NBQROES FOR IHB ARMl. ^
From the Riobmoad
'p pr.-*position to put ncgroofl m the army hM
'f iL J tdvor rapidlv of late, snd promises, in
s ,ii r vn: (r other, to bo adopted So far from
CSC n-i tho repugnance on tho part of the army
nr ' 'pj"-e'hccded, it hss been called for by the j
f.> n33.iy r.^gtmcj-s and brJg*des, and ifl
kior n to ho favor* d by nearly all the principal
rlBc " . Wc do not profo&s to be rery canguiae
ct' g t'.l r. Bjl s froai the meaeurp, but do not
fcti R9 civilians, we won!d bo jnstifie^, in
tho cmcrscncy, ia opposing the U£0 ot
>i: y ueJna which our leading' niiiitary men assure
as c ri b? tr> .11 • ^tS>5 nr. To them this causa ia
tru 'd ’-n 1 fc'^pejisny to the General in Chief.
It ka^Tfn that he urgog—with a warmth he
has :;ot, porbap.i, exhibited in fegard to nny
tHor ivittfr of lo^if*^otion—the passage of a Jaw
sabj; - c 'hr n;3gro element to military aso.
H.s ni'n. ri all times eutitlfd to great weight,
becotjivs ia»pera‘ive as to such a matter, when we
refl' tiiai »he who’e rospon'^ibility of our de-
Tbeee ooBBideradosB stay oanse them to onllflt,
hut ODoe made soldiers, they find thomEidirea iti
the hands of a giaot that leaves thorn no p^wer to
eeoape—Jisoipline. One who is not a soldier can
hardier acxJeratand this, but it is not the lees
trD0. Nor is it patriotism, nor »ny other soDti«
tim*nt, that holds a soldier at his post. Qivc
our troops—brave and patriotic as they are—lib
erty to go home to-day—Removing all infiucncc of
TO OUB ARMT.
roa Tjia obsbbvbr.
Permit one, my brave countrymen, who from
9g»i and other causea is prevented from ekarirg
your toils. Baeriiicca and privations, to note a.fow
words ot encouragement to you frum the reminis-
csncefl of the pMt. Your country owes you an
evcrlitsting debt of gratitude; and I am one vbo'
haB wutchcd your endur-*sco and pairioti«m>
officers—and how mnob of an army would you • wih deep solicitude un.l sn uoboandcd admira-
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?3pon‘»ibility
’ l‘-'ou •L voii’ed upon him. If the cause
- DJ 1 sr, when any meSns ot reslsfanco that
1 for rcmsiasd ungrsntcd, thy re.
ibi ity f 'r its lo:-s would rest upon thofio
siu : ’ I ho aij lie called for, not upon him
'= V • I'iivc no sbire in such respoasibili.
ur^e upon Cor'vrresis to adoot
s li L - roruj-t, oor.ipu:sivo and certain
tor ci aii ;^uch number of ucgro troops
'V Ti'ic-OKlel’uuy tiiiuV be cau uao to
;o, ic-.'i '-r lO hiui £lie orginization, dis.
uvi ; dupicvmcnt to which they saaii bo
i.
: VC I that our own hopei wouM
L>:a o{’ very raluauJe derv'ce trom thia
i :i ••I .'i- 'Ov?, bat the militarv opinion i::*
; n - it i'i tba military opinion that must
T '.' tJ j ma^^ors, while the war lasv.
- ’.n: 'It. iretly express s the opiDios
s:i; ii i:.v ~--Ji t.jDic oi i>t)cdu
r ;■ a>:i al hi-dihoi'd tf our negrot-s
rl h p e r iji’, '' is f *r th' cri>?tvn cf
s ; i r- ]) i.ic aDii Uriil will do
J'T r rn tuis ‘■ubjoc", written by
G i’> r.il S*'''yp. prosc'rt • the o ilitar’r
vt'ij c! a iv i»r.u fueibb; and
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th- i;.'
r
:n rt etr J to whic i our j;c pie dr.
t tlmt can be thrown up'-n if, we
til t we wi i ujeet their wlsh^'s
iT-iv t ‘ m wriit he his wriiten
the 6uljf3t hjs cntraged Yis
. ery bcgioning of the
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'■iry t
a cl r 3 ".s a ’ axim that ‘the fira*
V i v-l le is t r r to e dui>e hard
c U‘.’ It 1 not J d.'U’cd, 1 t ke
‘ »i. 0 TO p .-sea thii cUiPent in tho
r e CO ; njon op u on is f at
1 U y, pn ■. if to meet
If "I ^ i>n to !*a , in I e .-^anirt
I’,. -I- u u is It' /’ -ther .-oc.-ju !a?y ’ It is
■I ■ er> o'.l. >)i tVat ^e here speaks
> at c'ur-i^e is nec'ess' y
d rU'.t Oi he hishe^t ord r, is -n"
—b t nriderstend tb’s mrxim it
c ‘ r the na'ure and o'uan'sa
• b t an army. Th re arc*, ss everybody kno-s,
I roe nrat’ and '.'istinet L’rade^ or estates—the
pr vat‘ -I Idi r. the non^e ,ranji?s'oned ofSc?r and
.i(cllic r ♦ -r sp * Heal st>liiT. co'ne f>
h^-j L') will : thei’’ ov n, but obey simply b^^
? ■ t ity ,ire ordered Vy p-opcr nuthTify.
You will tfc.rit'srrd that t'is is a West Pnnt
nn‘ n; bu' i i truth it is th> t'otion uu^erlyirg
; I. Avii lie m li'a v worl K On this rontinent we
Ti w a ti“ a War. We ar * just b "■'’cirg
e r;» w so'di'ts ere When di-cipHne ts
' fo.'O i fho sa’oi ■ ’s so cn irely in llie-
his ificor:^, that th^' tone, chava.’ er a .d
} cu’um i d
are
i’O
’•r r>?r!
J,!.
);um i d 13 en;: c y determined by
parties in *h'' offii.rs aad non erramis-
i ■■ s. VVii. never there is
30 iso 'rduet
it is to b; charj^el ta m.sc^n
■ ■ >.u tho I'art of the o5’3.t'». AU
no iiiv i'huj wMio 0 ura.re may l.e
. -i" h :u the prK'ntj», ie id ruj-: lUlpOT-
? tw.i tiijrb r cla s;-.'. * * * * *
) u bity to make anythin g lut a pri
" f'h'' ne;T:'. ^ ho olSccn an?^ nor„
; - • ; ;-’k': rs ,-ih.valdbo
1 n' a:i'l iiier'to''ic*u
Thus, t ■! p"it
riip ’ W‘>!,
taken from the
re^~iT: • ;‘a li^ou
: T t‘'i'' -e toi thou- iud vvoM rcsi 'e
an couf i'-e ol the Th y
E -1 - rc '.h : he 1 or b'aia.s. nhii-
>a! i ryn^t'tnt?. corp:ire-il -aTtfi.
c ai • ‘ -lec f.-d of f '- rao/.t s~per'o"
li; • c- a'nie t.’ p--d ic', ii3 a m ir..
r: [. I *he mo?' superior tr:op.s.
• i': : liuie p:rkct, biace the di>-
To £i ’la several orders wouii be so
h. ibeory. hat has experience
r ) m.aa,'. csrtain that the nes^ o
_ ura,'o as :s gecoralJy beUevod.
-I ' ue s.atetu'jutj of travellers in
VC‘ Ho'fO IS th
■.r 1 I
^ most sanguinary
la their battlfs hand to
' ti i r par‘y is almo=t annii
ry ciave-: ar; in 5‘eat part the
>■* r" captufod in w-r "\Ve pee
^ :*i» scr7ilo condition ile
-I u Ut tj app-araac^s
• le buJor :vnd fir;ma’i
u cj ^’.iru a'i a soldier, and
*he CXpnriotKTty ji
J f"i a * ;rjt to hh'>w h>s
-■ f- T. au-.tray bi»s ^aught
•-i;! tv* ou-^iit U')t LO hhut ‘.Ur j
hsve tc-morrow? The negroes, however, should
be given pay, cto.
“The best troops in the French service nre not
Frenchmen—the Zouaves and the Turcos Wbat
patriotism had the Heesisna and other mercen
aries tbat fought against the eolonies? They did
not fight voluntarily. They were soldiers, and
had no option. A still more forcible example is
to bo found in India. There we see the extra
ordinary spectacle ot » people held in subjug.iticn
by troops composed of natives. Index’d, volun
tary service is the exception iti the military world.
Wsrs are not conducted on tbat principle, os we
have ourselves found in this. The armies oi Eu-
ropa are to day oomposci ot men who arc in arms
entirely against their will. . Who ever beard of
the eerfs of Russia refusing to fight because they
are not freemcnf All that is required, then, to
make a soldier, is a good physique, without re
gard to his inclinations; and 1 5o assert tbat the
more simple-minded, the more faithful and obe
dient he will be—and obedience in the foundation,
top and middle of a soldier’s pduoation
•‘I speak now of heavy infaLtry. With the
other arms a somewhat diiferent rula holds—since
more irdividuality is required—bat the same is
sabstantiaUv tra« throughout. Thus the negro
IS exctlleLtly adapted f«.»r a soldier.
“The ae^^ro doe« not fi»ht lor the eccmy be’
cause b# is Irc’o. H* ha.s bkitn tricked and forced
into h’s s^rvic.i, and he caoaot bdp it Tho.'C
wbi. V.».* ro.cu_i'urtd say they irouid r-. h«r
fight on our side, btoauso we ka w fce’itr how to
.rcaf:thtm
‘ It is not true, then, that to icake gO(*d Fo’dier?*
of thes’ p ople, we mu.t cither giv^ or pr».nii.s
them freedom. Ou the contrary, it is vaj firm
eonviodoa that to do either wo«-ld be ro 'm^air
thdr ef5ciecc7 and tract*^ ili^y But the s'rcatvst
p ‘t’sihJa advantage cm be had by skilitully using
ihtir desire foir ■rcedoTt. The President phcul i
have power to dec’are free such of .h^iu a«i iL’ay
fr. m time to time be recomirendtd !or .'Ueh re
ward, by tbrir cffioers, fcr gaHant or merit6rioii'-
c nduct. Ihis would aet as an ever present f-pur
It 'hculd not be to »akc effect the end of the
war, but be declareil ht ones in g.neral orders
anJ f be soldi' reh^uld ceeiven hcnorarv cheveron^
to d’stioguish } im du*'ing th • rernai'Ucr ol fci-
g?rvice. ‘In Sij th:>t all shjuld bo tree rt tho end
ot the Wir wo..ld have li t'e etf 'Ct Ti e U' cjr
ainty and Takuene.«s wouli a;tugcther («»il to i
prvss a simple minded negro beyoDd a week A.-
well mijrht ore pr imiseto free one’seo^k >tsom
indtfi .ice period with the cxpectatim of therro.
securing rood dinners But if i* b^ held out a.'
a boon within h’s immcdia*e giasp, and which h«
sees conferred upon others every day. it must have
a molt excellent effaet Besides, to either give
or prjmi''e fr edom wholesale, would have a mos?
perniciius intuerce upon the whole rac^ It ie
wholly uuneceFsary, and shou’d not be done, as a
mere matter «f expediency.
“But, it is alleged, bo would dAjrt No sol
dier who understands the poteney of discipline
could hold puch an opinion Whenever the oflS
cprs and non commissioned offiirs of a ?uard d*i
their duty, the sentinel ’ do thei.s also. Remem-
berin? tbat there would be many roll cills a day
by whites—that they would not on-y have tu pass
their own lines ol sentinels, but through the nicket
and grand guards, (white,) it will be seezThow
difficult escapa would be. Those who attempted
it would be so severely and so certainly punished
tta‘ few would naake the experiment
“But, it i* urg'd, they would desert in the dav
of bartle This woaW be far itnpasf-ibJc
tbsn the other Tn^rn i!4 mucn
aango^ m th«t direction. They would rcccivf
tho firs from both p-vrties Th^ lin» of fil» closer,
wonld, however, ba quite sufficient to hold them.
whafev»‘r they miaht wish.
‘ It is said, again, they would revolt. Nothing
Nj schemo could b >
j kept from th(» non oommi33io’'ei offic
j Ip ^-and. E 'en if a reeim Bf w-.-r
I ‘^uffi-'iently co c ^mo to an outbreak, cth *rs coul i
j not iu c?B''?rr, and woul:^ b^ brought to c-u^b
I th’ rtf.^aotcrj on-'** at one-; Bisidcs the cavn’-r
U-’d artiUory (Thit«) wjali ba evif 2t Iii:i,l j j
d:?s‘r.->y any taut m: ^ u atccaipt it Muriay is
j s'-rcelv kao»T waere disoioiiae is maic»aiufd.
[In the gr-at S?pDy attemnt di^cipliae had bs^^r,
relaxed, and many of the Eiglifh .21:erT with
drawn Yet, with or-zanizitisn, perteat, and
wiih great «up,-ri.rity of numb'an,-. thsy bad to
yi?ld. Without c2:ers of evea tAe i jwest grade,
bow maaifcatly futiie any effort.®? this sort would
provel"
“* ♦ * Caa wa spare tV-m? By emoby-
ing a part, those that remain sould Do more coa-
veniently used Wo would Bend bick whites to
properly superintend their labor; anti the resuU
would be a positivo gaia rather thj n a loss.
“My proposition, tb«n, is to let the slavers
question remain ju-'s ;vhore it is- pat into sorvice
as many negroes as, we cm providn with arms and
equ.pments—orijanizo them stricily as heavy in
fantry. f> be belli i'nr tl»» fiaj or fciUj#
^fte whJ.ie troops into cavalry, artillery and eU(*>
rifantiy—tak/? ail offiser^ and Don-.comaiiRsioncd
0^0; f.s from the most galluit ar.d meritorious of
ur prcflca= armijs, and introduce th^ striot'^H
o5ce!’.s and boldiers | could be more imr>'>sa;bU.
a 1 urd.ei thou?a'.d t kept from th(* T’on oommi3sio’'ei omoera constant
reeim Bf w-.-re tcr«acc.eJ
rina to li'Th' w^H, if c.ot 1 po«?i^>? ■vistem of di'so'pUne —ill with the graiN
whii.'oHP of thf* JATiL ! cst rapldi .7. Tho t :a« required to Roc3n’p!i.«ii
:i '!)' rs S rip is-| would be lf«s than r.f, fir.^t tbiu-ht Th
I'laro iar..t thf v ^re far tny | sreates’. ob >U 'la in m»k'ng tuoops is to tceb a^-d
s ■’Oi of the-1 etvo experience to ♦h'i 3 Iji thi? cas’ w;
!T T>r > ' fetn ;;rn. the I woTi fHi thgm, in p.vi-t, a';-‘idv made.
1- !y v»'i l.jat r»’ii0 soldier 13 t.*iig’.t tvory'.airi^ po fj.r a-^ t’ac
■ -• -ir.i, wU r-- ccrtaiuly h ■ 1 drill goes wuen bo knows
pnny All drill bc7.">ni
tion of your manly actions, amidst the perils
through which you bavo passed. You are en
gaged in sustaining a holy, juet and righteous
j cause; acd without ST>ecioss wc are a/l doomed to
{the Koi>t t’egraded c>udit on that white men ever
wete plsc.d iu—fhe slaves of sMvefJ We arc not
yet reducL'd to tbs extremity to which our ances-
ford were subjected in their struggle for liberty;
an'd out of this thfj/ wore uelivered and bKsstd
with indrp'ndence “History is rcpeatiog it
self,” a"u although we lusy ooaridooMy hope that
oui Uistre-Esoa will E«*t be equ;%l to theirs, who ot
; ou would not be willing to t*T»dure tho sso o, to
obtain tho priceless boon for which they were,
snd you now are, contecdinj;? .1 give, by.ox’
tracts, a picture of tb« American army in 1777
and 1778, drawn by Gan. W’^u=jhington bircseif
and his comp ers.
Geo, Washington writ/is fo Conpress: ‘‘I ftu
now convinced beyond a doubt, that ualcss somo
great acd capital cha.ngc suddenly takes place in
icat line, (tne rouai;H?ary and qawtermasiei’,)
this army must inffvitably bo rcduced to one oi
other oi th-ee thinge: t j starve, di solve, or diS'
peree in order tof^btain eubsistenca. Notwstb-
standing it is a standing ordcf, (nud often repeat
ed,) thikc the troopj Bhal! aiways have two days’
• roviaiono bjr *ncm, that they Lutght be rca*^y »t
any auddeu call, yf.t scarc ly any opportuuity has
ever off^,red ot taking advantage ot tho enemy,
t‘;Ht has not 1) ;en totally ob truoted or grontly
lurcded on tai.s accoutii; and t^ji.'i, the grei^ and
eryiiig evil, is not a;l—soip, vinegar, and othei
articles allowed by Congress, we see nt'ne of—
acr have -ve s''ea them sincc the battle of B'^andy
wine. The first, indeed, we nave now vtry little
ofceasioi for—I’e v men having more than onr; shirt,
many only t: e m.iie y of ouc, aud Home none at
nli By a fi>'ld return, this iiy mide. wc have no
less ihaa ;2,bOS men now in cai p u_Ct ior duty,
l> cau'6 they arc barefooted and otherwise naked
Our whole strerg h. in c 'niiuen'al troops, amounts
n*r.o mor.' than 8,20) in c.ianp, fit for duty, ane
trinoe the -i:h i?i :» , our nutub^'r fit for duty, Ircm
the hardships and eXpo;mros th. y hafe und' rgone,
particularly f’'0^ th"> want of blaak ts, have «lC'
’■(’asi.l u ar 2000 m^ a. * I sincerely lo'1
lor tnc.unhiipy condition of i ur poor tc'lows in
ihe h.>s;iit.i-, fn i w:sn try rowers to relieve w.'re
qual to my iuc:ina ion. It is but too melincholy
i truth, that CT’r |iosp-tuI c-turea of evi ry kind are
lamcnta ly scanty ar d.dtficient. I lear there is
0 p:usn c. if tr ci' bting souu ia a brtter condi.
lou Ouf «‘:jBcuii.i?s aiiu dLstrts-ics arc ccrtaiuly
_r. a‘ a! d sjch as vTound the feciinga of hnaianrty
—cur sic», uaket ! mr Veil. cakei! our unfjita
aste men in eaptiviiy, uakcu!.' * * * For soice
days pant there ha« oofn little cJsc than a famine
m catup—a part of the army has Lecn s wo^k
.Tichout any kiad cf flesii, and the rtst i.i>rcc or
/our days Nuke'? an i starving, as they arc, we
cannot cnou.;h admire the incomparable pitiencc
and fidcli y of ttje ;='.duie'’? "
Gcd. liuatic-Clou w i l*.,: ‘-The camp is in e
mclaccholy condition lor want of p’ovirions, and
there is great danger that the famine will break
up the army.,”
L.^rd Stirling Fay?: ‘The c;>ai^hints of the
want of provisions aad forage h;.ve become uni
versal and violent. Kvery officer speaks of it
with the dread cf the probjbio co’ s'quences."
Gea Varnum write?: “t’'e si-'iarion ot the camp
is such, t;:at in all human probability the arm^
must 8om dis'iolve. Many o! the troaps are dcS'
titute of meat, and are several days in arr^ar
Tiie tiorses are dyia^r irr of lor»ge. Th:
conr.try iu the vi’iiiity t*i: camp lavyha «‘»d ”
T-io oijrc: ’“iJie reiuru.T of 1-t l’'i>b'y
exhibit the a.stuuuding auL^ilor oi 3.9s0 men in
o«Mnp unfit for duty for want of clotiies. Of this
nuuit>':r scarcely a man had a pair of shoes. AN
though thi i.ot il of th*> army txctcicd 17,000
mon, tho preseui (tf jc'ive rmk ard fi c amounted
to only 5 012. Tee deprc'’!atim of the pip'r
bills hii row beooaic s> ^tnsiderablo, aa 1 the
real^d;£ uit es ’-r’df** wh;c't c rnm rc^ labored
h'd ?o enhin- ci .he p ice of all iniporici artio'ot*,
la h,' p.*,y . t an was n t on y no com-
•; sa'i 'U ‘ 'I t n,.* hi^ - ole t lue to t*ic str-
’ c * nie puj.’c, bur cou'd u > ev n fu:ni>:h
:i*n 'Mt.i ?h ahsu.at-; n .-’essjrlcs v Ij'.cb might
vehimad-.e t Lji ta ;itcc, or cjv--r hisjer-
?oa frum *hc ex -c-n..s or ^c;.- jnd . dd to whic'
he wt.i exposed. Tno>e wii:> p .s.sosaed small patri
monial Cct;ti.s found t:iem mil ing away,
othetd woie absol it !y uniLlc ta appear in
character of g n:l?mv n "
The rjcird cicc.'ade.s by informin ' u.'=', that in
a few days, by • x.ra. rdijiary es \"tiojs, supplies
of food Wiire obtained aui ihi.s gtoriom revolu
ti'nary army of ‘iac mpirablj patience anef ridel
ity” u timituly obiained liberty and iadopcadencs
which they bccjucathed tj us. Arc wc degenerate
snns cf fhcsj li' b'e sire ^ J hope not, I believe
not! Do not, my couatrymcu, be discouraged to
near that wa h-ve tories *it home, who cncouragc
^Gs?r(ioo from your ranks. A page t.om the
same hijt:)ry, ia anoiiter article, will inform you,
that th^ d'fl^.ully Was moru esr-rioa.i in 1770 than
now. ihcre ]« tnercrv»»u u-.
for de’pon leacy, or r'i.jo .able dajger of dsfeat,
if we arc united. May God u tito you, as a band
of brofher.s, and ri..ki'’dlc the patriot fir?s ^f 18GI,
nnd our i.^sjivn foes \?ill be Cjiupf'Led to rotr o
o.u thi:t c.rrnU-aI of bl o i. Pin^^iU8.
nu
tb«
eon-
• ■ii Nu'-", ;f the ''•n'*.
* H'iy ki. d f,f »roors
‘ ‘hoir Doa-fi tra^n!.i>iTn d
.ii' ir ciBc-?--8 hlDck-**,
jr;ak-3 W);h ali tLeae
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y ihcee who op.
Bt iT.'he ^?rca;.
K.'l n.“>t " ht in .mr caie.
tV.it. ni; liopi of all aythwi-
a.'8 in one 'f h5a maxnEs
" I good c-ffi :cra, coirmis'
omai: S'-ised, go^d instruction
. m'lkft o'oJ troops witbont
'bn cm-a i'i w'nch they fi ^ht' By
J ..'0 0 n3'’crataaci the particular sen-
'T p- 'ijorj'n'ji 3 of tho troors This is
ic • an(^. TTjiiSt pr j itivc eni)aci»Hon ot a
' ‘ to tiie very fc»undation of the
it is Gi.ic ly tTU’, pad prccecas
V u^c of ar ay orgapizition and
f!. ii v,i'l hi. ■
•■’irber
It a
obanrved tha* be assumes
r.;, officers and non.commis*
lii rt', *e I* ■ good. Su'h would be the
. J' pUn ^r' p Tho truth is, troors
li t-'C “-;)‘’q3cnts and opieiocs of their
w’' lever hev maybe Even the ne-
,t - e •’-■rvcd wi'S our armies as cooks
Tt, in' as tboroaghly enlirted in our
. are tlu.ir ira^tcrs; pni in mary cases
on known to
tho bjho.>i of the om.
^ ^ —...... tha‘ di>pa”di up.in the
l,ifia..r dmo t ealir*ij, si tlui tLto tiuic rti^ulr d
\ would b« that naoflfisaji'y foi expcriescei olliocra
j to drill one coiiipacy Thus aa >>rni j would
spring into cxistcaoc in a rcmiTkabl/ishort timo.'’
Mr. Gilnisr't Pl(v>:.-—In the House last Monday
Mr 0^1 mor i#5v;d to amend s''we resolutions ro
ported from a ooittmittco by adding the tolkwing;
Re'oivrd, fartit!r, T«*t, notwitbsts^dir tb'e, ne
bt>l’^ve liia CoafndtrAte Statsf) would ojrs'.iit #nd ngree
10 tb: fn'iovin?:
"Int. That thsra be a a.’f»T»tion belw'Pn the U-iUed
States r>t Airefi** «ho Ooufaierntc Sifclee of Aweri
(», each ttto rcrfeoJly free a.ud indepo^dsnt of th* o?>
•he rigbtn of "•▼tgatioa. tr»de, transit, &3,, proper)/
’.nd fnirly sgrflp.d and (ctt’ed
‘•2d Tb*t an Atnariafcn Dist bo to ■wVioV*
fash p»T'7 shftll be »t liberty ta aead d»>Iog»te9, each
its ora jadge ks to thn ou ahi'raal m\nocr cf
e’.ecii'n. and eao*i pari/ payinjr i‘" owa expeasaB.
‘ 8i Tap pri'riV..ge9 of t\»id D et to be clearly and-]
dtfiaitnly dcfiaavi and Battled
“4n lathis Diet there nha’.l but two votts, one
by the deltgctcs of the United 8t»tea of Amerioa and
one by the dalogatcs of the llowfederate States of A-
irerita; and th« »3ts cf thlji bsfiy t(J be blndin|t oa the
»!».rii€:t on’y wheu raiifled by the House, Bsaato,
PrcB’dent of raobi.
‘5th
t.£"ethrr a r».;c M they.
Mistaken notion to Buppone
end
lo lettliBg the hOQcdarj, Ift the f^ialesnf K>n
tacky and Mtesoort determine for thoiuBsl»*B. by a >fo
tad fair vote of Iho p ople. io«a Jid§ retidents in t( as
respecViTe Bt^Vta ai the coTuoM^ceuient of hoatiltties.”
True—Rcacw i -.'Xi^rtion, and jnore^ed rea>
’•niou, art t .T ie^s. u*! w'i'i;h aii fortunes teach
'.'i. ora.'c boriu-i.ely, t b^rr^rs wbioli tbt
hUcc.’S'i of th" cii 'Uiw vr ui»/nt^il upoa u-, il
duly coasidercd, laakc at( sasrifieo comparatively
ligh , aud a'l f Utfcriog ea-y ti> be endured W'^o can
appfj to ourselves, eg a people, the argument ad>
di'cs.s d tc m c t > p. r.su --.lo taem to avoii the ter
rora ti at a.v.iii the wiclt -d in itnotbcr world. If
it be better for a man* to out off his rig'.it hand,
or to pluck out l;is r.:.hi eye, vuChcr thaa having
two br.u ls and two eyes fo be ca^t into the outct
d?.rkMes«, ao is it s cuer fcr us, as a pror’Ic, to cd-
duie any suff ring ratbor thati fall iato the tor-
meats ot eubi- , siou or suVjugatioW^e can
lake comioit in Uio laiast oi the worsi calamity
that j»it leaves ns ftec, by tho rifloctioa that Bub
jugatk)u or bu'omisbioa would be p*^?11 worse.
Richmond ikntinel.
Msj. Vensble, of Gen. W»de Hampton's staff,
Buppuse mat I has aniv'cd in Virginia, baying made liis esoapg
I* 13 pay cr bounties that iudttoo men tq fight. | by leaping from the oars near Philadelphia. ^
Arrioctl oj Etchamjed Ftisoaers.— Wo CDO-
gratulatc tho friends of the returaed Confederate
prisoners, and tbe gallant men tbcn:selvei, upon
the arrival ol 2500 more ct the landing in James
River. Over 1000 wcra b»‘0Ught up to the city
yesterday, acd the remainder ere expected tO'dav-
A large number of Fedo'al prifioners will ba sent
dowa to-day in exobaago. We understand Col.
H«itub has be'n sect to Wilmington to facilitate
tho 8t.uding off a hrge number from that point.
The authorities of both governments are heartily
cngig^d iu tbe good wprk, and will receive the
heartfelt thinks of the poor feJbws, both friends
j aad foes, wb.o are thus p?rmitfccd to visit home
and ffiendo again It ic tlvo earnest wish of every
good man, that nothiag oi:\y ooour to stop so
humane a measare. Gen. Grant is proving by
his aots ihat the charges of Butler against him
wore not imQ,'—Richmoi^ Sentinel,
A HEW WAR IH INDIA.%
From (he New Tork Post
The English have another Indian war on their
bands. It b not a mutiny tbat is to be suppress
ed this timt^, but an independent State, never
nadcr British rale, that ia to be conquered and
“annexed.'' Bhootaa, a poor and Isolatcj^ State,
hitherto exempt from the ravages of foreign wars,
hsf nrt ouly turned the odd shoulder to an envoy
from Engbnd who fenetrated its dreary wastes,
but aotually thrcatocod him, so tbat he oopoeivod
that I'is life was in danger, and hastily retired.
For this afid other tffenccs ]^ngland ^ieolarcs wur
flg»5n»=t ^boetan, acd tho BLoolca«i are to be foot
cd dowc tho hill of adveraity •
Tbp hiatory of this country of Bhootan is
inti resting The best authorities say that it is
about 250 miles iu length by 95 in breadth, with
an firea of Gd.OOO square miFca, and a population
Ol 750,000 souls —having Bengal proper on the
ecu'h, Assam to the soulheMt, and Thib''t to the
north.
Like the highlands of Scot^^Sl^* ^ pl»5e of
Mountain fasfnisaes and wild Its people,
wheni few white men have seen, are rude barba-
riaas, whose arms are the bow and arrow and the
spjar, and who are of Tartar blood, with broad tri
angular faccs. email oblique eyes, and yellow skio»
Tbt ir religion is Buddbigt, ot a modified type, and
tho country swarmi with mcndicant priests. The
hills produce good iron; buiMing stone is abund
ant; dense virgia lorcsls otier icoxhauutible sup
plies rf lumber, alid a narrow belt of valley land
yields tropical fruits The towo% E.re few but
ere commanded by caitellated strongholds, which
arc caid to bo formidable The rulers are a Deb
R Jab—who is the aetcal sover«iga as well »s the
principal merchant—sand a Pharma Rajah, or
aominal king, who has no civil power, but is in
vested with a surprising number cf divine- attri-
bu'-es.
Snch ia tho country and such tho people that
ihe Eaglish govcrniuenfe has now resoIvdW to add
ro its portfessioES in India. The singular exemp
tion from the pains and penalties of war, defeat
nnd va.ssalnge, which the Bhooteas have hitbcrto
er joycd, is explained by tiie remoteness of their
tersiloiy fr''ca the centres of British influence;
and tho ecdden desire of ppfsession is probsbly
a tribdfable to the Briti.s.h didiuclination to endure
a defiance—provided always, that the offender is
weak.
The defiance csmo about in this way: The
Bbooiea-, being savages, knew no better than to
descend from their mountain.**, like the Scottish
c-'terars of the la*t ccatury fi>r predatory incur-
sions into the territory cf their nfigbbors, and
they gathered spoiU an l to k prisoners The ag
grieve i vio»irns, bring vassals of Eag’and, in
voked aid frjm their rul“rs, and an envoy wns
te .t up among the hills last summer tJ recover
tl^o booty, rebase the captiv-'s, aad remouetrate
with the Bhootcas. He was insulted, albeit he
was “the fcion of a noblo English family,” as a
L ndca journal phrases it; and, hia negotiation
failing, he wss ahl-j to save his life cnly by the
compu’scry si>;ning of a treaty for the cession
of the tea-growing region of Assam to Bhootan.
Tl is was too much ffjr the Governor General’s
patience, and on tho 12th of November he issued
a proclamation declaring war against the Bhoo
tcas By the latest rep^rtJ, it appears that the
whole ^rritory is to bo annexed to Bcnga’; tbat
the people are Ijj^.be r«'daced and tjieir forts taken
(cnc of thes'* hvs alrcacy fallen;) and that when
these things bavc been accomplished, “there will
bo a survey of the frontier Wuds and a determi-
nation of tho new bj«ndary.”
But there i* one point to which sagacious jour-
nalists in London call attention, in view ot the
pojsible results of this new cjnquest. There is
danger of a new mutiny. The London Daily
Nows frankly gays:
“The dang/*rs to ouriclves arise from three
.sourc’9 Any demonstration against Bhootan is
likely to rouse the hill tribfs all along our north
frontier, atd bring on a repetition ot the
miserable warfare in the swampy region in which
.he soil and the w.^tcrs are the allioo of the ene
my. On the precsrioHs chcncc of those tribes re
maining qnict depends, probably, the behavior
of the new 6ubji>ct3 ot our empiro~the inhabit
aots of thj Bengf.l Djoars and of the hills —
w'lom the viceroy addresses io the proclamation
before us. Next, thero is the fearful eUmate cf
tho3.-i foi'cst"grown plains through which our
• ’ are now pa;>sing. It appears that Brigadier
G- ner-1 Mul:a.Htor, Col sol Ilichcrdson and other
tSo'rs ar.» «ilreijy s’iff .Ting frcm the fever of the
d' ttict Under sucti a liabiiiry our forccs must.
]^pc-.d hrgely oa the good will o^ the inhabiant3
ot tut region, who can citticr assist or injure them
fo a v'"-y seiioin cx-.eat. Again, when the tcver
dis'ric s aro passed there is the foe, planted be^
hind bis natural defences of rocks, glaciers and
¥r»owdrifid. Ruaaors about the condition of the
Baool>?a«« differ w'dely. Some alarmists have it
tnat the Nepaul Maharajah bag farniebed troops
agaicKt us, aad that J.be BhoO'an forccs are a
worthier enemy than the Government has sup*
posed; while very recent aud more pronable re
ports stato tb-it thcTc aTCSUch quwrels among the
clncfs and factions iy Bhoot.^n as wiiUmskc the
uSendcrs an e«sy prey Some arc for propitiating
and others for defying the Bridsh.”
Those suggestions give inteiest to the war in
Bhcotan; so that the progress of events will be
observed with curious attention.
Stherman’t March.—* * To aocomplish anything
dcoisive, therefore, Sherman must continae bis
march through the eonntry, taking roufe4he
greet railway ocntres—Charlotte, Greensboro' and
Daoville. We ehould not be BU'priaed to hear
that, from Columbia he has marched on Charlotte;
not that, in a few dajs, he will have possessed
himself of that p'ace But then dangers begin
to thicken around him. Th» very evacuatione
which his movements may force will add to the
effective strength of our army in the field. Every
day's march will weaVen his forccs snd strengths
en ours, and ho will finally rcacb a point where
he will bo compeMed to give battle under oireum-
stanee.s altogether adverse to him and favt>rable
to ufi Hifl mjrch resembles, in many rcspects,
tba'iof Bcrsoyne through the Stat^of New York,
and it will have, we have strong reason to hope,
a similsr termination. Gen. Beauregard who
commands our forces in that D^partmeDt is Sher'
man's master in all the arts of strategy and taaties.
He. will give battle when he thinks it advisable to
fight, or decnco it when he thinks th&t to avoid
it is the proper course. And we may^depend
on it, that wbat he thinks the proper course, will
be the best that could be adopted. We do nut
pretend to know where or when he patpOBes to
meet Sherman, but we are firmly cod vinced that the
yankce oommander, if he proseaute his march
towards Richmond^ with t^e audacious purposes
row indicated by hfs movements, will go t* his
dijom We bf>Ii«ve that bis army will be aet
and cheeked, and In such a position a ehack will
be a defeat, and a defeat will be dcatr notion. We
can state, too, with oeruinty, tbat the best iciii
tary authorities eonour in this visw of the sitna«
tion.—K*chmond Whig.
Gftn^ral Butlcr't Cotton Speculaiiona.—The
Norfolk correspondent-of the Philadelpbia Press
gives tho following revelations respecting Gen
Butler's cotton operatiocs:
A singular circnmstanoc oonnected with Gen.
Butler’s cotton speculations has come to light.
It seams that the chief of Gen. Shepley's stsff,
G. H Johnston, ref'igncd several months eicec,
to enter, as Butici’u chief agent, into the business
ot buying cotton from the rebels ic North Caro
iina He remained at this long enongh to make
over 8250,000 as bis share, which he deposited in
tho First National Bank of Norfolk. A few days
aso the Military Commission, instituted by Gen
Grant to investigate tho proceeding" of General
Butler relaliye t« cotfecn, got wind of- Mr John
ston. Uc heard that they would call upon him
toon; but not iotending to be outdone by tbcm,
he drew all his money from tho bank and dceamp
e4 in the Baltimore boat. They telegraphed to
the nutboritics at Baltimore to arrest and send him
back to Norfolk; but the shrewA Johnston did not
go oa the loat farther than Ptf^tress Monroe,
where he took the Washiogtoo boat, and landed
at Annapolis. No one knows bis whereabouts,
although he is anzicusly waited here. The Com.
misaien has proven that Butler received two fifths
of all cotton brought here, his brother.in«law one
fifth, and middle men, cf which Johnnton was one,
two.fifths, tho Government getting bat one.hall
of that which was rightfully due it. Yon may
cxpect even more aatounding revelations than
these.
The yankfe **oynmand^ Below.— Our army
before Wilmington, as well fs at Newborn end
other points of North Carolina, is now under com
mand of Msjor General Schofield, one of the ablest
officers in the Union army He was associated
wi^h Sherman in his advance upon Atlanta, was
subsequently with General Thomas in his late
glorious campaign in Tennessee, and held the
command, also, at the ever memorable victory at
Franklin. He has his own splendid and victorious
Western corps (the Twenty third) now with him
in North Carolina.—Ktve York Txm^t
xTusfau. AIaUap friim Nacsa
'If
dated
bloct-
thc 3d instint, speak'ng cf the ciipturc
udo runners frooi Nassau, tays:
‘•AV^fcero row is her conimcrc'al antivity
tcaincrs Icav'ng aad arriving daily, and pouring
iut.o her lao the; more than gol lea t’-eujure.^ ot
Dixie? All cono In tL-e waters of, her admira
bh- harbor, at 'bifl uiomant, float more «ban thirty
Ol her fleet of law d fying steam vessels, idle and
'.vithout rnip’oyiuent. There also arc here saili
o-af(, uhi 'h o.Tn be countci by the hundroJ. Her
w rehouses arc fill d with g ods, f,r which there
will soon be no ma*-kct. ll«r s ores, which, under
tho stimulating iuflcenco cf the rec'nt trade,
bavc neirly doubled io number, will ere lorg be
‘it ekicg tenants wl crc no tonant) are to be bad.
II nts, which bavc been icflated in'o fabulous
propo'tions, will colhp?e. LjLorers who have
ilorked hero fr. ni tho adjoining islands, uuder
“the inducem.’ots of high wa^cs, will scatter to
their former homes.
“The Talhbassae, the rebel war steamer, pri
vatcer, or pirate, as she is ca'led, according to
the re. pective views of tbs peracns who are speak
ing of her, came in this port on Thursday, the
2t>th cl'iino. It is said tbat h«r armament has
been taken out of her, and tbat she is to bo used
hereafter as a blockade-ruaner. There ar« two
reasons which render this very doubfful: First,
she is a full rigged ship, and consequently is too
conspicuous an object upon the water to bo used
for that business; sccoud, the bbckade running
business is about used up. She arrived laden
vcith coal, and sailed, January 31, with tho saime
cargo. The attention of the Governor was called
to her by the United States Consul. She sails
now under the name of the Chameleon
We must have courage, and to our courage we
must »dd faith—faith in the justioo of cur cans'*,
and faith in i^s final triumph because it is just; lince
the moral government of the world prooseds on
fixed and settled principles, which limit the bloody
wishes of tyrants, and will not allow the rfign ot
wrong and oppression to be eternal.—^o/. Confed,
Yankee I'emt —In the United States fionrt at
Trenton, New .Tsracy, E N Fnher, editor of the
Newark Journal, wa^ fined $100 for publishing
articlci againct tho United Sutes enrolling act
lie pleaded guilty, and made a statement to' the
court wbich mitigated t*'e penalty.
A s»aff effloer of the Ninth corps writ-es that,
as the Confederate Peate Commissioners were
being esoortcd out of the yankee lines, one of
them tamed to Gen. Grant and aaid: “Gcr^pial,
I am anxious to have peace, and I would be will
ing to leave the settlement to you and Gen. Lee.”
‘ Well," said Grant, “I propose to settle it with
L"e this Bummer."
Two younger sons of the late Duke of New.
castle, who, it will be remsmbaryd, aaoompanied
the Prince of Wales during his American tour
h«d a fight with carving knives rcccntly in a Lon
don Club House, when the youngest, 19 years of
»ge, was killed by bis brother. Lard Arthur
Nejro Sohliers-^Vnnfirmatiov.s.—The Senate
bill to rai«ti two hundred thousand negro soldiers
will, it is understood, be passed to day in s'cret
session. It is said a similar bill parsed ^c House
of Representttives in secret session yesterday
The Confederate Senate, on yesterday, can
firmed a nuuL'ber ^f military nominations, among
them Generals J. L. Rosser and L Lomax, who
were confii oifd major generals of oavalry.
Richmond Dirpa’ch^ 21«f.
Nfgro Soldiers—A vote ^was taken yesterday
in Pickett's division on the question cf employing
negroes in the army, and resulted in a very larg
majority voting in favor of tho measure
Rich’d Sentinely 21«.
Receiving Part Pay.—We are glad to learn
that the troops of this army are receiving a por
tion of the money due them u wages by the Con
ledcrate Government. They are being'paid up
to the first of October, 1864 Though our cur
rcncy has depreciated largely sines this money
hccame due, s:ill it is some source of comfort to
the men.—Ptt. Express, 21*^.
CoJ Lamb —A letter from Fort F^her says,
Mrs. Lamb, wife of the Rebel Colonc: formerly
in command of Fort Fisher, was permitted to en
Vr our lines yesterday, aud will go to Fort Mon
roe to attend to her husband, whode wcut*ds are
reported to have taken a' b«d turn, leaving him
now in a dangerous condition —Yankee Paper. ^
The casualties in the Brigade commanded by Col.
Hedrick, amount to fifteen men wouuded, during
yesterday's fi;^hting. The enemy pressed hard on
our lorces, but there was no one killed. The
troops, as would be expected, behaved gallantly,
and aro now ia a position to do good service for
their country — Wilmi-ngion Carolinian, 21«f.
Deserter$ Captu'‘€d.—On the 14th of Febru
ary, fifteen deserters made their appearance in
Lunenburg county. They were well armed, and
marched boldly along the public road, avowing
their determination to fight their way through at
ell hazirds. Capt. Bolling of the 9th Virginia
oavalry, and two or three soldiers, whose names
we have not learned, determined to arrest them
Collecting some citiians, they made up a party of
about a dozen, and taking a cireuit, got into po
sition in front of the deserters near Ssrffold’s
bridge. After the Captain had in vain flummon«
d them to surrender, a severe fight ensued. Two
oi the citissns were wounded, and seven of tho
deserters. The contest termiaated in the capture
of fourteen deserters. Ttie affair is highly cre
ditable to all parties oonosrncd. Tho citizens,
with their double-barreled guns, stood like veto*
nuis.—Ptkrthwg Exprtn. i
From Mouth Qaro>in0..—Oa^EiiOTVS, ffeb
22.-~Pssa«nge:rs from below irep^t that xaidhag
partied have t>eeo to Union and Abb€viile, 0.,
anti destroyed much property ' This report Iscko
oocfirmatiou. The yaiikee force left at Colunlna
is said to be insignificant A Urge ya&kee iwixi
reached Chester to-day They move rapidly.
Tho eicy b full uf the wildest rumors aad rdiabla
intelligence is contraband
Seutkern and SGMihw€i*m-H
LOTTB, Feb'y 24 —The Bulletin ia bdebted t*j
the Southern Express Company for Augusta pa.
pets of the *iOth. They contain no inLportant
niiiitary news.
Geo. Forrest ban be^en plaoed in eommand at
all the cavalry in the District ot Missiasippi,
A'labauia, Louisiana, ¥Test Tennessee, 4Cc. Hu
first, ^enerai Orders propose re sTganinVioa, dii.
ciplinc, atid the extermination of straggiers, rob
bers, Ac.
Ttoe yankee Gen Thomas’s troops are beug
mounted lor the (t.uppcs€a) march throng Al»
bsma* Reinforcements frcm Northern Mis^-:.
sippi have been sent to Grant Large bodies at
troops are moving in the West and important
movements are reported
The Mississippi Legislature is about to oonvsao
in exira session, for the purpow (it is said) u*
calling a State Convention.
Go?. Brown's meesage t» the Georgia JjegiuU.
tUT* oommenoes by a defenoo of ttie State against
attacks by the press for permitting Shermaa to
msrsh mnmolested throneh Georgia. The State,
he says, was abandoned, compelled to rely on her
old men and boys, and a golden opportunity lost
forever. Had I Herman been resisted from the
start, furued to Aigbt and exhaust his muaitiona,
his surrender weald have been certain. He re-
osmmends the establishment oi a military system,
in no event to be furcsd over to the Confederate
servioe, to be retained lot home ddience, [»od
then a savage assault upon things in general]
What wit tav^d and lott at Columbia.—Tho
following'etatcmentfl in the Richmond Koqtiirer
scsm to be based on offioial information:—
Up to Tuesday last it was uncertain whether
Columbia would ocme within the immediate range
of Sherman’s purposes, and consequently the pub«
lie mind wa* net prepared far sucti an early soloa
tioa of the question. The government had, how.
ever, just two weexs ago, taken the precaution to
remove its specie, deposited there, amounting to
several millions of dollars, and within the put
tew days all of the dies and plates belonging to
the Treasury D.’partment, together with the sup«
plies of Treasury notes on hand, were safely con,
y.-ycd away.
The enemy being in pof^seesion of Branchvill#,
Orangeburg, and Kiagsrifle, prccludsd move,
ments upon the roads leading to Charleston, and
an unfortunate accident upon the Charlotte road,
(rutting off nearly all the rolling stock of the roa4
from Columbia, provented the authorities from
making use of that avenue to save other valuabls
materials in the city. A large quantity oi medi*
cal stoics belonging to the government were there,
oneobalf of which were paved, and the rest, far
want of time and transportation, destroyed.
The presses and fixtures hr prioiine Treastiry
notes, in fhe esJablishment of Evans & Cogswsll
and keating & Ball, were necessarily abandoned,
together with tbe other, extensive machinery of
those well known firms The first namwl estab.
lishment alone had 102’printing presses, and was
unquestionably the largest and best equipped
pub’iiahifg bouse iu the Sauth.
The enemy’s forces operating west of Cohmbla,
reached the banks of the Congaree, opposiie the
city, on Thursday evening, and threw in a num.
her of shells, to which our batteries responded
A portion of this column moved up the river dur.
iny the night crossed tho Saluda and Broad
riyera tho main trihauriea of tbe Congaree,
which meet near Columbia—a few miles abeve
the city. During this movement Gen. Beanrck.
gard evacuated the city, and on Friday morning
the enemy ent^^red and took possession witboit
opposition. The enemy's forces entering Cslam-
bia consisted of Sherman’s main army, a Urg*
portion of which immediately moved up tbe Char,
lotte road, whiie another portion haa moved dowa
in the direction of Charlesto®.
Beauregard is managing the situation with
masterly dclibsration.
Th« Orudti's of War.—One of the moat atro
cious crimes perpetrated since the beginning of
this war, was the shelling of Columbia, 8. 0 , by
the enemy, without a moment's warning. We are
jwtified by trath,iu saymg that two battori«
were placed at commaading points on the west
side of tbe river, and a bombardment opened uwn
the city whilst it was filled with women and chil
dren. Many of the houses were perforated by
the missiles, and the flying of women and
dren from the terror thus crcated, is said to have
been a most heart-rending sight. No demted
had been made for the surrender of the city. On
the contrary, the enemy’s approach was silently
and stealthily conducted. Some eight or ten per
sons were killed by the fragments of shells thus
wantonly thrown into the midst of helpless non-
combatants W^e ate itformed, also, that afkr
the surrerder of.thc place, squads of the enemy
marched about the city fchoouug down such eiii-
tzm as they couid find, urging as an excMe thal
they might be stragglers from Beauregard's army.
There is^ we hope, a heavy retribution in stora
for such barbarous conduct, and that it is not far
distKBt—f'harlotte Bulletin, 2^d. ^
Charleston.—On Thursday niglit, tha 16th in
stant, our forces evacuated Charleston. Many
guns must have been abandoned by our troops,
but it is consoling to know that the Yankees got
little else. Tnere was no eotton at Charleston to
gladden Lincoln's heart, and the city itself was
little better than a deserted ruin. Several tele
graph operators, all of them men of Northern
r>irth, did not come out with our forces, Imt re>
mained to receive the Yankees.—Rich. Dispatch,
Shewman’* Army.—Many difierbnt estimates
have been made of Sherman's army. Some think
he has 60,000 men. We know he has four'lml
army corps and a strong iorce of oavalry. His
corps will not number less than 12,000.—lb.
The Expediticm from KnoxviU*".—We have
reason to bolidve that the designs of the expedi
tion, which was reported yesterday to have eer»
tainly moved from Knoxville, are not upon South
western Virginia, but that it is intended to pene
trate North Carolina, and .probably to strike the
railroad betweoa Salisbury and Charlotte. This
force, consisting ofseveral thousand oavalry, and
supposed to be under the command of Averill,
was, as we reported yesterday, at Greenville, from
which point the main stage road into North Owo-
Una branches off, passing through Warm Springs
gap. This appears to be the obvious direction of
the expedition. From all we can learn there is
nothing to tempt them in Southwestern Virginia,
as they have almdy damaged the Salt Works
and railroad there, and plundered the eonntry to
such an extent that it is doubtful whether^ a^
considerable number of troops could be subsisted
there.—Richmond Examiner, 2ktt.
Cotton Burned —On yesterday Messrs. Holt,
Brown & Mock lost by fire, in the suburbs of the
town, 125 bales of cotton- It was, «s they ass«rt|
unquestionablj tlM work of an inoendiur.
AMw&twy WoIcAmoa.
”OBs
FAY
Faox SotTTH 0
man Is anderetor
bis march. From
to Charlotte, he i
n«arly In the dire
from here,) and it
Oberaw, Fayette"
that he found tbe
therefore started
presaion is that h
tnre of the Capita
that he d^eires to
Saleiffh also. Fr
nearest route to
by Charlotte. A
less defended, in
will find himseif
to his path.” We
In Diarchlng thr
oppose him, Bher
of M miles, which
•TBJ that they at
strenf enongh to
a glance at tbe ai
toach Camden, B
«*stre CheiterCel
Oarthafe; and hia
the Goal Fields,
may h« obliged to
ewn if he should s
all, which we do
It is a time of d
a large part of oar
blancbinir in the fp
duties like men, fe
ty, our lives, and o
Issue. It may bis^
may be saved fro
that we may see t
fsated, destroyed.
Fboh Bklow
heard frcm Wdmi^
It, and consequent
that place.
Prom a gentlem
on Thursdoy, we le
town on Wednesd
evacuation; that th
ing between the to
the Cape Fear, 10
that Gen. Hoko an
sisted the enemy’s
ing him back nntil
prisoners bad been
tbe fighting tbat o
eonsiderably, but t
they were the atta
the yankees did no^
but returned to
WnatiiTflToit.—
toT some months
North Carolinian,
day cn his way to j
left WilBington, o~
day morning, tbe
and the yankees ex
presses, type, Jkc.,:
last issue of tbe 0
Ool. Sinclair Bpe~
of Hokejs Divisior,
tbe eaamy cn Mon
oonmand, who Ton
opposite the town.
Ha says tbat th
burning cf several s
oil works. Ac. Ac.,
baads of the enem
count of the sufl’e"
yankee prieonerg w
ton fer exchange,
fusing to receive th
ed off" northwardly,
ply of food at hand,
troops.
Pabolid FostF
prisoners, H, W.
Bobeson county, ca
uately selected for e
the night of the 13
®rday last, on their
turn thanks to many
leigh, for acta of
HcNeill of Harnett,
with an excellent di
his (iarriage.
They fared pretty
Lookout, ezce]^ for
selected for exchan
•n open pen, with
scarcely any fire, a-
kept standing in lin
sequence is that the
Mr. Carlyle feara th
Mr. Harrell belon
requests us to say t'
A. McNeill, CJorp’/s
vates D. W. Qraha
McNeill, J. C. Soji»
J. Ausley, all of his
Mr. Carlrle belon
he left there, of his
D. McCailum, D. M.
Sodges, K. D. Bass
McNeill, C. C. Mer
well. N. T. Munro
29tb Jan’y, and (i
^ete killed; Wm. R
kUled. Tnere were
Mounted Mkn W
■tate tbat mounted
much wanted for tbe
•ny number, to Col.
An opportunity
men, in town and co
protect their own pr
some who are unfit f
Ingly tueful in ttiis c"
Goy. Brown of ti
help the enemy subj
Legialatare of that
plaints with a view
ibderate goveraraan
ation, to pitch that
not encamber our c
synopsis of \be trai
Gabuxh Baans
are requested to as
more thaa they need
them, either by (fift
supply or by putting
Nearly all kinds of