North Carolina Newspapers

i W 4y Ay O IT" 37" X O CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTT OP THE OTHER.- per annum ( -IN ADVANCE WEST SIDE 0F TRADE STREET CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1863. tJ. YASBs Editor and Proprietok. ELEVENTH VOLUME N V M B E U 075. a.iflM i m i i i i (Published eTcry Tucsday,(o) . WILLIAM "j- YATES, EDITOR AND PROPIIIETOB. $4 IN ADVANCE. "Transient advertisements must be paid for in Kjfc Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f ,r a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly ra !!-! mmmm mam tasam aaiaaaam FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS. c Colonels. Liect.-ColV. Majors. 1.J A McDowell. VV li Cox, 3 W L I). Kossett, 4 Bryan Grimes, ft T M Garrutt (j Isaac K Avery. 7tEd U Haywood, 8'H-nry M Shaw, 9.LS liaker, J0!J A J Bradford, 11 :C Leveiithorpe, Ij'Sol. Williams, M Alt'n d M Scales, 11 It T n. 'niu tt 15 Win Macllae, illam A Brown, VY 8 Stalling, .James S Hines, D W Hurt S. D. Thurston,! W M Parsley Jamrs H Wood E A Osborne John W Lea - William J Hill, Sam McD Tate, J MeLeod Turner Henry McRae i.ob. it F WVbb, VV Le Davidson J W.Hintun, Ja.s B Gordon, Jio II Whitakor. Guion and Sparrow S D Poole, Wm J Martin, Lgbert A Koss, David P Rowe, J II Hyman Jno T Hambrick, W A Johnston WH Yarboro', Wm A Stowe, John C Lamb, W G Robinson, Ni lsou Slough GW Hammond II DLee Thos II Sharpe. C M Andrews, W J Stanly W S Rankin Laban Odell C C Blacknall, T D Love, WS Grady K J S Mchiroy, 17 18 Win F Martin, John D Barry 19 SJOjThos. F. Toon. 21 WT W K'ukland 2"'James Conner, 23,'Daul II Christie J4 Wm J Clarke, 2.1 II M Knth-dg.-, or, H K lliii-crwynn, C C Cole li D Johnston, John L II arris, S C Bryson; John It Iane J T Jones 27;John A Giiimrjr.G F WhithVld 2d 'Samuel I.) Lowe, iW!! A Spear J C Webb Saml N Stowe 29 30 Frau M Parker, 31 'John V Jordan. :2 Ld J Brabble, 3I Clark M Avery, 31 W L J Low ranee :K'M W .Ransom, 3ti 'Artillery XV B v reasman Win W Sillers, J AD McKay G D Coward, T W JJayhow James T Kell, C W Knight W T Williams, Itobt V Cowan, J LMcI)ovtdl j John G Jones, ueiaeueu , W G Morris JoliM Ashford, F A Reynolds, detached eompaiiies, Owen N Brown M M McLaughlin companies, C W Bradshaw Walt J Boggan, C M Stedmau, 37 Win M Barber, 3M William J Hoke, 39, David Coleman, 40Artillery 41 'John A Baker 4'2 George C Gibbs, 43 Thomas S Kenan, 41 T C Singeltary. 45!J II Morehead, 4G KJward D tlall, 47 G If Faribault, 4' Robert C Hill, 49 Lee M MT-Afe. f,0,J A Washington, John E Biown, Wm. G Lewis, T L Ilartrrove, Andrew J Boyd,1 J R Winston W L Saunders AC McAllister John A Graves. A D Crudup S II Waikup, Albert A Hill John A Fleming T B Cliambers Geo. Wortham, J C Van H(Mk CB Hobson Jas R McDonald iMareu A Parks, J Q Richardson, 51 S3 II MeKethau, J K Marshall, Win A Owens, K M Murehison, J T Morehead, Jas J Iredell, Anderson Ellis. 'Jus A Rogers &5'John K Conally, rfijPaul F Faison, f7 Arch C Godwin, M John B Palmer, f)I) D Ferebee CO Jos A McDowell, Alfred II Belo G G Luke, ' II C Jones, Jr., Wm W Promt,' E Cantwell Win H Deaver, Win S D'-vane, M T Smith II. F Schenck, James-A Craige, J C Keener, Jas M Mayo, W M Hardy 61 Jas. D. Radclitle, ; Henry Harding. D G McDowell fi Robt. G-.ALove, G W Clayton 53, Peter G Evans. S B Evans, 61 L M Allen. Co George N Folk, James A Keith, J II McNeill The above Regiments are in the followmg Brigades: Clingman's- e'th, ",51st, Hist and Cist. Cooke"s 15th, 'i7th, 4Gth and 4111. Bate's 29th. Daniel's -.Wd, 43d, 4."tb. 50th and 53d. Davis 55th. Hoke's Oth, 21st, 54th and 57th. Hampton's 9th, (cavalry) Ivt rson's 7th, 12th, 20th and 23I. Lant;'s 7th. l.Sth, 2Sth, 3od and 37th. W II F Lee's 19!h, (cavalry) Prvor's 1st. and 3d. Pender's 13th. ICth, 22d, 34th and 38lb. P. ttigiew's 11th, 2()th. I2d, 44th, 47th and 52d. Ransom's 21th, 25th. 35th, 49th and 5('.th. Ranist urs 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th. - Robertson's 41st, 59th, and C3d. The 10th, 17th, 3tith, 40th, 5jjth, GOth, C2d, 61th and floth Regiments an: not Brigaded. The 9th, 19th, 41st, 59th, 03d and C4th are cavalry Re giments. The. I t'tli, orttu and 40th are Artillery Regiments. Iu addition to the Reghneyts, there are the following Battalions: Lieut-Col. Chas E Shober's infantry (for merly Whatton J Green's); Maj J II Xethercutt's Ran gers; Maj R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Maj John W Moore's Artillery; M;ij WL Young's Artillery; Maj Ale McRae's Artillery; Col Peter Mallett's eamp Guard. Col. Win 11 Thomas has a Legion of Highlanders and Indians numbering ov, r 1,500 men. The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Comjlany, CO.VTLVPES to take risks against loss by fire, on Houses, Goods, Produce, &c, at usual rates. President M. H. TAYLOR. Vice President V. OVERMAN, . Attorney JOS. 11. WILSON, 5rr'y $- Teatr-T.. NYE HUTCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, WM, J YATES, JNO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, "F. SCARR, CilAS. OVERMAN. Execwiv Committee F. Scarr, Jno. L.Brown, Wm J. Yates. April 10, 1863. WILLIAMS & GATES Have this day associated with them in the Mercantile Tht orE rSf,0nr USln,e,sf- LKWIS W. SANDERS. The style of the firm will hereafter be WILL1AMS, OATES & CO. NOTICE. All persons indebted in n, it r r WiHiams Dates 'will please cafl' V.UU up" we wish to close our old business. P WILLIAMS & 0TF? Dec 9, 1862 tf UAlLS- I)K. X M. MILLER, Charlotte, .N. C, Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be found at his Office in the Hrawley building opposite to Kerr's hotel, or at his residence. Feb. 25, 186.2. IfOTICE TO DEBTORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick J. Lowrie, deceased, are requested to call and make im mediate payment to SAML. P. SMITH. ln- :;0, ,s''2 'Attorney for Expcntrix. IVOTICE. Harinir taken out snecial letters of administration ! on 'the estate of Harbert Stowe, dee'd, Lwill sell, on . ... a tr . . ! ,1 i- n A tT t n A Saturday the 18tn o; June, at tne laie rctmcu -uv deceased, four head of Horses, all the Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, a lot of Corn, Wheat and Bacon, a crop of Cot ton, one Carriage, all the household and kitchen Furni ture, and many other articles not necessary to mention. Terms made known on the day of sale. All Der?6n9 havine claims against the estate, are j hereby notified to present them, wiihid the time pre scribed hy law; and all persons owing me esmve are required to come forward and make settlement. . II. D. STOWE, Adm'r. May 2G, 1863 Z pd . $300 Reward. I WILL give the above reward to any person who will take up my boy SAM, if captured without serious injury and delivered to me or confined in Jail so that I can get him. He has been lying out over twelve months, ranging from near Charlotte to Reedy Creek. He is 22 years old, medium size, and has a scar on his forhead. " Address me at Charlotte, N. C. Feb 24, 1863 tf JNO. WOLFE. At the Medical Purveyor's Depot, at Chnrlotter N. C, ten pourrts (1C lbs ) of leaves of the New Jersey Tea Tree Ceanithus Amtricaniis. The leaves must have been carefully dried in the shade. ' JAS. T. JOHNSON, Med. Purv'r. May 12, 1&62 lm EXCHANGE JOTtCE Io. S. Richmond, May 9th, 1863. The following Confederate officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared . 1. All officers and men who have been delivered at City Point at any time previous to May 6th, 1803. 2. All officers captured at .any place before the 1st of April, 18G3, who ha.ve been released on' parole. 3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before the 1st of March, 18G3, who have been released on parole. - 4. The officers and men captured and .paroled by Gen. S P. Carter, in his expedition to East Tennessee in December last. 5. The officers and men captured and paroled by Lieut. Col. Stewart at Van- Buren, Arkansas, January 25th, 18t3; by CoL Dickey, in December, 1802, in his march to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and by Capt. Cameron, at Corinth,-Miss., in December, 1862. 6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Miss., on the 23d of December, 1862 at Des Arc, Ark., on the 17th of January, 1863, and at Baton Rouge, La., on the 23d of February, 1863. 7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or the waters leading to the same, or upon the se: coast of the ConfediTrate or United States, at any time previous to December 10th. 1862. . 8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 6th of May," 1863, and released on parole, are discharged from any" and every obfcgation con tained in said parole. If any such person has taken any oath of allegiance to the United States or given any bond, or if his release was aecomplished with any other condition, he is discharged from the same. 9. If any persons embraced in any of "the foregoing sections, or in any section of any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any Federal prison, they are to be immediately re leased and delivered to the Confederate authorities. May 17,' 1863 6t ROBERT OULD. Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford On and after Monday the 25t h of May ,'1863, the Pas- sencrer Train will run on this Road ( Western Dri- sion) daily, Sundays excepted, as foil ows : GOING WEST ARRIVE: 8 15 A. M. 8 Lb " LEAVE: 7 30 A. M. 8 20 9 00 " 9 30 " , 10.05 " Charlotte, Tuckaseege, Brevard, Sharon, Lincolnton, Cherryville. GOING EAST: Cherryville, Lincolnton, Sharon, Brevard, Tuckaseege, Charlotte. 9 25 10 00 10 45 ARRIVE: 12 15 P. M. 12 50 il 1 20 " 1 53 " 2 45 ' LEAVE: 11 30 A M, 12 25 12 55 1 25 2 00 P. M. Fare, six cent per. mile. Soldiers going to and r turning from the army, half fare. Passengers are re quired to make the proper change, as the Ticket Agent cannot furnish change for every one. A Freight Train leaves Cherryville for Charlotte at 7 o'clock,- A M, on Mondays, and returns same day. For Passenger Trains transporting Freights, 50 per cent to the taritf rates of freight will be added. V. A. McBEE, Master of Transportation. Lincolnton, May 25, 1863. TO COTTON PLANTERS. I have been appointed -by .the Secretary of the Trea.surj', Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government within the State of North Carolina, and will pay for the same in 7 per cent Bonds or Cash. Sub-Agents visiting the different parts of the State, buying in my came, will have written certificates' of appointment. By order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Cot ton purchased by myself or ray agents, on and after the 18tb day of March, 18rt3, will be paid for irt 7 per cent Bonds or Cash, and not 8 per cent Bon"s as stated in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however, the 8 per cent bonds will be furnished as stated. Patriotic citizens are now offered an opportunity to aid the Government by selling to it their Cotton rather than to private capitalists. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. Charlotte, ILrch 24, 1363 tf .' ADHIiYISTKATOKS' NOTICE. Having taken out Letters of Administration with the Will annexed on the estate of A. J. Dunn, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to present them within the time pre scribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. And thdse indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate settlement. W. W. GRIER, Adm'r . Feb 3, 1863 tf w ith the Will annexed. Elegant FOR SALE. Very neat French Calf Bootees for Ladies. Pegged Calf Bootees (light) for Ladies. Gents' High Qui Scotch, neatly made. Elegant pegged and sewed Brogans, double sole. A fresh arrival of' Shoe-Peggs, to sell by the quart: sizes 4-8, 5-8, C-8, 7-8. Also, a lot of Shoe Knives. JOHN F. BUTT, March! PL, 1863 tf . Mint Street, Charlotte. T -NOTICE. U1 persons indebted to FULL1NGS it SPRINGS, by note or account, are hereby notified to tali upon Wm. W. Gner, ex-sheriff, and make immediate eettle- mlriU J. M. SPRINGS. Tcbrnary 3, 1SG3 tf Ciie IButrrn 3hmorrat CHARLOTTE, N. C. - NOTICE. Our terms are four dollar pr year in advance., fiSf Individual or local shinplasters will not be re ceived. When sent to us fhey will be held subject to the sender's call, and not returned by letter. The Democrat trill be discontinued to all tubscri bers at the expiration of the time for vkich it it paid. Those uho want to continue mutt reneu- before or at the ex piration of their time. " - N. C. Troops. Brig. Generals Ransom' and Pender have been made Major Generals. Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth M. Murehison- has been promoted to Colonel of the 54th Regiment, in place of McDowell, killed; Maj Anderson Ellis to Lieut-Colonel, and Capt Jas A Rogers to Major. Major W G Morris of Gaston county, has been promoted to Liejut. Colonel of the 37th Regiment in place of Ashcraft, resigned; and Capt Owen N Brown of'Mecklenburg, to Major. . Northern Items. The much talked about Peace Convention was held in New York on the 3d inst. The Herald savs there were over 30,000 persons present. . Fernando Wood was the promi nent man of the, occasion, and offered resolutions which were passed, declaring that there is-no power under the Constitution to coerce a State by military force; that the war is contrary to the Constitution and should cease, and recommends a general convention to bring about a reconcilia tion; that the arrest and banishment of Valland igham was cowardly arid inhuman, and protesting against all such acts. Ex-Gov. Seymour of Conn., has written a lelter in favor of -peace, and Senator Wall, of New Jer sey, made a fpeoeh in Philadelphia in which he also declared for peace. The N Y Herald, a paper which is apt to fiiid out the strong side, say that the peace candidate for the next Presidency will be elected. In the Illinois Legislature resolutions have pas sed the House of Representatives condemning the orders of Gen. Burnside suppressing news papers, and calling attention of the Government to the encroachments on popular rights. Lincoln revoked the order suppressing the Chicago-Times and World he is getting alarmed at the popular uprisings. Though it is stated that Gen. Hooker suppressed 7,000 copies of the New York Herald by having tbem burned at Acquia Creek because they contained an article criticising his Gene,ralsh:p. . It is stated that Fernando Wood had a long interview with Lincoln on the 5th inst. If true, it is something strange, in view of the fact that Wood managed the Peace Convention on the 3d) at which Lincoln's acts were denounced. Drowned. We are called upon to record one of fho most heart-rending cases of drowning it has ever been our painful duty to perform. On Monday the 1st inst., Col. Joseph A. Davidson and his brother Maj A. A. Davidson, of this vicinity, in company with a friend, went to the Catawba River, at the Buffalo Shoals, for the purpose of. seining. The water being very deep in some places they were compelled to swim. Two of them had reached the Bhore. Col. David son after having proceeded some distance became exhausted, and called to his brother to render him assistance. Immediately Maj. Davidson plunged in and on reaching- his brother, was caught by him in his expiring efforts, and both sunk beneath the turbid stream- Their bodies were recovered late on Monday evening in thirty feet water. They possessed alt tbe characteristics of gentle men, and were highly esteemed in the County. Both leave wives and an aged mother, with other relatives to mourn their loss; while the sympathies of the community are mingled "with their grief. Statesville Express. , ' Virginia Election. Ohe returns of the Election held on the 28th ult., are yet very incomplete, but sufficient is known to "warrant us in saying that General Smi.th, of FJtoquier, has beeu chosen Governor, and Samuel Price, of Greenbrier, Lieutenant Governor. Wonder if those who claimed the election of Flour goy as a "conservative party" victory will ever make the correction and let their readers know the truth? Congressional Delegation. The returns from the several Congressional Districts are yet very confused, but seem to indicate the election of the following members : 1st District, R L 3lontague; 2d District, R H Whitfield; 3d District, W C Wickham; 4th District, diaries F Collier; 5th District, Thomas S Bocock; 6th District, John Goode, Jr; 7th Districi, Wm C Rives; 8th District, Daniel C Dejarnette; 9th District, David Funsten; 10th District, F W M Holliday; 11th District, John B Baldwin; 12th District. Walter Staples; 13th District, Fayette McMullin; 14th District, Miller; 15th District, Robert Johnston; 16th District, Charles W Russell. Only Wounded. During th battle of 31 ur- freesboro' two men, a Tennesseean and Arkansian, fell in with each other, and made an agreement that the first one of the two. that got wounded should be taken off by the other. Pretty soon the Arkansas man called out to the-Tennesseean that he was wounded and to take him off. According to contract, true to his word, the Tennesseean j shouldered him and carried him to the rear. While going along a cannon ball came along and took off the head of the wounded man but the bearer did nJt observe it. When he arrived where the surgeon was he laid him down and said. "Doctor, here is a friend of mine; can't you do something for him?" The doctor, in surprise, wanted to know why he brought that dead man to him? The Tennesseean turned and looked at him, and xery coolly remarked: "Why, blast him, he told rao he was only wounded," BLOCKADE RUNNING. The Wilmington Journal contains an article showing the injury to our currency by the block ade running which is carried on so largely at Charleston and Wilmington, from which we make the following extract : " So much has been said about the evils of "running the blockade" (literally or metaphorical ly,) that in both senses the subject has been about worn out,, and still the blockade continues to be ran. We don't think, we can atop it one way or the other, by anything we can ay. We suppose it will go on, but still it rorght be placed under sone regulations as to the character of the cargoes brought iu and taken out. It would be folly to attempt to control the final destination of any of our products, such as cotton or naval stores, alter they have once found their war into the genera markets of the world. It is useless to talk about cotton, &c., finding a way to Yankee markets That cannot be helped. Once out and we lose control of it. It is the first steD that costs. If the cotton were kept at home it could not find its way to Yankee markets. If it were kept at home, altogether at home, the pressure of the war would be felt much more severely in Europe, and the Kings of Europe would find it no ea3y matter to sneer at King Cotton. Well, we urged these con sidexations long, ago, but then we might as well have held our tongue, and we suppose we might as well hold it now. "There is money in it," and therefore people will run the blockade. They speculate just like other people. We don't think they are as bad as the horders of provisions, but their operations do about as much harm, perhaps more. There may be, and no doubt there are many Yankee "notions" and gimcracks among the blockade goods sold at auction, but 'even that is not the thing that is mosfworthy of being looked at; it is, in fact, com paratively a small matter. The effect upon the currency is the most important of all, and that does not depend in any way upon the origin of the goods sold. Let us suppose a case: i he good steamship Blockade-run tier comes into Wilmington or Charleston with an assorted cargo --English, French, Yankee, or all mixed, which is sold at auction and brings a million of dollars. The same good steamship takes out a cargo of cotton, say six hundred bales of four hundred pounds each at forty cents per pound, amounting -to. ninety-six thousand dollars. Say now we put it thus: Take Confederate Notes received for cargo, $1,000,000 Deduct " l paid for Cotton, 96,000 904,000 Deduct Expenses, 20,000 Balance, . 8S4.000 This exhibits the transaction here in its refer ence to the currency, and it is only in reference to that that we are considering it now. It will be seen that after buying the return cargo and pay ing expenses, there remains nine hundred thousand dollars of currency certainly over eight hundred thousand balance against the country, and this in Confederate currency which cannot be used abroad until it has been shaved off for gold or sterling exchange at any price, and that itt so, is evidenced by the fact that half a dozen heavy arrivals will be certain to advance the premium on gold at least fifty cents. Common sense will show us that with a limited, basis of specie, and that being exhausted by a trade which can take only one-eighth back in produce and the balance only in specie, the general currency must suffer, terri bly,and the specie basis become rapidly attenuated. The main profit of the thing consist in getting out the cotton, tobacco or spirits turpentine. ' That pays six for one on the round trip even if no cargo were brought in by means of the exchange ob tained, which can be sold at six times the amount paid for the stuff carried out, all expenses includ ed; but of course, if things could not be brought in, this demand forexchange, except for govern ment purposes, would not exist, and the currency would not be shaved off to obtain this exchange or specie for the purpose of buying these things in foreign markets.' Every man who runs for Congress in Norfli Carolina ought to be pledged in favor of passing a law against general blockade running. : . DEFENCE of the MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. It will be seen from the following letter from Gov. Vance addressed to Copt. Hays of Cherokee county, (6ays the Raleigh Standard) that the Gov ernor has agreed to arm the people west of the ridge, to enable them to protect themselves against incursions of the enemy, and to preserve order among themselves against deserters and evil dis posed persons : , State of N. C, Executive Department, V Raleigh, June 6, 1863. j Capt. G. W. Bays Dear Sir : In answer to your representations of the great danger to the property and peace of the mountain country, arising from the disaffection on the border of Ten nessee and the great number of deserters who are resorting thither; and being well aware of their truth, and of the inability of the militia to prop erly guard and protect that region, I make the fol lowing proposition, which I hope the good citizens will accede to for their own defence. That they shall regularly enlist and form com panies in all the counties west of the Blue Ridge, of persons not subject to conscription, and swear into the service of the State, on the express con dition that they are not to be removed from their own Counties without thir consent, to serve with out pay, and the State to furnish arms and ammu nition. . The companies thus formed to remain at home except when actually called out for temporary service, to repel invasion, break p and arrest gangs of deserters, preserve order and enforce the laws. In all other respcets they will Jbe State troops and subject to the articles of war. In no other way eball I be able to furnish pro tection to the good at d loyal citizens of that country, as I have no regular troops to spare for that purpose. If they iH do this they will not only protect their own homes, bat will render a service to the State and the Confederate cause, not so brilliant indeed, bat almost as valuable as that which their glorious sons and brothers have done on all the battle fields of the South. . , Very truly yours, Z. B. VANCE. SEVERE STORM IN FLORIDA. Loss of Hve$ and prtperty. Tallahassee, Fla., May ID. Oo Tuesday afteraoon, 20th 4nst., we were visited by a storm of wind and rain. The wind came from the south east and blew with great violence, while the rain poured in torrents, doing great damage to build ings fences, &c, and many of our fine large oak trees were blown down. I have collected all the information possible as to the result of this terrific storm in this city and its vicinity, but amuoablej.? put down the amount of loss sdsta4n!d'iM . . , . v , ...-Sira neya were blown down, and many out-buildings were unroofed, while others sustained injury by falling trees. At Newport the St. Marks river rose to a gffeat height: me water was for a long time near four feet deep. lQe streets or the town, and as a greater portion of the residences are situated low, consequently the water was over the floors of the first story, and the families were compelled to seek comfort jn the second story. Large quantities of drift wooa ana lanen trees were driven in'tha town bv the storm, carrying away pillars from niazzas. breaking up steps and doing other lamage. The gardens were destroyed. The salt-makers give a melancholy account of the sto'rm on the coast among the salt-works. Ibey report that the water commenced to rise with great rapidity, so pinch so that it was found im possible to save what property they had, and thvir loss seems heavy, tive white men;, one white boy, and and seven negro men were drowned. All the furnaces were destroyed and the boilers thrown about in great confusion; their houses, teots and boats were blown jway and lost. . It was carefully estimated that forty thousand bushels of salt were aeBiroyea. mere were thirty -nve mules and eight oxen drowned, and a large quantity of forage and provisjons lost. . At St. Marks no serious damnge was done to the II. I 1 1 a. w- i n . mm t lauruau ana warenouses. , At rort Ot. marks OUX troops lost all their tents and a large quantity of provisions. The water in the Fort Was five feet deep, and I regret to say that the loss is great and I- Jl i ..an. 0m t raucn aamage aooe to tnc rort. lne river rose to a very great height at St. Markr. and the entire L It town was nooaea, aoing mucn aamage. une regi ment or artillery and one of infantry, in camp be tween tbis city and St. Alaiks, lost all tbeir tents and fixtures. A small quantity of their forage ana provisions was secured. Mr. Carter, whose plantation is twelve miles from this city, reports that he had this year plant ed everything in corn, and the entire .crop, which was very promising, is now destroyed. He also gives it as his opinion that all the corn. which came within reach of the storm was entirely de stroyed. The loss of these crops, the loss of prop erty,-which is heavy, together with the loss of thirteen lives, is truly distressing. 1 m m ' The Southern harvests are said to be verv flourishing. Now let our' cavalryf which we will soon have an immense force, destroy these harvests in all directions, to such an extent as to make them valueless for supplies " for the Rebel army, lhe negroes will be the very ones to aid our expedition in this work. Had the advice we urged upon our military authorities been adopted last summer, there would have been no rebel raids info Middle Tennessee this side of Shelby villc, for provisions, :or there would have been none worth coming for. Let our troops destroy all stores which they cannot use. To spare them is to feed R&bel armies. We must burn treason with fire and then drown its embers in blood. Nashville Union, Yankee Paper. Such is the spirit which actuates the whole Yankee nation towards the people of the South. They have by formal acts of Congress passed laws confiscating the proparty of our people; they have carried those laws into effect as far as possible. They arrest every where.peaceable citizens, throw them into prison or send them from theft- homes. without allowing them to take their property with them. They take property of every kind and send it North, either to furnish their own homes, or to sell." They destrov provisions on hand and . ar 7 lay waste the growing crops." They take away horses, cattle, hogs and all other domestic animals. They burn booses, demolish churches, break down bridges and leave the country a wilderness and the people naked and destitute. They avow two ends which they seek to accomplish by these barbari ties. The one is, to force soldiers in the Confed erate army to lay .down their arms, return home and submit to the Government which employs such lenient means to win their love; and the other is to leave the country where they co unoc cupied, in order the more easily to divide it out amongst their own people in the. form of bounty land to the Yankee soldiers. . The hope of receiv ing lands already cleared and in cultivation, loca ted in a mild climate and adapted to every variety of production, is a strong inducement to the native born Yankee, as well as to the foreigners, to unite id the war for Southern subjugation, in the hope of carrying out a general confiscation. Raleigh Journal. 1 i imt . . The Battle of Hanover Court-IloCsr. Justice to the memory of a gallant mam.- -The following is an eitract from a letter to the Rich ruond Sentinel: "The Hanover Court-House affair (which oc curred just before the Richmond battles') has never been appreciated by the pubue. It is one of the most brilliant of the war, and will be so re garded by the historian. It was here that Gen. Branch, siogle handed and unsupported, with his own brigade, kept in check the whole of FitzJobo Porter's division, supported by cavalry and artil lery, the latter of the United States regular ser vice. Considering the disparity of numbers -a single brigade (with two or three pieces of light artillery,) not mote than twenty-five hundred strong, against fully fifteeo thousand, it is Indeed a miracle how Gen. Branch could have held oat so long, inflicting such a severe blow upon the enemy, and then brought ff his command io safety. General Lee wrote a congratulatory letter to Gen. Branch, thanking him for his signal service and complimenting the daring intrepidity of the brigade." A beautiful Confederate flag, manufactured By some ladies of Washington city, was presented to President Prfvis recently. . THE inLITIA LAW. An Act to amend an Act entitled "Militia." Section 1. Be It enacted by the General As sembly of the State of North Carolina, and It is enacted by the authority 'of the same, That dur ing the war, the Governor shall have power to call out as militia for losal and temporary service, all able bodied man between the ages of eighteen and forty -five years, or such portion, thereof. In the State or any part of the State is he mav deem necessary for the public defence. , ll shall eauto ? tha men .so called out from each "reel mental 3is' ? f tnct, 3 it now established bylaw, ro be formed ' into companies of net-not Jeithan sixty nor ' more than one hundred privates, who shall elect the company officers; whenever any of said die- j tricts shall furnish a smaller number than a com- i pany, or there shall be a residue after the forma- tion of one or more companies, such smaller nura i ber may be attached to any adjoining district, and f the companies so. formed may bo organized into battalions and regiments, in which case the com- missioned officers of companies shall elect the field officers; the same number of staff officers for each regiment as are provided for in the militia lar, j ahaH be appointed, and the Governor shall com ; mission all officers during the war, and no longer. Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That the officcra and men ahall be subject to the rules and articles ( of war of the Confederate States, and shall receive 4 the aame pay, rations and allowances while in J actual service as those of like grade In the Coo- 1 federate States' service. Seo. 3. Be it farther enacted, That there .hall I be exempt from service uiider this act the follow- ' ing, to-wit : The officers of the executive depart- ' menta of the State, with their clerla and i-ecrcta- i ries; members ar.d offioers of the General Assem- ' bly, judge of the Confederate and State courts; the attorney eeneral. solicitor rr juatciai circuits, clerks of record, marshals and sheriffs, jailors, registers, county trustees and keepers of the poor; one salt coramiaaioner of each county,' two blacksmiths' who have catablUhcd ahops in each captain's district; one miller for each publio mill; regular ministers of iho gospel;, the officers and necessary employees of the inaano asylum, and institute for the deaf, dumb and blind, with their inmates and pupils; physiciaha who have been habitually engaged in tho practico of their profession for -four years immediately before this day; the president, superintendent, treasurer, secretary, an agent for each Jpot, and a rvaaonable number of engineers, runnefs, con ductors, and mechanics of each railroad company: t:. '.i . - tit I) w - w DW I LI Bl ono.cuuor ana me necessary number of compoai- tors for each newspaper; the president, professdrs ' j and stewards of colleges; the principal a'.;d teachers or acaaetnies; me principal and a rcnswnable num ber of employees or manufacturers of cotton and woolen goods, iron, leather, shoes, aod other arti cles manufactured of leather, who are working under contracts with the Confederate ur State gov ernment, or who have brought therm-elves within the ferms of the act of Coagrcss, by agreeing to take and by taking no more that, seventy-five nar cent, profit upon their manufacturt ; but in every case it shall be made to appear to the entire satis faction of -SUCh officer as the Govrn.or mmr . point, that such contract or acrccnicnt waa Loud I : fi.l- 1 ..... . . "irtuu o vuiereu nio or prcrcodod merely to escape military aury; and that the 'iovcrnor ahall have power in special and oxtraordiuarv casca to exempt any other person. oec. t. ie inurtner enacted. That in execut- tJ m ' -A .9. a mmm, a A ing tMs act the Governor is empowered to employ r suc'kfofficers f tne militia as may bo' necessary, ' and he may appoint a suitable number of drill I officers, with the rank and pay of junior second lieutenants. V See. 5. Be it further enacted. Th-t whenever the Governor shall deem it expedient to raise j secretly fin places where it cannot be dono publicly under this act, companies for special "aervioe, he . maycommission omcers lor that purpose, with au- thority to raise such companies to consist of aa. I many men and officers as he may determine, who f nen in acruai aervtce shall be entitled to the j same pay and under the same rules as the force hereinfcuthorized except as to the SDrointment of V officers, which shall be mad by the Governor. S Sec. 6. Beit farther enacted. That-the Gov. 4 ernor shall have power to appoint field officers to t command any force raised under the 5tli section that he may think proper and expedient. ' 8ett. 7. Re is farther enacted. That all laws and clauses of laws coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall be in force and take effect from and after its ratification. T Rati fied 10 th day of December, 18G3. . -- Eastebn North Carolina. A correspon dent writing from Craven County, X. to tbs Raleigh Progress, say a : It is with pleasure I eall to your notice a darioe act of Capt. Ed. Whitford, (Whitford'e Battalion.) j The Capt. having learned that there was a piektt ! m .... m, lorce oi tne enemy quartered at the plantation ct N. H. 8treet, Esq., near Street's Ferry, (their forces unknown,) left his quarter- on the morning of the 29th ofMay, with some 20 of his men, and after crossing the river in small boats, he soar ranged bis small force as to cat off their retreat at every point except by tbe nver. lie then order ed a portion of his men to close npoo the place where they were stationed. It was not long be fore they were opoo them ten able bodied aboli tionists, well .armed, ke. They were so badly frightened that they ahowed no disposition to fight or make their escape, but surrendered.' I hare endeavored to get all the ' ioformatioo from Newbern that could be relied on. ' Tba force ; in Newbern is some 5 or 6000. From the beat information 1 can get tbey are expecting a negro t brigade to fill the place of the vclunteers, who are now being mastered out of service, CoL Jones, v. in command- on Batchelor Creek, waa killed oo f Saturday, near Red in Richardson'a. lie was com- mauder of the force that lately surprised oar nickels at Gam Swamp. CoL Classon, J32d New York is now quartered in place of Col. Jones, at Batchelor Creek. I ave feeo informed thai tba Regiment Is made top entirely of the lowest sort f Irish aod Dutch, a real gang pf cut-throats. Tbe Pennsylvania Regiment that was at Wilkinson's Point, 20 tnilea Below Newbern, a few days ago, has left, after horning school hou.es and chorehes, , and getting all the negrow off that they Oul I. 4 I; t t ti. I. I r ir ' ; i f t t 4 r