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i i 1 , - r.v.. , ... A MILITARY MURDER.' V r Wa ibould rtther say an unmUittry taarder. We ispeafuHy mi the attention Of our authorities to the . fallowing narritive which appeared ia the columns of. the Louisville Journal, of the 4thof July. Even ia the height; of the storm of wr, which, with merciless : fury? is raging arouwH, there is "still, small voicC," wblca shoukr ever ba heeded and never drowned. The wrongs of this young man cry to Heaven for atone ment. 'Etui the Louisville Journal, in a mild manner, protests' "gainst the atrocity, and, shall nof our -own. Uovernniout, take meaaures to icrmiuate such crimes gainst humeiiity and juatioo as are here detailed? 1'Ee Journal says: Tbla war, so full of romance and exciting Interest exerts a powerful influence up on toe tmpcisive youth of out-Iad ana almost uncon Town A5D Desibtibs Captcbbd. The Salisbury fir a piece of bread. His language Is 'Is there evil and the bent fertiliser for It Is the ashes thrown away Watthman of the 57th instant,' says that fvrteut of a AaCtT and the Lord hath not done it?" Ii additlou . wjnds, or lying exposed m the winder rin.s. the lories and deserters who recently banded together' . ..'t h, t , 0 ha?t -j,eu you 1 say the beet time for Planting la la FebJ and committed some horrible depredations Hi 'Yadkin b, borJiJ WVJ . 1 " " ! ' , ruary tfre the last fronts, sowing It broad cast, and Wilkes, were captured a day of two ago iu Wa V"' Vl ,cc,,u ,u v"'"". "MV - sou a nan or two iptured tausra county, and arrived in Salubifry lat Tuesday evening, where they were placed in that). S. Frisou. There were about in tbejcompanyv,aod War wfre killed ia the attempt to clpture them the otkors es- c,pcJ ; - ' ;- - -Y" A deserter from the first North Carolina, fayalry; P. P. Deberry; by name, waarres.ted i bis mother's in this place, and committed to the C. 8. Prison. Among other stories toll by him, Is one that ttere are n all your skitH'tne loth quarts to' the acre (the last th. places i yet have ye not returned unlo me, I surest quatity)on wbeut, and then harrpwlng or roll. orii i s liug'itla. Tbi process will not at aU injur taw wheat Thou8ands will yet sport over the deid nd dying . U arid mock at the tears of the f.itherlcss an 1 widow. 61By be tsrned upon it, a tew day, but they must b And all over tue land, with few exceptions, Indcpcna-1 removed, uj the next Spring,' the cover will be wH farmers and b'eartlesa spi-ouUton at lUia moment n,a cfn e grased or uoweir. Try one ace, .areUcanding the most fabulous price, yen, from wo- J" iiVrVtt and children for the necegarics of life. Jf there wiif be better. 150 deserters ia one cenpany within 40 miles of thjd be any difference between the church and the world iu FILIU3 AQRlCOLAC. I k I rumcB. liar AllfO QRaCTIUPQ IWO IllvU LIlCli UT ID Iilss 1 i . f ; i . a . I a . i. - : . - 1 .1.1 1 r 1 ' 1 . - iVZr' :?! '.?.!.B i1". .V? -l,ir P00 creek bottom whored from the Prison rerday; ri,ie 8:,U. Dam " - , T0 TilE-SOLDIEM OF GKN HOOD'S AUMr. - - r.;rV,:rh 7 IS!. WotchmafliAuf.4ih: iff wouia, ie. ox wiom mamem. .n,P, . r. U0 l,ae be, n Ve'qutMed by Gen. Hood's Chief of Is Ihmi lured frpaxtSequT wl!:rn lobe tossed lilt a 6ckle.beL. unon the ann-V billows of a 11111111 flilUlllUI in1 W" c0m8 wur nTn" furM upou". in , a si i a i m - - - ' i I h ii aeetblng. rapjug torrent, then with a careen as sud .Hen as fearful, disappear from liplit Wild time ; . j a a down, down the rpiral wind of the boiling vortex of , - woe an J misery Dock' Frame who was born in the ball of wealth and reared in the' lop of luxury, a Ulr-calrfd youth, possessed of all tbe fiery impetuous . ', ness ot tbe fancy outh, ia tbe earlier stages of the rebellion, through love of adventure, Jeff his prince ly bme ia iJecbcrd, Tennessee, and became a darfng leaaer or a guerUia banu, a notea bush-whackBr and . ' a wily Kont- . A His boltlr reckless daring, bis thirst for Woodland IhUArgnto'erth people's rights doth an aternalrttfllkeep Koootblnptraln of Mala'titoa oaniull hUham!redrMtosl4ep , .. . 25.J . C. y . FENTON, Ediior. ; 292. If ADESIIOJtO', JV. C. bis -wily canning, boob won for bira a wiJe-notoriety, " and a name alike known to fame apd-tfear. As a scout be proved himself valuable to the Confederate rause, and as pilot for raiding parties in Sherman's rear, aone. waa more skilful arr successful. Our troops bad often attempted to effect his capture, but each expedition sent out for the purpose returned fruit Mess from the chase. - Se'rerai'days ago a party sent oat from Decbard, made asudden descent on one of bistecret haunti, sarpried and made him a prisoner. . Tbe soldiers at once returned to camp, and, with a , feeling of exultotioo.delivered him up to Col. Mc - Conuell;' commandant of tbl post of Decherd. The TIIURSDAY r 7 : ; : - f- i Price of Subscription, $3 per ye.r. , ApTKBTisixo $2 CO per square of ten likes for first insertion and $1 GO for each subsequent iniertion. or inserting only une time, $L , Obituaries eter five, lines tfne dollar per squared , DC. Vance's majority is- between io'and 50,000 ' . - 1 V ' : - , t. By reference to returns, it will be seen that prjaouer was at once consigned to the darkness of a tixna is elected to the Senate; Dabgas and Polk- to i l . . . . glooniy prisonell. 'He was kept in confinement r,mna . .J-ir tI i mi I t grnJ wh'r' t,Dt8 .U,r0 b P,tche wrerJdlysdonthemorniagof the 22 J of June fn-; drilled-throagh tbe whole winter. Fr it hriiufhr from r,rUn . Pni Mpnnnnii " eball give tie returns as thev come in for Governor . .:n i... . .r was brouzhf from prison.. Col. AleConndll. without the form&Kfy of a niihlAry couftor" the sanction of the - commanding keneral- ordered, bim-to be ehotand squad of five soldiers was detailed to carrr the order intfyexe'euticn. . ,Mnch as we abCor ruerrilla wafaeT and stronelr is.wg advocate the summary punshment-of all the outlaws who engage in it, we thiol Col. McConnell should bave given Frame a trial under the military law. There is so doubt that a capital sentenee would .... - . . - . . uavet pcen pronouncea upou him, and the execution the official vote." could ladd that the most Jibcral, wealthy mau among us is i member of no thuili. . It'is tru there are but few1 wllo have anything to sell, bat if they. can sell at all, why not take something like a reasonable price? What excuse can a man have for buying CrOrn at $50 per barrel and selling to a roffering neighbor at $150? We do not wish to be. tinderstood as saying anything againkt speculatiotTexccpt u articles of prime neces sity at such a time as this. 'The taw of man is silent, but the Uw of Cod urJ'Thou sli< loveihy JicigLlot M thyself." .. . For the Argus. . A FEW TLAIN TRUTHS. ' - July COtti, 1801. It Is surprising to one so Inexperienced as myself, that the farmers of Ansotr have hitherto tiegleoted the" cultivation of Clover. La Virginia wotnJ it on every hillaide and invery Valley, relieving theitherwise barren aspect and affording the richest aud bet-t food to every beast in the domestic caUlogwe, even on the very iV and troops 'rotu- tbe 1st of May till tbe last of July, tGe rioh odor from tbe clo ver field's regnles tbe senses and no man looks upon this sea Of green, dot rrd all over with flowers without -TbiadgilJr21F V . their bands: but when once.tbey have been recocmized u as priioneM, the usages of war, as well as tbe princi " ptea of humanity, forbid their execution, sithout a Triai. 1 No trial was accorded .to-tBU young hub. He was ordered out of prison and shot down, like a dog, afte l?,Ti5 been treated as a prisoner. If tha enemy are ; i't aittei to proe4 ia this Banner, alt prisoners are at their mercy, and the word of a military satrap may. consign mem xo summary uejitn. TO GO, OH NOT. TO GO. To go or not to go, that is the question. ' Whether it pays bet to snffer pestering " ' . bj laie gins ana gurruious oia. women, Or to take up armsgainst a hout of Yankees, And by opposing get killed to die, to sleep. (Git eout) and in tis sleep to say we "sink . ,Toe by a 1 our country's wishes blest" And live forever (that's a consumation Just what I'm after ) ' To mw;h, to tight . " To fight! pVrchance to die, aye there's the rubt For while rm asleep, wbo'd uka cre oi Mary And the babes wbea Billy ii iu tbe low gTound, . Who'd feeJ 'cm, hey! Ttiere's the respect I baye for Ihtm that makes life sweet ' For who would bear the bag to mill,- "Piough'Dobbiu, cut the wheat, dig titers. fcT The Sentor Resenres, of Anson county, are or dered t report at Albemarle otr the ICth inst.t with 1 appecialing its value in an economical View sqchuns and ammunition as tbey have and can get, f We have seen, living on clover alone, large flocks also with four days ratioss and a change of clothing. of brood mares, with Lie finest colts in tbe old Uomin- I lce ) i0 y r" - ' " . I ion. without a crrain of corn for months, in the finest mi tV-. . r. f. . . : i . l . m ... I - -.voTingxou, proposing to teacn tnerrenet. Language. Bre noch mon durable tnd i0Ee.,iTea ihn from the time they ire grains.. The blood is isienance is afforded in exerci.-e required in THE ELECTION. - ': I RrarDS keeps every organ and tiro b in a healthy state. We are truly thankful for the' re-election af Gov. Our cavalry horses performing the hardest labor in Z. BVance.A-Teat-weight has' beea lifted rrord j the-world-witb three heurs gtmiing out of twrnvy iojr mnn apq uourisa oa xuree poaaas ox corn prr day, and frequently days pass wiu no c rn' at alt. tiessee, to return td their Colors without delay, aud without regard .to sny drcjiraMaticfi causing their ab. fence. The grat battle willfooo be focght that is to expel Shermeo from Georgia and Tennessee, and crown our arms with one of the xnost signal and decU sive victories of tbe war. .Let no soldier,' then, who desires to participate in. these glorious achievements, fail to repair at once to his post,. To accomplish these grand r.esulls every man wijl . be needed and be who ptsya theiaggardfer'eptrn re.ise btdiitiuirtmfotiilit.- t.y to rvacb the scene of action, wilt receive thex. orations of Lis fellow ecldiers, aud will in all time bear the shame and dishonor of skulking from duty in thal hour of bis -country's greatest need. Let there be nono such in the j;t and Army of Tennessee. - . -V : r ; ' ' ' . ; V" . For tha Argus. HaAD-Q'Bs. Ctb N. C. Riot., July 29ttvI84. Mr. Ftsrox: As yoa and our friends wonkl like to bear bow Co. K, (Will Cats) .voted .yesterday 'i will give yoQ xne vote cast ty the company. , . .' roa odriixoa. ' , " Vance, 30. - V .Uolden, IV iob Tii aixATt. 8mith, IK ' t. ' Iknp. 17. fob tub co 3 lpirganaarawayaSartu 6; Lilea rUarU job suKBirr: AAllM thM hatwA I . ! . , J I II A Hv.T1 L It . V. I f"" ua" propneiy. u. uercj-yersooaiij, au xs, we nave those fed ou corn and fodder ' ' i M..viv.c .-v i luwi i cbbvu iw ucucTe. wen q o lueij io xeacn. aavin t it i. . v .l .i- . horrors of the war, . Our soldier, would.be perfectly ,m.' .mr;..:;-. u:l. :.uV 1115 ,are enou?h 10 msk tbe fl,n justifiable in giving no quarter to euerrillas. bush- ; f J "JU1"U w"u lu,0I7' kept cool and nature's own si backers, or rebel guides, when taken witb anna in "ertisement. f Mmi.nt .hnn.W ik. ' . i A Radcliff,. 8. -e Regiment was Lf: - KU bgrid all sort of dru'lgery- II i am iooi enougu to.gef a'Taiike".-"--Bullet ia ray brain! Who'd cry for me! Wcald patriotism pay my tebts, when dead? But ob! the dread of something after death That nndiscorerd fellow who'd court Mary, And dsLBij hnggin that's agony, . " Ana mtltfcs me wtct to stay at home'f- . . . .. ,- Specially ag I aint mad wfthinoboJr. Sbelis aiitj buiietd make cowards of ns all. ' And blara'd my skin if snortin steedsk And pom"p nnd circora9t)iiice of War, Are to be cocipard .with geose for dinner And Mary by zuy side; .- - A MILITIA- OFFICER. 'TOO GOOD TO BE LOST, our mind. TVe are satisfied that God is with s atill that though we have neglected him, he is faithful to bis protaises-itDat hestill keeps, opioids andTsaves us Item ourdct$. . lie will never desert his people. He, evidently, has a chosen few ia NonVi Carolina, for whose sakeie has not "permitted evil counsels to prevail for whose sale be has overruled evil for good, and "will cause the wrath of-man to praise him, and the remainder he will restrain." The Athiophel of eld. King David's counseller, after he bad deserted his King, gone over to the enemy and idvised that bis old master should be slain, finding his bloody conn sels overruled went and hangid hi'mtelf. David bad sinned against God,' grierou!x; and was grievously punished. "He repeuted, and was forgiven. Peace was restored. Had the counsel of Athiophel been fol lowed, David would bave returned to Jerusalem no more.- God did not design the overthrow of hiscr vant, Dxvid, butbrdid d-'sign ti punish Lim for bis 6iBT-od,- when sorrow and -Tepentancecame7b eyas he always does, restored him to tys fvor. - ... A short time since, it was feared that the unwise, wicked, pernicious and bloody counsel of t.'ie moutm Athiophel, IMden, would prevail, and our State be-' come, (as did Jerusalem) the i-ceiie of uproar conf u-at3B7ii?u,-,taiWfu1:-f-but 'Qifi has overruled his of Government has thus savel millions of dollars and been enabled to keep a large cmlry force io tbe field. One mifcUcow, kept on a clover field, will afford more milk and butter fban six-eft to earn a scanty living in the; fence corners by the wayside, and that too of a rich yellow color, far different from tbe thin white Cuid or pale faced butter fotmJ upon our tables. We some-, timw, after months of stall feeding oa bran an col lards, have beef, and if a calculation be made plnc ing every bushel of meal thus fed away at its market vlue, it wDI be found that our beef cots us much more tbau it will sell for in any market. Let beef ca t tle be plneed, in. May, in a clover field, and .by rtit Fill you have fine beef, at a cost counting tiuie, mate rial and( labor, of less than five cents per day even in tbes-e' war times. Hogs are generally fed -from tbe crib from oae butchering-spssoD tQunotherpokfep lbemaitJ called, in growing order," at a cost perfecJjappl. ling, if it is couiiJl'd. Persons may say, itcoiits norb. 1 ' .1 I. . . r. . ug "we maae our own corn. oure endUgti, you" io, but that corn possesses a market value which would be -o much money iu hand, were it not'fed to poor bogs to enable them to root fur a scanty sub'is- . , . . , . . . . y i icint. ..iiiuuin, icy uu nuci, uu itiy nine lllliirv 10 to do, 13 to further ioutafe the exin.Dle of iis an.J , , '. . . . f 7 eient friend; and mat GoJ have merer on bis aoui; luc ,K"V ,ue - - ' I, . v . i . narvesx neias are openeu aoi.ine sugar cane is euffi. Tbe vote castTor Governor frotn for Vance 198; Ifolden 15. Notwithstanding we bad tnarebed all night blfore, from Petersburg to this place, (near Deep Bottom) It reminded roe somewhat of old time elections about home, excepuhere was co ciJer nor wbUkey abcot, an4 tlo men eojoyed it finely; -Tbe boys swe alMo tai-mbla good WeaUbJexcejiJ Sergt Braswelt, R. B. Allen and D. fl. UkA, Bras well is rery nnwell aaj has been for sevtral weeks. There is no news of interest excf t that Grnteema to be taking r backtrack. I think there is a bability of your hearing from us again soon. Respecttulfy yours ic, m . LixcT. J. A. POLK. COMMONS ASSOnT" rc- Wadejboro,' LiiesViilc. Smith's, Bevertv's, Cedsr Hill,'. UurosTille; Cednr HilU Iuebro', l'opisr Hillf a i to , - u, 3 ... 122 - 13 1 15 25 11 10 23 18- 40 20 23 1 ,3 G 1 " B- y't may observe tbe forms ?1 religion without the -power'of it, eajs'tbe IS. C. Christian Advocate, and cultivate the htad and negleit the heart. Chris tians, insteadof being the salt of. the earth and light 1 i rfll,t,priD!''0,,b! World, hart imbibed ihe sCirit of the wor;d, I . en route from Marion to this city, be was accosted in .,, , .L ' , tne cars oy kquucioos Jaly, who took a seat by iris side and addressed h'im in Boaiethitjg.lite the follow ingstrain. : .-.-y - "I think." said she, 'ybat.all tbe glory that covers our hni is doe siogl and alone to private 'soldiers;-" "TTieS do the fihrTD;r,Dot the offiers and for fnv fiart I will give them all the praise, I 'have a beautiful ana neglected many of the plainest duties. Perhaps there is no obligation morejgnored than that of bring, ing up their children "in tbe nurture--andfldmonition of tbe Lord,", while they havo'strained every fterve to lyfrf6r-tbem-4fcftsures on car th . 'It diad( unfasmonaWe, where thero iwe s'aves, to urge upon f ItififcMnJftwJ practiced, and even so ordered it that in care whether an ehauletted ofilr'irt-vnfora mt Un.. the'areir our bova have to work hard .ami harA .... j iiTi :.vJW.;--"-.fff'ii.!-VJW f , ,r - -.IJ: vv, -. lhi!u rierceive. ' 8ahl . 1-orrpf "tht I linfiirn th mar tha i th ilt. J...t.j r. . , - i " - " wwv " ..."-.i i-ii vi uuuvaicu i u r ex- j! idenhe God has manded, "andTaul - Mfoce tbey bhould call otame: no that I ma tnl uA- . ' I"; therwisecbeerthetp oiKbelr toilsome' w I dt onr Lor(1 0,elf; but God has ciently matqred to cut, to enable tbe farmer to make fiue pork, on half the nsual Bmoont ot coin. - Hors s and. mules ued on a farm, Bual!y receive, in bur system, three feeds of corn per dty, consurnir g one hundred" tashels per year, which at old prices wil' be $UO;00 for corn alone, leaying out t.he monuous, :Ftt Caswell expenditure for rough' forage. By the- end of the Vo', 'th, '0nf ttfOPtf tnillA Hfltor lirf W.ilHA n n A n nw mISa.s.I twice bis value, before be is large enough to work. et a bor.ce or uletie work eUTfuularlv and one o-ootl feed of corn at noon will be suflicient. When the day's iabjgjtj;.(tBBbirtWl,w White's Store, Gul edge'sj Morveu, Co. K. 2fJih, Gen. Hon, Rat., Q M.lp't.Riil Co. II. SM,. iios. is; IUI., 27 15' 1 1 CO 3 , 2 -. 1 10 1 15 23 88 10 3 8 1 14 -8 1 18 & 3 00 00 3 13 00 s t o i 2 1 8 17 17, -12 61 18 00 00 1 00 o- c -22 3 3 2 27 12 13 9 --7 Co. , 53i h, Lexington,. Turboro', Kington,' Fort Holmes,' Wy flos.. Wil., Ho: No. 7, Rl. Ktddier, rnrt Holuiea,- 2 C 2 00 2 00 oo -to m- 20 3 00 00 3 Z 00 00 8 ; oo 46 1 302 4 3 SX 1 00 d) oo oo oo oo 3 2 11 o 00 00 t0 00 4 00 ' 1 w 5 6 ji . e, s 33 17 7W 3 00 11 8 8 15 1 . 10 7 29" 00 -10" OU 13 2 31 ' o; 22 00 L e . oo 1 00 00 ' 00 1 I 1 '00 . 1 -T" 14 18 5 2 00- 1 00 00- 4 00 00 00 1 2 00 00 00 5 00 0 00 1G . 1 85 a IM ltiO831 Aabcraft'ii. Hamilton's, VpTE rOB BEXATS IX CWIO.t CQCSrT. .. Smith. Walknn there is s contrast between my whiskers and the h&ir .w. r j ' 4 -.t . on my head?" . " - ; , r I Bome ot' Abt 'earned professions, the ministry ' . " Ye4r" answered tbe lady, surveying the GeneraL i sw njijrur sew u incnoeu te te grey, while . your whiskers are Very black and glossy. Can you explain why thin is soZ'.' atked the lady. ''Certainly, X midiitaB-dd Forrest, trxiug bis keen eyes upon ber t Jnquisltive face, "the explanation ig easy: ' I work witb my head a great deal, wbUe I use my Jaw as liule ' as poMsible'' . , Tbe lady took the bint and eaid no mere. cma -'Reporter. . . . . Four btrndred factory girls, working in the cotton factory rRosreir, Ga. were arrested by order of Sherman, the ux-feeling beast, and ent Horth of the Ohio river, penniless und friendless, to seek & liveli- bort among a atrang and hostile people. cepted,' becahse there was no money in it. Thus we discarded tbe authority of heaven and ruined the ris ing generation, and we are reiping the" bitter fruits. Wflat could be expected but evil from Children raieejl ia idleness, or sent off from home and parental indu ence to. college with their pockets filled with money, and their hearts with ranlty an pride? For without godliness "kffowie'dge puffeth up." Consequently prodigality and profligacy have been4he order of the day, and our Heavenly Father in his righteous julg ments has taken from us those rich bounties of-his providence which! we consumed upon our lusts, aud" I almost mry man, wonyo aod child is, ready to faint ing,and he will be much, better able to perform hi neit half day's labor than if fed on corn. This is n . vision 1 ,'ft seen, tt .tried,. dajL aXtet .day with. Ariay J J h jilki. mules dragging heavy loads on long and weary marches, and where welbcafed for in this maunpr, no finer mules are to be found. On Sabbath's the farmer can save even' that feed of torn with advantage to his stock. Make your own calculations, compared with the above, results, and you will find that clover will save at iast 33J percent on the forage and corn usually consumed besides the large amount of the best bay iu the world, to "be saved by. mowing. , 1 It will be said in replyjo this, "our solf isf ndt adapted to clover. .This Ts mistake. Clover will flourish on any clay lands, "aind wherever it has been properly tried in Ansoo, it ha thrived, as several men catftcstify. We need not expect it to grow on land long since denuded of .aoil; but it must I made rich Rogers, Lnuson's, Wilson's, Grassy Crdbk, Truil's, Condis, Crowd's,'-. Griffin's, 33 22 45 3. Charlotte Hospital, 48th Regiment, , 4th N. C. Cavalry, , . General Hospital No. 13. 5th Regiment, .. Way-Side Hospital, No. 6. Co D, 10th Battallion, 20th Reidmcnt. N. C. T.. Co. Cltth BatUlion, . IS 9 11 42 25 10 It 11 ' 3 11 00 r i i 4 19 128 I 9 , 0 ..24 2Q 2C 49 17 7 21 . 00 ea . 7 , 2 , 23 00 - -1& 5 547
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