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Tiiuuugyja of Tuouainv
We wnuM Ilk. to r-P lb wrott tbU
lltt o poein. Aplw.ot thing It. Is, to tneetn wan
whose tain 1 ! not mad. drunken by lha piri of this
aelfib H fer1 rVworth m6r tban nuK
t Reaier, treasure tboroi it it no Hum to. allow
a flurer of acor.'raent to fill corner In tht business
orah out human lutura'a finer InstlncUj and auacep.
tibUities. . , . , i
If tbon bnt thrown a fjlorloua thought v
Up life" omraM w'aya,
Sbnutd other tnen the gin hart enoght,
, rret not to lose the praiie.'.
Grout thinker, often thou abalt find,
While folly plunder! fame,
To thy rich itort the crowd is Wind, .
Nor knowi tby very name.
IVhM nutt'rt that, if tbon oneoil
Hie mul that ttI hti peo,
Not in the world' inoan eye to toil,--But
in the light of Heaten?
If tbon nrt irut, yet in'thee lorka
For Urn" Lnroao eigh;
To nalar g, and eee bow w..nka
That baodnaid of tba iky.
Her own deep bounty the frgeU
I full of gernii and aeedi,
Jor glorifiee beraelf nor aets
Her flowere above "her weeds.
Bhe bldea the modert Warei between,
Bbe lotea untrodden road; .
Her riehet trefuuren are not teen
By any rye but God'a.
Accept the lepon. Look not for ;
Reward: from out tbeo cbaaa
AH elnb end, and ak no more
Than to fulfil tby pUoe-
If hit4 Maid " hc I hit wiihholdetb c h.
(he people nhii! cu're him t" and wliocait
withstand the avenging hand of GoJ adcJ
man.
ind rich f'nnter. No v, when they learn
hat tho frmer th'Se have mnd th
money of their wives nd their children.
valueless, and that tho latter will nor sell
If our nrmps are thinned hv deserters iheir famiHea bread, what mav we pxnect?
coming homo. to look Hfler their families. I A I hfrd n tnans-iy the other day jhat.he
ihey -will have brad and meal for them, j had hundreds of bushels of vvheHf. hut he
Frm the Fpirit of the Age.
SOME8TARTLI.NO TKCniS. .
We rarnotly commend the fi!lovins
cnniHiunicntio i to th- peruil of evefv mm
in the Slate, who has wheat, corn, baron
or any t-f the iiecexaries of hie to
whether he hm raised the ame,or purchas
ed it t. fell aain. We canml Mt forth in
Ironjrer Colors than our Crrefnondei)t has
done, the condition of . affairs in ur coun-
try. .Mr certainly Ins , depicted them in
the most glaring lht ; and they are based
on his in n observation and experience ;
and tee knowJheJViLcrJo be amanwhoe
stalruieiits may be fully relied on.
The statement he makes should strike
terror and alarm into the hearts of all who
are wiihholdmj? the necessaries ol lift from
the people, or are exacting such enormous
prices lr them that the poor are almost
Mire to stnrve, for th"y cannot-raife the
money ti pay such exorbitant demands. '11 e
com, and wheat, amf bacon, and o:her in
Vesai let re in the country in abundance.
'TiV people know this, and yet tin y suffer
(nr-the want ol thcfitl It is th'e-inmg
rvidt nte of the l iw abiding clnracter oj
our pe -pie. Hut tVy will not allow their
we and ch;ldicu to stnrve, when they
kniw their rich neighbors' buns and me.il
houses have plenty and to spare, and yel
they refuse to leV the people have of thear
abund-ince. There is a point where for
be iranc-j ceases to be a virtue, ami then
woi to extortioners and those who hoard
up the necessaries of life.
We hive no doubt but our Corresjmndent
state, truly the caue of many desertion
from our armies. Many whojloso, are true
raw
to their country aim brave as lions, i uey
are .willing to remain the army tmd .fig.t
, for liberty and independence ; but . when
tln-lr viives, m'Vt irers and vjite
to them of their suffering condition; and ap
peal W them Jo CDnifeja)tne andkeep Jiiejn
from starving to death, it. is almost more
than human nature can bear ; and if they
"ttesertulHlcr suih circumstances, the blame
re?! morii on J hoso. w ho let soldiers lata-
ilies suffer around them, than on him who
money or no moncv.. ' And if tlf'neopjf lie-.
come rxasperiiei neainsr inoe wno are
the cause of th suffering around them, who
can tell whnt the consequences will be!
What bur Ccrrespo identay s of th con
dition in the west, is uur condition here and
etery.where. It is alarming truly. With
an abundance in the 'land, want, suffirintf
and starvation sfare.us. in the face every
where. Is there r.o fr-medy ? Can noth-iii-
will-nothing-be done? If not, we
are a ruined, conquered, xubjutrated people
As our Corre?jMhdt-nt intimites, we most
regard each other as brothers, united in
one common cause, and hound to one des
tiny for t weal or 'vvoe anil all contrihu e
to the aid and support of one anoiher then
all will be well. Hut if not, then. all is lost
liberty property and everything.
- " x OUR CONDITION. ,
Mi, Editor : The affairs of our State
at present are in a deplorable condition ;
and instead of any prospect of things getr
ting, better, they seem to be growing wore !
daily. l we are overrun by the yankees.
Wfdffrfllhad lo 1ecome mere vasa Is and
tributaries to the unprincipled vandals ot
the'irth,the people of .N orth Carolina, and
especially the grain pnnlucers and capijab
Lists of the Stale, willhave to bear most of
the Uame. I know that some of the secu
lar paes of the JState have contributed a
great deal towards tlte present condition ol
h'ui:s; hut their part is comjiaratively
Vni.tll with iliat of the crn, wheal, bacon
and money spv'eulatotk' Thee are Ihe leech
es which ar'e draining opt the life blood of
our Confederaey," th preci tling our curren
cy, disbanding our army, lilling our mountain-with
deserlcm froiu the soldiery, and
converting" hundred of our les inlormed
back-woods men into lories and buNhwIiack
ers. They .are. dosn ihis bv withholding
t lie prime eceiMes iuie-4riiiu ine5u
wjmLd, noL sell a .husliel.rui vv-.lWhy JioJ
Mr. , said I?. u Because I can t get
hut &7 per bushel now ; but before spring,
wheat will bring 815 per bushel." , am a
religious man, butT confess to my sin . in
saying that,M that moihent I felt like shoot:
ing the wretch, though I said not a word.'
Will the good and just GodJever let us
prosper fhile we treat our fellow creatures
n this manner? Will he allow a govern
ment to be puccessful in forming itself, and
in being" recognized by 'the nations of the
world, as free and enlightened, whose versv
t-lrnenls are sinners of the darkest grade ?
Sever, never. Is there any con.sitency in
iahorinjr, bleeding and suffering to gain the
national freedom of a people who are daily
riveting the chains ol severity upon their
fellows, 4and brethren in the manner above
mentioned! Nay, iudeed.
We believe in the justness of the South
ern cause, and that we hall ultim itely pre
vail overour enemies; or that they will be,
eome willing to let us leave'them and be
ccme hn .independent government. Hut
unless our peopree
linous sins, ahu especially ol the sins ot
ehishness and extortion ; ol lust and neg
lect of relig on and the" requirements of the.
gosp-tthepresent generation will sleep in
the dust ere this happy result will he accom
plished. ! is time for-all'to awake to our interest
in this Uiitlter. Editors niHV wrife, minis
ters may preach, politicians may talk, geti
T?fals may comman I, armies may fight, good
uif n may. pray, infidels may sneer; but till
we become a betier people. than we now
are, the great God will not give us an hon
orable, lasi ing peace. A. nation cannot
succeed in the ecojipl:shnieut of its pur
poses, when many of i:s most prominent,
members are Using the moials, blood and
jMppihess of the oih er ort ion of 1 1 sme in
The P'ike. In consequence of the late '
liour at whjch we closed yesterday morning
io put to press we were not ablJ.to give as
minute a statement of the conflagration and ',
its consequences as we desired to place be
fore our readers.
It appears that the origin of the fire, after
'weighing-very carefully- all thecireumrtan
ces was purely accidental. . r. '
During the prevalence of the. fire, and
commencing . very early after tho alarm
was given?, the gentlemen engaged Tin the
Nnv.y Department,in its various branches of 1
meehanism,"labQred faithfully, efficiently
and successfully, in subduing the devouring '
element and jDreserving property. They
are entitled to the thanks of this communi
ty. . ; .
The Georgia troops that had arrived in
Charlotte at 10 o'clock, ?. M., as a body
also rendered valuable . service.
Our colored population who manned the
fire engines worked faithfully, and 'nobly
contended to emulate the. superior class in ,
their determination to arrest the destruction
of property. That is more than the mud
sills of Northern societies" ever engage in
with a heart.
The effort pf these three communities
the fire department, the Georgia troops, and
thefew citizens who did assist; were, crowned
rtw
!7appftal4haLoai reach a human heart.
What can men mean or hope ; lor, who
are thus entailing want and tstarvatiow on
thwr own neihhws- and fellow citizens ?
Layinpuiside the grievous in before God
, of which they are guilty, (for such beings
' neither fear God nor regard man,") what
lloudyvi 11 thiirJ reasu rcsinf jnuney- orpro-l
uce do them, if they pursue this course
. uch longer ? The enemy or some other
Jgment wrll overtake "hem, and it Will
" ,cndle and perish in their sight.' The
c',ebf Go) already abideth on them ; and
lier's families, or exacting such enorniou
prices, 1h.1t the poor women and children
of our bra ye Soulier are nor able to pro
cure these commond iies ; ihus causing the
wives anl molhers of 'soldiers to w rite K
their friends io the a niv and b?g them to
come home and kcr them Iromi.tlVring.
These things I know to be s;i. Si.nvlini;
the oil er d iy in a 'depot in Western Nor:h
Carolina, as the train Wis ;ib.ut leaving
wiih seme-descrirrVfor-the army, -I heard
'aiiddinother:iTiTlierso-iTwln"ii"Tlher
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were cmrvMi link to I In jiiniv, 1 ii
must go my so; 1, bui 10 in bark -is soon as:
you get thete, and bring xour'gun will on
Tell all the b ys to hrinjiheY.guus uitd
Ciime home, fir ue will all perish In re if they
tloi)VcoineJU'n-ie ali i kill the speeul t'ors ;r'
and then nir in to. me .with learlul face
she sa:d. " Mi'.-A. - ou;:ht thev not all -to
come home ( for w e poor wnnkii folk. here
cannot get one bu-dirl of whe t r eorn for
uur money, and we must - perish. " "SuitJ. .,
"Madam, yoiir sou is needed in the army.;
a tid unless our couuin is a unit on 1 li is sub
jec', we will le a -rui"e i people' Said an
other ladv, " We "know .that ; lut w hat are
we ;to do'? No! oue pum t td'-salt can ve
iieftfbr love "nir ino ny ; not n pound; of
tncf or aH)nshel of corir will iliepectp;e'
sell to us for our money ; and m the i lamy
of God must we perish that tiie South may
be .established ?" ,: .
I left t hese women with 30 or -10 stand-
tiers in mak'ng immense tbrtune for them
selves, and their ch. Mien. . '
These are 'plain words Mr. Editor, and
ihey are true." Something niut be done
for our noble State, and that speedily, or she
will ruin 'here!f and endanger the Confed
eracy. l)o tl.ey not see it ? Will n't the
firmers and planters hear before 11 beqotnes
'i.o.i l.iie? In the name of all that. fs dear,
what do the people meaii?- It will be too
la'e when the Kmkec hordes have overrun
iii t vv I ml e-l 1 t ei ihI- w e-a i e ch a 1 u ed u po"n-
ur backs'" like oor Maryland.
Every man miiioh'u usouht to value Con
e h rate money as g'dd; and every one who
li.!ds the pi i. tie t'omnndit es of life, should
o'g.ir'd every o her man in the South, is
'brothrr'nud act accordingly. Then sweet
peace would footv revisit our bleeding land
am God w Quid bless us abundantly..
7,rrrr"- PiiiLo. -
Happy Home, N. C.
Uonf.y. A correspondent says that the
.Medical Direc.-Or '-of E'well's .corps, a-successful
surgeon and praetilioner. h is discov
ered by IrequeiU; trial, that honey, 'applied
ly a hght In ushor o.her convenient means
. t 1 he kind, is a nmst ffectual remedy to
..event hV blows in wounds. It is at the
f .. W . . i . ,
ing on lhe)lalf.rn. some praying lor peace,
and "Some .cursitic the war. ' :;, -
yields to the strnirest and most ''touching. Now; sir, thealiove is tlie statof Jhingi
W ine mouiHauiojs poiuoiis. oi.- our oraie ;
and linless (he peo;!e who have the .grab"'
will suffer their p itriotism to preijnitiiHti
the coming result is palpable. . The sol
diers will desert and come home to "the res
cue of their families, wheh'they learn sueh
thinirs from ilair mothers, wives and sisier.
at home. '
-The gi eat majofity of the army ere poor
men, who haw nothing at home but thci.L
families, to fight for. They are wise enough
to "know that they are exposing themsel ves
for the property and slayer of the capitalists'
;iine t ime very soothing and gi atetul to the
vfiiiuideiT (j)aft ; nnd wus this question has
,if;eri iiee'n discussed during the war, hospi
t.il hu'ises and ihose entrusted w ith the care
.'I t hryou mil ed -soldier, slnwld preserve
i!ie. recollection of this . simple and. onve-
nientjvmeuy.
ne 11 ig or iruqe pour. rr
Putnt on tlie 1.5th,' t bringihg three hundred
ind fifty paro ed convalescent prisoners.
" The Baltimore Kenubijeah has. been sup
pressed by order of Geri. Skeiick, and the
editors and proprie drs sent across the lines,
w i h peremptory orders that if they re
turned during the w ar thev would be treated
as spies. : 1 . . ,
Recruiting having failed to fill up. the
quota of Ohio, ah order has been 're-,
ceived from ' Washington '.to enforce the
draft.-" . ' " " : . ."
Much private property was destroyed
and pilfered, but for a proper system, which '
we, as a people, have not properly matured ;
Messrs.-Young, Wriston &0rr have lost
some valuable goods valued at about three
thousand dollors ; Mr. Moore who occupied 1
the Mansion House, and his boarders, have
also losf much ; the consequence of a lack
of pofice system, for which our city fathers
are responsible. A reorganization is abso
lutely necessary, for we have no proper f
head in the mayoralty (the Mayor pro. tem,
being absent), and being deficient of Mar-
shal.' n
. As 'regards the destruction of property
by tlie fire. We are pleased to state that it .
was not so great as we had apprehended, "
oniythekitchFhTdlnTngr apariCrZ
menfs over both were destroyed. But Mr.
iMoore's loss will not fall short of twenty-
five thousand dollars, upon which therejs
no insurance ; but Moore has much, if nbt
more left, and will do his best to accomodate 1
his friends and patrons. .":.''.;
TJie proprietor of the Mansion House.
Mr. Win. Treloar, has sustained a large
loss in the destruction of the property named,
upon which he. has an insurance of-only
about nine thousand dollars. 1 He cannot
replace the buildings and make good his
coir.raet with Mr. Moore for a less sum
than Inirty-three thou:-and dollars. 4
Scenes were enacted at the close of the
fire which should not have occurred. Some
of the sufferers were most badly treated
ami some 01 our uesi cuizens were assault
ed by drunken "men; who, because they -were
not supplied with liquor, attempted ,
to murder as a revenge. The actors in this
cene were..nt North Carolinians nor were
they South Carolinians. -
We drop the curtain, but urge upon our "
fellow citizens confijlence and proteertion. .
. Charlotte Bulletin.
" I k fA nticide We lea r n that yesterday
morning' the body of a new born white fe
male .'infant., was. found in the Cape Fear
River jnst above the wharf of the V ilming
1011 Weldon lL.H...Co. U was wrapped
in a hew piece of.rIannef,heaily trimmed.
w;ith a peice of41annef round it neck, also
a rope to which ; was attached a piece of
iron' 'vhich proved not sufficient to keen
edat'l7f IT9 ihus
k..a l!,,n,!r..lt became buoyant. We have not heard of
any particulars that have been ditfeovered
leading to jls identification, but the circum
I stances, especially the rope or cord and the
iron weight attached as a sinker, leave no
doubt ot foul play. The infant could not
have been oyer forty-eight hoursold. An
iriqueatt was held by Coroner Perkin, hut
no fact elici'ed beyond those connected
with .the rinding of the body. Indeed no
witness appeared or could be found, save
those by whom iho body was discovered. 4
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