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.-.VliJEriLY. VOL. XX. SALI .BURY, N. C., MARCH 33; 1 8(53. -NUMBER 44. " ' ' ' lirered very able arjdrpalrioltospeeca is ' Savannah, on. the iss ues of liio war, oa the vveaiug of March 4. ' W God the follow- f fag syoopsk 0 the Mm ia the Savannah , Tbe Doctor said he arose witi great dif fidence to meet lb announcement made ia the nioruing papers.' To mora because tof the presence of the ntany professional ymlHVrbo - were : bettor acfjuatuted. .with tbe. subject, -and at wuose feet ta "would gladly tit fof tiWtructioiirBuJiw might bo aouie advantages ia looking at the question from the Moral aids.' ' ; v : II had frequently, been asked, both in and out cf the ariujr, Do you really think 4ba South will aacoeaU Til Jlo .bad Inva riably, replied, Unl the lessons of ajl history fail, she wnU succeed." He thought ' FirsU Because when a nation becomes too strong for iu virtue it k a rule of Cod Ii Government luat it must I divi.Jed or . destjgytdC.." Consolidation centralization, ia. pot God's law, but divuJou futo parts which Sbwr balance power with eacii otb r.. Thk k the difference between the an tediluvian and poatdiluviau world. The oooaolijaiioa el lbr-former created audi vioeaaa rcoairad I bo waira of a dJug to rtoiova.Xa (.ha, latur, it ia. .Uda law tw eparattf and divida iuto raoca and oalion. Ueuoa tba atteiou 011 iLa plain . of Sbiaaf - U: form a gnat C4fOlraluaiioB WMUaUd bjr Diviaa iyterMitiun. Tba jda ofa graat einplra otl tbi ooutiu'vul baa btiea our deluakMi.' It ia wonderful -Jualaw.tJ.eftLwar4 eaiog'it. &a;b a Government woahi hava aorrapted tba politician, and tba politician iba-poopta, and io thair turo,-Uta po pla won Id oorropt ttia )oliUciaa. To r tim lalic of powr - lli pinciple a liable to two Conditions : 1st, An old and ctUblubed government, should not be di aolved without sufficient cause. 2h A tie'vr" Goventmeat should not be formed without pOMessiiig the elemeot becerv to'conUtuia great nation, capable of holding poveVin the faiuily of uaiion. With thce condit'iou he did not fear to ad voeata tha (-rinciple. . : ""'.11.!;. - The South baa tbeva 'condition ' First A sufficient cause in 'he wronis of. for ty jean wrongs greater than those which Caued our father to throw off the Gov ernment of Briuin.1'; Secondly sho ha ail tba atemenU of a great nation. Thk war, with' all our orU blockaded. tba proved thk, and demanded the confirton of jiIm world. ;'lteconlructioo k impooi- rbte. "God ha divided; and a sea of blood roll between u aitJ the Nortli V Second---If ej believed the South Wonld succeed, brcaus lite jiroblem of a liepub lican Government, as coutituted by our fathers, has bet . remitted .to take it up and .work .it ouU : Government are not iWraeJ.TIieygrow' as the tree, or. they CystalUe. , Whatever the frm, it k growth a crrstalization. Uur fatuers were wise; adopted. They did Bot Jopt Repul)li can Arovernraeui a ioa resun 01 wieorn ing; but irom necessity rTbey looked at tb country! and taw that no other was praoticable. There was do member of the royal family in the country tot ascend the torooe; there was no nobility rising above lb plain of society. to break (be abrupt ness, from the throne to the community. A jrepublicsn Government wis i .necewi tyr lie tbougbt our ctreurDstanoes still required It, and be could not think the problem; was jet to ba given op. We must work it out The North cannot do ItrTfiey wantlhfiec element, ioa conservative element la as netearyaJ the driving owef. ' See tbf ttotjyeMwcf.olih way. The conservative poaerof tb?o ginser U neceasary to prevent alter rwu. Ink power wanting to the .Norlh, Ind they are drivingjHU under the power.of a mad democracy. : What their end would be he did not know, and, to ba rtry caoded he did not care. J JCVe have a conservative power in our domestio insUtuUoa of slave ry. : It make an aristocracy, so neoessary to aJl Governments. It is not an artificial ristocrary of birth, or .wealth, but one of nee; a lateral aristocracy, and therefore, beUer than "any artificial arktocracj.';- Third 0 believed tba Sooth would succeed, because na people who -'bad a right to ba tree, and resolved to U free, lal.evaf beea subjugated. God's plan of giving suoes to natrons VaJ the fclaj raere number to sucoeeL ',viV examples of Tenia, wbea L ,;. ww auoex ed 00I7 by degrading kerlf i reeaivii A kioff fron her eneror: of RoaJa asraio Circania ; of Ilolland, glorioaf Holland againat th powef .01 Ppaio. '. Let tu But I Duored by tba dinDlar oi number affain 0. Wha.t though w bo ix million an tkTi tweotr, or Mr, or iir i.wa wi plant oarselwa tgainat tba rock of kitori truth, and my oonia ona, oorna all I ; j ,.IWli-IU Nana , wilhont' doinir 'twoimat wronira. which il Doctor .did ; aot betirve Jiod Jo Li rili(uanM aod Hcy wonhl iermiu Firat, tin anaihalalion of the while of the South, We wilt all dh rather than bead th tuppliant kw, or kka tha hand of the tjraaU Second, "tb great wrong of de- roTfi5r"thr black! of" the Soutt,' Our subjugation k their desUuction.. . When an inferior raee i flaerd bjr the aide of a superior raea on torni of eouahlj, the former f wejt awaV. Like the Indian, the negroe will be drivea from the earth bj uitfoelirig alah -New, whatever vor 4B wavLavt Uwn, auu-aa tlii..war.i coneernod, the iteroe are tuiiot-Hil. For tbeir aake w hIimII ucvee. 1'hrj taud at a wall l(wv0 u and lieaveo. " Our caiiim i foundetl upon ' the unmu taUetawa of God, l i o riliteoui that we aii carry ilu Him and lave it uiuhT ih !radow f Ui4 tbrMi. TM ts vlhe tltat imoifttera of thesfoprlare-1a lag dep au iiitvreat in our cnune. TTiey M that it ia ihv eaue of God well nn tne people. - -t --' . Tan ihinga will result from the war wbeu it end : FitX, the world -wiJ pre- juuice MgmuM our auctiu cuuuiroa will oe diMipatrd. The world will see that our race W approved of God, and that sl'verv as with no, ian element of strength, W keep the ricgroea, and they keep .' ga- bd ml iMt I. it. jij.xn!. iiiu noi leswiaie lor iiwa. he mu-.ltwlo the" leachinin of Gxl' rord. Thk war k tba child of iwaVMitv:? an attempt to improve on (od and legis late for him. For" himself, much 4 be would do for hie couotrr, he 4uld do more to defend tfto way if G. CouliUy and all things are passing aSay, but God reiuain forever the mwi-C i lu Conclusion, the doctor made Uach- jng allmtions to the fall of Orleaumknd the condition of her people. He uped liiai davNiinali and Charleston siiailJ a Void her fale. Better Vd'io aud uttve the city in a heap of ruin. ' Let the enemy , he thoroughly be Jen, thoroughly whipped heie, and much Will be attaihed towards clon'ig the war. . oar Daij Pallejr. j A correspondent of the Kelraa (lla.) Repot ter write: Let a not cry jeaoe! MC ! wlien our country is bela;jired with eight hundred tliouatd rroejnd hostile men, with the tire of rampant war blazing around u. 1 admit that our pro ct are nevertheieas brighteoingj and believe, if wecau hold our own bui three or lour inoatba longer, the: florin will theu j hav pci t iu fury, aud w may thefr be gin toJoolsorU "petce, But serious reverses.' or the ap proach of famine would bring the black clouds back upon ns with redoubled gloom. Even the eloquent vote of the Vallandiff- bam would be bushed, while tbe discon tented and turbulent muttering against a usurping and tyrannical Government, now rking throughout tbe 'North-west, would be supplanted by the Okl cry, of, 'down with the rebellion V If Cotton be. King, it k a poor -and beggarly, sovereign io wars, ! and toe power it possesses is, i apprebend, more dangerous to us than to our enemies. It loves sunshine and peace. With these ugly, but generous, Indian corn is, now our protector Xet ft then for the prea- anVaod -while oat couulry iki parU,4" iKlffgrCottdTrieorv pay our devotions to Ceres. Give us Corn! Give oJudepo4oo I -There k liberty. in Ltorn I' The Printing Establishment of Messrs, Sterling oV jCampbetl, of Greensboro, was destroyed by fire on Monday. Also the braocb bindery of Messrs. lCrtrl A rmstrotg, of ibis city.- No insurance on the binderj.Stete osiraal. ' iVozraj. Seventy-five aegroes were fro- sea lo death ia Mempbk daring oue sight in tba last cold spelL ' Such k Yankee philanthropy and the fate of the negroes nnder Yankee protection. - Tat Karat JtauMpkere asest McbbmsJ. ' One of tba eriat sinks of iniquity now ifttoJha U ba found ia, of course, aitribouUe to the general denioraliiaiioo of Uta tinn-a, but tba gnV ernin'eot authorities coaM awd should take immediate steps to nrTl IDnc', K wickedoas so rife ia that city. On thu.su bi ject the Knoiville Register say! . The moral ooodilioB of; Richmond, for most of tba Uma since it J .as been the seat of government of tha'SJUWa Confeder acy, ha no! only teen a source f regry, bat of deep irwrtifeation and hainliaiia to every citizen of the Soath.' W can hardly . conceive now? tltat i Uichmond. where used to dwell and sojourn those who were of pol'udie roaonars, refined , sent!-1 meat and ealtf ated intellect, has been turned "Into adf" "ot'tvas and sink of.tni quity.-Notwitistahding the incontrdtert ible testimony to that etfcf, whiclf meet our eyes in atiost every newaK r, and is poured intoour ears from every travel ler, we can seicely believe that multitude of abandoned liien and women have dajvJ to intrude thaliiielves into Kichrnoiid. onea: celebrated fcj its moral, refined and iutel liifetit aocieti A large jjrtion of the fault, wliN:h lia wroMghllb great ciiaur jn. that once et eiranl citr. fust be attributed to the want of iroie dmtuitrative' abilities to the lul'tarr auborUie. and the lack of j"d: inetit in trtf who "dispense the patfouage of llie jrowrnment. Gambling bells and den Of vie moat be kept np by those who Imve conjderable rneaB to sopport them. If the uilitarr authorities at Richmond ( permit oScersof the army to remain there who be nojHistneM, 01 counm uiese must indulge themselves in orae.vice to keep time frolt hanring heavilr on tlunr hand. And if Ote beads of Jeprtraenta jjive en- couran-ment lo todoir men from every part of the Confederacy to" visit Richiitood to be present Iinportuhing 'members of Uongveaw 4o-pr- ikj-plw-ationr thial account for a not tier large clnss, wuo must for half tbeir time be deplored in vicious lijklulgeBce. I 3fuch might be done' to. dpcourjifig the many-trips, to Richmond, if hu-mie wre Uken up iu order, or a preference giv en to that which k attended to bv corres pondence. It k the leastwortliy who gen erally Sock to the seat of government, and tiress sfi-lication lor ofice until' they are el anted from Inere imWtunity. r J Gam-f bling liells and den of 'vice caonoi be ef fectually put down white. thoe who sup- port them are not only tolerated but en couraged to vkit the phot where they are. located. The evir k aoj great and so dk paraging to our characfer ns a nation that it requires a remedy of k strong nature to effect a speedy and permanent cure. If suffered much longer to ext it will grow in extent, and spread, its rxt until cor ruptiou and venality . will sap the very foundations of die government. DeUlca lion and embezrlementaare en now not uncommon, and will j certainly become more frequent 1 unless there r a reforma tion. - ' TflEJfAZOQASS. ' correspondent oi the N. Y. ifsrtury, writing from yicluburg,TMarch 1st, gives a descriptioB of Yazoo Pass,, which at this time, when wa are bearing so much of that locality, tnay be found interesu'ng: About 150 miles above Vicksbnrr k the Yazoo Pass, well klown to steamboat men, wbicb opena upon the Mississippi six miles below Helena, and agn fifteen mile below that city. At high water the Miss issippi partially empties into thk Pass, whence, it rana into' one of the uppet branches of tna Sanflower river, tbeaoaw- tO tbe Yaxoo,and so into ihe Mississippi anlB. It ts in. contemplation by General .Grant 16'; ab clears pn'thit-n fleet Oi gunboats can pass ama lue ounuower and eaptora'the large fleet of N. Orleans boats whicB were ran p ttat small stream last summer. .Thk would enable them to get into tba Yaaoo abbve Uaine.a Bluff, and thus cut off the rery. little supplies which tbe Rebels are getting by that met. The steswi boats, too, it tbey could be ob Umed, .would be very Taluable at thk time. Gen. Gorman and another officer hard surveyed the Pass and their decision will ba apparent in a few days. A success of thk sort would be great eource of dk eomSt to the ganisoa at Vicksburg, and nialeriaJly assist in its inctioo. The riv er will be high enough to belp ns for five wean to ai rri! .tar 1 t- ar ' "u .vki a rv. -v - a 1 twmrib 1 maa - aaua auw hh i 1 aawir ua - aaaa u 1 . v-w - vi kuiu aauu -t u 1.1 ' tv j .'"'ViV.w m. ' . .... 1 . .r a. i..aaa i iai.a . aa i iurm wiin ail 1 inmaa n rvaa laiMaaai ai mvm.i mm Mi A fleet of "Iron dads" known 'a iht Hiwuniio rletV M dwtinrd kr tbut ar vice. : iba ruuta k cnureljr iracUcal for vaia of aut mtkH lia eilT'colfiifi' Vw furWriA JvfWW )j artnr a annually beret olore broufflit out of . this Yazoo Kirer; and it Mw4 that- a large quantity of thia Vreatlr coveted isa-j leriai 1 sun uncoiwuincu, ami acceaaiuie those, river and.bayou. ' But lei no upeculaiorgo mad over tbia animunesiaenil in antk-iivalion of sudden fortune. As soon as Gen.' Grant bad landed hia loreee opioaite VickUirff and almost belora the . . .. .. .. . Getitlenwa, von cannot bur a -pound of cotton inatil Vickftburg is taken ; and I wilt not prcm- MWlhaFyou'roardo oIUeh.wTb chil- dien of Israel departed., with a large size flea in their ear. ; ; " Tbe dktances through this route- are as (blloWS: j -r-. From Viclubsrg to Yazoo City, 120 niilen; from Yizoo City lo Williarc' Landmtr or Greenwood, 1 60 mite ; from Grawood lo heal of Big TalUhMlehio, 190 mireT fronr head of TailalnHcbie to MiiMnipi nrer, 00 mile. Total S40 mile. The whole. route ia through black water or sluggish bavoua. easily navij-ated ex cept from rtecartioiial tree and snag ly ing ncrox tlie Harrow pae. The land ako fil! away-frum tWiveralMg the-great-er iiart of the route, affording few oppor- tuiiitieH for .attack from the enemy. - ...... , . -ww-..!.,. , . 1 .. . ...j, Atrocitie$ of Lincoln?! OjfidaU.Tha Ckritlian i Olturreer publishes the appod- ed extract of a tetter from a clergyman fn tba country, dajrd February 21st, 163 :' I returnenl yesterday, from Stafford, where I had beeli called lo attend a funer al. I was within a mile or I wo of the Yan kee I'uKj. It ia le impresHioh tliata por tion of their army is leaving thk region. TJaae destination kuot toown. I have buried in thk region three females of the liijrheiot Mocial ioitioii, whoae deaths have been caused by-1 an tee atrocities. J liey Were all in that situation which Usually ex cite tur tenderesl synipalliies. TJlie last one that I bur led. wh t lie wjfe of phy- nician. who)e Itesband was arretted wliile attending a very ' sick, patient, and kept from hfc family tbwieeu-day. --Vheh he waa abent aome of the YaiJieeSy' with ail-. tamrratTgnhrrcsme-to- her house -ajid told her that-they had nhot her husband. The shock wliu Ii una false intelligence pro duced was more than her delicate frame could bear, and he sank under it.. I could tell you much more, but iu order to get un ou i iiiii3 uirr. GENERAL PILLOW! Gen. Pillow jecoutly made a steech to planter in Alabama, to induce them to iiermit Uifir slave to enter uoveininent einnlov a teamsters, etc. To show1' that he wa nt asking I hem to make sacrifice that be him" would oot niaie, liu tolj f hi own losses 400 negnr. four gin-- t hoiwea worth $ 1 0,000 each, 1 00.000,11. of bacon, 2;(Tiofrn500 TieaJ pf cauTe hi houses and plantations destroyed snd desolated, and 2,100 bale of hk cotton burned by hiaowo Government. Zri He sUted that Gen. Sherman had writ ten him a( letter, couched in very polite language, offering to return"his.negroes to him, and to indemntify him for all his losses, if he would abandon the Confeder ate service. Hk answer was: "General, whilst I thank, you for your courteous- letter; lelT me say" to yoo, the property your Government bas taken from roe was my own. Your Government has the , power to rob me of h, but it k loo poiif to "buy ine. 'rrfs r- m- Noble General 1 if Jill the sons of our . ....... j Si. -KSiil ' tNl. sunennir country wouiu .u u i - frT -'kM n'Tla si; cunty. SmdU Pox ia IFafa Cbay. We learn that there, hare been ten or fifteefi cases of small pox in the Nw'ight neigh borhood, b thk County, some eighteen miles north of Raleigh. It was commu nicated doubtless bv some soldier. Mrs. rjniory Tbompsoiv Mr. Bennet Eight snd eon, Calvin Ray, Gilliy WbeOer, a daogh ter of Willk Jackson and one of hk ne groes have died of the disease.- We learn that no death hMoccuired from smsll pox at the Hospiul near thk City, nnder Dr. E. Burks Hay wood, though he has bad a nwnber of cases.- iSfWorrf. regimental tents Had leew -flcneO, a party Jaanu imo juvmi ejes woicn nave oeen r of shaqrwho;had W Wlowiog the .J V' W"? vwnd hi soddjf J,' 4 arwvj waited ajJoB)kiin 1abodj i P''" OB Wany a night of fierceness. ! ir,Vv'? reauested penns&S Hie R h 'ibatter-bVa ad' baioeai here, "I A aintWer to lliein was this 1 ' k Aaoct Town. "Who U tUt joang t. maa f uirrai , u la aJnNilM-r Uo. , I tu-gt.-; I.' U T. 'Wbatiia ha doiii , lough to re-vUit bis hqme and friends, and : ; v oeart, ana W ..enjoy ut pleaaare of a family reunion, and at Mi--, - M-r, i icunvnwiHVT p wuwt, J I'leat image Served d inspired him amid the tempest jof the field that lightened and f-',' thundered with cannon, hailed with but " kt and bristled with bayonets, and tojook.-. 1 mot Insowa lethape are forever J t.- .1 'il l. I -L Ue ousrlit to be in eamr where ba tudnniM. S v . . - f4 i w These sirapped-op fellows will ruin the y country unles sontelhinff k done to keep ' them in their placeaT I'm out Upon fur-j; loughs." . T .. .r - ' '..',? Yon are bo.b hasty and T nhreasbnablyp sir, in your opinion. For our part, we are always, under lucb circumstances, right glad to see those 'braye young fellow for we know bow tbe ood old mother's heartV. swella wilh delightfut emotions a7he t praea her darling boy wltlj those with ered but affectionate arm to thai devoted; rt: bosom ; and that; other gentler being, the l sly rogue is so impatient to see, we know" how she feels at bis approach, and ,Vwa" . . . honor and,. love tbem for it, and will a!wavf defend the truth of touching the natural- A . ' ;.f ness of such affairs" as -these, in despite of tbe snarl andmalignilyof the Iaxy.-bloaWr ed, cowardly skulks who pant with excess .,'' ' at home, while- these ingennont, cbi valroua - - and brave boys are. fighting the battlea of our independence, often loo, wheh badly f - clothed,' in some instances upon half ra- r"J tions of inferior food, and at. the rata of "T" " " tUven dollars a month in promises, to pay, ' every , issue or wbicb is alraft upon " it p soldiera blood. Snarl on, snap, bite, if you" want to ; but remember these are the boys 1 ' for the trirls.' Charlotte RulUtin. -" ' i am neaiw oj oar usmtecyva are t ATI ... TT . I.I .. ...... 9 r.. " . :'l . wonderful tiealtbrulnesa- of our .soldiers in the field. It is comfortinjr to feel that however our finances may be wilting anri. der .the number of adverse infloenoes to vj which they are now subjected, there k no v- . depreciation of Confederate bone and mus-ele.-While", the enemy is from lime - to i' time shipping from Stafford and Murfree- ': horo such Targe bodies of sick and demor- .. . aiized trMpsjM to induce tbe i!e.t&tXlr; he islchar pnghis bat e, our men are en4- ai joying a vigor unprecedented.- Ihis dif ference in tbe sanitary condition of the ' hoatile armies is easily accounted for.- The Yankess are un willing warrior, and tbey ' itleep in tents. The hearts of our soldiers are in the contest, and having fortunately , woru out all their tents, and being nnsble - - io procure new ones, tbey take their rest ' in ti ojen air, with nothing above them " -but their blankets and the canopy of. hea-. ' ven, and in their universally robust eondi- ; tion k Seen .the' wiadoiri of the words of. the great Napoleon ;v that " tents destroy- .( ed armies are not artillery .njFaaifi,,v :'yg.. -' '-' "'"' ' ' - -,' . ..... i ii i i i i , ..... . ,i . . ' Judge GilfiamV first Court was Court of Oyer and Termtner held -1 in this place.' The first ease- brought on was the trial of America,"Taoie1nl Solomon," three slaves, for the murder of Mr. John Lock bart, a well known citizen of thk county. , America and Daniel were convictea of tba murder. Solomon as an accessor before the fact. Mr. ' Norwood 'appeared for Daniel. A merica and Solomon bavin? no ' council, the Court assigned Mr. Nash to defend America" and" Mr Turner to defend- Solomon. .' j.-i.'-j.; . . v-'Tpr1'.-; ' The next arraignment was Lncian and. Strowd. Tbe owners of the slaves bsving refused to employ council, Mn. NssJt . and Turner were assigned by the Court to defemtaht priteaefl3taTtarday Aigbt aboul 12 o'clocklhe Jury returned aver- diet of guilty as to both. On Monday , the five criminal weia.. brouffht into Court Tor sentence. .The ' judgment oftha Court was that they bo. hunft on Fridayt the 10th. day of April next The senunce was pronounced in a most feejinz and impressive mannerJuv eompanied with much good advice to the. prisoner, wbicb it m toie toped will bare a salutary effect in preparing them for the . awful fate that awaits them. ; - ' A new trial has been granted to Solo- mon. The vourt adjourned on Aionuay. MilUbonrngk Jteconbr. -A
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