North Carolina Newspapers

n I : m ON TUB WEST HlVfj Uf lliAiri oxivxiXiA t ;1 CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1863. W. $ TAPIBS, ""Editor-ad Pboprietob. ELEVENTH VOLUMEHUH BE It 0C1 - V - - . . . CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES A3 IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND , THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTF OP THE OTHER 2 PGP aniltlTO 1 x - . . - im a iiv i vni".. ii - .- - . m - v i r.w i : . , . 9 (Published every Tiicsday,Q) WILLIAM J. YATES, - KDlTOit AND PKOl-IUJiTOE. $4 IS ADVANCE. fTy Transient advertisements must.' be paid for in advance. jr.-jY- Ad verti-erin-nts not .-narked on the manuscript f r a pccilic lirii;, will be inserted until forbid, and v !i:ircl accordingly. FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS. c t'Ml.OXKl. Liki;t.-Coi. Majors. J .J A MrDowi-H. i Y U :, ; V L 1 .'R.s.-tt, l I'.i V;ill (irilil'', r t i ; Mi. tt i; Isaac E Av. ry. 7 Jvl tl II.i v" iI, v iJ.-tnv M Slirnv, !( L S jl .k. P, u J A .) Kiii'lfoi'l, J 1 (' L- IlllllM J C, I i ! I i: ins, ; !ir i M S'culrs, 1 1 am A Itrowti, ' Jam s S IIiTis. .'W S Sellings, S. I). Tliiireton, W M Parsl.-y :.Lirm s II Wood K A Osborne Jhu W L. a I William .1 Hill, it. ).... i' v..KJi Is..... r,.r T.,t.. I J unijis L I lill Wm.Lff' Davidson IL-nry McHa Jno II Whitaker, CSuion and Sparrow jj W Mutton, i.Jas li (lOlilolt, S I Pool.'. Win J Martii.. Kgbt it A Koss, ! David I' Kowc, Juo T Hum brick. 1 1 Iff li. mi'tt, i W A JoW.ston ." Wm M.-ii'K', i, . S MfElniy, 17 Wm V M iilin, I- Th os .J Purdic, 'u Tin's. IV Toon, jr V V Kiikhuid '.' .1 MIll.'S 'o!l!lt r, j: lnl II Christif l Wm J Ciaik.-, S II M Kuti.-dgf, V-i'll K Bu1 gwynii, i J I aroora', Wm A Stowc, .roll ti (- Lamb, Forney George i!W Hammond III DLee . iThos J I Sharpe. W il liobinsoii. C M Andrews, N'el.sil Slulllfll W J Stanly W S Kaukiu C C Cob;, O C Blacknall, T IV. Love, U'.b. rt II Gray, 11 D .Johnston, John L Harris, S C Hi y. son, '.lohii H Lane W S Giady J T Jones J nt A iiiimcr, j r i r W lutheltl , jW JI A Spear JC Webb W B Creasnian Wm W Sillers. D (i Coward, S.iiiiii 'l J) Lowe, ". :;o I'm n M P.nki r, :;i .luiiii v .lonhui. i;.1. .1 Brabhh-, ' ::.'( Mark M Avcy, !i 1 1 W L J I.ownmci '.' M W K.insoiii, .1 allies T Kell, K II Liies, W T Williams, liobt V Cowan, J L McDowell !T W May It ew i Joint G Jones, ! detached Lino B Ashcraft, R V A rni field, Artilh-ry :'.T; Wm M liarbi r, William J lluk.-. '". David Cob'inun, in! Artillery II '.Mm A V.ak.-r Y G.-orgf (' (iibbs. f (.Thomas .S Iv-nan, 41 T C Sinpr-ltary. J.-( J 11 M..n 1.. U,.E lwar.l D II:.1I, M C II Faribault, H'Hob.-it (' Hill. 4: Lcc M McAlV.-. compattu s, W ( Morris John A.-blotd conipanies, I! W Bradshaw F A Reynolds, detached John K Brown, W in. (i Leivin, T L Har'nove, I Walt J Bojan, k- M Stedman, Andrew J Boyd, J R Winston W j Saunders, A C McAllister A D Crudtip Albert A Hill Llobtt A Graves 'S II Walkup, i John A Fl minn-.l' B Chamber ,M. J A W 'tshingfoii ,Co-o Wort hani. J-f-C Van Hook r, II McKi-lhau. r.-.''j K Marshall, r.JiWm A Owens, r.l'.J OS McDowell, Marcus A 'Parks, J Q Richardson, J T Alorehead, Jas J Iredell, Iv M Mitrchison, 'Anderson Ellis, ;. .ioiin i. ijonanv, .imeu 11 jeto ,. i ennui -r-c'l'anl V Fais(,ii." ;(5 (J Luke, H F S hi-uck, r7'Arch 0 Godwin, III V Jones, Jr., lames A Cruigc, rH .John B Palmer, iWni W Proffit, J C Keener, r: D D Fnvbee E Cant well Jas M Mavo, ; Jos A McDowp11,i Wtn H Deawer, W M Hardy .! Jas. D. Radciiffe, , Wm S Devane, IHenry Harling. ;i Roht. G. A.Love.'G W Clayton D G McDowell ..! Peter G I?vans. S J J? vans, j i ; 1 j M Albn, j James A Keith, J II AltXeill !'"( (i-ifrge N Folk, 1 I The above Regiments are in the following Brigades: Cliugutaii's- i-th. :lst,olst and (list. Cooke's 1. " tit, -7th, 4Gth and 4th. He's ''.)ih. Daniel's :Wd, 4:!d, l'th. .r4ith and ,V?d. Davis" "-.Vith. Hoke's Cub, -Jlst, filth and "7th. I lampion's ;ih, (cavalry ) Iv. r son's "tli, l Jili, ?fih'and 'j:M. Lane's 7lli. ISih, 'JtU, '.VM and :57th. W II F L.c's B!h, (cavalry) I'tvoi's 1st and od. lVitdcr's loth. Kith, -J-.M, :54th and :Sth. P. ttigrew's '1 1th, 'JCih, 4'd, 4 lib, 47th .Mid 52d. Ransom's Jlih, '.'otb. :55th, 4!th and 51 5th. K tmst tu'.s -it, 4th, 14th and'::'t!i. L'obeit.son"s U.t, 5'Jth, and God. Tie- Mjh, ITtb, :5.;th, 40th, r.ih, GOth, Gdr Gkh and ."t It R-'giments are not Brigaded. 'l'h. !ih. 1'Jih, 41st, O'Jth, G:M and 04th arc cavalry Rc- gillieuts. The HUh, ;H'th and 4(!th an- Artillery Regiments. " In addition to the Regiments, there are the following Battalions: Lieut-Col. t'has R Shober's infantry (for ineily.Whatton J Green's,.; Maj J H Xethercutt's Kau--, r., Maj R W Wharton's SharpslnKiters; Maj John W Moore's Artillery; Maj W L Youug's Artillery; 'Mai Alex McRa. 's ArtdleryCol lVter Mall, tt's cainii Guard (.ol. Witt II lhoinashasa Legion of Hi-jblaiulefS liuhans numbeiiug over 1 ,.".UU men. ' hi J The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company. 1NTLNTES to take risks anainst less bv Iho S tlO'JSeS. UOOdS. l'ro.lnee X-,- .( t Ilc...il tit T on rates. W.Jrnr M. B. TAYLOR. I'ne rr.i,lnlV. OVERMAN, Attorney IOS. II. WII.SoN, S'Ty j- 7.is'r K. NYE IIFTCIIISON. DIRECTORS; A. C. JNO. M. li. STEELE, WM. j. YATES, L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, TAYLOR. r. SGAItlt. CMAS. OVKUMAN. Ercrutire Comtni't. eY . Scarr, Jno. L.Brown, Wm l ate. April 10, 1BC2. - V Copartiiersliip. OATES Haw this day associated with them in bp Mpponniilo Jl'.Kl I. outmisstoil bu 'II1CS3, LKWIS W vilVllbM I The .-i lc of ih le tn m v ill hereatter be' ! . . J H,LI VMS, GATES i CO. i iUiam, A- .I. " ' "lUt-d o the late firm of P, as ewi,h . clonV'iJ bSn?: SPM,C Hcc 9, JMJi "1M.1AMS k OATKS tf Ml? I a a i. 'ia ii Charlotte, N. C. n.t tesume.l tlte I'ractke of -Aledieine, and cjtn be 1 1.. iad at liUOjflice in i the :JRr.nvJey bailding opposite to Ki rr's hotel, or at Iti rpsbb'iic Fell. The subserihers wich' to purchase COILV. Apply at "ir Livery Stables. : ' ' . ?- BHOWX WADS WORTH. J -1 arloue, ov II, 1862 tf ' NEW GOODS. ' Jost received, and will be MADE TO ORDER, or j SOLD BY THEfTARD, Super. West of England Black Cloths; Satin Finished Black Doeskin Cassirneres; English Ore Cloths, a fine article for Confederate Uniform?; Also, Confederate Staff Buttons.. J. S. PHILLIPS. March 3, 186-3 If BLAGK AfiPACCA. Just received a- siperior lot of the above desirable Goods for ladies' dresses, which will be sold at a very small advance on cost. March 3, 10G3 tf J. S. PHILLIPS. SUPERIOR SEWIIYG SILIC. The subscriber has just received an invoice of the vety best ITALIAN SEWING SILK, which he offers to the pdblic at 12$ cents per skein. March 3, 18(J3 tf - J. S. PHILLIPS. I.AIVD FOR SALE. 1 will cause to be offered at public sale, at the Court House in Concord, Cabarrus county, N.-C.,on Tuesday j the 21st day of-April next, that tract of land known as the Stogner lands, adjoining the land of Mrs. S. A. Hudson, Allen Boger, Daniel Lfnkei, and others, nine miles south of Concord, or the Rocky River Road, containing about 158 acres. Said lairds hae been rented for the present year, therefore possession cannot be giveu until January 1st, 1604," but the purchaser will be entitled to the present year's rent. The lands are in fine cultivation and well watered, and excellently adapted to the growth of Cotton-, Corn, Wheat, &c Al.o, at the same time and place, that tract of Land adjoining the lands of Allen Boger, Joseph Howell, McAuiy White, John Cariker, and others, containing about 1)8 acres, and well, timbered. Terms of both sales made eav to suit purchasers. C. S. McCURDV, Richmond, Va. J. M. MfCiituY, Ageut for sale. Match 3, 1SG3 4t NOTICE. All persons indebted.to FL'LLINGS & SPRINGS, bj- note or account, are hereby notified to call upon Wm. V. Grier, ex-sheriff, and make immediate settle ment. J. M. SPRINGS. February 3, 1803 tf $30 R&WARD. The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of JAMES M. BLUNT, a member of my Company, when delivered at Camp near Kenansville, N. C., or wherever the Company ina be stationed. Said Blunt left the Hospital at Kinston, with sick leave; in May last, and has failed to return to Camp. He is about 35 year ol.l, a ft, f i.ichca hih, d.uk lintr, UrOWn Cyes, "and dark complexion, and has a large scar on one of his legs below the knee, caused by a gun-shot wound, lie i? supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Morrow's Turnout, .Mecklenburg county, or in .the vicinity of Raleigh. By order of Col. Mat. W. Ransom. I). G: MAXWELL. Capt. Co. II, 35th N. C. Reg't. Feb 17, 1PG3 Im-pd State of Xortl; Carolina Gaston Co. Court of I'i as $ Quarter Sessions February term, 18G3. Elizabeth H. Roberts, administrator of Moses M. Roberts, dee'd, vs. Joshua and M! 0. Roberts Petition to sell slaves for distribution. It appeariiig to the satisfaction of the Court that the Defendants iu this case reside beyond the limits of this State: It is ordered that advertisement be made in the Western Democrat for sir weeks, commanding said Defendants to appear at the next term of this Court, to be held on the 7lh Monday after the 4th Monday iu March, 18G3, and plead, answer or denmr to this pe tition, or judgment pro confesso will be entered asrainst them. 0 W. D. GLENN, C. C.' C. ' IVOTiCi: TO DEBTORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick J. Lowrie, deceased, sire requested to call and make im mediate payment lo SA.ML..P. SMITH, Dec 30, I8'i2 Attorney for Executrix. Carriage & Wagon Shop. The subscriber, successor to Mr Charles Overman in the Carriage and Wagon making business, respectfully iut'orms the public that he will promptly execute all work entrusted to him, and he solicits a share of pub lic patronage. i REPAIRING of all kinds will be particui.Vrfy atten ded to and done at short notice on reasonable "terms. Send your work to Overman's old c-tand and give me a trial. A. II. CRESWELL. Chailotte, Jan'y 13, 18G3. 7 At the Medical Purvevina Department in Purveying Charlotte, A large number f BOTTLES and VIALS," for which the hijjbestcash price will be paid. ' . JAS. T. JOHNSON, Surgeon and Medical Purveyor. January?'. 1863 tf WATCH AND CLOCK S1KK6 & GRAY having commenced the Watch and Clock Making business in Charlotte, in the Parks j Building, tiearly opposite Kerr's Hotel, will be found j ready to repair Watches. Clocks and Jewelry at short notice and on reasonable terms. Also, Engraving ! m atl v and handsomely executed. All work warranted j for twelve months. SIKKS & GRAY'. ! Feb 17, 1SC3 yr WILKIASO. A: FARGO, GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Augusta, Ja., Having large close Storage accommodations and long experience, solicit consignments of Produce and Mer chandize for sale. Refer to J. J. Blackwood, Esq, Charlotte. " January 27, lStJ3 3mpd AO-UIftlSTRATOU'S TVOTICE. All person? indebted to the estate- of R. S. Reid, deceased, will make payment by April Court and all properly attested within the time prescribed by law. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Tltose havi'iii? demand mrnint t'lmrlps Landfried. deceased, will present them iu like manner, &c. j -.v , - V1 ft-vnnfRXT. Adm'r. Feb IT, :SG3 i , HOTICE. I wish to hit . v v a j uriv IUCU .J -" " five or six negro men. lH?c 30. J.- W. DERB, 186 Spring Hill Forge. i a;n nreDarert tn .. : , .n . hollow -ware, i .v. vhji. iiiHrninp irnns ni nil &.iuua. f ,.oc . . ' . . ' ; Orders solicited terms cash. July 23, 1862 AC. J. W. DERR, Spring Hill Forge Iy-pd, Cie Astern SJrmorrat CHARLOTTE, N. C: NOTICE. Our terms are four dollar m per year in advance. Jgy Individual or local shinplasters will not be re ceived. When sent to -us they will be held subject to the sender's call, and not returned by letter. Raf" The Democrat tciUJ discontinued to Jill subscri bers at the expiration of the time for which it it paid Those who vanf to continue must renew before or at the ex- piralion of their time .- Tiie Akmy Revival. A correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer speaks as follows qf the great religious revival now going on in the Confederate Army at Fredericksburg : . t "The religious interest is the most extensive ar my revival of which we have heard in the Confede racy. Exclusive of reclaimed backsliders of those who have been savingly benefited, not stationed in the city, and of others still wlio have cot made known their impressions one hundred and sixty soldiers out of one brigade 'Tiave enrolled their names as protesting religion ana memoers ot the Soldiers' Camp Church. I entertain no doubt that hundreds of souls have been savingjy impressed since the commencement of the mpe-tihg. When the anxious are called for at night, ;t is hardly ex travagant to say' that the gable end of the large church, quite out to the aisles, is crowded with re ligious enquirers. Not a day passes without con versions. It is- pleasant to see the ministers of the four prominent Christian denominations of the coun try, with the heartiest Christian fellowship, com muning at one timts around the family altar, and co working at another to lead enquiring. souls to Jesus in the great congregation. 1 lie rrvust valuable fea tures in this nwakening lies in one fact: the interest of the meeting has steadily increased from the be ginning. Manufacture of Arms. 'While. at High Point, we were shown through one of .the estab lishments for the manufacture of muskets in that place (theroare two of theai.) The-muskets are of the best workmanship, reflecting the highest credit upon the ingenius mechanics, .whose skill I cannot be excelled by any arm produced in Yan kee land, lhe barrels, loclis, stocks, A;c., are all made at this establishment, and the guns tested thoroughly before they jje sent off. A large manufactory of arms is at James Town,' Guilford county, but we had no time, to visit it. JStafS rille IJxjjtxss. S&f Mr John L. Sloan of this county is another of the few men read of in the "papers who will not grow rich by selling his farm products ata ftiniife price. He has been and is yet, selling flour at 10 per sack, and meal at 2 per bushel. These are less than half the rates at which the articles are selling. May his children's children hear this story fondly told to them fifty years hence. Sal isbury Watchman. SOF" 31 r Wilfred Turnery of this County, has set a good example in giving a bunch f yarn or ten yards of cloth to each soldier's family, accord ing to the terms of his advertisement. Will the other manufacturers of the State follow his noble example. We shall see. Statesville Express. , Advance in the Tuice of the Richmond Papers. The Richmond papers that pay no more for paper than we do, . have all been compelled to advance their prices. The Enquirer has gone up to 15 a Jear and 8 for six months. The pxaminer, 15 for twelve months, 8 for six months, 5 fur three months, and S2 a month for a less time. The Whig has advanced to S12 ami the. Dispatch to 10. The Rao-Bag. We urge on every family in the Southern Confederacy the establishment of a rag hay into which every scrap, of which cotton, hemp, or flax is the material, be thrown in and sent to 'the paper mills. Thus private economy arid the public good will be alike promoted. Let the rag bag b,e the order of the day. WHAT DOES IT MEAN. We sometimes see in the papers the remark, that unless certain things are done, "the people will stop the war." What does it mean? How can the people of the South stop the war, until our independence is established? We are sure our brave and noble soldiery never would consent to stop the war, short of the establishment of the freedom and independence of their country. rr t ' i n . They have sutierea ana enaurea ior. two years what no army scarcely ever endured- they have been victorious, in almost every battle the blood of thousands of their slain comrades has been shed for the" freedom of their country from yanke.e rule and they can never consent to "stop the war," until the Southern Confederacy is acknowledged a free and independent power: Norlo we believe that the people at home are less p'atriotic" and true. There can be no doubt about all bein; anxious for peace. The soldier and the civilian long and pray for H,aud there is nothing short of a surrender of the honor and lib erf v of the country tbey - would not give for it. But thev do know that for vs to "stop the war would be a surrender of every thins near and dear to us as a people and a nation. The north ern government can atop the war at any moment without disparagement to its honor or its interest But the South must abandon every thing and submit to the north, for in no other way can trc "stop the war." Ccnviuccd of this, as we believe our people thoroughly arc, ninety-nine-hundreths of them are for a continued and vigorous prosecu tion of the war until the north makes peace, and until the independence of the country, 0nal and complete, is established. How can it be otherwise If the war is swp- ped on,any other terms, we are a ruined, subjuga- ted. deirraded Deoole. Our Dolitical rights will '.., ,., mL ak a'w.iv. and we cKq11 . c1i!i:0m fn tb mnt crrlndlns- oDDression e-T"-?. " . ... an(J tvrannv ever known to man. 2io one m uu i ' er0T, ' tUt liv 'stonninir the war" in any other way than by conquering a . peace that we would continue to - , . i t be a iree peopic; : Tf ra Kg ciiot. nn in p. let him dismiss me thought as one as utterly fallacious as it is ignoble. Parish .he thousrht of stoDDins this war UDUlioe 0 Sf ... . vonieaeraie oiates i -"-o - f l a- ....M m rm n m .a rurrii'ii ixtm as nn of thA indenendent nations of the earth.- - Spirit of the Age. .GJENEBALS KILLED DURING THE r The following is a list of Confederate and Fed eral generals killed from the commencement of hostilities up to the battle at Murfreesboro: FEDERALS. Major-General, Regular Army. P Kearney, New York, battle of Chantilly, September 1, 18C2. I I Stevens, Massachusetts, at Chantillv, Sept 1, 1862. ' ' V J L Reno, Pennsylvania, at South Mountain, September 14,1862. J B Richardson, Michigan, at Antietatn. Sept. 17. 1862. l5 tigadier- Gcncralt liiaular Arm v. J K F Mansfield, Connecticut, at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Brigadier-Generals Volunteer Army. N Lyon, Connecticut, at Springfield, August 10, 1.861. W H L Wallaqe, Ilfinois, at Shiloh, April T Williams, Michigan, at Batons Rouge, Au gust, 1862. It L McCook, Ohio, by guerrillas in Tennessee, August, 1862. v H enry Bohlen, Pennsylvania, on the Rappa hannock, August, 1862. Taylor, New Jersey,' at Manassas, Au gust 28, 1862. J P Rodman, Rhode Island, at Antietam, September 17, 1152. P A Hackleman, Indiana, at Corinth, Octeber ii, 1862 J S Jackson, Kentucky, at .Perryville, Octo- hnr 8 1 8lV ' G D Bayard, New York, at December 13, 1862. . W B Terrill, Virginia, at Perryville, October S, 1SU2. C T Jackson, Pennsylvania, at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. J W Sill, Ohio, at Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862. Total 4 Major-Gens, 14 Brig-Generals 18. CONFEDERATES. Major General Albert Sidney Johnston, Texas, at Shiloh, April 0? 1862. Brigadier-Generals. R S Garnett, Virginia, afCirrick's Ford, July 10, 1861. J E Bee, South Carolina, at Manassas, July 22,4861. ' Felix K Zolficoflvr,Tenne6see, at Somerset, January 19, 1862. " James Mcintosh, Arkansas, at Elkhorn, March 7, 1862. Ben McCulloch, Texas, at Elkhorn, March 7, 1862. A H Gladden, Louisiana, at Shiloh, April 7, 1862. Turner W Ashby, Virginia, in a skirmish, May, 1862. , Robert Hatton, Tennessee, at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862. ... Richard Griffith, Mississippi, at Savage Station, July 1, 1862. C S Winder, Maryland, at Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 John T Hughes, Missouri, at Independence, August, 1862. It E Garland, Virginia, at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. L O'B Branch, North Carolina, at-Antictam, September 17, 1862. Wm E Starke, Mississippi, at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. . ' George B Anderson, North Carolina, at An tietam, September 17, 1862. Henry Little, Missouri, 'at Iuka, September 19,1862. T It R Cobb, Georgia, at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1682. "Maxcy Gregg, South Carolina, at Fredericks burg, December 37, 1862. , -- James E. Rains, Tennessee, at Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862. " ' x It W Hanson, Kentucky, at Murfreesboro, January 2, 1863. Total 1 Major-Gen., 20 Brig-Generals 21. ROLL OF HONOR. The General Assembly of this State at its recent session passed the- following Act. Let the Com manders of North Carolina Troops tak hold of this matter and forward .the names of all under them who have distinguished themselves, died or been killed whilein service, to theAdjutant-Gencral at once. Whereas, It is becoming that every State should show its gratitude to its defeudersj and whereas, our noble soldiers, by their patient endurance, their heroic fortitude, aud their undaunted valor, are doubly entitled to our gratitude aud the admiration of the world, and whereas, our noble women have materially contributed to the defence of the coHUtry by their active benevolence, which alleviates the sufferings and promotes .the comfort and efficiency of our soldiers Therefore Resolved, That this General Assembly ; authorize the Governor to prepare a book to be ! be f I j called the . "Roll of Honor," in which shall be f . j placed the name, rank, regiment and residence of j t ' every soldier of this State, who has died or may , . die in the service of his country during the present '-war. ! Resolved,' That in the same book shall be placed the name,, rank, regimen and residence of every -soIJ'iPrnf this State who has distinijaiahed himself i in the service of his country 9 during the jreseut j war. in the "Roll of Hocor. . . ATTEND TO TIIE OAB.PENS. -OW is lue lime to look to the gardens. Every inch of mil should : i A I j .A nrwnnaw v onnT.iiiae Mill ue maue w yieiu iu mo ui"""1"- vtv-oua nm , commands high price the coming season,, and every person that has a garden should make the j most of it. Rely upon it meat will be scarce and hard to set before the summer is gone. With an abundance of vegetables and a little meat we can get along. Remember this and raise vegetables. Resolved. That this General Assembly hereby , from their supplies through such a country.- roui . ... ........ . " A . .. . . f i. j .u : .1 . i .l- - : MrrMtwndcnt OI Ine loDiie Adrerliaer. savs i t I b,( Anne, sn much to alleviate tlnr.J ncrnst thu stream arAMiarardlv ia uhtmt 50 ' W1 resident DaVia Walking I ft I the suffering's of our soldiers, nd to sustain our j miles. Below the Isstquena aud Washington line Square He j lookup iu much Utter health and ! m4t righteous cause: and the Governor may if he the only settlemenvs are on lower Deer Creek and pnta than when I aaw him lant, and walked with, thinks exr.ed.ent record the distinguished names the river Mississippi: all else at this eaoii is' firm, alaatie step, that would haye ' done Lonor' 2 . THE SEAT OP WAR IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. From tbe Baleiirh StAiK JA.i j We are indebted to oq, friend Carter B H.rri aoo , Esq., for the IIgXf eS the seat of war i. the Mbsissinpi V.UeyNritten nnr fw. k. ' - ... OUr D6W8 irotn thlt nnHr Xf. tl risen knowa What fc. -iV; Ill'.T " . t , m.9 Tf the result of personal observation : v aau ww a a ttw m u rr aa k mm . ' . J Messrs: EijTORs:Tlie dispatches daily pub- oucu m your paper irom the seat of MissiMippi Valley are ao erroneous in' war io- the Lntvtcrranh w - w wiauy uniniejugiuie to the mass of your readers. To me they are provokingly absurd. 1 his remark appl.eg as well to our as t the Van kce i accounts Having lived five ifJ the middle ground of the deha. formed by the Missis sippi and aioo rivers, it ma, n, be presumptuous to Hta e that from .Memphis, to Vicksbure, there is no high land. The country is one unbroken swamp permeated by rivers and byoua.and dotted over with lakes and cypress ponds. These rivers m tn K -li t . r Jt and byous have none of the oharacteristios of rivers and creeks on the Atlantic slope. They ate evidently formed by the efforts of the Great River to disgorge its waters, .during its flood. Conse quently they all issue, Irom or over its banks, generally from the outer circle of its largest bend. oecause there, by toe process of caring off, which is always going on; the land is lower. As the waters leave the swamps they are collected in the greatest uepressions, ana so gradually abrade a devious chancel, with deep banks, to summer and fall being mostly dry, they groV up in frees, brush and briars. Their general direction, ia from north to south, parallel with the meanders of their great parent, who constantly repels their return,' till finally each and every one of them finda its way into the Yazoo. Thus, leaving the Missis sippi at Greenville, in Washington county, six miles east, an inconsiderable byou issues from Fish Lake, flows ou into Swan Lake, a little east of Lake Washington, as seen on. the map called Black or Alligator Byou. From wan Lake it takes the name of Steele's Byou, continuing par- auei witn me iuissiippi, at .the distanceof nor more thai! eight miiesat any point, till it enters the Yazoo just above its mouth. It is through this Byou that the Yankees boast of having pns.-ed guu-buats to get by our batteries ou the Yazoo. It amounts to nothing more than a by-path through the woods to arrive at the same mouth of the Yazoo, which is indeed opposite to Grant's late camp at Youth's Point, twenty miles above Vicksburg, .and twenty miles below Milliken's Bend, his present encampment. Steel's Byou is perhaps 100 to 125 miles long, with not a single farm bordering on it. To-day, April 2d, they say their expedition through Deer Creek is a success This . is the next Byou (for il is nothing else easlwardly. and rises or runs out of Lake Bolivar, passing through Washington ana lssequena counties, enters the Yazoo just above the battle-ground of last Decern ber. It divides near the county line between the two last named counties, losing half its waters through Rollins Fork into the Little Sunflower River. This was the place meant in the dispatch of the 25th from Mobile, which asserted that Col. Furgerson had repulsed the enemy at tbe mouth of Deep Creek on the Sunflower, 38 miles from its junction with the Yazoo. That account is not true, as the fleet (if it could enter the upper Sun flower at all) would have had to cut its way at least 100 miles through that portion of tins river never hitheito navigated by kcelboats even. 1 assert that no expedition can leave the Missis sippi river and enter the Yazoo through Deer Creek, either in high or low water, now that the Mississippi is up, but because of 75 to 80 miles of rafts and living, trees. Next is the Sunflower, which rises in Coalfoma county, a little below the Yazoo pass. Being in the-middle of the great basin it is much larger, and having a length of 200 miles or more, it runs all thesummer, and may be properly called a river. At or about the county line of Washington and lssequena it too divides one half, called the Big Sunflower, entering the Yazoo above Haine's Bluff; the other hlf, called Little Sunflower, en tering the Yczoo six miles below the "Mound," so called, because at this point this 'river comes within 400 yards of its recipient. On this nar row neck of land is an old earth-work with two mounds, the one commanding a long stretch on the one river, the other a sharp bend on the Sun flower. It is worthy of remark, that the treta these old embankments are as large as any in all the swamp. It h not likely the Confederate have overlooked this very defensible point. It may now be called Haine's Bluff. At any rate it is close enough to admit ot. the translcr of artillery from the one place to the other in short order. ' ' The Yankees claim that they can go out through j the Little' Sunflower, and avoid Haine's Bluff, j But yet they must pass other defences below, and at last find themselves at the uiuath of the Yaroo. as when they ctae through Steele's Byou. These are the only passes through which they could shuu Yazoo City and Haine's Bluff. The Little Suu- Yazoo City and Haine's Bluff. The Little Suu- flower has breadth and depth in the present stage . for any manner of vessels, 75 mites above the "mound." For 150 u.iW-a aUve, i( tas 'never i joeen navigaicu .au aieauiuoata nor keelboats. a 1 a l a l . a The upper portions arc partially settled : the lower ! seventy-five miles does nqt admit of scttliog. It f U now an expanse of atill wti. studded with ! trcas far up thefr trunks io water. Think . for a uiouienror a military expedition 2.0 miles covered with water. From Vieksburg. to Bton Rouge the river hugs the bills closely. Tbey are generally high, round j . rnm.tiinci: ill Lluffit 'rreMnt a nmn. diciilar mural surface as at Natchez, Ellis Cliffs and Fort Hudson. . - , . Oo the west aide of the Mississippi, from Cairo . to New Orleans, the high . land appears only at Helena in Arsaoaas. me timuiia oounaa tne swamp up to 3Ionroe, and then the Bartholomew up t the Arkaasas river! It L 4C mile's wide on an average, U drained by Joae'a Bjou, Tn,.,. j Byou Maaon, all tending ccttKardlyt do thotn 011 '& Yaroo aide, eatttrardlv from tha Mlnit. J 5JPpi and nTtc.? he"aahita, wLich with tb. ' lSiSI:'' W Jf. -j ! I Jil'SftL JSJA.nJJrl? 1 S , . iu; KUCUIT vlll U1S WIT IDrOuf O t . , . 1 "wuKu naeBCe wn)ugh Byou Maaon, he will, tuyhcb i inrce or lotrr bnmirfd mil. atf iam a . v i B : turn up in front ot our- tnoat formidable battcrica at the. mouth of Itetl river, atill 40 or 50 tuUca this side of Port. Hudson. Their onlT.fmrrw ran bo to burn steamboats, rob plantations of their BW " "tcai negroes. cuTfiy, oo mjlitary ad 1 vantage can result from any of thesf expeditions. NORTHERN . ITEMS. Moral of Yamleb Ornosna. A oorraa pondent in the Yankeo Army, writing from Tennessee to the Chicago Times, aays ; The moat lamentable fact that baa been brought to my notiee, is the large number of officers who have lately been tried by Court-Martial. Tha commission of atrocious crimen and all aorta of disgraceful offences by officers, high and low, from Colonel to Lieutenant, is of daily occurrence Ooa officer has been guilty of theft, another of drunk. enncss, a third has proven himself a coward, a j P fourth has had a fistic encounter with a soldier, a 1 fifth was caught in the company of negro wenchea J ! and so on adjiniium. A Lieutenant was recently & miserable lot? but. loner after rati A found in been sounded, in a condition of drunken bestiality. A few cedar Iocs were hearted totfethur fnth r.r.' place, and the fire leaped cheerily up the chimney. ' In the centre of the room a barrel served Ma jl'l table, and around there sat the Lieutenant, in the lull uniform of a United States Officer, playing cards with three blubber-lipped, greasy negro wenches! ' A court-martial was convened, and the offender was charged -with violation of tone of the articles of war, or, in other words, with conduct unbecoming an officer. To this charge there waa a single speeification, setting forth the time, puree, and circumstances of the alleged offence. Tha court sat in due form. The ohargo was read, and the accused plead not guilty. The specification was then recited, and to tLia tha accuaod naively plead guilty!. Here, thon, waa the heicht of abolition extravagance. Guilt? of keenin com. pany with negressea, but not guilty of oonduot unbecoming an Officer. Amalgamation in Boston. In Boston, durinsr the year 1862, there were six cases where a white woman was married to a colored man; bnt not ona of a marriage between a white roan and a Iored woman. Negroes excluded in New Jersey. A bill baa passed the New Jersey Assembly providing that any mulatto coming into that State and remaining teu days therein, shall be transported to Liberia, or some island of the West Indies where slavery uoc" noi cxisr; ana auinorirtng tne uoreroor to pay the expense, not exceeding 150. io eaeb cast arising under that act. Proposed execution of Brigham Young. -Tha llf l-: . . i ri ?i r it w r BBuiiigtun corresponacnt oi me i nuaacipma ID u qdlrer states that at a cabinet meeting held last u week, Uencral ivye, Uovernor or .Nevada, who waa v, . ' I il. . i ( . m if' prv"icut, expressuu me oenei mai noiumg anon OI the arrest and execution of tbo leaders, inckidirg Brighara Young, would briog peace and order to that section. Old Broxcnlow. Irr tha coufoe of his reeentioa speech in New .York this miserable old scoundrel and hypocrite, made use of the following language: Andrew Johnson has in him to-night a devil ai big (and there is one in the bosom of every Union roan to lennctsee) an my hat; and whenever tha federal army shall bud its way tbera we will shoot the rebels like dogs, and bang them on every limb we come to. Applause. Tbey havo had their time of hanging and shooting, and our time comes next, and 1 hope to God that it will not be long. I am watching in the papers th aiovemcnt of the army, and whenever I near that my country is captured I . intend to return, post hate, and point out the rcUlj. Cheers. I have no other ambition on earth but to resurrect the Knoxvilla Whig and get il iu full blast with 100,000 subscribers. Cheers And then, as the negroes, siy down South, "I'll 'spress my opinion of some of them" (first .ughter. If I have ny talent in (tod's earth it is the talent to pile up epilbat, one upon another, laughter aud cheers. .. Ditorce. Case. The Pennsylvania 'legislature has refused to grant a divotce to one Philip R. rr-M. from his ftife ou the ground of her hopeless insanity. Une senator maintained that the ap- plication, if granted, would be a precedent for any husband whose wife was alow ly dying with ron-'f sumption to apply for a divorce and marry again, t while the woman he had firt sworn tolive, chcribh. and protect through fortuoa or tnis-if One Senator maintained that fortune, was in sore need of his care. Another t 8naor urged that to rctnio a roan tn tne marriage it relation with a woman wh wa inane, was Iikaa j carrying out the cuforo of India, where tba jji living body waa interred with the dead corptt. ! ' 0na but a Linculoite Yavk' would bo mean i ....,1. In .V for divorce on account of tl.' . f. , . . lliit m , .n . ymhn mn . J fif fc",fc- IIu 1 '0,p,e wh mwdJri omeo and children are depraved rnough to o anything. !! tba Capitol much better health and Kith; Lonor vouin. wneatbe tbtti wagutrate jooki . a m w a m 1 a I well and beaHy, we ieel satisfied that affair are ! going on well. PeopU ara tcrr.apt to Uke bis ;.' face as an todex ta the state or tb country. It b foofisb, may be, but who can elp tha though w mo ib rre. worn, that something u going wrong; or when & f looks cheerful and happy that all works well. ; , - . . . . Otfa Peas and Strawbernea have Utw aslltof io Savannah Market dunog the paat weak. It. ..... vnv Tn w9.mmj Tl. . D 1 .1 M I fioyouin. unco tne vutei iiagiiraie jooks tot 4 i f 111 Ji! i it if t 1 1 j ti ll it; I' t a 3