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RALEIGH : SATPRPAY. MA Y 17, J86.
The Latest News. '- ' - "
Onr last mails bring us biit little news,' nor docs
the telegraph or rutaior relieve :tKe anxiety to hear
from our braye men who are defending our soil.upou
the Peninsula, at Corinth, or other points. ' ' .
The only item' of news is the fact that several
Yankee gun-boats either before or immediately after
the destruction of the Merrimac, pushed up James
river-towards Richmond. ; Tbey halted at City
Point, and a few of the Yankees landed, but made
no hostile demonstration. The boats then kept cn
up the river, and at last acrounU three or more, ves
sels had arrivedJjelow the first course of obstruc
tions in the river, which are said to be oight miles
below the City.' A few guns had been fired, but
we presume no siege will be attempted until the
gun-boats are reinforced, ... Some speak confidently
of the ability of the obstructions and the force
on the river, to make "a 'successful resistance, if
our men do their duly ; others, "overwhelmed with
the success of Yankee gun-boats, regard the tall
of Richmond as only a question of time. Now,'
the truth is, it has - been . shown in this war,
we mean at FortfDonelSon, that Yankee gun-boats
were impotent before our batteries, where they have
hud brave hearts and skillful hands to manage them.
The panic which has seized the government and the
people, in regard to Yankee gun boats, and which
is likely to lead to the: entire abandonment of all
our coast towns and defences,: argues inefficiency,
ocfective military and naval information, trepidation,
and cowardice. ' ' " " '-
The statement in our war. news column that the
Yankees. under. Miliroy. had surrendered to Gen.
Jackson is not confirmed. A rumor states that they
had been re inforced by Fremont- Sharp fighting
is anticipated, on Jackson's line. '
Norfolk and "Portsmouth were formally .surren
dered to the Yankees on Saturday last by their res
pective Mayors, the Yankees professing as usual to
respect private property,' &c' It is stated that Gen.
Wool, after examining the fortificationaaround Nqr
fo'.k, expressed astonishment at the evacuation, and
blowing up of . the Merricaac.' He said he could
have held Norfolk, with the Merrimac" against any
force. "Whether he said as much or not, it is cer
tain that few in the South can perceive the wisdom
or the "military necessity" which demanded it.
Yankee-land is jubilant over the destruction of the
Merrimac and the evacuation. ' . . "''-,:
PENiNSCti-At last accounts McClellan's advance
was at New Kent Court house, and Gen. Johnston's
rear, within a mile. The idea prevailed that Mc
Clellan would evacuate' and change' his position.-"
Whether there -will be a fight there, appears to be
doubtfuL . -": -f- '
Suffolk was occupied on Tuesday last by 500
Federal Cavalry.- ' ' -v - -' . ' -
P. S. We have just heard , that a dispatch has.
been received in this City, from high source, giv
ing the gratifying intelligence that the Yankee gun
boats, had been repulsed and driven ,back below
Richmond -One rumor ia that one of the boats
was set on fire, ; v ' '" "1 '.-
Eittrell's Spbiscs. Among the places of sunv
mer resort we know of none, more pleasant than
' Kittrell's Springs.' We learn that the indefatigable
proprietors have added largely to their means of ac
commodation and comfort since the last season. : -No
doubt they will have an immense throng of. visitor
during, the , present season. We learn that . Dr.
Gwinn,' late of California, and Mrs. Davis, the lady
of the President visited the springs a few days
since and engaged rooms for the season. t - V
Rcmors. The rumored advance 'bf the Yankees''
upon Kinston 'anil, the alledged landing of 2.Q00
Yankees at Swansboro', turns out to, be all bo$h.-r
Four Yankees did land at Swansboro' under a flag
of truce, to look after a flaC" " ' 'V :
Salt. Te Wilmington Journal says that the
salt marsh to whfcfa we alluded week ago, in Bla
den, has beery purchased by a' company, vrho will
test as soon as possible the practicability of making
salt there. ' We hope they.wifl succeed handsomely.
We regret to learn through the Lynchburg Tir
pinion, Jhat CoL Henry A.. Dbwd,'of the 16th N.
C. Regiment, and successor of the lamented CoU:
McKinney; was killed in the fight at Williamsburg.
We hope it is- incorrect j Wbave heard nothing,
of it in this quarter; ' Colonel Dord js native of
Waki Ooflnf.. v; ;'.:f.:ir'.ii
A destructive fire occurred at Atlanta,-Ga., on
the 11th inst' Muc),cotton, -bacon, grice, ' 4c. was
said to have been destroyed, but a late dispatch says
the government .iwaeoteijteijrl.. r:
Hahds WAii.We are vuetedkfd infoftn
persons having i slaves to hira 0B Jatfrpm sixty to
one hundred can be hired . on good $erm ifl Mbnt
gomety and Stanly CountftaLji Apply t Samnel H.
Christian, Esq., Swift IslaiidM:pntgonMry,JMid
Eben Hearne, Esq., Albemarle, Stanlj. t;,-, .. r ';
The County Court of Jieckienbivg baa apppintecvf
a Salt Commissioner and insnicted liimto" bar
600,000 pounds of salt to be distributed among the
people of that County, at cost and chargesC ..qfc"
tal movement V-' '.- :&'-rJ$l' i' V,
The Northern papers state Jfioil the iatborltjr of
Washington correspondent, that!there ia aP foun
datiofl for the rumor of the Intswehtion or the
French; government, and a propos4 armistice be
Jbe-
tween the dorth and South.
T4:; W gwem another,column li that e:bae seen . v Manylnauines W.iddnaVldte-'fffc to. I Ori Tnelrie lairing Ji.' wftiti flfciv TOl7a .rm.JtLtj-?! f
ifl th RtnlirnnnA nannrs of stiecialv JntfUVat lo'uR ;! An jMo;Ai" L 2 : 1 .
)hgie, Johiiston, which, how pe
have been bloody battle, ' which took" place tt or
near Williamsburg, Va., pn the 4th" and. 6th inst--
.from publishing full and -authentic-.accounts of the
skirmishes and battles occurring on, the Peninsula,' f
no outsider can divine. "' Our losses there up to ten"
days ago riiust have been J.2Q0 in killed, wounded
and missing, and' jet with the exception of. a few
items from the wounded who made their escape and
a few unsatisfactory snatches jiv the newspapers':!
ai '..i.i:nKM J?ii "i A: .tJ m j V i
mo puunu io bwu iu uiuca ignorance oi tne,iaie oi
many of our brave men.. Of the. killed, wounded
and missing Virginia troops and of' their exploits,,
we have had pretty full accounts, but we have seen
nothing from the pen of a-North Carolinian giving
an account of our forces anywhere,: unless the ac
count of the Ellis Light Artillery was furnished the
Richmond Dispatch by a North Carolinian. ;
The Richmond papers have been blamed for their,
silence in regard toN. C. troops, and we have joined
in. the censure, but on reflection we are satisfied
they are not wholly to blame, if at all.-. Why is 'it
that the officers or privates from -North Carolina,
who know, do not give, authentic facts of battle
and skirmishes, of good . or bad deeds, of the killed,
wounded and missing, in which N. C. troops are
engaged T We regret their silence and especially at
this time, when so many anxious hearts are panting
to hear the good or bad news from the Peninsula.
Our people want to know the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
' This silence of the army, of the officials and of
the newspapers,, in regard to affairs on the Peninsu
la is producing a depressing influence on the public
mind. The impression is that our men have been
fighting more or less ever since the Williamsburg
affair ; and yet we have seen nothing, except a few
notices based upon such authority as would not jus
tify publication; McClellan, in his -dispatches to
Washington, claims a victory over our forces at Wil
liamsburg, although the Surgeon- General of his
army acknowledges a loss of 3,000 in killed and
wounded... - : " .:
The notice to-day, in another column, of the brave
ry and Severe loss of Col McRae's regiment, af-
ffords but a meagre idea of the intrepidity of our
men and of the excessive hardships they endured.
The & II of -several excellent officers is mentioned,
hut others are not named, and nearly 300 privates
who fell or were taken prisoners, are not mentioned..
We are told that CoL McRae's and CoL Hoke's
N. C. regiments and two Virginia regiments, com
posing Gen. Early's brigade, were ordered by Gen.
Hill to take a battery which was doing immense
damage to our army. Gen., Early ordered them
forward, CoL McRae's regiment on 'one wing, and
CoL Terry's Virginia regiment on the other. The
ground was very difficult to pass over- much of it
was a swamp with cbesnut limbs, &c obstructing
their passage. Col. McRae's and CoL Terry's alone
succeeded in getting through it, exposed to a dead
ly fire, with mud half-knee deep, yet they pressed
on and d:vve the enemy from the battery. - Had the
other two regiments been equally successful, they
could have held it and prevented much carnage. It
is reported that Gen. Hill, perceiving trie destruction
of the two regiments, especially McRae's, ordered a
South Carolina regiment to their rescue, but they
faltered. , He then appealed to them to save their
brethren from destruction, and jumped a fence and
ordered them to follow him, but they would not go ;
he then ordered Cols. . Terry and McRae to retreat
CoL McRae's loss was nearly 300, and CoL Terry's
over 100. We do not vouch for the correctness of
.the statement, but give it as we heard it
- Among the killed and wounded were many gal
lant and noble spirits who deserved a better fate. - We
are gratified'to learn that Capt Ham. C. Jones of
Salisbury, of Co. BL 6th N. C. Troops, has arrived
in this city, and is now at the house of his relative,
A iViiliams, Esq., where he is kindly cared for.
Capt J. behaved with great gallantry, and was
wounded with a minnie ball through both thighs.
After bis comrades were withdrawn from the fight,
he arose and was moving off after them, when, be
ing noticed by the Yankees, a shower of bullets
were sent after him. He then fell upon his face,
and laid there until he supposed they had lost sight
pf him, when he again got up and went on as well
as he could for some twenty paces, when they again
sent a volley of bullets after him, and kept up the
discbarge until he thought it safe again to fall to the
ground and lie there until he supposed he might
again proceed with safety. This ruie he practiced
veral times, always with the same result of being
followed with a shower of balls, until at length he
obtained the protection of the wosds at which he
was aiming, whence he got a conveyance to the hos
pital at Williamsburg. This was the way in which
several othr wounded men were shot at in attempt
ing to reach the woods, and Capt Jones thinks that
in this war CoL Badham was killed. On the next
.morning, when it -was discovered that the wounded
at the Williamsburg hospital had been left to fall
into the hands of the enemy, Capt Jones got on
his clothes with great difficulty, and hobbled on till
he fell in with his jriend, CoL-J. F. Hoke, whp fur
nished him with a saddle-horse, and iad him care
fully pat astride, with his green wounds pressing
against the saddle. '"' Thus mounted, he rode some
forty miles, when he got into a wagon 'and was
brought to- Ohiekabominy, where he was met by
bis brother and his faithful servant, Howell. Capt
Jones is accompanied by Lieut Maloney, a Mary
lander, who was badly wounded, being shot'through
the upper part 'of the bresstV Both hese young
gentlemeni are devoted to our cause, and expect to
be in the .field aga'i'n in fe w weeks. They are both.
enthusiastic in their praise of Gen. Early and CoL
McRae.,... " ' . ' v-'-.'7 ;': ' -v
' ; The Merbuiac, DBSTBorBD, This vessel from
which, so much was looked for, pur readers have aU
ready learned wittt deep pain,; Has been blown up.
irij gnaided; the! hai-bor of Norfolk Utnti the
evacuation wai effected and. finding it impossible on
Mcqont of the, heavy dntught to forcelier op Jamea.
river, and the attempfrto lighten her having exposed
herflrooden hullic-Uieguns of the enemyshe was
aipored irwey Wand, And Jriown up, lit ap
peare bar crew had juafr tiraa to aaye themaelvea.---
jtier.enure,armamBt, powaar, prviiuo v .
J by Com. Tatriall to' prevent bar -Wling into t
ciotnes, c. were destroy ea. ,? t.ne orr,
vus
exempt 4w 4fc , Wa have'nJreadv iublished-all 4
-mat we have jeen . which pertains to lawjn anjr
"j - 'userjj Meraer pi ine -secretary
of War b Adjutant General Cooperiingard to'
substitutes, .Some of the question propounded to-us-can
only te answered at present by the"Secreta-''
Vy of Warf We prumeif jbiir friendi vriHWait ar;
little, that the offieer-jwho may be appointed in thls
State to enrol the' cbnscripta, will be able to answers
-all inquiries . "schjteacher'V wishes to know -
if common schpbl-teachersire exempt, hasmiich as
many'4of thert onlr' teae time. 'The,
law exempts teachers wbp have i twenty schbiats.'f
We presume it means men who engage in teaching
as a regular profession, 'whether engaged in common
schools or any other; By a recent decision of the
Secretary of Wart we see that he does not consider
students who are,18 years of age, exempts. TTndeir
this decision' we regret to learn that Wake Forest
College will suspend its exercises after this session.
The Universities arid male Colleges of the South,,
we presume, will all be suspended. - A sad thought
forthefulurehiscory of thecountry.- Female schools
and seminaries may possibly be kept up, unless our
Commanding Generals appropriate them as they
have done in some instances as barracks and hospi
tals for the army, a course which almost every con
sideration of propriety and proper regard for the
future, ought to prohibit If our boys are doomed
to grow up in ignorance because of this ruinous war, '
pray let the girls be educated, and find a home and
an asylum from the ravages of the enemy, in our
schools and Colleges. " l ' . " "v " ' -
Soutd-Carolisa Convention. It "Seems that
there are persons in South-Carolina who object to
the Convention ofthat State remaining in- existence,
and who insist that it should dissolve. There are'
discontented persons also in this State, Who have
raised the same cry against our State Convention.
The attention of the Charleston Mercury having
been called to the subject, that paper says:
"It is assumed that the Convention of the People
of South Carolina was called to take the State out
of the Union and into the Southern Confederacy,
and then dissolve itself forthwith. We think there
is no warrant for such a notion, and that it should
remain in existence so long as there are dangers
incident to the removal of the State from Federal
Union, and so long as it may provide measures neces
sary and proper in taking care that the Common
wealth .ot aouth Carolina shall suffer no detriment
Two years was proposed in the Legislature as a.
muii. iu ma existence oi me irnvenuon. it was
supposed that ia two years every thing would be
settled. ' But the body wisely determined to suggest
no penou lor tne Convention, and there is none in
the Act as passed. It was expected that the Con
vention would see the State through her difficulties.
Had no difficulties occurred, the Convention would
have adjourned. But we are in the midst of a bloody
war for existence,' and we have need of a bodv vest
ed with extraordinary powers for extraordinary
emergencies. The salvation of the State may yet
depend upon the wisdom and vigor of that body; We
trust the Convention will not dissolve itself until
we are through out difficulties, nor leave the State at
Biicnaume without the means of providing what
ever measures or instruments emergencies may re
quire for our safety and success as a people. All is
not plain sailling. We are in the midst of a bloody
revolution, ana nave need ot our highest wisdom
and best energies. Let the Convention furnish
these, and its course will receive the applause of
tne people.
If the Mercury had been speaking for the Con
vention of this State, and defending it against its
assailants, its language could not have been more
just and appropriate. The Mercury, be it remem
bered, is an ultra secession journal, but it differs on
this subject with its political associates in this
State. . ........
Kii.lsd Ann .Wocxdbo. Letters received here
state, that Sergt Hamilton and Bailey Yarborough
ot this city belonging to the Oak City Guards, were
wounded in the battle at Williamsburg,' and 4bat
Lewis Powers, son of David Powers of this County,
was killed. We also learn that two sons of Walter
R. Moore of Johnston, were also wounded,-and it is
feared that one of them has since died or fallen into
the hands of the enemy.
Of the killed in Col. McRae's regiment, Lt Col
Badham was from Edenton; Capt Mulling from Fay
ettevUle; Capt Garrett commanded Co, F., bntwe
have forgotten bis place of residence; Capt' Lea,
who is said to have been wounded, and. left Jn the
hospital and taken by the enemy, we presume is
from Caswell. We are glad to learn that Capt.
Brook field was not killed. He was from Newbern.
Our heighbor of the Regitter is mistaken in sup
posing that we had "cast it up" to bira "as a re
proach" that he " was born and reared in Virginia."
We can appreciate the respect and affection with
which our neighbor regards the land of his birth.
Virginia m a noble and gallant State. But while
we respect Virginia and Virginians much, we respect
and love North-Carolina more ; and while we re
proach iio man, either for the place or the manner
of his birth, and while we know no difference in po
litical rights between native and adopted citizens,
we at the same time enter our protest against the
course which some of our adopted citizens have pur
sued, of denouncing as traitors to the country some
of our best and most patriotic nalioe citizens ; This
is the Doint which we made in a recent article, at
which our neighbor has taken umbraw. To a man
who fetMM.be is true to his native land, it is hard
very hard to be held up as & traitor; but it is ea-
pecially so when the charge proceedAom one who
was born in another State, or from onewbd first
saw tne ngut uuuur &iugijr pr imperial ruie.!- iu t
was. all W aaki and all w meant toTiay.' -Our J
;L 1 l.f , ' " . . - t ' . mt Li
,n-rf. 1a.. That
neighbor of the eyw with aU. bis follies and
faults; and with that especial want pf coolness and
foresight which" characterizes nearly all the destrno-,. '
- tivn hat Wail mrsnnallv as ttolhimllir Ur nsvArthe-
. loss" the instincts, and .5ias bad the; education of a
genueman; ana .pence no repiy on. wis suoject is
' very different frpni . that made by the Wilmington
Journal, -and by another journalin this place, which;
shall be nameless. . The; Wilmington curno by
I it reDly. and. especially by, ita inuendo, bas simpjj
disgraced itielit T ;i-r:.X
,-lvV,lCongra.
- and ether parts of the Yankee territory,'; that tb
late BltraUni ofAhe Tnb;ee;CiKreaa: Jo-rd to;
emancipation and confkeationv .wki drive out the'
'Jnioqi members.of that body" froaa the border States.'
'i.The New Ibri 'm&$m.
Mr. Holdenj Pf Kfafcearid OTanimoudf d
tket thanks-pf the people cf.irtbarpUD ie;dae,i
, vvvEW,.wfiwHnwuw DW UUUNIlMUUPa.' X UmM .
sua ere neretjy tendered to the iadiesVof the State,
for. the contributions which theo havemade to th -
Confederate caose, and for the patriotic edorjich'l;
"'wwu iu wttuuL w- uio wuuu t ia. tuw i
fuupn of ine .war.-
he no'idea that -'. North-Carolina cottoir or
wool Factories should- seH.tbeir goods at the low
prices charged before tb-Ttefarvjjf''
titled to a'goodKving profit on the cost of produc- ;
., jjui. cao. toere; .oe any; justice, patriotism
or conscience, ii charging the exorbitant ipficea
which, ar now asked for goods? Wealthy peopleV
pr those who are making money by fat offices op
otherwise, have no right to complain of high prices..
Every body, farmers, mechanics, merchants and all
are asking the highest price for every thing they
8e- V'- hL.
What is produced among us ought not to be aub--
ject to these, war pricesvv What is brought from
abroad, luxuries, 4a, may be expected to be highj '.
but can any man pf ordinarily humane and benevo
lent feelings, justify the high prii'chrj.'for
cotton yarns, homespuns, 4c., i.wheebtton only
costs them 8 or 9 cents per lb I We speak for the 1
poor, the laboring "class, of which there is a large
number in ihie Stato.1 Sow can they be clothed and"
fed at such prices f r C . ?
We learn that the Fayetteville Factories, the Is
land Ford Factory, Gov. MdreheadV Factory In'
Rockingham, and many others are charging 25 cents;
per yard for homespun and $2 per bundle for yarns.
fPe mention as -an honorable exeention to this ex-
tortionthat the Cedar Falls and Deep River Manu
facturing Companies' are charging only 20 cents per
yard and $1 50 per bundle tor the same goods.
We believe the Factories at Salem, R. L. Patter
son's and others, are also exceptions. The feeling
in the State against these exorbitant prices is be
coming more and more hostile. ;.;.
A friend at our elbow suggests that it ir under
stood that some of the cotton Factories of this State
are clearing one thousand dollars per day on spun
cotton and cotton cloth. The prices of these arti
cles have risen enormously.' The people would sub-"
rait cheerfully to handsome profits to the owners of
these Factories; but would not fivehuudred dollars
or three hundred dollars per day, satisfy them?
Alas! alasl What will the poor of this State do
next fall and winter, even for cotton cloth?
. But the spirit of extortion and speculation per
vades all classes. - The owners of Factories are not
alone to blame. May God deliver the country from
extortion, speculation, self seeking, vice, forgetful
ness of Him, and party hate 1 ,
- Profit and Loss.. -
This is an account which every judicious business -man
will always keep, if he would be successful It
is one that the government and onr generals ought
to keep their eyes on constantly. West Point is a
rolicking, don't care, extravagant, reckless fellow,
srarched up in "fuss and feathers." He knows
how to plan and strategitize, and to burn up and
destroy the peoples' property, but some of our West".
. Pointers have yet to learn to fight or to take care
of what they have. This policy is ruininir the
South. ."Stonewall" Jackson and Sterling Price,'
the best fighting men we have, never lose any
thing when it can be saved. If they intend to re
treat or "fall back," as the cant phrase is, they
always forecaste and prepare, for it in advance.
Hence, their losses of men, provisions, 4a, - are
always small v " -.'" :
The "falling back" from ttie Potomac was at a
loss of 3 or $4,000,000. The officers and soldiers
alone lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in
clothing, trunks, equipage, 4c The loss resulting
from the falling back at Yoktown must have been
immense. Many of our men have lost all their
clothes, 4c But our West Pointers who make
money easily, don't care a fig for it, if they can
' with any face put in a plea of " military necessity.,
"Military necessity " has nearly destroyed all pur
powder, cannon, shot, bacon and provisions, cloth
ing and equipments, or put them in the hands of
the Yankees. It has surrendered New Orleans and
destroyed millions of property thera It has sur
rendered Norfolk, Portsmouth and the finest Navy.
; Yard in the country, destroyed the Merrimac, and
yet more recently burned up the navy yard and
property at Pensaoola. Is there' to be any end to
this thing ? Shall Mobile, and Savannah, and Rich
mond, and. Petersburg, and Charleston, and Wil
mington share the same fate in a few weeks?" If
;so, Mr,'Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, will,
soon be out of business entirely. . . ;;.-
With all these flosses,- what have we gained by
strategy and "military necessity T Let our gen
erals study . ',' profit and loss n a little. . J; ;
Ab Jpsficxs or THs Peacs EiEMm.imoEn i rai
CoNscRiPTtoii Act? We stated in our last that we
inclined to the opinion that Justices of the Peace
were not exempts under this act - We have since
conversed with an eminent legal friend, who insists
- that we are mistaken. He says that the fact that .
' the jurisdiction of the Justices is local, does not
L tablish the point; and further, that soiar from Jus-
i "088 01 T- " r reguiar,du-f
ties to perfprto,-their' Courts are always open, and
lneT are preeumea to ,oe wways, ready to perform
T the duties of .their office. He gave us a number of
ft" .i J a e a - - .
-.tuusa
rations,and 'facts in support of his views.'
; ., The ablest lawyers in the State are divided in
their Ppinions on the subject;,. But poetically,
mere opinion will -amount to nothiag. v The whola
matter is in the hands of Adjutant General Cooper'
and Secretary Randolph. ' When ihey shaub8have
decided, as they no doubt, will do spon, there" Wfll be
. no appeal Jrom their, deciaioa.: - The Conscription
act itself overrides afl State lines analState anthori-'
ty, artdnttts e 8tatei ost ma'e latterjreat theV
own inties. hen
necfttity'K
on !vhM TeeoanWoantiro H was -enacted by -.tbii'
the fotta betbirNew OrleaniwastaOrkaied anll84.
. wounded c nt,-,;-:.. ... ...:r. 2?, ;. ::--:r-
-,Aft arayof WXOtnen earryon tlbho
.16,000 tonv hd eat-.SOO-toniof. provalpns," ni
v!!BJtar 'wteni if nrwassem.
S?t I?" Noting, 18t' iV wflT be
Reaolutiong wbich were adopt.
w" eppear soon ia the StanA. ' :
PWon ia thetosrd
nwSion of Mr. Barnes, U of the bonV
wereflnanimoualy tendered to the IToh w.mA. t
f Awards, for t)ie ability, dignit and fmwtialit
, - ? " - PI8?00 Pver. ugpeiiberationsl
nd in response, adjourning the Convention Mr.
Bdwajds .delivered with inuch-TeeUng the fellow,
ing admirable address V"- :: v..-.U..,-:
pielTXs: For this new"piwrpfVourkindnsss
to me I pray yon to accept all the .acknowledge,
dent of which a grateful heart capable. I m
enable to give utterance to the emotions excited by
thfr kind compliment just paid me by your resold
tion. - It affords me the pleasing assurance, that the
same- unremitted application to duty-and the same
earnest endeavors to comply with its- strictest re
quirements, which induced your generous approval
at former sessions, have been employed by me du
ring the labors oMhe present; and it is Wghly
gratifying to believe that your- tolerant spirit and
unmeasured indigencies have left me nothing to
regret save the blunders I hone tbev are fert
umj iiavn comojiiteu ; ana mat in regard to thero,
I .need only sppeal to your eenerositv for foririva-
only appeal to your generosity for forgive-
ness.
Allow me, gentlemen, to refer for a moment only
to the stirring times in which we have acted, and
which' are still in progress. , , Our act$ will speak for
themselves; they will, tell the future historian to
what record to look for fidelity in dutv and natri-
ptic tontenatwrn in council; they will vindicate
this body against the undeserved censures which
are, with ; witless , extravagance, aimed at it It
would, indeed, have been strange we Bhould have
been derelict in -the discharge of the grave duties
devolved upon us, and even forfeited our own self
esteem, more precious than all else besides had we
pandered to the prejudices of the ignorant, or heed
ed the croakings of the discontented. Our duty was
to our country, and that I am persuaded, has been
discharged, in a spirit and with intentions that leave
no sting behind, and which should commend Pur
conduct to the favorable consideration of airmen.
We shall in good time, return to those who gave
them the powers entrusted to us, unimpaired, and I
verily believe unab'used. War is a scourge to any peo
pleand that in which we are engaged is the worst
of wars, but I think I know the popular heart of
North-Carolina well enough to believe, that her no
ble and gallant sons would even welcome such a
war with all its calamities, sooner than stoop to the
base humiliation of craven submission,, or an igno
ble surrender of the rights of freemen. , Other peo
ple have buckled on their armor, and have rallied in
the tented field to meet the shock of war, for the
purpose of acquiring rights. We, on the contrary,
are engaged in a glorious struggle-not to acquire
but to maintain and defend riehts. alreadv ours bv
;. the laws of God and of man ours by compact with
ine very people wuo now seek treacherously to de
spoil us of them ours by the will and endowment of
an all-wise and over ruling Providence. ? A bravo
and virtuous and Christian people contending for
fights vouchsafed to them in sacred trust by a kind
Providence, if they will but show themselves duti
ful and faithful guardians of such a trust may repose
with confidence that the same Providence will shield
them 'in the darkest hour of their trials: that His
power will bo their strength. Let us then be just
and true to ourselves, and nut our trust In Him.
who holds in the palm of His bands the destinies of
nations and .individuals, and my word for it the
vessel of State, freighted with the fortunes of the
sons and daughters of the South, will ride out the
storm in safety. ; . . --;
Gentlemen, we are about to part I affect noth
ing when I say it is painful to separate from friends
whose companionship, in all its relations, social and
official, has been to me the source-of so much grati?
fication and pleasure. I feel that I have contracted
to you a debt which no time can obliterate but it
is a debt of the heart which I would not if I could,
extinguish. My fervent prayer is,' that peace and
prosperity may be speedily restored to our beloved
country and that each and all of you may share.
without stmt their richest blessines. ' A safe return
to your families and" friends, and all happiness ever
a wan you ana tnem. ,
It remains for me only to announce that this Con
vention stands adjourned, subject to be convened
only in the manner prescribed in your own ordi
nance. ' i.
Ths Evacuation. The evacuation of Norfolk and
Portsmouth without a shot and the destruction "of
so large an amount of public property, does not
strike every one as a wise or necessary measure, yet
it must be apparent that the fall of those places
has been' a foregone conclusion ever since the cap
ture of Roanoke Island. " Mr. Benjamin perhaps
before this concludes that the taking of that Island
was not so small an affair after all The policy;
however, of surrendering those places and destroy
ing the Merrimac, just at the time when they were'
so much needed, to force McClellan to move upon
.Richmond directly by the way of the Peninsula,'
"may well be, doubted. The . evacuation - of those
places gives McClellan an opportunity of moving
upon it both in front and rear.
' We have heard nothing direct from Norfolk and
Portsmouth, since the evacuation of those places
The last report is that Suffolk was in possession of
the enemy.
The. authorities of Salisbury in this State have !
prohibited the sale of spirituous liquors in the .town j
and five miles beyond its limits, in quantities less .
than a barrel Whiskey and its cousins-german,-have
done'the Cause of the South incalculable injury
during this war. 1 Now, that matters are .assuming
so serious an aspect it would seem to be high time
for the army and the people to become lober, what
ever may have been their course heretofore. ." : - .
Tab Remsdt. A friend presented us the other
day with a box of Dr. C.,3 McMannen'sTar Rerpe
dy for Coughs, Colds,, Kidney diseases and Jaon-..
dice. This remedy-has been prepared expressly fof
the soldiers, and is said to be a most exce&entarid
certain remedy for the comptaints above named,'
which often prove fatal in the eampa; tWeahaiI bae
ic wnen necessity wcjnTra.--rr:"JS,i
''&i-i
Tbe Memphis correspondent of the Charleston
I Coorler" says alHhe specie of the Memphis Banks
tt u one pi the Frencb banks pf New Orleans. t A
J ' - T !'- .- . O 11 i "i -. .rvti . -."-7-1
. omAnus. ,i uue vo xaqee gun noats were in,
James River, it is stated tliatth government sent
down ti Pld Point 800 1 Yankee prbonera'in'tti
Oortisecjk,- to W'wcltaTigedV; . Tbla lookir ruVa-fa
itiifianeto ft wnfibmAm
I was open to -hfni Wi ifejoW; to Isal jhatow:
wououea prisoners taxen .oy -tne enemy, wen pa
rpled and sent back to Hichmonov -by tbeatefinstr
Tha Britkh friM LifrCaT.t T'fT
te' ttovmrtmmm&mimtKmUim t-'t
vmvnm n n vmm ana BMn,,
Thomr'ba taken eAmmant Ouf
Coflfederate gun boats on th v;;.;nn; it. '
atttb?ederal fleet' above Fort Plnr
- '. ' . : - r- ' mm aaa smiiwu awns
-ight wounded.-iS: ' ..v
;Tbe Savannah Meng &$ saysthata Qonfei ;
erate pwket of fire men, captured barge, con-v
taming fifteen Yankees, at Whitamarsh, below Sa- '
vannah, on SundayJ -T j? . : .
.VvMobilb, Mar 18. A special dispatch to the At.
irtiHr, dated Corinth, May lStfa, aayfthat the ;
enemy are drawing nearer upon our right centre -and
IeftAs if for af general advance upon our po- , .
itwn." The weather ia dry and hot s : - , ;
v On the th, Col Woodward, with the First Ken- .
tucky Cavalry and a detachment of Texas Rangers .
attacked the Federahi at Elk river, killed several. -oaptured
two Captains, two Lieutenants apd for...
three privates and eight negroes. The Confederate
joeewas .five killed; Including Captain Harris, of- .
-m ge nd 8eVn wounded. This is official '
,Offiaal dispatohef received yesterday, says the "
Richmond Enquire o! Tuesday last from General
. Beauregard, state that the scouts from Oceolasay V
that the eflemy'a gun boats at Mound City and Ca-- 7-'
rondolet ran aground to prevent sinking. One pilot
and seventeen men killed. .Gen. B. thinks the re- 7
port reliable. Theri has been no firing from the .
enemy since yesterday morning. Their mortar
boats have all been 'towed out of range. The river '
defence men are 'greatly elated, and feel -confidence U
. in their boats. . , v , - . ,-
n it 1rom OrUant . .V
; Tb following is a copy of the despatch received '
' by Secretary of State: . , T
- -' -J -' ' Camt Mooita, La., 18th May.' " '
Hm. J. F. Benjamin?? ,
General Butler, onCthe 11th, took forcible posses--sion
of the office of the. Consul of the. Netherlands-.
searched the person in keeping pf the Consulate and
took from him the key of the vault - In the vault
were eight hundred thousand dollars transferred br
Citizen's Bank to the Hopes (of Amsterdam) to pay -interest
on bonds. ( . .. . f
- Butler also twk -possession of the office of the '
French and Spanish Consuls in the old Canal Bank,
and placed a guard there. The Frtnch Consul went ,:
on board the steamer Milan and bad not returned on '.'
Sunday morning, li is said that the guard has been .
removed from the office of the French and Spanish.
Consuls. ; , t. , . .
He has also "seised . the Canal Bank and Sam ,
Sm.th's banking HqUse. . - -
. He has issued so infiamatory proclamation to in
cite the poor againsf the rich and promised to die- 1 '
tribute among the poor a thousand-barrels of beef . 71
and sugar captured in New Orleans. He is recruit- i
ing in New Orleans and the poor will soon be ' :
starving. -; . ;. -..jl.
The enemy sent a force up to Bonnet Carre, march
ed through the swamp and destroyed the railroads. "' ':
Mobile, May I3.f-The Regitter says it has been '
informed byjiAvalfficers that the steamer Pensa- -;
wim nnu4um uuuuu pci nuns uuaru, iua Bicmcr
Tennessee and two Jmortar boats were sunk in the
fight at Fort . Jackfeon, below New Orltans. The
'Federal loss was about one thousand killed. The
Confederate loss is 'estimated at thirty-five killed .
and fifteen-wounded. A large amount of powder ,
and other property was saved from Forts Pike and
McComb.4 r v.
- The Vicksburg papers of the 8th, report that the4 .
Federal vessels from New Orleana are near Natehes . ,
and say they will have a warm reception at Vicks- , .
burg- -v
. Atlanta, May 13. The government loss in the
fire pn Sunday is comparatively trifling, being' only ..
a few thousand pounds bacon.
wtlU .1 3 .1 . '
The Montgomery iierttser of Monday morning,
says that the Navy Yad and other property at Pen
sacola has been blowsr up and burned by the Con
federate. - , .1
A despatch from Oakfleld, dated the 10th inst,
to the Advertiter, says that the officers from the
Federal vessels came trfPensacolo, when the Mayor..
on invitation, visited Cf mmodore Porter. In a reply .
to a question by one
who was with the Mayor.
Porter said thst no tv
ps would be stationed at
Pensacola, as he had i
ne to spare, but if we bad
rise the sending? of them to
kny there, he would ad
Mobile, as we would need them at that point shortly.
Porter," while off Mobile on the night of the 6th, '
saw the light of the bufning of the Navy Yard, and V
went to see the cause. ' -'-.it , - v ' .-
- ' ; -.Watefk Virginia ' '..' .
- Concerning the late battle "of Gen. Heth with the '
Yankees, the Petersburg Erprett, says: .
A letter wasTecei ved in Lynchburg Monday, from-
Capt. :G. C.' X)tey, by his mother, giving a yery
hasty account of the fight at Giles Courthouse.
ri . r. . : ' .
-twelve hundred, those of tne enemy fifteen hundred.' -Our
troops were marched aU Friday night and not
withstanding the fatigue they encountered, whipped .
the large force of the enemy and pursued his flying -columns
six miles' from the scene of action. - - These "
are about all the facts stated in the very hastily writ-,;
ten note.!-1 . ' -"- v'- ; - .
' Capitulation of MUlroyf$ Army. .
Passengers by the Orange train last evening say
the Lynchburg TirgitHtin of yesterday, report that
Millroy's whole army capitulated to Jackson. They '
seemed to have entire confidence in the truth of the " .
'rumor, - ;. T vi;. 'f ' ' : ' -
Our forces have been ehgaged for two or three '
- days in hauling back to Staunton' the stores captur- .
ed from MUlroy. , ,r v-V .
Important Movement it Oumberlnni Gap. " - "
A correspondent writing o ns from Knoxville on
the 6 th inst, says : - " I have it from good authority "
that our forces; have already commenced entering
Kentucky at Cumberland Gap. . Day before yester
day 1800 reached Cumbtfland Ford, in Kentucky. V
Gen. Kirby Smith is at the bead of our column. '
This shows a new programme." . ' ;, -.. ;
i Bivocacx 23s Rsa N. O. Taoors, ) -
At a eauea meeting of toe - uranvuie-Target-teers,".
Company- ;E, 23d regiment North-Carolina
Ttpops,- ph motion, Lieut (E. H. Lyon was called to .
the Chair and Lieut A. SWebb was requested to -act
as Secretary! The Chairman announced to the
cnmnanT ina npim m mii-t inflnn. nenrw. jonn w .
Fltoinr - aUiff th&t mm hA mat to nmw tht-r onr ?
tribvitn-of rpunfir to our fiMend's n.a:
PhllirVnir, nnni Aljxl T.iont Jntin T Rnilnolr OmL
Es tt. Winston and private. C. W. Bennett a tonv-
mittee to draft resolotic
On notion, the Chsif
man arid private ; Robert
were added to -
the committee.,:. .
4 The foltowing preambf
mitted to the company, i
and resolbtions were snb- -
id unanimously adapted:
St heard "with deen afflic-..
. -. Whbrbs,, We. have; ji
tion of the -untimely, de
comrade in arms, SergH j
"pany E 23d regiment N
tb of onr late friend and.
KU Tf , iteming, oi vuur
lb-Carolina Troopsf-who
departed this life, in the
ity of Richmond, on the
Q oi . Aiay inspHv m,-t&ethnny-tDmi year of nie ..
. age, from the eflcta- of a' wound received jn .the
hand and afiom the accidental dischargei of a :
.gun. -Belt.x V - . ;
, -. RmhA, That we deeply deplore the loss of oar
young friend, who fell ainartyrin the cause of bis ;
.nntiywJine.jaefrtenng.mQvnwnec wua
high hopes and promise 'of futhre osefijlness ; who -:
was loved, by his friends for bis honesty of purpose, .
bis bignlmoxal principles, his conscientiona deport--tnent
snJbis many social qualities, and wbp was r 5
aptedby aU who knew hiOrw " trtpMieTly
.bearingaBdbiaolness and eolIragAaoal,
4' JtoH Thai wV...ayr
aJH)etea,,iaxnuyAno im -vfww,
mSar tham ra Aatrtfiut COadoleMaJ. - t.
V Remkti. That copy ot these-resolutiene be for-';
T wardd to the ftmUy of the deeeased, to tbe N. C.
'-: , ' ' . I H. LTON. CaWk
A. 1 Wnii, ikty.