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. : f is, ( , . VOL. VIL NO 39. WINSTON, NORTH CAEGLINA, FRIDAY, MARCR 13, 1SG3. f$ 1, 00 JPER AUNTJM PUCLISUED BY WEEKLY GH TERMS OF SUBSCPwIPTTOST. For 1 copy, per annum.. . 1 0n For 9 copies.... 8 00 For 15 copies. 12 00 The paper will lefor&arded only ichen the money has been received in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Oneq uare,(14 lines or less) first insertion $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 25 For one square three months, 5 For six months, . 5 50 For twelve, months 8 50 From llie. N orlli. The attach on Charleston 1 he Defenc es (f the City Why the Movement is De layedHow many Monitors it will re quire to take Charleston, etc. Tue Yankee are li ogog over the movement agiinst Chatleston and are growing- hs impa tieiit ast'riev were last summer in theii "On to II -chm-uid." The special correspondent of the New York Herald, who accompanies the expe dition, writes' from Hilton Head, South C.iro. where the numerous fleet ate rendezvous ini; : A reat pressure h:is been brought to bpar on those in authority by Congressmen and others bicked up by the prevailing public sentiment, t hrmg about an immediate attack of that Se b opol uf America. It seems to be th gen eral impression among thoe who know not-h -inj of the character of the defences of Charles un and tUe immense force at hand to garrison ih. Mii, that it is an easy task to capture the plan-; There could be no more dangerous er ror to fall into. The defences of Charleston are iu ry way sup rir and more -formidable than ihoe around Richmond, a&ainst which oni forces hve been l-d in vain. All that si.mee and skill Could suggest, and labor and m uiey avuhiy expended could accomplish, ii. tv.' been Applied to the strengthening of the tot tificai ions about Charleston. New ;r.d im mensely strong works have beeu erected, and old mes rem.Mei and increased in strength, au.i scientific skill has been exhastJ i i mak ing them complete against e.very assault. Nov in vie- of all these fcts, it would be sheer insanity to attempt the reduction uf the rt-hfl works without an adequate fore to. suc cessfully accomplish our designs. Our land forces 'may be weak, but we must rely upon ths navy to gain the victory, and that mut have "fore? strong enough to carry the day af W the loss' of '"ve?els, a loss which must occur, before our guns car. bear upon the city. Under the concentric fire of several hundred guns f the ''heaviest calibre, protected Dy every available method that art can afford, how long will it be before our wooden squadron is melt ed a.vay before the siorm of shetl ? and how many may reasonably expect to run the gaunt let of this terrific fire 1 Ic i -nU t assume th t one half or two thirds will be crippled before the wails of Sjmter are p issed ; and thei what other battarie await them ? Wooden ves ela cannot go t;p to the city, and we must re ly upon iron clads to open - the way to our vie torious flg. And thU bringif me to ,he ques tion which 1 desire briefly to consider : il.iw manv iron-elads are necessary to reducn the pose ur.der these circurnstarces. that all the Monitot? would escape the shoals and middle grounds that abound in Charleston harbor would bt. absurd. One might get ashore and thus might serve as a buoy for the others ard so on, until two or three, or indeed all would be hard and fast, from the entrance of the channel to the city, helpless and worse than lost to us. We can afford to loose sever al Monitors, if they are sunk in action and safely out of the rebtd power; but we -cannot flord to leave a single m on the bench, where ed to support President Lincoln even as a tern porary diccat.ir. Let us Support him, and ' all tht we have loft may be" restored. 1 But if we abandon hin, all that we have may be lost." ABE LINCOLNPEN PORPRAIT. Kosssll, of the London Times has furnished the following converuiog the present occupant of the White Houre at Washington : He entered with a tdiamblmg irregular, . ab most .unvtvady gait, a tall, lank, lean nmn, con siderably over six feet in height, with sti.ooint the rebels may capture her, patch up her shot , shuuldvrs, long pendulous arms, terniinating in holes and end her out against us. Two of i hand tt extraordinary dimensioiia juhir.h rhem would be very apt to terminate our pos ever, were fur exceeded in proportion by ' his sesionvof tie soil of South Carolina. The reb leer. He was d rested in-ilbritting.f wrinkled iU with one or two Monitors would be r near-1 au t oUlack, which put one in ..mind-of. an un ly as well off as we are; and who could tell dertakers uniform at "a"funerl ; round his when the atTtir would end ? No ! If we are i neck a tope of black silk was knotted in lare not entirely demented, no attack will be made j bulb, with fiymg ends projecting bejond th on Charleston with less than six nr eight Moui collar of his coat ; his turned down hhiit ctU tor. Certainly with r.ot less than 6,ard with as J lar cfiscloed a Miie y, mutcular yellow neck, many more as an be. sent ih-re. , When we 'and above tnat,ne-5tlii'g in a great mart of black are sure of victory let us go ahead ; but Jet not j hair, bristling and compwt like a ruti' of moutn affairs be hastened that we. may come out of a' ing pjug. r,)Se ilJt stiange quaint f ce and head, disastrous attack shorn of our peculiar htrengUi. j covered with its thatch of wild reputlican hair, We can afford to wait a littln for success. j (f Ltndn. The -impression produced by the Three Monitors can, it is thought, when safe. Uize uf his -xtiemities, and by his flapping and Iv pat Sumter and Multrie, capture lh city, wide projecting ears, may be removed b" the To get there though we must expect to appearance ot kindliness, sagacity , and the awk ioo.-e an equal number on the way up. ihatjsvard bonhommie of his face; the mouth iab i not too great an estimate, 1 am convinced. j8oUiely prodigious ; the lips straggling ?nd ex Besides, we shall find woik for them in aiding J tending almost from one line of black beard each other when ashore, and in preventing the 1 1 the other, are only kept in order by two 'deep furrows from the nostril to the chin ; the nose iiselt a prominent oran stands out unfortunate ones from falling into the enemy's hands. 1 have but hinted at some of the diflb m' Incidents oprnE Wab. A : tonching romance inrealhteis atFoidedby the denth of Captain Glenn, of Rockingham county, N. C, aud his faith ful servant, Mat. Reared together from child hood. Mat had shared in all the boyish prank? and r frolic ks of his master, and in lale life had teen hi constant attendant and faithful servant, ( n the morning of the battle of Boonsboro,Capt Glenn called Mat to him and said : "Mat, I will be kill ed iu.this battle,- see ,mu buiied ; thea go home, and be to yoor mistress and my children all that yon have ever been to me." From behind a rock the faithful fellow watchfd all daj the form of his beloved master, as the tide of battle ebbed and Mowed over that eventtnl fekl. At last he miss, ed him, and, mining forward, found the predic tion too truly verified, lite was already exticct. Assisted by two members of his company, a grave' was dug with bayonets, and soon the cold and si Ieut earth held all tlutwas dearest in life to Mat,, Slowly aud sadly I.e turned his face homeward, and there delivered all the messages and valuables with which his matter had entrusted him. From that time it seemed as if his mission on earth was accomplished. Though constantly attending his infers children, and promptly ohedieut to the slightest word of l is mistress, he visablv declined. , Finally he was taken sick, and despite the best medical attention and kindest mining, he died February 4, 1863. .What a striking instance of. the power of affection in the negro heart, and t!ie aiieiim aim ueamy or uie i.e net ween a Kind mas ters and a fuithful sei-vant! Peace to Mat? ashe. May the unholy tread of a 4inegro wor!iiiper,? nevei pollute the last resting place of his gallant master or his faithful self. Richmond cui'ios to be overcome: out a moment s con sideration of these will satisfy any one that it would be folly to attempt the gre.at work ot capturing the strongest place in America with a few Monitors. We must have six or eight, I repeat, when we make the at'ack, or our at tack, or our success will not be so complete as we could wish. I have written the above for the sole pur pose of curbing, if possible, the impatience ot the public North. 1 do not pretend to know that he has any design of attacking Charleston, hut 1 presume he is anxious to make on effort in that direction as we are to witness it. When he does attack, it will be a successful on, I am confidtr.t, and we can well -afford to wait the opportune hour, without impatience or giving ourselves unuesarv trouble. Tlie Federal Conscript Law. The conscript bill has passed the federal House ot Representatives by a votn of y-as 115, navs 49, and is now a law. The follow ing are the exemptions under it. The Vice Pre-ident, Judges, head o( Execu tive Departments, Governors, the only son l a widow or of aged or infirm parents depend ent upon his labor for support;' where there are two or more sons of aged or infirm parent subject to draft, the father, or it h be- dead, the mother maj elect which son shall be ex empt; the only brother t children not twelve yeas old h.iving nither father or mother, and dependent upon his labor for support; the rather of motherless children under 12 year of age drtpendent upon his labor for support ; where there are a father and sons in the same family aud household, and two of them are in the military service of the United Stai"d as non commissioned officers, musicians or privates, the residue of such family and household, not exceeding two Kball be exempt; and no per. sons but. such as at e herein excepted shall be i from the Jace, with an enquiring anxicu air,ns though it were snifling some good thing in the wind ; the eyes dark and deeply set, are pene trating, but full of an expression which almost amounts to tenderness ; and above them pro jects the shaggy brow, running into the small j nara frontal space, the development ot which can scarcely be estimated accurately, owing to the irregular flocks ot thick hair carelessly brushed across it. 1 Return. The Fayettcville Observer has an excellent article appealing to stragglers and de serters from the army, aud all abjentees,to re turn at once while a full pardon may be ob tained. The following is the conclusion of the the article: This appeal has been suggested by a privat6 letter from one of our highest and most dislin gaished officers, who left the quiet pursuit o private life and freely devoted his all to the cause. As his c pportunities are far better than ours to judge what is the prospect ahead, and and as hi& views coincide entirely with our own we hope he will padon us for making an ex- tract from his letter : "The present ia the crisis in our affairs ; I am satisfied that the brutal toe is demoralized and discouraged. If thwarted every where for the next sixty days, he cannot recruit his' le gion in May. But if he gains a single substan tial success, he will have no difficulty in recruit ing his thinned ranks and inspiriting bis rlis heartened troops. Shou'd any one of our four great ports be lost, or chnuld the Mississippi be opened, fhe war will last throughout Lin coin's administration. If our laggards and de serters could only be got m the rank, we would soon have a glorious peace. I hope that your voice will be tilted tnce more in this no ble way, and that you may be able to tir . up the hearts ot our .Denote. I feel very deeply The Post Officb Department. From tlW supplefiiental report of the Postmaster General I recently transmitted to Congress,' it appears that the revenues of the department for the quarter which ended on the 30th September last, being the first quarter of the current fis cal year, were as follows : From letter postage paid in money $184, 208,13 ; from postage on newspapers and pam phlets paid in money, $45,243 28 ; from sur plus of emolument from box rents, $24; from postage stamps sM $4S7,799 58. Making $674,274 99. It this rate of receipts sould continue for the remaining three quarters, it would produce on aggregate of receipts for the year of &2,86J 099 96, which amount is $957,910 91 nor than the actual receipts of the year which ecd-' ed 30?h June, 1862. The estimated excess o expenditures ovr the receipts for the year ending 30th June, 1802, is $595,407 90, wh'ch deducted from the unexpended appropriation heretofore made by Co.igress, would leave a balance to the credit of the department, at the end of the current fiscal year, of $880,825. " The estimated excess of expenditures for th year ending 30th June, 1864, is $902,182 18, from which deduct the amount last above men tioned, and the estimated deficiency for, the . year is $21,356 69, which the Postmaster Gen eral thinks may be met without an appropria tion fiom the Treasury, if Congress will increase the postage on newspapers, and repeal the tar authorizing newspaper exchanges to be carried free ot postage. Richmond Whig. ' xemot : provided, however, that no person (upon this subject 'and amconvinced that an citv of C:ia-lstoii , Minv, and 1 doubt not ! who has been cocvicted oi any reiony snaii, oe 1 earut, nearry eiiort oy our peopie ror sixty. ' ' . . r' . . 1 ii i - j .... : . ':j ....' i ji . j l . - . , m- J enrouea or prenuneo lo sero iu saiu iii-.t- uhvs wouiu resuu in uui wiupir.iojwiu giwiwua triumph." ,: M , , -,; . .u . V Listen to these word? of wisdom arid of pat riolisni t Sixty days of manly effort may avert twi years of horrid war ! Shall they , not ; be givt 1 -Let laggards fidlow the stream ..that has been regalai i ly setting towards the army since th 3 issuing of Gov. Vance's eloquent ap peal, and all willbe well.' " a vast majority o$ trio pamio wno nave not vestigated theabjevt in all its beai ings.seem to think that three or four Monitors will be suf fie'ent for the successful accomplishment ot the work. If none were injured, or run a groiind. or become disabled in any way, per haps three would be sufhvient but, untortunate. ly. everything made by human hands is impor. feet in one way or other, and liable to become deranged, and its socccs impaired, if not entire ly destroy ed, ny. seme unforseen contingency : over which we have no cntrol It would' be absurd to say thit the Monitors are not to be reckmed in the same category, and it is the wisest, the safest course to accept all these con tingencies as highly probable. and likely to'ocr cur, and thereby determine the success or fail ure 'of ".our undertaking. ? ';''-! In the first "place these Monitors hius?t go in tf CHarlestn harbor alone and through the chann el w hich is noV .now;.' per ff cily ; Who wri-a channel -.which is covered by a thousand ;havy guns. ' No pilot,, whose, experience was gained before the war, would; -unda rtaka to safely con vey a vessel up to the city unless he could feel bis way itti i the lead No buoys mark-; the channel .'and its fredunt shiftlngs bave render ed usetess all the' marks4 by bieh . the pilot A conscript or arartea man inayooiam ors discharge by offering a substitute ' or payitig three hundred dollars. , v ' . , ; The federal Senate ha also authorized Presi dent Lnc dn, by a vote of 24 to 13, to. sut petid the writ uf. habeas corpus at his pleasure. Ir. view of thest injures the New Yrk Iltr- aid sajrs: , KHong live Abraham the First, Jem porary Dictator ! That paper adds that the scope of his atthbrity and discretion; as Proi dent, will bardi) b less than thait of Louts Na poleon. But the r--Herald says it will sustain him. It mos "imeertully consents to this transformation-of our President into a tempo rary dictator.' " That ."paper, adds : UW concur in these war measures of Con--gres from stiUanotfier view of this '? subject; They will admonish ib great powers of ..Eu rope that ii)J,ervention against, the Union is not to be, thought of. '.;vThu uis.'Napeona,"' perhaps, be convinced that the tUne has arriv ed when acting upon Mr. ' Seward' Congress aionat peace proposition, he may say to Jirff; Xavis and his Gonfcderates, fyrther resistance against the federal government isworse than uselessp , Accept the. friendly officers i of France in bohali oi your suonusMon to; ujo LETPERS BY FLAG OF TRUCE. , Bv orders issued bv Gen. Winder 'command ing the Richmond City Department, all letters intended to be seht to the United States by flag of truce, must be mailed at his office, where they are subjected to examination, and if deem ed unobjectionable are forwarded. All letters must have on them either a three cent piece, or United State postage stamp, and they must not exceed a page in legtb, or con tain any allusion to political or military mat ter. It is proper to state, .that the postage stamps must be of the latest die adopted by . the Lincoln Government. Those in use When' the war commenced are n o longer valid. - 4- i MissouRt.--Govemr:.Xnoma -G. Reynolds has ; iued;a address to tbe( peopje of Missouri, in which he say s that the return of t roops iiv the CotifederMe set vice V that' State swilf lake place as sVn? a the -military position of affairs sha 1 1 gi v e a hope that they" w.il L rem ain ' ; the re. permanently ; that .he lias issued orders Mf f'e qust ration,( embriictng all property, real ;and personal; now : or hereafter ' owrreil by any person willingly supporting anywhere, at any time sine May . 10, 1861, W hereaftervthe Gov ernment of the United Statsj -or the jiebellbm beadAd by Hamilton R. Grim belt .and inform the soldiers of the 6ld Sute Guard . : that their tt'4iti ion und e r Geri Price 4 ba s bf f n ; , con te rjn -plated by the GiMedf rate? xecuti ve,; ; wbpse purpose "M that it shall f take place as 'soon 'as they can be -Spared-from .tHe important pdsitioa they now defend- :" t wi- The Wilmington Journal says we return our f acknowledgments to the Licoln blockaders,for the great1 pains they have taken to develops the l foreign trade :cf the port of Wilmington They ui have been the means of enabling us to see owoii'J f the swiftest iron steamers that can be built, on the Clyde, a class of vessel we could never, have seen while ,we kept on . Our trade : with -New Yorfci Boston and Philadelphia - 4t ' " And these' vessel scent to ome m ana go 1 w out' with ss much certainty as though Uncle Abraham blockade was not in existence. , It mity be an effective blockade, but it seems it .to be onlv efftctive against satarbooher and corn ' crackers. The "Unbm iJacl,,i and 1(16 ' 4 Cross 'of St. George'isbow' quite fa miliar Uo-It our pe plej - It if a little strange tbat'4 with vt Cuba and Martinique convenient not : f ingle; h$ Spanish.or French; flag tbas yet becndispjayedj I GtrsPowrncai" An English paner has lately stat-jri t '. - ii ' t .1: 1. 1 ' j s 'At 1 1 ositioft of gnopbwder, directly . or indirectly during the '-". J first three moatbsof 18S2;' to the 'Caa&dsrat formirlj Vent th& proper channel.;" To' supl"But mevery view of the case, we are pretoar-1 they no ;w - ... -v . .'.' , k 0 w f .:.-.,' it J ' ,
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