North Carolina Newspapers

J r a f f -.1. A- .. " " " " gyV. 1 IJB'I'LjM1 W ,J U 0""' OFFICE OX THE WK.-T SIDK OF TRADE STREET S3 .CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND .THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PI&rEIUT OP THE OTHER. per annum IN ADVANCE CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, .1863. 1f7. -kd-J) Editor and Prophietor. ELEVENTH . VOLUME X U M B E R 555. Plil? t ... - : l .III P I & fcw i i ' ! T II E ViVMRV3&7? 1 :ftM A A J -y?u;;ivhtd every Tuesday WILLIAM U J. YATES, il - AND i;:uri;ji.iu ( l .V V'ANCK. Transient jolvf-rt; in not ':! 'I on tile rp-j:iu cr!jt, t:t,!'-. w iii-i-rti'd until forb .1 ILTD OITIC r-. or N. C. TKOOPS. 1 J .-. rll. A i:r..-.vi:, :.I:.in-s S 11mk , i; Cix, .V S Stalonirs V. J). Tiiv'oii. M l. ;-!-v J ):,: i-', i Cart.-r.-.Tin.-s 11 W.'-od, Willi;.)!. .1 il.'.d'lt T W.-l.!., S::i,! McP T- tr. .' : '.. I. liiil, i!.i!irir ,S "j ai ::r, . ; . s';ih :ms.?i. Jv iiintoii, .; "A 1. i I !.TVV ' ( . if ! i; (;..nt.:i. 1) J'oo!,-. m J 7il.-!i;iii, ).fou--s, . ,u Ifuriin, .Jiio If Whiutker. j AV 1? Ti nijson, !i:-l)' !t A J?os:s, J);iv'i.l I' Rowe, Ijio T Hauibiick, w.Mi r-r-i.-Rno, I " Kl A StOW O, Uoijii (' L'-inib, !''..) -y Co-offr-, ; W" i Robill.SOll, V iii 1 f 'i'oon, !' .V ;r v. s ; s .' .if nil Gray, it 1 .!,.bi:sr.-n '.' L iTjrri-, (' !rv.oii, .! S Kcii-lall, !: A' S n-lt-ny. ' ! ''iiofunsrv J .'. M Lowry," .!.!IH!-S T Kt-ii, iv: i? bii.s. W 11 Yarboro', H I) 1.. 'J'boK H Hii.tipc. lb nry Kxvai! C M Andrews, Of I .1. C C Golfs !1 ! i: (' G H!i..-kna!l, ,T 1) Love, I.J Y Francis, Ji-lm A fSilmer, :: ''ik--. . ' i " .IMC' ;':ok.-r. V I., ! Ml. VV I ) run rinp-. r, Tims I-1 Gardner, Win W Sill, is, .' SS" .1 YeMleH, I Cm Coward, ! not V "...:;. I , 1 j. M-j!.,woii !J"ll;l I Jonos, N Hiclc-jvnn . i- " Ai i!.l!.-ii, Jas V McG.-e, .Job n M K.-liy coiim ;.:'.i' .s, 1 :ii. . ;-.r., .i i iL I Andrews, n;-.n. i1 if 1 idsoli, il' A I'evnob'j, i ; !:!! tl c!iiiAi'-iest ib ! ;( ! '.! :cniaiiies. b,l,;i E ;,wvn, jC W Gradsbaw W'.n. (i lewis, (Walt .1 1'jriran, '!' I. 1 l.iriove, jG M iStodiiiau, AitJivw J Koyd,! Win A .Jenkins, V Tj Founders (i 1! In -ib.-.ult, i.Jobn A Graves. 'S II Walbun. 'Albert A Hill ! J 'a :ib - - i C (M.l,.;. - Yiio" S i !-!:! i; , U T C .iott.'i-itiirv. 1 .1 H M.r. !-.;.'!, :7 ..i ii u is, '5- -. b. ;t C Hii!. 'j I. - M MeA i J.hn A Flemiior J Wa!:ii,.'-to!j. (ieo. Wortiemi. V. oi A Abeu J1 YieK; than. .' K Mar-b dl. !' us A Parks J C Vn Hook J Q Ri hvJ :on, Jas J Led. il, Anderson Eilis, II F Schenck, Jaiiies A Craige, J C Keener, Jas M Miivn, - S' McGoWell, Henry Harding. ' III A v. I ns, .ICS MelVe.Veil, .1 Sin ! Cojialiv, ! il V Pais.ui,' A eh C ( ) od w in, John 15 1 ':i i'o r, 1 1 t l-Yvebec .loretK:i. jK M Mnrcbison, 1 Ab S Cab.iwav, : (J Luke, d!C .Ton-s. Jr., 'Win W Pivfnt, li' Cantwell Jos A Mi H'.w. -ll,.Wn II I -av r. J 1. K.-i ! Win S 1 v. R. bt. ( :. A. I.ov i : r.vi.ns 1. M Allen. -S H Kvatr;, J;es A Kt-itli, i . !- o!K. I I il ii -ivi li..!! to the al:o O, t' 4v iro four liaH, ;ioi:s and of North Carolina troops " v on- u let' ';:.!;.'.; e-eo i:; n -s c--"- .e--h to oi y nil? more Ue'!nie!ts, u' i.i..'u. m-v. ttty-om. North Orolina Regiment Cliapiolle Mutual Fire i i f i i - i to ;.iac ri.-us again-: iss iv itru, on i SS FJe.i,.-;, G,ods, Pruduce, :., ri noual rates. '-, .,:. .4 p.. TAYLOR. ,r. ;y.,,v ,,,.. ovi.'HM AN', . -.-r-v Jt.S. H. WILStiy, A" 7-i.-'r K. .WE HI'TCHISON. D-inECTOSS: A. C. STr'.ICl.i-:, WM. J. YAT RS. .'Ntt. L. flktiN, M. JOILVSTON, i. K. TAYI.ti':, I". SCARR, C'TAS. OVERMAN. .-.rv-v rif.-.v. F. Rrnrr, Jno. L. Brown, Wm J . -. w . April 1 .. r.2. I tl) o- 3.:; .?h zi t jjl o x s 3als. : :.ti itl. tie-., in ihe Mercantile .- ,a r..K- j.v, i, ,.,,,, l.E .VIS Y. SANDERS '! it ?t of i hi- ;i, ,a .A , urVHUvr WILLIAMS, OATHS CO. b: ed Ui 1 1 i - - tutc- linn of i AV.:!:iu A 1W wr- w r v. iti to e! ft'ol ScilU- ; as fur ! i W!i I A.MS t DATES tf j j j di;-. J. M. MiLLER i N. C, the I'rae-o-.. ol "e iu-i'ic bu;i i 'o-ij. Medicine, and can be big next to Iverrs hotel, . rs v. i.-L t., j.iiri base CORN. -Vidy at es. i;::;v.n .v- wads worth n. iso2 tf S5u' 7 re-, t-t H, -v- : out um of nl aii.-d to ti..- b.- lei V I ' I S. U1S V e eonccmeu is Ui i; creates ;lie ,,;r: Aee.-.ii ii' i ',, ! ,. i . . . . -. t o!t!ic tlenei d As-ctuidr ' -o'-elltor Of P u I . ! j c Accounts. touei. ! -. t he ':.!: .' 11 '. ;t exnenuiture of pub. 1 o contorm, inab ras.-s . , : l -! H ' i' ';; Arty Regulations of t::e 'i:,::uv or i-i m-";4r a-c t;. t-, :,r,.i; i e S eiv .1 U-ef,;iQt ,,i b ..-.tmii ats of tin- aeuie Hi ft vern- i deli e- :! f Ti.e un i '' Ot til- rc-j ,.,,;,r,,. . ... i .... i . 1 ' I JUlll St 5 ?oou 11 s ma-v ; i ; t ii'.; it iu a Me 1 resent onnnr j-noi.e n...'!..- i'ient in rin.Ieriii.r yor rl'eriv.in iheir h..n.!s .e;r, .-:. ,-n ,,j ; - 1 - IV 'IT IlUVY I'M'Iiii'r r.fth,. -x Their .icct.iiiit.s .. i" ti.e el -n-, . .t! , I'-.;..-trv.l iuui settle.! it, bv will be caned ' ; i iue p. .in .. .... .i . . . . i. .JI.IIJ, UliJ MlJ.j IVl IK ,1 , . .js notice is uisregarded ii -unst the State will be audited according : r i.. observed hr rbo Inf n,i.r.l ei.,;., - a ! I'oro t se O. t . l lIlLl.ll'.S, ,;t Auditor, &c. O v ltirr r ... . AUCTION AND Commission House. j CHARLOTTE, N. C., ! In connection v hh their Tobncco and Produce Store, i have o.-entd an auction and Commission House, and v.-iii t. -iy or --.c-u ;50f-i3 ana i-nuuc id oi ecrj uivmijiuuh I on rcaer,;.:. it commission. Ad'ire.-?, It. Ik.. P.Ul I II .v w--, Januarj , 103 If Chai iotte, N. C. j i (IV K' ST R !5 A Ceriilicaic I"r twelve Shares of Stock in tlie Cliar- j lotte and S. C. Railroad. No. 11-12, dated Feb. 5. 1857. J. B. GASTON, j Jonx R. Jouxstox, Agent, j Castania Grove, Gaston county, Jan. 12, I8o'3 3m CTI7"n!'P'' OAT t? ju itiu.iv. wie zuui 01 it itrnary, 1000, i win sen ai i Charlotte, a tract of laad, known as the "McCorkle Ti ici?: containing 2(;0 acres, adjoining Alexander f T?. 1 . ..-.l A,T' l-.. 1 C ,-r T Ml - It Cooper and others, and confiscated as the property o: li iram W a!l.i o!e. Terras Cash on con-fit mation of -the sale by the Court. Note and security for the purchase money. ' D. SCHENCK, Receiver. Jan 20, 18C3 5tpd U. IJ5CcH'ARJSO( & CO., STOC'iC IJItOKER.S & COMMISSION MERCHANTS Will ivi 1 w 11 1 r n t trit t L-.n f r cTria nn.1 imrrf t.-es i Si ate .nd Confederate Bonds, Fbink and other ! oe.ks, ,'oiK-ctiou f Claims, and any business con- ! iieeted with the diflVrent dopartmenfs of the State Government. Ibiuk Notes of till Southern States bought and sold. Rkkkkkncks O G Parsley. Wilmington ; Win A Wright, do.: .Jno D Williams, Fayetteville; W G Iiruad foot, do.J J ljlack wood, Charlotte; V K Lane, Wayne coi!i:t; Jiio D Whiilbrd. Cr;ven co.; Hon Tiios Ruiiin, U .. .11 II V V I.V I , .. 3 . M . - II. I) W Courts. Rockingham co.: II W Guion. Lincoln co. ! And citizens of Raleigh generally. J.-iu 20, 1803 3 m Carriage & Wagon Shop, The fiub.-ei iier, successor to Mr Charles Overman in the Carriaee and Wagon making bu.dnes's, fcspectfully inf.rins the public that he will protuj 1 ly execute all work f-utrusted to hi in, and he solicits a share of pub lic patronage. REPAIRING of all kinds will be particularly atten ded to aud done at short notice on reasonable terms. Send your work to Ovi-i man's old stand and give me a trial. A. II. CRESWELL. Chai lotte. Jan'y 13, 18G3. y At the K lic..il Pur eying Djm rtmenf. in Charlotte, A latfre number ,f BOTTLES and VIALS, for which the higU'st c.-tu price will be paid. JAS. T. JOHNSON, Surgeon and Medical Purveyor. January 27. lC3 tf GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Having large eiose Stotagc accommodations and long experience, solicit-consignments of Produce and Mer chandize for sale. Rci'-r to J. J. Blackwood. E.-' January 27, 1813 . 3mpd Charlotte. SUBSISTENCE DEPA RT.MENT iiiiriotte, .. January lis, tco. Wanted, immediately, at this Department, ten thou sand pounds of lmr1 Soap for the Army at Goldshoro. N. C , for which the market price will be paid. The i lal.iiity of the Government to procure Manufactiued S,itp it is hoped, induce the people of tin section .e in m.ikiu-r an arti(de so indispensable to the ealth aud contort of their relatives in the arm v. E. M. LOW E, Jen U, l.i3 tf Capt. &; A. C. S. Flour Mill for Sale. The subscriber, having entered into a contract for building th Railroad front' Danville to Greensboro, is desirous of devo! big his whole time to that work, and offer ins STMAM M I L L for sale. -The property is git uatei m the town oi Chut lollo, on the North Curolinu R-ii! Roa.d. has ix run of Mill Siones, and the Flour has a higli re eracv. Il'he also ion ihrougliout the Southern Cunfed :! f! Eaetoi v. with improved Macbin- ry, an i t f.j.er in-..3 attached, which will be sol': wiili the Mil! or alelv. JOHN WILKES. Sept. tf VESUVIUS FUIiK'AOE IKON 'VVURK8. The subscriber informs the public that lie is nmr.u. nicturimr Vic Iron at his Furnace in Lincoln coniitr. five mile-'-' north of Sliaron Station on the WiL, Char. RntbTi .nd Railroad. He is also prepared to cast M i .-li i m tr- vii 'li : (JenriT-nr T li r;i sli i n :r i u e Ii i o Irons. Ac: also Hoiiow-Ware aud Salt Pans. ' J. M. SMITH, Vesuvius Furnace P. O. July 15, 1SG2. y-l'd Ri LiiMOMi, a.. Jan. iy, iouo. 1. T . . IOj'J The following oflu-efs and men have been duly ex chattged. and are hereby so declared. 1. -VI ofdeers and men captured in Kentucky, Ten nessee. Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia. Florida and South Ctrolina. up to December 10th. J 2. All e.fn .-ers and men cap: ured in Missouri, Kan sas. New Mexico, AH.ona, Arkansas and Louisiana, up lo Januarv lst.xls13. 3- Tho two fnregou.g sections apply not only to offi- .-e;s and men ot tiiet oufc-ierate service, but also to all poisons captured in arms or hostile array ajrainst the Putted States, whatever may have been theVharacter of the milit ry orani.':t.uis" to which they were at taehed. and wli-itever mav have been the terms "of the )Kii()ic.s f;iven lv them. It vnv are in Federal prisons, t !i,ev are to be innnc-dinteh- released, und delivered to I tho Confederate authorities. ' , :. All -Confederate ofueers and men who hare been 1 . t red at City Point on to January Cth. 1663. I 0. All Con fe.l urate ofticors n nil mn rl 1t r hoon : Xrt.lrg Wi td Dec.cmWrJ 1862' aad i 7. AllVrolod Con federate officers and men receipt- ed for at Viekshnrjf uj to December 23d, 1862, aud ' mcladb-c said ute. 8. Ill i'.-..,ri -r- .. -i . . j j roioA iT " n c.lu.r.f ' - .V-Uvi it i t hi it v -i i n I in rni I s . r t. !!,, ,. . ' ....-v . , . v , Alt Cof,aor;'eoflh orSandmoueluludai Golds- ; ro- -N cm in.lVconiLer, is-)2 ; l.V 1.!... . . Wllil'lv tlia ov,. cous .and minor exchanges, ot i vv. "j.jopriaic oUicer c . ui irv iuui mii'"ei. s Rucf.RT OULD, AoAtit rf T. Yi-lin err 1 Jan 20, 1SG3 et WiBltxn SJrmorraf: CHARLOTTE, N. C. NOTICE. Our terms aie three dollars per year in'advanee. Jiggr 77e Democrat will be discontinved to all subscrU ora at ine expiration oj the time jor which ii j-t Those who want to cortlinue must renew before or at the ex- !,., - , DEPREDATIONS BY THE ENEMY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Tho following official statement shows some of the depredations and outrages of the Yankees in Eastern North Carolina. Can it ba possible that j any Southern man would consent to a re-union with such savages as the Northern people have , . t .1 o 1 V'1 themselves to be in this war? Any Southern man who would favor a re-construetion of the Union and agree to live under, the same Government with such a people, deserves a traitor's death. Lut here is the statement : Ili;ADQUAitTLS, near Hamilton, N. C', ") )ecember 12th, 18G2. " ' Gkm-uai. : In compliance with your request to ln.i!ii!i you with a statement of the conduct of the Fcdcial army in its recent raid through this section of country the treatment of the people, the destruction or property, Arc, 1 have to sav that thft march of the Federal forces throuch tho vnh in, .ton to U';ilb.t.i!t..n fl.....;i - ' --- --- ----- - o -- fen, and up into the county of Edgecombe, Was. o rt'tierally characterized by a ruthless and wanton debt ruction of private property, and an utter disregard of all personal rights, as to render a particular recital of the acts of vandalism cotu- ,i,lttcd Gdn. 1-o.ster S army an impossibility Their progress is marked at every step by the most paitilul evidences or rapine: and plunder. Houses were broken open, furniture broken to pieces, bedding and personal apparel stolen or destroyed, desks aud trunks forcibly entered and .stripped of their contontsj notes, papers aud books burned, scattered to the winds, or carried off; fences burned; ripe fields laid waste; cattle and h'tigs slaughtered to such ah extent that in nv.merous instances only choice pieces were cut out, and the remainder left lor birds of prey; horses, mules aud vehicles seized and carried away; and the very hen-houses robbed. These were the general characteristics of the Yankee raid. But a few examples of their vandalism may better serve to illustrate the fiendish spirit by which the drunken and beastly Yankee soldiery were animated on this march. The village of Hamilton contained about forty dwellings with the Usual out-houcs. One-half of the village was, laid in ashes. There wcre no Confederate troops there, nor. any- Confederate property. The inhabitants had done nothing to offend the enemy. Resides burning one-half the village, the enemy killed a large number of cat tle and hogs, indeed, many of these , were killed in mere wantonness, and were left ling about the J streets and adjoining fields, .while others were skinned and oaten. The poultry was, of course, all consumed. Neither age nor sex commanded respect from the Yankees. They plundered every body alike the iich and the poor, the old and the young. .Poor widows who earned a scanty subsistence by their needle, were robbed of every thing; and a Mrs Baker was separated from her infant for nearly two days, until a mother's love overcame her detestation of their reejuiremcnt, and she was compelled to taJce the oath in order to procure the restoration of her child! The town of Wii!it'mston was also visited by the enemy. (Jen. Foster, who commanded the expedition, took up his charters at the house of Jesse R. Ptubhs, of that town, both on lis ad vance and on his return Mr. S. being absent on the first occasion. The house opposite that occu pied by Gen. Foster, aud tenanted by li. L. Moore, a blind man. was burned under the very nose, as it were, of Gen. Foster the street nlone separating the buddings. Before 'burning the house the Yankee soldiers took -Mr ignore from his bed, stole every tiling of value in tho house, and left the flames to complete their baibafous work. They also burnt the jjfil and several other houses not one of them being a hundred yards from Gen. Foster's headquarters?,, except the jail. The soldiers ransacked every house in the town. Ihe- shot cattle down in'the streets; slaughtered, cleaned and cooked hogs in te pail .rs of private residences; put. horses in the' residence of Judge Jiisrss nnd tho hotel of Lieut. Col. Lamb, of the "17th N. C. Regiment, thus using them as stable,. i hey broke into the iron safes of Rev. Mr Has : soli." AmbHek Williams, Rami Watts and Peter ! G- Foster; intend every dtk in the town, and I took from them all the notes, money and other valuables. They took' twenty -seven hundred dol ' lavs ; numry from Peter G. Foster. They went j to the house of a Mr Groves, who had been con- j fined to his bed for ten years, dragged him from j ; I-.to I,.,.) l i it. i . thin" i ma ui u, ui,ii Miijipeu nic; iuuc "i e v . i , r ' portable. Thcv tore down the altar in the Epis copal Church, .destroyed the book", &e. Wil- : Tiamston, like Hamilton, had lio Confederate , troops in it nor Confederate property, but was ui- j, habited exclusively by -non-combatants and quiet, ; . orderly citizens. . i .So much for (ho wild and reckless spirit of; vandalism practiced upon towns ioce-upied tem- j porarily' Ly the mercenary and brutal foe.. A few i instances, selected at random, will suffice to show , that the unoffending farmers on the roads Ga ,., j i .1 " v j i un their ?e(X tl,e .enemy, fared no better than their Vlila - e neighbors. The Yankees went to the residence of Miss ; Helen lade. one of thkindest and most humane ...:. . . .. l - i ,i l. . Kifrhrsfc sense of the word, and took away sixty-nine ?roee, all her horses end mules, vncliiding even . her carriage horses, together with all the poultry, clc. that they could lav their hands ob. f J J t They went to the residence of J. J - Sherroa, entered his house, .treated him with personal violence, broke into his desk, slaagthered n i, r . . cattle and hogs, destroyed his- fences, .ana neipcu. ineuiseives to as mucn corn iau pruvaioia could COflSBme and all thi3 while his house was j - ... " I occupied by officers high incoujmand in the- Federal army. j I GfD. Foster h?mpf sr.pnf. nn' Tiibrht. . "Mr ! j ivmcnen- Taylor's. His troops destroyed his i fences, slaughtered his cattle and hocrs. consumed 1 Tr - 1 . r ; I-' . - , . .. . . . t rult'V auu ieit ine piace a unrreu waste everything Dut the laud and buildings bavin been destroyed or stolen. . Mrs Dolly Loll, a widow, upon whose premises j the Yankees encamped one night, was swept of every thing negroes, horses, mules, corn, pro- visions, poultry, clothing, &c. , In oue or two instances ladies were stopped m i fhr moil fl.oii. k ,-,.. o n 1 A they were left to make their way on foot. In all ! cases the beds, bedding and clothes of families i wcre either stolen or dostroved. j These example's, will serve to illustrate the : tienaish demonism ot the lank-eo soldiers in their - m . - . . late raid through this section of country I am, General, very respectfully, &c, WM. . MARTIN, Col. Cora Gen. N. G. Evans, Ivinston, N. C. , liiBEKAL. A correspondent ot the Salisbury A correspondent of the Salisbury Watchman says that Mr Win. F. McKesson of Morganton, N. C, has contributed for the benefit c ' ' ol soldiers as follows To Capt S McD Tate's compnny, Gth Regiment 2u pairs Shoes; Capt I T Avery's company, Gth Regiment, 2-3 pairs Shoes; and to be distributed to the Regiment 200 pahs woolen socks. To the young ladies Hospital Association of Morganton SoOfe) in cash and 60 pairs woolen socks ; to the 11th Regiment, for their White Hall figt, 500 and 78 pairs socks; to Capt Cloud's company, Gth Regiment, SCO in cash. Besides these douations he is selling domestic yarn, salt and flour to the poor of 'Burke county at from 60 to 100 per cent lower than he has been ottered for the ea.nie ar ticles by speculators." Mr McKesson is, indeed, liberal. Meritkd Promotion. Col Robt. F. Hoke, 21st N. C. Troops, formerly Lieut. Col. of the o-'td, has been promoted to a Brigadier Generalship. We ejuestion if the President has promoted any man more deservedly than Col. Ucke, nor do we think any promotion has given more general satisfaction. Gea. Hoke is a gentleman 'and a suldier in the true sense Of the term. At Fred ericksburg he made a charge iu which he cap tured "00 Yankee.. -This wa.i under the rye of Gen. Jackson, aud we learn that, in his recom mendation' of Col. Hoke's promotion, his endorse ment was almost extravagant in his favor. lia- leigJi Journal. . - ' ITOIiTIIEEN ITEMS. Burnside tendered his resignation to Lincoln as an officer of the U. S. Army, but Lincoln de clined it and informed Burnside that he had other fish for him to fry. Burnside acejuiesced, express ing his readiness to accent the smallest command in the army. The Baltimore American of the 29th says the pirate Florida, (Confederate privateer,) Cupt. Maffit, has captured and destroyed seven Yankee vesels off the West Indies. The Editor of the Philadelphia Evening Jour nal has been arrested as a secession sympathizer. Mr Wall, of New Jersey, has introduced in the Yankee Senate a resolution inquiring into the case of Zarvona, (a Confederate officer captured and impiisoned by the Federals some time since,) who, it is reported, has disappeared. Mr Vallandigham,'in a late speech to the Yan kee Congress said : "You can, never subdue the seceded States. Two years of fearful experience have taught you that. Why carry on the war ? If you persist, the whole Northwest will go with the South, which will divide the North from the Southland on the self-same da' a decree of eternal divorce will be given between the West and East." Resolutions have been offered in the New Jersey Legislature calling on the government to restore McClellan to the position of Couiuunder in Chief. A bill has been introduced in the Yankee Con gress to orgtinizo. a force of two hundred and fifty thousand men, raised pro rati in the several States, from the militia, to be two hundred regi ments of twelve companies each, and one hundred men to each con pany, the men to be between twenty-erne and thirty-five, and to be called " National Guard." It will be subject to all orders from the "President. The following Yankee officers are now off duty: M ttjor Generals McClellan, Fremont, Buell, .Mc Dowell, Fifz John Porter, Callus M Clay, burn side, Sumner and Franklin; and Brigadier Gene ra! Harney, liobt Anderson, C. P. Stone, Mc Call, Blenker, Shields, Murray, T. T. Crittenden and nine others. In all Iwcuty-six Geneiuls with out commands. cranz. Vicksburg an! Port Hudson are to be nttneked by forces sufficient for their reduction. Wilmington, Charleston and Savann ih aVc to be assailed in succession, n-nd another tff.jrt . is to be made to reduce the Rebel Capital. A5.! these oh- iec-ts accomplished bv the 1st of May, it M ex- rected the Rebels will b? brought to terms. This portion of the programme (says .the Herald,) would be most ctico iriging but. for the doubts which the sequel involves. From that it is evident that its r.ulhors do li ft place much re liance in its success. Thus we learn that whilst the proposed plan of. op rations is being carried out, secret s"-enfs are to be scut by the Govern ment to Europe for the pnrpese of Coming to an rrwlprsf.-inrfinw with Louis i Nanoleon in the evert of its failure. The intention in that ease is to . call on thp Frpnrh Kmrjeror to mteriere' in tavor of pcnccable separation between the North and the South, provided uch reparation be based- on a plan of general emancipation in both ,cc-? tions nnd ..djwm.at.fb.ic l.b nnt Lclincnl lliat tho South wonlcl consent, lot that its refusal would so damage its cause in Lu- - . . . rorn; that it would lail to secure iunner sympatny or assistance in tht quarter. -I ...... . I ..... . .1 .V7 w 1yrr,rtrn lvi mi' fr mi ?7i 1 a n llif. J .i-ift 4 Oil . ! Tho New York HeraM crives, as anew programme ; V,e" Wtre rUsU1 ir..n. inur Mumuera uj inc of ot the ultra At)olitioMs, rnc loiiowing : a.., o - -; , i n ;. it.. :. : u.lvfs. Lieut. Abtn.tt ;.n4 the men Willi Iniii . ..... . .1 i it i ,,.'.- m men nor. ii.-ivihl' i iu iu iiv.3 iiii in- " i ne rnncinie or concent ri um si i,;:,""j 13 v , .. , , ..i ne earrieu oni in an iiitm-uit an.int-uifi is. . , . ,. ,. , tt c . ... i.X : Tho Palmetto Mate. Iciviii-' the Mrcc lita to the . . . . ...l....l..lfi.........I..Vl..ltl. I . 1 I l'lTIT Ttl 1 n T : I r Tllil i T H T ' Stl IH Dt tlb IJ A.k.tntZ ' . BSILLIA-NT NAVAL VICTORY, Xtar Chgrlcsfon, S C. W" ' . nif r .- -. -.-. V n 1 . . . . " r- v nation rn,,er me ioi!owin nt ( ,h? n Lincoln blockading c.Ij .,- flirt P.inf,..l- - - - . At about 11 o'clock on Friday ni-ht, the 30th ! of January the Palmetto State, in command Capt. Rntlcde, and .with the Fla- Officer Com- modore I). N Iuj;rahain, on board, toother with j the Chicora, commanded by Cant. John 11. Tuc- ! i ker, cast off from the wharf, and with their prows : turned seaward. Having reached Fort Sumter, 1 l ... i .i .. , .. they came to anchor, and there awaited the roin' down of the moon. At 3 o clock, the report of two guns echoed through the air. That wis the signal for their departure, and once inoro the gun-boats "are in mo - : dep; ! 1 tton. Miently they move through the darkness, urging their course with all speed, .so as to come upon the unsuspected war vessels before the dawu of day. The undertaking nroniised rich - I the nearer the monsters drew to the hostile ships, j the more impatient and resolved became the gal - ! tnc more impatient and resolved became the rral- ; la.nt uun n ho wcre heneath their iron roofs. Never , "v 11 , I , , V , h MU?Swu,yi I unit in -v . I . -. I .) t I !.., nth. - . -..1 . .1 uiuni viociy uiu i nc wjiicei j? auu crow scan inc clear honzv'ii, Joanng tliat the liglit would fcieal , : over the sea before they reached the blockading fleet. Gut deep darknes is still on the deep, and they are near the enemy. Counnodt.re Ingrahani di scries black form just ahead, and tho sharp bow ot the I aluictto .Mate is turned upon the ob- i . ..a. XT ...... 1 '.I li. jeci. nearer auu nearer witu un steam on moves the iron vessel. A cr.ish is heard, and the ram'of the gun-boat penetrates the wooden nde of one of Lincoln's bloek iders.. And while the water was washing in the hole, the gunn of the Palmetto State opened upon t tie hostile vessel. The officer in comnnnd of the Mrrccdita, see ing it was folly to contend with such an antago nist, immediately struck bis flag and surrendered. In a short time the vessd went down. We are indebted to several friends on board the Palmetto State for the following account of her operations. We also give the account of our spe cial reporter, who w.-ison board one of the tenders. These accounts contain all the particulars ot the expedition aud engagement, aud sho.v tiiat it h.t been a brilliant and glorious success on or s;dc, limited only by the cowardly action of the blocka ders. U bey lied small aud large, v.i(hout even making a show of fiht, iiOtwith.-tatniing the pre sence oi two forty-gun frigate, the Susquehanna and Cauauduigua. Their loss, however, is known to be severe. Two of thoir vessels ur known io be sunk, w.hile several were fired and went olf iu a damaged condition : The Mm incuts (f the Palmetto ,S(ae. At 11 o clock, rriuay tnght, the gun-boat 1 uhnctto Mate, Capt. Rutltdge, bearing the Hag ot Commodore Duncan N. lugraham, left her moorings and pro ceeded out the bailor toward? Fort Sumter At 4.30 a. nc, the 1'ulme.ito Stale crossed the bar, 1 andj stood out at sea Hi the direction ot tho block ading licet. At i) 20 a. in., we came up to the United States steamer Alereedita, and was hailed by the watch on deck, when the following collo quy took place : Watch. What steamer is that? Drop your anchor back back and be careful, or you vv iii run into us. Captain Rutlcdgc. This ii the Confederate States steamer Palmetto State. As the answer was given, the Palmetto State, with full fcteam up, ran into the Merced iu, the bow striking her right about midships and making an entrance of about three feet. At the. Name time our bow gun was tired with a seven-inch incendia ry shell. We immediately backed out, when the Mercedita hauled down her lhig. 'lhcy were ordered To send a boat to us, and Lieut. T. Abbot, commanding, came off with a boat's crew and eur- rendered his vessel in the name of Coin, btell- waiion, of the Mercedita, carrying 7 guns and 158 58 men. He stated that his vessel was iu a sinking . cowditiou, and begged our ollic jrs to relieve them. A shot had pierced her boiler, which had burstcd and scalded a' large number of men. Lieutenant Abbott begged Commodore IngraJuain to take the men with htni on board the Palmetto State, as in their haste to come to ua they had neglected to I put in the plug, and their small boat was only kept anoat Dy tlie strenuous enorw oi me men bailing the boat. He also stated that the water in the Mcrceefita had, at the time ot his Iciving, al ready risen as high as tho engine floors. Commodore Ingraham regietted that he could not comply with the request, as he had no room to accommodate theni aboard of his vessels aud i no small .boat3 or any other means of affording ! them relief. Lieut. Abbott then pledged IU word i of honor for the "officer aid crew of the .Mercedita 1 not to serve in any manner against the Conicdo- ! rate States until regaLrly exchanged, upon which I I condition lie was sent on board his own vessel. 'The Mercedita was taken completely by surprise. bcr fate, stood ...h.r vessels of the 'Abolition llorkadiu ' fltet. occasionally exchanging shots. 'i he Liter, how - r.v. r fle.l at our iirt.ro.ich. firinir at Ion - di-in.-e- and leaving us tar yteni. One or uwo shuts were exchanged with the l oiled St;-le-t frig.ite IW ba ton. Ihe latter, however, fi.fiov. ed ti:- example of. hor companions and fled. W'e then st'd Northward, toward; th Chicora, which at this .ll'llli iii) U T ' 1 Vl '! IUI9 a.C..A . nlvf.r.cf Ltirr.in iiM .i i.,. .i v sels. At a. in., there' being nc nmre cr tf,e ALnKiiin flftit. brhr .rJ .,.. L- fr, thorn- trance of Beecn Channel, having higtiallod the Chicora to return. ti r . r.j rr ti,- M.tri Captain John R. Tucktr, started from her wharf , . i .i . at halt past eleven, nday night, ana ciofMia me ; bar at 4 .SO a. in. e eon iuenccd action at o . The Palmetto SUte engage-d an Abolition veeF on the right, while we engaged the one On the left. Keeping on cur course, we proceeded to wahin sei UI to sea. ani niLvriU several a a , :fiBrf..rtb.ih.l.n b.....,.IlbMi. . iravo her a eliol Irom oor vnv gnn, ine mcuaer c- . . ,. J.i.Itl 4. ii vr. at the time Denn; uiiuii tun nvj-jnan JIB .. . ln. Vr f.. i.nrtr.R C - rounaea w auu ..v. iwi ViVur; - .t:.i.Uru Watckman broedsides guns and after gun. She immediately J.eraljears. ixxluUury atcman. j rang her bell for fire nd made 6iSnaU of !. treat j to the re.t of ihe fleet. Tho last seen of her by ; signal uuivit caunutrs. sno was icrn -uowu tcry inr .. 1 .1: i , ' , j th , , dappcarcd Vorv mddenlr . 'ZIIZa I ' ,ff "1.1 V.lUJ,l . ' ' l'w,'M ..-.v w.Mlll. i'.Vl withstandin? the fMiinw withstanding the Chicnm imn.rIint.lv nn ...! ' towards her, nothing could be dUcuvttci of tho of! vessel. The Ch icora, proceeding farther out to sc, i-tond Nortkwinl and Eaiwatd, and mot (wo vcsstld apparently .coming to tlio relief of tho ! missine steamer. W cn-aim! I thciu. Ono of them, after firing a fj-,T guns, wit . . . ' . tlidrew. Sttoliii t to the XorthirarJ. &luui Jatf.broaL- irn utram? Un to 9 ?mall sidcwhi-cl tw.i-mafcJ vt..mrr und . endeavored to come to close fUa?tcri. SlTc kept ' clear of us, driving awiy as rapidly p.iblc, ! uot, however, withowt ri fitting our cmi liiueuts and carrying with her four or 1vo of our ehoU. ! hortlv utter, the Meam-hin Ounkcr t'itv and another side-wheel stouter canto gallantly bearing jjown npon the Chicora and commenced tiling ut i toiret within a rcunmitblo di.sUuco. Two of our ' shots Ftruck the Quaker City, and i ' shots struck the Uu'akcr Ciiv. and hIih then h j appaienlly perfectly s.iti.-,ficd, in a nipplid cull- u,.u,on- nuim-r Mie-w ticui iw, iimtc! btcamcr, . . I- il. : . I . I wttii wanting ocani", now ncafiun towards llij j Chicora, coming down on our atcrn. Captain j Tucker perceiving it, wo rounded to and proceeded until 'withtn about five hundred yards, when tho belligerent steamer a!t rounded to and gave ui I both broadsides and a tdiot from her piot run. e fired our forward pivot gun with an incendiary Iti. t- . ... ... . tuell, anu struck ncr just lorward ot her wheel houhc, setting her on lire, disabling an I stopping ucr poi t vvneei. iiin vc.vici whs urctl oolu lord and aft, and volumes of stniko observed to bsuti from every aperture. As we nojred htr, fdio hauled down her H.ig and made a signal olVuncndi r, but still kept under way with her starboard wheel, and changing her direction. This wa jiiht after day-breuk. V succeeded in catching tlna ve.wcl, but, having already sarrendcre J, aud the Captain, supposing her boilers struck aud the escaping steam preventing the engineers from goinjj into the engine room to top her, ordircd nn not to firo. She thus made bcr escape. After tiibj vessel had got out of our reach, to the perfectly fafe distanco of about three miles, he Ered htr last rilled gun, again boiatiug her flag arid selling all Mil, tiling iier titled gun repeatedly at us as tdu left. . The Chicjra" now engaged six wore of tho cncMny'a vcs.-ejs at ono time three aide-wheel ytiiiiti.i aud three propellers all it long range. Discovering that the flag hunt, Palmetto Staif bad ceaed fbiiig and wu ttuitdin in ahote, vidcrn were given to follow her. On our return, wo again came across a thrcc'-iuuntcd bark rigged vessel, which we engaged, firing our guns at wc passed, edriking her oiica or twice. We ehen kept on our coure to tho Bar, having fuitaiticd no damage iu the action nor a single casuality on board. The last skip Mentioned abovo kept tiring at us until we got ot of range, and we giving thciu our return compliaients. .Ono of the blockade was certainly eunk. We engaged htr at the distance ofotily oue hundred yards, and ha settled down with her stern clear under tho water. Attack, on Touies ik Kast Thnneskke. A baud of tones, abmt Tuty in number, under an outlaw named Taylor,' were attacked ou tho 2.'Jd in Johnston cointy, Tenn.j by forty tf our una under Col. Folk. A letter says The tory cavalry and infantry were paradiugin a field near Fish riprinra. Col. Folk ordered his men to swim the river ami charge theiu. Tho to nes seeing this, abandoned their bones and took shelter upon the suaimit of" larc ridge. Folk's men wcre then dismounted, and charged up tho ridge, completely dispersing tha tome. All of their horves were captured. Four of tho LoricM woro killed, and a number wounded aud captured. The captured wcre immediately Lung, by orde r of Col. Folk. Taylor was killed. Taylor Col. Polk commands a North Carolina battalion. Nuiitii Carolina Sikin Fund'. The report of the Corumisaioners, dated Dec. 11,180:?, shows that the total asset are 8'JbO,.0 .j, inveetci iu State Bonds, vit: i 6 per ecnts. $167,000, and iu 8 per cents. $HV,0W. CaJi in Treaiury 555. Tho 8 per cents, were purchased at par with the receipts of the last year. Thcso were from the following sources : From interest ou j State Bonds 601,100; 'North Carolina Railroad dividend $240,000; Raleigh and Ga.-tut Railroad dividend 14'J,176. 1 ha Fund La been increased Kincc the date ot the report by the handaoine dividends of tho N. C. and 11. A Oustou Ifoads. The Jionds held by the Commiioncr and the Railroad stocks of tho State, from which their receipts, are derived, now command a very large i premium. TlIE YANKEE CHARACTER 1 LLC. Si RATED. ; jhc following is an extract fiow a private letter an Utficer in the Confederate Army at dcricks'ourg : our or five Yankees brought a sick negro lo banks of the River the other day and forced him into the water, telling him to awim or die; the ' uctitv bcseVl xvrv hard, but tho Yankees wcre ' inexorable. Ona of them gave biui a plank, .'however, and the poor wretch after pulling off Lie clothe, was lorcel into tne river, vur picaeu threw him a rope, but an he was staggering out of the w;.tor they discovered that ho frightfully covert with the umall pox. In their oiomcnUry lionor at this discovery they let tho ropo drop ' ti t a f 7 a ' the uoor wrefeu fell back and was drowned. Wiile atruggl.ng in thfl water tho ankecs cried out. lake your d d nigger; Io is worth .S2,0Uv ! you, aud iiothiog to iw. This incileot 1 know W oe wue. x uua ri;5n;u very wuv-u ' afterwards that our pickets bad noffirgj Upoo tha .a . ' I L i 1 . I M MnBW ' ti.ittxlartlhi Csir "A cood dye for Wool, or woolen cloth," 6av8 a correspondent in Iredell county, who baa "J wnui.n ywu le 1 it (bo wiaWj, may be n .;n. inaae or wnito oaic stronir decoction . 1ft. I " 4 1 a weak lime water." Our correspondent is a Tin " ""ir" ---. . . . . i- it r 1 U . I.aa tidrtrl it tniiiilii tnr r. uer. auu ny uc .-v.. ...... , .w. - ... n V 1 i f