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MEMBERS OP THE LEGISLATURE OF
KORTH CAROLINA.
SENATE.
Pasquotank nod Perqu-iooons W II Bagley.
Camden and Currituck-D McD Lindsey.
Gated and Chowan M It Eure.
11yd. and Tyrrell Edward L Mann.
Northampton J H Odom. -Hertford
James M Wynne,
l.ertie John Pool.
Martin and Washington J R Stubbs.
Halifax Mason L Wiggins.
Ed-'i'eombe and Wilson J II Powell.
littDr E J Blount
Beaufort E J Warren
Craveu N A Whitford
Carteret and Jones Dr M F Arendell
Greono and Lenoir J P Speight-
N teniiover Edw'd D Hall
Dij.li.i W U Ward
Onslow Isaac N Saunders
Sladn. Brunswick and Columbu John W Ellis
Cumberland and Harnett W B Wright
Sswiipsou William Kir by
Wayue Benj Aycock
JohntoH T I) Sncad
Wake W I) Jones
Nash A J Taylor
Franklin W Harris
Warren Dr T J Pitchford
Granville 11 W Lassitcr
p.imC S Winstead
Orange John Berry
Alamance and Randolph Hon Giles Mubane
Chatliarn E II Straughn
Moore and Montgomery Dr J M Crump
Richmond and Robeson Giles Leitcli
- Anson and Union Col W C Smith
Guilford Robt P Dick
Caswell William Long '
Rockingham D W Courts
Mecklenburg W M Grier
Cabarrus and Stauiy Dr J E McEachern
Rowan and Davio W B March
Davidson Henderson Adams
Stokes and Forsyth J E Matthews
Ashe. Surry, &C Jonathan Hortou
Iredell, Wilkes. &:c A M Bogle
Burke. McDowell, &c S F Patterson
Lincolu, Gaston, and Catawba M L McCorkle
Rutherford. Polk. &c Dr W J T Miller
Buncombe, Henderson, dec SI Patton
Macon, Haywood, &c S C Brysou
irOUSE OF COMMONS.
Alamance R Y McAden, C F Faucett
Alexander J M Carson
Ansou A J Dargan, L L Polk
Ashe Mr McMillan
Beaufort Hon R S Donnell, D M Carter
Bertie P T Henry, Jas Bond
. Bladen J W Russ
Brunswick D L Russell, Jr
Burke J J Erwin
Buncombe J M GuJger
Cabarrus P B C Smith
Chatham J II Headeu. W J Headcn, W P Hadlry
Caldwell J M Isbell
Camden W A Duke
Curtfrot Stepheu D Pool
Caswell Montfmd McGehee, S S Harrison
Catawba W P Reinhardt '
Cumberland and Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D
McLean, Dr John Mc Connie k
Cherokee G W Hays
Chowan L C Benbury
Cleaveland D Benin, J W Gidnejj
Columbus Forney George
Craven Win Lane. T H Gaskins
Currituck J J Baiter
Davie R F Johnston
Duplin Zach Smith. R B Houston
Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Hanes
Edgecombe David Cobb, L D Farmer
Franklin W K Davis
Prvth W II Wheeler. W B Stipe
iU-Utn W T Shipp
Gates Richard Bond
Guilford 1) F Caldwell. A Clapp. A S Holton
Granville P P Peace. E Grissom, J S Amis
Halifax II Joyner, A II Davis lik
linytvooil Samui'l L Love s
Henderson--M M Patton
Hertford J B Vann
Hyde Mr Gibb
Iredell T A Allison. L Q Sharpe
Jackson W A Enloo
Johnston W A Smith, W G Banks
Jones F (i Simmons
Lenoir, Allen W Wootrn j
Lincoln, Ambrose Ct-'feUier
Macon, J M Lylw
.Madison, W II Brown. ' ,
Martin, S W Oulterbridge
McDowell, W F Craige
Mecklenburg. John L Brown, E C Grier
Montgomery, Allen Jordan
Moore, Elatn J Harrington
Nash. G C Lewis
New Hanover. Saml J Person, J II Hawes
Northampton, S T Stancill. W J Rogers
Orange. S F Phillips, W N Patterson
Onslow, A J Morrill
Pasquotank, W E Mann
Perquimons, J II Riddick
J'grson. John W Cunuingham
Pitt. B G Albritton. C Perkin
Randolph, Joel Ashe worth, E T Blair.
Rowan, F E Shober. W H Crawford
Richmond, B F Little
Robeson, David Bethune, T J Moriaejr -Rockingham,
Mr Strong, A J Byd
Rutherford, J h CarSc-n. A R Brynn
Sampson," L A Powell, Patrick Murphy
Stanly, R Harris
Stokes. W H FlyuP
Surry. Mr Waugh
Tyrrell. L L Ilassell
Union, C Austin
Wrake. D G Fowl, G II Alford. C J Rogers
- Wayne, M K Crawford, J M Caho
Warren, W T Allston, T J Judkins
Washlngton. L C Latham
Watauga, Wm Horton
Wilkes, A S Calloway, V T IJrtou
Yadkin, A C Cowles
i'ancy, D M Young.
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THE NEW HOME GUARD LAW.
An Act to Increase the Efficiency of the Home
Guard Organization.
Sic. 1. Be it reacted by the General Assembly of the
State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of tba came, That whenever the Qoard for
Home Defence shall be called into service bejond the
limits cf tbeir respective counties, the Governor may
cause two or more companies to be consolidated into
one company so as to make not less than sixty-four
men, rank and file, to each company; said company so
coHgoIidsted shall elect from the Captains commanding
toe companies so consolidated a Captain to command
such consolidated comimnr, and from the first Lieuten
ants, Second Lieutenants and Junior Second Lieuten
ants of such companies, an officer of each of said ranks,
to be assigned to dotv with such consolidated com
pany, such of the officers of companies,so consolidated
as may not be elected for service with such consolida
ted com pan r, shall be required to perform service as
non-commissioned officers or privates in the consoli
dated company, formed of their original companies, and
while so serving their commissions shall be suspended
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor
may in like manner cause two or more battalions or
regiments of the Home Guards when called into service
beyond their respective battalions or regimental limits,
or when called into service withia such limits in con
nection with other portions of each force, to be con
solidated: said battalions when so consolidated to be
composed of not less than three companies, and said
regiments wlien so consolidated to be composed of not
more than ten companies. The Governor m..y assign
to the command of such consolidated battalion or regi
ment any officer or officers from the battalion or Regi
ments so consolidated.
Sac. 3. Be it further, enacted, That the Governor
may, in hia discretion, in constituting the consolidated
companies contemplated by the first section hereof,
take the one-fourth, one-third, or one-half of any com
pany as at present organized with a due proportion of
its officers, out of which to constitute such consolidated
company, aud such of the officers of companies as at
present organized, as may be placed with fractions of
their companies, to form a consolidated company, as
may not be elected to command such consolidated
company, shall be required to serve in such consolida
ted company as non-comnu?sioned officers or privates,
aud while so serving their commissions shall be sus
pended. 'The Governor shall have power to discrini.
inate in fsvor of farmers and mechanics, when he calls
out a less number than the whole of a company, also
.to declare vacant the office of an officer who is declared
by a medical board permanently disabled for field duty,
either in the militia or Home Guards, or of an officer
who absconds to the cnem'.
.Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all Quartermas
ters and Commissaries of regiments or battalions of
Home Guards as at present organized, that may not be
assigned to duty by the Governor with a consolidated
battalion or regiment, shall be required to serve as
non-commissioned officers or private, in some one
company of their ptesent command, and while so serv
ing their commissions shall be suspended.
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon
Genera, by and with the advice and consent of the
Governor, shall appoint a Medical Board for each Con
gressional District in this State, whose business it
shall be to examine all persons claiming exemption
from Home Guard duty on account of physical dis
ability, that these examinations shall be made at such
time and under such rules and regulations as may be
established by the Surgeon General, and that the mem
bers of said Boards shall receive the same pay and
allowances while on duty as the Confederate Conscript
Boards.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That when such com
panies, battalions or regiments, have been consolidated
as herein provided for, they shall continue in such
organisations until further provisions shall be made in
their behalf.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the second sec
tion of "an act in relation to the Militia rind a Gjard
for Hom.e Defence," ratified the 7th day of July, 1863,
be, and the same is hereby amended, by striking out
the word "these" in the ninth line of said section, and
inserting the word "the;" that the thir.d section of "an
act in relation to the Militia and Guard foi Ho-me'De-fence,"
ratified the 14th day of December, 1863, be, and
the same is hereby amended, by inserting between the
words Tegular" and "millers" the words "and public,"
and by inserting between the words "millers" and
"blacksmiths" the word "and," aud that the proviso at
the end of said 3d section be and the same is hereby
repealed; That in addition to the exemptions specified
in the acts aforesaid, there shall be exempt from Home
Guard duty all county ti ustees, regular and public
tanners, hatters and shoemakers skilled in thfcir respec
tive callings, and who were employed in the same prior
to the first day of January, A. D., 1863, and hsje con
tinued to be so emploj-ed since that time.
Provided, tanners shall sell orfl-third of their leather
to indigent soldiers' wives and widows for their own
use at schedulejirices.
Provided, that no provision of this ai t shall be so
construed as to exempt from military service any per
son mentioned herein, in case of actual servile insur
rection or invasion of the county in which he resides,
by Federal forces, except the persons and classes men
tioned in 2d section of an act in relation to the Militia
and a Guard for Home Defence, ratified the 7th of July,
1863.
Sec. . Be it further enacted. That thi3 act shall be
in force from aodafter its ratification.
Rend three times and ratified in General Assembly
this 23d day of December, A. D., 1864.
The following are the sections of former laws to
which the above law refers :
Sbc 2. Be it further enacted. That it shall be the
duty o( the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a guard
for home defence all white male persons not already
enrolled in the service of the Confedeiate States, be
tween the ages of eighteen and ffTty years, resident in
this Stale, including foreigners not naturalized, who
have been residents in the State for thirty days before
such enrollmenl, excepting persons filling the offices
of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of Law actl Equity, the members of the General
Assembly and the officers of the several Departments
of the Government of the State, Ministers of the Gospel
of the teveral denominations of the State charged with
the duties of churches, and such olher persons as the
Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper sub
jects of cxemptjon. Late of July, 18C3.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the
exemptions contained in the act to which this is aq
amendment, there shal!e exempt County commis-
' sioners appointed underan act entitled "An act for the
' relief of wives and families of soldiers m the army
tablished-
resrular millers, blacksmiths who have es
j shops, necessary operatives in factories and foundries,
the Attorney General, Solicitors of the several circuits
' and counties, physicians of five years' practice, con-
tractors with the State or Confederate government, one
editor to eaeh newspaper and the necessary compositors,
j mail carriers, professors in colleges and teachers in
1 academies; Provided, that this exemption shall only
' APPlj to the drills specified in this bill and not to ser-
vice when the Guard for Home Defence is railed into
j the field Law of Dte , 1863.
5 The provito in the above section is repealed. The
j personsv mentioned are subject to Home Guard duty
i only when the county in which they reside is invaded,
or in case of insurrection in the county.
Notice.
All persons leaving Charlotte by Railroad are
re-1
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hi
ouired to-obtain Passports at the Provost 3farsh
office.. ?r order, Lieat G. V. GRAVGSOK
.Oct 17, Jg6 Trovost Marshal
Cfir WtBtm nnotr at
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
t& The yankee paperi state that Mrs Foote
(wife of hon. H. S. Foote, who recently attempted
to go into the enemy's couotry.Jtithout permission
from onr authorities,) arrived at Washington and
war escorted from the boat to Willard' Hotel by
Mr Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, and re
ceived much attention from other jankee officials.
.A resolution has been introduced in the. Con
federate Congress to expel Foote as an unworthy
member. The meanest yankee in the North is
deserving of more respect than a southern man
who has acted like Foote. All such men (who
are deserting their country in its hour of peril)
will meet with the scorn and contempt of mankind
eoonej or later, no matter how the war ends.
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Geo. D. II. Hill has assumed command of
the District of Augusta, Ga., and has issued an or
der, by direction of Gen. Hardee, .for removing all
the cotton from the city of Augusta. . He says it
shall be burnt on the approach of the enemy, and
thinks the Mayor bad better have it removed so as
not to endanger the city. Gen. Bragg has issued
a similar order at Wilmington. That's right.'
Tberc is cotton stored here in the centre of the
town of Charlotte that ought to be removed. It
endangers the main business portion of the town,
and wo hope the civil or military authorities will
order its immediate removal. '
4F The Legislature has passed a resolution to
loan to the town of Wilmington, to be paid back
in kind, 10,000 pounds of bacon, 1,000 bushels
corn, and dUU sacks flour, ihe unsettled state ot
affairs about Wilmington has deterred producers
from sending in supplies of provisions for sale, and
the result is many of the citizens of the town arc
suffering for food.
S&" Some time ago a silly story was published
in some of the southern papers, that Gen. Sherman
had said in a conversation that he was opposed to
changing the status of the negto, and that he ex
pected after the war to own a plantation of negroes
in toe doutn. onerman nas written a letter to a
friend in the North denying this report. He says
he is in favor of putting all the negroes he can get
hold of in the yankee army. ' '
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If Congress passes a law to take charge of all
the cotton and tobacco in the country, bow some
body will bowl against "the Administration."
Despotism and thunder will be the order of the
day among the sharpies !
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Resigned. The following officers of North
Carolina Troops have resigned:
Lt. R. D. Horton, Co. C, 7th regiment.
Lt. G. W. Parker, Co. D, 44tb regiment.
Lt. M. Charles, Co. C, 1st regiment.
From Mexico.- A letter from Monterey says
that Gen. Almonte is now the great Marshal of
the Court and Minister of the Empire. Hon.
Pierre Soule has arrived in Mexico on a mission
for the, Confederate States.' On th frontier the
authorities are more friendly to the Confederacy.
J6 The Lincoln newspapers, in evident tribu
lation from the reported determination of the Con
federates to employ Africans. in our service, bawl
out at the top of their throats that it is evidence
of desperation. If the arming of the negroes by
the Confederate is an evidence of desperation,
what is the arming of them by the yankees an evi
dence of? They must have become desperate
long before we did, for they have been employing
them for years : and some of their leaders have
openly confessed that, without their aid, they could
not have carried on the war.
Two burglar? have been convicted in London,
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment each,
on the indirect testimony of a parrot, who told its
mistress that one of the prisoners canio into the
room and stole the money.
Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, wrote
in 1860: "If the cotton States; unitedly and .earn
estly wish to withdraw from the Union, we think
tbey should ajid would be allowed to do so. Any
attempt to compel them by force to remain would
be contrary to the principles enunciated in the im
mortal Declaration of Independence; contrary to
the fundamental ideas on which human liberty is
based' General Scott wrote to Mr Seward: "A
debt of $250,000,000 (it is long gone over 1,000,
000,000) and fifteen devastated provinces not to
be brought in Iwrmony with their conquerors, but
to be held by heavy garrisons for generations at
an expense quadruple the taxes it would be possi
ble to extort, followed by a Protector or Etuperor
to that I would prefer to say to the Southern
State?, 'Way ward sisters, depart in peace.'" John
Quincy Adams, long ago foreshadowing the pro-
bable contingency, said: "Far better will it be for
the dis-united fctates to part in lnendsnip irom
each other, than to be held together by restraint."
Castoe Oil. We have before ua a bottle of
this useful; article, made by eur fellow-citizen,
John Smith, Esq., of. Broad River; he raited the
bean himself, of which he has a quantify on hand,
and will take pleasure in giving the necessary in- !
' struct ion for making the oil. YorkniUe Enqui- ;
. rer.
Gen. Grant's orders to Butler show, that the
' movement a-auist Wilmington, was intcnJed pri- i
marily to effect the capture of Fort Fisher, and 1
' the consequent closins of the port Secondarily, !
I the capture of the town af Wilmington seems to
have been included as part of tbe programme if it -
could be done - a! once, but apparently net other-
wise ft i
THE FALL OP FOBT FISHER.
. From the Raleigh Confederate.
We have received the following account, from
the lips of a gentleman who, we are sure, is as ac-
enrately informed concerning the late engagement
between onr forces and th nm. at Fort Fisher.
aaanvono. '
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The movement of the enemy was sudden as we
all know. After the previous failure, it was not
anticipated that so quick a repetition of the effort
would be made. General Hoke had been with
drawn towards Wilmington, or above it. On Sat
urday, a Mr McMillan as our informantheard .
discovered from near Topsail Sound, the approach
of the enemy, and sought to communicate by tele
graph to General Bragg, the fact; but the operator
was not in a cocTJition to send the dispatch, and it
became necessary to transmit the news by a mes
senger. In two hours after the intelligence was
received, Gen Hoke was on the march to confront
the enemy at his point of landing. ' On Friday,
the enemy landed under covep of his fleet, near
Battery Gatlin, about nine miles from Fort Fisher.
While he was landing, Gen. Hoke appeared, and
drew up in line parallel, to watcb bis movements,
and intercept them when possible to do so. It
was not possible to prevent the landing, owing to
the situation of the point chosen. The enemy
landed on 'the banks, just above the neck of the
Sound, thus interposing a small surface of water
between them and an attacking force; or compell
ing such force to circle around the lower extreme
of the Sound;- either of which movements would
have to be done under the fire of the whole fleet.
hen Gen. Hoke found tbis to be the situation,
he established a line facing the sea, and threw out
what cavalry he required, (if he had it on his
right flank, towards Battery Anderson, which was
down the beach, towards Fort Fhher about Tour
miles. The intervening country here is broken;
and the low places are grown up with thick bushes,
and are marshy. The purpose of this cavalry was
to observe the movements, and give the signal of
the first advance of the cnomy towards establish
ing a line across, the neck of land to the river, it
being the order and purpose of Gen. Bragg to have
Gen. Hoke attack him as soon as he advanced. In
this condition matters rested until Friday night.
During the Bjght, the enemy, pr.ssing between the
cavalry, and threading their way through the thick
marshy undergrowth, made their way to the river,
and on Saturday morning. Gen. Hoke found an
intrecched line on his right flank, extending across
the peninsular, from the' sea to, or near to, the
river. He succeeded, however, in maintaining his
base at Sugar Loaf, immediately changed his line,
and informed GenBragg. of the status. Then
Gen. Bragg gave the order to charge the enemy
in their works. In the meaptime, Gen. Hoke had
made a close reconnoipance, under the five of the
enemy, and discovered the strength of their force
and position. On receiving the order tp charge,
be communicated the result of his observations,
and asked Gen. Bragg to reconnoitre in person,
whieh he did; and both these officers concurred
that it was not proper to assault the lines. It was
tben determined to reinforce the Fort; and steps
were taken which, but for a natural, but as far up
we can see, unblamable miscarriage, ought to have
succeeded, failed to a great extebt. By this time,
the enemy, four thousand strong, were secure be
hind their works; and the fleet proceeded to bom
bard Fort Fisher, which was done uninterruptedly,
until Sunday, about six p. m.
On Sunday, the column of assault, numbering
about four thousand, moved from the enemy's lines,
and as they advanced, they were plainly visiblej
from Fort Fisher. But her beleaguered garrison
was kept close confined within the bomb proofs,
by the concentrated and continued fire of seven
hundred gun, pouring torrents of shell and other
missiles on every spot. On the landside of Fort
Fisher, wc had seventeen gurs sufficient, could
they have been used, to make it impossiblo that
any force could have advanced under their fire.
But, as the line of assailants got nearer to the
Fort,-the whole fleet concentrated the fire, in
richochet shot, on the land side, and speedily dis
mounted every gun; and this unintermittent "feu'
d'enfer" or in plain'English hell firt was kept
up until the enemy's Kne was in sixty yards of the
works Then it ceased, and with a rush and yell
the charge was made. Capt. Braddy, it is said,
commanded the company guarding the sally-port.
On him the hope of the garrison hung, to keep the
assailants out until the men and officer, who bad
been packed in the bomb' proofs for fifty-six hours,
could get out and make ready. Insteadof making
defence, this officer and his command, it is said,
surrendered and tho enemy entered the open gate.
Our men were benumbed and exhausted, and the
thing was the work of a moment. They were ob
liged to fall badk in order to rally. Col. Lamb,
with that cool precision which distinguishes him
as an offi'cer of great merit, brought his men into
line near Head Quarters, Geo. Whiting being pre
sent, encouraging and checriog on the troops, and
creating enthusiasm by bis ardent and whole-souled
heioism. Under these inspiring influences, our
men were brought to the charge. . The numbers
wre against them in the proportion of four thou
sand aided by two thousand marines, to two thou
sand, but they forced the enemy back to the
mound, and a band to band fight, of unmitigated
desperation and fury, ensued, continuing from
seven to- about ten o'cleek, whep bravery, endu
rance and devotion failed to overcome numbers.
Our men were overpowered, and the work of as
sault was accomplished. But not until the enemy
had paid dearly for bis priic. He had not lost a
man until he entered the fort. He lost two thou
sand, out of the six thousand that entered its pre
cincts we five hundred. Of the courage of our
officers and men on this occasion future tongues
will speak.
Foremost in that little band of noble heroes,
Whiting was everywhere where peril wag most be
fetting. - Ha -voice cheered his spirit animated
his arm struck down the fueman's flag. He put
his life in the hollow of hia hand, and held it out
a free tdTering to bis country
And, be did thu
so gloriously, that whoever thinks of him in eon-i
nection witn tmsiunous snuie, uyiu iu i
gratification of being absorbed iu contemplation of ;
splendid courage, and will forget all else. . J
; We arc glad to learn that be but .tightly ,
wounded, though in several places; and we mourn ,
the fact, that that faithful and true officer, Colonel j
Lamb, is so severely injured. That he may be .
j spared, and blessed with a speedy recovery, ought
I to be the prayer of all our people. . , i ; ;
I f th ?e. MJ Tfult io matter, we leave
i otnerto fid However great ur low, and sad
f" appointment, we feel only like re-echoing
! !De Just 8Umnt of the Corvative "Ail
honor to the noble defenders of Fort
Fisher, if
they did not
overcome a frightful odd, which
mortals could not do."
THE TASK BEFORE US.
We have now really reached the critical period
of the war. . The point decided is simply tbis
can the Yankees conquer us with the force which
they have at present io the field, swelled only by
the addition of such negroes as they may hereafter
steal from the South, or buy and draft at the North,
or will their Government be compelled lo resort to
an indiscriminate conscription of tho population of
the North? This is the .question iu a nut-shell.
The revelations of Mr Pollard put it beyond all
doubt that if ever we force Lincoln to adopt that
obnoxious measure which sends men to the field
without respect to their wishes or their wealth, he
will find the Yankee nation prepared to acknowl
edge, that it would be better to abandon the con
test man to prosecute it at such a cost. It is clear,
tneretore, that the work before us is by no means
so hard as we have been lately inclined to suppose;
ana tnat in order to put an end to the war, tt is
not necessary to expel the Yankee armies from our
midst, noreven beat them thoroughly in the field, but
oniy to mane tne subjugation ot the South aodiffi
cult as to demonstrate to the people of the Noith,
that without the measure in question, they might
as well relinquish the enterprise. To do this is,
beyond peradventurc, within our power. A little
endurance and resolution, and the thins is achiev
ed. , If within the next six months the enemy see
uu sigu ui lauiug vpirit ana relaxing energies upon
our part, he will most assuredly come to the con
clusion which it is so desirable he should reach.
Could any other development of this strife have
resulted in placing before ua an easier task? We
shall indeed deserve to be slaves forever, if wo do
not accomplish it before the grass of another sum
mer 6hall deck the thousand battle grounds of tho
land. -Columbia Carolinian.
BLOCKADE BUNKING.
Notwithstanding the alleged ceaseless vigilance
of the Yankee navy in watching blockade runners
on the Atlantic and Gulf coast of the Confederate
Slates, their close attention has amounted to com
paratively little. Setting aside all that has been
imported on State and individual account, the pro
ceeds to the. blockade has been very great. The
restrictions imposed upon foreign commerce by the
Act of Congress of last session, prohibiting abso
lutely, during the pending war, the importation of
any articles not necessary for the defence of the
country namely: wines, spirits, jewelry, segars,
and all the finer fabrics of cotton, flax, wool or
silk, as well as all other merchandise serving only
for the indulgence of luxurious habits, has not bad
the effect to reduce the number of vessels engaged
in blockade running; but, on the contrary, the
number has steadily increased within the last year,
and many are understood to be now on the way to
engage in the business.
The President, in a communication to Congress
on the subject, says the number of vessels arriving
at two ports only from the 1st of November to the
Gtb of December was forty-three, and but a very
email proportion of-those outward bound were
captured. Out of 11,796 bales of cotton shipped
tince the 1st of July last, but 1272 were lost not
quite eleven per cent. The special report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the mat
ter, shows that there have been imported into the
Confederacy at the ports of Wilmington and
Charleston since October 26th, 1863, 8,632,000
pounds of meat, 1,507,000 pounds"of lead, 1,933,
000 pounds of Saltpetre, 546,000 pairs of shoes,
316,000 pairs of blankets, 520,000 pounds of coffee,
69,000 rifles, 97 packages of revolvers, 2639 pack
ages of medicine, 43. cannon, with a large quantity
of other articles, of which we need make no men-y
tion. Besides these many valuable stores and
supplies are brought, by way of Northern lines,
into Florida, by the port of Galveston and through
Mexico, across the Bio Grande. '
The shipments of cotton made on Government
account since March 1, 1864, amounts to $5,290,
606 in specie. Of tbis, cotton, to the value of
$1,500,000, has been shipped since the 1st of July
and up to the 1st of December.
It is a matter of absolute impossibility for the
Federals to stop our blockade running at the port
of Wilmington. If the- wind blows off the coast,
the blockadiBg fleet is driven off. If the wind
blows landward they are compelled to haul off to a
great distance to escape the terrible sea which
dashes on a rocky coast without a harbor within
three days' sail. The shoals on the North Caro
lina coast are from five to twenty miles wide; and
they are moreover composed of the mptt treacher
ous and bottomless quicksands The whole coast
is scarcely equalled in the world for danger and
fearful appearance, particularly when a strong
easterly wind meets the ebb tide.
It is an easy matter for a good pilot to run a
vessel directly out to sea or into port; but in the
stormy months, from October to April, no bIock
ading vessel can lie at anchor in safety on the
Carolina coast Therefore supplies will be brought
in despite the keenest vigilance. Charleston
Mercury.
The Archbishop cf Toledo bas addressed a cir
cular to his clergy forbidding women to sicg in
churches.
Capt Gaiewood, who eemsiands a party of guer
rillas in North Alabama, had fight with th Fed
erals and tories recently, ia whieh he killed and
wounded 27 and captured ten, and brought away
700 head of cattle, and soma 20 or SO horses and
mulct, with several teams. - "
A Lady Woukded. Mrs Grinnell, the Eog-
i;8h lady, whose ministrationa . to ibe wounded in
our nospuaia wm ever ve gTaieiauy rememoerea
in tbe Confederacy, was shot at by the Ysnkees a
few days since, while approaching our Hoes in the
Jrgiuu Valley, bbe waa riding in carnage at
the time, aoJ received a
one of her ahoulders. S
m private rjoarters at Ric!
painful ballet wound in
She is now well carrd for
Richmond,
, HOOD'S TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN-
' The following: interesting ccouiit of Hood's
Tennessee campaign U from the Augusta Consti
tutionalist: -"i k
; An intelligent officer whoM protniasnt position
in tbe Confederate artoy givea him peculiar meana
of obtaining correct information', and who was per
sonally cognisant of ail the events of the recent
campaign of Gen. Hood, bas, ia lengthy Inter
view, afforded' us a very clear intigbt into tbe
movement -of onr forces beyond the Tennessee
River. The statements, of the' gentleman are so
wholly impartial and so eminently satisfactory,
that we feel t s doty we owe to the pwblto to place
them on record, that tho people saay aeo that tho
campaign was not so "ill-started" and 44 fruit lew"
as bas been generally Imagined. .
From tbe moment Gen. Hood entered the noble;
old "volunteer State? he drov the Federal forces
before him until beleaguered 'withie the strong de
fences of Nashville, they at laat stood et bay. At
Columbia, Thomas evidently intended giving bat
tle, for he planted his army in a fine position be
hind formidable. eaUh works. -Our corcmsadej,
ho, though impetuous end dashing, ianot, by eny
means, reckless, instantly saw the needleless of
sacrificing ao many valuable Uvea as would be ne
cessary in making a direct assault Accordingly,
he quietly evaded the Federals and by crossing
Duck River at a point seven miles distant, success
fully flanked the enemy. . This necessitated the
retreat of Thomas, our forces rapidly pursuing un
til reaching Franklin, where occurred ito very
short, yet obstinate end bloody bittlc, of which
our readers hsve already been advised. .Unfortu
nately the comiog on of night prevented u reap
ing all the advantages of that dearly bought victo
ry, and the next, morning developed the flight of
tbe Federal, after a betvy lots in killed aud woun
ded, prisoners, artillery and munitions of war.
Hence, to the very gates of Nashville, the path
was plain and uovmbarraased; and our gallant boys
trod it with lightnoss of Jtep snd beotsooy of
heart About the capital, Geo. Hood established
bis lines, throwing up works and deposing his for
ces with the skill of aa old master of the art of
war. Uutil the 15th of December be maintained
his position, annoying tbe enemy by daily reoon
noissances and expeditions agaioit Lis lines of
communication, exterior posts and garrisons. .
On the 15th of December, Thomas, forced to do
something by the pertinacious demands of hie '
master at Washington, advanced apon Hood, and
was thoroughly worsted. The succeeding day,
(the fCth,) he rallied forth anew, and attacked ua
with vehemence. Beaten completely upon each
wing, be would have been completely overthrown
had not an unfortunate eontrettmpt occurred
which immediately and disastrously changed the
whole fide of battle. Our centre though not se-
verely pressed, gave way suddenly our works
were abandoned, and a flight ensued. Tbe wings
unable to contend longer, yielded, and what shoold.
have been a victory, with Nashville as the prize,
resulted io a sad defeat This was ono of those
inexplicable affairs that so mystify aud darken the
pages of historyespecially in this war. It waa
wholly unaccountable, and we foar mutt ever re
main so. We lost by tbis untueky accident heav
ily io artillery, from tbe fact that our pieces were
all placed in a battery behind the works, and tho
horses were in safety some distance to tbe rear.
Our losecs in men and other material were insigni
ficant, whilst those of tbe enemy most have reach-.
ed fully ten thousand.'
That Thomas was very badly damaged is evi
dent from the fact that he did not follow np his
singularly obtained advantage, to truth, he was
quite as much surprised at the issue of the contest
as our own commander. Six days thereafter oar
army was only forty miles distant from the battle
field, and without molestation withdrew to tbe
South of the Tennessee River, bringing with it,' .
among other supplies, one thousand beef cattle and
ten thousand bogs.
Ihe rarest was marked br no Dreoimtancv
the abandonment of no trains, nor the desertion of
any troops. At Columbia, the Tennessee soldiers
flocked about their favorite leader, Geo. Cheatham,
and though reluctant to leave their native State,
expressed the noble and heroic determination to
follow, him wherever the good of tbe cause daman
ded. The spirit of the pcoDle. as evisced both.
upon the sdvanae and withdrawal of our army, i
mentioned, ss in the highest degree patriotic.
They were liberal to the troops as they hare always
been, and exultant at tbe prospect of redemption
from tbe blighting tyranny of Iiioeoln and Andy
Johnson. Tyrannized over as they have been,
they are still loyal and devoted to toe intorcsfs of
the Confederacy. From them there is hard no
w hi per cf reconstruction or further intf roourso
with the detested Yankees. Total acd absolute
independence ia what tbey alone want-nt is that
for which tbey have already suffered onfbWFrbngs
ana lor wnten mcy arc ready to su3r a still
greater accumulation of insult and oppression.
ihe spirit of such a people cannot be brokes, no '
matter what disasters may, for a timet, obscure onr,
hopes.
Geo. Hood returned from bis csmpsign with a
loss of not exceeding four thousand, while that cf
the enemy was four-fold. He completely out-gen
eralcd Thomas id every movement; to such an ex
tent, indeed, that favontc commander has been
relieved by the Wasbiegtou War Depart msnt. Ua 9
succeeded io raiaing a large aatnber of recruits ia .
South and Western Kentucky, who, under Geo.
Lyon, still occupy that State. That he was Dot
wholly successful and (oat nil name is not now
hailed as one of the ehiefect of our military lead-
era, is attributable to tne accident at aasanue,
against which no human .intelligence eoald have
provided. He bas already saffered from much un
deserved obloquy, but h bears all the opprobrium
as tbe good, and gallant', and true soldier that ha
is, should do. ' He quietly resssrkf that he knows
the penalty attending failorc U the earplsg criti
eiaus and unqualified censure of a httty publto
But be is willing to cheerfully abide hie time.
With th spirit of bis noble army unbroken,
with artillery sufficient for force. f fiftj tioa
saod men. with subordinate ooin'maaders who re-. '
1 pose tbe greatest confidence in him, Gea. Hood .
awaits ao opportune mou.eoi io recover me pres
tige of the AnajofTeoicasce. , ,
Tbe Wilmington Journal says that tbe Coifi
crates captured at FortFisher hare besn lentNortfc,
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