North Carolina Newspapers

wtasximisr democea, ofiAELOE, isr. C H 4 .1 :1V tr li1 1: V IP ft ' T :Y i A ' i i ii - c if Li i lb v - t i I : 1 .GEN. HILIi'3 ATTACK ON THE ENEMY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. From the Raleigh Siate Journal. ' The "attack on Newbern" was not an attack, aftei all. By reference to the letter of our :Kiuston correspondent, and to a speciaT despatch from him. it will be eeen that our forces have - turned, having accomplished their object. Of this "object" w may speak hereafter. Ucn. Hill commanded the expedition. and armies we need tear but little; from toe un- Kinston, March 1G, 18C3. - Gen. Pettiirrew 'wise production of Cotton, tiiuch. With the sup- ngsged the enemy at Barringtop'a-Kerry. oriTtUe ply on hand, its production now is not necessary qorth fcide oMhe Xeuse, onTFfiday night last,.; to the success of our cause, and can be dispensed where the. Abolitionists had."thrown up fortifrca- ; with for years to come. TheJStates not in pos tions and mounted several guns thereon. News ; scw-iun of the enemy must produce supplies for reached here last night to the effect that our j themselves, our armies in the field, and the fau.ii forccs had carried thccneina work3 before them, lies of our soldiers: Now, therefore, I, Milledgc losing four killed and twenty wounded; the Jj. IJonham, Governor of South. Carolina, do issue euijVlo8! not known, except 25, said to be this my loelaniation, and urge all the good- citizen'-- prisoners by our forces, the remainder of zens of the State, dismissing all considerations of . the ffarrison in the fortification? making their mer gain, to plant and raise all the provisions of escape- oh the transports; Gen. P. lcld the -eaeniy's works but a short time, owing to the guH- boats that VeVp brought to bear against hi ml He retired out of the range of thejr shots, and-ied fire upon "their shipping, iloiag thciyW-Mh damage. "' KiNfiTON, March JC, 10 p.m. Gcnctfrls Hill and Dan!',! have returned after accomplishing!"0 " F..,...u b-y. rctttrncd after accomplishing th " r'eet Vl'?,b' v 0. Hughes Gen.' Pcttfgrew's Adjutant General, . .'.c. wa woun 'Irn rv the bursting ot a shell at or near "DarriogtonV F,nj-, on the occasion of Che de monstration at tha't place a few days ago. The Standard. of Friday says: . There was no attem platter all to take Newbern. Gen. Hill has retired with his troops. IJ is object was, v,c suppo.-e, to drive in the enemy and onng out supplies of corn and bacon. We learn t hut a goad quantity of the ta A" of lifo" was seeurcd. It Mns much needed." FROM - -- THE WEST. f'hnttanooga, March 19. No news of any im- portnnce received from the tnurt. j lie enemy have fallen 'bark from Muifreesboro', but our forces have imt advanced. as jet. Jlhe movement ii thought to be a f i 11 1 by Itosencranz A gentleman liom Kentucky pays that ten thousand reinforcements from Louisville and five regiments I frnni .Clarksviile have been sent to Kosencranz. August a, tA., March l!. A special despatch fo the Atlanta Intelligencer, dated Chattanooga, March l!:h, says t!;at the news ot the evacuation .MurlVechboro bv the oncmv is conlinncd. Our picker-; extend 4 miles the other side. It is re volted that the enemy has changed b ise, making Columbia hi left wing, extending towards the Tennessee river, and that Grant's army was com ing upviu North Alabama to effect a juuctiou with JJosenerauZ. Van Dom i : till on north side of Duck River. Colcock's regiment, of Morgan's command, cap tured sixteen picket guards iu front 0 Lexington, Ky., and b i-''Jit out large supplies of stores. Mobile, March 10. TheAppeal, of the 17th, :-im re4 its this morning from J 'or t Hudson re p resent :,-t rious outbreak in the Federal army, wnicn. - )' e'orrtct, rroiihly accountb tor the retro- gnule movements of Banks' army. Scouts report t hat several Vankeo reginieuts had laid down their amis and were bent back. Another rumor was thut two regiments of General Itust's command had driven Lack greatly superior forces of the enemy. FIGHT ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK. ItiniMoN March IP. Information has been eived here that a fight occurred yesterday afternoon on the llar-nahannock. between (Jen 4 J'itz Hugh Lee and the enemy under Gen. Stone mun. The enemy numbered about 12,000, our forte did i,ot exceed 2,000. The enemy succeed td in croisuig late in the afternoon, but were badly vripplcd, and afterwards retreated back, leaving j their dead men and horses strewed in the roads; tjiey also left a hospital. We have to lament the hV of Mnjor Pclham, of Alabama, and Major Puller, .of Virginia. Later. The engagement, near the Kappa bannock, occurred at Jamison Woods, within six miles of Culpeper Court-1 louse. The enemy was driven across the river, with heavy loss. Our loss will net exceed 250 wounded and captured. The rncmy evidently contemplated a great expedition, but were completely foiled and discomfited. Ojfi inl JJispatchr from Gen. Stuart. Tht following despatches have been received at li ft War Department: Iid'qrs 2 miles from Kelly's Ford, ) March 177 o'clock P. M. ) To Gen. It. E. Lee: The enemy is retiring, lie is badly hurt. We are after him. His dead men and horses strew the roads. J. E. 15. Stuart, Maj. Gen. Stroud Dispatch Culpeper, March. 17. To Gen. K. E. Lee: The enemy has retired to the north bank of the river, badly hurt. J. K. B. S. lhtr(t V 1 patch. Culpeper, March 18. To i.exu It. L. Lee: I telegraphed you lat night that ' the enemv had rpMrcd in ihn nnrlh ).,, l ..C iUT the enemy had retired to the north bm-X of the Rappahannock. From the best information was Averill's Division, three thousand in the die. He was verv bad v hurt and left ha. pital on this ide. It was undoubtedly intended as a cveat expedition; but thanks to the superior . . . ,.,11 . , . , rn jiumjcu. Jui. uuj uic cillLUOJCU, WIHie eXDe- ngnde, n has faUed, not however, without the rrienccd and practical workmen are turned off If loss to us ot such noble spirits as .Major Pelham j ,iiegc facts be so, these conscripts, as well as their .ndlSilhr. Wnjor Breekenride was taken priso-Uull,lOJ.er8 ought to be put in the ranks as sol nrr, t. Scthcr with about 40 others. J. E B. S. ; dier5. .Let the enrolling officers look to it, Hal. c-fuuiici 01 ten. j nznuirn iee ana li s nn h yl Skiiimi-h on tiil Black Watlr. On XlM Tucsday morning last, about ciht hundred Van- kee cavalry, under 1 olonel frpcMre, came up from I Suffolk to a point on the Black Water, near l'rank- lin, and charged upon two companies of South I Caroliua sharp-shooters, who were supporting a I )iece of artillery. They were fired into by our I men., aruf soon scattered in every direction, leaving X two men dead on the field and two others mortal- I ly wounded. Ei:ht ' of the enemy were1 taken These men I i prisoners among them a Captain, I 1 1 1 1 .. r.u: ? j IA ' ! I rMMlP j v 1 -1 1 j - 1 I i, Mc- cd. Aot .i man on rair su'o wns killed or srm;iilv I 'ji' tl ' ll n.. ' ! " ... : " ii;;j ded. This skirmish is regarded by all as a ) I v-ry brilliant little affair. itoriiy xlpres.. ti.bfv J 1 ' j ' From East Florida Three Federal eun- I j 'oa,s nn(l iwn transports came up the St. .Johns ' if River to Jacksonville and LJanded"a force of negro 1 I Li ' -J ' 9 iiroops. . I : A dispatch dated the 11th-savs Our fhropa at- tacked the enemy near Jacksonville this morning, Lit 9 o'clock. After hard fightinc for twentv niiii- i jl lutes, we charged them, when they retreated in ft them into town, and when near the Judson House . ' Square, encountered another forcje of the enemy, -if. ktwhTrtVi rono alert nrlrpn Vflk. One man ri1 tliraA ,1, 1 ? liofsef killed on our side. Loss of the eperay not 'i "4 SrnQ" ilht IT The Federal force atJaeksonrille- ia estimated ;f J lit 1,400 black troops with white officers. AN APPEAL TO FARMERS. Proclamation by the Governor of S. Carolina. Executive Department, ) Columbia; 8. C.,' Match 16, 18G3." f Seed time is at band, unaccompanied with the prosect of a speedy peace. Our foes have given absolute control of their purse and sword to the j fyrant Lincoln. Another year, and perhaps more, j of fierce war is upon us. From the enemy's fleets every description in rneir power. Jet nins uu has cotton seed enough to plant another year and lint enough for domestic consumption, plant not one seed. This is a .time to try our patriotism. A great people wiH rise to givat occasions. We claim -to have descended from a race who won iu de pendence against immense odds, after a seven inan we uavu yei tuuurcu. , us tiiavt msiuij ! worthy of such an ancestry. Our gallant soldiers have won imperishable renown ,n the field, and ! null iln an nrrfiiri ?inr1 nnr-iin I Inr UWiUlPn SlfP llirik- will do so again and again. Our women are mak j ing sacrifices worthy of any age. If we but do four duty, all will be wgll; and we shall, with the blessings of God, wear out and prostrate our ma lignant and hateful foe. Jn order to secure concert of action, I recom mend to the citizens of the State, to assemble at , their respective Court Houses, on Sales Day in April next, and in that spirit of patriotism which , has heretofore characterized them, resolve to car 1 rv out these sujrtrestions. Other States aie tak : ing steps to attaiti this object, let it not be said that wc will not make every saennee which patn- ; otjsm demands. M. L. BON II AM. NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS. COLRT OF OYf.U AND TkRMINER. Judjre Gilliam's first Court was a Court of Oyer and Ter miner held in this place last week The first case ! brought on was. the tjial of America, Daniel and : Solomon, three slaves, for the murder of 3Jr John Lockhai t, a well known citizen of this county. America and Daniel were convicted of the mur- der. Solomon as an accesory before the fact. Mr Norwood appeared for Daniel. America and Solo mon having no counsel, the Court assigned Mr Nah to defend America and Mr Turner to defend Solomon. The next arraignment was Lucian and Allen, for the murder of Mr Isaac II. Strowd. The owners of the slaves having refused to euiploy counsel, Messrs. Nash and Turner were assigned by the Court to defend the prisoners, On Saturday night the Jury returned a y'erdict of guilty as to both. On Monday the five criminals were brought into Court for sentence. The judgment of the Court was that they be hung on Friday, the 10th day of April next. A new trial has ben granted to Solo mon. We feel it to be our duty to disabuse the public mind of the idea that the murder of Messrs. Lock hart and Strowd was caused by a feeling of insub ordination o'n the part of the slaves. The evi dence all. disclosed reasons and facts going 16 show that the slaves were moved by personal hatred and dissatisfaction. llilhhnro Recorder. Drowned. We learn that Caleb Bridges, of this county, was drowned about a week since near Burnsville. He and his horse and buggy were all found in the river at the same time. Shelby Eayle. Ciiatitam Kailroad Company. We learn that at the meeting of the stockholders of the Chatham Kailroad Company, in llaleigh, on the 3d instant, the amendments to the charter of the company, passed at the last session of the Gene ral Assembly, were unanimously adopted. The mahi features of the amendments are as follows : For" every mile graded by the company, the State subscribes 510,000, the subscription not to exceed 250,000. The comp'any relinquishes the privilege granted by the Convention, of corpora tions hereafter taking stock in the company, ex changing bonds with the State up to 550,000. The company, with th approval of the Kogrd of Internal Improvements, may extend their rod in to Union County. Standard. Killed. A political prisoner at the Confed erate prison here, was Ehot through the head by one of the guard about 12 o'clock last Thursday night, while attempting to escape, and 'instantly killed. His name was J. A. J. Collins, and he is paid to be from Virginia. Others, it is reported, were about attempting their escape at the same time, but the killing of Collins stopped them Salisbury Watchman. CSyWe learn from a Gaston County correspon dent that certain iron-masters in Gaston and Cleaveland are selling their iron at thirty cents ner 1 -j .t... L l -1 . . S '0 pound, and that they have a considerable number it i nf ponjtorint.e in thpJr fvstnfiUvliivipnfa- at fif. ma tn nnn A,Ah,r npr A Ui .lb,,j.. ti ,f .!, . :.. t. e x iic (iiuim ui wives i-uiiociiijia is eiiiu lu uzivh man. tations of their own, and would have thought it a disgrace to work in iron - before the conscript law 1 j i-t Standard. 1 j The Attack on Fort Pkuijerton. Fort Pemberton is sitmtted, if we are not mistaken, at : the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yallabusha ' rivers streams which form the" Yazoo. Yazoa Pass, of which so much has been heard, is a sort j of layou, formed by the overflow of the Missis sippi during the rainy season, aud makes a con i necting link between that stream and the head ; waters of the -Tallahatchie. In nrrl ii .1 ... ... 1M1U Ti-r nn.-.-v i .. I -- M- 1 . 1 1 uaoduic uuiv jor uujr-outs. ana even IU lluies o nigh water was thought lmnasfable to i 1 , . . .Huuem. iuijiouic iu I Yankee ?T J Zoted un tL iln, , ' , ! tioes, looted up the cypress trees and converted this shallow Pass into a shin canal th ni'thiniy hut -. V. .... t - VT . . t i their gunboats have steamed, and, after'a voyage ! of a hundred or more miles, reaeled Fort Pem- ! 1 , 1 .11.1.1 3 it. 1 . P?ri(iu a"a auackeu u, noping to demolish it as ' they dd Fort Heury in wtiich event they would go oa tHeir way rejoicing to the rear of Vicks burg, and laugh at the costly and prodigious de fences which the Confederates have erected at that little Gibrtar. B.ut it seems Fort Pember ton lias ptoved a suag of large dimensions in the way of the sneaking gunboats. ' ; It is estimated that there are 3,500,000 bales Cotton in the Confe.de-acy, worth in foreign mar kets $875,000,000, enough to pay the expenses of the war up to this time. - ' ' A GALLANT PEAT. -The Enquirer says a gentleman in Rich mend received lately the subjoined letter from Capt. John S. Mosby, and having shown it to "aa, we take the liberty of making the -gallant Captain tell f the story of his Jbrilliaut act. The letter was en I tirely private, and is published by us without the knowledge or consent ot either party : f'My Dear Sir: You have already seen some thing in the newspapers of my recentYaid on the Y'ankees at Fairfax C. H. Va. I had only twenty-nine men under my. command. I penetrated about ten miles in their lines, rode right up to the General's headquarters, surrounded by infajitry, artillery and cavalry, took him out of bed atad brought him off. I walked into his room with two of mv men, and. shaking him in bed, said, 'Gene ral set up:' he rose up, rubbing his eyes, and ask- I cd what was the meaning of all this. I replied, "It means, sir, mas oiuiin s cavanj " jiwocaaiuu of tTiis place, and you are a prisoner." We also surrounded the headquarters of CoL Wyndham, but, unfortunately, he had gone down to Wash ingtonwe got his assistant adjutant -general, and also his aid an Austrian, Baron Wordener. There was an immense amount of all kinds of stores collected there, but I was unable to destroy them, as they were in houses, without destroying the town. The horses we brought off were pi ast Iv very fine, belonging to officers. If I had had enough men I could have brought off .hundreds It was my purpose to'have reached the .Court House at 12 o'clock at night; but it being very dark and raining, we got lost, and were delayed two hours; so that we did not have over an hour to stay in the town, it being necessary for us to fuss out" their lines by daylight. ' In coming out, we passed in two hundred yards of the fortifications at Centreville, and were hailed by a servtinel from one of the redoubts. A Yankee Captain from New Y'ork here made a desperate attempt to get away; he dashed out of the ranks and tried hard 40 .each the fort, but a shot from one of our men fcjeoicJinced him that it was a dangerous undertak- ing and be came back. At Centreviije there was a force of about two thousand, consisting-ef infan try, artillery and cavalry. In the vicinity of the Court-House one cavalry and infantry brigade were camped there were about two hundred just in the town. We easly captured the few guards around the town, as they never dreamed we were anybody else but Y'ankees until they saw a pistol pointed at their heads, with a demand for a sur render. Yours, truly, JOHN S. MOSBY". WHAT THE YANKEES MOST DREAD. The recent summersault of John Van Buren and the N. Y. Democracy and the fierce tone of the New Tork Herald, as indicated in the issue of thc llth, the leading article of which we give a summary of yesterday, are to be accounted for by the lively "apprehension that has seized upon the commercial metropolis of the United States, that the end. of the war, with the acknowledgement of the independence of the Confederate States, would be certainly followed by the secession of the North western States, which, since the loss of the South, are looked to as the only remaining hope and. sup port of the commercial and manufacturing States of the East. With the South irrevocably gone, and the Northwest hanging by a hair, the remain ing States look to the close of hostilities as the day of doom to them. Hence John Van SBuren, who, a few months ago, was in favor of letting the way? ward sisters go' in peace," finding now that they arc not likely to go alone, proclaims himself in fa-, vor of unrclaxing and unrelenting war,' and'the' Herald, which then applauded the position of Van Buren,-and has been all along veiSy milk-ana-wa.-. teribh, now raves as madly as the craziest of them; all, about "crushing the rebellion." It does not conceal the reason. It says: "We must put down rebellion by force of arms, or it will tear the country to pieces." "Hence it is that we feel cal led tfpori by every consideration of law, order and the public safety to denounce these- Northern cop perhead peace-mongers of the day as public ene nlies. When such reckless, bigotted, narrow sighted and brawling demagogues as Vallandig bam and Pemberton, of Ohio, Ben Wood, Boby Brooks and their confederates, begin to preach the doctrine of resistance to President Lincoln, and the doctrine of submission to Jeff Davis, it is due to the community that the tendency of bfceir absurd and dangerous instructions should be ex posed." "This is the exact issue the suppres sion of the rebellion by force of arrna, or endless confusion and ruin from civil war in the North, universal chaos and mob law." All this means that the Herald has discovered that to stop fight ing is to sever "the last ligament that holds the Northwestern States; and, with their withdrawal, the last fountain that feeds the commercial maw of New Yrork, the last prop that sustains the; Yan kee States, will be gone. It therefore calls upon Lincoln to enforce the conscription act, hints at the duty of arresting Vallandigham. and appeals td the pride of the people of the Northwest, by telling them that their proffered sympathies and proposals of peace are received at the South "with" unaffected contempt and disgust" that for all their plans of pacification and alliance, "the re sponsible and ruling chiefs of the rebellion have no other answer than thatofsQorn and contempt." This language exposes -clearly enough what it is the Herald dreads, viz: the growth of the Peace party in the Northwest, till the Yankee States are left alone, nt only for the war, but .forever. It makes very plain to us, too, the policy we should pursue. What the Yankee States most dread is exactly what we should most of all desire and en courage. The war is now waged more with the view of holding on to the Northwestern Stn'tes than with any hope of 'winning back the South.' While this is their policy,. it is ours so to wage the war as to promote the detachment of those States for with their devulsion from the Yankee Gov ernment the war is at an end and "the best Government the world ever saw" will sink into j such im potency as never again to give us trouble. ! Rkhmond Whig. North Alabama. A gentleman just from Ncrth Alabama gives a cheering account of the condition of affairs there. He represents the country as plentifully supplied with provisions j wnien can te procurea at reasonable rates com I paled with the unnecessarily high prices we are compelled to pay. Corn is bought at 90 cents a bushel, butter at 40 cents a pound, and other pro duce in proportion. The people feel the utmost confidence iu the ability of our army in Middle' Tennessee to keep back the invaders, and are con sequently preparing to plant provision crops largely. The presence of the enemy last spring, and the many outrages they committed, have only served to increase the determination of the citi zens, and they are now more firm in their loyalty to the Confederacy than when hostilities broke out. We are assured that if North Alabama is protected from the. inroads of the enemy, she is now amd will continue to be able to furnish a large surplus of supplies. Gold "and Corn. There seems to be -a won derful charm in gold to command corn. There was a sale in this county, recently at 50 cents per bushel, paid in gold. Saluhury Watchman. OPERATIONS OF THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY IN VIRGINIA. ' A Fredericksburg correspondent gives the fol lowing general order of Gen. Lee, the Commander- j in-Chief of the jinny of the Potomac: . "The General Commanding announces to the army the scries of successes of the cavalry .of Northern Virginia during the winter months, in Spite of the obstacles of, almostimpassable roads, limited forage and inclement weather. 1. About the first . December, Gen. Hampton, with a detachment of his brigade, crossed the ! Upper Kappahannock, surprised two squadrons of Federal cavalry, captured several commissioned j officers, and about one hundred men, with their horses, arms, colors and accoutrements, - without loss on his part. 2. On the fourth of .December, under the di rection of Col. Beale and Maj. Waller, with a deftchment cf sixty dismounted men, of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry, Gen. Wm. F. Lee's Brigade crossed the Kappahannock below Port Koyal, in skiffs, attacked the enemy's cavalry pickets, captured 'forty-nine including several commissioned officers, with horses, arms, &c, and recrossed the river without loss. On the 11th December, Gen. Hampton crossed the Kappahannock, with a detachment of his brigade, cut the enemy's communications at Dum- fries, entered the town a few hours before Seigel's corps, then advancing on Fredericksburg, cap tured twenty wagons with a guard of about ninety men, and returned safely to his camp. On the 16th December,. he again crossed the river with a small force, proceeded to Occoquon, surprised the pickets between that place and Dumfries, captured fifty wagoDS, bringing many of them across the Occoquon in a ferry boat, and beating back a brigade of cavalry sent to their rescue. He reached the Kappahannock with thirty wagons and ISO prisoners. 4. On the 25th December, General Stuart, with detachments of Hampton's, Fitzhugh .Lee's and W. F. Lee's brigades, under the command of their - officers, respectively, made a force recon noissance in the rear of the enemy's lines, attacked him at Dumfries, capturing men and wagons, at that place, advaned towards Alexandria, drove his cavalry with considerable loss across the Occo quon, captured his camp on that stream, burned the Aecotink bridge on the Orange and Alexan dria Kailroad, then passing north of Fairfax Court House, returned to Culpeper with more than two hundred prisoners and twenty-five wagons, with a loss on his part of six men wound ed, and. Captain Bullock, a most gallant officer, killed. 5. On February sixteenth, Captains McNeill and Stamp, of General Imboden's cavalry, with twejity-three men, attacked near Romney a supply train of twenty-seven wagons, guarded by about one hundred and fifty cavalry and infantry, routed the guard, captured seventy-two prisoners, and one hundred and : six horses, with equipments, &c, and though hotly pursued, returned to his camp with his captives without the loss of a man. This is the third feat of the same character in which Captain" McNeill has displayed skill and daring. G. Gen. W.-F. Lee, with a section of his artil lery, under Lieutenant Ford, on twenty-fifth Feb ruary, attacked two of the enemy's gun-boats at Tappahannock, and drove them down the river, damaging them, but. suffering no loss on his part. 7. General Fitzhugh Lee, with a detachment of 400 of his brigade, crossed the swollen waters of the Rappahannock on the 25th February, reconnoitered the enemy's lines to within a few niiles of Falmouth, broke through his outposts, fell upon his camps, killed and wounded many, took one hundred and fifty prisoners, including five 'commissioned and. 'ten non-commissioned officers and re-crossed the river with the loss of only fourteen killed, wounded and missing. 8. On 2G,th February, Brig-Gen. W. E. Jones, twith a smaJV force, attacked two regiments of cavalry, in the Shenandoah Valley, routed them and took 200 prisoners,with horses, arms, &c.j with the loss on his part of only two killed and two wounded. , 9. Major White, of General Jones' command, crossed the Potomac in a boat, attacked several parties of the enemy's cavalry near Poolsville, Maryland, and besides those. he killed and wound ed, took 77 ptisoners, with horses, arms, and some wagons, with slight loss to himself. Captain Ran dolph, of the Black Horse Cavalry, has made many bold reconnoissances in Fauquier, taking more than 200 prisoners, and several hundred stand of arms. Lieutenant Mosby, with, his de tachment, has done much to barrass the enemy, attacking him boldly on several occasions, and capturing many prisoners. A detachment of seventeen men, of Hampton's brigade, under the brave Sergeant Michael, attacked and routed a body of forty-five Federals, near Wolf Run Shoals, killing and wounding seve'ral, and bringing off fifteen prisoners, with the loss on our part of Sergeant Sparks, of the 2d South Carolina regi ment, who a few davs before, with two of his com rades, attacked in Brentsville jsix of the enemy sent ta take him, killed three and captured the rest. In announcing these achievements, the Com manding General takes special pleasure in advert ing to the promptness of the officers in- striking a successful blow whenever the opportunity offered, and the endurance and gallantry with which the men have always supported their -commanders. f These deeds give assurance of vigilance, forti tude and activity, and of the performance of still more brilliaut actions in the coming campaign.. ROBERT E. LEE, General. EARTHQUAKE IN GUATEMALA. A letter from Guatemala gives an interesting description of an earthquake which occured there on the 19th of December last. The quaking und trembling of the earth commenced about seven o'clock in the morning, while nearly all the popu lation were in the streets marching churchward, with musief and other proud display; suddenly the music ceased, and all was quiet except the buzz of the r.ravins populace, in a half audible tone, call- g 4 - -ing upon "Mary" and all the imaginable saints for deliverance, x rouauiy uau on mcir Knees, many on their faces, and the rest staggering like tipsy people toward their homes. The earth's crust was agitated like a tea kettle cover when the water has a superabundance of heat. The rumbling contin ued but twaor or three minutes, but in that time the wall and frame of every house was creaking, and it is said that the clappers of some church bells struck merely from the undulating motion of the earth. "Antigua," a few leagues from Guata mala, which twice before shaken to dust, is again in utter confusion from similar shakings; and so with several other adjacent towns in the more im mediate vicinity of one of the principal but inac tive volcanoes. In all however, the aggregate of !ivp Inst will not reach fiftv. and thpv r nf tk most pious nuns, and priests, who occupy older and more elevated wailed buildings. " ' Persons ashamed to give their names should not write to newspaper editors on any -subject. NORTHERN ITEMS. . I Philadelphia, March 13. The following is a special despatch from Cincinflatti: The "Commer cial" has a rumor via Cairo, that the rebojs have repossessed Forts Donelson aud Henry," though it is not credited. Troops were ordered there for an emergency. A gentleman who left Savannah on the 20th ult., arrived at Cinsinnatti yesterday. He is a planter and a member of the South Carolina Leg islature. He reports that immense armies are massed in Tennessee, one to bold Rosencranz in dheck while the other flanks him, enters Kentuc- ky and moves direct on Louisville and Cincinnati. They are only waiting lor me rivers 10 iau ana me roads to dry.. He says it is the general talk in Dixie that a fleet of ten irou-clad will be ready in foreign ports this mouth, with whioh the rebels propose to clear the 3lississippi and to co-operate with the movement in Kentucky. The New Hampshire election held on Tuesday of last week, resulted substantially in a Lincolnite victory. The vote for Governor, so far as heard from, stood Joseph E. Gilmore, Rep.f 24,881; Ira A. Eastman, Peace Dem.y 25,712; Col W. Harriman, War Dcm.y 3,513. There fa no choice of Governor by the people, a clear majority.of all votes cast being required in that Stale. But the Republican candidate will be elected by the-Leg-islature, which is largely Republican. The three members of Congress elected are Republican, al though' in the first and second districts the majori ties will probably be small. Four Hundred Deserters from Hooker's Army have been sentenced by Court-Martial to hard labor during the residue -of their term of enlist ment. The gold market in New York on the 15th inst , opened at 56J and closed at 57 to 58, premium. BEianAM youno indicted. The great high priest, apostle, prophet and potentate of the "Lat ter Day Saints" has been indicted, arrested, and, in the sum of two thousand dollars, bound over to answer in a United States court to certain chargea of high crimes and misdemeanors in connection "with his patriarchial institution of polygamy. These proceedings are in accordance with a"1awof Congress abolishing polygamy within the Territo ries of the United States and providing heavy pains and penalties against all offenders. We pre sume that Brigham has quietly Tsubmited to a court of justice as preferable to another visit of United States soldiers. lie -doubtless has occasion to re member the rebellious propensities of his harem resulting from the encampment "of Ibe late Gene ral A. Sidney Johnston's troops in his saintly cap itol some five years ago. Should the law or Con gress be rigidly enforced, the prophet and his flock of fifty thousand souls, more or less, will most like ly be compelled to pack up and move off, like the Israelites from the fleshpotsof Egypt. But Gree ley has described Brigham as a wonderful man: wc know that in legal tricks aud evasions he is an artful dodger, and we guess that he will contrive to render the law' a dead letter for some time to come. A Lament on tiie Naval Glory or tiie North. The New York Tribune has the follow ing lament for the departing naval excellence of the United States : The American navy in other days achieved a proud and world-wide fame, which it seems resolv ed to lose in the present contest. To the long list of its recent disgraces, we have now to add the capture of the gunboat Indianola, whereby the rebels again become undisputed masters of the Mississippi and its tributaries from Vicksburg to Port Hudson. Of our war vessels run by Vicks burg to sweep that important stretch of inland navigation, the Queen of the West was captured by a shore battery or fort, and. now the Queen of the West has captured' the Indianola. The measure of our disgrace is now complete. $50,000 North-Carolina Tor Sale. Bonds OFFICE OF TUB CHATHAM RAILROAD CO. Raleigh, X. C, March 5th, 1863 On or before April 1st, 18C3, the subscriber will re ceive proposals for the purchase of Thirly-fire Thou sand Dollars ($35,000) Xorth Carolina six per cent, coupon Bonds of the denominations of $500 and $1000, interest .payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July in each year, at the Public Treasury, and th'e principal at the end of twenty , years from the first of January, A. D., 18G3. These bonds, under an ordinance of the Convention, amending the Charter of the Chatham Railroad Company, tire issued to the Ral eigh and Gast'on Railroad C&mpany in exchange for bonds of the latter Company, deposited with the Public Treasurer, principal and interest payable at the same time; but with liberty to the Company to discharge such bond3 before maturity. Payments made by the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, are to be ex clusively applied to the redemption of the State bonds issued to the Company. Proposals will likewise be received for fifteen thou sand dollars ($15,000) xf North-Carolina six per cent, bends similaT to the above, but issued to the City of Raleigh in exchange for like bonds of the City. Pay ments made by the City are to be applied to the re demption of the State, bonds issued to' that corpora tion. Attention is invited to the following section of an net passed by the General Assembly at its late session, by which Uie bonds advertised have the double tteurity of the State of North-Carolina, and of corporations of the highest financial standing: Sec. b-Iie it further marled, That all sums of money paid by ihe Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company and the City of Raleigh to the Treasurer of the Stale, in satisfaction of the principal and interest of the bonds of said corporations deposited with the Treasurer, as contemplated in the said Ordinance of lhe Convention, shall be applied first to the payment of the interest of Bonds of the State given said corporations in exchange for their own, and the residue shall be paid to the Com missioners of the sinking-fund, to bo used by Um at their discretion foi the redemption of said bonds of th State. Copies of the laws, under which tn bonds art issu ed, may be had on application to the undersigned. Proposals should be endorsed '-Proposals for Bonds," and addressed to the undersigned, and will be opend in the presence ot i lie T'lblic J reastirer and or the President of the Bank of,Xorth Carolina. KKMP P. BATTLE, President. Raleigh, March 17, 18C3. 3t TOHr TAXES. All persons residing in the town of Charlotte, or owning property therein, on the first day of February, are hereby notified to make returns of their taxable property to tue lown Clerk during tuis month ol March. Residents of the Town are required to give in, the number and location of their lots, number of taxable polls, whites, slaves and free negroes on their lots, or in their employ; amount of nett interest, dividend, Ac , received or due during the year ending feoruary i, , value of gold and silver plate and watches; value of pianos and carriages: amount f good, wares and j merchandize, of any description, brought into the i town for sale; number of dogs owned on tbeir lots, ana all other taxable items as specified in the Town pmriission Merchants and Transient Traders are re quired to return and pay on amount of merchandize of jevery aescrcpuuu uruugui miu iu5 . .u. Persons failing to make their returns by the last day of March will be liable to double tax. Returns received at the office of the Clerk at the Branch Bank of North Carolina from 9. a.m. to 2 p. m.t from this date to March 31, 18G3. TIIOS. W. DEWEY, March 10, 1SC3 4t . Town Clerk. A- HELLISH OUTRAGE. A gentleman' for whom the Shelby vilY (T Banner can Touch, relates to the editors .,?!?'' pper an instance of Yankee barbarritr th, ought to say is notwithout a parallel intbfc lhe following are fhc particulars: r- Vr7JruCent,y fon,g PJof theencmr escorted by a command of cavalry, visited tv7' premise! of Mr Anthony, in Win,ara80n C0u 9 The Colonel and Major, and other officer entc i the bouse, and indulged in the asoal freedom 1 licence. At the same time they permitted n ber of negro teamsters to seize the dauohterw Mr Anthony, and ravish these unprotected f males: Their mother besought the protections the officers, but these brutal men only cum-d h as a d d rebel, saying that they understood th! the husbands of her daughters were in the Con fed rate service, .and they were being served rrorU thus to be outraged by a race they bad enslave We have no comments to make ujyn this. l is a saddening, sickening picture of the condition to which society is reduced wherever tho vandals of the North pollute our soil. Kut it is only the executiop of the threat which Gen. Uoscncrans made tbm months ago when he assauitd cm. mand of the army of the Cumberland. I! . threatened to devastate the country with firc anj sword, and his underlings are faithfully executiJ his barbarous order. God help every section of our bleeding country that may be subject to th worse than savages; and God grant that our moth! era and daughters may soon be relieved from the contaminating presence of those demons iq tuma shape. WANTED. 16?- Any one wishing to dirnose of a Pinno . m. flodeoa caa find ! for it by applying at this lt!ie. MariD iu, ;so.s EXECUTOR'S NOTICE AH persons hating claims against the estate of Wm C Cochran, deceased, are hereby notified to prntnt them for settlement previous to April term of Mecklrn burg county court, or this notice will.be plradeil Iq ttr of their recorery. . Persons indebted to said d. ifi must make payment. WJJ. L. COCHRAN', March 10, 18t3 St-pd ' Eit-ruior. 3E21orixx-t Slaooa FOK sam:. Very neat French Calf Bootees for f-a lin. Fegged Calf Bcotees (light) for Ladies. Gents' High Cut Scotch, neatly made. Elegant pegged and sewed Hrogans, douMe sols. A fresh arrival of Shoel'cggii, to fell ,j the (port sizes 4-8, 3-8,6-8, 7-8. Also, a lot of Shoe Knurs JOHN F. BUTT, March 10, 1863 tf Mint Street, Charloiu. BLACK ALPACCA. Jnst received a superior lot of th above cVirll Goods for ladies' dresses, which will be sold at terj small advance on cost. J. H. PHILLIPS. March 3, 1863 tf COTTON-SCREW WANTED. Any person competent to coustrnct Cntton-Hertvi can get immediatetmployoient by calling on L. S. WILLIAMS, March 10, 18C3 3t Ch.rU:. NOTICE. It is absolutely necessary that all of the AMit,vit Commissaries of the County should visit eery Family whom they recommend, and know whether they Imv any Cattle, Hogs, Money, Meat or Corn, and rr;ort tt the Executive Committee on the lnt Saturday in March. K. GRAHAM, W. F. PHIFKIt. Ei. Com. March 3, 1863 4t W. J. HAYS, SUPERIOR SEWIIYUIXK. The subscriber has just received an invoice of t!i veiy bst ITALIAN SEWING SILK, hicu he effrrs to the public at 12$ cents per skein. Marsh 3, 1863 tf J. S. PHILLIPS. $250 Reward. I WILL give the above reward to any person w bo will take up my boy SAM, if captured without fri'ui injury and delivered to me or confined in Juil tht I can get him. He has been lying out over twlre months, ranging from near Charlotte to Ueely 'rek. We is 22 years old, medium size, and has a rnr on l.s forhead. Address me at Charlotte, S. Or Feb 24, :&H tf JXO. WOLIT. ir. JAS. M. IlEiYDER.HO.'V Offers his Professional Services to the citizen f tls surrounding community. He has located at the In residence f bis faiher, D. M. Henderson, dte'd, t miles north of Charlotte. Feb 17, 18C3 tf HEAL AlVb RACOIV IVAATHD. I want to purchase Meul and Baron fur tliv SoMi-r' families for which the market price will be 'M. These articles are greatly needed at this time. D..H. BYKULV, Feb 10, 1803 tf County CM.iruii ry. ADMINISTRATORS' NO? I CI?. Having taken out Letters of Administration wi:h tli" Will annexed on the estate of A.J. Dunn, de all person? having claims agninct suid -'t;U r hereby notified to present them within the time i n scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded i of their recovery. And those indebted to mi d eti are quested to aiake immediate settlement. W. W. GUI Kit, Alinr Feb 3, 18C3 tf with lhe Will unnesed. - STEA.TI SAW JIILI, FOR S,1IE The undersigned will sell at a very low fiure. rirt ritte lemn Sittv-Mill in crnori run nine- m 'er. tulil "1 excellent Corn-Mill attached " to it. Th Krine ' horse, with good Boiler. Any person wishing 'ft l,jr chase, will please address WOLF A I'AVLS Cobiime's Store, L'uion eo., N. ' March 3, 18C.3 4t-pd $30 REWARD- The above reward will be paid for the np;. -eh' n of Dulin Sturns, a member of my Com pa ..'. 'hii '" liTered at Camp near Frederleksburg. Va , or u 1 -the Compaoy may be stationed. Sid : rns l'11'; hniond. Va . about the Jfuli f last wLjfcou: leave. He is ab .ut 30 ye.irs ..Id. " feet high, dark hair, brown eves and dark roi..plej.n. He is supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Harris burg Mills, S. C, or Charlotte. S. C. ByorderofCoLW.M.B w m stitt March 10, 18C3 Ct-pd CT- I, ??th N. C V.-X- To fock' Raicr. BLACK HAWK IIOKW. Any person wishing to raise fine stoc k will tfid t!v Horse, during the Spring season, at the t;i t.N- of A. Davidson, Esq., on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wedne days, and the remainder. of the vrek at the stable "f the subscriber, in Gaston county. .Seun comrncrKi" lull of March. Terms Fifteea, twenty and thirty dollar's. Mares will be kpt at fifty cents per dy. care will be taken to prevent accidents, but the !t' scriber will not be rciponsible for them. AM perls' partinjf with mares will be held responsible. fr the s surance. " V J. S. I) A V IP. "-' March 17, 1863 t tf YOUftC RIO RAIVDi:, A fine blooded Horse, can be found during the l"'"1 seasonal Howard's Mills, in.L'nion comity, on Mon days and Tuesdays- and at mv stble in k,cn".";' county during the 'balance of the week. For p-y1' lars, see large bills. JAS. II. DA ' Pineville, X. C, March 17, 18on lw I"'