LI : -J MtrJ"- - . ' - I- 1 - v."-., - . 5 r- - ''. r.;&Ja I ,. I 5r 1 1 I ... ' : J ' i ;.!,; it ' I--- ... -7. i jl' : t it ' Volume VI. STATESVILLE, N. C PUB LJ SIX ED WEEKLYj , 1Di B. DRAKE. BY W. P. 1JRAKE. ! IJGENE B. DRAKE t'50N, 1 ... , Editors and Proprietors. ' i t k - - .. - : TERMS OF THE, PAPJR, 453 a Year, in Advance. iltJW jS$cripti(n received'vndL-r C month,, r, JB3T" ' V not paid in adoance 54.UU. j ' I;;' For the Iredell Express. t ; .'; ; .The Evening Cloud. ' jThe mighty Ptorm had ceased to rage, j The lightnings failed to flash ; No more, the fearful thunders rolled, ' Z' j Hyiih loud and awful crash. jThejBeiting surr, with gorgeous ray, Pijerced through the gloom on higji ; lA-qjiH fell uiora cloud, as fair A8 ever graced yon 8k v. O.-'for a seraph's pen to write, ! The glorics of tliat nccne, That taauteoiis rloml in .f.leiulor wrtipf. , . nu jn a gotoen sneen. Jlfjiiassive heaps, liket8ofteststiow, j j f Wu mount 'gainst mountain laidj !While lofty peak o'er peak below Cast soft arrd lovely sljade. in at the base, all hennteous, stood! i' -A chain of cloudy hHla, I Capped o'er vvith blue O, such a scene j -The pouI with' rapture fills ! ' I VI "fancied, mid tlio.se fiiiry clitfs, The glory" wa.s so briglit, ; Angels reposed, and from their forme; .Cast soft and holy Jig'ht. - 0, thus it is when storms break o'er i The christian's path m life ; When all around seems dark and drear, . And all within is strife ; i God's smile of inere breaks the gloom ; i Gilds clouds with glory o'er; ' ! .. Vfe upward look, with eye of lkith, : Jni wonder and adore. Oakland Cottage, fJa: From- tAeSaiti K - On -rii'ld IJnerpcc'eit Orders- Foq Turn ing the. Flunk Huttlc ' lAncStrat Shells W the't'r Ktrrrt Yankees .At'cr Us A .Close Shave -A X-yht in the Pines The- ! Wilderness Great Baltic of Chancellors- xUlcWouniled put their ferlts 'Woods- fire Men Bamed Allee The Battle Field, j The; regiment had been on jticket a 'week, the bandcooks, &.C., left in camp as usual ; when at ten o'clock on Thursday niirht. Apr. 30 th, we very unexpectedly received orders to join our regimefTt with all possible haste. We bundled up, and after ayu-hourjand jl 'half's rauibling?in the thicketsbordertng the 'Rappahannock we found our boys, all busy fixing f r a inarch. Durhig the da,T jreced- in heavv cannonading had been kept up,; ' and a few" of our met. killed and wmip!ed. on, pell mell, in worse confusion and more ..Friday we. expected a great baUle it is 1 frightened than a rlock of shce when chased ,..io. wonder then that we were astonished at ! by hungry wolves. And let me assureyou, the unmistakable signs of an, iittendtQ evac- ! kind .reader, we did not need a second bid-uatiOT.-.Orfe had'-been ,1-s'ueTm cmp to ! d.ing. The chase that followed was more biirn.and destroy every .(,.'iug that coinld not j amusing than the first ; it might well 'be be moved; an l'thc troops 1 discovered were j termed "scientific skedaddling," and w.as throwing away everything they h id except- ! kept up with vigor for the next mile and a .r the 'clothinhev- lia.l on, 'and a chaise I half, when we came to a place known as the of linen in their knapsacks,- also excepting their 'arP!9.and'.S4irftty:'uv rounds of cdrtridg "cs.' Besides these they carried their jhaver f sacks, stored with three days rations, j Who wouldn't " smell a rat ? " Feeling very tired I lay down and the next moment was .-ound .asleep. At2 o'clock I was aroused Oh, " Heavens I my kingdom for a little! more "sleep! 'Twas useless to think of it," but "shaking my etupor off I shouldered my knap sack and began the march with the others. Some thought we were going to Guineas, ome to 'Hanover, others to Cdl pepper and fio on f" but when we took the road for Fred ericksburg all came ,fo .tfie conclusion that ' Wjedid not know where we were going. Some asserted thattheToad led to a certain . nameless placeull of sulphurous odors ; if '" so, this was not the broad way, but a kiud of. by-path, as yet unexplored, and full of ! holes, ditches and piud-phddles, into which many a poor fellow stumbled. To. add to our difficulties a thick fog made the darkness " ' - ' - almost visible, but erp long day dawned, when indeed Ave had reason to. thank God for his kindness in shrouding us with Buch a 4ense covering. We discovered, top, that none of Qur conjectures about our route was correct, and that instead of going to any of the towns above mentioned, we were only endeavoring to outflank the enemy ; and had it not been for the friendly fog a tempest of - slvelU would have met us at every turn. The Yanks could not see what we were up to, ,- neither coutd thef hear, since every man Vas cautioned to make as little noise las pos ' sible. While the thousands were passing, a 7 person two hundred yards from our jroad Would not have had the least intimation of ' . . . - it. By noon on Friday we were out pi any great danger. We were halted and drawn ; "up in ( line of battle, say a fourth of a mile : f rem the .enemy; , Oneofourregimenta&ur- geons was sent -wrth his retinue (consisting of the band) to a house half a mile back to await orders, or the arrival of wounded So far everything was perfectly calm, the quiet was;even oppressive, it foreboded' no good. W remained until 4 .o'clock p. m., when or ders came to move forward. The surgeon left, telling us to come on as best we could. We traveled about five miles, making inqui ries of every one we saw, but none could give us any satisfactory information concerning Rhodes' division. Night canfe on; and. with it came an irresistable desire to rest and sleep. All agreed, and some fifty yards from the road weboilt a huge-f5rejr around which we piled ourselves promiscuously, and slept profoundly until daylight on Saturday morn ing. Soon we were up and off again j and three miles further up we got wind of our division, which we learned, was lying in line of batle about ar mile ahead. Kwowing the aversion which doctors generally have fcr these unwelcome-: visitors usually called shells or bombs, we felt sure that our su geons would conla back and make their! headquarters in the, dwelling at which" we" w eye then halted. So confident were we in this "belief that we remained there until 3 p. m., when having not seen nor heard from our brigade we concluded to go forward on the line. Meantime two or three small battles had been fought since noon, in sight of our position, and near the exact spot where we thought our brigade was placed. Battles they? would -have been termed in the days of th6 old revolution, but now it is nothing but kirnfisliing. We do not apply, the word lmit.U: now-a-davs to anvt.liinr short of n v . . O " ;" skrimmage" where not less than ten .or fifteen thousand men have been killed and wounded. Fast people ice are, truly ! Bui to resume ; when the firing somewhat abated we took up our beds fand board) and walked out within a few hundred yards of the battle ground. We had scarcely haltedl ere we learned that our division waa eight ! miles to thtr left and still going-double quick. The command "right about", was useless, fur the next instant a shower of sheila were thrown at the ordnance train (amunition wagons) standing near by. They (the bombs) exploded above our heads, scattering frag- ments uncomfortably near. u. These Uat 3 conceding a oncB that tho aimoephere was ;. utiliealthy about there, we' " cut grit" and 1 made remarUaUy good time for about two t. miles T urged on for the first half "mile bv messengers from the same quarter bringing ' the same news. When well 'out of danger Jfwe" reined up, blowing like young steamboats, 'and for an hour too k it more moderately. When three miles from 'the scene of our glo- j rious charge to the rear, we halted in a nice shade beneath some cedars, slung knapsrtcks, lit our pipes and lay down for a Test. We J had been there perhaps half an hour, when ' we were alarmed by the clatter of, musketry j, a short distance in our rear, and sobn after wards a hundred skirmishers came shorting along, and bawling out, to us " Run for life, ; the Yankee -Cavalry are after us in sight." hey never slacked their gait, but tumbled ' Old Tavern " or " AVilderness Tavern. Here we came up with' reinforcements', un fortunately, of the same stripe as ours, viz : frightened skirmishers. But our force was sufficiently strong to repel any attack which -J a squad of Yankee cavalry might see proper to make. This, .in Virginia's palmy days, seemed ta have been quite a public place. Four roads met, the first leading toSpottsyl vania, the second to Orange, the third out to the plank-road and up to Culpepper, and the fourth back to Fredericksburg. On each road couriers were sent to order back all .wagon tras, "which by night were congre gated in considerable numbers around the cross roads. Danger threatened us from all quarters ; but soon after nightfall our squad ventured up the Orange road about a mile, then turning square to Jhe right, we entered a dense pine thicket which we penetrated some two hundred yards, where we spent the night in dread apprehension of a ,fight or T . it. t ' surrender before morning. JJunng me auer noon we had heard distinctly the roar of bat tle but a few miles to our right and front; and not knowing exactly what to make of it, and dubious' about the result, it is not sur prising that our slumbers were none of the sweetest. But Sunday morning, May the 3rd: dawned on us, clear and serene, and we were Mill living rebels. At an early hour we set out, and by a cirpuitous march found our l obrtnt. 10 o'clock a.m! The great battle at Chancellorsville wai then racing in all its fury : the very hills I shook with the thundW Of cannon, and the sun was i.,.i.i or'WK immense columns, of smoke tiUUUVU ivu rising heavenward.. Pur hospital was loca . k ' 1 ted at " Wilderness Church," aroundj which had been a severe battle on Saturday evening nrpdin(r Dead men. and horses, shattered artillery carriages, clothing, and, in short, every conceivable article of plunder Uy scat- STATESYILLE, N. C, tered thick over the adjacent fields. It was but a mile down the plank-road to when; they were then fighting. It was Sunday,. but no one 'thought of it, or cared, troops were' hurrying up to assist th hausted comrades, and amongthe thoUsa ... . ruilu& urwara UW a sirapter c 1 ... . v i.l . . ' mined. Thev had been well fed. well rested. f - - .t . j '"'ff -ow mey ieiureaay, wui- ing and able to plunge madly into the bloody work before them. The artillery went rat tling on, raising clouds of dust as they rush ed along even the horses seemed " to smell the battlft afar of!' "Axclte hurry and tumult. At nooo the firing ceas ed the wind bore the tidings onward- TKc victory is ours. An hour ' later, and the wounded begin to arrive,! the butchery be gins, and amputated limits are tossed care lessly about, wounds are probed, halls ex tracted, the blood-besmeared soldiers ar washed and all made as comfortable as cir cumstances will allow. f&Iy dear readers, you can never do enough for these brave Tel- lows, never! never! Jfycm could once see a battle field, or a hospital! near by ; If you could see their faces burijjt with powder, lyokemarms dangling by their side, clotted naassestof blood hanging ir their hair, or the life-tide, gushing from gljastly wounds on their bodies or hear them beg for help, or) one dro"b of water; thenlwould-you think them more worthy of loveand kindness? I have seen en it, and more tljan I dare attempt" I t 'r to portray The enemy was 'driven back, but' obsti nately contested every incjh of ground., At 1 r. m, the fight was resumed and continued with unabated fury until long after night's dark pall was spread over ijthe blood stained earth. Then to add untold horrors to the scene of carnage the woclds in which thej battle raged after noon caught fire, and 'be ing very, dry burnt rapidly. , Many dead bodies were scattered through the thick un derbrush, and not a few pounded. These could not be brought out,! but were left to their horrible fate. True, j the greater por tion of the dead and the jliving who were thus burned tin one awful funeral pile were our' enemies, but that signified nothing. I IiGir oodles. .buraedtlUp4rekM'iMK? ; pneknots; and the screams, the unearthly shrieks made the niirht hideous. Great God ! Is this war ! ' Then deliver us.! Oh, spare US another buc)i harrowing scene 1 ' On Monday morning I visited the spot where our regiment fought. The fire had not got on that side of the road, and they lay as they fell ; in every posture imaginable', but mostly . " With their backs- to the field And their feet to the fue." The greater portion of them I could re- J cognize, but some were so mangled as to ren iler reenirnif ion im possible. Thft . whrtdfl through winch they charged was torn up with shot and shell most, frightful! v.- A horricane could not have slashed down the ; timber worse. Some have told me that the crash of falling trees could be lieard above the dread, roar of battle. Scarce a shrub or sapling is left standing, all are shot away. The wonder with me is, how a single soul could pass. through and' live. - "NAT. Fredericksburg, Mav Ilth, 1803. From the 34th Regiment N. C. Troops. Camp near Guinea StatioS', Va., ) May 16th, 1803. j Messrs. Editors : When I wrote you last week I was very much fat-igued by the short, but arduous campaign through which we had just pass ed : consequentlv ray letter was short and i uninteresting. I propose now to more fully manifest the "tips" and "downs" which the 04tli was called upon to pass through. in so successfully driving the ruthless Yan kee from this side the Rappahannock and compelling him to seek safety beyond her banks. $Qt only did he recross for safety but for again to calm his panic stricken and demoralized army which has the secondtime met. disaster on the Rappahannock's shore, as well as completely routed many times by this noble army of Northern Virginia. The 34th, on the morning of the 2?th of April, received an order to be in readiness at a moment's notice for the march, which put a new face to everything and a complete Change was seen mrouguom, r..- , . .i i . . . i . . , . tl"7, , f T until tne oruer .o ,uu w 6c, -u . marched off. There was many a "wonder" made "where we are going"? but as usual we marched slowly 'and silently on, passed beyond Hamilton's crossing and inarched into the woods and forced a ljoe of battle about sunset, and there remained two nights and one day, without tent3, (and it rained " some") Then we marched in the direction of ChancellorsviWe and formed about eleven o'clock (30th) in line in a very dense forest. but only remained a fey .hpurs wbj we marched up the plank road, leading from0m poupuupti wus. -an bime ma- - .( reaericKsuurg, ana mea w wie ieit auu I i- i i i zi 1 A 1 1-1. .-i ! marched round and-came m above tne an.- kees and marched in battle ime across a 4 wilderness about a quarter of a mile whilst the forces then in bur front were giving them ! battle in Jacksos style. After they were TIfIUSDAY3 JUNE 4, 13. riven some distance, nightcame and Pen- dej Brigade was marched up to fake the VmSTi linn .-.K . i 1 . Tr 1 -r . - ..... miit-oiuer . jsrigaues ot tne iivi. , somer (oeing so unexpected) and wounded f .. me fciorm was soon over and ! . took nnrn ift k ' , i jv-..i.jsii icit ui luc roau ; ana mere remained that night with, arms in hand and nothing between us excepting a Jme of skirmishers. runday" morning (3d) came and ve were ad y for the duties then devolving Iron ua. f-jv waftedthe command '' forward' I which met our ears in due tjme,; aid I am iMyj iu mi us biricnv ouevea. t. Onward we moved, and soon wl came within range and our line opened upojh them; jhey had been working pearly all light in collecting logs and brush, forming ajkind of protection for their miserable carcasses, but U availed them nothing. ! Onward," with hearts of patriotic devo tion, was our watchword, and nothing Save victory or death was sufficient to satisfy the Southern b6ys. Onward we moved ujhtil our Ammunition in hands of men, was exhaust ed, when reinforcements (Alabamiarii) came la and relieved us. We retired anjd drew 'rations" of cartridges a?id were relidy for tie secoud advance, but the Yankels had sot ceased giving back, and we filed ito the' road and drew crackers; and baedn and' inarched again and took our position; on th feft of where -e-fought irftlicf.mornm" an ic d again on the front line, but changed our front Jb the left, and there remained jn front on he defensive for one; day and two Rights, tfhen they politely left us, leaving tile most formidable fortifications almost ever seen, ind recross'ed the river in double haste. Then the battle was ended and the Yankees aiaed nothing. Although ground La lay their carcasses in numbers, they, as! usual, J for their lying tribe) claim to have slaugh tered the rebels in vast numbers abovje their own loss, while it never became their privi lege to- view the battle field after the fjght. It has been truly said "that none bit they ho set a just value upon the blessings of lihefty are vJbrthy fo eujoy her,' a id hovl wrat-fimisefab1ef ' enemies who' puwons ana uthern Independence tat the time the South asked her Independence Kever will the South yield to the tynfrmy of the. North erif usurpers as long as lief brave soldiers rally ' around their countryfs ,1'ag with such united determination to Achieve " i her liberties. J I herewith transmit a list of the killed and rounded of Capt. McNeely's Co. "fc)," of tiiis Regiment in the fight. - "Killed Sergeant Franklin A. Lovfrance. Wounded 1st Sergt. J. Corriher, Seflgts. V. A. Sloop, W. A. Kilpatrick, Corioraj R A. Overcash, Privates J. II. McLaughlin and Dhvid Iiay. . " Grand total, Killed .20, Wounded 117, Missing 19. Many are slightly wounded and will re turn to duty in a short -time, whil some have already died of their wounds and others will never again be tit for the field, f Respectfully, j Lt'CO. "From the Greensboro' Patriot.; I Opinion of Chitf Justice Pearson in the matter ot Hichoison. The facts are: Nicholson is Z years of age, is a miller' and rnill-wright skilled in both trades. He was en rol led as a conscript 8th of July,- arjd tfas ordered into service 15tn . of July, 1SG2. BetweenVtlie 8th and lBth of July, be applied to the commantlant of conscripts tor a special exemption as a .miller; this was refused, he neverthe less failed to report, and continued at his trade as a miller, as he habitually tione for many years- before. n Au gust, i862, he went into the- armory of Lamb & Co., expecting to le de tailed, but ldft before the detail was made, and sit into work for on Ship-' man, as a mill-wright, where lie work f.ed until the 1st January, 1863'when he went to Virginia, and set id work as a mill-wright for one Lamb,lwhere He remained actually employed; at his 'i'-rof-fp until "fnrrh whpn rnrrlitSor into , , fe thig gtate on a vigit to his hu&j, he "was arrested as a recusant conscript He made tKe affidayit ag ruirea by the exemption act. , 1 in tne matter 01 juuis, a snpe:ma ker, and Angel, a wagon-maket. I de cided that the exemption act, October 11,I862, applied as well to th'o con scription act of April, as to the con scription act of September. Ifgee no reason to change my optnion The act adds to the list of exemptions con tained in the exemption act of April uerai uruS appiicuie 10 lers, tanners, &c" makes no distinc tions between persons under or over 3 Rd repeals the former exemption act," showing "obyiously that the inten tion was in reference to the coliscriD- jtion act of April, to put the last ' ex- 1 7: j t reM1 uul Jusl ue ase gUing ur ros",on this, fee not so, there are no exemptions ei.r ex- Yankees poured a most terrific vfelW nf:-Kof fio ocr , 11,,. - "ti-n.tn luc atca ui J.O mm OO, anU nd3 grape and shell-into .our line whichv fansfvl i (I ..,..i1,taMn(ulul,HI emption act in place of the act repeal ; ed, and make one exemption act an ' ! swor tor hnth If bers of the Legislature, Ac, under the a?e of 35 are liahlp n iftn.nn. gG 0I,f' are . ConsVts, nay, all persons although "unfit for military service by reason of bodily or liitniui iiiuriimy, are iiaDie as con scripts, if under the age of 55. SucI a construction is inadmissable. v It was said by Mr Scott on the argument, "This difficulty met by tue-'TKVwer t given to tne president to make special exemptions." Jut it could not, have oeen the intention to make Governors, Judges and members of the Legisla ture depend upon the pleasure of the President; the object was to enitle them to exemption bfj Into and not by favor. It was also said, if the act applies to the conscription act of April, it must have a retroactive effect, and its construction will present many difficul ties. That is true, but when the clear intention of the law' makers that" the one act should apply to the other, it becomes the duty of the fudges to adopt such a constructioa as will make them fix in the best way they can be put together. In the matter of Mills and Angel, it was, not necessary to fix. on the time when the act required the party to be actually' employe at his trade, for they were not ordered into service un til after its passage, and were, with out default, actually employed at their trades, both at the passage tof the act, and when ordered into service, and taking either date as "the time" were entitled to exemption. In this case the point .is directly presented. . If "the time" is when the, party is ordered into service, then Nicholson was entitled to. exemption, and his sub3equ,ent conduct in keeping out of the way, and going to Virginia thorized act of Govemmfent oracerm more cprnmcnaaDie course wouia nave been to insist openly on his light, ' If however, "the time" is when the ex emption act passed, then he was liable as a conscript, and although actually employed at his trade, cannot claim for that reason to stand on higher ground in this respect than if he bad been in the army, because ot themax- , , i n , 1 1 i im.-rro man-snail taKe auvaniago oi lis ewn wrong." . The clauses under consideration does not (except indefinitely in the provi so), refer to the time when the person claiming 4o be exempted must be ac tually employed at his trade. It makes no exception of persons then in service, or who had been ordered into service, and puts the stress upon the fact of actual employment. It is in these words: "Al shoe makers, tan ners, &c, skilled and actually employ ed in the said trades, habitually en gaged in workjng for the public and whilst so actually employed, provided, said persons shall make oath in writ ing that they are sg skilled and" actu ally employed at the time, as their regular vocation in one ot tue above. trades, which affidavit shall only be prima facie evidence of the facts there in stated. In reference to the conscription act of September, it is clear, "the time is, when the party is ordered into ser vice; that being the time when the af fidavit is called for to enable mm to claim exemption. But in reference to the Conscription act of April, it is not so easy to fix the time. The difficulty arises from the fact that, the exemp tion act is applicable to both conscrip tion acts ; one of which was passed six months before the other, and after it had in a great measure been carried into effect. In my opinion "the time" is the same in reference to the act of April, as: in reference to the act of September, to wit, when the party is ordered into service. Had the time of the passage of the act 'been inten ded, it is reasonable to presume, that the wordiwpuld have been "now actu ally employed," as in the clause Just preceding in respect to physicians, at this time." The policy of exempt ing shoe makers, &c, being, not to fa vor the individual, but to subserve the public interest-whiebwas greatly prej udiced by taking tradesmen from their occupations-r-it was immaterial wheth er the tradsman was under or over the age of 35 years. The material inquiry is, was he working for the public at the time, which naturally refers to the time when he was called off from his trade. Taking the distinction between volun conscrintion arts Number 27. ?er4lh0 of theirown accord had quit theplradjes; atid ionscripts, who had bee4ken rom "their trades by act of larMl should J)e considered in refer- ,ende i tleir intended exemption -aS .:"t lver trades. 1 his construc tiilialjcd for by the rule, "the samiirds in the same statute ought w.-..wiup -auuiv. uit'puiug,.. ana as in refjefle q the act of September the mca certainly is when the party is ord!y!ntjo service. Tbjsume wordat canit:navie a different meaning in ref- ereE&Sstd o the iact of April. Ijad it not becflif intention to include all 6hoo naKffec.,witliont regard to age, thislgsultvduld have been avoided, by agphe vdrds provided no shde?mScesr, &c. shall be exemntcd whdJ'wtiri service or has been or d.erM!. service." So the question is narr4tb'.this: Can tho Courts add thes'llwlkls to . the act I see no grOujili' which the omission, if it bo one, :f be. supplied by construction. It wfeifeed by Mr. Scott that the puMfjteest' required as many sol dierii could be raised, therefore an inteigf to exempt any who were al readlscrvice, or who ought to hav-e been5rernce, can only be inferred froniMain and direct worcra. This was. by Mr. Gilmer with the su-gestreffi- that the public interest re quir thatj tradesmen should not bo take'froffl their vocations, and that thoscrwho have been taken eff by act of law, should be allowed to return; as it Wasseen the public interest had been prejudiced, kind it was a matter of dif ficulty, far the people to get a pair of shoesy or "have a plough sharpened, &c., hd that the benefit of a matter of dojibt, if there be 6ne, arising from., a want of precision in an act of Conr gressj should be given to the citizens, ratnerithan to the Government. 'tng tc these suggestions, proper eonsMiration, the inquiry, whether the teresn the army or at home can only . be .ajjexibv theyrords used. The $ieixn.&er&&c. havtS been in the army, at the passage 6f tfe act, and the indefinite words in the oviSo factually employed at the i;iine;iv cannot be by .any recognized rulc pf construction make the excep tion.! Ai it does, "in plain and direct wor&P repeal the exemption act of April. This fact" has an important bearing cm' the question of construe-. t ion, (or, if it was not the intention that kie additional exemptions should applyfto persons under 35, wliy repeal thatlct? and if such was the inten It 'i : 1, tion,i ine pniy.way m nmcuai w u carrfefl out, and the exemption act bo mad I to fit . the conscription act ot . Apr (with a few exceptional cases likcvlills and Angel) is to give it re la t fob! to tlie. time when the party was ordehd into' service, and taken from his tirade. . - AWither 'shoe makers, &c.f who were r. service as conscripts when the; 1 1 - - i . i act sseu, can now claim exemptiou or wpild be taken to waive tne ngnt, by ajequiesence, in afterwards receiy- - mg fifty, &c, is not the question novr prcs?ited. ; JSifholson certainly has done no aot thatlian amount to a waive of his right, he Isas not receivea the State bounty, has received nt) pay,, and has done no tiling from which acqmesenco can bo ls considered by me that' Nichol son lil entitled to exemption, and that he forthwith discharged, with leave to where he will. , It isralso qohaici erc.d that Lieutenant Anlderson pay thejlost of this proceeding, allowed bj laifo be taxed by the' Clerk of the Scheme Court of Guilford Counly, according to the statute in such aiCase i -.41 -5 f e Clerk will file the papers in this prcMceding.aTnong the papers in bis ofr ficeiand give copies to Nicholson an4 lieiltenant Anaerson. It, M. TE ARSON, eh.j.s.c. Mt Richmond Hill, May 4,1803. IjIermesViOontinues occasionally to tefcood things. Here is his last: lh the Capitol Bquare, a few daysi ag;) a drunken soldier accosted the Prfident: ; - IlAre you M Davis?" am," was the stern reply. flAre you the President of the Con federate States?" fIain." -.."' ' . t 4 Vel I, I tb ough t you looked like a .poliage'stamp." .. ; . --- - M heroic soul is scornful of being seined. " "' - 1 . - V 4. . fl 0