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V- " a. f. t .J J t ? u F t If ' I il.l v I 5 sir tit ii 1 fk t t 11 f; 6 ' 1 T VlES3AQrJ.; or i X MIS JXGELIASCY .Z. JP, VAKCiJ. ;CcQei;nl JkS.seiublj of Aorth Carlllntu ' r .v. v v coxnsiiKwJ ' . - ;. v You will percelf e the great U'lBicultj of rendering .simplified lUteai-ni vf the. account, owing te a part being a specie and part a Confederate currency trans-' action. TuliViih tt cooslaat'tkct nations in the value of money and exchange has. reudered sjich a tUtemlnt almost impossible. It it btlived, however'. .that the Bocuupajlx); statement of Msj.'Jobn Lever. reasf aiarsew AfrnfMHM Mtv-an1 wwyle w e jrpOpt lioa ikMn be f;ivvn..Ly tku it will be seen that includ ing ships, catton aul exchange ,w havo n.bjv'.anee in our favor iutipouie of $12',o7,30, and oa the currency account a balauce of Sl,b"i2,o(i7,o0. . The following amounts have been expended1 for the benefit of the State, fur part of wliictl pciul appro pnations would have otberwiso Urn made, and which this department. h.ti the right to accodnt for as profits, 'tlr.-'' . ------ Clothing Issued t3 State trooya, Paid irrtojbe Treasury, ' Ordnance and Oninance stores, Clothing issue Surgeon General' PepartwJat, . - t State Dondis (bof Advance;) . Medic'ae fWaislrJ Surgron: General, . Supplies furnished Demand Luntb Asylum, 20,500 00 " TSlationAy furnished Secretary of State, . 23,681 20 ' - . " . Tbera is' also la the bands . of and due e Mjr Dowd of the Clothing Department, t&e turn of 2, C72 90 00, which if so ordered can be mad aTaiUlble te the Treasury -for the current fiscal year. My in tention was te bay cotton, lobareo, &c.,or exporta . tioa, so as to make-.the ships cargo inward buy (he , cargo outward without any connection with the Tree. ury, bat perhaps would le better to divert it to this . purpose to aid in avoiding aa increase of the public debt, and depend npou fhe proceeds of the Supplies on hand to furnish tho means far exportation. . This sum added to the above wi!lwbenpriJ into the Trea; ury. extinguish the original appropriation of 000 leaving a balance f J,-13j,187, which with the . artides.pn hand estimated ai prices a id by CedfeJrr ' ate Quartermaster Genera!, which fere far b?low the . tarket price, will I couceive constitute the aet profiU realized. - ' ' f , , . $3w0,000 .00 - ."5,000 CO 170,W3 00 the esticanto for fuih abroad to be fur Stlow the truth, and that there nix larzw quautitics ot shoes, cards. cloth aad bankets, iron, bicou, Ai:., boozbt and paid for yet abroad ahtch do cot come into thU calculation; IJnder authority conftrrcd by the Ust Legislnture, ,1 have re-appointod our former agent, .Jlr. Jtftin- White, who has gpM to uropo,withlutructiooa to wind up ..our business there aad forward as eeoi as posile, -reach statements as wilt enable us to make a anal settle meat with the public auditor. Until this is done we . caaaot show porftirelr how the accounts- stand, and - these statements are famished merely for your infor- matioa. ,v. ... s r;.' Fpr a statement of , the oondirion of oar finances and the Lodebtedoess.of the State, I refer yew to the re ; port. ot Jlr. Worth, oor very efficient I'uhlic Treas Qrer. Dein; well adapted by talents and experience to the cbadact of fioaacial affairs, I am Jteneralty coa Tttnt to abide by all bin snjjgcstioas in that regard. 1 am eorry, uowever, tuat i cannot yield the same as- sen J fo kjifl advicejas to miliary affairs, and the method of, couductinJ the war. . . . . I coa see great propriety in the retention" by fhe Btaie of a araall military .force ia time of war, and rery ittle ia transferring absolutely all her physical A power to other hands. The time has already come whea, to say the least of it, the assertion of aright as peruioicj to a govereiga Staje is worth much more if bathed y some show of physical power to enforce i. . Jf either can I rezard it ia in anv wise anomalous that 4 the State ehoold employ ber militia' in trying to ar rest the numerous bads of deserters who infest the emotri tobUofjiiiti tardJBrin.-thi idtiwait-aad U , From a careful observation tt the d:iiicalte expo rienced by the ooiuity supjply eoiuioissiouers lut yeof , and owing to the Impressment and tithe laws tf Con gress, Bow rendered still greater tj. the Uundiag ot a large portion pf our furmera to se(l all thvir surplus to the Confederate Qoveri)pent, I am couviiioud that this is the surest and best way to provide for the poor. Surely no humane or patriotic citizen c-u object to this plan. If it should meet your 'approbation, the sooner it is adapted the better, as the beason is alrvmly far ndjraucrd. I dcoiu if unnecessary to Muburaie this suggestion, a) cu'vill doubtless be ribletO uture The plan of operating better h'a I cau tnysclf. I deeire to cull yon attrntiou to the coivdiUua ef the Militia and the Uusrd for Home Defence wh?ch-re- ouires some nJUinonMi leiMauon. u.iu oi uiiv-'e or jiKiiunaoirurSTO&m t eiTUfry-hTTt--ted to the different ivgiairnts and battii'.iyiis 6out.tined tuouWlicieut to fiU them to the numbers rrquhod by hw. Do)h have bt a, stripped by conscripbtoi until Miarcelj Hovthiug remnius of eitlsr .tgiuicnt vr bat tnlhu, Out Iffict rn. When 1 now c:vll jiut tia HhAV Guard for State dttfene;, I have to put mtayiec-mpa-together iu erdor toget vue' of couveui oat bite, aii 1 tbo supernumerary Ificcrs cootitutiug a Urge pcrcAtof the wholo force, ar'p Veut home, they cannot be rande to etrre iu the Trttiks. Thiscnnsas thegreiUeat iijeoortnteaceawi iojusticeTLecaly rem edv u iTOeHuizAtiiK Sad cunselnlatieu. I thare'jre, resoniound the abolition of tbo Home GiLtnJ organU zatiun as bi4ng oue too"nauyr andjhe pnssagimf a Uw authorising the corabiuation of Cie skejeten com- paulesof 4be Miliya Sato new fegiiueots, bavbg the numbers ticcessary to tike tne fichi at tce, and so that all may be compelled t do duty, alike- I deeoi tt unoeceKsary further to give the Ietiils CT the pro posed plan, the Adjuunt lie' err.1 will feseat them tully to your military committee in a form awhk-h has my approval; . ' - I also recommend tb cxteutioti of (he see t the i age to which meu are rtquired to serve in te railitin to fiitj-five years. Though llkere are, not a great many idea at tuat age capable of active field service there are yet many vho could perform inott ivatnial servitelu arreting deserter and reiiv-ifig disorders at home', whose iccessiou wou'd greatly, strengthen this important arut'of tiie tare. The records of the couutry will tear r.fv witness. gentlcmenrthat'I h venever-srght ie haTeeitrwwfVH- nary powers of any kind conferred-, upon me beinr contest to abide br our nnrient cuj-tom-i rv-n whrn onuual circumetaees have rtrndvrrd them ahortiva. Dot I ain firivtly convinced by actual eiperierce, that it i impossible "to enforce discipline nnd oUthence ta j)rderiiua jailitiaiaruitaSiaa thrwgbouttha SUU without summary Vowers in the t'ommupurr-in-Cliirf to drop the offender from the roll for certain fpecifiol etfeooes. With t rent I.eaUtioo, therefore, and moved by a tioeere eunvktita of duty 1 reouimnd the eon-' ferring of this power on the Executive to continue only during tjie war, and so restricted ns yoa mny deem necessary U guard against Its improper exercwe"; In thi connection 1 will yoor,odcraikn of a copy of the resolutions adopted by a meeting of tbi Gov-eniirj-'of the States of Virgiobi, .North" nt ohth Carolina, Gevrgia, Atahama, and MUs'ippt, heij in AnjrusU, Gal, op t:.e lTtiult., aid re)uet yoa t ra- gant them as a pact of this menage. This meeting was invited by me, in the earnest hope that something 'might be agreed upon to aid fcixeitiforceing our armies aud rendering uniform the action of the fc'nte in moy importaot particulars, eprca!!y with regard to the exemption from Conjcriptlou of tate oncers. Afr tcr eome days of free. ad hnrmoaious iuterchance referred r-THE LEUILATUUK. ' Xvv. 2C Both IjJuses adjouiued early to allow the cyinunttees to prepare thf nubiQess of the ms'-oii. . lu the House, a resolution was iutroduved, calling on the Uovei-uortosupprestheCt S.l)btillery nttSmis-bury,- N. C. The bill to lepu-ilall Sute eaeniptions was adversely reported on and report concurred in. The bill to authorise u aitttut .cuufdy trlitf, com missionvr passed, -and a resolution to permit lVrrin IlusbJ' ptircbkMclotbiugfrom the (juartcruintter's )eairtmeut was hst, yeas Hf nays 4U. VVor.'HS.E. D. Hall, i..q., electol h fill the va cancy iu the Senate tor the. vviuty of New U.oovor, was tjuolified and took his aeut. ' Mr. l'ool'a resofuiious ou the abject ef peace were Jiessrs. Tool and J.llis ou luo purl ot ilie Stviiakc, ant Messrs. CftlU.wtll, Drown of MeckJe-nbtirjt., nu-i Cobles ou tbo-part of lh Uouae. Scvvrnl bills and rvfulu tions were latroducvd, nnd several were d a n-cml or third time. "llr. VSairtu iutioduced n "leOiufinti relative to, the potter Ct the Legislature to aotuite tin Uoveiuor to eiupiey the iiuliu.i bcioud tht liwiis of the Ajoii.1 ttlect clnlmitVee appointed on I fhe subject vf the puWto piir.tmg. . Inr to ilvw were in ucseion but short time, the cotumittucs uot et Jisving, had jiraa ti prepare work for vho aclijil of their rpclive bodies. ' ; tVoe. 'JU.-'A the Senate a bifoe the supprt:!ou of the small pox was passed. ' ' ' Iu the House bills to iucorpoiste the FayetteviHe N. C. Iron Works, aad Wilson Acdcuiy afa pji. A resolution dppiopt.atiug XoOtk) at hug to the relief of. i. C.' prisoners of war was introdned. 1T hill to repeat all stale" exemption wa u.Utu.k! postponed jeas b7, nays 2 v Yor. oO. Iu the Senate Mr. L'rjson it red need ros olntiotws for electing'five commsioiK'SS l act ia cou-' cert with other CotuuiUrioners for negotiating a peHoe, wniob were rclerrcd A bill 'us reported by tW committee en pwbXe ptiatiag to allow the yiate'prluier just coinpvalK, tube ascertained by the Aaditor, with tiie aid ota pracikal priatei. . . ilr. IJiwton'a resvlations fbr pat tin 3 he members of'tbe Assembly inte Camp, Ac, wete'rejveted on lueir ttctm reuuiog. W'.iii:soi:o, w. cv , : .THUi;SDAY:::::;:;':;:::6K8kIKK S, mL fSTfuWrliiiloM OOa yrar, In a4taare.,J ApvKitTHH.a$2'ffl rcr rjnn re' r.f. ten Vines for I ret uiterlion al &1.73for eaii sulejifnt lftncrt!on. ' ItAGSf KAGSf- ' TV'ill pur rmdenare and send tirn alt fhe eottoji sal lin'n rsgs'ao scropMpy ttrtrett(.rthcr? SenI them if tt.VTC ii only n pouiw! men poind helps in to make tfp a' Ir-t -for tlo snill. 11 suvloj ef rajj rrfiy seeirt rrn!l matter to nome, bsrt U t!wt rn fgal In hewrpnfr publishing It Is cf tht efmwrt Jm porti-neej gml if il too ptnoll r.aftrr for fenif, Ii t flwin" torn the bulne! over' to tht fr nfgrVs. Viv woal 1 Kke to prornre fruvn one Jo two tfrcusaul pocil of regt bttwrru this am) CbrUlma.. Jfcdr , raaVetfptisf-oer, who' C'riei fitto .f!r aeard near Florrwe, wb'de la t'snVitirfroiirOeorirU; woe arrcewdiri t're I3wer part or tin rounrr, on &h: unJny nigbt byQ'pt, J. I. Hatclif, and is now loljM jn JUil m Ums plite, waiting t H nnt te Fiore'ic' I rredaticm, pritesting eg,iit tire arrni'Mtlf slaves as soldier. and tb stvbtitiMe cfcrd for the same by the comwirtee. Mr. VoeH offered some revo lutions as an amendment ti the amendment propweJ by the committee, nd the wholo matter WMfentta tbo Hou-e rironosiag ita rfr-iiA a kiiLMglia- committfe of seven, to which the f ioJte did ae artt.- Jioth lio'iics ajreed to into au clectien ft C. benator to-morrow at 1- o clock, and Uoti. O. Ueade, Hon. V. T. Loruh and Hon. Thos. S:.he were put in nomination. A joint si lect committee of three on the part cf the aepaie aua lour n Hie part or tbe tiuuse. to be called tbcCocimite 6u CootWerute Ceiation wis raiVh The resoluHon And matteis taxfaiuinz to nrmins the siPJves,- ac.wtfe re.rerred to a-ild eommlitee. tr T I4ii!y Carolinian, he'Vtorore published at Faycttev4ye, hm beep rcnroirl to Vilmingion, W'v hope Ii efe the Co,'inia ns regulnrly 00 our table ftin k nivf plnqj of pubTeutic'u a wben it was pub ;Im.J a frtyeHe''e, . . . . MASS.VtC. 3aniejlijcaaioa arosa m' oaatejtlOdHwV ALliitlilii-fotQuDJiaUrO' xf KUwia&Inei. Two more attempts were Aiade te elect a Secretary ef State, but tbe triiagular contest was net brnght to any crn:iusiou. It wu be seen that Mr. Wilimms and Mr. Loin's chances. Ime apparently diminished,, while Mr. iUebardsaa's lire increased. , . in the House thd matter of the c-ntested ilectioo in Northampton county came ooJot was Ud on the table. 1 A-reflation was introduced to exempt one miV'rr fxr evry pahMo tuill Aa a reolution to hlM)!ish Trovost Guards. Alo conocrcinr retaous Llie, No. . ( ?. ft .V. M.f thrfoliwhgcfliri w elected for the tcitncU caaiin , . f. J!. . V. M , S. W. Jlin kV.;'i. J. W'.A. Xiren. . '. i. If. K. K. KtinulT. : J. A. It. Caaon. ' Tvler E. Hnt'-hi ! I ! w1.a.,J. L". lUtiitl andC. It Liudy.- rW-.-t.1ryJ. C. McLauct'.ia. 7 Tieasrer W. ?. lU'niall. Chap.ato llev. J. U. Kicjr J.oa. . . . . C0NU11LJ1U.VI. AVi 2S.-Ta J?eiiite ad ipted tfw House j det ree- :" olttionaf thanks to .Ota. ioiieit and his command ' for recent xiciiies. .' , la th IIwae the rnKtect af ivpresttnt waa rc fcrrcd in a fccUl eomuittee (f ce from each State Mr. i'iMtesubniitd'a r.to!utKJi.aflirruleg iht the go vercmrnt of the rple cf h Coae Jetate States biive a deep interest u tue uaiutcuanbe of the Xlaaroa Uoatriae, tutif our recc jimticu by the t'nited plaits be logrr iirla)r-J, it might become our true pulley to coostnt to-viejd the great principal ttcbodird ia tL soma iastaaoea om palling a strong forco to be under arms to' protect the sittings of the courts. .The shorn- . ally, if any there be ia the case, might certainly be found ia the 1 Government permitting these outlaw to . . set tbe civil. authorities at defiance, pillage and murder atfw.nl, until loyal eititeaa ilea for life, and not under ' . -taking prevent it, becaoM such prevention would Increase the State taxes! As a matter of-course it is ' expected that the Confederate government will ultiea- 1 atelias?aifle ill military nUeye necessarily 4se1irre4 by the etatesfor that defence of themselves which It iv.nnabje to render! Itnt even if it should not I sub mit we must be protected nevertheless; and the ob jectftn that in proteccling ourselves we ara also av sisting Jo execute a law of Congress, will hardly hold ; good. Doubtlesfit wonll be a good thing if a people ' could carry on a war and preserve internal quiet with - outjiny expenditure of money at all. 1 say douliUtt, because to my knowledge it has never been tried. But having before our eyes the Very strongest evidence of the constant necessity of these trooptS) I can sea no way bo to incur the debt aad do oar outmost to protect the country and execnte the Jews. wouttiess an, arrangement talght benada with' the Confederate cwftrnroent to, assame-tba-payatent-ef State forces now, especially of ,oar yegalarf and the Jloine Guard, ca daty at the front, as botbanre undet y Confederate officers and doing the sertice of Confed erate troops. ) - lion that the taxes will have to be considerably-in-creased for the next fiscal year. 5 In additica-to ihe alight iocrease n the military appropriations and some small earns hereafter mentioned for the securing r of a proper Knpply of salt, I Lope it will be necessary to enlarge the exUiing appropriation's only in regard . to-ihe fajmiilies of our indigent soldiers. It is admit ted to be oar".lropcrative duty to provide for these . persons, ana tie system now pursued by the counties -t -inridarg-for-frttf tb mioWrriaBfitm conceive to be unjust to themselves., poor county. , posbeasiag jew siavee, tni a -large wmte popnlation, ' wooldJbe taxedwith the support of three or foar times tbe number of persons that wealthy county with a . mall white popat&rfoa, and double the ability to pay, " : -would hare to care for. I regard the support of these -' families as much a pwfclio tax as that" of tbe soldier ; bimself, and that the true principle, Js to levy it upon the Stata at lare. It is sufficient, that in times like these,- the eounties bava to' support theif own poor, not the farnilica 'of soldiers. I therefore recommend an appropriation pf two millions in currency, and thej -impoeiuon oi a rax m ioa, say pne twentieth busbej f opinions, tho result was the resolutions to. That one refering t Slate force- doiog duty be- physiwily i&e-ipahle of performing dutiesio the hell. I Mouio U;iuiO. yond their own borders, hl slluaoo only to fikjcuI Atse a reeoLutiou ta eiKjuu-elato the xtediiicy of ex- ! . A"'. 10. The Sntf"pJid the bl.'l dcelaries: fbur ana extraorUinary;emergencies, wben asottep liappeas euipuuit in; property ot sjyticrs r onr UXtinu. t. perccM, i-fits ana certui the proper defensive point us wbe beyond the State line aad notxutbinit. ' m i - Contrary to the impressioa sought To be made by sovae, the resolatioa relating to the impressment or eouMeription of slaves was by no uans iutcD'i J tin eludo the arming of them, niuch leli their nnal eman cipation, which I take it would follow s a natural cousequescey 1 1 suppoeI that ai property their stm- lorary Services were withia reach of she government ike all other proper! r-to. be eraDbved na. rbueert crccung lorwaonone, cooair aamaursr-ospv-a.i-ae rants, laborers in the severaljdepartments, and when- ever, in tbort, tne aegroeootd take the piacoof nw able j'Odied white man who could carry a musket. Un der no circumstances woulfl Iconenf to" seaTlhem armed which I would regard as not only dangerous in tbe extreme, bat as leg degrading, ouly than their era ploy mei ia this capacity b our enemies. The. proposition to emancipate them by jibe' Confederate .wavernnient ( which. aa conscience -bboultl -ba-done if tbey fought in ur armies,) I regard as entirely out ui lue-quesuou. i lmajir.e inaiucn an ikieti as aooi isbing slavery by tbe General Government, advocated fire years "ago, would bats made people stare, and canSesome little excitements TaU course would, it seems fo me, surren-ler the e. tire question which has evar separated the North from the Sooth; would stul tify ourselves in the eyes of the world, and render our 1 1 1...: . V . v .1 . . of humane life. 1 need not al'ude at all to the cou sritutional question involved, which I presume must be , understood by this time. Our independence, 1 im agine, is chiefly desirable ior the preservation of our political institutcas, the principal of which is slavery; ami It is finiyxo.tajgoaty4ue blood of white frwawh Tbe slave, however, should certainly' be made to do' bis part as a non-ombatent. y XT0 &e cmii ive!. and her two daughters, living on Leaver Lam Creek in' "Union county, made five hundred and forty buhels of eorn, besides wheat, peas, oats, potatoes, c. Mrs. Belk la wi lo.w anljost her two sons in the war. She is aged 60 years and her daughters about twenty. and twenty-four years. Their crop show what tnayjbo done by industry and energy. All honor to those no- Die women. OAar. jjemoerai. -soiii eral bilU wee introduced, and some read the stctuJ and third times, . Jn.. 1. .Colli honev were eazaseddurisc: mdeh of to day in voiio for Fublie Tft:iurer, Secretary if j ui'.ic, uu v.iicucrata civics cenaior. jir. tiortit was elected Treasurer, but no resalt wm atoned in oilier balloting. - . V , The first ba'lot for Senator. resulted $ fitlowi: Mr.riUado-tt7voles. Mr. bur! ch 40. Mr. Gilmer ,15, JlrAbe-Hr MrmnH -.Mt'reheatr'fVMTr nepaerH 1, ami Mwarterl? Tit whole-ijrrmbenrf torts lo, and 79 necei -y to a choice. J ' 'j . In the Senate soro' routine business was transacted. j 1 . . . . anu um suTerte report made on tue uoverno a lecom-, mendatton to Impose money tax and collect tithes for soldiers'- fami'ies. ' : , . , ' -In the Iloae a bi'l was reported to mjpprefs the C. S. distille'y at Sal!ihuyrandTTs to relieve North Ca' Ol'na prisonesof war and incorcoiate the N. C. Company of Chemsfts pBSgcd. . 1 . ' 1 " : 7 Dee. 2. Loth Houses eroccaDied diinnr cfaater pntt of theljay's ses'on u balloting, unAecessiV'y, for Coilfederate Slaies Senato'-. and Seceta' 'nf SiaW. Two bollo's were had for Senator and tb-ee fo- ficaefA'y. V '.."" The following i the result of the 2d and 8J ballot Idjs fo- teoator; Second bAHot Heade C7, Dartch21, Gilmer 19, Aiie 16, Outlay 10, Morehead 8, Shepbed S, Smith 3, and Clingman-3. Third ballot Mr. Eeade CG, Mr. LortcU 20, Mr. UUmer 21, M-. Ashe 20, Mr. Outlaw 6, Mr. 8mith Me?srs. bbephe-d, Moehead, Hale, ai'd Cljngman 2 In he .Senate a tesolution was passed demanding the abo'it'on of provot guards in Not th Carolina, and iseveralbil'8 intoduced. v . : i - In the Jlouso a resolution was adoDted makin? "the e!ec4onof Senator the Special ordor for Wednesday, the fifleeeTlf'Iemte thanks to-Nonh CarWina oniccs aad soldiers, and bill tiitcutf s reeeivable in pavmeat (fall Uxes due and payaMe for the rear 18oi. Ta Joint rea..lutHus iotroUuced by Jlr. Heary, declaring the lictrriniit'oa of Coiiren ami 4 he people of the Confederate States tt4rocente tho war .Ul our indt. pendence Is a kaowUdfed, were taken ap.' Mr. Hen ry addred tbe Senate at length, ia suprwYtf tha tesolutiona. ' . ' ' - ' In the Huf, a bill was reported from the Judicia ry Committee for the -e!jAblitbmrut of a Suprema L'nrt.. -..,,... n.,,. irJ- In t he SenteMr-Orr rmentrd a written repitt fn ra the Committee ea Foreign Affair relativ to the si'ixiire of the Florida-in the hutbor of LaLU accorofirneJ by resolutions s flouncing tho optraKe aod derloring it to te the duty of Lrmil to rnforco the --restitution of the Florida, nnd . efjtiesi'mg the Tresldtnt to communicate to oor commissioner abroad a full statement of the illegal ttiiure together with the opinions of thig overoment ?, the Outrage. Mrr trral? tntfjaeRrs-j-olar i eiiotuirSn aihoFT" iim the appoititmcnt of. a commiasionerto llmiii. No definite. a;liou was taken ou tho tepott or resolu tion. - . v ' -' ' - JJeti I. Borli Houses of Congress rcsu'mc.d secret restion to day, .as soon a the hour of meeting in tbe Senate. ' . In tbe Hou4e the joint resolution, relating ta the ex emption cf State officers Was debated arid laid, ou the table. -' .' .; . - ... ,. , Dee. 2. Joining of ioterett done in either I(ouse to-day.. ,r ' ; - fV: BATTLE OF CKISWOLDVICLE: Scrgt. Weiglc, 6f Co i, AugUita irattalUin.'If ft U. ot ora,"wJkcf and peas; gallon of rjrup, 0., ao ar- yusgeaand systcmauzed as you may deem bett. 000 St Q. coupon bonds advertised for sale, at Creech & Lithtbrd's, bjIK. P. Battle, President of the Chatham Railroad, brought on Satnr Jay Uat the following prices $10,000 at .305 and interest. $40,000 at 500 nd inter est.- Hal. Conservative. -. ScraxxB Cocat. The winter term will commence on the second Monday in December, the 12tb. .Cau-' tea wiil bo called by circuits, as heretofore.. arranged, but no wfeks eiren. Contervative-. ' .. v .... - . .-u 7. -y, ' - . ,. Brigadier General John Hf Winder, in command of the prison post in Georgia, has been eonftituted Com miaeary General f prisoners of war, a ne office in I tbe Confederacy, anjl similar in dutieN to the office of I iuie reaerat lonnuiesAry uencrai ox t'l iatineiT. to incorporate the FayetteviHo lititerpuise Cotton co., and: legalize cerlaa advances to-ie Ibsane Aejtfum pnsed. '- ' v ' j ... . . 1 - .' - gf"-The English press indignantly denouoee the seizure orlbe rloridatn a neutral port. The Times says Ihe act was rnost ilazfantly lawless and d resumes 4he-Amerkftfl-Governrnent and Its cltlCTItTlragtetr to repudiate It, and the New York Chamber of Com'- merce will not scrupli or forfeit its ahnraater by re-, waruiuji or- juMijjin ine crime committed. T-he Morning, fost thinks the Federal Governmentwlll dis avow the act, but has misgivings nbodtdtIt-think . 1 . . . ... . . . . . mo outrugo wuuoi u permuiea to pass nnnoticed by other powers, and thatjall maritime powers should en ter their protest against it. The Herald believes an event such as.th;s will force the European nations to interfere in American difficulties for their own sexdrity A correspondent of , the New York Tribune writes from Lome, Geo., that owipg to the great lock of rail- oaa t-ansportation, Oen;1 Corse was obliired to des troy nearly, a million dollars , wortji of property en evacuating that place, . - con oir Thursday week, od furnishes the "CoDbtrtii- tionalisV' with the following partieulars of the battle , of Ckiswoldville. ' . He states that three Brigades of Militia, two Leg- iments ot Stato Line Troops, the Athens and. Augusta .ISTtirile engaged the enemy on Tuesday, Nov. 22d. He 'first attacked Ihcm at Grlswoldritle ebout 12 o'clock. Tbe enemy fell back one mile on the Ccn'rnl Hailroad, to wards Savannah, vAere they had erected tbice lines of fortificatiopR, , . . , ! Gen. I'hilllps pursued them to their breastwork wnen he orderetl a charge, driving tbe enemy from hi first lin6 of defences. - The enemy made several des- , mrate efforts to reettptofethe worksrft ttVre repulsed each time-wltb heavy lo.'s. Gn. Phillips held bis position during the night. Tbe enemy had withdrawn next morning. ; - t -: 4 - - Qur. forces, in charging tne' enemy's br.easiworks a through in open field were exposed to a galling fire' in which they lost heavily; between three hundred and fifty and four htfndrcti killed and wouode'd. As iu. evidence of the storra of leaden hail they passed through the colorVof the Augusta Batulion bear the marks of sixteen Federal. bullets. The Militia fought like Teteran soldiers. t.eSfm Roger A. Pryoe. now a private In onr cavalry, was endured on the 27th ult.. near Petersburg, whilst' exchanging jp?rs. It is alleged that tho esfcmy nctg trcnchcrniif-ly. T ' t '
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 8, 1864, edition 1
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