•W’
- THKN AND NOW.
From tkt Biolmiond Seatiatl.
Eighty-four jews %go, this Spring, Vimnia
and th« Oarolinaa were undergoing an ordeu far
more trying even than that whioh is, oboe more,
baptizing them in blood. Reduttioa of strong-
hoik, evaooations «f cities, defeats, retreats, de'
sertions and panic alternating in every distressing
and distracting form, seemed to be the only for
tune of the “rebels” of that day. Triumph led
the despoiler forward, and wont £kr^to warrant
the insolenee with whioh ho trod down all before,
him: aU bat the inexticgni»hable fire whioh lit
the souls of the patriot braves, whom no disaster
could dismay, and who, though little more*, than
fighting ground was left them, could never be
taught to utter the craven's watchword—“we
surrender.”
Let us recall some of the oircuBastanoes of that
day, and note their analogy ^ what is passing
around us. Eighty-fonr years ago, this Spring,
the revolutionary struggle wds on tho eve of its
Biooessful close, but yet bad never worn so dis.
heartening an aspect. It had dwindled down to
what the foe honestly regarded as ita meanest di
mensions. “The rebel power,” wrote Lord Dua-
Bore to his Qovemment, wmtfd hegond anif
j>ouibIe reinvigoration” And Lord Banmoie
■B truly believed what he thus penned, eighty-
fpur years ago last January, as Sherman, Writing
from the aame l^ieres all he aald a rew
days ago in the February whioh has just departed
Eighty four years ago, last January, Cornwallis
felt confident of stamping out the dying spark
expelling Greene from his position in the Caro,
linss or crushing him there. The lordly rebtL
crusher, therefore/undertook the expedition to
Hickers’ creek on the Pedee, telUng Tarleton “to
push Morgan to the wall” on the Paoolet. One
fall of the Thorhammer was effectually to firish
both, and loyalty to George Guelph was to be
then universally re-established He set out from
his camp at Winnsborough on New Years’ Day,
1781, to strike this final blow.
Retreat was so much the custom of the day
with the “rebels,'^ that IMorgan changed bis base
the instant he fcmid Tarleton erostting the river
Thereopon his situation became very perilous.
The Broad river was not fordable in front of him,
and there was a hostile army in his rear His
only escape was to the hills on his right, ^ere
he risked and won a b*ttle at the famous Cowp^ns.
Tarleton was fully confident of easy victory,
the earlier incidents of the battle sustained his
hopes; but fortune shifted and be was defeated,
and tuat part of Comwallia’s sohema spoiled.
Morgan's success, however, only gave him an op
portunity to make good the retrfst frciQ which
he hid tam«id to irdulge Tar.i ton wi*ii battle
But it also afforded Grepno tbo greatly deaired
opportunity ot attemptir^ a junction of his forces,
and at onoe he hi*gten.."] from the P*^dce to tm'
brace it In this he WiB only partially snccesi*-
ful, s the expfeditious ‘-daLkiiig moreiceuts’' of
CornwaDis oompelled tUo “rtfc-B’s” to rrtreat
Greenr hurriedly crossed the Yadkin, and*with
the remainder of hia forces under Huger, did not
Etop until he reached Gcilt^rd Couri House He
bad ♦here hxt a brief "cspitfc, for CorDwaUis was
cloie ou hi^i with a new *‘flaok movement " The
TPtrcat tiod t u f!u‘t becatcy a race, of' which Vir-
e tVe tail If OcrRwallid could only out
off troai- ir^iaia reor’iits and
■ -U’phos, he d-eiaed "^heai at hi^ uieroy. Gretyjc
outstripped iiira, howevtr,audbuoctededii: putting
the Pan river botweon tueie Gornwaliifl, in de.
uow tba>idotiod t-haobafit:, ani^wuh h»s Wcary,
o^er-marolied troops, slowly rettMJad hi« staps.
This was v.*ry pJeasing to the ex:.5a»ted “rebels;”
tor ‘‘their long and has y fiigat,” ".ays Hildreth,
‘‘was marked with their bbod ” Their lost day’p
march Was forty miles, and more .than half the
men who made ’' were shoelcco; «ll were ill-clad
and only bvlf fed.
But Cwrawallis having expsilled Greens iroTs
the Carolioas, set about the re ecstsibliS'ircep* ot'
the roval govbrnaipnt. Marching upon Hill-i
■ borough, the State government flad to Newbern
on his approach At fiiilsborough he planted
the royal standard, aud i>}a3Pd a ‘^gracious procla-
mation;” a model for those who were to emulate
his aims and efforts in-our own timo. Heearnetit.
ly implored ‘‘loyalisJ^"—the term then, as now,
for submisaionists and traitors—“to repair to his
aid is restcrrlag the constitational governmrat,”
almost the language of tne eneniy io the present
day. Leaving his proclamation to do its work
he sent a force from Wilmington to expel the
State authorities from their latest refuge at New-
beru. The expedition was successful, and com*
mitted the same sort of depredations and enor-
mities which signalize the course of their suc
cessors of this era,'under like circumstances.
Exactly eighty four years ago, last Tuesday
week, a body of eubmissionista responding to
Cornwallis's proclamation, had assembled between
the Haw and the Deep, to prove (heir grateful
sense of the royal mercy, and to offer their servi'^
CCS io the King. Suddenly they trere pounced
upon by one Lee, who led “rebel” cavalry, with
out respect, to Royal proelamations. Mistaking
him for Tarleton they shouted, “Long live the
Kingl” Tbe delusion v as short lived, and the
cry was quickly exchanged for another: “Bless
independence, and spare us.” Dashes like these
were brilliaat episodes of thaf time, and though
indecisive, were auxiliary and encouraging. Wo
have many such to brighten the pages of our own
history.
. Greene being in no position to cope with the
overwhelming odds against liim was confined 7o
manciuvreing In this he was very rrtfasisfnl
“Either from stupidity or design,'* wrote Corn
wallis, that memorable Spring, “I otn got no in»
formation, from any source, of what the rebels are
doing.” Toward the middle of March Greene
uoexpectedly appeared at Guilford, only twelve
miles from the noble lord. Battle was joined,
and “the rebels" once more defeated with tbe loss
of all their artillery Greene dreaded to cry halt
until he had carried hi^ disordered ranks twenty
miles from the scene pf conflict. Cornwallis, in
no condition for pursuit, turned his
forcemeots in time for battle. They oame, how- j
ever, early enough to learn that Lee and Marion j
were in possession of Fort MQtto, with all its sup
plies and stores, and th*t Rawdon would have,
therefore, to surrender the fruits of his victory,
and yield Camden up to the worsted^ Greene.
Orsngrburg and Fort Granby shared the fate of
Motte, and multiplied the embarrassmoats of tllfc
seemingly vict»>rious Rawdon. Worse than allj
Lee throateued Augusta, and the commander at
CJbatlestou was fearful lest ho, too, should swell
“the rebel advantages.” Thus Greene's defeat
was, at an Hides, producing victory and dread of
victory. Rawdon crossed the Santee sick of hia
triumph, and Ihe rebels, who were never ag?iB
to frighten “tne good loyalists,**’ were terrifying
ibem all ovor South Carolina.
Subsequent oper&ticns evenfuated in the evacua
tion of Ninety Six by Rardon Greene had
practically gained ail he sought, and from put^u.
ed became pursuer. ThuA ended the campaien,'
and with it Lord Rswdon's efforts in Carolina, for
be soon after ssilod for £&gland.
No campaign was ever fuller of the vioidbitudes
ot war than th t cf 1781. Whea it opened,
victory appeared to ba irremovably pitaeaed to
the Britbh banner. The Nortltera States were
secure, and all the principal points and eitic-s in
tbe CaroUnjis, and Virginia, and Georgia, were
to. the grpsp of the foe—they seemed to be maa-
tert of,the whole field. Yet, ere midxsummer,
their power in the Carolinas was practically re
stricted to the region lying between tho Saatoe
and thfl Lower Savannah. In Ja^.uuiy, they had
started out r'erely ta extinguish the efnbers of
“rebellion,” and iheir efforts, all the Spring,
bloomed with promise. Victory after victory,
like those of Rawdon and Cornwallis in the Caro.
Unas, gave strength to the presumption and lent
apprehension to the most sanguine Revolutionist.
But, a few months more, and thoir pretensions,
with their power, were thing;) of the past. Pa.
triotio patience and valorous endeavor, blt^ssed by
an appp&sed Heaven, wrenched independence
from the iron clutches of insatiate might and ar.
rogant confidence. As it has been «o it shall be
—dubit Dev8 hit quoque finem.
poa THl 0B91CBY9lt.
Friday next being the day set apart by the
President aa a day of Humiliation and Prayer,
would it not be well th.at our people—aZZ of our
people—-should make it a subject of deep reflec
tion 7—that^they should seriously meditate upon
the many mercies which have been vouchsafed
us by th^AImighty, as well as the bjeseings wo
would thereby seek at His handsf
As to the oansos whioh have served* to prolong
this straggle, and so long deferred the wished-for
day of peace and quietness, it would scarcely
within the province of these few lines to dilate.
Suflica it to say, that they have existed, and still
exist, aiaong ourcelves The rtflscting man will
readily see in the course of oar perpii at home
euSoient rtason t^ believe that tbo faV(-r ot
Heaven n*s not b«en granted us in as full meafiure
as we might reasonably have hope*J had the case
been different. It is within tho recollection of
all pf us ho'v uijanimou-s. how self saorifloing, bow
hopeful, h“w ‘’•ne, ail of oui* people were at the
outbre-tk of ihc w**r How they were uaited a-
jne man in the glorious oaaso How willing they
were to maka aty and all Mcrificee for-their caao-
trv—“coithri baid snj of thriii that aught ot th
ttiiugs which he pwwossed waa hia ovea; but they
bad a.'l thicga comition " ‘V.^^kild God this were
60 ^ cw! Oo ^hc 0 ntr&ry, the love of nioney—
“tho root of all evil”—nas entered and takeo pcs-
MMioa of hmmrtB of oar i^plo. Speculation
and cxtorHon nave usu ped love or country and
reverence of Him who ruleth and governcth all
things; and He ..-.ath hid His face from us, and
sent laaiineas asd barrcnncse ifithal into the souis
05 our poopb. W« have “ielt off to do good,”
* ftt. j ‘Javo'-uruedtisideto the wort-hip of that‘*which
peri aetli in the usiu^;.”
• As the If^rteUtcs of old ^had in their keeping ihe
Ark of the Covenant, tho* Ten Commandtaents ot
God, even so have we in our keejf^iug all that ro-
Ksins of Bepa^Iioan liberty—of the capaoity of
men for Belt«g:ovemmeut; all that is left of that
inestimable treasure for which our fathers toiled
and bled, that they might transmit it to their pos
terity. And when we reflect upon tho moment
ous issues involved in this cont^t, and the drerd-
ftfl alternative whioh is presented to us if we fail
to succesd, our arms should not only be doubly
nerved, but we should more humbly beseech the
favor and protection of Heaven. Though “some
put their trust in chariots, and some in hor$^e^,”
let us “remember tho name of the Lord our God.”
tie it is who alone CaU save us in this our time
of need. Let us remember th»t “the Lord h»th
done grei^t things for us alrcidy,” whereof we
should rejoice; and that our help oometh even
from Him who hath made Heaven and earth.
“Therefore also now, saith the Lord, ttim ye
even to me with all your heart) and with fasting,
and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend
your heart, and not your garments, and turn untu
the Lord your God: for He iis gracious and msroi
ful, slew to anger, and of «reat Idndness, and re-
penteth Him of the evil. Who knoweth if He
will return and repent, and leave a blessing be
hind Him; even a uneat offeribg and a drink
ofefing unto the Lord your Godf Blow the
tiumpct in Ziou, saTictify a fast, call a solemn
assembly: Gather the people, sanctify th* congre
gation, assemble the eidera, gather the chUdren,
and those that suck the breasts: iet the bridegroom
go forth of hi«« chamber, and the bride out of her
closet. Let the Priest^', the Ministers of the Lurd,
weep between the poreh aud the altar, and let
them say, Spare t»»y people, O Lora.‘, »od givo not
Thine heritage to reproach, that*^the heathen
should rule over them: wherefore should they say
among the peeple. Where is their God? Then
will the Lord be jealous for His 1 and, and pity
His people Yea, the Lord will Piuswer and say
unto His people. Behold, I will i iend you corn,
and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied there
with: and I will no more make you a reproach
among tho^^eathen: iBut I wi'il remove iar off
from you the northe'n army, an ,d will drive him
into a land barren and desolate , with his fsM to»
pursuit, turned his victorious
forces toward Fayetteville, ^nd, as usual, issued »
fresh prociamaticn to abow the “lovaliaV' their
duty and all others the hopelossnees of ftJrther 1-r P^«^t toward the
resistance. Disappointed ia the reueption he
met, he vcithdrew to Wilmirgton, thal his men
might find rcfresumcnt and-rest 'The routed
und ragged rebels of Greene ne''dod these far
mere; but they had also far more at stake, and
must be^ “up aad doing ” South Carolina offered
a promising ficH for tLeir efforts, and tlu'rber
they marchcd. Their route lay over a path,
marked by the sufferiP8;« of Gates about a year ’
before. Anrivinsr **t Hobkirk's near Cam*
d»n, Lord Rawdon was itet, and fought on the
25th of April. Agwn the enemy was victor.and
tho “raggijd rebels” again retreated. Greene re*
treated to Ridgeley's Mills, twelve miles off, to
recover and wait events
The croaking critics pf;that day severely cen
sured Greene fyr thin battle. They insisted that
he had^ no right jto risk^ it, ^fter detaching Lee,
with his cavalry, to co.>operate with Marion on
the Santee. But the act whioh was alleged to have
caused his partioular defeat, secured a suctfosaful
gener^ campaign. Before battle ‘ was given at
Hobkirk's Milig Lo* and Mario^ had captured
Fo't Watson, on tbe Santee, and secured the best
.ine of ootnmunioation be^'ween Camd>n and
Charleston. This obliged all reinforcements for
RawdoS; to take a difficult and oircuituos route,
Bftwdon, therefore; in vain looked for tbeee reini
utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his
ill savour shall comc up, bed* ,use he hath dene
great thil^gs ”
Then let our people repe’ jit and do their first
wcrki over. Let them hum bly seek forgiveness
and protection from *‘Or.e wh.ois'’ mighty to savoj”
—from One who can save ‘‘b^V’ xyany or by few,”
and ah will be well; our cue mie s will be dis
comfited and flee befora us; Peace w. ,iU azain sbiae
refulgent Over our iarsd; and vra a:‘h may*sit
“under bin own vine and fig-tree, wi th njcs to
moleat or make us afraid.” H.
Hood t Army.—Col. Cofer, Provost Marshal
General of H;>od’s Army, itiforwi us tl^at from
the 27t^ of Novemfcer, 1864, to the 20th of
J&nuary^l865, tho Dumber of dostjrtii
shown by official reports from Hood's am
only 283 in the infantry and artillery. W
from ofehenreliable sources that our total Ic
not more than 10,000 in all branches aad
all causes during the Tennessee cam'paign-
^olumous Ti
Th*Ahol%Hon AmmdmerUintht United
-~The.constitutional amendment abolishia
prohibiting slavery througheut^he United
on Tuesday, adopted by the Legiakfr
Wiaoomin. Seventeen States bave aow rad
y, was
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ss was
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State$.
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fed it
'CHK NQKTH SOLDIlTaa. I
eOS.mCS»ONBSIf07 ZSJt rA.TSTTBTII.L« OKtERVieB.. j
Cami* MoRab’s Bhioadb, )
Near Petf rJban?, Va., Fcb'y 2S, \
Mewrs. £ditcr«:—Pcrh^pg I may have beeu |
regarded as negligent aad icdiffereBvaayour cor
respondent for not appwing in your coiumriS f.-r
several wcf^ks past Through, the irrcgutc.rity ci
the maild a month or otcro ago some cf my btters
t» yeu were lost and for ooxe time p^st my duties
have been so heavy that I hud net time to Aiitr.
to you as I wished. We have been pretty clofceiy
confined to one locality and there have been but
few opportunities to get nbws or itcma of irttcreBi.'
The day time here is almost entirely devoted to
army duties by those who have mosf* to do, £^-d
the soarcitv of oondiea ac d other mowas ot
prevects writing or study at aight So that aJter
c&rk wo have to crowd into »ur little hus »cd
piay the game of “nockum” and ping ci rn'H'huck-
iua: sopgs till bed timo ♦
We nave beeja on tbo line in front of the tnc*
my several miles southwest of Petersburg 'during
the winter. The wcaihs.r ha# often been rsttomc-
ly severe, but the trcc?ps have ?,il enjoyed wack
of com^jri &nd very good health. Our riticES-
are enough to uve on, but were it cot for sup
plies from home many a North C-cTolinaSoldier
would suffer. The greatest injustice r ripfic'encv
the soldier hsia experiEsced thia winWas sbort
rations,- tnd abave rU thia be
Tfmedicd if posaiblo. Soldiora here from Nor n
Carolina BLd most of Virginia snJ South aroiria
f.re generally able to'get Bupplit-s irom home, bat i
these froJT othor States ha^e not been thus iavor-
ed. People at home, if they have to.sp*re, eah^ ot
send tco much eatables to the army But tb^ is
a great time for robbery ai:d swindling and great
oara must bo exercised or boxes and packages will
be loet or stolen. Goo*^ barrels oro better, safer
and more convenient ftr conveying aufpiifs than
large boxes. It is always better to t?ead pr vi
sions raw—^juat simply mfal, flour, bacon, bf'c’,
potatoes, turnips, peas. Tho army hw ample op
portunity for cooking and the proviaions be
aaved so much longer raw than cookcd. * * *
The army has suJercd much icconvcnicacc
from not being paid regu’arly an^ promptly. The
private soldier at the front phouid be paid of ti e
fi'st fcsd Dest, and i^is a dis^racetil shame that
such injustice should be allowed.
W5 nave been under marchiag orders here
pretty often and on iho 5th inst. war' in a fig;
some two miies farther io tbo right, ibe es'-my
with very heavy ioroe—tbought to be 50,00^^—
moved towards cur♦i^ht, snd tstctjid ’d hi.s • ue
farther aiong, parallel to eur line, aid a mile
«r more ncaror to our line than hia former line*
was. Our poaltioa is stilt the BP/flre—that is, our
liae of verks a :d the enesiy’H l.ue ci works ie
now near where our o-tsi«Je j ic’ct^j- were bcxcre.
Oar Brigade did not suffer iuuch in the cn.'
u:eot of the 5th, and we were not in the aetions
of the fkh and 7lh, but th;;re win eoi^-o sever
fight'ng bome of the time by otii: r troaps. ■ Ti;:
enemy was repulsed with ooneiderabio lo?s in
main Ettempts, and except this there ^as no bicg
decisive or imrorcant in tl^ ’.shoia affair. Scig .
D A M'Into=h, Co I, 2oth N. C f~om
Taylorsville, Alesandor Co., v as kilt-jd fe^'y
6 h. He wse an cxecMest ycuT?ir uisn and muo
eetear.rd Privr le A. Kc-b- 60: .,f-ke e'jjae com-
panyj froni C’dwrll wa'S ai’o ti led Be
lew it tny’otl «r5 w re killed in tbo Lrip'e
eral w und«-d—*ccly a tew b;^;ly Not^»itV'-
srandini? the geaeril deaaorcl.ti
, j, I will be ifi.ra pm
Truly,
;.h3 COUi
g infl-?cno3 ove^
hfTCRtcer.
LOwW QRABtJ.
rOR THB OBiWATKR
Camp sbar PETSRSBuao, Fcb'y 22d.
Messrs. Editors: Please publish the foib wiwg
list of soldiers in Co. E, 52d N. C. Reg’t, who
ha'^e dieS s.nee May l^t, 1862;
Sery’. J. o H Nion*>la, Co j/’l Sam'i C Cr'^uob,
Dan’l W iJaldw’in, M Baldwin, S P Bun.'^sel, 8g’’t
^*R Capcl, J F C'?'ini:t.;:\, J ii CtiTin'.oliacI, S
Dftwkin=, A Driggers, G H Z ^Jo^icD;
Abson Hail, B niason, Jas Ilaeiy, J U Johnt.on,
Hugh Jones, David Hogins, John Ke3i«y. 11 Link,
Jas Maner, W R Martin, Jno H Ma'cn, L C Mc
Kay, Dan'l McLean^ Z MoLsnnoTi, Wm MoKay,
W D Katterson, John Pcill, M Pardors, H Rich
ardson, Chag Robinson, W 3 Scarborough, P]i.^
Shepherd, N R Shepherd, Jbmes Thoma:j, R*.b't
Thomas, Geo Thomp.^on, W H Thrwwcr, f^alvin
Shepherd, John V Ward, 11 0 Webb, L J Wobb,
Thos Woodard, T T Covin'^ton, A J Covington,
A T Capel, Wm Allen, R Cbippell.
. Wm C. Webb, Sg't Co. ^1.
ron, TRft OBttSRVSR.
Nbar Pxtersburo. Fcb’y 16.
Editors Obs‘rver: Po^’mit the officers of Comn
M, 22d N C Troops, through tbe colnmr s
of your paper to return ttivir sincere thanks ti;
A S Horn>y, Esq and Lady, Dennis Curtis, Esq.
of Franklinsville, and Capt J M Odell of C^dar
Fall**, N C, for the intercfct th^y lave ever taken
in this Company, and tbcir liberality m supply
ing our temporal wants. When our arms shall
have b;,en crowned w.ta suceess and peace rcigi!s
in our midst 'nc3 more, tho remembrance cf these
kind tricnds will bo a pleasing: tssk to all wbo
havebeen oncered by their kindness aud liberility.
rOR THB 0B3SHTXR.
Messrs. Editors:—The paroled prisoners, Har-
rell and Carlyle of RDbeson, return thei* grate
ful ackuowled^mdnts to Snenff McNeill of Rock-
fish and his kind lady fo a good dihner at cheir
hou'je, and for a ploasant ride home, a distance of
16 miles, cn their way fr->m Point Lookout. Iney
for?ot to ^leotipn the names of J. R. Oliver, J.
P. Oliver, M. Watson, W. C. VTillisms and H.
AmnuJnB of Co. El, 40th Reg’t, who- were at
Point Lookout and were well.
Mr Webster on Stjfh.—Some one roaiarking
to Mr. Webster that no nowi«paper had correctly
printed a Latin quotation in oae of hia letters,
aud that it reqnireA a scholar even to oorrect
proof; “Doubtless,” he replied—‘*but tho man of
medical pursuits, of any engrossing pursuit, cans
no^-mtsend to ck- eicel Bturtica—cannot, itidccd,
retain what in earlier youth bemi^ kavc acqai^.
I find it BO. Ltio is too short for study, ^e
life is required for a complete nsifltcry oi ancicnt
classics, of Grcoian and Roman loiio—another for
the full underaiandii|g and ready tise of Eaglish
poetry, from Chaucer down to tae present timo;
while another should be devoted to modern tei'
ences. i grow more conviaued and mere asbamou
cf my ignorance daily; and I fisar that in all my
productious I recede more and more trom tho
terse exoreeeion ol my youager days—thal I grosr
diff we, und iu(ittlg9 in unaeoswary repetition.
‘•My aye w&s ijot formed without gr-jat care
sad eiraeat studv of tho bs&t authors I have
labored hard upon it, for I eurly felt tho irtipori
tau^JC ot oxt rc sion -;o tbought.* I have re yrcit-
ten seatr'.ncp »ft«r sentence, and pondered long
Upop each alteration. For depend upon it, it is
with our though s as with our persons—their in
trinsic value is mostly uadervalu-jd, unless out.
wardly expressed in att attractive garb. Longi
nus tells that the m(Mt sublime package to be
ftfuud in any language is this in the Biole: 'Let
there bo light, and there was light:' tho greatest
effort of powor. in the tersest and fewest word»—
the oommand aud the record one exertion of
thought^ So should we all aim to exprois thidgt
in words.”
Impudeucej the thriving sou of Stupidity, will
make very small taleste do great things.
«* EXTOrTIONF.Re j THIWNBQBO SOLDIER BH-L
Ir a ’cook of JcJge JehnFon, of South CeroU-! The injutrction of searcey having been removed,
ua, a story is tcld, intend- d to illmtrate tbe bar, | we publish the following bit! &d:>ptcd Vy tbe
cad ftvaricicus trsi^s of N«v? Kni?land I House ot Representatives on the ult. “to be
i£if-ney loVf lT, icb, Witii eoms moaifi'-.ti-^D, we | anti^^led An Act to inorsise ^bc -T^i^itary force of
may apply w tb equst ;U tie-'Io our own extor- the Confederatp Stat^-s.
ti'.ucra “ni opccfulc-.fcrt. H'ory Tremor, tbe hero i. Xbo Congress cf the Confederate S^atcf, v f
■ t tbr b ok ic quesdcn, ba i signed a bon I America do ecact, Tftat in order «> provide addi-
thc D*vil, ficmc thirty ^ara lefcire, bartering j tional icre-'s to’•epel invasion, m&i tain ;ho rif?bt.
bis scul for a ctr ain pc.‘ivd-of uaiaterrc-ft j ful pas-esaion oi* ibc Confederate Btau??, s cute
c-1 pleasure and tr ej'eriiy. At the appointed Uhcir indepondeaae aud picss've their instiiutv ns,
hour the Dovii app s, Lu , upon hiv u«*go-t cuo j President bo and he is cereby s.u*horiB^d to
trratiep, gives him a r-^plte oi fonr days, and j ask for and accept froai the owners of slaves the
even ra-ikCH him this Ube’-r I propopition; ‘ Pr-vi, | ,;etv.oc3 of such tumber cf »Hlr-bo3iad ncsro
ded tiiat you wil dt liver to me tt the closc ot ti e j QijgQ as he may deem expedient, for an \ duting
Wtt t^ e houls cf twenty fivo other persona, I w 111 jjic vyar, to perform mili‘ary scrvioi in whatever
♦.■vko them ua a svibsi' Lu'e f-r, yours, and agree to
ccncel your bond.'’ Wo shalt now I t Trevor
ioll his o^n storj: .
“I ir-stantly set to work and ptiblisbed the foL
lowing advertisement:
at-J t" pa'cl'a” ’. imin* Ijifpl/, twtnt;# firo -''clf.
v &r.xicu3 io cb''aiu s.2:i hattng abun-
f nj(,T y, ih- '.a’ tiTr'bpr -s wi'-ii c tr. i*Urw s»
p.Ic;, tc p'.y tliO I’own
‘ Fenkt TaKVoa.”
“Expeotinir, of course, great diflSculty s> fiad^
§ ont persons willing to s^iil, I employed »mcts^
of tbe cl^y in circulating this notice as wide’;y 8S
po.^piib’e Upon refT.raiiig toiiiy bouse, horvevc,
i iour.d eevrr::l bun lrad-per?i)i'8 aiready as^cm.^
blf d to treat with m.^. Tluy v iJro all soccul'Jfors,
I nH S'>C33 or tliOTn had ir:ad'' large fortnnes in
3our, oti^cry in talt, o'-i-ers in bee^ a^fd bacuu,
otuCTB in woort and other ne'ccSBsrles of life.
‘‘Well, K)y fri'^nd,'' sad I, aocost^rgr one of
;her>, “v»hat will yeu take for your soul?”
“Wl at are you going to do with it?” be in
quired ' ’
‘•I want it to go to the Old Boy in my place,”
I replied.
‘ Ob, is that ali?” s»'d he, “I didn't know but
you wanted to irelt it up in charity. Well, see
ing I have CO use for it, you may have it cheap.
I will take four hundred dollars in Confederate
notes, or ten dollars in fipecio, for my soul" ,
“Very well,’’ said I, “I will give it* to yot?,
■ bough I am by eo means certain that I am not
payit g more tban {cn times its‘value."
‘^Thc above miy serve as a specimen of my
Tiurch‘>sfs. I foon bought the twenty-five at
pricos rafiHng from two to ten dollars, as the fear
cr tfie ava?ice of tho seller predominated. To-
Wf'rds tbo last, aa tho company perceived that my
number was ne.'^rly made t?p, great competition
fxcit.'d, iind pric-'s fell exceedingly. I could
then have bcu^rht as many es I plc£sed for next
tii Qorhini^.' Those who had not sold went awry
bittCily bewailing thoir disappointment
“Afier paviuc o each saniiis money, I looked
up my new purchases in it safe room, telUng them
that iu a few d‘.;y.-i iho Devil would visit them for
ic'spection, ia order io idf>ntify-them upon tbe |
cjnc.u^iou oi pc-aco with the Uuitoti States. The
r-’-ues were ia Ligh spiri;s, con.^cious of the inc.
trii..'*ic worthlefsncbs of the frop -rty they had
traosierred, &nd confident that ii tbe Devil waits
ed till the e d'of the war for .the consummttion
of tho cof^t^act, it wou’d bo long enough,^n all
rci='cn, for thtir purposes. They remained^n
t pir piison,v. ry busily engaged in speculating
a id tra^'n^' with each ether, and I was icformed
;liat by night there wa3 not a single one of th^m
who h' d .^-ot made a afa-'vll fortune by his specu'
iationfl. Upon.«ho Devil's re-appeararce, P met
' :ra witi.out fear, end producing my twenty-five
tu’^atitu*-’', demr'^idf’d a rcce^pt in full.
‘‘Mr. Trevor,” ciid be, lookins: soornfttlly and
offended, “1 bad a better ctiaien of you than to
sappoaa that yuu would at cmpt to chcat me 'u
this shameial manner. Do you tlilnit V'
your dcbt^f to me in that whioh is my own proper
ty already? This is tbs same as if you owed
your noigcbor twcnty.fivo cattle, and were to go
i' O his ficld and take beasts with bis-brand on^
tbem, and (ff,-r them to him psyment. Thcae
mon all :vc my a^Tk on iiicm Tb*^re is a fel*
l-'W who hi3 mnde *bc friaows and children of
soitiers >tarve by I o^eratiens in flour, and not
one of them but has the blood of innocenco
whom his extortions have murdered—the only
blosd bp has seen durin? tho war—upon his
head. The tears of misery, the dving. groans
they have ORUs^'d, biiro filled all hell with rap
turc. J. ad beside.'’, to put the matter on -another
ground, tbi? ia no comnliancrj wim my offer, tor
those rroitures haro no souls, as I will show you
The Devil, it is to bo understoo^ is a wonder-
fulJf skillful chemist, and knows how to analyze
all fuN-tanctJ3, whether material or spiritual. In
a few mosceot ha crecred a farnacc, seiEod one
of the srccuhtcra, sma disengaged frotn the body
that which ia these animals supplies the place of
a soul. It stood up before me a thing utterly
Btrat ^'c and indoioriba’ le He put it into a large
ortioibie, reduced it to a fluid mass, aud then
separated the component parts. It coneisted of
PiiTts itt a ihon4»nd.
rj->ning 196
D;s3on:*flty 125
Ssj^kiugnc'f . 125
Avfc'iCv. • 260
Ni.mals. *' '.'cd nataVr'ees em»II vicss 140
B'lO'-a CabbJgo, Appls Brnndy wd gor-
i^hom Moiaea^^o 2S5
‘^rhere,” siid tbo De'?i), holding it up, “do
you call that thiiig a soul.”—Conservative.
Tff3 VANF15K? SOUTH OWLINA
We find ia ito Oh-rbtto ttv. f.j^liuw.
TX» vp . 'jdeTiCr between G-.^ brrrri^.iri and
H.'mi‘ti*n, of?ic’aily fu*Tii3b ci Ly
Efr.ureg rd's Adjtitao* General:—
Hdq’^S Mif/T Div. Of THK ' ISS , )
In '->■ Fifld, I*Vb J
Liemt . ■ Wade, ‘ om*^a:dlng
Fo-^f'es, *■- ^ A.-' G'eir I:—i* if. offi-
oially rep u ted 11 i2e th;»t our f .Tfi i.ig ; artiee are
maidertd after ooptarc, ai-d l»!> .l d “Dettb tu
I all Forai erfiOue ii stance of « hieatc^.nt &:;d
jaivcn men near Ct cstcrvilk-, ?.nd ii_‘0ihcr o'. 20
“near a aTiae, 80 reds froa the n;»in
I fcbi ut tiiree mile^ from Feasterv-jl*’ T bavs
opacity he may directs . j orde ci ft number of pr=sor..s ir ocr
2 That the Goneral ir* Chief be RuiLoriz-.: to , ‘’‘'"PtT;: . .
cfganiie the said ekves ia‘*o compani s, battalior:s i I abcu‘ 1.000 prisoners p urcd ,r yr.ricns
regiments aud brigades under sorh roles and rcgu- | w?7sr and cr-r> Rtand it as vf jou, but i liard-
!atioc3 as tho Secretary of War may pre! oribo, ! ly think ti se n.orders are commit^^ With your
and to b« commat:3td by 6uch officers ss thn Presi i ifco'Tl^dge; aod w* uld saggest tiiat yoa jr^va
dent appoint. ! n.'Mce '-0 tbs people at that every hh> t.«kcn
3 That vrbile cmpiijyed in the =er-ico tbo f^aid . by then, sinrply/cfults in ^he de^ih ot cue of
troops ihidl rac'ive s.%aie ritii.ns, clofhirn: find 1J
compcnsatiMn ss ar** allowed tj ctler troops in the
sar? G branch oi th:' sevvico
, 4. That if, under the prnviHioca of this cot, *ho
Pre.iiJent shall rot bo bi>\c to raips a piiffi*?i»;nt
number of troops to proeecufc the war sooccgfi*-
fully and maictain the sovereignly of tbe States
aod tbe indepentienco of the Cosfedrr^to States,
then he is hereby authf/ii-jd to e .il on each
Stato whenever bo thiuK*
nr Con.^edcratcs.
Of conrsc you cannot qucr-tion my right ^o fot sge
on the country. It is 9 war right as old as hiti.»
♦^or*. The mani/L?' ol“ exercising it vur’«« with
oirSams^atccs, ard if the civil aatborities »ill
supply my re^uif i*iors, I will ferbid all U ra?it>g.
But I find no civil arthorities who c?n reap, nd
to calls fcr. for#ge or prcv's’ons, and thrr«fcr«
«ol!*««t directly of the people I hj.ve no
it cxpediejl for her 1 dtnint this is tho occasion of much misbrbavidtir
quota of three hundred tbousa; d troops in addiy4.on the partuf out laejCy but J cannot peirait an
tion to these subject to xrniitary service ui^er | enemy to or punish witkt whoM|Hc aui ler.
‘ ■ Personiny I regret the bitter feeiii gs engen^
dered by this war; but they were to ba expected,
and 1 simply allege tbat those who struck the
first blew, and made war inevitable, ought not in
fairness to reproach us for th« natural conse.
isiing laws, cr po many thereof aa the Presi'
dent may deem t.oceseary for th^ parposes herein
mentioned, to be rai.'icd from eueh classes irre
epective of the cclcr of tho popuhtion in each
State as tbe proper authorities «thereof may de.
term ine.
5^ That nothing in this act shall be construed
to authorize a cbacgc-in the rcktion whioh said
slaves shall bear towards their owners as property,
cxcept by tbe consent of tbe owners and of the
States in which th^ may reside^ and in pvcsu.
ance of the laws thereof
The bill passed by tbe following vote:
Teas—M-eara Akin, A^.rfioa. /.iki’is, Barksdale,
Bajlcr, Bianf.^rd, Ererle* E Brace, H W Bruee,
Clopton. Clneke 7. Cwiur.i*i Dialfipsoo, Dap*’e,
EllioH Fofter, Fa owt, Q-!«jbar. Q^ode, Gray,
H-. jy, D I' c. bnt-toa. K»eMe. I jon, Maohen, Me
Mollio, M u.’s, Mocre, Pur;b, Kos'ell,
Sir pfon, W G Smt-h. Pn‘*ad, Triple**t and Viller#—40
If»y3—McePfP. Biidwin, B^tjon, B-11, 3t*n«h. B 1-
Carrell. CiiriajTitn, Clarke, Oonroi?.
T' r;*cn. Ewi.>g. FuUfr, Os^lan'l, GiO’l'^on, G.laer
Hir.i‘.!ge. F-ft f; .r Kerhert, J V T-'vJca, J
T Te rh, rrr ball. Mil Potkms,
Rtmacy. S^x'on, J K S Smith N C.
Swan, ffickhtai, Wiikef, I^U-ersj'Ocn and Mr 8p«»lter
—37
^fexico and th'" Confederacy.—The Houston
(Texas) Telcj^raph, of tho 18th ult., publishes
tho oorrespoDdeace between the rebel Col Pier^
son, commanding at S. n Antonio, and Gea. Lo**
pea, coroma’'ding the Emperor Maximilian's
troops on tha bordara of tbo Rio Grande.
Col. Pierson asstiser! Gen- Lopea thst it is tbe
derirn ot the Confederate Government to cherish
the most amicable relations with tbe imperial
government of Mexico, and t^t the cordiality
existing between them shsU nut bo disturbed.
He Ihen thanks Gen. Lopez fo££rotecting tbe
ihterosts of'the S^'Uthera Confeoetlfcy.
Gen. Lopez replies, oonTessiug that his sympa.
thies are for tba noble caTise of tho South^ and
extends to Col Piereon Iiia sinocrc friondshp.
He ^dds:
“Being placed in command of this militfty
line, under his Majesty, the Emperor Maximilian,
tho suns e»f, the Confederacy can rely upon fuli
security for their pssacssions and interests, and
tho Ceafederiicy. may also resl assured that the
Representatives of the Empire ot Mexico along
the border treely aod frankly offaf their friend
ship; also full soouiity that no raid will be per
mitted to organise on Mexican soil for the inva-
sicn cf Southern territory.”
Yankee Finances.—The priacipat clement of
.weakne .g aod explosion in tbe financial system of
the Federal goveifnment U thus auceinctly pointed
out in tbe m mcy article of a recent nutubcr of
tho London Times:
“Tbe financial advfces from New York this
week show that anxiety has in some quarter.'^ been
awakened as to the results that mnst ensue if the
government do not immediately d3sis| from tbo
i: sue ot bonds bearing intrreet in gold. Already
the amount cf debt on which tbe inie^st is pay
able in gold is £210,000,000, (81,050.000,000)
requinng an annual snpply of C12,200.000 (?S1,-
000,000); and these totals will bo mcri'awt d by
options mutaring during the next three years to
£250,000,000 (SI,250,000,000) piiaoipol xr’d
£14,000,000 (170,000,000) interest The cus
toms revetiTirm-^ledgcd to the bondholders -by re
peated cnactlffcme, were ettimalcd by Mr. Feea
sendon for the current year at £14,000,000
($70,000,000), but arc now expected to fali con_
tiderably short of that total, tha spring importao
ticas, owing to the operauoQs of the high tariff
and tho pressure of the war u^d tho resources 01
the great body of the people, having been so small
that^itiierto they amount to little mure than a
quarter cf those of tho corresponding months of
Last year. They are, tberefoic, not likely to yi*.\il
the sum required, acd in that casQ* ffte govtmment
would he forced to hvty gold in the open nutrket,
a process which would at once ie;wf up the prc'
mium." '
Affairs in the Mountaint.—A friend in Mo
Dowell eouPty wiites us that there i** mtioh ex.
citement there, the trans-mentane robbers hav
ing 'becomo a perfect terror. They have made
several descents into the coves asd valleys and
carried off and destroyed a groat deal of property.
Ho Eays it is reported that two robbers who were
captured a short timo since wero shot in the Ca.
tawba rivor, while on thoir way to Morganton,
under guard. He writes:
“Last week some five men descended the Ridge
to Turkey Cove, took three hfad of horses (or
mules) from Joe Reid and one trom J. Coxe. 0n
Sati?rday nine came down and presented them
selves at Dr. Teung's, and carried off four horses,
fine clothes, 4c. They visited J. M. Greenlee’s
plaee, occupied only by neg^'oes, and teek five
horses aod mules, and ransackcd the bouse. Car t.
Ne^, of Gc*n. MeElroy'^ staff, was robbed by them
of 93000, hat, coat and pistol. They then callcd
ou Reid again, and cleancd iiim out. The nine
were n&ofltly formerly m^bers of the 29th Reg't
Rftleigh Prcgreu.
Blockade Punv-ing.—In connection witb the
closing of tbo port (7f Wihnington, the following
statistics of blockado- running are interesting:
In 1862, 1863 and 1861, no fewer than 111
swift steamers were built on the Clyde fcr the
purpose of runnicg the blockado of the Confed-
erato ports. Of tne whole 111 steamersi 70 have
been either captured or destroyed, living, at the
close of 1864, 29 still running, while 11 were cn
their way out. The number running at the close
of 1864 was larger than at anv previous peried in
the annals of the blockade. Ifhe average number
of trips made by a blockade runner does not, h'ow.-
evor, exceed flvo, so that enormous profits must
bo realized per voyage to make this peculiar branch
of adventure at all remunerative. Most of the
blockade runners capturcd by the Federals be-
come watchers, in which capa^ty they prove very
servieeable. It may be added that notwithstanding
the large number of blockade runners captured or
destroyed, more new steamers were built on the
Clyde in 1864, to stipply their plaoM than in
cither 1863 or 1862, showing that speculators
are not aU all disheartened.
CanadicMs in the Yankee Army.—A lower
Can>iua Jourr-al saye: Lc Courier do St. Hya-
ginihe states that the nuaiber of Canadians wiio
have enlisted e>iuce the beginning of the war is
placed at 43,000. Of chis nuoiber, 35,00® were
French Canadians, no less than 14,000 of whom
have died’on the battle-field. " .V
A Merited Rebuke.^—In addressing » jury mpon
one occasion, the oelebrated Lord Jeffrey found
it neccssary to make free with tho charactei’ of a
military officcr who was present. Upon hearing
himseU' several times c jntemptuoualy spoken ot
as “tho soldier,” the son of Mus, boiling with in*
dignation, interrupted tihe pleader: “Don't call
me a soldier, sir, Pm an officer.” Lord Jeftey
immediately went on: “Well gentlemen, this offi>
c«r, who is no soldier, was'the sole caue of all
(ke mischief that had oeeuhed.”
A Mountain y S^t in St. Domingo.—In the
soutfa^de of St. Domingo, in tho province o^ Azoa
is tbe most singular salt deposit to be found in'thM 1
world. There ia hero a mounuin^of salt six miles
leng, from one*half to a mile wiie and from four to
five hundred feet high. In some places, where
the sides of the mountain are nearly perpendiou.
lar, large cliffs of salt are exposed to view, while
in other psrts a coating of earth from ten to
thirty feet deep,,covers.the salt. Thiz salt, in its
crude state, contains 96:75 per cent pure salt. A
railroad, some 20 miles in length, is to be eon-
structed, which will bring the salt to the little
port of Barahona.
The finteripriM Factory
it B«w wsfMured te'eaohaB(« ftr e«n er Imotm
Flmesl JSjxmhBn ef SpoB Ttni,
wltaUe ftr aai SawMr Gtotk. Tkti Tkre»d k
ef aMpofar qsaB^ Ml hf aof te tfte
fttaMV.
quenccs. I merely our war right to lorajee,
and my resolve to protect uiy forager, to tho ex.
tent ot life for life.
I am, with respect, your-obd't serv’t,
W. T. Shirman, Maj. ^en. U. S, A.
HkaD QtTARTERS IN THB FlELl>, )
February 27, 1865 J
Mnj. G^n. W. T. Sherman, V. S. Army:—
Gcuf'ral: Your communication of the 24tn inst.,
reached me to-day. In it you state that it has
been officially reported that your foragint' parties
w^re “murdered” aftdr capture, and jou go on to'
say that you bad “ordered a siicilar number of
pripocers in our bands to be disposed ot in like
manner ” That is to say, you have ordered a
nu«nber of Confederate eoldicrs to be “mtirdered ”
Ych cb»raetf‘rize your order in proper terms,
for the j'ublic voice even in your own coaotry,
whore it seldom darts express itself in vindi
cation cf truth, honor or justice, will surely agree
with yeu in proncuneing you guilty of murder, if
joar order is carried out.
Before diflmisBmg this “portion of your letter, I
hcg to assure yon that for every soldier of mine
‘ murdered” by you, I shall have executed at
on.cc two of yours, giving, in all eases, prei’erei-ca
to any officers who may be in my hands.
In refcrcn’cc to tbo statement yon mike re
garding the death cf y onr foragers, I have only tc
say tba+1 know nothing of it; that no orders given
by m? authorize the killing'of prisoners after cap-
tu’‘c, and that I do not believe that my men ki.I-
ed sny of youra except under circumstances in
’s^hich it was perfectly legitimate and proper they
should kill’them.
It is a part cf the system of tho tlii&ves wboiQ
you viCS’r;Eatc as ycur foragers, to fire the dwell
ings of thoso citrrens whom they have robbed.
To check this inbui7:an system, which is justly
ezeoiated by evc‘ y civilizcd nation, I have direct
ed my men to shoot down all of 'yotit moa mho
are canght burning hou?es. This order shall re^
aieia in force, »s long «s you disgrace the pro-
fcseinn of arms by allowing your men to destroy
private dwellings
Tou say that I cannot, of oetxrae, question your
righi^ to for'tgo on tbe country. “It is a right as
old as histoiy.” I do not, sir, question this right.
But there is a right older even'than thii, and one
w oTfl inalienable—the right that every man has
to defend bis home, and to protcet thcze who are
dependent upon Kim. And from my heart I wish
that every old man and boy in my eoantry, who
can fire a gun, would shoot down, os he would a
wild beas^, the men who are desolating their land,
.burning their boasts, and ineulting their women.
You are particular in defining and claiming
“war rights ” May I i^k if you enumerate a-
mong them the right to fire upon a defenceless
city without notice; tj burn that city to the
ground after it had been lurreadered by the an*
cLorities, who claimed, though in vain, that pro
tection which i^ always accorded in civilised war
fare to non-combatants; to fire the dweliing'ihouses
of citizens, after robbing them, and to perpetrate
even darker crimes than these—crimes too black
to be mentioned?^
You have permitted, if you have not ordered,
the commission of these offences against humani«
ty and the rules of war. Tou fired into the city
of Cobmbia without's word *t warning. After
its surrender by tbe Mayor, who denoanded pro*
tcctioB to private proparty, you laid the whole
city in agbes, leaving amid its ruioa thousands of
old men and helpless woman and children, who
are likely to perish of starvation and exposure.
Tour line oi march van be traced by tbe lurid
light of burning koa-ee, and in more than one
household there is an agony tar more bitter than
that of death.
The Indian sealped his victior regardless of sex
or age, but with tdl bis barbarity, he always re
spected the persona cf his female oaptivea. Tour
soldiers,*more MvagQ than the Indian, imult those
whose natursi protectors are absent.
In eoncliuioq, 1 have only to reqaeit that
whenever you have any of my m«a«diBpo8ed of”
or “murdered,” for the terms appear to be sy
nonymous with you, you will let me hear of it, in
order thtt I may know what action to take in tho
matter. In tbe meantime I shall hold flifty six of
your man as hoatsges for tboae whpm you have
ordered to be executed.
I am yours, &a.,
Wadj Hampton, Lieut Gen'l.
Yankee News.—Richmond, March 6.—^The
Baltimore American of the 3d reports the destruc
tion of Columbia by order of Gen Sherman with
out giving any particulars. An emissary-front
Maximilian is reported at City Point endeavoring
to get through the Taakee Ium for the pvpose
of visiting tfie Confederate capital. ^
Prisoners MxcKanged.—RtcBmond, March 6.
—Official notice m given that all Qontederate
officers and men who were delivered Bavannkh
or Charleston during November and December
last, and all delivered on James River prior to the
1st inst., are declared to be exchanged.
The True Spirit.—A lady writing to a fnen4
in this city, from one of the extreme border coun
ties of Virginia, where the devastations of the
enemy have been ^''It as heavily as anywhere,
holds the following truly patriotic laB^iiage, which
should put every croaker to the blu^, and nerve
afresh the courage of svsry vms friend of liberty:
“Everything,” says she, “looks dark and gloomy
and the croakers have plenQr to talk about now,
but I will never ^ve up as long as Robert E. IM*
has hopes fot our Confederaey. . Wluv be #a^
there is no hope for it, then I g|?e up
let b^re.^—X|fftcA&«iy