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Ml . oF ADOB7.1ICA. Etott Satwcrfber on oar list who may b indebted to u onthesothdjot June, Inst., will have his paper diicon tinned. There will be no favorUlBm ahown in thtomtter. Akother Fire. Another alarm of fire waa given last night about 11 o'clock. On repairing to the place e discovered the kitchen and rear buddmgs on the lot belonging to Mr' jAMEa Daw80X east 6136 of Tbird' ; between Chestnut and Mulberry Streets, on fire- The flames soon extended to the two story wood dwelling in front, and then to the buildings next North, occupied by Tho3. 1). Walseb, Esq., and owned by Rev. A. P. Bepitox, thence to the stables of. Mr. Retitox, next lot adjoining. There waa a light breeza from S. S. W. at the time the fire broke oat, which veered round to nearly West shortly afterwards. The two first named residences, together with all the outbuildings of every description, including a negro house on the lot of Mr Repiton's residence, were'all entirely consumed. There was not much furniture in either of the houses, the oc. cupanta' families having removed from town some time Eince. Mr. Repitox'h fine large three story building was very much damaged by removing furniture, win dow blinds, mantle pieces, &c. It is proper to eay that the fire companies were on hand at the earliest possible moment, and they exerted themselves nobly in arresting the progress of the con. flagration. They evidently saved Mr. Rkpiton'b residence from destruction, and deserve the thanks of all for their efforts. We are here reminded of the beneficial results of having cisterns at different points where the river cannot be reached. Had it not been for the various cisterns in the neighborhood; tbe engines would have been of little or no uce, and there is no telling where the fire would have stopped. Capt. Rankin soon had hit military company on the ground and properly distributed, to guard the property which had been removed from the burning buildings. The loss we are cot able to state. We should sup, pose though, that the two buildings and out houses, to tally destroyed, could not have cost less than from $7,000 to SS.O0O each! There is an insurance of $2,G00 on the house occupied by Mr. Walker, and $3,000 on the building occupied by Rev. A. P. IlErrrow, which will probably cover the injury done to the latter. There was no insurance on the property of Mr. Dawson. The flakes from the lire were carried several Equarcs eastward, and several buildings were at one time on fire, among them, Mr. Bloom's on corner Fifth and Chesnut streets, which were, however, soon put out by the neighbours. How the fire originated is unknown. There were no person occupying Mr. Dawson's premises at the time, or for some t enths past. Daily Journal, yssleriay. TIj Confederate Tax. Some diversity of opinion ha3 existed as to the proper construction to be placed upon the clause of the Con. federate Tax Bill relative to Commission Merchants, and we have already given Mr. Memmingkr's opinion on the same several days ago, bat the following corres pondence on the subject places the matter in a different flight from what we had understood it. The correspon dence will explain itself: CORRESFOSDEM'S. Wilmikgtoh, N. C, 20th May, 1863. Hon. C. G. Mkmmikgfb, Secretary of the Treasury, Richmond, Va., Dear Bib : In accordance with the new Confederate Tax Law, approved 24th April, we have been charging to the owners of all goods sold by us as Commission Merchants lnce that date, 2j per cent, oa the gross gales, bat oar at tention has jest been oaKed to an expression in the 13th r'auBe of the 5th section of the law, which would oem to be intended to makean exception in favor of producers, by which sales of Cotton, Naval Stores, Flour, Salt, and other articlea consigned by those who rahe or manufacture them are not to be subject to the charge. Among others With whom we have consulted on the subject, one of our best lawyers (Mr. W. A. Wkight,) is of tiie opinion that each ia the proper construction of the law. Will ycra do us the favor to advise ns as to your opinion in regard to it, so tbat if the charge is an wuproper one, we may bo longer make it in such cases, and that we may refund it to those who have already been subjected to it. Yery reap'y, your ob't servt's, DeKOScET, BROWN & CO. Treahiiry Department, ) Richmond, June 1st, 1863. Mkssbs. DeEosset, Brown A Co., Wilmington, N. C. GlNTLEMSN : Aa a suitable respotse to your letter of the 29th ult., in reference to the Tax upon sales of produce by Commission Merchants, 1 hereby enclose a copy of the Department's letter of the 27th ult. to J. B. Walker & Sons", Augusta, Ga. . Very respectfully, C. G. MEMMINGER, (secretary of Treasury; tCopy. Treuauiy Department, ) Richmond, May 29th, 1863. f J. B. Walker & Bess, Augusta, Ga., Dkar Sirs : I have received your letter of 19th inst., in which you en quire whether ray letter to Hon. K. H. May should be un derstood aa requiring Commission Merchants to charge pro ducers 2J percent on all sales made for them. The leiter to Mr. May was not intended to adjudge tho c,aeBtion now submitted by you. The Tax A et ia denning tne business of Comciisaioii Merchants, includes only the tales of Euch produce as is consigned by others than the producers. It rodowa that in returning his sales the Com mission Merchant ia not required to include sales of pro vince tor account of the producers, and consequently such alts are not liable to the Tax. Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, (Signed,) C. G. MEM MING ER, . Secretary of Treasury. Osh hundred and ninety-eight Yankee prisoners, cap tared on the Mississippi, we learn, passed through this place Tuesday afternoon en route for Richmond, we suppose to be exchanged. They were beyond doubt the meanest looking set of men we ever saw, and were evidently of the lowest order of Western Yankees. Many of them were barefoot, all of them ragged and looked as if they had been half starved for months. "We learn that eight thousand more are on the way. Kro in Port Hudson. "We find the following dispatch in our exchange pa pers received yesterday. Why this dispatch was not sent to the Associated Press, is more than we can ac count for. Of conrse it is Federal news, having been taken from the New Orleans .Era, and forwarded to the Mobile Tribune. Pascagocla, May 26. A special dispatch to the Era from Port Hudson, dated May 22d. says : "Yesterday Gen. Augur's whole division was engaged in a nine hours'g fight with the enemy. The battlefield was Portliudson Plains, four miles in the rear of f ort Hudson, oa the Bayou Sara road. 'The rebels were thoroughly whipped. They had one brigade of infantry engaged, besides two batteries and a considerable force of cavalry. They had ambuscaded at every oatlet from the plains. They were finally re pulsed with heavy loss, leaving a large number of kill ed and wounded on the field.-, "A flag of truce was sent in at midnight from G?w i. "ff1' alkiDS fission to bury the dead. "We have taken about one hundred prisoners. 'The enemy was driven three miles from his first po tation, and Augur s division bivouacked for the eight on the field of battle. Ourlossia killed is twelve, and in wounded, fifty- the mho;t116th KeW Yrk aQd Sd Louiaiana. offered portun?ty!artiCUlar,? W5H reach yoa by mliest P " t (Signed.) "Hokatiocs." mTTi8 mornine rePrt tbat the order for re ft lS,? JfiJa per80E9 uspecdedforaiwhne, sags? tt&s t Tnx m since Saturday's issue is quit mMe Towards Vicksburg all eya are turned. The long Fence is looked npon-aa unfavorable. We hope to God we may yet come out victorious. The Yankee acconnts are down te the 24th all. oniy, and not so late as our own by two days, according to the last dis patch from Gen. Johnston, which contained news from Vicksburg to the!26tb. We must wait patiently, and hope for the best. Later. The news from Yicksburg by Northern ac connts, received at Petersburg, is up to the 27th ult., one day later than yet received. It will be seen that the Federals acknowledge bard fighting an I repeated repulses, though they claim to have forced our men back to their last entrenchments. It will be seen that the Confederate steamers Alaba ma and Florida have been at work, tbev having des- 0 w troyed many valuable cargoes, together with the ships containing them. The Federals Bay that Gen. Lee is in motion, proha bly for Maryland. This may or may not be true. I true, we shall probably hear some interesting news from that quarter in a few days ; probably before this week eloses. Daily Journal, 1st inst. A SCJIAP OF I1ISTOHY. 1 i 4UR AST, 1003. NINETY KINK YEARS AGO TO-DAT, Andrew Stewart, printer to the King, issued the first number of the "Cape Fear Gazat'te and Wilining ton Advertiser. " it was the nrst paper published in the town of Wilmington, and the second published in the State. 9 The first printing press was brought from Virginia in 1749, and the first paper printed with it in the town of Newbern, by James Davis. Its title was "the Car olina Gazette," and its existence was fifteen years prior to that of the "Gazette & Advertiser :" Prices. The reports of auction sales in the last papers from Charleston show a very desirable reduction in prices. In some cases, goods sold for 50 per cent less than at previous sales, and in but few instances did they hold former prices. It is an axiom of political economy tbat prices de pend upon production and sapply. Now, if it be true, as some of our cotemporaries say, that there are twenty tvrn cargoes in the citfes of Mobile, 'Charleston, and Wilmington unsold, there is reason to hope "there is a good time coming." It is slyly reported in the speculator's calender that a single firm has lost 100,000 by former purchases and late sales. In our own local markets, in a small way, there has been some fall in prices. Fodder has sold for $5.25, but we bought two days ago at $3. Butter bas been at $1.50, and now ia at 75c. to $1. Chickens (as old roosters are classed in sales) have sold for $2, but now can be had at 1.25 to $1.50. Flour is at a nom inal price, and folks generally who have things to sell are getting uneasy. We clip the above from the Columbia South Car olinian ef Saturday last. We think from looking over the list of prices of goods sold in Charleston on the 29th ult, that there has been a falling off in prices. Yet, we are informed that at the sale here on the same day, the prices ranged nearly, if not quite as high as at former sales, averaging about 33 per cent more than at Charleston. We shall probably be able tc publish the sales to morr w, when all can judge for tlemselves. We would like te see prices of all articles come down, but as yet, there has been little or no dirx munition in this market. Daily Journal, 1st itist. Ylckxburg. We have dates from Jackaon as late as yesterday. It will be seen that Grant had made a demand for tbe surrender of the city within three days, to which de mand Gen. Pembertos returned a reply tLat he would die in tbe trenches before he would surrender. This correspondence seems to have taken place an Thursday last. On Saturday the enemy's gunboats were firing hot shot, we presume at tbe city, and our water de fences. 1 he loss ol the enemy thns far has been heavy, baviDg reached 25 to 30,000. Our loss is reported to be light. We still hope that Gen. Johnston may be able to effect tbe destruction of the Federal army around the besieged II ill City, end thus re-open communi cation with the "West. We shall look for fnrther new? with much impatience. There are various reports about the streets, one that Gen. Johnston had Grant's army surrounded. How the report originated we do not know, neither do we know whether there is any foundation for it. We hope it may prove true. Daily Journal, 2d. For the Journat. Yankee Hero. An Incident A G EABQP ARTKR3 3d N. C. CaVALRT, Near Franklin, Va. Messrs. Editors : During Gen. Longstreet's investment of Suffolk, and on the day that Col. Connaliy's 55th regiment N. C. troops reinforced tbe rifle pits in such splendid style, an incident occurred ludicrously illustrative of Yankee chivalry, and which though there was an awful fire from the enemy 's artillery at that time produced a shout of laughter in that gallant regiment. A Yankee regiment waa sent out under cover of their artillery, to prevent Connally from reinforcing the pits. The Col onel of this regiment advanced it through a partially cleared ground, where there was once a dwelling bouse. A solitary chimney stood where the house had been. Behind this chimney the heroic Colonel " tocfc his sand," while his regiment moved lorward. They had not gone very far, however, before the 55th opened on them, causing tbem to waver and halt. The redoubtable Colonel stuck bia head out from behind the chimney, and cheered them on. Another volley, and the Yankees began to break. " What are you running for, you cowardly " (whis went a bullet by his head, which immediately popped back.) Anoth er volley, and the Yankees began to scatter 'in confu sion. " Stand up to 'em, boys " (whiz and another duck of the head.) " Damn you, go back. What are you running for ?" ( These words were uttered between alternate bobs of the head.) " Go back ; fight 'em, yoa cowards," he screamed from behinithe chim ney. But it waa "no go," and the panic became general. Just about this time a solemn " rebel " voice called out "Come out from behind that chimney. I see your nose." The gallant Colonel " came out " t.nd left at double quick, amidst roars of laughter from our boys. A. M. W. Polk Cocntt, N. C, May 26th, 1803. Mrssr9. Fclton & Price : Dear Sirs : As I am traveling and preaching through this section of country, and ray circuit embracing parts of the fpllowing counties : Rutherford, Polk, Henderson, McDowell and Cleveland, I take pleasure in informing you and your numerous readers, that tbe wheat crops up in this section are as good as they have been for many years, and bid fair for an abundant yield. Indeed crops of all kinds look well through all this section. The Yankees will soon be disappoint ed in our crops, for we will have a plenty of bread to eat, and a plenty ot fruit to go with it. ine proepect for fruit is glorious. Yours, &c, J. K. Tribute-of Itctpect. Caht.Colstok, near Franklin. Va., ) May 'iSth, 1863. t At a called meeting of Co. M B," 3d N. C. Cavalry, May the 2Sth, 1&63, Sergt. JohB A. Pitman was called to the Chair, and Private H. 8. Williams was requested to act as Secretary, and a committee of three ' were appointed to draft resolutions relative to our deceased brothers in arms. Tbe following resolutions were unanimously adopted. Whereas, God in his Alwise Providence has Been fit to remove from our midst oar beloved brothers in arms, Pri vates John B. Svevens and Isaac James, who died while 'on the recent scon: in North Eastern, N. C. The former at Gatesville, H. C, May 6th, 1863, and the latter at Wood ville. N. C, May 4th, 1663. Therefore Eesilced, That in their death, we have snstasied a loss which will be keenly felt by ns during the entire war. Jicsolved, Tbat in their death, we have been deprived of two gallant soldiers, who were always ready to oischarge their duty, aBd by the gentleness of their disposition have endeared themselves to ns with lasting ties, and their.mem rywill ever be cherished by ue, with affection. Evolved, That to the bereaved families of the deceased, we tender onr heartfelt sympathy. Resolved, That a eopyof these resolutions be famished to the families of each, and a copy forwarded to tho Wil mington Journal for publication. Berg t. JOHN A. PITMAN. Chairman. Hiram B. Williams, Secretary. Corporal B. H. Prttiwat, ) Private Q. W. Ebtoi, Committee . " J. W-Mashscrn, ) Gtneral Wadsworth reports Hooker's loss in bis late move 25 to 33 per cent, of his entire arm? which was t least 100,000 itrCDg Rowa Artillert. The fo'Iowicg letter from Gen ; V- xx. xxiu, compu men nag inu tuiciem iwtiecjr we: publiih with pleasure. We are satisfied tbe army con w -v-r it'ii i - . : . i .a 1 tains no braver or patnoiic corps than U is ; and one too, mere ready to meet the enemy at any and every point. The Artillery has been ordered to retn'orce Gen. Lee. May they ail be spared o return to their homes unscathed, to enjoy tbe liberty and the blessings ot a goed government, tor whicn they n ive sq willingly expeef! ti'fir iivn- : April 15th, 1883. Capt. Pilkt :- Many thanks to yon and youi coble men for their efficient servi-.e. tVould that yon were attached to my c ujio'.d. I know to mtu I world be so glad to have with roe. May yoa have aa happy and succfal a career as J'ou de6trve to Lave. Respectfully, D. H. HILL, Maj. General. The following account of a fight near Suffolk, Ya., in which this company waa engaged is taken from the correspondence of the Petersburg Express of the 9th inst. Iast Thursday vtnUig, the 30lb, some four or five of the Yankee gunbeats attempted to pass up to Suf folk. They rniht have done so but for a slight ' ob struction," ia ilk' shape of a fiae battery of riflfdguDS, under that spleijdid ofS.er and galiant gentleman, Capt. Riley. Appearing with all due formality, tbey first served on him a very imptrative writ of ejectment ; but finding that tie Captain dmied the authority of the writ, they attempted to enforce an ouster demain. Finding the authoriy of the judgment a!so disputed, tbey proceeded forthwith to try the cause by wager of bsttle. The gage was gladly accepted, antf now m knightly, style tbe champions prepared to do their de voir. The fUht lastid eoiae tvo hours, and so handsomely was it maintained on our side that tbe Yankees were forctd ar last to " ctt6r the base and horrible word crave " and took to their heels iucontinently, leaving as report says, one of tbeir blasUd old " bungoats " sunk in tbe water and another to " retire " tbe best it could 44 in a cr ppUd condition." I fancy they left pretty thoroughly riled. ADMIRAL PJRTKR'S OFFICIAL DESPATCH THK CAPTURE OF II A INKS BLUFF, ETC. The foilovutg is Adaiiral Porter's official despatch to tbe Secretary of the Navy, from .Haines's BiuS, Ya zoj River, ay 20tb : O.) the morning of the liith I came over to tbe Ya zx to be ready to co-operate with Gen. Grant. I av ing two oi the iron clads at Red River, one at Grand Gulf, ne at Carthage, three at VVarrenton and two in the Yazio left me a email force. Still I disposed of them to the r$ advantage. (jii the 18:b, at Meridian, firing was heard in rear of Vicksbursr ivhich assured me Gen. Grant waa ap proaching the city. The canropadirJg was kept up furiously for some time, when, by the aid of glassev I discovered a company of cur artilkry advancing, taking position ai d driving the reb' Is before them. I imrne diattly saw gherman's !iv:s on had come on to the left of Snyder's Blofl, that ihe rebels at that place bad been cut off frm joining the forces in the cily. 1 despatched the D.Kalb, Choctaw, Romer, Petrel, and Foreet Rose, all under command of Lieut. Brecae, ap the Yazoo to open communication in tbat way with Grant and Sherman. This I succeeded in doing, and in three hours received letters from Grant.Sherman and Steele, informing me of their vast success and asking me to send up provisions, which was at once done. Meantime. Lieut. Walker, in the DoKalb, pushed on to llaynes' Bluff, which the enemy commenced evacua ting the day before, and n, party remained behind in hopes of destroying or taking away a large amount of ammunition on hand. When tb-y saw the gunboat they run out, leaving everything in good order guns, forts, tents and equipage of all kit.d., which fell into our hands. As soon aa tbe capture of lloyne's Blufland Jourte. n forts we s reported to me, I shoved op the gunboats from below to Vicksbnrg, to fire at the Hill batteries, which fire '.vas kept up two or three hours. At midnight tbey mover! up to the town and opened on it for an hour, snd cootinucd at intervals during the night to annoy tbe garrison. On the 19th, I placed six mor.'r-j in position, wi4h creier. to tire nht and day oa rapidly us they could. TI.p works at Haines' IJiutl are vtry formidable. '1 1 eie ate f onr teen ot the hi aviiff t kit d of mounted eight and ten inch urd seven and ;i haii inch rifled uuus, with ammunition enough to last a long n:rge. As the gun C'li ridges m-ght again fall into ti e hands ol the enemy, I hud thetn burned, blew up the imgaz 'n, and destroyed the works pent rally. 1 aio burntd up the encampments which were permanently and remarkably well cuLftructid, ioi.kirg a if the rebels intended io stay for some time, 'i ne.se works and encampments cover d maay acres of uroand, and the tortifieatious and tbe rii'e pi proper of Haines's Bluff ixtendtd a mile and a qua re r. Sueh net-work of celt noes 1 never siw. i he rcle;s were year in cous racting them, and all were rendered us lees in an hour. Afc soon as 1 got through with the destruction of the magazines and oimr woikr, 1 started L;eut. Walker np the Yi. o Kiver with eufiicitnt forte to destroy all the enemy'. property in that direction, with ordeis to re turn h till oiapatcb, and on'y to proceed as far a3 Yazoo City, wLere the rebels have a navy yard and store houses. Ia the meantime. General Grant has closely invested Vieks'uurg, an.d has ptsste-don of the best commanding points, la a very short time a g nerol assault will take place, when I hope to anncujee that Yicksburg has fallen, after a series of the most brilliant successes that ever littended an army. There has never been a case during the war where the rebels have been so successfully beaten at all points, and tbe patience and endurance of our army and navy for ao nany months are about being rewardtd. It is a mere quest ion of a few hours, and then, with the ex ception of Port Hudson, which will follow Yicksburg, the Mississippi will be open its entire length. The Krencli In Mexico. We have advices from Brownsville, Texus, to tbe 24th April. The Governor of Tamiolipas (Mexico) has pui i an official visit to Gen. Magruder at bis headq;. titers in Brownsville. It lasted about an-hour. Magrw ler ba3 rev ked ail cotton orders, and hereafter trade with Mexico in tbe staple is to be unrestricted. The Brownsville Flag has later news from Puebla, but not of the capture of tbat city by the Prench. That news is the latest received by the way of .New Yok. Tbe Flag gives an interesting account of the strategy of tbe Fiench.which is highly probable. We ex pect thot the French will have possession of the Mexi can capital before long : The new? from Put bla has rather taken tbe starch Out of the Mtxicans. Gen. Forey d d Dot rush r.t the fortifications ot Pueb'.a blino d d. but rather every step was ir.atur. d und guarded against disaster. The repulses which ir L said to have gufL-rtd were bat mas querades, in which Le presented one face to the he while he had another for different purpos e. Weeks be fore the fight be declared his intention to take the place without any disastrous sacrifice of Freneh li ves, and with his immense artillery force it was enihety Tacti cal with him to have destroyed tbe place witnout tbe hazard of an assault. The whole programme in front of Puebla was conceived in the highest style of military genius ; and it may result yet tbat the fight at Peubla will force a peaceable solution of the war. The design of General Forey evidently was to strike a Ccrro Gordo blow at Puebla, and he bad done it. The Mexicans were allowed to collect all their available force, they we re allowed to fortify every avenue of ap proach, they were suffered to gain advantages whereby the troops were enthused and rencered confident, and then tbey were attacked and defeated in front, and when they were best prepared to defend. Their entire force was invited to tbe encounter, and tbe battle was made under tbe eyes of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mex ican army, with his reserves in shooting distance. Such a fight so won is no significant victory. It is the death blow to resistance, tor no army tbat the Mex icans can bring into tbe field will ever pretend to face the fierce and desperate fire of tbe French soldiers. The campaign has commenced in earnest in Mexico, and tbe cry is onward to the capital. The delay at Puebla is such as to leave the road open to the legions of N&poleon, and the fate of Pcebla will render resis tance less active at the city of.Mexico. There can be no doubt, in view of recent events, as to the success of the French, and if we orjly knew what the policy of Napoleon was to bo, we might just as well be forming our conduct to meet the requirements ol the Imperial programme. Banishment. The Mobile Advertiser says that the decree of banishment of loyal Southern men from the enemy's lines is adding strong fighting material to tbe Confederate ranks. The young men arriving as refagees frcm New Orleans are rapidly tnrolling and rushing to arms. They have a stern account of oppression and cruelty to settle with the invaders. We wonder that the Yankee authorities have overlooked this fact. But tbe love of plunder outweighs policy, for the homes and property of tbe exiles are occupied the moment they are left BY TELEGRAPH. FOR THE JOURNAL.. FEOM THE BAPPAHANNOCK. ,- Eichxop, May 30, 1863. The Fredricksb'rg correspondent of the Examiner says: Indications and intelligence from the enemj's camp favor tbe conclusion that Stafford ia being eTacnated, tut the destination of tbe army is in doubt. The Examiner says editorially : It seems there ia no doubt that Hooker ia making some important movement. A gen t'.eman from Fredericksburg yesterday assures us he saw upwards of 20,000 Yankees moi ing down in tbe direction of Port Eoyal. The army cf Northern Virginia will be divided into three Corps deArmet), commanded respectively by Longstreet, Ewell and A. P. Bill. LATER FROM VICES BURG NORTHERN ACCOUNTS. Richmond, Va., May 31, 1P63. J.ortLern dates of the 28th inst., have been received. . Thelateet t-fficial news thev contain irom Vicksbnrg, is to 4 o'clock on the mornicg cf tbe 24th May. Vicksbnrg was then holdirg oat. Grant was hopelal or snccts?. x ne dm ber ol troops Confederate in Vickeburg reached 25,008 or 30,000, The city w fall of wonec and children, not only original inhabitants, bat tLjwi why had come for safety from the surrounding coantry. A dispatch from Cincinnati dated the 27th bbs tt at the report of the capture of Helena, Arl ansas, by the Confed erates is fals. A council was l.eld at the White House on the 28th in reference to offensive movements which the rebel in Virginia have been icr some time threatening. Booker, expresses the opinion that the rebels are bring ing up all of tbeir forcers from Chai.rston and North Caroli na to make an argressive movement. In view, however of the publicity given, theee threats seem designed to provide for the defence cf Riebmond and to deter Hooker from ma king another advance. There waa a rict at Harrisbarg on last Monday night be tween the negroes and whites. Tho cause is thought to be in consequence of the delay of the payment of the Foldiers. A dispatch from Saa Francisco, dated tbe 26th May, says that the French hd tot abandoned the siege of Fueb'.a on (he 30th cf April. The tni-oliaieut uLder the Cmibcript Act was proceeding in Now York city. The ueg-oes were taktn down with the rest. Fifteen of the nine months' Peuusvlva&ia regiments have returned to Hairisburg from the war. Gov. Curtis left for Washington on the 27th, to consult with the President reUtive to the protection of the State against inva? ion The principal harbors of Ne Eugland are beir g fo: tified. Gold closer in New Yorktsn the 27th. at 144. rj i . - STILL LATEU FDE3AI, REPORTS FROM VICKS- BUK.G. Pktecsbcro, May 31st, lfi3. Northern dates ti thj 29th have been received. Tk: Chicago Times' special despatch dated on the fisld, Vicksbarg, Saturday, niae o'clock at night, says : no fight ing to day. Troops resting from yesterday's assault. Our repulse is complete on all part ol tho rebel Hues, but no discouragement need be entertniaed of our final success. We are estrenching and building rifle pits. Cavalry has been sent towards Canton to ascertain the whereabouts cf Johnston's forces. The loss yesterday was about one thousand. J.atf.r The Times' special correspondence, datf d ftkm. phis the "i7th, says : Our forcv s were repulsed on Friday at Vi'jksburg. But another et earner from the vicinity of Vicksbnrg on Monday, arrived to-day, which reports that Grant ha captured every rebel redoabt. The fighting was desperate, the rebels rolled sheila down steep hills which exploding ymong the Federals, created fearful havo''. The same despatch adds that fighting was going oj furiously wLeu the steamer loft. A hj.ee j.-il dispatch t- th-J New York Times, dated Wash ington tl.e 2S h, at midnight, say? : Nothing later from Vicksburg. It begins to be talked in efficial circles that tho fe'ge may last two weeks. Friday's attack was very sanguinary. Thenatiotal Federal lots was very heavy. The rebela fought with great coolness and deeperatior, re serving their fire until the Federals came within murderous rasge. The rebels, however, were driven back, by main foic, into thir last line of entrenchments. Ca.bo, May 28th, 1 63. Tho fightiug on Friday was desperate. Grant charged tho fort-fiatiors ard tool: sorue. The rebels rallied and retook tL.ui. Kuch l;and to fcai.d fightirg. Federal loss five thousand. The rebel uaed hsLd grenades when the Fedtrals attempted to storm ther works. It is reported tht,tne cr two ccrpp of Balks' army has readied V .ishiugtuii. UKTb'CCTION TO YANKLK COMMKliCii. PsTLA.DKLPiiiA, May 29th, 1S63. An rrival ii oui Pernarnbuco, on the 3J May, reports great destruction to Federal vessels by the Alabama and Florida, ai d mictions among those destioyed ships Indiana, Louisa Hatch. Nora, ChaiitB, and Hill; baiks Henrietta, Lafayette, Kate, aiid Lora, and schooner' King Fisher. Two of the ships were loaded with tea, and their car goes were very valuable. GEN LEE MOVING. The Herald'o special Washington dispatch says that L e's army is in motion. His trains are moving towards Culpcp- er, and are followed by heavy columns of troops. Leo has issued addresses t the rebel army, foreshadow ing a raid into Maryland. V 4 LL AN DIG RAM AT SHLLBY VILLI". Chattanooga, May 20th, 18(:t. Vallcd;gham is siill at Bheibyville. Whilst an exile he ia confident of kind treatment and considera'ion from the generous and hospitable people, be desires to avoid all public appearance of demonstration, and to live ia some retired place as a retired gentleman. He is fully sensible, aa an alien enemy, that his residence in the Confederacy is solely by the generous consent of the Government and peo ple. Until he can return to his home safely, he is cc'jfident that his character is well enough known to satisfy all his friends that he is iLcapable, by any word or act here, or ouhisre:urn to Ohio, inconsistent with the relations he sustains towards the 8cui.h during his sojonro amongst us Mrs. Vallandigbam's insanity ia a fabrication. She wrote her husband oije week ago not to deviate from the high path of duty, honor and patriotism. Yallandigbam, after his sentence, was kept in close con finement, and only Roeencracz's star! officers communica ted with him. He states that disgust and dissatisfaction prevailed in the Northwest, and the country was ripe so throw off Lincoln's hated yoke. YANKEE PEISONER3. Goldsboko', 11. C, June 1, 1SC3. i'h'irtfen abolition prisoners, captured by our seonts be low KiuH'.ori, r u - i-.turday last, were brought to th's place by the Atli-cuo icil road this morning. LATiR r'UOM YICKSBURG GRANT DEMANDS ITS SURRENDER PEMBERTON REFUSEB. Jackson, Hiss., June 1st, 1863. Grant demanded the surrender of Vicksbnrg on last Thurs day morning, wUhin three dajB. Pemberton wrote in 15 minutes, that he wculd die in the trenches firBt. The Fed eral troops are demoralized, and refused to renew the at tack. On Saturday the gunboats were firing hot shot. The Federal loss is estimated at 25,0C0 to 30,000, including Gen erals Kerr, Burbridge, Bonan, and ona other. Port Hudson is invested. FROM GEN. BRAGG'8 DEPARTMENT MORE YAN KEE ACCOUNTS FROM VICKSBURG. Shelbytille, Tenn., June 1st, 1863. All quiet in front. The Nashville Dispatch, cf 29th nit., contains the follow ing from Vicksburg oa Saturday, 23d ult. Grant drove the rebels back to their last entrenchments. The Federal loss was severe. Twenty thousand of the army heretofore oc cupying Jackson have reirforced Grant. On Saturday evening ths enemy were throwing Bhells from the mortars, and had captured the batteries above and below Vicksburg. On Sunday Grant telegraphed Lincoln that everything was satisfactory, the details of which were suppressed for fear that they might be useful to the enemy. Mcsfeeksboro', May 28th. It is reported that the re bels, with a force of fifty-three thoneand, have fallen back their entire lines. REFUGEE REPORTS. . Atlanta, June 2, 1863. New Orleans refagees state it ia firmly believed that Far ragut, finding the Hartford in a sinking conditioa and too weak to return past Port Hudson, stopped ship and de stroyed ber near the mouth of Red River. Farragut, with the officers and crew, axe now in New Orleans. Another Paper Mill Bsrned. f be Augusta Con stitutionalist learns ibat on? of the paper mills - at Greenville. S. C, waa partially destroyed by fire on Wednesday. We trnst the damage is not such as to disable the mill long, for it ia with difficulty that all tbe mills, running to their fullest capacity, can supply the necessities ef the Government and tbe press. Prom the Baleigh Register. More trouble Brewing. We find tbe following order in the Raleigh Progress of Wednesday. Kxeeutlv Department North Carolina, Adjutant ukniraip uffics, Raleigh, May 2Sth, 1863. GSXXBAL 0&DXB, 1 xt a r IMILIlIA OFFICERS ARB ORDERED not to arrest a any man aa a conscript or deserter, who nray bave been discharged under writ at hntwrnt nnrmis. tried before any AX V. 0. 1 Judge of the Supreme or fuperior Courts ot this State. Tbey are further ordered to reeist any such arrest upon the part of any person, sot authorized by the legal older or process oi a louri or juoge caving jmisdictioa oi aucu u- DANL. G. FOWLE, Actjatant General. The inevitable effect of this order, if executed, wil Be to bring on a conflict between the conEcript officers and the militia of the State. Judge Pearson, by an extraordinary decision, has laid the groundwork of this conflict. We say "extraordinary," and will give the reasons for the ute of the expression. Albeit no law yer, we presume to think that Judge Pf arson, in his re cent decision in the case of a conscript who had fur nished a substitute, bas misapprehended the conscript law, and made an erroneous decision. The case decid ed was this : A man liable to the conscription which called for men between 18 and 35 years of age, procure ed a substitute who was over 35 years of age bat un der 40. When the conscription was extended to per sons bet ween 18 and 40 years of age, the man who pro cured the substitute. overVJ5 and under 40 years of age was conscribed, and sued out a writ of habeas corpus te turnable before Judge Pearson. On the examination of the case, Judge Pearson decided that as the suitor had obtained a substitute, he had complied with the condition cf the conscript law, had made a bona fide cen ract for his exemption, and was therefore exempted and entitled to his discharge from service. Isow, the conscript law looked to the con scription, if emergencies required it, of all white men able to do military duty ( ertain specified exemptions e xcepted) betwetn the ageB of 18 and 45 years of age, and the conscription was to be made by iules and regu lations prescribed by the Secretary of War. These rules and regulations, then, when prescribed, became a part ot the law, which is the supreme law of tbe land, and irreversible by any State tribunal. Ibis being the case, it follows that no men under 45 years of age, and subject to conscription, could, by going into service as a subitiiute, exonerate bisemplojer from the s-er vice when tbe conscription wa? so extended ns to embrace men of his, the substitute's age, because, if such was the case, the Government would lose the service of a man to whose services it wss entitltd. Supposa five hundred men liable to the conscription of thosa between 18 and 35 years had hired each a substitute over 35 yea-s ol age and under 45, and the conscription had betn extended to those between 18 and 40, (as was done) or to those between 18 and 45 years of ge, (b may be done) is it not manifest tbat the military ser vices of five tundrtd men would be loBt to the country, and thus the very end and aim of the Jaw be to that ex tent set at naught ? And if five hundred could be thus exempted the same principle carried out would exempt any number no matter how many hundred or how many thousand. No man ever 18 years of age and un der 45, can make a contract to act as a substitute for the war for another, for the plain reason that he i3 lia ble as a principal and cannot act as deputy for another. We bave seen many advertisements for substitutes, and as far ns our memory serves us they generally have spe cified that the person offering as a substitute must be over 45 years of age. Why this condition ? Surely, because, if under 45 and over 18 years of age, he wonid himself be liable as a conscript and could not act as a substitute. Than this, it seems to us, nothing can be more plain and manifest. And yet now the claim is eet forth that a State Judge may set at liberty a man who employed a tubatitute ho was himself liable to con scription ; in other words, employed a man who could neither legally, mcra'ly, or in point of common sense, become a substitute for any man liable to conscription ! ! And the Secretary of VVar is spoken of as 44 but one of the servants of the Sovereign State of North Garo Una," who must be taught tbat his authority cannot override that of a Judge of the State ! Now, the Sec retaiy of War is simply the executor of the Conscript Law, which is the law Supreme over all the States of tre Confederacy. He is no more 44 a servant " ot the State of North Carolina than he is the u servant " ol every other State of the Confederacy, and if bis author ity in the execution of tbe Conscript Law can be overrode by tbe decision of a State Judge in North Carolina, it can be overrode by the decisions of all tbe Judges of all the States composing the Confed eracy, or, in other words, the Conscript Law, the Supreme Law over all the States, may, in its es sential features, be nullified. Frcm tbe beginning there has been a sedulous effort by certain parties in this State to foment difficulties with the Confede rate Government. Last winter the dominant party in the Legislature came within a nair s breath of fljgrant ly nullifying the Conscript law, in spite of all the warn ings of the results which such a course would produce. From the beginning efforts have been made to render the Conscription hateful in the eyes of the people, and now we have an 44 order " stating substantially that State Judges may nullify it. That such an " order " should have emanated from Gov. Vance, must strike with surprise every fair minded man who heard or read his inaugural address. In tbat address, he declared that the Conscript Law had saved the country, and that without it cur armies would have been disbanded in the very crisis of the war, and our cause have been ir retrievably lost. Who, then, could have expected an "order" from him, the effect of which, if executed, will either nullify the Supreme Law of the land, or bring on a hostile collision between tbe militia of Carolina, and the eoldiers of the Confederate army ? From the Kichmond Sentinel. Tbe enemy, by fcimultaneous manifestations at vari ous and di&tant points, evidence that a regular system of savug? outrage has been determined upon cgainst our citizens who may be embraced within their milita ry lioes. The order has gone out from Washington, and it is being executed at Newbern, at New Orlean, ut .H urirecauuiuugu uliu iiusuvmt, ia .i uriiiwtm Virgin ia, and to some extent in various other places ; with in timations that soon it shall be universal and unsparing. By virtue of this order, non-combatant inhabitants the aged, the helpless, the delicate women and the inno oent children, down to the prattling babe, are expelled from their homes, and thrust among Btrangers. It is done without even an attempt to prove that th3 persons thus expelled have committed any breach of military rules. It is done against persons who could not, if they would, have committed an offence. This sentence of banishment is enforced in the most barbarous manner. Ladies are ordered to leave their homes at a tew hour's notice They are compelled to leave their means of tupport behind them. They are allowed to take of their wardrobe stores, sixty pounds weight; and ot money a hundred dollars. iNothing more ! Dragged away from their quiet homes, and the comforts which a lifetime of industrious housewifery has gathered about them, and forced to leave all to be s iz cd and pillaged by tbe armed robbers and thieves who obey orders from Washington, they are conducted far away by a rude and jeering guard with orders not to return on pain of death. This sentence of spoliation and banishment, execu ted without either proof or allegation of guilt against persons many of wnom are incapable of guilt, comes Irom a liovernment tbat claims to be tbenghtlul ruler, and, thereiore, the natural and sworn protector of those whom it so barbarously outrages. It thus abdicates whateve.- authority it might have supposed itself to possess, by declaring even babes and invalids out of its protection, and waging war upon them. Not only does the United States Government wholly dishonor any and all pretence of claim to rightful au thority here, by the course we have referred to, but it places itself out of the pale of civilized war. Its prac tices are utterly forbidden by those conventionalities which all human "nations' bave agreed to observe as pro per alleviations of the miseries of war. Jt is not neces sary to cite authorities to establish a point so obvious and now universally admitted. What are we to do with these homeless, plundered exiles? Receive them kindly of course. The citizans of tbe Confederacy must fling wide their doors and di vide their cheer with them. Every purse and every heart must ne open to mem. ' We must receive them warmly and generously, aa the .citizens of Mobile re ceived tbe expelled citizens of New Orleans. But what should onr Government do in response to this demoniacal outrage of our enemies ? A hundred, who have kept themselves out of harm's way ever since the war began who never saw an armed Yankee, and never Bmelt his powder will cry oat precipitately; M raise the black flag !" Perhaps, it will come to that. Perhaps, other issues already fixed upon na by our ene mies will bring us to that. We look for it almost any day. Id reference to this r.ew policy of brutality, we think we should begin by appealing to the civilized world. Tbe nations of the earth will hear as. Tbey do not recognize una cation, bat they do as a bel- igerent. . it ia as a belligerent that complain. Lincoln ia transcending the rnu of a beUieerent. lie is emnlovin permissible only among savages. We uhnA not appeal to tbe Caraanches or the Sioux aai v iiwugu 5cu iuey wuuiu uuuuuwa -De ashamed of r,; uui we may ana Bnouia can upon Jbngland atd Fr to say whether they consider such atrocities allowM ' We should demand of them whether their character Christian nations brings any duties with it. Acd indeed, the general eentiment and phjsical 'pow(.Jr ''; Cristecdom is inadequate to the task of reprtssinw b barisms within tbe geographical limits'of civil zitir r let us at least demand of the cations of tb earth u t tucjr uuiu uo (uu uno, auu cu iiwiu 11 Uu W.C T)Q"r ter to tbe foe," as raise it we must and will. qv.r We should also by open proclamation give war to Lincoln, and those who do his bidding in tin i, barous measures, that we hold them as having ar ,;Vi i us from all tbe rules and obligations of war. Fur j retaliatory treatment as in our discretion we nay r ;, 1 mine to inflict, there will be needed and given i t ii, further explanation ncr warning ; and we w i I, )),i 'h necessary measures in our own discretion m., t , , .' own pleasure, take care that they shall rot p,i-i barbarities, what tbey confess they ennrot f,cu courage and prowess. Wc understand the miserable cowardly M,..i3 0.; v 1 ; , the foe is acting. Iadetd, he i3 6hunit lt ?s f noii,"! in confess them, llis superior cumbers, his fur-cricr o-.i -ments, his ehips, his foreign soldier?, his i;e-iw d;;, i , which he has successively trusted, and beenWe. - v, disappointed, are now replaced in his calculuti'.i V the attemtit to starve onr wn'niPH uml .hu... .. i .. w uu vunui; u . (, shall smite such uncommon villair.s, or muke u- ;. struments to do so. In vain tLt-y wi.l t ract-.- barbarities as the plunder and exile o! tin s? U ! . ones. Such deeds cannot prosper cr go iiuavo-i-i.i'. Another Quarrel Ilrovlr.y. Credulous Confederates imagined tUy fw c, rt promising evidences of a war between tho'Urnu d S'a . .1 i i i ... anu r.ugiauu vu eeverui accusers, uui iwy wc soon swept away by the ingenious ai: i j: til.. Hitherto, remarks the Kichmond Whi:, the ii mu'.; outrages have all ccme from one side. True, ti e ! : veracity, humanity, civilization and chr.Vuir.ity (; United States bave been scoffed at by Udiiii wr'r and speakers. Bat these me not insula tj tlx- V;i .! nor do they constitute in his eyes a yov. : 1 io i .! v Bat a genuine casus belli has at last ocvurnd. 11. land ot Sombrero, aa cnoiuiov.s guano dur.gh.ll Ij-i . the Caribbean Sea, ha? for jeara pust be u w !b Yankee eh'powneis and searchers lurthog:i-t in manure. The United States flair hns Le-en L. ;,i , , immense piles of filth, and order it tbe labi-r ot V.j love has been piled itdusf 'iously aijd prtli ;ii)'v . ; 1856, without let or hindrarca Irorn her Maj v ". i; eminent. Alicia sudden Capt. Tathu.n.o: II ship Ptajton.on the pretext that the island Jul ; v, vejed in 1810, and again in 1850, by llriii and thinking, to use Mr. Lay ard 's language i.i mcnt, " by allowing the United States t!a,' t r ; , hoisted while he wa3 there, it might be i;f ;.- t: he thereby acknowledged the sovereignly ( I t . ', ; States," he landed on the island, and pohttJy , ted that it (tbe U. S. flag) should be h:;;i! d u , ci refusal, caused it to be pulled down." If it is true that the most cowardly co ic u ; ! :; !, his own dung hill, we may safely condu i-j : will be a collision over this ruffling ot the , :: . ; Doodledom. Tbe flag fie old rg v.hk-h h, ; rallying cry for raising eo many ru'ia;ti io..; Southern soil has been outraged, am! ' . u:- i must be a'fight or another backout. Gnv li.i cannot recede, for the Sombrero guiao is 15ni - erty, and must be protect d. This hauling d. i : Yankee flag is an event of very recent, occur tv Mr. Layard says no correspondence h:is p-.;s . i subject. It is un unmUtakcable and irruo;,.. casus belli, and if the Yankees don't resent it, v. : y r will lose their guano that's all, and ua:;r, v. i'.i t is worth more than honor. Untitling tlic ClouUudr. AX iiCITINQ CHASE. The following is an extract from ;i from one of the crew of tbe Con fed -rati nubia, a little steamer which ha sucte.-'ui 'y n blockade of Wilmington fix times : "L'er.mcda, Mn-ch IV. 1 -4,I will now give a few particulars o u. v. r escape last trip. We modi a line run ucio-s lit :,. but were ju-t too late for the tide, so wc su ai. : sea again, and lay to in a fosr, so as to give in- ., little rest. On the 1st of March, (a Su;.djy i:i : about tea o'clock, tbe fog cleared, an 1 tl: . .. thundering big Yankee bearing down upon u.j. V, managed to get properly under way, win n b-1 gan to fall rather close to us. Away w;: wen', after us, at full speed, keeping Ler gu und v.i ,i 1 ral hours, although each time the find wv I, a I . cn her, and not one shot or shell hit u-, v..; i,". enteen to eighteen knots per hour. A tin f.u: was blowing, and as it freshened bhe 4crn. L..d ( canvas, and, being to windward o( u?, wo col i double her, and she began to pain on m. until v to throw cargo overboard to lighten tie ship dred and fifty barrels of gunpowder went, (I wa to see it, for one oljtbe Yankee's shells might ha ed into it atid blown us ail up,) and then wc v.i.,t again, and by dark bad gained fifteen milix (. ! : it was then we 'gave her the dip, and ran bael. ! miugtoo. " She chased us from ten o'clock till reven. 1 away from the bar. It was a splendid ei'.'f t : flying throught the water with tie Ynlc!-: a! the shells cracking and fizzing through t lie w.; r did not get back to the place we started fronj na o'clock. on Monday morning, all pretty well k up, and just too late for the tide, and with oniy . tons of coal left. We could see twelve bluekad' ing off the port. It was then agreed we would the ship and blow her up, so steaming into a r. i bay we dropped anchor, got the boats oi:', and thing ready tor a start. Such a scene ! 1 car ! scribe it, but hope some day to relate it to v were onlv eiebt miles Irora the 11 -et. It wu t ed up to Wilmington The Ce)rrjubia is in da; g r, the excitement became very great all through i!i ; They then sent some heavy guns and eur' boaM ; us in, as a heavy surf runs along that cr.ant ; commander of the fort sent word he would r if we liked to risk it and run ia. At lour oV!' afternoon we did risk it and Btcamcd slowly ; coast. When within five miles of the bar, ti keea saw us. The whole fleet slipped their e i; came in after ns. What excitement everj v. b r shall never forget it. They opened tire rn u ::: ' -crossed the bar ; then the lcrt opened fire n " ' kept them off until we wereeafely in. Ti: : ' on the beach to welcome us, and greeted in ' . and hearty cbeerB a3 wa steamed sbwlv u ! 1 mingtcn, where we met with a very warm rc assure you, and had a glorious night's rest. Wv i . trouble whatever in coming out aga'n." Live t pool Mercury, Atmi -' From the Richmond Kir, Llwixt. C!etierI Jol;;i C Peiubcrton. I observe with regret somp disposition on t! o ; -the press to pronounce a precipitate judgment ". ( Pemberton's operations in MUsis3ippi. "TL::-: cf . entitled to a candid and intelligent criticism a : thing more is asked by his friends. Whin the un known, it will be conceded that his recent batti. ; Big Black waa a Most skillful and gallant 11 was nothing more than a sortie by a band of ti. : son in Vicksburg of which the result was a ?': - to tbe enemy, and the safe return of the Onfi :"" forces to their entrenchments. Gen. JVmbirbr comp'.ished all he contemplated, and all that wan ; ble under the circumstances. Gen. IVmbcrton n a : tive of Pennsylvania, but i3 idenJii- with Vir.'i:.,. theetroDgest ties of latere?, family associate;;. long residence. No man more promptly tendered his s:rv..' ; ' South ; and no man has more strenuously e- rM ' self in support of our cause. It ia not Li has not bad an opportunity of signalizing :.. ' - ' ' gallantry and ability which he i3 known to pe . remarkable degree. President Davis did not ' ' him without an appreciation of his cxtraord'na y ; ificationa for eminent command. The writer !.;::' to know that he poesssseithe entire confidence e: " erals Lee and Johnston. It ia but right that the ucprofesBionil public suspend their stricturea on Gen. Pemberton un- ' ; are informed of the particulars wherein he "-rv censure. . A ViKui's Spinking without Cards. Perhaps it ia not n to alt to whom it might be of service, that very ; and even yarn may be spun from cotton jut as it from the gin, aa can be made from rolls. This L j ' ' ; and ia now done very surces -fully, by people et t: " ingenuity and industry than those who are coutm . grumbling about the price of cotton. Macon Joum-- x m- m
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