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j - - 'ik i H V. J. SINCLAIR. Editor. Qfeej, Ko. 17 Market Square, : J .Z-Qr 4.11 Marriages, -"Obituary, Funeral anjl JvsvaU rjoucts, Cotnry und Military Orders foij Meetings, Drill, &c, Lodge and Societiy Notices' and Summonses, Want, Losses and Vindia',. Exhibition and Concert Notices a 1 country, transient and foreign advertising, o whatsoever 'nature or character, inuat be paid for wheh left at or sent to the office for publ- cation: j Thi forced. 1- Su "arrangenient will be strictly eiji h cash advercisfeinents, as they appear, will always be marked by an asterisk or star i.fcu.3 ). I - i FlSBTTEil'ILLE, 5. C, OCT. 18. 1861 Pur SubscriDers in town will confer ;a tpeeiul ftofir, when they, fail to get their pa peir, bti inf'jlruiing us immediately of the fact. Of 'course we cannot know when it occurs uh- les feb be done. P Aiii'ict'LA k Attention is Called to the Folluwjno. -r-The publishers of this paper tlcsire that their terms be fully un derstood. &U subscriptions must he paid, in adjaucc. Payment must be made at this office, or, if to a collector, ten per cent, additional will be charged. Our Collector willrcall'weekly on delinquents and make collections, when, in every ii- bbvucel the above rule will be adhered to ' . - - : f Collections made every Mondby. . . Notice. C.C.McCrcmjii: Esq., is our authorized accent to receive moneys and "receipt for us in all business matters con n pet nd' with this otlice. which relates . to subscription and advertising-i ; .V- I : m v i f i Tliese are times that try men's souls,;" but tint is no reason why our people should? eiespuir. . j , In. prosperity the veriest coward my be .chepful j.tmd exultant ; but the t'rue moral grandeur which becomes the herjoj and that lofty fortitude that belongs to tlie inan is never uruuui uuu in uum ivr' ' and fully tested til clouds of adversity and" the trials and troubles of life environ bis path. i - ' I Ita peace. the sunshine soldier maypa .rade, and the summer patriot boast ; but war is the proper element for the. truly brave and patriotic. Amid horrors arjd accumulated misfortunes, the true man never grows despondent; never shirks the per&rniij,uC3 of duty never gives way . to the! powers of evil that assail him; arid it is only the coward who shirks, turns pale, aud sits down, inactive, overcome n the battle with fate, and is pfepaied to give up all as lost. . j In times of revolution he who has liitte, and who is not wholly immersed in ttie greed for gain, is aptest'to look with cour age in! the face of danger, is he who fears hothinjri, who is ever confident, who eh tertainsino desponding views,, and whojis ready! to lose lite, property and every thing,' sJve honor, iu the attainment Jof liberty, "lis such men as these who, Lif the skies become dark; and the futiire looks drear and gloom', when the sun jof hope, begins to set in the sea of despair, rise wiith the occasion, creatoa sun, and canseiits beams of cheerful expectation: to radiate and illuminate with their hopeful ness -.the carle vista which the croaker has peopled with. images ol .evil and destruo . tioii.-j . : ....... - Uui howfean that man whose miserly Foul inakt-s a god cfhis money bags, abd who ik never so contested as when doupt iug hishoarded stores, look with caljtn- ness into ai future which may rob him perchance j)f the fruits i acquired by long years of toil How can ha be else than a eFoveller How can he seewith his eyes duiund by ihe 'continual contact with shininjg, lustrious gold that liberty is worth any sacrifice, and feel that wij,h out this inlstiinable treasure life itselft ies . u cumbrousj chain, and existcne no more than San earthly hell ? 1 Unfortunately foro.ur country, this lat' ter class far exceeds in number the other. XJnfortuuately ours is - a degenerate race, uufortunaiely the jiobls men who wen freedom for us is t!e days of vore, who . snatched it from the very jaws of over- , whelming disaster, and laid the founda tion pf what was ouce, the best and freest government the world has known ou the ruins; of 'an oppressive, tyannical rule, were: nobler, purer, 'better, and loved liberty and honor more than the puiy sons who have inherited as a birth right the boon for which they ; contended iso heroically and bO successfully. Men ; ef America sons of Revolutionary sires citizens of. North Carolina! Shall itjae said of vou hatyou have been recreants J.that you have forfeited by a supine in action, by an .unmanly and ctwardly cal inulation, the glorious privileges "to rhich you are ent itled ? Shall a base, slavish fear, or a sinful covetcushess and love of ;ol5,and fondness for luxury, coma in between your women, and your children, and their liberty ; and deprive them of all that man should hold dear of all that is ennobling and honorable. Will you sea your glory fade will you accept the chains an unmerciful foem.in seeks to rivet on your j limbs will you defraud your posterity of the splendid in heri ancetjajjja.ncestors gave you intrust for them ? Or will you rise will you shake off the shackles will you, gird on your swords or seize your firelecks ad meet the invader ? Will 4 you see the swollen legions of ruthless Northmen and mercinary foreigners lay waste your coun try? Or will you join the rauks of the 1 veteran armies that have so long .stood between your property and your defence less families and that band of wretches whose cry is u Booty and beauty?' l Must we suffer de'eat, when by a unif- ed effort we could throw off the yoke ? Must we see all our dearest and most cherishedwishes for a government of our own and a freedom from dictation thwart- ed, or shall we see the stream ng tide of armed men, who come down on us like the waves of destruction, dashed back on the fiends who have sent them to des- ii'-, . troy us? - ; Correspondence orthe Carolinian. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 14th, 1864. ( Deau Carolinian r-rr-'Great men will differ," it is said, and I wrould add that sometimes the lesser ones differ from the greater. This has been verified to no lit tle extent since the publication of the late most admirable and truly fctutesman-like production of our greatest and wisest lead er. Alexander H. Stevens, of Georgia. His views upon a Convention of the States of the Confederacy with those of the United States must meet the hearty sanction of of every thinking man, .who regards the substance of liberty and independence par- amount to the mere name orshadow of thQsame. ' 5 Your correspondent is not disposed to raise any factious opposition to tlie rftn ing powers, but on the contrary, if he thinks differently and expresses sentiments at variance, with thepolicy of our rulers, lie does it in a spirit of love, desiring merely to exercise a right which every American has inherited as a birthright the right io think and speak his own sen timents, sustained and reinforced by th'er expenences ol the past, regardless of the 'cry of "traitor" and "croaker" so glibly mouthed by mep who have' casemated ex emptions, or who desire the favor of dis pensers of power and " patronage, rather than the good of the common country and the well being cf her people. Your' correspondent would therefore touch at this time.upon two subjects alone, and while he has'not the time or inclina tion to eloborate upon the great and vital priciples involved inthcse questions, in the meantime he- is desirbus of giving of fence to no one, and if his remarks be considered as indicating a weakened poli cy, let it be recollected that it is better to bring the true facts before our people and urge upon them the necessity of instruct ing their representatives both at Kaleigh and Richmond, as to the need of rational, common sense legislation. It is "nigh time that our legislators should look at the ex haustion in mi-n and material which a four years war has brought upon the country, and rather than be carried away, with the ad theory of "more men for the slaugh ter," so act that our resources may be so husbanded both as to men and material of war, that we shall, regardless ,of the per sistent efforts of our enemy, succeed event ually in securing our independence. It is the duty of theprTsb to hold up the mir ror, that the legislator's, who have the des tiny of this fair land in their keeping, may see the straits to which-radical legisla tion has already brought our country, and warn them again, t the commission of like folly. Eirst theD, a policy which is fore gVadowed by the late orders fiom the office ofGenerMl Cooper. Let metsk what must be the result of this course in the end? History often repeats itself, and in this matter it is likely to do so againl Let the readers of the Carolinian cast a retrospec tivejglance at!?the past, and it will fenable your correspondent to briBgfortha "corps" of facts and circumstances, supported on eitherflank and iu the centre by evjdencc 0f the must overpowering character, that nnsrERSBiExsnm; it thd drain upon our firihtinB piaterisl shall tie equal to the pat, theiSiiTory of this war will! end in these wordst "So en d?d the great Srebell ion, the SoutlKIm State i being 'overrun and impoverished'' Hi torians will -ive us credit forgallantiy upon a thousand fSeh's of strifetnequalt 1 by any people in aiicient-ormctrn times, but to our st.ame will add: 4ir iian. tic struggle, inaintained for yeasts! against a people huvingi;nliim;ed reu?fcs, failed, for want' of 'Jf. pi ope f apprOciatMn' of the value of the lives of the biave Men. who, under judicious maiiagemcnt,4cld have eventually, hal ihe t;u,k bectl'sssigntd them,' secured the indepcnnC3 of a world"-; ; . ' ; r:-' :. To refer to! the past is alV8y&ofitable Lookj therefore, at the condactMf this war from the memorablo first Manias to the k ! . Stzi - present day On the defaV ofIcDowtll the Yankee government c.illed . r, and ie ceived 300,0(1)0 volunteers. JTheg weie red by MeClellan and Pope, utet defeated and- routed, and ihife the & st py' of the b'nited States was disposed jcfyHhen an army of 300000 men" was calll fr, and lour people consoled themseles with the idea that the' Yankees cou'd ncljget tho men. But how soon were ur ceple un- , deceived ? liurnside-appears i(3 the field lat the head of this a:mv tnslj&srecruited land i eady lor the fray. Fiydei icKjjbai g was fought, and thus the 307,()OU wr disposed of. Anoiher levy was call, d for i.d llook er placed at its head, but he Y,i$ d sposed of. Then Meid was placed ia -abommand . 'and s 11 i dditional levy m'.de anjhoiiorvd. Then; Grant and an additional fia!t upon the Kcrth was made, land it Vail honored. Thge battles of the Wilde rne! are still fresh in the memory of our pt.le, when the Northmen lay thickly' siewri. as hi.y, upon the fieldi LincclAdemands iSOO.OGO more to end' the' reb--H4o-i. Thc idea of submission to this 'last cV.l is.'ctui-siderr-d 'preposterous. at the- fculh, but what are the facts? Lincoln's-ist call is honored, and many of the nunfi recruits are cow in the field, Tlius it vwlbe seen i . . ! . -r, rj i v t! at the North h ive in every insane e iven obedience to each call fop lhetr and with comparative ea-e, forv all x? tltslam 'on their side during this war, notver oue eighth were-Americans, heiic tbir -li)sscs are but little reprardkdv 'We r'Cnot hesi Wte'to aver to dy; that shotI Lincoln see iroper to call for; 0,0,000 kaore men tho call would be fillecL P ; But stay, reader, this is but ie side of the picture. I trust you have'ot unwit tingly been led to believe thailljtiie de struction of Yankee armies ri torded by me, was accomplished by y"neg?Jlant Con- lour correspondetit will soiri explain that question. After the firstr-aManassas conscript on was resorted to, anv. all men between the ages! of ighteen tod thirty five years awere placed in the fi(dtior sab Stitutesjn.their stead, the campaign of 1802 necessitated thfeextensioh of thi?Ccmscript age to forty. The campaign d1803 ne cessitated its extention to fortflveand, in anticipation of disaster, Reserves were introduced, making the corript act more gen'etal, including boys s$ev&Ueen and old' men at fifty ! In'addith tQ this, aM those who had placed substiftfes in the field were . themselves ordered "in, - thus making a clear sweep of all op fighting material. It would seem to y-jifv corres: pondent, that aswe have noviir lived at the j point where we can not jjbakc. any more soldiers, we would look what is is next best. It is evident thaif, as has been ; seen by the orderof cc?iscription, we Ihave to advance the v-cofcript age after each campaign five yeari ore, that in each campaign we lose fronAll causes, in that e. the number embraced in those ages ; hence we argue That as we can not extend the age of ensirjption, in the next campaign, we will losttmen equal in ntimWer to those embraced bHw'een the ages of forty and forty-five ; i?t 1806, the next campaign, we will losef fin umber qquafta those introduced betw4 fn the ages of thirty-five and forty, and injHwo years inorc, say 18b8,' when Lincol n s second term' shall have expired, we f ball have 1 est a number equal to those etabraced in ;;he ages between fcwtmtyand fctvlfivef 1 But long before this we &haliavel)een in a worse condition than t ha portrayed above, if the policy heretofore pursued be considered. What then, should be done ? I can see but one policy : Sparliie hus band - our meaus! h are fthting for independence; the" way to sect fe it is the Test way to adopt. Ho who advocates a course which will eventualhrleave us helpless at the foot of our enffmy, is no friend to bis country be may pout vrar and bloou, but. he is a. traitor be may proclaim hij. love of country, but he is her .... i. -. - " worst enemy. If we abandonMerritory to diy eten Richmond or Petersburg, and save our army, we weaken our Wiemr. ; The men thus saved will yet regain thit teVritory lost ; bbt let j us sucrifico life destroy' onr armiss,! and jwe lose tfiis territory with out the hope of regaining it. A soldier slain can not be restored a city captured may be recaptured. " We never looked upon Washington a? a great General, until with'n the last twelve uiunth. : His superior military genius, his trahscendant wisdom, becomes more apparent every diy Had he hprled bs troops I against the British as we have againsf the YankeeSjWe would to-day havfe been a;British colony; our independence wouldnot have been secured. The truths is, we have already drnined the countrv of fighting men. Let fliose fi.ifi.t.i 'kn.:.i...i . . iu. wiq jicm ;l'c jiumucu jor ineir lives preserved, and let th se at horn. feed and clo'he them and their families. Whosesae conscription v ill su jugate us without the aid of the Yankee bayonet. in another letter I will refer to the Convention scheme'. Yours, SIGMA. The Battle of Thursday. We ob tain from the Richmond Enquirer the followi lg particulars of the attempt' on iv last to carry our lines'on the si le of tlie James, between Dar- Thursc North bytowijj ami phui Ies City roads: ,. Further accounts from the battle-field of Thnsdavj fully sustain the general?1 EMAKtfiL ;is a through bred iSt. Law: : i c ' I a. f . ft rence i was purchased in Canada bv Capt. La- ldea ofpthe cpp.etene of our victoryy thm, ne of the host judges of itock in th over tlie enemy on that memr,able day The efilort to carry our lines r was wel ry our lines ; was Well rmmirejd, am 'tire enemy was fully' pre pared lo make the great , sacrifice they dij in the ndeavoj. During Tuesday nijht, heavy ;reinforcemenls were thtown across fie James, from the enemy's front at Puter.sburg, and all day Wednesday was ocfupiedl iu geltin the men up to the UniKs in front of Chaffin's, and prepa ring lor the conflict of the following day. The ..min fJrce moved up tie Charles City, aul on ' Thursday- morning, when tho attack wjis hegun, it was evident that the priuoipaljflghtitig would have to be done ii: the vicinity of that road, although the. enemy's left re.stod near the Darby town road, and tlie advance- by that route w;i8 j tiimuliaueous and in strong force; The? advance of the enemy 'was checked about a mile and - a half from our toa n works, and soon after the battle vas . joined, thfoir troops began massing near the Charles City road, for those desper ute'and repeated chr.r'? which proved so disastrously unfortunate for them. They advanced repeatedly agaiu.st our lines of breast-works, but were Iiterallv mowed down as repdatedly, aud in mt a single instlancje'did they secure an advantage, wit i all .their compulsory recklessness in the r foolhardy charges. Beateu at eve ry jpoiiit of the line, they were at last compelled to abandon the contest, not only giving Up the fluid, but their dead an .many of j their weunded The re pulse was as complete as it was s.ingui nary, and furnishes room for a, lengthy pause ere thejattempt to flank Chafiin's fari may be .attempted again: But the necessities of .the political eampaign at L the North can recognize no such consid ions. The terrible losses of this dav era w ill be concealed as, others before it. and before pnauy days are overawe may ex pect tojhear-of just such another and per haps more disastrous and important as- sauft. J j Our lossin the engagement will not exceed one hundred. The Enquirer also says : There is a 'field about a mile below our defences oj Chaffin's farm, and not far from Fort Harrison, which is concealed by an intervening bill and growth of woods. Here tho enemy have been in dustriously at work, defending their ope ratibns against observation by a Hue f sharpshooters . Several of our men, en deavoring to ;ascertain what was going on in this 'lone, sequeitered vale,' have fal lenjyiclims to the rifle shots of the liid den fo8. Others, however, have been mere fortunate, and discovered - that the enemy a je employed in mounting mortar batieries and cannon for. shelling. The new works arc evidently designed to op erate against I our defences at ChaffiV, and! frokn the latest indications it. was supposed that they would soon be suffi ciently completed to open their . experi mental firel I IIEB, At 12 o'cloek yesterday, ANNA LEE, asred 14 months. ' Daughter of JT. M. and Mary Wil liams. - !: j " -- . , . The fu: eral will take place at the residence oV William Mclntyre, this evening, at,;L o'loclt The friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to attend. 1 L Funeral IVotice. Di!ed,:on Sunday the 16th inst., in this town, Mr8.ERkDFORD, formerlyof Culpeper coun ty, Yirginia, aged aboutTO years. The funeral will take place at the Methodist Church at 3 o'clock T. M., to-day (Taeday.) The public are invited to attend. " ye have failed t receive our sprightly coteinponrv, the Raleigh Von Mrvatire, charing the past week. We pope thi ' slight has been unintentional. iNEW ADVERTlSEJlEiVTS. io(Jiimt nA. wxiiTEi). FaYE TTEV1LLE Aksenal As Akmory, ( . Oct, 17th, It64. j ."TrAN"TED a ood MOULDER. One coui- f p-teut to superintend, aawetras a prac tical workman can tind steady employment ud guod waes. Apply. to ' : Lt. Col. F. L. GUILDS, - Comd'g. Olliocr. 21.9-6fc i ; Wilniirrgton Journal copy 6t ; yjpIIlS celebrated Horse will stanU this, the I FaUseaioii, at Fayettevillo, X. C, cotn-' uieiiciug the lutli of October .and endin"' the 10th December, and will be let tj Mures at tha reduced price of 5il5 in specie or three barreU of oru. wr the market price of the corn orspe- cie in jCou federate money, when dae, "bytho insuiaiice. Those who wish to turn by the season will be fchai ed two-thirds of the insu- ranee, with 5 iotue Groom in every instance, who id a good (rrooin and will take aII possible care to pre"ent accidents, but I ft ill not be li able tor any that, may occur. The insurance money to be dae as somi aa the fat is 'Ascer tained tbat the mare is in-fwal, and that for the season at the end of the season.: CLange of property forfeits the insurance. Those put--tinij to this horse are requested to send their Marea regulailv every tenth day. . He will stand at the subscriber's stables, east of the Market, and fur further convenience of patj'ons, where there -can be classes of six' Mares made up, will be met at a distance ef not more than ten or twelve miles from town, i i PEDIGREE. I V fct.te, at a cs of 3,500 in gold, and shipped to has-tern JNorth Carolina in the spnn ot I860, at 4 yeara oll. This horse having been purchased by the present owner about ten days ao, his full pedigree is" not to hand, but will he givtjiv in full as soon as it' is forwarded. He is celebi-ated for being the finest blooded Horse in the State. ' - DESCUIPT10X. VrcK EASiTAi'waseightyeaisoldlast.sprinfr, iiiediu. size, line form and well proportioned, coal hUck. As. to style, fleetness and durabili ty in harness,! he has no equal, haviajf been matched by the fastest horsesiu the Stafre and never beaten . ! He now challenges the Confed- . eracv for stvltv and fleetness in harness. T&u is a rare chance, if y6u wish traveling stoek- .1 REUBEN JONES, Agent. . P. S'. Mares sent from a distance will be" turned on good grazing lots, au pasturage free of char OctjlS-2l9tf ' t Fayetteville, Oct. 8,18G4. To A.JMcLean,Esq. aiayor,;&.c,: riHK undersigned commissioners named in J the Cli alter of the "Florence and Fay etteville Uailroad Co," respectfully ask that a meeting of the citizens of the Town f Fayette rille be called, to titke into consideration the importance of at once subscribing for a suffi cient amount of fctSck, to organize the Com pany 'and to piomi'icntly place before the State arid Confederate Govemmentjthe impor tance pf the cohatmction of the Road. :, . WM. McL. McKAY, i JNO. M. HOSE, i : D. A. RAY. : AUG. W. STEEL,- : ; - A. A. IcKETHAN. , TOWJr MEETING. Mayor's OISScc, ) Fayettkville, Oct. 8, 1864. . IX compliancft with tho above request, I hereby give notice that a Meeting of the citizens of the'-Town will be held at the Town. Hall on' Thursday afternoon tte 13th inst., at three, and a half o'clock, to which all person, whether residents or not, who apprcciatejthe importance of the object of the Meeting, are respectfully invited. '. ' - L HG-2t .; AKCH'D. McLEAN, Mayor. Tlie Meeting called uiidcr the foregoing notice i adjourned until Mon day the 17th' instant, at V4 o'clock P. M. ' R. M. ORRELL. iS'ec'y. llG-tm I E3LecMtivIeiarHiieiit, I. C, :1 AUJU'tANT tiEXERAL S OrFICK Raleigh, Uct.'4th, 1SG4 Generai, Orders, No. '21. A NECESSITY having arisen for calling part of-the Guard for Home Defence in to the .held to repel a tureateuel invasion, u j avoid interfering as far as possible with th i industrial pursuits ef the country, it is'ordered' I tht the commanding olhcers ot the Guard for Home Defence in the counties of Surrv, Yad kiu, Rowan, Cabarrus,' Mecklenburg, tincoln, Gaston and CleaTelai", and all the couttes ly ing eat of said counties, will assemble their respective Regiments:or liatalions without de lay, and proceed to devide them into three equal'parts, to be known as the 1st, 2d, and 3d classes these numbers to be determined by lot or draft, and the classes called out in rotation, when less than. the whole are required for field . service. ' ' v . . ,v Commanders of-Battalions will exclude from the 1st class all persons physically incapable of perforiiiing field service, and they will be careful not to include in cither class persons "not strictly members of the Guard for Home Detence When there are less than three companies in j a liattaupn, they will be united and devided intoihree equal parts', and a complimentof offi cers assigned to each. When there are threei six or nine companies in a Battalion, they will be equalized in numbers by transfers from oae company to the other, and when the number 'of companies is not devisable by three, then it must be made so by breaking up the odd com panies and assigning their members to the oth er companies. The company or companies to be broken up to be determined bv lot. As soon as each commander has complied Witn the foregoing instructions, ne wiu arm and equip the lat class of his Battalion, and or- ' , der it to proceed without delav to tol Qs Doro.t and report to Brig. Gen. G. Leventhorp e, who, aa tha orpiiA vriTI nrr anize them into Regiments. , . . The Guard for Home Defence belonging to counties lying west of those above enumerated, are designed for the defenceef the Mountain DistrictT Their organization will not - b " changed for the present. By order of Gov. Yakce : H. C. GATLIN, octS-d3t-In0t 'AdjuUnt GcoeraL K I
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