The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-03-08

others interested the tax of 333 per cent proceed
to fund the Treasury notes then remaining in their
possession in four per bonds, account of and
for the benefit Of said depostors and Others and there
| after pay all such claims in the said bonds.
4th. The banks will continue to receive and pay out
Treasury notes of the denomination OF i've dollars and
less and will receive in the same manner as heretofore
the new issues to be made under the Act
U@ The Bank of North Carolina notifies all per-
sons having dividends due and unpaid in that Bank
or any of its branches agencies, to draw them
out before the 25th inst. after that time they will
be paid in per cent bonds the present currency
| al par.
The Bank of Cape Fear and sew eral other banks
in this State have notified depositors and banks and
all others having balances due them to draw their
balances before the 3lst inst they will be paid in
a per cent bonds.
r. The Bank of Cape Fe ar has declared dvi-
dend of 5 per cent payable! on the 18th inst.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.-The following is an extract
from letter from a North Carolina soldier in
Hampton's Cavalry, to his father in Lincoln coun-
ty:
Il hear that some of the people at home for
going back into the old Union, but | don't think
that can be possible. How can the people at
home think of going back into the Union when
have the best army in the field that have ever
yet had and when we are all ready to fight at any
time! | do not think the people at home should be
disheartened before the soldiers |
! not dsheartened yet, never will be as long
| as have army in the field good as we have
now. Ithink the spirits of all should revive, and
drink health the soldiers in the field and for
our success to the last. Never think of reunion
while there is drop of blood in the veins of the sol
! diers For two long years we have stood the hard
| fighting and endured hardshps, and does any one
| suppose that would now count all this suffering
! for naught and go back in the yankee Union.
| H.
raise arm to strike for freedom. If the people
at home will try and make something for US to eat
will fight and gain independence after awhile.
do think the will last longerhan this year,
if it does. will fight with the determination
that did at the first of the
| think, however, that you could spare few more
men from home to help fig ht-those who are lying
about doing almost nothing seeking employment
to keep them out of the army that negroes could
attend to- He that will not fight for his country is
not worth having in it after our freedom is gained
l mean hints for those who over so years of
age. but there plenty who are not 5O nor 4O
either who have never been in the army. [ think
any who has been in the arms and been dis
abed should be allowed to stay at home, but there
thousands who have never been in the army and
never will be as long they stay out and make
money. What is your money and property ii our
independence is lost Soldiers nothing for
money now-all we want is freedom, and that we
will have before stop.
j. F. RE1NHARDT.
[Such sentiments worthy of place in Major
Foote'S scrap book, at Raleigh The writer is a
son of F. M. Renhardt of Lincoln county.l
E57 1t seems that people have lost of " the
thirst for Office - since the commencement of the
war We see that the office of Clerk of the Court
in Lancaster District S. c., is vacant, and already
there are ten candidates announced for the vacan-
cy in the Ledger. If friend of the Ledger char
| ges as do for such announcements SIS each, he
will nett little revenue from that source.
| DUELING.--ls there not regulation of the
Confederate service requiring the dismissal of those
officers who engage in the unfair and barbarous
practice of dueling, challenging each other to
| fight duel! We think there is such law, and
it ought to be enforced Already several of our of
fioers have been killed in duels or disabled for life,
and we notice by correspondence published in a
South Carolina paper, that Gen. N. G. Evans has
been trying to get up duel with Col f. W. Nc
Master. We lose enough men by yankee bullets
without resortng to the falsely called s. code of
homer If officers want to show their bravery, or
imperil the lives of each other unnecessarily, let
them agree to charge a yankee battery single
hapded, without support of any kind. If they are
not killed, probably confinement of g. few months
i'll northern prison may cool their passions
! A Coon RULE.-The Secretary of War declines
to grant leave of absence to officers in the army
who are members of the Georgia Legislature to at
tend the extra session of that body; but he says
they will be permitted to resign their commissions
| if they prefer to do This is good rule; it is
not right to allow any to hold two offices at the
same time. We have some members of our own
! Legislature who are in this situation.
+ The Georgia Legislature called in extra ses-
sion to authorize the funding of the surplus
money in the State Treasury.
We are Informed that Mrs Mumford. wife of w IN.
| B. Mumtord, who murdered by Butler in New
Orleans, is in this city with her three children and
is stopping at the Planters Hotel. She is on her
way to Acknowledgment Chronicle.
| 1t will be remembered that Mumford jerkod down
and tore up the first Z. S. flag that was raised in
New Orleans after the yankees took possession of
the city For doing this he was hung by, Beast
Butler Mumford was a native of North Carolina
and hope any of our soldiers ever get hold of
Butler they will hang him without moments delay.