THE BATTLE AT NEW BERN.
THE TOUCH AND THE SWORD. I PERFIDY OF THE NORTH.
, . i> • .-I It may frequen-.ly happen in
We arc ailyistHl that ( o . oan s eonrse of the present war that our people uiay ] -phu Examiner of the 20th says:
which wero the (.uiHurJ ^ _ n,,,ve to uetermine, without much time for le-| yesterday a message from the
sent into Congress, in secret ses-
•coiumending that all our prisoners who had
irole by the Yankee Government
i be released from the oblifration of their parole, so
as to bear arms in out struggle for independence.
The recomaiendation was ur^ed as a retaliation
lor the infamous and reeklesa breach uf good faith
on the part of the Northern Government with re-
tr;ird to the exchange of prisoners, and was ac-
, companied by the exposure of this perfidy in a
ese tilings In* done wifh mi itar\ j correspoi\denee eonducted by the W ai
etlicai-y. Kut there j)ei);irtmont. Wo have been enabled to extract
NORTHERN AND FOREIGN NEWS.
The Richmond Examiner of the 21st announ
ces the reception of “tiles of New York, Phila
delphia and Baltimore papers, bringing us dates
down to the 13th. The news is Iwlh interesting
vertises the “Naval Engagement near Fortress
Monroe. The Rebel Fleet Disnhled ami Driven
Burk.” This is a fair sample of the news the
Yankees send out to Europe.
From Europe.—The Foreign news is to Feb.
Sloan was acoidentally and unavoidably absent , , , . . 'I'l, . , ;i;, *i
^ 1 there can Ito no lu'sitaiion. i lie militarv autliori-
an incident, roiiretted by none so much as himselt. i . . , i i i
V , , { ■ \ t 1 ties themselves, in sucli cases, should see that the
He has waited kmj: and anxiously for the enem\. ’ . i .i ii i •
lie ^ j i destruction is ellected, thorouuhly and in coo(i
By Dermissiou ol the Lommandiiig (jcneral, he . . ■ i -j Ko
‘ t \ , , • , . f ® 1 time. H military policy reciuircs a bndsre to be
ventured to leave hi.^ command lor two or three i. i *. i * i.p
, I X II f 1 X b own up, a railroad to be torn up, supplies to oe
days to attend to an urgent call, advised that he " ‘ m ^
•I 1 I.'\ , wasted, a house, a villaire, or t'ven a oit.v
might do so saioly at the time, tiie most rcluioie k f ] ( • n ’
int^biination being that there would be no attack
of the enemy for some time yet to come. Col. ' promptnes:^ am
Sloan i
tlem:=
by his
care
we are
all things
town
volved the entire command of the Regiment.
We tind the mouths of all, having knowledge
of his firm, cool, and discreet and during eonduct.
filled with laudation and praises. Uip Regiment
was placed at a point where thri-atenciJ njuch
fighting and mucli danger, from tlie Fleet on the
Ictt, and trom the land in tront ot the breast
works. It unexpectedly turned out that the
('ontiary to the mor't obviuus priiieiples ofci\i-
h’/.fd warlare. t!ie i nemy has manitc.'tcd his pur-
(H>^e tc. }/luinKr private property, and this pur-
)po>o isi'spocialh dirt'i-ted towards the cotton wiiich
niav be within his reach. llis objoct in thiS is
t\V(ilnld. ile wislies to make the .''outh jiay the
exjteiisos of tiie war out ot its cotton and other
products, and also wights to make cotton play an
fighting commenced out of reach of his guns in , diplomatic part in the relations between
Iront of breast-works to his right, and it wa- some : i.^.a.^aK iovernment and the eomniereial j.ow-
tiuie before he eould reach any ot the enemy with ;
his pivot iiuns, which he did mo.st etieelually tor
some timi‘ bi'tnre the order to retreat, ilis regi
ment, whilst exposed to a hail ^tornl of bi>mbs.
obeyed their orders, and firmly stood their ground,
doing their whole duty, until ordered to retire
The enemy’s tleet did not come up the River, in
rantre of the m ounted cannon in I'ort Thompson,
until our forces on land alotiL: the breast-work,
had by overpowering numbers, lici. n forced to le-
tire. We are advi^ed that the regiment com
manded by 31ajor Gilmer was among the last to
retreat, which they
to learn that of the
Hunter, a noble and most worthy youuir trentle- i , , . . , , ,
» *n 1 1 w’ 1 T *1 n ! uIIlit-'situt 1'Ily ut‘55tri.>\
n)an, WU6 killeu, and fcainuel Jordan, an enuall) ! j j
worthy niember ot the Grays, is mi.ssing. No
other loss ti; the duilford Grays, who acijuitted
themselves with great credit, and in a manner
worthy of all praise.
t/'apt. L. ('ole and his cavalry company fmni
Guilford, Were in Co!. Spruill's regiment. 'I'his
Company was also in the fight, and HCijuitted
themselves weli. We have no particulars a>: t>
the losses, it any. of Capt. (’■de’s company, but
will recur to it when we shall be more r’ully ad
vised.
Although defeated at Xewbern, certainly there
was enough done by a few against most over
whelming odds, to teach the enemy that our sub
jugation is an impossibility and that we are a race
of people that can never be conquered, l.et none
be discouraged at this and other reverses; but let
u^= put on our whole armor, unite our whole
strength—each and every one resolve to ‘‘do or
die, " and the signs that might seem ”loomy to
any uther people, will soon jkiss away.
it'
Th'- Newbern afi'air throws soiue light upon tlu
defensive poiu-y. ’i'hat policy reijuir-.' a .rvcaier
lorce than the aui-’fe.-sive policv \\\
have had nearly twice a.s many men watchin-:
Burnside as he has; and yet, he having the i-iiob .
of the point of attack, finds us interior in niiiii-
bers, notwithstanding our real sujH-riority. We
are dispersed, and he concentrated.
It also proves another matter, that without
some change in our plan^, the destruction or cap
ture of ail our cities within reach of gun-b ju:?.
is only a question ot time. The Moniror wa.'
cou>tructed in WO days; and in 'JO days more, there
will be probably fifty others built, The ius- ..f
these cities will not conquer the country; but it
will be a serious calamity; and it suggests to us
that we should be looking to retaliation. Thi'
war will degenerate into one for the destruction
«f property; Northern wealth and streriirrh arc in
Northern cities—and there are thepnints t'- 'trik>-
liI' /l Ul  /lid M /i ((/,
1 he Itoldsborough Tribune announc; - the tnl-
lowing wounded p«;rsv.ns in the hMspitals about
Goldsborough;
ith Il^yimnU—U. L. McKoy aud Juliu' I’.irker, i l
Ire'i-lJ Couuiy; Jiliad :.’raw;ui\l, of iJavi.isoii, uii.J .V, ;
C. ilson, ut .Weckleaburg. .
'Jb/A /lieyiment—Serg I u. J. 15iink.- and W. I'. Burt, i onie'U racy
of Waiie; Ctiitrlea £. Joues, of Moore, and L. li. s^nmli.
of CuaiLaiu.
-WA Heijimenl—John Mixuu, of I'iit. aud Kiuclieu
C’obli, ot Greeut;.
6il D. McLeod, of uuiberldn.l;
John Guy, J. L Henry Hnd Divid liicCHrd. ol Iredell.
Sbi/i Jiii/tJuenc—Seu Meuiiu and ;:eig t iiod. Mcli.'ie.
of -Moore.
Zlth Rryiment—Lx. W. C. atewart uud Corp l J.
Stewart, of Ash.; Mauly H,.Uon itnd B. Bro. ii'ljire,
of Alexari'ler, aud Jas. JuUvi^ *.‘t Alit^phiiny.
John Kitciiey of v^aiawb i, of Br.m s uruil.
l' l^urope. lie desires, in a -id, at om
troke to rt'pl.'iiish his treasury and bribe Eng
land and rranee to abstain trom intervention, by
the wholesale p.lunder of Southern cotton.
It admits of ii'it tin* Ica-t doubt, then, that
ilutv aiul interest, patriotism and p )hcy, all con
cur it; dictating the de.'trueti'Hi ot the cotton in
the S'lUtli which could by i;o other means be
saved trom th- c'li iny. It is iquaily clear that
tobacco, -a- any other Sontliern prouuct, ur any
other species ot property belonguiir to Southern
i-T ■ 1 V ~ \i' . i citizens, exposcii to capture b\ the enemv, anu
: did in i:ood order. N\ e reirret , . , , ^ ,
1 ^ . ! which he could use to his own advanta:;e amt to
le Guiltord (trays, tamuel A , . , i i i
, ,i .1 : tne detriment ot the cause 01 iiiutqienaence, sliould
Hut war has iis economy as well as peace.
There should be method in the pat;ioi;e sacrifice
of our people. 'I'he work ut destructiotf should
be judicious, not wanton and indibcriniinate. I'he
same priiiciph? ot jiubli«.r law that denounces as
[larbarous tfie wanton de'truction ot’ the private
property "t u by an enemy, also couueai;.s
Us waiit..n i:. struction by the pe..p!e themselves
A man luuv s. id'>m burn his nwn ln>us>‘ without
crime. A m.m may rarely de-troy, without guilt,
that wh'fli i) luntilul natare has jirovidcd fur the
good of the human race.
it may look very well in rhetoric to talk ut
meetiiii; the enemy with a gun in one hand and
a turch in the other. We are inclined to think
it wiuiid be better in praetiee to meet the enemy
tir't with an additional man and gun in place ot
the rhett>rical torch. ftie appeal to the torch
bi fui ■ metal i'rrii d ti; the utLei-niost. Ioons t.io
much l.h.L- gi\ i:i_' up t|..- cont- st It is r.itlo-r
th' argmu -iit ■ i de'j.air ti.aii '1'h.ipetu. e'Ura^-
With r>-j >. ct to tli>- i •jniiii_ 1' '-'Ur cit;., ', let
Us n>'t be nit'.' d i«y ;ua_inaiy anal.^gies Let iis
n./t cjdcUliie that. Oec.iUse the buniin..;ot M -se
;irn d ‘ .n'iv th- _fan 1 urnr. >1 ,N;.p ii -n ;n •. sni.»\
• . 1.' ’ r, :l t'niiii..g "f l. i^.^rie^: >n, .'im1>-!..
■r -N. w (tr’- atis, w'ii.d s'l ke tin' • ntniv with
t! rn.ir anu Iriv. him i. in tlr c,.ijtiTv. u;-cuin-
and important. President Lincoln had sent into 28. The papers relative to the blockade of the
(Congress a special message recommending eman
cipation and promising national aid to such States
as would rid themselves of slavery. After a long
and interesting debate in the lower branch of Con
gress the recommendation yvas passed by u vote
of eighty-eight to thirty-one."
»Southern ports had been submitted to the British
Parliament.
Earl Russell, in a better to Lord Lyons, dated
February 15th, says that the fact of ships having
successfally run the blockade does not prevent
the blockade from being eti'ective; and he argues
Brigadier General (.’urtis’s official account ol i ^ exercise great cau
ti;ed
■ ausi’
hear '
hea[,
Cltie>
ClCUie;
d'nn_
■1 h'»i»ile". .Nijtning, perhap', lud
.'e joy in tiie ci \ d'.Nevv than t--
. -’le .'out iiern’rival id tiiat ciiv was u
a-hcs. Tiie enemy d n » not iieeo out
heiter hi- 'Oluiers from the dcaui.' iii-
■f a liu"iau winter. llis armies ar.
:v well in tent', and they would continue
t.* do Haiu.ut the h U'.-- ot
Nor w - ! the des’auv i')u
tutu i- •■Ulei - il 'ji ' -teliCe '1 , ,>e e’lie-
ihrlllst i\■ s are d. I i i.delit 'Ub-1'■ tU'-J Up"ll
cx'oriur rv'ource-. W- ni: i s;ar\u the etii ii\ '
aniiies Uii.ire easily, indet J. it tli-'y wi-re mu."' d
lii oui cr, ' than ;!iu.d li ti.-
ill tli>- Mit'iry and r-,!iv siient tv
I > t n c'.ii-;.l r. u ■!. tii-i> it' a
eri. it c-ii also t^e r^ taken. Inif
^•ur citie-.. it w 'uid si_Miity that we i:ad ir; hop.
■ t retakin_' tf in. 1 tiere is ii'i rtas.Hi wiiatever
;or -M b 'pairiii:; a jcdicy. The i tieiuy can he
ty ijui'c as s. ;i a.:- from any other
A. 'f. l),Ua. '
plan lor me excnange or |
t'xecution ol thi.-i purpose Messrs. Conrad and
i S.'ddon were deputed by our government as com-
1 missioners to meet those of the Northern Gov-
■ eminent undi r a flag of truce at Norlo k
i ."'^ubsenuenfly a letter from ( Jen. Wool was ad-
! dressed to Gen. llni;er, informing him that he,
Gen. W ool. had/«// oto setth* any terais
: lor the exc- ange of prisoners, and asking an in-
j terview on t*'"' subject. Gen. Howell (’obb was
i then appointe.i by the government to mediate with
I Gen. Wool, and to settle a permanent plan tor
; t!ie exchange ot prisoners during the war. 'I’he
1 adjustment was considered to have been satislac-
I torily made.
I It was :l^reed tlmt the prisoners ot war in the
, hands of each government should be exehangetl,
, man I’or ni.ni, the olficers being assimilated as to
i rank, I'ce.; that our privateersmen slumld be ex-
chatiired on the footing ot prisoners ot war; that
j anv surplus remaininir on either side, after these
I exchanges, should be released, ami that herealter,
j during the whole continuance ot the war, prisun-
ers taken on either side should be paroled,
i in carrying out this agreement, our govern-
I uient has released some three hundred j ri.soners
: .tbove those exchanged by the North, the balance
I in the competing numbers of prisoners in the
j iiands of the two governments bein: So much in
our favor. At the time, however, of sending
; North the hostages we had retained for our pri-
vateer'inen. Gef'eral (.'"bb had reason to suspect
: rlic irood faith of the Northern (.iovernment, and
:eleL;ra{)hed in time to intercept the release of a
■ [lortion ol these hostages (among them Colonel
I 'oreor ni.) who were > n n>u(f from points further
i South than Richmond to ^o North under tlag of
tr.ice at Norfolk. A number of' the^.e hostages,
; howevi r, hail already been discharged.
It now appear.i that, in contravention of the
! sulemn a:;reement of the Northern Government,
fi'it oiie >t our privateersmen have been released.
; and the Fort Ponelson prisoners, instead ot beia^r
[i:ito1. d. have been taken into the interior, where
i (hey are still confined.
As a jti lirment upiiu this open and shumeUsS
■ iu-ifidy (d'the .North, it is propn>ed that oar pri.-oii-
’ . r>. litj have been parolel by the Yankees, shall
•e rei* a'cd trcnii their obligations. I tiere i- as
i‘t:.c i.'ubt i.i the honor "1 ^uch u proposition a~
ii-Tf- : ii-ju'ti.v" aii'i nieetiie" as a ret;iliat'>-
’■y u;.',»-ur! t >v .I'-t of thiLirant perfidy.
A I tlUl.'ti.\N ,'ULl.lLU C.\N 1)IK
I he Central l’re>b_y terian contain* a bioL^raphi-
•al sketch ot the Rev. Pabiiev f’arr Harrison,
 aptain ot coinpatiy Is.. ;>Mh \ ir^'inia re;;iment.
»\h'i tell while galijintiy le,idin>r his men in the
; terrible tiuht ut Kurt I'unel'On. We copy a por
tion with regaril to a tit facto blockade, and ought
not to disregard it unless the power of the block
ade should be abused.
The Herald’s Paris correspoudent writes on
the 24th:—
In the present aspect of affairs there is no im
mediate danger of an European intervention,
i England and France will both hold off their hands
^ as long as there is no more suffering caused in
, their dominions ’by the war in America than there
i is now; for the notion that either of them will go
! to war witii America “lor an idea,’’ and that idea
j the foundation ot the Southern slaveocraey, is, 1
^take it, entirely out of the question.
Com iiifirlnl. — i^i VKKI'dOl., Feb. 28.— ('otfon
—'I’he brnkt rs' cireuiar reports the sales of the
week at 5-1,(JO?) bales, the markets closing firm
:iiid unchanged. Speculators took 14,50U bales,
and exporters 9,000 bales. The sales to-day are
estimated at lO.'JUO bales, including 5,U0U to
speculators and exporters, and the market closed
firm. The authorized (juotations are: Fair Uj«-
lands 15H, MifhJlitig I2|d.
The stock in port is estimated at 452,.500 bales,
of which 171,000 are American.
To tht Ilf-iirue, Xort/i f 'aro/iniuns!—Is there
no man in North Carolina who can rouse the large
number of property holders in this State, who as
yet have not gone into the war, to the imminent
danirers which threaten them':' Is there no man
among u.s, not in the army, who eould lead to vic
tory a “forlorn hope?” No man capable of being
put at the head of the lO or 20,000 men in the
State, not yet in the field, but who are able to
furnish their own horses, arms and equipments,
and who might be induced to get ready at once
to make a r/a.ih at Burnside so soon as he attempts
to move into tlie State? W here is the man?
There are several in the State who have the
genius and the sense and the courage to do it.
Let them come forward to th« rescue.
In a short period, we fear, Burnside will at
tempt to land from 40 to 50,000 men at some
point in this Stace, to force his way into the in-
terioi to crush us as they hope to do Tennessee.
Shall we sit still and allow it? Never, never.
the three day’s battle in Arkansas is given. He
claims a complete victory, winding up his report
of the fight:
“This final position ot the enemy was in the
arc of a circle. A charge ot infantry, extending
throughout the whole line, completely routed the
whole rebel force, which retired in great confu
sion, but rather safely, through the deep, impas
sible defiles of cross-timber.
Uur loss is heaei/. The enemy’s can never be
ascertained, lor their dead are scattered over
a largo field. Their wounded, too, may, many
of them, be lost and perished. The force is
scattered in all direetio'is, but I think his main
force has returned to Boston ^lountain.
Gen. Siegel fttllows him towards Keithsviile,
wliilt! my cavalry is pursuing him towards the
mountains, scouring the country, bringing in pri
soners, and trying to find the rebel Major Gen.
\'an Dorn, who had command of the entire force
at this, the battle of Pea Ridge.
I have not, as yet, statements of the dead and
wounded, so as to justiJy a report, but I will re
fer you to a dispatch “which 1 will forward very
soon.
Officers and soldiers have displayed such un
usual gallantry th:it I hardly dare to make dis
tinction.
Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, ()hio and Missouri rna)
pnmdly share the honor of victory which their
irallant heroes won over the combined forces of
\"an Horn, Price and Mc(,’ulloch, at Pea Ridge,
in the mountains of Arkansas ”
A//itionaL—Sl'KlNGFiKLD, Mo., March 10.
—A mes.senger, who arrived this morninif, re-
: ports that the battle lasted from Thursday morn
ing till Saturday evening, and that our losj was
about 4.jO killed and wounded.
The rebel loss was about lOOO killed and
wounded, and lOOO taken prisoners.
The attack was made from the north and west,
our army being completely surrounded. Genls.
Van i)orn. Price, MeCulloeh and Melntosh were
present, witli about 25,000 men
The attack from the rear was made by (ien.
.^IcCullo'di, and was met by Gen. Siegel, who
routed him completely. His *orps scattered in ; The Confederate government will 4o what it can
grt-at
oil th.
■li
WAR NEWS.
Federah Landing on the Geort/ia f '„axf _
Augusta, Geo., March 21.—The Savanrd
News learna that the Federals landed ye.ster b - ^
Red Bluff, eight miles from Savaunais—
about seven thousand. The Republican say t! v
official information has been received that
•thousand Federals landed at Blufftou earlv
morning. Passengers report that fifteen thuu,ai *d
bad lauded from the gun-boats, and were i'
paring to march to the railroad. There is ‘ ^
activity among the Confederate truop»
South (Carolina and Georgia coast.
From the Potomac anti Sorfofh.
MONO, March 21.—Matters in the Valley, .so
as our information extends, remain in »thtu ,
The Federals still occupy the low. r portion of''t
whilst Gen. Jackson is where the Yankee' ci > •
get a fight on their hands if they attempt to idf
low him.
From the army of the Potomac we have iiea ,j
nothing. Gen. Johnston has adopted the r
I precaution of permitting nothing to be known |.
j yond his lines.
i Private information from Norfolk a
that the Ajax of the Roads will not be
and that when she makes her .second excursion ^
will fall with crushing effect upon the oM lin''.
of the Federal navy. Since her gallant espioiN
ol the 8th and 9th, the people of Norfolk bi"iii
freer, and less danger is apprehended of a 7b •
fiom Burnside.—Dispatch.
Military Operationa.—RlCHMONi>, Marcl.
—Though we have no news of battles, the tJ
tary news of yesterday was important nnd i ,t. r.
esting. The Virginia is still at Norfolk, mkJ f,
Yankees are said to be sinking hulks al nu .W. v.
port News to prevent her free movement- m i;,,
waters We have a very large force, a real a-u v
at P'redericksburg, and in advance of the citv. 'n
Stafford c*ounty. Another army, under Gen
Longstreet, passed through Culp^'pper Court
House on Saturday last. It is said to hnve
sented a splendid appearance. It co »i>ti,ci ,f
several brijrades. Gen. Jackson, at the head i)f
the left wing of the army of the Po oniac. is ;u
Mount Jack.son, fi^fty miles this side ot Winch.-s.
ter; his force is in admirable condition. Tl.e
whole of Virginia north of James river is teeia-
i ing with soldiers. The volunteering surp ia- j
! all expectation or previous belief The soMi. 15
! and officers returning to their regiment.s fill ;?H
I the roads. The whole army is burning for a S-ht
I with the enemy, and some of the most serii ’5
I work ever done in warfare is soon to be witness-; i
! , hxaininer
ir cities t-.r shel'er
■ur c.Lies deprive
» Were encamped
t'lra^e
e.Ul }:.■ t..k-
'lo'uid w. hurn
■ ot! that bl.yiy Saturday,
in the thick ot the battle,
of mi'rtal peril he wrestled
driven Ir'mi a
A tiolditr s Loatribui'm.—The contributions
which have passed throuirh our hand' for chari
table objects during this war, hav givc-n us
frequent occasion to observe that tlujsy are
usually niO't liberal who are otherwise makin.
( ‘ "li ■■ nt ili> t — f iidtr date ot the
_'ot.li ot' fi oruary. (jeii. Price uiaKes an i.ifficiai | f-' Jr bails
repi>rt ol hi' late niove-ments ti> (.i jv .laek'on.
wbich report closes with the'e v.'^rd': ••Guvcriiur.
wc are enffiilent of the future. '
li,;n Ii. Pt !'-:- wrxte tlnse he.peful Words
he was ai the' end ot a loii;^ retreat, Winch he had
beeii e.,;iip. ili;d tei make v^etorc a vastly sujicri'ir
force uf the enemy. 11 • had first to fall back
from St. Clair i.wunty to .Sprin_-field. .\t this
Jioint he w.-iited for reinlorccments, which failed
to "ijiue to him, and he had auain to retreat,
i ri>m ."pringfiel'i to ssviiie, and frwm (.’assville
i .raiii to i'ove (.'reek, in Arkansas, he had been
riven b‘ lore th* enemy, a.' it w ;uid havt' been
most aa(!ritice» for the comiii iu cause. .V virtuous 'hi,>er 1 dly te, have .>ppM'cd iiis feeble force to the
action M-ems to ennoble a man, and swell his soul. ^
aud prepare him for further act, of magnanimity ;
aud .selt-sacridce; while the avaricious pursuit oV '
gam, and the stid;n^ot the promptin_'s of patriot- i
ism, Ul 'ueh u time a.s ilri.s, dry up e\i ry guner- i
ous seiitiiiieiit, and Convert wliat ou.^bt U> be a
higii-spiiuei, -.i.iuuit -.1112011, into a seifish, s >r- ^
diu, abject tiling, uticared tor and uiiciiiiii.:.
As illustrative of our ieiuar.i>, we refer to a
act with whicti We liave been struoK., tliat tlie j
contrioution.^ tor the reiief of the (Jh.irlestou sul- I
lerers came lu greatiy undue proportion from our
ttrmy from men wiio themseiyes had left home
and bu.siiiesa in tlie Uefcnce oi tfie country.
c have been prompted to these reflections by
another proot of their justice wbich lies before us.
A corporal in one of the companies which the
good old State ot North Carolina ha^ sent to the
war, ha.>> forwarded to the Confederate Treasury,
a portion ot bis scanty {>ay—Fitty Dollars!—ta^
aid in meeting the expeuses ot the war. He is
periling hi..j person tor his country—but that
only tituiiulates him to do w' at else he can. W e
overwhelming Federal army which was pursuing
him. Vet, even in this extremity, the brave he
roic spirii ot the man is as indomit;ible a.-> ever,
and lie is as ••(;onfidi:nt of he future ” as when
the eiiCMiiy Hi;d bclurc his victorious columns at
Oak Hill'.
i liere must be this same e >iiliJenee of the fu
ture with all ol -us, if we Would lirin;^ this con
test to a spei.'dy and ,oieee."i'ui tel liiliiation. '1 he
lack ot conlideticc, it is ti Ue, i' confined to but
lew—but those lew are ui.coiisciiiu>ly doing much
injury to the c.iUse by tiieir captious croakuigs
and their gloomy anticipations.
Jti ir (/rlranS i’rr&i fut.
Cupf. John Morijmi Aj(ilii.—A gentleman just
arrived here from Nashville, says the .Niemjiliis
Avalanche of the i4tli, states that ( 'apt. Morgan
Was sent out on a scout with a detachment ut his
sijuadron near Laveruo, and had a skiimish with
the eneniy'.s pickets—killing seventeen, and tak
ing about as many prisoners, ('apt. Mor-an was
tl,
entering tlie turiijiike from a lane, and was alone,
, , , when h; suddenly came in contact with a cavalier,
to Morguii, “llalt, and dismount!” The
rejjly was “I am Capt. «John Morgan, and do not
obey Federal commands; draw your pistol, sir; we
are upon an ojuality.” The Federal replied:
this noble soldier and patriot, and let him lorn
live to enjoy tfie peaceful indepeudence of his
native land.
NS e have another word to say. We point our
legislators and public agents to that (Jorporal’s
contribiition now mingled with the funds of the
Confederacy, and teil them that its receipt is a
pledge to the good citizen who sent it, that it shall
be laithtully applied, and that what he pinches
Irom his petty pay, shall not serve to increase
another s supertiuities. It is a call to them to
continue the exercise of strict vigilance and econo
my in the public expenditures.—Rich. Finjuirer.
Our Loss at Dontlson.—The Huntsville (Ala.)
Advocate of the 12th inst., says: One of our sur
geons at Fort Donelson, who made his escape with
othera two weeks alter the battle, states that the
burgeons had made their reports there, aud that
the Coniederute loss was 140 killed and 425
wounded—total This, we presume is ex-
olosive ol our wounded sent to Nashville before
he surrender. The Federal los.s was ascertained
wound^d^ thousand in killed and
•*\\e are not, sir ’—at the same time making a
([uick motion with his hand to his side—when the
valiant Cajitain fired, and “down weni a Federal
meeting house!’’ He fell dead—and turned out
to be the veritable (Japt. Wilson, of Gen. Buell's
staff, who planted the F’ederal flag on the capitol
at Nashville! Morgan is certainly thu intrepid
Marion ol the war.
Position of EwjUind.—Mr. Bentinck, an in
fluential member ot Parliament, suggested, in de
bate, that il the blockade was not efficient, Eng-
ish neutrality was tantamount to intervention in
favor ot the North. There is no doubt of this.
Ihe South i.s cut off irom Europe, and the Yan-
kces have tr«e access, and are privileged to buy
all the implements of war they desire or are able.
Ihe affect of this is to make English neutrality
equivalent to hostility to us. I.ord John Ru.ssell
affects, however, not to see it in this light; and
will not see it^ until we shall be able lo with*
out his agflistance.—likh'd Whiy.
When the sun r >i
It saw him already
1 iir"U_h se\ell h- iir
with tlie foe \\ itli dauntless heart he cheered
■ n fii' men 1 hey Inved him as a father and
-auerly foli'iW'd wherever ho le>i. Their testi-
iip'riy is that he never said •’uo on, ” but alwa\s
• ci'ine on, ' while ever before them flashed his
waviti:; s.-.ori .Vc Kiiirtli they saw with tear
and pain that hi' firm step faltered, that his erect
I'irm wavered and w:i' sinkiiij They sprang
t 'r'.vard and bore him from the held to die. “He
Uad warred a L'>*od wnrlare, ever holding faith
and a _'Ond conscience.
\V iili reverence 1 have taken in my hand the
hat h. Wore in the battle; with tears and a *wel-
iiiiur heart have 1 gazed on it. It is pierced by
'J'hree whistled partly through and
lid him no harm. The fourth, partly spent, mar
red that beautiful brow. Rut tbe.se wer*;a.s noth-
inL' He calmly fuutrht on. A more fatal aim
lit a bail into his left breast, above his heart,
juite thr 'U.'h his body His men did not know
It. He still checred them on. .Vnother deadly
aim drove a ball through his right lung; ju.'t
where cannot be told. His face was to the foe
and bis 'tej' onward even when, from lo.ss of blood
and exhaustion he began to sink.
Vet he did not die till the next day. Like his
brntber, seven iiKtiiths before; like his sister seven
lays after; like the little one to whoi» we had
iTiven his name, he yvas to die on the Sabbath,
with the c:ilm of the eternal Sabbath fillintr his
breast. He was carried to Nashville and tender
ly riuised by taithful men.
Only two incidents of his dying hours have
reached us. Calling lor one ol his manuscript
books, he took a pencil, and, with a tremblin>r
hand, feebly wrote the-e words: “Feb. It), l«ti2,
Suii(lay — 1 die content and happy, trusting in
erits ot my Saviour, .lesus, committing my
and children to their Father and mine.
wild confusion. We have also captured a large
amount ot stores, cannon, teams aud ammunition.
Thr Falliriij hnrf: of oar Army on the l‘>tomnc.
—'I'he whole North i» in one blaze of joy at ‘•the
falling back ol' the rebel army from Manassas.”
1 he Tribune announces it, in flaming capitals,
with the following shout of exultation: ‘•Retreat
■if the litbel (irand Army—The Gibraltar of the
Kast .\bandoneu—.NlanU'.sas in our Hands—The
>tarrt and Stripes ^Vave over Bull Run — Evacua
tion of ()oeoi^uan—The .\dvauce ot our Army
i he Herald isscarcely lessexultantanddibplaysiLe
btllowing ill Very lari;^. type: “Manassas Evacua
ted— I he I’vetreat of the Rebels from Centreville,
( b ciHjuan, Fairlax Court House, Winchester and
Manassas—1 be liebel Strongholds (Occupied by
1 nion 'I'roop'—.^Iarch of the Advance Corps ot
lur .\rmy — Abandonment by the Rebels ot Forts,
liiins, and Pr.c.i'ions—,'>^light Skirmishing En
lioute—I'he Rebels Reported to be Falling Back
on the Rappahannock
The Herald in its “■•ituation " article says:
'I'he s.'^reat stronghold at Manassas has b;_en
wholly abandoned by the rebels, and is now uc
cupied by the advance corps ot the I nion army
file rebels retreated on .Saturday and our troops
toiik pi.-se"i'tn ot the abandoned fortifications on
to ward off the blow. Our State militia will rally
tfli the rescue, but we fear the force which we can
brim; into the field at short notice is not enough.
Besides, cavalry or mounted men will be much
needed. Now, how many men in this State, in
each County, who are good riders, able to furnish
thetiiselves with horses and arms—say double-
barrel guns, rifles or single shot guns, or pistols
and sabres, or a j ik«, al.so with camp equipage—
are willing to join the “Legion of Honor,” to g«t
ready at once, to ori:anize in each county, and to
unite under some chos*n, able leader, to dash at
the enemy when he makes a start? We need this
volunteer torcr, who will serve without pay, for a
month or two at a time, to assist the regular forces
and the militia to rey.el invasion at any point.
Tl.ero are no doubt 10 or 20,000 such men in the
Slate. These with the regular force ot the gov
ernment. would be sufficient to drive the enemy
trom our soil at any time. Rally, friends of the
State. Begin to stir the matter, and organize in
y«ur several counties at once. Let the press ttir
this matter. It is vita!, if not absolutely neces-
>ary. to prevent the overrunning of the State by
the Yankee hordes—Halrigh S'andard.
till
wilt
iJabney ( arr Ha’^rison.” Precious legacy ot love
aii.l pra)cr! i'recious testimony of ta'tb and bless
ed m ss.
\V hell ho felt that death was just upon him,
be gathered up his remaining strength tor one
more effort. Resting in the arms of one of bis
men, and speaking as if the company, for which
iie bad toiled, and sutlered, and prayed so much,
was before him, he exclaimed, “Company K, you
have no Captain now; but never give up; never
surri'iider.”
Ihus was his last breath for his eountrv; for
the young Confederacy, whose liberty, honor, and
rightcjusiicss were inexpressibly dear to him; for
wliich he wept, and prayed, and made supplica
tion in secret; lor which he was content to “endure
hardness as a good soldier,” aud then oheerfully
to die.
'I'hese dying words beautilully coi’nect them
selves with those of his brother Peyton on the
field of Manassas, and taken together, they have
a special fitness to our country’s present need.
\V hen the Second \ irginia regiment, fighting
on our left 'it .Manassas, was broken by a sudden
and destructive flank fire of the enemy, and by
the unfortunate command of its Co'onel, Peyton
and a few officers of like spirit, rallied a portion
of the men and led them in a perilous, but splen
did and victorious charge. In the midst of it,
however, he fell, shot like his brother, in the
breast. Two ol his men bore him from the field,
llis lace was radiant with heavenly peace. He
spent a few moments in dictating messages of love
and in prayer for himself, his family, and his
country. “W’^hat more can W’e do for you?” asked
the affectionate young men who supported him.
“Lay me down,” was his answer, “I am ready to
die; you caa do nothing mure for me; rally to the
charge!”
}'in/rte Piofaion and Yankee Practice.—
The \ ankees. of course, wheu they enter our
.'luiiday night, whwn Col. Averill, with a large : country make the loudest professions ol kindness
body ot cavalry, bivouacked in the ruins ut the and liberality to the inhabitants. It is one of the
disuiantled works Kverytbing that could be ; means by which they hope to lull us while they
destroyed wa- burned by the retreating rebels, rivet the chains upon our limbs. What they will
who. according to rumor, haye fallen back e/i ; do, when they shall have succeeded in completely
upon lordonsville, at the junction ot the Orange subduing us, let the world judge from the follow-
and Alexandria with the V irginia Central Rail- ing well authenticated occurrence.
! W’hen the Yankees entered North Carolina,
It is believed that the only p'int at which they : their (jieneral issued a proclamation promising
can, with any confidence, make a stand, is near , security and protection to all the inhabitants and
the junction ot the “trederick and Potomac | their property. When they entered Pa.souotank
with the \ irgina Central Railroad, in which i county, they went to the house of that distin-
neighborhood the North aud South Anna rivers , guished patriot, Col. Jas. C. Johnston, rifled it,
unite and form the Pamunky river, about twenty I plundered his cellar ot a large stock of wines,
miles north ot Richmond. At thi« point the ' brandies, and other liquois, and actually ttole
country is much broken, and admiraby fitted lor I and carried off tht portrait of his father, Go*-
detenee. ernor Johnston, of Revolutionary memory!
Ihe Herald says that the abandonment ol Ma- | Men ot the South! such is the treatment you
nas.^as is et^uiyalent to the abandonuient ot \ ir- '■ may all expect at the hands of these marauding
inia by the rebels without risking a great and * .scoundrels. Plundered you must and will be, if
decisive battle. They have no other place within
the limits of the State where they can make the
stand which they could have made at Manassas.
W e jiresume that the fl^ying army has been re
duced, by sickness, expiring enlistments and de
sertions, and by detachments drawn off to other
({uarters, to considerably less than one thousand
men. W e presume that the Federal army in
pursuit will considerably exceed a hundred thou
sand men, and that its most serious impediments
on its way to Hichiuoiid will be brokoii bridges
ami obstructed roads.
1 he evacuation ot Manassa.'i is virtually the end
of the rebellion in Virginia and the restoration
of that State to the Cnion. [! ! !] With the close
pursuit of .the retreating rebel army which will
doubtless follow, we may now rea.sonably count
ujion the final collapse of the vagrant Govern
ment of Jeff. Hav is before the 1st of May, and
the re-opening ol the whole South and its great
commercial staples to the markets of the wo.-ld.”
\\ ith the [irospect of our subjugition before
Its eyes, the 1 hiladelphia Press is discussing how
the rebels are to be treated. fhi.s Black Repub
lican oracle gives liitle comfort to the press, as
we are well told in the event ol their victory
what W'c may expect ol our Y’ankee task-masters
in the following paragraph:
It is suggested that, as our armies advance into
the South, all the rebel journals shall be immedi
ately' sup[>ressed, aud the types, machinery and
paper used to publisii Union newspapers. Nash
ville, Memphis, Richmond, Charleston, Mobile
and wSavannah will be fine fields for such enter
prises as these. Our troops would liberally pat-
tronize all such papers.
Gen. McClellan to be Superseded.—The W’ash-
ington correspondent of the New Y^ork Tribune
writes:
We have authority for saying that within
twenty-four hours Gen. McClellan will cease to
be in form, as he has tor some time ceased to be
in fact, the eommander-in-chief of the Union
forces. An order to be issued to-morrow will
date a new era in the historj of this war.
The New York papers mention the arrival of
a very large number of sick and wounded from
the Burnside expedition.
ApprehensiDns are expressed at the North that
“the rebels who have left Manassas will be pre
cipitated with an overwhelming force on Gen.
Burnside.”
^ The N. Y. Herald of the 12th announce.*? its
European edition ready for the iteamer to sail
that day. Among other uttnotiye topiot^ it ad-
.. V. V CJtlV« TT V 41IV1U’
W hat motive can man have, that you have
\ ou tight lor yopr wives, your children,
you tall in their power. Let no man hope for
any better fate. You have no hope but in resist
ance—resistance to the last—resistance to the
death —and in that there is every hope. Let us
all join our strength, and we shall become ;nvin-
cible.
not?
your altars, your firesides, and all your earthly
possessions. W^ho ever had more to fight for?
Richmond Dispatch.
^hf.re'% the St. Lawreiicc?—We huve ascer
tained the fate of the Minnesota, and now feel
some curiosity to know what has become of the
St. Lawrence. The I’etersburg Express has the
authority of an officer who was on board the Vir
ginia tor stating that the St. Lawrence approached
within three hundred yards of the iron-clad steam
er and poured a broadside of 25 guns at her. The
Yankee gunners, from undue excitement or some
other cause, tired wildly, and not a shot hit the
\ irginia, but all passed over her. The Virginia
responded with a broadside, which passed clear
through the St. Lawrence, making four enormou.s
Ihe Yankee tngate, not relishing such a
holes.
perforation, endeavored to widen the disuncc be
tween herself and her antagonist, but, being a sailer
and the \ irginia a steamer, the latter objected to
parting company so soon, and, drawing a little
closer, gave her another oroadside, making four
more holes through which several Tom Thumbs
could have passed without touching. The St.
Ijawrence now struggled manlully to get away
from her newly made acquaintance, but the latter
,continued to give her a touch of Southern shot
so long as she remained in reach. An account in
the New York Herald has informed us that it is
the opinion of an experienced naval officer at
Fortres.s Monroe that the Minnesota and St. Law
rence have been very badly damaged. When a
Yankee officer says very badly, he means irrepa
rable. If we have also placed her hort du combat,
then, indeed, has the Virginia accomplished a
great work. The St. Lawrence was comparative
ly new, of splendid build, and carried an arma
ment second only to that ot the unfortunate Cum
berland.—Richmond Whig.
The steamer Nashville went to sea on last Mon
day evening, in defiance of two blockading steam
ers off tort Macon. She pasfied between them,
having been fired at some thirty times by the
blockaders. The Nashville is now, no doubt, .sa/e
Irom the clutches of Burnside and the blockaders.
e learn that it is said to have been the intention
of Burnside to attempt to capture the Naehville
on J\»etd»y laat.—
Wilmington to be Defended.—We are author-
iaed by the Committee of Safety to say that they
I have assurances from the State and Confederate
j authorities, that they have no idea of abandon-
i ing the town of Wilmington to the enemy, but on
j the contrary, they are concentrating all the means
and force available in order to render our defence
successful, and the Committee appeal to every otie
having the spirit of a man, who is able to should
er a gun to come to the rescue, and the enemy w iil
be repulsed, and this section of our State will I. j
safe from invasion.
We feel at liberty to add to the above auth ir
ized statement the assurance of our convict;...!
that such is indeed the determination of the au
thorities, and to say also that seme positive st r-
indicative of this determination have alreal.
been taken. The stake at issue is an important
one to the whole Confederacy—to this section its
importance is vital, as indeed it is to the Stat.
Let the en«my be repulsed at Wilmingion ai' i
he is repulsed from the whole Cape F;iar country,
and the homes and firesides in wh Ae tiers oi’
counties are safe. Let him in and the state
things is changed, and such a change! By a ccn
centrated effort the people of a large scetion oi
the State can defend their homes and firesid'ii
more effectually, and more surely ward off tl -r
horrors of war from their own doors by meeting
the enemy here at the threshold, than by wnitin^
to be subjugated in detail.
In fine—we have assurances that the town i-
to be defended in good earnest, and that "‘tlit
country expects every man to do his duty.”
HV/. Journal, 21 *t
Pensacola not Evacuated—J^obile to he Defend
ed.^—^e clip the following paraoraphs from th«
Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate of March 13th:
Pensacola has not been evacuated; but troop,"
enough are left there to man the batteries, which
can resist Fort IMckens and the fleet. .^Iobile is
not to be abandoned, as reported. Its means of
defence are considered ample, and were arianged
by Gen. Bragg, who knows what he ik about
See Governor Shorter’s proclamation ordering out
a portion of the militia for the defence of Mobile.
Gen. A. S. Johnston and staff were in our citj
for three days last week, and left on Saturday for
Decatur. He was the guest of John J. Faci^ner,
Esq., during his stay and was called on by many,
but his official duties gave him little leisure for
the pleasure of social intercourse. From inter
views with him by gentlemen desirinii position or
particular service, we learn that there is but on>-
office in the army vacant—which is that of Ho/h
Private! Applicants will please remember and
govern themselves accordingly.
Harnett.-—An old friend writes to ua that Har
nett is doing well. She now has 440 volunteers
in the field, leaving only 216 behind liable to do
military duty. Col. Murchison’s fine Cavalry
Company is still in camp at Summerville.
Raleigh Stauditnl.
The Yazoo^Banner states that Mr. John Mc
Farland, of the firm of McFarland k Barksdale,
New Orleans, has presented a splendid brass bat
tery, consisting of six pieces, costing §40,000^ to
encourage the raising of an artillery company in
that county.
A delegate from one ot the Valley coun
ties informs us that a few days since the piekt tsof
(ien. Jackson arrested some 15 or 20 Dunkardsof
the county of Rcckingham, who were en>_eavoring
to make theii- escape through his line en route to
Ohio. The members of this sect in Rockingham
have tor some time been suspected of disloyal
proclivities, and it was this suspicion that led to
the arrest of the parties in question. They had
with them eighteen fine horses, and on their per
sons about 8tj,000 in gold and silver.
Rich'd Dispatch.
Saltpetre.—We learn that Dr. George Dowden
is in Southwestern Virginia, engaged in stimulat
ing and encouraging the manufacture of .saltpetre,
with great success. He reports that a large
amount can be obtained in that region, and it is
sincerely to be hoped that the Government will
afford every protection and facility for its manu
facture in supplies sufficient to meet the demands
and exigencies of the war. A resolution looking
to this object was yesterday adopted by the House
of Representatives.—Richmond Dispatch.
K. MUERAT. D. K. MURCHISON. J. T. MUBK^Y.
E. MTTRSAT & CO.,
Commission itlerchant«i
AND
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H'\lmington, J%\ C,
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