carolina watchman weekly vol xx salisbury n c pecember 1 !*<;_. number 28 j j brunei mill nu am proprietor for the watchman little ellie ry laura i sad is tl sunshine the foliage ii sere the flowers are all drooping ellie't not bore soli are mir foot tops — lushed it our breath — our dylinir out loved one j ir sleeping iu death « on i home is so lonely — i ts sunshine aeoms pone ; we mt it rl and still lo jen foi elbe's soft lone wo mis her at morning s.i hi e'l i and so free • 8 he bei-lcs not at evening ll r fond father's knee _ we miss li r sweet talking _. her lovi ng loft tone : < her kindness so thought ful , . for every one we miss her blithe laughter , hei blue eyes bright beam her little hands clasp ; ci i is ii a dream ! the children will gather at ill i tne tit el'e n , and t h k . while my heart bleeds \ of l'.llie ui heaven they mem not my anguish their artless words pain , they grieve that their mother is iveepi ng again they si.y " she is happy in heaven ou high thru t.'.'iy nh street ttiothet sin ir in tin you cry { ' ffir she bald she was going to l"siis tin high to in ei lit tie sisters \\ ch clod m the sky i knew love she's happv am free from all pain lint i long , nh i long tn see hrr again to put my anus round her to clasp to my breast mv own precious darling and soothe ber to rest u«o god in his wisdom his i.i n her away to meet little jennie and a , eet imliy mav wv1i murmur no more f..r now we litiv given tim e 1 ven with le-ars three angels lo heaven rowan way-side hospital for tbe mouth ending ou the i liii instant two hundred tiud eleven sick aud wounded sol ders have beeu accommodated ai tins hospital , from the following counties viz alniiimice 1 alexander 15 alleghany 4j aosnu 3 ashe _. buncombe 9 hurke 11 cubarrusl culd well 7 catawba 44 cherokee 1 davie 7 davidwu 2 haywood a hen derson 1 iredell ki mcdowell 7 mitchell 1 iluutgoui'-ry 1 rowan 17 manly 7 surry 1 union 1 watauga 1 wilkes h f ind yadkin 4 one from florida three from georgia one from louisiana seven from south carolina aud two from texas contributions in mouey to the amount of have been made by persons in the fol lowing counties to wit alczatuler — amanda c mcintosh ft_0.00 richmond — col waller l steele i).(ih lluirun — alexander trexler 1 charles c lluckeit $. r i richard josey 2 andrew ii row 11 1 ; w l westmoreland '$*___.; mrs catharine s mk 1 10 ; miss l-inma sink tl ; moses l holmes iu 48 10 78 iu the chairman also gratefully acknowledges fce receipt ol the following donation iu provi etuns c : cataichu — dr a m pawed 5 bolls domes tic oue barrel of llour and 5(1 lbs cotion rowan — mre catharine hustler bushel = apples samuel it harrison pair of lire-dogs dr samuel reeves 95 lbs sugar mrs anna mcncely 1 bushels meal and one bushel ofpo t-jitees l blackmer cord of wood ; mrs mary murphy one jiiili ; miss elizabeth murphy nt quill ; i nd west air ol blankets ro bert m uizinaii cord of wood ; 1 a davis cord of wood ; jame s mccubbiu bushel of meal mrs catltariue link pair of socks ; miss su om t giles on ijtiilt this hospital was established ou lhe 1 4ih of nly lu.t siuoe winch time the number of sick ; i wounded sol mis who have heen accom modated has been six hundred and forty-iwo 1 0 minister lo the wains and necessities ofthe brave men who have contracted disease or i-n wounded 10 defending our rights and lib • ties requires n large amount of money but lei us kimw in nr deeds ihat we properly ap preciate their services by liberally contributing or mean i a u rde lo render tin-ir condition comfortable when sick und wounded it would '"• doing them njiistice 1.1 let them suffer while v "- iuive it in otir power to relieve them and we trust thai ev.ry one will respond in a be coming manner by contributing something in noney provisions bed-clothing a_c james c smyth tl-tthe iredell esprttl will please copy • ♦- • t-y a shoemaker in ktioxville the oth f day charged 30 for a pair of boots he was at men uikcn t_j under the k - x einption act nikl'conscrjpced for extortion i be people of ktioxville kiio liow to 3»i such fol.ow claims of deceased soldiers vvc publish below the following circu lars prejnired in lhe second auditor of fice willi llu i-fjtil lions r__.'iri'il to as these papers give information on the sub ject 1 th pay fec ol deceased soldiers that will interest many numbers of our readers ! treasury d_.r__tm__t com ko_itai r state second auditor's orrcn . november 5 1mi2 s t<i ch_i.mu._i im aiiv.ns "! j'ac bounty ac due to deceased officers ami soldiers ol the army ot the cunlcderatc states in compliance with the provisions ol tlie liim-i section i t no lit i the confederate congress approved october sth l862 the undersigned lias prepared rules and regula tion foi pay men l to their proper representa tives ol the amounts due to deceased officers ami soldier ol the confederate army which have i n approved by the fi___.ret.try t war a printed copy ol which may be obtained on application to this office by mail or iu person by tii v one diiecl ly interested therein claimants will promote their own interests and tv expense und delay by observing the it u 1 1 ( i w 1 1 1 ■_- sugirestiuns : i no age 11 1 or attorney ii the seat of gov i ertiuieut or elsewhere ia necessary as they i canuol i tlieir personal attendance mnl ni i licitation ttl this office obtain i more speedy settlement ol claims of tli ja character lluui the l_ut_..ui_s themselves though the hitter may li i thousand miles oil '_'. claimants should by no means because of delays that are at presenl unavoidable sell or part with their claims i'hey cannot know ti iimount due which iu uli eases will be ascertained by it regului uudil ami remitted to tin parties entitled ..- soon its il is possi j liii to i o .', there is ii necessity lor claimants to in j im expense and loss of lime m alteiidiutr to their claims personally indeed tlieir presence otteiier causes dela than otherwise the mails or ttccideiital private conveyance will be i'.iiii.l all sufficient as remittances of i t amounts lound doc .. claims will always be taken up and set tle 1 according to the dates i ihen presenta tion tins will be miic.ly observed without respect to any person whatever so that par : tii in the most remote sections ol the con j tederacy may be assured that their business will be as certainly attended as if they were i personally presetit 5 the printed regulations and ibrtus ap proved by the secretary l war betbrc re ferred to will gne every information ueces sai y address w ii s taylor secoud auditor conlederate stale richmond va treasury department c s a ) second auditor's office - richmond va november 1st 1862 s regulations for the payment of claims for arrears of pay aud allowances due to de ceased officers and soldiers ol the confed i crate army per act no 402 approved february 16th 1862 and act no 30 ap proved october 8th l862 the first . ctitm nt the above named act provides that the pay and allowance due to any deceased volunteer non-commissioned officer musician or private in the array of the conlederate suites shall be paid to the ! widow of the deceased if living if not to the children il any and in default ol widow or children t * » the lather it living and if not to the mother of such deceased volunteer . the firsl section 1 acl no 30 provides that claims due to deceased non-commis sioned olticcrs and private for pay allowance and bounty maybe audited tiud paid when there is official evidence of the amount due satisfactory to * i i • second auditor under such regulations as he has or may prescribe with tbe approval ol the secretary ol war by section 1 ol the same act it is provid ed that the claims ol deceased commissioned .. dicers shall he paid to their heirs or repre seutatives in the same manner as similar claims ol non-commissioned officers and pri vates are now or may be directed by law j be paid payment will be made accord ingly under the following rules 1st lithe children be minor payment will be made to the guurdian upon the produc tion r the proper certificates ol guardianship under the steal ol the < mini im the claimant must produce his or her affida it aud that of one disinterested witness stating the relationship vov instance i the claimant be ii mother the affidavit muststate lhat there is living neither wile child or fath er oi the deceased : il the father thai there is neither wile or child ; und il the child thai there is no widowed wile tin magistrate oi other proper officer must testify in the credibility 1 the witness and the dcrk of the couri musl certify under the seal ofthe an thai he is mich magis trate the foregoing instructions musl be strictly complied with powers of attorney or as signment which will seldom be necessary may be executed before a magistrate or in the presence ol two respectable witness claims prepared as herein directed and trans mitted to the sc ni i auditor by mail or oth erwise will receive as prompt attention as the business ol his ollicc will allow and always in the order of their presentation the amounts found due will bo remitted by the auditor t the parties entitled n thev may direct w ii s taylor second auditor war db-a______*t c 8 ,\ i november 6th l8fi2 j approve tlie foregoing rule and regulations o w randolph secretory ol war home education for boys and girls boys usually take after their fathers in olden times the fathers hie sour grapes j and the children's teeth were set on edge especially lhe hoy's teetl . if a father chews smokes swears drinks breaks the sabbath neglects the bible and lhe sane ttiarv lives as il there were no god no judgment day no eternity what wonder if bis boy takes alter him even when lhe mother pursues a more judicious nnd faith ail course instiling into the boy good | principles and resolution the evil exam ple of the lather lite a superior magnet draws all such wortiv mil's out of him — j in apetheeary's weight 8 drains make one | ounce inn in domestic weight eight pa ■ tenia drams may nake one filial drunk ard ; and in housdiold measure twelve inches of fatherly departure from virtiie'e path may lead to lis boy's wandering a lifetime in llm way it sin we are more hopeful ofthe girls be cause they are more tinder the influence of the mothers weaker but belter vessels are ke.pt more at home and withal me more tractable in their nature they are more easily persuaded to ionic under gospel in fluences the wninm are braver lhan the men ami tlu.y uncce-ni in infusing some coinage in a their daughters for thev are not afraid io gu lo chinch and expose iheiu • i'lvcs to the gospel batteries men chief ly keep at a distance out of the range of bible shoi and shell those are thegreut est known coward who flinch before the truth — we have m_iiv such — the greatest boasters bu lhe le i-t courageous ■ • 9 ■ _-_-_-_-__■_-________,* ukki <;\ no of oil ii r neble this officer has tendered to the adju tant general of the 0*_federatt stales the resignation of his cummissioii received from the governor ol north carolina as colonel ofthe fifth i.egitnelit ill his letter to <''>-. \* i ilie set ti fig foit ll j the reasons which prompt li i 111 to ihis step , he states facts which have too long been ' suffered to pass un noticed by the brave and gallant soldiers of llnssiate when fight ing hard fighting is to be done the north carolina boy are in brisk demand ; their blood has flowed frrclv on every field and j the prowess of theirown arms has changed the fortunes of many a doubtful day vet we have beard of lul few instances of ber gallant sons receiving that meed of praise even in au oflicial feport which they had so justly earned and which was so richly i tlieir due lhe treatment of our officers too in regard to appointments and promo tions has been positively shameful col morae complains that in several instances he has been compiled to see junior offi > eers promoted ov-j him — officers who had j not and who hale not yet seen a battle , j his complaint tint col iuis.it uf geor j gia bis junior an who has b.eii under ins j own command foi two monihs has been | appointed brigadj r in his brigade is not without cause am we cheerfully commend ! the following parigraph wliich we extract i from his h-tter to the governor : but severe us h the trespass upon the j individual pride o north carolina officers who have lately imii obliged to submit tu < i the promotion in several instances ol ciii i ens of other suit's to the command of j brigades exclusively north carolinian the i slur upon the state is broader and de i inatnls the reseiiti.ieiit of lii-'f 0ns in the ] only mode they can manifest it in the j suiiit of an earnest protest ayainst this in justice individual and to my state 1 re sign my commission 3 i the matter of which colonel mckae so ', justly complains is niluded lo by governor vance in bis message lo lhe legislatur v.ith the recommendation lhat something shall be done tu prevent tins gross neglect of entirely ignoring north carolina merit and we sincerely trust ihal the abuse may be speedily coir.cte.l the id a of appoint ing officers from other stales io command north carolinians when we have men among ourselves capable and worthy is outrageous and the practice is becoming intolerable — greensboro 1 patriot - 4t we learn that a whiskey distille ry was torn down in tiie-loii couniy last w.-ek bv the people the high price of com in lhat sectiou and the country be yond we suppose has made the people re solve that do more shall be wasted tor whiskey char dcm retaliation legislation the georgia legislature appears to be distinguishing itself hv r stringent course of legislation on lhe subjects of this war especially with respect to yankees for 1 eigtiers and residents who have refused the protection of the confederacy a hill has alrea.lv passed the senate enacting that nil and everj person who lias left the stale of georgia for any other place on tbiscon iiinei beyond the limits of the confeder ate states since the commencement of the present war or who mav hereafter leave during the existence of this w r shall be forever disfranchised from voting in this stiite ami in lhe event he or tln-v should return to this stale shall also be kable to ' pay annually a tax of one thousand dollars j for each an i every member of his family i including himself during the period of his i residence in the same senate act it is provided that no person now a citizen or resident ot the i niled states sliall he hereafter per mitted to become a citizen of georgia with out firsl taking in addition to the oath '. now prescribed by law an oath that he will uphold maintain and defend tbe in dilution ot african slavery intact forever the following hill has also a«sed the 1 s.-natc of georgia retaliatory to lincoln's abolition pr lainati.iti : \ bill to be entitled an acl to add an ad ditional section to the 3d division of th penal code wli.-ivas abraham lincoln president if the united siuies has published a proc aiiihtioii for the purpose of exciting insur rection revolt and resistance on the part of slaves in ihi slate the penalty for which offence is bv the laws of ihis state death and whereas thin proclamation is design ed to be enforced by t lie citizens of the united stales sic 1 the general assembly of geor gia do enact that t'otn and alter the 1st day of january next any person a citizen of lhe united states of america who shall be found within the liinils of t'le state of georgia shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor and on conviction sliall be punished with death skc 2 it shall he the duty ofthe judg es of the superior court to hold special terms for the speedy and summary trial of said cases ' the railroads how to live it has been apparent to our mind for some time that lhe entire transportation by rail will necessarily be engaged for the ex clusive use ofthe government this will be a great inconvenience to the people who ha-e been accustomed to look to this mode of transportation for their constant daily supplies the importance of expe ditious transportation for men and army supplies is so obvious that no patriot can complain of it hut our idea is to impress the fact on the minds of lhe people and counsel them to provide against future in convenience by making prompt prepara tions to raise everything ihey eat and make everylh ing they wear at home save seed of all kinds of vegetables prepaie vour i ind this winter for all kinds ot cultivable productions cabbage potatoes turnips and everything that ean sustain lit riant ne\i veai iu great abundance raise large quantities of poultry ; sow eve ry acre possible in small grain so that you mav make bread ; have pastures nf slock ami make milk and butter people can live and do well on these whim they call liot btiv coffee and bacon j ul all tbe fe males to carding spinning knitting tkc both for yourselves and the sohliers in slioit make up vour minds lo suffer and make lhe same sacrifices for liberty which vour grand parenis did in time of the old revolution — rich examiner georgia's contributions in the war we gather from the official report of th adjutant and inspector general ol georgia thai lhat slate has in the confed erate provisional army fifty nine reuimeiits of infantry three regiments of cavalry three battalions of cavalry fotirtm.li inde pendent battalions of artillery infantry ami range s four independent companies of ar tillery and two legions being mixed com mands of infantry cavalry jin i artillery the same official report declares tbat taking the number of the free inhabitants of georgia as given by the cen ma of june i860 at 506,608 and allowing one half of that number 208,400 to be males and applying tbe usual rules of proportion for ji^.'s il will riot be unsafe to say that by extending the period for military service beyond forty live years the state can fur nish twenty-live thousand moro able bod ied men should necessity demand their services — rich examiner manufacturer of european ncwf again blow the buble of recognition ii an credulity having been el haosted bv the varied fable of liu lish interference in american affairs the old tale is told anew with alter ed names france and russia now are the parties who will forthwith intervene in the cis-atlatitic quarrel and put an end to strife on some unexplained plan bv the force of their great moral influence over the belligerents in this form the btory is si little more plansible than before for that hostility to the south which is the well known characteristic of english politics ami literature is less powerful in france that coun try tco lacks the strong interest in the prepetnation of the american war wliich england derives from the growing cotton fields of india but j when this superior plausibility in the new story of recognition is admitted 14ii is said thoro is not one parti cle of substantial support to this ru mour no official declarations at tach to it the whole report begins and ends with a newspaper corres pondence.—a'/ca examiner salt petre — we have hitherto heglec ted to notice that under the auspices of the c s nitre bureau the manufacture ol salt petre has been commenced at this place it is tinder the management of a c m unlock ksq and promises to be suc oesstiil we understand that last we dc ho collected one hundred pollnds and as he has now nearly perfected his arrangements he expects hereafter that the quantity will be largely increased his success lias al ready greatly exceeded our highest expec tations fltll.sboro 1 recorder by the indefatigable exertions of capt c li harney agent of the c s nitre and mining l.ureau for the district of north carolina the manufacture of salt petre is becoming quite general captain barney's headquarters are in this to*n and we have the opportunity of knowing that lie is an industrious persevering work ing officer the works here under his immediate sup rvuion bid fair to do well — greensboro 1 patriot we wish a correct list of the speculators and extortioners in the confederate states could be kept iu order that we might know after the war is over who were our enemies let this be done — chattanoo ya re he i also keep a list of those who refuse to take confederate money their names must l.e handed down to posterity as the worst enemies the southern people had to contend with a day of judgment will surely come the traitor or deserter who leaves us and joins the enemy does no in jury in comparison with the false fiiend at huine who depreciates our currency char democrat a yankee visits the '* contrabands — a yankee correspondent who visited a camp of the contrabands relates the fol lowing incident uf his visit wishing to get into the notions of the ibukies 1 p_»sed among them as a farmer my army hat annw ring a capital purpose ii the game 1 proposed to hire a man pun no sah where you want me to go whal you gim'ee ?" coin up to j the dirtiest woman i saw i proposed to i ber " can't so sah ! tse got four ba bies i " well i'll take your babies j '• hut i'se got a husband " well i'll take your husband too but dar's old granny i can't leave her why can't i you go too granny i o master i'se in 1 hopes some days it will please de good i lord lo ifive me back to old master i tried a dozn or more and found under ' lying the hope of most of them was an ultimate return tu th__ir native land the ' one refrain was — oh carry me back ! their local attachment is unconquerable local defense an act wss passed by tlie last cohgress authorizing any number of persons not less than twenty who are not liable lo inilita rv duty to associate themselves in a military company for local defense elect their own oflicers etc they sliall be considered as belonging to tbe provisional army serv ing without pay and entitled when cap tured by the enemy to all tbo privileges of prisoners of war the muster rolls of said companies are to be forwarded to the secretary cpf war and the president or the commander oi the military district may at any time disband such compa nies etc rich et