North Carolina Newspapers

WESTERN DEMOCRAT, CHARLOTTE, 1ST. C. mocxat. CHARLOTTE, IV. C. Tuesday, May 20, 18C2. The Battle of Williamsbirq. Particulars of the J Ocr Currehct. We endorse the following from the fight at Williamsburg week before last will be found , Richmond Examiner: THE NEWS. Thrc has been no battle since our last issue, but one is e xpctd every day both at Corinth and near Rich mond, the two armies being within a few miles of each oih-r at both points. We have received no Richmond pa-jx-rs later than the 15th, and no news from Richmond of any kind of any importance. At the last accounts, the Federal gun boats were retiring down the James River, alter having engaged our batteries for some hours, with out much harm to either side. The report that one of the gun boats was set on fire, is erroneous, so we are informed by passengers from Richmond. We do not think that Richmond can be captured either by land or water. We learn from a passenger that thou- i.I li'in.l nr.- ei)rAoreil lav uti niirlit ill hlockadincr ' Jl'SSC n o . - o o in our columns to-day. It took place while Gen. John ston's army was falling back from Yorktown. It ap pears that four or five North Carolina Regiments par ticipated in the battle, viz : McRae's, Hoke's, Scales', Dowd's (formerly McKinney's), and Manly's Artillery. They all acted gallantly and fought like veterans. Col. McRae, it is said, went into the fight with 410 men and came out with only 125. The Lynchburg Virginian says that Col. Dowd, the successor of the late Colonel McKinncy, of the 15th North Carolina, was killed. The Ranalesburg Riflemen, of this county, attached to the 13th N. C. Regiment, Col. Scales, was in the fight and suffered considerably, as will be seen by the following list of killed and wounded, furnished us by Col W M Grier of this county : Killed 1st Lieut. Joseph Thompson; Privates R G Baker, James F Knox, E L Prather, R Lee Swann, and James F Wilson. Wounded Capt A A Erwin, right arm broken; Lieut S W Alexander, slightly in the left hip; Corp'l W A Freeman, severely in both shoulders; Private A IJoyd, sl'shtly in the side and hand; C W ..... !..... i?;v-..r .i tw r,.fl..ratP!.nl St.-.t,.,.- ! rown, snglitly in tne breast; Henry Latney, si.gntly v.-. in the hip; James M Erwin, left thumb shot off; FA ihoriti. s have determined to detend the city to the last ex- , IllwkilI3t in arm anf. gidp. John B Kerr) in arm and iremity. j jeg. jsaHC jj jcGimi, in left foot; Wm J Taylor, severe- Althuugh we have met witli some serums reverses, yet . y , ti,e nnj shoulder; 11 F Wolf, severely in the we see no cause for despondency. There is nothing mote certain than that the .South will ultimately triumph. It is too late to give up now. m - Goviitsuu's Election. On the first Thursday in August the people of North Carolina will choose a Governor, to be installed in office on the 2d Monday in September. Although we have several times allud ed to the matter, we have not heretofore formally an nounced any one as a candidate. Two weeks ago the Iredell Express and Charlotte Whig announced Mr Johnston as a candidate, and had we been at home when our last paper went to press, we should have en dorsed that nomination. We now announce WILLIAM JOHNSTON, of Mecklenburg comity, us a candidate for the office of Governor, subject only to the decision of the people of the State at the pulls. While Mr Johnston has been our choice from the first, we have been ready all the time to agree to auy fair arrangement to produce harmony and concert of urtion among the people, and avoid excitement and everything like party feeling. But we believe it is the aim of certain disappointed, soured aud ill-natured politician to prevent, if they can, a union on one can didate, unless it be one of their own selection or of their own limited number. We suppose, therefore, there will be more than one candidate. The idea of a State canvass has been o universally disapproved of. that those who proposed it have been compelled to abandon it; and we are entirely willing, after the candidates are announced, to stop all discussion and allow the people to decide the contest at the polls without dictation from any quarter. If Mr Johnston is treated fairly, and no further attacks made upon him and false charges preferred against him, we shall have out little to say on the subject. But now, while announcing him, we will simply say that the reason we prefer Mr Johnston is, that he is a well educated, plain, common-sense, good business man, a superior financier, with great energy and industry, and used to hard work aud close application. Of course he has no reputation for great talent?, but that is no objection: what the country wants now is energetic business men, with practical common sense, who will work more and talk less. Those "talented men' (by reputation) will do very well to make speeches and prolong the ses sions of Conventions and Legislatures, but experience has shown that thc3' do but little work, and after it is done, it is hard to understand their meaning. We feel coiifidcut that Mr Johnston possesses every necessary qualification to make a good Executive officer, and. being no regular politician and not dependent on an office for a livelihood, with " no friends to reward or nenii'es to punish," he will discharge the duties faith fully and energetically. Me is the man for the times. We are opposed to keeping alive old party feeling or helping to build up new parties, aud we point to the fact of our co-operation with the Iredell Express and Charlotte Whig in supporting Mr Johnston, as evidence that we mean what wc say. The Mountain Eagle, published at Shelby, Cleavc land county, N. C, announces Mr Johnston, and says : "We place the name of this gentleman at the head of our columns this week as a candidate for Governor at the next election on the first Thursday in August. We have not consulted him as to whether he wished the honor, believing that we should return to the cus tom of our forefathers to select the man who is quali fied to fill the office without waiting lo find an aspi rant. We believe that William Johnston is the man to fill the pKce. We believe that he is the choice of every section where he is known, ami will be of the whole State when his qualifications become known. He is a patriot and a practical man. and will carry out the best policy for the State regardless of cliques or personal or political ftiends not of the true merit." ay.The population of Charlotte has been consid erably increased within the last week or two, caused by the evacuation of Norfolk and Portsmouth and other places. The town is about filled up, anil it is almost impossible to accommodate more. We learn that houses can be obtained at Liucolnton, Davidson Col lege, And other interior villages, pleasant places and living much cheaper than in Charlotte. Could not the farmers through the country take a few boarders? Eatables are hard to get in towns at this season. We learn that vacant houses can be had in the neighboring village of Monroe, Union county. A large quantity of machinery and materials belong ing to the Government was removed to this place from Norfolk. Provisions. The price of provisions has advanced io greatly in this place and at other points, that we should not be surprised to hear of much suffering this summer among persons of limited mean3. Bacon is etling here from wagons at .'U cents and upwards, butter 40 cents, chickens 40 and 50, and other things n proportion. There is no good reason why prices should be so high. The merchant and farmer are both iu.il I v to blame both demand and take as much as hip; Jos M Knox, known to be wounded and supposed to be killed; T E Boyd and James R Wingatc, missing and supposed to be killed. Freeman, Wolf and McGinn were left in Williams burg and are doubtless taken prisoners. S. C. Youug blood, sick and not in the fight, but missing. C.ipt. Erwin is now at home and we are pleased to learn that he is improving. It is said there is some doubt about the death of Lieut. Thompson, though it is certain he is either killed or severely wounded and in the hands of the enemy. We arc gratified to learn that Capt. Erwin and his whole company acted with much bravery during the battle. From the official report of Col. J. F. Iloke, of the 23d N. C. Regiineul, we get the following list of casual ties in his Regiment: Co. B, Capt G W Seagle severe ly wounded; Co. E, private N C Lyon slightly wounded; Co. Gf .private Jas Edgerton slightly wounded, and pri vate Jas Gill severely wounded; Co. II, private Perncl Ilerron severely wounded. Great praise is justly awarded to McRae's Regiment and Manly's Battery for hard fighting and heroic con duct. The advance of the enemy was checked and the hirelings driven back with considerable slaughter. We leanf that the wounded who were captured by the Federals have been paroled. The Raleigh Standard records the following inci dents of the fight : We are gratifird to learn that Capt. Ham. C. Jones of Salisbury, of Co. K., 5th X. C. Troops, has arrived in this city, and is now at the house of his relative, A. Williams, Esq., where he is kindly cared for. Capr. J. behaved with great gallantry, and was wounded with a minnie ball through both thighs. After his com ades were withdrawn from the tight, he arose and was moving otf after them, when, being noticed by the Yankees, a shower of bullets were sent after him. He then fell upon his face, and laid there until he sup posed they had lost sight of 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 discharge until he thought it safe again to fall to the ground and lie there until he sup posed he might again proceed with safety. This ruse he pruc'iced several times, always with the same result of being followed with a shower of balls, until at length he obtained the protection of the woods at which he was aiming, whence he got a conveyance to the hospital at Williamsburg. This was the way in which seveial other wounded men were shot at in attempting to reach the woods, ami Capt. Jones thinks that in thi3 way Col. Badham was killed. On the next mominir, 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 big clothes and hobbled on till he fell in with his friend, Col. J. F. Woke, who furnished him with a saddle-horse, and had him carefully put astride, with his green wounds press ing against the saddle. Thus mounted, he rode some forty miles when he got into a wagon and was brought to Chickahominy, where he was met by his brother and his faithful servant, Howell. Capt. Jones is accompa nied by Lieut. Maloney, a Marylander, who was badly wounded, being shot through the upper part of his breast. Both these young gentlemen are devoted to our cause, and expect to be in the field again in a few weeks. They are both enthusiastic in their praise of (Jen. Early and Col. McRae. N. C. University. The annual Commencement at this Institution takes place on the first Thursday in June. The Address before the two Literary Societies will be delivered by Wm. B. Rodman, Esq, and the Sermon by Bishop Atkinson. During the past year there have been one hundred and twenty-eight students in the College. In former j-ears tne number ranged from three to four hundred. Like everything else, schools and colleges feel the effects of the war. Ssa? Accounts from late European papers (rc-pub-lished in Northern papers) report terrible suffering in England and Belgium for the want of Cotton. The suffering w ill continue until the independence of the South is acknow ledged. They will get no more cotton while the war lasts, and there will be but little plant ed. The probability now is that the frreater portion of last year's crop has been or will be burnt, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy. Foreign nations will soon be convinced that Lincoln is unable to uruish them with a supply of cotton. Evil Spirits. What is the matter with the Charles ton Mercury and the Richmond Examiner? It strikes us that their course is of exceedingly evil tendency. They are incessantly abusing Mr Jefferson Davis," and attribute to him and his administration every dis aster that befals our arms, no matter from what cause. The effect shall we say the intention? is to destroy the confidence of the Southern people, so far as these papers can do it in the constituted authorities of the Confederacy, and thereby to weaken our cause. Presi dent Davis was never a special favorite of ours, and we had nothing to do, originally, w ith placing him in his present position. We found him there, and our country in peril; and having not a shadow of doubt that he was a true man, devoting his all of capacity to The man who, by word or act, by inadvertance or direct effoit, brings discredit upon Confederate money, wounds the Southern cause in a vital part; and is, -in fact, if not in intention, doing the work of the trailer. He takes bread from the mouth of the army by im pairing the ability of the Government to provide for its subsistence. He denies the soldier the luxury of a way-side meal, which the Confederate money in Lis pocket would procure him. He 6trip3 the wife aud children at home of the meat, bread and shelter, which the husband and father in the army could provide by means of the money received in the service. If the Confederate money be depreciated, all the property of the South is depreciated in like ratio, for there can be no curieney in the South if that should cease to be. We know of one or two men in this State, who have had considerable reputation heretofore, who have re fused to take Confederate money. It shall be remem bered against them as long as they live. No real friend of the southern cause will depreciate our currency. If Confederate money is not good, nothing is good in the way of paper money. Telegraph Likes. We learn that a Telegraph line is being built from Danville to Greensboro. The Southern Express Company is building a line from Charlotte to Raleigh. So we will soon have direct telegraphic communication with Richmond, Raleigh, aud other points north of this. - LATEST NEWS. The North Carolina Convention adjourned on Tuesday last, according to previous appointment. Judge Osborne offered a resolution to prolong the ses sion until Saturday, but it failed. We suppose many of the members, like a large majority of the people of the State, were tired of the concern and a good deal disgusted with it. When it adjourned there wa3 not a quorum, and had not been for a day or two previous. Had it not been for the disposition of some of the mem bers to be always talking, the "talented body" might have transacted the necessary business in one-half the time it has occupied. We do not find in any of the Raleigh papers a list of the Ordinances passed. We were informed by a mem ber of the Convention that the Constitution was amend ed so as to hold annual sessions of the Legislature, the sessions limited to forty days, and the members to be elected every two years. We sec no mention made of this amendment in the closing proceedings. The ordinance to create the office of Lieut. Governor, was not acted upon. An ordinance empowering the Treas urer to issue an additional two millions of dollars in t.casury notes, in $5's, l0's and ?20's, and ten thou sand dollars in small denominations, was passed. Also, one to allow citizens driven from their homes by the enemy t'e right to vote for Governor in any county of the State. Also, to charter a Railroad from Fayetteville to Florence, S. C. The ordinance to regulate the price of provisions, introduced by Mr Strange, was opposed by Mr Graham aud Mr Badger, and laid on the table.. If the Convention is not called together again before the 1st of Noveaiber, it is to be considered dissolved. The Danville Connection. The proposed Railroad from Greensborough to Danville, is now called the ' Piedmont Railroad." Congress made an appropria tion to build this Road, but it appears from the follow ing paragraph from the Greensboro Patriot that the authorities at Richmond have abandoned the idea of building it, and that another party has taken charge of the scheme : " The Confederate Government having declined to build the Piedmont Railroad, the stockholders of the Richmond and Danville Road have subscribed for the entire stock of the Piedmont Road, and, it is said, will build the Road with all possible dispatch, on the most practicable route from Danville to Greensboro." We find in the Patriot an advertisement from the Presideut of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, an nouncing that the stock of the Piedmont Road has been all taken by his company, and saying that it is desired by his company aud the Confederate Government that the work of construction should be commenced and completed as speedily as possible. The new company will be organized in 30 or 40 days ; and all persons having hands to hire are requested to communicate with Lewis E. Harvie, President of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, or with Vincent Witcher and John R. Edmoud, Directors. Symptoms of Yellow Fever in the South. The Savannah correspondent of the Richmond Whig says tlicie are certain premonitory signs which clearly and unerringly herald the approach of the yellow fever. One is the appearance of a certain fly, an inect that never visits that region without being followed by a severe epidemic. It is known as the yellow ever fly, and has made an unusually early advent this year, in very large swarms. Again, it has never failed to be the case that the poultry have been visited with an epidemic of some sort previous to the appearance of yellow fever, and the mortality was never greater among the fowls tlian it has been for the last eight or ten days.- Last year the South escaped entirely this fearful scourge, but two years of exemption are not to be anticipated from anything we have heard of in the history of the past. Under these circum stances it would seem the dictate of prudence to remove from the Southern coast those of our troops who have not been acclimated, and transfer them to some region where they will not be exposed to an enemy more deadly than a battle: Should the present indications of a yellow fever season be realized the Yankees will be entirely unable to pu.sh their Southern incursions, or even to hold the positions they have occupied. We shail have an ally in this pestilence more terrible than a hundred thousand armed men; an alhT who does not stop to ditch and trench, and only falls back when he has no more victims to pursue. Richmond Dis patch. tOST" We have it on perfectly good authority that the Lincolnite government is engaged in try ing to get up a First North Carolina Regiment for the Federal service, and that u man named Potter holds the commission of Col., and another named Respass the position of Lieut-Col. Who Potter is we do not know. Respass is son of Isaiah Respass, former, or wc suppose present, Mayor of Washington, N. C. It is said they have succeeded in getting together a few traitors from tl.n tutf.fiwto f tliA f.mr.w?..,-,.... ... k A i,:... t and his administration a decided support as indispen- i the lnost God-abandoned portion of the population cause. If it is right i oi the worst neighborhoods. ?able to the advancement of the they can possibly get for what ihev have to sell, while ! for us- ,,is o1,1 opponents to do this, still more should ,i, . . , ."-.l . i . e i i l!ip.v Jl a wno started with the President hand in ihv..-e w lio are neither merchants nor farmers seriously , , ., ... ,. . . hand in inaugurating this revolution. Fay. Observer. feel the effects, and are having their pockets pretty t w ell -!,.... i i u-i i ..- i .i " I The above paragraph is timclv and correct. We al ia en eliautcil. lule some are getting richer, others I . are j;e!t'mtr poorer : but that s the way of the world j luded tw o or three times to the evil and imprudent jn times like these the selti-lmess and meanness of i course of the Mercury and F.xaminer. and we believe Jiuuian nature is rather plainly exhibited. they stopped exchanging with us on that account at J any rate we have not received either paper for several weeks past. Recently, we have been trying to con vince the Raleigh Standard that its course was calcu lated to injure the Southern cause by weakening the Wc care little for long cards published in news papers. These facts speak for themselves, and leave no doubt on our mind of the truth of all we have said about the existence of treason in some eases in that section. Wit. Journal. Adjutant General Martin acknowledges in the Raleigh Register, the receipt of $379 70 from various sources for the Gun Boat Fund. We don't know w here the bout will be built or launched after the money is collected to pay for it- The Yadkin or Catawba River are safe places, and there would be no danger of hay ing to destroy it to keep it out of the hands of the enemy. Northern News. Northern papers say that M. Mer cier, the French Minister who visited Richmond re cently, report? that nothing but the absolute subjuga tion of the South w ill restore the Union. Then the Union will certainly never be restored. Some of the Northern papers are engaged in expos ing the corruption of the Lincoln office -holders. Ac cording to their statements the Government has been robbed of seventy-five or a hundred millions of dollars since the commencement of the war. Simon Cameron, ex-Secretary of War, is shown to be a very great thief Since the abolition of slavery in the District of Co lumbia, the negroes of Maryland are running into the District by hundreds. When the Marshals artempt to return them the yankee soldiers in Washington resist It. A nice state of affairs for white people. A Washington correspondent f the N. Y. Herald says that the Hon. Edward Stanly is to be appointed mili tary Governor of North Carolina. We don't believe Mr Stanly wenld dare accept the position, but we shall soon see. If he ever shows himself in this State with a commission from Lincoln, we hope he will be shot on sight. The Surgeon-General of tho Federal army acknow ledges a loss in the battle of Williamsburg, of three thousand killed and wounded. The New York Express says "we are inclined, from what we hear from Washington, to believe that there is some truth in the statement relative to a stampede of the border States Congressmen on account of the radical measures of emancipation and confiscation." The Lincoln authorities threaten to hang Mr Smith son, the Washington banker, whom they have confined for secession sympathies, in retaliation for the hang ing of Webster, the spy, at Richmond, a few weeks ago. If they dare hang Smithson, hundreds of yankces will dangle from ropes' ends all over the South in a short time. The following item is from a New York paper: Address of the Democracy to the People of the U. States. Messrs Richardson, Knapp and Robinson, of Illinois; Law and Voorhies of Indiana; Allen, White, Noble, Pe.idleton, Morris and Vallandigham. of Ohio; Johnson and Ancona of Pennsylvania, and Shields of Oregon, have issued an address to the democracy of the United States, setting forth party organization as a positive good, and essential to the preservation of public liberty. This, they say, is now a vital necessity, and they in vite all men, without distinction of State, section or part-, "who arc for the constitution as it is, and the "Union as it was." to unite with them in the great work of preserving both upon terms of perfect equality. This they agree is the great issue. For the Western Democrat. OONTBIBUTIONS. Mr Euitor: In compliance with the request of Mrs Gov. Ellis to Mrs Alfred Burton, a subscription was taken up by the ladies of a portion of Lincoln and Gas ton counties to .aid in the defeuce of North Carolina and the Confederate States, by the building of a Gun Boat, or, if deemed more expedient, for the purchase of Artillery or other munitions of war. The following contributions were made : In Lincoln county. Mrs Alfred Burton $20 Mrs Hoyle 30 R A Burton 20 Mrs M M Parks 5 Miss J R McLean 3 Mrs TJ Jackson 10 Miss Laura Morrison 10 Mrs CL Hunter 10 Mrs R B Anderson 5 Mrs Dr Wm B McLean 10 Miss A V Connor Miss Laura Houston Miss Ann Houstou Mrs A F Brevard Mrs II W Connor Mrs Theo Brevard 20 In Gaston county. John R Jonston Eli Linebargrer John Tate Miss S E Moore Miss M A Moore Mrs J K Derr Mrs II R Dellinger Mrs Dr Jas Abernathy Miss -Mary E Johnston Miss Jennie Johnston Miss Emma Johnston Mrs Dr S X Johnston $25 3 50 3 3 2 1 5 20 20 20 10 5 10 (of Texas) 20 102 194 The above sum of $35G is deposited to the credit of Mrs Gov Ellis in the Bank of Charlotte, subject to her draft. Mas Atered Bcrtoh, Miss Laura Morrison', Miss Jennie Johnston, Commissioners. SLT- e advise all w ho can do so, to go or send to the Salt works in Virginia immediately for their undies. We I;,,.,, ,h:U haUcU wi b'e fllrnishe1 four-horse wagon, and as miu. r0ek snlt a3 mav be wanted. The Salt Commissioner for thi iiroMii, is doin ounty uuccvcu in lurnisiuiu' tlm r.,;.-.. .-. . . . suggests that all who can. or all who have o"r can hir ''al,on b,,t' ,lke the MercurJ Rml f-ianmier, when re teains, attend to procuring their salt n.w while it can ; s',ance was inaugurated, it commenced censuring the be had at the works. The indication r !... anthnritiea and finding fault with neApIv pverrthintr Are Ju$ti$ of the lucc Exempt under the Conscription Late? A friend at Stantonsburg asks us whether Justices of the Peace are con sidered "Judicial officers," under the Conscription , law. e are inclined to the opinion that Justices confidence of the neonle in the constituted authorities ! of the Peace are not "Judicial officers' in the is county, Mr r .i. c rt . - ti. i i .t.- t I kpiisp mant fir thf (:nnrp.ss. Thpir i iiriKilirlinn IS doin all I t iunuvidij. imc .'i.in.iaiu, iiive luc Jicrcurjr . j O j -. but we f el s Vi" i pn S SUP,,,-V fr ,llC ai,d Examiner, was an original secession paper, and s local, and they are merely conservators of the i in furni.M.inrae., "! '11 W .t0 for years past urged the people to resist Northern usur- Pe in their respective neighborhoods The great Dodyoi tnem nave no stateu or regular duties to perform; but, in many Counties, there are Justices who constitute a special Court, who are County Court Judges, and it may be, as they have duties to perforin at stated and regular periods, that they are exempts. We suppose there are from four to five thousand Justices in this State, of whom, perhaps, two thousand are conscripts. It could hardly have been the intention of Con gress 4.0 exempt so large a body of nieu from the operation of the act. We will add that we have given this opioion after having consulted eminent lawyers on the Brown will be able La furnish m A meeting in Johnston county nominated Mr W. W. Holden for Governor. Why don't the RulciU Standard " pitch into' those Johnston rounty people for political manauvring ? It B-ns a great crime in the estimation of the Standard for a public meeting in Meeklwaburg to recommend Wm. Johnston, but that a very limited supply. ' that was done. We say then, that it does not be come those who cried for war when there was peace to be continually finding fault and abusing the authori ties. And we further say, that notwithstanding their growlings, the cause will eventually triumph and the Southern States be forever iudependeut. The liouor shoos in Salisbury. Raleigh. - !. . - . ' C ery consistent sheet has not a word of rebuke for a vioiasooro and W ilmineton have been closed. In meeting which nominates Mr Hojdeu J Straws &kov Salisbury the sale of liquor in quantities less tbao j aft,e.r havinS consulted emtn Indirection of the wi4. a Wirel is prohibited. j subject. RcUijh Standard. Matters Abroad. Ex-Surveyor B. Hart, who came passenger in the City of New York from Liverpool, represents that the Confederate emissaries are as active as ever in London, Liver pool and Paris, leaving no stone unturned with a view of helping their cause. Mason had had several interviews with Lord. John Russell during the week previous to the steamer's sailing, and there was much conjecture among outsiders as to what was in the wind. Additional proofs of the inefficiency of the blockade, in the arrival lately of several vessels from Charleston, are supposed to have been the business in hand. The Confed erate Commissioner, moreover, was very "thick" with the editors of the London Times, Herald and Morning Post, and judging by the disparaging tone of the leaders of those journals, when speak ing of recent Federal successes, the authorship of them may be clearly traced to that source. Mason, it was added, was spending money freely in giving " princely entertainments" at his residence in Piccadilly to Confederate sympathisers. Xeic lorc 1 apcr. Who are Enemies? The men who are spec ulating in food grinding the poor from mercenary motives. The men who directly or indirectly shake public confidence in the value of Confederate money. The croakers who are filling the people with doubts of the final accomplishment of our pur pose. The men who express the opinion that it is bet ter to be a subject of Lincoln than any other country. There are some persons so speaking. Of course we will never be put to the necessity of making the selection, but the man who entertains A. i- s a second choice is not in heart with the cause. Better the government of the Czar of Russia than that of the miserable administration of our enemy. Hatred of him is the only legacy which he can . leave us, and that ought to be nursed until the vast amount of it will be beyond computation. Mobile Tribune. FROM RICHMOND. Richmond, Mar 16. The citj is verr quiet to-day. Business is suspended in accordance with the Presi dent's proclamation. Federal gun-boats hare gone down the James River below City Point. It is with great pleasure (say the Richmond Examiner) that we learn the Government has determined to hold Richmond with unflinching resolution, and that it has commenced to act with gruat activity aud energy. FROM CORINTH. Mobile, May 15. A special despatch to the Adverti ser, dated Corinth, May u, savs that skirmishing con tinued throughout the day without results on either side ot any importance. The Confederates captured to-day 150 beeves. The adrauce Confederates cap tured 70 Federals near Paris. Mobilk, May 1C The following special despatch from Corinth has beeu received by the Advertiser: The Missouri river has fallen two feet within the last twenty-four hours. Nothing new in warlike movements this evening. The enemy still hesitates in bis threatened advance. Sixty-one paroled prisoners were sent off to-day. The escort which accompanied ihem found the Federal pickets within tbur miles of Coriuth. LATE EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. Richmond, May 16. European intelligence of th 27th ult., has been rtceired. The Loudon Times considers the cheek of the Fed eral advance at bhtloh equivalent to a Confederate victory, and finds in it confirmation of its opinion that i ne munary aimculties of Uie Norlli have just begun with its attempted invioion of the rot ton Srntei. The steamer Tubal Cain has left Liverpool with a heavy cargo of arms and ammunition. A weekly journal, which has been established to advocate the Confederate cause, will soon, appear in London. " The London Times, of the 23d, says that the battle oi siiiiou had given ground fur far more apprehension man nope in me ortn. FROM JACKSON'S COMMAND. The Lynchburg Republican says that intelligence has been received from Stonewall Jackson's army to the ef fect that Jackson had secured the passes ot the. Cheat j Mountain, and had forces at Franklin. Pendleton county. wneieDy tne enemy s retreat, under Uen JVlilroy, had been c in on. Ihev are represented as being in the most d plomble condition, utterly broken up, having throw n away their arms and are wandering about the inouutaius without either food or arms. Lanre quaurities of ammu nition taken from the enemy have been sent to Staunton. About Recognition-. While we have very little faith in the continual reports of European recognition that come to us from various sources, we may state that the impression g:iitis ground at the North that the Uoveri: nient at Washington is in possession of information which it is thought may possibly lead to a cessation ot hostilities for the present. A mediation and compro mise is hinted at, together with a special message from the President on the subject. Whether the recent visit of M. Mercier to Richmond has any thing to do with this "current report," is not stated, but it may be added, in this connection, that the correspondent of the New York Post has been iuformed "upon excellent authority" that Count Mercicn lias declared to a dis tinguished member of the Government his conviction that nothing but absolute subjugation will bring the South back into the Luion. A Washington telegram. however, says that the rumor of proposeed intervention is entirely without foundation. litchmond JJirpateh. FROM TENNESSEE. A gentleman from Middle Tennessca assures ns that the report that an entire Federal regiment, stationed at Na hville, laid down their arms and refused to do duty iuiy longer, is true. They entered the service to fight for the Union. As soon as they learned they were deceived, they concluded .to quit nad did. The regiment was immediately disbanded and the men sent North, for fear the defection might spread. It is con fidently believed the Federals will evacuate Nashville in a short time. We hope they will not take the military Governor with them, as there is a goodly num ber of his old friends over this way who would like lo meet up with him oae time more. Athens (Ttnti.) Post. Mobile, May 13. On the 9th, Col. Woodward, with the 1st Kentucky Cavalry and a detachment of Texas Rangers, attacked the enemy on Elk River, Tennessee, (near the Muscle Shoals) killed several of them and captured two Captains, two Lieutenants, twenty-three prisoners and eight negroes. The Confederate loss was 5 killed and 7 wounded. This intelligence is official. In this town, od Wednesdny morning the 14th inst., by the Rev. R. II. Lp Hetty, Mr I). S. Caldwell of Ca barrus county, to Miss E. L. Neely of Charlotte. In Columbia, on the 15th inst, Mr Samuel O. Wolf, Railroad Agent, (formerly of Mecklenburg county, N. C.,) to Miss Hester Ann Green of Columbia. In Rovvau county, on the 1st instant. Mr A. W. Sc graves of Charlotte, to Miss Biddy T. Colley. On the 7th instant, by accident on the Railroad be tween Richmond and Gordonsville, Va , on his way to the field of battle. Hueh Franklin Icehowcr, son of Martin Icehower, of Mecklenburg county, aged 24 years and 1 month. The deceased served his country as a volunteer in Company I, 37th Regiment N. C. volunteers. In Salem, on the 3d inst., of erysipelas, Mrs. Marie Louisa Patterson, daughter of Hon. John M. and Ann Eliza Morehead, and wife of R. L. Patterson, Esq., aged 31 years II months and 1 day. Affectionate parents, brothers and sisters, a deeply afflicted hus band, four little children, and a large circle of relatives and friends, weep and mourn for the departed ; but they cannot sorrow like those that have no hope ; for they know that their own loss was ber gain. She had been a member of the Presbyterian Church for eight years past. In Wadesboro, on the 8th inst, Mr James Plunkett, a highly esteemed and useful citizen. In Richmond, on the 25th ult, at the 2d Georgia hos pital, of typhoid pneumonia, Dr. Edwin L. Dusenbury, aged 28 years, a member of the 14th Georgia Regi ment of Volunteers. ?Sss5 THE LADIES propose n-f-3 giving second Concert for the benefit lyifST of the Soldiers' Aid Society, on TUES DAY evening the 20th inst., in Trcloar's Hall. .May 19, 1862. Attention, Partisan Ranger! At a meeting of the Partizan Rangers of Mj. Boone's Battalion on Saturday last, it was agreed to adjourn said meeting to Saturday next, 24th instant. All who wi?h to join still have an opportunity of engaging in this most attractive branch ot" service. Remember, you get same bounty, pay and ration as other soldics do, and everything furnished except a horse, for which $12 per month will be paid. By order of Maj. J. B. F. BOONE. May 20, 1802. Negroes for Sale. Will be sold at public auction, on Saturday, the 7th day of June, at 12 o'clock, .-.t the public qu:ire in Charlotte, two uegroes, a bo and a girl, aed about 12 years. Warranted sound, and title good. Terms, cash. ISAAC WILSON. May 20, So2 2t-pd Charlotte Market, Mat 19, 1862. The market was aot Tery active the past week, but it was not because prices were not high enough, but because farmers are busy in their fields. About 75 bales Cotton were sold at 7 lo 8 ents--o lot brought 9. Floor $4 50 to $4 62 per saci fair supply. Whekt $1 50 to $1 60 demand good. Corn 90 cts to $1 not much offering, and supply limited. Peas 90 cent?, Oats 50 to 60, Rye, none. Bacon 30 to 33, Lard 30 sales are readily made at these prices. Butter sells at from 30 to 40 cents per pound, eggs 25 to 30 per dozen, chickens 30 to 40 each, Beef 15 eta per lb, tc. Molasses $1 50 per gallon, Sugar gO to 33 cents per lb , Salt $18 per bushel, and but little to be Lad at that. Whiskey 1 50 to $1 75 per gallon. SQUADRON PAUTIZAN RANGERS." Having been authorized by the Secretary of War and Maj. Gen. Holmes to raise two companies of "Rangers" to act together uuder the command of the senior Captain, an opportunity is thus offered to those "not afruid of getting hurt" to enter this popular branch of the serrice. The Ranger service is authorized by act of Congress, and thus occupies the same legal ground with any portion of the army, with this difference, however, that the Partisan Act was passed subsequent to the Conscription Act, and in all cases where the two conflict the Ranger prevails. The Ranger fur nishes his own horse, other equipments furnished by the Oovernmeut. Forty cents a day paid for use of the hre, and his value, if killed in battle. If they furnish themselves with a shot-gun, $1 per month for the use of the same. Arms and munitions of war taken from the enemy belong to the company. As there is urgent present need of these companies in Eastern Carolina, and " picked" men are desired, the Colonels of the different militia regiments are request ed to bring the matter immediately to the attention of their commands. Any person liable to conscript duly can join this service, receiving the same bounty, pnjr and rations as in the regular army. Persons desiring to enlist in this branch of the serrice, can communi cate with Senior Capt. P. G. Evans, Greensboro, N. C; Capt. J. M. Galloway, Wentworth, Rockingham, N. C; Lieut. George J. Moore, Goldsboro, N. C; John L. Morehead, Esq., Charlotte, N. C ; Hon. W. W. Arery, Morganton, N. C; Lieut. I. W. Hughes, Goldsboro, N. 0. May 20, 1802 4t We are authorized to an nounce R. M. WHITE as a candidate for Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the approaching August election. May 13, 18U2 te-pd FOIt SIIi:i!EFF. We are authorized to announce A. I. HOOD as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Mecklenbarg county, at the next August election. Dec 10, 18UI te-pd. 20 or 25 NEGROES by the month, or for the balance of Ihe year. Apply to ROBT. F. DAVIDSON, May 13, 18G2. 3t Agent. LOST. Somebody took my Saddle from Mr Wadsworth's stable on the day of the last Regimental parade in Charlotte. I suppose it was taken by mistake. Who ever took it left in its place a boy's saddle, which ran he found at Mr W's stable, where I hrpe mine will be returned. WILLIAMSON WALLACE. May 13, 18f2 3t The market price naid for Hides, by S. M. HOWELL. May 13, 1862 tf Tanner's Oil. On hand and for sale by May 13, 18C2 tf S. M UOWKLL. jXotioe to Machine makers, gun & lock smiths, 1JLACKSM1TI1S, FOUNDERS AND OTHERS. The Directors of the Mecklenburg Gun Factory de sire to know who are prepared to work on their own premises on Stocks, Locks, and Gun Barrels. As soon at arrangements are made the company will receive offers for such work and supplies of machinery and material. L. S. WILLIAMS, Sec'y and Treas. Me.-klenburg Gun Factory. By order of the Board of Directors the Books of subscription to the capital stock of the Mecklenburg Gun Factory are re-opened. All who wish to aid this undertaking will apply at once to L. S. WILLIAMS, Sec'y k T'r. May 6, 18C2 tf Executive Department of North Carolina. Adjl'takt General's Orrici, Raleigh, April 28, 1862. General Order, No. 6. AH Companies authorized by the Gorernor to be raised prior to the passage of the law known as the "Conscription Bill," must come to Camp Mangura, near this city, before the 17th day of May, otherwise they will not be received. AH those not in by that time will be subjectto the War Department under 1'iat law, and had better remain at home till ordered by that Department. By order of Gov. Clark: J. O. MARTI, May G, 1 862 2t Adjutant-Gen. Aclinfiiifctrator's Notice. The subscriber having at April Term of Mecktea burg County Court, qualified as Administrator, with the will annexed, on the estate of Matthew Wallace, R. 5.. deceased, hereby gives general notice to all the creditors of said estate to present their claims, doly authenticated, within the time limited by law for that purpose, otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. . WM. MAXWELL, Adm'r. May 6, 1P63 3t Served him Right. Denby, the traitor who endeavered to cut off the retreat of the 41st Vir ginia Regiment from Sewell'fe Point by setting firo to the Indian Pole Bridge, was captured and hung to the nearest tree, without judge or jury. Served him right. fiST" A very destructive fire occurred in Atlan ta, Ga., on the 11th inst. A large quantity of provisions, such as com, bacon, rice, &o., and a number of bales of cotton, were destroyed. The work of an emissary, no doubt. STRAYED. Strayed from the subscriber, 'living in Charlotte, a monse-eolored Cow. She is about freven or eight years old, and is marked with a swallow crop on ber. left ear and a Mnall clip close to the burr ot her right ear; no other marks recollected. A reward of $5 will be paid to any person delivering the said cow, or gtviug me 6ucb information that I can get ber again. I think she came from the upper edge of Union county, though I do cot know from wbdm I purchased ber. Any information may be left at this office. ISAAC RE ID (colored.) May 20, !8G2, 3t-pd . MIL.ITARV. HEADQCABTzaa 86tb RrcmaxT N. C. Militia, BLOOXixaoALE, May 17, 1862. The following Staff appointments are announced: H. M. Phelps, Adjutant; T. P. G. Faires, Commissary; W J Yates. Quartermaster; Dr. H. M. .Pritchtrd, Sar. geon. B. F. BROWN, CcloneL TlIkMTARY ORDER. SrcciAL Order No. 3.1 Headquarters, 85th Regt., N. C. M., Charlotte, April 23, 1862. To the commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates of the 85th regiment: Von are hereby ordered to appear iu Charlotte on Tuesday, the 20th of May, at 10 o'clock, A. M., armed and equipped as the law directs for regimental drill and inspection. The Commissioned and non-Comroissioned officers will appear on the preceding Saturday and Monday, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for drill. A Regimental Conrt Martial will assemble OB T diy evening for the trial of such cases as may be brought before it. Notice of detail for the Court will be given on Saturday, the 17th, after drill. . By order L. S. W LLIAMS, Colonel t&th RegimeaH. Jons BcawiLL, Adjutant. April 20, 1862 " Waited. I want to purchase Leather in the rough. Tanners wishing to dispose of their stock, without the trouble of Jnubing, can now do so at fair prices. M. B. TAYLOH. April 29, 1862 1m Guns Wanted. Holding a commission under the Stat to purchase Rifles and doable barrel Shot Guns, a call is made upon all our citizens who can spare them, to bring them ia. A fair price will be given. L. 8. WILLIAMS. April 20, 1863.