stopped. - The authorities at Kieh-
mond had said, "Hold your position." Lee'
ernntermauded his orders and awaited his fate,
j 1 siy a united It is fa tc, because lam perfectly
well convinced that from that moment ho re
i girded the event frs a mere tjucstion of time,
j Yet be determined to stsnd at bay, and fight to
j the last. The expected attack came. General
Grant rapidly concentrated bis army, (amount
j ing, General .Meade stated at Appou attox Court
! House, to about one hundred and forty thousand
men,) on Lee's right, near .Lnrgess' Mill, his
: most bivient carps of infantry and cavalry were
thrown forward; and a desperate attack was
ma ie unon the- Confederate works on White
Oak
l&
.,1
v..
icvulse Mwu.tfcU the first 1
OctJ
s'suulfc, but the Ktcoiid was sncccsfal. At the'
amc time the llties T.sr Petersburg were broken
by a great force, and the affair was decided
The Confederate army was cut in two: the ene-
rry hold the Souibside railroad, intercepting the j
Hue if: retreat: and what Lee's clear military !
judgment bad foreseen, had come to pass, lie- j
tween his forty tLousand men, of less, and Dan-
,,is Muan uuuivcre, ueuianug uiai n jeu. uraui ,
, 111 . 1 m.f linjj their own State atfairb in their. own way.
ftreams and broken down trsnsrortation which .? . . -r r j a ,
-j wi, . I r r without outside iDterfereoce. una peace ana con -aided
the energetic movcmetits of (jciiaral Grant . . v ,v . t,
cin the
una ftiirri'iiiifr 1 . m w r 1 u r .
Qf another scene in the retroat in which
. .-
(jcn. Lee appeared conspicuously T
Ju fr0nt of all was ihlVX line of" battlet
,j,Ccd by Lve. thrown in at the ciitical moment:
Jd tliCst unexpectedly, and waiting" calmly, i
Cftneral l had rnh.ff hi infantrv over :ait .
cuuab v .
at sunset, leading it in in person, his face ani-i
matfcd, and his eye brilliant with the soldier' 1
spJrh" of "fight" but his bearing unflurricd a !
beforei, Ao artist desiring to paini his picture, '
cuht o have seen the old cavalier at this mo-;
fjueutt sweeping on -upon
r whoie inane and tail float
his large iron -gray,
! ing his field-gla?s half yaised in his right hand;
with head erect, gestures animated, and. in the
j whole face and form the expression of the liun
' ter close unon his cranio. The lino once inter-
poscjf he rode in the twilight among rhe dis.
j orjercij groups abovo mentioned, and the bight
0f him aroused a tumult. Fierce cries rt ounded
0D ai HijCS At)& witXa hands clenched violently
aoj rajsej ti0ftt thc men called on him to lead
t,em aaitnst the enemy. "It's General liCo 1"
iocq Robert !' "Where's the man who won't
folbw Uncle Robert !" I heard on all kldcs
; the 8Warthy laoes InM ct dirt and courage, lit up
! cvcrY iDStapt by the glare of the Federal signals
npar Altogether the scene was indescribable,
The e'nd came at laft. The great soldier had
iv t i l.
'"SlrJS il T.
-aivmftVA&aa wot ij iiij m m v m m v m m.r w. v
Ins.-.
At first'
idea of surrender Tvhcu
General
him that
his corns commanders were ucanimom-lv of oriii-
j ;nn har fsnrrendr-r wa iueritabb' but ha had
pToliimc.l rr.iftw hnlfPf Kiirrpn.lrr T f.nvi
too mnnv Jond fi'htinf men for that! Now
J tj10 ;Urrcnt had set tootronirW aaiuat
too strongly against him. end
he was forced to yield, and the army, with les
than eight thousand tiuskets, a very thort supply
of ammunition, and almost nothing to cat, ya,s
surrendcrcd.
THE ASIATIC CHOLERA or PLAGUE
Emerging from the niarthcs and jungles oP
the Ganges, where it has been cudemic for cen
turies, that most frightful and hidcouj monster
of the family of epidemics, the Astatic VKuIirat
again threatens to scourge four continents. It.
has already reached the first stages of thut jour
ney round tho globo, which, for tho lajt centu
ry, it has performed with, fright Jul destruction
to the human race. As iu 1817, it is ujw rav
aging the East, but lias not reached further
than the eastern extremity of the Mediterra
nean. It has a heavy job of work to do below .
it-decimates the population of tho llurmcee cm
pire, Jiorneo, China, Celebes, tho Pbilliptae
Islands, Ptrsia, Arabia, Egypt and Atia Mimr.
in les.s man twelve months, and vi.ucu
upon ns
grand rounds heretofore it has more than once
taken three to four years to get from Calcutta
to Paris. The people of Kurppe rarely become
ferioifs!y; .alarmed until tho cholera, first in
vadip'g Southern Uussia? then advances towarJt
Mosooif'Bud St. Petersburg.
In the early part of 1830 it appeared in Mos.
cow; in 1S31 it spread over most of Central
Europe. It appeared first at Sunderland, in
England, in Gtobr, 1831; in January, 18.32,
it was in Edinburgh; and it appeared in L&o
don in February of the eame year. On the fib
of June, 1332,. it first appeared at Quebec; 'it
traveled up the St. Lawrcuo river to Montreal,
and commenced its woik of destruction in tbat
city ou the 10th of the eamo month, and ou the
lilbt it suddenly appeared ia New Yoik, aod
then spread in various directions, reaching Phil-
adelpbia. Alby and Itochettcr iS July, and
Boston, Ualtiinorc, Waidungfon, and ltichtnond
in August, and in October it spread 1'row Cin
cinnati to jw Orleans, iu 1831 it revisited
this countryand it cannot be said to Lave reign
ed epidemically here since thit time, although,
it made its appearance in 149 and frightened
the Virginia Legislature, then in extra session
at Itichmond, to thj Fauquier Springs. It has
always. raged with terrible fatality in thia coun
try, usually killing fifty per cent, of those whom
it-has attacked.
There can be no doubt that the Asiatic Chol
era ii aain 6n its grand round, and itn
pearanco in this county in a mere question of
time, if it travels as slowly an heretofore, and
follows the rivers, it may not visit us before
18GC or lbG7, but come it will with tins certain
ty of fate. ' .
There is nothing in the idea that as the sum.
uier reason is so well advanced, its ravage would
I be very trifling if it appeared in this country
uunngme ucxi autumn or wioter mourns, in
European Itussia the mortality wagrcutc'r than
it was in Aia. Fifty-eight per cent, of those
who were attached died in St. Petersburg ytt
it raged there in mid-winter, showing that tbo
tnorbigic. cause is not destroyed by intense cold.
For a vast number of interesting facta and titue
tifties about this epidem'o our rea'lers are refer- .
red to the American Encyclopedia Making,
during the next year or two, all the preparations
we -in for thii ternble malady, wc mailt never-
ii cies awau its coming wiin icariui urcoou
incs nnd profound apprebenMon.ttinio;!'
Tinui.
kCivil Govkbnmkst. The New York IVst
an out-and-out llepullican journal, discoaraca a
follows : . . ' "
"We have fjvored and still favor tbo subbti-
Hsning i3W ailJ order ana UDerty IQ IDCir OW
lemmeui w tin in inrir own ucrucrs, ana vuv ih-
.
.: - . r .k- tt: ... . 1. xri
V"'' -
sure basis of tbe affections and good , will of tho
. ......... . 1 t.
PPIe kwl" .,Uc ,"ef,"L,a ,rTA "S
AnJ other, policy will only hinder ud retard a .
conriumccation so dtvoutly to be mahed, t.y
every patriot auu goc-i man 10 ine iaua. .
- At Randolph, Wisconsin, era Monday, former
Windsor took a pretty ""gal" with him to a cir
cus. Straightway walked bif wife ta the drug
gist, of wham she bought some trsech.. ITiia
she inserted into a: pie of which her " huaband
was fond, lie ate it next day at uinner, anu
W - r-t tU rion of flina. .