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-.. NOJITIf CAROLINA ARGUS mm Ttii Argut o'etlho Jw.j.W' rl,'Ui data a eternal vigil ker NtifcxHalng itnln of Main's eau tall hU nuH.JreJ cs to p 0. w FKNTONVKmoit.' THUi:8tAV::::::::;:::X(;i:M:i:! 27, 1SQ2. tit We do pot, usually, notico anonymous communications, our ru!o beiug to requiro tbo j namo of a responsible person. Tho article which wo subjoin, over tho signature of "L." cutne torto those who have less conscience than you havo us on the. 20th inst., pa-tmarkcd MCheraw, Nov. 20," showing that it was 'mailed oq the morning uf the day. on which, it -was recoived, apd o we are no.t in doubt as to its authoishlp, .wo comply with the rorpiisl of the writer, aad publish it, to A citizjrrcf "Arion,"who has hern a corn" raiser and a corn seller for ten year' past, requests, us to ask the question" Who will be the first man in Anton to demand more' than one dollar a bushel for Corn ?" We arkr who ? ". ' notice is .heiiery nm:x, That Col. A. Myers, v ill s u t f.om White's Ftore oa Wednesday, December I. wi t h ?iruyulTT)us"Tor the Soldiers contributed it I i n t:n ),:vnf"i "the fist KegErcnlh All nrt'e'e-i ec-nt:-'.! uted should b? at t"hat place cu tltc Tuc-d'.-iv preva.-properly xnaikcd and uirecte l t i wl.cm iivcu tht Company r - -.iui. .. .. n ...I .mi.. . gtve,as.'fie.M?, "the -poor tanner justice. .Mr. F'euton: I tee, Ju vour . lat issue cf tbe Argus you jire Jowu v: the tanners like a thousand of biick, but don't s-iy one word about t lac cost (f .material. Ve are now jn j-i:. ir ft em one dollar to one dollar and, ten cei.ts pr lb for hue, mul have to go to foreign mar kets to purchase and pay f.-eight to get tlicra home. Hut you siy the present stock il.Jf "uOf"c'ot as miK-b. Admitting thaf is po, will you or ary body, else take tlf.i'ttk-e Lire tn hand 'at tctciity-nvo'pr cejjf." wlir.u tbe war is over, an ! the blockade is rai.eJ, and shoes and leather come in from foreign countries? Nor Voa will siy it is to yuur interest to buy where- you cm br.y l!io cheapest. If that i your motto, I think it is time f r yon-to hush. I havedwavs heard it further increasing priccirl)o you not scHfor all you can g-ct at home ? There i3 a moral oh ligation resting upon you, not to sell your leather You saying "you will havo to sell your stock of leather sometime, for less than tho hides cost you, is an admission that you aro now charging extra prices to indemnify you against fytlirc losses. That is,, you now "mako people pay-four times FROM THE" ANSON TROOPERS ' ..Fraxklix, Va., Nit. 18th, 1802. Mr. L'oitor: Oii yesterday two Regiments from tL'u Iho worth oT-oTTrproClulfsT thrTttc, Uepiui-nt, nn 1 if mWt. the tSWI!fHi.fc!ii ruIe t:,at wcul 1 Bct work tv? . .. , ... ,,- .,, . . ou also say c ;et every cent wo can for our leather, tl Mention to this r.e-t ,. r -Lt. ,,.,te t0 sa v .tha, U mt ,0.vut i wm s,y j havo been -.- ii C. Camwy-wt:rTtBft ni 'I uf1?-!"; thp-i Dectmber, for Pt terIi.i Cats wishing to fvrwnrl eL-tMrp t. j i. .ys ill Lnvc' tbe articles nt Li h u-.- on Monday ti.v lt. . -THE 2..tTirr xvM We Lave frcav VirU.a states that llunuU.-'is c u. eentratingtbe whclc of his amy 'J ite Mt'J'ci'.an-) ?i: poslto Frc Irickrhur;:. ;m 1 tV.t (i on, ! Ciiyj-!itia- ting cur -forces it-vr war Fieurick?ottr tfl-nxrirer the Abolitionists.- On tho 21st,- tTlj t ii 1 l:urt.; J sent a flag of truce to Fredruk'sour r.ud tletu'-nded a snrrender l;y our f-.fcc-s by 3 o'etock n.'St Juy. r ee ll &m-J oi;:,';.,i:pr..ll,,f-i",y vt lcrUlicr. aal fbu r . for ni i-er, and I eiiiu it fr iut half taut amount. .Li' 1 ... it-J - ' 1 in j Vti d Vou don't i-ay anything nbvat what it costs the poor t usner to Jive tLeso war tnues, workmea s waes, tiiia everything clso be his -to buy ure higl but when you evine to e xcu.-in t.te j oor editor for advancing "ii Lis pri; you icn ler n thyii-u.d exeuses Or less. Civo us ju-tioe that "h nil we u-k. " Y'U know and everr boJy t'.st knows that a twierln? t i keep up with the t'nr.es. You fii"l everybody e!n khuw we will h-4V to y; :i our stock vf leather, soma time, for les.4 than the yt.a, aa.t'tf.atM all vri a-k. There is always tvvu sides to jue.ti'oii.' ' L. Now, in order that we may-do tiur.sclvcs jus. j tieo, as well a the "p'jjr tatiiitr," we icust-sar thc.timo is coming when you will be compelled to f-ell for Jess than cost. Is that it ? The time never was, and. never wi'J be,' when leather sold fur less, than the cost of the hides." There is, usually, two fides to a question but wo catrseo but one to this,' aftd that is all oti your side. Tho following, which wo take from flic Atlanta, GiiTCvMMolficeijllfi, nnkes tho matter plain. Mr.b'am. Johnson bought, the other day, leath- cir enough for a pair of .shoes for' $2, and a shoe maker made them up tor cl.oU. . At the Mine time both tho tanner and d:oemakcr were felling the same kind and mzo of thoea at eight dollars per pair.' .'"" ; ' ".r -r J uxoiiduiioii f 43crioiLiiiiu.33y Jha LL '1 r e . marks in regard to "tho ''poor editor" though we are poor enough, God knows apply licit to us. Our skirts aro clear, and we intend to keep them ch'ar, God helping us. 1. S. Since-writing the. above we have been in conversation with a nun, a citizen of Ansun, who bought a number of hides list winter,' and V- VI .V.H .- T. - - . ' ! . .' . . 1.. lie nuui i vr.rii :l ui-n -i.11'! T-prrn t it . v 1 i Lei i comply with the deiuanJ. All accounts aivee iu rei- ! that we thir,k t!iir i'r "dwn" upon resenting that there wi'.l shortly be dnotiiVr heavy cii- gigement somewhere on the Rar.j aLannock. There has recently be,eu a heavy increase of the blockading squadron j&iT Charleston an 1 rauch ac tivity. Jsrcanifested in the tiivciiiccts of ai;d a grer.t cxhibit'soa cf lights and iigna!s. . - Con x Crop of.Geouuia. The Mtlkdgevillc " Confederate" says: - The Comptroller General in his annual report this'year, as usual, gives many valuable statistical facts. In las instructions totheTdsoilectors in the State he required theta to report the cum ber of acres planted in cotton, and also the num ber planted in corn and other grain." Fire coua- .tiea did not report at allv In thg remaining one hundred and twenty-seven counties, -it is had tlKurtJiiiiod the; present season, fur twenty cents per pound the tanner btiug entireiyt satis fied witji the price, and thankful therefor. .Now, :MrrL. if 'one- tanner can affjTdT) tairfjrfJ "The Schooner. was burned by a boat's crew of thirteen men tent for that purposo from one of tho blockadcrs. Tho boot's crew was caj tared bj Captain Nowbcrk, with a portion cf his Cavalry to- whom Information had been given by tho crew of the schooner who escaped. IPiY. Journal low vm. . ... himself. We are, to use his own-phrase, "down" upon no-particular professi..in more than .another. Y e are equally "dowu" upm all who are un willing to conform to the law of the land all, who are so greedy i;f " gain "as" to be disat!.-hd with a proCt of seventy-isve -per., cent- who are- withholding supplies of any kind, to enhance their price all such, be they whom they inay, come uuder our condemnation, an J we &hall not cease to hold them up to the coadciauation'of .the public, until the eil ceases. ' Our correspondent "L," -fays, " we are now paying l and SI. 10 a pound for hides delu sive of frergat. U hat u: d you -raio the pn ,'e it, if thev did, an J every trx) l man in the .Statu cf hides for ? You had a motive for iacreasir.g j WOuld arplaud the deed. ' Hut that body will dj the price. V'hat was that nrtivc? Xo man pay j 0.uch wicked thing: They have tM much re- reported that only two hundred and thirJy4jore fyr an ' are, besides, tw patti- cents, without the use of steam, which is a much longer process, can you not afford, -to tan at 20 cents r.vr pouud, adding the c,tst of the hide ? , . " - - - - -i- ' v : THE LEGISLATURE.. We have heard of persons buying up and hold ing on to corn in "anticipation of the removal by the Legislature of the r.strictioiwn distilleries. Western Ik mm-rat.'" ' Great will be our.disappuintment if the present Legislature take-away the restrictions on distil lers. We will not do theni so much injustice as to suppose they could be induced to think of such an act, much less consummate it. , The act would be suicidal. We believe Gov. Vance would veto a urnul rldit an.l 1 .t had for sometime. pat. lieyond Crtrsvilto they tr, foun'l coming this way, on a uiinilar ernind, nmj t let them know wc wished the road for our Trwip ( .....II M..nMnn. Arn nu.l mnn 1 1mm . . I. . . . . . I. .t . and retiriuLout cf eight.' The cavalry scoured tl country round, could find nothing moie in the of aTaiitee and oUr forces returned, lenvuijj pi.ki-t as usual from the Auon Troopers. This t?torn!i,c while revelling in' tbo luxuries if diefitiiland, I wn startled by the heavy booming of mtn'ion, which ton tinned fjr a long time. Couriers runi.ing to unj fro seudiug one r,f nur companies to ni.e poi? f4 aaoiurt a aecond, and so on, was as much m I cu'J !, u for some time, then came in our pickets wiiU Ymilrtf and the live curiosities themselves. There were onlt eight of the Anton Troopers bejen t the river uu iHty brought In an eiual number ef the i.viiit. - two uegroes who were tuakiug thrnsvdvrj cock flf tueir oruiaers siariea one mau tn e-.mp w.t j iLeiii played the Vabkve on him tik' lii gun y from him and marched erf. So we lost is g iod pt Si by that operation.. ' - . . About 1 1 o'clock, the enemy w.ved dswn on Frank litt with-their ar'tiilery, but krpl a; a good dl.-tti.ce. They letloojo on ourlevoted hea.N t r ievtrl houn and 1 tQUttaniiLiituliaLawakwitai ti.o.ui,ir! ii.it Iimu, wUo woulj rertiinlrnt 1 u t pirct. J, 'addition to all this, we learned from the f i is"iiers lU; they had three brigade, nnl wereermiretlocf tt. to Frai.LliuVjatail bsiarJ, before night. They tif.i Co). MirrstaTTs picket, abote, and uet with nU i six thousand one hundred and niuety-eiht" acres are planted ni cotton , whilef9urln.il ! 1 oil ni n e thousand ana eighty acres were planted in corn and ; . . ., one million three hundred and fortv-pinethoysnnd I "U 'U 3 :''iuU fur v 'without a motive. You used--to. pay lULCts , aot-e and havetoi much of the- milk or human pound-lor hides; $i a cord fur bark, delivered;' warm rrfccption that they backed Thev .?,-, knew we were uu roi:g lor Miem, nti.. ulh r v ntir their tpleen upt'O us, concluded ta l-tf ua hluue K: a few d.r-. Joy go with them, t r J hue a jnirticu. lar nutipathy to a LunWUeU, i4 -it-wif4rwKfrr;7); sound, that is cot very easy to uvcrcuin. Two ' u our tneu wcro wounded none kl!;J. .Th? L.,f il.t enemy not yet ascertained. A oriiou .f uur regi went are now dogging their traces to pick up trV glers. - -. - ' " ' " There are many hardships In war that tho unlm tiated never drcuin cf. It 1 excei ent fn t l .hit at in plain view of a man who like hur aim, aa will yell if ie sees you f(l. It jj, "fiae rott to tUu,' picket uear the enemy 'a lines' tf a c Id Iiiiily riir'!.t with your toes aching, and your teeth ct..itt hugLU the ague, and, fwr fear a Yankee might pick you off, don't dare tj kin lie a blaie t,f fire. It i exce.'le:,: fun to run your hore alldny to get tc the ii..i.n .:,, yoti are ordered at the samo tint, end ihri. rt it i great luxury, after fasting, to c . n.e in an I find y oar mcjw withnuthing cooked why ? hiven't LaJfutiii f.r v urselve., seat yoUreclf and wt patiently, thtvi wi!! b tme Vef alur.g j resrij? y. Alter y.;itr tience is exhausted,' the I: uch d s jel nrli.l arriiti JIoil.it IW(. heura, and attest m ut jt, Wvn'l do. Roil again, jsauy Tesuti; rttiaiiy tnit'e Jh i!ig'ut leafing tlie ketiltf buLbiiug iit''iWlrr. Meiitia;e. md seventeen acres wcro tainted in other train. At fourteen bushels to the acre, the Comptroller 1 .50 a barrel fur lime; end SlOU a year for labor. Then you sold leather at 20 cents per pound, a'r?d' were afis'ieUT General estimates the corn crop ofjhis year in:ffjpfingf vda paiiULtu-ir to'ck.M 2 i 4o Georgia at fiftuine inlliion hveundred' thou- . 13 (,uVuXitA p,r JrJ J,iJc:: purk 0 tand husbels, norly douoiu wnatit wa in l8l:. .- ... , , i ' ' , . ., ., ,VnTeh.was one of. our mo,t fruitful -ywara. ' im Vu putd olua: ', Thh.is, a. splei.did Koduction. -It would far- lf...vhen-u paid' IV cents a-p.und for hides, Blab six bushels of eora per head to every man, i you could afford to tau for I'OV.ird sell at 25 cents, woman and child in the' Confederacy, which' j can ox not all, rd, when you pay 12 to lGeet.is would be a supply for four months from; Georgia ; f0l ujCP t0 tan r ' 1 . , idc!l f'r "-0 cent,.' ' ' ' - - J'Thefacf, that," iu--one-month ycu increased the. ORG ANT2 A lO.V . OF"T J IE TWO JIOL'?'nS.,-'- : I prie'ef kid,, .frou,, 20' and iO ets, for green '-' Conservatives niay well gfntulatc each other j ar.ddry, to Slnd LlO per pound,: looks susprr; on thev character and fitness for their places ciou, t0 ay the iet of it. It looks as thouh- kindncss in their busonn, tbtii.- nnn-rmrrr "V"4 cota-trtg and app.o,r u'i- 11m (wiiciiii iu ms i.n wt ,- I wu.IiUj loor upou-tbe .State. We will lu't inult them by the supposition. . Gur. Vance is 'reportetb-to-have sjid that h'e will not allow a ttiSI to be run in the elf wi!.ing th'.t, f"me'yy high iu uullviity had lie remainder of the fighting to .Jo-,' Nov. IU. The enemy" relumed to Km!.. Ik. tell er erty bo (y that they bad run us out.of Fiaiiklin tte p nV the Speakers and Clerks, of the. -t wo Ifousc3!iIh' '"Icbane,' the Speaker of the Senate, and' Irt Gdliau:, Speaker of.. the Houso,. oth nien of-j. that' it 7vahauy.iUru bi-i experiesce and ability in publie n'fhiir.9.-and.Wcll nctc'nL'motive.-that we can-see- it might Lo an ciTort to 'evade "the aw to prevent extdrtion; Mind, we don't sav-it inu'&o only to other co.r.- acquaintcd . with legislative proceedings. iiktte'r clerks could tibt ljare been, selected thar As to our'br a a body else; taking, the stock rywu 'may i.ase. .oatandT'.'aftcr the Var js, over i-ix. luorua aoQ Uri, JMHid:tLe; benafe, and the blockade raised;.'-at To per centJ there ttU,J -'...voiio.a.-anu-r..tany ol ,tiro llouc. i i. liule ' dan-er of mhr Laun- any stock on v ';: igt! 'Q' inre tU! d!4c?i! .fort byaltv.cr. ! -vatVercrgj'oiit 1 weeks, and: nc-ed not iill them, ctan , we ue. special y .gratihxd at hlecUon. anJ vlll not unless the i-rio, , ...W v .. If ' "- ...ii. ii t-t II til l I W f I n 1 m m p " 4 .... I J. 1 i i..i i. i... 1 m I i-r wp- ' " ' X t. I.. JI - j 3 ",. irouenas oniv -secured .1 .1 1 , . ; , , v, , "wuea .we wjir ts-cnucu ana uie Oioeiiaae raiscu,' an. excellent officer, but it has trivetm palnabh contradiction to the untoapded e'iarg;.-s referredt'o. Mr.' Stanly, mi, fticj, sure could not .desire, '$" lie culd not' have, rmy vindication of -his eharaCicr .which would be more thbrouh or comKjf-. ""."- ' '. ".-' . ... V:.iJ'::Jh.1 -liui. ..' NORTH CAROLINA LjEGISL.-U'L'RE. EALEiGift Nov. 2J. ,Cur4i.s JI, Bng.-i?n has been J re-idected Comptroller 6f Public Adeaun'ti by a 'unani Htate-tturing- his farm o 'pe he- tl id -tuy -ej - -lw-- Uihtr-Uiy i,vl hntr taken tnOT fr a(juest;on oi iemperance,.now. 1 1 is nreau, nnu wili b-:, ere lonr, ll Spi-yuiators in brernl stuffs art let alone, a qut'stiyiiof ''bread or b!ol.r- . -Ve do hope Gov.' Vance will nut allow' a bushel of. corn to be distilled, in this State -utittl the war The G'oneral Assembly of Xorth-Csrulina as- is over, lr iiov( rninent Asctrts ire allowed to hcinbiod in Kaleia start distilleries un-der the pica of making alcohol it .will hut Le long before-nearly all tliw1ii.key- makers will bel at Work under the pretence of mnkiiig -mvhft m. : and cor: will be .about five 'dollars per bu-LcJ, and the people will suffer for bread. '':, . --r . - Many of tha Governiiiei.t gciitsdo not np pear to Tiave i;n utieottimon amount of 'common sense (sOinC of them act as. if they, had' no jiense- j nt all) judging from the extravagant manej,in ishiclt tiiey.-siiaaie .contracts for Government supplies and bid agi-ust each other. One Agrtiv alune: in this:. 'State-, we I '.-am has liatr-tlistiHf.d. T."r..-ilt iff 11 1 it t ii 1 ill vii 11 1 tliflin& 'r.t fh in . .'. .rt.l u.lul:..i.,ij ..,.,.!... ..i-icu . u.iiin'g, till l he wants' J.o make gonttaots for iuor,e, and will do i t-t-f j -era r S t a t a a t-idtlcrallow' Ihefiffd"1' bo WTBTtrd 111 thai way in vioiatioiMd' tlie law of . people-prefer 'to '-bay 'Where they can buyjho eheapestinsttad of encouraging horn cf proofue tionsyou,, and,,others .like-you, .who.. are -takiiig advantage of the war, and the necessities of the , people, who cannot noto holp themselves, ycu and they by Jour present conduct, will bring about the very state of things whichyou dread. JlayuUhink .tlie pcopln.'.K l.oiii yo i have charged- juous voie. lie was nonouatea ajt -tu eons-ervatif e ' i ' i 4 t 11 e 1 " - ' 1 1. . : ,T, '. mx-and eieht dollars for fchoesand conipe ed caucus. The fame ca up.ua have Ti'.miu; ;t,t Tfjrt.r.tl.a.fxi . ., . -,.t r- r ; r, " I - Worth, -of RAndolpb county, for Secretary of State. Daniel W. Courts and Eufus II. Tug?, the former "ir: cumber: t?, will retire. Augustas S. Merriman, of Buncombe county,, has been elect-ed Solicitor -for the Seventh Circuit, and Jeste J.' j'tates, ot Hereford County, Solicitor for the First Circuit. (----..- . ... i lion. James A. Sedden, of Virginiahailccn and four dollars, for jour leather, for wo know them to pay it, Will con tinue to buy of you when -they can purchase elsewhere? - You must be green to suppose such a thing." Xo, fhey will notbuy : oLyoujjven thbugVyou sold as cheap as the' cheapest. They have long memories We: doubt not thatyouhavc been offered jrce North Carolina. -No wonder corn -is scarce and commanding high prices iir certain sections. ' - v , ..,:7- ; Jl'c.v. Itcmwrat: . TEN M EN ' LIiO-'VN EL1 ilTiA ; Y I-1K1NG TIIlR-TJXN- Di" THE - EN EM Y .CAP'f UR lib.-. . Heavy firing was heard here yesterday, fore noon. We learn that the blockadors had run a schooner ahjre near I o'.re'b !rh! fTTfj tli e H ou n d 7 and;a-.-br.ig ashore near l-'ort j-'ishcr. - - The t'tieiidt of the Ansn Troip-rs wiit.Jinrt it.tir lett-r!. to Garysburg, N. C, as w.e Ui thin Wixair.i' fjr that pitiU V ..-. ... . pf 1 1 i'ENERAL ASSEM'ELY' CF NOKTir-CAKOLIN'A. ou "3Ionuuy tho 17ti:, cording to law. -The Senate was called to order at 12 M. '1 'layer by Itev. -Mr, Fitzgerald. The roll was called by Mr. Alsp.iugh, Piinei pal Clerk, and tho oaths of office were adminis tered by Hon. Geo. K. lladgera Justice of the l'l ace for Wake County. - Mr. Kamsay, of- llowan, noininafed Mr. 'Mc--ban. of Ahimauee, for Speaker, and Mr.- Fatsolt, of Sampson, nominated .lr. Wright, of Cumbet land. The vote was, 31 r. Mcbano 24- Wright - Graham o. Wig-ins a, Taylor 1," i lull L : r iJn--inotwn--4Vf--iW rOra rrinrrtjF'Srl and Hall, conducted Mr. Meb.ine to thcr,Chair, when het made his acknowledgments in an ap ptopnate jua.nncr The brig was the Funny Lewis beionging to John . Frazqr & (Jo; ' She grounded yesterday morning on the reef at New Inlet and Ve tcrct 1 to learn that Captain Gardner, his mate and eight ot ins crew were drowned m trying. to reach the shore. The brig lies . out of the range of the hlockaders. Otvly two of the crew of the brig" were saved. They Vere ' brought 'olt,hy. Midship-' man Moses,, and picked crew ivith the daigest jgarnsou boat from t ort l isher. We presutpe C. IU ThotiKistrpT-oftCa rrm'trifallwtt elected rrincipal Clerk of tho Senate ; Coh L C. Kd wards, of Granville, AKsistant Clerk ; AV K. Page, of Kandoiph, L001 keeper j and C. C Tally, of Chatham, Assistant lAioikeeper. , The llbusc of Commons Ras called to'-. order et half past 12 o'clock, by James II. Moore, J- Friucipal Clerk of the. last House,': whereupon the roll of Counties was called in alpbabetieal order, and the certificates of membeis aii d e x a m ined." The oaths ieqiired .by law wtU. it.... ..,ir,1;..;:wri.i i, vr:Ti 'pi...... 1.'... thetTalTnunlstered byVill. Thompson, Kmi , odo ot toe .i usticcs rot.UAO uounty ot H ake. After 6ome debate, in regard to the credentials of some 'members, thu-llousei proceeded to vote for Speaker-. -Mr.. Burgin, of iluncombe, noad nated the Hon. llobt. 11. Gilliam, ot Grauvilli?, and Mr. Stanford, of Duplin, nominated lloa J. G..hcpherd, of Cumberland. MrShepherd withdrew his name.' Mr, Gilliam received, CD ntpa Mr. ShinLprd "l.t Mr Vlnminr H ' Mr. I c .BtCTae-$lTl!e
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