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WAR NEWS. KOXVILL, Feb. 5 On Sunday, Lieat. Col. White, of the Tennessee Cavalry, encountered a body of Lincoln infantry in Morgan County, Tenn., estioated at from 100 to 300, on the mountain fide. White charged the enemy. Capt. Duncan, of the Unionists, rallied his men twice. Duncan WM -not through the had and killed by J.Rob . erta, a lad 15 years old, whose brother waa recent j killed in Kentucky. The Unionists were complete!- routed, and fled in confusion. Seven dead LincoLnitea were found, and one prisoner was taken. A free negro attached to Capt. McLeaiy'a com- cany as a waiter, killed a Lincolnite. Rlchmosd Feb 6 The Keeond Tenneire JiLCHMOSD, r eo. o. ine pecono jmnesscr Reeriment, Col. Date, has unanimously resolved to 6 i-. r r.. mi r-nlu4t for the war. Other regiments will soon follow their fiimT.li. joliow tneir example. Burn side's Flfet.- At last we have positive intelligence of the movement of this armada. A courier arrived here yesterday morning we under- ftanu iroru rJaj. tlall, in llyde co., stating tnat Steamers with CO transports in tow, parsed Middle Oeek, Kast IShore of Hyde county, on Wednesday, at 10 o'clock, A. M., heading towards Roanoke Island. 'Jbey had ample time to arrive at the Is land Wednesday night, and, no doubt, a battle was fought there yesterday unless they met with some mifortune on their w.y. We await with much impatience the arrival of further news and devout ly pray, mean time, that the enemy may be de livered into the hands ofourtiave nun at that post. Xcxclwru I'rojrrs of F riiloy. Further news frou the fleet will be found on tbe third p-ge. I" General Ueauregard has been transferred from the army of the Potomac to New Orleans, instead of Columbus. Ky.. as at first st.tcd. The Petersburg Express has the authority of General Beaaregard hiuisclt for making this statement. The above may he correct, but we see that Gen B- has arrived at Nashville, and a letter from Co lumbus, Ky., informs us that he was daily expect M at that point. Gen. Pillow has withdrawn his resignation and -will again enter the service. That's right. Offi cers ought not to quit the service at this time for Anything but physical disability. The Tknnessee Fokts. Fort Henry is on the Tennessee river, where it forum the boundary Letween Iennc6.see and Kentucky. It is ninety j miles above Paducah, and twenty miles below the j Jjong Bridge across the Tennessee, of tlie Mem- i phis and Ohio railroad. It is an open fort (not; casemated) but has, wc underMat d. several very ; heavy guns in battery. Fort DoneWn is on the ! 'Cumberland river and thirteen miles distant from ; .Fort Henry. Fort Henry has been captured j Xr(hern Fteina. J Norfolk, Feb. 7th Northern dstcs to the 1 Jfith February hare been received hero. ; The New York lleiald says that largo bodies of j ihe rebel forces have been transferred by railroad from Manassas to some other threatened point. A bill authorizing the construction of twenty iron-plated war frigates has been passed by the Federal House of Representatives. The Herald thinks this is not enough, and calls loudly for the building of fifty war vessels of this class. Vallandigham has made a speech on the Treasury nole bill, now under consideration in the Federal Conyress. He diew a t r ible pie- ;fure of tl:c remits to be expected 1Y m :!.i financial scheme. 1 Kurope, the Northern papers advise the Gov- The II. raid says that President Davis has inti- j crnors of the different States to call out a tjuarter fnattd to Lincoln that if the Missouri bridge- j uUlion of men for homo defence, burners are hung, according to the orders of Gen. j 'phe Xcw York Journal of Commerce says that Illleck, Cols. Lee, Corcoran, Wilcox, and other ; the exciting foreign news gives room for grave Federal prisoners will share the same fate, in re- ; (,licitude for the future. The tone of the French ialiatiom A Cabinet meeting was held on Tues- j ncws js nK)re unfavorable to the United States day to discuss this communication, but the result j than that from Kngland. f the deliberation is not known. j 'J be London Herald says that victory for the Great difficulty is experienced in the Federal . South is certain. It holds up a cloomy picture camps, in taking care of the large and increasing . pf tiie future for the North. Climbers of contrabands. A commission has been j The English journals declare that many letters instituted to investigate the condition of the uc- ! arc received in that country, from highly respecta groea and provide for their wants. j Lie Northern parties, praying for foreign interveu- i is not cccmeu pracucaoie just now i.y tne , Federals to invnde Fast Tennessee, owing to the. difi-culty of obtaining provisions. Gen Scbtenfl's ! brigade has been moved five miles to the south- j ward of Somerset on the Cumberland river. j . Thirty-five thousand Federal troops are at Cairo. ; Active preparations are poins on to put in speedy 1 operation the great Mississippi expedition. ' Twelve passenger trains are daily run between ' TTa.l.Jnf-tr.n ,rl W:.l;mr,r ! K grest meeting was tcM recently at Fancuil ! Hall, Botton, to institute measures for the si.eedv release of Corcoran. Secretary Chase is urgent in his request for immediate action of Congress upon financial mat ters. He represents the Treasury to be nearly empty. He has been obliged to draw the last instalment, to meet the November loan demands. He expresses fears that the banks generally will refuse to receive Treasury notes. The times are rery aqually. The case of Senator Bright, of Indiana, is not 4)uite disposed of. There is no doubt of hi. final expnlsion. The prevailing nnd exclusive theme of conver sation in Philadelphia, is the great naval expedi tion for the Southern eoit. to be fitted out there. Got. Curtin is boect with greedy contractors, merchants and ship-owners. The peoi.la and press of Philadelphia seem to have a most invet erate hatred for the Southern leaders. The brokers of New York ara shaving Govern ment drafts and audited accounts at heavy dis count. Poisoning Memh ine. It was reserved fr the Lincoln Government to make medicine c mtrabaiid wof war; bat not satisfied with this unparalleled bar barity, and apparently de&iruu to dig themselves .the lowest deep in crime and infamy that any na tion jet has reached, quinine and other medicines, smuggled to the South, have, it appears from the Memphis Avalanche, been poisoned, morphine and strychnine having been employed for that purj o-e! Th history of the world does not present the parallel of that iniquity. Quitz a Difference. W find the following in a recent issue of the Yicksburg Daily Whig: .We yesterday received a shipment of twenty candles ot printing paper, tor winch we paid tour ; hundred and forty dollars. Eiuhteen months since ; the same amount of paper of a better quality would j Jiaye cost two hundred dollars. Out subscribers: .can lodge from tbia whether we ca send papers .without pay in adrance. i Atn Mississippi, so it is here and elsewhere ' th Snnti,rn CnnMor-.Ar A ..A dayy grumbler on a large scale' is encountered, 1 .who declares that the price of newspapers is too Jiigli for the times. i in . i j 3Ve haTe the pleasant news, that a fine steam-, Hp hB .reached one of the Southern porta iu j safety, bringing 10,000 Enfield rifles and 60,000 ; jjounda of gunpowder. The arms are already iu ! Abe hands of those who know ho.w to ue thew - karltton Mercury, bth. j KOKtnBRir NEWS' , ' ' : A correspondent ofjthe N-Ybrk Herald writes: .'Wonrv!-A! FVh 5? wA .anrlrfAn. and Kail- . ,. . - den'mz change has come upon popular opinion io regard to the aspect of our - foreign relations. Notwithstanding tlie pacific tone of the public dianntptiM of the British Minister, in reeard to the Trent affair, the iiuttressLoa ;,.;,- ,rr.,nn.l in Political circles here that it ; r-..,. r England to find some nretext to enti- in hostilities asainst the Government -"- kv- n r ; W(, are orrupied already with one crieantic j enterprise that severely-taxes the energies and j rp-ources of the loyal States. It was stated in j this correspondence two weeks ago, that well in- formrd 1(,rt.j,M, correspondents had uneciuivocallv 1 iormca iortin cunc.puiiui.iu uau uuuunotauv ' pxnrpj4iul the o onion 4bat- unlets ooiue decisive i rexpre-eu iue upmvu1uai-uiii KUI wit t I demonstration of the power of the Government ! . :...! ....... i ... -...k ,k r..)r.U Inn cltrkiil.-! V 111.110 vif Kin aivfv 1 j day.s thete wuuM be great danger of a movement a 1 1 u 1 ii. 9 ' a u J w i a j v. u - vi - n . a a & f v j 0n the r ai t of the English Cabinet to recognize j the independence of the Southern Confederacy. q he recent ictcliigence from Europe is construed to confirm this statement, and many here, who are not ol the "on to iiicnmond school, are appre hensive that the utmost possible expedition in the conduct of the war will not avert this dauger. , , . " ,u ,u,uc,lu -u'' j Iajrotte of .1 persons confined there for v.olat Seward bos ordered the discharge from Fort ing lue uiucmub, uou inccu yje rcuei priva teersnien on the same footing as prUoneis of war. He ha had them removed from jail to military prisons, to be regularly exchanged for Yankee prisoners now in the South. 1050 bales of cotton arrived at New York from ! Liverpool on the 2d Feb. Several companies of Lincoln s troops have mutinied in' Missouri, and Gen. Halleck has dis armed and punished them by setting them to work upon the fortifications. j The Government has experienced great disap t pointment at the unfitness of the vessels lately S purchased to swell the feet of Burnside's great tailurc. J he fact is attracting great attention among the people, and loud complaints are heard. The Herald say?, this Buruside niHtter must be sifted. It is confident there is rottenness some where else than in the old hulks sent down to crush the South. The New York Tribune expresses the opinion that within the last ten months the I'nion treasury has been robbed of a hundred millions of dollars by corruption in the public service. FOREIGN NEWS. The Northern papers have foreign dates to the 19th u!f. Considerable anxiety existed in Wa.-liington on j Sunday, in relation to the supposed hostile atti j tude of Kngland, and the probability of a war 1 growing out of the Trent difficulty; but it is said ' that Seward regards the restoration of friendly J relation between his Government and that of j Britain final and complete. j Late letters from Quebec state that the Cana i dians are contemplating and discussing the annex j ation of Maine to the British American possessions. The Britirdi eteumer John 15ell arrived at New j York ou Sundjy IVkiu Liverpool, with 1,048 bales of cotton. '1 he Herald says great fears are ex , pressed that, unless tbe Federal armies advance and obtain a series of decisive victories within ; sixty or ninety days, the European Governments ! will break up the blockade, which would lead to a double war ot the greatest magnitude. In view of the tbrcatenins: aspect of affairs in tion ou the score of humanity. Capt. !emme., of the Sumter, has published ;n the London Times a lone and defiant letter. offering to meet any Yankee war vessel of the Sumter's sire. nvulnj a held Darter The aslungtoti correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, under datf fenu-day last, telegraphs: A deserter from the lurst North Caro.ina Cav- aJ' 7 "me this morning within the picket lines of ifcncrai iiancocK s ori;ade. lie "lves li is name as N. T. Eirmet. He ran away, he says, from a scouting detachment sent out from Centreville. He has been long disgusted with the rebel war, and availed himself of the first opportunity to es cape. His retirement from the rebel service was attended with some risk, for he was hotly pursued thice miles, and only made his escape through the whistling of bullets. He had a magnificent horse, two Colt's revolvers and a sabre, lie confirms the statements of previous deserters as to the con lition of the rebel troops and entrenchment about Mi nassas. The term of enlistment of over eiir y ' thousand men, he alleges, expires at the end of j this month. Of this number not. one tenth part will re-eniist, and if an attempt at coercion is made, be prophecies a desperate A: bloody resistance . ; Another Yankee Backdo'wn. Mr. Peve i bian, a French subject, hut a resident of Wil i mington, N. C, and Mr. Kerr, of Savannah, ar I rived at Norfolk on Sunday. Dcvebian was ar j rested lat summer and LnFayettvd, and was re i leased through the intervention of the French Minister, bat the authorities refused to allow him i to return to Wilmington. He obtained a pass- port to go to Europe, and Seward endorsed on it : ; " It is understood that 31 r. Devebiau is not to i enter into any of the insurrectionary States." He wcLt to Paris, and had an interview with Na poleon, to win m he showed Seward's endorsement. Ihe Emperor said he should be allowed to go to his place of business, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs prepared tbe necessary papers for the French Minister at Washington. Levebian returned to Washington and applied to Seward for a passport to Wilmington, but it was refused. 'J he next day the French Minuter colled on Seward and showed the papers, and Seward granted tbe passport. Pevetian has applied to the Fcdeial Congress for damaees Salt. The Raleigh Standard asks if the in- creised supply of salt has produced a correspond- i i"g' reduction in price. We would reply that we ! uc"eve sn.cn ls l" "mn,n? 10 e case. Salt, fl know, IS getting tO be Sold tor IfSS thatlSL t,.A,nwtl,?r 'l? Ashville News, ve.lrcMl.. thll'k' asks about what 1 r" " orth 13 'loln" Ca,,,t ' Commendable. e are pleased to learn that 6ay posit" vdj- Know he has secured sites, and ; cveral of the boys from Iredell iu the army at has been fitting up works, but do not know cer-; Manassas, have sent home to - their wives and tubly whether he has made any salt. Wejc now ; families, recently, very considerable sums of where one of the sites is but as that knowledge money. This is doiug a good deed, instead of coming to be shared by the enemy, might invite sejuandering their hard earnings at the camps, an attack, we ferbear stating tbe locality, further ! with sharpers and extortioners for that which' than to say that it is generally supposed to be a ' perhaps, would be of -po fcesefit to them. Let good one. YiIruinfton Journal. I other- do likewise. WESTETlN . DEMOciAT, CH4ELOTTE, I -- i-'tl From: tbe fialeigh Register. f0ir- L ' i,.r. , l! m.n' " tin-. ir.: Vll 'U j.ne .vommutee on -unitary -uau pui: nutted to thft Uohvention an ordinance Noith Carolina's quota of Confederate The provision f-thVordinance are, in sub r S3 foUawsi i The first section authorizes the Governoj I "2 the present war with the United fcta 1 keep -in the. service of the Lonfeacrater &at3 a force of not less thau 35 nor more than G(j regt- nients of epldiers..-... . The .-icond section says that the troops jow.in cr vice for tljr&fyeara or tjje war shall be.demed a portion of safd force, and in raising the fmain- r . tua t,1Q ,n - dex - .4he - counties of tbur reioeuce at me inae ot f ... . P.i:t f,,P !,., their enhstmeut, shall have credit ior the s,e. All ni;,,.ont are to he for two vears.txeeTit t r- ----- r r - , -. i -'or perrons ' heretofore in service, wno H be . . . . r '; u 5 J(ii : i ciruiicu mm iuv - - The Governor is to require the eommppjers of reciments, battalions and independent contianies ' of 12 months volunteers now in service j have distributed to their commands the terms piposed by the Confederate States and this State lr re enlistment, and five days afterwards to tali list of such officers and privates as are willing to re enlist, . and return the same to the Ajjutant General's office. Should a sufficient number of troops not be tendered under the foregoing provisions, tl s Gov ernor is to call upon the counties to furnish either by volunteering or drafting, the necessarynumber of troops, according to white populatin (after crediting them with their troops at'eady in service for three years or the war, and he twelve months vedunteers who may re-enlist under the provisions of this ordiuauce,) to couplete their respective quotas. ', The drafts are to be made from he military population of the several counties Letween the ages of 18 and 45, each Captains diirict being credited with tbe number it hasfurnisled previous thereto. The unmarried men of eh county drafted are to be exhausted before jhe married men are liable to the same, and any pel son drafted may employ a substitute if he desires to do so. The twelve months volunteers wh fail to re enlist will be incorporated with the iiilitia, and be liable to tbe draft as other citijens of the State, but when drafted they will only be required to serve two years, including the tim they have been in actual service. The Governor is authorized to organize into companies all persons drafted, and to appoint their commissioned officers; but 12 months iolunteers re-enlisting will be allowed to elect theircotnpany officers. The Governor is to appoint all the field officers, by and with the advice and consent of a board of one from each judicial district in the State, ta be chosen by the Convention. Ministers of the gospel, Confederate States officers, the Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, tbe Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, High Sheriffs, employees of railroad companies, telegraph operators, stage drivers, mail carriers, and one practicing physician to every thousand of the population, are to le exempt from draft. The above are the main features of the ordi nance, and to our mind it seems about as fair as any plan that can be devised. Should it pass we will publish the ordinance entire. The X. C. Arsenal. Capt. John C. Booth, Superintendent of the North Carolina Arsenal and Foundry, situated at Fayettevillc, writes to the Baton Iiouge Gazette, as follows: My foundry will cover about three or four acres. My laboratory is shaping itself into a chf d'ecuvre, and I have the best chief in the world. I am get ting out timber for one hundred field batteries and five hundred heavy gun carnages; the latter, how ever, will be made principally of iron. My rifle factory has just began to work, and we ship to morrow one hundred to Kichmond. Then I am building a railroad connecting me with the road to the iron and coal mines, which also gives me com munication with the river and steamboats. You will ret abetter idea of the magnitude of my es tablishment from the statement of the fact, that the government has contracted for ten thousand tons of pig iron, to be delivered here, with the piivilege of increa-ing the amount to twenty thous and tons. Beautiful Weapon. A. few days ago we were shown one of a number of rifles finished at the C. S. Armory here. l is much the same in general appearance, as the U. S. rifle, for some years past made at Harper's Ferry and at Spring field, Mass.; but for certain improvements, in the matter of sword bayonet, Maynard primer, and perfection of finish in all its parts, it must be pronounced very fir superior. The back-sights are set for 30U and 500 yards. Altogether, we think it the handsomest speci men of small-arms, rifle or musket, we have ever seen reflecting the greatest credit upon all con cerned in its manufacture. Fayetteville OLs. Yankee Inhumanity. For the last six months Yankee prisoners of war have been in our hands; many of them sick, many horribly wounded. Our surgeons have attended them with an assiduity and humanity characteristic of that uoble profession. Out of tho scant medical stores of the Southern Confederacy they have rec-ived what was needed, in common with our ovn invalids. And yet we find that still the Yankee Government, with its usual refinement of cruelty, declare medicines and instruments of surgery con traband of war. Iu all history, in all the records of war, there is but one instance of such an act, and then the feelings of humanity of a manly nation prevailing over indignation and interest at once rescinded it . - . From the Statesviile Express. . IIousE-BuitNiNO. The kitchen of David Day, who resides about three miles west of town, was set ou fire one night last week, by an incen diary, and burnt with all the meat, meal and other provisions which Mr Day had to support his family. Bobbery in the County. The store of Mr W. S. C-ason, at the cross-roads, between this and Taylorsville, was broken open and robbed of sev eral hundred dollars worth of groceries and other merchandise, at night, recently. The thieves huns Mr Cason's dor. that was locked iin in tli j store, and wrote on a piece of paper, that they would have served Mr C. likewise, had he made .... 'V3 aHra,lCe to interrupt them Ihe public E,'oulu koeP a -,liirP out for desperate characters. There ought to be a few . vigilance committees in )ops. trance, j -I dur- k to i TBIL EEEIJING IN ENGLAND AND The steamship Africaf fsara the New York Herald,) brings very important inteUige'nce, dated wbuh the rulers of England and France were then disposed to consider the American war question, ! - ' e.J. j: . of policy towards this country while engaged in tbe suppression of the Southern rebellion. The Mason and Slidell, case havj-n rpme to an ! end, the "Allies" now vehemently object to the stone fleet blockade of Charlestmi -haibor, and hint that in consequence of this act the entire blockade of tlip Southern ports' 5s ' likely to be' impugned by the great powers 'of 'Europe, with a. view tait4. annihilation. Further than this, England has broached the idea of an 'Anglo-French , ; interveojton" ') in our affairs, having for its object the " pacification of the Federal and Confederate States of North America." In - support of this, the London Ob server, a Government organ, at the latest moment, cites the precedent set in the case of the inter , ference of England, France, and Russia, in order ! to put an end to the war between Greece and Turkey in 1827. The writer ominously reminds us that the refusal of Turkey to accede to the proposition of the neutrals brought on the battle of jNavarino, in wnicn tne lurKisn neei was de stroyed. It is alleged that the rebels of the South will gladly accept of this intervention, and it is left, as we interpret it, to he inferred that the recusant action of North America will be regarded as the Turkey of the present day. The tone of all the English journals points to a speedy ob jection to tbe blockade, an attempt at a direct European intervention on this continent, and a recognition of the independence of the South by France and England. One of our Paris corespondents reiterates his opinion that Napoleon will take the lead in the matter, and, judging from the articles in the Paris Moniteur, with reference to the blockade, and the compliments paid to the Emperor by the London papers for his action on the American question, we entertain the opinion that his Imperial Majesty's mind inclines to favor the rebel cause. The presence of Slidell was anxiously looked for in Paris, while the London Herald, the organ of the opposition, attempts a defence of the public character and conduct of both the envoys, in J order to render them acceptable to the' people of the two countries. The Journal des Pebats, of Paris, thinks that Lord Palmerston's intentions towards the United States are not pacific. The Independence Beige says that France will assume the initiative in nuking diplomatic re monstrances against the blockade of the ports of Southern States, and that England will only afford France moral support. England is progressing with her preparations for an immense naval and military display in South America. Twelve hundred tons of shell and shot were shipped at Woolwich, on the 17th inst., for Canada, and a number of transports were lying off in order to take a like freight on board. Orders bad been given for the manufacture of two millions of Minie bullets weekly at Woolwich, to go on until countermanded. It is said that the Liverpool Shipowners' Asso ciation, having memorialized Earl Bussed against the blr.ckade of Charleston harbor by the stone fleet, Earl Russell, in response, stated that be sent despatches to Lord Lyons, in December, express ing the dissatisfaction of the British Government at such a proceeding, and giving it. as bis opinion that the consummation of the act would lead to the belief in Europe that the reconstruction of tbe Union was considered impracticable. He also stated that, after the design was carried out, he sent another despatch to Washington, deplor ing the course which had been pursued, and ex pressing strong hopes that the proceeding would not be repeated ttt any otli6r port. Prohabiliti nf spred 'u reennnition. The Lon don correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says : It is no secret that the South has its active and intelligent agents in London, as well as its "ofaeiously" recognized envoys, and that they are straining every nerve to force the Government into some action or policy that will tend to alienate England farther from the North, and bring her into closer relations with the South." He says, in regard to the stone blockade of Charleston: " It would not at all surprise me to hear that all the great powers had united 'in a representation on this subject to the Federal Gov ernment, and that, too, going beyond protest, and amounting to prohibition. I believe ihe French Government is ir. communication with ours on this subject, from which very grave consequences may yet arise." The Guardian, in an editorial on the matter, is strongly of opinion that the British Government might with piopricty make it known at Washington that England will not, if she can help it, allow what has been done at Charleston to be repeated at any other port of tin rebel States. The Morning Post rejoices at the general con demnation which the stone blockade was receiving, and says: "The barbarities now practiced by the U. S. Government are equally bracing the energies of the South and rousing the European Governments to a common ser.timent of indignation. We hardly know why Kurope ha acted towards the Northern Government with so much more long suffering than she showed towards Holland in 1S31 and 1832. Holland was not guilty of the barbarities committed by the Washington Cabi net, but France and Great Briitain, as soon as the Belgians showed that they could hold their own, and the war grew destructive to commerce and general security, unhesitatingly recognized the independence of Belgium." Spain and the Confederate States. We long ago pointed out in this journal that Spain and Brazil were the "natural allies" of the South, and that our policy should be so directed as to secure, and consolidate that alliance. We are not suri prised to see it recently suggested by a Spanish writer that if Commissioners bad been sent jto Spain she would, without difficulty, have recogniz ed our independence. If the South has had one unmistakable friend and sympathiser from the very beginning of her trouble, it has been Sjain.- We think it was due to that generous and chivalrous pioule, as well as :o nnr.-clves, t) have sent re presentatives to the Spanish Court, and thereby to have laid broad and distinct the foundation of close and permanent amity with that empire. It is not, perhaps, now too late to rectify an omission which was certainly not dictated by any want of courtesy to Spain, any more than to any other of the powerful empires to which wo have not sent representatives. Ru-hmonJ Dispatch. A Cruel Qt iTloN.-The Cincinnati Enquirer baa tbe ini.ertiiience jto ask: "Wc wonder what" ha3 become of the disquisi tions ot the great irfternational law commentators, Edward EverettCalob Cushinjr, Gen. Cass and Keverdy Jobglon, who demonstrated through voluminous columns, that the seizure of -Jaou aud Slidell bj Capt. Wilkes wa justifiable. ;N C. ALLEGED SOUTHERN PROCLIVITIES OF THE BALTIMORE CLERGY. The Baltimore correspondent of the New York "Tribune," thus writes upon what be terms the "Prevalence of the Secessiou Virus:" ',' Baltimore, Jan. 22. There is no doabt that the condition of this city is a deplorable one. The amount of -secession corruption in the social veins is vast and by no meaus decreasing; and it will be sure to have another eruption before the thing is done with. Nearly every Methodist preacher in the city is a secessionist; every Baptist preacher, with a single exception is said to be a sympathizer with treason; a large proportion of the Presbyter ians also; while, strange to sy, . the ministers . of the Episcopal Church are all loyal (their congrega tions being generally disloyal.) Dr. A. C. Coxe aud Bishop Whittiugham have a severe task in stemming this tide They have been very brave about it. Dr. Coxe refused to give his congrega tion the communion a-few weeks ago, declaring that he bad heard of things indicating a spirit un worthy to participate in .that sacrament. So he excommunicated them for a white. Even the somewhat windy and vapid youth who fills the place once so woithily occupied by Dr. Burnap, in the First Unitarian Church, took pains, on one occasion, to pray, for the Governor and Mayor, and leave out the President. He is from somewhere around Boston. Now all this means some thing. It means that there isand must be a never ceasing social influence bearing upon the Unionists and the wavering, very dangerous to the authority of the Government in that quarter. Few have any idea of how largely in the majority the seces sionists are both in numbers and wealth. Neaily all the leading families here are intimately related and connected with prominent families iu Eastern Virginia. The wife of Dr. Thomas, now in Fort Warren, has a brother, Douglas Gordon, in the Legislature at Richmond, who is worth several millions most of which, it is said, be has deposi ted safely in New York or Europe. The Bartons, Braxtons, &c, of Eastern Virginia, are all repres ented here. The aim now is to ostracise, as beneath the "upper ten' all who sympathize with the Union, and they certainly have succeeded in pro ducing many painful divisions." Impressment of Saltpetrk A Lesson for Monopolists. The following order, just issued from the War Department, explains itself. While it is a subject of regiet that avarice among our own citizens should render such a step necessary, we cannot repress a feeling of gratification at this prompt notion of the authorities; and it is to be hoped that monopolists and extortioners generally will derive moral benefit from the lesson: Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Feb. 4, 18W. Bands of speculators have combined to mono polize all the saltpetre to be found in the country and thus force from the Government exorbitant prices for an article indispeusablo to tbe national defence. The Department has hitherto paid prices equal to four times the usual peace rates, in order to avoid recourse to impressment, if possible. This policy has only served to embolden the speculators to fresh exactions. It is now ordered that all military commanders in the Confederate States impress all saltpetre now or hereafter to be found within their districts, ex cept such as is in the hands of the original manu facturer or of Government agents and contractors, paying therefor forty cents per pound, and no more. The price fixed is the highest rate at w hich contracts have been made, and leaves very large profits to the manufacturers. J. P. .Benjamin, Sec. of War. Dreadful. Accident. Last evening about 8 o'clock, 'vhilst a crank car containing David DeCoppett, Stephen Khapp and Thomas Keith, and two negroes named Peter and Alexander, was coming round tbe curve near the Depot of the Y. & M. B. B., it came in collision with a train con sisting of one locomotive and six cars, which was backing out to go on the turn-out just beyond the curve. The whole oi the cars went over the crank ear. which resulted in immediately killing three of them, viz: Messrs. DeCoppett, Bhapp and Keith; the negro Peter has since died. Alexan der was only slightly wounded in the ankle. The bodies were mangled considerably, DeCoppett's head being cut off from his body. 117. Journal. Negroes at Fortkess Monroe. A citizen of Hampton, a Captain in tbe Confederate army, and at present stationed on York river has inform ed the Editor of the Norfoik Day Book, that a few days ago sixteen negroes escaped from the Yankees at Fortress Monroe and gladly returned to our lines. They report that, the negroes there arc very badly treated by tbe Yankees, and that Gen. Wool had issued orders to his troops to shoot all negroes attempting to escape from his lines, and not to apprehend them. IScpairiEigr, -Scll-!iaiigiii?, &c. The subscriber bpgs leave to inform the public, thai he is prepared to Repair Locks of every description, Clocks and Jewelry; be will also clean Jewelry for a very low price; will make Key of sill kind.; in tact, all kind of light Repairing done at short notice. Special attention paid to Hell-hanging. He may be found op posite the post-office. W. V. WOUDEL. Jan 28. 1862. Wanted, ten thousand old Kers. of different iiae; old Gun-lock, kc. V. W. WOODEL, Jan 2e 1862 opposite the post-ollica. FOR SALE. Bbls. N. O. MolassM. 100 Hlids. N. O. Sugar. 100 bales Bagging- 40 cask Rice (tew crop.) Just received and for sale oy Jao 28, 1SG2 tf BLIAS & COHR. LOST, On the 7tb inst.. in Monroe, or on the road home, a double-case silver lever Watch. The finder will be liberallr rewarded by returning it to me. J W. A. CRAIG. Union co.. Jan 29, 1862 2t TAER WAITED. An experienced Tani er and workman competent to take charge of au extensive yard, with good reference! can find emplovmeat aud the b-.t of wiiges by ftpply ingXo ROBINSON' At MURR, Jan 23. 163 6t Wadesboro, N. C. THE SOUTH CAROL. MAN, Published Daily and Tri-weckly. COLUMBIA BANNER, A Weekly Family Paper. COLUMBIA S. C. This is the Largest Family Paper in the South, od is ofTcred to the domestic circle tor Xews and Political Intelligence. The Tale and Stories which are offered to the reader of the Banner are the efforts of Southern Genius?, which it is a pleasure to foster. Original Sketches', Literary and Scientific E.snys, nnd Slwccl laneou? Selections, regularly make their appearauce in its columns. Subscription Daily, $6; Tri-Weekly, $4; Weekly, $2 per annum, in advance. Paper stopped when sub scription expires. Feb. 1, 1653 R. W. GIBBES, Proprietor. j GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. i Henry T. Clark." Governor ex officio. Salary 1 $3,000 per annum. . Puiaski Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. Sal : ary, exclusive of fees. $&0.' ! Rofus H. Pag. Secretary of State. Salary 300. Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000. I W. It. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer j Salary $1,200. '- ! C. H. Broaden. Comptroller. Salary $1,000, Oliver H. Perry, Librarian. The Council of State is composed of the following gentlemen: Council Woolen of Lenoir, Presideut, John YV Cunningham of Person. David Murphy of Cnmberlttiid. Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, J F Graves of Surry. J J Long of Northampton, W L Ilillard of iSuneombe. Governor's Aids Hun DanI M Barringer, Spier Whitaker. Literary Board Henry T Clark. President t officio; Arch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg. Internal Improvement Board Henry T Clark President ex officio; James Fulton of New Han over, N M Long of Halifax. The Genernl Assembly commences its seasion on the third Monday of November every alternate year. The next election fer member, and for Governor, will be held on the first Thursday of August, 1862. CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President. Alex H Stephens of Georgia, Vice President. II M T Hunter of Virginia, Secretary of State. C G Memminger of South Carolina, Sec'y of Treaa. J P Benjamin of Louisiana, Secretary of War. S R Muliory of Florida, Secretary of Navy. Thos Bragg of North Carolina, Attorney Genaral. J H Reagan of Texas, Postmaster General. FOK SII1KIFF. We are authorized to announce A. I. HOOD a a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the next August election. Dee 10, 1861 tc-pd. Ileadquartert 87A Jity intent N. V. Militia, 1 Gaston County. The following Staff Officers have been appointed and are to be obeyed and rejected according to rank : Jm R Hand, Adjutant ; Dr. Win Sloan, Surgeon; E S Bar rett, Assistant Com m Usury; Marion D Friday, Ania't Quartermaster; J L Li nebarger, Sergeaut Major; ililaa L Abernathv, Quar;ei muttr Sergeant. M. II . HAND. Feb 4, 18C2 It Col. Commanding. WAGONERS WANTED. I wish to employ fifty negroes for the army of th Potomac. Tbe pay will be twenty dollars a month. Rutin ns aud medical attendance will be furnished be sides. Lisct. JACOB FISHER. Concord, Jan 28, 18C2 tf Charlotte Female Institute. The next term of twenty week will hep in on lb 301 h January, b't2. All tbe depart merit of the IuatU tution are filled by txptrimad and competent Uacbera. For circulars, apply to Jan21,l8G2 " Rt. R. BURWEI.L. Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! 500 Outlet wanted at J. T. II UT 1.1K'S Jewelry Store, Opposite Kerr's Hotel. The highest CASH l'RICB paid for Gold and Silrer. January 21, 1862. tf State of Worth Carolina Cleuveland county. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Dec. Term, 1861. Lee M McAfee and Eliza Weber, administrators of John Weber, dee'd, vs. 11 G Wells and wife Eliia, Samuel Weln-r, Jerome Fulton and wile Maggie, and Joba A Weber. Petition to sell land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that th defendant? in this case are non-recideuti of this State, il is therefore ordered by tbe Court that publication be made in tbe Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, notifying defendant to b and personally appear before tbe Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at tbe next term to be held for tbe county of Cleaveland at tbe court-house in Shelby, on the 2d Monday in March next, then and there to show cause if any they have, why the landi described in the petition .ball not be ordered to be sold. Witness, Z. Williams, clerk of said Court, at offie tbe 'id .Monday in December, 1 KG 1 . 500 6t S. WILLIAMS, Clerk. ff HUMS. SUGAR for dale by tbe hogshead JL WHK M 8 cts. for common, II ct for lair, and Vi to A for stri.-tly fair. 400 Hhl. X. (. MOLASSES for al at C5 cent per gallon by tbe barrel. WILLIAMS it OATES. January 14, 18C2 tf North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE lASUIMNfE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insures w hite persons for a term of yean er during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slavti injured, for one or five years, for two-third of tbaif market value. For in.urance rvpply to THOS. W. DEWEY, Agt., Jan 14, 18G2 3m at branch Back N. 0. WAITED, BALES OF CUTTOX, for whieb Hit highest market price will be paid ia cash. Those having Cotton to sell will pleas girt a a call before disposing of it. ELIA3 k conn. Charlotte, Jan. 14, 1862 tf JMn . - i-i. i. ii ii n - i i I I Stolen, Stolen. Stalen from the side of my door on Saturday night, 7th inst, between and 9 o'clock, one Gilt Frame Show Case of SnutT and Tobacco sample. The Ce i 7 x 24 inebff, and ha in it sample of Lorilard'i Sottff and Tobacco. The label on either the Bottl or Pa per can be identified. I will give a reward of $i any one that will detect the thief. J. D. PALMER." December 17. 1801. iTlilbtit'iiie Paper MilU, RALEIGH, X. C. Tbe Xeuse Manufacturing Com;. any par rash aa4 the bigbet market price for COTTX AND LINK RAGS! X. II. Xot Woolen Rag Pre.ent price 3 cent per pound, delivered at either Depot in Raleigh. 8. H. ROGERS, Prt.'t. ' Addres H. W. Husted, Treas'r. Xot 20th. 4t Si-is.f, ttmiff, Snuff! Just received, a truth lot of genuine Lorjlard's ITigk Toast Scotch Snuff. Cheap at PALME li'S VARIETY STORK. Sept 24, 1861 PROCLAMATION. In pnrsnance nd by virtue of reolatie of the General Assembly of Xortb Carolina, I, Henry T. Clark, Governor ex-oftlcio of said State, do here by notify and require all male citizen of this State, now in tbe enemy's country of the United States, to re turn to Xorth Carolina, where their allegiance is justly due, within thirty dayt nm the date hereof; and I do hereby declare a an alien enemy, subject to all tb pains," penalties and forfeiture which are or may be is curred by an alien enemy, every person failing to obey the requirements of this Proclamation, except he be a soldier in the army of the Confederate State, or o oue of them, or iu prison, or detained by force. HEN KY J . U-AKN, Governor, ex-oflkla. SODA. Just received a good lot of Baking Soda, for ! Jan 7th. f.D. PALMERS. s f
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