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THE. STATE . JOURNAL : RALEIGH, -N. G, WEDNESDAY, FEBRU ' ARY 12, 18(52. ; . V-'V -".' r w - " ' .... The Convention. . The proceedings of this body up to, adjournment, on f I ursthy evening, will havo been found in these col yj'e have endeaVored, in our reports, to repre ""TLlcates fairly, always stating their positions, as fr as possible, iu their own word. They, therefore ,aakej their own record, we leave that record to the t During' the past week, the " Convention has passi ! i ordinances one granting a charter to the Wash f ton and Tarboro' Railroad Company ; the other, a- charter to the Piedmont Railroad Company. The frmer excited littla nlebate, inasmuch as no appro-, tion of money by -the State was demanded; the Uter was fought by most Eastern men, inch by inch, though a naked charter was all that was sought. It '" due to the 'friends of the road to say, that almosj I every one of them declared they voted for the road on the bare ground of a" military necessity, and because presiJeatlDavis had recommended it to the attention of Grss- At tb.c s:ime txme' every : one WUo: P" ,e it, as.j)ositively declared -that, could .they be 1 "vinoe.l that its conatructi jn was a military neces vtv th.L-y would vote for it.; The main points :of their auiiient?, on both sides, we have fully, and we hope, i'riv stated, in" the columns of this paper; and we jeave it t'r tlie people to weigh their force respectively, vithoi't ourselves uttering a word pro or con. The c: -ive majority by which ifTsas been passd after so jiiaiiv dars spent in the calm and-deliberatediscussion y nierits, takea-jn connection with' the sanction of t'eriiany distinguished and popular gentleman and 1 trie 1 patriots, whose names are recorded in its favor, j iiaVe a tendency to make even its strongest oppo ! ij'cnts acquiesce gracefully in the important decision NViiich haVbwn m:i le of this vexed question. . ' I Xak'tii-r it oil flic ground of a "military necessity" i the only gr 'inid on which it was' passed, it will not ,a rc'ar h".l,:we lKpe, as a declaration, by. the people of N'o'rth .Ciroliha, that. the Confederate States have v t!ie ri"!it 'P carry on works of internal improvement J;i (1 j-jtrine, tr rather! a heresy, which so longj and Si deeply agitated the old government, 'from which 'we arc "endeavtiring to achieve an eternal separation, ttiis is nut the "place to argue this' question ; and we 'Allude to it. her'p, only because of .the declarations of h of the advocates of the measure, on the floor of tin: Convention,--and -because of the extreme federal rations which still characterize the manner and matter vf certain members of that body. v All the "military necessities" are now, wehope dis pose! of, e'xcept.the, necessity of raising and equipping t r i' ps t-j figlit our battles aiid conquer our indj-pen-r d'-ii'-g, akl purely to that necessity, the Convention v; ivy'i aildless itself, complete its legitimate 1'ork, aihl gti home to return no more ' If 'delegates would only read their home p:tpers," tlipy u-unJJ iee'that the people arc getting tird of itlieu). Tlic'" have eiercised '-'supreme legisljtive, ' executive, iuul judicial powers" till the people and the jn.s begin to fear they have become iutoxicate'd with ,j power, p.iy.: and ease, and are so charmed yit!( the ;' sensationj;that .nothing hut the indignation of the pco n!r will ever drive them from the Capitol. The, Wil- - - ' niu?Utii Jt)urii'i!, Western Democrat, Asheville ifews, jj.ilinbu'ry.'' ll-tnner, WinCim Sentinel, Carolina Flag, . au'.l pe'rh-tp.s. oiher papers which we. cannot call ih -liiiu 1, have all 'spoke out openly and boldly, aad de- .. lii inded a spjedy adjournment,. . while the Salisbury ) 'j'ckmiii .and Xewbevn Progress and .others have twitted-'them often and handsomely about their slow progress and rneffi ieaey i n business. -, ' . g-ifcs, thero', is a decided opposition to every thing smacking of general legislation, and a manifest incli 'jiation to qUiand go home, but tins class seems to be o )Werie.ss. A few old fogies ruTc the roast and bind all who look up to. them iu the shackles of party, to fi';h an extent,. thai tliey cannot parceivc the "power that binds,-though they feel its ofTect. 'iVdiyp (Monday,) the Convention has-been in ses sion, since it last met, nineteen d ivs ; anl.since it first ' ... . " ' - i - assembled, in May . last, about eighty-six days, iat an eXi:nse' to'the State of over fifty thousand- dollars,; aiHhteeording 'to 'a statement of Mr. Smith, of Halifax, hnde last Friday, on the floor of. the. Convention, only 'ii;:f:k, amendments tolths Constitution have been n:i.c.. li;.y(nd -these ainndnients but little has been a cemnpHshed for he State .or the country, and certain ly not enough to. occupy the attention of a deliberative boily of sensible working men, over tvo Or three : weeks". t : - i . , . '' . e would not, however, undervalue the labors "- hf . .'the' - 0 invention, as a body, nor unneces- ' . stiiriiy find fault with its slow progress. Hut, bey.oiivl , tlCcameriilments to the Constitution already lnention el. aitd the eiiakcring of the Coalfields and the I'ied ,m ;it lliriiMads, we can't honestly place mrtch to its credit. Its-Treasury ordinance was a magnificent fail ure, an! the ordinance extending-the term and en larging tdie powers and duties of the B ard of Claims u-in.ii.ns on record, as one of thas greatest p.irliamen- tai-y blunders of the agb. By -the. latter, officers of the :: tiovermicnt may be compelled to'givesnch testimony j a-unsi themselves a-j may subject them to a criminal i pr.)ecutii:;;' ami, by its operation, or the mode in Wi'iim the law.iadmi-nistered .under it, poor, honest 4 cViizeas - who have l odged, fed an 1 "nursed sick soldiers, h ivj ; been denied their just rights. ; ' lufe; after all; complaints are unpleasant ' and . : unavailii'ig.-...; The inefficiency .-of the Cnventlou ia.iy arise; -from, the nature of things, and be - v.hhout remedy. , We take it, that all mean we.ll and aim to dJ the. best they can.- We could count dtle bUes by ilozens, who desire to closa up tlie .business I before the C ave:itioc at once. and. go li.,p3, but whose . ii-ajnes it would be invidious t mention. Large de i hberativeibihlies ane not easily o Sift rolled ; and, while j a member of suchYno gentleman' can truly be- said to i have-an iudividuaf existence -it is merge 1 in tlie will ;! oft'lc majority, and it is t-j.x.fteu the exs;','' that this majority is cMntrolle l m .re by party con ierations ' and ureconccived p liiical prejudicesthan by any re gard to the great exigencies wliih clothed it with for- ,'j tui,, us power. ; vi km n inu yj tnvennoM tnat winch ft J deprived it.f.tLe j6sp-t of those whom it nrofess. I -i vt? an 1 will with!iol 1 f,-,.ni it ti!; veue.r-Uio-t .-tp iS- : t'tyi is.ibe abuse of power ciiilidcd to its (vciVe bv 'V a gj-nerous, unsuspecting people. WhileyKv h have pressed! yiemeveso.ii the sulr?Svc;riiif.inulv ' u:s;ivtfw, ! tiieintenttj:i of 'c upon a general ! -5ystem of i.!gis!atl nvus -Tiy tliey have AonS much ; v.I(icU fell "peculiarly within thi' jM-oviucc ;f (he Gen i r:l Asssembly. Fof this and icr n- .sons, their or- i::muces will -stink ia the ; n-tn,; .,i the peopleas ; touted Avlth political rancor, and thefuuire htt.n ian j wi;i dffelare, that they sought to write their constitii ; tional ahiendments in the inn-icent bhxl of th ir ld : p -litica t.ppononts, iiiMirder to hurl "the cowajjdi.y :- ''''ifLSKCKSsjosijTs, (as the Rjlliirg Machine calls ; tht'hi). rnoM place :uil power." . j . Tlrie are matters of rave importance, Jiowever, : yet to lie considered ty the Convention. Among them. -j.msy 'meirtioned .'Mr. ,Wn)dfms- ordinance, which has forlUs' object, the support of the public credit in .. the 4 re.sort. The subject of distilleries is another 5 rave4'u'estion, but that which involves the raising of '' tl,04.rolHias quota of Confederate i roups -is per i of greater and higher djgnity thaualf otliers put t together. Until these questions, and others, perhaps equally important, aro determined, the Convetion can not adjoxirn without greatly jeoparding the public weal how long it will take to do it is another question. We cannut too strongly condemn the proposition by Mr. Leak, of Richmond, to adjourn over and have a fourth session of the Convention. It is too absurd to ' admit of argument, and from indications on the floor ' of the Convention, we are happy to think that it will i meet with no favor. If it should take them till next Christmas to do the work, for which, they think, the peoplo sent them to Raleigh, we hope nobody will think rationally of going home until it be accom- plished. ; . The First Year of the War. i It appears from a carefully compiled list of the in- . cidents and battles of the first year of the war for . the independence of the South, made for that excel lent journal, the Charleston Courier, a portion of ' which we have heretofore published, that from the I 16th of February to the 28th of December last, six- ty-one battles of all descriptions have been fought be tween the troops of the Southern Confederacy and tiose of the Illinois Ape, ia fifty-three of which we h'ave been victorious, and in the remaining eight xif which -we were beaten. lln the battles resulting in our favor the respective losses have been as follows : ; FEDERAL LOSSES. "r Killed, ...4825 ..17,014 ...8,177 20,616 .....999 ...3,007 238 4,304 AVoundcd,...: Captured,.... Total, f i 1 CONFEDERATE LOSSES. Killed',....... Wounded,. Captured,.. Total, In the battles resulting in favor of the Yankees, the losses on each side have been as follows ; Killed,.,.. Wounded;....... Captured,.. . 86 .207 .000 Total, Killed, ..... 293 .. 136 . 278 .1249 1,643 CONFEDERATE LOSSES. Wounded,.... Captured......... ' Total. ' . RECAPITULATION Total Federal Loss Killed, 4,911 Wounded, 7,S21 Captured, 8,177 Tolal Confederate Loss Killed, 1,135 Wounded, 3,345 Captured, 1,487- 20,909 Excess of Yankee Loss, 14,942. A pretty-good exhibit for the Rebels. In reference to these fignres i the Courier says: . The Confederate losses are compiled from the official reports of the .commanding efiicers, (when such reports were published.). Of course, we -can only guoss'at the losses of. the enemy. The Northern papers seldom publish the official reports of the: Federal Generals, and the latter have generally proved themselves such monstrous falsifiers that but little confidence can be placed in their reports when they are published. For instance, Picayune Cutler state 1 his loss at Bethel at about thirty, when it is a notorious fact that one small squad of M.igra ler'smen alone buriod thirty-two Fed eral h'Jiei alter the 'battle.-- In estimating the Fed eral losses we have adopted the opinions of the Con federate officers commanding, who aro gentlemen, and upon whose statements' reliance may be placed. ft is disgraceful to see the 'efforts 'of nearly -a score of hungry office-seekers, triggering to .deprive Gov. Clark of his office, for the honor (?) a four months occupancy of it would give thorn, Ilollcn evidently finds that the ' Slzfe made up at the last. caucus won't work. Scveraiscrewsar3 l00.se. It is true he says in his pipr he i i " not seeking the office !" Without attempting -to characterize that assertion as it should be, we ask those members of the Convention from whom he has sought and is now seeking the office, what they think of the fitness of the man who . .makes the assertion unblushing!', for such an office? We know the fact that he has been caucused upon for the 'office and finding that the caucus cannot whip, certain men into his support, he is seeJcinj the office by personal applications to members of the Conven tion to support them. This is known to many mem bers of the C invention, too, notwithstanding he h s publicly denied it. Bat he can't bi elected now nor hereafter. . It is time this disgraceful business was ended we say disgraceful, because it will bring disgrace to ev ery man engaged in it though he stand as high as Mr. Badger or Mr. Graham. The Constitutional question as to whether. Gov, Clark's term extends to January or ends in August, is in dispute, and being so there is no use in wasting the public time and money on it. Let it be laid aside and let a vote be taken upon Mr. Strong's resolution declairing Henry T. Clark Gover nor till January, 1863, and go pn with more impor tant business jor " to this complexion will it come at last." Personal. We had the pleasure of seeing in this city on M nday last. Lieut. Alpiionzo C. Avery, of the 6th, '.(late Fisher's) X. C. State Troops, now com manded by Col. Fender. We were glad to see our young friend. The. last time' he visited our city, but a few months ago, he was carried to the residence of Hon. 1). M. Barringer, a residence we thought his last this side the grave. But he pulled manfully through. and is now in his usual health. When IIol den, who boasts that he has an apprentice iu the war, stigmatises the secessionists- as :"cowardJy original secessionists," wo are led' to glance at such- families as that of tlie Averys. We know personally five bn.th 'crs, four of whom are in the war, and the fifth. (Hon. W. W. Avery,) in the civil service of the State. Three of these boys have already distinguished them selves under fire, the fourth, a mere lad, has yet not had thu opportunity." And these are some of Holden's "cowardly original secessionists !" Lieut. A. C. Avery is on recruiting service for the war. He gives the gratifying intelligence .that a vi gorous movement is now taking place in the army of the Potomac, -amongst the troops re-enlisting for the war. J'he.m ivem cut first took place in a Tennessee regiment, every man of which, re-enlisted, ar;d their example was speedily followed, and is being followed by others. Lieut. J. C. GoaiiAN. of CjI. Tow's Second State Troops, also paid us a vi.s-it on Monday. Friend Gor man is another of the "cowardly original secession ists." and is iu excellent health. He represents the roads on the line of the Potomac as "Waist dep iu rnud'aol thinks it w mld be fine fun to' have a "wallow" with the Yankees just now." ,' ' Expulsion of Senator Bright. Senator Bright has been ex pel.iod from the Rump Congress for trea sonable practices his offence being that he endorsed the character of a friend, who proposed an invention n" lire-arm-, to President Davis. jTlie expulsba is the Brightest thing lonc by Lincolndom during the war, and Senator Bright will ljve to see it. ! Fall of Fort Henry. . A dispatch to the Union and American, dated at Nashville on the 5th, announces the capture of Fort Henry, by the Federals, on last Wednesday, the 5th instf., after five hours of fighting, our forces retreating to Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland river, thirteen miles distant. Fort Uenry is on the Tennessee riv er, where it forms the boundary between Tennessee and Kentucky. It is ninety miles above Paducah, and twenty miles, below the Long Bridge across the Tennessee, on the Memphis and Ohio railroad. It is an open fort (not casemated) but had, we understand, several very heavy guns in battery. The fall of Fort Henry, .if true, is another disaster to our arms greatly to be regretted ; but not of such magnitude as to induce despondency. .Though we have no details before us, it was a victory gained by the enemy's gun-boats, and cannot be taken as an index to future results by land. Arms of all sorts are scarce in the .Confederacy; but there is especially an almost ir remediable dearth of artillery. We know not how many foundries, where cannon are cast, we have in the Southern Confederacy ; but we do know that six times the number would not be able to turnout a suf ficient supply of this species of armament,' so indis pensable to the protection of our coast' and river de fences. We know not. exactly the strategic- impor tance of Fort Henry ; but such places as we regard it ought to be rendered impregnable, if the ingenuity of man and the resources of the country can make them so. ' " - We have ho complaint to utter against the author ities, civil or military, for the fall of Fort Henry if it has fallen. Since the first gun was fired at Sump ter, no complaints against any body, having the man agement of the war, has escaped our lips through the columns of this paper. Our complaint is, that there has not hitherto been sufficient co-operation of the civil with the military authorities. The men of wealth and influenca.have stood at too great a dis tance from military commanders. We have physical force enough in the country to convert an entire sea coast, interminable as it is, and every river bank in the Confederacy, into an uninterrupted chain of Forts, which would constitute the whole an impreg nable Fortress, eo far. a3 erecting fortificatious are concerned. Arming thess fortifications is quite anoth er question, and can only be done , by the Confederate government, and then only to the extent to which cannon of suitable range can be supplied by the limited number of foundries at its command. It is a source of painful regret, that what could have been done, hitherto, has not been done. Our prople have not been, and it seems, cannot be, fully aroused to the extent of the dangers which beset them, aiid the value of the prize contended for. We have all been too "apathetic to everything, except our own private interests. The love of moaey has been stronger than the love of country. But that love of money is a mere illusion. We may hoard it up, by attending to our farms or by a course of heartless speculation, till we count it by millions, and at, last, if conquered, it must all' go to pay the debt contracted by our heartless enemies, for tlie exquisite pleasure of whipping us into obedience to Yankee laws. If snb- jugatcd, we will have to pay a debt of two thousand millions of dollars ; and sensible, men may readily perceive -whether it would not be wiser and better, to devote, at once, half of that amount to secure our in dependence and free our country from bondage. The enemy has commenced his " onward march." At Columbia, Bowling Green and Manassas we are ready tn rof&ive him and treat Lim 1 as Li insmLmeo deserves. But he will shun those, points, and attack us where we are less prepared to meet him.. If the fall of Fort Henry and the destruction, of the Tennes see river bridge should turn out to be true, he has cut off air communication between Columbus' and Bowling Green, and our forces, it may bo, wi'i be compelled to abandon those points, .to check his on ward progress. His next effort will be to cut off the army of the Potomac, and force it to fall back from its impregnable position to defend . jther points. All this can be prevented, if the Confederate Gcn erals receive the hearty co-opcratiou of the Confed erate citizens. If we would conquer, every individ ual must look upon the cause of his country as his own cause. His means, his money, his time, his tal ents must all be consecrated to the common defence. It is the hour of h'rs country's trial. A usurper and a despot is on his march to lay 'waste 'that country, or compel its once free people to submit to his galling yoke: The boom of the cannon has not yet reached our own cars.-. Our own houses have not yet been devoted to the llames of hellish incendiaries. But we havo heard the wails of our own lovely women, made widows by a despot's bullet, and the shrieks of our own children made orphans by his merciless sword. 'He comes to destroy and -conquer. Shall the wo men of . North Carolina ever experience the sad, sad .fate, of some of the lovely daughters of Virgiuia and Maryland ? Forbid it Heaven 1 May God and hu manity forbid it. Then what is to be done must be done quickly. " The grand armies" of the North are on their march arid. soon they will be here here in North Caroliua, 'with pillage and plunder, "beauty and booty " on their banner. Shall we remain as quiet and unconcern ed at home, as though no enemy were in, the land, and no fleet in our waters ? We do not'envy the philo sophic temperament of those members of the Conven tion, who expressed that sentiment, in debate, last Friday morning. The enemy must be met and hu miliated, as at Bull Run and elsewhere, instead of be ing allowed to flush himself with victory. The great crisis has come. Everyman's valor will now be tried, and none need hope to transfer to another the duty which he himself should perform, and which he owes to himself and his country. We must all fight or all be made slaves ; and cursed let him be who prefers slavery to death. v Ramsf.ur's Battery. We had the pleasure of a call from Maj. S. I). Ramseur, the gallant and ener getic commander of the Ellis Artillery, on Saturday evening last, from whom we learned gratifying intel ligence from Roanoke Island. The Major is in fine -0 health and spirits and has a prospect of the active service he has so long and so anxiously sought. He requests us to .state th.;t he wants some twenty-five able bodied men, between 21 and 30 3-cars of age. and woyld.prefer them to weigh each about 140 pounds Here is an opportunity to enlist in one of the finest corps in the service, commanded bv one of the bright est ornaments of the profession.' Each recruit will receive a bounty of $15. Apply at once, for the requisite number will sivm be made up. Address M,aj. S. D. Ramseur, 1st N. C. Artillery, Smithfield Ya. ' Notice to Magistrates. A change having been made in the Revenue law, by which all estates without regard to value, are subject to taxation, the magistrates are required -io call a spe rial term cf the County courts on the first Monday 0 May (except where tin regular term is held during the Month .of May, or en the 1st Mondayin Juno,, to levy' county taxr in conformity with the altered revenue law,, so as to secure uniformity of taxation throughout the State. An ordinance to this effect passed its per oral readings on Saturday last in the Convcutiou. Correction' .-The following note explains itself. It is impossible always to avoid mistakes, and we are always glad to correct them: The error was in not reporting Mr. Rayner more fully. His position was correctly understood by us, but not correctly set forth : . IUligii, Feb. 10, 1SG2. Mr. Spelman: In the last issue of the journal your report of my remarks on th Tarboro' and Wash ington Railroad charter is incorrect. I did not say I was "opposed" to the measure. I said I Was in favor of it there was no objection to the nleasuro itself, and whilst I was willing to see it pass;, yet I could not vote for it, because I had taken the position, honestly and sincerely, that I ought not, and would not vote for any measure of mere legislation. It was for this reason that I did not vote at all on the pas sage of the ordinance. Yours, &c, : K. RAYNER. Latest from Georgia. -The Augusta Constitu tionalist of Saturday 'gives as its town talk, generally circulated, that the Ynkees had demanded of General Lee the surrender of Savannah', and, in case ofrefus.il, have given five days in which to remove the ' women and children from the city. The report, it adds, wai not confirmed. i ! I Correction. I-In our Convention proceedings of Tuesday last, 4th instant, Mr. Starbuck is represented as having "opposed an amendment running the road (Danville road) from Danville, thence via Leaksvillo, Madison t Germanton, Winston and Salem, to Lexing ton." This is a blunder of the compositor. . Mr. Star buck proposed that amendment, and supported it by urging the development of the mineral resources of that region. - - ' '...'-',-' Facts ancLEumors. General Pillow. The Nashville Union publish es the following communication : Messrs. Editors Nashville Union and American : Brigadier-General G. J. billow being advised of a change of circumstances at Columbus, Kentucky, has withdrawn his resignation. He has been very ill for some days past, and1 is very much reduced, but will as soon as his health will admit, return t6 his; post or report to General Johnston for duty. j GUS. A. HENRY, A. A. General. From Crittenden's Command. A reliable dis patch was received yesterday from an officer in Gen. Crittenden's command at Livingston, which states that our loss in tlie battle of Fishing Creek was about 125 killed, 300 wounded and missing, and that the enemy's loss greatly exceeded ours. Gen. Crittenden will fall back to Gainsboro, on the Cumberland river, about fifteen miles above Carthage. This note ' also confirmed the safety of Capt. Monsarrat's battery. Other advices state that Critcenden's forces are per fectly organized and in good, condition. Knoxcille Register BOth ultimo. Gen. Marshall's Report. The Bowling Green Courier publishes an extract from General Humphrey Marshall's report of the battle of Middle Creek, on the 10th of January. Generl Marshall says the bat tle lasted four hours, was spirited, and that he drove tho enemy off and maintained his ground. The Fed erals numbered 5,000, with 500 cavalry. The Gin- federates had 1, COO. Marshall's loss was ten killed and fourteen wounded. The estimated loss of the enemy is 200 killed and as many wounded. For the War. Tlie 2d Tennessee Regiment, Col. Bate, have unanimously resolved to re-enlist for the war. Other regiments are rapidly following the patriotic example. Jeff Davis has informed Lincoln by flag of truce, that if Gen. Halleck hangs the Missouri bridge burn- rs, he will hang Corcoran, Lee, Wilcox aikl others. The iron-plated screw frigate at Philadelphia, is nearly completed. She has three decks, carries 1G 11-iiich guns, draws 16 feet and measures 3,500 tons. From Columbus. Our last reports from above are to the effect that the Federals' are collecting in strong forces at Cairo, and that as soon as they! can get 80.000 or 100,000 they intend to .make . their long talked of forward movement upon Columbus and New Maurid, by both land and water. I hey had at Cairo, at last accounts, CO.OfiO troops and 33 mortar boats'. Aeio Orleans LulUtin, left. 0. ! A Nashville dispatch of the 5th, to the Associate Press, says : . Lieut. Col. White's Tennessee Cavalry encountered on Sunday, the 2nd inst., a body of Lincoln Infantry-m Morgan county, lenn., estimated at from 100 to 300, on the side of a mountain. Col. White charged upon the enemy, who were twice ral- riod by Capt. Duncan, a Union otticer. Duncan was shot through the head and killed, by J. Huberts, a lad only 15 years old, whose brother was recently kiiicdiii Kentucky. The In ion is? 3 were completely routed and lied in confusion. The dead bodies' of 7 Lincolnitcs were found, and cne prisoner was taken. A free negro attached toMcLeary's company killed a 1 .incubate. ' : Latest from Europe The Dag Look has European news, by the New York Herald, five'daj's later than last published. Prince Napoleon was seriously ill. A terrible ac cident had occurred in one of the Newcastle coal mines resulting in 215 miners bein burned to death. Six davs' efforts to rescue them had been unavailing. Air. Massey. member of Parliament, had delivered a speech before his constituents at Sal ford, England, in which he advocated that the European Powers should interfere to close the struggle between the Nnrth and the South, by recognizing the Confederate States, and breaking the blockade of the Southern States. . i The Manchester Guardian argues in a somewhat similar strain, and as regards the cotton supply, it says: It is is a question, how far, in this district, the prevailing distress is due to the civu war 111 iiu-ieriu:, and whether it is not as much attributable to our pro duction as to a mere dearth of cotton. : i The factory statistics of Manchester show that the shortening of the hours of labor in tlie factories is gradually extending, and in course of a week or two the movement was expected to become much more general and extensive. It was represented that Charleston was well defen ded, and that between that city and Savannah Gen. Lee'has about 40,000 troops under his command. The question of European intervention in the civil war in America is being much more freely canvassed, the proceedings at Charleston and the alleged general inefficiency of the blockade .being the excuses put forth for such a step. , , , t i. The Liverpool Post emphatically declares that, the civil war must be stopped by meditation, if possible ; by force, if necessary. The London News continues boldly to denounce the idea of recognizing the South, and-says that it is time the country should utter its voice against it in unmistakable tones. ' The London Globe arsues that the maritime Pow ers cannot be expected to respect the bLckade un.ess j it be really effective. The London Times (city article) of the 24th ult., says that an uneasy feeling prevails. The avoidauce of complications in connection with American afiairs cannot be permanently anticipated, and the feeling will probably increase until the meeting of the French Chamber on Monday, at which some indication of the policy to be adopted by France, England or Eu rope generally seems to be looked for. The city article of the London Ileralcl says the ac counts from America are of a most despounding char acter, the commercial situation of Nev York being un paralleled. A Ludon Paris correspondent denies that trance has taken any steps towards intervention in American affairs. , : ... J A London letter to Paris says that England will protest against the measure declaring the Southern ports closed to European commerce. In Paris it is reported that ih? initiative of pro claiming the blockade of the Southern ports ineih- cieut, will be taken by France. ' , . Tho lA. ti..fi to proclaim against tho Stone blocknueu The Liverpool Chamber of Cjmn.ercd has mcraomlized E .rl Kussell on the sub ject, Erliiussell replied that the Government has re monstrated against it H t-.rw of - Char!c-? on and prrtcst-il iUiiuA iuer.cr.iiou It other . Southern nnt. ' '.''-'.'..- latest mm. Attack on Koanokc Island Its Capture. I Gallant Defence of our Troops. : . . The Burnside fleet attacked Roanoke Island on Fri day forenoon, and the -"' engagement continued until about two, P. M., when tho firing ceased. The num ber of vessels is given at fifty-three, and notwith standing the heavy armament of many of the ves sels they were repulsed. An attempt of the enemy ti land was abortive. During the engagement, the batteries sustained little injury nor were the casual ties to our troops material. Commodore Lynch, with his little fleet, was in the hottest of the fidit, and kept at it till his ammunition gave out, and then steamed for Elizabeth Gty'fur fresh supplies not, however, till the Curlew received a damaging blow which crippled her. She was then beached. The fight was resumed on Saturday morning about seven o'clock. The attack was made on all our bat teries and continued half an. hour, when the enemy effected a landing on the Southern end of the island. Our troops gallantly charged upon them, and they fell back upon their boats. The Confederate 1 enforcements reached Roanoke Island on Friday night. . ' Here there is a gap in the news. ' fThe latest here, up to Monday night, is to the effect that on Saturday af ternoon, at four o'clock, the Federals to the number of 15,000 lauded against less than 3,000 Confederates. Our troops are all captured except5 some twenty-four. Lapt O. Jennings ise, of, the Richmoud Blues, is severely wounded in the leg. His father, Gen. Henry. A. Wise,xwas confined to his bed at Nag's Head, and with difficultjrcould be kept out of the fight by hi physicians. Hennas not beeu captured.. Our troops are reportcdto have acted most gal antly and to have fought desperately. Our joss in kided and wounded is said to be 300, that of tho enc my 1 000. Six of the enemy's gun boats are said to be crippled permanently. . , - The commander of the Confederate steamer Forest made a gallant fight. He was slightly wounded, and one midshipman lost an arm. BOMBARDMENT OF ELIZABETH CITY. A dispatch received here, we know' not upon.w;hat authority, states that the Federal vessels shelled Elizabeth City on Sunday and destroyed the town. We give this news f r what it U worth. It has color of truth from the fact that the Confederate vessels had gone there fur ammunition and artillery, and that a battery had been erected to defend the town thus rather provoking the fire of the enemy. PBQBABLE FIGHT OX THE PENINSULA. The Petersburg Express of Monday has a dispatch from Smithfield, dated on the afternoon of the 9th, (Sunday) stating that it wasUhe belief that ..General MagriKter was fighting the enemy, firing having been heard'on the peninsula that day. Not confirmed. FALIi OF FORT HENRY FUllTHEli PAUTICfc'LARS. Additional particulars confirm the report o the fall of Fort Henry. Few lives were lost. Oar forces retreated on Fort Donelson, pursued by - the . enemy. Inconsequence of the impassable condition of' the iroads, the field batteries could oavt be saved. Nulli ng saved hut small arms. Fhom Tennessee. Advices from Memphis to the eili, ult., rtprwenh that ctv as full of excitement lh consequence of the ascent by. the Federals up the Tennessee river. They went up to Florence, destroy ed a warehouse at Tuscumbia landing, and indicted other injuries. . It is reported they are marching to wards I nka. Miss. - . - - . Imtoiitant from Eceope. The Petersburg Ex press has the following Dispatch from Norfolk. Noufolk, Feb. 9. New York, papers of yestcrd.iv have just been reeeiveT here by l!:ig of truce Their European correspondents advise the U-iiited States t prepare immediately for war, as thoyconsider tho re cognition of the Southern Confederacy imminent. Latest from Elizabeth City. - Confirmation of its Destruction. 'A dispatch from 'Norfolk, at 10 u'elx;k last niht (Monday,) to. the military authorities here,-state -that the Confederates ditroyed the town. The -disrnteh is vague on another points. As we under: Und jf ,"'ut:ir(V) Meet was captured at Elizabeth Cit. Our ulderstandiugl of this dispatch is that our. fleet vas pursued to Elizabeth City where it made a stand and fought, assisted by a battery erected 'to protect the town. Having made the best defence they could, we think it will be found that our people destroyed "this licet and the town and retreated, leaving a barren victory to the Yankees, This dispatch is froni a. re liable source in Norfolk. "What authority it is based upon beyond that point we know not. . .. r ' JST We regret to learn that the ynun man named in our' last 'as having beeu killed bj-, the explosion of a bomb-shell at the camp of the Second North Caroli na Volunteers, near Norfolk, was tho son of our friend C. II. K. Taylor, Esqr., member xf the Senate from Granville county. Mr. Taylor has our heartfelt sym pathy in this sad bereavement. Real Estate for Sale. See the advertisement of E. A. Thompson, Esq., in to-day's paper. , Late Northern Intelligence. President Davis has informed President Lincoln by fl;1!f of truce that if the bridge-burners in Missouri are hung, Corcoran, Wilcox, Lee and others will be hung in retaliation. . . There ia great difficulty in taking care of the negroes in the camps. Wool is puzzled, and has appointed a committee to provide for, their further wants. The Philadelphians are actively engaged about, a naval expedition which is to be fitted. out there for t,:e Southern coast. EricssonV gating battery is nearly completed. The Trince de Joinville h;is gone to Washington. Maine is to be fortified. . The expense to the State troops to be reiinbureed by the Federal Government Tho T.misp of Representatives has passed a bill authoriziog th. ; xwutt uction of twei ty platetHiigatPs. An expedition consisting of twelve vesse.s Ictt Cano on the 3d.1 It will be j. iued at another point eby a large force. L , ' ' , The citizens of New York ask for the repeal of the reciprocity treaty Lciwen Canada and the limed htThe Herald savs that the .guns of the frigates in Hampton Ro:idshave been double-shotted. They are rot a; raid of the Merrimae. . - Thirty-five thousand troops are at Cairo. Theliostonians have held a meeting in Faneuit Had, to ndopt measures for the release of Cl. Gircran. . Chase is in great trouble, and ur-es Congress tr prompt action. He says the Treasury is nearly empty. Foreign exchange 114. Stocks unsettle. For Sale; THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE IN THE town of GokL-boro', his rreimSS?cortms of two lot exclude of horse lot, which h n&rdri is r,e beautifuWplaceB for a residence in sa.d town. Lpn lbe oeauuiufP" n.rii;o. pvervout-bonse which oremisea u a voniionauic i - v..,.. r JUow atin Mm convenience or .' -;-- v v . well of water. One entire lot i? covered with . b convenience or necessuT ma v v- " ,7 VhJ.nt.ife!- . .... (. narnmmrr. ia new. water. Une entire io 7 - ,-7-, " '1 erowth of native shade trees; is in a we'l Joeatea. ie Lota on Uailroad street. - l!a fine chance to make a cl'n- t. A. TliOAilO.N. Also, several Stoi Terms made easy Feb. 12 tf PROPOSALS TO FURNISH .WOOD, ' " Raleigh; January 31ifcl862,; . PROPOSALS 'to Furnish Wood for tfety Oflecs X and Hospitalg i the Military Department at til place, Till be reeeiTed nntil the 15th of February, when the con tract will be awardedrd to th lowfl.it bidder. , Tho bida must be to famish rood sound Oak and Hickory wood, by the cord, to bo cut into two feet lemrthi and corded at tha place of delivery. . '" ; M. A. BLEDSOE. ' ,' ' Capt. A A. Q. M. ' - - '-' ; ' - " -. feb. 625 td Bethel Regiment to bo Re-organlzed." EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, NORTII CAROLINA, Adjctawt Giibal'i Orrici. J i ' Raleioh, January 27th, 1862. f he Firt Rejrimont of X. C. Volunteers being disbanded, Regiment of olunteem for the War will bo formedto take 11s place. All tbe companiea of the,, old Regiment ? lil rf-renie for he. War, are requested to report to this .Olhce without delay, with tho view of going in Una Keyiment, which will receive the " Rethcl Fla." Additional Volunteer Companies for the war will be ac cepted, to whom a bounty of fifteen dollars per man wiU be paid by the Mato and fiftv by the Confederate State W hen a full companv is tendered, four officers will be com missioned ; with a less number, appointment will bo given, as follows: A Captain for fortv men ; Vimt I.iitnnt for twenty-five ;, Second Lieutenant for fifteen. '- ; r me annua who nave been ordered on datv, and tob in readme, can still Acail themselves of this opportunity of getting into the Volunteer rvioe, and the n amber ao doing will be 'credited to thwir respective counties: Bv order of Governor H. T.CLARK. J. G. MARTIN, . - Adjutant Central. All. the papers in the Ftate copy four times. 2& U Twenty Five Dollars RcWard. INFORMATION WANTED. A Man callin? himself W. J. Terry, called at .my Livery Stable on Saturdar. morning the 26th iusU, and Laving hird a Horse and liuirgy until the same evening or following Sunday morning, left with same, and has not since been heard of bv me.' " It was a Roan Horse with "the "Scratches" on the left bind , Ig. The buggy was a black, flat bottomed one, ralLer worn. 1 . 1 will pay Twenty-five Dollars reward for the return of the above property and apprehension of the aforesaid W. . J. Terry, He is a stout thick-set "man, with sallow com plexion, dark hair, and rather blow the medium bigbt. Jan. 2Sth, 1862. v . 23 tf IXSASE ASYLUM. APrUCATIONS FOR THE ADMKsSlON OF WALE ratieDts nuist b made to the undersigned, to secure adinimon, ia eonscnuence of the crowded condition of that depa tineut, . , ED. C. FISIIElt, Physician and Superintendent, J uar . ,19G2. jan 25 wlswSm BUU0U f ORX WANTED. A, LARGE AM(i:T OF IlROdM CORX IS WAN T z'ed, at the U'soom .M ani kactouv c.mnectec with tho Nort'i Carolina Institution for the Deaf Axn. Dcmb ani thb Ulinu, for which the highest market price will be paid. Fanners in North C'arolinaare urced to cultivate a crop of JJroom Corn, the preseut yeaivv Any information as to tne uietuod 01 culture, Ac, will be. given upon application to the undersigned. - i . WILLIE J. PALMER, . Principal. Raleigh, Jan. 25, 18C2. jan. 25 wAwlni t . - ST ATii OF NORTH CAROLINA, , j I'itt CouiUy, l j ' ; Cockt o- Fleas ixn ()l'abte Seksioks. November Term, 16G1. ; William Whitthep.J V" . . vs. . Original attachment. . .. ''.'-'.'.- William Y. Ronnc'r. J -: , ' In this case-it aipearing to this conrt that tho defendant is a non-resident of this ttate it it ordered that publication 1 be made in tlw; State Journal for six successive weeks cum roanding tho said defeudant to appear at the Court ll.oujt) in (Jreenville, at tin court to be held on the tintt Monday, of February next, then and there to plead, answer or re plevy, or this notice will be taken for Confession as to biu:, and "the ca.-e set for. hearing. . . . Witness, E. A. Daucy, clerk of laid court at office, ths first Mondav of November, 18C1. Dec 10, lSCl. E. A. DANCY. Clerk. ) . . n--wGw STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, r Warren Count v. . f . - Coikt of Pleas asd Ocakteu SEsi08St November Term, lbCJ- Wm. liowden and others, n and others, " p d Emily his wife. J ctition for Parti V; S. Williams and tion. It appearing to the Court that th: defendants reside be yond the limits of this State,- it is, therefore, ordered that publication, be. made for six weeks in the Raleigh State Journal-, 'notifying them of the tiling of thU petition, and that unless they appear nt the.next term of. this Court and plead, ansver?or demur, the said petition will be taken as confessed, -and heard ex parte. , ' .' Witness. John W. Whte, Clerk of the Conntv and Stato aforctaii, at ollice in Vwrcnton,t th fourth Monday in November, A. ir.,'lSCl. Issued the 3rd day of DeccnilTcr, lfil. ; , JXO. W. WHITE, Oerk. .- , w6w. BANK OF NORTH OAliOLLVA. Sprcl.tl Mec ling of the Stool!iol(TcM of thli lianJc will he held in tli Citv of RnKdli, on SATL'U- DAV the "th iit., by order of the Hoard of Directors, on busiiie.J.s of the highest importance. , . A punctual attendance is reiiufntcd. C. DEWEY, Ca.hVr. Raleigh, Teh; C,,,VMVl. 2fi-td lor Hiris the prt'icnt year, a good Stone 1 .Mason ason and liiickl.i v?r. Aiiplv to .DR.i E. RL'RKK It.VYWOOf). K-h igh, N. C. Feb. .(!. Oxford Schools. rriHE Suhserlljor Is prepared lo fornlKh with I board and comfortable accommodation Student at tending the Masonic High School and the Female School of -the town ; alo any" persons i.-hinlj to board,. in a healthy section, and ei. jov good society. Terms from if 12.50 to $15, per month. R. D. HART. February 5th, If C2. 25 tf J C. B. NAVY DEPARTMENT, KENT, V ography, -, M'l. ) OlEoe of Ordinance and Hydro Jan. ICth SEALED ProproF.iIs will he received at this OUicc until Saturday, t4te 15th day of February next, at 12 o'clock M., for faVninhing for. the nne of the Navr, to be delivered at the Navy Vard, Norfolk, Va., as soon as possible after acceptance of such offers as way be made, not exceeding three hundred thousand feet, loard measure, of . . . ii .1: : : - . WHITE UAK TJMlit.it, 01 llie loiiowmg uuucubioub, t ; 400 pieces 6 long lCx V,i inches. . pieces 100 do. do IHx.fili do. , do 15x H4 do. ..- do 20r 10 do.r ' f 200 100 200 400 20(J 100 100 400 100 1Q0 100 200 do. 6Ji do. 3 do. 13 do. 8 do. 0 do -' tfir II do 17t Yt do I7x Sj; do.j do. do. ! do. do. do. do. do. d. do. o l',x hH -'. do Ox U do. . .. - - do 15x VA- ! do 15x 7 do. . do 22x 7 do. do ' 20x 9 , do. - do 14x if do. do lCx 8 do. do 15x H do. do 14x 8 do. !. -i Hx 8 do. . 5 5 Hi 6 4 4 400 do.. ''()() do. 100 do." 100 do. c Th timber must bo uHtrerea ticar wF( knotV," " defective heart." or " wi.d Ikr" hnl be" u , if r.iblc, near the seaboard Where the length, are short, two or more pieces may be furpmbed "g?' but Ittvntion must be paid to the diotinctire f arts of tbe bil The wh e of the hnber will be .bk-cted to n4 in pecK at th. Xavv Yard. Norfolk, and nonecf it will v . . .. 1 1 ; . r it be received and paid lor, v. no .. r-y - v satisfactory to the Inspecting Oflioers. . K,M, nmMxal must be addressed to the Officer of Orrt- Z: . 1,. Richmond, Va., enaora on mo outride, " Proposals lor 1 uMer '''ITflfHn- Si o the parlme- fS .'ST-i "of .Wr ability to furnish the timber without anruijafcccsary delay. GEORGE MINOR, Commander in charge. February 5tb, 1SC2. 25 it rilLLSBORO' MILITARY ACADEMY. iiis.ixSTimiosw.tJ.5jr;- T dor ethcient management, on The servia-s of ou . r . ariT,r,hended. . no furtlier interrupt. . - . ( . t'..- ir.ilars. stating new terms, dc.,i'm 1 Jl 7 SUPERINTENDENT II. If. A. feb. I wAsw3tn YUl iULE 3IACHLNERY AT AUCTION. Abl .ui x c JanaaryO, 112. f tit In.n l'ioj. Old Iron. e. t tai. , , 1 . i- j Sa'c to Couime t lo Hoek. A. M. i ; ; AVV McCOY, Capt. and A. Q. M., r frH.i-.iuIa C.b. Atuj, I i . 1 - '
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