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WIIiMINCTON 0ATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1864. Compositors wanted at this office imme diately, to'do newspaper work. Two Dol lars and Fifty Cents per thousand ems paid, i . : , ' ' ' - - - - - r.r- -r- -V- j ToQ Headers. ville to this point, we" hate had noVin ttntion even i had we the power, to sap- -1 .1.1. .'aiikimiI iKot Via a f rT- !oa long a time, and with such distinguisnecr tUlifriWn nublishd in Wilminston. 1 We come here as the opponent of no man as an honest and fair competitor. This ve have a right to do, for as the old Latin proverb has it : ' u Onod decet honest um est, et quod honettum est decet" It i not ittir sum or nnnioai to dabble , - , T" T f- in that thine called politics. "We iiave had no politics since the inauguration of the desperate struggl e in which we are now engaged. We do not consider the times tin which we live suited to such discussion, '' hence we have, and still in tend to. studiously ienore them. While this is so, we haea right nay, it is our duty-to speak out, honestly, our senti ments upon measures of general public interest, or pertaining to the well-being of bur own citizens. Thus far, and no farther, hall bur politics extend. We shall leave conservatives of the crooked est and straigh test ' sect to do their, own squabbling we have nothing , in com mon with them. Nor shall we class our selves with those who can see no wrong1 in the measures or policy of cur rulers those Who,' if their consciences tell them this or that is wrong or unjust, cry, " tell it not in Gath f-it will injure the cause we mutt give a zealous and hearty sup port to all measures emanating from our own Government, be they gpod or .bad, during the wtir. The; wisdom of this philosophy has not occurred to us, nor do we think it either just or -proper. We see no necessity of either giving a public endorsement to measures that are either unjust, unwise, or unneccessarily oppres sive, or f passing -them by without note or comment thus, by, VUence, giving an implied assent to that which our reason and conscience alike teach us to be wrong . - Our. views upon the final result of tbe . war in! winch we are engaged, are pret ty generally known. We. have a faith un diminished by reverses sustained, or- the immense effort put forth by our powerful ;eneiny to subjugate us, that we will yet '.be free. That we will, in despite of alA - his efforts in despite of the great pow- , ers of Europe, that have given; him facili ties for prosecuting this war which they have denied us, secure our independence, j provided our people persevere iin that iieroic.determination that has made them the wonder and admiration of the world,5 resolved to count all things as nothing in comparison with " the grand aim of our struggle our independence. When our enemy shall have learned that this is an irrevocable determination, ' lie will sick en of this fruitless and 'unprofitable war, and will rejoice no less than we on the day Jhat peace shall be proclaimed. . ! or In conclusion, wo' might add that wc intend to publish an independent journal, one whose-advocacy shall be that which we conscientiously believe to be right. , The North CaRonxiAx is intended to be eminently a local paper, and . for thi s purpose, we have1 en gaged the services of a gentleman of ability, whose sole - duty will be tokeejTan jntefesting diafy : of events as they occur in our midst. ; It is the sincei e wish of the proprie -b tors of this paper, thai their intercourse with the citizens of W ilniington may be of the most pleasant character, and they beg leave to assure them, that no pains or expanse will be spared, to .make the .' 'North Carolinian1 deserving of "their "countenance and support. f ' yongress has dene one good thinr, (or partially don rit,) but not in secret sessions The Senate has, in open session, passed a lill permitting the newspapers of soldiers to be transmitted through the mails free. This is tight and just. Indeed we think it verjr j questionable policy lor the gov- ermmenf tp make any tax upon the sol dier Lfbr any object whatever. . v Cou J ak At.-- IiixTOs, of the 6Sth vReg iment N. C. Troops, taj the Ci'erratirt, is reported to bare been captared bj the Yan kees on Roanoke, bolow Fort Branch, a few iaysago.'. Eaisano tji V. Ingenuity, rai can ity and cbickanery, maxwell be said to constitute the chiefand ruling trait, s of yankee characteiv Lincoln, the chief i aag istrate of a nation, rated as a first rate power,' may well claim the honor of re com mending Ce a people the repudiatif n of thefrjust debts. I a 4 is financial s cl lenie, 'concocted by Fessenden, and recoac .menK ded by Lincoln, he pro poses, as an ir tduce" ment to invest 'in government secu ri ties' that tne oonas so purcaascu pi tne ; gov-; erhment, shall, not only not bo taxe d, bql! that they shall be exempt from all 1 labili ty on account of private debts. . A. man,' in tnis' way may owej aeots xo uie. amount of haf; a million , be worth two million dollarSj Which, if he invest in gov ernment boBds, he may never pay'r The New, York World, commenting upon this portion of Lincoln's late message, says : 4lHe (Lincoln ."gravely recommends that our government shall raise money fromour citiiens by corrrtpting hieir sense of pecuniary; honor! He wants Congress' to pass an act to protect f the purchasers of Government bonds from" paying their honest debts? ! He gravely . recommends that this species of property shall be placed beyond the reach, not only of taxa tion, but of creditors It is a spectacle as astounding as it is melancholy, to tee the Chief Magistrate jpf a great nation asking Congress to enable citizens to cheat their creditors out of their honest dues.) i ' ' I. I The whole! tone of the yankee press, from Greely bf the Tribune to Ben Wood of the News, i shows an evident desponden cy upon monetary affairs, . and a fearful looking forward to a general financial cri sis. A Very Useeul Invention. We are informed thai a gentleman in the western part of, this State has invented a most valuable 'madhirie,'for which he . has an plied for a patent." It is expectedjo be put in immediate' use, and will be of great advantage to jCopgress. Its objectis to 41 resolve " Congress into ' secret session without the usual tedious method of mo tions and ayes" and "noes." The Government has ordered a large number of these valuable machines, fearing that the work will be too heavy for one while the Congress season .lasts. . T In- a' late session of Congress,' Mr. Leach, (J. T.) of North Carolina, brought forward a bill against its adoption, and in faybr of peace. Mr. Eoote, of Ten nesseej denounced it as unconstitutional ; and as an effort on the part of President Davis to usurp, the rights of Honorable members upon the floor that it was a direct blow at ;the liberty of speech. . Mr.- Barksdale, of Mississippi, re sponded, stating that although the Presi dent was;' desirous of adopting it for reasons best !known to himself, he was 1 i ' prepared to say that the President, al though it should be adopted, Iwould not use it: Pending the discussion the House went into secret session drinks for the, crowd being in readiness. After all the decanters had been emptied the doors were opened and the House adjourned." : The Fayetteville No7thCarolipia, of Tuesday, the 29th inst , anuounces that that paper will shortly be removed to Wilmington, from which point it will be published the. ensuing week. We trust that Col. Sinclair will'flhd this change conducive both U his plea sure and profit; As a general thing, we believe' t lat )ur viws coincide, and even should fonie difference ot opinion exist, since people cannot always agree, we see no reason in the world why we cannot agree to disagree, giving each other credit for conscientious motives. We extend ajhearty welcome to the Car olUtian, and foel-confidDtthatur inter course will pe mutually courteous and1 agreeable. Whv should it not? Jour- nal. 7 ' i . We appreciate fully the kindly greet ing oi the Jo urnai. and trust that our intercourse rqay be of the most pleasant and agreeable nature. '' . i Liect. Ges, BccKXERi A letter from a lady in Clinton, (Mississippi, sa3'S" Gen eral 3imon Bi Buckner, was promoted .to Lieutenant General cn the 22d of Septem ber. I saw the despatch from the Secre tary oJ War to General E. Kirby Smith. General B. was ordered in the despatch, to take command of a corps in Arkan-" . -.4-: ; ; . E?" Persons dosirous of subscribing for the AorA Carolinian will call at the offiootonlrront Street, Mozart Hall, where their address Will be recorded. It is de sirable that those who intend to sub scrioo should! begin with this volume as early aspossiblt. , "' Ulurdcr of Conl"ederat Soldier. We believe it was the- first! regulaj Congress of the Confederate States, that passed a law, legaliziag Partisan rangerai; or GuerilUs. The bill, as passed by Con. gress, was signed by President tDavis, and became a law. Since that time, the enemy have committed some of the -most aitrocious murders, ever recorded, upon Confederate soldiers, for engaging in this species, of warfare, and, in fact, have cruelly, feloniously, and in cold blood, masacred soldiers of the Confederate army, who were not engaged in fighting as, Partisans 4 " j In view of the fact, that;these murders have been-committed openly, and in the face of the .werld, why is it that our Gov ernment is silent why 'does not Presif dent Davis take such measures as will effectually put an end to these outrages',? The childish and imbecile manner of treating frith he eheihy-j-the want ojf nerve and decision, upon questions of ti$ character, haye, doubtless, greatly encourp aged them iu the perpetration of suchjJ acts of villainy, while it has crushed the spirit of resistance, which, under other cir--cumstances, would have overwhelmed and destroyed Sherman long before his arrival 'at Atlanta. 'j This is' the key to the great problem1! which has puzzled eur people, how at), invading army caii march two and three; hundred miles, into the heart of our coun try, with their base of supplies hundreds of miles in their rear, and; are still able to maintain an unbroken line of communis cation with that base. The people feel that their Government will not 1 protect them by acts, and that their proper orders have long since been fully understood by the enemy. We all recollect the outlaw-4 ery of McNeill. What did it accomplish i Wc all recollect the outlaw ery of Beast Butler, and we have also a faint recollec; tion of his re-instatement; by tacitly ack nowledging him an honorable enemy, iu treating with him as an exchange agent j What did .this accomplish ? The cartel has not been renewed wc have ack-! nowleged Butler, and our prisoners stillj starve and dte in Northern j prisons. But we bad only intended to give anj account from a Yankee source, of -one ofj the many act$jaf a similiarj character that! have' occurred ' The St, Louis Republican records' the f following horrible and inhumane murder! of three of our soldiers, which we give in its own words : About half past one. o'clock the pro- i cessi'oh started from the Gratiot street prison, and, under escort of a detachment of the Tenth Kansas, arrived on the ground of execution about half past two. There were, , including soldiers and citi- ; zens (the former largely predominating) i about, three thousand persons on the .ground, with the guard and escortj The' tiring party consisted, of fifty-four men thirty-six being detailed to fire, t and eighteen being in reserve. .'' When the prisoners arrived on the ground they were marched promptly to the places .fixed for the execution, ther e being six upright pine posts set in the ground with square board seats attached lor each man to sit upon. 1 They took their places upon their seats .each with comparative calmness, and j nearly "all with appearance of resignation to .the dreadful fate that stared at . them so im mediately. , Chaplain McKim having said prayers with each prisoner, and bid them good bye, Cofonel- Heinrichs rejad the order of execution, alter which he informed the prisoners that if they desired to saj any thing they could Have an, opportunity. There was he response except; from Min niken, who said : " 1 would like to say a few words." He then, with a firm and distinct voicekand rapid utterance, said : V Snldiara Qn1 oil urVirt Vl mn v mm tftlrs warning-i haaro been a Confederate-eol-dier for four yearSj and as such have served my country faithfully.; And I am taken out pow, and shot for what men have dons that I know nothing aboflt, and lor What I 'had nothing to do with. I never was a guerilla, and I am very sor ry that I have to be shot for, the acts of men that I never had anything to do with, and far what I am not guilty of. j If I had taken any or you sokliers prisoners, I ' would liave treated . ybu as such - I never would have had you jshot. I never would r hurt anybody. I hope God may take me to his bosom after I am dtad. O, Lord, be with me." i ! Each prisoner's eyes were then band aged. When the sergeant approached linniken to put the bandage on bis eyes, the prisoner said i "Sergeant, I don't .blame you; I hope Til meet you in another world; I hope I'll inett you all in Heaven. .0, Lord, have: mercy on my poor soul P Bunch and Blackburn; still remained silent and almost motionless.--Minniken said": Lord hare mercy on my poor, sinful soul.'' Gates said: John Nichols, we are going to die. FarewoIL" Minniken replied : Fare well ; we will meet in a better world. r Gates responded f Farewell to all the boys." , .; ; : Nothing further was said, aad the com. mand to make ready wal given. There was a momentary suspense, and then a further command, H One,. two, fire! " and the entire volley was discharged almost as one gun. Instantly the blood spurted from the reast.of each .prisoner, and, quivering for a moment, their heads fell upon their shoulders, and the a their bod ies lurched to one side, and ;fell as near the ground as they could with their arms pinioned to the stakes. i ' in : this positioti the blood streamed from their wounds, which were nearly all in the breast, and in one r tw places formed little pools upon the ground. The attending physicians examnjieU the bodies as soon as the firing ceasodi an found.nO signs of lif in any except Blackburn. In five minutes from the time-the volley was discharged they were all dead. ' Correction. -We are requested bv Walter A. Huske, Esq , j to state, that a paragraph in a recent Cdrelinian, chargi ing thabCSen. A. I. McLean one of the Commoners from this county, had voted against him ana for a Holdenite for en grossing Clerk, is altogether a mistake. Gen, llcXean (voted for Mr. Hiiske on every occasion, and was among his warm est friends and supporters, until Mr. Hnske's uame was withdrawn with his own consent. And this notwithstanding Mr. Huske had been deprived of the op portunity of voting for tho General by pledges made . before lie was aware that he (the General) was a candidate. . As to the General's I voting for a Hol denite a son of-Dr. ) J. T. Lcaehthat is equally incorrect-. Young Mr: Leach is opposed to the doctrines of the Holden party in every shape and form. Observer. " As to this matter wo have but little tt say. Our information was derived from a member of the Legislature. He can doubtless correct or substantiate tho charge. We look 1 to him to do so. For the - pmpbse of avoiding, as much as possible, labor on the Sabbath, our pa per will be published every morning ex cept Mdnday. When papers are published op Monday moaning the compositors are compelled to w0rk on Sabbath if pub lished on Sabbati, omitting Monday, work is stopped on Saturday night. i From SflEiiMAS.i e learned on yesterday afternoon from a I reliable source, says the Raleigh Conservative of the" 15th inst., that hepnanhad rohd aLApaa.lx7 and d inanely edtae surrendsr pf the city. This demand was refused by the officer commanding our forces, and we may expect to hear at any hour ; that the fight has commenced. Owing to our "change of base,' our ex changes have failed as yet to arrive at this point. Hence, while we abominate apoligies, we are compelled to entreat our readers to bear with us for a few days, as yre have but few papers from i which to i i I" . select our news. Our old friends and I cotemporanes wit whom we have been in the habit of ex-' changing, will please look at thir Mail books and address us hereafter at Wil mington, N. C. All business letters to this establish . ; i . ' - ment, should be addressed to Sixclair k jMcNSON, Proprietors Daily North Caroli nian. Wilmington, Ni C- AH communi cations to thVpaper should be addressed to tho Editors. I The State Journal of the 14th; says tho Yankee raiders have! retired from below Kinston,- and gone back in the direction ofNew Berne. Atlanta, and : Marietta.' Lieutenant Colonel LutHur J. Glenn has boon ordered to Atlanta in command of that cost, and proceeds there at once. The Gate City is Inow considered safe, and refugees will no doubt raDidlv return to their homes. Hr "tTofonet Mitchell goes io Marietta as Commandant of that Post. Thus one by S! no, the towns evacuated by Sherman are , ikon possession of by their rightful owners. Savannah IUpviblican. . The. St. Louis; Republican states that the whole State of Missouri is overrun by a hostile army, and actually desolated. The whole State with the exception of St Louis county, is covered with blood and -' ruins. .' i ' . ! f Faoar TiiANs-Mississppi. Gen. Buck ner, on the 'other side of the river, has captured Donaldsonville, with SSOpOO Vorth of military stores. Donaldsonville is on the richt bank of the Mississippi- f between Baton Rouge and Ne w Orleans Macon. The stores in town are rapidly reopening. By tb beginning of this week, llacoa will look as it did before Sherman threatened tho city, j ' " :i ' : : . i' Rb-Bctldino Railkoaps. Hands are at work on all the railroads destroyed by tho eaeray, and if undisturbed, will in a short time, have them again in running order. J ; Atheht Watchman, , !;o Dor to Lve. dorgillaineneto karesi, How ?an ever mi adnta3 ekspresa ? Chanek is defunct, ded as aVntle, . , Unshed is bis btrtin and still Is h'n tale ; OJsuch x tale, white on the end. " .. rOpht did he cha?e it with V wijrgle and ben4 ; Cha.P it witVi Virn ttrit!ll9 trnnnit I-"m... . -f " V Ti i in overcum he reposed on tne groand. Niw he's ekstinct, ded a a nafe; Where am his bark and the wag of his tale? t In dreamalone poor Chanck Lsea, ' t'ffffisf his milk or else scratehins: a flea, 'Tis but a drtatn, waking I weep,- Fbr under 2 fet of ground does. Be sleep. . O, blissful purp, onst fall of pi a, Haren't i fed vu day after day ? . Given you milk, iren i you bred,"- - " " - . "fliyen you mani a patn the hoadT V Xoiw yon'r ek?tinct. ded as a nale, V Wheream the bark and the wag of your tale ? No dorg trt luv, nun to' karest, ' - . tVanelv I strire the Bid tearafc reprw, Why did ytx die?" sadli 1 mone, Vas it from pizen orswallowin a bonT ' wapin tale, no beaming eye , , Ansere the question, or gires a repM ; Was it gout stoppage of breth ' ' Katn 2 much the sad cause of yoar deth ? Still not a word, ded as a nale, . l)iih i hu eye, stilled forerer his tale. .L . jr 1 r- . From East Ti:NXEssEE.There is an indication of stirring times in the East 4 .' Tennessee Department again. . General Burb'ridge is reported to have entered Tennessee, through- Cumberland Gap, with two white and three negV regU ments about four thousand in all. The Bristol Register says : v MRua bridge has roachedf Bean's aUtion, tea miles from Gen." Vaughn's headquar ters at uorri$town. Whether he will proceed to Knoxville, of risk an engage ment with Vaughn, is not known. A party of Vaughm's cavalry had a skirmish . across the Chnch river, at Evan's Perry, with about one hundred of the enemy, in which Lieutenant Hipshur and private Benly, on our sid were wouaded. ' "From below, we also learn that a Fed- Y ; era! regiment of three hundred mounted, men, reached Knoxville from Cumberland Gap a week ago. Kirk's ' men an d the Eighth Tennessee Yankee -regiment, are at Seviersville, the Ninth and Tiir-'. teenth are at Knoxville, and the Tenth Michigan are still at Strawberry Plains. "The two Boyd's brothers-in-law f . General Vaughn who wsre missing ajf. tor jthe defeat of Morristown, have just , come in. They have been in Monroe and 1 Blount counties, where they reDoft our Southern friends in good spirits. The ii.ast l ennessee hundred days men are re fusing. to re-enlist in the Federal service Captain James Giles had killed Captain a. . 1'earsons, both of, JIajer Joseph" DeVine's command of Union home guards: They report troops passing from Chatta nooga towards Nashville. - ' . The Savannah Hi vic.t.-There are sev en places of crossing on the. Savannah river, between Augusta and Savannah. Thefirst below Augusta, is Sand" Bar ; theitDemere's just above the entranoe,ef the Upper Runs ; next Stonoy Bluff, near the line between Burke and Scriven ; Burton's, about the centre of Barnwell ; Matthew's Bluff, in the upper corner of Beaufort ; Hudson's the next, below, about ten or twelve miles ; then Sister's Ferry about the same distance, lower down. The next ferry is at the city. There are two points not mentioned that havej been used as private crossing places by persons owning land on botrt sides of the river, but these could be so. used on--ly a low water, for the swamps on eitb.r side are (difficult to pass at any time. There is no danger of any number, of troops attempting a passage at 'hese pointis, though they may bo used by scouts or spies Sent off to reconuortro or carry messages to the coast The re are no public roads leading off from thjm, and, they are not marked on any of tbj e maps. Barnwell S. C. Sentinel. From Hoop's Aiuiy. Annexed is a copy of General Hood's address to his troops, read on the morning: the forward movement commenced from Florence: Headqr's Army Tenneasee, Florence, Alabama, November 21; 1864. Soldiers : You march to redeem by your valor aod your linns one of the fairest portions of our Corfederacy. 4 Thie can only bo achioved by battle and victory. Summon up, in behalf a cPDfumma tion so glotiduSrair the elements of sol diership and all the instincts " of man hood, and yon will render the campaiga before iy on. full of J auapicitua fruit to your country and lasting renown to your selves, j . ' . ,s: . , : j J. B. Hoop, Gea. f; CtOTlllNO FOR Tnx COXTrPKSATX Pris- Oners. Colonel Oald, cemmigsioaer of exchange, has received oficial iaiorzmv tion that Geneeal Beale, of the Confedt rate army, a prisoner of war, baa been paroled by the Yankee-autkoritios, aad: assigned to the daij of superintending the arrangements for distributing to. the Confederate prisoners the clothing to be furnished then under the late agreement between the Confederate and Federal Gov ernments. The arrangements are nearly completed. Price eu his late trip into Missouri is said to bare reinforced hU army fifteea theakaad. Thrao recruits bav? all beea well annod, aad the old befo is at tke hyad of his army agaia, and off for! Miascmri. ' j. 3fr. Pool's peace resolutions were de- feated in majority. the Legislature by a -decideta i;' -. : . l
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