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GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.,! MARCH 26, 1863.
YOL. XXIY.
NO. 1,242.
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1'ltLIsriED WEBILT, BY
S. SHERWOOD,
AND FROrRIKTOR.
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llphoaio W. Ugoid, iuiiUit IdiUr.
TERMS, 3.00 A YEAR IN ADVAKCE.
flute of Advertising.
On .bdlar per square, lor tbe ttrst week, and
twenty o- cent fore very week thereafter. Twelve
ln.es "i i make a square. Deductions made ia
favor cf "funding matter ai follows:
3 MONTIS. MORTIS. 1 TBAI.
One .ulro ft. V S5.60 M 00
Tw Squares, 7.W 10.00....
Ur.e .Squares, 10.11 UuO....
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l'l Oils
t t rrj'inlf nf Vf tn- Patriot,
our Army Correspondent.
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S,ik- my laat.ull eyes have been turned
f'lwm this immediate department, aod art
now ixr( on Charleafvi, with the expeci
t Miion that the grand demonstration by the
Y jinko. tlo.t on the numerous, and wo
ti ut, impregnable, lfetico. of the derated
:ily,is on to take jilaco.
I luring iho Inst day or two, a grsafpart
ol t he Jleot at 1 1 ii tori lk-ad ha- moved off,
i n snppo-u el to the Florida Coast, to aid
in u t 'onti'mplaU'd negro J nsurrection. Not
n f h-taulmg tho reports '.o that effest, but
lii'i.- rx- it im-rit if produced as le Uio ulti
rn;l e hd of the c pi'dition.
Lately, companies ol Infantry hare bean
vi. inrr with the Cavalry in penetrating tbo
line ot the enemy rcconnoitering and
disuubing hi- slumber. On the 14th iast,
ii t. M.iUer, ot iho 1 1 tl S. C, with 24
men f hi company ot rifles, seized three
!.' -, and rowing d iwn the river, Janded
;it Hilton ll".id. :ui I rushing on the build
ing fx riipiwd by the signal corps, they
u.'-tdd in iMpiuriiiir ono Lieutenant,
ig.l a part ofthe uard belonging to Ui
1,.1-t . i in their M-ttii n to the river, they
ruptured M-vrml of the picket force before
Un- could i-M'ait' cr suounon assistance.
I' m- thin gallant cnduct th fwllowinff
g inoral older tto published on dress pa
rude ) etei (l i v orctiinj; :
ll u i'(u ii tern, :i l Mil. lilrict.
l'ur .1 iUjj.i, Marcli l'itu, IPhi
Hi iadi'r ( ncr;il Commandini: is
1 ri cm unending tlio gallant achiev
.1 II Mirkkr Connuany E
jealousy, and exhaust all their precaution.'
These extracts, in large letters of gold,
ought to be hung up in every legislative
body.
We are just in the infancy of government,
and this is peculiarly the time to profit by
the wisdom of tnee sagos of a wise gsner-
aliorr; u is me lime ior vu peupie iu - in
dulge all their joalously and exhaust ad
their precaution" against the dangers of leg
islative encroachments; and submiesio
now to any excess of authority without
accumulate danjrrs. Let them not permit
a false coloring to be impressed npon -their
government; it is sure Xo become more and
more indelible, and more .xtended as it
passes into othsr hands, until ultimately
the trus boundaries of power will become
effaced by tbo noxious growth of legislative
construction. Legislative ambition ban no
retrogade movement; iU tendency is to ex
pansion until its poiaonous roots, like thoso
of the deadly paraaite, shall bavo aapped
the vitals ol the body politic. We are now
settling the interpretations of the power
of our government; now giving example
and making precedents to be followed
hereafter) and it will avail nothing to pos
terity if we give them only the form of a
good government, 'blurred over by prece
dents, by examples, and by interpola
tions which destroy its substance.
We know how assiduously we looked'
for tho powers of the government of iho
United States in the wordi of its founder,
and in the acts of its first Congress, and we
know avith wfat eonfid. nce we followed
the delineations there marked out. So will
coming generations look at our works, at
our interpretations. 1 tear that we nave
already been too hoedleot tho responsi
bility that rests up.n us, and that we nave
left our foot-prims in tho wiong direction
under the guidanco ot apparent expeoieney.
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rent sovereignty, which certainly the
Confederate government does not poseega.
It might be urged, too, that the Constitution
confers no right of the kind, even to a
limited extent. The only clause in it from
which even an inference favoring- each
nretension could be drawn, Is that which
declares that "private property shall not
be taken for public use witnoui just com
pensation." This is not a delegation of
power, but a restriction. The Constitu
tion no where gives expressly the power
to seire private property for publio uses.
Bat it is my present purpose to show that
this bill exceeds greatly the limit of the
right of eminent domain, supposing it to
exist in the government. Chancellor Kent
has said, "Tie right of eminent domain,
or inherent soverefgn power, gives to the
legislature the control of private property
for public uses, and for 'public uses only."
Now, mark tho limitations comprised in
this language : First, it gives control ; and
eecond, it gives this controt, for public uses
only." What is public use? It is a con
version of the thing itself to the use, as, for
instance, a nighway. The word 'ust' is
not technical, and, lb ere fere, must be
understood in its common acceptation
Wefrfter informs us it signifies Che hand
ling or employing in any manner, as to
use a pen in writing or a spade in digging.
Does tee merchant use his wares or the
butcher his meat T And is it not a perver
nion of language to say the government
uses a thing which it sells f Tne very act
ot disposing of it prevents its qse. The
planter does not use his cotton he sells it.
A (limitation of power, then, arises (rem
the language ot the Constitution. I ven
ture to say that no writer of respectable
authority has ever ventured to pat forth
the idea tjat under the right of eminent
domain a government could take private
wily be useless, but an expense to him. he has to consult. One wants something
lawveT W .hl7w ; J" ""an smart, another something sound. One
wyert wesnalt have iron money coined i u. , , ...
and be forced to take it- And. let it not be j ke anecdot. and frolic, and the
id this article Is an effort to depreciate Dtxt door-neighbor wonders that a man
the bonds; it has no such purpose in view; j of sense will put such stuff in his paper.
l?iSDdicateaKr,alPriooiPU f (Something argumentative, and the editor
constitutional liberty. : j n r i j i
Bat afewfarthe? remark, a. t the I " duU foo, f f,ni " b'" em all,
question of just compensation. The bill 1 Joa so a Por fe,low Kets roughly handled-
Ana yet, to nineiy nino out or a hundred,
these do not occur. They never reflect
that what does not pie asp them may please
tho next man; but they insist that if the
Charleston; he there receives his bonds t PPr does not suit them, it is gooo for
fifteen cents a pound. To add to his humila- nothing. On Art
Hon he might be a spectator to the transfer 4
of the same cotton -to a purchaser from
requires the planter to deliver his cotton at
such time and place, and under such regu
lations as the govern men t may indicate.
This of itself ia oppression ; but suppose
me plater should take it to Mobile or
the government at forty or fifty center per
pound in gold. Weald such a transaction
A Sbort-Metro Prmy.r
We have heard. of an old Deacon, who
be calculated to exalt bis government in ; on being asked by his paster to close a
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n.e estimation r wouiaue tninK he bad . meeiing with a short prayer, replied, "I
received just compensation for his otton ? . , . . , ,A ... . .
It is presumed not; If the government DS to pray, but don't hkc to be stm.
can uke cotton, which is denied, let itted The minster mentioned below must
observe the limitation to the rrght by giving have belonged to tho iimo family, we
just compensation irrmoney, the value to nudge for he had a similar aversion to beitr
be ascertained by disinterested persons. j 8lraitened in bis communion with God".
oo much for the leading feature of this ; m. . . .
bill, but it contains . oth?r provisions as I The 8lory httt ft ood moral :
incidents which are worthy of notice Tnt Rev- Mr Derwmll, a pi mis and enn
It provides that the sale, purchase or con- j ous old Methodist minister, wont from Teu
cealment of cotton for the purpose of frus- nessee to Kentucky, in 1812, to visit his ro-
I Vlrr. - IT V ii Ti . ' i 'tiv tho Hon. Wm. Bolton. The
vaun a iuiioivuio viaii nuu iu w IU J)t" II sa
tioa. To aay the least, this is harsh ; it
Permanent evils arc usually tho f ruits of I property for the purpose' of selling it. It
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Iho li-'u'i . 1 i.lanirv , hi cHptuiingon Ilil
' ti lb :ul i I 1th in-t ono Lieut, and three
pnvulHH ol T -i j corps, and ono hergt
,:ii 1 privittrc ot tin' picket on duty at tho
n inn
I im leat arcnin plinhcd by a handful 0
tin'ii in t'i'rt r t. g hold uf tho laud and nava
ticH ( t the A 11 o : .ifni-i i is most creditable
to t in men, the iierve and skill of the Captain
I Ins hi ,ive roinpMiiy.
Uvonhrof Bug. (ien. WALK Kit.
I in Ki- pnaone'rt were brought into camp
tlo' day foilowmg their capture They
ii,:ni'tioti a mulinli 'nsensibility to any kind
n- - (thuvvn them ; express themselves as
i 'L tue.l" ot the War, and say they en
to ea vc tho I nioti ; hut, since things
I. - reaelKil tin ir pr sent pitch, they don't
M'-mI to gnc it up till the negroes arc
liee ami tho Stiu tit lully humbled. They
I7oiigto the tHh Maiiiu, have been in
-erviee Is mouths, und never yet been ex
p !. I t lire This areounts for tho un-
iikunl mettle displayed in their conversa-
tl .t;
I ne leather mw is exceedingly warm,
.igioen I'oli age is on tho trees; flowers
!..- filing, ami the biids are hinging "far
..: I a lIc IX'SEBIL'S
I r 'in tin- llt!ll'rn I'risis.
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i: iiuy he a great achievement for a peo-
p'.i touhtuii their tibertv in a struggle
t heir opprensors ; but it would bo
m :'t c:ttrr achievement if they could
li -ei e ;ml pei j.t tuati) ii. ( )t their capac
i. . l il-i gi :.ve ill 'ii bt s havo always
-ii. I ui.-l ih lights ot history havo not
' ! i ! " l to retaove uo iiul)ts. 1 lie great
proh'ifin of nmii's capacity for self-govcrn-
nu nt i" yet unsolved.
In our Ipi in ot government, if there bo
iie i ' h 1 1 o i . i' y iiioi' powerful than all oh.
r, it ! t. e 'iMi. u v towards centralism
such a policy.
Tho foreiromg reflections wero suggested
by the subject on which a few remarks will
be submitted, and therefore they may not
bo entirely out of place.
We learn from tho public prints that ono
of our Senators, Mr. I'helan, has introduc
ed a bill iu the Senate to authorize the
government to impress all the cott jn in the
Confederate Slates, to be waid tor in t on- )
fedeiate bonds at fifteen cents per pound,
which also obliges the planters to dolivtr
the cotton at points to bo ndieated by the
government. It is understood that this is
a financial scheme to enaWe the govern
ment to pay its debts. The cotton is not
for the use of tho government otherwise
than as an article of commerce. By holding
all tho cotton, the irovernoncnt wil' hav; u
wus left for a Congress to give birth to this
idea, perhaps is imitation, perhaps in
compliment, of the French Emperor's
monopoly of the tobacco trade; though
we havo improved upon the French system.
France buys tobacco at tho market price,
even from her colonies. We, however, are
about'to take cotton at stch price as the
fixes the pricw of cotton in the acts of tho
.pwner. rordetng that whicu has no mor
al turpitude in it, be forfeits all his cotton.
For several acts which-it makes offences, it
prescribes the penalty of death. Perhaps
the most striking feataro in this crimnal
calendar is the last; it prohibits the ex
portation of cotton from the Confederate i Bible, that he had better bo short as the
States, except by the government, under judg0 was probably not nccustoraed to
tho penalty of death. Ireomen, hearken ! u ,
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"Very well, very well, ' said he, : and
reading a single verse, he knelt down and
man
was not a religious man, but was a gentle
man, and invited the minister to have fam
ily worship. While he was visiting
there, Judge Cone and his wife from Nash
ville, arrived there to pass the night, and
Air. Boilou, being a little embarrassed, said
to the old n.inister as' he brought out the
to the denunciations of your Legislature.
For trivial matters you are declared felons
and for doing that whioh your government
was designed to encourage fordoing that j prayed
which you have regarded as the end and
object of your planting pursuits for ex-
geyernment may tniOK proper logive; n porting vour cotton bevoud the limits of
it can take it at fifteen cent-, it can at five, tbo Confederacy, to friend as well as foe,
just as well. you are to incur the penalty of doath I It
Judge Story says this restriction in tlfe ja hard te believe that the bill in so extreme
j Constitution is an affirmance of a groat in its penalties, and it may be, it is hoped,
uoctrine esiaoiisueu uy uip common law that it is not. iSothing but a synop-is of
for the protection of private property. It it has appeared, and whilst it is certain
i. founded on natural equity, and is find that its leading feature is correctly ?tated,
dewn by jurists as a principle of universal errors may have crept into the detail. If
law. Indeed, in a free governmeut, al- it docs, howover.very ono must be ehock-
mcst all other rights would become worth- ed at the ontemnlation of the sabiect. Tho ! .u- ..i i ..... .... :.
monopoly of the cotton trade, and can con- ! lets, it the government possessed an -neon code ot Dracco, who gave to the Athenians i ' -0" pt V,LC
tiol the price abroad, and thus enable it to trollable power over tho private lortune of their first written laws, was stigmatised as hl8 'Tn way wh,ch he d,d 10 tneir Bral
"O Lord we aro very poor and needy
creatures, ard we know that than art nt!
to supply allour wants, but Cousi-i Willii-u
says tliat Jadgo Cono and lis wife from
Nashville are hero and arc not uned to fam
ily worship and however needy wo-art
there is no time to sparo in telling Thee
our wants. Amen."
The Judge was taken all aback, and so
wasCou-in William. They both pressed
The Federal Censcr.pt nm.
We have thought the matter over carafullv. W
Wre surveyed the field with some scrutiny; aid
have come to the eonchuioa that we have nothlag
i-mr irom tats last desperate expedient of t&e Rel
Kepublican conspirators. The border slave State
held by the foe will not famish more aid to the en-
y, under aay tyrau.y, thau the Confederacy.
viuomia ana Oregon have not been preeeed lnt
service, and may be practically excluded from H,V
counL Of niaining free Uts there will be a
population not exceeding, in round numbers 1 6,000,
000. Of that number more than 8,000,000 are fe
males. Of the whole male population more thai
half, or 4,000,000, are minors under tweaty years
of age. Of the remaining t.OOO.OoO. at least one
third, aay 1,400,00. are over forty-five, the limit of
conscript age. Of the 2,600,000 residue, over 1,000,
000 are new on the muter rolls, whose time is not
extended, and who are not included as the militia to
be conscripted. Ofthe remaining 1,600,000, many,
even under the provisiona of the law, will find ex
emption, say one-eighth, or 200,000. This would
leave, say, 1,400,000, upon whom, finally, the law
may operate. Of that number, anybody oaa see,
mkny of the floating population, disinoliaed to the
service, can and will evade the operaion of the con
scription. Some will leave the country, some will
aeek the go eminent employment of some kind; some
win De secreted by their employers; and ia vanoaa
moaes, wnen a whole population are opposed to Ure
iw, poor men ana day laborers will be protected
against forced military aerrlce.
It would be safe to assume, even provided there
be no practical and forcible oppoaitioa to the execu
tion of the law, that not more than 1,000,000 can be
counted for lubjeett.
All of those who caa pay $300 or a lit $um, at
may It rtquirtd are swept out of the field, and are ex
empt under th's law. Io the present state of a flooded
paper currency, almost any one can, either by him
self, or his friends, pay the commutation. This will
give the usurpers some money, but not men It is
not green backs, but bayonets they must have or the
war will ceae. Deduct 800,000 o( their present ef
fective fo oe, in early summer, and their army, un
less largely augmented, must fall back or be beaten.
That large reiniorcements can be procured by their
late conscript law, ft what we do not believe If on
ly poor men, unable to pay two, or three hundred
dollars, are to be forced from borne and family, then
the very best revolutionary element will be aroused to
resistance, and the results to the Usurper might be
pcrious.
After all this gasconade and menace of three mil
lions of men to "pulvenie" the rebela, we have real
ly nothing to apprehend from this force. What we
have most to fear a, tht our til utfiot rn in the Con
federate service will starve out the Southern army
after all their toils and valor, and give over the coun
try to an enemy unahle t cover us by arms.
'M -,r some ri ains, some heart, some capacity
onu-iiiii iktry. auil Irtt cfuky, to aid in feeding tb.
am y and saving the couutry '. Crini.
make a largo profit.
The bill Was referred
every citizen. Ono of the fundamental ob- having been written in blood, becauso ho edification.
and by the committee, it was reported back
and its passage recommended ; to that ex
tent, at least, it has met a favorable con
sideration. Besides, it has received the
endorsement of some influential parly, and
is understood to be a favorable measure ut
Richmond, it may become a law, and tho
danger of meeting uch a monster faco to
face, may well exeito our efforts to prevent
his coming. Probably this is the first in
stance in tho h'sfory offreo government?,
or of those claiming even the ?emblan'.-e of
freedom, that the proposition was openly
and authoritatively made, to take iy force
tho property ot the citizen tori he govern
ment to speculate upon, and it is moat de
voutly hoped that it will bethe Ian. It is
peileclly bewildering in its tfccl; it
causes us to wonder in amazement wheth
er, under the namo and exterior of n Re
public, we hne not, in fact, established a
tesralized despotism. What ! tho govern
ment to take the property ot tho citizen t
trado and speculate on to create a
monopoly, and then muke a profit of it!!
And it it lakes our cotton in this way.
what may wo next expect ? If it can take
cotton, it sorely can take tobacco, sugar,
rice, corn, and other articles. One npt-cie."
of property is not more "acred than another
and on the fame principle the guvei n :ne,:t
may take our land, and L ! coiniike, our
negioeiloo. The principle of the hi. I
stretches its omnipotence over all descrip
tions of property. And what could the
people be under such a system? Would
they be freemen or slaves? Would they
work for the government or for themselves?
If tho government can taJe our pi'rty tn
trade on, it may surely take it m hold,
and we should be thus convened into
slaves, and Iho government into an unre
stricted denpoliMn. -This is the end which
lies clearly in view. We derive no securi
ty from the consideration that there is no
dingcrsjf this exteiihive abuse of power
to a committee, ; j'cts of a good government must be the prescribed tho penalty of death lor trivial
We
nut nilminnlrnlum nt inatiro. nnrt hnw vnin nffn.n 11... iu. r.. i u. i . i
- " j ' viicuvo. uuuue mio ui uuai uoue, m:u ; r,. . ... 'n , - , ,
won d t bo to sneak of ench an .dm mi- ik.innnmin. kuu...j 0.i... i .AAuiiiu.i g
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tration when all property is subject to the should warn us azainsl following the exam-1 P,e especially, arc guilty ot this (ault
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win or caprice 01 mo legislature ana tne pi. And let us hope, if we are to have constantly hear such expressions iis, " 1 urn
such a code, that we may not bo long in tirod to death," "It was enough to kill m-
inioi-aooieniorepeaui. i Sho lurned pale as a sheet ;"&c , &e.
It is matter of no littlo wonder thai such An S1,.,h .....pr,..,., m,IPft nr
a dangerous measure should be thought! . i i
t,. . u ?u i tho habit of veracity, and make us msensi-
necoseary. 1 he government can buy the J'
cotton if it will, at a fair price, and then bly disregard the exact truth. Ihou-ifnds
dispose of it as it may think proper. 1 fall into thia error without intending it.
Uoubtless every planter would sell to it. ; Besides, nothing is so .1! bred. NV hen a
Under this measure than, tho government ! rea, -.ntleman t,ears such expressions fall
vfould subject itself to the imputation of de- I . . .. . -it .
-irinth rA.lnn .t Inaa .kon ita r....l v.,l 'm U,t' "P3 01 ,r"ll Sln "W
property for any other purpose than tbe Rlll j, 5. B,.A . nf ,.,nR;.hm(inl .i,. i stantlv her beauty, and can think onlv f
, l t ii 1 w 9 ow aa4Mba,k a uetuu ic uivj ii u iim-,
appropriation ol the identical thing taken lhe colton,planter shoud hav. been sdec, i whttt he considers her vulgarity. All youn-
.v ii I ted to bear tho burthens of the public i jadje8 who tul'cin this wav ate not how
take so much a mar be actually . .u. u :e t..- :. .! .k.-i-. ... ; 'auies, wno tai.f in tnis wa) , ai e not, m
ucuu ui. louwou . i I""' evor vulgar; but they should be more care-
ducts of all other agricultural products are , , f , .
left untouched, the owners being perfectly ! 1U1 '" .
free to obtain for them the best market i justice; next to being uncultivated is see-;.-
rulers
may ask, and ask triumphantly, want of a Solen to repeal it.
11 inns uiii uoca nob ansuiuo ior me govern
ment "an uncontrollable power over the
private fortane of every citizen;" it it does
not subject all property to the "will or ca
price ot tho legislature V And I may ask,
too, if any law which does this is in barv
mony with a just government, to say noth
ing of constitutional government?
Denying that the government Can take
to Homo
can ouly take so much a may be actually
necessary, I insist that there is an addition
al limitation to its power; it can take noth
ing without making "just compensation.
And no legislative tody, so far as I know,
has even contrived to fix thp compensation.
The nearest approach to such'an assump-
NsvrnrAi'BR and tbs War. No olass of men
seem so indifferent to their own pecuniary iuteres
as newspaper men. Whilst the merchant sell? b
waret at five to teu thousand per cenj advance on tl
old products in proportion, and whilst every the
necessary to sustain " life, as will as a newspap
is selling at ten ard teaty prices, publishers'
still faruUhing dai"y papers at a very slight ad ven.r
on the old rates We believe it may be safely assu
med thai there are but two classes of men in the
Confeileracj, U'.t in tbe army, who are not "spent
lators " or -high price men," in someway oroiL
The person who sti. I preaches to his congregate
at a salary which barely keeps soul and body tegr .
er, while publishers ot newspapers are working f
the public gratis and boanling them'v-s. Cc'.u-n
Lux Huh.
Pat v.f Confederate Officsh. Lieutenan
Infintry, second and third, receive $80 per mon.li ,
first Lieutenants, $V0; Captains, $130; Majors, 150
Lieutenant-Colonels $180; Colonels, $210; Oenerals
nf Division or Brigade, $301. Officers are not al
lowed to draw rations. The pay of officers of Artil
lery is for Lieutenants and Captains, same as in In
fantry ; for Majors, $152; for Colonels, $210. ' In
the Cavalry service. Second Lieutenants receive $U0
per month ; First Lieutenants, $100; Captains. $140
Majors, $16: Lieutenant-Colonels, $185; Colon-,
$lo.
DEATHS.
ingto be so.
price al home and abroad.
The writer has not been actuated by any j
tion of power was in Pennsylvania, out Sf motive of pecuniary interest: he has no
which grew the celebrated case of Vanhorn Vutl,u" 'Vue,liu,""T .lu
s. DoranCO, reported in Dallas. The doc- ,Iuore8l ,B on'y inai wnicn is or ougnt to j The Whig publishes an extract lrom a loriiicom.ng
tr.ne of the right of eminent domain was ut "yy w ui.-a uug lU WOrk entitled "est foini ana ronuoai uenerais,
thtfn very ably examined bv Judtre Patter- Prcserv0 1,10 Constitution inviolate, by in which a brief summary is given of the exploits of
cou'.d
cot-
the Constitution
...n, of the Supremo Court of the United keeping those who have been invosted , lhis great partiian Uader. They border on the
I. ...as... -v a m aan a-w-k l-v. . i .
States, who said : "They (th legislature) I1 """""'B ,l" "7 "wu ,u , marvellttus; jet they are strictly aut.-entic- He be-
car.not constitutionally dcteraimo upon wl,lUH K"u 1 , -T 1 I wilh a small body of horse, which he rai-d
I t s r in I K A I Arti.id oporiv n n il rr not nnQpfl t? 1 .
tho amount ot compensation or value of the Jt . Limelt; and dunng his car.-r has brought fro...
. . . . lAinnn niu falln iiriAi t vtn a ir rwrv t n u n u "nir .
and. I'-JbllO exigencies do not require. J - l- 7 - ! Wltbin the lines of. l)o enemy, and tu.net over to
necessity does nol demand, that the legis- a6 "i ine uesire,;iuen very geneiauy ox- Confetlerats geivice nearly r,)0(iO men. He 1.,,
lature should of themselves, without the FrcBBOU B"""'"" geaerally been at the head ol less than 1,000 mn-
... J , in his famous raid on Ke ltuckv he startel WitU
leves the cotton utioulu nave oeeu ; . ,
in-rum hin nature of
1 1 -u , ti 1 in 1 Ii
Ml- l'ie 'w . i ui in;- 1 .,c 1 1 rations ol tlmatu
'I '."Mi.t'j'! et ;i its boundaries be.
Inn !'. H-Mtud to it.
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We may
1
V i.
' 1 1 1 1 ; ; 1 e
iv 1 t j :.,'m "I pat iMineiit barriers against
tii in, h'li al. experience has proven thoir
ii lii 1. uc e may reel tiiroe depart'
piii:s't nveriiiiii m i. operate as checks
"a.kii. t v ,4 n oilii. if Lut e.tii we fjnfino oath
w i:.)ii it- uyuimalu sphere? Can we
prove 1 tin. weaker ugant the Stronger?
4i:-t v. le( ;n tineiit must always
r.he
M1'''.
Ol.S u u
I: 1 i
r.e i'a'.i'umvo power, and is
ine i.mt thui-crous, not only
to the other ile,i.. 1 l men 1 s, hut Vo the liberi
l,e ot the pe 'p.e also. Itheerasto bo the
w , .i 1 :; s-, r the vi.e of legislative bodies
; a -u.:ie lo t IhiiisI v s the attribute of
i . un'in'len e. Mr. J ctfenon, wilh charac-u-i
i.-i,. -a. iiV. jins jaid : "All the powers
"U'"Vi riuiicit, legislative, executive, and
j.i He.. ir). tesu.t :,i Hi.- legislative body.
,1 tlo
'iM-ce train. tiie-e in the same bands la
pree:. y the iletinit mn ot a tlespotiBPU."
ii .Mini,!. in also Mini, I ho legislative de
p.ii tuu rit is every w hi-io extending the
-phere ol it- aettvity, and drawing all pow
er in '.1 i' impetuous vortex." And he
addeil, a a w arning: "1 1 is against th1- en-
terpn.- ni; ambitiun ot this department.
that tho people ought to indulge all their
participation of tho proprietor, or interven
tion ol a jury, assess the value ofthe thing,
or ascertain the amount of the compensa
tion to bo paid for it. 1 his can constitu.
tionally be effected only in throe ways. 1.
By tho parties. 2. By commissioners mu
tually elected by the parties. 3. By tho
intervention of a jury. Judge Patterson
also placed this right of uovernroents on its
Uur Kecurity deptii.ja upon the restraints I true tMOtinds the actual necessity or 0x1.
whieh we have imposes upon our tepieseii- 1 geney ot the case, which is the only foun-
talives ; we do not reiy upon the flimsy i dation on which it can rest. Br tho
all the
still believes
purchased then; and he believes, too, that;
it still can be obtained by purchase, if the
government will but make tho offer, and .
exoross a wish to bu. 1 hen let it so. I it
for what it can get. MISSISSIPPI. :
and returned with 1,200. He ha-, w.tlnn two years,
fought morelhan fifty battle has killed or woun
ded more than t,000 ot the eu?triy and has m i'Ii
upwards of 14,000 prisoners. His t-x .editions havi
always been ofthe most daring rhar;ic'er, yet he
hs never, but on two occasions, been forced to
m " ! fight when he did not wish it. Many of his batth f
Selections for a. Newspaper. Most h&ve hccn 0f tne most desperate chancier, and Le
people think the selection of suitable mat- has been uniformly victoriou?. IK has fi-p.juenti)
f- o nnrwTBr.ar.ai. tho on.ieat. nart r.f lhe . nrjerated hundred of miles lrom support, iu the mid-f
foundation of'their loi.inn-r iwurH. . iV..uii m 1 :i i.n.'.a.. M..,-ot -narrnr 1 1 i I. v of overwhelming bodies ol the enemy, wnose sirengo.
w-.va y 1 vvooitj VI fc.-V ADV IUCU Ii Q 11 U OB-I l I 1 1 T I f U.U TV gl vstv - - - - - J .
tnis weuid ne an unsalo dependence. W o limned, and beyond that it cannot be ox- aU
was greatly enhanced by tbe pose.-ion ot railroads
. 1 , A'. & . 'i'n nnVr fr.r.r
have not left thoji an unrestricted discre- tended. It is worthy of remark too that L , , r . j and telegraphs, stretching around hi... l.ke a w,r,
tion ; we have limited their t.ower and ,he,r ,h- .i.ti J c pJ I.u:..10-!1 hundred, tf exchange papers every week, almist inJefipilpI y fiCllit,, ,ir power . ,
discretion. All e.xncrieiu - hn- shnwn il,t ' .Ur..L- m -a,. ..c from which te select enough tor one, cspe- ; ct,.,,,,,, wh le. in tI:t -
the only.safety the peo, le eati have against . plnsation hiiould be; butu did prescribe- cially when the question is, not whaL shall, 1 rated tiu-dai.gei of his imi .
iho thing in which compensation should be but shall not be selected, is no easy lask. I with which be lm always i.e. 1:: .
, wid on that account fho act was if ,rr nrson who reads the newspaper i uml'h trom ,tie very Jawa CI
. . ... . .j 1 1 I cers, indicates the great leader, ii-n
Died. lu the l'eace Institute Hospital at Raleigh
N. C , on theUth February 1863, Andrew M. livin.
Company "U" 45th Regt. N. C. Troops, ia the
33d year of his age, of L'rysipilat eaused frem vo
cinaiion. Thus has another been added to swell the
list of the thousands of the best and noblest of
North Carolina son's, whose life has been offered
up as a sacrifice upon the altar of patriotism. When
the tocsin of war resounded through his native coun
ty, he with his companions in arms, volunteered to
f.uitle for his home and hber'y. He was an ardent,
enthusiastic aud obedient soldier. ArrioDg the
iiiiujeToag deaths we have ben called to mourn in
this time of calamity and trial, none has left a more
profound or aching void in tbe affections of a large
circle of friends, as well as in the bosaom of his im
mediate relatives, than that it is our melancholy of
tice to record, l he writer of this humble tiibute to
his memory knew him well, and ever lound him a
high-toned young man, combining the refined quali
ties ot head and heart which distinguish the true
gentleman. The whole commu.iity lament his less
and cherish an affectionate remembrance of his
ch&raceur. His remains were brought to his native
county (Rockingham) for interment. He leaves a
kind and aflectiouate brother and a large circle of
relatives to mourn hit loss. In his deatn, the army
loses a gallant soldier, the country a devoted pa
triot, and the community a use.ul and valuable
citizen. A r'aiiSD.
cnnp'l
the abuse of power is hy imposing ietii-
lions 011 those who are to exei t it. Wheth-
1
..... .. 1 - is uruaivuuiiwiisuiuuoiiai. JUQire i aticrson ,,. ... 1 J u '
. .i . . . i .. . o nm. ii turn i. f . wi: wimihi La rn :
ii uoes not expand or contract teld that the cxmpensktien must always be v , . . , ' corps, but of regular armies
p uck f ;
Di . 1 1 1 plied j;ii:
only of j.ai i iziu;
inflexible
to suit emergencies as war or
taken in the same wav
a I I " a . rV vaaaveaAA(ABAeiiriirvra . i- a
neace mav in rnonov. Tim Mrt rnnrioH f 'nn cornpiainib. ui uuncjuui.ij ' "; Tl:rr never has been ou the continent oi Amen-
B 7 - aa M W VWILWVa a, J J J E I UO I m. - -
prov
happen to prevail; and i. dim-property may ' not only fixes tho amount of compensation, case, that an editor looks over all his ex. j carrui.Uy there never w- in rhe world -any
be thus tivkcn in time of war, it may be 1 but it provides that it shall bo made in change l.aners for something intcrestinir I paitiz.-m leader whose expiin could fu-tain a eom-
iMjii.i.e. ,nn as bonds, whic'i, however cood thev may be, . mn K.itlir fin, I nmhin.r. Ererv
our crnvernmont ia ni.o nt M..itM.I .1... ... i . . . i . ' J
nw,r. I wonh." e,.;. .t J,.: " . r I ' r , ' u? uo eTeD S,ve W9 is drier than a contribution box;
, . v ,,V1 is iu noiucr a riuui oi action, tjomnensation. to
parison wuii tho-e oi M..r'.;': Kvm ..U:im ami
Sumter sink into absolute in-i.fkanee when placed
beside Lim. And jet they were undoubtedly great
officers, and, as such, entitled to ail the admiral. on
with which they are regarded, not only by the j-o-of
their own State, but by those ol ail the Smrhern
hold er K ril'hl if ucllun Cninnamutinn f M
powcrgiveiitto take tho citizens' property : be just, must come up to the market nrice an 1 yet something must bo had his paper
lu "K111" uuu roceuiaic uiw oo io taao oi al marKetah n r?ommnH.t r.c ' bt ia m.nt. rnmft ont with something in it, anu
it is empua.icaiiy the attribute ot despotism., the standard, and it is tho only standard ho doag the best he can.
-;-j-M , auu io uiie, standard iho government musi rrn un VAitnr who has tho least care
under what uro .'a3ioii ot the C.ut inn i.... i-.m x ...i : u:i. :A 10 an Editor, who nas mo leasi care
authority is claimed for such a bill ..a tins ' the universal criterion of value, and in that what be selec,-S' the wrilinS thal l,e
It is presumed, however, that it ud its sense the framera of the Consiitution used has to do is tho easiest part ot the labor.
origin under a supposed right oi eminent lhe word "compensation." If the lecisla- Every subscriber thinks the paper pi -inted
domain, or high ,Uvmain, as it is sometimes : lure may not only fix tho amount of his ovrn benefit and if there is noihing
any-such pretension, since iho rigltt of take one thinjr as was as another; it may good for nothing. Just as many subcr.- equipped by himseii, he having rece.vedbut .Wead
eminent domain is a right incident to inhe-1 force him to Take a thing which would not I bers as an sditor may have so many tastes i dies from the Government.-.. Dupattk.
IliiporfUUt .OliCe. Having been appoiu
ted by the secierSry of toe Treasury ol the Con
federate Stales, a depository of the Treasury, at this
pi ice. i hereby noldy all peiaons holding 'Jreasuiy
t UL-'.es, not bearing inieret, mat l am authorize,
j receive deposits ol such notes at thi place, fer tl -purpose
il :eii luu e l, .t'nd . i itt. ute. IV
. ' 11:1 in. p 1 'I. .-!;.. n. i,... i a c . i.l.rot
v .1 i' " ' en i it i , v L.ch i rruticte rn.aH l
! . .. .. . , . . '. t. . 1 . i . , r
i ... u u , n .. n -...LijKJu o is or so'ca, oi me ieuieo
er.i.v s .nesbe.iriug tbe mme dale, and rate ol iu
i crest a- soon as they can be obtained.
Ali 1 leasury notes, not bearing inteiest, itiu
pri.jr to the 1st day of December lh02, are fu-Jafc'
in H per cent bonds or Mock, with interest payaH"
srmi annu illy; and all Uedi ing date tubsequent to t
1st Deoeti.btr me fundable iu 7 pr ceut bun
5r hlo' k w:'li interest pa able Uk above.
I All jrtMsOlls ur-ll Uij lnil..aUl N JT Cfit Itvtl'it v
:ake notice, thai according loil.e act ot Confrt
tney cauoot be obumea after the ld ot April, lbo
j RALPH GoRRELL, Depository
j 41-tf of the Treasury
caksvllle Hotel lor sale. I am d
i;
i.nis "o ni.i :n v H. tei in ih Town oil Les1
g.al, ; i. l.-, K'l' airir in. .'.unty 1 te buildings
Thefon.,wbSisaSun,marvot M..,t. s -xpi 'rge and cou,n,o.,i.,u-. and have been for an-
. . . : ber ol vean occup ed as a Hotel. It is a good K
lor .Le s.s rii-ii.b, beginning 4'h ol .In.;., 1 j cu.(.,u., au-i Di,uai in plaaiii coiaft..
eudmg th Jauuaiy, lO '.: Iietwee i 1-,",,I"J 1 j:vk n,. I lio pi jer.y ..ry Jturaalc e
in) . i.i ihonets. and 1'.' "U stand ot . rme capture-l: for a Ho-el or fr ap.ivte iesiden:e.
and $.000000 worth of svre, destroyed, 4,,,.l ' : .H." Ii .1
pUI UOU 'J Ulit a UlMaUi: v. " " - -
Any further information can be Lad by addre.siug
me at Leaasville, " C.
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