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HE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COSrEl'KIUXE STATES OP AMKIUCA. vm.MLNQTOl?. N. C. TKUIISdIyTSUAB; . - m. weekly J"otn;aI are missing Tbe iellowing copies or our m tLem wffl confera Vcei car fiiee. JJ na. for which we will ay 60 eecdm -h Hato Marco o Ut.AA w Our Credit Abroad. rrco-ntet m ha been able to learn bj convcrsa- , w vn-v the impression among Confederate rScaLl citizens now in Erope ' tftfcat nb-ut the efcfy plan to sustain Con teems to bo J-J ocd rC3torc it at home ia lor the nt't to 'become the sole holder and exporter of vi Cottrn,Tobacco,NRTtt! Stores, etc. That some such bc& been pressed cr:n the attention of Congress or vill be pressed we regard as likely. Wo need not speafc at thi lute day of tSe mutual ac tion and ruction of foreign and domestic credit. The vakP of oar currency at homy ia kit to depend upon nf fraten exchange exchange, for reasons ca,;iy understock, being ?o:ibat higher than gold. TLo nrica of exchange is the barometer which marks the rise or fall of credit abroad. It exchange could be toonght down to five for cne instead cf twenty for one, cm riper dollar at home would HC-on be found to rise proper ticnattly in value. How the proposes thi or any similar measure propose to work it cut, is rr.ore than wc are able to pay or surmise. It will be a very difieult matter to at rane, if it can be arranged at all. We await the progress of even's, which wny bring eomc develope zyczia. Tks recent presence ci Gcrcril Butler in New born, together with the known fact that troopa have for some-' time Wen concentrating at that point, as well as Washington, and, it is eaid, at Beaufort Harbor, leaves liit'.a room to dcubt that en advance cf a most ecrious character, m contemplated, and oa the eve of execution, by the enemy in North Carolina. The ccemy may advance in the direction cf Kinston r.cd Gcldcborc', or be may nol. But in whatever di rection hi3 main force nay come, wc may expect feints to be changed into real attacks, it expedient to be Side at other points, so as not only to distract tie attention of cur commanders, fcst also to hold out the ctrcnger prcrpeet of cutting the Railroad at some one or fiitte'pelate. KenansvWc and Magnolia arc on the line along which eomc portion cf the enemy's force may, in oil iSobabiUtv be exacted to advance, especially as the railroad oan be reached very nearly a soon there as a Go'.daboro. v.'Lila at Kaanaviilc aud Magnolia the t n crjy wculd be ranch nearer to Wilmington and Fayette viHc, and net much farther from Raleigh. If, as there is little or no doubt, the enemy has large ly increased IiL force ct WcBbinsrtoa and Plymouth we nay loc-i; for u demonstration against the road at -oinc two points norih cf Goldsboro', eay at Rocky iilfunt and Wcldon. One fjree from' Washington, ad vnrcing by way cf Tarbom', and another, from Ply mouth, lakisg th? line ot the Roanoke, cr moving to Sm North- cf that river at they did in their Ir.at attempt -when they attacked Jackscn, the county seat cf North- Ttar-e, cf couise, rre oiily on: etude spcculfitions, t-ut .iicrinancci sets; to tend th'ia a great appearance of rrobabilitv. We ."anr.ot but think that an advance: in .'.'', ar.d in hca?y fore1, is? meuitated and ia close at hticd. .Wlr.-n Km ;.dv .-ice is made we may be assured that ivbbton bo a;mcd at and also the railroad at r.-iro coint r"cu'i)i cf GeVkbcro. That maeh appeals to aiir.Cbt certain At ar.y rate, without wishing to "vo ri.y utcecu-cury alarm, vvc think it not cui of j co to put our pot pie at the points menaced on their k ? d against raid:? and snrpriecs. WtiS-;i :a J n JJcnt Jun. " "biir; v:q c:s threatened by on inroad of the emjmy " :u-;..r their :ast hltd end htefuh jet apparently most eprcpiiatc ripctoiita'avc, the outlaw Bittlkb, we are ahu thrtatnci by the inception cf a movement which : even mere tbrcateoir-ff tc our liberties, oar fortunes iud our clu XS'c i.ru threatened with aa agitation having, for i-rf ultimate- obi-iel, the calling of a Conven tion totui North Caiciis oat of the Confederacy. That, and nothir.fr else, we racst firmly believe, ia the ebj-.ct aimed at by th; radical ogitatora at Raleigh und eldewhero. Wi' hem, r. c-ricc Tirosiw ct before us thia vear. not only a3 rcgaraa the Confederacy, but as regarda the otata of North Carolina. We need not attempt to flutter ourselves that the trial will cass away, or that the jfscc can be evaJed. It wnii have to be met. In vasion on the cne hand isd attempted disiutcgratiosi on the other, muct be firmly combatted. The one mast be repvlkdaed the ether expend and batll;d. We eay, and wc say most eincerely, that plans evidently con ceded and movements evidently set on foot in North Carolina herself, uxe cminous ol graver constqietcss tiiari even the advance cf the enemy. We say, ha we have eaid In fore, that no ?nch caa ie, defended by such u people ns there eonstiidticg the Cuaffdr-ratc Stutcs, j ever has Lecn cr evtr viil be lost, nr-icta it-fir at be! abacdened or betrr.ycd by tberc who onght to unho3dit We say that, dark as the diys arc, they are not .uk enough to evtu create deubt of the final i&u.. if 1! VlU do their duty firmly, aud with head, heart rjj lj.ond. But can we tcy this if we arc to have divisici-a a noag oursf Ives, ca!b for ccnvcnt?'?s3 to destroy the accord cf '.l-'j State?, and distract the'r co-iaeiu a?.tl reiid a suadcr their ccnloderaiien ? . Mark how adroitly every er.CMy vf the Confederate rovernment and Cctihderutc cause endeavours to com poreatc for his unsoundness by an aHsctatlon of extra de votion to North Carolina. North Carolina ha3 cast her fate with her sister? cf the Sr-nth. She has done eo vclantarily. bhc bar? done so with her eyes opwi. Her ',-onor ia plelgol to etor.d cr. full with her lister States and Ehe cannot draw hack at ench a time as this. She eannot even think of drawing back without dishonor, saeh cs no tru? sen or cit;zeri would live to secEClf-in-fticted by the sovereignty to which be owca allegiance. The man who would strike down the Confederacy while at the Eame time proiesc'xg extravagant end exclusive vcreratioa for and d:ve.ticu to Xcrth Carolina deeeircs. and deceives lor a pnrpos:- The thing ought to mark its own reprobation, tul this roprobuiicn ought further to be stamped -so rlainly by public opinion that the hypocritical cant wou'd, ior vrry shame pake if shame be left with such men be silenced forever. tver Concu8iIun. v At about half past live, o'clock thie morning a con enssioa was felt here that caa?oI every house ia town to snake, jarring the doors r-nd wmdews and waking np the slcepefs. Whether r.ny icpoit ws heard we do cot know : we felt the concussion cr,d heard the noise produced by the jarring, but nothing else do report as ct a gun or ,the like.- The fecILng ws cf a sharp and iowcilui jrk or ei&m As yet we have been unable to iad where the esplo rjon occurred, for espiceicn it certainly was; It was beard at Fcrt Fisher Iran tbo direction 'of Smithville, and apparently from a point beyond that place, and be yond Caaweii. One.cf the ecntti cn ihQ wharf saw 0 iirht some rhort time before the concsuaion was felt The hgbt w-u doa the river ia a direction a little West The shock was evidently canscd by the explosion of a magazine or the blowing up of a ship with powder on board, either blokader or blockade runner. It was no magazine on the river or at Fort Fisher, and from the direction of the sound aa heard at the Fort, it was be yond Smithville or Fort Caswell. It may possibly have been from the vicinity of Lock wood's Folly beach, where some vessel may have been run ashore. We will probably hear definitely in the course of the day. The Fayetteville Presbyterian commenced itc seventh volume last w eek. The Presbyterian is not only an able and worthy organ of the influential denomination whose name it bears,, but, apart ftom its religioua'cbaracter, a well conducted and spirited journal. We are glad to see that it again appears upon a fall sheets and that it is weii supported and bids fair to weather the storm. FiRixa. We have beard Grieg nearly all the morn ing, appearing to come from the direction of the main bar. We suppose the Yankees are after some Bteamer. It ia said there was firing yesterday, bufc we did not hear it Daily Journal, 11th. 0 We are pretty much thrown upon our own resources for the materials wherewithal to make up a paper, which resources are boand to be developed to puch an extent that soon ve will not care Adam Thyxgb for exchanges or anything else. We will be independent of the blockade, and make our own thunder, or knock thunder out of something or other. m - Yet it i3 troublesome in cold weather aiid fatig using when it is hot ; and, like the people that pretend to hail independence by means of the blockade, we care not how soon it is raised and we are put in communication with exchanges and correspondents. Scissois! Yes scissors are not only scissors, but they are " puukinp," yea verily, " some punkina," that is, if your cotempo raries wiil only be good enough to bring you along something that you can compliment them by stealing. With due deference to them all we have not recently been severely tempted in that way. So ends this .homily. Seriously,-we labor under some difficulties and hind rances, but do the best we can and no one can he ex pected to do better. All will come straight, we trust, and that soon. Gone the Spout. The great Steamship Great Eastern is to be sold at auction by order of the mort gagees, at the sale rooms of Messrs. Cfnard, Wilson k Co., Liverpool. We do not contemplate ia voyage to Europe for the purpose of buying her in. She is too small for this trade being only 22,791 tons burthen, C70 feet m length, and 92 in breadth. - We believe people used to soy here that after three black frosts came rain. We have changed all that now. We have had as ?sny black frosts this winter 'as the clerk of the weather has chosen to send, without, having had them wiped out or washed off ty either rain or thaw. Something is wrong. Daily Journal, 11th. Tho Explosion, etc. It seems that the concussion Monday morning was occasioned by the burning cf a Yankee gunboat which had grounded not far from the wreck of the Bendigo, near Lockwood's Folly Beach. At five o'clock yes terday morning the enemy set fire to her, not being able to get her off, and at half past five she blew up. We regret to learn that on Sunday night the Steam ship Ranger, from Bermuda, with valuable government stores, was beached about a mile and a half West of the Bendigo. She was set on fire by her crew. The enemy attempted to board but were driven off by the Coast Guard. The firinff yesterday was probably over the Ranger. The Adair met with an accident to her machinery while being chased by the blockaders, after having land ed her passengers on the coast. Her officers were com pelled to beach her. She as boarded by the entmy, who broke into the liquor tlty found on board, aad all got drunk. Twenty-four of them were made prisoners by the crew and the coast guard, and turned over to" the commander of the nearest post. All this occurred near Georgetown, S. 0. At last it rains and thaws and is sloppy generally. It don't seem as if this was an improvement. It is weather that tries men's soles pretty severely, and," with the tariff upon boots and shoes,it tries tbeir pockets also. A Frenchman, or soma other man, once demon strated conclusively that the thing made was" more gre'at as the maker," inasmuch as a cooper could make a barrel that could hold ever so many gallons of whis key, whereas the cooper himself could not hold more than one little-quart. We don't know but this reasop ing will apply to the boot business. One man can make a pair of boots with two soles, whereas," judging from tho awful price aBked, one is led to doubt seriously whether the man bimself has any soul. At least the buyer entertainauch doubts some buyers, at least. Others have less scruple and vote in the negative with out hesitation, which is painful. For the Journal. Lcmbebton, N. C, Jan. 4th, 1864. Tm. Journal : A communication has recently appeared in the columns of yonr paper which requires explanation on my part. The public cou'd not have been more aston ished at the cwtcnta of the aforesaid communication 1 han I -was. and what 1 desire now ia to aunlep ihu th.0 truth. I am reported as saying that 1 never refined to take Confederate money officially aa Sheriff, (except Tinder certain restrictions and iBBtructions,) or in payment c f my own dues individually. I never intended to convey the laller idea. 1 haee retused to take Confederate mor ey in payment of my oion debts, but never in my cjicial capacity, except when required by the Plaintifl in execution. 1 did not prepare thb communication, and only heard it hastily. read. I supposed that the reference to myself was merely officially and not personally made. Aad I may here btate thai A never wouid have consented for the pub lication cf tho article in question, except for the reason that I wished to enter my earnest protest to the charge that 1. had any interost in th matter of Spier Watters' celebrated case. I'he card of the plaintiff, in connexion with the pro perty furnished him by the defendant in the execution, in lieu of Confederate money, pUces that matter at res': Those amongst whom I have so long lived, and who have so well known me, will, 1 know, bear me out, when I say, that tho communication was entirely misunderstood by me. Promising hereafter to examine more thoroughly and mi nttftly communications furnished for publication under my signature either ejlcially or ot7ier)iie. 1 remain, yours truly, - . R. KING. We are fully as much estoniphed cs anybody can be, still we refrain from any remarks beyond what may be necessary to explain our own course in the premises. The communication referred to was written by a gentleman (Rev. James Sinclair,) who had in a pre vious communication, on the same sublect. stated that he vtas a near neighbor of Mr. King's, and was therefore sapposed to be cognizant of the facta. It was also vouch ed for in a private notp from tbis gentleman as embodying Mr. lying's views, and as using Mr. King's name and signature with his knowledge and consent. These things are . stated to show that we inserted the communi cation or "card" bearing the signature of Mr. Kixa, in all good faith. This we did the more readily, as a brief paragraph upon the subiect had appeared in tho 7r- - ' & A nal some time previous, and we deemed the insertion of the " card " an act of justice to Air. Kixo. We may here remark that we were very scon con vinced, from private information, of the fact that there must be some mistake about this " card," and still far ther convinced by receiving Bince the first .instant a cemmnucation accompanied by the following : , , , Lpmbibto, Jan. 1st, 1884. Having seen in a late issue of the Wilmington Journal the card of" B. King, Sheriff of Boboon county,-N. 0.," Ia whieh he endeavors to exonerate himself from the charge of refusing Confederate money, and saya he " always re ceives it in payment of debts due to himBelf, io," we, Ao undersigned, wish to disprove the statement of said King for the vindication of truth, and "for the information of the public," by charging that he has heretofore refused said aowjt &d has done P9 ia i cober cf Isjt&acet this cay in tl)j fa"ee f Mn disclaimer, and In doing we leate it to tlif public to draw its own conclusion : Names. A. W. PULLER, T. N. BSD, D. D. FRKNCH, M. T bEALY, . ! JOSEPH. THOMP.eOST, A. LAWSON, i GODWIN, W. A. DICK. J. J. BKLT.EK8, W. FOSTER FRENCH, II. T. POPE, K. WARD, J. MOOKE. A. J. TH0MP30N. At the time, we deferred the publication of this and ct the accompanying communication, supposing that a few days would clear the matter up, and anxious, be sides, to avoid the publication of anything calculated either to create ill-feeling, or to increase such feeling if already existing. We now state simply what is neces sary to explain" our own course, forbearing all remark about the mistake occurring, leaving imr to be arrang ed amor.g these who vmj be supposed to understand it best. We trust we have done with the matter, and that in future no such mistakes will occur. The goiiilieru KxprcBs Company. The Atlanta Appeal freaks thus of th Southern Express Cora nun j : Within the pat three years we have cecefeBarily had many dealings with the Southern Expres-s. and have never failed to find the agents attentive aud accommodating. Amid tbo present confusion crrated by tho war, it seems to have become a nertsity which it wouia ne extremely an tic alt and prejudicial to dispense with. The Augusta Chronicle says : Tbis is a deserved compli ment. The Company well merit all that has been said in their favor. It has become an indispenaable institution Without it, it would be impossible for the business portion of the coaimuBity, as well an others, to get along. Mnch censure haH been bestowed upon tha officers by those wh are not acquainted with. tho immerse and almost insur mountable d Ihcifties they have to contend with. But it i both undeserved and unjust. Instead of being blamed and abused, tl.ey should be praised for their untiring energy There Is no greater public convenience now existing than the ckuthbrn Express Cojnpany. Long may it fiuriah. . So far as cur own t-xperienco goes we have nothing to complain of so far as the Express is concerned, but, on tho contrary, have found its agents prompt, clever and obliging. To be sure its rates are pretty steep, but what is not bteep in tfiVsa rare and difficult tinu s ? It requires man with no sma l amount of energy to get through with tbo business that devolves on the office at this placa at times, but Mr. Macombbk seAns to go along cheer fully and in good hamor. The disorganized state of things since the war commenced, and no doubt occasioned byfhe war, throws a largo amount and. class of business upon the Express that does not properly belqng to it.. QriginaTy intended for parcels, and such matters, it now carries all manner of freight, lor the reason that otherwise persona- feel no assurance of things sent going In time, or at all, if they have to go over more than ono road. This, with the expense which it entrule, is chargeable to the disorganiza tion of or.r railroad system, and not to the express. Tna Raleigh Standard says that the administration presses ol this State, and among them the Wilmington Journal, are doing sundry thirgs. If, irstead of charg. ing such thiugs upon the Wilmington Journal, the Standard would only let its readers see what the Wil mington Journal actuailv savs, then we feel convinced that no misunderstanding could occur. But the Stan dard has done and will do no such thing. We are free to admit that the" Journal has its faults, as all men and nil nanprs have, but the Standard knows that in all i I respects it is emphatically a free press, owned by no body but tbe men whose names appear at its head, and has ils.thinkirg dor in the little room where this is written, and by the person by whom this is written, always with a full understandirg-between him and bjs partner and associate. Tttu Pri-.tECT cv a Tyrannical Government, isr the popular phrase used by these whom teeent laws compel to go into the military pervice to defend their own rights and the rights ol their country. A tvrannical Government because, after taking it, it calls upon B I Well, perhaps so, but other people will not see the point or not in the same light. One gentleman correspondiog with the Raleigh Standard, thinks it awfuf that a minister ol the gospel should b$ conscripted a3 a private, while he holds him self ready, aud thinks it all right, that he should go as a Colonel. Is a colonel more holy than a private ? Is humility unbecoming . the ministerial character 1 He that humbleth himself shall be exalted, saith the Scrip ture. - Wk bad alra'st forgotten it, or perhaps had never thought about the matter, but our exchanges inform us that this is leap year, so that a modest man like unto the present writer hos a sort of chance once in a way. No kuowing what might happen in this wet weather. 'Ilte'i say who they tre, we do not know, but they say thct on this year the ladies have the right to take the initiatre. Whether they ever avail them selves of this r4ghtwe do not know. We have not heaid cf any single gentleman having been carried off vi et aimis save and except ia cases where Captain Swaxst, the enrolling efficer, has been the pertinacious wooer. He, albeit a qdiet man, hath" a taking wuy with him, and ia mere irresistible -than Venus her self, with all her chnrrpg. The Raleigh Sl indard, speaking of the appointment of lion. George Davis a3 Attorney General, says : Mr. Piywiawa-i elected to tho Senate as a Destructive, nd the ;'r-?Bcnt Legislature declined to re-elect him on that account, and 4ril!ed his place with tho Hon. William A. Graham, atriid Conservative. And ho was appointed to his prefceyt place by the President b-causu ho ia a Destruc tive, ar.d became ho was n jeeted by the ConEeivative Legislature of Nor'h Carolina. , Tbe Standard ia eu'-irely tuistakou. The President appointed Mr. Davis because, in the Cr9t place, he is capable and competent, and in the second place, be cause he was recommended and his appointment te quested by J Ion. William A. Grahum, and other pro minent uicu of both the old parties in this Stale. It the Standard determined to find fault with every act of tbe President, wc suppese it will consider Mr. Gruham'e recommendation all right. Wo repeat, the appDint meni. cf Mr. Dvit by the President as Atcormy General was recommended by William A. Graham and almost every member of the " Conefcrvative Legis taro." We cut tho above from the Charlotte Democrat, a rmrtr which is habitually cautious in regard to its it ' ... statement. It jteees Mr. Gkaiiam in a position we are glad to hail. Jtow it places tho Standard, the reader can judge. "Wokbkix," the Wilmington correspondent of the Kal eieh Standard, under dato of tho 9ih hist., seems to be very much worried about the action ot Congress relative tJ the repeal of tho etfbstitnte law, and thinks, fteliEgly, no doubt, everybody elseees as he does. We have never hoard of our soldiers here" being "almost uaanimously opposed to" the repeal of the law, as Worrell asBerts, and we do not believe ihy stc. Neither have we heard of the soldiers in these parts "evincing a feeling of uneasiness and di3St'd9action towards the Administration.". I'erhapB Worrell's corn3 hurt him porely. For the Journal. Gordon's Bbioadb, j ab my of nebthkhn va. j At a meeting of Co. C, 63 J N. C. T., held Jan. 4th, ls64, In order to draft resolutions concerninglthe deaths of cri- rates Jaa. It. Tatuoi and B. F. Pugh, who were killed in the battles of llagerstown, Maryland, tne following were unan imously odopted : Resolved, That ia them the Company has sustained an irreparable loss, the Confederacy two good and brave sol diers, and our country two of its brightest ornaments. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the bereft families of the deceased, and say to tbem that their sons died in a glorious cause. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be seBt to tie families of the deceased, also to the Wilmirgton Journal, with request for publication. H. R. BEGISTEU, ) A. B. PAKKRK, Committee. T. O. BUNTING, ) Tns Wright Fund. We .have been requested to state that R. R. Hill, Ezq., (of. Petersburg,) at Mar tin, Tannahill k Co.'e, will act as Treasurer of the Wright Fund. All persons having money designed for this fand will please remit to R. R.Hill, Esq., Peters burg, Va. The papers in the Confederacy are respect fully requested to copy this notice. TELEGKAPHIC He porta of tbe Prrga Association. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by J. 8. Thbashkv, in the Clerk's Office of the District Ccnrt of the Confederate Btates for the Northern District of Georgia. - FROM CHARLESTON. Chablkston, Jan. 9th, 1864, No flrirg of consequence to-day. The Yankees are still at work upon their batteries. Tfle position of tho fleet is uncharged. LATER FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Jan. 10th, 18G4. Eighteen nhells were thrown into the city at intervals of half hours, last night, and twenty eight this afternoon,- be tween three nd five o'clock.' Nobody hurt. No other news of interest. The shelling was renewed ai eight this evening. FROM CHARLESTON. Chable&ton, Jan. 11th, 1S4. Three Bbol's this morning and wx this afternoon, were flred at thecitj. No body bBrt. Some firing was heard in the direction ot Liarlit House Inlet, believed to be our batteries opening on the eneny on Black Island. Nine shells were fired yesterday afternoon from a 3C-pounder on Sumter. Seven-Btruck. The fleet was qiet. FROM CHARLESTON.. Chahlestob, January 12, 1R64. The enemy have kept up a continuous shelling of the cify since last night, and ars still shelling at 7 o'clock P. M. Shells thrown are lOu pounders, and Wiard Bmall rifle ptrjactilo.1. NoaUAltiea. No movements by the fleet. Twenty-four Yankee prisoners, captured near George town, are expected here to-riglJt. CONFEDERATE CONGKES3. Richmond, January 9th, 1F64. In tbe House this morning the bill to place in sei vice citizens of the United Btates and foreign countries, was taken np, and, after considerable discussion, was referred back to the committee, with instructions to ieport a bill allowing those claiming alienage time to leave the country, and, on failure to leave, to go into the army. Yeas 37, nays 29. A communication from Gen. Wise, add. essed to the Vir ginia Legislature, was read in the House, in which he en dorses, without reserve, the memorial of Gen. Hardee, and other officers of the Tennessee army, ne saya that, from nearly three years experience in the army, he cordially unites in recommending eo wise a policy, and protests against reorganization by election. He thinks the elective system bad, and the officers who were appointed better able to command than those elected, and that many of our delays and disasters are justly chargeable to the elections in the spring of 1862. What we most want ia a thorough reform in the army, from the departments down to the pick ets, and especially in the commissary, quartermaster, or d nance and medical departments. The House adopted a ioint resolution ia relation to the warf declaring that we are eBgaged in a struggle lor the preservation of liberty and civiikition, and no sacrifice of life or fortune can be too costly to secure tke3e blessings to posterity : tint in the iudement-of Coccresa our resources, if develoDed with energy and husbanded with care, and applied with fidelity, are more than sufficient to support the most pro- tracted war, and extorts the people by every considera tion which can influence freemen and patriots, to a gene rous eupport of the Government in the legitimate exercise of all constitutional powers. A vote was taken by yeas and nayB, and it was adopted unanimoul'. The President sent several communications to tho House concerning the reports of Generals and correspondence and orders with them. Wotuing important in tho sena'-e. aotn houses were m secret session moBt of the day. SALES OF STOCKS. Richmond, Jan. 9th, 18C3. At the auction sale 'yesterday -Confederate eights, long date, broneht 112 to 117: 7 uer cents oar. The fifteen million loan coupons 183 ; Cotton loan bonds 1G6. Al1 bonds and stocks sold at full prices FROM MOSBY'S COMMAND YANKEE BOUNTIES Orangx C. H.,-Jan. 10:h, 18M Seven prisoners, captured by Mosby's men, near War- renton, on the 7th icst., were sent in here to-day. Our men got at the aama time ten horses and mules, besides the arms and equipment of those captured; The three years men ia the Yankee army, who re-enlist, are getting a bounty ranging from eight hundred to one.4housand dollars to each man. The enemy are usiog Culpeper Court House building and tbe Baptist Cbureh as Bt&bles. FROM EAST TENNESSEE SNOW CAPTURE OF 300 lAnaiiM. i'CSSKLLTILlH, TKNN., Jan. 9, 1863. A heavy snow fell on the Bight of the 7lh. The tele graph lines were down eastward on yesterday. Gen. W E. Jones attacked a foree of the enemy 300 strong at Jones ville on the third, killing, wounding and capturing the en tire party, together w ith three pieces ofart tilery, and 20 wagens and trains. MOSBY AGAIN AFTER TBE YANKEES. . OuAxge C. H., Jan. 11th, 1864. Hosby attacked :he picket post of the enemy near War- renton oa Wednesday niht, capturing eighteen, prisoners and killing and wounding eighteen or twenty more, and bringing cfl foi ty horBes, and all of the arms and equip ments. Mosby lost none in killed or wounded. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. Richmond, Jan. II, 1SC4 Eilorts have been made in the House to have the tax and currenoy bills debated in open session, but b.i far without success. The President' veto of the bill to place one mil linn 'nlhiru in the bandit of tha Provisional Government al Kentucky, to clothe the Kentucky soldiers, is subject to somo comment. A bill was passed on the 19ih January, 182, appropriating two millions of dollars to aid in raising troops in Kentucky before they were mustered into service, whiVh nmirfinriatir.il has not been exnftnderl. The bil' ... . 1 n i 1 - X -. - . . T ' A. " - ". 1 ' f wmcu itie i resiueni naa jubi veiueu uivei w ono ujhhoii o that nnDror.riatron to clothe the Kentucky soldiers. The President objocts, because it directs the expenditure to be made by other than bocded tJBcers of the Government, and einploj-s two sets ef agents to do the eame dnty, who will be bidders againat each other in the market. A motion was made in tho Senate to-day to pass the bill over the veto ; yeas ten, nays eight not two-thirds aa required by the Constitution. The Senate adopted a resolutiou that ki joint committee of both houses prepare and publish an ad- addreBH to the country ; tho House bas heretofore adopted the same. In the House this morning the Speaker presented the re- solutions passed by tho Legislature of Georgia, declaring that that State wculd never submit to reconstruction or Yankee afliliation on any terms. They were read and or dered to be printed. Authoiity was granted the commit tee to investigate the Federal outrages ia Noith Carolina, to tend fur persons and papers, The biil reported by the military committee some time ago to repeal the exemption law, was taken up and referred back to the committee; yeas 3 "2, naya 24. Tbe House was in open session only about an hour. FROM RICHMOND. Bisumonb, January 11th, 164. The Adjutant General has issued orders forthe enroll ment, as rapidly as possible of persons made liable to military duty by the recent acts of Congress. They are repaired to report as volunteers or conscripts without de lay ; all whe delay beyond the first of February being con sidored as having renounced tbe privilege of volunteering, and .will be held for assignment according to law. Previous to enrollment as conscripts, all such persons Will be allow ed to volunteer ir companies tint were in service on the 16th April, 1SG2, provided the company chosen does no1 reach the maximum, hut mu3t not be received except on the. certificate ef the enrolling officer that they havo bo volunteered. Persons who report to tho enrolling officer may be allowed a furlough of ten days before reporting to the camp of instruction. All exemptions h .-atofore grant, ed are subject to revision, tinder instructions from the Bo reas of Conscription. . The report of the" removal of Butler from the command of the Department of North Carolina is not credited. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. - Richmond, Jan. 12th, 1864. In the House this mornicf the reports of the Buperinten doni f Conscription was presented, showing the number of officers and soldiers engaged in executing the conscript law in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroli na and Georgia. In-Virginia four Colonels, eight Majors, twenty-three Captains, sixty-five Lieutenants, thirty-one Physicians and.one hundred and seven soldiers. In North Carolina forty-seven commissioned officers, fourteen gol diers, and seven oundred and fifty mounted men. Ia South Carolina sixty four officers ami one hundred and forty one men. In Georgia ajxty-eiflht officers and two hun dred and eight men, besides Lee's battalion of Bangers, consisting of thirty officers and four hundred and fifty five men. The duties of the Conscript. Bureau, bcsideB enroll ing ConscriptB,' extends to the arresting and returning de serters and absentees, the number of whomia now very great, aad the matterB of furlougha amounts to thirteen thousand. A bill to allow t haplaina to draw the rations of soldiert, and those who have a horse to draw forage for the same, was rtassed. A resolution was adopted tnat a special committee of five be appointed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the employment lor the armv of share of the pork and bacon held by pernors in the country wSo have a full year's supply . Pr!cea for the same to be agreed upon between tfce par ties, or ascertained by local appeal. Three billa, intro duced to pay for the horscB killed, captured, or terma nently Uipabled in service, were ordered to bj printed A resolution was adopted calling on the Preeident ,for the namca of persona authorized to raise Companies or Bat talions for re-organization since the 2Tth September, or in sections whore conscription was not suspended, and the number of men named. The resolution eubmitted by the Committee on Elections, to inquire into the expediency, of allowing tha Maryland soldiers to elect a delegate to Con gress, was lost, meeenaio anoptea a resuiuuuu vwuun . . rw r A. . 1 X Y nnll-niv on the President for Bragg's 'report of the battle of Chicka manga. A bill was pa-sed to allow officers of tho Navy to draw rations and fuel. The Senate passed a bill iixinar the first M otd ay in May jiext for the next Congress to assem b!e. The House, adjourned to meet tc-night at teven 0 C10CK. FROM RICHMOND. Richmond, Jan. 12, 1864. A large number of negroes have escaped from the Yan kees at Yorktown, and returned to their owners in Glouces ter and King William counties. Tho Fredericksburg correspondent of the Examiner says : A late me ot ivoriiiern .papers eiiuimn a mviv unanimout and determined spirit favoring the prosecution of the war than heretofore percoptibie. Lincoln held a grand levee on New Year s dy, at which four negroes of genteel exterior were present. They were cordially received by Lincoln. Grant has submitted a plan for the spring campaign, which contemplates the concentration of nearly all the Union forces against Richmond. The approach to be made in three column-1. The plan is Baid to have tho sig nal approval of Lincoln. No eigne of the Sag of truce boat.. Several distingni h"d generals, including Cn. Breckin ridge, aro here. FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Ohanqr, C. Hm Jau. 12th, 1RC4. All quiet iu trout. No change in the enemy's lines or camps. Mosby is still narrassmg me enemy s rear A WO more prisoners were sent in by him this morning. Gn. Morgan' Visit to tn Libt.y rrion. On Saturday, the city's guest, General John II. Morgan, escorted by 11 is Honor, .Joseph alayo, Mayor of Richmond, Actiiu? Adjutant General R. A. A lston, Mr. Bruce, M. C, from Kentucky, r.nd a number of others, paid a visit to the Libby prison, where an op portucity was afforded them of inspecting that famous receptacle or Union sentiment aaa tne parties wno give it vitality. These, iu round numbers, foot up conside rably over a thousand an aggregate sufficient to make a most respectable regiment, so far ,cs mere cumbers are concerned. Gen. Morgan and party arrived at tne orison about 11 o'clock, and, on making their wishes known, were immediately conducted on a tour oi in soection. General Morgan, oq arriving up erhits, where the prisoners " most cio congregate, was immediately conducted into the presence of the " author of the Mame L:quor Law the whilom Brigadier General Neal Dow. An intra dnction took place, when Morgan observed, with one cf those inimitable smiles for which be is so noted, "UeE- eral Dow, I am very happy to see you bWe; or, rather 1 should sav. since you are here, I am happy. to Pee you A. I llUAlLJ CJ w V fc v v-wkw looking so well. ' Dow 'a natural astuteness and i an- 1 kei ingenuity came to his aid, and he cprickly replied, without apparent embarrassment, "ucnerai morgan, congratulate ycu on your escape; I cannot say that am glad that you did escape, but since you did, 1 am pleased to see you here.". Tbe conversation then be came general between the two, during the progress of which Dow admitted that his views ol tne &outn, us rjeonle and their treatment of prisoners of war had un dergone amaterial change for the better in the last few months. Gen Morgan al30 had an interview with the notori ous Col. S freight, who had several days previous tp his visit, been released from close confinement for attempt ing to escape from prison, and restored .to hi3 old place amongst the other officers. It bas been conjectured, by persons wise in reauing ine moiivts oi iueu uy ui- tions, that this man hoped, on his entrance into the pris on, by taking the most ultra position on the questions dividing the North and South, to become the leader and host of his fellow captives. If such was his desire, ke has most signally failed, as it is known that he is by no means popular amongst them ; "on the cojaira- I : i iU .A.nA t Qu!rnlit ij o toll rn aj-hnnnrl ry, quite me icvciac uuuguu w ium, .m. wuv., broad-chested; sandy-haired, big-whiskered, uncouth looking man with arms swinging like tho wings of a windmill in the doldrums, lie has acquired a con siderable ejuantity of disjointed information on a varie ty of tonics, while.pasturing tbe literary fields of Yan kee land. KnowiDg a little of everything acd not muchj of anything, has made him a lree tnmker and ready ad, herent of all, the isms peculiar to his section. He does not,.it ia said, believe in a God cr Devil, which is not at all wondeif'ul, considering the locality from which he hails. Gen.-Morgan said to Streight, ia bis interview with that individual that it was bis desire to amelior ate the condition cf all the prisoners in our hands, and he would do so ua fur us lay ia hi3 power, despite the fact that some of lUs owa men had been tied up by their thumbs and subjected to other cruelties abhorrent to human nature for endeavoring to escape. The interview between the two snemtd to be mutually satisfactory. If the sketch we have drawn Ot Streight presents that individual in an unamiable attitude, lie bas ou'y himself to blame lor it. All of the officers in jhe Libby cannot be placed in the same category aa himself it wculd be surprising if they could. There era many of them persons of edu cation and refinement, and who, under a dinercnt slate of affairs, wculd display those kindlier impulses that dignify and adorn human nature, even in its most de praved state. Even in these modern limes, we may readily conceive that there is such a thing as a passably good man being moved and seduced by the devil." Hardly any one vfill deny that the upholders of Abe Lincoln have teen -operated on by the gentleman in black. While the majority of the prisoners fceemed gratified at the visit of Morgan, acd all pleased at hie personal appearance, eo different from what their imaginations had depicted, the Kentucky officers expressed the most unqualified delight at seeing the favorite son of their own Stale. They expressed themselves openly, not only as delighted to see him, but delighted also that he had escaped from prison and was ODce more at liberty. Some of the expressions used by the Kentucky Yankees elicited the decided disapprobation of their wooden nut meg compatriots ; but nothing could . repress the ex pression ef gcauine Kentucky fbeliDgs on the part of the Federal officers from that State towards tbe great bandit." While at the Libby General Morgan visited the hos pital attached to the prison, .and gave high praise to Surceon Wilkins and his co-laborers for their efficient conduct. The General said the hospitals were all that could be desired, and kept in tiue military style. The only drawback to the pleasant reflections in duced by their visit was the existence of a fact which unconsciously leaked out during its progress. Oa several occasions lately, owing to the inefficiency and want of industry or attention on the part of the quarter master charged with the duty of furnishing fuel for the use of tbe Libby, tbe imprisoned officers have stood shivering for days in the cold. On Christmas day it appears the Yankees went dinnerlesa because there was no wood to cook their food. A few days thereafter tbe dinner tables used by the officers were consumed for fuel to cook their food with. Doubtless an inquiry would show that the officers and guards of tha prison were no better off. This state of affairs should not exist. Ine wood is here, and a little industry would make it avail able. The party to blame in the matter should be Btir red up with a particularly long pole. Richmond hnquirer. . TUe Xlcb,l BteaintrARt Calais. It is announced that the custom bouse authorities at Calais had received instructions to allow the rebel steamer Rappahannock to leave whenever her Captain might think fit to depart, it appears that the Rappa hannock was formerly ller Brittanic Majesty's ftcam sloop Victor, and was recently sold with three others to private parties. Three other steamers were likewise reported to be fitting out for rebel privateerH on the Thames. The Victor, or Rappahannock, ia up wards ot i.OUU tons burden, built ot wood, with engines of 6uu norse power The London Times says : M When the Admiralty sold the Victor, it waB stated that she was intendrd for the China trade, and uhe wbs ostensibly fitted ont with that 'view, while her name was changed to Scylla, of Ixmdon. Several suspicious circumstances, however, occurred, and the dock-yard officials felt it their duty to make a report to the Ad miralty. The result was the receipt of an order at Shearness directing her to be stopped. The order, however, arrived a few hours too late; Those in charge of the vessel evidently suspected the intention of tho Government, and had her taken out.of the harbor a few nights since. " She immediately afterwards hoisted the Confederate flag. Sbe is of 350 horse pewer, but owing to some slight defect in the construction of her engines and machinery, her rate of steaming was ffevcr very high, which was the principal reason for the Ad miralty directing her tobe sold. A special report has been made to the Lord of the Admiralty of the circum stances under which she left Sbearness dock yard." A letter from Calais contains the following respect ing the Rappahannock : " This steamer was in the road-tead from midnight, waiting to receive on board fifteen young Americans, who have been residing here tor more than two months to serve as officers. Theso officers had embarked on board a fishing boat, which they had hired to convey them to Boulogne, as they told tbe master, ia order to conceal their project and avoid the police. When once they were outside the port, however, they ordered him to put them on board a vessel from which rockets were being tired, which was the signal agreed upon. The master of tha boat, in alarm, called for assistance from other boats near him, and with their help he sail ed iato poit, where he landed his passengers, who were much annoyed at what had occurred. The Rappahannock has been purchased for the Con federate Government ; she was an- English vessel under going repairs at Shearness. She left that port under pretence of trying her machinery, and takiDg with her as crew the mechanics and shipcarpenters who were at work on board. Once at sea the English flag was re placed by that of the Southern States. She has not yet aDy guns on board, but is pieced for -eight heavy guns, ller repairs are, it is thought, about to be com pleted at Calais." It is reported that a part of her crew have arrived by steamer from Dover. A private letter from Hull, dated November 27, and published in the Daily News, says : " " . There was a prize vessel got away ironi here some days back. She was an undoubted 'ram,' with masts fitted .to lower on the deck and telescope tunned, one was launched"with steum up, and came alongside the West pier. Two cabs full of Southern looking gentle men drove down and went on board, and she was oil like a shot. Every one was taken by EurpriBe." The Flod. We hear almost hourly of disasters by the late heavy rains, and we fear that the half has not yet been told of the injuries sustained. The Cotton Factories in this city have bf'Cn com pel I ed to suspend operations by the height ot the water iu the river, which, considering the destitute state of the country, we think the most general and serious disaster yet reported. The Mnscogee Railroad received such damage by breaks at two or three points as to cause the failure of the mails, coming and going, on Friday merning. We learned yesterday that it was supposed the connection wouid again be made last night. Tbe Girard Railroad, we learn, is much damagid by the flood at Uckee creek and other places. The train due here yesterday failed to make the connection, and no mail could be sent off oy that route yesterday after noon. The Telegraph lines were down from Thursday even ing to Friday evcuing. The bridge .over the creek on the Crawford road, jant beyond Girard, was entirely submerged. One ot the cross beams was washed out, and tho llooring was torn off so as to render passage impossible to any but foot travelers until repairs are made. The river ras high yesterday, but lacked eight or ten feet of the extraordinary high water of winter before last. When we last heard from it, the river was con sideredas at-a stand Enquirer. Columbus Enquirer. The Blockapk The Cotton Question aoain. It Is uuderstood that measures bave been recently, and very positively, recommended to Congress to take the private cottoi in the Confederacy. The particular no cesstty of this measure is said to be that the Govern ment cannot carry on its European trade (which, in fact, has grown to be so large and important that the organization of a separate bureau, attached to the War Department, ha3 been recommended to conduct it.) at the present ruinous rates of freight and..exchange in Confederate money. So excessive Jiave become the rates of freight and exchange that, on calculation, it was fcuud that the mere charge, independent of the cost of. the cargo, for the freightage of a steamer of three hundred tons, from the West India Islands to or." of cur ports, were to the Government upwards of two millins of dollars in its currency. Under these circum stances, the Department ' bas not hesitated to inaugu rate the plain policy of evading the blockade with steamers purchased and run by its ofiicers. With the additional steamers, which the contracts with the Government, or the temptations of private gains has brought into the trade, it is believed that the blockade may be evaded, so far as to add greatly to our resources abroad from the exportation of cotton, and to briug in tbe supplies needed by the Government. Richmond Examiner. Julin II. Morgan Safe t Correspondence of the Asheville News. Franklin, N. C, Dec. 21st, lbOih Dear sir Very much to the surprise of every body, Gen John 1L Morgan came to our village lasiSatiud.iy evening, the lDihinst. We were all in doubt as U ln.i identity, until some of his men, wto were ia this coun ty, came in and recognized him. It was his idnt:ud self. It may not be prudent to tell all he has seeu nor h' intimate where he was going. Suffice it to say thaUu rodo on the Rail Road from Co'.umbua, Ohio, to Cie cinnatti ; crossed the river there, came through Uer tucky, ci os ed through Tennessee, and lauded here, avowing that Providence had fcaf'dy brought bin through! The treatment he met with while iu pri.i: has not softened his feelings toward the Yankees. 1 1 tima will soon ccnie whe.i their violence will dc vi. -i!ul on their own pates. May John Morgan live to pay the Yarkees wt-i! t- their cruelty and inhuman conduct, and may he h1 t mitted to er.joy his old home in quiet, with tbe Com'' i erate Hag proudly floating over it 1 And more t.!i;.o this may Jtff Davis soou make him commander o! :J the We-stern cavalry, and send him on his misson rf v ir to the Yankee land 1 In baste, your?, L. F. sn.r.: Opinion in EDiNBcaa- Conckuninu oun Cauj-.. By permission of a clergyman in Richmond, the C n tral Presbyteriau has made the following extract In-- a letter jast received from a friend in Ediuburg. 1! position and intelligence of this gentleman entitles to statement to the utmost confidence. And if the puSh sentiment of Edinburg is so favorable to as, then? i. n reason to suspect it is much otherwise 'throughout the kingdom. lie says : " I earnestly hope that this hcrrible war will soou . nt an end, and that it will end by the South cetti::;.' its independene-c ; for it is a most monstrous dueti;" that ifaearly half a continent, which the South mf l said to be, wishes to be its own master, the oth r h has the right to say no, and enforce its doctrine by !: and sword. Such is my view of the case ; and thtn this city, I may tell you, who are of the opposite pir ion, are but few and far between. So few, I don't ! lieve, were they all put together, they could till a deceit sized pew in a church. We have but one newspip-'r-too, that is the advocate of th North, and it d u only because it is under the inspiration of a near res tive of the celebrated John Bright; and you kr.Mv .. little abcat his views on American affairs and j ' tics.'. A Battle-scarred Hkho. General James H. L?n ai?ed twenty eight years, volunteered April 2th, l - from Charlotte, N. C, and was commissioned Colon. Bept. 21st, PCI. He was wounded at the battles cf r r. zler's Farm and Cold Harbor: was in the battles i of -a Bethel, Hanover Coarthouse, Mechanicsville, Cold nari-ir. Krazfer'N Farm. Malvern Hi 1. ueaar nun, nawcu Bonnes. Manassas Junction, Manassas Plains, Ox lit;'. TlnrnAr'o Vr, BliaFnnl.nrir and BheDardBtOWU. HOI""" command of the Brigade after the fall of Gen. Branch, a .u for his good discipliue, gallantry and sold "1'ke.lJa,. through all the campaigns, he was Promoted to ! e cul mand-of th Brigade November 1st, 18, with tbo ran oi Brigadier General. - A large supply of shoes and blankets has been hr warded to Gen. Longstreet's army, of which a greft many of his soldiers stand much in nx&.Lymhturr, Republican, lk mst.
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