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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

A MONKEY on A SPREE-s'In DR. CutIrie's
quaint-Styled book, the Old Y Gears Warming, >
we find the following laughablc description
cfa drunken monkey:
Jack as he was called, "seeing his master
an& some companions drinking, with those
:lnitative powers for which his speciS is re-
marlsab1e, finding half GLASS of whskey
left, took it up and drank it off. 1t flew, Of
course, to his head. Amidst roars Of laugh
he began to hop, skip, Jump, and dance
Jack was decidedly drunk.
Next day, when they went, with the in
tention of.repeating the fun, to take the poor,
monkey from his bcx, he was not to be seen.
Looking inside, they discovered him croach-
ng in a corner.
Come out said his master.
Afraid to disobcy, he came shamed faccdly
out, walking on three legs.-One fore paw
was laid on his forehead, saying as plain as
words could do:
/ ''What headache I've got y
Having left bim some days to get we'll and
old scene of revel. On entering, he eyed the
glasses with manifest terror, sllulking behind
the chairs, and on his master ordering him
to drink, he ''bclted,' and was on the house
top in twinkle. They called h1l down He
would not come. His master shook whip
at him. Jack, sitting astride or the ridge
pole, chartered and grinned defiance.
4 gun, of Which he was always afraid, was
now brought and pointed at this new disciple
Of temperance; he ducked his head, and
slipped over to the back of the house. I've
guns were leat levelea at him, one from each
side of the house, upon which, seeing hi:
pfedlcament, and less afraid, apparently, o
the ire than the fire water the monkey
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

C?NscnIPT vs.. tCQSscnIpT "A few days
since two sub-emolling officers for the county
Of in this State, enrolled and carried to
the Camp Of Instruction. at Decatur, a dis
charged soldier, and on their return home
stopped at Marietta, TO have " bust before
returning to the discharge of their arGuous
duties In the meantime the Commandant
Of the Camp-of Instruction ascertaineu that
the oonscript, just brought to camp, was g
very intelligent man, and conferred upon him
the appointment Of Enrolling Officer for the
said -- county, superceding the other two
officials alluded to, and sent them forward
with his papers and now official position. On
arriving at Marietta, he found the late dis
turbcrs of his rest" the two defunct enroll
ing officers in the midst of their I" spree,
enrolled them and carried them to the Camp
of Instruction, without their having an op-
portunity of informing their friends of their
new change Of se."- atlanta Confe1-
| c1ucV.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

A SE1PaIisH NEAR SMITHFIETD- --Ilc p
tersburg .Erpres's learns through passengers
who reached there. on the Norfolk and Pc
torshugs train last night, that on Sunday last,
gunsoat came up Pagan Creek, and landed
twenty-five cavalry, two pieces Of artillery
and one hundred infantry, at Smithfield.-
The parties composing this expedition bad
instructions to march across the country to
Cherry Grove on Chukatuck Creek and cap
ture the Confcderate-piclets there. IN the
meantime the Yankee glnboat was to go
around and meet the Yankees at Cherry
Grove. At SCOTS Factory, some five miles
from Smithfield, the invaders were met by
about IS Confederate cavalry, when skirn-
ish ensued. and TIE Yankees Ietrcated back
to Smitllteid. 5Ehe CoEieficIates rctrcated to-
wards Rlaclwaier with seven prisoners.
/. When last heard from, the Yankees Were
at Smithfield,.wthout any. means Of escape
their gunboat having gone to meet them at
Cherry Grove, apd the Confederates, reinforc-
ed, were marching upon them,
\. B-Since the above was put in type
we learn that the whole party have been
captured.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

A common liar, who, to the Improvement
of his faculty, had been a Traveller, was telling
many stories Of the remarkable things which
he had met With while he was abroad. Among
the rest, he said that there were cannon so
large in Egypt, that once being in a carriage,
drawn by four horses, and shower fall
ing, he drove into one of them for shelter,
carriage and all. ''Oh!' says g gentleman
who was listening to him, Il can vouch for
the truth of that myself; for remember ]
was at the very same time at the other enc
of it in post ohaise, and upon your coming
| in at the mouth drove out at the touch, hole u
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10
GEoRCrA-A new and fatal disease ha

GEoRGIA.-A new and fatal disease has
made his appearance IL and around Rome.
We believe, says tie Courier, the physicians
call it 1iemegetss, and say it's pathology is an
Inflammation. Of the base of the brain and the
spinal nerves. The patient is attacked with
q chill. accompanied with severe pam in the
back part, and in tie spine The head
becomes drawn back sad the patient expert
ences pains in lie neck, similar in kind to
lock-iaw ard generally becomes deranged III
mind. The disease generally proves fatal ID
from twelve to thirty-six hours. The'oisease
is not considered contagious, though it may
possibly prove epidemical'
+ Sons twenty pe1sops have fallen victims to
the malady, IN tt.is Vicinity, in the past thre6
weeks. .N -
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Congressional.

/ RICHMoND, Feb. 3.-This morning, III the
House, Mr.. Curry, of Ala. submitted inn
portant joint resolutions in relation to tho
exchange of prisoners of war; espicaly me-
groes. He endOreS the resolutions OF Congress
OF the first Of May last, ard President LAWS
proclamation in reference to Lii.cc,a's cman-
! clpatton EToclanlations, and policy To racog
nize that the North in claiming the cSchan &c of
coloIed troops aud their officers. intend this
claim to apply totEc slave properly OF our
people. whom they have seizs,l, abducted and
impressed into tteir military service, and
armed them against their law fil masters
declares the emancipation Of slaves by tie
ene1ny, within tic Confederate States, as not
among the acts of legitimate warfare. but
| clasaed by writer's of public law among whom
arc the most eminent p,ibliciSts Of tie United
States with such ac-s as putting ls,>o:els to
death In cold blood, using poisoned weapons
or aSsasSinatio:-.Eat the claim of tie North
that when we reeaptuIe our Own slaves. vi hom
they have abducted an;. armed, we Shall de-
liver them back in exchange as prisoners Of
War rs IN effect to recognize the right of the
United States to legi-late within Gi;. limits
and aid them in giving eetict 10 such legi.la
tion, which is two lnonstrous and rcvolti.y = to
be yielded for a movement, and IS only a pre-
text for violating the so'esnu obligations that
the government would liberatS all prisoners
Of war on parole. But neither these resolu-
! 'tions those first offered may be construed
to exclude from treatment, prisoners Of
war, free negroes not residents Of the Conftd-
crate States at the commencement Of tie war
The House adopted resolution Of thanks to
Gen, Longstrcct and his men; also a nu,nbcr
of resolutions Of thanks to the soldiers from
various States who are re-eniSting for the
war. Re=cnlistments are the order of the day
in the army. 1t is going on everywhere
with enthusiasm, the sodie:sslSSeiatl,n ling and
yotnntaering as at the commcn. cement Of the
war. The Senate passed q bin to create the
office of Ensign in the army; also a bin Il,
provide for the organizing off Generals staff
for the army. The Senate then went into
secret session on the bill to regulate fo:eein
commerce. The House was in secret session
On the army bill most OF the day.
1t seems to be generally understood that
the finance measure or tax bill passed by
the House, contemplated tax Oh Confederate
notes 50 heavy as to absorb the bulk Of the
currency with the view Of increasing tie cur
rency value Of notes left in the hands OF hold
crs. It is also understood that the Senate
has rejected this plan a,.d referred the matter
to a Special Committee, who haze it now
under consideration.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

TIE FIRST WAR FOR INDEPEEDENCE.-"A 4
contemporary observes that we have suffered
nothing yet compared with What oEr fathers
suffered in the first war for independence,
Then we had the savage Indians at our backs
the tories over our hearth stones and a fair and
open enemy in our front. Augusta Savan-
nah, Charleston, Camden, and Nincty-six,
were all then British posts, and Georgia and
South Carolina were occu pied almost entirely
for three long ana dreary years yet hcroic
ancestry rose from our valleys and descended
9rom our hills te.usting in God and resolved to
perish rathe- ,harr survive as clayes and they
drove our conquerors from the soil and SO we
can do even should ole land be oyerrun by
ycnaals.' -
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hfriand who has tried persirn,non seeds in
coffee says he VIII defy any nian-to detect
stLhe difference in the taste between decoctioo
Of roasted persimmcn seeds and the genuine
Java not Ricvwhich can be initiated success.
fully, as we are informed with parched ground
peas and now and theE cockroach thrown il,
says the Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
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DANIEL $. DICKINSON

. No amount Of force can ever maintain
the Unios,'' and ''that all paper laws we
rhaye are the strength, force and power of the
Constitution. The army and navy, the nation
al legislature, and the Executive power OF the
government, are not worth single rush to
compel a single State to -eapain one hour in
the Contfcdelacy longer than it chose to re-
MAIN
The simple fact is this, that monstrous
deception has been practiced upon the people
by tncir ~o-called political leaders, by the
men whom they elevated to high political
positions, and who enjoyed their fullest trust
and confidence. 1t is about time the fraud
0ras exposed, that the mask was torn off, and
the features which mark this unnatural strife,
this fratricdal conflict, were exposed to the
view Of the whole world in all their hideous
deiornity.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

The N. Y. Herald publishes ar intercepted
letter dated 21st ult., which states that Gen
Lee has been joined .Dy Longstreet, end is
about % execute comtinstiop, the result Of
which viii be the piansipg al itl'. a??ntbsI
Tag II Baltimore, ''''''~'
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EDWARD EVERETT.

.. The suggestion thot the Union can be
maintained by the numerical predoi1rance
and military proweSs of one section, exerted
to coclce the other into submission. is, in my
jt.o glnent. as elfcontradictory as it is dang
crouS 1t comes loaded with the death smell
from fields wet with brothers blood If the
yitah principle Of all Republican governments
is the consent Of the governed, how much
more does 9 union Of co-equal sovereign
States require as its basis the harmony of its
members, and their voluntary cooperation in
its organic functions"
-ls for Nj. Dickinson, another prominent
war man, he has put himself on record in the
following emphatic language:
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The Democratic Congressmen II caucus st
Washington decided on Cincinnati as the place
for holding their NationA NatioIal- Conyen-
ton
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

DESPERATE Notwithstanding the Vel
low fever epidemic OF So at Kew OIL ans,
the captain OF ship became 50 alarmed at
the frighcful havoc inade by the li,eas"
that, for fear that he wond de Of the ye.lo4y
fever, he jumped into the ,.iss:as. pi
and d:ovncd himself. EVERYBODY thoHglt
that the mat. w...s eraZy.
The Congress of the ConG.ecI2+e states
seems to be In the sa.'o prelcamcnt as ihe
unfortunate pta:il-yI@Zcd with teir. They
feel that they must 10 sonTetEinr and With
the blindness OF terror are reaGy 10 rush
into the most desperate incasu -. IA, :
are listening to propositions fl,utt!ng "ve.y-
body into the a'-lny--shc boys, and lleir
frosty yheadcei grand-.afherS, rs well aS those
who have been hitherto cEon,p ptesl--c:fil
OllieerS, Mechanics. Manufacturers, :yni
Editors. And for what purpose are { =sr
persons to he .orccl into the army? 70 iig*lt?
No. to be detailed Even t;1ose who advo-
cate this folly, have serSc cncrgh lei, 10
sec that tho affairs Of life require men 10
conduct th3m-:hat the army >ilu;t h
clothcd-that the army must be ie:l-tilat
the Railroads. must be kept i'll run' ing order,
and that the negroes require TO be- kept IN
sunjection. " laat then is the object ia ne
attuincl by this wholesale consaripttn: 1t
is the .7}fxt ana almost the {aSt step onward
a mil ,espo:lsa. 1t Is ID attsGpt, 50
eyes, to overthrow the liheries f:..e country
and esta5lish a Reign OF Terror. IL Is to
place the life ana .ifIertyof every ct:zeal III
TIE ll;an,ls cfa Dictator. Its Gn rtfo:t TO
resuscitate TIC crimes Of the eighteenth
ccntury-to plant q power in the l:End, from
which will grow q Eobc>,i >,iel1'e--a D&I-torl-a
Ba,rerc--a sui!!5tinc. Let the advocates OF
the Suspension Of the hajotS cof.''s beware.
The g,liltotine is a hl::.d beast; it bites It's
friends as we'll as It's enemies.
We call upon every L'Tor Ct liberty 10
protest, loud-mouthcd, against tie t@2It
now being made, under the tyrant's- plea OF
necessity, to cnslavo Il free people. l.
call upon the press, which has cEcr been
the moutll-piece ofjusticc to lend It's power
ful aid to crush the Hydra which is now
threatening the destruction Of all We hoId
dear.
Let the people nail ehc flag of the Confed-
eracy to the mast OF the Constitution, anu
stand or fat. I'o,trdsJAtc.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

\ puLosopulc DAHKEr---i newspaper
correspondent from the Cumberland River
gives the following numerous account OF y
coloquy with "A rhlosophic darIscy: wllo
had been present at the battle CT Fo.t
Donel>on:
Observing him toasting his slirs against
the chimney, broke u upon his profound
mcditatcns thus
sWere YOU in the fght at Fort Donelsoa:'
clad a little taste Of it, sa.''
''Stood your ground, did you:"
tNo, sa, | rms
''Isun at the first fire, did you:''
''Ics, sa, and would hab run sooner hat
knowcd it war culn}>"
why, that wasn't very credi1able TO you'
COURAGE"
"Dat aint in my line, sa; cooling's my
pertcchun.'
! We'll, but have you DO regard for 'youi
reputation?
"Reput>tion Is nuthin to me Ly de Side
| oh iife.'
s>Do you consider ycur life worth more
than other people's:'
! us worth more - me- "a.
..rhen you must value it hiehly:'
! Yes "a, [ does-more DAN all dis v-2rlf
more, dan million of dollars, sa, for What
would dat be worth to man Wld DC hre
out'n him? selfprescrbahon am de first
law wild me, sa."
But why should you act upon different
rule from others:"
''Because different men sets different
values on da lives; mine Is not in the market
sa.'
/ ''4,ut you lost if, you would have tho
satisfaction Of knowing yoa died lor youl
couf1try.'
"What satisfaction would dat be to me
sa, when de power Of f2clin' was gomez
''1hen patriotism and honor are nothing
to youT'
.'Nuflin whatever sa, I regard dem as
among de ranitic&"
'if our soldiers werc. like You, traitor:
might have broken UP the Govcrnmen
without resistesce:''
Yes sa. there would hab been no he'll
.or it: [ wouldn't put my life in de scale
aoi:7st any gubbermcnt dat ever existed fol
no gabberment could replace de loss to me-
do you think any of your company
woufl havs missed you if you had beer
killell?|
May be not.ssa a dead white man ain
much 10 desc sogers; let alone a dead nigge
bat Id missed myself sa, and OATS d
/ pint wild me-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

The N. Hampshire Republican- State Con-
yention unanimously nominated Abraham
Lincoln for President.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10

GOVERNORS OF THE CONFEDERATE SS.AIxs.
The following is list of the Governors
of the several States composing the Goa:
federacy:
Alaba.na- Thomas II. Watts.
Arkansas-T. Flannagin.
florida-John Milton.
Georgia-Josepb E Brown.
Kentucky-Richard Hawes.
Louisiana-Henry w. Allen.
Missssippi-Cha Charles Clark
Missouri-T. C. Reynolds:
North Carolin-2Z.a.bulon B. Vance.
South Caroiina-Af. l.. Bo ,ilam
~ .Tennessee-Roler L. Carqthers (nca
yet inaugurated.) 50
lTexas-Pendleson Murray.
Virg:nia-Wilham Smith,"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10
WILLIAM II. SEW ARD.

"The Federal government could not reduce
seeded States to obedience by conquest, even
though he (the Prcsidet) was disposed to
question the proposition. But, in fact, he
continues. the President willingly accepts it
as true. Only an imperial or despotic gov
e,nment could have the right to subject
dis&ftectcd or insurrecionarv States. The
Fed raj Republican system of oms is, of al!
forms Of government, the very one which is
untitled tor such labor
We viii not stop to critcise the language
in which this admission is clothed, but merely
desire to show how absurd 1t is Of Mr.. Sew
ard to state that ''"nly an imperial or des-
potir government could have the right to
sj.i iuet c & safcctcd or revolutionary States"
Does tiat right cA'S5 n 3 government be
cause. II is .im.crial or deGpotic:' If this
proposition be granted, then it must be
adrnt Cd that tie Administration have long
since established their claim to the exercise
Of that ''rght,i by the conversion of the gov
crnment into 4 deSpotirn.
50 m;lf.h for NJ. Se5s,ur1. Now let see
what MI Edward Everett has to say in re-
g;ls.d to the matter. In his letter of accept
;ace of the Union nomination for the Vice
Presidency, in 1860, he expressed himself as
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