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l - ii 1 1 . t ; 1 tf : "Wax Kews. Fkom rut West. A tetter 'dated Fort Peni irfnn -M t. uv that occasional booming of cac- . thriv"- V us us that our r boys arc after Chillicothp was sails thecnaae- v.--A-es. The rnemv s boat lf ..In.st a wreck Gen. Lonng calls thejengage mr-nt ti e - Battle of Tallahatchie." Thxrepulse There pulse cr Wfiflowcr Af the mm.vin their attenrpt to enter ;r.r K-n ken definitely afcccrtamcu. inc ncet j tli,AJ number of bua caclured. ; va Thecnuv im ported" .o made .Hbr , n'lr.-i nee ?,..inf l ort Penibertoc with ineretsed tfrnn'i th. Kvcrv effort will be made to defeat ! .1 4 ... r.V LnUIim ttiiu nuillun anpears to" be appreciated by our authoritiea. a.jt-ai.. u ii . , Chattanooga, March 2. Allquie .ofiht- . nnnllHItlKIlt 9f f.lllrtV I lift ihpui. as rite miijoriaiice ui iiuiuh'k ....-, rrTfrarrpTnent at Liberty. The in- unce .'jui-iii . ."b6'-u'lu" - "v- . i.i i 1. .. Mni4V oclir.rn I III r Rfnt1 1 S . p o . , reuerais "".ur . , are m j.eoanou aim ; l.t.L .ftV.fi ('umberland Uiver trom Jjcbauon to aKiiiAH fit I Stone's Uiver. Accounts from the Cuuiberlundf rcport the Federals deroying farming iiuple intnts and foragrug the whole country. The in habitants arc compelled to hide their provisions. Five t' .ousand Federal ittfantry occupied Gallatin, and the Lou'sville Road ib strongly guarded. It is repoi ftd that the , Federals have destroyed the Stor.c'rf llivei Railroad aod turn-out bridges be tween 31 urfrcesboro and Nashville. Yk'Ksburo, March 25. Two of the enemy's boat attempted to pass down the river his morn ing. Our battened opened upon them with ef fect. Otic was eudL opposite our batteries, the other was badly riddled and now lies opposite ihe canal batteries. It, is expected she will be sunk. She w'.s ?ct on fire, but appeared to be extinguish ed. The firing of our batteries was splendid, al most every shot taking effect. The levee has broken above Vicksburg and is flooding the Federal camps to such an extent that forces on Younirs Point were forced to move to Millikin's Ucnd. Gallant Success. A correspondent of the Mobile? llegister wriling under date of Vicksburg l?, says: On Saturday morning Col Ferguson, commanding the batteries at the juncii m of Detr Creek with tlie Sunflower river, thirty miles above its junction with the Yuz jo, repulsed, the enemy, destroying it is f-aid, three gunboats and driving the balance back. Col". Ferguson had sufficient, strength to hold the enemy in check, and recouw mended reinforcements to be sent to the rear of the enemy to cut off their retreat. The move ment on the part of the enemy was to flank our batteries at liaynes Muff on the Yazoo. . The Late Yankee Advance on the lAri'AnANM K. From papers found on the lield tlu- late conflict it would seem that there cent iidvaiitc of .the enemy on the line of the Rap pahannock was designed as something more than a mere rccouuoisance. These papeis disclose the fact, if we ixre correctly informed, that the expe dition was, fir..-1, for tlie destruction 'of the Central Road at vjordonsville Ly tearing up as much of the track ol that road, either way from the above point, as might be f mnd convenient in the time allowed them. Fiom thei.ee they -were to proceed to tht James River aud Kanawha Canal, which they were expteted to strike ut or near Columbia, in Fluvanna. Thence, crossing the James river, their worse was laid out through Cumberland county, to Fuiinvillc, or the High Riidge over the Appomattox, near that place. The destruction of this bridge was one of the pet objects of the ex pedition. A Iter the accomplishment of. this feat the expedition was to work itself out of difficulty by pnsninp around by Petersburg and the North Carolina liue, so as to strike the Yankee lines in the neigh lo; hood of Suffolk. Impsiblf of accomplishment as this feat would Fcem to to, the distance to travel and the risks to run are no greater than those incurred by tlie dar ing 31organ in some of his raids in Kentucky and Tennessee. Jiut the Yankees not only lacked a Morgan to execute this bold scheme, but met with pueh men as Stuart and Lee, whose vigilance is a tuie guarantee that no Yankee raid into our lines can ever be successfully ui dertakeu. Richmond Ih'yputrh. The Nuhtiieiin Border. All the informa tion which-reaches us from the Northern Lorder of Virginia, indicates that active operations for ,the spring campaign are about to commence. UookerW .army we are told, is only waiting an im provement m the roads, which a ft w days favor able weather will afftrd, whilst Millroy, in theVal ley, bein heavily reinforced, has established his outpost6 at Stiasburg, eighteen mil.es this side of Winchester. It is not improbable that his force has been, or will be sufficiently increased to au thorize tho attempt to advance up the Valley as for as Staunton, or at least to hold 'possession of the Shenandoah and Lutay Valleys. Tennessee News. Tho Winchester (Teni. jiuuenn oi toe iytn, says: Our cavalry arc siill engaged in harrassing the enemy and "tearing up things generally." A small detachment from General Morgan's com mand have just returned from a tour it Kentucky, having' a the short space of, twenty-one days traveled over five hundred miles, being surrounded by the Yanks on two or three different occasions, and captured and destroyed Governmcat property to the amount of over half a million of dollars and all without the loss of a man killed or wounded. J&ar,Morgan had a.fight at Auburn, Cannon. county, Jncssee, on Friday the 20th', with an .overwhelming force ol tho enemy. He fought gallantly and killed and wounded a number ol the tnemy. At last he was forced to retire before superior numbers. . From Hklow. All quiet below. Wc saw gentlemen up from Goldsboro and Kinston yesterday and they tell uahat- nothiojr has been heard of the enemy' rince the skirmish at Deer. ti Gully, on Monday !:ret, in which they were worsted. We have heard much concerning the movements 3 of our owu foops but withhold particulars for 1 prudential reasons. We are satisfied, however rl that General Hill means to keep the enemv in E eastern Aoriri Carolina- closely under - " rneir jlguu-boats. lialet!!, lnjrcst. ft: E Vi learn r?irrt. frnm Vni-fn It Ci J3urnside has turned up in command of the 9th -- - -- - . ..v... .iviivin iiibi .nil fairay corps, about seventeen thntinand. at Newport rNews, and that he has moved his whole command in ri it i i - . -- . i to Sunulfc. Where be now conimanrls nhnut th'rtvu ' . . . -- i two i uousarru troops. V, Hon fNorfolk.Qr Portsmouth, and. that no " nroVisinn h ' ,iM9Pt:'f,-Jlfn,jr,'BhlbeeDt. to those-eities. j j - Hi i"The city jail in Norfolk now contains many respec J 1 'uble lady prisoners and eitizens from the neih- i! "SWrcood. ... - 1 "tt.Norfolk -is a prison, and contains Capt. j: i Hl'xJausey, of Princess Anne county, of Gen. Elzey's . f Waff,-captured ia January: Uapt. Wrichtin nf i f SrNorth Carolina, ; captured while on furloigh, and i , . - . 7 f I . -&, OUU - Jtp, '-now paralyzed; Dr. Greene, of Danville, Virsinia. I;, -"p&eld as hostage for Dr. Itucker; Lieut.. E. N. Mann, Adjutant of Col. Mallet's N. C. regiment, captur I ' 1 .1 El , . IT T-l -V XT 4 ll 1 i Tid aCoWinston. iu rs. uenusuu, ui xiuriK, was fkieH in the prison at tbe fort, and is now closely - fuar3d in Norfolk. Jiic7tnyond Enquirer, REGULATE . MENTS. IMPKESS- ; - . i The? f&ilowioi"ia-the taw passed by the ; : s.- o-dratc Ifngic, f - f K Section 1- 1 e Oongresf of tlie ; Confederate .. i States ot America do; enactThat whenever; the .i:,iniiu nfinu ormlf in tho ffof.l tire siifl a? tO Hl5tuw" v . niake impressments ot forage, articles of subsist- f.i:i; cr oilier Droritrtv aooiutMv neeessarv. me" ' i'pn'''' '"yc ""e by ll.e officer or - L 1 ' J ml ' . J is to lurm h hUC'h Ibrajie, articles of 6iibi&ience, or other property, f-T ch aru.y In cases where the owner of such property and the impressing officer cannot irgree on . . - , , ,r . r.- k ?ne vame tucrcor, tnau oe tne guij impressing officer, upon an af5davit.au writing &uth 6 f - - r r '. I thut sue- i nnn. rtv was rrown. raided or uroduceu ttikt siiRli nroi I I gajd pwne r- . . ? , , sacculation hut for hi- own u.se or couuuibtiou, to cause the sauje 10 ue i ascertained or determined by the judgment of two loyal aud disinterested citizens ot tlie city, county or"pansh in which such lmpreksment may ue maue, one to be selected by the owner, one uy mu impressing officer, and in the event of tneir. i disagreement those two shall choose an umpire oi like qualification, .whoso decirioii shall be final. The persons thus.ekcted after taking an oath 10 appraise the property impressed, fairly and im-. partially, (which oath as well as the affidavit provided tor in this section, the impressing offieer is hereby authorized 'to administer and ce-rtify,) shall proceed to assess just compensation for the property so impressed, whether the absolute owner ship orth temporary use thereof oubj is required. Sec. 2. That the officer or petson, impressing property, as aforesaid, shall, at the time of said takimr pay to the owner, his agent or attorr.ey, the compensation filed by said appraisers; aud shall alsj give to the owneror person controlling t said pronei tv a certificate over his official sig- nature specifying the battalion, rejaiincnt, brigade, division or corps to which he belongs, that said property is essential for the use of the army, could not be otherwise procured, and was taken through absolute necessity; setting forth the time and place, when and where taken, the amount of compensation fixed by said appraisers, and the sum. if any, paid for the same. Said certificate shaii be evidence for the owner, as well as of the taking of said property for the public use, as the right of the owner to the amount of compensation fixed as aforesaid. And in case said officer or person taking said property shall have failed to pay the owner or his sg-nt said compensation as hereinbefore required, then said owner shall be entitled to the speedy paymeuUof the same by the proper disbursing officer, which, when so paid, shall be in lull satisfaction of all claim against the Government of the Confederate States. Sec. 3. Whenever the appraisement provided for in the 1st section of this act, shall, for any reason, be impracticable at the time of said im pressment, than and 'in that caso, the value of the property impressed shall be assessed as soon as possible by two loyal and disinterested citizens of the city, county or parish, wherein the property was takefi, as follows: One by the owner, and one by the Commissary or Quartermaster General, or his agent, who in case of disagreement, shall choose a third citizen of like qualification, as an umpire to decide the matters in dispute, who shall be sworn as aforesaid, who shall hem' the proofs adduced by the parties as to the value of said property, and assess a just compensation therefor, according to the testimony. Sec 4. That whenever the Secretary of War shall be of opinion that it is necessary to take private property for public use, by reason of the impracticability of procuring the same by pur chase, so as to accumulate necessary supplies for the army, or the good of the service, in any locali ty, he may, by 'generaf order, through the proper subordinate officers, authorize such property to be taken for the public use, the compensation due the owner for the same to be determined and the value found as provided for in the first aud second sections of this act. Sec 5. That it shall be the duty of the Presi dent, as early as practicable after the passage of this -act, to appoint a commissioner in each State where property shall be taken for the public use, and request the Governor of such of the States iu which the President ahall appoint said commis sioner to appoint' another commissioner to act in conjunction with the commissioner appoint ed by the President, who shall receive the compensation ...of eight dollars per day, and ten cents per mile as mileage, to be paid by the Con federate Government. Said commissioners shall conotitute a board, whose duty it shall be to fix upon the prices to be paid by the goyernrnent, for all property impressed or taken for the public use, as aforesaid, so as to afford just compensation to the owners thereof. Said commissioners shall agree upon, and publish a schedule of prices every two months or oftener if they shall deem it proper; and in the eve t they shall not be' able to agree in any matter confided to them in this act, they shall have power to appoint an umpire to decide the ih.itter.in dispute, whose decision sjiall be the decision of the board; and said umpire shall receive the same rate of compensation for the timo he shall serve, allowed to sid commissionera respectively: Provi ded That said commissioners shall be residents of the 'State for which they shall be appointed; and it the Uovernor or any state shall rcfus cr neg lect to appoint said commissioner, within ten davs anei ivqueMtu 10 uo ca uy uie i reaiuenc, tne resi-l i . . . l i.. J I . t. TV.. ? l . .i ii dent shall appoint both commissioners by aud with tne auvice ana consent ol the Senate. Sec. G. That all property impressed or taken for the public ue, as aforesaid, in the bauds of any person otheiOthan the persons who have raised, grown, or produced the same, or persons holding the same for their own use or consumption, and who shall .make the affidavit heretofore req-uired, shall be paid for according to the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners as aforesaid. j Rut it the officer impressing or taking lor the i public use said property and the owner shall ! lifFi-r io fi- il-in .-. i i-i 1 1 r if ,-f t U n !,.l ;,0c.j i .r m .i . mpt-Ni.u ui ium ii as jjoresaiu, mereDy uiakinz it fall within a higher or lower price named in the schedulootl.en the owner or agent and the officer impressing or taking, as aforesaid, may select each ; i a loyal and disinterested mtixn ,.f thn. r..:Gnn i tions as aforesaid, to d I ' . , ' .mv. nit ijuiimv vi sau aatiele or oronertv. w hn h.J.l r. 5: j mtnt, appoint an umpite of like qualifications, and i ; . r. 1 w-u.!, in ui uisagree AN ACT TO iusut cisioii, ii appiovea iy tne olhcer impressing, as to portend hostilities and a general war. Amono fsh be final. But if not approved, the impress-' the elements in the caldrorr, which is to produce" .ing officer shall send the award to the commis-' this discord, is said tote the restitution from signers of the State where the property is im-! England of Gibraltar to Spain. If this is the onlv pressed, with his reasons for disapproving the.' ground relied on, the North will be disappointed same, and said commissioners may hear such proofs i as the parties may respectively adduce, and their ! Tub Cheapest Food. The cheapest and decision shall be final: Provided thai the owner most nutritious vegetable used for food is ben - it.' : T,i l. . I. : . . n . . . . ... "wis. uay receive me prjuea ouerey uy me impressing , officer, without prejudice to .hi claim to receive iue uigmjr couipeiioanou. gee 7, That, the property necessary for the support of the owner and his family, and toarry on his ordinary and agricultural and mechanical business,. o be ascertained by the appraisers to be appointed provided-in he 1st section of this act, under oathf shall not Jje'taken or impressed for the miblic use: andwhen the impressinq: officer and the owner caniiot agree as to the quantity ot property . . ' - - . ?.. r necessary as aroresaia. then the 'decision of 'the said apprabfer f hall be finding on the officer and ; Qher per8ong - ' Sec here property has been impressed 1 property ticr(,(; r'vu .4 ef'or. to be ascertained bv appraisers, appointed i nifrpA n r.rnrnlpd in 3d section of this act. - ' i ' t . . . .. . - - - It'sueh property when returned has in the opinion of the owner been injured WNWC in me puouc use, jje aluount 0f,jaraa re thereby eustained shall be determined in the he manner described in the third j ict, the officer returning the prdp-1 section of .this act ertv beinjr authorized to act in behalf of the gov- eminent; ad upon such isquiry, the certificate of value ol the property wnen ongnaiiy impress- hall be received ai prima facie' evidence of ot til . geC q Where slaves are impressed by the qVi1- dte Government to labor on fortifications Qr p.h4.r public works, the impressment shall be oroirn r puhiic worK, me impre.meuv 6:aa ue , - j , .-k .J , I A llAitiifnamnt aJard inor tn t tiff?!! loc au( regUlatious wherein thev are such law, in accordance lations nof inconsis act, as the Secretary ot ar snail irom rime to time prescribe:. provided, That no impressment of slurt shall be made when they can be hired or procured by the consent of the owner or agent. Sec 10, That previous to the first day of Decem ber next no slaves laboring on a farm or planta tion exclusively devoted to the production of grain and provisions shall bc taken for the public use, without the consent of the owner, except in cases of urgent necessity. Sec 11 That any commissioned or noncommis sioned officer or private who shall violate the pro virions of this act, shall bo tried before the milita ry court of the corps to which die is attached, on complaint made by the owner or other person, and on conviction, if an officer, he shall be cashiered aud put into the ranks as a private, and if a non commissioned officer or private, he shall suffer f r i i ii such punishment not inconsistent with military law, as the court may direct: THE LATE YANKEE RAID IN NORTH ALABAMA. Below we give an account of the vandalism and savage brutality of the 1 ankee cavalryat ,1 us cumbia, Ala., on the 22i February The account is from a pen of the editor of the North Alabam ian, published at Tuscumbia. His office was de stroyed by them: "The enemy camped in and around the public square, tore the fencing from around fine private residences for firewood, picketed their horses in front' yards among flowers awd shrubbery. TJie Yankee commauder took up his quarters in. the fine residence of Dr. L. C. Cliisholm; his officers broke open closets and pantries and helped them selves. Every-corn-crib and smoke-house in the neighborhood was forced open, the camp was strewn w;h flour, bacon, preserves and pickle jars, ladies' dresses, infants' clothing,'and every imagi nable kind of plunder. Before morning nearly every residence in tovn had been gutted, ladies pulled out. of bud and searched, money, watches, plate, jewilry, forcibly taken; as fast as one set would ieu-ve a house another would come in, aod the same search gone over with. Officers vied with the privates, every one seemed to bo trying fo act worse than his predecessor. The male citi zens, if they remonstrated, were hurried to prison. The churches were vilely polluted, organs smash ed, carpets torn up, and the flag of the "best Gov ernment the world ever saw' hoisted in triumph over the church steeple. Now these things were ot the work of a few; all were at it. Col. Corny n, upon being remonstrated with for allowing such things, replied: "I don't care a damn what my men do." 1 he vilest jestures and language were used towards ladies; acts were committed which I cannot shock your readers by mentioning. Wed nesday morning, after the commander had let his men get all the money and valuables in the town by the knock down and drag out method, he play ed another game,Jiis last and biggest trump. Here is ' a fac s'm ile of several notices that . were served upon citizens of the town and neighborhood: Headquarters 1st Brigade, Gen. Blair's Division, Ttiicuiubia, Ala., Feb. 23, 1863. The United States Government having orderei as segments to be made on the wealthy citizens of ihe States now in rebellion agaicst said Government, I have ordfrcd an assessment on your property to the amount of dollars, payabJe immediately. You are therefore commanded to pay over to Major W. H. Lutk, Paj master, tbe above sum, or the same will be collected from yon 'at tbe sacrilice of your property. Florence M. Cohntn, Col 19th Mo. cavalry. - The lowest assessment that I have heard of un der this eict was S500, the highest 5,000. One gentleman Mr William Warren, for failing to pay his assessment, was carried off. I should have mentioned before that all the stores in the town were entered, and what tlfe de vils did not want threw out in the muddy streets. To our inexpressible relief the scoundrels left town on Wednesday afternoon, taking with them about fifty bale of cotton, all the mules and horses they could -find, and as many negroes as they could force off, about sixty in all.- They took the- plan tation teams to haul their cotton. GOLD. Gold is going down in Riehmond. This decline is caused by the diminished demand on the market the harvest of the Jews and for eigners leaving Richmond being well over. GoH has no longer a standard price, but is purely' an article of merchandize, and its price is affected solely by the demuud for it in the contraband traf fic with the'North, and not from any. distrust in Confederate money. The price of gold in no way affects the value of Confederate .notes, and the simple Teason of its high price is that the South has been drained of it since the war began by 'blockade runners," whose enormous profits oil their goods allow them to pay any price for it. &It is very evident that the North is not without grave apprehensions that France ma.v in terfere in the, present revolution, and force the Lincoln despotism to release its grip upon the South. The Abolitionists have hoDes. hr.wpo that the complication of European affairs are such frot. I,iebig says that pqrk and beans form a cohi- pound of substances peculiarly adaDted tn i fnr;ai. (an iLas is necessary to. support life. A quart of beuas .nd a half pound of pork will feed a small family for a day with good strengthening food Fdur quarts of beans and two pounds of corned ! beef, boiled to rags, in fifty quarts of water will ' furnish a good meal for forty men. for temporary use, and is lost or dl-stroyed, with- j plunder of the laukces, thts ia little remarkable. ' Spr i out default of theowner, the Government of the ; But the simple people of the South, seeimr with i the 1 . I : . . C? U..tl w. tr k itif tfrtvwi nonatiAn I a . !!!.. k J L " I. J - . . : - - prescribed in the laws oi toe Siate astuteness ot lus Icliow-cilizens. or to impugn the ! fllP(. nr.-m.ied. and beiim- well served, forced a still ..... i . i n ' . 1 - ,r. ... ii . . : " " - impressed aid in the absenco of j houesty of those patriotic merchants who invest ! further retreat of the enemy. Crosby n?v com wim subq ruies auu regu- ttueir , money in me nazaraous- enterprise ot menced advancing around upon their tent with the provisions of this ; vaiportatioa. lut competent authorities, in no ri-'ht and for a time all firintr ceased. Our YANKEE CUNNING. Banning tho blockade - from ..Nassau witE L . . - . W- - English goods . appears to .be-the easiest thiog.in the orld. althousK -the Yankee fleet outside t"he bar at Charleston, bur priocij Wrejy numbers less than fifteeg Considering the natural'-vigil pal port of entry, I or i wenry vessels, j lance and lovet)f! wnai iucuiijr fcucj wuiuunu -utif .iauer va thn firld of battle and in naval enL-aceurnts. think i W -it; pfisv to outwit thorn in n.nttors nf Iraito ; UeuCe their unbounded delight over the arrival '"'" . - . . . - - ? 0f every ship irom iasau or lierniuda, therr joy j iD attending the daily 4carjo sales of "fresh imported goods," and their implicit faith in the superior quality of, the articles tliey . purchase, as ' compared with" the worthless trash which came from Yankee-land bofore the" war, .broke. . outj ; JNothing gives a citizen oi me Uoniedcracy such j pleasure as the display of various wares ofgeuuine Jiptish manulacture, purchased at enormous prices, bait willingly paid lor,' because they arc certainly ! of Br Iritish aud not of Yankee make. it oes not uecome a memuer oi. a ciass so It oes I - . o 1 tr r-n 1 Hi K I A oc rA i f kt-c f x i f in f fk a wise connected with the art of printing, do assert, that tlie blockade goods and chattels over which we chuckle so much, are more than doubtful in their material and finish. Especially is this the case with English shoes, now so generally worn and bragged about. It is stated, iu the most positive manucir, that these shoes never saw the chalk cliffs of Albion, but smell strongly of Lynn, Roxbury, Taunton, and other Yankee towns. Nay, the sftiteuietits go so far as to declare that tho manufacture fit' English goods for the, Nassau, Charleston and Wilmington' markets has become a settled business in New England, and that -Yankee houses in Nassau are becoming as common as they used to be in Richmond or New Orleans. It would not be safe to say that these statements are absolutely true. But such things are by no means impossible. Ihe lankees are as cunning as the archfiend himself, aud as imitative us the Chinese. The counterfeiting of French troods has been their chief occupation for five and twenty years past; why should they not now counterfeit British fabrics, if by so doing they can get cottou or gold and deplete the pockets of simple-minded rebels? We fancy Seward instructing the com- ! n,a,,der of the fleet off Charleston, to keep a good look out for the Nassau packets, and never to see them, unless'they get stranded, as did the Princess Royal, which really came from England, and was not 'laden with shoes. Richmond Whiy. YANKEE VANDALISM. We copy, some deeply interesting statements of the outrages of the enemy in Missouri, Arkansas aud Mississippi. In addition,to these statements, we have before us certified copies of two original letters from Gen. Ilerron, the Yankee commander 1 at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to Capfc. 31. D. Hart, an Arkansas "jay-hawker," directing him to take no pr wavers, and to burn a town is the first letter: The following Headquarters 2d and 3d Division, Army of the Frontier, December 17, 1862. Captain : I have sent Lieut, to W bite River to Jielp vou Wilhite find 75 men on clear that section "of Ingram's band. You and he will join forces and work together. Don't take any of them prisoners. They havefired on my mail carriers at .Mud-town, and when up there yon had better burn that place. If you can get Ingram alive send bim to me. Respectfully, F. J IIeriion, Capt. Hart. Brig-Gen. Comd'g. The second letter is three days later, and directs Hart "if possible to completely dstroy" the "bands infesting that country.". "Don't show any mercy to bush-whackers," says' he. Our copies of these letters come directly from an official source in Arkansas. The originals were found oh Capt. Hart's person when captured. And he was forth with hanged by his captors. This is an awful stafte of things. Bad as the conduct of the vandals has been in Virginia, it seems to have been much worse at the W'est. Indeed, no slivage warfare could well be worse than the accounts we copy show to have prevailed there. Retaliation on the spot, whenever oppor tunity offers, is the natural result of such things. Who could wonder - that Hart, a renegade bush whacker himself, should be promptlv executed when caught with such orders, and no doubt ,v,..!.sw, 1 literally obeying thein, to exterminate all whom he found with arms in their hauds defending their homes and, families from the invasion of such monsters? The war is more and more tending to' one of extermination. And yet, with all these things before them, the yanloees expect the South to submjt t their rule again again to become part of a detestable Union with such hideous monstfrs! It is impossible! The idea is dishonorable even to themselves; how iufinitely and inexpressibly dishonorable to every right-miuded Southron. There can be nothing short of a total and irrevocable separation, politi cal, commercial and social, from. such a people. And it must be effected at all hazards, of life and means Foyetteville Observer. fj& -e 16 If the New York papers report truly, more than 5000 bales of American Cotton have reaqhed 'New York in one week nUelv. from Liverpool. Are the English spinners ,so well suppled with Cotton that tbcv can afford to let Cotton eo to New York? . In connection with the "fact that at our latest accounts from Liverpool, American Cot ton was advancing -and other descriptions declin ing, this rtturn o'f Cotton may .be noted as one of the results of the war and a practical comment on the Yankee talk about aa early suppression of ihe rebellion. - . It may also suggest the question whether there ia not Cotton enough now extant, under present circumstances, and whether even apart from im mediate necessities of the army and our citizens, it will not be the best policy to secure a full crop of provisions? ' Organizing Insurrections. According to tbe Hilton Head correspondent of the New York Tribune, deliberate preparation's have been made by Federal commanders in the South for marching a body of 5,000 negroes, officered by vhites and supported by regular troops, into some of the most thickly populated districts of one of the three States comprised in the Department of the South, to act as a liberating hat to the bondmen of the chosen field of operations who know when they Will appear, auu .are rt;auy 10 rise 10 tUOUSandS and swell it to a wave so mighty that it will LaiU M.rw V olLtn l J . n sweep both rebellion and slaves out of- existence wherever it iay roll. There can be no answer to fcach plans and such utterances as -these, in words. Wr m-wk il a no xi3 trk rtif tham i " c V ir",A n : 7 - reOUrU ana let the world aud pQStentX make its , own com- ment. - And let it be rfmrmlur(.i that tlm J;.k.i:..i schemes are gotten up b'y tbe authoritiea of a A nrs. A- t 1 qJ .J: 0luures Ol a Govornment which some Southern men are found mean efiough to pronounce " tbe best Govern- ment the world ever saw," , r- ' -vo . uuiyiiuuoii r,"""" vmhwio iu uuvcuvu im m.i nnnn nn eminence ineir inrres nva imnui.es ue . t I I w I . " - I. t 1 a . - 1 - . m . - . VAN DOBN'S VICTOBY IN THE WEST. The Savannah llepnbhcarveoDtaius a lengthy I . . . . r. . . . .. m . " letter fully eonnrnung mo Jate victory ot uen. Van Dorn, The description of toe contest la not ( particularly interesting, so we annex only enough or the ietrr io enuw mat mcie w ugu uu the extent of our success. The letter ia dated In" Hill Ten n., March 5th, on the day and at dace where the fight occurred, and . the closing paragrapns bio o " i - i'AiiA. m. onn9.Hmnt nnw l:ri1 thirn hnnrs . J ..T. o nJ V; sa m- wun vancu buhcik, " " t ; u"a'y (Jrovc the enemy from the crest of the lower t A j jj 0 a st,H stronger position upon the higher ones driving them towards the other road, where Forrest had been direeted to come upon his rear. Th fighting had continued sharply and the gain- inr. ..r onli nnsiiinn hail ri'Miiireti a severe strut?- gjj' aDd occasionally met with a .repulse, the eoe- j ,y appearing to be determined to hold out, and ' filuiy drive us buck. Crosby's brigade now came j Up jD p0j time and gtlloped along the pike m ! fuii viwnf the enemv. and filed off into the valley I at it.ft 0f tbe pike. At this moment the eue- t.iv'a artillery ceased and Kin" s battery was piac- ' . . t j .. I extreme men upon the slope of the hills, of which the enemy occupied the crest a ' little northward, then com menced advancing in the finest line of battle of the day, but though the enemy were in good posi tion.and easy range, they fired not a hhot. Pre sently Forreseis guus were heard upon their rear, and the Yaukees ran up a w-hite Hag, when Vau Dorn sent to ascertain the nature of it, and it was learned that " the entire force of the enemy upon the ground had laid down their arms and sui ren dered unconditionally. A wild, joyous shout broke from our gallant men and the Yankees grounded arms, and their five Kegiments of infantry, num bering 2200 men, were marched forth prisoners. They were undr the command of the senior Col , Coburn, from Indiana, who said he waa compelled to surfender by the cowardly retreat cj; an Ohio Regiment of infantry and three regiments of cav- airy, and the battery of artillery, which wc did not j?upeeed in crottir.o- - o o f he regiments capitulated were from Indiana, Michigan audWiscousiti. So soon as the surren der was eflecttfd, I rode over every portion of the field and counted our own and the Yankee dead and wound, d. The disparity in numbers was as tonishing, for everywhere I found, four and five dead Yankees to one Confederate. The hill upon the left of the pike which had l?cen so hotly con tested, and from which they drove us back, con tained more of the unfortunate than any other por tion of the field. Upon it I counted 40 of the enemy's slain. Up to the last few "charges all of the enemy's wounded had been removed bytheir excellent hospital corpr., and sent off in the ambu lances to Franklin. . Their ambulances, Waron train, and ammunition train stampeded and left them without ammunition. The loss of the ene my P estimated at 110 killed, 300 wounded, and 2,200 prisoners, who surrendered as many fine new Enfield-rifles and cartridge boxes. Our own loss is 30 killed and 125 wounded were sent on to BraS- The prisoners As Gen. Van Dorr, rode along he column after the strife had ceased, cheer upon cheer greeted him from the enthusiastic soldiery, who, under his daring direction, had achieved the victory, and he is undoubtedly held fii;h at the present mo ment in the estimation cf his forces, and this con fidence is well deserved. The commander of the Yankee forces says that he Wjis directed to advance and occupy this place, but aftej: finding our force, returned aud sent word that he could not do so, as the enemy were too strong for him. His superior sent word that that was no answer for a soldier, and directed him to advance and occupy Spring IJiTl. 'The Yankee commander of the etirrounded forces didoccupy the place with his forces, ei route to Braygi Knotty. Law Question. 3Ir t3. II. Smith's boy Tip owns a dog, which Mr Smith would not allow to stay on his placf, and had him driven off The dog took up'temporary quarters at Mr Sloan's. A few days since' he followed a negro beg of Colo nel Cothran8 over to Mr Lanilnim's plantation, where the boy bad a wife. The boy went out to feed Mr Landrum's fcartle, and Mrs. Cole's milk cow, without an invitation, proceeded, to p-irtako ? Jr j Oi IIJU JOOU The boy set the d-jr on her an i in jured her very-materially, and it ia feared she will die. It has been adjudged that Mrs. Cole has bee'n damaged fifty dollajs. The query is, who is liable legally or morally, to pay it. EXECUTOR'S.' NOTICE. All persons having claims ngaltist the estate Of Wm C Cochran, deceased, are hereby notified to present them for settlement previous to April term of Mecklcn burg county court, or this notice will be pleaded ia bur of their .recovery. Persous indebted to said deceased must make payment. WM. L: COCIIRAN, March 10, 183 St-pd -. - Ejurculor. KL.tCIi ALPACCA. Just received ft superior lot o.' the above desirable Goods for ladies' dresses, whih will be sold at a veryl small advance on cost. fJ. S. PHILLIPS. 1 M:rch 3, 18G3 tf IVOTICE. It is Absolutely necessary that all of the Assistant Comui:siiries of the County should visit every Family whom they recommend, and know whether they have any Cattle, Hogs, Money, Meat or Corn, arwl report te the Executive Committee on Ihe last Saturday in March. E. GRAHAM, ) V. F. PHIFKR, Ei. Com. March 3, 1863 4t W. J. HAYS, j. SUPUEUOU SEWING SILK. The subscriber Iihs just received an invoice of the vety best iial-ia. bmh.io oii.rv, wmcu nc ocen J ......... , t t & w.r L-flirtw or a. to tlie public at 1 '1 r'IH I-P Ckin 51 cents per skein. March 3, 18GJ tf . . , 1. S. PHILLIPS. TOWN TAXES All persons residing in the town of Charlotte, or.! owning property thereupon the first day of February, are hereby notified to make returns of .their taxable property to the Town Clerk during this month of March. Residents of the Town are required to give io tba number aud location of their lots, number of taxable .' M m I.a'aa-. polls whites, staves ana nee negroes on ineir loie, or I rt cj ec negroes on ...er.r,-, p on Mondl,JB Tuesdays tml Wed art net t ,nlJ,y,Jt" iheH;eainder V the week at the stM e year ending February I, f Ll. u te iXndi", of any description brought into tbe , ui ci vun . . , . town for sale; nnmher of togs owned oa tueir iois, ana aU other taxable item j a specified Ih iho Town " !'!li-t Mprhnnf. and transient Traders ar re. nuiredio return and pay on amount of merchandize j 2? eery Vescrption brought into lie to wfiVrTle. persons faiUag to make their returns by the last day nf irch will ba liable to doable lax. VyOUHUlc.-""" " L Returns received at the -offiee of the Clerk at tbe B . 3ank 0f ortb Carolina from 9. a.m. to 2 p. m., frD tUi date to March 31, 18Q3. P ' TAOS, W. DEWEV, March 10, 1863 ' 4 - Town Clerk. . NORTHERN ITEMS. A Cincinnati letter dated tho'lcih t!ie firm opinion that the UDionirttortVM!?11 Southwestern Kentucky are settling business preparatory to abandoning their I "r It also Mv that Kentucky Eccc..i0; assumed formidable 0X1 U thirty daysrand that a revolution' may Z ,t Secretary Staunton has ordered th tU private arms iu Cincinnati. ' f A despatch from Jjouiaville. (Kr !. 1 . 16th, savs that apprehensions exii! J military participate,) of a formidablSnr., i01 Ii? permanent accupation of Kentucky bv thTo federates. 3 3 e Ua- Tbe Chicago Times of iCth. ?v ihni k l water filled tht XlcUhai work ,mpractic.ble. The camps ire in . inhli condition. All camp diaeaae prevailing tv amall- pox is prevailing to an alarming 'extent The New York Legislature, by a tic vote, rtUi to investigate the arbitrary arrests that hate b made in the SttcJ tcea Wm. B. Howell, father of Pre?iJent Pavii wife died in Montgomery a few dayg lynce. ' $250 'Reward. IWir.r gire tho abore rrward to any pernor) who will lake uj. my boj SAM, if caplurrd without injoni injury aud ut livered to me or confined in Jail la , cn get hlui." lie has Ittg i lying out over Urfra months, ;ranging from near Charlotte to Reed; Creek Ile is 2i year old, medium site, and Iim a icr on Vii forhead. Addrei me at Charlotte, N. U. Feb 24, 18(53 tf JNO. WOLFB. S5t),000 North-Carolina Iloiidt Tdr Sale. OFFICE OF TI1K CHATHAM KAILROAD CO. Kalkicm, N. C,. March 5th, ' On or before April 1st, 186.1, Iho umcribrc'will re ceive proposals fortlie purttiitftc of.Thirly-fie Thou, sand Dollars ($35,000) North Carolina ix per cent, ctupon lionds of ihe denominations of$5i0aD1 $louO interest payable semi-annually on Ihe first days 0f January and July in each year, at Ihe Public Tremutj, and the principal nt ihe eud of Inenly years hem Ui first or JsmiKry, A. D., lst'3. These bonds. tin.Ut its ordinance of flic Convention, amending the (Mutrtrruf the Chatham Railroad Company, are issued toil lui. i eign anu unsion Kauroau company in en tire for bonds of tho latter Company, deposited with lhr i'ublie Treasurer, principal and interest payable St tlie Mint time;-but with liberty to the Company to diM lmrpe such bonds before maturity. Payments mh.e hy tl. j It.ileiph and UaMon Hailroai Company, are to te ei. clusircly applied to the redemption of thj State hondj ' issuod to the Company. j Proposals will likewise be received for fifteen tlmii. I sand dollars ($15,000) of North. Cniolina six per rent. 1 v....i . : i .. it... u.. I...... i . .t . . Raleigh ia exchange for like bonds of the City. Pur. ments made by the City are tn be applied to the rt deraption of the State bonds issued to Chit corpon. tion. Attenlion is invited to the following section of sn t passed by the General Assembly al it. It secnon, ky wlucb the bonds advertised have ihe - double security of the State of North-Carolina, nod of corporations of the highest financial standing: Site. 5. lie it further enacted, That nil sums of runner paid by the Rileigh and Gaston Kail Koad Cuiiipnur And Ihe City of Unleifth lo the Treasurer of the .Stste, in KMtiCirt irm iftli nrinpttial nt iiili rnil nf llii l.on.t. 1 of said corporations deposited with the TreHcuiM.si -i ....i.mi.i.i.,) : t..... ..cii.. t i-uuicuipiaicu in iue 0iti ji 4Mi'tiii i: ui iir' vuif miun, shall be applied first to the payment of the interest . .Bonds of the State sriren said corf orations in eicliMnjs for their own, and the residue shall be paid to the Com missinuer of ihe linking fund, to be un l y ihetii st their dicrrtion fot lite redemption of said boudi of lit State ' . Copies of the laws, under which said boadars ii ed, may be bad on application to the undersigned. Proposals should be endorsed 'Tropo.'iif tor ltuiitli," and addressed lo the undersigned, and will he Opened "in the presence of the Public Treasurer and ot Its . President of the Dank of North Carolina. 'KEMP P. 11ATTLK, PrcsiJeot. Raleigh, March 17, 1863. 31 N CONSIGNMENT AND FOR FALS lOO ITaO-ilS,. 8s, I Os, aud 12s. Also oa .consignment and for sale SSuLKCLxr In 13txsof For Fim'ily o. March 24, 1863 3t WILLIAMS, OATE3 STUA V HORSE. 'I tiok up on Ilia 1st Inst., in Mallard Creek nsigB- borbood, Mecklenburg county, a brown Colored !!', J4 or 15 years old, a star in the face'and a unull whits s ot on the nose, with a knot on the left hind leg. Tht owner is requested to come forward, prove pronert, 'pay charges, aud lake him away. ' N. S. ALKaAUKK. March 171863 3t-pd .illAf. .MVU DACO.V VAiTliD. I want lo purHiase Meal and Bacon for lh Soldiers families for which tbe. market price will be psid. These articles are greatly needed at this lime. . . I). II. nVKKLV, Feb 10, 1863 tf , Couuly Coiniuisssry. A im I K 1ST ItATO XI S' I Oil CK. Having taken out Letters of Administration aitli tks Will annexed on the estate of A. J. Dunn, lecrr!, all person having claim against said eltr ars hereby notified to pre.eut them within the tiruf pr 'scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded In hr of their recovery. Aud'those indeRled tosaidi'tts are requssted to make iuimediaie settlemrol. 1 . ; Vf. W. GUI Kit, Adia r Feb 3, 163 tf . is Is Ihe W'iy, anneif J- STEA.TI SAW iTIIIjIs FOR SAIX. The undersigned will tell at very low figure, " rate steam Sw-Mill, ia good running order,. iih ss excellent Corn-Mill atathetl to it. 1 he Kngine is burse, with trood lioiltr. Any person wishing to pur chase, wl ulease address WOLr ia i.-. . Cobu rue's Store, Union ttf , March 3, 1863 4t-pl 3?30 REWARD. The abo're reward will be paid for the sri'l.eni' of Dulin Starws, menibervf mi Company, hen lirered at Camp near rfdenrkiburg. V., or ierr.r, the Company may he sutioued. Suid Siarnl I I amns naar Icis'li fllOiKl. A. AllAllf otu of July ; "r' , ,r'. ; 7," Mi..,ui S3 I l-.t I..r.. lie la limit lO roiti ii.ll. lll'OU" , l.il nimvm ,... . -. feet hich. dark hair, brown eyes and Jark rornplexn" He t is supposed to be lurdug ia tbe vicinity irg JlilU, S. C, or CUarJotle, NC . By order of Pol M. mist; " uf Ilarris- burg TT. M. ST ITT, March 10, 18C3 Ct-pd Capl.Co. I, 37ih N. C. Ut To Sfock Itahfn. Any person wishing to Jalse fine sloeF h III find till Horse, during the Spring season, al the stable of A. muer, m uision connij. ornn coiiinirwv.- March. Terms Fifteea. twenty and ! MUr, W.re, twill bt kept at fiftj rttti, per d. - arA will m fta Vsasn t w r ssbs t. m I . la. I Knl tht I9 , " j ""her will dot be responsible for them. All parting with mares will be held responsible 'T sarance.' ' ' J. S. DAVl" .March 17, I8C3 . tf A fine bleoded Horie, ran be found daring tbe r"".. season at Howard's Mills, ia Union county, o" . davs aod Tuesdars. and at tur stables io county daring the bajaoc of the week lot Pmi": lars, see largs bills. JA. ' Pinerille, N. C.,JJirs4 17, 1663 IU1-J" ?:,F 'A r
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