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(3Publihcd every Tucsday,Q .
MY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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ADVANCK.
Er-Trar.m-nt u.lva ti.iuei.tj mut bo paid for in
ni vau.ir. .
f--v- -V-U.-MN m t.i3 not Tn;.. k lon the manuscript
or . h: !i.n-, W be iusiiud until forbid, and
t :..i rM-4 ' iifili'iy H'. ' '
EXEMPTION.
"i ..- C ,'.!'.. u,y ('..-ihthI . -ivr is pubiiilicd by aulhuri-
I'.R'iiMuM), May If, 18G2.
I T1M. f,-i;..r. ::- i : I r-K" bitioilS ill rfTftire
th. r to. an: j.ul.ii-!;' t tr the iiii'ornKHnni of all n.ii-
itiii .
A ti Ai t t r n:: t r!a;n jiorson? from cnrol'im-nt
f.r vi( in .tn.iics of the Confi dtratc .Ststt?.
,SK'. I 'i ii" ContiToss of tLc Coiil'cltrsUe St a (. of
Anc ii' .i .; "i. at I, That I jfioiu who hli.til bt hlu
ti ft- : ; liiliit.iry .-iivi-e uni.-r rukj tv ! jtc-
hf-ri!.. -i f tin: t-rtUry of U'.ir all in the itivice or
. u.i.i'.v . i Uk- ,;!'. '.ci .itt Siatt S all judi'-iiil uml e.xo-
iinc i.iiVi i s l'i:.' I '.n!' 'li-r.iU-or Slalv Co f-riiiiiL-nts
;h !m-uiln.-rs of VjulU IIuu.-c? of Couyrtd and tbe
I. ui-!.vtmt s of tl.f- tfv. r:;! Str.tf-s and i!n ir rt'-pective
oii-.-r? :!! -i- : V: .f il:c .fli trs of the St.ite and
'oiil( ilci a!' (:o;T!ihi"n's allowed byjw nil engaged
in r.urv'n: iiiail-- all f-rry inril on post routes all
pil.iis :uol p-r.-ns i iiirairtdin the marine service en
riwr and laiiroad vim" of I ran -porlation tcdejrrajdi if
operators and Miai.-tr.-i of rtliion in the regular
li-Snrve f iniui-Ltrial (bities ali enr.L'ed in noik-jii"-
iron ii.ii't?, I'mi i1" . a::-l foi-n.liies a!l j..tirner
tnan i-nnter-i j-rttiaflv .1.n.!..y-d in priiifinir newvpap-rs
pr.-i .-n!. '.I prof.--.,- of olu.-'i-i mid a.-a.l--
r.)ir-, ..11 t-;..-Ji.-i s Laving as Many ai. twenty
Klo.lar. --.'iMii iN M It-Ti : s of ii.e p:iMu- hospital?.
I una tie a-v!.i;ii-, and ihv rrjiiljr nnre and nttend.wits
tlirr.-in, aiid tl.r t a, lii r- n:p! )yrd in the 1 n.-tttutions
for tin deaf and dumb, :n-l ol'.nd in ea h npotL"irary
ht'.rc iKi.v i-t a!iii.-io d and .kdna hu.-i nes.-, osie apolhe-,-arv
in ;"" r .-!.u:.ii::. v i.o is a j.ractie.tl drnNt
e;ip i iu!i io'.. ats and operatives in vo.d and eottm
fa.t.i;i-s win. may l.t- oxt injili d by the Si'di-tnry of
War, hall in-, an i are h ic'ov exempted frt-ni military
fi-rvii-f in ill'- ariai of the Coufedciale oLUtci. Ap
proved Apiifc'-l, 1-"'.
II. P-v the above act of Cot'jrre-'?, t'.e followinjr
rla.-es of per. " us art C.ell:pt liu.a euiollii.eiit lei
military seivice:
Jti-tice- of the ee: SI. eri 11.- rv.l Ieputy SheriftV:
f'lcrkand hepaty 'lr!v?. allowed !y law: Masters and
1 Vmiiii-.-i"iicr in f iancery: 1 i -sfrirf-t and otato Attor
neys : Attorney ''r.eral: l''ostniastrrs and Inity
ro-tni.ters, and " I e rk s allowed hy law; t"oMinisi n
trs ..f l!i-veiiue. and foment rs who have not acmiircl
d..i!(7 in tin- t.Vnfi derate Stales.
III. Tin- following are not exempt:
Military t Hlicei s not in actual service: perron.-? exempt
lv tate" laws, l.nt not 'y t'r.e al.ov t act: !; iu-ner.-Who
have acquired doraicil .n the Confederate State.-.
IV. No persons other than tho.-e c.pre.-?'y nr-nied 4r
properly implied in the a'. eve act can e c.er.iit"d, ex
cept ly furni?liinr a sub.-titute. from military service,
in conformity with regulations already pt; 1 I ilu 1 .
(tleneral Orders No. 2!',) and such exemption is valid
only so loiii as the said suhstitnte i lejraily exempt.
V. Pirsons who have farniaiied snhstit utes will
receive their ccrtiiicali . of exemption from the Captains
of Companies, or the Commandants of Camp. ly
-.vin.ni the stib-tittit have been aco-pNal. Other eer
lificatcs of exemption will be granted hy the enrolling
oih.-ers only, wiio will receive full injunctions in
regard to the condition and mode of exemption. Ap
plications for exemption cinnoi, thci efuie, be consid
ered Iv ;'.e War Dcp.u tnu nt.
S. COOPER,
A.i'jt and In.-p. tleneral.
Wil.,' Charlotte 6c Ruth. Railroad
WESTKUN DIVISION.
On and after Monday the lath intaut, the Pa'.-enjrer
and Mail Train will te run on this Road daily (Sunday
ficejitei) as follows :
GOING WEST.
I.SAVE. AKRIVK.
7 00 A. M. Charlotte,
7 -Jr") Tin kaseu-e, 7 4.1 A. M
8 IS " llievard,' 8 10 "
S 40 " Shtiron. 8 37 "
l.ineolnton, 0 00 "
Col.N't; E.VmT.
T.fave. ArtRivE.
I I o.) A. M. I.iiieobiton,
II 2t " Sharon, 11 20 A. M
11 :.. IJrev.ird, 11 45 "
12 17 P.M. Tioka-;. - e, 12 15 P.M.
Charlotte, 1 00
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President.
Alex II Stephens of Georgia, Vice President.
J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of Stnte.
G. W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary
of the Treasury.
S. II. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
Thos. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster General.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST PERMANENT
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
ALA15.VMA.
Wm E Yancy,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
Robert W Johnson,
Charles 1J Mitchell.
FLOUIIA.
A E Maxwell,
J M Raker.
(iKOROIA.
Renjanjii II Hill,
John W Lewis.
l.onsiAXA.
Edward Sparrow,
T J St-mines.
M1S.SISS1PM.
Albert (i Rrown,
James l'helan
vii:;ini V.
It M T Hunter,
Wmli l'reston.
NOTtTII CATCOI.IXA,
Georgo Davis,
Wm T Dorteh.
SOUTH CAROT.t.VA.
Robert W Barnwell,
James L Drr.
TKXNKSSEE.
LangKm C llayues,
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, 20.
HOUSE.
Thomas S. IJorocK, Speaker.
ALABAMA.
G W Chilton,
7 David Clopton,
8 James L Pugh,
U E S Dargan.
Thomas J Foster,
Wm R Smith,
John P Ralls,
J 1j M Curry,
Francis S Lyon,
ARKANSAS.
Felix J Balson, 3 Augustus II Garland,
(Jiandisoii D lioyter, 4 Thos B Hanly.
ILOIillTA.
Jr tncs B Hawkins, 2 - Hilton.
GEORGIA.
Julian Haiti idge,
I! J Munnerlyu,
ilines Holt, "
AH Kenan,
David W Lewis,
0 William W Clark,
7 Robt P Trippe,
.8 E J Gartrell,
9 Hardy Strickland,
10 A B Wright.
KENTUCKY.
7 II W Bruce,
8 S S Scott,
E M Bruce,
1(1 J W Moore.
11 R J Breckinridge, JrM
12 John M Elliott.
Alfred Boyd.
John W Crockett,
II E Read.
Georgo W Ewing,
J S Cbrisman,
T L Burnett,
LOUISIANA,
Charles J Villiere, 4 Lueien J Dupre,
Charles A I Conrad, 5 John F Eewis,
Duncan F Kenner, G John Perkins, Jr.
Mississirri.
5 II C Chambers,
G 0 R Singleton,
7 E Btirksdale.
John J McRae,
S W Clapp,
Reuben Davis,
Israel Welch.
MISSOURI.
5 W W Cook,
G Thos W Freeman,
7 Thos A Harris.
John Hver,
Casper W Bell,
Georgo W Vest,
A u Comow,
NORTH CAROLINA.
W N II Smith,
Robert R Bridgers,
Owen 11 Kenan,
T D McDowell,
Archibald Arlington, 10 A T Davidson.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
W W Boyce,
W Porelur Aliles,
AI L Bonham,
TENNESSEE.
7 G W Jones,
G Thomas S Ashe,
7 James R McLean,
8 William Lauder,
DBS Gaither,
4 John AIcQueen,
5 James Farrar,
G L AI Ager.
J T nei.-kcll,
W G Swann,
V II T. bbs,
E L (Jardenshire,
II S Fo.de,
AI P Gentry.
John A Wilcox,
Peter W Grav,
8 Thomas Alenees,
9 J D C Adkins,
10 Bullock,
11 David M Currin.
TEXAS.
4 Wm B Wright,
5 Alalcolm Graham,
I?y order, V. A. McTsEE,
Acting Master ot Transportation.
l.tn.-..lnt.ui. April 4, 101
1 have for sale an exee-K-iii STEAM ENCIXK of .-ix-berse
joweV. manuf t. tnt e 1 ly Am. is (Iran in Ibilti
ni ore. It has an excellent l..iler that lias never heen
ujure-l in any way. 1 will s.-'l the K-irine and all it?
a ppurten.uo- s at e.- reasciiald terms as it could he
b ouht hi the Confederate States. I w ill alio fell au
e xcellent I:al Planein M.uhine.
THOMAS BAY,
Aprils. 1.-V.2 lni V. itton, N. C.
SAMUI-L P. SM1TU,
Alloriiey stud Coim'lor nt Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
V.".'.l attend. pr--m, lii and il:'.'j"h to collecting and
ivuiittiii all claim intrusted to his care.
po. ial attention giten to tl:o writing of Deeds. Coti-
- .uut, i c.
luriu:' hours of business, may be found in the
Co.srt. lh.use, ti.Uev No. 1, adjoining the clerk's oliiee.
January In, l.j-j
" 11. PKCKViTJl
Has conlaitlv on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, FLATED WARE,
Ot tLe !.e?t EnlWli and Av.iriean taauufactnrers.
Cull ad examine his st eck la fore ?Hrc an fin? elsewhere.
. U atch crvstals HsU in for 25 cats each.
January, 1SC2
Chuborne C Herbert, C B F Sexton.
VIRGINIA.
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M R II Oarnott,
John R Cbambliss,
James lyons,
Roger A Pryor,
Thomas S Bocock,
Jo!in Good", Jr,
James P Holo.omhe,
Dau'l C Dtj-trnette,
Total number 1U7.
1) AVilliam Smith,
10 Alex R Boteler,
11 John B Baldwin,
12 Walter R Staples,
13 Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Robert Johnson,
1G Charles W Russell.
Kalkikii, March '2 1th, 1SG2.
All pure Saltpetre delivered at the Ord-nce Depot
at Kaleigh within the next six mouths will be paid for
nt the rate of sixty cents a pound. All that is impure
will he received and paid for al the same mv f,,r tlQ
pure Saltpetre it may contain. Tvutsspoitat'en from
any point on the railroads will also be paid bv tbe
Department. All communications on tin? subject
should be addressed to Cant. A. Y. LAWRENCE,
Ordnance Department, Ralelgb, N. C. '
J. G. MARTIN.
l-M. Adj't Gon. and CLief of Ordaaace.
GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Henry T. Clark, Governor ex officio. Salary
$3,000 per annum.
Puhtki Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. Sal
ary, exclusive of fees, 300.
1 Ruins H. l'asre. Secretary of State. Salary 8800.
Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary 82.000.
! W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer.
j Salarv 81.200.
i C. H. B'rogden, Comptroller. Salary 8L000,
, Oliver II Perry, Librarian.
i Tbe Council of Stae is composed of the following
I gentlemen: Council oot en of Lenoir, 1 resident,
I John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy
of Cumberland, Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, J F
Graves of Surry. J J Long of Northampton, W
' L H illard of Buncombe.
; Governor's Aids lion Daul M Barringer, Spier
j White.kcr.
Literary Boaro Henry T Clark, President ex
officio; Arch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor
! don of Wilkes, Wra J Yates of Alecklenburg.
; Internal Improvement Board Henry T Clark
j President ex officio; James Fulton of New Han
j over, N AI Long of Halifax,
I The General Assembly commences its session on
the third Monday of November every alternate year.
! Tho next election fer members, and for Governor,
will be held on the first Thursday of Angust, 18G2.
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in tho
Stiue, insures white persons for a term of years or
during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves
insured, for one or fire years, for two-thirds of their
. market value. For insurance apply to
j THOS. W. DEWEY, Agt.,
i Jan 14, 18t2 3nj at Broach Bank X. C.
WisUxn SJtraorrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C
XSgy The JJtmocrat will It discontinued to all sulfri
bert at the erpiration ' of the time for which it s paid.
Those who want to continue must renew befoee or at the ex
piration of their time. The dunning lutiness is unpleasanJ,
and we do not want to engage in it again. Those who are in
arrears, and whose papers have been discontinued, wi'.l ob
lige us if they will pay up without putting us to further
trouble about it.
j&S?" It-will be seen by tho following fhdt our
loss in the battles near Richmond 13 not as heavy
as at first reported : .
The Casualties in TnE Late Battles.
The returns of the casualties in the battles of
May 31st and June 1st, which we have been
epabled to place before our readers, sum up, in
wounded, about seventeen hundred, and in killed
about one hundred and fifty. There are several
private hospitals, which contain from five to fifty
patiFhts, not reported. These may properly be
set down as containing, in the aggregate, three
hundred. The number of killed and missing,
not reported, presumed to be one hundred and
fifty, would make our entire loss, in killed, wound
ed and missing, about twenty-three hundred.
Our returns show that the North Carolina,. Vir
ginia and Alabama troops suffered the most ex
tensively a fact which we do not mention by
way of discrimination, for the troops of every
State behaved as bravely as men could, and de
serve, unitedly, the encomiums of the nation.
The battle was one which is unparalleled in the
brief history of the war, for determined ardor and
death-defying courage on the part of our troops.
The victory was well won and all who shared its
perils are worthy of its honors. Inch. L,nq.
The Wheat Crop. The more we hear the
more we are convinced that the report of the gen- j
eral destruction of the wheat crop is without foun
dation. The Marion Enterprise, published in
McDowell county, speaking of the wheat crop in
Western North Carolini, says :
"It is somewhat amusing to see the conflicting
statements of correspondents in our exchanges, in
reference to the wheat crop in the same locality.
Somp declare that it was never more promising ;
others, that there will not be more than half a
crop. Now, we have discovered that those who
.depreciate the present prospects of a good crop,
are the men who have wheat to sell. The, fact is,
crops in Western North Carolina are as promising
as usual, and those persons who strive to make the
impression that the rust is destroying the present
crop are seeking some pretext upon which to base
a reason for asking a higher price for the wheat
on hand."
There are some localities where the wheat is
considerably blighted, but we do not believe it a
general thing, and we think there will be nea ly
an average crop throughout the country. The
corn crop will more than make up for the defi
ciency of wheat.
The Fayetteville Observer of the 9th says :
"The damage done by the late immense raias
is incalculable. The streams have been higher
than for many years past, carrying off bridges,
mill dams, - fields of small grain, young corn, &c.
A letter from Randolph county tells us that not
withstanding the damage, the wheat crop will be
an average one, and that everything else is prom
ising. The Spartanburg (S. C.) Express of the 4th,
states that "it is now pretty generally conceded
that the panic about the wheat crop was unneces
sary. From various sources we learn that the rust
upon the blade has not affected the stalk or the
grain, and a great improvement -has been manifest
in the prospect. A fair average yield is cow ex
pected." JB2? The Raleigh Register and the Salisbury
Watchman speak of the bad conduct of the guard
who brought the yantee prisoners to Salisbury.
The guard was composed of a portion of Baltimore
rowdies called 'Plugs." At Salisbury they en
gaged in the amusement of taking things that
didn't belong to them. In Raleigh they got into
a row in which one was killed and two badly
wounded.
tSS The Lincoln Congress has under consid
eration a Bankrupt bill, which a Washington cor
respondent thinks will pass. Thus, it appears,
the yankees are already preparing to repudiate
their debts. . It they could they would make the
South pay, not only for the war, but the expenses
of the northern aristocrats who have been living
for many years on fictitious wealth. The with
drawal of southern trade has brought down the
high-livers of yankee land, and it is to be hoped
it will cure some of tho corruption of northern
society.
Yankee Outrages in Norfolk. We learn
from a respectable source that a Yankee Colonel
having violated a negro woman in Norfolk, was
shot dead by her for so doing. Whereupon, the
gallant Colonel's coni?alriots in revenge of his
death, on the next day, killed and wounded about
120 negroes in Norfolk.
It is reported that a good many Yankees have
been killed by eating strawberries and 'raspberries
in which poison had been mixed by negroes.
Raltt'gh Register.
Neyvbern, Washington and other Banks.
Newbern, Washington and other towns in the
Eastern part of this State having been occupied
by the enemy, some doubt, we are informed,
exists in portions of the country as to the currency
nf tht notes nf the banks formerly located there.
1 We can assure our readers that such doubts are
The assets of the banks were
all removed before the coming of tha enemy,-and
their notes (if good before) are still freely re
ceived and paid out by the banks here. iru.
Journal.
, IilNCOLM'S GEAIID ARMY WHEBE
- IS IT?
A comprehensive view of the pending war in
its present aspect, contains everything not only to
excite hope but to inspire a glowing confidence in
the triumph of the Confederate cause. Oar ene
mies have not only run up a public debt so vast,
that with all their ports open and all their avenues
to trade undisturbed, they fear to lay a tax suf
ficient to pay the interest; but their expenditure
of men has been enormous.
Senator Grimes, of Iowa, in a late ppeech ad
vocating the enlistment of negro soldiers, referred
to this-deleterious effects of "the Southern climate
on the Northern soldiers, and said, that Iowa, a
year ago, had sent five full regiments to the field,
and now out of them all there could not be pro
duced a thousand effective men. A prisoner taken
at the battle of Williamsburg stated that his regi
ment left Mine twelve hundred strong, but num
bered at the battle only threehundred.
It is the loast of lire Northern papers that they
enlisted at the beginning of this war, seven hun
dred to seven hundred and fifty thousand men.
All that are left of them are now in the field. The
1 . mi? t .1
enemy nave no reserves, xnts is proved oy tne
fact that when they lately considered their capital
in danger, they had to call for the militia, and to
seduce them by the promise to keep them only
three months. It, is corroborated by the further
fact, that when McClellan and Halleck have beg
ged for reinforcements, and they have been con
stant beggars, they could only be gratified by
weakening other conimanas. In this manner it
was that Banks says he was victimized; perhaps,
however, in that case Jackson was merely robbed
of greater tropliics.
The forces of the enemy are McClellan s and
Halleek's command, say 100,000 each: McDow
ell's, Shield's and Fremont's, say 50,000; Barn-
side's, Hunters and JJutlers say 50,000, they
must be small for they have kept very still. Be
sides these thly have but a few scattered detach
ments, that would add up but little. 1 be forego
ing figures add up 300,000; and we think they
are too liberal. But putting the aggregate at
50,000, and there remains a balance of 350,000
or 400,000, to be set down as the consumption of
the North iu men, in waging their war upon us
for one year!
The "Herald states the present strength ot
the Northern army at 500,000 and the Confed
erate army at 400,000, as above stated. We do
not believe that Lincoln has near 0U!d,0UU men
in his camps; but even that number would show a
diminution of 250,000 from what the "Herald"
says they started with. Where are the rest? They
have got their Southern farms, or nave otnerwise
been placed hors du combat.
And not only is the .Northern army tnu3 reduc
ed and destroyed, but wherever they stand con
fronted with ours, it is we who seek the fight and
they who shun it. At Corinth and at Richmond,
they prefer to burrow and dig, and although they
have come" to whip us, decline the gage of battle.
The excuse they give is that we outnumber them.
The strategy on which they rely, is to cut off our
resources, and to conquer us, not like brave and
strong men attack their enemies, but as undermin
ers. The New York "Herald" exults over the
idea that food is to fail us; that our medicine chest
is empty; and that thus the strong mau is to be
come weak from famine, and the sick man is to
die for want of medicine; and then the brave
and invincible hosts of the North are to sweep over
our laud. Poor, degraded creatures! Instead of
the noble eagle pouncing from some towering cliff
upon his vigorous prey, we have here a miserable
buzzard waiting for carrion!
Our enemies are destined to disappointment
here as in other things. We are boldly coiif'ront-ino-
them in the field, and we have intimidated and
over matched theia there. One-half of the great
army under whose rushing tread on pay day tbe
very earth shook is gone. The other half are
overawed, and digging and trenching. Midsum
mer is almost here. The malaria, so deadly to
strangers, will soon rise from the swamps in wbiclv
they are fortified, and give them fatal fevers and
aches and agonies. The campaign, in short, is al
most over on Southern soil. Let us now with
wisdom and forecast nourish and develop our re
sources, and provide for the comfort and health of
our soldiers, and the enemy s last hope will die.
Courage, ye soldiers and citizens of the Confed
eracy! Ye see what a vast work has already been
done. Redouble your blows, and rekindle your
confidence, and renew your energies, and a glori
ous result will crown your efforts! Richmond
En $ u irer.
The Loss in Gen. Banks' Army. The
Albany (N. Y.) Argus says:
The loss in the disastrous defeat and flight of
fien ." Ranks will, it is feared, prove very heavy.
v v u . ' 7 j m
No official account can yet be obtained, but by
roundabout ways something or tne extent or uie
A disnatch sent to Mont-
pelier, Vt., states that three hundred of the Ver
mont cavalry, mostly from that neighborhood, are
missing, including Major Collins, uapt. Jran aim
Lieiiten.intft Ward and Danforth. In company
A.Cint Pbitt An men onlv have escaped. These
are Captain Piatt, Lieut Edwards, and Corporal
Grost, Reynolds and Whipple, all officers. The
loss of stores will also prove to have been very
great.
The Pittsburg Chronicle learns that the loss of
stores will amount to at least millions of dollars;
and its correspondent writes in a private letter :
" There has been an immense loss, but it will not
do to put it on paper. A portion of the supply
train was cut off, wagons burned up on the road,
large quantities of stores and forage destroyed,
and in crossing here (Williamsport) there was
(TrPiit lno nf Ktm-es " In fact, (savs the Chroni
cle,) as new accounts are received, the fight ap-
1 pears to have Decn more nuu ujui v.iiw.ww
life and property. "
Travel to. Europe The New York Herald
says that over five hundred passengers left that
j city for Europe in a single day. During the last
j five or six weeks crowds of travelers have depart
! ed in every steamer. Some go for . their usual
j summer trip, some to visit the great fair at Lon
I don, some for purposes of business, and some for
i purposes of health.
THE ENEMY'S OUTRAGES.
We have had the opportunity of seing a 1
from the Eastern part of the State, giving de
ui mat iv a auu
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detaih
com? on in ewtwn,
Y asnrngton and vicinity, since the arriviP of
"Governor Stanly," who was to have spoken, and
wc suppose did speak in Washington on Wednes
day, upon whWh occasion invitations were "tried
to be put out to get the people td . come in to hear
him,' the Yankee authorities granting passes to go
and return. Stanly has with him as his private
secretary, a man named Midye It, formerly a mer
chant in Washington, but who went to California
and returned thence with the "Gov." Midyett is
said to be a Hyde county man.
By all accounts Stanly is greatly disappointed
in not finding the Union feeling that he bad ex
pected, fie is dissatisfied, and wishes he had
6ta:d where he was. One of the first things he
met in Newbern is said to have been the skull of
the first Governor Spaight, upon a pole, the Yan
kee soldiers having violated the graves and
vaults, and taken all the iron burial cases they
could find to send home to bury dead Lincolnites
in. They broke into and committed outrages in
the vaults of the Donnell and Spaight families,
near Newbern. When Mr Stanly 6poke to Burn
side about it, he treated it lightly. Said that
was nothing !"
Mr Alfred Stanly has been released and is more
bitter against the Lincolnites than ever, and even
Ed. Stanly is said not quite to like the programme,
b4ut makes arty number of promises of redress and
reformation, none of which will be carried out!
He has not the power, even if he had the best
will in the world.
The lawless outrages of the Yankee soldiers
still continue and even grow worse. ' But a few
days since, a highly respectable gentleman riding
along the road, was ordered by a party of soldiers
to dismount. lie said he was on urgent business,
whereupon the officer in command cut him over
the head with his sword, inflicting a serious
wound.
Robbery of houses and farms, hogst and cattle,
and all manner of depredations, and these without
redress aie the order of the day, and are tyound
to give the lie to Mr Stanly's honied professions.
Wilmington Journal.
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THE CITY OF NORFOLK.
We have late intelligence from JNorloitc. 1 he
port has been opened, and the people are now re
ceiving supplies from Baltimore and other cities
of the North. Wool's determination to starve
the people of that city, unless they took the oath
of allegiance to the government of Abe Lincoln,
it seems, did not suit" the Washington dynasty.
They thought Bennett's suggestion, "thst the old
flag should carry its beuefita and blessings where-
ever established, a good one. lhat the people
should be lured into the old Union by clement
measures and not starvation, and therefore they
have annulled Wool's policy, and removed Norfolk
from the department of the cruol old Iroian.
The city has been place'd within the military ju
risdiction of Gen. John A. Dtx, who is instructed
to let provisions come freely from all the Yankee
cities. This, we hear, was attempted clandes
tinely, but the British consul at Norfolk went
down to the wharf and protested against the
raising of the hatches of the first vessel which
arrived. Her : Majesty's Consul gave as his
reasons for this protest, that the port of Norfolk
had been declared in a state ot blockade by Mr
Lincoln, and no proclamation from that quarter
declaring it opened, had come to his knowledge.
It is stated that another Yankee vessel heavily
laden with provisions, was overhauled at Scwell's
Point, by a French frigate, and the Commander
sent Lincoln a message, stating that if the Federal
government could not. enforce the blockade,
France would help him. The meaning of this
was, that if Norfolk was to be opened tc Yankee
trade, it must also be opened to all neutrals the
world over. Henco the revocation of Wool's
authority over Norfolk,' and the appointment of
Dix as his successor. We arc glad that this real
Yankee trick of Lincoln has been foiled by the
watchfulness of the British and French govern
ments. Rcferslurg Express.
ARKANSAS.
Our affairs west of tho Misssissippi seem to bo
in a prosperous condition. - The Confederates on
that side of the stream seem to be taking good
care of the few Federal troops which Lincoln can
spare for operations there. We take the follow-
mo. from the Little Rock (Ark."i Democrat of
May 22d :
"Our gallant Texas friends continue to arrive,
and enough ot them will be here in time to ac
complish the purpose for which they come. How
many that will be it is wholly unnecessary to
state. Arkansas troops also begin to arrive. . Gen.
Roane will soon have as many fighting men as he
wants. Gen.. Curtis is likely to have a livelier
time capturing: Arkansas tnan ne anucipaica.
The question among our soldiers now is can he be
overtaken before be gets to at. l.ouis.
The strange course pursued by Gov. Rector
comes in for a share of censure m the following
from tbe same paper :
" Bri". Gen 1 Roane, commanding this depart
; THE EVACUATION jOF CORINTH. - "
"Much speculation having been indulged in eonf
sequent upon the evacuation "of Corinth by our .
forces, a full account of the. causes which led., to
it, copied from the army.1 correspondence of tha
Savannah Republican, will bo found interesting:
I endeavored to prepare your reader for this
movement by an intimation thrown out in the con
eluding paragraph of my last letter. I, refer to,
the subject again merely to say, that the evacua
tion of Corinth, under, the , circumstances which
environed the army, was both wise and necessary,
as a brief statement will 'suffice to demonstrate. .
Tho sail around Corinth is of that peculiar,
character which is very wet in winter, and very
dry in'summer. As was stated in a former letter,
I saw a mule drowned io a small branch near the
town, where, two weeks afterwards, there was uot
a drop of water to be seen. Tbeconsequcnoc was,
at tho time of my departure, both the troops and
horses were suffering for water to an extent you
can haradly imagine. The chief supply was ob
tained from the standing pools in tho beds or ex
hausted streams. Steps had been taken to bore' a
number of wells, but it was ascertained that there
was no rope or tools to be had in the town, and
that it would be necessary to send to Colum
bus, Miss.', for the "particular kind of rope desired.
The rope had not been received up to the 2Gth,
and but for timely showers which renewed the
supply in the water courses, and tho wells dug by
the men in low, damp places, the army could not
have remained there as long as it has. Tbe citizens
use rain water, caught in cisterns from tho 1st of
October to the 1st of May; but the supply in tho
cisterns was not sufficient to last the army one
week.
But it was not want of an ample supply of wa
ter alone that rendered it proper for our army to
retire from Corinth. Our encampment was bound
ed on three sides by Bridge creek and a dense
swamp in front, on the right, and in the rear
and our breast-works were just behind the swamp,
and ran parallel to it for a considerable distance.
The swamp was crossed by four or five roada, near
which we had planted formidable batteries to -cut
off all approaches by the roads. It would now
appear that the same thing has been done by. the
enemy, who has advanced up near tho swamp on
the other side, throwu up breastworks, and posted
heavy siege guns, which not only command tho
roads leading our from out side, bu are of suf
ficient calibre to shell nearly -every part of our en
campment. He has also thrown up strong works
near Farmington and Pea Ridge, and erected
heavy batteries'at 'commanding points along tho
several routes to the rear. Indeed, tho Federal
works are superior , to ours, and their position
equally strong, if not stronger, while their force is
one-fourth, if not one-third, gi cater.
It was hoped and expected that Halleck would
attack U3 in our position; but this lie was too sen
sible to do, for defeat would have been the certain
result. Could we expect a differcut result, if wo
should attack him behind his formidable works
and with his superior force ? 'It was never inten
ded lo allow Him to approach so near and 'to got
into position without first offering him battle.
Tins we did at Farmington, when ho declined to
pick up the gauntlet thrown down to him; and
this wc sought to do on the 23d, when it was found
impossible, because the ground had not been pro
perly rcconnoitered and mapped to get 'our right
wing, which was to lead the attack; into position.
Had we encountered the enemy, on that day, in
accordance with the order of battle agreed upon
by our officers, I do not see how we could have fail
ed to win the greatest and most decisive victory
thus far achieved in the war. That night, how
ever, and the next day, the enemy moved up and
cot into position, where it would be as great tuad-
ness tor. us to make tne atiacic as it wouiu uc ivr
him to attack us;
Why, then, it may be asked, should wc, and
not Halleck, retire? Because Halleck ii provided
with ; ms of long range and heavy calibre, with
which he can throw shot and shell' into almost
every part of our encampment every two or three
minutes, day and night, as long as he pleases, and
because he has better water and more abundant
supply than - we have.
The chief advantage the Federals will gain by
the change will be the use of the eritire lino of
the Memphis and Charleston railroad from Steven
son to -Memphis... They aro good workers and will
soon rebuild the bridge over the Tennessee river
and Bear creek, and t hose over tho Hatchie and
other streams west of Corinth, which tho Confcd-,
era tes will doubtless destroy. As soon as these
lost bridges can be rebuilt, Memphis and Fort
Pillow will be occupied, as well as tho30 sections
of the Mobile and Ohio and Tennessee and Ohio
railroad which lie north of the Memphis and
Charleston road. ;
Tho withdrawal down tho Mobile and Ohio
road will diminish our transportation and bring
the army into a more healthf section of country,
where all kinds of supplies are more abundant and
the water much better. The enemy, on the con
trary, gbould be follow us up, will havo to inarch
sixty-five or seventy miles into the interior where,
in case of disaster, he would be cut to pieces and
destroyed. , - "
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tnent, has ptacea untie jvuck. huu viciuuy uuuer . 7 , , ,.- . .
V . 1 L T,ia cian n wn tins to be as much as one's life is worth (says the
.uaiUU.1 jjan, tttiv uj,'pwiiui.u " "b v. m - ; y . .
kins Provost Marshal. This step, we believe,
meets with the approval ot every one, and u there
is a regret at all, it is . that martial law was not
extended over the entire State. Tbe flight of the
Executive from Little llock has left the State
without any government whatever, at a time
when it was most needed, and we should like to
see Gen. Roane supply the want as far as it lies
in his power Judge Watkins would make an
abl and equitable Governor and Provost Marshal
of the State, and we respectfully suggest to the
Goneral commanding tbe propriety of extending
his jurisdiction over the whole of it. Arkansas,
though invaded by her enemies, and apparently
deserted by her friends, is as true to the Con
federacy as ever. Her people have seen the ne
cessity "of the concentration of the Confederate
forces in Tennessee, and, so far from murmuring
at their withdrawal from Arkansas, they have
approved the act. Tbcv know that if we aw
victorious at Corinth, Arkansas will be freed from
the invader, but if defeated, fifteen or twenty
thousand troops could not protect her.
Rafeigh Register) to travel on the N. C. Railroad.
Smashcs-UD are getting to be the "general rnh,"
and safe transits upon it the "exception." e tane
the following from the Salisbury Watchman:
Smashed Up. A frightful Railroad collision
occurred between Thomasvillc and High Point on
Thursday 5th inst., by which one man wai " killed
and one of the trains was broken in pieces. . It
was caased by the returned train which brought
the Yankee prisoners in the morning. Tho offi
cers on board of it ran against express . orders, as
we learn, and in ntter disregard of consequence.
They left Thoiuasville only a few minutes before
the regular train . South was due, and were so
notified there. The collision occurred very short
ly afterwards. About 30,000 worth of property
was destroyed by it. -
' Accidents on thif read have become . fearfully
common, and often the result of carelessness; Ao
example of severe punishment would doubtless do
much, towards ; correcting the evil, and we shall
not be surprised to near of one rather, summary
made, unless thero ia a change for the better.
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