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C. WEST EliN 1 FAVORABLE SIGNS PROM N. YORK. It will be acen by the following extracts from New York papers that the war is beginning to teach some of the Northern people a little common tense. The New York Herald (republican) is terribly exercised at the idea that the Bankers are unwill ing to advance funds to sustain Lincoln. That 'paper says : "Under the auspices of bankers in Lombard street, a combination of bankers and capitalists has been formed in New York for .the express pur- 'po&o of biding and abetting the Southern insurrec tion, by withholding from the Administration the means of carrying n the war. We ditinctly charge that moneyed gentlemen whose names are in our possession, which we hall diclne when ever the interests of the public demand it, have .arrived at an understanding with each other to subscribe to no inure loans, und endeavor to injure the national credit, for their own selfish purposes, to the extent of their power. They are princi pally in the cotton and foreign exchange interest. Vi well ! una are of Jngiisli, Trench aud German, as x t : "wZlL " , v i mi i l 1 .1 - t tve functions: and, while lie repudiated all alle- which will be involved la the suppression of re- . ... M orrDj ..,., ,.. l.-.H t... . . , , . , . glance to him or Ins creed, he was, a lie liad belli n, and declare that the banks ol tins city, , - Ai,,i i.i,ni', ti;l!;..ni' .... . -y nlwav? nrofesjed to be. loyal to the I oiiMitutioii ol over which they may exercise paramount control, !. . J ' , , ,i v, i, ,i i , , ... in -e r .1 i t his country, under which the nation had been so fhall not yield another dollar, if further loans arc , t- , . j i i J. n i it i prosperous, the I'Cuple so tree and nappy, and the put into the market. J hey are principally sua- ! J , '. , r, i ...wi :.',;..,..,,.. I ., . . . , J ' . 1 . J . blessings of which are priceless, and innumerable, famed and urired on, in the course they have re- , ., , , , ' . ,i f - , , , nf , ... i Mr Crittenden declared that, in Ins judgment, solved on. by Jjoiidon and .Manchester houses, who ' i 1 1 i , a .,-. t. ti, , . i , . , i t every means should be resorted to to re-tore the desire that the imiependence ol the .onfederate ! , , J. r , , ti. it, - i c 11,, iiii ,-i I blc9siti"8 of peace, to preserve the l.nion, and to btates should be acknowledged as speedily as poa-' , , T i ti, i i :. . o .... . , . ., ... v , J r hand down, unimpaired, the noble nistui.tons Mble, in order that the hn:Iisn market may be i , - , i 1 i. n ... ,i i .. , t... ,. , - , -ii , J , , winch have coire d wn to us hallowi-u by the sa. e- turplied with cotton, without the risk that would ' A- , i . 4- i t ,i . u 11 , , . , r L i , , i tiou ol our levoluti n.arv lathers, loth- teoo he attend the violation of the blockade, and a conse- ! , . i r . i . ,i , J i o, , v, ,,i i , .... .... ... . .. , declared first that the bou hern fctat' s n ulJ pie- .juent war with tins country. V e believe that t t . , . .... , . .ir i J n , , i sent to Congress, w lien it n.e ts. a tair statement the alliance thus formed i bo powerful that Mr i-.i , . ,i , ... , , c , .. . .I, . . , . of the r;evanccs under which they labor; that, Chase would find it impossible to combat with it, , , t Z ,i it :, i i .1... i. fi.,,l i-..:..- K.. , .'!whtn presented, the ( ongress ot the L i.ited reed, if he places any future dependence upon Wall street." The subjoined paragraphs arc from the con clusion of an editorial article in the New York . r I Journal of Commence, of the 21st. There are I cirois in it, which will be readily detected by the i ., . . i leader one is the intimation of a possible revo u- ! non iu uie oouiu; neerineiess, me article win j be employed that would have the efleet of matu re read wiih interest, : i taining the Union, preserving the Government, We have said, and we now rcpc:.t, that the and putting a period to the unatural war in which North has ben deceived and misled into this war j the country is involved. In the event that all the by the Northern Republican press; and since the j means employed for this patriotic and noble pur war began they have been as constantly deceived , pose should fail, and the war should stili rage on, and misled m every paitieu.'ar relating to the lorce, j the ability and the courage of the foe. This de- j ccption has led to fatal results already. It is uow lending us to destruction. The suppression of truths which show the strength and resources of the South, the misrepresentation of their financial and commissariat resources, the false reports of ! fiisafiectioii, desertion, newness, Ac, have charac-j terized the editorial and news columns of the papers alluded to, atid have so misled the minds of men at the North, that the error could on!' be corrected by some stub lesson as was received at Great Bethel, which may thus, perhaps, be pro ductive of trood on the whole. Jt is beginning to dawn on men's minds that .-this contest is not a;:i aftair of a day, or a month iw a year. If the ml is to be the conquering of .the houthcrn armies and people, that end is proba .. .... . - v bly very Mr UMai.t J,ct no man pt me himsell ; iiii 10c uauif ji;iiMha.f tunciiuii, now ai'pa- rentlv ner, will b;- deei.-ivc of the war. If we arc beaten at that point, is there any Northerner who proposes to give up the contest? If the South are beaten, is there any probability that Southerners will yield the contest any more than we would? They are Americans, blood of our blood, our brothers. eoiiins, friends and they reason, think and feel just as we should under similar ciicmnstarici s. I here is, therefore, little hope of an end of the war by a decisive battle or a short campaign. Another possible end of the war is one that may now be talked of fuely, though a few weeks since it was impossible to mention it. AVe lately pub lished a very mild letter from a St. Louis corres pondent, suggesting a possible peace by coin promise. Ihe Hartford Times copied it, and the Hartford Courant burst like a thunder cloud on the 1 imes. charging it with treason, and flatly pro nouncing it to be treason in any one to propose a compromise before we had finished the War! But we are living in cooler times. Another possible end of the war is iu the occur rence of another revolution in the South. It may bc that the States which went mad for secession a few months ago, may change. In other words, ; there maybe a strong Union party there some day. If we are to believe the Republican papers, j the South has actually a majority of Union men who are held down by mobs. VVc don't believe any such thing. We don't believe there are ten .Union men in South Carolina. There were many such iu all the seceded States. But the attemrt at coercion by arms has carried theiu nearly ail tiomd regiments have been called for from Indiana, over for the present. Is there a sane Anerican "aking 24 regiments. Great dissatisfaction i who beliexes that any amount of physical force w.ll exhibited by many citizens in that State, in con ever prevail to make Union men out of Amencms "-ence of nearly all the commissions being given -who don't choose to be such? Can you starve to Black Republicans Out of o0 appointments, them into it ? Is tl ere the remotest hope that a long war will make fiiends out of enemies? So long as the North stands where it stood six months 1 agro, and says to the South, 'you must yield, back ! down from all this, and give it up; we will not ' give you any excuse, any plea, any artrument by I which to lilVe Vl.ur dolllitimr fricn.Ia v..i. mncr : give up at once' so Ion-: as' the North maintains ' uVsertor fri,m a or,n Carolina Regiment, (a na this ground, just so long the war will continue." j tive '.,f Pennsylvania.) who had been detected not n v t The Pal .j News -conservative) of the 19tli : ?aJ9: j " Some of the Republican Abolition journals show symptoms of recovery from their war fever. Atiey seem to be preparing to throw oil the hideous nightmare under which they have so long labored with distorted vision and distempered brain. 'Ihe "Times of Saturday is loud in lame-t if ion of the loss of life that must attend a vigorous ennpaign, and suggests a scheme of peaceable warlike opera tions, which seems twin brother to masterly inac tivity. The Times would have our so!diirs avoid meirowmng Dattery and the dangerous redoubt. ! .,,! .'c n.;i..,v.. - t , , , , Ud is philanthropicatly opposed to that branch ot : . rc0;,. .y.. .V.. . .., . the frowning battery and the dangerous redoubt. to aeek the buhble reputation even at the can-; con s mouth. lie in-Chief of the Fed He would have the Commander- c i- r-ederal lorces confine his war ike ' . t,a F ., uc i) the stomachs of the enemy, and ' ff 1:- 1 i demonstrations to by strategically cutting off supplies, and inter rupting communications, starving tfie seceders .back into the Union." Bah! M Genuine Yankkeism. A letter from Virginia ! 1 hihidelphia is by no means a safe placs of de bates that the Yankees in Old Point have been work- j P?s"lt- We C;, "fr W Scott and his friend ing the negroes which they caught or enticed away Lincoln that when Gen. Beauregard and his army ; from their owners, so hard as is always the cast. r 120,000 do take up the line of march, they will with Yankees that they could not stand it, but j carefly stop thisside of Boston. I hiiadelphia hsis endeavored to escape to their masters, when six of the in were overtaken and shot! This w suppose js what the Tribune meant by "spiking" the ne groes, tio as to render them useless to their owners. ,1'he hypocritical monsters! VIEWS OP SENATOR CRITTENDEN. The Hon. John J. Crittenden made a speech at Lexington, Ky , last week, thus defining his position as a candidate lor Congress ; ' The first great object which he ardently de sired was, that this war should be put an end to; that the longer it continued, and the more de vastating it became, the more difficult would be its solution; and to the end of pacification and the restoration of the kindly feelings which once pre vailed among the happy and prosperous people of I a common trjvernment would his whole energies be devoted, if it should be the pleasure ol the people to confer on him the responsible trust cf representing them. To a war of subjugation he was opposed ; and while he was satisfied that the Government did nothing more than its duty in ' the preparation it had made to defend the Na i tional Capital, yet he would be prepared, a, any moment, to lend a neiping nauu to nriesi me further progress of this unnatural conflict. Mr Lincoln, he declared, was not the President of his selection, and he was neither responsible lor nor prepared to sustain the policy of that functionary . r , , . " i, , ... ... ..! J.ineoin However, naa nut niir vjjiciiiiuuhi. hi- though charged, for the lime, with its adminbara- Sf-itfc thinilil r.miiirit Iv tpivitif. fi lit lMO:ilirt i it redress for those grievances; and that, u I undress should not do po, he would not vote one dollar to the prosecution of the war. In the next place, if the South should fail to present their grievances wi,b a view to adjustment, then that the North ,u'uM rr"u,Pl,J concede such assurances of re- drcs and security as were just to the fcotith ; and , , : 1 0 ,1 1 .1 ' . t. ;i , . i, ;j that besides these, all other pos.-ibio means should tuen he was of the opinion that Kentucky, poising herself upon her proud position of neutrality. should summon all her judjimnt and reason, and, discarding all passion and prejudice, should de cide for herself what position she should assume. He declared that sufficient unto the d iv is the evil thereof; aud that while he was n t now. uu- der the continually shifting scenes of the political i drama, prepared to say what position Kentucky should occupy in the contingency mentioned, he would bo prepared as a native and loyal son of Kentucky, to follow her destiny, be it what it might." Mr Crittenden has been elected to the House t Representatives. The only way he can bring about peace now, is to use his influence to have the Southern Confederacy recognized 'as an inde- . pendent Government. His propositions, w bile they - , might have been accepted by the South before the adjournment of the last Congress, will not prove satisfactory now and will not arrest the war. The withdrawal of northern soldiers f rom southern soil, and the recognition of the Southern Confederacy, alone will stay hostilities. EUROPE AND THE SOUItll. An agent passed through this city last night with important oflieial dispatches to the Govern ment at Richmond, and reports all favorable to the Southern cause in Europe. The Southern I ports will be opened 011 the 1st of Sebtember, vie j tory or no victory Propositions have been re ! ceived for an advance on the cotton crop controlled j by the' Confederate Government to the amount ; of 3200,000,000. ! On the route from New York to this city the i distinguished agent in question had a fair oppor ! tunit' of conversing with and observing the move ments of the Yankees, and gleaned many interest ! ing particulars, some of which we present as j being indisputably correct. Col. Wallace, com i manding an Indi-ina Regiment, has been entirely cut off Cumderland, Md. supposed to be all killed or taken prisoners, on the 10th. 1 he excite- ment at Indianapolis, in consequence of this prob able bloody defeat, was almost indescribable, the regiment having been formed in that city. Two regiments of Indiana troops passed through Indi anapolis on the Kth, for Marietta. Ohio, and 200 horse guards from Cairo, on the 2i th. Six addi- 28 have been Black Republicans. XasUvilk Ga zette, '2otl. Arrival of Prisoners. A guard of Confed erate soldiers arrived from West Point, on the York River Railroad, with six prisoners of war and one spy the latter, as we learned, bciu; a only in an attempt 10 leave nis comrades, out witn rlas ftic country and the various fortifications he had seen, on his person. The parties were carried before the Minister of War and afterwards ordered to jail. liuhmoml Dinah li. The Dispatch of the 25th further says that the Dm rter from the North Carolina Regiment w;s examined yesterday and sent back home, where he will get bis deserts no doubt. As previously intimated, the fell.-w is a Pennsylvania!! by birth, and was taken at Yorktown while trying to make his way to Fortress Monroe. He had in his pos session drawings of Williamsburg and Yorktown, , , 1' 1 t - . 1 e .r and plana ot Col Magruder s lorti , , . .1 ni j v .1 c. , he started to the O.d North Stai ifications. When nfe yesterday, he WaS MCttrcl ,roncJ- Who i3 he? , .. ,.,? i n- 1 '"U 110 s Alarmed.' A Baltimore paper de 1 . 1 e 1 1 j 1 cares tnat a number of scaled cars passed thrnut . , vv 1 - . e 1 - 1 l that city from ahington a few days since, wind h city few days since, which were filled with Government archives, and rc- 1 uiuveu to x tmaucipuia uj uiuci ui tuts ! tration. j iv:t.. ji. !.: k.. 1 , . 1. . d minis- long since been included iu the Southern Pro- gramme. RfFCB Bahringkr. Kq This gentleman As Captain of a fine cavalry company, organized in . Cabarrus. They will retidciYous at A.hetUe. j AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI. We give the following statements from the Richmond papers of the fight between th Misponri State troops and the federalists under Gen Lron, but we are inclined to think that thv are erroneous. At anv rate, late advices phow tha't flen. 1,3-on was not captured, though hi3 forces may hare been considerably injired : MrT. S Davis, who reached this city yesterday afternoon, direct, from St. Louis, furnishes the sub joined statement, which he say was supposed to be tru at the time he left It conBrms us in the belief that the ll..ck Republican contrllers of the Western telegraph have wilfully misrepresented the fact Richmond, Va , June 2G, I8G1. I left St. Louis on Wednesday evening last, the 19th th inst. We had received authentic news from the battle fought at Bonneville on the morning of t he 17th inst. Gen Lyons, in command of 5,000 Federal troops left St. Louis on the Loth inst , for Jefferson city; arrived on the 10th; tonk possession quietly without any resistance, where he left 2'000 of his troops under co'iimnnd of Col. Boernstein, and he (Gen. Lyon) continued on to Bonneville, 40 or 50 miles above Jefferson city. When ar riving near Bonneville, Gen. l'rice, in command of the 1,500 State troops at that place, made a partial retrent, taking 1,000 of them, by which ho thus succeued in decoding Jyon and Ins men on land, save a few hundred on the Iatan. Gen. Trice bud masked batteries in a small skirt of woods, from which he opened a brisk cannonade immediately after Gen Lyon drew bis men up in a line of battle, which resulted in the repulse of the Federal trn ips with a loss of oOO killed and 700 taken prisoners. (Jen Lyon himself was captured, and six pieces of cannon, and 800 stand of arms. '1 be steamer latan, with the few hundred who were left on board, vas fchot to pieces and sunk into the river, the remainder, about 1.000 or J.0U0, 1 retreated towards Jefferson city. All their boats were captured. Boernstein, who was in command . at .Jenerson city, immediately alter tncir ucieai , an classes, including preachers, w telegraphed to F. P. Blair, Jr., who had com- ; fray. '-.-.-. , 11.1 r 11' - mai:d in t. h.ouis, to send up an tne lorces ue could possibly spare. Upon the receipt of the dis patch he sent up 3,000 troops from St. Louis the evening before 1 left. Upon the receipt of the news from Bonneville, the Secessionists in St. Louis turned out about ii.000 to 4.000 in number, greatly elated, and cheered for Jeff. Davis, Beauregard and (Jov. Jack sou. They expected to make an attack upon the Dutch that night, who were under command cf Blair, at the Arsenal; and supposed to be about 5J.O00 iu number. The battle of Kansas city took place on Mon day morning, the 17th. Thirteen hundred Fed eral troops luadc an attack upon about the same number ot State troops, under command of ('apt. Kelly. After a desperate fight the Federals were repulsed, leaving 200 killed on the field of battle, 1")0 taken prisoners, and four pieces of cannon. &c. Loss of State troops. 45 killed and wounded. I passed through Cairo on the night of the 10th; met with no difficulty, further than the inspection of my baggage. ' T. S. DAVIS. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A dispatch from Louisville, June 22, says the latest newspaper account is from the -Nii.-souri Slate Journal, extra, of June 2oth, as follows: An eye witness of the fight at Booneviilc, on Monday last, at 8 A. M , about six miles bcluw that j town, gives us the subjoined facts: Major-General 1 nee was ill on Sunday, and issued an order lor the retirement of the fctate troops toward Arkansas, lie, himself, iett for his home, at Brunswick. The forces under General Lyon landed near Rocheport, on the South side of the Missouri river, and marched thence toward Bootieville. A few companies of State troops met them about six miles below Boonville, company B, Blair's Regiment being the party receiving the tire. About ten of said company were killed and wounded, as the result of that tire. The company firing then retreated. Several other State com panies at this point of time, kept firing from dif lerent directions on Lyon's forces. Gen. Lyon then planted his cannon, and tired about twenty rounds on the .tate troops using grape and ball. None of the State troops were killed by this cau nonadeiti'r, so tar as known. But thote who were seeking the State troops to join in the fight, were i made prisoners to the number ot lit teen or twenty, ' aud three are known to be killed. 1 hese prisoners ' were taken, aud tue three men Killed alter a re I 11 l-lll treat was ordered by the officers commanding the State troops. The State troops retired in good order; not more than three hundred engaged in the skirmish. Some ten of the Federal troops were killed, and as many as from twenty to thirty wounded, some mortally. Col Marmadukc commanded the State troops, aud Gov Jackson was in person on the ground. No cannon were captured by the Federal troops; all have been saved, except some pritces which were thrown in'o the river, these having been placed in position 011 the river, four miles this side of Booneville. Gen Parsons, with some fifteen pieces of orl nancc, was advancing to meet the State troops at the time they were retreating. All these were saved. No word of disbanding the State troops j 1, . ...1 ..1: . 1. .. a: 1. a. c 4 - 1 . i 1 was ever neaid 01; nor 01 tne nint ot iiov .luck- son, who, on the contrary, coolly remained two hours ultcr the retreat of the Stale troops. Gov. Jackson is now with his men; the order to retreat was given on Sunday, purely as a stragetic move ment; while some of the boys determined to have the fun of making the invaders smell burning gunpowder anyhow; and the attack was made with the distinct purpose of retreating immediately afterward. It was currently reported at Boone ville that General Lyon remarked, if the tire of the State troops had continued, he must have or dered a retreat. The federal forces stood their ground and returned the fire, but the State troops were covered by a woodho.d, and fired from differ ent directions on Lyon's forces. Lyon has now possesion of Booneville, and has issued a procla mation The State troops are concentrating at a point fifteen or twenty miles West of Booneville, and are organizing and preparing fully for the conflict. Ben. McCulloeh, it is stated, is now advancing between Springfield and Tipton, with 10,000. suen aud 20,000 extra stand of arms. War Effects. The Richmond Examiner quotes from a N. Y. paper of the l Vth, the doings of the Stock Board, which show, that instead of the long list of a hundred or -more different kinds ot stocks usually sold everyday, there were but ei-ht sold on that day. Amon- them were North ' Carolina bonds at 4?i 'Virginia at 40i, MUouri at 37. and TetiueMisce at 34. j It must be hard times indeed in New York I Cotton wa3 celling at I t to 14. Fl..nr at 4 50 ! to ,V.ri. at various prices from 30 to G6 L " , . , j ! "Yorktown. The Confederate troops have teen largely reinforced. There are now at least 10,000 men at Yorktown and they are prepared for any force that ti e enemy may bring agaiuit , them. ' FROM THE INDIAN TERRITORY, Mr. John M. Peel, recently returned from Fort Ouachita, in the Indian Territory, furnishes the Southern press with the following iuteresdug information: Fort Ouachita, and all the other Forts in the Territory, were evacuated by the Federal forces before the arrival uf the Texas troops under Col. Young. The company to which Mr.. Feel belong ed, the Deadshot liangers, from Jefferson, 'lexas, captured fourteen wagons belonging to Emory's ftiimmand. winch had been left behind. A com- Jruu j,'aliniu country also captured several ns ,ll0rv finding the Texans in close pursuit of him, threw away guns, ammunition, and Gov ernment stores into the Ouachita river, first de- i ctr..vitir the o-uns hv breakinir the locks and j iakiii- them to pieces. The enemy left at F or l j Ouachita a large quantity of clothing, some pro visions and one field-piece. At Fort Arbuckle, also, they abandoned various Government stores and supplies, most of which were stolen and carried away by the Indians before the Texans got there. After taking possession of Fort Arbuckle, it was garrisoned by a company of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, under Capt. Mclvinney. Fort Ouachita was garrisoned by the Dead-Shot Bangers, under ; (Japt. May berry. 'ihe Indians had ordered off all the lankee missionaries in the country. The lndiaus also took up two Abolitionists from Northern Texas, one of whom was a preacher, aud hung them. Ihe forts are all to be garrisoned in twtnty days, in accordance with a treaty made with the lleserve Indians. Mr Peel further states, in illustration ol the spirit of the Texas troops, that within forty-eight hours after the news came across the Texas border th-it the Lvansua banuit, idoutgomery, was coming down, there were 20,000 men ui.der aims who started immediately to meet him . He says that, iutead of there being any Abolitionists in Northern 'lexas, the people are unauiuious for fighting, aud wereeauer lor the Late from the Seat of War. A letter writ ten at Wai iento:i, Va at 5 o'clock yesterday morn ing, received iu this city the same day on the ar rival of the Central cars, states that the Abolition and Conlederate forces between Alexandria and .Manassas J unction were within two miles of each other, and that the beating of the enemy's drums could be distinctly heard in our camp. The wri ter was of the opinion that a collision Was inevita ble at a very early day Richmond Dispatvh of the '11th. Gen Maorudf.r to Butler. Gen. Butler sent word to Gen. Magruder he hoped the war would be conducted on principles of civilized war fare. Gen. M. replied, I have buried your dead and taken care of your wounded iu sight of the houses of widows and orphans whom you have driven forth, & whose property you have destroyed. . From the llaluigh Standard. Southern Literature. Our energetic Su perintendent of Common Schools, Rev. C. II. Wiley, has invited a consultation of teachers and others to convene in Raleigh on the 9th of July, for the purpose of initiating some plan for getting up school text books and possibly other literature from Southern peiis and Southern press es. We like the suggestion. Fifth Regiment. We learn that the following officers have been elected tor this regiment: Wm. E. Cannady, of G ranville. Colonel; Capt. Ihrie, of the Chatham Guards, Lieutenant Colonel. Lieut. Col. Lee, of the First Regiment, was elected Colo nel of this, but declined. Sickness. Wc are pained to learn that a num ber of our soldiers in the Third Regiment near Suffolk, are afflicted with measles. It iw however, of a light form. Ihe 1st, 2d and 4th Regimeuts, we believe, have but little sickness. The Slaughter at Great Bethel. From various accounts, we are inclined to believe that the destruction ot the enemy was much greater at this battle than was commonly supposed. We should not be surprised, if the truth ever comes fully to light, that the invaders lost at least a thousand in killed and wounded. Richmond Dinpatvi. More Secession It is reported that the Southern counties of Kentucky mean to secede and j(); their fortunes with the Confederate States; and that as Hoon as the declaration is made, Gtn Pillow, with a large force, will move to their sup port from his headquarters at Union City, a lew miles from the Kentucky line. Flag of North Carolina. The Flag agreed upon for this State is an exceedingly beautiful one. The colors are a red field with a single star iu the centre. On the upper extreme is the inscription, "May 20, 1775," and at the lower, May 20, 1801." There are two bars, one ol blue and the other of white. Raleiyh Rrgister First of the Season. Col. I. A. Dumas, of Richmond county, has sent us three cotton blooms the first of the season. Fuytteville I'reshytK rinn. fiigrThcrc appears to be little doubt that Queen '-mental malady." The truth is, that this affec- . . . . ' . . . . . . icmria, 11 not insane, is at least laoorin under a tion is hereditary, and has been threatened before '1 he present reigning family of Knglatid have mar ried cousins so persistently, that a different statu of things Could hardly be expected. Maryland. A resolution has been psed by the Legislature demanding the return of the arms of the State militia, taken awaj.- "by the Gov ernor. The Star-Spangled Ban:;er We sec very much in Northern prints, says the Montgomery j Adveitiser, about the flag of the Union. The : speeches of Noithern. orators are full of allusions to the starry banne', and the people arc appealed to by all the sac.rod memories which cluster about j that banncr,0 stand by and defend it to the last. 1 Ignorant ve'ople are deluded with ihe idea that the flag is the same as that which floated over the battle fields of the Revolution, and their remeiu ( branee of the many glorious victories achieved under its folds, is called upon to arouse their pa triotism. This uproar about the sacredness of the , fliig is all gammon. There is no peculiar interest ! attaching to the Star-Spangled Banner. It is not the flag under which our fathers fought the battles ; of the Revolution; neither is it the same as the one that floated over the field of battle in the war of 1812. The present flag of the United States :as auo'1 . AOf ie n,an nity ea fro,u a x"n. b7 CaPt- ?a,uael C- Ke5d- There Ts noth""J? ,n ,ts adoption to render it gacred in inr ey cs 01 any one, ana ttierc has been nothing "l uhT fil"te to u'te it so. Tl.ie professed dcVotwu the flag ot the Union is pur ; bunkum, Prepare to Save flAY.-The hay crop of the Confederate States must not be lost sight of. Let tbe tall grass of our fields be gathered and Pat"kcd into bales next fall. Our Government will uy it; and uiay not be able to get it elsewhere, a3" 8 almost indispensable to an army, and should be neatly "taled. - From the Raleigh Standard. DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT, We have been favored by the Reporter of the de- : !;An. r ,h jSnnreme Court with the following de- e . - - nu- r..-ni.4ted bv hlS aSSOCIrttCS, t. v ..-. n..kli service, we ttve entire. wnico. as 11 concerns ' , " f. It is marked with the usual ability a nu cierue u. ... Honor, a..d the result will cernuulj be hailed with satisfaction by all the fiends of the service : IS TOE MATTER OP HAMtl.TO C GRAHAM HABEAS CORPUS. A soldier who is under arrest and in confinement for a violation of orders, cannot procure hU discharge by means of a writ of habeas corpus on the allegation that he was an infant at the time of enlistment. Nor can he or his guardian raise that question before civil au thorities, while he is in custody and amenable for trial before a military tribunal. Whether a minor of the age of twenty years who has enlisted under the provisions of an act entitled an "act to raise !0,o00 State troops" and ha3 taken and subscribed the oath prescribed for enlistment, i enti tled to his discharge. on the ground of his non-age and that he enlisted without the content of his guardian Quere. A habeas corpus was returned before his Honor ChiefydiarrhCCa; anu wn.ie A am wu.iug, pernm T n c t leo .niiori tn his assistance the otner two Judges of the Supreme Court. The applieation whs on the petition of Hamilton C. Graham and his guardian E G. Haywood. The petitioners alleged that the said II. C. Graham, in May was enlisted as a pi ivate soldier by .Major Stephen P. Ramseiir into .he company called the Ellis Light Iuf'siulry; that he was then an orphan without father or mother and but twenty years old. anu that such enlistment was made without the consent of his said guardian, and that the said orphan had an estnte in the hands of his guardian which was sufficient to support 'him without reporting to such service, and that the said II. C. Graham was detained by the snid S. D. Raraseur against his will at the encampment of the said military company near the City of Raleigh. The prayer is that the said II. C. Graham should be brought before his Honor the Chief Justice by the said S. D. Unmsenr with the cause of his detention. Major Ramseur brought forward :he body of the aid II. C. Graham and made return as to the cause of his detention, that the said Graham had enlited for war into tbc company of artillery under his command, and had titken and subscribed an oath (set forth as part of the return.) and on the 1 5th of t!ie then current month was placed by him as the commanding officer, in the guard bouse for a violation of orders, and vens then in. such enstody and awaiting a trial by a court martial for said ofTence. The matter was argued by E. G. Haywood for the petitioners and the Attorney General for Maj Ramseur. Pearson". C. J. Upon the return of the writ. I re quested Judges Rattle and Manly to assist me, and after hearing arguments on botr, sides and giving to the sub ject full consideration, tney concur with me in the opinion that, the petitionee, Graham, is not entitled to his discharge. It is admitted that Grnhum voluntarily enlisted as a private soldier on the 2-Jth of May last, and the oath wis taken and subscribed by him according to the forms required by law. The application is put on the ground that he wa at the time under the age of twenty-one, and enlisted without the consent of his guardian. The return meets the npplicati on, in limine, by the fact that on the loth instant, '-Graham by the order of the commanding officer, was put in the guard house for positive violation of orders, to await his trial before a court martial, where he has remained until brought here in obedience to the writ.'' To meet this preliminary objection, two positions were relied on : 1st. The statute gives authority to raise by enlist ment, ten thousand ''men;'' Graham was not n man, being under the age of twenty-one years; consequently, the recruiting officer had no power to make a contract of enlistment with him aud the contract is void aud of no effect. If the agent acting for one of the parties, exceeds his power, the consequence contended for would follow; for instance, if a woman was enlisted ; but I do not adopt this very restricted construction of the statute. The word " men" must be understood in reference to the purpose for which it is used, and obviously the purpose was not to indicate the sort of persons, but to fix the number in the sense of " ten thousand soldiers or troops " So I think there was no defect of power on the part of the recruiting officer aud the contract can not be treated as a nullity. 2d. By a general rule of law contracts made with one under the age of twenty-one years, may be avoided by him ; the exceptions are contracts for necessaries of marriage and apprenticeship, on the ground of benefit to the infant, and t ere is no special benefit to an infant, arising out of a contract to enlist as a soldier to authorize the court to take it out of the general rule nnd make it an exception in the absence of some legis lative provisions such as are to be met with in the acts of Congress of the United States. This position may be admitted for the sake of the argument, and it does not meet the objection ; for the contract hot being void, but merely avoidable, had the legal effect of establishing the relation of officer and soldier, which existed at the time Graham was guilty of disobedience of orders, consequently his act. was unlawful and his arrest aud imprisonment lawful, and he cannot avoid the consequences by gtong behind his act and be allowed to impeach the validity of his en listment until he has been discharged by the court martial. This is clear: otherwise there would be no difference between a void and a voidable contract; whereas the latter has lognl effect, and continues until it is avoided, and in this instance, the contract ?ad the legal effect of putting Graham in the condition of a private soldier and making him amenable its such to military law, and th.it having attached to him. he must be discharged by it before he can be allowed to raise the question before the civil authorities as to his further detention being unlawful, if such were not. the law, all order and discipline in tbarmy would be sub verted Would it be tolerated' that one should insin uate himself into the iondit:jn ef a soldier, aud when by the disobedience of orders or oilier violation of duty, the safety of the whole army has been endan gered, made the military jurisdiction by being heard to impeaih the validity of his enlistment? For these reasons neither the petitioner Graham, nor the other petit h-lier, his guardian, can be allowed to raise the question, whether ihe contract of enlistment can be avoided by him. I do-not therefore feel at lib erty to epier into the subject, or intimate any opinion in respect to it. Ii.-is considered by me that the petitioner Hamilton C.-tftraham be remanded and put in possession of Maj. otephen D. Rum-cur. and that the latter recover his costs of the tetitioners to be taxed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Raleigh. Transylvania. The new county of Transyl vania, formed of portions of Henderson ami Jack son, embracing the upper Trench 13 road country, (as lovely a region as ever the sun shone upon,) was, as we learn from the Henderson Times, or ganized on the 20'th uit., and its "running gear" put in complete order. The county seat, lirevard, was located near, and perhaps, includes the roidence of W. I Roor, Esq,, known as "Poor's .Store." Here the Com missioners have secured 100 acres of land, and town lots will be laid off and put in market at an early day. Shelly Eagle. FiRi:s in North Carolina. The Petersburg Express learns from a gentleman who reached that citv on Mondav. that the- " t. y --j . v. t,w4ii,w - I - I" " " bVTti , KJ , m . -..111. .. 7 ....u 1J1.1111 ucti.ni uu uy mvii jew evenings since. Mr John Irvin "lost 20,00') lbs. loose tobacco, which had been ttored iu the building, und Mr James Button had 40 boxen of nmnufactured, which was burnt. The building was valued at -,o00. No insurance on factory or its contents. The tobacco factory of Mr Green Williams, in Person county, N. 0., was destroyed by fire on the night of Monday the 18th ult. One thousand urns t.if.ill.. J,.......J V... 1: uoxes ot manufactured tobacco were consumed in the building. Loss 20,000 No insurance. Alexandria, Jane 23. A Captain of one of the requested him to provide her with an escort to her home, as she was afraid to go alone. He gal hotly tendered his own services, aince which nothing has been beard of hiiu. vompaiiies ot the 2d Connecticut Re imcnt was can know u,e Pnce before it is aoue. r-? abducted by the Secessionists yesterday in a very r the country having clock or bin"-ular m mnpr- 1 .,!. J 1" K for Repair, will addresi roe by letter M 7 . manner A lauy called snon him on. I L.. . . -ti j . ..,,ri nrnip".' ,nf TO THE SOLDIERS. A Physician communicates the fohWuiM , "Richmond Disnatch: c w M v l 'Understanding that many of the soldier f 1 nt r.liiii.ito rlinf unit Avn..u... . m r,. t ..i. ' "Wfi 8u: . iroul uiarriiu.si. x sk 10 Mitiresi 1 tnroiiali 11 1 r Jn remedies, if early used 1st. Rice toasted till black, then to be'e 1 with milk and water, and seasoned with salt sugar and nutmeg, r.nd eaten tea-cupful att 2d. The best powdered rheubarb, to be to till dark brown, or black, then finely pulve and from five to ten grains, rubbed up fi Z'; a little sugar, a little water to be added, and ,1qo ti t tul-pii two or three timno ' often a single dose is sufficient. Fn,ni inanw knowledge and use of these simple andcff( but innoxious remedies, 1 can coufidentlv mend them, as the speediest and safest whole Materia M edica for all simple fur,,.. . in JS- -v , m- t 1 . """(if small quantity, justsufficietit to show its darkc0L in the discharges, will arrest aud cure ninety t cent of those protracted and troublesome al,a? among children of summer complaint, called era infantum. " 13., M. j) B 1!. SMITH & CO, (successors to j. b. f. loom,) WHOLESALE AND RET IL DEALEKJ pj B001 S AND Lea; her, f a If-: kins and Slitc-Findin C II I ULOTTE, N. C. March 26, 18G1. tf BOOT AND SIlUiT E I P O R I (J 31, Ch rlotte, N. C. ARE receiving a choice stock of Boots and Shofio( the best quality (warranted) which they will LOW TRICES FOR CASH, I March 26th, 1R01. tf j The Aeuse Manufacturing Company STTAVE on hand a general assort uient of Ncwunl jl Hook paper h1.o, Post office, .Ni wsjiaj.er sj Cartridge Wrappers, prime quality, and a huge qua. if,, n r f.nminnn wranninry hrtlr ' Address, II. . UUVlfcU, Treasurer, f June 18, 18ftl 4w fUJk. f . : . ( iiim;tkv !Si:ijvk:i:. j WANTED, 75 STRUNG MEN FOR THK WAR - J All able bodied men who wish to enliM in iki : cause of their country will call upon either if theus-S dersigned, who will explain to them the regujulita . $15 bounty money will be paid to every one munrti into service, and $11 per month regular pay, countinr from time-of enlistment. Uniform, food and mtdicii : attendance will be furnished free. Come soon I and let old North Carolina be io tit front ranks. ; W.LEE DAVIDSON, Opt JOHN E. BROWN, I,.., , WM. J. KERR, )L"UU i Headquarter! at Kerr's llottl. OUR COUNTRY I .WAD ED, ! .Soldier Wanfcil. T&J&JE want one hundred active, able-bodied men It ? V form an Artillery Company, to serve durinrl-0 war. Fifteen Dollars bounty money will bt paid . each man as soon as mustered into service. Ksrhiw-; lier will be furni-hed with suitable Uuiform mid na tions, besides "Army vny . Apply immediately tn T. II. BREM. C:i.tai, Charlotte, May 21, 1.461. or S. J. LOWKIK. Li 7 I HAVE rroeived the Tax-Lists for the year 18W.H : hold l hem ready for inspection, and request inf' ' nation of any failure by persons not making t heir turns ticeord ing to law. I will also recieVe IVxei U on s-aid Lists, for which purpose I will attend t utiial Muster Grounds on the day mentioned in Volhi uig table, to which table the names ol the per' to takf the returns of Taxable Propel ty for tln j. 1 80 1 are added : Dennis', Morning Star, Providence, Sharon, Steel Crevk, Berryhill's. Norment's Store, Long (-reek, Lenily's, De weese's. Mallard Crek, llarrisburg. July 2d, A C Flow, J P. 3d, Robert McKwen. 1 4th William Rea, J 1. 5ih James Hannegun, J P- 3 b Moses N Hart, J r blh Thomai-'iJ Price. J P- 9th William Means, J P. loth R li Monteiih. J I'. 12th R F mvthe, J P. 13th K D Sloan, J I. 15th It L Dearmond. J P- 18th J Sample Davis, J 11 t. t ti ti ii ti ti ti Crab Orchard, IfMh do ilo Charlotte, week of July court, V J Have?, J P. The necessities of the times require that tmti-'' payer punctually attend the above appoiuiinciits f"; pared to settle Iiis taxes promptly therefore hrp"' ( to lay up monev suilicicnt to pay your taxrsni v j ' wr if i'lflKli. UU"1- illHll II I cu. May -.'8, 1801. W. W. GlilM'' i Sheriff Mecklenburg 0-' TEEMS, CASH!; We respectfully inform our friendi ami rn'vff that, owing to the stringency of monetary affair s will be compelled to sell for Cash and for Cash only during the year 1G'. Having a large Muck on we will reduce the prices to tun the times BSi Those indebted to us will oblige 'v ' i EL1A.S i tVi'tt- I immediate, settlement. January 8, 1861. BAUMiV WAATHI). J . I want to purchase, immediately, 2 or 3nt 'j"s'.'' BARLEY, for which the highest market price ' j given. ' MARTIN 51 TNE- Charlotte, May 23, I8l. lui. f . II. II A It D I X iff at os Kiios a m& . i r jIIICOIIIIOII, i. j i-g5 n-iiv 10 miorm me citizens 01 j Il-nvo tf infnrm t Ii a ' it -rt.n a l,f LillCI'lll 1nu VV1IIUIV3, IBJi&L lit" I1U3 pi I I""' . - . ... r.M I II v w wm v a Wllllllly III I UV Watch and Jewelry BuSine'V f w ' ' In .all its various branches.' Strict attend"1, " y p.na to the repairing of Watches ami Jc1' line vtatcues warranted to true hrttiifa-ctioti, used, or no charges made. i List 0 prices for Work. ( Mainspring and elennin? watch, $2.50; jcci"ii, -l and foot, each, 75c; cap foot-hold jewel. ! hair-springg, $1.25; chain?, $l 50; mend i 11? cb' : tooth and wheel 50c; pivots, $1; cylinder.-', v4 f fei w--". nirn- . - clicks and Taclieu, 75c; ghissc?, 50c. All f' fft Will RVPfflcrp fllA c.ma tirwoa I'fTHUUS - " Persons All kinds of Gan-$miih work doae at and on reasonable terms. . Give me a call, and I will Burn(,1cepfttjJSA1ByL,,,! Linrolnton, I'eb. 29, tf 4i ' I...rt i
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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