North Carolina Newspapers

If OFFICE ON THE CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE ' IS THE COMMON PROPERTY 0 J THE OTHER. . ' pOT aIlUm r - IN ADVANCE. w fl-rsr SIDE OF TRADE STREF. set yfa YAHBp01,1011 AND Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1861. TENTH V 0 L U II E-K C II BEB 477. (Published every Tucsday,Q) WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O If ! aM in ii.b auce, ..$2 00 ... 2 50 .. 3 00 :! st i.t i. I ut' r the expiration of the year, fll'i n iUlll - iiivjiiiuoi r,, nv nerson sending us five nkw subscribers, r,i luitu "V trie advance tuuscriimuu iu win m eive n sixth co;y gratis for one year. . v -.iib-i rii't rs mid others who may w ish to send u!1..V 'u U-, an UO "3 u,anl l uur Tr:in.-'ient ad vertisements must be paid for in . i;a:!fp. r:f Advertisements not marked on the manuscript ,,r a" --(-ei ific time, will be inserted until forbid, and L.irii'd ;u-ordingly. . SAMUEL P. SMITH, AtloiiK'5 and ComiM'lor at Luw, CHARLOTTE, N C, WT attend from fitly and diligently to collecting and ;iituii2 all claims intrusted to his care. i il attention, given to the writing of Deeds, Con- vc v iu'"'"-". &c. Vyv-;j;iriii;r hours of business, may be found in the C-itrt ii-.usp. )!fic No. 1, adjoining the clerk's otlice. J.::rl:irv 1 !K 1 f'j I J. A. FOX, Attorney zxt Law, CHARLOTTE, N. C. CESEllAL COLLECTING AG EST. i !;cp over the Dru Store, Irwin's corner. J;pinr 1, 18H. tf Win. J. Kerr, A T T O S: A tt V A T I. A VT, CHARLOTTE, N. C, V.i! practice hi the County aud Superior Courts of X kit-Tili.irg, Union aud Cabarrus counties. Ot t h-e i.i"the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel. January 24, 1SG1 y ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., PRAGTITIOXLR OF MEDICINE AND 0rrrn Xo. 2 Irwin's vomer, CuAiiLOTTK, N Jupiarv, lSbl. c. 11. W. BKCKWITII Has constantly on hand VATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C, (if the best English and American manufacturers. C.-.:i and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. W atch crystals put in fur 2o cents each. Jauuarv, lt6l y John T. Butler, PRACTICAL Watch and Clock .Tinker, Jew eller, fcc, Ori-o-siTE Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, A. C. (Late with R. W. Beck with.) Tim: WalclK K, C lock &. Jviwlry, of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 O.-t 1, 18C0. tf WILKINSON 6c CO., DEALERS IN A' W 1 3W SilTer&plaledWarc AND FANCY GOODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C. A'teniiuii given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, IS69. J New Supply of WATCHES, JEWELRY, Solid Silver and I'lated Ware. T.:e subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive ''"I't'Iy of the above articles. His purchases being 'lie directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore iHied to sell at a very small advauce on coft, and l---uns may rest assured that all his articles are war r.mre.i to be what he represents them to be. Watches and :iocks carefully repaired and will r t ve aiy personal attention. R. W. BECKWITII. -v. 27, 1S60 tf Charlotte & S. C. Railroad. f i nd after the First dav of October, THROUGH -Xi'UES.s FREIGHT TRAIN'S will run Daily between '"'ar'iotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus uibiniTT freights to reach Charlotte iu 5 days or less .a New York, and in one day from Charleston, and 're iv.--v. . AU0. THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char t,, Charleston at $3 50, and to New York, via 'n,ir:f jton Steamers, at $19, and rice versa. The mer-L-ic: and public are invited to try this cheap and ''pf'luious route for freights aud passengers. A. II. MARTIN, (!-'t 2, 1860. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent. DK. E. II. A A DREWS, CHARLOTTE. X. C. i '"form the public generally, and the citizens of --euburg particularly, that he has resumed the j "&cUce of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old i ?3'1 He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, J " ,er Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastic process, as j -. , -'"s mar desire, and fill Tcetfc with Uoia, lin, j a:?am or Os Artificial. . e is also prepared to perform any operation belong- s Hk 0 dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas- " wtt upon any of his old ; '2 '''J take that for granted. friends or new friends lry 1861 3m NEW GOODS. Kr'0PMAXN & PHELPS have received a handsome rtmeut of SPRTYf GOODS eonstinr in nart of ' rrjr,X, &LG GOODS, consisting m part of DRESS GOODS. BONNETS. &C. wht. -icathey invite particular attention. 'ri 23. 1S61. J. G. 12 1 North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insures white persons for a term of years or during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their market value. For insurance apply to TH03. W. DEWEY, Agt., Jan 8, 18C1 ly at Branch Bank N. C. Dissolution. The firm of FELLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861. The business will be continued tinder the name and style of FULLIXGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their numerous friends and customers. The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of business, for the future compel us to shorten our time of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying customers none others need nsk it. All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings, Springs & Co., must come forward and make immediate settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the busi ness be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is suffi cient." Jan 15, 1861. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A. N. M. TAYLOR RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub JtLfe lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete stoek of Hardware, consisting in part na follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, panned, prun ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chisseis, Augers, Gimlets. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes: Brick, plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke shaves, Steel-blade bevel aud try Squares; Spirit Level. Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boriug machines, Gougcrs, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in great variety and nt very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House. Charlotte, X. C. May 29, I860. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and File j of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Xails, Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; Ac, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion nouse: Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes, Trace Chain.', Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain, grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes; Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep Shears. Ac., at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansion House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block Tiu, Block Zinc, Tin Plate, Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House NOTICE. Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on the bth day of September, 1860, a Negro boy about, 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about 5 feet 6 or "8 inches high. He says his name is JIM; and that he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county; that his master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull: can scarcely communicate anything about his master or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his rioht fore finder, made bv a cutting knife. The owner isrcquested to come forward, prove property, pay ex penses, and take said boy away, otherwise he will be disposed of according to law. Oct. 9. 1860. tf W. W. GRIER, Sheriff. LADIES' CLOAKS and BONNETS, DRESS GOODS and E31BH0IDERIES. Carpets c3 "FLi&tsi- A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PLANTATION GOODS. The above will be found to compare in styleg and prices with any iu the town. FISHER & BURROUGHS Not IS, 1860 tf PETER R. DAVIS. W. H. HARDEE. DAVIS & HARDEE. PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Peterstourgj "X7z. REFER TO Hon Raleigh, X. C. Feb 19, 1861 D W Courts. Gen. R u Haywood, 6m-pd. BIRDS, BIRDS. All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS: r also, a beautiful assortment of NEW !T!I OTVI V P A f ITTnI TKnsP wishing a fine Soncstcr. will Mad it at J. D. PALM Eli variety oiore, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 20, I860. TNTo"tiOO- From and after this day (1st of January, 1861,) we will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers, and the rest of mankind, for cah, and cash only', anv article in our line of business that we may have on hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods after this date, without monev. will please xcuse us u, m- ctpiip nf nllincr thoir nr. lor We lumisn mem with a copy of this advertisement, determined not to j M a inffl articU " i ftea nd thoEe indented to ns are requested to call .i0 r-w, aatjs Jr WTT.TTAMS. ' 1 January 1, leGl tf 5Brstun JBrmorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. JDsg- The Banks of Richmond, Va., have re cently determined on a measure that will prove every way popular and by no means unprofitable. They will hereafter receive on deposit the notes of the following Banks: All the Banks of South Carolina. The following in Georgia: Savannah Bank of Commerce; State Bank of Georgia and Branches; Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank; Marine Bank ; Merchants' and Planters' Bank ; Planters' Bank, State of Georgia; Central Railroad and Banking Company. The following in North Carolina Bank of Xorth Carolina and Branches; Bank of Wilming ton; Commercial Bank of Wilmington ; Bank of Cape Fear and Branches. i mi Despatches Direct for Europe. We learn (says the Charleston Mercury) that Senor Monca da, Spanish Consul for the States of North Caro lina, South Carolina and Georgia, has despatched special messengers to his Government iu Madrid, as well as to the Governor-General of Cuba, giving the full accounts of the great rout of the 21st ult. He has also made arrangements to have the latest news of the war, from Southern sources, regularly telegraphed to Madrid immediately upon the arrival of the steamers at Liverpool. This would imply that her Catholic Majesty's Govern ment is nut far behind England and Fiance in anxiety concerning the issue of the war. Incident of tub Great Battle. The horse kiili d under Gen. Beauregard was struck in the iiaok a six pound camion shot, which hit not juiie a i'uot lioiu the General's right leg. The huit was a splendid animal, furnished Gen. Beau regard the morning of the battle by his Aid, Col. Manning, and was a blooded animal of admirable points. . Cold Steel. We have endeavored to learn the exact number of separate bayonet charges made by our troops during the battle of the 21st. We believe there were at least six, and perhaps more. It is stated that the enemy iu no case awaited the charge, but fled precipitately as soon as the cold steel was visible. Darkies Shooting Abolitionists. The war has dispelled one delusion of the abolitionist. The negroes regard them as enemies instead of friends. No insurrection has occurred in the South no important stampede of slaves has evinced their desire for freedom. On the contrary, they have jeered at and insulted our troops, have readily en listed in the rebel army, and on Sunday, at Man assas, shot down our men with as much alacrity as if abolitionism had never existed. These are the creatures for whose sake Lovejoy, Chandler and Ponieroy are agitating the nation, and to whom they would unconstitutionally extend the privi leges of freedom aud equality. Northern Ex. First Bale of the New Crop. The first bale of the new cotton crop was sent to Macon, Ga., on the 30th ult., by Mason Tiller, of Lee county. It was sold at 11 cents. The cotton was of good quality, and the bale weighed 525 pounds. CONFEDERATE LOAN. The undersigned having been appointed local Com missioners to receive subscriptions of stock to the Confederate loan, would respectfully and most earn estly appeal to the patriotism of the people of Meck lenburg, to come forward with their known liberality, and uphold the Government and sustain the credit of the Confederate Slates, by such substantial aid which their ample means would seem imperatively to demand. It is no mere gift we ask of you, nor are tbey empty promises made in return. We offer you good dividend paying stock, and a promise of perpetual relief from Black Republican rule, for your money John Walker, iValker, "J i. Young, Cor Mykrs, J John A. Young, - Commissioners July 30. W. R WANTED. Wanted for the Confederate Army, 10,000 pair Wool Shocks. YOUXG, WRISTON & ORR. July 30, 1861 tf The copartnership heretofore existing under the name and style of Shepherd & Torrence, of David son College, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 8th of July inst. Those having claims against said firm are hereby notified to present them at once, and those indebted will please come forward aud make immediate settlement by cash or note. G. F. SHEPHERD, H. L. W. TORRENCE. Davidson College, N. C, July 16, 1861. 4t PUBLIC NOTICES At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the town of Charlotte, present: Robt. F. Davidson, Mayor, .Ins. H. Carson. S. M. Blair. H. G. Snrines and S. W. Davis, Commissioners, the following Resolution was j passed unanimously: Resolved, by the Board of Commissioners ef the Town i cf Charlotte.'that the town Clerk is hereby inslruct- ed to cause to be published in the several Papers of i this place the following Notice : ! Whereas, the Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad Company has failed to comply with the express condi ; tions upon which the Corporation subscription of i $b0.vo by the town was made to the Capital Stock of i that Road, and for other reasons satisfactory to this ; Board of Commissioners, therefore all persons are bere by forewarned from tradiDg for or accepting in payment i of anv claim any of the $2C ,000 of Bonds bearing date ' Julv 1, I860, and issued on the 20tb day of November, I860, to said Railroad Company, as Instalments on ! said subscriotion. as the same will not be paid. THOS. W. DEWEY, Town Clerk and Treasurer. July 16, 1861 3t C. R. Taylor's VIRGINIA PRINTING INK ESTABLISHMENT, Corner of Adams and Leigh airoets, RICHMOND, Va. C. R. TAYLOR, Printing Ink Manufactu rer, takes rfeasure in announcing t the Southern Press that bis Ink Factory is now in successful ope ration in the manufacture of every description of Print- j ing Ink, h?h &.bl tfmS' ' a of every desenp- tion always on band. Order, promptly attended to. Addres. C. R. TAYLUB, Julr 2d. Richmond, V. ADDRESS TO THE ARMY PROM GEN'S. JOHNSTON AND BEAUREGARD. The following eloquent address of our Generals to the army under their command will excite the patriotic emotions of every Southern reader : Headquarters Army of the Potomac, ") Manassas, July 25th, 1861. ) Soldiers of the Confederate States: One week ago a countless host of men organized into an army, with all the appointments which modern art and practiced skill could devise, in V"idd the soil of Virginia. Their people sounded their approach with triumphant displays of antici pated victory. Their Generals came in almost royal state; their great Ministers, Senators and women, came to witness the immolation of our army, and the subjugation of our people, and to celebrate the result with wild revelry. It is with the profbundest emotions of gratitude to an over-ruling God, whose hand is manifest in protecting our homes and our liberties, that we, your Generals commanding, are enabled, in the name of our whole country, to thank you for that patriotic courage, that heroic gallantry, that de voted daring exhibited by you in the actions of the 18th and 21st, by which the hosts of the enemy were scattered, and a signal and glorious victory obtained The two affairs of the 18th and 21st were but the sustained and continued effort of your patri otism against the constantly recurring columns of an enemy, fully treble your numbers; and their efforts were crowned on the evening of the 21st with a victory so complete that the invaders are driven disgracefully from the field, and made to fly in disorderly rout back to their entrenchments, a distance of over thirty miles. They left upon the field nearly every piece of their artillery, a large portion of their arms, equip ments, baggage, stores, &c, &., and almost every one of their wounded and dead, amounting, together with the prisoners, to many thousands. And thus the Northern hosts were driven from Virginia. Soldiers! we congratulate you on an event which ensures the liberty of our country. We congratu late ever' man of you, whose glorious privilege it was to participate in this triumph of courage and of truth to fight in the battle of Manassas. You have created an epoch in the history of Liberty, and unborn nations will rise up aud call you " blessed." Continue this noble devotion, looking alwa's to the protection of a iust God, and before time grows much older, we will be hailed as the deliv erers of a nation of ten millions of people. Comrades! our brothers who have fallen have earned undying renown upon earth, and their blood shed in our holy cause is a precious and ac ceptable sacrifice to the Father of Truth and of Right. Their graves are beside the tomb of Washing ton; their spirits have joined with his in eternal communion. We will hold fast to the soil in whiclt the dust of Washington is thus mingled with the dust of "our brothers. Yv e will transmit this land free to our children, or we will fall into the fresh graves of our brothers-in-arms. We drop one tear on their laurels and move forward to avenge them. Soldiers! we congratulate you on a glorious, triumphant, and complete victory, and we thank you for doing your whole duty in the service of your country. (Signed) J. E. Johnston, General C. S. A. G. T. Beauregard, Gen. C. S. A. Winter Clothing for our Soldiers. The question of supplying our troops with winter cloth ing is beginning to attract considerable attention. It is now evident that the south must depend mainly on herself for clothing material during this war. Her magnificent crops will supply a large surplus of breadstuffs and food above the demand for consumption at home. But the blockade of our ports may continue up to the season when our volunteers in the field will require heavy woollen goods to protect them against the inclemency of winter. Every loom in the Confederate States ought to be busy to supply this necessary demand. We should not suffer the shame and disgrace of seeing these brave men subjected to suffering from want of foresight, energy, and patriotism on the part of those who remain at home. We can work for our country as well at the plow-handle and at the loom as in the tented field. Our woollen factories are too few to depend upon them for the fabrics that will be necessary to supply the demands that are now near at hand. Every private loom and every fair hand that can direct should now ply with unceasing care until we are satisfied that there is not a soldier unclad among our gallant men. It is an act of patriotism which may be done, in main part, by our fair country women, that we are sure they will not neglect when their attention is properly called to it. The efficiency, nay, the safety of our army may depend upon it. lhe lady who furnish es the largest quantity of jeans and linseys 'for service, this year, is entitled to a gold medal, commemorating her patriotism. We would sug gest that 6uch a testimonial be offered by the merchants of our citv to the lady who onncs to the market the largest quantity of serviceable goods for winter clothing. On no account ought this matter to be neglected by those who have the material and the machinery. Nashville Union. Mortality from Drinking Beer. A Wash ington correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper thus accounts for the sickness prevailing in some of the New York regiments: Th9 proportion of deaths in one or two of the New York regiments is far beyond what is reason able or in the nature of things necessary. The Albany regiment suffers heavily. Intemperance is the chief, if not the only cause of this. I learn that while whiskey is disallowed the men, they are j permitted to indulge in malt liquors, and especially j lager beer to their utmost will, under the very mistaken impression that such drinks "are not i injurious. In very warm weather malt liquors are j far more dangerous than alcoholic ones by reason i of their rapid generation of acidity in the stomach, ; and thereby causing choloric symptoms of varied i character. i RATES OP POSTAGE. act of congress of the confederate states. Sec. 1. lhe Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of the first section of an Act entitled "an Act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes," approved Feb ruary 23, 1861, as relates to sealed packages con taining other than printed or written matter, in cluding money packages., be and the same is hereby so amended as to require that such packages shall be rated by weight, and charged the rates uf letter postage. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the section of said Act be amended as follows, to-wit : That all newspapers published within the Con- tederate states, not exceeding three ounces in weight, and sent to the office of publication to actual and bona fide subscribers within the Con federate States, shall be chargad with postage as follows, to-wit : The postage on the regular num bers of a newspaper, published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter; papers published semi weekly, double that amount; papers publishod thrice a week, treble that amount; papers pub lished six times a week, six times that amount; and papers published daily, seven tunes that amount. Aud on newspapers weighing more' than three ounces, there shall be going rates: On those pub lished once a week, five cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce per quarter; on those published twice a week, ten cents per ounce per quarter; on those published three times a week, fifteen cents per ounce per quarter; on those published six times a week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and on those published daily, thirty-five cents per ounce per quarter. And periodicals published oftener than bi-monthly shall be as newspapers. And other periodicals sent from the office of publica tion to actual and bona fide subscribers shall be charged with postage as follows, to-wit : The postage on the regular numbers of a periodical, published within the Confederate States, not ex ceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and pub lished monthly, shall be two and a half cents per quarter; and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce two and a half cents additional; if published semi-monthly, double that amount. And periodicals published quarterly or bi-monthly shall be charged two cents an ounce; and regular subscribers to newspapers and periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter thereon in advance, at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office where published. And there shall be charged upon every other newspaper, and each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical aud magazine, which shall be unconnected with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceed ing three ounces in weight, and published within the Confederate States, two cents; and for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two cents additional ; and in all cases the postage shall be pre-paid by stamps, or otherwise, as the Postmaster General shall direct; and books, bound or un bound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charged with postage, to be pre-paid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster-General may direct, at two cents an ounce for any distance. And upon all newspapers, periodicals and books, as aforesaid, published be yond the limits of the Confederate States, there shall be charged postage at double the foregoing specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or periodicals within the Confederate States may fiend to and receive from each other, from their respec tive offices of publication, one copy of each publi cation free of postage. All newspapers, unsealed circulars, or other unsealed printed transient mat ter, placed in any post office, not for transmission but for delivery only, shall be charged postage at the rate of one cent each. Sec. 3. Aud be it further enacted, That the third section of the above recited Act be and the same is hereby so amended as to authorize the Postmaster-General to provide and furnish ten cent stamps and stamped envelopes; and that the provisions, restrictions and penalties prescribed by said section of said Act, for violations of the same, in relation to two, five and twenty cent 6 tamps and stamped envelopes, shall, in all respects, apply to the denominition of stamps and stamped envelopes herein provided for. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the proviso contaioed in the fifth section of the said Act, be so amended as to extend to the Chiefs of the Contract, Appointment and Finance Bureaus of the Post Office Department, the privilege there in conferred upon the Postmaster-General, his Chief Clerk, and the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, of transmitting through tho mails, free of postage, any letters, packages or other matters relating exclusively to their official duties, or to the business of the Post Office Department, subject to lhe restrictions and penalties prescribed by the said proviso; and that this act take effect and bo in force, from and after its passage. HUWELL UOttU, President of the Congress. Approved May 13, 1861. JEFF. DAVIS. The New York Tribune has a coirespondent who thus describes the Kentucky regiment in the army of Gen. Johnston, in Virginia: Among the troops was one regiment of over 1,000 Kentuckians, armed with rifles and bowie knives. They refused to take but one round of cartridges to go into a fight, intending to lie hid on the ground in the artificial thickets until our troops should approach, and then make at them with their bowie knives. This might have made some desperate fighting, but our bayonets would probably have been an overmatch for their knives. The men of the Kentucky regiment are described as a eavige and desperate set, who exhibited their ferocious disposition on the slightest pretext, and kept every one iu terror of them; they consider it a pleasant diversion to chop a man up with an Arkansas toothpick. The wife of one of them is the vivandiere of the regiment; she is a thorough soldier, and acts as a lieutenant of a company, which she drills herself. She is f aid to be very handsome, and a perfect Amazon. Her dress .is very gay and conspicuous. Her ruffian comrades take great pride in their fierce and dashinsr heroine: and ebe is as anxious to split a Yankee" with her : bowie knife as the bloodiest-minded wretch among j them. THE EXCITEMENT OF BATTLE. An officer of the Crosier Guards, of Tennessee, who vu with Col. Elzey'j Brigade in the gallant charge at the battle, of Manassas,- writes an . inter esting letter from Fairfax Court House, of which the following is an extract: The distance from the Janction to the point we occupied in the battle was at least six miles, and old officers who were with as say that tho same time was never made hj toldiert before. . The dust was very deep in the road, and rendeted it a perfect impossibility to aee the man before youj so that we had to be guided by the shouts of the front men alone. The enemy had just raised their shouts of victory, as our cannon began thundering on them. Our infantry opening in a moment, af terwards decided the day, for a few moments tho enemy stood their ground, and attempted -to rally for another fight, but it wa impossible; their men broke and fled in the wildest confusion. The day was won! Victory perched upon our standard. It wat a proud moment for oar. commanders. Beauregard came dashing up our linen to Col. EI ley, complimenting him, remarked, VYou, Col. ; Elzey, are the Blucher of the day" a . moment after, President Davis came op, and Col. EI toy was made Brigadier General on the ground. You will hear' many accounts of the carnage on the battle-field, but the scene beggars all description. Around us and under our feet were piles upon piles of the dead, dying, horse and rider, carriago and driver, all in a confused mass- wounded men pulling you by tne pants begging for water. The wail of dying men were unheeded, unnoticed by men who but a day before could not Jiavc looked upon a dead man without shuddering.. I confess to having very weak nerves in this respect,, and yet I could stumble over dying or dead men with almost perfect indifference, so much does the ex citement of the battle-field change for the time man's nature. Arkansas. The Memphis Appeal has private advices from Northern Arkansas, which represent the people as rushing to arms by thousands. The proclamation of Gen. Hardee, whose headquarters are at Pocahontas, Las been responded to in a manner almost unexpected. He will have a re spectable army under him now in a few days, whose numbers we do not deem it expedient to mention, but equal, we feel assured, for the emer gency for which they are designed. Tho " bowie knife" boys are hard to beat, especially where there is fighting of a ferocious or desperate charac ter to bo done. To whom is North Carolina indebtod for the means of arming her soldiers with tho latest and best implements of warfare, (besides furnish ing to the troops of Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and perhaps other Stitcs, thousands of arms?) Why, to no other man than the much abused and villified John B. Floyd, late Secretary of War. He, with a keen eye, saw into the future, and placed in the Arsenal at Fayetteville a portion at least of the anus manu factured by our money in Northern States, and hitherto stored in tho hands of our enemies, and from that source alone have our arras been drawrt. Where would North Carolina bo to-day, had not ' Jno. B. Floyd provided her with means of deferice? Has he had any credit for it? Hiflk, The New York Daily News ami the Day Book keep pouring hot shot into tho Lincolnites, whom they accuse of fraud, corruption'1 and mani fest fatuity. ' - - ' ' ' More Prisoners. -Capt. Gannaway, of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, brought down sixty prisoners of war Friday to Salem, aud lodged them in jail. They were taken by Goy. WisVa command, aud among the number are three Meth odist preachers. Abolition preachers will corrupt a common man, therefore the preachers should be separated from the other men and put out of the way as soon aa possible. The Washington Star says that some ten or fif teen Confederate prisoners, on being brought into that oity, were attacked on the street, and would have been killed had it not been for a body of cavalry, who dispersed the crowd. A pretty return for the kindness ehawn their prisoners. . Ma Lincoln's Blockade. Mr Linooln uo dertook to blockade the South, wbioh was in effect, simply a hint for us to plant our own corn and raise our own grain, which we bare adopted. ' The blockade, therefore turns out to be a blockade on the Wist instead of the South. The following extract, from a letter to the New York Day Book, from an intelligent g6ctleman of Illinois, tells the. effect of tho blockade in Mr Lincoln's own State: The blockade of the Mississippi has prostrated the State of Illinois. So far as oar business ij concerned, we are utterly and totally ruined. No - part of the whole country has felt toe pernicious effects of the war like Illinois. The first blow prostrated our banks, ftlrikioz out of circulation at onoe all our money, aa effect ually as if destroyed in a single conflagration. To fill this vacuum, we had nothing to do but to move forward our immense supplies of farm produce, with which the State was literally crammed. .This however, was impossible, our great eommerical ar tery, the Mississippi, was blockaded; not a bushel of grain could pass. With the Mississippi open to us, our corn would now command at least 50 ccou per bushel, which would reliere cur embar rsaeaients. Now, however, owing to this unconstituttocal interruption of our trade, corn u worth tight cent, net enough to pay expenses of marketing. Lincoln has, indeed, assassinated his own State, for yoa might as well expect a man to lira aud enjoy good health with bis jugular rein severed as for Illiaoif to flourish with her great eommerical trtery, the Mississippi, blockaded. . The new Sultan of Turkey has inaugurated for Turkey a most wonderful reform, luring abolished the harem completely. He has also ordered that the jewels and r&luables of the 1st Saltan be sold, in 'order to raise a fund for the payment of his personal liabilities. , . We are glad to bear that . the. gentleman is ia proving iu bis manner of living.