North Carolina Newspapers

1- wsaS&isr JbEJStO-dStA;,- bAoT, jcr. D. 'I if n uh Mr ' " t it I 3! -.1 ''if tl 1 1 V'J V II It 1tt "I 'c MM" r ?:, " 14!.. i . 'ft . 1 "I I '.": ft it ' i lit Ml 1 1 War ISTews Fight near Kinston. : 'GoldsBoro, April 29.-Three or compa-, . . . r.L Jj n .rA attacked yesterday at nies 01 tne ouiu v,. -T- --- - Gum Stvamp, n.ne - nr bovs fonght i -h-vj, -irrht thJUsand lankees. Uor ooys lougnt . k am nan c r an iiw wiuin i K3 4.Bv - .a a .1 them over two hoars with the constancy ana ue-, of veterans, and only retired from mination hres -wori8 wneu uuvu u w,v.r". , hVnnmbers Oar loss b estimated at about forty kfllcd woSded 2d missing. Among the killed j Capt. "Lockhart's company, whodied this morning , of his wounds. The Yankees were expected to ; continue their advance this morning, but evi dently have not done so. Gen. Ilili will f e them a proper welcome when theyeoine. The Colonel of Ihe'OCth Begiment is Paul F. Faison, G. G. Luke Lt-Col., and II. F. Schenck Major. Kinston, April 30. The Yankee raid up this way on day before yesterday, was not as for midable an expedition as it was first supposed to be. The enemy did not number exceeding five Regiments. But as small an expedition as it was, they were permitted to come within eight miles of this place before they met with any formidable re sistance, and then only by about 200 men of the 56th Regiment, who fought them desperately for three and a half hours, they being all we had on picket duty on the Dover rofld. ' As near as I can ascertain at this time, we have , iost about 20 men killed, wounded and missing. Lieut, Lutterloh, of Fayetteville, whom I made mention of in my letter, of yesterday, as being mortally wounded, has since died. His remains are on the cars this morning en route for their resting place in Cumberland. Also among the killed, are the following named privates, whose names I have not been able to obtain in full, Vic ans, Nelson, Parrish, McNeil and Morgan. Cor. of the Raleigh Jvurnal. We are assured on most reliable authoiity that . the hole extent of country composed in the counties of Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck is divested of the l an tees. I hey have all gone, Jiunaloes and all, taking with them, however, every negro they r could. lay their hands on, free and slave. North ' of the Albermarle sound the soil is now free from '.aheir polluting tread, and the only place they oc cupy is Roanoke Island. Ralefgh lrogrc$s. PEOM VIRGINIA. A Battle on the Rajipahannock Imminent. .Richmond. April 29. Information has been received to-day that the Yankees have crossed the Rappahannock, near Fredericksburg. The train which left this morning for Hamilton's Crossing, the usual stopping place, only went as far as Guinea's, and returned this afternoon at the usual hour. Passengers report skirmisbing this morn ing. April 30. Accounts from Fredericksburg to day are very meagre. The train which arrived this evening brought down a number of men wounded in the skirmishes yesterday. Reports are various, and seem to indicate that the Yankees have crossed in force at points above and below Fredericksburg. A great battle is imminent. Our troops were in fine spirits and ready for action. Richmond, May 1. The enemy crossed at teveral points fifteen or twenty miles above Fred ericksburg and commenced an advance down the v ' river by the plank road, by Chancellorville, ten miles above Fredericksburg. At that point they were attacked bv Mahone's Brigade, and after a i" brief fight they were repulsed with considerable ?-V:!j loss. ' Our loss is slight. The Yankees who had crossed below Fredericksburg were entrenching yesterday. The enemy's batteries below the town opened fire on our position near Hamilton's Crossing, the present terminus. Our batteries replied and the duel continued incessantly until dark. The reports "from our batteries were heard a great distance from the field of strife and carnage. 1' A letter dated 12 o'elock, m., near Fredericks burg, says no fighting nor skirmishing occurred to-day, and both sides are preparing for a great battle. No demonstration has been made by the enemy in'front of Fredericksburg. The town will probably scnpc shelling as the inhabitants have again evacuated the place. 1" Reports of Imboden's success over the enemy at Beverly, Northwestern Virginia, have been confirmed. lie drove them irom the town aud destroyed or captured a large amount of stores if and a number of prisoners. Our loss slight. m;! ' -.. FROM THE WJEST. Another Repuhe of Yankee Gunboats. Jackson, Miss., April 29. To Geo. S. Cooper: Six gunboats, averaging ten guns each, opened a terrific fire upon our batteries at Grand Gulf, at seven a. m., and continued without intermission for six hours and a half, when thev withdrew. M. ! ' coxrara I fwvita innir(nf (ir ttamttrraA Om kn. it. p'v disabled lying on the Louisiana shore below. Our S loss is three killed, including Col. Wade, Gen. . .'Tji'llowen's Chief of Artillery, witb twelve or fifteen r ' 'TrAiinniin Kanaira urn hiiinn mnrta t 1 I -i t -J C V". vuuw i.i K 1 j renewal of the attack to-morrow. Transports ' loaded with troops in sight, but inactive. JjJ: J. C. Pemberton, f,' - Lieut-General Commanding. Hi. Jackson. Mav 1. Nixon's Yankee force was 'I jj. V U at Summerset last evening. The circus rider, Pan .'JiivRice, is one of his captains. Thev have two ; 5 bundled negroes mounted on mules. ! The fiwhtinf lust below Grand ("Julf inmminiil ;lat 10 o'clock last nights Gen.Tracey is reported .y. killed. Snyder's Bluff was furiously shelled for j.several hours yesterday unsuccessfully. Our ,? works are uni Mured.' and there is only two or three i ! v X wounded on our side. Lieut-Gen. Pemberton went 1A T IAVetVll.1 WAClfAVrtAW sQ dispatch to. the Jackson Appeal, from the I f Memphis Bulletin of the 27th ult., says that the J river has fallen 24 feet in all, i, In a skirmish at Patterson, Missouri, thi Fede 2 rals lost eleven killed. .Patterson was burned be "fore the Yankees evacuated the place. Gen. jtMcNeill, of Palmyra massacre notoriety, is re- 1 1 I t! It i reported that , the Confederates have cap- Cape Girardeau, Mo.: and it; is also reported s ; uat iue isoiueueraie uenerai xuorsan. witn a : - Numerous body orcaYalry,. is.tn Wayne co Ky. j sH An orderhas, been 'received at Nashville that i he enUre population ladies included; 'must take ' r f - . ... . ' t f . ' . ... . . 1 1 i Tie oath within, ten days, or be sent South; 1 Tuscumbia U reported ptured by the Yankees. il : viCKSBuaopm j iue.ooas, wuu two rr . " t nr - A m J " . j. 'J prfargeain tow, .imn oar batteries this morning at 5 1J1 fclock.i The, batteries opened on ber, : but with i .: , nat eneci is noi Known. il ChattanoooaI April 27. Our army is drawn p in line of battle at Wartracel ' Gen. Joseph iftf E- Johnston, has takea, the field ul. peredvvin enemy's pickets advanced withm two,: miles or Wartrace. Skirmishing took place Satnrdaj, but the enemy failed to advance. Jtoddjr'a cayalry has advanced upon Tosctrmbia. - The enemy arf now at iattfe Bear Creek, six miles from Tuscum bia. The soldiers of Grant's army have eommit A nnnmllIed enormities. They have burned iv r- . . - houses over women's beads, destroyed corn-helds, i .j tnrt rinn. from the V W oat '-- m robbed houses, and even tore the rings from the fingers of ladies. --- --r - , , ... j the Yankee sloop-ot-war rrenie was ournea ou i 28th, off Pennsacola. She is a total loss, with her Rosecran ville Winchester and Chattanooga. They entered our lines at Morrison, a station on the McMinnvilIe and Manchester railroad, and occupied it and i every other station on the road up to McMinn- vine anc wCiUinnvnie aiso. mere ww wux pany of Provost Guardsmen present, who made a stand against the first advance for the purpose of giving our wagons, etc., a fair start to escape. After a brisk skirmish of half an hour, overpower ing numbers forced this handful of men to dis perse. Some escaped and others were captured. There being no farther obstacle, the Yankees pro ceeded at once to the public square. They were mostly mounted infantry, and estimated at between 6,000 and 10,000. Their first business was the destruction of the large cotton factory near the railroad bridge. It was one of the most extensive and has been also one of the most useful in the South. It was completely destroyed. They then burnt the depot buildings and adjoining houses, and the bridge across Barren For3r It i reported that they burnt the Court-House also. Gen. John II. Morgan was in McMinnvilIe at the time, and only succeeded in making his escape with his wife, by a hair's breadth. He left on an ambulance, (he driving,) on the Sparta road. General M. reached Sparta that night in safety. Ellsworth, his famous telegraphic operator, a ho had his leg broken some time ago, was captured. A RETURNED PRISONER. From the Wilmington Journal. We had the pleasure this morning of meeting a friend, a native of an adjoining county, but a mem ber of a regiment of Texan Bangers, who was cap tured at Arkansas Post, and lately returned South by exchange or parole via City Point. He was carried from the Post up to Alton, Illi nois, to Springfield and thence to Chicago, and in getting South was carried around through a por tion of Ohio and Indiana to Dunkirk, New York, thence to Harrisburg, Pa., thence to Baltimore, thence to City Point, so that he saw a good deal of the Northern country and something of the Northern people. His opinion is that the under current againet the war is stronger than many of us at the South are prepared to believe, but that the time for its display has not yet arrived. The Democrats, or "Copperheads," as the Republicans call them, are very bitter against Lincoln and his administration. The people generally are very sick of the war. That much is unmistakeable, though whether they are yet prepared to close it on our terms, of final separation, is very question able. The Chicago Tribune, a very Black paper quoted with great zest the articles of the Rich mond Enquirer down on the Northern and North western Democrats, and taunted them therewith. We must con fees that we are confirmed in our formerly expressed opinion that these articles were injudicious in the extreme, and the avidity with which they were seized upon by our bitterest enemies goes to thow this. If the anti-Lincoln-ite organization at the North could do us no good it could do us no harm. Why not give a fair chance? We Iost at Arkansas Post over five thousand men, including the sick in the hospitals. We had, engaged, somewhat over three thousand effec tive men, but sufficient reinforcements came up just in time to be captured to swell the total num ber of prisoners to over five thousand, as already stated. The regiment guarding the body of prisoners of which our friend formed a part, was we think, the 58th Illinois. The greater portion of the men whom he saw or heard, or with whom he came in contact seemed to be Irish. This may not have been and probably was not the case in the majori ty of the Illinois regiments, but it was in those he saw. These Irishmen did not seem to like the service particularly, but it was that or nothing. They could neither obtain employment nor assis tance. If they asked for either they were told to go into the army. ESTIMATE FOR THE SUPPORT OP THE GOVERNMENT. The Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to Congress his estimates of the appropriations necessary for the support of the Government from July 1st to December 31st, 1863, and last week they were passed by the House. The estimates are as follows: Legislative, 6284,045 00 JbiXecutive, salary of Fres t, &c, 24,125 00 Treasury Department, 22,721,400 CI War Department, Navy Department, ' State Department, Department of Justice, Post office Department, Miscellaneous, 864,813,518 00 8,348,457 02 57,070 00 " 176,488 38 112,088 92 10,000 00 Total, In look in s 3f)6.537,442 93 over the estimate in detail we find for the same time costs $317,271: ai.d a reiriment of infantry for the same length of time costs $200,543. The cost of supporting 200 Generals, 400 Aids, 163 Brigade Quartermasters, 151 Brigade Commissaries, 500 Chaplains, and 73 Cadets, which is the field and staff, is $1,823,164. This includes wacons. horses. Rtntmnprv fnm &c, for the officers. The salaries of our Minis I ters, Commissioners, Consuls and Commercial j Agents abroad, for the half year amounts to 545,150. The salaries aud mileage of Senators is S47,000 for the six months, and of the members of the House $200,420. . j - Soldier's Estates, A soldier just returned from the wars in Tallapoosa county, suests to the Dadeville Ba oner, that Alabama pass a statute of limitation . against the early administration on soldier's estates. His, estate, he says, has been administered on, and?, most of his effects squan dered, and he not only 'still lives," but has been kicking; yet, neither brings his : property back and a man without property these days is much worse than a man without a wife. - The druggists and apothecaries, ef the Confede rate States the pillar of practical mediciuey as rney have been called will meet in Convention j in Augusta, Georgia, on the 6 tb of May a V A TJITWC? tJATTI. I A raid of a large body of Yankees, belonging to ." f th last General Assembly Aal be command, into the town ot . iUOim- ZIZXCL fHl . Tenn.. is confirmed by our exchanges from Vl !" ? IV l" .Zl "JZLiZl some interesting statements of facts. To support I one regiment of light artillery (10 companies) six j months it costs 0490,731. A reaiment of cavalrv CONSTRUCTION OF THE -ItEVETfTJB From the Raleigh Standard f5 ? The following correspondence, furuis1iel:us for publicationr.byJHr Treasurer Wdrth,'Ctratiins im portant information "as to the construction of por tions of therevenue rflaw. The opinions of the Attorney General bave no doubt been Well consid ered, and "may be regarded as settling the" ques tions which have been raised and brought to his attention: '' Treasury Depaktment, V s Raleigh, N. C, April 1, 1863. J ' Hon. Sion II. Roger,' Attorney Gen. of N. C: t i Bear Sir: -The following questions .have been propounded to me, arising under the Reve uniformity with the execution of the act. V I V" 1. Is the word "cash" in the first and eighth sections o7 tlie bill, to be interpreted as meaning specie; Bank notes, or Confederate or State Treas ury notes?-" - A'1' .''V' -" ' 2. By the 1st section, paragraph; 1st of the act, real ; estate is taxed two-fifths of one per cent, on its value. By the 4th paragraph of the same sec tion, money invested in manufacturing companies or corporations is taxed at the same rate, accord-1 ing to ; the shares as fixed by the charter, if the shares be in a corporation; and if not in a corpora tion, then upon the amount invested. ''Also money invested in every species of trade and traf fic, not otherwise taxed herein." By the 5th section of the act "the stock or interest held By individuals in all corporations or business shall be listed among the individual property of the hold ers in the counties in which they reside." The bulk of the property of many manufacturing com panies consists of real estate the necessary struc tures and machinery for carrying on the busiaess. Is the real esrate to be listed by the Corporation and the shares of stock by the holders, whereby the same property would be twice taxed? 3. By the 5th section of the act, the stock or interest held by individuals in all corporations or business shall be listed among the individual prop erty of the holdeis in the counties where they re spectively reside;" and by clause 15 section 70 a tax of two per cent, is imposed on every dollar ot nett profit or dividend declared, received or due the year preceding the 1st day of April in each year, (and not previously listed upon money or capital invested in manufacturing cotton or vool en goods, leather or articles made of leather, iron and tobacco j and also ou every dollar of nett prof it or dividend on money invested in steamboat companies, (whether incorporated or not,) and in railroads. Are the shares of stock in manufactur ing and steamboat companies to be taxed, and also the dividends; as well as the land and slaves, con stituting a part of the stockbf said companies? 4. The 4th clause under the 1st sectiou taxes money invested in manufacturing and steamboat companies two fifths of one per cent. Is the term "manufacturing" to be taken in its largest sense, so as to include mills for the manufacture of iron, flour, paper, powder, &e. ? If not, what manufac turing establishments are embraced and excluded? 5. The latter part of section 19, page 842, 2d volume of Revised Statutes, exempts the shares of stock in the Wilmington and Raleigh (now Wilmington aud Weldon) Railroad from any public charge or tax. Clause 15 section 70 of the Reveuue act imposes a tax of 2 cents on every dollar of dividend on money invested in Railroads. Does this provision ot the Revenue act come in conflict with the chartered rights of this Railroad Company? Yours, very respectfully, JONATHAN WORTH, Public Treasurer. Raleigh, April 17, 1863. Jonathan Worthy Esq , Public Treasurer: Dear Sie: I answered the first question pro pounded in yours of the 1st instant, before I left Raleigh for the eastern portion of the State, from which place I have just returned. In reply to your second question, I am of opin ion that the real estate should be listed by the corporation, or company, or individual, as the case may be; and iri estimating the value, all improve ments, including machinery, fixtures, &c., that have been erected or used thereon, should be em braced. The term "improvements," in the 8th section, were it not for the 9th section, would not be, by me, made so comprehensive. By this lat ter section, in estimating the value of every tract of land, or other real estate with the improvements thereon, the machinery, fixtures, &c, are to be taken into the estimate By paragraph 4, section 1 and section 5, it ap pears that where there is stock, it is to be given in by the individual owner in the district in which he resides, and where . there is no corporation or stock issued, the "interest," whatever it may be in the "business," must be given in by the owner in addition to the value of the real estate as de scribed in sections 8 and 9. Whatever the intention may have been, the Legislature could in my opinion have used no stronger language to convey the idea that they in tended to tax the same property twice, first as stock or money invested, and then as real estate. As to your third question, I am of opinion, that in addition to the tax to be levied upon the real estate as ascertained by sections 8 and 9, and upon the "stock or interest" in any "corporation or business," as ascertained by section 1, paragraph 4, and section 5, section 70, paragraph 15, imposes an additional tax "ou every dollar of net profit, or dividend, declared, received, or due, during the year preceding the first of April in eaeh year up on money or capital invested in manufacturing cotton or woolen goods, leather, or articles made of cotton, iron and tobacco, and also on every dol lar of net profit or dividend, or money invested in steamboat companies." Therefore, 1 conclude that the Legislature in tended to tax, 1st, the corpus, which is the prop erty or material substance of the corporation, and exists whether profitably employed or not, and this is a tax upon the corporation; 2d, the shares of each owner, if more than one, or money invest ed, if there be no shares, which is a tax upon the individual members; and 3d, the profits or divi dends, which is a distinct thing from either of the former, which may be considered a tax upon the corporation; and where there is no corporation the tax is upon the "interest" and the "business," terms used in , the bill in connection with shares and corporations. I am of opinion that the term manufacturing, in your 4th question, should be taken in its largest sense, so as to embrace mills for the manufacture of flour, iron, paper, &c. Further, 1 am of opinion that paragraph 15, section 70, of the Revenue act,"does not conflict with the chartered rights of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, and that the tax thereby impos ed ought to be paid. ; ' , . I-desire to call the attention of sheriffs to 39th section of the Revenue act. . i u:iiiorumy in me acnou oi me uiucia cuuusieu I sen, with great respect, - SION H. ROGERS, - r, ? AU'yGen'IN. C. COEPFEDEIt ATE CONGRESS. 1 V?RtcHMOSDK-April- 30.-rIn' theS'SelrtUe, the House bill increasing: the pay of soldiers wis "post poned until the next session. The House Ex emption bill was finally passed. It repeals clauses! in the existing law relative to overseers, but ex empts one person on each farm owned by a minor, person of unsound mind, feme sole, or persons ab sent in - military service,- on which are twenty H more slaves. Several provisos Were annexed one requiring the owner of slaves to pay annually into the Treasury five hundred dollars. The Act also authorizes the President to exempt such per sons as in his judgment should be exempted, al so exempts all State officers whom the Governor of any State may 'claim to have exempted for the administration cf the laws. In other respects, the Acts of last session remain, , The Senate also pass ed the House bill to establish a Provisional Navy, and bills relating to the Congressional election in Tennessee and Louisiana. . The House passed a bill which prohibits any trade in United States paper currency, under se vere penalties; also a bill requiring all persons in Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments to file an inventory of property as security against fraud. The bill to prevent frauds in the Quarter master's Department and Transportation, with the Senate amendment, was finally .adopted. ... i May l.-f-Tbe Senate passed the House bill for placing in military service, after the 1st of July next, all citizens of the United States, including Marylanders residing or sojourning in the Con federate States. The House amendment to the bill establishing a flag was concurred in. A mes sage was received from the President, returning with disapproval, an act to authorize the trans mission of newspapers to soldiers free of postage. Mr. Russell, of Virginia, reported from - the Judiciary Committee certain joint resolutions com mendatory of the conduct of citizens of Louisiana who, falling within the lines of the enemy, had refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government. Mi Conrad, of La., offered the following substi tute, which was adopted : " That Congress has heard with sorrow and in dignatiqn the wanton cruelties practiced by our vindictive enemies upon the inhabitants of those portions of our counfry which have fallen under their control; that while deeply sympathizing with the suffering of those devoted patriots, Congress can only assure them of their undiminished con fidence in the ultimate triumph of our cause, and that the firmness and fortitude which they have exhibited deserve and receive the gratitude of their country and the admiration of the civilized world' . : '. A Yankee Estimate op Gen. Beaure gard. The New York World, in speaking of the fight at Charleston, makes the following allusion to Gen. Beauregard : One result of this Charleston fi;rht will be to restore Beauregard to the favor of the Southern people. True, he is boastful, egotistical, untruth ful and wanting in tact, but he is certainly the most marvellous engineer of modern times. By his genius and professional pkill ho has erected batteries in Charleston harbor that would sink all the wooden fleets of the world, did they come under fire, and he has succeeded, moreover, in driving back in disgrace the most impenetrable iron-clad fleet afloat. There is no denying what this man has done, unpalatable though it may be to the Northern people. . - TnE 515,000,000 Bonds. Many persons do not understand the cause of the high prices which these bonds command as compared with those of the $100,000,000 loan. The exportduties on cotton cannot be paid in Confederate notes, as any one may see by the conditions on their face. They must be paid in gold or silver or the coupons of these 515,000,000 bonds. These latter are therefore sought after by blockade runners as eagerly as specie, and prices have run up accord IDS ANOTHER ORDER OR ADDRESS FROM GEN. HILL. Head Quarters, Department N. C, ) Goldsboro, April 24th, 1863. j General Orders, No. 8. The Department Commander returns his heart felt thanks to the troops under his command for their courage in battle, patient endurance on long fatiguing marches in the cold and wet, for their vigilance on duty, and uniform good behavior everywhere. Unlike the rascally Yankees, you have protected private property, and no depreda tions have been committed, except in a few in stances by the 25th N- C. Regiment. It is to be hoped that this brave Regiment will leave off this low Yankee practice, and will behave as well on the march as it has always done on the battle field. Some twenty Cavalry men, under Lieutenant Beard, behaved badly in presence of the Yankees, and the same is charged against Captain Nicholl's Company of Cavalry. AH the rest of the troops behaved most handsomely. Soldierb! with forces inferior to the Yankees, you drove them into their rat-holes in Newbern and Washington. You held the latter place in close siege for sixteen days. With light fbld guns, you whipped the four gun-boats in tbe harbor at Washington, disabling two of them, and driving the poor poltroon Renshaw, U. S. Navy, under shelter of an Island. With some half a dozen field pieces, you kept back nine gun-boats from coming to the relief of their afflicted con sorts. The relieving force of seven thousand men, you whipped so easily as to think the battle was but a skirmish, and were preparing for the real contest when you learned that the foe had slipped off in the darkness of the night, blockading the road behind him, eo that a dog, or a sneaking ex empt could not crawl through. If you failed to accomplish greater things, the fault was not yours. How much better it is thus to deserve the thanks of the country by your courage and patience, than to skulk at home as the cowardly exempts do. Some of these poor dogs have hired substitutes, as though money could pay the service every man owes his country. Others claim to own twenty negroes, and with justice might claim to be masters of an infinite amount of cowardice. Others are stuffy squires, bless their dignified souls! Others are warlike militia officers, and their Regiments cannot dispense with such models of military skill and valor. And such noble regiments they have! Three field officers, four staff officers, ten Captains, thirty Lieutenants and one private, with a misery in his bowels. Some are pill and syringe gentlemen, and j have done their share of killing at home. Seme ! are kindly making shoes for the army, and gene-j rously give them to the poor Soldiers, only asking j two months pay. Some are top sweet and delicate ! for anything but fancy dnty: the'sight of blood is 1 unpleasant, and ' the roar- of cannon shocks their 1 sensibilities. '"When our independence is won, the most ! trifling soldier in the ranks will be more respected i as'he Vnowiirofs jespectabls, thari "an army of' these Exulting exempts. u: u.uiitU, "' - ''Major-General f. A SENSIBLE J-ETTEB. . . J, v Thomas -FMtevereux, Esq )he of the largebt farmers in North Carolina, has addressed Gov. Vance a letter in relation to supplies for the people and rmy,&e.,'containingi:iany timely and sensible suggestions. Mr. Devereux says he has seen greater scarcity in North Carolina than there how is, yet'nobody "starved. We "'find the "letter published in the Standard, and extract the follow- ing from it: , . , , g1B: Being past active'service, but anxious to do all for tbe common cause within my power feeling also, that I am now becoming ; a patriarch in thecountry, and especially in farming, I ven ture' to address you upon the fool question iu this commonly reported crisis of our history. I say "commonly reported crisis" because ! am satisfi ed that if the food panic can bo removed, there is no cause of alarm. Tbe wheat and oat harvest is rapidly approaching; the last corn crop, I Jcnoio, was a heavy one in all parts of our corn-producing counties, excepting on the river low grounds. There it was clearly a failure, and a system of con cealment is not the proper way to deal with a peo ple under a panic. I have seen much harder times in North -Carolina than the present. In the spring of 1817, being a very young man, yet green to the cares of a family, with only one hundred dollars at my command, I weut into the market with that money, the issue of as sound a bank as ever was chartered, bought eleven barrels of corn and one of flour, an,d all I had left was ten dollars. . Any one who will make the calculation will see that prices were higher then than at present. Again, in the summer of 1843, hundreds of families, who felt that the receipt of public charity would have degraded them, lived fi,r weeks, until the Irish potato crop was available, upon peas boiled in salt and water. Instead, at that period, of being a buyer, I was a seller, and through an agent I de livered corn to a man much above the panper class, who would have scorned to ask charity, who applied for it between midnight and daybreak, and assigned as an excuse for the unreasonable hour, that his children would have nothing for breakfast until he had shelled that corn, had it ground, and carried it home. Yet in both 1817 and 1843 the country survived and prospered. In truth, while it is difficult to concentrate the products of an agricultural country where, ns wilh us, the inhabitants live on their farms, starvation is almost impossible. All that is required is con fidence, a kindly feeling towards our fellows, and an abiding trust that seed time and harvest will not fail. There is now there always is an ex cess of caution, when fear is once excited. Let every man having the control of provisioHS of all kinds, reflect that an army cannot live as a family can, upon garden vegetables; but must have meat and bread, more portable and less perishable; that without this they cannot maintain their position in the field; that if obliged to retire, an enemy worse than famine will be upon his domicil; that with every mile of retreat tho means of support to us are diminished, and of offence to our enemies increased.' Let him bear in mind, that it is better for his loved ones to bear a scanty allowance, than endure the evils of what is now known as refugee ism. Let him remember that a merciful God has the wheat harvest in store for us; that propitious seasons will very soon give us an abundant supply of vegetables; that whole nations, less proud than wc are, live, from year to year, upon cabbages and potatoes, and perform mountains of work; and surely, most surely, he will be forced to the con clusion thawe can, with the inducements before us, bear six weeks of economical administration, and survive, and be not only happy, but prosper ous. But there is no scarcity, mush less famine before us. Our fears, and the hopes of our ene mies, have mistaken high prices for deficient sup plies. (No one has properly estimated the evil ef fects of redundancy in the circulation.) With proper, judicious economy, after an experience of near thirty years of the feelings and the habits of producers, I am satisfied that there is an abun dant supply of food in the country, for the soldier at his post, the negro and bis mule to the plow, and the infant at his play. Only let us beware of a selfish hoarding of the means of life. TnE Savages at Work. The Yankees at Suffolk, Va , are devastating that section of country with an unsparing hand. On Wednesday last, a detachment of seventy-five Vandals with two pieces of artillery, landed at Holladay's Point, on the Nansemond river, and destroyed the dwellings of John T. Pruden, Peter Houseman and Thos. Wilkinson. They burnt a barn belonging to the estate of the late Albert Shivers, and fired the dwelling, but the ladies on the premises ex tinguished the flames. On the same day another party fired a portion of the village of Chuckatuck, in Nansemond county, and destroyed several houses. This was done without giving the people any warning, but we have not heard of any loss of life. ' - By the Governor of North-Carolina. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it has become apparent to me and to all who are interested in tbe welfare of the S ate, and wbo have dj feelings of humanity fur suffering among their fellow-men, from the cries which reach ns from the poor in all sections of the land, that starvation will be tbe fate of many of our heretofore favored people, unless the crime qf speculating in the necttiariet of life can be arrested; and when as, it is nj bounden dutj to protect the citizens of the State, of which I have the honor lobe the Chief Magistrate, against the evils consequent upon this crime, to the utmost of my ability: Now, therefore, I, ZEBULON B. VANCE, Governor of North-Carolina, do, by and with tbe adrice aud con sent of the Council of State, issue this Proclamation, forbidding all persons, for the space of thirty days from the date hereof, from exporting anj of the following articles beyond the limits of the State, to-wit: any Salt, Bacon, Pork, Beef, Corn, Meal, Flour, Wheat, Po tatoes, Shoes, Leather, Hides, Cotton Cloth, and Vara and Woolen Cloth. From this prohibition the following persons are to be exempted: All Quartermaster and Commissary Agents of the Confederate Government, and of any State of the Confederacy, exhibiting proper evidence of their official character. Also, all Agents of any County, District, Town or Corporation, of other Stales, who shall exhibit satisfactory proof of their Agency for the purchase of such articles for such County, Dis trict Town or Corporation, for public uses, or for dis tribution at cost and transportation, and not for resale J or profit. Also, all persons whether residents or non- ' residents of the State who may purchase any of said j articles for their private use, of which, before the ar- . ticlcs are removed, their oath, before a Justice of tbe J Peace my be taken as evidence. The exception is to extend to Salt made by non-residents oo the sea coast unA 5 their own works, and to cargoes enuring a port of this State from abroad. Any of said articles that maybe stopped ii transitu from our border? are to be Confiscated to the use of the State The Colonel of Militia throughout the State p Aioined to see that this Proclamation ia enforced. I earnestly appPftl to all good citizens to sustain . and aid roe ic carrying um iue uj, nwuam. tion is designed as far a, po-sible, to effeet. -"In witness whereof, Zbbciox B. Tascb, Governor, Captain General and ommander-iu -Chief, bath aign ed these presents and caused tbe great teal of the State to be affixed. " , Done at.our City of Raleigh, the 13lh day of April, A D. 1863, and in the year of onr Independence the 87th By tbe Governon' Z. B. VANCE. B.H. Battue, Jr., Private Secretary. TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA it ' -; t NORTH CAROLINA. D Richmond, April 25, lfcG3 1 The Commissary General has informed a. ij,.. Chinese sugar cane, lor the army, at thii tin,. . j be delivered this fall say during the roon.h, r j October, November and December, and has in..,. ted me to find out;if possible, the amount - " me price per ealU.- The average yield per tcre of this syrup U Inn gallons; and all that is necessary for the pie of each county, who are disposed to nite i" this matter, which appeals alike to their patriutL.m and interests, is to unite by counties tad jnf " me of their decision. , I am authorised by tl Government to make all tbe necessary arrnwe! ments, aud will give information as to the moJee0f culture and manufacture. I am inforsued thert is a quantity of seed to be had in Richmond and Petersburg both, at this time, tnd the sesno, U at hand to commence planting. The salject ii now before you; each county can report ta mo tU quantity that will be engaged by the first of June when the contract can be uude. At four dollars per gallon, it is more profitable than tobacco at $jo per hundred. " Very respectfully, your ob't scrv't, fcmoky Ordinary, limnswick county., Va iw,ouo sulcus LAXD! On Wednesday and Thursday, the 20ih and Mit f May, 1863, at SHKLUV, Cleaveland county, I will ttll at public sale, in convenient lots for fanning purport, Ten Thousand Acres of Lai.d lying in CleateUnd tom. ty, sequestered as the property ol Goold Uoyt and Iiaac Bronson, alien enemies of the Confederate Stite. Terms Ncte and security for the porcluie ninofj to be paid when sale is confirmed by the Coufi-ilrrato Court the Court to be held the first Monday jn JB V. SCHENCK, Ueceim " April 21, 18C3 Ira 1YOTICB. The Notes and Accounts due tbe Estate of Ptrik J.,Lowrie, dee'd, are in the hands of S. f Smith Esq., for collection. All persons bat ir.T claims jfinst tbe Estate are requested to present thctu in proper form for settlement, or this notice will be pleaded is bar of their recovery. L. J. LOWB1E, Eiccutrii. April 21, 18C3 lra-pd $300 Reward. I WILL give the above reward lo any person wlioiU take up tny bov SAM, if captured without strings injury and delivered to me or confined in Jail so that I can get biiu. He has been lying out over Urlrt months, ranging from near Charlotte to Kredy Crrck, He is 22 years old, medium size, and has a scar va Lis forhcad. Addicss me at Charlotte, N. C Feb 24, :863 tf JNO. WOLFF Dr. JA8. Iff. IlENDEKo; Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of ttit surrounding community. He has located ul the late residence of bis father, D. M. Henderson, dee'd, t miles north of Charlotte. Feb 17, 1863 . y-pd sgo is i:VAitn. lltADvf autkrs 7th N C. H'inifnt, Camp Gregg, near Fredericksburg, Va., March 2:tb. The above reward will be paid for the appn-hrniion of Ptivates Bufus Johnston and Robert Mulwre, drrert. crs from Co. D, 7lh Regiment N. C. Troops. Joliustuo is 19 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height, prey eve, light brown hair, fair complexion, without benrd, and by occupation a miner; be mar be larking about (iuld Hill, Rowan county. Mulwee is 28 years of mc, I feet 10 incite high, grey eyes, dark hair, fair roiii lexiiiH, and has the mark of n cut on one of his eve-lid. ) has been lurking about Charlotte for over a enr, and had just returned under Gov. Vance's proclamation. WM. J. K Kit It, April 7, 18C3 . Capt. Co. D, 7th N C HegU ADMINISTRATORS MTU:i?. nm ing taken out Letters of Administration w ith the Will annexed on the estate of A. J. Dunn, deceased, all persons having claims against said etite are hereby notified to present them within the time pre scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in of their recovery. And those indebted lo id estate are requested to make immediate setil mi nt. W. W. GIIIKR. Adm'r Feb 3, 18C3 tf with the Will anneifd. Atlantic, Tcnnesee fc Ohio U. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and aOer Friday, April 10, 103, the train ra this road will leave Statcaville on Mondays, Ttufdny, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 6 A. M.f arming at Cbnrlotte at 8 30 A. M. Returning same days, 1 avirjt Charlotte at 3.40 P. M., aud arriving at alf ill l 7.15 P. M. THOS. R. SHAH!', April 14, 1863 tf Ocu. Suj.'t. Davenport Female College, f,I?KOIR, IV. V. P.ev. A. G. Stacy, President and Professor of Mfntnl and Moral Science and English Literature. Rev. Gkoboe F. Roro, A. B., Profemor of Mstuftust ics, Natural Scitnre and Ancient Languages. J. S. Montoomiry, Esq., Afsistant in Mathematics. Mrs. C. Amelia Wubab, Instructress in Literar; t partment. Miss Emma Raveik, Iustrucfress in Music. Miss Sabau T. Raxkix, Instructress in Ornsnrntal Department. Mr. C. F. Stacit, Superintendent of Domestic snd Social Duties. A. A. Scbo9, M. D., Lecturer In Physiology J Hygiene. , For the present year there will be an irrrguUr Col legiate Term, divided into two Sesiioos The Fun nier Stssion will commence May the 28ih, "J'1 August the 31st. The Second Session will September tbe 1st, and close December the 2J. Charges per Settion or Hal Term, payaUt ttrtrily i advance. Board $70; Tuition $18; Prepsraiory l)epa'mf,' Section No. 1, $lf, Section No. 2. $; Muic f l; Drawing $13; Painting in Oil, $18; French, ftc , ftra: Washing, extra. Pupils t furnih their own tea linen, towels, lights, etc. Tbe College is beautifully situated In a roountsmoui region, remote fioni the ravages of the enemy.--Climate osurpasied for health and comf.rt. effort will be spared to make it equal to the best male College in the Confederacy. There is fc Tri weekly stage from Hickory Station to Lenoir. Ft furtbea particulars apply lo Ibe undersigned at Abbf ville C II S. C. Those who expect in patronize ut Ibe present year would do well U notify us of the fact at their earliest convenience. e-.vr, .. April 14, 1863 3t A. O. STACV, Pres t. Elcada' Camp or Inatruction, 1 lULKinii, March 28, 18G3. -t I k...K. frl wmn that mj"frrA'mtr ti lultrtlf ttoaf XOlice tMt"j , received from tbe Bureau of Conscription, Juiticei or . . . &. f . - ... to the reace otiwrm iue twimiiju Kr -conscriptioo. They will be enrolled iwoiediatcly. n; this notice is published that they may make thr" arrangements accordingly. By order of Col. PETER MALLETT, Commandaut of Conscripts in N. C. J. C. Pickcb, Adjutant. Circular Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, March 30, 186 lo view of the difikalty of determining here wbetb' exemptions and details asked for are lawful and dc sary for contractor! wilh the different psrti ' 1 GoTernmeot, notice ! hereby given to all that no sach applications will hereafter be eo"' oalessmade through the officer with whom cob tract a ut. Mnmmnftion and certincaw. At least, if this i. impracticable, tie ouUot m itate tbe reasoa wby, and the name of ibe office Mhomthe coMtraetf.and ibe character and citcn mm. a .ft X lfif ll' an. vm - . - Cf..k.lHi,ffiriint? the contract. April 7, 18 uy oracr DB""jj--j0NF-, 3t Lieoteoatit-Col. A. A. C.