' " ' ' '"'' . ,, . . f .' - . II 1 . 1 Mrs i . VOL. VIIL NO 21. WINSTO T, -NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 1863 WEEKLY.' - f $1 .00 PER ANNUI2 j . W. AL S 3? .A. TJ GH. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. For 1 copy, Per anQin For 9 copies for 15 copies..-.. .. , ... 1 00 .. 8 00 ..12 00 The paper will he forwarded only token the Money has eil received in advance. EATE3 OF ADVERTISING.- inches, and an outer covering of iroi. plhting ol 4 J inches thickness. But ko well finnmed is this work that there., is no indication of the thickness .or. strength visible. The tonage of each must be. neat iy 2.000 tons, and the arma ment for the turrets was not the only ordnauce to be earned on deck. These vessels are of o peculiar a model and construction that 1 expiessed confidently the opinion that und r no -uoterf.ige of reasoning or pretext culd they be allotted to depart on their intended mission of desf notion. The French 3id 'English colors were at mast had on this latter vessel also It was slated that they were, for the French Government, but a (card frvmi the French C'iusui denied the rumor. iOl OnosViiU unor igm; ursfiaswtir ! vAAeruarJ i was anoaiiced thai tha'fund V ernon , eir cnsUuefon were furnished by M. San- F..r Mvire months - - o ov I ' J ,4""'l,s' J ,Jt- ' f.-witr ftl'UltllM n rtO r; j: s ------------ - ...... t .t' 1 n-, j unse;tvorthy seems futile, as the weight of the . jiurretssud machmpry is principally below Th3 EagllSll Iron ixaniS Their arilia j d-oks. Such an objection oeitdinly was not ex- lULiiv pressed by my very intelligent companion. A cu'n t rvide it inde tsianu, wno bas j'i'if lv' ir'd trcm KgLmd, communicates' to tne Jo irn.i!, f ttut p!ac the ;ftdlowing des icription of t'.te rp.rns in th ' Mtrst-y : hc Ch'n.i's ndvice tf last wck we are in f)r?:ied ihnt the two stt-m r.-ms from the M IJisrd's ship aro, on ihe Mnre) . (-o )S'ie Li hi e n- to b. dlow ?d t lor their dstn-.ai io;. m trieeefvee ot il: I calici) O'Ul'f derate S'afes. Th first of tn-- ( Tesst-ls was iaurn-hd on the -4 t of Jidy l.ntt. and must: ie at th-s time m ri-dn:f j? tor ser ' Tice. TH oth-r ift th-f sioeks. o Saturday', ivciipatii'ii. II- is e ui'.Hllf d to withdraw for AHjrust 29. Tne ship yard was .ipnd to the i ees tor the purpose of making fiesh advance i examination or uies ni.o ov aenve hmiium. Osir ilimiiou. The R;ehmor.d papers are very hopeful. Tn Ex tmiaei ;ys : Our po-itfou is of much batter profnisa than it was a to in nths s't'Ct?. Tne :$d voices the tiu'HM m.-)kes up n our soil ure m cti e. His U n1ij; up n In d-rertiiis pth. Jo Virginia in- r'rtiuls md ";"ls to -xtvnd h'u iripe, Jo thh (i ner puil.r- ' 'It C-'Ul'ediiracy, lie evu deuiU nas tif?rh reached thi limits of fea.ibl-, of r 'Kz"ai a a? ujq was is wiiuctut)U si the present moment, must have &orutthing ve ry much the matter with hi iiven We see no hope tor him, now '"that the season is oyer at the White Sulphur Springs, rgardir him as so far p,i f that it is hardly worth while to consult a doctor. There, are others, indeed, who seeing iit not precieve, and who hearing will not l.rarken. To these we cannot apply the same advice that we s.hooM give to the firt mentoued class, viz : to mt' their liver riunr. Ibev are of the class of Thnma, ?urram-d Duij mus tny.doubt of mabce aforethought the? ate delerusined not to believe, and believe the v;H not. Tney TrSrioble the infidel who re f us put laith in Noah wbn h preached the doming of tfe alue,T na who, eo mi ng to the ark and prav injr for admission, ratst-d his V J, -1 : CfenscVjpvCto 4our, excUeni n-tj Governor, was established near Morgan ton a bout two month ago, in charge of Capt. Janata C. JSIcKse, C. o. A. Its operations have been so use-ful and important that we are tempted embody some particu'ars that hsve, cme tirsi oui knowledge. . The first step fof th Cvra ; maniiiiii wasioootfiin inrormattou tr - ?er countv in trie 9th and lOtn C tia fesi . i iD'i W tiicts, preparatory to erifHtiiz.nff i s;V for ' Drinking in abSv'nte8 from toe army muj con scripts. ; ihe information collected shovvd tber 'whole country (to be in a ten ibh condition, itf hnvin become the .resort of deserters from eVv ery State in the Confederacy , Ir. one county W r'gularjy rj4aii:2d band f deserter and recti sant couscripts; in another almost al) the con i. chain high enngh above the encroaching ele- scripts still ai botne and great disaffection pre; ment to blaprme the flood, and declare that ' vailing; whilst in the border counties on the he did not beltete the raiu was anything more jothr side f the B ue llidgp,- exposed to incur. than a drizzle atier all. Tnu Yinkes are hard pushed for recru its to fill their army. Of tht there can he no d. nbt. The draft of 430,000 produced but the i-ir.th part of that numbtr. The coming draft of 600 000 will, in ail probibiiity, prjduc not a Jar-ijf-r proportion. The Ir'n-h and GermeU ele ment? is nearly exhausted. Xs a proof of it th1 'filt ers of the Li bv prison say that, vhore snns fro or Teunes-ee" tor:ej aed swarming vitb deserters rom every arm) of ours, open acts of vbden;e..vere dailj ecrnmitted, private proe erty carried lf, and evcn murder of peaceful andjoyal citizens committed. Affairs wer se bad in some sections that loyal men dared not lift a voice in favor of our government. Th Enrolling Officer in the 10th District was obliged to carry. an armed guard with him in s the majority of prisoners were formerly of I several of the counties. Capt. McRae has two 1 r.vL v.;is i.u tou mr an U'itu d-b:f vpvs'ls, which otherwise would not t e oei ;Mi'ed. dfiiiv.iv w i;h an intftllir?fit and rxperi- 13 tncuitif!? HM'lt'piy as he idw?riCes. His work in lh spring dl demand gr?ac- strength thai' - ha ypt put f:rth. Will he ie able tv F-Tj anO arrived at the yard at 10J a. m. Xn riot on thrf tcks was of the aame'dimen- s tne one pr viotisly buiU-. In lenth a- 1 .'J: 50 fft; forty feet bean.; :nd tWeoty ftst dep'h of ho d, s n aras cooid ue ju tgod b the eve. The stem is of oiS-d iron, I'bout those nation-ihties, now tney do not number more than a fourth, ir at the )ut a third. Tho genu in t Yankees beg ! ro come in quite iiefl. The Ii"ih aiid D" r: ar'lo-d of being shut at for thirty or for1,. vnts depreciated eurivney a day T6ey etjhsti d in great num bw- at the beginuic; f the war, because busi ness was at a stand, and they could find no oth er means of supporting existence. Now there is plenty ;f work ivA they can do 'better by tay ing at noa-e. The burthen of the war has fallen at last on t& Yankees themselves and! we have already sten how they relish it. in che sorir.i4'Kiid summer. voiunthry reciuits cannot te mtained. C.Miscripii m is dihut n(1 Hmiipr.iiK. ritiiy loir-oln is invested with such absolute powco as to fear no Tposi- correspondeat writes : IH'll, lt5 Will UJ HIU'CU H H'UIV p'JJU'rtl IY IW the P evidential election The army vvd! ba a Yankee Views of Charleston. The Herald's SIX or eint incnes tni'-K anu iweve or uocee mi i-.uifia n m ia m inrcai'vyv. j. u a uie. The bottom flit, wth a shght kee5, arv. sa,v1 ,o favor M('fe!ian 4s their candidate, tnii the screw usual, but protected in te. j and it wi'i be. la-igc-roui either ty suppress the conformation of th stri. Tn ram is a pr expivsioti ..f h-will, or t- r::t:.m them by jection of solid steel, of the same, thickness a ; f ue n dr Mie. s -tndard-. Tie qu-stiou ihottim unH fram si ic fr'nrht, fee, bevniiri tm-i oi jintaouuj streutiLh ol their ar.;.v i4 prpendiculur line, resembling nir nearly ho ihvrted ros. Wn-n the vessel float", this fir laidshle appr-dagj ?s below the water line, and invisible. - As the clock struck 11 the last block was knocked from under unci the vesel intved teadily nd gracefully into ne water. The English ensign was flvinf trorn a. spar at the trn post, and as the hu iff- the shed the French colors were raised ,i the stern. The nioniimtum acquired carr - o t.e vessel nearly across the Mersey, where i a? taken in tow T)y steam tugs and brought intot dockj beaide tlie first budt. There wer several UJies and entlenien on the launch, friends f the huitders tnd doubtless many repre.-antati f the so called Confederacy," cnz?ns and sympathisers. The other ram had her iron roasts, spar, iind J'gKng in place. The masts re tubular and be topmasts intended lo ba enclosed as a spy Ug. Th fore castle and poop deck are of boiier iron atsd ere calculated and arranged for fceinor shot away-in aetion. The bulwarks 8ro hung with heavy strap iinges, intended to be Ivered in aetion, so a?? to give clean, flush decks, and to facilitate the boarding of an adversary. There are two tur fets or towers about 'twenty feet in diameter nd ten in hight. They are placed partly a bove and below decks, are pierced for two heavy guus each, entered below de ks through ix man holes;, they are built of v.ry heavy boiler iron on the oulstde rd inside, and to be filled in with a foot's lhicness of wood, or some tore resisting material. Tney revolve on twenty four wheels, (similar to the small Wheels uf a locunibttv,' radiating from a cen he,) cm axels of wrought iron, U the circle of diameter of the turret. Th top of the tur rets and dck is protected' by thick iron. One f tht-ria is in the. rear of ti:e foremast, the other of the mainmast. Between the forward-turret i rnoke funnel is the pilot house, of an oc gv'nal form, (:f as the model of wood it place) bitmap .m.tttx ....ilf o'nhf lirklua janrt "i pr " 1 fo tf g the turrets; . v r : VVtiat thV-arrangetxistnts roy be for direcUntr e movement of tlie. vessel was hot ascertain aa co one except workmen were allowed on Maid, and 'the small size" of the pilot House ould hardly admitr6f a; wheel id-tUEacHjes has a owrf ur'ende oT.uetWfeeii'OQ antl 00 horse povei ?( The huli 'ofs ra? Dearest pipletion writ'of -heavy if on.xooev inch ia thickness, then a plaakiog f Uafe , wood. ;tune of of uimense importance; for if a Urge j.ar! oj i :e present army Jilt's out t -ervice, and .he io soriptiou is unproductive, all couque-t is at an end. The inva ion Mti die frirj inanition, and the war may bt prttaeted solely in the. final stageoi a et.iement of boundaiy. Th Whig obse v e : Meanwhile, the wot k hero goes biavly on. The tyrant is in the throe oi d.s-olutio. , He is closely hemned in at Chattanooga, where h was forced to tke refite tt eave himself froo annihilation. He wil sho, however, be com pelled to come forth and try the isue vi antth er cot 'Act, which is certain to envolve ruin fur him, or S ' k s.ifetv by vetreat? the consequent ces of -'hict .l be no h disstrou. In North.i Yu condition is still worse. Diajruc:ouil v reitvatioi to h:s den near the Capital, he is holly pursued by Lee with a giod prspect, as we hope, of beig over taken and punish d to the point of annihilation. At the other theatres of miner operations, his condition is no lyss hopeless ; and what s worse he has nothi-'g prospect but an almost total depletion in May nxt of what-ver remnant of his veteran army niay survive the pursuit ol Lee and Bragg's eie. Thivn douot, wii be a galling reflection to ' neutral" E igUnd, after so lavished an expenditure of partiality and kind offices upon ihe Yankees, in the fond hope th?t she would be requited on the day of victo ry, wh'ch Russell must have looked to as ulti mately certain. lie so-hoped, at least, and his abolition proclivities uVubtloss warmed up that feeling to the point of vertainty. , Our triumph would be a sad disappointment to him and his brethren of the Jl'JEmrHcipation Society1;" ' but he must swallow the bitter pill, and Seward will be in no attitude to comfort ". him. It is not improbable that. before -his chagrin'' reaches its zenith, w hich jt will, under the influence of our final success, be will get a foretaste of what awaits Britain in the futuroT.in the probable dis criniinatiiig action f the nextyCongress in be' half Ifrarice. "VVe doub not "that '-Congress will attest its appreciation of the course of Ithe iYernrh Eoiperor in respect to us, by some substantial concession. -This should bo -done as well out of regard to the JEmperor, as to fore close,-by timely action, the hopes which Eng land trdoubdly entertains of getting into , our good grace In iheifuture, by!l the ageocteiot iflVrigue andjdeceptibn ; X - ' r f AUtKGTON, Oct. 15. From what can be acrtained of the reil state of affairs at Charleston, the rebels have pfiVetuaily ci .sd the channel ta the city to our fl -ei. rest-rvii'V a passage, however, to iheir.own tat, t.tt.n ii.- fiotioier v( a catial, with a safety lock rfji.i.n 1 1 "lifiuy, The obstructors may ,fcu .' snei; a n it u. e as not to be removed bv companies which he has kept constantly cm ployed in reducing order out of chaos Tber were from 50 to 100 deserters in tber ruoun tains within 20 miles of his camp, mostly arm ed; He captured many of these, dispersed tber rest, and by shoeing that he was in earnest caused many more to report voluntarily. Squads of the latter, whom he found he could trust, he armed and sent bek to operate, in their own counties, filled up 3tsta companies of others of them to operate in the border ' coun ties, and raised a company of infantry and on of cavalry, from among th connptf The presence of Gen. Hoke and n's f rc at Wiikesboro besides its own nnir-diatt suo cess: was a powerful auxdlery to the opejution. ol Capti McKac; and the result so far has bees that up to the 15ih inst. he had sent to file ar my over 400 deserter and 200 conscript, b sides those he had retained for temporary ser- vice, and some captured in the extreme wVeat and sent direct Jy tov Bragg's army. Wilkes, . Yadkin and Alexander counties, are now among' the most loyal in the fctat?. It needed only the - o ,1 f . . .. . - any upr o i.uv ot our own, or of too lormida ! aPPearariee ol. frces,-. headed by delrmmi i.tr a imiu.'- to justify a hazardous attempt by j but kina and judicious men, to snow the offta our ir..i, i Uds to peuetrate further into the hr- i6 lbe error wf leir ways, and this h-ppily, bor, and within ange of the rebel guns. ' Uo-ib,aSibeen dooe botn hX Capt. McRae and bjr!r r tier these coco instances, the best engineering eu' Hrke and those in cuiumand under ; and Ptiii eir c -skill becmea necessarr on theni,,, Ahe prospect u that the wiiole raountam region will be thoroughly and speedily purged, aod the army t-ngthcned by thousands of good sold ? as v trut they will be ' S 9. i leern :hat Capt. McRae has' beeti for ',l ' moi.ths pjejline to the War Department 1 to ' I order U in to service in the field, but we submit J 1 part of ihe respective commanders of the' land nd water foic-e, to make a thoroughly success ful demonstration. upon Charleston. Such a re suit is not. considered doubtful, but time is ueo Hsvarily required for the consumption of their J plans. jto him that he is doing better service where ha The Ohio Election -: tbougU his 'abors are more arduous and with ADDRESS OF HUM. 0. L, VaLLaNDIGHAU Ouut any prospect of such a harvest of slotv as 10 THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. De?nocruts of Ohio : You have ben beaten by ytiat means it is idle now to enquire. It is enough that white tens of thousands of sol dier veie sant or kept within your "State or lit', neia inactive in camo eisewnere, to voia aga ot tht gallant soldier cau reap ok the field of bat tie. rom what we have beard we have no doubt he had an easier time while digging and fijrhting in Virginia than in his present occupa tion. The marches of his men. too, are extrem ely arduous, j ,To operate succes fully ibeir 't r A? i1 ; you, the Confederate enemv were marching u pi .movements must be quick and secret, so that oat stopping, over the roughest, country in th world. Fay. Observer. , , , ' , j ? i n the capital of yur country. You were beaten, but a nobler battle for coc stitutitKiul Itbertyand fe popular government never was fought by any people. -And your unconquerable firmness and courage,, even in the midst of armed military force, secured you those first of freeman's rights free fpeech and a free ballot. " Tht conspiracy of the fifth of May fell before you. Ba not discouraged J de spair not of the Republic. Maintain your rights stand firm to your . position ; never yield .. up your principles or yourl organization.' Listen not to any who would have you lower your standard in the hour of defeat. INj mellowing of your opinions upon any question even of policy,' will avail any thing to - conciliate your, pol i tica I foes..-. yJTh ey 3 e m an d n oth i n g I e s s t h a n an absolute surrender ojfjyuiir principles . .aud your organisations. ri Moreover, if. there r be any hope for the Constitution or liberty, it jis i the Dera ocrati c p a r oy , a I n e , a n d y o u, : fel low eitizens in a Ijttie. while longer, will see Jt. Time and events wii force, Jt upon al.ecpt those only whc profit by the calamities of their country; . ' ' .. . .; . ; j , I thinkiyou, one and, all, for your.sy m pat hies and your sufifragesf Be. assurecij;. 4that though .still in, exile for po ofTence but my political opin ion's and the free expression, of, their; tojyou , in peaebliP.pifSitoasembJy, tyou,wiU dind me l vt er pteWd tast, ip tfiose ppjnipns, and t, rue, $x, the (Oonitit utioji and"1 the. tate, iao d. wi n try, of ? my birth. ; ... ... Ui(L.. YALLASDPAiC. . . 4 4 .-I !ffcmht, doe qoI tatce ihcerfui iew V I VVr-6ct' U ' Mississippi. Gov. Pettus has isucf hit proclamation. or deripg that the next regular session of the Leg islatue nf Mississippi will be held in the town of C iumbus, beginning on the first Monday of the ensuing month. The exposed, condition of Jackson fa giver as the reason for des!inatlng (Columbus." and that it is wpIJ founded Vi'nJ all will adroit. Columbus js a large ':qdi-bixt',:il tiful town, and the accommodations for legists? rt tors. and visitors are superior lo those afTorde4 iiir n."t at any point m the State. f , . , . ;i' u lm It is also directed in the proclamation thtt -gij frcfm and after the last Monday of this month, , ' the seat f Government will h ertJp6rariIy're'' M moved from Macon to . Columbus. . : s ' v ;U Yo fo. t, ,:1tJ ,,. . ".),.lt" '. r. yX' I .i I 3.". f Warning Jq Shoemakers. - We learn that a skoa, ,..r maker in this bitj wis ""arraign d ra '-day ojr two;- f ago, for charging more tbian"75 pr cent profit" Jl The enrttllmg officer was call-tf irvahd ihare 1$ .'"f a prospect that the son of St Crfipin will -fbo xi6i be pegging Way at ' theYakee ;at eleyeft 4t0M . - 1 -L ' ; The-erlUor of the 0lumbas (Ga)'Saailic r; tto , Jjeen.showQ iiiatftj.ettfrivmbytya? tbeyv ofjMs-galjAZt officer, in which ha - statea that ihll the "Gouerar frill reco r ex1 frcm bia wounds.--- r e

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