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WAE ITEMS.
-Oev Johnston's Army. A letter from Dal
ton, Ga., to the Richmoud Enquirer, speaks of
Gen. Johnston's army as follows:
"The health of the men in Gen. Johnston's ai
my was never so pood. Indeed, the hospitals here
and in the towns in the South-west are nearlyiall
emptied, and the surgeons repose in otntm mm
digniiate; and if stationery were not so scarce,
niignc nave me leisure iu ptejjarK vaiuauie c.-
out of the results of their active and laborious cam
paigns. Uen. Johnston s lioerai system or grant-;
tog furloughs has worked admirably. The fur
l jughcd men arc rapidly returning, greatly im
proved in vigor, in health and spirits, and many of
them bring recruits. The young men who are
reaching the military age are rapidly joining their
brothers and comrades in the army. It is an in
teresting and animating spectacle to witness the
hilarity, pride and hopefulness which characterize
and designate the minds of sturdy, rosy-faced, un
browned young warriors, whom you meet.every-
where, "going to the front," from those wboieitber
voluntarily or from necessity, have to remain be-
mna, or even irotn inose wuo are going come on
short furloughs.
The will be little difficulty in feeding John
ston's mid Polk's army in this country, and of
sending a surplus to your ;Virginia army, if the
Government will infuse a little more vigor and ac
tivity into the transportation department. West
Alabama and East Mississippi alone can supply the
whole Confederacy with Corn and nearly with pork.
"But you in Virginia must see to the forwarding
it."
Gen. Forrest's Officai. Report. Gen.
Forrestls official dispatch, anoouncing the capture
of Fort Pillow, has been received at the War De
partment Five hundred of the seven hundred
men composing the Yankee garrison, were killed.
All the officers in the fort were killed. ' Forrest's
lose 20 killed and 60 wounded. Over one hun
dred citizens who had fled to the fort to escape
couacription ran into the river and were drowned.
From tite Trans-Mississippi. Mobile, April
19. Warren Adams, courier from Trans-Mississ-ppi,
reports thut on the 9th insti, Banks' courier
to Franklin was captured. Banks says " Hasten
tip; I am surrounded by rebel cavalry. Red river
iias suddenly fallen. Some forty transports and
gunbqits are caught above the raft, and cannot,go
out "before the water rises."
Mobile, April 20. Western 'despatches report
a battle at Mansfield, La , on the 8th inst , in
which Banks was defeated with the loss of 8,000
men. .Kirby Smith captured 35 guns, 200 Wa
gons and 2,000 prisoners. Federals admit a de
feat. , Gens. Mouton and Polignac (Confederates)
severely wounded. Yanks are still surrounded on
Little Moussaye, awaiting reinforcements.
Attack on Port Hudson. Col. Powers with
200 men dashed into Port Hudson .on the 7th
inst., and captured one" gun and 18 Yankees. The
Yankees admit the loss of 90. Col. Powers lost
three wounded.
J2?Mosby made another raid on Saturday last
to rairf ax Station, capturing ua wagon train, lie
burnt 20 wagons and carried off the horses.
The Toriun Western N. C. The Ashe
vilie N-ewsofthc 14th inst. says that since Gen.
Longstreet fell back from East Tennessee, a band
of tories under a Col. Kirk have had things pretty
much their own way in the section between Madi
son county and the Tennessee line. Our forces,
stationed at Marshall, Madison county, have fallen
back towards Asheville, and a fight was expected.
A band of tories visited Burnsville, Yancey co..
recently, and seized 100 guns and a quantity of
provisions.
The best plan for loyal peopleto adopt, is to
arrest every ory in -their neighborhood and make
way with him before he has an opportunity to do
harm.
Kinston, X. C , April 19th. A brisk skir
mish came off on Sunday evening last, near
Heath's mills, below this towu, between a Yankee
scouting ptorty of about one hundred stiong, and a
detachment of the 6th N. C Cavalry, commanded
by Col. Folk. The enemy were routed with a Iofs
of two kU'ed and three captured. Tne prisoners
were brought to this place last night. No one
hurt on our side.
Biigadier Gen. Corse, with his brigade, got af
ter the Yankees day before yesterday, on the Do
ver road, and drove them into their works beyond
Bachelor's; creek, the enemy destroying the bridges
alter them as they fled, and our troops, being un
able to cross the stream, could pursue no further.
Cor. Raleigh Confederate.
IMPORT AN T DECISION.
Judge Halyburton, of the Confederate States
District Court, .delivered, on the 18th, a long and
able decision sustaining the constitutionality of the
act suspending the writ of habeas corjms.
The case, for the petitioners, was argued by
Hon II. S. Foote, R. T. Daniel, F. L. Smith,
, Eaton Nance, John H. Gilmer, D. Marr and E.
Orvis, and for the Government by P. H. Aylett,
Esq., who associated for the Government Judge
Monroe, the venerable and distinguished Judge,
for many years, of the District Court of Kentucky.
The argument of the case occupied nearly two
weeks, and the following point? were insisted upon
iby the counsel for the petitioners:
1st. That the law was unconstitutional.
2d. That if constitutionalthe court could never
theless go behind the return in any case in which
.a party was detained by authority of the President
or Secretary of War, and inquiro into the facts of
each -case to ascertain whether these were sufficient
grounds for detention.
The sourt, in an opinion remarkable for its learn
ing and ability, overruled all the objections to the
net, and remanded the petitioners to the custody
.of the proper officers. Richm ond Enquirer.
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A Suggestion to Rail Roao Officers. The
frequent occurrence of accidents on Rail Roads by
the oreakage of wheels, admonishes more precau
tion. A wheel may be cracked or otherwise dam
aged and started on a trip, loaded with valuable
lives, and from a flaw give way on the road and
throw the train off the track and cause the death
of some of the passengers. Such has been the case
twrce recently on the W. & MR. R., and at least
tne :ast caso was an oia crack in tne wneel, which
caused it to break near this place, killing a soldier.;
instantly. I have been informed by a gentleman, j
that in Europe that they have a man to go round
and sLrike each wheel with a hammer before the
trains move out of town, and it is told by a pecu
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uar ringmg souna oi me wneci, wnetner it is in '
Kooa eonaition or not. x wouia res
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g"st the same plan to Rail Road
country.
Tirnmonsville, S. C, April 13th
Th- to Save in tlie Use cf Soap 1
lbs. cf hard soap into small pieces, in a gallon of
water, add lb. of washing soda and a tablc
spoonfiul ef salt; boil the mixture briskly for near
ly an hour, then pour it off to cool and cot up into
bars. -
E2TCOUE AGING-
Thp recent Northern newsi3 of vital interest.
ClnlA at 17n tnx. tariff and bank bills ODoressine
the people the Yankee Congress playfag fantas-
tic tricks before hi"h Ueaven greenoacKS graau-
ally changing into worthless rags-the ; country
moving straiglit on . toward the bottomless pU of
bankruptcy-war threatened against. France for
inmrveninrr in the affairs of Mexico and the
: wh0le nation plunged into the chaos of a Presi-
j dentui canvass, outot wLieu bioou seems aescinea
tn aow these are ei'Mis which indubitably prove
that the North is rapidly drifting toward that Mr Dayton last fall laid before the French Gov
maelstrom which is desriiu'd to engulf its destinies eminent proofs of the real destination of the ves
In the South, we have sutTered and grown strong; ; sel; and, after much delay, the work was stopped
we have learned to hear punishment, humiliation ' by Governnient orders. JJut during the last two
and defeat; have united in a common sacrifice; , months, as the "Opinion" declares, that work has
have cheerfully succumbed to circumstances that ' been resumed, and two of the vessels are now rea
have deprived us of comforts, home and wealth; ; dy to be passed over to the rebel agents Lieu
and yet to-day we stand forth more magnificent in tenant IMaury and Captain Bullock have been
our power, and better assured of our final glory prominent in these negotiations. These vessels
than at any period during our eventful past. j are iron-clad, and the rebel authorities have order-
The North on the other hand, commenced the : ed an entire fleet, which the Government of Na
j war n tjje height of her prosperity, with wonder
f u resources, put millions of men in the field and
thousands on the sea, and for three years has stub
bornly breasted the tide of adversity that swept in
against them, until finally she stands to day relax
ed, if not exhausted, doubtful, if not discouraged,
and by her own confession about to concentrate all
her remaining power upon the last throw of the
die. Should Grant prove unsuccessful, the mili
tary game is up. Politically and socially, the fu
ture of the North is but a reflection of the black
ened ruins of the present. Dissension and the
spirit of destruction pervades the masses. Riots,
tumults and civil commotions have already begun
to blot her page, while the people, as if stirred by
some devilish impulse, have plunged into the wild
est excesses, of which the French Revolution, in
the time of Robespierre and Marat, only affords a
parallel.
The contrast between the two sections is a strong
! one, and we ought to feel grateful that our own
sunny South has been blessed to that degree winch
enables lis to stand as a nation before the world,
untarnished in honor, and steadfast in maintaining
those principles which underlie civil liberty, ma
jesty and power. Columbia Carolinian.
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NORTHERN ITEMS.
A Cairo dispatch, of the 17th, says Forrest has
abandoned Fort Pillow, leaving it a perfect wreck.
The main body left the Fort Friday, going North.
Forrest's headquarters are believed to be at Jack
son. Wirt Adams drove the Yankee force from Big
Black a week ago, and took mar.y, prisoners.
The steamer Golden Gate was taken possession
of on thV nifhtofthe 12th inst., fifteen miles
above Memphis, by guerrillas, who robbed the
boat, passengers and crew of everything.
Duvall's Bluff section is overrun with guerrillas.
All boats approaching are fired into. Good
On the 11th, 400 Texan cavalry attacked a
camp of Unionists at Roscville on the- Arkansas
river, but were repulsed.
The gunboat Chenando exploded at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard last Friday. Boat a total loss.
Thirty-five persons injured, twenty-two dead.
The past week has been one of extraordinary
excitement in New York financial circles. Gold
was quoted at 173 to 1S9. The Herald says the
time for the great crisis has not yet arrived. Un
til it does let us be calm as possible and prepare
our nerves for the crash that these small events
merely foreshadow.
The cane of Mr Long. In the Yankee House
of Representatives, on the 14th, the case of Mr
Long of Ohio, "was discussed throughout the entire
session. Mr Col in x withdrew his resolution to ex
pel Mr Long, and accepted MV Bromall's resolu
tion of censure. The debate was very spirited,
and the galleries were crowded with spectators'.
Finally the resolution censuring Mr Long for de
claring himself in favor of the recognition of the
rebel Confederacy was adopted by a vote of eighty
against seventy.
A Pretidential Convention to be held at Cbve
land, Ohio. A dispatch to the "Herald," from
Washington, states that arrangements had been
definitely made for the meeting of a popular con
vention, including delegations of the Republi
cans dissatisfied with the present Administration,
to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, about the 20th of
May next. It is proposed to nominate then- arid
there a candidate for the Presidency. The pecu
liar advocates of the election of Mr Lincoln are
much moro alarmed at this movement than at the
prospect of either financial or military disasters
The War in tiie Indian Country. Judge
Fields, of the Cherokee Nation, has made a public
appeal with regard to the distressed condition to
which the women and children of the Indian allies,
in the Creek and Cherokee nations, have been re
duced by the calamities of the war.
He represents that their country, lately the
abode of plenty, and blessed with the comforts of
home and civilized progress, has beeu invaded and
occupied by the enemy, their property wantonly
destroyed, their fields laid waste, their homes laid
in ashes, and their families.driven ruthlessly from
their borders, subjected to lamentable want and
distress. Especially have these hardships fallen
upon the Chcrokees. Homeless and naked, they
are now wandering among strangers, in search of
food and raiment, and dependent upon the charity
of their less afflicted brethren for shelter in their
refuge.
We have in the sufferings of the poor creatures
a new and attractive object of charity. There
have been so many and uniform modes in which
the public charity which this war has given occas
i&n for has manifested itself, that it is remarkable
that it has hitherto overlooked the "red men," our
faithful allies on the border, who are exposed to
the worst calamities of the war. These allies have
served us well in the war. Iudeed we are in form -
cd that -even regiments from the Indian country
are now in lue service, urjauizeu Willi
operating west of the Mississippi.
the
forces
Yankee Deserters. The records
Thunder give strange evidence concerning the re- j plain questions to the Colonel, and wanted per
markably fine spirits of the Yankee army in Vir- : fectly frank answers to them, promising that these
ginia. Within the last few weeks nearly a bun-
! dred deserters from Grant have passed over the
line and come asting asylum in the Dosom or the
rebellion. For the last few davs thnv have hPrn
nartimilarlv nerseverinsr in e-ettinr to Richmond
ahead of time,' unwilling to wait for Grant and
6tad the chances of being put to a great deal of
unnecessary trouble and in no liu'e danger. It is
hfirnmino' a p.ustoniarv Riaht tn see panaris of fiuo
o ? n t '
x. cirht or ten per dav. marching to Gen. Win
c-i . y
have been informed by an intelligent officer, was
forty millions of bushel. In South Carolina, it
was fifteen millions of bushels; yet our citizens are
paying twenty dollars a bushel for grist. -Colum-
bio Carolinian. :
peCUUllV SUT- Ar'a r,flW under ini:ir1- hnt BAm nrr a nA ",. J . . " J ' ul ",ut' """p nirua.
omcers in tins : .d as if they were iu the best luck and with the ! . Vi ? t , T ' , lw" , ur " "r protest against any
J. E. B. 1 nrnsnecri in the woi Id.-Richm vnd Eunui. ' f as .'r1.11"' 1 thank for 5"our cant3or' ' uttor,"S such language in this hall.
. .'7 I " r- ? tr-J I 'I ha I'm ,tnr. Vco onH ha t ,11 V T - .
IST54. ' . , i . -ine Uoionel Mr, you are entirely welcome to j Mr Harris You mean you are afraid of it.
I -o- ll- - t,nes ot "orcicr, irom the liepublican side.l
Cut up li ! 8fThe crop of corn in Georgia last year, as we The colonel then retired under guard, and was ! Mr Washburne objected to the trentlaman from
! FOHEIGN ITEMS.
I FRANCE AND ' THE CONFEDERACY-
-Rebel
Freneh
i Iron-Ulods builtUva '
France The
i papers publish an article. froothe ."Opinion
r tionaie, ei rans, ;uini uia.
ocu-
ments, and proves tliat the French Goveronient is
quietly conamng-at the tfforts of the rebel agents
to have iron-clad war vessels built in France for
the rebel service. From recitations of the "(Jpin-
' iou," it appears that firms at Nantef and Ijordeaux
; nave Deen ior moutus m uuuuu.g nai
; f-els. ostensibly for China, but really for the rebels.
poleon ill. seems willing to have built at French
ports in spite of hs reiterated desire to maintain a
strict neutrality.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
'.'Times" says that one of the vessels built at Bor
deaux for the rebels has been launched, and an
English vessel was lying there with equipments.
From the Liverpool Post.
Famine at the Cape De Verdes Fearful
state b the inhabitants - A few days ago we pub
lished accounts of the sad condition . of the inhabi
tants of the Cape de Verdes, and the latest accounts
j received in Liverpool yesterday, verify but too sad-
ly the expectations which were then predicred.--
The islands were fast'-1 becoming depopulated, in
consequence of the recent drouth. As an instance,
the condition of Brava and St. Thia'ga was truly
fearful and desperate.' The population of the two
islands amounts to about 70,0C0, and for this pop
ulation there were, when the idvices left Thiaga,
only sixty bags of rice But in the island of Brava
the cose was even worse there was no rice to be
had The effects of the fearthful drouth had over
whelmed both man and beast, and those who were
living were subsisting on the bark of the bana
tree, and the flesh of animals, whitb, in this coun
try, are considered as vermin. Although rain
had fallen, the seed sown in the earth were too
much parched to sprout; aod although the pastures
were becoming green, there were no cattle to feed
on them all had died for want of food and water.
EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN the NORTH
The New York Daily Times urges an end to be
put to the war. Speaking of it, it siys that it is a
"war of " conquest and extermination," and that
"its advocates recajl and shame the days of the
Huns and Visigoths." The Times gives the fol
lowing picture of the state of affairs it has produc
ed in the North:
"The Administration is pe'rpctuiUy exercising
military and forcible control over the ballot-box,
not only in the border States, but In those most
remote from the scene of conflict. Here, in New
York, a major-eneral of the United Slates over
rides, with "military necessity," thefucctions of
the Governor of New York and the laws and wght3
of the State and its chief murricipal'ty. Every
day 's telegraph brings us tidings of s- ino outrage
committed by the returned soldiery, for opinion's
sake, upon peaceful private citizens---some politi
cal meeting dispersed--some Democratic press de
stroyed. The financial excesses of the Administra
tion are piling up. day after day, mountains of in
debtedness, which, sooner, or later, must topple
over and erush us. There is rot an acre of land
in the whole North not a wartrtfiSso, a dwelling,
a factory which Mr Chase is not covering every
week, with new mortgages, each heavier than the
last! Meanwhile, the cost of the commonest ne-
J claries of life is becoming frightful to the poor;
i and the enormous superabundance of paper money
i is stimulating extravagance and speculation to the
, maddest recklessness ; every element of demorali-
zation is at work to corrupt the people; public vir
: tuc appears to have sold itself, and private integri
ty, and even chastity, arc besieged by the most
tempting and unprecedented allurements. The
whole people, in fine, appear" to have joined hands
in an infamous saturnalia of blood and moral or
physical debauchery. The very capital of the Re
public has become but a gigantic brothel, where
k-wd and desperate women scarcely rival, in their
shameless way, the moral prostitution of the Legis
lative and Executive Chambers !
Is this exaggeration Let the reader who thinks
so spend but a week in Washington, or explore
New York for but a day.
The Hoo Cholera. A prominent and influ
ential citizen informs the Montgomery Advertiser
that for a long time his porkers have suffered from
this very common complaint. He tried various
remedies, but without effect, until the idea sugges
ted itself that bleeding might have a tendency. to
check the disease. With this view be bled his
pigs in the roof of the mouth, and with the most
beneficial results, having lost lut two pigs out of
his large steck, since be commenced this mode of
checking the disease. We hope that our friends
in the countiy who have diseased swine will try
the experiment, and by this simple remedy, save
their bacon. '
The Farmers Friend say s hundreds of hogs
have died in within a few months, of a diseaso that
has baffled the skill of the best swine doctors. A
remedy has been discovered, however. A gentle
man informs us that if planters wilt boil their corn
in a strong tea made of green pine tops, and feed
the same to their hogs, it will effect a soecdy cure.
Try it. . .
The BeasT. The Richmond correspondent of
the Memphis Appeal, relates the following:
"Apropos of the Beast, the following incident
: ;)arpeigat Fortress Monroe last weekis authen-
1 tjc.
One of the returned prisoners, a Colonel of
! the
Confederate Army, on his way from Point
Lookout to Richmond, was ushered into the pre
at Castle eence of Butler, who 9aid he desired to rut some
, answers would not afrfct. in the least, the Colo-
I Bel's status as a prisoner of war, oneway or the
other; I he Colonel desired him to proceed. The
following dialogue ensued between the two:
Beast Butler If, in the accidents of war, I
should fall a prisoner into your hands, what would
you do with me?
The Colonel I should execute you on the spot.
Beist Butler Is this purpose generally euter-
shortly afterwards waited upon by an aid-de-camp
of Jiutler, with an invitation to dine at headquar-
ters The Colonel had not eaten what could be
called a dinner for eight months, but he promptly
declined.
minion Liv rrif r.rni-rra fit vnnr nrm-f i .. r..i.-, 4 r. i
EXCITEMENT IN THE YANKEE CON
. GRESS.
Alntuccestful attempt to expel members for favor
ing a recognition of the Confederacy.
In the House of -Representatives at; Washing
ton, on the 9th in9t,,the speaker (Mr.Uolfax) call
ed .Mr Rollins, of Nemr Hampshire, to the chair;
and, rising to a question of privilege, offered a reso
lution to expel Hon. Alexander Long, of Ohio, on
the ground that he. had declared himself "in favor
of recognizing the independence of the so-called
Confederacy, now in arms against the Union."
. Mr Colfax submitted a few remarks in support
' of the resolution, and was followed by Mr Cox, of
Ohio, in a speech of some length :
Mr Cox, in his opening remarks, said he was
not in the House when bis colleague made bis
epeech, but he was informed by members around
him that they would bear the interpretation put
upon them. Had be been In his seat yesterday,
with all due respect to This colleague, he should
have disavowed, in behalf of the Ohio delegation,
any remarks looking to the recognition of thc re
bellion as crystalized at Richmond. Ho did not
know a single member of that delegation, excep
tintr his colleague (Mr Long) who was willing to
recognize the Confederate Government. He spoke"
of this because of the attempt to make partisan
capital. He believed that his colleague at the time
spoke only his own sentiments, and. not those of his
party. Recently there was a Democratic Conven
tion in Ohio, representing one hundred and. forty
five thousand voters, and in that Convention no
sentiment like that of his colleague was uttered.
Tbo Democratic people in that State rallied and
sent their friends and brothers to the war, although
they did not ajree to the African policy.
During the debate which followed, Mr Miller, of
Pa., protested against the lecture on patriotism
' from his colleague (Mr Kelly,) who stands on the
i record as having uttered a deliberate falsehood.
He was not the man to talk about perjury and fidel
ity to the Union.
3Ir 3, C. Allen, of Illinois, knew no parallel
case to this, of moving to expel a member for
words uttered in debate. He had imagined that
unier the Constitution the Representatives on this
floor had the right to express their opinions freely.
He dissented from the opinion that we should re
cognize the Southern Confederacy; but if that was
the gentleman's honest conviction, he had the
right to express it. If the gentleman from Ohio
had been giving aid and comfort to the enemy,
others in high places had been doing the same
thing. The President had not only yiolated the
spirit but the letter of the Constitution by his re
peated acts of usurpation. Much as he hated the
rebellion, he loved the Constitution, beeause it was
designed to protecf all men in their liberties.
Mr Harris, of Maryland, said he endorsed every
r word that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr Long)
had uttered, and would stand by them for weal or
woe. You say the gentleman meant treason at
the very moment jOff"say he was sincere and hon
est. He was willing to go with his friend on that
issue. Could not a man say, when a war 13 carried
on to exterminate a people, that he would rather
have peace thus saving lives on both sides, and
the money of a ground down people, and especial
ly when the sentiments came from distinguished
men to back him. Not one of you can be compar
ed witlrthe men the gentleman quoted yesterday,
lie was a "peace man a radical peace man,. He
was for recognizing the Southern Confederacy, and
for acquiescing in the doctrine of secession. He
had a hope, but it was not in this House. A tor
nado would come arid sweep you from power, and
give it to honest men, who have humanity and
some regard for the principles of their fathers.
War would never bring you a Union worth arcent.
lie was for peace-and Union too Laughter.
He was a better man than any of them. Renew
ed laughter. If we cannot make peace let us
have two splendid Governments two happy Gov
ernments" lie was a slaveholder, and was still, if all his
; pbves had not beeu stolen from him. He looked
on those who opposed slavery as madmen. He
compassionated them. It it was a sin he was will
ing to bear.it. The North had been deceived by
sterieotyped falsehood.. When this war commenc
ed Secretary Seward said it could, bo put down in
sixty days. Instead of seventy-five thousand men
ending it you have now called for a million of sol
diers. A bral er set of men never existed on
God's earth than exists in the South; and when
you attempt to elevate the negro with the white
man, you stir up strife. The Puritans saw noth
ing in the Bible against slavery, and when they
found slavery unprofitable, they sold their slaves to
the South. Having taken their gold, their de
scendants now turn round aud.attemptto dispos
sess the South of the property. He had voted
against men and money to carry on the war; he
would not consent that our money should be spent
by tyrant. Not a man or a dollar would he vote
for this infernal tear. It was the most stupen
dous fully that ever disgraced any people on the
face of God's earth. It this be treason make the
most of it. . It was the right cf a Commoner to
say he would not entrust the means of carrying on
the war to a King. -Who is the war power? The
South ask you to leave them in peace; but no, you
say you will bring them into subjection. That is
not done yet, and God Almighty grant that it
may never be. I hope you will never subjugate-
the South. I ho . President has proved himself
unfit to be trusted with the moneyed power.
Mr Tracy, of Pennsylvania, rose to ask a ques
tion, but Was loudly called to order by members
on the opposite side. He desired to know wheth
er, within these balls, the gentleman could invoke
Almighty God that the American arms shall not
prevail. , ' .,
Mr Harris -Js that a poijpjt of order?
31 r Tracy again essayed to speak, and was called
to order from the opposition side. Much confu
sion prevailed.
Mr Tracy, elevating his voice above the din
asked whether it was in order-for treason to be
utter, d within these halls. Renewed cries of
Order''' aod "Sit down."
Mr Wahburne, of Illinois, rose to a point of or
der, and desired that the language of the gentie
man.from Maryland be taken down at the Clerk's
desk, in accordance with the rule.
The objectionable sentence, as taken down and
read, is as follows: "The South ask you to leave
r them in peace; but no, you say you will brinir them
into subjection. . i hat 13 not done yet, and God
Almighty grant that it may never be. I hope you
will never subjugate the South."
Mr Harris, of Maryland, exclaimed: Is that
all?
Mr Pendleton raised a question of order when
rr! O ) . . . 1 11
ine ofikKr pro iem. pronouncea iir II a iris
! Maryland proceeding with his remarks.
J Mr Harris resumed bis seat, unanimous consent
being requisite for him to continue his speech.
Mr Fernando Wood said he would read to the
House the exact language of the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr Long), -which had not been properly
stated. , ; .
Mr Wash but ne Were yoti present yesterday?
Mr Wood replied he was not, btit he held in his
hand " the Identical manuscript. He thought it
Vas doe to the gentleman, before, the Hcraso-.Toted
on it that they should hear what the gentleman
did say. The language is as follows: "I now be
lieve that there are but two alternatives either
an acknowledgment of the South as an independent
nation, or their complete subjugation and exter
mination as a people. Of these alternatives, I
prefer the former." If, said Mr Wood, he is to
be expelled for the utterance of these fentiments,
you may include me for a concurrence in them.
Mr Colfax stated what he understood Mr Long
to say yesterday, .
Mr Long said he had the manuscript now before
him from which he read.' He prepared his speech
four weeks ago. lie had not altered a word.
Mr Colfax did not believe, alter the gentleman
had so long deliberated, he had changed a word.
In order that members should see the printed
speech, which will appear in the Globe of Monday
next Mr. Colfax suggested, and there was unani
mous consent, that the consideration of the pen
ding resolution should be postponed until Monday,
at two o'clock.
Mr Washburne then offered a resolution expell
ing Mr Harris, the vote upon which resulted
yeas 81, nays 58. There not being the required
two-third vote, the resolution was declared rejected.
Mr Schenck then offered a resolution declaring
Mr Harris "an unworthy member of this House
and is hereby severf ly censured." This resolution
was adopted yeas 92, nays, 18.
The House soon after adjourned.
Subsequently, the resolution to expel Mr Long was
rejected by a vote of 80 to 70.
The Employment of Free Negroes and
Slaves in the Army. At the last, session of
Congress a law was passed to obviate the deficiency
of the army by the employment of free negroes
and" slaves in ceriain capacities. This important
law has almost escaped publio notice, especially as
it has remained for a considerable time unexecuted.
We hear, however, that the conscription officers
have recently been instructed to carry out the law.
The law requires that all male free negroes and
other free persons of color, not including those who
are free under the treaty of Paris of 1803, or under
the treaty of Spain of 1819, resident in the Con
federate States, between the ages of eighteen and
fifty years, shall be held liable o perform such du
ties with the army, or in connection with the mili
tary defences of the country, in the way of work
upon fortifications or in the government works for
the production or preparation of materials of war,
or in military hospitals, as the Secretary of War
or the commanding General of the Trans-Mississippi
department may, fronj time'to time prescribe.
Under the same act of Congrest, the Secretary
of War is authorized to employ or, if necessary, to
impress twenty thousand slaves for duties similar
to those to which we have thus referred.
The conditions as prescribed by recent -general
orders, under which this impressment of slaves is
to be made are, chiefly as follows: l6t. That
slaves shall not be impressed when the services of
free negroes can be obtained. 2d. Slaves under
the ago of eighteen and above the age of fifty arc
exempt. 3d. The hire for slaves impressed shall
be according to the rates fixed, by the appraisers
under the act to regulate impressments. 4th. The
limitation as to the term for 'which slates shall bo
impressed for service shall be for twelve months
instead of the terms-fixed by said orders, if the exi
gency shall require it. Richmond Whig.
TAX NOTICE.
All persons in the Towu Beat liable to pay a tax
to
the State and County, are hereby nolified'that a list of
their taxables must be returned by the last of April,
1864, or they will be liable to a double tax
Call at
the Itock Island Office, on
- J. M. SPRINGS,
M. L. WRISTOX,
April 4, 18C4 List-Takers
. Committed to the Jail
Of Mecklenburg county, on the 18tb of March, a ne
gro man who says his name is WILLIAM, and belongs
to Mrs. Jane Wilson of Fairfield District, S. C. Said
negro is about 21 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high, and
will weigh probably 150 pound?, rather copper color.
Thi owner is hereby notified to. come forward, prove
property, pay charges and takf him away", or ho will
be dealt with as the law directs.
April 4, 1864. R. M. WHITE, Shff.
STRAYED
From my Pasture near Wilson Wallace's, about the
1st of Nov. last, a red COW which 1 bought at anc
tipn, formerly owned by Win. Tnsjy Alexander. Also,
at the same time and place, a spotted HEIFER, of the
brindle order. She was sold at auction by Mr Morri
son of Pioneer Mills. I will pay a liberal reward for
their delivery to me or for information so that I can
get them. . W. A. COOK.
Feb 18, 1864 . tf .
" IVOTIC 15 .
TO CONTRACTORS AND .SAWYERS.
Office of C. S. Naval Orduance Works,
Charlotte, N. C, April, 1864.
Proposals will be received at this Office during the
presect mouth, for furnishing the following kinds of
Lumber required at this establishment fe'ue of bills
regulated to suit contractors viz:
Yellow Pine, Black Walnut,
Hickory, White Oak,
Poplar, Ash.
II. ASHTON RAMSAY,
Chief Eng. C. S. Navy in charge.
- April 11, 1864 6t
ISUIH'BOTII FUR IV AC 13.
LINCOLN COUNTY, N. C ,
THREE MILES EAST OF IRON P. O.
The proprietors announce to the public lhat ibis
Furnace is in full blast, and will make casting of nil
kinds to order,
sale.
March 1. 1864
Also, Pig Iron is made and offered for
SHIPP
3ra-pd.
k IlEINHARUT.
TAKO UP
And committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county,
on the 29th of February last, a negro woman who cays
her name is LUCY and belong! to Nick Davis of Rich
mond. Said negro is about 25 years old, very black,
and rather under medium size. She says that the was
persuaded off from Richmond by a man who gave his
name as Robinson. She wjis arrested on the cars on
the N. C. Railroad near Charlotte, N. C. The owner
is hereby notified to come forward, prove property,
pay charges, and take her away, or she will be dealt
with as the law directs.
It. M. WHITE, Sheriff.
March 15, 1864 tf
State of North Carolina, Lincoln Co.
In Equity to Spring Term, 1864.
David Kincaid vs. J Lowe and wife Nancy, and others.
ft appeajing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and
Mter of Lincoln county that Susan Lote, Katy Line-
bargor and Jas Linebarger and wife Ibby, defendants
in this suit, are non-residents of the State of North
Carolina: It is therefore ordered that publication be
made in the Western Democrat for six weeks, lit
saTd non-residents appear at the next Court of Lquiiy
So be held for the county of Lincoln at the'Court House
in Lincolnton, on the 5th Monday after the 4th Monday
in March, then and there to plead, answer or demur to
Complainants' said Bill of complaint, or judgment fro
confeso will be taken against them.
Done at my office in Lincolnton, on this day the 18th
of March, A. D. 1864.
W. J. HOKE, C. & M. E.
March 21 6t By V. A. McBeb, Dep'ty Clerk.
SCHEDULE OF PRICKS FOR
NORTH CAROLINA.
We, the undersigned Commissioners of AppraUomfr.t
for the Stat of North Carolina, do hereby declare tl,
following: to be the uniform prices for property i.
pressed for the use of the government for the neit two
months,' subject to alteration, should circumluncts
meanwhile, occur to make it advisable : '
Apples, dried good, peeled, per bush, 28 lbs, J
unpeeled, " "
S 00
3 So
12 &o
12 00
3 :s
2 2S
2 Ou
1 00
10 00
20 00
25 00
CO
8i
0
1 U0
2 2&
3 25
9 00
Axes,
(t .
Bacon,
. i
it
ii
Beans,
with bundles, each,
without handles, each,
sides, per pound,
hams, per pound,
shoulders, per pound,
jowles, per pouad,
white or cornfield, per bush. 60 lbs,
Brandy, apple, per gallon,
" peach, per gallon,
Beef, fresh, net, per pound,
salted, per pound,
" " " corned, per pound,
Brown stuff, good, per bash, 28 poaads,
Candles, tallow, per pound, w-
adamantine, per pound,
Chains, trace, per pair,
Cloth, woolen, for soldiers clothes, jt wide,
10 oz. to yard, and fro rata as to great
er or less weight or width, per yard,
6 00
1 SO
4 So
6 00
6 00
6 00
80
Cotton,
Coffee,
Corn,
raw, per pound,
Rio, per pound,
unshelled, per busb, of 70 pounds,
shelled, sacks not included, per bash,
66 pounds,
Corn meal, sacks not 'ncluded, per bosh, 60 lbs,
Drills, cotton, I yd wide, 3 yds to lb, per yard
Flour,
extra family, per barrel or 186 lbs,
extra fan-ilj. per sack of 9a lbs,
superfine, per bbl of 196 lbs,
per sack of 98 lbs,
flue, per bbl. of 196 lbs,
fine, per sack of 98 lbs,
baled, per 1C0 pounds,
unbalcd, per 100 lbs,
wool, each,
baled, per 10C pounds,
unbaled, per 100 lbs,
dry, per pound,,
green, per pouud,
60 00
30 1)0
65 CO
25 00
SO 00
25 00
4 00
3 SO
5 00
r. oo
4 CO
3 !5
1 75
70C 00
SOO' 60
110 00
COO 00
coo ou
COO 00
i
ii
i
i
it
Fodder,
ii
Hats,
Hay,
ii
Hides,
Horses, artillery, 1st class, per head,
ii
" 2d class, per head,
extra, per head,
pig. per ton of 2,000 lbs,
.square or round, per ton,
hoop, per ton of 2,000 lbs,
flat or band, per ton of 2,000 lbs,
ii
Iron,
i
.
ii
ii
i
boiler plate, per ton cf 2,000 lb,
600 00
serviceable railroad, pr ton of 2,240 lbs 400 00
castings, per pound,
15
Jeans, wool, domestic, per yard,
Kettles, camp, iron, per lb,
Lumber, good, per 1,000 feet,
Lard, clean, per pound,
Leather, sole, per pound,
, " npper, per pound,
" harness, per pound,
Molasses, cane, per gallon,
6 00
15
60 00
2 25
6 00
7 01
7 00
10 00
5 00
700 00
500 00
400 00
75 00
4 00
4 SO
4 00
1 00
1 30
8 00
10 00
6 On
5 00
8 50
sorghum, per gallon,
1st class, per head,
2d class, per head,
3d class, per head,
Mules,
ii
i
ii.
extra, per head,
per keg,
sheaf, unbaled, ptr 100 lbs,
sheaf, baled, per 100 lbs,
Nails,
Oats,
ii
" shelled, per bushel,
Osnaburgs, cotton, J yd wide, 7 oz ta yd, pryd,
' cotton, i yd wide, 8 o'r. to yd, per yard,
Onions, frr bushel,
Peas, cow, per bush of 60 lbf
Potatoes, Irish, per bushel of 60 lbs,
' sweet, per bushel of 60 lbs,
Peaches, dried, peeled, per bush of 38 lh.,
" unpeeled, per bush of 38 lbs,
Pork, fresh, nett, per pound,
' ' salted, per pound,
Quinine, good, per ounce,
Kicc, new, per pound,
' old, per pound,
Iy. good, per bushel of 53 lb., '
Sacks, two bushel, osnaburgs, each
Shirting, cotton, 3 yd wide, 4 J yds to lb, per yd,
cotton, J yd wide, 3j yd to lb, pory'I,
Cotton stripes, 3 yards to lb, per yard,
Snlt, Coast, per bush of SO lbs,
' Liverpool, per bushel of 50 lbs,
Vircrinia nor lmthnl nf f0 IIjO.
00
60
00
5C
25
20
00
00
30
10
75
00
00
6
2
1
1
1
15
30
; Steel
; shors
i r . - - i
cast, per pound,
20 00
4 00
15 ('0
10 00
1 50
25 00
2 00
40
25
army, per pair.
Shoe Thread, riax, per pound,
Socks, soldiers' wool, per pair,
Sheep, fat, per head,
Sugar, brown, common, per pound,
Soap, hard, per pound,
- soft, per pound,
Shucks, baled, per 100 pounds
Shorts, good, per bushel of 22 lbs,
Ship Stuff, good, per butbel oi 37 lbs,
Tea, black, per pound,
green, per lb
Tent Cloth, cotton, 10 oz to yd, per yard,
Tobacco No 1, extra, per pouud,
' No 2, per .pound,
Tobacco Lugs, per pound,
Tallow, clean, per pound,
Vinegar, cider, per gallon,
manufactured, per gallon,
Whiskey, good, per gallon,
4
I
1
3
8
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
26
50
00
75
00
00
30
00
75
25
60
60
25
00
Wheat, first rate white, per bush of co jhs,
10 00
8 50
8 00
1 60
1 00
6 00
5 00
350 00
375 00
250 00
275 03
70
10 00
ii
fair, per bush of CO lbs,
ordinary, per bush of 60 pounds,
ii
Wheat Straw, baled, per 100 lbs,
' ' unbaled, per 100 lbs,
Wool, washed, per pound,
unwashed, per pound,
Wagons, wood axle, 4 horse, new, each,
iron axle, 4 horse, new, each
wood axle, 2 horse, new. each
Iron axle, 2 horse, new, each
Wheat Bran, per bushel of 17 pounds,
Yarn, cotton, per bunch 5 lbs,
BIBK or LABOR, TEAMS, WAOOKS AND IIOBSKS
Baling long forage, per hundred pounds,
Shelling and bagging corn, sacks furnished by
government, per bushel,
Hire of tw o horse teams, wagon and driver, ra
tions furuished by owner, per day,
Hire of two horse teams, wagon and driver, ra
tions furnibed by government, per day,
Hire of four horse teams, wngon and driver, ra
tions furnished by owner, per day,
Hire of four horse teams, wpgon and driver, ra
tions furnished by government, rer day,
Hire of six horse teams, wagon and driver, ra
tions furnished by the owner, per day,
Hire of eix horse teams, wagon and driver, ra
tions furnished by government, per day,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner, per
day,
Hire of laborer, rations furhisbek by govern
ment, per day,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by owner, per
month,
Hire of laborer, rations furnished by govern
ment, per month,
Hire of horses, per day,
60
25
12 00
8 00
22 50
16 00
25 00
18 09
3 00
1 75
75 00
45 00
I 60
For the information of all persons concerned, we
publish the fullo-wing Instructions, witL the 1P tB
they will be strictly Obeyed :
1 No officer, or agent, shall laiprcss the necessary
supplies which any person may b tor Ibe consump
tion of himself, bis family, tmployrt: slaves, or to car
ry on his ordinary mechanical, manufacturing or agri
cultural employments."
(Siirnedi "'"""'i
If. K.
R. V. BLACKSTOCK.
Corn's. Appraisement for State of N. C.
Raleigh, April 18, 1864 2t
TAX IIY KIIVD.
,,",C1? , 8" RV '
Charlotte, J. L., April 13, 1864.
It as hereby ordered that all the Tithe of the year
J 1863, of Corn and Bacon, be delivered brfore the 1st
of June, 18G4. Agents will receive nothing after 31st
; Mav, 18C4.
Assessors will much cblige me, besides doing good
service to the country, by sending in to this office all
estimate of Tax in Kind, by the 1st day of May nejU;
sooner if possible. Agents will give publicity to this
notice, so that no one, vbould he incor the penalty cf
live times the estimated value, according to late laws
of Congress, can bare room to complain.
S. M. FINGER,
Capt. A P. Q. M., 8th Dist N. C.
. April 1, 18$4. "t
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