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CP ' " '''' -i i . .... : LVuC xlh .j FAYETTKVILLECNOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 19 1863.' 'it' ..NO. 2381. W affirm ' r ' .1 . i -. PRINTED EVERY MONDAY, , L'DWAIU) J. HALE A SOXS, . EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. -At 82 00 per annum, it; paid iu advance; 82 50 i( paid during the yr of nubscription; or S:j 00 after the year lias expired. Price for the' Heim-Weekly Obsirver, $3 00 , paid in advance; S3 50 if paid during the yen of subscription; or $4 00 after the year has eipired. J . . Advertisements inserted for 60 cents per Bquare of 1G lines for the first, and 30 cent for each succeeding publication. iSPKCIAL 'NOTICE-, ' From and j after this date, no name of a new lubscriber will be entered without payment in sdvance, norjwill the paper ba sent to such sub scribers for a longer time than is paid for. Such of our old subscribers as desire to take the paper on this system will please notify us when making remittances. . Jan'y 1, 1858, : i 2rs. Colfou will open a SCHOOL in Aeheborough on the first Monday iu February next, for the in- iiructioQ of children in elementary studies, such as Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography and English Grammar, and oiber kindred branches The terms of tuition will vary from seven to fifteen dollars per session of five months. Board maybe had in her family for a few .Misses at a reasonable rate,, where par licular attention will be given to form correct princi ples and habits. f Asheborough,' Jau'y 3, 18G3. f . 91St t TilClI.lio I WOULD renpeei fully annouuee to the patrons of the School and public generally, thai the third seuaiou of this' Institution will commence on (he first Monday in February ueit. i The Academy is pleasantly situated in a healthy oeuntry on the Camden road, between Cheraw and Fay etteville, thirty miles south of the letter place. i , . Bnal convenient to Academy $7 per month. Tuition S3, $10 and 312 per session of 20 weeks Address I ALEX. GRAHAM.. Principal. Mnntpelier P. O., Richmond, N, C, j- Jan'y 7, 18't3. -j." 10.112 i JX, II. ixkowiVm school,. THE 1st Session of the year' 1863 will open on the 1st Monday ia January. Thb location is in the coun try, 7 miles north of Rookingham, Richmond Co . N. C. Rates of tuitljtn, $10. $15 and $20 per session. Males and Females prepared. 'for College. The neighborhood 'it good and. retired... and situation healthy Board can be bad at reasonable rates. Write to RJ H. BROWN, Lethe. Richmond Co., Ni C . Deo-18,. 1862. 886tpd j VALUABLE CO L FIELD FOR SALE. 1HE subscriber offers for tale the VALUABLE COAL FIELD, known as ''Horneviljo," and" situated in Chatham County, in' the celebrated Deep River. Coal and Iron Region ot North Carolina. It is 43 miles from Fayetteville, by Railroa I, and about the same distance from RalelghJ The first coal discovered in North Caro lina, was found upon this tract of hud in 1848, when it was purchased by five gentlemen, who obtained a Char ter, a common eel aud stock book;, and accepted the Charter in due form for the purpose of commencing operations. ' 'At that time there was no river naviga tion or Railroad communication to Fayetteville. and these gentlemen soon thereafter moving to different sec tions of the Country, and being of entirely different oc cupations, could form bo definite or concerted agree ment lo work or eH unitl now. They new propo lo sell, and can give a cleau and Luna fide title, without any incumbrance whatever, as no stock has ever been issued to JheJ parties ,' The "llorneville" Cuai Fields are embraced in a tract of land comprising about 4,r0 aores, and it is estimated that about 8t acres are underlaid with the 6 feet vein of coal. The balance of the 450 acres afford a good quality of 'lillah'e soil for agricultural purposes, abounding in timber and land of a highly productive character. ; Supposing! that there are bO acres of this tract under laid with coal the vein of coal having been ascertain ed to be 6 feet in. depth each acre would yield 9t80 cubio yards of coal, or 72'.'5 tons; which at $4 per ton, at the mines, would yield f 29,180 per acre. Bui sup posing one-third of this to be wasted in' various ways, (a large allowance) there would yet remam $19,457 per aore of saleable coal This multiplied by 80 acres will amount to $1,656,500, and ibis, too, independent of the remaining portion of the 450 acres. j The facilities for getting thi9 coal to market are at present afforded by the Fayetteville and Coal Fields Railroad. This road is in operation at present 40 miles from Fayetteville to Mclver's Depot, about 2 miles from the .Egypt Shaft; (the balance to that point being al ready graded, and now under contraot,) thence to the Hornevilla Coal Field, about 2 miles, with navigable nver connecting tne two last named points. A Railroad is also in course of construction front Ra leigh to these same Coal Fields which, will pass direct ly through this property by which improvements coal can be forwarded by rail either North or South. A ready transportation to market, it will thus be seen, is already afforded by one of these Roads, and the other wui us uujj',:icu:"'"uv aeiay, as it is now under con tract to men of-undoubted energy who are pushing for ward.the. work with the utmost dispatch In reference to the .quality of this coal, it may be proper to annex the following extract from Prof.-- . Emmons' Report page 251, 252: "The combustion of ' this ooal, and the ease with which it can be ignited, are important dualities. It burns briskly, with a brilliant and free combustion. It therefore gives a pleasant and agreeable lire in parlor grates. In this respect I believe it is not excelled by any ooal now n market. It is well adapted to the use of smiths, and it is invariably remark ed by them that they wish for no better coal, i It ii cheaper and morej economical at 40 cts. per bushel, than cuarcoai acj o cts per ousnel. Any one' desirous of purchasing, will call upon or ad- uress me subscriber, who is duly empowered to sell He will take pleasure in aooomDanvinr them tn thia able Coal field and give all necessary information and explanations. It ia only 2J hours, ride by Railroad from this point. I w T ifnuKT - Fayetterille, N. C, Jan'y C, 183. : 924t Stale of North Carolina - I MOORE COUNT V. - ' Superior Court of Law, Fall Term, 18C2 Geo. W. Williams & Co., t-. New York White Soan ! Stone Co. ORDERED by the Court in this case, that publication be made in the FayettevilleObserver for six wek. for the Defendants in the said oase to appoar,,' plead, aaswer orj demur, at the next Term of this Court, or Judgment pro confesso will be entered againsflhem Witness, J. H. Caddeil, Clerk of our said Court, at OHioe in Carthage, the Monday before the last Monday In AnviiDl A f A ' J.'H. CA UDELL, C. ,S. C. MHiw . Deo. 9, 1802. State of. -North Carol inn: ROBESON COUNTY. ' . 'leas and Quarter Sessions, November Term. .1 A. D. 18o' Court of .t i e' enBeln jrBM, Wajren Haynes and others, agamtt Calvin Haynes, Joseph A. llavnes , Bunberry Haynes and Milton Haynes 3 ' I Petition for sale of Laud for Partition. , PPnng to the satisfaction of the Court that Cal .Brif?u, ;''Wh A' "jnes, Bunberry Haynes, i uJIl?"' lh 'endant, in this cause, re! t i-nn7 Ki e, VCUllSL0f lhU 8tftte: therefor;, on made forr. V 0Urt tb" ver.isement be mau for six weeks successively, ia the Favettevill. this petition, and that unless tu. . V , u teru, this Court to be held nt heP CoJ X Lombertpn. ou the fourth M.ny Sf-fSi' and -answer the pet.uon, the ,.M wi be u7e"Vr0 oonfessoj and heard ex j ane as to them f Witness, John A Rowland, Cle-k cf our ..-i n 1 TxUl Lmbwtoa' tu 89Cti)d JNO; A. ROWLAND, Clk. " F A lTTE V i" LLE." " Till USDAI KTKXIXU, J AS TART 15, 1SC3. Slasdke o North Caroliha4 It is difficult to re strain one's Indignation at the" course pursued towards our State hy certain journals in Virginia and South Ca rolina. It is true that they are instigated by certain other journals published in our own"State, which show by their conduct that they have no North Carolina feel ing, and which have done and are doing all in their power to produce the belief in other parte of the Con federacy and in the United States that North Carolina is unsound; but a more shameless slander was never perpetrated. ' As we stated in our last, North Carolina, though only fifth in rank in white population, has fur nished more troops to the cause than any other State, and has made better provision for them,: and they have had more killed and wounded than the: troops of any other State These facts ought to silence slanderers within and without the State? but on th-4 contrary they appear to have added new venom to the matigniiy with which North Carolina is pursued by the men who stay at home, carefully keeping their precious caroasses out of harm's way.: i : . ' ' j-.j At the head of this gang of traduoers outside of the State i the Richmond' Enquirer, which has rung . the changes on the proposition in our Legislature to raise a reserve force of. .10,000 men for. State defence,',whlch it pretends is "a plot to brkthe unity of tte Confed ni " an evidence of u nfaithfulaess to our sister StAtes. &o. ,&e. ''' ' ' I ! . Now that which tforth Carolina proposed to da, Vir ginia and South Carolina and Georgia have actually done, without complaint from the Enqttirer. A month ago (on the lth of Deo last.) the Governor of Georgia approved the following resolutions of'the Legislature of that State: : Resolved by the General Assembly, .That the Gov ernor be, and he is hereby authorized to call into the service of the State, two Regiments of "Militia, to con sist of companies not exceeding one huedred men rank and til, including the two. companies low in service on the Western and Atlantic Kail Koa; si'oh amount of said-force to be employed for guarding and protect ing the Rail Road bridges of this State as he may deem necessary; and the remainder of said foroe to be used for such purposes, and at such points In this State, as to His Excellency shall seem advisable. I . Resolved further, That His Excellency the Governor, be, and is hereby authorixed, in raising said Regiments, to advertise and call for Volunteers from all tht militia except the part in actual service of the Confederacy, and from such able bodied citizens of this State not subject to military duty as will volunteer; .staging where eaoh Regiment will be.located or expected to perform service: and the same shall be organized by the Adj't General of thia State pursuant to the laws in forjee in said State, and such rules and regulations, consistent therewith, as he mar prescribe therefor. Resolved further, That the Regiments so organized. Bball be governed by, and subject to, the rules and ar tides of war of the Confederate States, the military laws of the Confederate States, and the Confederate regula tions for the army, so far as consistent with the Con9tt tiition f Georgia n Resolved further. That the pay and llownces of the omcern, non-eommissioneJ omoers, musicians ana pri vates, sbalrbe the same as in the Confederate Army and drawn from the military fond prov(ded for the year 18C3, according to the usage now obtaining. These resolutions authorise the takiujof all men be I ween 13 and 45 not then in aotnal Service, and thus set aide the operation of the .owcripf law. This act of Georgia was'actually discussed, and itdopifd, proved by Gov Brown, at the very time when the revi- lers of North Carolina were loud in denunciations of our Legislature for only discussing a proposition going part of the length of that thus enacted by Georgia". The Enquirer makes no complaint of thisj, even bow when we notice in the Georgia papers that sjome of the com panies have been actually raised undeij the resolutions. It reserves its abuse for North Carolina, whose Legisla ture proposes to do the same thing, except with mgre deference to the Confederate government, whilst Geor gia expressly subordinates the Confederate authority to that of Georgia. A late paper of that State, the organ of the Governor, says, "The two regiments will be completed, it is believed, in a short time. It is said the organization has been somewhat delayed by obstructions attempted to be thrown in the way by Confederate enrolling officers in this State, who seem not to labor to promote harjnony. While the Governor desires perfect harmony with the Confederate authorities, and sees no reason why if should not exist, he will permit no interference by anv enrolling officer with any company or indiviiual when mustered into the service of the State; nor will he permit the State offi cers to interfere with any one who is in the actual ser vice of the Confederacy. He will carry out the instruc tions of the Legislature, and form the regiments out of any of the militia of this State not in of the Confederacy, and out of any men who will volunteer." the actual service other able-bodied The Enquirer and its echoes in this State have no word of complaint of this. They reserve their bile for North Carolina. South Carolina has had her State reserves in service for some weeks, without word of complaint from the Enquirer. The Enquirer admils that Virginia has State troops, but denies that any pf them are liab e to the oonscrip tion. That this denial is untrue, s shown by Gov. Letcher's recent message, in wbich is proposed to re-. tain in the State service after their term of one year's ser vice shall have expired, and in defiance of the eonsofipt law, some companies of rangers who were enlisted-a year ago. No doubt nearly all of these rangers are lia ble under the conscript laws, as they were enlisted in the State service before either of those laws was passed. The. Enquirer has no objection to this open proposal to nullify the conscript laws. It comes from the Governor of Virginia, and is therefore all right in the eyes of the defamers of North Carolina. . We have no idea that the Legislature 'WlH now paas the military bill. - It is now apparently as unnecessary as it was ror. Virginia Jo withdraw her troops from the Confederate array when the threat tt do so resulted in the desired defence of Virginia by the ' Confederate au thorities. Perhaps Virginia's example in this respect, unrebuked by the Richmond Enquirer, induced the ao lion in our Legislature which, though far less offensive u mini, nun nappny produced a similar result? Fisamcial. Somej singular ehaflgea have occurred recently in the Richmond money jnarket, which may mean something. Geld and silver have fallen very ma terially, and are becoming more abundant, at 1, 76 to 1 SO for gold, and 1 40 for silver. Sterling exchange is also more abundant, at 2 12 J, resulting from large sales of Confederate bonds abroad at a comparatively small discount. Bank notes are worth almost as much ire worth almost as mud of the 15 million loan ar cent. J of the 100 mil'io arolins. 6's 131, 8's, "116. surer, i.onieaeraie oonas oi tne to minion loan are at a premium .of 8 or 10 per loan at par and interest; N. C These things indicate belief in the approach of peace. j why Not? A New York lette to the Baltimore Gafette says, j "inere is still a good deal of talk about foreiirn in tervention; but what is more remarkable is, that "many 'uiuiraujniiiiutj viin (tr.tron, "hynotJ they say, "are we to conth.-u- fot years slaughtering wuir uuui luere in noining leH of either, like the a.n.KULij cats; ihey are oommg to their senses 1st last. Armt Corbksposdixts Again we find complaints from North Carolina Regiments that participated in the glorious victory at Fredericksburg, that they are over looked in the newspaper acootints. One writer says t hat about half of the 18 000 men actually ennged in that battle were North Carolinians, who suffered about- half of the entire loss sustained; yet no special mention .is made of it, whilst other States have special correspond ents who particularize gallant deeds. of individuals and magnify insignificant companies into mighty cohorts every member of which' was '"in the thickest, of the fight," and escaped hy chance." This writer's remedy for the neglect is that, the Press of North Carolina shall likewise send special correspondents to the army. Not agreed' ' Not only cannot the Presfford the expense but their correspondents would scarcely be afforded the facilities necessary for the proper performance of )re,TJ tack. We are beginning to think that the? hired -p-, cial correspondents are nuisances, Bince they lend tbero- sclves to a nauseating puffery of favorites (who doubt less feed and drink them,) and depreciation of oth'-rs who will not condescend to putchafe praise. , The writer just Alluded to aysrtruly .. "No one familiar with the armjsmce the war brjnu.j but obeerVes a- great disparity between the, pr er re'; n-' tation of many troops', tnd that obtained on tf e bsnle field. It is far easier oftentimes to write up an ep!i meral eclat jthrau'gh the press than (o achieve it at the cannon's mouth, or in the-deadly charge againt brist ling bayones, and the former is certainly attended with much less risk." - ' -North Carolina wants no such paper reputation. ITer gallant troopsyleave that to those who need it. She has a right, however, u demand that they be not slandered. We notioe that even the best of thefribe of special cor respondents, i hat of the Charleston Courier, has fallen to' slandering out- State. Writing about the Kinston fight, he describe the yaukee officer who was sent by Gen. Foster to demand a surrender, as a "North Caro lina yankee " This is a gratuitous insult . We learn from the Raleigh Standard that the officer is a yankee, and not a North Carolinian,' And again the same wri ter says that Gen. Evans (a South Carolinian) replied to this demand for surrender, that "he did not believe there was a South Carolinian under his command who had any Intention of surrendering " Now we don't be lieve that Gen. ; Evans ever said anything of the sort. But if he did. the reflection upon the troops of this an 1 other Stales who were under hisoemmaud was a gros insult, unworthy of an officer and a gentleman. JThe fact is, that a good many of his South Carolinians did surrender, and perhaps without haviug the same reasoa for doing so that the North Carolinians wao sui render ed had. Gen. Evans, or some one under his command, had tb brilftt set fire to whilst the North Carolina Battalion of 500 men was alone on the same sfJe with the enemy's thousands, thus cutting off their retreat to the san e placa of safety to which the South Carolinians had previously retired. This precipiuta firing of the bridge, without waiting fo? Col. Mailed' Battalion to cross, and without even giving them orders to" cross, re sulted in the loss of several lives by the enemy's shot, by the fire, and by drowning, and in the unavoidable surrender of a number or that Battalion, whose retreat (and they were the last to retreat) was thus cut off. These fact are not so creditable to Gen. Evans as to justify his eulogist in defaming North Carolina; but perhaps that is the reason for bedaubing the General Another ee we may mention. A writer for a Geor gia paper admitted that the Georgia troops ran ih a Uts battle. And iu the next sentence added, that the North Carolina troops, "if they, did sometimes run, fought e'.-Mjdidly at that time,'; The writer need not have looked to rth Carolina for an instance of troops who sometimes ran. ' but had a borne illustration that he might haye referred lo. v v But to return to these armyBcorrespondents. The ui. ly remedy that we can conceive of for the just complaints of our troops, is, that some person in every Regiment shall be selected to write out for home papers a full and fair account of the part taken by that particular .Regi ment in every battle. Let it be made the duty of such person, to be performed under the eye of the Colonel. There are plenty of officers and privates in every Regi ment who are capable to do this in a proper manner. In that way, and in that way only, will North Carolina troops be placed in a proper light before their friends ar Aoms they need not hope for that elsewhere. If such historiographers had been selected in the beginning, our State might have hoped lo take her proper rank in the future History of the War. It if not too late to remedy the neglect in some measure. j No Conflict. We regret to see that several of our State papers are still snarling at our Governor aud Le- gislature for the very proper course pursued in relatiou to the arrest of Rev. Mr. Graves. They profess to be actuated by a desire to prevent conflict between the Confederate and Stale Governments, which they like wise profess to think was provoked by tbe a6tion of the State. I We hope, suoh being their professed motives. that their anxiety will be relieved and their grumbling stopped when informed that the arreat of Mr. Graves was not made by order of the President or the Store-; tary of War, and that Mr. Graves was not only cheer fully yielded to the demand of the State authorities, hut the course pursued by the latter was made the subject of cordial congratulation hy the Confederate Secretary of War. , ' -, . . j . j Will this" satisfy our grumbling contemporaries? We fear not But we think it"Vi7i satisfy all save those who are interested in making the impression that North Carolina is "a d-d nest of traitors." It has been our misfortune to have suoh persons among us from the beginning of tbe war, and to their ceaseless efforts to depreciate the character of the State are we indebted for much of tbe impudent railing that comes to us from abroad. ' ' ExcUANoa of Prisoners. Jt will be seen by notice of Mrj Ould. the officer having that business in charge. that another extensive exchange of prisoners has taken place,; including the troops of North and South Caroliiv captured at Goldsboro', (in which we aupriope arv in cluded I hoe captured at Kinnun. ) It will be seen that the yankee? h.ive backed out once tuore from one of their absurd popitionp; by agree ing to discharge all prisoners, caj lured in arm or hos file array, "whatever may have beeu the character of ihe military organizations to which they were an ached President Davis's proclamation proclaiming retaliatory measures has had that good effect, and guerillas will hereafter obtain their relonse ' as prisoners of war. Surely never was there a government that made ap many pointa only to be driven from them, as Lincoln's . We are sorry to learn iJiat. the wound of Col. Mallett, of the Conscript Battalion, who is nmone those exchang edly tbis order, is far more serious than is generally supposed. In probing it, bis physician discovered that morS.ihan an inch o te sirhller bene cf the lrfe Lai . - beeu carr.vd away by the h.iU which struck it. He will not b? t.blo to -walk till tVi f pace is filled by the formation of new bone.- IT-'is suffering greatly. Tlie Murfrcesborougk Prisoner LyscHBrno. Jen. 1 3 . -1G8 prisoners arrived here this morning, captured at Murfreesboroogb, 800 more are expected to-night. ; J -CJtuRtss There was no quorum and no business dow in either House on Monday,"' the first day, of the ses-Jta 10 Senators and 63 Representatives wwe' pre sent . - ! - , " ' ' On, Tuesday, there was avain no quorum in the en ate, fh ill body lacking one of the necessary number. One member. n8t present in the Hall.! was in the. city, was sent for and searched for but could not be found by the mesMSger. In the House a quorum was present, aud lion. Mr. Curry of Alabama was made Speaker pro tun I Bills were introduced to increase thp pay of sold'.ers; to levy .a war tax; to repeal the clause exempting one white, niaie on each plantation "of 20 negroes from military st r yice; to apply the conscription to Marylandera residing in tte yonfederate Stntos. Mr Foote offered a series of resolution, to (h efftot' that the South will cunsent to no plan .of reconstruction of the former Union;" nor lo-an armiwice o long ias Lincoln's proclamation was unre voksu, nor never negotiate except upon the basis of an Uncou lit ioniil recognition; never consent to any alliance, comir.1 ccial or otherwise, with the New England States; would. lie villinr to nezotuite with State's borderinz on Ue M.is8ippl wbich may be willing to eni-r iaw a leigiiii, offensive and defensive, when the peace party at tue Mortn snaii overthrow Lincoln's power Offersgua rautees to the Northwestern States of the free navina- ti m oi tae nssissippi whenever they declare an inch Dnlion to withdraw from the wuir, and presents induce ments to tne aiaies west or the Rocky Mountains to withdraw irom ike r enteral cinon. &o. Referred. Mr Foote also offured a bill to sustaiu the present currency of tLe gov't, and lo prevent its future depreciation. Re ferred Also, joint reoolulions in relation to cotton and tobacco now in private hands. Referred. Also, a re solution in relation to military! substitutes. Referred. Also, a bill providing for the punishment of pecuniary fraud in public officers, their aiders and abettors, and to punish the fraudulent reception or retention of public money by publio offiers beyond what they may be en titled to receive Referred.: Also, a resolution propo sing investigation Into alleged abuses in the quarter master and commissary departments, and particularly into a certain contract for a large amount of flour, sup posed to be about 500,000 barrels, .which had recently been made with parties ia Richmond. ; We expected to receive the President's Message this morniog, but owing to the waut of a quorum it bad not !en sent in at the date of our latest Richmond papers. Thb Ctiir Abolitionists iln the face of the indig nation and contempt of all the world, showered upon Erut Butler, the abolitionists in Lincoln's Congress have actually passed a resolution ot thanks to him by a vote of 83 to ?2. Bold men these abolitionists, in all that ecdsngers only reputation, though the Noithern Democrats charge that they keep carefully out of harm's way from powder and lead, pee the following, taken from Northern papers: ' ' ' "Philadelphia hassiffered a severe mortification in toe fact that the "Anderson Troop," a cavalry regiment raised out of the "wealthiest and most respeci&Ma young taen of the city," refused to fco into the Mar freesbo:o' fight, alleging that their ofjictrt were inizpf ritnceJ." ' a' Peaths Of Soldiers. At Castle Thunder, Richmond4 on Saturday last, B. Teague, po D, 49th Reg't. At Camp Badger, near Wilmington,- Robert L. Clay, cf the Scotland Nerlt Mounted Riflea ! i- u:,.i t.. i, p a.L... .r . . i . . , of .Lincoln county, 11th Reg tj j :' In hospital at Qoldsboro', 9lh Jan'y, Mr. E. P. Rut- leJge, of Co. E, Cist Reg't. ' FOtt THE OBSERVER. , itr.'t Fj.Kfr, lVo'r SO. Corp'l William T. Jnes, ef Cmlerlad county, aged about 21. He died of lock jaw, consequent on cold being taken in a wound received by thbuiting of a gun more than a week previous to his deai. lie entered the service at the beginning of mc war w meiuwr oi me , r ayeiieviue inaepenaeni (Company, and was at the time of his death a member of Capt. K. J lraddy s Artillery company. lie was a fiitLi'ul soldier, much beloved by his comrades in arms, who arc much grieved at bis jloss and condole with his j fainr.j-.in their sudden bereavement. " FOR THE OBSERVES. At the General Hospital No. 1, Richmond, Ya Dan- il Melvin Monroe, of Co. K, (Lladeo Guards) 18th Reg. N. C. T , sou of John and Jane M. Monroe of Bladen county, aged 0 years, 6 months. At the commence ment, of this wan, the deceased quietly gave. up home and its joys and entered the service of his country. He Went through the campaign in Virginia unhurt, up to the batue at tredencksburg. Un the 1-th Dec. he was rounded in the thigh; amputation was resorted to, but J on tte 27th he died from its effects. He ws a very affectionate and confiding child, the darling of all his family., lie was conscientious in ro- irard to his devotions and his duties. His, love for his I family was ardent, i ernapa be was one whom God re newal from his birth.' He was never heard to swear an oath; his conversation was strictly moral. He was ia every respect a dutiful son, s. loving brother, a kind, generous, warm-hearted friend, loved by all who knew him. But he is gone, i lbuB the monster has crushed j the Lopes of fond parents and loving sisters, and ushered cne to tbe grave who was their joy and promised to be a comfort to tbem. Uis rather reached him a few. mo ment s aftei he died, and brought his body to the home of his ohildbood, where it now rests. R. D, M. FOR THE OBSERVER 1 ' Camp kiar Fredericksburg, Va., Jan'y 10, 18C3. Messrs. fc. J. Uale St Hons: I'lease publish the fol- lowing articles received by my oompany from the Lum- berton Soldiers' Aid Society, and the citizens of ; Robe- son: Blankets, shirts, drawers, eocks, pants, shoes, &a. I in behalf of my oompany, teuder them my sincere thanks for their very kind donation. at.kt h wot be rt n,r. 18th X. (J. Keg t, a. r. ui s uivtsion, Jackson s Corps. FOR THE OBSERVER. Fa ykttevtlle, N. C, Jan'y 10. MesTH. Editors: I beg to tender the thanks of Com pany O. 7th Reg. N. C. T., Ito tho Ladies' Knitting So- ciety of Littl River for the liberal donation of 60 pre " nj ' P" "'Tes. WDlcri aie WJ opiaoie ana fill add greatly to their comfort ! R. MURCHISON. i I 1 A Di tch Gexkral is Trouble. A letter from Chat tanooga says, i "About 3,000 of the prisoners captured at Murfrees- boro have arrived here. 1,100 of them have leen for warded "ou to Richmond. 'f for exchange. Amoug the lot is Dutch General, who, in speaking ot his capture, sayH: "l jus left my command one minu.' e to see de genjiral. atui yen I comes pack mine men ih gone, t tiee a tiian atid tells htm le sthop, aud be teiia me 'jy dant -nrrender " Mi not surrender, put me staris to go way. no l de rebtd shj k. 'I'll Iditw your lain heat off if you Uori ; .t,op. tu J ailops and ways '1 tu your pri- soiier. i . . Terrible Lous. The Colunibus 8uu learns from pri vate sources that in rh attack made ! v Breckinridge's division ,n tl" etiemv'sl'1ft. Murfreesboro", on Friday. in which the ('enfrdcrates were repulsed, eighteen hun dred of our brave trcrops were killed outright during tbe nrst tour and forty minutes of the engagement. J Kentucky Legislature Message of Gov. Robinson. Fraskjort. Jan'y 9 The Legislature of this State as- ffuwed to-day, and the message of the Uovernor was receired . . I- T v.: i.. . i. i v ..!. ( V, a - resident's Lincoln's proclamation, and protest against I r, rv it ;nAHC :L I. C i vA';m.t na unworfantu,) by the -Constitution. ; He thinks the- proclamation io flicts upon Kentucky a fatal thouah mdirect blow. ty the t iddest fact of the procliraaticm will be to fire tte v-Hf-?. South int ono bur&in mass of intxhanii';'il hae, destroying ail h :r,e of restoring tbe lai'm, wntch is only p?ssib'e by aibcriog to the Constitution as it-wa-. He further says that the most s'arniiisr aspect of the proclamation is the usurpation of the powers of the Government by the President, under the plea of mili- tary necessity. He advises the Legislature to place on. record their protest against the proclamation.; FROM OUR ARMY IN THE WEST. Tcllahoma. Jan. 13. The headquarters of our ar my are hare, but our pjokets fire within' 6 miles of Mtirfreesbore'. i , '.,',11 The Nashville Union, of the' 7th, which has been seen here, mentions the arrival tbre as prisoners, of 19 Confederate officers, wilh 610 privates. The official reports of , the several commands, which are being rapidly made up and sent in, developea more sanguinary conflict at Murfreesboro'? than was at first Supposed. . ; i'i ; Gen. Hardee and his corps acted most gallantly, and won great distinction. So did Brechenridge and his division, who were in the hottest of the fight. Breckinridge's command sufferad severely. Their I jss in killed and wounded amounts to twenty-two hun dred an'' fifty-six Every officer of his staff was either wounded or had his horse shot under him. Uis son Lieut. J. Cabell Breckinridge, hardly eighteen years old,' was slightly weunded. Col. Chard, Chief of his Staff, Major James Wilson and Capt. C. J. Martin had their clothes riddled and their horses shot under them. The total loss in killed and wounded, in Claiborne's Division is 2,062. ! M Though our loss is heavy, that of the enmy is much greiffer. . We have inflicted a blow on him from which he will not, soon reeover. A..""-. . Our army is'in good spirits and condition, and all will : yet end weli in the est. . - j. L The Surprise at Holly Springs Immense Destruction. We have already published a statement from the cor respondent of the New York Tribune, who estimates the yankee loss at Holly Springs at $6,000,000. The ; following account, is given by an eye witness to the affair. The amount of goods captured and their value, will astonish our leaders. It is greatly to be regretted that t he "100,000" suits of clothing could not have been retained; but we have the satisfaction of knowing that for the want of them the yankee soldiers will suffer greatly. The Southern account from an eye witness sayS: " The surprised camp surrendered 1,800 men and 150 commissioned officers, who were immediately paroled. And then commenced the work of destruction. The ex tensive buildings of the Mississippi Central depot, the station house, the engine houses, and immense store houses were filled with supplies of clothing and com missary ptores. Outside of the depot the barrels of flour estimated a half mile in length, lit) feet through and 15 feet high. Turpeutine was thrown over this, and the whole amount destroyed. U; town, the court house, ana public buildings, livery nables and all ca pacious establishments were filled -ceiling high, with medical and ordnance stores. These were all fired, and the explosion of one of the buildings, j iu which was stored 100 barrels of powder, knocked down nearly all the houses on the south sile r.f the square. Surely suoh a scene of devastation wa-- ne .er before presented to the eye of man Glance ai iao nigantio estimates: 1,800.000 fixed cartridges aud other ordnance stores. valued at f 1.500,000, iuclu ling 5.0CO rifles and 2,000 revolvers. I ' 100,000 suits of clothing and other quartermaster stores, valued at $500,000; 5,000 barrels of flonr and other commissary stores, valued at SfcaUU.OOO $1,000,000 worth of ineiiical stores, for which invoices to that amount were exhibited, and 1,000 bales of cot ton and $600,000 worth of sutlers' stores. As there was no time to remove these immense stores from the buildings containing them, they were all des troyed, comprising the! Mississippi Central depot, engine houses and store houses, the' most elegant and capacious in all the South, the courthouse, livery; stable and the largest buildings on the public square, While the capture of the camp, paroling of the pri soners aud destroying of the stores were going on, the Texas Rangers, comprising tho 9th, Cth and 3d legions, became engaged with the Michigan Cavalry, and drove I them iiell-metl through town and run, them ott north, with a considerable loss to the Abolitionists, and a loss I of 80 in killed and wounded on our part J Tne iadies rushed out from the houses, wild with joy, I crviue out "There's some at the Fair' Grounds. Chaae them, kill them-, for God's sake!'' One lady said: The Yankee Commandant of'the 1 oai is iu my house; come and catch him: and a search was instituted, but with out yuee'' Wb oohV wii'iinii insisted that h vat there, concealed; and Cnallr after juuch ado, the gallant (save the mark.') Colonel Murphy, the intrepid j rom npijr his bed, and presented himself in hi noo lankee Commandant ot Holly Hpriogs, was pulled put turnal 'habiliments to his captors From Below. Raleigh, Jan'y 14. There was no thing from below yesterday in addition te facts already known. The force at Newbern a few days ago was not more than 30,000 to 35,000 men with a few regiments at Morehead City in all not more than 50,000 and we hardly think that many. The telegram started from here going the rounds to tne euect tnat tnere were cu,- 000 men at Newbeim, or on the coast, has no foundation in fact. Our advices from the coast are up to the th or 8th, and at that time the force, as we have stated. was between 30,000 aud 50,000. How it is now we are not advised, but it is certain that no movement had been eemmeuced by the enemy up to Monday last. Progress. Optratioatilong the Coast. The New York Herald i I . ... V. .11 , .1 IL 1 givea us warning, ".oai we suui uvu ucinuuuuw from 'the Southern eoaet.''. . Uoferring to the rumors of a meyement in North Caroling, published in the Rich mond papers, the Herald says: f f The Southern people are on the look wil for tack on Wilmington, N. C, by a co-operating Is naval force, a portion of the latter beiBg the ne ! clads. They say that 40,000 Union troeps are j . Newborn. NO, ready to proceed to Wilmington i northern public suppose that this expedition was . . - mi. ti:i:. j tended for Charleston. The capture of Wilmin ould be a good thing to do, as it would relieve a 1-j. blockading force and interrupt communications on, great South Atlantic railroad line, fc-hauld Wilmr ! fall,1 Charleston and Savannah, would doubtless follow .We shall soon hear thunder from the sout j t coast. ! J ! The only aimy that seems to be doing nothing thatj in Virginia, aud doubtless operations bans taeYt j postponed until spring in that quarter I i J Z,Z Tf ?Z77Z 2Z Gov. Skymodr's MEssaoK. As we supposed, Seymour did not close his Message without a de ?u 10 J .-. n , . jm. TIT L .1 klt tion of strong anti-uomeaeraie "leeiing. neme.--is a mere "tub to tbe whale," or the real feeling o, '" Governor and his friends, we have no means of kno, but his language is sufficiently emphatic, as follow "At this moment the fortunes of our country aroj fiuenced by the resulls of battles. Our armies inifor field must be supported; all the constitutional aenw of our General Government must be promptly respda ed to. Uuder no-circumstance can a division of Union be couceded, , We will put forth every exertwi bf power; we will use every policy of conciliation; w will hold out every inducement to the people of the Seuth to return to their allegiance consistent with hon or; we will guarantee them every right and every coe sideration demanded ky the Constitution alone and ' that fraternal regard which must prevail iu a com f . country; but we cn never voluntarily consent to j breaking up or the Union ot t hese Mates, or me uesi.; lion of the Constitution.' j j. The Washington Chronicle deuountn-s tho messagr. A lame and impotent argument to support the open,,., disguised treason of the opposition.! ; East Tennisce Railroad The officers of this railr ' have succeeded in getting an eugine and traiu orZit. across the Holston river,.uear the burnt bridge at Ub?1 so that freight and passengers can' uow be transport' between the two bridges recently destroyed by the r'" of I he enemy. Transport al ion is going on over! whole line with slight interruption Such a fear . running a train of cars across the bed of a river, throv, the water, has hardly ever before been accomplish Richmond Dispatch, 4ut. Our folks have had some interesting conve . w tinna with the Yankee prisoners aa thev r,a 7 - I J X over the railroad to Chattan )Oga. Many of t were th same who devastated ' our county w this portion of the State wvs under Fed tyranny, ana tney musi nave; lew .mucacuMjj I of thiilf fnQTl CTfik At t nr f 11 Tl !. t !l Q f At R11nniiaul9 - j food and water from the very people tbey He tr:j t rn:n. hASB ywa thev had pi tried to ruin; whose houses they had pillaged a 1 1. L - 1 -j. 1 ' -. aHrrtq nnl OfiC ? ourueu: wdo cau siuieri uui - - . ,6 --ronfirtv. instiled our womon. and who nave t e a . , in their wrath we should drink tat "bitter cup rehellion to the death." N Wonder they tui their heads under the lashings of righteous ret mh had overtaken them. j ; , Wincnester lenn.) auueun. Fsom the Raleigh Standard. Quartermaster's Department, V w tr it' , , Dec. 81, 1862. W. W. Holden Esq.t-Sir.-In accordance with a resolution passed at a Convention of the ' Manufacture of this State, held at Greensboro', ; on the 5th insi, I herewith enclose for puhlica- tion a list of prices taken fronr the latest invoices 1 of the different Factories to this Department. .Very Respectfully, C. W. GARRETT, A. Q.'M. List of prices charged the Quartcrmasttrs De partmeifty by the Factories in this State. 1 Rock fish Manfg Co., 4-4 sheeting, 30, cento" per yard; Blount's Creek Manfg Co., sheeting 30 eta. per yard cotton yarns, Z3 per bunch; Fay etteville Mills, 4-4 shcetiDg, 33 -cts. per yard; Beaver Creek' Manfg 'Co , 4-4 sheeting, 30 cts. per yard; Murchison, Retd & Co., 4-4 sheeting, 35 cts. per yard;' J. M. Morchead, J Osnaburgs", 60 eta. per yard; Rockingham Manfg Co., 4-4 i bheoting, ? 25 cts per yard I oenaburgs 36 cts. per yard; J.. K. late, osnaburg, tr eta per yard; E, M. Ilolt, 4-4 sheeting;, 35 cts per vard I 0iabuTgs, 38 cts per yard; J. McDonald & Son, 06naburgs, 3d cts per yard; Yadkin Manfg Co., -4 sheeting, 30 cts per yard; Powell xt Shuford, , -4 sheeting, 35 cts per yard: Coffin,' Foust& Co., . 44 sheeting, 35 cts per yard; Union Factory, 44 sheeting, 31 i cts per yard; Cedar Falls Co., 44 sheeting,30 cts per yard; J. Newlin & Bon, 44 sheeting, 30 cts per yard cotton, yarns, S.i 25 per bunch; 1 nomas M. Holt, cotton yarns 25 to i 5 per Dunch. C. W. GARRETT, A. Q. M. THE MILITIA CALLED OUT. ; Executive Department North Carolina, y Adjutant General's Office. (Aliniia,) Kalbioh. Jan 12, 1801 j Colonel: You will forthwith assemble all able bodied. men fit for military duty not called for a conscripts up o this date, and who are liable to militia duty under existing laws and orders, in your Regiment, and organ- ze them into one or more companies of seventy-five men each - Should the number of men in any regiment equal or exceed one hundred and twenty they will be formed' into two equal companies Detachments of forty men will be allowed a captain and second lieutenant, twenty- five men a first lieutenant, and fifteen men a second lieu tenant, a full ooropany of seventy-five will -b allowed all these officer, to be in all cases eleoted .by the rank and file. The militia having been so much reduced by recent calls for conscripts and this call including all bo arte fit for duty, render it necessary that the com missioned officers should be now included, except the field omcer of highest grade, and captain or senior offi cer of each district. When the companies are .formed, the Colonels will immediately report the fact to this offioe by letter, enclosing roll of company and the probable number and kind of arms in the regiment. II. Companies when thus formed will assemble each Saturday for drill and inspection, at a place to be de signated by the captain, who will report to this odioe eaoh week the oondition of the oompany, which will al ways be held in readiness for aolive duty at the shortest notice. III. This organisation and drill is for the purpose of being prepared to repel an expected advance of the enemy, and will remain in foroe till runner orders rrom the Governor. The utmost promptness is expected In the execution of this order, and ten days from Its re ception is deemed sufficient to complete the organitation herein directed. By order ef Govbrno Vahce, J. 0. MARTIN, Adjutant General. To the Colonels f ' - Northampton, Halifax, Warren, Martin, Wilson, Harnett, Onslow. Franklin, PiU, W'ayue, Cumberland Nash. . Kdgecombe Greene, Lenoir, ' Johnston, Sampson, New Hanover, Robeson. Wake. Duplin, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, Granville, ' Jan'y 12,1863 FOE THE OBSERVER. The High School Knitting Society returns thanks for the following contributions: A Friend $5; DrTheo Mar tine 12 seta knitting needles; Mr ShaW 5 prs woolen eocks; Mrs P Bark art 1 pr mixed silk and woolen socks. : MARRIED, At tbe Methodist Episcopal Church in thia town, on the 25th December, by Rev. J. W. Tuoker, Mr. THOS. MUNROE and Miss BELLA McPIIERSON; daughter of Mr. John McPherson. On Sunday morning, 4th inst., at St. Bartholomew's Church, Pittsboro', N. C, by the Rev. Robt. B. Sutton, Capt. CLAUDE B. DENSON, late of Portsmoutb.-Va., to Miss MATILDA M., daughter of Thomas Cowan, Esq., of Oldtown, near Wilmington. DIED. Headquarters .Wd Kes't Jf. C. M. COMMANDERS of Companies of the 6 ad Regiment are hereby ordered to assemble all able-bodied men, sub ject to military duly, at the Court House iu the tow a of Fayeiteville, on Thursday, Jan'y 'i''J, iuat. . J. "A PEMBKRTON, Col. Com'dg ' . 53d Reg't N. U. M. ' C. E. Lef.tr, Adj't. Headquarters 54th Rest X. CM." C10MMANDERS or Companies of tbe 54th Regimejt are hereby ordered to assemble all able-bodied meu, subject lo military duty, at Military Green in the town of Fayetteville, on Thursday, Jan'y 22d, jnet. W. McL. McKAY, Col. Com'dg 64th Regrt I. C. M." G. II. Haioh, Adj't. J. & IV. A. CAiTIimON, MANUFACTURERS OF SALT, WILL furnish the article at 75 per ent. profit on cost and charges on application to C. E. LI2ETE, ) JOS. UTLEY, J-Fnyetteyille; G. W. WILLIAMS & CO., j DAN'L M. CAMERON, Swann'e Station, W. R. R.; 1 NEWTON R. BRYAN, Jonesboro, W. R. Road. Jan'y 13, 1863. ... 94-4ti 7 BEVERLY R0SE, Commission filcrchant AND . 7 OEEHAI, AGEAT, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C . ALSO . Dealer in the dLTcrent kinds of Mp River Coal.- for which orders will be promptly supplied. Jan'y 14, 1W.3. 'ji'flZ. ' " "" A l7Tl AIV AO. FRESH supply of Farmer's ft Planter's, 2d Edition. XI Also, a few ef 1 timer E.,JIIALE A SONS. P h ti, nnbli.hers have raised -the prices to 15 c- i u : raised -the p will sell them. ., ,t which price we VTTU , - , , . Cabbage Sccd'. Cahlmgc Seed!! BfTKCiiM liE CABBAGE 'FEED, frh and genuine, at "l M . . J. W. LETT'S. I '20 II JB WARD. TIIIRTT DOLLAR8 reward wilt be paid for th ap prehension and delivery at the Cmp of Instruction jn Raleigh, ". C, or at Castle Thunder in f.lc! rriond, Va., ofeaeh of the following named deserters tr,in to. C, 8d N. C. Reg't, viz: William J. E-l.-ft, John II Pri 1 geon, David Powell, Pat. McElroy, 1 at. Sweeny, John Jsafcle and Themas Cavanaugh. Notice is given to all absentees from my company that they must report in j-rson or by j roper 8urpeons' certificate immediately, or they wili to considered de serters. Surgeons' certi'cate must be rutde cn oatb before a Magistrate, by the Surgeon dviug the crtifl- -ate w t' a certiacate cf the County Court Clerk, and County attached thereto. ' j i' 4 Capt. Co C, SiN. C. Reg't.
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