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Ths Gbkat ivAiTLK.—Nothing h'as i>een received
nere of iater date than Gen. Lee’s dispatch of Fri
day n;«ht last, which came at noon on Saturday.
At 2 P..M. of that daj it was anaounced that the
line was down between Weldon and Petersburg, and
It has not since been workin?. 1’here is another line
Tia Lynchbnrg. Dativil!#' iud Greensborongh, and
we telegraphed to the latter place for the news, bnt
have bad no answer, becanae of the amoant of irork
with which the operntojj' there were pre-occnpied.
By mail, nothinir later than Ge neral Lee's dispatch
conld have come; bnt the mail too is a day behind.
It will be «e«‘n that Gren. ftates the battle a?
propre?sinj snoccjsfu^ly and hopefully. The most
ttutcward event, apparently, was the severe wound
ing Gen. LcDgstreet, a corp- commander.
A private di?patch from the Junior Editor of this
paper, ot Oen L ine’s Brigade, Wilcox’s Division,
A. P Hill’s corps, dated Friduy the 6fh, states that
there wus ‘‘heavy Sg’.iting yesterday Afternoon and
this ircrcin^. Kwcll whipped the enemy on oar left
yesterday. Wilcox’;* and Heth’s Divisions held in
check yesterday a^'ternoon and drove hack three
yankt-e corps two divisions. We are drlvijig
them {his morning. Oni- Brigi»do captured, yester
day liftrrnfon, three liitndred offcers and men.”
He ftj'ls for the nilormation of tlieir famiiies, that
Lt. John Reucbtr. 33d lleg't,(son of Hun. Abraham
Rencher of Piltsboroujili,) was wounded in the right
arm. not dangerously, aud sjerg t Maj. Thos. Wri^t,
33d Reg’t, (son of the late Dr. Thomas H. Wright
of Wilmi ’gton.l in the head. Other p-ivate telegrams
mention that Mr. iliram B. Butler, of Cant. Horne’s
Co. 3d Reg't, of this county, was wounded m shonl-
der; and (Japt. Dockery, (son of Hon. A. Dockery of
Richmcnd.) was also wounded- These are the only
CMualUes b^atd from.
The Battle of PLvirccTa.—It is not necessary
tn apologise for the publication nf another very in
teresting account of this important and gallantly
fonght battle. It occurred on our own soil, was
fought mainly by our own soldiers, and was distin
guished by a degree of da'sh and unflinching courage
never surpassed and rarely equalled. The account
we copy ts-day from the Richmond Examiner is the
fullest we have spen.
We have received a communication from an offi
cer of the 35th N. C. T. complaining that the Rich
mond papers give to others the credit due to that
Begimeot. He says (what the accounUj we have
published have shown) that Ransom’s Brigade drove
the yankees out of the town of Plymouth. That
Brigade, he adds, ‘ charged the yankee fortifications,
and our Reg’t, the 3.‘)th, captured the first fort, the
kev to the position; its Colonel (J. G. Jones of Per-
lon county) wa? the first to lyount the fortifications,
aiid in honor of him and his Reg’t Geu. Ransom
chaneed the yankee name of the fort from Fort
Comfort to Fort Joiies. To Col. Jones the yankee
comman4er of that fort surrendered, and a detail
from that Reg’t took charge of the first yankee pris
oners captured at Plymouth and conducted them to
the rear. Our three cNitre compaiiies covered the
front of the fort aud our right and left wings com-
pltlely surrounded it. OuK dead were all around
the fort £ind the dead of no other Reg’t were.”
Onr correspondent’s letter was written near Green
ville on the 1st. He states that a portion of Hoke’s
Brigade had marched that day to occupy Washing
ton, and that Plymouth was held by some of Mar^
tin'a Brigade.
A Proposed Wab-Dkbt Tax.—The Richmond
Sentinel, which we snppose speaks by inspiration
from the Treasury Depurtment. urges that Congress
ihadl lay a tax of 25 per rent, on the assessed value
of all real »nd personal estate (except perishable
property,j| according to the asspssfd value in 1861,
the proceeds to b* applipd to the payment of the
public debt. That the tax be payab^ in curr*jnt
funds or government securities, and be a lien upon
the property until paid. And that the holder have
the privilege of p«yirg ’he who)c it once or 2 per
cent, a year, at his option.
The Sentinel argues that the reduction of the cur-
reccy by the late tax and currency laws has not had
the ‘xpected effeot of reducing prices of producc and
goods. This is true as a general thing. But we think
St bas had the good effect to prevent a further great
advance of prices. Money is now scarce, and the
aun reason why prices ar^ got correspondingly low
le, that there is so little use for money. The farmers
ani planters, especially, were never so free from
dfcbt, so abufidantly supplied with currency, and so
in waut of store goods, bo little tempted, in
deed. by the presence of such goods or the opportn-
a;iy . f buying any species of property. They live
withiu themeelvea, aud have no need of money; there
fore the) are not compelled to «ell their surplus aud
Sol iucliued to reduce prices. The tax law did not
reach them, their tithes bemg an offset against
isiies. Tkib was the mistake of the legislation of
ihe late Congress. Other interests w**re taxed twice,
bui the farmers only once, and that jn kind, so that
they were not obliged by any law to sell for the pur-
pv»e of raising money.
The Stntinei says:
“Wt> munt, somehow, a Ti^se and npcesnity
for money, and tb^Tet>y a demvLud fur u that shall
caute peopl-c to seek after it, and lo value it. 11 thi»
were t.tie case, many a man who practices on the
public necee»ities would be tanght moderation by
uece«i»ities of his own. M.nuy a jjerson who now im-
a^tnes that he cannot pcwibly spare a pound of meat
or a bushel of meal lo his suffering neighbor, would
fiad that be could fpare mauy a pound and many a
bushel.” •
WhiJH believing that every need of the country in
the Bucceeeful prosecution of the war must be met
and will be cheerfully met, we do not think that the
yentinel's motive for such legislation is a legitimate
one. No legislation can'be justifiable, it seemB t«
as which seeks to compel a man to gell his property
of any kind. If the wants of Vfle country require the
■tax, by all means let il be levied, but let ni not at
tempt to regulate Vne saltes of me^t or meal by their
prodacers-
The tientinel tiunks that many persona would pay
AQch a tax in full now, whilst tnoney is comparative
iy cheap, and not leave it as an incumbrance on
•iieir property to be paid after the war in gold or its
equivalent. Doubtless this would be done to a con
•iderable extent. The great majority, however,
would probably prefer to pay only the 2 per cent,
year for the present; for, though death and taxes are
said to comc to all men alike, all are alike anxious
to postpone their visitation.
We do not think that the public mind is sufficient
ly alive to the iinprovemcut in the currency effected
b; the late' legislation of Congress. Confederate
tr«aiury noteii had become a drug in the market be-
(&Q«e there.were too many of them—more than the
buitiuess of th6 country required. The amount it
now rvduted one-half, and the Secretary of the Trea
lury in prohibited from again inflicting such an evil
tipon the country. He must carry on the war b*y
taxes aud sales of bonds. The present amount of
currency not being too much for business, sho’ old
M«UM it« proper raloe, aod w« trosl tlAt will
W Wm gmW «Scct
A PaoRi».~>W« sea* wmk*
ago from tte BichinoDd Bxaoiiiisr toixie iviy able
articles exhibiting th« intolerable condltioa of the
people of Poland and Ireland after their subjugation.
It was an appropriate warning to the people of the
Confederacy of their own fate if they should ever be
so foolish and base as to pwmit their own subjuga
tion. The warning may be repeated from experience
nearer, nome. A late number of the “Norfolk Be
gime,” the official paper of Beast Butler and Wild,
is said to contain about nixty orders oo various sub'
jects, some of which show the condition of Norfolk
aa a subjugated place. One^f'these orders recites
that W. H. H. Hodgee, Cashier of the Merchants
and Mechatiicfl Savhigs Bank, had sent away into
the Confederacy Uie funds belonging to the bank,
and refused to disclose the men and means by which
bo had eent them, wherefore, sayg the order, “It i£
ordered that he b« confined at bard labor at Fort
Hatteraa, on Hatteras Island, npon the coast of
Xortli Carolina, upon bread and water, with a twenty-
four pound ball attacneU to his leg by a chain not
more than six fei»t long, until he answers the ques
tions, and that be stand aommitted to the -guard
house until he is removed on board the transport tc
be conveyed to Fprt Hatteras in execution of thit
order.”
A horrible punishment for honestly oad^jayoring to
save the money entrusted to him fr«m the clutche.'-
uf one who. like Butler, had made himself notorious
for his immense stealings whlin commanding at New
Orleans. - ^
Ti’e Rev. Geovge M. Baine, Sen., cashier of an-
otber Savinsrs Bank, for tVxa a»ma ^
tng to disclose his accomplices” in removing $43,000
of its funds to R^hmond, was sentenced to hard la
bor tft Fort Hatteras until he does answer theqnes-«
tions, and it is added, "No further punishment is put
upon him in consideration of his age.” A Minister
of the Gospel and an old man, sentenced to hard la
bor on a desert island, a sand bank, for doing his
duty by those who'had trusted him with their money,
to preserve it from being stolenl
Xeit we’ see that the Bev. C. L. Woodworth.
Chaplain of 27th Massachn.4etts rej^iment, is by for
mal order assigned to the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church in Norfolk, made vacant by Wild’s having
deposed the former Pastor, the Rev. Jas. 1). Arm
strong, D. D., on account of his ^ympatbj with the
Confederate. So the people of a subjugated town
are not at liberty to select their own Ministers to
preach the gospel to them, bnt have one appointed
fqr them, appointed by military anthority, coraing
from a region noted for its ungodliness, and for its
hostility to every thing that the people of Norfolk
respect and venerate 1 They would doubtless rather
have no Minister at all than such a one; but if they
show their feeling by staying away from Church,
they will doubtless pay for it by oppressions, and in
sults.
Next, we find bo order bftoiihing “OWhes W.
Buttz, Attorney at Law, so called,” for “luving ap
plied abusive and contemptuous language to me and
to an officer of my staff,” says Gen. W'iM. Noble
revenge for abuse and contempt! BraTe General
and Staff! It is a pity that Batts did not kick them
both and pull their noses while he wias about it, for
they would have resented these indignities in the same
valiant way.
Next is an order that no auctioneer, commission
merchant, or other person, dealing in and selling per
sonal property of any description, shall sell or trans
fer any such property without ftrst reporting in per
son a correct schedule of the property, on pain of
fine and imprisonment!
Next an order that every fourth dog shall be killed.
From these samples, collected from one paper, it
will l>e seen that property, liberty, religion, mind,
body, and soul, are all held subject to the arbitrary
egulations of the military. And what sort of military?
A thief and murderer like Beast Butler, or a bawdy-
honee keeper like Capt. Williams, of the 116th New-
York Reg’t, who, as shown by the proceedings of a
Court Martial published in the same ^per, was dis
missed the service for having kept a bawdy house in
Fredericksi>urg, Va., while it was in the occupation
of the U. 3. forc^, he then being an officer in th« U.
Army.
Capt. Blaokbobx.—A fhend writes us that Capt.
O. Biackbum, of Co. G, 31st Reg't, Hoke’s Bri
gade, who was kiUed at Plymouth, was one of three
sons of a widow lady in iiitokes county who entered
the army at the covmeneement of the war. One of
them was killed at the second Manasaas battle. The
C»ptain was flnit woanded in the arm at Plymonth
and called Liectr Gentry to the command of his com*
pany; but alinr examining hi^ wound be remarked
that be would not stay sway from the engagement.
Hu returned and waa sooa after shot in the head.
The youngest and only remaiaing son of his mother
volunteered in Texas. They were ail true and de
voted friends of the Confederacy.
Ay ExtOQCENT AKD Fatmotic pAr*a.—We find
la the Kaleigh Confederate the remarkable document
which we copy, from the 2'il North Carolina officers
wbo are prisoners on Johnson’s Island. It it elo-
qullnt in matter and manner. We have not seen the
names of the 227 officers, for the ‘'Conservative” in
which they were published has not come to us; hat
uamoB irom toin county aire
among them, vi*: D. W. McIAupald, H. A. McDon
ald, R. W. Thornton, W. 0. McD»“i^l» A. McFad-
yen, B. F- Pearce and Henry %. Shepherd.
These, like the bulk of the 227, were in former
times opposed in party poHtice. bnt a union in the
great cau8e*of their conntiy, and common sufferings
In % foreign prison, have obliterated all pftrty feeling,
and made them one in scntivent and in action.
ToLtrsTSEEiso-—We l^am that the Battalion of
six companies at the Arsenal at this place (three of'
them composed of artisans,) on Saturday handsomely
tendered their services, ’with almost entire niuuiimity,
to go to Virginia for the Spring campaign. Col.
Childs has telegraphed for the consent of the De
partment at Ricbmffmd.
The PLTSiotTTH Prisosers.—The Savannah Re
publican of the ^th mst. notices the arriral there on
the 3d of 499 m^ore of these prisoners, and says these
make 2327 in f.ll that have passed through there on
the way to the prison in the interior, {lo negroes
were among 'them. 116 officers are stated to have
arrived in F.ichmond—2442 in all.
Bkitooq’^d.—The Raleigh papers manifest a good
deal of inrcerest as to the ^bernatorial preferences
of Mr. L each, lately elected Congressman in the 7th
District. He seems to be difficult to locate. We
picked up the ConservatiTe a few nights ago and
found what appeared to be a “by authority" notice
tha^. he was agaiust Mr. Holden. Then, looking in-
t«' the Progress of the same date, we found what also
^>eetoed to be a “by anthority” notice that be
against Gov. Yanee.
Orakok Politic*.—a letter from Cedar Grore,
of the 29th alt., says: "Mr. Holden, unless things
change very moch, will ftOt tlM board in thia
CoaOBns.*^In the Senate on W«dnesday, Mr. Gr»-
hi^ of North Carolina, olTered the following, whichi
was agreed to:
Resolved, that the Committee of Finance be m
structed to inquire into the expediency of ameodinp
the act ‘to fhnd. tax and limit the currency,” passed
at the last session of Congress, so aa to provide that
bonds of the Confederate States, to be ret;eived by
any State, in pursuancfe of the twelfth section oi'
said act, shall be coupon bonds, and exempt from
taxation; and that all Confederate notes of ar>y of
the old issues, held by any State on the first day of
April, 1864, may, at the option of such State, be
exchanged for such bonds, or for Tn*asi;rv noto.s
of the new issue; and further, that all just Jemand?
of any State against the Confederate Government,
accruing bnt unpaid, prior to the said firs*^^ day of
April, shall be paid in Treasury notes of the new
issue, provided for by said act.
In the Houf>e of Reprpseutetlves, oo WednestJay.
Mr. James M. L(*ach, of N. C., a.^ked leave to make
an explanation of bis position, and alluded to an ar
tide published in the Examiner, which he stated
'nadeaflingnntonlyat him part cularly butalaoathit
.•State. He also alluded to varions inisreproseniationf
which he said hud been made about the position au
''entimenta of the people of North C«roliur», and ol
his district partlcuiarly. which had been jnianndpr
-*itood. He stated that he was a peace man on the
basis of the Acknowledgment of the independence of
the Confederate Sh»tes at the earli. st possible day
!ind 80 far as his district wa« concerned ihtrn wuf
not a traer. more loyal, or law abiding people ir
^e Confederate States. He was tbe repn‘9pni«iive
tf a coiiaervative district, but had never yet lieur*’
nexprcHsion from a solitary man of his const:tuenc\
hat luoked to rcconstrucuiin at any timp. He i*>
•n the same pos’ition. .ind so Ni rth CaroHnu, £>»
Vice President Stephens, and Gov. BrQwn. of Gft..'«kc.
Mr. J. T. Leach, tf N. C., concurred in th** men
■i peace man, but on such terms as would secure jus
tice to those who originated this war, and those whf
had sacrificed their all in it. His district and Stat*
had furnished many soldiers* to the Confederacy, and
:f necessary, he wus willing to f>pill his heart s blood
Some portions of North Carolina was accused ot
di.oloyalty. bnt it ras owing to bud laws aiul u nur6-
administration of them.
Mr. Staples, of Va. I would like to ask the gen
tleman a question. Is lie for peac** on any other
terms than the independence of the Confederate
States?
Mr. Leach. I am for peace on tfap terms of inde
pendence, if I can get it; otherwise, I am for peace
on the best^terms I can get, short of subjugation
I hope the gentleman is satisfied.
Mr. Staples. I am not satisfied. [Mr. Staples
proceeded to address the House, but Mr. Atkins, ol
Tenn., objected, on the ground that the debate would
be unprofitable.] ^
On Tliursday, in the Senate, there was considera
ble discussion of a proposition to Jix a day oi ad
journment. No decision. A bill -wa.c pa^.sed di
recting the Sec’y of State to furnish Congressmen
with such certificates as would enable them to travel
without interruption.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. J. T. Leach
introduced a bill to exempt (under certain circum
stances) eoldiere’ families from payment of tithes.
Also, a resolution to permit officers to buy rations
for their servants. M r. Logan, of N. introduced
a bill to protect citizens from illegal aud unjust im
pressments. Mr. Foote spoke against secret ses
sions.
Friday’s proceedings have not yet reached us by
mail. The telegraph reports nothing of interest.
Gov. Vakck.—The Petersburg Kxpress, whose
unfavorable remarks upon Gov. Vance’s speech here
were lately noticed in the Observer, makes a hand
some amende iu the following closing paragraph of
a long article:—
“We look upon the Governor as tht* embodiment
of all the elements which constitute the right sort
of chancier for one occupying his official station,
and we 'shoald regpard his Uefest at the ensaing elec
tion as a great public calamity. A people that could
discard ft'om thetr confideuct- sui li an jnm-piu, non
est, true hearted and trusty public servant as he has
proven himself to be, must expect to reap nothinp
but shame and mischief from such an act of surpass
ing ingratitude and folly. We cannot tolerate the
idea that there is the smallest doubt of his re-elec-
tion. It is impossible that such a man as Governor
Yance can be otherwise than enthusiastically sus
tained by the people of the State which he governs
90 well. We are glad tbiU the Observer ha.'t aflbrd-
ed U9 the opportunity of thus putting ourself r«r/w.s
tn runa in this interesting ca-e.”
Tankec Vandalism.—We learn from the Wil
mington Journal that when the yankees evacuated
Washington, N. C., on Sunday the 1st inst., they set
fire to the town not.ftir from its centre, tiear the for
mer Bank of Wasbtngton, and burnt every building
from the water tn the back part of the town. The
citisens stopped the fire to the westward. A ware
house, containing commisitary stores, email arms,
powdgr, 4c. was saved. Tlie bridge over the Tar
river was fired in three places, and considerably
damaged.
A few persons left with the yankees. amongst
them Howard Wiswa41 and family, ; Richardson
and family. John Prime and family. Col. Sam'l Car-
row, Lt. Col. Thomas Bowen, U. Rich, Geo. Dixon,
and several ot'ners, names not recollected. This act
(says the Journal) furnishes a striking commentary
upon Federal occ^ation. • For loi;g months their
forces have held W^ashington, and yet on leaving ii
they do their best to destroy it and ruin its iulial>i-
tants, regardins; them, and no doubt truly, as a hos
tile people, as indeed is shown by the smallness ot
the number of those who have g(me nff with them
Running away from a town which they dure not hold
AS warriors, they seek to destroy it a& itueudiaries.
It adds one more page to the record of this war.
upon which the historian will inscribe the damning
evidence ofyaukee atrocity and barbarism. ’
vTiailum O'
N.^rfs’^pmceJ7*n*th« Coaimittees of Fiaance and
Naval Affairs. Mr. DorU U of N. C- is Chairman of
Committee on Engrossms^nt and Knri llment, and
mem^r of those on Commerce and Accounts.
The Referoea.—We leam that not only will the
men between in aud &0 be left at home, for the pre
sent. but tliat the authorities will detail such of those
between 17 and 18 aa can make it appi‘ar that they
are necessary to the labor of th*' farm.
Kai. Prog., Vh
A VOICE FROM J0HNS03TS ISLAND,
publish belo^ra communication addressed to
Gov. V aace, by the officers and soldiers who have
been and, we believe, are still held in captivity on
Johnson s Island in Lake Erie. It a capital pro
duction, written remarkably well, and presents fact»
and arguments from a stand-poiut and under
LATIW MAIL A»D TBLIG]IUPRIC 5EWP.
Iht Battle tn Virginia*—Another Dispatch from
Gen. x/ee.-—RicaMojfD, May 7.—The foUowing was
received this morning;
Hbadvr’s Arm\ Northkrn V^a.. May 6.
1111)11 IPS P ^ M
tnnities for .observation and the fitcilitieg of gatner-
inK facts, ihat enable them to set forth the objects
aud purposes of our eneiities, as well a.s the hopes
and tc'ars ofour friends and sympathisers at the North,
knowingly and undersUindingly. The getting up of
this paper was no party movement. The signers,
some of them gentlemen not unknown to fame and
of recognized ability, have belonged lo difierent
political parties, and. we presume, had no idea that
there would be any contest for Gubernatorial honors
in this Slate ne.\t summer. The tribute to Gov.
\ ai'ce wns an'honest one, and co less merited than
iioncst and di^sinteresV'd in intent There are 227
signers, who represent nearly every county in the
.State.—Ofjt.a^rvaU'vt;
(^RRENCY NOTICE.
We are compelled to follow the universal practice
and put $5 notes (which form the principal part of
onr receipts at present) on a footing with glO’s, $20's,
&c. Neither we nor our employees can bny any
tiling with them except with the tax of 33^ per cent
deducted, or 50 per cent, added to the price of the
article purchased; so that a $5 note is but S3 33.
At our prices it is Impossible to stand this. It
wonld be like “working for nothing and finding our
ielves.” An illustration of constant occirrence re
cently: A gentleman wishes to pay us $»; he hands
ns two $5’s and we give him $4 in change. Result
the Observer furnished to him a year for $2 68. An
operation which would soon break us.
We prefer this change to aa increase of price, for
while that would effect the desired result as to those
paying in $.5’s, it would bring us too much from
those paying in small notes or new issue. Those
who do not desire to submit t« the discount can pay
ns itr new issue or in small not^s.
This notice affects payments at the office at once.
As we take “snap judgment’' on no one, remittances
ot $5’s by mail will be credited at their face value un
til the 16th inst. This regulativn is intended only
for the benefit of those mailing us money in igno
ranee of this notice. Those who send $5’s befoca that
date asking them to be credited ac such after know
ing of this chaage will have their lyouey retoraed by
XT. s. MiLITART pRiSOK, ?
Jon.vsojf’a Isla.xd, March 81, iB64. j
GovKawoR Vakce:
'Sir—At a meeting of the officers from North Ca.
rolina confined la this pneon, yesterdav. we, th?' un-
dcrsigued. Were appointed h committee*to express to
you the intense satisfactim with jwhich we have
marked the distinjjuishe-J ability and lo^y patriotism
which iihve characterised your administration. It
fia? been with pecnluir pride dnri.ip this, our long
i.iU tedious imprisonment, ll.at in every wind that
'■118 brought to our ears a whisper from the l.md of
■ )ur birth aud of our unchangeable love, we have heard
the utterance of nur own seutinu n’g. the echo of onr
>ravers. «■(garimt-ost Bsiiir;ifi,.ns
Ttr-nie Wmiy^anJ patriotic langunge ortne Goremor
jf our State. £.i;i)es from our iiomes aud conntry.
aptives in the land of those who hate and wonld
lestroy us, we watch with anxious c«ncem the prog
ress of events and the course of the war, and note with
inmingled nleasure the manifestations of ardent pa
triotism and unyielding firmness among the masses
of the people of onr own Stale. But, sir. it is with
more than ordinary pleasure that we revert to your
ate noble efl'ort at \V ilkesboro’, so genuine in its ar-
sfument.». and withal so hopeful and confident of suc
cess, that ererv son of the old State felt a glow of pride
.n the reflection that thc.se grand utterances emanat
ed from his own honored chief magistrate. Sir, your
xposition of the policy of the Federal Government,
your startling portraiture of the miseries that would
be endured by our unhappy country, and the oppres
sions and indignitie.s that would be’beaped upon her
in case of subnibsion, are so forcibly verified by the
vction of the dominant party in this country, that no
reasoniuK man, enjoying we do the unlimited ac
cess to the leading journals of all political parties
ucre, can fail to realize the fact, that even the most
ppalling apprehensions of misery that have present
ed themsttlves to the minds of our most sagacious
tatefiln■^n, even the most hideous pictures of
ruin •iiat have been painted by our most eloquent?
countrymen’ would fall far short of the realities of
the doom that would await us, should we be so de
mented a« to lay down those arms and disband those
armies, that have hitherto protected us from the
fury of our enemies. Those who dt^lude themselves
with the hf>pe. that there is still a Conservative party
here sufficiently strong to restore them again even
to those precarious rights they enjoyed before the
diaruptiwn of the Union, are indulging a vain, a dan
gerous hope.
We have it daily manifested to ns here, that this
party is utterly powerless to prottM:t its ovn rights
nd liberties from the aggressions of the dominant
party. Their danger is more imminent than our«,
and their only hope of deliverance is in the triumph
of our cause; they grow weaker with every defeat of
they grow siroiiger with every .succesn. At itreoent
they are writhiiif^ in beIpl-.*(« wreschtdneKp. .The one
gre t idea of the puople of ibi.'* couniry. is to subjusrate
the pei pie of the Souih. and ’o appropriate our properly
to tlie tiquidatioo of their .’tupendoa-‘debt; and the domi
nant party is Ftrong* r or wt'aker. as the prosp*>ct for sac
ss is nearer or more remote.
lift our jK}Oj)le, l>j- any event, either through submis
sion or snbjm^ation. be thrown on the mercy of this n^
lion, and th** jfrent plan will hav^ Heen
anil their "«ti ui»»e ensoreo tne perpetuity of the
Jlepiiblicaii prrty. What {«)licy that party would’pureue
in tl»e government of our tHj’untry, is bnt too plaialy
!nbnifeitel already. Wo ^rather it flaily from their Con
gressional action, from their party conventions, from
their leading j'Hlrnal^. e hear it from their own lips.
Tiiat j>olicy would be so to humiliate the South, eo to
ripple her n'sources, so lo disarm her, eo to crush her
ppirit, 90 to quench her ho{»e«, tiiat never within her
wide borders shall evtsu a whisper be heard iu claiUi of
freedom. They declar*! that this war must be wajred.
not only uutU the rebeliion is crushed and the peciple
subjugated, but that it must be prosecuted until the pos
sibility of its recurrence is forever gone. To accompliBh
this design, they declare that it is both the right and the
duty of-Cougress to confiscate the property of our {>eo-
ple, both real and personal, and apport.ion it among their
soldiers and freedmen—our slaves, whom they have sto
len and liberated. Thuv }>ropo«e lo take the anus from
the whites and put them in the hands*of the blacks; they
propose to e.xtend the ri;;ht of suffrajje to the blacks,
whtlfc amoD" the whites it is to l)C restricted to those
hu have been hoi^tile Ui tiieir country tbrou(rhout the
war. In short, in th^ir blind, vindictive rage, thej'
would make uf our country one vast ruin, so hideous,
that far down into tho coming ages of mankind it ma}
stand aa a ghsttly warninsr to deter tho rash patriot,
that would claim freedom as a birthright or republican
government as a heritage.
" ar may cover the land with sorrow and mourning, but
peace, on the tern>s of submission, would cover it with
the blackne!8 of the shadow jf death. ^ ar has still the
blessing ot hope; but in such a peace there is only the
darkness of de-j)air. In sut*h a state of existence, the or
der of nature would be reversed; life would be the king of
terrors and death its only solace. In final, e'ernal sepa
ration lies our only hoj>e, our f*nly saft-ty. Other ♦■»irraf»
were dishonorable—wore dangerous. s soldiers of
North Carolifa. .as citizens of our young Confederacy,
wo can be content with no ]>ea e tiiat does not recog
ize Us as a free wnd indep«'ndeut people. '
to lonsi iis >Oii tae iMiii of duty, with *he same
liuilv, u’-iialunng it»-p. a-!ii.-retottre, so long will our
faru-i jro wirli oa ill *i.d ; »o Ions "1*^
« .'imniig the >;r(-at d- livf,• t.l' iho we fe^* r^c^-.
roin u {vra.i'y.'
Witb di'*4niruii'hel cstrem,
Your oI> difiit scrvanlf,
WiiAuro.v J Warren, Chin'n.
Tuomas S* Kkxa.v. Duplin.
II C. JoNKS. Jr . HinMin.
JopKPti S l».4vrs Frank'iii,
liiiN'Br S JoRiuN, I'er-'on,
Oommi'tee.
Fam'i. p. TTitj., Taswell. Ch n Mc-tlng.
Jaui^s V. Mayo, Edg^comi.tj, tf,c j
Mth .V, C. TTO(jpn.—Col. Collett Lcventhorpe.
llth Regiment N. C. Troops, has resigned. Col.
Leventhorpe entered the service in the fall of 1861
and ha? established a reputation second to no officer
if his rank in the Confederate a^my. He was seri
ously wounded at Gettysburg, and it is supposed
that this is the reason for tendering his resignation.
He is succeeded ^-y Lieut. Col. Wm. J. Martin, well
known as Professor of Chemistry in the University
of North Carolina. Maj. Frank W. Bird, of Bertie,
becomes Lieut. Colonel,
„ . , . advanc*^ and created
■some onfusiou. Th.^ ground lost was occupied
soon as fresh troops got into position, and the ene
my driven back to the original Un». Afterwards we
ttirned thf' leti of his first line, and drove it from
the Sehi, Itaving a largv number of dead and wound
ed in onr hand^, among them Gen. Wadsworth.
We snbsequently attacked and forced the enemy
into his entrenched lines, on the Brooke road, ex-
tonding from Wildentesa tavern on the right to
Twiifts’ mill on the left. Rverj’ advance on his part,
thanks to a merciful God, has been repulsed.
Our loss in killed not lai^e. bnt we have msny
wounded, most of them .slightly—Artillerj- being
little used on their side.
I grieve to nnnnunc.e that Lisnt. Gtn Longstreet
is severely woundetl. Gen Jenkins killed, and Gen.
Pegram badly wounded yesterdav. Gen. Stafford it
is hoped will recover. ' ' R. E. Lek.
Oraxoe C. H., May 6.—The attack by the enemy
this morning was very violent, but was repulsed iu
every instance. A strong eff-rt was made to turn
our right. We drove them on onr left, but he was
stubbarn on tho right. Longstreet finally forced
them to give way.
'1 he battlo was fought near Wilderness. The
enemy has been pushed hai.k near Chaucellorsvi’.le.
Everythiajr Ijnoks well. The yankee (ien. Wadsworth
is killed. ITOO prisoners have been rtteived here.
An'ither reported Victory in L^uisiava.— Mo
BILE. Mav 7.—^ disoatr.h to-
snmmrt. Aprtl 2, says f nat the Louisiana furces pur
sued the enemy down-Red river. re«ai*t»riiig F.,rx
DeRussey and Cheveille. On April 25th, the enemy
made a stand at Markham, where they were attack
ed and re^uUed [route’with heavy Joss, estimated
at 10,n00. Transports going up Red river with re-
iiiforcenients were whijpped buck at Fort DeRnssev.
I he yankee wound:*d were 3ent to Vicksburg. Gen.
Walker’s division crossed to the north side of Red
river and is pursuing the retreating enemy. The
yankees burned four of their gonboats.
Prom Georgia.—Daltoji. May 7.—The enemy
advanced In front of Tnnnell Hill this morning and
shelled our cavalry on the ridge this side of that
place for two hours, then fell back. They are re
ported as moving around to our left.
Reinforcing Grant.—A. letter from Highland
county oaya that advices just received from Bever
ley represent that 40,)00 men have passed through
Cumberland Gap en route to reinforce Grant.
RichmoJid Examiner, Qth.
The Yankee fleet in the James.—This fleet is said
to number thirty-four vessels, including not only
transports and gunboats, bat several of the largest
monitors.—Rich. Examiner, Wi.
The Danish War.—The English papers of the
22a say that Duppel was carried by storm by the Ger
man allies on the 18th of April, after a fierce conflict.
The Danes evacuated the works and retreated to
the island of Alsen. The Danish report shows that
their army lost 400 officers, 10,600 men, and 90 guns.
It was said that the Prussian loss amounted to 2
generals, 60 officers and 600 privates, killed and
wounded. The German troops were ordered to
occupy the whole province of Jutland, and to lay
siege to Frederica immediately. In the meantime
the Conference had had an informal organization in
London, aud debates, without result, had taken place
in the British Parliament on the subject of the war.
fnvi^igatitm of the Fort PiJlou' Affair.—Sena
tor *W ade and Mr. Gooch, the Sub-Committee on the
Conduct of the War, who went to Fort Pillow to
a.scertain the facts as to the alleged massacre of
colored troops there, have returned, and report that
the stories have not been exaggerated. That great
cruelty waa practiced by the rebel troops, after the
surrender of the fort,, there can be no doubt.
W... OJ.
Th^ Tobarcit Ration.—Gen. Cooper gives notice
that enli^ted men will receive one pound per month.
MARBIKD,
In Person -nunty, N. C.. 28th April, by Wm. fl. Roys
ter, L.sq., Mr JOftN D. C\TES to Miss PALATIaH
O’BRI ^NT. daughter of S. O'Briant,
At the residenee of the bride’s father, in Hockin^Lam
countv, N. O., April 13, J. E. C.AIiRIG-N of the Vd
Ark. Repft, to Miss CORA daui^hter of Samuel Moore.
l¥otice lo fiSa« ronsiiiners.
ON iftfr M-y 1ft, r’ic? of Qas will be tbir-'y
doli^..r8 p^r ooA ihousMud oubic feet. By
nritfi* of the Board of Pirsctors, FsyefteTille ?ai Ligkt
Oo. A. H. DELAMT, Supt.
M»v 7. SQ.gt
Fayetteville ]»Iatual insurance Co.
The lUtt Ai.nual of this Oo. will i*ke pl»e«
at the Offioe of the Co. oa Tharadsj the 19tk int.
C. A. IfoMILLAN, Bee’j.
May 5. 80 tn
VrANTfiD,
Ta enga|^ 600 cord* ‘HSOOD FINE WOOD,*' In ex
change for Span Yarn if preferred, to be delivered
flrotn C to 10 corM per week, st convenient pointH on the
Weitern Bailn^ Apply imme^ateW to
OBO. BEANOT
FhVeMtriOe, April
91BB,
In Moore county, 10th April. Mr. JAMES BRilK'iKS,
in the 67th year of his age.
Iu Chatham county, oa thi^ S9th of February, .Mrs.
AU.\UEL1..\ JiVNK BROOK"', in h^-r 43d year. She
had been a m“mt»' r of a Haptist church for 21 years.
1q Randolph county, on the 3th IhnjeniJter 18C3, Mrs.
L. .M. LANE, wife of .b>hu Ii. lAne. in h' r ^.5th year. A
cousisteut mem>ier of a Baptist church for upwaids of 8
years, deatb hod no tiTi-ors for her.
Ou the lath ult., at the residence of his son in-law Dr.
A. W. Bethea, in Marion Dist., S. C., TRISTR' M BE-
TUE , Esq., of Rol)ef*on county, N. 0., in the 70th year
of his a#je
POSTSCRIPT.
Wn are aulh^riz!i^to
ftuecTiK.’f t-’ol FliTkn P SMJTiT «
_ cikndid?»e represent Roboarn Coua-
^ ID «?**• next Legffllainre of N O
.\f»y 5 30*12t
We are authorized to annoniice
QILE8 LEITJH. Eiq . as » e«ndidate far re>el«!Ction tc
it>e from eounti^s of B>9^tn'nd.^nd Robeton
\Uy 2. 29 6t.pd
To theToters of Moore and Montgonery CooDtles.
i.XSNOl’Ntft Bijs^lf a eenai Kt^ fn r^pr ".mt th»
p«-op';» M-'to'e .-.tid .M .oui'ri*9 in
Nor*^ aie C'?-
tbo ^-e*. '*ei btawi’ ?
» i wb; ;.n ni^i I «■ "il’
he proper tirw«. ««. -k ETi"
Mfty 8 , 8'-* P'i
TO THE VOTEBS OF
Yndkin, Fu-rj, Allpobapy, A^he and Watauga.
»u.nor!s'*d to anttoi’nce Col. W. H. A.
t'pr?(KUi rvr 8*nr,»ijri%l Drstrict *n tbe in
flxt Lfg;jla*ore **f V G. are all wdlir.g t'' trufl
nr. we hare tTifd him b*»’nre, and know the sol
He h»«> boco *i» the a'tn ? »fer sirflA J,jn»
iHfti. MASY Vinters.
.Mey2. R0*4 pd
Tbe friends of Capt. W. J. 1.03IG,
0 . .>tB> I'l # Up • r
if of connty, at the eleoton on the firgi
riiBFi-day ia Aa^j t nexf-
•,sp» l-''ng cue ol pumsTf'ns c1*8? who wa*^
•nposa^ to war up »o th«* L’nco^n rroolawaMon; w»-
ne o' ttjc Ust to brta> up »he old Governmertt. avf'
song trs first who lerpt^d f ;r«ard to def*tnd the nav^.
•s 0( w »rd has bern !n tJ»e amty from the connin iiO
MANY VOTERS OF HARVETT.
May ". .^0*18i.pd
We are indebted to the courtesy of Col. Sinclair,
ol the North Carolinian, for the foliowmg;.—
RichnoNo. M.ay 8—Xhe following rec’d this A. M.
neailqnarters Army No. Va., May 8.—Gen. Gor
don tUTiicd the enemy s extreme right yesterday S
vcninp, an«l drove him from his rifle pits. Amnttg
the prisoners captured are Generals Beymonr and
Shaler. Number of the enemy also taken. The en
emy has abandoned the Germanna Ford road, ^nd
removed his pontoon bridges towards Ely’s For^
There has been no attack to-day; only slight skirm
ishing at our lines. *R, E. LEE.
Official dispatches from Chaffin’s Bluff are, that
tbe enemy’s gunboats were attacked, disabled, board
ed and burnt on the 7th. Two iron-clads bore down
on our forces, when they returned. No loss oursid«.
FAYETTKVILLE MARKET.—May
HF.VIEW OF THE MAPKEtT *
Bsfton 4 -jO to S 00 Pork 2 60. Lard 4 M !• ft «».
Be=f t 50 to I 76 ois. per pool'd.
U»*efi«qX 8 00 Ba**er 8 00 to 10 09.
Cotf on 2 00 ColFae 16 00 io '.iO 00.
Uo‘ 0 1 Yara—20 OO to 60 00 per huadk
l>rif,a Frnif 1 76 p-r Ih.
2 fO per d. cea
Ex‘ra'‘t 6 00 >■'> 8 00 per Ik
F:'Or $276 to fSOO
F!»xsre(t 8 00 »o ’0 0(Tp#r bu
F.-»oder 12 5*.> rol5W> Har 12 50 fHrn^e It ••
Orniii—•'^nrn tf> to K40.
■2'^ 00 tn 30 tK> 10 00 Pe- H 80 no to 8S 90
H*des—Qreen 2 50 to 8 50, dry 5 00 lo 6 00
Ii^a—Nn»r.vn S 60 m 4 60
Leatber—Upri^r 2y 00 26 00 S^Ie 17 60 I*. 20 00.
L'qcerx—' ora Wri»g;*y To 00 Anple a*1 PoMk
«r»hrty 70 00
M !a^*-> »0 00 fn 85 00
S d* 8 60 .1 6 00
N»»i!8 8 .’SO "c 4 Ot* 1b, *
Onions 20 Od per bueh.'l
Potafue^—lri«b 15 to S20 perbodH; sweet 15 t« 9JS.
Rici! 1 26 to 1 60. i^ufc^r 12 60 to 16 00.
Soap—PaTii’j Bar 2 00 per lb , Toil*4 f 00.
Hpirits XurpeaMne 8 00 ptr |elloa
Fayelte«ii(r 4-4 St>ee(.inK8, Fsetory prfeat to Hhe
^rate 1 2.5 Outeidivrs* prices $4 60 to 6 00-
Silt 86 00 “J 40 00 per bosbel
Ta?!£?w 8 (X). Wool 6 00.
0?rr.-sjted by B. L Pshbmmk.
WILMINGTON MARKET, Mtj 8, 18S4.
B«ef Catiie, hoof 4 to 4 60; Beervaz 94 per lb.
4 60 tn 5 00: Butter 10 to 1200; Cnro 201^0 to)9^
Com Meal 2000; 0>>Tiper»B 8 to 4 CiO; Ei;gs 4 00 to 6 00;
Cotton 2 00; Fionr $310 lo fSiOtv^r bbl. for •nperflee$
Fodder and Hay 26 06; Shacks (16 to 18; Hides, neeta
2 to 2 26; dry 4 00 to 4 60; Leather, scl^ 16 to 16 6%,
end upp''-r, 16 50 to 17 00; Lard 5 60 to Nsils 2 t*
2 26 per 'b i>er keg; Poubry, live 8 to 10 00; dresseA
4 to $r> ^r lb; Pea Nuts 20 t» 26 00; Poutoee, flweeil,
26 to 80 00; Peas, oow »27 60 to #S0-, aioe 1 to 1 2S(
Salt, sonad 26 to SO 00; Sugar 10 00; Fa/. Sheetfegi
5 00 lo 6 60 per yard; Spirits Tar|'calin> te 8 tO;
Tallow 3 50 tc 4 66; Yarn per bale. 60 to 156 per boncb;
Wood by boat Ir ad $26 for pine, 26 to $80 for aeb. and
40 to 60 00 for Oak.
Camp 3A Bf. C. CaTalry, April 97.
Messrs. E. j. Uale a Sons: Sirs, 1 have seen in your
valti.ible paper iry name announced as a Candidate
for the office of Sheritf of Robeson County. While I am
obliged to the many friends who desire my election to
that office, 1 must decline b?ing a Candidate, believing
that my services in the field at this time are of more
value to the country than my being Sheriff of tl>e
Co.„ty- Verj- ^ •
Lt. Co. D, 2d N. C. t avalry.
6
WESTERN RAIL RO.U) OFFICE, }
Fayetteville, May 7,1864. {
TJtlVE Dollars Notrs of Coi'f^-derate wi« ®«ly
P be received by this Campany ■
dair''flc= face value
30 211 Trees rW B E*g.
cvi- .^ai«—^^ool ifl^cblneipy*
TWO ?Vt;OL CARDING in superlr.r rmt-
niDg order, c’othieg noarJr nrw. Priee $5000
Can be >^eeB at SeitJey’ti Mill*, fi mills Amn £fxM
Andrew H O. HALL. F«yetteviUe P O.
May 7. *0 -8t
On C'oiBHigttiueBt.
KEGS OOOKINQ SOD^;
H6.000 8wm?
t5 Qro 6d Watsb K*ys;
60 D I Dreeainfc Hoeibe;
10 6 XfB Good riiewinf T'kbseeo;
12 Tierces Fresh Wh^l* B.tce;
360 Basheln Sail
F r sale by ' THO J J0HW80B.
Fayetirvil’e, M*y9. 80 I8t
JBorkfiih Yard Wide SheetinfT)
AT lU^BhaiON
rHE 8nt*f=criVer h»8 1000 yds. 8HEBTIf»0, w%Mk k*
vrili exn**aojJ' B»oon, at tbe r*tt of I yard f»r 1
Donnd. This is a fine opportnBity tor the people to
supply tbcmeelves
I«xpect to have another supply 'f Oerds fbr soMien^
vives and mothers, by the 10th last., aad defire tkem
to Q^me and get tken.
THO. A. NGBVBWt
Lamberton, May 2. l^pd
Sail! Salin
nr 8ACK8 «f good DJty SALT, ^
/gO Com. , Apply^to ■“
JAS
M»y 5*. 'Sf4
0 coot.
in 4w
We are authorized to announce
Oaiu 'J W HiTlKa Ab m OK..acid»ie tor re
a in tbe House of ('omrnone of tie next Legisla-
tur»», from the county ot Maoro.
Capt Ritter is a Conservative the ttrieiest »tet ”
May 7. 80*4trd
Camp 18th Reg’t, April 1S64.
Messrs.* Editors: .■! t a meeting held by the soldiers
of the 18th N. C. T. from Bladen county, Lt. Jno.
D. Currie was unanimously nominated as a candidate to
represent the county of Bladen in the lower branch of
the ne.xt Legislature of North Curoliua. Upon being
called for Lt. Currie came forward and accepted the no-
minntion.
Lt. Currie is a j'oung inan of tine abilities, and is
rijfht upon the groat question now a^tated in the State
of N. C. He is emphatically a Vance man and favors a
vigorous prosecution of the war until our independence
is acknowledged by the enemy. He has been in the ar
my ever since the beginning of the war, and has ftuth-
fully performed every duty while in camp and upon the
march, and has lx)rne himself with unsurpassed gallant
ry upon every battle-field. He received wotmds at the
battle of ChancellorsviUe, which have rendered him un
able to perform duty in the field, and we confidently
hope that our fellow-soldiers and citizens will unite with
ns in electing him. Our regiment will go unanimously
for Giv. Vance, with the exception of a few deserters
whose lives were spared them bythe executive clemency
of him whom they now oppose. All are in good he^tn
and spirits and anxiously awaiting to be hurled n^nst
the “Grand Army oi the Potomac," Imowing full well
0«| vidoiy awatta m. £4nAX>SK.
1 Mat«i ' U
Fxi'cntor’fi Sale.
By an order fif the ou« of Pk%s »nd Qntrter Ses
pi'ir.s Cow^h^rlaiKl Ccoa^v. tiic fen sor»>»*r, v*
K.i. toioref Neill W'lkinson 'fr'’d wiilex’.^i-.eto puMio
e»i« oe of jHB^Ponrt 1864 tbe Und b'-le
to said ertste. ocntainlnn 126 acres mwe or lee», ly’Bf
f^n the East side of C»pe F-«ar Rivar, eidjuiaijig the lawfs
,f ViDinicl and others .
Tero,B%t8*le ^ lOEEBSd Ex*r.
Kpr'\ 9 ^ ^
Xlie Cedar Falls Bob
bin *•0 are now p'^narsd at
..H,, short notio^, »*1 kif-ds of BOBBIItS.
SPO'^'LS aod QUILLS, ftc, sui'aH* f'r Woolen and
'.'oitcn 3 M OI'EI.L. Aftent.
Pedur F^n.». N. ^ . Mav 7, 1«G4 30 10;fd
%%’ool audC'oClon Card 4 lothiait.
k Large lot of new wt>l md t otion ? -rd
A C*Lt>TuI^Q,*Hgbt'y d*n»*««J f.rs«(»-»».
KOt)rMAN
^o » 1
ipHEipa
!»0-4i
Iniormntiou l**ariii»hrd.
The Olbv* is aua Vl.-mbev* ef I'.htlltiM
A4«0ci»tioa, Cock»’s Brigade, Army N Va . *»ke
ot'wiore in s*yioff to their friends at home, thst *^fy
will oheerfnlly. through their eorre^poDd-ur Heeretary,
' n?wer all inquiries ct neerning their frirsos and rela*
tires i»> this p«rt of the Army, as fhr as it is in
power to do so AJdrese Sera’t H W. Ana, Oo. 0,
^8 h ReR’t, N. C. T , Cooke’s Brigade, Army H. Va.
May 4
r.‘
STBAITED,
OM my plantatioD, new Carthage. iB ^Artter part
_ of Peb’y last, a Yellow aad White MILCH COW aa4
vearling Ca'f, same eolor I parchased then frr.m Abel
K^Hy. Ssq t Bear Jon^eboro’, and I believe are vmr
mark^. A liberal reward wffl be paid for infomattea
leading to the reeovery of the said property.
H C McLKAR.
Carthage. May 2. •0*64
NOTICE TO FARMERH.
I wish to hire to some pers?a as aa 0V£B55SB I
H»tter myself I nr.derstand the ealtiv.*(joa ef Wheal,
Cora, Oats, fte. 1 am rz«apt from all mllitarr HfT,
was fsrmerty a IJen>enant ot Company K. 22d H. G-
Reg’t; resigned on aooount of the lose of my right kaad
for farther particulars address
O. 0. WHEElER, Deep Eiver. N. 0-
May 6. »0 St
The Donors to (iT« Soldiers’ Orpkin FijdiI
Abe respeetfnlly requested to meet ia tbe laetit^ieB
for tbfrDeaf aad Dnmb. in Balefgh, N. C., oa Fit*
d*>, 27th of May, at 11 o’clock A. M. Those who taar
Bot be present shen?d send prcxus. A foil atteadaMt
ie deeind for important husiaesa
The eommitae of the Grand Lodge of Masons fo» 9L
JohB’s Collere are reepectfoily *nvited to peeeeBk
CHABLEd F. DEEMS.
fiaaiiofal Beeretnf*
liay 8, ItML Vtk