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0 THE" WILMINGTON JOURNAL, CONKGi EEATB STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C. , TH UBSDAyTnOY 'R 19, 1863. iy . ji Meeting of Stockholders. The stockioidw to the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road Compaq, convened this forenoon in the Court Home, and organized by calling T. D. Waikeb, Esq., to the Chair. Messrs WmTAKia and Thomfion were appointed Secreta riea. There appearing to be a quorum present in person cr bj proxy, the report of the president and directors, with ac companying documents, was presented by S. D. Wallace, Esq., after which the meetlrg adjourned until balf-paat two o'clock P.M. Col. B. L. Jremoat holds the proxy for the Btate oi North Carolina. Fromtse report of the President and Directors it ap pears that the receipt- for the twelve months eaijjg the Zitb. September 1863, have been - Krm rasseneers $5.56,679 54 Freight, 44 Mail transportation and other sources, 430.449 62 65,702 54 Total $1,402,831 60 The Expenditures : Transportation and Boad repairs Departments, including other charges incident to the work ing of the Boad, 593,1; 3 93 Leaving for nett earnings,. 7 $909,652 67 As was anticipated, the receipts in the mon'h of Octe ber and November, 1S62, were light in consequence of the nrevalenca of the Yellow Fever. But for that canso the mr Bumming would have been larger. The losses by the several raids of the enemy are alluded to. As these were all published at the time, in this paper, we need not refer to them farther here, save to add, al- thocgh rather anticipating, that the Chief Engineer and Superintendent, Col. B. L. Frihokt, estimate! the aggre gate at fully $100,000, exclusive of the loss by interruption of business and travel. The company has purchased, on favourable terms the right to a quarry, and entered into a contract for quarry icg stone for the purpose of building culverts and the abut ments and piers of bridges of that material, at those points Tvhere they have, net been bo constructed, and it is practi cable to do so. The company has also secared the use of several tracts of timbered land, and employed a force to supply wood, cross-ties and timber, so aa to do away with the difficulty which has been experienced in procuring these indispensa ble articles, notwithstanding adequate prices have been offered for them. Three new locomotives have been purchased, which, with the improvements to those already owned, places ib' Company in a decidedly better condition in this department than it was at the commencement of the year. The stock of coaches and cars ia not adequate, but it is hoped by building and repairs from time to time, that it will be able to meet the demands for transportation. The laying of 5C0 tons cf comparatively new rails, with the yaatity letaired at the Company's furnaces, has main tained the track in eafa working order ; bat a considerable addition of new iron ia required, ia the obtaining of wbich the assistance cf the Government is confidently looked for and expected. Of other needed articles which cannot be obtained at home, a limited supply has been obtained by importation. To pay for these, Bmall lot3 of cotton have been sent for ward as Ehip-rocm coild be obtained, which is dene with difficulty, as owners are less disposed to acooramolate, in consequence of Government claiming a specified tonnage of each vessel for transportation on its own account. It is hoped that the department in charge maybe induced to consent to allow the company a small portion of the space referred to. The indebtedness of the Company on the SCKh Septem ber waa Fore:fn $387,555 56 Domestic 178,761 07 Total, $766,315 57 Showing an increase during the year of $15,920 64 The assetts of the Company have increased during the same period 406,140 67. A small portion of the foreign debt is past due, and, with accumulated interest on the whole so due is $33, COO. Te meet this, abundant provision l:-s been made in Confederate bonds and in Cotton. A cor renpondeuo has been held with the bondholders in London to which they reply, expressing their gratification and oon f dence iu the Company. During the year 66 Cotton bonds valusd at $99,0S3 have been purchased and added to the sinking fond. During the year the Board of Directors has been deprived by death of the valued counsels of one of its most respect ed members, E. P. Hall, Esq. The effcors and employees of the Company have dis charged the duties .as&igned them with commendable zeal and ability, and this fact is brought to the attention of the Stockholders. The report of .the Chief Enginoer and Eupcrintendeat gives in detail the sources of revenue and items of expen diture far the last fiscal year. The aggregate is given in the report of the President and Directors. The road and its machinery is in better condition for another year's ser vice ihan it was one year ago, and the Company is every day becoming more hopeful of maintaining the road and rolling stock in fair working order for an indefinite period. One thousand tons of new rails are repaired for repairs for the current year. Lesa might do, ;bat it cannot be hoped that much lesj will carry the road through the year. One locomotive, two passenger and seven Freight Cars have been burned by the enemy daring tha year, loading twenty-foar engines, nineteen passenger and one hundred and thirty-five freight cars. Of the engines, seventeen are in running order, or can be.mad so with slight repairs. Reference is made to the buildings cow in progress or inder contract to replace those destroyed by the enemy. Looking to the future the Eriaeer and Superintendent recommends that, at the earliest practicable time, the road be ielaid with new iron of a minimum weight of Jifly-sir pounds to the yard, With chairs or joint fastening of not less than fifteen to eighteen pounds weight. He also thinks that the Cape Fear should be spanned by a substantial bridge, and he then believes, that with the route South to Kingsviile in good condition, no fars need be felt on ac count of the opening of the much dreaded Piedmont route The entire reconstruction of the warehouses, track and repair shops at Wilmington, according to apian hereto fore submitted, should be made. Attention is called to the pay of the officers and employees that have served the company darug the past two years. In incst cases their pay is entirely disproportionate to the cont of living, and bear no proportion to their compensation in former times. It is a very serious matter, and one that requires immedi ate remedy. There is not one officer, a&ent, or employee cf the company paid relatively half aa much as he was in J SCO. Daily Journal, th. The AacMoa Halts Are progressing with considerable spirit. The attendance of bldderB seems to be full, and prices appear to have com pletely recovered from thr- fall which they experienced last week. Perhaps the recent destiuction or capture of a number of valuable ships and cargoes may have contributed to brirg about this result, giving ground for the apprehension that the importation of goods would be virtually cut off. At any rate the thing appears to be so. Prices are lively Daily Journal, 18lh. Id it Bo ? We believe that tha law of this Btate prohibit iag the distillation of Corn or other grain iato Whiskey ii still unrepealed, yet we have heard it stated apon what we must regard as good authority, that there is at the present time, or was very recently, more than OEe still in the vi cinity of Fayetteville buBily engaged ia distilling Whiskey from Corn. Perhaps the Observer coald give er find gome information npon this subject. It is manifestly wrong and we thick it our duty to call attention to it so that if the report be true, lha ca-se or oases may be properly dealt with. Thb Eiohtu Dhtkit. The Charlotte Bullelin gives the following ps the aggregate of the official returns made by the Sheriffs In the 8th Congressional District : Ramsay, 3,3i8; Lakdxr, 3,231. This gives Ramsat a majority of .... w u uv nauw wueuisr iuo ruy toib is an in, out I wuemer or noi, we have no idea that it would alter the re sult. Paxsey is certaialy elected. Tub Second District On Wednesday, the 11th kst., the bhenns of the c;antiea ccmpobing the BeoondCon gressional District, met at .Greenville, for a comparison of the polls. The aggregate vote, as reported stood 1,561 for Bridokbs, and l,ali for - Ybllowly. Mr. Bkidgsbs, by inia snowing, leacs 01. ikllowly i'J votes. This com parison, however, is not final, as the vote of several of the companies of soldiers in the army had not been received The Tarboro' SouUierner learns that the Bheriffj are again to meet at Greenville, on Wednesday, the 18th, for a final wmparuiii w mo "w uww twenty aays rori ana 7. r w..-SM- 'I i a In w 1 1 . A. a . I lie votes to come m. eufluaj, tne iota, is tne last day. I tne AaeYOienuBe viws. The 4iBabon Vok Komq" who said thatbft bad been mi officer in the -Austrian service, rame ta Wilmington from Nassau, arriving here on the 21st of last August, with the professed pu poa? of offering bis services to the Cooiede. rate authorities. The sr.id authorities at Richmond, being telegraphed, knew nothing of the aforesaid "Baron Von Konig," and declined his services, so that 1ho Baron re turned to 1h place from whetco he came, and on board the a'eamer which brought him ov,r, without receiving a command or being poimitted to travel farther through the Confederacy. ' Whether the Biron, who would appear to have been a mere military ad?enturer, of which many are to be found wandering over the continent of Europe, really did desire service with ns or merely came as a bdv. i3 more than we can say. As he did aot get it, it ia probable that he returned to the North and teadered himself to the patty of the other part. At any rate, he has doae his bt to vio late his pledge of honor, without which he could nertber have been peimitted to come into or leave the Confedera cy namely, to reveal nothing that might be prejudicial to the Confederate cause. ' New the man, a tail, portly and rather 'lapofiicg-lockiEg person, over miJdle age, callisg himself "Jaron Vom Kcn io," whatever his real name may have been, is p jin'ed out by circumstances aa the man who wrote the communica tion to the New York Herald, eopied into the Jovmal of Saturday. It was not his fault that his revelations were tco incorrect to be really prejudicial to the Confederacy. He did his beet or his worst. He was no doubt displejesd that he could not get a pass to go out cf town. He was not pleased that General Wiiitinq should proijpd cautious ly and distrustfully in his caai. Circumstances b&ve shewn that the General was right. It is trsual to finish a history by deducing a meral. In this cap, however, the morai is so obvious that we need cot proe ovjr it much longer. Perhaps it woud apply better to Major Hilvgib, at Nassau, or Major Walkis, at Bermuda, than t) the authorities at any other point. The moral is that of caution, especially as regards the living representatives of Dugald Dalgetty. D. Journal, Wi. tar The person to whom we alluded yesterday as Babom Von Kokiq carried a card with " Robert Babon - Konig ' engraved up"n it, urmounted by a coronet. On the back cf the card shown to ua he had written, himself, in pencil by way of refer rence, that he hud letters frem Mc- Faklamd, (we forget Mr. ifcF.'s first name) te Gen. Bsaw- KiGAKD, and others. We can generally distinguish between the hand-writing cf a Frenchman or German and an Eng lishman or American, the latter being a running hand, the former having, to our eyes, a somewhat cramped look.- The writing on tLe back of tie card gaTe no feign of having been written by a (J em' an, nor, as wo learn, did th man himself, either by lacguago or acu st, give any evidence that English waa not his native tongue. We co pretty oer tain that the name, card, coronet and all wese false, and the person ia question no German Ear on at all, tut a simon pure product of Lincoln's dominions. D. Journal, Uh. C'liuttano ga. It is almost certain that li e enemy contemplates active movements at pa early day in the shape of an advance from Chattanooga or &l least from tho Hue of the Tenneeaee Riv' er in the vicinity of Chattanooga, upon Northern .Georgia Rosecbanz's means of oobsistence .were already inade quate to the wants of the force he had with hfm. Thomas' must be doubly so, with the large increase which late rein" forcements have brought to his camp. And stiil they corae Fkikmah is pushing on through Norihern Alabama to join the main body at and near Chattanooga, atid other forces are reported on their way. All this ecu have bnt one signification, an advance, since it is epposed to all reason or calculation of probabilities that Gbant, the Federal commander of the Department, would order a concentration of troops at a point so desti. tuto of supplies as Chattanooga, with the view of keeping them there, or wrh any othar view than an immediate re sumption of active operations; for if these operations are deferred for any great iergth of time, the season villi ren der them almost physically impossible, at the snrs time that the difficulty of cbtainirg supplies and the suffering from short rations will be immeasurably increased. What is being done our side to meet these vast oombina. tions and this great concentration of force we are totally n. able to say. We tevcr feel safe iasiyinganj thing ourselves, or in belioving anything that any body else says about mat ters and things is the Weai. It is "all a muddle" to us We do not understand it. Whon we obtain victories there they seem like blows struck in a troubled dream if they do not fall upon empty air, they as certainly fail to etcoom plihh anything as if they did. Tho victory of Chickataau ga was a dscided victory, but it decided only the contest on that field. It was a decisive of nothipg else. Some how it failed to raise the hopes ef our peopie as so grea a victory might have been expeoted to do. It appeared a though long and bitter experience had taught us all to donbt good Lews from that quarter, or as if no con fidence was felt in the ability of the commanding general8 io improve the victory, or even securo the advantages he had obtained. Bat it may be that the time Las como for affairs to take a turn out in that section. Lord knows that time has been anxiously if not patiently watched for and prayed for, and h cannot come too soon for thegocd of all conc6rne I. Clitigraan's li rijrvrfc. Wo havo heard an indlstiact rnmor that there waa tsome probability of the le'urn cf Gen. Cin oscAu'd Brigade to North Carolina, perhaps to this point. We do not kiow whether tbe rnmor is entitled to any worght, but we have no doubt but that snch a movement would be heartily wel comed by the brigade, and that they would be heartily wel comed by the people here. The brfg-ade has seen some pretty rough fcrvioa about Charleston, and Las stood , up manfully to its work, and will no deubt eontiaue to do so. Still, we feel asburod that its members long to get back to the old State, and that no Beivice could be more grateful than that which they might be eaabled. to do in defence of her principal town and only remaiiJng seaport, if attackej. It is to be hoped that at the first coavenient and fith's; season tha general wish of the brigade may be gratified, bo far as their return to this point is concerned, dloaa attack upon this point, wo say candidly that wo do cot care bow long that is postponed, and should not ba very sor ry if it niver came. .Another Steamer DssTP.or.n Wa regret to loern that the largn and elegant steamer, .Robert E. Lee, formerly the GirafTd, Capt. Wilson, waa destroyed by her tflicera off Wilmington, at aa early hour on Wednesday morning. The I.ee attempted to run p ast the blockaders, but suddenly found herself almost completely surrounded. The fire soon became so hot from the guns of tha ftoemy that the noble vessel wa3 run ashore, and fare a by ur own cthcers. We understand she was entirely cotsamed. Tho Lee was a Governmant steamer, and contained a cargo of very val uable Government store. Her loss will be jeriomly felt. 6he bad made many trips had probably 'for herself several times, but her loas ia none the less to be regretted on that account. We cut tho above from the Richmond Enquirer of Sat urday, where, although it do ta not appear editorially, it is not credited to any other pupor. We believe, however, that something similar has appeared-in other papers. A repcit of the same kind was in circulation abfpt here last week, bat was totally incorrect, indeed we nSOfy say that it waa whoMy wiihout fcuadation. The Lee was not eff Wilmington on Wednesdiy momieg. She was not tun ashore or bume, and, for aught we know, she is now perfectly safe. We can hardly tell how such reports origi nate, stiil loss can wa" account fcr the circumstantiality with which affairs that n sver occarred are related in papers at a distance, while of car?e they are totally unknown here either to the Mtizsas or thi- Military auttOi-',s. Surely Jf the E. E. Lee ha! been rua ashore and burned on any part of the ooast in this ir.ilita ry district it must have been knowa here by this time. P. B We find that the extract qaoted at the head o this article is credited by tha Kichaaond tfcmfineJ to the Pe tersburg Express. The Dispatch has ia additioa another versioa of the rumour, but we believe equally incor- reot. UwDiia Abekst A. paragraph ia the Petersburg Express caies mat ueneial A. P. Hill is said tj be under arrest for disobedience of order, wherebv Mbt3' armv waj ea- oieu 10 maae its escape, when its capture seemed a nut ter or absolute certainty. General Hill is SAid to have been four hours behind timi j. We do not know about all. this, but we do know that Gen eral Hill as well as Geaeral Hkth, ie held responsible for tho disaster at Briatoe Statian. Tns Bistkrs op Mebcy :it will be seen by advertise ment in another column that the Sisters of Mercy ef Char leston havejopened a Boarding and Day School at Starter. These most woitby ladies ai e deserving of support, not only as aeecmplished and f aitl ifnl teachers, but merit as well the esteem and regaid on all, no Katter of what de nomination, who honor anselfiel devotion and the broadest .... most liberal charity. They hare lufiered heavily by ege of Charleston, as weU aa by the great fire. Daily Jwmal, im. Klre. A little before 8 o'clock on Saturday night, the 14th in stant, a fire broke cut in the warehouse on Vater Street next North of th-j u?tcra House. The building aa we learn belonged t t. G. Parsley, Esq., and was rented by J. H. t-LANNVB, Ktq. Spits of all efforts on the part o the firemen ad others, the buildirg, with ita oontents, was to aily destrojed, but tbe spread of the conflagration w. s arrested at that point. Th night, providentially, waa very rainy, which was a favorable circumstance, as otherwise the fire might have been very destructive, as had the large building next north become involved, it would have been impossible to say where Its prcgrees could have been stayed. On inqiiry, sirce tho fire, we have learned that thsre were ia the bnudicg one huLdred atd nrty bale' of cotton, belonging to the Hute and t a other parties but chltfly to the State and to Jouh Fkazee A Co. We were gratified to earn that the cago ef the Advanc: had been already re moved, tlere being oidj, besides th cottoD, five barrels of machinery oil, and Iw j bales bagging, intended te be wai ia the repair of dtftctiwj bags on cjtton for shiLmeat. The oil api begging b. longed to the State. It is dffisa'.t, if not impossible to ascerf.?'B how the fire ctigiaated. The warehoone had been vi9ittd after dark and no signs cf fir discovered, although it may have been larking tkeie, perhaps from a ppark from a cigar or pipe iced by some negro. This, however, is only a supposition. It was first discovered on tLe side next tie narrow alley bttw6 the warehouse and the crainery aud corn mill of Messrs Ellis & Mitchsll. On its being discovered, the sentry statioaed thsre discharged hU musket for the pur pose I giving the alarm. TLe fire proof abutters of ths UuBtonihouso were ahjct- ed to a severe tent, those in the Uird story (the Confederate Court room.) beiug heated to a red luat, soma of the glisB was fused ad the Basue9 partially charred. Tha brown stone trimmingi on the North Hitern cmer rere aiso somen hit cracks andchippoJ, but n other ij iry was dpne. The walla of tho luiiding in which the fire occurrf d' being considered dargurotis, have siuae beer, palled down. Some nneasiaeas was felt tit tho time, occasione-1 by & re port that a quantity of powder had beon stored ia the Cus touhouse warehoute, in the rear, but this report tumrd cut to be without foundation. The heavirtt lftes improbably that ,f the bu lJing, which cannot nocr ba replaced. Tko valuj of the contents was between thirty and forty lhaueaml dollars, probably near er the latter samthan tbe fo nir. We usderstand that Govern r Vanck ws iu tovvu at ii e time, havii g arrived here ia s afternoon 'raia. The fire Las tt, ui to thirking about things u little near er home naasely, tho cottou stowei ia the livery Btable next door to our office aud now aaf aw a, cotton warehouse. We confess that we frel fr from tafe ourselves, or free from apprrheuslon fur othets, as we see that negroes, are there by themselves at night probably sty there and no mortal powr can make i.egroea exercise due are. or for bear smoking, or auy other indulgence. The rk ia ob vious. We do not like to appear qae;uloUa or f'&ul- finding, but ia tiulh wa de ?io want to see ei'hr the cotton or t he Kiild" ing ia which it is, or oar building, in which we aro, or any other ruin's building, destroyed, and Lcuce our reference te the matter. Bales of cotton, aa wc now see them, are different from what they ued to be. Tbey are half loose as they coh o down ou the road, and hence hive to be more cr leas repacked ; and hence, again, there ia nearly always sonie loose cotton ready to take fire from spark of pipe or ciar, and it ia vary bard to pu; out when ouce sUtted. Tle II lot Untie. We leo.rxi that fWe sdditioyal vessels have recently bfen aoticedai foriniug a part of the blockading flsetofi the eoast, goi:g to t-hovr that the Yankees are in earnest in their threats to establish tha mo.st rij;id guard over this port. We predict th-t, spite of all thoir rflorts, vesse's will go out aud come in, but of tbe rbks capture or de straoticn must be large.y increased. Wa are nuuierous we are in the plural uunQbf r we are papers. At least we rotice in beveial exchunges atate naeuts tf what tho Wilui!t-g:on paver gay. For tho Journal, let ft. C. Cn villi y hi.i1 Cut. It u Rid. tii. Jcuknal: Ihe ead occuireDee wbichhis recently attendid tnis regiuitnt iu tbe loss of Col. Riflia, the only commauaer it nas ever lost auieu, cana me to review buet ly the hard e. vice it hits patiei:tly and 2mI.uIv per formed, iiotwittistandiug my uotnq lent apjiearacce iu tha columus ot newspapeiR it win oe remtmuereu tuai inis regimeur entered service in the Fall of 1801, at Manassai, in btuari'a ; rigade, under eommand of Col. K. Kuuscm, now Mrjar General, here it did piuket and scoutrng du'y arouuu the niouutaits ot Bull Run, aad on the snow-clad bid-tops of the Potomac far one lofg winter, hemoviug thrnce to Noith Carolica, under a muddy and tudioiiB luarcb, tLe C. lot t Icy fell upon Lieut. Coi. taker, i:ow Brigadier General lieuiainiug iu its native State oiJy a short time, the reginunt appeared before llicLmond atter several days' aim oat fore 3d march es, and was attached to the well known old Hampton's Brigade, flere Major i-iumpler atd othr valuable sol diers fell. With raeks reduoed f .d hors.-s Jced and worn from losg mapefces and hsro5 .orvice, it todewtd the retreating eemy iato Maryland, passing through this campaiea with bat few killed. Ou ihe advance of4he enemy icto Virginia egdin, w& fell back on the -.i-ies of the it ap pah an nock. Here we did picket duty, aud operated i;i tbe rear of burn side's 6rn;T, for auoihir losg cold winter. Who doss noi remember tfeis, whsr it i baid that "eld Wade," who was accnstonjd to a warm ciictaie, sccuted so much in the oold snow ucd frtBt that bis heels became coid hurt? ' Falling to the lar then and recruiting a few weeks, we entered upon the great Maryland a;d Pennsy vania carn pa'ga. Iu thia campaign Whitaker and t'apt. Hous ton of Ccjnpany I, weie kii ed, aud our Lobie "Old Wade" woued-d. jept. Houston waa a br&ve and during iud, liked by his Gooiauy, and a great lo to ihe coaa:ry. On this oarupaign U fared rough 'Old Wado"glepiug in hxt woods on tine ground ja-t as hi L.eu did. Bettides these serious remits and accurrciiCi-s, we lo4.t many brave .fticsis and men from our rat:ks. lior ieu. Hampton and Capt. Rntiio, Hie now ianic-n'.td Colo el were wounded, Colonel Baker, low Riigadier General, took couimiud of the bri gade, and Lixut. Col. Gordout now Brigadier General, hav cg been nsigued to the ccm nand of & ivorth Carolina reg iment of cavalry, the command ot our regiui6nt felt upon Capt. Ci.wies, who never ventures to tar as to ittreat. He cressirg the Potomac and falling bacK on the liuet of ihe iJappsbHiinock", Ca:t Cow ts is called from duty by illness, aad oar regiment is commanded by our virions eeuti; Cur tains, uft one may be disabled iiO;u duty either by ivonnds or disease until Coi. llultiu rfcCoveru Horn hia woufds re csived at Gettysburg. Dunrg this time we have passed through tha ecoud Brandy ngut, where i?n. Bdker was weuue'ed. On Col. huthu 3 le-ara to this nx inert it is Ht tached to a N. O. cavairy br.'gado now under comma ad of Gen. J. B. Gordon. Thus we enter upon our laat operations iu Northern Vir ginia. Passii-g on throrgh various skira-i jhe..s and tha Thiid Brandylieht we reach JJriatoe )!iaiio i. Here tbe hoarU of not only hia olJ Company, bui km wh. l regiment are mado sad by the det of col. Kufliu, atad North Carolina called to weep for one of her nobUst a i s. Having tiat8ed throushall thie Frvice and lost but ol. C'oli ii. i k l . J re are reminded t-f tl.s irt bu Btiiga bet-w..l ta u i..-. . 3 irreviaer.es, hlu v .'mpiy 1ame.11 ire oer.ni o; mt r.iiitu hero, as wi I bo tetn by cur ;cs- luiiena pas.-td at n iccudi meeting of our Company. In thid i'g!i!, whtrc our luieatwd Col. atd toriuer ('apt leu, it wilt oe remeaiueixu in 11 our '.qu&aiou. iiii(iau'e H and A, consecutively Jell io the rear 01 the r g;mcut, aud when its brave and daring leader fell, the column rather baited for a mcnienr, and several ot bis o:d Company dabb ed to the front ; and amotig them were Messrs. John M. aonieard Coiamaa O. Jenkins, whom I regret that 1 did not mention m connection witn others in my last comniu cation. Bat in a time like that one oan not see alt that transpires ui d take Crire of himself too. LA US DEO, Co. H, 1st N. C. Cavalry. Camp near tnlpeper, Va., Kov. 7ih, 1SC3. For the Journal. Wilminqtjk, N. C, Nov. 17th, 1363. Messrs. Full A Frice Gentlemen : 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of one hundred dollars tor tne use or c-o. k, 61 n. o. infantry, from their friend B. A. L., Graham's P. O., 8. C," and to return the thanks of the Company tor the generous and ac ceptable donation. Vory respectfully, Wm. L. DkROSSET. For the Jonrral. Camp cf 50th Eegimint, N. O. T., I Nov. ISth, 183, f At a meeting of the i fibers of the 50th regiment, N. C. T., called for the purpose of expressing their rrgret at the resignation of their late cemmander, Col. Janier a. Wash ington, Lieut. Col. Wortham was called to tbe Chair, Ld Acj't. J. W. dmundson appointed Secretary. pointed a Committee to draft resolutions expiesaive of the sense or the meensg The Committee reported the followirg resolutions which W.re unanimously adopted. Whxrkas, Col. James A. Washington, one of North Carolina's best regimental commanders, has cucsidered it roper to res'gn bis commission as Colonel of this ftegi- nt, tuererore Be it Resolved, That the resignation of our Colonel we do most cordially regret, high appreciation of and beg leave to assure him of onr his valuable services for the last eighteen months the period of his connection with the Begiment. Jkeselved, That we consider him not only a gentleman, but a soldier who has won for himself the respect, esteem love ef all his command those best capable of appreciat iag his true worth ; and that in his resignation the Confed eracy has lost a most gallant officer. Ou motion, it was Resolved, That a copy of these resolutioas be sent to J. A. Washington, late Coi. of our Regiment, and another be tarnished the Wilmington Journal for publication, with tbe request that the papers of the State oopy them. GEO. WOBTHAM, Chm'a. J. W, EzTHM0ir, So'y. From he Bavannah Republican. Ineldrii s of Prison I.lfe .The Murder of Lit. Glbeem of the 1IIU Aikansas xlcglment. O.i Johnson s Island, a small spot or land located in Lake Erie, abwut four miles north of the city of San dasfey, ia ne oi the Yankees prisons, in which yonr corrt8pmdtnt with twelve hundred other officeis was unfortunate euough to be confine!, aLd lucky euongu to come i ut alive. . . Thii depot WiiS devoted exclusively to officers, cap tared at Donaldson, Islaud 10, and ihrougout the west ern department, while fiom the east there were bat for- ty-eigur, from tbe blatea oi Georgia sdq ixuiw v.ruu- na. unt cr a garnering or iwe;ve nuLureu uieie waa uu -v t . - f i i I 1 J a n iitMft wrwtn ma officer over the raLk ot Uolonel irom mat to junior Lieut ull grades and d-parttneuts of service were repre sented It ia not my purpose to record here the hatd privatior.s we endured, the iahuaian conduct of our guards, the sufferings we underwent, for they are too re vottitig to comttmplate even now, when we are safe airain on "Dixie soil." Revenge and mortification spring up with thoughts of that prison the one clam orous iur retal.ation, the other crimsoned at the thought thut euch dtv ' -verc done by a people wlo claim to be moral, inlighteued, rtfiaed, and worse than all, whom we OLt-e cailtd cur countrymen. The evenic' cf the 8th August 186, will ever be reuitnibercd by all who were confined in that loathsome den. Tbe fuii uiocn rose through a cl;udl3 tky not a ripple or a wve disturbed the waters the lake spread out as far as the eje could reach, like a vaat miiror smooth as its surface, and reflecting the forests that environed iu shores. The moon's bright beama frcm a cloudlecs skt minded witn the wa'erg and made the lake prefccuj tno appearance of oue rast theet of burn shed silver. The piclure was illimitabl.', rapturous irnehanting, atid brought to niiud visioLS of fairy land, We nad seen the news of tbe curtel for exchange of. prisoutrs having been ritified, and buoyant with the hope ot an early reiuru to our country and home, we could look lrpm fur prison and forget the hardships of our condition in the beauty of the seeoa before ns. In spired by all the surroundings, a sung was proposed, aud with united voices, and a melody and fervor never be fore equalled, ne sent tcboiug over the lake the words ol 'liome again.' Hardly had the last note died away in the distance, when we were startled by the report of a mus ket and one ot our men fell to the ground uttering a faint groan No one wtB allowed to approach the rr strate man as be by riht at the door ol bis quarters. Was he dead ? Wes he wounded t Va3 he only fe oiog in or- der to 8helltr hiiatelf from another shot ? No one could tell, the crowd oeing prevented from approaching by the inhuman guards. I hirty ininatea eiapsfd, during which two field peic s loaded with grape, were trailed upon the prisoners and tbe ba tall ion, with loaded arms drawn up in line, Tierc ready for their work of murder. Tne officer o; the day then approached tbe prostrate man, a. ill keeping back the crowd and retired" in haste out of tbe iriBon. s ijintf to the aoxioua ecquirita of the prisoner's frieLds tbui he was only slightly hurt. Fear- . . i : j . , . 1, .. .u..n . i . : 1 1 u tug iur ma own vntciv, uc iuua 4-iiciru iiit: uieu mi uu got beyond the prison bounds, 'i he Surgeon next came in; he was tbe oaly ofheer m the whole Yankee guard that had a kind heart or generous impu'sj. Lie waa much respected by all, and is retmmbereJ kindly by many lor hia Azta ot Btmpathy. He approach ed tbe prostrate nrun, and calling a half di zen to his assistance lifted the lifeless body ot Mt. (Jipsou from the ground. The ball, entering his left breast, passed through Q13 txdy aLd ptnetra'ed the door of hia quar ters. For thirty minuted from the time ha received his wound, he laid uoou the irround ; no friend or comrade was all jwed to approach, and his dying words and af- ftctiouute farewell to fatl er, mother, sister and friends fell only upon the ears of th God of hia hope and solvation, wticSe name he adored and whose commands he bad kept from his youth up. Silently aid eorrowfully the prisoners gathered! around their dead comrade, and with their scant re sources prepared tbe body for the grave. In searching the bageage of the murdered one for clothes to substi tuteil'or'his bloody garments, we found, carefully pack ed away, mementoes that eulis'ed our greatest sympa thy for the bereaved family when they should learn of their lovul one's fate, tlere wa3 a fob chain ingenious- ly wrought of gutta percha, in measured links, inlaid with shell taken from tne iase, resemming peari, wuna sea! pending ia which the Confederate nag was repre sented by the colors of the shell this was for the eged father. A brt artpin of the same material, with a crcsa, and tlw Star cf the East above it, with a spear below, symbolic of the christian's hope, was for hia mother. A pair cf bia'elela fo.mf.d in unss of the same mate rial, the licks adjoining the clasp on either side, having the Device of a heart, the clasp having an anchor, indi cated the affectionate sentiment " In hope Jet cur heurta be united " this wa9 for his sister. . ' These mementoes of a son's and brother's afficttoa, so interesting on account ot their having been carved out while in prison, and with the primitive tools at the command of the prisoners, were not allowed to reach the Jianda of thoge for whom they were intended. The vadalism of tbe people of Sandusky, and the battalion composing the eiuard of our prison, prevented. Un leaving the pris u the men were marched to the cars, and while there surrounded with guards and bristling bayonets, unknjwn to them, thdr baggage was torn open with violence and robbed of everything valuable, and particularly of all trinkets and charms that the men had expended their ingenuity and time while in prison in making mementoes of their prison life, and ut the same time as aficctionate offerings to their kin dred and frier U. 1 bus, they murdered, m cold blood, Lt. Uibson.ati ; appropriated to unholy uses such little things that wero valuable only to the bereaved on ac count of their association and the circumstances under which they were made. The sentiment of the prisoners that night is itdescri- bable ad.?ep, determined spirit of revenge settled upon the mind of every one, and lound utterance, one to an other, in solemn pledges to avenge his death. Twelve hundred Yankees will bite the dust,, for each comrade has pledged himself to remeo-ber the fate of Gibson, and strike for vengeance whenever the foe appears. We procured a black walnut coffin, and placing the remains in it, Lt. Steele, of the 28th N. C regiment performed the solemn funeral services over Gift murdered brother The coffin was then placed in a scavenger cart, and six Yankees mounted thereon. With their spades resting upon the coffin u-ey drove off to tbe lake shore, where thi-y buried him with curses and vulgar jokes upon "the dead Kebel." I append some impromptu lines penned by Lt. Thos Usher Tidmarsh, well known in the Southern States: and who was a prisoner cf war with us, having been captured at Island 10 : TUB MURDJ2RED OFFICER'S FUKKRAI. IN PRI3 N. No mar !iil requiem grand Sw!l roon.rh'S lo'iely biir; No mulled drum, no rmsarning. band Attend the sani.-r Lev. Ml Jna ra' . ornp t biu denied, :. o fifrt or lruwiyt t ltuJ, Nogurd of honor by his side. No banner for hia shroud. No troph'es yton la daricg fight Adomhis colSa rude,! To mark the stalwart warrior's might Or prove his noble blood. No lastsatute is fired o'er Tbe prisoner's new made grave, Sunk cloie by Erie's sloping shore And washed by Erie's wave. The cowardfoe may now diride. The noble warrior dead, Who, living, scathed tbeir dastard pride And filled tlieir souls with dread. Calmly he sleeps beneath the sod, His last parole is done ; Home with his bleeding country's Gcd, His last great battle's won. Imagine the feellings of a fond parent, full of years, a venerable minister of tLe goapel, of the Baptist de nomination, when at Vicksburg expecting to take to h's embrace a loved and dutiful son, he learhs the fate that has befallen him, and that he was killed to make good the oath of a Yankee guard, that he would kill a liebel Mlore be left the prison. An Lxchangbd PmaoNia. a. a HoriiEcy o est. ine louowing extract from a A I" T rw t 11 t mm burlesqne article in the iS'cw Monthly Magazine for 1821, (Vol. II.,) entitled "Specimens of a Prospective rsewspaper , A. U. 49b, is curious : 'I be army of the Northern States (of America) win take the field against that of the Southern provinces early nef t spring. The principal Northern force will consist of 1,490,000 picked troops. General Congrcze's new mechanical cannon was tried last week at the seige of Georgia. It discharged in one hour 1 ,1 20 balls, each weighing five hundred weight, ine distance oi me od iect fired at was r Ievn miles, and so pa feet was the engine that tha whole of these balls were lodged in tbe space of twenty feet square. A subsequent article in this BDecimen states that by means of a new invention Dr. Clark crossed the Atlantic in seven days. How ittle did the writer anticipate that in forty years these, to him wild fancies, would be Almost realized. i TELEGrBAPHIC. f tti V-aa Astoria! Ion. Bnterd accordiar to the Aetof Congre. in the year 186 by J. is. Thxabhbk, in tue urera a umce ur me viut Ouurt of the Confederate atates lor the Northern District of Georgia. FROM CHARLESTON. Chablvston, Nov. 14, 1813, The enemy's fire on "Sumter continues steady. Battery droow nnantd lira this afternoon on James Island aid Mcd.urie. The latter and Battery Bimpkini replied. No cas ualtIaB reDOtted this evenine. The monitors fired a few Bnuta FI10M CHARLESTON. Cbablbstok, Nov. IS, 18C. The firing is about the same to-day. 1523 mortar shells and rifled shots have been fired at Sumter from Thursday morning last to sundown on Saturday, of whieli five hun dred and sixty five have missed Private Pound of the 27th Ga., wounded in the thigh on Eatarda?, is tha only casual ty. The two killed ou Wcdaesday night were privates Had don of the 28th Ga., and Clintou of the 17ih 8. C. The ene my's fire has ceased and hs done no irj iry to the fort fjn flrino- t.t Hav in fiulliTAn'fl Taland or Jamil Island. Our batteiies continued to keep up a slow fire on Grtgjf aid the mortar batteries. FROM CHARLESTON. Chablbston, Nov. 15, 1383. Nnthini? nnrsjal this mornfcir. firing at locg intervals cout-cuea. PROM CHABLE8TON. CH ARLR3TOM Nev. 16th, le3. I.ftut rfTrr'it tha eneuv's shellinc coutinud heavy. Be tween1ive and six o'elcok thia wonting four MoniUra ainved D tt withia six hundred yards of feumter and open ed fire Our batterUs on Sullivan's Island and Moelttio are nn -jrAfti kaeruuer ud a ttadv fire. I wo of the Moni tors have moved buck some distance. They were Btruck everal times, aud it is tharht have been lelu.ed. ine firing is still hesvy at tea o'clock this morning. FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Kov. 16, 1863. Tha monitors ceased flrinsr about 11 o'clock. A. M. One monitor got agrouad during the engagement and was pep pcred by both Sullivan and James island batteries. She got afloat again, aftar which ha whole five were drove off and returned to their old position. This demonstration or toe-monitors is believed to have been caued by the heavy shellinc of Grece and Cumminr'a Point by our batteries so. BaMivans' Islaed on Saturday night. fl of truce from the enemy was brought up at threo n, mi w fimnd. A heavy tire from (irefg, Cummtn's Point and two mon itors, alternately, has been kept up on. Sj niter to-day. No report has been received from the f urt this eveaing. No casualties are reported on t ul'ivans Idaud. The ncmbtr of shots flrud by lb j euejay to-day was one hundred and four. Tva uogrr-fs belonging to the 5tth Masai cbusetta regi men capturtd at North Ed's', we e brought in to-dy. Thev riv a te-rible aueount of Yaukee treatment and the wreti.httd cocditiou of the negroe on Slorris Iileud. Since thiW arrival their regime it has lost over four hundred by Sickness and dath. THB-FIIUNO ON CU AKLG3TOM BLIK3TINO Ot4' A YANKEE CANNON. Chaklkstok, Nov. 17, 13. Th6 enemy fired about twenty-five shots from the guns at Giegg on the city but fa led to do any material damage. No person irjared. 'lis reported, from good observations thut one gnu barbted at the last fire. Slow firing on Sum ter all day ; no casualties. Tbe present ind:cati ns are that the enemy intend more extended operations. No monitors in the action to-day. All the monitors have re tu ned. FROM CH ABLKSTON-yONITOBS D AM AGliD FIRING ON THE CITY. Charleston, Nry. 17th, 1S&3. Two of the Monitors engaged yesterday are not to be Been this morning. A report from Moultrie states that the leading Monitor in the fiht had her smoke stack perfora ted is two places and her turrett In threo two above her port holes aud one iu her pilot house. Another had her smoke-stack perforated aud her turretatruck twice. A report fnm Sumter states that four Monitors took a position near Cumuings' Point buoy, and two pairs of buoys were dischaiged by them on the Hood tide when they passed up the channel It is believed they can ied heavy weights, suspended at a certain depth below the suraoe of the water, their object bting a practical passage for ves Eels of certain draft. The bombardineat of Sumter last night went on as uiual Blow firing thU morning Latkb. The enemy commenced shelling the city at ten o'clock FBOU CH 1BLESTOS. Chaklibton, Nov. 18th, lSuS. A slow but steady fire has been kept up on Sumter last night and to is morning from the enemy's mortar batteries Everything e'ee qiiet. No casualties at Hunter during the past two days. Majar Elliott and girriaon all well. FROM ABINGDON, VA. ABiGDOif, Va., Nov. Hth, 1863. Nothing fuitUer from East Tenuessee. Tho weathor is cloudy atd a Blight snow ia falling. FROM ABINGDON, VA. Abingdon, Nov. 16th, 1863 Persons from Kentucky report the execution of Lieut. Hurry Conner, of Col. Adam Johnson's, Hi giment, by the Yankees, at Momt Sterling Oa the 25th nit. Ten Kentucky cavalry regiments bavo been mastered out of service, and a drsft.has been made on each county for a company, by Gov. TJramlett. FROM ABINGDON, VA. . Abingdon, Va., Nov. 17th, 18C3 Thero is a perfect dearth of news to-day. Tbe weather !t still clondy. It is raiuiug, and tbe road is almost impas sable. " LATE NORTHERN AND EUROPEAN NEWS. Hichmond, Nov. lfith, 1SS3. Tho flag of truce boat arrived at City Point on yesterday She brought three hundred prisoners and dates to tho 13th imt., P. M. Dispatehcj from Le'avenwerth, Kansas, sty that tho Be bels, under Cooper and Shelby, had crossed the Arkansas River with nine thousand men, and were marching on Gen Blouut, who had only a force of eighteen hundred cavalry aciiag,as an escort to a heavy supply train bouad to Fort Smith. Befu?f-e from the Itebel army report that Bragg ii evao uatitig b s potitiou iu front c f ChiUanooga. Longstreet is dui 1 .o bt orgitiizb g a force for a raid on the Federal line of c ..mm'tuicaiioa at Bridgeport. A plot for the release of the Itebe1 prisoners cn John ston's hlani has been discovered and frustated. Rebel fa gitivee asd sympathisers in the Britlth Provinces were fit ting oat vessels for the purpose of releasieg the priioaers and burning BaSalo and Ogdensburgt The information was communicated by telegraph to Lord Lyons by the Gov eruor General of Canada. Major General Dix has been or dered to Buffalo to adopt measures for the security of the frontier. The Steamer Courier waa recently .destroyed by gueril las below Helena. A oil i ion occurred on . the Opelousaa Bail Boad, by which sixteen of the 97th Illinois regiment were killed and seventy'wounded. A telegram from Chattanooga of tbe 12th, save that quiet prevails in ana arouna v. aaiiauooga. An artillery duel b tween the batteries on Loekout Mountain and Mocoassin Point took place to-day. Tha fire of the enemy was vigor on, but thsre were no Cisualties. Washikgton, Nov. 13th A gentleman who arrived late last nicht from ths front reports all quiet. No signs of an Aarlv nsrapement. Geld in New York oa Thursday waa qaoted at Ml ; and an KridiLY. at the first Board. 147. More than twenty dinervni irouo uivg Birac tor mguer Vi . in Nw Yorli XOt J luau NTH UOUIDa HI Ahiniata Abandoned their work in forty-five laree es tabliahments ; there is also important strikes in Boston and nttiM itifl. Ths stesmihlp Asia, from Liverpool on the 1st Inst., has a Tired at uaiuax. nurj nara eeoner is among me pas . . m - f n nr mnrera. The rebel steamer Georgia had an lye J at Chjrbon-eto OOtam previa una ana uvu. . . . I-! J 1 Furious gales have raged around tbe fiogliab coast. The rams still remain in possession of an armed foroe, The cotton market was irregular, with an advance of i to id, for some quanues. ino quaiauons are iti to U9Jd. Breadstuns steady. ADDITIONAL FBOM THE NOBTH. BlCXMOMD. Nov. 16th. 18GS. Late Northern papers furnish the following additions! news : - In the Missouri Legislature, on tbe 12th. the vote for San. ator resulted as follows : Brown, 62 : Phelps. 30 : Broad- head, 30. No cheice. Meade's omoiai report or the Pennsylvania onmoalcn states tbe Union losses oi July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, at 200 killed, 13,709 wounded, and 6600 missing. Little Bock advices of the 6th taya that Price and Holmes' commands are still at Marshall, Texas, Geo. W. Lane, so called U, S. district Judge of A'at a ma, died at Louisville on the 10 b. Mj. General P,ertwB, c;fturd at fchinn naB roaunea. Beast Bntler has srone to tertress Monroe, to re!i ve Foster of the command of that Department.. FROM VIRGINIA FINANCIAL MAT1KK8 NOKTH, Ao. BicnMOND, Nov. 10, 103. A report brought from Oordonsville that Meado hud cos ed the Kapidan was bulletined this morctng, and ren ted the dulnes which had prevailed here fcr noma time, but on the arrival of the Central train to-night, It was ascer tained that only a f quadron r f cavalry bad crossed and were driven bacs. The tone of the financial articles la late Northern p tptrs adicate the approach of a monetary cribia in Nov York. General Hood arrived here tc-day iu good Lcal'h aid Sue spirit. The flag of truce boAt with reied Fugeons, H expect ed to-morrow. The trips ot this boat wli e moro frrquint hsre&'ler, as permission has been granted te brin;r. store b for the Yankee prisonerB. Bubscriptionn to purer ae Hi p plies for this purpose has become goaral in the United States. LATE NOUTilEKN ANDEUOPi$AN NEWi. R.CtlMOM), Nov. l'Hb, InG'.l. The Baltimore Gzette of tbe lith Rajs tint ou TburH. day a considerable body ot Confederates enfiieu wen. mi- Patrick's camp, near- : tevecsburg. From this, nv thn Gazette, it would appear that at least Bi nio .l cr.U iicraic remain on the North side of the Rapidan. The New Orleans Era of tha 1th, states flint tin Confed erates attacked Washburn's advance on tha 3rd, drivir g if tawardBthe mam body. The confearATea wcr.j ro-.n checked, it is said, and in ta-n were diiven b..ck v.th a 1oh of two hundred piisoners. The Federal Iop? w. s 1 ) ImI.o.i. A correspondect of the Express BAysib.it. ft.p ! vT.r. 1 fjrc h;ve fallen back to New Iberc. Iu coiifctqenoe of, rumors of aa atttrru t o j. ttL- ( . !. federate Hums out of tbe Mersey, bevoral wer vvsf t- b been tent to gu ad sgiinjt it. The London papers confirm the ttatenjciit tbt Co I re: . !t GoverLment had withdrawn its permissioa to prosocu'e tli work on tho Iron Clads for the Ccnfcderacj . t un.ihl.u.g cannons and munitions of war are nlsoprohjbKed. A rnmoi is current that the l-Vcta-h troojs n V. .hv. are to be withdrawn. Election returns fro'u Prussia iudicite a lect l-d r ninj b of the liberal party. Gold in New York on Friday, at. the s cou.l Vojiid vr. U7J. North Carolina sixes 5!. "FliOil RICHMOND. Richmond, Nov. 17; Ii, l u Bince the a'-tcaipt ol tho Yankees to ci oca tin lUpidnn on Sunday, noth'ng has occtirrea ueervnv fpi;in mit tien. Infantry aud artillery, not caralry, woi nigatfed in the dim iwtratioo at Morton's and Kaccocn hvrd.s. A tier a portion of the tafantry had crossed nnder cover of lii. i. batteries, ihe sharpp.hooti.rs of Rcde.' FiHkn ndvnrrd upon the enemy, and drove them back arro;s ?h. ri r -n short order, killirg and wounding about thirty. One rnmor by tbe train to-night U that the Yar.ca a o mjviug down the ltapidn. The prospect t-f a b.itfle n ny parently receding, neither commander bbowii g i.ny lcter mined purpose to ciosa the stream separatirg tbe Iw aim ies. One or the other must advance cr both go into wictc qaarters ere long. ' B. G rathe Brown, radical, has been c'tvtfd to Iho Ciii ted States Benate in Kistouri. Kverythi&g is quiet on tbe P-iciopnU. Several thoosand Yankee prisuner-4 have been Brut from this city to Danville. Tito marineH captured at Fort Mutator nrrivd la:it niit at the Libby. Georgia. ij:gislaturi:. MlLLEOBVILLX, GxO., NOV. 14, l-.H. The Hon. J. II. Lumpkin was unanimously confirmed by the Benate as Jadge of the Supremo Court of tlie !ttc of Georgia. Both Houses havo passed a renolutio? ie questing the Secretary of War to revoke tbe authority ol the impressing officers, and appoint citizens not liabio to congoriptiou. INAUGURATION OF TUB GOVERNOR OP MISSIS SIPPI. Columbus, Kirs., Nov. 17th, ISM. Gen. Chafl. Clarke waa in angurated as Governor ycntor day wi.h great pomp. In his inanguratal ho urgej a vigor ous prosecution for the defense of the Btate, and siys that, sooner than submit, when the army is exhausted, the women andohildren and old men, like tha remnant it P.mckikiIii, will join hands and march into tho eea. He intond.; 1 make good use of the militia, by proper organization. snakes a strong appeal to the people to return ab.itntiiM io the armv. Hon. J. W. C. Watson, of tlarsha'l county, tub ol-c'o.S Confederate Senator to day, in place of 11( 0. Jus. l'hel i:.. Tub Kams. A correspondent of a London pipe protests lustily against allowing the ra'jas now coTipfrtt d in Englaud toleve port. He describes them as incon eeiveably formidable, and declares that two such ve:-Pcl ia combat might hammer away iadtfiaitely Without doiig each other injury. As against the mercantile navy they would be terrible. Iu speed they will he u i approached by most vessels, fcc. In short, thia Yan kee sympathizer trembles at the very thought of S'leli deetructivo instruments getting ta eta. .TfVy wcu' i end the Lincoln commerce. There arc two of thctn ut Messrs. Lairds yarda at Birkenhead. Oue of i i.cin (El Touson) is thu3 described by a London p iper : " The two rams are not unshapely iu tacir bulk, but Seem as well designed fcr siftnets ::s for strentli The Icngth of each is 230 feet, the beam 42 fc-t, and the extreme depth less ttaa 30 feet. T;.c burden is but -1500 tons register, and t! draught of each vessel wLca loaded will be some 15 feet, tha deck being about G fret abow the water line, all the intermediate eurface being pro tected first, by a coating of teak over tha iron skin of the ship, and then by armor plate over that, 'ci massive scale being 5 inches thick. Ali thia uniM.r is dovetailed together bo accurately that the j Aa'ii u:-. scarcely perceptible. The de:k is of 5 inch leak, cov ered with iron, and the bulwarks are almoit ol irutj , being so made as to letdown outwards, and tlnn i clear the 5eck3 during action. Two revolviug tufr.iv. on the well known principles invented by Cape. Cole, are apportioned to each ship, one turret being :t)Un and the other abaft her engine room. There in, uj. a pilot hous3 strongly built of te k, and iron plate 1 Each turret carries two guns, placed in chas pr- . imity, so that they can be brought tu t) i i nearly in the same position nt one time, li the case of the Mounossir, one turret n b ing fjt completed on a spot situated at soma little di tance from the hull, aud the pian of construction in ut present laid bare. Its wall is a scries (A celular sp.-ici like the chine of a shell fiah, and ail these; iron colli au to be filled up with teak, making one solid and uiiifurm naps, which is to be again strengthened ad reiidcre.i well nigh impregnable by armor pUtes. At tachri. 1 of the vessel ;s a raised deck, forming tolerably c ir.ui ) dioui qaar era fr cflicers and men ; and the forecw! is made to carry one or two heavy gun?, if thfy be ed. In the Captain's cabin are port holes for two li J pounders ; and each ram has a capacity for 300 ton.-i o; coal. The machinery as a matter of courje, is all b below the water line. I he siern3 will b3 s i forme-.! i,h protect the screw and rudder ftom shot or collision." Impoetast to ISailroid Men. At the rcqst of the representative of several railroads, a rnseting of t.v President and Superintendents of the several railroa-l ' of the Confederate States is called to ceuveue at tin city of Macon, Ga., on Wednesday; the 25th of Novem ber instant, i'he object of the Meeting ia to co.-ifid r the matter of rates for Government transportation. Hnon avd HiLt Gen. Hood, it is said, has been fgaed to tbe command of the corps of D. H. Hill, hu relieved The feilowiDg is an extract from a letter wl General Hill to a brother officer, relative to hij rem. valf Gen. Brag?, in the presence of Lieat. Colonel iin ler son, told me tnat there were no imputations on my niiiiu- ry character, and could be none." Kroiu tlae Array or Northern Yltglnlu. Everything quiet on the Kapidan. It is believed that Meade is advancing, but so ?lowly that days msv pass before an engagement takes p.'ace. It may ba th be contemplates again trying the Frdriek3bunr rout.- A few days, however, will develop his plan3. It would not be proper to eay where Gen. L:-e's headquaateri are at present, or what movements ar taking place in our army. From Fredericksburg, we learn that the Yankee have been seen near Hartwood Church, about eichf miles above Falmouth. It was eupposed to bo merely n scouting party. The telegraph road from Occoquaa to Falmouth was clear yesterday. Kichmond sentinel, lith int. Tns Titkb an thr Impbessmeht. Impres;.'i cnt aod the tithe, or produce tax should not be simultane ously enforced. Necessity alene can justify irapres ment. It is, at best, an oppressive and odious resort, and to enforce it while the tithe is in process of collec tion, and is actually waitin and wasting for lack of speedy collection, seems to ba the very wantonness e-f oppression and tyranny. Let the authorities, civil and military, have a care, or an outraged and statving peo ple may bo driven to resistance. a
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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