North Carolina Newspapers

t N, C. K I s EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA Advance of the Federals. an r ha nJirance of the Yankee , A ... nMnn Kailroad. W iowaru.3 toe . iiin..ii;ij.. ..-. ; confirmed, and a collision with out troops uas j actually taken place. . ' V e learn Dy passeu uy OT..,U. ...... yesterday evening that the 1 ankees psseu up me : line of the Tar Kiver, and lauded with reioiorcc- , enents, to tne number, aome say, vi .u w...u.-a, and came in conflict with three re;iacnts of our kAA n.vi wiir- T C .t lilt P . troops the 2Gth, 59th and 17th N. C on Mon day, the 3d inst. . . From passengers we understand that the 2Gth Kegt. was stationed some distance below the 59th nd 17th near to Greenville, but on the advance of the Yankees fell back from the town to Swift Creek, aod sent a courier for the other regiments tr trn down. The 26th. however, trot into the f- - r i fiiiht before the reinforcements arrived, and ; louht most gallantly Col. II. K. Uur-jwyn com- j mandiu but were forced to fall back still fsr- thcr. la doing so, one of the companies of the j regiment, drew the pursuing Yankee cavalry iuto j an ambush and opened such afire upon them that j nearly every nuer was unhorsed, iuckers cav alry immediately ciade a charge upon the dis comfited Yankeets and cut them up savagely. The other regiments got into the fiht at some period of the day, and acted in a gallant manner, but we have no particulars of their action. We were unable to ascertain the name of the Captaiu of the 2Cth who so distinguished himself. The lass of the enemy i? unknown. The 26th is reported to have lost 40 men 10 killed and 30 wounui d. OUiera ay but 2 weie killed. ltiletyh Jourtitily Nov. oth. PU UTII Kit PA IITICULA KS. We have further particulars .of the skirmish near Ilumilton and of the operations of the Yan kees as they advance. Por the following facts we are indebted to.a friend who witnessed a poition of what he recites : The enemy having landed large forees at Wash ington on Sunday morning advanced towards Hamilton, their advance guard consisting of abeut 000 infantry, several pitccs of artillery and three companies of the "White Horse" cavalry. Three companies of the 26th N. C. Troops, Colonel liur gwyo, occupied Williawston on that morning, the remainder of his regiment being at Kawl's Mill. On learning of the advance of the Yankees and that he was likely to be cut off, Col. B. fell buck to Old Ford and subsequently to Kawl'., hotly pressed by the enemy's cavalry. Before he could join the remainder of the regiment the charge of the enemy's cavalry took place, mentioned in our notice of yesterday. Twice did th three compa nies of the gal!aut20th repulse the entire advance guard, which is represented as composed wholly of new levies, and which would not tannd the fire of the 20th. Of course a mere handf ul of men could'not resist the advance of so large a body, and after firing nine rounds into them and killing and wounding about 150 (as was subsequently learned.) the 2Rth fell back in excellent order to i 1 within a few miles of Tarboro'. The Yankees now have possession of Hamilton, j or lather what teas Hamilton for we understand they have alnf obliterated the town firing buildings, demolishing what escaped the flames, and committing the most horrible outrages upon nil ages and both sexes. Their force at Hamilton is ascertained to be 10,000 infantry, 40 pitccs of artillery and a large force of cavalry. Our troops arc moving and will bring these fellows to a reckoning. Gen. Martin is at the head of our forces, assisted by other dis tinguished genera's, and Gov. Vance is at Tarbo ro encouraging the men by his presence. Gen Hosier is reported to be in command of the Yankee expedition. The Iokcs of the 2Cth reported by us yesterday, at 10 killed aud 0 wounded, is now suid to be about correct. The wouuded number 29; the kill ed 10. Tho 17th and 59tb, did not participate iu the fight beyond the firing of a few scattered shotsfand Tucker's cavalry were on duty elsewhere. We are happy to learn that our troops have suc ceeded in bringing with them a set of the most no torious scoundrels uchung, captured in Beaufort, I'itt, Martin, &c. They . number some sixty, it is said, as rank traitors as ever graced a sapling. Wc have heard but four of their names, viz : H. M. Davenport, E. W. Jones, Wilson Lamb aud Abernathy Hall. Lamb is an unmitigated villain, it is said. He has made a fine business of fonr ing Bowie. Knives, &c., for the Yankees, and has not only always refused to help or assist his coun trymen, but has always assisted in hunting them down and betraying them. -Kafn'gh Journal, Nov. 6lh. LATER. All sotts of rumors came with tho trains yester day evening from the East and North. A battle was expected yesterday near Tarboro', and our force is represented as sufficient to meet that of the Yankees. All was quiet in the neighborhood of Kinston. From Weldon we are assured that the Yankees were at Scotland neck on Tuesday morning. This is from refugees direct from that quarter. jney say me enemy nrst niaue tueir appear an a in oicrhr frinannrfii nnd f!it ihun eight transports, nnd that now, or rather on Tuesday, 16,000 men with ar- tillery and cavalry. We understand a telegram was received in this a a j a . i . . u v i , , city yesterday, stating that the lankces had ad- . .;, . ot m c tit i j t ' vanccd to within 27 miles of Weldon. It em almost certain that an attack object of the whole Eastcru on Weldou is movement, and the we rather think the raid on Tarboro' is a mere feint. We have received nothing from our correspondent, ! V 'c . 7 r , ' , but are promised reliable intelligence shortly. ,Ut B, .of, thJ conte,,tg wcre save'J The losses of the 20th N. C. Tioops have been I A,su "f thoTusnd baIf ?J co 1 some pro exaggerated. Three only were killed and twenty duce' etc- IxteS ov"; lialf nnlhon dolIar8' wounded. Baton. It is believed there is a good deal of He hear ot considerable movements in our ' troops, but deem it imprudent to publish them. . H e think Weldon will cost the Ian Lees a few . months fijtj-t and many a life, and then they won't have it. RaL Journal, of tin- t th. Kg'Col. H. M. Shay, acting BrigadierGener.il for the District of Pamlico, is calling out a larjre force of the slave and free negro population of the ! District for defensive works in the East. This is .done by order of the War Department of Rich mood. The hands receive 12 per month and rations. 1 j r u False. The rumor press, representing Vice-President Stephens as saying in a speeeh at Sparta, Ga., "the people most plant cotton next year," is authoritatively contradicted by the ''Southern Confederacy" and "Constitutionalist." The "Confederacy" says : "The evidsce that he, did not say it is complete." Donation or Carpets The Baptist Church of Fayetteville, at a Coaferenee held on Monday, the Sd inst : by a unanir9ua vote, donated the carpeting of the Church i to the Soldier's Aid Society, for the benefit of-the brave defenders of our country. It ia to be hopd that other Church es will follow the-example. r ! ' icdiucul a?i t: iMitun as : ATTACK BY THE BLOCKADERS. From the Wllniragton Journal trf Thursday. U day yesterday the town refunded with be rt of heavy which did not coase until wrx 01 ucu J o - report - j V " were fired from two blockaders at a i , " Kn lfah colors,. lhe barque was . Th(j fi. commenced abreast ot tne . AV k8 at Fowler' point. The blockade - $he,j the barf ue, a num- - . . Qve fel, Jn th(J vicin,ty of the State Salt YWks, but did little or no injury to the works, all hands from which retired to Mr IJcaaley's about a mile off. " - ' w . Jy niL'lit the barque was completely destroyed . itis sai in . . , , ; r.artv to finish the work or destruction, rome parry iu kirl....i,.r who twuiitv-ouu of-tlie party from the blocxauers wno , , iwcmj . , J ,, . . . . i .1 .. ... H..t..J . l u . t nut ! landed on I way back to their vessels, aud were made pnso- , ners by a portion of the Scotland Neck Cavalrr. ! ! There are among these prisoners three com- j missioned officers. Col. Lamb had got his long range siege guns iuto position ready to give the ! bluckauers a salute, should they make their ap- pearmce this morning, which, however, they did not do. The destruction of the barque was their j main object. v ; The officers and crew of the barquo made their escape, and got safe to shore, but were able to j save nothiug whatever. The barque, whose name j we have not learned, was from Nassau, and was j mainly loaded with Salt, which, as well as the j vessel, is a complete loss. ( TI.U tiHimiii??. when the fo" lifted. Col. Lamb . ! let drive at the blockaders with his long ranges hitting one of them and causing both jto keep away to a respectable distance. We hear some firing this morning, with now and then the sharp report of the rifled siege guns. The barque, in addition to salt, had some guns and gun carriages, dry goods, medicines, clothing, boots and shoes, etc. PREPARE FOR THE INCENDIARIES. . Wc were pleased to see the action of ihecitizensof Hanover county touching the preservation of do mestic quietude. We hope to see similar action everywhere. The county Courts ought to appoint patrols or home guards in every neighborhood. Neighbors ought to organize themselves and be ready to ren der such assistance as exigencies may require. All that is wanted besides is a little vigilance; but viiri lance and organization are not to be dispensed with in such times as the present. We trust these intimations will be received as a word to the wise. There arc other subjects that deserve much at tention at this time. The enemy are changing their system of war. The plundering that was oc casional and sporadic before, depending somewhat on the character of the commander, is probably to become uuivcrsal. The country through which they may pass is to be despoiled. The citizens are to be indiscriminately rnbbed. In the latest dispatcher which have come to us through the enemy's papers, touching the operations of Mc Clellan's artny, wc find the tollowing : "(ien. Pleasanton isjiow seizing all horses to be found for the use of the Government, without re ference to the opinions of the owners." Now so far as possible, we ought to leave noth ing for the enemy to cimmr robbery upon. At all events any thing that has legs, like a horse, or a tecf, should be driven away before he comes. Kicrinvitul Enquirer. The Finances ok North Carolina. It is a subject of just pride and congratulation to every citizen of North Carolina to see the xredit of the State established on a basis which com mands the confidence of the country. 1'rior to the destruction of the old Government, there were few if any of the States whose Stocks stood above those of North Carolina in Wall istrect, and now, although we arc in the throes of a bloody and ex pensive war, they stand in the anoncy market of Richmond largely above par, and ahead of those of any of the States of the Confederacy. Tiese fiefs are easily accounted for. The finances of North Carolina have been faithfully and slcilfully managed. So much so, indeed, as to have fre quently called forth, in times past, the commenda tion of such journals as Hunt's Merchants' Mag azine, the Journal of Commerce, and others whose knoweledge and sagacity made their good opinion worth having. Rahigh Register. A letter from a correspondent at Denton, Mary land, gives the details of a terrible tragedy enacted at that place on Saturday last. A mulatto man named Jim Wilson had outraged aud murdered a little daughter of Edgar Plummer, about 11 years of age, residing near Brighton, in Caroline county, meeting her in the woods on her way from school. The perpetrator of this terrible outrage was ar rested, confessed the deed, and committed to the Denton jail. The people of the surrounding country flocked to the town, and broke open the jail, took out tho prisoner, hung him to a tree, fired fixtecn bullets into the body, dragged it through the streets attached to the rope, cut it up, burned" it, and concluded the ceremony by giving three cheers for Stonewall Jackson. .T " , rA'T.' " . cIot " the n,?ht thp'thl 1"st ' f, fire OUt,,U ;hc.c."on of M P Stoval on Jackson street, which spread with fearful rapidity, . . . n .l ",V,J,,J' destroying nearly all the cotton in the vard: 3 S . 3 .. " ",5;"u) communicating to the livery stable of Critz and Byrd, which were also entirely destroyed, together with 6ome few carriages and other materials. PJ. a-. i I l.'J a 1 1 oia nacon in the country yet. Nmie of it is in for the hands of speculators, who are holding up higher prices. Let the peorde resolve not to nav such prices and the article will soon comg down. Sll f I"! V Pa-wri . OT-ri T'n . . TV I several days ra,t, Mr Receiver Wilder has been I " - - a iivi a.na i a. ' 1 . fllin.r .it aP5onP..1 T 11 nu : a variet- of pr0pertv f alian'enemies nnnfit I under the retaliatory law or the Confederate Con- ' gress. The prices It which furniture, wines, &c., t sold were generally enormoQS rivalling the prices ' i of goods that run the blockade. Anion the sales ! "ere 10 shares of Bank ot Fayetteville stock con- fiscated as the property of the Hon. Edward r. . i i - I 1 i. rrk . 1 . Maniy, wnicn orougni $70. the nar hentr n. and 10 shares of Bauk rtn ef.rk.Ttlr i ' ' longing to a Mr Clark of Pennsylvania, sold at ' longing 10 a mr via. o i eiuieyivama, sold at ' 67 50, par ?50. Fine old Sherry wine brought ! 520 a gallon; pint bottles of Scotch whiskey S3' 50 j M(.b ! I Other sales wcre made of stocks not confisca ted but belonging to persons here, as follows: 42 shares Bank of Fayetteville at $67 50; 30 Bank of Clarendon at $66, and SO do. at $65 50. A Confederate Bond of $1000 was sold at $1065, on which interest since etteville Observer. July 1 had accrued. Fotfr I l SYNOD OP -NORTH CAROLINA, i The Synod of North Carolina met in Goldsboro ; on the zytn Uctober, at 7 o ciock r. .n. ine tier. the m l UjioMr, at 7 o clock r. i. ine Hinei, Moderator, preached the opening mon from 2 Cor. 5: 14, 15. lhe liev. J. tet- J. M. fcnerwooa, oi .yeuev.ue, was cecum xuoaera- tor, ana tne ev. j. aicxe naer ana ur . xu. "-"-" -rr.- --y The attendance was not large that of the Eldership unusually small. Never have we seen so few Ruling Elders in attendance upon a meet ing of the Synod. Thi6 fact, however, is easily accounted for from the absence of so many of the Elders of our churches and of their families in the service of the couutrv. The, meeting, however, was a very pleasant one The utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed' j p Ji , throughout. By a resolution offered on the night ? . . J. , c , , . of the organization, the first half hour of each day's labors was set apart for devotional exercised And these were profitable as well as pleasant seasons. There .was nothing of very special interest transacted-, but the usual routine of business brought up several items that were far from being void of interest. About 11 o'clock on Saturday, S3rnod adjourned to meet next year iu Salisbury. A". Carolina l'retbyti-rian. Baptist State Co.wkntion. This body held its sosion last week at Wake Forest College, 'mmencing on the 29th ult. Rev. Jas. McDan iel. of Fayttteville, was unanimously re-elected President. Rev. T. E. Skinner, of this City, President W. M. Wingate, of Wake Forest Col- ' t lnrn anil llov It K Mnrsih f WPl'S !fttn Vlfifi- i Presidents; Rer. J. D. Hufhain. Editor of the j Biblical Recorder, was elected Recording Secre i tary; Rev. J. S. Purifoy, Treasurer; aud Professor ! W. T. Walters, Auditor. The number of dele gates in attendance was respectable, but not so large as usual. Several ministers were present from the General Association of Virginia. The usual business of the Convention was conducted with dispatch and decorum. Raleigh Standard. Rockingha.m Superior Court. We spent the greater part of three days last week' at Went worth in attendance on Rockingham Superior Court. There was but one" cause tried that at tracted much interest, viz : State vs. Harney G. Taylor, removed from Stokes. The defendant was accused of the crime of arson, and put on trial for his life; but after a most thorough investiga tion of the cause, was triumphantly acquitted; the general opinion, after the investigation, appeared to be, (the worthy and able Judge himself, we believe uniting in that opinion,) that there was not only not evidence sufficient to convict the de fendant but that he was innocent of the charge. We feel it due to say in this public way, thus much in justification of an humble, but as we be lieve a deeply injured man. The circumstances of his arrest were briefly these: In October, 1861. a mill house in the county of Stokes, belonging to Joel Hawkins, was consumed br fire. Mr. Taylor was, at the time, the miller. Mr. Hawkins suspected his miller of the burning, procured his arrest and confinement in prison until Stokes Superior Court; when Tay lor moved his trial to Rockingham. Mr. Hawkins is a man of wealth; and under the belief, we doubt not, that Mr. Taylor set fire to his mill, appeared to set his heart on his conviction. To secure this, in addition to the distinguished States attorney, Hon. Thos. Settle, he employed two able lawyers, Hon. James T. Morehend and A. II. Joyce, Esq , to assist in the prosecution. The defence was en trusted to Hon. John A. Gilmer, and Messrs. Jo seph fasten and Wm. L. Scott. A whole day was occupied in argument of counsel, in which great talent and legal learning were displayed on both .sides. The evidence relied upon by the prosecution was entirely circumstantial. The Judge's charge was clear and impartial; the jury were out all Thursday night, and uutil after the meeting of the Court oh Friday morning, when they returned a verdict of not guilty; whereupon the Judge in formed them that, in his opinion, 'their verdict was a just one and in accordance with the law and the evidence. (irentsboro' Patriot. Why is it? Why is it that with the best ore in the world not a pound of Iron is manufactured in this State west of the Blue Ridge? Will some one explain ? Forty thousand dollars, judiciously expended, would put up all the necessary machine ry for manufacturing iron of every quality on an extensive .cale, and Yancey county alone has ore enough to supply the whole State of North Caro lina with iron. It can't be for want of capital, for there is enough of that lying idle in this coun ty to 'set up a dozen such establishments. It can't be that the business would not prove remu nerative, for lhe iron manufacturers are realizing immense fortunes, and will continue to do so while the article commands the present fabulous prices. Then why is it ? Is it because we have not the enterprise ? Ashcvillc News. Federal Outraoes. We are informed by some of the Surgeons who were left in charge of our sick and wounded in Maryland, after the battle of Sharpsburg, and who have recently reached this city, that on their arrival at Fortress Monroe their baggage was rigidly searched, and many articles of clothing taken from their valises. Even the letters sent by our dying soldiers to their families in the South, the implacable hatred of the Yankee officers withheld and destroyed. Such conduct is in strong cpntrast to the treat ment received by the Yankee officers captured at Harper's Ferry. Not one article of their private baggage and papers was allowed to be touched, and Gen. Jackson permitted them to retain the use of some twenty-five or thirty waixons with : which to remove their effects within their own lines j Our Surgeons with whom we have conversed I concur in stating that, they, as well as our wound ; ed, were well treated and kindly cared for while I within the lines of the army commanded by Gen. I mrM-i. i' at: .L a u i i . i'i cvienan. j'.ver. inmn inai euuiu reasonahlv be 1 I . . : a . I - 1" I?. waTs uo"e "e,r eeable .position. in xreuenck our wounuea received u,uch a,tto.ntion fr0IU th.e citizens of the place, j J ., " , A TT S y druggie Several f h "P,"-8 l 7T th? iVarj hnd' e,aSt Fr.ede"ck.! " 10 l"-. an.d. ,I0PC' Mr0I,J w"n ine onieaeracy. i,un. U,putcA. Promotions. We learn that Lieut. Col. Wil- Ham P. Bvnum.2d N. C. Infantry, has been r.m. moted 10 Co,onel of this regiment, in place of Cul Tcw ki,Ied in ,he batt,e of Sharpsburg, aj- W- R- Cox ,0 be lieutenant Colon P'ace of Lieutenant Colonel Bynum. Ra Ca 1 and Coionel in Rahigh Standard. Eighth REfiiMErw. Lieut. Col. Price has resigned. Maj. Geo. Williamson, promoted to Lieutenant Colonelcy, vice Price. Capt. J. W. Hinton to be Mrior, vice Williamson nmmn.,! 'apt. Jones, Co. F, resigned, which makes W. H. Bagley, Captain. Ral. Journal. Lieut. LATE DASH INTO LEX- 11 LUX, XL-Xi The Louisville Journal, of October 22d, gives the following in relation to John Morgan's recent exploit with his Confederate cavalry at Lexington, which shows that our brave partisan has not been ! idle since Bragg retired from Kentucky : We have had xague accounts of the fight at Lexington on Saturday. The.following statement by a member.of the 4th Ohio cavalry is full, and bears evidence of plausibility : Company H,'of the 4th Ohio cavalry, under Lieut. Shoemaker, and numbering fifty-five men, was stationed rn Lexington, aeting as jrrovost Guards. Companies A, B and C, were id camn on the Clay farm, about a mile and a half from the city, the only officers with them being Captain llobey, of company A, and Lieut. Henry. They numbered some 300 men. About half-pat five in the morning Captain Robey ordered the men to saddle. They were in the act of doing so when a large body of M organ s cavalry dashed in upon them, I having captured the pickets. The Captain order j ed the men into line of battle. Morgan had about j thiee thousand men and three pieces of artillery, i which were brought up and played effectually upon our torces. Morgan detached a part of his command' and sent them to the left and rear, and coming up they poured a volley into the Federals. Captain Robey, seeing that he was sunounded, and that resistance was useless, surrendered. We lost six killed and as many wounded. Two negroes were also killed. After the surrender two of the Fed eral cavalry were shot in a stable, but not killed. A number of Morgan's men were wounded, but how many our informant cannot state. Morgan took the horses, arms, haversp.cks, blan kets, etc , from our cavalry, paroled them, and j immediately dashed into Lexington, capturing the Provost Guard, and serving them in the same manner; and without stopping any length of time, moved off on the Versailles turnpike. By this operation he secured about three hundred and fifty horses, with all their equipments, as many prisoners and the arms and accoutrements of the men. We are a little curious to know where the officers of the companies encamped on the Clay farm were during this time. Why were they not with their commands? Morgan is a thick-set, well-formed man, weigh ing about one. hundred and seventy-five pounds, dark complexion, and wearing a moustache and whiskers with a sandy tinge. He wore a plain, suit of grey cloth, without any distinction of rank, patent leather jack boots, and was mounted on a superb horse. His men were rough, 'uncouth dare-devils, very coarse in their language, and rude in the treatment of piisoners. They carry nothing but their arms, which are first-class, aud their blankets, no haversacks or any other incumbrance, and live upon the coun try through which they pass. Their horses are of the best blood, fleet, enduring, and well cared for. They fight recklessly, travel rapidly, and do an immense deal of mischief. The officers gener ally stay with the men. ENGLISH OPINION. From the. London Herald. As we predicted, President Lincoln has thrown himself into the arms of the Abolitionists. Po litically his emancipation proclamation is worse than void. The "rebel" States are beyond the jurisdiction of the President, except in the few places where a Federal garrison occupies some Southern town, or a Federal army, encamped on Southern soil, trembles for its own safety, and ex ercises no power whatever beyond the range of its guns. Butler, no doubt, may deprive the citizens of New Orleans of their slaves, as well as of their other property; and if there were any other hope that the slaves would be better treated by their deliverers than by their masters, we might over look the legal wrong in consideration of the sub stantial ju.tice done. At Norfolk, a few negroes may exchange the homes in which, on the whole, they have been well treated and contented, for a life of misery and brutal ill-usage amid the rabble of the North ern cities. But this is all.. The negroes of the South, with these few exceptions, will remain as they are, the slaves of the citizens of the Confed erate States, held under the laws which the States have retained frn colonial times, and under those which the Confederacy has iuheiited from trie late Union. The effect on their condition .will, we earnestly hope, be simply none; we hope so, because the only effect which the proclamation could possibly have would be to render' that con dition worse by far than it ever yet has been. If Mr. Davis had himself directed. the course of his rival, we do not think that he could have dic tated a measure more likely to divide the North and to unite the border States firmly with the rest of the South, or pne more calculated to weaken the Federal Government- and to strengthen the hands of the domestic adversaries who are already beginning to conspire for its overthrow. . Deserters Shot. James Cain, of Capt. Jas. E. Branch's Artillery, and John Bowers, of Co. D, 44th Regiment N. C. Troops, were shot, in obedience to the sentence of the Court Martial, at the encampment of Col. Singletary's command, at 1J o'clock on Tuesday last. They were taken out of jail an hour or two before, and con veyed to .the spot of execution, (a short distance southwest of the city,) in an ambulance wagon, their arms pinioned, and their persons well guard ed. Cain bore his fate with apparent indifference, and laughed nd conversed, as though he were going to a wedding feast. He considered the sentence that had been passed upon him, a just one, and said that had the Confederate Govern ment been as strict twelve months ago, the army would have been saved the lofs of many valuable soldiers, and he for one, would have still been in the ranks. Bowers, on the other hand, exhibited a vastly different spiVit from that of Cain. He wept profusely when brought out of jail and while being taken to the place of execution, but subse quently bere up better. They were shot at 1J o'clock, and both fell dead at the first fire, pierced by several balls. It is earnestly to be hoped that the execution of these men may h;ve a beneficial effect upon the army, especially that portion of it encamped in this and adjacent vicinities. Pet. Express. Notice. The Ladies Hospital Association of Chester, S. C, having now in full operation a comfortable wayside Hospital, for the sick and wounded soldiers, would offer to any such a quiet rest and refreshments, when they may be either going to, or coming from the wearisome toils of the battle-field. Mrs. J. A. Bradley, Pres. Miss H. E. Henry, Scc'y. - - - . - mm m - - Conference M. P. Church. As a misun derstanding exists with some, regarding the tnie at which the Conference of the M. P. Church will meet, we are requested to state that .it will ; convene at rJetnesaa, (llalilax circuit, on ? Wednesday the 19jth inst. JIOHGAN'S A SUGGESTION. There are, in this State, not less than one hun dred thousand worthless dogs we mean by worthless, ail such as are not used lor guard pur poses, or m attending sheep, &o. whose hides would go far towards relieving iis from the strait' ened condition in which we are placed for leather In thus getting rid of these Worse than useless ani mals, we should be benefitted in another respect; There is scarcely one ot these dogs that will not kill sheep. Millions of dollars are lost, annually, in the States of the Confederacy from thi cause In North Carolina, hundreds of thousands of dol lars are lost, yearly, by the destructive habits of a host of worthless curs, who, good .for nothing at any time, are worth far less than nothing now, un .'. at Jess 1t he to aid the speculators in keeping up high prices. J he best way of dealing with both classes of un worthies is to tan their hides. In Anson, during the past and current year, several thousand dollars have been'Iost in this way. Pre ventives have been attempted and remedies for this great destruction proposed, ia the hope of saving the lives of the dogs, to the only end that we can see, ot keeping certain bits of meat from ' s coiling in order that houses might be filled with fleas and their owners exercise themselves in hunting for and scratching after them. Before the war began, legislative enactments were neces sary to repress the disposition of certain people to keep large stocks (or kennels) of dogs about them, and now that we are in the midst of a bloody war, the duration of which none can tell, and in conse quence of the blockade of our ports, are deprived of our usual supplies of woolen goods especially, it is certainly our duty to afford wool growers not only all the protection the law can give, but, if necessary, in the present critical state of our af fairs, in this respect, to kill the dogs, tan their hides and thus secure our wool and mutton, and reduce the price of leather. Wadesboro' Argus m m . Coffee. At the auction sale of the caro of the Schooner. Surprise, at Augusta, Ga., last Thursday, coffee sold at $2 40, $2 50 and $2 55 per pound. Xhese figuras indicate anything but a reduction in prices. Kentucky Spoils. A call appears in the Augusta papers for 1,000 women to convert the Kentucky jeans, brought out of Kentucky by Gen. Bragg's army, into soldiers clothing. The Roll of Honor. By joint resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, the Governor is au thorized to prepare a book in which shall be placed the name, regiment and residence of every soldier from that State who has died in the service of his couutry during the present war. A True .Man. Alexander C. Morton, former ly editor of the New York Democrat, has served for over twelve months as a private in the 20th Georgia regiment, and is now promoted to a cap taincy in the same. He is on duty at Winchester, Va. The grain crop in Texas from the Rio Grande to Red River, this year, is said to be the' largest one ever known in that State. Occasionally, small patches of cotton are seen, but this is planted for home use. Distribution of the School Fund. OFFICE OF THE LITERARY BOAKD, Ralkici!. October lb, 1861. The President and Director of the Litenirr Fund, having made distribution of said Fund, hive directed the following .tabular statement to be published showing flie Fall distribution to each Connlv. The amount of the said Fall distribution will be paid to lhe persons entitled to tht; same on application to the Treasury Department. The Counties of CUy, Mitchell and Transylvania will re.ceire their shftrci from tho Counties out of which they were respectively formed, there having been no report from fnid Counties under the law of the Genenl Assembly. ZKIU'LO.X B. VANCE, It. II. Battle, Jr., Sec'j of Board. President exoflicio of Literary Bord. Counties. Fed. j Pop. 110,475 Fall' Dit. Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Alleghany, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brun.swick, Buncombe, Burke, Ci.barrus, Caldwtrll, Camden', Carteret Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsythe, Franklin, Gaston., Gates, Grnnville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde. Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Xasb, N'ew Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimons, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Surry. Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watanga, Wayne, Wilke3, Wilson, Yadkin, Yancey, $1,217 69 I 5.778: 671 09 1,265 26 407 SO 006 75: 10,884! .1.507! 7,800 12,428; 1 1.036J 9.Sti4! 6,954f U.8S2I a, O O O ! 1,444 76', 1.282 92!! 1,146 68i 808 3D1' f Dednct 1 Jos. 1,381 27ij 963 47; ' 9.330j 7.0tJ4j ! 4,492 ! 7,3fSj 112,473! il0,0..4j 8,958; 1,084 60! 821 18: 522 20;! 860 02 jj 1,449 96,! 1,169 92j! 1,30 53; ; 1,041 36!' 622 75! j 1,3 ?6 27j! 884 89il 1,603 88j! 1,631 77i 744 69 i 1,786 85'' 876 17 li 1,503 79j 1,549 94; 1,393 24 1 To be To be To be ! 5.357! 11,495 7,612, 13,797! 14,037 6.406! aim ! 15.371, : 7,537; 112,936 i 13,3331 111,085! 11 1,278; j 8.431 f j 6,8X3; p8,962' j 6,346 jl8,C06 il5,30l! I 7,005! ! 5.67C; j 9,895! 7,72C 6.617: !13,676! i 5.416; 13,690! To be 1,311 05; 980 09t 800 14j 2,204 29! 737 72! 2,162 92; 1,778 T 1 j 814 33' 659 83! 1,150 28; To be 898 14 769 22 j 1,589 82:1 629 6lj 1,591 45 j 507 43 jj 948 36i j 854 31 I 673 68 h 676 02 1 i 984 39 1 ! 767 Oil! 1,715 6oi 804 ,44 ji 1,211 3l,!i 1,140 i'8j' 2,043 88:; 1,238 39: j 866 87 'i 1,732 68i 900 58 j 676 67 I 1,062 86 I 1,475 3l!i 441 17j; 1,875 67) 1,026 24 1 1,546 91)1 4,3C5i . 8.158 7.349 ; 5,7l6 j 5,823 j 8,468 I 6.59S1 !l4.758 j 6.929' ,il0,420! 9-,815( 17,582 j 10,653 ' 7.457 ! 14.905 ; 7,747 1 5.820 ! 9.1 43 j :12.691j i 3,795i 1 16.135; To be To be 8,828 (13,307 m,219 13.014 1,652 94 , 1.512 86: 10.617' f To be 13,81 1,605 63 852 45 1,094 36 1.148 65 5.00 34 7,333 l nuu 9,414 9,881 4,304 10,304 1,197 88! f To be 24,334 2,828 78 1,344 53 624 38 571 37 1,479 38 1,658 40 967 31 1,178 53 989 28 11,566 5,371 4.915 12,726 14,266 8,321 10,138 f To be 8,510 November 4, 1862 3t An Important Suggestion -ir l. da Appeal we find the following coitfnrm.;Catj0i Tanners and shoemakers are exempt from fccription by the laws of the Confederate - - aia iiiH out mere is one nttie provision of those U totaiaK ttia.tr nil flAom tr K.ta a. ..... 1 .avj v ... .v, vi.incijr overloorwi It ia this: 'That the products of their labor sfc li be sold at prices not exceedtiu' sevef a... ' eew upon the cost of production. Now I venture to say that there is uot a tanner or ih maker in Mississippi who is not aellino- ks. " ducts at from one hundred to live hundred " I Sf t v. ...... nilcl) ar- no longer exempt from conscription. Xow j every man who buys a hide of leather, nr , . ' e' j8hoes from these exempts, take' receipt fur bis c cnases, whicn win tc proot positive against them that they are liable to be enrolled as eorucrini ' If they refuse to give a receipt let the Mirt,.'- .make a memorandum of his putcha.es, their date :and amount, and this' will answer just as well M receipt, to prove them liable to conscription. ' j The laws to which 1 have referred are cnnauy japplicable to other tradesmen; but 1 have confinej my remark3 to tanners , and shqeniakers a)one simply because their exorbitant prices peculiarly hard upon the people, particularly the poor people, at this season of the year. The niaa jwho is not satisfied with seventy-five per cent. pro. jfit upon the cost of his productions, is the very iman to be put in the army, where he will have to jbuy at hi. own prices. It is a beautiful sight, isn't jit, to see a stout, fat, hearty exempt, nelling pair of coarse brogaus at eight and ten dollars a pair to ! a war worn barefoot soldier, that did not cost thi maker two. We copy the above by request. a i . Brutal Outrages. We extract the follow, ing paragraphs from a letter from Nashville, pub. lished in the Chattanooga Hebel: "About the time that Gen. Morgan established his headquarters at Hartsville, the war on the part of tho Yankees assumed the form of a silt, dress war. One party that turned out returned with fifty-six dresses. An 'officer who was n Gallatin said to a friend of minr. "I never ran iu my life as I did from Morgan at Gallatin, but I paid them for it." ''How?" said the lady. took four silk dresses from one house." The wir has now come down to ladies' under-clothing; but let me say right here, it is uot the privates alone who have this thieving passion from Gen. Nej. ley down it is the same thing. I do not believe thi. army would stay in Nashville, only they ex peef to do 'as Gen. Mitchell did steal theruielvc rich. At one place a wretch demanded the enr-rinps from a lady's cars. While she was taking one from her right ear, he tore the other from the left. At the house of a gentleman a few miles from Nashville, they went iu and found the lady ill, with an infant three weeks old. After tikin)j everything from the house of any consequence, except the bed she lay upon, she asked them please to leave her one cw, as her babe could not live without milk. One of them replied by seizing the nursing bottle and breaking it, and saying it should have neither .milk nor bottlo. JJedvct fur flfof. Dumb and Mind. , for D. J. Watron. Eliza J. C. Wntnon, and Watson (laf and Dumb) $75 each, i $223 00 1. deducted for Sarah W. Busball (Blind,) deducted for Caswell M Cobb (D. D.,) deducted for Sarah C. Foushee (Blind,) 75 00 7 00 76 00 To be deducted for Geo. W. Hartie. (B..i.d) nd! John R. Stricklaad and Harriet Siricklaud, (Deaf j V i 226 00 75 00 150 00 uumu,) deducted for Enoch Orrell, (Blind,) To be deducted for Ellen C. Johnson and Nancy J. Blanchard, (Deaf and Dumb,) deducted for Georpeti. Jones, (Blind,) ?5 00 To be deducted for Jasper Jamison arid' Mary M.! 1 Nichols, (Deaf rvnd Dumb,) I j 150 00 75 00 deducted for Christopher Severs, (D. and D.,); f To be deducted for Isabella A. Pegram, (Blind,) Pegram and Zilphiaj 1M deducted for James C. Lane, (Deaf and Dumb.)! '5 09 deducted for Hiram Merritt, (Deaf and Dumb,)' ) . A aiit - i.it u nil Lilinu . , j deducted for Narcissa J. Dupree and John 150 00 76 00 j aimpson (Blind,) To be deducted for Joseph J. Reed (Blind,) . To be deducted for Jno. L. Summerlio (Deaf k Dumb,) 75 00 150 0 deducted for David F. Wiseman and Martin !' -j Singleton (Deaf and Dumb,)