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f 1 " i 1 iftiMY MY UT lO per annum . . IN ADVANCE.. ON" X H WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. ITAHIS, .Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C:, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1864. TWELFTH VOLUME S U II B E 604. 4x w w S5 7 BlffiigllT, (QPublished every Tuesday ,Q) BY . WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. $10 IN ADVANCE. o Bg& Transient advertisements mu3t be paid for in advance. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript f jr a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND AGUARD 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 of the same, That the exemptions from service is 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 Slates, providing for the enrollment of men for the public defence and granting exemptions from the same, commonly called the conscription and ex emption acts. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to c-ai;se to be enrolled as a guard for home defence all while male persons not already enrolled in the service of the Confederate States, be tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years, resident in this Slate, including foreigners not naturalized, who have been residents in the Stiite for thirty days before such enrolment, excepting persons filling the 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 the State, Ministers of the Gospel of the several denominations of the State charged with the duties of churches, 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 by a Captain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to belong thereto, and shall be held to service therein, either generally or for any special duty or expedition ais the commanding officers of regiments or companies, according to the nature of the particular service in question may determine. Sec. 4- . Be it further enacted, That the Governor shall cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the two preceding, sections of this act to be formed into companies, with liberty to elect the commissioned offi - cers of such companies, and thence into battalions or regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis cretion, an.l 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, 18G2. Provided that when a iiuaker shall have paid or had levied of his property the sum of five hundred dollars under the act of Con gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be required to pay any sum of money for' his ex emption under this act. Sec. 6. That the said guards for home defence may be called out for service by the Governor in defence of the State against invasion and to suppress invasion, either by regiments, battalions, or companies, ei '.nasse, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his discretion may direct; shall be under hii command, through the officers appointed as herein provided: shall serve only within the limits of this State, and in terms of duty to be prescribed by the Governor, not exceeding three months at one term. They, or so many of them as may be at any one time called into service, may be organized into infantry, artillery or cavalry as lie may liirect, and the infantry and artillery may be mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when amwoved bv the Governor, on such terms as he shall prescribe. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governormay 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 nrevent the waste, destruction or loss of the same. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That all laws and clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur view of this act be, and the same are 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 the period 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. Amendments to the above Law. AX ACT TO AMEND AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE MILITIA AND A GUARD FOR HOME DEFENCE. Skc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. That neither the Govern or of this State, nor the officers acting under an act ratified on the 7th day of July, 18tJ3, entitled "An act in relation to the Militia and a Guard for Home De fence," shall call out for drill or muster the persons enrolled under said act, oftener than once a month in company drill, or oftener than twice a year in battalion drill, which battalion drills shall take the plate of the company drills for the month in which they are ap pointed, unless when'called into actual service to repel invasion or suppress insurrection, or , to execute the laws of the State. Skc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor hall have the power to use the Guards of Home De fence for the purpose of arresting conscripts and de serters; Prodded, they shall not be ordered upon this duty beyond the limits of the counties in which they reside or the counties adjacent thereto. Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That in addition to the exemptions contained in the act to which this' is an amendment, there shall be exempt County commission ers appointed under an ac t entitled "An act for the re lief of wives and families of soldiers ia the army," reg ular millers, blacksmiths who have established shops, necessary operatives in factories and foundries, the Attorney General, Solicitors of the several circuits and counties, physicians of five years practice, contractors with the State or Confederate government, one editor to each newspaper and the necessary compositors, mail carriers, professors in colleges and teachers in acade mies; Provided, that this exemption shall only apply to the drills specified in this bill and not. to service when the Guard for Home Defence is called into the field. Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That for failure to at tend the battalion or regimental drill, each field officer shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars; each Captain and other officers who shall fail to muster and drill their companies at the times appointed, shall forfeit and pay for each failure fifty dollars, and if a non-com,mis-sioned officer or private shall fail to attend at any drill, he shall forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars; Provided, that every absentee shall be allowed until the next muster to make his excuse. The fines shall be adjudged by regimental and compa ny courts-martial, and judgments are to1e entered up and the fines collected in the same mode and in accord ance with the provisions of the Militia Law of North Carolina, passed at the second extra session of the General Assembly, 1861. Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon Gen eral by and with the advice and consent of the Gov ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding three, composed of two physicians each, who shall de clare by their certificates those persons who shall be exempt from service under the act to which this is an amendment, on account of mental or physical disabili ty, and they shall receive the pay of their rank and traveling expenses, to be determined by the Adjutant General. Skc 6. Be it further enacted, That the Guard for home defence, should they be called into service by the Governor, Shall receive the same pay, rations and allowances as soldiers in the Confederate States' ser vice, and shall be subject to the rule3 and articles of war of the, Confederate States. Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That when the pressure or public danger shall not prevent the observance of such a rule, the said Guard for home defence shall not be called into service en masse, but by drafts of a num ber of men from each convenient company, so as to make up the aggregate force required. Sec 8. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force and take effect from and. after its ratification. Read three times and ratified in Genetal Assembly, thi3 the 14th day of December, A. D., 1863. NOTICE. The Association for the Relief of the Working Men of Charlotte having opened in the Store opposite the Court House, formerly occupied by Loewenstein, have now on hand Bale Yarn, Salt, and Alamance Cloth, which will be exchanged for Produce and Provisions on liberal terms. WANTED Corn, Meal, Flour, Wheat, Molasses, But ter, Lard, Tallow, Bacon, Dried Fruit, Ac. A. GRAHAM, Commissary. Nov 17, 1863 tf RUNAWAY From the plantation of Mrs. R. A. Hunter, in Sharon neighborhood, a negro man named WASH, about 35 years old, medium size, and copper 'color. It is sup posed that he has been persuaded off by some mean white person, and may be trying to make his way to the Yankees. A rewaid of $50 will be paid for his apprehension and delivery to me, or his confinement in any jail. J. W. HUNTER. Oct. 27, 1863. tf feV l.,.Vi Printing Materials for Sale. I desire to sell the Printing Materials connected with the late "North Carolina Whig" newspaper, published in this town. The materials consist of a Hand Press with Inking Apparatus, Long Primer and Brevier Type, together with a fair assortment of Fancy and Job Type. Further information will be furnished by addressing the undersigned at Charlotte, N. C. Oct 27, 63, RACHAEL R. HOLTON. COTTON CARDS AND SHOES. Cotton Cards for sale, but an early call will only se cure a pair as" we only nave ten pair. We have on hand and can- make to order calf-skin Shoes and Gaiters of vecy fine English leather. Lots ladies' calf-skin Bootees. Lot of thick Brogans, large sizes. J. F. BUTT, MinfStreet, June 23, 1863 tf .Charlotte, N. C. WANTED, A single white man, over conscript age, to assist on a Plantation and take charge of 5 or 6 hands. Apply at this Office. December 8, 1863. ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE Of iUesseng-ers OF THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY At Charlotte Office, Daily. ARRIVES. From Char. & S C. Railroad 5 6 10 3 00 25 00 15 A. M. and 5 P.M " and 5 " u ( (( N. C. Railroad A.r T. & O. Railroad Wil., C. & R. Railroad P. M. DE TARTS. For N C. Railroad 6 Char. & S C. Railroad 7 Wil., C. & R. Railroad 7 A., T. & O. Railroad 3 20 A.M. and 5 50 P.M 00 " and 6 00 " 30 " 00 P. M. It is desired that all Parcels, Packages or Freight to be forwarded by either of the above Trains, be sent to this Office One IIoub previous to its departure. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Charlotte, Sept. 7, 1863. tf EXPRESS NOTICE. Office Southern Express Company, 1 Charlotte, Sept. 24, 1863. In order to avoid misunderstanding and to make our charges conform to the liability assumed, this Company hereby gives notice that from and after Octo ber 1st, 1863, shippers will be required to place their valuation upon each package before it will be received. Such valuation will be inserted in the Company's receipt, and establish the liability of the Company for the amount. The act of God and the public enemy only excepted. T.D.GILLESPIE, Sept 28, 1863 Agent. TANNERY. We have a Tannery in full operation about six mile3 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 curfeut prices. A. H. GRIFFITH, July 13, 1863 . tf C. E. BELL. State of Nl Carolina Cleveland County. Court of Pleat and Quurter Sessions. J B Martin et al, vs. The Heirs at law and next of kin of J B Harry, deceased. Petition for Reprobate of Will. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants in this case, Anna E Bridges and her children, John L Bridges, Asbnry Blalock and wife Sarah, Washington L Bridges, Edmund H Bridges, Hamilton A Bridges, Lafayette Benton, Elizabeth Ben ton, Sarah Harry and Marcus L a Harry, heirs at law of J B Harry, are non-residents of this State : It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the town of Charlotte, Mecklcnbuig county, for six consecutive weeks, notifjmg defendants to i be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to beheld ! for the county of Cleaveland ait the Conrt House in rueiby, on the 6th Monday after the 4th Monday in November, 1863." then and there to make themselves ! parties to tins issue if they think proper so ta do - i Witness. R u;n:omn ri.n ri. flR i the 6th Monday after the 4th Monday in August, 1863. adv$I0 M.6t 6. WILLIAMS, Clerk. HOT1CE. Having taken out Letters of Administration on the estate of Cyrus L. Black, deceased, I hereby notify all persons indebted to said deceased to make immediate payment, and those having claims against him to pre sent them-within tbe time prescribed by law or this notice will be pleaded in bar jaf their recovery ..Dec 8,1863 lm JOH.N H MO.RIUSON, Admr. Xft WtBlttn Sftmntinl CHARLOTTE, N". C. Our "terms are ten dollars per year in advance. JBy The Democrat will It discontinued to all subscri bers at the expiration of .the time for which it is paid. Those who want to continue must renew before or attheex piration of their time. '' A Real Hero. A young man named Sarul. Davis, a Confederate scoot of Gen. Coleman's com mand, was recently arrested by the yankees within their lines in Tennessee, having in .his possession dispatches and mail matter. He was tried and condemned to be hung as a spy by the yan kees at Pulaski, Tenn. A yankee paper gives the following account of his execution: "At 10 o'clock A. M. the prisoner was taken from his cell, his hands tied behind him, and, ac companied by the chaplain of the 81st Ohio, was placed in a wagon, seated upon his coffin, and Con veyed to the scaffold. The prisoner stepped froa the wagon and seated himself upon, a bench at the foot of the scaffold. He displayed great firmness glancing casually at his coffin as it was taken fron the wagon. Turning to Capt. Armstrong, he in quired how long he had to live; and was told thit he had just fifteen minutes; he then remarket, " we would have to fight the rest of the bat tits alone." . Capt Armstrong " I am sorry to be compelUd to perform this painful duty." Prisoner with a smile "It does not hurt m, Captain; I am innocent, though I am prepared to die, and do not think hard of it." Captain Chickasaw then asked the prisoner if it would not have been better for bim to have as cepted the offer of life upon the-disclosure of tacts in his possession ( When the- prisoner an swered, with much indignation : "Do you suppose I would betray a friend ? Nc, sir ! I would die a thousand times, -first !" He was then questioned upon other matters, but refused to give any information which could be of service. The prisoner then mounted the scaffold and was launched into eternity." . He would not betray his friends to save his own life ! He was a hero, indeed. . . mm . mm 8& It is stated that a large number of negroes have escaped from the yankees at Yorktown, - and returned to their owners in Gloucester and King William counties, Va. The duped creatures find yankee freedom not so good a thing as represented. . Kentucky. We are informed that jhe Provis ional Council. of Kentucky have recently conven ed, and amongst other things, -have passed a law by which they authorize an election to be held, on the 10th of February next, 'or representatives from Kentucky to the Congress of the Cenfederate States. . The act requires an election by general ticket, and permits all legal voters now in the army as well as refugees from the State to vote, and pro vides that officers of regiments, &c, may conduct the election. It also requires one representative to reside in each of the twelve Congressional dis tricts in the State. J8?T" A squad of our men, ten or twelve in num ber, captured a lot of Yankee clothing hear Bean's Station,-and were in theact of draping themselves in their captured property, when they were recap tured by the' Yankees, who finding them in Yan kee clothing, contrary to their puby&hed orders, led them out for the purpose of shooting them. Just at this time the 4th and 7th Alabama Regi ments of Cavalry arrived on the spot and charged them, but not in time to save our men, who were shot down in cold blood the ruthless villains es caping. A few days afterwards the ree;hnents above alluded to, caught fifteen or twenty Yankees and shot them in retaliation. That's the right way to retaliate... Let it always, be done promptly and speedily and not hy the slow process of correspondence. A SPECIMEN ABOLITIONIST. A New York correspondent of the Hartford Times narrates an incident which well illustrates the contemptible spirit of most of the Northert) Abolitionists a spirit that would prompt a man to rob a friend, while professing to do him a favor. Here is the affair the Times' correspondent speaks of: Many years ago, thoroughly imbued with the doctrines of Abolitionism, an individual graduated from Yale College, and studied for the ministry, into which he was in time admitted. During the first year of his priestly life he officiated as a can didate at various churches in Connecticut andNew York, but received no call-from any source till he introduced his anti-slavery Bible doctrine to a small society in the eastern part of Massachusetts. Here he was appreciated: here he settled & preach ed the doctrine of Calvin and Abolition for nearly four years. At length, finding bs sheep were scattering, he was suddenly taken with Southern (instead of Jvuropean) fever, resigned his charge and went South to the climate of the plantations of Georgia. While here he became acquainted with the daughter of a wealthy planter, and in the course of a few months married her. The noble hearted Georgian gave his daughter, as her marriage portion, a fine plantation on the Savannah river, and 400 slaves, where the happy couple lived, surrouuded by fruits, flowers, willing and affectionate servants, and every enjoyment that heart could wish, for three years. At the end of that timethey mutually agreed to dispose of their property, and remove to New York. The slaves were accordingly sold at the highest market nriftes. and the rdantatinn itself was bought bv a Soath Carolinian, at a high figure, and the coaple, ... 7 0 . ' with their gold, were soon on their way to this ci ty. On" their arrival here, tbe money was invest ed in city and bank stocks (end issfiH paying j j- :j i- x r. . nanasome uiviueuusj Aiier s uuie, our young , ,i .,ia -;,i anA .ooontot .n nna BlaVCUUiUVl V..VlVI uiu wa.A A luui UUU.Ui . . ' . . : our town caurcnes, wnere ,ne may ne near a every i Sabbath denouncing the sin of slavery as the greatest of sins, andhe traffic in human flesh as a fin which "he 1 alone. can .blot out." Oh, the nnr tnwn ennrches. where be mav be heard averv i times, &c. BEGTJLATIONS Of the War Department concerning tliose who have substitutes in the army. The Adjutant General of the Confederate States has issued the following directions for enforcing the late laws of Congress requiring service of those who have substitutes : . Adj't & Inspector General's Office, ) General Order No. 3 Richmond, Jan. 9. j I. The following Acts of Congress and Regula tions are published for the information of all per- bous uuueernea cnerein. An Act to prevent the enlistment or enrollment of buostitutes in the military service of the Con federate States. Ihe Congress of the Confederate Statas of America do enact, That no person liable to mili- till n . lary service snau nereatter De permitted or allowed to furnish a substitute for" such service, nor shall any substitute be received, enlisted, or enrolled in the military service of the Confederate States. Approved Dec. 28th, 1863. An Act to put an end to the exemption from mili tary service of those who have heretofore fur nished substitutes. Whereas, in the present, circumstances of the country, it requires the aid of all who are able to bear a rms; The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That no person shall be ex empted from military service by reason of his hav ing furnished a substitute; but this, act shall not be so construed as to affect persons who, though not liable to rendermilitary service, have, never theless, furnisBed substitutes. Approved Jan. 5th, 1864. II. Persons rendered liable to military service by operation of the preceding Acts, are placed on the same footing with all others hitherto held liable by acts of Congress. III. Persons herein rendered liable to military service are required to report as volunteers or con scripts, without delay, to the enrolling officers; and all who delay beyond the 1st day of February, 1864, will be considered as having renounced the privilege of volunteering, and held for assignment according to law. IV. Enrolling officers will proceed as rapidly as practicable in the enrollment of persons herein made liable to military service. Previous to en rollment as conscripts, ail such porsons will be al lowed to volunteer in companies in service on the 16th April, 1862, provided the company chosen does not at the time of volunteering reachAthe -maximum number allowed, and upon such, com pany being Belected, the volunteer will receive from the enrolling officer a certificate to the effect that he has so volunteered; and , no volunteer will be received into any company except on such cer tificate. Persons who fail to make their selection at the time of enrollment, will be assigned accord ing to existing regulations. V. Persons who report to the enrolling officers will be enrolled, and may be allowed a furlough often days before reportingto the Camp of In struction. VI. All persons, whether volunteers or con scripts under this order, will pass through the camp of instruction of the State to which they be long, and be forwarded thence to the companies which are selected, or to which they may be as signed. VII. The Bureau of Conscription is charged with-adopting proper regulations for the enforce ment of this order. VIII. All exemptions heretofore granted are subject to revision, under instructions from the Bureau of Conscription, and if found to be impro per or unauthorized by law, will be revoked. S. Cooper, Adjt. Gen. - 1 WAR NEWS. Affairs in Virginia Valley. We men tioned several days ago tbe fact that a portion of our cavalry had made some important captures in Hardy county, Va. Our forces who made these captures were under the command of Gens. Fitz hugh Lee and Rosser. The capture was effected some ten miles from Moorefirld, on the road lead- . . , I O J I . 1 ing to r atterson s crees. un ounuay iasi iney came up with a train of some forty wagons, which they succeeded in taking, with their team, guards, &c. On the same night our forces "surprised "and captured some fifty Yankees who were quartered in a church in Hardy county. It is said that about 2,000 Yankees were at Front Royal, Warren county, in the early part of last week, moving in tbe direction of Bcrryville, Clarke county. 'This is a movement of the enemy more probably with the design of meeting move ments upon the part cf onr own forces'. A portion of our troops in the Valley were recently as low down as Bunkei Hill, Berkely county, where they captured and brought off a few prisoners. Rich mond Dispatch. The Captures in Southwestern Virginia. We have some additional particulars of the success ful exploit of Brig Genoral W. E. Jones in South western Virginia on Saturday, the 3d insfc. Gen. Jones, with his command, entered Lee county, and by a strategic movement succeeded in cutting off from Cumberland Gap a regiment of federals, and by the assistance of a portion of Col Slemp's regi ment, stationed in that county, captured some six hundred of them on Sunday last at Jonesvillc, the county seat of said county, with thtee pieces of ar tillery, and all their horses, nrules, and wagons. About two hundred of the Federals succeeded in eluding the forces of Gen. Jones, 'and at last ac counts were trying to escape by way of Pound Gap, in Wise county. Richmond Disjxitch. Orange C. H., Va., Jan. 11. Mosby attacked the pickets of the enemy near Warrenton on Wed nesday night, and captured 18 prisoners, killing and wounding 18 or 20 more, and brought off 40 horses and all the arms and equipments. Mosby lost none in killed or wounnea. p Mosby is constantly harassing the enemy s rear. ; Our Cayalry ist Tennessee. From the re-! Pian of the Tennessee river accounts of small cav- I .v - , lrv raids renresent that much oroduce tfbd foraae i j I w i - ii . j rrt. r T , are Deans conecieu ""o vu"cvigUi " i re making every effort to assist our cavalry. Ja- con is sold freel at five cents per pound in Con- j federate money. Gold can be bought at from The citizens of Tennessee .eight to ten fox one. APEAIBS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI. Hon. A. M. Branch, member of Congress from Texas, has arrived at Mobile, .en route for Rich mond. He left Alexandria on the 16th, at which time they had advices at that point from Houston, Texas, 30 hours old. The Mobile Advertiser pub lishes the following intelligence furnished by hhn : The enemy were at Matagorda, moving along the coast in a column about 6,000 strong, accompanied by their naval force. Their immediate destination was Velasco, which they were expected to reach ebout the 8th, but it was doubtful whether they would" succeed, as ' Magruder's force was ample to meet them. The General himself was in tbesad dle, and the Texans, mindful of the days and deeds of 1836 and '36,, were turning out to a man. Velasco is at the mouth of the -Brazos, in close proximity to the southern extremity of Galveston Island, and the object of the Yankee movement is to flank Galveston. About the time that Mr Branch left Alexandria the Federals fell back from New Iberia. Mouton'a division was at Alexandria; destination uncertain, but supposed to be Monroe. Walker was at At ehafalava. Kirby Smith left Shreveport with Price, who was moving on Little Rock with about 15,000 men. Tbe enemy at Littlo Rock are said to be 5,000 strong, the rest of their force, some 7,000, being at Pine Bluff. They have increased their force at the latter place since Marmaduke's raid, in which he captured 150 negroes and 300 horses 1 l 1 1 .L . . ... auu muies, uurucu meir. commissary S(orea,wilu a loss of only 12 men. The Yankees, it will be re m timbered, reported this as a repulse of Marina duke. On Saturday, 12th, Captain Adams, of Capers' command, with o(J men, surprised a party of Yan kees and negroes on Boeuf river, killing 40 r 50 and capturing 12 prisoners and 20 odd horses, arms, &c, with the loss of one man. Judge Field, from the Indian Nation, who ac companies Mr llffincli, informs us that Cooper was returning towards the Arkansas river with two Texas regiments and a force of about 5,000 In dians, composed of two Choctaw, two Creek, and two Cherokee regiments, and a battalion of Semi noles. The Cherokees and Creeks are mostly ex patriated and have taken refuge in the Choctaw natign, but maintain their position. These gentlemen .experienced much difficulty in crossing the river and in gettttig through the bottom on this side, where they were obliged to lie- out two nights. The Yankees dwtroy every boat on the river, down to a dug out, and threaten to burn the house of every man that puts anybody across. I hey crossed in a boat that was hauled seven miles in a wagon, their hores swimming; and while it was on its return a gunboat and trans port passed down, . running slowly, close to the shore, and keeping a sharp lookout. 1 hey confirm the report we recently published of the depredations of the river pirates styled the 'marine brigade. Ihey lately made a descent on rirumsDurg, where they seized a quantity of salt. and 200 packages of tobacco, which they dis- tributcd among the negroes, and ended by plun dering everybody, the negroes included, whom they robbeo. of their blankets. Adams command recently captured a Lieuten ant of this gang of thieves, who had his handker chief full of rings and breastpins. Thrs impres sion of our informants is that he escaped. : mmm 9 mm : NASSAU, N. P. Nassau, New Providence, is becoming more and more lcterestipg to our people, as being now our almost- only medium of communicating with the outer world. Most of our blockade runners hail from that port, and it has become the depot of al most every thing designed for the Confederate States. A friepd writing to us from Nassau on the 9th Tilt, gives us the following hasty descrip tion of the place : "The climate here -is somewhat fickle, though never very .cold. v hen we arrived iinen suits were on tbe majority, and even now, they.are worn by many. No fire places or etov.es in any rooms or places of business all depend upon the Solar Lamp, except for cooking purposes. Oranges, lemons, bannanas, cocoa nuts, almonds, &c, grow wild. Except-in yards about residences, a gener al waste seems to characterize thc'Idtnd. An cient land-marks hcte and there mark the spots where once industrious hands adoroed and beauti fied. Cotton and coffee were produced and other things, until the negro was freed resulting in his degradation and general neglect everywhere upon the face of this Island. The blacks as a class, arc idle and worthless. They are satisfied to keep soul and body together; while for them, so far as thrift is concerned, there is no to-morrow. The natives speak a sort of gib berish, no more intelligible to me than the noise of a dog fight. The Custom-llouse officers, the Post Master, and the Police are negroe. Tho barracks within a hundred yards where I am wri ting, contain swarms of colored soldiers officered by white men. Near their quarters is a beajutiful green, used for parad?. Semi-weekly one may witness the martial bearing of the? native Britons, and then again two other days in the week, the -Dana, about ou iu numDcr, give us a nne treat in the way of popular airs sometimes "Dixie"' among the number. At the Governor's the most elevated spot in the town, the band meet and playf pro bono publico, every Friday afternoon. The gates are open to all and many take advantage of the delightful grounds aDd splendid promenade. ' The broad ocean spreads out before yon and surrounded by groves of orange and other fruit trees, while fringing your path, the many plants which' our hot houts can scarcely keep alive, re fresh and gladden the eye at every step. Still, my dear friend- "home, sweet home h as more ; charms for me." Great Yankee B&eacb of Promise XJabe. Migg Calista Mather, daughter o"f a prominent Chicago merchant, has instituted a suit to recover Aaron ltoey, or me same cuy, toe-sura , 8t?c nAn . t,t,mA OI -uULru Ior B aiJC6 breach of proiee to fa"y - The Doctor not duly did not marry her, v . ' , - if f :;, .-ii fj but fdd.ng insult to injury, actually rrpetted patrimony wi hts eke Thej lawuff jonyg and fair, and the deferent an oil man. J Yankee girls must bs anxious to marry. MORGAN VISITS THE YANKEE PRISONERS. The Richmond Enquirer gives .an accouct of Morgan's visit to Che Libby prison ia that city where tbe yankee officers arc confined. Tho Kb quirer says : "Gen. Morgan and ptrty arrived at tbe prison about 11 !clock, and were conducted on a tour of inspection. . Gen. Morgan, on arriving up ataira where the prisoners "most do congregate," was immediately conducted into the presence of tho "author of the Maine Liquor Law, Brig. General Neal Dow. An introduction took place, when Morgan observed, with one of those inimitable smiles for which ha b so noted, "Gen. Dow, 1 am very happy to see you here; or, rather I should say, since you are here, I am happy to sec you looking so well' Dow'a natural astuteness and yankee ingenuity came to his aid,knd be quickly replied, without apparent embarrassment, "Gen. Morgan, I congratulate you 9vt your escape; 1 can not say that I am glad you did escape, but, sinco you dM, I am glad to see you here." The con versation then became general between the two, during the progress of which Dow admitted that his views of the South, its people and their treat, meat of prisoners of war, had undergone a nmicriui change for the better in the last few months. Gen. Morgan also had an interviw with the no torious Col. Strcight, who had several days previ ous to his visit, been released from close coctiuc ment for attempting to escape from prison, acd re stored to his old place amongst tbe other officers. It has been conjectured, by persons wise in reading the motives of men by their actions, that this man hoped, on bis entrance into the prison, by taking the most ultra position on the questions dividing the North and South, to become the leader and host of bis fellow captives. If such was his de sire, he ha most signally failed, as it is known that be is by no means popular amongst tbcm;-"on the 'contrary, quite tins reverse." Streightisa tall, rawpboned, broad-chested, sandy-haired, big whiskered, uncouth looking man, with arms swing itrg like the wings ofa windmill in the doldruuin. He has acquired a considerable quantity of dis jointed information on a variety of topics, while pasturing in the literary fields of Yankee land -Knowing a little of 'everything and not much ! anything, has made him a free thinker and m-mu . adherent of all tho isms peculiar to his m ci...i He does not, it is said, believe in a God r i. v . , which is not at all wonderful, cousid rii.' id eality from which he hails. Gen. Mt'tun Streight, in his interview with that ibUiw-iuii. that it was his desiro to' ameliorate the condition of all the prisoners in our hands, and he would do so as far as lay in his power, despito the fact thut some of his own men had been tied up by their thumbs and subjected to other cruelties abhorrent to human nature. for endeavoriug to escape. Tbe interview between the 4wo seemed to be mutually satisfactory. . While the majority of the prisoners seemed . gratified at the visit gf Morgan, and all pleased at his personal appearance, so different fro tu' what their imaginations had depicted, the Kentucky officers expressed the most unqualified .delight at seeing the favorite son of Vheir own State Thej expressed themselves openly not only delighted to see him, but delighted also, that be bad escaped from prison and was once more at liberty. . Some of the expressions used ly the Kentucky Yankees elicited the decided disapprobation of their wood en nutmeg compatriots; but nothing could repress tbe expression of genuine Kentucky feeling oo the part of the Federal officers from that State to ward. "the great bandit.' THE YANKEES IN TENNESSEE. The Federals are pursuiug a most barbarous and inhuman course in those sections of Tennessee un der their tyrannical rule. A gentleman just from Smith County report things in a very deplorable condition in that section. According to a corres pondent of the Atlanta Appeal be says that a vil lian by tho name of Blaekburo, - formerly a stage driver, notf a .captain in Blokes' cavalry, leads about two hundred cut-throats, who range through Davidson, H ilson, Summer and DeKalb counties, robbing, pillaging and murdering in a mantfer that would disgrace the-Thughs of India, or inhabitants of Barlary In several inataoces they have rode up to houses where men were aiojply suspected of having Southern proclivities, called them out and ehot them down in cold blood, jti the presence of the horror-stricken wife and screaming little ones, alleging that all deserve death who have not tak'eo the oath and secured protection PApata irom the 1" cderal authorities. The negroes are pn-tty generally free, and most of them are being forced into the army. The Fed erals first inveigle them away from home under promise of freedom, and then force them to take arms and go into camps of instruction. Those that rcfase to take up arms are put in pribon on bread and water, until they become williog to fight their former masters and protectors, as a lat allernatire. Many of those who go to the Federals williny, take their families to camp. These must be sup. plied with the necessaries of life. In order to sup ply themselves, they are permitted to plunder t tit citizens' houses, which they do to any extent that : suits them, taking beds, bed-clothing, drerscs, fur niture, etc., etc. in fact everything besides in sulting in the grossest manner helpless women and innocent children. Tbe authorities take the posi tion that tbe end jwtifis tbe means, and that if necessary to. put down tbe rebellion, the whole South shall be made a howling wilderness, tbe in habitants shall ta put to death, acd every vestige of creation that .blesses our fair fields and sunny vales shall be blotted out of existence. Jim Trimble, ef Gallatin, commands a regiment of blacks. Ib ere is sr large camp of instruction for contrabands at Colombia, Maury county, Tenn. To ascertain tbe length of the day and oight, at Any time of the year, double tbe time of tbeuo's ruing, which gives tbe length of the night, and double the tirao of it setting, which gives the length of the day. This is a simple method which, we guess, few people are aware of. Gen. Hoko's brigade ilflrth Carolinians, (says the Fayetteville 0battf,'3 has had a shoe and FOfcO factory long ttUeb3 U & to the eraat com- jfwrt acd jcenTDieao X0iCu' GEN.