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UENEUAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
THIRD SESSION.
' FNA'f Sf Wednesday. Tb following
bills and rciolutioni were on first ad,ng-
A resolution instructing oar Senators
and Uepre.eutativesin Congress, to urge
tl.a increase of the p.yofsoldiers.
A bill fixing tbe first lhursday in An-Ku-t
as Ue day lor holding olsctions for
lii.' iiuers oi vuuivon.
m - hrne A bill to authorise
the in-
. .nni r,f irast fends in
Confsderate
ill Wll " -
S' is securities. Referred.
Mr. Matthews-A bill excmptmgall who
h.v employed sobstitates in the Con fed-,.r-,.
army from service la llome Guard.
K.drrred.
lioisic, Wednesday. Mi. Carpenter
A solution in regard to comparing the
v for a Member of Congress in the 10th
...;oi Tiiafrint. fConvenes the
V illjicr.'iuiiui .... . t -
S.mriff. Ht Asbovilie on tuo itu uy
oi
I ... , m,or to r.omnare tne vote anu ucuiicu
J A I A
th, election. 1 Passed its soveral readings
ur i r a suspension ol the rules.
UlLI.S ON FIR&T READING
,-. McCormick A bill to amend an act
.... .-.'...i .m tor ih relief of the wires
VI. LI"1 v v -
of soldiers in the army, rroi
i. v to appropriate three millrons ol dol
l.i. -inn Hit llv instead of one million the
u'.:."i.t heretofore appropriated for that
I Inferred to a select committee
.. t..i ..r lirp( 1 trt nrinted.
m vi v...v,. . ,
Mr. Urown A bill to restrict me cum
v;.fnn of uotton and tobacco. Ordered to
bv- ni.icd.
.'jr. Waddell A bill making Confederate
, ,.- :v lerr.vl tender for tbo payment of
il-u-f Referred to Committee on tho
.1 .. liciai v.
i: Uusacll, of Brunswick A bill to
n:.r nd the 3 1th chapter, section 85 ol the
i;. -til Code. Paced on Calendar.
( )i: motion of Mr. Sherwood, that por
I.l i of the Governor's Message which re
to the (iuurd for llorao Defence, wa
...rrrd to tho Ht-kct committee already
niffd on tho lilh introduced conccrninjf
i.Ki :rr:iniAtion.
Skn.vi i:. Thl rmav Mr. Warren intro- I
.1,1--.l a bill providing for tho punishment
ol M-r.ii -h f r mansliuighter by whipping.
Kt ! rrcd. Several persons were nomina
ud r .helices of the Peace for different
cvii.tu-. -'flu .rjjnnunw'.v,;aiv VrfffYoiiby
w n ! olo: r.'l to the Committee on Finance.
i i . -1 , TiiKnAv. Tho only proceedings
of:. ;rc-t in tho House on Thursday wis
in r-M.vion to a scries of resolutions, ' ro
dii'.rd by Mr. Avcra, asserting ther0 .'cf
tho ople to meet and consult for the
good of tho country denouncing mob
vio't ncc and military aggression upon tho
frreilnm of the press; pledging the Stato
to h tirm maintenance of the decisions of
tin !ga! tribunals and applauding Got.
Vu'h'o for his manly defenco of the State
Judiciary. They lurther compliment the
army for ii gallantry and heroism, and
ur ;' a faithful discharge of duty in vigori
ou.;y profocuting tho war for national in
dej ndciice. Thoy further declaro that
l.ri.in! Negotiations for pcao on tho basis
el -juration from tho United States should
bo iniitutd by the treaty-making power,
siiMi urge our Representatives in Congroas
to jtert themselves to bring about such
r. initiation". They further recommend
proposal lrom the Confederate authorities
t tiio I'edcral Congross looking to the
ho!. hug ol a Peace Convention for the adi
-nent of dilliculties, whose action shall
I ibjoet to tho ratification of the people.
Mr. Arrra moved that these resolutions
lo j; inted and mado tho epocial order for
W rui.oMilay next at 11 o'clock A. M.
.Mr. Waddell expressed bis regret at
h.,
h.
tUl
nog such a paper read in the House
A the resolutions would not
,t.d for a moment, and movod
bo enter
their in-
d- :i
iilo postponement.
r. Allison was not prepared to vote
h'.I.it for their indefinite postponement.
'11. - y required deliberation, lie thtreforo
u.)vr,l that they lie on the table.
lr. Allison withdrew his motion at tho
rf'i'wst oi Mr (irinsoru, who suggested a
rov; ce of tho resolutions to a select comi
m :to . He said ho was not nreuarod to
vnio km- or against them. Somo of
mem
no one could object to. Others were of
do -..In ful propriety. They involved the
Il'OSl
vital interests of the people and the
111.
:iiiy of the Stato. - He again urged a
r- o Ti nee to a select committee.
Mr. Avcra was willing that they should
l o lei'orrrd but was desirous that they
ho uld be printed.
Mr Ail.jfon renewed his motion to
on tbo table, which motion prevailed.
lay
M.s An: i'biuay. liill by Mr. Graham in
rcl.t'i'iu to th a crime of arson.
M r. Young, a bill to promote the growth
of -vnol ; and by Mr. Wright a bill to en-
. rae thorai8ingof!heep,and theproducts
of wojI.
lloi Friday. Mr. Sherwood from a
hokvt commute?, reported "a bill to amend
an act in relation to die Militia and a
Gj.-ird for Home Defence." Passed first
read ng. Ordered to be printed and mado
the special order for Monday next at 11
oV.ock A.M.
A mcjsagowas received from His Exccl
l.oi y tho Governor, transmittting the Re.
I oi i oi the President and Board of Direct
tor- f.f ilu- North Carolinr Institution for
ttiw heat and Dumb and the Blind.
i ho me.ago also announced the resig
I Uo. n ot His Honor Jh.Ii.a U;u-
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I Illlllirillflll 1 1 I- Xhii.aBAj,,l A!---
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uu""uu. me raessaffo
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1 j vvuunum vTcra icr.i m
11,1 'hu'.c an a proposition to refer tho
report ol tho President and Directors of th-A-ium
for the Deaf and Dumb and tho
Ii-l to the joint standing committeo on
that subject.
awyTil ii .
. i ' "iV miBlia Abe 5seret
proceediogtfef thpreseit GeaAl Astrtn
bly (introdiced byilr. McCormick) was
pot on its 2d read.ng. Mr. McCormjcfe mo
Ved that the yeas and nays bo ordered
Not agreed to. The question rouurri.K.y-
resolution was rejeevea.
Sxnat Satubbat. Mr. Lassiter, from
k. nmmitt.fl on ProDositions and Gnevi
anos, reported backthe resolution looking
" . . A aN mm Mi i
to the increase oi toe pay ui duiu.
commendiDgita passage.
Mr. Holeman, lrom toe w.ommii.vc
Agriculture, reported back "a bill to pro
mote the erowth of wool," asking to be
discharged from it further consideration.
Mr. Young, from toe iwiiuary vuuimu
tee, reported the bill relieving thoee who
have employed substitutes in the Contede.
rate army from serrice in tho llome Guard
asking to be discharged irora m
consideration. .
Mr.Pitchford, from the uomm nee uu
the Comunication from the legislature ol
Georgia, reported a resolution authorizing
the tiovernorio appuiui., uj
ThnriHav. the 10th of December, as a day
of fasting, humiliation and prayer through
out the State, whicn unaer a uspu.ivu .
the rules, passed ita several readings.
A message was receivea irora iue uuubd
transsaitting an engrossed bill to amend an
Act entitled an act lor the rcnei oi vow
banks and the people." (Legalizes their
removal in cases ol emergency.) Passed
its several readings.
A resolntion authorizing the .rooiic
Treasurer to issue duplicate Coupon Bonds
in lieu of those stolen by the enemy irom
- .n nf Rnrkv Mount. Itetorrea to
a viiuvu w v j
the Finance Committee.
Mr. Outlaw introduced a resolution in
rflo-ard to tho ver diem and mileage of mem
bers of the Assembly. (Establishes the
per diem at 812 and the milcago at thirty
cents) Adopteu.
House, Satcrday. The only bills of im
portance introduced were
By Mr. Harris of Cabarrus A bill to
prorido for establishment of Graded
Schools in North Carolina, and for other
purposes. Iteferred to the Committee on
Education and ordered to be printed.
Mr Shnrwood A bill to recrulate the
fees of Sheriff and Clerks in the County of
Guilford. Referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
Mr. McKae A resolution of inquiry
concerning purchases of cottcn and wool
cards made by Governor V unco. Adopted.
Mr. Person A resolution of'inrjuiry con
cerning the salaries of Clerks and other
employees of tho fevoral Departments and
the officers of tho steamer Advance. Adopt
ed. Mr. Flemming A bill to .imend the llo
rised Code in regard to the taking of the
bonds of Sheriffs and Clorks. Referred to
the Committoeon tho Judiciary.
Senate, Monday. Mr. Graham, from a
select Committee, reported a bill in relation
to the salaries of public officers, allowing
tho Judges of the different Courts $3,000
por annum, Public Treasurer 83,500, Chief
C.erk $2,000, AesUtant $1,200, Secretary
of State $1,500 and double fees, Comptrol.
ler $2,000, Supt. of Common Schools $2,0UU,
Private Secretary to Governor $500 and
double fee, Solicitors and Attorney Gen.
ral $40 for each Court ; tho several Clerks
A'lfarroT' "ol ' Accounts 2,6l"o7 Librarian
$500; Reporter of Supremo Court $S00,
Clerk $G0O and double fees.
House, Monoay. Tho special order be
ing tho bill reported from tho select com
mittee, entitled " a bill to amend an act in
relation to the Militia and a Guard for
Home Defence, was put on its second read
ing. Mr. Sherwood moved to amend the first
s.ction so as to require drills but onco in
every thrco months, instead of monthly
drills.
Mr. Harris of Chatham moved to amend
the amendment by striking out " three
and inserting two," but subsequently with
drew tbo motion. The quostion recurring,
Messrs. Cobb and Carter opposed tho
amendment. Tho latter thought that
twelve drills a yoar were barely sufficient
to preserve tbo Home Guard organitation,
and this was all the bill proposed. At
furthest but twelve days were demanded of
tho citizen for tho purpose of drill. This
requirement was no hardship and would
not interfere materially with agricultural
or mechanical pursuits.
On motion of Mr. Cowles, a division of
the question was orderod. On motion of
Mr. Sherwood the ayes and nays were or
dered. Tbo Hoii6e refused to strikeout.
Ayes 14, nays 60.
Mr. Brown moved to amend by striking
out the proviso at the close of tbo 2d sect
ion which prohibits the use of the Home
Guard in arresting deserters and recusant
conscripts beyond the limits of their ro
spectivo counties. He proposed annulling
this proviso because all the deserters might
gather in one county and defy tho law with
impunity.
Mr. McKay opposed tho amendment. He
thought if it wore adopted the farming id
terest would bo injuriously- affected. If
niiderstond that a fnron won If 1 liA nroM70(l
by tbe onledcra'c Government in the
several estates lor iuo arrest ol recusant
i fi am n ...
con.scripts and desertora which would
doubtless be adequato to these purposos.
Mr. Person urged the adoption of the
amendment. He said that ample power
should be given tho Governor to enforce
the law and to prevent the escape of con
scripts and skulkers from ono county to
another. Tho amendment conferred this
power, and he for ono was willing to trust
him with its exercisi. Ho could not think
that tho Governor would abute or pervert
it.
The question recurring, the amendment
was adopted. Ayes 58, noes 32.
Mr. Waddell movod to amend the 3d
section, 15th line, by striking out the
words " ol the counties in which thoy re
side." The effect of this amendment would
bo to call into servico the persons exempt
ed from Home Guard duty whenever tho
Stale is invaded.
Mr. Carter opposed the amendment on
the ground that its adoption would render
all tbo exemptions nugatory. Tho State
was already invaded, and the invasion was
likely to be a permanent ono.
-ur. audell withdrew the amendment
Mr. Beall offered an amendment niittinr.
izing the Governor, in his discretion, to call
n '
I""""
out tne c ohkp nTo,i ;
case of inva-
- w.. .-.nv.nuu
irn nr t n i rr . ..
Not arroed tr
Mr. Harris, ol Cabarrus, moved to amend
by adding to tho list ol exemptions in
Section 3 tho word 41 shoemakers.'" Not
agreed to,
Mr. Craig moved to amend by inserting
fc w
trbrdk
chairoWof-tfoi&ncMr Schools
rntaeh
nntr " Not agreed to. - 'J -H.
4
Mr. JXass moved to amend jby exempting
persons having substitutes in the army
over n:y yeawxji gw- , r , .
: Mf. Henry,' of 'Henderson moved to
amend by exempting all regular UnaeM,"
and modified tbe amwomeni uy uuig,
at Mr. McKay's suggestion, tho words
"tanning for the public." me amenu-
mondment was rejectees.
Mr. McCormkfe moved to amend by ex-
empting
'Wardens oi tne roor. xioi
agreed to.
Mr. Wallon moved to amend by exempt
ing " one Salt Commissioner for each coun
tv." Not agreed to.
Mr. Kornor moved to amend byj ex-,
empting 44 wbeel-wrighti." Not agreed
to.
Mr. Cowlea moved to amend by provii
ding that exemptions made in the third
section shall be in addition to and exclusive
of the exemptions made to the existing
law. Adopted.
Mr. Watson moved to amend by adding
after the word " employees" in the third
section the words " who are not already
enrolled in the Confederate service." Not
agreed to.
Mr. Sbo"ber meved-to amend by adding a
proviso authorizing lurther exemptions in
the discretion of the Governon Adopted.
Mr. Love moved to amend by inserting
an additional proviso, to wit : that mem
bers of the Legislature under forty-five
years of age shall not be exempt. Not
agreed to.
Mr. Person moved to amend the first
section by adding after the words "repel
invasion and suppress insurrection" the
words "or to execute the laws of the
Stato." Adopted.
Mr. Carter moved to amend 3d soction
by exempting a public goaler in each
county. Not agreed to.
Mr. Stancill moved to amend by striking
out in 1st section all after the enacting
clause in 2d section all after the word
Hpiprtrrf." and the whole of sections 3
and 5. Not agreed to.
Mr. Grissom moved that the House ad
iourn. Not agreed to.
Mr. Person moved to amend by adding,
at the close of section 6, the words "and
shall bo under tho rules aud articles of war
of the Confederate States." Not agreed to.
The bill then passed its second reading.
Tho proceedings of either House on Tuesday are
unimportant.
What the Stars Prophecy of the War.
A corespondent of the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican thus writes of the stars in their
rolations to tho war :
You published July 30, 1802, a prophecy
of the rebellion, calculated by astrology.
Many of your readers having forgotten it,
some of tho essential parts I repeat. Gemini
is the ruling sign of this country. America
declared her independence when tho planet
Herschel was in ?even degrees of Gemini,
and wheu South Carolina passed tbe
secession act. December 20th, I860, at
1 P. M., the samo planetary influence was
xidting. Thus the Union has lasted one
revolution of that planet around tho heav
ens. Until Hernchel passes out of (rroim,
- - " Ub 11
beJoreexiBteu, need not be expected. Alter
that time a more successful state of affairs
...:n :.. rni. r.n r
wnicini. xue iuiiowing i8 a uriel com
pendium of future events during the present
year :
After tho 20ih of October, some exciting
nows will bo received from tho vicinity of
New Orleans, or somo other extremely
Southern point. I fear the latter will be
unlortunato to the federal cause. On tho
10th of November, a compound junction o
Venus, Mercury and the Moon will take
placo. Tho remainder of tho month wil
i. . r.. i lr i .
ue evcnuui. -movements aro mauo in
many sections, and the Confederacy
assumes the aggressive in ono particular
section, but will eventually bo quelled.
aomo victory to tho Jrederal naval force is
described. In Decembor, sonio distiguish-
cd millitary man will arrive in another
world. I hope it will not be Genora
Meade. Both Meade and Foster have ovi
planotary influences this month. Let them
be cautious. Important news from Charles
ton will be received this month. Also,
movement in the vicinity cf Richmond
and in tho Southwest by the Confederates
v v - 1 i "
Highly important loreign nows will be
rectirod at the close of the year.
Oar people along the border have had
lasio oi tno treatment tuey may expect
snouiu tne lanHees ever succeed in got
wng pobHension oi tno country; ana we
opine aro not anxious for a further acquain
tance with tho vandals. When the lam
ented Woodfin fell at tho Wrarm Spring?
they stole his watch and stripped off his
uniform ; and after the second fight at tba
1 . i : i .t i i ,
piucu, inoy Birippea tno ciothos lrom our
men who were killed. Beforo leaving
that neighborhood, they robbed all tbo
citizens in that rogion, carrying off negroes,
horses, bed clothing, wearing clothes, table
ware, in fact everything portable. Among
tho heaviest suffers are Esq. Barnard, Mr.
Rumbough at the Springs, Wm. P. Blair,
Wm. D. Patton,Mrs. Garrott, Col. John
A. Fagg, and G. C. Askew. It if said
they did not leave a single horse on Spring
Creek. Asheville News.
Fkom Newbern. We learn from a
source that wo consider reliable, that Butler
has been to Nowbern and returned to For
tress Monroe. He was there two or throe
days the first of the past week, was feted,
serenaded, &c. Wo learn from agentleman
right up from tho lines that the "Beast"
has shutdown upon all returning to New
bern by oar people He says that they
""""" "'"K" -vy iuhc iuo
oath, ihoso are pretty hard papers on
.r.nr t.ti2 Word "ita e.i"
s" llba
..vcoUi..uerBwnoaro so anxious to get ; Sheriff of this county to the military au
back, bat we see no help for it. We suppose ! tborities for the purpose of being tried as
tbe beht way to get back to ,owbern is to ! a deserter and murderer. It has since
1 , d uij,ouuerouu v no
volunteer ? Progress.
From the Front. Gen. Vance's forces
havo been down in Tennessee daring tbe
pa-t week. He had a pretty severe skir-
raish with the enemy, near Parrottsvlllo,
one day last week, losing ono man killed,
and two or three wounded. He emptied
several Yankee saddles.
Gen. Vance has been helping the Tenm
essee unionists to gather their hog crop
.Nearly a thousand fat hogs have been driv
en out. bome ot thcra have
pagscd here.
en route to the great Confederate smoko
house. Ashville News.
v,
(i It affords us jfteasare fo .being able;4 tor
plaee before our readfrs themnnerod letter V
from the War Department to D HrHill.
-who dejoaBdjd ap nquiry into the causae!
his relief from cTommand'ln th6'army of
Tennessee. 'Further reference fs nnneces
ry. The letter froth ' Adjutant' Ueneral
Cooper sufficiently explanatory, and
removes every imputation that may have
been indulged in by the publio or tbe press :
Adj't. and Insp't. Gen's. Ojtice, )
" - Richmond, Nor. 20, 1863. J
Lrexrr. Gejt. D. H. Hill :
General: Your letter, of the 13th inst.
requesting that a Court of Inquiry may be
ordered to investigate your conduct with
tbe army in Tennessee, has been submitted
to the Secretary of War. In reply I am
instructed to say that after careful con
sideration of the subject, there does not
appear anr .adequate cause to tustifr an
WW
order for such Court. No charges bare
been preferred by your Commanding Gen
eral cr others against you, ajad no complaint,
even of yoar military conduct, has been
addressed to tbe Dopartment. Yon have
been simply relieved from duty at the ro
questcfthe Commanding General. Your
own military experience will readily satisfy
you, that the relief of an officer from his
command constitutes no ground for a Court
of Inquiry, and to allow it to bo such oould
not fail to bo prejudisial to the service. Other
considerations than thoso of military de
linquoncy, such as contrariety of views,
want of harmony, or tho like, may have
well induced such application, Indeed,
with an officer of your past service and ap
proved gallantry, military delinquency is a
presumption not to be indulged by any ono,
and certainly not in the absence of all
cbargo or complaint sanctioned bv the De
partment. No injustice, therefore, is done
you, as certainly no reflection on your well
earned military reputation is intended by
the Dopartment, in declinisg, from trenoral
considerations for the interest of the service,
to grant a Court of Inquiry on your applica
tion
Very respectfully, vour ob't serv't.
" -
S. COOPER.
Adj't and lnsp. Gen.
Lincoln's Power of Analysis. The
Mobile Advertiser says : Hanks' power of
analysis is conlossedly great, but oven he
finds it impossible to arrive at an ultimate
analysis of the elements of the banditti of
wbcai ho is chief. In his reply to the commit
tee requesting the removal of Schofield, he
show how near he can corao to it thus:
"Wo aro in civil war. In such cases
there always is a main question; but in
this Case that question is a perplexing com
pound Union and slavery. It thus becomes
a question not of two sides merely, but of at
least four sides, even among those who are
for the Union, saying nothing of thoso whe
are against it. 1 bus, those who are for the
Union with, but not with, out slavery thoso
tor it without but not with those for it with
or without, but profer it with and those
for it icilhcr without, but prefer it without.
"Among these again, is a subdivision of
thoso who are for graJual, but not for im
mediate, and those for immodiato, but not
for grandua! oxtinctiun o ir.0rV.
"It is easy to conceive that all these
shades of opinion, and even more, may be
sincerely entertained by honest and truth
ful men. Yet, all being for the Union, by
reason of these different ways of sustaining
tho Union.
Ihcroarotvvo things in
"honest nnd truthful men
which all his
aro agreed
lying and stealing. That is the compound.
with no perplexity about it, and the analysis
would stand thus. Those who prefer to
lie those who prefer to steal those who
prefer to lie and steal both, bat had rather
lie than steal those who prefer to lio and
steal both, ttuXhad rathea steal than lie
those who don't care a dime whiyh.
Brilliant Detour vpon the Enemys'
Rear. The cavalry "arm of the service"
in Northern Virginia is again making itself
terrible to the enemy. Tho exploits of
Mosbv are making up in importance what
thoy lately lacked in uumber.and tho acces
sion of tho young and dashing Rosser to tho
post of a brigadier is already marked with
results which forecast for him a falure of
distinstiou. On Friday last, wo learn from
Gordonsville, Gen Rossor mado a detour
upon hoenomy's roar between tho Rappa
hannock and the Rapid Ann, in the vicinity
of Eiy's Ford, and captured a large am
munition train, destroyed the greater num.
berofthe wagons, and brought off three
hundred horees, several of tho beet wagons
and ninetv three prisoners. On Thursday
the same source informs us, Mogby made a
circuit into Culpeper, came upon Meade's
headquarters on tho railroad, a few miles
this side of the court house surprised and
captured one of Meade's clerks or aids,
burnt tho cars, which comprised tho head
quarters, and brought off a number of yan-'
kees, together with a large lot of horses and
wagons. It is more than probable that the
horses wagons, and most of the prisoners
were captured by Mosby in Fairfax, and
that he burned tho cars on his return. The
prisonors lrom these raids have arrived
Richmond. Enquirer 30th.
in
Consumtion of Coal. Tho Washtng
ton Union, of the 7th says :
The quantity of coal required for Govern
ment vessels is really incredible. There
aro throe hundred and fifty steamers afloat
in the service burning coal. The Ironaides
alone burns two tons per hour, forty-oight
tons por day, or sixteen thousand ton per
annum. One million five hundred thou
sand tons is the estimated quantity required
for this species of the service.
o staled last week that tho notorious
thief John Mincey, was delivered by the
ii. come to light that the men who came here
for Mincey were accomplices of his, and
forged the order from the Secretary ol War.
They wero dressed in soldiers clothes, and
pretended to belong to tbe Virginia army.
By means of tho forged order, they nro
j cured an order from Gov. Vance for tho
; delivery of Mincoy. They and Mincey no
; doubt belong to a gang ol thieves who are
t going about stealing negroes, horses and
' pocket-books. Charlotte Democrat.
Resigned. Judge Bailey, ono of our best
: Superior Court Judc-cs. has rcsirmpJ
The
. present session of the Legislature thereforo
wiU havo to fill the vacancy.
DANVILLE ITEIJS.
Froia the Apal.
James O. Griin. Wo are de
Dr.
lighted to learn that this long-imprisoned
young surgeon has been roleased from his
f confinement at Fort Norfolk and is now in
Richmond, having been admitted to ex
change in virtue of the recent arrange
ments for the exchang-o of surgeons. It
will be remembered that Dr. Green was
held as a hostago for Dr. Rucker.
Disease Among the P&isons&s. we
regret to learn that tho smallpox and
typhus fever have appeared among the
Yankee prisoners here, and that ono or
more have already died.
Sale of Patrick Springs. Davis &
Vaden have sold tho "Patrick Springs"
property, including the furniture of the
establishment to Capt. Wm. H. Werth for
$50,000.
From the RegUter.
Tobacoo Trade. For some time past
there Iras been great activity in the trade
of manufactured tobacco, and large num
bers of wagons have been emD loved in
transporting the article from this place to
breensboro , to be shipped thence to the
Southern markets. There is a loll however
at present, tho Southern traders probably
being unwillingio Jay in more supplies
until tne result of the campaign in Ten
nessee is known.
Another Installment. On Monday
ovening about six hsndred more prisoners
of war reached this place from Richmond,
making the. total number now in custody
here about twenty-six hundred. We noticed
tho arrival, a few days ago, of three bun.
dred and eighty beeves, sent to feed the
Yankees. The officers in charge of the
prisoners say they expoct six thousand to
be sent to Danville, in all.
Western North Carolina may now bo
reported clear of the Yankee horde who
have lately been seeking so persistently
lor a permanent loothold in this mountain
ni .i ... .
country. 10 tne untiring vigilance and
unquestioned gallantry of Gen. Robt. B
Vanco are tho people mainly indebted
for
the happy riddance. No man everaccom
it i ...
phshed more with tbe means at his com
mand. Asheville JVews.
Practical Deertion. J. M. Hicks, and
Haywood Lamb, of Company 1, 22d North
Carolina Infantry were sent to the city yes
terday from Camp Holmes, near Raleigh,
to bo tried for lrequent desertions: Those
gallant men have braved tho frowns of sun
dry courts martial and dared the dangers
of more than one ignominious death. They
have doubtless been 'put to tho last proof if
it will bo necessary for them to give of their
pluck. Enquirer.
For the Patriot.
HABEAS CORPUS. Continued.
Messrs. Editors. In resuming tho
subject ol my last communication 1 must
reiterate my respect for tho administrators
of tho law both Stato and Confederate.
I cannot however respect any misinterpre
tation or misapplication of the law, and neith
er can x respect tnat iacmty ana eagerness
witn which our Chief Justice is dociding,
almost daily at liichmond liill and occasion
ally elsewhere, ease nnrlr writmnf flahans
Corpus which were sued out by persons
wio aro in controversy with the Confederate
States, and ondcavoring, a very large pro
portion of them, to evade military service
which is assuredly due themselves, as well as
our common country in this the hour of hor
greatest extremity.
1 believe nevertheless, tho writ of Ha
beas Corpus, is properly characterized, as
"tho great writ of right," and I bolieve
also that this great writ, is most essential
as a maans of protection to tho people,
against actual oppression and tyranny, on
tho part of reckless and wickod rulers and
also against tho machinations of their sa
traps, captains and emissaries. I shall
therefore always sustain tho sanctity ofthe
Habeas Corpus, when issued in a proper
case, and by the proper authority. As a free,
man and a lriend of tho liberties of my coun
try, I shall always, (under such circum
stances) uphold and magnify its consecra
ted authority and power without any
circumscription of tbo same.
At tho samo time, my own observations
very recently, havo satisfied mo, that this
writ may be granted, under the forms of law,
to persons who have no right whatever to a'
vaii themselves of its privileges, and who are
neither oppressed, or in any danger of oojres.
sion, and in this way, that the inestimable
privileges of this writ may be most sadly abu
sed and perverted, and it may bo well,
in this connection, to refer to a case lately
decided at Richmond Hill, which was car
ried up under a writ of Habeas Corpus, from
my immediate neighborhood, nnd with
which 1 am therefore somewhat familiar.
A braveand patriotic boy, who was only a
bout fifteoi years old proposed to enlist some
two years ago under Lieut. Boirtdin of oar
county, who was a very coirect, intelligent
and popular officer. But the Lieut, knew
well his duty in the premises, as a rocruit"
ing officer and being unwilling to treat tho
parent amiss, or to violate an important
and just prevision in the army regulations
of the Confederate States, promptly inform
ed the manly boy that ho could not re
coive him as a recruit, without tho consent
ol his lather, whereupon that consent was
very soon granted, and the son entered tho
service of his country on an equal fooling
with all other volunteers. But it so hap.
pened that tho young soldier camo home
not long since, under a furlough, and pres.
cntly, it was understood that Judgo Pear
son would release him from the service un
der a writ of Habeas Corpus, on account of
his age accordingly tho neceasary an
rangemcnts wero made, and tho sou was
carried to Richmond Hill, where an ex par
te hearing was bad, and as the lather was
piepared to provo, that tho son was only
about sevonteen Judgo Pearson of course
found no difficulty in releasing him.
And this case i.-;doubtlc6s only ono of many
cases of the samo sort, which havo found fa
vor and an ignoblo quietus, beforo the same
jurisdiction and I must believe (however
much 1 may ragrot it) that our Chief Juei
tice has either misunderstood his duty, or
otherwise fallen very far short of it, in his
application of the law in all such cases and
although 1 am no lawyer, I am still not
unwilling to stake ray reputation as a man,
aid as a patriot, on the issue of unsound,
ness, (so far at all events as this particular
caso is concerned) both as to the evil and
military law, and in conclusion I think it
is hih time, that these slipshod decisions
of Jude Pearson should be brought in this
way, beforo the bar of public opinion, in
order that he may experience something of ,
the force of tKo .
naturally springs at this time '
"gn.enea maly patriot:, , ,
all delinquents, even though they
cupy tho hisrhf 9t !,.,!!,:..! 3 nu3
(.(
ti,
It!
I have now shown
'n nrett v r 1 -i .. .
persuaded that tho Habeas, rv' ?. 1
strangely, if not sham.Vully miL, , ' '
tbe impolicy of tho issuance and tri- l''
this writ, by any State Judge, whe " '
party applying for it, or seeking a ti.V
dor its authority, is in controvert -
the Common Government, is luv ,,, V
lisnea, aDd if tho law, is "a rulr-c1t i i -i
based
I " ' f mvijHOS 0
tice and truth," or otherwise, it the
a e S-x a - a C n ! i. I i ! I I If . I
IU-.
i ucucuuiai acting uy ruie, inen tr,.
(.!
mux kU4,U Uixt I Hi I PJ 1 WX 11 w I tlS lllll'l
tho illegality of this writ, in the LXi
is also fairly established. Y'our coir....
dent will therefore close thedihrn, !
this subject so far as he is concerne l
may however notice hereafter sorera! .
ular and extra judicial opinions 0t J u
P. which have been propagated bro i.,
DVpr I hft llint,r Kir nnKnn. n I .
lections they happened to suit, aid w
uaw uvnveu consiaeraoie "aid ami
k. . M ' I 11 . . t
iuru in aoing so, against too preioir,.
mands of patriotism, and the duty we
owe in this crisis of her l'ato to our i .'.
ing country.
A CONSERVATIVK OF STokl
Nov. 20th 1863.
For the Patriot."
THE CURRENCY.
Messrs. Editors: Much hai bei-n L.
and written by the capitalists 61 the c;.-,...
try upon the subject of the currency :i: i
thoy as well as all others, agree that
thing must bo done to savo it. The
cessity for this is too apparent ai-. t
generally admitted to require an argute .
How this is to bo accotn jHished i :i (j ,
tion that seems to havo called forth n; . ,
opinions, most of them 1 belii-ve ,.',,
moneyed men. Thoincomo tax for Jam...
has not boon paid in, and although it w.'.;
not be sufficient to reduce tho value ol cu;
rency to a healthy standard, very lew 1 j.n.
sumo are prepared now to say what it w,,
I 1. '11 ' .
iatn. lueiarmers navo iut inn r i i.
upon to pay ono tenth of their product: i
kind to the government and aro . now jt
quired to fatten their hogs out ot th ...
mainder of their crops, and pay oji
of their pork also. This is cquivaV.-.;
from Yi to 15 per cntum ot their
incomes. Most other incomes dedu ;
penscs and consequently pa- upoi. r
nett earnings only. The very u: i . .s:l .
of the country causo appeals to b- ni:nlo
iho bcncvolenco of farmers, onearv ti:
perhaps any other class ofoui c : ,.
and in most cases thoy hao i csj n ! i
thomjiberally. They are constaM'y ;
ed to to sell their produce at ivduct.; j
ces, and many of them do it daily i:, . :
torious cases, and even when they oi
tbo ruliug market prices for the'r ; i v
ions, they aro compelled to rxjirri .
money for manufactured articles .a j .
ranging from thirty to one bundle 1
higher than they paid in pcMce t;.;.
Many of our farmers havo n-yn.-. in
ai my to whom thoy aro compelled to i
ttibuto money, clothing and often p: -r, -ions,
and though a " labor of love" it ;
nothing to their own prices. Y.-rv : . .
iarmers nave accumulated duniv tins.
large sums of money somo havo. I
these facts it must be very apparent
a large majority of tho farmers art
pared to pay the largo money, tax
would bo required to meet a Urgi
loan; tor havo they the currency! n't uLl.
quantity to fund to pay their laxe.-
coupons, and a law requiring ei Ik r, ,
place them at the mercy of capitalists !;,,.
ufacturers and extortioners a thin.: h',,
ways to bo deprecated, and more ej,. -,u ,
at this time, as it woul i paralizo their
orgies and endanger our prospret ! ''.
plies. Something must bn done '; .v.
and what is tho question to redu .'
valuo of currency and restore conii.i :.
1 would suggest the following h-ji- a:
by Congress as embracing in my opo..
the oasiest and most acceptable "plan, :.r .
as being least oppressive lor rolievn ; .
country of its redundant papor :ir e,i-
Let Congress levy a tax ot five p-.r-.--: mm
upon nil the property in the Co .it .It i :.
Slattis to bo collected by tiio hint da..
April next. Amend the tiihing law,
ompting the potatoo crop) ho as to tain- .
tenth, after tho hogs arc fattened, o! .
produce of the farm, except cotton, v ..
co, wbiskyand brandy, of whi ;li ti. . .
ernmcnt should tako ono halt. J1.::
farmer afterwards ten por ccriUm m(
hlnnett profils. At:d on the firt i; y
July tax him 50 per centum on a.i
bacon, lard, wheat, flour, oats, haw. v..
that he may hold more than a salli. ier.r .
supply his family until tho lir-t day-i '
following January. Tax ail incotae- ah .
fivo hundred dollars tolivo thousand .:
iars twenty per centum; and ail i;.' .
above fivo thousand dollars liny
turn. Let the specific tax upon Un
professional and other pursuits
Cause an assessment to b-- mad.
ninety day.-, arid collect atax'd
centum upon all Confederate I
Notes, not funded abovo the sam o
five dollars, from tho holder, cxr
i'.T ( : -V.U'i.-
n ;:ia.M.
.- evei v
livi- ; i
dieis in thy field, and their wit
any man without regard to ae
or
tion, to conscription that
led of making fraudulent
may oo 1 .
retui ll;
from physical causes ho if unlit li'r ::
duty, put him to work in s one gov't : i.
work shop, whote Ijc may lean; an !
trade. And if a foreigner, i;ot si! :
military duty, put hirn in the pi nit'
of any Stato in which ono may be- h
for a term of fivo years, and any i.lit.
trading man found without a iiccn-.-failing
to show that he had been rt'i
assessed to be dealt wills u :.-:(. "
fraudulent returns. Such laws auin l
the farmers to sell their ?urplus to :i
heavy taxes, and would f'oct- thos.- I
ing large sums of Treasury Notes t
them. For tho fame reasons the v.
cause thoeo who havo largo incrrnes l
vide with thu government, and the ; r
of conscription would go far to j.
fraud. Two objects of vital inter- t
country would thereby be ga;i.id
turning looso of the supplies of toe c
and tho abstrptiou of TreaMiry '
and a third, that of feeding the : !
which wo wHjuld feci assured. I "
plioh these desirable ends Iiohwii,
gress must make all tho Tn asui 1
of equal value, arn.l fur.dabh at
cent. Very respectfully, e.
RLEDY FOlik