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FIELD OFFICERS OP N. C. TEOOPS.
COLOXSLS.
Liei-T.-Cois.
jllam A Urown,
XV S
l!.f A McDowell.
w,VV K Cox,
1 V L D.-Uos'tt,
Vliryan Grlineu,
rJ'V M (arr. tt
A I. m:.-. K Avt-ry,
-'jE.l G Haywood, V Lee Davidson
a'll. rny M Sliaw, J W Hiuton,
Stallinjrs,
S. D. Thurston,
James H Wood
Uolin W Lea
Kobeit F Webb,
Majors.
) L S ISaker,
lo'j A J Uradtbrd,
1 j C Lvt uthorpt',
III
J'l.Mfr'd MSftal-f,
J4 !li T U.-mH-tt,
JyjWm MacUa-,
lU'.I S McMruy,
J7
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Win F Martin,
John 1) arry
.las H (ioidon
Tlios. F. Toon.
21 W W Knkland
'2' Jaint-s Conner,
23 Danl II Christie
24 Win J Clarke,
ar, ii M Kuth-dge,
26 II K lJurgwyuii,
S D Poole,
Win J Martin,
J II Ilyman
W A Johnston
W1I Yarboro',
Wm A Stowe,
John C Lamb,
W Gt Robinson,
Nelson Slough
C C Cole
R D Johnston,
John L Harris,
S C Bryson, -John
It Lane
27; John A Gilmer jrjG F Whitfield
28 Samuel D Lowe,
2!
:h) Fran il Parker,
III jjohn V Jordan,
IVl K1 J Brabble,"
:t:Clark M Avery,
:M I W L J Lowrance
:J5 M W Ransom,
IT. Artillery "
:$7 Win M Barber,
W William J Hoke,
David Coleman,
40 Artillery-
4 1 John A Baker
42,Geor.'e C Gibbs,
4:$iThoinasS Kenan,
44 T C Singeltary.
4"'J H Moreh.ad,
4( Edward D Hall,
!7iG II Faribault,
4S ' Robert C -Hill,
41) Let- M McAfee.
f0j J A Wasliiiigton,
51 II McKethan,
52 J K Marshall,
W Wm A Owens,
51 1 K M Murchison,
55'John Iv Conally,
50 ! Paul F Faison,
57 1 Arch C Godwin,
5- John B Bilmer,
51) 1) D Ferebee
r0 Jos A McDowell,
tiliJas. I). Radcliffe
GJ Iobt. (J. A. Love
;:5;l'etei G Evans.
Allen,
W II A Spear
James T KJ1,
C W Knight
W T Williams,
Robt V Cowan,
J L McDowell
John G Jones,
detached
W G Morri
John Ashford,
F A Reynolds,
detached
John E Brown,
Win. G Lewis,
T L Hargrove,
Andrew J Boyd,
W L aaundcrs
John AGraves.
11 Walknp,
Jolin A I' leining
Geo. Worthani,
C B Hobson
Marcus A Parks,
J T Morehead,
James S Hincg,
I) W Hurt
W M Parsley
E A Osborne
William J Hill,
Sam MD Tate,
J McLeod Turner
Henry MclJae
Jno II Whitaker,
Guion aiu5 Sparrow
Egbert A Ross,
Jno T Ilambvick,
GW Hammond
II D Lee
Thos H Sbarpe,
C M Andrews,
WJ Stanly
W S Rankiu
Laban Odell
C C Blacknall,
T D Love,
WS Grady
J T Jones
JC Webb
Saml N Stowe
W B Creasman ,
Wm W. Sillers,
J AD-McKay
G D Coward,
T W May hew
companies,
Owen N Brown
M M McLaughlin
companies,
C W Bradshaw
Walt J Boggan,
C M Steduian,
J R Winston
A C McAllister
A D Ci ttdup
Albort-A Hill -P
B Chambers
J C Van I look
JasR McDonald
J Q Rkhardson.
tjas J Iredell,
Anderson Ellis, jjas A Rogors
r.iiL M
(M'G.-orge N Folk,
liii'Jas W Hintou
Alfred II Bclo
G G Luke,
II C Jones", Jr.,
Wm W Promt,
E Cantwell
Wm II Deaver,
Wm S Devaue,
G V Clayton
S B Evans, '
James A Keith,
M T Smith
II F Schenck,
James A Craige,
J C Keener,
Jas M Mayo,
W M Hardy
Henry Harding.
D G McDowell
J II McNeill
The above
Wm II Bagley
giments are in the following Brigades:
Clingman's- 8th, 'Mat, 5lst and Gist.
Cooke's loth, 27th, 40th and -Iftu.
l'.ate's 20th.
Daniel's 32d, 4d, 45th, 50th and 53d.
Davis" 55th.
Hoke's Oth, 21st, 54th and 57th.
Hampton's i)th, (cavalry)
Ivt rson's 5th, 12th, 20th and 23d.
Lane's 7th', 18th, 2rith, 33d and 37th.
W II F Lee's l'Jth, (cavalry)
Frvor's 1st and 3d.
Fender's 13th. 10th, 22d, 34th and 38th.
Pettigrew's 11th, 20ih, 42d, 44th, 47th and 52d.
Ransom's 24th, 25th. 35th, 4Uth and 50th.
Ramscur's 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th.
Robertson's 41st, 59th, and G3d.
The 10th, 17th, 3Gth, 40Ui, 58th, GOth, G2d, G4th and
Goth Regiments are not Brigaded.
The i)th, lUth, 41st, 59th, G3d and G4th are cavalry Re
giments. The 10th, 3Gth and 40th are Artillery Regiments.
In addition to the Regiments, there are the following
Battalions : Lieut-Col. Cbas E Shober's infantry (for
merly W h:ttoii J Green's; Maj J II NVthercutt's Ran
gers; Ma R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Maj John W
Moore's Artillery; Maj WL Young's Artillery; Maj Alex
McRae's Artillery; Col Peter Mallett's camp Guard.
Col. Win H Thomas has a Legion of Highlanders and
Indians numbering over 1,500 men.
AN ACT
IN RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD
FOR HOME DEFENCE.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly. of
the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority o the same, That the exemptions
from service in the Militia of the State, shall be for the
same causes, and to the same extent and no farther
that are prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con
federate States, providing for the enrollment- of men
for the public defence and granting exemptions from
the same) commonly called the conscription and ex
emption act3. . i
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a guard
for home defence all white male persons not already
enrolled in the service of the Confederate Stater, be-
i Xvveen- the ttgWof. eighteea and fifty years,' residenHn
this. State, including foreigners not naturalized, who
have been'Tesidents in the State for thirty days before
such enrolment, excepting persons filling tbo offices
of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of Law and Equity, the members of the General
Assembly and the officers of the several Departments of
the Government of tke State, Ministers of the Gospel
of the several denominations of the State charged with
the duties of churchy, and such other persons as
the Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper
subjects of exemption.
- Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons above
the age of fifty, who may volunteer for service in said
guard for home defence, and shall . be accepted Dy a
CaDtain of a comnanv for the same, shall be deemed to
belong thereto, and shall be held to servke therein,
either generally or for any special duty or expedition
as the comraauding officers of regiments or companies,
according to the nature of the particular serviee in
question may determine.
Sec. 4- Be it further enacted, That the Governor
Shall cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the
two Drccedinw sections of this act to be formed into
companies, with liberty to elect the commissioned offi
cers of such companies, and thencs into battalions or
reciments, brigades and divisions according to nis uis
cretion. and he shall appoint the field officers of such
battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, and
stall issue commissions in due form to all the officers
aforesaid.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That members of the
Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may be
exempted from the provision of this act by paying the
sum of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance
of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified
the 12th day of May, 18C2. Provided that when a
Quaker shall have paid or had levied of his property
the sum of five hundred dollars under the act Qf Con
gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall
not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex'
emotion under this act.
Sec. 6. That the said guards for home defence may
be called out for service by the Governor in defence of
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the State against invasion ana to suppress invasion,
either by regiments, battalions, or companies, en masse,
or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in Eia
discretion may direct; shall be under his command,
through the officers, appointed as herein provided:
shall servo only within the limits of this State, and in
terms of dutv to be prescribed by the Governor, not
exceeding three months at one term. They, orso marry
of them as may be at any one time called into service",
maybe organized into infatttry, artillery or. cavalry as
nc may uneci, anu miium j- iiuu uiunuj uij
mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing
their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when
approved by the Goveraor,"on such terms as he shall
prescribe.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Govcrnormay
furnish to said troops the "arms, accoutrements and
ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into
active service, and shall prescribe rules' for their return
and to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the
same. "
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted That all law3 and
clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur
view of this act be, and the same arc hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the commissions
of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act,
are suspended only during t)ie pariod of such service.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be
in force from the date of its ratification.
Ratified the 7th day of July, 1863.
COTTON CARDS Afi SSftOES.
Cotton Cards for sale, bui an early call will only se
cure a pair as we only have ten pair.
We have on hand and can make to order calf-skin
Shoes and Gaiters of very fine English leather.
Lots ladies' calf-skin Bootees.
Lot of thick Drogaiii, large sizes.
J. F. BUTT, Mitit Street,
luiie 23, 1863 tt Charlotte, N. C.
BLACK ALPACCA,
lUA'K FLANNELS,
Sl'OOL COTTON black and white.
ULEACHED SHIRTING.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
J'mc '23, 1SC3 tf
P ctr t ner jslaJoE.
WILLIAMS & OATES
Have tbis day associated with tta
" wiuiuisMuu Business r Vn-,0
J " ""u wul Hereafter be
WILLIAMS, OATES & CO.
NOTICE. All persons imlelt.i 4 .1 ' i r-
Williams & Gate, will please.: AVbe te firm of
we wish tr rln nn " 6eie up, as
em in the Mercantile
W. SANDERS.
We have a Tannery in full operation about six miles
from Charlotte, on the C. & S. C. Railroad line. It is a
first-class Tannery, and we are prepared to purchase,
at market prices', Hides of all descriptions, and supply
the trade at cuireut prices.
A. II. GRIFFITH, ,
July 13, 18G3 tf C. E. BELL.
North Carolina
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
This delightful Summer Resort is now open for the
reception of visitors," and the public an have the
benefit of these valuable waters.
PniCES of Board $5 per day,
$28 per .week,
$75 for fonr,weeks.
We have a plentiful supply of Provisions, and a good
stock of Ice secured. There is a daily line of Hacks
and .Mail from the Western N. C. Railroad to the
Springs. II. L. ROBARDS,
June 1, 18G3 2mpd ' Proprietor.
BLANK DEEDS, Warrants, Ejectments, &c,
for sale at this Office.
Printing promptly executed to order.
COTTON PLANTERS.
been appointed, by the Secretary of the
Dec 0, 1PG2 tf
and settle
isiness.
WILLIAMS & OATES.
DU. J. M. MILLER
Charlotte, N. C, '
Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be
found at his Office in the Brawley building opposite to
Kerr's hjOtel, or at his residence.
Feb. 25, 1862.
AOTICE TO DEBTORS.
- v . v i o uiuiui..u iu ui r jiiaie or i atric
.owrie, deceased, art requested to call and make
mediate payment 10 . SAML. P. SMITH
Dec oO, 12-J2 Attorney for Ksccutri.
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TO
I have
Treasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for
the Confederate Government within tue state ot isortn
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.
Byrder of the Secretary of the. Treasury, all Cot
ton purchased by myself or my agents, on and after
the 18th day of March, 1863, will" be paid for in 7 per.
cent Bondsor Cash, and not 8 per cent Bonds as stated
in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however,
the. 8 per centbSnds will be furnished as stated.
Patriotic citizens are now offered atf opportunity to
aid the Government by selling to it their Cotton rather
thaii to private capitalists.
LEWIS S. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte, March 24, 1863 tf -
EIGHT PER CENT FUlVDSAG.
The attention of the public is directed to the follow
ing regulations, issued by the Secretary of the Treasu
ry in relation to funding'of t'onfederate States Treasu
ry otes
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
- Richmond, May 25, 18G3
The following regulations are established for the
guidance of the officers of the Treasury, in relation to
the two year Treasury notes and right per cent certifi
cates, issued under the act of Congress of May 16, '61:
L.The holders of any oY the two year Treasury
notes, issued uuder the provisions of the said act, may,
at any time, on or before the 31t of Jul,. 1863, ex
change the same for.eight per cent, bonds, payable in
ten years, to be issued under ihe authority of said act.
2. The Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Deposito
ries will issue certificates to such holders, in the usual
form, to be taken up by delivery of the bonds as soon
as they shall be prepared.
C. G. Memmixgkr, Sec'y Trea'y.
a. Kj. WILL AMSUM. J. cs. u.,
Cie WibUxu $ tm tit r a h
CHARLOTTE, . N. C. ' " - ' '
NOTICE. . ."
Our terms are fottr dollars per year in advance.
JEgy Individual or local shinplasters will not be re
ceived, hen sent to U3. they will be he-Id subject to
the sender's cr.ll, and not returned by letter! ' '''
Jg"" The Democrat will he discontinued io all sulscri
bers at the expiration of the timt for vhich it is paid.
Those who want to continue must renew hefore or at the ex
piration of their time, n -'.',. v: . 4
THE AMERICAN. QUESTION ? EU-
- ROPE. . -
Proceedings of the Enylisli Parliament -the lie
cognition question".
Mr G. Grey, in reply to Mr Roebuck, stated
that the Government would give up Monday, the
13th, unless any "question of. public importance
should intervene, for the resumption of the debate
on the motion for the recognitio of the Southern
States of America.
Mr W. E. Foster asked the Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs if he could inform tha House
whether it was true that a proposition was made
some time ago for a joint mediation between the
Federal and Coofederate States on the part of the
English and French Governments.
Mr Layard, after considerable interruption from
Mr. Roebuck, denied the truth of statements made
by Mr Roebuck on the evening when he made his
motion, and said that since November last no com
munication had been received from the French
Government proposing mediation between North
and South. He also denied the truth of Mr Roe
buck's assertion, on the authority,' as Mr Roebuck
alleged, of" the Emperor of the French, that
Lord Lyons had committed a breach of confidence
by taking to Mr Seward a copy of a dispatch ad
dressed to Her Majesty's Government by the Gov
ernment of France relative to the affairs of
America.
MR ROEBUCK'S STATEMENT IN FULL.
I was met in the lobby outside some days since
by an honorable and learned friend of mine, who
said to me, "You propose that the House should
address the Queen, to- ask her to enter into a nego
tiation with the great powers of Europe. Now, I i
have heard to-day, on very good authority, that
the mind of the French ruler has changed, and if
Lord Palmerston can come down to the House and
say so, what becomes of your motion for the recog
nition of the South?" I acknowledged to my hon
orable and learned friend the force of his states
ment, though, like the Scotchman about the fish,
I doubted the fact a laugh therefore, I wrote
to my Jionorable friend, the m ember for; Sunder-"
land, knowing that he had obtained' authority to
write to the French Emperor whenever he wanted
to see him a laugh and I said to him in ef
fect, "Suppose, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether this rumor be true, we go across and ask
at once for an audience." A laugh. For, sir,
I know the Treasury Bench right well. I know
they are wonderfully expert at circulating rumors;
indeed, when they have an object in view, there
is hardly any rumor they won't circulate. " A
laugh. My letter to the honorable member of
Sunderland got to Paris, and subsequently we had
the audience asked for. I am now going to make
a statement which the Under Secretary for For-
eign Affairs may think somewhat surprising, but
it is true for all that. The Emperor of the French
said, and he gave me authority to repeat it here,
"As soon as l learned that that rumor was circula
ting in England, I gave instructions to my Am
bassador to deny the truth of it. Nay, more, I
instructed him to say that my feeling was not,
indeed, exactly the same as it was, because it was
stronger than ever in favor of recognizing the
South. I told him also to lay before the British
Government my understanding and. my wishes on
this question, and to ask still again whether they
would be willing to join me in that recognition."
Applause. Now, sir, there is nof mistake about
this matter. And to tell me that'tne British Gov
ernment does not know that that has occurred must
mean some diplomatic evasion. Tt can't be the
truth. Hear hear. And if there be contradic
tion, as the Judges say, between the witnesses, I
pledge my veracity for what I state. And, what
is more, I laid before His Majesty two courses of
conduct, I said, "Your Majesty may make a for
mal application .to England." He stopped me,
and said: "No, I can't do that, and I will tell you
why; some months ago I did make a formal appli
cation to England. England sent my despatch to
America. Hear, hear. That despatch getting
into Mr Seward's hand, was shown to my Ambass
ador at ' Washington. It came 'Wck to me; and" I
feel that I was ill-treated by such conduct., Loud
cheers from the Opposition.-! won't, (he added,)
1 can't subject myself again to the danger . of simi
lar treatment. Hear, hear. But I will do every
thing short of it. I give you full liberty to state
to the English House of Commons this my wish. J
and to say to them that I have .determined in all
things" and I will quote hi3 words "I have de
termined in all things to act with -England; and
more than all things I have determined to act with
her as regards America." f Hear, hear. A large
portion of our manufacturing population have been
for some months living upon charity. Now, there
is very soon acquired a habit of idleness, and I
have learned from Lancashire that at the present
time an unwillingness to labor is creeping upon
the people, and if we carry them through the com
ing winter in idleness, we don't know what may,
be the consequence to our manufacturing popula
tion. Again, sir, I will quote the word oralis
Majesty the Emperor of the French, and they are
ARE WE READY;
Are we . ready-to see our mothers cooking for
Yankee mistresses, our wives washing the dirty
Hnen of Yankee officers our daughters playing
chambermaid to Yankee heiresses? Have we made
up our minds to work in the fields with
in tne neiua witu negro
overseers lashing us on? Do .we consent to our
fathers dragging out the remnant of their days in
lankee poor-houses ? Can. we vield our sons an
Yankee conscripts, to be led against the French or
tha Pr.rvU.l, ? (?!,., ,...1 i. j. i . -
v. ijujiiaui uuaii wis cuL-iiiiL lu amai7amaiinn in
worse iorm: : nave we torgotten our deadf Is
the ocean of blood that we have snilt of no value?
lurifUihoQd gq 4ow,oto fbe grave in yaio? JLIavn
, paiu du grom a, price oi me, iorvnotuing f Are
tne nomes that are left us worth a struggle? Shall
we part from our lands with only a murmur? Our
rivers, mountains, plains, forests will we make a
present of them to the stranger and the enemy?
Our cities,"5 towns, villages, hamlets must' we
bargain them off for the poor boon of a life dis
honored and joyless? Our Universities, Colleges,
Military Schools and Churchesmust tbey .be
abandoned to the Yankees and used for' the dis
semination of infidelity and abolitionism? Our
.libraries, public and private, our pictures and
statues, the portraits and busts of our heroic sires,
our plate, jewels and heirlooms can we make, a
free will offering of them all to the Vandids who
have burnt our homes, imbrued their hands in our
brothers' blood and darkened an, ago of civilization
with the crimes and -outrages of the most barba
roos epochs of the past ?' Are we ready to give
up our traditions, our memories, our glories, our
heroes newly dead, our victories from Manassas to
Chancellorsville, our hopes of the future, our very
name as a people, and wander in far lands, begging
a place to bide our shame, to earn our bread in
menial service, and welcome the pity of patrons,
whose commiseration for the exile is mingles with
contempt for the man ? Are we ready to let the
Confederacy become the Poland of North America
and Southerners the Jaws, and Gypsies of the
New World? Will Confederate notes, Confederate
bonds buy lands in Mexico? Will hoarded cotton
and tobacco be paid for in gold by the Yankee
conqueror? Of what value will be the stocks of
Importing Companies or any other stocks - in the
midst of universal .confiscation?: Will tle money
saved by taking the Yankee oath of allegiance save
the perjured soul ? In, a word, have we thought
what failure in this fight means, and are we ready
for the consequences? Richmond Whig. "
If we are not ready to" be degraded by Yankee
masters, we must rally to the field and fiht for our
Think of this, Southern men.
CONFEDERATE TROOPS IN INDIANA.
Gen. John 11. Morgan Movements. '
- - NORTHERN ACCOUNT. '
. v From the Cincinnati Gaiette of July 9th.
Our despatches from Louisville announced tha
capture of the steamers -J. T. McCoombs and
Alice Dean, at Brandenburg, on . Wedncsdaj
morning, by Morgan's forces' Wo give the follow
ing particulars of the capture of the steamers and
the movements of MoTgan in the State of Indiana.
, Five gentlemen who were passengers on board
the steamer J. T", McCoombs when she was captured
by Jhe rebels- at Brandenbur?. arrived in this
J city,. having ome direct from the captured town,
i una iavor.us witn tno ioiiowlng detail of events up
1 J t "ua. wuiu vi tucir uepariure;
ibis, steamer stopped at 3 o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon, as they came up the river, at Branden
burg, for the purpose of putting off 'and taking on
passengers and . freight. There was nothing un
sual about the sppearanco of the place; so that,
wtfaout a shade of suspicion, they rounded to and
drew up to the wharf boat. The instant the boat
touched, thirty or forty Confederate soldiers, who
had been concealed oft the wharf boat, jumped on
board, and took possession of. the boat, the captain
and crew being unarmed and consequently power
less to offer any resistance. There were Borne forty
or fifty passengers on the boat, and thcr Wra
ordered on shore and secured, while the engineers
and pilots were kept on board, a guard being placed
over them to see that they obeyed every order
given Dy the Kcbel captain in. command. The
boat laid to at the wharf-boat, and in a short time
the stenmer Alice Dean, the pride of all Cincinnati
rights.
river men, and the finest boat now running in the
Memphis trade,-came gracefully rounding the bend
of the river. It was soon evident that the Dean
intended making no stoppage at Brandenburg, 'so
the McCoombs was headed out just in time to
touch her bows, when the rebels, who were still
concealed on the McCoombs, jumped on board the
Dean,- and effected the capture of that boat also.
T he passengers were then liberated, with instrue
tioDs that they were not to leave the town, around
which pickets had been posted to give warning of
any approach, as well as to prevent the departure
of those in tlw-place.
Our informants made use of their time and the
liberty which had been granted them in inspect
ing the Rebel army and its equipments. They
estimate the number of Rebels under Morgan,
their estimation being grounded on their own per
sonal observation, at from six to seven thousand
men, while at the same time it may possibly be ten
thousand; but they believe fhiir own calculation
to be the more correct, lho men were all id ex
cellent condition, and were accompanied by a bat-
fery of eight C4 pounder steel rifled guns. -The
news oi tne capture naving reacnea across tne
river, a company of "Home Guards from Indiana,
numbering about forty-five men, marched down to
the river the next morning with a 6-pounder gun
and commenced firing across tho river into the
rebel encampment; but Morgan" sent a party of
men to cross over the river some way down the
stream, and these, by making a considerable de
tour, succeeded in coming unawares on the Home
Guards in their rear, killing four of them and
taking the rest prisoners. At a later hour Mor
gan commenced transporting his men to the In
diana side, using the two captured boats for that
purpose.
Tho Rebels in Brandenburg were very free in
their conversations with the inhabitants. One
Rebel Captain stated, without the least reserve,
that the real object which they had io view was
to cut the Ohio and Mississippi. Railroad, so as to
cut off direct 'communication between Cairo and
Louisville and Cincinnati, and this was only a pre
cautionary measure for other and more important
military movements. They seem to anticipate a
glorious time in Indiana, expressing the intention
of burning and destroying everything that lies in
the line of their march, irrespective of party or
creed. Brandenburg is a little town, situated high
up on the crest of a hill. The majorily of the in
habitants are said to be strongly . seccsh, while
there arc, at the same time, some few who are, and
have always been, strongly loyal men. Of these
the most influential, perhaps, is Mr Ashcroft, pro
prietor of the Ashcroft House and of the wharf
boat, and, in addition, holds the position of enroll
ing officer under tho conscription act.
The latter circumstance has rendered him
peculiarly obnoxious to the Scccsh inhabitants, and
the arrival of their Southern friends gave them
the idea that now was the time for them to rid
themselves of the presence of a man they hated.
Hastily collecting a crowd together they went to
his house to take him out and hang him. He,
however, hid away between tho ceiling and the
roof of his house until the search -had been
aband6ned, and then, with the help of a friend,
(unfortunately a Secessionist,) succeeded in effect
ing his escape
At a late hour last - night we were shown a
despatch received by Captain Dean, of this city,
stating that his boat, the Alice Dean, had been
burned by the rebels that morning at 7 o'clock.
Morgan stated that his intention, was to reach
Indianapolis last evening, and burn the town; but
j the impression prevails at Louisville that Morgan's
purposes in invading Indiana is to destroy ihe
Federal stores at Jefferson ville, while others be
lieve his object w to obtain horses and tecruits in
Southern Indiana.
Capture of Mr. Crittenden ly lite Reich. The
New Albany (Ind.) Ledger of July 9th says that
a gentleman engaged in recruiting a Union com-
Jime P, 1863-
Charlotte, N. C.
very temarkable words. He said: "I am afraid of i
.1. - " ! . fil . . ' f.. -
me coming winter wun resoect to mv niauua-"-
ing population." Hear. And rnf honorable
friend, the member for Sunderland, said: "Sire,
we don't dread the winter, althoughwe know that
great misery must of, necessity be entailed upon
our manufacturing population if the cotton famine
continue: but we. Sire, desire to avert from our
countrymen the calamity that must arise from" the
continuation or that iamme. . - - . '
Other members spoke in opposition to Mr Roc-
buck's motion for recognition, some doubting the :
statements of that gentleman. The debate was
then postponed to the 13th of July. s
Every reverse and disappointment the Confed
eracy has ever sustained, ha3 been occasioned by
immense superiority, of -numbers on the part of tho
enemy. -For want -of men Gen. Johnston found
himself powerless to relieve Vicksburg. For the
same reason - Bragg has had to abandon Middle
Tennessee and fall back on the Tennessee river.
For want of men-we have been unable, here at
Richmond, to keep the Peninsula clear of brigands'
and save the crops, negroes and houses of the citi
zens. If Lee. had had twenty thousand more
troops to preserve his communications he could
have followed up Meade's army and taken Balti
more and Washington. "If. the heroic city of
Charleston should fall now, it will be solely be
cause Beauregard has not force enough to defend
its lines of fortifications.
Yet there are actually fighting men enough in
the country to drive out the enemy if they were
only organized and arme 1. There hai been loo much,
slackness, the result of overweening confidence, in
the whole of our military operations. Not only re
peated successes have caused us to disdain the
prowess of our enemies, but the absurd and con
stantly and confidently repeated statements that
the Yankee army was tired of the war, was " de-
- ft
moralized," was depleted by the mustering out of
service of troops enlisted for a limited time, and
soforth, have brought the public mind into a most
enervating condition of vague expectancy of peace;
so that the immense armies of Yankees,, which are
always in front of us at every point, are an ever
new surprise to us; the continually increasing fury
and perseverance of the war of invasion has
amazed. us, as if it were something unexpected.
We have always, in this -journal, endeavored to
bring home to the hearts of our people, the true
proportions of the war now raging, to dissipate
those delusions about the Yankees being tired of
the war, or unable to recruit their armies, to im
press the fact that every effort of the country will
be not too much for our ultimate triumph ; aDd
that the' war must be made (according to the phrase
of monarchical countries) toto corpore regni j that
is to say, that the Confederacy must become one.
camp, and "the whole'foree of the people be con
centrated in the hand of the military chiefT
Our people have gradually and reluctantly learn
ed piany things in the course of the war. They
have not yet fully learned this one great fact.
But learn it they will ; and we trust not too late.
The Confederate newspapers are even now awaken
ing to it. Says the Savannah "Republican :"
"There are as many able bodied men out of the
array as there are in it. We proclaiia the fact,
even though it may be to our shame the shame
of both Government and people. - It should not be
so ; and it will not, unlets we have made up our
minds to rot in Abolition chains. e believe the
people, as a body, are ready if the Government, Con
federate, and State, will onlv take the proper steps ! panv at Frankfort reached Madison vesterdav
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to arouse them to action and bring them into the j Ho reports that three- bandied rebels entered
field. Let this be done ' without another day's dc-! Frankfort yesterday and seized the person of Hon.
lay. The man who stands between the citizen ! John J. Crittenden. We have not heard what
and the sorvice of. his country, whenever he may ' disposition they made of him." ' '
be needed, in times like these, be he Governor or ! Indianopolis, Joly 10. The rebels captured
peasant,, should be branded as a traitor and drag-; Salem, Indiana, this morning, burned the depot of
ged to a traiUr's doom." ! the LonisvilL? and Chieao-o Railroad, and too 500
-. ! of the "guards prisoners.' No particulars of thel
The Knights of the Golden Cwcle broke open j fight'have been tceeived.. A prisoner who escaped
the depot at Toledo, Ohio, on the Cth, opened two i reached Sejmour this'evening. "
or three boxes of guns and helped themselves, be-1 When last heard from the rebels were at Can
sides taking a plenty of ammunition. . ." Iton. The - Home G cards were retarding the pro-
" . . I gress of the rebels by felling trees . and bush.
r?., c,m TtherA; in i'n;u.limi.t. ' whaekinrr. Got. Morton has issued a general
. .i , .... 1 i .-..anHinff all hniinM fill further nrdun
oruer, ur tuu.u ... .... - -
-India kopo lis, " July' 1 1. Morgan V force
reached Vienna, on the Jeffersonvillc Railroad, at
1 o'clock this morning. MoTgan' burned the
depot and railroad bridge at Viennaj and is now
moving io the direction of Maduon, with the in
tention, if is supposed of crossing the river At
Grassy fiats.
Indianapolis, July 12th. Morgan'g .forces
moved, from Vienna yesterday morning eastward,
and arrived at Vernon, on the Madison and India
napolis Railroad, at sir o'clock P. M., and deman.-.
ded tho surrender of tho town. It was refused
by Col. Burkham, commanding the Union forces.
Half an hour was given for tho' removal of the
women and children. AUhe expiration of that
time, our forces moved out to meet the enemy, but
Joupd they had re tr citeJ. QtmtJ sent in -pursuit
captured 19, with? no hss to our tide., .After. Ie?r
log Vernon the rebels mo red. sou thwart! tore np
the railroad track, cut tho telegraph and destroy
cd a portion of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
wckt of Vernon. ' . .
They then moved eastward, arriving at Versail
les at one. o'clock to-day. A squad of CO men -moved
on Osgood and burned 'a bridgo ori tho
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and took- the holo
graph operator prisoner.
: At one' o'clock to-day Gen. . Hobson's forces
were only a short dhtanco in ttC rear of Morgan.
A sufficient force has also been seen sent from here
in the last twenty-four hours to drive the invaders
from Inding or capture them. .
The Ri belt in Hamilton County, 0io.
Cincinnati, July 13.Th rebel iUn. Morgan
left Moore's 11 ill, on tho Ohio and 'Mississippi
railroad, at one o'clock this . morning,; and passed
ovr the Indianapolis and Cincinnati road at a
point thirty five miles from here and reached
Harrison, Hamilton county, Ohio, about doob.
About half-past five this afternoon, he was within
sixteen miles of Hamilton, moving slowly on' that
place. Gen.lf obson, with a Strang force, was four
hours behind him. ' . r
The damage done to the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad was three bridges destroyed, a water sta-.
tion burned, and some track removed.
General Bur psido has declared maitfitlaw la
Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. All business
is suspended until further orders, and all citizens
aro required to organize in accordance with tha
direction of the State and municipal aathoritica.
' There is nothing definite as to Morgan' where
abouts this morniog ; but It is supposed that ho
will endeavor to moo atound the city and cross
the river between here and Maysvilleu
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THE CASE OP THE ALEXANDRIA.
' The decision of the British Court in the case of,
tho Alexandria, puts an end to Mr Adams's opera-
tipns,: through his spies, peering and prying into
terr British ship-yard to ascertain. if there were.
any bhips bdilding for the Confederate States. The
decision gives perfect liberty to every ship builder
to build as many ships as he pleases for the South.
It will highly irritato the Yankees ; but the En
glish Court fortified itself by tho highest Federal
. m . . a
authority. It sustained its, Uecunon by cuing me
opinion of Judge Story, who "laid it down that,
although bv tho terms of the Foreign Knlistmont
than a steamboat burst up, for, this reason: if you
gets on ana smasncu uj, uar)ya is; out 11 you
gets blowcd up on de boat, whar is you?"
bv tbo terms of the foreign
act A -neutral State was precluded from equipping
or arming Vessels for the purpose of aggression
against a friendly power, they were not precluded
from equipping and arming them for the purpose
of sale, to any one, belligerent or otherwise, who
chose to purchase, them." This, the Court as
sumed, authorized a neutral to equip a ship-of-war
just as be may construct a cannon, if he intends not
. i . i r4 r : 1 1 I,.
to use or nave n useu gaiusi incuuijr puwci,
merely to sell it, and ho might even sclllt to i-
ther oi tne DCiiigerenis. .dui iu iug vsb v ius
Alexandria the question was not as "to arming and
equipping, tne testimony oniy proving iu uuim
ing" of the ship. The jury gavo a verdict for the
defendants very prordptly. "' ' 'J
The Yankees will be greatly incensed, and tneir
ire will be not at all diminished, by.thc quoting of
their best authoritv on the subicct. It will rather
increase their indignation thejr -will look upon
that as the using of their own stick to break their
heads with a sort of adding insult to Injarv.
They care nothing for authorities. They aro only
intent on the prosecution of their present purpose
the wreaking of their revenge upon the South
ern people ; and and anything that helps to thwart
fbem is outrageous, and come whence it may, is aa
evidence of hostility. 8o that the Knglish Gar
crnment, for allowing the Confederacy to obtain
arms, munitions and ships although they have
the same opportunities, the same liberty, and have
availed themselves of them is an enemy to Dood
Icdom, and fs doing what can bo dono to injure tt
and assist the Confederates. .
We shall soon see the Yankee press railing at
the. English for this, decision. e have .already
the bitter London letter of the rbiladeipbla In
quirer, which pronounces the whole matter of the
prosecution a farce, dcclariog that the decision
was a "foregone coaclusion," and "precisely what
Earl Rufscll and Lord Falmeiston intended it
should be."' The writer concludes : '
4It is well, I sav, that we at last see England In
her true colors, ller intentions ar now apparent.
Henceforth ber porta are open, and her ship-jards
at the service of tho South. Her ship builders
. i .' tV.
may construct, openiy, as many
choose for the Southern, navy, only, for a time,
ther tnnt nrobahlv be -careful not to put their .a-
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i z . u i m ... .m - n,ni n nvn I :
raamenu on noaru ci.a"j 4V"r,M"- " i
is likely, however, that this restriction will alio!
Lccomo a dead letter in a few weeka." . ' J
Root? eii y of Yankee' Oryicta Wj
Gn. Max Webber commanded at Snf rfSTT!"
mcr, he occupied the private residence of 3ii .
tbaniel Riddick. Huife used the fine ChiL.
ware and furniture of Mrs.. Riddick, and whetl
she left, carried them off with her. Gen. peck;
succeeded Gen. Max Webber in Mr ItiddlckV'
house and used his fine carriage. The carriagtj
was too excellent a one for a rebel, and so Geo
Peck took it'off with him. , Gen. Foster anpronri
ated and shipped to the WOrtft vol. wm, li. White
head's carriage, and Mr Wm. J . Cab ova's fuml
lore. " '-;,.
rST"The ravages of th Confederate navy amon;
the Yankee fishing boats and merchantmen Deal
the coast, have been very dreadful in the last wcci ; j
A New York paper, of Saturday last publishos
list of forty-on vessels which Were gobbled u
within tbo current week.