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I). K. UIcItAE, Editor.
All letters on business of the OJEcr, to
b3 directed to A. K. GORMAN & Cc-t
TlKoiUY, .TIMAUY 31, 1SC5.
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TJiCs; of our citizens who arc willing to
Hub.n't, an'! acr-pl reco-.structi.ji with the
Stat-? f :1s N jrth, ar:j int. aetui'el by n
1. ? f. th-t zih an A vvou!d bo ery bers
ti:ie.i ti tn. Tue lority of thtf pro.p-'Ct, is
n"t whit entices t';?ti to ridi on, t- w:i t wj
b-Iirvo w.' l,o o'lr c--.-rt.ti i d-stm :tb:i : an-l
this i Si'lijien'ly cvj le it. not orjly ir-jin the
ur.A'-iaii'y with whi ;li th?y aree I, ti tie bs-g;ar.i--j.
thit. j",priti i orjee ciT-i-t- l.houU
be final ar.d etornal u only from the very
ihrk picture, which even the m '3t f-up.rrrici.il
icw i -f tho coi-equences of recontt! u:tior ,
present hut also from their own statement
that thf-y prr f' r reconstruction by consent, as
the i!t run ii e to .siihj-i itia, wbi.h to them
i.i.s, to hi inevitable.
Tli t:u':i h, they have so lively a srnss tf
the ills under which they w-w fufjfrr, s) keen
an appreciation of the Lard .ships they now
cr. :!"'-. avi so -iei'liy an apprehension of the
peri!.? which war entails ; that evils in the
di.-u?:c-?, h wevcir giva have no tcrr is f r
tl.eaj ; th it "the wearies and ticst io.it ht d
wor!i y lif, that a.y ache penary imp! is n
meiit on lay on nature," f-o it hi cupied
with tv, ii i.'i their eyes a Paradise, v:,tn
compared with their present statu ef cx5icnce.
It is not ph. a, ant to ttand m the fore-liontof
bat:!?, and tc-.e there-i fl-iIiin of the u;:s,
and the desdiy ijlittr of the bayonets of an
apprujcri" line of enemies; to hear the
Loom; if the .reat gun-i, -he shriek:'."::,
crashi;; and groaning of hostile shot a;:d
shell, an 1 the sharp his-d'Jg of murderous
bullet.; tj wiiuo-s Cm fall, nil around and
iiboui u of o'.r best friends and daily com
panions, who hive but a moment before,
tiruuk lr r.i thc sime cup acd ea'.ea from the
Faiaie pi t!or with cur.-tdves, aud see them
carried cut f .he field streamii! with L'rl
ficm evt-ry p -sihh) character of gha-t'y
wouu.l. It U not very pleasaal even to know
that oi'ws arc enduring these thiugs, aajoug
whom ury ,,'ir v-n Others and brothers and
cons, when wo are n t very certain but that
our turn m.;y o..iaj next. It U rot agreeable,
to the inos- p;'f'oUc of men, to have tlteir pri
va!e pr.jj rrty ?ahoa for public" uses?, lither
witii or w.!.h r.t just compensation. It is not
areeabi ? t'- p iut batt'e without our own
on-ent. iir-t. h.i;l a:.d obtained, and to know
that there h- t stern unlen.lirg p nver in -x-isten-v,
whioh ctn,- and at a?:y moment may,
lay i's int I. r.d!e rrasp upon us, in the midst
C'f tht' Jtiihts of money making and the
Fwcet c-mver?c ff private life, snatch us away,
un.l pi ice us amid the dangerous guns and
swords, un.viilit'. emdidates for fame. It is
not agreral 1 t talkative impu'sivc pl.ibn-thropi.-ts,
who are not over well affected to
wards the e mmon ciuso of their cuuntrvmon,
to know th it the privalegc of the -writ cf
Habeas C-rpa is in abeyance ; for phthin
thr p!iy h;s no fair play, when men are
ttriuglinj; for xitt-nee. It isiiL't pleasant to
cat h.oir.riy fa-?, t dir.e sc.nily, to drink
liomo-ma It liquors and wtar hemespun
clothes, wlien trn; have been accustomed to
Letter I hi;: gs. It is net pleavint for "hands
that t!i? rod f empire might liave swayed,"
to be e-impr d to confiae themflves to r-onti
meaa'.-r rmpl nnner.t and this class is so mi
raeri'ii fo- ir. S.vift sava ''every man kno'.vs
"that he f.: .h'rt-ituls religion and politic?,
'thoi:!i he never learned them; but "that
"many pe p'? are eor.scious th.vt they do not
"undfrs iti.l many other sciences, from having
"never le irned t'f cm.'? And ji'iady, it is fairly
dipu-'tivg" tounwarlike Gciurals
"TfMt t;?Tir act a squadron in the field,
"or th- difision ot battle know,
"Mere tl.aa a spirter,"
to fnd th it their advice is net asked, nor
their vo'.ur.teer counsel followed in the con
duct of th. 1 war, the laanigcnnut of 'the war
department, the assignment of generals to
command j, the planning of campaigns, or the
actu.il conduct of battles.
l-'it let us consider ; these things are the
natural, necessary and inevitable concomitants
ot wtr, conducted on the exaggerated scale
that we wr? compelled t use, in tho conduct
of Ih'.s on-; anl th? par.gs ot neglected and
in.-ultcd genius, are incident to every ae and
tirr.e, a: d country. We earnestly exhort men
who are endeavoring to shun these ills, Ly sub
mission and reconstruction with the United
States, to be very uro, that they will not be
immcdiati ly ?uV-jecled to the same eviis, undir
le-ss favorable circa m.-la-. cos, rafter a recon
structs n wilht'aeir Northern brethren.
Njw ju.t so surely as the Uuited States
succeeds, in cajoling the States which coni
pis? th Soalheru Confederacy, into submis
sion and recoast ruction, ja-t ag certainly will
the reconstructed uatioa h involved ia an in
ttrmiLuble war with Great Rritain at:d France.
The probability is so groat that it amounts to
a certainty ; so gret that thinkiug men in
th; ccuctry, have been astounded, that one,
or Both of ths nations, have not already in
terfered in enr affairs, on this side the water,
to prevent so great a catastrophe ; ho grea
that rcany yet believe, that they have only
r?n Lerctcre withheld, because they were of
opinion, that the South would hold its own
ai;.at the Yankee nation, and that when they
are satisfied th supremo moment of our fate
has arrived, they will, even now, interpose to
prevent th reconstruction of the old Union.
Here will be a cation with ni:re than a
million trained soldiers. Here will be men,
who have for four or five years, given up all
ether pursuits, to fallow the peculiar calling
of she soldier, they are tired of it now, but let
them return to thr ordinary evocations of
e vil life, they' will fir,d tbecnselves unfitted
for ihem, nd all exprience ha3 demonstrat
ed, that there- is a ctraage fascination in the
adventurous dashing life of a military career,
for ihos who have once tried it they would
be ready to fleck in thousands to the stand
ard of any mfc, who coald afford them the
old life of excitement and danger, to which
they have become accustoned. There is hard
y a fcreath of popular feeling which reaches
as from the North, but is tainted with their
hostility to these two nations; and our people
are also naturally iudi rnant with them, for
liit- col i blooded indifference and scorn, with
'which they appsr to
strug 'le for existence.
have regarded our
Maximilian has f -tiadsd his empire ia Mexi
o . Tho lower hiu-e of the Yankee Con
gress, has pasacl resolutions, expressing the
d-teinj;.nati on of the; Ymkee people, t miin
tain the 2I nroe doctrine, which forbids the
establishment of any European power on this
continimt. Iu the passage of the consular
an J Diplonitic bill, both Houses of the Yan
kee tjjngre-s, have rafiised to recognize Max
m liiau, as the lawful Governor of Mtxico. He
is placed there and sustained by the French
Einp?ror. The Yvike Governtneat has
taken the preliminary steps to determine tho
treaty of reciprocity bctwe?n the United
.'kjitr-s and Groat Dritnio, and has mada ap
propriations for b'.ilding gun b ats in the
Canadian L ikes. Great Britain, on the
other hand, ha ordered thirty g un'aoats, with
thirty five hind red men, to cruise in those
waters. Under these circumstances, we find
Lit colo, at a period when, as he supposes we
have Eitst lined some serious military disas
ters, for the first time, sending Francis P
JV. iir to Richmond upon an embassy it is
said, of peace and reconstruction, and on hi3
returning unsucceessful sending him in hot
haste, again. If reconstruction is effected,
no more effectual methctd for consolidating
Li . cola's power co'tld be suggested, than a
p- p"Ur foreign war. Under such circum
stances, who that s'edies passing events, can
fail to perceive, that an immediate war, be
tween th.2 reconstructed United States, atid
Groai. Britain and France is inevitable?
Such a war would be no child's play ; it
would be gigantic in "its proportions ; the
combined strength of Great Britain and France
is enormous. An immense army and a huge
nvy would have to be kept up, by, proba
bly, as stern a conscription as that-to which
wo are now subjected. Provost marshals
w :;tild be statioucd at everv street corner, eS"
p'.tiaily in the Southern States. The boom
ing of cannon, the shrifking of shot aijd
shell, the hissing cf. bullets, and the Cashing
of sword and bnyonefe, would have to be met,
then as now. Dcadi and blood and wounds
would be then alsa occurrences of every day
life. Slaves if we had any left and free
negroes tuo, would be materia) forsoldierp, s:de
by side t ith their lite masters. Who doubts
tint ot:r p3rts would be blockaded by' the
;;r:..t fleets of these European nations, and
heavy taxes, an inflated currency, high prices,
haul timos, and humely living would again
he the order of the day ? Who doubts that
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpug
would Le suspended; when Lincoln now
ciaims and exercises the right to suspend it,
by his proclamation alone, without the inter
vention of Congress, and a recent debate in
the Federal Congress discloses, that it is the
eonstan practice, not only of President Lin
c In cr his Sccietr-ry of State, but of any
member of the Cabinet who chooses, and evea
of the Solicitor ot the Treasury, to clap any
man into prison-, up--n his own suspicion of
anything, and there to keep him without
trial, withemt intercourse with his friends,,
without Any information of what he is charged
withal? Who donate further, that there
would bo then as bow, unappreciated states
men and military, geniuses, of whom the
v.a rll is not worthy," whose counsels would
le neglected, and whose claims would be i
noted in the conduct of the national affairs?
And all this we would have to endure, not
then as now, of cur own free will, to save
ourselves, cur wives and our little oneg, frcm
degradation and bondage, to maintain our
own horjor, to sccura our own independence,
witii the pure aspirations and the brave hopes
which every Confederate soldier has a right to
entertain ; but in obedience to the behests of
our musters, to consolidate our fetters and to
rivet cur chains.
All non-combatants are requested to leave
Augusta immediately.
The Provcst Marshal is ordered to close ail
peaces of business and amusement and see that
all men under The age -of fifty, not physically
di-ablcl, take their p.ees in the ranks.
Wo are glad to sae this determination on
the part of the military authorities to defend
the city of Augusta, G3.
New idTerliscmenti.
Runaway taken up and committed to the jail
cf Cabarrus County.
$50 reward for a Pipe.
For Hire a Ccok Washer and Iroaer.
Court Notice Jahaston county.
Auction to day at Creech & Litchford's.
Rhlence for Rent.
The Progress in along and labored article
of yesterday, in wh'ch reconstruction is more
than hinted at, asks, in. its usual croaking
style, " what kind of a peace can we get?''
and proceeds to demonstrate with the use of
croaking arguments and anything else than pa
triotic figures that, the peace which we must
finally accept, niust be upon just such terras
as the Yankee government may, in the good
ness of their hearts, see fit to tender us, pot-r,
benighted, erring rebels. Iu fact, the Progress
teems disposed to do any way, cr to take any
thing, or nothing, just as it may suit the feel
iag8 of " our brethren of the North," as the
editor ef that paper very affectionately ternas
the desoiators of our country. If we can get
nothing, the Progress will take that, and be
abundantly thankful ;ndeed, it would count
itself fortunate, if, after losing all by Yankee
yandanlism, as it pretends to have done, it
could only be allowed to escape fsorn this go v
ernraent of tyranny, to the blessed clim of
Yankee freedom, where, in company with
spirits black and white, copper colored and
variegated, it could h allowed the humble
privilege of mingling iu hisannahs to father
Abraham, and, striking hands with those
"dear " kiadred" of Yankee land so feelingly
termed "our brethren of the Norih." In
short, the Progress seems to be perfectly
reckless as to the condidons ; all it wants is
peace.
Fortunately for the country; fortunately for
freedtrn's sake; fortunately for the cause
of hocor and patriotism, th Progress rep
resents the views of but precious few per
sons in this patriotic land of ours, and its
teachings will not be productive of any great
harm. Our suffering people, and bleeding
soldiers have higher aims than ever warmed
the bosom of that man who, for the sake of
.petsonal ease or political aggrandizement
would yield a just cause to fh.3 blandishments
or intrigues of an inveterate foe.
Our people set cut in this wiir for indepen
dence. That is the goal for which they are
striving. That is the goal for which the
Progress has afonimo pretended to strive.
That was the purpose for which North Caro-.
li t.: a withdrew from the Gaernrnent of the
United States. That was the cause for which
Branch and Fisher, and Jackson and Stuart,
and Johnson and Polk gave their lives. That
is the great and all absorbing impulse which
nerves the hearts of -patriots every where.
That is the price which our soldiers demand
in payment for ail their sufferings, privations
and hardships. Can we take less ? Never.
As-k the soldier if ha wants peace. He
answers, "yes: peaces with independence;
nothing less." And shall we, who feel not
the pangs of hunger, the privations of the
the camp, nor the fatigues of the march, be
first to bow our heads in shame, in acceptance
of such terms as the tyrant, may propose?
Surely not.
But, say the trembling petitioners for peace:
Mr. Lincoln may allow us to dictate Gur own
terms; only ask of us that " we lay down
our arms and return to the' fold of" the old
Government.''
Is that all? And will our people hi caught
with such chaff? You recollect that we once
formed a part of that sama old Government
and, some of us, remember how these "North
ern brethren " used to violate faith with us;
would steal our property and when, under
tho Constitution, we went in search of that
property, we were maltreated and insulted.
That was done in tho days of peace, long be
fore the friends of the Progress assisted in
votiDg North Carolina out of that old Gove-n-meut
iuto the dominions of Jeff. Davis. If
"our Northern brethren " would thus break
faith with us in times of peace, whaf- might
we not expect, after the terrible and vindic
tive war which these same " brethren " have
waged against us ? We should justly merit
all the abuses and insults Ahat wou'd most cer
tainly fall to our lot. The soldiers s ly : "fight
it out to independence I" Tho foldierd have
a right to be heard. And we say, let their
patriotic will he done.
We give below a copy of a bill recently
passed by the House of Representatives to
diminish the number of "exemptions." Of
course it has to go to the Senate before it be
comes the law of the land .
"The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That so much of the act 'to
organize forces to sprve during the war,' ap
proved February 17, 1864, at exempts one
person or overseer or agriculturist on each
farm or plantation, upon which there were
at specified time, fifteen ablebodied field hands'
between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon
certain conditions, is hereby repealedr
"Section 2 No exemption or detail shall
be granted by the President or Secretary of
War by virtue of said act, except of persons
lawfully reported by a board of surgeons as
unable to perform active service in thi fHd,
persons over the age of forty years, and of
artisans, mechanics, and persons of scientific
skill employed by, or workingfor the govern
ment, and shown by proper testimony to.be
artisans, mechanics, cr persons of scientific
skill'; and, with the sime exceptions, all ex
emptions -and details heretofore granted by
the President or Secretary of War by virtue
of said act are hereby revoked; the bonds
heretofore giren by exempted and detailed
men shall bind them to comply with the
same, only to an extent bearing the same pro
portion to the whole amount which would bp
due thereon in one yar if this act had not
paseoaa the time they shall have been ex- !
emptea or detailed bears to a year. i
..e,.. q t m t
rTrox 6. 2o person shall be exemnt
oy virtue ot the act "to exempt contractor
for carrying the mails of the Confederate
States and the drivers of post "coaches and
hacks from military servive '.approved April
14, 1863, unless such person shall be over
forty-five years of age, except contractors
personally engaged in the execution of con
tracts now existing.
The town of Esmeralda, Eqaador, was
nearly destroyed by ire on the 9th r.f TWo?,
I her. Loss $100,000.
We have been repeatedly asked, "what -will
this peace movement amount to ?" While
we io not pretend to know what the future
will develop; nor jretend to divine what were
the influences which initiated the negotiations
whicbare nowgoingon, wo feel no hesitancy
in giving it as our opinion, that the yankees
are extremely anxious to bring ab ;ut a cessa
sation of hostilities bctwetfnhese two Govern
ments, and, ihaf their anxiety is the result of.
some outside pressure. From the best infor
mation before the country, it is believed that
affai s, between the United State 3 and two
of the European powers, are becoming daily
mere and more complicated, while the rea
sons, which have .hitherto prevffeted these
powers from recognizing the independence cf
the Confederate States, are gradually being
dissipated by each transpiring event.
It -can no longer be denied, that the United
States is treasuring up a mountain of wrath
against both England and France ; nor will
it be questioned, that it is the purpose of the
Licoln Government, so soon f.s the present
war shall have closed, to rc-aranounce, and,
wiih force of aims, maintain the Monroe
doctrine upm this continent. These things
are evident to us, and of course, they are as
readily seen and fully appreciated in Eu
rope. While we have nev-sr been sanguine in
the opinion, that foreign - powers would roaka
haste tojuterfere in tins struggle ; still, we
have never doubted, that, when tho proper
hour, in their estimation, arrived, there would
be interference, on the part of England and
France, to prevent a reconstructioa of the old
Union. Whether that time has arrived or
not, we shall cot pretend to say, but, we re
p3at, what we eaid in the outset, that the
present anxiety of the Yankees to bring about
a cessation of hostilities, is evidently the re
sult of some outside jressure, and we are in
clined to the belief, that that pressure comes
from Europe, in the shape of recognition, at
no very distant day. In the meantime, we
caution our patriotic people against that cow
ardly submission which would yield up all
for which our armies have been fighting, just
at the moment the day begins to eiawn.
The Difference.
Read the following and seo how a subjuga
ted creaker talks :
Peace may be near at hand, but it. can only
come in one way, and that is the way pro
posed by the Federal authorities, which means
the restoration of the Union and the gradual
emancipation of slavery, lilcigh Progress.
Now read the proceedings of a meeting
held in the army mid see' how men talk ; men
who "know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain them ; men who have borne the heat
and burden of tho war; and after you have
read them, draw the contrast between tho pa
triotic sentiments they proclaim and the mis-
erable submission proposed by the Progress.
SPIRIT OF THE AKMTr
Headq'rs Fiftt-tuird Ya. Regiment,
January 24 I860.
" At a meeting of the Fifty-third Virginia
regiment, Stewart's brigade Pickett's division,
the following resolutions were unanimously
and enthusiastically adopted :
Jiesolved., That, trusting to the justice of
our cause 'and help of a just God, we mean
to fight for liberty and the right of self-gov-
eminent as long as the Southern Confederacy
can furnish a cartridge or owns an acre.
Pesolved, That we will be free; and to every
base and dishonorable offer of peace and sub
mission made by the enemy we wall reply '
w.ith the crack of our rifles and the shout of
deance. -
Resolved, That the enemy need not exult,
nor our own people be depressed at temporary
reverses or the kiss cf seaport towns or de
fences; our revolutionary forefathers lost all
these and more, and yet they were free shall
we do or suffer less for HbTt3' than they 1
Eesolvea, That when Mobile, Charleston,
Wilmington and even Richmond shall havi
fallen, our detesteel foe wttl learn that his j b
of subjugation has just fairly commenced, and
will pei haps then be prepared to believe
tint God has not decreed, either during the
nineteenth or any other century, that the sun
should ever set upon us a people conquered,
disgraced and enslaved,
llesolved. That these aro our sentiments,
and we call upon our fellow soldiers, upon our
people a; home, and up on our authorities to
support and rally around us, and, with God's
aid and blessing, we will bear the Southern
Cross through fire and bloed till each 'star
upon it shall glow and shine forever in the
firmament of nations.
William P. Bbadshaw,
Acting Adjutant.
The "Enquirer" thinks the proposition to
impress all the cotton and tobacco in the Con
federacy, now before the Congress, cannot bat
be attended with the best results, if adopted
In addition to the fact that it would give the
Government an ample basis for the redemption
of its notes and bonds.it would crystalise all
selfish avarice into an interested patriotism
which would make it so plainly the interest
of every man to support th-3 Government,
that there would no longer be any division
among our people, but unity and harmony
would extend throughout our land and t-3viva
the confidence and faith of our people.
Legislative Summary.
A batch of three hundred and twenty-three
nonimations for appointment a3 magistrates
was acted on yesterday in the General Assem
bly, all being concurred in.
In the Senate Mr. Edis' resolutions to givj
soldiers a bounty of fifty acres
r ,. ,
negro fellew were dtscn?3cd,
of land and one
and the bill to
exempt press employee frcm Home Guard
duty lost on its second reading.
In the House a resouLioa was adopted au
thorizing his excellency, the Governor, to con
tract with Stuart, Buchanan, &. Co., for a sup
ply of salt for 1865. .
Fbom Bklow. Everything quiet below.
No change in the position of the enemy's land
or sea forces. The weather is dreadfully
cold. TFtf. Journal-
GENERAL ASSEMBLY- OF SOUTH CAR0L1XA.
SENATE.
Monbav, Jan. 30, 18C5.
Prayer by the Rev. It. S. Mason, Jr., of
the EpLcopal church.
Fn m the Ctmmittec on Propositions and
Grievances tnc resolutions in the case of Dr.
Henry P. Ritter, were reported with a recom
mendation they do pass.
4.om the Committee on the Judiciary, the
bill to prevent the further sacrifice of property
(by the exaction of specie payments on exe
cution) was reporicd with a request that the
ci rnmi tee be dischargeel frcm the further con
sideration thereof. So ordeied.
A message, received from the Ho'iso, trans
mitting appointments tf Magistrates, was then
t-.ikn up and the appointments dicuts d.
Pending this discussion, another message was
recehed from the House transmitting other
nomination.
Mr. Pitch ford moved these mcssagr1, with
accompanying lists,' be laid em the table. Ni t
agreed ten yeas 11,. rays 19, and the nomi
nations (hard on three hundred and fifty in
number) we.rs then concurred in.
Tlie hour ol twelve arriving, the specia1 or
der therefor was taken up, being . Mr. Ellis'
resolutions to nay to so'dicrs serving c ut the
war, a b unty of fifty seres of land and one
negro tijlow. Jh support of this resolution
Mr. Eiiis spuke at some length, iVdarin-e; no
one had a better right to both land ard ne
groes than the man who was fighting lor the
defence and possession of one and the ether,
and in conclusion, saying he utterly scouted
said s :ollVd at any idea of our now or hereaf
ter being subjugated.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr. Grier moved to strike out the words
"who was not a slave bolder at the tiw e.f
such enlistment' in order to make the boun
ty equal as the service. Agreed to, yeas 1G,
nays 10
Mr. Pattern moved to lay tho resolutions oa
the table. Not agreed to.
Mr. Arendell moved they be referred to the
Judiciary Committe?, acd the Senate eo or
dered. The bill to exempt the emidovcoj of
newspapers from Ilt-mc Guard daiy, save in
certain great etiiCPgencies, being beforo the
Senate, Q
Mr. Dick moved to amend by extending
the provisions of tho bill to mill-wrights.
Not agreed to, yeas 11, nays 17.
Mr. Leitch. moved to exempt a deputy
shciifJ ia counties where thero is no tax col
lector. Not agreed to, yeas 13, nays 15.
And the bill then failed to pass its third
reading, yeas 14, nays 15.
THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET AT LAST.
Mr. Horton moved an adjournment, sine
die, on Wednesday next, the first of February,
,atd proee'-ding to advocate his motioa, de
clared it wa3 usuless to .watt for the return
of commissioners, when he was called to or
der by
Mr. ATcndell, who stated it was not in order
to discuss in cpn session what had been agi
tated in. secret, and'was nistaintd in the point
raised by the Spei kcr.notw itbstaneling which,
Mr. Horton proceeded to say that everybody
knew Commissioners had been sent but did'nt
know what for. (Laughter.) He was not iu
favor of waiti.ig for somtbody, for in thi3 way
the Senate mirht never be able to adjourn in
case somebody did'nt come. (Renewed laugh
ter.) Mr; Leitch moved the resolution be referred
to the committee on adjournment, which was
done, and tho Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Fowle in the Chair.
A message was sent to the Senate transmitt
ing a numberof appointments as magistrates.
Mr. Brovn of Mecklenburg, moved a mess
age bj sent the Senate proposing a joint order
of adjournment, sine die, on Wednesday next,
th e first of February at uine o'c ock a. m.
Mr. Grissom moved the resolution be laid
on the table. So ordered, yeas 44, nays 34.
Mr. J. H. Hcaden moveel an adjournment
on Friday nxt, the third of February, over
to the first of April, 1865. Informally passed
over.
Mr. Sharpe introduced a resolution in re
ference to the. Insane Asylum (calling for in
fornfation as to therecekts from and tho ex
penditures on account of the farm ef that in
stitution ; also, as to the number of patients
from other States and the expenses incurred
by their reception.)
Mr. McLean, a resolution in reference to
the subject of salt, (authorizing his excellency
the Governcr, to contract with Stuart, Buc
hanan & Co , if deemed necessa-y, for a sup
ply ol salt f t 1805) whhh, under a suspen
sion, of the rules, parsed its various reading?.
Mr. Mann introduced a -bill in legard to
the magistrates of Pasquotank county.
Mr. Jordan, a bill concerning county sur
veyors. Mr. Bond of Gates, a bill to create a home
stead free-hold, Ly exempting from taxation
fifty acres of land, including that port'en
whereon the dwelling house and necessary
out buildings are, the property of any citiznn
of North Carolina.
The bill to allow fifteen magistrates in the
county of Halifax, to transact all county busi
ness tJieredn passed, under a suspension of the
rules, its final readinr:.
Tnc bill to amend the act authorizing the
Governor to employ slave labor on fortifica
tionw, etc. being on its second reading, did not
pass the same, yeas, 19, mays 55.
The bill to restore jury trials in certain cases
in the county of Chowan passed its second,
and, under -a suspe nsion of the rale its third
reading.
A bill to Le entitled an act for the rdlief of
tte people (taxing all colle:tior.s in specie on
executions 90 per cent.) being before the IJpttg?,
it was moved it be tabled. Not agreed to,
yeas d,s, nays 52, and it was then formally
passed over, yeas 61, nays 12.
A message' was received from the Senate
stating the concurrenco of that body in the
nominations for magistrates made by the
House, and tha House theu adjourned.
Among the magistrates appointed at this
session there were for Wake county Messrs.
A. P. C. Bryan, Jus. P. Chandler, Thos. C.
Smith, E. L Gill, Isaac II.- Rogers, R. C.
Badger, T. II. Hill, Wm. R. Richardson, Gar
rett B.-oad well .John Johnton and J.T. Leach.
Foreign .Po-se-si;ns. -The Philadelphia
Inquirer of the 2L learns that advices from
N.us-uj, N. P., state that the Confederates
tr ere have purchased Andres Island, about
CO milrs west of New Providcace,and aro about
to establish there an arsenal and naval depot
and also op'en t'ourts of Admiralty for the'
sale and adjudication of prizes captured by
their apa rovers. The Con federate s paid, cr
arc to pay, eight millions of dollars in cotton
for the Island. Their principal port will be
Asctnsion, situated cn a fine hrbor on the
eastern side of Andres Island, directly oppo
site Nassau.
TMIIAPIIIC,
REfORTS Oy THE PRKSS ASSOCIAT!
From Petersburg
rnTKRSHUKG, Jan J9.-DariDJ: chriuh lrcr
to-day a heavy cannonading was in projjrtM r',n T
lenes between UTi cud the enfiaj'i. ,jT,.r Jr
Mes?r.. Stepheos, Hunter tui Caob, n. o, "
roi?iioBorj, are still ia the clv, and will t m'
tbroug'h Gen. Busbrod Johnion'j litifj. to-i,.orrow
Their mission excites th ccwuriit in - -cle.
From liitslsblppl.
JACKRO.V, Jan. 25. -Twentv-thr hcu r , ,
hundred balea of Commissary, and Quat te! T;a....
and other stores, wVre burned at Summit ti
morning. Fire accidental.
Confederate Coicrexs
RICHMOND, Jan. 20. -The Houe, rrj-cted a
secret scs.-ion after d.-bat-, a pnij.oJtion "to hlnnA
the SeRAte bill, for th- employment of frr)? tl ..
rroes to werk on fjrtitieat on., A . bv 4
proviso, that eaid slaroi should ret be rr.r d ar,j
used as fuMier The bill was further ci.r.fi.lit-e.j,
amended and pVs?od.
From Charleston.
CHARLESTON, Jan. l'.-Our scout r,rr,t
the enemy'.- infantry camped mar Kui.jV Vn ti
Road, on the road leading towardi irahau;.iiP
A .1 A 1 11 1. . , - ... ' ' '
uu wn mo roa leauing to zA'?rf errv. 71
have wagon trains with thca.
r
A reeot.nriteii force was resorted wi;L
& a a-s k ....
n
ionr miles or Kolxrtiville, this Morning.
A small party of Taukees landed cn j.;tI:,,
Brittain Island, near LeffareP,on Saturdir ugU
but were driven eff.
TnE Pbksidkmt oe kot Wakt an Or..
can "Capr Fear," the corrspondf-ut ofth
Wilmington Journal, wihs: I Ji.ipi.cn t
kuowtnatthu President was approach e I sju'-
m..nu,s ago oy an intelligent gentJen an w
desireel to establish n. lirst haa
which should t-upport th Adiniaistntum
ptr
aim uj.li uiu rreskient, at t r thanking trim t
his uoad inttfUins.reiIii'd lhut wl ih.'i . ;..
cd to receive the support o the prass id t
.... i . .i . i
uuumij, uc uiu coc w.su i (j nave an Hrti
voted especially to hi interests. Ho JaiJ
. . .i ......... ' i. . i
iii n.is 8'j wisu or ricvuttiii timt i ...
not b)benefittt d by ju lHous urd inJopcrdot.t
v,iiuveiu, iiu iniii ii? ueciicii -Jiio pre.-s to
perfectly free to cnd Mini or utmnivn !. .
of Government according as tt.ey in'ht lie
HoDsoNfs Choice The Now York T. i
bunt says that ' sheuid Wilmington hold tu:
against the forces now in its h initv, it will
becomoanea-yprey of Sherman, ty1uI if it
surrenders bef..ro lie Ap.roacir) it, then- is n i
iorgcr a teinptatjon : or Lv.n to Unu an !e i
lii. marcli to Raleijh." It aeptns that
in
btweeu the devil ar.d thej,def p s-a. hit
Joutt,al.
T'hc French are building at Toulon a new
iron clad war steamer, which they claim wi'l
be superior tu anything yot hun't in Luivpo or
Amercia. This new tngine of war is mlh d
, , ,;uf.t,RU H lJw in the water, i ' mund
bJCKt-d like aiurtio iufiw qutckiy off its axis
is heavily cuirassed, bus jreat speed, aud car
ries a big gun fore and alt.
M A It t I K D ,
In this City, on Thursday evcLirir, the Coth
inst , by ths Iter. j)r. Craven, Mr. J Tf UM.
toMi-ADI)IK V. HILL, third daughter of Dr.
Wm. G. Hill, all 0f thiji City:
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
O It
It
T," XT rp
j a
A larar and d .'sirablo rid.ne within a n He
of the city or Kaluga, witn 300 acrra .f U2d ut
tachod. Apply t r. JUYSKK,
, , Tarbroii-ih U0ff.
Ji"31" 1 , Kaleijrh, X. C.
jjaj Stat" Journal copy.
fjOOK, WASH Kit ANDIItOXlilt
VJ FOR II IRK.
A good Cook, Washer and Ironer, without t n
cumbrnncH. Apply at this o.Tice or to JI. C. IJfon, Foret-
jin 3l-2t
AemallMERCilAIJM FIPK, with an aWr
mouth aicr, was 1. .t iu Italehrh la!t Saturday
It ia crocked, and h.is the figure of a man carved
on it.
The finder will receire the above reward br
leaving it at the Confederate ollira.
jan 31-d2t.
A
UOTION TO-DAY
We will 8'-ll 4 hhU. jrood Brown Sacar, 4 boi-i
A,1ian?;trnJI'?s' C. ite?, f5.00-J
or $10,000 U'akj Cf;untf JJor.da. On negro w.v
wan 42 rears old, a plain cook, ont girl 20 v ara
old and child year? e f age. A fin... Gold Watrli
warranted No. , together with a lot of Crock
ery ana Glass U are, Tarn.-U, Tobacco and manv
other articles. CREL'CII A LITCIIKOft. 3
Jtn 31 dtt Aoctioners.
VTOKTfl OAI.OLIXA, 1
JLi JoRKsrox Cocsrv, J
Court ok Plbs ai Qcaraa Sasn.xi.
November Term, lb04.
J0U!C O. Glllbv,
.
Gaston Parrish, Augattus Parrish, Xathaa Bor
kin, O. L. l'j.ld.
Scire Farias to rtvive Jufjmtnt.
It appearinjj to tae eatiifaotioa of tlio Court,
that the ibore natnA.I dofen Unts are non-retj.
dents, it it ordtrfd, That publication be mth
inr iHPrn to appear t heoruary Term, 18C.", f
this Court, to plead in the ab n e entitl-d toj-uii,
or jjdgmeot aceordiu to the scire facias will
rendered.
J. H. PA UK Kit.
Januarv 1ft. lfC5.
jan l dt wt27fcb.
County Court Clert.
R
U N AWAY
TiVon ll rv a n J nrx '. t . J I :. I r I
Cabarrus countv. N. C . a netjro bov who savs
hIs "arneJ Jon? SIITH, and savs 'he belongs
to Lhza Llhxon and Willian Canada, of Wake
"ntJ nd that he was purchased of Tho.
huiitb, or Uyde county, about 5 years atro. Said
boy u about 20 years old, 5 feet 5 inches hizb,
slow of speech, yellow complexion, had on white
cotton pants, dove colored casmere coat ; and
saj he was hired last year to tho Hhrh Shol
Iron Mnufacturipj: Company.
The owner is hercbv notified to rome forward
prove property, pay charres and tke bim away.
,L1 N. SLOUGH, tiheriir
fb l viCai of Cabarrus count v, S. C.
Entered ccordin to act of Conrrcf tiTtYl
1863, bv J S. Thb AintR, ia tie " Wk'. Jr KT
of the District Court of tit Confederal. V T
for the Northern Dittrlctef nv.T:!t !