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1 1 ' : " 1 1 " " " 1 111 ' ' ' ' 1 . i '" ' i ,n i , , i ,., j .. .', M . i, ' ( . . JJNV1 SErtlESVOL. IV NO. 20. V -WADESBOROUGH,: N.. C. THIJIiSDAY, . MAY 1; 1862.' HVHOL'J M. 178. r " - -TnrsnrnbEirimiKMrmsr 'On the south? side of Jefferson street, tmt two .doors removed from th intersection of Second, in the city of M e in phis; there secured on the Oth of Marc Mf (hi year, one of those ruthless and calmly perpetrated murders thateeem to leave be- hum leu no trace oi-uie criminal anu uui u Biari liu reiniodef of how eternal in the human heart afc the seeds of evil. "' The murdered man Wis, while living t puzzle 'to many a pbilosophto mind, from a settled tuel ' auchol y and misanthropic diaposion which seemed -at once to shade his steps with mystery, and to Jpreserve him from the, outlays attendant nn social 'intercourse. He lived unknown, unfriended. None t" Memphis know to whom under Ood he 'owed hisbirth. None in Memphis know to whom ".he owed his death, He came in mystery, lived liouiysrery and died io mystery, liutuue eject 'of his life was ever, known, .and that the common -one- of -moneys making,.-jy?ned to the less common lubit of liioney keeping. The sole revealed object of hia life proved, when realized, the cause of hit death, and for that only. V-;-.' ' Bonnald is $npH$ed to have been born in or earihTiTood old Ovt ffiiircl t yzt 1 fa ru b urgrw h e trcr e sailed for the U tilled States w Ith a wife an J T and one daughter, lie took up his residence in tbe citv of Chicago with this wife and daugh .'! . . ' ' if ..... rto ixchatfJ!efoF goId.Ttid on IheFriday tmme-1 "T&rtmjj7 IhOuTUandof Ver WutnTxwn the neat , dtately preceding !&is. assassination, he bought I ton of Gluckstadt. and as oueb have we seen her from a newsdealer some fourteen dollars worth i oeMenncf the tmdlf oostmaster ot'lJaoiborirlto of silver at a premiutn'of forty per cent. ' He was miich perplexed about the acceptauoe or. refusul of Confederate money, and. frequently would ask of liTfirwhirUIiJ lhought ofis"e'venlua1"v"lue, ueterminiug at iai to "nave notning to ao wun eecjbT ihli Be isalgned lyfthe Secretary ct War to tht differeot ompsr.::j oow io service, until, each . company ) tiled to its maximum ffometimcs, tbo, we havf faucied that the iixirser of vengeance aod tbe lover of cold mibt be von ohaafed obe" glance from the realms of mystery oo the yooDg fraulein who knows not that the is made anorrban. r . . ' ..." a . ms . J a. t '4 . w possessing large amount ot specie, rcpeatedlyrvTHJad iionnewaid died, tbus in iiambnrg, and warned him that bis wealth and solitude offered had he been an American, tbe authorities of tbe - - - - - . O- Zt it M One or two of his neighbors, awareof h is ko4w jf fat Jiad ko'inessagtf ffon America; d j number, ; andjhe psrsops so enrolled shall bt temptation to poverty and greed, and that it might one day .cost him bis life, lie groaned, and knew not what to do, and finally offered one young man, whom he seemed to dislike less than" the rest of humanity, aJl his store, with all the goods therein, if he could but advise hitn'how to tcadb Kurope with the specie he possessed. . The deter red departure, however, was, as Bon ne wald thought rendered a impossibility by tbe closing Hoes of Buell, and he lived in alternato fear of losing what he possessed and in hope of realizing great accessions to it from his stock of cigars, purchas ed ere the blockade had nearly trinled tbe fan-1 ciful mlue attached to the deleterious luxury, fjj - JJonnewald s iait abidingplace iirhfeconsisted of & rather large storerfrontingon Jefferson street; and a smaller room back of the same-the two rooms communicating by a small door, the upper portion of which was glased. In tbe back roonit which was lighted by a Urge window, tbe old man ter, and, oo e very small capital, engaged in the Durchane and aale of tobacco, with, what success ' it ii now iaipossible, and, indeed, immaterial, to eat and alept; and often sat, even in the day " ascertain. - During , his residence in. Chicago, I time, keeping the door of his store closed by u Iionnewaid, then upwsrds of fifty, quarreled with propping board, which fell as the former wss push bis wiftf ; and a tale of adultery was hissed about j ed ; an in .Meuiiiiits. as an ech . Tpviken. in "the streets ' weR r ill founded, the resuMiiuied tiUry found ttUevrf, and to bis wife's infidelity has been re- pcatedly attributed tbe melancholy, mUanthrnpic sni'irolturr-disposition-of lhi-THd-tiianv-whorf eyo never brightened beneath his dull ?pctac l.ei save in reflection to the dull luster of gold, lnncwald iit hi wife snjL')Jauhte.r buck to - Geruii'oy fruiuChieasopand himself "came to . I';p'i where he engaged in the srUing tf.j riir, ie;ijn;.a small store for a time on Trout d in answer. to the noise thus made, the o of a scsndalous. on til j old mau would walk . feebly forth, stare at you of Chicago Whether ( vatonily, and in a mechanical monotone ask "U)iid or btrongi'ir I iits eager fingers clutched your dime or miarter, snd with a low "thank you," never omitted, was safely and carefully tleposited in-the drewer beneath the-cigar cae whenoe he had suppjjed you. This case stood laterally between the front door and that which led to the sleeping room, which could be reached but by packing round it. Uetwten tno nours ot six ana seven, on trie . r i .i """" evening ol r'unany, the vt.n, tne young man whom we have alluded to as being least distaste ful to the solitary misanthrope, bought some cigars from, him, and was reminded that he owed one dollar aud thirty cents. , Later than this, as hsf been ascertained, ho-vne ever saw Jfonncwa Row.' AsVc wla week, so was l,c when he reached lcntphw. (Quirt in manner, and rioiwlcjis as a i-jt, viih a fa.-e that spoke nothing of iff present 'n'mr'ti weonfrtal)ly"TeTlHj Ihafit had (,tec'l-m the Daze on which every varying emo- alive, save tho.eorhim who left him dead. "im of an iiopulnive heart was as faithfully per- f On the;uorning of the 10th, a printer, whose fnvrd t9 the humanye as the heart itself- to tofTu-e wat situate wet f Uonnewald's tore, sent CMr He was small in statu re, toorW much, i boy for a 4;ey which had been left in charge n 1 had neither noise nor ehistieityin Iim footfall of the old man. Vi heboy returned and reported Hi on vsr5i'ng eeit, i luxtrW, even j the store still closed ; and the printer o finding his ilketj bat sboiM'Sat as late, i but-seein-1 "it, went routid to the window at the b.ick, which i ( irbtorb ail hirbl a4 react Jcrecv Ijgntea tne Meoping room,, lhiswmdow was daoe bnhdd to the atmopWro around 3ECTIOJC 1.. Tht AhnfTrnt of the CoveJertite Stitici of America do enact, That tbe President be.fahdheis hereby authorized to cat) out and place in tbe military service of the Confederate States, for tbree years, unless tbe war shall have beca sooner ended, all white men who are resi dents of tbe Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years at the time tbe call or calls may be made, who are not legally i exempted from military service, M of the perf son aforesaid who are not now to the armies of the Confederacy, and whose term of service. will expire before the erdof the wart shall be con tin- ued in the service for three years Irxxa the date citjf would have taken steps to forward his child tbe little left by the murderer, and to have made bis fate known to bis wife through consular chan nels; but as it is, she may never know how he Saspd, from life 'to eternity till they meet in the ucment Hall of God, where her supposed sin and tbe name of hi$ murderer aland alike record ed forev'eH3rAei Monthly. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO TVt THER PBOVlDr TOR THE PUBUC DEFENCE,'! Ip view of tbe exigencies of tbe Country, and thej absolute necessity of keeping in the service cuff gallant army, and of placing in the field a fore; signed o companies from the State's from which ther rtspectiveljr ctotDu-f - Sid Wiiftriker enacted, Thtilfmnen and ordinary seamen in the land" forces of the Confederate States, enrolled under the provis ions of this act, rosy, on application to the Sec retary of the Navr, be transferred from the laud forces to he naval service. : " " v -. 8ec. 6. t. Be it farther enacted, That in all ca ses where a Statetpay not favejo tbf army a number of -regitnentsj-batallions,: sejttadreEa . ft companies, lufficierit to absorb the' .nunb'e'r of peiaons subject to military Service unur this act, belonging to such. State, jht p the residoe ot ez ce?s thereof shall be kept as a irserve, uader such regalationt as may be established by the Secretary of War, and that et suted ptrlcd pot greater than'three months, details,, detenninfd by lot, shall be made frdm said reserve, so tb each company. shall, as nearly as practicable, be.aept full. ProvidedThat the persons held in reserve p7lheres7dol7 of their original eulistment, unless the war shall have been sooner ,ended: provided, however, That all audi companiej, baitallions and regiments, lioc terms of original enlistment was for twelve months, hall have the right, within for y days, on a day to-be fixed by. the commander of the brnrh'lf , to re organize said compsnies.'battallions. and regiments, by electing all their officers, which t&ry hbd u right heretofore to elect, who shall be ii klimissioned by the Piesident : Provided, fur- ,arTh7r, tlfat furfoughs jot ceeugxdT,yXl!WWBe" with transwrtation hotr.cond back.shall be grant- j "V, I "V '"V" . l'- their stay at home, they shall not receive pay. Provided further, That the persons comprehended in this act shall not be subject to the rales and articles of war until mustered into the actual :;r vice of the Confederate States ; cxeept that said i i a persons, when enrolled , and liable to duty, u ther shall wilfully refuse to obey said tall, each of tberp shall be held to he a deserter, and pun ished as such under said articles ! Provided for. l3f -that whenever in the opinion of the Preai dn .the eiigenxiea of the pablie service auay requitsJ he shall be authorized to call into act ualfreibe entire reserve, or so much as may bheec ry r udt-previously-assigned to differ tut mi iu, though bk ru5ty qeiet had irought the rory air into magMtio rapport with his own soul. Iso aoaa ever spoke loudly ie Honnewald's store, 'ivea the reveller ealled for a cigar in tones -ituohed by the influence of he keew not what. .The dull ochr of the cigar boxes that lined bis walls Deemed e vr wore suggestive of lite mouldering H hu of"cigtrf than m( ( ragra n t, f rcth a ud4 vi i ing Cabanas ;"and the writer never ould divest h'uumlf of the idea that a cigar which had Jonce paired thraugh Bonne wald 's hands, smoked ever under a protest sgainst the noiw of puffing it ; , ,f n,r r 1 l J 7 j , niuiitM in hiv i luiwiuuai aiuM, uuuiu'cu v - i , . . , 1 lib December, eighteen hundred and sixty one puui-rr, pixn'iii", wiviiu,xti j vn uic nine moie, eijhoohtpiies in service under provisions' of sec tion,fou5f this act; said reserve shall boor ganized uaiier such roles as the Secretary of War may Jtopt : Provided, The company, batal lion and regimental officers shall be elected by tbe troops raised in any one State, shall not be com bined in regimental, batallion, squadron, or com pany organization with troops raised in any other 6tates. ' '' -.Sec 7. Be it f.:rthfr enacted, That all soldiers X now serf mat in. the auoor mustered in, the mil or 'en ed to all tnoso retained in the service br the pro- : . . , , , 0 - , , -r-t r-r- j r- t z-.t r heretofore issued by the becretarv of-War. and - visions of this act beyond the period of their on-, ..... . . , . , . - . , piol clislmcnt, nnd. .ho lisveJlSKtofure not 1 " -".""'-; " VJ r, ivoJ tob. uader , he WW,, of , act ggV'SM- oiititloii "An apt nrnvulin-r tnp tn rrnfin,T nf . J o i " bounty and furloughs to privates and non-couimis Tn dthat-cvenw hen'bu rnTng, it ignited and ab sorbed in a dull redness more liht than it gave", and.otferJed a smoke of a duller hue and more uiia.imatio odor than any-other Havana. ' Bonne wald spoke seldom, nor did he seem to and beyond it, with his feet towards the window, his head towards the 8trect,, lay Iionnewaid, stretched across the door that formed the passage way between his two apartments. . ' " A crowd gathered tjuickly j the coroner was sent for; the body was examined Noj?vidence -of-a .violent death appeared on-examination, save a discoloration about the thioat," which rendered it certattf?that the old man was strangled." . The premises were searched, and a safe containing but a gold watch was obsgrveoL-O pan, ajxa-vollil every indication of "hating been rifled of tbe murdered man's metallic idol In the afternoon the -votary and victim of gold was buried, attended to the grave by a solitary carraee occupitd,by four men who knew-no more j said furloughs to be granted in such times aod in Ruch numbers as the becretary of V ar may deem most compatible with the public interest ; and Provided further, That in lieu of a furlough the commutation value, in money of transportation hereinabove granted shall be paid, to each pri va ter musician, or non-commissioned otjeer who juay - flyugTTulJ otherw ise be granted j Provided, further, That nil persons under the nge of eighteen years or over thirty five years'who are now, enrolled in the military seTvTeTrof1be" iJoncdeniteatatej, irrthe regfr to receive said bounty, SECr8Brit further enacted-, That each man who may hereafter be mustered into the service, and who shall arm himself with a musket, rifle or shotgun or carbine, accepted asan efficient weapon, shall be paid the value thereof, to be ascertained by the mustering officer under such regulations ns may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, it he is wrllmg to sell the same, and if lie is not, think the, mors fur hisaeitarniiy.. The vagu. t,the P than they Know ot t-he present Ot htm look he would at times throw around the store ' wnom. ma city or iwenry nve inousnno: mtiao as you selected your cigar, seemed more that of. a'man wakened In a strange place, than an indi - eation of tboughL The sight or sound of coin alonb interested him and woke specnljuion in his eye. Ho was often seemingly den I to other sounds never to that. His regularity of habits was not Birrpi?Md by thrwn-d.c,r6r 1 targ"ijt: pel He opened his store when ho had breakfas td .liuht.lv, very lightly. He 'jrfpened bis door arjhnhijul ,it itants, they were the only living beings who vou chsafed even so small a' tributg of fespoct."."'"'"-'"'.-' W ith the body see in s to have disapp eared all . . I " ... . r .1 . . ..' i : t r ' io me ' perpeiraiors 01 ine crime nns oeen iouna, none has been made known .or published : and .-of-lenTiii)C8, since the dreadtul deed was done, has it nasneu scraps cur minanat we saw the mur derer daily, shook his death dealing hand, and ments, battallions and companies hereafter to be organixed shall be required to remain in iheir respective companies, battallions and regiments for- ninety d;ys,unlvss tc,ir-.plices can sooner be supplied by other recruits not now in theervice, who are bit ween the ages of eighteen and thirty, five years, and all laws arid parts pf laws providing for the reenlrstment of volunteers and tne ,orga n iration thereof into companies; squadrons-, baual- lions or regiments, shall bq and thesameare here repea iedr'---;-: : ,;. 1 -"'V -r . - -- K. ?ec..-: Jie it further enacted ,-That uch com jBjMdma organ then be shall bo entitled to receive ooedollar t month for the use of said received and approved musket, riflei shotgun.or carbine. Sec 9 Be it further enacted, That persons nof liable for doty may be received as substitutes for those who are, nnder such regulations as may bo prescribed by tbe Secretary of War. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, Ihtl all va cancies shall, be filled by the President from the company, battallion, squadron or regiment ia whichsuch vacancies sball occur. by promotion ' of any officer or officers," or private ojr privates from such company, batallion, squadron or regi tneni who shall have been distinguished '- in the service- by exhibition of valour and skijl, and that whenever a vacancy shall occur in the lowest gridd-of commissioned officersdf a' company, said vacancy shall be bited by election : .Provided, T h a t a 1 1 r i p po i at m e n ts m a dc by the President i i -m i - ' r i i ger aut-ine ueeu,-tor no stranger couia suppose that the old man owned more than a beggarly his goods and himself to-beoeath the old post office, thence across .the way to the house in which, he was so foully murdered. . ' , Cent toentmeiadmflvanddoIaLto dollaL he added; till his total savings, theycnuld scarce be styled earnings, amount to neariy f'20,000, This money he kept in banks, sometimes all in one, sometimes divided among many ; but after the occupation of Nashville and the threatening military movements of the Federal forces, his un easiness increased, he was ever" in the fidgets,'! drew, out money snd deposited it, and was, like ill its intense lovers, exceedingly troubled what to do with it, where to keep it, and finally how to tranafer it aod himself to Europe. Sometime - -. . . . .previous to his assassination, he gathered It all i Hi , . ,.1 . m snail po. oy anu wun ine aavice aua consent oi the Senate. . "' ' Skc. 11. save a customer. - One goidniea per.-day-at U restaurant, one poor supper, rest, and the aame null Toanu again.- i rova front Kpvr he moved raccsitnt ot empty 'boxes '. Ihe secrecy, silence and security which characterized the deed, ren der it more than probable that the murderer was one familiar with the habits of his victim's neigh bors. IJut if man saw not the deed, it was seen Ij Hini who scoiliTaTrthat is dono iiPIIeaven and upon earth, and in" the waters under the earth ; and the light nings that -flashed that night revealed the deed to the shuddering angels above, while the angry thunder, sounded like the echo of that through which realed from Sinai's height, J toe eternal proniomon, inou man 7101 km. Oftentimes, too, eince the momentary thrill of the town has ceased to uttor. its passing wonder at the deed, we have mused at the yearn-7 ings of the mayhap forgiven wife of thr murder. ized. or in. process qf organization by authji)rity , . , , . , ...' . , r bi:c. 11. Be t jurther enacted, f hat the pro- thirtv days- .from the -.passage- of -this act so far . . ' . . , . : . , ., ,r i - i to the election of officers shall apply to those reg- renui'ito for organuiition actual!? enrolled, not ;. . , - ,.. ... , rr'u- u b . . -j . ' nnents battallions and aquadrons which are com--embracing in said organizations anv peisons now ,. V- , v . . i. n u - . 3 . iu ; posed of twelve ' months and war companies in service, shall bo mustered into the service ot ' k. - ' ed misef. Oftentimes in dreams have we seen hrf5t il fcsfdwrEibe casti ng wieasy tho Confederate States as part of the land forces of the same, to be received in that arm of the service-'in which they are authorized to organize,, and shall elect their company, battalion and regi- f mental officers. . -....:'"r: v '.-, Sec. 3. Be it further ' enaried That for the enrolment of persons comprehetTded within the provisions of this act, who are not already, in ser vice in the armies of the Confederate State!, it shall be lawful for the President, With the con sent oft he Governors of the respective States, to employ Stato'officers, and, on. failure to obtain sucr consent; he shall emphjyloiifederate officers, chargeoTwith the duty of making such enrolment in accordance with TTuIesThd regulations to . be prescribed y him. ' . . X : CEO Jb-u j urAeii- eiuKtcdr- l ba t per so ns n ' .. .t. a':-1:' :.:i-' combined in. the same out regard to the manner in which the officers. thereof were originally appointed. ; fcEC V2. Be it further enacted, Thst each cQrt pa nr;of infantry shall consist of one hundred and twenty-five Tank and file ; each company of field irtillery of one hundred and 'fifty rank and file ) and each cavalry of eighty rank and fileT : Sec' 13 Be it Jurter enacted, That all per sons subject to enrolment, who are in the service, under the provisions of this aet, shall be permit ted previous to such enrolment to volunteer it the1 service. ;:-v-"'"..:"-'-. v-'-;.; Sunflowers are valuable for poultry, and are eagerly devoured by stock generally. Grown LliK4MPtefi mu6h valuable graij niiy a
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