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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

The house Of Rufus Nd. Edney, Esq, at
Edneyville, Henderson, county was visited
on Sunday night last by 25 or 30 armed
men, and 'plnndered Of fonr or Il ve thous-
and. dollars worth Of property - They shot
at Mr.. Edney some eight or ten times,
but he escaped unirjured. aThisais the
second or third levy that has been made
upon him. Henderson, and Transy ayania
counties seem to- be pretty ef factually ID
the hauds Of. the Stree dealers a.s ss - @
5ss rs ai3as3 4 ii 4sssrisl "a ssuy.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

EcLpsEs. Confederate States Al
manac advertises fonr eclipses for next
year, two Of the sun and two Of the moon.
/ The first will be Of the moon, evening
of a pr!l 10th, and visible throughout the
Confederate States. 81 naSsg ri ta@---s
n The second will be of the Isnn, April
25th, at S.44s A. NJ, and; Of interest ITO
South Americans and mariners in the
South Pacific ocean, but of. no concern TO-
us being invisible here. sssf lss,s.sE,s s
{ The third will be Of, the moon ron. the
evening, Of the 4th Of October, and only
partially visible in the Eastern Confeder-
ale States. The fourth will be great and
singular eclipse of the sun, on tie 18th ::of
Oct, at which time. friend Clark premises
ns ALA beautiful Stree gratis for l1othitg."
always provided lwesa live Till then the
weather is fair and we get mp in timss sag
I, 40 "A. NJ, at which hour it will begin at
Grenada The eclipse will last shout 8
hours and ten minutes, and prove talto-
getherxonesoE the naosts srensark ble ard in-
ateresiipg pbansusepa Of fsthe yeats peshaps
iof the ntary .Is "a ss.s, ss.ss s1s .,aags
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CONFEDERATE MoNEY.-If the recon-
mendations Of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, in regard to finances, are adopted by
Congress, the present currency, within Blk
months from this time, will be five or ten
times more valuable t!ian it is now; and
those who are now squandering Treasury
notes by paying extravagant. prices for
property, and who seem to place SO little
value upon them, will see their folly and
have cause to regret their improvi6ent and
unwisee conduct. We make no pretentions
to- being fnancier, but we caution the
public against spending Confederate notes
too freely. IT Congress takes the action
in regard to liniitlng theissue of Treasury
notes and increasing the taxes, which We
think it will take, the time will soon come
when all of us will feel the scarcity of
noney.-CAar Democrat. ~
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

VICE PRESIDENT STEPHENs.-Mr. Steph-
eus has recently writtena letter to Sena.
tor Setnmes of la, in which he uses Ian
guage that leaves no room for doubt about
his position on the question of reconstruct
ion. We here quote the following EN-
phatic language Of Mr.. Stephens:
''On the question of reconstruction !
stand now where stood in October 1861,
when wrote to gentlen1an@in answer to
a letter from him stating that was charg-
ed with such sentiments and desiring me
to give public denial of it. | told him
in reply, that [ looked upon such charge
as no less an imputation upon my intelli.
gence that my integrity. The issue OF
this war, in my jndgement, was subinga-
ton or independence. l SO understood
when the State of Georgia seceeded, and
it was with full consciousness of this
fact, with all its responsibilities, sacrifices
and perils, that pledged myself then and
there to stand by her and her fortunes,
whatever they might be, in the course she
had adopted. AS for making any public
denial OF such a charge, I felt too much
self-respeet to do it."
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

PARTIEs.-Will some Of our friends Of
the Press allow Us to express the hope that
they will not, until the war is over and
our independence achieved, talk Or write
about parties-the Conservative party,
the Confederate party, or the so-called
Destructive party. We are convinced
that there are very few persons in North
Carolna-very few indeed-w.o/ care a
button about any mere political party
loyal people have no wish to build up
any party except that of the Confederacy,
or to pull down any party except the yam
kee party. They have no thought about
the spells now. Indeed there care no spoils
now There is not an office within the
gift Of the Legislature or Executive, State
or Confederate, which viii pay enough to
support It's encumbent. The only effect
Of office now is, that it may keep its posses
sor ont Of the army whore he ought to be,
and where, let him be assured, the time is
coming when he will! deplore that he was
not, especially if he should ever aspire to
any place of honor or profit.
We hope we shall be pardoned for Civ
ing expression to what we know to be a
common sentiment in this part Of the State
at least, that the press particularly can do
great good by ignoring party, or vast evil
by tanning its flames, especially among
the members OF the present Legislature,
who are expected to act for the good of
the State and the Confederacy and the
cause, and not for the benefit Of any mere
political party ObserOer. as
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PUBLISHES WEEKLY
J. w. "A u s p A u GH
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

FIVE DOLLARS YEAR, OR THREE DOLLARS FOR SIX
MONTHS. The rates for clubs are the same, and
nn dimnution from these rates will be made.
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ALL IIuMBua-W have many in our |

ALL uUMBUa.-We have many in our
minds eye, residing not thousand miles
from Winston, to whom the foil OWN &
which we take from the Columbus Geo.
San, will apply:
Poor Confederate money! miserable
trash worthless paper! cart load wculd't
buy a splinter from q fence rail not
worth a-dogon! fit only for the fire
such are the expressions doled out by al
most every one; yet, singular anomaly
in human nature, the very men who abuse
and curse this money most strive hardest
TO get most OF it, aud when amassed, they
hug it to their hearts and love it as dear
1y as Life. No parting with this trash. Ii
it is only fit to be burned, they never put
a piece Of a rag in the fire, and it hurts
them worse to spend u dollar HOW than 1t
ever did Whoever hears of any OF those
who tell us what dollar was once aud
what it is now, who in such lugubrloas
tones attempt to depreciate Confederate
rags, throwing away anything OF giving
SO very largely to any benevolent object,
or even spending it for their own gratll-
cation or advancenent2 Most curious OF
all curiosities and wonderful OF all wonders
every body crying down our money, and
vet all e1,dcavoring to anass every cent
possible. and permitting rs little as pos
sible to leave their hands. 1t is not spent
~,ne fourth as literally as gold aud silver
was This cant is all humbuy. If Con-
tederate money is SO worthless and con-
temptible, what makes you want 1t SO
badly, strive So much to make it and love
it So dearly We yet have to hear of an
Instance where this trash has been thrown
away.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

The Conservative learns that Washing
ton Q. Kerr, Professor of Chemistry and
Geology, in Davidson College, has been
appointed BY Gov. Vance State Geologist,
in the place of DR.. f. Emnlons, deceased.
Mr.. Kerr is an enthusiastic and accom-
plished geologist, and we rejoice to see
that a native North Carolinian, educated
at our University, has undertaken a dn-
ty SO responsible and honorable, as that Of
developing the rich resources OF the State.
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RATES OFADVERTIsING.

Two DoLLARsa square (of fourteen lines or less)
for the first, and dollar for every additional in
sertiou. Regular advertisements charged accord
ng to contract. t.<e
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

f WELL DoNE.-We are informed that
Mrs Mary Belk and her TIVE daughters,
living on Beaver Dam Greek In Union
county made, the past season, by their
own work, ,J6ye hundred and forty bushels
Of corn, besides wheat, peas, potatoes, &c.
Mrs. Belk is widow and lost her two sons
10 the war. She is aged so years, and her
daughters about 90 and "a years. Their
crop shows what may be done by in
dnstry and energy. AllShpnor TO these
noble, women. ltor. Democrat. S s.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-08

The Cotton Donation to our Prisoners.
Reports have been circulated through
Northern papers that the Confederate
Government was negotiating with the
United States authorities for an exchange
OF cotton for blankets for the Confederate
States army. The truth of the matter Is,
that Col. Ould, our Commissioner OF Ex-
change, authorized by the Confederate
Government, made proposition to Gen.
Grant, on the I1th inst, to send ore thous-
;,nd bales of cbttun to. New York city,
provided the proceeds of tbeir sale be APP
propriated to the supply Of Confederate
prisoners with comforts and necessaries,
the sale of the cotton and the purchase Of
supplies to be made by Major General
Trinlble, now prisoner III Fort Warren, !,
or, as his alternate, Brig. Gen. WIN. r.
Beale, also aprisoner, who shall be. pa J,
rolled and allowed every facility to make
an advantageous sale and outlay !; the dis
tribution to be made by a commission of
Confederate officers, who are prisoners,
and who will be eaparoled for the purpose;
the transportation to be afforded by the
United States Government free, from the
places OF purchase to the places OF distri
button. Gen. Grant replied on the 18th,
and acceeded to the proposition unhesita-
tingly. The cotton will be shipped at
Mobile within the next ten days.
%~s** aa'ss6l II IS =, Rich Enquirer.
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the rich resources OF the State.
GRATIFYING ExHB1r.-From the report
of the Postmaster General, We learn that
the Postotice Department. has so far been
more than self sustaining. For the first
three quarters of the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1864, the receipts from sales of
postage stamps, surplus of emoluments
from box rents and miscellaneous receipts,
was two millions, nine hundred and sixty
four dollars and sixty three cents, ($2. .968.
164.63 J and that the tota: OF expendi-
lures TO: the same period, was one mill
lion, five hundred and seventy thousand,
three hundred and eighty seven dollars
land ninety four cents [$1.57o3s794.) The
Postmaster General says: esa-ss
This large excess OF receipts over ex.
penditures will be materially reduced on
the coming III and settlement Of the
accounts for service beyond the Mississip-
pi, but there will still be large excess Of
receipts over expenditures" s4ey
Peace ResoIutions.-It will he seen that
Mr.. Pool of Bertie has offered resolutions
in our State Senate proposing the appoint
tncnt by the States Of commissioners TO ne
gotiate with the enemy. There is untor-
| - L Il II
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under its authority have been beneficial
or otherwise, in their effect on the sue
cess of our arms, and thesupply of means
necessary for the public defense. Also
whether experience has suggested the
necessity OF the repeal OF SAID act OF 9th
February, or any modification or amend
ment of its provisions A bill was dis'
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TRIBuTE OF RESPECT.

rrr OKALoEA, MISS Dec. 18th, 1854
At call meeting of the members Of Prairie Lodge,
No. 81, Of Free and Accepted MasOns, tks following
preamble and resolutions unanimously adopted,
viz: -Fsa 81 Lad I 20 ,sf a, sf' n q.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the great Architect and
Supreme Ruler Of the Universe, IN the dispensatOn
Of His Advise Providence, to remove from among ms
our much esteemed companion and brother, Lieut..
jams I, RoBERTsoE, TO that Grand ChaptsE and
LODI above, where God Himself prcsides; By pain
ful and mortal wound, received while nobly diseharg
ing his duty officer, CALAMITY leading his com
pany upon the eneDys works at the late battle near
Franklin, Tennessee. Therefore belt
RssOlvsd That in til death Of our beloved eompan-
ION and brother made to fully realize the loss
Of one OF our most valued companions in The Chapter
and one II the most jealous supporters Of our time
honored Institution, from the Blue Lodge A family
has been bersaved Of one Of Its most valuable mem
befs, and society Of one 81 its bhshtes erfsmsn,s
Artisans have lost Of their mot faithful aborsrs
and bis country Of her efeient officers and
solder Of patriotic Pslsss and hsroie saduranss
Rssslssd. That we do asspiy and win hsartfslsynpa
ny srisve with fhs family OF he deceased inAeIr
unfimsly bsrcavsmens, and 90 A sorrow. oasr hen
al the eondolenss and assisfanrs pozibIs Soc usfo
give and Fsecommnnd thcm the hanas &C nsfeifn,
God Who alone seas temper she wind 70 the shosn
LAMBDA I rseaEe e34 ~ crE sfas 49, p
1Rssolssz That the companions and brathrsn Of oks
IOna Chapter No. 81. and Prairie Logs No. a. -
required % wear ne ussal tsdge = @earniHE Ser
thirty days r~svsD as8 ~ siGf3a laoaTe
Rssolpsa That asopy Of Ihsas resolutions be ssnf
70 The family Of The deeeased and enc % hs Meridian
Clarion fOs publieAion and hat ne sesFstzIy e fbs
Lodge be Required 70 Rhnssriba he sane upon Ne
lvsords. A d. BRoOKs. W. n. pro tsua
g. W. TowSsENA, seslplo tsu- - -. n. Il
~ s1aif Wv. A. B0DRNHAMER,1
. t7c1 IN N h SsSskkkkisox es@ni'''''
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ture however, would still be within Elk

ture bowavar would .t;,, 10 within Ex
scnt;va control "oo'' Bull 10 "
~ 49, 1911. - .or th;s con.
troll would be srsr ~a oan he fairly iudr
ed Of hv Tho n V0 4 v oar AGO a genera
nardon and p annesty mon specified
iarros we've oesrad 20 I'll eFcept certain
das;nnatad snen,;as and Il was at the
ssrns t;na roaJa Lnown that The except.
ed classes wave still within oontempia-
tion Of snsciaI clemenov. During the
vaar mani sxa;led themselves of the gen
sraI nrov;sion' and many more would,
oniv hat The signs of bad faith in some
Id n such precautionary IN easures as
ren6ered the practical process less easy
and certain. During the same time,
aiso snecial pardons have been granted
10 ;ndIviduals of excepted classes. and
NO voluntary application has been desir-
ed. Thus. PRACTICALLY. the door has been
for full wear open to all except such as
were NOT in Condition 10 make free
choice: that is such az were IN custody
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We find the following paragraph in the
Montgomery Mail of the 9Th which will
be read with interest by Mississippians
and Louisianains.
We we're delighted to meet yesterday
upon the streets, the brave and chivalric
Colonel w. r. Miles, the commandant of
the well-known "Miles Legion" who was
taken prise ner on the 9th day Of July,
1868, at the surrender of Fort Hudson,
La, and has just been paroled from john
sons Island upon the grounds that from
his extreme emaciation and general de.
bility, he would probably never be of
any further use TO the armies of the Con.
federaoy.1 Thank heaven, the Yanks
were never more mistaken, for the brave
old veteran has already gained back the
flesh lost during his long and weary i'm.
prisonment, and is fast recovering his
strength, soon to be exercised, we hope.
in fighting once more the enemies OF the
South. ae- 81 Li7l
Previous to the war, Colonel Miles was
favorably known throughout the South
as lawyer of Acknowledged excellence,
with practice in his profession both
large and lucrative. As soldier his ca. !
reer thGs far has been q brilliant one. and
we trust that Generals wreath NAV
mark his next position in our gallant !
army. .t III ,.s..ri
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m M ~
On The Question which rool,,, ornaor
to us The Important one-tha safetv q
putting arms info The hands If tha slave
r-there rea liz seems ~ he No S;farenc,
Of o,, y;on Wbatavar r,;nht H. ~
case ii he mob If Nav WI ,ara in
structad in n,;i;tsrv ;sa;,,l;naa.S
ished with wasnons ~ wara ,sI,a taaa
danger mioht ras,lt - ~ a N 49, - J, ].
ofMr I,;neoln fron, u,;tt;na ar,,a - ~
Tho hands - tha>a;.;I De: 4.oo
The south bas ~ ,.aasel do,.ht ~
lie na,,ro ,,,;II -. W 800, ena'
smnnnr5 ~ ~. ~. msnS JUS as ofaysiy ~
tha si ~ - slavery, Wnicn Is
causa IS eG - 1 master, az " VIII "a me
inst ma wall ~ ,a IT, .n. nis nueiity may
IN tha a.Sn, Hiieo on ~ .ne one case as
tb;s ,,nfo.t,,.. w my expect tnat
,ha cansa a.,J "s, iaoe, uooineu mrs. 70 DC
str,,,,,a,.t; - a'Soi sne man IN
Dsif ~, s,s.s .no war, WIN uisti I ~,
";.h paoSaes VI 'alor IN favor OF
,hana = o DuI we 40 oelleye mat
1890 10 - ~ reason Whatever 10 thlnk
thosa ,,ho ,ssa1,,,.,;. 10: 10 iss' a.. iai.n,ul 70
h;s ,,;Iito.v sarn;an III. 90 Tug PiiIe Vi
,nho ;sst 49, ~; ~ .n"n nes 20 .hose
80; $500 :. ..e 1911. Ill Tee' ana tnen' as
IT, H. eoD.I iiulss u ms ireeoom, send
,nh;ai ~. ~ uio iol q poon tne sweets OF
toato A % I ass e never oeen alowed TO
-" :" - L -. iioAi wonuering tnat tnis
s las oeoh uohe now, we can only
1919 our surprise sInat ~ mas never
oenI zone pelore' Inc o9lection, we
s w .', NUS Us nave oeen' atter an, not
% nuon 70 'ne employment OF the ne
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I PREPARATIONS TO OPPOSE SHERMAN.-A
Warrington dispatch of Sunday says -
Information received here shows pretty
conclusively that EARLY has been recalled
with his entire force from the valley, TO
send TO Savannah BY rail, and that about
70, 900 more have been detached from
Lee's army and sent South, and that an
army of about 30, 900 is to be improvised
under Ewell, to get between Sherman
and the Atlantic coast.
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Dispatch from sherman.
FROM RICHMOND.
Congressional Proceedings. !.

I'll .g1Nf55 y - - ~ IF'F7Fss@ vac
\ MOBILE, Dee 1s--0nthes1s 18th our forces o.
] the Eastern shore, under Gems Tiddell, Colvin
! Clantonand Armstead, pursued and severely pun
ished the Pollard raiders and drove them beyont
Pine Barren Creek, capturing part oftheir trans
portatiop and supplies. o,sn vJf.s .as5g4qs
4 The road for ten miles were strewn with thu
Y eneinyis dead
4 The damage to the Mobile and Great Northern
Road iriconsiderable and win shortly be repaired
Il Thepublic buildings at Pollard were burned.
n Aninfantry force Of the enemy wcreat Frank
lin Creek, near Pascagoula, yesterday, and were
confronted bv orr cavalry. who. after heavy skir.
mishing, drove them several niles. ~ fI..,
i Commodore Senimes, Of the alabama, arrived
here Yesterday from Trans Mississippi. I !, 4; ~
/ lRicHmokp, Dec IS.-Northern papers Of Thurs
/ day received. Ais 80, s4g,,s 81.
Last night Official dispatched from Hilton Head
tofthe 10Th. saws Howard. commanding the RIGHT
wing of Shernan,s army. had Communicated with
Foster--his chief Of scouts having descended the
Oeeechee in a small boat and thus made bis wav
to our lines, He,left the army ON the 9th inst Us
h. A dispatch from Howard saws. We have met
with perfect success thus far. Our troops are IN
fine spirits. No .uai s8t 10 YlisuGtiI1 aai y
Nothing Of importance had occurred a1D3 w
mIrlDe Is-Gen Ivon was moving >,
on Russellyille. eth 3Eisg3i SGIa9F W "a
In the Senate, on the 14tbG Chandler offered
resolutions denonncing tha release 81 ,ba q,
Alban's raiders, and authorizing the ORGANIZATION
Of an army corps for the protection Of the North.
ern frontier from incursions Of rebel raidino
nort;a. q (,h., AZ, oisr. &; ~ i :. -
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g CoNGREssIoNAL.-In the Senate on the
9Th, resolutions were concurred in in
fstructing the military committee to in
quire whether the daily ration issued to
the men of the army is sufficient; and
if not, whether any legislation is neces-
sary in regard thereto, and to inquire
into the expediency of renting the
penalties incurred by the non-Geliy-
cry of tithes of bacon due on or prior to
the LIST Of March, 1863. upon pawn ent of
the tithes due. Mr.. sparrow, from the
COMMITTEES on Military Affairs, reported
House bill to allow the Surgeon General
the pay and allowance of a c olonel of
cavalry. which was passed. Mr., Hunter
got bill through TO investigate. il any
restrictions have been imposed upon the
exercise of the right Of the Confederate
States or any of them, to export ON their
own account any Of the articles enunner.
rated in the act entitled ga bill to inn
pose regulations upon the foreign conn.
merce of the Confederate States, to pro-.
vide for the public defeuse.n approved
February 6 1864. sAlso, whether the
regulations made unsler the first section
Of said aet have eaused any diminin tion in
The number o. vessels engaged in foreign
Also, whether the said act
OF Congress and tbs regulators made
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FROM NORTH CARoLINA.-At Plymouth
the Yankees have a small garrison. -
The rumor that the place was destroyed
and evacuated is erroneous. Only few
houses were burnt, and theysWere burnt
because they were distractions in the
range Of some Of the Notifications. The
enemy have not yet occupied Washing,
ton. There have been no gun5oats near
the town as vet. M ~ ~
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nSg- We are requested by Major J. I

s6g- We. are requested by MaiorJ. i.
Power to state that the time for the ship.
ment of supplies to Mississippians at
Johnson's Island, has been postponed
until the 18th of January. In the mean
time all wishing to contributesto this
laudable object, should send their afti-
cles, carefully packed and plainly mark
ed, to Capt. w, T. Hickle, or Major Pow
er, at Jackson. aiG@ .t3aom eaJ