isUiHM®, 1 ft THURSIAI MORITO, MW 16,
VOL. L—ML la
: MARCH 16.
W I! EMINGTON,
TO HERALD .05 T® ^
LOCAL'INTELUCENCIE
.THE CITIES’ MEETHG.
pause.]. Every year added to its severity and
injustice; until at last' Mr.. Davis demanded that
all exemptions should be abolished, and the power
to detail men for the necessary home duties should
be vested in him; he would detail men to practice
medicine, preach the gospel, make laws, edit the
newspapers,-&c,, and thus have a solute control
over the lives and opinions of all the .men in the
country. What a claim was that to be made in
this free American country. [Applause.] Then
came a most burdensom, complicated and Unjust
system of taxation, which “wrung the last doit
Reiniirks of Rev. ^ ®- ficpbiim.
CANDID AND DISPASSIONATE REVIEW OF THE
PAST.
from the clutched hand of poverty”—and these
taxes for some mysterious blunder or fraud have
to be doubled it seems. [Laughter.] Had we
remained much longer under the power of these
men, there are many here who would have had to
sell their all to pay their taxes. [-‘That’s so” and
applause.] I need jjot dwell on ocaer of their
The Rebel Government the Real
Traitors,
iw^ra CAKO^INA ALWAYS
FOK THS HINSON.
The ©^ly Slope foe tixe Slute Now
The following are the lucid andablejremarks
in support of the resolutions adopted at the
Citizens Meeting on Tuesday evening, deliv
ered by Rev. A. D. Hepburn, of the Presby
terian church in.this city.
ent people. We do riot find them coming to the as
sistance ofthe people east of the river. Soon after
General Hood' took command of the army of Terines
s-e an order was sent to the Trans-Mississippi de
partment for reinforcements for him to the number
of twenty thousand men; and the troops refused tc
obey the order. So at present; why is it that Gen.
Loo receives no reinforcements firm the armies
which we are told are in Missouri, Arkansas and
Texas? The fate of the Confederacy must be de
cided by the results of the military movements in
the Eastern States''; we should expect to see forces
drawn from,every quarter for the decisive battle.—
I have seen it stated that the troops west of the
Mississippi have again refused to cross the river,
and I believe the statement. It is certain that if
ever the Southern Confederacy should be establish
ed, tow Mississippi river would soon cut it in two,
and we should have two ^confederacies instead of
one. But the work would not s:op here. In the
first year of the war it was often and openly de
clared that- the border {States,—Virginia, North
Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, could not long
the su^nsion of ^habeas eo^ao^o!^ "^^
ized robbery called impressment; the admission , pearance- An . d so the process would go on. Who
into congiess corrupt representatives of a Lc ! ean depict the degredation and horrors of such a
titious.constituency; the want of good faith in J state 0 f society? May Heaven in mercy avert from
the management ofthe finances, &c.,&c. To close j ut and from our posterity gush a fate ! [Applause.]
the catalogue we see th t at last they are about . Entertaining, then, these views, . we desire the
to finish the destruction of slavery. That which ! re-est.bliahment of the authority of the general
1 1 government o’er the whom of its territory. We
Mr Stephens pronounced the cornel s o - e of he it> because we convinced that oni £ under
confederacy. [Applause] 1 ask, the... j the fostering care of such a government we can; es-
claims can a government whica has proven so । capeanarchy and.ruin, and can make any progress'
false to all the principles on which it is professed - ;n ar t, industry, science aud literature, and enjoy
to befounded, so oppressive,cruel and extravagant -peace, security and all the blessings of plain, prac-
have upon the confidence and obedience of any j tical yepublioan freedom. [Applause.]
man? Truly do rhese resolutions declare that it is In reference to our own State it Were vain to
* * -hesyof its future. I do not feel so desponding
find some of my friends tobe. North Carolina
follies and wrongs; the secret sessionsA)f congress
into congiess corrupt representatives of a fic
all confidence.
have been the
PRICE TEN
nation oi Fayetteville.
Immense Destruction o
Property.
THE
&C.
ARMY ARYAWW AGAIN,
&C.
&C.
&C.
Brig. General Dodge. Chief Quartermaster of
this Department, returned yesterday morsing
from an official visit to Generifl Sherman at Fay
etteville. General Dodge spent an entire day
■ with General Sherman, arranging business con- ■
netted with the quartermaster’s department.
. The steamer Hurt also came down yesterday
bringing a lead of the South Carolina refugees
who ‘have followed Sherman’s arnjy, Those
who came down on the Hurt were mostly white
is a great state; with her rich dowry of fertile
land, her fisheries, mines, streams and valleys,and
her brave and hones', people, she his all the elc-
mants of greatness. She prospered hr the past in
wwe of all the obstacles in her way; let us hope
. and, an we trust, a bitter
ill soon enter upon that career 1
“ Let the dead past bury its
The company was largt
The rest of the refuge
no di
is di;
course.
imid. .Theft
wiser in the
some of the
had taken so
feelings of any in former
•character as now revealed,
nounce it, [Applause.]
active a part in the meeting, should perform the
times, in $iewof its
hadb.en too prudent—or rather f
experience should teach them to be
future. But he would prefer that,
older residents of the place, who
1 alp 80
ven naa designed
friends, bj
dinationi
•ions convictions
ire to have
persons as cy^upe
who have not seen this charming actress should -
1 ail t:
establishment being public property and its
i destr
wor!
icons rue. ’On
a ff
[Appla
fall upon
y than-it
improve these few remaining opportunities.
uon by
ings 0 0
mers E. C. Jv/mson and
seized ai
dependent upon the bounty of
must, naturally, yield their ia-
There were four mills a: Fayette-
or three on Rockfish creek, all
1 extensive establishments. They
iction a terrible blow t the rebels. Not
Ig3 of that once extensive and important -
now remains. ,
^Ltf of S^iff to ^ameml ^ram
noong the late enactments of the List Co
ing down and will be hero in a day or two.'
The negroes of this immediate party General
' Dodge will send to General Saxlon in.the De-
partm nt ifSouth Carolina, as ra^By ag t^
portaiion can be provided for them. The .dis-
livery cott n nillin the place and vicinity
as also destroyed by order.' Although "these
ills were private property, they were not un-
r private control nor could they be. The
bel army was largely dependent on them for
5Orv e d th ,ugh somewhat lardy recognition of
Tidu 0 ^ a nd invaluable seniors in the he'd and
camp. From the time of accepting his ap-
pintment as assistant adjutant gaw-end, with
The speaker commenced by regretting that the
duty of opening the discussion upon the resolu-.
tions had devolved upon him. Not th^t he had
an^hesitation in publicly declaring his views and
feelings on the subjects embraced in the resolu
tions. The present was. not a time for men who
had settled convictions to be silent. It was the
fault of conservative men in these parts that they
every one were involved in the course to he pur'
sued by the. community, every one had a right
'to speak and to be heard. -
We have assembled to-n ght in no spirit of mere
exultation. Thesis not the time or place for such
feelings-: with the evidencea-of the ruinous effects
goes, v
and dt
and t
shelte:
could
flause
ice lived in aiHuvnci
called for by these resoltions
io do with th
ent views as to the' course wh
e. [ApplauSe.]
isolations offered to you to-night
decided, and model
i. that we renounce the goverbsaent ifnder which
'6 have been living for the last four years, and
lat we heartily desire to see our state restored to
1 ler proper place in the union, where we believe
1 ti l mass of the people have in their hearts always
. wished her to be. [Applause.]
klingthat he is bonud by duty and honor to
lie confederate government, I would have him re
fect upon the course - ursued by that government
Jr the last, four years, and then decide by^wbat
Lht it claims his allegiance. Right ufinded citi-
d will endure much for the good of their conn -
V; but there is a point beyond which obedience
uses to be a duty. Treason, gentlemen, is a
|me of which not’ the subjects of a government.
[injustice and oppression; when, they demand
Lat /freemen dare not give,” they are the trait-
b, and not to resist and renounce them is treason
jurist freedom and against humanity. [Applaue]
Id what has been the. course of the confederate
kern merit from its beginning? It was founded
bn tiro doctrine of state rights; and the rights
■ he states were among the first to be trampled
1 c- r foo t. AV e soon h ad al so the system of con'
lipiion introduced; it was denounced by some
lair leading salesmen as unconstitutional, and
■what never ^iculd be in a free country. Their
Bositien was in vain, and we had a conscfip-
law as sweeping, ruthless and cruel'as ever
■graced the legislation of any country. [Ap-
IVc not only renounce the Confederate
mcnt, but we declare that it is our d
State of North Carolina mayffie.spe
to the union. [Cheers.] I believe
majority of the people of the State
us in this desire. I do not, belh
Carolina ever lost her attachment t
government. She was never an a
heresy of secession. When the lionr o.
and by the folly and wickedness of oth
outh would he the establishment of a sops
believe thut the two naiions could
peace? I r " . v b ir th it ab Ue ti
nr passed the ordinance of secession, Dr. Thornwell,
with his accustomed eloquence, drew a gorgeous
ictare of the two .sister republics
feelings embittered by long years
could not Jive together in peace.
perpetual war betweer
W
;h-
o allowed to con
sult their own inclinations, of course. The un-
fortuinU ones who have neither moans' nor.
The first of Shcrmaii’s-army left Fayetteville
isferday. Whither bound will be developed
eedily enough by the course of events. It
h . q ’ ■ ■ ' ' tl ■ q . not now
•without fighting a battle.
Ube it is jittcqlv lo foretell.
iuMCMiWmg tl«S;
:ldsboro’, and are re-
,mond. The
io assemble a
urt?.^ ?( t^e
part of Shert
x not ig more
up inj
where large standing armies are, republicanism can- 1
not long survive. The armies of the South would
have to be drawn from the home population; there’I
quince would be that a stern conscri
gather mto the army ail the poorer ch
those who in a free country constitute
and pride. The exempts would be tho:
iS, &C ,
thought
aristocracy—slaves td till the soil and engage in :
...•.racturibgihere might be, and die poorer j
class of whites to compose the army- Toere can be .
no doubt thatin the’maiu these were the views of
Mr. ! Calhoun^ind of ,those who have attempted to
carry out his views.
Dut do you suppose that we should have only two
nations? If the work ot separ-tion were once to
coin iience it would not stop until the ri hole nation
were, resolved into its original elements, and we :
should have a multitude ofpetty military despotisms,
the contempt of foreign powers, wasting aw?.y each !
others strength in bloody and endless feuds [Ap- j
piause.] We have seen something of this disinte- :
grating process already. The inhabitants west ot
the ^Mississippi river regard themselves, and have .
regarded themselves for some time, as an independ-
s-morrcv m
hich, of cour
urday night sire makes her last appearance. Those
oi chief of staff to Lienti'nant General
Avhieh.confers upon 4fim substantially
'' Av- da brigadier general in the regular
Fi Eng, as it does, up-n Brigadier Gen-
eial John A. Rawlins, it comes as a well de-
been
present time, he
atelv connected v
LiAc-vf, and has shared in the Larch
dangers of all his campaigns and batik
Belmont lathe present tape-serving ft.
burg as chief of staff to General Grant
non si i
Dr,of .Blip
per
d^
number of year
i suffered much by its oecupa-
S army. The Arsenal build-
j torn down, the works destroyed and
tenements att: t.-Led To it destroyed.—
: office ha? already been no
Exciter newspaper
Al. Tbis was done
^^1*
'state.
for,
im
man
of Europe
gy, and contrary to the wishes and"' .
of the commanding General. It is
is purpose, as wo arc assured, to
purely private property in this
mine of He soldiers who were fa-
be vacillating course of the Obser-
j rd-, ur.k occasion to enter the town in advance
lot the army and set fire to the concern. Mr.
geous royal pag»ants, are the very powers which j
are the most dvciept and decaying. In yriofi
of this' may be adduced Spain, Austria. Pm-lu- i
the court ol 11 me.
great
ide to
lis i ame
Helion of bis beautiful pri-
our buildings, rlsd fired by.
as unsafe
•iiciion was wholly unin—
•ig flers set fire to an old,
uhouse-l the flames from.
. to Mr-. Banks’ house
0 proximity. 'The house
•ound ucv-pwe every effort
ng formerly occupied by the Bank
f North cu/omm, and belonging
Sherman’s ircops arrived at
of these