Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-05-19
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dignities in the came valiant way. gr
Next is an order that no auctioneer,
commission merchant, or other person,
dealing in and selling personal property
of any description, shall sell or transfer
any such property without rat reporting
in person correct schedule of the prop
erty, on pain of fine and imprisonment l
Next an order that every fourth dog
shall be killed .As. 49, gset..,
From these samples, collected from one
paper, it viii be seen thai property, iber-
ty, religion, mind, body and soul, are all
held subject to the arbitrary regulations
of the military. And what sort of militia
ryf A thief and murderer like Beast
Butler, Or bawdy- house keeper like
Capt. Williams, of the 116th New York
Reg't, who, as shown by the proceedings
of Court Martial published in the same
paper, was dismissed the service for hav-
ing kept bawdy house ia Fredericksburg,
Va, while it was in the occupation of the
q. S. forces, he then being an officer in
in the US. Army.--Fay. OBS. "5
SEPARATE STATE NHeor1Ar1or. Hon.
VIM. P Chiffon, the able and high minded
Representative IN tho Confederate Con-
gress of the 9Th District of Alabama, has
published q strong and manly address to
his constituents, in which he we'll sustains
the leading measures of the late Congress.
We copy the conclusion, which depicts
forcibly the error and the danger OF ssepa-
rate State negotiations for terms with the
Yankees =
I believe that ere long, the Bow of
Peace will span our heavens. Neverthe-
of nd fhor rrrH
there were no indications of peace. It is
the only sure way to obtain 1T. Let us,
fellow citizens, prove ourselves the CRATE
full and worthy recipients of it when it
shall come. Discountenance at once, and
forever, this idea put forth by some that
the States acting separately can adjust
this difficulty. If attempted, it would re-
sult in our total overthrow. We set out
to establish the independence of our Con-
crate Government, each of our States were
already sovereign and independent.
The power to declare war and make
peace was vested by the States in the Con-
federacy. Now that the common struggle
wakes warm, does any State desire to
take her destiny in her own hands, that
she may make terms with her oppressor,
which her Confederates cannot make, and
leave them to prosecute the struggle with
out hera A backing down at such time
would infict blot and stigma upon such
State as all the waters Of the ocean could
never eface. have no doubt our adroit
enemy would gladly acknowledge the in
dependence of any State that wonld thus
Withdraw from the contest. It would
greatly assist him to crush the remainder,
while he would exnlt over the humility
and disgrace he had inflicted upon it, and
then turn upon and crush it. sI,rejoice to
believe that such an Utopian scheme for
peace making, finds but few advocates, il
any, among you. Alabama has united
her destiny with her sister States, and she
will stand or fall with them. The bond
cemented by the blood Of her sons / trust
will be perpetual. She will discuss the
question Of reconstruction with the MUIR
derers Of her sons when the waters cease
to flow and the sun ceases to. shine..
- n%as ess u ga. W.P. Chiffon.
as1
THE FIGHT OF TIE ALBEMARLE.
The fight Of the "Albemarle'' iron-clad
near the mouth of the Roanokes River
would appear to have been most despe-
rate affair--much more 80, in fact, than
most of our people have had any idea OF.
This will be made apparent by the state-