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4 WAB ITEMS. ' ; A Gallant Feat. A correspondent of tbe Haleigh Confederate writes from Kinston, N. C, March :28th, as follows z "Fourteen of oar men, belonging to Col. Whit ford's command, yesterday captured, within 3 J miles of the breastworks protecting Fort Ander oo, near Newbern, where the yankees are block ading the Nease River, a large Flat Boat loaded with 2000 band-spikes and a pile driven . They threw them all overboard and burnt tho boat. Pro ceeding farther towards Fort Anderson, they came in contact with about 200 yankees going to the boat's relief, and drove them into their rifle pits sear the Fort, with no loss on our side." A Richmond correspondent of the Char leston Mercury writes aa follows: In addition to the knowledge of Burnside's landing in North Carolina, the Govern men t was .made acquainted, several days ago, with the fact that a great number'of launches have lately been bath, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. It is thought here that a large, storming party is to be .landed at Charleston; others say Wilmington is -aimed at. Hence Burnside's appearance at Wash ington. It is more likely that Burnside's main object ja, .not to cut railroad communications im mediately, but to detain our troops in North Car-. dIioa while Grant is massing his forces in front of Xeq. .More Confederate Captures Two Yankee .Schooners seized. We learn from tbe Petersburg JExprebS of a bold and successful adventure, on the .part of twelve members of the 15th Virginia Cav alry, which resulted in the destruction of two valu able Yankee schooners, and the capture of a large -amount of valuables. jhe parties proceeded down one of the rivers emptying into Albemarle Sound, one night during the past week, and at an oppor tune hour, boarded the schooners and disarmed the crews. Both vessels were loaded with coal, -cotton and salt, and all tbe contents were saved and sold, after which the vessels were burnt. The cargo of one vessel realized $23,000 in Confeder ate currency, but we were unable to ascertain how much was obtained for the other. It is stated that there are some golden opportu nities offered in the Sound to annoy the enemy's .commerce, and we hope to hear of them being fre quently seized. Yankee vessels have no right to be piowhng about Virginia and North Carolina .waters, buying cotton and other valuables. Ohange C. H., Va , March 30 Parties out from the Yankee lines report the enemy scouting actively in the direction of Fredericksburg. Grant will advance as soon as the old troops return from furloughs and troops can be brought from the West, which will be about the 15th of April. "There are a great many desertions from the Yan kee army in the rear of the Yankee lines. Good:New8 from the South. A gentleman arrived at Mobile from Mandeville, bringing some oheefing news of army affairs in Louisiana. A'battle.had taken place at Franklin, St Mary's :Parish, in which the enemy were badly whipped. 'Ourforces were led by Gen Dick Taylor; those of 4he enemy by Gen Franklin. What the extent of the -loss was is Dot known, but it is reported that hundreds one report says thousands of the .enemy's wounded were arriving at New Orleans. The gentleman vbo brought this news read the Picayune, of the 11th tilt., in which the loss of a .battle at Franklin was acknowledged; although no details of it were given. Our readers recollect that we had rumors a few days ago of a battle in the Teche couutry, in which it was reported that Gen Taylor bad beaten the enemy very severely. This may be a confirmation of that rumor. Passengers by tho Mississippi train report that Gen Polk has received despatches from the Trans Mississippi department, stating that General Dick "Taylor had met the enemy in the Red River coun try, and achieved a decided victory; capturing one thousand prisoners. This report may be taken as reliable. Dalton, Ga., March 30. Our latest advices -from the front 'represent the enemy inactive. No reinforcements arriving. The weather still remains cold and the indica tions are that we shall have some rough weather, which will intercept military operations. Probably .the campaign will not commence before the mid .die of April. Mobile, March 26. To Gen S Cooper: News "from New Orleans to the 18th instant lias been re ceived. "The Yankees have met with a severe re verse near New Iberia two regiments reported ' captured. All the gunboats except eight have Jeft'for Red river. It is reported that Fort De Hasty was taken by assault on the 14th instant, but tbe report is not credited. On the 18th inst, 'Co! Holland; with the 31st Mississippi regiment, .attacked the enemy on Choctaw Hatchie bay. An entire boat's crew of about twenty-five were killed or drowned. No less on our side. Col Holland captured over five hundred head of cattle aod some twenty horses. D. H. Maury, Maj General. .$ST'It is stated that tbe yankee fleet took posses sion of Alexandria, La., without opposition. What the "Militia" Can Do. The Selroa (Ala.) Citizen states that about ten day since a party of State militia, numbering about seventy men, tinder the command of Capt. Smith and Col. .Samuel G. Henry, of the 9th Alabama Volunteers, crossed the Tennessee at Claysville, Marshall coun ty, and attacked a party of one hundred Yankee cavalry, defeating them, and killing five, captur- ing fifty-nine, with their horses, arms, nd accout rements. The party returned, with the loss of two txnen, bringing their prisoners, and are now armed with the Spencer rifle, tire trophies of their victory. Putting 'em Through. We are glad to learn rthat Gen Hoke is making himself felt among the money-grubs round Kinston. He i indeed niak ing himself a terror to those semi-yinkees who have been secretly supplying their yankee half brotbers with tobacco and other Confederate luxu ries, and making themselves rich by an illicit traf fio in greensbaoks. ' ' ' ' W e learn there is a ohaia of semi-yankee posts extending from Newbern fa&into the interior, west of Goldsboro, of which the latter place and King ston are the principle depots. Under the pretence of getting fish and oysters, marly who ought to be .ashamed of Ahemselves have stooped to this de grading, illicit trade with the yaekees, and we hope that Gen Hoke will continue his investiga tions till the last man of them shall have been .detected and exposed. Goldsboro Journal. Richmond, -March 31. The late rains have caused a heavy freshet in the James river, the wa tar being within three feet of the great flood of 1847. j . - Tbe new currency will not be ready for general circulation for several days. Small amounts will be given oat at the Treasury -in exchange for email amounts of the old currency. In m habeas corpus case to-day, Judge Lyons -decided that cfucen of the militia axe UabJe to OWriptioo. WESTERN DXJUATIOK OF THE WAR. There is much in tlverpresent condition of the North to encourage us in the hope of a compara tively early; cessation of the Vat.- The bid star spangled banner enthusiasm has been, dead these two years. The propensity to go a soldiering for the sake of adventure is rapidly declining. Be cent events show that the troops now in the field are not inconsiderably demoralized. They evince a decided inclination to break at the firist fire. There is a growing discontent with the state of the national finances. Bankruptcy hangs like a cloud uron the horizon. The public is beginning to compare the enormous outlay of the Government with the very small returns. That corruption which was all very well as long as it promised to pay, is assuming, at last, even in Yanke eyes, the character of crime. The fact that Edropean opin ion repards the old Federal Union as dissolved for ever, has, at length, aroused a grave suspicion that that opinion may be a well-grounded one. Final ly, the inexorable law of re-action is at work, and the over-excitement of the last triennium seems a boat to expire in a state of universal lassitude. . These indications are sufficient to justify us in the belief that we have already traveled the loDger half of our long journey. ( Yet, we must by no means suppose that the goal towards which we are struggling lies within the present year. There is still quite enough of the war s'pirit left to carry on the contest throughout Lincoln's term, at least. It is true that the 51,000 bounty Act has failed to fill the Northern ranks. But new inducements will find new soldiers. A bill is at present in con sideration which engages to "secure to persons in the military and naval service homesteads on con fiscated or forfeited estates in insurrectionary dis tricts." This is a far more tempting offer than any definite sum of money. It appeals to the im aginative side of avarice, and wakes vagne visions of fortune and wealth. It is calculated to arouse tbe very same spirit which actuated tbe followers of Pizarro, of Cortez, and of Juan Ponce de Leon. Many a Yankee and many ' a foreigner will be found who will fight to tbe death when a strip from a cotton or a sugar plantation is to be his re ward. To each one of them, the Confederate States will be an oyster, which he hopes "with sword to open." As long as such baits have power to delude, men wilt not be wanting to carr.v on the war : These, and a hundred other influences, will keep our arms employed and our energies tasked for at least one serious . campaign to come. Columbia Carolinian. FROM GEN. LEE'S ARMY. Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. Army op Northern Va., March 28, 1864. The winter is now supposed to be well over, and if Grant i6 terribly in earnest we may soon expect to see the first blood of the campaign flow. The snow of Tuesday has melted, and leaves the roads for the time being quite deep in mud ; but, with the drying winds and warming sun, we may soon expect them to be in condition for campaigning purposes. 1 suppose it may be as well for me to (ell you that during the last snow there were several fights it the lines of this' army not with leaden, but snow balls. Gov Vance, of North Carolina, arrived here on Friday last, and was received by Major Bridgford, Provost Marshal General of this army, and enter tained most handsomely with refreshments. At night Gov V. repaired to the headquarters f Gelf Daniel, whose guest he became. On Saturday be addressed tbe troops of that brigade in a speech of two hours. The effort was rep' ;te with argument, and being interspersed with anecdotes, was well received. Gens Lee, Kodes, Johnson, and many other General officers, were in attendance. -He will address the rest of the North Carolina troops during the coming week. The boys are amusing themselves with tourna ments and hops. One of the former came off last week and another is set down for Tuesday week, if the weather-and Gen Grant should permit. I am frequently asked how the soldiers are fed. My reply will be their bill of fare : They are now getting corn meal instead of flour; quarter of a pound of meat per day, with occasional issues of rice'and molasses, sugar and coffee. The animals arc in better plight than at any time since the war began they are bow getting five pounds of corn per day and six pounds of hay. During the win ter Major Harmon has been acting Chief Quarter master of the army, and the condition of tbe stock attest his peculiar fitness for the post of chief of forage, to which he has recently been assigned. Brig Gen Wm Mahone, who has been absent from the army since January, on furlough, and c attendance upon the Legislature, returned to camp on Thuisday last. There js great complaint, and I think justly, among the officers about the ration bill. Under the old law they could purchase as much as they deemed necessary, now they are allowed one ration and cannot buy any. The result is that none of the officers will be able to keep servants. Surely Congress could not have been so demagogical as to mean this seriously, though it is said by some that such was their purpose. Y. A Confederate Father. We had in our office the other day a citizen of Rockingham, wjp is the father of 21 children 13 sons and 8 daugh ters. He has been married twice, bis first wife being the mother of 14 children, and last one the mother of 7. His youngest child is 2 years old. T.his Confederate father is yet in his prime and vigor, and is able to make a regular hand at ploughing. He say3 he feels it to be his duty to raise something for the Southern Confederacy be sides children. If the Yankees think ' they can subjugate a people when children are born at this rate, and when their fathers at 66 years of age are able to make full bands at ploughing, mowing, or reaping, they are greatly mistaken It can't be done. A Scrap from History. We find the follow ing in the Albany, (New York) Argus: "Just after Pope's rout in front of Washington, the high officers of the Government were seized with such a terrible panic that they gave up all hope of saving the capital. In the wild despair of the moment, orders were actually given to blow up and destroy the Washington Arsenal and the millions upon millions of dollars' worth of war ma terial to prevent them from falling into tbe hands of the rebels." The Rochester "Daily Union" which: publishes the above, claims to have such authority for the statement as to preclude all doubts of its correct ness, and to warrant the presumption that it will not be disputed by the only parties who are com petent to give testimony on the subject, to wit, the high officials of the Government. The rumor that Marvlanders io the Con federacy bad been conscripted is untrue. The or ders issued by the Adjutant General merely ac cord and regulate the privilege of Marylaaders to make a distinct military organization, under tho auspices of distinguished and heroic commanders, who have dene honor to tbe nw'of Marylend. DEMGGBAT THE AHMT OF HORTHEBlfr VTBGUflA. From tbe Greensboro Patriot. Mb. .Editor: Having just returned from a mis sionary visit to our Army of Northern Virginia, it has occurred to me that a short account of it might be interesting to your readers. . Perhaps I ought to say, for the information jof such of your readers as are not personally acquain ted with me, that I am the pastor of the Presby terian Church of Greensboro'; and the presbytery of Orange to which I belong sends cut her youn ger and more active members twice a year, a month each time, to preach and labor among the soldiers. My month was from tbe iddle of Feb ruary to the middle of March. I have written two letters td the N. C. Presby terian, but as that paper is taken chiefly by Pres byterian families, I have thought a brief account in your paper would be agreeable and interesting to your readers. Cooke's Brigade was the portion 'of the army which 1 visited. It so happened that they com menced erecting a chapel for tbe brigade, the very day 1 arrived within their lines, and in one week it was finished. I dedicated it to the service of God, and administered the Lord's supper in it on the first Sabbath that followed. At least two hun dred partook of the communion. It is the largest chapel in the Army of Northern Virginia, being about. 50 or 60 feet long, and about 45 or 50 wide. It has six fire places, and a very neat and conven ient pulpit. It is thought that it will easily seat 500, and with crowding, one or two hundred more, and this large chapel is filled day and night with attentive and serious hearers. Cooke's Brigade is made up of the 15th, 27th, 46th and 48th Regiments of N. C Troops. There is at this time a great and increasing degree of at tention and seriousness on the subject of religion in this brigade. About 60 are asking what they must do to be saved, and about 35 or 40 have within the past month professed conversion. The brigade is at present about 2 miles from Orange C. H , Va., in very comfortable winter quarters, consisting chiefly of cabins, made of pine or oak logs and snugly covered in, fire-place, and all daubed with clay, so that they are upon the whole pretty cosy, except in the very worst of weather, when the rains or cold winds may get the better of their roofs and daubing. A goodly num ber are cloth tents, and some are part logs and part tent covers, &c, &c. Wood is abundant, and at all hours by day, you can hear the wood chopper's axe and crash of falling trees. This brigade was never in better health, (this is the case with our whole Army of Northern Virginia,) and they are in still better spirits. Everything you see convin ces you that the men are hearty, cheerful and hopeful. The best thing for any man, who feels despondent and gloomy, would be, to be ashamed and penitent for his cowardly .distrust and croak ing, and visit the army; and see our noble men and boys, the brave, patient, cheerful, hopeful, self denying defenders of our rights, our homes and families, &c. Everything looks cheering. It is something like a vast boarding school oi some two thousand fellows at play time. A month or so hereafter, and how terrible may be the change! The men are generally attentive and serious at preaching-, polite and kind and obliging to the preacher; ready and eager to take your bibles, tracts, and papers, and listen to your words. You can't be with them and mingle with them a day without feeling and saying God bless our soldiers. If you have any bibles or testaments, send them on, they need them greatly. Their food ancLfare is very plain and by no means abundant; still it is sufficient: corn bread, with sometimes salt beef, or middling, molasses, coffee and sugar, rice. &c. Y hen boxes come from home tbe boys can vary hominy, their diet with dried apples or peaches, ham, butter, pickles, &c , &c. Here let me say, don't quit sending boxes of provisions, and other comforts and conveniences. Let the soldiers share with us to the last and of our best. The average diet at home is better than our men get in the army. They are always eager ly looking for the boxes from home; Jill them well, and forward them on, and be sure to put in a good supply always of real good smoking tobacco. The sutlers make them pay about $15 or $20 a pound for an ordinary medium quality. Think of our boys paying 61 an ounce for theii smoking tobac co, and about the same for their soap and candles! Remember the soldiers, help them, pray for them, cheer their hearts by cheerful letters, and substantial tokens of hearty love and good will from home; and God will bless you and them, will prosper and succeed our country and her noble cause. J. HENRY SMITH. Greensboro', N. C. March 28, 1864. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. D. E. Cumming, of Washington county, Ga., writes to the Charleston Courier as follows : "The prospect for wheat is very good more by one-third is sown than ever known before, and tbe stand is very good. We have had the very kind of a winter to make good wheat." The Gainesville (Florida) Cotton States, of the 19th ult., says : This section has been visited with a severe and damaging storm. Dr Snowden's house, near this place, was blown down and smashed to pieces, and we learn that a number ofnegro houses were de stroyed and some negroes and horses killed. We could trace tornadoes in some places where large quantities of trees were blown down thick enough to cross each other. In the country, where there was a lartre quantity of dead trees, they foil so l rapidly for several hours, it sotfnded like heavy and rapid cannonading in the distance. Some of our planters have suffered severely, as it will re quire hard labor and considerable time to roll and burn the fallen timber before they can plant. It would be some consolation if we could learn that it had struck and destroyed some of Abe's gun boats on the Gulf. A corresponded of the Southern Confederacy, writing from Carteisville, Ga., March 21st, gives the following : I was in Southwestern Alabama last week. The wheat crop there is much more forward than here, and is very good in all that fine canebrake country, embracing the counties of Wilcox, Dallas, Perry, and Mareugo, where, before the war, not a bushel of wheat was raised. The farms are green with this important cereal, now in its most beautiful stage of growth. All along the lines of railroad, from Demopolis, Newberne and Marion to Selma, the pens and piles of corn certainly will amount to millions of-bush els; while roughness, which onr horses so much need, is laying round every depot ' and station in profusion, This is only the tithe. A man is a simpleton to talk of starvation. The accounts from all quarters generally con cur in stating that the fruit crop has been severe ly damaged. On the other hand, an experienced horticulturist, with whom we conversed Saturday. gave as bis impression, the result of careful exam ination, that but a comparatively small portion of fruit has been injured, 'the buds. &c, not being sufficiently advanced to suffer matenajly from 1 i.rott. c aarienton uovrxer- FREEDOM OF RELIGION. The Bill of Rights and the Constitution of -North Carolina, and the Constitution of the United States, all expressly stipulate for the right of all persons to worship Almighty God according to the dic tates of their own consciences, and against any re striction whatever upon religious matters. Per- haps no . principle is more aeepiy rootea in me minds of the American people than this, and the people ot tne urotederate - states at least will oe as slow to give up this as any other Single right of a free people. Even Lincoln was aware of the tenacity with which it would be maintained, for it is BOt long since be wrote as follows : "The United States government roust not, as by this order, an unauthorized order of one of his GeneralsJ undertake lo run the Churches. When an individual, in a church or out of ii, becomes dangerous to the pub lic interest, he must fce checked, but the churches, as enrh. must take care of themselves. It will not do for the United States to appoint trustees, superiors, or other agents for the churches." Such was Lincoln's opinion. But, as in the case of negro emancipation, he has changed, and now allows his Secretary of War, Stanton, to ap noint a Northern Baptist Minister to take posses sion of all the Baptist churches in such parts of the Southern States as the yankees now. ana a Methodist Bishop to take charge of the Methodist churches, to displace the Ministers selected ty tne people themselves, and to put into tneir puipits Northern Ministers, or traitors, no matter how odious they and their political and religious or rather anti-rehgiousj principles may De. uniy to think ofthe effect upon a moral and religious com munitv. of the displacement of its virtuous Minis try, and the infliction upon it of a gang of such irreligious and fanatical achers of all sorts of isms as the Beechers ani Stowes and Cheevers of the North 1 If anything can add to the mtolera- ble burdens ot yannee ruie, u is mis. adu u ia not an evil in prospect only; it is already imposed upon the people where the yankees have the power. Fayetleville Observer. NORTHERN ITEMS. Senator Saulsbury made a bold and defiant speech, in the Yankee Senate, on the 25th, against military interference with elections, lie aenoun ced Lincoln as a usurper and accused Secretary Stanton of falsehood. Andy Johnson is urged by his friends as the nominee for Vice President on the ticket with Lincoln. Chicago has been fixed upon as the place of meeting for the "National Democratic Convention." Untrue. The New York Herald says the sto ries set afloat that a large number of Confederate prisoners, have taken Lincoln's oath of allegiance is untrue. The Coming Campaign. The N. Y. Herald says the late operations in Florida and the South west have developed the important fact that at every point the rebels have been found prepared. The rebellion was thought to be in a state of col lapse, and ready to give way wherever it might be touched. On the contrary, the Confederacy ap pears to be in a good state of organization, and the indications are the Southern leaders will op pose the Federals in the coming contest with a more determined vigor, and greater energy and bitterness than they' have ever shown in any pre vious campaign. The Herald concludes as follows: But we enter the struggle under hopeful auspi ces in some respects. Gen. Grant is now our man on horseback. His great victories in the West have saved the country from the destruction that the blunders of tbe Administration would have brought upon it, and it is to be hoped that, with greater power, ho will accomplish vastly more. Two hundred thousand men have been called for, it is to be supposed, at his suggestion. - Let them be given. Vve must not stint rn men or mo ney now, for this to be the final trial. If, with Gen. Grant at the head and the struggle as it now is, we cannot put tbe rebellion down in the com ing summer, we can never put it down. Never again, if we fail now, shall we be in so good a po sition to strike the decisive blow. Before another summer, a Presidential election and an unparallel ed political strite will tear the country to pieces with intestine quairels. Let the country under stand this, and rally now in earnest to support Grant for a final attempt. Yankee Speculations of the. War. The Wash ington correspondent of the Chicago Times, writ ing of the probable termination of the war, says: The Administration is still endeavoring to make the public believe that the rebellion is on its last legs, and that the war will be ended with the campaign of next summer. Never was there a greater delusion. To those who know the real facts, it is evident that the end of the war, so far as the conquest or subjugation of tbe South is con cerned, is as far off now as it was two years ago. The South may not have as many troops in the field in 1864 as they had in 1863; but, if they on ly have 300,000, they can give abundant employ ment to over 600,000; and if they have 400,000, they can attack Washington besides. It is understood that the South will act entirely on the defensive, and will seek to draw our armies as far as possible into the interior of the country, where they expect to defeat them. And there is very little doubt that they will depart from the de fensive system so far as to make an attack upon Washington.' If they do this, and act on the de fensive everywhere else, they have means and ma terial for carrying on the. war for five years more. I am satisfied, from tho information that reaches me, that Hichm'ood will never be abandoned so long as the Confederacy can -nut 50.000 troops in the field. - The Currency. The idea prevails extensive ly among the people that after the 1st of April, Secretary Memminger will again flood the country with paper money, and that, consequently, Treasu ry notes will again depreciate, and prices rise, as soon as the money "mills" are put into active ope ration. Everybody should understand ' that the 'Currency Act" of Congress expressly revokes all authority heretofore given to the Secretary of the Treasury to make and issue notes. He has no longer the authority to issue one dollar, except in exchange for the present currency, at the rate of 32 of tbe new for $3 of the latter which may re main unfunded on the 1st of April. The revenue of the Government is to be derived from taxes, and from the sale of six per cent bonds, exempt from taxation . The new currency will be kept in constant cir culation between the .treasury and the people, un til $500,000,000 of bonds are sold. The sale of the bonds from tim to time will withdraw from circulation a portion of Currency, and the disburse ments from the Treasury will put it all into cir- , .. t. i ..i culation again. It is important these facts should j be generally comprehended in order that more confidence in the new currency- should prevail. Piedmont Rail Road We learn that after this Week tbe cars on this road will commence tanning out daily with Government freight to the f 9 mile point. We trtist that the entire line ma v Gensboro Patriot ' BETTER FROM GEN.'CXVHffQttAl?. From the Raleigh Confederate. ; - Camp near Petersburg, Va., March 25th, 1864. Gentlemen ; -I have been informed that an impression is sought to be made in certain quarters, that another candidate will be brought out for the office of Governor in North Carolina at a future I I d and name na8 fceen g?0ten cf among oth erg It. maV be prop4r therefore for me to say, that as long as tbe war continues, while able to do military duty, I do not intend to leave the field for any civil station. Regarding Governor Vance's public , position as right on the great issue before the country, I think he ought to be cordially sup ported by all who are in favor of a vigorous prose cution ot the war now being waged, not only for independence, but for every thing of value to us as a community and as individuals The State of North Carolina, by an unanimous vote of her Convention, seceded and united her fortune with those of the Confederate States. This action met the universal approbation of her xitl- Bens at tne time, no one lining ins voice agamsc n. No public man in the State, can therefore, without personal dishonor, and without covering himself with the deepest ignominy, advocate the abandon ment of the cause of tbe Confederate States, and desert our brave soldiers who have gone into tbe field to maintain that cause. Our reasons for continuing the war are a thou-, sand fold stronger than they were for embarking in it originally. The State seceded because of apT prehension, that our rights might be invaded, and because Lincoln, by proclamation called for a few hundred men to assist him in his war against tbe Gulf States. Now in such portions of our State as his armies occupy, he forces into his ranks by conscription, every man, white and black. Not only does he arm the slaves against us, but bis Government has, by a series of acts of Congress, confiscated for its use, all our property, both real and personal. Should we be subjugated and our personal property seized, and our lands divided among his soldiers, both black and white, our en tire population, men, women and children, must either perish from starvation, or become the slaves of our conquerors, and labor for a subsistence on such terms as they might grant. Yankee masters were always notorious for avarice and cruelty, bdt the atrocities which they have committed withio the last three years have caused humanity to stand aghast with horror. He whom they have selected to carry on the war againet us,' by tbe universal acclamation of European as well as American civ ilization, has been denominated " The Brute." And yet if he be not a fair type of our enemies, wby was it that he not only received ovations in the Northern cities, but by a deliberate vote of the Congress of the Lincoln government he was declared worthy to wear the sword he had stolen. These acts as well as his reteution of a high com mand, show him to be the fitting representative of those who control the action of our enemies. I know of no variety of the human race whom we ought not to prefer as masters to the yankees, whose leading traits are avarice and hypocrisy; for to the duplicity and cunning of the fox, they add the rapacity of the wolf and the venom of tbe serpent. To protect us from such enemies, to save our women from becoming cooks and bouse ser vants, wc have nothing to rely on but the favor of God and the valor of our armies. If those armies be properly sustained by the country and wisely directed our government, they will in the end give us independence, peace, safety and honor. Unless these are obtained, I hold that the war should continue as long as there is one brave man surviving, and one true Southern woman left to fight for. Very respectfully, yours, &c, T. L CLING MAN. Gov. Vance.--A dispatch from Orange C. H., w r va. March 30, says Gov Vance reviewed all tho North Carolina troops in Ewell's corps on Monday, and addressed an audience estimated at from 5,000 to 10,000. He will review the North Carolina troops in Hill's corps and address them to-morrow. TAKEIY UP And committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on Ihe 29ih of February last, a negro woman who says ber name is LUUY and belongs to Nick Davis of Rich mond. Said negro is about 25 years old, very black, and rather under medium size. She says that she was persuaded oS from Richmond by a man who gave his name as Robinson, bue was arrested on tbe cars on the N. C. Railroad near Charlotte, N. C. Tbe owner is hereby notified to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take ber away, or she will be dealt with as the law directs. R. M. WHITE, Sheriff. March 15, 1864 tf Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against Dr. W. Edward White, deceased, must present them before April Court, as I expect to make a final settlement of the Estate at that time, and this notice will be pleaded in bar of any claim that may be printed after that time. Those in debted to the estate must make payment immediately. March 15, 1864 3t W. IS. WHITE, Adm'r. ivjotice. All persons having claims against tbe estate Jf Wil liam Johnston, deceased, must present them within the time prescribed bylaw, or thia notice will be pleaded in. bar of their recovery. EZEKIKL JOHNSTON, Adm'r. Mrch 1, 18G4 6t-pd NOTICE. All person hoving claims against Solomon Earn bardt deceased, must present them within itetime prescribed by law, duly authenticated, or thia notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. J. M. EARNUAliDT, Adm'r. March 8, I8G4 4tpd For the Legislature.. Believing that the county of Mecklenburg has been well represented in the person of JOHN L. BROWN, who has proven to be a prompt, active arid faithful public servant, many of his constituents desire his re election, and hereby announce him a candidate for the Hou?e of Commons at the election in August next Mr Brown is a good businessman, and the services of such men are needed now in our legislative halls. March 15, 1864. pd VOTERS. , Announcement. Monroe, N. C, Mrch 12th, 1864. ' We take the liberty of announcing Cot. SAMUEL H. WALKUP, of the 48th N. C. Regiment, as a candi date for the Senate, cemposed-of the counties of Union and Anson. Also THOMAS MARSH, Esq., to repre sent the county of Union in tbe Commons in the next General Assembly of North Carolina. SEVERAL CITIZENS March 15 te-pd of Union County. Announcement. We, as soldiers, respectfully announce Capt. J. E. MOOltE as a candidate for Sheriff.of Union countv at 1 i .: : . . uui ucait ickuwi ciriuuu u AUKUIb SHd AS liirh Will be voted fof by 8 Uakx Bolllm " Feb. 16, 1864 tf Announcement. We, as soldiers, respeetfullyt announce .THOMAS R. M AGILL as a candidate for tbe House of Commons for Union coanty, at our next regular election in Aug acxt andas "uch wiu.e oted for bJ ' DemW , 1861 " X kW From the Wilmington Journal. A &EXARKABIE PHENOMENON. Messrs Editors: As it mav be of some interest to tho public, I will relate a singular phenomenon I saw on the sun on Saturday evening, the 19th nit. About five o'clock, P. M., I noticed that the sun was nnnsuallj red ; in a few minutes I discov ered two dark-red streaks running North and South. In a very short time a dark spot appeared on the bottom of the sun's disk, which grew larger, and as it ascended up through the centre, it had tbe appearance of a lion'e head and mane. About the time it reached the centre, another appeared on the left, or South, which grew more rapidly, and soon drove the first out thm'ih the North western corner; after both had disappeared a black streak entered, passing through due North and South, which did not fade until the sun had dis appeared behind tbe Western bills. The above can be vouched for by my brother as well as my self. O. F. Walker. Long Greek, N. C. I,AID SALE IN EQUITY. In conformity to a decree of tbe Court of Equity of Mecklenburg county, made at Fall Term, 1863, in tbe matter of Hugh M -Houiton and wife, and others, for the purpose of making partition of the proceeds of sale between the petitioners, I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder, executing bond with ap. proved security, at the public square in Charlotte, on tbe 2d Monday in April, 1864, ou a credit of twelve months, with interest from sale, except fire per cent, cash to pay costs, the Tract of Land in tbe pleadings mentioned, situated on the waters of Four Mile Creek, adjoining the lands of W P Houston, A A Houston, J M Stuart and others. March 1, 1864 A. C. WILLIAMSON, C. M. K. gtlOO REWARD. Runaway about tLr 1st May last, a negro girl named JANE, belonging lo the estate of A. A. Cofly, dee'd. Said negro is 15 or 16 years old, about 6 feet 6 incbe high, very dark. She has very Urge feel, toes turned out mncb more than common. It is supposed that she is in tbe neighborhood of Charlotte, N. C, and is pan. ing herself as free. I will par one hundred dollars fur the apprehension and delivery of said negro to me, or if lodgsd in any Jail so that I can get her. R. C. POTT3, Adrnr. Pleasant Valley, Lancaster Dist., S. O. Feb 2, 1864 3mpd Office Charlotte if S. C Railroad Con COLUMBIA, Mabch 11, 1864. Notice is hereby gvien to tbe holders of all bonds of tbfs Company, past due, that the funds to redeem them have been kept at the places designated in them for payment, and the holders are hereby again requested to present them for payment. The dividends heretofore declared by this Company were made payable in tbe present currency, and all such arrearages due wil be payable in the same at its full value, whether called for before or after tbe 1st of April next. C. BOUKNIGHT, Treasurer. March 21, 1864. 3t CHARLpTTE h S. C. RAILROAD CO., TaKASDBKa's Orrici, March 17, 1864. All checks drawn by this company, and all demands against it, due previous to tbe 25th inst., rnuvt be pre sented for payment on or before that day. All claims due prior to that date, presented for payment after th 31st inst., will be paid in the present currency at its par value, or at the optiou of the company in tbe new currency at the rate.of two dollars of the new curren cy" for three of Ihe present. After the 28th inst.? all freights, passenger fare and other dues to tbe company will be increased fifty percent, above the present rates when paid in taxed currency. C. BOUKNIGHT, Treasurer. March 21, 1864. 3t TAX IN KIND. Orvica Post Qcarts&v asteb, 8th District, 1 Charlotte, N. C, March 6, 1864. It is hereby ordered that alt tbe tithe for the year 1863, in the 8th Congressional District, N. C, of oats, buckwheat cured hay and fodder, molasses made of cane, beans, Irish potatoes, wheat, rye, rice, sogsr, wool, peas and gr&und peas, be delivered to my Agents by the 1st day of April, 1864. After that date my Ageuts will refuse to receive any of the above named articles. An extension of tbe time will be given for the deliv ery of Corn and Bacon. It is further ordered that all the Cotton be delivered at tbe Oin Houses designated by my Agents, and that tbe producer take the gin-houseman's receipt for the number of pounds of lint cotton which his estimate calls for, and btfore the lit day of April, 1864, deliver tbe receipt to my Agents to whom he delivered the other articles of his tithe. In sections where no-gin house can be found, my Ageufs will authorize the de livery at this Depot of small lots of Cotton, put up as securely as possible by hand. It is further ordered that all receipts given by the High Shoals Iron Company, Garrett Bros., and by Js R Tbigpen, be presented by tbe farmers holding tbrm to my Agents, Co whom tbe farmers respectively de livered other articles of the tax in kind. Unless this is done by tbe 1st of April, 1864, tbe rrreipls of these parties will not be recognized by me, ar.d the tithe of the farmers holding tbem will be charged against them. Farmers are directed to deliver a fair sample of their Bacon (hog round) and are hereby notified that unless they deliver tbe full number of pounds, which their estimates call for, they will not be receipted. Allow me to say, to tbe commendation of the 8th Congressional Dist., that about 45,000 bushels Wheat and 60,000 bushels Corn, and other articles in propor tion, have been collected, a great portion of which have found their way to the army. The people have done well, and it is to be hoped that not one farmer in the District will refuse to deliver his tithe In full, for tbe Government needs it. I understand that some persons are apprehensive that they will not get pay for transportation in excers of tbe eight miles prescribed by law. Tbey shall be paid when tbey shall bare delivered all their tithe. Agents will take pains to give publicity to this no tice. S. M. FINGER, Capt. A P. Q. M. 8th Dist., N. C. March 8, 1864 4t ' TAX 1ft KII. . BACON IS WANTED BY TLIK GOVERNMENT. OrrVcE P. Q. M., 8th Di8T.t N. C, Charlotte, March 9, 1864. The producers of this District are hereby notified to deliver their Bacon to my Agents as fast as tbey can take care of.it. Agents who have not already notified the people to deliver Bacon will do so just'as soon as they can pos sibly make' arrangements for safe keeping and distribu tion, and they will record tbe date of such notification. It is but right that I should inform the people tbitt if they do not pay their tax in kind in full, they be come liable lo the penalty of five times the assessed money value of the unpaid portion. The Government must have the produce, and tbe above penally will, .be incurred, provided all articles taxable, except Corn and Bacon, are not delivered prior to 1st day of April, 1864. S. M. FINGER, March IB, 1864 3t . Capt and P Q M, 8th Ditt. Charlotte tf 8, C atuf f. Tenn. If O. Jlallroad. Owing to the great risk of fire fcnd the difficulty of disposing of freights at the termini of these Koads, the following.orders will be strictly observed: Shippers are forbidden from putting cotton and for age in tbe Depots or on any platform xf this company, without the consent of the Agent, otherwise they will be held responsible for all damages to the company. Shippers most agree to promptly receive their freights at Charlotte, Colombia and Junction, and re move them opon delivery, especially when connecting Koads cannot receive tbem, otherwise they will lot priority of transportation This company wilrnot be responsible for any cotton or forage before loaded, or after It is discharged from its cars, or for ant goods after twenty-four hours from their delivery in its -Depots. Agents will receipt for no goods until tbey are reaay for shipment of the same. The general bad order of freights, tbe hazard of fire and the responsibility of this company demand that agents strictly enforce these rates. Feb 23, 1864 tf T. R. SHARP, ii
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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