THE UNION 11 AMIR
SALISBURY, N. O, AUGUST; 26, 1865.
J, J. STEWART.
EDITOR
Icard's
Qualifications for Voters
The ' Qualification M voters are that a
.raid man of the Confederate' array and
navv. under and including the rank of Colonel,
" . . . " . . i v -.i u e
ifl the one and under and including Uie ,u
Lieutenant in the other, ball be permitted to
vote and all other citizens, provided they at e not
included in any of the fourteen excluded classes
in the President's Amnesty Proclamation; also,
n
Tavern- Drowning Creek, an rf
Station, to Morganton, setffen h eight
miles, and back six titqes a tvef', aauy
' ii . lit fdQfl nor
if cars so run,, at inu iue jii ?
mile per annum. ;
The-contract as we Lave flleady an
nounced nave been given tJfl Nrtn
Carolina It. It. to supply the Hue of that
.road. ! ,
Now that tligse mails are ref-cs'tablish-ed
we hopoour friends in tlje western
section of the Siate will sefed us tlKsir
subscriptions. W Weekly il published
every Monday, is a paper of light pages
'a ,v.,t.,;.,o oil thft lntpst lews and a
UIHI I'l 111 1 ll llil ILI t k,i.u m.w vv m
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ADVICE TO THE SOUTH- .
The National Jntelligencsr gives the
following advice to the South :
. "You are beaten in attempt at revolu
tion. It wa&afoolish and wicked attempt.
Nothing- remained for you except sub
mission or emigration. You have for
mally, anrj as we think,. truly, submitted;
and now your instant duty is to accept
the new conditiun of things, and to go to.
work actively and unanimously to restore
our common country. The North will
not accept any- conditioix.ofre8tt)ratQa
which does not embrace the extinction'
of slavery by positive constitutional law.
" The patriotic and eminent President of
- the United States-has informally declared
the fact; and his lamented predecessor,
emphatically avowed it-when he referred
the ultimate question on his emancipa
tion.proeiamation to the courts. Contra
band of war, slavery has perished by the
6Word, and it is only a renewal of civil
war to assert any claim to it. It has met
the fate' to which, in the order of Provi-
lirten to yotir noncents.no longer. Jes
sav rite strate out what vi're drivin
at. It you mean gettin hitciieu, lm
in !' I considered that air enuff for all
'. .t iruriotv nf select readiuir mat ter.
u...-i.-ttrV.;i.it. t.i t.hrt Inspectors acouy ot fo - . , . .P
the Amnesty, oath signed by hinlself, aud certi
fied to by at least two justices of the Peace, and
fahjtmorehat they be citizen, as required
by t laws inforce preceedingfay 20th, 1861,
except thai the paymeut of a poll tax bMI not
be required. -..'
DT 1 ' .
Tiio TaIIv - which a so contains '""
i n te 1 1 ige n co u all .q.M f
ed at $10 a year,
6erip.tious.
Send tLyour sub:
. . 1 -. V
OUR CANDIDATES
Wo received a letter yesterday from
Col. -Ham. Jones, jr.," consenting at the
application of many citizens lobe a can
didate for the Convention. 'The letter
we regret to say, was recei ed too late
for publication to-day. We will give it
to-morrow. This makes ourlticket com
plete: Hon. Nat. Hoyden add Ham. C.
Jones, jr. J
. MM-r
QUALIFICATIONS AS CANDIDATES
, FOR THE. CONVENTION.-
The Italeigh Standard sayfe :
- u wr XX viseTo u if friends" wymay be
so unfortunate as not tq have laceivud a
pardon before-the day of t Idion, and
who niay desire to be in the C,iventioi,
not- to -allowtheir-names to the run; for,
if elected, they cannot take tmt seats.j
T:ieseare our opinions, in wjiich wo are
sustained by every one with whom we
hv. conversed, and eonilnon sense
teaches that it is the only opinion.
There are several of our warli personal
olitical friends whom vie would bo
practical purpnsses, and ,we proceeded
immejitely to.the parson's ah d was made
1 that nite." ,
GENERAL NliWS- '
THK WKttTZ TlillL.
One 9'clock on Monday, the Military Com
'mission.. for the trial of Henry Wertz, lately
cotnmrudant of the AuderonvilIe prison, met
in the room of the Court of claims,' north of the.
wes central entrance of the United States Capi
tol, and was called to order by the president,
M;iir Gen Lew Wallace; all the members b
in"- present with the counsel for the accused
McssraIItizhes, Denver, Peck, and 'Schacje.
At twenly-fiva minutes past one the prisoner
whs brought in, guarded 'by a sqoacl ol-V eteran
Reserves, and was seated on a settee to me
riht of the Commission, two of the soldiers
with fixed bayonets remaining with him..
Col. Chipnian, the Judge Advocate,' stated
the Commission was i'ormed for the trial of the
accusedand asked the prisoner if he had an
objection to any member of the Commission.
Mr. Hughs, fr the prisoner, replied that he
had not any personal objection, but at the pro
per time he would ' object to the jurisdiction of
the Commission and the manner of its constitu
tion, and would also make some special objee
lions.. If he the prisoner, was to be tried by
any. military commission, he had no objection
,j t,wm i n lv . c
Pray d'o not deceive, do not stultifv votir-
w . t J J
selves on this point. Whatever, absured
politicians in the North may say or at
tempt to the contrary, slavery is doomed
by the people, arid those are only your
. .-. T 7- - . . . .
cuezata ai mc ivorii who seen ior party
purposes,' to delude you tltat there is the
slilitest hoje tor that institution, in fu-.
ture. Just so long as any claim is set up
tor the resuscitation of slavery by any
thing .that can-be made to loVk like con
spiracy to that effect 'among 'the politi
cians North and South, just so hmg will
the masses of the North j ustly insist that'
- you shall be lie Id dovvn in"a terntorial
condition, and that you shall-be denied
equality as States within tlic'Uniom
We beseech you, then, to have done with
the few of such faUe guides, of pretend
ed friends, . and of devlish prophets, as
would hire yon to certain rum by piofes
sions of friendship like these ! Whether
in the North or in, the South, tliey are
guides from the bottomless pit."
Most of the above is very true; wo are
much obliged to the 2 almial J ntellioen
cer but the people of the South know
very well tlat slavery. is" forever obliter
ated, acdtlie. question : 'forever etrlecf.
They will, never revive the question in
any ehapo or form; all future? agitation
will be found elsewhere. They submit
patiently and quietly to the loss of this
species of property with that same stoical
calmness, that amounts to sublimity, as
Cjesar displayed as he wrapt his mantle
round him and fell at the1 base of Pom-
pey'a Statue, which all the while ran
blood. .
THE MAILS.
Postmaster Geueral Dennison on Mon
day ordered the following : :
Route No. 5302, Salisbury, N. C, to
Morganton. Accept 'offer of Samuel
McD. Tate, President of the Western N.
Carolina Railroad' Company, to convey
mails from Salisbury, by Rowan Mills,
Enola, Statesville, Rock Cut, Catawba
Station, Bunker Hill, Newton, Hickory,
itioll. who
dope it as nm-fn
uasieu anu quuiiiy luemsevves, run anu
no elected.
On the other hand, anv perton, who is
loyal, and who does not come vithin the
excluded classes of the President's pro
clamation, hut who, it he does, has re
c e i v e d pa rd o i h e an t a k e-a srati ir t h e
Convention, as it matters not how many
other offices he may hold, either State or
Nationals - t--::r-
Artemus Ward's Account of his Courtship.
Twas a carm night in Joon. Ail
natur was bust and nary seffer disturbed
the seren silens. 1 sot with Petsey
Jane on the tense of her father's pas
tmv AVe'd been romping threiv the
woods, kullin' iloweiS; and drivirigthe
wobdehuek fr.oiu -his Native La':i-f (so to
to any meuibtr-of.lhis Commission
The members of the court were then sworn
by the Judge Advocate, who was in turn sworn
by the President of the Court, General Wal
lace. ' '
The official reporters, Messrs. Hays, and
Brown, were also sworn as reporters.
After the reading of the charges and specific
cations, (which occupy two closely printed
columns of the National Intelligencer,) the plea
of he prisoner waas called for, when his con
t . 1 , V-., j yy. tr uttSti. a -ai-
had buly seen Hie charges 2-i hoiii;s betore, and
that they had been altered he objected' to in
formality. The objection was overruled, but
the prisoner' was allowed until .12 o'clock the
following day to tile his plea. Judge Hughes,
the counsel for the accused, then tiled the fol
lowing preliminarypleas : '
s eak) with loflg sticks. Wall,' .ve sot
thar on the fense, a swinging two and
fro, blush in' as read as Haldville skool
house when it was first panted,: and
lookin' very simple I make no.' doubt.
My left arm was ockupied in ballansiu
myself -on - the, fens, while my rit . was
wounded lovingly round her waste. I
cleared my throat and treinbliuly sed,
'Betsy, you're a gazelle.' It thought
tli e air was putty line.. It evidently
drclrr'e.-fetch iier, for she Up "ld aed,
You're a sheep !' Sez I, 'Petsy,I think
very muchly . of you ! 'I don't i'leeve
a word you say so there now, cum !'
witli which observation she hitched
away from me.: 'I wish there was win-,
dows to my sole,' sed 1, 'so that you
con Id ROO. Rome, nt'niv ' tVrl?no 'rimm's'
tire enutf in here,' sed I, strikingmvbuz
zum with -my fist, "to bileallitlie" corn
beef and turnips in ' the neighborhood.'
'Ah, could you know the sleeps nites
I worry threw ou your account how
vittles has seized to be attraction to me,
and how my limbs lias shrunk up, you
wouldn't dowt me. Gnse on this 's
tin form and these 'ere suukon cheeks
:. 1 should have contiuneijed 0n in
Frit on the general jurisdiction of the
Second, that the accused was captured un
der a pledge of-safe conduwf on certain coudi
lions, whicfi he fulfilled. . -
Third, that he was included io the conven
tion between Generals Johnson and SberniMi.
The Commission hen held a short session
with closed doors, and subsequently adjourned
until 2 o'clock on the 22d. '
On the 22d the CommisMou met again.
The motion to . quush the charges and speci
tication against Captain Wirz, made by the
defendant's counsel, was argued principally by
Judge Hughes, who contended that they were
too general and uncertain,' and that the offen
ces 'chargou1 were cognizable, by the civil and
not military courts, The Commission over
ruled the' motion. The prisoner thou plead
not guilty to the charges against him.
Col Chapman, the Judge Advocate, to-day
sutftf-J '( '? prisoner be reman Jed to the
Old Critol mid that the Ooart wdjouro. hi
ihis the court without a formal vote acquiesced
Duriojr this colloquy the prisoner was re
moved from the court Voom. by the military
guard. ' - "
The adjournment, without a day having '
been named for the re assembling of the court,
took the councel and spectator by surprise. No
reason is a yet known for this course, though
there' is a suspicion merely that the charge of
coii-spi racy .may be witndrawn.
A Convention of the colored peode of this
State is announced to meet at lialeigli iu Oc
tober next .
The President has appointed George W. -Brooks
United States ' District Judge, Daniel
It. Goodloe Unilod States Marshal,' and Darius
II. Starbuck United States Attorney for" the
District of the State of Ncrth Carolina. ..
-.Gv-Po' AlwbwiVH" .linsi leposefl.,thQt
Mayor of Mobile because heVefused to 'rectn-e
the testimony of I'retdiiien. A new Maywr is
to be- put in w ho will accept an agency of the .
Freed me ns Huieau. ,
A conductor on the Erie rsilroad has abscond
ed after robbing the company f of a large
amount. 1
l.tuncan U". McKao and John Minoi iiolts
were at the Presidential Mansion on the 18lh.
The publication of the liighmoud Enquirer
will be resumed at an early day.
The venerable William and Henry College, of
Williamsburg, Va., is about to bo reopened.
Some of its buildings mid a portion of its fYnds
have been saved.
The entire naval force will be reduced to ten
thousand men. ,'..'
""iSlTil Turn t li e f Taige efatcafiori irtrle1'ui'
the;New York papers of tiia -22d. '
Maj. Gen. Wheeler was badly beaten on the
22d inst, at; Nashville by Colonel Blackburn
and Captain (Juinn, it) consequence of a threat
made during tUo .war Wheel-r that he would
kill Blaeburn if ever he took him prisoner, a-i
he was a "dd hume-made Yunkiu: Wheeler
was in bed when attacked, find was severely
beaten. '
The following is on the Atlantic cabh; :
The cable wa.i longf th cll viy :',"'z,
im iwy-it-wit -ey thct arjrc ; .-
But one little cirouuiJ?tauoe turned out vron'?
It wasn t practi-cuWe. '
' More than half of the population of Mem
phis are colored persons.
Governor Ilolden has been on a short visit
to Kiltrell's Springs.
TLere.have been thirty four suicides of un
successful gamblers at the Germati baths tl.nV
season.", '".
A destructive fire took phrce in New York
on . the 21st desiroyiug .500,000 worth of
property.
The London Daily News says there is no
prospect whatever' of any further payment .of
dividends ur principal of the Confederate join.
(ueen Yieloria is on a visit to Germany.
A desperate-tight occurred afnong the ti.-t-UK-ii
in New York on Sundiv morin-n, iu rhe
sixth District, in which four m.'ii were shot,
one killed and a number of others badly be.ileu.
1 l( ,1... oo i T :.. .i
Judire iUujrhet wished to know what time the , ' u" u "l 'vrcn(J
Court had adjourned.
Colonel Chipman replied that he would noti
fy counsel of the re-assembling of the court,
and then requested the witnesses in attendance
to give information as to where they reside,
and instructed them not to leave city until
heard
Colonel Chipman replied that under p'arlia
inentary law there could dovv be no debate.
Major Gen. Wallace said the court stands ad
iourned. conseauentlv there can h n nmn.
this strane probly for some tiipe, but lament. . ' ,
uufortunitly lost my . ball unse .and fell.1 Judge IIughes-The prisoner bavin been
film- mtn ! nnr.ti,.,
r jmuu buusu, teanii ar raided, we enter our nrotest; ain.t hrL-.
ing up. the court or an indefiuite adjournment
Gen. Joe. JohnstDn is on a visit to 1 vltiniore.
A teniule storm visited liichuiou,; on the
22 d. .
; The following papers are now published in
this State: News Ashville; Democrat, Char
lotte ; Banner, Salisbury ; Patriot, Greensboro;
Pretin, Sftlem ; Qecprder, Hillsboro' Herald,
Wilmington; Times, Newbern ; News, ' Fftv
etteviilu ; American, SutesviUw ; Sentinel, Jij-
wrtJ, J'rosrrav Hit J SlauJard, Iialgj..
The ilag of rebellion si i It float6 on the pirate
blienanuoah., llns vessel, when last .heard
destroying American whalers.
The Union State Committee of New .York
mel on Thursday at the Astor House nn-1 pre
pared a call for the Slate Convention. It will'
be composed of three delegates frou each As
sembly District, and Will meet at Syracuse on
tue liUth ot September, ihe officirs to b.t.n,om-
properly discharged. - ieatecl-are Secretary of State, Comptoller, En
. Judge Hughes said that he would like to be gineer, Treasurer, Canal ' CoinraissioTwf; Prisoi
my close and severelyvdamagiri niseelt"
ginerally. lietsey J afil sprang. t ny
assistance in double" quck tituG and
dragged me 4th. Then, drayin hersol f
up to her full bite, she Sed, I iW0J1't
We aek either for the discharge of the prisoner
or to proceed with trial.
Major Gen. Wallace repeated that the court
had adjourned. '
Inspector, two Judges of Appeals and Clerk o
Appeals. 1 he call is addressed td the Unionf
Erectors of the State who supported the Ad
ministration of Abraham Lincoln in the prose
cution of ihe war against treason, and wbo4 are
favor of sustaining the Adminhtration of An
dre Johusou and'lljubeu E. Feutun.
) An opportunity has b-en aflbrded by the gov
ernineiit, to owners of farms upon which forts
have been erected, to receive the buildings ami
other properly left id dism'intling the works a
cornpensation- for the occupation of the land.
A iV.w j)tye already accepted, the 'offer, but s
there fttill reiuttins a large amount of valuable