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r A ffi per annum IN ADVANCE - if ON THE Z OF TRADE STHEKT ) CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT- TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY 0P, THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER,"; west SIDE 4, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1862. TENTH V OLUM E K U BI B E It 51 9 T13 ASD l'OPniETOE. II fill I" lift 111 If! IK I (Published every Tiiisilay,c5) Y A T E , 15 Y WILLIAM J. EDITOR AS D P HOP III El j i $2 IN ADVANCE o- CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi. President. Ales II Stenhens ofGeoreia, Vice President. I J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State. f.G. W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War. 'lC. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary I OI lilH 1 fttAUIVt B. R- Mallory, of Florida, Secretary or tneisavy. hos. II. Watts, ot Alabama, jnier 01 tne .uepan mont of Justice or Attorney General. , II. Reagan, of Texas. Postmaster General. MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PERMANENT Transient advcrtistiut-uts mut be paid for in J CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. - SENATE. advance. pv.Y- Advertisements not maikod on The manuscript or a sj?'"':fic time, w'.ll Le incited until forbid, and j ALABAMA, harmed accordingly, i Wm L Yancy, ! Clement (J Ulay. AV.KAXSAS. Robert W Johnson, EXEMPTION. The following General Order is publiihcd by authori ty of the Secretary of War. Richmond, May , 1&G2. .1 The following act and regulations in reference thereto are published for the information ofulleon cen.ed. An Art to csmpt certain perron? from enrollment for si'rvice in t!ie armies of the Coi.f'edvrate Ststes. K.'. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of AuH ii- a !( enact. That all person; who j-hi 'l be held to b- unfit for military service under rules to be pre scribed by the .Secretary of" War all in the service or employ of the Confederate States all judicial and exe cutive" officers id the Conic derate or State Governments the members of both House."? of Congress and the Legislature? of the cevcial States and their respective oftiecr? all clerks of the officers of the State and Confederate Governments allowed by law all engaged in carrying the mails all ferrymen on post routes all pilots and persons engaged in the marine service on river and railroad routes of transportation telegraphic operators and ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministei i.:l dinks ail engaged in work ing iron mines, furnace.", and foundries all journey man printers actually employed in pri.-.ling newspapers all .residents ami protcScovs of i-olif ges and acade mies, and all teachers having as many as twenty scholars f uper intendents of the public hospitals, lunatic nsylmm, and the regular nurses and attendants therein, and the teachers employed in the Institutions lor the deaf and dumb, and blind in each apothecary More now established and doing bu.-iiu-ts, one apothe cary in tjood standing, -who is a practical druggist u pf rir.tendeuts and operatives in wool and cotton factories who maybe exen-pud by the Secretary of War, shall be, and are hereby exempted frem military service in the armies of the Confederate States. Ap proved Api.il 21, 1S02. II. By the above act of Congress, the following classed of persons cie exempt trom enrollment for military service: Justices of the I'rncr; ShcrilFs and Deputj- Phcrilfs; Clerks and Deputy Clerks, allowed bylaw: Masters and Commissioners in Chancery; District and State Attor neys ; Attorney General ; Postmasters and Deputy l'ostmnsters, and Clerks allowed by law; Commission ers of Revenue, and foreigners who frave not acquired domicil in the Confederate States. III. 'The following are not exempt: Military Officers not in actual service; persons exempt bv State laws, but not by the above act: foreigners n ho have acquired doniicil in the Confederate Staf-?. IV. No persons other than th'-.-e expressly named or properly implied in the above net can be exempted, ex cept by furnishing a substitute, from military service, in conformity with regulations already published, (General Orders No. 2') and such exemption is valid onlv ?o long as the said substitute is legally exempt. V. Persons who have furnished suL.-iitutt s will receive i luir certificates f exemption from the Captain of Charles Ii Mitchell. FLORIDA A E Maxwell, J M Baker. GKORGIA. Benjamin II Hill, John W Lewis. LOUISIANA. Edward Sparrow, T J Seinmes. MISSISSIPPI. Albert G Brown, James Phelan VIRGINIA. R M T Hunter, WniB Preston. NORTH CAROLINA, George Davis, Wm T Dortch. SOUTH CAROLINA. Robert W Barnwell, James L Orr. TENNESSEE. Langdon C Hnynes, Gustavus A Henry. TEXAS. Louis T Wigfall, W S Oldham. KENTUCKY. II C Burnett, William E Simms. MISSOURI. John B Clark, R S Y Peyton. Total number, 2G. HOUSE. Thomas S. Bocock, Speaker. ALABAMA. 1 Thomas J Foster, 6 W Chilton, 2 Wm II Smith, 3 John P Ralls. 4 J L M Curry, 5 Francis S Lyon, 7 David Clopton, 8 James L Pugh, 1) E S Dargau. 1 Julian Hnrtridge, 2 C J Munneilyn. 3 Hines IL.lt, 4 A II Kenan, 5 David W Lewis, ARKANSAS. 1 Felix J Balson, 3 Augustus II Garland, 2 Grandison D Royster, 4 Thos B Ilanly. FLORIDA. 1 James B Hawkins, 2 Hilton. GEORGIA. fi William W Clark, 7 Robt P Trippe, e L J Gartrell. 9 Hardy Strickland, 10 A B Wright. KENTUCKY. 1 Alfred Boyd, 7 II W Bruce, 2 John W Crockett, ' 8 S S Scott, 3 HE Road. i) E M Bruce, 1 George W Ewiug, 10 J W Moore. 11 11 J Breckinridge, Jr., 12 John M Elliott. LOUISIANA, 1 Charles J Villiere, . 4 Lucien J Dupre, 2 Charles M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis, 3 Duncan F Kenner, G John Perkins, Jr. MISSISSIPPI. 5 II C Chambers, O R Singleton, 7 E Barksdale. 5 J S Chrisnmn, ti T L Burnett, 1 John J McRae, 2 S W Clapp, 3 Reuben Davis, 4 Israel Wt-loh. 1 John Hycr, Companies, or the Command: ; s of Camps, by j 2 Casper W Bell, whom the substitute have been He liticates of exemption will be gvnni officers only, who will receive f. regard to the conditions and mode . ten. Other cer i by the enrolling ' irwtrnctions in """motion. Ap- ,e consid- MISSOURI. 5 W Wr Cook, 6 Thos W Freeman, plications for exemption cannot, thcr tred 1t the War Department. Ad'jt and a . General. Wil., Charlotte &. Ruth. RiTroad--- WESTEUN DIVISION. On and after .Monday the lath instant, the Passenger and Mail Train will be run on this Road daily (Suuday excepted) as follows : GOING WEST. Lravk. r oo a. m. T 45 " 8 15 " 8 40 ' Charlotte, Tucknscgee, Prevard, Sharon, Lincolnton, GOING EAST. Lfave. 1 : 00 A. M I t ;:i " II J,o 12 17 P. M. Arrive. 1 43 A. M. 8 10 " 8 37 " 9 00 " Arrivp.. Lincolnton, Sharon, Brevard, Tuckaserjee, Charlotte, Ry order, V. A. McBEK, Acting Matter of Transportation Lincolnton, April 4, 11 11 12 1 20 A. M. 45 " 15 P. M. oo 3 George W Vest, 7 Thos A Harris. 4 A II Courew, NORTH CAROLINA. 1 W N II Smith, 6 Thomas S Ashe, 2 Robert R Bridgers, 7 James R McLean, 3 Owen R Keuan, 8 William Lander, 4 T D McDowell, 9 B S Gaither, 3 Archibald Arlington, 10 A T Davidson. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 W W Buyce, 4 John McQueen, 2 W Porcher Miles, 5 James Farrar, 3 M L Bonhara, G L M Ager. TENNESSEE. 1 J T Ileiskell, 7 G W Jones, 2 W G Swunn, 8 Thomas Menees, 3 W H Tebbs. !) J U C ArJkins, 4 E L Gardenshi'e, 10 Bullock. 5 II S Foote, 11 David M Currin. i M P Gentry. TEXAS. 1 John A Wilcox, 4 Wm B Wright, , 2 Peter W Gray, - 5 Malcolm Graham, 3 Claiborne C Herbert, G B F Sexton. VIRGINIA. 1 MRIIGfc-nett, 9 William Smith, 2 John R Chnmbliss,. 10 Alex R Botoler, 3 panics Lyons, 1 1 John B Baldwin, 4 Roger A' Pryor, 12 Walter R Staples, 5 Thomas S Bocock, 13 Walter Preston, ' C John Goode, Jr, 14 Albert G Jenkins, : 7 James P Ilolcombe, 15 Robert Johnson, , 8 Dan'l C Dejarnetto, 16 Churles W Russell. ; Total number 107. I have for sale an excellent STEAM ENGINE of six borse power, manufactured by Amn. ,t Cruu in T.uli ni orr. It ha? an excelleut Boiler that lias never been injured in any way. I wi!isil tin; Engine and all its a ppuitcnanccs at as reasonable teims as it toiEd be bought in the Confederate States I will also sell an e xcelleut Dial Plaiaing .Machine. THOMAS DAY, April 8, 1S6-2 lm Milton, N. C. " SAMUEL PTSMITlir Allm-iie)- and CounM'lor at Law, CHARLOTTE, N C, Vi'ill attend promptly and Vyn' to collecting and rctnituag all claims intrusted io his care. ' vvn l,uotuion C-vea to the writing of Deeds, Cou- , gont'emen: Council Woolen of Lenoir, President, ife:-iV.r,,,', . , . , , . . , j John W Cunninghiun of Person, David Murphy CW. ILase )t.r v T' . t i? f '"""berland. Win A Ferguson of Bertie, J F January lo! 1 '"' 'lei k s fLce. Graves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton, W -1 t L Hillaid of Buncombe. UtlT Tiiiuii-irnrT j Governor's Aids Hon Danl M Barringer, Spier W BLCKWITH ' Whitaker. Has constantly o i i Literary Board Henry T Clark, President ex uATnUte ,nr, . " j officio; Arch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor- ,,n,unw' JCV.CLIiT, rLATEu VARE, 8tC, ' don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg. 1 Internal Improvement Board Henry T Clark ! President ex officio; James Fulton of New Han I over,- N M Long of Halifax, j The General Assembly commences its session on ; the third Monday of November every alternate year. The next election fer members, and for Governor. ' will e held on the first Thursday of August, 18G2. GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. j Henry T. Clark, Governor ex officio. Salary i 3,000 per annum. j Pulaski Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. Sal ! ary, exclusive of fees. $300. ; Rufus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salary $300. j Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000. W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer. ! Salary Si. 200. C. H. Brogdeu, Comptroller. Salary $1,000, Oliver II Perrv, Librarian. The Council of State is composed of the following Of lh hit , . .... ..ll,a anj ABlcr:oan manufacturers. Call and examine bis stork hff,ir i , l u- ,..,. ?orKt1f'ore pnrchasing elsewhere. Watch crystals yut m for 25 cents each. January, 1862 T John T.-Butler, TRACTICAI. Watch and Clofk .TIalier, Jew eller, Ac, Opposite Kerr's Uotjel, Charlotte, A, c. (Late with R. XT. Beckwith.) FIup lV-iiriiix rinib. v.... - . nunnS continuance of life, on moderate terp,s. iit' i. - . . , , ... , one or uc years, lor iwo-vuiiua oi mm "'"cry description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 market alue. For insm-anr annlv tn CHARLOTTE, N. C. ' J8 The Democrat will be digcontinueif to all sulscri Lert at the expiration of the lime for which it is paid. Those u-ho teant to continue must renew beore or at the ex piration ofihfir time. The dunning business is unpleasant, and we do not want to engage in it again. Those who are in arrears, and whose papers have been discontinued, u-ill ob lige us if they will jog up vnthout putting us to further trovoU about it. We Hive adopted the cash system not because we are afraid to trust our old patrons, but because cash is requir ed for printing Materials and everything else that we buy. JJ The vast amount of money expended by the Lincoln Government in prosecuting the war upon the South, is almost beyond conception, and would alarm the Northern people were it not for the absurd notion they entertain of making the southern people foot the bill. The Army Bill which passed the Lincoln Congress recently, ap propriates four hundred and twenty-one millions of dollars for the year ending June, 18G3. Be sides this, rtro hundred and eiyht millions have been voted for deficicnccs for the fiscal year just ending. The North is now spending about four millions of dollars per day, and the Government debt al ready amounts to over a thousand millions of dol lars Are the southern people willing to pay this immense debt? are they willing to give up their property to pay for their own subjugation, and lose their privileges as freemen? If not, let them continue to fight on until the independence of the Confederacy is acknowledged. We had far better lose our property fighting for our rights, than lose it as subjects of Abe Lincoln. True. The Memphis Appeal says : The South has two kinds of enemies first, those who come from the North as open foes, with guns in their hands to subjugate us, boldly proclaiming their mission. Secondly, those in our midst, who, like 6ncaking assassins, blatant with wordy professions of loyalty and devotion, strike at our cause by re fusing to receive Confederate money. Keep your eye upon the me i who refuse Con federate money. They will be the first among us to take the oath of allegiance to Lincoln's Govern ment to save their property. Yes, we repeat, keep your eye upon all persons who refuse to take Confederate money. They are opposed to the cause of the South at heart. And keep your eye upon and remember the miserable extortioners, who are holding large quantities of the necessaries of life for higher prices they, too, are enemies. Jt5F Our latest accounts from Washington, N. C, inform us that the Federals have been rein forced at that place. It is reported that they now have about 2,000 men, infantry and horsemen, guarding the town. They shell the woods every night to warn off our forces. We learn that Mr Win. Grist (a citizen of Washington) lias been sent a prisoner to Newbern, supposed for the pur pose of being transported to Fort Warren. Young Respass is still recruiting for his-Regiment of tories. We presume tl.e father is helping the son in this hellish matter. May the rope be ready for their necks whenever they are captured by the patriots of the South. Wilmington Journal. Old Kespass ought to have been hung when he was arrested and carried to Richmond. We still believe he is a traitor and tory, notwithstanding he went through the forms of a trial at Richmond, and was released, and notwithstanding he was de fended by certain communications in the Raleigh Standard. Gun -Boat Fund. The following from Mrs. Gov. Ellis will be found interesting to those who have contributed to the Gun-Boat Fund : Salisbury, May 26, 18G2. Owing to the impossibility of building a Gun boat under present cireumstances, it is proposed to devote the Gunboat Fund to some other object equally connected with the honor of the State. Several gentlemen have interested themselves and kindly offered their views upon the subject. The favorite plan with them is to appropriate the Fund to the relief of the Widows and Orphans of our Soldiers: it is a claim upon the women of the State that cannot fail to recommend itself to every heart. The Fund, however, cannot be diverted from its original purpose without the consent of the donors. I have then to make a second demand upon the patriotism of the col lectors. I earnestly beg that each collector will ascertain, in the .vay most convenient to herself whether the subscribers desire to recall or con tinue their subscriptions. MRS. JOHN W. ELLIS. North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY. ; TLis Companythe oldest and most reliable in the volunteers, then, are not only not entitled to the State, insure? whito persons for a term "of years or . Con fed Exchange op Prisoners. A proposition has at last come from the Northern. Government for an exchange of prisoners, on the cartel adopt ed between the United States and Great Britain in 1S12. They also offer to exchange our priva teersmen as prisoners of war, the surplus remain ing on either side to be paroled. The Exchange to be made at any point or points designated by the Confederate States Government. The prisoners at this place are going off at the rate of about 200 per day, to be paroled until regularly exchanged. Salisbury Watchman. Important to Discharged Volunteers The following information is published in answer to numerous enquiries addressed to us. The Con vention undertook to discharge all North Carolina Volunteers over 85. years old, not transferred to the Confederate Government. These discharged Slaves ;tonth?. Jvt J. ieci. Jan 14. ltC2 Ziv ipply THUS. V. DEWEY", Apt., at Branch Bank N. C. crate bounty, but are required to refund the State bounty, if it has been received;, they j . . 1 1 t .. 4U t, n ;n.n lt i.. Itnrn tuan in 1 areeniuieQ lonu pay nmo iucj j service, nothing for clothing, but they ore entitled to transportation home. State Journal. i MISSOURI MATTERS. Persons directly from Missouri (says the Little Rock True Democrat of the 8th ult.,) tell us that the war is raging fiercely in the Southwestern portion of that State, and in Kansas. McBride fought the enemy for three daj's at Cassville, and finally whipped them. This is something more tban a skirmish, as there were four of five thous and of the enemy and some twenty-five hundred patriots engaged. The former were reiuforced and this protracted the contest, but at last they fl'd. McBride took three or four hundred criso- actJ-umi a number of wagons, army Motes, etc. me came, our intormant says, began last .Sun day week. The stirring events east of us have fixed attention in that quarter so that, the im portant scenes in Missouri are overlooked. , Kan sas city was visited by patriots lately, and as the narrator graphically expressed it, was "cleaned out." A party of Standwatie's men, eighteen in number, made an attack upon four hundred Fed erals encamped at the lead mines. This was a night attack, and the Federals fled as usual. The assailants gathered the wagons, some machinery p.nd other property, set them on fire and left be fore their small numbers qould be ascertained. Hardly a day passes in Missouri without a skir mish or battle, and the Federals are leaving. This may be one reason why they have come down into Arkansas. . . MARYLAND STILL DEFIANT. The Richmond Examiner says: A few facts concerning the machinery employed by the Federal Government to render Maryland powerless to effect her own disenthralment, or aid in tfte Southern cause of independence, will serve to show the worse than Austrian tyranny of the Lincoln dynasty, and to discover to Virginia what surely awaits her people in the event of the occupation of her soil by the Yankee army, and the abandonment of it by her own. In 18C0, the Legislature appropriated money for the purchase of arms for the arming of the State Eiilitia, which was done. After the events of the 19th of April, 1361. and the invasion of the State by Federal forces, Gov. Hieks called on the various military organizations to deliver up the arms. In a few instances the calt was com plied with, but the majority refused, and several companies crossed into Virginia, carrying their arms. A regular order for the seizure of all arms was then issued, which was followed by a general secretion of them on the part of the State militia and citizens. Armories were forced open and searched, as well as private bouses. No old fowling piece, rusty pistol or cutlass was harmless looking enough to save it from deposition at the great armory of the Provost Marshal. They were brought forth from every imaginable place of con cealment. Recently the Provost Marshal, learn ing that there were numerous arms buried in un known places, issued an order reiterating the call for their delivery, and secretly offered a bribe to such as would betray the whereabouts of the weapons. Ia this way numbers of guns, varying from one to a dozen, have been unearthed in various parts of the city. Squads of Yankees roamed tho counties, gath ering up the arms of the country militia and rais ing Union flags. Threats, arrests, and eveu tor tures, were resorted, to to compel citizens to dis close where their arras were concealed. In St. Marys county, a German who had hidden his arms was seized and hung up by the heels until, like the inquisitors of old, they extorted their places of concealment. Instances of female devo tion and fearlessness in their repulse of the Yan kee intruders are related. Two Ysnkee soldiers, with bayosets fixed, stopped at the residence of a Marylander, now in the Southern army, and de manded any arms that might be in the house. His wife replied that she was exceedingly sorry, but her husband and two sons had just gone off to the Southern army, taking all the arms with them. The Yankees "retired in good order." Another lady, upon -her husband's arms being demanded, produced a toy gun belonging to her son, and begged them to take it as the most destructive weapon she could give them. But, notwithstanding the success with which these seizures have been conducted, we have the best evidence for knowing that tho number captured bears but a small proportion to those hid away, but within the grasp of thonsands of eager, sturdy hands. There may be a day of resurrection coming it may be far off, and yet it may be very near. Maryland is a disarmed and conquered State. Too much distrusted b' the Federal Government to share either its confidence or its patronage, and yet too fully imbued with the Southern spirit to array herself in arms with the North against Virginia and her sisters. Maryland to-day occupies a position in which no other State is to be found a position at once equivocal to herself and humiliating to the Fed eral Government. G en. Grant's Views. Gen. Grant, who was in command of the federal army at Shiloh, ap pears to be an honest sort of an old soldier, and writes a frank letter for publication in the Cin- i cinnati Commercial, from which we extract: ; ''There is one thing I feel well assured, and that : ia that I have the confidence of every brave man in my command. Those who showed the white feather will do all in their power to attract atten tion for themselves. I had perhaps a dozen olli- cers arrested for cowardice in the first day's fight. These men are necessarily my enemies. As to the talk about a surprise here, nothing could be more false. If the enemy had sent us word ich.n and where they would attack us, tee could not have been better prepared." Thus we have it from the hishest official au thority that the enemy were fully prepared for our ! . --- - t i assault at Shiloh, but notwithstanding were driven like chaff by the wind before the fierce assault of our comparatively "isinali force. Alien Residents and the Conscript Act. i The following dispatch announces a decision j upon a point of considerable interest : j Richmond, May 13th. . i Hon. E. Barksdale : The Attorney General of the Confederate State? has decided that fdiens permanently residing in the Confederacy, are sub ject to conscription. G. W. RANDOLPH, . Secretary of War. PROM NORTH ALABAMA. A correspondentrora the First Louisiana cavalry writes an interesting IeUer to the Mobile Tribune, which we copy: - We are at present encamped within half a mile of the TewtreSsee river, having been in the paddle for the last three.weeks, scouting the country frorn Iuka, Miss.,' to the borders of Tennessee. During that time we have met the enemy in four different engagements, and we feel a thrill of pride in being able to state that on every occasion .the impetuous valor of our gallant boys have sent them flying from the soil which they pollute with their presence. The first fight occurred near Tuscumbia, in which Capt. Cannon, with a hundred men, ten from each company, engaged a force of the enemy's cavalry and infantry, outnumbering him three to one, one morning about daylight as they were moving on towards Decatur. They instantly drew up on seeing him and. sent the hissing bul lets in showers amongst our boys for a while, but were unable to withstand the fiery charge of Captain Cannon and his brave troopers, who broke and scattered them like chaff before the wind, killing a number of them without losing a single man himself, and rejoining the main body of the regiment the next day, bringing with him twenty seven prisoners as trophies of his victory. Four of them were negroes, who, in a fit of gallantry, had thrown aside their plowshares to testify their devotion to Uncle Abe on the "tented field," three of whom Colonel Scott returned to their owner; the fourth one, a notorious villain, was taken to a. i-.ii ..ii, ine oaiue-neia ana nung. After the attack of Capt. Cannon, the enemy retreated with such rapidity that they forgot to take their prisoners with them, and never stopped until they were safe on the cars, bound for Deca tur, where they burnt the fine railroad bridge which spans the river at that placo. We rode leisurely along through the beautiful scenery of North Alabama, the people welcoming us with manifestations of delight, and hailing us as their deliverers from insult and outrage, in further quest of those gentry that thus make war upon the lovely ladies as well. as, the men of our beloved South. . . . ., On arriving at -this place (Cpurtland) Col. Scott learned that there was a large number of the enemy at Athens, about thirty miles from,, here, and resolving to attack them, we crossed the river in flat-boats, on Wednesday, 16th April, and, traveling all night, the first beams of the mornin" sun found us within three miles of Athens. Col. Scott sent forward an advance guard to attack the pickets and draw them out, throwing the rest of his men in line of battle. The ad vance guard consisted of some forty men, under Capt. Leake- -his own company and a portion of the Morgan Rangers and on getting within fifty yards of them, Capt. Leake rung out the charge, and away we went, with the rapidity of lightning, right on them, the Yankees scattering to the right and left and firing volley after volley as they ran. Capt. Leake then ordered us to return, and, in a short time, as was anticipated, here came the Lincoln chivalry, their, bright bayonets glistening in, the sun, breathing vengeance against the daring rebels who owned Col. Scott as their leader; but our Colonel, not at all dismayed by the formidable array, calmly ordered Lieut. Holmes- to tarn loose his howitzers on them, and with a storm of shot and shell we swept the woods of the cowardly miscreants. ' " We pursued them at a hard gallop "into and through Athens. About fifty of the command, armed with shot guns and the howitzer battery, under Lieut-Col. Nixon, pursued them seven miles on the Huntsville road. From time to time they ambuscaded us and made a stand, and ' oo every occasion we dislodged them. - We returned to Athens with the loss of one man killed and two wounded. On our way back we passed eighteen or twenty of their dead bodies. - At the same time that Col. Nixon was ent in pursuit with the shot-guns, Capt. Cannon'' was placed in command of the Rifles, and sent to cut off a train of cars at Limestone, eighteen miles distant. He reached the place and after a sharp fight whipped the guard, and tore up the railroad track before the arrival of the train, and when it came it piled up beautifully. He took twenty-one prisoners, including two Captains, and burned eleven cars loaded with provisions and returned to Athens without the loss of a man. ' . Col. Scott theught it best to recross the river, as we were short of ammunition and he anticipa ted an early attack, and sure enough the next day, when Col. Scott, our artillery, and more than half of the regiment, had crossed Elk river, a small stream, three miles from the Tennessee, a picket came rushing in, announcing that a large body of Yankee cavalry were right on us. Lieut-Col. Nixon immediately formed us into line, when they came, 250 strong, sweeping down on us in a gal lant and magnificent charge through the open field; but our boys, cool and collected, waited un til they got within 150 yards of them and then poured a deadly fire into them, emptying fifteen saddles of their riders, and the ret flying in dis order and confusion, their Colonel being mortally wounded. Important from the West. We learn from a passenger just through from Texas, that an. en gagement between 1.700 of Gen. Sibley's Brigade and 2,300 Federals, occurred on the 10th ult , at Glorietta Canon, New Mexico. s Co!. Scurry, commanding, had his men posted on the oaoon through which the Federals were compelled to pass to communicate with Fort Craig. About 600 of the enemy were killed and wounded, and less than 100 of Scurry's . men, among whom, however, were Majars Raguet and Shropshire killed, and Lieut. Col. Sutton mortally wounded. Gen. Sibley's Aid-de-Camp, Capt. Ochiltree, who was bearer of despatches from Gen.' Sibley, reported to our infoimant that the result of the battle of Gbrietta would be the surrender of Fort Craig to our forces, and the occupation of all New Mexico and Arizona by the Confederates.--Jack-sen Mississtppiav, May 17. The Rector of Christ Church, New Orleans, dis regarding the presence of the Yankees, tnnonnced from I hi?' pulpit the appointment of; Friday,, as a day of public . prayer by the President of the Confederate States. GEN. STERLING PRICE. The army correspondent of the Savannah Re- , publican, in a recent letter from1 Corinth, thus . speaks of the old war horse of Missouri: - I heard unusual cheering some days ago in one of the camps near my present quarters, and upon inquiry I found that it proceeded from some Mis souri regiments. Their gallant, and heretofore . invincible leader, General Price, had just arrived with the rear guard of his army, and this was tho -first time the men had seen him for ten or twelve days. It was evident from the heartiness of their -' Jia&t:strauoDs tLit they were as glad "to see him. as if he were their father. They have a number of familiar names by which he is designated in the camp, such as "Pap," "Dad," "The Old Tycoon," "The For of the West' &o. " No officer in the army possesses the confidence and affection of his men to the same .extent as this favorite leader. He is fifty-five or fifty-six years old, Is " six feet high, weighs two hundred pounds, has grey hair, and a fair, round face, beaming with kindness and intelligence, and, in some respects, reminds me of one of your best citizens the ex cellent. President of the Bank of the State of Georgia. He does not find it necessary to sur- round his headquarters with surly sentinelsnor to ,4 swell his staff with a set of gay butterflies, in the shape of volunteer aids-de-camp, whose business it is to ride fine horses, return curt answers' to respectful inquiries, make as much fuss as possi ble, and render themselves . generally disreputable and ridiculous. He is accessible to all, and has a kind and respectful word for every one. And yet he is fierce and energetic, and has unlimited influence over his men, who would gladly follow him to the. death. . . Halleck; sent a message to Gen. Price a short time since," by a gentleman who was passing the lines. -Tell Gen. Price," be said, "that he had the, advantage of me in Missouri, for he knew the country better than I did; but I have got him now where I want him, and expect to capture him and whip his army soon." "When you go back," was Price's reply, "say to Gen. Halleck that he has not men . enough in his army' to capture - me. And as to whipping niy; boys, tell him: he may select 100 of the best men in his whole army, and 1 will take the same number of mine as they come unp wunoui uisunciion. no auaii leau ms iw men, and . l'U lead mine; and we will pe into an open field to fight it out; end the fate of thft Southern Confederacy shall depend "upon -the result.? Tell him that, will you?" Ihava nofr heard that II alleck sent any reply. - . , . . . , . MORE ABOUT JOHN MORGAN.' Every- thing in regard to the heroio partisan, John T. Morgan, ia interesting, and wo therefore copy a narrative of his ' movemenrs from the Montgomery Advertiser, of Thursday last ; " The veritable Col. John T. Morgan, of Ken tucky, who has produced so much consternation among the Yankee invaders by his dashing exploits, . was certainly in this city on Tuesdays evening. His presence attracted a largo crowd of spectators, all eager to see the .hero of so many successful skirmishes. The quiet' simplicity of . his manner, and dress impressed all more', than ' : ever that he is the man of the truo metal he is represented to be. -Col. 'Morgan looks to be'about thirty years of age, has light hair and whiskers, and gray eyes, is some six feet high, and weighs perhaps a hundred and seventy pounds. He is as " mild and gentle as a woman and is eo careful of the feelings of others that he would not want- ' only give a wound to them for anything in thy ' world. His magnanimity ' was ' beautifully illus-' trated only the, other day, in the capture of a Yan kee train and passengers , between Nashville and Bowling Green.- The train consisted of an engine and fifty-three cars, which he burnt and destroyed, of coarse, to weaken tho enemy as much as posai-T ble in a legitimate way. ' The engine . was ona of ' the most magnificent machines ever put in motion. ' It had-just been imported from the North, forth purpose of drawing the immense military trains of the enemy over the mountain railroads. He also . captured a large amount of money from the,trainf" which was taken care of. Of the passengers, he ' paroled the Yankee officers, and did not molest ' -the civilians who were not in the war. - The wo men, however, fearing that they would be treated as their own authorities are in the habit of ontrag- ' ing our ladies, appealed to Col Morgan not' to hurt them. ; With the gallantry of the true South ern gentleman, he told them that he left it for the vandals of the North to search- the pcrsoi.3 and . insult the honor of helpless women, and that they "were as safe from intrusion .or-injury in hit presence as if at home defended by their hus bands. One of th'em, a young married woman about fixreen, begged him not to hurt her husband who was a prisoner. IU." assured her that he would be treated as kindly as be deserved, and 'ha did not know that it would be kindness to him; but to save her any further trouble, he 'would release him ia her hands. She expressed herself very grateful for her prize. ' . . . Morgan l Men 'Capture their Captors. -Col. f, Morgan, en route for Corinth, told on the cars that he had received a dispatch from Capt. Wood, wb : wan taken . prisoner at Lebanon with others of Morgan's men, informing bitn that Wood and his men were put on a steamboat and eeDt down the . river; that at the right moment they ioso on their captors, overcome them, and took the boat. Tbej seized such arms, ammunition and other valuables as they could carry, paroled the men and turned the toat adntt on lire. ooa ana n is men are uow in a place of safety, and ready for another frolic. Morgan and his men are hard to catch, snd still harder to hold when caught. This, wa believe, is true. Columbia Timet, 2ZJ. The Vick6barg (Miss.) WLig says: A planter ' informs us that be saw the negroes on a plantation above the city shediears when the cotton was -being fired. It b very hard to destroy the labor of a whole year, but it is a necessity thatCannet be helped.. There will, no doubt, be a quarter of -a million of bales burnt on tho Mississippi and tributaries, worth twelve million dollars at ordina- .- i tj pricci.' . " "V.-i ' j '. ' At present New York prices the ootton would j have been worth three times the above amount ta ' the yankees; but the planter would not have got a cent for it. ' - . t t: I - t li V 1 i f :