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r. i 1" . fr :tr 'Si u r i. f it i r ? f 1. i I: ! the Katkaaler Rfr'-'Tk Eassy Appear at eiarj I'slaU Some reliaWe infur mixtion has been re - ecived bjr the Felerbar; Expresse from Ik Bbwkwater" region. A regiment of Yankee landed - lit llolledsy's Voi ' Thursday morning, ten miles below 8uf ... folk, oa-tho-Naoaemond - river.. At the ame time another regiment, aoooropaniod ' bf aji pieces of artillery aoda small Core of cavalry, landed at Cherry Grove, on Jamowiver. The first force marched im mediately for- Chuokaiuck, with the hope - . a at k 1 1 of capturing a party 04 toe ionieooraie I ' Signal Cor pa, eoouta aad others that have It been operating in that vicinity. "The ea- 1 ' i . mat k inull CnPM Aiu mn oa scouting 4uiJ fortj ee 10 all and iog with' one man wounded. The fight " was co mi no J for several milee, when the Yahkeee moved in the direction of Smith- fiekL --' The two forces - of the enemy abov mentioned then 'filmed a junction near. Cherry Grove, wbr General Graham took coin man J. Tlmy capture i . JU. K. Darden, lfkh Virginia, on furlough, in Naaseraood county, and youth named ' Hodgden, whose' parent reside at Cherry Grove, aad. who was sua peeled of carrying , information of tBe enemy's movement to , our Routs and signal roeo. TJte vandals also visited the residences of II. II Tynea, Dr. Tynea, Wfll Bunkley, Mrs. C. 1111, James Jordon and Mrs. Mioton, from whom they took, allfh hones aad aegt they could find. -Oq Thursday moroiug, aisoy a regiment . of Yankees, supposed to be five hundred and fift? in number, under command of Colonel Love, larded at Rock Landing, on James' river, near Bacon's Castle. They ncontered,-4 v- 644 o Sir. Charles. Wren, a squad of the signal Corp under atftjor mungai, auvi vpiaw vwcj i scouts, who annoyed then considerably 'Several deserters, claiming to belong to the 8th New lor k, oaine- w ard aurreu 'dered. They gav very conflicting ae oounts of Burnsids's .noyiemenU, and it i presamed werepies, or anew really very bttle aboat it. Information from a gentleman, worthy el confidence apparently, states that Burn hers at Portsmouth n W doesday. The enemy hold Suffolk, and have sent ant forces in all directions. They occupy verlr road leadioz to (bat town. Av large force, esUmatad by- so me at be- tween 3,000 and 4,000, quartered Philips' Mill Thursday nigbt, nine miles from Suffolk and Petersburg Road; and a party from n ladsor went in lue direction of Frankl'iDg at the same time. Spear is also said to be opetating is tbe direction of Franklin. Ruhmond Wktp. V Te Gay Lothari Look Qui," -Jnde Bighaui, at Atlanta, on 1 Thursday evening,, while passing sentence upon DavisyjUa Bigamist, Vremariedrthat whenee-av man was convicted in bis circuit, eitheH of sedoction or of bigamy, whether General or private, citizen or soldier, he wdaldinfiiet opou iiim the pun ishment awarded by tlsf Haw to Us fullest extent, witbont regard to any plea of guilty. 'Merou to tnch crim inals woald be crudty to the rest of - fh sommnnitT. Welt said, Judge iiigbam. lie Atlanta IieaUUr in which paper we find the foregoing, atatea Xh&t Uavu was a deud soldier, and was sentenced to tjie Feniten- , tiary for four years '" From' the Bichmond oquirer 14th. Cai)tur& of a Buffalo Camu in N. CareUna.Oa 'Friday last, three privates belong! fig to Bower com.- panof the 62d Georgia. infantry, aided by a few citizens of lertie county, ,N. CL, attacked, a Union camp near Windsor, in that county, consisting, ot thirty or forty iJnffa loesfonfYankees, supposed to have scaped from Danville, and about fort'negroea, routing and capturing man of then). They were led. by av CapUin IJoggard, foriDerhr con sidered a gooaand true . officer in the army of the Confederate States. He was, we learn, among the killed. When be first entered the Con fed e- t.i.ft..-fice.li0...iri..Trj..firra-ia..hU that his defection commenced when beffQB to reaeNmhsfott oa Standard ;n sfnee whiefebe'ha Erwn- worse aod worse, noiii at t he has met with his reward Io infamy and death,. The four Van kees were rja csptared aod forward ed to Richmond, and the othai pri oners were sent to Jackson aod Windsor. We are in formed by concarrent accoucts in ourexchioges that the recent eold weather has not much damaged the wheatin JMabarn and Mississippi, It s also estimated that fiva rime the quantitj of land Las been apwa with it a compared with last jpv,. HALISBUBY.N.Cv t 0.t DAT m.IC, IfilL tit tUl. jA Key iaa. A UrgiroJtaeyrtoxk log like it belonged to a smoke house or ware-house, has been left at our offloe for the owner, whoever . ha may be. . The re- cflvery of it by the loser may lead to Im porlaot diaeoverivs. . v ' .. of -J hs aWe perrodicaL- h, he-e5aived. t is kept p in it usual style of excellence. and is in a!) respects worthy the denotni- -.' . - aatton-waom it represents. "AlfrjJt Lnttt Some fHendhaa sent us a copy of the second edition of a little book bearing the above ikl, by Rev. A. W. Mahgcm. It is dedicated to the af flicted and bereaved ;" arid contains many a charming leaf, (barring the mechanical execution of the work.) which will be read with pleasure and profit by lotkers besides tbe class for whoiq it was designed,' if i deed jheve are such in our land. It is a book of 192 pages, and mv be bad of a . Branson it Farrar, Raleigh. Price $2. , TU Cwuervathtth ihi title of a new paper just ttarted at litleigh, under the editorial management of J. D. Hymak, Eaq a getlfman of well-known ability, and a polished writer. r He has had con siderable experience as a journalist, and Will doubrfcss make an excelleal ptpr. Like the " Ctmederate,'' this paper has been established by subscriptions-from pa triotic gentlemen in difleteot parts of the State for the purposaof defending aad advocating tbe Confederate caune. No one whose heart beats in unison with the onward march of the; Coofejeracv to ind Dendence bot will admit that the " Ctm jeaeraie ;,uas uone a goon wor since us ..til .J - .. V . , . V establishment ; and we cherish the confi dent hope ,that the M CoiutrvaJirt" will prove as true and as worth v in 'the cau of oar afflicted country. Thanks tob patriotic men wbo.bave eslablisbed thm. Tbe Proprat- was in a regular quanda ry of the most distressing kind; a tew weeks ago, as between hia two dearly be loved friends Gov. Vance and Billy IIol- deu. It could not determine whom it IS -a . .a wouia support, n so-n auetuptea lor a while the difficult Usk of juicing to both But it has now qome out of that, as every body expected it would, and goes for Billy very emphatically, a result at which we presume no one is more surprised' and- de Sighted than Mr Penningtotj himself; You may always know how a fellow is going who gels into a quandary between swo' tuck extremes. ' COTTOjT CARD The Faytteville Observer says : Ve have seen a pair of Colton Card made at the Factory in this town, (advertised in to-days paper.) Tbey are very handsome, and siid to be as good as the genuine Whiltemore. The price is high, though not eoaai to the triw f the- imoorted Car dC The proprietors have expended some $80,000 io putting the works in op eration, and hope if successful in getting Back a portion, of their large outlay, t reduce tbe pric of the Cards. m About 2.0- pairs a day are anade, aod sold. wt. as made. " ' . - THE BIBLE CAUSEL The Rev. E. A Botxcs, of Orangeburg, 8. general agent of the Confederate States Bible Society, "is now oa. a visit to this- place for the purpose of raisipgYuDdi to nuppljf.tha army with. Bi ble. Cheering success lias-aUeoded bis ef forts io every part of the State vet visited, We doubt not tbe oeoole of SaKsburv will respond to Uis call with .equal liberality, having been among the first in starling the enterpntfe. ejeacnjrg .JSmP- tlint ittg gocie- 1,000 Testsmen Is sixl Pfc)m miH jhxt Kio(H )pies c?tha fi aod Testament work is prwsressinz well Alx that have been received from Eodatid, and more are expected ; so that the prospect of being able to eopp.y a copy to every soldier in our army is near iu'resuzaticn. Cootribotioos left with Jfr. D. A, Davis. oa paid to. the officiaU of any of the churches, will be hauled ores to Mr. Bollea. - . . VHH - tm HABEAS CORPUS. Judge Manly; of the Supreme Court, -has decided, " in the matter of Rafter," that the suspension of the habeas corpus writ is eosatitntionaL Ils'remsnded Bf tcMo the custody of .the conscript officer. Thes Judges Batde and Manly, a ma jority of the Court, coo cur ia opinion. ' . smo:;e-uouse Koucuaw After many a fruitless attempt to dls cover" the rolberi of smoke-houses in and about this tdn, some good degree of soccest has been jeached, aad five or sx offenders (negroes) brought' thefivhlp ping post,' la. ope. case,' it is dot to tba faithful and vigilant servant man( EUic i Aapt. 4. A, Kamsay, toai in res rogaes were discovered and brought to their just reward. -jlicliad been out from home, aad o1iia return, niet three Wen carrying bags,' ' Us did not recogniu tbem but h had a stroegsasiasioa that they were ear' did ool know. The more be thought of it, the stronger grew bis.supicion aod at last ha resolved he would fini out more aboul them. By this lime they had gone a considerable distance from him S bat he took' a "nigh cut" through the fields and woods and got ahead of them ; . and plac ing himself in the road, awaited their ap proach.. When -ihev found ihemsslvea thus confronted tf one whose attitude seemed determined, they first hesitated. and then stePDirfir to tbe fence, threw off their burdens. ' Rllie approached tieitt, and recoguisad two o( litem ; and when they had gone, he went to see what it was tbey threw over the fence. It tarneoVout to be bacon, and what ;was more important to El lie, his matttr'i bacon Elite's ow rations. Of course be pot M. Shuaian oo tl e track of tbe raaa1s, and very so6 had them brought to a proper account. Other slaves engaged- in the robbery of Mr. Craige's smoke house have afso been detected and duly punished ; but we re gret U leant that he is not likely to re cover his lost pwperl n. KORTUE&X OQNCJJESSi W fi.'i.Y :w tai paper ea tracts from roc-d ia aha United Stales Congress as njrut If Xorther papers. " ItrwiTI Wvv that there are a few out spoken men there, who till hava some reuiaioing ease of right and wrong, aod some re set for jnstios to the South. They are greatly io the mineeity, however and' af- Uiouih it is gratifying to us to see these few evidences of sanity iu Lineolns Con gress, they atird U4 bo very eocourging ground of hope that the .people of the North will recover torn their wicked de lusion mf subjugatiug the South before tbey have utterly mined themselves and fearfully damaged it. The reflecting reader will obtain from tjiese extracts some idea of tbe rancor of tbaf bate which frets, aad fumes in- the hearts of our. invaders against us. As seen here, aod in the barbarity of their troops in the field, it is more likeathe mal ice of fiends than anything else it caa be compaaeM to. THE EJU0F TUE WAR, An- editorial in the New York Times of 1 the 2d, spaaktog of the extravagance that prevails in the United States, says : ' This ostentation is kept np mostly by foreign fabrics, which only gold can boy. The cpeci basivTrltich alone fan sustain oarrency and credit,' is being more largely drawn away and. without currency and credit, no war can be effectually prosecu ted The dispropMion between goldwnd paper cannot go on increasing for a great !J r.l i. l j - . Y . penoo. wiiooui proauoing a casnciai col lapse. Aod should that collapse come, tbe war, we may De tore, mil straightway end. vur government caq practice no such re pudialing abilts as the rebel government is now essaying, Tubers too muth moral principle yet left m the Northern people u tolerate any national turpitude of that or. roen ip comes ro toe point that mis war demands repudiation, tbe war will be abandoned, and all the sacrifices our sokliers have made in it will go for aaugbc The robbers and . murderers talkiog about " moral DrincioleP It was their ack of morjl priticipletheir disregard of i - - . wun mat caused? tba war. And. they hsvesmce Droved themselves proved themselves not only lacking of -moral principle, but fully pos sessed with the spirit of iocsroate devils. They rob indiscriminately old and young' aod lesva them, to starve, or perish in the cold. They are a great people to talk of moral principle as a restraining power act ing pon Jhein. When, jt shalj become apparent that the job of subjugating tbe South will not fay, tbeV the Northern vandals, will stop it. They keep it op now through the hope of possessing themselves of all tbe property ia the South. , As to th people of the Confederacy, they can well afford to give to th Government, if it were necessary, very dollar of the pablio il.lt, a:J d that a;. J moretoo, r:: cr than succumb to an enemy as reuorsd.s as -death, AN EXPLOMD yTnHeUUMBUO . Some months since the Lincoln govern ment induced 666 negroes to emigrate to IIaytL"They went Iff from" Alexandria U June, 18Q 1, ami from Fortress Monroe ia thavSpring of 1863, the yankeet iodicating by the fuse mad over (hem thai they were delighted with f&ia mode of getting rMof fh elephant that 'they had bought nr rstafenelL,lJa.r of-lba all tbatara Mt aliva out L oon; it having died within a year to 20 months. l.tead" of progresaiag its wealth, atsd haridaeaa, which th yankeea. aromiaed themselves nd the deluded creatarra, they have returned, even according to the New York Tribune, in a deplorable- coudition, half naked, hare j'eoud bare, bead ed." The following -extract from the.Tri bune's account of a visit to them at tlieir present quarters, near, Alexandria, (where nient,) will show, with: what barbarrlytbe negro ia treated by the yankeea, even when they profe- to b. an, ion. to benefit th.ro, t .1 f .L I - . . . - I ana wuen inaeea- is is laeir latere w uwi 'HM.flsWiwV- Ow the arriral of the-vessels from Old Point at the komtleu bland of A'Vache, many of- those down with, the email pot, were left oa the bare sand- beach to tatt cart of thtmtehe JjeaC they ooald Some died where they were hud, and were covered with tbe sand, without being re- moved or honored w.th the tUught of bo- rial. Those that were abU to h.iadle an axa or erubbiuc hoa wereamaedmUlyaeli U work clearioglha land and making roads m . V I .J I t 1. I ' lor me new matier wtey oau lounuoo ip board, in the person of Gov. Bernard Kook, who bad band cuf! stocks and a Ilmytien Guard, ready for their reception and tn provement, though oo'jhouses for them lo'i hve in. After five roooibs work -during i which1 they cleared and planted about thir ty acres of timbered land fbr, the Oovern- ' i .i i ...... i or, lor wnicn tney reo to a bar eubetsteoce- they received wbt amounted 8terHf, Kt0& believed to .be a comrade isteocalh "Colonial SB- 1 r. Roeooe. Lnira. who waaUntnred ma l-terpcM ihrough iorjJta wa 10 carry u on, aou ib AsirrMii rwnu - grsnts gere left to hifl for thtmtlM on am hctpilolU nUuuI, mltt they would irom wwgo. nnen arrested ne reprrsent aodoubtedlv Uv ll nerisbd in if lHfe,--'-Tl0' Obo it bad not been for tbe interposition of the . . . . . . .- i American Consul on tbe main land. " MeA, women aod children unit iu de picting the harrrt mini koxl4eu of States,- and in espying their Vralitude t .t - j : ii r if ' for their providential dehveranae. Many l life If Mtu.llull Miri iwwiuk. iiiv - vmim of them bear tbe marks of law amaB pox with which they were attacked oa the y- age out, and some of them are now dowo with the ntwnfcvar to them. Like lb resoued victim of a terrible shipwreck tbey are overjoyed with I their return to American rterw firm,-aDd having tasted a more bitter and blighting -a-ery than any of them experienced loeir own country, tnay eanocs siuocienuy I express their ecstacy on being hroaghlj -back to old Virginia's shore." With unanimous and emnbatio etclaiia thev sav they tmld rather 6e returned Io tht kard est of AMtrvtmn matlert than to be sent ; back under any auspices- to a llaytien island ENEMIES IN OUR MIDST. Ttie Abgasta ffuettiutionaluttnyi I there are some people in that coiu-j muirity, as wbii a olsewliretWo- ont tho Confederacy, exempt frot Military duty and, In most cases, making fortones, who take no inter est in the anccras of oar causae, hot j do everyTfiingiiilTieTr powerjo shake i Ihe oonfidenceof the people in the credit or the Oovcrtiincnt, and loSe nocCasioa to speak triffingtjr and even contemptti..osly of the rakio t ... ,, , of our money. We allude of eirse, to tlfe store-keeper and others who will not receive bit's in exchange ff their god except at "dTscon n t of tou to fifteen and in f orno instan- oca juiriy uiree aim. ont Lira tntr i . cent. People who act this way4 are I noMendl tpurlilserand the cooa- f ! , M i i - I uiw.wu uiii own riven m utm u try would lose nothing if they were I Auditor to remove his Bureau to Mootgoro fartiished with a carta blanche for I .rT Dxl wt- . AH th ClerJta, except four, the other side of afason and Dixon, We have liesrd. (ndirectl ctly,Jhat j Governor Vance will visit Wi Wflrolng- iiuuniai uay ana win pro bably address thoDeoolawliileherff: Should he conclude to do so. wa would suggett ToeadaT of the first week of Superior Court as likelv to furnish an aod ieneo from all sections of tho county.-- WiL Journal lapsriaiit frsra e .'JUstsslsft-Tke Tart fll- lew SUikter Cssflrai4 CsU la Iw TerkV tWl Ksau la rrsaee Trsm las thlJ 'Water.'-'-' ": --- -!'" - - - -- I -, w - RtcMoiii Aprilia (; The Baltiinota Oasrtle f tbe 4(tb wss-rt-, ceivsd to-day. From ir we IbanrtliatJBa . ford, with Confederate Kara, demanded a aur t render of Fort Daotock, SI Cotumbna; aod1 ' allowed a respite of foirr bears for the' val of Women and ehiMretw The Utter were-" seat b-kiro. U? aw4iJ' trd remers ar- . rived' at C&lambwa, from bwer Ulssisstppir wlOiFThirvstlH u wt bebrved wogld tnabla thsCommarltk ant'of lbs Fort to make good his defence.' jrigBtmg.ioniig.tha eatire day. Keaoll oik- L , The-irdeTstea oeped Pyhcab avaia Ms.tb l&th. Qui Bicklea. eomraannVr of the Fort, waa nuaiooed to surreodet, but dedfn- pd to accede 10 tbe demand. ". The Yankee version of tbe capture of Fort Pillow, says, two flags of truce were sent in. 'demanding tbe eurrender, but Uey were not received. At three o dock, tbe Keben pour ed into the l ort, eooiplJinjr a surrender. Tbe iocsroate Sends cornfienced an indltcrihiinate rrn.ined alive. - New Orleans advices -of the 0th, reported g-Jg-- - I ... " .... n . a disastrous Una occurred in new Ur leans I " m J'5 warehouse, of i. L'.i. ' Tt, New O. Uans Bee of the 7th aava. thw French occupied MAamoraa without oopoai-- tioo. , . . OoM has fallen iaw Tfork to 170..W1J, h oonaequence of the rumors put afloat by ,b1 9fQ.ernni U ?" wmnlA V. 0anirAlnHlt fw. lbe roo8, xhtJ wouy . . , A Prk earreMmndTW ot iha New York J Times says, one vessel has beeo built at Bor ll. f'A.- .- l- l-J I oemu tor ia laoeo, ao4. woiicuou. Tha Yankees who recentV appeared at Blaek water have gone back. : Nothing later from, Norfolk, Portsmouth or the Penmaula. .' - ARREST OF ANOTHER SPY.: Lrycaacaa, April 19. 1 vaana reernisei oj rwiumea pnsoaers I from Camp Doutrfas as a Ysoke detectivw federate cavalry. FR0f GEN. JOILSSIWTS ARM Y. Dstroa, Aprd t& James Fkidlay, cbapUin of the S3rd Ala- i . m t . 7' r." ' TL- T . day, for eocourairtng soeetinirs and carrylr. J3-hAo. -Jk .k " u, afuBconleaoiLacknowlediHngihav justice of the nmtcinv, .'It ia reported that the Yankee General ' ThortaS "temoved his beWqoarters to. " mop re moving there from, U??0fcB-, , , , ' T "M ilg craaocanrB av rar arwrr GUNBOATS CAUGHT UP EEDHlYEIi .- , '" Moati April 19. warren. Aiama, courier io ine iraos-MBV urwuura l lepom mat oc im via Bankr courier to Franklin was captured. a w Baoke mysuhsset opy" be was "surround ed .by Rebel cavalry." ... TbelUd lUver has siiddenly Wlan, and some 40 tasaiporta and gunboats are caufht above acd canaot get out before the water rises. levlew f Gekeral JekastsaH Irmy Stlriar , ylrtsses Leied fr. . Osltosi, April 19. " There Was a general review of the entire army tavday, by General Joinston,'and not withstanding the coldness of the weather, it was largely attended aod tlie aiTair passed off fihely. . , Th enemy ar ouit acUva in frool and stirring times are look ft by all official rert f ihTT.r f r.rt rtllew. . . Ricrmovd, April 2a Geo. Forrest's oflkud dwnatch aoaooacing ""W" jf Vi"J at the U ar Department, F.v Juodred out of seven huoded meo composing the garrisoa were kilDed. AU lb omeers in the Fort kiBed. Forrest lost twentv killed' and 60 wounded. .Over one hundred citiaen. who had Dd to" Ihe'Toft from conscript iou. racLUita H river and were drowned. - tvm " rI signified their willintmess to m. Funding -returns acgregal two nandred and- thirty-seven milliona Tweoty amaC" Denosi tone yet t be beard fnom. . . - Tb oqJ tiufl from which complete r torns have been received is Georgia amoun I fuoded) is seventy-two.roillioo oo hondreJ and aixty-fbur thousand aod fifty 'dollars. Frssi aWaag Csart Bsase. , OuaoE c U- Aprfl aa. rT3 enemy bar been busy foreevcral day wiw reviewa aod tnapectiooa, Jbere ta oo. truth, ra th ruasor that tb eoeav ar f0- IwgscaUoXBtieviBa, . AJI quiet k frosX ' . . - -
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