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; ' , . Train Vit Richmond Sentinel. REPORT OF TUB BECRETART OF THE TREAS ' v ., CHY. .. , - - . ... The deep Interest attached te oar finances, and the vast importance of the subject, will cause the report of the Secretary "of the Treasury to be. read with the gravest attention. ' . The fiort commences with a detailed exposition of the condition of too Treasury. On the 1st or Ootober Uat, tbe total .debt was $1,126,881,005, an Increase in- six months of $97,650,780. From this It appear that cur total debt is but little more than half that ii ' eurred bj oar enemie in their attempt to destroy us ' The present rate of Increase of our debt it leas than a f jurth. of theirs; oars being a fraction erer . half a million ter int. while" their increase is two and a fourth millions. , C "TT ," Tha reformatio of the currency is the first meas ure to which the Secretary Ugs attention. I be ne cessity of rescuing it from the depreciation which it Las suffered, and of securing to it uaiform and stated Ta'.ue, is insisted on with much earnestness and force. The mVasare adopted by last Congress for the reduc tion of the curj-enoy, the Secretary regard a hav . iar been tanhaimilT chosen. It struck a blow at the .J credit of. the currencr,.nnl at th wme tiniedimio" wished the nse far it by making the four per cnts, te rcel vable for taxes. - . rapid depreciation, commenced - atones. ' A whollr different course ef nolicy is now recommend!. 'The currency must be supported, not disparaged.- The Secretary proposes an Uot pledging the faith of the Government as follows: Against any augmentations of the escalation now provided fr; . exempting the notes of the Treasury, from taxation, applying one-fifth of the public revenues annually te the reduction of the circulation to a volume of one hundred and fifty millions ; continuing the tax in kind after the war long enough for the redemption of lb! remaining circulation, commutation in treoSury notes being allowed for Cbe tax at certain highly favorable rates to the tax-payers. Persons wishing to make depo'si's for the purpose of .commuting the tax in kind after the waf, will be allowed a. six percent certificate free from taiaUan: the currency thus paid is to be cancelled. The effect of such a policy; -the Secrcti- ry predicts, will be immediate and extremely saluta- 'rv. (Treasury botes would constitute not only a safe , .currency Imt a profitable investment, and would. rap idly appreciate- t -- ' ...... ... The establishment of the currency an a secure ba sis, the Secretary considers as ha greater part solv ing Ue difficulties or our financial condition, ine ' expenditares wtjuld be reduced, and the accumulation of the fandsJ debt rctared and greater reliance in its value inspired.' A comparison is made of oar resour ces with our debt, which is extremely gratifyicr. Of " the single article of cottoa we havelartheT!oaiirry" enough to pay at present prices, our whole debtnvo . times over. An increase export duty of five cents per j m ' pound is. recommended on cotton- and tobacco, sni t: doubJe or the present duties on imports, roe pres- ; f . ent property and income taxes are recommended to . remain in force, but without some of their present L abatements: It ts proposed that the property tax shall . 4 ..... aoioager be eedustei from the Raceme tax, nor the : .lax in aiLIrom the sAisJoraffl-XagnouIturaL 'I "property. The Teyenae will thus bo increased, and i the inequalities of taxation, ow complained vf, be 1 -removed. . Tae report proceeds to show that the ! ' tax is thus asked for would not be excessive f or , burdensome.' Government bonds are recommended lOOLD OF NOT A STANDARDCONVENTION STATES NOT ADMIS3ABLE. In a late speech at' Mobile, -Senator Seoimet of Louisiana, said: ' s .The contrast of our people .with gold Is not-a fair mode of ascertaining iu Value. Gold in the Confed erate States to-day is much more valuable than it was at the commencement of. the warr It, like every other article, has risen in value among us. Out dollar in specie to-day Is equivalent to what two'dollars and a half was before ' the war.' You can board now for one dollar a day. - Negroes that were worth $1,500 in cold would not -now bring mora then $350 or $400 in sold. lie had sent to Nassau for some articles for Which he had to hny $24 in rold.When they were' itUTfCf.d.iioRichmond be found that they oouULhave been purouasel there 'for thTame 'auiountat Be"hhd paid for the gold, without any additional' expenses, and without the risk of running the blockade. 'And, in fact,' while we appear to be payiBg twenty for one fur gold, we are really paying only ten for one. We have bad to conduct this war on credit, and have been; compelled to impose raxes to maintain mat creait: and we shall have to impose more taxes. Yet we shall not ned a much as we have, because our -Sipemtes. Hats greatly diminished: and we have abundance of means to prosecute this war aa tnf.nuum. Why, then, should tber be any hesitation In persist ing in this war for our independence? " He saw none. We are sure cf ultimate success. Why, then should .some persons occupying prom 1-J nent positions talk to us about a. convention of. the States?. He desired peace as much aS anybody; but; he wanted an honorable peace SToCIellan says be could not look his soldiers in the face and tell them that their efforts to save the Union bad bee&vunavail inr. Could we look -our soldiers in the facewnd tell them that the blood of their" relations and friends, -the vast sacrifices that have been made, the sufferings that have been endured, and all the. efforts they have made to secure our independence have been unavailing! And if the soldiers now in the . 'Ill otherwise," wonld not the dead &f the battle beld re and snake their gory locks. at the, recreants ? This idea of a coo- veuUon of the States is filled with uanger. It Is ins practicable in itself, and is nothing but an appls of iiscord thrown among as tou.riae us. it is Impracti cable becanae the proposition ca:notbe accepted, etJ eeptttpoa the teravof tbe aeaitiUiUu f the Cobfod. erate Oovernmept, because this is a separate rnJ in dependent eovercment We cave funned a Constitution by wbicn ths states are bound together; and that declares tbat.no State shall make a treaty or auiacce wun any iorcigu pew er. Any state ues:nnr to go inro.tne convention, can n t do so aud remain a member of the Confederacy. It can do ao only Bj secedipgTrom the aoveieign an J lhdepeudent power. The President and tbe .Senate lVCUITJI CAROLINA AilGUS. 9.. pu N,C.T A DATtLE-rLG.FpIl'TUE rOUETEENTfl N.'C. Som of flur patriotic ltulles nre coUetftlng'' funds t6 irchase material for a battle-dsg tor the r ourt tenth C. T., and we trust that rentlemen who are allowad to remain In their bombproofs at home while th . weather-beaten boys of the old Fourteenth are en- during all the hardships and dangers of the camp add lue nriu win no mine excuses wnen causa on to (jon 1 tribute, Vftt give liberally for this patriotio and praise worth j object. The Iadie, ever foremost in all good -works, are willing and anxious to manufacture tae Osg if the funds osn be raised. Barely the amount' required will be speedily contributed by snb of wir citizens as have friends aud. relatives la the' Four teenth. Raltig 1'rogrutj : - f .li!.JPU?.jionor ?I LknowingTtle tm qfi tbe ladies in Raleigh wbo have, this mevera'snt ia hands - nii our readers nave ana ecna ro u au vne cotton i no uouDt any or toe suitors or the lUreirh papers do HUnSDAY:::::::::::NOVMBEK 2V, 1804. . Ll 5 : , rjCfSubcripU)ii 95X) a year, In Mvane.l Ma aoaih-fS.OO. ADviarlgixn 2.f0 rtr souare of ten lines for first insertion and SI .75 for each subsequent insertion; Obituaries over five lines $2.00 per square. RAQ31 RAG31I and linen rags and scraps they .can get together? Send them if there is only, pound each pound helps us to make np a lot for the mill. The saving of rags may seem a smajl 'matter to some, but to those' en gaged in newspaper publishing it is of the utmost im portance; and if it be too small a matter or somef let them turn the business over to their negroes. We would like to procure from one to two thousand pounds of rsgs between this and ChrUttvvs. . ' ' f the Confederate States, as the treaty making pow er, 'cannot accept tb invitation to go -in convention with the United Mates, because they bave not the ccn satationtl power.- The power rests solely with tbe people, and they can secure it only by seceding. . The proposition is one, therefore, made by the United States Government to break up the Confederate Government and put ua where we were immediately after ieees. .SIOU. . " , exem&ted from . taxation save upon tbe in- lerived therefrom. The. inequality of .the prea- to be come derived therefrom. The. inequality ent tax upon thera, as-compared -with the tax on other property, is plainly exhibited, while the impol icy of the exaction is manifest. The present Uxnpon hank, the Secretary regard. w htghly epprsssivs aud "Vd, j.n. wf n0 uu the effect of seqaectrating all State bank nctes in the hands of enemies. The 7. SO notes be proposes to fund in six per cent, coupon bonds Tbe reason of tbe delay ia tseumg to soldiers, for SHEKMAN 8 MOVEMENTS. " . , The Yankee newspapers, says the Richmond -Dis- patctu are just now filled with a deal of noa-stnoidal speculation as to Sherman's movements. All unite hi Stating that he is about to execute a grand move, but none of them azree in wbat it is to t. The moat opular. because the moat absurd and sensattional A i (he war, the bounty bond aurho?ii by law, is ex plained, and lenalauon u asked. Such is a rapid rynopsis of the principal points of the reiortLii e rise from its perusal with tae most favor able iopressioos of tbe propriety and wisdom of its recouxecdauons. We trust they may commend themselves to the . approval of Congress. This is no time toWertovirordu8 measursTor to heaitate to pledge an appiy tbe resources of the country to the icstoration an J maintenance of the public credit. As the Secretary wisely cautious: - , . - "Jf Congress does not interpose, and by some such measure as I have rentared to recommend restore tbe currency, giadually, judicioislj, aodby means of vol untary action, it will assuredly rectify itself by some i a a f ..t -.. r..r. i - - - , V (From the Confederate. ' ' Hanaro, C, Nov. 10th, U4. Mur. EdiUiri : In your issue of the 8th inst, you published commnnication from Lorenzo D. Pitt., Master's Mate, C. S. N"avy.t in regard to tbe loss of tbe C o. d. Albemarle. In endeavoring to fhift the eiirt blame of the ' affair upon the army. Mr. Pitt makes some' statements which I know to be false! jle says b,e "discovered the torpedo boat a,t a distance of about three hundred yards, coming np in the rirer," His statement On the day-after the occurrence was that "he first saw ber when near the Old Mill where the Albemarle formerly lay:" which fs a distance not eeedrtg nu kn4rt4 yardtr'- He aleo ttee tha-"t W executive officer and. crew 4wayt ilept oa board." This is by many of tbe garrison as well as myself, board that night, and perhaps for a short time previ ous, but they did not aboayt do so. : ' . In regard to the remissness of the artillery, the men 9Lth batteij werj .$iih,eir gona.n,eariyJaa quickly as. ; the slnmbering crew were on their decks; but owing to the position of-the torpedo boat could not fire their guns, (which trfre loaded hod waUing an oppor tunity,) without endangering the lives of those on the decks of the- Albemarle. Tbe commanding officer of the steamer was Informed on (he alght previous to the disaster,. bya iaote ffom ihe sergeant of the guard on the 8oundflDa Vhetoi" pedo boat was in the 'mouth of the river. Why did he.nat patrol the river in small boats and aid the army pickets' on a night so dark as almost to render it impos sible to discern the approach of a boatj: and 8 the guns of .the art illery were posted on the bank for the prelection of theeteaerrwby did be not notify the commending o&cer of tbe battry, that be too might P idea is, that, having laid Atlanta in ashes, be is mareh- Charleston, 400 miles distant. wrmation of Sherman's deaisas, but we are in 'possession of aatheotio information which -convinces us that the Yankee newspapers are as fas) wide of the truth in their speculations ou tbe sub ject as they usually are 4a their pretended statements of facts. . Sherman has not been to Atlanra since Hood struck tha railroad in bis rear, more thin a month ago. Leaving 0,000 men as a garrison, he moved out of At lanta w he Hood tore up the track of the. Northwes tern railroad at Dig Shanty. .Hood, after French's failure to take Altoona, left tbe railroad, and making a-dtoar tdtoe outbwt.-agdin tapped it at Reaaea y and on the approach of Sherman, pushed west through North Alabama to Florence Sherman followed him into Alabama with the hope of brhigiog on a battle some where on the Coosa river; failing in Xhis, and be lieving Hood to be making for Nashville, he turned his front northward and marched towards the Tennessee river at Bridgeport, with the.purpoao of being within strikia gdistanee should he-eudde aly - assail Thowaa at Nashville. rAt last advices, Sherman had reached the neighborhood of Bridgeport, which is oa the Ten nessee river between tbiity and forty miie below Chattanooga; and Thomas bad marohed out of Nash ville loPulaski, which is some fifty miles north of De catur and-rather further northwest of Bridgeport." It bas been .quite a week sincv we. beard directly from Hood's army. At that time it bod croes4d tbe Ttnneesee liver not far from Florence, and was be leived tobe' mltrcbing towards Nashville. It may be the object of our generals to strike Thciaas before he is joined, or shall join Sherman. V ' As to Atlanta, that Sherman should order its evacu ation is not unlikely; but if he does, so, It if simply an acknowledgment that be i unable to protect the rail- roi J between that point and Chatt&nbogV, and that U : - have taken aotne extra precsjitloa? I make ibis statetnent to sho that all the blame (Ims not attach to the army alone, and am entirely ' jsfponsible for my remarks. ; W.F.WILLIAMS,. i Ui Lt. Montgomery True BIoW' Light Cattery. capture, wh.ich sot such a thrill of joy tlirpoghout tbe t sited states, bas proven a barren victory. . oherman s transportation is in a wofu -state Per- sons latejy froBa his lines say tha daily la .their tracks, the country around Atlanta,-nod the vacant lots in the city, are feted with decaying horse and mole flesh, ' A prierJttittde the statement. thaUt was almost an ispossibili ty to 'get a mouthful i of nay or oats, and their draught amtuals were dying of etartation. He e'xptessed surprise at tke splendid condition of -our horses. ; ; '. Thus it will be seen that it fis impossible for Sher man to-make a move of any moment, and he-u be lieved to be iu a decperaie condition With no stock; andtfTirrh,o&dtrappcTtatioa bis efforts will be futilS. - Ilood, ou the other band, has an abundance of transportation, and that of the choicest qualify, while his army is eSic'uant, high rpir- Uted,.and anxious to engage the enemy. . . JDSg AVankee-papefestioBatesthat J6erfifty thousand freed negi-oes bave perisfatd of starvation auJ inistrj ia the departm'ent of New Orleans alope, within the cast two years of freedom. " ' i . EXEMPTION UNDER THE "MEAT LAW." One hundred and fourteen thousand exempts from active service, each hundred to fui rish not Jew than acd lf(iDy of our ladies and citizens wish to eontrloM ute to tiiisi praiseworthy ODject they cab do sj ry re tuitt log thropgh those editors. ' - THE WHETHER. ... rem early Friday moniln to .Toesdar mornlnf we nad.nea and almost continuous-aoldv rsjbsv which have flooded the low grounds and Interfered very much in "the seedfbg of 'small grain. Oa Tues- ' day we had several spurts cf snow, v Owing to fieshet in Rock River the mall carrier, from Albemarle to Cedar Hal wps nnable to get aereal ' On Monday nigLt.bod ia conscquenet Vers with fifteen hundred pounds of baCon nd fifteen hundred out any mail from Salisbury en Tneftdayrcin pounds of fresh beef. Many nre underobligatioos to . 1 : give two or three or four times that mnch mct, but we Ww Under date of October 12, IU4, Capt. Xf. k . wish to make a calculation rthe. minimum figures 114,000 multiplied by f.500 171,000,000 pound that forjthe bacon: and a similar amount would betthe product in fresh beef. Thus the ttoainiitwary Gener al has now! subject to his order, 742,000,U0 pounds i of beef and bacon. -Grtrnsborp' Citizen. The foregoing statement, we think, is all wron), and the inUstake originates in confounding bonded J iailfi agriculturists with am agriculturists and counting them all together as exempts. The statement purports to be based upon returns made to the liuieau of Conscription soma two months since, from the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida, Alabama and MUaiasipi, which States are im mediately tinder the supervision of the Bureau. i a the execution of the conscript laws, thoe wrt of Mississippi river beig under, the supervision of the generals in cbarjo of departments ou that side of the river. . We believe the foregoing statement be wrong for the followingreasons: Allowing each uf the 1 1 4,000 ex empts fifteen bands between the ages of 18 and 0, will five a total of 1 ,710,000 slaves, which h a half million more than one-fourth of all the slaves of all age owned by. all tbe Mave-holdin? Stales ia l&Gff, and would show aa increase .since 18U0 rather than a de crease in the number of slaves, which latter many be lieve has certainly taken place from tbs robberies committed by the enemy and ftom the nuinbvrs' that have been edited to ruu away to thenr. 4s Another statea.ent, equi'.ly. incorrect, is going the rounds of the pi essto the effect that there are 1,0C0 bonded agricultarijts in this State, and thereupon cal culations are made of how-much meat will be subject to the order of the Couimisary General or his agents. No doubt, before certain lecent'orders were iasued there were in the sevtn States named tat cf ths Mia- sissippi-114,000 bonded f tempt anl dtiailt, and in North Carolina 12,000; but each of. tbeni was not the representative of fifteen' hands, cr 1,&00 pound of b can and 1 ,600 pounds of beef. JJut'Vince the detail have beenrevoked, and those men holding them who were- At furlt)lJ iertlce have gune lo. iLe frunt from I data' we have recently seen we bv e reason to believe that there tie not more 1,200 bonded exempts in the 8tate, and I.COO kllgbt-dutjmen holding deuili, the Utter with an Laveiage of five hands of ths required ages. The other six State's wilt avei age each about the same number of exempts sad details, which will glvelpOO exempts' forfhVwfioleVrerewnting 126,0tW Dardeq, of 'Cist N. Ct T.,' wrKing from Washington city, says, the followiug oJBcers of the tltt N. C. T. CUngman's brigade, captured at Fort Harrison p the 80;u September, 'are confined U the OU Oaphol Prison in that city; Cspt. 7. T. Pradlcy; Ll. J. R. Howall. LL 3. " Carets, Lt. J. II. Hushes, Lt J. D. Gallic. Li. J. L. Everett, Lt. J. C. Williams, and Lt. Q.J. p-ardsa. .From a letter la. the Ti?.gtJ?9rfrfwitxmt ten at HamiHon, Martia county, we leara that aeon pie of 7tito drserttrs whs had a.rivcd at Hanailton state that the eneiaj at Pluoutb ve ipikicg the gans left by our force when they e vac sited, aJ bew ingnp the breaatwerks, evincing, ai they thinh, a disposition not to hold la a f laee. ' Tbe Slaaketredrftiised in this paper as bit, and for which $20 reward is offered, vu ioat on tie Sneeborv' road, between Wall's Ferry (act WaJcs boro'Land J. P. Smith's plantation. As the blaaket Is highly prised by the owner the lnJer 'will'cufr a great favor upon hya by returning it, bealdes reojiriaj the reward. ' " JfWL.Aa. tficlal iflrf froa Wilaln;ta nounces the safe arrival of the Tallahassee at thai port. She was engsged by strsral United Statea blockadera as she made the pott MV. MOTHER'S For the Argas. 0 11 ATI. T A. J. StTTLBMTCa. My mother's grave (Iog U see; And there shedw tear, . For it contains whs was to iwj 'An enly mother dear. Lqt ski nese with ft s heavy hand, Upon her did lay koll; The fever burned like reorohiag ssaJ, " Till death released her seat geThe Atlantic Monthly is trying to prove that tbe I negro Is better fitted for liberty than tbe white Irish-. to&tt. That a tbe New England ldoa -. ' ; - ; slaves, and 7,000 ligSt-dutmsn, eaoh with five slaves, representing an average cf 25,009 slaves. According'to the law of February 17..18G4, if the exempts for good and sufficient reasons cannot fur- nisi tbe meat required of them, they can commute id grain to tbe extent of two-thirds of the whole amount. If they do not commute, according to our calculations the exempts will furnish 12,000,000 pounds of bacon and 12,000,000 pounds of beef and tbe details, who cannot commote, (allowing them tt) pounds of meat for each hand,) 1 ,750,000 pouuds of bacon and 1 JpO, 000 pounds of btef Ttpgrf gating 14, 3vQ,000 pounds of bacon. and 14,8.30,000 pounds of beef, subject fo the order of the Commissary Genoral. ' armies, and have any curiosity on 'the subject, can, 'Twu iaa c(ha fair-and aaai, " My mother they did lay; No mere troubles disturb her altep . 4 She's aow ia eternity. . A costly marble marks the place, 1 ' T5 felt the passer-by, . . . . Tbat there within that narrow space, --My fusing mother liee. . 0, mother! mothTrTlsTiiiy heart, . Thylmage still shall be ' And I hope in heaven' at last ...,. That I may meflit with thee. Luck Crtek, RuChtrrord eo.yJiTV.i Not.Vlk from the foregoing figures, estimate how much meat each man sboult li art and.fat wbat lscgtii pf .tioie.--l.. A Philadelphia paper of the 12th inst;, says that Wilmington would bave been attacked before this but for tho fact that Com. Porter was oompelled fo' dispatch a number of his fleet in search of ''the Tal- lahassee, Olustee and Chickamaojga." 'Well, the Tal- bhassee bas eluded them all, and is Again safely an chored at Wilmington. So it seems tbat the blockade ..'-..- i not complete enough to prevent fast cruisers from going onsvor.coming in tbe' port at pleasure. ' ' tT The Richmond Sentinetujs there Is no confirm ation of1 the story, coming by the wny of Petersburg, that Li n col n bai ( al 1 ed for ,i? lillion of men. Tha Northern papers are all silent on thCrnlject. UfiQt. Eli W. Mall, Senator elect from New JTIanovcr count, has resigned his seat hi the Legislature. EDUCATIONAL. . The Educational Association ef North Carolina east at Charlotte on the 6th inst. At the opening of tho meeting, tbe President, Mr. J. D.Campbell, delivered an address, setting forth the importance of employing female teachers and organising a system of graded scnoois lurouguouk iu diaie. : 4 A commitiee-stas appointed An mejnoralixethe.i4t-.. erary Board and the Legislature in behalf of a pian for educating disabled soldiers and the children of do- eed.tMi disabledpBojditr for teacbsrs. Tbe following are the officers, for the ensuing year: - Rev. R. Burwell,;Prinoipal of the Female Iastituter jSharlottot.-. - .)wy.y'r LwL-;,;, ;. ;. 7'- -r-., . ... vica raxsiiiEjifs. V''; ' ' . '.':-'-Prof. R. Sterling, Gr'ennsboro', - R. F. Armfield, YodkinsvUle. ' . ' Msj. W. M. Gordan, Hillsboro' MlliUry Academy. . 0. W. Hege, Yadkin Institute. . 8. II. Wiley, Salisbury. llev.A.G. Stacy Davenport Female College, Lenoir. wMtovbutnutttxtt; ' ;, v.- S. Lander, Lincolnton Female Seminary, Lincetaton. ' CORKIIsrOHt()ia 'SKCKBTAUT. I ' W. J. Palmer, Principal of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and, Blind. BPNDED EXEMPTS. We are authorised to ssy that Judge Saunden, Id the case of the Bonded Exempts, pending before bim onJtalrn$ oorpui, bas decided against the parties, and remanded thejii to the service. We learn . from aprl vate soarc,"that this opinion of Jndgs Saubders con curs with that of Chief Justioe Pearson and .the otbec. Justices of the Supreme Court Beneh. 7ofifaraf- 1 :. " - . - V- ..
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