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(,,iv \ ASi K.— The papers now iiued at Raleigh, the
Sj -fit of the Age and the Profrresi, award hif^h praist
iir (.lovernor for his pr^inpt and dccided interference
ii, ihe case of both the mobe in that city. And all the
r: ^n!^lion we have from other sources is to the same
Bill for his great moral and physical oovirrvge,
trinringlv employed for Pome days, it is certain that
: ^ mischief would have proceeded to a -^till irreal“r ex-
,nt Indeed it is not easy to imagine where it would
hRve -topped Jle had as little fear of the armed stran-
prr'^ JiH he had of the furious home crowd who under-
= ok 10 retftliat» for their outrage Ariiifd with the
r iu. '1y of the Law, which few otlVndern -ire so hardened
s- I l, fy in its very pre'^enoe. there was I'li.it in b=g
tin.fst el.qnonce—the eloquence that persuaJes and
c. nnnand* -and in his utter indifferrnce to danger of
any kind, that instantly stayed the bands of the delibe
rate and arrarently uximpasstoned Georgians as well
»• nf the excited and furious eitiiens’ mob Pprs''na!>y
h> svtnpathies were with neither of the raobs nor either
of the'.T victinis. Yet he interfered as promptlv and
,11 --i b d!y and effectually n fivor ^f the latter as if they
had been his dearest friends He saved from destruo-
tion a third printing ofTi'.'e whose la^t previous issue
had bitterly an! unjustly assailed him. And to induce
him to do this he ilid not need the beseeching appeal
wh’ch its proprietor is said to have made to him. His
generous nature w-nild have scorned to stand by and al
low even his bitterest ei-.emy to be wronged.
It is fortunate for the State, di^ubly fortunate for the
;'v : UaKijth, 'h.ii such a Governor, so competent and
». brave, so thoroughly respected as the officer and be-
>ve >»s the man. Wis thor* to persuade and threaten
With a weak or a timiJ man in his place, who 3an ima-
gin. the scenes of horror through which Raleigh, and
in*e»d the State, might have had to pas?* As the
--pirif of tHe ,\ge says;
•'To the etToris of Qov. Vance are we doubtless in-
■iebted for tho arrtst of mob vitlence in both instances:
an 1 'lir citizens cannot b" too grateful for his timely in-
'erfer^noe, preventing perhaps fire and bloodshed."
A Ti.mk T'= P.\i >:b.—The Raleigh spirit i f the Ape
say?;
• iru*;t that wc shall have no more ?ucb di.«grace
:'ai scenes in Ra’.eigh: that from this time all per.^ons
w;!! guard against everything, in fuhlishine and talk-
.Liit, »;culat‘ i to arouse ill blood and provoke strife
among our perpb . The liberty of speech and of the
presr belong to us. Let us firmly refrain from using
either for rai“chievous and dangerous purposes, as we
contei'd for their rights and extrcise And let all re
member. t! i' ‘a s.ift answer turncth away wrath, but
grievo>;: w.irds siir up anger.’”
Thir is admirable good sense. It had come to be a
ccrom 'n ren.ark. all over the State,—we mean no offence
and h 'pe none will be giv^n by stating what is in eve-
rjbod^ mouth—that the political propers in Raleigh
were political evils. Yet no mobs have a right to
abate evil- The interval of non-public.ation of three
of them will be wisely and happily employed in sober
rn’lect' >n upon the past, if it shall lead to the con-
^'..j-ljn at which the public long ago arrived, that
ihey h ive be«n sacrificing their own personal respecta-
■ lity. along with their own peace and the p?,ace of thp
'tate, by iheir course, and that it behooves them at
jnce te chanze that course If they shall be brought
10 a hetf-’r frnme of mind, their losses by the late out-
rige, grievous as they are. and d.>eply to be deplored
»ni C'^nUnineJ by all good citizens, will not have been
ia vain
Tii(. ExtcfTioN or Tkn Mks.—The Raleigh Spirit of
..e Age, mentioniog the execution of the ten men in
irginia, for the double crimes of de«erti»n and murder
of Aljutant Mallett, says:
‘'\^edo hope, the melancholy fate of these deluded
B]#n will be a warning to all others, and put a stop to
'be crime of desertion from the armf. (Mr blood runs
cold to think of the deep heart-anguish which their con
duct has carried to the hearts and homes of their loved
ones Th«ir names are disgraced forever, and around
-heir memories will forever linger a dark stain that can
never be blotted out. Let their fate also be a warning
’-0 wives, mothers, sisters, faih«rs and others, against
writing letters to their lovad ones calculated to make
them unhappy and dissatisfied in the army and cause
them to desert. They are in the army, and to abandon
their colors is a crime that involves heavy an! deerad-
ing punighmenr. an! they are almojt sure to be arrest-
‘d, sooner or later. Let relatives at home remember
he&e ttiiags. and beware huw tney act ia a manner cal
culated to induce iioldiers to desert.” .
The de«cription of the execution which we find in one
jf our esch.an^ta, is horrible. “Oh my poor moiherl
my poor mothrri" was the heart rending cry of one of
the offenders, as he knelt to receive the dea:h shot His
poor liiother! perhaps she was like the misguided wife
"hoBe original i«.ter we lately saw, telling her husband ,
to come bomo at onca, as they were about to have a
{■eace u;eeting in the neighborhood to end the war. And
he did come home—a deserter—and the avenger is now
after him. He too will probably be caught, or killed if
he sho'itJ 1 resist, and then wh»t will be the feelings of
thi: por.r wifel
We learn that recently in one of the Western coun-
a I-3?rtfr who was apprehet:ded in the very pre
tence of his wife, by tr.jops from Camp \'anct^, resis'ed,
and in ihe scuttle was badly shot in the shoulder. Sev
enteen others took the hint and forthwith cume in and
surrendered themselves to Capt. McRae, Commandant
ai that ctmp, near Morganton. Let others follow their
example, fur the outrages of deserters have become in-
'olera' ^ .
As I.si:iL>ENT AT OicTTVsuuRQ.—In the ()t>server of the
7th in^t., there was a n >tice of the death of the gallant
A Ij't Luv;»o ot i^h.irl^ittj who die 1 of wounds received
at Oeti>8burg. This called to the recollection of a
friend a sfatem'-nt receive i from tfome of the officers of
the 11th Keg’t (Bet tie!,; of ihe heroic conduct of Dun
can imerou VVaideil, of I’ittsboro’, then a private in
‘’ompany O, of sti'.d Keg’t. Adj't Lucas was the sev
enth man who b'jie the Hag: six had fallen, either kill
ed or wounded: when Luoan was #hot down Wnd.lell
trae near him and seized the flag while he stooped to
know if be coul i rci'Jer him any service; the reply was
“! can rise no mor* . 1 envy you the glory of bearing the
"‘‘f- '
1 n« notice in the observer of the 7th B.iy*-: “When
' ijcas Wis f'ho* down, another seizsd the flag and was
'-01 Thi- is ft mistake. Waddell bore it 50 yarila in
'r .T. )f the Heg't and piaiited it at a fence, to which
-tie Keg't never snivanced, being almost immediately or-
ter 1 to retire, but he escaped unwounded. Private
vy, who went sidft by side with him, icceivcd a severe
ind from which, if living, he must yet be sutferiug.
i ing W'uddell was soon after taken prisoner and car-
cried to Fort l>-laware, and after near a month’s con-
incment, be h an lately returne i, having b«*en paroled
with several hundred ottier prisoners For his gallantry
he rcceive'l the special notice of (’ol Leaventhorpe,
ani while a prisoner was elected by his (Jompauy their
ifi Lieutenant ia place of the lamented Lieut -McDade
of Chapel Hill Tho above, we are a.ssureU, may be re-
relied on. and forms an additional item of interest from
the bloodiest ot our harvest fields of glory.
(Uluwkll (joi NTv.—A business letter from a gentle
man at Lenoir snys:—
“By reference to the elections held in this county for
years past, you will see that the people of this county
were by a vast majority members of the old Whig party.
They were for ttie Uoion until Lincoin’s Proclamation.
After that time we were, as one man, for our rights as
a people, as a nation, as a separate government. There
are a few “faint hearted” among ui, and one of them
had the presumption lo write to the Standard that “nine-
tenths of as were for peace.” We are for peace, but not
such a peace as liiey wowdd giv« ua. With peaoe give
u lA(i«p«ad«ao« »a4
OUR SITUATION AND PROSPECTS.
From the Richmond Whig.
CommaBdcr M F, Maury, who has been for some
months past in England, superintendiag affairs of im-
Av Eloquent Appbal.—The colunns of the Observer
in the Spring and Sttmmer pf 1S61 show kow greatly w#
admired the eloquence and ability with which ths Ra
leigh Standard and its Editor, with pen and tongue, „ _
urged the people of North raralina to separate from 1 Confederate States, ha*“written a letter
Lincoln’s Governmont, unite with the CenfedevateStafnH August 17th, in which he
“ “«"»“^“ei..enieaeiate8tftte8, meets the #vil prophecies of those who desire the failure
and fight the yankees “as long as the foot of a federal
seldier rests on our soil.” Many, beside ourselves, will
recolUot the able articles of this character copied from
the Standard into the Observer of that day.
With no paltry motive of convietinf tho Standard of
inconiistcncy. we have thought it would be useful and
refreshing ’ to “the people” who hold the so called
peace meetings and denounce this war for life, liberty
and property, as unholy and wicked and brought on by
seceaeionists, to read what the StanJard thought of all
these things u-Am thert tatg yet time to pause. Ac
ingly we hav.', from time to time, republished s'
its s>iyiug8. \v.i we annex another article from the
Standard of April 18()l. .when it was urging the
people to separate from the North, unite with the South,
and fight out lt»i^ “just and honorable war ” Its appeals
were heeded, ard on the ‘20th May 18fil, its Editor,
with the unanimous approvil of our people, had Ihe
sati«factioT) of voting us into ;he war he had advocated
with so nmch zeal 'iiid ability.
But reail the appe'il. ye croa\er«, and iake fresh
courage. We “can no more be subjugated than tho
winds or the sea”
FrutH the Raleigh Standard, April 1!4, iStil.
• WE MUST fight;”
The proclamation of Mr Lincoln his left to the’peo
pie of the border .S;«tef. no alteruafive but resistance or
unconditional submission. The Scuthern maa who
would quietly aubniit !o the doctrine! enunciated in
that document, is fit ,nly for a plave. We do not go
behir l tbm ji' urc.i'nt, »nd it is n ‘'t our purnc.se to {ri*
it a: long :vs war .^lal’ hi-t We have la
bored for i .-nee on honir ible lerttis,—wf would hail it
n>'w, cn h'>uor:iMe with profound saiisfaotion;
but. much as we oi j vi'oate ^ar, u-iir mutt be'ticounterrd,
anJ must be ooufim;ed .as lonj as the foot of a federal
soldier ret-ts en our soil
It is tru’i :he odd-, appear lo be against us. The
i^rmy and u>»vy ^r,' in the bauds of the old federal gov
ernment. That government too has a name among the
nations. ’*- -> - - "
ofl'ensive
than
whi
rally _ _
has but a small army—indeed, no regular army—and
it has no navy. It has one government of seven St.ites,
unrecognized among the natioi^s, and eight separate
StAte sovernruenls making common cau8« with the for
mer. Btit though the odds are against us, ttiey are not
near s-o great as between Kngland and the colonies.
The slavehi’lding State* can l>ring into the tield one mil
lion of fighting men, as brave a« ever charged bayonet,
or drew sword These^nien can be supported by thosj
who remain at home, and by the labor of our slaves.
The South ran tupport -tnd lire trifhin itself. It can fur
nish itself with every article necessary for subsistence,
audit wants no luxuries at a time like this In addition
to this our people will tight for Constittitional liberty
against arbitr-iry power—for their homes and hearth
stones. and, it may be, for existence. Such a people
cannot be conquered They may be ov*-rrun—their
country may be laid waste, and their blool may flow
like water, but they can no more be “subjugated” than
the winds or the sea
People of Nona Carolina! a call h is been made for
volunteers. \ irgtnia and Maryland are encountering
the first burst of the storm Their people are roused
and ready tor action, but they must have aid. If we
would keep the battle from our own doors we must unite
with V'irginia, Marylaml, Keniucky and Teunes-=ee iu
oflensive operations ^ united and vigoroux demonstra
tion may lend to an honorable peace, but, faiiiug in that,
it will place us in jine with an aiequatc force to sustain
our sister States The ('onfederate States will perform
their whole duty. The legious that conquered at !’>uena
\ ista, Cerro Gordo, Contrer*s, a* 1 l.'herubusco, will
soon turn their faces n.ir;hward to unite their etl'orta
with their allies of the border States. The constituted
authorities of the State have ciUed: let our ciiTzen *01-
diery answer. They u ill! One heretofore for pe tee and
the Lu’on Ci'mes forward to say to you that this is a
just and honorabla war It is a war wnich couid not
have been avoided. It has been force! upon us We
must tight! Prove yourselves Worthy of those who fought
an?fell at the .Alaman-e and Kine’s Mount lin, and of
thi^'se who. surviving, toile i aud sutfer*rd through a seven
years' w »r Fanaticism and unjust power are on oife
side —"God and our native land” are on the other. And
may He who rules in the aruiios of heaven, and who dis
poses of men and nations, nerve every arm for the bat
tie and rive victory to those who are struggling for all
they hold dear.
Robkson Cor.STY.—A friend adds to a business letter
on the l')th inst.: —
“There is nothing of interest transpiring in this part
of the State. Ttie crops will fall quite short of last year 's.
“The people in this (.\'.f3rd8ville) district, where W’hig
pri'.'ciplea alw*ys prevaile-1, have been and are yet as
true as steel to the Confederacy. There has not been
a deserter from this distri.a since the war commenced,
although it is a very large district. Nor have I known
of a single con-jcript taat ii'^d to be arreattd and forced
otr.”
[Hurrah for Alfordsville distriot! Almost as long as
we can remember nearly every family in the district has
read the Observer. We have reason therefore to be
proud of it It is true that it was once charged (slan
derously of course) with carrying its Whig principles a
little too far—farther than was ever taught by the O'j-
?erver. It was in the Harrison campaign of 1810, we
believe, when the exeitement ia favor of “Tippecanoe
and Tyler too” brought out ail the voters and so swelled
the usually unanimous Wliig vote as to give rise to a
story that sunUry Wnigi-sses had lor the nonce donned
tiie Dlosmer costume, marched up to the polls and de-
poeitei Jennie Suiith's vote in the name of John Smith,
and so on As we have said, the story was apocryphal,
unlike that one which came to ut about the same time
from “Caintuck” or ‘ Holly Shelter,” in New Hanover,
where the poll keeper refused a vote because he had ex
amined the Revised Statutes and could find no law au
thorising a Whig to vote!]
Anuther LiBEutL Man.—We are informed that Ed
ward Spearman, htq., of this county, has sold 1800
bushels of corn during the present eeason at 351 50 a
bushel, preferring tha: price from his neighbors at
home whot-e uatural protectors are in the army, to four
times as muca in this market. He has sold liaoon at
correHpon lirig prices. Our informant says he does not
know whetl.cr .Mr. Spearman will like to see the fact in
print. We c-iii’t help iLat The world is entitled to
tho benc'tit of his e.\anipt«
We hfar also of other,- who have pursued a like patri-
otio course, but have not tbi particulars, viz; David
Murphy, Erasmus H. Evans, and JohnC. Smith, of this
county, and b'urijulifird Sioith of Harnett. If our cause
succeeds, of which we h;\.ve never doubted, much of the
credit thereof v-ili be due, under tJ ^d, to men like these,
who have souls above the mere conteniflation of ihe
“almighty dollar.”
[I’LIUil.SIlKli IJY IliXibK.ST.J
HtADyl ARTKttS, 10th Rkc.'t (^rtillkry) C. Troqi-s,
Goldsborougb, N C., Sept. 12th 18t);j.
CIRCULAR.
With profound feelings of regret, the Lieut. Colonel
commanding announces to the Regiment and I’ost the
death cf Colonel Jamks A. J. liRADFOHU.
He died, in the sixtieth year of his age, (more than
thirty six of which had been spent in his country’s ecr
vice,j on Monday tne ”th inst., in the town of Fityette-
ville, N. C., whituer be had gone, three weeks previous
ly, in the vain hope of recovery from a protracted ill
ness of several months’ duration.
In the death of Col. Bradford, the Regiment has suf
fered an irreparable los?*; but it is a cheering thought
to know, that his last days were spent among those en
deared to him by the a.^sociations of many years, who
tenderly ministered to his dying wants, and performed
for him the last sad rites of trieudship.
‘ He sleeps his la^t steep, he has fought his last bat
tie;” but the remembrance of his manly qualities and
noble Roman virtues will long live after him.
STEPHEN L> Pool, Lt Col. Com’g Heg’t
of the Confederate caui>e, by the assurance that “so far
from the praspects of the South locking ‘blue,’ they
were never brighter.” He recalls attention to the fact
that the enemy hold the aggressive and we the defen
sive side of thij struggle. For uh therefore to save our
selves from being overthrown and subjugated is to win
the victory. They mnst conquer us cr fail, and failure
in this sole object of the war is defeat. In this view,
it matters but little if the enemy win battles and take
cities, or make aJvances into our territery; for so long as
we can keep up resistance, we are defeating th''m. our
failure or inability to resist longer being the only thing
that can entitle them to claim to have succeeded. The
Xoal questien thon is not whfther we can be subjugated
~-\^ody believes that possible—but whether we will
^jfl^^one but the most besotted of the enemy be-
liwe T^^Mj^ible W« have but to keep up re»istance;
in the interti^if compelled to fall back from the coast
and the borders; along the mouMains if driven from the
plain?; by few if unable to oommand many; and time
itself,.will conquer the entmy. They ciniiot afford to
keep^gether the armies nece»8ary to hold the places
already taken, and push on their aggression. Their
indebtedness is already enormous and the bubble of
their credit is even now savfd from sudden and final
collapse only by deceptions statements, and the arts of
“shinning” and “kiteing,” with which Yankee financiers
are familiar.
But there arc causes which, as Lieut. M. shows, will
coHe in aid ef time, and must bring the struggle to an
end sooner than exhaustion of itself would. Among
these are disaffection and a growing pence party amoeg
themselves—a better knowledge there of the character
and legitimate powers of the Federal Government and
of the rights of the States—a growing conviction of the
final hopelessness of the undertaking—the pressure of
foreign opinion, .'to , &c. To thesis causes Lieut. M.
adds another of a more imiuediute and pressing charac»
ter, which we aln w him to state in ui» own language:
‘•The fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson was, accord
ing to those who are stirring the Northwestern people
up to war, to opou tho way lo market for them. Every
English houfc in the .Americau traUe knows that the
breadstufls of Oiiio and th« Northwest ha»l, for years
before the war, nearly ceased to pas by New Orleans
on the way to maik.-t abroad. They went up to the
lakes, and so, via C'tn:4l and rail, to Bjston and N
has been ttie grand grain market of ttie West, ar.d, ex
cept London, it is the greatest in the world?
There vas on the lewer Mississippi .a large trade in
breadstuffs and prorisions from the States *bove. The
trade was chiefly with tho planters of the Sctilh Hut
they have been lespoi!ed. their j lantatiors Inid wa.«te,
thfir stock taken away; their houses burned, and they
;he:nselves banietied. In short, those fighting farmers of
he upper Mississippi are likely soon to find eut that it
is Lincoln and his lieutenants an I nobody ■ Ise. who
baa killel their goose of the golden eggs. Those ’cute
“Buckeyes, ’ “Suckers” and “Housierii,” r.,s the deni
zens of Onio and her sister Slates are called, are bound
before loug to discover thi«. And will the discovery be
more likely to inc’ine their hearts to peace, or to revive
in them the war fervorT Not the latter cernunly.
This digappo'ntment will come upon the farmers with
redoubled force by reason of the tiuancial bearings 'here
of thfl abundant harvest ia Europa This is a point of
view upon which I wish you would dwell with me for a
moment
Beiore ttiis war the South sent annually to England
sotiie twflv.’ or fifteen thou-4and ship loads of stuff con-
-i'ling chicfly, >ks is well known, of cotton, rice, t ibacoo,
naval stores -lud ihe like. The war pul a >*t ip to all
this But since the war the crops have been short un
til now. so s.'iort as to gtve employment to nearly the
whole fleet of ships in bringing meat and bread to your
people from the Norrhetn States. Njfwithstanding the
withdraw.il from its regular business of the immen.-e
amount of shipping which wa- required wnunall; o get
the southern crops to market, and not with>t iudin/ the
luss to commerce of that trade, neither the cusioia
house receipts of the natii^D, nor its shipping interer-t.s,
nor its dock revenues, show any correspouding fikUiiig
ofl in its great business of fc^ctiing and carrying by sea.
The receipt from toc Liverpool d.)cks. from the Bristol
docks, and frum ail ttie docks on the island, show larger
figures this year than ever betore. and that in despite of
the vefy cousiderable reduction in the r-ite ot charges
Now this shows plainly enough that while the trade
of the South has disappeared, it has b>* n ma le up from
olber quarters, au j mat more sbips have b»en dock*d
in Liverpool and other British ports, siace they lo!»t
the Southern trade, than ever before. And tt is ac
counted for in this way. By a rather singular coinci
dence, it so happened that as the markets of the South
were shut otf trom the world, the harvests of France
and England tell short, and the cotton ships were re
quired to fetch bread from the North. As a cotton
freighter ligm the South, the same veasal could not
carry more than two cargoes a year, but as a provision
ship from the North she could make five or six trips
Thus dock receipts were increased. .Moreover, ham
and eggs, butter ani ckcese, meat and breai, paid
more duties than cotton, and thus custom house re
ceipts were also enlarged Thus, notwithstanding the
shutting up of the Mississippi, which the northwestern
farmer did not use for sending his grain to sea, your
short crops opened a market for him in which he did
get something for his grain, and by reasoa of wiiich the
North had wherewithal t« pay for importations. Hence
the Yankees, profiting by scarcity here, have not felt
the war as grievously as they are about to do
The full tiarvest here, in Ireland and in France, and
the like of which had not been known f.ir many years,
will mightily reduce the cora trade of the North. It is
already a losing business, and the grain which is to
come will be in the categery of coals to Newcastle.
Hence I infer that, notwitkstanding the opening of
the Mississippi, the Northwentern people will find a
poorer market than ever for their corn. With the fall
ing off of this trade, the New York merchants will be no
longer able to pay otf their British creditors in grain;
they w:ll, therefore, have to pari with their gold; it
will go up, and “greenbacks” will oume dawn, and lo
wake a voice from the lower levels of society that will
be trumpet-tongued for peace. To smother that voice,
even now Mr. Lincoln has to keep an armed force uoi
only in New York and Kentucky, bat in Ohio, Indiana
and other States He is even now marching one up in
to Iowa, to pul down there a cry for peace. He i? like
ly lo have occupation for all the recruits his couscrip-
tion will give in keeping down his own people.
Never Were the chances of the Sou'h brighter. All
that we have to do is to maintain the de'ensive, watch
our ohances, and strike whenever there is an opportuni
ty for a good stroke, either witu the sword or with the
pin.’*
FOR TUE OBSERVER.
Messrs Editors; — I have been making a raid into the
upper regions of our good old Slate, and the things
there seen ami neard will no doubt betigreeable to you-
intelligent readers. Your correspondent left hia (juiet
home bent on the good of his couuty and the dear inte-
rewtd of a. few of hiM ili-itr»-ss(‘J friendH lie went lo
Luurinburgh and having quiet iy iiiounteJ the iron tiorse,
he turned his face to the tiill country. He soon arrives
at “103” Depot, which is tht; upper ono on the W C.
A K R Road. Hera th« uiAf^e being In waiting, he
got aboard and had the j>leasuro very soon of finding
him-elf in Rockingham. H^re, as is usual, at the Hotel
of his friend Maj. Long be met with good entertaiument,
ami a bfd withal In the moruiug, hav'ng combed his
ramp worn locks, he went down lo the factory and gat a
buuch of thread for which be pail He then took
the stage to Wadesboro’, which, by the way, is a quiet
happy place. The most noticeable matter about town,
is Ihe Tsnnery. Here good sole leather can be bought
for oO per lb , while 'P.inneries iu the neighborhood
are charging for an article by no meuns equal. Thus
may we, in a brief space of country, mea-uire the spirit
of our people. Thus it is tUe just, and unjust live in
close proximity—and yet the rain descends alike upon
both.
From this place wo «iuit the four hoi ae stage, aud de-
^cen led one degree to a two irorsn hack, for .\nsotivlle
We stopped at Bennelt’fl House for the night, and pro
ceeded next morning for Salisbury. On the way we
noticcd iu m >nt place.- that tho crops were very promis-
uig noliwiihstaudiug the drought prevailed over this
section for tho last several weeks. The wheat crops
were reported to have been excellent all up iu these
counties. Speculators do not say so, but your corres
pondent knows. Altiemarle, on tiie route, is a pleasant
little place. Gold Hill is also quiet little town. Here
they rwn ponderous machinery and make an aHuniance
of copperas and blue stone, bot‘i of 'xcJil' nt quality, .tini
sell at the rate of |>1 per pound On this route your
correspondent had au opporiunity of conversing with a
very iatelligent young lady from Mobile, Ala , 0!i her
way to her relations in the up country.
owns and villages. I found Gov. Vance—the brave,
true-hearted patriot, the'able and far-seeing slafesman,
at the place where the country-lovinjf public servant
ought often (o be—at his desk We found him, too, will-
ing to hear and conver«e upon the grievances of the
humblest of his countrymen—willing to propone means
and suggest measures for their welfare—and we left
him lewing as we felt at the ballot box, only with re
doubled force, that he is the man for the people
Hoving gone through the journey, your correspon
dent. of course made all speed home, for there his heart
was
lour correspondent being a man of great knowledge,
and haying yet a little spungy paper at his desk, would
fain philosophize. He would take occasion to say, that
he ii a great lover of his country and that he will do no
thing or say nothing that is not actuated bv the purest
motives
iour correspondent noticed that the up eountry is
peopled with an 'ntelligcnt and higb-niinded people,
fixed in their love for their c-untry—iBd . qnally fixed
in their respect for freed'in of speech and of the press
The “Tithing law” in by no means as odious to the
up-country people as I was led to suppose from the
newsp^iper accounts The people look upon this as a
ncce^'i’ary evil—one of the legitimate fruits of the war.
I will bring lay «oatt?ring remarks to a close, by an
allusion to the principal “bone of contention” in the
upper counties *Thi9 I find is soldiers' wages. They
say, and wi^h truth, that every thing has goue up but
their Wages. they say they cannot stand it. Their
families are suffering—Iheir affairs running to waste.
Some paroied cavalry soldiers were on the cars They
said the horses ri>ey started with W(#e taken by the
yankees aud they were for home on a thirty days’ fur
lough to furnish other horses, and report in that time at
Headquarters or b.' considered deserters. And some of
them say, if they sold every thing they had it would not
ge-t another horie, at present prices. And alihougb they
love their country, they claim also to love their fainiUes.
Now. my conclusion from these facts is, that soldiers’
Wages ought to be raised, or evil consequences may en
sue. Home is whal makes country dear It is for the
welfare cf the deat' ones at home, that many are willing
to riiik “their lives, their fortunes and their sacred ho
nor.” The Ooverument must not be small to its defend
ers or “woe is unto us as a people.” The soldier is not
to be blamed in regard to the welfare of his family—his
wishes for it—his determination for it. Who, on his
return from the hardships aud toils incident to life, can
see his tender partner, in all the confidence of joy and
lovp, place he" hand.s gently upon his knees and gaze
confidingly upon him, without hearts welling emotion
and a determination that all shall be well wiih her and
the innocent ones depending upon him for subsistence
and life itself at whatever hazard? Our Government
tiust see to it, that soldiers’ wares are raised, or a’.I
honest men may fear for the consequences—as sure as
there is truth iu a SCOTCH BOY.
(fur Prisoners at the North—The Rappahannook cor-
respendent of the Examiner writei.—
“A membitr of the First Marylaid cavalry, who was
taken prisonsr ia Pennsylvani;., and has juyt effect«d his
• scepe from fort Delaware, brings some painfully inter-
c»tii;g p.irticiilars respscting the condition of our prison
ers c.'nfiued there, uumbenag upwards of five thousand.
Two hard crackers twice a day, together with four
cuuiea of putrid meat, aad a scaat supply cf water, of-
TecsiVely »(agaant, constitute the fare of these un'aappy
Mien The pri«on disdipline is brutal and rigorous, and
of ccurse, in these circumstances, with no attention paid
lo cleanlinefi, and the fort crowded to suffocation, the
mortality amoug the priisaerg is very great.
• Of those receutly coufined in the fort, at leait 1,000
have taken the oath of allegiance to the Yankee Govern-
me!it From these, General Schooff, the commanaant
ot thtt post, has organized a battalion of cavalry fer the
Uuited^StateS*i5ervic;. He excludes from this orga«iza-
tiou, which uumbers now about 5,U00 men, evory
prisoner who has a wife, or child, or property in the
•''outii Those who are thus aituated, are accepted a*
guards for the prison, and in that capaoiiy they exceed
the Yaakees themselves ii. harshness and severity to
wards iheir late compaciions
“All the arts of persuasion and purchase are used lo
^;educe oar men from their fidelity, and failing in these,
no enor.iiity of outrage is loft uuperpeiraied.
/.'• 'frtera Captured —.\i> organized band of deserters,
uumbeiing sixij “r i»veuty, was captured in Franklin
county, Va, a rew dtys ago, by Capt. Ridgway. the
Eur illiug Otlicer of mat county, and his guard, assist
ed by :-otue oitizaas. L'uder the lead of an escaped con
vict, natued (i^todson, the deserters had commenced
pillaging and robbing the people, breakiaj open Houses
and committiug other depredations, preparing for winter,
by layiDg in supplies of provisions and clothing It is
said that they ha«l actually erected in the uountains a
sort of fort in which they designed to defend them-
Belveii, it aU&okel, 4,^aiUat all auihorii.v', oivil **r mili
tary. But their career has been brought to a close.
hiehmond Whig.
A Ueavij Loser.—EJmuad McGehee, Esq , about
eighty years of age. residing near Baton Rouge, La.,
hao been stripped of his immense property by the yaa
kees. He owned 3,200 slaves and twenty-seven cotton
aad sugar plant .lions, including a cotton factory, which
was worked by 300 of his own hands. A railroad thirty-
one miles long, leading to his factory, had been con
structed by himseli', with a sufficient rolling stock. All
the negroes except at^out oue hundrel have been taken
off by the Federals, his factory ruined, all his planta
tions desolated, his railroad torn up, and about 5,000
bags of cotton burnt by the orders of Mr. McGehee to
prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. His loss
in negroes and cotton alone it not less tnan $G,000,tX>0
MAKKIKII,
la Fayetteville, N. C., Sept. 17th, 1863, by the Rev.
Jo*. 0. Huske of the Episcopal Church, R. H. GLASS,
Eq , Editor of the Lynchburg (Va.) Republican, to
Miss MKIA S.aNDFOKD, daugtiter of John W. Sand-
ford, Esq. of Fayetteville.
Wilmington, Raleigh and Richmond papers please copy.
In Tarborough, on the l®th inst., by Ex-Gov. Henry
T. Clark, Esq., Mr. D.iVID JONES, of JJlarr’i Light
Battery, to Miss CINDERILLA SAVAGE.
DIKD.
At the Dobbin House, in Fayetteville, on the 13th
inet., after a brief illness, M.\.OGHE U.iWSON, daugh
ter of Eli W. and Margaret J. Hall, aged 1 year and 8
months.
At Tuscawilla, Henrico county, Va., on Friday even
ing, 11th inst., aged nearly six years, THOMAS HKN-
RY TAYLOR, son of Capt. Matthew Page Taylor, of
the C S. Ordnance Corps, and tie adopted son of Col.
and Mrs. Thos. H. Ellis.
In Wilmington, N. C , on Thursday, Aug. 27ih, 1803,
at9] o’clock P .M., Mrs. CAROLINE AMELIA BROWN,
wife of R F. Brown, Esq. of Wilmington.
Mrs. Brown wa.s born >u Fayetteville, N C., where
t herpent tho first twenty-five years of her life, since
'vhicitime she has resided in Wilmington, and was
esteemed by all who knew her, a cousisieni member of
the Protesiaut Eo'BCopal tihurch.
The death of t'ns estimable lady will leave a void
in many hearts, for she wi« extensively known and
loved; but to her fond husbacd and children the blow
will fail with gr.^at aeveri'y, for they knew her great
worth, her sacrificing and self-denying spirit, her many
virtues.
h'oT the last (wo years her health has been gradually
giviug way, an i fro;ti.'ully she suffered gruat pain, but
she it all without a murmur, and when the droad
hour of her departure tirew nigh, she was calm, oom
posed, and resigned, aud said “I kmw in whom 1 have
believed. Fattier in:o thy hands I commend my spirit.”
Her walk iu life was truly that of a Christian. Her
many acts of kiudness to the j>oor, her sympathy for
thoss in distress, her gentleness of disposition and sin-
ctTtty 01 ;naouer, envit ared her to all who knew -her.
1: Hhotild ever bo a pleasing reflection to her bereav
ed hu?band and children, that she is “not dead but
sleepein,” ihat she who was nearest and dearest to
th.MU has only “gone before.” sleepeth in Jesus, forever
to dwell with him, aud commuue with those loved ones
in her new and harpy home around God’s throne.
Then weep nor for her, but strive to imitate her ex-
eint'lary Christian charaeier, and when death shall sum-
dmu u3 to appear at ti.'C ju'ij;iiient seat of God, may we
he pr.'pared tor.‘coi7e that hle^fed unctiou from ou high,
“Ccm>: ye bles.sed of tny Fath'‘r, inherit the kingiom
prepared for you from the f,)uudation of tho world. En
ter thou into the joys I thy Lord.”
Hi-r deeply afllicte.,! sisters and brotherp will fully
realize, that, in the lose of their dear sister, the key
stone of the arch whii?h ftoiuid them together as a family
has forever fallen. God iu his mercy grant, that as
each successive member composing that circle sliall be
•Jiirumoui'd to appe.ar before the great tribunal, they
may bi; abi»« f.^ way with her, “Thy will be done, O
Lonl ”—>!orri.
I THE BURSTED BLAKELEY GUN.
I We have already announced Ihe bursting at Charles-
i Saturday morning, of one of the mammoth
I PtJOS At the fine of r.ritii:^, no particulars
of the affair had reache ) us, hut from all we know of
. such ordnance, we think it likely, that the catastrophe
j was brought about by an p.l'.?nipt (o wake A long shot-
j * which should astorif-'i the vankees\and throw
, the ^rformance of iheir heaviest pieces into the shade.
ihese guns were never designed for this sort of prac-
; t ice, and (hey cannot i-fand it They are fashioned ahd
I «*8'gned for direct shots at short range, when the weight
I of their projectiles will crush irresistibly throuA earth.
, stone, or iron; the turret of a monitor would be caved in
« n k u completely as a tall silk hat
would be crushed by a blow of the fist of a strong man
But he barrel of the gun must bo horizmial or the
muzzie depressed. Even in a horizontal positien the in
ertia ofti-e bolt and the friction to be overcome cause as
mijch slr.ain on the sides of the gun as any attainable
thickness of metal can withsianl. But the muzzle be
ing elevatf d. say fifteen degrees, which ia necessary
when a great range is to be att.ained, the immense
weight the bfilt, from five to seven hundred pounds,
is suftcr.'uj d to tho alrealy great strain npon the
sides, an j the bursliiig of the piece is a matter of course.
This fact is -Fctl known in England and among our sci
entific na\- 1 i;ien
It will be recollected that the Yankees burst their
three bundrt-.l pound parrot gun at the fifth shot, with
its muzzle up, while* throwing shell from the centre of
Morris Island int'i Charlestou, a dist.jiDce of about five
inilks. In the entire absence of knowledge of tho facts,
if will be borne iu miad, tbat we merely suggest the
elevation of the muzzle as the cause of the burtting; we
assert nothing. It is possible that the gun or the pow
der may have been b.ad.
While speaking of this gun, it may be interesting to
our readers to know something ^f the powder used in
firing it. The grains vary in size from the bigness of
a damson seed to that of a peach stoue, aad look like ir-
regular fragments of unburuished ebony. There is no
thing about their appearance to indicate the quality of
the substance. W’e are informed by tbg scientifio that
this powder is made on the principle of what is known
amongst boys as a “spit devil,” that is, it Is so mixed
at not to explode all at once like the fine grain powder,
the inertia of the bolt being so great that an instantane
ous explosion of the whole chafgc would burst the gun;
but the ignition of the charge being gradual at first,
the ball is started without any great strain on the rifles
of the piece, and (it is contended by the friends of great
guns) is always successfully launched ou its mission of
destruction —Rich'd Exam . \bth.
I'rtm Virginia.—Ricumond, Sept. 16.—The fight on
tho upper Rappahannock on Sunday ieems to have not
extended beyond the bounds of a skirmish, and was not
porteniive of a general movement on the part of Meade’s
army, or any considerable portion of it The force of
tho enemy tkat crossed at Starke’s aad Kelley’s Fords
did not exceed two regimenta of cavalry, several pieces
of artillery, and a few hundred aharpuhootiiig infantry
Our forces fell back. At Braniy Station ih>s force en
countered Gen. W H F. Lee’s brigade of cavalry, and
the brigade, after fighting some lime, fell back farther,
aa 1 the skirmishing was kept up through the afternoon
Our forces took 25 priseners, and killed and wounded
as many as they captured, it ia thought. Our loss is not
over 25 men altogether, killed, wounded and missing.
Beyond the above, passengers by the Ceutral train
last evening could give but few particulars The ene
my had occupied Culpeper C. H., and hold that portion
of the Orange atd Alexandria Railroad It was also taid
a demonstration was making, as ihough the enemy in
tended te throw a force across the Rapidan, at a p.iat
■at mentioned.
Latea; accounts represent tho enemy as haying retired
again across the Rappahannock. Uur forces bu.d fallen
back some miles is the directiea of Gordonsvilie
The Fredericksburg train brought no newf whatever
from the lower Rappahannock, and the report mat the
omaipresent yankee had appeared in force near Fal
mouth is not confirmed. They were, however, stretch
ed along the Warrenten or Swamp roaJ, tA'.ling back,
it was said Such is the situation —Ezaminer.
Richmonu, Sept. 15 —In the tight at Bran4y Station
Sunday, Gen. Stuart lost twof)iece8 of horse artillery.
The enemy has advanced to the Rapidan, and skirmish
ing was going on :UI day yesterday between cavalry and
sharpshooters. All quiet on the Rapidan to-day. We
lost but 23 killed and wounded in the artillery duel at
Riccoon Ford.
From Southwestern Virginia.—The Lynchburg Repub
lican, of Monday, states that a courier from Tazewell
Court House to Colonel May, commanding a bjdy of
our troops on their way to a junction wita Gen. Wil
liams’ command, informed him that a body of about 400
of the enemy, who h*d been in Wyoming for over four
weeks, had reached Burks’ Garden, in Tazewell county,
and had sent out scouts oumbenug fifty or sixty man,
who passed through the Court Houee iu the direction of
the Valley, armed only with Colt's revolvfi-s *Their
object seemed to be to gather horses and to watch our
forces. Tbey, however, had returned to the main body
at Burks’ Garden, where they were encamped. The
whole body of citizens have turned out to repel the in
vaders, and without drawing a single man from this re
gion, there is force enough, with the assistance of ar
tillery now posted at a proper point, to whip them back
or to capture the whole concern.
On the other hand, the Virginian says that the news
by the Western train Saturday evening was of rather
an uafavorable characier. The enemy was supposed to
be advancing towards the Virginia line, and a good
deal of-alarm was said to exist among the people of
Southwestern Virginia. It was deemed prudent to re
move the deposits of the Banks at Abingdon to Lynch
burg.
From Charleston.—Charlbston, Sept, 14.—The ene
my is perfecting hie arrangements for a permanent oc-
cupatioii of Morris Island, and has erected a telegraph
along the whole length of the Island, and it converting
Battery Wagner into a powerful work, enlarging the
bomb proofs, etc. The Yankees fire occasionally from
Battery Gregg on boats pljiflg ia the harbor. A Yan
kee reconnoitering party, including a Chaplain, Lieu
tenant, telegraph operator and a negro soldier, were
captured Saturday ou the Savannah Railroad, below
this city. Tney had tapped our wires, endeavoring to
obtain Information, bui got none. Slow firing contin
ues this mornikg, mostly from our batteries.
Charlbston, Sbpt. 15-—Weather here is variable,
and the equinoctial gale is daily expected. The enemy
is building a telegraph line from Tybee Island and
Fort Pulaski, along tne Carolina coaet, to Cummings’
Point. Our batteries continue to annoy the enemy oc
casionally. No other firing heard.
She reports i
Explosion.—We learn that one of the buildings at the that the citizens anticipate no danger ot the city; and
poT?der mill near this city, was blown up and destroyed tbat the Alabamians are cheerful and hopeful,
by an explosion on Monday night, but we have hot been Salisbury is a neat and beautiful place,
able to learn any particulars, further than that the ao~ I Your correspondent having concluded his mission to
oidont will not atop th« oper^oQ of the mill. I this place, took the train on aa tspeoial errand to
? lUiflC Xh« w«4 «aUT«M4 b/Ui«
"^PHE Firm of Si'ED.MAN .V H>RNE was dissolved by
X mutual consent on the let day of May 18*>3 All
those having clairaa agamat the firm will please present
them f»r payment. All t^ioee indebted to me firm will
please call and settle.
N. A. STEDMAN.
W. X. HOENB.
S«pk 10,1843 64-4t
From Georgia.—Atlanta, Sept 14.—Advices from
the front state that Gan. Bushrod Johnson aud Gen.
Forrest were Bkirinishing with the enemy near Dalton,
on Friday. Gen. Forrest was slightly wounded, bat
is still iti the sadlle. The Vank.>cc’ advance was at
Tunnel Hill Friday night. Our forces are couoantrat-
ing to meet them. Itisreporteii ihat lien. Wheeler had
a skirmish near Lafayette on Friday, but tue enemy
being too strong. Wheeler fell back. On Saturday
Buckner took three hundred prisoners at McLemore’s
Gap. A general engagement :a thought imminent.
From the Norik.—Richmond, Sept. 15 —Flag of truce
boat arrived at City Point to day bringing three hundred
paroled aud convalesceut prisoners, aud Baltimore pa
pers of Saturdai’ afternoon A Telegram from Fortress
Monroe announces an arrival t'rora Charlwston liar with
advices to the ninth. The only allusion to the repulse
of the attack on Fort Sumter is that a small baat expe
dition leti the squadron on the t*igbih to atorm Pon
Sumter which^was repulsed with a loss of a number
killed, wounded and taken prisoners.
If is reported that Burnside has tendered his resigna
tion.
New Orleans dates of the 5th say iRc whole army of
the Gulf are in motion; destination not stated.
General Grant, while attending a review, was thrown
from his horoe and injured internally, lojuries not
dangerous.
The City of Manchesier, with European advices fo the
Sd, says it is reported that the French Cabinet had under
debate the expediency of recognizing tho South, but no
decision was arrived at. Some French Journal recom
mends the seizure of the Florida at Brest.
.Exchange Noticc.—The following Conisderafe officers
»ud men, captured at Vicksburg. .Miss . July 4. lHi;3,
and subsequenily paroled, have btea da 13' exchanged,
and are hereby so d>?clared; *
1. Tue officers and men of Gen V. L. fiteveuson’s
division.
2 The olBsers and men of Gen. Bowen’s division
3. The officers aud men of Brig. Geu. Muore’s bri
gade.
4. The otlicers and men of the 2nd Texas RegimcBt.
5. The oflic’rs aud men of Waul’s Legion
G. Also, all Confederate offi« rs and .nen who have
bt-en delivered at City Poibt a' any time previous to
July 2.>th, 18ti3, have been duly exi'*ia0(r-.l, and ar
hereby eo declared. H^O OULD.
•Agent of Kx;hangi»
Railroad Acr.ident.—Marietta, S 'pt. 14 —The trniu-
from .Atlanta yesterday m>iruifcg ran oflf he track two
miles above here No damage was done, but ttie trains
were delayed, and running out of schedule time, collid
ed with a special train last evening, near Etowadi, kill-
utg some fifteen soldiers utd wounding forty. The paa-
tnift b(m AtUpU Uua moaioK u
The Old Issue.—Both Houoes of the General Assombly
ave pa.^sed an act authorizing the reception of all is
sues of Confederate Treasury notes in layment of taxes
State dues The banki should at once re
scind their resolution discrediting the old issue
Richmond Whig.
f ^agruder.—Yt^ukte reports
from Texa^ say that Gen. Magruder was killed in Gal-
vejton lately by one of his Lieutenants—a Van Dorn
affair. It is a deserter’s tale
_FAYE'™VILLE MARKET.—Sept I?.
REVIEW OF THB MAIIKEtT'
Bacon I 75. Lard 1 7&.
Beef 50 oti. by side, 69 at retail.
Beeswax 1 25.
Butter 1 75 to 2 00.
Coffee S5 at retail.
Cottoa «o.
Cotton Yarn—Jg to $16 per bunth.
Chickeag 75 to 1 iO.
Copperas 1 25 wholotalo, 1 50 retail
Dried Fruit—Apples '26 to 80, Poaohoa 86 te 40.
Lgfi 76 per dozon.
Extract Logwood $4 to $6 per lb.
Flour—Family f(»0; Sapor 69.
Fodder 4 09 ^r hMidrod. Hay f4. Shucks f4.
Flaxseed $5 per bu.
Qraia—Corn 6 30 pr bv. Wheat 1ft io. Rye 4 M.
Oats 2 25. Peas, cow 8 fiO to 4 ©0, white S W.
Hides—Groon 76, dry 1 &0.
Iron—Swedes 76 to $1.
Leather—Upper $6 60 por lb., Solei $6.
Li^aors—Corn Whiskey $20 DO per falloa; Apple
Brandy $20; Peach Brandy $20.
Molasses—$12 per galloa.
Nails—i{t60 per keg, retailing at $2 per lb.
Onions $5 per bushel.
Potatoes—Irish, $4 per bushel.
Rioe ‘20 ots. by the eask.
Ssgar—50 at retail. *
Fayetteville 4-4 Siieetiags 76 to 1 50.
Salt $20 per busbel
Soap—Family Buy 65 ots. per lb,; Toilet 2 00. ‘
Spirits Tnrpcntine 1 26 per gallon.
Tallow 1 26 1 69 Wool $3 to $4.
Corrootod by 1. L. PiHinTOBt
0
Principal of a Female Higli School
WAIVTED.
The Trustees o#the Fayetteville Female High School
desire to engage the services of a competent and suit
able Teacher to take charge of the School as Principal.
The patronage of the town and adjacent country is lar(«
enough to keep up the School at all times.
The Trustees invite attention to this notice and will
make liberal terms with a suitable person who is pre-
p:tred to enter soon upon the work. ' Address
E. J. LILLY’, President.
Sept. 17. 64-3tpd
Horse, Buggies, Males and Wagon,
AT AUCTION.
N Wednesday the 30th inst, I shall sell at Auction:
One pair strictly No. 1 MULES;
One team 4 MULE8. WAGON and HARNESS;
Two BUGGIES and HARNESS, one now. Hickory;
One extra HARNESS HORSE.
JOHN H. COOK, Auot’r.
_Sept 16. 64-3t
Pay your Coiitederaie Taxes.
I Will attend at the office of A M. Caikpbell, in the
town of Fayetteville, with the Assessors for this Dis
trict, for th* purpose of collecting the listed Taxes, on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 1st, 2d,
3d and 5th of OCTOBER, 1863.
At David McNeill’s on Tuesday the 6th,
At Mary’s Garden on Wednesday the 7th,
At Malcom McMillan’s on Thursday the 8th,
At B. Culbreth’s on Friday the 9th,
At H. McNeill’s on Saturday the 10th,
At Duncan Shaw’s on Monday the 12th,
At Peter Monroe’s on Tuesday the 13th,
At Daniel McKinnon’s on Thursday the 15th.
At the same times aud places, I will receive the Tax
es due from Auctioneers, Apothecaries, Butchers, Ba
kers, Commission Merchant.a, Cattle Brokers, Distillers,
Pedlars. Photographers, Retail Dealers, Relail Dealers
in Liquors, Wholesale Dealers, Wholesale Dealers in
Liquors.
All persons interested are hereby notified that the
ahove Taxes must be paid within the time limited by
If.w, otherwise the heavy penalties imposed will be en-
f«'rced without regard to persons or property.
R. W. HARDIE,
Dist. Collector for Cumberland.
The Assessors for Cumberland County will attend at
the above named places, with the D'Strici Collector, for
the purpose of assessing the Tax in kind on Wh>ai. Oafs,
Piye, Irish Potatoes, cured Hay and Fodder, Wool, &o.
Persons interested are requested to meet us as above,
with statements of their matured crops, amounts pro
duced, &c. S. T. H.4.WLET,
A. M. CAMPBELL,
Assessors for Cumbei land.
_Sept 16, 1863 t>4tt
l-'or Rent*
The desirable DWELLING HOUSE oh Haymount^
recently owned and occupied by T. J. Curtis, Esq.
The lot contains all neoessary oilt-buildings and a most
excellent well of water.
Possession given 15th October. Apply to
E. L. PEMBERTON.
Sept. 16, 1863. 64-2ti
AL.E. "
r BBLS. N. 0. SYRUP;
tJ 2 “ English Copperas;
6 kegs Cooking Soda;
3 boxes Snuflf, Carolina Bell;
1 case Fine Smoking Tobacco.
Sept. 16.
Pres 1 time.
P. TAYLOR.
64-2t
WAiWTED.
A LADY' of experience to instruct in the primary de
partment of the Richmond Academy and take charge
of a small Music Class
Id order to save time applicants will please eno^ose
testimonials with their applications.
Address immediately,
JQNA H. DALLY,
Rockingham, Rich’d Co., N. C.
Sept. 15. 64-tf
An Engineer’s Lerel for Sale*
ON Monday, the 28lh September, at the Court House
door, in the town of Lumberton, I will sell to the
highest bidder, on a credit of Six months, the above
named instrument, a very fineoni, with fixtures eompleto.
Bond with approved security will be required before it
is delivered to the purchaser.
B. McNAIR.
Sept. 17. ' 64-3tpd
A
FOR SALE,
Very superior JACK, nine years old. Apply to
E. H. EVANS.
Near Fayetteville, Sopt. 1*. idtpd
Hendquartevfi Home Oiiard^l
Town 1>ist.,od Ueu’t N. C- Militia, y
FayetteviUe, N. O., Sept. 6, IWd. )
Notice is hereby given, that there is a regular Drill
every Saturday evening, at Military Green, at 4
o'clock, P. M., of my ’omf»any, and all the members are
required lo be there to drill, otherwise the law will be
rigidly enforced upon those that do not attend.
ROB’T MITCHELL. Capt.
Sept. 16. 64-3w
lost”
Bv soldier’s wife, a BLUE PURSE, containing Twenty-
five Dollars in paper and twenty-five cents in silver.
The under will please leave it at the store of Jos. A.
VS’orth.
Sept 14. P4-2tpd
Kc'roweiie lliiriiin$; Oil,
IlOR S.\LE at the Fav»t'eville K r. seu.- Works; price
$1'J per gallon Purchasers mu'!! furuisi cins.
HENRY E CoLTON.
We shall soon be prepared to tur.iish a v«ry su
perior article of Paraffine Lubricating Oil
Sept 7, 1863 61-tf
Coiitederale Tax IWotice.
The Assessors for th s C' unty hav ne completed tho
valuation of pr p*rty »n 1 an, s :ni- t r Thx-'h, 'he
Ll^ts Will re i.a ti >i f. Hunt) i ll "• lifte n days
fri'm ibi~ day Dunii,t I'-a tiiHe I w 11 a't.*!!-! at the
ffice fA M I p’v*'!! ■> hear all c ni^'' 'in and ap
peais that T .x ply ’ ■ in ly >ti>ik»
i-'S nre r. q'l i *0 i:oiify
At the 8 me im- T »;
the Assessors of »'.y d
Sept 7, 1863.
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6I-5ti
LBS TOBACCO, Extra fine. For sale on cott-
si|Qm«nt by BAY A FZABC^
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4000