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8UBJTJ0ATI09 AND RIOOWSTRUOTIOH.
From th« Biohtnond Sftttsn*L
No wild#r hal'aoination •ould take potsMiion
of the human mind than a b*lief that w# could
ever a^in liv« with the yankeea on terlns of
eiuality, or oomc under the same goTornment with
them etcept as a eonquered people. DiflFerenoes of
habit, sentiment and feeling, and diTe»^itie8 of
interest, which wise legislation and conservative
stiiteemaostiip might have reeonciled, have, under
the counsels of madmen, fit to dittarln the peace
of all the world, hardened into an enduring antag
onism. Violent and ezclusiTe opinions at the
North have borne their legitimate fruits. Foroe
has been substituted for reason and all the healing
arts of statesmanship. War has torn the two
peoples asunder, and placed between them an
ocean of* blood th^t will remain—^forever. For
never can true reconcilement grow, 'where wounds
of mortal hate have pieioed ao deep.'
Let us not deceive ourselves in this matter. Eet
no weak dreamer drug himself with the anodyne
of recoostruotion, nor lay to his soul tke tattering
hope that life would be tolerable without our in-
depenuence.
Mr. Lincoln has, indeed, vouchsafed to tSll us,
that llie war will oeate when we lay down our
arms. So the war ^'ceased’’ after the battle of
Hastings; but the universal spoliation of property,
the deprivation of all personal privileges, and the
tolling of curfew bells, illustrated the object for
which the war was undertaken, and kept long in
memory the bitterness of tha^ peace by which it
was followed. And so the war “ceased” when the
followers of Monmouth laid down their arms. It
was in the ‘‘peace” which followed subjugation
that Jeffrey rode his bloody circuit and left a
name of infamy which humanity blushes to own.
And ao, too, the war “ceased” when the Poles,
after their me notable struggle for independence
at last yielded the oonteat; but for the conquered,
the “peace” thus secured meant spoliation, mur
der, torture, exile—a living death in the dreary
miiios of Siberia!
But worse than all this; worse than anything
to be found on the darkest and th% saddest page
of human history, would be that “peace” that lee
should gain by abandoning our struggle for inde
pendence and bowing the neck to our .enemies.
Then Mr. Lincoln, in his own elegant phrase,
would “run his eourta,” and through their in
strumentality complete the work of robbery and
spoliation and ruin. Not only will all our pro
perty be swept frem us into the public coffers of
the yankeet, or divided out in portions and rewards
to a hireling soldiery, but judicial murders will
be the order of the day. All the dark and ma
lignant passions of a vindietive people—drunk
with blood and ▼omitiDg orime—will be unleashtd
upon us like bloodhounds upon their prey. Times
will return again like those spoken of by Tacitus
when he taya: “Men impelled by personal hate,
and armed with terror, cjurried rapine and plurfdor
in every direction. Virtue wai a source of cer*
tain rain. The guilty acts of informers and their
wages were alike detestable. Slaves were prae
tised upon against their masters, and freedmen
betrayed their patron?; th« ceremonies of religion
were violated; the sea crowded with exiles, &nd
rooks stained with the bloOd of murdered citiiens.”
If any one shall think this a fanciful illustration
of wUat would be our condition if subjugated, let
him remember that our ene^qies have already de
clared their murderous intentions in advance, and
disgraced their statute book by laws whieh not
only authorise, but require, what would result in
soenes darker, sadder, more terrible and appalling,
if possible, even than those described in the
mournful page of the Roman historian
They have done .these things in the 19th cen
tury of the Ohristian era; and so far from a blush
of shame, they glory in their infamy, and impa
tiently long for the day when premeditated crime
may take the form of rapacious and bloody frui
tion. Men are seldom better than they paint
themselves; and if they evidence such purposes
when policy would counsel moderation and suggest
concealment, what may we expect when there is
no longer a motive for reserve, or a restraint upon
rapaeity and revenge?
Between reo3n^traotion aqd subja^tion there
is no rcas'^-n why we sheald draw a distinction.
It would be a distiaction without a difference.
Lincoln has taken anxious pains to assure us of
this. The only reconstruotioa, the only pcaee.he
will allow, ie by submission. This is tubjugafton.
The reconitruodon of 3:uthera dreamers, is not
conceived of at the N;-rth. But even oould ws
submit upon terms—which would not be allowed
U3—such reconstruction would b? only subj-ig*
tion in a fjrm doaroely re3poot»bls onja^H to oe
calied a caeat Bo*i mean s avery t j tae N rf h
—a liie wi;.iiOUt honor, iud a fu urD^w>fc ■ u'. ho. e
The»e womlci be no practical noo bctwi;er; it
and unqu.-ufiud s >u U jw vai.o tha
how fjolish the. rriati cu reooacirruet, upoa any
terms, a Union wbieh perished threugii rke bati
faith of those whom we should ha-^e to crust u^air.I
The s»orld knows how the foandations of the oid
Union were sapped and deiitroyed by the moral
and political heresy of a h'gh^r lava c^eed, whio^
derided the solemn obligations r f eov‘nanted faith.
In pdities, brocen faith is the unpardonable sin
whiah canooi:, must not, be forgiven. It is t r
foundation oi all political association. Wihout
it there can be no tranquility, nd safety. Charles
I loet bis crown and his head because when hia
royal word was solemnly given, it oould not be be
lieved James II. lost his throne, because the
honor, the interests, the liberties of Snglaod re
quired new guaranties. And io, we withdrew
mm the late Union, because, by the bad faith of
those who now seek «r destruction, the ga»ran
tics on whioh we relied for our seeurity beoame
unavailing and worthless.
Before the world, and ealling Heaven to wit
ness, we hrtve solemnly declared, and impartial
history will bear witness to the truth of the af
firmation, that tne bad faith of our late poiitiec.1
associates destroyed our association with them.
We eould no longer trust them, and hence were
compelled to dissolve our political relations with
tliem. Less than ever co^d we trust them now.
We have uothicg that we ean do but maintun
oar separate existence at all hoMrds, and to
shrink from an assoeiation with them as we would
shrink &om a ruin worse than death. Let us
pledge oursekes, if need be, afresh to this resolve.
Let us swear by the memory of our immortal
dead, by th^sufferiagi o( the pii^t, and the hopes
of the ftttuTe; our ravaged fields and ddsolated
humes; by the tears and sorrows of widowhoed,
»nd the erie*: of balpl^ss orphanage; by the blood of the
s’ain that oalls t« ns tka froasd—^that we will
never. Dever, have part or lot is aaj goTemtDrat, which
in its every departnent—ezeeative, legislative aa1 ju-
d oial—ie under «he coin asd ezelosive oontrol of those
y ho mo offer u no gnaranty for the fnture, but the
faith of the p»aU Tiiis is what manhood and
1 : rty rf^uire. This was the spirit that fred th«
hearts ct these wb® fell so .eebiy at Theraopyl»,
•ad o.f taose ccn^nmd «o glcrioaelr al Mara-
th9B And raeh u»o ihe spirit whieh detate4 the
ever jnettcrable rejily of the herole Willian, ef Or-
when, polflinfc hiaself npon the etntre ef Ids
o>»E great eool, "he wleaaly dtolared before 0oii that
h) woald aewr abandon hie ecsetrr how^rer detspe^ate
her oai!‘j«; but wsnW d«f«nd her to the ia»t extr?niiy,
ac i die in the Ir^t ditck W« have bo.t #ntoh this
s?Int, to rt«onseTale OBrsal-ee to cur liberty, «d to
fut fcon heart to heart IheBarz^ trn of d*T>^oa to our
eonatry’s eause, r-nd we will, ^mast, be freel Let it
be reaeabered. that t^e boon of liberty is nmitr de
nied to those who are worthy of it—»nd they alone are
worthy of it, who, in bci eaeveil oanee, are dotamined
to do or die. It is «e written in the book of fate It is
se recorded in tho hictorv of maiions. Itja so revealed
in the providenooA of Goi, and proolaimed fa the noral
Agenoiet wkioh sway the deeUoies of the world.
THl OONTBDIBATI IT4TB8 KAVT.
From the Blehmend SentineL
The eircumstanoefl connected with omr naval
enterpris(>, require a retieenoe that mantles much
of the merit of our aehievements. These eirou»
stances make of the Secretary of the Navy's re
ports, a sealed book, and frequently subject all
eonnected with the service te temporary obloquy.
But the time of triumptiant explanation will eo»e
some day. Meanwhile, thero are some things
which may be now said, some fact« that onght to be
mentioned, because they cac be wvfely mentioued.
The total expenditure, on account of our navy,
since the beginning of tku war, does not execed
88ip000,000 —or as much as it had coat the ene*
my to Ifuild its condemned Monitors up to June,
1864. What have ue to show for this eumf In
noble cSbrts, that the open hostility, if not the
seorct perfidy, of Foreign powers have fnutratcd,
we oould shew enough to do full credit to the
whole amount. That, howeT-er, woiiid be profit
less in sll except proof of glorious endeavor.
But we lan show this: the destruetion ef*191
vessels, belonging to the enemy’s commerce.
Th'it, for a direct blow dealt at the very vitals ef
our foe, is muoh: there is muoh more within it
and beyond it and because of it of an equally
telling eharaoter.
We have to be concise and cautious, but ssay
be precise at the same time Take, then, a hur-
riea re*ume of some partisalara to which we have
gained access The steamer “Sumter,” under
the gaPant Semmee, captured 17 vesseU in her
cruise, from July 1861, t.o January 17, 1862
—8 ships, 5 brigs, 6 barks and 3 sohooners—for
a half year’s work. Th« “Alabama,” under the
same naval-her^, captured 63 vessels, from Sep
tember 1863, ta January, 1864. The greater
number of these were very valuable ships, and
all but t of them were burnt at sea In the
number is included the U. S gunboat “Hatter-
as” (8 gunS; 108 men and 18 officers) which was
sank, in open figbt, on the llth Jaaaary, 1863.
To this list of the Alabama’s captures, have to be
added 2 vessels brought by her tender, the Tus
caloosa. One of her captures was subsequently
ct>mmispioned as a cruiser under oir flag—as in
the ease of ether captures by other eruisers.
The steamer “Tallahassee,” under the ee«-
mand of the intrepid Taylor Weod, eaptured if
vessels, during the month of August, 1864
His dashing cruise along the American eoast,
Northward, wu shorn of its risher fruits by the
chilling courtesy ef the British authorities ia
Nova deotia, o» whose uafnir condaet we had
occasion to aaima>lvert, at the time. Of the ca]!»-
turee made by .Commander Wood, 2 were ships,
4 brigs and 4 l)«rk8, the remainder being, for the
most part, soa gMng and large tcanaged sskaemers.
Only 5 of the whade number were beaded and 2
released, all the rest havisg been })acnt or scuttled.
The “Chiekmauira,” under the .oemmind of
John WilkinsoQ, who has no professional snperior
in the »«rvioe, in a short cruise, last November,
captured 7 vessels—1 ship, 4 baiics, and S scheon-
ers TLe “Georgia,” in a few weeks, eapturcd
and destroyed 7 ships and 2 barks. The “Flo
rid a”—but enough of such details. Here are
the shorter mathematical results of all: §8 shipe,
82 brigs, 41 barkd, 67 8c'*oonera—pilot boa^s and
small* dteamerd “extra’’—all disposed ot at sea
by a power whie'i: hw, pnpularij, ‘‘no navy.”
T? estimate the value of these soa-captures let
us strike an average. The “Jacob Bell” (one «f
the most valuable) was set down aa worth, at
least, S2,040,000, ship and cargo; tho “Orelea,”
at proven value, $950,000; th^ “S‘nr of Peace” at
$900,000; the “Anglo Saxon” at $85,000—others
more and others less. Allow for the few bonded,
and. tbcn draw a moderate average—«ay $500,000
for eaeh ship and carg), and you have about ^
$30,000,000 worth of property in ships destroyed
at once The brig “fistella” waa valnad, au^*r
mark, at $130,000; tho “Windward” at $44,000—
sa7, for each bHg aad oargi, $50,000, and you
have $1,600,000 addition^ Carrying out the
great moderation of this estimate, set each bark
down at $40,000 and each sehooner at $25,(TOO,
(several of both were three times either amount,)
and you have an aggregate of $34,605,000 des-
troye'l, directly, by our navy. Is that nothing?
Ask the New York Chamber of Cotfmeroe and
take its doleful answer. But that is only as to
the dirtct loaa inflicted. Hew are we to ^ive, or
get, any approximste estimate of the indireet
damage done to the enemy^s commerce? Only
by indirect means, and we take these to,be such:
*^n 1850 the aggresrats United States tonnage
sold to foreigners wa? 13,467: in 1850 it was about
the same; while, in 1863, it wa*! 1,500,000. This
^rvara tno “w lite Wishing” p^ooess, aad h*s
mm? »h*n OQe liae of Ame'ijrm oLppers, unual y
bailing fr ’'o N .vr o' Bo:>s n, or B^ltftn t-.,
0 3ca as Liverp'H)! or London v ssfls. Has toat
ohang' of no tale to t^*l for the littl • navy?
Does It say aothing “eK>queatly well” for “indi-
ect loss?”
Bat, more: In 13B0 there was employed in the
Uaitad States o jastiog trade (ded>ietiagthe South-
ern ooast-3) an enrolledjand Ueersed ton'^age aqual
to 406,978 (tons »nd 95th;) in 1840 this had
augmented to 983,518^ ten ysars later it stood at
1,300,210; and ia 1860 it had swollen to the
splendid proporrions of 1,735,863. What is it
>ow? On yankce semi official authority, io 1863,
it had dwindled d;)W2 to what it was in 1840. In
gi/ing there dimini^fbing numbers the Shipping
Journal ( Weymoutii, Bngland,) significant! j says:
“Tne ravages of Confederate crui^en will soon
have frightened the J'ederal eoasting trade into
its narrow dimensions of 1880 ”
Still more: The Now Bedford Standard, of a
recent dat«, (ad quoted in the United States news
of this journal on the 14th inat.,) tells us 'that,
wheroaa the tonnage engaged in the whale fishing
in 1846 was 230,218, it does not now reach
80,000 tons. In the first of thb set of figures
we det«ct an under statement; f«r the official re-
oor4s show that, in 1846, the American tonnage
in the whale fishing was %39,5S0. It wotild not
do to note the vastnees of the fall—its foroe had
to be lightened To allow this fact it? Aill weight,
we should remember that, in 1846, whale oil
(sperm) sold at 60 cents—bow it sells, aocording
to the above Bedford papar, at $1 95| a gallon;
and bone that sold in 1846, at a dime a pound,
now brings nearly. $2.
To these self>r«asoning wal& add this most
suggestive one: “The insurance on vessels trading
with the States is alarming,series the Portland
0Mette, of September 21st, 1864. “None of us
ean be blind enough not to see that oir own di'
reo^ shipping interests are in a ruinoos condition,
as well from the effects of exorbitant insurance
as from the cowardly prudence of ship owners.
“The poliay pursued at Lloyd's, whieh sets the
example for insurance office, is an evil that
may do us pennucnt harm it it is not at onoe
oorrccted. ^'tween the poltroonery of ship own-
erd, and Confederate priwotttra, oar shipping in
terests WMM give way. At present we kojiw of
few American ships, genuine American bottoms,
except such as ea^ guns a)>oard. Is not this
deplorablet” Very; but, we hope the eondition
that has broaght it about, will increase daily, an*
til only peace shall make room for other genuine
Ameriean vesseb than gunboats.
We have ezhaosted oir spaoe, bat bj no means
the evidence, direct and indirect, which we oo)^d
adduce in proof of tke pleasing fatt that oar liHle
navy has been vehemently, yet, in some souse,
noiselessly at work, wherever it oould aooomplish
moet.^ The subject, with the attestations that
pertauk to it, is one to whioh we shall iMar.
TAAKBl RAlDiSM IS YIHttlAU.
rat xn •MSETKB
Fatutt*tili.i, N. C., Jan. 25, 1865.
Measni E J. Hale k Sons: I reeeivW this
mon inf a letter front a niece, living in Madison
county, Ta, on the Upper Kapidaa, giving an
sco«un.t i>f the doings of the y^nkeee in tuair late
raid through that scction ^ The lady alluded to
in mj niece’s letter, and who defended; herselt
and premises fromyaukee intrusion, is well known
to me Her hTisband belongs to tbe gallant Mos'
by’s oommand I make some extracts which you
are »t liberty ;o publish if you think proper. r
Very reepeotfnlly, your ob’t serv’t,
Wm a Banks.
“Jan’y 10th, 1865.'
* * * “We have had a very cold winter,
aooorapanicd with a gre.at deal of snow and lOO,
but this has not prevented the yankees visiting
us They oame in a few. days before Christmas
by way of Sperfyville and down the Robinson
river, spreading desolation as they came. There
is not a house in their track which was not plun-
nlered by them. They carried off a great deal of
clothing and bediolethlng with them and suoh at
was not carried, off they tore up. Provisions and
provender were destroyed, crockery broken, »nd
knives, forks and spoons ei^ed away. Some
wealthy families have not a change of clothing or
a blanket to cover with.
Every house at Mjtdison C. H. was robbed ex
cept two, one belonging to Mr. E—■—, taken for
headquarters, and the other was eousin C 's
She armed herself with a pistol and stood in her
door and dared them to enter, whioh challenge
th«y thvnght it pradent to decline. Coiaiia S
R - ■ has nothing left in her bouse. The yan
kees took everything from her that they did not
destroy. It was very cold tke night after the
scamps left and she had to sit i»p by the fire.
They emptied her beds and stirred ^em up with
molasses and laapblaok. I oould not begin to
tell you in tke short limits of a letter the damage
they did in a week. They sent us word that they
would jpay us a visit, but our Southern boys broke
up their profratnme. « "
• Chorfim.—Mamit, Jan. 26—Q-ov. Brown has
called a meetiaf of tke Legislatarc here on Feb.
14, to finish up the business interrupted by the
yankees at Milledgevillc.
The Graad Ladies’ Baiaar in Columbia closed
on Friday evening last. The affair was a great
sucacss, netting, as ene of the Columbia papers
hi^iii, something like a quarter of a millioa of
dollars.—>CA«r^4oi» Mertury.
in Iftm Tork.—la the Bateau
of Military Statistics at Albany it is estimated
that $$5,000,000 in loeal bounties was paid to
volunteers in the State of New York during tke
paat year.
k ^ ' —" ■ ~ " ■—■■■
The iodependenoe of the Confederacy is to be
aohitived more surely by the sheer force of en-
dui^iaoe than by unything else, and even if w*j
should fail to aooomplish it by the signal strokes
of military fortune, it will be worked out at the
last; and that maeh- mare speedily than is gener
ally supposed, aiys the Richmond “Ecaminor,”
by a simple eompetitioa of the real resolution of
the South with a ooufidencc in the North, now
bleated and swaggering, but really on the verge
of the l-wt and &tal necessity.
T^KB.ir UP,
And to tii« J.U> of Daplia aoaoty, as a run
away, a aegro m*a who saya hii tiiae is GEOdGfi,
aad bslooga to Miss Bstiie Eogera of R^beaoa ooa&tT, N.
U. Tha 6wo«r of «aid negro ii aotifled to eoae'forwatdv
prove preperty, pay chargM aad take him away, other
wise he will be dealt with as the law directs.
JOHN jr uiNsaoH, sihir.
KsMMMTiU*, Jaa’y 27. ' 5-7tpd
9«le of Bank Stock and other
articles at Aaction.
0
H Tiesday the 7ta d»y of Jftfb anry «cjU, lU ,»e
Marks: Hmxs* k* ih? T^wa j£ Y«7»!tevillc, »t IS
dljec M., 1 will seii for
10 B'lMCte »f the 0«pU‘-l St«^ ef tbe link of ji^rth
0»roUna.
6 Shares of tbe Capital Sioek of ih'e Bink of ^iarsB-
doa.
1 Stove with pip« ooni^leto; weigi*ts aad b>ksi ter
ie«)«e, good as new; 1 or 2 eaUiog Koivee of ike beet
patter>^s, and p^rh^fa other artiol^s
W. DRlUaHOH. Aa:t’r.
J^*y 25. ^
HLandifoine f^ilTcr Plated Ware
AT AUCTION.
0'^ ThnTiiiiy luo 3-i v' 1963, will e»i4 *■
\ae«i£» 1 . Of ‘atif b' D.aiier s-^ of E
t'li.A.Ili * SlwV‘tl W.\K,iJ, c.-}Sii:ng of ISA. »a^
i. £ k POT i* i.. ■A - Sujkr To..|a,
. Vd i-. N • .41 ■ it:'-S'*
j:«'J 11 Auei’r.-
Tau’y '>•6 ' 4 2
Fayelt'vllie trseual aad Armory i
M. Office /
?a7PJdAua 111 OB ai offij^
IO until ^ i-»/ of r o»a*rT IHft.'i, h" taj a«Uv*- -
M iajh (:ai>3 aad la .^iuvh qa%aa;‘es as ^he Q iaritr
.master tft*'- tcq-iiro, of oad liaaj'«i aad fifty o«>fis of
‘ 'AS WO *D, sai ’^andfed 3>rie of PIN ^ >0D
Said WiOi lansi oouf->r n to the ati.ada"d maaanreoaeut,
v.K tf*4x4. J d- MsQCWASf,
4 Gapt. ana A. A. «4. M.
For ftent.
AD£SIHiBi/E DiVflLLlNG in tha eenire «f town,
coataiaing eigat large roons, with neeessiry oui-
i.^see Aojf>;y to A. VFdlTJESSAD.
Jan’y 2S.* . 4tf
Fay^etteTille Cau€tle Factory.
PB&SONd wiahiug64 have oaadles mouldel will pleaie
leave their taliow wita
A. M. OAMPBSLL.
'Jan'y2ft. 4-8tpd
An Orerseer Wanted.
1WANI to eotpioy aa OV££t^siliK. fle au3t be
clear of eon«cript, and aober, steady and attentive;
ia wkom eo«a4eaoe ean b« plaood S«rlj »]^piioa-
tion ia d«a rable. JAB. Q OO JK.
Jan’y 26. 4
A Plano Wanted.
I WANT to purohae« a €K>OD PI iMO. whieh I wUl
pay for La Ooaf>daratt} money or tn eottan. lae
eotton ’S in a eafe piaoe nai stay remain there nntil
waateA^ JhB Q. COOK.
Jan’y 3ft. 4 2t
t§taperior Saljt*
ON oaasignmeni, nnd for aale or bart>-)r for earn er
baeon, at the o^ee of
SfOOBB h O&SHWELL.
Jan'y 96. 4-lmpd
TB* IHBilTB ASYLUM OF KUaTtf f'ABOLIlSA.
From the report of the accomplisoed Superin
tendent of the Insane Asylum we cull^om* facta.
On the 31st of October, ^862, there ware i> the
Asylum 195 patientx Since tl at time there
have been admitted 81. There are now ia the
inttitu ion 180, of whom 96 are males. Of tks
96 dfschatgcd or died within the Isst two years,
28. were recovered, and 48 died. The large nrm-
ber of deaths was caused by the extraordinary
prevalence of diseases of a Typhoid type. A nnm-
ber of admifisions have been made from the army,
and it is stated that the proper authorities are
taking the necessary steps to establish in this.
State an Asylum for the insane soldiers of all
the States.
Of the 276 patients und^'r treatment within the
last two years, it is noticeable thatalarge msjority,
161. are unmarried. 21 widows we reported in
sane, while only S widowers aro fouad in thatmn-
fortunate »tate.
The followin^r table will show the forms of in
sanity under which the patien'.s suffered:
Mania, 176 Dementia, 13
Epilepsy, ^17 Imbeo lity, S3
Melancholy, 9 Suicidal, S
Puerperal, 1 Homicidal, S
The causes of insanity have been various, and
su^gest^ sad reflections to a thougktful mind.
We notice disarpointment in love, los.i of hus
bands, (not of wivesy) of property, of parent^ of
friends, of children, jesloQsy, pecuniary difficul
ties, hard study, use of opium, intemperance, dis
ease, and as we feared, no less than sixteen have
been deprived cf reason by thb wab.
Among the coavtle^s evib of this-great strife,
our noble Asylum is ttruggling to alleviate the
sorrows of the unfortunate insane. Although few
other things Jmay he &aved front the wreck, all
must pray that war shall net blast that.
RaL ^ona0nmt%v*.
Dfnth of A. M. Gormfxn, E$q —Wc^ Tccord
with unfeigned regp:t the death of A.M. Gor
man, Esq , the Junior Editor of the Confederate
of this city. Thiij announcement will be receiv
ed with general regret aad surprise. It was coly
last Friday that he w&s closely engaged ia his
arduous labors in his ofBca That nif ht he com
plained of being unwell and took his bed. Up
to Monday night, although his disease developed
itsrif as erysipelas, no apprehonsien waa felt. But
on Tuesday morning it assumed a most violcat
form which continued to increase, causing great
pain aad suffering and terminated his earthly ex
istence between eleven and twelve o’clock that
night. Mr. Gorman w«*a in the 51st year of his
age. He was a native of this city, learned the
printing buaini&s when a boy, with the lata
Joseph Gales, E-^q., of tha Re.gia[er, aad for sonA
yoars after attaiiiing his majority, lived in Geor
gia, where he first married He returned to this
city some yean* ago, and in 1848 established the
Spirit of the Ago, a paper which, under his able
management, maintained for years a deserved
popularity in the State and in the South.* For
nearly a year he has been associated' with Col.
McRae in the conduet of the Coafcderate, to tke
popularity of which paper he has contributed
much.
Mr. Gorman was as oxaellent citizsn, a man
of a genial and kind spirit, boiievole'\t and ci|i4ri
table, and a warm hearted friend. A more de>
voted husband and father wc have nf>t known
Loeing his first wif^, ha married an accomplished
lady ot Virginia some niiio years ago, whom he
htivca a sarrowing widow with foui' children to
lament their loss. Tho death of such a man is a
public loss.—Ral. 'onservUtoe
Death oj Benj. A KittreJl.—Benjimia A
Kittrell, fisq , of Lexington, died, some two weeks
ago, at his house iu that plaoe. He was a young
gentlemen of liberal Universy ednoatioo a&d was
largely read in polite and elegant literature. He
had not b^en at tke bar many years, but h9 had
made considernble reputatieu as a cloar-hoaded
counsellor. Socially, he was a gentleman of a
genial and sunny niturs. He was fond of his
friends and a true hearted companion. All who
knew him will moTirn, that he passed so early from
this theatre of action to the eternal home of man
kind.— Ortentkoro' Patriot.
Mr. Kittrell was formerly President of the
‘Bank of Lexington, aad ia the State Convention
of 1861 was a Delegate from Davidson County.
He was a native of Granville.
North (j^rolini Troopt —The Kiohmond Dis
patch says: — •
“In the fall of Fort Fisher the troops of the
Caiifedcracy have losr a In;-£., bu^i not their hoaor.
Nurth CtroIiaa, ia particular. Has reason to be
praad of the prowess of her soas. i'h’s i^ not
tne first, the second, nor even the fiftieth time,
that the soldiers of. caat Sute have proved the
mettle whereof tbey aro mide. Thero are no
Dctcer soldiers io the Confederacy or the world.
There is very little gss or humbug abjut North
Carolina; but, at the pinch ot tho hill, she is
always strong and true. We have no words to
express our admiration of the stern and ssead-
fast heroism she has exhibited in this war.”
WA1VT£D,
HIPBS t« tan on shares. Terms ^ Leather or ite
eqtivalent tn «Mh. We ean i»n U is a very shon
tiue if desired by Hiekie’s patent. Pcrsois V^ uiai;
their Hides taaaed ean send tticsB to oar a^ r.«s to
Bgypt Sepet, where they will bo taken f^aa aad Loath r
d^vered at e«r address ia Beftaiaont,
Ooathan Gonnty W. D- WATd^Mf & cO
Rsferenoe Messrs # W WilliasBC A C« , f «yet;eTille.
Jan’y Si 4 Smpd
. Tfeic Enterprise Cotton Factory
Is now OTcperei to enehaege for o'-rn er tho
riMft Ranbers
sdtahle fbr SpciiM asd Sorawsr Tr.U Thread is
cf asapsilorb»
Meran.
mv— •
K.
r&L^gir* qoiek defnt^h U oe:'Si$ned te hist
!(tv«n tfr ail prodoae cent hla
North Carolina Hetoluttons.—In the Confed
erate Senate, on the 21st iodC. Mr. Graham pre
sented resolutions of the N. C. Legislature urg
ing the passage of a law to allow pay to soldiers
diseharged from the army on acooant of being dii-
abled, snoh as-is given to those who are placed
on the retired Ibt, but not actually discharged;
also, a resolution of the same, arging the bread
ing in brigades from their Sute of alliN. C. troops.
Also, a resolution of the same relative to the ex
penses of exeoating the oonseript law iu North
Carolina. ♦
Military Ditcharget.—la the House of Repre"
sentatives last wee^ Mr. Soiith ot Georgia re~
ported firom the Military Committee the following
bill, which was passed:
“The Congress of th^ Confederate States do
enaet. That the non •commissioned officer, misi-
oian cr private who has lost, pr may hereafter
lose, in the line of his duty in the military ser
vice, an arm, leg, hand or foot, phall be discharge
ed from said service upon his application therefoT|
and, after suoh diseharge, shall be exempt from
n^iitary service of any kind whatever/’ *
Resigned.—Rev. W. R. Gualtney, Chaplain
1st N. 0. Troops, and Capt. A. Jarrott, Co. 0,
26th N. C. TrooM, have resigned.
^ Ral. Cm$ervativ«,
Beaty Sltet —This scetion of the coaBU-y was
last week visited by the heaviest sleet whioh has
fiiilem within the mcnory of-oar oldest men. A
great deal of tiaher has neen broken dowi»bj it.
We believe sleets presage good fruit or^. ^
' Oreenthortf Patriot.
8lml.—The sleet of Friday night and Saturday
was the heaviest and most damaging to timber of
any known in this section for many years. I^e
shade and frait krecs in town wore nearly all
dhmaged, and in many oases ramed. forest
treca were also damaged^ and sometimes apreoted
by their aooamalated loi^ of ice. The telegraph
Unca Soath and East were broken in nomeroas
plaQea.-^/Sa2u6«yjr Watchman, 24A.
For Sah.—The Tarboro’ Southerner is now
offered for sale and unless disposed of privately,
will be sold at puhUo anetion on .Taesdaj of
Mnv7 Oont
mmrnmmmtmmmmmmm
—Oongranlwtweek rcaovcd
the icjai'otion of secrccj fiw a bill passed to
appointaant if a 3laiicral>in Chief ef
tha armisa ot tha Coofadarate Slalaa, aa fttllowft:
‘•The CoifTcai of tha Confaderale Swt«a ri
Aaarica do caact. That thara shall bo apt sicted
by the Prccidcat, hy and with the advice and eon-
sent of the Senate, aa oficer who shall he known
and desfgaated ss Gmcral in CMef, sjjd who shall
be the taakiag oflcer of t^’c aray, and who, as
suoh, sball have eoanuuid nf the aiKtary forc?o
of the Coafcderate Statea.
“SiOTiON 2. That tha act providinje. a staff for
the General who nay ba aasigaed to duty st tbe
seat of Government is hereby repealed, »nd thf t
the,6encral-in-Chief whomay ba oppoinied uadtr
the provisions of this act shall b»ve a staff net lci4
than that now allowed a general in the ieid, to
be assigned by the Prevideat, or la le appninted
by him, by and with, tfilf' advice and eonsent of
the Senate.”
{?0n. JfihnstoH.-—Th^ injnnotion of e^creiiy hae
been removed and the fbllowlng rcsolnticii p>*sed
by Oongrass^Madc public:*
^‘Resolved, That if tha Prasidant will Msif n
General Joseph £. Johnston t« tha oanuaand of
the Army of Tenacsaee, it will, io tbe opinion oi
the Congress of the Confederate States, be hAiled
with jey by the army and receive the approval of
the country.”
Cmbin€t ck^nfn.—H was rep(>Ttad yesterday
that the Hoa. J. P. Benjavic, Secretary of
State, had sent in his rarignaticn. - We think
this is true, thot^h we have no poeitive inferznii^
tion oa the subject.
It is understood that Mr laddoa was indnead
te resign by aation taken hy tha Virginia Cea-
ireasional delegation. Thcaa geotlaaen,* it ap
pears, sent in to the PrccidcDi an afteial announce-
■cat that they had loat eonfldcaaa ia all the
memb«rs of the Cabiaat except Mr. Trcnholm,
and aaked for a change. Mr. Seddon being in
fanned of this action, immediately scat in his
rssignation.—Rifih. Diafat^.
I%0 lht«mpt*0n Mill.—Tha Hence of Repre
sentatives, a«ys the Riehnioad DisMteh, has
passed an exemption bill, whieh provides radical
ohanges in tha praaent CKaaptian law. It Repeals
absolntely tha iflacn negra law; pravidea that no
mail oontraotor under far^ fra yean of age shall
be exempt, ayd limits the pawer ef detail hitharta
rested in the handaof the Preaidcat and flaeretary
of War. We have no reason to believe the bill,
in its present forai, will pass the Senate The
ssDse of the Senate, aa raoantly iaeidantallj ex-
preMcd in debate, is in tmvor af leaving nntaached
the exemption law now in foree.
' ■
Recoyn%t%9n—A rc]^ is being Mcnlatcd
that France and ICngland intend afWr the 4th of
March next, to reaognita Linoolst aa tha Presi
dent of the Ncrthem Statea and ta reeoj^iae the
South as an independent nation. This is found
ed on a Paris letter, pablished in the Northern
papers two weeks ago Paris newspaper corres*
poudents notoriously draw upon their iuagina-
tiocs for their facts -^Rich. Ditp'itch.
A Gircufar J^om Otn. D H. Hill.—Gen. Hill,
cow ooxamand^g at Augusta, issaed on Tuesday
last a oircular ef which ^e first paragraph is as
follews:—
“All non-combatants are respectfully requested
to leave the city immediately. If their removal
be delayed until the emergency shall have arrived,
no railroad facilities ean be allowed them In t>;e
class of non eombatants are included all young
gentlemen who have no relish for the trenched
These are exhorted to leave at once under the es
cort of the old ladies ”
Dtath$ South Cwre/ma Soldi*r$ duriatf the
War —The followinsc is a recapitulation of the
whole loss, as elasnified by the ‘Roll ef Hoaer^
agent:
Brigadier €1»u«taU 4
Colonels 20
Licntflaaai-Oolaaols 16
Majors 10
Captain 1S8
Lient^aanta 848
Btaf Offiom 86
Non-CoM»asi«tted oaMra aad Privktas, 7,074
Total
7.6V6
Yankee News from the VFe«t.~MoBXLn, Jun
24.—Memphis p^jMrs of tha 21st seDort that
Thomas has arrived at Bastport and that an at
tack will^e made on the flank of Hood’s army
within a lurtnight The yankee Gen. Meagher
with several thousand troops from Chattanooga is
reported to have arrived at NMhville en route to
join Shermau at Savannah via New Tork. A
raid oa Memphis hy Forrest is expected.
What the yankeee (kinb of Traitore.—-A. yan
kee letter from Savannah says:~
A large number of oitiiens* have expressed a
desire to take the oath of allegianee, or have al
ready done so. Mr. G. B. Lamar, one of the
most prominent, as he was one of the earliest re>
bels in the State, has applied to be permitted to
take the oath, but permission has not as yet been
granted. He is too ready to ohanga his coat, as
sll h*s interests lie in town. He has a quantity
of cotton he may desire to save; bat he will be
unable to aooomplish his cherished design. His
record is too elear and oonolasive to promise' suo>
cess in his efforts to pall the wool OTor the eyes
of the authorities.
Nearly all the tradera in town have taken the
oath, and have promif^ to open their plaoes of
business and oarry on trade as before. The He>
Drew persaasion is well represented in this class,
and nol one has presented himself who his^ot,
from first to last, remained a fiirm Union man—
a regular Gibraltar, againat whioh the waves of
secession and rebellion rolled and broke In vain
They were never eajoled into the rebel ranks, nor
driven in by threats. Saeh a band of pure, on-
selfish patriots, and honest, straightforward men
never existed before; and Savann^ feels honored,
I doubt not, to-day, in being tha asylum for these
spotless patriot to pass their last days in. One,
an Alderman, is aooased by many of raising the
first rebel fag in the oity; bat this aooasatioa ean>
not be true, beoause he aays he is a Unim man.
Others hare been anforkanate enough to plaee
their autographs to little doonments, suggeeting
investigations into oharges of disloyalty to the
rebel Government, whioh doouxaents are now in
military, hands^ to be used in good time.
Sherman.—The Georgia papert)f yankee
proolivitiea has been taUng the people out there
that €fen. Shwrmdh ia op{^ed to medlting with
slavaa. €hin. Sherman himself has written a let
ter, denying the rep;>rt that he was apposed to
■hanging the ftatus ot slavery in the South, and
saying that he ia in favor of putting all the i^ble-
bodied negroes obtainable in the army.
Tennmet Yankee (kuwention.—The Tennes
see Convention passed, by nearly n onanimoaa
voto, a reaolntioa that no person ahoold .be eon>
aidered as qwdified to vote until he shdl take a
stringent oath declaring himselt unreserved^ in
&vor of the Union and dl laws and proelama-
tions isswed by President Ltnooln or Congreaa
sinoe the war hegan
The Califomia papera pnbliah *nurriagee,”
“births,” “diTNr«as,” and “deatin" in legikr
Tynii ^iliiatiMng ttn
WAB
Qtn vtith^mwnl jr\An.
tke A’-nty of Teti* «m^. Ajimy qjt
Tnim , Tupbx.0, Jan’y 18 —Sul*a>.rfrl at my re
qncat I have fhie day bean reiicvt'd ij^ru *h«
cammand oi this army. Io taking )oftv' ct vou
accept E>y thwks fur th^? p&ti-see ..i ^
yen have en^nred the hardfilnpa oi the rccc t
eaapvjgn. I an tlone roBpon^ib!;: far ror cep-
tian, and strove te f’o my daty in 'xocut oi
I vjTffe upee yru irepor a-ioe •'f Kiv»r»^ ♦ur
entire rupp^rt te the disnoiftif-ii d M r .
now MsuMfS coDnisnd I *h»l! lof>k wi?h p
iaterest upen tjl ymir fatnr#^ opof-t'onj? az i ro
jaice at your aacee!« J50 B Hgoi>, Ocn
The Jamit Rirar fh*t — Rich.MONO, Jar.
25—The Cocf^drrate in J mf s riv r at
t'wptfd 0 the obstT^'i rz y. T.’ c
wooden gunboat Drewry. enrr^'ing 1 gur:, iwn
aground, Vh.^rdontd usd l>Inwn r/ The
irflp clad Fr#>f?jr?cksbnrg ih«* ol; iruc i. r»,
brrf r^turFsd In 00 • sequence of Virf^iuia artd
IvicbtDcnd ruri»if)o upon th*>. Si rats bo wteD th«
Dn*ch Gap canal md Hnwl. h’b Th- y «t iff
at biiifh titU fctrxr.od itb the FroJciicki^
bmrg to tkfir u^nal mooriBg*
lS^.«/nia7i'» Moirm'nU.—CHAttfcSgTOir, Jsu’y
25 —A lafge body of troops frr m Savannah are
r«iorti»d TTfmrg the Augusta roikd.
A rm>d Weldon.—pBTlXSnuno^ Jan.
26—A Urge jankoe rai'^-jn" psrfcv, infantry acid
cavalry, is r^arted moving up the Chowan ia the
direction ol Weldon.
From WHnfiffyUm.—current »n the
Street this momipg relative ro the re appeararoe
of some CO sail of the encmj’s fleet, were oot ertn.
firmrd by any infoncafion rcc-‘-ifcd at h^dqusr-
t^n here, from Gen. Heke, up to 8 o’clock »lis
noming Oa the centrary, •■’erything i« report
ed quiet below, and no chnnge is: the ifcet
Journal, M(h.
Fr0m the Roanoke.—The only additiecal
intelligence we have of the yaak^e movement to
wards Weldon is that a force is poshing on from
the directly ef tbe Albemarle Bound They
had eroesed the Chowan river at last aoc.^nete.
^oldthoro S*i*(e Jou'^naif 2^fh.
A friend ef ouri in Eastern North Cardlina,
writing under date of the 24th inat,, say a:
^'There is eertainly a Yanke« raid to Weldoa
or Halifiax, at six thonssnd Tankeed landed at
Colerain, sent thirty or forty cavalry to Harrells-
ville, who esp'ttured three of Capt. 'BeamO'i's men
aad returned Wc captured-one of thair men
A report now reaches us that the whole party,*
1,500 oavalry, 4,000 infantry, and 15 pifecs of
artillery, are advancing by Rioh Sqa&ro
We presume that tho authorities &rc propt>rly
inferred, and locking afior the iifiairs in thct
quarter—Ril. Con$er»atice, 27th
iVom the United States—RICHMOND, Jin.
26 —U S papers-of*the 23i soy tfcattne greater
portioi. of the large vessfls of Portpr’s Wilming
ton tte.t has rtturnf'd to Haippt n lUads The/
report that 5 hliokade runrsert, igoorant oi' the
fall of Fisher, ran in at New lulet and bad been
captured
A lett'r from Phila*dclphia says that Mr Blair
has fall authority frotn Lincoln to give s>te con
duct to Wpshi-ii-ion/>r pejio j ooiabaiesioners from
Prt'sident Davis The Ni^iopal IrtelU^eGocr,
announcing BMr’s sf oond visit t>) RichiDoud, says
‘•we hav? good reafo . authoriring us to say that
Mr. Blair w-,oc8 to Riehmond upon no hollow,
heart'ess misiion, l>ut upyn one of substance, giv
ing people hope that an opportuoity will be af
forded for cloiifg the war by negotiation ” The
Herald says that Seward ha^ ?t friendly rela
tions with the managers of the Intelligencer.
A Cairo tclegr&m of tL«. 21 si says that Tuom-
as’s ^rifiy is going into wiotcr quarters now build
ing at Eastport on tbe Tenneesoe River, atid will
not probably move from that point.
Tho Toronto (Canada) Loader says that the
British Gov’t has f'rdcred 30 gunboats carrying
3500 trained men to the Lakes on the yankee
frontier. •
Gen- Henry W ilson is re-elected Senator froa
Masssehaeetts. Gold h«s advanced to 210.
1%e mirit of the Army.—RICHMOND, Jan 27.
—The 53d Va. Reg*t have unanimously adopted
resolutions declaring their purpose to fight for
Uberty and self government as long as the Con
federacy can furnish a cartridge, and to every
dishonorable offer of peace on suboii^ion, made
by the enemy, they ^11 reply with the crack 0^
the rifle Tne lasfr resolution reads: ‘‘These are
otir sentimente, and we call upsn the people at
home and tbe authorities to support and rally te
us; and, with God’s blessing,'we will bear the
Southern Cross through fire and blood, till each
star apon it shall glow and shine ftrth in the fir
mament of nations.^' *
Gen L^e Opiniont.—Richmond, Friday,
Janaary 6.—A distiuguished member of Con
gress called on Qten. Lee a few days aso, to talk
over the stato of the eoantry Gen. Loe said he
saw nothing in the military situation to justify
despondeney, n^oh less despair. Hii only fear
was that the^l^ase of depression might be per
mitted to spread among the people. If this could
be prevenied, he waa sangaine of saccoss The
member of CongrcM was opposed to tha use of
slaves as soldiers, but Gen. Lee’s argument in
duced him to withdraw all opposition. Gens.
Longstreet and Ewell concur with Gen Lee.
CoTTetpondence f^h^rletton Mercury.
The Blair Mittion. —Richmond, Jan 27.—
There have been no reliable developments relative
to Blair’s mission, though it is generally sup
posed he is prepared fjr r«-mnion m snoh terms
^ the Confederate aathorities may submit.
8ec*y of War.—Richmond, Jan. 27.—Mr.
Sedion eontinuos to act as Secretary of War.
The position waa certainly tendered to Gen.
Breckinridge.
Change in the Command of the Second Corpt.
—A letter from Gen.'Lee’s army announces that
Maj. Gen. Gordon has been plaoed in command
of the Scond oorps, lately oommanded by Lieut.
Gen. Richmond Rxominer.
Foote again on the Wiitg—The Hon. H. S.
Foote, of Tennessee, left the city yesterday morn
ing by the Fredericksbnrg train, en rotOe Tor
Prinoe George county, Virginia.
Richmond Paper, 2htk.
Yankee Steamer captured.—The Memphis
Demoorafc says that the steamer Tc-rango waa
eaplnred and burned by guerillas on the 8th inal.,
near Skipworth’s landiag Tae passengers and
erew .were taken pris.>neTs. Among *the farmer
waa a oottmi speculator from New To»-k—name
not given -—from whom the gufirillas took sixty
thousand dollars in gr'enbaeks '*'
^an*-M%»eiieippi.-~Go\. W A. BroadwolL
Chief of the Cotton Bureau, Traoa-Misiiaeij^
Department, ha« purcha ed a'^d iotrodueed into
the Depar^ent, pledgin? n^yment in ootton,
18,800 pairs of bUnkets, 00,000 pain of shoea,
150.000 yards of shirting and towels, 150,000
pounds of p^der, 200,000 pounds of lead, 5,000,-
000 peronasion oapa and a large quantity of guanu .
140.000 yarda gray army eloth aad sattinet, aM
n laiga qnantity of hardware, oc^paf, satteatM.
Mi ft 1^ of anU Mara.