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NORTH CAROLINA AIIGLS. Vhli Argai o'er the people' rights lUi aa Utii1 TfUii NiooCdalnt!oaf M&la'tftonaalitU hUbuuilredoyettosWp Rirgiaia Legwlatura and Governor exhibits a j TO TUE FIUEKDS OF THE 80LDIEK. - The lauatlo AsjlamTicar KoJcJgb n!wft, utiract I . . . v. i t,. i:.n An. attention of trovelurs. The building is very laree a .W: FKNTO.V, Editor. TnURSDAY:::;:::;-:;::::::QGTOliKll SQIS-Oj. :.. 'SALT. '." The bst report- that frcCj the Virginia f?alt indispensable article for the StatcYf North VaYp linn, for the coming winter, etbVr thin depending -s.rtpM aupply frota thc'eo'a5f, f'ectas likely to be interfered with by the r.uthoritics of Virgin in, and in consequence, the tituatioh in whhih wo are about to be placed, will be wost-rritie:;!. . Thcro are iqiicaiiou in the interior of this State, (that snlt-can(e obtained from th earth as readily and as plentifully as from the Saline; of Virginia. lias -anything been, done by the State ' authorities to develops . these resources ? In this county, therfl;arop.Uiu and unuiisuxk-blo . indications. On a certain plantation that wo could name, tho saltrock cut crops in Fercntr-plnccs where the land has been washed, and salt found, an "inch thick, adhcriug to quartz. Attempts are being made to bore, iq the hope of striking a sup ply of the liquid but being i:i private hand., tho work is not as energetically prosecuted as the exigencies cf the times demand. - The party undertaking, the job, can only work as he can "spare his hafcd3ffoiiuecefcsa -We feel satisfied that there are other Salines in .' the State, and we Tiope that the Legislature, at ' its next session, will take prompt steps to have a "" suitable corps appointed to seek cut these Saline s and have their supplying abilities tested. discreditable Bp irit, unbecoming a great State. We must all sink or swim together in this crisis, and States at least should be liberal towards each other. Charlotte Democrat. . V i -. ' . , , i i m t - T ... - SALT. ..- ,. .ThomasG. Whttuker, Esq., Salt Commissioner for tbe county of Wake, lias just returned from an ofileial visit to the Abingdon ...Salt Works, Virginia. Mr. W has aeceeded in necuring tlx thoutathi bushels of talt for the uo of Wako County.. And j et tlie Magistrates time?, have not ban bs alive to their iutcrets as they sbiyuUJ have beeiu: . . .''.' . A MOVE IX THE ltlC.lIT DIllJ'CTIOS". . L. TLo Manufacturers 'cf Georgia are to hold a meet ag iu Atlanta, ca t!io ltk--wxtmcatukeAt-: .IKiIaco b. olivmnl An. l xu attention ol troreiurs. ine building is very large lou have, doubtless, read tb eloquent Ap- . . . , or0 00rt n,i peal of Gov. Vanco in behalf of tho soldier, and am onlv waitiner an onnortunitv to lU'0. 0 - j a ( , feel that wo can add nothing to what ho has co feelingly said, and that no further appeal ia needed bv the patriotio sonund daughters o Anson. . Bleeding, suffering -humanity calls Your country .calls, Duty, urges!" Your sympa thies ought to bo enlisted your love stimulated l'auiotisui demands and God commands. JJe up oMhis county were informed, at tlioirJat tilting, that anJ doin, then, friends of tho Soldir. The iWyiWt Ut aMtVowwviy--;xi3?raoiiriSEiw for this county, which is at the top of the list of coun- '. A , , ..... i v- . .i I."'-- u- t- i .i .i from the gory field. id you respond : ties nnJ Wake at the. bottom, ttc are afrail that the V ... (1 reon'.o oAhc caurtv.- iu vWof . the ciincioi of. the W en rcnucstcd by Col. llliam t. lauu Cotnicnwcrwth, in calling attcatiou to the lio- We are g'.ai that tome one h:u fakm in hin t so important r t;u vcuu-nt, lor, n.th cotton goi-Jji at the present priot's', the Ui.iuu'acturiirs will ultimately bo tie fuCersrs, an 1 nan u faeturia-tate rpr tc. chec:e J bv the hostility to them which the price- row current, cegcaaer. We jipo tho various couipanie will be npic-iuteJ .oifecth or ly proxy, ana that a uni farm an loweV ichilu!e uf prucs will be a loptt-J, for at one h.f.f nf ne t less) the present pricts, tuc iaai.u facturcrs will clcur one hunJrci per cent, per annum, on their capital trc!i. We are g'.ai to tee thct si.mo of the iaamifcturer3 lire, at last, gettitg alanncJ. We have no dubt that the present coarse cf manufacturers is er.genilcring hoiti'.ity to then, ami that, Lcreui'ter, thi-y will ccr talnly reap the crop from the seel they, a re now sow iu . : , ; . ( CQ-Tho Charlotte l)(mxrdf in giving the statement from tho llaleigh Standard, that,.ome of our manufacturers refuse to comply with the "exemption act and. to. be" satisfied with- seventy five per cent' profit, says : - "Any reasonable man ought to be satisfied with 75 per cent prot, and we have heard of a J ic instances where the aanufaeturer was sath-tied with less than-75er cent. Hut the instances are precious few. 31r. John F, l'hifer, nf Lineoln - ton, until recently'sold his yarn at $1.50 pc: bale, and he now only charges So, while others charge S6. Gen. M"eel of this county, we learn, has been selling at S3 and M. Youn, Writon & Orr, pf this place, proprietors of liock Island Woolen Factory, hare agreed to furnish -cloth 'to the State- for solders' clothing at about 50 per cent profits . ' V : We have heard it said by the f jiniitrs tl.cx "' ."selves, in the piping times of peace, that if thty could sell their yarn for double the. cost of the raw material, they would bo-satined, for .they would be making a handsome pre fit indeed. We. learn that factories in this neighborhood are sell ing yarn at $4.50 and' 5.00 a' bunch', and yet. cotton can, be bought "iathis county for from 15 to 18 cents per pound good clean . cotton at that. Evcu at 20 cents accord ing to what they hrive heretofore said, a bunch at this time ought to bring'-only IiATHa 'SELFISH.' The Virginia Legilaturo, at hs lato se:.jn, 'passed -an -'act "for 'supplying the peoph of that State with Salt, and under that act Gov! Lctch'or h as published regulations, to'bgTpiCTrcd Ln.-re- '.Taxxebt. The tanning c.-tabliibment of-Messrs. Rublnson an Murr, iii this place, ij a very complete affair. Wo have visited niuny. tanneries in our Jay, but, w think, not cue nioTiTcoiiipLte ia all its ar rangements, "than this. We cannot give a description of the various nnctinery in use, nor tlo wo kuow that it wtul4 L profit'-" tat ? t,-if we ej,jkl--but aJvis those who have not yet visitc the establish rocot, , to lo so, promising them niaih gratification. They have thirty vats ii operation. They will toon commence the manufacture of bhoes. In connection with all thi?, they jnten I to u?e thoir steam, power,, as soon as the necessary machinery arrive?,, which they have or dered, in grinding corn. This -will; tJ "areat conve nience to the people cf thli iieigli.borhooJ, which they will, dou'jtleis, appreciate. . - ,. Caf Tj'o corps of McClf'lan's army recently crossed the Potoraac one ht Harper's Ferry and the othc at Sheperd-:towu, an 1 occupied, especially Charlestowa od the' Winchester railroad, and Kerneysville ou- th Caltimore and Ohio railr jad.-"?'har!estown is fifticn and Ke;rieysvil!e about twenty miles' distant from Win chester. ' flea. Jackson tnale an ad'vnct to meet the enemy-, when, Le iniuHylutt'y --witUdrw-a-ud crr. s-e l th'i IVitymac into Maryland. MqClellan his no-iutcu-tiou of givin Gen. LvS tattle ia tLt rep-jii fjr the precent, at leat. He s drilling aal pr-parln Lis new ievie fir tho -field, preparatory to aathtr ad vance on Kicaraond, i r SMine other iar.portaut puia't. Smith to ask you to send in articles of clothing to 'Mr: J no. S TACKY) who has kindly consented to recoivo them, und keep a correct lit of names of donors and articles. Such as aro not 'able to givt (if-tiy) wUhrplcase sell to Mr. Stacty, or. the (XmmissJoncJ Ojjurrs vthebvth Armm, tvhntcver clothing, -or tnnterial thejlriay have to disp.jse of, , who will payjair prices for them.' tO The Acting A'djutantticncraliiates tliat the recent Exeiuptioti Act is shortly to be pub- lishcu, wttn instructions as to us appucuuuu We trust that some of its exceptionable provi sions may be rendered. less partial. As we un derstand it," Jt bears harshly and onerously upon a largo class of people, who, though they ore not tho possessors of many acres and owtmo niggers, are rich in those more essential possessions, m times like these patriotism, and disintcresied aad-uncICabvfr-ufhertyandJiatrcd-adxp- presidou, which induces them to pour out their blood like water in defence of the lives and prop erty of those whose inclination to stay at home is encouraged by thisil!.'- - liT Frost in this neighborhood lastThursday, and ti ga Iii on M uuday,"Tucs d ay an d ' Wed nesday morniugs of this Week ; good white frosts. We hope that this week will wind up Vt How Jack's doings' at Wilmington. . -""" . . been in operation about seven years, -during -which' timtbere Lave been over out) patients under treat tutttiome 00of whom are therfi now. An ordinary' case of insanity, Vr. Fisher, who has chargo of the'. Inbtitution, Bays, requires about six -mouths' treat- ' uient. Not one fitlh are restored. Most of the pa tients are subtained by the State, for which Jhcre is an' annual appropriation of $25,0OO $200 year If . charged 1'o.r board and treatment or a patient." - ' Foytttcvillt Observer. ,,7 . KN?iPUt.--Ex-Seuator Tugh, of Ohio, having re ceived on imitation to bo present nt a war meeting in Cincinnati, made the following reply; "Yoo must ex- i-i-4''k- i4 J-4me-for-tho5-wht-iiaTe not"" theuiHeUes enlisted to quit exhorting others on tho subject." ' ' v Tub Riutn. Tlie Austi-iaii OovVrnment hu becn " constrained, by popular sentiment, to place the circu lation of the I'iblo iii tho vulgar tongues of the various nationalities in the empire, ou the Mine footing of ' jrivilego-with the circulation, of other books. rriCEB.4 to us Thoi'i-ko. T"d. Alfred Iverson. of the Hutu N C. llegiiiuut, publi.-l.es a letter in tho Wil- uilngtn Journal, t.iting that (Sen. . JI. 1 1 ill has called f r the names of all officers who Lave been ab- k ut ' f fo iun errnrFgrmmt ns r "an" otttj a aTle n g th or time, in orJer that they may M-reetnmendcd to b dropped. v'Keriil nanus have been pcut in from the UUth N. C V., and more will be forwarded if the oli ceri now nLsi-hfdo not report tu a o'atisfactury nuin- ner'iciicctistcly. .Charges are tj be preferred against .: all ol licrs who cannot furnish full an 1 complete testi mony fir the" necessity of their continued absence. Col. Iveron-says: "hvery one m the army knows that if half the absentees who were able to come to us from home had been present, the battle of Sharpsburj wou;l haverjiultcl in m ucciive victory for us. and our troops before this would have overrun Maryland." Major Teytoa is tho bearer of a handsome prftnt from lien. Ueauregard to Stonewall Jscktoit. It U a revolver, uary kite, contructed to throw balls as a canuon throws -grape-shot. With this formidable half a Uoien enemies at a single discharge. An at proprUte iu--ctlptiun is engrave Ion tho silvei plating. Tub Piurr is Maktlaxi. The Yankee draft has been cviumenccd in Maryland. The ltaltimore .Sua of ' " the 11th in?t., says the draft calls fr 19,311 mt n. Of these 13,o4 1 volunteers have already ben furnUked, eaiing o,t oy to be raiwl ty. draft. IaiUmore city is' "(J" f uf ft'mhDhly lot a 1y draft, hating teen credit- ed with i,6i)7 volunteers now in the Yankee army.' A r.ichraou l correspondent of the Tetersburg Et rt(s savs that but one Maryland Iiatlalion is in tho Confederate army. Kx-(lov. Lowe, cf Maryland, re cently etatrd that I0,(. lX) Marylauders hadecapc Jiato irpn;.i, an J the cvrfopondrntiot the Lxpre-M wants W know why it, is they are tut in uiir araiy fichtinir for their homes and rights. . ' President Davis has appointed Gen. Walter Gwvnn to ujaktf -i rccd;iti'jio:e of the Ussier a counties of this Suto with a view to thtir defence." Tho annual ecsMon of the Matonlo Gran ! Ixvlo of North Crol;ra will be hell ia lla!eigU on tie first day f lJeccinber. - .-.-JCtST Thi Ind.-j'f.TIiaes'.says tharthe.r-.rocliinativn of Lincoln is a political Concession' to the Abolition ists. When the Union eii-ted t'-ie Constitution gave no ' right to . the "President or Congress to frco the slaves. -Emancipation was tthe thundcrbU iti the bands; of the-l'resi-k-r.t jto-'uestr.iy" the' soeial orgauiza-" tiosi of the South at a blow. "-Lincoln has assume! the right to launch it 'without the powertjn enforce -his decree. .Tdic Xorth ' mu:t-CTT.quer,evtry square mile of the South befoEffrftlcaa make "tinr.f ocTatuiatioa of more.e.S'ect than, mertly a v.-aRtir of paper.; : THE FEVElt AT WILMINGTON. '; -The Journal's bulktin of the 2-"jth gives the fwllow iag .fauiamary of the .progress of .the epidemic for the 'week en lies the 21th: " ;- 'f ' ". ' New Case l. ' Pcathg. it urday Oct'-ler. 1. . . ',. Y .2J 1 1: The N. C. Vnnual Conference of the Mt tho li.t E. Church vriM nitet in Lalelg'a m the 3d of D.xeinler. Tnr. New Co.NscRirriox.--rrcsident1 Davis has caused a special order to he issued by Adj't. Gcnetal Cooper, calling for the enrollment of all between thc ages of 13 and 10, who arc not ex empt. 1 here is, no doubt, an absolute need ot tncrj men. The Srst conscriptioti has lK?cn par tially executed in some of the Ttates. We learn that Xorth Carolina has furnished' four times as many men under tho first . conscription, as any of tlie "Siatos. lu-loOj there were in this State, upwards of n between the age "of 00 atiJ. 10. At projvnt there are al-out '15, '000 between the age of u" an 1 I0t .but of .these there are, perhaps, 5j00 exempt or iu the army already. Adj't and Inimi I em.kais OriicE, ) . Kjohmond, Oct 20, 'y2. ) XXIX. Ollieer Commanding Cauip.t of In struction, under 'tha Conscription Act', will cause tho .eufolliu'.-iit of conscripts to be ex?cnded to all" men not .subject to. exemption, who aje, between eighteen and forty -years -of age. '- . 1 liy comiuaud of the Secretary of War,; - N ",-"'- Joiix AVrriiErts,- : ; .-'- '';Assistant--Adjutarit-(jencral. ""JSu.The rtcent Exemption Act will be pub lished shortly, with instruction as to it3appIioatL3oL The rlantrrs an J farmers havo the dettiny of the "Mr. Janes E. ThoniTiis teen ippninted lt muter at Grvenshora' iu place - of Ii, U. lira ham .Weaj-ed. We havo !- dvuUt this appuintment will, be 'entirely acct-ptwle to those who have i Wmrrrr with the offico." A. A G. f " gard' to the Salt-Works of that -'State, which may '- and will be considered seliish aivi tiuberal.- - ihe i Governor directs tLat .all Salt manufactured in 1 ' the counties of b'mytbe and . Wah.is:-:touy on hand I at the time of the parage i' cTuio" or 'lertafter V made, fchallbe held . to belong to tho , Stato of -- Virgtnisr,tcmn notice be giyen to' tbc contrary ; and all trau;portat ion of Salt from '.the State" Cy cenal, rnilroad or :by irlilririh,. Is - prohibited urtiltlic St'Xle of )'irjinii ;i$ typplfrt? An ex "cfiTpdWllodFltt' fitt-Or'of .-outri4;tij.alrfc.ady.il-, tcrcd into with the proprietors oT'Th"? rw'ork.?,' pro vided therejs enoyfcai tA supply tlui wants of Virginia, but if the supply should be in-efficient, then the contracts with other Statf Siiro to be an' nulled and. disregarded.. The rcguTation;.-; "stiovv" trfpirifof EcHishnr.'ss that -we Imrdly capef-t ',fxl 1 liun Jay, onduy, . Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, FridayT-: : .- 1 '.)..-.. 20.'... 21.... K K ) ., ! -;.V4.5 -y, . 5 ... ,....17 . 2S 25 - 11 10 111 -3? At the special' eleotion in Wake, on TluirMy' last, to e'upply.a' vacancy in the. IIoiise Mt.tmrh'i.us caae4:hy-the death -o Henry W. Mill T),tnicl, O. The New Orleans Delta-.hag over two columns if-ad?trtisenienta'calling for rccruits to serve in tbc Federal .army. --.One Captain A. Montfort -caW-hU company tho "'John JJrown Guards. " Fowie, Iute.;Lkut Cufenei of the 31st. NVC. T.Waa elected' --oyer Ca;t, 0. K.' R ni l, tiro -'former rcr.rUni "17 votes , an-i the latter 2o7. tejf Wrn. T. Mfk-gnler, of Maryland, a commis floticd'Lieut' .Colonel and' acting' Mijorjn the United States cavalry service, has arrived in Kiebra.ohd, havr in feiigned his-cornmition and ran tbe Potoiwio l i' :k i l-. Ihe Coh.-nd ou'.I ' n ot stand old Abe's The Washington correpondeut oi" the N. Y. World says: " A leading 'General in the army .ofthe l'otomae, '"ono who is noted for saying very little, and'iM'ittle -very reliable, -said yesterday tlat he should not ' be surprised if tlie war was notvirtu'dly terminated by Ciiri.it mas.11 Tho cor reepoii'b nt of tlie Kveniug l'ost makes substani tirrll'y ho sum j i'talo:iK)n:t. . . - ' r ... : . ' - ; There vviliW:it:trro trotihlrr land about cntbrcTnthe4raffc; In CliarlcH a.mb c'uianeipation proclamation." see exhibited, even, by the Virginia-authoritie?, -and are unju.it and unneigjiborly. - We - hope -' there taflj-Vo' no occasion to enforea these mean regulations, but if Go v. Letcher doc- eufureo - the tn and pretcnL5? tha fulSllment -ot. contracts Willi lliC kTJtJli-n VI iiuuti iNiuuuaj uvuiri) '''''ifc. an indigbation will bearpased against Virginia i that will tieVer be fprgottec, - I'hc action o,ihei j geared Jai k-'.-n ia'.'cj. rli br.:. Ah an.iy corrc:-jiOii-ilent tell tKe ft.d!ow3ng incident that occurred in f ary-' -l ia l, between Stone waH'Jackson and the la-die7' They s'irroun ted tho old gime cuckk "(h aid ,Ladies,,thiS; is the fir&t time-Ir was ever Surrounded, "-). and cut every button off Lis coat, anl, they say,, commenced n h4 pants, and at ona 'tima it wa -feared he woirld Lo in the uniform o a GcQrgiaColoncl niinus all except a shirt collar an J spurs. For once he was.bad- S Mary' counties 'Easistific the lrf i,ieetB4 likely to be carried to; a' dangcrjius cx.tent. In an adj jinitjg' township- of tlie hitter count), the mob entered the office of. the Assessor, who. was" mating up tbe lists of persons liable to draft, seized Orrn-KKi r-i-T or I'lacb. A c?rrepon dfnt ut tho Mi'i-ipj intt writes what no doubt hi occurred to tho min i of nrmy readers : ;. It ii a.tonr.hlr.jr, dt-sheartcbing, mottifyitig, to ob eerte at every railroad statiun, u every vi,l ijre, in ' every city, at every he tel, eating -houe and drinking h u'c, crowd or otticcrs in the tonfe lerato State! ser vice, paid fruia- the publio .TrcauryK. honored with titles, entrusted with authority, defended upon,, for the defctice Qf the country, who ar lounging, loafing, idling, loitering away their tim.e under one or anothir if n thousand-' pretexts while true 'men are in the field with harness ofiTlnllng with tho invader. boutkiii their hands. Will they plant a Cotton crop or. not during the war? Ot b Xsw. CoMMif..ioMEa. The "di-tingui-hed American," reported t have been fcent t Ihirope ail tho representative oT our Oovernincnt, is said to bo ('oinnian ler Maury, formerly cf tho Observatory at Wa.-hir.gtc-n. - ; ' - ' .1 L.' - ' ' Vic'c-'rrC'ident Hamlin is ia Washiiijfton. Tho Ih raid says he is one of tho bitterest retilers of Mc Cbvllan, and has prwUably come mi to urire bin removal frtini the coin man! of the Army of the 1-otomac. . .. . AnnKSTEii. A crazy fool or a .wicked knave named Bryan Tyson of 'Brower-'e Mil's', flandolph county, wa.s committed 'to jail in 'thoity 'hwL has been uibii!liiig incendiary- dfle,umfttt,-- it U nl-- legcd, and ftns'ti'f have a nyhte'riTiil his nitt.tpes, tLc l'dtiLbe brought to.Jii scnses.It is conjectured that hu has BCcreTTpurtners tu, his JtetidiAh wt)Fk. " 1 'I . ".' "'.. '"'.' livl. Journal,-Mh.-.. and destroyed his lists, ami 'threatened to tar and feat heir him if he attempted making them up again. They declare they won't n'glH'ngainat'ih South. '. , - '" 7 -- . Tub Leoisi.atIhe, Tho Legi-lature will not meet until ihe regular time; vhich is the thiri Monday in 'ovVrtl'ber. Gov. Yahoo cafled tho (louncil of State together to consider the propriety of assembling the Legisiaturg at an earlier day but failed to get a quorum to meet. ' ;--;. --. - ' ' '..'.-' '-". .' - H.u.r, or NroiiMK.-T-At a salo of negroe.on Monday last, belonging to the estnteoT Irving Stalling.", decd.? in-Franklin county, tho ;. following prices wcro ob, taincd: - " '--.; . " - -' '': Boy -IS years old, ; ..-..'....'. ...;.....!..-..-i.C..'$'t , n- .'2V. 'V. : h-,.y,i, '. ;,.,- ..,... i,f5.?: Ofrl. 1KV Girl u . 12 .14 IS 10 lft 10 . i lr. ........4 i,wll l,.vjr, 1 ,700. 1,430 -1,725 . l.SOO 1,755 " diseased, .-415 ,........ ...... vU',-, Tor n , Woman -23 5 Boy 6 "Froul tllo abovQ prices; nobody wonlii suppose Jh'at Lincoln had isbucda proclamatioa.--5(a Journaf-
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