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Il4 l;i t, tl an lEnn-t >-C Tuh will litem, ut •>* a lew facu privu . ifi'o’- fr. Di rlc” -iart^d on the ir oj i’iv’tuuuili—her c.-ssury t- state. She Soii; i, ;*t the tnouth itig hv: approach. \ bi'tween the “Albc- wli!.-h tTuw 4 hot iire-i ut the W-? ‘‘track in It t’ jt ’Ji liio cnomy ol Lor gucs. i^hich ac auori rariire. She Q ao . '^nk vD. uf the chu'rcrupteJ tu mu her t tW' iii -re No ‘■ucL aincc h -stilih'-s tegaa fti h. rci.d ; ■ iijnu'utb t.-- shi u'd h-.rdly l» a tc‘. I i :c I uc iuiiter • lin-u ; .' J. u. iml A X Kiel the OQ ih« Xi he j :f or iSufD eeed 'i j '• and the Cure tiiati i r>,UOU lor- her ' i!i opposed tg c tuiih. r increased hj or,^ :viUK duty aloojf icrn t.'j' The force la Uk i r 'icn Siuitb. ■ r vi.us Iciltr, up of trocps aru'iDa, Suuth !« ein Virgitiii make a t'urce U^Mi jur the aaditiunal jd ia the e^i anl '! ■ fr. t.ticr, the whole ” V n '.'■.luoud uodcr :aii' may be put , . of whom thf; lino of the wiii operate (?o .Taiufs river ei'.h'r the T.oo—iare;er, ■ 1 Napoleon in a IS ru Jorth and Qiy. N*. y vh tro h w wit’ orit-j. »y,v>/, .V —We learn tceiv* fj here y; s)trday iiet' another de«rruc- l. ’ .-^Tojin^ a oon- wn biv I J’roui the fire fore : ; - uyt'tH ■}• .rnftl^ \'2.fh. — . -h; y .^tch dated I thai'i n Longstreet thfd !CJ n- Uht. .abOU) ■ ht d . >■ ICOIi. fine ri aro - OVOt, rar, _• ■iiJir th ■ —tion i- ft.-ilence in 'HAUI.xJTE, : . Pre**'3T- . • :*.cs, after a a ;^ 'arncd , u the thiri yciterday »Dd •. ^ aa a heavy tjcgirjuing 20 i in a direction growing crops is Ul fctm_ - -.-^0 turo^ y.— f unf^J.f Vdth nc day’ 320, Mr Jaui®*’ » of thin I ounty, whil* ry ab'jrratiou of mind, upjri i 1-. farna and was ab )U. y.^ars of resnv: i. mdition of d»,rangenient. f (j{ whom has h BO, that he .fktrntr. four.- L i.Ht ^C%T, ICO il. ir was held I a bj! re!, Buudry spec’'*' by th.- incuiniug cr>p> Ilie r-itne thing i« souni.-y 13 lull of wheftn in le iMt),, \V e ciu alrc»*^y llttuu^ sarplu* oi .—A s i.t of »rd olot^‘ at a cost of ^70,0il0. 'I'** RiuKitfB Stasuahd.— We have received the Standard of lust Friday’s date, whfch intimates that it will be regularly issued hereafter. This again ignores the idea that its 9UE>pension was caused by the suspension of the habeas corpus law, for this latter siwpension still exists. Bu\ whatever the cause of the suspension, that of the resumi)tion stseins manifest. lu the course of the ten weeks’ Suspension of the Standard the gloom existing at the Tub BAtTLKs i5 V-ikoima.—We have nothing to add 10 the roni-'us delaib from the Virginia pnpere sxsd the telegraj'iiic dUpatohes. The papers are only to Wi ilneoiiay. atul t'KV by privu^v iKiiida. the mails I time of iln aunouuceiiient has been dispelled; victory ^iiiyick;'toi-iliy failttd I'or more tliuu a wiok. Incx-j after Tictory hati rewarded ^he glorious eflorts of our ores*:'o!i' nui.ieiy .s fell for later and mor« particular I patriot soldiers; the people liave become aware of 'flteliigcine not ou’y as to tht* rceulia, but u« lo th* I this change, notwithstandiag the careful exclusion »ttfety i'f friends and lelaiivei. Th* ui couTits »o tiiT i vf all allusion to it in ^he two extra Standards is- tittve been all encouraging, except as to I’n*? raids on j sued in the mean lime, and Mr. Holden (as a candi- ibe ns'.i.roadi auo telegraphs, and v^gue ruiin>rs as to i date are obliged lo speak of the Editor of the ihe rtsu'it of a ^ ti^hi on W eotiesuij v in WiUch viea. J E. b. jftuari rt'cciVed hiii deiiiU wound- All liiht 1? known of that is^iiat on Tuesday night a' 1'.^ »^cio«t he kud Gen. Titz Lee were in hot pursuit of Staa'.;t»rd by name) Ikids it necessary to work for hiuiself. And so, halieas corpus mr no liabeas cor pus, the Standard makes its re-appearance. This No. of the Standard is in one respect an iin- vuiikec raiders. Whether'oiir tuvulrv und«r ; pi'oveuient upon its two predecessors. As we have them received.a chei.k, or whether the wound ot «,Teu. S’uiirl lb uU>ne referred to by tlu'se vague rumors, we have uo uu iiiis of kuowing. These cavalry ndds me provoking and tlaiiuiging, and the lo?s of a gal lant General is a eulumity: but we have no right lo expect exemption iVoui >uch eii^ualtie:!—they are in- had occasion heretoh»re to mention, they carelullv juppressed from the people even the slightest allu sion to the gloriou.s news of our many victories dur ing the last few weeks. This number permits its readers to know ‘hat I’lymonth and VVash*«gton ai*" again in our j>ossession. The glorioH.*^ events cidents oV war—uo country e.cr altojether esi aped j aro disposed of in some (wt'u(tj linut, but that is bet- thera. WLjen they liel'all, we mu>t t.ear them inan- I ter than the total ignoring of them which there was fully, consoled iy the recollection of the victorie.s , every.reason to e.xpect. Twenty lines devoted to vouchsafed to us by Divine tavor, ard only the more i the moFt important battle that was ever fought in deterniin'd to hope auu struggle for better re-:nlts in North Carolina, and one of the most glorious victo- ihe future, and lor complete success i.i the eml. The country canuoi :ill.*id to put up with anything but llnal t^uoei si-.i'i'i ot that is rnin. liope’ess ruin. DUece^s ^w^| ^^«'cure all that i? valuable. jK'rsouailv and poliucaily. Papei’.s in ,vi>v a v'k ok thk — We nre m- debted to h frit nd who reacheil here from Kichmond on Saturda -. for copier- of the Whig. K.v.nnnner ana Sentinel of i:ie 'Jth and lOih insl. We crowd in \on this and the pre ediiig paire) every item of interest that we hnd in tliem, anl add all of interest in the Examiner of the llUi. .■-> quoted by the Ualeitrh ('on- fedo'ate of the Uth, which had been provided with a (iitpy hy a pas:? uger. Cascaltif.—In addition to the li.-^t of wounded arrived at Hicaniond. we gather from our State ex- ehanwes that 1 son of E. iielo, Esq. of .Salem, and a ?on of Di K 0. Fisher of UaUiirh. and Et. George Ilor*b I’f >aii'bury, were killed in the battle in Vir ginia. Woiiaded; Viai. •!. ('. ebb. of the "Jith. of Orantre. ;iria broken; Et. J. A. (Jrahum. 27th. son ot Gov../jn!h:vr,i. tlc>h wound in thigh; Serg't T.-H.Whit- led. 2Tth. 1-ist un o\e; Edward Jones. son of l>i'. -E B. Jones of Chapel liill, wounded und a prisoner. Gekai 1'i.LL Pki'i;.'.—Ten days asju Hour was •elling in thi.' plac- at 8300 per narrel. and even §350 was paid in a jt'Te. And bacon ;it and &0 per ib. la the course of the hi-t week tlour sold here at ^>10(1, and bacon at T'hese price; were all- in the equivalent of the new i>-ue, that is, old issue at :wo-third? of it? lace—the barrel at S3.^)i» costing ^52.') ia old notes. NVe have heard of a lall in other artieles, though net to .-arh an extent as ia the-'e. The must jiri'baiile cause- a.'?igued for this great «hange are, tue appreciation of the currency in con- •equence of its s- arcity produced by the late acts of Congress; the cheering promise ot rich and abun dant crops of rmall gram, a tertaint\ that there is a surplus of both iw«-i and 'nreadstutis in the coun try; aud £nai.y. the recent unbroken series of suc- ceisei to our arms, with a con.'cquently better feel ing in regard to th« \alue ot the Conftderate cur- rcney. No out I au iiuVe failed to perceive the uiaiked •carcity of uiou* y during the past t«w week». It had greatly ali .wed the extent of business in ;ilmost all itf brancher. Th^-re hud k>een far too much cir culation for any whuiesonie requixements of tn»de. A. *udden w.ihdrawal of one-half ot the amount, (tour or tive hundred i!T;lliona of dollars,) could not tad to have a pi.iwcrful eti'ect upon the value of the re mainder. The natural conscqjr'uce is a fall in the prices of comuiod.tie.' purciia-aol- with that currency. From aimoit a.i parlc o; tii* titate we have cheer ing ftvcounts ot itic rap. j tinproveinenl in the growth and appearanc e of ■ ne crops of small grain. These looked Very unpr >inl.'ing and ba' ti.'.a.d until two or j three weeks ai:o; but th j open w .; ,.. .vealh two or three wt eks made a woua riai choi)_t. \V,- learn boside.s that very large quant.ti-5 of ^iie*t, oats and corn have Ijeen seeded, and that extraordi- liary energy is •_.Tcrt+‘d l>y men, women and children iu cultival;n:.f the crops. All these appearances have probably had ihcir elfe- t upfm hoarders o; pro visions, who may have leared another short crop and meant to take care ot their own houseiiold.s. Thev ries ever gamed anywhere! And that by a North Carolina paper! Not a single name is mentioned bat. that of Gen. Hoke. Not one other of the gal- lu.ut living h»>roo«, oot oho glorlOtlK flPatt, nOt one of the suffering wounded, is worthy of the notice of tlie Standard, the .self-styled "soldier’s friend.” A great event in North Carolina’s history almost ignored by a Nortli Carolina paperl Why not only have the yankee papers themselves devoted far more space to Uie matter, but we expect to hear that Eon- don papers will haw ten times as much about it as the North Carolina Standard. Turning to the Standard’s Editorial summary of ‘■'I'ho Latest News,” we find half a column devoted to the great events in Virginia, live Hnes to (ieor- gia, and not the slightest allusion to the glorious victories of Kirby Smith and Dick Taylor and I’rice in the Trans-Mississippil This shows a wonderlul indifterence to the onward progress of the great cause—or soniPthing worse. Hut if the Standard had little space to devote to our glorious victories, it ha.s ph-nty for politic. Column after column is occupied with cleetiuneer- ing articles, for .Mr. Holden and against Oov. Vance. Among these, nearly a column and a half is devoted to a denial of a part of Gov. Vance s statement m his speech here m retrard to Mr. Holden's oondm t at the time of ihe lialeigh mot>. Gov. Vance is to speirk in Italeigh to-day, and will probably attend to Mr. HoIden’» decl.iralmn that his 'tatement here was “false. ” IHE yilUAIIO?t[ lit VlRO-XNlA. ' From tlip Kichmoud Examiner of the 11th iust. From the Richmond Examiner of the lOlh inst. No new battle has occurred in Northern Virginia, A more formidable combination, perhaps, was j there are evidences of a*wide and deep demora- never made in any war than that now brought to bear ! bzat ion among the Federal troops. But the strug- on this city; certainly, it far surpasses, both in extent : from beipg over in’ that (juarter. Grant and energy, all that the United States have hitherto : of lose all, and he will not renounce the essayed. The results, «o far, appear to be highly | '^^*til his last shot is expended. • His real nunt- I.ATK-5T MAIL AND TELEOR.\PHrO NEWK favorable to the Confederacy; indeed, if the facts published up to this time are not only the truth, but the whole truth, it would not be going loo far, tosa,v that the plan of Grant has failed; and to anticipate all the consecjuences which may reasonably be ex pected to •ome of sych an event. But it iii too soon bers appear to have been equal to the highest esti mate placet! upon them When he crossed the Rapi- dan there were two reports—one that he eamu with 100,000, Ihe other that he brought 200,000 men. 'I'he latter statement appears to have been the truth, for he could not otherwise have come to the scratch THIfi UATIfr FKiHT i» ALBEMARLE SODNU. /•ttcf.s and Humors f rom Petersburg.—Wkuxjji, i Hkad ^bs 66tb N. C. T., Pltmodth, May *. .May 13 —Passengers from Petersburg report that L now relate to you one of the severest naval there has been no fighting in Chesterfield county 1 the -history of the world has ever told. It [between Richmond and Petersburg] aince the 7 th on below yesterday m the Albemarle Sounds tq raise the cry of triumph while the invader rijmahis i «nd again, unless he possessed prodigious num- on the Southern side of IlKpid Ann, and while we are } * * fresh troops. not assured that the bafilod host of thieves, appro-i ^It^i^ntime, the enemy have sent out strong raiding priateiy marshalled by the wretched Butler, have ! foices in every direi tion, cutting the railroads lead- veally re-embarked their shattered bands. *"o *’i'otn I’i( huiond. 'I'heir policy is evident- Thenear approach of this dastard party hascreat- j 'y Pf'^vent Lee from receiving reinforcementa or fd more excitement and caused more activity than I ftij>j)lies. aiul so cau.se his retreat', '('he most iinpop- it merited, if it indeed be true that it is* commanded 1 tant ol these for es is one consisting of three divi- by Itutler in person. Certainly the Cabinet could I '^ ‘^'aliy whieh la.--t night were at Negrotoot, not have been weak erough to entrust another army ! !•* •**d*‘s from this -ity. and a|>proai iiing it. 'I’hat to that tilfliy fool and coward, il it had been intended j tch.jrrapi,;^. \^res of tiie city defences were four times cut in 24 hours by iheir emissaries, indicates an intention to attack the city if they find themselves able t» do so; and if they attack at all. they will do SO this moriiiiig. Let every man able to fire a gun, now to his post. I-rom drutnil /vec'.s .-1/ my.—There was nothin" official yesterday from Gen. Lee’s army. It is re ported. on pretty good authority, that there had been some fighting near the Block House, four miles ot Spotsylvania C. IE, and that we had repulsed the enemy and were at iast accounts still driving him. Geii. Ew’s headquarters w>-re reported to be at .Shad} (Jrove, 1> miles from Fredericksburg. (Jreat ihmioralization is said to exist in Grant’s army. Yesterday morning >ne inan brought down and delivered over to Gen. Winder upwards of 40 prisoners, who had voluntarily surrendered to him, and a-k'’«l to be Itrought to headquarters. These Uv il>0 esti- mat ng-tlieir number at several thousand. I'hi: ein nm OV thf \'a. Central Railroad.-—It is supposed tiiai the yankees destroyed everything at Beaver Dam yjsterday, and then^trui k for Hanover junctioi;. iu whieh neighborhood Col. Bradly .rohn- son captured several and reportel them 2 to HOOO strong. 10,UOO were reported marching on Rich- But ii.=i the Standard is very bitter in its denunci ation of the iJovernor for alluding to this matter at all. it is but ris;ht that we should state the connec tion 111 which the Governor introduced it and which justitied it. 'I’he Standard had been issued a few day.= before, with a lonir attack upon the Governor signed "Conservative.” I’he artiele w;vs nniversally atliibuled to hie opponent, .Mr. HoKlen—as the Gov ernor said, he might as well have signed his name to it. cme of the charges again.'l the Governor maik* in his opponent’s paper, and a? he was sure by his opponent himself, was of ■■>rru2>'iott iu the manage ment of the bloekade runninji steamer Ad-Vanee, whieh lit was aileijed insteiul of being usetl for tiu State s benetil was misused lo supply oftieial.- and favoriU s at Hideigh with foreign luxurie'. TKe (iov eruiir stated the t'aets of the case, the ree*‘ption. ot the brandy, (a present from an Englishman in Na'- siiU; Ac., and hou- and tihen his opponent became aware of his po.«sessioii of il and profited by liit knowlcdie. 'I'hal is all. to do anything more in the James than make a diver sion, and so prevent the reinforcement ot Lee from Richmond. The real work has b«en done on the Rapid Ann. and, perhaps, is still to be done on the Rappahannock. What is the value of the battles? What is the precise acconi]»lishment of the fighting? In the scanty bulh tins there are some strong marks which assist the estimation. 1st. 'I'he battle commenced near Verdiersville and Mine Run—Grant attacking in force. His attack faileil and he was driven in re peated conflict, and from the temporary entrCDeh- ments which (he enemy contrives to build with won- lerfal rapidity, out of Orange county, over hall of Spotsylvania, entirely down to ('hancellors and the old works left there by Hooker, which were, of course, immediately and powerfully strengthened. This looks more like a true defeat tlian a mere rejmlse. 2d. The Confederates have no less than six Federal Gen- j f-rni«, atm itUTf, in i!n-jr frn^tomng i arid Rappahannock is filled with deserters that the Usual proportion have been wounded and taken off by their friends, the number indicates an enormou.-' amount of sluughter in their army. It was a more bloody defeat lh:in the afl’air of Burn.sitle at Fr^lle^icksburg. .'Id. 'I'he known t’rnits of our vic tory also are certainly greater; for Lee writes that he has twelve ]>ieces of c^nnon and three thousand prisoners. But has the army of (.irant been ell’eclually crip pled? 'I’he evidence is yet wanting. Is the strug gle-entirely over? We are inclined to think not. Gen. Lee’s last dispatch stales that the enemy has abandoned the fortified position at Chancellorsville and was moving on Fredericksburg, di'tant ten miles. 'I'he meaning of this movement is clear. (irant left his original base of supply when he cros>ed the Rapid Ann; he aroes to another af Fred eric'jbburg, where the river is navigable. Hewill not only receive provisions there, but llie thirty thou.^and men, now oeing destroyed piece meal by Butler in the James, may reinforce him there immediately. Meanwhile Gen. Lee says he is moving on the flank and rear of Grant. We do not know whether the nature ot the ground may or may not present ob stacle* suflieient to prevent him from taking tJie ad vantage which such a position is sujiposcd to give; but if there are no such rea>ons why Gen. Lee should not attack • Hank an«l rear," we may expect to hear that he lias or will «lo so. In that case Grant will pro bably come to grief, and the fragments of his army will not wait tor Buller on the banks of the lower liappahannoelc. In this brief view of the situation we have endea voured to avoid the illusion of hope. 'I'he reader will probably find it little in accord with that sense of triumidi and t xultalion which rises in the brea>t of every .'southern man on this morning. But we ha.ve sufTen d losses of the most t*'rrible description in the progress of the war. by that foolish confidence which has set in With full tide on , every succes?. When a victory has been gained, it has been the custom of our nation to indulge itself iu hu^za and jollity during that brief period when only the fruit of vi lory can be secured. L*“l us trust that we are to hear of nv.> »uch nonsense now. 'I'his blow at least mutt be struck home: this tight fought to the bitter entl. fust. 'I’he enemy still hold the railroad [between Rich* mond and Petersburg.] An attack on the enemy by our forces may be expected at any moment. iei». Beauregard’s headquarters are in Peters burg. He has received 20.000 reinforcements and Jtill they pour in. Business is suspended, every man in the ranks, and all confident of success. , Drewry’s Bluff has been reinforced and no appre hension is felt for it. No further attack there. Four gunboats have tteen destroyed. The trains will run through from this place to Pe tersburg on Sunday. Various wild rumors have been afloat here that Lee ha.** driven Grant across the Rapidan with ter rible slaughter. • (weneral Stuart Dead.—Pktkrsburo, May 14.— (Jeneral J. E. B. Stuart, of Va., died on Thursday from wounds received on Wednesday. All is (juiet here to-day. Rumored aUack'on Drrwry't Bluff—Pktersbi'SO, May E5—It is rumored that the enemy attacked Drewry’s Bluff last uight and were repulaed, having lost '^00 men. flon. .Matt Hansom was slijrhtlj* wounded in the arm. No further news from any quarter. From the Trans-Misnissipni.—Dem0I’0i.is, Ala., M,ay 13.—Dispatches receiveu to-day from Col. Scott, via Summit, say that Gen. Taylor has Banks hemmed ill at Alexandria. A battery 6 miles below on Red River stopped all his communications by the river. On the 3d we captured a transport with valuable cargo of commissary stores, and the City Belle with 120th Ohio reg’t; killing Col. M.ndd, Col. Bassett of Corps d'A frique, Col. Ogiel and one Lt. Col. On the 5th, captured the Warner and gunboats 8 and ■zs, THKnig 21 pnBoners fpieceoj mcinaing eight 32 lb. Parrotts. It was reported at Shreveport that Gen. Smith had fouprht the enemy at Jenkins’s Ford, capturing several hundred prisoners, many small arms, pdntoon bridges and a>' their trains. W# lost Gen. Searcy and* Col. Gronswood killed, and Gens. Wall, Ran dall, an(l Clarke wounded. Mobile. May 14.—The following dispatch was re- c»n truly be said of him, “none knew him but to love him —he was beloved by both officers and men of h.« command, and though his body he committed to the silent grave, he still lives:—he lives within our , . , . , hearts who were with him so long and knew him so now discover tn.it tliey *a\e. .something to "pf^ic, jjjy ..r jjjg Qotde and shining examples will have Ftointlie ilii hiii'>nd Soutia*;!. of the Vih. Tf'.e Irt't few days have not bten surj)a.-Js>.‘d by an\ jx;. *»S tWk* militiirv ojH*rali"ns. und itie justly absoibiiig iutereel wliii h they fX' iceii. Kruffi iKe lL;ipiiiaii and Irom the j']Miiiiatt'>x, the ei'Utui ot battle han tilled the air, untl tlie of coiit15i-t h;»a the earlli. The water:-, too, have afforded au arena for the I'ury of the combatant' uiui th« shores atid l averni- of the James hav.- rosolin.led with Lerritie ex(•Io^ioD^*. The chii*f interv't hua, o' eottV'e. tvutred uj».m the jperations upon the Rapidan. The others were of great iiuporlance, but the-e w'ere vital. » • • Mowt re\tr- ently and fer\ently do we thank tli.id that oiir ho{K-- liave been realizeil, i>iir fear- di:-peired. and our enemies lisiipi^iiutcd and ^lUt to confusion ami defeat' As fast and a.' far a-i the news tiie->. the people i>f thi^ Coufed erai V will ILtt their hearts in thank.sgivings to Heaven fi>r 'o"signal a deliverance, and in praise and lionor of the battle'Towned heroes who have added the fame of this splendid achievement to their pa«t laurt'is. (irant’s eavalry cro.ssed the Rapidan. at Kly’'^ Ford, on tlie 1th iiist., about dayi)reak. Hi^ infaniry t'ulloweH, crosRins: the same ilay at Klv’s ford, not far from tin- mouth f the Rapidan, and at liermanua, «piiie mile;--higher up. Moth of these fords were beluw the right tfank of Ia-c’s fortiiied position. On the same day, ICwell’s and Hill's eorp' were di-patehel from above, and, by the next Ilk' was kind and generous, and it j morning, liad gained a position very near (irant’s line of '■ • ■ • • . mari-h. t irant was thus forced to confront him, in or- '1'nR G.\t,L.\.NT Df;ai» of t'vMBERLiMi.—'I'he foi- h>wing letter in relatii>n to Lieut. McEethan of this county, who fell at I’lymonth. has been handed to ns for publi-'ation;- C.iRVEK s ('rekk. May 4th, Irifil hap ■e of I d. ath of your noble son. the brave and gallant Lt. James R. McKethan of the Mth N. C. Reg'4. Hav ing been as.-iuciated with him since the beginning of this unhappy strife, I can testify to his high personal worth IS a l.>rave and galbint soldier, and his noble and manlv virtue; .Tame« McKethan, Esq., My dear sir: With a pain- of the.- ' heart I have received the sad intelligence of the and are bnn^ring it to market; to the great relief of the suffering cla.saes of non-producers. 'Ihe change is a propitious one, which will doubt less be agrc' uble to ino.-^t of those who are now re alizing but half or two-thinls ot the prices their pro duce would have commanded a few day.* ago. Congress.—In the House, on Saturday, the stand ing committees were announced. .Mr. Gilmer is chairinaa of Elections cf>mniittee, and member of that on ays and .Means. Mr. Bridirers ori Milita ry. Mr. 'riirner on Foreign Alfair.s^ and Indian Af fairs. Mr. Rimsay on Naval and Merlical. Mr. Gaither on Judiciary. Mr amitti, chairman of Cittime and on Kuies. Mr Logan on Print'ng and Ordnance. Mr. J. .M. Lcach on li. .M. and Commis sary Dep'ts. .Mr. Fuller on EnroileJ Bills, Com merce, and ritents. Mr. J. T. Leach on Post Of fice and 'I’ecrilories. The only other item of inter est was the preB-ntation of resolutions of Texas, full of faith, courage and i l.eerful endurance of invasion. On 'I'ue-day. nothing of interest oc'urred in either House. Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Smith of N. C. to more clearly define the duties of persona bet#een 17 and lb and between 45 and iu under the last conucription act. Thk LkoioL.mi ke—The adjuuriied st'ssion com- ffiencen to morrow. Gov. Va.\» B.—Gov. Vance addresses the people of Wake in Haleigh to day, and of Orange in Hills borough on Tuesday the 24th. Okslow Covmy.—A meeting of citizens of both the old political parties was held at Jacksonville on 'he 2d lust., A. J. .Murrill presiding.and A. J. John- •tyn, .Sec’y. Strong resolutions of devotion to the cause, of -«mhdence in I’resident I>avis, of approval of Gov. Vance s course, and of heartfelt thanki to our brave ariiiy iu the tield. were unanimously adopt e(L A ct/mmitteQ was appointed to invite Gov. Vauce to address the people of (^Mislow at -Jackson ville. CoMMc.M' atio.ns.—Many are crowded out—taken out of the form,' thj.s morning to make room for the news from the Ilieiimond papers. Thl ^5 Notes.—Following the universal example notes will b« received at thii office at ottly two- thirds of iheir fawe, vu; 3ii. That iti all l?e *an iM8t them for. their efficacy. ■‘Cold in the dust the {>eri!!he(r heart may lie. But that which warmed it once can never die.” der to save his tlank from attack. .And to do him jutj- tice. he seems to have iTossed in oi.ler to fight; for l^e swiftly advanced upon l.ee's lines, and thus brought on The First D.vv s Battle—Thursday, ilay 6. Lee received the attack on this occasion, ft consisted of a powerful assault on Ewell’s corji.'s. fnnmnc the left winir of Lee’s nriny. ami of several repeated, couraijeou^ and desperate attack** on two of Hill’s divisions. The attack on Ewell seems to have bet*n tirst and easie.s-t si lenced. It resulted in the complete repulse of the ene- mv's right wing, with the loss of four pieces of artillery and a large numix r of prisoner.^—ho« ‘man}- is not de- t'mitely known. Hill’s corps WAS more otwtinately attacked. The en‘- my are shUI to have charged with great vipor and bra very, advancing up very ne'ar our lines. They w».re re ceived with th'- h'-roism worthy of the vet- ransof Heth’s and Wilcox’s divisions, and in every instance repulsi-d with heavy slaughter. ??o.s.ser ar.d his yillaut brigade of cavalry, thouijh "reatly outnumbi-red. This closed tlie operations ol the first day ?K'oNn I)AT'sJJ.nTi.K—Frio.vt. AfiT The next day Longstrt.'-t’'! corps app- :ited in its old position as right of (..ee’s army, (Kwell'n position Jieing on the iell and HiH sin Ibe cantre.l lt had, we lielieve, Im‘i‘U posti-d Ijttck towards Gonlousville. conveni- nt to (he expectt-d field of operations, [t sijjnaliz"d its p.irticipiv tion in the fjattle by turuiur GrautVright flank, and dri- vinif it from the field with heavy loss. Hill’s corps quickly recoTered some jjrouud lost early in [lie morning while n^lieving, with fresh troops, tbe divisions that liatl sustaiue1 the first day's tight. gt‘ne- ral attack by our centre and right wing appears to have tieen then made, which forced (irant’s lines back several miles to Wilderness, with great loss iukilh-**! and wound -d.. Ewell, on his part. Wits not inert. A h'uhly creditable Hank movement was made by Brig. (ien. (irordon. of his command, which was rewarded with smcoess. and as if? fruils. the capture of a considerable number of prisoners, and the*prcssiiig of Grant’s liirht, from Germanna down to Kly’s Ford. When it is remembered that Grant’s right, conlront"d by Eweil, rested on the Rapidan, the difKcuUy of flankinsj it will f>e understood and its success appre ciated. Here the battle of Friday restetl Saturdny produced no ojierations Ijeyond some skir- iiii.sliint:'. Un yesterday morning the roar of artiUery announced that tlie figlitiug was renewed, [and the ene my airain driven, as, see Gen. Lee’s dispatch elsewhere " The sum is this; Grant has made a bold, obstinate at ight (I be marching from Hanover Junction were at Dover -Mills, on the James, lb miles above Richmond, evi dently determined to cut the canal, and, perhaps, fo cross the river and cut the Danville railroad. A Fiijht oil till Siiiithbidi’.—Gen. Ransom with Barton's and Gra‘ey s Brigades on a reconnoissunce fought the Yankees yesterday 3 miles from Drewry’s Bhiff. atul lund.somely repulsed them. Onr loss 1.^0. We took 100 prisoners, and lost GO. 'I'he enemy was found in large force, but we are prepared. J'hf J‘>r‘ It althoii.J''tijht.i.—(Jurlossesou Fridav and Saturday iu whi[iping the enemy at Port Wal thall are saii to be heavy. C>ur troops were South (,'arolin:ans, and the yankees those from Charleston. B'lritt'f i til*- lirithj' un th’ Pt tcrsbor>j ,ind IVe^- '/rm /.’-(/(/-—-'I'his was done on Saturday by Speare’s raiders, 20(Ml. after desperate resistance by tJO bridge guanls. h'lfz Jlii'/h L'-r'-i ji'iht iifir Siiotts^cariia. C. II. —This laslol with varying success from Thur.sday to Sunday. (Jen. Lee's 2 cavalry bri;;ades. Lomax’s and Wickham's, finully falling back, slowly and fight ing. before overwhelming for»-e, until (Jen. Anderstm came up with infantry and repulsed the yankees “with great slaughter.” Our loss 2.*>0. Yankee prisoners report theirs 3 to 400. FfjhttU'j in .'^oKlliirrsttrn Vtr>jinia.—Averill, who started for a raid on the Va. and 'I’enn. road, struck it at ]>ublin Depot and drove of! the small force there. 'I'hence he sent half his force, 1.500, to des-troy the salt works. These were met by Jones’s and .Morgan's men and ‘ almost entirely demolishi'd.” IrtM.s KROM Ok.v.siJk C. IE Dispatohks.— We find in the full (Jrange dispatches in the Richmond pa pers some items not noted iu the condensed dispatch es sent thence on account of the derangement of the Leltuiranh: Oka.noe, ('. IE, May 7.—'Fhe projiortion of cIBcers to privates killed, and woundt-d is very much larger than in any previous tight. 'I'he battle field exteud' o-ver a space of H miles in leni^th, from the Rapidan river to the plank road, and ie about 2'> miles east of this place. OraX'IK C. IE. May 7.—(iordon’s (Georgia) brig ade, and Johnston’s (North Carolin;*) brigade, of well’s corps, turned the enemy’s extreme right flank, about four miles above (iermanna Ford, last evening between sunset and dark, cai)turing 4t)0 pris oners. including Brig. (iens. Seymour and Shaler. 'riie enemy, completelj surpri.sed, hastily fled on finding tlieir breastworks turned and stormed. Our lo.ss very slight. Ok.^.vok C. IE, May 8.—The enemy’s losses, thus ar. are estimated at lt',000. (>uri will reach 7000. The y.inkee (ien. Hays is certainly killed. Oglesby ijTreported killed. 2,400 privates and 100 commissioned officers, thus far, have n registered here, not including the ankee wounded, of which we captured some 1,.500, hiefly in front of Hill and Longstreet, on Friday. ()iir men began yesterday evening to bury our own and the yaakec dead. Mosby captured two wagon train.^heavily latlen, and horses attached, near .Martinsburg, on 'fhursday. Amidnt your sorrows for the loss of so noble and worthy a son, it will doubtles.s prove a balm to your bereaved and bleeding heart fo reflect that it was while in the faithful discharge of his duty, leading hifi (.’oinpany at the battle of Plymouth, that he fell mortally wounded, with his “sword by his side and his face to the uivader.” I regret very much, that I cannot be with you at this time; duty imperatively demands my return to the armv. . , e*vinpaTnT, my aoar sir, i jim, ro- spectfully, yoiira. , L. R. BRKECf^, Capt. Co. E, 8th N. C. Reg’t. Orukrei) to take xo pKi.soNK^fi.—The Dalton army correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer says that in a recent skirmi.-^h at Tunnel Hill 2.^ yanket^s were captured, who stated that “they had positive orders to take no prisonersf’ And their statement ia confirmed by the fact that four of onr men were found dead ui>un the field who had been iiht>t through the heart—their clothing where the balls entered be- iig burnt with powder, showing that they had been captured and shot. The number of prisoners lately cajitured by mr armies in Virginia and the trans- Mississippi will make this system a losing one to the yankees in every way. 'Fhey would not mind the world's scorn or Heaven's vengeance, but they will be careful how they coutinue a system by which they must be losers of their men. Exchangk of Priso.vers.—In the midst of all the fighting Judge Ould delivered at City Point 300 yankees and brought back 4.’>0 Confederates on the I tack, with the lx-=t soldiers he could bring tigether, and in great.num^'ers. ()n Thursday he assaulU'd, and w.-is 8th inst. A Nkw Ma.nl: kactlrk.—'rhe reader will notice the advertisement of Mr. Jeremiah 8. Bray of Ran-1 dolph county, tor Cow honis. His object is to man- every\vhere defeated. On Friday he re-eivel the assault, and had ‘hoth his wings outflanljed and turned, and his whole litie—right, left and centre—driven for niih-s, with great loss. Therehesl^eltered huiiself on Saturday, while Lee seems to have rested or prejtared. The next day, he ufacture them into tine tooth combs; and he has sent I no longer would endure att-^-k, but took up the line of us a very creditable specimen of his work. ti’i«ht. with I^e in j.ursnit. He has been deeisively ro- ' pulsed, decisively whi[iped, and now he flies! So ends ids masni'ti'-ent, “(>n to Richmond.’' !So fai' the1i)pi whii-h the eiiemv have built on their greai man. Thank (io.ll thank (i«)d! - Of what is yet to come, we c(*uld speculate, but would be ill igiitjranee of essential facts, and, at best, would be vain. Let us rest in the full assurance that the fiero aud his heroiu army, who hav« won for us the great and glorious victory which will gladden the heart of the ConfederjK-y, and made our fortunes so prosperous. FOR THK OB8ERVKR. 'I’he ('umberlaud Hospital A.ssociation acknow ledges the receipt of S,'’)00 from Messrs. E. J. Hale & Sons, und S20 from Mrs. (i. W. Williams, appli cable to the wounded soldiers in the late battles. With earnest solicitude for the relief of our brave soldiers, to whom we owe under God onr signal vie toriea, the Committee appeal to the members and friends of the AuBU(u&tioii for their continued and I will reap from it all the fruits which circumstances will «ffi(uent aid. 1 tdlow. capitulation 10th, al though it was thought he had surrendered. No boats were coming down, communication being cut ofl. “The iron-clad gunboat, GraniteCity, and thegnn- boat No. 4.5, and a transport with 40 soldiers, were captured by the Confederates at Sabine Pass, on the 6th inst.” From Minxi.‘^sipni.—Meridian, May 14.—A force of yankees under Gen. Mearthar, variously estimat ed at from 5 to 8000, was at PickAs’ Station, on the Mississippi Central Railroad, at noon to-day, moving towards Grenada, and 5000 at Big Black. Anothfr yntikee Steamer blown up!—Okficial. —Jacksonville, Fla.. May y.—Another of the en emy's steamers was blown into fragments this morn ing by a torpedo in the St. John’s river, a short dis tance below Jacksonville. She had two guns aboard. We do not know how many lives were lost. This is the third st('amer which has met this fate in the St. John’s within the last forty days. From New Orltans.—Mobile, May 13.—Dis patches received at Head (Quarters from Oak Spring state that in New Orleans on the 9th inst. gold was selling at 200, and still advancing. . All knowledge of Gen. Banks was ignored. Steele wa.s reported lo be at Little Rock. Marmaduke (rebel) between Little Rock and Pine Bluff and shell ing the latter place. lieauregard's Army.—He]^e commands^the left, Bushrod Johnson the right and Pickett the centre of Beanregard’s -army.— Goldsboro' St. Jour., 14tA. Tilt- Danvillv Va. Road Cut.—We are informed that an oflh ial tlispatch was received in this city on yesterday, that the Danville road had been cut by the enemy, at “Coalfields,” alid that the depredating 3arty then pushed on in the direclion of the RaUroad jridge over the Appomattox.—Kal. Confed., \4ih. spart troops.—A gentleo who left Richmond on Wednesday informs the Con federate that at that time all was going well. Gen Lee hatl telegraphed Gen. Beauregarfl that he had troops to spare, if any were needed by him. Pudmont Railroad.—We learn tfiat regular trains will pass over this entire line some time next week.—Greensboro' Patriot. Our iron clad Albemarle, accompanied by one small ganboat which our forces captured at this place, started upon an expedition for Newbem. Doubt less you are looking fbr her now in the rear of that place. W hen they entered the Sound and Mt about 20 miles from the mouth of the Rdanoke, toey were attacked by 12 large steamers, (yankee,) 4 or them men-of-war. Tlwy sunk our little gnnl^t the first fire and took the crew prisonera, nuiaberiito about 25 men But the ironclad stood the test The en^ my foui;ht her at Tery close quarters, poured broad side after broadside upon her with about eighty guns at a time; but she would give them her two tous in return. They even ran their vessels upon bow and stern of our boat; but she would shake them off and rally to her work again. They tried to blow her up with torpedoes, but hiiled to hurt her. The fight lasted thr^ hours, till dark, when our glorious little ram with her brave crew steamed back to this place, the enemy not daring Id follow. The Albemarle sunk three of their largest steamers, be sides damaging three or four more. She was hurt but very little. Her smoke stack wns riddled so that her commander, Capt. Cooke, could not get draft enough to raise steam, and this compelled mm to return. In doing 'so he had to buri^ all nis bacon, lard and oil to raise steam. The Albemarle was struck »ixty-twn times, one shot of which hurt her —breaking both bars of a portion of her armor —or rather, breaking one bar and driving in the se cond, which splintered the w,ood on the inside and woundeB -4 of the crew slightly—so slightly that they continued their duties. One of the Albemarle’s guns had some 3 feet knocked off the muzzle at the first fire, but she fired 46 rounds in her broken condition. Capt. Cooke said the Confederacy might congratulate itself on M£a return of the Al^marle to' Plymouth. The yankees tried to throw a keg of powder down her smoke stack to blow her up, but failed. They tried to drop an anchor on her propeller to stop her. It was at this point that our men shot the whole stem off the yankee man-of-war engaged in the work and it was a grand sight to see her go down, though in but 20 feet water.. This vessel had five 200 pound rifle guns on her, five 11 inch Dahlgren guns, aud 2 other large guns in her bow and stern. We *also sunk the Miami, another large vessel carrying 10 guns, and Capt. Co()^e thinks the third vessel was the Eutaw. These are the facts of the fight of the Albemarle. When she starts again she will be accompanied by and then she will go 0. K. She will shortly have a new smoke-stack and another gun to replace the broken one and then you may look out for her again. She lies this morning opposite our camp, her snout down the river. She will go down to the mouth of the Roanoke to-day. Goldsboro' State Journal. Prisoners.—50 officers and 350 privates reached Kichmond on Monday. Another large batch ex- jcctcd on Tuesday, among them several Major and [Jrig. Gen’b. 2G0() wi re at (iordonsville on Monday Horrible- Brutality.—'I’ucsday's Examiner men tions the capture of boatswain Gundley aud mate Smith by the yankees on the James. They had been ngaged in laying torpedoes. The yankees bayonet ed th'^rn to death and then nailed their bodies thro' th‘‘ flcfh to the trees! f^rorn the North.—Tuesday’s Examiner has the Balti more Gazette of the 7t!i. Not a word of the battl**3 ia Virginia ffic'^ffopa. car’s, and an immeiife ainouuf of commissary torei Marmaduke had i-ai'tured from Steele 'ifo wa- n-ons. 7 irutis. and looo prisoner.s and was har/w.aing him rerribiv. Hanks had airain fou:^ht muI “suffered heavily.” He lyid blown u[i i:! lioatc to save them from the rebel leuiocratie, pup'-r, editel by ex Senator v'-illiam .'lien, had been (U>f:troyeil bv Linoolnites iu (Greenville, Ohio. (Jold was quoted at "L 1^ We respectfully recommend Lieut. JOSEPH A MoABTHUR, of Co. I. 6U» Reg’t N. C. T , as i» oaridiUa'e to represeDt ui^n tbe Bouse of Commona of ibe DC'Xt Lefciolftture from Cumberland and Harnett conniicB. L* McArthur is a devoted man to his ooon- try’i o«uRe and ban b*fn in the war *ver ainoe it began, ae will make us a good Reprr««Dta(ivc Itpd-te MANY SOLDIERS. XioLDIER’S WIDOW DKSIRES information in regard to her late huabaBd, NOR'f AN MCDONALD, wbo was a private ia Co. r„ 8d Regiment N. 0 Troops The last she heard of him he waa arnt from his oompanj about the 1st Nov. 1862, at Straeburs, Va., to aome Hospital. Where, when and how he died she has never been able tc Itam. She befs the Vir^nia and N C. papers eiroolating in Va. and the army to publish this notice ia the hope that it may meet the eye of some one who will be a%le to live her the desired informatioa. JANB Ifef^ONALD. . Lawhoa’e Hill, Moore eoiuty, N. C. May 11. ' ' ^ 82'8t . B»nk of Clarendon st layeCtevilie, \ May 16, 1864 / THI Annual Meoting of the Stockholders of'this Bank will be held at their Banking House, on Thursday morniag the 2d of Jane next at 11 o’clr>ok. 32tt J W. SANDFORD, Caah'r FAYETiJi^V£LLE MARKET.—May 16. REV1E5F OF THE MAEKBT Ths only ohaiig^s to note are: Racon $8 to $8 26; Cotton Yi-m $’20 to .f40 p^r b'lnch; Flour $175 to $200; lri.n isfrfdr-s ;p3 to ;t‘4; 4 4 Shteiiagg, outsiders 8 25 lo $4 Just R«eciTed and ivr iSale, ^AA LBS. COPfEBAS, OUU *00 Ibe. Fair Sugar, TO# Iba Kails, assorted sisea 8 T HAWLET A SON. May 1C. 82 tf Wilmington, Cliar.y A R. R. R. Co.,1 PitBdlDKM' AND DlKEOTOUd' OFFICE, V Liurmburf, May 6, 1864. j The Tax due to the Coufeder«te States on the let day of June next, upon the capital stock of this Compa ny, will be paid by the Conipony. By order of the Board of Direotnrs. 82!jl JAMES I MoCALLUM, See’y. 250 J%'OTMCE, The Chairmen of the Committees of the different dis tricts appointed by the County Court of Robeson couiity, for the di.^tribution of money and provisions, among indigent soldiers’ wives and familief, are hereby notified to me-1 at the Court-House in Lumb*'rton, on the 23d d.ay of May A. D. 18C4. and receive for distribution the second dividend for 1864, now in my hands. A punc tual attendance i."? earnestly requested. JOHN WALKER, Commissioner for Kobeeon Co. May Iti. . It In this county, oa Sunday the Mb inst. Mi. .MiClil- 1>.\LD McGILL, uged 4N. 11*' was a native of tin- Inland ot Jura. Argyle.^liiiD, .-cotla.IS. and removed to this county in lS-0. In Lineoln C-ounty, on the 27th ult , Mrs. MORRISON, wif'.' of the Ilev. l>r R II. Morrison. In this i-ounty, 22d April, DONALD LKWIS. eli>-st son of (^eo. W. and Efhe Davis, aged about 12year->. A CARO. rkl.LoW-CniZKXS OF Cc.WBERLAN'P \N0 lI-VRSErr CII NTI1CS: I fidojit this method to return to you luy grateful hc- knowledirnients for the many e.\pressioi!s of approval of my Legislative course. My only regret is that I have n\been able t ) do more for you. In all my legislation I endeavored to rei>resent you with a singleness of pur- poe. Your reputation as a liberal-minded constituency I have nt all times sedulously eu.Sravored to maintain. To know that my efforts, feeble as they were, are ap proved by you, is all that my most sanguine expectations ;ould have dfsiretl. The confidence which \t»u have so iienerously expressed, causes me to yield to your solici tations. It is due to you that 1 should state, that the Conservative principles which prompted me to support the elec tion of our worthy (iovernor, Z. t>. Vanee. two years asjo, have undergone no change. my support was i^iven to him at tlie last election without any .stint or reservation whatsoever, so shall it be given next An iru-t. It is alsi) due to you that I should state, that I have ever believed it to be the duty of our stalesiuen to use all legitimate means to bring about au armistice in order tluU negotiations might be entered into looking to an honorable peace; such a jieace as would secure our indei>endence, and with it that richest of all earthly blessings, Constitutiouul Liberty. * In a few days the Legislature will meet in adjourned^ session, and t trust tliat no act of mine in the future will shake the confidence which you have ao kindly expressed. 1 am, fellow--itiEens, with high regard, your obedient servant, J. Mc&ORMICK. I Harnett, county. May 11, 1864. It 4)OPPCRAS! i'OPPERAS!! A SUPERIOR ARTICLE, just received and for aale by N. A. STEDM-AN 4 CO., No. 19 Hay Street. May 13. _ 3^^2t To thf Public! ^ CARD. '■pHERE being a disposition of some persons, unknown I to me, to injure my character as a soldier and gentle man iu my county, (Bladen,) by circulating slanderons rcnorts i h.jr**bv t*.riyi*.nnr-« nil siioh renorts false; and if anv ofe wishe« proof, and will come to me, I can prove them fal.'^e 1 wish to make a few statements in regard to one particular case. It i‘» said by some persons, that at the battle of Hoousboro', Md., on the 14th Sept 1862, that my companj’ male a request for me to lead them to a charge, and that 1 wbs nowhere to be found until dls- i-oven^ skulking firom the battle-field. Now in the first place that is a slander upon the noble old 3d, for it is well known in the army that men do not call upon the officers to lead them to a charge, but await the order of their officers, especially if they are disciplined troops, which every one knows that the Sd N. C. bears that name.” liesides, 1 was not with the Company at the time, neither had I been in command for six or seven days previous, having resigned on the 9th previous, and received the following certificate; “1 certify that I have carefully examined T. M. Sikes, Capt. Co. II, 8d Reg’t N. C.‘T., and find him unfit for dutyt therefore recommend a leave of absence fur 80 daya. (Signed) K. A. BLACK, lat Ass’t Snrg., 3d N. C., acting as Surgeon." Un the back of this certificate ie the following endorse- For Sale. BiGS SALT; 3600 jda 4 4 Sheeting; 500 Bnndlea Span Cotton; 20 Bbls Tanner’s Oil; t Casks Rie«; 100 Boxes Tobacco. Five Dollar Confederate bills takes at face is pay ment to 25th May T. 8. LUTTBRLOH. May 16 82 8t L.OST, Between the res dence of Mr. Hector McHiHaa and the Eiver, on the morning of the 8d inst, a plain Gold BRACELET. Any person finding it will be libe- rallv rewarded by leaving it at the office of E J Hale A Sons. MATTIE S. JOHHSON. M-*y 18. 82-2tpd That after thia we expaoi to sell COTTON 7ABN aed SHBITINO on certain dajs only, vis: To eiiiiens of Surry ooantf, on the 19th of May, the 18th of June and the 19th of July. To thoeo of Yadkin, on the 21at ef each of tkese months. To those of Wi'kes on the 25th of each. ^ To thc»se of AUeghs.ny, Ashe, «rayson, Ao., on the laet'day of eaeh. * , . , u w -j To At 1 O olook uftJT. Wil' exchange as usual for most any kind of prodnee, generally the eld way Corn, wheat, bason and lard, esproially wanted We do not expest to be able to supply near alt who wtll cod^'avor to let those have who ^«pd wcrst—giving the preference to soldiers’ families, whrn they need Those whom ws ow«» will at ill got between the first ac(l the mi idle of the month, and they are reqa-atod to prsssnt iheir claims immediately. R R OWTN, Agent Blkin Manrr Co. Elkin. N C., May 2 82*8t ment; “Leave of absence is granted Capt. T. M. Sikes, Co. H, .SU N. C. T., on the within certificate for 80 days, liv order Brig. Gen. R. 8. Ripley. • (Si‘^ned) L. DbROSSET, ^ CoL ad N. C. T. Bivouac near Middleton, Md., Sept. 12, 1862.” I will briefly state the reason why I did resign, by the following certificate; “I certify that 1 was 1st Ass’t Surg. 3d N. C. R^t du ring the 18 iiKmths that Capt. Sikes served in that Keg’t- 1 had him under iny' care and treatment for bronchitis and dysentery. Ue was down in bed at least half his time. I repeatedly advised him to resign; that he was unable to perform his duties; and he has often stated that he could not well do so under the promise made to stay with his men. He made an effort to go in the first Maryland campaign. I jiicked him up before he crossed the Pote-oac, hav ing fainted from exhaustion. After ri ding two days he again took command of his company. Onlhe second day ne fainted again. 1 then induced him to otter his resignation, as he would surely die if he re mained in service any longer. (Signed) K. A. BLACK, Asa’t Surg., 3d N. C. T., actli^ as Surgeon.” In conclusion 1 would slate, that I ht^pe this will aar tiafy the partiee who are attempting to injare my repa- tation, and any other report in eir«^ti#n oan be proVs« false bv bringing it to me. ^ y. S1KE8. Pleasant Exchange, Bladen eoimtj. l^d rill toll Cane Molawes- PERSONS disposed to plant Cane may do so with a surety that a good iron mill will be pnt up* in this town for grinding the Chinese Sngar Cane, and a better (n*f of evaporators and boilers, than were ever hereto- frre used in this seotion. Hoping to do a large business, not less than an aere ill be taken and one fourth of the syrup charged as Fayetteville. May |8, 1864. for RfiMT. A LARGS oomforvable HOUSE and LOT in ths town of Pittsborough, Chath county, N. C , formerly the lesidence of the late Mrs. Womaek. There is a good garden spot, and a small field at- .arhed thereto; also a good comfortable kitoheB and other out-bousee; also stables and osrriage-konM on said lot. Apply to Mr Frederick 8. Davis in Fittsborongh. May 14, 1864 82 8tp4 WAiVTfD, ^HB subsftriber wishes to purohi say amount of T Mod^COW HORNS, at *Brush Creek, Bandolph oi.»nty, near Cavness’s Mills, for whieh will be paid ^ htjrHest cash prices, or combs wUl be '*chan|i»d for «• M. cas best sul^s. JRRBMIAH 8. BRAY. 32*3t SITUATIOIW AUcfused Biptist Min. ter, wno has bad e««ht « perituce in t6«^b!ng, denr.s to^e a uent situaUcn as Teacher of a good Soheol, as Priseipal ef an a Fesu^ CeUege. Testimonials ekarss- tt, tan>l.k.d .. ». 0. Ibjio, '
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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