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0 sfrn tmocxab CHARLOTTE, IV. C. Tuesday, Itfay 13, 1863. THE LATE VICTORIES. Wo publish to-a' rW the details we havo r- cpivcd of the recent great and glorious victories ftt and in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, Va., on the 2(, 3d and 4th May, Although the details are not as complete as w hoped to be able to give, yet they ftre sufficient to show beyond a doubt that the Con federate army under Gsn. Leo has whipped and driven off the Lincoln army under Gen. Hooker. It is the opinion of some well-informed persons that wo had but 55,000 men, while the enemy certainly had IX),000, if not more. Our loss is estimated at between five and eight thousand in killed, wounded, Ac., and that of the enemy at from twenty to thirty thousand. An officer who passed over the field on Sunday told us that he counted ten Yankees to one Confederate dead and wounded. From Saturday morning to Sunday night the Confederates drove the invuders steadily before them, and captured eight to ten thousand prisoners, from 30 to 50 cannon, and a largo number of small arms. We are informed by a soldier who was in the filit that he heard one of the Yankee prisoners say that Gen. Hooker told his army, after crossing the Kappahannock to make the attack, that they must either go to Iiichmond or to hell. It is supposed that many of them went to the latter place, but none to Richmond except those who went under guard. This attempt of the enemy to take Rich mond was one of the most desperate that has yet been made, and we think they have received one of tho most signal defeats of the war. The only thing to mar the general rejoicing over this victory is the loss of so many of our brave and gallant soldier, among them the world-renowned hei, Lieut-Gen. T.J. Jackson. The Richmond Dispatch speaks as follows of the battles and resultb: "The manoeuvres and achievements of our army ddffng the powerful contest are of the most brilliant character. The enemy, in his own efforts to re trieve his fortunes, has added , immensely to the splendor of the triumph. To Gen. Sedgwick, one of sheir ablest and most accomplished commanders, was assigned the tnssk of assailing the rear of our army with a large force of fresh troops. They gained some advantages over our command at Fredericksburg; but were afterwards repulsed, and by a prompt and rapid movement by Gen. Lee were routed and forced to retreat rapidly across the Ritppahariuock, under cover of their guns on its north bank. Saturday and Sunday are amongst the most brilliant in the annals of the Southern Con federacy, alreudy illumined with triumphs which, for number and magnitude, are not surpassed iit history. This terrible defeat is a sad finale for the thou Fnndft of men in the Yankee army whose terms of m-rvice were on the eve of expiring. Hooker could not afford to wait till they were at liberty to leave him. He felt the necessity of bringing all the men he could against tbo brave army of Gen. Lee, and they were led to slaughter. So far as his reputation is concerned, Hooker might well envy the dead. He obtained command of the army he has led to defeat by defaming his brother officers and the assiduous obtrusion of his own conceits of strategy on the Government. He was gratified with the chance of winning renown by retrieving the fortunes of the oft-defeated Federal army of the Potomac. He. has met a well-merited fate, and must now go to the Yankee Hades of all defeated Generals. What our enemies propose next, and how long they will extend the time for the capture of Rich mond, we shall perhaps soon learn. They have displayed great perseverance in their object, so dear to them, and may not be willing yet to abandon it. It is probable that Rosecrans will be the next star in the Yankee heavens. Let us hope, however, that there will be time to sink him below the horizon be fore the new "On to Richmond" can be planned. The blow on the Rappahannock will be salutary in its effects upon the enemy and upon our own men. It will cheer ours as much as it will depress hip, and give tone to the summer campaign. If it doe, tho situation of affairs will undergo a great improvement, both at home and abroad. The glorious Army of the Potomac merits the' lastiug gratitudo of the nation. It has won a re nown equal to that of any army the world ever saw." VjT We learn that during the battles the enemy had their sharp-shooters posted in the tops of trees to pick off our officers. COUNTY TAXES. The Magistrates of Mecklenburg county met last week for the purpose of levying Taxes for County pur poses, Ac. We publish the assessment as follows : For county purposes " Poor Fund 44 Rrtilroad 4 cents on the $100 value. 2 o ii i ii i 14 School Fund 2 " Asylum 1 44 Interest k sinking turn! for co. bonds 7 " Indigent families 15 ii u it ii ii it Making 40 cents on the $100 value. It is estimated that this tax will raise between thirty and forty thousand dolltus for the use of the rounty. In addition to the above, tuxes were leviprt ,a following subjects : j On white poll $1 20; Note shavers 1 0 per cent on I i.rofits: Carriages nnd i.le..r. vi.;..i r , ! Carriatgcs and pleasure vehicles of over $50 , ana suver plHte of tner $.o value, I per cent ; Gold and silver Watches j l percent.; Pianos $2 50: Dealers in domestic Li- luors 10 per cent, and foreign liquors 20 per ceut on i .amount of purchases fall liquors boujrbt out of the ' Mate are classed as foreign; On capital invested in manufacturing goods of cotton, wool, leather, kc, 2 per cent : On each dog over two, $1 ; Express Office $500; On every merchant, merchant Jailor, jeweller, grocer, druggist, apothecary, produce dealt r, commis sion merchant, factor, produce broker, and every other trader who as principal or agent carries on the busi- .I Z "Vg ana MUa 6ds, wares W merchan- one ot whatever name or desrrir.tTA i-;- I :: I . a. a?ount of his purchases, whether i niaae in or out of the St ' . . 7 . on all other enM..,.. - or on creau ; ana the Stats tax. ' 10 less than TP" It will be se.n by a Procl umn that Gov. Vanee has extend "UlW the noHt; f....:. , . T ron,Dil,on against f , . r.u.iaiuus irom tnia State. Divipesd. The Bank of North Carolina has declared a semi- I 7-'" June- ajr are requested by Kev. A. G. Stacey J President of Davennort F.nu r f xt . iiege, iuoir, Z- ' . '-ipeeis m leave Uolurnbia for iron Monday evening. May 25th; Charlotte on day at 6 o'clock, a. m., and Salisbury on the day at 2 o'clock. D. m. - J Tues. i'ame We commend the" Institution to the favorable "ousulerution of parents and x guardians. - THB KILLED AND WOUNDED i y . In the late Battle near FretUtiektlurg. From officers who were in the late battles near Fred- ericksburg on Saturday and Sunday, May 2d and.3t we obtained the names of some of the kiilci and wounded, mostly in Lane's Brigade composed of the 7th, 18th," 28thi 33d and 37th NC, Regiment : - 7th Regiment. Killed: Lt Col Junius L Bill, Capts. Wm J Kerr and J P Young, Lieuts. E 4 Campbell and Bolide." Wounded: Col E G Haywood, Maj Wm Lee Davidson not dangerously, Copt J RMeCaulej, Lieuts. PC Carlton, Quince, J Emack, T G Williamson, J Y Templeton, J M Alexander leg off, D B Penick and HcCauley. Adj't. Sinedes was killed. Capt J R McCauley of Iredell, furnished us with the following list of thekilled and wounded in hia com pany, which belongs to the 7th Regiment : Killed: J AT Young, W M Ready, J E Galloway, and Geo Henry reported killed. Wounded: Capt J R McCau ley, Sergts EM Correll and W B Smith, privates J L Biackwelder, A T Deaton, W P Deaton, Eli Overcash, R J Williford, A H Cook, J F Kerr, R H Cowan, C H Atwell, J A Rankin mortally, J II Eddings. 18th Regiment. Killed: Col Thos J Purdie. Woun ded: Lt Col Forney George, slightly. 33d Regiment. Killed: Lieuts. Weaver, Bouchell, W K Baab and J B Callais. Wounded: Col C M Avery severely but not dangerously, Lt Col R V Cowan, Maj T W Mavhew, Capts T H Gallin and Corzine, Lieuts. Lyons, Joines, Slough, Baab, S C Watson, W J Callais, W L White, J T Walton, Henry McCoy. 37th Regiment. Wounded: Col Barber, Lt Col J B Ashcraft, MajtW G Morris, Capt W M Stitt in thigh, Lt Wm Reagan, and Lt C Reagan reported killed. Pri vate Dallas Rigler wounded in leg. In Company I (37th N. C. Regiment) from this coun ty, the following is a list of the casualties furnished by Capt J M Stitt: Killed John W Orten. Wounded Sergt. D C Robinson, CorpMs. Stitt, J LOrr arm ampu tated, privates A F Yandle arm, M Adderholt, S A Burns arm flesh, G B Cf.they neck slight, Win Hun- I sucker thigh, J M McGinn hip, Thos Mauney thigh slight, V M Kigler leg, W J Coflee leg, J btarns band, B Starns head and leg mortal, J Rudisill shoulder, J W Henderson slight, J Hipp side severe, L A Hipp shoulder, Jacob Shoe, A P Young abdomen, William King slight. Capt Stitt was wounded and arrived here on Sunday morning. In Capt Owen Brown's company from this county (formerly Capt Potts) none were killed. The follow ing were wounded : Jackson Stewart in hand, Wm Henderson slight, Win Sample severely. "The rest of the Hopewell boys are all safe." We get this informa tion from a private letter to Col B W Alexander. The above Regiments were in Lane's Brigade. No report from the 28th Regiment. The following are the names of killed and wounded in N C Regiments as we gather from our exchanges and from private sources: 4th Regiment. Capt Falls killed, Capt Lord mor tally wounded. We learn that this Regiment suffered severely. 16th Regiment. Col McElroy mortally wounded and reported dead, Lt Col Wm A Stowe of Gaston, mor tally wounded and reported dead. 20th Regiment. Lt Col Nelson Slough mortally wounded and reported dead. 22d Regiment. Lt Col C C Cole killed. 54th Regiment. Col J C S McDowell reported killed. Wounded Col W R Cox of -2d Regiment, Col A M Scales of 13th Regt., Maj M M McLaughlin of 38th, Col Grimes of 4tb, Col Godwin of 57th. Brjg Gen R F Hoke was slightly wounded. In Capt Witherspoon's company from this county (30th Regiment) Milton Rea, Wilson Hartis, and Robt Barnett were killed, and 10 men wounded, none of them seriously. We were -cable to procure a list of the wounded. Capt Fite of Gaston couuty, was wounded in breast and thigh, Lieut J C Moore of same county was woun ded in thigh, neither dangerously. Caleb Costner and Thos Wilson from Gaston were killed. Death of Capt. Kerr. In the list of killed in the late battles near Fredericksburg will be seen the name of Capt. Wm. J. Kerr of this place. He commanded a company in the 7th N. C. Regiment. An officer who was near him informs us that he received his death wound while standing on the ene my's breastworks cheering his men on to victory, on Sunday morning the 3d of May. While his many friends in this community sincerely regret the loss his relatives and the service sustains by his death, yet they have the satisfaction of knowing he died like a hero in the discharge of his duty to his country. He was an excellent young man and a good officer and fyrnve soldier. How Gen. Jackson was Wounded. It will be seen in the account of the battles fought at and near Fredericksburg which we publish to-day, that General Stonewall Jackson was severely and dangerously wounded, and that he has since had his left arm amputated. Mrs. Jackson has been iuformed by a letter of the melancholy circum stances under which he received his wounds: 4'At midnight on Saturday night, his men being drawn up 'in line of battle, a body of troops was seen a short distance in advance of our line. It being doubtful whether they were friends or ene mies, Gen. Jackson and staff rode forward to ascer tain. While he was engaged in reconnoitering, his men, being unaware of his movement, mistook him self and staff for enemies, and . fired a volley into them, instantly killing one of his staff and severely wounding Gen. Jackson and Major Crutchfield. One bullet passed through the General's rirrht hnml. whilst another struck hi left arm below tho 01l,w and ranging upward, shattered the bone near the snouer. He instantly fell to the ground. His brother-in-law, who was with him, laid down beside 1 him to ascertain the character of his wounds. In a moment the uukQOWU t g hT frontf whu ed tQ be the enemy, advanced and captured two other stuff officers who were standing over the General, without noticing him. Soon after, four of our men Pace( nim on tt stretcher and were bearing him to iu rear, wnen iney were all shot down. The injury to his right band is severe, one of the bones having been shot away, but it is believed he will ultimately recover its use." 1 . The Richmond Enquirer of the 7th says: Our victory on the Rappahannock has cost us dear, in the severe wounds unfortunately received by the great and good General Jackson. . His left arm has been amputated above th elbow; i a bullet has bassed tlirnnh b!B u j uor. we learn, as favorable n .mM nn.cihlv h expected; and he will doubtless recover, and is not, we trust, lost to active service. P sSIt f announced that Gen. Jackson jlied at Guinea Station on Sanday morning last. . A nation . weeps for the loss of a great and good man. Well EouxxpEu off To-day twelve months ago, (says the Richmond Whig of the 5th inst.), we end of a period of darkness and gloom, -in which i tiou eunerea ine aisasters of Koanoke lslana, v " T Donelson and Henry, Nashville, Island No. in arid New Orleans. Tt wa tha beginning of a ' ithout interru'p- ' ' ' i fc,u"uus vear ot victories, almost without ioterrup non as witnont. nniui , a i K latest triumph of SouUtern valor in the vlctorf of Chancellorsville, and thus round off a year of ri umph.such as tke annals Gf no country strrpassV Tar EXKMPtioii Acrt.The late f ot Con gress to amend the Exemption Act passed, at a J prevlotfs session, will b found in' another column. It wilf be seen that that clause of the Exemption Act which exempts '-one person; as agent, owner or uTc9wr, uu vnvu pmuittuuii vu nuicu iucio twenty negroes, has been repealed. The amend ment adopted exempts one. person on each farm or plantation on which there . are t twenty or more slaves, provided the plantation belongs to a minor a person of unsound inincU-a feme sole (nnmarried woman), or to a person absent from home in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, and for the overseeing of which it is impossible to pro cure a person not liable to military duty. The owner of the slaves and plantation for-' which a person is exempted as agent or overseer, is reqaired to pay into the Confederate Treasury the sum of five hundred dollars annaally. With this exception, the Exemption Act stands' as it did heretofore. ....... f w -w Mistaken. The Yankees mt.de a very poor calculation when they settled down into the belief that they could starve the South into submission if they could not whip us. There is no danger of starvation unless Providence is against as, which we do not believe From all directions we hear the most cheering accounts of the crops, and we are told that even the women are in the fields, working with all their might some who never did a day's work out of doors in their lives before, are now put ting their hands to the plow. Can a people who have such noble women ever be subjugated? Never, never. If the men were to submit, the women of the South would resist to the death. They have determined that their children shall never be the subjects of Abe Lincoln or be ruled by Northern men. A Fkmalb Orator and Politician. The Yankees (of course the Yankees, for no other people would so disgrace themselves,) have got a female orator going through their country advocating the prosecution of the war against the South. She is called 44 Miss Anna E. Dickinson," and we find in a late number of the New York Herald an account of a harangue she delivered at the Cooper InstU tuto in that city. Ex-Gov. Morgan, Henry Ward Beecher, and other prominent fanatics were on the stand,- and the Herald says the house was so crowded that hundreds could not gain admittance all to see and hear a poor, silly woman expose and disgace herself. In the synopsis of her speech we find the following sentence : t4After an eloquent exordium, Miss Dickinson de fined the fight which the country was engaged in as a contest between intelligence and ignorance between cultivation and brutishness between the nicenesa and refinement of civilization and the un couthness of barbarism." , , Of course she claimed that the Northern people were the intelligent refined and civilized class, while she illustrated the reverse in her own con duct and person ; for we are sure that no respecta? ble Southern woman would ever consent to make public speeches to a crowd of "Plugs" and 4'Shoulder-strikers" and fanatics. 44 Miss Dickin son" was particularly severe on what she called the "democratic Generals" of the North, such men as McClellan, Buell, &c, but she complimented Butler! and for so doing received a round of ap plause. Such is the low and degraded condition of Northern society, i. e. the "intelligent," "refined," "civilized." Probably Miss Dickinson is only hunt ing a husband, instead of advertising for one in the New York papers, as many of the Yankee girls are doing. They are the 4refined" cream. of Yankee laud! ": What they said. As usual with the Yankees upon the eve of a great engagement, they com menced to felicitate themselves with the idea that their army had achieved a great success at Fred ericksburg even before the fight began. ' The New York Herald of the 2d inst., claims that Hooker won a "decided victory" at Fredericksburg on Wednesday, the 29th ult., four days before the fight commenced. The 4victory," however, is predicated on the fact that Hooker successfully crossed his army, and without opposition, on the morning of that day, during a dense fog, and that he also succeeded in capturing one or two of our coffipanies on picket duty. The Yankees must be bard ' up for a 44 decided victory" to believe such tales as are dished up to them. THE YANKEE RAID IN GEORGIA. Official Account.' Thy following telegram was received at the War Department in Richmond : Tullahoma, Tenn., May 5th, 1863. To Gen. S. Cooper A. and I. General: On the 18th April the. enemy, moving from Corinth towards Tuscumbia, crossed Bear creek with five regiments of cavalry and two of infantry,' and ten pieces of artillery. Col. Roddy, command ing, fought them on the 18th, killing a number and captured more than one hundred prisoners and one piece of artillery, with horses and caisson, los ing six killed and twenty wounded. The enemy, after burying their dead, fell back, and on the 19th were reinforced to three full brigades the whole under command of Gen: Dodge. Skirmish ing continued on the 19th, 20th, 21st 22d and 23d. . On the night of the 19th the enemy landed troops at East port from a large number of steamers and burned the town, and houses on several plao tat'tons. On the 24th Roddy fought them. Their loss was heavy, ours slight. He contested every inch of ground, but falling back before overwhel ming forces, the enemy advanced and entered Tuscumbia on the 25th. The enemy advanced towards Decatur as far as Town Creek. Nothing more occurred until the 28th. On that day Forrest, with his brigade, having been order ed by me from Columbia, arrived and engaged them all day, with the loss of oae killed and three wounded; the loss of the enemy heavy. Forrest falling back. ... . , - ... . .... .. , :- On the 28th, Forrest discovered a" heavy force of Cavalry, under Col. Strait, marching on Moulton and Blountsville. General Forrest pursued this force with two regiments, fighting him all day and night at Driver's Gap, at Sand Mountain, with a loss of five killed and fifty wounded Captains Forrest' 'and Thompson, it f is feared -mortally. The enemy left on the field 50 . killed, 150 woun ded, burnt 50 of Lis wagons, 'turned loose 250 i mules, and 150 negroes, and pursued bis way towards Blountsville, Gadsden, and Rome, Ga. On the 3d of May, between Gadsden and Rome, after five days and nights of fighting and marching, ! General Forrest captured CoJoneL Strait aod his wno,c command,' about 100 "with rifles, horses, &o. : v ' Braxton . Bbagq. Atlanta, May 5. -Seventeen tiundred prison ners captured at Borne arrived here this. evening. ; They are all stalwart men. . 5MT-Cgre8sjouVned on ihs dOth nltt to meet again in December next . ' ' " r ;The Acts which have actually passed Jn to laws may be summed ud as follows: A Taxation A nt f. the sapport of the Government and army; Car- reiK At - . . u r T- v ' " 4 reiMjy Act, to promote the funding Confederate notes in. Confederate bonds; an Impressment Act " regulate the seizure (when emergency calls for it) of produce for army ase and to settle the mode of appraisement; an amended Impressment Act. to give the Government officer an appeal from the assessment of price; and an act for the assessment and collection of the tales under the new Taxation ACt. j On the last day of the session the President re turned with bis veto the bill to authorize the trans mission of newspapers to the soldiers free of chartre: aQo .the bill provi ding for conscription of citizens of tne United States sojourning in the Confederate States, was unsigned by the President, and will therefore fail to become a law. ttOM Europe. Late European advices indi cate an estrangement between the United States and England, erowinz out of the issue bv Mr Adams, the Federal Minister, of permits or protections to English vessels trading to the neutral port of Matamoras. Mr Adams had civen such permit to parties who were . about to sail for that port with munitions of war to be used bv tha Mexicans against the French, and its publication nas elicited nfuch indignant comment in the London papers. Goop News jrom Lewisburg, Va. The Lynchburg Republican has been placed in posses ion of the information that Col. Edgar's Battalion, stationed at Lewisburg, Greenbner Co., Va., were attacked by one thousand Yankee Cavalry late on Friday night last, but with consummate skill he rallied his men and fought the enemy with determined bravery, beating them back, killing and wounding a number of them. The enemy sent in a flag of truce, asking permission to bury their dead, which was refused by Col. Edgar. II is force was barely eight hundred men, and his loss resulting from the surprise was supposed to be very heavy, but notwithstanding this he fought the enemy, as our informant says, like a lion, giving them a total defeat. Governor Vance has appointed. R. V. Ukckstock, Esq., of Buncombe, Commissioner or Appraiser on the part of this State to impress supplies for the Army. Mr Burgwyn, appointed by the President, and Mr Blackstock, will consti tute the Board of Appraisers for this State. Attempt to burn a Bridge. On Tuesday evening last,, the railroad bridge across Buffalo creek, four miles west of this town, was dis covered to be on fire. A train passed over while the bridge was burning; and by mere chance the engineer discovered the flames, and fortunately in time to prevent their progress sufficiently to cause serious damage. The guard stationed tor the protection of the bridge, we learn, were some distance from their post, amusing themselves at angling. We further learn that for thus neglecting their duties, they were arrested and sent on for the purpose of in vestigating the matter. Greensboro Patriot. Conscription or Foreigners. Some two weeks 'ago ' Mr Clay, of Ala., introduced into the Confederate Senate a bill to conscribe and ' placo in the military service all aliens domiciled in the Confederate States, on and, after the first day of June, lb3. . Ine bill was partly considered in open session and then transferred to the secret calendar. On Saturday, the 25th ult., the injunc tion of secresy was removed and the measure has been defeated. The danger that an attempt to conscribe aliens would involve us in difficulties with foreign nations, is said to hare been the argument that killed the bill. Hung. The Hendersonville Times of the 30th April says: A man by the name of Grooms, paid the penal ty of the law by hinging, in Waynesville, N. C, on the 16th inst., for killing a young man about twelve months ago, foriCourting his daughter. It is said he split the young man's head open with an axe, and then chopped him to pieces. Grooms denied killing him to the last, though he was seen at it, and laid the killing on his wife and daught er, saying he was innocent of the charge. The Guns of the Keokuk. The two great mm a nf the K pnlcnlr 'elpvfin-JnMi Dnhlfrrpna't hsvp to""" r J i been relieved from tbeir very useless position j " under the salt water, and have been carried to Charleston. Col. Zarvona reached Petersburg, by flag of truce, on Monday evening, having been released from bis long confinement in Yankee dungeons. It will be remembered that a threat having been made that Col. Zarvona would not be recognized as a prisoner of war, but be treated as a pirate, our Government promptly ordered Capt. Thomas Danieron and First Lieut. Wilson Dameron, of the bogus Fourth Virginia regiment, to be held as hostages for Zarvona. These worthies have now been released, and are on their way North. Kinston, N. C, May. 5. No news here of importance. Everything is quiet along our lines to-day, and there are no Yankees this side of Core Creek that we have any information of. Our soldiers arc in good health and in fine spirits. - Tullahoma, May 5. An official despatch says that Forrest, after five days' hard marching, with out provisions or forago, captured, on the 3d; a body of the enemy, 1,700 strong, near Home, Ga., with a number ot Enfield rifles, horses and side arms! " " : ViCRSBURd, May 4 A Yankee craft with two barges in tow loaded with . medical stores and rations for tbe army below, attempted to run by Our batteries last night and were set on fire by our guns and all burned to the waters edge. Twenty-four prisoners were - taken from them, among whom are one correspondent of the New York World, two of tbe New York Tribune, and one of the Cincinnati Times. ' Blacking from Cuika Bc&aiES.-The Col umbus Sun recommends its readers to preserve the following receipt: ' ! ' If you want pood blacking, take a half bushel of China berries, and having them well picked from tbe stems, put into a kettle, and add three gallons of water; boil down to one gallon, then strain the liquor, through a seive, from the seed - and skins, and add as much pine wood f tho richer the better) soot as will make a good black; and it is ready for use- A pint of good, or a quart of weak vinegar, (or stale beer,) first mixed with the soot will make it better, and if you add the whole , of one egg to half a gallon of the liquor it will be best and equal to any Yankee Blacking. This blacking costs very little besides troubled and we have seen boots ! clean od with it inferior to . none - in gloss, and it will not soil a white handkerchief. . Let it stand j for several days before yoa bottle it off. LATEST NEWS. TOR LATE ENGAGEMENT. - . . . . Lat advices from the army of the Rappaaanaock j 7, present; ana in. tmou to car arms to b both dclsiv and satisfactory. Th "bet army o the planer' now Iies m"8,e1' an bleeding upoa th very ground from which, a week ago, it took on its lUe of march fot Richmond; and its depleted ranks aad demoraUxsd condition are thcbtstcommeaUrjihatcaa b faralshed poa tbt ctrafgte wbieh it has passed through. Th boast of its leader tht b could Uk It to lfc Galf of Mexico he may yet redeem to Mr Liacola; bat if so, the hired hulks of the Yankee ship owners mast fnrnuh him the means for a safe transportation. ladeed, it may be well questioned if we have heretofore gained to decided a lucces. as in oar lat encounter. But w hare socceeded with the loss, howerer, of many mourned and gallant ipirits. The los we have ioflicted upon the Yankees will, it it etUmated, quadruple oar own; whilst the number of prisoners will not fall short of ten thousand. From the bit general intelligence we- hare received, oar own loss will not exceed fire thousand all told, a very large proportion of which were only slightly wounded. With this result we bar every rui to be pleased; and our gratitude to the great leader, and lb strong arms and stout hearts of his followers cannot be too freely manifested. Let a nation' greeting go forth to them in the hour of triumph, that their spirits may be gladdened and their hearts rejoiced. Richmond w quirer, Saturday Jlay 0th. ADDRESS OP GEN. LEE TO IIIS ARMY. ' The following appropriate addrt-as has been Issued by Oen. Lee to the gallant and invincible army under hit command: IlKADQ'RS AHMV NORTHERN VlBGIXU May 7th, ldGJ. J Gnral Order, No. 59. With heartfelt gratification the General commanding expresses to the army his senae of the heroic conduct dis played by officers and men during the arduous operation in which thy Lave jiWt bt-en eugaged. Under trying vicissitude of heat and etorm yoa attack ed the enemy, strongly eutrenebed in the depths of a tan pled wilderness, and again on the hills of Frederickshnrg, fifteen miles distant, and. by the valor that has triumphed on so many fields, forced him once more to seek safety beyond the Rappahannock. While this glorious victory entitles you to the praise and gratitude of the nation, we are especi&lly called upon to return our grateful thanks to the only giver of victory for the signal deliverance lie has wrought. It in, therefore, earnestly recommended that the trooos unite on Sunday next in ascribing to the Lord of Hosts the glory due unto His name. Let us not forget in our rejoicing the brave soldiers who have fallen in defence of their country; and while we mourn ttieir loss, let us resoire to emulate tbelr noble ex ample. The army and the country aKkrf lament the absence for a time of one to whose bravery, energy, and skill, they are so much indebted for success. The following letter from the President of the Coulede- rate btates is communicated to the army as an expression of his appreciation of its success: "I have received your dispatch, and reverently unit with you in giving praise to God for the success with which He has crowned our arms. "In the name of the people, I offer my cordial thanks to yourself and the troops under your command for this addition to the unprecedented series of great factories which your army has achieved. - "The universal rejoicing produced by this happy result, will be niiu tried with a treiieral reerrct for the arood and the brave who ar numbered among the killed and tins wouu ded." R. E. LEE. General. LATEST FltUU VIRGINIA. Richmond, May 8. The ttalns have resumed their regular trips from Fredericksburg. Five trains arrive last night with wounded. We captured about 10,000 prisoners in the battles of Chflncellorirille ' and Fredericksburg, many raluable horses and wagons, and a large quantity of ammuni tion, small Arms. &c. All quiet at Fredericksburg. Barksdale re-occupies the city. .The enemy on the opposite side the same as before the battle. Gen. Dan Sickles, Yankee, is reported killed. The number of our wounded is large, but they are well provided for. Crowds of ladies ate at the depot dispensing refreshments. Our victory Is a very decided one. - Richmond, May 9. Stoneman's cavalry broke camp on Thursday, andrtarted for the Upper Rappahannock. Aiier stealing an tne norses toey couia nnu, iney cut the throats of two hundred of their worn-out horses. General Imboden has destroyed the great Cheat River Bridge: on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, built at an enormous cost, and which waa regarded as one of the greatest triumphs of science. Brig. Geu. Barry H reported killed; Ned Howard and two others wounded; the Medical Director of Birney's corps was also killed all Yankees. Two thousand prisoners arrived here this evening; the same number will arrive here to-aigbt. ' Tbe mail train from Fredericksburg arrived at 8 p. m. rasgeagers report Frank f. ulair, r., among tbe captured. The oath of allegiance was administered to him at his request. MELANCHOLY INTELLIGENCE DEATH OF GEN. . T. J. JACKSON. . Rieiiuoxo. May 10. Gov. Letcher received a dis patch this evening, announcing tbe death of General Jackson at Guinea Station, at 3 o'clock and 15 minutes p. in. He d;cd from the combined effects of his wound and an attack of pneumonia. His body will be brought to this city to-morrow by a special train. Ttlrgraphtd the Built tin. . LATEST Js'ORTIIEBN NEWS. Late Northern papers were received in Richmond on the 9th, from which is gathered Ibe following : The account of the rights at Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg is published in tbe usual sensational style, and beaded : "The rebels shattered at Chancel lorsville Tbe position impregnable Sedgwick lau relled with success," Ate. They then go on to speak of what they term Hooker's great generalship and Na poleonic qualities, and say their entrenchments at Chancellorsville are tbe best they ever bad. The Washington Chronicle, of she 4th, publishes an order from ITooker, dated the 30tL, expressing to tbe army his heartfelt satisfaction that the operntisrig of tho last three days hare determined that the eoemy must inglorioujly fly, or come out from behind tbeir defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits them. The above is what the Yankees said before the battles ' of Saturday and Sunday, after which they changed their tune as follow: The night attack of the rebels was tbe most brilliant thing of the war. On Sunday the fight was desperate. The rebels threw themselves on the muscles of our guns; our ammunition gave out, but tbe position was held one hour by tbe bayonet, and we tbea fell back in order to Chaucellbrsrille. ' A despatch from United States Ford (near Freder icksburg), dated May Cth, says that Hooker is much de pressed, and after consultation a hasty return to our camps was decided upon. It is raining, heavily aad the river has risen ten feet. Tbe upper pontoons have beea taken to lengthen tbe lower ones. After several hours' hard work tbey were passable. - At midnight the troops commenced the retreat, the pontoons being covered with boughs to prevent the rebels bearing the crossing. Great numbers of our wounded are in tbe enemy's bands. In Sunday's battle our dead were aa buried and the woanded unattended. ' ' The 1 lib corps 'are denounced as poltroons for throwing down tbeir arms an-I running from Rhodes' (Confederate) brigade. The New Tork World says: "Nothing concerning war matte t has beea telegraphed from Washington. We learn by a special messenger that a great battle was fought oa Monday, and that Hooker with the remains of bis army was driven back across tbe R p pabaa noc k." A despatch to the Chicago Timet states that a raid ing party of Coafederates overwhelmed Col. VuUigaa at Fair Mount, Ya. The statement of the Federal loss Is withheld from the public by the authorities at Washington." ' " . . Tba Washington Chroaicie says Liacola baslssaed a draft for 500,000 men. . t t The Washington Chronicle, of the th, says Val landigbasa has been arrested. An attempt at re sistance was made, bat faHed. , . . - - ' Tha Alabama ha destroyed the ship Pinjaob. , The Yankees are slow to confess their defeat, bat t will come after awhile. It Is about time for them to quit boasdag.' - " ; DEATH Or OEN. VAN DORN. Official tnlbrmaUon has b received anaoanetug the death of Major Oeawral Earl Van Dora, at 8prigiuiif Tensse, on the 7th lasUnt Kicumoxb Exqurkr. By the following It appears that Gen. Van Dora was uuderad. though tbo Ricbnxmd papers y aotHng about thatt Tixuuioma. if a 7. The followlar despatch wei r. erfved to-day, dated Columbia, Tcnn., My 7lh t To tU Trove Marshall: Gea. Van Dora has been aaurdered by Dr. JNttera. Peters it about six feet high, dark caespJext ion. dark iron grey hair, black eyes, wbiakors on cbia lit tie grey. Arrest him. JOHN 8. WHITFIELD, provost lfarsh.1. Yiccsaoao, May 8. All aiet la-day along ear I!e. The enemy it reported to be atla the epadt ta tha other side of the Dig Black. The Yaukeee sue said U occupy UtUa Ilinds coeaty. FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A eorrtf pondeat of tha Raleigh Journal writes at follows: KratTOV, May i. It Is bow do longer a matter of speculation as regards the fate of Capt. Whorton aad a portion of his Command, who belonged to Gea. flo. berteoa's brigade of Cavalry, and who were on a scoot ing expedition on White Oak River below Treelon. It Is now certain that 68 of our men hart beea cat off and captured, with tbelr entire equipage, Including 40 horses, and are now in the hands of the Yankees. vt Whorton escaped bat is waanded. A 8rcax THAT FAIO. Tb telga of Suffolk, which was kept p only tome three or four weeks, enabled Gen. Ixmgstreet to gather ap, betides large quantities of corn, over a million and a half pounds of bacon. At i reseat market prices this would bring upwards of two millions ( dollars. In this town, an Sunday tbe 3d lost., by Rev. D. J. Simmons,' Mr T, J. Wilkinson to Miss Harriet LaOra Wilson, daughter of Mr Jamet Wilson. In Hertford county, on tbe ftth Inst, by the Re?. Thos. Hume, Mr. Wm. Boyd of Charlotte, to Mrs. J. C. Forbes, daughter of the late Whitraell Stalling!, Esq., of Gates county. In Mockiville, on the ?th Inst., by Rer Geo D Wet more, the Rev. Wm. R, Wet more, Rector of St. Luke's Church at Lincolnton, to Mill Mary Bingham, daugh ter ef Mr L. Bingham. In this cvor, rh 21st of April,' Alexander Malcolm, son of Dr. Jos. M. and M. M. Davidson, ajea 23 months and 10 days. - In this county, 10 miles above Charlotte,", oa tbe 8tb inst., Robert D. Alexauder, Esq, tf cancerous affection,, aged C7 ears. In this county, on the 8th lout, Mr Silas Alexander, after a protracted and painful illness, aged CO ears. In Salisbury, on tbe 3d instant, Wm. M. Ilorah, Sr., aged 71 years. Also, on the 27th ult, Mrs Isabella, M. Windsor, wife of Maj. N. R. Windsor. In Davidson county, on the 1st last., Ifcury R. Brad shaw, aged 29 years. BY THE OOVEBNOB OF 2?. CAROLINA A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the time limited la toy Proclamation dated the 18th of April, forbidding tbe exportatloa of certain articles from tbe State, is about to expire. - t,. Now, therefore, I, ZEDULON U. VANCF, Governor of North Carolina, do, by aad with the a!ire ai'd consent of the Council of State. Issue this Proclamation, continuing said prohibition thirty days from the 13th inst., subject to the exceptions and restrictions con tained ia said Proclamation of the ISth of April, with tbe following alterations : . , ' - The prohibition is not to embrace the article of salt, and lard Is to be added to the list of the articles pro hibited. Justices of the Peace are also enjoined to asilit la carrying out this Proclamation. . la witness whereof, Zsbcloi D. Tsita, Governor, Captain General and Commander-la. CLIcf, hath signed these presents and caused the seal of the Slate ta be a Mixed. Done at tbe city of Raleigh, this 8th day of May, A. D., 1863, and la the 17th year of our Independence. By tbe Governor: . . Z. B. VANCH. R. II. IUttli, Jb Private Secretary. May II, 1863 2t Daily papers copy one wek, weeklies and eemU weeklies two weeks, and send till to Executive Offlce. 3ElA23.tVtl02X for Qolo, - AND , NEGROES TO U IKE. As Executor of Rufus D. Johnston, deceased. I will expo lo public sale, oo Wednesday, tbe 27tb of May, tbe Plantation on which said deceased resided, oa the Wilkesboro road, fifteen miles north-west from Salis bury, lo Rovao coubty, and Joining tbe lands of J. D. Johnston, Jaa. Watson, O. A. Locke, Ac. Said Planta tion lt in a good state of cultivation, contains about 600 acres consisting of River Bottoms, Meadows. Pastures well wooded. aad watered, aad suited to raising Stock.' Also, I will hire out for tbe balance of the rear. several Negroes men, womea and children Terms mad? known on day nf salt. - tt. JUH.NSTU, EXKatOf, May 12, I8S3 . ... . The Board of Directors of the Western Plank Road Company having accepted tbt amendment of their Charter as passed at tbt last session of tbt Legislature or North Carolina, . At a meeting of tbe Board of Directors, held at Charlotte oa tbe 4th lost., a resolution was passe J that they would retain for ibe Company and charge toll on that part of tbe road from Peter Caosler't to where tbt Plank Road diverges from the Public Road, about two hundred yards east of where Orr k Alexander's -Saw-Mill fcd Ur ia4, mn the ast sldf of I Vie Catawba ' riverj including the River Bridge. Aad they also la structed tbeir President, to fell bi Road and Bridges from the Town of Charlotte to its Junction with the Public Road, leading by Stewart's to a point about, half a mile es of J. P. Rots', with its Privileges, ex cepting the Toll House and Let, and alio tbe Bridget over Long Creek and Killiao's Creek; but In tbt meantime they will not charge any toll pa Any part nf the Road which tbey hart decided to sell. .And the. Board of Directors . have resolved to abandon to tbe pnbtio all tbe balaace of said Plank Road except such parts as they have reserved for the Company, and ordered to be told, as abort staled, and nttka it hereby given to the public to that effect. , . C. C. HEN PERSON, " May 11, 1863 4t Pree't W. P. Road Co. ' PUBLIC SALE. I will sell to tbt highest bidder, In tbt town of Charlotte, for easb, oa Toesdsy, 2J June, tbt Toll House aad Lot la Charlotte, belonging to tbe We iter a Plank Road Co. And also, at the same time tud rlace, that portion of said Plank Road (and its PrivU eges) Ijing between tbe towa of Cuarlotla and lb a poiat oa said Road where the Public Road, leading by Stewart's, iuieriects tbt Plank Road, about a half milt east of J. P. Hots, including tbt Bridget. And also, at the same time aad place, the Bridge over Loeg Creek. . And on Wednssday, the 3d Jane, 1 will tell to tbt highest bidder, at Lincolnton, tot cash,' tbr tpleadid brldgo over Killian's Creek, lo 'lading Ma Privileges. C. C. UKXDEitSOS, May 12th, 183 4t Prtst. W. P. Rd Co. ; j.v notice, ; a wnber of Kotes doe tha Bnildiss Committee of kbe X. E. Church ia this place, hart beea Disced ia my hands for collection. Prrseos Owing said Notes win confer a favor by calling oa tbt undersigned at the Branch Bank of Xorth Carolina and settle tha aamt, at it is now desirable to hav them colleeted. ' May 12, 1863 It . . 8. U KIDDLE . WANTED, j At the Medical Purveyor' Depot, at Charlotte, K. a, . tea pounds (1C lbs.) of leaves of-tha Ssw Jersey ? , Tret lCeitAus Aourtctnus. in? icavt pr,;ti avt . been carefully dried ia the shade. -, . r 4JLB. i. 4uuou., wcu. rt r. May 12, 162 ' lm " ' t
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