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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N, C. SATURDAY. HOV'B. 14, 1863. Inquest. Yesterday forenoon Coroner II. IL Pebrik held an inquest over the bodies of a white woman ami child, which were found dead in aa outhouse near the plank TOad, a ehort distance bejocd the . corporate limits of the town. It would eeeca the woman, who appeara to have come from Duplin county, came to the place where rhe died about three jncntfcs ago, in company with a man named Gecxge Jchstox, and obtained permission to stop in the cuthense. A few days after, Joiinstox, with whom ihe hed been livirg, although not married to him, was arretted bj the military police, and is now, as we learn, in the military prison. We do not know the charge against him. It would appear that the woman and child died on "Wednesday night, and the Coroner waa sent for on Friday morning. The verdict of the jury summoned by him waa that tLe deceased died from " want of as Eistacce," under which head we suppose may be in cluded want of proper nourishment, as well aa of medi cal attendance. This is a painful case, and yet Euch cases we fear will occur as lccg as the wives or others dependent upon soldiers continue to crowd towards Wilmington, leaving the counties and neighborhoods to which they belong, and where, it i3 to be presumed, provision has been made to prevent their sullering. . These matters belong to the counties respectively from which the men come, and all of it could not possibly be undertaken by the single cennty of New Hanover ; still, common hu manity would prompt all to do everything to prevent Euch suffering as scene to have been borne in this case. There was no one on the lot save two ladies advanced in year3 and very infirm, who could not go after assist ance, and pro t nbly tLe nature of the case was known to few if any others. It appears to have been a case to which no cold reasoning could be applicable ; no matter who the deceased was, or where she came from, the was a woman suffering, dying, " from want of as sistance," an assistance which organized charity alone can effectively render in all such cases, and the occa sional occurrence of which the sporadic, efiorts of pri vate benevolence will frequently be unable to discover, still less relieve or prevent. All cur exchanges will have it that the Robert E. Lee is captured, or burned, or something of that kind. We are cot prepared to say what may be, or what may not be, but we know that if the P.. E. Lae has been captured or burn ed, no aaoh naws has reached head quarters at Wilmington. The Margaret and Jessie is certainly " gone up," and so is the Ella and Annie. Tn Bio Gob. They are discussing, in England, the bursting of the his Elakely gun at Charleston. A friend of Capt. Ulak sly comes ont in a coinrxunieatlon attributing the barstioff to the supposed fact of the gun'. Lavirg been too much elevated, whereas it waa not elevated at all, or Eot more than two degrteB, which is next to nothing. The Liondoa Army and Navy Gazette saja the heavy gnn made on the Blakely pattern, which recently burst at Charles ton, was constructed at Richmond. This is not so. The gau that Lurbt was an English gun ; it did not burst be cause o having been fired at too great an elevation, neither did it bnrat from any defect ia the gun itself. Wk publish to-day a pretty long yarn from the New York Herald, in which a pereon who came passenger from Naeeaa to "Wilmington some two Or three months ago gives in hi esperietce in the usual stylo of the Herald and its correspondent. The person certaiidy did come to Wiliniogton, and is re cognized. Why he waa allowed to--come here, or to leave here, we do noi know, l.'is random account, mendacious as it h, can do little or no harm : ncr do we suppesa hi maps are more accurate. General Wiiitixo will no doubt be surprised to learn Cat he is, or is eaid to be, "a pet of Jeff. Davis," and the families that have left here will be turpriscd to find themselves In Augusta, whilo those that remain are not conscious of havixg, as yet, paid $2 per pound for beef. The other curiosities and discrepancies cf this precious production will be sufficiently apparent to the reader without our taking the tronblo to point th:m out. Cillclal Vote of tUe 3d Cetigrrsstonul Xftatrict. Djvane. McRae. Falson. Leach. Waid. Wayne...:.... CO 467 e.i 427 JobnBon G 133 10 1033 Jonss 4 28 00 40 Sampson 386 75 231 177 Craven 1 417 00 29 Onslow 17 121 7 202 Duplin 243 192 154 15S 720 U'J3 406 2004 4 Fkom the above return It appears that Dr. Leacd, altho' elected, goes in as the representative of a minority cf the voters ot the District, and that any one candidate opposed to hia faction could easily have defeated him. Thus IucKax and Devane united, beat him by 150, and these gentlemen both represented tho carre idea and the same principle opposition to the croaking and snbiflissionism of the school to which Doctor Lkacii belongs. So indeed did Mr. Fai eon also, &&d with Lis vote added to that of McBah and Dey4.hk it will appear that Doctor Leach ib elected by 204 vote3 while the district polled 2-374 directly opposed to him and his psmdo "consarvatism." This division among the truly conservative aEd sound candidates alone elected Doc tor Leach, and the concentration of the opposing vote np on one man and that a mac so Eotorionsly incompetent se Doctor Lsacu Ehowj the closeness of the party orgaa iUticu of those destructives who mean to rule or ruin who endorse the traitorous communications of "Davidson," or bow the knee before the edicts of the Raleigh Standard, which paper tew exults as over a parly friumpb, with a jubilation that would hardly be becoming at a timo of pro found peace, and id now, nau3r existing circumstances, only to be placed ia the same category with the fiddlirg of Hero while Lome wus burning. We stood aloof from all partyisru in the late contest in which, indeed, we took little or no part, but we would now suggest that there ia an old and not very polite saying which inculcates the necessity of fighting the devil with Are that is. of rceetirg and defeating parties who keep np pa'-ty agitation with their own weipons. If they will or ganize to Btir up strife and do harm, we think it qaite pro bable that thosj opposed to such things will, in self-defence aa well as frorr patriotio motives be cornpellod to rally and organizs bo a3 to meet and crush those, who, to promote their own ends have been sowing the seeds of dis affection broadcast. Northern accounts etits that the U. 8. steamer Fuitcn reached New York on the Silt icst.,. having in tow aa a prize the steamship Margaret ..nd Jes3le, from Nassau for Wil mington, N. C. - he prize was captured on tho 5th instant, forty miles South of the Frying Pan Shoals, after a chase of fourteen hours. Thia report reached here yesterday. The Margaret an J Jessie, as wo learn, belonged to John Fbazeb & Co., end was conimanded by Captain Pcbset Locewood. The Richmond Dispatch a-B : The Margaret and Jessif, which wa9 captured eff Wil niHigton oa the 6iu by the Falton, had a valuable csrgo on. The t apt im might have gotten her off, but having ladies on board he hove to when saveral shots had been fired -TkeT following is a list of her, paaeeDgers, who have arrived lh Ne w 1 ork , and are in prison there : Miss Maria Sparks, S"B,rBrn8; JB Boih McLay 8- L. Wartzfilder, l . Celling, J. Baro, and C. W. Craig. Miss Sparks was on her way home to Richmond, haviag been at schoo' in Kngland. The voto in the 8th District is evidently a close one, but there would appear to remain little doubt of the election of Lakdes. Jicethkjui acccuata eay that energetic measures will soon be taktn to stop the blockade ruEning at Wilmlrgton by an increase of the fleet cfl that port. We have reason to believe that the blockade is already more rigid and that some very fast vessels are employed In enforcing it. Tkz Kncvciile (Atlanta) Register says that General Hood has been promoted to Lieutenant Generalship for meritori our service. Kb. Sewabd announces that tho French Government, upon the remonstrance of miniate Dayton, has arrested Rr!!lX"0a"2ldrMM wLich" building at Nantes and SJ?- " Prme they are detained to await jadi- -au le Papors are copyicg with ragerntta everv item which they see in the Southfrn papcrfS, Tthe high pioB offocd. We dare say thf British did the tTn nJS6 Anions were highe ConvHiillun of CommlwloiicN App-lnt'it Ui;tlr the Act or Congress of the C?uifefletnie St , to K. g tilnte Iatpi'cSflm-ii9. According to the rr queat'of the Secretary of war, the Commissiorera appointed in toe difTe.ent Slates, under the act of Congress of the (Jocfcderate States "tp reg ulate impressments," root in Convention ia the Ccuncil Chamber of the City i.' all, at Augusta , Ga., oa Mon day, tho 2Gth of Oetobtr : On motion cf Col. G. .D. Moore, cf Miss., Col. E TV. Ilubardj was called to the chair, and Col. A. II Bradford and Col. C: J. Elford, requested to act cs Secretaries. The proceedings . of the Convention were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Potter of the M. E Church. The President explained the objects for which the Convention was assembled. On motion of Commissioner Fejry, cf South Caro lina Resolved, That tho Ccnimh-Voncrs in attpndar.ee do en rol their names, with tho fctatcs ior which th?y arc appoint ed, and their Post-crace. Under this resolution the foiiowing enrollment wa3 made : Virginia E W Eubard, Curdsvi'de, Va., Uobert Gib bony, Wytkeville, Va. - North Carolina. n. K. Burgwyn, Garysburg, N. C, R. V. Blacstocks, StockBville, W. C tocrn Casclika. B. F. Perry, Greenville. . C. Gxct.oia J. E. Morgan, Lagrange, Ga., U. B. Wilkin son, Newnac, Ga. Alabama. VVylio W. Llason, Taskegee, Ala., liobertC. Farias, Montgomery? Ala. Mississippi. J. W. Watson, Brooka7illc, Jdios., G. D. Moore, Brooksville, Miss. rr...c.ci! W i? Trivia lCflnjn. Cl&. tWa (Vrniritiiia nf rn from pncli Htfltn t.n whf 111 WS TP- ferred tuO preamble and resolution offered by Commission- er unrgwyH, . jciu viiiuiiiio, liuvo uau iiic an;o uuuci and reccmaiend their adoption by th Convention. . ' i . u: TV VLIiS . JUASUA, V.11U1I liJU. On motion of Commissioner Watson, cf Misa., the following resolution waa adopted : Resolved, That the Commu&ionerB present do now pro ceed aa their States may be ca-led, to liy before ihe Con vention ora'.Iy, their iEforrcation and viows as to tho conci tion respectively of the States thsy represent, with" rafer ence to supplies for the Eubsistence and clothing of our armies and population for the enpuing year. Uncfcr this resolution, statements were mada by Com mieaioners Gibboney and Ilubard, of Va.; Burgwyn and Black3tocks, of S. C; Perry, cf S. C; Morgan and of Miss ; and Travis, o i'enn. A communication from S. R. Cockerili, of Nish ville, Tenn., was received arid laid upon the table. liesclccd. That the hours for ih-i meetings, of Ih 3 Con vention be from 0 o'clock, A. M,, H P. SI., and frcmi P. M. to 5 P. U. Adjourned to me t on to-morrow morning at b o'clock. Tuesday, October 27, 1SG3. The Convention met pursuaat to adjournment. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and ap proved. Col. Alfred AI. Martin, a Commissioner from South Carolina, reported, and was enrolled. Po3t-cflice, Urigb fcOD, S. C. llesolutions relative to the objects of the Convention were submitted by Commissioners Mason, Ala., Perry, of S- C, Farlss, of Ala., Aloe; c, of Miss., aud Bur- gwyn, of N. C. On motion of Commissioner Burgwyn, oi 1. u., the various Resolutions thus submitted were referred to a Committee of one frcra each State, to be appointed by the President. The following Commissioners were named oa the Committee: Mason, of Ala., Moore, of Miss, Peiry, of S. C, Gibbony, of Va., Burgwyn, of N. C, Mor gan, of Ga., and Travis, of Tenn. The communication of S. It. Cockerill, of Nashville, Tenn., was read to the Convention by Commissioner Travis, of Teen., and on motion referred to the Com mittee of one from each State. Oa motion of Commissioner Terry Jlcsolced, That the Committee o' one from each Btato be further instructed to report such other matters o business as they may deem propsr. The following lljsolntion was submitted by Com missioner Farriss, oi Ala. : Resolved, That it ie lha doty ot ths Convention to give an interpretation of the provi3:ons of the Impressment Ac? Jor the guidance of Impressing ciiiC6rs, and particularly as to what class of holders ere entitlt d to local assessment, and when an appeal is made to the Coram !ssiiEers wcether it is not thtir duty to affirm ths award ol tho locftl apprais ers as being jnst compensation " it' the ImprcBirg cflicer cannot lurniah evidence to the contrary. On motion, the Resolution waa referred to a special committee of .three, cotsistirg of Commissioners Wat son, cf AIi3s", Fariss, of Ala., and Blackstock, of N. C A creed to suspend the rules as to hours of meeting and adjournment, and that the Convention now adjourn to meet at 7 P. M. 7 o'clock, P. M. The Convention met pursasnt to adjournment. The Committee of or.e from eacb State, throudi their chairman, Commissioner Mason, of Ala., report ed progress, and asked leave of further time to report, which was granted. The committee to whom was referred the resolution submitted by Commissioner Fariss, of Ala., reported progress and asked leave of lurtber time to report, which ws3 granted.' A communicatica from the agents of the Richmond Factory was received and referred to the committee of ono from each State. On motion of Ccmmiasioner Perry, of South Car olina Resolved, That the prices of the following articles shculd be uniform in the fctates, vis : .Wheat, Flour, Iron. Whis key, Brandy, Cotton Cloths, fc'pun Yarn, Sugar, Ccfiee and Tea. On motion cf Coinmirjsioner Perry, the considera tion of the price of wheat was then taken up atd de bated for Eome time without a result being?attained. A resolution submitted by Commissioner Black stocks, of N. C, was referred to a committee of one from each State. The Convention then adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. Wednesday Morning, 9 o'clock. The Convcr.licv; met pursuant to adjournment. The roll was called, and the minutes of the meetings of yesterday were read and recorded. On motion of Commissioner Watson, of Mississip pi Resclced. That the Secretaries be icshucted to procure the services of a Minister of the (Jospol each morniug, to open the Taeetings of the Convention with prajer. The committer of orse fcm each State, through their Chairman, Commissioner Mason, of Ala., made the following reports, viz : BEFOUT. The committee of one from each State, to whom was re ferred the resolutions cRered bv Commissioner Mason, of Ala., and Perry of S. C, have had the same under consid eration, and beg leave to report favorably thereon, and recommend tLdir adoption by the Convention. Wylis W. Masck, Chairman. Resolutions intre-dacvd oy Commissioner Masou, of Ala. : Rcsolced, Tint L tho cpirtou r.f the Convention, the Act knoau b) ti:e Act rb "regulate Irrpressments is eminently wiss in all its provisions, and lu'.ly vindicates the purpose ot the Government to maintain the suprema cy of the civii over the militarT authority, and that it i the paramount duty of every true aud loyal ciiazen to yield a cheerful obelienc8 to a;l its requirements. Resolved. That a state of war reaulMag as it always does n an obstructed cud snspcnd&d comuieice, ana the cistn :iace of the csuil means of transportation f r the diffusion of supplies, precludes the idea of a fair market. Resclvcd, That in such suspended and obstiucted cocdi ticn of commerc;al affairs and transportation, the true ba sis of values lor articles necessary fortha subeistance of the army and the people is bouiidea upon the legitimate cost of tha production of such articles, and su?h per csntage thereon as mav be considered reasonable and proper. Resolved, That ia view of the financial embarrassments of the country, it is the duty ;otu of the Confederate aEd State authorities ta euact,sucli municipal regulations ia ac cordance with thoir respective organic law, amay prompt ly and efl8ctually relievo such emyarraesment. Resolutions iutr educed by Commissioner Porry, f O. KJ.l Resolved, Th?t the practice of th3 Conledoiate (Jevern ments' Agents in making contracts lor the purchase of. maHufactarea and other articles lor te n:e o the army at higher prices tha those adopted by the several Boar da ol Commisaionera iiuthe diflerent StateE, is highly reprehen sible, injurious to the Government and Bhculd be stopped at once ny the Secretary of War. Resolved, Th3t the habit which prevai's in many sections of the Confederacy with the Quartermasters and Cocmis saries and their Agents in impreaaisg articles for private nffe and consnmption is families i3 contrary to th3 Act of Cengres reRulating Impresements, and should be prohibi ted by the War Department. Resolved, lh&t in impressing articles of food and forage for the us of the army, tha Agents of the Government should exercise a prsdent discretion and impress in ttoae sections of the diflerent Etates where focd and forage aie most aounaant. Resolved, That in those parts of tie country where the provision crop is hort, and will not more than sspply the wants ot the country, me tithes one the Government should be commuted for in money, and left for the supply of sold ier's families and other destitute uersona at Government prices. itisofted, That upon tie teas coaatrusiigna of the A?.tcf Cocgrpf.B r-guatirg tfie mutter, tW. price of no article maiinfac'u fd f r the use o' the (i:veriiu.ert under tLc ii Act. cau ho rr re t' an b-v: u-five per cent, on the cost .f productioi- exi ludiDg h eont tF tJ e raw nui'eiial, which should rti' p TfiinbiiiHeil 'HlO, & profit ihereon. Resolv d Thi! t ftri ?c f ,v g eii ado b a profit greater ih : ; r, aoi n':i'. a: A 'a? nd tht with h vh manu'actu r. linve ht.'tt U : bcei. tiU fie'. The rep rt ar d tvs luti n:-1 wore hdopted unanimDua KKl'OET. Th fommitte f fro e ch Ktite to whom r -ferred tho prf-pniM aulrtn)iutio.iS oB -red by Commission er Moore, of Mi- h ppi, have have bad the same nticer consider a' i u. ai d l-g lave 'd report favorably thetc-n, and red. an:eid tt'tir adojti n bj ths Cuaeu'iou. Wylik W. Ma'On, r.iiK imau . FhKiUBLB AND RESOLnVOHS Weereas, the people of the Confederate States are now enpg:d iu a d;a'h cttuxKle fcr life liberty, property, end all that we hold re.ir and dear ; aLil wherecs, it is th; ex pedifnt that ttc Governnant of' eaid Confederate -ta'es ehouli habbsnd all i's rtsturces lor tl eatt&irment of its in deperdeiice, md whereas, the lard over is swarming with a cl-es of persons kaowa os speculators who are eekio to possess thfm.elvcB of many cl the a. oat csontial, if not all the supidies oec-ssary for the aupert.oi the army t-j the dc-tniBt-tit, not ocly of the Gove;nuiem, but of the peo ple thereof, partiiukriy of the indigent poor, whose fth ers, husbands, brotLein end tons are absent in the arm), barirg their breasts to the BhaHs of the enemy fend ba:tag lor our independence. Rtsclced Thit whilst we would allow th largist l.Lertv of trade to th8 cocn'.rj that is pncticablt, i; is in ths sti maticn ct this t envottien iLcxptdit-nt tLat tranpoitaiion on curli&iiroads cr by txprces e:cjrr.pinics, be ctsuied to articles of prime r.&cebbitj in ths hiid. o' kpeculators. The Preambie and Eesolution were unanimously adopted : REPORT. The UommitUfc of crm froru each State t hom was re ferred tLr reBoluticn fl'ered by Cortmissic iier Vi attion, of Mississippi, have had the fitme under c .naid'-ration, aud beg leave to re ort iavorjibly lbrre .n aLd recnimeid its adoption by the I'onvtntiOo. Wylis W Hasok, Cbuinnan. I'KiAV BLU AND BBSCLUriONS. Wiiebeas, it is understood that the Governnient h& a, its ccn.mnd a greater tupply ol Silt, r-pua Ccttou Cloth and t-u;ar than i s p;ehent. ntcegsi'ies rtqnire, cf Lich ar ticlca n:huy ot the ;uopie ot the Lcnicdtriicy aro greatiy id wont, therefore, ResolVid, As tha ouiciou of this Couventioo, that th materiii iuterottd of the Govenmeut and people ot the Contcdoratti States wouid ba p-ety promoted by the lib era! iutei change by the Co.ernrr.ect with the people o! Bait, Bpun Cotton, C :tju Cloth, sugar, ic, lor oil neces sary Army euppliea Th3 prtamtie atd Rejolutiona wtro unauimoualy adopted. riiEAMBLS A?D RS0LU1I0N3. Whrkas, it ia obviui that in :ha struggle between ths speculators on tho one part t gtil tileir avarice, even to jeopardizi-g ths Barety cf ove country, and tha Govern ment en the ether, to prott-ci that ccuDtry. it becomes in. portant to Btrenthen tha arm of tha GovsrnmeLt by the action both of thj J egit-lature ind tha popl ; therefore he it Rrselvvd, That the Revtral States ol this Confederacy ba requested to pass such lawn and take Huch DieaiUreans will most tll'ictually caucc the prices Used by the Couiminsion ers of appraisement in their Bt.U'.-s, to be observed by i-ei lers acd purchusers And th s Convention id cf opiui-jn that tha mont fffjctive modb ol djiug this woald be for the Legislature lo imp.. .is a tax ou all articles ool i over the echedulv ptite f r tie same equal to the amount of the dif ference between tho fecuodule price and that at which the article is po'd Resolccd. that tLe Commis ioors o( the several Ptates be request d to have th ee Resolution: laid before their respective Slate Legihuu: es. The Pieambio a.nl Ryso.utiorid were unasiai' Uily adopt ed. The ceiiimtUre to whom was referred the Resolution of fered by Commissioner Moore, cf have had theeaine under ccusideratioL', aud beg le&ve to report favorabiy thereon, and rec-oamend i:s adoption. Wilis V7. SJason, L haii man. RESOLUTION. Rescind. That the chairman of this committee be In structed to reetmn:end to ihe Convention ti e propriety of appointing a ouiai'.tee, whose duty it tiball be to forward to the yecrarary of War the proceedings ol tho Convention, and another conimiit?e, who shall prepare and publish an address to tho pop!e of their retptc ive Btates, txplaua tory of the provisions ot th? Impreesment law, and upou suck ottr topics as my be thought proper ard expedi ent. The retort of the committee of ope from esch Htate to wii im was rstcrrod the Sesolutiva tl!e ed by Corimisoner Farieg, of Ala., ask leave to be dichdrged from Use further consideration of the case, iaasrxuch as the objects ot the Eeso'ntioa h ve bevi cmbr- ed in otiie Kesolu:ioHS. Wtlih VV. Mason. Chair nun. The report wrs uimv-.imf.usly adopted. BEl'OBT. The ccmrnittee of oi;o from each fctule to whom was.ro ferred a corcaui.ioition In i Mr. ri. R. ( ockeriil, ol Nash ville, Terin , on tie sutjaot of nupplyirigth-j army wtth flih, have coDeidered th s-iuie, and recommend that the sane be forwarded to tho Kecrtlary of War for his cwrssideration. Wvlih V. Mason, Chairmin. The isprt waa unanimonaly- adopted. " . RBPORT. The committee of one fiom each Stats to whom was re ferred the commuaicatioa from tho Agent of the Richmond Factory, begs lcava to be discharged from the further con sideration ol the same, as thia Cauven-ior has no power to aet ia tha promises. WYLIB V. NA80N, Chairman. The report wa un.iii.nou!y adopted. '1 be folio wiug conrrivtee was appointed to forward the proceedings of tlif Convention to the Reeretarv of War : Comrai'siosera Wilkinson, of Ui , Martin, of S. C, Gib bony, of Va. Tae foil jwieg committee was appointed to prepare and pubiiih an addsces to the people ct the Confederate H;ates, explanatcry of t.'ie provitiotis of the hnpressment law. &c : Coinm:!fti'iitr3 Trtvi3, of 'ienu., Vfltson, cf Stisi., and Per ry, of S C. On motion of Commissioner Watjcrj, of Miss., it was Resolved. That the t ommiasicnera ef tho States respec tively be and are hereby requested to forward to the Ccm m-ssioners of a 1 the estates c ipies of thoir schedules, as they may from vim? tj time be adopted or rivistd. Lave cf absence wa3 granted to (JommUsioner Blackstocka, of N . U. The eommitu-e of throe, to whom was rtftrrtd the Resolution submitted by Ccmmiscionti-r Farriaa, of Ala., made the following Report : EEPOItT. The selvct Camrmttce to whom was referred the fol lowing resoiutior', viz : " Resolved, That it is tho"dnty of tho Convention to give an in-erpretition of the provisions of the Impressment Act for the guidance of irnpresdis-g cflieers, atd particalarly as to what clasA ot holders are entitled to local absest-meDt, and whfn an appeal is mado to the Commlssioneis, wheth er it is not tteir untv to affirm the award of the local ap- praifcis r.a remg "juit corflpoctanou, if the rmpressirg ouicer caiiEo. IniDiea evidence to the ccnwaiy, beg leave respectla.ly to report : 'lhat they have considered the tub ject matter referred to the m, and are ol.cpinion that the phrctteoiogy ol tho law itsslt detiLes with tho srreateotc curacy tha casea in which the owners or property impress ed by the (JovernmeEt Agents are entitled to htive the value thereof deteimined by lecal assesam.nt or arbitra tion, 'ihe law pr5vidta expl!cit tena, tht in casrs where property ot the owner evre imprtsicd by the Govermiant aLd the impressing rtlicer caapot Lgrce upon the value thereoi.it ebll e the d-rty of sucit :m,!resbiiig officer " upon an atdavit ia wining of the owner of such prop erty or his Agent that tucii property was grown, raised or produced by said owner, or ia held, or has been purchased by him, not for sale or speculation, but for his own use and consumrticn, to caui-o the same to be ascertained and de termined " by the process deeigned to the foregoing reso lution as " local assessment." This enumeration of the cases in which the owners oi property impressed are entitled to the bentCt of lecal ar bitration, it is believed includes every conceivable case, but the one ia which the owner cannot, or will not prove by Lis own affidavit, or that ot bis Agent, that such prop erty was grcwu, raised or produced by him, or is he d, or .has been purch ised by Lira, not lor sale or speculation, tut lei his own use or cosEuajption. The intention of the law, it is most manifest, was to make those who purchased and sold lor tiale or (-peculation cne c:ass, end all other per sons another class this latter class, however, may in piac lise be augmented by the refusal of persons intended to b; embraced in tha hi st class to make the affidavit in tha first Bection of the law epecified. Those who mike this affidavit are entitled to have the value of their property, Oi- what will be j'js: compensation therefor, determined by local atbi'ration all other persons can otily demand for their property compensation according to the schedule of prices egreed upon and published by the Commissioners in pursuance of Filth Section ol the Impressment Act. The second question referred to the Committee for its consideration, is stated in these teims : " and when an ap peal U njsde to the Commissioners, whether it is not their du:y to affirm ,the award of the local urbitrators aa being just corup'jrjBation, if the impressing officer cannot furnish evidence to tho coatrary." The Act of Congress eoEceraing impjressments waa pass ed as well for the protection of the citizen aa lor that of the Gevrrnment. The rights of the citizen were ro often violated by the arbitrary and uojust proceedings of Gov ernment Agents charged with the duty of furni.bing sup plies for our armies, that a public clamor waa raised upon thia subject, which, reaching the ears of Congress, led to the introduction and enactment ot the original Impress ment Law. In the original law no provision is made for appeals Irem the decision, or the award of the local arbi tration for which the First Section of the Act provides but th's decision, or award, was declared to be final,' as the schedule prices agreed upon and published by the Commissioners was made final in all oases to which they were applicable. Soon after tho passage of the original Act, however, in tbe immediate vicinity ot Coogress, a case occurred, in which, by local arbitration, $20 per hun dred weight waa allowed to a farmer for hay, when the owner of the article had offered it to the Age:at of the Government for less than half that price. Thii occurrence wae made public through the Richmond newspapers, and became a matter of public notoriety, and imraotiately led to the passage of the Act by Congress, entitled " An Act to amend aa Act, entitled Aa Act to regulate Impressments by officers of the army." This Act declares that in all ees of appraiscmeat proYided for ia laid Act, "the offi. cers :'mpresnBg the property ebatl. if he believes the ap- fHRipemet't to be fir and just, en done upon it hie appro val : if not, he nhall endorse upon it his reasons for refus ing a?d deliver the Mine, with a receiut for the property impref d to ihe owner, bis Agent or Attorney, and 8seoon an I'lHcfcaWp iwwrd a cop of the receiut atd appraiae mtLt, arid lis ttdoree mei t thereon, to the Board of Ap praicere appoipted by the President an-i Governor cf the Htate. vi ho shall revise th? same, and make final valuation, so an to fciv jutt compt riffc'in (or the prt rerty token, which vacation shall be pa'cV bj the proter department. '' Frcm 'his brief history of thi anrelUte jurisdiction ct tbe Board of t on;miesio!J rs, it will be etn that it was coDfjned alcte lot tie protection of the overjoraent ; snd this is even jet more stronglv ma nested, by the fact that the ri bt of appeal is denied to the citizen,' whilst it is given bp a right to the ovetrmtEt To this appeal on the pa t of th Gov nment, the ociy condition precedent is that the tfiiorr imprestiag ehaH ehd'ree upon the Appraise ment h' reasor.8 f r dieapt,rovifg, nd thereupon the case cerooH befMe tl e Board of appraisers for their revision eDd fi-al valuation. ThiB appellate jariediction was tb v'cunly given to the Commissioners as a remedial measure. Tbe law confericc H is. therefore, remedial law, an ! upon well 6et;Ud principles of construction Bhould he ccnst.'ued iu the light of tbe evil whick led to its enactmer-t, Brd so an to st; ppri.se the mischief and advance the rerxedv. Now to do th:8 it Eiust be held that '.be powes of the Board of Otmmisioi;er8 in the exorcise of appellate jariedioti.n, are to be heh' unrestricted end general, as ure their powerB in caa uf which tley have original jurisdiction. It is the dutj ef tha Commissioners to fix upon tbe priceB to be paid by the Government for,every article of property which can boccme the sutject of a local arbitration, end this tiey ars rvqaired to do so as to afljrd just coripnsa lion to the owuers thereof, und the prices, it ia instated, khu'd be regarded as fair atd right, uutil competent proof t? tha centr.nry ia shown. To illustrate, the Commissioners ere required ta fix the price to be raid by tbe Government say for the article of wheat. The Commissioners of J oeorgia in tne ducharge ot this cuty agree upon ata puo lish five debars per bushel iathe price to be paid for wheat iu th city of Aujusta ; this, iinu, thv jadgmiit of the Commissi n jrs a to tha vain of jAeat iu this place, and aa to the yr.c tbs,t si'.l aflord jut campeusatioa therefor. At thi price, the Gveramatt Agautg it Augusta icpres. aud approprii'.a krgs quaiitities bf what for t-e uee of tho (iovercaaent. They maka an iiLpressmtnt however, and the owner of the wheat so imprewed, makss the ifS divit which will en;itl him to the becerit oi an appraise ment bj lo"al arbitnition. This appraisement i made aad eight dollars per bushel is allowed; this cats is now brought before .te Commissioaers by appeal, end it new becomes '.hbii duty to levi-e th &aid local aibitraliwU and rnakt tiaal vulua'.ion cf the wheat in question so a to give j-6t corJBpeniftt;oy thertfor. In naakiiig- this 13 jal valuation, ihe ComwibsioBers. itwdlbsaen. will only be reqai.ed to de e de a qutsti.u which they- hive previously sol emtly Rcjudicated, aud upen whith thair juig miL4 ar kcown to be fully iaad p. Now Harder thett cTCursteccsJi, fllall it be said tbtt the judzmer.t of the iLirior jaiiidiction ehali be ieg&rdfd as prima facie right, thougo in cotfl ct with ibe jadmet end deci on cf the appelate juriadicU' D, or s'aoald ot tie very reverse of,tL: b held te be the sound rule upon the m In ject ? What it just compensation to cne oitizan ia Augusta for wheat will also, as a geaeral rule, be jat compensa tion to his neighbor for the same article, stud surely in the abssnce ef &11 proof aphorizing or reqairirg a difference to be made, it can scarcely he expected that a Board of Coa&iisdiouers wfli say to one sitizis of Augusta, thit five dollura per buahekia the lu.l valu and just compensation for his wheat, aud at the very same because iiis neighbor's case comes before him by appeal, declare that the latter is entitled to eight dollars per tuhel, and that less will not be jnst compensation. It is obvious, thit it es intended that the original Im preosmeut Act and the law by which it wae atueuded, were bo constructed as one law, and thereby to introdace as far as pructicable in each State, uuifciinity of prices ; it muet also have been intended that the t ommusioiiers iu anfiess iig v&'ues, should iu their original and appellate jurivdic ti;u, adopt end apply the same principles and btudard, and tlia beirg done, it will follow that ia all ctsas brought 1 eforo the Board by appeal, schedule prices muct be en ferend, uulc3 the owcerof tbe property impretid testimo ny, make out an exceptional case, in which event it would be competent and proper for a higuer pi ice to b allowed ; but in coiinidet ia x appeals, it sboulc be borne in mind, that the a;bessmt;nt ol the locdl a,bitrtor8 is not by the law mad testiujouy, end should not therefore, when atove ths tchedule prices be regarded aa prima facie right,but as erroneous, ua!es3 by competent proof the c.n'.rary is 8liawa. All jf which ia respectfully submitted. J. W. C. WATaCN, Chaix-saa. Oq motion of Commiasiouer Muson, cf Ala., the lot lowing resolutions were adopted : ' Reavloed, That the Secretaries .f thi Convention bo ii s'.ructed to superintend the publication cf ie proceed ings of the Convention, atd revise and correct proof thct3; atd ti a1 th?y aie authorized to have published five hundred copi'S to ba eq.iaily dittritutsd to the Commissioneia of each ol the Confederate States, and that the sum of one hundred aad fifty dollars each bo allowed the taid Secreta ries for their services. Resolved, That tbe thanks 'o? thia Cosveu'i)n are due to Jums iMul.ins, the Keeper of the Ci'.y Kall of Augusta, for hi. polite attent'nn curiKg opr tesaioa, and that Beventy-five dolia: s be pid lira lor hia services. Resolved, That the President of the. Convontioa be au thorizsd to draw upon the Qpartermaster of" this Post for the amounts above appropriated, and lor the expenses of printing r.ud forwarding tha minutes. O.i motion ' of Commissioner Ftrry, of South Caro lina, Resolved, That thethaekj of this Convention be returnd to liis Honor tho Mayor, ol the City of Aujusta, for the uae of this Hail during our session, and for the kind attention vchichhas been shown the members by the officials. On motion of Commissioner "Wataon, of Mississippi. Resolved, That the thanks of thio Convention be, and are hereby tendered to the Son. B. W. Hubbard, of Virginia, tor the able, dignified and satisfactory manner in which he baa pretiied over its deliberations. After some able and eloquent remarks by tbe Presi dent upon-the business of the Convention and the state of Ihe country, the Convention adjourned stne die. E. V. IIUBARD, President. VASSAU TO WlLailXttTOWA TRIP EBTWEKS 'JUESS TWO SrCS?Otf CITIESl.tFK ASD HIGH PBIC-1? 17 WIL.H15TCrV IIOW-TIIE C-ITY IS I IbiZXlJ'ZD .TEsriUlCKI BY AW EYE Tbe New 1 :k Herald of Batarday last, publishes the folloisiost', accompanied by a large reap of Wilmington and its defences : We pubPsh below an interesting statement from a mi'i tary gi-ntlcman, vhe hs rocentlv returned from "Wilming ton, N. C, givir g some v-ilnabls information concerning his iirpresbi na iu that part of fceceusia. The statement ia tt rae aad plain, but graph'e, having been written while he Bceuep detailed were Lbiiifc- eacted. It is accf.mjJanied by a well executed map, aud supplies some poists of informa tion that must be of value to our &ovr&meBtal and milita ry authorities : Having urgstt luainaM in Noitk Carolint , concerning the aflairaof a deceaaed relalivo, I took, towards th closo of Augmt last, a passage for fJssau, Hew Providecca, to run the blockade thence to Wilmington. Ia Kngland it was always kept very secret il any vessel, not lor the rebel 8tate3, but even lor Nassau, was about to start, on account of the numerous detectives whom tbe United States gov ernment now employs in the British kingdom. How great, therelore, wus my astonishment when, arriving in the port f xVass.u, 1 eaw wavicg frcm five d.ilereiit gray steamers the fljg of the bo called Confedercte States. There no body made a 6ecrt t-f the blockading business, lor even the eranl!t5Bi interest liveB and exists upon it. Nassau, lj ing in a picturesque situation on the coast of the hdaud of New Providence, gives a healthful impression ; but it loses very much of its beau:y on a nearer approacli. The finest hotel, the Victoria, Irorn which we hive a beautiful view ot the city and port, was throrged with eomharn ladies and gentlemen, itassau owes hundreds of sailing vessels and steamers to the bloody war, and rnoie than on2 negro bi piayisg that the rV.u'h may be powtrf j1 cuongh to re siFt W o tiorth f-t ires a :ew yeas longer, that they nrght beconie riht ricb ; atd 1 iiiuk they wiil become so. The next day 1 va going to one of the rebel States agent, Major LiuiB Helligar, a very complaisant gentle man, who, lor two hundred dollars in gold, gave me a pas sage .on to Wilmington. Mej. Helligar, ia of Dan ish origin, educated in Germany, speaks four languages fluently, and is in every regard a thoroughly bred gent'e nian. Two nights later we steamed away frcra Nassau. The vessel waa made to run twelve to fourteen kaets, and was, life all the others, painted gray. Every one of these blockade innnera has constantly two men iu tbe mast bow ers with spyglasses, who immediately signals the least suspicious thing. The crew commoDly consist of one cap tain, three officers, four engineers, forty-five fireman and eailois. Each man receives forty-two dollars in g ild per month, and forty-two dol.ars bounty at the close ef every trip. The officeis' pay ia between two and four hundred dollars per montj, with some perquisites allowed. 'Except this, the crew is paid in Nassau or Bermuda, and ths pro prietor is obliged to give them a free passage home, if either sick er taken prisoners to New York, a"nd disihargej there. There are also two pilots oa board each vessel one for the Bahama Islands and tho other for Wilmington, each re ceiving for a trip $150 in gold. Wine, ale end spirits ere open during the whole day for passengers and officers. Tbe cabins are magnificent, with excellent accommoda tions, becau e nearly ail the steamers had been mail steam ships in England or Germany, other ships are not used, because it ia necessary that they should not draw morethan eight or nine feet of water. So 1 found, when I arrived in Wilmington, an old acquaintance, the steamer Hansa, on which, in times of peace, I had made different voyages be tween Lnbeck andliiga; but it was difficult, to recognize her in her gray aniform. The freight consisted, as usual,, of a- general cargc a good deal ol rum, wme and cham pagte, which is Bold at enormous prices, aa tha re&eliicus Southerners do n A very much like their invention of peach and apple brandy. We passed the Bahama Islands, as the pilot laughingly remarked, without seeing one of those om nipresent " cruising " Yankees. There "were only three other passengers cn board besides myself three very hand some yourg ladies from Baltimore, who wee going to see their husbands in the rebel army at least, so they said. I never thought before that any lady in the world could hate so deeply, so fiercely ; but when 1 beard these beautirul young women I inwardly felt happy that I was not a Yan kee. We were rapidly cutting cur way through the waves, and tbe third night at eleven o'clock, we arrived near the Cape Fear. The chip aad already rua the blockade different times, and so there was no great anxiety on board. There was, however, not one light on the ship, and frosa the bridge, where the captain, the pilot and myself were stand ing, was a regular chain of men 10 the helm, so that every word passed surely and slowly. The captain asked me to stay Dear him, because I, as an experienced ofScer, could perhaps give him some good ad vice bout the enemy's fire if we taould coma ia any colli sion with the "damned Yankees." The excitement was, not withstanding, great ; the masses of log otf the river ; the engine groaning and whefzing; our own consciousness of hopelessness ; the young ladies, recently so courageo'ns, now kneeliDuon the deck pvflv weeping, partly praying -I never saw any diflereiice of thia kitd in ladies. I be lieve my heart beat quicker than the hearts of miny who wildly ruth through battles. The shores were darkly wcoJ ed;' but nearly everywhere we naw tho water loaning over the breakers. At one time, not six hundred jards from as, in t e river, we saw the da k,. haunted form of a full line of battle eh'p. " Tbe Minnesota, whispers the pilot ; Give her full speed ; let hor havs it,i' cries the captain in the engine-room ; and the good ship jumped through the waves like a eea mew. We hoped to p-tss without being remarked ; but unhappily the rtd glare of the fire streamed out of the- chimneys, md barg ! whistled the first ball over our heads. " Uo straight ahead from ths Yankee, and then keep a little to th3 left," I whispered to tbe captain The tire was quickly shot down. Tie captain olio we J my- ad vice, and there fell tvfull broadside oa or rght, splashing ino the water. 4 The devil," cried the pilot ; if we won't be caught; we are four miles from the,bar; the block adirg sqaadroa, which is lying btfore it, must have heard the thunder." But cn we steamed; there, to our fight and left, we are Jnst between the tqaadron ; now we are through ; now the guard Bee us ; Lut they are lying at an chor ; presently th-i squadron commeuces slowly to move ; one minute more, acd we have di.appt.ared from their view. There, to our right, is Fort Fisher. We are saved ? Iu the rmining we p sed Port Fisher, leaving it on our right. The rivr thtue makes e s arp bend, aud wo pro ceeaed two miles fur h?r up to tbe quarantine fort, where abjut ten steamers, ali coming Iroaa Nassau, had to pass lourtti-n day in quarantine, on accouut of jellw fevr. The quarantine regulations wtre introduced he. e for ves sels arriving froin Nassau, because about oue year a?o some vessels from that port introduced the yellow lever here, by which s me eleven or fourteen huuored personj died. Frcm here to Wilmiogtoa the distance is ooly ten miles, and there are no more f jrtmcatioua on ice way. Before coming to Port Fisher we hung out on our ngni Biae two laut.rns one red, one white which couid only.oe teen on tbe rebel side bv tee coaitauArd : whereupo i they im mediately made kix-als wi.h torchss, so that cur pilot very quickly found the way through the entrance at the bar. At tbe same time, through thea frigual to Port Fisher acd from there to Wilm ugton, it was telegraphed that a steam er was coming in. Haviug m-ch time to spend, an i the qaaraiitiae not being sevete there, 1 had an epportuuity aiter preteniiug some ooiiiea or oracuy ai.u wnn,y to ixic poor soluitr (yellow felljwa ) to whom the liquor at eiued to be nectar itaeif tq see th fortifications aud tho sur rounding country. There ar ouly a lew eiuill earthworks belore Fort Fisber, not armed at all, where, When a block ade rnuner ij chased ashore, the rbbels try to Bavs her by bring ng to her aid soma Sold ui?cc. lie Whjla ecu a try is Handy, wooded SLd piaiu. Fort Fiiihr, the most loraiid &hl icrtitication of til, is a well built earthwork, but open ia the rear, aruied with fourteen heavy guua, two tO-pouid ers &nd tie others 21-pouudais, hll beiug of the old rt; lo. These cautono are nc atched a Hula inside ; wterctore the rbtls Call them rided guus. Fort Fisher, beics cppoits the. bar aid iyicg at vh c Jinet- cf the bow of tbe river, de fetd the eut, auce to the port oi Wilmington. Opposite to it, ou tbe other end of the bar, is a Lke idland, whore 'lit j hve built another email lunette for three pieces, which have to Use over the bank. Two miles Tit tber up, ou the ieit haad side of the river, is tae qaaraiitiae fort with nine guns,laoot tbe olo system a very well const, ucted torti ricatiou, cu&aid'jiiug the inferior materials cf which it i bai;t, Lut in. a deleuceitss position, because j lit opposite the river ia a hill, ite ouly cne lor miles uronud, about one huudred and twenty iec-t high, -not' beicg foviiried, wh ch not only coiuaiiiuds th.s fort, but lso Fort Fisher ; ho that if gunboais, (-lov-ps or frigates commenced to bombard Port F sher, and ti;teen hundred men, witu four good 24 pou;.d.r Parous, would laud threo miles below Foit Fish er, they cojli iu three qaarterb of an hour march to thia position, tut oil 'ha garrison, and throw tiieir balls riht iu i : . i. . ' ... r i . i to iuu iO: w, mai reaisiaiiue wouia oe euurtiy iuijjowiui. . Ti-e ct rnuianuer of Foit Fisher Is Col. tiamb, a North Carol: iiiau, ui.d uit accomplisiied cllicer. The garrison con sisUi ot etven iiULd ed aud tiiy iutautry, armd wnii Aucj tiiu guii3 ol the eld Bj-ettin, iued before 1S5'J ; one hdc dred aud w.enty nit-n .f arti ler,y, and sixteeu mourned or derlies, iii tieliitio lunette opposite, ere abcut one hun dred, utd iu the qiarHiitiue foit one hutd.ed atd titty men dettchsd, all uttutr the commaud of Col. Lamb ; bo that tLe who farce there ia between eleven and twe.ve hua dred men. Tho inhabitants of the country around a.-' nea.ly dyiug f:om huiiger, because everything th-ry plaut, the boidi-;rs will steal, even it not lipe. Tbe daily ratious of eacii sjldier consist of half a pouud of fresh uuat and a oup o li ur, with a very little salt. AlLer a stay ct lour dayB we proceeded to Wilmiugtou. Before couiiAg to an chor, our paer, which hid to be signed by Mnjjr Norman Walker, iu Beimuda, or ftiajor Louis Helligar, in Nassau, were revised by tte Provost Marshal, and "alter wards tha whole crew and passengers w.r inspected by K-'jur Spohr, commacdiug the ci:y guard at Wilmington. Noue Of the passengers, were, bowsvtr, allowed to leave tbe ship. The next morning a lieutenant ot flaj jr Geneit.1 Whitiug's staff brought ui to the headqaarterB where. Col. B. Duncan, aid-de-camp, gave every ona a pass, on'y good tor the city. All other demands had to be tiegraphed to fciehmond. Nearly all th people to whom I spoke were much disgust ed wi.h the wtr, aud wished for peace under any condition. The rich ones had all left the city for Augujta, and only the poorer classes ai d merchants were there. I spoke also to cue Englishman, who, with fourteen other young mea, had enlisted for the rebel government iu London, under the conditions ol a - free passage acd $120 per month. They were BSht there as ctgravers for the rebel treasury. The poor leliows cursed the day when they had left old Eng land, with its good beef and plum puddia;s. Gold was be ing suld to strangers for twelv to "fourteen per cent ; but it waa net bought under sixteen. In Hichmoad it was said to be cheaper. The markot was very scantily provided, and a ladtaiJ to me, -If you go te the market you have to take your money in the basket, and to carry home ycur beef ia the pocket book." Apples sold at thirty cents a piece ; inelon, two dollars each ; a pousd of beef, two dol lars, &Ld so on. Wilmington, as a city, with its Bandy, des olate streets, leaves a gloomy impression on the mind. On the harbor, where huadreda of Begrocs are working, there is some life ; but among tbe white people in the city itself there is n.one. Tho beds ia the City Hotei the best one in the town were covered with mosquito curtains, which seemsd to have done service as battle flags through the whole war. I am nt able to Rive a description of the bed liacn ; it in bo inferior that human phantasy ccnld Had no words to describe it. board waa ton collars a day, witn tee pleasure of sleepincr with two or three soldiers in one bed, ih3 had not shaved or washed for a month. I saw a tew English overcoAt, ad asked tha price. Four hundred and fifty dollars. Wilmington ia ercircled by iafntry rifla pi's and a few earthworks ot no importance, commanding the d;hrent roacs acd er. tracer a to the citf. The garrison consist of z 400 men. It is included in what is called tbe District cf Cape Fear, under the command of Major General Whiting, a man not ail like a geatleij aa ; hated by the people, tLe so'd'era and the foreic:ners : but thev B-y he is a net of Jell Davis, la the harbor are two old lerryboata covered wi h thia iron ; but they can hardly be used at all. At the time I was ia Wilmington the harbor was nearly always filled by ten or twe've steamers the Lord Cljde, tho Hansa, Vena?, Juno, Lady Davis, Beauregard, Lee, Dsn acd others. Of tweuty-fivo Ehi.B which run the blockada, the avf rage is that oue wiil be taken or destroyed. 1 was glad toll id my self sgaia, wouuded by iu-;sqiitoea, oa board of my ship ; and wbn the new moon arose we started from Wilmington, and arrived m Bermuda af er a tun of four day, wPhout being seen by ono cruiser. Cotton is now three acd a-half cents ia gold the pound at Wilmington, and in Brmada sixy-two centa. The largest business is dose by Messrs Alex'dr Colliers, Au'tia, Friars & Co., London, who have running the Ilansa, Don, Venus, Juao and four other ships. In a whole year they have lost but one vessel. Thav once brought from Charleston a steamer with 3,200 bales of cotton, which tried twice to get out, aud finally succeeded cn the third attempt. Th quarantine is under the command of Col. Richard son. Ihe ferry boats alluled tj above are in such a miser able condition that thay require three hours and a half to run tho short distance of ten miles t i Fort Fisher. This fort, we may mcntian, is so named after the first North Carolinian who fell at the beginuirg f the war. The rail roads arounds Wilmington are in a dangerous stale. The run to Charleston tabes twenty four hours ; tht to Rich mond six or seven days. There are said to be hundreds of thousands f bales cf cotton in kfobile. in Wilmington, there ara generally not more th.in from s'xty thocsiud to seventy thousand baJes. Tho most active bu?iaeB3 men, who have all the trads iu their handa, are Cok CreiiShiw frcm Richmond, and Mr. Andre, a yourg Gc-rmiu Irom liesfic, a partner of Mr. .Alexander Colliers. Wlun wi wc-re in Wilmington tiie homter was lying there. They were taking off her decks in order to get out two enormoua Engllaa Runs, which she had brought out from England, 't hese-guns were six hundred and lorty-pouad-ers. One of them waa eent to Chaile3ton, and burst soon after. The other is still in Wilmington. The Bumter suc ceeded afterwards in gettirg to sea again. ' A large quantity of cotton about fifteen thousand bales were burned in the month of August, near the depot of tbe Manchester Railroad. The ships were- unloading their cargoes on the wharves of the city when the nre occuried. JSince tbe lst-ot August last the Seeesh Government ha demanded that every blockade runner skill take oneHhira part of its cargo on account of their government. Tie foliowiug gentrul order may be of soma interest : gsnekal ordzbs. Heabq'bs, District Capk Fear, Wilmington, N. C, Aug. l, 183. f Every captain is responsible for the passengers ho takes cn board; acd if be brings any ono to the port of Wil rciigton, without having the allowance of Major Walker, Bermuda, or 4!ajjr fJeiliger, Nassau, be has to take him oacK. bpecial att6ndai.ee is to be paid to the selection of fire men or Eailors, because it is very possible that Yankee spies may disguise themselves in that way. Every ship coming from Nassau shall remain nineteen days in quarantine. 2io Yankee gocdi are &l'ow6d to bJ Imported, excepting mcdicin.-s or war stores. The captain who carries a negro away shall be punished with death. All sailors (officers exseptod) have to be on board their vessels at nine o'clock in the evening. By order of Brig. Gen'l WflALEY. Van IIobst, ll8jor atd A. A. G. Eat Les3 Meat. The great ecarcity of nmtg of all kinds in thia Confederacy renders it absolutely neces sary that all classes should be exceedingly economical ia its use, in order to famish the Southern armies with proper rations. In the old countries, where the people posseas iron constitutions and eDjoy fine health, oom parativeiy littie, msat ia nstd. We must follow their example during this war. Every housekeeper should raise as many hogs and beeves aa possible,, and every farmer ought to devote a fair proportion of his best lands to the cultivation of the ChinS3 Bagar cane, fro,m which to make abundant supplies of molasses. By doing this, and by cultivating and drying fruits of ali sorts, wo shall have an abundance of good, nourishing food for private families and exempts and a fair propro tion of meats for the army. The South has its all in this war. It must conquer an honorable pmce, or Ins : all that is worth "living for. If it rcsins frrpdr.m it people must willing to bear sacrifices, privations, and want. Wittout these we cannot succeed, and the sooner every man and womau.i-t tho land makts up tln.ir mind to btar till and suffix all, rather than become Northern tlavcs, the sooner wts will attain to the grcut end for which we are aimipj?. Meat h scarce, vcy scarce, and we ure compelled to do with very littln oi it, even now. The stork on hand can last but a Lort timp, and our readers should m&ke up their nuuU to do without it altogether till thia horrid war m over. TjLE&iiAraia"'"" EtrMrt of the Prm Asot;lHf !i. Entered according to the Act of Corgrep", im tho year 1. r. ',, by J. 8. Thbashbh, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Confederate States for theNorthern r)L,trit.t of Georgia. KOBTII CAROLINA KLECTIONS. ' Ralii.;h, N. C, Nov. 13, lG :. Tbe first an i nin'h districts are still in d iuM. Leach h elected iu the third; Lieut. Fuller in the fourtli ; Tamer in the fifth ; Gil-rer in the G'h ; Christian ia the Tib ; R.im py in the 8th; aud Logan iu tha 10th. Scni h ia thmght to !,. elected ia ths 1st. Tho ofTuial v-Ao wi l be rei rrvd to ile cide iu the 2nd and 9th. FROM KICQMOND. FicnuoND, Nov. lhis, H'. l Thu metropolis has been unusually quiet to day. Then is no cows from any quarter, net a lumor a ll ,at. ai.d seiner ly a top'c of conversation, beyond the ukusI subjects ot ii nance, high prices, provision, and tho customary epeci lation upon the military ti'nation at Chattanooga :..! Northern Virginia. In response to a note from Commander Webb, of tl-.o , t lauta, low cokflccd in Fort Warren, Secretary VY !!., i,: dcr dit, ot lha 2ed Inst., informed him that a li&t cf tl c '.I fleers of the Atlanta hld by the Unitf d Stiitrs, with r "' cd lists now in confinement in the Kou'.b, wan frwardt il t- lforedith wPh the ssgRCHti .n that be fhor.'.d sco u'd i'.v.l px-oose an eapecial txchang in th se cu.- s. No hi h li u as Wells refers to has been submitted to Ould, u.-r Ii h ;!" . oomuiunication been made to him on th" mi' j-ct. flt'JM CilAKLEiTON. CH AK1.ESTON, NOV. Ki ll, I'vj.l. The enemy has kept up a moderate iiro iro u ths m irt.n batteries and two monitors on .-irimtor all d.iy. To-J.;y monitor ard a w.toiln guobjit mivod ui to ullivi t'.t Island about twelve o'clock, anJ Bhclicd the bi t'ii;'i about one hour, butdil no dumigt? A shf II from hiiiika :, exploded inthamidatof a party engaged in mouuti 'g h n-' i er heavy giu on Grci g Several wer eou to be can .e J n w i v on litt-.rs. A reportfrom ths fort this rvpuitig mys tin harbor is as;ain illuminated to-n;g it by the Yauke- a' c l um lights, bhelling trom the mortars U itill going jii PuJm" CHARLES TON. CuablsTO.v, Nov. M'h. 1-r.1.. The li -iLg o. tha enemy from t;: j mortars ai d rj,.d j i.-. . averaged two a mltute laet night. Tin firing it iiiccns uit and is istill ;oiug on this moraiug. Tha c:i -.ti i! -f i 1 night were Wo k lied and one slightly woundod. FROM CHAULoHTON. Cuablsstok, Nov. 13: h, 1-. ". Tha firing of tho enemy ha bsca rapid anl ontiuuoM all day from ths mortars and rifhJ gu'is ; iu Moaito.-H vi g8ged. An occasional shot and shell is thr wn at M ulir-. This afterno.m eome few ahots fell at Mount I'lftaiu . V have beard no cifualiiei. No report from the F -'ti.-. evening. LATEST FROM CHARLESTON. Chablbston, 8. C, Ncv. llih, H' ;;. Moderate firing on Bumter was kept np last uir.;ht r.i. report frcm tbe fort this morning. One mm wsa kiil '.l fort Moultrie yesterday. FROLi-AELNCDON, VA. Abingdon, Va., Nov. 13t.hf lso.t. Gen. Preston his arrived hero. Our tcous visit (Jrc -r: ville daily, and report no enemy this sids of JTorrisitOTi. FROM ViRQINIA. Richmond, Nov. Hi, ir-;(::i. Tho President is occupied iu tho" preparation of hi.i u nual mesjage to Congress. It will be a very impoi t;ni' document, and be more' extensively real than any j u1 1 communication which has yet emanitod from the Kiocu tive. Kcst of the lioads of the departments have complete-! their annual reports and submitted then to the 1'reeideut. The recommendations of thi Secretary ol the Treasury wiil bedockedior with g-eat intorest, as they will forcslnd v.v the action of Congress on the subject of the fia.vjces. The quistuda prevailing hero amounts to absolute dull nesi, but is regarded as tho calm which precedes aMonn Tha flig of -truce boat ia expected at City Point to-uui row. FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA. RlCDMDKD, Nov. 13th, Fit..; Intelligence from Northern Virginia to-ri.s-ht shown lit t o change ia the situation. Mc-ade ii believed to bo nukiu his way to tli9 lower fordi of the Knpidaa. Ths i.npn sa.n is gainirjg ground in the army that ho does net don'o to bring on an engagemeLt. A rccocnoitering party of Yackecs came to Liberty ll:i; on jesterday and were driven back. Gen. Imboden, when last heard from, was ia Ail.-sajy county. Tho report cf- his light in the Valley, rind be ; . wounded, ii considered premature. FROM BRAGG 'B ARMY. Atlanta, Nov. lath, L-t .; Advices from the front state that firing contim. ;a h:.,l -from cor batteries on the enera7. A special dispatch to the Intdlliea jor u:iy j th.it th"! was heavy shelling between Lookout and Moccaln bp.fi o ries on yesterdiiy, for one hour. By a flag of truce, Jraut allowed tlr . Helm to ch.--.. . i to Kentucky. The system of eepioaago at Nashviilo h,i U.y u ab -li-1. -i The enemy has mide a movement from bin right t '. -left, whether with tho view to diversion in order to i.:i Lookout, or to support Burneide, is not known. LITEST FROM BRAOG'H ARMY. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. !::, - ; NotLiog kom the lront to-day. A party cf Cv.i'y troops and Indiana, killed on the Iico bet cvn Gco;;:'n iu. North Carolina, the notoriou4 Dry sou aid thiily f..:r t !i gang. A special diipatch to the Register, dated r.ws'Ctv .r. . the 12th inst., says : Tho Federal hive removed allti o i supplies to Ktioxvillo for safe keopiDg aid aro liyng half rations. The deserters recaptured were esecutt d hr;e jpntcr-; . A f pecial dispatch to tha Intelligencer, sayj two Y;.: f -officers who bad deeerte-d, report that Grant exi t"'- 'r' assault Lookout soon. Hi3 army is ou half ration.-. For the Join ; IrH. VlUVti Our bojs I enr coble bojs aro falling round in, The fairest, noble Bt of our fJonthcra batd ! And sever'd now, so many ties that bound us. . So this, our desolate atd blood-etaincd land. Oh, the young widows that are now left croetirg, And toothers mourning for their dead first bon- '. Oh, tho deep woe. and hopca so Badly flsetin? The tear-dimm'd eyes, and hearts witk pt'g'ii: h t ci How still the lady sits we scarce are ccrtaij If 'tia in sleep, or only in a dream Eut now she starts, and drawing back the curiair. Peers down the road with eyes that wildly g'.tai.i. How deathly still the night ! No cannon's roarisif. Comes troa the battle field to fright Her row, While through the casement, night'a s-vcet l :. pouring, Waft back the hair from cil hor aching brow. All through that hot June day the cannon's pealing. Borne on the heated, sick'nins: tummer air, Had paled her cheek, and o'er ber sad heart steal!;;.. 'Cruihed down her hopes, and filled her soul witl i Eut hark ! those distant voices softly Bpeakin? ; And see, far down the road those torchlight i pin r Her heart so wildly throbs she thinks it breaking - In vain she tri:s, her lipi can form no prayer. Down thia same road, juat three weeks gono :e -trorr- A meiry bridal party, gay and bright, -Wound its way without one thought of sorrow, Or tad foreboding of this diurnal night. Bc&rce can she move, but this suspense is m.td'nii1: So to the door she goo, with hope forlorn, And there she sees was ever sight so sad'sing . Her noble husband's corpse toward her borne. All hope ia o'er, and now the sad eyeslacgulsh ; Her brave heart sinks beneath this blighting wuo. Weep, daughter weep ! but in thy bitter anguish Forget not Him from whom all mercies flow. "AI.PKAIil! . j DIBP. I This morning, at 9 o'olock, of coBaumption, Mr. Wil. C. iHOWABD, aged, tfyeari.
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