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WESTERN: fE5Vt6cftA.T, 1 i 1 V 'li- 3,i ?! 1 I 1 PHOM VICKSBURU. An official dispatch from Gen Johnston, dated '27 th May, received at Kicbmond, states that Gen. Stevenson reports that hard fighting -had been going on at Vicksburg since Tuesday of last week, with continued suc-csses, and that the men are confident and in fine spirits. . A dispatch from the reporter for the Mobile -Ke-ister, dated Jackson, 27th, says: federal - deserters confirm the report that great carnage oc curred during the engagement before Vicksburg. Grant, the yaokee commander, sent a Flag of truce about the sick and wounded. Gen. Peni bcrton had to-burn tar and use otber disinfectants tq. save his troops from hc effects' of the stench caused by the Federal dead lying in front of our works. The slaughter of the Federals is far great er than during any battle since the war commen ced. The Jackson Mississippian states that two gun boats were sunk at Vickeburg, during a recent engagement. The Missisfinpian contains a re port of Saturday's battle at Vicksburg, which represents it to have been the most stubborn of the war. News has been received from Memphis at Grenada, and believed at. Memphis, that Helena has been recaptured by the Confederates. After wards a telegram was received from Oxford at Grenada, which says Helena was captured on Monday last. A man from the river who has reached Canton says he read a dispatch directed to Col. Ferguson, that Marmaduke had retaken Helena, and hanged a regiment oT negroes, (310) with the'Yankce officers. The Quartermaster at Canton says positively that the statement may be relied on. ' ' Official Despatches. The following official despatches, from General Pcmberton, the com mander at"1 Vicksburg, were sent to Jackson, Mississippi, and from thence telegraphed to Presi dent Davis, though they are not as late as the above: YYcKSiiiuu, May 20. The enemy assaulted cur entrenchments yesterday on our centre and left. They were repulsed with heavy loss. Our lots is small. The enemy's force is at least sixty thousand. VicKisiiUJto, May .21. The enemy keft up a heavy artillery fire yesterday. ' Two of our guns were dismounted in the centre; our works, however, were uninjured. Their snarp-shootors picked off officers and men all day. Our works were repaired and our guns replaced last night. Ourjncnare encouraged by a report that General Johnston is near with a largo army and are in good spirits. 2 p. in. We have had brisk artillery and musketry firing from .gun-boafs. THE FIGIIT BELOW KINSTON. The 25th and 50th N. C Kegiulcnts, stationed at Gum Swamp, some distance below Kinston, N. C, were attacked on Friday, the 22d of May by n "regiments 6T the cuemy1 and defeated. We n'i'.c Kt'tn several reports of the unfortunate affair, .1 pioj-umc the following from a correspondent of the 1'ayettcviiic Obscivcr under date of the 2d, Li about as correct as any : The enemy advanced on our outposts on the Dover road at Gum Swamp. The GGih llegimeut was stationed there, Colonel Faison commanding, supported by six or eight companies of the 25th. fh ere was not much fighting aud uot many killed r wounded of our men or of the enemy. The 50th escaped through swamjs, and .many have been most of the day Cuming in through swamps and Uiud. Several lost their accoutrements in their retreat. The enemy were five regiments, with some Cavalry, and perhaps Artillery, nil under command of Gen. Jones, of Pennsylvania, a bold, skillful and competent officer. We were infoimed of their advance last night, as our cavalry pickets four or five miles below had been driven in, and the enemy was expected to advance iu force early "this morn ing. Our entrenchments had beeu somewhat enlarged since the skirmish there with the 5Gth some two or three weeks ao. Most of the men 1 were just qver Gum Swamp and on both sides of the Dover lioad en the left of he Railroad, a few yy; ' yards in advance of where they were in the fight -i' .himself in front, but in very large force; and -jj : r-eaiiuiuu uivuuu iu muu iiuui uie iuiiruau away 4, to the Swamp on our left. The eneinv did Wit i; little if anything in our front, but kept up a fire ; 1; from the Swamp on our left. Our men fired occaasionally, more because they could do nothing else and remain behind their breastworks. 'About 10'o'clock everybody was startled by volley after .volley poured right into our men by two or three regiments of Yankees drawn up directly in our rear, commanding every avenue of retreat. TWcre was no alternative bat a retreat and each man to take care of himself. Most of the firing was done at this time by both sides, and most damage done. The 25th being farther to the rear wero not so entirely flanked and surrounded, and by skillful management all escaped One gun of Starr's Battery was at the breastworks and was captured, iogcther with sis splendid horses. Lt. Whitmore, inr trorlrr ninn trnnt tvith tia .run n1 n.n.Un Ml' ixcrf 0!rvftirp1 Tt 5a Bniil hot t li av of nnA .C.IIn ??! ..i it.- fll iL. !. - 1 ! . . t . ..... " t ; at the cm n till the last. Adjutant Hale of the I 50th had a ball to pass through his coat sleeve. grazingjiis arm; after a long and tiresome retreat j he came out safe with twenty-two men. The 50th : .l i i i . i 11.0 viuuauuu wuguu, ujeuicai wagon ana two ambulances, with their teams and extents. Ragg age, &c. all saved. The enemy then advanced up some two miles and then fell back, pursued by -w yui iviuivrceiuenis. Citizens say they saw one hundred and acvr.itv. TlVfi nt mir mnn crc n rr nn rti 1 V 1- I. f t I is thought that the enemy ot round in position if j 1 .1 : .1. .1 . T. .in uui rear uui m uic urgui. it nas occasioned I V surprise why the enemy" should be able to s6 f-1 i completely surrounu our i icKcc pot with such a , nrrrm f'nrft without thoir linnuin.r it I r ,v.,. j ! " -w ... .1. " U3 ! certainly a very unfortunate thing, aod.it is n be nopea tnat it win not occur again, mcy got in ') rear by flanking our right and coujing through the t 'lji Creek. They came very near capturing General , ft I; Ransom and staff, reconnoitering. j . It is said that a tory" piloted the enemy to the '. ? .f . rear of our men. 1 kh - - " .' A correspondent of the Raleigh Prorcs, in a letter dated Kinston May 24th. says : Our loss , is only 4 wounded andnone killed that we know ; of. Our greatest h'ss is in prisoners. We had some 50 or 70 men taken prisoners, some say 100, but I think that is too lanze an estimate, as thev ' f' A Still keep coming in. The Yankees, some 50 or CO iiu uuuiusi, .uv ncuiuu, uonvs couniy, anu i iburned several houses, amongst them the Court I liouse, a large Duuaing call, d tho Garrett House, Dr. Shackleford's office and one or two mnr ' TBey' set fire to several others,' which were put ! L I out bv the citizens cfter thev left. Mrs. Char! r '.'I-...'.. . . T . .. .. jiGarrett attempted to put out erne of A ! Iwhich was set on fire when one of . of the buildings them drew "a 't J 'rvTcf rvl anA iic liAr tbf Yo nAillJ cbnnt That- Jf I lidid not desist. They said they burnt the town in . : cevenjre for some of their pickets which our ti r.U raft bn? cbrif OUR RESOURCES. Th Richmond Examiner, which is never protte to error on the side of praise or approval, gives A very cheering account of our resources. For the benefit of the long faced occupants of street corn era, who are always smelling mice, we present the following extracts: The military resources. of the South were never more ample than now; and the present condition of the Confederacy,, with reference to material ele ments of success in the waria one of varied anu lively encouragements. . - It is estimated that we have arms enough to put in the hands of a million of men, and our aveilable ir the military strength is rated at but little- less than a million and a halt. ve nave now in in eraUj service from 600,000 to 050,000 men: the irrccular organizations and State would probably add 200,000 more. These figures are authentic; a portion of them are derived from such public data as appear rn the debates of Con gress; while the'estimates cf the additional forces that might be called -out in. circumstances of para mount necessity is probably not out of proportion to the well-ascertained statistics of population. The recent alatm with reference to the resour ces of subsistence in the Confederacy has, in a great measure, subsided, and given place to better informed and more confident views of tfie stocks of provisions on hand, aud our vast capabilities 01 production, which are now in exercise The grain crops in the South were never mure promising than at the present time. The croji of wheat like ly to be harvested this year will be without a par allel in the South. From all parts of the Confed eracy from the Putomac to the Rio Grande, and the remotest Western boundary, we have cheering news of the growing grain crops. Extending our suivey of the internal condition of the Confederacy, we have also cause for con gratulation in its improved finances; the excellent results of the tax bill? the withdrawal of the cur rency; the reduction of outlays and the enlarged revenue of the Government. We learn that al ready, under the operations of the funding system, there have been at least eighty millions withdrawn from- circulation and returned to the Treasury. The consequences of this reduction are already felt in the decline of prices, the discouragement of spcculatio'n, and the moral as well as commer cial benefits of renewed confidence in the credit of the Government. These traits in the general condition of the South, which w have hastily reviewed,, are full of .patriotic encouragement. We commenced this war without manufactures, without access to the markets of the world, and with scarcely more than a hundred thousand arms. Surely, since we have accomplished so much under the disadvanta ges of the past, we may look with confidence to a future in which we shall contest the fortunes of hc war with armies more numereus than we have yet brought into the field; with well-disciplined industry tt home; and with a revenue large enough to pay off our present war debt in five years, and therefore to put the credit of our Gov ernment beyond all doubt. - am' PRESENTMENT. At a'recent meeting of the Confederate States Court the grand jury made the following present ment cgiinst the practices of speculators. The Grand Jurors of the Confederate Court for the District of Albermarle, North Carolina, do most unhesitatingly condemn in the strongest terms, the practice of many of our people in this our dny of trial, of speculating in the necessaries of life, as (though not intended by many) a high crime against the best interest of the Confedera cy; as dangerous and destructive iu its effects as the worst efforts of our enemie; aud to all intents giving aid aud comforf' to the enemy, and thus assisting them in their nefarious wicked and cruel wa-r againrt us. Such conduct should be frowned down by all patriots and honorable men, aud every friend of his country should strive in every way possible to arrest this greaevil so-well calculated to produce discontent among our'brave soldiers by fears of the probable, suffering of their families, caused by enhancement in prices of every article necessary for their support. We therefore pledge ourselves and call on ail good citizens to aid us, to make every effort to arrest so great an evil, the tendency of which, if not arrested, is to do our country so much damage and to give to our ene my the aid they desire. K H Lewis (Foreman"), J II li Kilnatrick Thos N F Alston, John J Long, John Throp, II Harding, John M Moody, J W Heptinstall, A M Johnson, Wni Uooue, Kader Jiggs, Turner Bass, John J Hayes, A P Hyman, E P Powell, J T Lawrence, James .C . Wynne, J S Rarrow. Confederate Money. We learn that some persons are pretending that after the '1st of Au gust next Confederate Treasury notes will be worthless. This is of course either a mistake or a pretence. They will be just as good after August as now and perhaps better with this exception, that after that date one kind of those notes, viz: those dated Sept. 1, .1861; will not be fundable, that is, a holder of such notes will have no right, as he now has, to invest them in Confederate bonds. The effect of this will be. not to make I me notes woitniess, out that they will not circu late, as ocodIc will vrefcr to take nnfpn i since Dec. 1st 1802, which by law are fundable. I foouand raiment; not only to conquer, but to ex The G-ovcrnment hns made notesof previous date ter,vlnate- - I bas been a war not only against the" uneurrent, (not worthless,) because it wished them j d'es,' but against the spirit "of uur people also; all withdrawn from circulation- by ' funding before j tlieir 6t)U,s uave een tortred by ulHhc b-e rrts August 18G3. . From present appearances they I o coward ly despotism; by subjecting them to iu will he mostly funded bv that time; and the alarm : pults ?nd bumiliation, as if the very slaves of their iu regard to them wiil do that much good. j e,8CUi's; by robbing them of priceless treasures, Let us heir no more about the worthiness of I cowecrntedin their affections by association. with Confederate notes. If anything in the Confede- j da(I.or absent kindred; b false reports to those racy is of worth, these notes are. Destroy, the t within their lines, and who were cut off from com Confcderacv and vou destroy the vnlnn r.f (mfA-! n,un5cal5n with their -fellow-citizens bevond erate notes. - Maintain the Confederacy, and vou i uiainram tne value ot its notes.. He-is an enemy iu Dom wno depreciates either. tou. Observer lil'SBOAT UW TO ' MlTRPiiKV.s-nnRnV W.. : - Lnr? vat(!hrce -J-'unoats came up to Murfrees- OOrO,.i. t- on XTldav th f??.! anil Un.lnit rr. tv who mm nn tuxnn'i "uJ. "1 . V : iit(if II Pk o"ciaijf. Aiiuy sioie iu,- ; UUv lbs. of bacon belon lr n to nnr ('iimmictrv ! uvjai iinciii. i uey went to til ?.t ! . . -ri..,, Vl . . i. " V infJ w--nttothe Methodist lemale r triA vrA i . . - l mmm m . -" "wgB.OToiB up tlic furniture and murm.c jjhuto ucioiiging to the institution aboard carneu mem on. itl0 Yankees Drowled prowled about town and had everything their own way. -bix privates belonging to (Japt.- Barriwr. : tea s comnanv. Aiai. Intlortl a bntf i j i - . . v . . . , , . . and captured, on fraturuay list, 40 miles below NoAvbcrn, near jlkcrson's Point, on the Neuse 1 j . uu(uru . River, where she had gronnded, a lankee iS-hoo- rK- x. inn unrAon ...j u ; v -r-V v'."" cr entire crew, consisting of eight white men and two run awnv nUrnP, from Xnrfnllr Th V- run-away negroes irora iNorloik. ine ISird was loaded with coal from Philadelphia, bound to ' VBK4, n 1" ' i and took tbe naL ui uitu uuiiicu mo . uuafc nnu . qrew as prisoners. iialtiqh Jour- A DOCUMENT OF EVIDENCE. ' We give place as an act-of duty to the following report and ask for it a careful perusal from any in ' America or elsewhere who -still have the notion that the Yankees are fighting for ' civilization and Ilia TTnI-.r a imntamnUfoil h (tin f Innefttfllinm i C the United States. In view of the outrages of the j yankee invader?, ought wc to tolerate in the South aby man who favors a re union with them: ItEPOur inthe Confederate Senate.. Outrages of the Enemy Report of the select com mittee by Hon. C. C. Clay of Alabama. The Select Committee of Thirteen, consisting ! Of one Senator from each of the Confederate States, .sons and property, of .our citizens in violation of the rules of civilized warfare and tne rights of humanity, a.sk leave to report That ihey iiave rec&ived statements of wronsrs, injuries and outrages committed by the enemy in only four States of the Confederacy Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina and South Carolina and that tljese embrace only a small part of .what has. been suffered by our citizens in these States. But those statements show that our invaders have been utterly regardless of every principle of lawful , warfare every precept of the Christian religion, i ami Q sentiment of enlightened humanity. In every sentiment 01 cnugnteneu numanity a spirit of wanton and vindictive malice, or of robber-like rapacity, they have destroyed or carried off property for which the estimates, made almost invariably under oatb, amount in the aggregate to about $15,000,000. In many parts of those States they have burned the dwellings and out-Louses, granaries, gins and mill houses, the" fences and crops, the implements of husbandry and tools of trade, and provisions for subsisting both man and beast; have cut down or otherwise destroyed the fruU trees and vineyards, have killed tly; oxen, cows, sheep and hbgs; thereby evincing the base and savage purpose of taking from our people all their means of present and future subsistence; of forcing them to seek ft)od and shelter beyond the reach of their armies; aid of wasting ar-J Jesolat: ing the land that they may convert it into a desert. They have Burned or battered down public edi fices devoted to civil and religious purposes school houses, court houses and churches- and have either destroyed or taken off the public re cords, the botks and the sacramental vessels; tlfereby displaying a desire or intention to destroy our muniments of property, oiir evidences of mar riage or legitimacy, our history, and the very bonds of society, and to resolve it into a condition of civil strife and anarchy, wh?re no" man's rights arc se cure aud wrong may be done with impunity. They have not spared even the memorial of our dead, or suffered their remains to rest undisturbed; they Jiave torn down and mutilated the monuments in ceriieteries, and have exhumed and opened cuffins, cither to gratify sordid avarice or fiendish malig nity. They have mutilated or removed . public and private libraries, portraits and other paiutings, statues and other works of art and taste, pianos and other musical instruments, aud all household furniture. They have robbed many persons of re lics of deceased parents, children, or other relatives or friends, which wre invaluable to them and valueless to the robbers, merely tc; torture the souls of our citizens and to satisfy their own mean malevolent animosity.' They have murdered peacef ul and unoffending citizens, aud have seized and taken many f them far from their families andhoii.es, and incarcerated them in prisons-of the United States. To others they haye offered the choice d'a prison or an oatb of allegiance, to the United States. They have rushed by regi-' mcMtsybattalious or companies into our villages, ana robbed, like banditti, both men and women, in their dwellings and on the streets, of money, wat ches and oti:cr jewelry. Their soldiers have in dulged their bn.ial pusions upon'women, some times in open d iy and in public places, with. im punity, if not by license of their officers. They have not spared neither age, sex or calling. Old men, women and children, ministers of religion, peaceful artizans, merchants, men of science and letters, tillers of the earth, and others not bearing arms, or guilty of any misconduct, have been made to suffer hostages, or' vicarious victims, for the severe but defcnsive.blows inflicted by our gallant soldiers upon these cowardly invaders. Even those unfortunates whom the mysterious providence of God lias bereft of reason, 01 of the faculty of speech, or the sense of sight or hearing, have-not escaped the demoniacal wrath of our enemies. The Committee would cite examples of each of these outrages, and the testimony by which they are sustained, but .it' would swell the report be yond the limits which will insure its publication and perusal, aud a the wrongs and injuries done arc not half told, the investigations having exten ded to" only a small part of four States, they have deemed it best to postpone a full recital to another session of Congress, when they may make a final report. In conclusion, the Committee-feel warranted in saying, that the conduct of the war on the part of our'euemies has not exhibited the moderation, the forbearance, the chivalrous courtesy, the magna nimity, or Chiistian charity, which the spirit of the age demands, and which tht practice of civil ized nations for several ceuturics last past has generally illustrated. It has been a war not more auins,t uur unarnicu men than helpless ana mno- ...nn .. I.:lJ T . , . 1 1 1.1 ut nuuivu anu uttuureii. it nas neen prosecuicu to destroy not only our means of defence, but our . " . of 7 theni' ot' repeated defeats and disasters attending . r 7 J '..viiiii; thinsrs whioh in nrtt.nL to mwins of bntii;?. K re only useful in peace, and serve to promote the I Common unrl uprrinlnnl inf .,.. :. . 1 ... : , " ,r . . V !., . n.a raw prutccuicu ass ii wiiu tne tell l Ul'SiOSf' f Kills? iT.raf inrr bntfi th l.rxllot ir.l -.... r . , o-i ol uurpci-ple, or of exasDeratinsr and extermintino- . . . t'eni it Tias "been a war against property both public p.nd private; against both s'exes and allchs- es of sr-eie ty; against the politick, moral and re- ! ngious sentinwnts ot our people; against Iheir i ; honor and their public affection's; against whatever : a - . - has hitherto h. A ar inntT. - : - -.u..v.vv L I I DCMV.I ZM . lUUliriK VR O H1 . ..... , .. . --".-.-... ere mni rioni iiii&riiirw rir an Aim itah n.. nas been conducted so as to insult while they in- i jured, to .exhibit towards us contempt as well as . j "vuo. x Ii "V , " w.uea nev-: er w uave t.eitf? tnih us. or exnecfort : hold future rown r ini.,,nr ";7t, , co'rt jerf,e or loterconraO with ua as in- ; dependent or fV nHlir Rr.toc " TKa .:, . . ! mni;!;ii. -... 4 . . . . ... j "". ""-j uIua!ii to : "I . "V ttUU uce,, 10 uJS- extermioute uur people. - i he Vv.oiuniutce. ask leave to sit durinw ! I CeSS Ot LonjrreiiS. to nrpr.nr rnrlnv r r m ul a . jus, anu vi our cjuccsmuiis oi tne mjpe- , usoiicm oi uur cause Dy uesecraiing graves, i vriurehejs. find other acrcd rdfices: bv npfm!ni. DISTRUCTI03 of PROPERTY AT -JACKSON MISS-, BY THE ENEMY. f in order to ascertain the amount of damage done by the Yankees during their forty eight i Lours occupation of the city of Jackson, we went .n1 tnnlr a 9afiil ' ctoptr aw r.f tttls, nla Anil oive below our observations. We could not get a complete list of :he property bur i and other- wise destroved, owing to a great cot fusion in the4 mi .". : ' j; - - I t j. f city, l ntrxoiiowiug liuuuiaga w?re uurneu: Green's Cotton Factory, together with all the machinery, o00 bales ts of cotton, and all the build- the factory: Philips' factory, ins connected with rwl -.ti ths small buildings connected therewith? j A Steveus foundry, liaify's cotton shed, con - j with furniture. &c: Kailroad Depot and. all the j buildings immediately West and South of the same: State Penitentiary, with all the maehinerv; flouring mill near rhillips factory; all the houses on State street, from Shaw's store to OFavcs' cor- ner, including Green's Banking House, Ambra- zei s grocery, Alien k iiegon s store, and U raves large brick building, with a number of small in: tervoning housss; all the houses on the South side of Pearl street from State street to the Mississ- ippi 13aptist ofhee, including the Confederate referred to in tho correspondence, the appotnt Quarterinaster'i? ofEce; a number of sheds or ware- merit of agents in this country to fit out ships and L houses near the old depot of the Southern Rail road, containing an immense quantity of cotton, sugar, molasses, etc , and a number of old cars, be- longing to both railroads; all the houses in front of theJity Hall and market house, except Mrs. Sanders' boarding liouse aud one or two small shopsj Lemley's hat- factory, Robinson's ware house; all the buildings belonging to fair grounds, rope factory and salpetre works; the railroad and city bridges across Pearl river, and all the bridges j and trestle works on the Southern Railroad for several miles; all shops where Government work was being carried on. All the stores in the city were pillaged, their contents either carrie'd off or thrown into the streets and 4)urned -The Miss issippian office was broken open, the type thrown into the street and the presses and furniture bro ken up. The Post OfEce was rifled of its con tents The Governor's mansion was broken and pianos a;id furniture destroyed. The Episcopal Church was entered and the whole interior defaced. Nit-rly. .all ths private residences were 'entered and trunks broken open, ("fine dresses torn to pieces, an-i all jewelry, silver ware and provisions taken. aichos ana brcast pius were forcibly taken from the gentlemen on the street. Negroes- from 300 to 500 were taken from the city and adpeenr cou-itry, and as an in ducement for them io go they were promisted commission in the Yankee i: my, and about 100 of them were armed before tlicy left the city. In telligent gentlemen estimate tho total loss of prop erty in the city at five millions of dollars. It is asserted and believed fT.ut in the retreat between Jackson and Clinton, mauy houses weie burned and nearly all the horses, mules and cattle j driven away. Brando i Miss. UcpubltCan, ISth THE YANKEE PRESIDENTIAL ELEO : TION OF 1864. The New Yoik Herald has a long editorial on the Presidential election of 1804, in which it says it will be the most important since Washington's first election. The canvass will be one of iutense excitement and bitterness, .with great danger of leading to bloodshed and revolution ;Tt the North. The politicians are increasing rather than allaying the animosity between factions und parties. The radicalsare endeavoring with all their power to force their rabid and revolutionary views .upon all connected with the Government. They caused Yallaodighsm's arrest. A State Couvontion is to be held at Utica on the 27th, when there will bw a grind explosion of tongue patriotism an open ing day of the Presidential campaign for ISO 4 for the nisrgerlyjads. The Copperheads are fully as revolutionary as the other sid. Already affairs have reached an alarming attitude, before the campaign is really opened to the public, or its course fully determin ed. Fortunately, other elements are at work which may prevent the Chases or Vallandighams from coatrolling matters. Another programme contem plates Liucoln for a renomination and election as' a compromise candidate. If be consents, he will not let Seward and Chase use the patronage of their Departments for their own poKtical advancement. The probabilities are that a grand mass meeting and popular demonstration will be held at Wash ington about the 4th of July, at which Lincoln will preside, and that will be the initiation of the important movement. The content will then as sume a ' different shape from the present; but whether it will be any the less ' bitter or revolu tionary the rapid transpiring of events alone cau determine. f The Two Pictures. The New York World has the following paragraph, -acknowledging the superiority of the Confederate officers : By a most unhappy coincidence the congratu latory orders of Generals Hooker and Lee appeared together in yesterday's newspapers. The publica tion of these two documents simultaneously will do the North almost a& much discredit and the South as much credit in Europe as the result of the buttles of the Rappahannock. It is the fate oi wany.a brave and capable- nation and army to be defeated; but to be untruthful, boastful, and laise, wuen tne occasion gemanas nonesty, resig- nation, and q, loyal hopefulness in ad.vereity, will turn against us every civil i.edr nation on earth. No honest oi:d fair minueel man can nave read these two orders without grief, pain, and shame. It can no longer ho denied !t is patcut to the whole world that ths 'nsrior men, morally and mentally, are at the head of the wrong Government and the wmr.g army. - c-.-.i xi i .i ST A,uuieru internal wuy. very recently returned Ircm ew lork tfirough tne blockade, ryeq ir.:m -ew iors tnrougu tne oiocKaue, from a tour of observation, says tbe multitudes in that Latv are aiteetuer unconscious oi tne horrors of this savage war, which the administration at ....... r it itMiiiiiuii io n a k u ur jiunk . ua. uiiutiw.iv vi? i : nn xr-n,.:,.,. n..n;n,f it-. 1 T:.i. ,.:i. i- r-.i. ths foreign mercenaries, who are daily pouring into ' P-rTS arc.ariTen ir?m.lDe wnarves into tne death ranks of our enemy by necessity and famine. rni , 1 . : V. 1 t. , - , e - 1 1 xr . j ucrc are no piaioic uuw o an vany peace. t e . a iiKott i.. . FnoM 3I idile Tennessee. Prospects do not roin to indicate a li-'ht SOnn in MiflHlfl Tpnnpscou " - - O --.v.-v.w. Kosencvanz vs. Uragjj that's the way the atf-ir s.au'ds. But Biagg has craduallv pushed op on t ! rtTOTil I . 1 1 I V W f Ill I a DT Tilll (1 Irt I II A ! till . , l i..i tr ! ,s - ,u ,u .llullo vl x . ocu iiiw m . .. v. :u .. - We have talked with a gentleman just from Nash villa, and who was sent out by Kosencranz tne dog. Anis genueman an intelligent man -d,.,..0 ;n -n ni. iwee,""" , """ u .y,vvu. j I! j says the people of Nashville are not disheart-J , 1 . i.A. .t- . ' encu, uui ioo. ior ine VOui cue rates wnn anxious hearts- Snme think the Confederates will have tlA . iii ihrpf mantfia wliili niunn AldM 1nt "ti.. r- ;o ....cr.-n i,.- tivt... lTf rr k i v aui ua x uocl xljaxj ts u t uui nuut73. 1 1 i Tf rirm . , r ' n .n.m- nrm.i r. . ENG- A correspondence has taken place between Earl HusseJl and Mr Adim as to the conduct of certain parties in England, who, MrAdnas says, "ar bent ou making this kingdom subservient to their pur pose of. conducting hostilities against a nation with which sho is at peace." Mr Adms forward ed, in proof or this statement, -s i. 4 some correspon- flence which uau utu huviicu. Earl Kussel replied: This .correspondence does j not appear to.IIer Majesty's Government to con: ! tain any sufficient evidence of a system of action in dirprt hostility to the United States on the "! part of any of Her Majesty's subjects.- It goes have to ' endeavor to raise money on securities of that Gor- ernment.in England, and to tenter, into contracts ' for the rurebnso of munitions of war and for the building iron-Clad vessels. JJut there is no prooi t in these papers that the agents referred to have j as yet brought thepiselvcs within the reach of any criminal law of the United Kingdom. Mr Adams, on March 14tb, expresses his pro found recrret at having to transmit to Mr Seward Earl Russell's reply, maintaining that the acts raise money for the purpose, with the appoint ment of officers to superintend the construction, showed a deliberate attempt to establish within the limits of the kingdom a system of action in direct hostility to the Government of the United States. ' Some further correspondence ensued, and on the 20th of April, Earl Russell wrote: "With re gard to the complaints whieh you hava made from time to timo of British sailors who have entered the Confederate service, I have to remark that no steps have hitherto been taken by the United Sfates authorities to prevent Rritish subjects from entering the military or naval service of the Uni ted States. Mr Seward has, on the contrary, jus tified the means used provided they were not bribery or intimidation to iuduco Rritish sail ors to enter the Federal service. You will readily perceive the justice of the request I am about to make, namely that beforo you repeat your com plaints that British sailors have entered the ser vice of the so-called Confederate States, you will furnish me with proofs that all British subjects serving in the Federal army or navy nave teen dtacbarged, and that, orders have been given not to enlist or engage such persons to serve in arms, contrary to the tenor of her Majesty's proclama tion. - Negroes to be sold in Illinois.- -The following intelligence from an Illinois paper, will serve to show what kitid'of philanthropy actuates a free soil or abolition State in regard to the darkies. In Mr Lincoln's own State free negroes' are found guilty of a lugh misdemeanor, for manifesting "an intention to remain iu the State" !1! Snch are the tender mercies of negro emancipa tionists towards the African race I If the Yankees were to free all the negroes in the land, they would signalize and celebrate the jubilee by driving every darkie out of the country: The W luteside (Illinois) Sentinel publishes an official notice under date of February, 1803, signed by C. JM. Child, "J. I'., to the effect that, whereas Lcertain negroes named were, on the 5th and Cth ult., tried on "a charge of high misdemeanor, having come into this Stute and County, and remaining therein, for ten days and more, with the evident intehtiou of residing in ibis State, and were found guilty by a jury, and were each severally fined in the sum of fifty dollars," and whereas the fines and costs of suit not having been paid, the taid negroes will be sold at Auction, on the 19th day of February, -1803, at the Court House of Carthage, for the payment of said fines and costs. mm- Unparalleled Achievement. Id General Lane's official Report to Gov. Vance of tbe part taken by his Brigade in the late battles near Fred ericksburg, he states that a North Carolina Lieu tenant and four of bis men captured an entire Pennsylvania Regiment. ADMINISTRATORS? SAKE. As Admintrator of Sugar Dulin, deceased, I her?by give notice to all persons indebted to said deceased to come forward immediately and make payment, end those Laving claims ngainst him ninst present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. A. F. STEVENS. Adra'r. May 2Gth, 1863 1m pd STEA5I I?IVGIiE AND KAND The subscriber has a Sicam Engine (thirty horse power) and the necessary fixtures for running a Saw Mill, which he will sell ou accommodating terms located on :hc railroad running from Charlotte to Statesville, twelve miles from Charlotte with twenty three acres of Ind adjoining. The Engine wil bo sold separate frvm3tv Laud if de?iid. My post-office is Oaklawn, N. C. MATTHEW A. WALLACE. May 2G, 18G3 3t-pd STIMVED From the subscriber, near Query' Turnout, on the lt of M.iy, FIVB It BAD OF S11EEP, two Ewes eot sheared and throe Lamb?. .Description I black Ewe both cars cropped and jIit la right ear : 1 black and 1 white lamb with right car cropped lami, ioth enrj hri!f cro,,,,cd. Any information an to I their wherenuouts will be thankfully received, and a I liberal reward will-be paid to any one taking thcui up 0 that I cau get them. ' e-v m 9 mt trm m m a a - j. u. JUUlJlt.vc. Query's P. O., May 2 G, 1863, 3t-pd WAIVTEI, One hundred pounds Cunthari$ Viltata or POTATO FLY.- It resembles tbe Spanish Fly, bat is smaller is usualh' found on sweet potato xines about the end of "sua : JuJj or beginning of August ia collected in tbe morn , ing i , W anoVevening by shaking tbe insects from the plants. ! into hot water. They are then carefully dried in the! i aa- ru"" p JAS. T. JOHNSON'. Hcdical Purreror, Charlotte, N. C. May 26, 18C3 If executive Iparl meat If. Carolina, AUJCTA5T GKCBAt.'8 0riC, (MlLITU,) Kalkjoh, May 14tb, lit3. General Order, Xo. 7.J " ) Militia Ofuccrs who haveteen compelled by tbe ad- vance of the enemy, to leave lUcir rtipsctire di.tricts, : omcer of-the liegimemai Liirict, 1 i a,;l!nn- fpmnnr:i rilv . tr, rrt nrt for dutr to the Commanding r' iu 'which they may be residing temporarily. , .IT i BUI - 1 'J Bv order of Uur. Vakck: . u. irUHlc, aoj i u. t . ' . , i. w . . . r - KvtCCTIVE JJEPAItTMENT OKTII -Caeolisa, , ) Adjutant (icneral'e OfEce, - P4alcigb, May 15tb ". tf.,:.-.. j. 4 1 uenerai urocr v. w.j Exemption? iron. .-.vV.v. uIMD:i . ty, will net b recognized, except upon tbe SurCeon'i .v.. !fi .t.,i hv the ('nmrnsKdinir itm. r n,- iwiiucne tu-.. .. " Begiraent, end approved at this office y fjrUC I Kft Wta-va - - v - j . . .. , v- DA!fL. o FOWLS. Adjutant General, CONFEDERATE AGENTS IN A hritf but expreuirt letter - n o ) i Girl, In a skirmish Saturday os, h . i r nock with' the 05th l'onnsylrania, i ffi?? latter got th, worst of it and ran, or , 0f lU i' b' fcks of the flying Yankees was captured a it a letter was found from "Martha " hi.' 11 heart, who lives in Philadelphia.' v ",Wecl portion of it, jpelliog and ajl : i'. "John, if I cold sea you I think 1 Col,l yoaa while. Yon spoke of scainjj 1 running the RcLdi from the lUpperhannocl v I dont think it's much fun when haTtU, 'l,,t off in the 05th i killed and nearly all ivl"1 woi-aded. Y'ou skid you did not rU t ;m.u ! llattlc von had hrttr wt ft,. t, . ! lfl i .T . - p" uur in lh i .v.i " i , ; vi ,u uc iii ill suuu' Juu uc am iou ot our friend you use to know; I beard that thev h,l v: . ) r,t-.,l T k 1 1 .11 .. " l"C(l wwovpu, auu ucaiiy mu oi niS ret is A and wounded, and .missing.' The regt willU rouined. John I h.int got any frC8h ,ew,2 wnght, times are dull heire, aud no fuu for n gurUTaltlL ' yrntyou fcon,c and r the Rebels alone lor you cant tchip Mmh nohow and we can live without them. You theare- until you ull yit killed I mi afraid." Having uken out pccil letter of dminiiirt:9. on the estate of lUrbert JSlowe, dee'd, 1 will r Sturdj the 18lh of Jane, at the late rrridf nee fV! deceased, four bead of Horses, all the Cattle, 0f . . i Sheep, a lot of Corn, Wheat and Bacon, crop of Cot ton, one Carriage, all the ho'iut-hol t and kitchen Kum!" ture, and many other articles not neccMary to mmtiun Terais made known on Hie daj of tW. All persons bavin; cluims against the etnwe hereby noli fi?d to present tbem with'm tht tlmtVr . scribed by luw;ni all person cvinfr the estate at required to cuuo forward and ml . s;tlrintni. - H- l- siTUWE, AJui'r. May 2C, f KG3 3t pd Notice. Tbc Board of Directors of the Weitern I'Uuk R04 Company having accepted the amendment of their Charter as passed at the last cion of the LrgiiUiur( of fiortli Carolina, At a meetia of tbe Board of Director, krld tt Charlotte on the 4th liil., a relolution WMi)ar,P, tiat they would retain for the Cgtmpany and ihnrgf tui' CB that part of the road from I't ter CanjU-r'i t rt tU Plank Road diverges liom tbe Public Uut two hundred yard tail i-f where Orr k Alni jtr, Saw-Mill need to stand, on ahe ea-t title of the Cul.a river, including ihe Hiver Bridge. And tbry aUo h,. structed their President to nell the itoad and HriJn from the Town of Charlotte to it junfiion ith tU Public Road, leading by Stewart's tu a p.dnt r toui half a mile euit of J. P. ItosV, with it- Prniltyn, r-. ccpting the Toll lfone und Iot, and ul..o the Itri.ljjn orer Long Creek and Killiau's t!rcek; but in tbr meantime they will not clmrge any toll on anj jjartof the Road which they hu ' t't-t. led to tell. And tbe Board of Directors liavr resolved to tmndui to tU public all tlie balance of tmid Plank Koh.I rii'rtit iu h parts as they hare reserved for the Cuiupmij, Aud ordered to be hold, as above stated, and notice ii bei eb) given to the -public to that t-frVtf. C. C. UKMEUUN', May 12. 18G3 41 Pres't W. P. t0.i .'o. I will sell to the highest bidder, n tic touBcf Charlotte, for ca.-h, on Tuesday, 2U . une, tW Tuil House and Lot in Charlotte, belonging the Wcicta Plank Road Co. And alo, at the . ic tim (ul place, that portion of said Plank Ron ' unI iw i'riii. leges) lying between Hie lown of CSi itiite u:id point en said Road where the PuMi.c P.- l, lt ling Ir .Stewart's, inlert-cctK the l'lanktoad, al ,ut a h w If tm cast of J. P. Ross', including the Ilrtdos. Ami Wo, at he same time aud place, the Biidjjr or Iwf Creek. And ou Wednesday thc 3d June, 1 will f". u the highest bidder, at l.incolnton, for ea.di, splendid bridge over Kjllitu'4 Creek, int-liKliiii in Privileges. C. C. IIEN'DKUSO.V, Mav 1 2th, 18C3 il Prest. W. P. irn. t'o. A D JI INI ST RAT O R S1 SAL1J. I wUl sell on Saturday, the Cth of June neit, tt tht irvte . tbidence of J. R. Slowe, deceaned, iu ("ton county, 8 miles east of Dallas, the .Irmt of Ln ou which the defeased resided, containing !.' uirti i:h ihe incumbrance of tbe widows' dower. Term runti known on the day of sale. H. D. .STOWK, May I'J, 1HC3 31 Adniiuitrutur. Slate or IV. Carolina Mecklenburg Co. Court of I'leai ,j- Quarter Sutiout April Urm, hi. Isaac N.Alexander, Adm'r of John T. lUi-i, deed, i. .James P. Henderson, wife, aud ttliri. Petition for settlement of ihe Ettntc of John T Ceil. ) appearing to the satisfaction of tin Ouri thut S. A. McCombs and wife Jane, one of the defni'lr.t io this ca?e, reside beyond the limits of this 5it', ii ii therefore ordered by the Court that publiciti- o I f made for sii weeks iu the Western Democrat, n paper publi.-hed iu the to u of Charlotte, o ' ' said defendant to be and appear at the ne itr u uf ihis court to be held for the county of Meckb nburg. t the court house in Charlotte, on the 2d Mond ir in July next, then and there to plead, answer er demur to lU petitioq, or judgment pro confesso will be t ken sod the same heard exparteas to them. ' " Witness, Win. Maxwell, clerk of our mid rourt l office in- Charlotte, the Zd Monday iu Apiil, Dot. GO-Ct adv $C WM MA.WKLl.,clek. Stale of N. C roliti.i JrI :KI MrtC ' Court I'leai an4 Quitter Senior, Aprtl Term, IMJ. Joab T. Smvtti, Adm'r wuh "the Will annM'd ftl P" Alexander, dee'd, vs. Th- Heirs at Law of lUn Ali andr, deceased. Petition to sell Land to psy 6e.. It appearing to the satisfaction cf the Court Macus fl. Alexander and Wm Y Akiander, to of tt heirs at law of the raid deceased, are not inbsbi'J of this State, it is therefore ordered by the coirt th publication be made for tlx weeks in tht H'estf' this court, to be b!d Tor th county or Mfcatenriurj. tbe court house in Charlotte, on O-V 2d MonJsy in ' J amI . . al, i Ii a I a tA a f rri 1I(1V fBWf VilC WIM inii'i - - petition should riot We sold according to tbe " " tbepttiiioner. I office in Charlotte, the C4 tfoeday in ipril. j 9-e adv f 6 WM. Jai I VK.'.L, I iiness, t in. aisxwen, cria - jvoriri:. ' , A numlifr of Xof 3:a the Building ComTnittf t. the ii. E. hurch in this j.lace, have been f1are4 mr hand for rolleetioo. Persons owing s-id ' will rr.nr a favor bv eallior on tut unflf rfiZ"r th l(r...i. Hank of North Carolina aud settle the same as it i now desirable to bait them col'-rtcd. .'. m ii L. KIDDLF. mvm t a EXECUTIVE PKPAKTJIENT Nf'fiTIt-CAUul.lNA, ) u:i.ni rinrral'i Office. Mili'n. ;iuiui - - . f i J K?!cigh, May 11, lbW. j General Order, So. C. I. The following extract from tbe A'.t amendr"7 (' the exemption Act, passed by tbe lat : f'ougres. eft' .Vonrodermtt States is pnT.iisnec lori:e inloroisiKn -' .,;.i,,f uf those wbotu il mar concern. t Sec. 4. "In adduiou t-r the Slate offlcr ri eiewp-" ' by Ihe Act of Oct. 11, 18C2,tbero iball bs rirmf !" ail otaie obiccrs waoi me uovernor oi ;ny ' " ' - . a a fll . cuiui to uave exempted lor tue due aluituisir- - - ! the Ooverument aud laws thereof; but tbu'exv V" 7 snan not continue in any atate alter tue a-ijo vi iu dcii rfguiar setsioj oi us iegiii;'ui. -- ' . . T . - . : I . - .ti i . . t -. r.mui' f . . 1. T : . I i... . .t.. fr nm IS . . . . t . ' urr dutr in tho l'roU oual Arnir of tbe conn-- . - States." operation of tbe ofiicers are bercbr exempted v . mm - lkf 1' operation ot tue toaicriji aci, so long 0g;s. prompt obedience to tbe order jssned from ' The services of refractory and negligent ScV3it not be tousiered as necessary "for the dne tration of the Government and laws of lb S' III. Commanding officers of tbe MiliiU ic3i. nicate this order to the officers under tbe.r co By order of Gov. Vakck: ',. , ..r.ger!- DAN'L. O.On'LE, A'j',nl May.ia,ie. 2t , J J . ... 4.HJI5, ter ( Tenn.) BuUctint 20. May 2, !8C3..
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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