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VOL. 19. j- (JUJi FEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON , X. C... THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1863. 1 NO. 30. Protessionill and Business Cards. rOSKPII 1. KKESi, CIONTRACTOB AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the j public that he is prepared to take contracts in his line or business. He keeps constantly on hand, Ln, -imknt, Platkr, Plastikino Haib, Philadelphia Passs baicx, t ibe hC To Distillers of Turpentine, he is prepared to put at Stilla at the shortest notice My a7-iy- Genera Notices. - OTICE. At t PERSONS having claims against the estate cl the late VT. r. Ill nairrr, ttru n (ju'mcu iu jimcui name r-r ettlen.r.t u Apr l 21. 1 V hi. H. WaLKEB, Adm'x. l47-6t2S-lm VALUABI K IIOISK AIXT FOR SALF, f N THE TOWN of Jacksonville, Onfrlo courty, known j. as the Hotel The snb?erioer having gone in ihe service. ru 1 it btiaff oat ot Lis power to keep it up, is desirous of telling it. It is the well known buse kept for that pur pose, and i a 3a' gc and convenient house for that bu-ir.eB8. with or 40 pood Blal't1. ard ali otbr pood out houfei on hi lot, end one and a half acres of land Ufclongiiig to it. !. person wishing to urchase will do well to call and tsaaiir.e it tor theiosflveri. far. U.F. Pelletier witlta;e pieauie in giv any information, and showing tie preoJ stH. Teinii will bt- niajj easy to any persoa wishinR to parcbase. JAME-s BRYANT. April 15. 1SC3 158 2t 2S-Gt S30 REWARD. Rift AWAY frrm tha sc.ascriber, on last Saturday iight, lny cegro man AliNULD, apred 20 or 'IS years, drk coppe. color, comnon size, about 5 feet 7 or 10 luciie h'gh, lorraetly the property f D. L. Perkins, o' B!ci Mingo, 8. U. , bought bv me at Halisbury, N. C on 1st Januaiy Hat. 1 aai inclined to thitk said toy will en deavor to get to the Yankees, having been raised, I think, somewhere in Eaatera North Carolina, perhaps Washing ton, or tte said Peikino, I think, was formerly frcm East ern Nortn Carelit-a. Haid boy worked, jr was hired a part of lat ear, to Arnold & Coo ley, Wadesbero', N. . I will give the above reward far Lis coifiaement so that 1 can get r im again. hacawa , also, with said boy, a nesrro man, ELLIL'K, 25 or 3'), black ar-d stent built, ltO or l'JO pounds weight, ta preptrty f John fc-'pewcer, or the widew Fpencer, of An-on county, N. C- ba!d negToes may be in c -mpany. Address, Norwood's, fctanly county, N, C. EpeLcer'a address, Lilefeville, Anson, Noith Carolina. ROWLAND HARPIS. April a, ' 'J-3t, -20 IlfiWAKD. I WILL PAY the above reward for the confinement in any jiil where I can get him, cf my boy WAbH lX'GluN, who ran away fi cm me abont the 1st of October last. He is blcut 21 jears oJtl, b teet or u incnes high, and of a dark copper color, his ieft knee bent in and his f orefinger on his right hand i off at the first joint. Said boy may be trying to get to Virginia where he came from or to the Yarkcea. Addrew, J. K. TOWNSEND, Littls Pock, Karion Diet, 8. C. April 3:h, 16C5 ' 2S-10t From tha Southern Literary Meeserger. A Horrible Scrape. A hard day's ride through one of tae wildest and most nparsely settled mountain districts cf Virginia, brought me, towards he cloee of a summer evening, to a river anout a q iarter cf a mild wide, and ronchswoilen by raiis. The road went' down tie river as if to a ford, but as well as I could see, there was no sign of a road on the other tide. Habitation of any Boit thsre was none, nor l ad I beSeld even to dijcq as a shanty during the lat ten miles of my rid". Ihe trees being pretty thick on the other side of the water, I had some lamt hope that ;lia ferryman's houae might be hidden among them, and shouted at tLO top of my voice to attract his attention. Ko answer was return ed ; only the echoes of my own halloing, which came back from tLe craigy spurs ot mountain that lifted their heads 1 u every 6ide, with a strange eifin sonnd. that iacreasf d my fe&rs and added greatly to the sense of lotielintsj whicn had teen oppressive enough before I reached the rmr. Kytitubt oi was bimply appallinir. The horse I rode wai spent wuh excesaite fatigue, bo that, even had the nvcr been tordable, 1 could not havo trusted him in th9 Di:i rnGning current. As 1 tiad eatan nothing ance break fast, and hau tiotted neariy liry milts in thenterini, it may be in:ened -hat my on condition as to strength was little better than that if rav horse. Although it wa sum mer time, it must be remembered that a tummer night in ite m )untaiiiS ib, if anything, a shade or a ehade and a hair coldtr ihan a winter night m the tidewater regions. 1 had no overcoat, or cloak, 01 bracket, or wrapping of any des cription. Th di:".rict through which I had ridden was known to be infested with bgara and wolveB. I could not go back because the distance wa too great; I could not go forward, because there was the river ; and the idea of i;etpitig (if sleep were possible) r.l! r ight ou the bank, was out of lii- o'jestion. Ihjrefore i thon'ed manfully, until my throat became eo sore, aud my voice si hoa sc, that 1 could shout no more. I am sure that 1 wasted a precious half hour in flheuting. It did no g od. Nobody replied. And there I was, whh the trerncndojB gloomy mountains shutting me infioni all the wond, and he horr.ble night fast coming on. Wkit wa- to be ("one 1 will not detain the reader with the painful debate which took place in my mind on the above question. The result wa?, ina' I ;ot down eff my horee, hitched him to a tree, j u.l.d o9 very tag of my clothes, laid them down on the gras. and pu. my watch and pocket-book on top of them 51y api earance was that ox a Georgia Major with a slight variatio , iu thi, that instead of a 6hirt collar an 1 a pair of spurs, the sum total cf my costume consisted of a bd hat a-id 3 pair of green spectacles with doub'e glasses, vrhi.h 1 Lad been compelled tons to protect my eyes from the glaring 6tuiii.Lt reHeeted from the road. Tikis accoutred, I plunged in. The shock produced by entering the water, gave me so much strength that I sam Eiorr than haiiway aooss wi h perfect eat-e, no'.withsiand ing the swiitnees of the stream. Bat long before I reach ed 'he oppo-ite batk, my tewly acquired vigor left me. aud I thought every moment that I must give np and be drowned. 1 dared not attempt to touch 'he bottom, lest in i clitqaisning the horizontal posi ion, 1 bhoold rever be able to regain it, and so struck out, with arms growing more and more leeble, u.itil at latt, to my great joy, I grounded in watwr not more than a toot or o deep. I crawled out on the bank, aud laid Hit down in the wet mud. My per sonal appearance was not improved by this performance, but I a compelled to do it to kep from fainting, for my strength wag con pletely gone when I touched the ehore. Pxooably ten mmu'es passed before 1 rose out of the miid The sun was nearly down, but a rosy light lingered above the dark mountain tops. Looking careiully about, I presently discovered a little path that ran alontheaideof the river. It appeared to be a cow-path. Adjusting my hat and green spectacles, 1 walked rapidly along the path, fee lcg certain that it would lead to a house. The gravels in the path brui ed my feet the briars a&d limbs scratched my tkiu the ruo: quiioes atd gnats bit me on the back tie front part of my person being covered with mud, did not Butter at all, acd 1 wished h'artily that I had daubed both sides iilead of one. I pushed on in tpite of gnats, briars and gravels, anxious to reach tho house, and hear once more the a und of a human voice. Alt cf a sudden 1 stopped abruptly. Faid I to myself ' When you get to the house the dega may get after you ; wfcat are you going to da 1" 11 4 v ing iu Knife, and co time t j lose in hunting sticks that migh happen to be lying on the ground. I fell to woi k, and afier incredible exertion, managed to twist two toler ably stout limbs oil a neighboring tree. Thns armed, I re sembled the pictures of Heiculei. in the Btory books, be iag nude, and having a club or rather two clubs ; and what 1 lacked In in itcle. 1 made up in mud and spectacles. 1 hurried lorward and soon came to a high feces that crossed the path at right angles. The moon was up and shining brightly, but my eyes had been so straine 1 in looking for the house that I could not pee very distinctly. I mounted the fence very softly, for the raiis were very sharp and my feet very tender, and as soon as I got astraddle of the top rail, up rose a tcoman irio had bten milking a coxotcithin three feet of Vie fence. If it had been any other than a bony and sinewy moun tain weman, the spectacle she beheld on the lence would have frightened her t j death; she would have fallen dead . in her track, without even uttering a syllable. As it was, she gave forththe most piercing bhries that ever issued from human lips, threw the milk, pail and all, in my face, and fisw liie tha wind to the houie screaming fearfully at every step. Ti.e cow set up a hideous lowing and galloped mad.y after her. lol-'owedby the calf, ia an ecstasy cf fright, with its tail in convulsions. My intense anxiety about myself had not permit'ed me to ti-ink for a moment of the figure I would cut in the eyes of tho first person who beheld me. I do not blame the woman for being scared. An unclad man, plastered with iiad. sitting or the top of the fence in the moonlight, ar.d glaring down through a pair of green spectacles, is an ob ject too seldom beheld by even the most favored of either sex, to be contemplated with equanimity. No wonder she shrieked. I would have dene as much myself. Bat if she was scared, 1 was seared too. I had co id?a that a human being was within a mile of me, and if aha had risen out of the gro jnd, or dropped plump from the 6kies, she could not have astonished me more thin when she stood ud and u-tered that terrific ecream, which went like a dagger to my very heart. Tho running away cere between tire woman, the cow acd the call, I beheld bus for an instant, for such was my fright and exhaustion, that it would. hve been marvellous indeed if the milk-pail, thrown wLh all the force of externa terror, had not knosked me down l reiltotos ground, and as the rail on which 1 had been situ was a new rail, very eharp. and full of splintera, it was but natural that my tall should be atterded with nu merous serious lessons, in tmth, I suffered frightfully. I suppose I mast have been insensible fdr a short time after 1 had struck the ground ; but I waa a jon aroused to consciousness by the paing in my body, the screams of the woman, which sti.1 continued, and by the barking of dogs! I Bcramb'ed back to the top ol the fence, grasped my two sticks with all the strength 1 could muster, and prepared for tha cotitLrt. 80 on there was & whistling by my ears and tae crack of a rifli, which made me bouace from the fence with astonishing agility. Bat now the dogs came on at fall speed, barking savagely, -and I remounted the ao curied fence more quick lj than I descended. The next ! two cr three niso'M remained a cbaoa to m?. I onl v re member that 1 straddled that abominable fence, and drew my legs clo&9 op under me ; that I fought desperately with a gs ; 1 n at tne woman screamed acd screamed : that 1 do tected the rongb Pounds of a man's voice, but did not see him or any-hiig- f le : and that there was a oonfnsion or9 confounded of eaoine, femine and masculine int"ca Hons After t'jQ fit at burst of the attack was over, I remember hearine the woman sLr ek cut, hysterically, something to mis eueci : . - 44 Kill him I kill htm ! h t h'm down ! lake acd take a stick and knoek tlu '.hiug'a brains nut? Make hi.ste a knock 'em out ! Kill him in the Lead ! Take aud kill him!" Id the extremity of rav fear, I loat all the dignify of man hood, and hke a very child, cried out ()h. Lordy ! Oh. Lordy ! MUier, please don't kill me Don't shoot me. miter. 111 give you anytbt g r yon won' shoot me. Taint ncbjdy bat me. Please wait a little while. Oh : l.orcy 1 on I Lomt : Call yonr dois n, calf yoar dogs Cfi ! Ob . t ordy : call em 3 quick ! quick ! Oh Loroy ! ! !" Vii?n at I.st the dogs were called off, and all was com pieteiv 10 quiti. rny appearance wbb not improved. 1 was b etdm:: profu: ly net from the 0038. 1 dare eay the top rail cf that diabolical fence is stoned ith blocd to this day. My fa' and spectacles were gone torn to pieces by inn orgs aiy beard, very long and black, was whitened with milk. 1 must hive been a prtty sight and 'hem was 16 difficulty in teeing me, for the moon -shone brilliantly. me woman, folding her arms, gazed at me with a strange look of awe and ratre. The man. hoMincr h:a rifle with both htnds. rfady to dray a beal on me in an instant spoke uerceiy : 44 What in the nati' n "e 3 01 a-doing up thar n my fence itart bodily naked this time o' Liht, skeering nry wife and cattte to death : ' A 8 well as could, I explained the distressing quandary into which J had been thrown when I arrived at tn river, extenuated the cudi'y of my person, ar.d begged to stay all nigtt. 44 1 ha w oraan vociferously reel ed 44 Yen shan't vcu shan't do no such a thing. Shan't stay here. cu ought to be shamed o' yourself. Better take and go long back to ihe lunatic whr you belong. I know you I seen ou at the 'ylnm in J-taunton last Spring Take and git off' that fence, and go long back. G loeg, g'long !" To be bare, muddy,' bloody, and full of eplinters, brier scratches and muf quno-bites, was bad enough: but to be mistaken for a lunatic, and denied a nith.'a lodging when I was half dead with exhaustion from hunger, hard riding and dor-b&h.ing, was a cap to the climax cf my Borrows tor which! had not bargained. Disclaiming ary connection with the A8) luru in Staunton, 1 stated the fact that I was a Virginiin, traveling on hors -back for the benefit cf rxy health ; acd again and m"t piteously entreated permission to remain ah night. But the fates were against me worse wa yet to come. " 1 00k here rittur," taid tre man, 4"laint no nee ycur talkin' abctit staying here all night. You aint going to do it : to ycu jeet as well make np yonr mind to clear out. 1 dont want no tich cattle banging roun' me." ' What do yoa mean '.'" inquired I, submissively. 44 Mean," he replied and here he caught hold of his wife at d pushed her iu the direction of the house saying as he did. eo : 4Git and go long home. Aint yon got no manners standing thar looking at him like it wes the devil. Clear out, and shet the deer when you git in." And on fche went. Ho then turned upon me, ferociously. Mean." said he, replying to my question. 44What do I mean.' 1 11 ten you very quicsr. Jest this, precise. Jfyou don't git down otl that fence, I'll pat daylight through yon ' in less time than it takes cannel coal to ketch fire. I say it pint blaiifc. J I you con t git cfi that fence and take the bacst track, I'll shoot you, by goney ! as sure as death and taxes. You can't foci me. Tai&t the first time horse thitves has tried to come that game 00. me. But they cet the wrorg buck by the huf. C t out, if you don't want th bozzartis to find a bnllet in your era w before morning. J don't "keer if they do ketch yon. and hang ycu to boot, yon cussid imposing, thieving son of a enapping turkls " He was in dead earnest, as every tone of hia voice ad every gesture of his body proved. There was no helping it 1 had to go. Will it be believed by the hospitable peo pie of lower Virginia, that the Commmon wealth contains a human being who wculd drive a naked, bleeding, hungry, toil-worn man from his door, at the dead hour of night for though it was enly eight o'clock at the time, it would have made no difference if it had been midnight ? Will it be believed that this atrocity could be perpetrated ia any part of Virginia '( Yet it was even so, and I will swear to it. What 1 have related is an actual fact, which I cou'd verify by caliingthe came of the man, the river I crotsed, and the exact locality of the ferry -house. I am strongly tempted to do bo; but, unfortunately for the cause of jus tice, it hippens that in spotting" the ferry-man, I would reces;ari!y epot" myself and that I am not inclined to do. Getting down from the fence as speedily as my maimed coodition would penult, I inquired of the inhuman wretch how far i: was to the next houee, and ia what direction. He answered, grnllly : 44 Take yon path. It taint mo'n than three mile. But sure e you go tbr, "nou t putting yonr ciotnes on, if you ve got any, you'll git k lled. Thar s a man thar that'll make cat fish bait out of you in a minute,, if yoa go to fooling 'bout him, stripped a' ait naked, certain." Weak as I was, my anger rcee at this brutal speech. 44 And ycu have tbe heart to send ins three miles away, when you see I can haraiy stand. J did'nt think tbe devil himself would do it." 44 Look here," replied he, 4lI don't want none o' your jaw. If you've got good sense, you'll cut light out." 44 Cut," I answered, 4'I am unaile to walk a hundred yards I will certainly die on tue way, end rather than do that, I'll etay here and get shot. 1 dare yon, yon inhuman viilian, to shoot me." 44 flnnh !" said he. sneeringly, "the likes of you dont die eay. 'tept when they're hung. Aoias for shoo tin you 1 don't want no sich carcass on my land " He turned ab ruptly and walked into the house, calling the dogs with him. 1 etou irresolute for a moment, try heart swelling as if it would burst, and tears of rge in my eys then started off hurriedly in the direction indicated. He.said tne house was not more than three miles distant. To me it seemed taree thousand, and ages on ages elapsed before I reached it. How 1 manaKed to do so, passes my comprtlen-ion. I walked and walked and walked. There was no other choice. To attempt to recross the river, was certain death by drowning. To lie down, was death of the wor t dtSirip tion for, numbed with cold, how could I keep the wolves i from devouring me. Death by the riflj seemed to be the I only alternative. I would go on and get shot. Perhaps by the wayside I might meet some Good b'amaritan, who would take pity on me. These were tne motives which impelled me onward, when everv step was agony. Doubtless the reader has laughed at my hideous position, vhen I tat on the fence fighting the dogs with my two sticks and Leiloiiug for mercy ; but if he will imagine thai eaoie ridiculous figure driven ctf into the eight and hob bling painfully along, with tha great mountains, the cold moon, the pitiless stars, the dismal sounds in tho endless wiodsforhid companions if the reader will contempttt ; this picture, I am sure he will feel no inclination to laugh at an object so trul pitiable. At last, I came in sight of the house of the man who was goicg to make cat-fian bait ot me, and walked, or rather limped up to the fence. It was haid - work getting to the top. b y weakness was Ruch, that I wes obliged to hold by one hand to keep from falling; with the ether, I clutched my stick aat'yhtly as my chi.led and half-paralyzed fingers would permit, bo desperate had I now become, that I cared nothing for dogs, scarcely anything for bnllet3. It was nearly midnight. No light was burning in the house. All waa profound y still. I attempted to say 4,helk !" but ray n imbed tongue mused iia office. I tried again. No go not a sound could be urged out of my blue lips. I made a third i,Ed most anxious tfloit, and oat came a weak quaver ing sc .eech, so unlike my natural voice that it frightened me. 'Ahid waa answered by .the load barking as of an im mense dog, and in less than a minute a big brindle rushed at th fence to tear me in pieces. Being incapable cf motion, 1 heng rather than sat upon the fence, as still as a statue or large white rag. Big Bundle paused within a foot of me Bet up a ghastly howl tacked his tail, and ran howling un der the house. The door was soon opened, and I heard a coarse, harsh voice setting the dog on me. 44 bic him, Lion, t-eize him, sir. Bkirch him." Bat Lion only howled the more. The door waa closed, only for a short time, however. A tall, powerful man a very giant to my exc ited senseE stepped out, and after look irg around foi a moment or to, to ascertaia my whereabouts, took a step or tv o forwards, and leveled his heavy rifle at me ! I was not.at all alarmed. My faculties were in such a state of stupor, that no peril, however imminent, could have ex cited rr e to make any effort at self-preservation. He took a long, deliberate aim. I sat on the fence qaite, coolly. In the absence ot even a stitch of raiment, 1 take no reproach to myself tor being cool. Need it be said that my spectacles, which 1 had lost, together with my hat, would have afforded me but a meagre protection against the nippiEg mountain air ? Nor did the now thoroughly dried mud on my chest assist me much. He took deliberate aim, and fired ! The rifle snapped ! This seemed to frighten the powerful man. 4Cuss the thing," eaid he, in a rough whisper. What ia it ?" After gazing at me intently for nearly a minute, he began very cautiomiy to advance npon ire. 4 Mnm mum mister." I contrived to stammer out, for now that my speech had returned to me. my teeth began to chatter, aod my whole person to ait ike with the intense cold. ..1uaa mum mister," said I. He drew back. "Dud dud don't be afraid," I continued, I wo wo wo won t hart yoa. 1 am nothing bnt but but a man 4 ihe yoa are : he rep-ied. 4Whar'a yoar clothes. and what ata vnn doinir Vir V" I chattered out the facts of the case as brief! y as I could. and in a tone of voice whicn must hava convinced him that 1 was neither a lunatic nor ahorse thief, for be Interrupted wn before 1 wa3 half through my story, by inviting me into the house, and even took my arm to help me along, when na saw how stiff, cold, sore, ana weas 1 waa. When we reached the door, he stopped me saying : 44 Yoa jest wait hereulittle while. I ain't got but two rooms ; me and my wif' sleeps in one, and my daughter in the other. I'll tell ' vnn'ra a oominff." - 80 1 sat down on a block that semd fti a. doer' step. I Very scon I heard a woman's voire, mnch softer than that 1 l . I. J T a . ... ui me iciiiaio uiskud i naa encountered at me cowpen, Dot aimoBt ma muca excited. 44 Goodness graci .ns! Mr . take him in here at this time of the n ght. I Dever heard of euch a thing. Why what on earth can be the rattier with him ? I lay anything he ain't no better than he ought n be."- Then ensued some w ords from the husband which I cculd not make out. 44 WeH, tor. ," replied Lis wne, 44 yoa can do what yen think right, but, Tor my part, I aiut going to come anigh him." And I heard her get out of bed. and go into the o' her room. A light was Btrnck, tbe man agisted me in the door, a' d placed ma in a chair. Almost immediately a counter pane waa thrown over by some one from behind, who I afterwards learned was the dacgLter of my kind host. I was ia the act of rising, in ordsr to draw tne counterpane more sengiy around me, when he said 44 Wait a bit v ait till she gis back in the other room " In less than ten minutes from the t-.ms I entered, a bright little' fire was blazing in the fire place, and my counter pane waa'exchanged for a scit of rxy friend's clothes, which, albeit, tbey were thrice too larpt for me, made me feel so-n thing like a human being agai 1. During all this time, however, I htd to at swer maoy questions a to myself, my horse, Ac , a task by no meats eaay, inasmuch as trie waim'h of the tire Tnde me exceedingly sleepy. As soon is he saw that I was comfortable. Mr. wetit into the ai j .iniDg room to hold a little talt w if h his family, part of which I ove-heard. 44 He looks to me like a circus rider," whispered the old lady. ' Yes," wbh-pered tlte yourg one, 4 ' the front part of him is all painted red as blood." 'atnt nothing but mu l " said her father. "Do you thiak he w reht in hia mind?" inquired Mrs. : 44 Well, 1 duano Le talk tuiher thick like," was the answer. Poor. pitiful, miserable c-rra'u e," sa d the girl ; 44 1 don't reckon he means no harm. 1 him away- 1 wcu'd b3 a eia to send J m leered he s s robr er, or something, said Mrs . 44 If he is, ha can t hurt nothing," replied Mr. 44 He is broke down clean to the ground. " A child could handle Llm." 44 1'id you watch irs beard that White truck on i,: in quired JkllSB . lea. paid her father, as bis voice sunk still lower 4YeB, arid I've heerd ot a kind of ghost called doe-eu .kers, that inns wild in the woods, and lives bv tuckine doe to death. 1hi here looks mighty like one of 'em, and I don't use Lion now be did tuck tne lis tail and mining under the houe, and yowlin at the crittor. He nuvyer done so before since he was a puppy two months ( Id Then followed a brisk wh spering in too low a tone for me to catch. I stopped noddiug in order to listen, for this doe-sacaicg business was a new and alarming feature in the case. Presently Mrs. said 44 If 'tis a doe sucker, they say you can tell 'em by fling ing a rotten apple in their face. I hey can t abear it 44 Yes." eaid the yc ang lady, 44 and grandma told me that you kin kill 'em certain and sure, iest by jobbin' a spike- buck horn in their er. Bat they say that doe euckers nc;ver trouble people." i sat petrifl d with horror. 44 Flintr a rotten apple in my race, and 44 jb a buck-horn in my ear, to see whether 1 was a 44 doe-sucker " or not ; it was enough to horrify aay man. wjiv, j, nad never heard of such a thine as a 44 doe- sucker." Kind heaven must have interposed in my behalf at this critical juncture. Ihe family conference ended, the good man caaie forward, and to my joyful surprise for lex pected every moirent to hear a rotten apple whizzing past my head, aud dared not tarn round, lest it m ght hit me in the face introduced me to his wife end daughter the lat ter a very nice girl, eighteen or nineteen years old. Not ai) intimation was made aboat 44 doe euckiug," though I could but fancy that the two ladier such th?y proved to be on further acquaintance look at me nervously, and hitched their chairs further cfi, as if in doubt whether I wa 1 cem posed of flesh and bones, or some impalpable substance. it was not long before a cud ot hat cotle produced such a change in rry epints, that I easily persuaded Mr. to go after my horse and clothes. While he was gone, I managed to get so far iato the graced cf Mrs and Mies , that wben he retuned, bunging everything, (my money and watch included,) safely, he found me on the in timate looti- g of a member of the family. 1 remained many days witbttese excellent people re- ceiviug from every one of them the utmost teLdei neue an, care. Wher I got well enough to mount my hois 3 once mora the firs: attempt was painful iu the extreme. Mr positively refuse d to accept the smal'est return for h!s hos pitality. Indeed it waa not without difficulty that Ire- strained Li oa from executing summary justice npon the heathens at the ferrv-too.se, who had treat d xne bo shame fully. I can never torget that log-bouse in the moor-tains, and tbe warm-hearted tolas that dwelt t- -rtn. The reco lecti jo of their great kindn: t,. to me, a perfect stranger, half ell'aces the anger and 'he mortification 1 feel whenever J thins of that horrid night of suffering and bru tal treatment. I had the satisfaction before leavinr the immediate neighborhood, of sending J:;iss , (by the way, we had many a good laugh over the 44 rotten app'e " buiness,) a nice drees, with a shawl tor her mother, and $5 worth of powder and shot for her father. do ended the most disagreeable, it not U.e most perucus adventure I ever had. It may gratify the reader to know that the narrative in, in every essential, strictly true. AndH be may rest assured that this experiment satisfied me that a suit of mud and spectacles is not exactly the thing to walk about in at raid-night in the mountains of Virginia If I know myself, it will be some time before I swim a river again, and ron the ritk of passing for a lunatic, a horse thief, and a doe-sucker. v " From the Mobile Tribune. Dying and Living. BT ABA HAB1Z. I would not die on the battlefield. Where the missiles are flying wild, 'Tib a fancy death bnt it doesn't tuit My mamma's darling child, ' The can n's roar, aod the clash of ste 1, And the victor's joyous shout, Souad well, no dobt if a leHow don't care But I'd rather be counted out! I t ould not die on the vessel's deck, 7ith the wild Wres dashing "around, 'C juse it might occur that I'd have to swim, . And I can't so I'd surely be dr wned, And the idea of pickling my seif in brine, Is too Baity to be endured, Besides, there's a dearth of salt iu the South , And we've other meats to be cured. I would not d:e at home in bed It would kill poor Kluba with sorrow, Fo- if to-day he should find me dead, H3 -would die himself to-morrow, And since I've thought the ma ter o'er (The trutt lor once I'm g ving,) If I'm to h?ve a choice in the thug, Igueis I'll keep on living ! Mobile, March, 1868. The Alabama. A correspondent uf the Times, who went ou board the Alabama at Port Royal, (Jamaica,) on her arrival there after sinking the Federal cruiser II atteras, says : 44 The Alabama bred all fchella (except from 62 s) with percussion fuzes for tbe rifled and concussion fuzas for the smooth-bore projectile, but many ol them passed through both sides ot the liatteras without bursting, in consequence of the close quarters at which tbe ac tion took place. The 68 pounder pivot gun, in charge of an Englishman who bad served his time in the Royal Navy, and p8S8td in gunnery on board the Excellent, fired under his direction seven shells during the engage ment, and with wonderful precision, every shot hitting about the water line. Tbe Alabama was struck cn the starboard side cf the stern post, immediately above the screw, by apparently a b'2-pound shot, by three 12 pounder shot on the same side amidships, by a shell on the port bow, causing a splintered aperture, acd by a 32-pcuoder projectile through tbe funnel and one ot the boats, a splinter from the former having caused the only casualty they suffered. The firing continued without in termission for seventeen minutes, at distances vary ing from 70 to 320 yards. Then the liatteras fired two guns from the cfi side, and otherwise signified an in tention t surrender, having been totally disabled. Several parts were ou fire, tbe engines damaged, aud a hole orl one side, about two yards in diameter, made by tbe burstfug of an 8-inch shell. No time was lost in removing the prisoners to the Alabama, and scarcely had tbreequarters of an hour elapsed from the first shot being fired before the Hatteras sank beBeath the waves, ami'1 the cheers ot the victorious Sou herners. Tbe men are paid from 5 to JC6 a month, acd tho prize money already accumulated is very great, & lieutenant's Bbare being $17,000, and the captain's between $200, 000 and $300,00 ). On capturing a vessel, every pre caution ia taken to insnre a jast valuation ot the cargo, ship, &c by assembling a board of efficer?, tbe pro- CeeulugS Ot WOlCU arc uuiy icvuiucu, bju ujr aiuuco apprcpriat d are taken charge of by the purser, and regularly issued to and paid for by the crew. 44 Jenka," bearing.that his sweetheart was weighed on a pair of grocir s scales, tbe other d3y4 suggested that she waB perhaps 44 weighed in the oalance and found wanting." Yes, was the reply but it waa not wanting you ! A new Catholic Church w'as consecrated in Angus tu, G a., at the, corner cf Telfair and Jacksons streets, oa Sunday last. WILMINGTON. N'- U, APRIL 16, ;8G3. We do not fklk-v? tb re i a reasonable or a good rain at th South who doea not desire peace. The whole South desires peace aud has proc'aimcd the fact that she does eo oyer arid over agaio. She wages so war. She only defends herevlf. ' " - - This spatiut on the face of her policy, of her de clarations, of her position and of Ler wante. ISo hing could make it more apparent, more positive. It has been her wish from the first. It 13 her wish now. And it is a knowledge of this openly expressed acd nornis takeable dtaire for peace that renders as naable lo nn derstard tie darners rf some ultra and par excellence advocates of peace and -of ending the war. We will not permit oureelvea to believe that any publ?c men cr joarnale in tbe Cocfederacy would go for submission to Lincoln at this etaga of tha war, and yet how other wise caa ve stop tli war ? LTow otherwise can we make peace ? 1 hey, tbe Yankees, can stop the war; they can make peace by aimp!y ceasing to make war. TP e do not interfere vrith their independence, cr desire for self-govtrnment. They interfere with d-s. Appea's for peace made to the people of the South seem to us useless, superfluous aud misplaced. Useless, lxcu3e they cau effect colhing ; supetfluous, because all, people and authorities", are willirjg, aruioui and ready to make peace; misplaced, because tbey must faU to address themselves to the Liocoloite dynasty, the real disturbers of the peace. tJal more than this : We fear that their tendency, although not their intention, can only be mischievous ; mischitfvou, because they will be construed at the North as so many indicatiorjs of weakness and of dis gust with and disapprobation of tho war for indepen dence which the Confederacy is now waging. They will be construed a3 indicative of a determination to s'op the war up.;u any terms: for bow else could the Confederacy vuw stop the war ? Mischievous, as tend ing to f.ioiiliur ze the popular mind with tje idea of eo s'oppiDg the war, its objects uoatta'ued, its evils only felt. Mischievous as encouraging cur, enemies to persevere, aod leading some cf our people, at least, to coolly contemplate the idea of submissijn. We beg of our cotcmporaries who so flippantly reite rate, 41 s'op the war ' stop the war !" to be so ki'id as to go a little farther and tell ua hour tbey propose to do this, or failing to furnish a feasible p!an, that they quietly tbiik upon tl e probable tendency and effect of their clamors We believe that we ouly do them jis tice in saying that we may look for a d;ff:rent c jurseas the result of their serious reflections. Wk are pleastd to eee that the farmers in many of the counties of this State have held or are about to hold meetings to respond to the addresses recently issued by the President of the Confederacy and by the Gov ernor 01 North Carolina, urging the raising of large food crjps, to the exclusion of cotton, tobacco, and other products of a comparatively speculative character. 4 gentleman, a farmer ia a neighboring county, re cently called our attention to a matter which he designs bringing before a m eeting of the farmers of his county on Tuesday next, the 2lst instant. It is this t Our soldiers in camp are on short rations of meat, very short. They need more, they ought to have rut re, while more caa be got. If there is to b any stint those at home sh ould at least bear their share of the privation. FJe pro posts tlat the farmer; throughout the State should spare for tha use of the army one-fourth of the whole amount ef meat they may have provided and put up for the use of their families, white and black. Most farmers, in this section at lea3t, provide liberally, and ia allowancing their hands give actually more thau is need ed. Would it no: be better that our people at home, with their servant.?, should spare one fourth of their ful supply, which will be easily made up by the fresh vege tables soon coming iuto use, thau that the defenders ol the country, who have no such resource, should be on half or quarter rations of meat. Our friend who made this Eugestion remarked to us that since he had been made fully aware of the wants of the soldiers had seen things for hixaelf fa fac he could not enj iy his own meals until he could do eo with the consciousness that some tfEcient means had been adopted whereby ihe soldiers in camp would be ensur ed against suffering frcm en itscfScient supply of prop er food. The question of pi ice ought to be a second ary one. No one ought to ask of the government an ex tortionate price, but it is not to be expected that arjy one will give for nothing, while the order of the day i to get the uttermost farthing for everything. We commend this subject to the attention ol all our readers, particularly our farmers, end especially the members of county or other committees selected in ac cordance with the rccommebdation of the St-cietary of War. Last vvjr an effort was made to enlist the ladies ot this State in an effort to raise the funda necessary for th construction of a gun-bcat for State defence. The ladies did take the matter in band, aud meaeures were ia progress to collect a fund. The soldiers also came forward, atd no doubt a highly re?pe,ctab!e sum would have b?en raised In view however, ef tbe movements and preparations of the ecen.y, it was decided that iron-clads would alone serve tte purposes of efficient protection, and as the construction of vessels of this class was an under taking to which the means and energies of the govern ment were alone adequate, aud as all the resources of the country in men and materials were hardly adequate to meet the demands of the public service iu this re spect, tbe idea of getting up a separate gun-boat by pri vate effort ws reluctantly abandoned. Iu the meantime, tbe Confederate government has not been idle, and if enr Southern neighbour gives hen name to the 4 Palmetto State ', North Carolina will not long b8 unrepresented by a gallant bearer of her name, to be iollowed, we trust, Ijy other craft equally gallant. Let u3 suggest that there is still something that the ladies can do sdmethkg that they can do better, more gracefully ,-and more acceptably than any other parties. We al'ude to th ; furnishing arid 'fitting up of the in terior f the iron-clad which bears the name of their beloved State. They can thus claim a share and se cure an interest in the noble craft, and they may rest assured tbatth3 brave officers and men who are, of may be, assigned to her will doubly appreciate any comforts with which they may be surrounded, if they can only feel that they are supplied by t e fair women of their State, for whose protection they .will thus be nerved to even greater exertions. This will not be like building a gun-boat. It will be no ereat cr heavy thing, but it will still connect the State with the gun boat in something more than name, and in a manner which commends itself to the patriot iem and renqed feelings of her people. I hb Charlottee Democrat, weekly, has been forced U raise its subscription price to $4 a year in advance. Its former price was $2 a year. We have thas far, aod tha but recently, only raised the subscription for our weekly Journzl from $2 50 to $3. We wish to keep prices down jast as long as we can. Bat we da not know to what we may be compelled to come. ' BY TELEGRAPH. FOB THE JOURWAL. CONFEDERATE CONGBESS. Bichkond, April 15th, 1663. hi the Senate to-day, the Bouse bill, explanatory cf the act snthoriaing the President to accept and place ia ser vice regiments heretofore raised, waipassid. Be ports from the Committee cf Conference on exemption was postponed untu to-morrow. Ia the House the bill to send newspapers to soldiers, free of postage, was defeated. The House passed the bill to refund to the State of Alabama th amount paid by her for the steamer Florida. A jarge number of private- claims and bills were passed. The reports cf, ths Ccnference commit tee on tbe. exemption bill were postponed nn4Il Friday. It It d-'flers but little from the old bill. CiNNONADING ABOVE FBEDERICKSBDBd. FridibicK!BU20, April lith, 1863. Cannonading was heard on yes'erday in the direction oi Kelly's Ford, twcnty-Sve miles abo?e here. Ko particu. lars received. FROM THE UNITED STATE8 AND EUROPE. BichmM0, Va April 15th, W63. The Richmond Whig has Northern dates of tbe 13th inst. Their accounts of the Charleston fight say that the fire which opened on tbe Keokuk, of four or rive hundred guns, has never 'peihaps been eqaslltd in the history of the world; while balls struck her every moment, her guns worked with vigor and precision. It soon became evident that she was not as impregnable as the Eric as 5n Monitors, and as an iron-clad the was a failure. Tne rebel balls seemed to penetrate her as easily as a wooden vessel. Daring thirty minutes one hundred shots struck her, ninety of which were water line shots he was perfectly riddled, and sunk next morning. 6he had 13 men seriously wounded. Two mortally. The ironsides ? was not seriously damaged The rebels mistook a eoow, which broke loose, for the davil. The Yankees sum up thus : Wa have entered ','ha.leston harbor, made a successful reconnoissance, er gaged the rebel forts three hours, damaged Sumter pretty seriously, lost on vessel, and bad a crowning proof of the invnlnera bility of the Monitor fleet. Arrangements were belng'made to blow up the Keokuk. It is reported that further action for tte present will be suspended. The Herald has a lepoit that McClellan has tendered his resignation. Ia closing a speech in Parliament, Lord Russell eaid : Depend upon it, my Lords, if that war ia to cease, it is far better it thonld cease with the conviction both en the part of the North and South that they can never live again hap pily as cne community and one Ee public, end that the ter mination of hostilities can never be brought about by the advice, mediation or intervention of any European power. . FKOM VICKSBUBG. VicxiBTOQ, April 14, 1S63. All quiet. One transpcrt, with troops, left the fleet this morning. Many tenfs and a dozen transports are still in sight. FROM JACKBON, M1S8. Jackson, April 14, 1863. There was a large fire last night above Vicksburg, sup posed to have been a transport. A special dispatch to the Appeal, dated Murfreebboro', April 8th, says that Wilder's bri.ade has returned, with many horses, and that 60 contrabands were shot and hung, several being clothed in Yankee uniforms. Ci'EO, April 8th The gunboat Cincinnatti, disabled at States Bayou, has arrived here. WAsnusOTON, April 8th. Fears are entertained of an in vasion of Maryland. FROM TENNESSEE. Chattahocga, April 15th, 18CS. AU ia quiet in tha vicinity of Tullahoma. Federal accounts of the battle at Franklin, confirm the killing of Captain Freeman, of Freeman's Battery. A gentleman jast through from Louisville, reports, in ad dition to Burnside's corps, a division from Franklin's.corps coming to reinforce Rosecra&z. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. ViLLXBGKViu b, April 15th, 1863. Ihebilto endorse the Confederate Bonds, which had passed. the House, was indefinitely postponed ia tin Senate by yeas 24 to.nays 10. CONFEDEBATE CONGBESS. Bichmokd, April 16th, 1663. The Senate to-day passed the Be use bill to establish a nitre and mining bureau, and rejected the Exemption bill as amended by the Committee Of Conference. A mo tion to reconsider it was lest. The act of last session will accordingly remain in fcrce. The Senate also passed the Htuse bill to liquidate the claim due the State of Jlabaina for the steamer Florida. The Honse passed a bill to provide payment for horses lost or disabled in Confederate service. Nothing else of importance was done. CO FEEDER 4.TE BONDS. RiCHitOKD, April 15, 1863. At auction to-day, Confederate bonds, of one hunlred million loan, brought 110 and interest ; fifteen million loan 1554 to 1G6. FROM SUFFOLK. Richmond, Va., April 16th, 1803. The Petersburg Express of to-day, gives a favorable ac count of operations at Hnflolk, and mentions the report that one of the enemy's gtnboats, in Naasenond River, bad been destroyed by our battery, aid another drifen off in a crippled condition. FP.OM CHARLESTON. Chablistok, April 16th, 1S63. All quiet. The French War Steamer Catinat touched off the bar to-day and sent a boat to the city. FROM ENGLAND PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. Richmond, April 16tb, 1863. In the House of Commons, on the 27th ult., a debate in relation to the Alabama took place. Tbe Solicitor General said that the American Government had all a'ong denied to Great Britain the rights of neutrals allowed by interna tional law, of which they themselves had been the strong est asserters, and that that Government was only entitled to ask this Government to carry out the law as it would do if it was concerned itself, and to administer the law as the English laws are always administered not on Kinpicion, but on evidence. Cheers. Mr. Baring expressed regret at the speech of the Solici tor, which must be cflensive to the Americans. Mr. 'Bright expressed similar vierffe, and declared that the builders of the Oreto are now building other gunboats, and that Laird was abo constructing formidable rams for the Confederates. Mr. Laird said th it rifles were as deadly as vessels with out guas. He had seen manifests at the cutcm bouse of rifles chipped to. the Northern States by the Cf labrated firms of Barings, and Brown A Co., of Liverpool. Loud cheers. He bad been at ked as to building ships complete, with guns, for the Federal Government, and read letters to prove this amidst loud cheering. He was therefore astonished at the outcry in America. He would rather be handed down to posteritv as the builder of a dozen Alabamas than as the man who cried up the institutions of at other country which have reduced liberty to a mockery. Cheers. FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Gkahd GcxF.lStb, viaMeciLE, Apul 16,1863. Information haa been received at these headquarters, that cur forces under CoL Cockrell and Maj. Harrison, had a tkhniiah with the enemy this morning at Perkins' Plantation, in which two Yankees were killed, three wound ed, and four captured. We also captured fire-r six hor ses and heir equipage, aod released a major ana t number of women aod children, held ia their lines, and retaking over one hundred negroes. No casualties on our si Je- FROM JACJiaONf'MI8 JACK8oa.AprHl6ti.186J. The enemy's troops at Lake Providence have moved tfowa to Yicssburff and Grenada. ' Travellers report as ths universal impression frt Memphis that the boats going np to Vicksbarg waa a ruse. A heavy movement commenced oa Thursday. A special d patch to the Appeal, says that there was In tense excitement at Memphis on the rectipt of the news from Charleston. The first report was that five Monitors were sunk. Tinaaaiiaa vnAn At f It V.. :t icimtHBs 'tivueavuy, ana Bates were mace at twenty per cent, discount for Greenbacks. Tho Yankees and Jwafiiiie Greenbacks. It is reported that the edition of the Bulletin and Arena - was suppressed. ' Several negro regiments wer.t down cn Thursday. Jacxsok, April 15th, 1SC3. There is cecsiderab'e Federal force at GreeoviLe. FROM VICKSBUBG. Vicxsbuhq, A pril 15th, via Moble If th. 1SG1. Ihe fleet is still in sight across the river. The Yank es have abandoned Husbpncana. An expedition of Yankee Cavalry entered New Catihago last week, and are still in possession of the place. FEDERAL OFFICERS. Tcllauoxa, April 16th, 1RC3. Eleven officers, eapturedby Wheeler, left here this morn ing. Nothirg important. FROM CHATTANOOGA. COATTAKOOQA, Ap'll 16th, 1BC3. Nothing additional from the front. Fleven Federal offi cers, captured by Wheeler, reached here th s even'cg Capt. Maple and Lieut. Fpeccer, of Rceecra z's Stsf, are among the number. From the Raleigh Register. Franklin County Vicdicates herself from the aspersion cast upon her by the Wilmington Journal in the following manner. AU the pa pers ef Baleigh will please c--pv ; arid it is expected that the Journal will make the amend honorable. PUBLIC HSXT1NO. On Monday, April 6th, 1863, a.nnmber of the citizens of Franklin County assembled In toe Court House in Louis burg, to coesider upon the present condition of the coun ty, and the duty of farmers especially, in reference thereto. On motion, N. B. Maasenburg, Esq., was appointed Chair man, and W. K. Brnam, Secretary o? the meeting. The Chairman npon taking his seat announced the object of the meeting, and it was moved and carried that a committee of five be appointed to draft resolutions expressive of te sense aDd purposes of the meeting, and present them for its consideration. Whereupon the Chairman spp)ioted the following gentlemen : James Fuller, Joha G. King, Dr. E. A. Crudup, W. A. Eaton and Charle Skinner. While the committee were out, the Secretary, by request, read the Governor's address and a letter from Major Cov ington, Qaartemaster, of Richmond. His Honor Judgo Heath, being present, waa called upon and responded in a brief bnt effective Bpeech. Dr. Crudup, after the commit tee came in, also responded to a call of the meetiug. The committee reported the following preamble and res olutions, which were unanimously adopted : WHIKKA8, Id the terrible struggle for independence In which our country is now engaged against a ruthlexs and vir dictive foe, who baa shown by legal enactments and proclamations, bis purpose to subjigate us, and strip us of every vestige of librty and property; and, in the language of his Lieutenant Generalto 44 hang liber all?;" and where as, our enemies have shown their -willingness to sacrifice men and money almost without limit, to accomplish iheir object, and have even surrendered their own libert) la their efforts to deprive us of ours, the question is now presented to us, the citizens at home, shall we in this trying time fail ia our duty to our caote and oar country? Khali the . . I " . 1 .11 .1 I 1 greeu oi gain iwanow up id our ueana u mo uouie aspira tions of patriotum, and utterly quench the 'est spffik of gratitude which we owe to the noble and brave men who hive left their homes and families, to oppose their bo ie, a- a living wall, to the fiord of bftrbaMsm und cruel y 1 1 at threatens to deluge our land in luin ar,d desoia'io,. ? TLe heart of every true man answers, 4 Never !" And wbsnai, tbe voice and interest warns us 'hat it Is wfce, wheu neces sary to sacrifice a part to sate ihe whole In e-tpubse, therefore, to the elequent and patriotic appeal of our no ble Governor, it is 1st Resolved, That we owe it to our brve men wha have taken thor lives in their hands and gor e ioto'the ar my ; who have met and repelled ti e ino e t invttdr-r n s j many hard foas,bt fidlds; and who are stil huliiir defiiiiae jh the face of cur discn fited enen y, to supply ibem w.th 'ht sustenance without which tf eir gli-tttry wi I evil nothingarid to see ih&t their fx m lies ruder not for tb ne cesarie9 of life ia their Absence, nod we plerg- oar ives, our fortunes and our honor to redeem this d ot. 2 J. Iiesolotd, That it is the doty ot every man in the ccunty at once to reduce the consumption ot f 'd by him self and tamily, totheutmmt economical scale pos-Mb'e, and to dispose freely, and for a moderate pr 09, ot th; tur pluB thus saved, to the fml iesot soldier, aoo', after sip p lying their wants, to tender the balance to th s Govern ment for the use of tha urmy, for reasonable comensa tioo. 3d. Jiesolved, That we will strain every nerve to rair e all the food we can this year, pod that any person who shall ra'se for sale any other crop than p ovisiot s, is wiut icg in gradtude to tho soldiers, sympathy for their fami lies, and in true patriotism. On motion of Dr. Crudup, it was Jiesolved, That every farmer in this meeting subsciibe his name to the loregoing resolutions. On motion of Maj. Hill it was Jiesolved, That every farmer who approves tha above resolutions subscribe his name thereto, ard that a com mittee of three be appointed in each Captain's district, to convene meetings similar to tbia, and that the resolutions especially in regard to planting crops other than bread- stuffs be submitted to each farmer in every district, a d the names of those who sign as well as those who refuse to sign, be furnished to this meeting for publication On motion, tbe meeting adjourned to Saturday tie 13th inst., when all ths farmers oi the county are invited to meet at the Court House. N. B. MASSENBURO, Chm'n. W. K. Bakham, Bec'y. We take pleasure in publishing the above, and will merely add that the correspondent of the Register must have misunderstood us, and tha?, unintentioua'ly co doubt, done us it justice. We cist no esper iou upen Franklin County ; we simply mentioned, with regret, a statement which we had received, to the efLct that vi ry extensive preparations fox a large tobacco crop had been made in tbe counties bordering on the Virginia line. Tbe source of, our- information was honest and intelligent, and -tbe allusion to Franklin simply arose out of the fact that, perhaps, the information in regard to it being more defkite, that county waa cited as an instance. We ae pleased to record evidences going to show the triumph of patriotism over speculation, and we trust that tbe resolutions adopted by the Louisburg meeting may find a full acd hearty response in tbe ac tion of the whole people of that acd of every other county in the State. Admiral Dcfont and Captain Dbaytok, two o? the lead ing commanders of the naval force operating against South Carolina and Georgia, are natives of tbe formsr State. M. Blondix and tdb Volunteebs Oq Saturday, the North Middleecx Kifles, to tbe number of Leariy 400 men, ptrraded at Albany Street Barracks, and ac companied by its two baods, marched under the com- Uj&uu wi j-iicut. vui. ft uncucau, ly iuo Auutuuuiui Hall, Islington, for battalion drill. The ct rpj'alao re ceived aa iuvitation to witness tbe evening's entertain ment, and it was announced, amongst other novelties, that Bloodin, in addition to carrying a man heavier than himself over the hrgb rope, from one end tf the building to the other, would also turn a summersault on the low rope over tbe beads ot eight rvfl men, with fu d bayonets, and who would fire a volley at tbe moment he made the leap. Fur this purpose eight of the fi,;ctt men in tbe 29ib, varying from 5 feet 6 inches to C leit, were told on, and the volley was fired, and the leap performed in so astounding a manner tbat it was re peated amidst great applause London Observer. Gkn. Sam Houston. This distinguished gentleman addressed the people of Houston, Texas, on the evening of the 19th ult. lieicrring to ma speecn tne xmowb, oi tbe 20th ult., says : "He did not allude to bis past po litical coarse, nor to the approaching guoeruaioriai election. He was especially severe upon extortioners and the denreeiators of our Confedt rate currency. His sentimenta were patriotic and bis speech entirely frte trom personal abuse, tie au not mm we bkouio pmce any confidence in ietrvention either by, England or France, DOS inn oar uuiy ucpcuubUCT- ia ill our uwu strong right arms. But he s i d there was nut a douM of tbe final resilt, for that with such officers and sold iers as the Conlederacy haa sent into the field, we never could be conquered, lie epoke in the highest Ura s ef ebe gallantry of the Texas soldiers, wjoss achieve 111.014 were such as every Texan was proud of. He p.mi u high compliment u Uen. Magiudtr, wujl vm jmt ti e man to sun the lVxians. He" wai applau iJ wa. u he rpoke of the lexus suloiers a .d Geu. M. yiod 11 is speech was short and was listed to with utttctioa acd interest."
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