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ml i. t$Uvn tmocxaL CHARLOTTE, 1. C. Tuesday, April 11, 1SG5. The Fa'l of Richmond and Petersburg. We give all the particulars of this calamitous oc currence that we have been able to collect from oar exchanges. We fear that our loss has been heavy, though the statements concerning it are conflicting. The President and Cabinet are now at Danville, Va., and uen. Lee s army is somewhere between that place and Richmond. We fear that the occurrences of the last few weeks will have the effect of uncovering the greater portion of North Carolina and leaving the people of our State at the mercy of their enemies. Bat it is not worth while to grieve and rrurn about what cannot be helped. Our cause is a righteous one, and if Gd wills it we shall yet triumph notwith standing present' adversities and the discouraging circumstances which surround us. But if we fail in our struggle for liberty, let us fail like men who have done nothing but our duty. It is four years this week since the war com menced by the bombardment of Fort Sumter, aud from that day to this our brave men In the field have fought the enemy with a courage and perseverance unsurpassed in the history of nations. And although victory after victory has been won, yet the over whelming numbers of the foe (swelled as they have bf-en by thousands of recruits- from Europe), the advantages possessed by the enemy on water, and th injustice if not actual hostility of foreigo nations ards us. have forced our troops to fall back step by step, and abandon city after city, until now the Capital of the country has fallen. Let us all do our duty in the present emergency, and while the private citizen is doing his, let him demand that Government officials shall do theirs, for unless there is a great change in the manage ment on the part of many of our officers the war cannot be continued with much prospect of early B-jccess. The Address of President Davis speaks hopefully and defiantly. mm . , Barn Burnt. On Friday night last the Barn i.f Mr Win. F. Phifer, in this town, was destroyed hy fire, and with it 3 Mules and 1 horse belonging to Mr Phifer, besides gearing, fodder, haj' and corn, and n fine Mare belonging to Gen. Beauregard. Mr Phifrr's loss is heavy, and the loss of animals at this time is much to be regretted. It is thought to bo the work of an incendiary. The Effect at the North. Speaking of the f-fiVct of the evacuation of Richmond on Yankee trade, the South Carolinian says: 'As to the effect of the evacuation of Richmond on the Northern mind, any man who peruses even Ui6 most radical of Yankee newspapersj and is fnmiiiar with thir outcries concerning the sudden downfall of gold, can have but a single opiuion. "Wl.ilo the enemy will be elated and encouraged, we fliall strike tlte entire mercantile fabric of the North a iii.iitiil blow. Under the action of paper money, nil juices have been demoralized. The investments Lave lieen tremendous, and property is held at un niifurul values. With each Federal success, these value have had a tendency downwards towards natural, or what are known as gold values. Hence, " iuij wiiiuiritiai IIUU 11UU&9 tiitv nniKi, Ull WI1U .1 ... A ' - .1 1. a . "11 1 l T u.i.i: iMiUii;ifu uhu fia in ueot wiii o; cieanea out I ef llieir property and be left largely in arrears. i Sti-nuluted by the abundance of greenbacks, Yan- kee ventures have been enormous. Speculation in. every department of business has been the order of the day, and when dollar for dollar is demanded to balance accounts, tho consequences may be easily gu'Sed." GT Tho list of contributions published to-day Iflion- that the ladies of this and adjoining counties ire responding nobly in the way of furnishing sup plies for the ick and wounded in Hospitals at this tf-Iacc. rP It is stated iu a Northern paper that E.x-Gov. Aiken of South Carolina, has liberated several hun dred nfgroes and settled them on a plantation on the coast. Mr Aiken has made a largo fortune out of the labor of his slaves and invested it at the North, and now, hypocrite-like, he frees his negroes for the purpose of saving what they have made for him and for the privilege of associating with abolitionists in Charleston and at the North. If he thinks it wrong to own negroes let him also give up the proceeds of their hibor. We hope the yankees will aidEx-Gov. Aiken in his course of repentance and squeeze the last cent from him and ull other traitors. . Puintixg Paper. A Word to our Subscribers. -In consequence of the scarcity of paper, and the jTohaliiiity that the supply will 3et become much """more ImmedTtm T is now, some of our subscribers have suggested : us the propriety of reduciug the fize of the DeiTHat in order to save paper. With in the past mni; three of tho four or five Paper Mills in this S:.o have been stopped by the ad vance of the f;my, and jt is uncertain how long Ui8mii"'i;"! pro; operate . without being dis- u-d. A half loaf is better than no bread, and, he same principle, a small newspaper is bettor An no paper at all. Jy reducing tue mz or our er.eet we can certainly continue to keep a supply of papr for 12 or 18 months hence, unless the enemy hould burn us out; and we suggest to our patrons that it would be better for us to reduce the size and ' '"iuini7.e material, than to go on publishing a full hf.'t ' HTwprfVitnl pf""1' nliht be in G or - "'on ths. ' ' " X 'uittinrt fft, ufter we have kept standing on ur ot,f iJe, ve.n give in a reduced sheet fully ft' ,nU(-'M,rtudlii, nfter as we now publish. ' if not liko the idea of reducing the dimensions ip Demn.pjit- ,,."! nronld not do it if it was a ' v a ia f utiu more matter of dollars and cent,s; but pecuniary mutters have nothing to do with it the demand for Vhi- i.s greater than the supply, and therefore wo It . i. , J,i 'coni.nnize or the supply may soon De ex " 'i- readers know that we have published a full ol"'t't ,) after most other papers in the Confeder- &cv - 'ave been reduced one-half. Since the com- j pmont of tho war we have made only enough to ; "mnruuite expenses; and with that wo have been 'atfi. d, und will bo until peace is established. ! x w do reduce the size of our paper, and any j ?li'SCri!i..- ... 1 . . ..... . .. I nuo najj airea(jy pa,j ,d dissatisftea, we 1 a "I willing.. n . . J . . ' i- . on application at 11 - thi-t r,K' k J reuna the monev 0T1CK -Iersu i . . -"-ci-suns seutfinsr us money to renew . i-npuons had better always refer to tbe l0rui at thQ h.,A r ai. . J ... .. .ount 1 luc PaPcr; pckire tnailiBs too 1 i 13 of tl Unfortunate Affair. -Extract of a letter from Concord, Cabarros'county, dated April .3: "We bad quite an unfortunate affair yesterday. One of Wheele r's men was here on Friday, staid a that night and took the Gold Hill ing. Six miles from town he left his mile from town road next morning came up with him about 1 o'clock that night in Davidson county and called him up. He cot od with his pistol in nis nana, lieut. Wells ordered him three times to surrender. The fellow would not, and both prepared to shoot. Just at that time, Mr Goodman, who was with Lieut. Wells, shot. but without effect. Wells and the thief both shot at once. Wells fell, saying "the rascal bag killed me," and died in about ten minutes. The thief run, and Goodman shot at him twice. He fell in about fifty yards and died that night. Next morning they ex amined him and found $1,800 in Confederate money and $20 in green backs, his pistol and bis furlough. The furlough stated that his name was Albert Stoneura, belonging to Harrison's Texas brigade of cavalry; that he had been a prisoner in Indiana, and had made his escape, and had received a-60 days furlough But ..f he had just returned, how did he get so much money, a horse, pistol. &c. if he came honestly by them." We understand Lieut. Wells was a citizen of Lincoln county. ' " : mmm Impressing Officers. Maj Jas N Edmondson, Inspector of Field Transportation, headquarters at Greensboro, N. C, publishes the following list of officers as the only ones authorized to impress ani mals in North Carolina : Captains J B Goodloe, James L Nichols. J V L Rodgers, W A Eliason, J J Thomas, Wm Fellers, J W McLure. A J Miller. It is very proper thus to inform the public of the names of officers authorized to impress, so that the people may know whom to obey ; but we protest against impressing the horses and mules of farmers until every carriage horse or pleasure horse in the different towns is first taken. No one, we care not who he is, has the moral right to keep pleasure horses when the agricultural interests and the army require the use of every horse and mule now in the country. If the broken-down army horses wore distributed among the people, instead of keeping them penned or in stables and fed at Government expense, it would indicate economy and a little more common sense iu the management of affairs. Yankee Treatment of Ministers of the Gospel. The Church Intelligencer" publishes an extract from a letter from Bishop Atkinson at Wadesboro, N. C, which says : "The enemy, while here, robbed me of my watch, two horses, some clothes, coffee, and a little corn and wheat which I had at a. mill, and burnt my wife's piano and some other furniture at a depot on the V. & C- Railroad. But compared with most peo ple on their line of march, we suffered but little, for which, and all His mercies, God be thanked." The Pastor of the Episcopal Church at Wades boro was. also robbed. The liev. Lawrence P. O'Connell, "a Catholic clergyman of Columbia, S. C, publishes a statement of the conduct of the yankees while in Columbia towards the Catholic Priests and St. Mary's College. He says they robbed the Priests, four iu number, of everything except the clothes on their persons; destroyed their libraries; used the sacred vessels in drinking whiskey, with blasphemous expressions ; and after thoroughly cobbing the College, they ap plied the torch to it and-thus rendered houseless hundreds of females. Mr O'Connell says "we look ed upon him (Sherman) as a christian, and we found him possessing the heart of a savage." GF The iron on the King's Mountain Kailroad (running from Chester to Yorkville) is being re moved and used fur repairing the Charlotte 5c S. C. Kailroad. From the Bulletin. Mr Ef.itor : It is a shame that our sick and wounded ."ohlkrs should be crowded into close, ill ventilated and ill-adapted warehouses in the centre of our town, to the great jeopardizing of the health of the latter during the approaching hot months, while the Military Institute, with its extensive grounds and grove, its spacious, airy apartments, largo mess hull and kitchen, its garden, laundry, well, aud professors' houses, eminently adapt it to the purposes of a large hospital. The buildings would much more than accommodate the ill patients, and tents stretched among the trees would be the best and most comfortable arrangement for many of tho convalescents. Let the medical supplies, now there, be stored and the pill-boxes be manufactured in the warehouse in town, and let scores of the !ives of the uncomplain ing patients be saved by the transfer from the dust and discomforts aud infection of their present locali ty, to tho conveniences and pure water and fresh air and wide grounds of the Institute. It is only necessary to call attention to the facts of the case, rand the officials now residing on the Institute premises will not iusist upon their own con venience at the cost of the comfort and lives of sick and wounded men and the health of the town. But, if opposition should arise, let public opiuion and afety order the change, and let personal considera tion be frowned down. Justice & Mercv. We heartily endorse the above suggestion, and will add that the building known as the Mint might also be used ns a hospital with advautago to all con cerned. The property now stored in the Military Institute and the business now transacted in the Mint, ought to be transferred to the store-houses in the centre of town where the sick and wounded are lying, inhaling the dust from the streets, and these sick and wounded transferred to the Institute and Mint. We call the attention of the Medical Direc tor of the State and of the Medical Inspector to this matter, and if they do not act, we think the Secre tary of War should be appealed to by the citizens of the town and all ineuds ot tlie sick and wounded j soldier. After taking the Institute and Mint for I hospitals it will be time. enough to talk about using tbe Churches for such purposes. The Enemy's Country. Now that we have no cities to garrison, and but few railroads to pro- tect, we thiuk the time has come for our Generals and soldiers to pay their respects to the enemy's country. Let Generals Lee and Johnston unite their armies and strike for Pennsylvania, and soon the northern armies will be withdrawn from our t.rritorv with fire and swerd lav waste the coun trv as the Northern Vandals have done ours sub sjst our army and burn and destroy what they do not use fight no pitched battles let the cam- 1 paign be in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and j Tennessee, and our people will be enabled to make V.;ia nnr armv is subsisted from the rich ! crop v - - - ---- , -.-.a of ihe cnemv. If necessary, add to their ! rrrinaries of the enemy, lt n grananc 01 ti,conii Urmies one hundred thousand negro troops, mount n frive them the plundor. If this was auu w - 1 norse anu took one from a boy mat was plowing in ; thinks thereby that he can save his negroes or 6ther cbmond to some point between that city and in, 1. r. Z Vvph?:!MC.!E Ir help "weHr he ' bJSbS Officer 'Za P" ,d h W I All reports agree in locating the army 1 "Ut:Jl.Zlit nJ?3 Ji. some folding (or rathei who did hold) like sen, at Amelia C. II. Wh W nnv MBMi Ka. , , u' i visions: Mrs Dr W E .White butter, egg,, ham, pickle. : them done we believe the cry wouia soon oe ior peace.-i carreu uu u,vw ucg.uco. tohj ?ciu-ciguius Some may say it is uncivilized, but wo must fight of the negroes of Georgia were carried off during fb enemv with his own weapons. Let our armies ! the Revolutionary War. Many of them were sent goNortb Salisbury Watchman, J .to .t.bij W est Indies and sold. WEaTJEBJST DEMOCBAT, CHABLOTTE, 3T If there is a man in North Carolina, within striking distance of the enemy, who . thinks he can, by assuming to be neutral in this war, or take a posi- '. tion in politics that he thinks will look to the enemy like giving them -aid and comfort-in fact who iV in any shape or form tainted with Unionism and 1 uu,en Wlia mmseu, wno nas Deen visitea ny tne enem an1 8ee an learn from him how he has uceu i"usu oy mem, ana ii nis sentiments ao not undergo a revolution or change, he has sold him self to the devil, and is bent on his own destruction. We regret to say. we had some men in this section of the State who were considered to be more or less affected with Unionism, to whom the Yankees paid visits as they did to their neighbors of well known secesn i. " - - r r- i . x! 3 i vi ruuiiv vumeuerHie seuumeuis, auu uol- withstanding their strong professions of affiliation with them, they fared no better than their neigh bors; in fact often got off worse, for in many in stances their professions were looked upon as hypo critical, and assumed frvr tliA I'mA lu inor tn sava their property, or else they were cursed and abused, and ; tod an treatment waa aood enVh for those whn held sentiments opposed to the section of their birth or homes, and who would not fight for it No Union sentiment is left in the track of Sherman's army. All are united now in one sentiment, where there was, before Sherman's visit, strife and discord. Wadesboro Argui. The Editor of the Argus was a prisoner in the hands of Sherman from Wadesboro to near Fay etteville, and speaks of what he saw with his own eyes. ii i StOlNEMAn's Raid. This section of country was thrown into intense excitement on Thursday the 30th by the reported advance of from three to four thousand of the enemy under the command of Gens. Stoneman, Gillam, Brown and Wilcox. The force entered the State through Watauga county, crossing the Blue Ridge, and the first in telligence of them was at Patterson Factory in Caldwell county, about eight miles from Lenoir. They destroyed the factory and plundered the cit izens of everything they wished. From thence they proceeded across to Wilkesboro', which place they entered about dark Friday, doing no damage to private property, except in one case that we have learned, and that was the gutting of Mr Cal vin Cowles store, besides the taking of all avail able stock in their reach From thence they visi ted Gwinn's factory in Yadkin county, which was not burned on acconnt of the intercession of some person unknown to us, a small force afterwards left the main column and .destroyed Buck Shoal factory, belonging to Lawrence and Gaither, in Yadkin, and also South Troy and the Eagle Mills factories in the upper portion of Iredell, and re turned the same course they canio, taking with them as heretofore all horses and males of any value whatever. We learn that there .were a number of oootra band3 went with them. They did not come near er this place than Eagle Mills, about 18 or 20 miles distant. SStatesvillc Express. The Yakkees in Caldwell County. A letter from Lenoir, N. C, dated March 31st, says: "A Yankee force, said to be commanded by Stoneman, Gillam, Brown and Wilcox, crossed the Blue Ridge from. Watauga county, and encamped near the Patterson Factory, 8 miles North of this place. They remained there about 20 hours, and left on the 30th, after burning the Factory. The made down the Yadkin river, and it is said arc aiming for Salisbury. They sent out foraging and scouting parties in the direction of Lenoir, but did not reach the village. "At one time it was supposed they would come, and their arrival was calmly awaited, but our fears were not jrealized. "None of the young ladies left the College; all were remarkably calm in view oT the circumstances. "The Yankees are said to have treated the peo ple with as much leniency as could have been ex pected foraging, taking horses and guns, were the greatest annoyance. During the last few days a number of negro men have gone from the A alley of the Yadkin and a few from this place to the Yaukecs. "It is estimated that Stoneman's force is from 2,000 to 5,000." Salisbury Watchman. Important Aurest. A young soldier was arrested here yesterday on suspicion of being a fe male, and she admitted she was. She gave her name as Margaret Plyde, and says she is from Un ion county, in this State, and has been nine months in the army. We learn she was sent to a hospital for further examination. Raleigh Pro gress. The Raleigh Conservative gives the following account of this female soldier: Mrs Margaret Torry, alias Ch'arley Mills, of Co. D, Jeff Davis Legion, IJutler's Cavalry Division, came to this city on Wednesday last as one of the guard to some of the prisoners sent up. She is 20 years of age, lias good features, bronzed skin, dark eyes and short hair. She states that 10 months ago she married, and one month thereafter she joined the command of her husband, and has been on duty since that time, has been in all the lights, was never sick or absent from duty. Her hus band was killed in the battle of Bentonsvilie, and having no longer any inducement to remain in the army, she now made known her sex and wished to return to her home in Union county, N. C. Her maiden name was Pljler. She is a native of Lan caster District, S. C. Consolidation. Under the act of Congress of February 25th, all companies in the service, num bering less than thirty-two men, are to be consoli dated, and their non-comn.issioned officers to be dropped from the army rolls and enlisted as pri vates. The latter, however, are allowed to select the arm of service which they desire to join. The 0ffice Qf ensign has been dropped, and the position is to be civen to meritorious privates. The companies are to bo officered from their own number by appointment of the President. Fires. We regret to learn that the residence Mrs. Minerva Pattoo, on the Ilendersonvillc roajj 15 miles south of this place, was destroyed by fire a few days since. Most of the contents were consumed with the h se Ulrs. .Pat ton s loss is very heavy. The fin was accidental. On Friday morning last the residence of Mrs. Wm. Murdoch, about one mile from this town, was burned. A portion of her furniture was saved, but the loss is very considerable. Ibe fire was accidental. Asheville Newt. - Major General Lovell has been ordered to the 4 - . nnri tn dtnfra -Tnhmtnn ami T.oiiru.- huul tv. - - ar,l When the British evacuated Savannah, they ir nA'i M, i :i..i. Latest News. The news from all directions is rather .nfir.t I - From Ws'fmir k: . ; . .. . I " V?1- T ' : 0n8,der ble,; toore than that it fell tack fi we from occurred since the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg, is not ascertained with certainty. We do not think there bas been anything like a gen eral engagement, but only heavy skirmishing, in which the advantage was on our side. Sherman's army is still at Goldsboro, and our army under Johnston is between that -point and Raleigh, in the neighborhood of Stmthfield we believe. No doubt it is Sherman's intention to advance towards Raleigh, and the indications are that Johnston intends fighting him when he does advance. The last heard of Stoneman he was passing through Surry county towards Wytheville, Va. FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. W.e have no news from bplow. fin .Tolinaton'a arm is in fine plight and we anticipate the best results from hi ranvnmonla Arxinnnti fmm Knl.-. the lines of the enemy, represent the condition of our ronlfl .;,: uaxt itfTuiiru irora an - accounts, me eoiaiers l.v.hL ntr.,HoA Q j a -a- generally preva.led. Our people have, however. suffered and are euffenner from the heavv exaction - w " ' v nc irai ii auu k'lNiu ivi uri iin.ni rP t-Ur. , . r,.."t f . - "i mr curuijr. iiuictgn onscrvaiivc. f4r.l.leKnrrt i filial .ut, v.. v , i lyoiusooro isbileU-now with i ankee wounded: nJni.i.j: .1 i e ol At t ,1 -"ii T 5 Twm" o! oner,, mn.ine truth will be more nearly reached bv statin? his losses so iar in tnis campaign at ten thousand rather than twenty-five hundred. FROM VIRGINIA. The Clarkesvillo (Va.) Tobacco Plaut of Friday says : At 4 o'clock Wednesday Hfternoon'jintellisrence reached Clarksville, direct from Clover Depot, on tne uanviiie Kailroad. that on Monday there was a and OrRnt. in wl.inh n.ir f. v;.fr!.,na .ml in which the slaughter of the enemy was unnrece- dented. It is understood that Gen. Lee occupies the South bank and Grant the North bank of the A . . , rpi . T-k Ml. Appomattox. lho Uanville cars are running to Meherren Depot ten miles bouth of Burkeville. W n nr nnln ts frntrr varr littla ft-nm dan T. army, but the surest information is to the effect - - - O " - " J - V J that his troops are in erood condition and that his losses fall far below those of the enemy. It would appear inai me lines nave not oeen withdrawn any considerable distance, if indeed at all. The rumor" of a raid on the Junction received with doubt. Scouts who came in yesterday evening from the country above, report that they could hear tiothing of Stouemdn.. Danville Register, 6lh. STONEMAN'S MOVEMENTS. The following in regard to the movements of the Yankee raiders under Stoneman is from the Salem Press : News reached this place-that Stoneman's cavalry, in force, were moving in this" direction, from Cald well county, where they had burned the cotton fac tory belonging to R.' L. Patterson 6c Co. Later information located the enemy in Yadkin county, at Jonesville and Yadkinville, some 4 500 strong. 5U0 having crossed the Yadkin river. 1 he raiders wero next reported at Rockford and Mt. Airy, and back again to within six miles of Hamptonville. It is rumored that all the cotton factories in his route were destroyed in Iredell. Yadkin and Surry; but we have no particulars and nothing definite. From tho latest information we have, last Tues day night, it is supposed that Stoneman has left Mt. Airy, in the directitJh of Hillsville with the object of getting in the rear of our forces in Western V ir ginia. We believe thirty miles is the nearest point the enemy approached tins place. Latest. Mr E. T. Clemmons, who was on a trip to Wytheville. returned on Wednesday noon, and his faithful servant "Ike," who accompanied him, informs us they encountere3TStoneman's raiders just T -1 Aft 4:.. U . .. f .. . . . n .....1 , ; ........ A uryouu iiu. Any, wuixc iiit virimuuua mm snvniii were taken prisoners, but were both subsequently released. Stoneman was close upon a Confederate wagon train, and was moving in the direction of Hillsville. the copper and lead mines. They said tbey would be in Salisbury in about two weeks. The machinery of Brower's factory was destroyed, but the building not burnt. FROM ALABAMA. Macon, April 7.-Advices from Montgomery of the 6th. state that official reports say there is no enemy this side of the Alabama river. The tele- graph is working to Benton. Jackson's ca airy division whipped and forced to retreat, the enemy's cavalry column. 3,000 strong, which wa.s advancing via Tuscaloosa. The fight ooeurred 26 miles from Selma. The enemy's main Kn.lw r movincr tow.-. DpmonoliM. " o" : , 1 . , .. r orresi is reporieu nuvaiwiiig ugaiust uuu ngnk inar the enemy around Sehna. Nothing definite from Mobile. Casualties. troin a private letter we learn that Mai- McLeod of the 1st N. C. cavalry, in tbe I fiirht of the 31st ult., was painfully wounded in th9 iaw; Captain Jas. Johnston, of the same regiment, received a sliirht flesh wound in the thigh, and L.t. Af n. Sipp1 wnnnde.l in th- l.f.R. not danger- ou5j Bulletin t.' a j a, xrt i t f tr.v n r u I ii isreporieu iuai voi. uus. u. .uc.xruiui mo ui-u N. C. Cavalrv. was killed. I " mf l List of killed and wounded and captured in Co. K, 5Cth llegiment N. C. Troops, from Mecklen burg county, N. C , on March 25th, 1865, at Pe tersburg : Killed Sergeant J J McNeely, privates J I Alexander, and C T Dewcse. supnosgd. Wound- eu lituv ,i w oiiepueru, anu cpiureu, uuipi n .j I-.. T ur ci 1 1 1 a 1. - I U r 31 Stearne, slightly; John M liiogbam, and cap tured; H W l)avis, dangerously; and J A Jones Missing A J Barnett, J W Harnett, W Cork, corpl J P Sossaman, J II Williams, J aM llrown, sergt L Alexaoder, corpl RJ Stough, W Ketcbie, Jas Kerns, J C Moore, John Martin, W 31 Mar tin, Wm Niselar, A C Shields, M A Emerson, Henry .Mowrer, Jos B Christenbury, Wm G Chris tenbury, Thos C Alexander, Henry Garner and John H. Johnston. Railroad Accident. A train of cars ran off the X. C. Iload on night before last, about three miles East of Greensboro. We learn from a gentleman who was on the train that several tars were smashed, and several persons seriously injured, among them a lady whom our informant thought was dring when he left. Tbe cars were precipitated down a considerable embank ment. The accident was occasioned by tbe breaking of something but our informant did not know what. There was a number of loaded shells on board, but fortunately they did not explode. Several soldiers riding on the tops cf the cars were thrown about 30 feet, breaking arms and legs and inflicting other in juries. Raleigh Progress , 8tA. The Raid os Weldon. We are gratified to learn tbat the raiders on Weldon have been snc cessfully driven back; about fifty prisoners of tbii party reached here yesterday. General Baker com mands at AVeldon, and we are informed "that the work on the raiding party was accomplished, main ly, by Captain James W. Strange'? -cavalry, 06m pany. Raleigh Confederate. ' 1ST, CL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ambulance Committee take great pleasure in making the following additional acknowledgements : M.. O f t! I 4 t. TV, IV!. I. . -i.l.l.. eggs, dried fruit, old linenAc ; Mrs I) Sloan, Mrs and j.' .mis v w urn tuu inri uvuu nuucirfiuvu Trgrmuirs, TN Alexander 1 basket Droviiions. Lt Abdon Alexan- der 1 bag provisions; Ladie of Daridion College 1 trunk, 2 bags and 1 basket provisions, winea, cakes, Ac; J McDonald & Son of Concord, 28 doten eggs; Mra Dx Asbary 2 bag3 vegetables ; J M Hutchison 1 box provisions, milk and butter; Mrs F Stafford, 1 bag provisions, milk and batter; f MrJ Tester, 1 basket eggs; Dr Isaac Wilson, butter and eggs; Miss Mollie Query, chickens, eggs and butter; Jas A Query, 2 bags vegetables; D Cowan 1 bag regetablrs; Mrs S W Keid, eggs, vegetables, &cp Mrs F G Simril,' provision an eggs; Mrs R W McDowell, 1 bajr dried fruit; Mrs A M Peoples, milk, pepper, Ac A K Sarel, vegetables: Mrs J C Chalmers, milk, Ac; Mrs Pratt, dried fruit and egps; SIra Edwia Alexander, provisions, milkand hotter; Mrs R J McDowell and M J Brevard, 1 jug wine, 1 jug rin- egar, lard, eggs, dried fruit and prori9ion; Mra J U t ''.:. ' n i: &c; Mrs Jasper Stowe, 100 lbs tallow; Mra Dr T C Neel, butter and milk. From Sharon Neighborhood. T N Alexander, Wm Ross, RF and J G Johnston, J B Stewart, Miss S J Re,d Dr J W Ros' Capt-J Walker, J Wolfe, Mrs J M Walker, Mrs J O Alexmder, S Sturgeon, Mra M Sam- w iir mm aa mon " ,sroPle are uwljf provl.ion?, batter, f egg. ariea iruu mux, c. uwru?, r vmrn?, an ii mtM.iuj, u v '. H A Onrrv. J WhitMiiim. Mrs J Donald, for a larre PP J Pr' ". W, && f.t, grits, vegetables, milk, Ac. - j ' - , - r- I n .. - ... ..... . i vow tne L.atie of Mount Jiourne,.ireaeu vounry Mrs Ureswell, .Mrs Sueplierd, Mrs U Templeton, Airs fti .. r ' tm.; Jitrucrsun, Mrs rreeman, irs jioorr, mrs niiBin3, M Stin90ni Mr, Hon,ton- Mrs Cowan, Mrs Rnfna Reid m..-m u' i' j consisting of hams, turkevs. chickens, eeirs. butler. bread, cake?, pies, dried fruit, beans, pickles, Ac , and a lot of old Iinrn: Also, from Mrs Dr George Houston and Mrs Wm Knox, each, a large basket of provisions of all kinds. From Gatton county Misses Jennie and Emma John- stonandJoc II Johnston ham, cakes, pies, bread, dried flour, meal, molasses, dried fruit, peas, vegetables truit, soap, Ac; J W Moore 1 box provisions, bams, J. L. BROWN, Chm'n. Xt 18 suggested that the donations could be used to better advantage if each neighborhood of the county 1 would send their contributions on a particular day of the week: therefore it is proposed that the people of I - ' r ' Suear Creek neighborhood send in on Mondar. Paw Creek on TlIMd gharon on Wednesday, Providence on Thurd:iT. Stcol Trk nn Fridar. Honfwa 1 and I m of I a rniiaaeipnia on toaturaay. It would be better to send all contributions direct to J. L. Brown, Chairman of the Committee, at T. R. Tate's Store. m We learn that Gov. V ance on learning the dis- tressed condition of oar people below, hat ordered supplies to be sent to relieve their present suffer ing liaiciyh Conservative. In Petersburg, on the 30th ult., Mr Joshua B. Sikes of Charlotte, N. C, to Miss Luzabetb, daughter of A. C. Davis. At Mt. Mourne, Iredell county, N. C , on the 29th n .If I, TIT....- f r. . ult., by the Rev. W. B Watts, Mr E. M. McNeely to Miss Mat tie E. Creswell t .i .: -aai . :j r u:, i !. m iu iui3 iun, ni icsiuciii: vi mi uruiurr, vui. i . II. Brem, on the 3d instant, Mr Wm. J. Bri m, aged 47 years, a member of the 2d Battalion S. 0. Reserves. In this county, on the 4th ult., of Pneumonia, J. W. Burn, acred 47 vears and four month. He was a uifiuV.er of Co. A, 24 Regiment N. C. Senior Reserves, lie had been a member of the M. E. Church for 25 years, and he lived a devoied christian and died happy. He .... rJJ. leaves a devoted wife and nine children, and a large circle of relatives to mourn their loss. ' - IA. , . , ,.,, r i . , Died, near Little's Mills, in Richmond county, on the evening of the 9th of March, 1865, after a short bnt or jr coin, gold dmt and bullion, and foreign ex severe attack of Angina Maligna, Jennie f lax.daughtcr chanrc. owned or noniifasH.1 brttr nerson wlim tho of Col. B. F. and Mrs. M. J. Little, aged about 3 renrs. Little Jennie was a lovely cBild, lexceeding her age in all those endearing little traits which bind children so tenderly to the hearts of parents. Her little vacant i armeu coair. arouna ine nre-5iae, win onen inuuee a armed chair, around the lire-side, will often induce a rsigh aud a deep throb in the bosom of the bereaved parents. There is consolation in beueving that, Jennie is au Angel bright. In Heaven's propitious clime, From earth transplanted into light, Forever there to shine. Dilta. OBITUARY. . Died, on the 10th Feb , 1865, at Winder Hospital, ri i j r T i j r ,, : t : .. . o . . . . . V ' TV ' u "L ? 7. T ; J ceased wa, 26 years and 15 days of age. A sketch at I umsiua Mctiucuuaiii vi vvia vuuini ii v aa v vi w- i least of his lite and death is full of interest and worthy of publication He was very promising embassador for Jesus Christ He bad about completed bis tbeolo- -"ur'c. w uc.lUD winim; una. ,oua7 ror n,s M""?? " cneer uny responaea to l,uls U"UIU": P-.j ..veu.ru uj iur. ,u?. "! w",u' v" W V '" Aw """" " Vf" ' . "-i'""-- I lie was Liieutenant oi IO. 4aui . j. uegimeni. ai though he was being promoted iu his military capacity. I yet he desired more earnestly to fill the ministerial taxes imposed on the same articles by any other acli Pre office. Heute in a letter to his parent", he said: '-Should V;ded further. That the tax of tv.nty-8v per cent, levied I Ml in battle I do not wish mv R.trae trnmitte4 to by the second aection of tbia act shall buin lieu of all other posterity us a warrior, but as a soldier of Christ and lover of souls." A diary which he kept in camp tesli lies to his deep toned piety. In this we read tbtit when exposed to tbe severity of the weather, and suffering or me sustenance oi hib, lie coma irom mo uran say, "The Lord God omnipotent reigneth, let the earth re joice." His fellow soldiers speak and write of his high military qualifications aud christian deportment. Iiy nij df)ilh lne prtrent3i the church and the country sua tain a heavy loss. But blessed be Ood tlm loss is his . m ii tha i . r aff aiistaiii ni4 e-v,i n r An i Lr t v rw . a, . j i tbem' ,h5s their idJt on!j chnd. J. J. K. Headquarter, Charlotte, JV. C, April 7, 1.865. All RttrH SnMir. who denosited their deaeriDtir I .. . . ' . . . . . r I rolls at these Headquarters previous to 1st January, 1865, will call at once and tbey will be paid by Capt. Spurrier, A. (J. M., at this post. WM. J. HOKE, April 10, 1865. Col. comd'g Post. Headquarters Reserve IV. C, liALEiGir, April 4, 18bo. Circular. The authority heretofore delegated in General Or ders from these Headquarters, to Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, to grant furloughs of twenty one (21) aays to memoers ot tne iteserve torces, is hereby re voked. Hereafter Reserves will be furlougbed from Iloppital in the same manner as other soldiers similarly situated. , By order of Lieut. Gen. Holmes: QBAUAM DATES, April 10, 1865. 3t t Aid-de-Carap. Subsistence Department, ) ChAblottk, March 20tb, lbU5 ) Those of the people of the Counties of Union, Meck lenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Cleaveland aud Rutherford, who are willing to contribute by donation, sale, loan or exchange, to tb subsistence of General Lee's army in conformity to the plan suggested by Gov. Vance, are earnestly appealed to to bring forward their sop pliee as rapidly as possible. Tbe Committees in the different Captain's Districts in the above named Coun ties are requested to visit all persona in their respec tive Districts, and urge tbem to render every possible assistance in their. power, assuring them that no por tion of tbe sacrifice which they are called npon to make is unnecessary. . 31. LOWE, v Uajor and Dist. Com. 3d District N. C. April l,i8. Jt OF7ICIAX . f ' . TREASURY DEPARTMENT O. S. A.I Richmond, Mstch 22, 1861. 't TO TOE DANES AND PRITATE CAPITALISTS J THE CONFEDERATE STATES. ( Br aa act of Congress approved March IT, 1SS3. ' titled "Aa act to raise cola for the porpaae of faraltl lag aecesearj soppliea to the army," It It provided- 1. That the Secretary of. the Treasury shall Loire the turn of three millions of dollara. in coin, oa tl terra therein set forth. 2. That in caae of the failartlo borrow the 10 abore named, a tax of twenty-fire per cent shall f levied upon the amount of all gold "and ailrer coll, fol doit and bullion, and foreign eichaof e in the Conftr' erate States, payable in kind, and to be collected c the let of April, proximo, or aa toon thereafter at poJ Bible. J A copy of the act la annexed, the more elrarly to hibit the intention and application thereof and tt limiutiow and condilio.i by which Jta protlaiona a cooftrued or modified The leading featorea are tbo.v frt.n bo?. bJ ?bi.cb " b lb fl"v Jec eWW, ijf "J . ..uf.5.tU, w.u lu 1B fcl,on " t b enforced or collected. The purpose or Li circular la to call the attrrW of those concerned to the operation of the law. and la ?u Prompt and coocened meaaurea W enaurt the auct ceaa of tb. loan. Lnder the authority veiled Id me b; the act, I propose to hypothecate 50.000 balea cf Got! ernment cotton as collateral security for the aum te4 I quired. At the Government price of 20 cents perj i . ... pound (giving the privilege of exportation) the aecarit; will be fifty ner cect la excesa of the loan. In order Is1 gire eTerj advantage to the lenders, and piowote th4 speedy return of their money with a fair opportunity i - . . . .!,,!,, r (:.. r, .t' Pr pound, with the right of exportation, free from all. rr-.- . j i : i . a l lfn ound Tn. cotton will be delitered In Oeor- I iiaK-. u;.-t..:-r.i ..o...,;,.f ,k. f I J . r ' . - . 1 and at some place coorenient for the exportation thereof. 1 .. i ... .1 i insiuuuons ana persons iiaute i in lax ioui by the act, and who shall determine to ascribe to the I ..: j t' ..a . .v.-i. I ciioa to this Deiartment without dclav. auUnir the I sura offered, and designating the Uepcsilary at wnicn it will be convenient for them to make payment oilue same. Prompt action is respectful!? requested in order I that the collection of the tax may be arrested, If the I required sum should be sacccsstnlly raised by loan. I U. A. 1 KEMIUum, Secretary of the Treanry. Ko. I8t. AN ACT TO RAISK COIN FOR TIIC rURfOSB OF FURNISHING NECESSARY Sli'mES FOR TUE ARMY. The Congress of the Confederate States of America- do enact, That in order to procure tie means of pur- chasing supplies for the array, the Secretary of tho Treaeury, under the direction of the President, be and i u " UI,IU7 uuiuun.cu uvimw -u.t bank lag company, corporation, aifociatloo, or person, anr sum or sums in coin, not to exceed three millions raent of any sum or sums ao borrowed, at aucb timeae may be agreed upon, not to exceed two yeara after tha I ratification of a trtatv of oeace bttwea the Confeder- t ate States and the United Statea, to canse to be issaed bonds of the Confederate States, in such convenient sums aa may be agreed upon, paable iu coin, and to bear Interest at the rate of six pr cent, per annum, payable semi-annually in specie; and to secure the re payment of any sum or sums so borrowed, with the interest tbereou, the said Secretary be further author ized and empowered tb pledge in such legal form aa may be agreed upon, any cotton or tobacco owned by the Government, to the extent In value or any such loan so obtained, or the proceeds thereof, when aold, or to convey such cotton and tobacco, or any part I ..." . thereof in absolute payment of such loan, with tL right on the part of the lender of such coin, to export or transport such cotton aud tobacco beyond the limits of .the Confederate Statea, free from any molestation nn tl. nxrt of Hi authorities of tha Confederate Stales. J I ' . . i ftP .k. ngvment of an dutr. exemt to tba exUatofoaa :,!1,h n.r ! now imnoi h law. g . Tn lhf. eTent cf tha Secretary of tho Treasury I shall not be able at onc to obtain coin to the aruouot of tlirt-e millions of dollars under the provioioua of tho iu ti aection of this act, then, aud iu that event, a tax shall bo i IeviU and co.lrcu-d ot twrnty-nve per renu iipoa tb amount of all gold and silver coin, gold dost aud bullion, W I J A ! 1 1 A I. i" AVI A-Cl.. - II I. ano iorcign excuaugo ia iur i,iikucww ow., iauta in kinJ-wh5cJjl tax hal1 due n1 collected on the Crat 1 i . e si a . - - .1. r. ...!! i . r uaj' oi April urii, or aa oua (ucicn-r u uv.wii.ir,- i i j vilX n. .k.km i.t .t,.ii tk., A r. th .mnnnto own, or Hn.nr ahall not esmcd two knn. dred dollars in value, nor shall the said tax be levlrrt on gold or silver coin, gold dust, bullion or fore'gn exchange which, within thirty days aftt-r the passage of this act, shall b'- leiit to th government under th provisions of tho tirsl I section of this act; nor upon the gold or silver torn, gold duxt bullion or foreign ex?haug of any person who bas made a loan to the govorunuui according to aU first avc lion, of not lraa than twentv-ure nrr cent, ot tin cow or i silver coin, gold dust, bullion, or foreign exchauge oniyd J or posst'sscd by such peraon at the time of tho passage of J thi art. and if anr 8tn of the Confederacy cy borrows iron I any bank coin or bullion and lends it to tho Confederal i government, tue nana tuai irnaa ancu coinor ouuion.nau uenwwrui crom bhiusi wiii ia& in un nuini wi Hutu loan: And provided- also. That the delay of thirty da vs. Sli "l" T "U. VJ. V". . n 1 Ir .1- . 4- j - . i a . A 1.4 v"d' 1 river 3 The llmtlon Q( thn, mWioat 0f dollars, as expressed in the first section of tb'u act, shall not Imj con- strued to prohibit the Secn-tary of the Treasury Iron, re- 0iving a greater amount, offered aa loan or accruing on taxe. under this act: 1'roVKled, Tbat Um.Uk imposed py ine. provwious w tms upon goia ana .uver com, goiu "u .uer ouiiiuu, goiu uu . auu .orr.gn r;iianK, ury paid, or the amount thereof loaned in pursuance of the first aud second section of this act, ahall be- iu Ilea of all oth(.. taxes imposed on the same article by any other act, and the tax imposed by ibis act ahall be aseeaaed aa at the data of the passage of this act. Approved, iMarcn 17, A true copy: JAMES M. MAT I IK WH, Law Clerk. TAKEN tV And committed to the Jail of Mecklenbnrg eocnty, on tbe tth Mar:b, three negro Men, calling their names ti i it vi a.- t wr v i nniv a a u i - . j t 1 1 1 n n.i av r BKnti i i ir. . w nia saw inv iwmn ir in l js Beverly Heece of Diowiddie coonty, V. Joha and donkey are about 5 feet 7 inches high: Coevis about ft feei ti inches high -sunosed t be abeut 30 years old all black and hary built. Coej'a right leg Is itrained and lands oat. Tbe owner of these Xegroes most eouie forward. Drove crorterlv. nay charorea aud take theat away, or j' w j- " voey wiu oc aeaii wivn as in taw giracis. C. WII..SO.V, Jailor. March 3T, 186. tf CO.SCRIPT OFFICE, ) GUKKN8BOKO. N. C, Mareb 25, 1865. Circular No. 13. Enrolling Officers on duty in N'orih. Carolina art hereby notified that tbe Conscript Office has been re moved from Raleigh and established at Greensboro', N. C All reports and communications will be nailed to this point until further orders. , By ordtr (Jommanaaat. 8. r. KATTKRS, Lt. and Acting AdJ't. April 3. 1HS. ; NOTICE. I will dd!v for a renewal of Confederals four pir rent Certificate, No. 140, dated Mareb 12th, 1864, and Issued in my favor for $700, and signed W. H. Rein, bardt. AGNEfl CALDKR. April 3, 1865. gpd . NEGROES WANTED. t wish to bira FliTT NEGSOKS for Sectioa HanAs on the W. N O. Railroad. I will bire tbsm by th, month or for the remainder of tbe year, . Any one having Negroes to dispose of-will to well to call on me at Col. L. S. WR.iarof atorelo Charlotu. or address me at this price. If not in town nyseir, 8. A. Harrirwill bira for me. I will re libera! wages and the Negroet ahall be well clothed, well fed and kindly treated. gxU. P. CALDWCLL, rril 3, 1161. Arm? W. N. C. 8. 1
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