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p.CHITECT AND BUPti? i Public and
lPHiirliS aii'l r wc'uvu".
! ii .;v. 4iti! rwamir'Li w ui'a - -
Private liunaiup, wun iu.t i y ronvinece of
Kki Bl.aU combine construction J g conj ,neeo
arranKemeiit and beauty of h! knowledge of
tAt of all improvements
they may wish to make nrUrA Hotel.
I'fiice thru aoor m.uu v. 17-1 v
i). c. 20. ism . -
CI.AIJK . TLKl.IMiiOV.
dealers Watjjr 8trke? vViluin'-ton, . C.
-Solicits consignments of Contort, JVW ktores, Hour,
Vim. Bacon, Timber, &c.
KEF EH TO
B. R. Savage, Cashier Bank Oape F tar Wilmington, N O.
1 bn Iawon, Pres't Wil. Branch Bank of & C. do. no.
v II. Jones" Cashier Branch Bank Cape Fear, Kaleign. do.
Nov. 15. 1C0. '
General Notices.
NOTICE.
milE CO-PARTNERSHIP -previously existing between the
ihT- Qb,.cribe" "Gder the firm of FM1TH A DUNHAM, has
til bee dHH' lved J wtnal consent All persons in
debted to said farm are requested to come forward and set
tle their accounts eitler bv ,ot8 or cash, as we are anxious
to clote our busincs. Aj FEED SMITH,
August 1st. 161 J0DN s DUSHAM.
JL nes
C. II. KOBIO.V & CO ,
nOMMISIO-V AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS
l J1Jil-'-;' v Wilmington, N. C.
office over J. A. Willard'a ttuie. Entrance corner
rrinceHS and Wrater Streets.
March 9, WO. 1.53
of
Alex. Oldham.
STOKLEY & OLDHAM,
DFALERS IN GRAIN, AND COMMISSION MER
CHANTS. Wilmington, N. O.
Pr.vnnt attention eiven to the sale of Uolton. Flour, Jia-
,1U nd other Country Produce.
,TvnT, KTiiRU Sl-otick.
LNDr.Rf 1GNED will cmtinue the Wercantilft Tansi
es at the o'd htanrt TBr.rn T;oi,5r, v
Gooda cheap, will please ca!l aLd f-xamine for themselves.
. ALFRED WM1TH.
Angust Ut, IStil T2-3t
mHE
NOT1CK.
SUPPLY MILL, Brunswick Co.. N. c,. ia n
X operation, at which can be obtained any of the follow
nil? Lumber, viz: Pine, Cypres, Juniper, Oak, Ash anc
Hickory. Orders for ar.y of the above can be filled and sen
to any point desired,
where, if necessary.
loo. 22. is.-.rt
from Florida to
and
sent
Baltimore, or else
.TNO. MEUCE1L
17 tf
Educational.
GMOVK ACADEMY, KKNASV1LLE, N. C.
S. W. ( LEMENT, Tkij-cifal.
riAHIS 'LASSICAL nnd Gramrrar School will . e reopened
X on tl e 2iid of September, Terma same a hereto-
lore; or, if desirable, half of tl ifi tuition inav h -niA !ti arftX
e and a credit will be given on the remainder during
I.,,-. 2-2,1 . l".r.!
17
W ALliKlt MliAUKS,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
No. 45 Makket Street.
A full f-tock of Medicines, Paints, Oils, Window Glass,
o,jr Brushes, Paint Bruwees, Toiiet Soaps, Fancy Articles,
The attention of Physicians is especially called to
ol Medicines, winch are warranted as being pure.
the
November 25,
18oi).
L. II. IlUi5IS cS M)VS,
1 T r H 1 LE8 A LE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN GROCER
V 1ES AM GENERAL MERCHANDISE, S. E. Corner
Uiriet and Second Streets,
Vilmikuton, N. C.
ta,0rders lrom our friends will receive prompt attention.
May :U, 1800. 40-tf
U1
vane
the war.
Aug. 23.
uring
l-it
A. P. GAGE
f'HK THIRD
YVESTli: --OC1C SCHOOL.
Pkikcipal.
ANNUAL SESSION of this chool will
j vjonunpiice on Monday, September 16th. lS Jl.
iui ion j-i, $u ai.a $:u per sehaiun
Anr. 20th.
Board $3 per mnn;h
1 d-
J on th
C. I'CIiVOGT,
'I'ilOLSTERER AND PAPER HANGER,
Coknek Princess and Front Streets,
Wilmington, N. C.
Keeps always on hand and manufactures to order any ar
ticle in the UPHOLSTERING LINE ; also, a large assort
ment of PAPER HANGINGS, which are put up at f.hort
notice.
:vuv. nth, 1850 li
WILLIAM J. PRICE,
TNSL'clCTOP. OF NAVAL STORES,
Wilmington, N. G.
Solicits the patronage of his country friends, aud all oth
ers endued in the Turpentine business.
i-oiiiee opposite No. 47, North Water stieet.
Nov. 24th, 1659. ly
KDWIV A. XJLJEITI1,
nOMMISSION MERCHANT,
Wilmington, N. C.
Oilers his services to Planters as Factor or Agent for the
Hle of Cotton; will give his personal attention, to the Bale
tM'ott n.
His Commission for selling Cotton will be 50 cents per
bale no additional charge will be made. Cotton forwarded
to ew York for 10 cents per bale.
Oct. 4th, 150.
t. x
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SMITH, " JOHN MCLAUP-IN.
SMITH & McLAUIUX,
101IMISSI0N AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
ITT XT ,
KETER to
John Dawson, Esq., Mayor.
F.. i iiii.i. Kan., .'rtsidtnt Branch Baak State N. C.
Oct. 7th, lb50.
6-tt
1
THOMAS W. rhAYEll,
NSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
Wilmington, is. .
W Omce in M. Mclunis' btore, Bonn ater cireci.
September 20, 1860 4-ly
JAMES O. BOWI3KN,
I
NSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
April 4, 1850. 31-tf.
Wilmington, N. C
I
ALFIIED ALDERMAN,
NSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
Wilmington, r,. u.
Will give prompt attention to all business m his line.
Feb. 17th, liStiO. 2.5-ly
.ivIl!.A.D . VjA DK.MV.
FX ! SESSION of this Institution will cnremcicB
the 9th of September. Thorough instruction ia here
given to btudents in the classics, end all the branches of a
Bcitntific education requisite for preparing the student for
tbe business purtui s of life, or for any of the classes in
Colh ge.
tuition feu session of five months :
For the Elementary Branches of English, $6 to $ 8
Higher Branches and Scie ces 12
Classics 18
Board can be obtained in good families, or with the Piin
cipal,atJ8 per month.
L. G. WOODWAID,
Fichlnnda. Am. 20. IMil.
NEW WATER WHEEL. GREAT INVENTION,
mOE SUBSCRIBER takes this method of informing the
JL public, that, attar manv vears of exnennn h h
succeeded in inventing a WATER WHEEL which he can
confidently recommend as beir e simpler in construction.
more powerful in nerformanrft Di.it h ft Driven Qmnrtrt Vi no
of water, and more durable and less liable to get out of
order than any Wheel now in use or heretofore offered to
the public.
This Wheel wan Datented nn tho 9Qiti .TQimum icel i.
being a packed Wheel, no water can escape between the
I top of the Wheel and the bottom of the cas. and cor.pe
quently ail loss of power from such escape cf water is
avoided.
Tins V heel is a reaction Wheel. It is of cast iron and is
so simple in construction that any mechanic can put it in
after having once seen it don. I: will, with a 74 feet cf
water, grind from 12 to 40 bushels of Corn per hour, and ia
suited to any head of water from 2 feet upwards. It has
only six buckets arc; turns out 84 square inches of water,
being all that it requires for the performance of any amount
of labor.
As above stated, th's Wheel is natented. and ItftkenlPAB-
ure in offering it to a.y person wantinz a chean. nnweifnl
and durable Water Wheel, adapted to grist mills, upright
or circular saw mills, cotton gins, lactones, or any other
kind of machinery in driving which water-power is used,
furnishing sizes of Wheels from two feet upwards, adapted
to any head of water. I will furnish f.nd put in running or
der a Wheel attached to any pert-oa'a mill for $75, or I will
sen tne ngat to nse one tor $'25. 1 will also sell Countv and
Statf Rights.
Any person wifchingto purchase Wheels, individual. Coun
ty or State rights, or desiring auv information will receive
Immediate attention by applying to or addressing James
Armstrong, John O. Armstrong, James M. Armstrong, Dob
Musville, bampson county, N. O , their Agents, Messrs.
Hart & Bailey, Wilmington, N. '., or the subscriber,
GEOllGE VV. ARMSTRONG, Patentee.
JS3-Tbe patentee refers to the following Certificate from
competent persons who have seen the operation of his
wheel :
This is to certify, that we, the undersigned, have seen the
performance of the new Water Wheel, invented by Georte
W. Armstrong, of Sampson county, A. C. Itgririds'a buhi-l
of good meal in 3 minutes and 48 seconds, wiih 7 feet 5 inch
es of water, and saves half the water with comparison ot
other wheels. HARDY HERRING.
J'HN HARDEN.
JAS. H. LAMB.
DANIEL JOHNSON.
R. W. TAT04.
G. W. SMITH.
March 2Sth, 1861. 3f-ly
izr
For Sale and to Let.
'ALTJAItLK KKAL ESTATE KOlt SALE.
THE SUB-CtlBER offV-rs his residence in the town
of Magnolia for sale. The lot fronts the W. & Wel
don llailtoud, and contains a large, commodious and
comfortable dwelling, having seven large rooms, passage
above and below double piazza m front and single piazza
in rear four fire places, &c. . Also an excellent office with
two rooms and chimney, kitchen, smoke-house, stables,
barn and carriage house everything in pet feet repair. The
location posseses many advantages lor a physician or lawyer.
Terms made easy. For further information app'y to the
subscriber in Magnolia, or P. Murphy, M. London, or Eli
Hal!. Esqrs. The subscriber also Las an excellent ridiig
HA USiS HOUSE for saie. CUAS H. HARRIS.
Atari h 10. lf.l-llt&30-t f
VALUABLE SWAMP I,AMS FOll SALE.
iff--. THE SUBSCRIBER having determined to go South,
oP.ers for sale his entire possesi on of LANDS in New
Hanover county, 30 miles from Wilmington, aud one
mile from the Cape Fear River, in Caintuck District, there
being about 300 acres in all, of which 35 acres are drained
and cleared, and in a fine state of cultivation there being
about 200 acres more to clear, all heavy growth Swamp
Laud, being a portion of the well-known JUNIPER AND
BKAli SWAMPS, and the balance UPLAND. The Swamp
is well adapted to the production of Com, Peas, Potatoes
and Rice. On the Plantation is a very good DWELLING
HOUSE nearly new, and all necessary out-houses, and a
good Well cf Water. The place is pleasautly located, and
as healthy as any in the State. Also, another tract imme
diately on the Cape Fear River, containing 152 acres, about
2 miles from the above plantation, all fenced for the purpose
of a Pasture. There is about 40 acres cleared aud well
adapted to Corn. Peas, Pumkins. Ac. Also, there is any
quantity of OAK AND ASH WOOD handy to the river,
which can, with little labor, be turned into money. Any
person wishing to settle himself on as valuable and pleas
antly located a place as any in this country in a good neigh
borhoodwould do well to call soon, as i am sure the place
is too well known to remain on hand loDg. Apply to the
subscriber on the premises, or address Arthur Bourdeaux,
Caintuck P. O., New Hanover county, N. C.
April 19. lS(5ft. 34-tf ARTHUR BOURDEAUX.
WILLIAM II. LIPP1TT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Dye Stufls, Window Glass, Garden Seeds,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Ac. Ac, corner of Front and
Market sts., immediately opposite Sijaw's old stand Wilming
ton, N. C.
JOSEPH L. ICE EN,
(CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
J public that he is prepared to take contracts in his lir.e
of business. He keeps constantly on hand, Lime, Cement,
Plaster, Plastehinq Hair, Philadelphia Press Brick, Fibs
Bkick. Ac.
N. H. To DistillcrB of Turpentine, he is prepared to pat
Tp Stills at the shortest notice May 20 37-ly.
W. II. McliAKY Si CO..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, corner Princess and Water
street, Wilmington, N. C.
references
Legal Notices,
;ci.
H. R. Savage, Cashier Bank Cape Fear, Wilmington, a. C.
Col. John McRae, Pres't Bank Wilmington, do. oo.
I). A. Davis, Cashier Branch B'k Cape Fear, Salisbury,.
J. (i. Lash, " u 44 u 44 Salem, do.
J. Eli Gregg, President ci Bank Cheraw, B. C. Oct 17
GEO. W. ItOSE,
CARPENTER AND CONTRACTOR,
V' June 17 WiLMrvQ?cv, N.
HOCIi. SPUI.Nti HOTEL.
MARY tj. McCALEB, Proprietress.
OLD STAXfU
THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method of returning
her sincere thanks to her numerous friends tor the
libtal patronage her house has received for the past
few years, and would recpectfully inform the public that
she U prepared to accommodate Boarders cither Transient
or Regular on the most liberal terms.
Her house being situated on the South eide of Chestnut
street, below Front, is in a convenient location to business.
Her table will at all times be found amply provided with
'.be best the market affords. Her rooms are kent in the best
possible manner, rendering every comfort and convenience
to her L'uest in her power.
A continuance oi puoiio tairuuagu icSin;v..umj
j.1 . i . . a ' .
December 11. IRfiO. dtf.
VlLNI(iT()!S FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP,
FRONT STREET, (BELOW MARKET STREET,)
W 1 1 in 1 ii K t o ii , N . C .
L. A. HART & JOHN C. BAILEY, Proprietors,
TkUASS AND IRON CASTINGS, finished or unfinished
15 new Machinery made and put up ; old Machinery over-
ImiiioH nil kinds of Patterns. Ornamental and Architects
ral will niinn lv Drafts of all kinds of Machinery and Mill
Work eenerallv. .
a n wnrk warranted to be aa represented. Orders re
spectfully sol; sited.
Also Turp r.tine Stills and Copper Work in all its branches
inntiimii mi " "
CO-PAlVIWEllSIllP NOTICE,
mnrc TTvnv.RSKJNED have entered into Co-Partnership
I ,n ffcn tnwn nf Wilmincton. N. C. under the firm and
"77.i cnnTiTrm.A Mil Pdl.KMAN. for the Durnose of
buying and selling NEGRO SLAVES, where the highest
cash prices will be paid. , v
They also have a house in Mobile, Alabama, where they
wii i rAibiua q rwi i i n i w r.n iila uimti""v"
ces made nPou Slaves left with inmLA,
JAMES C. COLEMAN.
A ngust 1st, 185.
PI.OI I.H KAC'lOitlr.
n nnnn joirxr mnvoii in Gnhlsboro. and located
15, there, respectfully informs the citizens of Wayne and
the adjoining Counties, that he expects to manufac
ture and kpfn constantly on hand the most complete
and (suitable selection of the latet-t and most approved
Btvlea r.f entirely new IMPROVED PLOUUUB,
mart nf Otoi r.T imn. Rnitable to different soils and the af
ferent chances of Dloughing that may be required. These
hollow and solid ; also various
size r.f v.hmipJa. tlnnhlp. nr xinale turrdni MOULD BOARDS
COTTON or POTATOE SCRAPERS. Also, new ground
aud aubKoil PLOUGHS. All of these plough hoes are used
tipon three stocks, which may be changed by means of bolts
to suit (verv f armer's convenience. I will also sell State or
Cnnn uii,fa nr niutript. nr Farm Richts. Orders thank
fnllv fa.i,, 'onri r.rnmntlv ntt.pndftd to. All letters ad
d esne.i tn BOLD R. HuOD. at Goldsboro , N, C.
Jn 24 th, 1811.
22-tf
PAINTS ANI01L.
1 A AAA LBS. Pure White Lead ;
JAJAJUU 5,000 lbs. Pare White Zinc ;
7 600 lbs. Pure White Zinc, in Varnish ;
600 lbs. Silver Paint in Oil ;
60bbls. 44 ' dryaaaortd;
10 44 Spanish Brown;
Venetian Red ;
Yellow Ochre ;
Linseed Oil;
Lard Oil;
Befct Snerm Oil :
xnn iKa nhrnme Green, in oil and dry:
200 " " YellOWi Is Oil and dry. For sale
wholesale and retail, by W. H. LIPP1TT,
STATE OF SOUTH CAIiOLINA.
ni.ADEN county. Court of Eauihibvrinq Term, 1
James Evans, Benjamin Evan3 and William Evans,
aaainst
Geo. Cromartie, John Cromartie, Sr., Joi n Cromartie, Jr.,
Sarah Cromartie, Margaiet Cromartie. Hope W. Purnell
and wife Margaret Ann, nlim H. White, benjamin f .
Rinaldi end wife Amelia, James F. Gillespie and wife
Mary C, Sarah E. Cromartie, Amanda Cromartie, Miriam
E. Cromartie, Emeline Cromartie, George H. Cromartie,
Iiichard B. Cr6martie, Alice Cromartie.
ORI.INAL BILL.
IT appearing ;to the satisfaction of the Court, InatJotin
Ciomarti", br.. John Cromartie, Jr., Sarah Cromartie,
Margaret Crcmattie, H. Wr. Purnell and wile Margaret Ann,
are nen-reaidents of this State. It is therefore ordered that
publication be made for six weeks in the Wilmington Jour
nal, a paper publisned in tne town oi wunimgiou, uouiju.-g
the said non-residents that they he ana ppear nerore me
Judee of our next i curt of Equity, at a term to be held for
tht: Coii-.ty or Biauen. at the court uouse lucuzdoeimowu,
on the fir?t Monday after the lourtu wonaay in cepieinoer
next, then and tfiere to answer, plead or demur, or the case
will be heard exparteasto them, and judgment pro conf'esso
entered up. . .
Witness, Hcman rl. uoninson, v ieiK ara easier m r quj-
ty, at oflioe in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, tLe nrst ai on
day after the fourth Monday in March, A. !., 1801.
August 15th, lJ-Gl. Pr. adv. $3 43 61-6 w
Rewards.
STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY.
"1T7HEREAS, intelligence under oun 01 u. v. woore,
V hath this day reached the undersigned, thit JIM, a
slave, the property of G. W. Moore, hath run away and lies
outbid and lurking in swamps, woous, aau.piuvrwwuic
places, committing depredations on the peaceiui lnnaouams
of the State- These are in the name of the State of North
Carolina, to requite him, the said slave, lortnwunto surren
der himself to his master or the lawiui auinorny ;-auu we
do hereby order this proclamation to be published at the
Cou t House door, ana m some puunc newspaper, auu nam
the sail slave that if he do not immediately return to his
said master, and auswer the charges afortsaid, it is lawful
lor any person to capture mm, oy siaymg unuyi uiul-i we,
without accusation or impeachment of any crime.
Given under our hands and seals. this2tth day of June,
18.il. JAS. GARRISON, J. P. seal.
WM. J. CORNWALL, J. P. seal.
T
TVETY-&TVE liOLLAIO 11KUAHD.
MIE ABOVE RE'VARD will be given tor tne saia Jiai
dead or alive, or for his confinement in any jau m tne
f-tate so that I can get him again. The said JLd is anout
6 feet 10 inches high, is well-set, and weighs about ISO lbs.,
quick spoken and with smooth black skin. The sai i Eegro
was purchased from the estate of T. H. Williams, deceased.
y G. W. MOORE.
June 27th, 1861 -tf
A U w.WARD
j OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS each, will be given
X for the apprehension and delivery of my two boys,
SOLOMON and ES.sEC. SOLOMON is dark, full
heau cf hair, thick lips, has a scar on his left hand between
his thumb nd tiuger his height about five feet, ten or
eleven inches Ehfc.C is about five leet, live or seven inches
high yellow skin, has a scar between the right eye and eye
brow, causea Dy tne Due 01 a uog, ?1?'iKI"
J. J D.
June 13th, 1861
LUCAS.
42-tf
From the Richmond Examiner.
liclens.- of Hon. Tho. IVflsoii, of Tri.llt 8ef .
We mentioned yesterday that Hon. Thomas Nelson, of
Tenne-sf e, who wasrel?aed by the President on a distinct
engagement that he would submit to the late action of Ten
nessee in withdrawing from the Uuion, and aba dim any
further opposition to the Confederate Government, had. on
is return home, published an addresB to the people ot Fast
ennessee, re affirmiog the pledge he had given to the Pres
ident, and recommending to his friends the propriety of ab
staining from all further opoosition or resistance to the Con
federate authorities, or to the action of their own State.
We are glad to see this honorable action of Mr. Nelson, and
we give below a portion of his address, including the cor
respondence between himself and President Davis. Mr.
Nelson sa s :
I felt that it was due to you and tc nr. self that I should
obtain my release as so.n as possible, on the best terms I
cou d effect without dishonor ; and, after various informal
propositions and consultations, I finally addressed to Presi
dent Davis the foli owing letter :
Richmond. Va , Aug. 12th, 1G1.
To his Excellency Jeff. Davis, President of the Conftderate
Slates :
Sir : I have been arrested, and. as I learned since mv ar
rival in this city, npon the charge of treason, but whether
against the State ci Tennessee. r the Confederate States, I
am not advised. I am conscious of no act, either against
the Slate or the Confederacy, that will support or sustain
such an accusation.
I am sincerely anxioua to preserve the peace ar- d quiet of
Eat Tennessee, the section of the State in which 1 reside,
as best promotive of the peace aud interest 01 the entire
State. 1 ask to be disiharged from a vex itiom prosecution
that I may return home peacefully, to foliow my private in
terest and pursuits, assuring your Exceller cy that I wiil not,
either directly or imnrectiy, by counsel, advice or action,
encourcge, aid or assist the United States Government to
invade, or attain success in the present struggle with the
Confederate States, nor wiil couusel or advise others to
thwart or cripple the Confederate States in the pending
cootebt with the United states', nor wii; 1 do so by my own
acts.
In view f the increased majority in the election which
has just taken p'see iu Tennessee, I shall feel it my duty, as
a citizen of that Slate, to submit to her late action, aud
shall religiously abstain from any further words or acts of
condemnation, or opposition to her Government,
'lhe paitiea arretted with me, with the exception of my
son, who acted by my command, were mere guides and con
ductors through the mountain passes, on my way to my
place of destination, and whatever view may be .taken ot
my own course, they are innocent: in noway responsible
locally, or morally, and have committed no offence against
the laws of the Confederacy or the State of Tennessee ; and
I ask that they also be discharged from custody t y; your
Excellency.
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
THOMAS A. R. NELSON.
To which the following answer w3 returned :
Richmond, Ang. 13tb, DC1.
Sir : I have received yout letter of 12t,h inst., in which
you ask to be discharged from an est and prosecution, and
make promise that you will, "ana citizen of Tern essee,
ubmit to her late action, and religiously attain from any
farther words or acts of condemnation whatever, opposite
to her Government
The desire of this Government jbeing to maintain the In
dependence it has asserted, by the united feeling and action
of all its citizens, iw has been Us policy not to enter into
questions of differences of political opinion heretofore ex
isting. I am, therefore, pleased to be spared the necessity of in
qci ing whether the accusation against you be well founded
or not, vexations or not, and to rest content with your sub
mission as a loyal citizen of your State, to her recent action
in adhering to this Confederacy and adopting its permanent
Constitution by an increased major ty. 1 have ordered your
discharge and that of your companions from custody.
I am, Ac,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
To Tnos. A. R. Nelson, Esq.
Since my return home, I am thoroughly saMsfied that my
friends would have risked the action 1 dreaded, and, upon
the most mature reflection, am content with my own course
iu the premises. But, whether it was right or wrong, wise
or uuwise, l teel uouna, as an nonoraoie man, 10 aci uo 10
the spirit aud letter of the obligation I assumed. I shall of
fer no plea of duress; because neither the Southern Conf ed
eiacy, nor any other earthly power could have couponed
me to make an agreement which my judgment and con
s ieuce did not approve in the tituation in which I was
placed.
ISo teims or conditions, express or implied, public or pri
vate, atieuded my release, other than those plainly expressed
in the two above quoted, but I have thought it due to our
past re'ations and the painful solicitude many of you have
felt in my behalf, that I should thus briefly address you.
While 1 did not promise allegiance or active support to
the Southein Confederacy, ana will not advise you to assume
any obligations contrary to your convictions of duty, I leel
perfectly free to say that the failure of the Government of
the United .nates for foui motths to sustain us in our posi
tion ; its apparent inability to do so, since the battle cf Ma
nassas, within any reasonable time ; the deliberate action
of our State in the August election ; the assurances of pub
lic men that no test oaths or drafting measures will be adop
ted or required ; the mutual hatred which has grown up be
tween the antagonist sections of the Union and the recent
confiscation laws which have been either adopted or propo
sed ou both sides, as well as other causes, has painiudy im
pressed my own mind with the beiiet that, unless surre won
drous and inmrobable change is effected, our beloved Union
is gone forever, aLd it is our policy and duty to submit to a
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result wnicn, nowever we may uepiorts 11, otcuin iu us mrv
itable.
Aware tkat my advice as well as my motives may be lia
ble to misconstruction. I wovdd still most respectfully re
commend to my friends the propriety of abstaining from all
further opposition or resistance to the Confederate authori
ties, or the action of our own State : and should this be
done, although I have no authority to speak for them, I ana
satisfied that no military power will be exerted among us,
excent such as may be indispensably necessary to our mill
tarv possession of East Tennessee. And to those of our
citizcLS who have cone beyond the limits of the State,
either thronsrh fear or the purpose of arming themselves to
resist a couise of action which is disavow d in Gen. Polk's
letter, 1 think I can solely say, without arrogance, that from
the coarse which was adopted towards me, they would risk
noth'ng by retun-ing to the State atd submitting to a result
which they have m vain endeavored to prevent.
THOS. A. B. NELSON.
The Alleged Bearrr of DUpatctu of tU Southern
- Con fide racy.
The N cw York Post says :
Mr. Robert Mair, v,ho was arrested as a suspected
btarer of Southern die patches on board the Persia, and
who is now at Fort Lafayette, left in the baDdd ot the
police detectives a considerable quantity of baggage,
which has been examined, and some mteresticg matter
has been brought to light.
A letter written by James S. M. Carter, at Charles
ton, July 31, and addressed to Cbas. Cavendish Clifford,
M. P., London, says that the writer attended the con
vention of banks at Richmond, and discloses the follow
ing financial scheme :
It was agreed that all the benks should receive on
deposit and in payment of debts the treasury notes which
the Government are about to issue, say to the amount
of $100,000,000, ar.d to pay out those notes to their
customers. This will give them universal currency
throughout the Confederate States ; and as our ports
are blockaded, and we must in consequence do without
foreign importations, we can use this Government credit
among ourselves, so long as the war lasts ; and when the
war is over these notes will have to be funded into a
perman nt debt.
" The planters are everywhere subscribing the half of
their entire crops to the Government loan, and it is pro
pos -d, though not yet determined upon, that the Gov
ernment aid the planters to the extent of the whole crop,
ei slier by its bond3 or by Treasury notes, the larger de
nominations of which are to bear an interest ot over
seven per cent., which would induce many persons to
f old them as an investment. To an English financier
such a plan might seem very ruinons ; but we have made
up our minds that the Government must be supported
in the war at all hazards and at any cost, and, should
these Treasury notes dtpreciate or become worthless,
we bad better suffer than return to such a Government
as now rules at Washington."
Another letter from Charleston places the character
of V. II. Russell, LL D , in a pleasing light :
" Mr. B. showed confidentially Mr. Russell's let
ter about the battle. His letter beats all I have yet
seeu in print about tbe Yankees' running. He says we
could have had VV ashington by merely asking.
" He says Lord Lyons had an inclination to ask Mr.
Seward if the Confederate States of America had not
the belligerent rights. According to his notion, he would
certainly admit that they had the belligerent -power.
On oath of secrecy he communicated to me also that the
first step of recognition was taken. He and Mr. Bui
ligny together sent Mr. Trescott to Richmond yesterday
to ask Jeff. Davis, President, to accept the treaty of
commerce ; to accept the neutral flag carrying neutral
gocds. This is the first step of direct treating with our
Government.
Kiiuora from YVtsiern Virginia.
The city on yesterday was generally occupied with
the report of important events in Western Virginia.
The statement was made, and generally credited in the
city, that Rosencranz had been surrounded and had
surrendered to our forces, which had completed a junc
tion somewhare iu the vicinity of his position.
We are enabled on the best and amplest authority
that could be obtained, to contradict this report. The
Adjutant General s othce was visited by us at a late
hour last night, and the information obtained that no
dispatches of the tenor mentioned had reached there.
We are inclined, however, to believe that very im
portant dispatches, though not to the effect, referred to
above, did reach the War Department yesterday from
our forces iu Western V lrginia.
An aid of Grn. Jackson reached here yesterday, after
a rapid journey. He came across the country as far as
Staunton ou horseback. I he contents of his dispatches
were of course not divulged, and from what we can un
derstand of them are not of a nature to be given to the
public at this time. Our readers may rely upon two
facts : first, that no action or capitulation on part of
the enemy has yet taken place ; and secondly, that either
the one or the otner 13 likely to occur within a very few
tiays. u e rtiemu on yesterday 10 information we naa
obtained of movements anticipating such a result and
tire confirmed in the confidence by what we gathered
yesterday, that news may be expected daily of a decisive
event in the VV est. Kwimond Lxaminer 29th.
We lay before our readers this-mc.ning all the par
ticulars in-relation to Missouri affairs which we deem
of sufficient interest to publish :
THE CONFEDERATES MOVING NORTH.
" Rolla, Mo., Aug. 23 Account from Springfield
state tl at from fix to ten thousand of McCulloch's army
have left for the Northern section of the State. A Con
federate force had reached Lebanon, on the Rolla road.
About seven exiles from bpringfield have joined Col.
Boyd's regiment. About a thousand Union men have
been obliged to abandon their homes in the Southwest
section ot the State, and leave their property at the
mercy of the Confederates. There is much distress
among these people, large numbers having neither mon
ey nor provisions.
A tram of Federal arms, which was brought in sucty
from Springfield by Major Sturges, is said to be worth
a million and a nail or dollars.
PROCLAMAT'ON OF GEN. H'CCXLOCH.
The following proclamation, under date Bpringfield, Ang.
15, briefly alluded to in our telegraphic dispatches two
days ago, has been issued by Ben. McCnlloch :
To the Ptople of Missouri :
Having been called upon by the Governor of your State
to assist in driving the Federal forces out of the State, and
in restoring to the people their just rights, I havo cone
among you simply with the view of making war upon our
Noithern foes and driving them back. I give the oppressed
of your Btate an opportunity of again standing up as free
men and uttering their true sentiments.
You have been overrun and trampled upon by the merce
nary hordes of the North. Your beautiful State has been
nearly subjugated ; but those true sons of Missouri who have
continued in arms, together with my force, came back upon
the entmy. and have gained over them a great and signal
victory. Their General-in-Chief is slain, and many of their
other general officers are wounded. Their army iu in full
flight.
One and all of the true men of Missouri wiil rise up and
rally around their standard. The State will be redeemed.
I do not come ationg you to make war upon any of yonr
people, whether Union or otherwise. The Union people
will be protected in their rights and property, and it is
earnestly recommended to them to return to their homes.
The prisoners of the Union party, who have been arrest
ed by the army, will be released, and allowed to return to
their friends.
Missouri must be allowed to choose her own destiny. No
oaths binding npon your conscience will be administered.
I have driven the enemy from amcng you. The time has
now arrived for the people of the State to act. You cannot
longer procrastinate. Missouri must now take her position
by the North or the South. Ben. McCtjllcch,
Biigradier-General Commanding.
The following general order has also been promulgated:
F.EADQUAKTSBS OF THE WESTERN ARMY, )
Camp u' ar bpringfield, Mo.. Aug. 12, 'til. )
The General commanding takes great pleasure in announ
cing to the army under his command the signal victory it
has just gained.
Soldiers ot Louisiana, 01 Ai Kansas, ot Missouri, and ot
Texas, nobly have you sustained yourselves ! Shoulder to
shoulder you have met the enemy and driven him before
yon ! Ycur first battle has been glorious, and your General
is proud ot vou !
The opposing force, composed nearly of the old regular
army of the North, have thrown themselves upon you, con
fident of victory ; but by great gallantry and a determined
courage, you have entirely routed it, with great slaughter.
Several pieces of artillery and manv prisoners are now in
your hands, lhe Commander-m-Chiet of the enemy is slam.
and many of the general officers wounded.
The nag ot the Confederacy now floats over Springfield,
the stronghold of the enemy. The friends of our cause who
have been imprisoned there are released.
While announcing to the army this great victory, the
General hopes that the laurels yon have gained will not be
tarnished by a single outrage. The private property of
citizens of either paity must be respected.
holdiers who tought as you did vetterday cannot rob or
plunder.
liy order ot uen. wcum i.ocn.
Joseph Mclnloih, Captain C. S. A., and Adjutant General.
A Steamer Captured by a Gcn-Boat A Good
Haul in Turn. Brief mention has been made in our
telegraph columns, of the capture of the Confederate
steamer W. F. Terry, by the Federal gun-boat Cones-
toga. The following, from the Memphis Appeal of the
23d, will show that not much was gained by the Hes
sians in the enterprise :
At daylight on yesterday morning, tbe packet VV. B.
Terry, runniug from Paducah, (Ky.) on the Tennessee
river, owned at rstport, ( viiss-j aud commahded oy
Capt. Job Johnson, was unexpectedly seized whilst lay-
.1 1 ..ri i .IT" 1 1 .
ing at tne wuan at r'auucaii, oy rne i.ncom gun-ooat
Conestoga and an armed lorced of 2oO h ederal troops,
and taken as a prize to Cairo. This feat was no doubt
From the New York Day Book,
Freedom of the Pr .-.
performed bv way of retaliation for the recent capture 01
Bv a eentieman. directlv arrived from Manassas, we steamers LquaUiy aad Cheeney by our men ; but th
have some interesting information from there
Our army was expecting another attack in their pres
ent position, from the enemy. On Sunday last, an at
tack was expected to be made by the enemy in the di
rection ot r airtax Court-House, and the lines were
closed against all strangers.
A seoutiDg party bad fallen upon a detachment of the
ene:ny, killing two of his men, and capturing a Federal
Caotam. I he tih-?er s name is Ko;s b lab, formerly a
clerk in Washington.
The health of the camp is very much improved, and
the men are in excellent spirits and eager for the fray.
Ibid.
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General Gwynn. We learn that Major General
Walter Gwvna has been deprived of hie command by
thf oneration of the laws of North Carolina. Gen.
Gwvnn has for some time been in command of the Con
federate forces in and around Newbern, N. C. The
delegation in Congress from that State immediately re
commended him lor re-aDDointment. but President Da
vis considers it his duty to supply tbe vacancy thus ere
ated bv tbe appointment of a resident or tne fttate to
the position. It will be remembered that Genera
Gwvnn is a native of South Carolina. The-Govern
ment Will doubtless avail itself of bis commanding
talents by assigning him to some responsible post elso
where Petersburg express.
!? NiFrnca CkOOfctnC Blasters.
During the session of our County Court last week,
heattv lookiDff free negroes came voluntarily
into Court pray ing to have masters appointed for them,
that they might become 8iaves m accordance wuu
act ol the .Legislature ; ana tne genuemeu uu;cu j
their petitions were appointed as their masters.
We referred some time ago to information givon by a
gentleman rem Washington of tbe frequency and num
ber of resignations in Lincoln s army since the route at
Mauassas. lhe .Northern accounts exceed even the
statements that have been hitherto inven us. Since the
unhappy date of the 21st July, two hundred and fifty
mcers in the r ederal volunteer regiments have resign-
d, and of these one hundred and seventy-seven, or more
than two-thirds, are from tue very patriotic, brave and
exemplary State of New lork. Ibid.
Fighting across the potcmac. The body of R. K.
Rovail, a member 0! Captain 13a li s Cbesterheld CaV'
airy, was brought to the city yesterday for interment
His funeral takes placs to day, (see obituary). 1 oung
Royall (who was only 22 years old) was killed Sunday
ast in a skirmish earned on between some ol our troops
on this side and a body of the enemy on the other side
of the Potomac, near vLeesburg. Of the number engaged
we could not ascertain any particulars. He was shot
through the mck, the bail passing downward into the
riirbt side. He dkd irumei iateiy. He was in the bat
tle of the 21st, and behaved gulian'.ly.
John W. Barr, ol our city, a member of Shields
Howitzers, was wounded in the leg in the same engage
ment. i o other casualties occurred on our side.
Our men are of opinion that they killed some of the
enemy they could not say how many. Of course when
tbe Northern ccouot ot this auair appears it will repre
sent that an engagement was fought between a small
body of Federalists and aa immense number of confede
rate soldiers, atd that the latter fled precipitately after
the killing and wounding of laity or more of their men.
Ave see that a correspondent states that Gen. John
ston is incliued to cbecK tnis skirmishing among the
pickets, thinking that it dota little good and hazards the
lives of valuable men to very little purpose.
JJicamond Dispatch.
Laur from Wtstern Virginia.
We have late intelligence of the position and movements
of our forces in Western Virginia, by information dated
from there within the last few days. Gen. Lee was st'll at
HuutPrsviUe ; bis force, in conjunction with Gen. Loring's
command, being reported from 15 000 to 20 000 strong.
Rosencranz was posted within twelve mileB of our lines.
The camp at the White Sulphur had been broken up, and
Gens Flod and Wise were advancing on the road to Gau
ley Bridge, with a force estimated at from 4,500 to 5,000 men.
Two uncompleted regiments, under the commands of Cols.
Tompkins aad McCausland, remained at the White Sulphur.
It was understood that the enemy, about 6,000 strong, un
der the command of Gen. Cox, was strongly posted in the
neighborhood of Gauley Bridge, in the monnt&in passes.
About 3,099 of the enemy were also at Huttonsville, under
command of Col. Tvler.
A battle was daily anticipated. We have in'ormation'of
the present direction of our movements, and of the causes
and designs of t e delay that has hitherto somewhat char-
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actenzed our operanons in me west, it migm oe pre
iadicial. at this stage, to publish.
Our readers, we think, may rely upon hearing stirring
news from Western Virginia wittnn a tew days.
Richmond Examiner,
captain aud crew ol the Terry were not to be so easily
outdone, as the sequel proved. Accordingly, in the af
ternoon they managed by some means to seize the steam'
er Samuel Orr, which was a regular packet between Pa
ducah and Evansvilie, and owned at the latter place.
Fhey succeeded m hurrying her up the lennessee river
to Fort Henry, as we le.irn, on the Kentucky and leu
nessee line, where she was safely secured with a heavy
cargo of groceries, consisting ; rinoipally of coQee, bacon,
whitkey, efc. iler cargo was to be paid for only on dc
liverv at Padujuh, a circumstance which saudles the
loss on the shippers aud not the consignees.
The Orr is one ot the fleetest pajke.s on the river
and, with her contents, is a valuable " haul."
Ge. Rosencranz Sukkoundkd. The Memphis Appeal
says that a gentleman who had arrived iu that city, airect
trom wen Lee s command iu western Virginia, reports tiiat
he had completely surrounded Gen. Kosencranz wnhin the
vicinity ot Beverly, and that tne cnances pointed strongly
to the prob.1b1.11y ol his capture. A similar ramcur was
currei.t yesterday in this city, but could be traced to no
positive authority.
In connection with this rumor we find the following sig
nificant paragraph in the Cincinnati Gazette of the 22d inht
"We have the very best authority for saving that Gen
Rosencranz stands ia need of more n en. The reasons for
this appeal need not be given. There are obvious re .sons
why they should iiut be stated. It is en ugh to know that
here ia a want, and the patriots of the West are relied uoa
to supply it."
Kentucky Roused at Last. We have obstrved in
our midst for several days past many prominent citizens
ot Old Kentucky, and their countenances were welcome
as giving assurance of their sympathy with our cause
and ot their approaching union with thoir Southern
brethren, for we luve never doubted their ultimate sep
aration from the degraded Northern alliance.
Kentucky has been s!ow, but her places of power hav
ing been filled by these who were uuwilliog to give up
the fiesbpots, she has been under an evil influence diffi
cult to throw off.
We learned yesterday afternoon, with the greatest
satisfaction, that Lincoln s latimatiou that Kentucky
would not be allowed to hold any longer her " neutral "
attitude, had aroused even the Unionists of the State,
and that other acts of despotic authority, aunounced to
us by telegraph, with the prospect of a gradual but sure
encroachment upon her freedom of action, had determin
ed her waveriug people to make an issue with the hated
tyrants who rule in the once free city ol Washington.
It is further stated that Gov. ilagolhn was about to is
sue a proclamation similar to that issued by Gov. Jack
son, of Missouri, and that he would speedily open com
rxunieation with the Government ot the Confederate
States. We are not prepared to vouch for the truth of
the last statement, although it was believed in Knox-
viile on Saturday ; but we think the sins of the times
indicate the movement to which we refer. VV e pray
that Lincoln may go on m his blundering career, and
not e.rse until he has completed our Confederacy by
effecting a eeparatu n, complete and perpetual, of all the
States whose natural alliance is with the Governmeut
of tbe South. Richmond Dnpatch.
The Pawnee Again Vanquished. Oa Friday
morning last, a regiment ot isorth Carolina volunteers
proceeded to a point on the Potomac river, known as
Pratt s, and prepared lor the erection ot a battery.
The piratical craft Pawnee, which had been cruising in
the vicinity, discovered the preparations, and steering
up within a half mile of shore, opened ore with shell
which was continued for some half hour. The steamer
was fast getting the runge of the Confederate encamp
ment, and threw one bomb, which exploded within
But it would seem that these men were determ.ined.to .
drive the people of the North into rebellion. Their
fears lend a thousand rumors to their imaginr.tiODS.
They imagine " traitors " among ns, and one paper
even speculates on "arising" in this cityl Well,
God knows how soon the Republicans may drive the
people mad, but one thing we are Eure of, there never
will be any trouble in this city, unless the Republicans '
provoke it. It is a fixed rule in all Governments, that
as you bind down the people you provoke insurrections
and disorders, and as you give latitude and freedom,
you have peace and safety. Austria has an insurrection .
every six weeks ; Italy, before Aaaribaldi gave the peo
ple freedom, was a volcano constantly belching forth fire
and smoke ; and so it is the world over. It is human
nature.
All that the opponents of the Administration ask is
the simple right to differ with it as to policy. If their
arguments against Mr. Lincoln's plan of restoring the
Union are to be met by mobs and martial law, the peo
ple will not be slow to conclude that it must be a very
bad cause that cannot vindicate itself in the arena of
discussion. If editors having nearly all the leading
papers, with a great proportion of the talent of the .
press on their side cannot successfully vindicate the
policy of the Government, then, indeed, must it be sad
ly deficient in statesmanship. If these papers break
the laws, or if their editors commit 'overt acts of trea
son, why, deal with them accordingly ; but if their of
fence be for opinion's sake, don't add hypocrisy to per
secution. The freedom of the press is something over which
Congress nor the President has any control. No pow
er upon this subject was delegated in tha Constitution
of the United States to any department of the Federal
Government. Mr. Jefferson, in the Kentucky resolu
tions which we quote, shows this. The Constitution is
also just as explicit as language can make it. Mr.
Lincoln might, with just as much right, dictate to
ministers of the Gospel what sentiments they should
preach, as to us what we shall write. If certain opin
ions are treasonable, they are treasonable anywhere, and
the clergyman who preaches the glorious Gospel of
peace, may, ere long, find his calling prone.
It is evident, however, these attacks upon the press
proceed from the basest and most fiendish motives.
The present affords evil-disposed people an opportunity
to gratify some long-cherished reveage to wreak their
cowardly spite which, under other circumstances, they
would be compelled to smother. These men haDg like
Sends around all social convulsions of this kind, and
take a delicious pleasure in producing all the disorder
they can. The more the merrier for them. Nothing ia
too " satanic " for their delightnothing too hellish for
meir pleasure.
Let the freedom of toe pres3 be interfered with,.how-
ever, and no one can answer for the consequences.
New York is a slumbering earthquake. Already the
mutterings of an angry storm have been heard. The
great social problem that has met mankind at every
turn tne eternal hostility between capital and labor
is yet unsolved. It is never wise to turn a simple op
ponent into a deadly enemy. But attack the freedom
of the press, and thousands will cry for revenge, sooner
or later, who would never have thought of it before.
It is an easy matter to start a revolution, but a difficult
one to stop it.
SUPPRESSION OP THK NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.
From the New York Daily News of Friday.
Our telegraphic dispatches announce that, upon the
arrival of the railroad .train at Philadelphia from New
York yesterday mornirg, the United States Marshal for
that district, assisted 07 its officers, seized three thou
sand copies cf the New York Daily News intended for
that city, and that its sale in Philadelphia and throusrh-
out the Southwest has been, by order of the Adminis
tration, suppressed.
As to the special reasons which have induced this ar
bitrary act of the Executive Government ot the United
States, we have as yet no definite intelligence. Our
readers will cheerfully bear us witness that the Daily
iews, at least since its publication under present aus
pices, has contained no word in violation of thj Consti
tution or the laws. It has committed no'crime, and has
not abetted or sympathized with crime. It has abused
no privilege as a free prtss. It has violated no courtesy
to the Government or to any of its officers by the pub
lication of military facts. It ha3 disarmed even mali
cious criticism, by furnishing to the public only such in
formation relating to the present crisis as has appeared
in journals enjoying the patronage and confidence of the
Cabinet rt Washington. Its columns have contained
no word, for which even those most hostile to our opin
ions could justly reprove or reproach us. If it has
erred, the error has b ;en upon the part of humanity and
free government. It has met the demands ot the criei3
firmly and fearlessly, yet always courteously and tem
perately. It has spoken of the President and bis Cabi
net and of their friends upon all occasions only iu term3
rigorously and studiedly respectful. While mobs have
been instigated against us by a vitiated rival Press, and
the mother tongue exhausted upon us in coarse abuse
and in misrepresentations of our sympathies and our
motives, we have replied only by silence, or in a spirit
of candor and moderation which the consciousness of
oar solemn responsibility in an hour of danger to civil
liberty could alone inspire. Our sole offence if offence
it be is, that we have fearlessly asserted and exercised
the right which the Constitution has guaranteed to us.
in war, as well as in peace, to oppose, not the Govern
ment, but the policy of the national Administration. If
we may not do this, then are we indeed slaves, iu bonds
more hard to bear than were ever rivet ted unon the
imbs of any man within whesu veins flows Ansrlo
Saxon blood.
To many thousands of our usual daai'.y readers, the
Daily News is, from this day a sealed book. The heavy
laud of Executive power falls, not upon u, but udoq
millions of people born to freedom. Those will think
still, though they cannot read. It is difficult to bind
the inmd in chains. Thought, at ieast. canaot be sup
pressed. No Austrian dunireon3 can restrain the human
will. Those to whom tbe Daily News is forbidden will
think, reason, resolve and act etill.
W hile we feel that the most sacred of the private and
public rights which an American citizen rnav eniov
have been violated in pure wantonness, we record the
act and our protest against it more in sorrow than sur
prise, it 13 but one more milestone m the nation's down
ward road. It is but one new signal liuht to waka and
warn a slumbering people to a realization of their dutv
and their threatened fate. We shall endeavor manfullv
to bear our part of tbe fortunes of the storm prudently
we trust but unflinchingly; aad until the pen ia wrenched
from our hand one press, at least, in New York shall
dare to be free, and speak without a permit from tbe
hand of arbitrary power.
few yards ot the Confederates; when Captain Walker
made his appearance with a rifled cannon, and returned
funT.KT Apvttst Th "R"nnxvilip fTenn.! Rer- the Pawnee's hre with powerfat etlect. Lincoln s craft
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itrt of StuHav last savs " soon discovered tnat Der position was untenaoie, ana
tA. P teas. Me nn?. CaD. i. Jj. MCtJlmj?. CDaS. J. Bieauicu uu uu on iuc buccu nuitu auc uiuiu tumiuauu
Woiw vn fl.tintr nnder the authoritv of Gen. F. K. leaving the Confederates in possession of the Point,
Zolliccfi r, arrestedt on the down train yesterday, Com- acd where ere now, we have no doubt, there is a power-
mander E. B. BoutweU, U. S. Navy. oatiery prepareu to engage tvery steamer witn
He was arrested upon the order of the Secretary oi which the Potomac swarms, if any of the hirelings have
the Navy of the Confederate States, and will be sent to the temerity to give battle. There's nothing like these
Richmond. Tbe cause of the arrest is not known.
" masked batteries " on our water courses. Lincoln '1
pirates have an instinctive dread of such potent death
dealing agencies. Pet. JLxpress.
Gen. Zollicoffr, at Cumberland Gap, has taken 500
stand of arms intended for the Union men of East Ten
The Philadelphia Press denies the report started by
one of its Abolition contemporaries, that Garibaldi pro
Doses to help the Lincolnites out of their troubles.
The same paper says that his son wanted to come, bat nessee, and has captured 18 of their ring-leaders of the
Garibaldi objected. ireoeiuoa ia uat quarter.
Gen. A. S. Joh.-ston. The gallant Johnston, whose
movements are now watched with eager irterest, was
accompanied from California to MessUla by the follow
ing :
Officers Late cf the U. S. Army. Brevet Maior L.
A. Armistcd, late ot the Sixth Infantry : Lieut. A. H.
Ilarricastle, late of the Sixth Infantry ; Lieut E. B. D.
liiley, late of the Fourth Infantry ; Lteut. Francis Mal
lory, late of tbe Fourth Infantry ; Lieut. A. Shaaff, late
of the Fourth Infantry ; Lieut. N. Wicklifll, late of the
Ninth Infantry ; Lieut. It. II. Brewer, late of the First
Lira goons.
Citizens of California. Capt. Alcnzo Ridley, Wm.
R. R. Bower, Thos. Stonehouse, llugh May, Jas. D.
Darden, Jaa. L. Parker, Wm. II. Ceapilde, Cyru3 K.
Coleman, Calvin Poor, Wm. Campbell. Jos. S. Chand
ler, weo. vv. liill, David McKonzie. Col. Wm. M.
Skinner, John J. Dillard, Dillon Jordon, Antonio M.
Abila, Thoa. Moran, Thos. Smith, W. K. Armistead,
Wm. Jones, Wm. N. Robinson, Frank Varnell.
The following gentlemen joined the company at Tuc
son, Arizona : Richard Simpson, Geo. Dye rson, Wm.
A. Elam.
Thb Gaps. A friend of ours, says the Nashville Gazette,
tells us of an elderly lady friend of hi? who ia thoroughly
impressed with the idea that " Old Master is on cur side."
Her opinion, too, ia based upon practical reason, as we in
fer from a remark she made to our friend: " I know Provi
dence is on our side," eaid she, "because not a single
chicken in our neighborhood has the gaps thia summer."
How is it possible for Lincoln to be such a rxteerable old
fool as to hope for the subjugation of a people (Those chick
ens stubbornly refuse to take gaps in the summer time ?
A Losrj Mabch. We leara that the 14th North
Carolina Regiment (including the Cumberland Plough
Boys.J have started on a inarch, on foot, of 160 miles, to
joia Gen. Lee ia Western Virginia; Fay.- Observer.
April 18, 1861.