The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-03-21

ture to say that in State of the Confederacy has
the conscrpt law been more fully executed than in
this, and no commander of conscripts has been
prompt in dischargng his duties than Col. Mallett
and State authorities have co-operated more cor
daily in executing the law than have those of North
Carolina. President Davis himself has given testi-
mony on this point, for in his speech at the Depot
in this place last summer he declared that the law
had been better enforced in North Carolina than in
any other State.
The fact is. if other States had executed the law
as well as North Carolina has. our armies would be
larger than they now North Carolina has been,
pretty thoroughly drained of men, and cannot bear
much further draining.
NOT VERY CoMPLIMENTARY.-The Yankee cor
| respondents and papers not very complimentary
| towards their new Vice President, Andrew johnson
of Tennessee. They say he drunk when he was
installed into Office the 4th of March. and that he
dsgraced himself by foolish speeches and bad con-
duct generally. He cut short off in one of his
speeches by the officers Of the Senate, and the scene
closed in disgust, according to accounts published
in Northern papers. yankee correspondent
speaks of Johnson's speech as follows:
1.-The speech was disconnected, the sentences SO
incoherent that it is impossible to give accurate
report of his speech AS his sentences came up in
this THE statements that your President is PILE
beian-I am a plebeian, glory in it-Tennessee has
| never gone out of the Union-I am going to talk
two minutes and half on that point-I want you to
hear me-Tennessee always was loyal-we all de-
rive power from the people-ChefJ Justice Chase
is but creature of the people, want you to hear
me two minutes on that point" &C. This was the
strain and tone of the whole speech, mixed with
lecture to the Senate the action of the Senate
towards the rebelOus States The constant clatter
of voices in the declaring, What a shame"
HAS he friends?' lis there person who will
have mercy upon hm!" Tell him to stop and save
the country further Disgrace" numerous
that it entirely prevented full report being made
The British did respect Arnold after he desert
ed his country, end it that the Northern peo
pie have better opinion Of those who desert the
South in the present struggle.
q The statement of yankee correspondent.
writing from Charleston to Northern paper. that
Columbia burnt because the citizens fired on
the yankee troops after the city captured is not
| true. We assured by persons who were in the
city, that citizen fired the enemy in the
The burning of Columbia the result of nothing
but spite, hatred and revenge.
CONGRESS ON the 18th, the House passed the
bill suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus, by the following vote:
Yeas-Speaker Rocock. Ballston Bradley, Bruce.
Carroll. Christman, Clark. Cuskey, Conrad. Corn
well, DeJarnette, Dupre. Elliott Ewing, Funstan,
Gholson, Goode Gray, Hartridge, Hatcher. Holl-
day, Johnston, Keeble, Lyon, Machan, Miller
Moore. Perkins. Read. Russell, Sexton, Swan.
Triplett Where, and Wilkes, 35.
Na~s-Anderson, Baldwin, Barksdae, Bay lor,
Blandfurd Branch Burnett, Clopton, Collier Oar
den, Farrow. Fuller Gather. Gilmer. Hany, Her
bert, j NJ Leach, Marshall, MoCollum McMullen
Miles, Ramsey. Rogers, Simpson. j M Smith, Smith
of c. Snead, Staples. Turner, Wilson, Wyckham
| and Witherspoon, 30.
The bill suspends the privilege of said writ un-
til otherwise provided by law, in all of arrest
detention by order of the President, Secretary of
War, and the General Officer commanding the
Trans Mississippi military department 1t also
suspcnds tho privilege of the writ for sixty days
from the time of arrest detention by order of a
General Officer commanding army in any militia
ry department or District.
March 16-In the Senate to-day the House bill
suspending the writ of habeas corpus was rejected
by the following vote:
Yeas-Burnett. Henry, johnson of Missouri, !
Maxwell, Sims of Kentucky, and Vest-6.
Nays-Barnwell Brown, Graham, Hunter, Old
ham, Orr, Semmes Watson and Wigfal-9
The bill to provide for the organization and arm
ing the militia of the Confederate States was deba-
ted at some length and rejected by tie vote. The
bill to amend the law regulating impressments was
considered and passed. 1t provides that in all
where property isimpressed for the of the
army it shall not be necessary to pay the price at
the time of impressment.
In the House. Mr. Pugh from the Military Com
mttee, submitted report in relation to that part of
the Presidents message which submitted to
that Committee. The report says the recommen-
daon of the President to abolish all class exemp
tons and confer upon him alone unlimited power of
detail, presents the question whether the Represen
tatives Executive shall constitute the army in
the field and what persons shall remain at home in
pursuits indispensable to the vital interests of the
country. Experience has demonstrated that the |
power of detail heretofore exercised has afforded
more unnecessary immunity from military service
than well guarded Legislation the subject of ex-
emptions. In the general military bill the subject
considered by the Committee at an early period
of the session, and after mature deliberatiou it
decided to be unnecessary and inexpedient
NEGRO TRooPs.-Majors j. W. Pegram and
Thos. ,. Turner having been authorized by the
Secretary of War to raise one or more companies
of negro soldiers under the recent act Of Congress,
approved 18th inst have issued appeal to the
people Of Virginia in which they quote an extract
from a letter of General Lee to General Ewell,
dated 10th inst, as follows:
81 hope it will be found practicable to raise
considerable force in Richmond. | attach great
Importance to the result of the first experiment.
Nothing should be left undone to make it success
full. The sooner this can be accomplished the
better.
The appeal calls upon the people to send in their