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OBSERVER. " FAYKTTEVHiLE.”^" TlllKSDAY KVKMXU, MARCH 21, 1862. ^ Thk Maii.s.— l>urin(r the past few days we have suf- fVrPii the intolerjible jjrievnnre of having flcarcely any nisiN. None, or rexf to none, on SaliiHay amJ SumUy; .n Mon l^y only part of what was due on Saturday; on Tueslay part of what wa« due on Sunday; on Wednes- I'ly part of whnt was due on Tuesday; and to-day part >t’ what wns duo ye«terdaj’. We loarn that the haps for (his place from Wilming ton have twice within a week gone back to Wilmington. Whose fault this is we know not, but we do know that it is a grievous inconvenience. r.'NFiuKN’f'K —A letter from Wilmington of the 24th. SI vs.— ••The iirrival of Gen. French has given confidence to • nr pri'ple. and some who ihouglit of moving have con L'luded not to do so.” We have verbal information of a later date, of another arrival which will add greatly to (his confidence, viz: that of Mai Oen. Theophilus H Holmes, (o command rhe whole forot's in North Carolina. Our readers know lien. Holmes well, at least by reputation, as one of the most experienced, judicious and brave officers in the old army, a thorough North Carolinian, a gentlemaa, and a Christian. Nobody need fear that he will be druuk while a hattle is being fought, or that he will so place his bat teries and his troops as to give the enemy every advan iiee VoLUNTKKRS.—The Standard mentions the arrival at Raleigh of Gen. R. C. Gotten of Chatham, with a com pany of 118 men. His Lieutenants are Messrs. C. M Stedman. Cotten and Phillips The first named was a member of the Bethel Regiment, having served in the Independent Company of this place. Sec advertisemeni for a few men to fill up still ano- ■*ier company in this c'cunty. Of the signers, the first was 1st Lieutenaut of a company in Shaw's regimeut, tortunately absent on duty when his company was cap tured at Roanoke Island. The second was an officer and iLe third a “high private” in the Independent Company the Bethel Regiment, and all well known citizens of •his town or county. Lieut. Sloan, late of Capt. Starr’s Lafayette Company, Bethel regiment, also wants 15 men to fill up another coujpany. The Biblical Recorder says (hat the number of com- ynnies tendered to the Governor has reached one hun- ired—^just di?uble the number called for. Of some of the new troops just tendered to the S(ate, the -JSd Regiment has been organized. Col Junius Daniel, at present Colonel of the 14th Reg’t, (formerly •he 4th.)^ha9 been ohosea Colonel, Capt. Thomas S Kenan, of Duplin, now a Captain in the 12th Reg’t. I.ijut. Colonel, and Walter J. Boggan, of Anson, Major \ OLLNTKKaisa.—A Letter to the Editor of the Ob- '-rver, dated Little's Mills, Richmond Co., N C., March .1. 18t>‘2, says,— The late reverses in our army are arousing a n«w among the people of this section of country The ;• termination never to submit to Lincoln’s yoke of op pression is even more fixed than ever. Volunteers from uii classes are stepping forth to act their parts as men, T iuug men, aad in several instances men beyond ihi- ujte necessary to subject them to military duty, married men as well as single men, and many with large families Miny inmances have come under my own observation, where the most noble sacrifices have been made by those . oming from the humbler, though none the less (ieserv ing walks of life. May all such have their reward We expect soon to have three new companies in the field from this county. The Vankers fimshinq oub Work*.—The follow ing paragraph, which we take from the Wilmington Journal, will give the reader an idea of the sort of Gen eralship by which the Govtrnment has sacrificed Last- ern North Carolina: •■Burnside has about six hundred negroes hard at work finishing and perfecting the detensive works that •he t onfederates had commenced below Newhern. but which, alter long mouths of warning, were unfinished and imperfect!” Gen Gatlin or Gen. Branch, or both of them, are ac countable for this state of things, and we suppose the matter will be investigated. There ate other luatters re4uifing investigation. The Standard, in remarking ;pon Gen. branch’s conduct at Newbern, asks: •■How was it that the enemy w;is permuted, the night before the battle, to cut a road for miles towards and Dfir our entrenchments, over which to march to the at tack’ Why was the railroad bridge burned, thus cut- ing otf at least two thousand of our bravest men, some ' wtiom were actually engaged with the enemy while !'i. iridge was burning? Why was it that Gen. Branch '•-‘i the field while (’ol. Vance's, and Col. Campbell’s, an l t'ol. Avery's regiments were fighting, and an hour betore some of them got notice, but not from him, to retreat .' Why di 1 he not rally the cavalry, and the re giments of Colonels Sloan, Lee and Sinclair, and go to their relief? And why did he leave a gap in the centre jf his battle array, with the militia stationed near it? ’ CuNTKiBUTioNs TO THE SoLuiERs.—We learn from Mr. Hardie that a very large quantity of clothing, Stc. was despatched from this place to Kinston on Tuesday morning, far more than he had any expectation of col lecting together. The contributions were at first con fined to Capt. Wooten’s Co., for the reason that it was not known here (hat Capt. Strange’s had suffered equally with Capt. Wooten’s. But subsequently contributions for that Oo also poured in. Mecklenburg county had five companies at Newbern, for whose relief the people of Charlotte promptly collected about $1U00. Clothing, blankets, &c. were forwarded to (hem. which were gratefully received. Capt. Harri son’s company held a meeting and passed resolutions of thanks for the timely assistance. One of the resolu tions is as follows: Resolved, That as we have never turned our backs to the enemy until ordered, we will never disgrace our na- (ive coun(y. Laborers W’anteu.—The Salisbury Watchman says that field hand.s are in demand in that part of the State, and unless obtained from the part overrun by the ene my. thousands of acres of land will lie idle during this year .•\s (his is the (ime for pi(ching crops, and (he times for plaining, and for harvesting small grain, will soon arrive, persons who have laborers to hire should see to it at once. It is of vital importance that we have plen ty of grain, and that cannot be, whilst so many of the farmers of the up country are off in the army, unless every labore ,'rom the Eastern part of the State is set to work somewhere. Small Pox —We regr* t to learn that two new cf-ses of small pox are reported below Lumberton. Daniel Jones, the soldier who first had the disease, is recov ering Deaths of Soldiers.- inst., of typhoid fever, G coun(y, agi'd 2S years, s Company. 34th Reg N C -In Goldsboro’, on the 14th W. Means, of Mecklenburg volunteer in Capt Myers’ Vols. •\t (he Soldiers’ Home in Charlotte, on the 17th inst . Franklin Hartman, of that plnce, a member of Capt. Kennerlv’s Co. MANrFACTORY OF Small Arms, &c.—.\t Charlotte, ?15,fiU0 have been subscribed to establish a manufac tory of small arms and ordnance in that place The Company will be organized on the 'JTth April, Applauuisq a Vilk Act—Among the many acts oi villainy that would disgrace a ration of savages, of which (he yankees have been guiUy during this war, that of firing into their own frigate Congress after she had surrendered to the Merrimac, thereby killing and wounding their own men and ours indiscriminately, stands out as intengely vile. But it will be seen t>y an extract from the N. V. Tribune that it is regarded at the North as a highly meritorious »c(. The world will look at it with other eyes. The VANKt:K Oeneral-in Chikf —Lincoln has ac tually issued the order relieving Gen. .McClellan from his high position as General-in Chief of the yankee army, and assigning him to the command of the army of the Potomac, Lincoln himself assuming the cummand in chief. The vehemence with whicli it is a.sserted that this has aiisen from no lack of confidence in McClellan, a'lded to the known and open efforts of the abolition members of Congress to degrade him. sausfies us that something is wrong between the two heads. The Bible Cu.nve.ntion.—This body adjourned on (he ‘-’Isi, after a'i '>p(ing a constitution and electing per manent officers. The Society is called “The Bible So ciety of tiie Confederate Stales of .\merica." .\ugusta, G» , IS fixed for the present as the location of the So ciety's business. Annual members pay $5 a year; Life members SW at any one time; Life Directors S15U; P i- trons $1000. The officers were elected by biDot, as follow.®: Judge J. H. Lumpkin, President Managers.—Rev. S S Davis, Rev. Dr. J R. Wilson, Wm A. Walton. E. M Thew, Dr. I. P, Garvin, Or K. H, Myers. W. C. Derry. Dr. .\ F. .Mann. Re» \ J, Huntingdon. David D. R. Wrigh(, Rev. W 1 Hard. D. R. Piumb, Dr. L D. Ford, l>r. J. Milligan, Kev. Wm. ('lark, W. P. Carmichael. E 1. Kenisa, John A. Inglis, W. L. Michael, Colonel J M. Chambers, Wm. Baker, W. C. .Means. Rev. Dr Woodbridge, Jas. iHt Killed a.nd Wov.nded at Newbkrn.—We learn liiM a letter has been received here, dictated by Capt. W Jten, from one of the yankee ships where he is held a prisoner, (he was not allowed himself to write,) giving information that his ‘Jd Lieutenant, Wm H. Mas- sey, ji this town, was in Newbern, a prisoner, and sup posed to be mortally wounded. He was living when the letter was written, but it was not supposed that be could recover. Capt. Wooten was well. Ttie S.iiisbury Watchman says that •'H. J. Pendieton : son of M. C.) and Elias Cranford, members of Capt. J. ■M. Turner’s company from Rowan, were wounded and captured by the enemy. These, with one other, a man from Carteret who is supposed to have gone home, are the only losses sustained by Capt. Turner's company.” The Charlotte Democrat says, “There were live com panies from this county in the battle. Captains Dixon, Putts, Davidson, Harrison and Brem. But few were killed or wounded in these companies, according to the ■'tst iuformation we can get. A gentleman who visited Kinston furnished us ttie names of some of the killed and wounded in (hree of the companies, as follows; In ('apt. brem's artillery company, privates Chapman and Henkle were killed, and four wounded. Capt. Brem lost horses and 4 guns. In Capt. Dixon’s company, Wm (juery died from exhaustion, James B. Hutchinson was injured in the hand by (he explosion of his own gun In fap(. Potts’s company, private Goodrum was wound ed and taken prisoner. No report from Oapts. Harri- oun's and Davidson's companies. All concur in the as- heition that Capt. Brem and his artillery company acted i^alhtntly, and we have no doubt that all the companies lid as well as it was possible f»r them to do, consider ing the overpowering force they had to contend with.” There seems to be a doubt as to the truth of the re- I"rt>j that Capt. Rand of Wake county was killed. Yes- tei lay s Standard says: "The fa(e of Capt. Rand, of this county is still in i tbi, as well as that of some forty of his men, whose urines we give below. We learn from an eye-witness "t the battle that Col. Vance’s regiment, to which Capt. Hand belonged, did not receive orders or a notice to reat until an hour af(er the commanding General tbe other troops had left the field; that the mala of the regiment retreated up the Trent, but that thi ught (Japt. Rand with a portion of his men re- aed in the wrong direction towards a large body of enemy; and (hat some of them were killed, and the inn:in( captured. The following are missing; Cap lin 0 R Rand, Lieut. Vinson, Serg. D G Beckwith, )t porals Booth, Adams, and Bookei. Privates Austin, I' iiowei, H Booker, N Bryant, (.i Burt, D Crawford, W ' roll, W Champion, P Sorrell, W Gower, H Gilbert, • ntris, T Huuter, R Hunter, S G Holleman, E Holt, t !;, H Hicks, Sidney Jones, H Johnson, W Lang- N rrib, J Partia, J Pope, P Seagraves, W R. A E Broome, Pit'« Presid);nts.—Daniel Ravenel, Soudi Carolina, Rev. D. Willis, Georgia; E \. Hol(, Alabama; Rev. Joseph Anderson, Florida: Rev Mr. Courtenay, Virginia: Hon. Nadian Green. Tennessee; Rev. N. H D. Wilson, Nor(h Carolina. The next Meeting of the Society will be held at .\u- gus'a, on the fourth Wednesday in April 18ti^. done.—(^apt. A. M. Walker with his Co:n- panj departed ea.stward, Thursday last. Other coiupunies now forming in Iredell, will be ready to depart in a short while. Let their ranks be filled speedily. Every day lost now is endanger ing the South. Fill up the ranks. Irtdell E.rprt’ss. A Patriot.—Mr. Win. Parks, of Wilkes coun ty, is selling corn to soldiers’ families at 5U cents per bushel. iJewill not sell corn to distillerb at any price, however large; he ha.s refused from them SI 25 a bushel. Mr. P. is a true patriot. lr>;d>ll Exprtss. The Taji.—It is understood that Trea surer Courts has made a satisfactory arrangement tor the sale of State bonds to an amount sutficient to pay the Confederate War Tax of this State into the Confederate Treasury in April, agreeably to the provisions ot the ordinance of the i,'onveution. RaU’iyh ^Standard. Ordrrs from Gen. McClellan.—General Mc Clellan has written a letter to all commanders of forts on the seaboard, waining them of the Mer rimac and directing them to be put in the best possible defence. The North is terribly frightened about the Mer rimac. When the news ol the Merrimac’s doings reached New York propositions were seriously en tertained tor several days to sink obstructions in the shape of a stone flewt. The second iron-clad steamer, built at Green- point, after the pattern of the Monitor, will be readj/j it is said, t/ii.'! month. ■I.- The Evacuation of Manassas—A ‘^Masfced Battery.”—The Northern papers all seem to be overwhelmed with astonishment at the retirement from Manassas. They evidently look upon it as another “masked battery.” The New York Post says the retreat from Ma nassas was the most masterly affair in ancient or modern warfare. That it changes the character of the war, and protracts the contest for a long time. THE NEWBERN BATTLE. A friend who was in the battle at Newbern and fully acquainted with the detences at that place and the course of the fight, sends us a pen and ink diagram of the battle-ground and its sur roundings; which if we could avail ourselves of the services of an engraver we would try to re produce for the satisfaction and information of our readers. The Neuse river at Newbern runs nearly from North West to South East, The Trent River, whose general course is from East to West, niukes a sudden turn, its course being nearly North at its junction with the Neuse, making an obtuse angle with that river. At the point of this angle formed by the junction of the two rivers the town of Newbern is situated. The Trent lliver is or was crossed at the town by the railroad bridge and a little above by the county bridge. The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad crossed the Trent River nearly at right angles and pursues its way to the coast at Morehead City, nearly parallel with the Southern bank of the Neu.se River, but gradually leaving it to the North, the course of the railroad being more Southerly than that of lh«? river. The county road follows more nearly the direction of the Neuse. The defensive works on the river were Fort Lane, 3 tuiles below Newbern; Fort Ellis, prob ably a little over a mile below Fort Lane; Fort Thompson, 5 miles below Newbern, and still farther down a little 4 gun battery, which had to be evacuated before the fight, as none of its guns bore on the land, and its little garrison would inevitably have been cut off Hetween Fort Ellis and Fort Thompson was a two-gun covered battery manned by a (,’ompany from the first Maryland regiment, commanded by Captain Edelin. The obstructions in the river were rather above Forr Tliuinpson, and if the eiieniy’.s fleet had obliginglv come and placed itself directly in front of the guns of Fort Thompson it would, no doubt, have been badly used up. liut the guns of the Fort were so arranged that the fleet could lie below at only half a mile off and shell the Fort at their leisure, while but one gun, an old 32 pounder rifled, ci>uld be brought to bear upon the(n. The defeti'^ive line of entrench men t.s, behind which our forces were drawn up, ran from the river at Fort 'l'honi[i.son, to a swamp, about a mile, the river being on the left, the railroad and the swamp on the right. Resting on Fort Thomp- .son, the line was ofeour.se five miles below New bern. The {dan of defence from the river at Fort Thompson to the swamp at the right of the Railroad was that recommended by ieneral Hill, j and was no doubt a good one, Imt it was not car- i ried out, by the omission to mount guns at the I points where the Railroad and County road j crossed or pierced the entrenchment. J^atham’s battery was stationed at the county road. Three ! regi(nents ot troops with the militia held the en trenchments between the river and the Railroad These regiments were Lee's, Campbell’i and Sin clair's Two regiments were stationed to the rear ot the swaiiip, and to the right of the Rail road, to-wit—Avery’s and \ ance's. 'I'he com panies of ('apuin.s \\ hitford and Herring were in Fort Thompson. Col, Crossan (I'ommander Crossan',, cotiimanded the guns at the Fort. Where the railroad crosses the entreiiohnients, Wiis a eut. The enemy marched up the railroad, which was neither detended by breastworks nor swept by cannon, (they were joinj to plant can non sometime!; got in the rear and on the flank of the militia, who had to give way. The order to retr«Mit was passed down the line from the rail road to Fort Thompson, the companies in which, ignorant of what had happenetJ on the right, were surprised at receiving such an order. The two regiments to the right and rear of the rail road and swamp had some hard fighting after the order to retreat had become general along the Hue fr iin the railroad to the river. All .Major Thompson's obstructions in the river amountid to nothing—his torpedoes were not heard of . The LMin-boats eamc up one after another right in the track of our own boat, the Albemarle, or ratlier in the same traek which the .Vlbemarle always took. Cajit. Kdelin's Company in the two-gun covered battery next above Fort 'J’homp- son could do nothing after the rttreat of the whole army below, but take a few random shots at the enemy’s fleet as it passed up the river^ shelling the woods which covered our retreating forces. The conclusion of our correspondent is that there was work enough and guns enough below Newbern, to have saved the town, if the work had been properly done, and the guns pn perly placed, and that the engineer, Major W. liever- hout Thompson, ought to be disposed of, gotten rid (if, sent ofi, sacrificed for the good of the mil lion people who live in North Carolina, for that before And since the commencement of this war he has done the State more harm than Burnside himself. Our correspondent is not singular in his opinion. What sin our State has committed, or to what fatuit} our people are given over that they will, spite of everything, cling to a man like Mr. Thompson, whose only record with us is thit of almost invariable lailure and lo.ss to the pubiii*, is more than we know or can [tretend to say. There may httve been, and no doubt there was, an error in thf placing of the troops. It may have been and no doubt was a mistake, to place the mil'tia in such an exfosed position; but the main fault was that cannon were not planted so as to sweep the wide opening in the line theie unde fended by brea.stworks. With any troops, ex posed as the militia were, wc suppose retreat was a mere question of time. We learn from various quarters that General Branch bore himself firmly and bravely as any man could, preserving his coolness and presence of mind and doing all that a man in his circum stances could. It is proper to add that we have by intjuiry satisfied ourselves that the militia made a ver^i creditable stand for a comparatively raw and defectively armed body of men. The first attack of the enemy appears to have been made upon the point where the county xoad passed through our entrenchments, and this was expected to be the main attack, but the enemy were driven back there by Latham’s grape and canister. Subseiuently, they made for the open ing where the railroad passed through. There was nn grape and canister, and the result is known The engineer was possibly yohuj to put up gunsi God save the Statel— Wil. Journaly 'liith. The Federal Steamer I^tw London Sunk—The Ft'derals muviny in the direction of Decatur, Aiu.— The Bombardment of hland \o. 10 still yoiny on. Mobilk, March 25.—A dispatch from Hay St. Louis says that the Confederate steamers Or egon and Pamlico had fought the Federal steam er New London for three hours and sunk her. There is a steamer now coming to the aid of the New London. A special dispatch to the New Orleans Pica yune, from Memphis, states that the enemy are moving cautiously towards Decatur. One column is moving Southward from (’olumbia, and another is moving across the Tennessee river from Itie di rection of Corinth. It is believed their purpose is to unite their two main columns at some point on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, near Decatur. A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Re gister, from Memphis, states that the bombard ment at Island No. 10 continues desperately day and night. The main attack is directed against Rucker’s battery. The Confederate.s are at work knee-deep in water, and are displaying groat valor. The loss on our side is slight. Two of the ene- emy’s gunboats have certainly been sunk. The enemy are moving down on the West side of the river through swamps and the back water in dug-outs. They have four saw-mills at work making lumber to build boats. The Island is amply provisioned for a siege, and the Confederates are in good spirits. From the Xorth.—We are as.-ured in well-in- lormed (juarters that the government has received advices of a very important nature, through a letter addres.sed to tiie Secretary of War by a prominent and well-known politieian of the North, i hese dispatches from the enemy’s country ex press the most determined confidence that unless some great disaster to our arms intervenes, the at tempt which will be made, about the middle ol next month, to put in operation the system of di rect taxation at the North, will accomplish, per haps by gradual steps, the abandonment of the war by the Yankees. The public debt of the North ilk stated to be already twelve hundred mil lions of dollars.—liichnLoud Exaniiutr, 'Ibth. Important AdcictaJroui Teunessia—A Cnsis. — We have some very important intelligence from Tennessee. A telegram was received last night at the War Departuieiit, from (ien. Kirby Smith, which states that the Federals are advancing in three large columns upon East and Middle Tennessee—one from the direction of Nashville, another toward> (Ju(aberlaud Gap, and a third by way of London atid Montgomery. We have also reliable advices from West Ten nessee to the effect that the enemy were in large force down on the Tennessee river, their strength being about fifty thousand men, with further re inforcements expected. General Johnston was at Decatur. The report of the capture by the enemy of Island No. lU is not confirmed. The situation of affairs in this juarter is considered to be critical, as the lo.ss of our detences above Mem phis would have the eflect of opening the Mi>sis- »ip[ii river to the eneui}’.—Ri-h. Ejcam'r, (iood XtU's f rom the At my of the Sh'. naii- luiih.—A gentleman arrived in this city yester day from the lower portion ot the Valley of' \ ir- inia. He left Jackson at Strasburg on Sunday night pressing ou, by rapid marches, toward.' Winchester, which place he expected to reach by yesterday (Mondays evening. 'Ihe whole \ alley is in a blaze of excitement, and the people are flocking to the standard of Jackson at the rate of five hundred a day. His army has been more than doubled since he left \N inchester.—Richmond Examiner, 25//(. The Yankees at St. Auymtine.—The town of St. Augustine, Fla., 1941190 in the hands ot the enemy. The offioers of the fleet approached the ; place in a barge with the stars and stripes and a flag of truce both flying. The place being with out defences the Mayor raised a white flagon the fort, and the Yankees went boldly up. On arriving at the town they exhorted the in habitants to be quiet and remain at home—they would only be required to be loyal to Lincoln and the Union. They demanded the keys of the fort, which were given up to them. A short time afterwards the troops also came up in barges and took possession at St. Francis’s Barracks. The officers inquired what had become of the Confede rate garrhion, when some of the citizens were treacherous enough to inform them of their being at New Smyrna. It is reported here that the Yankees gave a ball a few eveninp? after their arrival, which was largely attended by the young ladies of the town. Wc believe this is a slander on the patriotic wo- KKMi of I'lorida—Savannah Republican, 24th. Linc(,lii'a Orders to the Army.—The Northern papers publish the following orders‘by authority:’ Fresident's General IKtir Order JSo. 1. Ordert-d, That the 22d day of February 1862, be a day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the I ’nited States againit the in surgent forces. That especially, The Army at and about Fortress Monroe, The Army of the Potomac, The Army of Western Virginia, The Army near Munfordsville, Kentucky, The Army and Hotilla at Cairo, And a Naval Force in the Gulf of Mexico, be ready for a movement on that day. Tliut all other forces, both land and naval, with their respective commanders, obey existing or ders for rlie time, and be ready to obey additional orders when duly given. 1’hat Heads of Departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the General-in-Chief, with all other commanders and subordinates, of the land and naval forces, will .severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for the prompt ex ecution of this order. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. $50 CASH. Twenty Volunteers Wanted. WE wish to enlist TWENTY more good men to fill up our Company of Infantry, to whom the usual bounty at $100 will be paid, of which S^O in cash will be paid on swearing in. Apply immediately to either of the undersigned. K. M. .MURCHISON, H. McKETHAN, J. MARSHALL WILLIAMS. March 27. ll-iitpd M ABBI ED. In Robeson county, on the 20th inst., by Rev. H. ■McLean. .Miij GEO. li. C(JNOLV, and Miss FLORA CURRIE, daughter of the late Angus R, Currie. Sacrileyious.—A gentleman who has recently made his escape from Nashville, states that the Yankee Vandals who invest that city, have been committing outrageous depredations on property. A few nights since, the Catholic Church was forci bly entered, and every article of value stolen from the building and carried otf. Among the articles were many precious relics generally held sacred by the most incorrigible, but it seems that there is no act too despicable for the Yankee mercena ries who are now invading the South. The com munity were greatly shocked and incensed at this outrage, we are informed, and made complaint to the Military Governor of the city, but obtained no redress. It is said that the Catholics in Nash ville are intensely Southern in their feelings, and have, without exception, treated the Lincolnites .V Stevens, J T Stevens, T Steven., W ^ith the most supreme contempt. This proba tu, Jas Utley, F Whitaker, Ham. Whitaker, S Wil- “ay tave excited the ire as well tw tlie tliie iiaim, J Womble. C Wood, T Young, Vi f Henry,” I Yishnesa of the villains.—JSayrw- 1 The Roan0ke Island Disaster.—The official reports of the Roanoke Island battle were sent in to Congress yesterday. The reading of the series of documents had been commenced, when some of the members mov«d that the reading take place in secret session. Thtre is considerable curiosity to get at these documents, which we are unable to gratify at pre sent, as the papers are still kept under injunction of secrecy. It is understood that the record which has been sent into (^)ngress involves a sharp cor respondence between Gon. Wise and the Secretary of War. The feeling on this whole subject has been very much heightened by the plain and harsh refer ence in the Pre.sident’s Message to the disaster In his message, sent into Congress in secret ses sion, the President Mays: “Enough is known o the surrender of Roanoke island to make us feel that it was deeply hnmi'i- ntiny, however iinperfi‘.*t may Intve been the y»r' parations for defence.”—Ri ft. Examiner, It has been ascertained that the enemy captur ed only ^00 of ootton in ^^aehviliQ, The Viryinia.—Commodore Tattnall received orders Saturday last to repair forthwith to Nor folk and take command of the battering ram Vir- inia. The whole country will be rejoiced to hear it, and look with confidence to the future opera tions ol the wonderful machine. Wc regret to lose hi." services at this post, but tor his and the country’s sake we are pletised to see him in a po sition where he can be available to the latter, and sustain his well-earned fame as a naval commander. Commodore Tattnall leaves here this morning for the theatre of his future labors. He was ac companied by Captain J. Pembrook Jones, late commandcr of the Resolute, who will act as his Flag Lieutenant, and his son Paulding Tattnall, as Secretary.—Savannah Repul/., 24^/. The M'n em^nt E.rplained.—The recent move ment of troops going down the Potomac from Washington is, the Fredericksburg Herald thinks, explained, in view of the late Northern papers at hand. We find that the enemy have been ter ribly exercised at the falling back movement of Gen Johnston, and that they are tilled with ap prehensions for the safety of the Burnside fleet Their idea is that a large part of our army is now at a point to harass and cut off Burnside, and the thousands of soldiers who have left Washington have doubtless been sent to Burnside’s assistance. Fet rshury Express. Skirmishes near AVashville.—A special dis patch from Decatur gives the particulars of two gallant affairs which have recently occurred near Nashville: “On the previous Sunday (^apt. Morgan en gaged the enemy on the Murfreesboro’ pike road, six miles frt»m Nashville, and, after a brilliant skirmish, succeeded in capturing ninety-eight prisoners, among whom was one of Gen. Mitch ell’s aids. He also destroyed a large provision train. The enemy, being soon after reinforced, recaptured sixty of their men, who were undgr a guard of only ten men. Capt. Morgan succeeded in bringing in thirty-eight prisoners after a hard chase, in which he eluded the ene(ny, who at one time had nearly surrounded him. He lost four of his own men. “On the next day a detachment of forty of Col Scott’s Louisiana cavalry, under the conunand of Capt. (iustavus Scott, made an attack upon the enemy on the Franklin pike, six miles from Nash ville. The Federals, one hundred and twenty strong, were routed, twenty of them killed, and forty of their guns captured. Their tents were also burned. Our loss in this aflair was two killed.” Heavy Reinforcements to (Hd Point.—e learn that fourteen steamers arrived at Old Point on Sunday loaded with troops, supposed to be for Burnside’s expedition.—Norfolk Day Book, 'l\th. Movements of Burnside.—RICHMOND, March 24.—The Yankees aie landing their wagons, bag gage train, &c., at Newbern. A decisive battle is expected at Kinston, N. C. and Suffolk, Va., in a few days. Movomeitts of the Enemy.—lilCHMO-ND, March 24.—The Yankeea are said to be going back to Winchester, (len. Jackson is pursuing them. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, draughted a reso lution and caused it to be presented in the U. S Senat« for the expulsion of his colleague in that body, Lazarus Powell, on the charge of disloyalty .Mr. Powell made a defence anti professions, which were so far satisfactory to the body, that the vote for expulsion resulted—yeas 11, nays 28. 80 Mr. Powell has the happiness to remain in the I companionship of Sumner and Pomeroy. /Stcftmond j&faminer. UIKD, A( Rocktish Village, suddenly, on the 20th inst., Mrs .M.VRV .McPHAlL, wife of John McFhail, aged 40 years, leaving four little children to (uourn her loss. In Cumberland county, on the 20th ult,, THOMAS Mc.MlLL.AN, born in Uladeu county, Dec. 20th, 1771, O. S. He could relate many incidents of local interest con nected with tiie war for independence, and lived to wit ness the disruption of that (iovernment by its own sub jects. He had long been a Ruling Elder in (he Pres byterian Church. In Lilesville, .Vnson coun(y, N. C.. on (he morning of the Itjih inst., in her £>Oth year, .Mrs. ELIZABETH C. LILES, consort of the late Nelson F. Liles, departed this lite The deceased was a consistent member of the .Methodist Church for the last eighteen years. Since her connection with that (.’hurch her life hi.s been ex emplary of the true Christian; evincing to all by her lOiily walk and pious conversation, that she had been wiih (io'i. and that she felt deep solicitude for (he piiitiiil weltare of her fellow creatures. Though con nec'ed witli the above Church, she was far from being a sectari'ini but felt (ha( the cause of all Christians was her c-.iuse. Her house was ever the home of Christ’s imbas'ador?. As a neighbor none knew her but to love and a'iniire her—ever ready and willing to sympathise with an i administer to the distressed and afflicted. During her sickness, which lasted near two weeks, she was much concerned about death, thinking from the first tlial her disease would prove fatal. And though he most intense suflering racked her system, yet she bore it with a patieuce wliicii none but the Christian can exhibit. In iier last moments she exhorted her son, daughter and friend.* to meet her in Heaven, and as leath w^isi making his final struggle, she raised her feeble hands heavenward and prated the Lord (0 take her from her pain. Yes, her dying moments were enough to astound the staunch atheist — “Sustained and soothed Hy unfaltering trust, she approached the grave. Like one that draws the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.” But she is gone—‘-the* earthly house of this tabernacle has ' een ilissolved"—her spirit, released from its op pressive clay, has made its happy exit from this world of wnr!* and (rials (0 one of unfading joy and peace, to that ••building of God. an house no( made wi(h hands, eternal i:» the heavens " .As relatives and friends we mourn our loss, but more e-ipfcial'iv as Christians have we to mourn that a part of the -‘.salt ol (he earth’’ has been taken away. "Far from the.se narrow scenes of night. To her bright glories rise, .\nd realms of joy and pure delight Unknown to mortal eyes.” J. B. S]iirit of the Age and Biblical Recorder please copy. .At the encampment of the 38th Regiment N. C. Vols , Weldon. N. C.. on the 12(h ins(., WILLI.AM J. BOL- Tt)N, of Cumberland ooun(y, aged 23 years, 2 months an 1 I'l days He was a member of the Carolina Boys, Co K. 38th Regiment. He was in the discharge of his duties when he fell an early victim to death He died from home—had not a near or dear relative to console him on the bed of affliction He died as he had lived, leveled anil pious Christian, and bowed in humble submission to the will of Heaven. He has left an affec tionate parent, seven brothers and two sisters, and a numerous train of relatives and friends, to mouin his loss. But we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we confidently believe (hat our loss is his eternal gain. He was a member of (he .Methodist Church, and died in full faith of a hlissful immor(ality beyond the grave Com. Presbyterian please copy. In Wilmington, yesterday, ANNIE, only daughter of Major Wm L. DeR isset, aged 4 years and 7 months. In Robeson county, March I8th, in the 30th year of her age. Mrs. J.\NE, wife of H. H Hodgin, E«q. In Robeson county. March 6(h, Miss CATH.ARINE C.AMPBELL Her end was peace. ATTE]lTIO.\. Members of Co. E, S(h Keg’t N. C. state Troops are requested to meet at Fayetteviile, on Tuesday April 1st, at 11 o’clock, to sign Pay Rolls, preparatory to being paid off. Those members residing in Moore and Chatham Counties will meet me at Mclver’s Depft on arrival of Wednesday’s train J. R. MURCHISON, Com’g Co. E. March 27. ll-2tpd AN OKVIiVA.liCK OF THE Couientiou of iXorth Caroliua, Fur raising tbree Artillery I'umpuiiles for the de> fence of the Town of Wllmlngtun. 1 RESOLVED, That (he Governor be and he is here- , by au(horiz«d to raise by volunteer enlistment, not exceeding (hree Artillery companies to serve at the bat teries alrealy erected, or which may hereafter be erect ed on the Cape Fear river, below or at and in the vicin ity of the town of Wilmington, and that the men con stituting such companies be entitled to (he same bounty, pay and allowances as are by law allowed to companies in the service of the Confeilerate S(ates. 2 Be it further Resolved, That the Governor be au- thoriied to appoint (,'aptains and Lieutenants to recruit such companies; the term of service of said companies to be for twelve months, or for thiee years, or the war, unless sooner discharged by (he Governor. Passed and ra(ified in open Convention, (he ITnh day of February, A. D 18t>2. rpHE undersigned having been recommended by the X Authorities of Wilmington, is authorized by the Governor of North Carolina to raise one of the Com panies provided for in the above Ordinance. The Bounty, One Hundred Dollars, and pay and allowance the same as (he Confedera(e service. Volunteers in either of these companies cannot under this law be transferred to any other service without their consent. An arrangement can he made with me by parties who are or have been recruitintt to unite in forming this company. ROB'T G. R.ANKIN. Wilmington, N. C., March 2G, 18G2 ll-2w Lewis muslewhite, arch d .muslewhite and PINCKNEY KINL.AW. privates in (Company A, of the 31st Regiment N C. V., commanded by ' Godwin, Captain, dtstrted on the 12t(i of Manh, A. D. 18G2. This is to notify the public of their desertion and to require Military Officers and others to treat them as deserters. GODWIN, Capt. By W. H. HART.MAN, Lieat. commanding ('ompany March 25, 18G2, 11-2t OKP.iit rniiK r, i Raleiuh. March 24. 18*>2 > All PURE S.ALTPETRE delivered at the Ordnance Depot at Raleigh within vhe next six months, will be paid for at the rate of sixty cents a pound. All that is impure will be received and paid for at the same rate for (he pure Saltpetre it may contain. .All communica tions on this subject should be addresseil to ('apt. .A W. Lawrence, Ordnance Depatiment. Raleigh, N (' J G. .MARTIN, .Adjutant General anil ('liief ot Ordnance March 20. ITMlstM KXECITIVK DEPAKTMKNT X. 1’., ) Adjltant Gksekal’s Okfick. r Ralkioii, March 22, 18t>2. J Gknf.ral Order I - No. 5. f All new companies of North Carolina Volunteers must be tendered directly to the State, otlierwise the bounty authorized by the ordinance of the (..'onven- tion to raise North Carolina'.s quota of troops will not be paid to them, as the law does not allow it. The Companies so tendered will be org;inized into Regi ments by the State, the commissioned officers of which elect their field officers. Tlie bounty will be paid each company as soon as possible alter their arrival in camp. II. No organization of Regiments or Badalions will be recognized unless the same is done by the authority of the State and in compliance with its -aw-^. III. These Troops being raised for imtnediaie tield service, should have i o more baggage than each man can carry in tiis knapsack. It is desiralile tliat eacli man bring a blanket (if he can furnish it;) any addi tional articles must necessarily be lost if brought. IV. All communications on .Milir«ry matters must be sent to this office. In no other way wll they receive im(nediat« attentiou. By order of Governor Clark. J 0. MARTJN. Adjutant General. March 20. 11-4t Bank Stock and Tclen^rapli Stock at Auction. At the Market House in the Town of Fayetteville on Saturday next, at 12 M., 1 shall }ell at .Auction. 46 shares Stock of the Bank of N. C. 2 shares Telegraph Stock. 10 shares Plank Road Stock. JOHN H. COOK, .Auct'r. . March 2(i, 1802. It FA VETTEVl'.LE M ARKET.—.March 27. REVIEW OF THE .MARKET. Bacon—Coming in freely; ready sales at 25 ota. Beef Cattle — In demand. Beeswax 20 cts Corn—‘Jo (0 $1. Cotton—No arrivals since l^st report. Cotton Yarns $2; i-4 Sheetings '24 t* ik by the quan tity; 3 4 Shirtings 20 (’o!(on Bagging—30 ctp. Candles—Fiiyetteville mould 35 Flour—In demaii.l; Family y 25, Super Hides—Dry 20; green 8. Iron—Swedes 15 to 20 by the quantity, Irish Potatoes—1 50 to 2 50 per bushel. Molasses—i?l by retail. N. 0. Sirup 1 ‘H. Nails ;§14 to ?15per keg. Pork—Very much wanted. Peas—$1 to 1 10. Rye 2 50. Oats 65. Rice—4 (0 4^ cts. by ihe cask. Sugars—Stock on hand very light and prices have advanced. Salt—Very scarce. Spirits—Peach Brandy $3; N. C. .Apple 2 W; Whis key 1 50 to 1 75. Spirits Turpentine 16 (o 17. Tallow 20 (o 22. Wool—Unwashed, 3() (o 40. Corrected by Pkmbkrto!i & Sloam. WIL.MI.N’OTON -M.ARKET—March 26. Beef 10 10 llj: Beeswax 18 to 20; Bacon 20 to 21; Candles, (allow 28 to 30; Corn $1; Flour, Super ?|>10 to 10 25, Family 10 25 to 10 50; Lard 19 (o 20; Molasses, market bare; Nails $13 to $14; Peas 1 05 to 1 10; Pork 12j to 14; Pea Nutft 90 to $1; Rice 3 (o 3^; Salt has ad vanced (o 4 50 per bushel; Sheedngs 20 (0 28; Yarn 4t to 4'> per lb; Tallow 10 (o 18. TAX’ .\OTlCE. By vir(u‘j of an order of (he Court of Pieas and (juar- (er Sessions begun and held for the Coun(y of Cum berland, on the first .Monday in March, A. D. 18*j2, I shall proceed on the first .Monday in June next, to sell so much of (he real estate of the persons herein named as will be sufficient to pay the Town au'd Rail R4ad Taxes due thereon, and costs; \ ol one lot on Green Street, listed by Chas. Colvin, Guar’n, for A. Mc.Allister, for years 1858 and 1859. .Amount (axes $10 00. ^ of same lo(, lis(ed by same, for M. J. (’luncil, for years 18-58 and 1859. .Amount of taxes due •':>10 00. 1 lot li.^ted by John T. Council, Court House t^quare. Miller lot, for years 1859 and 1800. .Amount of taxes due $20 25. 1 lot on Green street, listed by J. T. ('ouncil, for Heirs of C. McAllister, for year 1800. Amount of taxef due $2 70. 3 lots on Maxwell street, listed by John McRae for Joseph Seawell, for years 1859 and 1800. .Amount taxes due $20 20. 1 lot corner of Bow and Green streets listed by W. Huske for Thos. t\ Hall, for years 1859 and I8O0. Amount taxes due $'i~ 12. 1 lot unlistei’ on Green Street, supposed to be the properly of T. M. Sackett, et. al., for yearr 18'>8. 1859 and 18iiO. Amount (axes ilue $^10 50 JOHN W. BAKER, Jr., Town Tax Collector. March 20, 1802. I AM now sawinir from .5.0011 to M.OOO feet of Lumber per day at my Steam .Mill In FU)PtteYllle, ai d have a large supply of Seasoned Tinib*-r on liand. Will be glad to recttivu orders, and will give tueiu my person al aitantion. E. F. MOORE. March 4 5-ilm Pnima Christi Seed. FL.AT dutch TURNIP SEED, together with a good assortment of Garden Seeds, for sale by S. J. HINSDALE Ot CO. March 6. 5-4w Just Received, 200 COATS’ SPOOL COTTON. At 4-itf BL.ACK FLAX THREAD. BOY’S HOSIERY, and a Fine Stock ol Trunks^, GEO. BRANDT S. 14 and Di Hfiy Street 2000 Yards of Bieaehed Shirtings FULL Y.ARD WIDE, of the best English .Manu'ac Just received and for sale at a reasonable GEORGE BRANDT’S. No®. 14 and 16 Hay St., Fwetierille, N. C. F«Vy 10, 1862, 4 FI A. ''»y price, at SHOEJli!! »>iHOKK!j! /I A A BROGAN SHOES. Just, received and for sale at (}E» BRANDTS. Feb’v 3. ‘.I —ilf AVO.\ t.. HAL5,. ^orwardiii^ &. i'ommission .ier^ I in it.T- « ’M him OX ,^^aval StOT. fl r :V *; or IIJILL give qiuck il. -:; ■i.cii t^ ' , .0. ■ 0. ?' fV Particular :;'tTf: ! :ou 11 to a’i prO'i fo' sale. C^ia^.“,. .acutti 01 ihipment, soUuikttd. WiMHHQTOH, Jw’y 19,1862 '*211^
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