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CHARLOTTE, N. C, T UESDAY, A PR 1 1 , 22, 18()2.":
IfJ, 3. YAIS, Editor and Proprietok.
T E N T a VOL U3I E X U 51 B E R 513.
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(Published every Tucsday,(o)
uv
WILLIAM J. YATES,
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CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of 'Mississippi, ' President.
Alex II Stephens of Georgia, Vice President.
I. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State.
G. W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Memrninger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of the Treasur'.
S. H. Mnllory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
Thos. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.'
J. II. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster General.
MEMBERS OP THE FIRST PERMANENT
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
NORTH CAROLINA,
A STATEMENT
of the kit hil, jrynW and captured in tlie sev
eral latitis a nd oilier engnyemtnts in the.
year 1SG1.
KKDERAL SUCCKS.SES.
Dates
Buttles.
June 3 Pliil!ipi,
J line 18 B-invil!e,
July l-' lii' Ii M.mtitiiin
July 1.1 St. (jfirg-e,
Aiiff l't lfiittiras,
Oct 21 Kifhiuktown
N..v 7 J'ort Rovul,
lvc 3!Drftiusville,
I Total.
23
o ; ha r
7
4
4.Vj
13
12
....
12,
43!
20
20
5r
40:
1
T3
f c
c
r.
50
5001
0'Jl...
8
50
15
50
10
23!
loo:
ALABAMA.
Win L Yancy,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
Robert W Johnson,
Charles B Mitchell.
FLORIDA.
A E Maxwell,
J M Baker.
GEORGIA.
Benjamin II Hill,
John W Lewis.
LOUISIANA.
Edward Sparrow,
T J Semmes.
MissLssirn..
Albert G Brown,
James l'helan
VIROIXIA.
K M T Hunter,
Win B Preston.
George Davis,
Wm T Dortch.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Robert W Barnwell,
James L Orr.
TENNESSEE.
Langdon C Ilaynes,
Gustavus A.Heury.
TEXAS
Louis T Wigfall,
W S Oldham.
KENTUCKY.
H C Burnett.
William E Sininis.
MISSOURI.
John B Clark,
R S Y Peyton.
Total number, 2G.
HOUSE.
Tjiomas S. Uocock, Speaker.
If.; 2 7 1 '-i'1',
CONrKDKFIATE .I'CC ES.S E S.
P:ite:
Da: ties.
ii: t - - P
4
5
ALABAMA.
Tli.nnas J Foster, G V Chilton.
Wm R Smith,
Frli
Msr
A pi
A pi
A pi
M.iv
Mar
J nne
June
June
June
J uue
J I'.i
J ti lie
J nne
J:j!v
Julv
July
July
July
July
July
Aupr
A 11 ii
Aug
Atij
Aug
Se t
Scit
Sept
Hf)t
.Sept
Sept
Sept
L't
O.-t
tct
Oct
Oct
Oct
Oct
Nov
Nor
Nov
Nov
Nor
Nov
Nov
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
16S:MI A II 10 II io,
12 Foil Brown,
13 Fort Sumter,
U, Fort Bliss,
20 Iri'jianol.t,
1 Sew oil's I'uint.
M Fairfax C H.,
1 1 A 1 n i;i Creek.
5 I'i'a Point,
lo ; rciit Bethel,
10 Vienna,
1 7 KiuisH- City,
Is'.Vew Crevk,
linllliioy.
27 j.Mrxi bias Point,
2j 1 1 H.v tt v i 1
5 Cartliavre.
17, Scary Creek,
ltf Bull Uuii,
21 Manassas,
25 Mesiiia,
23, Fort Stanton,
lOSpriu-; field,
1 ji.Mathias Point,
20,'flawks' Nest.
27 Bailey's X KJ.s
27'Cross Lanes,
3 Bi ('reek,
l(i. (J uuley,
1 IlLewinsville,
I I ! Ton ey's Creek
lO'Barhoursrille,
20 Lexington,
25' Alann -a,
1 jSteam'r Fan ny
3 (r-iil)tifr,
5 .Chic a tuacom'o
9 Santa Itnsa,
12 li. Passe?,
lt" Bolivr,
2 1 , Lecshurg,
fi Belmont,
H Piketou,
!,GiiyaiiiJ,tte,
KUCplon Hill.
lFalls Cliurth,
22Pensacohi,
2i Near Vienna,
2 j Anandale,
13jAlleliauy,
1 7 1 Woodson vi lie.
26 Opothieyholo,
2d Sacrauieuto,
15
21 12!
70' 2'ioi
1 3 j 53 .;
37ri Utsy 30
' I
i
j 2G5 H00 3o
I ""7 !.".""."!
i 3 ;
25 1
1
0!
.... 1 .
50
3
15
0
50
2 no
000
20
1
50
i5o;
50
3!
30
3i; 12, 100
M
27j
115:
5 ;
'A
..... , .
11
...!!,
21
25j
4 1
12!
lllj.
3,3,
1 9
i r
Total,
10
20
l!
20
15!
500 i
I 210'.
40j
0:
' I
loi
i
1 0(1
3o
7.i
!0
c is Ix- 5
X ji
J 150
1 CO
loo
yuo
lo ......
1
I 250 ;
100
150 150
7
S5j 5:i
200;
',00 ......
.-loo, 20
2,"0"! I (ioo
25!
j 750
1200 3U0
i 5
30'
! i
50 i K'O
3 !
250!
9 t:
30! 50
I o
I
120 3500
45
15o
30; 17
7 David Clopton,
8 James L Pngli,
9 E S Dargan.
1
lohn P Ralls,
J L M Curr',
Francis S Lvon,
ARKANSAS.
Felix J Balson, 3 Augustus II Garland,
(jiauilisun D lioyster, 4 Thos B Hanly.
LORIDA.
Janus B Hawkins, 2 Hilton.
OKORCilA.
Julinu ITartridge,
( ' .1 M imiierlyii.
Hines Holt,
A 11 Kenan,
David W Lewis,
Alfred Boyd,
John W Crockett,
H E Read.
George W Ewing,
.1 S ( 'lirisman,
T L Burnett,
6 William W Clark,
KoOt 1J 1 rippe,
8 L J G art re 11.
9 Hardy Strickland,
1U A B Wright.
KENTUCKY.
7 II W Bruce,
8 S S Scott,
9 E M Bruce,
10 J W Moore.
11 R J Breckiuridge, Jr.,
12 John M Elliott
LOUISIANA,
Charles J Yilliere, 4 Lucit u J Dupre,
Charles M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis,
Duncan F Kenner, G John Perkins, Jr.
Mississippi.
5 II C CI) ambers,
G O R Singleton,
7 E Baiksdule.
John J McRae,
S W Clapp,
Reuben Davis,
Israel Welch.
John liver,
Casper W Bell,
George W Vest,
A II Conrew,
NORTH CAROLINA.
MISSOURI.
5 W W Cook,
G Thos W Freeman,
7 Thos A Harris.
W X II Smith,
Robert R Bi idgers,
Owen R Kenan,
T D McDowell,
5 Archibald Arlington,
6 Thomas S Ashe,
7 James R McLean,
8 William Lander,
9 B S Cuither,
10 A T Davidson.
40,
Slifl(
i;o.
low
50
'JS4!33:.(;!
218 4825
2ou ,
45
125
2lM
I.
7 2;
2oo
'j6
30
lo
2o
15
8
100
IS
7G14 S777
Killed
AVoundeJ...
P rivontrs, ..
Total,.
BKCAIMTULATION".
Confed. losse!.
1,120
3.t;.U
1,477
Fed. losse;
4,011
7,821
S,77 1
31
21.(500
SAMUEL r. SMITH,
AtloriK'y and ComiM-lor at Luw,
CHARLOTTE, N 0.,
Will attend j-rnpt!; and Jtlty'ifh to collecting and
ramitltn; all claims intrusted to liis enre.
Special utteution given to the w riting of Deeds, Con
veyances, Ac.
r- Durinir liourr of business, may be found in the
Coirt House. Ot1i - No. I, adjoining the clerk's oOice.
Jisi'iarv 10. tt)l
. SOUTH CAROLINA.
W W Bovce, 4 John McQueen,
W lVrcher Miles.
M L Bouham,
J T lli-ikc-ll,
W Li S Wiin u,
V II 'IVbbs.
E L Gardeushire,
II S Foote,
M P Gentry.
John A Wilcox,
Peter W Gray,
5. James Ftirrar,
G L M Ager.
TENNESSEE.
. 7 G W Jones,
8 Thomas Menees,
9 J D C Adkins,
10 Bollock.
11 David M Curriu.
TEXAS.
4 Wm B Wright,
5 Malcolm Graham,
Claiborne C Herbert, G B F Sexton.
VIRGINIA.
M R II Gamett,
John R Chambliss,
James Lyons,
Roger A Pryor,
Thomas S Bocock,
John Good, Jr.
James P Holeonibe,
Dan'l C D jarnette,
Total number 107.
9 William Smith,
10 Alex R Boteler,
11 John B Baldwin,
12 Walter R Staples,
Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Robert Johnson,
1G Charles W Russell.
J. A. Fi
Attorney zxt, IjQW,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GENERAL COLLECTING AGLW'T.
Office over the Druij Store, Irw iu's corner.
January 1, tf
11. V. BKCKWITII
Has conKtantlv on hand
WATCHES. JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C
Of the hf?t English and American manufacturers.
Call and examine bis stock befot c pnrchasing elsewhere.
Watch cry .-tabs p-.a i for 25 ,nt? euch.
Jaauary, 1SG2 v
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watch and Clock .TIaker, Jew
eller, Ac,
OlTOSITE. KeRR'6 1IoTL, Charlotte, X r.
(Late with Ii. W. Beckwith.)
Fino 1VIcIi;, Clocks A. Juwtlrj,
of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
months.
Oe I, ISC!. j
GOVERNMENT OP NORTH CAROLINA.
Henry T. Clark. Governor ex officio. Salary
?.',000 per annum.
Pulaski Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. Sal
ary, exclusive of fees, JflJuO.
Rufus H. Page, Secretary of State. Salary $800.
Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000.
W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer.
Salary $1,200.
C. H. Brogdeu. Comptroller. Salary 81,000,
Oliver II Perry. Librarian.
The Council of State is composed of the following
gentlemen: Council Wooten of Lenoir, President,
John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy
of Cumberland. Win A Ferguson of Bertie, J F
(raves of Surry. J J Long of Northampton, W
L Ilillard of Buncombe.
Governor's Aids IIou Danl M Barringer, Spier
Whitaker.
Literary Boart nenry T Clark, President ex
oCicio; Ai ch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor
don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Internal Improvement Board Henry T Clark
Pr -ident ex officio; James Fulton of New Han
over, X M Long of Halifax,
The General Assembly commences its session on
the third Monday of November every alternate j-ear.
The next election fer members, and for Governor,
w ill be held on the first Thursday of August, 18G2.
WibUxu Bnnorrnt,
CHARLOTTE, N. G.
v LISTING TAXES. - v :
As there is much' enquiry about the mode of
giving in vTaxes, we append, below the sections of
it . T . " . rt
- i ne .Law bearing directly upon the subject, lor the
Salt extracted from Brine. We publish, -j information of all .copceraed i-' ,4 ...
(says the Raleigh Register,) the annexed letter Section 12. It shall be the duty of every person
from Professor Emmons to Governor Clarke, i liable to pay tax, residing in any district, or having
There is, doubtless, a large quantity of brino in ) Ppertj therein liable, to taxation,: at-the times
Al , , lt . . j n -f j and places appointed by the assessor, to furnish to
the country, and salt may be extracted irom it. . ! ' 1- c u- . u
' J j the assessor a wnttenTist of his taxables, (except-
Raletgii, April 11, 18G2. ' ing real estate, which 4be assessors shall ascertain
To His Excellency, II, T. Clark," Governor of : nti abstract froni tWkst-TJ'luatien of ' Yeal estate
inquiry which you
the value of brine
North Carolina Sir : The
made yesterday respecting
which has been employed for preserving meat is
important at this time. Old brine will contain a
large proportion of the salt used, and may be re
covered by boiling it. Let the brine be poured
into an iron kettle, and stir in, while cold, the
white of several eggs. Boil the brine and skim
off the dirt from the top as it rises. Now strain
the liquid, while hot, in order to free it from a
stringy sediment. Boil again and skim, if neces
sary, reducing the quantity of brine by evapora
tion until a pelicle of fine salt forms upon the sur
face. It may now be set by to cool while crystals
of nearly pure salt will be formed. The brine
should never be boiled till a dry mass is formed,
as in that case, it will be impure and dark colored.
By repeating the evaporation, the salt may be ob
tained as pure and white as table salt.
Most truly your servant,
E. EMMONS, State Geologist.
I. S. If the brine is stirred while cooling, fine
salt will be formed; if it is allowed to cool without
stirring, a coarse salt will be deposited.
Startling Figures. The debt of Lincoln
dom is so vast that the Yankees admit that unless
they can conquer and rob the South this spring,
by July it will reach $1,000,000,000. Very few
people have an adequate idea of this sum. If it
was in gold, allowing two hundred and fifty dollars
to the pound, it would be four millions of pounds,
or twenty thousand tons of two thousand pounds
each. If in silver, at a dollar to the ounce, it
would be sixty-two and a half millions of pounds.
If carried on drays, a thousand peunds on each
dray, it would take Go ,000 drays to carry it. Sup
pose a person could count a dollar each second and
work six hours each day, then it would take one
hundred and twenty years to count it. If in a
pile of half dollars, allowing ten to the inch, it
would make a pile over 8,156 miles high, or if
laid down on a line, each an inch across, it would
be nearly seventeen thousand miles long. People
of the South, the enemy say that you shall pay
this vast amount.
Stocks. North Carolina G per cent, bonds are
quoted in Richmond at 105, Virginia 00.
Extortioners and Speculators. We have
reason to believe that speculation in the necessa
ries of life i. still carried on in this place by sev
eral persons. They have and are still hoarding up
large quantities of flour and bacon, and refusing
to accommodate those who are in want. We have
no hesitation whatever in saying this should not
be allowed, as we honestly believe it is highly
detrimental to the best interests of our country.
Before it is too late to prevent damage, Fomtthing
should be done by those .who have authority to do
so to put a stop to such au unholy business. No
christian should engage in it, and patriotism ought
to prevent every man from following such low
down business. It may do for the greedy Yankee
who makes his living by the misfortunes of others
and swindling, but for a Southern man professing
loyalty, it is too disreputable, and people may well
doubt his loyalty to our country in this her time of
trial.
Wo very respectfully call the attention of the
authorities of the State to this great evil. If they
do not by the strong arm of the law put a stop to
it, the people will, and then who can tell where
the vengeance of an outraged people will stop.
Salisbury Watchman.
Loss or Generals.--Since the war began the
Confederates have lost six Generals Garnett,
Bee, Zollicoffer, Mcintosh, McCulloch and John
ston. The Yankees have lost only two, wo be
lieve, Lyous and Baker. E.ichanye.
It is reported that four federal Generals were
kiUod" at the battle of Shiloh, viz: Sherman, Crit
tenden, and the two Wallaces.
Henry Ledbetter, of Anson County, N. C, liv
ing near Wadesboro,' is worthy of honorable men
tiou for steadily selling corn at 75 cents after the
speculators had placed it at SI 15.
"A Weak. Invention oe the Enemy." The
bullet-proof vests of the Yankees a new invention
did not protect them at Shiloh, from the bayo
net charges of the brave Southrons, who met them
iher, face to face. A number of the dead found on
t?i battle-field are said to have had on those patent
yests. Truly, "a weak invention of the enemy."
und the tax-lists filed in the office of the clerks of
the county courts for the year 1861,) setting forth
the number and value of his slaves, horses, mares,
mules, jennets, jacks and neat cattle, (except such
as are for use or consumption on 'the farm, pro
vided that such exception shall not include slaves;)
his household and kitchen furniture (except such
as are specifically taxed) over and above the
value of two hundred dollars; the number and
value of. his ships, boats and other water craft of
the value of one hundred dollars or upwards;
and in listing the amount of debt due to hiin
from solvent parties and - his cash on hand, he
shall be allowed to deduct debts owing by him as
principal, and also as surety, where the principal
is insolvent,' listing only the balance after making
such deduction, and such listing and valuation
shall have reference to the property owned and the
subjects of taxation held by the tax-payer and its
value on the first day of April' in which such list
ing is to be done; and he shall also set forth all
other articles of property or subjects of. taxation
which he is bound to list, w ith his estimate of the
value of such portions thereof as is taxed ad
valorem, and the assessor shall administer to the
persons furnishing .said list, the following oath:
"You solemnly swear . that the list by you fur
nished, contains a full statement of all the prop
erty and subjects of taxation which you are bound
to list, either in your own right or in right of any
other person, and that. the property. valued is not
worth more in cash than the valuations annexed,
to the best of your knowledge and belief." .
Sec. 13. If any person liable to pay taxr shall
fail or refuse to give such list of his taxable
property on oath, or if the assessor shall have
reason to believe that such person has not rendered
a true account of his taxables, or has fixed the
valuation less than the true cash value thereof, he
shall assess such person' such an amount as he
shall have reason, to believe correct, according to
the best information he can procure; and the
assessor is hereby authorized to address written
interrogatories to the person listing or any other
j person, lor tne purpose or obtaining sucn m-
luvmatiou, and to require written answers thereto
upon oath, which oath the assessor is hereby au
thorized to administer; and if any person being
so interrogated, shall refuse to answer such inter
rogatories, he shall be liable to pay the sum of one
hundred dollars, to be recovered by action in the
name of the State, to the use' of the county, and
ifc shall be the duty of the assessor to report such
delinquency to the county solicitor who shall bring
suit for said penalty. .
THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
Hon. S. S. Scott, acting Commission of Indian
affairs of the Confederate Government, furnishes
the following information in regard to the Indian
tribes, territorial area, &c.:
The Indian Territory not including the Osage
country (its extent being unknown) nor the 800,-"
0U0 acres belonging to the Cherokees, which lie
between Missouri and Kansas embraces an area
of 82,073 square miles; more than fifty-two and a
half millions of acres, to-wit:
The land of the Cherokees, Osages, Quapaws,
Senecas, and Senecas and Shawnees, 38,105 square
miles, or 240,388,800 acres. 1
That of the Creeks and Seminolcs, 20,531 sqr.
miles, or 13,140,000 acres.
That of the Reserve Indians, and Choctaws and
Chicasaws,' 23,437 square miles, or 15,000,000
acres. . ' .
Total, 82,073 square miles, or 52,528,800 acres.
Its ' population consists of Cherokees 23,000,
Osages 7,5C0,,Quepaws 320, Creeks 13,500, Se
minoles 2,500, Reserve Indians 2,000, Choctaws
17,500, and Chicasaws 4,700r making an aggre
gate of 71,520 souls. ' 1 " ' ,
This Indian country is, in many respects, really
a magnificent one." It is one of the brightest and
fairest snots of the 'great West. By the hand of
nature it has been blessed with advantages in great
profusion, and of the highest'aud rarest character.
Diversified by mountains filled with iron, coal aud
other mineral treasures, and broad reaching plains
capable of grazing for a large portion of the year,
innumerable herds of cattle with theTied river
running along its'Southern .border." the Arkansas
river almost through its centre, and their tributa
ries reticulating ks entire surface possessed of a
climate generally inild and genial, "and a soil un
surpassed for depth and fertility, adapted to the
j growth ot cotton, hemp, ana nil Kinas 01 gram, 11
! is certainly the equal naturally of the most favored
I lands on this continent, and only needs the devel
' opment of its resources to become an invaluable
j adjunct of the Confederate' States. "
J The Bells. The bells of every church, fac
I tory, work shop, and fire engine, may be easily
i replaced by a simple contrivance of iron or steel, ; - c. , " -
. J f . , . ' The Y ankees in the Cotton States.
; alter the manner of a triangle, or, as a ootiteuipo- J " v x A-r-- .v , ,
. . ' I , r v i 1 he. Northern tapers, some time ago, published an
: rary suggests, an instrument in the shape of a . ; 0"fluc", , . c nt v.,:rrtnn
These Tan be made of different intonations." aud to der from he U ar Department a J W9
i a perfection which wMI render them admirable the appomtment of a
'substitutes. With this fact before us, should
; there be any hesitancy in donating bells to the
manufacture of cannon?
and director of all persons "engaged in the cultiva
tion n" thf land and the employment of the
blacks" within the 'military department of South
Carolinn and Geonria.' 1V thj. terms of.V this
' t: ; " ? -. . . 1! - 4 7 1
order, the Federal Government assumes to taKc ;
I'lCCLUUCU .
only under the direction of a superintendent or
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company, the. oldest. anJ most reliable in the
State, insures white persons for a term of years or
during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves
' iiif ured. for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. Tor insurance apply to
Time w nrTTW Ao-t
Jan l i, :eg2 3m "at Brauch Batik N, C, j ted to be about three, thousaud
i of slavery in the Distriet of Columbia has passed ; charge of the land and cotton and rice cuture iu
! n. ;a rnn, !.,- Tl,r r,b nn its ' two independent Southern Staffs. oonewithm
i xu"c in the Senate was twenty-three to nine . the military department referred to wnl be allowed
eve- Northern Seaator voting for it. Among : to cultivate his owu lano except upon the terms
!tho4 voting in the negative was Senator Sauls- ' prescribed by the Federal authorities, and then
i bury, of Delaware.
t The bill as finally passed . requires . every tlave-
; holder in the District to come forward and prove ;
! his loyalty within the period of three months; (
' .1, .; t. nf toft vmi-k all the slaves in the
: aim uic ioiu ' '-' J " . : . . , " 1 . - I
D;strict are to be positively emancipated, and produce Jelfbehiud oy tne planters uo cie
I their masters who are loyal, to be compensated at j driven from .their horoes The- " permits are
i the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per head, issued by the Collector of New York, and will he
j old and young. . . i Sven to no one but Federal toob am, agents. ,. .
! Tk .,.nW nf slaves iu the District is estlma- If our people eubniilt to Lincoln! all their farms will
overseer. ... . ... ......
It appears, also, from the terms of this order,
that " written' permits'; are necessary to enable
one to touch' or collect any of the' cotton or other
be managed by yuakcc oversera.
y TUE BATTLE OP SHILOH. :
"An inteiligc'nt member of the 5th' Texas Rogi-
meofc of the Army of the Potomac, who: waa ; in
Richmond on Friday night, April llth, nade tbi
statement: - . . i :. . : f . -,, : -
" He passed Corinth on Thursday "morning, and
while stopping an hour, collected thi.s information:
We had captured 8V000 prisoners, a part of whom
had been sent to New Orleans'and-a portion- to
Memphis.' ' lie-himself saw a large body of men;
who, he was informed; werfr what remained of the
pfi3onerp;nd-h8 wVs tofd bythe gnard itho hd
them in charge, that they numbered 5,700. We
had captured,- he was told, 80 cannon, and that
the enemy had recovered only four of them. .
The gallantry of several regiments were most
loudly praised. He could not recollect their
names, but one of the Tennessee regiments had
suffered most severely of all, and the Kentucky
regiment of Gen, Breckinridge was extolled- by
every one. Its noble commander won for himself
a name which can never perish. All our people
were most exultant. Another fight is expected,
but the belief was that the entire army of the
enemy could be captured, 'with all'-their boats.
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xjttiiei les iiau Deen erecteu on tne river which
would prevent their escape. - - - - - -.-
Gen. Van Dorn, with the army - of the brave
Price, was approaching. y " ; ;
Still later accounts than the above", were brought
by the Hon. Mr Tibbs, of the House Of Repre
sentatives, who arrived in this city fiom Chatta
nooga on Saturday evening. His reports of the
glorious victory at Shiloh are the most gratifying
that wo have read or heard. He state? confi
dently that the number of prisoners taken is not
less than 7,600, and the enemy's loss in the bat
tles of Sunday and Monday, in killed and wound
ed, by their own admission, reaches 15,000. Mr
T. also states that nearly the whole of the ammu
nition and stores captured by our army on Sunday,
and which Gen. Beauregard had to leave behind
him when he retired to Corinth, had been saved
by the gallant and indefatigable Morgan, whose
very name is a terror to the enemy in the South
west. -
The rich fruits of this clorious fiedit are almost
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incalculable, and the blow inflicted perhaps the
moat stunning which the enemy has received in
the progress of the war. Richmond Dispatch.
The Knoxville Register says:
The prisoners taken on Sunday were sent under
guard towards Corinth. Buell sent a brigade of
cavalry to attempt to. rescue them, but a body of
Confederate oavalrv and artillerv from Corinth.
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not only frustrated the movement, but . also cap
tured the whole of the brigade of--Federal
cavalry.
Our informant saw Gen. Prentiss a prisoner at
Corinth, and saw hiin meeting with his coin mmd
who were broutrht in rjrisoners after him. -lie
made a speech on Monday night to his fellow
a . . n in. I n i .
capuve3. oeverai oi tne nags Dome by the priso
ners were inscribed. " To Corinth nr hell " Our
troops were compelled to abandon a portion of the
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cannon captureu on ouuaay, ve presume owing to
their crippled condition, but Bpiked them before
leaving them.
The 19th Tennessee Regiment captured an en
tire Federal regiment the 22d Illinois.
We have been kindly furnished (says the
Charleston Mercury) with the following extract
from a letter written by a young Charleston volun
teer, who participated in the. battle of Shiloh:
Corinth, April 9. Doubtless before this
time you have heard of the very terrific fight that
we had here on last Sunday and Monday. I ill
tell you the battle of Manassas is not a circum
stance to it. - - , -, v . " "
On last Thursday, we were ordered to have
three day's provisions ready to march on the next
day. . But, on account of the left wing of the
army being further from the scene of action than
was expected, the fight was delayed until Sunday.
Wbeu the boys were ordered to pitch in, they
went to work with the fury of madmen; and
frequently through the day did -I see the flags of
the two armies brushing against each other, and
from the first to the last did we whip them and
drive them back to the river under the eover of
their guns. Our Generals on Sunday ' night
thought the victory complete, for we had not only
the battle field, but all the enemy's tents, baggage
wagons, one hundred and two pieces of artillery
and any reasonable quantity of small arms: 'We
also , took about -7,000 or 8,000 prisoner?,- and
killed and wounded about -15,000; while onr loss
is from 5,000' to 7,000 killed, wounded and
missing. - -"; r " '
On Monday morning, we found out that the
fight bad to be continued, en ' account of Baell
landing reinforcements. ' It' was not possible to
find and bring into the field many of our men, for
their .officers, thinking' the 1 victory complete,
allowed their troops to go where they pleased.
And hus it happened that we had not all our men
to fight the battle on the next day, in consequence
of which we will have to fight the battle over. ' It
cannot come off for six or seven days yet." There
is now an armistice established for three 'days to
bury the dead.- We are still in possession of the
battlefield. General Sydney Johnston wan killed
by a spent ball strikiug him in the calf of the
leg and cutting one of the arteries. He bled to
death in his saddle. -Refusing to leave the field,
he preferred ' rather to die than not retrieve his
lost reputation." Two full ear 'loads- Of "Yankee
officers went np the toad last night, and amongst
them Gen Prentiss. During the fight I had one
of the buttons cat off my coat sleeve. ' It passed
through the back of my coat, but only burnt me.'
The watchful eye of God was over me still and
thus my life was again spared.' ; 4 y
The Lynchburg Virginian says:
. We understand that a . messenger from Gen.
Beauregard passed through this city yesterday,
who reports that we captured and scut back 8
guns, of the. most beautiful, pattern. , He men
tions that one battery of eight pieces, was of rifltU
cannon, 24 pounders. He also says, that it waa
for. want of transportation that the captured etores
had to be destroyed, and were a loss to the tne
my. These statements come to us from a source
entitled to the highest credit. y - - - -
: The enemy acknowledge a loss of twenty thoa
candy"1 - "'-'' - '" '" " :
7 c- THE NORTH-WEST.
.. There are many signs that thei Yankee Siatea
and North-Western States will cot long hold to
gether after the establishment of the Independence
of the Confederate States.. x And a" belief in Buch
a" result is doubtless a moving cause in both those
sections for prosecuting the "war for' subjugation
with vigor.1 The North is1 unwilling to give op
Southern trade' nds the' North'-West desires to
hold on to the navigation of the'ereatrivcM which
The Washinctoh City Star of f he instelvei
an item which shows that Lincoln's late bid to the
border States and to Europe is having a very dif
ferent effect in the North-West from what he pro
bably anticipated." ' The following is the para
graph from the Star. ;
"Anti-Abolition Sentiment in the Heif.- A
prominent gentleman,., and a Republican office
holder, who has just returned from Cincinnati,
and other Western points, reports a general devel
opment of an intense Anti-Abolition sentiment in
all quarters of the West, since Wendell Phillips'v
riot in Cincinnati. He says violent denunciations
of Phillips and all of his kind are heard among all
classes, and that threats are made against many
ADontion members ot congress, that it they show
themselves before the; people in the West, they
will fare worse than' Wendell Phillips did." This
feeling he reports, Is based on the popular repug
nance to "negro equality," toward which the Aboli
tionists arc supposed to bo tending no white
man being so poor in his own esteem as not to feel V
himself tetter than a nigger."
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' BRAVERY AND MODESTY.
It is undeniable that true courage and modesty
almost invariably go hand in hand. The official
report .of Capt. John H. Morgan of one of bis
scouting expeditions beyond Murfreesboro,' Tenn.,
which we published some days ago, affords a strik
ing illustration of this. In that report, Capt. Mor-
gan, after recounting what bad been accomplished
by his little command, says:
"Returning alone in the direction of Murfreos '
boro,' I encountered a picket of six men, who sur
rendered to me on being summoned, aud delivered
up their arms." . - .
The Atlanta Confederacy gives the following
statemeut of the affair as it actually occurred:
While the brave Captain is so modest in an-'
nouueing the successful accomplishment of one of
the most daring deeds of the war, we must, for
the benefit of history and the pleasure of our rea
ders, tell of the affair as it actually occurred. ' '
After having taken 98 prisoners near Nachville :
with his 25 meu, Capt. Morgan started them back '
in three "different detachments.1 While subse
quently returning alone with the intention of over
taking them, as he was crossing the pike he ob
served some distance in advance a Federal officer. ;
Accosting a country-man who was approaching
him from that direction, Captain Morgan ascer
tained that the Yankee was a Lieut. Burns, with
a picket of five men, who at the time were in a
house at the Hide of the road. Instantly forming '
his purpose, Capt. Morgan loosened his revolvers,
buttoned his Federal overcoat so aa to conceal bis
own uniform, and galloped up to the picket.
"How are matters, Lieut. Burns?" said Cap
tain Morgan, addressing the Yankee officer.
"All right, Colonel," responded Burns.
- "Where are your men?" asked Morgan.
"In the house there," replied Burns.
"Nice way of attending to your duty, sir. Con
sider yourself under arrest, and hand me your sword
and pistol," said Capt. Morgan. 1 - ;
His order was promptly obeyed, and Capt. Mor
gan then directed Burns to call out his men sing-
ly. After requiring them to hand him their sabres
and guns, he oidered them to march. '
"YV are going the wrong direction, Colonel,"
said Burns, after they had started.
"No, it's all right. 1 am Captain Morgant"
said the brave partisan to his now thoroughly
frightened captiveB. . - ,
At this juncture Capt. Morgan was joined by
one of his men, Mr. Spaulding, who had with him
four of the prisoners taken eariler in the day Af
ter marching all night they safely reached their
command with the ten prisoners. "'
- AU this but goes to -how what can be scconi
plished by a daring,'couragcous, yet prudent and
discreet man We should have a Morgan, with
his band," to cutoff and destroy supplies, burn
bridges, tear up ' roads, and harass, annoy,' and
cripple the vile Hessian invaders on every mile'
of road between the Confederate lines and the
Ohio river v ' ' '
From Roanoke Island. Ten fret negroes
recently reached Perquimans county from Roanoks
Island, who report that-the Federals are fortify
iug the latter place, and that they say they intend'
to make it as strong as Fortress Monroe. ;
These negroes were furnished with passes .for
the purpose of visiting their families, aud inducing
them to return with them. They say, however
now that they have reached home, that no induce
ment could cause them to go back again to their
would-be masters. - '
The experience they have already had among
the Yar&ees, bss satisfied them that it is a mis
fortune of the dirett character to fall into their
hands; and th-y etate that, though worked , ex
cessively, they receive but a scanty allowance of
food, and not enough money to purchase sufficient
clothe to render them comfortable. 'Richmond
"' Resignation "of a. CtEaaTMAarTbo N. T
correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer - ssyss
A sensation has been crested in' np-town circles
by the resignation ef Kev; Dr. Hawks, rector of
Calvary Ch arch. The doctor, who is a native of
North Carolina; has a son in the rebel army, and
has always expressed more or less sympathy with
the South since the rebellion broke out, and since
the invasion" of his native State by General
I Buroside, ' he thinks it his "duty' to return to,
! North Carolina and hence' his ' resignation. " Dr.
1 Hawtnotwithstanding his secession proclivities
has Always been personally popular with the ma
JOnty OI ni3 cougregauuu, kut unurr nic viivuui-
stances it is a matter of congratulation that both
pastor and people are released from a situation
which was every day becoming1 inore and, njoxf
embarrassing. . . . , , t , , ,