North Carolina Newspapers

Sf - ik fi itf iff fii SI iff ill ffii wrI I jjEi Jf i w u w 4y w OFFICE . ON THE WEST, SIDE OF TRADE STREET $4 Per Annum "IN ADVANCE.-.. CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES .AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER 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:.. .11-: .1. .UI'l.lllLIJI IMJI I lllll III lie 1111111:11 V llll V . I - - t j ." 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. .