The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-07-14

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~ dovs A list Of tho captions of laws passed
iii he found in to- days paper. we publish the
o,n Militia Law IN full. The bill to change the
o,,o &C the Piedmont Railroad passed the House,
o.. was defeated in the Senate by vote OF lo to IT,
We learn that on Monday the 0th' there was
,onotv and warm discussion in the House in regard
:. rnhIisbng the correspondence between Gov:
vonce and the Secretary of War in relation to the
lleoe corDys cases in this State. Inc House had
oviouslv passed a resolution to publish the cor
osnopdence but a motion made ut is said, at
,be request of the Governor) to reconsider the
order to publish. The matter was re-considered'
and the House refused to have the correspondence
nnbljsbed This action proper and prudent.
The notification Of such matters would do no good
at this time, and gratified that Gov Vance
used his influence to prevent it.
The Militia bill, as passed, continues the ex
emption of militia officers ana magistrates, though
il is said the Governor expressed the opinion that
they ought to be required to enter the service for
home dcfence and this seems to be the opinion of
the people generally.
ITpon the whole, the action of the Legislature has
tnrned out much better than expected, and we
make no complaint. 1t is true, some of the mem
hers exhibited factious spirit, but there were
enough of prudent in the body control every
thing Of that kind and prevent the revengefu class
from doing any harm. Surely this is time for in
discriminate fault fndng--let us all rebuke and
discourage unnecessary complaints until after our
independence is established.
As for Gov Vance, we fully and cordially endorse
his course and recommendations. He has proven
himself as true man as there in the Confederacy,
and is determined to all the power at his COM
mand for the complete independence antl establish
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always politically opposed to him. and opposed his
election Governor, think he now deserves and
will certainly receive the support of every true
man i'll the State in discharging his duties and
sustaining the Confederate Government. We
for giving every officer cordial support who assists
to the best of his ability the of the South no
matter what objections we may have had to him
heretofore.
n. c. RAILROAD.-The annual meeting of the
North Carolina Railroad Company held in
Greensboro on Thursday last.
The following are the Directors elected by the
Stockholders: Thos. Webb, Paul Cameron, Giles
Mob;nc and John L. Morehead. The Directors
appointed by the State John Everett J. d.
FEanner, r. S. Tucker, Albert Johnson John Berry,
c. F. Mendonha ID. A. Davis and VIM. S. Means
At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, all the
former officers were reelected.
Through the politcness of Mr. J. w. A. Kerr we
have been furnished with copy of the Report of
the President and Directors. For the year ending
May 81, 1868, the earnings of the Road from oil
sources follows:
From passengers, other than troops, $7O4, oil 80
Government passengers, 27S,O5I %
Freight-privatc, 3l5204 &c
/" Government, l94,2G6 ~
- Southern Express Company, 12492I Oh
Mails S26,O3O 90, rent 1851 49, 2S.SS2 OS
Shops 1852 3o int. and prin. =, jSJ U2, 1867 80
Total earnings, SI.649,93 20
Expenses for the year, 1851 1872 10
Nett earnings, SI,O16,743 Is
Which is $G66099 Ga increase over the nett earn
ings of last year.
The whole number Of passengers carried over the
road during the year is 33,5I3.
Curious CORREspoNDENCE.-1n the New York
Herald of-Juy ,, (which was given us by a friend)
we find what purports to be n correspondence be-
tween MIR Conway, leading abotonist of the
North, and Mr. Mason, the Confederate Commissioner
in London. Mr. Conway visited London and ad-
dressed Mr. Mason note, saying that he Conway
had authority from the leading anti slavery men of
America to propose that if the Confederate States
would agree to emancipate the negroes, they (the
abolition party of America) would stop the war and
recognize the independence of the South Mr.
Mason asked Conway for his authority to make such
a proposition Conway said he would write back
ana get the authority. Mr. Mason then told him that
lie need not trouble himself any further, '.that the
Northern States viii never be in relntions 70 mt
TINS question to the South, nor will the Southern
states ever be in position requiring them to give
answer . - S''o
HOMEMADE CLOTH.-We have been shown son,o
handsome cloth made on the plantation of Major 7
NJ. Potts of this county. 1t is really nice arcIa
LOT gentemen's suits, and shows that if manufac
lures of this kind more extensively carried an
oy our people there would be little or no peces;tv
Tor blockade running.
- The mails appear to be out of joint somewhere
." tue Railroad lines, though we don't know who *
" o'"le or whether any particular individual at
"''' OF instance, one day all the Richmond pa
40" !" reach this pont-the next day one will
ro,.a., "o next two The same may be said in
regard to the Raleigh papers. The Favetevillo
''' - sometimes week old when II reaches nc
ana sometimes it miscarrics entirnIv W. aro 49,.
disposed to complain, because ''
S0ha the control of any enc may cause tbo doranao
meht OF the mails in these times, h,+
to know what is the difficulty. "0"'o ike
'ASCALriEs-We have learned but for 49,
concerning the killed and woup1ad :; :, N"''rS