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ifiui-'BJwli- lti liankru.A BEAUTIFUL SONNET. n

: - 7 ' "

O ! I ask not the love of a heart that is burningWiih all the wild passions of vouthful unrest, ,

That, like, the gay butterfly, ever is turningFrom flower to flower and never is blest ;

I ask not the love of a soul from whose bowersNo bright bird of pleasure has ever yet flown.For thtf heart that is joyful with' songs and with

fl jwers ' .

Would wither and die,. U twere iinn.eu wn.u u.jown. ',

TT.- xt- - ii- - - tU. iI:tl.f.l TVuMnn

xto l give me iue cuurak,auis imni--- .

That throws in the bosom which sorrow htnpained

The blossom of trath-come- s to, fullest perfectionw nen SKies mat snea aew-urwp- s m iuhtAs the moon when surrounded by surging cloud

billowsDoth shed a rrore tender and beautiful bejun.So the tide of affection is sweeter when willowsOf sadness and sorrow bend over the stream.

.JohnH. Boner.

Emancipation of Slaves by the ConfederateGovernment.

Usurpation is ever prolific. When tbeConfederacy, by the Confederate Congress,claimed omnipotence over the Statesaml'its citizens, including the-officer- of theStates in its military resources, by the con-

scription law, any one conversant with

hnman nature must have known that thismight not be the end of its usurpations.A Constitntion is like a dyke keeping outthe sea. Cut it and the influx of the wa-

ters must be endless. This usurpation wassoon followed by the direct tax act, bywhich the Confederate government claim-

ed to be omnipotent and consolidated-i- n

its taxing, as it was 'by the conscriptionlaw in its military powers. We are nowat a third stage of its usurpations, soon tobe accomplished if not promptly met bythe States the power to emancipate ourslaves.

The five Governors of the ConfederateStates who met at Augusta on the 17thinstant, passed the following resolution :

Besolved, That .the course Otheenerayin appropriating onr slaves who happen tofall into their hands to purposes of warseems to justify a change of policy on ourpart; and whilst owners of slaves underthe circumstances should freely yield themto their country, we recommend to on

authorities under proper regnktions, to'appropriate such part of them to the pub-

lic service as nniy be required.Tl.ia vaai-dntin- rflwwmnendin.of that "our,1UU IV " i

authorities" (doubtless Confederate au-

thorities, as they only control the war)Bhould "appropriate" our slaves to thepublic servicef cannot mean, the employ-

ment of them as ostlers, wagoners undcooks in camp tor this, a law of Congressalready authorizes.' They must mean some-- 'thing more than this. What they meanthe "following extract of the RichmondEnquirer, seems pretty clearly to expose:

"The proposition to extend the conscriptlaw to the slaves of the States, was firstformally advanced by the Enquirer, in theissue of the 6th nit. The near approachof the time when the Congress meetsagain, requires that expression to be givento the sentiments of the country upon thisimportant "measure. We therefore earnestly invite its discussion-- , ana open ourcolumns to opponents, as well as friends,of the groposition.

The conscription of negroes should boaccompanied with" freedom and theprivirlege of remaining in the States. And,when once it is understood that freedomand a home, in the South are privilegesafforded by the Confederate authorities,while the enemy extend the beggarly hos-

pitality of Yankee philanthropy, not onlywill desertion from our ranksbe nnfre-quen- t,

but.the drafted negroes of the Yan-

kee armies will exchange services.We have in our midst a half million of

fighting material which is property shall- we use that property for the common

cause? - Justice and sound policy demandthct we make freeman f those who fightfor freedom. We' conscript the masterand we impress his horses, cattle, wheatand every other property except slaves.This.

very exception is an imputation thatl f 1 J 1 ! 1

tnis war is ior slavery, anu not ireeuom.If there is any reasons against extend-

ing the conscription to slaves, we shouldlike to have thera stated, but we are de-

cidedly of opinion that the whole countrywill agree to the proposition, and that atan early day the next Congress will be

Here the proposition is, that the Con-federate Congress should conscript purslaves-a- 3 soldiers; and shall emancipatethem.

Now, if there was anv single proposition that we thought was unquestionable 'il. - J ,1 ; ,1 .1m tue vonieueracy u was mis mac tneStates, and the States alone, have theexclusive jurisdiction and mastery overtheir slaves. To suppose that any slavo-lioldin- g

country would voluntarily leaveit to any other power than its own, toemancipate its slaves, is such ah absurdi-ty, that we did not believe a single intelli-gent person in the Confederacy could en terrain it. Still less could we believe,after whathad taken place nnder the United States,with respect to slavery in the SouthernStates, it was possible that any pretensionto emancipate slaves could be set . up forthe Confederate States. It was becausethe exclusion of slaves from our Territo-ries by the government of the UnitedStates, lookedto their emancipation, thatwe resisted it.

The pxwer to exercise it . was neverclaimed by that government The mereagitation in the Northwestern States toeffect the emancipation of onr slaves large-ly contributed to onr separation fromthem.- - And now, before a Confederacywhich t e established to put at rest foreverall such agitation, is four years old we findthe proposition gravely submitted that theWifederate government should emanci-pate slaves in the States. South-Carolin- a,

acting upon the principle that she and shealone had the . power to emancipate hereiaves has passed laws prohibiting theirjmanupation by any of her citizens, un--

w5S."? 8nt iUt 0f the State y and n

inter i6ba11 6Ver Awards"it.. She has innow force, pro

I'HK iiUlii OA nuLi a srAjiDAitDi. krioa, .now is

hibiting free negroes, belonging to- - eitherthe Northern States," or to European pow-ers, from entering the States; and by, themost rigid provisions, they are soized andput into prison should they entor it. Thesewere her rights under the Union of theUn1?bd. States, recognized and protectedby the government of the United States,and acqniesced in by all foreign nations.And, now, here, it is proposed that fiegovernment of the Confederate States, notonlhastho right to seize our slaves andto make them soldiers, but to emancipatethem in South-Carolin- a, and compel us togive them ua homo" among us. We. con-

fess that onr indignation at such preten-sions is so great, that we are at n loss toknow how to trtg&thcm. To argue againstthem is' They, are asmonstrous as they are insulting. '

The pretext for this policy is, tltat wewant soldiers in onr armies. This pretextis set up by the Enquirer in the faco of thefact disclosed by the President of the Confederate States,that two-thir- ds of our sol-

diers, now in the army, are absentees fromits ranks. The Enquirer is a devout up-- ,

holder of President Davis and the Admin-istration. It does not arraign the government for such a state of things. It passesover the gross mismanagement which hasproduced them, and cries out,- - that ne-

groes are wanted to fill the ranks" of ourarmies. The President refutes the asser-tion. - They are riot wanted. The freemenof the country are not dependent on slavesfor their 'defence. There are twice asmany at home as are in the field. Whyare thej" not in the service ? In our opin-ion, it is tho fault-o- f the government, andcan be rectified. But if it is the fault olthe people, can slaves supply the place oftwo-third- s of the people, to give the Confederato Stitrea independence and liberty X

It is vain to attempt to blink tho truth.The freemen of the Confederate Slatesmust work out their own redemption, orthey must bo the slaves of their ownslaves. The statesmanship, which looks t

anv other source for success, is contemptihie charlatanry. It is worse it is treach-ery to our cause itself. Assert the right inthe Confederate government to emancipattslaves and it "is all stone dead..Of the two-thir- ds of the freemen of the

Confederate State., who are absent fromthe army, there are two hundred thousandwho have, by the direct action and per-

mission of the government, been exempt-ed from service in the field. These alone,placed in the field, aro sufficient to givesuCcess to our arms. They constitute aportion of our enrolled soldiery, belongingto distinct military organizations and com-mands. Tho residence of every man olthem is known ; and they are amenable tomilitary discipline and seizure. Congresshas passed a law, taking from the govern-ment the power to continue these exempts.Why are they not put inV the army ?

The ground on which' they wero exemptedfrom service in the field was, that theirlabor was more important to tho Confed-eracy at home to provide for the countryand the army, than in the field.

Admit that for this reason, the govern-ment was right in exempting from serviceiu the field it conclusively proves, thatonr slaves ought not to be abstracted fromthis occupation. Jf for the hist year, notonly all our slaves, but two hundred thous-and of cur soldiers, were necessary, bytheir labor, to make food for the country

does it not follow, that if yon withdrawthe two hundred thousand soldiers fromthis occupation the slaves ought not tobe withdrawn also ? The labor of everyslave in the Confederacy will be requiredto give us food, ami thus to save our cause.They have been, and must continue to be,vastly more useful to us as laborers, thanthey could be as soldiers. But we feel, inpresenting these reasons ofexpediency, thatwe, iii some sort, degrade the right. Wedeny that the government of tho Confed-erate States has the power by the Consti-tution of the Confederate States, to con-scri- be

our slaves into our armies, or to em-

ancipate them. Char. Mercury.

THE AGE OF ROGUE 11Y.This indeed seems to be the ago of ro-

guery. Wejiear of numerous thefts eve-ry .day, and many occur which never reach,

-- our ears. Petersburg, which formerly,was a city famous for the propriety andgood behavior of its citizens, has latelybecome a den for thieves. The strongestlocks and most, massive, bars are no hin-

drance to the successful feats of this darkbrotherhood, and day and night alike pourincrease into their laps, florses, cattleand crops are stolen by the wholesale inthe country adjoining, and provisions,household articles and monev are seizedupon in the city. If a horse 13 tied jn analley, it is qucstionabjo whether the owner,will find him on his return ; or if he findsthe horeo, ho is Apt fo ruins tho saddle' Ora piece of it.-- Pep .a cow up in your yardat dark, and the only sign yon are likelyto see of her on the following morning, isa bloody bone or her last night's tracks.Where is the hen roost, or the" ig:sty thatis considered safe ? Every man too, h.'is asweet tooth jn his head, and sugar vanish-es from our 6tores like mist before themorning 6nn.. It i3 not even safe to hanga specimen pair of shoes, or a piece ofcloth, or a pair of socks, or 'anything of anyvalue, at the entrance door of a store, else,when the propiotor's eye is turned in anopposite direction, it will disappear as ifby magic. Your money is demanded inthe very streets of the city, and if it is notyieldedyonr life or your bone3 are apt topay the penalty. A riiost deplorable statoof morals now exists, one which every cit-izen would gladly get rid of.

xmt retersbrrg is not alone in this respect. Richmond and other largely popu-lated cities of tho South, aro subjected tothe same ordeal, and tho law can .reachbut few of the offenders. The art of ro-guery has been greatly improved, and itsdevotees largely increaed in number. Thetimes are demoralizing, the temptationsare great, and few there are in the greatmass who can withstand them. The. darkbanner of sin, covering 5ts multitudinoustorms, hangs like a pall over this strag-gling land, and Christianity for the timeseems crushed and hidden. Petersburg

HOW WIVES MAY HELP THEIRIIUS BANDS.

A brief sketch of tho late Madame doLamartine has just been publishedin Paris,which tells the world something of herdomestic life. - It appears that she copiedwith her own hand all of M. de Lainar-tinc- 's

works, except " Les Girondins."All of the " cepy" snpplied to the printer"is in her hand; she kept the poets ownmanuscript as a precious treasure, whichshe knew posterity would value' as liigl lyas she did.- - lie wrote tho poem " Jocclyn''in a large album which he used for an ac- -'

count book. The obverse faco of theleaves contained the accounts of the labor--

era. in 'his vineyards, the reverse wascovered with poetry. After the poem wascompleted, and negotiations with a pub-- -lisher were carried to a successful issue,Lamartine, pointing to the album as hemounted his horse - to make one of hisusual excursions, asked his wife to end itto the printer. She opened it, and, seeingat firsv nothing but the accounts-o-f thelaborers in the vineyard, thought there

f must be 6ome mistake. She ' examinedfurther, and foundtho reverse face of

5 every leaf contained "Jocelyn." Shelanghedi took the album' to her secretary,

" and resolutely Bet to work to copy theI poem. M. de Lamartine thought his workr. in the publisher's hands, nntil a week:: afterward, whou, as they were sitting down' to breakfast, she gave him the album and, the u n blotted man uacrlpt of "Jocelyn."? The" poet was so deeply touched that he

a pen and wrote the three dedicatory1 strophes to Maria Ann Eliza, which are to'i be. found on tho first page of that work.2 She copied all of M. de Lamartine's cor- -. responuence. one leaves a great manyf letters scattered, in tne Hands ot tnends,2 which M. Dargaud, it is 6aid, is collecting,

with a view to publication. Tiioy are re-- jpresented as written with great talent.

. A still greater service was performedby tho wife of Sir William Napier, in the

5 composition of his great work on the ' His-.- -

tory of the Peninsular War." In the " life"; of Sir William, recently published

don, we find an interesting allusion to heradmirable zeal and ability " When thoimmense mass o King Joseph's corres-- .poridence, taken at Vittoria, was placed

i in mv hands, I was dismayed at fiuding itto be a.huge collection of letters, withoutorder, and in three languages, one of which

- I did not understand. Many, also, weroin very crabbed and illegible characters,

i especially those of 'Joseph's own writing,which is nearly as difficult to read as Na

f poleon's. The most important documentswere in cipher, and there was no key.Despairing of any profitable examinationof these valuable materials, the thoughtcrossed me of giving up the work, whenmy wife undertook, first, to arrano-- theletters by dates and subjects, next to makoa table. of reference, translating and epit-omizing the contents of each, and this,without neglecting for an instance the careand education of a very large family, sheeffected'ia such a simple and comprehen-- ,si ve manner that itwas easy to ascertain the

v. original documont in a few moments. - Shealso undertook to decipher the correspond-- jence, and not only succeeded, but formeda key to the whole, detecting even thenulls and stops, and so accuarately, that

i when, iu course of time, the original keyI was placed in my hands, thero was noth-- ;

ing to learn. Having mentioned this tothe Duke of Wellington ho seemed at firstincredulous, observing I must mean thatshe had made out the contents of some let-ters. Several persons had do:;e thisfor'hiin,he said, but none had ever made out the

, nulls or formed a key, adding, 4I would havegiven 20,000 fo any person who wouldhave done that for me in the Peninsu-lar.'"

One of Lamb's Best. Lamb once con-vulsed a company with an anecdote ofColeridge, which, without doubt, he hatch-ed in Lis hoax loving brain. u 1 was," saidhe, "going from my house at Enfield, tothe East India Ilonso one morning, whenI met Coleridge on his way to pay me avisit. He was oriraful of some new ideas,and in spite of my assuring him that timewas precious, he drew me within tho gateof an unoccupied garden "by the roadside,and tfiere, sheltered from observation bya hedgo of evergreens, he took me by thebutton of my coat, and, closing his eyes,commenced an eloquent discourse, wavinghis right hand gently as the musical wordsflowed in an unbroken stream from his lips.E listened entranced ; but the striking clockrecalled me to a sense of duty. I saw itwas of no use to attempt to break away ;so, taking advantage of his absorption inhis subject, and, with my pen' knife, quietlysevering a button from my coat, I decamp-ed.. Five hours after in passing the samegarden, on my way home, I heard Cole-ridge's voice; and, on looking in, there hewas with closed eyes, the buf torr in his fin-

gers, and tho right hand gracefully waving,just aa.when I left him. lie had nevermissed me."

A Sneezixg IIka.d. The manager of aBerlin theatre got up a drama in which ahnman head was to be offerred to a tyrant.In order to produce as much effect as pos--.

sible, he resolved to use a human head.' On the stage was placed a table covered

with a cloth; on the table was a. basin,and an actor, concealed nnder the cloth,poked up his head through a hole in thetable, so as to seem to be placed in the ba--'

sin. The effect was prodigious ; the audi-ence applaned and trembled. Unluckily awag, who was behind the scenes, sprinkledsome snuff on the basin, and just as thotyrant finished his address to the severedhead of his enemy, tho head replied by ahearty iit of sneezing, changing the audi-ence " from grave to gay " with remarka-ble expedition.

The terror of the desert of Sahara is be-

ing removed by the application of science.In 1860 five wells had been opened, bring-ing water to the surface from a depth offive hundred feet. Vegetation is springingtip around the wells, and the " desert willblossom like the rose." -

Soma ladies use paint ac fiddlers do rosin to aidthem lo dxawiDg a beau.

I

Freedom of tie Press Illustrated.The following edict appears in the Baltimore

American. Yankeedoodledorn is the Land of the

" Free Press. " We have been told so a million of

times, and it must be bo. Bat it by no mesns fol-

lows that tbe privilege of uttering falsehoods, V wick-

ed falsehoods," is free. Thai valuable right is re-

served to the government and its agonts, Stanton,Grant, Sheridan and the rest. Of their wicked false-

hoods, the papers may publish a9 nany .as. theymease, but none of their own. Here is the law on

the subject : -

Hcadq's Middle DtfPARTMBST,

Eighth A buy COWS. -

Baltimore, QftL 29, 1804. )Editor ef Loyalist :

Sirs On the 20tK Inst you placarded your bul-

letin board ou Baltimore st-e-et with ihe announce-ment, in large letters, that another draft had been

ordered; that three hundred thousand more menbad been called for; that, onder the new call, thesubstitute s)item would be abolished, &C. Withthese wicked falsehoods you'assoc'ated the name otthe Secretary of War, evidenily designing to give.

your news air. Such bold imposture inthe beginning, sufficiently erposcs the animut withwhich yOur paper will be hereafter conducted.

The Co valid was started by loyal men, but you.and the corps editorial at your back, are disloyalists.As a union paper, it obtained most ol its patronage.

Its originators, on account of their loyalty, wereinfluential enough to obtain government printingwhich helped to till up the columns of the very- - i

. 'sue that contained the falsehoods in question. Isit tolerable that you should take pay from a gov-

ernment of which you are such an unscrupulous- enemy? I do' not think so.

You will, therefore, from this date, discontinue: tbe publication of the Loyalist until the war w over.

The old conductors ot the Transcript, Bulletin,. ta, may is well accept notice now that they will. not be allowed to publish, ft paper in Baltimore, no

matter what 'name or guise they assume.Very respectfully.

Your obedient servant,(Signed) . LEW. WALLACE,

Mnj. Gen. Commanding. .

A true copy :

Olivkb Matthews, Capt A. A. G.

Tns Power op a Fues Pk ess. ' Give me butthe liberty of the Press," said Sheridan in the Brit-ish House of Commons in 1310, "Give me but theliberty f the Presg, and I will give to the Ministera venal House of Peers' I will give him a corruptand servile House of Commons I will give him thefull swing oi patronage and office I will give him

, the whole host of ministerial influence I will givehim all the power ihat place can confer upon himto buy up submission and overawe resist? nee; andyet, armed with the liberty of the Press, I will goforth undismayed to mcl him ; I will tttuck withthat mightier engine the mighty fabric he hasraised; I' will shake down corruption from itsheight, and bury it beneath the ruins it was meantto shelter."

It is conceded, wc believe, that a Despotism anda tree Press cannot co exist in the ssnc country.

' Tho free Press will either overthrow tbe Government, or the Government will put down the freePress. We hadever believed that, in our day, anattempt would be made to put the liberty of

' the Press until we saw it The attempt seems to- us sadly omuious, becau.se we have observed that

every attempt to establish a despotism during this' century has been preceded by the suppression of.

the freedom of the Prees. This is the invariableand inevitable precursor the flash before the clap

the rattle of the serpent before his deadly spring.The suppression or the free press means the estab-lishment Of t despotism. Charles X. tried it pre-liminarily to bis attempt at despotism in lb30, andfailed. Louis Philippe indicated his disposition tooverthrow the liberties of Bin country by attempts

- upon the press, and he, too, failed. Louis Napoleonsupprevpa' the free press before be suppressed lib-

erty. It is the premonitory symptom, always, andit always gives warning of the same thing. Tbepicket guard must be surprised before tbe sleepingarmy can be slaughtered. The press must be si-

lenced before liberty can be surprised. Our appre-hensions may not be just, but this is a sign, and amost fearful one.

If the press, when free, is such a tremendous en-gine in the hands of those who love liberty, that theBret step of every aspirant who seeks to overthrowthe existing institutions of his country is to destroyits freedom, what must it be in the hands of such anaspirant himself? Hew long will it bo, when thereis no free press to give the people wurning of eachnew enterprise against liberty, and when there isan enslaved press to represent each such enterpriseas inspired by t)ie loftiest patriotism and the mostconsummate wisdom, beforewe shall have, not thepresent enlightened and patriotic Senate, but a ve-- .

nal, self seeking body in its place ? How lon be-- ;fore the present highly honorable body of Itepre- -

sentatives shall Jbe substituted by a corrupt and' servile successor 1 How long berore the enormous' patronage already enjoyed by the Chief Migistrate

shall be let loose in full swing to purchase silence'. and overawe resistance 7 How long wilT it be be-- .

fore liberty shall be shaken from its foundation be-- .

neath tbe play of this terrific engine, and bury in. its ruins all the fair fruits of a four years' straggle f

Richmond Whig.

Votb or the Yankkb Navt. The New York' Iftrald publishes extracts from letters in respect tothe enforcement of the Lincoln doctrines onboard

. of the national ships. From these specimens we

. have room for only the following:A letter from a sailor, dated " in the James River,

. October 21," says :" Commissioners cameon board the various vessels

in the river to take the voles of the crews, as they' said, by order of the government "If a man voted' the Republican ticket he was furnished with State

and Presidential ticket to forward to his agents. Ifhe voted for the Democratic candidates he was told

' there wertwio tickets for him, and he must provide. them himself."

A sailor on board of the United States steamerMinnesota, in Hampton Roads, says :

On the 22J all the sailors on the vessel whohailed from New York and desired to vote, wereordered to lay aft on the quarter deck. The Com- -niodore then descended from tbe bridge and addres-sed the men as follows: "All who wish to volethe Union ticket remain aft ; all the rest can go for-ward out of this.' The Republican gentlemanmust have felt a little crest fallen when they per-ceived that all left but five. When the votes were

. cast they amounted in all, including officers andmen, to eleven. The crew of the vessel numbersseven hundred and fifty men. Lincoln runs but apoor chance with the navy boys, if this vessel is asample."

A sailor on board the iron clad United States'steamer, Roanoke, writing under date of October H2otn, makes . the following statement in regard tothe management of the voting on that vessel :

"'Two army officers came on board to diy andmanaged to get ten votes for Lincoln. When theMcCklUn men went up to vote they wgre told togo away ; that they might as well vote for Jeff.Davis. They also declared that they did not carry

! any ' outlawed ! ballots, and if the men did not liko. Lincoln ballots they could not vote at all"

. PRAISE YOUR WIFE.Praise your wife, mn for pity sike give her

a little encouragement ; it won't hurt her. She hasmade your home comfortable, your hearth brightand shining, your food 'agreeable; for pity's sake

'tell her you thank her, if nothing more. She don'texpect it; it will make her eyes open wider thanthey have for these ten years; but it will do hergood for all that, and you, too. -

There are many women to day thirsting for tbeword of praise, the language of encouragement.Through summer's heat and winter's toil they havedrudged uncomplainingly, and so accustomed havetheir fathers, brothers and husbands become to theirmonotonous labors, that they look for and upontbem as they do to the daily rising of the sun andits daily going down. Homely every-da- y life maybo made beautiful by an appreciation of iu veryhomeliness, You know that if yon can take fromyour drawer a clean shirt' whenever you want it,8omebedy's fingers have'ached in the toll of makingit BO fresh and agreeable, so smooth and lustrous.Everything that pleases the eye and sense, has beenproduced by constant work, .much thought, great-care- ,

and antiring effort, bodily and mentally. '

It is not that many men do not appreciate thingsand feel a glow of gratitude for the numberless at-

tentions bestowed upon them in sickness and health,but they are so selfish. in. that reeling. Ihey don tcome with a hearty, " Why how pleasant you makethings look, wife 1" or, MIatn obliged to you fortaking so much pains.

They thank Ihe tailor for giving tbem " fits ;"they thank the man in full omnibus who gives thema seat; they thank the lady who moves a long in the

--concert room ; they thapk everybody and every tilingout of doors, because it is the custom; end comehome, tip their chairs back and theie heels up, pullout the newspaper, grumble if wife asks, to takethe baby, scold if the fire has got down ; or, if every-thin- g

is just right, shut their mouths with a smackof satisfaction, but never 6ay to her " I thank you.

I tell you what, men, young and old, if you did.but show ordinary civility towards those commonarticles of housekeeping, your wives ; if you gavethe one hundred and sixtieth part of tho compli-ments you almost choked them with before theyweremairied ; if you would stop' the badinage aboutwhom you are going to have when number one isdead, such things wives may laugh at, but .theythink deep sometimes ; if you would cease to speakof thir faults, however banteringly,. before others,few women would seek for other sources of happi-ness than your cold so so-is- affection. Praiseyour wife, then, for all the good qualities she has,and you may rest assured that her deficiencies arefully, counterbalanced by your own. Ercliange. '

Common Sense. There is considerable commonsense in the following article irom the CharlotteCarolina Timet- - relative to the positions occupiedby Messrs. Stephens and Boyce, and-som- of the oc-

cupants of snug bomb proof positions in South-Carolin- a

would do well to profit by it:Re-Uni- or Rb Construction. Much is being

said at the presentime by journalists and corres-pondents, in the papers of the Southern Confederacy,by way of criticism upon the policy suggested'bythe Hon. W. Boyce and Vice President Stephens,some contending that those gentlemen, (the formerespecially,) are in favor of whichthey interpret as meaning re union, a re establishment of the old Union, and tat therefore those distinguished gentlemen are willing to sacrifice all thathas been lost or won, and surrender to tbe North-ern government, at the sacrifice of principle, honorand property, rather tnan continue tne war as it isnow being waged! '

We are much surprised on. reading some of thecriticisms, but find on the other hand that a fewjournalists and their correspondents not only defendthe honorable gentlemen referred to, against the aspertions of the press, but endorse the sentimentsexpressed by Messrs. Boyce and Stephens, as notonlv proper but statesmanlike.

. We regretted when we read Mr. Boyce's letter,and so expressed ourself, editorially, that he re-

garded it necessary to employ certain facts and arguments to illuminate his policy, yet wc have notbeen one among those who' concluded that Mr.Boyce or Mr. Stephens have become unsound ; ontne contrary, we are of the opinion those gentlemendeiignnothing more, nor would tney accept any- -thin;; less, than an honorable settlement of our" national difficulties, with the unreserved acknoweldgment of ihe establishment of the government of fheConfederate h'ates of America.

Ifthewiris ever closed, that desirable . objectwill he secured in one of two ways, backed by thesword, viz: Diplomacy or the extermination oftbe people of one of the two sectious. After thesword has done its work, then the military chief-tain must stand aside and give place to Diplo-maii.sU.--

adjust all differences and establish boundaries with a mutual agreement that there mustbe two distinct governments, each independent ofthe other yet obligated to unite, if necessary, forwar purposes, to prevent invasion or spoliations bya loreign government.

We earnestly advise our readers not to b? tonhasty iu making up their opinions upon this greatquestion. Many who have been extremely anxiousin giving judgment at so early a data may, beforetbe 4th of March next, be called upon and expectedto chance their opinions and seek counsel fromwiser heads.

A distinction which is not warranted by the cir-

cumstances surrounding the two classes of. men, ismade by the Su'gon General of North Carolina, inhis regulation in regard to Artificial Limbs theprivate soldier and non commissioned officer to besupplied without expense the officer to pay primecoit. '

Is not the brave officer whose limb is amputatedafter battle, as worthy and a3 meritorious as theprivate soldi" r who has suffered a like misfortune fShould a comprehensive and enlightened policy at-tempt 'o draw a line tf distinction between the de-

serts of the two ? I) jcs the paltry sum of Confed-erate money, which the ollicer receives, counterbal-ance by one half nil th-- j gouging he is compelled toundergo, while the government is making herculeanendeavors to pet. back all it has given him? Doesit follow as a matter of course that a man is rich, ableto live, support bis family, and serve his country forrothing because he is an officer f Does the honorof his position which makes him a mark for theenvy of the private, and a target for the jeers ofdemagogues does such honor pay him for his p e-

cuniary losses, as well as for his sacrifices of com-fort and encounters wiih danger t Ought the poordevil Je compelled to buy his own Artificial Limbs?

We know the reason for the drawing of this dis-tinction. Demagogues, with very few exceptions ,till the Legislative halls of the country. Dema-gogues generally pursue that course which theythink will render them popular with rhe masses.

Tney think that there is a feeling of enmity between the officers and their men ; and knowing thatthe men outnumber the officers they hope to win fa-

vor with the troops by passing obnoxious laws forthe officers. .

This will do no longer the privates are fond ofabusing their own officers, but are unwilling for exemptt to abuse tbem ; and they feel that the menwho have led them in battle, and shared their hard-ships, and encountered their dangers, deserve equalprivileges with themselves. The day of reckoningwill come, and all these mean tricks will be answer-ed for. .

We reiterate that North-Carolin- a is able to giveall her sons who bave lost legs, Artificial one3without prime cost or any lhing else. Xorth Car-olinian. .

We think the Carolinian has done injustice tothe Surgeon-Genera- l. He is authorized by law toprovide for .the soldiers, but not for the. officers.We think, however, that the Legislature willprovide, if it shoui be deemed practicable to maruufacture or procure artificial limbs for all the sold-iers, that the officers who may need tbem may also besupplied free of chargevith the srae kind of limbs.There ought to be either as to theprovision or the kind of limbs furnished. Standard. "

Messrs. Stephens ano Bovce asd " Recosstrcc-tion.- "

We take it for granted that if Mr. Boyce ofS. C, and Mr. Stephens of this State were favora-ble to a Peace which would not insure Independence,they would have the' manliness to avow their senti-ments in a manner that would bo unmistakable.Neither of the distinguished statesmen mentionedhave uttered a word or written a line, so far as ourobservation extends and we try to keep up withthe current events in politics which d

and intelligent merrcan construe into ah advocacy'of that imaginary something which Babler Bombproof and Co., have denominated " Reconstruction."

If we may judge them' by their words and bytheir acts, and we are not warranted in going be-yond these to look for their jnotives they advocatean armistice and a Convention of tho States for noother purpose than that of bringing the war to aspeedy and honorable close, or, in other word, fora peace settlement, which trill guarantee to theSouthern 6tates or to the Confederacy, if you pre-fer that rithi of which Mr. Davissays is the-onl- y object of the war on our part .

Messrs. Stephens and Boyce advocate a policywhich they conceive to be well calculated to shorten the war," and to basten the day of our deliverancefrom Yankee domination ; and yet because the plansthey suggest for securing-- Independence and Con-stitutional liberty is not concurred in by Messrs. B.Bombproof and Co., and because the above namedrespectable firm aro the only competent judges ineucli matters,. Messrs. Stephens and " Boyce are"Recon8tructionists."- - This seems to be abdut theSum and substance of the issue.

1inueea " nard

.to tell ... .

wnmn " J. i v ' in in t, ..iu wnupt no . e w,Eacrct purposes in the min?0f t? Wfvuojueu , " o""rung motives of oCZ &tivco may oe disclosed lK iparty on trial ; and it is unfileuse no plainer term foranother is "unsound " on thJ5realnIn,lin,,te tt'ine our R1rt;.. . . .

public journals which" oaBto,7!Stephens and Boyce in :?,m? ofabout "Reconstruction " Wlth 'Wthese two i;0;,:Jv?i publ."in the lt. i.

their readers- - ma h.v. "emen ordT

1 " oe "Plicated 5" afor Reconstruction " .'" 'eta.Sun. unsoundness.

The discussion which thgreatly encourage, upon the BohiJ rf1slaves by the Confederate government pQrcl1

poie of the employing them in the arailht

F

tnem in me r oi war for actio. .lu"ii!,ia a.. DC VlfViwnen neeaea, witn additional provisin ""are to be freed to remain among us afu

t Lover, is in our judgment, much to iTbe question was mooted a short timeleading presses, which however, mip1 ftunequivocal marks of disanDrovsl "iiT1 V M

the country would be spared the ti& 3 e

- v..t" uiuow noi oe exnMadvocates of this scheme, that the Ttf

subject will force those who view tbegl?(ofkabhorrence, to be silent Questions. .e tare intimately blended with this Kubietyolve the utter subversion of the in- -

very, if not the whole fabric of our St.,ments, andthe consequent destru Mi . ?"'T-

ertv itself.Viewing the subject " in the lM,t f

onr social cconemy," President Davis diaZ'tthose " who advise a general lew.n .vnts'!:slaves for the duty of soldiers," but wheed to him as a necessity, as affording a faintits being a barrier to subjun-atio- "!.. f '

reason to doubt what should then te onr A

And have we arrived at that Doint in.. .... ....

who in otner riiys and on another famm ,

mmseu as inn cnamn nn m NTata k

construction of the orgnniclaw. bec f.Vof position with his eye and hand resting ZConfederate constitution, which he haj tfore-Hig- Heaven to support and mainuina!!tnat instrument to tne winds npon the nWreal docs the Sonth owe all it Drentm.

'

This plea of necessity is an insidious n106 10Irr... Tt clrilroo... .11 k t...i . "W,w, tuc iiuimrKs iMinsto.rtres;ion and licentiousness roorori i. .l . "r

and thtcommnn hw, all constitutional imp.?to the reign and riot of power, changing Bostr,,idly the genius of our institutions and governIt was this plfa that ltd to the violation nf(u.stitntton by the Northern States, f .reed hy bifeaboli ionisra it was this plea which MSomhCvolina to 5ecec?e, to wa'd off anticipated greater erf.,which perhaps, never would have been b!;! .!

this forced the dire necessity of the general gectJ

Biun, m iiicu cuumnaiea m tne ply of necessity V

Lincoln, to force upon us this desolating war. B;V necessity.knows no law."

There is safety in the constitution and the hrif we abide by then. Beyonl these all u ch,.and rnia. A strict repard to constitutional Mmrwould have saved us from, the evils we suflt-r-- :

ignore them now will only plunge us into deto.calamity.

The neetsiity has not yet arrived, the Pnsi.l.

thinks, to force ns to make so'diers of our Avsngeneral laws, and we believe it never rill, if e:here to the first principles of the government, i

the prosecution of the wr. A free people like ti

oi the aoutu, aciher ng to the principles ofrij.and the great landsmarks of civji liberty, canwrrhe conquered. V e have no fear of Kuh)ugatra

we stand nrraly to these principles. Hut rtdi

us to the a! j.-c- t slavery of ntcestUy, and wtireready subjugated.

But the President proposes to purchase na!

40 000 slaves for present purposes, who mar

trained in the 'art of war, to be used when nwesJry, and should they do their duty and surviveravages of war, then free them to remain among

If the President of the United States, while Mr.

vis was a member of the old Congress, had mi

such a proposition, what would have bet-- bis rep'

as a strict constructionist of the constitution!Would he not have enquired for the authority

the Congress to purchase slaves and to manna

them ? Mr. Davis admits that the social and polr.

cal cortdition of slavery is a question restin sole

wuh the S'.atcH. Docs not the question ofttie n(

of property in slavery rest with the bti.es aisorn. t the whole institution under the control of

Slates where it exists ? The comuinn governmer,

may tax them as property to sustain a war or ti

meet its necessities, may hire or impress them is

property when required, but has it ihe right to r-

emove tbem beyond the limits of the State withos:

its consent? These are questions which must te

settled definitely, we should think, before Coops

proceeds to favor the Presides propositioa-- O

tervative.

BOXES FOR. SOLDIERS.

ALL BOXES FOR SOLDIERS OATWfollowing named persons will be promptly furv1oi ctiarge:

Ir. D. F. Summer, Asheville,Dr. W. A. CoUett, Morganton,Dr. J. W. Allison, iSraiesville,Dr. J. L.'Neagle, Grecnhboro,Mr. A. Hugnn. Charlotte,llr Edward Huge, hlern,Capt. J. .V. McDowell, Raleigh,Joseph A. Worth, Fayetterille,K Murray i Co , Wilm!i;:o;i,Mr. K.-- Bond, Tarbo o'Mr J. A. 4. A'okcw. Colerain,Mr. F.I Itcberls, Murfresboro'

. . .. ....f T o I : 1. .furnuue uiuiiii-ra-, ..jnBmiij.

Tl u k..'il J ...nnorlr mirlM,"

delivered in time for my Spcil Messenger wbo i

liateign on the first day ol every momn.EDWARD WARBE?.

- Surxeoat.wenlVO- -

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WANTED!85,OOO'B50TE8- -

O AAil OLD N. C COUPONS.

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N. C. RAILROAD COUfw

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Raleigh, Oct 24, 1864.

MA.soisrio. - rtGRAND LODGE OF F. A. ,.,

THE Carolina will meet in tbi CToB"trM,eveninjj the fith December next, at 7 o'clock, fpr

action of business .. . . ji.bOfficers of Subordinate Lodges are requests

in person, or have special delegates aPT0'? j LoHgeirstiiution and general regulations of tbe rM ,tv

Ralegh. N. C, Oct. 17, ISM. 7

WOOL NOTICE.QuartermaaterN Departnient,

AM TfOW PREPARED TO EXClMI ,uCOTTOX YARN roa WOOL, upt

tertcs, vu: j Wool"One bunch or Yarn for S poond f WashC

--

h mm 4. m 4 u - CnirMM0

AGENTS hare been appointed to make tbe exebrthe following u'aoes:

Uxlora, inwooro, .. u.iia'W

Catherine Lake, Joncora. ; ;

Uendemonville, atatesrille, .&

Asheville. Pi.tsboro'.FayetteviMe,VST Persona shinuinsr WOOL to lh'S P10? ....-- vf

mark on the packages who they are fboh, auu w

will be forwarded immediately. . . fotIhope-tfaepeu-

ollua troop.. 1a. Q.'m, fc

July 181 364.