North Carolina Newspapers

--'1 I Y0L.LX1II NO 9 " " "Tiff ,.".., ' ' Jj" , I ! ' - " - Otrir itlipUaioffir ieTlxlitfBlpc ' , d mr Mrtrnn to lir Hi brother. . 1 11 1 1 ' ,' SATTTBDAY MOBSINQ, JSBBUAUY 1883. PROFESSIONS AXD PRACTlCfc. ' . In these days of onc3( when troth, mod esty and fairdealinff are at a discount and lying, impndence and deceit aro at a pre- mittm, it is in some degree amnaiog to a calm observer of tassine events to see the pre - a.a ill. - wTffi wnfeh e ome or the oreans ereat and email,- of tfce ; so-called .wniin Mr(v of North Carolina, hold np their hands and indignantly cry ont at the enormity of holding political meeting by members of the Legislature and others, who thought proper to assemble and protest, in a .aeries of forcible resolutions, against the actings and doings of the wretched and nn- principled faction which, by false pretenees, sucoseded in getting into power, and ealhng nnon all honest men. opposed to party faction u,dintoIerU.,loMa.HiththSmia.nrf- ra,U.por.; No -doubt the! money can b. thia, igteM with much of the ,l.to teaching, !S!ti!l lSTt fort to put it down. These organs denounce gpQnt in that way, but how many people will of Standard. The Standard does not loud tones,- "we will, we will." After the ap tbeueetinga. inopportune, and dU to 6 be T.in.tdbj these .gen!.:W.Tent to'W 1 JuK' ttAlftZg&, heve that, the .fcarejiaea 01 noiamg sucn a meeting while the war is rajnne is sometnmr T . . . " . - that wUl alinic.in tne nostras oi ine peopie No thief who ever fled from hot pursuit; ery- ing at eiery jump, the top of bu voice, - - . . . Stop thief," "slop thief !" m order to di vert attention from himself, could pretend to , more honesty for the time than these same Conservative organs. JTo villanous bawd, whose daily life and conversation have been those of vice, impurity and shame, could more meekly roll up her eyes and "assume a virtue, though she has it not," Wile rais ing this outcry, these same virtuous organs very-well know that, the faction which they are seeking to perpetuate had time and again held its secret caucuses for mere party pur- poses, in the Capitol, during the late session of the Legislature, the proceedings of which caucuses are known only to themselves and their faotjon, not daring to make them known to the people at large. These political pimps and. profligate demagogues know fall well that it was the very course of themselves which virtually compelled that adopted by others, (and which they now denounce,) un Jess they elected quietly to submit, and then be ground under foot, as is now arrogantly thfeatened by the Chief Priest of, the con cern by him who moulded it into shape, ar- ranged all its parts, and breathed into its nostrils the breath of life; -and who seeks now w use iu Bireua m uruw w gruiy they could lay ; hands upon f They eame his revenge for the past, and to glut his lust gAW ' buk like Canar,1 they did not for office and power in the future. But thjs COQqaer Bar it9e slmgeejeni weekfl false crywill fail of its aim. -The. people .Q WQrs8 than idleness, fearing that the Yan have seen that they were cheated, imposed vee9. who were then near" Goldshoro' wera . upon and betrayed and no amount of trick ery, falsehood and low canning on the part of the betrayers can restore them to confi fidence. . ' They complained of party tyranny, and promised to put it down if power was given them to.do so. The complaint wasunfound. ed, but they succeeded, by incessant clamor and the' comparative eilence, of those whom they assailed, m making it be believed by many honest men that there was some ground for the complaint. , The people .wanted no ' parties in time of war, and trusted them, with .power, when straightway thej inaagurated the most unmitigated and ruthless party war- fare and parly rule ever known in this State: ucy Buaigeu auuaes iu uuo ftumiaufc.auou oi . our State officer?, and that useless officers were retained in the service with high sala ries Cornfederates .and Stallfederatesn were the nicknames used.) They promised reform. Jn what respect have they - made any? y hat offices have they abolished t None, but they have created many new ones " in order to pf ovide for greedy place-seekers, and have increased the salaries of others af ter having filled them with "good Conserva tives." The people were told jby the high priest of the order that Gov." Clarke needed no Aids, and that it was . a monstrous' abuse to. keep them at the handsome pay of Colo nels of Cavalry. They were then "Cornfed federates. When they got into power the : thing was hushed' up, and now the Govern or's Aids, being "good Conservatives,' Kve, . like gentlemen, in great peace and" quiet, " with nothing o do, draw their pay regularly 'every quarter, and what . is more, corn- and .: fodder, or the money in lieu of if, to feed two or .more horses for" each'1 of them : a thing that the "Cornfederaie" Aids of Gov. Clark never did do. Again," our new Sur geon General, we . are glad to hear, by dint of hard and nnteasing efforts, makes a shift to find something to do, though not mucb, in an office which his worthy and distinguished predecessor thought useless, and therefore resigned, the State Hospitals having all been turned over toUha Confederate Government, thus saving the expense ; of providing for them bj the State. : .Was thai useless office dispensed with 1 Bj do means rat. on the contrary, the princely earn of J3pp,000;was voted, to be excendeil in one vear by Bar- ton Oeneral Warren, irithont anv anch checks and restrictions as are nsnallyanne ed to" such large appropriatfoflS of money. Indeed, we ire informed hv those who hare teen this remarkable law. that entire discre- tlOQ the Were n dlsnosed BUPjeet, whieh we are not, we wonld adopt title of on-of Bolw'et's NoYelsi-What m h(i Aa ith ik Welll:- reallv we Wt 1 VZZTZ.T'ZttZi.'ZX ICT.fn tl ft n can; nnder the eircfnmstances.- to fiad I ' j t,K certainly the difficulties are ; great. Such, however,-was the confidence reposed in the 0f our distinguished Surgeon.Geheral disbursing agent by the Leslature, thaVjust before the elose 6f the last session, tpev TOted him the further sum of $30,000, th power to appoint an agent in each ooun- ty 0f tne State, at ?5 per day, to vaccinate J uA rMrU. a . rmvAntrvA in th nrftad of to say .confidently, not one-tenth part of our i.t:rt N.trT,Al.M u 1 V """ ..j5Mv, . -r jittle patronage, : the appointment of some J e:-t.tv odd reranna at an exijenaa to Iha State i o j r r 0f more than $400. i per clay, ;eyery - one of whom must, of coarse, be a "good Conserva-J tive," high priestilolden having so laid down the law, and woe be unto himwho disregards the edict ; - for hath, he not said that he has the power "to kill or make alive 1" r We have thus, . in a few ; mstanoes, con trasted some of the professions and praotice Ar r.Mf;An : Of this facuon when m and out of power. Bnt what did the Legislature besides, after .11 h. highountog promise, which hmld; ed their adfent to'Kaleigh " A great- din, we know, had been ' raiaed hv the Standard and otlier-1 printa, because a majority . - y of the Council of -State failed to attend for the transaction' of what was said to be all important business, and which waa so press ing that it could not await the assembling of the Legislature. , The failure : to attend on the part of several members of the Council waa soon after explained Ho the satisfaction of every unprejudiced mind, and we shall not J 11 : u tj au! t .-.i.U.. uvfCM uuuu Ah iictc. ojuk , mo 4iimo upon met soon after, and great things were prom ised and ezpeoted by some . We again ask, what did they do, except to appropriate and lnat mainly to members of their own body, the offices which, per fak aut nefas, : coming here, they adjourned and fled inglo riously to their homes, leaving things in the same condition that they found them, saving that they did just enough to expose our weak ness to, the enemy, and to cripple the ener gies of the Confederate Government, our sole means of defenoe ; scattering - discontent among the consoripts by denouncing the con- ' . . - i : , -t ecnp r law as : unconstitutional ana voia, thereby preventing, in a great degree, the enralment of new lroopa cnooliragiDg desertions among the old, and then refusing k(J laWj urged thereto by the Governor, to enable him to put a stop to the eviLl oh 'theyi by their: factious course, had mainly caused. They came back after a month's absence the Governor sent a spe cial mss&ge and again urged the passage of such a law they would not do it. But they filled np whole' reams, of paper with aets to incorporate everybody "and the rest of man kind," for almost every conceivable purpose, not worth the paper, in these scarce times, upon which they are printed, and of nosort of interest to anybody, 'except to His High ness, tho State Printer, who gets paid for the printing ; and then having added several millions to the debt of the State, and passed a law in relation to the writ of Habeas' Cor pus', defying the Confederate Government and attempting to nullify one Of its laws, and also a resolution declaring themselves true patriots and clever fellows, which they caused to be sent to Congress and the other States ; they adjourned, without day, and. went hocde, it is to be hoped; many of them, never to re turn in the service of the State, which they have cone more to injure and disgrace than any legislative body that ever assembled within its limits. And suoh.we believe will be, at no distant day, the fair and impartial verdict of the people swhoe interests, have been betrayed, and whose confidence has been most shamefully abused. ; ',. The Post plaster General has established the following new Poet Offices : . , Grassy fork, Alexander Co., N. C. ; McCullockV, Uniori . . " . " : : j' And bas changed the name of the office at Stanley Creek, Gaston Co., to "Brevard Station THE STANDARD AND THE COUttTS. - The Standard of Tuesday last, tirae if fta vocation, in an article J entitled "A Stxpreme Cottrf, utters a tirada of abase of the Prea- ident and Congress, which latter it is o term a mere legisiatire automaton io the nds of the President,'.' and not only .this, that the President, has ;, concentrated Twihi? Mmself all the powers' of the Goy- they can i have heir vway,'ionrnly relianoe w in theatric ooortsV appointedmider,ihe Provisional,vwnioh have been eontinued, so I farthe:ttBtrYjows,:wIthe of law or the Constitution, under the per - J manent Government" And tbeo. it is tsk- ed,-"may not very serious . questions arise hereafter as tqjtha! authority as well as to the decisions . of these courts ?" Thus every teajtor in the land is virtually told that he may violate the, law wi A "impunity, for, ao- cording to the Standard, there is no court known to the law or the Constitution by which he can be tried for his treason. . The ignorance as well as mendacity of all Ior instance, lias not -seen reappointed under the nermanent Government, bnt it seeks , .- . J. . - ... . aaroiuy io maxe mac impression, .we oe Here that he has bnt whether he has or not . . . . r Te , , . , . , , , a iiuiuaicrii. - xi uo uaa uui,,. uo jci. uyiue his office under the Constitution and the law, to all intents and purposes, as any one Jnay see by referenoe to Art: 6, ; Seo. 1, of the permanent Constitution, and for whioh the Editor of the Standard, as we believe, voted in Convention, and Which provides as follows : j "The Government established by this Constitu uon is tne successor or tne .Provisional :.Govern- ment of the Confederate States of America, and ajlthelaws passed by the ,latter shall continue in tfr&J& I main in office until their successors are.appointed and quaUfled, or tne offices abolished." I So, let not the Standard man lay the flat- tenng unouon to nis soul tnat there are no courts to try traitors and punish treason. He may lead his friends into treuble, or get into " trouble himself. The matter can be easily settled, however, if doubted. 9 The Standard advisea Governor Vance, in . the same paper, to back up the demand to be made under the late Habeas Corpus Act naRsed hv tha Itna atnro for the releasa of 1 r" -J o. " Confederate prisoners at oalisDurv witn a sufficient military force to overcome that of I the I Confederate Government. Now, we hardly think the Governor will be guilty of any sujh folly, but should he consent to do so, we hope we may bo pardoned for express ing Jthe wish that Captain H olden may be put in command of it, and if he attempts to car ry out his own advice, we will then see wheth er there is any Confederate Court in North Carolina to take cognizance of such a case. He who advises another to commit treason should not withhold himself from sharing all the responsibility of the act advised. - So let us have a Case. A few days ago a communication, was published in this paper urging the authorities to increase the pay of tne poor women wno are sewing ior tne State Clothinsr Department. Since that time we h ft tak to"endulre of persons whdare.do- iner this work as to what they receive; and from the figures given us we are induced to raise our feeble voice in their behalf, feeling sure that every right thinking man will agreed with us that the pittance they receive is by no means a fair com. pensation for the services rendered,. We are told that the prices now paid are as follows : For coats 15 cents, for pantaloons 50 cents, for shirts 25 cents, and for drawers 15 cents. Now we think that any reasonable man will admit that these prices are not at all in keeping with the prices of all the necessaries of life, and we respectfully call the attention of the proper authorities to the mat ter. The State has been lavish in its expendi tures in other matterspossibly in some instances too much so, but we will not complain ; only giv ing the poor woman, the wife, sister or mother of the soldier, a fair compensation for her work.-r With the present prices they can not keep soul and body together long, with thepresent extraordinary charges made for every article in the provision line, and we appeal to those officials who we sup pose have tome discretionary power in this matter to perform an .act of simple justice and increase tne pay or tnose wno are making the clotning tor ourioldiera. - .. ., ;.;'. i ! When these prices were established they might have been very reasonable, for every thing in the way of clothing and provisions was much lower then than now, but at the present prices of meal, flour, m'eat, &c these poor creatures must starve if their compensation is not increased. We leave the matter in the hands of those whose business it is to redress grievances, to arrange, prices and ad minister justice between the employer' and em ployeeoping and believing that they will do what is right in the premises. We take the above from the Daily Progress, and heartily concur with that paper in urging the authorities to increase the prices paid the poor women who are sowing for the Slate Clotning 'Department Indeed,- it is a shame , that they should be required to work for such inadequate pay. ; we unaerstana toat tnose wno give out tne work" allege as a reason for not increasing the pay ths fact that they can get the work done, dl present prices. Xrue, tne poor women wui wora at pres ent prices ; but it is only because they can get nothing else to do. They are bound to have.bread, and if they cannot get what they deserve for their labor, they must take what they can get. ' But is it right for the State authorities thus to take ad vantage of the necessities of the poor and needy T Is it just? i No one will dare to say that there ia either right or justice in it. BOLD EXBBESSIONS OF ? A . NORTHERN . , J CLERGYMAN. ; -K At a recent moating of the Dem ocratic Club of Philadelphia; the. Be? CL C. Burr forluerly edi, tor of the New Tork Doily News, wa One. of the spe&kerg, tna ' denounced .the XAdi ninistratioa "of Liiicols in the most bitter terms.- He slid it was a dranKen Administration, besotted with it? isolaw uon 01 toe uonsUtatioBl and1 had never had one nones pulsation for the good of the conn try ? It wm letoi rascaifl.f ne nad laWly been to Wasli- wgton and hia soul was filled withihamewhen he saw tne Btreets of that city filled with lnnatica and persons icwkinff as if tbev.had come from Bedlam or soma PreeLov e association.H i Tne :membere;of, the Administration, the speaker said, were not fit to oe bootblacks for his honorable kddjtora. Ap- piause. j Aoranam juineoin is a ; srreater traitor than'Jijfterson Davis.f : What has J ;flf Davis dobe? He has "merely infringed upon our territorial ju- risaicHoa ? ne nat not ati uck at the Uonstitulion On. State riehtp. Burr discourstd! at lD?th.! He believe libat we would have to come back to -the 1 1Q aocmne ornate . igt savetbeUie- puuni uu oaiu buav tun j iiibtju ' pdabCS flSVtk uu rights, and were merely rested on the; solid "basis of State rights. : Suppose that a State shoald ei- fuse to elect a Senator or a Representative, where II 1 T 1 a l ii . i n I . wuuiu your unuea Dtaies ds r congress is notu- ing DUt tne representative of tne States, and tbis is me ony aocinne mat can save ps. -WCal we want is pluck. "No we don't,'? interposed a voicp. "We want money.". - , i ' " , " f 4 'Yes bit,'.' continued the epeakfer, "VVe want muscle. Carry the pluck vjhich you have dis played this evening with you into the street, i! If you do co, the Provost Marshal of this city witi be more afraid of being ridden suddenly ;on a rail not what becomes of its body.' Applause. "If. I PwlwnwH w now proposea snouia succeeartnat fpne of our soldiers should goto Richmond and as sassmate Jefferson Davis and bring back hishead I be hoped it would be put on AbeL aqoln's shoul I ders." Loud and long continued ejboering.1 Mr. uurr reiterated that Mri Lincoln. Was a greater -J traltor than- Jeflv. Uavis, and if his Abolition pol iuy .was permuted 10 goon, ne .inr.p j maintain ed that Jefferson Davis was fighlinb for liberties in tne JNortn, as well as those ot his fjeliow-ciuzens in the South. Why ' not stop this war now?- Why; my friends. you wilh ask, "How can wo do so without disgrace Ttf Why, if you, are disgraced now, what will your dishonor amount six. months hence, if you goon making dead men and public debt?-' If this Abolition programme was to be carried out, and , negroes were to be put in our forts as garrison troops, he, as a peace man thought it would be his time to turn soldier- He contemplated the new compromise line with plea sure. It would run; East of New;. Jersey, and wouia inereiore inciaae mai oiate ana ireqnsyi vania. As for New England hfe cared very little whether it came in or not. These States ihurht .be tolerated in the new Union as a sort of ulcer -which could not be taken out until i lyripe. ! - - was perfect .r ; The Baltimore Republican, in commentifg on Napoleon's letter to Gen. For ey, says :i it" "Must we, under the lead o! a junta of visiun ry madmeD, still imitate the dog in.the fable, and graapieg at the shadow lose the substance ? There is but one of two couTses left for the Government to pursue in order to avoid the very cn ejuenes of these designs of the worst future Prench Em perc r. it will either be compelled to accept a war wa j? rauce, wousi ine ooaw is su l in arms, or I tv a .nAr. - .k aa o, ' !. once aoieat tne scnemes or jn apoieon and put an end to the civil war. We do not fcnow whether this will be considered 'treason' by the powers that 1.1. M. i L Z - - - . - . . t . . 1 1 l uutii is cur t)ooeB(couviciion mai is is ue omy course by which, not only this country, but .the - il ;n 1 r . i-.r? f.t uuuuaeni, win oe savea: irom complications who tne diplomacy and powers of Europef 4- " v THE EXEMPTION BllTL. The Richmond Whig of yesterday says:. . , ; ' Tbe Exemption Bill was passed by the Senate, yesterday. As it is quite len gth y ,1 an d has 1 to undergo the revision of the House jof Kepresen titives, we deem it unnecessary to occupy space by publishing it in full. Its proviiyns differ from those of the act of last session . in several particulars. The clause relative io the exemption of those unfit for service in the 'field provides that their bodily incapacity shall be I "ascertained by a surgeon of the army who is not a resident of the part of the country from which those he is called upon to examine may have come.'! It also provides that persons so examined and declared unfit lor duty "shall not be afterwards subject to be again examined and enrolled." How many times have they been examined already ? . . The clause exempting tne juaiciai and etecu- tive officers of. State Governments epecifically exempts tne Judges or, tne fcupreme, Superior, Circuit and'Probate Courts, the Chancellors of State Courts, I and Sheriffa, and excludes Justices of the Peace. Persons appointed by the offlecrs of the Ere.cu tive Departments, since the 15th Aphl, 1861: ami who were liable to military service when appoint ed, are excluded from exemption. Presidents or conductors of anv'railroad com- paav. or train, who faiTj -aegTector . refuse to fur nish seats or drinking water to eick and wounded soldiers, not to be exempted. "One editor of .oach newspaper now beinff pub- iisnea, ana -ucu juuiubjuiou pnuiensn Bugiaeera, pressmen, stenographic reporters bfl and mailing clerks as the editor or proprietor ihereof may certify upon ' oath to be indispensable for con- ducting me puDiicauon," are . so oe exemptea. Alanufacturers of "various classes specified, are exempted on condition that tne manufactured ar ticles shall be sold at a net pront not exceed roj thirty per cent, per annum on the net capital in vested. Two new clauses refative to the police of , slaves, and to the protection of families not less than ten in number on any farjm, are embraced in the bill. Tney were published in lull asl adopted in the report of the Senate proceedings, a fe.w days These are the prracipal changes made in tne jEiXempuon .a.cpassea at mo last session. -4. m a a : a a i I: T- s " v Extract of a letter from a ' soldier ! to his sister in Mobile: . . , ; . -i: "The papers are after Gen Bragg again, but, 1 - ; I i poor ignorant creatures, they don t know what war is. W eiougnt ana wmppeaoaaiy bit army xargeiy outnumbering ours, and Buffered rain, sleet; cold and hunger for six days . and nights, and became we could not still go on and ngiit five times our force nearly all tresh troops, ancr we with not a single) spare man, a single man not; worn out Bragg is no general. Could somo- of the&e stay at home warriors have witnessed the uufferings ef that little army of proud, brave, enduring patri- ots, who were so willing to labor, to wait, and to fight, undismaj ed by the legions of Vandals bet fore them, they would not now Indulge in those ill-natured strictures so easily scribbled off when surrounded by all the comforts of home.'? ' v The Examiner sajs : that it is understood that Gen.Longstreet is to; succeed Gen. GL W. Smith in the department' embracing South ".Virginia and';ITorUi Carolins. Gen. Longstreet's head- uar&era will be at Petersburg. V A SOUTHERN. ACCOUNT OP THE FALL ; ; OF ARKANSAS POST: ' ' '.r -The:;pubiic:-baVever vague andmeagre reports.-which have reached us of the surrender of tne Post of Arkansas. ; The following is a'' truptwbrthy account of the disaster, derived,: from a Southern officer of high - The Post, pn the Arkansas fiver, distant from its mouth some fifty milea hy -water, and twenty by land, and from' LiUle; Rock hy land 110 miles, was -under the immediate command of Gen. Churchill. '., Irdring the Jast summer and fall some defences were . thrown up there, consisting pf an embankment surrounded-by a ditcband mounted iiu buwi guim as couiu oa procureu one ume inch dahlgren, and. two jeight inch colcmhiads, with a. " - batter v of small pieces arranged to resist ranfttaca-.byUnd.'This armament;' with a corps of about .4000 men, constituted Gen. Churchm.'i entire resourc3s '.Jor : meeting an attack pf seven Yankee "gunboat and vthe lah? forces of sixty eigbttraoBports4from?thirty to forty Jthousaod. m en who, having just been w hipped out at Y ickj burg, had come up the river in search of a force small enough to insure Ibem a victory;!- On Fri- day, Gen. Churchill , .apprwed ol the advance of the enemy in large force,' sent a dispatch for re inforcements. The nearest point from which such aid could be received, was fifty miles distant. During that night the enemy landed thfei forces, and early on Saturday morning commenced a most furious attack from both land and water. Our in en', fougb t, not on 1 y gallan tly but desper ately, through: all Saturday and Sunday, some times .breasting back the assailants from their earth-works ( with - their bajonels,- and at other times yencounteripg tbeir" dense masses in the open heia. . JNo ; reinforcements reached j them from first to last. McCulloch'sj division and two regiments of cavalry, ; under command of Col. Geo.- W. Carter, were on their way. bnt arrived only; in season to Tlockr" the stable after ..the horse had been - stolen. It is gratifying to-learn that Gen. Churchill, though carried off a '"'prison er,, was not wounded m the nght: . 7 Itjs reported and, believed that the enemy in tended to "proceed immediately to fen attack on Little Rock, i But the' reduction of the Port wis glory enough for one expedition, and they depart? ed the next day as they came,-leaving the guns unharmed ' as tney ; found them, and the horses, mules and wagons to shift for themselves in the adjoining fields J The . capital if taken, would af ford them no advantage, as the archives, are al ready removed "therefrom, and the country is so far exhausted" that .the pnemy could not subsist for any length: of time without -importing sup plies. Vv .u.v'V,' ; y -Vf c A detachment of the 'Yankea army number ing about 4,000 Jnfantry and - artilery, made a very unlooked ; for eolre into .Van Buren during Christmas weelc. Dri ving in and dispersing our piekets, they rushed through the town to the riv. er, where they seized , and seattered some commis sary stores. Tbey 6oon hadl occasion to leave, however, .fpri ''while inmedias res an undiscovered battery on the opposite side of the river poured upon them a deadly fire, which induced them to doubt whether the place was altogether as safe as they had thought it. Those who escaped slept eisewnere, ana nave iorgotten to return since. u Arkansas possesses vast mineral wealth as well as an incomparable soil and climate for agricultu-, ral products, and immense resources for the pur poses of war. 4 It is but recently that much atten tion has been given to r the dev.elo mem of the fatter ; yet we are informed that already, great progress has been made in .the martial arts, and that nearly a'l the ammunition used bv our armv there is supplied bythe. ConfetSerate Ordinance Works at , which" are under the direction of a citizen of Petersburg, Va.-, These works are I doing more for the war. than all the other works of the kind beyond the Mississippi. : , Not CuiL!nr-The result of the Court of en quiry into certain - charges against Gen. N. Q. Evans, is a finding of; not .'guilty on- aqy of the specifications and of-the charge, ' The Court was of opinion that the author of the charges could not nave been influenced by the good of the service, but by a malicious and wrongful spirit, and that his conduct was reprehensible, i " ' ; ; . MiUTAKT.lNTXLtiQijrcB:. Major General D. H.. Hill has assumed command of the Confeder ate forces in North Carolina, and established hii headquarters at Goldsboro'. ',' . V'--."': Major General Mansfield ' .Lovell ia now stay ing at the UOngaree House, in Columbia. He is awaiting orders. .-1 i-'' . ; " Captain Arthur Sinclair; O. S. N. has been assigned to the command of the powerful ironr clad, steam ram Atlanta at Savannah. 7 Captain Sinclair succeeds thelate Captain Wm. McBlair. Important IJbcisioit. Judge Meredith; of the Confederate Court at Eichmond, haa recently de-; mAA 4UMi 1L-i .., .S . .1 !1a " ' I cided that byjenteting intaihe;military 'service of a country a person acquires a- demicir in that country, which renders him liable to military duty. This decision, if enforced; will secure to the Beryice hundreds of Marylanders and foreign ers, who, having, gotten a taste of the war, have backed out in -6rder to make money bv becomine substitutes, and desertion, or by other foul means. ... a 1 '. Sale op . a Steamship. The 'British" iron steam propeller TidsUe, .ftbw ashore on Sullivan's Island, was sold at , Charleston on Monday, for $80,000 cash. : , , --. . r " Aerivai. or. a Prize. A despatch from Wil mington says that; a pcize schooner, taken by the Confederate privateer lutribution, and ' loaded with fish; salt, &c. had been run aground in Hew Inlet, under th guns 6( Fort Fisher. By the Governor of North Carolina v ; ' H ' ' : - A PROCLAMATION. r ) ibJ WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN MAD IS TO appear to me that the terms of the Proclamation issued by me on the 26th ultimo, for the benefit of, those members.of ear army wno. are absent from their colors without proper leave, may not have been known to all who might have desired - to avail themselves of its merciful provisions in time for them to do so. ; NQW,.thereforel,ZJJiUJBOJfB. VANCE. Oover. nor of the State qt North Carolina, da issue this second Proclamation, extending the time limited in the for mer to the 5th day of March next. ' All - such persons as above referred to, who shall have reported to their Be vera! camps by that day will suffer no punishment for their past delinquerces. To those who shall not have so reported, nothing can be promised except the severest penaiues oi me muiiary iawr- --S I In witness whereef, I, Zbbuloh B. Vahcb, l. s. f Governor, Captain General and Commander-4- J in-Chief, have signed these presents and eaused the great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at our city of Raleigh," this 12th day of Feb ruary, AJ. D., 1863, and in the 87th year of our Inde pendence.' . i ' '--' By order of the Governor.. Z. B. VANCE; R. H. Battu, Pnvate Sec'y. 5; Feb 14 3t . 1 JTohn G. Williams & Co., SfTOCK AND MONEY BROKERS V .: , - ! balwqn. 0. 1 , J continue to carry on the bro- J kefage basic ss at their old stand as heretofore, in aU iU vanou branches. - , Peb. 24-mpd ." .'-... lt' t ' f . S ; OBITUAUiV 1 l)ied it Bla4en Springs, All,,onthe 15th day of . February; 1883, EDWIN Q. SPBIOHT, .Esq, aged about 44- yeam. --'' ' :' ' - l Mri 6peight was m native of OrMne county1, N. GL from which ha rmared to Alabama bout Un yti . since. , "j'- J ' - , : . , The writer knew him well in his early maahooA while la this BUto," and can traly say t Edwlo Q. y Speight, that in all those qualities of mind and heart, which dignify and adorn human nature, be was pre- eminent. In early life, and tiU sickness and sorrow , bad subdued abdehastened bis jpirit, he was o an , exubaraxst and hilarious temper, abounding In anec dote and wit, and ftl of glee, he was the delight ef his friends and the charm of the social cirele. His v early educatiod was good, and be was well versed la the Classics; thoegh it was believed be. never eom-, . plated a tJollegiate corurse. 1 - '' . ' . While a eitizea of North. Carolina, be held many responsible trusts, and was'.for many years, and as long, we believe as be .desiredl it,, the Senator ' of Greei'and.'Lenoir.--; . ii; h ' : : Though decided politician, be was an honest and, ( highly honorable man, and pasted through. the or- , , deal" safly, and without soiling his robes.- '.-' j ? ' Mr. 5; had great energy and dee'sioa of ebaracter." y ' During the last summer, when sickness .had brought , feebl energies, and.whUe on - Hick bed, be heard nun to bis native State, with a hope or restoring that his only son. a member.of the doomed 5th Ala- buna Battalion,K had been badly wounded at the bet- ' tie of Gaines' Mill, and was' then in a hospital ai , Richmond. Agciast the advioe jof bia friends who knew his weakness, he left his bed, and proceeded to ' Richmond, where he found only Jthe dead body of a , . sen; whom he tenderly loved. This he aaeoeeded af- ter great labor; in restoring tathi borne of his father,, in the county of Green j bat thej effort probably cost " him his llfe. "Belier'ng that hia slaves in Alabama needed his presence and hia protecting care, he could ' not be restrained front going to see them. He reach- ' ed his Southern home, soothed by the assiduities of a very affectionate wifebut it wa only to die. f 1 " His widow is the acoomplishfd daughter of the, - . Hon; John il. Bryan of this city, who, with an ex- -emplary patience, nursed and cheered him daring his ' long and weary illness. "She 'hath done what she could.". And she may now, with Confidence, ask eon- ' solation from that God to whom phe so often and so ' effectively directed the mind of her departed has ; band. "May kind Heaven deal geUtly.with herin this ' her great sorrow. V "1 "J ' , ! . :;.'i -Mr. S. -died a member of the Episcopal Church.' Of the friends that he may and mnst have made in his new home the writer cannot speak, hot of his -early friends, he knows that the news of the death of. Edwin G. Speight will come on them as a dark shadow, j they will,, v V,' V "1 C ' ' "Long lament the vanished ray , ? - ; ! lhat soattered gladness oe their path." , - :; -. v-v;4''; : r'r5;-vv:''--.vH.;, ; DEATH OF MRS CATHARlNl PAUNTLER0Y-' ;-f.w-:;'-j;poiswooDrr- . : The relentless hand of death has again visited the . City of Petersburg, Vs, and robbed it . of one of its brightest jewels, and seldom has a death occurred which will be more generally regretted, than the death. ' , of Mrs. Spottswood. - She was th relict of the late DandridgeSpotswoed, a daughter flf the lamented Pe-.-. ter Francisco, of Revolutionary f-tie, and only sister- I of Mrs-Susan B. Peacui, now a Sojourner with her 10c, in Raleigh, N. C. -Mrs. SpoWwood died on 8aU orday last, 21st insW after a most painfal illness. ' Two sons, two daughters, two brothers and many near relatives and friends survive her ; and while her loss to V . them, is irreparable," they .have the blessed censelation , or feeling asaarod that her : aneue spirit haa been -wafted to a high seat in the mansions of the redeemed; -for rarely has any one ever been kfaown to exemplify -in their life,. a more tender love forj her Saviour, or a more unwavering devotion to the advancement of his cause. While she enjoyed an exalted position in so- ' ciety, she never forgot the poor aid distressed, who will tsiss the munificent liberality which it was her , delight to : bestow upon them. . The poor, - sick and wounded soldier, as he passes by her door, to the hos pital, wOl miss her oenignant smileJ and the delicacies she ever bad in readiness for him. A large circle1 of fiends, who loved her society and enjoyed her hospi tality,. will miss her, and her children will miss the most devoted of. mothers. She wis a slave to their Comforts, and their hearts will grow cold in death ere hey will forget her. May God by her death, draw heir hearts to him,, and through Christ, prepare them 0 meet their sainted parents, in Heaven. ., j J : TRIBUTE OF II-5S PJECT. L 1 .'?..'!'."''. :. Cav.p 24rn ReV N1. CiT., t ' l Near,. Kensnsville, N. Oi. At a meeting of the officers of the 24th RelmenL assembled pursuant to notice on the 20th offebraary, 186?, to pay a tribute of respect to the late Lieute nant LONDON BROWN, Lieut. 061. John U llu ris was called to the Chair, and Lieut Charles L. Pow ell was appointed Secretary, .v' .-j" ' . The meeting being, organized, . on , motion a Com mittee of three consisting of Capt J. A. Williams, J. II. Baker and W, J. Squiggins, was 1 appointed to draft resolutions. ' . - - ' .. I . Tne Committee after retiring, returned and report ed at follows: y,'"5c-J' "' ' .j ' .- ' ..' ; WhersAs, it has pleaed the Great Giver of all good to remove from earth our late comrade in arms, Lieut. London Brown, Co. E, 84th;Reg't JU. C. T., . who died of wounds received in the' battle Of Jreder. icksburg Therefore be it fi.-' '-j , . ' -' Resolved, That while we submit with, resignation to the will of Providence in removing from our midst, Lieut.1 Brown ; yet we sincerely deplore the loss whieh mature death of this most meritorious offloer. ' T 1 J TIV a.l.J 1 . . his menus and the cause have sustained by the pre-. Resolved, That it is a melancholy pleasure to nay this tribute of respect to bis fervent patriotism, as a man, and eminent merits as an officer, and that we ten der his family our heartfelt sympathy Jn their sad be reavement. N. -l j , I !.;.'..- : ResQljed, That a copy of these reiolations be sent ' to his family and also to the Fayette villa Obrvr, Raloigh ' Standard, State Jowmal and fitguttv. ' ' After the passage of the reiolations, CoL 3', Clarke made some appropriate and eloquent remarks,' eulogistic of Lieut. Brown, whose seal, fidelity andef- . nciencyas an omoer haa irom the first elicited his warmest admiration. -"i l"-t.' " ' A : Lt Col. J0EN L. HAKSIS; Chm'a.' Charlks L. Powt.,, Sec'y. , j . " . . . t 1 Dean, Baldwin j& Co, , AUCTION & COMMISSOIN I MERCHANTS.1 58 SYCAMORE ST., PETERSBURG, ' V4. CONSIGNMENTS RESPECTFULLY SOr J.F. Dzan, A.iH. Bald-wiit, 4W. W. Abvoljd. ; Feb. 25-lm - I .... ;. ) - r,; j $50 Rewardi " EANAWAYi OS Tilt? 24TU OF OCTO " ber, a negro boy, BOB, belonging, to the estate of H. W. Bonn, deceased. '- He is about twenty years " old, weighs about 170 pounds, very large bead, down- . .east look when spoken to, and in walking carries him- self a little one-sided. ' -', ' - 1 , ' f ' - - I will give the above reward for his delivery to me or confinement ha any jail so that I ean get him egain. . . , -A T.;BUNNfl Adm'r. . Wake County, Dee. 1, 1882.', - dee 17 w2mpd NOBTH CAROLINA ASHE COUNT Y i Sqoity. j y t .. v ,;: . John Duncan,) ' ! . Ivs. v V Petition for Vir prce. auis' xunoan, ) 1 ... , It appearing that the defendant,; Elite Dunean, Is not an inhabitant ef this State, it is ordered that pah- .,1, lication be made in .the Rleih Register for six weeks, eommanding the said defendant to be and ap- pear before the next term of the court ef Equity, to be . , held for the county of Ashe, at the Ceorthouse in J ef- ferson, .on the 4th Monday after the 4th Monday In August next, te plead, answer or femur to the said -petition, otherwise judgment pro con4o will be. en-- ' tereaanatnecan-enewep-ri-. j . , . Witness, E. F. Poster, C. and 1L of the said eoart, the 2nd Monday after the 4th Monday In Aagast, -' ; 1862.' , POSTER, C M. JS. 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