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EUGEIIE, DRAKE SON,
r . . ;EditQt And Proprietors;
WESTEHN N: C. JL ROAD:
lnio fipnafta Wednesday, Ncr. 10, 1864.
UAH. TWAIN WEST."
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MAIL. TRAIN EAST.
JSTATIOSfS.
8
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ileadofRo!,,. 1 840
(card', ..! .2 9.30
Hickory T"rer.!l0.20 10.25
Newton, -...alJ20 11.25
3atawbStatioar.12.25 12.45
taitt8rnris, .;...r...t"l.45i 2.15
Third Creeks ! S.15! 3.20
tio.o6;io.n
Hickory TTru,.
2.46; 2.5
4.2". ..
IleMt of Road,.
Salisbury, ....... ..i 4.5,.
4tt
. V; Chief EDClnr A Superintendent.
aaft. wheM B wftt b kkwd ta Km fboM who da Ire
' AUCTION NOTICE.
LL person i for whom Mr. J. 8. F total ng d tftywlT
XV ke cUd M ucttoBW rs duiini ; the yenr JMJ. ana
vho hat Mot ld tb commiealop II corns tutknurd tad
aettl maaeditct with Mr?. 9. Fl nin. I
3:tf, W. T. WATTS.,
JOST,' Certtfiot 1" faror of AUx'r Bily, So. 1285, for
J $100, Anted 28th Mntch, 18. iaiuedatStatrill, N.C.
AUo wrtificaU in hvor of J. W. CuUy, No. 1260, for $100,
wmt date lx note on i. Vf. Cxly, for $370, note en
Thoc Owena, for $10, the date sot recollected. (All per-
oiu-ar Xorawaroed trading for the a'jv.
t" I '-. : ALEXR BAILY,
SiLk-i-iU: 1 - BeU'$ BriMt, Iredell Col, Jf. C.
I Prbvisioiis for tho Army.
B If recent nrder from the Com m Unary Oeneral, purchas
tng Airents for the Eubsintence Pepnrtnient are to pay
pclcos ftxed 6j lecal amwi9ers, and. as the prices reeeutiy
. arranged by tliem for tills Ounnty, is equal to market rates,
" r appeal to prodocer to bring forward theirj supplies at
tne; after 1st Ktbrnnry, 18Ci. prices flfad b;r the Suit
CcmtnUVoners will 8?y be given.
J. S. MIIKR,
. fur. AMutSvb. Dop'l.atSUtMVille. N.C
I XL. a ECCLES.
, : : at Cool Springs, N. C.
Of Iredell, Alexander, CJatawba, Cald
. well and Birlse Counties.
rnHB Tarmers nf the-foregoing count'.;, are hereby -A
'fonnod, that in conscqocnce. of the prwaing necessity
aisting In our Armk for long and short Coragc Oern,
Oats, Uay And fuddei, I here inbtructed my Ageata to ax-
, art all their erwrgie in securing at cnc. theentire urpiu.
. ef these supplies ; and. wjjils1 1 sincerely trust that the
fcrnwrs of (hcee counties will spare my Agents anctthem
eyec the anpfeaaaV oectselty of impressment, try selling
UMor then at the Schvlule prices flxml by tha Com-
, : aahuioaars of ArpraieeoieBt for Nrth daruiinayat, if
parties refu to sett a theser prices, thereby tnaking In
.. BreeanMBt Beoesury. it la a daty, which, lit all ibcd cases
fey igebts sriU pryce la tufutt jwowje; 1 vx&tiddi
' crimination. . , ; -'. r
" Ttf fMlovfariMnKma ana iwtrH9rtorf a as at s. tta--
its
S ::.--'bhen Watts,
i l 'YV . CWk,, '(J,
- Aiejrj-drcuIity. -
J.W. sleKlraiH,,. Earbe 69Bt. . ' -
.iu uuwiitoinw'.T. 1
A tea. Mr. K. K. VuiVlaiMt, Boaded Acsntfor th wkaW
- - ; s Cd4aM ana! A. 0. AC
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CARD NOTICE.
3 R1XIIUB la posr another lot of Cotton and Wool CarJa
L (ready.for wse) for 4itribnlian to Soldiers families, at
10 per pair. Agents will pica call for them.
: . - U. A. DOWD,
General-Orders, No. 2.
; XOCQOO 3uy Skins.
TXI nadendfcBfwl having commenced the man uctn ring
r SATS I t) SltJYllIo, N.C, would like t bus the
amount c f ,FVR3, for whiclrro will pay the higLe.t
Brices, or exchi ngefor Ilats. ,
W1ISTED, ALSO :
f - f MM fts.'-WTOOii Wo -the aaiiia terms. . I
jyL, -tc-i Wittsowsk;y Jb CO.
f COTTON YARN
In' -Exolin nge for 'lurs.
W'l wtU exchange 'TARN for FCKS, at our Hat Mnu
factory lsi Spates villn, N. G "
"-" ' -vf.'--: .-!- W1TTKOWSKY 4 CO."
.-' JaaTch jS,-WL7;tf . - V -.
; ' T . 8. HILUR, 8uteTill.anil U.C. Kccles.Gool Springs,
y are my autborjxyl Arents for the purchase ol suDsist;
i stores foe thf ConlMiftae Army, in tnuountyor
IredelU
A. MYERS.
4ttf
Cnpt. tA.C.S.
' Yi1t-'AlIES R'MWO. late Surgeon in the 0. 8. A BV
- XJ tg been compelled, lu consequence of 111 health,to re
"V siga JtU position o the Army, reeripctfnily tenders his fro"
J fMional service to the citizens of Statesville and vicinity-.-'9
Ueisay bafoand at the Iwusie formerly occupied hy Mr
- Saiarae, nearly opposite the residence of Dr. Kelly.
-? October-ltt6Ca.45:tf .
ETtOM amft alter thi4 da to 1 wiJJ practice Medicine at old
prices and recsjTn: finWpnxlsce at old ratrtr If ye
J . -v -v-i J, F. LONG.
' aeebar,ll-Ti-tf ' '
; BRlNQr IX IN. '
f Government Stores,'. Bacon, Beef, flour, .Potatoes,
4a- far which I. wul pay tb maraet prtec
J. S. MILLER,
Pur. Jtgt Sub. Vtpt.
, COTTON YARN FOR WOOL,
To.Clbtho. C. Troops.
mni sabacriber rontinosf tha exchange, for the Q. M
: J. Drparttnent at RaMgh, at tbe rate of .1 buiirh of Yarn
. far 9 lbs. wasbea a() a ioswasnea n 001.
f!rr., E. B. STI1IS0N,
i BtBtaswtiia, itcsrsscu
WantedProvisions.
Ivisraa to. purchase commissart stokes for
. the Army, as Bet, Flour, Betf, TaIlom. Tinegar and
for which the market rtncei win be paia.
- ' ;H. C ECCLES. Aa'L,
Boc3 for Soldiers.
' A TLt 1VoaB for61diers or Prleorteta of "War from North
i - owCkarioaaf jar eqrwara eipwim, tp a um
; "DewUKaWghj -aoBBph A "ft"th, raywttcrille; EMnr-
. m M WV " ' . m. m B.T II.
r-'ewy up, rjuai region ; but m i avna (ntnniN, ir
' J A.k.wCOohraia : Mr Fb-Kebetta, Marfraeebortf.
- Tha hoxaa shhuld be wall hooped, properly Marked, and
AaUverad la ts for my fipecW Messenger, who leaves
: malatgltaft the Ant day or every m f"
'-rL ; r...-: ;- EDWARD WAfcREUV
XI. CaraUBtV oeiirerea v tn loitowna; oanieu persona
A will ba'promptrr fonrajded free oft charjre : Or D Srbk
V ,'taif , AiktTUh ; Hr W A Oollett, Atorguton; lr J A Al-
- lr.n atatewvilie! Br J . Naaglaflreensboro': Mr A Ila-
? - ..p..5v-: , - IWyc Csrat AT.
If
1
TV
AQm poet, walking "alien t and thoughtful by tile
aolcmn ehoiw of the vast ocean we niuat all w oob,'
pealuttMuir v ..;' . ' "
: I'Tlie.Ship of Death."
' By J ahotw ofTlmerBow lying
r Ott the inky flood beneath,
Patriot I v. tboa (out uodTlae!
Wait, for tboe tbo Ship of Death I
He who on that Teasel eUrteth,
8ailiBS from the son. of men, "
' Tr the friend, from rhom he (Mtrtetb,:
Never mort returns again 1
Pom her mast no flag ii flying,
To denote from whence she came ;
. ha4 known onto the ylDg j ' ..
Asrael la her captuia'f muue. :
Sot a word traa rver Spoken .
On that dark, iinfitthomed sea; ' ,
, Sileuite there is so unbroken,
- She herself seems not to be i "
Silent thus, In darkness lonely,
Dotn the soul put forth alone ;
Whil the wings of Angels only
Waf) her to a land unki own. -
Azrael, thi Death Anget. A
" Mari6ii' Eejoinder to "Davidson"
on the Secession of 1789, and v
tae Bight Secession.'
J 1 VoitimtcdA
The ecferal "States in their joint compac
witu eauu oiur ugrceu, lor uuyiuvs rensuua
and for the sake of consistency, to restrict
themselves each from exercising its right to
have its own separate army aC,navy, ,from
the, right to impose its own separate, system
of export and import duties, fromHftiakin'g
eeparatetrtattea and commercial regulations
with, foreign powers, &c., and, in short, from
holding separate diplonatic intercourse with
those powers. Hence he States tbus ajrgre-
f;ated andeut off, by their own act. political
y and diplomatically, in their individual ca
pacity, from those powers, became, as to those
powers, one State, one Nation ; and their gen
eral government is in that aspect a National
Government ; and the admission, or rather
the statement of the fact (for .it is qoconces- j
b:on) does not'tti'the slightest degree detract j
from the ict that the States are confederated
and not merged arid consolidated. They are
a Nation of Nations, not a Nation of people.
In their relations towards each other thev
are Sovereigns underla compact with each
other, which compact is realized and-brougtit
into action in tha shape of the Govern merit j
of the United States and its operations.- 1
Simply because in its operations it acts fh
certain "specified and limited instances, di
rectly on the citizens Qf the several State,
by permission of those States, and thereby po$- ,
eectisea some National features, it by no means
thence 'results that it is a Nat-iohal Govern
ment in the eense thtt the old federal partyy
and their few diiviipTa at the South of the
present day, contended for, and now contend
for. Ilad the supposed one American peo-.
pie, in the exercise of an original, undemed
suvereigty created the general government .
and devolved on-it the exerpi?e'of that sove
relgoty, and for convenience had parcelled
Uietr territory JntojareaB called States, and
esTirnent would have actually Veen
riAtionaVGOWflmenV' to yery aodi alt in-,
tenta -and purposes, and,Sovercigrt by-its own
right, that is, the right Of its' own one people.
But as. thehoe happened to-be on the other J
foot, the' case' is' Very materjally altered. I
I have -thus, Mr. Editor, endeavored to
answer I)avidijn',qtieation, "Will Marion
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or any pody else nueriaKe to answer iub
above reasoning of Mr. Madison", and now
leave the reader to judge with what effcct.J
rThis lapse of Mr. Madison as .to consieterr
cy, is, Mr. Editor,, unfortunately paralleled
by sevornl similar instances among men of
i?reat atl commanding intellect and high
position.' I will citr one instance. I quote
from GarTand's Life of John Randolph, p. p.
74 and 73, Appletcn & Co's. edition, 1851
On tha question of re-chartering the. Bank of
the -Uii'itt! States, whose charter wouTd ex
pite ixljljSll, Henry Clay, a Senator from
Kentucky,- argued the question at great
length ord in opposition to re-cha'tering.-jT-He
said, Thiti. vagrant power to erect a
bank, after having wandered through the
whole constitution, in qnci-t of some conge
nial spot whereontto fasten, has been at
length located by the gentleman from Geor-
on provision hich authorises Con
'i'ess1o;Tay and collect taxes. In 1791 the
power is" referred to one part ot the lnstru
tnenr - -H-lSll'to another. Sometimes it i
a lloitsf:-!, id lk.deducible from the power to
rfrfprt-' w'irce. llard pressed ji "? w
a again snewB iibcii uuuery,
j ,. -j.w-'
p-rant to coin
c 77 .1 . . " - , 1 '
money, Aiier . prot-ecum
this etraih through eeveral sentences, lie ex
claims, ",What is the hatnre of this.Govern-
men t n It is emphaiicalfy ederat, vested wnn
an aggregate of specified powers for general
purposes, COUCCqeU vy trisnny oyiclicpuieJ,
who have themselves retained, what is not so
conceded. It is said that there are cases in
which u must act on imwiea powers. 1 ais
iot atjrovertfed $ riiielSpliea'i m fi,&t I
oe necessjvrj, ana ovviovsiy now iwn uns :iu-.
meratea fowers wnn wmeu u i(s uuieu. x oe
power to charter cornpacjetr. is not specified
in the gwint, and I contVnd is .of a nature not
transferc-Me byMmplication. It is One cf tfe
most exdUed attributes of Sbvcreijf.."
Induced by such forcible reasoning, the
party then known as the republican party "
refused to re-charter the bank, or to incorpo
rate another similar institution. "They stood
by the Constitution." Bat what do we be
hold in 1816? This man, thereat Henry
Clay, voting to charter the Bank of $be Uni
ted' States 1 Of course he at'tempted to justi
fy himselfj-and the chief ground of ;h is tie
fence, "oh, most lame arid impotent con
clusion I ") was "a change in the circum
stances' 1 of the Government at the two be '
ridds. That is, the aid of a bank to Govern
ment was not deemed necessary in 1811. but
it was thought to be necessary in 1816. Upon
this change of mere circumstances he weaves,
a web of sophistical afgumentatiori, in his
vain attempt to ctrr U his incon&istenty ;
but even the vast and versatile powerns" of bjs,
great genius, in the exercise of all its inge
noiity, aiHiot obscure the transparenc of bis
argurisiflt. If "the chartering of a babk was
unconstitutional in 1811, it was. unconwtiiu-
tional in 1816 and at all times, and urkder iU
circumstanceA. If it was constitutional m
1816, it was so in 1811 ; and, to be consist
ent, hiA opposition then nbould bare been
. pwtnrr. 01 jaoi.. aioereni .ot ; U Ration of the War; so to. aalUleir
i c - ft- -,7 Jroi i . . wmvb wau uiHw iax pajers, tij marfce va y
. ;., vs v ' " 'ia-i,. . - - . - .- - :-7 rin rin" hhtii t t rr-Mii.'Mirr.i'ii.implfc-i -Mt.WP--.. i-,.Sr-l--WHaSB
I menouU rt dispute thit the General Gov- i ;n riie mod- rwrrilied Lt UwJ v 1 J J
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mi
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0
in
piantea on-ine inexpediency Ja. ik lae uun
besirie tliis of Cllv ; but I Nffin, AH-ft - St?Ue: , . , -- .
: I will next turnjfny attenti'totbe 6ec6tHJrjp,,ff rfsolytHm. inwff metrHfK
divifioft of Dayids&nV reply, UJiidt b dirf j-oiftja ipy of-puby f.ituaf. liunHtii atut
ciis.-it tlie right of ceeion Cnlie Feder&i'SpniVtJ$'e ih t imjikj;rtu)fr t Altiiijiltil
4
Currency . Bill. .
Bill to provide more effectually for the rednt,
Hon ana redemption of4h& currency.' '5
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America do enact Ait hevefkrr. .ndjKitil Ulf
full redemption of tlje Confederate States tret
eury ?otes now o u t ta tiding,1. a nl f eub
Union. j ; - , i'te,3liOHiHiitriiTJ5mJty.itll tmteK, ittMiujorte
tbeid notes., ewepttbose bed prior tot"d tfj:l,uli5r ?, :
15th day of February, 18ti4, aball fre ftJf.1 ,s ..! t be c
saidnotes eo a9 i affect their cirWatiorWf!
par or dimiriiab the promiae cootamed
tbeir face, but tbe holders of aa-id ioies ma-C
be subject to taxAtiotj on accoaat.Okereof ttf;
whenever, in his jiidgmeht, Ue eiisendes of
theoyernmeJit will permi.t, t'o cAncel froifl
tim to time such an anumlut of Treagury notes
as taay be received-iiito tjie Tteaaiiry, until
the jimount outstandiog shall hav been r
ducsd to two" hundred millifiSts of dollars, i ;
Ssc. 3. Upon a. declaration of peace b4
tween the Confederate States and the Unites
States of America, the tithe received by the'.
goIernmentoi.iueanmiaicropa or.proaaceQ u-
i C , . 3 - i- . .. . -J
a bushel, and being deliverable by tfce euv
. eminent at one or more shipping tjprtin eaolJ
Ot Mievonfedernte Stjites, to be peleoteii b1
inoerretarv ot the 1 reasurv : I'rovMyjp, now
ever. That the tithes aforesaid, or 'y paii
thereof, may, by consent of tho partfcs enti
tied to receive the same, be delivexVd ela-i-
where than at a shipping rxrt:;Provfded fur
ther, That the cotton to be delivered.underiMf
autuority of this act, shall be equ?.l tOcoU-oi
classed and held as "middling cotton," in tiro
.ports where such cotton-nvay be'dt4'vereb ;
acc. I. Tat all acts and parts of acts no
inibrce, providing for the assessment and col
lection of the tcx m kiud of cotton, corn and
wheat, b$ and the same are hereby re-enaejied,.
and shall continue in torce ontil all the cer
tificates herein authorized lobe issued sbaU
have been redeemed in full; and the? person j
(jTiug iHieu in tuna unaer in u act, iroo
and after a ratification of a treaty of peact.
enail recave compeniwition by eredit, or oth
leg to receive the tithes aforesaid, lit payniejt
thereof, shall convert the same intq treas&rv
certificates, bearing an interest of six per cnf
pot annum, which shall be issued by the Sr,
retary lof the Treasury in exchange for sa!
notes, and shall express oq their face the oiV
j'ect for which they are intended; the holdsj.
ol' which said certificates shall be "entitled c
receive payment therefor in tbe-ti(he& aforV'r
saw, hc tiie rate oi one-nniti.ja'i. me aiiiou,v
annually"; Provided Jjowevr.That more thin
one fifth of the amount of litlie due-upon aiv
such certificate, or the wiJe of such amonii
may be paid in any year, at the election ti
th t-Secretary of the TreasnryVvjr .
Sec. G. 511 planters or farmers-liable to f
tax in kind shall, after the war, -be jerniitt l
to satisfy the Fame, by payment of such c k
tificated as aforesaid.
8ks. 7. Certicates is.ued underih.e
thority of this act shall be in tlie KJ1vik
proportions, lo.wit: fur nimlis in a peftjr!ii,e
ceruricato, paya'-Ie iplcoKOu, tour tirnths pi):
able in corn, audoae ninth payable in wht a;
but no sum less-Uian fortyffie dollars, or '.
multiple, shall be concerted into Treas: ;v
certificates, when the sum s under .tune Wi v
droid .ollara; but.theampunt toil inie pt -able.op
the f..: of eaebe?r.iificaie. when I
8 iftv-convitted into .Treasury certificates ft
nioT6r-r.- " Te hundreil dollarShaJl be.ji pf
as'the Secreniry of the Treusur1bl J11'
be most suitable and
miiffBisri Trir tfi
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purposes oi thiSuACt, which said .ertiticjit7S
w.j a.,i he assignable in writing in sU:h loWf
ixa wiin sucn aiunenticaiion as uwecret
ry of Treasury may prescribe. ,
Sec. 8. The public faith is berebj pleolv!
, . i ..... w
to the immutable observance of the itfovisiiis
i ..-.- .iJ-.i i ? .
nweiu auuve coiuineivfls 10 injp OHiieciajn
of the tax on wheat, corn and cotton nrttiflt,
and the applicatiqn thereof as aforesiiiwii
tha redemption. the certificates herelrv ki.
tWckoi v Jbg.. -;ud ; ProivbLwI. That IM-
grtsa may, at tfe discretion, from time toAfnww
rrtake such modification as to the mode out
aessmenl and agency tor the oollectioo of
eaid tax as experience may suggest. i
Szc. 9. Thw act shall be in force from toe
passage thereof.
Forrest at his Old.-Tsieks.
'Forrest's cavalry, 6n tlie iJT'th ult., eats a
pfivate let.er in the Mobile R-iker, xUtfA
into the Yankee cav'atry, north -of lbtifeTDcj
oessee, whipping them badly, capturing .
artillery,, several stands f colojra and me
prisoners, (between 1200 and ,170tf,) "d
driving them back tb- within 17 wile of
Nashville.' -'
(The letter, dated the 28th, said ForaVs,
cavalry and a divisionxjf infantry were nrtb
of the Miss-issippi. I
. . . . - -.
s ' Brandy by the Plug. IV
i During thscobienap-pf tKe la"t two or t&ref
dAya.we leajn that pome of our retaibmr TOTe
been selling ''new dip-" bv the pln.-ofir--
I VAAfiaM.UlVVAl.Oatb UU til Vllt BsUAS lirLUsU JXj M . 1 - - , . i I 1 - '. . . . . r C
1 . btt rr. a : vsi 1 m .afr'QT i wv r b.t 11 b 1 pdq anrr - . . . rr w sbbs -i 1 1 - ibti ti t w
iia in'ril ; k Ik v . ''i - i Y tfor Cause into II ifi owiv ih'M awd men irulrv , 8 , 'i,- .!.,.',. .V(. fakP f.Tr
bend he m hereby directed ad reauired, . r...., i:., o.t i.n.,i.u ?Ue- t,1rtf,orp' ;ve lake
1.1 At, AH Il -i f ) I, a MMn:-.AAl . FX
orn anr wheat lAlivora.t in (tia tmr
a " firm i , a.r. A Tli 1)1 nrt.,i. r.rvf'.e.tir-
is fiam to sen nigner in tm jmjiiu cprppKioii
been nut on to comnenaat. for broken Iiotns
the loss of staves, &c. Moreover, pnrhasr
ire said to prefer it in chunks, as they cai
Jien nibble at it ajs suits them, instead of be
mg compelled to gulp if.ali.dowp atvoacev
J-Yoprets. . ' ij ., -
Uianit did in a liquid state an extra bamg.ljay. ,Tbe Pgr.has grniii.l toall the faith
j. .. j i i i i . . i i , . . WT- r:r
Hay 01 xAStinsr ana Jrrayer.S- - I
iiW cieWyva.lr.lIWHl lHHHIHfSm.m-!..ll 7,
before IIi St
tas.--et;ifMUUHgjiM -jtTHCiew T:ota,-' nil- j
Pu,rS '' Vhh. .ouum rn- Tib
has 6iH-bsatirirtM bs; -' :
J.et tbe Hearts w people turn oourtev
let ns rec.ttftjzeur .
corrvction .t 3 ' ;
We tHnll.At hy itf met.
' ' ; V .rr r "7 T
- "
iv. uin.Vt..c ..m.uufT."
peace aRndepcTOlefH- ; . i
An.Hetus not fcret to render unto ITis ;
hply name thgiihrinkn. and praise wliuth. are
so jiwily due for bitf-reat goodnecn, aii l for
the many mercies which he has extended to
us iinVi the trials and f u8Vrhi 41 protracted
and bloody .war. ,
Now, therefore, I. JerTewnu I) tv in. Presi
dent of the Confederate States of America, do
ft th , Inv tirot,if imti0. amibrntini- Fri I
mi
and
perve the saineiu a spirit of reverence, peni
G'nen under my hand and the seal
f the Cbultdr ite States, ai. Ki b
niuuu. tins joili fay-ol .fimimrv, m tut -year
ff our Lord one thort-ait eitrht hwitilrvsl and
sixty five-. JEFFEH-jON DAVIS.
Bf the President : ' r
J. P. Benjam i.v, Secretary cf State.
. . - . .... ,
, The Task Before TJs.
We have now really" rearhed.the critical
periotl of tlie w-ar. nayti tlie South Carolinian.
The .oinl to Vie det-ided i romplx tliH : can
the Yankees conquer'ii! with tiie f"(- whi-h
tlie' iiave at present in jlie (i'eld, wtdled'nnl y
by the .addition officii negrou- u iie hu.is
itereafier steal trm tlie Noniti btj ait
draft at the N'rtti r witl their G irerntneHt
be Cuiupelled to rin -to an in hjuTiuiinate
concripiun ot ibe -opttta.hti ( jire NoiTh ?
Thl,l thMJiealioi in ii "fit fiitb I i he re-
velaliouM of Hr, Fvlb'j'' put
donbl that it e r We force I.i
iv beyoiid all
coin to adoid
that obiwj i";1 trtms, m t wtc-hn d meu to
the field 4tbMtl rejcf rtieir w.fben or
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better tu afUukuibs cohfeat titan prosecute
it at such a cost, t b clear, tlreKre, fhar
the work before 4is by 1.0 means o bard
as wjeuve been -lately inclined to An pMe ';
-aiif tbyHt in order to -put an end to phe war,
it i sot necessary to expel tbe Yankee ar
m iey 'from' our soil. noreen to.be.iii them
thoroughly in the field, but only to ruake the
subjugation of the South so ditl1 !i s to
tbjinonstrale to the i)o !e of the Norih, thai
without the measure in question, they might
as well relinquish the enterprise 'To do ibis
is, beyond peradvemure. within our power.
A ldtle febdtirain -e and te-oim on. nd the
thing is a.chied. If within the lext six
months the enemy see no sij:n of failing spii t
and relaxing energies ntn one prfri he il
iiiOf't asstiredlv c-.aue to ihe ,-oiU-iu.-ion ulm h
it is so. desirable hey-honlil re-i h. Could
any other development of this strife haie re
sidled in placing before us nil easier tafk ?
Vt shall iiubjed deserve, to be slachorever,
if W fo not Jictnimpllsii it before tW iras-ivf.aborher-iiHiuiei-
sliall deck, tbe thousand
iuuile grounds ol the hind.
.
' .. The Boot of the Evil.
$1 bs etatef that there' are one hnudred
thonsautlabseiilees Iroin the armies oi the
CoiifeiJeiJil t e .S Kites ilii tills depart uiem .-ve
aree;obly H.fnnedv eay tlie L'naiK -ton
'Mercury. ,Q ere is Jrtfi jile ci r j itwebt-.-e
t-eu thousatiJ on the iroiu. which docs 1101
.turn out-;?i'TfHiousrtud etlective uieu.
ilee
J'acis support i.5Bbiatemeui of rnsi-leiil
.Davis. maie in his Aiao-ii rpeecb, iq t n his
return f.oiiehis r'cijr V'-JQ&l su'heii A:iu
ot tne usi. alter irte oi ncu .joim
sion, the' tdooily rMU's oh Hi.
fall ot Atlanta."' Vny Nfit . that
od. and the
that tiie men art
not in tlie ranksaird at the front t Will any
One say that the people ol ihe Conledr rale
Srates are pprpatiioiicy History tells us ot
nq btrugglv for independence in which more
geeeral aud heroic devoin, vas ever display
fd.- Our peple have tirade- great exertions
in behalf of a great cans, li is Hie people
ot tbe Stales wbtch wver' ataf over have iifi
eiltfof ihe perils fiiBuii.g from the 'incniu
peielifiialadiimiiena! 'iuo'i f'ihe nfi;,i:w of ihe
ctiiti8rvt It is tfie H.t'iirrigihle tnlei meddling.
lii well ievous dictaiii-u maliguai.t prejudices,
and petty partizaiisiiip. whic-h make s"ai rdi e
ap4retitly eml less and useless. . It. is. these
things which weigh like a pall oh Hie heart
'of ihe country, it is these things which infuse
inefficiency every where, mid inspire' seifis'h
ness Hiid flillinVrcnce It fs tlie-i t iiiis which
are dstrUy injus, and winch inust i-e erali
cated by the Action of Congrec-6. L'otumbm
Caiofyuari. t
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Forty Hours' Devotion Ut Peace.
Btsbop Bay ley, of New .le'rsey. liHing ob
aineii authorit from Rome, lias issued iu-
unctions tor T coriv lltmrs lent,Hn . in
,11 the churches under liis control, wnd con
-.iiuim; iii tbevnriou cbim-bes Htittl .rmie
ext. Sertb-ewill bell in each church
or fatty hours.Mhe acia:nent Wing expose-i
, roiii moriiiirir-dii evening oi tl'fee -jictessit
ul ot the liiorese Jill lue imlulgen ies am
-rivifegeA SltacWd tu lbe fri e i Rome
his e(Hrir Wd-fiwittlitd in r'S4 ifT iiie.i
.rvrfflhe ftrt.v I otirs ifnr.iis; wbfc'l. il e Ih1
'Jmr .- . . . .
ol iTUd reiKxxt ir. the Mfpulcnre. ;nii lias
l.niW btierv -celrs.td whb gjeat eolktnn ity
oirr ral; tbal tn Uwi tn U-.wyin W eau ultimalv t,v tli Alrh
. e n i in iriinti iua tin n ifavrit. iiir. I uow Mas iivitvi miiv t v a tit t.ii,.i..i . . . .
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Vat A IJrtcn Pcnwcrat.
Confederate Mon'epr. t,
; It"i I'Sifitui ijrui JiitHliaulty to f ft
tl.o notice tbe pvat ireprerHiion'of xntr
dii'rrcTb8iinelu xerv liWiiralTVJtii.-f
w!iy in tbia k? If tlie?re ay ij.er grautiJs 1
Jur iu low valuer
. In it :oSving to a want of confoVnr in lb
flinii 'fiiccfiss of our glorious awl jst eaune ?
We thiuk uot. W may be ove(-nm but'eaq
nut le jiwUhieti. Tlc t-eofle f ib'e CunltM.
,frHte Sta' are ppw, ; ami. ever bave lei..'
a.Ta,1.t nnnf. bv A .tivin- ffl;1t that Aiir
jcau - is ju.-t an.i nrnst prevail, . This fentf-.
mMlt p-ertHeatcM all c lasses of aoiei, from
hijrbe.-t tbe lowest.' Gretftmav leopr
tlt-riiKfs. but tlu sitii'it of hiii-htl ltfiit.l will
fjuoi vield. and tb veuireant e Af Heavei: will
,trf sU.tvrtaker oar eiMfUieB and uaralize
jj.eir inlnal vtfJrts.
othe mlM f the "peOs-le o: the CotifetV
repudiate it debt?. We thfnk
.ihey r well , re - tbt rtr: Con-
r-',r .uir a,.d t
1 wopre at
:Wrje, are vtuK.-ed to acviliiuri
oi tiie kiud.
granted
i&ijul vvsr- n in in i ii fi v Juiii'i'rM i in i' n i ; t k
our independenl e. and. tititr the debt will not
u rei.udiati.d. it is imri-snnjibl and ui.inat
to uineives j bold our currency at so low
an estimate. " '
The enem v , are nrovinz t us everv dav
that it is as good, if not better tkati any other
impeded of property. By the laws of the Uni
;tel Statvs it we are sul juirated our projerty'
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is an worililes-s to tar a we are concerned.
are
from
the clemencv of a rutbless foev The whole
.history of tins war indicates. tfc at no species,
of proeity is of HHy value in bur-territory,
whiL-t in the hands of the enemy. They
burn our bonces and iheir jconte'nts. f teal our
liegroeti, horses', cattle and hogs, destroy our
provtstuiij", and if we have ynijver ami gold
thev will have it or our lues.ll Pniert.v otien
temptrt jer6ons to remain ai home, hoping to
be able to save something, until it is too Lite, '
mid after all they utterly fait in iheir pur
we. B'H if this properly Is Confedcraie
nionev the owner can make ht escape with
his family., take if with bim to anoth.itr part
ol the Confederacy not o erruil, where it will
pass lor its a!ne. . It is, I here fore, deinou-.
M rated thxt it is as goid' as any oilier ftecies
Vt property ev en as'il ver sn l jrold., f-r the
.oressiOii ot ibese. as we lonesiiowii vm.
oheii ieads isnlo dealh. It is Hot often tliat
the pofefsioh of C n federate, iioney leads .n
into a!M ilillii-uitv, eeti wht-ii captured by
the i-iieiin. fr tliex .i4cct to UjoU ujioh it arf
worthless, but ili iify if-troy ft, tor thereby
tlie know that 'hev a.e aidi-i our Go ertt-'
inent.
ir-tlie' reconin-ieiMiations of .Secretary 'freii
holui should be f; it ti fV; H y wr'.r I out. and
we tdiQtild bf moileratei v successbii at arms,
Vi look r r:rtt rss value xf Con-
I ietivntte ni'iity -'tw-'tire the cbe Vf xhe ear.
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iiit a blotter
proper appreciation lv arreK -Us lownara
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j We presume every Ik!v. warts to know who
is Frujtcis P.'Bluir, t!:e,miii who has l'ten
visiting Richmond w :t?i propos'uioi s from
Washington in .'rejrtrd .to ace. He is a
Punter and tor a ' iitt:ii.ter of years dPlis "il;w
MJUliorized pllblisl-e'r the 'debaiet and pro-C-eilinu;s
ol the' oid U S. Co.iWTiess. Mo.t
oeople in thi-ciMiniry hate beard of the titan
o Blair & Rive-.' Conre-s omtl ie bru is
an 1 ini inters. Francis P. li air wa. the lea l-
ing hiembr of.the firm, and
(uce'' made the' remark that
he i was w ho
Vne'pnntrr in
'.y-kf trei't
hir- Olftce ha.l done n
i ire to
.than all tin af
loat the.pniaers
eUe
eomh: ned
' ' meatuii;;
and imt1 in
.'ad
-let
proper -nape t he spee;
lies ot ! Members o! Con
rress; ana iiftir-x lie tinders
I'eistuo.i 1 hat th
inatvrfal oih ol which to make ; great men"
was H'niieiimes v er.v rant, fort' if t he speeches
t inany public nn-u wi re primed just as tbey
ire delnered or written, liie speaker's, repii
tatirm as a " smart v man " would be blasted
torever. r. B'air is now an old man. his
vigor--us d:tv hav ini; been ppent contempo
raneoii.-ly w ii h . Jackson Clav. Wvb-ler. Ca-i-huiiii
McDuitie and G.iles ".C "Sea loll His
public career wha about en.
tir.-t biran to acquire so.ne
Hlg
ikiu
wnen we
wledce of
t'i!iia- arriii.-i.
Although Blair never nndsny pretentions
to -tiiiesma l5.p tr uifcnre 1 an "lion. or
'His E.vcellencv. Vnw always extrcised a
hiw rtul iiitluenc.ea't VVashinglton. especially
wrih be.Bdts-'' I JjiAdiitiaistraiions in olden
tinies. ell of present tuoveiiieiits
should f "'--be has ha-l influence e
nough with ,t , -coin Adi:iinistratioii to
induce it to make fair and hi horable terms
lor peace with the Confederate authorities.
but nam'e should be handed down to ltosierit v
as a public benefactor. The- Primers, at
least, should unite and erect a monument t
bis memorv. JharioUe &rnioarat
Yankee Feelins toward England.
The biiier hate ol the Yankees toward-
Kugland is well illustrated b m. ijiCidi-ur thrtt
occurred at Savannah a fi-w dav ago. a re
ared by the'Cbarlesioii co repoudeiit of the
Richmond D- a'rh. lie say- that 'Mr. An-
thonv Bin lay. tbrmerlv BiU.-h Coiisii1hi
New York, and now a resident i-n Sa-ann.ab.
was rudelv repulsed by Gen. Sherman, with
he remark, that as. soon us the rebels weie.
disposed of (which be seciiiedto ihink would
be done in 4 few months) the United States
would turn their guns against .Great Britain.
He said the ocean would soon swarm with
five hundred Federal cni'ser,- .which wonld
,sweej me liruisn nag trom me sea : aim mat
ifier EuglaiitMiad leen sunv iently reluced
ind exiiansietl. be would land upon her
shot 3 and pitch his tent in Hide Park."
Charles Talcott. E-o
Sdierintendefit "of
the Danxillerailroajl. Va.. wftsofferel bv Sen
a orGvvynn, now Dtike of Sofrortf, fifty thous
and dollars a year in gold iAhe wonld place
bin engineering pk'll at tb disposal qf the.
r'mperor of Mexico A pjtsSrt and the funds
f r pavimr tlie jiassage of.hrn-Hlf and family,
a'.'Coiiipanie I iliis ipii itV4.ifrer to Mr Tab
on. He detl ncil, on the groulid that he
was unwilling to desert ti country in this
. tisne of tri aL f -
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,Tnftns op:the paper.
-: v - . . f 20 a-Year, to Advance, '
Fi eriptioHfeedved under 6 natki; '.f. i
?. ES lynat paid U advance $ SO.OO. &a. ' : v
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t Job Vorh iecuted promptly i wUh neatnezs
and dsiifch a tkZa'OMc?.'" '
.v "She Gallant Lonisifcrfana
Aio4W States, wUW f otim bave'titibdQt .
JiVM'w'Sl''-''ntelerte burners
into biMtiv a Mitijfiiitte'cvittJir'L,' lar-etwayTrt'iii
ibetr liHJve iU nixie stafefs out to daV more
cons'pioy)uly upon ibis (flrture of the car
ntval tileitth.'' than bliislin LoiiWana. ,v
Tlie vufjir of her aons b lot-eii do more ifl8-iruie-il
iiihe ranks of iIk Army " Northern
yirgij4g tlutn their.- hiramV has jraintd
Ap adtMrafim arid-love of their !elIa-ol-
iierj it: ajhe ill .'rrrVd Arnty of the-Went.
Pre eminently ainong tlie to.t turbru of.ur
soldier.ejhe L-jnisimm tfjiifseura tred 'zou
aves atii riiieme have inet the ftfetitv jtithe
-nt-rhAU, UfKn every fvihte held, while the
WafbitgPtoii Artillerv has noWjt ttti;tf t m -by
eversf luittalion in tlie wric. Ut l ().'
Ibiive U'Iy.iiiti loth command of Gi-n Lt.
im lilv.ttlS) ritid to teii tb ckiJ-v tf
lbejr Iwlleti: This jiHe MHttiurm U more ,
toucliiit1 ibaiuanv tbeoii.-,nld po-il,l, h.
These i(l40 fompri-eK-ti raiment. Inj.Ied in-
Gen. Zejtiian Yirk, ajiHtirr who ba(iiglH
his wityj'roHi Unptaih upn ,ud wlo bsw v
3ti pnipiiguiiied. lield.s. was trwi- jsfelv
hliliselt "to
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a gall.rtt MHte. We nte;j, 1 tr ht-aA ih.it
ti ' i
thw otlper ha-- rw-ei ejs)feiu1f,lMriiy to recr-.il
his civilian I. and that heiias tnemo-t tl il
terrtigi jospects ot incrr-.-i!jng his briir'nle to
fve ijijiiu Hid l fo e Ale r ng campaign -OJ)CJisr
rVTe l tint t-r,-ry t.-:ii -i jumti w lb rmlv
to tf jal dis-,i imshed J.t i-i,ii, i-n I r'g .1.
(Si neiHyi r on a -JnHt "fticjal i-it n
Cohinlf-a We m.-'li fb wehwtie and a "
M-.jor-eneral s commi6i n bouth Caroli
nian .jgj -..'" '.
Whys it that some "I't be Press are full
of predictions ofl.disastrr to the ContV-lerate
cau.-e?. Why are they. continually marking
out ajtianpain fir sherfnan I hat will result
glorioii)y to the Yankee arms and most dis
astroiUfy to -iis These birds 6 evil omen
are becniiivr a nuisance. TheirdismUl boritr
iugd tirjptif i often beHrd.'am, they bode no
good $our canfe.' . Cetee mtli.ing to justify
the prophetic annoniiceHient that Slierman
wib ta- liraiich ville; 'ibrit-he Mll marh un
opposecitfiriij:b Smub,Jarolina : that be will
orciipvjhe ,ity id-Ralegh ; arid that we will
soon bfiat the mercy of'ftie Yankee hordes',-.
Smflijdpredicilions ;)s these, and at such a
time .A&fien we are engaged -in a ileatb-sirug-gle
fo'reedom. are not calculated to, benefit
usir iae, an. I we regret extreiiiely that they
shouljdffe indulged in byvaur portion of tlie
'Pre-sj the -t'onfe-ieraliy. - It w a .grHiifyi1 g
fact. Igvvever. that biu'lew of them are rn
gatredSi this ell'rii lo diMMoragi our eoile.
As a-iAi-eral iniiig. tlie jonroal- of the. conn- -try
afefiuoy ani.an J hiqieful 'I'liey cbee'rlbe
aruies;4iud the people' with the hope that we
will 3f$ti eu'erge from. ihe da.rk sea ofiroubr
les-rtiaj uow lashes in j irv against us. They
beg iif&ifot to give up tbe conjest.. after four
years j? carnage and ;sufl'ering Xvitlinut tbe
pricelefi lioou uf mdepen.dnre. i They beg us
hot loirrendef our hmi.-r ur lands rour
a!! rt,a inrr4A foe. .yh2 wtxit rnle us
'm wti-t-jtf.a4ji f .'roni yn.fjj-l ryal a
. uier pV3'da.iifo: witbtKit r rbjTi Fs ; w 1 1 lioii t"
pvivilesj wrttiout any of Uie immuHuies of
Vreemeh. ' -;'
We 3)ink our people ought to know tlie
YnkO daracter by this time. Thev have
wagedyar against us with afe.iiior.eles euer
xgv tlfiftfjhas no equal. 'l'h have plundered
)ur hies ; sijden onr slaves , desolaK-d the
larTsiii'?)itions of our land; 'Outraged our
WomfiH; tradc orphjin ol'onr cbjldren : and
ibiie:a to oppr'esus that. their develi-h in-j.-nui'tvysctiuld
devise Shall we then go back
to ihe3i and ack uowledge th il we were
w-rohgi tuat we Jiave hcen vxarrins against
tin ir .jfyripup old rl.ig and their liepubliar
Const iiittoii without a cause? A re we "pre- "
l-aredisav t.hat the lens of thotis.iuds of
noUe t'li. whose idiwol has crimsoned the
sod ofjpieir native land, have fallen, in an
unhi! vSi-riisade against the " best government
the w(gftl vver saw..' . - -
It Nfafe n ffvtww fo'f Ihisf why eh
Couraf llje belief in tbe Ndrth-n mtiid ihajt
Weartj-eli uih cornju'ereil ? Why.'ai a time
whetift Inighfv abf ic of Yankee existence
i.-i itsfloMvriiig And almost ready to fall Ik?
neat Ijilie-heroic valor and- patient endurance
of oaryjeople --.v.hy., we say. at such -d time
as thieris not every man foiiwd re idy and will
iiiiT toT5jo!eratid encourage i iie well grounded
belief L'at" the entj is a pj'roachirtg ; that we
ca!ijii'y('e subdued, jind that our brave armies
are veM'vinciHie-.-ami are eiiiilleil to that
eii'-ouClgtMhenlHItat. in our brighter davs, was
gneu jeuV by- every new.-paper la the Con
ledera. Alas '. that, at this critical junc
tiire.:fiiy-shoulil he found unequal to the
C" Ran Aeainst a Spag.
TheMYankees. in-evvorting Hpaiillown
the fjijiev, M5casionH!tv run against. a nag
Tfy .aiigbi a Tartar last Siiinlar n
00b Jj morning 50 of iheui. led by th
-pus 'Jjisie scont," lieity'. a deserter f
inoruii'g.
ie lu'iori- -
from til-
mer Is nfedtaliou. came jii nnjngu .as ivivn-
-fbtirg, pShen'an Itxth. r) inking ihe .rinuipalt
I l.iwiisffej ween VViifj-hesier atf-b Edeiib'irg.
fhev ieurnn-ed oiir i-icktt si JiiH below
.lvliilrg. about daylighL capturmg 14 of
them y 0ir reserve. 45et.ti.1g iheir l.iood'up
iiiiiiie;flitfely rn 1 ed a.l purs-ue.t them to
Wpoyf':c.k, where we re'aPiuriVur 'pickets
and tcjik 6 Yankee-, (amobg them Hi ley,!
ihe ?.f3-ie s4ro-it,'f ) wi.u their. arms, Jfcc....0 -horsesf
-and ran tjie balance of the Yn
kees t.Strasburg " One ot our -pickets, -who1,
had h&t Atptureil." afier his release by iJur.
meir, piiisell captured two Yankees. Capt.
Graudliarl'aird Lt. Mohler. who comma mi fed -our
pickets near Ebnhurg, acquilted them
selves tub great credit on the occasion. Moh- .
Jer talvig them in front and Gramlstaff aa
BailingShem in the rear. Ilarrisonbvrg Reg
isttvr. 2r1 '''.'
.Thetimber of exempt tbia side of ihs
MissisiHPt.i river, (acctirding to the statement
of MKTHile.) un le.r.the dititreni clauses of
the pr-iit law, arfris tollowt.: Arliysical
disaU Jv-. 6JL: l7 : Stsrt ntficers exempted by
G vers, 18 783"; ii'aA!rs, 3.0-qi; m-ane
asyluiSl managers ai4 VtH'es, editors
and etffployees of neapaperA, 66 : apothe
caries,y9; )'bviciaiis3 l8 . itachersand
protewJrs. I &7 UUiit fifteen tKTO
. clause, 3.6-l5 ; Quaker, Dunrdw,
m ;1 extractors, railroad eutpioyees.
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