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i REPORTS OF THE PKK53, ASSOCIATION
ilstered acenrdia" t act Convrf s, in the year Jfitil, by J.
h Xhr4ber iu tht? Clerk 'u Office of the District Conrt
hi ib Confederate states of tho Northern District of
(eurini. . ' ,
FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.
ji.ismoiuing at.IIe&dquarters':
Jpny Northern Virfjinii2fay l7t-Serclaryf
War : Gen. Gordon turned the enemy; extreme
ri-ht veplordAV evenifig and drove them front"
r.:ltl vU?. Am.n tlie irioners captured were
tTijls Seymour and Stialer,' also a Urge number- of"!
arins were taken, f he. enemy hve abandoned the
iJvrminna ioid ford and removed their pontoon
i .ridges tintaids Uly'. There has been no attack
t Lilav, only slight tkirmishing on our lines. -.
; '!nlf i:. e .lee.
(ifllcial despatch from Chaflins Ritiff Fays, one of
the Tiemy!j "punboats was attacked, disabled, board
', ,1 Mul then burned," afterwards an ironsclad bore
.!r..vn our forces and they reiiritd. No pnrticu
iustven. No loss on our side.
rjIOM Oil ES TE H FI ELD AND GEN. LEIi.
iiicnnoNn, May Sth. The enemy in Chesterfield
have withdrawn from the Railroad to entrenchments!
Smith an ! Gilinor'e were in command, Butler direct
' the expetlition, with his headquarters at City
1' irt," wh-;rv the negro brigade are entrenched.
No 'lighting at Port Walthall junction to-day.
The "enemy's loss in the fight of yesterday was a
thousand killed and wounded.
Butler mde a narro.v-escipe from five oi oiir
pickets' near City Point, on Friday -evening.
A tcierr.tn from Gfcrt. Lee says that the enemy
have advanced bis position marching toward Fred
ericksburg. Tije news is 1'avoraWj construed in
Qjial circles: . . . -
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM Gr. LEE MORE
VIC TORIES. , . 1
n;cui'o::r-, May Oth. The following was leceived.
i' 'the AWr Department to-day :'
Sear Spoitsylvnhia C. IT ', May Sth;--Hon. J. A.
rrca:; : Alter r. th irp encounter with the Fifth Army
t'.lrps, Vi'arren's anl C. R. Rett's divishn of Caval
i,yf Gen.- R.' II Anderson .with advance of" Army,
repaired the enemy with heavy slaughter, and took
p.iNcssio.n f the Court House. I am more grateful
u. the Giver of ail v:rtotie5, that our loss is small.
i Signed i R. E. LEE. i
j the following dispatch has hern received by Gov.
t 1
VuPF!irss, May 7th Yesterday, and day before,
h.ri;
in. is and Cook s Brigades did most gpiendid
ervii-e. Losses cotuparatively heavy, not many dead.
Ltj CiI. Junes, of the 26th, died to-day at H o'clock.
FROM GEN. JOHNSTON'S ARMY.
Daeto-, May. 9. Hooker's corps attempted on
roiterday to carry Big Gap by .storm. It was des
tended by Griggsby's Kentucky cavalry and the
!ir$t Arkansas infantry," who raad6 a desperate as
sault, inflicting heavy loss on the enemy. Our am
munition becoming exhausted, our men continued
'the asau!t by pelting the enemy with stones until
the arrival of-Cranberry's Tjras brigade, when the
enemy were routed aud hastily withdrew. Oiir loss
very small; one. Lieutenant and twenty men cap
tured." Slight kirniishing was going on in front till dark.
The enemy having massed a heavy force in front of
the Kentucky. line lire Ipies of battle being visible
it was thought they : would attempt to carry it by
torin- this morning, but as yet no demonstrations
iitnv been made. - '"" i-' -
-NEWS FROM-VARIOUS QUARTERS
The telegraphic communication between Rich
n.ond and V!dnn,lit islliourly expected will be rc-suin-il.
It has cTTTied great accumulation of Press
nrws at this point", the "material points of which are
ibjoined : " . "
OrAr.E C. II., May 7. Ewell again repulsed the
en.vny on yesterday the Yankee - loss terrible, es
I . ( i iliy in Eat ly's front. E well's loss small. Last
i.iht iur men held possession of the enemy's battle
li- ld oh the left and centre, capturing a number of
mounded.. Our success very great, but not decisive.
The charge jof Gordon's Brigade "is represented asi
the grandest of the war. . Our loss thus far aboutl
'ive -thousand, f whom largo proportion are
lightly wounuVd
The firht occurred in a densely wooden counfry,
n ne-.' little or no artillery was used in the fight
At Chester, on Saturday, midway between Pe
tppbntg and Richmond, the Yankees were repulsed
with a1os of.one thouqind killed and wounded.
All the Y inker officers in the Libby, one thou
sand, in n urn her,., were sent to Danville on Saturday.
Before leaving they bee uru very refractory. -
An unofficial dispatch from Harrissonburg, be
hoved to be reliable, savs that. McNeill struck the
iUltimnre.and Ohio Riilroad a-t Piedmont on Saturn
-layt, destroy in jt bridges, machine shops and nine
I x-omotives. The damage amounts to" several mil
linns of dollar.
XoirrnTKN Nkws. Geld en the 5th 180: Maxi
milian has sailed' for Mexico. The Alexandra has
.befn -given up to her owners.
I iterpool.
Cotton advancing in
FROM THE ALBEMARLE WATERS.
Wilmin-gtox; May 9.--Commander Cooke, with his
iren clad Albemarle,' engaged nine of the enexiiv's
r,unloats in the Albemarle sound, on the 6th. . He
ynk or e and disabled two. The fight lasted from 4
r
m. till nijrht.
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' GLORIOUS VICTORY BY GEN. PRICE. ; .
Mri:RiDlAX, Jray 9th. Steele's army, 9,000 strong
Surrendered to Gen. Price at Camden, Ark., on 23th
ult., and Gen. Taylor demanded the surrender of
Alexandria, where B inks forces are fortified. Re
sult not known at last accounts. The enemy are
attempt'ng to gain Red river, and" get 'their' boats'
over the Rapids." - .. 1
j FURTHER FROM STEELE'S ARMY".
Ioeile, May. 9. Senatobia dates of Mty 7th,
tite on the. authority of the Memphis Bulletin of
he Cx that 2, 100 of Steele's troops have arrived at
Little Rock, the balance are twenty miles out
Steele's loss heavy. They had destroyed- their
tram lost nearly. all their artillery, and was followed
ny Marmaduke and Flanicrah to Littln R.t
Pine Bluff was-thojght to be defensible. Brook
ba.Ven dates nf fh Ork n.-o'- ...iVai.:!. -t.i x
, uayer crossed the Mississippi river on the oth
patches from Smith to Tom Taylor say Banks is
j;"1. uP'at Alexandria with" the OooJiiderates bW
damn L8lt?' ?ha. Yankees are ; trying .
l ! t-
.v VfcU ICp:iltUll U'Jl UUi 1 IJ , V'Ol. U,
bcV "aiuia w. me una to let out their gun-
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THE u PEACE " OFFEKE0 US. :
n ??nTaj '.Mr-;'J .' T.-'Lacb, a Irepresenta-
tiro from the State of Xorth Carolina, declared in
bis seat in the Confoder2to Congress, Wt jn the.
excitement and passion of debite, lat coolly L and
deliberately, fliat he was for peace upon terms of
independence; but if he conld not get that, bt was
(')T peace on v any torma that could' fia 'obtained
Rliort ,of subjugation ;. Thequestioa nhw becprne?
pertinent; ye?, and : vitaUv iinrottantl what are
the " tcruiA " upon which pe.-i(j can be bad of tLo
VT i 1 9 11 . i t ' " f i . If'
ten
up for circulation in tbe-coumcr Presidential
nn m n- JitM nJilpn i1oi7rl m.-ist f.irnir.lii o-.-4 rwl.in.
fully, the purposes of the 1 ankee inth s war, and
"-r-fa "-.
the kind of " peace," offered us hy our enemies
II tn history ot rsew. Urleans nudi Aorfolk is not
sufficient to admonish Mr. J.'T Ldacb uoon what
lace " from
the North, then we will show him from the .patron
of, these political pamphlef?, very opportunely fur
nished M. the kind of peace the North holds
out to the people of the South. ,
We will take first the speeches of the great
leatlers and influential men of thc Republican par
ty, and what do thoy say,of " peact'." Mr. Lane,
a member of the 'Luitca States Senate, aud a tuaq
high in the co;;filence of bis paitv, says: The
-Constitution as it was is played out. Tain ready
to see any Kansas man shot down who favours the
Union as t was:
it will be, if froe
I am in favor of the! Union as
to all. I shall vote against
peace until freedom :reigns from one qrub of the
original territory of the United States to ' the
other.1' Charles Sumner, another United States
o .i " ; i r..X,:-. i'.ii:u.i i:-,- Tri.i
ior
Ii2ht
to the party to which he, belongs fully
thit speech anrl its doctrines. -Adactii
secession the State so seeding lost all
inal rights, and thnt when -conquered
endorses
ne that -by.
its oriij
it comes
nt State,
back to the Unijn? not as an in iepende
"but the general government hold. all
i s nrrnts
and powers over. the. territory and people, and
will maintain a'nd
.1 ri . r-t
establish them the . rights "of-
tne ojutnem . Oja
tes ai out-es, are ' a&stroyed .
Gov. J nit well of Massachusetts, auotLer high
-i - s v -
dignitary in-the Republican ranks, sustains and
endorses sach sentiments.
-Does not every ait of the Administration and
Congress at Washington furnish evidence equally
as conclusive as to the kind of peace tile North
offers? Tor the truth of this statement, we find
among the laws passed by the Washington Congress,-in
the Twelfth United States Statutes at
Large, page 590, section 5, the following : V
And bo -it further enacted, Tut to insure the
apoedy termination of the present rebellion, it
shall be the duty of the President of the United
States to causd thu seizure of all thtj eistate and
property, moneys, stock?, credit?, and effects, of
the persons hereinafter named in this srr fion,and
to apply and use the' same .and proceed :i thereof
for the support of the army of the United States,
that is to say "
. And then follows a long list of persons- whose
property is thus subjected to confiscation, and
am ng them is to be found, - .
Every owner of the anuy andavy .of the
Confcderato States ; any person acting as Presi
dent, Vice-President, member of Congress, Judge
of any Court, Cabinet cdheer, foreign minister,
commissioner or consul of said Confederate States;
every Governor, member ofa convention or legis
lature," or judge ol any court of the so balled Con
federate Sfat's, and any peison who fornjerly held
,an ofTIxjti under the United Stafcs who shall there
after hold one under the Confederate States ; and
fifthly.-of any -person hereafter holdinur an V 'office
or agency uuder the goverupierit of the (so-called
Confederate States of America, or .under any cf
,i i q e uu.M ri..,M-L tUr,
the several states ot the. sua Oouicderaey or the
aws thereof, whe'.hsrsuoh oflua or,agenpy be nas :
tional, Stale or municipal iu its nairieor character,!
I I " . . i
Can any more wholesale provision, striking at
the very lives of a people, be found upon the Sta
tute books or among the laws of auy ni! ion upon
the earth? Under (this clause every private sol-!
dierin the army and navy is included, for they
come under the head of .'6ffij3 or agency under
the government.'' Awhol1"p?ople, numbering
nillions of souls, are to be subjugated,, and then
the property of every person who .ias cvej held an
office uti ler the government is to ' be takeo from
him, and he be reduced to the level of tie vagar
bond and fugitive from justice. Of Ojurse, such
a prospect ha a manifest and direct tendency to
shorten the war, and heal all animosities between
the. contending forces
Read also the'' following resolution?,- offered in
the Assembly of the great-State of New Vork but
lately : . - ' . ' ;
J' die sole edr That the nation should so reduce
toe political power of the rebel leaders, tjfiat they
cannot as gi eat land owners of Southern Patroous,
exercise a controlling and -dangerous jnfluence
at the ballot-box, aud finally in our legislative
bodies. - . '
Resolved, That the most simple and effectual
way to deprive the rebel planters of this political
power is to confiscate all their estates, save a small
allotment to be used as a homestead, to prevent
their property .froua forcing them into crime in
order to secure the necessaries of life. - s i
Resolved, That the said allotmeut shonld in no
case exceed three hundred acres of land.
Resolved t That the remainder of th:i r estates
should be cut opi into small farms and divided
among the officers and soldiers. of the Federal arm y,
inc poor whites and emancfpated slaves of the. rebel
Can it ba said, then, that evidenceJ
wanting
that the intent upon the part of the people of tW
ortn, in tuts war, is to confiscats all od
r-estates
rites and
and parcel them out among the poor w
the emancipated slaves!" In their spre
resolutions the Republican party- believ
eches and
with
tao Acministratton, proclaim that " to the slave
belongs the land he has redeemed thkt this
nation owes to the negro not merely freedom, hut
land'and education?' y Mr. Pnillipv onh 'of the
radical leader,- and wbr has great powerj authori
ty aiid inflaeocc in the -Nrth 83ys : Give me
two hundred thousand black farmers witu muskets
in their right bands,'yon can go to sleep and make
money. Let ml confiscate the lands -of the South
tnd utit into the hands of the negroes dad wHite
North ? Fortuoately a friend jut frotri Vaabjoj
ns uiit'.u jtuuuvr oi .soepc it's iu me
f:n- -Northern Congress, political pAiKiitM,'&w cot- j
; mtn wno .fought. joK itx yon x-ano to sleep
with your rurcbuico.t. ;, And altovt j hat 3 the
confisoaiion'act'is a jwc) of cpngresonal policy
Uere are the term&.-of " pcseeiltlrth holds
out to the Soath.UFor crtueity. ter and insane
uiai
L
are lield oat to the fconthern people to iay,d
their arms and submit :
1 Confiscation of alt their propcrt
Jer.
f '"J"
urcrc.Bt--Stfttei
toJJ&rtbiuced to the
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i xevei oi court uerea terntortos. u oe frorerned ac
2.1 heir lands to be di vPdtd among poor whites
and emancipated 'Flavos. 4 1 s f? -.
3. A free negro popnlatlod their pocu! Vquab,
-and theMilitary Goverueira of their former ms-
cording to the absolute; toifl or -caftriee' of iheifSouth t'olina Vola.Wmmm.rv! hw.n..Un.t
conquerors
..These are the inducements which a dptninant
party has, for three long, weary and bloody "years
of unparalleled waste and ' destwetioo . of both
treasure aod blood, beld'out to the South. , .
Verily,- are not the botithern people the .most
obstinate, self-willed, depraved and wholly wick
ed of any under the sun, Inot to embrace cordial
ly and immediately .sucbi blind and winning r inr
diicemnts to lay asirje their ; arms and submit
themselves peaceably aocl ciarteously to such a
paternal ruie jr. Truly, what fools we are for not
taking the benefit of the humane provision's of
such laws ! ' : "j ' " ' ' :-' V "
Can mortal men rcquiro any higher or stronger
molive to . resist the encroachments of suoh a
power even though suca resistance lead to de
struction ,-and death ? What higher or nobler
aim could there be then jto fight for the preser
vatioh of life, liberty and property T Sooner
than Have peace" m tbe terms offered us by
the North, the people of the South have shown
conclusively, by their courage -and . "endurance,
that thev would rather have the-war to contioue -I
until we are totally annihilated, -and the . sua
shines upon a naked ftpdlbarren wilderness. The
South wants but one kind of " peace," - and that
wau uc uau uiu at tuc wuuuus uiuuiu. tic
think we .have shown, the people of the4 South,
and we hope we have MrL J. T. Leach, what kind
of " peace' we mav expect to obtaiu bv " nejo-
tiation with the North.'
THE ENEMY BETWEEN RICHMOND AND PE
TERSBURGA FIGHT AT PORT WALTHALL
THE ENEMY REPULSED.
No mail North of Weldon reached this city on yes
terday morning; consequently we are without Jthe
"Richmond papers of Saturday. The cars came over
the roads from Richmond to Weldon, and we cannot
understand why the maib were left behind. Through
the politeness of a gentleman who came through, wej
were loaned a coy of the- Petersburg Express of
Saturday, which contains full accounts of the opera
tions in that vicinity, which are highly interesting,
from Which we extract the following particulars
during the brief time the paper was in our posses
sion. Confederate. j
j Th5 Express says Yesterday, (Friday) was an-i
other day of rumors wild, exttavagant and numer-
ous rbut not of excitement, for the people had
i recovered from 'the shock which eima so suddenly
j upon them Thursday. They had seen the prepara
I tions which our efficient and gallant General, com-
! mandine this department, had made, and felt con-
j scions that under his sleepiess Vigilance and skillful
'management, PetersburjwWld never- fall into the
f hands of the foe. - ; " ;
j .There wore evident signs at an early hour that
! the enemy was largely reinforcing at Bermuda Hun
dreds, as transport after transport could be seen as.
. cendins the river-from the jheighls of the vicinity of
City Point. A gentleman con uected with our Home
Guaid Cavalry. arrived about 11 o'clock, and inform-
ed us. that the ; transports commenced arriving at
, , , - r.. , , , A ,
tXKrtv ' inMllfllw the' irUof Thnrsdav after-
V , V, O . -
noon, had been ccuniea.j "At nrst inougnr, inis
numlier appears tp be one of great magnitude, and
capahle. of transporting an iarmy of forty thousand
men. But when 'it is recollected that all of the ves
sels do not carry troops, but that many of them are
necessarily filled with hprss, artillery, ammunition,
pontoon boats, quartermaster and commissary stores,
it may be safely cancluded, that the enemy's forces
now at Bermuda Hundreds, do not exceed, if thoy
number as many as 20,000, All accounts from " the
river, .represent the scene at the junction of the .Tames
and Appomattox rivers, as ione of rare and unusual
interest So large a flotilla of steamers, barges, sail-'
ing vessels and gunboats was never before witnessed
in that seqtion. As one who saw it expressed hi in -self
to us, the wide expanse of waters there is liter
ally covered with floating icraft
. The principal rumor yesterday, and the one which
seemed to excite most interest- in x our community,
was, that the enemy had greatly increased his forc
at City Point during Thursday night, and was march
ed tbwards Petersburg y j the county road, slowly
but steadily. This was j soon ascertained to b
incorrect A gentleman whq left his farm three
miles this, side of City -Point at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, informs us that the- enemy had j made no
advance of any consequence up to that hour, and
that his pickets and videttes then extendod only two
miles from the Point Our informant is a gentle:
maii-of.most excellent judgment, and no, little expe
rience, and his opinion is, after elosely o
the movements of the enemy, that hey have no in
teotion of advancing upon Petersburg from the
Point It is evident that they have only occupied
that locality to prevent us j; Irom placing' a battery
there, and also to veil their movements at Bermuda
Hundreds. ' The main operations are on the Ches cr.
field side of the river. , r j,-; .- ; j ; I K.- -yy
The vat ious reports about the destruction of build ?
ins at Broadway, the burning of all the houses at
Port Walthall, -and the destruction: of Mrs. Mary
Dunn's mill, near by, are believed T to be without
foundatitm. Heavy columns of smoke were seen in
the direction of the foregoing localities yesterday,
hut we ascertained from scouts who had been in the
immnsliatft neiirhborhood.
neighborhood, that tne wodos were, oa i
Hro Jin il are suoDO&ed to have been fired by the ene
my but whether designedly or by - accident is not
Another rumor which grined much- credence du-.
ring the day yesterday, was tuac rorc uiiuonron
the Appomattox, six miles oelo Petersburg, had
been captured by the enemy's gunboats and that the
Yankees had landed, and were bunding additional
fortifications. An enquiry at Headquarters last
ni'ht assured us that there .was not the. slightest
foundation in truth for this report Fort Clifton is
titill held by Cob federate forces, and likely to ,be,;so
held until the war is over! " - V - .
As to the cutting of the telegraph wires between
here and Richmond, the destruction of Swift Creek
Bridge and the" tearing upi
of the track, all of which
was reporte! art hundred time daring Ihe daf. at
the-Yaridds (streef corners," we can state,! posititely,
IbaIt iiallltjirnorlaHd nothtQgUe.;Atorie o'cloci
issv nignt tqo .wires were working' admirably SwiU
Creek BridfWisntac ahdTthranroadlu
-ir.
1
PSrt thaiiJUnctiori
five tniles-from Peterabure 'and twb from Srift Creek
j widen -moveld oat firaai Bermuda Ilundreds, -some
Itime durins: urady jiijrht: -and were . slowlt'and
icautfously advahcrng;during thii day yesterday; Kats 1
iiemritiDir toiicross tbe ljold of Alra. Hon let t'a fntm
immediately fat the J aiiction, bnt were' met" wi th a
yn, a. i.:-ujJ.i.j.ot.t :.j ns.L
about a mile- arid a half distant, in the "direction of
Port 'WMlihilt landing Thev disparity of numbers
was too great for uis to'pursu but . a gentlemanv
present informs ur- that he never witnessed, more
gallant conduct on the pat t ;of any troops than" was
displayed. by! the intepid .South Carolinians. !
j The enemy had artillery, but Used it with poor ef
fect. Our casualties Avere25---two killed and twenty
three wounded. f We had rto artilery. - . 4 u
- The olj-ectf cf y the , "enemy iin this movement was
evidently to jtear tp the railroad and burn the bridge
ver Swift Creek. They will probably be heavily
Reinforced, and , renew, the attempt 1 to-day, . but we
snan oe better prepared tor tnerrv and they will not
fare so well as they did yestesday. They lost heavi
ly yesterdayj but "carried off their killed and wounded,
j -We regret that we : are unable to publish! tiie
names oL our kilied and wounded to day. An Am
bulance Committee, under thesuperin tendance of our
townsman Mr.' Reuben Raglaud. went out' last night
and willibriqg" them in, in the morning.
4 . ' KEPULSETior THE ENEMt" ON THE ELACKWATEE.1
I A body .of Yankee Cavalry, under the command of
the notorious Col. Spe'are, .attempted to orossKthe i
iJiak water nyer yesterday, at Broadwater Bridge,
ivcii nut,- .jjiicjr i c , uaiiuouuicij -t j cuiscu oy a
portion of General Clihgman's brave North Carolina
troops, and retired out of sight Oxiv scouts from
that section, report this body of cavalry as being quite
formidable in! numbers- someestiraating it as high
as 3,000. j At last accounts they were heading around
towards the j source of the Black water in Prince
George,' and may endeavor to effecfa rj unction witii
the enemy mjw at .City Point. We fear' that jthe
Sussexand Prince George peop-e will suffer errcatlv-
from the depredations of these vandals.
AN AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING,
' We have great cause to be thankful for the.aus
prcious beginjiing which' has marked the', military
operations of jthe! enemy in this section, where our
city is so seriously : menaced. At the only two
rjoinls yesterday, r where our farces came in colli
sjion, we rpateith-in3olent foe, and did, Jt most
satisfactorily. They came in overwhelming num
bers, and expected by encompassing us that we
Would fall at easy prey into their hands. - They
thought that we were too weak td guard more than
arry one, point but in this,, thanks, to our vigilant
commander, thev have becndisaPDointed.' Wher-
ever they have attempted to approach the cjty,
there they bave found the bayonets of the.Confed-
erates bristUher and ready to receive them. But: if
We were successful yesterday, shall we not be more
so to day?, j .' - r 6 ' -' !-'":
Heavy reinforcements, and theyamong the best and
bravest in the! Confederate States, were arriving hour
ly yesterday and all through last night Their sturdy
spouts; as they, passed through our streets, was in
deed music, such s our people delighted to hear.
Gen. Pickett, a son of Old irginia, who will lead
tfjiem in battle has attested , his .skill and bravery
on every hardlought field, frcm the First Manassas
to Gettysburg, and under the prestige of $uch a. ;
commander, we cannot think of anything but vic
tory.
! GOVERNMENT OF H0RTH CAROLINA.
ills Exjelleacy?Zbulon B. Vaneo, Baricombe,. Qovernoi
Col David A Barnes, Northampton, Aid.
1 do George Little, Wake; do
Richard I Battle, Jr, Annon, Private Secretary.;
Dr Edward Warren, Chowan, Sorgeoa General.
Jjhn P II Itns?J Wake, Secret ary of State. V
Jonathan1 Worth', Randolphr Pablic Treasurer.
Cnrtis U, Brogden, Wyne, Comptroler.
Sgmuel F Phillips, Orange, Auditor.
dlirer II Perry, I Wake, State Librarian. :
Maj ir OoneralUt C Gatlin, Lenoir, Adjutant General.
Ulcjor Williattt B Gulic" Beaufort, Paymaster.
Daereux.-Wake. Quartern! srer.
s D Ho? sr. Wake. Commissary and Ordinance
. lOffiijer. '.f ' . -' ; ... .' , ; .. ' jr '
Major James Sloan, Guilford, Quartermaster.
Major Henry A Dovrd, E igocombo, io 2 j
Mi jor Jamea II. Foote, A3st.,Adjt. Gen., Roll of Honor.)
AfaiSr Williatii A Graham. Jr., Ass't Adjf. General." ' , ii
Liieut. Joaiah Odllias, VAshington couaty, Ordnance De
part'nent ! . , . -', ;
Li.ut. John B. Neathery, Wake, Asst. Adjt. General.
LiUiir.'Tndinas' WniterFraoklin, A wt Quartrma.ter.
Lieut. Iaac W.I Garrett, Edgecombe, Asst. Q.iarte-rraaster.
Meut. Thadieui McGee, Wake:Asn. Coiaaussary.
Lfeut. OIi ar lea Jl. Thompson, Wake, Asst. Cmmw&rf.
i -'j.L, . . JUDICIAL. V
Supreme jptfiil-f. Richmond M Pearson, Yadkin,' Chief
Just-tee,? WiUUm H Bittle, Orange, nd Jftthiaal E Man
1 y1, of Crayen, Judie i Sioa U Rogora, Wake, Atterney
General; Hamiltba C Jones, Rowao, Reporter ; Edmuud
B;Freenant Clerk. fMets in the city of Raleigh peco .d
Monday4n Juaeeach year," The Morganton trriu has hen
dibcoutinued. i ... v u. , - I . . ' - , -L " l! -'
Superior (JouHs Judges. Edia G Reada, Person,
Rumalm M Saunders, Wake ; Robert ,KlIeth, Chcwan ?
Robt .3 French Robeson; James W 0.boroe, Mecklenlur;
George IImarJ,! Witsou ; R'-berfc B Gilliam, Gfanrllle ?
WiHUm M ShlppHenderaon M - '-r ' , J' ,
cilors. If t Circuit, Jesse J Xeates; flertford; 2nd
Circuit, Charlsa C Clark, Crarsnj 3rd Circuit.; 8wo;U
Rkar. - Wake. f Attorn 3V GenerAl ; 4ih Circuit. ' Thyman
Strle, Rookingaata i Jtu CircuitL Raloh 03Xton, Cumber
land i 6th Circuit, Robert P Armfiel t, Yadkin ; 7th Circuit,
William l liynum : oru vircuu,
Attgnstun 8 Merrimon,
Confederate States J)itrict Court. Hon Asa Bisfj;s.
Martin,, Judge; George .V Suoog. Wyae. Atturoey ; W; F
Buncombe.
1 WafMa. Craven: Clerk Wesley Jonss, Mrnaiu
h Cjuncil of Slate. !?, B Satterthwaite, Pitt; RoUrt n
I pick, : Guilford j . Dr
J?"'"
Ex Officio, Rev j William : E Pell, Wake, md Professor
Richord Sterling, Guilford ; Dr Wm Sloan, of Gaton
Richard II Baler Jr, SecreUry. V - - Jpl
Board Isterjtai. IwpBoyEMEirrs. His Ercelleney, G
Yance. : President, Ex Officio, : Wm f Eaton, Jr, of Warren,
J n flannel off New lUooyer, and Montford MeOebee.
RJt-hard H Battle, Jr, Secretary. f- "' : V "
Vommlnioneri of Stitixr F Thoma Ruffin.
;Al"sLABer.MUo-iWeUoaBJtra'-
JueTary fj''3ru- nia A&csuvvcjfuui. uvv & iwiuru
The Untrerty of North Carolina is U Chaprl IliU
FibaJaridLSwu - Rev Calvin H ,WRpy is. Snperlnteadent of; tn Common
LoL3 of the'Stato. - ' -:j - ; V, v r il
i-WUiie J PaJmer, A M,i5 Principal ofth w u insiufiQn
r..i thm nf Dumb and the Buna, mt K&ieign. v - '
. Dr EJrard-C Faer Ls aperiBtejd?pt of the Tnn
syhua
- - j J , w.- .'...-.w SUM U'MV'lUUIiltl
J : ' u enmyV Poflalthan 'junction is oatthe railroVdX
ithe railroad, timing with a yell, but our men' una wed f " t-??A?CES. SKETCHES. TM.ES or REAL - '
iby such muiie. and unintimidated such apparent P - LlFE MH ELETTES. INCIDENTS, : r,; J , v
ferocity, met; thera with a steady fire, causing them j . f AND, -ANECDOTES OF 1 :t. - v-!:j
to recoil andjstagger, from he bloody reception -- L '! J VYAR1 v ' " .vf; f.. j. Vi
uranam. irirei times- the , Fftrnv cvfri tn rnrh f vuun.iU. , r
1 rift? rinftU vrrptrpatArt in snfflA mnfiKinn nrl rAirm . '"JJi i J, iiiiii.iiUS. . r j i
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