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ii b V ir^iuuui hiM 1-r hji'- b>*ea r ia will be iii re*- r ti i pur- p;«ae * j ■ vj ii» !' 'jyfc, i» K'V' hvjiruiy t ■ *i''vwrv, t-ii Jin“ tho eX' uji to llie v>ut« Inal pCLHilat'OiM- t v>wv Cl uuirur^ ilO dwubt i«.'d U buiiur4 *1 Vvirk. OL.^tt»S, It U cipital Irwui >UlU, iiud th« JU'i'-v li lu- rcial •ay«, ei>8 of Arkan- iTashington to >r p-.'Bitiou ia euMte bin aew those phj«j. uacut. Judges urtulc'ntd, aud substitute# • i the bi)l duM tmiycn, it will nj; thruugh. Quai luisKsage, in that St2it« ntaW) 200,071. harltoton rep- L cuy is b«fiog a:* »teadiiy iu- lOre buoibled idc atateuieDt, kilkd ID at the ruioa of diatructioa af garriaoa uo«o : of uar iaad tad, ia Stoao ttoritig result, were siruok jugU the sbi^ viih splmten the b«veresi if Port Ro^ad. i«d lA ooe ia L>ecember. war at'amtr, libr*—nioatiy tr.— The new jkinner, from e biuckadtf ai 7tb iQst; wa« Dg squadroD, >are ran doWB eea, throwing approuohiDg lading Bteaui- f ID her path, ikiniitr ther»- le uhore, aad Irom (ieorge- frew escaping lent from the' of the i*ar«, the :rt, aud her cucfwfcded Remaining oq Iteach, wher« ben thej had r our Ciivalrj, lieuieuant, » eameu, made irs then com- buce- eded in le bfing out, sxtiiiguished led pursuers by t. rowing t doing anj ly withdrew, ad With the r crews, and O^aiCabiua. ihieh w oow K; nearly all (I '4 Oi$8EKVER. ived by the the I . S. F- rry. (ie‘ gc II. ontg-iruery; ith, 8d A»- aiu’» clerk. f'ouritr. ,'jan. 14. ic garrison i hia wholo lotM, owing he part of news from Jopfedera- f our men, )t of' Yao- if dr. ping . ih«-n they 10 finding tueir pub- lurp .stf .if le 4tli and liv^d tiLue CO in culd - A few il'uded to in retali- of thu Colonel, and the Among ind Kir- yaukett was a innt. led away 1 tried ia re yetkn I gruand ;n»- FAYETTEVILLE. 5T(m»\Y Kmi>«. 4A?fi \Ki IS. isw. 1 ■■ HoBROKa or W'ah—11-v . h h b»(>D gali; i f tbe tna^t s»T»f« ao(-i uf eru^lt.v :c all p&rta t^e f'otf* Iff ic^ where ikey h%v® iiad narestricted pvi««r. Ovir iroopi* bftv» not geueraii; bad tbe power 10 retaliate, for iLejr have b«^t-a bat «> ioe. aud fcr verj ■thort poricda, in the eaemj's ovoctrj. Aud wkile Ibere they Hid nat r«taUate: refaaicg to fallow aneb abac^eful •xaicples, and aozioua tv do rifht, ia tbt* boftv that ibeir forbeaiaaoe wonH inflacoce ecemy to B'be'trr cpur»e of eonJuct. Thii forhfari>(voe was a Tirtac, tbongb it failed of tho anticipated effict upon the ene my It is registfref aixl will hav® iu rowurd, pcwiMy bffore t>>» end of thl« -'iruggl-*. The pnMic Toice baa off?n CHlkJ 5 udly for re«al! , »tion and tbe admlnl^tratioii be.* bfpn blamed for rot cpforelog that prinoipt^ rigiJly Ther- are per^tal o-wses why t^'^ia )«a8 not betn doDi>, ibe principal and .ufficient one hein^r, that an th-JW vr i§ aatel witbiu cur cwu borders the advantaires o»' the nvptfui wou’d be »ll on (be luomT’fi pid'> Bnt if will h* s-fn t m! arMo!o which we o^fy fr'in the U’cbmond t'i^ni*ner. th*^l t^e Pn’raijoa ia tb« North K.i-»tern pai"' of this State have be“n eo fl»grar.t that those in ootcmmid tb'ir** bavp ▼ieitad tbem in kind upon the eneaiy Tco ysnkee*! haT* been hanged, on? in reialiation for the hanging of the ranger Bright, and the other for robbery and hruiie buroibg. And two more still are held in close confiae- 0)«Qt in Rtobmo&d to sufl'er if the (uckostrrs sbnuld dare to exeaute their tbraat to han;( two ladieji of t-.at leo tlon. ^ To each extremities have tbe barbarities; of the enein; bronghl thin osntt't. Tho only popsiblo hs^e of r*- »tr»ining them was tic'.’ 8V'’'ila r^t \iu ni-r? cf i fi- aen priscaerf* than th»j bsd o' our#. A*- aooa as t*'i» h»liince turned in ibf-rfa^’or all gt»- se-of bun«'n i(y an-i al’ rraard for the ua^ge-- of clvi i fr^r fr'?. the enemy Thoj ar«» now p0~jt‘ssed with the iJeaihfit ftcnqueet ia c^rta’ti. atid tberef re g'»e % looin* to tbei’ diabolica'passions Perbqpei this is s>ll for t&« beat. 1( %i l make the gulf of separation widor and deeper. Bat aboTe ail, it wil^ chU down upot^ ihrai tberiebteous Judgment of that Balog ia whom alone ara the ifiaues of war. NKiDLKSt Alabm —Not a little aoipe cas been ca«de, throagh tbe press aisd oiherwis?, over some rxtreoie propositions made in Congress A prodigious deal oi apprabensioa aeeas to be felt lest they ehculd beconip laws and ruin the country; and all tbe'r aniioipa‘J evil )ia« beuo Uid at the door of ihe AdniiQiitratioa. It Wis tie Admi^iairaticn that mated everjfccdy forced Ii»Il tha ariBj; the Aduiini«tra(iou that wonied Ihe habeas •orpuB knepeitded; the Admioisiraticn i^at wanted a Military pioiator, Ac Ac. We aie no* political f^ieod^ of the AdminiBiraiioo, bare had no coc b.uiiicaiicn, di rect or indirect, from any member of i», aud are there fore is no way whatever bound to defend it except cnly f aa we may tbereny assist ia the sacee'sful prcsecusioa of the great- cause of fbdepecdenoe, which we are s&tie- flsd the Admioiatration has as nucb at heart as any oien. o^n have But it dora seem to as tbat it both need less to bp alarmed abent Iba passage of extreiDe mea- turea. and nnjost to attribtite to tha AdtrinisJralii'nere ry wild *eheae that may be offered in Congress Whea Mr BroWn of MiRsissip'pi, for initance, p>*esrn*ed a ba'cl» of these obnoxious propo^iticu*. it was forthwith .pro- cliiraed tbat be w>w the Prcsideni's c niiJential friend and of course glided ty him Kow, accjrding to our Isformatirn, the relations of Mr Brown and the Presi dent have not b»en, piroouslly or poliiies'ly, friendly! If he were the Prpsi'^eai’s **mouth piece,” ss has h?*D persistently asserted, h« would hardly have voted, as be did only last week, to pass a bit! over the bead of tb> President’s veto. Then us to tbe propositions tbem- •elTea, one of the moat ndions, viz: that (o pl'ice every body iu the army and give tbe Secretary of War tbe ar bitrary power to detail such as be nk’g‘'t chocKe to rc main at heme, faaa already reoelvf d it» qnietns by bein; sent back to tbe Mi!it«pv c^'nimntee At- to the su«pen- aioB of the habeas corpus, the fi at we ever beard of aach a pr'position was that some ncembers ot •'■.ngr,’HM were oontenipla iug ita introduction 8o fir fcs we were ;d forned, tfc? AdniiLlstrntion bad noib' e t~. do '-1th it We oave s cce seen it Stated in the pipers th>i the Frp- sidt'tt ■> o’’P'H»d to the surippna^on of '.le wri«. It is U'.furtotiare that iuoo*'s d;raie men in Conjres- br«»oh Fuch wild schemes, sicos. like Foot« ’s sp('tpt»>(> tbej hurt our cause at borne aid ubroXd, giving the die aff cted ‘•t home pretexts for clamcricg a^cainst the pow era tf'al be. and cticouraeing our yinks? enemies with tbe nrt’cn that the Cccfrd^rocy is on 1^8 !aci le^s Let u- { HO" a litile generrn' coofi ience in Copfr ss. which, tffjijsrii njuoil abused, and perhaps not fally up to the occa-ion—as who has be**! ?—ia arquexti patriot ic, aod bad in our o( inion done as w> 11 as c'uld be ex pfc-d in the tfyin^ circumstacces through wbicU iht- coun'ry has psffsed. I PkoTiaio roft TU Pooa —Tb« Bftlelgb Standtfd doea not believe, bo aayt, tk«t ia thU town wd oonn- ty—Payettfvill* and CamberlAnd—th# poarbave never been ao well providei^for as ainoe the war. We canno* of floari«e help what tbe Standard believes, or pretends to bfiliev», OT disbelieves, about a matter cf which tt knc'cs not in?, and about which oar inforraanta kno* e7er*ihing. We bave no doabt of th- fact that they are ao provided for. Tke Standard pointa u to aome scene of severing, real or imaginary, in tba moantalna, as if a nfegleot of dnty and of t^e oomroon diotatea of faiunan Uy in tbe monntaina wera evidence of similar neglect hei^. And it manifests a very snail malignity towards- os by pretending tbat we spoke “aneeringly” oi tbe pi>or Ood forbid! We spoke of tbem in no other ia«n- tier or temper tban as they are spoken of in Scripture: “The poor ye have always with yon.” And wo have individually as WfcU a* editorially endeavored to obey the iujanciion to relieve their want»>~not by empty prcfes^iccs of peculiar devotion, such a:) often pass cor rent in ibe Standard, but by cne^uraging and uniting in all !>ub«tanlial measures fer tbeir relief. Tbe people of PftyetteviUe never pledged ‘ the last man nd tfcaladt doll-ir” to the maititen:ince of tiie war into wLioh tbs K iitor cf the Standard voted then'. But they remewber in*t the St'.ndird tuade that pledge for them, aud th»’v Vni W that its fu tilmcct requires provision for Ibosi wao c-'nuot provide for tbemselve# As Icng as tbey have axy “dollartj” that provision wiU ba mads. Tbe Ett.3 lard insicuates tbat wa or our infornssnts, or both, say that “the pocr have no cause of cowplaini” bec>^use we ur they bave "an abuadanoe of com aad c:e'>t.” cr ‘ have made fortunes during the war oat of the neceasitied of tbe people Now, in the first-plac*, n«>itber we nor they have said any Bn«;b thing, or any tuing at all like it. Wkat we did aay, was, tbat the poor here had been better provided for since the war th;in before; and this we said upon the beat acthnrity. The !?'»niRrd laauufac ures a difTjreat sayirg. j i»'. ai- jowe »i u«* ago it ti aniifao!ured for politic>il etli-ot-a eay >n; purf’Ttjpg toc>i;»'f 6tn Lincoln’s llliuaip leite' • T t»j- ,.r-xt p'f»ce uei'ber they ^tbe sgents cf the towr -nd ci'JU'y) ao far as wa know, nor we, bave “ou ahuahince of cotn and lutat,” nor ^»v» tbey or we -‘ruude fortunes duriog the war uut of the t>ecessities ot 'he people,” or out of any thing else. We can speak wi!b certainty as to oursalvea, and we are pretty welt “cleaned out” of corn and meat, bave not made a cent by speculation, and are at just about tbe same distance ;Ycm a fortune as we were at tbe beginning of tbe war We have had abundant opportunities to make a fcrtnce. lud a large one to.>; but have not done iL 8ome of tbe causes why we have not were explained in prodigicna editorial laudations of our patriotism, and ltbernht>. and sundry other good qaalities, wbicb appeared in tbe Kaiei^h Standard very frequently sout' mooihs ago. I’erbapa the Standard will prove what we Bay by re publishiog aome of iheiuT putUiib clever things siid of tbs OLbervsr, we will act , is usu'kl, prove the Standard’s preaent error by an “ele gant extraot” from its former s.>yisg8. We cannot ccn- descend to buah a despicable mode of political warfare, or we might retort in kind upon tba Standard. So f*r as we can judge, few in Nortk Carolina are making s« much money as Itaelf, and by what seem to us to be ex tortionate prices for what it baa to selL But we m»y n' t judge ccrrectly, and we do not like to spesk of things >.f wbicb wc know nothing, nor of any man a pri vate buftiless affaira if we knew kit about tbem. We [PUSLISBIO BT MQUBST.] Prom tbe Qreensborongh Patriot. IN MATTER OF WILLIAM WTRICK Tbe petitioner before tbe passage of tbe consoription aot, vuiunte»rfd for lue war in a company wbioh Capt. Shober was raising in Guilford, put in a subatitate for the w«r, aud was discbarKed; afterwards, notwittstand- i.^- his d iicbarge he was enrtdkd aa a oonaoript and taken to tbe army in Tirg nia where '.e f^ervcd sixteen mouths; that fall he came nouie ouitick furlough, refu&od to return at the expiration of hia time, waii arrested, and sued out this writ. Wbile in service, be bad re- oeived pay, clothing and raticns, but bad not received bounty. Tba enrolling cfiioer iuaiaied tbat (bo petftionar be iog absent from the army without leave, could cot be board to olaim a discharge until bia offence was dis posed ot by a court martial, aad relied on Qrabsnrf> oase. Iu my opinion that case does not apply. Gra- uam eiiiered tbe army by enlistment batore be was twenty-otie years tf age, and being under arrest for some collateral otfence, sued out a writ aeekirg to avoid tiia contract of enlistui%Qt on tbe ground of lufancy Ii w»d held ibat be euuid uot be iii-ard, untl tbe cfience for ahicb ba was under arrest wks diapused of by oour: martial Gr*hain weut into service voltintu ;ly. anJ ffd# rigbtfuliy a soldier unit' :bc ooutrnci was Kvoidc-d; oia osfeccs was u ruilai^'rai act, haviug no Obiinectioti aitk tbe iu'idit> of uia eni siuient. Ine i^eMtiuuir okeu to tkd army agniuHt nia coDHi.ut, lat; nititiei :.t hi tileges wt s void at mtlid,” tb« supposed oddtica grows out it aud uVpeuiid uu tlie q jedlikU, wbeintr he Wub iiguiluUy a £oUitr cr not, ktiJ tnai is tiie poiut put- a> by ibik proeeeiitcg. it. wuUnl auiii'ge it tbi ut urt bt;fore It Con try mid qtifbUOti, is requ reJ to as suicfl m fi«vor oi tbu gavi-rument, ii.at ike pent toner it n^tiLlUily a so dier, auu os ground t^j rci.4aad £io> to be tried be tore a Oourt ui»rii^i fur »» act, ilte cb»r- aCter of ffbiub drpenJa ou tbat very queitioii! "No uao abatl take advuatage uf bta owu wroUf^” ia * maxta. jf law. Supp. ae ibe peiiiioner whm i>ot liable to cuu auription, me act of tbe guvernmk;ni wtM wrungtut, ana eis act iu leaviug tbe army in oru: r to ac.sert aio rigiit t)»fo(e a juJiciai tribunal uf bis country is juKtifiiblt, 0. ciu)e ui.kde necea-ary by me ticst wrcnglul net of tbe govertimeLt To refuse to bt^ar max wouta be tu enable ihd govcraivttal' t'O take aUviutage of it« own w;oi:g ai-U iii'.ouKt 10 a ituitl of jur.t.;;*; aow it Woula wcra. 1 oiau i -mts itie e a.-s Quue tiid app.-iils to t urt to iry ; qu • ... . h.-i ivr le ui rigatiuliy a bi,1 •li^r -.r not; tbi' loii'-i »•. juse to ue.'.i mm, ae is 8?li fa-k lu the arui} lu \ .igmiit tiiru by a c.iuri ta.iital uo u »erter, iiaU extcatc't to dcur oiL' is irutu liiie uci^; mat IS tbe end t it. Or suppose be la puni-oed ai>d al iot*td LU iivu, lie i.-^ witbi'ut i«ruittJ> ..a t:ic Cburia of /.ir country, bjc-uae beyotid iLe rc*.cii ol tis prootoo. Will It t}e Siii'i, tbia ni 1 ot jaatioc ia ueccEs^iry tor mo goud of tb» publ c service to prevent aeaertiou? God'forbid; •nat jutUita ruat caelum," lei juniicc b«* doue wutiout re gtid to CunstqJcuce:! Toe Odse of Ii.ckaon is direot »u'.bcri'y for ttie petitioner oi. inis prt .iuii;iary question (ai>me term referred to iu Uuyar'b o>i:e.} L'.okdou was unier tLiriy-five years ot a^t-, a Dl»ca:iaiUa taken CO ^r.pt (»iid aerviLg lu ice aruiy wl],.u ifie ex>‘ai{>uou ♦ f isaed; served several uion hs, received bounty,pay, clotiies, and r^tioni-'; CHiue 0'>Q!c on fucioiigh, re'asedtu retaru atid was arres:eu as n decsrter, ,tnd sued out tae writ cu me groiiud ii)>t bo was nut nj^..;,alh n auldier ’■jl. the pielitait arj quesiiuu tte two itarned gentlenieii Kt^o appearea for lae g;vbrtim:!bt aid uot r^iy on tD.- c»se ot Grabanj as appucablr; and itic c nrt cuoaiuvrcd As wa never pabiisli or rc- te wi»8 not pre^.ud d iroifl .:-g be^rd > u tae mer >.'3 J t-e (a.. . v^i .kliScbi *-iluoui ieave; lu went in:o me mtri s, ani d.^oidcd aga;nai biu. 1 Lav,^ » distinct rectilecitou, a!tt>ouga i do ujI remember tSi names ot tbe ca-oa, mat in looking over "Uurd on 11* bea« Corpus,” in reSerence lo iiiia preiimiuary«queetiou, ne cites .everal caaes, in wbicb an aL'tyeJ Jttercer waa aeard an tbe' luerun, takiog ibe distinuiiua Oeiween the cases wbere the euiisiment is alleged to be vutd aa iu tbta case, and wnxre u is alttg*?d to be v id«t>le, aa in me case ot Urabaci. ^So bota up'ju "i..e ruaauu of tbe tbiDg" and upon autbvtity, 1 decide tbe preliminary i^sttcn in faVor of tba peiitionar Oh tht accord.ng lo ttie decision of the 3u prejie Court la Uitter'a c«^e, itie petiiicuer wag not have never been able to see the prcpriety of newsp*b.r “““e to conaoripiion, and I learu lae enrolling cHicer r«tu£ed to exetupt aim b?''HU^e be bad bj'ecial lua rue U' vr mbb Leoisi.atiom —The-r;-ai»r-il! «ee that the ; ii'et* C‘ ngrtfs proposes to raise a million of voluu te , »o.g.-rve for three montba, t> niRrcb ur>on everj (rigon in whi>«b ynnkeee are cocfinrd, releas*^ tho pri^. ODerp and plant the at>ira and .stripes upon Ibe prjpon*! Ttis is about tbe b^st tbiag—for th» Ccnfe'^erat*-)' that yankeedoni could have deviaed In the first place, thpy c»n’t get tbe volunteers; in tbp next, if they could gat them, Lae w th 60 000 veteraiia w'-uld whip tb whole mob. Soldiers are not made in a day, no t tkes" million of men would be anything but Bcldiers. But. ae w» hwe said, they oan’i be bad. In. th(* si*me barcb of yaLkee Congretsion:iI news i will be seen taat a pr iposition was made to hppoin Commisaioners to negotiate for peace ••«ote^ on tb ■ basis of reconstruction of tbe Uaivin,” aud it w»s re jected, ’8 to 42 .Those who clamor for opfning nego Uations, and thee who a»» srcr tly for reooBatructiou. may mnke rs note of this. Notbing will e»r»e th'' yan- k« ■ tut Bu^j'iga'icn and eonfi-ioa.noa, or a tboroug*. wuirping, which latter we rust aud believe they will pet PaupoSKU UeuoTal or tuh Tankbe Capital—L it a sign of some sigaifi''3’*no«. We thiuk, tbat ttie North am papers speak of a taajonty of both Houses o; Conf;reiB being in favor of reiQOviog the seat of govern menl frnm W'astwngrcin City to BOtn? point Northward or rather, we imagine. Westward Two causes doabilesr itfluence the r. ajori'y: The eertain loss bf the Soutberii States, wb'.cii would leavs .be seat of goverainent on the Vkiy border of the natiD; aad ibe d.sguat the yi^i^kee CoDg'essmen feel towards tneir new allies the em&nci pii ed con-rabanda. Uae i:egro i- treated at iLe Nortb inbumauity anl conteBipi; tii^ i e is ni auoh feel uf rrgurd or commiseration for bim thtrr aa here —that is, practically; there ia abandonee «f theoretical. abiiir«ct icve for him, but no reality. Within a sbor> period i/ie negroes at Wasbington have become ao inso l«ut liia' the Gongreaamen doubtless fiud i: ditticuU to War with them- Th^y probably fear that tbey will be shoved from tkeir plaeea by the negroes. Already aome of these darkies have been lecaived w.ith distinguisbtid ouDSideration at Lincola’a N«ir Fear's Levee, anl by iiie4;h uf Jaly we expeot to bear of tbeir aboving •uitvcrjbody else from the Levee, provided thay be pteviously committed to the penitentiary under tb *agr«at act, ae in St. Loais, or die like rotten abeep aa in K«a.jikia, Vickabnig, 4c. iliaai-.Gi AUT) DaaTH —Tb«; ilillsboro' Keoorder Ok«Lti:,us tas mtrriaga on tbe 16th ult. of l.^r. £. M. bcoit, of that place, to Mrs. Litzie Dailey, of Lcxing K. c. oo tho 28th, the death of Dr. Sooit, is meddling in such matters. Tbe Stand rd appears t.. entertain wt 11 settled differeat views Mora than iweat^ yeara a;o it was falsely aaaaiUng tbU peper in the aa&e manner as now. Gildiso TUI PiLi..—Tna New Hartford Conveution- ists who are al woik now in tnis State, endeavoring 13 up a treasonable assemblage snob as tbat wbtch made tbeir prototypes of New Sagland politictlly inf^ inoas, have brought forward an uuexpeoied ar^umeu'. in favur of tbair schema, nothing leas than that State rouvemioaa might, "-ahou^d tbey ae« proper, advise, or aanc icn, the exercise of qneat'ianable powers or dcubt- tul expedients on the part of the Confederate govern ment,” auch aa tbe oonsoription of those who aava fur- uisbed enbsticuies, the violation of tbe con:r«cts stated ou the ftoe of ibe treasury notes, and the BUiipeiiat.Mi ni itse tie':'aa corpus Suoh is one of the preti-ncv-a— prete^c*^ ot c aterring additional power upun me Cvri tederate guvir rnaent by aanciiouiug ttieexeioiaa of dii puttd p..werb—wiib wnicb it is noped to win over to .lie coaoptracy some frttnds uf tbe couutry a caaae An i bis prCLOtiCe la sanctioned b^ tbu Standard in tbe same oreatb ibat ii says, “tbe ttaie has ouma wben North uarolma snouid take steps in her sovereign capacity, • o oaec'k the uaurpations of me Confaderale go*ernmeni »nd pAve tbe way to peace ” Let no oae be gulled Toc ur ject IS not to streugihen but to destroy ihe Confede rate government. ' By me way, me county meeting in Johnston came o3 ou ma 7tu, aad adopted l>r Leaca’s preamble aud reso- uiions wuicb bad been put torib on tne previoua day .1 me preCkUCt meeting in tnat county, with a few gene rally uuitup«riani aiiefationa. Sthaws —Ii u well known tbat siepa were laktn iui.ug me late sessiuu of tbe LogisUture, by tne Uiti» Recession Uartford Cunventiouisis, to oriug out oppjai ion tu Gov V'auce We ooull nama tbree men wt>o Were Svieoied liieae froca wboiu tae caudidate is to come. Tbe following irom tne Standard, wnile it pro •esses to be a denial, is a cjntirmuion of me well atiocn faot. See boN.it is said; “If Gov. V'ance abouM ’ lO so and so; at.dbow full it is of niuseaiiug prufedsiona tbuut “the people,” “tbe people.” And tne Si«uidarji will “go w tb tbe people bero«»fier, as bereiufor^ ” iuat IS, thttStandard nas no will or opinioa ot its owa It iS a nose of wax, ta be moulded into any shape, a wcaiaercock, to be shifted b/ ever^ popular breas-i. As for tne “Coaservalive party”—mat is the Slaudard’s desiructive” portion of it—it needs to grow iu strengtb. for tbe majority tf 84,000 for Gjv. Vaace in VU(jus. ■ bo2, turned out to be a minoiity for me S aadtra'> uacdiiiktes in November 18d3. Tae Standard nad fitt ed It ttway. liiiL rebd tbe following fr.>m the t^tau- Jurd:— Tai- fayeiteville Obser»er says we ara “djep in a cumuiUA.iuu tu oust’ G >v'r Vauce from —or, iu utoer words, to defeat mm if be ^boUld be a cau-lidaie tCiF re eicction. Tbta la nut true. We know o' uo '‘Com-, uination” against Guv. Vauoe, and if any eziata we are uot in iu Tae Conservaiive people of me State have a right to re elect Gov Vaaoe, and they bave a rigot lo defeat him. We stwtil gw with tbe people bereafior, aa aeruto ora It Qjr. Vauoe should go with the psople wao bave honored him Oy placing bim wbers he is, be yill bo re-eleoted, it beanould desire ii; bu. if tie should oppose tbe views and wisbes of mose wno made bim liovernor, be wilt bo defeated Tnat is all. Tba Oon- jervaave party of 1^118 State is uuit>>d, compacted, firm in Its purposes, and grewing in sire;jgib ev^ry dij; *iid It will uot aacr.fije itself «r tbe great objects it has in view for any man or aet of msn.” CoMUKKis.—On Wednesday, it* tbe8£;;a‘e, a bill Vas prfseuted for tbe probibition of tlm importatioa of lux uries A numbft of bills and rwolationa ware offered lu tbe Hoase: among tbem a kill, by Mr. Gartrall ot Qa., to autborise snspension of Habeas Corpus in ear- lain oases. On Thursday, majority and minority reports were read to the Senate on the bill fixing tbe term of office uf meiabera of tba oabioet. The majority reoommeaded Its pabsage If adopted the present Cabiaet go oat ot ot£ce. Tne Honse ptteaed th« Appropriation Bdl. The chief item is $2S5,4>)i,020 tar the pay of the army. On' Friday, tbe oi^ly item of interes. was tne iatro- di etion in tbe House, by Mr. Stciih of N C , of a bill to exempt from oonsoription eaeh prineipala of substitutes iu the army aa, on and preeiotu to the 1st of Jaaaary i8o4, were eufH*d either by their own maaaal labor, or superiatendiag the labor of others, in raisimg 4«od for Um mktitmmo* of mm. Aefarred. tiuLs not to regard t-e dec siotis of me bupretuc C.>i-.rl, Uultes tb* p'lrty na) beeu discaarged on writ of Habeas O^r^ius On tkt quituon of uuvt': do tbe t*cts mat be r oeivt-3 p‘>, cU:..Iub, Taiii-n.- -*ua ocrv-.a .-uteCii a>oitU in^^e tiira ii»nle to atrve tar me w u* He iueiais loa; ti*o guvrralneut would thirr?oy take a'iv*ct-ige of its own wroug; i.ue eumiiin^ jtiiuer luiiata ibtt ibeae laCk& am.>uiit in law to a waver ot aia original ngQt gruwttig out ot the ftubnti utiou, aad rdivs ou Iiicitaon’s ouae iu tuai uaae tbe puiat la uot positively uec.ded, toerc oeing anoiner ground, to Wit. ttiat bo waa it. aervio« Ttie exeoipu. n act does nut embruce bia case, liut i Know »be Jugdea wtre of oj»iDion iu»'. wuca of tbesc t'kcis exist, to wit, receipt ot bounty, p«y, clomi'jj, raiuna and eervice, ibere is a wa^er oi a ngM to tx- ctiptiun, and 1 ve accordingly, on that ground, re manded tbe parties iu tue itirce ut:er caaea. Bat in “tbe matt. 1 uf Flemiug,*' w:io was arrested ■IS a cot'script aud witaoiu an opportuoity to sue out a at.t, iHK-ii (0 Camp Hoi.iiei., aeut to iticJLuoni, arid Lt ju JStauat.ii, waere...e ieft i3e aroiv w.kuuui leave, c, ..e huUifl »»d « Li.r^aied us a dc*9- ritr, 1 aad tj;iu ilok'- tiuiifiei, and u oeittg otj cted taut as ;^e waa a aescricr bo cuu>d not be teari ul.i iI court ui’ir.iai bad u'^p;aei ol Uim, 1 over.uWd luj uuj:oiiJU^ t->r me r«a !*uua aUuve s>a eu »ud ou t..e aatuuriiy ut ll.oaauU e case. Ut^ibe merits, U a^pirared oe waa over mirij^ five aud the keeper of a puoiio lui l aud bad beeu reiuseit exemption ou tne ground ttai be »ttcuded to a sawmill aa well as a grist luiil! i Ueid tuat puaiiiuo un.euabia >u me q jceiiwu oi waver, it appeared tae Dad beeti under oiiiitary rvsiraint tur tbree wt.eks, bad reccKedratiOLa and drilled a time or two. I ela mere was n > evidence u! a waver—ne was otiiiged to eat and forced to drill aaa It was badenuuga th^t tie bad been put m j«ii, taken od. lied like a teiun, and resiruiuei ol uie liberty f r ttiree weeks Hgainst l.»w. in tae matter of ^I ttie uame.J—me petitiouer waa a bl^ckauiiti, Uad t>eeu deiailkd, w>a aUcraarda taxea a.-t a cuuaoripi to V'.r' (iiuta, Xi-pi tbere tarce mouma. ciuataf me iiuie lu tuv •iL'9pi^al s^ut UuCjiOU s.ck fu'loug aaJ rera's*. .u reluru, i overruled lau pr,.i.uiiu n j otij cl'un; a ’.be Utcriib held be w.*j eAeuip.ed acojrdia^ to Guyer a ca>e. aud as to WaVar, mtt a tdicouat vKOUatstauue Ot ^rceiviQg cloiQea did not v-.ry tuo o^ac ti ooi to at oi Fiuoii. g; clo'ijed were aeueaa.kry aui Ue w.v3 required to De lu uuiiorin. ^u mis c^e, there are tba aiditioual f«cts of receiv itg ) ay aud ae: v.iig aiXieeu tuouius Ai to p'lf/, two Ouusidcr^iiuna btar on tbe uatti:r; a tso:dier la tu m^uy cia-6 oblig. d tu draw pwy for tiia vwu comfort aud tae cuppuri ot i.ia mio aud uaitdreu in U a abai.'aoe. Tbe p-«y is oiiiy au iquvaleai. tur services riUd«red, and couMqaeuJy c.tiiu.>t be ii;c tvUUJai.un for aa luipilica non ut a wavrr—cjuii’St to aeivtt tor tne war. As to Ibe tizleeu monike service, ii would ueeta me goverument auouid lie CvUiv:UL wiu u'tvtug exac;«d tbat. mucb out ol tim, aad C!tn on uo pnnoipia maae it mo ground tor f rcin^t utm to serve during me war Tue caaj ditftra from tbat of H.oksoa in tui.-: uo bounty was rt:ctnAi^ Nbiua IS me aioat maieri-.tl aud uucqaivoual eviaeuce oi a waver; it ia a voiuutary act luouuaintaut aud at^aiuSt cuusf'ieKCe, i*xt:upi cn liue a Jpp cii.iuu iti^i ttie par-y la ■ o aerve ua- i:.^ wu' K ti;je i»a a ouuaoript; and lor lAHt reii-oti tud court lu DiC&.ou s CJ.ae Conaidert'd tiiis fac uu^'Cted wita -.u t propj>va by me clber tactp, evidi aue ot a wav.-r or u'^aaeiu lo serve Sor the War Toe ;.cccp taoce of boua y la So loiportiut a lacu, taat a caa-^ o*a av>t bo oiadv; udi/ wuuou.- it; it. would lid liko an arch without tUe key aiaae, or au..in,{ lutj pi^y of liamirt Hu tne caaracter oi liijiict .m ti(.d K is'iberetore conaidered, taat tue petitioner be dis- coaiged. K. M. PiuAEciOS. Il«cember 1868. Tni OBsaavica’s Cikoulatiom —>'.e have never tbougut it in good taste to make extracts from the let ters we reeeivc commending the course of the Observer or oondemoiog that of other papers The Raleigh Standard hae ditferent viswg and pursues liiat method uf puffiug itself Luely it nas ad led to tbs puffs of uselt abuaive or slanderous pass'^g'js in reg>rd to the Uoserver. Among them, we uotico in the last Standard tte following:— ^ “Kxiraot Irom a letter to the Eiifcr, daidl “Asukboeocoh, Jan. 9, 1861. “Heretofore the people of luia coiumunity bave patron ised tbe 7i»yeiteviiie Ob.servar, but owing to his blind zeal in npbolding the rash mea;iures of Jeff Davis and nia prMelytea at Riobmand to tne utter neglect of the rights of uur good and glorious State, tbe people are qdittiog the Observer, and 1 hear nine-tenths of tbem apeak in favor of tbe Standard ai bei- g the great ex ponent of the right? of the people. We bid yon ge on —tbe people wtll sustain you.” Wa think it right to say tbat ai tar aa the above re lates to the Obaerver, whether ia reirard to its circula tion io Asbeboroogb, or m Randtdpa oonoty, «r in the Slate, it is utterly destitute of truth. The ei^'cuiatioc of this paper has d')ubled withia a year, and is eon- stantly increasing. MMnippi letter from Mississippi says that Judge Walts, of the District Court, is keeping a good nany i «Map bj iaiaiBg Wfita of LATEST NORTHERN NEWS, Northern papers of the 8th and 9tb:npt. bate reached Orange 0 H , whence a synopsis of the news is tele graphed. We annex all of interest:— Stimng Ttm4i in th* Yankee Congrw!—Hcw*^, of Wipoonsln, has introduced in tbe VauU*>>- J?en%t?, a bill reeiitng aur cruelty to the Yankee pritou. rs. afi'l re questing LincMu to osll out and arm one miuion of i«-2- untetra, to serv^inety days, unless ei'one? d!scharg.-o, tu carry food and freedom to every c*ptiv* > **ld in rebel prisons, and to plants tha fisg of tbe Dnited 9^Htes upon every prison Lioooln is requested to ijlaci Grant iu ccicmEndof theae vcluQteers, tozeiher with siK^h forces inihe field as may be joieed with them. Congress is lo adjuarn on the 4tb of .Viurch to the 4tb of June, and •»U lueriibsrs under fifty years to take me iield. Tbis hill f.R-.Pf-d the Fankee Huai>eof HwprcFeiitttives on the 7ib, to •J4-—a lotion to lay on tbe tabio, by Cox, of Ohio, having been>ejected. A resolut'.c* w .s cfferi’d t^ecl iring that as tb*' cotubi- natiou at Riv'haioiid baa no rightfnl authority over the p6opla, cr any porlicn *of the National Union, aud no warrant but ooncpiracy aod treason,• tberpfore ev»-ry prcpoaitiuu to treat with them aboold be rtjected with out besiia'icn * Hojiers, ot New Jersey, on tbe same day, oflVred re- soioiio'e recitiug tbat, wbi’ei in favor of a viger. ua, united and determined prosecutiou of t;«(i wttr, f >r the aiaiut(''->aiice of (be cons ituiiun :>nd yol wa art t !r c-'uciU^iion aud couiproniiae, c.3 f .r oi iii^’e’en rfith tu bonorable aud iaa'ing peate; uni p^puaiu^ me appoiuiu.;ut of Cosmitiei.>uers to iueet4Uomnii6aiou . rs siuiiiar'y Qppoiutcd by ttie lujuij^eiit ctit -8, to con sider waetber any j ian m%y be adu'Wed, conaiatvut witl; i>>« honor and m^uity of tiio nation. aid ba^d aol'-ly 00 the re-couairuciiott of tne Uuicn, by wbicu the w>it oiuy be ended. Tfte resiljtiiius were tabli'd, to 42. An tber resolution w’m cficred, which lie.-t over, re qiiestitig tbe President to use aiietfons, consisieut wim aonor, to procure an exciiuu»:e of prison -ra, aud if it cannot be ezteaded to ail, tbea to as many as poasible. Myers, of Penn , on the same day, offered a resolu tiou, aaaerting that tut; war sbouiti be waged, on the Fv;deial side, uii;.il the irHitors aud'abettors are con- querrd into iove for tbe Cuion, or niade obedient to tuu Couatituiiou, and fftka the oa'b of allegi .ue) a.,d •lubaiiasioii to Lic.oclu'(i la'e prot;Um»ti' n. When the!-*- «re at'COUipltetiOJ, atl’l tlic Icsdmf; rvr>«ls ao«i r»ii.vr« uuEg, the w»r sQould ceaso. » Ou the Hia, V. ils n, o( .'tl ■.asicbu etta, introduce ! in iie Vatitec rttuaitt, w i«:S'.,iuiton to(-xjti G>»tr»:tt L>o.v a. pI itvixu.'ky, tiec.uaa 1>»via Siii'i m lun ou ir 5 ij, tbat tne pcoi le of tno .'or';* .•itg'it t.j tg.iiubt .ti3 w*r .c'lders aiid lake tliia great matier iuiu lieir «sVu H From Ltjuiiiiiua —A befrtt cxpoaiiioulet't .New t>rie;tus ,a itje 30,u uf December, to operate agaibs' .Mobile It piescut, Pascagoula will be co3up:ed Aa entreDcbtd c^OiP bbs been ma.e there, to facihtkte operatiou^wneu tuc rainy season enda. A masj meeting of tbe lo>al people was to be held in New Orleans, on the 8th of iHuti’iry, to re-eatabliab the State Goverumsnt. under i^incoin's proclamation. Near)y enough naines for tbis purpoae tiad becu enrolled , ll’tr contra, we bad lulorni-ttion some daya ago toat •he whoie yan'-ce tJi>-t had c-eared out f«-om Mo‘iile; ucp''8ed lo have gi'n ’f q.ieli ihe revolt in the New umaua for'a, telirn i tj te in posseeaion of there- iOlled uegr^ea au« couivderale prisoueis —Obs ] jJuct.Uireuw .Vewt —Tbe Aaierican ^liuiaieis at Lou- ( n tiU A i'..ria are euueavuring to preveBi tae eaiitcg ol • Kaj paiiaa'iuClt frou. Calais I i-iir i.»y, the nov.-lisi, ts d ad. tl.cita ba^ been eiec.ed U. S. Sena.or from -tiai ^. .ud. t.a »b B. Smith, Ex-Secrsiary of the Interior, is dead Ii^diana and Vermont have filled their qaotas uuder lie draft Grant has been promoted as Major General in the re gular army, to date from tbe tall ot VicKaburg. Tbon:a9, .Ueade, McPherson and Sberman, bave been made lirigadier Genv-rala iu tbe regular army. Tue Peuusyivauia Senate Canaot organize, because of ibe absence of Wniie, wno is a prisouur in our bands. Xbe P.*ris corrcapondent of ibe Loudon Times says tLai MasiiBiiiaa wtii refuse ibe Mexican ttirouu, uuUaa icuogn Zed by me Wasnitigion Uv vemmeui, and ibai i.ii.o.iu naa refused auun recoguinon liov, B’.’jm ur, of New Yorx, is said lo have taken atroug gruuuds iu nis mraaage againai tbe dratt. il-jir luomaa D. Arsnsay and Lieut D^vid Davia, reliei ctboera, ocuvicied o. reuiuiiiug i:. iuo U.iioaiiuea, ucva b*eu Btiil lo J!ort Viancu tor tiieeu years. Goid in N-. jt YofX 15-i l uKicK tfnv* Li.Ti.a-Ttie Hcut.tiarg t xpret« l»s» iiov. VurK Hernia dl tUa lUa loti I'ba Itf.Iuwmg ara ail the luiiu ut lulere»>'.~ ^'rv;« We huva IciMresiiog new* trom tiea. U..uki'd«- ji^nuK-ni by irie » dv-tiuur CutiiiuL'ia, whtcL a^i.ved beia yc^iertlAv. M Ull 4l.i.e» flirOi r«cw v..rienn» ».» slic insi luioriuai^un II.14I '-««u recriv.^.. in^tc irutii vnrit.u* «vurc«:a ut a c^finb u«-U itii.vetnciu i Lclii^ Iuitit‘Ui|ii:ii«:Ll uii Ltie ^11 ul ia« r«UeU. li s.iia ttial dll ihtf fetid I') tinve Uceii upt-raiiiig in VVeiMrii L.»uUiaaa,iD tue on: k.'-ul lh>-aoil other iNXnl-i, »ere gtiherii |i tor . eulr:wl 1 CI.1S, nail un.:ii.g lu toriii uuc laige army t.i iillai k uur tiew ait))ii3ilMins ua tU« tuijiat of and ^v.«u4tl i^riitiAtjiy aum tier Hi lex'i 'Ju.ouu i'rutr^tiuu4 baU tM'cu iimOu lu meei ibi> retiel lurce '■» %\elt un ^o»itue wiiti ine n iiii'jer ul iroupa tn lUc p.rt uieoi, auil II was extMcuU liml tirkr*> ul greal iiiieresi I'roiii lextts Muuttl suua lit reccivcil * . Blackad* Traat—.Ktivica from Nurui, are to ihe!WJ«&>. 1 tic ImJe M .lu VV iliiiiu^iun. C , viii .Nittt-iu w.is Mill l>r>'.k I Here wera qutle a auiu >er ol »t' ' luv-rteil c ir^ f a' ' r kl>'r.i|t'. lut: i^'XkIi Im .. v deiili) la->tineil l->r u.l.iu ..i-^ tu liit r:i.«3. .se» iurk lunvnriiea a.veu aucti M'ZiC i — 'Uf mlvires trum ,Mri.ru rt-preaeiil ■.U-. Kreiich m uirel in^ .» all iint'.i-.l a ii.itijfiu.iieil sue *- n. i.n (...ijiroi >i llieilil I 1 .t u. t .luiu.i* luiuu^a Ilia uia iir >. V ir 'los c ,iit > t‘>vv u> 11 lO be«a uct.u,iit:a by (be iiiiperi.tl ,>riii3, niiil itir iuv.itier> wee tii.tr>.h- ii.K OB Ju.irc£ > enpiuip. w liictt" itiry exp» cWtl lo ..tcupy liy 1 liri»i- iiia9 li r'-ifirieo tiy i.ir IreiKU luU tueir p inu Ju.t- r. ^ liiiiiseit Woitii aeia Siit'eiy uy tleei ^ lu i'cx.is 1 he eiiiiie ■''.ale- III I'.iiiKUiip.ts, ii was cx(k:i. leil, uuuiU kuun Ix; in lue Mon ot (III* iiii,x:ri>tii«ut. * Tx r tr.'.'wH — I'lie Herald giv s I.inroin the n-bel plans fur ilie kt'» le.tliire la »liith l» itie evHCUHlion of Virgmi.i. '1 lie it'Te.u sli >» - ..iiicotii ho^v lie c tii chcuiitveiil the pl iii, .tiio cloao a> »i> ic:; I...1I •itio rebem.ni trtti tie uileriy deiiiMi»heil tiy t>eti ijfiiui 111 me >1)1. s 11 liie .v'ar tJlTire cjih u .ly cuutr.ve Uuring thn w.iiler lu *■« p .1111 a gnl r>t Ih army of l.eo of lo h>ilu me rebel )juvcruuicui ul ii c .iH.ina." /'rom the Hjptdan —Oeanok C H., Jan’y 15.—The folli wtuj, ace/us 10 oe toe irue veraiou of Moaby’s ati»ir .ia:tr Htrptr's Ferry. He did not attack tb'f girnson »■ lltrpci'j F rry, Oat lUe jauiee caiup. on toe Lou- d uu ti iguis, ont* niile aud a caif trocn Ua per's F rry. occup ed by tbe 1st, M.»r}Knd batialion of cavilry, uauc." -VI jor (JoiB, coaaiSiiLg of li»0 aien. T'.e ai.i’.cU iT-.s tct i6 oa Sua lay murui.ig bciore oi. i^gbt Th ckicKiAj a catup W;ia c tapletely aurpris d, anl f.i wa inio conai icra'jld oontusioa. Owtug to t he pi cxiti:ii,4 Oi :ne euoiuy'a intautry f>rc- 8, .Moaoy was compeilci>» Jo act burricdly aix pris nars aud forty *bor:.ej were oap if^cd. Tae rnemy's loia tu killed aud wounied uoi a^cerihiued. Mo8t)y’s loss fiftreu Thf Lovett Bidder.—A party, yesterday, entered in- { to ar contract, at th® Contract Bureau, to carry the mails on a certain rou*e for tho cne quintillioneth part of a cent, which is about the one hundred thousandth fraction of a mill Tbat is about equal to carrying the mail for no thing and pitying .‘something fcr the privilege. The forci of figurfH could,po farther go.—Rich Ez'r, 16A. Ut. Vernon Female Seminary* The 2d Sessioa will ooMmeuoe tho 15th of FIB* RU.\RY and continue 20 weeks. Taition in English Branches f60 00 “ “ Music and Painting, (eiwb,) 40 00 School Room expenseg 8 00 Board S8£0 per ^t'esioa. If pa|i] |n provisions at old W A R RI R n Drioes f50. All ef Tuition and one half of Bo*rd re- At the residence of the bride’s father, on the 6th inst., “ advanoe l*h Popil wiU Ornish her own by EvereHSmith, Eau , Mr 0 W SUTTON to Miss E | pair sheets, one pair pillow saaea, o«* i\BIZZEuI, all ‘of ^ay'ne co«n7y. “ f oo««»terpan, or qnUt and a eup.- “.',r ?.r» i r’6. “oopee, ’} Ei>q , Mr JA.MES JOHNSON to Miss SDSANAR, eldest daughter of Wyley Mtdlin, Kflq. ' .At the residence of the bride’s father, on the 17th alt., by Ihe Rev James O'Bryan, Rev H H. CR0W80N to Miss HARRIETT SVERITT, both cf Richmond county, X. C. Jan’y 12. LOST iny repeater bciweea G(‘n’l to llir^! nt)i''rKi 1 .. -jn'l t>ir. » b-t ,;f r I l.gc'.i flv ■! ■r lltMT -I ; of bcr.>’. cn t". W R fl o’cl t-k Jan’y H I«^4 Dim. .At Konsiagton. the residence of Mr James Martine, apon reasonable terms on tbe 16th inst., THEODORE, son of Dr. T. and Abbie B. Martine, aged 2 years and 5 montha. At Summerville, H’tiaett coun'y, N C , on Wedne« day ,>an’y 18th. at five minutes before th»ee o’clock. P \l . m th- 84ih \ear of her age, Mrs. ANNE BLOU.'JT .S.'lKPARD McKAY. wife of the Rev N^iij vfoRay, and vo’ir.ge-'t dautfbter of the late Hon. Ebenezir Pttiigrew, ■ ' T^rr-1 C“uniy, N C. “Bifssed are th« d“ad who die in tbe Lord; even st> '•••ji't’. th** i^p'rit, for tbey rest from their labors ’’ T'.? Soiiihe''n Presbyterian and the Raleigh papers will >de,-.fih copy. Oo the 10th inst, at tho residence of Lemuel Ll^»- tirrry, in Kaiidolph couuty, Mrs. .MARY Lli^KBERRY, reiici of Francis Lineberry, deo’d, in the 90ih year of tier aee. Id Wilniington, on tbe 15th inst-, Mrs. FREDERICK J. HILL relict of-the late Dr. F. J Hill, in the 70th year of her age . Rec ntly, privates James Wyohe ana P S Bobbitt, of t^e 47th Rv-it’t, of wounda received at Gettysburg. Ia Wi’nin^ton, 13th inst , of typhoid pneumonia. Mr. William Smith, off’o. B, Is' Bittalion Artillery, aged 37 ytar^ T. 0. HOOPER, Address 8t. Lawrenoa P. 0 , Chatham ccunty. Jao*yl2. 97 «w i^lR BLfJFt' ACADEifllf. THE next aeaaion of this School will commence Jaa’y 18th, 1864 The Priucipal will devote his whole attention to the m^ral as well as the mental adv»ti«e- ment of tbe students I’oari can be had in the village A McN LEACH. FrinclpaL 97 6ipd F o’s cnnsist- f» « x?-'. Hi J. oes- '• 2Ji -Hst ni M 11 DaViD FAir.LEY It , d FA p:. ; _ V ILLK M AHKET.—Jatjua^ry 1«. N illiVIEW t)K THK .MARKET. Ba ion 2 ’>0 Park 2 00 to 2 25 Lard 2 26 i> ;f bU t.> 7t c*s. pier lb. 2 5C. Butter & 50 4.00. CuitOu 1 26 to 1 35. Coffee 12 60 t^uttou Yiirn—$lu 10 $S0 per onncb i>Tied Fruit.—Apples and Peaches 7o to 1 CO Eggs 1 50 to 1 75 per dozen. Extract Logwood $5 to $6 per lb Flour 95 #0 to $'05 Flaxseed 5 00 to 8 00 per bu. Fodder 10 Ot). Hay 8 00 Shucks * OO to 7 00 Grain—Corn 12 60. Wheat 20 CO. Rye 15 00 Oats 8 00 Peas 12 50 Hides—Oreen 2 50 to 8 50, dry 4 60 to » t’O* Iron—Swedes 3 00 to 3 60. Leather—Upper 1'/ 60 per lb.. Sole ?10. L-qtiorfs—Corn Whiskey 60 00. Apple amt Paaoh Brandy 50 00 Midaaaes—Conntry made $10 to $11; N 0 10 to $12 Nalls 2 60 te 8 60 per ib Onlona 10 00 per b'lshel. Petatoes—Insh $7 uO per b«ah«U sweet 6 00. Rice t>0 cie. Soap—Family Bar $1 per Ib.j ’foLi.i 2 00 Sugar 4 00 Spitnts Turpentine )t 00 per gftiluU: Fayetteville 4-4 Sheetings 1 00 t«^3 60. Sait 15 00 to 17 60 per bushel. Tallow 2 60 Wool $4 to $6. i'r>rreei{-d bv li. L JVOTMCB. (WILL LEAVE Ureeaaborough on the 8th of Febru ary ncx', HiUsborouKh the 9ih and ^oldeborongb the 10th, for Ih? army of Northern Virginia Ail persons d-'sirontr uf sonding boxes, will please have them ready ou thtt above named dajs, weighed, marked and proper ly dir. etrd t^mall parrels oannot be taken Boxes Will be taken on at tba interniediate stations WJiLTER A THOvlPdON, State Agent. Jan. 19 wa.vFeo^ k N exptriecoed Aiale and Female I'eacher, to take £%. charge ef a Sahool in Smitbviile, B'‘unswick couiity. Apply to J C Swain, or tbe subscriber, near BaiitL- viiie JE^SE G DREW Jtn’y 9, l^»>4 3^*9tad S^7t7X HWING removed ik) Baaumont, Chatham Connty, would respectfully cffar hie professional services lo tbe sorroundiog country, hoping from an experience of nearly iwenty years of regular praotice, to be abl« to share a portion of the confidence of the community. Jaa’y 18ti4. 98-*3m WILL, be auiu al tbe laie reaideuce uf Angus .VlcGill, a.e’d, onSATURD.AY the 6th February next, all . ue PEiiidH ABLE PKtjPERTY belonitiug lo tbe Ea- late ut me said dec'd. cousiMing ot C.\T i LE, SHEEP, tiOGd, F.^RwlNG UTENSILS, HOUSEHOLD ana Kir HEN iURNirUhE, &0. Terma ujado kuuwn at Ssie. M4RY McGILL. Adui’r of Augaa .VluUiil, dcc'd. Jan’y 15. . 97 Itpd CATTLE FoFsALE. 'PEIB subscriber aa Adui.uiairaiur ut Jas. S Ray. X dec’d, will expose to puuiio s.le ou a credit of six aiuuibs,'^ or 10 nead of Catiie. X .c nate will take piace at tbe residence of Wm. B Ray, , in Carvec’s Orerk Diatrtct, on "1 HUHSD.\Y, the 11m day of Feb y uext. DUNCA.N R.AY’, Adm’r.* J iu'y 18. 3ipd Piano Wanted. T \N1EU to mte a PI.^NO Appiy to “. r. h.wvley & suN. !^-2lpd W .../ D wd’a Mill and t'aribag** cr ^>«tween Carthage anl Mrs. Ferguson’s live mLca be'qw* Cartbnge. un tbe Plark « Road 1 will pay a libe''al reward for the repeater at ihe Post OiSce in Caribage, or to me at home ll*pd H. C DOWD. Taken I’p,* By the ondersigned, on^ COW somewhat between a blue and a brindle color, and on* steer supposed to teabcut tbree years old. of a hlackish coIt with a white fuCB, m'»rk’d as f'illoiTM, swallow furk in left ear ond crop oir rbe right, Thej catie to ttiis i lane about the first of June 1863 Tbe nwoer i? requested to eome forward, prove property, ' ay cbarees and take them away, otherwise they will be Jt*ah wiih accor*i* g to ’aw WIT.MAM H AUTRY. Ssmpeoa C'^nnty, N C , via Biockeraviile, Jan’y 12, 1804. Itpd W Jab’y 18, 1SH4 From the Peniniula and Northern Seek —By the Y trk Rifjr train last eveaiug, we l-?arn ibrtt pite rep )rt reach ed Tufi!tdl s Siatiou esterday tail a cousidorable bo y of mo enemy, conei'ilia^ of w-iita meu avd Afiicius, were advauciag from Wnliaoisburg up the Poniuau'a. We alao laarn d tbat Datler bad sout a force up th/ ‘ Nj*'theru Neok.” The object of both txpediiions is .a raid on the oountty and tn« dea tu't'on uf all tbe p'ro- viaiona tbey can find —R ehmond Whig, HUh Movernenta of i'iAnkers in Wca'nxoTelin'l. 'and ehewhere —luiorinatioa ajia oe. n r-a iv«a tnroush rel'-»tile s 'ur- c-8, that the ene.uy. e.'ti iiaiud at about 6 000 strong, unded at K'uriain, rt'es:tii.ireland ooui tv, on it*** I'i*** luit. Taey were eu,i5ag«d i-k d—truyinj? all the pr ’V.s tone of every k;ud me people hid pu' up W «itaor:land bor'ifrs uu the low.*r Potoni'so 'in I Ki B‘le ta a - ui. i iui»a near i.’tt ru»;r. p.A6«euger3 by tb4 Fred-rtcksburg trtin, ycet. rJay evening, stated toat tbe Yankees are reportr.«L to have iai.de«i at Aqui;».—Ib. B To Uire« twf hrsi r.t.e .>EGi.iO H.VND3. Als\ .lloore $!$iipi‘rioi* 1 ourt of f.aw, ‘ FALL TtRVf. 18..3 Harris Ty«or v^ Net» Yi»rk White Soap St-^ne Co IT is ordered by the C'>urt, in tbis ca"», tbat publica* tion be made in t*>? Fayetteville Observer for six w?eks. for the Di'fef'dnnts in the said case to appear, plead, answer cr cl. mur, at the n>xt Term of this Crurt, or judgmfnt pro confess j wi 1 be entered tgiinsi tbem. Witnes*, I H CadJell, Clf-rtt of our s»id Court, at Office, the Mcaday before the last .Monday in August A. D , 186:i. Issued 9th January 18‘^4. %*6tpd] 1 H CADDELL. C. B. C. $(tate ot .\oi*lh C'ai'oiina, M‘ NlGOdKHY COU.MY Court of Pleas and Q mrter Srtssions. Jan’y Term, 1864 Caroliue Kuaacll vs G lUm Rusaell, Naucy Ruseeu. Petniub tor D «wer IT appearns to the salisfaoti- n of tbe Court, tbat Pinkney Raoaell an I Shelly Russell, two of tbe De fendants. tesidti beyvnd tbe limits of tbe State: It is therefore ordered, that ruMic»»tion be made for six weeks encceseively, notifying the Dsfeiidants of lh« filing of this Petitian, aod that unless they appear at tbe next term of Ibis Court, to be held the 1st Monday in April next, ani answtr tbe peiitirn, the same will be taken pro oonfeeso, and heard e> parte as to them Witness, J B Sffticar, Clerk cf said Court, at offiee in Troy, 1st Monday in Jacusry H*R4 9S*6tpd] J S PPENCER, 0. C. C. UNDER a P>>cree of the Coart of Pleas 4 Quarter Session.*, December Term. 18o8 1 will expose to pablii; sale at tho Market. lioaee in Fayetteville, on WEDNEZDAY, tho 81 of Vebru^ry 1864, about 120 acres ot Land on or near B nek Rirer, adjoining the lao-lfi of A!l?n Anscr;, John Horn and Robert Mat thews. belonging to the eftata of tho late Joel Matthews and subject to the widow’a dcw*^r J. T WARDET^, Com’r . Jan’y 12. ^7 tF y8 ■ ^Fa^tt«vHie Arsenal and Armory,! .JA^t'Aar in, 1064. ) WrllVTFD, Negro Cai'peuters, Biaoksmitlis & Helpers. A FEW first rate Negro (jarpeni.ers, Biackamittis and Helpers, oau find euployiaeat at this Arsenal and Armory. Apply to 97 St") Lt. Col. P. L CHILDS, Comd’g Offioer SXAR foU^ury. The subscriber »er.’ r«js.>estruliy infu''uja his friends "n't t e put! 10 a;»3-ruOy la .t us ba'* now lu Ms tmplo>meui 0.1 Of ii* w k'.en n l 's ludj r • ^ to c .61 auy •>. * ■ Iv i • i? i u at tue « w. ^ u nee anl oo iiiti s me auob aa t’ar 'ea an i U y £>aud work, a* a B.ra[ work, ~^alt Wterla. l>. v.uif 'V. L om work. iSijW'*: Pans and Gran- li.»i •.■1 G- i\ l;.il. . JtO S.V M A FayeitevillA, S tl , * t ’y il. 18 4 B'KER. 97 tf Titas—The Legislature adjourned on the 16 h nU. It paaaed an act placing the entire military power of the State at the disposal of the Confederate mi itary au’boriiicn for one year; also laid a tax of one per cent, on all properly; amen Jed the oode defining treason, so »8 to make it appbo'tblc to those who talk M'eaaou, as Wi’ll at* A-most tu t cue v ho thiuk it. ^itce tho arreat of tbe traitora some weeks since in Hcuatoii, mat p'jriiou of the secret eneaies of the 1on- fi*dtr-icy bave b-:o 'tae very quiet and submissive. Tne rffect 01 the -*.rest was exceedingly whole.some. Tb«* ps? .’ple of Texas are turning out in matu, to gi?e ■ _ in 3. warm receriion Ff •* r*nneuM —The Atlanta Confederacy says (ha aneoiy is moving towards Cleveland. This is anppoaed to b# on account of Lonfstreet’s position between Bards- town and Cumberland Gap, and having «ut off the yan- kee supplies Scouts have been sent out to asoertain the facts Tbe Chat*ftBeoga Rebel says: Oapt. Bruce Phillips has between 160 and 200 tBen. and has been actively engaged all winter in annoying the Federal garrisons at Clarksville and Fort Don^lson, and the working parties tpon the North We-ttern Rillrt»*d.. Not long since he Att^fked several thousand armed negroes working cn me laiirsad, killed and wounded a Urge number, and put the rest to Sight. A few daya before Christibas, Capt. Pbilllpa, witb fifteen men« waa in tbe immediate vicinity ot Clarksville. The faot beooming known to the Federal eomiaander at ClafksTiUe, he dispa’.ohed a party* of 58 to capture them. Phillips’ patty ambus- oaded »em and killed ^7, and i*oanded aamany others. . Omly 17 ol Ikf |Mty itUvMd x> V the m^'atb o go I'l o tae oouniry, a Boy aal Girl, of 10 and li -'I'pty ^o D. MuLAURIN. Jan'y 18. ?ii lontcdcratc Tax iVotice. I tv ILL tttteua wua lue A'^sfcssors iu Ca-tbsEge, on tbe 25tb, ’Akb, 27»ii aod 28 b of Jjn'y 1864, f.nd Joaes- itoroti n ou the 2\Hb, to receive the lucoaie Tu aua •lati'j 1651, at.d tbe Tax dae from dealers. Dealers will (lO'ice ibit loeir Liceasea txp.re ou ilie 3lst Dacetuber 1863, ond that they are to return the amount of sales lor ihtf las’ quarter, &3 Tae Iticome Tax ia pay*V!o l>y eiicn person, j liut stock ooi.ipany aid corporation, ‘‘rom fver, rrnpl.._> aieoi or buaineaa, whethef^ registered r not, ir. «'i il loey may have betfn engage;-!, and from every l ives 'n f labot, skill, property or money, aod th*> income a:ii protl's lerived from any source what- Vr, from J 1 lO'tO tu Jaa'x * c.lv>ept in- m.?a of aud u der »50 J, aad profile or iaoomes de- r V d from fafma taxed in kind * I will alao attend in M >utgom»ry c»onty forthe fame iiur('f">e, at H5ck Springs on tbe Nl day of Feb’y I8^>4; Ml. Gilead. 2 I; Troy, 3J; Fora, 4ih. All are requested to p-ttend, &o. ALEX'R KELLlT, Col’r 32d Dist , Moore and .Montgomery. Jan’y 12,186j4_ ^8 li*2t The Committee ot Finance IN and for the County of Robeson will attend al the Court House in Lumberton, on Monlay tbe 8th day of Fi'bru^ry next, and continue in sessiod one weex. Tbe Sbf riflf. Clerks of the County and Superior Courts, Clerk and .Master in Equity, Chairmat of the Biard of Common School' and Commissioners holding County Fuads, are hereby notified to attend at the time and place above specified, with lh»ir vouchers properly pre pared. Pers ons having claims against the County are her^v tpeeiaUy noujltd that it they do not present their oiaiK while tae Comcnittee are in session, that they will not be attended to, and the Committee wish it dis- tieoily uiideratood that this applies to offloers aa wall as individuals ........ BBNJ FREEMAN,) JAS A ROZIER, VCam- A D. BROWN, ) Lumberton, Jan’y 18, 18tJ4 98-Wpd TRE firm herftf'"'re “Xi-*:.i-g under tbe name aod style of MOSl-’UN. ^HDS'tN * CO , in Cartbaga, N C . ia diSsoived by uiu'u.l ooaaeut Any person or p* 901S b-*.»-ag ■■ cl tiia I ■■Uimaagain-l-taid Firm, will preaeni them i-a.*.edt»irtj •' e' 'i*.Tof me su'iMcribers lor payiucnt. JO JIN .\10lil^-ON > Vv B Kl H\RUS()N. SA*-!! •.1 .1'.' UL H-.KUStJN J«M j; • II liK J5.n’y 13 ■ ^ iHoi’lli « ar«»ii*i!i, \ Waick v.'ou.av. ) ‘ i**-’* IN the caao ol • .»i s J i ‘‘ i>jy;au Joan ii m •» u others. ag'iinM Go-rf 'V M;rd'ca', EirfOui.’P cf VViiliiai B-V.*»1, W 'U fc a >:«n, B .v .n t'ld '^toHfs ” filed to S,.rt. g T r ■ . -A D ! 864 t : •>*ri of Eq'J^y for tb C-U-i / "f W auJ o>.t>o ot Sjrtu t'aiul^na, for tae purp irte oi inkiug m ’i-jcou'ii aud pay ing off legacies, &o Noiic.^ ta he'^ebv gi’^ea to W«!ti->n E B>ylan, Strab Parker, Kite Weldon B >. 1 u H »>m ,'j B >yun and El sa Wcbator, to come toiMar,; a' tb* next Term of ;Ois Court, and plead, answer *r d-? nur t» s nd om, or it will be takJn pro conleaao, lod ne»rt p»rt‘ »a iO ttiain Done at O.'fi ;e lu , h»* on> ot Ktl ii?o. mia toe 9ta day of J'fuuary, D lrfo4 97-6w] ^ R. G. LEWIS. C. M B. Confederate Tai, Notice. IWllali wil l btie A'aL^as jra'al io« offio of A. M Caujpoell in Fayettevi le daily tr>m '^edaesday Ibe 5th day of lanuiry un>i' me 21 jt to r ceiv.* tae la- 07-ne Tax oua Jaii*y I**t, i8'‘i.'ai.l me Tax due from Dea ers Healers will it» * a^.ioe tbat ibeir L cenona expire on tn« i^lsi D c 18>o{. and thoy will be requirjd to ranew tbem, and ■•> ntiuru the emoan: oi s&iea tor tiie |uarier endiag Dec Siai, 18t>8 Tne Income Tax is payable by each person, j^int stock company ana corporation, trom every uocupation, employment or buwinesa, waeiher registered or not. in which they may have been engaged, and from every in vestment of labor, skill, property or money, aod the In- lu.mo and profits derived from auy aoaroe whatever frosa J i-s’j Is'-. 18t>3, to Jta'y iS 4 Tae following exempiiana (r im the tax ari) allowed: 1st. Incomes of aau uaier $500 2d. Profits or tieome derived from suoh products of land aa are taxed In kiai. a. W. HARDIE, Dist Gol. for Cumberland touatj. Deo*r 12, 186S • ii21Jpl Public i^otice. *Ths Notes mentioned in the advertisesasnt of Torquil Stewart* Adm’r on the Estate of Jas. Ptew- art, as being lu my possession, were delivered to me by order of Jm Stewart, d^’d. The netee are my prrperty and will be delivered to the payers whenever payLnt is made bj them. I direct that these not«a shall not be paid to any legal holijer. - TH0MA8 H. ^8HT. U, lia w-2tpd Weavers Wanted. The Roekflah Manufaetaring Company wish to aBgage a few raapeeUble young women in tha Weaving Da-^ partmant. Applieation to be made at tha Faatory to Sir. J. E. TAN AMBERG, Superintendent, or (oC. T. HAIQH, Pres’t, in FayetteTilla Dee’r «0. 1868 Og-W Bank Stock for Sale. PPLY to . A. McLEAV APPtY to , Nov. 28, 186T. S3 itf A¥OIV E. HAI.I Ftrwardlsg & Ceaiaission Merehaot, WILL gi^e qtuok despatcn to goods oot signed to kiae Particahir itie^Ucn given to all produoe se»t Ua fer taia. Oanaigmaents of’Naval Siurw^ Us mJc
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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