t ^imSERVER. FA YETTKVU.Lia." M03fDAT, f'mBRPABYV, 1885. Fiom Soitth Cabclina.—It will be reea thatSher- ifioa Is underetof'd to have ch«Bged the direction of ttia march. From Winnsboro’, iostead of pashing on W Ohsrlotte, he is said to have croeeed the Catawba oearlj in the direction of Camden, (aboat 125 miles fro* here,) and it is sappoeed will aim for that p’ace, Cberaw, Fayetteville and Raleipb; though some think vbat he found the perils of his march increasio^ and therefore started for the coast arain. Our own im- pretsion is that he has-been so elated with the cap- tare of the Capitals of Georgia ^d South Carolina, tbat he desires to add to his laurels by capturing Ealeifh also. From Winnsboro’ by Cheraw is his nearest ronfe to Raleigh, considerably nearer than bj Charlotte. And he dotbtlfBS sapposes that it’s le?« defended. In this we are inclined to think he *111 find himself mistaken—that he will find “a lion .0 bii path.” We shaU see. In marching through Georgia, finding no army to oppow Hm, ShormuQ spread his foroes over a width o/W miles, which it wan the boast of writers iu his »r»iy ifeat they utterly devaatated. Shonld he feel ftroDg eHongh to spread his flanks so far ap«rt now, • glance a*, the map will jhow that his right will touch Camden, Bennettsville acd Fayettevillt; bis flfOtre CheiterEeld 0. H., Oheraw, Rockingham and Carthage; aad his left Lancaster 0. H., Wedosboro’, the Coal Fields, aad possibly Pittsboroagh. But he may obliged to keep h!s army sort compacted, eren if he should succeed in makitg suck a march at ail, wHh'A we do not believ* ht can d». It is a time of deep concern—a crisis in th'J fate of a large part of our State. Let there be no panic, no blanchicff in tha face of danger, bat let us meet onr duties like men. feeling tbat our homes, onr proper ty, our lives, and onr honor, are all involved in the Ijste. It may be, that by the blppsiny of God we may be sated from so terrible a disaster as defeat— that we may see the cruel vandals discomfited, de flated, destroyed. May God gract it! Fbom Bilow.—We have not seen any one who has heard frcm Wilmington since the yaakees occupied it, and consequently have not a word directly from that place. From a gentleman who left Gen. Hoke's Headq'rs on Thursday, we learn tbat the ynnkees entered the town on Wednesday momicg, a few hours after its •racuatioD; that there wa.s a good deal of hard fight icg between the town and tne North East branch of tke Cape Fear, 10 miles thiD sidp of Wilmington; that Geo. Hcke and his command most gallantly re- riitfd the enemy's advaice, and succeeded in keep- iig him ba.'k until ail onr troops and all the yankee prisoners had been safely gotten over the river. In the fighting tbat occurred it was supposed we lost ••Liiderably. but the yackeeamuch more heavily, as they were the attacking party. It is reported that the yankees did not fi'llow Hoke across the river, Wt retomed to Wilmington. This ia improbab'e. VfrudKOTo*.— Col. Jaa. Sinclair, who has been tor some months past Bdiwr of the Wilmington .Vorth Carolinian, passed throuch this place on Fti- iay cn his way to Join his family at Lomberton He i«ft Wilmington, on the last locoROtive, on Wedcee- dsy morning, the Evacuation bcicg then complete ud the yankees expected immediately. Be left the presses, type, *c., behind, and brought as a copy of the last issue of tke Oarolician, that of Tuesday. Col. iinclair speaks is kigh terms of the gallantry of Hoke’s Divisior, which repulsed three assaults of the eicmy on Mon}»jr> Ool. Hedriok Md his oemmand, who fought the eaeny on the causeway opposite the town. He says tbat there was an awful scene in ^he biimingcf several steamers, Cassidey’s Shipyard, the oil works, &c. 4j., to prevent their tailing into the baids «t the ecemy. And be gives a pitiable ac- ttoant of the saiTering for food of the thousands oi yankee prisoners who had been brought to Wilming ton for exchsmga, but, the yankee commander re- fa*lDg to receive them, they were Beoewarily march ed off northwardly. There wa® not a sufflcient sup ply of food at hand, either fbr them or for our own troops. Paroud FortFiphsr Pbisomibs.—Two paroled pngonerg, H. W. Harrell and A. J. Carlyle, from Robesou county, captcred at Fort Fisher, arid fortu- cat‘ly selected for exchange, left Point Lookout on 'he eight of the 13th inst. and arrived here on 3at- arday last, on their way home. They ask ns to re- tam thanks to many citiiens on the road from Ba- ie.gh, for acta of kindness, especially to Col. A. S. McNeill of Harnett, who not only farniahed them with an excellent dinner but sent them 12 miles in his carriage. They fared pretty well whilst in prison at Point Lookout, excejjt for wood and Are; bat after being •elected for exchange they were kept for a week in ao open pen, with i»)ud, water, ice and snow, with scarcely any fire, and in that condition they were kept standing in line for hours at a time. The con- •equence is that they became ee^’erply frost bitten. Mr. Carlyle fears that he will lose his toe-nails. Mr. Harrell belongs to Co. D, lot Battalion, anrl requests us to say that he laft tJtrjt'ic bhaw and T. A. M.cNeiU, CorpMo Buie and McCormick, and pri vates D. W. Graham, A. McMillan, L McNeill, A. McNeill, J, C. SoJi h, W. J. McMillan, D. Baxly, J. Ausley, all of his company, there and well. Mr Carijle belongs te Co. E, 40'h N. C. T., and he left there, of his Co., Serg’t D. C. Baie, privates n. McCailum, D. McKinnon, McKay Mc Kinnon, J. Hodges, £. D. Bass, d. Bass, K. M. Biggs, J. T. HcNeiil, C. C. Mercer, J. T. Paul, J. Q. Adams, all "ell. N. T. Munroe died at Point Lookout on the •5ih Jan’y, and G A. Wilkinson and Sgt. McCallum •ere killed; Wm. Roberts missing supposed to be ^led. There were lii killed and wounded in his Co. Molhtid Mkn Wantid—We are requested to *l»te that mounted volunteers for picket duty are wanted for the present emergency. Apply, in ^7 Lumber, to Col. Childs. Aa opportunity is here presented for patriotic ’Aen.iQ town and country, to serve their cotintry and protect their own property and families. Doubtless •oiiie who are unfit for field service may be exceed useful in this capacity. Let them como forward. »ov. Brown of Georgia has done what he can to the enemy subjugate us, by a Meswige to the ^gislatar* of that State full of all sorts ef com- piaiata wiib a view to weaken the hands of the Con federate goTeroment, winding up with a recommend, ktion, to pitch that government overboard. We do aoi encimber our columns with ev«^e telegraphic (ynopiia of the traitorous effusion.^^ PtJTTiso Nbobo*s Ilf IH» Aritt.—We have here tofore contents onrselves with a brief expression of our opposit'on to this proposition, at the time when the question was first started. Since that time it has become known that Gen. Lee is most decidedly in favor of it, and wa have reaioa to believe that the army%nd generally the large slave holders con cur with him. In eur last we published an extract from a letter from one large slave holder who favors it, and we recently received a letter from a highly intelligent gentleman (formerly in the army) who said th^t he had been at some pains to aerertain the opinion of people in his county, (one of the largest slave holding counties in the St^ate,) and was sn»- prised to find tbat nine-tentl^ of them were in favor of it—all as the alternative to subjugation by the yankees, which they deemed, and rtghtly, the worst evil that could possibly befal hem. We think it right to state these facts, and more over to publish an article which we copy from the Richmond Whig, embodying the views ef aX/o»fed- erate General (and we suppose the views of Gen. Lee also.) Whilst they do u«t altogether remove the objections which we expressed to the meftsure, they so far influence our opinien as to prepare ns to be content with the decision which Congress Jwill probably make upon it, sustained as it will be by Gen, Lee, and apparently by the army and the slave holders. It seems to be almost certain that Congress will pass the measure lu some shape. Th* TO.T1 SiOK»TART Of Wa» —Th's War hai de veloped a great deai of latent evil in humaaity—and glad we are to Md, a great deal of latent good also. Among the rad instaacea of the former dlass jf de velopments, is the ease of Mr. SeMoa, late Secretary of War. Congress recently called for the aames of individuals who had sold wheAt to the goyeramenl, and the pricej paid to them per bushel. At the head of the list stands the name r{ J«s. A. 0eddon, 430 buehrla at $40 a bu^bel, $17,200. Oat of S5 Tir- giciacB whose names are reported, 33 others received a similar price of $40, 20 received $30 a bushel, and 1 $20 a bushel. What gives peculiar significance to this transaction, is the fact tbat the Coramiision- ers of Appraisement in Virginia last Sommer ra'aed their price of wheat from $7 a busbel to $30 a bushel for the months of July and August The public was greatly incensed at this enormoes increase, and so protested and agitated as to compel the Commis- sicners to reduce their figures for the two succeed ing months. But in the mean time, and in he verv midst of this public clamor, Mr. Seddon and his 54 associate farmers managed to let the government have their wheat at the above patribt’c prices. Of couree the knowledge of these transactions was ex pected to be confined to the Commissioners of Ap praisement, the Commissary Department which bought, and the farmers who seld. No one of them ever dreamed, probably, that Oongress would in quire into the matter, still less that their names would be published. Of all men in the country, a Cabinet ofllcer should not thus have stained his bands. It was bad enough in the other 54 private citieens of Virginia, some of whom sold from 1013 to 3019 bushels; but inex pressibly wvng in a Member of the Cabinet, who thus made himself a party to extortion upon the government which he was serving, at a ^me of that government’s great need, and when h’S doing so ino- paired the means and the credit and the curreacy of the country. And Mr. Seddou was the Chief of the Department to which the purchasing Coamissaries : belonged! j We bad bee* inclined to respect Mr. Seddo*, of whom we kaew nothing Beyond the pufls of the Vir ginia papers; but this exposure makes us rejoice that* tikok th« hint tliat wmM nnt intandaj fnr hia, &nl , resigned. We mentioB the iocidest in the hope that it may serve ao a lesson to others who may feel dispoesd to prey qpon the government. Their names too may happen to be ptblished. A Nbsdliss Dioi.akatio5.—The United States Senate has adopted the following preamble and res olutions, submitted by Mr Sumner of Massachusetts: Whereas, w>rtain persons hav» put ia circulation the report that, upott the suppression of th^ rebelUoD, th« rebel loan iniy be recognized, in whole or in part, by the United States; and • "Whereas, such a report calculated to giva a falsa valao to said reb'il debt or loan; therefor* IWolved by the S«nat©, (the House concarrin?,) That Congr- as hereby declarer the rebpl debt or loan as I'ia’i'ly an agency of th« rebellion, wliich the United States can nev^r, under any circumitances, reoegniae in any part «r ia *ny way. The yankees mieht have spared themselves this trouble. In the first place nobody—certainly no Confederate—has asked them to r?cogniie the Con federate debt; and in the second place, that debt would not be improved by yankee recognitton, for it is not at all probable that the yankees will ever pay th«ir own debts. After losing the Confederacy, their chief depend ance for commerce and revenue, they wiH never be able to pay even the interest on the thousandj of millions of their own debt. Thk Mails.—The Northern mail, in late this morn ing, brings ns no late papers north or west of Bi.- leigb. One Richmond psper, the Examiner of last Monday, came through, and one paper from Char- otte, the Baile*-in of last Thursday, Four Fireinia mails wer> l*'*'* ‘“to uiurnmg, and we should have had Ch>'irlotte and Salidbury papers of Thurs day and Friday. Instead, we received a large batch of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi papers of very old dates, ranging from Jan’y 31 to Feb’y 12. Tae Southern mail ia about as far behind. The only exchange we now receive by that route is from Goldsborougti, and the latest is of last W'ednesday’s date, due here on tliat evening. A Good Sion.—About the first good thing we have seen in the Raleigh Standard for a long t me is the following beginning of an Editorial paragraph: Stand Firm.—T>> the Peace Conservatives wo say, stand firm- “Prove all things, hold fast to that which is Rood.” Do not'be infiaenced by there- ported or the real defection of thie or tbat public man.” Tbis of course means nothing more nor less than that “this and that public man”—very many, we hope of public and private men—who have beloeged to the Standard’s so-called peace party, have quit it since Lincoln’s demand of “unconditional subais- eion,”—quit it, as every patriot ought to do. The people expect the truth in this paper, and they biiall have it as far as wa are able to tell it. RaltigK Standard. Illustrated by the Standard’s recent aasdrtioa that “the Senior Editor of the Observer had been heard te say that he bad held up the bright side as long as be could.” He denied tbat he had ever said any such thing or anything like it. But the Standard was not “able” to tell the truth on tbat occasion—not “able” to prove its assertion, or to retract it, or even to let its readers know that the statement had been denied. AKuu tijiKus—Tnere is a scarcity of seeds. We Me requested to ask any persons wfco hs.ve saved aore thaa ihfsy need for their own use, to diatribute em, either by grfi, their friends who bavo not s or by pattic|[ them on the market for sale > early all kiods of weda w«ate4. CoBKKCTioK.—We are glad to learn from Eli W. Hall, Esq. that his kitchen was not set fire to, as we bad heard, but that the Ire origiaated in an o«b-gam A large Bog —Mr. L. A. Mewborn, of Leuolr county, killed a hog that weighed 700 pounds; he was seven feet long. Thb^bw Tax Bills.—We recently puUlsbed the bill reported by the Committee of Ways and Meant to levy addition^ii Uzes for tke support of the fOTemment and the war. After diecussing and amending tbat bill, it was referred to a select com mittee of one from escb State, who have reported a new bill. It proposes to deable tke exiiting taxes on everything but real estate—doable the tax in kind, and double the taxes on incomes, professions, business, trades and employments—proposing iu its various forms, a much heavier levy than the ether 01 the combined busiiess and property of the country. 4'he Bichmond Eiquirer gives the following par- ticalars of the provisioas ef the bill:— It is proposed to tak* one fifth of the agricultural pro ducts from year to yoar, as we now take a tenth, and te *PP^7 ene half te fead the ariuy (as we aow do) aad the balsace to pay the aricy and other war expenses here- afier accruiag This latter half is to be solu to the pro- daccrs at four-fiftbs of its laarket value, by allowing them to rvuiiBute it ir) aoney at that rate. To relieve them aid eaceurnge produetioa, it if proposed that all sgriouHuraf productions h*re*fl*r impressed shall be paid fer at market prices. They are also t® have credit fer the valae o' the whole fifih against tke property tax OB tbe entire plsntatioa and all tha sUtss on it ll>e cstton «sd tobacco are to be bercowtd or pur chased to as large an extent aa tke govemrasnt may de sire and the owners may agree. If necessary, a qaan- tity aot exceeding one h^ ot th^ cotton er tobacco be- louging to any owaer way be impreasvd. T«xes are te be levied as high as it Is tkoagbt the ceaatry can well bear, payable ia treasBry netes aad ot’ier evideroea ef debt, af^ainst tke gevem*ent—fivs per cent, oa property Talu^ as of 1 and the iacoa^e taxes doubled, trith sosse partiemlar chaafea 1b the law. It is sBppe|%d that, te a eoatideraida aiaoBBt, these tasea will ge u liquidation ^ ear preaeat debt, aad the Ssoretary of tka Traaaary ia'aatkeruad te aaa the tobaeeo ia witbdrawloiir th« tr—emrj mmum from olrenlatTei:. He may Bse pertioas ef the cettoa for tke same parpese if he thinks proper. So muck aa to the aziotiag debt. In erder to apply the other resources—th«« eVopa and cotton—immadiately, exclusively, eooaomically and ad vantageously to the payment of tke army and ether ex penses of the war hereafter, it is proposed to issue, st once, bills drawn against tke half ef the tax ia kind and a'l the cotton of the goTernaent. nees bills (ezlled revecae bills) are to be in a suitable form fer cirealation. The half of tne tax laAiad is to he oemmuted in these bills alona at a redactioo of aae fifth from its appraised value and the birs are to be redeemed by the govern8i«>nt on drmaad ia cottoa at ifty centa a peand. Ifet more than |iOO,900,COO of them are to be 1b oircnlatien at any time. With there bills the araiy is te be paid a beusty equal te two months pay (in addition to the pay in treosu'-v notes) tor all wbo are not illegaliv ab»^ni at any time in April or May next. The balance of the bills will be paid for tbs pay of the army and other expenses accruing here after. It i« expected tbat by the use of these billc, lipiited in amount, not resting merely on gCTfrBUient credit but convertible into commodities of value, the expenses will tx: R'eatly re-^ocad, prices will faM, the army will lie well paid, the gorerument will ba lapniifd wita a sufHcifnt Et'Tenu* in a good currency and the farmers will have a powerful motire to sell their prcduetions in order to ob tain m'^ans to eammute the tax in kind. The country will be relieved *f » cnirency heaclefsly depreciated It will be gradiaily witbdrawa and a good one substitutfd. Th! Sentinel says that “the piopoped advance in tt*e rate of taxa'ioa is largely belaw ihe ratio of advance i.’ prices generally; and. a a consequence, no resceetable tax has erer been so easily paid as ihe proposed ux would be. The tax oa a farm, for example, worth $10,G0U in gold, would hit satisfied by from twe to fouf barrels of oorn Whan could the lightest af Statu taxM ever have been discharged eo easilyT And yet the rate sugiresled i' csllcU oppr«ss>e, and it is imafiued that the »>e>ide would rot pay it er«n to siva their country from the y^nkeep."’ Out of the several propositioBS, Congress will of course pass • heavy tax bill, though it may differ ma terially from either of the schemes as yet presented. An I.iaBKiocs Scldibb—A friend has ibown to ufl a large three bladed packet knife, made by Mr* Hiram W. Gibsen, of BichaoBd eeuoty, a member of Webb’s Battery, fer which he acts as blacksmith. It is a capital piece of workmanship, of excelleat metal, made with a hammer and a file only. The bone ot which tiie haadle is ssade, Mr. Gibson trst ate the beef from, and then shaped the handle from We leam tBat he has made a Bumber of similar knives for members ef the company. Tankbs V{^Ii5*.—It baa long been a recogniaed yankee policy at eleciioBS to “vote early and vote rfien.” They must have carried out tbat policy most effectively aV their late Pr*.*ldential election, for we see tbat the Northern Stag's .tlone gave 4,376,000 votes, wbi'st in 1858 the North and the Soutn toge ther gave bat 8,192,118. And all this increase in spite of the immense loss ef life ef the voting popu lation by the war. OUTRAGEJ IN ROKfiSON. Fca TKB oaaBaTUL Messrs. Bditcrs: —Within the last few weska a certaiu portion of this oeaaty hat bsea lultj^ctcd te seme ef the greatest outrages e^mmittt't since tke war began, A ' band supposni t«t be escaped yaaktss who have com bined with our own dcit:rters and mulatioes, have broken pcu aad pluudered iu l!ie uiJdt merciless maaner a lari^c Buubsr ot houBds. Among thcs: who haru suffered meut are liichard Towassad, Jack«oa Towasend, David Town- S'icd, Joseph Tboxpnoo, Kob^jrt McKbnzie, O. G. Pars ley aui sirs. Alieu luman, all of tiae same nfigbborhood. The amount of property taken by these outlaws ef every description is very great, t're|ueutly requiring hers^s and wagon.1 (which tn-y impress) to haul it»way. They are all well cirmcd and seem to be )>erfectly reckless of con sequences, a|^ring in bands of 8 or 10, a^d then in gangs of iO or 50. Their time for plundering is at nigat, and if a io.di.*r or Touug mao is caught tkey parole Ufm not to molest them. This I understand was the case with aa esCAp'id'oilicer from Fisher the other night, who is thus boQud not to hant for them with his msu. If somcth ng ia cat d«ju», aad’ that speedily, to sup press this ata'e of affairs, the best p.3rtion of Robjsou will b J entirely ruini-d so far a« the faiming iDtarestB are iuvolv-d, as t'se citiz .-jis have fled with thjir families to this village for proteition, a id have abandoned f >r the P.-es'jnt their agricultural op^ratioas. The Governor we bilieve has Ij ea apprised ot the facts, but he i« >)>; uQabl'' at •“« liece^ary aid. We nope ihat sbmethiug may be done to rid the country of this pestilence wnioh is now so intolerable, bet'cre it ia too lat“ to plant a crop for the present year. We advise every person to be ou their guard for these and other sceundrels new at large. ' Citizen. roa TUB OEssavua. Messrs. Kditors:—The statements here made con cerning the treatment of the Fort Gaines’ garrison while priaonerB of war, were given me by my friends and nei'ghkors wbohad the misfortune to be witnesses ot the facts. The fort was captured on the tth Augngt last, and the garrison was at onca aent to New Orleans and ksp' there antil October. Many touching incidents are related ef the geuemas and timely sympathy and assistance rendered them by the noble women of that unhappy city. By stratagem they conveyed to them mi-ny necessaries and even money; and when tte prisoners were marched out to be Pent to Ship Island, the street through which they passed was lined on botn sides by crowds of ladies who threw inte their midst alt kinds of presents, not heeding the guards who cursed them and struck them aside with their bayonets. From New Orleans they were sent to Ship Island, and turned over to the tender mercies of a regiment of negroes, commanded by Dutch officers. Not a yankee was on the Island. Mere they remained un til 3d Jan’y, when they were exchanged. Their fare was stale bread ^nd s^ted beef. This diet soon pro duced scurvey, from which over 200 OBt of 800 men died. Tne guards were very abusive and cruel; often shooting them down without any provocation. Some of the prisoners recognized their own slaves as their guards. It was 5 miles distant from the’r camp to wood, and every day the prisoners were made to double-quick to the wood, take'up «a their should ers as much as they could carry and return te their camp with it. Tney were not allowed a spark of iice and bad not felt its genial warmth during ^1 the time of their captivity. With the exception ot their officers, every man, at the time of their release had scurvey in a greater er less degree; many have (tied from it since their exchange and very many others still linger. These men oelieve, and justly too, tbat they were seat to Ship Island purposely to be tormented, and they vow vengeance against oar hated loes. Resp^yyoon, W. M. &. Manago QOUUtjf 21, BVOBTS OF THS rKKSS A8SOOIATIOM. 27i« War tn South Carolina—A change in S^er- man't 2iov*mentn—Cheraw and Fayetteville threat ened—Restoration of Gen. Johnston to command. Cha blottb, Feb. 24.—There is no alarm in Char lotte. Tb^ enfmy is reported moving in the direc tion of Camden, Cheraw and Fayetteville, and it is thought that his raiders, bnt not his main colamn, roav visit this place. During the retreat from Columbia a train of '•ars filled with ladies broke down acd the enemy threat ened its capture. Gen. Hampton with his cavalry threw bitnself in the front, promising to defend them with the life of every man in bis command. Hamptrn, Butler and Wheeler did most of the fighting on the retreat, the main force not being generally engag-ed According to tbe best information it would seem tbat the western portion of Columbia has been burned, the fire originating, it is supposed, from cot ton ignited in stores. The fire is reported to have extended from Main street to Charlotte Depot, near ly three-qnarters of a mile. Doubtful as to its mag nitude, but positive as to the fire. Perple are preparing to retarn. Chablottk, Feb. 25.—We have no additional news from the front. It is stiil supposed that tbe enemy is making bis way north via Cheraw and Fayatte- ville. News from Colombia corroborates the reported kind treatment of its iuhabitants. The UrsBline Convent has been protected by a guard. IfopabHo property allowed [to be] burnt. Varioaa privat^*^ ruidfBces—There tbe dispatch is defective. Paisi* bly the word “burnt” applies to the private rwi- dsnces.l On Monday Bhermaa’s beadquarlers were at tbe N’ckerson Hotel. The large fire reportfd in the western pvrtle* ef the city has already partly sabsided. The weather Is bad and tbe roads heavy, inter- ferJEg with rapid asilitary movements. Cbablotik, Feb. 26 —The following order is pub lished this morning:— “6Fc?»eraZ Orders, No 1.—Charlotte, Feb. 25.—Ib obedience to the orders of tbe General-in-chief the undersigaed assumes cemmand of the Army of Ten nessee and all troops in the Department ef Soatb Cai-olino, Georgia and Florida. ‘He takes this position with strong hope, at he will have in council and in the field tbe aid of the bigh talent and skill of the distinguished General whom he succeeds. “He expects all absentees of the Army of Ten nessee to rejoin their regiments and again confront the enemy they so often encountered in Northern Georffia and always with honor. “He assures bis comrades of this army tbat the confidencb in their discipline and valor which he kas heretofore publicly expressed js ucf^iminisbed. JOS B. JOHNSTON, Gen’l." From the tfnifcd States.—Bichmond, Feb. 25.— C. S. papers of the 234 are filled with details of tbe news heretofore giv«n and accounts of tbe resent successes. Tbe entire TaDk*>e loss at Fort Anderson is stated as between 30 and 40. The Herald says that Gen. Singleton [an Illinois Peace Democrat in Richmond durisg Blair's visit] left Washington on the 22d on his second excursion to Richmond, accompanied by Judge Hu?bes [of Indiana] late of tbe tJ. S. Court of Claims. They received passports through the lines from Lincoln. Their object is not stated. Thp Tribune contradicts the report tbat a French Minister to Washiugton will not be sent over for the present. Gold ia quoted at 201. Congrfi.—Richhond, Feb. 26tk.—The Senate has concurred in t''e House amendments to the bill abolishing the office of Q. M. and C. S, Tbe reso- lationa from tbe House reiporcive to the President’s Message in reference to the Peace Mission [in last Obp.j were referred. The House bas done nothing in opea session. Prisonerg of War.—W'e have accounts of the distressing condition of the Yankee prisoners in ear hands aad bow in process of trausportation for ex change. Many of them are sick, aad they are said te be dyicg in great numbers. It ought to be, and we be lieve it is, the aim of oar »nthr>riti**«. to nvtijrate as much as possible, thn sufferings o' these men, though they *r« *or rutkless invaders. But ow>ng te t^e refasal «f the enemy to receive them at Wilmington, aad tbe presiure upon ns. we are compelled to sub ject them to exposure that we should be «;lad to avo'd. The fact is, the whole policy of the Yankee Government has been to sa-jritice their men after they are taken prisoners. It is Grant who has caused them to be kept so long in prisoa, and cow it is Scho- leld who refuses to receive them, when we offer them a4 Wilmington. The result ia that they have been traasported f^>rward and b.ick, and are too sick to bear the exposure. It is to be hoped for humanity sake that all care will be tiken of them consistently with oar means. Wh«n we express the hope that humanity will control our treatment of Sfack^e prisoners in our handa, ami that we will iafiict no greater ills upon them thin oir necessities require, it is not tbat we think their natiou has entitled itself to any considera tion at our hands. We know that they do not ex ercise even tolerable humanity towards our men held by them One case we have just beard of of in tolerable hardship and beastly cruelty. About 300 of our soldiers and officers held by them at Fort Delaware, were sent around last November for ex change. They were crowded on a small tug, and though there were two decks on which a portion might have bern allowed, they were all hustled and crowded into a small bold, without the accommoda tions required by nature, aod there they were re quired to slay, many of them sick, to breathe th? im pure air and subject to ail the privations and inde- cen^'ies which their condition Imposed. It was hor rible, and many of them died. We do not say ihia to induce retaliation; God for bid; but in th“ir case there was no necessity for thio ^'ftt. T*o. *1 otlu ITIQ D^81i WG CtUl wiin tnose in our bands.—Kaleijh Confederate. Gov. Vance —Our sterling Governor met a large and very respectaole assemblage of his felbw-citi- sens yesterday morning, and delivered a stirring ad dress to them upon the afiairs of the country. He urged upon them tbe great necessity of conuentraled a">tion, coolness and uelerniinalion. His appeals to those who possessed supplies of value to the enemy to remove them at once out of reach or destroy them totally—were very strong, and the reasons tor this action were made clear and pl iin. He did not with to shut his eyes to the dang«;ra now so immi nent, and endeavored to impress all who heard Him weth a due appreciation of the state of affairs. We cannot nelp thinking that the patriotic address of the Governor wiil be produc-ive of much good. Triie, brave und able, he is a man equally valuable to the country in the field or in conncil, and must wield an immense infiaeoce over tbe people of bis State. Those who follow such a man will not lack patriotic example and loyal precept. Cnarlotte Bulletin, 23(i. The Negroes Fefd our SoHtera.—A correspondent writes the Lynchburg Virgiuiaa from Lewisbarg, Val:— It is right tbat you should know whatojcarred in this little town iiigat beforj last. I’he res.d'iat njgroes, ac tuated by motives which would have put to the blush the wou'd-be philauthrcplsts of the yankees, ^jave ,a maguificeut feast to the soldicis who happen id to be eo- jouruiug here. 1 he least was gotten up exclusively by uegroeB, «nd at thjir own suggestica. COflOxN CARDS! No )0, »u ez3ellOv.it artiole, wholesale or retail, at MARTINE'a Feb’y 22, 1836. 12 6:p^ JBOAKmi%ir. K8. HART is p^repuod to eutertam traasieat 3oard- orB, »n 1 eb.Q oau al33 acoammodate a few fMlilies wicli board »i^d Irdging at bar residaaoa oa HayJITrcat. Fiyette»ille. Feb’/ 16. . 10 i3l The £B2ter£>ris€ Cttttom i*'&etor> le now prepared to exchange for com or bacon the flaest liaiiiboTS of Span ¥arii, ratable for Spring aod Sommer doth. This Tbread li af a ■■pector qaaU^, oeliP|«fMd bj ny la the Qcp- MiBA fBK). WMfW. Pbbbokal—Fbom WHmira akdMaj.Hili.. —Several letters by flag of truce from Major Jataea H, Hill, G&n. Wluting’s Chief of Staff, addressed to bis wife, and to onr care, have come to band. We forwarded two by mail, but fear tbat they did not get to Wilmington in consequence of th^evacoation, and have one now mi hand, which, knowing Dot how to forward, we have concluded to state the snb.9tance of/in hopes that Maj. Hill’s family, now in the ene my’s lines, may in some way hear of it. It is dated “Fort Columbus,-N. Y. Harbor, Feb'y 4th, 1865.” Maj. Hill was quite well, having entirely recovered from ft cold. Gen. Whiting was improving, though still very weak aod helpless; his wounds doing very well indeed. He is in the Hospital, receiving all possible attention, and the Major acd Mr. Hasel, (who is well) were permitted to remain with him. They are cheerful *nd hopeful, loBging for home. Tiems of the Obskkvib.—We still receive let ters enclosing $15 for a year’s sabacription to the Weekly and $20 for a year’s sub'tcription to the Semi-Weekly Observer. We repeat, therefore, that We take subscriptions for no longer a period than 6 months; and tbat The price of the Weekly paper is $15 for 6 months; The price of the Bemi-Weekly $20 for 6 months. Feb’y 28, I86§. In this town, wi Friday cwniniif last, after a lonr and very paiafBl lllneiw. Mr. RT-''HARD B. TALI’ FfiRRO, a aatlvc of Pctsrahurg, Va, bet for seme time a resident ttf tkis plam m Tcle^aphic Operator an^ Agent of the BfcBthern Exprea* Company At Ms father’s residence ia Cumberland Co, N. O., •B the2id Jaa’y.Mr. DDNOAN AT.KX&NDERTHOMP SON, era of Mr. ** illian and Mrs Mary Th'mpson, a caember of Co. 0, 86th B*g’t N. 0. T., in the 23d year of hia agfi Ha enlisted the l’2th of Sept 1861, and served 7 mo 4hs; ha participated in the battle of Newbern on tke 13th of March HIb disease waa con racted while in camp, which terminated in brain fever; he was d'tcharged fi^m service on the iSd May 1862, and le- tarced to his home; ho o'ten wished for the time when he rould sea the land he loved so well independent and free. He wae an only child, tbe pridr of his father and joy of his mo*her. He was a member of Cyprus Church; ne was always kind, obedient and affectionate to his be- 'ovod parents; he wai of moral and relieioHs habits, hirhly esteemed and dearly beloved 1>y all who knew him. He leaves an aged father and mother and many relatives acd friends to mourn his loss; bnt our loss is h’ eternal gain. A true friend. E. J McD. In RobcFon county, on the 2d inet., RICUARD P., in fant son of M, 0. and Mary Freeman, f^ed 5 months and 15 days. I take this littla latrb said He, And lay him on my breast. Protection he shall find in me, And be fore ver blest. Com At Salisbury, ’i'yth Jan y, cf brain f»ver, after s’>ort illness, Mr. JAMIES BIVKNS. aged 43 year^, 7 months and 17 days. His remains were taken t> bis re&idencs in Union county for interment We have lost a goi;d soldier and citisen, and a» eFemplary Christian. The Lord gave him to us and has tafcen him away; Ufssed is His name. Many of his Leighbors caid they had lost their best friend. For the comfortit g of hia widowed companion and fatherless children 1 would say, prepare to aieet him wh^e parting will be no more —Cum tiel. In Mobile, Ala, on the tith inet., DUDLEY MASK. In the S7»h year of his age, a citizen of Mare»go Co , Ala , and a natire of North Carol'&a. His disease waa acMTy, ooBtract^>d during his 'apt’Tity on Ship Ts- lard. In the beginaUig of the w*r he volunteered to serve bis country in tkn field, but ill health soon compell ed him to retarn hcma He r«-e"tered the service in 1863 and served hia country faithfully until his death. It waa the jtood fortune of the writer to know him well and e^joy his friendship, and he can say cuhf'sitating'y that be narer k^«w a better man. ILe was loved by ^1 who knew him. Aa a «itia«n ha was useful and pstriofTq as e soldier brare and true; as a neighbor kin'l and oMig- iiig; as a husband i^nd father he was devoted; acd to. orwwn it all he was a cbrist'an. What more can be said of our dear drparted friend? a gentleman, a patriot and aad a christianl * W. M. R. FAYlfiTTEVTH^ MARSLST.—Feb’j 27. &|iTI£W OF THB MAE££T. 8 90. Fark 4 I»r4 S #•. 1 59 to 3 90 per poucd. retail. Seeswax C 00. Matter Id 00. Coitoa 1 03 to 1 25. Cc«£v3 50 00. Uottoa Tarn—60 UO to 75 00 per bu«^b. Ctopperaa, f 10 ta fl2. IVIe-J Froit f2. Cotton Caras, Fayetteviil* maks; fCOto 3F76 ptt pair. Hg9 * 00 per dexcB. Floor f6b0 Fodder S15 to $20. Hay f 16 Shaoks $16. Fia-Eeeed 16 00 per ba. Fayetteville 4-4 Sheetiagt, 6 60 by bale Graia—Corn $30 ti $3§ Wheat $90. Hye $35 00. ■)at« 16.09. Pea^ .'30 Od to S3 OO Sretm Apples 80 00 to 50 0 » per buaheL iiiijs—»ire5n i 60 irj 00 lo 7 Iron—3wB(ie9 $7 50 to $8, ooustry made $i to $5. Leather 30 00 ta 40 OQ Liqaert—Cera $95 00. ApvU kmi Srar.dy $86 00 Grape Brt.ady $80 to $100. Melatses, ccnatry aiads, 35 tAr by bbl Nails 4 60 io 6 00 per l6. Onions $35 per buahel. Powder $60 per lb. Potatoes—Irieb $26 baab; swoct $16. Kiee2 00 Urown sugar 2? 00 Soda 16 00 per i.->. Shot $10 to $12. Soap—Family Bar 6 00 per K>., f or-e\ 8 to 10 00, Salt 90 00 per basbel Spirita Ta^'peatine 5 09 per gallon. lailow 6 00. Weel $10. Gorreoted by £ £. Pbmbbbtov. foUowi'^g orders are published ror those living in the oiantry whom it may ooaoern: UEAU QB'^ BATT DETAILED WEN COMB’D CO. ) Fayetteiiile, Feb’y 24, lbt6 ) Gbnbb.41. Obdbrs, > Ka 1 f I la obedfensa lo >ha fillowla^ telegram addr«ss!d CO the Ot&Sdr Coffld g B»l*&lion D«tailod Men Cumber land coantj: “BALBioa, Feb’y 24, 185^. “Call out your Cat’alion and report to Li. Chiltis. ‘•By ardcr Lieut. Gan. Holtnaa. •f^. S PTRlKaFfitlOW, A. A. Q ” Company offiaers will at oaoe eEsamble their enUre fdroa at Company Headq'rs. in every w»y prepared for ca»p, and roiurt to lUeeo U«*\iq’fs for fa'iier or•?er^ li. \.ll DjtaUei Mso a -d inigai iiuty iu thi^ eaaaty not aireaiy nmsterel iauo a ojisp^ay of thm B»'>iaiion are o^n^i'errd trssigred to*(Jo B, and wil. teport t(* the Comd’g Offijor a! Fayet;eviil«i III Disobedienca to above ordjrs wiil ioEure not oaly diagraoe but ’'unishmeat bj arrest on that man who would refuse to perform hia d ity ia toe ot h’s 7wn iown and oouutjr It is hoped ani believed there are none such In Cumberland. W C. RENCHER. Miji}r Comi’g Batation. FeVy 27. If U.4R rjER.^ASTER, ) i.Hiuiidl iilsiriot, 5i. y > \lLui t' >- 1 O t ) OFFICE POST QU.4R rjER.^ASTER, 4tb I'ungriti.Hiuiitil KAYiiTrnVJ To the Patriotic F'armcr.s of €um^ berland^ Marnett and Sladeti Count iea, You are reepeotfal y rvquested to bring your TITBE BA'ON to the Dep:>t8 nearest this Post as saon as ojaveaieat, an it is very much needed atpressnt. When the asseesord mabe their appciotzients, yoa o»n show your receipts and have the estimhtcs oriditei for the amount paid. Parties hauling over 12 mile* (o this town, wUI be paid 10 ois per taile {er hundred. 1 hope the farpiers may bring is their Bacon promp^y Capt J. Id. MoQOWaN, Capt & Post Q M. FA’y 25. 13 2t*-2t Honse aud JLot for Rent. 11HE HOUSE and LO'f adjo'ning Mr. Arey ani Mrs . Evaus, on Mumford street, kcowH as the Q Imore House, will be rented at publio Auction on ^eiurday tee 4;h March next. Terms nade known at renting. W. DRAUGHON, fLUOi’t. Feb’y al. 12*tr TOBACCO AJID FINE CHfiWUre TOBACCO! €AK0L1NA BXLLS SNVVf. For sale bj ISAAC Fob’jai. ia*#t Carriage, BarnMs aMl Narj Rcpeateri AT AUCTION. ON Tuesday Maro^ 2d aczt, will be > 1 Csrriageln good eonditica. ^ ^aable Set Haraefs. 1 Ma^ Feb'y 26. 1 Ma^ Repeater a»d Fiztuv«c fax good ardcs^ JOhK H COOK, AaeTt. Itpd Bnggf, HarsMs, Hgi,, Wagoat, AT ADwiON. ON Tnesday aezt 28tb ivstaas iioB, 1 Top Buggy and Haraess. 2 Mules 2 Two Horn Wagom aad lsar. 1 Fine Brood Mare. J0S9 H. OOOC, Aa«t>t^ Feb’y 26 Itpd China and Crockery Wmre AT AUCTION. ON Tnesdsy pezMbe 28tk irst will be told at Anettoiv a large and eorodete assortment of GILT CHINA* in Dinaer, Tea acd Breakfast sets to mateb; embrsoiag Plates, Fitohers, Cups, Saneers, Tureens, Flat Dishaa, Oftvered Dishes, Ccetard Cnj^s, Fruit Rtands, Cnstartf Stands, asd a great variety cf otker articles. JNO. H COOK. Aaefr. Feb. tt - IS 2tpd Ifei^ro Olrl a«d 6ood Wine, AT AUCTION. ON Taesday aezt tbe 28th iast^ will be s)ld at Aiio* t!cn, 1 Nfgro Girl, 18 years old, ield h«ad. SZ Bottles superior and pure Wiae /OHN H. OOOK, Aaet'r. Feb’y 31. 12 2tpd N Mait Moad, O Cattle or Hors will be traosported oa this Boad nntil iurther nctioe W N TlLblNGHAST, Freight Ageat. »'eb’y27 18 2t s Hank Stock tor Sale. EVIiN SHARES Baak of North Carolina. WM. HUSKB. Feb’y 22 i2tf 0 Te Ga« Consamers. N and after Mttch 1st, the price of GAS will be $60 per 1C 00 fe«t WATEEHOUSE & BQWEB, Lessees. Feb’y 22 12 81 STRA1TED, Last night, a STTftli bat HOBSK He will andsaver to return to Sampson—a liberal reward wtU be paid for taking him up. a B. BARDWIOK Feb.^7 * »S »t THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE L^SURINI'E C0HP1NT, N0? iu t'^e flfreenti ruar ct a.ioo e>fa ope ai'a with growiEg eapiial acd firuii*' nold poa pallia caufiJeuce, coniiuuis to ia«arrt the l.ves of alt be»ichy perecns from 14 to 60 years ot egs, for on* >«ar, for SBTeE yeara, aal lor Ufa—all life members sharing ia tbe profits AU 8l%ves f^am 10 to-60 years of age are inso'ed for one year or for five years tor two thirds t^heir TaltM. All lcBS?s are pnaotatUy paid withia iO days after s&ttsftctary proof is presented For further iaformatioa the pablie is r*ferrad to Arenas of tke Company in ail rarta of the State and to R H BATTLE, Sesretary, Etleigh. VfU. BU8KB, Agent at Fayetteville, N. 0. Feb’y 26. 1865 18tf STRAYED, FRO.M my lot in Galnmbas onanty, oa tbs 4tk Jaa'j 18b'5. a meJiam siied BAT MABS. ^ year* ol^ and when last heard froia bad crested the White Marsh, isakicg her way back ib the direotion of Ive*'s Biuf, Hcbesoa ccnnty Said Man* wes traded for by aie oa the ‘-^lat Djoeeiber 864, from a geatiensa of 6 G-, who said his name waj Turscr (cartsUaa uame act re- co!lesi.t'd,) acd thai he l-^ed in ^he*ierflei«l Distriet. S C Said Mare w»« is flae order when she loft, has a small st%r ia hsr forehead, well baiit, mark of tka collar oa bar ehoulders and the left fetiock a Utile lar ger than th' rieht, also a scar ov the le^t Jaw bone OAUsed by the halter backls- Any person faking up said Mare and addressing su at Green Swamp. Golnmbusooonty, will b« liberally rs« warded. Aur iaforn'ation leadiog to her whereaboata will be thaijtfnlly received. & D SESSIONS. Feb'y 8 It FAYBfTaviLLB, Feo’y 21, 1865. j Lomil Lo»t!! 650 IlfiWAUD. BETVTEKN F*yeiioeii.« *i.d 8^ Paul’s, a PiflTOL, >»e of Alvn«* Patfut—for Oopptr Oaririiges- A'he kwve reward will be paid if leti ai Jobn M^Kianoa’S, uear St. PauI’s, or at rar offiro. 12-it J U oGOWaN C*f>t. q. U Headquarters Reavwe, If. i N k., J Jit, .coo. / Gbhebal Oaaaa, I No. 6 / Jt^l EClAL ai entioa ia sallad to the 84th Artiole of , ff.r, aLd Oeaerai Orders No. 7h, series of 18M, tcoia the Adjutant aad Irupeoior Goaeral'aOffiea, wkiak will be strictiy observed ia all eorrespaadeaoe with these Headq:>arters. All c;>Bimuuications not properly endorsed and for warded througb the presorii>ed oaanaels, will De re* turned without action, and a rej>autioa of the offeaof will subject the patiy to trial lor a violation of 6'ders. Letter paper will 4s folded ia tbree, aad foolscap ia four equal falds and endorsed tnas: 1. Post or station and date of Letters. 2 Name and Bank of Writer. 8. Analysis cf Contents By ocmaiand cf Lieut. Geo Uolmbs: OUAti. U 8IH1NGFELL0W, 12-12t Msj. and Aks’r Acj’t General $1000 REWARD. 1WILL pBf one luuutakd adl.a’S for the appreheasiOB »nd cwfiaemtnt ef Aiexanuer Uoine and Doacaa uiwwv, a»*,utra wba robbed my hcns* •• tho 8d :nst of the fjjl>wing, vis: Three or four hundredHiollars ‘n Bua bills, and irom twelve te fi/ie.n hund''ed del* lars in Confederate Trestsuiy Notes. Also, four notes, cue on (J. Mikloy for three baud’ed doiUrs, sutjact to a ortdit of one hundred and fifty dollars; one on Duaeaa McMiilan for ouv hundred dollars, subject to a cre^t of iftelre dolltraj two on A. ti. Mcjieiit, oae for three hontlrei and fif>y doUaru, the otn«r lor one handred aud fiaoei^ or t«tat.y uol ars. Tae dates of either of ltd »bote uamid not.s a;e not r9Colle„ted. I fsrcwam cU .e sonsfro/a tr»dfn^ lor any r-f the above aamed 1.01CS t wi t p»y t> tcward of v^ne ihoaaand d.illaTS Tor ttt,; C’Lfium:.Lt iu a-..y Jaii, of tne two above named thietes, or five huua/ei dollars ior euner of them,^so tbe otdiaar/ irooess of l*w can be aerved oa them. Alez> W Ourrio, son of Paotel Currie of Biobmond Qoani.^, DatiOAU BtijWa, gju cl Malcdm Brown ot Moore cov>ni;, i^e*r t^o J*casjn Qpnrgn; bjib tke inieves are ycu^'g men fr7m eigate^n lo t«eni.y years of age. Car rie Id spare budt, tu«;haei to b« sl^op ehouidared wtll weifro aoont one huu.red aad tuir>y or tun/ pouaua* Brown pvrnaps iS about iho xaoia weight. It^^NlKL MbNElLL. Springfield,. Bichoiood Co. Fll’) ih. 12 4w Alt Uiic'oinmon Jloiice. £ feci at a llt>ii.rrU u/ ioe i.iU3 of re* iuca:brai>o> ieut:l»e.i from toe I/'tar Gtrlt ^ ZOUES e lam-iiar term;—’ Toubg Ladies ’ buUiiUo tw si»age aud cold) since our appeal made tbruUgtt th« Q.mtver s,>me time ago. And men to complete^our j y, lae deaTf good Hjol, *‘Daug—0 mes oat in a oataia a nesat issue, in which »he endeavors to ccnviuce us that no fault can be attached to her, n^r in faei to an* of her sea:—that our letters are replied to promptly, ava tkat averv possible exertion is mads ta ooatribate te oar happiness and pleasure We sincer ly thank ycOiJUld all who are prontpted by sueh laudable netives. We feel satisfied now that the great majority are aetnated by tbe aama generous imputses; and if we do, by aeei- dent, fait to receive those loi>g-iooked for CQmmiinioa> tions frcm those who are dear o onr bearta, we *ava tHe sweet consolation of knowing that it is incMea no fault of theirs Oar hear^ are cheered •'f®* stronger, our nerves more steady,—and t»-ey ma^ remain »o we beg yen '• ■Never grow totart»» d^ing ' CBUMP Feb’y 17_^ W A VOIV E> r«rwarOiagA ILL give quok da*J***»» goodesouaigaed te ^ fw Partlealaratt-atieesiTeate all ptedaee seat fcm fajt taie flmuls*"****** ^ Rwtt MevMb ^^^19 9* W

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