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f . ' ' FIGliT NEAR NEWj&ElVNIMIRACCLOlB E3- CAPE OF TWO OFFICERSI.'-A GALLAM'.V.I SUCCESSFUL CHARGE BT COL. 1'OL'I J5,CAV- ALHr. v .'.' v ,' v 'V , : " ' V- tox. N. C, April 18, lSCI.' ' Mr. Eorroi:- Dull e ft spirited" engagement occurred ' ' . JreslerdiSy, I ft rfoauo?sjiuc4ia the direction ofNi v r . ' ' .0., fc r01,lon of troops ia Geuei-ali'orno'a . eoraoanJ. Oa Yiiur.jd.iy of last week, & force of Van " tee cavalry, with two.piean cf aril!ery, adv'uuced up I. the lower Tjtnt road, and opened" -juli the batteiy ". ' wpoaa vileUe or two picturing on tbe road. After a f . cnslJcrab!i deuKinstmion they failed to drivtia (he , picket, rd retire J la the dilution thy came, leaving v a rjrJ ertwo sto.sk upoa ft tree wuh couipliiuentM Jvr . the rebels and 'aa invitation j'or them 19 comedown . ftnd spend tbe Aiy, &.6.,tgiti respectively by Crpt's. Ld yfJ2Ui-iieurrorL4;ayilaJSo.jif: , ,rebels bUrtcd down to pay the desired im tyeiterda iiaorhJflj; Col. Fotk 6vlt-N.-tTTaIrtJidiiQ.p.U;iiea c( artitlfrj moving down the lower Trent road ah a small force of ! fantry oa tha Dover Koad. A scontiug cr advance p.itty of the cavalry went consiierubly ahead of tne main eoTcmin a,nd sftcr paw log Beyond the usual Hues o:cirpieJ by the eucmy's picket!, Captj Gash ftnd Lieut. Erowjr were returning 7 with .ft report that the prospww of ft f.it was vry slim, as the Yankees weri Opposed to have j-ctii to . ' ft discretionary listar.ee from before our forces. Two , men were observed standing near the road a consider .able distance ahead of the returtmg officers, who ha J disappeared on these ffficers teacVjugllelGcafityllie" . men had been seen in. The officer baited aui aked - aloud, who was theresomething being heard as they sepp'ose'd, in tie thick undergrowth a few rl-et from th roed. Come out of there, I say:and tell us who yon are," cried pae of the officers. -"Yes, come out," j ----- said the other one, laughing, "we know. you are in' ! " there, vi tee' your toet ttichmj ut!" 'Come out of , 1 .. your good clothes if you're. got. any" . "Who are 1 jou?" v; . i . ' "We are strangers," replied a ToiceL ' I . . VCome out, boy d n it, don't be aslamedMf ; t bodyI" " , Joit then thefonsuf a dozen Yankee riflemen rose ' . abore the low thJekeT, a'ad Banv, banj, bahy, lan a! I ' iron 20 xon8 ft many yards distaut, saluted the .' gallant Captain and 'Lieutenant. Their hones were i ' .wheeled, and ttey darted np ths road, the-bolietu whii- ' iffg thic'k aud fast after them. It was toe of the most "" ' " TainienloOTescapes'efer k nawn . N ert hrf 1 . although 20 shots were fired at theni, and some almost . clpse enough to bum, with the powder, thoir fares', i la a few nifutes the first eqiAdrpn pf the caralry, f V under the commirnd of Capta. JJrowa and Councill, , " came dashing down on the enemy who now appeared l V . in full iew in "line of fijht." ' A terrible rolley fnvn 4 the, Yankee rifles met the gbonfof the brave mountain j ' - )ys but could not resist 'their valor. In turn they u ' fare rolley for Tolley; gave a yell brso, louder than . " before and in twenty seconda every Yaukee was run- . ning for his life. m T ' At vxs a glonouv chase I am told; would bave been " more rloriocs. had not the dismounted blue bel lies taken advantage of a swamp near by, ift wh'cli they nearly all made good their escape. .One was killed . dead, another- reported morjally wounded, another - Tnortally tlutk fat V.i-A wirf, -fn4tbree weia -, ,:. kea prisoners, together wit'u a doien 'or twa splen did carbines,-Colt's pistols, haversacks, oil cloth, eoffe, "gar anu tn phort uearl all their camp eqoip- ftge and accompaniments. .4 1( ... Xhe rUMcrt, ioteiigwit JfCTr-rket,' relate ttnri they were on a fcrf( txptdiiion to our firiei. to ascer V . tain our forces, posuiona, plans, &c, &c. They were coraraanJel by the valian knightly, XJaptaMia Lovd and Myerai, who had distiniished themselves by the:l- ing, for half an boar, two pickets on their posts, ati' . , then nmable to1" Urive.tbem awaj,, gave vent to their braggart Yankee slaagiJeft wiili negroes and to tur- pentine treesf They had. five days rations in the'r .haversacks aif r nuinbored,-one account' says',- sixty three picked men from the 12th New York cavalry. ' ' We did not have a man hurt, and I believe the sur geon reports none tevrtd! , - The Yankees have one Regiment of cavalry at Sew .' ' bern, (16th N. Y. cavalry,) encamped at .Daep Gully, - a small brigade cf white troope and a .few' negroes. This is considered reliable here. Look out far news ; nextweek. Proyreu. ' rni iIJli ITIf ill CAilOL! ten., . .' MA1 IblaArgnso'erth pouple'i righu doth hn eUn.lTtj'llkvt-- NtteotalacJtraln of ilaU'ssua oazlull bis huoilr J.ejrtstotleoi C..W. FETO EoiToa. ; 277. r-t-'r.: Tt it adesiiouo C. ' TOURSDAY:::::: v Trice of Subscription, ?5 per year. AbviaTistxa $2 00 per snuaro of ten liaes for first iosertionand$l.'50 for each subsequent Insertion. Ejjtlasgnbs'JML,X.Jil?'t Obituaries ver five nuts on Uvitar ptr square. "' . .FOS fiOvEBXOB, 7: Z. B. VANCE. v 'ELECTION IN AUGUST. NEXT. ..! - in 111 " wi rim n4 -r , Jiel!Confcierate Primer and Speller " is out, --4 Mr, J.o. W. LtAK, of Uockinsham, has pfc'- sented to the poor of Anson county, twentylvo biuich vi of CJt rcTtli"read,""to" bpSIIslt Ibuted ttmontbe most neeJy A Dvble bequest. CcsV We'd i' not know the result of the election foM Congress. There ismuch contradiction m the accounts given by different papers. The rrbqitst says Leach Wi'J be elected if he is; it will be by a small mr jority; we think.' - ".'!- " " CPor the Argus. Camp sear Ouajscb C H., April 14, 1 8tVl. Mr. E.DiToa: As the coming August will determine who shall reprcsenl the recple cf Anson in the next State Legislature of North Carolita, it.mny DOtbt aioiss for the people to lecke up their minds in time to cast their votes in favor of such men as will hon" estly'endeavor to promote tip kterest pud welfji e ot .nil tlin rm;sfl in which so many precious lives have been sacrificed since this war was ioaugura ted. We are a ware that some ry wcrthy citizens of A n Bon havu been spoken of as being nttable meu to send to the Legislature, but, so far as.w"eare awcre, therein ne one now eerving in the field spoken of in connection with the office. Therefore, we eaggest tb name of L'eut. J, A TotK. of.Co. K, 26tlvN. C. Troojs, as'a suitable man ttjreprcseni the people cf Anson codnty in the Lext StaW Legislature". .Lueut. lojkli vrtiJI known to many of the people of Acsoc, J bis1 soldierly qualities and personal coara go Iraro been tested on many a well fought battle field. Nothing very'importaut is, transpiring in the imme dTala i loculify of Urange C. If.lltnrever, -all turphrs baggngfas being rapid'y coniolidted to be taken to the rear, tni the signs of theiuie beem to indieate a umcQf lit ia-Siimfl t?iriiirin 4 pcpn'ja tk J be become sufficiently dry to admit.t-f it. No doubt the coming campaign is soon to open and will probably be one, of the bloodiest of the war, but a cunliJtnt spirit resti in the bosoms cf the veterans' who compose the Army cf Northern 'Ta.,-aud with Gen. Leo at their head will everprove invicciUe. , . f - MANY FRfENDS. V.iirn rfnrrr and MAOi8TBATK9.-We Lftve never, fcdjs tlieCI'ntlojteDcmocrat o; the 19lh, luce the comiiiciicemcut of the war, advised tbeon.scu Una or cicmption of auyi particular vhn of persons I - . ... .fc. & . V hut the nut'hlion of couscribintf.miiltfi omcrrs ana Miti.-trates is byn disus-d in. some qmuters, we Viiil i.ty few words on the uject. Bouie militia o.ii ccrs hav-ydooe lheir duty well end Iff.ve great fy nMi'd tie Confedfrute niithoiitics. by aircslins tlcteitcrs nnd mtiiutaiaing gooil pnler n hemej' but others have not dUctiHrgeiLjtbdr duly nor, been at cny benefit to tha cause by! remaining at home. If the .former ate AAn.r.niP.l nid removed it i!l ?rove a' treat los3 to some seclu'ii V ' -Th'cj-efoM if it is determiaed to con keiibe iniiitia officers, lome provision ohjht tote made rnr ilpf-.ilinT the eflicient oues for wvice at heme. nnr TIiaTi'tl3'c:in be-rTrpirfterUiKcdJ. i ,lu rtgnrd to MflgiilrauV, i .d.Jil'nction might he nliulo between ihoj-e m-ently nppoioted lo bAvc them roiu militriiy hervfre, nod thoe appointed preview to the opera-tioA of the couseiiption laws. In every county in -the State there have always been .a. great rnmiv iuore MHaistrates than there was any necessity for all know thin to be ti ue but ine thd pssfagjof thecowipiiiunJavfs the jHitnler has bceaJarsely u-creaj-etrby new 8pointments. Insome counties wp LaVe'lifaTU'Of Mwi'tiy a 25 W'J'W UCW appointTictitA Idft irm ."rd er-T h t5 is- uu fM r rt at an nunyaus H nc.es t tie uppointmint was piaue merc'y to buvo ma-nppwn.'eo from con-erV'.iB. -. . -rrv-r: , ... 'The present mode and manner of appcinting-.pwigti!-rratei H much abused nm Vr9 T?n A puisr.r.ce to the State at large. If men were app'dnU'Ton uvootnit .-.f their fitnesp, integrity and molality, it'.woiiM not l n.uch havm to have sm-h a hoet of uim,'- but snch hasnot!sen the io in goverriingappoiuinitints. Uruler Ihe preHent circuriif-tances there is a gen eral opinion t'hat the tervkes cf a ltiig number of magistrates at home as magistrates,- nflght bdis pcrtr'd will! without the least detntnent to tue public. - In order to lucrease rha;upp!y of foml, as many farmers ought to be exempted as bsVibly'-cati"le' spared from thepervieerid wo hope this will be done, but no one houTd be Exempted because be holds scune little pettr, uselcssptEce. . We With something could be done to prevent, ihe XMnturo ofNorth Carolina from rnaLiog any new Msg Unite for the uejl UU IDU t nisr- ; Tmstav CoRrs. The orders heretofore pub-. lished ('rom'the Commandant of Conrcript for North Cafolini (Circular No. 13) in rrgird'to enrolliug per sons between 17 and 18 ami 45 and 50, have beken re voked, and other Orderssucd,. which will be f )uij in to-days paper. .Where the" enrollment wi nut maue on the dar idicated. lotu or April, we sin poc it i intended that it shall be -Jane as wx dersajre known to the otL.n r. The tiniO REPLY OF PRESIDENT JEfF,' DAVlS.JO in EIGHT IJONOllABLK LORD LYONS, C. B ,-4e ' &e., tc, II. B. iM. MINISTER TO f UE GOYEEI MENT OF TUE UNTIED STATES. lUcufonn, Va., April 6th, 1864. Mr t ocq I aave been ina'tructedby Ue Prenidei to acknowledge the receipt of a UtKpatoB from yoi Lordship, enclosing a copy of ft portion of a dispute from Eail Ilusstll, JI. B. AI. Secretary of State fc Fbrvign AfTulrs, puiportiag to be a "formftl .protei and reiuonbtrirnoe of Her Me jesty ' Governoieut,agtioi the elloi U of the authorities, of the so-called ConKdei ate States, to build war ytwU Fltbln, Her Majesty' douin'ous, to be tmploed against the GoTimmtnt ( tho United States.-" 4 . . ; . . The rrcsident desires me te say to your Lordshif that whifb he is net uuwilling to wajve, in cxikting oil rumbUuct'S, the transmission of. such a doenmea thj ough other.than the usual and proper channels, I would beHncontisteat with the dignity of .the positio lis Alia o PliiiY Minnlril nf 1 niMAil nnmnriiiinv i poVuTahotf 6riuoVnhai5 xl laraioifcTxceupylDg-1 leriuoiy many iiiycs rgr iuv vi viui,uj aud roscb.sIfiir.re5o"uroerunsurpa8ed blhaaa vf.ft: cpuniry on the fitce of tha globe, to allow the attemp i t Earl ICussdl to ignore the actual existence of tk Cohfedsiite States, and to contnmtliously style then '"'so-called," to pass without a formal protest and re uionstianre.. Ihe .President, therefore, Uoea protes and remonstrate againt thif studied insult; and he in Mt ucts me to ray that iu future ftny document la wbtel it uiSr be repealed will n returned, nnanwerti am untU'tlce'l,:. ' '. . With respect to the subject of tie extract from Ear Rfvelt's dipMc5, the TrestIent desires ;tte to stab that the pica cf ku'utraiity whicli is need to susUla th sinister cour.o uf lief iliijesty'i present Oovernmcn siiist the Govemmmt af the Confederate States', i so c'e ir'y conti adicted by tbeir actions that it ia regard hi by. the' woild, not even excepting the United States m a mere cover l actual hostility, and the Presidcn cannot but feel tlist this is aiwst view of it. Wen iudeedi Her .MxjrMx's Governueat sincere In a desin aud di-termination to maintain neutralitr. the Preiidsn could not but feel that they would neither be juht noi gallant to" allow the subjugation Of a nation like tin Confederate States," by such a barbarpuj, deoptl rar a'iftf now attempting it.- - . .- , Ue cannot but feel. - with tbe'llitorr and traditiom of the Anglo-Saxon race before him, that under a Go' einrnept laithiulir representing the people of Oteal EritHii), the wbole weight and power of that natiot would be unh.-iiatiog!y thrown into the scale ia favoi f t,Le4nii:ii lt hi l:a eorerpgCBtrQft wkicb thesi new 01- alloael ti-r i Sllf P0 as toe ji :u) alloa eurllinMit i too short bctweeu the d.tc of (he oidei aud thedny fixed foathe enrolliufit. It w inipovjti'j'e to roiomuniunte general iuforniatiou on toe sutject iu so khct t a time. the" inea over 4j will not be taken Too their Domes this summer." . " v "' CLOBIOUS XEWS! . . ,. BATTLE ff MANSFIELD, LA. GREAT CONFEDERATE VICTORY! IJRILLIANT DASIIOF COL. I'OWEXSf Moeai, April 20. Western dispatches report a great battle fought at MnfieJ'J, La.j April Sth, in w hTofi"Ki VI WMtCSltith-ttivivf-iiim and men. .'. " " . - , ' ', - - Gea.1 Kirby Smith captared thirty-five gujis. two hundred wagons, and two thousand prisoners. The Federals admit the defeat. . pensi ilouton andPoIiglnac were severely wounded. v Gen. "Steel is still surrounded on Little Mausory, Awaiting reinforcements. ' . . Col. Powers, with two hundred. men, dashed into Port Hudon on the 7th instM and cap. ued one gun ' and eighteen prisoners The Yankees admit if lose of niaety.' Powers lost but three wounded.' For the Aas Tamp 1-1tii'N,-C. T., Apiil Utb, 'CI. Mr. Fxstos: There is no news as regards army movements. Quiet reigns cn both sides the KariJun. We are on picket at Racoon I'ord;- To-day being election, of course some excitement prevails The only thing needed to make it look like pld times (ante bel'mm) is cake carts and cider waggons'. .1 am sure these weul'd3.ud t?-7ejrote of . Iht four companies from'tho 7th District is as follows: s Co. I, Jividson, Co.'ll Stafily," Co. C, Aosou, Co. B Davidson Wkole Vbte, '" footer. 18 02 101 'iio other candidates known. All "P " 1 ' 1 ' -'11- - II , - - ,. , ; . Lench. - 10 , mry wave ' .,'-V . . Of' ' UU well and in fine spirits. 1 could g ve you some news- that wouid be enrouragtag to our people lu Anson, butsecrecy being enjoined on us, prevents me from so doiug. I will say this ranch, Grant cant ttaj ia-Culpepper many days Jonger-Perhaps beforeahis reaches jed, a change of base will be made. Yours, . ' . MOCUS. lTbe Georm! AVfnibfy of te rresh'tcrla5 Church Wectaia Cfiarlotto on the 5ih of My. jays the Cbailotto Democrat a Urge n-umber of persons are expected tbe present on the iecai6n, and BTiiotig them some of the ablt9t Dmad iu thecsausry. l"u? Crliztfri-j Charlotte, are tryirg to make projec tions to t:.ke caru of the visitors. Fre.-b meats wui Uj in dediand about that time other things iu " pro tion. ' . . . - . We are authorized to say that the Delegates t.j tl General Assembly will p.-s ovit tie various'Uailroai lines for one fare4-they niujt p-ty tiuMr far coming birt will return free, cn the certiheate of the Sccrttaiy of the Assembly. ' Steam Doiiek ExFLosKix.The steam boiler of D." Murphy's paper mill, Fayetteville, exploded Saturday the "Jib, carrying away a porliou of the building, and slightly injuring the machinery. . Fortuu.ely the ex plo.ihii occurred late" in the evening vjhen the opera wad Tienrtyalt--l'efvHwTniil im nu ELECTION RETUliNS. GOOD SETTS FROM XOHTII C 4RO- OFFICIAL FROM GEN HOKE. Wadesboro', ' Morve'n, Gulledgts',. nTte'a Btorer Oum Spring, ' Foster. 113 " V: 21 24 A n Leach. 19 8 . 1 Ramsey. 1- ' CAPTURE OF PLYJIODTH, N. C. AY AN BRIGADIER, SIXTEEN HUNDRED PRISONERS, STORES, ARTILLERY, ETC. RicsMOXD.- Aoril 21. An flicial diatch from General Hoke, dated' Plymouth, N, b. April 20th, eys: .. . '- . .. ' ': - , "I bare stormed and carried this place, capturing ' one brigadier, sixteen Jinndreed men, twenty-five pie ces artiHerj, atores.'itc. ' " A telegram to the President from Col. John Taylor Wood, aaya; "Abont twenty five hupdred prisoners, Inclndipg four hundred negroes, have been captured at PlymoBtb; ftlso, thirtynfive pipces of artijlery, -one bupdred tboosand pounds of meat, one thousand bar rels ef flour and a full garrison outfit. Two gunboats vera sunk, another disabled, and one email steamer captured. Oar loss is about three .hundred in all( killed, wounded and missing. Col. Mercer is among tb killed, ' Vj ...... . . ' -' --, . 9 S 31 -fL 17. 15 .1, Uiamona Jiill, IBumsville Cedar Hill, - Be? e Rly jr- -1 Smith's, ' " 4 Lilesrille, 81 10 ' . . 2 Co. K, 26th Regt.j 2!)-" 8 Co. 0,14, 152 ' . CapU Johnson's Co., 1 ''. , 7 -- 21 82d Regt., 2 8istr . 12 : :: 23 40th " . v .12 -- 2 Camp Ifolmes, 1 3 . 43d Regt., -.' "'47 - . "C3 . 2 458 171. 61 (Rjchmohi, April 22. The Yankee gunboats ive left the Rappahannock- river. Before leaving thrice hundred men were landed at Bonlware's wharf, who destroyed fire hundrhed bushels of corn and a farm house. .' . : -..'",,' ' burl. . iue. proprietors expect to 19 in operation acain in turee of lour veta.Luroimian. , tils lUP.DEsrso rowcB or biJ.-la s sermon to young men, delivered at t.io reqae.it of the I'biladcl- phra Institute, Dr. Bedell miiJ, "I have now been uoarly twenty years in ihe ministry of the gospel, and I here publicly ttaUJ to you, that I do net believ 1 could tnumerste three persons over fity years of a:e wham l-trtvrcTgriigant wk the snlemn and-etentirVH mouieutuus qutoti'ou, Vhat sjiall 1 do to be saved?.'-' The Pennfj-Wania .Senate has adopted a resolution removing tbe'teat'-bf Government to l'hiadelpbia. The Chriitiau Sun, formerly "published at Suffolk, Cy llev. W. B. . Wellons, has bet-n retlvtcl at Pciets- Uu'g. Mr. Wellons iesues a handsome, interesting,' Well-niieu sueet. , FcssANpo Wood asd thb Soctb. Fernando Wood, ' i t 1 rjU .a . in a Epeccn delivered m tne raiuiee House or r sentatives, on the n-eolutjion to expel Mr, Long, of Uuto, for declaring substantially that be was in Juror J9f-4osniUHj-rntbertban-4-ee eve rV-woman-and l uiiiia u me.fcputiiern btntes put to the sword, assert- tnat toe rescut awre'tary of the Treasury, Mr. Cliasa, auvoraieu a recogaTnoarTD115onefTrt?en federacy in the cabinet, while the Confederates bad inly a Provisional Government. ' J . r " ANew-FATiare. A -ffentleman nt Tarbortr1 has tent 'na ...scrap of cloih tbe'Watp t;otton,.and the filling ine-tniru wool nnd two-tut rus radcoon lur. Tne gen Treinan remarks tbitt tbe fur Js more readily obtained thai wool, and our reftders may be profited by the riuggeution. One thing is certain, the cloth isji etout lubsUnial ticjeie with the wool.' It will itfake good warm clothing for coarsewear und for servants, That "same old coon" can b8 this meats be made both useful and ornament al, even more eo tbaa in tbe days of "coon skins and log cabrns." 'A'a. Covfedcrau! '. Y - States wire cAigicAily filmed, and for which eJon the Confederate Slates are bow atrnggltefr He caa not but ftt-l that with such a Goveraaiect aod with Le piea of neutrality urged apea tbe people as It - . t .a '. now n, uoji'jcn pi noi Fptctacie coma De witnessed, as Is now launifftrd by Her Mnjesty's prtsajit Govern lnri.t lu the peritrnt persecution of tbe Copfederate State at tbee-cck nnd bling of ofacersof the United Smivh, tiiii! a pnme miaUtcriuocke aad Insults. the iieute of a Uoue r( commons and of tie world, by escufir.g the pel wiMon to allow British subjects a go U the Imifd Mates lo Cgbt against as, by tbe hUrt suUeifoT'", that it was the great demand for .br and the b'a rate of wsges that vert takinr im thithr. ' . V He canwt but ft! that a neutralitr xaost cunnlnglyi audaciously fning and insolently sought and urged, begged and demanded by one belligerent and repudia ted by, I bo other, mutt be seen by alt impartial tnea tij hs h mr 'pretext for aiding the raoM of xne at the esfiene bC the other, while pretending to beinpar ti il. to in t hort, but a eovrr for secret, malignant, t.f .li reus bistsi ty. . A t t the j' cioi argument! on the tubject of the riiMi, ii'iTrdu'ed by Lai 1 UuiMll.the Prelier.t drires n tii'4,if H ut be ii t v,if-.i.t o leava the world and bit t i y t i tn:j'.ui'i t-j'giufut upon this atteaipt to heap iij.iry urrir in-n t, u.r declaring that Utr M (jetty's (i rvrrnn'ifi.t uu l I iw o!iicra are satisfied of tbe quee-tion-Wt Al J, i hi th .questions are still btfora the liijrbpet 1 gal tiibunul the kingdom, oompoSed i.t ii finbers cf the (7uvetnment and tie highest law officer of the rrow n, fir their, decision. Tbe rreaU diot IJm-elf w'il not condescend U notice them, 1 Imve the. Loior to b your Lordhip's obedient,, humble servant, "BURTON N HARBlN, Private Secreury. . i i -ii i ' i-w-miw,pi , r.r r bb Footti). -Svme parties are trying to fool ti e p i Vn j"infraBfBnf SUle twperla. and about It appears thai-Chase's so-called 'gold certificates which b offers at "$1 So, are not redeemable in- gold. , They are only Veceivuble as gold in payment of dutier at the Custom House. Hence it is that they do, not keep down the price of gold whtth continues to go np. W iibiingtou, by alledging that GovVaaee is responsi ble for the late day at which they bava been paid for their servi-jes. ' It appears that the troops referred to, having not received their pay for over three or fonr months prior to the first cf April, -Moat lathe last drtys of March, these poor soldiers were -paid off in JfOS $20'e of the old currency, wbioh would rntthen be takeu by any one except at a discount -ef tntTtrrwtr-arnnlTriwposed peraone arfrtnakimt uf.:t! cut oflt agaibt the Governor, statingto the sol diers that, as they are SlaU Troop, Gov. Vaecc sboaSJ hive seen them'pakl earlier, or else (anew currency. Everybody knows, who knows anything, that the Gov eroor has nothing t do with paying troops. These troops are now in th s?rvice of tle Confederate gov ernment, aud (lor. Vance bat nothing to do wiUi tbetn, xocpt so far as vacancies aod promotion are concern ed! The entire blame rests with the Confederate au thor'uies, not with Oov Vance, who, wbatever may be haid against him, otherwise, cannot be accusel of inattention to the waats of soldiers or their families. . m -i Tns OtoCmntscT sn TftEfew six riaTixT. It is not generally known- that the old currency may be funded, in tiz per cent, bonds which the Secretary of five hundred millions of dol lars. .. The bonds' to bear intorest at- the rati of six per cent, per annury,, and thus six hundred Jind sixty-six dollars, (bus in festetfj-willyield-rhrMme amoant-of Interest as one thousand dollars in the toor per cents. forty dollars per annum in both coses. So the bolder of the notes will lose nothing In'amount of interest, by ne glectinc ' to fund them at, their expressed Talue in fonr'per cents., nnd funding them hereafter at the rate of sixty six centajnibe dollar in fix per cenfs The Inteteet on the six per cents, is secured ty the pledge ef the re?.. enues of the Confederacy derived from its Import tfa ties and hs export duties on cotton,, tobscco and naval Btores. No fond or revenue 1. pledged or set apart for the payment of tho inUrest on the fonr ner-eents. the holdees of the simper cent.' bondivwlH be preferred creditors of the Governraent,ecured bV thi mortgage of 'sufficient amount of its revenues. '; It Is probably th mosst deirsble disposition to be made ef what re malna'- of the old curreaey to convert it,. scaled to th amount of one third, lot the new fix per cents. Jur. . . . ... . - s .1
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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April 28, 1864, edition 1
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