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P. J. SINCLAIR, Editor. - ' 0Re, fib 17 Mnrltet S;xtare J2-3T"; A U Marriage?, Obituary. Funeral and fUtaU ! utit, Company and Military Orders, for Meetings, Drills, &c., Lodge and Society Notices and' Summonses, Want?, Losses and c- i : T7 u : .-1 : J m v.. ii coantry, transient and foreign advertising, o whatsoever nature or character, must be paid for when left at or tent to the office for publi cation. Thia arrangement' wilt be strictly en forced. " Such eash advertisements; as they appear, will always be marked by an asterisk r star thus (). "AYETTEHLLE, N. C NOT. 16. I86L S30ir Subscriers in town will confer a fpeeial favor, when thuy fail to get thsir pa pers, Wv informing us immediately of the fact. Of coarse we cannot know when'it occurs un 3 ess this be done.' :" . Pautici'LAr Attention is Lalusdto .tfie; FoLtowixa. The publishers of this . paper desire that their terms be fully, un derstood. A U subscriptions must be paid in advance. Payment must bo made at -this office, or, if to a collector, ten per cent: additional will be -charged.. Our Collector will calj weekly on delinquents and make ioaHcctions, when, in every in- stance, theTabove rule will be adhered to ; ... j Collection made every Monday, Notice. 0. CMcCrummin, Esq., is our authorized; agent to receive . moneys and receipt forj us in all business matters con nected with this office, which relates to subscription and advertising. . " To-day has been appointed by the Pes ident for public worship and thanksgiving. VY'e trust that contrite hearts will return to the Almighty Giver of all. good gifts. 4 that acknowledgment of. gratitude which all ouf people should feel and express for our deliverance from tho hands of the cceroy. : ; -l- . , As our force all Wish to do their part in the public worship, we will issue no paper to-morrow.. Thelecture of Col- Dawson last night, was well conceived, well expressed, and w-ell delivered. The audience evinced their appreciation "by the manner in which it was received. He is an orator of no common parts, ard handled the subject of f 'National Honor" in a masterly style. The audience was-a flattering one, and the proceeds will doubtless carry much comfort to the Kentuckians in whose behalf the I address was delivere '. " It is dangerous for the Press to tamper with public opinion it is unsafe for it to ,form hasty conclusions, and to give au thoritative expression to opinions, unless upon investigation they are found to be tenable and invincible in argument, where those opinions are in regard to matters of inestimable importance to the people and the country. For this reason we have withheld an expression of our views on the President's recommendation in regard to the employment of slaves in the army as pioneers,; &ngiueer kaborers, &c. But we; have now investigated the mat ter, and bur notion are accordingly pub 1 shed : " ; We do not think that it would be expe dient to einpjy negroes in the capacity for which they are recommended by the ., President, nor do we think it would- be right. If' the slave is employed and con ducts himself with fidelity to the govern- ; ment which purchases mm, aod wmcn ;i gives him employment, we think that; when there! is no longer a necessity for ; - his service i that sphere, when he has ; accomplished that nTork for -which he has j been purchased, that he will be deserving i a reward: from his owner for his meritori-I ous conduct.! To offer as an inducement fox such fidelity a premium, would be bet ter than j to assign a punishment for neg lect or unfaithfulness ; and as it would be expedient to award aruch emolument for a j proper discharge of duty, l n what should Lhat emolument consist ? 1 ! " We could not offer him, his freedom, be cause we do not recognize the strength of j . i . . . Vof orcri'm'nt. whifK is fldvfinoarl Kv i.hn Beecherjs, aud Phillips' of Yank edom.tha t te the slave freedom is a bcron We corf- tnd that he is in a far happier and more desirable iondition as he is, as the prop -. jirfy of ain'd master, .who christai)ize9 and civilizes his moral state into one of a more exalted character! ' 1 Bufc it i will be ured that; the negro thinks liisfrcedomi3 a thing to be wished,!' lie imagines ln would be -happier and more contented in another sphere of life,. To this we reply : Is it right, is i t chari table to give a man arsenic because L im Bgities 4n his ijrnnmnce that it would be Nutritious ood? Is it kind is.it considerate in the-pa'feiiito'pyrmit his child t..? hold his finger in the fare, because it is bright and. he fancies that he would like the sen sation ? No. I Then if we could not consistently offer them their freedom, shall the government keep them, and remain the owner of forty thousand slaves and support them iri in dolence. That would be an item of very considerable expense to a nation groan, in under a heavy burthen of debt. 'Should they, be re sold ajid turned over to the care of private individuals? This policy wtmld be objectionable for the re. ward which they would expect culd not be given them They could not be paid in jmoney, for the civil law does not tolerate ;the notion of slaves holding any right in property. Thus it is evident that the doctrine of offering a premium for faithful discharge of duty in untenable, and' demands the overthrow of those very notions on which is built up tho argument upon which we 'rest our moral convictions that slaverys :n6 sin. and that in holding our negroes to Involuntary servitude, we aro not tranS gressing the law of Almighty God. In our opinion if wc can hold out no sufficient inducement to the slave to per form to the fullest 'extent the obligations we impose, it were better far better that He should not be required to do this ser vice. Nor can wc see any necessity for their employment in any department ef the military service. But while we ire of the opinin "already expressed; and'.-' while we can entertain any proposition looking towards the re cruitng of our arm'ies through this agef cy, only with abhonence while we clearly bold the doctrine that hcyis fit to be a free' Uian and to enjoy the precious boon of enfranchisement, who is fit to do that highest of all-political duties carry arms iu delense of bis country, and servo in the lanks oi.her armies.; we jrlonot think that bv the admission that to the slave freedom is a boon, we sacrifice one iota of that doc-, trine which led to the separation from the Noith, and the establishment of' a new Confederate alliance of States. The question as to whethor it is a breach of Divioe law tor our people to retain the initution, is one which they are called upon to settle with their Maker. That which led to our sepaiation from the North s was very different in its nature. . We held that fo the sovereign States, and not to the general government be longed the authority to decide what the domestic regulations and institutions of the several States should be ; and that they alone, through the will of their own people in conveiKion hadthe right to decide wherein their own constitutions are uefje - - tive, and te what extent thev should le .... . r modified, altered, amended,, or abolished- Our enemies sought to overthrow this right, and to rob of our '-inalienable privileges aiid to a.sf ec,fc uur iiuU-pcndL-ncC' of their coniiol to tl.iow ciT ihu simckks which they torgcd and; I ound about our limbs the more securely every d.iy ; a.ul to secure to t Si selves the enj.nien'L of those -rights which we iuheiiicd from our ar cvstoi'S ol 'TG -7W0 made the bi eac h for illis we stiippd for ihn combat for this wo took up" .the gauntlet, thev had flung at our feet, ami .for this we bleed to-day at every pore still dcliant sfli determined still eh erful andXssured of tha issue in our favor. - - - And it ought'to'be'remcmbrfe'd by our people that wc are not lighting ior the right of property in? he rir'gro, but we are fighting to estiiblish ou? independence of the dictation of others, and to assert the great principle of self-government which wereccived as a rich legacy from our "fathers. v' As it appears to our wind the States of the South' would have had equal cause for quarrel1 and consequent secession if the States of the North, by their votes in Congress, had demanded that the Legisla ture jof North Carolina should require four readings instead of three before a law was ratified; or in other words that any inter ference whatever, of any kind, which Bought to coerc or compel that sovereign power into a compliance with their will even in the most trifling matter, would hare been cause sufficient'', for this action on their part ; and we; trust that our peo ple will bear in mind that we do not. light this war for the existence and continuance of slavery, but on the abstrac; principle of our right to self-government. . 'vDRKwnvs BLUFF. j In view of the, probabi it y of a power ful ilect, of irn t iuHs, said now to be preparing at - Fortress .Monroe) co-opera ting with Graut's land forces in his coa-tc-m plated, final . assauit uponr Richmond, when the iam'ous Dutch Gnu Cut U shall have berh conip'ete'l, it lee6nies''a'ina-tt'er of very gre-.t importarice to j lace the bat teries atj'Prewry's Bluff in the most per fect on'er for defence. The most caret nl and vigoious efforts shotrld 1j made to have gurj. and garrison ke t in a condi tion to jensure a succe.ful resistance there against any attacking, force, naval or miliary, or botu combined. ; That point is the key to. Richmond, and should be rendered impregnable, or as ne.ir so asiossible. It has gier.t naCkral advan tages, which with the requisite artificial: w0rki, and the requisite force, will enable it to bid; defiance to sill attempts of the enemy to capture ,r to jass it It is al ready a very strong posit ion j perhaps, as strong as military science can make it. It Has passed triumphantly through one' perilous tardea I, when it w as ery ..far fi"6m being as, formidAble as it is now. But this f ict should only snmnlate' to ener getic stud persistent exertions' to increase to the utmost extent itsj capacity for re- sistance . As long as 'tnern is room for the addition of another gun or the erect vn of another bomb-proof, these additions should.be made. It is particularly and essentially requisite "that the garrison should be both numerically and in every other respect, adequate to maintain the positiohjagainst all odiis. If Urant haz ards another serious conflict for. the pos session of Richmond, and if the canal, which is now being .opened through Dutch Gap, shall be a success; his main reliance will be upon the ironclads, that will be floated through it. He will never accom plish his purpose against the Confederate capital until he gets command of the Riv- . er up to Rocketts, and he can never do this until he reduces FortDrewry. ; How vastly important, therefore, is it that it should be protected in every practicable way, and prepared in every respect to withstand the shnc which, from present indications, it will ere iong be subjected to. The garrison will have, u nio-t con spicuous and responsible p irt to act in the bloody drama whenever it shall be opened 'by-: .-the a.tvan;-e of the enemy's fleet through the new canal. Upon their .bravery! and skill will h ng "the fate of Richmond. They should all b well 'trained,! experienced soldiers fully sc quninted with the uiost improved me'hod of using arullery thoroughly practiced as marksmen, aud known to be of ti e j coolest and most unflinchitig courage. 1 There should be no raw, elf inmate metn " i bet in; the ranks. Officers and men should be alike competent for the faithfu j periormance of thesr respective duties -on 1 periormance or tnesr . respec the day or' trial. Tle safety not only of Richmond, but rtf allVrrgiuiaj will on that day depend upon the maimer in, which they shall a quit themselves. , AV'e take it for gr uited - that the gov einiutnt, which is so vitally interested in the defences at Fort Drewry, has taken the proper and needful step to put them in a condition to repel any naval arma ment that may ;:,ssail them, thereby cn surirg Hho sign A. f'.tiluic of this; grand Yankee expedition under Grant, which .was to have culminated months ago in a triumphal entry of the, oft routed "Army of the Potomac'' into the "rebel capital.'' nd thb stately marchings through the. strceis thereof, to the "music of the Union.'' Ft tershura Eiprcss. ; i : . . A correspondent of the llacon Tele p'nph writes from near Tuscumbia, Ala., under data of Oct SI : We havo atOast" struck the Tennessee river, and if present indications do not iail, will cros the river in a day or two itt Florence, miles from this -place. rl'he r:n moved from Gadsden, to which !ace it came after the Dalton trip (n. thu"2d ins'., and crossing Sand Moun tain, itached Decatiir on the night of the L'G iust. Our skirmish lines w'ere drawn 'around this place, and the works! inves-. ted bv them onlv.' Stewart's and Cheat ham's corps occupied the J different roads leading from the' town, and j weht ' into bivouac?;-' .-.Decatur was supposed to be garrisoned by 2,500 or 3,000 troops in -very -ttrHf -werks, of wh ich I- bad- good ocular! proof, visiting the skirmish line quite frequently. ! i. 7 I It was uol Gen Hood's intention to invest1 the place with the view; of taking it ; for. it would have ctatft a heavy sacri fice of life," especially as the enemy was reinforcing and had his gunboats in the river to operate in concert. But he was obliged to delay several days here and keep the enemy inside by threatening an attack , in order to cover the passage of a, large supply train, and Lee's corps. When these had'passed, Lee was making hard for Florence. We very leisurely drew of our skirmishers and marched on after him, and while the ' Yankees were occupied at Decatur, Lee crosses the river and occupies Florence, and our pon toons are thrown across. . We rest here a couple of days, and then cross: over on our way to Middle Tennessee.! : -!.-- :; ' " . . The Columbus Sua learns that a piom- inent gentleman of that city, received 1 from his son, who is attachea to Clanton' Brigade, a letter, dated DccaJnr, Alabama,, which states that .General H"Ui had cbp tmcd that place. .'',-' . ) ' '' I. i NOUTil CAROLINA BAP.TJST STATE CO-NVHN1IOX. . . Thii body ;metin Warrentort on Wed- j nesniav. ztl int. 1 tie rime was;peneii- iy represenir . i ocea. counties in the i'ust, were present; ! thouc-h the I delations Were thin, not tain couuiiui mi tut.'- w r, i.ns noui toe ! more than thiity-fie or forty ministers present. - ' ' '''"''. Rev. James McDaninl, of Fayetteville, was elected President of the Convention, and J. 1. Hufham, Recoruing Secretary. The dieus.-ioo growings out of the- ro poit' on religious periodicals developed !oiue interesting facts. . The Rihhcal Re corder, orgati of the ChurcU, has of, late yeiirs ncquised juuh high character, as has not only placed its' exis.e-;ce beyond jeopardy, but has rendered it a paying cotxeern, and it friends ignore any claims for patronage on the ground of charity. Rev. N. B.:Gob, general agent -f army, colportage, presented a mst interesliftg report, U which p uniount of ; good was reported, truly r freshing. By the an -tirihg efforts of :Mr. Cdbb, about $50, OCiO have been contributed. j A" mass met;ng on the subject of Sun day .schools. and one in . behalf of army colportage were held, at bo-h of which in teresting addresses were delivered. The luxt meeting of the Convention is appointed tole held at Forreatvillc, in November, 1805. v ', A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex pTe8, froiu whom - wc derivn the above items, clones his letter a fallows: Ai-d now a little badinage by way of conclusion. Las Casas iu Iris Memoirs of Napoleon Jaays that the first consul exhibited a .strong , partiality for iong -r.b.ses, hjs ablest linnnciers all had long noses. When a boy I read that,-and ever simcc have had a particular respect for a long nose; but in this Convention it was observable. that some of the abies-t n en in the body had remarkably short noses. Persons present on the occasion will re. member the diminutive organs of Rev. Messrs. Pritchard, Carsler and Kr'oaddus. Verily, times have changed since the days of the trst Napoleon. ... ;. ' nr . ;j ': v FROM GEORGIA. : ' Tho Chronicle and Sentinel of the 13th says, a gentleman who re tched this city , Friday afternoon and. w ho qI .-the vicin Hy of Stone Mountai.i on-ThurS'ay morni iiig. reports that ou Wednesday moi ning at day break terrific explosions were lieavd in thetlirection of Atlanta, and about daylight havy and ; rapid artillery an ; musket ry iirmg was heard, in the direct ion of Rough t Ready. The firing contiuued up to 12 M., gfaJually nearing Atlanta. f S outs who left Jonesboroon Wednes- day morning, re. or that. Gen. Dowel ii. i.u r -J-,Lu t 1 Cobb, with from six to eight thousand inihtia and three brigades1: of cavalry, attacked the euemy and was steauiiy driving them in. ! A soldier who had been captured by the YanKeer and who. succeeded in effecting hisjescape, reports-that there were not over 8.0JU troops in the city. Parties along;the Jine of the State Road, between Atlanta and Marietta, represent that the trains g up . to iiarie'ta daily heavily ladeti and return empty. Two corps were at Powder Springs under marching . orders. The Yankees were sending off the negroes and ' prisoners to that point, j Their movemeuts are involved in niystery.- . - 1 The same j paper says Major; Graham with his scouts succeeded in" capturing 500 head of mules-od Clark Howell's !plantat:on, ntarj.be Chattahoochie river. ;Thrce YahkeeS w ho deserted from there gav him the! inform ttion, and one of them donned rebel un form and went with him. Major Graham, with 7j men, drove the ; Yankee guard, 100 strong-,, protecting the mutes, and captured about ten ti liiteen of them, besides the mules. ' . r - . - 1 . " . ' -. j : . ; " j. t - . ; Clothing fou our Phisoneks. "P. W. A." writing from Richmond to the Sa vannah Republican under; date of the ;28th, speaks thus of a proposed arrange ment by which our prisoners are to be Supplied w ith clothing: j upon consultation with Gen. Lawton, j the Quartermaster General, it was ascer tained that clothing cannot be purchased in Europe and delivered to our pris oners in the North before fhe , middle of January or firsi of, Febru jxyjiext,and iu that view,' as blankets are thir first and (rrea'est need, Judge Ould - has recom :meuded to Mr. Seddon, the Secretary of War, the immediate purchase of thirty thousand pairs to be made in a - Northern city. He suggests also that the Federal authori.tJts be-asked to allow us to ship an amount of cotton from Wilmington, to some other port, sufficient to make, the purchase. Mr. Seddo . approves of the recommendAtion and suggestion, and has f authorized- Judge . Ould to proceed at once to their execution. , - ' It is said there are about 12,060 bon ded farmers tu North Carolina, who have obligated themselves to furnish the Gov emmeut 1,600 pounds of bacon, .and 1, frOO pounds of beef each, making a total of thirty million pounds of iyeat.' This , it is estimated, will furnish two pounds of meat per day. to each North Caroiiua8ol-; dier in the army of Virginia"' for a year and a half. .' If these. bonded farmers ful fil' their cbligatfous to the. government,; we see no uecessity for impressing offi ; cer in our State, and woulffsuggest that, they all be sect sonic where, elssu-- Char loitc Jjidlctin.- ' 1 Confgi ;inst.- MXi 1 A T E (ON o 1; rs3.-.On the 8Ji rah ami of North Carol i tiA. iui. t reduced a" 'hill in. the Seuate.-whict was referred to the Finance Committee, de- elarinc: bur ner rent. W W r.rtifi. , . .. , - , cate therefore reeeiva fHF te-year 16041 oie- ior taxes uuo vm.tne same, uay, iu the House, Mr. Footc, introduced k resolution, declaring it to,. be the policy of, the Confederate Government to withdraw frra abroad all commissioners and diplomatic agents. Made the special order of the day for- Monday, 14th inst. , . : . rwi. it. : o ' - r -r ?- ju vuc jui, iir. oparrow, 01 Louisi ana, in the Sanate, bfferel a resolu ion, which wai agreed to asking tbePresif dent to communicate to the Senate the number of persons exempted from' xnilita ry service on the railroads, in express and telegraph companies, contractors for car rying the-mails, &q., and th numbed de tailed or exempted ior. agricultural purl poses. . . - ;;";. J . ' j. J; Boxded Exkmpts. The Codfedcrate is authorised to ;say that Judge Saunders, in the case of the Bonded Exempts, pend ing before him on habeas corpus, has dej cided ;iyainst the parties, and remanded them to the service. We lenrn from k private source, that this opinion of Judge 1 oa miners concurs wun loai 01 luniet jus tice Pearron and the other Justices of the Supreme Court Bench. . , - - - : ' 1 J O H N II. COOK, AUCTIOlSrBEB. o X ThursdiT next tho 17tt inst., will be old ONE. GOOD HARNESS HORSE. Sot. 16. ' . i ' 2U:2t Florence and Fayetteville . :.;. " - Wtocl:eollcr Itlcctingf. I ASUFFlClEXT amount having been sub ascribed to authorize the orauizatiou of the above named Company, a meeting of th. Stock holders 13 hereby called to . meet in Fav- ette villein lliursday the 15th day of Decem ber next for the purpose of electing aJPresident and Director ofaaid Compan-, and for the transactions ol'such other business as. may coiue betorc the Stoekhdltlvrs. - Th : Books of ob sci iption are still open.1 This is an. important road to this community and to the country gen- -1 erallj. . We hope efery man will feel the im portance of doing what he can to secure tho ' speedy completion of this mad.J j , W M. M'cL. McKAY, J.NO. M. UOSK, 1 A. A. McKKTUAN, : . 1. A. KAY, . 'A. W. STEEL. y Committee. J Fayetteville, N. C. Nov 15, 18tii. tm. OXR CERTIFICATE, dated March 17th 1SC4, No., 8G4. . Any .person tiuding tho above wjll be suitably rewarded bv leaving it with .; ! HEXUY'KING. 2i3-Ct - - Clinton, N. C. j LOST. JN SUNDAY afternoon the 13th int. on the Western Plank Road, between the Toll House and the 4L mile post, a.Ureast I'in, nsiinbling a Locomoti ;e car it was at tached to a red ribbon. . The findjr will be liberally rewarded by leaving it at the Toll House. 243tf IVcjrro -Woman and Child Who is a; good Cook, Washer and Ironer. with child 1 year old. Apply t 2il-:$t D. AND iUSONr. Ha'iicSs Wanted. I WANT to hire six hands to cut cord wood 3 miles from town. I will pay $6 per cord. Apply to 'r-t D. ANbFJtSON, 'Ill-pt - L Eagi 'Foundry. '' ' V j NOTICE. APPLICATION will be made to tha Legis lature of North Caaolina, at its next ses sion, to incorporate the "Fayetteville, N. C Iron Works. . . , ' 233-d It-w4t ' KKWJLKD. STOLEN aboAt26 railea from Fayetteville JX ; the ; Faytiteville ..and Albemarle. Plank road, on the &thvof NoTember, a medium sized .JJOUSE blind invtbe.ljett ejie.iitU short thia mane,;and aged about 10 years, lhe above reward will be paid for his delivery to . .... 2,39-21 J.A. G1LLIS, ' At the Fayetteville Arsenal. Observer copy, -: .? y; r FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. MIJLITAKir ACAlVEMY. THEFin'ST SESSION )T IlJlg INSTI TUTION will , commence 1st of Febru ary, 1865. . . , Applications for admission must be' mada prior t the st January, 1865, about which. '' time the terms, will be made known. - Also, , wanted two Teacher of military edu tion, and a . Steward in this institution. Ad dress , Maj. WJl. A BANKS, . ; ',?33-tf ' " Superintendaot. WALTER WATSON; GUN. PISTOL MAEEPv AD Guns fLnd'isUSi itiud ap4 'Jar ,:.V with Dispatch. I . i t MEMBERSof Reserves and Home Guards can, have stheir arms repaired at hlf trice. All kinds ofMaobineu,wjf k done.!. ,. Iay Mouiut, FayetteTille, C.ppposito the residence of E. J. Hale, Esq.. .. Wanted to 'Hire IMMEDIATELY, good COOK; also a CUAMBEItMAID. Apply io 235 tf .' - i REUBEN JONES. . j
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