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. . .... . : r - "- .-- v.. 1 . Jg S OFTEN MONTHS OBSERVA- IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTBY. - . ma -1-1 1 wWart AUATM written dv I'lr .roiiaru, pditon Of the'Bichmond Examiner, who living ten months in the Aorta, as a " ".-. i t e " ?,... !,! fir nsoAfir. lie naa nue -wntvu-uu . Id; and "ixo gives tfie result of these oh- Sis follows : . jporo the Richmond Eiaiainr-r. k Confederate oltaios the opportunity of n in the North, and looks only at the r thiocs, he is powerfully and painfully jth the contrast they present to his scanty ridden .country. . In some respects tne Ji: Tl - ........ I. 1" nrm n'ltict IS appaiiiug. ' lie eco lucu ith a superabundance of able-bodied men military .depots Durstmg wuu war earns in Wall street- that, despite the ex- s of the-war, vast, additions hare been Yankee wealth in the development of - - 4 1 1 1 resources,, copper, iron aaa surer, aiong slope of theliocky mountains; ne is toia oleum alone will, in a few years, De an jxport to the extent of one hundred and ions of dollars,' and that it has already much more so than "codfiau a distinct in .the .North; he sees everywhere an tons material plenty; he finds New York h wealth and extravagance, every day into Uroadway and the labyrinths of I -. J.' lark a dixzy stream or. juxunous uiasipa i J - . i . i. a endless procession oi mc in u uj y u yi loe nrsi impresaiou wi euu wu of immense endurance in the North, ketical superiority of. her war-power in I rial and finances" over the military means th. That is the impression which gen- Ics back to usfrom flying visitors to the . . . i .i lose tjoservations cannot oe omervisc and superficial. Yet it is of all first is the -one . most thoroughly falsa. ck of contrast is' soon over to the Con- ho remains in the North long enough to Ieady examination of the real spirit of the th;s war, and its relation to the "apparent idance of resources in men and means. new light when he penetrates the Kur- lime?; ana n mere is oue iruiu wmcn no iuore plainly than any other in his ob- s in the North, it is that the resources, first struck him eo strongly, are but to a ent practically available for the purposes p. lieccfesarv to come to facts to show this Iter was in the North during the great exi- f recruiting their armies after Grants of the old Potomac veterans and the im jpenditure of Yankee life in last summer's u. itesvEiemor lantce recruuins: a be saw it, debased downrigbt to tho cx- I of foreign enlistments and tho arming of -r ... 1 1 .L! " . Iro. It is tnese means scarcely anyining an tbes; which is to-day recruiting the jftLe enemy. Their whole system of re- Jias passed to this wretched shift: and the short life of such a military expedient, ih has Utile or nothing to fear. It is posi . . '. . d Inown to toe writer tnat orant is now re- alaiost exclusively with negro troops; and impTcssmns, derived from observation, are least tbice-fourtbs of the Army of the ure composed of negro troopflj and that, in :e lately commanded by General Butler i!S,but one white corps. j riDt asserting too mucii to say that the lis at this time practically more pinched for J lot of atBd-beurlng men than" is tho Con- ky. The writer has not caught at loose as- or idle rumors, lha mtormation comes ceneral ofEcer in the Yankee armies around end, that the half-miUjpn draft -yielded not ban seventy thousand effective soldiers. It Ltcbed tip with infamous frauds and absurd mtation to conciliate the opposition in the ential election of last November. In that n the vote of all tho Yankee armies around : ond was eighteen thousand, that being the tton of native born and naturalized citizens United,' States in the combined hosts of "s-chranmpd Benjamin Franklin Butler. difEculties of reoruiting in the North arc irgiog to the necessity-of an actual conscrip To a great extent they must rea6h thia" :d aud dire conclusion in the draft of next ry.'i It b ocly necesary to apply the in- )le law of supply and demand to sKow what bo the. difBeulties in raisinjr men. when we at New York city finds it necessary to pro- municipiil bounty of one thousand dollars, 1), "with the State and the general Government left, swell the price of a single soldier to 3en hundred dollars. The bloated metropolis North taay be. able to afford such a largess. In the ruial districts, in the counties and in pall corporations of the North, the system of ties is already broken down. Counties in the of ew lork have been designated to the ir wnicn naa aireaav expenaea. eacn, aoout a )Q and a half dollars in buying human fissb: Ithers were named which had accumulated, on nt of military bounties alone, a debt -exceed- le sum total of taxable valaes within their iicttou. lis under the pressure cf the praetieal wnt of (benring men, and in view of the fatal conelu- bf an actual conscription, that the question has uppermost in the Northern mind how long ?outh can endure-the necessities of the war. simple question of endurance has entirely seded all other methods of the solution of-the all fcrmcr questions of ibreign interferences, icat revulutiotis, financial convulsions, &c, and all Northern men who discern the signs of limes, the one practical test that is to deter- the destiny of the South. The writer js assured that all intelligent mt n of the North, Jidiog even leading Black Hepublicans who not hesitated to confess themselves, are agreed the North will never stand an actual conscrin- - " - ities of Lincoln; for it contains seventy thousand Irish, and, what is more, one-hundred and . fifty thousand people of the Catholic faith, who consti tute in mass a pretty large seed of revolution, and who are considered to have made up tbeir minds about the daft, in the summer of 1863. V Observations which the writer made in the North with ceaseless ioduelry and under the stimulus of constant cariosity, filled' his mind with the broad and strong conviction that never -ffas the indepenr dence of the South more firmly, assured than at this time, on the single condition that the spirit of the people and the army does not break by some unworthy impatience. A Northern conscription is the goal .to which the South must press, anc which already it closely approaches. " A little en durance and it is won. It is thOvital question to all intelligent persons in the North, how. long our people will endure. They laugh at our. expecta tions of political revolutions or financial ruptures in the North; and tbty contend that the time is pa6t when we may expect to win our independenc by any grand military covp, or force of military successes. All these calculations are lightly or insolently regarded by Northern men. Their real anxiety is therneasore of endurance on the part of the South. In a large intercourse with Northern politicians the writer found that their great curi osity was as to the real spirit of the South, and the questions of thinking' men among them inva riably went to the point of the probable term of Southern endurance. He saw the value of this iqial!ty in Northern eyes. He became thoroughly convinced that - by force of it alone the South would obtain her independence as sure a's Jhe sun would rise on the morrow: that such was the silent but general concession of the Northern mind; ind that the future of the Confederate States was just at this time, and in the. approaching exigency of a Northern conscription, brightened with a surer prospect of indepenaence than any former situation of affairs had ever afforded. There are two parties in the North, perhaps equally intelligent, and each claiming to draw their opinions from Southern sources of informa tion, which differ as to the real spirit of the South: one claiming that it is resolute and even in the last-necessity desperate, the other contending that it is f3ast being broken by reverses, and will end in submission. One finds this question in every circle in the North. Reliable information upon it is far more valuable to the Washington Govern ment than maps of all the fortificatious in the Confederate Stales. To convince the - North of the spirit of the Southern people is more impor tant than half a dozen victories, for it is to con vince them of the hopelessness of :hc war and to put before their eyes the immediate; necessity "of conscription. It is the simple lesson of resolution which the South must learn. It is the lesson of all events. When there is no occasion for hope,: then make it the season of desperation. It will be er.sily' in spired even in the. worst extremity the futuve can possible hve, by a simple practical regard of tbe consequences of subjugation. It is possible that there are yet left some few de luded persons in the South who do not rightly es timate these consequences. The writer has heard these consequences too thoroughly discussed among the Yankees, to leave any margin for skep ticism on the subject. He has witnessed some of them. Ho has seen Baltimore. '-.In New-York there is,- properly speakiug, no secession party, nothing more than a mere "Copperheadism," con sulting purely partisan ends, and not at all dange rous, aod hence thero is no necessity for an' spe cial programme of despotism there;but in Balti more there is a real secession party, and tWse who j belong to it are kept in a partial condition of sub jugation. Baltimore thrives, say the Nonhertf THE PALL OP FORT FISHER After a bombardmen t of three 'days, the enemy assaulted Fort Fisher by land on Sunday night, be loth inst., and captured it. The enemy met with several severe repulses before he succeeded in gaining possession of the Fort. ; - We give the news below relating to this affair .as - . . . . . i . Lwe gathe? it from our- Wilmington ana omer ex changes: . The Wilmington Carolinian of Monday says : "Fort Fisher fell last. night-, after an obstinate resistance. Geo. Whiting and staff with about 2,000 troops, are now in the hands of the ene'oiy. The conflict within the Fort was a severe ooe and lasted for two hours, hand to hand ' with the ene my. We have no heart to enter into.details, uor to comment on this disastrous event. We may tell our readers, however, that the gallant Whiting did his duty, but had to. succumb to sheer force of numbers; having been assaulted on his sea, land, and rear faces, by the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the enemy." The Carolinian, of a subsequent date, further remarks : . ' "General 'Bragg gave rhe most positive orders to r r fon- gfrsonally, i pi feel per- bench. but when the fact of his landing was ascer tained, he immediately 'ordered an attack on t enemy's entreuchments, with alj the forces at disposal. J he officer in command, wno was dercd to make this attack, after carefully n noitereing the position, declined. From thebar acter of that officer, and the distinguished saf'ees he has heretofore performed for North Carina in the field, we feel assured that his decTuiatfn .was the result of honest convictions of the hoilessness of the attempt. We know that officer navins? served wiui mm in tne m? a. a fectly satisSed that it would bfcve beene lur any other man to attempt what he would de-line. But the attack was declined, and now is Qneral Bragg to be held responsible .for" this? W' think, can didly, he ought not. Neither oujQt the officer who declined to sacrifice his men against strong earthen works, defended by a fo& nearly double the number of bis own, be held fsporisible for the fall of Fort Fisher." . Gen. It F Hoke is the office' alluded to above. Since the fall of Fort FisbV there seems to be a lull in the war element, aid quiet. reigns along the lines. The fierce part r'the combat is yet to come. Elated with their success thus far, the Yankees will soon, doubled, iput forth another ef fort to beat back our troo-i With the reinforce ments continually arrivinjrjand the position out lines have assumed, we trip, his next effort will be a futile one. Let not if fall of Fisher reduce us to lethargy, but rather fiake us more zealous in contending, inch by inch.rur enemy's further ap proach. The war nowji brought to our very doors. Let us "see to i tiat with every advance on his part, blood shall oirk his footsteps. Both armies are fortffing in their respective positions, and hot workday at any time be looked" for. - - f The WilmingtoCJaUaal of Wednesday says: "So far as we are abJto learn (here has been no movement of important among the Yankee troops since the capture of Frt bisher. On yesterday it appeared to be trood au- a ' . . of the gunboats bad as yet WAR NEWS. - . NoaraRN Account of the Capture op Fort FittHEtt.. rRichaioud, Jati, 20 Northern.apers, of Jhe 18th, a recbte fly filled with ofSciat atd un official' reports of the capture of -fort Fisher. A summary in the Baltimore American says the fleet and. army transports sailed together from Beaufort, and arrived at the scene of operations Friday. The troops were promptly landed without opposi tion. Saturday the bombardment of the fort com mence Sunday the assault was made. In-this the navy participated, Porter having landed 2,(K)Q seamen and marines, with ordejs to board the fort on the sea face. - The troops were commanded by General Terry, and 'were composad of .the same division which participated iu the Butler expedi tion, strengthened by the addition of a brigade. The assault commenced "at balf past 3 in the afternoon, and full possession of tberworks was ob tained at 10, after a desperate and sanguinary fight. The Federal loss is heavy, especially in officers Gen. Curtis was wounded. - ' Tbe garrison fell back to- the extreme end of Federal Point where they were captured. Jhe Americau sayB we captured over 2,000 prisoners, including General Waiting and Colonel l,4mb, buth wounded, and. 72 guns. The latest ispatch gives higher figures. f i . i -Mr. NORTHERN ITEMS. . Blair's mission still exeis mucn coaimcu.. After the fort was attack tbe enemy the moment ue lanaeu ou ic ,'occur:ft(1 the majTazine was exdoded bv accident. . . . . . x I . 7 . -j - r - t ,! nun it ' J 3". " . . . . Killing iUViantees, anc wououing a great many. The Yankee loss during' the fight was about 900 killed and wounded. - Ilebel loss about 600. . "From Charleston. -Charleston, Jan. 19. About midday all the vessels of. the fleet raised their flags and fired ,a salute. There has been un usual activity displayed amongst the fleet to-day,' and on Morris Island. Thenuruber of Monitors has increased and nov eight-are off Morris Island. Nothing known of Sherman's movements. Returned Prisoners. Arrived. Richmond, Jan. 20. Flag of truce boat arrived at Varina to day with 500 returned prisoners. No farther par ticulars, far. Only telegraphi6comnmtiication thus it was stated, upon thority, that only t made their appeara Fisher, the rest oft b in the river. fleet still - lY'ins: opposite bort off. and" that if tho war is pushed to that point nflagging lesolution, and unbroken endurance a part of tbe booth, it is just there that it break down by the weight of an insufferable en, put; opoo coc of the belligerents. The lusion 7" is not jin extravagant one. In the th the Conscription is doubtless imposed upon fc few anwilUng lndiTidaalsf but in. thc'North. ji its inferior motive in nfce war, and ttslpecu- cnaractcT, n is uiieriy impossiDie to execute a cription law -upon a people who are wholly and JdateIy opposed to it; who are'not.fightingjun- sny doctrine of paramount necessity , and who a already gien the most abundant proofs that i the Yankee Jod of money is but little effec- iri enticing teem to tbe battle field.' t is almost impossible to describe the dread l which the Northern people contemplate the litest possibility of a conscription. Kven the t of iaft year, wnicn oniy sugntiy threatened i a conclusion, was shunned as the plague en it was thought that some of the ward quotas kid be enforced "in Baltimore, hundreds of per- iett tbeir pomes ana jammes mere, nea tor Iter to New x oik, ana tor months remained in closo concealment. It is well known that papers; it is. overrun and clattering with Yankee trade; but cven,in this gross prosperitythc South ern symyathizefc ba3 no share. He is marked, he is degraded even in his business, all employment is closed to him, except such as he may choose to take as the subordinate or employee of the Yankee. Ail Southern men in Baltimore have found a dis crimination in all trades' and employments against them, and many of tbcm have been compelled to retire from business. They tell you that life has become purposeless and intolerable to them.. They have given up their business; they are pursued by spies; they are dogged by men who pick up their slightest word; thej live in a constant atmosphere of suspicion. You look at these men and you see a blank dejection in their faces, a sart. of melan choly devil-may-care expression. You never hear any eager or auimated words from their lip.-; they have tiv!)pea ranee ot'iuterest in what they . say they seem to have drifted past hope; they look upon their future in blank dismay or with the stffi len indifference .of men who have no longer any object to accompJish or ambition to serve, and who have converted life to a mere existence. And yet all this is but the faintest shadow of "subjugation," as it is designed for those now without the pale of the Union. : ' The writer found more instruction than enter tainment in the talk of tho Yankee army about Richmond, as he had access to many of its officers, who spoke of the war without reserve. And this talk was an unfailing ding-dong of what Yankee enterprise would do in Virginia after its subjuga tion. Virginians didn't know how to cultivate the soil; the yankecs would give them a lesson; the old estates would be cut up into 100-acre farms to give every man a chance. Some had new methods of tailing tobacco, as they had seen it done in-the Connecticut Galley. Some thought the Valley of Virginia the most inviting country in the world, and had picked out their places to settle there af- ter the war. This talk was not intended to be of fensive; for it seemed to be universally taken as matterof course that under l'ankee rule, Virginia. by a very lair logical conclusion, could be for no LJ I . .. "- 1 1 - .... , - ooay eise uui me .zannees, ana that her ie. people were to be glad to sit at the feet of N Jbngland civilization. - . But it is' useless to pxnntiarp. unleca tn thAiti Cape j w w -w nuv Maw iiuil UUiiUj , lilt lUIliC Ui O U UJ U "allljll, - It the spitit of desperato resolution has not already been drawn from what is known of the enemj'g warfare, it will not be easily proyokcd by any oih. er arguments. That spirit once fully demonsa ted to the North and the war is at an end. Jt is the only price of peace. I'here is not a sciotiHa ' u up mi uio uuuhi iu auy poiuicai movcocent 1 fir arttr rPftA nprrntiitinra ?, VT.u -Tf e have endeavfed to obtain -soolo partleulara in regard to itie nJ'T but matters are in so con fused a state that rltwo reports agree, and -unless we can get tbe trufi we prefer publishing nothing. 'All reports conciii however, in stating that Gen. Waiting and ColWl Lamb fought gallantly, lead ing the troops toiepel each assault, and never gave up, but were evepowered or shot dov.n. We undersLanjtihat when the enemy had gained the parapets ofpe Fort and planted' their flag, General WhitjM; two or three times tore the flag down, and - ouliflesisted when he was shot down and unable tojlc. A commutation has been received from the commander $ tbe Federal forces, Gen. Terry, stating that jjta. . Whiting's wounds were of a se rious nature, iat not, mortal. We" trust that he may soon rcJrer. Col. LaiJ.wc believe, received a serious wound" in his thign,fr0IU a minnie ball. Forts Bctees and Caswell were evacuated by our Iroopsjw 31onduy, as was expected, the cap ture of Finer rendering the holding pf these points as ;eloss to us. A tremendous' explosion was hcaWund felt in tovrn about 1 J o'clock on Tuesdayworuing, supposed to have been pro duced by the blowing up of the magazines at the above fjbrts." ;N - Tndf Situation Beloav. Up to a late hoar last nigiif, quiet reigned along the lines, the ene my making no demonstration of any kind. His gunbdp are in- the river, but unable to advance, for gcpl and sufficient causes. Fort Anderson is still Uiouf hands. The enemy's Monitors draw aboul seventeen feet, and canuot carry Water enoul'Ii with them to come up. Nut to speak of any other defensive agency at thoMsposal of our military authorities for obstruc ting iis advancing on the Town by the river, we msjr)' mention that pur field artillery is fully ade quate to the task of destroying effectually, bis liititer draft eun-boats. Wtl. Carolinian, lisih. The Petersburg Express says: The fall of Fort Fisher will seriously interfere kh. supplies of various kiuds which have hereto- Wq reached us at Wilmington, but it does not pat an end to running the blockade. There are f her ports . of entry on the southern coast, and tev will be made available, despite all the Yankee navy to prevent. Nor does the loss of Fort Fisher necessarily involve the fall of Wilmiog-ton. The Fear river is lined with batteries on either its bed is bristling with torpedoes. These will offer a most formidable barrier to Por ter's fleet. The land approaches are also strongly fortified, and the distance to be traveled from the mouth of the Cape Fear to the town is some twen fy miles. But should Wilmington fall, we still have a line of railroad far re'moved from thecoast, and in good condition. " Over this supplies can be brought in Quantities sufficient for all , practical course, tbe gold speculators will From Petersburg. We have nothing to re port from the front this morning. The two armies arc confronting each other; in a state of perfect quietudeand only the pickets ksep up an appear ance of actual hostility.- Truces have been observed on different portions of the lines several times recently, occasioned by the transfer of parties across the lines. On such occasions the soldiers, relieved from their monoto nous'watchings. mount the breastworks and walk to and fro with impunity. Expresjt, 17th. Sinking of,a Yankee Monitor. Charleston, January 17. A Yankee monitor on picket duty between Forts Moultrie and Sumter', was sunk last night supposed by a torpedo. Only the smoke stack left above the Water. N. C LEGISLATURE. - either House had a quorum on Tuesday, the day fixed for the re-assembling of the Legislature. . . " v Wednesday, January 18. Senate. The Speaker, called . the Senate to order at T1J o'clock. The roll being called, it was ascertained that a quorum was present, (27 mem bers.) ' The Speaker announced that the first thing in order was the election of a Principal Clerk. . Mr Wright nominated W A-Huske of Fayette yUlc, and . Mr Lassiter nominated Frank I Wilson of Raleigh. On motion of Mr Ellis the election was post poned until 12 o'clock to-morrow. The Speaker read the following dispatch from E D Hall, Esq , Senator from New Hanover, dated, January 18th : " . . " ' "lion. Giles Mebane; Speaker Senate : "Wih minglon not fallen, nor likely to fall. Let North Caroliua do her duty, and all will be well. With an honest effort this town can be held. For God's sake let the Legislature come up to the crisis. -Don't depar of" the Republic. E. D. Hall." House. The House was called to order at 12 o'clock M. .The roll was called and sixty-nine members answered ttr their names. On motion of Mr Shepperd, a message was sent to the Senate announcing that the House, a quorum being present, was piepared to co-operate with the Senate in the transaction of public business. The Speaker laid before the House "papers re ceived during the recess, relative to the contested election in Northampton. -Referred to the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections. ' . Mr Waugh introduced a resolution requesting an enquiry by the Committee on the Judiciary as to the propriety of suspending execution during the war in cases where 6peqie payment is demanded. . Thursday, January 19. Senate. After the reading of the journal, several nominations for appointment as magistrates were ma'de, among them Messrs W B Fowler, W R Richardson, E E Gill and Patrick McGowan of Wake county. The question being ou concurring in these nominations, Mr Long said he hoped this maistrate-making business would be stopped. Th. ch those nominated inight be over fortv-five. he'auiiiusration under a istrniao nr cnK;.,.!.: t purposes. Of stew, .but it isr-subiugation at last. ' Tbelmr fTeprescnt the cause as hopeless and insist upon it has seen that it is an arm v. whnP wrMJ,) that the precious metal has been greatly enhanced been drawn from WZ w;n k wkLl . i in value by the fall of Fort Fisher Turn a deaf has carried the war of tho enc9.;tn ear to all such misrepresentations and re It it for the South to resolve neverio iveDp the ' tbat 80 loDir 33 0Ur amies ?emain together, and -condition of independence, never to bev'debjtded ' tho s?irit oflDe Poplo' continues' unbroken, we can witk that cheap thing in Yankee hiftorr-4 Tiaperr0mTel the cntm to acknowledge our indepen guaranty. It is only -necessary to show to vince the North that wo are resolved to cio0.ethe P- The Richmond Dispatch says: "Fort Fi3her is last extremitv in r.rpfernnrn t, biA.:: k:---t;i:i- k.i r:i.: . e .t . n,, , ,r "-fuusaiuu. I ""fii uwuw i 11 m iu u iuu. . Duiue rugaru uie .uu Kive up me nope ol our in4eneu ranto ri tnav V-k U. ... a. ' ' . h, a. i iey were seeking sate places in case the conscript age should be raised to fifty. In Wake county now, there were already from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and eighty. . Mr Jones recommended the nomination of the persons proposed by him, but by a vote of thirteen to fifteen, the Senate refused to concur. Mr Jones then moved to reconsider the vote by which the. previous nominations of the day had been concurred in, which motion was carried by yeas 21, nays 13. . After some" desultory discussion and further nominations, the whole matter was postponed and fhe Senate proceeded to the election of chief clerk thereof. Mr McKay receiving 29 votes, Mr Huske 7, the former being therefore duly elected. Tbe Senate then adjourned. House. Mr Shepherd introduced a bill to pro vide an armed police for the town of Fayettcville, to preserve order, arrest spies, &c. Mr McCorrnick, a bill up exempt from Home Guard duty all persons discharged, by reason, of physical disability, from the Confederate. military service. Referred to the Military Committee. Mr Brown, of Mecklenburg, a bill to exempt from all military duty the employees, not to cx- j ceed twelve persons, of the N O. Powder Works, ! andno extend facilities of operation to said Works. Mr .McAden, a bill to provide, . that wherein satisfaction of a fi fa currency is refused and collect 1 sPecJe Pyttent demanded, a tax of ninety per cent. shall be levied. Mr Haines, a bill to provide camp ahd'garrfeon schoob for the instruction of the Junior Reserve!. 1 - An enrossed resolution, committinc to S. F. (Phillips, Esq., ccrtaiu investigations into the State! t lii. .j- -i -i.l .. w fcT- The. Washington corresponacnt qi mo i e World telegraphs the following on, -the 11th inst. . "The very air has beerT thick and heavy with peace rumors to day. ATresh impetus has been given them by the development of -the fact that the Democratic politician alluded to in the morn, ing papers as having also gone to Richmond on a ;.Bmn hv permission of the President, is no less a personage than General. Singleton, of Illinois. He only preceded Frank Blair by a day or two. -' - - " - ; Coupled with thtsfit is said that, in secret ses--sijn of the rebel Congress, Mr McMullen's reso lutions, introduced some time since, have been agreed to, and the-commissioners have leen te Ucted on the paft of the Confederacy to meet at General Grant's-headquarters. "Their names are said to be : Orr, of South Carolina; Gilmer, of North Carolina, and Alexander-H, Stephens, the rebel VicPresident These arc the rumors. The facts are, that Frank Blair and General Single ton have separately gone on missions devoted to peace,-though the former has other, business.. Among" the rumors prevailing here to-day was one to the effect that General Grant had tele graphed that Alexander II Stephens had solicited a pass through his lines to visit Washington." The Philadelphia Inquirer, on the same subject, says : . " , . .. .''-' . "We trust That it will turn out that he (Blair) has gone to Richmond upon his own business, and that his object was of sufficient importance to re quire him to go within the enemy's lines. :We can only regret that he was not required to de clare, before going, that he would- not undertake to play the part of an Embassador. No good can come of these super-serviceable "missions." They can. lead to no tangible result, aud they lower the dignity of thenatiou, which seems to authorize such irregular and, undsrhanded expedients which can -only be gained by the ; diplomacy of such ambassadors as Grant, Sherman, Thomas and Sheridan." " " " . . . The New York World says England and France will not permit the Union to be restored, aud will recognize the Confederacy before tbe 4th of .March. The World sets afloat a story that the French aud English Ministers have notitfed Mr Seward of the intention of their Governments to recognize the Southern Confederacy,, on the Government of the latter abolishing slavery.. - The New York News printed the Confederate Constitution in full on-"New Year's day, and de clared it better than the.Constitution of the United States, because of its "clearer and more explicit enunciation of the doctrine of State rights." Edward Everett died on Sunday, the 15.h, of apoplexy. . ' . Fort Smith was evacuated fey the Federals. A considerable Confederate force of infantry and ar tillery got between Little Rock and tnat place com- Ipelling the evacuation. . - In the Yankee House of Representatives on Monday, 16th, Cox, of Ohio, offered resolutions io favor of tbe appointment of Poace Commissioners. Laid on the table yeas 84, nays 51. " OXJR CAUSE AND COUNTRY. ' At no period of the war has the general anxiety of the people been more strongly manifested, in reference to the condition of our. affairs, than at the present .time. The success of the enemy in the South, the state of the currency, aud the sup ply of fod and raiment' both for the army and peoplej all combine to spread sadness over many faces, and to awaken deep concern for the fate "of the cause and the country. Congress appears to be at its wit's end, and ever' one is anxious to know his neighbor's opinion of the situation. For ourself; we are just where we were when the ball of revolution started. We have never had any confidence in our success, except in the good Providence and grace of God.. We have never confided in the strength of our combinations, the skill of our-generals, the courage of our troops, or the unanimity of our people, or the justice of our cause, unless we made God our leader. For hu manly speaking, the odds have been vaitl against us iu all material respects. Iltmee our confidence has waxed or waned, jut as we have seen our peo ple humble 'and reliant upon God and prayerful on the one hand, or proud, vain-glorious and wicked and prayerless on the other. ' The history of the past year fully sustained us in this position. More than a year ago our people were down-cast and despondent. The campaign upon the whole had been Tigainst us, and very general anxiety was felt for the. issue. Fortunately both in the army and at home, the people began to manifest the true spirit of penitence and prayer. God appeared in , our ranks in the power of his Spirit, and there was a general awakening. Soon our foes began to give back and . at all points we were victorious. This spirit continued to grow and spread until summer. Thou?ands in the army and at home were converted. Even in the trenches our brave troops prayed and 6ung praises to God. Our successes failed to humble us. Prayerlessness, vain glory, forgetl'ulnese of God, mirth and wicked ness, and defeat followed. - It need not be blinked, that the discouragement and despondency of the people are greater than at any other period. Our difficulties have increased upon us and the cloud is denser and more porten tous. We are in danger of absolute inertness and submission to the foe. Tlu. courage and fortitude of the people at home, seem to have forsaken them, and crime and sin abound among us. If we are more disheartened, we ore nevertheless greater sin ners. Our chastisements have not humbled us, nor have we drawn nigh to God. If this state of things continue our ruin is inevitable. What now ? We believe there is yet mercy with God that lie may be feared: Our case is not so desperate unless of choice we make it so. If we are ruined it is our own fault. God's arm is not shortened that it cannot save. He is ready to come to our deliverance, if we humble ourselves and call upon his name.". Faith in God humble reliance upon-Him, will infuse new life, a new spirit into our people. We need but to rally our faith; orr courage and determination, and God will help us. Let prayer be made by God's people in earnest for the cause. and the country. N. C. Christian Advocate. ' v AGENTS. HOSPITAI. PURCHASING ; K : - ' ; M EDiCAk Director's OrriCE, ) General Hospital N. C , Raleigh, Jan. 14,1865. j The follo'wing named men having been appointed Agents for purchasing Butter, 'Eggs, Chickens, J)uoka, Turkeys and other provisions for the.uso of Hospitals in this State excepting the following named articles, which are not to be purchased by them, vit: Bacon, Bf, Mutton, Pork, Wheat, Flour,. Corn' Meal, Dried Apples, Beans, Rice, Sugar, Whiskey, Apple or Peach Brandy, in the oAiuitipe ipniii sited I ' - Private P M Roberts,. Co G, 18th N C Regi ment, in Clcaveland, Rutherford and Lincoln. Private Wm Lawing, Co H, 52d N C Regiment, in Lincoln. r ' ' ' - 1 Private M F Hull, Co A, 18th . N C Reg t, in Lincoln, Catawba, Cleavcland, Gaston, Rutherford 80 Private M D L Moody, Co I, 37th rN O Re?i ment, in Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Gaston, Catawba, Cabarrus and Union. Private Rufus. Williams, Co C, 6Gth N C Regi ment, in Iredell, Rowan, Mecklenburg, Gaston aod Catawba. . : Private J W Llnney, Co G, 38th N C Regi ment, in Iredell, Catawba, Caldwell, Alexander and Surry. : Privato Won M Eudy, , in Cabarrus, Union and Stanly. "'''" Private E II Powell, , in Iredell, Davie, Wilkes and Rowan. I Provost Marshals, Enrolling Officers,. Militia Officer and Magistrates are requested to arrest as impostors, all persons claiming to bo Agents for the Hospitals in this Stato, who have not written authority approved by me P. E. Hines, Surg., Med.'.Dircctor. Let it be remembered that these Agents are not authorized to purchase Bacon, Beef, Mutton, Pork, Wheat, Flour, Corn Meal, Dried .Apfd, Beans, Rice, Sugar, Whiskey, Apple or; Peach Brandy. AUCTION HOUSE, And Brokerage, Charlotte, N. C. Third Door from Springs' corner. c. f. niiiius & co Will baj and sell on consignment and commlnlon, Cotton, Tobaeco, Nftrroet, Gold, Silver, Bank JJilli, State and Confederate Bondi, &c 4c 4c. Orders from a distance are respectfully solicited. C. F. DARIUS, Concord. N. C. A. W. BURTON, Lineoloten, N. O. W. SLOAN, Charlotte, N. C. Ebtkrknces. V'm Johnston, Esq, Prcident C. k 3. C. Railroad; B S Guion, rfupt. W. C. & It. Railroad; L F Bates, Supt. Southern Express Company; Drurkrr& Heilbrun; J J Blackwood, Prcs't Bnnk of Charlotte; T W Dewe.y, Casbicr Branch Bank of S. C; . S A Harris, Mayor of Chiflotte ; U M Johnston, Columbia, S. C.;, aod L Cobn, Angunta, G. ' . . January 9," 18t5 tf v On Consignment, Star Candles; 100,000 Enplih Percussion Cap?; small lot of fine French Broad Cloth, black; 800 feet hearjr English Sole Lrather Belting, 12 Hichea wide; 125 feet do. 6 inches wide ; 200 feet do. 4 inches wide. 500 Lba Liquorice, uuitable for Tobacconitts. A lot of slightly damaged Shtelinp, - ' .' 12 dozen pairs Cotton Cards, Rice, Ac. BOO Sacks drjr Virginia Salt, 1,C00 Boxes Tobacco, . . - 100 Ream s Paper, cotnmercial note, 300 Kegs Nails, well auorted. , C. F. HARRIS tt CO., Auctioneer, Cornniis'ion Merehanls tt Broken. Jan O, 1865. t TAX-aiYplfD NOTICE. Wc will attend at the following -laces for tbepur pose of taking tbe Returns of the Second Class Crop, wbich consists of Corn, Buckwheat, l?ice, Irish Pota toes, Cured Fodder, Sugar, Molasses, Peas and Bans, Ground Peas, and Cotton: ; Leralj'e, Tuesday, 1th January, ISCi. . Dtswecse s, . Wednesdsy, 16th Mallard Creek, Thursday, 10th Friday, , 20th Harrisburg, Crab Orchard, Clear Creek, Morning Star, -Providence, Sharon, Steel Creek, Berryhill'i", Paw Creek, .Long Creek, Tuesday, 24th Wednesday, 25th Thursday, 26th Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, . AS. ii ii it ii ii ii ii it 27th- 30th 31st let 2d 3d - J. BLACKWOOD. February, ii Dee. 26, 1864 . W. M. STITT. Assessors Tax-in-Kind, 45th Dist. N. 0. t-pd NOTICE.. I poeitirely forbid all -persoiss from hunting on my land. I can no longer bear the depredations that hare been committed on my premises, - . " A. A. ALEXANDER. January 9, 1865. lm-pd ' kcity .tnust b ginIy ttraehed by'the author-J exile, and death cence; rainer tnan cheat our dead of that for which they oied; rather than entitle oiirslyes to the contempt of the world, the agoniea of self ac cusation, the reproof of the grave,- the ffursesof posterity, we are prepared to cbooso .ca infor. ing, more trials, eren utter poverty, and ehains. and v-..-. fall of Fisher as a disaster, while uany are dispos ea to, consider it a blessing in disguise. The lat ter contend that 5 Wilmington as a seaport, has, from the beginning, done us more harm than good: .They say. that J.h& goods imported through it have been bf little valoeto us, while millions of dollars worth of our cotton'has thcnce'.fouud its way into the hands of our nemi. Wm. F. Davidson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TTir . ! - .1 . t . 11 1 j . " - , 1 n ui resume iuc uracuce i unw jn toe (;onrti tf " "t "fioiiuucj, nao isivtu u u ouu Wixv M.rtlpnhliriT rfilllifv n nii oi 1 1 attend U - -1 1 . . . . . .. . : i- j i - , , V . . : 7 " v iuc wiiecuon uuuu ua Bcviiii ICUU1U23 ana nassea: as aisoine. bill (to-i provide an. armed police for the town of I Jbayettevillo) introduced this day by Mr Shepherd. The House 'then-adjourned. . 1 1 . . . Deserter Killed - Joe Wright, a deserter fr6m the 5th regiment N. G. troops, was killed in Cleveland county a short time since. Fire others were captured and sent fro Carap Stokes. of claims, &c. January 9, 1865 4t IE. O., .flcclilehbiirff Co., IV. C.,) CnARixiTTE, Jan. 10, 1865. All youths in this county, who have attained the age of seventeen. ( 1 7 ) y ears and hare not reported for dutyr will report to this office immediatelyprepared to go to camp , .; D. C WADDELL,'- Jaa 16, 186B. v U ... . Went, aod Co. B. O. OAK CROVE ACADEWY, MKCKLKNBURO COUNTY, N. C The undersigned, a Oradnateof the South Carolina College, hereby respectfully informs the publicJhat be has opened an Academy, for the reception, of pupils, six miles below Charlotte, convenient to the C. k S. C. Railroad, in a pleasant aud healthy locality. Having been regularly engaged in teaching for the last ten or twelve years, be hopes to be able to glre ralisfactioo to those who may favor him with their patronage. Tuitton, per Stttxon of Tvmty Wk$ : Elementary Branches, $0 00 Higher Euglib, Branches, " 100 00 Classics, . . 150 00 . For further information in rcferease to Board, 1c, address the undersigned at Charlotte, N. C. ' J. T. CAUTllF.iT. January 9, 1 R65. 3mpd . "Soudicrn Expreg? Company. CHARLOTTE, S. C, Not. 21, 1864. On and after tbu date all Boxes which are securely fastened and strapped, con;aiing stores for the N. O. Troops'in the field, marked to the care of Surgeon General Warren, Raleigh, will be forwarded without expense to either shipper or consignee, and. will have preference over all other freight excepting tba't ef the. sume class from other States. - L.-F. BATES, Kov 21, 18C4 If Ass't Supt. DERR'JS FURNACE, SIX MILES EAST OF LIXCOLNTON, N O. My Furnace is now in full operation, and I asa rre pared to exchange Iron of all kinds for Bacon, Corn, Oats, 4c. Castings of all kinds will be famished for provisions or money. Molasses Mills, Boilers, tc.ea.to order on moderate terms. " ' I want to hire for the ensuing year fortr or fifty negro men two or. three of them must be mechanics. Address me at Llncolhton, N. C. ' o tr-1, . - v. J. W. DERR. sPpg Hill Forge, Dec. 19, 1864 '2m CARniAGE -WORK; . -Wagon-wcxk and Wood-work of all kinds, and Blacksmithing. The subscriber bag rerawved hln Workshops to the stand'formerlr occupied by Charles Overman, near tbe Presbyterian Church, wbeje be is prepared io do all kinds of work in bis line. Repairing will always re ceive prompt attention. . . He will work at old prices and take provisions in navroeni at the same rat, n. k 1 i equivalent la Confederate money. I -s . S. .. ; vUUAKLE WILSON, Charlotte, Jan. ,9,-1885 . tf A T in' C r of VI, t t 'i '' ! j 1 r . r ;.l . j : a hi v. v am; oar con '.th ; l act Intr . Our tain end a I - Ibei liic to i; ' ; f.-r tisf ; Sir ' rii' . tne; :.- ' ; VI c f' cut ' ' : cur ... cox I ' a ; ' n'"' ina: ' t"'r'" : ; cfl. .' "Ciii wit , 'dUJ: . ei i'-'. hi! ; jhas. - let - C cm ; sio col wo JtJil- Jar HOI 3 t ',th s r tt ' e!.- t itr lit t; t - a I J ri ; df 'V j i L at - tlf ll. li 'Tit In h tb r 4o; fit
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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