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THB APPALLINa UISA3TER IN CHILI.
Tb« Northern papers have some thrilling d»-
uils of the destraotion of the temple of the 0'ni-
pania, in Santiasjo, the capital of Chili, in the i':;"-
ly part of December last, by which luar. ' :iii
two fhousiiml p'fcple, mosrly lemaios, were burned
to death. There wss never, perhaps, in any cmifi- I {(.irers, to
try, a calamity so dire and unmitigated, so siidJea ■ worse ihiir>
and awful, so heartrending and Lorrifyini;. T!ie work wifh ns irueh liUariry as you ever aaw n«Jiool
kind 1 children rater on some pleasure excursion I'bo
th« most reTolting, heort distreMiog, that ever
witnessed Rince the world was created. 'JHitre
were tiio r;00’ ;n;fc’v*":in;ito deud in ai! >t;r.:c- of
c,>riij‘*i'wU:)n. U ;rtaror portion of tl'eu.- -
Bat !t few could V-.e reooi'oized Viy their e nv.
trienis The P'licc'''•'■•.‘''fHl ou the or la-
rpuiov.; the (le^d
devils lUmued-
Tho*>e dcinoi;?—
ooTijiu'nceu their
oharoh na^ the iuo.st splendid aditioe of the kind
in the eapifal, and the disa-stei* originated .in the
celebration ot the Feast of the Conception of the
Virgin A eorrespotodent of the New York TlracB,
dMoribiog the terrible soene, aays:
“On the evening of the disaster every effort,
had l^eeo made to make it surpaas in Bpleador its
predMCessors. The oharch was gorgeously ort^a-
meotfd aud illaminated ntore than ten th(^»~
and lighu. Of theae the moat remarkable wa^i
a ureacect ol gas jets at the foot of a eoluesal
atatue of the Virgin, on the high altar. It had
just been lighted, and whether from carelessnesd in
lighting or from too much predijure iti the mmre,
the blaze flew up to an inordinate height, and in
a moment the thousand tinsel altar ornaments
were on fire. There were at this time, as near
ae can be calculated, tht-ee thousand five hundred
in the church. Only two of the coors were open,
and to these a rush was instantly made, but soon
the mue ot ahrieking victiius before the duora
had become bo eompaot that all egress was cut
off. You will ask, where were the fire engines
all this time? There are none in Santiago Now
.followed the most terrific scene morul eye ever
witnessed. In a brief hali-htrar from the break
ing out of the fire the whole intetior of the
oharch was a lake of flame, rising far abo^ e the
heads of the shrieking sufferers, while the hun
dreds of bodies massed immovably together burn
ed like so many blocks of wood. Through the
lurid flames arms oould be seen extended in sap-
plication, mothers* folding their daughters to their
burning breast, and^ while the ligbt painted up
the distorted features, loud above the roar of
the erackUng rafters and rushing flames rose the
mingled shrieks of over two thousand victims. A
moment n>orer however, and all was over Amid
the flumes blackened heads mi^ht be seen sway
ing to and fro, thrn falling from the shouUitr*.
The mass near the door was now immovable in
death, and hundreds of the coal-black statues
retained their kneeling posturo. At last the roof
fell with a crash like mighty thunder. ,
“Id one hour from the breaking out of the
flames all was over. Of two thousand beautiful
women /)f Santiago, there remained but a hideous
mass of reeking and charred corpsc-s, and not a
single family in the city bat was left to mourn
some lost one.”
The New York Times translates from a Chili
paper its account of the terrible ca’amity, from
which the following are passages:
“The fire commenced in a transparency that
represented the half-moon, coanected with the
pedestal of the Virgin; and as the building was
covered with decorations composed of tisiae,
gaaze and painted canvass, the flames spread,
with inconceivable rapidity, over the face of the
grand altar, mounting to the very roof During
these moments the scene in the body of the
church was one of panic-stricken horror that com
pletely baffles and defies all attempts vjt descrip
tion. The crowd about the doors soon beeame a
wall of haman bodies, entangled in one another's
dressee, completely choking up every avenue of
Mcape into the street. The paraphene lamps fell
from aloft, discharging their inflammable contents
o> the illfated victims, wrapping them in an in-
Aant in flamea. It is doubted it one in ten
escaped; and of those who did the most part were
so barned or otherwise injnred that death has
sine* ensaed.
‘^Imagination fails to depict the horrors of
the occasion. Where juat before had been gath
ered the elite of the city, the female portion of i
the most refined families of the land, nothing re
zoained bat lifeless bodies blackened and charred
pleasure,*
dead wern pulled about and pulled apart as ono
would pull apart tanghd brushwood. You oould
see two or more pi;oDs pulling on “a limb ot some
one buried under the others, uutil the limb was
pulled from the body Then they weuld have a
peon howl of exultation, and commenue at uuother
The dead were actually separated wifh crowbars
and picks. Cimbs, heads aud fragnienls were
shovelled into carts with no more feeling than
Irish laborers would hav« in shovelling gravel
into a railway car. Hundreds of bjdics but
partially buraod, entirely naked, were tumbled
into open tarts and packed up in the cemetery
in one promiscuous heap, without even the cov
ering of a bundle ol straw or a bulrush, und hun
dreds of those hearties* wretches commenting and
joking on the scene, and all under the supervision
of the police. I have seen, within the past ten
years here among these people, many thicgs that
were to me very unpleasant. Hut this is so hor
rifying to the eoul that I cannot find language to
express my disgust ot’ them.”
3Iaoy families have lost the entire female mem
bers—six, seven, eight, and nine from one fami|y.
All those that c;)uld not be recognized by their
surviving friends are now buried in one grave or
hole
7%e late affair on Bluckicater.—The Petersr
burg Express gives the following additional part
tieuiars of the Backwater succ2ss noticed in laa-
Observer:—
Authentic information reached the city yester
day forenoon, that our troops had pushed on to
Smithfield after being reinforced, and the follow
ing are the particulars of what further occurred:
The enemy fled to the wh4rf in Smithfield, pur
sued by otir forces, which consisted of Sturdivant’s
Batteiy, of 4 gans, two companies oT infantry,
from the 31st North Carolina Regiment, and a
company, known as the Seventh Independent
Cavalry, the whole under the command of Capt.
N. A. Sturdivant. The gunboat, which proved
to be the Smith Briggs, had been turned back
afier-starting for Cher.y Grove, her ofliccrs hav
ing been informed, no doubt, of the failure of the
land expedition which had started to Cherry
Grove The enemy numbered about 150 in all,
aqd was made up of a portion of the N. V. 90th
infantry, part of the 35th N. Y. Cavalry, and a
section of a Pa. Battery, tvro guns. Upon reach
ing Smithfield, Capt. Sturdivant s-ut in a white
0ag demanding the unconditional surrender of the
enemy. Capt. Lee, 99th N. Y., who commanded
the expedition, refused to surrondur, but request
ed a pcrrsonal interview with C^pt. Sturdivant.
This Capt. refused, and s»nt a message Lack,
that he would wait five minuces for an answer,
and if at the expiration of that time, he received
none, he should open his guns upon them The
enemy were huddled together on the wharf, and
scattered about the gunboat, and the first shot
from Capt. Sturdivant’s battery wounded several.
The second shot passed through the smoke stack
of the Briggs, which produced such consterna
tion with the enemy that the white flag went up
immediately, «nd the entire force surrendered,
save Capt. Lae and five of his command, who
oowardly aud tr«atiherou:ily escaped in small
boat, after the display of the white flag. 109
prisoners reached here yesterday afternoon, and
went on to Richmond. The enemy threw their
two pieces of artillery overboard at the wharf in
Smithfield, and the boat was fired by our forces,
and totally destroyed.
A later Express says:—
Of the fight on Monday, our inforsuan
ia death; some piled up in all imaginable coafu- | Capt. Sturdivant’s f(3rcei reached tmi^hii«rid
sion, some iu rows yet kneeling, some with the ! h-ilf-j.a^w 1 l having diivm tbn
heads burned off, others with'limbs conijumed,! ^ distant. Capt
while the rest of the body had not suffered even j
a lesion.
St’iidivant ''eyiar l-?d an immediate
:l! rV
av
•'luf:
. i'
surro lU-ri
“Seventeen hundred names buve been pubi'-'.-
ed of persons misijin", and the *emain*^f Li- re
than 2,000 have been bortio t » the cemetery, i. . . ■'
These, io some isolated caae.s, have boen rec''^- Fhov.- ir
nixed; but the overwhelmiuij mass have been p-r- !
fectly undlstinguishable. For four day.«» a crowd j ^
of laborers was at work *extricating the remains; "
and nearly two handred cart load.a have been v.*ar-
rid to the cemetery. Fifty men were there em
ployed opening an immense excavation to receive
them: a number that proved to be insuffioient
and had to oe augmented. Xhe fire occurred on
Tuesday and on Saturday evening th© fearful task
had not been fully accomplished.”
The police of iba City seem to h»v« taken charge of
matters when the fire Wroke out, aad they are bitterly
abased for taeir stapidity, doing Qothiag thamaelres
and preventing others from doing anythiDg.
We make some extraote from a letter pobliehed ia
the Provideaoe Journal, written by aa American re»i-
dent of Santiago:—
'i UD(.-«>n-
'.e'uy.
j, w! i'. c .
•: C’.r .a . r
he did so, ' iie / li-
“Mr. Demilow, of the gas works, received a
bayonet wound at the fire while in the act of res
cuing a young lady whom he recognised, a Miss
Larrettt He had fought his way, in company
with one of .the workmen at the gas works, to the
ohuroh, and battered down a aide of private door,
and saw Miss Larren; she at the same time recog
nized him, and called on him to save her. He
oould not enter in consequence of a sheet of flame
between them. He reached his cane to her,
whioh she grasped with both hands, when he and
his friend attempted to drag her through the
fiam^; but she was bo surrounded and hemmed
in with the dead and dying, that her strength
was not sufficient. They abandoned this me^od
and went in parsuit of some other means to rcacue
her, and returned again—and on presenting them
selves with the means of saving her at the door
the police ordered them back, and not heeding
the order, he (Demilow) was bayoneted. Hia
friends rescued the gun i'rom the policeman,'
knocked him senseless* to the ground, and made
a second attempt to save the poor girl. But the
time lost in dispute with the police was a life
lost with her. This is only one of many similar
scenes.
^ brother Charles battered a door down on
Calic Bandera, or PUg street, entered add found
in a small ante-rooM some thirty females, and all
Imng, but hke so many statues, perfectly uncea-
wious. ,He was co-npellod to take many of them
in his arms and ca^ them into the strfet and
5Ir. Keith
fought their way through the police and reached
.the church at a late hour, and whru the tower
Bcmal ^°^r M succeeded in saving
dead. She recog-
iSfaarW' saying,‘for God’s
save mel He ruhh^' l through the fire to
J*??her, then
at^mpted to lift her out from among the dead but
they were so firmly wedged m about hei and on her
:?! !!? J ““i ‘be nnited
ttren^h of eight men could not extricate her
her-oompanions, and they had to leave her
Christian haart
Th» OMther can language deserib* ”
The «»ene at the ohureh the following day was
u.id iVnt; L>-‘fc re-
p.. .Sfurd?vaa: tiien oj>en-
Lia artiilery, firing down thp
main street of the town, the yankees bt-ia^- in
position opposite the hotel. a time the fi'-ing
was sharp and rapid, the jankees reiuruiug our
fire trom a fiald pieoe and from the gunboat.
A courier wari despatched behind the village,
who discovered that the yankees were rushing to
the gunboat. lie immediately reported, when
Capt Sturdivant advanced rapidly to the creek
with his artillery, and at jhe ^ame time our in
fantry, two companies of the SistN. C-, camo up,
and picked the yankees off with most deadly ef
feet. The third shot from Capt. Sturdivant’s bat
tery went through the steam chest of the Briggs,
and the boat immediately surrendered The land
forces were not slow in following the example of
the boat, and thus the entire party fell into oar
hands.
We killed of the enemy in all, about 35 oT 40.
Our loss was two killed, none wounded. One of
the killed was Lieut. Perkins, attachod to Col.
Jordan’s 31st N. C. regiment. Lieut. P. was
ambushed just as he ascended the hill at Scott’s
Factory, a ball striking him in the thigh, aud
severing the m»in artery. '
N^ottce to Exempts and pentons not Enrolled.
—It ma« not be generally known that all persons
who have been exempted from military service
heretofore from any cause whatever, are required
to report themselves with the evidence of their
claims to exemption, for the purpose of having
th«ir exemptions revised. Persons betwaen the
ages of I'i and 45 years, and now regularly de
tailed; those who have at any time been discharged
from the^ ar^y; those who have been discharged
by ^Medical Boards for the examination of con
scripts, as well as those who have furnished sub
stitutes, are also required to report themselves
for examination and enrollment.—Rich. Whiy.
Spirit of the Tennessee Army.—A chaplain in
the Tennesf-^e army, writing from P'aiton, Ga., to
a friend in Richmond, gives the most cheering
iBtelligence as to the patriotic and enthusiastic
spirit of that army. As he has visited extensive
ly among the troops, his opportunities of observa
tion have been unusually tavorable. Last fall he
was aCeustomed to write gloomily; now, he ex
presses himself as follows:*’“A glorious, patriotic
spirit now prevails in our army. About all the
Tennessee soldiers have re-enlisted for the war,
and other State troops are catching the fire. This
is noblo—glorioun! God bless those brave men
who have left home and all behind, and now
driven from their State, are still determined to
fight on, till all is won. We are safe. The en
thusiastic spirit of 1861 is spreading abroad.
We expect to whip Grant’s army next spring,
when the great fight comes off."
Emigration to JSew Fiari.—During the past
year the number of emigrants from Ireland to
New York was 92,681; from Germany 38,236;
from England, 18,2S2; from Scotland, 1,944: to-
Tp’ona 1862, the total number was
76,-06, showing an increase durinir the nast
twelve months of 78,917.
bRlTIBH OPINION. .1
I^From ihp London B(»adard. ] j
'J’ho sooks for-ilisnmon. It wish«*s to be !
:cf ■ n I'T ai. a fopa'-aic people. It docs not de«re .
th * oonquf''i, it doe.-* not aim at thc.humiliaxioii ;
ot the North. It will never bp satisfied with |
! anythin" Icsh thun disunion—with the complete :
I aud unroierved recognition of the State rights ,
I i'LaraiUeed by the Con^^titution of the late United :
. States Disunion is inevitable. If every army i
■ of the South were dispersed; if the Northerns i
j were to gain a hundred battles; if every cfty in ;
I the South were garrisoned by Northern troops,;
' every river swept by Northern armaments, it j
' would but delay for a time th«« aaeomplishment j
of the end, which is about as certain as that the
aun rises. In the war of independence the Eng- ]
lish drove the Americans about like sheep, and
oecupied every strategic point in the State* for
months together. They were obliged in the end
to give way to the indomitable will of a people
determined to be iVee.
T-he Americans of that time were but a handful
in oomparison to the Southerners of to-day. Itou
cannot hold down by any known force, ten mil
lions of people who have sworn to aohieve their
independence. The armies of Lee and Johnston
might.be disbanded to morrow; they might go,
like Israel, ‘‘every man to his tent,” aud al! the
military operatioua of the Confederate Gt)veru-
ment be suspended. The Federals would be as
far as over from the conquest of the South.
Thero would still be an enemy ia every fottage,
a rebel iu every field. To reduce tliis whole
population to a condition worse than that of negro
slavery would ho a task beyond the strength of
the mightiest nation on earth It ia not ia the
power*of the North to make the South the Poland
of America, nor, if it could be done, would it
ever prove profitable or pleasant.
The tima has now arrived when the politicians
of the North Tare alive to the truth of what is
tnld us by every man of Southern blood, that
there is now between North and South so impas
sable a barrier of hatred that never under any
circumstances, can they ba reoonciled and reunit
ed. It is perhaps within the power of the North
ern belligerents to drive their antagonists to such
a last extremity of despair as that which madden
ed the people of Carthage when'their extermin
ation had been decreed by the Roman Senate.
When every city has been sacked, every village
given to the flame>, ev^ry farm laid waste, when
every Southern man has been slain in battle,
every woman has offered herself up en the altar
of her country, when every State south of the
Potomac is a desert of ashes and corpses—then,
aud then only, may the North take possession.
Those who think that tlfbre is a Providence that
rules the world will not believe in tha possibility
of such a catastrophe.
The people of the North are aU jubilant just
nojv at the late successes of their armies. The
disastrous defeats of the armies of McClellan,
Pope. Burnride and Hooker plunged them not
very long ago into the depths of despair. *ln
presuming on the subjugation of the South be
cause Lee has retired aud Vicksburg has fallen,
they are as much in the wrong as they were in
regarding these Southern victories as decisive of
the war. With such power of raising armies,
and 60 va.st au extent ot ground on which to
deploy them, the war must g# on indefinitely, so
long as either North or South choose to con
tinue it.
The fall of Vicksburg, of Port Hudson, and
the opening ot the Mississippi to the Federal ar
maments are ^reat ualamitie^ to the Confederate
cause in the West, because thay cut off irom th*
rest of the South those States whioh are west of
tha river. But, as m all oonteata where naval
forces are brought into play, the North has an
immense advantage over the South, these occur
rences cannot be said to,have been unforeseen.
The. defence of Vicksburg is one of the most he
roic feats recorded in history. It is one of those
8tru?irle-- whioh, tiuccessfnl or unsuocessful, go to
f'rm the character and mature the spirit of a peo-
vle.' It ip pt,Th-«p3 wflll for the South that it
lihotili meet with misfortunef? and undergo heavy
trials. It mi^'ht huve presumed too much on kU
0“'>u.‘ce3i, and, in it.s pre.^’umption,
I' ■- ii ■ “Ui . . lc^ manful ^tfuesjlcs have
Qi-d t^r it t';; syL'.ip ithy ot Europe and a place
i:: Ji.5fory. *'
Coniuries afr^r it ha^ emerged from its bai tism
of fire, and ukon its proud place among the na-
tioae, the Southern fathti and the Southern mo
ther w'ill narrate to their children by the fireside,
in burning words, the story of their ancestors’
prowess, and bid them emulate the deeds of their
lathers io the olden time. They will tell their
sons of those conquering veterans of Virginia,
those dauntless defenders of the blood-stained
Mississippi bastions. They will tell their daugh
ters how women of Charleston tore off their jewels
for the war, how the women of New Orleans
hurled defiance at the Northern tyrant in the
midst of his troops. Thosa sons and daughters
will then grow up into a people that will be wor
thy of those from whom they sprung. To us
here in England there will be an abiding regret.
We did not once stretch out a hand to aid the
combatants in this noble struggle for independ
ence. Even Northerners tell us now that wsJ"
might have stopped the war long ago by the sim
ple recognition of the South. We might have
made these brave men our brothers and friends,
detached them forever from their selfish kinsmen
of the North. As partners in commerce, we
should have become the providers of the world,
when New York and Philadelphia were as deso
late as Tyre and Sidon. We have left the South
alone to win its spurs. Our neutrality is desig
nated as selfish. If rightly understood, it is un
selfish iij^the extreme—but it is now unwise and
cruel.
}i
Movements on the Mifiistippi.—It was report
ed Eome*days ago that the Yankees had evacuated
Corinth and abandoned the very extensive works
they had constructed there. This movement ob
tains significance in connection with the further
reports that the 10th army corps of the enemy has
moved out irom Memphis, and that a large ^ree
is rendezvousing at Vicksburg, under the com
mand of Sherman. There are no less than tliree
surmises of the designs of this concentration of
'force in tha neighborhood of Vicksburg. One is
that Sherman is about (4^ descend the Mississippi
with heavy and numerous transports for an attack
on Mobile. Another is that he is on his route to
Texas. A third theory is that he is concentrat
ing troops at Vicksburg to co-operate with the
forces in North Mississippi, via Jackson and Can
ton. This last supposition is, probably, the cor
rect one. The fact that our cavalry have already
encountered the Yankees at Messenger’s ferry, on
the Big Black, strengthens it; as does also, Gen.
Polk s order declaring that no more pasflports wifi
be granted to go outside the lines under any
eircumtances whatever.—
FROM THS isth R£aiM£NT,
A friend haa hanl«d us a letter from L^ae’s Bri
gade, from whifih w# make the f>llowing axtractpc —
Camp 18th N. C. T., near Liberty Mills, Va
Jan’y 23, 1804.
1 have been in the army since the war began, I
and let me tell you that I have seen some pretty
hard times too. You no doubt have heard of the
many wonders performed by Jackson’s "Foot
Cavalry,” aud aa my Brigade has been a part and
parcel of that corpy, I know something about how
those prodigies were performed. Gen. Jackson
was the hardest master I have served under, but
aa he was the most saopessful, there was les^ eom-
plaiaing amoag the* “Foot Cavalry” than by the
.troops of any other command Our cause suf
fered an irreparable loss iu the death ol Gen.
Jackson Gen. Lee I look. upon as being the
greate«t General of his time. I'of him I have a
kind of filial afieetiou. When I see him I could
stand aud look at him all day. The troops always
cheer him at every opportunity; but as I have
said of myself it seems to be with a kind of filial
respect; but^when “old Jack”—as he was called
by the troops of his corps—made his appcarance,
it was the signal for the moat euthusiastio chcer-
ing. His very look seemed to arouse an enthusi
asm which I have not seen in the war elsewhere.
Gen. Jackaon was without doubt the best exe
cutive officer of the OoafeUerate army; when ho
undertook an enterprise his every energy was
bent to the accomplishment of his purpose; he al
ways struck Lis enemy where least expected, and
came like an avalanche. He risked more than any
other General; henue his upparallelkd successes.
I have risen slowly and by degrees irom the.
ranks to the position fii 1st Lieut. My position
did not come to me by accident; but I have work
ed hard—not for the position, but this hard ser
vice entitled me to it.
What do you think bf the disaffected spirit in
N. C.? it actually makes me hang my head in
very shame when 1 hear troops from other States
speak of affiirs in N. C. It is very mortifying
to us who hava been struggling in the lists since
the outbreak of hostilities, to see the conduct of
some behind us at home using their every exer
tion to undo whatever we may have done for our
country, and by their conduct prolonging the war
to indefinite length of time—th«y who know no- i
thing at all about the war, who have experienced
none of the aaa reiilitics of the war. I hope the
people of N. C. will show to tha world that they
are true to. the cause tn which they have lost so
much of the richest of her bloody and that they
will unanimously call Gov. V'anee to preside over
them another term. I look, upon Gov. Vance as
being one of the best officers who has ever filled
the position in N. C.
Reported arrtti of Gen. Toombt.—It.was ru-
’mored in Richmond last week that Gen. Beaure
gard had arrested Gen. Robert Toombs for trea
son. [Gen. T. at prebcnt command.-t a regiment
of Stale tuops )n Beauregard's Department.]
The Examiner says that tho real truth of the
-matter is “that Mr. Toombs attempted to get
aboard a railroad train at Savannah, when he was
intercepted by the guard, and finally put off the
train.” The Whig sup|K)se8 that he was arrested)
but not for treason—only for some violation of
military law. The Enquirer has had the follow
ing account furnished to it: —
“Gen. 'Toombs had taken the cars in Savannah
without a patsport. 'The officer on the train,
whos»duty it was to examine passports, called, in
the discharge of this duty, upon Mr. Toombs for
his passport. Mr. Toombs had no passport, and
so informed the officer, and said that he would
not procure any, adding that he was Gen. Robert
Toombs, and owed allegiance to Georgia aud no
other Government, and that his State did not re
quire her citixens u> travel with pcu»e» and pau-
porta, and that he would not procure a passport ”
The officer informed Gen. Toombs that hin orders
flowed him no discretion, but required of him
not to permit uny man to pa.ss without a passport.
Gen TooDibs, still refusing to procure a passport,
was ej€ct.»d from the oars by the guard, A crowd
of citizens and soldiers having collected, Gen.
Toombs proceeded to harangue them in an excit
ed and bitter manner, and in disloyal and treason
able language. Gen. Beaur^giird being in Savan-1
nah, and hearing the facts, ordered the arrest and !
.‘onfiofment of G(^u.'I’oombs, and he was taken
I ia charge by a guard.
“An old lady, who was returning from visiting
her soldier sons, witnessed the arrest. “Well,
well, welll” says tho old lady, “they have got
Bob Toombs. I heard him say he’d swallow the
blood of all the Yankees that came South. Well,
well, well! he can swallow all he sheds!” Th«
remarks of the old lady oaused a burst of laugh
ter, in the midst of which the train moved off.
The inexorable “miliiary law” has the virtue of
rigid equality, requiring and demanding of Gen.
Lee no less than is exacted of tho humblest pri
vate or the poorest citizen of the goimtry. We
have seen Gen. Lee stand and deliver his pass at
the.challenge of the street guard and exhibit his
passport at the call df the guard on the cars, and
this great and good soldier complied without com
plaint against the regulation, or the least incivil-
ty to the private who was discharging his duty.
“We sincerely hope there is no truth in this
rumor as to Gen. Toombs’ arrest. Gen. Beaure
gard is the friend of Gen. Toombs, and is not the
officer to rashly exercise his authority; at the
same time he is too much a soldier to permit any
man to sap the foundation of authority by publicly
expressing sentiments likely to excite mutiny
and insubordination.”
Declaration of Exchange.—A notice from our
Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners, de
clares exchanged all paroled officers, soldiers or
civilians received at City Point before the lat of
January, 1864; all officsrs and men captured at
Vicksburg who reported for duty at Enterprise,
31iss., at any time prior to the 14th of November
1803, and all officers and men captured at Vicks
burg, belonging to the 1st Tennessee Heavy Ar
tillery, who rej>orted for duty at Marietta, Geo.
Getting hit Back Up.—The Beast is getting
furious .at the persistence of the Confederate
Government in refusing to recognise him in the
matter of the cartel. The last fla^ 'of truce
steamer brought a communication Itoiq him ad*
dressed to Commissioner Ould, wherein h« threat
ens, if he is not recognized immediately, to with
draw all communieation by flag of truce. Dread
ful alternative! Bat better no eomniunication at
all than through the Beast.—Rich. Exam’r.
Right.—The officers of Strahl’s Tennessee Bri
gade have passed resolutions that, if not re-elect
ed they will serve in the ranks.
f'l'vtu the .North —Xankee dates are to the 1st
iust. There is no news of interest except Lin
coin's new call for troop-?, us follows:—
ExECCTiVK Mansion,
Washington, Feb. 1, 1804. )
Ordered, that a 3raft of 500,000 men to sorve
three yearp or during the war be made on the
10th day of March next, for the military service
of the United States, crediting and deductiiig
therefrom so many a% may have been enlstcd or
drafted into the scrvice prior to the 1st day of
March and not heretofore credited.
- Aduaham I-i.ncoln.
The Herald says;
“The new order is but a consolidatiun of the
two calls previously iwued for 300,u0o men,
j nearly half of whom were obtained by volunteer-
I ing and re enlistments, and which number, as
well as those enlisted up to the 1st of March
next, will be credited. Ther-efore the call virtu
ally demands only 200,1'00 men If the enlist
ment of soldiers is properly and vigorously ad
vanced, there will be no need of any draft to fill
the quota demanded by Mr. Lincoln.”
Upon this announcement the Herald has a
charat teristic article about having “peace from
Maine to the Rio Grande,” and then “settling
with England and France.”
From East I'cnnesnce.—The latest dispatch
from Knoxville announces that the rebels had
captured and driven off 800 head of cattle. l*ong-
street has “changed his front,” and occupied the
rich Valley of the lennessee, upon which fhe
Union army depended for subsistence.
Gold was quoted in New York on Saturday,
at I57i.
Oonscript lfflce,)
R.ALtlOH, Jan. 27th, 1804. )
The/cllcw^ng circnUT from bureau of Co?i9cjif»Jion
iff pub'ieiked for the informaticn of all eoncern'^d
By^rder COL MALLETT,
Comd’t Cons, for N 0.
£ J, Haeoih, Adj t
BOH&AU OP CONSCRIPTION, 1
RiCBMOiiD, Jan. 25th, 18U4. /
ClBOtJLAa \ ,
No. 4. /
TO CummandiiuiM of ('enscripts. The atteutioii of
CommaudaniA ig espeoially directed to Qaneral Or-
d«ri No. 7 A. « I. Q, O current eerie?, herein set
iorth for their inf>rmation
AUJTnAND INSP. QEN‘L’8 OFFICE \
Richmomd, Va.. Jao 2-5, 1864 /
I Paragraph IV Generul Orders No 8 current series
ia hereby reroksd
II. Enrolling Ofiioerg will proceed aa rapidly s»8 prao-
tinn.bl(> in tt>e enrolment of ail persons made liable to
irilitary service. Previous to ecroUnent as eonscnpts.
all Euoh persons will be allowed to Toluateer, provid
ed —
1st. Ttie Conjp&ny ee!ectjd was in service on the 16th
of April ’ 8B2.
2nd The Company selected is at the time of valun-
te^ring. he:ow the minimum prescribed by refn>lati°ne.
3 !. No person made liable 10 tervice'uader this order
will be permitted to join, »r will a^sigQed to any
company which has more thlin s:xty-fbur privates on
toe roIT, until all th% companies iu i>ervioe from the
Sfate of which the volunteer or conscript is a resident,
shall have the miainxMa nuipber proscribed by re|;uia-
tions
44b Upon the Company being selpoled, the volun
teer will receive from the Enrolling Officer a certifioate
to the effect that he has sj volunteered; and no volun
teer will be reoeived iu any company axeept on suoh
eertifioate.
Ill Persons who fail to make selection, aecord*og to
the provisions of (hie order, and at the time of enlist
ment, will be assigned accordfng to existing regulations
IV. All officers !n command of companies authorised
nnder this order to receive conscripts or volunteers will
forthwith send to the Commandant of Conscripts of the
State, accurate certified rolls of their companies; and
withouf Moh roll, «>howin/; that they do not exceed sixty
four privates, there will not be asai^'ned any conscript
or volunteer
By command of toe Secretary of W»r. '
(Signed) S. COOPER. AdjL fc Insp. Oen.
Early and-vigorous action will be erjoined on the En
rolling Officers, each one of whom should be furnished
with a copy of the order without delay. To insure the
pi^blitfity of the order, tfeere should be several Ineer
tians ia the newspapers of general circulation.
II. Persons presenting applications for special ex
emption. with any ahov> of merit, will not be molested
until aei*t>it is takaii by this Bureau These oases will
be investigated in accordance with Circular,No. S, Cur
rent Series, with the least delay practicable.
By oTdar of Col JNO S. PRE*ON, Supt.
(Signed) C. B. DCPPIELD, A. A. Q.
Jan’y *27. 8 im
Vice Pr€$ident Stephent.—-This distiDguished
gentleman is now at his residence in Crawford-
ville, Georgia, aifd has recovered from his. late
illness, so aa to be able to walk about, and resume
to some extent correspondence with his friends.
Capture in Lee r’btt«fj,.^The A,bingdon Vh-
ginian/ ot the 28th ult., l«arn» that General
Jonea’ and Galtner’s oommand[ captured a fbrag-
ing party of Yaakees in L«e county % f«w dayg
ago, comprising abotfC 100 prisoners, witk their
arms and»quip»«ti,hor8«i,muUa,wagoiiaa»daU.
Spiritf Tarpentlne and Wagon with excellent
Tyre for Sale.
1jX)R partieulars apply to
r* J. MoF. BAKER,
Craiae’s Creek, Moore, N. C.
Jan’y 80, g.jipd
BftMk «to€k Tor Sale.
to A. McLEAN
Nov 23, 1868 88-ft^
Ftrwartflag A ConaissitB Merebait
UTttl*fflvs quek deepateh te goeds eousigned to Ub
rf Paraealar attention fivea te all produee seat Utr
tot tale. Oeas^pmeete »f 9ava> Moe«a» fee salt tr
aliteMBli MiMiadt
trirnium, If, ie«f npf
TEA SEED,
FROM THB
OENUIlffE CHINESE TEA PLANT,
Grovn in the open ground, tcithin three milet of
Fayetttoillej without any protection from
cdld or heat, rain or drought!
THK Plaatffwaieh produced these Seed ean be seen at
Mr. James M. Smith’s retidenoe near this plaae.
THE FLA VOR OF THE TEA IS EQUAL TO THE
BEST IMPORTED!
Plant antil 1st April in rich or good land, three seeds
ia a bill, one Inob deep, gav*n feet each way and keep
clean during ihe whole year
P-'r sale by • S J. HINSDALE.
Jan’y 2« liStpd
State of IVorth Carolina,
HARNETT COUNTY
Superior Court Office, January 26th, 1864.
BT virtue of a Commission issiued by liis Exoellenoy,
Governor Vance, auikorisiac and requiring a Court
of Oyer and Terauioer to be held for tha Couaty of Ha.'-
nett: It is orderrd t'oM such Court be held in the vil
lage of Lillington, on Monday the 15th February prox-
iaio, at 12 o’clock, M
By order of Rob’t R Ebath, one cf the Judges ot
th3-8unerior Courts of Law aad Eqau» f r s%ia 8t; te
Wiine*.*. A D McLeari. Clem of said Court, at office
iu Lillington. thia 26:h 'any 1864
A D McLEAN,
8 3tpd Clerk Su^.’r t’curt Hircctt Co
motice.
4 T Febru.iry Te-ra 1864 of the Court of Pioas &
A Quarter Sessions of BUden ^ouaiy the la.st will
aoti Teslameut of the Ute David Sikf>8 was a Jmiitr.d to
probate, and the subscriber qu»lifie>i us Executor of
tk e (xvnie
Persons indebted to the dec’d are notified to make
early payment. Toose having claims mut prrsent
in due time or the statute will bo pleaded in bar of
their recovery T. M. SIKE^.
Bladen cauuty, Feb. 2, r864. 8-4tpd
STRAYED,
From my premises on Qilltspie street, on Sunday
last, a BLACK MILCH COW, with a bell around
her neck, a white epot in her face and tail, feet white,
and a slit and round mark on her ear. Tft fiuder will
be liberally rewarded by returniag her to the owner.
MART A. WRIGHT
Feb’y 8. 3 jt
IHE NKWbKKN LX i'tbl l L,
'I'he llichiuond paj- rs have inc Ij' , ,
ticial disp-^c" TKc»‘ivivi iV'Mi K'it r
To tJeri’l S. ('oopei; I u: uiv h roao o'
within rt i^iie ai dalu* : ot j,
Brigade and & part ul ^'orni-’r- aud , ^ ‘ ‘
som*^ -irtill.'rj I met thi? !-no!i:v ; |/^
Batchelor’s ^Veek, and ki.lpd and woijo,],.j
»>ne hundred, iiid c^pturt-d 1.‘5 fft,. ,,J'
vates, 14 nogrof'*, 2 ritlod j-I'-.tn , J//
SOO^stHud ot small anus, 4 aiirftulH.;..^^ „ * '
55 stiiti^is, a quantity ot'ciothu./ th ■,
garriiion ec)uipa!r, and two fldgd *
Wood Odpturcd uiitl deiifiuyird t:i, ^
Ur»dcrwrilt;r. '
Uar loss ik iJc» Liiii*d and >.» '•lu-i-,,
- li K PiChfcTi. ,\bj
Toe Kalcijih Coufcderate ha,-> tL.- toii, ^
(!'ol 1). K. McRae, oijc ul u.*! K ii;..;
On Motiday ujorniog wosluit d i„r Ij
attend a special term cf (\uri, liu hf ir, *
the tirst time, ut Gold'sboru’.
had started towards NowLcru *vi,» ^ ; ‘
CHpture, wo changed our course lyr K us
tending participate i.; the idcre.'tju'^ctri:! ' '
If the purpo.se ul the expediciou wit» i''' '
Newbern, it ha.j not succ^cdeJ; but njjcV
been accomplishpd. The eneiu v have bt & - 'M
panic stricken from CDcaiupiL.^riU
seemd to have ei’tsctcd wiih tue Wea
Dcnt and undisturb d occupancy, i’wo ■'
pieces of artillery, vfitti a* tuf buventv Svea .
large quatities ot Quarterm».ster and Ouki,
stores, wagons and equipajr;*, have bten cjv!
and about lour hundred {.ri.sonrrs ol i,!''' "
from Lt Colonel down; a trst cl;i>h
stioyed on the very beach under the t.'uo- ■
fortifications, and the crew brought off
loss on our part ol only about thirty or t,jr- '
ed and wounded—among the tormer ot \
is true we are obliged to euuuicrate Cul
Altogether, it wao a us>"ful, and thoujih ao-'
successtul, was an important and glori .uj JC
ment. *
It is not invidioii^ in us to claiai t,r
Brigadiers—Hoke and Clitiga3aii—the i*r
ance of all they were required to accur
Indeed, the execution by Gtn. Hoke ji
cult task ot clearing the road at BachelorbB-v
was skillful and brilliant. His root ol the
my—the pursuit of the fugitives, acJtbeiji^^
ol these brigades to within ranee ol thfc!.--^[,
tiops around the town, were bucccjslui wet' •.
tioni? ef the ardor and courage ot out troujr
well handled, ajsd of their iupt-rioruj ovr;:- ^
The result of the exptidifion ib as we {.s,
en above. If there be expianariutm to sivr,
bo required, the public should v.aiiro
cand«uning any. In the meantime, tit
ke© brethren” about Newberu have n
thrashing aud a irost awful scare.
From Berth.—(in Saturday last a c>ir:-'
yankees^went to VViadeur, Bertie countv,.^
while auotLer party landed on tLe Koaaohr.r
about eight miles below and luarcLed on
where they made a junction with those
up in boats. They burnt up some meat
stroyed some saalt in Windsor, and captureOi
carried off the Rev. Xlyrua Watters of
pal Church—also Dr. Turner Wilson aoi I;
Webb, Esq.,'Cashier of the Bank, andsocsjp
or two others. They attacked Capt.
camp and routed the small lorce there, ba; .sri
B. being reinforced by a small cavuiry iorctCj
ter some sharp hring the yaukecs retired
are entertained that these raids and arrests
become frequent there, unless more prothuft
afforded the country.—Bal Conftdtra
Affair xoUh a Gunboift.—On Fr:tiaj-nu:-;
gunboat Flora Temple anchored at Cherr\ r
where she remained quiebuntil 11a n
when she weighed anchor, and steamed:;:
Chuckatuck as high as Mr. David Corbel!•
where the creek being too narrow, .«he iuc;a|
on his landing and worked her way aroasd
yankees on beard were in high glee—IemuI
whistling and,dancing. Several member!
Signal Corps who were concealed ic the ‘Jii
n^r by, waited until the Flora got abre!L«;[
when they opened upon the invadcr.«, iriu!
them 80 rounds, and killitig and woundio;.:
twelve before she could get beyond rang?
pilot and wheelsman were both killed, and u:;
could be heard shrieking and soreamicg Io:;
Alter getting out of range, the Flora Tempiei'^i
one sliell and two discharges of grape, batfli-
damage. The boat then proceeded as *«■ J
steam ooafd carry her directly to Old Po:at
Petersburg Exprttt.^'i^
Capture* of Yankee*^ in East Tennem-i
the 26th ult. Major Day captured Tazewell 1
Tennessee, with a number of prisoners and sta
Taeewell is within twelve miles of C'imb«:*
Gap. We have noticed the arrival of two
dred and sixty-five prisoners in Lynchburj:'
in the last few days, captured by our fores ^
East Tennessee.
W.
Wood for Slale.
T. HORNE has 2 or 800 cords of WOOD, near C.
B Mallett, Esqla residence, a good road, asd
down grade four miles from town; be is disposed to sell
thie wood cheap for fear of fire—$8 a cord at the place
or one half for th^ other delivered in town—also be has
a lot of 4 4 Sheeting that may be bartered for corn or
bacou.
Jan’y 30. 1 2-Ai
For Rent.
k COMFORT4BLE DWELLING, two miles from the
il Market Houae, containing 5 rooms, 2 pantries and
other convenlaocea. Possesion given iAmediatelv
Apply to N. A. 8TEDMAN k CO.,
3 No. 19, Haj Street
3 3»ti
TT^Tvr V TO HIRE,
I 1 GIRL agpd
month.’ M*® WOMAN with one ohil/l8
.months old. WM. WARDEN
8 i2tpd
DC7* The Mmute« of the Cedar Creek
“• tor d«livti7 at the ftora
^ MeDAlflEL, Cu4.
rwj V. 2^
Escape of Prisoners.—The Danville
says about sixty of the Yankee prisoners, c;;
ed in the tobacco faciory of that piace,
escape Thursday night the 28th ult., after the:q
ion of Morgan. They dag a tuunel for ao
ty feet, struck the surface ot tiio earth'
yard of Mr. J. W. Pace, which was oucsiJ' ^
line of sentinels aud protected Irom tbeir«t»|
a plank fence.
From Gen. Lonystreet's Army.—A corrf)*'
ent, writing from Carter’s Statics, Ttcs
22d ult., to the Columbia Carulin'au, says “'j
Lotigstreet is being ftipitiiy reinforctd
than 7,000 have already passed through Hr
to join their respective coinmauds. So I
lormed by the Quarterma.sCer at that place,
“Last Saturday apd Sunday the enemy
an attempt to drive Oen, Longstreet froc-
comfortable winter quarters, but they werf-
lantly met and driven back with considerablt^
Our own loss was quite small.
“Full supplies ot clothing and shoes for
Longstreet’s troops are rapidly arriving!
money to pay them off. Many of the men i
suffered much from the want ef these thiop
hear that the feet of some of the men haT- ^
so b^dlj frost-bitten as to necessitate auipuui^*
(jotton Card Factory.—are plejsf'
learn, that the company lately establisbed 4’
^lace, for the laudiblc objcct of supplying "
pie with Cotton Cards, haye so far gucci^l
through their Agent Mr. J. H. Roberta, j
tha. latter part or the middle of next wefit
manufactory will he in full operation.
In August last Mr. Roberts left this
Bermuda, and returned during last montiJ-
ing secured four machinea with a large
of Card material. Two of the machines j
safely in Fayetteville. -One, we regret w ^
was captured by the enemy. The other "
way of safety. J. \ ^
The Cards manufactured by this
learn, will be as good, if not quite as ueat,
kee make.—Aorth Carolin ian.
Mrs. Gen. R. E. Lee recently pte^cnted ^-j
of gloves, made with her own hands,
of men from the 53d regiment North
troopa, engaged in rebuilding the
C^nge C. H., Va.
Ncwtjx^t.—BafoN tho war there w«re 76
f«ra pobUsMl ia iotr
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