THE GrEEENSBOROIJffl PATRIOT.
Volume XXV.
GEEENSBOEOTJGH, C, OCTOBER 1, 1863.
Number 1,369.
Written for the Patriot.
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SOUTHERN FREEB8M.
B T R A I I I HALL.
Friend after friend departs!
Who ha not lost a friend?"
THE OUILFORD DIXIE BOYS.
PLkit. l-ASIIL WA'KJOSEB, JR.
Iariiel w liwm in old Orange, now Alamance
f itnty, fiti the 30th of May, IWj. lie iia son of
Mr. Lmid Waggoner, .Sen., whois a pure and good
rn ni Mil l n valuahle citutn of that county. His
f .'wf ,n d mother were always fondly attached to
uijriB Daniel, peihapo, more fondly than to any of
if.H re-t i.l their children. He was audi a paragon
r a l"y, that to know him was to love hitu. With-
ni thf ru lene of a "polled child, without the
Ku,'' of u cmfty l.oy, without thai unetenness of
tmjT whi' h mrt a hindiome face and embitters
t,r v. p'n ol ocitty, without that duplicity of
nun I lnfh dntroys frieod'hip and ronftdei.ce, he
jrri-w up tn 1'.ly iin.l winning manhood on hU
fvh. r Urrn iifr the Company .Shop. Hi" edu
..4 i .n i -i n f ! v in the KdrIijN hrauchei, and not
n, 1 1... i outi hly in them a he desired. At the age of
oirn i'i-ii. he jriTe hi heart tit Jcnui and became a
in. ot r of the Lutheran Church at Fricdtn. His
i .it it h ihr moil loreahle, and this faith in hit
Krlni.i-r ri My and beautifully crowned his natural
h ir v tf r.
Mr Witjjrtt"ti-r had a heart, that loved to recipro-
.'r kin Iiic-'jS an I affections. He was devotedly
.t'!rt,d to nil hi neir kindred hut particularly to
in "t ber and sinter. While in the Army he thus
a l lreird hi parent, who pare him birth and rocked
thf cradle of hi infancy : ' Mother, I hare often
th'-uirht i.t the time when we were separated. Of
tic py iiKimi-nt that e "pent together in our
I' V.iv Mr Irn, en- ymr nohlier-son bid you adieu.
It " nf'.-ii fresh in my mind and, as often a it is,
it t t r iij the imago . if you, my dear mother, vir
i I'y b t.,i r iu. 1 run v Li 11 hear the sweet voice
Om' then hpi.ke to my ear. Even now it often
i'-.ik f.i rue wiih the name sweetness with which it
lb. ii km i ted i.i.. .Mother, I would like very much
t'i h.iv ' mi opportunity of Breaking to you again ;
b..i ii" our ro'intry i in llio iume condition, thftt it
w in w hen I left you nil, 1 fear it will he many days
' U'.i tiiin inexpressible pleaiure can be enjoyed.
Lot he ihmiiino lunjfor chort, let us be mindful of
v h other Hil l hope that we may again and soon
Iriw en e :md harmny in our country." To one of
h; , m-i. r he thus wrote: To write you, sister,
i- . ti x j 1 1 i i t pleanure ; for there is no one in this
lit.- whom my heart hat greater desire to behold
thin yourxelf. Often d I think of you by day and
.Ileum of you by niht. Often have I had the rapt
pleasure of beholding your nngelic form and of en
nitiif your sweet rnilc!. Kut I am now far away
troni viui. mi l from home, and the place where I
I iv' 'ii'ie jii l aain 'ported with you in boyhood's
bii,'h. i days. Of those days of happiness and
I 'm ur. i olii n think., and lon for them to return ;
bin ; 1 1 1 v ir" ( .Kie l arid .inforever ! Would I had
0 r iii'i of tlu t.iot nini:. that I could fly to you
in l. kn. eling In f'.i r you, enjoy once again your
u:i.-"i !-i"i. ii; ituvi,! iu t "
II-entered the ranks or the Confederate Army
i -1 ..n-r tii. tureinovt Nor did his country ever have a
1 ei i ei or i'i :ivei -ol lier. Fortunately for him and his.
...I, p my. lie wn- in excellent health lit the time our
regiment sutlere I hu much from sickness. He was
full u.ati h f..r Corp. K. A. Wilson in his kind, un
r in Miliar 'in. till .ii to the .ick. He was another
. I . im i r it an. He w is never at any time much
utitt i !1 w hile I vmi-. in the regiment, though once and
f..i i jhort tiui" he a. ill enough to bo off duty. He
w is t in iro d tor even war lo make htm brutal or
- u'e, I'.i in enajed in lightinp our common en-
ii. V. did no? eso-iie in his breast any wicked and
. t o I l-sirr l . . b:y. i-nlex-" it were unavoidable, our
Invb' in I pil! imir I es. He desired to conuer
I,. i . I ii hs ev.'i' ling kindness of hetrt forbade
M,. i i lu'c ni e of . lultati in over their sUughter
" it, t i i .'.;.iii.ti lie grieved over the loss of human
undo! i;n'ii'irt'il -mils in both armies, though
he h. ill it we were in the right, a it wan the
wr 1 1 .1 the Northern tiovernment toward us which
i i i l l ii. On err ticld where his regiment has
n-ti I - . l irinly :in 1 hf r..ie:il!y, he was unsurpassed
by do- t t.w ?.hefirt battle of Fredericks
b,,ii'. vi;ere the r"l .r of the regiment fell, he rushed
t.'tward and, eiine it. bore it proudly on to victo
tv I .t:i that t i rn he 't-. nrvle the c oh.r-bearer
l tii. ir'.iriM .o Tirv l'inr, and at Chancellors
., ,e 1,1 h.it hi I never been done by anyone
hitu,- h i-'i.d ('f C"or. uniL- brvttht
.' 'n'i'' ii If tit in 'Jr luttt't of the
' ' 4. i " ii'r .("' throHjh No par
i i.'or Li'lntr 1 villi n nobler heroism than did
St.'. W a.'"ler '
lie in ardent and enthusiastic admirer of
I i. it ion J..i , on. Ho wrote his sisters a touch-
to i m tiy4i i to t!n wounding of that great
" l-ior i'ii the I ": i . f M iy, he had the privilege
"i 'n'arifig the t hai'lam of t.en. Jackson preach at
: i i e i hpi'irtet s. No preached from that pious
!- ! ' '' text : " And we know that all things
rt t her t : g..o I, lo them that love God, to
o I,. aIi.. ure tin lUod according to hi purpose."
II" - ii 1 the litner.il h id converged with hitu many
!;Me- . 'i tiui: text betore he was wounded, and sev-
, :.l I.?,, s -i lire. 1 1 1 wai ;
e e i . C'-'l ti'h'll.V I u t hat I
uid gl ..win-rielv i lr.ced
y utterance of Paul, and
!. ! 'v I e';u'Xd it was for romo all -wise purpose
' h.i' he v a vi w , Miii. led
VW,v..nrr wer hoped to reach hi home
!;! i : lu- H iitnikM tie oftrn lptr.vil his an -
n a-i mi:. .ii :it iii'.iMit n.ii Miortiv tetorc he
it in linit hazardous expedition into Pennsvlva-
be -flit tliee line- to iii idter Kate:
I' trf thee, oh ' when life vhall cease
T" thrill ihi hetirt of mine,
l'.iit ri t till then ran I forget
One U'v'k or tone of thine.
it 1 1 1 :. n r ' with the sound
iv thing 1 hear ;
M .
1 1 a I run forget
r I e so dear .'
IV K','t ihrc : 'ii a hitter word,
I i' : i r . i . (in. aid .
r'.-nret!'iin. - ..: wit!, iif,,
1' ith t Mlv,.t d. 1 1.
1 ': o"e t think of thee
A - fill li'y Til I I'll ,1,1 ;
' 1 II :-f't my i,rer in heaven
With he'irt j unchanged and true."
Il.wiu-'i I he .rt be,.t stoutly and proudly as his
'' J !"! Ithiioc I .ilong the hij;hw ay tow(l
' ti -miii town w l h name was soon to be idly
j. for: .; mi hit,ry, it was, like a muffled drum,
" beating
I . ti v r .1 in '.ri -li' tu i.U T'vTe."
II ' ' iJmu) ei.mrt.ander, Lieut. Dick, says: "On
1 lt jjj vl July atucked the Yankees at
Gettysburg, Pa. We succeeded in driving them
through the tewn to their fortifications on some
heights near it. We gained a complete victory on
that day ; killed and took a great many prisoners.
Our loss was very light. I had five wounded in
my company. Serg. Waggoner went throngh un
hurt, carrying the colors as gallantly aa ever man
did." On the evening of the 2nd of that month,
while his brigade was lying in line of battle, he re
quested II. Clay Clapp. his friend and tent mate, to
w rite to his father, should he fall in the engagement
which w as close at hand. He seemed to feel that his
final hour was drawing nigh. " As dark was gath
ering over us," writes Mr. Clapp, "we were ordered
forward to charge a battery. Serg. Waggoner was
bearing the colors of the regiment, and when near
the battery he was struck by a grape-shot below the
stomach, which passed through him and took his life
instantly. Cool and composed as he always was on
such occasions, he knew he must die, and he ex
claimed : Sati thk Flag ; I am a iiat mam ; but
all is will with Mi I" In falling back, our men
were compelled to leave him and never recovered
the ground so as to get his body lie fell in a strange
land and was buried, if at all, by strangers ; but
his rest is that of a martyred christian patriot !
XLLMOBE WATS05 I0B90H.
' Woes cluster, rare are solitary woes !" Another
hath come to the immortal Dixies. Every woe,
that has saddened them, raised the hope in the
breast of their friends, that it vat the latt that
Death would spare the remnant of that noble band
of young heroes. But he hath entered their ranks
again, and F.llmexe Watson Dobson is no more !
He was born in the county of Randolph, in this
8tate, on the 20th of July, 1843. He was a smart,
spirited, thrifty and energetic boy, and by his labor
and trading earned much for the support and com
fort of his mother to whom he was stiongly attached
in filial love. Though quite young when he began
to do for himself, yet he managed his business
with a judgment and wisdom little to be expected in
a mere stripling.
lit was not eighteen years old when he Yolunteere-1
lo defend the South. He was brim'ul of ardor,
manliness and patriotic prid?, and he gladly set his
face toward our defiant and insolently invading
foes and bravely met them on a number of bloody
fields and courageously beat them back. After being
in the volunteer service for eight months, he enlisted
for the war, determining to fight it out to the last, or
to independence. He was rarely ever unwell, and
in the hour of expected battle, " the time that tries
men's souls," he wM'emjjerparattu, alw iys prepar
ed and always for duty. No one ever surpassed
him in soldierly bearing and in indomitable courage.
Tis sad to know, that such a man, such a soldier
came to his grave by the hand of a reckless, profli
gate midnight assassin. Young Dobson and several
of his comrades in arms had becu in search of a
place where there was to be a ball and, as they were
passing a house, a mile distant from their Camp,
they inquired where theball waslo be. Immediate
ly, upon doing this, they started away, when Ell
morc, who was pusfing the window, was shot in
stantly dead by rt fiend that was mantle i with the
darkness in the room. Ellmore had said nothing,
had done nothing to provoke his wrath or to give the
slightest cause for so cruel, so diabolical, so hellish
an act. His associates forthwith reported the affair
to the commander of the regiment. A party was
sent to convey him to camp, and he was neatly buried
r ear tee piauruu, .caning troni urauge i
nir i rout vmuic vuu. i. w
to Fredericksburg, distant six miles from the former
place. An investigation was made tj find out who
was the pcrpitrator of this brutal and savage deed ;
but the crime of perjury concealed the name of the
vile creature in its hideous blackess.
Not only was Ellmore a good soldier ; but he never
forgot Lis duty to his mother, lie learned at onetime
that s-he was not receiving what wasisually paid the
soldier's wife or mother. He immediately wrote mc,
ns a friend, to attend to her claims and see that ehe
was furnished what she needed. I did so proruptlyand
v.ith pleasure and reported to hiin at an early day,
that the agent for the county in her district had assur
ed me she Should not want. And it gives rr.e pleas
ure to say, that she was not neglected afterward.
How thoughtful, how considerate for one of his
years! He could not bear the thought, that his
mother was fullering in the midst of the abundance
which surrouudod her, nor could he tcUrate the
narrow-hearted niggardliness which prompted the
denial of a sufficiency to her. He did not desert to
redress this wrong ; but his good sense nnd patrio
tism dictated the courso which I have just montioncd
and which effected so speedily the desired object.
He wrote me several letters on different subjects,
ami, it is butjutto say. that, for one of his limited
and imperfect education, he wrote a, very good epis
tle. His penmanship was excellent; his subject
clearly discussed ; and his style was simple and
nervous.
Her country hath lost much in the death of this
patriotic and galUnt young soldier, but her loss is
irreperably great and her sorrow only deepened and
intensified by the manner In which he lost his noble
life. The sympathetic hcirt of the entiro communi
ty where her son was known condoles with her in
her painful bereavement ! Alas, poor Dobson !
"The herds of the valley graie the turf that lies
upon thy bosain !" But the Dixies and thy friends
will preserve thy memory in the urn of their hearts
APOSTROPHE TO TIIE PtPARTEI DIXItS
Chivalric, heroic coldiers ! The lust of ambition
led you not forth to the field of war. 'Twas devotion
to principle, and a deep and fervent love of the sec
,5onnich Keyou birth. Your highest aspiration
WB8' ,al" uu m,ful ' e ,nc ,recu,lzens 01 Ba lnue"
penaent Southern Government. By you this high
and proud privilege will never be enjoyed ; but in
,ne rr0T"ience 01 uou' " 19 earnestly hoped, that
I " cre near ana dear to you, wiU have
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blessed sunshine of an early and lasting peace
fwcet hope is cherished, that you are with the pure
in heart in their celestialhome. No matter whether
ye sunk to sleep in death on the cold ground of the
lent, ou the crowded cots in the hospital, or fell in
tho thickest of the tight 'gloriously haTeyedied!
" Rest ye, there are no prouder graves,
Even in your own proud clime !''
Your virtues, your patriotism, your disinterested
prowess, like the beauty of the amaranth, will be
immortal '. The Goddess of Liberty hath taken
lrora her maificent temple of Freedom a laurel
wreath of fame and placed it upon each of your
blew; and so long as her pilgrims shall visit your
shrine!., they will be sprinkle it with the dews of
the holiest affection and the purest patriotism !
Gumbo's Lesson on Economy. " Gam
bo," aid a planter to his negro " climb
up that tree and thin out the branches.
To which tho negro said : " Well massa, if
1 go up dar ana leu out ana Drotce my
ir .mi i . .1 j j.ii 4
men uar a ue a tnousauu uoi ar ouw u jour
pocket If yo jist hire a Irishman to go up
dar and hn fall nut nnrl kill ho self. dV 1
be no loss no nobody.
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From the Salisbury Watchman
CAN THE SOUTH BE JUSTIFIED IN
WAGING THIS WAR ?
Mr. Editor For more than two years
the North has invaded the South with fire
and sword. For moro than two years the
Soath baa resisted the invasion with an
energy and heroism unsurpassed in tho an
nals of time. Has the South no justifica
tion in this resistance? Hasher treasure
been squandered in Tain f Has the best
blood of bur noblest bona been freely shed
in an unjust cause a causeless war agait.et
the "best government the world ever saw?"
It would seem so, judging from tho spirit
and drift of an article that lately appeared
in the Standard over the signature of
"Davidson." The wholo article is full of
pendantry and blind partizan haired, and
emanated from a miud incapable of rising
above its little prejudices, and. taking a pa
triotic view of the grandest contest in
which men can engage the btruggle for
rightful independence. The writer labors
to put the South in tho wrong to show
that her martyred heroes have died in an
unjust cause. No one who has read history
impartially: no one who believes it wrotiy I
rr ! l -.V
to invado au unoffending people with tiro
and sword; no one who believes it right to
resist unconstitutional coercion could have
written such -an article.
He attempts to fill the heart of the South'
era patriot with gloom, by cutting him off
from tho bright examples of Swiss gallant
ry successfully contending against Austrian
despotism, and the heroic oxamplo of our
forefatheas triumphantly rcBisting British
tyranny ; by charging Southern people with
"being thosolo cause of war; by keeping in
the back ground the wickedness of aboli
tion agitation; by" indirectly justifying
Lincoln; by suggesting doubts ot our vic
tories ; by implying that wo are wasting our
blood and treasure lor a mere punctilio ; and
lastly, by trying to delude the unthinking
and ignorant by the cry of peace peace
when there is no peace, and can be nono,
without our independence.
To follow "Davidson" through all his
labored attempts to convict tho South of
beginning a wicked and unjust war, would
require too much timo and space, but let us
glance at them as we pass.
He asserts that thero is no "analogy" be
tween our struggle and that of our fore
fathers. To the Soathern patriot in arms
against the principles and acts of despot
ism, it would seem that there is not only a
strong analogy, but where the analogy fails
it is much moro strongly in our favor. .If
the Colonies owing allegiance to tho British
Crown wero justified in their resistance,
then are tho thirtoen Sovereign States, who
never acknowledged allegiance to the
Northern despotic construction of tho Con
stitution more than justified justified in
resisting tho open violation of a written
compact, the bold robbery ol their proper
ty, the avowed destruction of their vital
interests. Our forefathers "took up arras"
to "redress their grievances." The South
ern States instead of taking up arms "to
redress their grievances, quietly and peace
?k&Eiiyr-ew .a Assumed their 'cTeT-
gated powers" instead of the sword, thoy
offered tho free navigation of tho Aliissipi
instead of the clash ofarmp, thoy oiLred
an equitable division of tho public property.
8 th?re no analogy between tbc "narrow-
minded monarch" and "his bigoted minis
try," who acted against the "advice of t'.io
ablest statesmen of tho age Chatham,
Camden, Fox and other1," and the "nar
row-minded" Lincoln and his fan;itic:il
Cabinet, who attempted to cocrco the South
against the advice of the ablest statesmen
ot tho land of Douglas, ot Gilrner, ot boll
and others? Is there no analogy between
tho cruelties of Bnlieb mercenaries, and
tho barbarities of Lincoln's hirelings? Is
thero no analogy in tno heroism ot our
caders, tbc courago and endurance ol our
soldiers, ar.d the cheering, self-sacrificing
patriotism ot our fair daughters : Ihc eye
blinded by partizan bato cannot see it.
When you would expect from so astute
an historian as " Davidson " a philosophical
reason tor so mighty a revolution, ho tells
you that it had its origin in forgery he tells
you that the people are so simple that mtro
party tricks, mero party schemes, could up
root from their atlections and shatter tho
mighty pillars of tho nation. lie must dab-
blo on the surface and hsh among the ntum
that floats in the dirty pools of slang-whang
politice, to find no greater cauae cf this vast
Revolution than i forgery, and tlr.it forgery
without a rca-.on. W hy did ho not go be
neath the surfaco and sco that it found its
causes in the deep irroprcssiblo antipathies
uf two different antagonistic people t Why
did he not tell you that his antagonism whs
brought about by personal liberty bills, by
underground rail-roads, by incitements to
insurrection, by John Brown raids? Thft
this antipathy had been fostered by tho
poison ot their school books, the atheism
of their pulpits, and the fiendish teachings
of a long list of infamous names from
Boecher to Lincoln ? Why did he not toll
3'ou that tho South had offered " resistance
in a constitutional way " to these teach
ings for over forty years, " by representa
tions, remonstrances " and repeated warn
ings, till forbearance ceased to be a vir
tue ?
Who in tho South wanted the war tole-
gin ? Whoarrong the wisest expected it
would reach its present magnitude? I
doubt if Davidson, with all his prescience,
had any conception of the vastnef s to which
it would grow. W hy then charge upon a
portion of the citizens of tho South the
causes of tho war when they belong to the
Stupendous wickedness Of tho North? Lin
l :inA,i ., l,v Hnmn Urr I h
noint of tho bavonct. 44 Ucsistance was
r j
made tho pretext for onnreesions more un
just still." He threatens to hang our sea-
men as pirates and hand-cuff our soldiers as
felons ; ho proposes gradual emancipation,
then proclafmsP universal freedom to the
negro, anu iuyucs nun iu muiuu u
pine, and guarantees to protect his black
cut-throats in their fiendish work; ho
shaves the heads of our greatest heroes
ana puis inem in penuenuai.es wc. t..Cy
fall into his hands, and then makes univer-
al confiscation Of Southern J.roperty the
law of his dominion?
Who. but 44 UavicJ-
t tt nnnU K. fnnw-.A in nil thp Snntli.
au.. u. - " '
apologise ior sucn a mons.v. , v.
I that he was sworn to protect the ConstltU-
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lion; that ho 'disclaimed any otber thaD
constitutional means In the accomplishment
oijiis objects ! '
Who but he could be found to doubt
that our gallant defenders had gained glo
rious victories over onr brutal foes and
had won immortal fame T " They profess
to have gained Tietories," are his words.
Who hut he would suggest that we are
pouring out our blood and treasure for no
greater cause than a mere " punctilio."
"Are we to pay in blood and treasure of
the poople for punctilio V he asks. Why
not address that question to Lincoln ? He
is the party that "disclaims to negotiate."
He is the party that stands upon the punc
tilio, "no terms with rebels." Are North
Carolinians fighting for a "punctilio"
when tbey see a brutal foe invade their
Boil, burn their houses, destroy their crops,
insalt their wives and sisters, and steal
the very jewels from their fingers ? Did
the glorious hero Jackson, the great John
ston, the accomplished Petti grew, the gal
lant Pender, and the long line of heioes
who have crimsoned their native soil with
patriotic gore, sacrificed themselves for a
punctilio ? But this partriotic writer, af
ter disparaging our cause, apolgizing for
Lincoln, sneering at our victories, drawing
: ; a r .
an imaginary picture oi our desperate
condition, and confessing that he, at least,
is ready for submission say s that "peace,
speedy peace, is the remedy." Some
" may perhaps prefer that the indepence of
the South be acknowledged but if inde
pendence cannot be obtained, then they
aro for terms that are honorable' I leae
the reader to reflect upon the honor that is
without its basis, independence.
Though not claiming to be an "able
statesman," nor indeed a statesman at all,
but a plain man, once devoted to the "Udi
ton, now sooutmg "reconstruction," I beg
leave to make a few suggestions. Let
thoso who chime in with the spirit of
" Davidson," cease their complaints against
" secession," which cannot be undone now,
and cease their forebodings of a "central
depotisra at .Richmond," and put forth all
thoir energies against the "oentral despo
tism" at Washington, which 'seeks to en
clave them and their children. Let them
discourage speculation on liquor, cotton yarn,
fid other necessaries" frown upon de
sertion and encourage the soldiers put
down demagogues and raise provisions
sustain the curroncy, support Governor
Vance, fight tho Yankees whever they can
meet them, and we will have peace among
ourselves at least. To my countrymen, I
would say Lot it be the sacred duty of
public men, of every private citixen, to do
no act, to utter no word that will weaken
the position taken by North Carolina in
solemn Convention. Let us inspire cheer
fulness in tho gloomy, and hopefulness in
tho timid let us be united against our
foes, then Lincoln, with all his hosts, can.
not ovcrcorno us. Then in the good provi
idonce of God, peace, a solid, enduring
peace, will come to bless us, and our Con
federacy, young in days, but full grown in
power, in honor, in imperishable renown,
will take her place among tho independent
nations of the earth. . LEXINGTON.
J OlbcriT YJi9-jAr-tto-mwmr -
against receiving any of the Old Is sua of the Far
mers' Bank of North Carolina, especially anynotes
that are at all mutilated or tbat havi Bias pastkd.
I10W TO KXOW TH OLD ISSU.
All the nev Uivtot this Bank have " GaimsBomo,"
printed in large letters on the face and are signed
'Cyrus ?. Mendenhall, President" amT W. A.
Caldwell, Cashier" and all other notes of the Farmers'
Bank of N. C. koT se siobkd and printed art old is
sue and should bereceived with caution, as most of
the seuuine notes of the old issue have been rtdttmtd
and cn.iceUfd.
On the"4th of August, 1863, we learn, a Regiment
from Pennsylvania took forcibly from the vault in
Elizabeth City, a large amount of the old issCBof
paid Bank which had been canceuca ana wnicn
doubtle? s they will attempt to pass.
The notes were cancelled with a punch by perfora
ting each note with a number of holes one feurth of
an inch in diameter which is obvious te the most
casual observer,where the notes have not been further
mutilated or varied.
All $1 and $2 certificates of this Bank should be
rejected, the genuine having been redeemed and can
celled and some of the genuine impressions navimg
been stolen with the cancelled notes, spurious signa
tiirr nn doubt will he attached to them.
Persons havijff of the old issue not cancelled will
-a.
please prexenf it and receive new issue ior u or iu
notes of other Banks aa they may prefer.
By order of the Board of Directors at Greensboro
N. C. T2 Sept. 1U3.
CYRUS T. MENDENHALL, President.
W. A. Caldwkll, Secretary. 68-3 m
Threat Attraction!
Til K GREATEST SALE YET ADVERTISED!
On SuturdavthelOthdayof October, 18bJ.com.
mnpintr at 10 o'clock, a. ru.. we will offer at our auc
tion room in Greensborough, the most attractive sals
.!, Kq votmkan nlace inthis town. We saakt up
the following catalogue, embracing a part of the
arriloa trill if?
1 PIANO, reBewood, extra finish, ana oi superior
tone, in perfect order ;
1 Mahogany TETEATETE ;
1 do IIAT-ROCK;
C do CHAIRS fine;
I PARLOR TABLE marble tob ;
1 15UGGY and HORSE;
AND
A large assortment of GOOD8 of various kinds,
embraciuz a GENERAL VARIETY .
J. & F. GARRETT & CO.
W. E. EnwAans, Auctioneer 68-3w
T uuaway-$lOO VJTh
lit from the subscriber on the night of the 9th
S,Pt. 18G3, my boy CHARLES. Said boy is a
Wicksmith by trade and is about 23 years old is
about 5 feet 11 inches high, will weigh about 1.0
or 175 lbs., has a full set ot teeta ana is oi u.r
mulatto color, had long beard on his face when he
left, and is rather slow spoken. Charles has for
merly been hired at High Point and and Jamestown
Guilford county, N. C, in the employ of Mendenhall,
Jones & Gardner, in the manufacture of guns It is
very likely that he will make his way to the said
place for the purpose of taking the train or follow
in - the railroad in the direction of Raleigh as he
hT expressed his purpose to go to the enemy. I
rill pa
.Iko ihMP rWITU OI C IV', ll uvinviv.
itt,;1m .South ot Madison, in Rock
- me at my house i u . in any
,nS'am' . . .,.t . 1.: lltit
J"""1"" 4TTIFHT T.OMAX.
:. ihc State SO mat 1 can
Address
- r.q4w
Summerfield. Guilford Co.. N. C
office County Agent
. Greensboro' Sept. tist, 1863.
! rpx In Kind.-I
i 1 the Sl
- . 4 .Q nj- jue the ifcuonteaerte ottcB,
consisting of Wh.a Oats, Rye .
Beans
sack
weet anu lrisn ronwi
rill be furnished by application to the agent
Fanners will be paid for hauling their
H;,ueM over iKht miles.
: A P. ECKEL,
i tS3w Agent for Guilford County.
to 1 ft l " -,. v : .cin.i iwriwi
ttm I XJ RP"uuy oner. . u -
, dllZ..n!j 0l oreenaporougu ' "rdin:
; country. Offiee opposite the Drag Store. oarair.g
i iit t- t? a bi j ao rna innt. u v
I houw at w. E. Edwwds, new n Depot.
Written for the Patriot.
THE WELL REMEMBERED VOICE.
Ttt W. A. W.
Wnen night's deep hush is round me.
A ad silence reigns supreme,
And the twinkling stars look on me
With feeble, flickering gleam
I hear a eerjh mnsic,
Which biddeth me rejoice,
Oh I well I love the whispr
Of that well remembered voice !
When el amber from my eyelids
Has taken its sure night,
And dreams come not to cheer me
With their images of light
That well remembered voice
Is whispering ia my ear,
And I feel that, though unseen,
A spirit hovers near.
It ia with me in the morning
When the day begins to break,
And the birds within the forest boughs
The sleeping echoes wake
'Mid all the varied beauty,
Increasing all my joys,
It eoaee to me in melody
aat well remembered voice !
And kt the sultry morning
Wheo the biasing snn is high,
And net a single fleecy cloud
Floats in the azure sky
And el the quiet evening
When the son ia getting low
And rwy geldem shadows
Are moving to and fro
That well remembered voice
Is talking with my soul,
And o'ver my happy being
ungnt waves of rapture roll !
Mrs x it.
TUB WATCH MAX AND IIAIUII
GER, a Religious and Family Newspapr. is
published Weekly, at Greensboro', N. C Price '$:
in advance.
The Watchman and Harbinger is devoted to the in
terests of the Methodist Protestant Church, but will
be conducted in a spirit of kindness and liberality
toward all other branches of the Christian Church,
'endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in t lie
bonds of peace." As such it proposes to eive its
influence to the spreading of Scriotural holing
over our land, by an earnest advocacy of Bible
Christianity.
in addition to its decidedly Reliirious character.
its aim will be to carry to the fire-sides ot its read
ers whatever may be found entertaining and uselul
in a moral and literary sense, diverting the vouthful
mind from the paths of error, and attracting it to
the ways of Righteousness and Peace. To the toil
ing and way-worn soldier it will bring ita message
of purity and love, pointing him to the flowerj field
nu perpetual sunshine of our Father's abode.
There being no other paper in the Confederate
States devoted to the interests of the Methodist
Protestant Church, the Watchman and Harbi nger is
destined to have a wide circulation, and it Kill of
necessity, therefore, be an excellent advertising me
dium for Book-Publishers, Schools, Coll eges, ana
for whatever else may be designed for readers in the
more remote portions of the Confederacy. The at
tention of the benevolent everywhere is invited to
our paper, as being well adapted to the wants of our
soldi era in camp and field, and liberal donations are
solicited to aid in furnishing the paper to soldiers in
large quantities.
Address J. L. MICIIALX,
Editor pro lent.,
Greensboro', N. C.
. F. Hakb.ii, 1
J. L. Miohaui. J. Committee.
L. W. Batchilob, J
FOfl S4LE,
4 Ofl SHARES 0F IR0N COMPANY STOCK,
a-vJU Th Magnetic Iron Company will cell 1UU
Shares of its Capital Stock, of J100 each, and when
paid in full, certificates will be issued in due form,
. rj v uulvjd unun uicicui, u-
?r?l5 i.ro!L!R .Vetas pfSeptcjuber and
a dividend on each snare. auuT no luruier trnvm.
on eacii snare, ana no lufuiet fiavmt
Llin UIIjULU 111 .W" I 1 I I I I I J t" I Tlllll I
ui BBScacmeui win ueica.ii.ci ua leijuirc-u, uui uauiu-
, :n u v i.r:" I
ty incurred or debt contracted against said Block.
This Company has a clear title to alout 410 acres of
good land in 2 tracts of about 220 acres each, one
of which is near Friendship, in Guuforu county, on
which a forge with 4 furnaces is nearly complete,
with a steam engine and saw mill i.n operation, near
to the Tein and deposits of iron ore, which are rich
and abundant, with rights to mine and take the ore
on several plantations for 4 or 5 mile? north-eayt
and south-west of the forge. This ore is first cb
for making good wrought iron, about 100 tons have
been raised, and the prospect for an inexhaustible
supply is certain. The other tract embraces water
power abundant for Rolling Mills and Manutacf wr
ing purposes. The charter is granted f ir fo yenrs
and its provisions are adapted fully to the wants of
its shareholders.
Application made to me at Greensboro' for t-liares,
or any information desired by applicants, will be
cheerfully attended to.
48-tf JOHN SLOAN, President.
"f lEiers. Wanted at Eagle Falls Coal
Mines,
JLvXi
in Rockingham county, N. C, M GOOD
MINERS, to work in the said mjjies. GOOD WAGES
will be paid to study men. Cornish miners-preferre 1.
Apply to Jones or Neal,' Danville Va., or to the un
dersigned, Agent, at the mines.
68-3w AMBROSE BARRET.
T)ead This. Those who have purchased my
V Florida Balm are requested to return to me
the EMPTY VIALS, for which I will p'iy TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS each. During my alienee from
town, the vials will be received at the post office.
My room is over the post office.
65-3m G. II. LIVINGSTON. '
Auction and CommlsNlon IJunI
nes in Greensboro.-We will give our
STRICTEST ATTENTION to the above buMnefs,
looking after the interest of those having propr'y
in this part of North Carolina. Hireing and pellir.;-,
Negroes, or any other species of property, produce
or goods. Office and ware house, Greensboro', N. C.
Best ot refferences given.
J. & F. GARRETT & Co.
W. E. Edwaeds, Auctioneer.
fTV Hatters. We wish to employ a number
JL of HATTERS to work in our establishment
at Greensborough. Good , workmen can procure
constant employment, fair wages, and prompt pay
ments, if early aoplication be made to
ja23.82-tf J.J F. G A R RET T .
XT' xtract of Lo?wood.-2M
'Its
Lxtract
JLA of Logwood for sale by
A. A. WILLARD,
Grecnsboio'. N. C.
50-y
Furs Wanted, We wish to purcha-e ai.y
quantity of Furs, for which we will pay j cm -each
for Rabbit ; 25 cents for Coon, Fox and Mu.-k-rat
: and 40 cents each for Mink.
44tf J. & F. OAR RETT.
STJGAR ! !
I have just received a large lot of SUGAR, oM'me
rrades. which I offer for sale, wholesale or retail, a:
irrade8, which
prices to suit the times
39-tf
W.
D. TBOTTEH.
W
agon for Sale ! One Hor-e vs agon
. 4 I a 1.11M
Apply to
68-td
Greensborough. N. C.
T ead! Lead! ! The highe-n cah price paid
JLi for lead in large or sinaU fiuanmir
49-tf
A. P. FX'KEL.
G1 rain Sacks. Grain acks, 2 I iihl
I" pacity for sale by A. A. WILLAKI.
5Qy Greensboro'. N- C.
t..i. T .hnll nff.T for n. t rml.llC auCin
fVl I
on Saturday l'Jth October next, eighiy-favH
hoxei of tobacco, (ot Tarious grades ) m .i or le-i'.
Terms easy and made known on day of
E. L. BITTING.
C8-"w Rural Hall.' Forsyth county. N. '.
Classes Butlers for I' le.ri
b fet long, about 24 inches wile, ar.d irch-
to ' es deep.
will hold over too p-viions m:u, ur n-,.
z rUt Bottoms. inch thick, can
be (leli,verd in
Greensborough at one day s nouca.
eens g JQHS
"
Reported Treaty Between France and
the Confederacy. Under the above cap
tions, in largo, bold face type, the Wash
ington correspondent of tho Herald fur.
nishes that paper with the following :
In NoYember last Mr. Slidoil, the repre.
scntatiro of th Southern Confederacy in
trance, communicated to his government
the important information that Louis Na
poleon had consented to form an alliance,
offensive and defensive, with the Southern
Confederacy, and to contribute, as tho ma
terial aid required for tho establishment of
its independence, his navy and three hun
dred thousand men, provided that tho Con
lederacy would yield to France all tho cot.
ton growing territory .wost of the Missis
sippi, embracing Texas, half of Louisana
and Arkansas.
f o this the conservative representatives
of tho bouth objected: first, becauso they
wero opposed to any foreign alliance; and
second, bee inse they preterred tho govern
ment of tho United Statos, administered
upon constitutional principles, with tho
constitutional recognition of State rights,
to any government .which the world baa
yet known. Hence Mr. Stephens, after a
consultation with his friends and the rebel
authorities, undertook his mission. Ad
monished by others les hopeful than him
self and lees anxious for a restoration of
the Union that it would bo impossible to
obtain an interview with tho Union au.
thoritics.upon tho direct subject that he
had in viow, and that it was extremely
doubtful whether he would be permitted to
holdaudienco with the President or his
Secretary of State, bo determined to adopt,
tho strategic question which ho presented
in his official communications namely,
consultation upon tho troatmcnt and ex
change of prisoners of war.
He entertained the confident hope that
no serious obstacle would be interposed to
bis proceeding to Washington and thero
consulting with President Lincoln, and
Secretary Sowurd as to whether somo mu
tually satisfactory ternib of compromise
might not b-arranged, ho that the rebel
Confederacy might be saved tho disgraco
of inviting in foreign aid, at such an im
mense sacrifice of its honor and of tho ter-
ntory over which it claimed jurisdiction.
Disappointed in this hope, he returned to
Kichmond, and yielded to tho general sen
timent and determination to form any al
liance, to submit to any conditions imposed
by : foreign ally, rather than yield to Iho
Government ot tho Unitod States.
It has been resolved, therefore, to con
sent to an alliance with Franco, and con.
cede Texas to that Power, in return for the
aid of its navy and army in securing tho
Confederate independence. This accounts
for tho confident tono oi' Mr. Stephens'
speech at Charlotte, NonU Carolina, in
which he assumed that t:?o prospects of
tho Confederacy wero not dicon raging,
and that there was a certainty of success.
It has been rumored that Mr. Stcphons has
gone to Fa rope. There is reason to be
lieve that ho is now in Franco that Im i
I vested with authority to close negotiations
Willi II1U rrfllCll L'O V f V n m 0 !I1 1 that Kill a
XWiHJ.J1 lltlrt already formed an allia
1 . tensive- with tho Suuth
foiled. raitt-Tj .jLo. .., K
in CO
uthcrn
its entire navv and three hundred thou
sand soldiers into the fcervice of tho South
ern Confederacy, i necessary, to secure its
independence.
The knowledge thnl ;t bearer of despatch
es to the Confederate (iovernr'ent has re
cently arrived from Kurort; bringing in
formation that the allianco between l'ranco
and the Southern Confederacy has been
fully perfected; may h vvo induced (iover
r."v Vane1, of North Carolina to issue his
extraordinary proclamation, published a
day or two since, invoicing tho people ot
thai State to ptand by the Confederacy.
Then is, without donbt, an important
rcprcscntHtivo in Richmond from (ienT
Vorey, commanding the French forces in
Mexico, whose mission is to ascertain lrom
the Confederate i ivernment at what points
French trooji air desired for tho .service
of the Southern Confederacy.
Fink Pkkssino. Fine clothes worn now
is ;i i:i ii rlv 1 1 llunkeyiTn. ;l noti'iiOM it
becoming to dress in any other style than
;i plain neat dress for street walking, and
if wo make the higher class of England
'!i r example, it will be found that they
wrur the plainest of drc'i, except at
hails ar.d dinner parties, or public Hsycm
hlics. It is a want of patriotism now to ex
pend !ar ;e ums for f i r dres-incr. The
sarphis an dipor-ed of might he iporo pro
fitably used in adding t the cwnfurt of
thohe who are periling life and homes for
the public welfare. .Mariy who complain of
high prices for provisions are the ouch
who stint their bellies to eioiho their backs
in fine garment. This is folly.
Wasn't Mmi Ac AiNii o wiTir Hkii
IIii;am. Kansas Ci'.y is a gay place,
arid they have cjtier spc cimens of human
ity down thcic. The following is from the
J'jurun', about a woman ofdotibtful loyal
ty, who was recently before a Yankee Pro
vost Mariial : ' She guve ;ii an evidence
ol ie r loyalty thai her husband hud becu
killed in the lU'T'.h Illinois regiment.
' VVh'.'M did-j-our bu.lKnd g to Illinois?'
'About three V' ars ao.' ' That was be
fore tho war, ua- it not?' 'Well, I didn't
like to go oil so far wi'.h a man I wasn't
much acquainted will,.' 1 You don't mean
to say that your husband was so much of
a stranger that you did not like to go with
hirri ':' ' Yes-1 do.
ru d to him r-.boul a
I hud only been mar-
year, and 1 wa:i t
giing to le:ivc my folk
noi( with a man I d 1 In
and go r.fF to li'i-
'i i i.--(ivi' rnr iri !i ifin t
What could he do but di-c'
:rg'j bor ?"
1f - :::' in Vkkmin on C-i.ti. Tako
tlax-ecd , I ii-ecd; fjil.Htid v u b t h e h arbori n g
ihoroui'hiv i' the skin, and the vcr-
:u : ti w i I s'.vr, i u
die, ar.d dr' p off. It is
v i v sale and cure
Kh.MEnV 1 ' - it Wo.tMS IN HOKHK". Feed
Ihc hor. efoi- two or thre.- days in succe-.--ou
on L'ood br:g!it corn f-taiks, green or
dry. ani in tho meantime ::.' bim nothing
elso to cat.
Tr.K Fi.oMi.A. Y'hcn !ail
this terror ol tho yankecs
British coast.
heard from,
whs off the