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TnURSDA.Y::::::::::n:r.t::nJUNE 25, 1863;
, d. W." B. TERRY, of Rockingham, Richmond
'K. C, U oar acknowledged Agent and Correspondent.
' v PRAYER MEETING. ; v
There -will be a prayer meeting held at the
house of the widow Lilly, this (Tbursdsy) even-
r light ".A" ;.;.".,.. , ' . , .
Tbc Roads, need working very much. Some
body had better see to it, or thej will be present
ed. We are requested to eay this much. .
' ' After a horse is stolen the stable door is
always locked. Bat it, would hire been better
had the door been locked while the borse was in
r the stable. After some mischief has been hatched
and executed, we will, we suppose, have a patrol.
Had we not better prevent the hatching and ex
ecntion of the mischief
a SAve xne chops, r
a mm cp.;hieit i wr m i nim
This ii good pay. ' Let thoee who have hands
to spare send them oat to help fare the crop of
wheat, which else will be lost. , Hejp one another.
- Remember the golden rule 44 Do unto others as
Ton wouUibat they should do uutoyou." God
; has given to man a noble crop of wheat It mast
be saved. 7 Let every man who can spate a hand,
. send him forth. ; - ' ' '
. VC05SCErpTS.:-It will be seen by the following
--extract of a Jetter from rvsidfnVDivisldov:
Vance, that conscripts have a- ripht "to select the
companies in which they prefer to serve. After
a conscript is received and drilled at the camp of
Instruction, it is proper that he should be allowed.
7 to choose his own company, and it is to be hoped
that the wishes of the conscript in this respect
will be respected hereafter :
, ' (gXTRACT.) ' '
Riciimosd, Vam May 22I8G3.
EU Excellency Z B. Vance, C'oxernor oX. C:
Dzjlz Sir : I have received your letter of the
13th instant and folly appreciate yoar efforts.
ir w --w w - Qrderj vere ion since issued to
meet one of the evils you mentioo, and I do not
nnderstand now the impression prevails tha
Uuoscnpts are not allowed to select their own
companies,-- ,
In General Orders Xo. 82, of 21 November
1?G2, paragraph 2d, secuon 5th, it is expresslv
, ecjainea on ine uommandsnt of Conscripts in
each State that he will consult the wbhes- of
the Conscript in assigning them to companies
or regiments so tar as miy be conisteot with
their proper distribution, and will not separate
men from the same county, district or parish, if
. it can be avjidedV Tbc same xules will be ftb-
served by Commandants of Corps in assignicg
vonaenpes to companies.
Under this order each Conscript can select bis
company (unless it be already full,) and is secure
irom oeing lorciDiy separated trom bis friends
ana neigboors tn service. '
Very truly and respectfully yours,
jErFERsox Davis.
treasury notes-fuxdixg.
Jhe recent notice from the Secretary of the
. Treasury in relation to funding Treasury notes,
and the action of the Ranks of Richmond and
other places, refusing after a certain date to re
ceive on deposit or inpayment of debts, notes of
a ceruia aate, bave created some uneasiness and
misapprehension in the public mind respecting
war currency, jlc oas been stated, says tbe Daily
Ttttoej, loau. arrer tne 1st oriAngusr, Treasury
botes, dated prior to tbe 1st December 1862,
being refused by' the banks, wonld depreciate.
This is true only in reference to their fanding
qualities. They are still receivable in pavuient
of all dues to the Government, except - export
uumcb, aacuior luis purpose and the purposes of
cirenlalwa 5U M, a r l V u TOn a P,tDlJ- ce ctters from
:T.2SST L North CaJna. I.ve been income
terest bearing note issued bv the CfintfArtA
t TV! fkltw m T. t m is m
m.momj, MAeccmoer isi, leo was about.
tworhuodred miflions have already been funded,
ft ooiy awui one nundred millions in cir
culation or in they hands of th people, . Until
the 1st of August this it fundable" in7 per cent
bonds'. This-, is tbe jziost.desirahle4nvetmeot
ottered to the public, aiilee no class of Treasury
notes after the 1st of August will be fundable in
bonds bearing a higher rate than 6 per cent, in
terest, and some as low as 4 per cent By prompt
action the whole of this outstanding one hundred
millions mat be easily converted into 7 per cent
bonds, much to the advantage of tbe people, as
well as. to the government The taxes would
then be psvable in notes ot subsequent dates
and thus the issues would be rapidly absorbed,
she bulk lof tbe circuktiou reduced, and tbe rJ
ueof Ccnfederate notes sppreciated. To bring
aouui mis most uesiraoie result me aia oi every
good, .citizen should be given, and in no oiher
way can it better be done than by the prompt
conversion of all Treasury notes dated prior to
December lit 1862vinto1 Confederate, bonds
bearing 7 per cent interest. " -The
inference that the acts of Congress, the
Treasury Department and the banks io relation
to thU subject, is a step toxards repudiation is
entirely groundless. It is really the interest of
the citizen to fund these notes at once it is the
interest of . the country that the? should be
funded; and while it is remembered that, if they
are not funded, they are still receivable for taxes,
and that the taxes already Jaid and soon to be
collected will consume, perhaps twice the amount
outstanding, it is p'oJ ha Where canbe nojral
w'permanenidepreclatlon of the class of notes
io question. -
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Mr. II. Good morning. . How would you like
to take charge of a clasa io the Sablath School?.
D. I would oot like it at all. I know nothing
about it I prat you excuse me., .
II.' We are vety much in need of teachers, and
I would be glad to Have you. Yeu have good
many children, ud I tbinkj for their sakesypu
ought to become a teacher.
D. I have some girls and some boys.' Do you
mean that I should take them in a class, and teach
them together f- 1 ,
II. No I don't mean that We have lady
teachers who will tike charge of the eirls.' Re
sides, while you are trying to do good to your
own children, you can at the same time, be ben
efitting others.. If you bave boys enough of Your
own to form a class you can teach them, but if
yon bave not, you can have a number of others
1 on send your children te school somebody
must take charge of them, and I cannot fee that
it is not as much your duty as another's. . You
ought to fechisjnuch , interest. in yQur!owncJxiL
uren as a stranger." lou are wtlling that Soother
should teach your children the truth but you
are unwilling to teach them yourself.
i). L send ny children to oundayJScbool be
cause it is a good plsec,and I expect teachers to
be provided for them. You seem to think that
erery man who sends his children to the School
should himself become a teacher !
II. When, as in the present cose, teachers are
needed, I do think so. I should not have asked
you to become a teacher under other circumstan
ces, though I think it singular that parents should
expect others to feel a deeper interest in their
children that they tbersseives do.
D. Why don't yodsk Mr. R. . lie has as
many children as I have. , ;
II. I have asked him, and many others, but
they all decline, and I really know not what to
do. If members of the Church and the parents
of the children of the church do not consider it
their duty to do what little tbey can for her pros
perity, th$n, indeed we are io a bad way.
D. Why don't you co to the officers of the
CburehrrfThey are the ones to apply to. They
have the offices and' the honors. Let them do
the work. -) ' , v ' ; v
II. They, top, beir to be excused. There arfr
only two of them who take any interest, appar
ently in the Sunday School.
i V. r Well, I don't know hat you will do.
can't teach. I am not competent, I need -teach
ing myself.
II. So do we all.
and. has oct been alls to 'rzV ita 'the Gouth.
andrnow he; bis made a requn;t;.:a-for the oe,
groes to help 110 Well, Uncla Abe, I can tell
you yon are one of te lost sheep" cf'tho Yankee
tribe. ; You poght to .dme'erfer and sce?or
growing crops, and; then jo' would ;iay, wbeti
you went back, ,If we whip the Rebels, we will
have to do it by fighting. You need not say that
we will' give up for we will fight as long a we
live. We have not called out our fighting tnen
yet I We are going to call out the Secessionists
and Speculators! ' When they take the field, we
will give you sut. ' A Prxvatx,' '
: Co. B, 81st Reg., N. C. T.
ICEWS GENERAL AKD STATE,
GREAT-NEWS:FltOM-YIRGINIA-
DisrAicn rRojj general xee-gloriocs
, VICTOR! OF GEN. EWELL, SUCCESSQR TO
GEN. JACKSON. SURRENDER OF UlLROY'S
ENTIRE COMMAND, ARMY STORES, II0RSE3,
WAGONS, EQUIPMENTS, Etc.
RiCHifOXD, Jun lfl,A dispatch to President Davis
from General Lee, dated 13th, tart: "Oodbn anln
crowned the Talor-f-r-lroop. Early's division
etormtd tha enemy a tntreochments, eaptariog their
artmery," &c. rr T
Bichmoxp, June 17.' A dispatch, dated tUt 16th
ioit., frota tb Rockinrhum (Ya.,) Register, to tht
A pent f the Auociatcd Pressaaji: ,(0n. Ewell at
txeked the rneray at Winchester on SatqHij, fought
them Suodaj morning, and renewed tht attack jeitvr
tUj (MonJdj) nioruiBj. ' After a itmle of oot bour,
tht Abolition flag waa lowered, tad oar victorious
veterans took entire possession of the place. The ore
mad of Milroy, from nix to stvea thousand ttroof
surrendered, with aH tht stores, eotbraciof atveral
hundred horses, wagon. equipmenU, artillery and
trains, tkr losa In killed, wounded and missing, will
not exceed one hundred. No effieera were killed.
Milroj endeavored to etpe, bnt, it Is ramnrtd, has
since been captured. Col. AJicot, while on tht march,
cndetToriog to reinforce MUror with about two thou.
iand men, was captured br Gea. Edward Jobnico, on
alo.riij.aTetdngataj.liTytint--.
FROM TUB NORTH. :
The enrollment f persons Habit to military serviet
under tbe enrollment net meets with great retutauct.
In FultonCountj, r.,t!ie enrolling oGeera wtrt pelted
with egs, their lives threatened and barns burntd.
The terms of erict of nine New Jareey regiments
expire Ibis month.
Lati a Northern ditesof thelSth instant, received,
contain tbe following interesting intelligence: "Whilst
tbe steamer Maple Leaf wan conveying three hundred
Confederate officers from Fortress Mcnrot to Fort
Delaware r n Wednesday, tht prison overpowered
the tKrd, eat tured tbe toat,and run her In near the
Virginia ehore; wben all but twentj-tix f tbem es'
MpeU. drnerat set a cavalr force after them,
left their entrenchmenta, charged on tht eaeoy, dratr
Llrr from bis-XortiScationi. and spiked his aiera.fn.
A cititen froto 1W( Orleans, who left8atnrdy fTl -til;,
13th init.', repor'ta many regioaenta arming from
A-jiiuq tiouge. imiiutwi Tcry Respondent
and sail tbati Port Hudson could not bt taken bj a,
snult. . Tht price of provisions was hlgband rising t
New Orlaa&a. Tht rivtr waa verjr low. Other chten
iog atwa hat bttn received, but as yet ts eoatrabaad
Tht St. Charles Hotel Is filled with tht Federal wtundi '
td from Port Hudson, brought op to tht cltv bv
boat ltada at alabt. : , ' . . v 4 w. . '
ANOTIIEU SUCCESSFUL DASH. v '
8VMM1T, June 17. A courier Trom Gen. Logsn
states that Logan tnajt a daah into Jackson, La.,
Monday, and captured one hundred Yankees of tht
40th New York Cavalry, and twenty negroes, with
thtlr arms, wsgoas, and. out hundred and twenty
horses. A Major and other officers art among the
prisoners.' ,f , ,...,'r -n
g3r Gen. Sam HouiW lately icmarked that 'if
tht Yankees pestered him much more, ba'd shoulder a
musket himself, old as he is." ,
Daowaau. A valuablt nerro man jbelooglng to Mr.'
Williamson Wallace, named Marshall, was drowned ia
Harvev Maxwetl'a mill-pond on tht 6th JnH. The ne
gro was awimmiag ia tht 'pood and after diving pace
or twict tried to get out by catching hald of tuAs of
grass on tbt aide of tht pnd,-Vut was too" Ihoch ex
hausttd to recover, and Jell back and was drowned.
Only two small boys were present when tbt occurrence'
took place CKtrloltt Dtmot rmt. - x v
DaowxxD. Wt art called apou to reeord out of tbr
moat heart rending cases of drowning it has ever been
fur painful duty to perform. ,
On last Monday. Cel. Joseph A. Davidson and bis
brother, Maj. A. A. Davidsoa, of this vicinity, in eom-
Eaay with a friend, went tt tbt Catawba River, at the
ufialo Shoals, for tbe purpose or srioing. Tht water
being very deep la stmt places tbey were corneal!!
to swim. Twt of tbtta had reached tht short. Col,
Davidson after having proceeded tome distance became
exhaosttl, and called to bis brother tt render aim
sistance. Immediately Major Davi.lMu j lunged In
and on reaching his Lrother, was eaugtu by bint io hi
expiriog eflorta,-nd both sunk KiMb U.e turbil
stream. Their bodies wert recovvrd Lt vu Mvudtr
evening in tMitfTrtrwafc-t.- : - -
Tbey possessed all tbt characteritie of gentlemen,
and wens highly esteemed la tht IVuety. Jt,.iU r trf
wivea and an aged mMi r, with mLm- rr!iit,' ( ,
mourn their lots; while the yinpi,ibies i.t tl. emmo.
nity art mingled with theifgticf. htit'd Vjptnt
Psact. Senator WiRfe Jerwe. ia Sutler
to the New York World, dnied Jhi. l u il- r, I.
lowing laiignegt: The fet cmio l, j that
tha aeiitimeat of the robi.try i nvrrwhelijiii.yiy for
peace. It is eppurd tu trvflcipjf any lnptr at tht
ahriut of thia bideous M!ucb i AU.ktiiuiu . r,
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t. A great open air n esting a h'4 at ShedVU.'
England, va tbe 1'tith May, at which Mr. Kt utk
made a epeech. Tht itu waa He aduiku at n..
but op to the latest ad rites they bad not been recap I following resolution:
turel." i I That la tbt opinion bf tln meeting the Govrrtinfnt
of tbia country wou.d t wiwy.bvib far tL. Ii.t.ii,
of England ad tbosef the wrlJ, wrt tl,f ioime-
diately to enter Into tr;oii,tiBBs m'.ih tl.r 4rrt p
era of Europe for the jorjtt f ..LuIlh He a.-,
knowledgment by ibeat of tbt iuJudtuce tf tbe
Coofcderatt States tf Amrilva.;
Tbt Democratic State Convention tt Columbus. Ohio.
has unanimously nominated Yallandig ham for Gover
nor. Tbe resolutions adopted by tbt Convention de
nounce the arrest and banishment f Yallandigbam.
o I provide for tbearf ointmcot of a Committee to dt
man J hh restoration.
. Our factory at IVinchattr.
IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY CAPTURED.
HARPER'S FERRY REPORTED TAKEN GEN.
EWELL MARCHING ON MARYLAND. Etc.. Etc. 'o-I koa!u recced n tbia r. Had
Tbt address of tht Pear Courmtirto, lately beld la
Ntw York, among other rfasnwbv the Varil,rfi .i.
tempt at legation canuut u err I. liaa'tU I .b1r.v
wbicb is worth all tbt resi: -li-SMSes air this, 0J did.
Richmond. June 18. Psteneera by tha Central
train this evening bring bnt little additional ntwt front
inehe?ter. The number of prisoners taken ia fully
sevn thousand, number of horses from two to three
thousand and an lo.mt nse number of wagons. It is
a!o reported that the wife of General Mijroy waa cap.
tured on Suiiday at Martinburg. v.
Before the capture of Winchester. Milroy notified
We need to be taunt bv ,b rtbc,, brn tbe. town if an attempt waa
be Iuttnded it be would n.t hart t lare.1 ii .en,.,....!
a Lincoln, with such coHj.,i,.ra.a a t'ut'er ?r a Durn
aldt. Wa will uot cimpar i b m wen tn a D vis or a Lre
or a Stootwall Jackson. Il is tt i.icr.ay l,.
character and capacity will always eiiee, ditlart ai,d
maintaia Its aoperiority. The hand ii0 i. Bplifi.i
against as. Ilia illimitable n.wfr uvrttutns all t-or
designs and subverts all our pan." , '
tho Holy Spirit, and tbe Sundav School ia the
Elcejo be i tauh t.Ood, ykis'spiriCwill teaeb
otL.teacber and pupil, and being taught, tbe
Church will advance for the Sundav School is
the nursery of the Churchif thaf fails the
Church fails too. . ;
D. Well, I'll come and see you next Sunday.
II. Do, and bring all your children.
Well, I think I have secured ono teacher. I'll
not despair. . JPat.
For tjbe Argus. .
FEOM THE THIRTY-FIRST REG'T. N. C. T.
" - Jonel5. 18fi.r
Pkar Asgus : Having leisure time I address
you a few lines for the nnrnnsA nf Anr
rieuds know that we are still io the land of the
here bscoo can be drawn snd fish bought 1
made to storm bis position. Ewell replied bt would
Dang every l anaee capture!.
Iris reporledlhat Twell has taken Harper's Ferrr.
with immense stores, and is en route to Frederick City,
Mary land . ii -r ; - -
'. Heavy explosions bave been heard in the direction
of Aquia Creek. It is believed that tht'enemy it blow
ing up te wharves and buildings at that point.
The Yankees bave entirely disappeared from Stafford
County. Tbt 'building at Aquia Creek were not de
stroyed. The citiiensof Fiedericksburg, so long ex
iled, are preparing to re-occupy their homes, and tbt
good people of the place art reaping n rich harvest
of epoils from the enemy's deserted camps In Stafford
County. y y , . .
Nothing official has been received to-day from North
ern Virginia.
Ricuxoxd, June 10. Tbt serious apprehension en.
tertained df a droo;;ht In tbia vicinity Lave been rtlitv.
ed by a etpious and refreshing rain last nieht.
a lie oenunri or iiim morning says it bas received a
THE LATE CAVALRY VICTORr.
JDr jHliaoa, tbeSurgton-ln-Cbbtef of Staarfa Ca v
Ifflflfy
.....it, fueic vai-vu can ue griwa ini can Doueni.. mK- . :...!.. ' , .. :
Tli. kutil. r , . " I MfMvn yi.butuuiuiuuatiwuainiiiKuamiTaeflytng inas
lbe nealtb of our regiment is very cood at ores- bur cavalrv wert surmised at Ilran.1. Rtktd
v preuM w cai it you can nan a
pound of fat bacon a plenty. I see letters from
otf the Gum Swamps in taat part.of the State,
4houglL61g0t,lDty to eat. and.1 am anrrv ti
1fcattbat -wuie of our bovs fared badlr rlnw-n
there. I reckon that Mr: Ltaird fareA n t,.
he was on picket doty rouod the baggage hear
IV!sl5- 1 SSii iiinmo rum ia. mlH.)... . l
guard the baggage, it was jeasjer tbn2jping.
through the iwamps. " SlrrXTtalks of stsrving
but he is misUken. If he could see the wheat
crops be would not think so. This is tlTe wsy
that old Abe keeps his ineo fighting-by telling
them that we are nearly starved out. He told
his men to pitch iq it-would not take long to
wbjogate the South I . Well, he has been doing
all be could for nesrly two yesrs, and what has
he accompliabed f He has taken some of onr
eei port towns but that is potbiog. Too msny
T our men live inwns aoywsy. Lincolo has
filled out all the toe that could, rock the cradle:
BR ITISfTCONSCL FOR NORTH AND SOUTH CARO
RtCHXOKn, June 16. H. PinckneT Walker. Tm.
having submitted satisfactory evidence of hit sppoint
ment, i officially recognized aa Actinir Brttiah C.antrA
for the StaUs of North and Sooth Carolina, ' V; Vl j
. Important from Tort IIndsoii;ii
OUR. TRO0P3 IN FINK Apt RITAVncu vvvrwv
WHERE REPULSED, v""
"L?!27t"A peclaTdispatch from Jackson,
Jane 7tb, says: 'A courier arrived at Brookhavea
last night from Tort Hudson. Ht reports oar trooos
M, uaTing lepaiseq int enemy twentT
allies In the Utt eavaJry engagement U'4'aipMr:
Killed, 60; wounJel, U; mUsingrUJ Toi,I iU.
On tht dther( hand, over fonr hundred prisoners cap
tured by us have been received in tbia cltv. is t,r
woiy inier mem irouv
such expressions aa these, in their accounts of tht bat.
tie: "The 6th. Ta. lost heavily;" "Cof. Wyndhatn's
brigade suffered tevert!y: "tht brigade of regulara
lost in killed and wounded twenty-ont oat of ninety
officers 'present Gen. Bnford'a whole- fore
waa much cut up," kc. On tht 10th, a train,
is mentioned aa arrlvlog at Alexandria with 170
wounded, and on tbt night of tht stmt day, another
arrival af "about 70 fifteen of them rebels,", la men-
ueoeu. - .,
From data such as there there is no diCculty in de
temitdng that tbt Yanket lost very largely exceeded
ours. tVhtn, in addition, It is remembrred that we ;
drovt taera back across tbt river,, tht man must be
bard to Satisfy who does not accept tht day's work as
a victory. .
If, as la aaid, our men wtrt tnrpriaed, It may result '
wHriwiaatnwar jHteB IMttf or attttllgn
" Ira vruave our lorcea art not
engaged in, was not without its use. Wa shall bo
surprised if tbe gallant Stuart do. cot, befort maar
days, make tbe enemy repent sorely tbt temerity that'
led them to undertake so bold and insulting a feat.
: TUBWAE"!
j .A number of genuemea aavt reached Atlaata, direct
J from Central Miaalssippi, all of whom briog tht most
seven times, and successfully atheked them la their
entrenchments. Aid waa e!mo at band." . s
Latku.-Another dispatch from Jaekson, taut data,
says: ."A courier from Port fladson bas arrived. Ht
stes that thtnemy hart been punished sevtroly.
Ilia color front Zouave Regiment mnda good marks
Our.boyi took delibratt aim, and killed sod wounded
immense number!. Our troops bave sixty days pro
visIonrand no fear it felt for tbt ftnai remit.' ITe
are determined to hold out to tht last.'.'
Ostka. June 16. A desperate ficae Lia uin
at Fort Hudson. On the 12th 1ntt., the Confederafcs
eheerhjf accounts as to aa improvement in tbt eondi-
won or affairs an a aepartraent. The Appeal gets
fram them the following ifaformation:
or stvtral daya prtviout to Monday lat-when
one of tar Informants left General Johnston 'a bead
Qnarttra thtre bad beta daily commumcatlona be-
tweta the eommaadiog general.' The commanders ere
now acting Inconctrt-Gentral Iemberton having sig
nlfied I bis ability to holJ bis position so as to gist Otn
eral Jebnstou time to organist his army,- which be Ia
dolng and placing it inpoaition to aid tht btsefged at anv
moment, or If fullUme given bfm by Grant, to
get ready to strike adeclsivt blow. - - ,v v .
It has not beta renerallr known tbBtn.ti.r.t T.kn.
eton'a army eoOceotrated with bnt Hula .rtn!-r.
j ae"'f n'PW111 eottttUeary inrplies.. U .
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