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VOL. XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1862 NO. 1,214.
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M. S. SHERWOOD,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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. oi Ni w Y nk, lias Ibe following
1 aion the necessity of "compromis-
• itbe Southern Confaderacy :
] III WAI OS PEACE.
! i sought to end ibia war by tbe North
r thing ihe South: For Buch a purpose
tte exertion lias yet been made.—
- iti- game, the call fin 'iiiy three
i Ired thousand more Boldiers ■» as in
nimeii-Mirate Iho tall sixteen
five thousand to
< a te id" forts. We
i ,n w helbcr any uni-j
. mined people numbering
he i shion to compute it,
, be-crushed on their own
i aid ili.it Ireland was
i. iglaud. Belgium s'nnds
li her live millions, more populous
ii lependcnt than ever before—
has boon the theatre of tho most
latlles of Europe century after
lury. Switzerland, with I 'se'ban three
millions ol people, has successfully defied
gionary hosts oi Austria, of Lorraine,
Burgundy, and of France. Portugal,
■ than four millions, has always
I in resisting tlio attempts ot Spaiu,
II the proudest days of the latter, to absorb
her, by her preponderating power. It
. ms to be one oi the axioms of Uonapar-r
which t>me sni etions as |>rofo indly
. at "A poopii to be free Ol another,
but lo will it !" If tbe United States
prove tins an unsound axiom, it
rim i bo by a far different display of powor
i anything yet exhibited. Volunieor-mi
*l i"■ abaiidonod, and drafting resor-
• to. It is nt) three hundred thousand
i it a million, that tbe in-tant ncccs-
- . ease call for. Hitherto the
paitisan that originated thw pestiferous
|uam I—from tho Wades, and Chases, and
i h:. I Sowards, and tiiddingsee, and
iim re,and Chandlers, in Congres, or tbe
•s and Cbecvors, and "three thou-
Band preachers" of .New England, in tho
pit, d iwn to tho gawky tiuaker or
;, ni T woman's husband, who roads
but i lively s rVeoKly Tribune—
ia rulo, lelt the war that has resul-
•t '. I i be fought out by tho very men at
;• . ■■ ho have denounced and depre-
;< I tbei wicked conspiracies. Uut this
ji ist < rid il tbo war is to bo kept up. Tbo
have, thus far, suffered for th<
,-, but tli . . f will have to «.' ii r in
i,[ ■†† wi us, the horrors of war, if
J* i principle is to be carried out.
i' war in which enough of sub-
»•■ uie.otbel und.
Ithi < who pleaded for
called "Secessionists," "trai-f'
"etc. Then, the plea was that the
i't free ilie (Jnion-loving peo-t]
South from the gripe of aSecos-i
. fhen wo pleaded for peace
j* ■ • :\ . ■ und that there was still at
': ' inh a sentiment, and it o ily re-
; • to develop it. We pleaded
- : itroy it—that only peace :
.!• it opportunity. That is all past.
' .n-! r or more remote,
. t i for n union on the old. no- .
ur forefathers, must |
■ '' ' -- Work for lealiza- ■
* tn>i estul i.Vumont of an honoroble
\ it'J i . i S j mour, ex-
\ ' • i icut, said in his letter
! by ns last w e«sk, it is a "monetr us
measures" and
' ie S uui" by the |
I i opinion. The Union i
.- liberties as treom ■« was a i
'■ ■ • ■ ms ul between the St. ..is.
itiou that fundamental rfdeaof
an I ol :■■ -i'i..-'l rights, not only
rallies to the rebel Blaudard thousands at-ed
totheold Government, but 1ms so
invaded our liberties hero in the loyal
States that we write sentences such as
'• ma .ded by our conscience—tho
i i 'iteration ot the sentiments of the
' i formed tbe Constitution—not
» IH ng but that, for publishing them,
H tbe Esoculiv) I'epartmout
irder subservicr.t agents, by the
i ol violence, to convey us again to tbo
walls oi Fort Lafayette.
"I nion loving peoploof the seceded
Who aro they I Head tho cor-i
nee of the Herald, Time*, and
— o organs of the Back Jlo-
I ne Tribune correspon-os,
lying as usual, that they are
fbe Herald and Tunes
its tell ua, alas too truly, that
■ such element left. In New Or-iphis,
in Virginia, ia North
se very cities and States
where it might chiefly be expected, the
i occupation by Union arms pro-ly
an extinguishment oi any glim-
. that bad been thought to exist.
are we, then, to look forward to'/
it a permanent separation;' There
otsoi Lincoln's Administration,
• be kn ring one.-, who have
■• . I that this is already looked to
lit. There are professed
lio< insidei u moat happen,
ins: it, iii order that
'' loccon it iay rest
■• Bli -k Llepoblicanism.
"do! There are those who
Ham it. Suwurd projects
■ I in time to a
" -' mowledgment oi iho
> ■.. bandiwock. Hopeless
atl> it
♦ :i part, i^eriaaricut separation isan
■ ■ l.nl i we eai.iiot reconcile our
-for it is me knoll of civil liberty,
, ol all other libeities, on this continent.
it is the harbinger oi huge standing ar-mies,
of enormous taxation, of industry op-pressed,
and of peoples crushed. Appro-nension
oi tods i* already freighting many
^hips with American citizens, renouncing
the country, and fleeing with what they
can save Ol their effects. It is an idea that
we steadfastly refuse to accept, but to
counteract it, to remedy it, our first neei is
peace.
What is tbe way of'pcace '.
The way of peace, among people, Is com-promise.
* There is no other way. When
■Solomon died, tho Ten Tribes of Israel
fathered tocompiain to his son, Kehobonm,
that the yoke of bis father's government
discomforted them. The wise old men
iseled Reboboam to speak softly to the
rebels, and to acquisosco in their demands,
and that thus they- would eleavo to bis
throne forever. The ignorant men, of a
newer generation, advised him to refuse
■'totreat with rebels \fith aimsin their
bunds." lie Look-tie advice oi tho fools,
and Israel told Judah to look to his own
house, and tney are separated forever.
History is fall ofthe like instructions.—
Not long since we cited tho conduct of
Louis XI. of France, who, by a frank com-promise
with his powerful rebel vassals,
disarmed them, and thus made of the
Frank communities one united French na-tion.
"Treat with rebels with arms in
their hands I" So exclaims tho ignorant
New Knglandcr—who knows nothing of
history, not even that of his own corner of
this continent. In that corner, indeed,
moderation has never been practised. But
what proud and haughty kingdom, or royal
lamily, of Europe, is there that has uot
treated with rebels with arms in their
hands .'" Did the hoose of Charlemagne
disdain to treat with rebels!' Did the
houso of Hugh Capet? Hid tbe Haps-burghs
? Did the Plantagenets ? Some
such stuff was indeed professed by tne
house of Stuart—for which ono of them
lost his wicked head, and another of them
was driven, with his heirs, fro.a the throne
England. It has been charged also, that
Bourbons bavo affected tho same Ideas, anu
this riis been taken as a grand proof that
they are no longer at to to reign overmen.
Henry VTIoi England WHS a wiso king.
He iid more than other that overy sat on
tho throne of that Kingdom to strengthen
the royal power of the roalm. How did
ho treat the powerful Earl oi Kildare, in
Ireland, when the latter, an adherout Ol
tho nousc of Vork, not Once only, but twice,
joined the standard of pretenders lo th
throne.' Even when the Eari was attail I-ed
h_, I'arliament tor treason he pardoned
him, not because he thought there was jus-tice
or nutb in his cause, but because he
war. a power in the realm. The full history
oi the affair deserves a development noi
possible here. The moral of it is, what all
great State policy in every age of the worid
has exhibited, that the way of national
grandeur and strength is only by couipro
iniso with existing forco.
Battle ol Winchester—Official.
WINCHESTER, VS . M. •,- 27th,1862.
.;/.// r t; ■-../ .'. '.. Martin, A G.:
I have the honor io submit for the infor-mation
of his excellency, tbe '•■ pernor,
the following report of tlio operations oi
the Twenty tirsl North Carolina regiment
on the night proceeding and the day of tho
battle of Winchester, (May 24th and 25tb.)
On tho evening of the 24th, at 7, p. m.,
I was ordered by Major General Ewoll to
detach two companies from my regiment
lor the support ol Courtney's battery and
to throw forward one company as skirmish
ers, in the direction of Winchester tor the
purpose of driving in tho enemy's pickets.
We were five mi.es from that city on the
Front Royal road.
Placing Major Fulton in chargeof Cap-tains
F. K. Miller and I'fhol's companies for
the support of tho battery, I proceeded, in
person, with Captain Hunt's company in
luo direction of Winchester. Fader my
supervision Captain Hunt disposed
his force on cither side ot'thoroad, and
we began the inarch up the turnpike. We
proceeded without incident for a mile and
a half when we received a volley from
ihccn II \ s first oatpost on a hill in (ront
Captain Hunt replied to this hie, and we
pushed on raj ' i v alter the fleeing ene-my.
Ah,ng the route I learned irom a
citizen ibopositi >n of tbe next picket, which
i directed Captain Hunt to approach with
le.'.lil., and capture if possible witboiu
firing. This ho endeavored to do
bat tho enemy was on the watch and re-ceived
him with a heavy lire which seri-ously
wounded private Vestal and slightly
wounded private Whitaker. Having deliv-ered
their shots the enemy fl.-d with e,roat
precipitation. Wo were now two and a
Half miles trom tbe division anu having
leit a road ia my rear by which 1 might
easily be cut oft, having but ono small com-pany
with mc and having sssnred myself
that I was not far from the enemy in forco
1 fell back to tho interceaeotion of the
road above mentioned and dispatched a
counorior reinforcements. Caplaiu Hedge-cock's
company was sent up to mo and 1
immediately po»ted him near the spot
wlnro we had been last fired upon, and
placed Captain Hunt in reserve. Alior
some deliberation 1 determined to advance
once more, and sent back for tho remain-ing
campaniles of tho regiment. These
wore brought up by Lieutenant Colonel
Pepper.
Relieving Captains Qedgecock and
Hunt, 1 directed Major Wbarton to deploy
Captains deadly ami Alexander Miller's
companies on the right and lett ofthe road
and to get possession ol a douse wood about
half a mile in our front which I was led to
■J contained a heavy picket reserve of
the enemy. Major \V barton soon sent me
word that he was on the outskirt of the
wood and could distinctly hear the Yankees
conversing among themselves. 1 sent or-dera
to him to sunrise them if possible and
capture them without noise, but they fled
athis ich, andhe took possession of
the wood. I brought up t.io main body
and posted them in the woods and advan-
•i Major Wharton's skirmishers stili
further to the front. Brisk hung now
vooii place between my own aud tbe
enemy s skirmishers, the tatter tailing
back towards iho town. 1 directed Major
iV barton to secure a store fence in our
front, and Captain Alaxander Miller, a
largo wheat slack on our right and iront.
Brigadier General Stuart now came up (it
was daylight) with the Maryland regiment,
and soon after Major General Ewell came
upon tho ground bringing with him a rifle
,>iece under Lieutenant Latimer of Court-ney's
battery.
The enemy mu now in plain view, in-fantry,
artillery and cavalry—the infantry
in heavy masses behind the stone fences
on tho outskirts of the city, and the cavalry
watching mainly our flanks.
General Ewell rodj forward with me
and examined in person the disposition of
the enemy's forces. He then ordered Lieut.
Latimer to bring up bis gun and open fire
upon the infantry. After two or three
discharges, the Major General directed mo
to move into tho towu with my regiment
and drive the enemy out. Tho Twenty
first responded to this order with a cheer
that convinced me tuut our regiment color
would soon wave in tbo streets of Win-better.
Leaving orders for my skirmishing
companies to come on, 1 gave the order to
"double quick," knowing nothing of tbe
topography of the county and having no
time to reconnoitre the approaches to the
to the town, I had no alternative but
to ndvance along tho main turnpike.
Wc proceeded in this way for throe quar-ters
of a mile when we were suddenly
made aware of tho proximity of the enemy
by a tremendous volley from his concealed
regiments on my left, while another regi-m-
ntcaiuo down at adouble quick through
an apple orchard in their roar opened upon
us also. My men returned the fire with
telling effect, and as soon as I could, I pla-ced
them behind a low fence on my right.
After a fierce fight, of a quarter of a hour
I determined to charge tbe enemy with
the bayonet. I gave the order, and with a
shout my brave follows leaped the wall,
delivered a volley, and rushed upon tho
enemy. They received us with a most
withering fire before which my men fell
like autumn leaves, bat the Yankees fell
back. At this limo another regiment of
the enemy corao down upon my right aid
rear und cut up my ranks to such a degree
that I was forced to change my position in
order to bring the enemy all in my front.
Having done this the battle continued until
the twenty first Georgia Col. Mercor, came
up to my assistance when the enemy broke
and fled in uttor rout.
We captured two colors—my men num-bered
throe hundred, and fought for one
hour and routed the fifth Connecticut, tho
tenth Maine, the forty-first Now York and
tho twetily-fitth Ponsylvania regiment.
No veterans ever faced without flinching,
ft force more overwhelming or a fire more
galling than did the twenty first North
Carolina on this occasion, and I bespeak
for my officers ami men who survived that
fiery ordeal tor tin memory of those who
tell, the distinguished consideration of his
Excellency, tho Governor. Our loss was
eighteen killed and seventy-eight wounded
a list of which 1 will forward you as soon
as lean procure it.
1 cannot close my report without notic-ing
individuals. I may say without oi ror,
that the enfii i regiment behaved with tho
utmost gallantry. The brilliant conduct ol
Lieut. Col. Popper was very conspicuous,
and tbe brave man fell pierced through
b< in hips while in the act of of waving his
sword over his head and cheering on the
n^'ht wingin tbo charge. To Major Wbar-ton
1 was greatly indebted for his assistan-ce
with the skirmishers on the night
previous, and for his activity, zeal and cool
courage during the action. On this officer
devolved the command after the wounding
of myself aud Lieut. Col. Pepper. Captain
Hedgecock, Co. II, was mortally wounded,
and Capt. Ligon, Co. G, fell with a bullet
through his train in tho thickest of the
tight. Death met them at the bead of their
• o apanies while charging tho enemy.
Caplaiu Hunt, Co. B, was very useful on
the night of tuCL'-tih, and Captain King, ol |
Co. F, rendered distinguished service
ii r ugh the tho action of the 25tb. I also
notice with much pleasure the handsome
behavior of Captain Stores, of Co. H,
Capt. Headly Co. E. Lieutenant command-ing
Siiow, Co. C. The Liutenant command-ing
Co. I, whose tiame 1 regret I cannot
recall, Lieut's Wilson, Woodruff, Oaborne
Co. B, Cooper Shulty Owens, Co. E, Beall,
(wounded) Miller, Oaks, Co. A; William
S. Jones, (wounded Co. II; Scott, Wbitlock,
Co. C; Clilmcr, Co. M ; Knily and JJavis,
Co. F and G, also deserve honorable men
tion,and I am exceedingly sorry their
names bavo escaped me. Capt. Hamilton
Sbepperd regimental commissary was by
my bide, and during the engagement trans-mitted
oid ers for me. Ho is a brave officer.
Surgeon Vanner and acting Surgeon Foot
were ver> useful the laUer being much
exposed having his hat knocked off by a
a shell while on the field Private Hains,
Co. F, acting hospital steward, joined with
his company in the charge and was killed
instantly by a ball through his stomach,
luo color bearer was severely wounded,
but would not quit his (lag. Captain Alex-ander
Miller had been deployed on the
i igbt, and while on the wary to rejoin the
regiment in the suburbs I the town was
halted by Major General Ewell,and direc-ted
to report with th" two companies un-der
Major Fuiteti. The conduct of Major
Fulton, Captains t". P. Miller, Alexander
Miller and Ff hoi, being direct under the
ejo of the Major General have never receiv-ed
any repoi t concerning them.
lam respe-.-tfully, Yjun.b'tservant,
W. W. K1KKLAN1),
lato Colonel 21st regimeut N. C. T.
Captain C. S. Infantry.
1 an enabled to transmit herewith a list
ol the wounded :
l.Isi OF WOUNDED.
Col W W Kirland, LtCbl It K Pepper,
J F Beall, Ll J II Jones
Company A—Sgt J (i Ilar'ow, privates
A Martin, W iiailh, G I> Rrown, J \V
SneetS, J R Henderson, Calvin JJwby, T
Jackson, Win. Zamee.
Company B—i'nvates D H Bety, TL
Haynes, W" T Reid, Dobbs Vestel,
Company C—C irpl H J Holder, Sgt S
Low, privates A T Gutzcr,Henry Norman
Company i)—Private M Sprinkle, Corpl
M Sapp, privates John Smith, J I) Lteid, E
B Bostle, Eli Swain, T L> Close, H B Sapp.
Company F—Private John Page, J E
Overby, W Webster, .Til Shackleford, J
Roberts, Sgt W Pape, A G Neen, H ii Hoo-zer,
private Martin Rutledge, Corpl W H
Collins, private R W Cook, J M Mabo, J
W Beared.
Company G—D F White, A Speinhow,
J H Fergerson, Sgt E Coley, private G W
Poindexier. orderly sgt W Wall, private E
Bevil, Sgt TC Wall, privates TJ Tolar,
A M Bowles, W J Vaugban, J C Baker, H
F Fulton.
Company H—Sgt J Axom, privates P H
Cockerham, J E Gibbon-, J T Minish, A S
Key, John Edmonds.
Company I—Sgt R W Hill, privates R
G Bonet, H L V'ernon, J H Sparger, Giles
Whitaker.
Company M—W R Ratlines, J A Cobb.
Ill Treatment ol' Soldiers In Hospi-tals.
In the Confederate house of Representa-tives
oi Wednesday, last, Mr. Clark of Ga.
offered the following r
"Resolred, That a comittee of five be
appoiuted by the Speaker to investigate
and require into the management of the
hospitals in tho Military Department of
Honrico and to ascertain what, if any,
abuses exist and what action if any, ,s
necessary to be ta«on by Congress; and
that such committee have power to send
for porsons and papers and bavo leave to
visit tbe hospitals during tho sessions ol
this House
Mr. Clark—I think there is no depart-ment
of the Government which is so sub-ject
to abuse as this particular department.
I went this morning to a Georgia hospital
to see a soldier, and was informed that the
hospital was closed, and I could not get in
except at a certain hour of the day. These
officers in charge think that they must
uot beat thoir place excop. at a certain
hour ; they have not endeavored to accom-modate
in the least. Persons have come
here to sco and take care of their eick and
woutided sons, brothers and friends, and
have gone away with feelings of the deepest
execration against this department of the
Government; and if there is anything
that will prevent persons from being
brought out to servo the country and
even bring about resistance to the
Government, it is is the treatment of tho
sick wounded and dying soldiers in our
hospitals. 1 feel a deep interest in this
maUer, and 1 desire nothing more than
they should be well cared for and thus do
more towards increasing tne army than
in any other mode. (Applause in tbo gal-leries)
1 might goon to illustrateand to specify
instances bat it is needless. 1 am informed
tnat tho hospital surgeons visit, iho hospit-als
only onco in 24 Hours. I'his I lcai n
Irom persons connected with the hospitals.
Why, sir, I understand that beforoasiek or
wounded or oven a cor.valeseei i soidier is
allowed to go home they must | rovail on !
the surgeon of tho Imapi.al in which |
they bave oeon confined to grant thorn a
certificate that they have been inmates of
the hospital for three months. The I
s ildiers, every one must know, would re- i
Cover much more rapidly at their hospitals. |
1 think 1 bavo said sufficient to illustrate j
the necessity ■'< iiu passage of this resclu-j
tion, but I tn ist ask to bo excused from I
serving on ihccommitte to be appointed as!
under the the circumstances, ± could not bo j
impartial.
Mr. Wright of Ga.— When an honorable
gentleman on yesterday introduced a bill to
increase the army by calling out til per-:
eons between tbe ages of35 and 45 years, I
felt at tho time that it was the wrong way.
Congress had bolter take care of the sol- j
dicrs «o have now in the field before we i
call for more. Weshould perhaps, then i
have n.. need for more soldiers. It seems '
to n.e that this one department of Govern- j
raent needs particular attention. Why,
medical gentlemen who have chargeof bos I
pitals regard themselves US enemies (0 the
common soldier. Thoy do not risk thedangor |
ot the battle. Why is it that the soldiers j
are kept in the hospisals and not allowed to
go back to their triends ? Why is it that i
the Government refuses them furlough to!
go homo, where thoy will be much better i
attended to than in tho hospital? Why, |
1 am told, that when they get away, they !
will not coroc back. Sir, 1 say, that this |
is a libel upon tho men who have fought,
und are still ready to fight the battles ol'
our country. Sir, when they aro able they
will return. All they ask is, tbat their
country will troat them with that humani-ty
which is due them that they may still
be able to perform their duties to tbat coun-try.
I left at my room this morning a youth,
a mero stripling a member ol that renown-ed
regiment, tho 8th Georgia. He was the
first to enter tho scrvicooi the Confederate
States in my district. He has beon in
every battle with bis regiment, and fought
whore it was not engaged. He has never
onco been home nor looked on the face of
his father or mother sinco the war began.
I am told he will bo utteriy unable to go
back to tbe army until cold weather. He
has never asked a furlough of his country ;
yet bis application to go home has been
retused. 1 am told tnat it has become
suea a source oi anoyanco to the dopart-ment
that they were obliged to ceaso giv-ing
furloughs—yes sir, because it is a
source oi'i.'ii oyaoce ! Really I think that
before we call lor mote troops wo had bet-ter
make provision lot taking care of those
we have.
Tbo resolution was agreed to.
A NEW ORLEANS ITEM.—Lieut. D'Ap-rcumont,
H Southern officer from New Or-leans,
having been taken prisoner by the
Yankees, was being conveyed through tho
streets of that city totho Parish Pi ison. He
as marcl ing alonsj bare footed, under
i-,, ]. when tvo of his civil an friends pro-eu
jd a pair ot .ihoes and handed them to
him. For ibis mercy they were arrested,
s ul tho Beast sent one of them to
: .o Parish Prison for three months, and the
other for six months. "Go on," Butlor,
•goon!'' Your time wili come.
they would if they had been properly taken !
care of and not wasted. T,.„ nr " P*"e .'- *»Cnn.o»«.
People will hardly stoop down to pick I 0 ' 1^, d""U>M,nK °»l»rgo on fi.
up a needle or a pin, but thoy will go t. qU°r comPels •»>»">• of ,ho -weak o
the stores and buy tbeni.—Ladies will take vcson l0 v"ious shifts to obtain
ivory comb, pu> it in. watoa» and ^ the exhilarating fluid, and th
McClellaa'* Army.
McClollan is said to be much dispirited
at tbe terrible disaster which befell his
army around Richmond. Formerly of *n
unusually sprightly and jovial turn, he
settled down into a gloomy melancholy at
Berkeley, and was scarcely able to greet
Lincoln with a smile en tho occasion of!
Oid Abe's visit some three weeks since.
From the following, which we find in the
Richmond Dispatch of Monday, we are in-1 comb. There
olined to think that the juvenile Napoleon ! gutta norcha that comb the hair better than
nea to
a twig of
Acneomb a child s hair with it; it is never their strategic talents freo,..n.i
dry. the ivory softens, aid , he comb is used -ehanyo of hue " 1 .'T^"11*
, up in a very short lime, when u good comb ' , Tl ' exl"blt» contiu.*.,.,,,
| of that description ought to last at least five : ^"y Ano Lxan»in«r give* the folio
years in a common family. Mothers have , '"* HCCO"ot of the manner,,, which
exercise of
involving
decahlei-i-not
learned that water will spoil an ivory delicate
Stood :
Pr
which th*
oegouauon is managed ia R,cb.
puigu enitn come to oo written truthtuliy,. Where iln w,. ir—. u ■ .. -v anoca at the ,
.1 that shall ever bo done, ,t will turn out to thc Ear i/Z .fi .1 "A °" °^''od b> lh» "»«
have been one of the most disastrous that JS-TS , ° n
b" S™' i ** ^ ^ V'^<>r-Ah ! *o
ever occurred. From a priv ate ,mree we | ^^JTtoTZti?' " *^ '
obtain the following facts winch may serve,! pinfiv A„
in Botno degree, to illustrate tbo prodigious ; wi.ereTPr vn„ J' 'fJL
losses which he sustained. * | X7^22L^L 5?^
tb« door is
A lady, whose ro^ideuco was* a>i ' a his [
lines while, he remained on .' iivor,
and who frequently saw him, wf.^es to a
friend in this city to tho following effect:
General McClcllan called to see her just
before ho left James River, and opened the
conversation thus:
"McC.—I wish you, madam, to answer a
question I shall ask you candidly. Have
you any objection ?
"Lady—i must hear the question first.
"McC—When does tbe sickly season
commoDco in this part of tho country ?
"Lady —I have lived here upwards of
thirty years. I have always found the
sickly season commence towards the last
of August, and continue at least, throughout
the month of September. We generally
leave home about the fi.st mentioned period,
unless unavoidably detained.
McC—Then if I stay heie until the first
of Ocobcr, I shall lose every man 1 have
left. I have already lost, irom battle and
disease, since I first set foot on the peninsula,
1011,000 men ! I have 40,000 lea, and they
aro so worn down by sickness that if 1
wore attacked
Catch the Rogue
A young man calting himself Turner, and
professing to belong te tho tho army, appa-tently
about twenty or twenty-one years of
age, about five feot nine or ten inches in
height, with hair a little inclined to be
light, with a scar on his faee, i^the side not
remembered^) bas been roaming through
tho country stealing horses, and other
things; under a pretence of impressing
them for public uses. The said Turner,
whose real name seems to be Board, was
arrested at Mt. Airy, Barry county, N.
C, on a chargo for forcibly taking a horse
belong to ouo Eli Jessup; and although
the ofience waa elderly --■,- ■» upon him,
he was 6"L _„„SnuT o'F'a lechnical legal ex-ception,
and on account of his youth and
positive aud oft-repcated promises to rejoin
3d 1 should be compelled to .; - . e
surrender. Why I have not been attacked, 1 b;s coroP»ny »n service, permitted logo, en
I cannot imagino ! ! bid own recognisance to appear at our next
Tho lady who writes this bears as high a j Superior Court. This occurred in May or
character as any other in the State of Yir- J u"°- Since that time, wo have boon rolia-ginia:
so high, indeed, that it is impossible "V informed that ne bus stolen unother
to doubt anything siio says. Whether be horse from Eli Jessup, and other property
told her tho truth or not, it is impossible to 1 fr°nfcOther perwonat. The horso which he
know. But it b certain thai she told what 8t'"e from *p- J,,!,sup was recovered by a
and corner of the house. Where are the
can pick up one
answer the end
in thus wasting, with a
prodigal hand, tbe good things which our
Heavenly Father bas bestowed upon us?
A knock door, and
clor."
el morning "Doctor."—
nooed, debilitated, and cal!
■ •ii you for advice.
f'octor
| of our creation
she beard him say. We can conceive of no
inotvie bo could have for exaggerating his
paity who pursued him, but tho rogue es-caped.
Wo are also informed that tbe said
losses to her. We therefore believe she^told Tumor endeavors to excite sympathy by
il.Cgtrulh, the moro espociallv tbat all ac-. reporting himself to oo a relugee irom
counts from that part of the country tend , North western Virginia, and a most devo-to
confirm his statement. Tbo whole re- j u'd Southern man, and circulating aniour..
gion is converted into a graveyard. The I dpd a,ld '.vlng reports on various citizens o'
stench which loads the atmosphere for too ««»«>t«-y» pretending to implicate them
miles upon miles is perfectly overpowing. ' as unmieto our cause, 'ihe public are
The magnificent estate of Westover, cspe- I cautioned against him as a most unmitiga
cially, is one huge Golgotha. Bead horo.s j lcd scoundrel, and aro warned not to pui
by the thousand strew the surface of the ! a!'V reliance lu his statements; and good
ground, ami beoath is little else but tho bo- i tit.zensare requested to arrest and confine
dies of dead men. Tbo wbolo estate was > u"n« "° t,U4t Uo ma-v' De l"1Blst" d
trenched up, or dug up in -.Hiking wells.—
Many of these wells have been rilled up
with dead horses since the enemy left, ar-d
dirt thrown upon them.
Counterfeit Confederate .Vote*
A friend has furnished us with the follow-ing
description of the counterfeit Confed-erate
bills sa:d lo have been is«ued by tho
Yankees and circulated South. The
general execution of th-? counterfeit is said
to bo better than the genuine.
On the 20's in the Ii ft band vignette in
the genuine the brim of the sailor's hat is
clear ol tbe coat collar behind, and there is
servos. J. F. GRAVES,
W.U. HOLL1NSWORTH,
H. V. ALLRHD,
WILLIAM RAWLEY,
W. A. MOORE,
S. i). MOl >RJ .
T. F. PRATHER,
BOBT. s. (JILMJSB.
Mt. Airy, N.C., Aug. 12, 1808.
Speculators and (Extortioners.
Thousands and tens of thousands of hot
brained, before day war men, have re-mained
oat of tho war to coin money out of
the government and every ono around them.
Ah, yes;»itdowa Leimeeaee,
yoor lengu. »„d lee. yUUr pul*., (Looked
tongui.and foe,, pulse.) Youaro pro.tr.-
tod and neeu some stimulants
"Doctor" Bits down and write, to ..
nesr tbo Latin language a, poesToS*. JT
senption, in which wfiskoyT - -'}",,
largely mclnded. to be either taken sep
ratoly or logotber. F
As spirits are a scarce article with th*
druggists the "Doctor" suggo.ts. as be has
it handy that the patient lake a bottle ol
it, and thus fill the moat easentiat-iu fact
the all-esseatial portion ol his prescription,
which is accordingly done, and the •
to.-, "pockoting a five spot",for his advise
and medicmo, dismisses his patient halt
eared, with tho boitlo mdw hi. coat-toil —
And, reader, that i. the way it it done '
P*y or our Soldiers
The pitiful pay of our soldier., whe i
they get it, i.a crying shame upon our
"ovcrnmont. Congress must do something
quickly io relievo them. Speculation and
extortion and tho pinch of the war b. o
brought them and their families to the do< r
of staavatioR. Only think of it—ill pel
month, ano $50 commutation for clothing
forayear, for oar brave soldier., whoa
shoes sell at 810 to $12, pants at f 16 to 120}
shirts at 84 too, coats at $25 to$30, &c.
bacon at lOets., meal $1 50,sngar at 60 crV,
&c. Can it be possible that tho govern.
ment will put thoin off with that pitiful
-um, unless it breaks up the extortion .
speculation of tho country ? It will not t o.
Uur soldiers must bo better paid, or wo c n-not
expect to prosper. Let tho .alaiies'of
thehiguar officers bo reduced—brigades,
regiments and companies made smaller, .a
Ol n-r ti'.u iho ,'Miik and Ulo tua> >o bri
paid. Moreover, some of them aio not paid
regularly. We understand that some ot our
soldiers ha-e not received a dollar of their
.-..
fa i
wageaajnee the let of January lust. Whoso
fault is il?—St-imUirJ.
shading behind thc ship HI tho rear of I ho j and to claim exemption for their sons or
sailor. In the counterfeit the hat brim j employees. Tho government has thus un
touches the coat collar, and thera is no : wittingly given the speculators a monopoly
shading behind thc ship. ovcritse'll, and tho public, which is opera
On the 50's centre vignette a woman is ing injuriously to the common weal. For In-holding
up the lid oi tho chest—in the gen-' stance, tanners claim exemption from the
uine, there is a lock on tho chest—in the J war, because leather ia BO much needed by
rjL,)MREW 4lt».—Rauaway from the suh-i^
siAJ .Briber, on the — JO<1 instant, a negro
■M—ADDJSON,',aged ahout 2-i years, -very Mack,
■hows the white of his eye. much, about r> feet io
- high, haa a considerable s -ar on one knee,
auU iwo tr-e anger, were badly cut and ju»t enr-d
up. He mayattetnp* to get on ihe N. C. Kailrwlhy
pa«se», or a servant ">r some persons. 1 will g'»e
i,,e above reward of TWIT* DOLLARS i..r bJ.
delivery io me. near High Foini, N. C, or in any
jailvvh-ere taken up, so that I^can^t hjm.^
au28 13"tf
counterfeit, tho lock is not so percep-tible
On the left lower corner in the gen
uine, tbe hair of tho bare headed man is
brushed smoothly, as if with a wet brush
and to cover a partially bald head ; in the j
counterfeit tho hair looks as if blown by
the wind, ihe rule work in tbe right up-per
corner die (50) is different in the coun-terfeit
somewhat from the genuine.
On the 100's in the centre vignotte in
tbe genuine, the mule stands at the cotton
screw slightly quartering, as if going
around i n tho circle, presenting nearly a full
back side view ol tho mule. Tn the coun-terfeit
the mule quarters around considera-bly,
showing nearly broad Bide. In tho
genuine between tho feet of tho sailor on
tho left corner, there are two little 6tones—
in tho counterfeit there aro thiee stones.
Brlgbaui Young on Homespun.
'•The prophet" has been lecturing his
followers about the nocos.'ity of depending
upon themselves for articles of domestic
use, instead of upon "strangers" and "ene-mies,"
in which category tho people ofthe
United States arc placed. Ho maintains
that Salt Lake can produce everything that
is requisite in a household. There is as
good material for making hats as in aoy
part of tho world. "We have ar. excel-lent
button machine," and tbe «*tona of
bones lying bleaching on the prairio" are
just the thing to make buttons of. '-Some
ofthe sisters wear home-made shawls, and
to mo they appear far more appropriate
than tho gaudy trappings of t jreigu make."
Tbo term "appropriate ho must evidently
apply to the dr< sses woro, not to tbe
wearers. Then to make spindles, pins,
:edles, and cloth, "the saints" nave
the government. They demand the ex-emption
in order that they may buy green
hides at 6 aud 8 cents, and dry hides at 14
and 16 cents per pound, and soil solo leath-er
at 51,50 to 51,7b, and upper at $2 to
$2,25. Owners of cotton factories demand
exemption for their employees, because ihe
government is a customer, and then demand
GO to 75 cents for spnn cotton per pound,
and 35 to 40 cents per yard for domestic—
Tho wholo Confederacy has thus become
tho mart for tbe speculation and extortion
of certain classes, embaras^ing the govern-ment
and impoverishing the people. What
can be done to remedy it ? Let Congress
and the Legislature look to it Every lac-tor,
merhhant, mechanic, farmer, and spec-ulator,
engaged in the work of extortion
upon tho government, or people, should be
forced to shoulder his musket forthwith and
go into the war. Our suffering poor are
groaning under the load imposed on them
by the war and the speculators.—Standard
REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS.—We hope our
Lady friends all over tho State, and
especially tho young Ladies who are not
burdei ed with the duties of Inuse keeping
will allow us again to remind them ot the
importance, nay the indispensable nooea-sty,
of their going to work at once and
vigorously to provide such comforts for
thuir gallant defenders as they must have,
.1
net
plenty of iron, and necessity will impart
skill to use it. "» have not," says the
speaker, "sent to the States this season for
any iactory cloth, nor for any calico, and 1
shall say to my family, "You roust make
your own clothing or go without." The
following extra" is respecting the mode of
using certain domestic articles is unusually
edifying:
1 have often wished there was not such
storing as a pin or a needle when I have
lound them sticking in garments, in my
shirt, OP my pillow, in the chairs, on t
door riijrs," strewed over tho floors and
passages, and in the street, 1 will venture
to say that the quantity- of pins and needles
that has been brought into this territory
has not done one-tenth part oi the service
to protect them against the inclemency
the coming winter aud avert the sic,
and death which will result from exposure
without proper clothing. If ever mi I
deserved such care from women, it is the
men who aie now fighting the vile foe who
drives womon and children from ihei
homes, robs them of bouse and food si
even clothing and trinkets, and ineuli i
maltreats them. And who ran i i
tbo feeling winch comes over the sold.ur in
his bard and comfortless camp, when h'
opens a newspaper and finds the name <-f
-omo Lady Acquaintance, or relative, W
loved one at homo, as a ortiibu or to his
comfort in cam, ! We borrow the idea
from a Lady correspondent, thai when
those gallant soldiers some home victorious,
and look about them lor wives, they will
naturally bo drawn towards those who,
while they were away, suffering in camp,
rcmembored to work lor • heir comfort.
As the young Ladies, there-lore, would
desire to stand well with tho returned
soldiers, lol tbcm go to work at once and
earnestly.—FayetUvUU OUterver
A THREAT or KISIONATION.—Tho Cin-cinnati
Caaelte, referring to the inleiviow
between Lincoln and a committoo on 'ho
su'jcclof arming tbo negroes, ha. tho
following:—
" The Fruid'ttt's Threat uf Jigsiyniny —
Tbe word "resignation" from the 1'r si-dent's
lips, in the interview about arming
negroes—the detail, of which, nolw th-
'litig Ihe Mippre«s them, Bl pi
into print iu a .Now V'oi k paper—must have
fallen with startling eflect up n the put l<
The dissatisfaction of apurtiouof the par-
'y that elected him, with certain toalores
ins policy, was well enough known, und a
consequent feeling ot general discouitort
era. hut natural; but—resignation—Ihe
word sounded ominous. "It tho pn pie
will not be satisfied, I have made up ray
miad 1 will resign, and let Mr. Ilamlin try
what ho can do at it!" Tho reepoime—
Irom a Western man and an intimate ac-quaintance
of the President's—was nol less
■tartling : "I wish lo God, Mr. i'resnl
you would!" More aatounding illustra
liana of the revolutionary spirit with which
the air is charged could hardly be Isaac*
mod."
SALT ! SALT !:—-Oar readers and the pub-lic
trill doubtless be interested in thc l-lowing
facto, with which we have I
furnished for publication:
"(iov. Clark, in behalf of this Slate, ha.
procured from the proprietors of tho Vir-ginia
Salt Works, an interest in those
works, for the manofactore of .alt. fhe
proprietors agreeing to furnish as tioub
brine as can bo used. So the quantity of
salt made will bo only limited bv the aooont
of labor and machinery employed by tbe
State.
N. W. Woodfin, Esq., has been appointed
onpenntendent in behalf of tho State, and
is now at SalUille, Va, with ample means
and authority to erocl all the noccMary
machinery' and hire labor; and as his
sucoess depends on the amount of labor h
can procure, it is evidently tbe iDtereBt of
counties and individuals to assist in sending
up as many laborers as possible for tf is
neceasiry work. Men with axes to cut
wood will receive 8-iOpor month, and teams
lor banliog from 84 lo $5 per day. Em-ployment
will bo given to all the labur
will oiler, and it affords a fine opportunity
, Eastern slaveholders for employment o.
their slaves in a secure position.'
Coi ••TiKFEiT Oummmttta Nmes.—
The YtilkMt bavo issued a largo mount
,.; spurious Confederate notes, H I '•>'
-line means bete introduced them lathe
Sooth Toe Secretory of iheTwaaary has
,„ notice th.t the $WU.**, •'J»-u
Confederate bills, dated Septembe Ed.
I 61, from lbs lithographic plates of Mesar.
Hoyer and Lad-ig, ft-ebmond. have been
counterfoited and circulated, thereto.». he
,s,ue no more free, those plate.. 11 n.e pub-i,
c ought to be on their guard in regard to
lbem. Let the bills above described be
roturned to the Treasury as MM M
possible. fTolders efgeeirloe "M«e*<fea
Ud named above, re.urnirg £•*«"{•
IWsory T •" Assistant finwnv dl
receive ia «*« «bereof interest beM £
„„„.. or call cettificstee, ™* *'" *?
taken up a. soon as other notes are »su«d.