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THE STATE JOUKNAL: EALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESSDAY, OCTOBER 30. lSfil. V . .nil. i - -v. iwwH m..utuii wi-wx-swr-..-., .... (rtf'- !.'- J -:.-t v' iMwJ yoirrnrcptotiNA;s platform and . her t ELECTORAL TICKET. -" si ' For President. ! JEFFERSON T) A VTS. is !V;.' !.r'iV'4?. Mississippi. . ( ' i:VV;-'p;iT;.":j'or'flce President. U ' ALEXANDER 1. STEPHENS, : I-' l - :TOF GEORGIA. y t ; EjEGTORAL TICKET. ; ' v, ITS PBISCIPLE8. , - ' :An unremitting Prosecution of Ihe War the War to the Last Extremity. Complete Independence.. Eternal Separation from the North. . FOR THE STATE AT LARGE. Win 15 Rodman, of Beaufort, f Hay vvdod W iG u ion , of Li ncol n tori -, ;l districts: 1st, John Pool, of Pasquotank 2nd, Ienry F Bond, of Lenoir, '. 3rd; LW; Hdrnphr4y, of Onslow: ;4th, Jsse G IShephjerd, of Cumberland, 5th, Weldon N Edwards, of Warren, 6th, David S Reiil, of Rockingham, Ttli TAired G Foster, of .Randolph,1 -8th, Jqhrc 31 Long, of Cabarrus, j 9th, Anderson, Mitchell, of Iredell, , ltithW Woodfin, of Buncombe, ! . . Fo r President. -. t JEFFERSON. D Ay IS, .-of Mississippi. For 'Vice President A TiEXADER, II, STEPHENS, OF .GEORGIA, . ... fELECTORAL TICKET. ,: : I1 , 1 ITS PRIXCipLbs. i - v A) Unremitting Prosecution of the War the War to tjhte last Extremity. Complete Independence Eter- . p.il jheym r1vtiti from the' North . i FOR THE STATE AT LARCfK. . ' Wrr, BRodman, 'of Beaufort. ' Haywooil' V Guion of Lincoln ton.. ' . V v:j . district;-' ' ' . . 1st, J.olm'Pool, of-Pasquotank. 2nd, Hpnry. F. Bond, pf Lenoir. ' ,, '3d, L; V, H.UTiiphrcy, bf Onslow.' 4th, Jci':id--jSh.ep.herd,-,pf -Cumberland 6th, Wbldon.N. Edwards, of Warren. 6th; Dvid'i5.;Reid,-of Rockingham.i 7th, Alfred G. Foster, of Randolph -8tb, Jojm iWr.iljong," oj Cabarrus. yth, ,Anderjsbn Mitchell, of Iredell., J. 10th, N.W. Woodffu, of Buncombe: For' President. ' TEFFEliSON DAVIS, f" ; f j" op - ttSIPI; ' ''.'.:;' .;:'. : ; l i For Vice President , ALEXANDER H. STERHENS.. I OF GEORGIA. ' , -ELECTORAL TICKET. . - ' '" ""'-..;.''' -ITS- PRI-5'tlIM.ks.'' ' ... ' i ' r A I'nrfmittiiig Prosecution of the War the War , to .the ,'Lat Kxf reniity.. 0'mpU?,te. Independence- rl.. '.Lternal . wefceratioUJrom the .North. OKi; TIIE STATE AT LARGE;',- Win. B: Roiljnohl qf Beaufort. ' II a v woo AV. Guion, of Lincolnton. 1st, Joln' i0ol, f- rasquotsink. 2nd, Ikiryf F.' Rond, of Lenoir. 3rd, L. W.Hiimphrev, of. Onslow.' 4th, J ssp (j. Shepherd, of, Cumberland. 5thV Wtlldoh N.-Edwards, of Warreif. ' j hth, Datnl jS; Held, oi Rockingham. 7tlt Altrpd-Gl Foster, of. Randolph. 8th 'Jolii Al. Long, ot Cabarrus. 9th Anderson! Mitchell, of Iredelj 10th,. N V Avopdnn, of-Buiiirombe 3 ft For President, FERSON DAVIS, of. Misirri. ' : a. - or. t we-r resident. AL ipCANDER H. STEPHENS, 1 ipF 'Georgia;' ; e ELECTl) RAL TICKET, ITS PKSCIPLK8. J1U V,' IIILlliUtll to the Las iEx An Unrrinittijig PnsecQtion of tie War the War treii' itv. Complete Indcnendence Eternal Sfaratioii f em the North. 1 . . H ' f ORTBU STATE AT LARX?E. . ;; Wm It lyodman, of Beaufort, Ilavyvoodl Guion, of Lincolnton, 1 ! DISTRICTS : 1 ' 1st, JohjtJ Po( ll of Pasquotank, A 2nd. Hebrv If Bond, of Lenoir. ' ' -j. ; ;,3.rd ;Ii;'AV 'Husni:)hroy," of -Ooslow, 4 : ';'.. 4th,' Jessd G jSheplierd, of. Cumberland, i ;5th -Weljon jNIEdwards, of Warren,' 6th, DavM F; !Reid, of Rockingham, ; 7th, Alfrjpd Cf Foster, of Randolph, 1 8th j, Johft J Long, of Cabarrus, 9th, And?ri 6h Mitchell, of Iredell, lOthv Wood tin,; of Buncombe. For President. j W EFFERSON bAVIS, . '-.. ';"-,;V'j -OF.MISSKSI-PPI.. ,'.;-..'-': . s; l'"''Ekr Vice President, : ALEXANDER II. bTEPIIEKS, ;., - ':. .'. j -' t"f;'.'of.' GEORGIA. ' ' r , ' .- . 4 ! ljlflfORAIi TICKET. 7 An Uiireipittfair Pi-om cutiou of "the War -the War ! t he I ast Etrt tiiity. fjm plete 1 1 idepciHlenceEter jval sciH-ratiju fiiorn;the North. . rOK-tl!. STATE AT LARUE. Win. R. Rodtnanl of Beaufort. HavwoodiW. (ftno.n, of Jiincolnton. Ht, duh it Yo 1; of Ptuso uota'nk. ;2nd,- Iloiirv FJBond, of Lerioir. ": . t . ; 5rd, L.,3. ilijtnphieyj. of Onslow. . 4th, ;jess GL ;Shepherdv oft Cumberland. 5 t,,.?- iVeldo" Edwards, of , Warren. - -. Cth, laym:$4lid; of Rbckirjrrham., r 1 :7th, Alfred (&i Foster; of lndolph.-:-: 'V8th, Jbhi 3ltLong, of Cabarrus. ' : : -ri Vthy Anderson uVhtchell, of IredelL- I "t h , JX .. VY , JWoodn n , of B uncom be. j f' : : ; t Froia tie Richmond Dispatch. The Yankees7 in Bichmond Arriral of a , ! .few more of thesamesbrt. V , The announcement of the expected: arrival of a largo 'number, of Lincoin's.myrmidons,; captured" hear.Lees bugrby Gen. Evans; of South Carolina, drew to the depot of the.Ceniral Railroad, yesterday a very large crowd; who patiently awaited their coming from an early hour' in the morning until their actual arrival about hatf-past ten o'clock. Included in the attend itigl thtong were numbers of well-dressetl ladies, whose natural curiosity to behod these compulsory Yankee emigrant, had led them willingly to encounter the rough usage ami rudeness of a street crowd. - ; Under the direction of Lieut. Wm. R. Bradford sen tinels were stationed for several hundred yards iii front pf the depot, keeping" free from the' intrusion of the crowd a sufficient space of ground for the debarcation. of the captives and for ' the formation of the line of march.; .The train conveying the Yankees consisted -of sixteen freight and twp passenger cars, for the ac commodation of the commissioned and non-commis-fcioiiej bfiicers. In the former cars the hirelings were closely ! packed, occupying standing positions. Each car; having a well armed guard of four soldiers, to keep ward and watch over the only meanstof exit, j " Some little delay was occasioned after the arrival of the train, in waiting for an additional "de.aehmeht of guards, which had been sent for 'shortly before the cars reached Ihe depot; they were, however,:prompt-in at tendance, and the line was quickly formed. A num ber of spectators possessing more relish fur fun,..ihan sene of generosity to a helpless enemy ;were evident ly disposed to be both witty and merry at the expenso of .the, prisoners, and greeted the first squad of Yan kee? who reached th head of the line, with sarcastic reminders of their desire to see Richmond, and of their reception on Virginia soil, which"' were seemingly any thing than' pleasurable to the latter, who responded. yith bitter remarks, which in one or two instances at least, hi rhed the laughter of the crowd upon those who provoked the retort. There were others, however, who needed no provocation to express iheir anti-Southern entnnents, but with true Yankee annoyance and in solence, defied the, crowd with sneers at Southern cou- . rage, and with predictions of an inevitable Norther': triumph. One huge rascal, whose red hair, florid complexion,' and angular fiice, plainly bespoke his Celtic origin, and whose countenance was indicative' of every other sen tinient.but that of honesty or bravery, expressed, with an oath,r liis confidence in the abiiityof the-Yankees to whip the Soutberners.Vasaisy as pitaties :" another, with a murderous scowl and a significant shake of the hea4, closed a reference' to his condition with the re mark "Never mind, we'll see yon again," whilu anoth-. cr, with an ei'i'ently firm belief in his powers qf pre-i science, replied to. a good natural querist, who desired' to jniow. , the preqise date when. Scott and Lin coln niight helexpefcteil, that;they wouhl 'bq!h be. here 'pf7sooK,"1anssertiOn which provoke! a shout of de risive laughter! . Several of the priconem exhibited a goojl-hahifed and detidell3T jjliiUxsophipal appreciation of their, position, and we're treated with delicate cour tesy b"y tlie surrounding crowd, with whom 'they, jen gagerl" freely in conversation One.of this latter class remarked withdpljghtful nfhchafanice--" knew tq&;; sliovld get to Ilichmor.d; and here leeare." , ' The rear of the first divisioli pf 'Yanks" was brought up. bv a negro named Lewis Augustus Btdi. also a scnier, urgsseq ln semi-mmtary garo. itisanrenranco proved the signal for. vociferous laughter !and-dtrisiv'e chee,'fhich seemed eonsidoialdy to'emb:rr.ass this, siniup pure ".XYaci'Rt'publcai);" . .JJpon reacliing the prrscjh,.Bell was instantly recognfzed by a gehtlema:: as. a filave and a former resident of Richmond,. -both of wludlj ,a"!ogations the darkie earnestly denied, contend-, ing;tha( he Was born a free-man, and vas 'known to be suchl-to Robert Oiild, Esq;,: and to other residents of 'the Distriet-of Columbia, Where ..for many .yeai li' lived. ' ' ' ' , " " 1 The prisoners beiftg full' disembarked, were drawn, up in fils'of. four abreast, within a square form'ed by baWalioii of military; comprising one compnnv of pri- son u.ucjs. 'JLieut.. liraalord in commend, n detail f 85 men under command of Cant. J. B Andrews. Ah North Carolina State troths', by whom they- were es--eorted frm Manassas, ami a detachment of tiiOmeii from the ilSt'h Geotgja Regiment, under conuhand of1 Capt. J. O'Neil ; and in this'ordcr were marched to Mayb'a tnbacco factory, corner of 24th' and Gary streets, which hal been fitted up for their accommodation. The prisoners were ableJbodied and stalwrt looking men, therfmost of them Irishmen; ap"pr',ntly. They were very" Well' clad in grey pants, With blue Woolen jackets, and stout overcoats of different regimental colors. Their clothing was, however, covered with clayed mild, as if they had been floundering througli. swamps and quite a- number of them were barefooted ; one' of these stated, to a bystander that he had cast ' aside his Mi'es-. with vtli'e jntention ,cf swimming the river but When lie saw's. many -of hi's comfa'des. drown ing. -he beraine disheartened, and gave up the attempt "arnl himself together. The officers were neither re mark a fine looking iu physique, nor in intelligence; uVa'ly all of them gave indication'of foreign -extraction ; Several of the number seemed to have uarrowlv escape d with their lives ; oiie had the skirts' of his coat pVfor ited wi h a ball in dangerous vacinage to his grin; another had 'one-of his shoulder's straps sliot ' fvay (with A bullet, and a third had his fatigue cap ' uinc( .t.y ;the ball which passed.thrush It. i. '. , .Thete were in all 22 commissioned, with 125 non commissioned officers, and 378 privates, a total of.'52o prison jrs. i The following are, the names of the com iriissioied officers: . ' Col. W, R Lee, 20th Mass. regiment. . , Col, C.fgswelI,42aNew York Vols. ' ': Major E. J. Revere, 20th Mass. Adjutant Charles L. Pearson, 20th Mass. Assistant Surgeon, E. H. R. Revere, " " Captain: Francis J. Kefier, 1st California (Baker's Istreg't, ' Cant. J rift. M. Studley, 1 5 th Mass. , tienry liowman, ":' Ch's S. Simmons, ' " M John Mc.Krai, 1st California. : ' Timothy'-Omairo. 42d NW Yf.pk' . Lieut. George B. Perry, 20th Mass. ' ; ' ' ;Unnel Gibherson, 42d . New York. . E. Green,. 15th Mass. . ' Wm. Harris, 1st California. : John II. Hooper, 1 5th Mass. Frank A. ParkeV, lit California. CjM. Hxiper; ." " Henry -Vancoost, 72d New York. ' W. U. Kearns. 1st California. G.W.Kearney, ".. "B.iBVVass'ftlT "iJitbATce 4.1 Both CukfecU-Lee and Cogsweli were ; graduates of nr5 a'ld hJ in the regular armv. . Uf the privates anrt nm.mmm;K;nn ea". ,tn TLusette regiment; 184 to ,cnr ltne 42d New York:! to the crrp.sed chiefly of Philadelphians, in which city J,n&mwt:r(J brought to this city from Manas- tlw. i" h ";,"-'r"l of Lieut. Col. T. C. Johnson. .f toe Hkh Lieoriiiwv - - ' It w oners. 200. u OND BATON is stated hv othcei Ut they would befcAwS iff 1 - had reached Manassa tVif01 of the tir.t. . The statement mirnlrQ .A u , Jl corn et m i.i. p;irturi all' but iiumlers, and the remainder of nv eapturcct in the battle. 1S2 in all v.. 1 ' ':v 'vnsont V? - r e enmg train, included amohs them w-rl . . ' V "r.""-"". "e Muai numoer of piisonei .reachetl the citv is ftS7 :5Tn? number previously in the city UvZ l" 1 ,0, a t v s FROM ESTERv Vi.v,. L - " ' On Fl.tvd. with hiV.ar ' 'Li. r. -:"; ", tJua rrosseu iNew river in nis pnmm at Richmond's ' i o . xni Knn'his '.. j. .1 - .at .G,: "uZZ'iXuZ T"" luuur (am. lias sne to Camifas'sjY.r. , r- , Hl .come oacn to -iieadow -Rin-flp.: o,: . : "v tor. ' :'.- . r "rrunwn'tyecta 4 -4..t iwi. xwujfcums regiment of V o n , IeftBicKmond on Thnrsd5?V5 V-. vaIrr wmacyia i rcdenckslHtrg: pr"J, . . "-TV Ill's army 6f the: Po- o takin2 their de. panure tpey paraded through rYMJ .pnntueti inrough a mjtnber of sWb, fi nally ipnorinff Gov. Letcher i, - IiU-reets' fi- c t v. at the miWnnM r..:" "a ,mrenm salute panied with a baggage train o :regiment is accom- wagons. j. sl- ? I 1 II li Hit. h. It.ttt.Mir . TO A - il. -. J. r.v TV Massachusetts 20th; ' - 1 le'4?b Ne7 0rk 1 the Jersey ; ami j 1 to the Pfimsylvama cavalry. The 1st California Uegiment, cf n hicb Senator Baker was colons. wa From the Wilmington Journal. Congress. On the first Wednesday in "November, being the 6th I day of the month, the people of, this State will choose ten persons to represent tnern in me nouse oi repre sentatives of the first Gongress 'of, the Confederate States held under the permanent Constitution. ' We had hoped that this ejection would have been allowed to pass off without excitemenC'lTliat public' oninion would generally have settled down in favor of some person m each district, ana tnus anyining nKe a canvass or a contest be avoided. We fear that sueh will hardly be the case., .; . , , k f , In the lialeigh district there are -we know not how many candidates' spoken of, and, from, a remark we fecardrflade, we feel assured -that party feeling is not at all laid aside there. It has culy assumed a more rancorous because a more personal character forced to yield to circumstances to pull in ihe same trac e with' thoe whom in the Spring they denounced aa traitors," a certain set of politicians of that section have transferred their rancor 4o the men to whose policy 'they are forced to bow, and whose deeper and mores patriotic insight and impulse put to shame their own more; tardy and reluctant movements. We notice a Mr, Turner out with a maniiesto in a recent number of the Raleigh Register There is a confused idea meandering through this queer affair that Mr. Turner wants to run for Congress. This very fact the bare, possibility that by some ludicrous accident Mr. Turner, might slip in, shows the : appropriateueW of our ob jections to affixing the titleof honorable for life or at all,-to members of Congress or other officers. It would,1 indeed,' be-the reductio ad- absurdum. We think Mr. Turner makes some reference to the Jour nal we don't mind that we kno.w nobody else xloes. There are a number of candidates in the third dis trict that just North of us. Qwea IL Kenan, Esq., ( of Duplin, was nominated by a Convention held at CiolJsboro' oh the first of October. Thomas I. Faisn, Esq., of Sampson, IF. D. Koonce, Esq., of Onslow, and C. II; Thomas, of Carteret, are also out as caudi ,dates. ' ' '. ; .' ; , . The Goldsboro' Convention, we presume, was v purely spontaneous body at least the delegates were chosen to it in accordance with no political organiza tion.'. Its moral power must depend upon the influ edce and representative action of those composing it. We presume that it urges ho other claim,' and can bind only those' who directly or indirectly sanctioned or paititipated i'n its. meeting or endorsed its actim. All this is a matter for the people of the district to judge of and decide for themselyes. ' They know all Uie gentlemen they arc acquainted with all' the ch-, cumstances, and are so fully capable of tteudiDg to their ovh matters, -that we' feel that any further" re ference would perhaps be impertinent. In our own district so Jar, at least, but one name 1, is iieen brought forward for Congress, that of Ms.. 'McDowell, of Hla len, at present our delegate to the Provisional Congress. '' From all appearances we think no other name will be brought forward at tliis kite day. . ' ' ' ' . . ; l 'v We have no1 reserve in ex-pressing : our " high per sonal esteem and. regard fo. Mr. Alcowell, but we have it incumbent upon "us US refrain fr.iirf the use of ,eveh a single .sentence calcuhated to .interfere with or inllueuce the choice of the district. We have invited .correspondence o'h this- subject, and have published "all scutius. We think without knowing anything nbAit iti that- the Observer,. tlie oplv ther secular- "paper iu the district, has done-.the same. We are .phased to witness tins apparent, 'and we believe? sub btantial unanimity, and certainly it d(es not detract from" that 'pleasure to Hud that the choica; falls .upon so truly estimable.a geotlenfatuis Mr. MclijwelhTliis without any disparagcnieiit to othej-,good and worthy gentkiiien. The feeling tlmnighout this .district, is. we may truly, say, good. ' ' ' AVe do trust tiiat 'true -men' men- of. good sense and i-onie experience will' no sunt from all-''the' district's.-! .We do - not want -mere partizans wo- do not want party politics.' to ride in this . inaifei-', -'but .we can as-'.': iu' people that no graver error-can be c.-umMtted Mire our than 'thatt. throwing overboard s, dishonest, "all tljpse wholiave hau the advantage of s me political knowledge and experience, and' picking- as innocent and virtuous thbse who have not- had any suJh ex p; 'rience. People arc not necessarily - above tem pta ti.3n because. they liaye -never been- iried, hor. does their usefulness increase iu piopriion -to their iVnor-. auce of the duties of tHe posi tion .to which thev have I been 'called. ' . ' " i important ; Cireular from Secretary Sew ard relative to the Defence of the Atlantic .Lake. Coasts. ..... .The following important circular has been sent to Governor Morgan, and similar ones to the Governors of'all the States, on the seaboards and lakes at the North':-:. j - . ...';.'.'"' ; '. Departmkxt of State, V Washington, Oct. 14. 1861. J To his Excellency the Governor oj the State of JSrew Fork.. 4 . ' Sik: The present insurrection had not even re vealed itself in arms when disloyal citizens liastened to foreign countries to invoke their intervention for the overthrow of the Government and destruction of the Federal Union., These agents are known to have made their appeals to some of the more important Stateswithout success. "It is not likely that they will remain content with such refusal's. - Indeed, it is understood that they are industriously endeavor ing to accomplish that disloyal purpose by degrees and by indirection. ' " ! . Taking advantage, of the embarrassment of agri culture, manufactures,:and commerce in foreign coun tries, resulting from the insurrection they have inau gurated at home, they seek to involve our common country in controversies with States with which every fHiblictinterest, and every interest of mankind require that -it shall remain in relatious of peace, amity, and friendship. ........ , . . j I am able to $ate for your satisfaction that the pros pect of any such disturbance is now less serious than it has been at any previous period during the course of the insurrection. It is nevertheless necessary now, as it has hitherto been, to take every precaution that is possible to arrest the evils of a foreign war to be su perinduced upon those of civil commotion which we are endeavoring to cure. One of the most obvious' of such precautions is, that our ports and harbors on the seas and lakes should be put in a position of complete defence -y for any nation may be said to voluntarily in cur danger in tempestuous seasons when it fails to show that it has sheltered itself oh every side from which the storm might possibly come. ; The measures which' the Executive can adopt in this emergency are such only as Congress has sanc f i ned, and for which it has provided. The President u putting forth the most diligent efforts 'to execute these measures, and we have the great satisfaction of seeing that these efforts, seconded by the favor, aid and si pport of a loyal, patriotic -and self-sacrificing people aie rapidly bringing the military and naval forces of the United States into the highest state of efficiency. But Congress was- cbielly absorbed dirfins' its recent. extra session with these measures and did not provide roply as omtd.be wished for the fortification of our sea and lake eoats. In previous wars loval States have applied themselves bv inderiendent. a. Id en;,rnto .activity tu'suppt and aid the Federal Government in t. aiuuous responsilnhties. , The sameclisposition has Ueii i manuesuvl in a degree ; en.inently honorable by all the ioval States during the i.resent insurrection. In .Mew of this, fact and relying up,,,, the increase and eoiitumancy of the same disposition on the part of the loyal States, the President has directed me toinvite your coiioideratiou to the subject of the improvemept and the perfection of the defences of : the State over ich you p.esi.le, and to ask you to submit the sub- D 111 - AJCpioiatuic lieu It ave assembled. Such proceedings bv tho. Rta to t, r only a temporary use of its means, 111 1.1 l o J J , c'H tn: '"-es ought to le made the suhiect of nSS 6 FKleral Government. Bei.ithus nude ith the concurrence of the Government hr get,-' era! defence.- there is .. -. . , , , j it-ithou uj ueneve that Uon- would sanction what the State should da, and W'tild pnunde for the reimbursement i I . wn S I!10 suestios W accepted, the President cvuZh yUU' IK to srintendJdi,-ect, and yZr State I"',CUtl0U of th& y of the defence of I have the honor tr do TXTj Tr j' "oeuienc servant, . f VV-M. H. SEW A RD, Secretary of State! The dnannatr2,er, says that there are now teW rA ar?B tate troops in Ken- il' J lffoc an Jin linn -. J i . i - , r- i - . aA -"v uumuei wm soon rje increased to f rSi i a Sp6dy movement ia the direction ot Cumberland Gan. the diRnc;., r r...rj' t camp there,- and the takmor runn f t?.,., t and Virginia railroadV- I ' Correspon- t The following correspondence has taken place be tween the Commander at Fort Pickens and General Bragg:, ' HEAPQUARTEns Dep't Florida, V 0 ' T , fVaT PlCKEs, Oct.- 9. 1861. -.Sitt .1 observe thw morning - for the first timer a yellow flag hoistetl over a large building directly in front of my batteries. I also understand that officers' wives and children were in the adjoining buildings. I do not make war on the siek,, women o ehihlfpn -The buildings will necessarily be exposed to my fire ' sikiuiu mcic uc a vuiuaruraeut, ana they are besides subject under this flag to be used as protection to any of your troops that may 1 take shelter behind or before them.;;-'-- -'." iU:';;.;..." ' " '.'".'-- - - I therefore give you this notice,' that the sick, women, and the children; maybe removed, so that if fired on the aesponsibility may re3t where it belongs. ' I am, very respectfully, - . Yourobelient servant ' HARVEY BROWN, Colonel Commanding Brig Gen. Braxton Bragg, Commanding troops near Pensacola. ' . Headquarters, C. S. Thoops, . , .Near Pensacola, Ylorida, Oct. 10, 1861. ' Sir; I received late List night your communication of that date with profound astonishment. The build in on which you had for-the first time observed the yellow flag hash en well known to you andtoaUyOur command, as well as tp the TJ.' S. Navy, as the mili tary hospital of th's" station, and you cojuld not help knmving that it is now used for that purpose. Dealing with one who had been an old brother sol dier of high reputation, I had hoped that our inter course and conduct in the hostile attitude in which we are placed would be marked by all the courtesies and amenities of civilizefl warfare. But it seems from your communication that you claim the right to violate the hospital flag, because it may be abused. Admit this principle", and we revert to a state of barbarism. ' The sick, the woinen arid chidre'n, and the prisoners must beconie objects of. vengeance, the rwhife flag must be abolished, "Beauty and odtyv-' Rape and Rapine" must follow in the track of a victorious commander. I declincyour invitation. to make these,vthe subjects of' war. j ' ..-.' 6 " . ' ; Your hospital flag has bee'nnd shall be respected: In thetrair of Tuesday night jniri hospital with iis inmates was in our.nossession'for at least one-hour . and as far as I can learn, my orders to scupulously respect ootn were ngmiy ent(.)rcect. - - ..Our hospital and the two aljarent buildings oe'eu pted by medical ofiieers will Continue -to be used '-for legitimate purposes.' Nothing Jias been or will be done to attract your fire. If under tiiese circumstances von should put .your threat into execution, which would only be in accordance with the acts of some of voor brother commanders, oflrttle experience in the custom P . T ill . - - - ot-war, A- snail i alee care that the taetshaM be made known, th-it it may receive,' as it-will desvrvc, the exe cration of the civilized .world. . - . - - I have the honor. to be, vour obedipnt servant, . v . - BRAXTON 'BRAGG,... " '..Major General Commanding. . Cpl. Harvey Browncommanding U. S. forces in the State of Florida, Fort Pickens'. Captain 'Hugh Tlxprnas Brown The subject of the following notice which w from an euchange, was well known to many copy of our readers: - Captain. HrGH 'Thomas Brown, who fell' at the head of Ids Company, in the thickest of the fight, while cheering his- men on to victory, in the bloody battle at Springfield, Missouri, was a native of Wilkes County in this State. His brother. Allen Brown, is a Captain, and his maternal half brother. J. B. Gordon. : Major in the 1st N. C. Cavalry, . commanded by Col: Bobt. Ransom."' ... ..'Captain Brown graduated at the Lniversity with distinction in scholarship and deportment; at the an nual Commencement in June, 1858. He studied law for a lime with. Judge Battle, subsequently with Chief Justice Pearson, -and after obtaining license to prac tice in all the Courts of the State, emigrated about the beginning of I860 to Van Buren, Arkansas. He en tered upon the; practice of the profession under the most favorable auspices, and we have the best author ity for stating that no young man ever succeeded in sf shrt time, in so high a. degree, in seen ring the confi dence and affection of the community in which he re sided. He was among the earliest and most earnest advocate's of Southern right, and the Volunteer .Com pany, "the Arkansas Rarigers," which he raided to defend them, is said to have leen one of the best which nas entered tlie service in that young and gallant State. No one of his instructors or associates at the Uni versity, will read this brief notice of young Brown without emotion. He was modest, docile, amiable, of prepossessing manners and address ; and wbfit all. will regard now as infinitely more important, exemplary in moral deportment and in Christian walk and con versation. He was one of the Editors of the Univer sity Magazine, during the year 1857-8, and leaver, so far as we knowno Other record of literary attain ments..' Brief as is the period since his graduation, four of his classmates preceded .him in'the passage to that "bourne from whence no traveller returns." The tragical fate of Ambrose Davie and his young wife, is fresh in the remembrance of all. William C. Dowd, one of the ripest scholars in the class, subsequently a Tutor in the University, and Nathaniel P. Lusher, whose commencement exercise was the subject of high and deserved commendation, were the early vic tims of consumption. Thomas N. Macartney of Mo bile, who graduated a few days after completinc his nineteenth year and is most respectfully and affection ately remembered by all who knew liim,aj5 reported to have met a soldier's death on the triumphant field of Manassas. Captain Bron was born on the" 14th Feb'y. 1835, and fell in the 26th year of his age. The tears of his aged parents, his gallant brothers and nnriieroui? kin dred in his native State, will mark no deeper anguish than those which will moisten his grave arid preserve his memory, amidst the new associations of Ids adopt ed home. The order to march under General" Mc Culloch to the relief of Missouri, is understood to have reached him but a few days bef- re the time appoint ed for the consummation of t!e teuderest of human ties! . Leather Tanned by a new Process, - Newbury Tan Wouks, Newberry C. 11., S. C. - October 15, 1861. Editor Savannah, RfvuUican : My Dear Sir : I enclose to' you a piece of calf skin tanned by me. with a' Aveed called the Dog Fennel, for which I have obtained a-patent, No. 22, from the Confederate- States Government. I claim that I can tan and make better leather, in one' third less time, with one third the bark, and save from 30 to 40 per cent. This piece was tanned in twenty days, and I think it as 'good as French Calf.- I am prepared to dispose of rights in all the Confederate States of America, except South Carolina, which I have disposed of. . v Very respectfully, yours, ' ' . " ISAAC BIEUFIELD. The sample of calf, skin referretl to above, has come to ha.id, and we shall take pleasure m exhibiting it to all who feel an interest in the leather trade. We have never seen a prettier article, and in point of strength it is remarkable. It is almost incredible that 6uch leather should be .tinned in the short space of twenty days; and the) wonder increases when we re flect that the rapid process is effected through the agency of a weed that abounds in almost every old field of the Sauth. Let somebody in Georgia go into business forthwith. Ed.' Rep. JIoktality Statistics. DeBow's mortality statis tics, complied from the last census, show that the people of the United States are the healthiest on the globe.' The deaths are 32,000 per year, or one and a hal f per cent, of the population. In England the ratio is near two per cent., and in France nearly three per cent. Virginia and Xorth Girolina are the healthiest of the States, and have 638 inhabitants above 100 years of In a letter to the Fort Smith Times,' from Glonel Mcintosh, and dated Camp Cooper, Missouri, Sep tember 27tb, we find the following gratifying items: " We hope soon to start after that rubber and thief Lane. I took yesterday , n(i to Camp Walker, thirty thousand pounds of lead, and one hundred and sixty kegs of powder. This win be a. good help to our cause." .- From Pensacola Interestin " ' dence. To the Voters $t tha Fifth Congressional '-'-ti ' xnstrict. ;; - . Gentlemen :--The duties assigned me by Congress .as one of the committee to visit the camps of the Con federate States as far as practicable, ' and to enquire into the administration of the Medical, Quartermaster and Commissariat Departments of the Government '-ha vt -" f"Hy occupied my time; thaf I liave Wn able to attend to no other business. To finisli that work will engage my whle attention until hear the meet- - ing of Congress on the third Monday in November. It is the duty of that committee to report to their body whether any legislation is necessary for the more successful and sati.sfactoryadmuihtratiou of those De partments. I could not decline the performance of that duty. In doing so I have along with the other members of the committee encountered the hardships and dangers of camp liie in order to understand those which beset the soldier. It was on account of mv Pecessary absence that I addressed the card in Sep tember last placing my name in the hands of thej voters of thr District acknowledging then as I do now! their right to choose their own agents and representa-J . tives. ' . ' , ' .... '. : . j - . . On my return to-day to Richmond from ManassasJ X learned for the first .time that it was said in the Dis-? trict that I was indifferent to the result of the electiort anl the wishes of the people. 'That I occunied a doubtful position as fe whether I was a candilate at all, and ni:ght thus defeat a fair expression of the wishes of the people of the DistrictvI found here urgent solici- tations contained in letters from my friends to which I yield irt declaring mj-self a candidate for a seat in the next Congress. , Whilst I defer to their, wishes I re gret that .it is impossible for jne consistently with higher claims, "and higher duties to take any part in - the canvass. She sick sons' brotners and husbands of our people, as weli as seem ing the best provision ior me support ana comiort oi our army in the field, demand. of me the devotion of my whole time to that work and to it it shall le devoted. , - I If the voters Of-the District shalj elect me whatever abilityvcr experience I possess shall - be brought to thcif servjee. I shall, however, cheerfully concur in -their choice wherever it may fall. -But I feel assured that I" should give small evidence of my fitness for any further employment should I abandon the sacred duty which Congress has assigned me to electioneer for auy place within the gi(t of the people. The claims of our soldiers at tlie Commencement of a winter cam paign ought not to be deferred to the persona lad vant age of one seeking his election to Congress. ? A. W. VENABLE. Richtnoiid, October 19, 18G1. . - - - , ' - ' - ' r For the State Journal. Withdrawal. To the Vbters cf ihe Mh Congressional District'. Fellow Citizens : Two weeks ago I announced rnvfcli' a-candidate to represent you in the Confeder ate Congress, at the same time I made known to you my opinions relative to old parties. I did not hesitate to tell you that party feelings should give way to pa triotism, that a man should know no party save "that party which is battling for our independence, com posed as it is of Whigs and Democrats, Secession anil Union men.' My opinions' have undergone since that time no change. But Mr. Dick, one of ihe candidates, is making every effort to arouse again old party feel ings and rekindle the old party fire?, by eulogizing the oUPUnion and denouncing Southern men; whom, he charges with disrupting'it, which can in my judg ment, have no other effect than that of dividing you at a time wjiciv you should be united, and thereby give aid and comfort to Our "'"enemy ; and although I am ! well satisfied-that he cannot be so far successful as, to carry a majority of your votes, yet I am s rry to ad mit my beliefthat with' two candidates against him, whose opinions-are. almost identical, lie may be able to carry a plurality of votes and thus succeed in being elected against tlie wishes of a decided majority of the. voters. of the District ; and being unwilling to be in strumental in producing such a result, I respectfully decline being considered any longer a candidate. . Yours very respectfully, .''' T. W. KEEN. October 24th, 18G1. - i Monet Grabbers. The followingisan extract from, a letter published in: the Clarenden, South Carolina Banner.' It is pretty strong, but embodies tho only true sentiment : ! ' We make the. broad and unqualified assertion, that the man who carries within him a heart that could prompt the desire to "make money" from the neres&itit and distresses of the people at this time, and under ex isting tircumstanccs.be that man the small retail or the wholesale dealer worth fit's thousands be he icho he may Ai. conduct is not only "mean and contemptible," but he is a traitor to the most vital interest of the country, and as a traitor richly merits the denunciation and con-r damnation of every good citizen. I Just below we give a precious morsel from the Sehiia,(Ala.,)Republie, which will be specially edifying to certain chracters : Extortion. It is undeniable that thereare men who hue taken advantage of these war times to enrich themselves at the expense of the people ; The darling object with this sort of men is to get rich. This is the acme of their ambition and tlie sum total of all their endeavors. They have no regard for man or devil, only so far.ag they may be . made tributary to . those ends. The' are the horse leeches of tlie body pol-itie-y-the vampires of societj": in whose presence Wid ows weep, and the' wail of wretched j orphans is heard in vain. Their iron bxes are gorged with gold and silver, and this is the Ark of their Covenant with Hell, and the depository of a coinage from tears and bltxid. The laughing fiend keeps guard over these boxes and bags of gold and grins horribly al tlie presence .of hollow-eyed penur3r. The beggar isjdismissed empty, with a grimace of which hell is matte ashamed, While the lean arms of the fiend caresses the gold like coiled snakesin the darkness of his infamous; den. Such an one is ripe for tlie fhfmes of tlie pit, and should have the badge of his damnable doom nailod upon his forehead by the hissing populace. It is with shuddering feelings we think of s ich men our souls revolt;, and we spurn them back as the refuse and offscourings of creation. ' -J,' ;.;.. ,. Dishonest Secvlatiox. The practice of buying up articles of prime importance, such as woolen goods, provisions, coffee, sugar, salt, medicines, &c, &c, for the purpose of selling again at immensely enhance prices, has, we observe, called forth Energetic remon strances from the highest authorities in many of our, States. The governors of North Carolina, Alabama," Louisiana tand Tennessee have considered the subject worthy of .official attention, and expressed, aceordi ngly their indignation in puplic messages. Unfortunately, this evil is one not open to legal cor rection, especially in the South where a jealous guard against any infraction of our legal or. constitutional rights offers a happy contrast to the state of things North. The only recourse in the case of these" specu lators of their eountry's necessities seems to rest with individual patriotism. Let no goods of the character designated be sold in large quantities, except to regu lar agents of the Confederate and State authorities. Our citizens can dispUy their patriotism by such sacrifices, by abnegation of self-interest and personal conven ience, as well as on the tented field and amid the roar of battle. How to Mail Letters to Europe;- The com-' plete shutting, off of all communication with the North ern States renders it impossible to send letters to Eu rope by the usual channel. But there is a inode of mailing them not j'et interrupted,'- and which car. be employed with security. The English mail steamer touch at Tampico, which is about three hundred mjles .from Matamoras, in Mexico. The New Orleans Pica yune, of the 3rd inst, siys : V 4 - v Mr. Auguste de Mesgrigny, appiinted by the post master of this city asspec'al mail carrier for the New Orleaus and Mexican mail, connecting at Tampico with the English steamers for west India and Europe, has just completed the necessary arrangementsjat Tam pico, ,-.nd will start from this c ty with the 'first mail, on the 10th inst., when the double daily stage line of four-horse post-coaches between New Iberia and Niblett's Bluff will be running to carrv passengers to and from the Texan" frontier. 1 he o'ffice for the reci'ptian of letters, No. 16. Customhouse street, will be open every day from 9 o'clock in the morning to 3 m the afternoon, and the first mail will close on the 9th, at 3 o'clock, P.M. :;J : ' ' I f The smaH'oox is prevalent at Fort Smithy Arkan sas. Tlie city council ordered all the schools there to be.cTosetl. Too much precaution cannot.be taken to prevent this disease from getting in the army. Vac cinate! vaccinate! - ' . Tne Northern . papers "are indylging large expecta--tions from the caval expedition Boon to sail from An napolis and Old Point. They f ay " a blow ' will be struck at the strongholds of traitors: in ten "dajs." Half of that time haa already elapsed. f V CESABACfERISTIC LETTER FRM Gen. McCcf Arf Arkansas paperpnblisl.es theYolbwin,' U?' from Gen..McCnllcK:b, addressed to an officer who J taken some slight exception to the General's renor S the Springfield battle : - 18 report of Camp Jacksok - Arkansas, Sept. 241801 Col. De Rosey Carroll: ' Dear Sir : Your report has been received n unfortunate in not rendering satisfaction to voU j," others in my official report of the battle of 0 tk Hi' It was myNlesire to do justice to every man Ull,'i 1 me, and to give offence to none. This was m ,re 1 1 -in rnan could expect to accomplish, under tfie circu'rn stances," as it was impossible to see ell that ociurrel on a-field so extensive,, broken jn surface, and cover ed with woods; and to, be guided by infuinui-m obtained from others, you have but to read the news papers of the day, published in your own State to see how contradictory that information would h'tva been. ' - , . 5 In inclusion, permit me to suggest that thebet' mode of settling the whole matter is to try it over again. Your ob't serv't, BEN McCULLO'TI Ltncox's Balloons.; savs : A Philadelphia letter-wrt.r . Professor Lowe is constructing in this city four new balloons for Government use. These new ones vary from thirty-one to thirty-five feet in diameter at the widest part, and, including the cords and baskets are about one - hundred feet from top to bottom, t hir material is of strong brown Pongee silk, doubled and varnished four times. Professor Lowe is now forming a balloon corps for the working and transportation if .his various balloons, who will probably rank as Lieu tenants, and will receive 3 a day until their rauk and pay shall be definitely established. For Congress. Ihe permanent Constitution tor tha Government of tha Confederate States supercedes the present Provisional Gov ernment in February next. Preparatory to organiza ion under it, elections are appointed bv law to bj hcid for members of the Electoral College, and for Kepresentatires to the permanent Coneress from the several Districts into which the State is divided, on the lirstThursdivof Novem ber precoedin. There.are no movements in progress of which I am ad vised, indicating a disposition to resort to the instrumen tality of conventions for the purposei of makirijr nomina tions for the latter o.'lice. . These agencies, however npi-o- priate or even necessary, daring the heated party strifes of the past, to secure concert of popular opinion aiid action, seem to have disappeared before the generous and patriotic; impulses which the presence of a common danger has 'in-.' spired. 1 lie day ot election i near at hand, and I d-i not consider that I am ovei ftepping the proprieties of mv posi tion in announcing myself a candidate to represent -.tho District in the lirst permanent Congress of th.; ConU-d.-ra'to States. Unwilling to revive controversies calculated only to disturb the entire harmony of sentiment find feelinjr which nowprevails in maintaining, with undivided strength and loval hearts, the action of tli2 State in separating fro J the old and entering into tlie new Confederacy, for tho curity of her constitutional tights and the d,'fen-e of tha imperiled liberties of her people, 1 avail myself of tliij mode of communicating with you, and shall'content mv self with declaring my purpose to yield a cordial support, in public and private station, to such measures of war ana finance as promise to make the impending struggle, on our part, vigorious, short and decisive. - To this end, mutual confidence and a zealous co-operation, unimpaired by former differences of opinion, alone are waiting. . W. X. II. SMITH. " llurfreesboro' X. C, sept. 2-1, 1801 td. . For Congress. WE ARK AUTHORIZED TO AXXOI XCE R. R. T T BKIDGLRS, Esq., as a candidate to represent the Second District in the Congress of the Confederate States. This district is composed of' the counties of Halifax, Edge combe, Beaufort, Wilson, Pitt, Greene, Lenoir and Hyde, sept. 25, 1861. . SC-td. For Congress WE, ARE requested to announce ll0, A. il: ARIlIXOTOX,-of Nash, as a candidate for tho Confederate Congress, for this the Fifth District, composed ' of the counties of Warren, Franklin, Granville. Wake, Orange and Xash. Election -on the first Wednesday in November. sept. 18. Si td. For Congress. WE ARE UEQUESTD TO ' AW0UXCB IlUfiU vADDELL, as a candidate for the Confederate Congress, for the Seventh Diatt ict, composed of tin coun ties of Chatham, Daridson, Randolph, Moore, Montgomery, Sla.nlj- and Anson.- ...... - ' Sept. 14th, 1861. . . 82 td." . For Congress. XT$ are requested to announce J. II. G00CH, H as a candidate tor the Confederate Congress tor this, the Fifth District, consisting of the counties of Warren, Franklin, Granville, Wake, Orange and .Nash. August 11th, lbCt. , 82 td. 1 - ' - -i ii ii . i i , . .i i i . i i ld For Congress. "' WE ARE REQUESTED TO AXJTOUXCE J.R.3IC ?f LEA.V, Esq., ot Greensboro', as a candidate for . seat in vhe Confederate Congress, from the sixth district composed of the counties of Alamance, Persipn, Caswell,' Rockingham, Guilford, Stokts and Forsyth. - Sept. 25, 1861. 8S ; td. S WANTED ; TO RUT, an active, Intelligent vNEGRO FEL10W trom 18 to 25 years old, .for which a liberal price will be paid in money. Apply immediately to either, of tuo editors of this paper. - oct 3,1861. ', 88-w&swtf.' Headquauters Xorth Carolina Troops, I . ' Adjutant General's OtricR, Raleigh, Oct. 18th, 1861. - General Order, 1 Xo. 21. - ' V. -. The following order is published for the information and guidance pf all concerned. , ' . t : - State of Xorth Carolina, " 1 ExEcenvE Ofkice, - Raleigh, Oct. 18, lb6l. J Lieutenant Colonel Speir Whitaker, aid-de-camp of the Governor, is assigned to duty in th-3 Adjutant Corals Ottice, as auditor of Military Accounts. He will .examine and adjust fo.r settlement all such claim and accounts, un der direction of the Adjutant General. HEXUY T. CLARK, ' ' Governor Ex OJicio. By order of the Couimander-in-chief. ' , V J. G. MARTIN,-. . ."' ' Adjutant General, oct. 23, 1861. 03 3t. . notice. ... OFFICE WILMINGTON & WELD ON R. R. CO., ) Wilmington, 19 th October. 1861. i DIVIDEND No. A DIVIDEND of eiglt per cent, on the Capital Stock of this Company has been declared from the profits of the last fiscal year, 'and will be paid to Stockholders on and after the 15th November next,:-the one-hAlf ia cash. and the remaining half in bonds of the CoBEederate States oi America. ay order ot Hoard or Directors, v JAMES S. GREEN, Sec'y. THENXUAL MEETING of the Stockholders of the Wilmington A Weldon. Railroad Company, will be held in this place on Thursday, 14th November next. .- JAMES S. GREEN, Sec'y. Oct. 23d, 1861. -" 93 4t. Bass Cape Fpae 21st Oct., lbCl. DTTlDEjiD No. 104. THIS BANK has declared a Dividend of 6 per cent., payable to Stockholders on and after the first day of Noveinber next. J. G. BURR, Ca,hier. Oct. 26th, 1861. ' , - - . 94-w2. Sequestration Notice. , . FllE nnderslgned appointed Receiyer under the J. Sequestration Act for the counties of Orange, Wake,. : Cumberland and Harnett, hereby gives notice to all per- sons having any lands, tenements or hereditaments, goods ' or chattels,, rightsor credits, or any interest therein, of or ; for any alien enemy of the Confederate States of America, ; speedily to inform me of the same, and to render an ao coiirit thereof, and so far as practicable, to place the same innriy possession, under the penalty of the . law for, non compliance. I also notify each and every citizen of the Confederate States speedily to give information to me of any and ill lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods ana chattels, rights and credits within the said counties: ' I will attend the diU'erent counties in a few days for tha purpose of receiving when due notice will be given. G. II- WILDER, Receiver. Oct. 23, 1861. -v r - 93-Cw. v Hillsboro Recorder and Fayetteville Observer copy. Requisition for Laborers. -A X APPEAL Is hereby made to tlie patriotism XX and liberality of the citizens of Beaufort, Washing ton, Pitt and Edgecombe counties. FIFTY NEGRO MfcN from each of these counties are needed immediately for tho construction of Catteries at Washington. . These negroes should come" provided, if possible, with rations for ten ays and with their own overseers. They are to report for . dutr,'on their arrival at Washington, to Col. McMilllan, 24th Georgia Regiment. - D. H. HILL,, ; To the Voten of the First Cononesnonal District, compoA or tnefOHMie-ot lyrrell, natnuton, Martin; litrtie Northampton, ' Hertford. G'atex, Perquimaun, Chouan' I'asauotank, Camden ahd CurritacL. ' ct. 23, 1861. ' 3tf. 1: I-
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