aTTZr, ,,,T1 ufTrvinv friTTRTVAL
CO K EKRATK STATES OF AMKHKA.
WILMINGTON, N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1884.
colr5TV MKKTIXG.
We are requested to give notice that a meeting of
tbe citizens of New Hanover county will be held at
the Court House la Wilmington, at 1$ O'clock 00
Wednesday evening, March 16th, 186-, to take into
coueideration the condition oi the country. A foil at
tendance is earnestly solicited.
THfi MTWWOfIO! cONFKPEIUCf AMD THE.
ST ATETIiK CAffDlOATES FOH GOVERNOR.
The campaign will open with the Spring, indeed
the preliminary movements have already been made and
tue "fn of war" will scon begin. The aspects of the
c'eld are favourable for the Confederate arms. Never
were cur troopa better prepared to meet the foe. Never
was their spirit more aaDguine, their health better, or
their resolution stronger. It wonld do some of our 'des
ponding farmers who distrust Confederate money, and
fel whipped in every important part of their physical
and mental organizations, an immensity of goodtotaJk
to;cur men fr sh.from the armies of Lee, of Johnstov,
or of I,gj.-g3ti.ekt. The moral atmosphere which these
gallant men brin-home with them ia perfectly refresh-
1 1 ere ia North Carolina it ia evident that we are to
have another sort of campaign. We have bo much
time on our hands we have so many energies running
l.) waste the enemy gives us and the Confederacy so
little occupation, that for want of something to do or
to think ol, we are about to engage in tha amusing di
vertissement of a political campaign, which, from the
elements which will inevitably enter into it, can hardly
fail to be heated and embittered.
The winter eet in n gloom, in the field and at home.
Brag?' defeat at Missionary Ridge depressed our own
people and encouraged the enemy. The weak-kneed
troubled, the croakers and enemies of the Confederate
Offnse exnlted, and hardly took the usual precautions to
conceal their exultation.. In many sections these un-
t true mer. openly proclaimed to the people that the "Con
federacy was "played out," and the eooner they made
terms with Lincoln, the better. Gloom and despon
dency, dissatisfaction or Jnkewarmness were abroad,
crvading the whole moral atmosphere ; desertions, the
result of treasonable teachings, were alarmingly com
mon, and even the firmest and most Joyal felt that the
proepect was gloomy and discouraging.
The Sprit g exhibits a great and favorable change.
The ranks of our armies have been ard are still being
rapidly filled np. -The spirit, health, discipline.equipment
aLd determination of the soldiers la magnificent. In near
ly all their encounters with the enemy this spring they
have demonstrated their superiority. The enemy dread
the encounter with the veterans of Lee, Johnston or
IJkaurei.ard. At home, too, in North Carolina, at
least vre have rcajon to believe that a wholesome reac-
V tlon Lus taken place, and that the people stand firmer
ai.d are acimated-by a better and more hopeful spirit
than for months pajt. We think they are gradually
'iCiirii; themselves from the delusions spread before
them by those whose business It has been to bring the
1'oivk-di.raU- c.ns2 into odium end contempt, and as
tLi '.e delusior s papa away, the influenceof the deiuders
pas.-- away with them. But much of evil. yet remains
to l.c iMinbattul, and the internal fves of our peace yet
require to be met as earnestly as the external foes of
tin- ni!Vd.racy. The weapons to be U3ed are diffe
lmt, tiut tl'o cbji-tta to be accomplished are the same.
The (..'oi: federate cans is at stake iti both cases,
il.tij;h the danger is not perhaps equally appareut in
th' cm c-aFe na in the other.
Aa in the case of the war which the United States
:s waging against the Confederacy, the latter party has
oi.iy the optic n of defending itself, bo iu the political
c.'ti!tt b;ut to open in North Carolina tbe true
liliUi:! urn) supporters cf the Confederate cause, ho w-
(Vi-f much they n ay desire peace and harmony, how I
ev.r vich they may deprecate contests and divisions'
m choice It ft them in the case. They"mrt de
l.nd ini-m-iiivts and tleir caUfV. An agitation cgaia3t
f.as already btvn commenced, or indeed we mfcht
fay. Un p.ohg on all the :ime, but has be coins
ii.u- native as li e pi rioO. tor holding the Mtate elections
ij)poav h. a.
Orpoeii a c have beeu ever eiree the War com
iiiecced tc engaging iu any merely party struggles, we
participate very reluctantly in thi which arose over
the election for Governor b 1$C2. We held back long,
iwpiPff ll&t the thin 'might be aroided altogether
But cur .hop. werg dt3tined to disappointment.
Colonel fASCat brought oat and advocated
the Standard on the most proacriptive party
platform was pressed forward as a party candidate
by that paper and its congeners, whilst a bitter warfare
ras carried on by all Col. Vance's trienda against all
those whom they sneered at as the " seceeha " or stig
juiatizzd as " 5$ti actives," under which appellation
they included four-fifths of the good citi?.;ns of the
Town of Wilmington, aud a goodly Dumber of worthy
jwiople elsewhere .
Now, whether Col. Yauce went all these lengths or
m. Ti'jt, of course we are not able to say, further than this,
1nat he n'vtr, to our knowledge, did anything to show
.that he tlid not do so. But that is past, and let it be
-past. We allude to it now only for the purpose of Ayingi
that if, ns Covornor Vanct's fritnds, or some of themi
coutend, injHftice has been done that gentleman by
folding hira w.-jponsible for the course of the Standard,
then it is to be regretted that Governor Vance had
XiOi pursued Euch a course as would hive left no
ground for doubt upon that point. The matter as
it Btands tow, embarrasses hi3 position, or at least it
mibarrastfts us and others who try to understand-and
tEtimate that position.
Now, for our own part we have no idea of compro
iiiisirg any principle or abandoning any position by
- imr eupport of any party or parties in the coming State
rlu-tioLS. We think it right that every paper that in
tuiy wty tspire to give expression to public opinion
t-hould go this far at least. Thus, for instance, al
ihough as between Gov. Vance and Mr. IIoldkn we
hhou!d unhesitatingly sttpport Governor Vai.ce, yet by
roing to would not be by any means committed to
he approval cf all that Governor Vance has said or
clone. We have no .idea of any third candidate being
brought cut. Upon the whole we wouid prefer that no
ahird candidate Ehculd be brought out. Had it rested
-with u., the Governor would have been elected to a
rec-nd term without opposition. We did not like the
- Jriumstances encer which he had been brought
ut ; but he' was elected by a large majori-
t y a id "was entitled to a fair trial. As we did
sot like' the circumstances under which he had been
orooght out, so neither could we appispve of every cir
rcmstance of his official course ; still it Is doe to justice
o say that that course disappointed the fears of many
rho had honestly opposed his election, and" that they
Taere prepared, for tbe sake of peace and harmony to
Fee Lim re elected, and even to support him for re-elec-
on. lie Lad, opon tbe whole, made a good Governor
8 nd the " ue&tructiYes;" in a spirit of patriotism, were
willing to'waive all former disagreements. On the other
iur.d the immaculate "congervatives," tbe people who
3 lected the Governor and cursed the " sccesh," turned
against him. . " Warwick" nonnKR, not satisfied with
killing aLd makjeg alive" other people, has takea a
jotion to experiment upon turns' If. The "Kicgmaker"
jrpires to be icg.
! 1 &ia 'n? tf'e situation, it is evident that wbatevtr
ennnnrt (jnvr-iiiDr Vance ut-W ir.un
his election iu 18C2.unJ 'l. doubt, will get a large
measure ot tnch iPport- be perftetlj independent-free
from prti.iTs or committals their
parts.
Cave to Gricf. We learn from the mouths of the
river, that sooie of the Yankee blckaders have recent
ly been in trouble, one of them having goae under. It
would seem tbt on Saturday night, or early Sunday
morning, hve wa-3 pursuing a ve&rel coming iato Nt?
Inlet." The pursued vessel run in between the shore
and the " South Bock." The bloc'xader. iu trying to
cut her off. must have touched d the rook hard enough
to make a hole iu her bottom. At any rate, she sank
in five fathoms water. Tbe chased vessel arrived safa
at her wharf. It was quite dark at th time.
Oa Saturday tuornin-r, Col. Hedriek, commanding
at Bald Head, si ruck one. of th Yankee ship three or
four times, aud from the agitation on board, nd tbe
crowding ot boats around her, it is quite probable that
she too is in a precarious condition.
It is said that tLe Yankee blockade off this harbor
has been increased very recently by three additional
ve3els, among them the much-talked of double ender
steamer Edaw, tbe fastest vessel in the Yankee ser
vice, and, by their account, the .fastest war,ve9el afloat.
Both ends are alike, like a ferry boat, sj that she can
run either way with equal facility.
It is not a little remarkable that tbe Daylight, one
of the very few btoekadcrs sunk or blown up at sea by
batteries on chore, met her fate from a shell thrown
from an old style thirty-two, in Battery Gatlio, under
the command of Captain Lane, of Col. Lamb's force.
The saucy craft ventured in too close aiter a vessel, the
Beauregard, we think, that had been inn ashore, when
the battery opened on her. - As night began to fall, a
heavy . report " was heard at sea, but its cause was not
understood. At -Fort Fisher, some five miles to the
southward, it wa3 thought to proceed from the firing
or bursting of a very heavy gun. It was thonght a
little siralige that the Daylight no longer made ber ap
pearance off tLe coast, out the mystery was not solved
until Yankee papers brought information of the ex
plosion cA the Daylight by a si ell entering her maga
zine. Only five persons escaped to tell the tale. Th's
occurred towards the ciosa of last year.
The L'aleigh Progress of Saturday i. authorized
to say that Governor Vance has summoned the council
Of State to meet in Kaleigh on Thursday, the. 11th 01
this month. The Progress is satisfied from . wfcat it
learns that the object of callLi tbe council together is
for the purpose of considering tbe propriety of conven
ing the Legislature to take into consilcration the ques
tion of currency. Gov.. Vaxcs has only takea this
step at the urgent solicitation of the State Treasurer,
and the Progress further assures I. a friend3 at a d:i
tance that, should the Legislature be convened, it will
be with no view to secede from the Confederacy.
Well, wc shall see what we shall see, ad the old
proverb says that seeing i3 believiDg. At any rate,
we trust we will ba excused if we respectfully sujgcbt
to our frier:d3 that it can do no harm for them to excr
cise a little caution before committing themselves ei
the partisans of this man or that man for Governor, or
for any other position. It would be the part ot wis
dom to await fuller deve lopments to ba assured ol the
ground whereon they stund. It is possible, ' and appa
rently probable, that tuv- partizansh:p, or even support
from "-destructives " or " sacer-sionists," might be aay-
thjng else than aeceplaole to those who have equally
pureed all idea of compromise, etc., etc
We think we ?C2 i; ucrsfsity for any diseua-iicn
arising between iu r,i d the Fa yetttv ill 'e Observer ; in
regard to Gov. V an en's iM'sdre. We have not sought
anything iu that nddr--y to cavil at. At any rate, we
like its general tyae. well enough to regret that it had
not sooner b.-et given to t la? world. In politics, as in
other things, where iho m i-j a will there is a way.
Applying this rule to the ie of cllairs. at Raleigh,
pecpl who read the Standard and Progress, which
papers appeared to tw world as the trusted organs of
Governor Vance, irjoirg h;s lull confidence and
assuming to speak lor him, were at a loss to see how
the Governor, if lie uid'nut appiove their course,-could
give it his tacit saneliou. They will still thick that if
there had been a will strong enough to have cast aside
the iron bandd of prejudice, and disregarded the seduc
tions of policy, there would have been found a waif to
have done it ioDg ago.
As for the short time between the 22d of February
and tha 3 i March, a matte- cf ten days, by which
Governor Vance's n.yresa- prcctded Mr. EToi.dkn's
card, that is really hardly worth dwelling upen, since,
of course, this movenu-ut of Mr. Holdhk's had for
Bome time been regarded as eertaiH, the. precise monier
ot making it, alone being doubtful.
We have not the teast doubt however, that the main
positions of Governor Vance's speech had been thought
over and consulted over before he left Raleigh. We do
not say that these positiens weteESsumed or that this
speech was made mawiy for political effect or personal
popularity , we Jo not believe that they were, but we
do say that, on the face of it, it would appear that the
apsech hd .ot been sooner made, the positions, although,
no doubt
6 iu jv, aim- n. mvs, uau
iwt been eooner assumed nnr-iiiv. r.ni tnn
j 1 M .w TT M H U1U1
a regard to. political effect or personal popularity.
We speak cow of what appears on thesurfacje. Mat
ters of private knowledge are not now in question, since,
like the laws of some cf tha Roman Emperors, which
were placed out of the pubhc reach, they could not ef
fect the public rnir.d, and ought not to be expected to
da so. .
So far ts we are concerned, we had hoped that the
election for Governor, at least might have been per
mitted to pa3s over this lime without any agitation or
excitement. We had not tuppcrtrd Gov. Vance be
fore, but locked lot ward to hi3 re-election this year
without opposition, as being ia every way defirable
under the circumsf aucrs. The same marplot that made
the fuss the last time. by procuring Mr. Vsaie to be
run as a bitter and prescriptive party candidate, and
thus made him odious to nu;ny who otherwise ould
have liked him, now dissolves partnership and yets np
shop on his own hook, the remaining member of the
firm of Vance A- Uoldeu, doe business at the old stand.
We prefer his goods xt recently opened out, to those
onjexninition by ms recent partner through the col
umns of the Standard. But s irely, Governor Vance
his friends cn hardly complain if he is held re
nsibie lor ey!s of his recent partner, by a public
which was m ignorance c-f the dissolution.
1 he I? ederal blockading steamer reported to have
sunk off the Cape Fear on Sunday morning last, has
been ascertained to be t he Feterhcff. She went down
in thirty feet water, about seven miles south-south-west
of Fort Fisher. Her smoka stack snly was visible at
last accounts. Several atticies of furniture have floated
ashore from the Wrejk.
The Peterhoff w 3 taken last year bv the blockading
fleet at the mouth of the Rio Grcnde. She' wa3 an
English vessel, bound, ostensibly at least, to a Mexfc
can port, and her seizure created considerable talk in
England. 'As ueual, how ver, Earl Russell submitted,
and even justified tbe action and course of the Yankees.
The Peterhcff has run her course.' and will never
again blockade or be blockaded.
General D H. Hill has been assigned to dritv at
Charleston. Jt is surmised that General Bkacreoam
wUIgo to the South-irast. where his nresence ia anx
iously looked for.
H r . D1..:v
.N Eososs woiriiDSD ja r v. ,r,uM
baa iveo us the rcae or the fuilowiug gentlc-iueu ot
this Stattu bo, .aoaon- Others, had ruaawa eeivaots
wounded in tbtr late battle in Florida. 'They had gewe
to the Yankees at Newbern or elsewbtre.and put forth
with into the Yankee service, carried to Florida and
placed iu the fore-trout of tbe batt'e, wher they were
mown down like fern-s
Altart Ourti ooe ot gu maa vs. uodcd
Willi.. . 4.
(Oakley)
" (ichu.)
Q.R. Kiptey.
Tho. GalM,
' SfoimiD Willow
Warrso Hpeacer,
Wiiiiaa Horse,
Ttaoa. Howard,
late we have beard the remark fnqaeotly ruadc,
that Mr. Hold en 'a chance and consequently bi nos
in the coming canvess for the Governorship uf Norh
Carolin. depend upon reveres to the Contrderute t-r
miea. It Lee or JbHxsrON be deJeated, or any othr
ssrioui dis3ter befU our arms, and tbe croakers and
peace on anj-terma met ba up in armd. at.d Uui.
dsn stock will rise in the market- Oa tbe touttury.
let tbe hopes of patriots be iral-zed, and our flag float
triumphant on the battle-field, acd it will fall flat, dead
deader than J alius Ct aser.
The most important iarimations in tbe telegraphic'
news by to-day's paper have relation to the troubled
of the present Palmeis ton-Russell administration in
England, the rapid risa cf gold in New York, aud the
informal exchange of prisoners at City Point
Earl Debbt aad Mr. DTskaeli, the oppo itiou
.leaders in tbe Housa of Lords and Hoose of Conjm ns
respectively, thinking tbatnheir time has com-?, have
opened upon tbe 'foreign policy of tbe admiois'raiion,
and have denounced it an degrading to England and
subservient to the Yankees. Th attitude they -have
assumed appears to indicate a consciousness of strength.
A ainisteiial crisis iu Kogland would be unfavorable
to Si ward, who could irdly hope to find another.
Englishman ot position aa obedient to his dtmandi cs
Karl Bpssell.
'Some idea of this kind tome fear of a di&turbunce
of their foreign relations, must Nave operated on the
Northern mind to jump up gold, in the face of the out
side efforts made by Cwabb to deprtss tbe market.
Daily Journal, 7ii.
The following decidedly characteristic epistle came
ashore recently in a bottle, aud was picked up by a
member of Captain Galloway's Compuny of Coast
Guards. It is from a negro or negroes off with the
Yankee blockaders. The writer is evidently dissatis
fied with bis new masters It is hard to make out tic
meanirg of the affair, but it stems to be from Sim3on
Cleming, to hi mother, Rachel H-Mliai;. the negrcei
mentioned are known, and live near L ck wood's Folly
and Shaliotte River. We hardly know whet " dear
Simson" means by being a " down baU," except that he
has made a bad strike iu going to the blockaders. It
is to betiOped that dear Charity willesGhew matrimony
until she sees dear Sitrson, who is at present " down
ball."
U H Steamer Uoog ornery
iff WilmioRton N C,
, ' February 21nd 1864
My Dear Mother, Kachtl Ho lit.g I am on this boat
ro will aee tke name on tbit top. M.kor, I am down
hall I wish I had to ataid whore 1 was, I would bio
bater of now.
Uiva ey love to Father James Glernii-g au to I brity
I ABkfort an doimtycu get tnariied tiil I you doar Char
ity, Sob Bauaders and Elish Oosi.
Thii from daar Bioaion Ciemiiir
LooiTill Polly
Wiimingtos
N l-
I'leaie ibd tbia
We regret to learn that the reports current laet
week of two vessels haying run the blockade ot Charles
ton, are wholly without foundation.
Gold sold at auction in Richmond oh the 7th bt
23 to 24 for one. It will be lower bifore it i higher
j Mb. Samuel II. Christian, elected to the Confed
erate Congress from tbe 7th District, over lion. Thus.
S. Ashe, died at his residence in Montgomery county,
N. C, on tbe 2d instant, of typhoid fever.
t jr tb J0U1 utl.
A BAD UECUNlKU.
While the legislation of the late ConjtroES in admirably
adapted to the improvement of our prea-u wretched Cau
cial conditioa, it wTJ be of 00 avail in that direction uolcas
it ia faithfully enforced by those who are charged with it?
execution. It beLoovea every officer atd aent of tbe Cov
ernmeat, not only to a' seat to thia leiiauct. but to ex
hibit in ita axecotioa the eame spirit uf determiued patriot
ism that animated Its anthota- othorvri-e the law becem s
a dead latter, riot worth the paper oa 'which it is written.
If tbe executive and administrative egtrou of the- Govern
meat will only evince as much " back-bout " iu ita rr-id
enforcement as Coligrjaa 4ii is ita paaaajre, -wt. ucy cocG
dentlj anticipate a vast improvement in our cdt?ncy
Bat what is the very first 44 atgoof thetimcs" on tic
subject ? Why, 'the at at a Commibsioners have advanced
prices nearly one hnadrrd per cj nt. oa bacon ! J have n?
aeon any published cchedale of prices to this elfcct, ba;
g'ny officer who wiahea to patch aa the atticle ol coiejiim
Uies of subsistence, will be coBvioeed of the tact bv beiuc-
Jjt quired to pay $2 25 per lb. for bacon that one week ago
onij ccai, aim ai u. Aua ne win t.- tola ttiar Tine
enormoua advance ia caused by the action oi our State
Commisfclcnerg, to whom haa 'bean assigned the task of
leguiatiiie pnees v (LTeaai juaar'is!) 1 presume that
other articles nave also been advanced iu nca.
Now, I can understand why merchant add fit least 3?f
per cam. 1 ueir prices, o. caos it mases the porchasctu
pay their tax; but I can't for the life of me appreciate tle
acttsnof man, having grave puplie interests under ttfeir
control, weakening the credit of the Gsvernment by t'oster
frg the great evil Bgaiost which Coi-gren leveled its leis
laiion a reduudaat currencj. Aa I ubderstadd the object
cf that legislation, it was intended to givs greater vlae to
money and redaee the prices of the ntcessariea "of Ute. la
what spirit has this legislation teen met by oar State Cota
miaaiouezs ? I refer you to the foregoing facte for an au
8wer. I have ao acquaintance with either cf the Ocuiieissloiinr,
and writ ia bo carping spirit, bnt simply to call attention
to what I cannot help regarding as a ' bad be 'antes: " in
carreicy reforma. i JBLIUa.
. for the Journal.
f - HS4DQ.'B(! Co. K, 6CTH Rso'T N. C. T. )
Camp EargwyD, March 6th, UCA.
At a callee meeting of Capt. Jno. T. r3kes Co. U. e6th .V. !
C. T.. Frivata U. li.'Jacftson was called to tbe Chair. am
uergis. i'v auib ana o. r. manseu was requeaa to act
. wv -w rw T-l a ara n n.
as
Secretaries; when the Chairman proceeded to appoint
committee of four, oonsUtm of 1st Sergt. d. Bwues
orp'ls Jamsa Jt. Cameron and Nathan Wiggg, and Private (
a
Corn
David Winbon to draft resolutions in favor of enlisting in I
7 VUV," JT "UJ.U r, u " w"i e long or i
short. Af'.er a few mmotts' recesa, the ccmmiUea report-1
ea tne following resolutions, whicb was unanimously adop-1
ted: - F
liesolved ut. That we the members of Co. K. do Dnani-
v J. 7' v i S 7 re eaiui lor 1D war, let I
i ii.-: i i i . . . . . . t
Resolved 2t. Wa haye b..B ,- r., f
of oar bleedins cause, and we intend tb aniair nntti a. i
are laid beneath th sod or cur independence achieved. I
office seekers, snch at are now in the field for Governor of
T . 1 ,J , . . ... . .
jHwmrvi vih, ai mv iwiuitii sua iihw uaiea Iur BV
uoriu v.aroiui, wm jotcu our coaniry ana wuiszina in the
defence of It, and we hope the soldiers of North Carolina
win noi ne naenoea fcy any sacb a traitor.
Xesclvtd iih, We consider that we are in the defence of
a joit cause ana we ao believe by the aid of a just God
m wi wut saaouoieciy ne aoie to acaieve oar lndpet
Bes0lcei 5th. That oar cause beinar jolt, we do sav that i
w? il vrt0fti'to nDi ! itave them to mat f
wlJSZX'mm,-iitt v
Headquarters of Brir.Qe Martin, also a .t tc ?b.w 1
with the request that they will pibliihUeos. "
on motion, the meeting gjouaed. - -
O. U JACK3QX, ChaUman.
T.
B.
W. Ecus
For the Journal.
Cavalry and Infantry.
.M'u'S
1 i-. .1. . . l . . . . v .
uout ma viaijvii or u army, wuca aas oeen termed by I
our leaden and great men to be Ita eyee and can t but not I
o. r wiiii to cits both their ewntiaJ dues. It ia quite
tnm nr. lonit nwt. tn h ih rial fiWi . u n tv..
Mlitaf oat" to nTTal bTVi'.totK
aU the buttermilk we want a canteen foil when we come
on," "Bnor me anoundof bntter and a -dozen ermL if I
fou -pic axe,'' "I'll fiv you a couple a doHara for a gcod I
ia - oy uw ms, sne rear 01 we commn u cioalnr I
'Koom, Doom, boom." Here the "buttemfik raseers"
ju vuii mi v w . aim voice..
"Douiiry iwun, - HUIT can US. uu lUOliaa sad ntA I
niwer-"Better raa. than crawl behind a log to hide, and L
gTveTouta KTO'SK S nndertaking, or who does not feel capable of meet
and Lis blanket rolled np wisrinsj onder hie arm bv hhll inf the enemy in such, a desperate fight as will follow,
roatafU. thot-Bftg fuaiaa. 'flalio, frjcBd," iyi Igmil let
f flat f,nf. ..oa hv i orduded t- j hi oar 8qad? That .a
u e t u -rit " ' Hd ycu ia troaouttiAt oar v
he answers, hi feet having t become blistered from not
bain? accuatom -d to walking, a d hobbles on.
Tbrowic aside tbefieroU8ing j -kee, we wilt aiunt that
there araaome regin ebieof cava ry wnoc? '
dot?- bnfwe Vrn the recent act of Congreee t"'OB
themntotofantrv. ill spar them up to their dot v. To
voa JHnUntry comraden and vetetan. the heroes of
ZrD Jd l ught batt'w upon wbo8 ehou deis the weary
SSfiet f as rubbed c-rra, wboae hands the summer sun has
lEZll-frti h,v-.v.Ud the rocky piko atd
lelt tht ir blood prin' on the amdiv lire ct utarch to jou .,
and a 1 o'htrs who thtr.k in, cavalry an bV !
ertoe. w. would f-a" ve a nouim i ccu
do'lars for yonr B'Kd, aud come with us onth? ra;d, where
we often ride all Dight. Do not forget ua while we itand
opon the snow clad hill top or in the cark hollow, at uud
night hoars, on ontpest doty, to waro yon ot the approach
ol the eninv, while jou repose in comfort iu vout qoar
tes. Pme'oiber us while we it-eoauoiue yonr Habk wtiftn
too arefmraRed. &cd exited to the thicker part vi tne
fiht. auiid the .lin at-d ro r of battle, aud the c!a ofrul!
Uo not lose f-iKht of us wr.eu "we take the trout ou the ad
vati. aud the rfftr on the retreat. Keun tuber that whete
yon fig t haul and rcu'e thuei-eur, that yio aTe tired, fttid
c'mt )U sue lat enough. If my JUry eerves me f'-'4.1'
our rek hndrit was efaged in twty-six tighiB and bkir
dishes la ItfcS. while the iidau'rv were orgaKed its oolv
tro !Hro-e flaht- ('haiieenoisville and Hett!-bur, and a
fe tkiimiebea oa the Rapidn aid Kppahanayck.' It is
rne, who he infanrv fight, they lose inure meu. aed tUtr
fi-L.li k i-tnor. 'sspeiiitd; bet onr aga s c-.me so muw-n
. itene that e i .e a? rcany moo aj ihey do, almost ; iu
ia". it i-i t ad tht v nr uomtier a littla exceeded thci-s m
jSUIvOk those twenty iK ei gtgemeli'a ot wu'eti I speas,
let ru-r call your attettiou to the repeated Brandy iighu,
GtteLurg, Jack s Shops aid Biibtow Station At-several
of ibfae places our m-u vtU disaiouated. With their jitlsa,
avKl ttok it iniantry fashion. I have not time or space to
apeak . f tur loa. even in my owa. regiment, teitLer is it
necesaary. Just to mentiL-n one or two, will show enoiiKh
of our ios : i ol. Thomas RuSu, tbe honest polhician, the
nprijtbt Wa-j, the brave soldier one of North Carolina's
brightest stars no kner circles around the cent.ru of iur
eonatel'atioc. The daiin John H. Whkuker, who tell
leading a squaci.t ! Lis Kgitnentin a cbaige, is alio
aniocg our ialU n
Our regimar-t jos from the fiotit. All qaitt. Uur pii:k
ets ers in speak ig distance! each othtr. iLe natrow
Bap da i only inrerve.nts , t ll quiet inOrap, and 'he br33
in riu-j ?ii; i s, and in L'gh glee ovr their various valeL
ties. .-cd an oocaeioc ai box frera their friends at bouse.
The lad es, aii'l proud of thuir own i&dufitry,contiiiue to
send na eamphs of their btauliful h-jjuespun eiy often, in
the fo:tn of shlrtB and pait s. One itllow receives a va'.en
tiue, a very miunte doll, dseasedin homeepan, encles d iu
snQclOi'e. a:1 the b y .ay, "Bq ly for bim."
Lacs Dko,
i'o fl. 1st N. i'. Cavalry.
Oju.p near Milfu.d, Caroline Vo , Va , Feb. 25Kb, 18U
4-
Kcr the JumJ.
('imp tusowvw. March 5th. ISdi.
At a ttjeetiug of Capt. D. J. Davu' Company, CGth
Regiaent, N C Troops, Liut. ll E. Divis wa called to
the Cfeair, and privates L. It. Wado and J. J. Bizieul re
quested ii sict as 8ecr?'atits.
The tollowing iMnmiiteft was appointed to draft resolu
tions :
Ordarlv 8rrgeknt B. W. Herr nr. Burt. H. P. Jamvs,
privates W. C. K. Left in and thirlea Pate.
Afrrra recess of a few mmotes the Committee retnrn-id
and sabmitttd thd folli-wiux resolution', which were
adopttd :
JResolved, That we ibis day renew nr enlistment for the
penod of the oar, in obtdieme t the call of 'a. President,
and nnanimonsly tender enr efrvics as a body, arsd oo
hereby pledge ourselves to fctand bj the idmini ra'ion in
thi ita crisis of rcomentons events.
Unsolved, That ' y renewing our enlistments iu the army
of tbe Confederate -'tnt6, we ere bbt pertf rmintr our just
and boundeu duty to ads the- fiitire freedi-m ami inde
pendence of oar country a duty we owe to the .leriiory
of our patriot 'c dead and a duty we owe to cur tJod, our
country asd ourselvo-;.
JSetolved, That we wish the world at large to understand
that.tl oio'rdiers from the good o'd North titatp, as a body
are tino to the c?u83 for which they csatend, tid tlfrt the
achievements of hor noble sons on many a bard fought bat
tle field, has caused the tooth of slander to hurtles break
on the adamantine ot her.reputation.
J?t?soit3ed, Tbat b jtng ergagtd in a strife in which are
enuVted all our sympathies, that we view withu'ter scorn
the acts of the so-called Convention factiou in attempting
to pervert the minds of those engaged ir a patriotic strug
gle tor ail they hold mcst dear.
iTtoZpt;d, That a copy of theso rcnolutions.be pent ta
Brig. Gen Martin, at Wilmington. Also to the Wilrgina
ton Journal lor pnbPc itioo, wi h a request 4a the JJaleigh
Con'edera e copy.
15. E. DAVI5, Chaiiraaa.
?' ?'pK'f Secretaries.
J. J. BIZ.KL J
Fort Fisiikr, X. C, March 5th, 1664.
Messrs. Editors : We wish to say a few words
about itirioughs. It w the intention cf our command
e-rs to grunt ufl iightt';il ftivi!egts to us that they can,
without lojury to the service, we have but little doubt.
Some tntn are ol, opinion that the more the iuifu the
stiouer they are ; but not so iu all casea. Now you take
one hundred men aDd pat them in servic?, and tell thejn
they can have no furlough?, th:n take as many more
aud !i!a-e "by their side, jn j tell them that they eiau
have oi:e lui lough for every twenty nit-n lor duty, and
1 will vot:ch th.it the la.sT, hundred will be worth one
hundred and fifty ed thr:' loruier. I saw what effect
Gen. Smith's oider from Uoldsboro', Jan. 18C3, had
upon ineu. That crcer envt-d the Covernmeut, last
year, an arnoutit of service and rmdicine lhat cannot
be'told. Then th3 circular from M:j. ii-n. VVhiii'g,
in June, wot Led like a criatm. All are delighted to
st-e the interest m:ini:ea.'d for un by. uur gallant com
ruant'er. Mucii subsistence was" srved, that v.fuid have other
wise beeu lor?t ; the ttuoj. were contented, for they
well knew that their interest was thought of by their
co'xniander. T! vi two things, 1 verily beiievt-, stop
ped more detci tiou than any thiug else.
We do not tirinc-se any oue found tault with our
General tor4.urta:l:u ihe-jurlough privilege during the
winter. Jt ws right. K-.it Spring has now come on,
nd we think that he might open thoae same privileges
again. Uy so do --, .maay, yea, very many would be
able to make siiing ; without it thej ran make
uolhiijg. We i ibire to have t-he chance to get some
tbing for cur f..i lilies' prts.-nt use, for it is getting to
be ruther artrm.g with many of us about onr fami
lies. It is very distressing to know tb3 condition ol
many of our ltuui;ie?, and the chances so limned cf
he lpug theoi.
. ( We" will state ot e !id." We knew sjme compdiites
in-1862, which ltl genet uily from twenty to thirty on
sick list, and al'-.tr General O.der No. 5, cf Gen. Smith's,
it reduced, and soou it wua down to six or ten sejdom
over ; and tlnough laat .summer and fall it was a rar
thing to find more than loar and five ou such rtport,
and sonietimes Doctors canuot always tell when
one is e.ick-. AnoiiitTgood waa done by thrse orders.
They did r.ot allow diStrteis the same lights wi'hgood
men. We ihicit a lepetitii i, ol the sn;i.e, if nmore
liberal, would work admirably.
We submit these lemarks for what they are worth.
SOLDIERS
:PAPfctS,
Lt.-i'oilard, cornmandiog Go.,' II, of the Oth Viriiiu
i Kt'srinient, aided by" some Home Guards and a -few
meu from Lt. Col. Kobbins' comaaacd, succeeded in
?"u,u "Y" "'Vr v" i' I i " ttj '
eIeven 0 cloc'f' 1ah,fr1 mfl,le,a determined effort to
'orce h'8 way cut aR(J was k,,led, leadmg the charge.
penning UOJ. ldnigren, on wedn'iday uiglit, about
Thursdav raorairjg. the remaining officers having es-
caped the party surrendered 90 I autoes and 3; ne
-Xaa . .
ggyePaj
several papers were louud ia the pockets of. Duhl-
A
crren. conies ol which are subioin&I.
"
ADDRESS TO THE OFFICERS AND MKX.
The following address to the officers and men of the
command, was written on a febeet of paper, bavin? iu
printed letters oa tbe upper corner, "Headquarters
.rniro uivisioa uavairy corps, , mo4. a t-r.sou
er states that it was read out to the men enpuged in the
raid :
Officers and Men:
x ou have been select d Iroui brigades aDd regiments
'as a picked command to. attempt a desperate under-
taking on undertaking which, if successful, will write
vour names on the hearts of your countrymen in lettprs
that can never be erased, and which will cause the
prayers of our fellow-soldiers now confiael fn loath-
prisons, to follow you aod yours wherever you
We hope to release the prisoners lroa Belle Island
fit ATiA bavin? seer? Ihpra fairl BtartPA wp win
ZC1 WZ 0; t?;u ".a :ZsL":iZr. X
tUV V BUI1,!! 4"V UHl A41VUU1UUU. UC2L4 JT lUC lf Hlggg
after us, and exhorting the released prisoners to deatrov
and burn the hateful city, and do cot allow the rebel
leader Davis and his traitorous crew to escape. The
prisoners most render great assistance, as you cannot
fc" Jour nks too fa'r.or become .oomoi ntlmd.
. vf-r, mill ha Irvar -
J"- vc .
Do not allow any personal gain to lead you off, which
would only bring you to an ignominious death at the
1. . . . . 0 ..i... -
01 citizens. iveep well together aou oney oraers
wncUy, and ali will be well ; but, on no account, scat
ter too far, for in union- there is-strengtn.
With strict obedience to orders, and. fearlee
Esness in
fVp TPfntinn rnn xuin hp sure to succeed
not willinir to sacrifice bis life in tsuch a creat and glo-
M tn nf tnn mav
hira step out, and he may go hence to the arms ot
his swefcinea.i, ana eaa oi lue oraves wuo
j through tie city oi Kichmond.
We want no man who cannot feel sure of success in
such a holy cause.
We will have a desperate fight, but stand up to it
when it does come and all will be well.
Ask the bles-siug ot the Almighty, and do not fear
the enemy.
" IT HiDmnTK
Col. Commanding.
tPirni ..tDRRS AND INSTRUCTIONS.
The itdiowMiif. ripicml orders were written on a simi
lar eheet ot paper, and on detached slip, tbe whale dis
closing the diabolical plans. ot the leader of the ex
peditnn :
Guides Pioneers with Oakum, turpentine aud tor
pedoes) Signal Officer Qaartc-rojaster uomuiia-
eary :
Scouts and pi.kets meu iu rebel uuiforui :
1 hese will remaia ou the north bank and move dowu
with the tore ou the routh bank, not getting ahead of
them, and if the communication cm be kspt up with
out giving an alarm, it muet be done ; but everything
d.pendd upon a &Ui prise, and uo one must le allowed to
pass aiead cf the coluiuu. loforuiatiou must be gth
ered in reguid to the crings ot the river, so that
should e be reTtiised oo the s.nith side, we will know
where to cios at the nearest point All mill uiU3bs
bunted, and the camd destroyed and also everything
Which can be used by the rebels must be dt-at roved, in
cluding the boa 5 a oti the river. Should a terry boat
be eeiz'd, t:nd can be worked, ho v it moved do:i.
Keep the torce on the south side posted of any impor
tant movement cf the enemy, and iu ease of danger'
some oi tut scouts must swim the river and briag ua
information. As wc ipptoach the city, the party must
take great care that they do not ge. ahead of the other
party ou ibe south gide.'and must conceal tavtui?lves
and watch our iuovemeo!s. We vv ill try and soeure
the bridge to the city, (one mi.'e below Belle Isle,) and
release the prisoners' at the same ticie. If we do not
succeed, itey must then daati dawn, and we- will try
and carry the bridge Item eaeh side, Vjrn necessary,
the men mast b- filed through the woods and along the
river bank. 1 he bridges ouco secured, aud the prison
ers loose and over the river, the budges will be secured
atd the city destroyed: The, men must keep -together,
aud well ia band, and once iu the city, it -must be de
stroyed, ond Jeff Diivts and Cabinet hilled.
I'iocetts will go along ith combustible material.
The cfuwr. mat use his discretion about the time oi
assisting uh Horses and cattle, which we do not need
immediately, must be shot rather than lelt. Every
thing ou the'aual aud elsewhere, ol s?rvLe to the reb
els, must be desiroyed. As General Custer may feiilow
me, be careiul not to give a ialse'alaim.
The signal effieer must ha prepared to etouimuuieate
at night by rockets, aud in other things ptruuuii'g to
his department.
The Quartermasters ai d CommtiSari s muai be n
the lockout lor their departments, and se that there
are o delays cn taeir. aecounL
The engineer officer will ttllow to survey the toad as
we puss over it, Jtc.
The pion-:?rs must be prepared to cousauet a bridge
or destroy one. They must have plenty ot oakunvaud
turpentine? lor burning, wb h will be rolled jn eoaked
bails, and given to the rn-?Q to bunrwheo we get in the
cify. rorpwloe-? will only be used by the pioneeis for
de-siroicg the maiu bridges, They must be pre
pared to di stroy railroads. Men will branch off to the
right with u few nionfers, nnd destroy tbe bridges and
railroads south of K cbmoud, and then join us at the
eity.
They mu3t be Well prep-imf with torpedoes, ice.
The line of Falling Creek is probably the best to work
along, or as they approach the city, Gocde'8 Creek, so
that co reinforcements can come up on any cars. No
one must be allowed to pass ahead for foar of commu
nicating new.'. Rejoin th&,command with all haste,
and, if cut eff, cro?3 ther:irbove Richmond acd
rejoin uj. Meu will stop ; ellona Arsenal and to
tally destroy it, and anythl. ellse but hospitals ; then
follow cn and rejoin the ccrrimand at Richmond with all
haste, and, if cut eff, cross the riv: r ar.d rejoia ti& A3
General Cluster may follow me, be careful ard not five
a f.ilse ularm.
PROGRAM MI! OK TUB ROUTS AND WORK.
The following is au exact copy of a paper written in
lead pencil, which uppears to bj a privhte memoran
dum of tbe programme whjch Dahlgren had made to
euable Lim to keep his woik clearly iu mind :
Saturday. Leaver camp at dark, (0 1. H.) Gross
Ely's Ford at 10 P. M.
20 miles Cross North Anna at 4 A. M., Sunday
feed an-1 waer one hour.
3 miles Frederick's Hall Slatiou, C A. M. -destroy
arts. 8 Af. M.
20 miles Near Jame.J river, 2 I. M., Suuday feed
and water hours.
30 miles to Richmond March towards Kilpatrick
for Due hour, ajd then, ns soon as datk, cress the river,
reaching Richmond early in the niornirg, (MpDday.)
One'f quiidron remains ou north side, anc! one squad
ron to cut the Railroad bridge at Falling Creek, and.
join at Richmond 83 miles.
General Kilpatrick cress at 1 A. il. hufuhiy--10
mi!a.
Pass river f A. M., (nsistance )
Childburg 14 miles 8 A. M.
liesistance at iSoith Anna .-5 uihes.
Railroad bridges at Sou.h Anna C miles 2 P.
M. J)estroy bridges Pjjs th-! riou'h Apna and I'.'ed
until afier dark then sigua! each ether. A'ter dark,
move down to Richmond, and be in front of the city
ht daybreak.
Return. la Ru-hmoud durmg the day .'cod i.id
water men tutstde. . '
lie over the Pauiuu-iey at'Juyoreak feed and vater,
and then crc:s the Rapp ihan'nock at night, (Tuesday
night,) when they must be cn the look out.
ri&ies should be ser.t ou Friday mornicg earlj, and
b2 readv to cut.
A UUIDS FURSISUEP.
1'he followL-g paper was enclosed in au e?ivilooe di
rected to "Col. U. Dalifgret., Ac, al (Jeu. Kilpatriek's
Headquarters, 8ud mat kM "couudcutiul. 'i'he letter
is not, dated :
Col. Dahluren, Ac, Ac: -
Dear Colonel At the lad moment 1 have louud the
man you want weli acquainU: with the. lames River
from Richmond cp.
I send him to you mounted on my own private korse.
You will have to furnish him a horse.
. Question him Gvc minutt. nnd you will iind hioi the
man you wan.
Respectfully and tiuiy yours,
John C. Rabccck.
On the margin of tte letter is" written : " Hu;r03d
ed the Rapidan last night, aud has late information."
TELE&RAPHIC
Rtpoilafof (lie Prs Association.
Entered accoiding to the Act of Congress, in the year 18(13,
by J. . inKAsasa, the Clerk's Office ot tne restrict
Court of the Confederate Btateslor thoNorthern District
of Georgia.
ARRIVAL OF FLAO OF TRUCE BOAT CONFED".
RATE PUISONERS-FKOfil THE UNITED ii'fATES'
AD VANCE IN COLD.
KiCHMOhD, Mdi-ch 5eh. 1864.
Te flig ot trcce boat arrived at City Point last night,
with CO officers and 8C0 privates, brcoght up for exchange.
it is not yet known bete what Commissioner Quid's decis
ion will be. fie proceeded to City Point this mornitg and
will return to-morrow.
. New Yoikfilea to the 3d inst. inclusive ave ben re
ceived. Tha Herald ssya that K;lpatrick waa moving on
Richmond, with insti ujtions to sack the rebel Capital and
release the Union prisoners.
A Washington telegram says ibt th unofficial correa
pondence between Butler and Oald resulted In the declara
tion of exchange cf all the prisoner delivered at City
Point to the 24th January.
The Herald offers one hundred doilais reward for Lin
coin's i oke about the present predicament of Slwi man, and
tnesameiui j -1 -
t,; i.vfra nnnn thA Plrtri.ta PTnprMHrwn
Grant has been appointed Lieut, ueneral.
The New York Times editorially remarks that it is quite
evident that a ministerial crisis in EBglnd Is imminent,
Everybody is dissatisfied with the position of onr foreign
relations, and the public are becoming very restive,
Gold closed m New York on the 2d, at 160.
The Yankee House of Representatives have adapted a
resolution to adjourn on the 31st May.
European advices of tha 19ib, state that forty thousand
Danes are still entrenched at Aappel. The Prussians were
preparing to attack them.
Arrangements for the departure of Maximiiliaa Lara bees
c ompleted at Paris.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richuonp, March 6th, 1C4.
TLe prisoners brought to City Poist'on Friday, arrived
here this afternoon. -About 40 Yankee officers and 600
privates will be sent ia retcra to City Point to-morrow. i
The exchange will be roDtiaaed ia the sm propoitboio
long as the Yankee authorities send back oar meu.
Another flag of truce bust, with ittjriicJ pi.sooers is ex
pected during the week.
Lieut. Col. Cook, of DahlxreVs ccmmud, wa bioaght
to tie Libhy last night.
FKO.Vl CHARLESTON.
. Chablrstom, March 6th, 1iI4.
.00 shells have l.eea Oied st the city sloes lat report, Bp
to 5 o'el.j. k this eveuing. Nothing else . new. " -
PROM. MOBILE.
Mcbilk, Uarcb 5th, 1864.
Tha aotoujit of Treasury notes funded dorlog the week it
four hundred aud forty-seven thousand uioe hundred dcl
laia, i !l continues quiet below.
FROM THE WKdT.
Dkuopolis, Miss., March 8th, 184,
One hundred ahd twenty. oce prisoners, captured by
General Forest's coniraaull above Okalona, were brought
here to day.
LlTfcR FROM TUK WK8T.
sfBSUlAK, KiBH., March 6, 1864.
hLetfu .u U rep. ited at Cutoe ou Wednesday last &oi
our cavalry vtro Hfthtiug hiiu on all a'de-i. Heavy cannou
adiC'g was t eiid in tha dbecUon of Caa'on all day Wednes
day ' LeiMau ingoing thioub the c untry issued ordars
that bio tiieo uiust rob ih-i people of subiiatiMice, which wis
etl.ictuti;y don. Tbo Yankee tork lirjja numbar r.
negroes. This section of tbe country his been p&Tfecil
impovenhed wherever the-eneaiy has been. Tha U'e
graph i- working as tar West as Morton, 'i'he biidges
nave been ivpaired fo the former Weateru ter iaiaii-
FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
UHiNQE C. 11., Va , Match 7, UU.
"Ih". s a'eaient i; the Yai,kee journals, of tha 3d inst.,
about Custer's opt-rations is greatly exaggerated. Thetruo
statement is : He burnt tbrea flour millaja fiivanua ccaj' f
aud'the bridge ner Chartottesvill-J, and blew up ooa c,i
sou, not sis; did nJt eurpiiae a cavaliy cawp, for thita
was noue 4heu ut Chnrlottcsvillo, did pot get fifty piUuu
era, but was whipped away by Braoibrata ? bfttterv i t
Stuart's bov. i tflle.y. unsupported. Our loss instiled
and wounded w.a not ever twel?e. He stoht prohahi? two.
buodred horses Item not. ccHibattants, but toot r.or.t Uo;a
Soldiers in rirMi.
AUis'tpjl-st iu fiont.
1 " ' w '
BOfJDS JJKlTtiHJN
IN
A
CORPUS OA6K,Xc.
Kicumokd, Match 7, 11
At auetiou to day Coufederato 5 tears bonds opened at
113 and closed ut lGJ. Five hundred dollar bond, of tf.j
or.e huatiieu niilllon loan, due ia 1881,. brought 120. A::
securities declined ; most of the oflerlpga were withdraw;
bank stocks soli at en average decline.ef fifteea dollar,--Gold
twetity-tbree'for one
The Secretary of th Tressury haB decided tbt secia u
subject to a tax iu kind of five per cent.
A decieion in the habeas corpus caso was rendaied bj
tbe Snpi erne font t lf Appeals today, fully afu'm'ng il3
corttitnt;oPulity of the Conscription Acts, and the .ct
abolishing the" exemption of prs6na who hid fnrai6tifej
substitutes. All the judges concurred.
News was received to-day of the capture of two Vaules
steameis by a small party of cavalry. Fnithor partk uUis
aie deemed inexpedient at present.
The Feteisfcurg Espresa of to-day states thtSuflolk bi
been occupied by the Confederate troopa for several daf s
t FDNDING.
Bavakkah, March 7th, 1M4
The amount of Confederate nctee funded here for tlu
ii-bt live das wae $(123,000, and the pieeaure continues.
i
FROM OUR ARMY AT DALTON.
Atlanta, March 7th, lt-oi
OnBatuidoy mornlnj; Holmes brigade of cavalry attack
ed the YankceB, twelve miles beyond Ringgold, acd drova
them from their position. The Yankess fled precipitately.
We lost one man killed and took seven prisoners.
It has been well ascertained that the recent Yankee aj
vance was intended as a grand attack, and the enemy t-io
ranch surprised to ibid Johnston hi such force. No pres.-ut
signs t,f a oiovement on the part of the Yankees.
FROM M1SSIBS1PFI.
Atlanta, Geo., Uarcb 7tb, 1st 4
A special dispatch to the Appeal, dated Macou, sa li . ,
March Gib, says that ihe Yankees havo all gone sirue th j
Big Clack, having burnt nothing at Cautou. They cap
tured and carried oft three olllcera of the MissisjBfppi Cn
tral Railroad, aud many negroes ; destroyed piovkiou
wherever found, aud burned many portions ot tho railun J
ruuting from above to within a few miles of Canton.
" FROM CHARLESTON.
Charlsston, March 7, 1834.
The euttiy CuUtinues to keep up a slow fire upon tha
city. No feigns of activity. on Morris Island or ether pjiuU
'iLd il set is uuchanged.
riUF.Ria AN'8 HfiTRKAT.
! EMoroLis, Ala., March 7ib, ls34.
A dispatch ii 1,1.1 C.u. J act eon dated Cauton, Aim ,
M arch 2nd, eavs that ihu enemy's at my, consisting of tbs
18ih and 17th army corps, numbering between twehty-h
end thirty thousand k'factry and Cfteen hundred cavali,
left Canton that morning, after remaining three day -Sherman
reached there oa the 2A:h nit., and remained sli
hours, when he pushed on to Vickjburg, leaving McPher
son in command. He sent back nine courieis to McPher
son on tha 29th, to proceed to Vicksbar,via Livingstou
acd Brookf illo.
A large numbar cf empty transports had passed dn
the Mississippi liver to Yieksbarg, said to bo intended io
take Shermau'd army up the rivar.
Tha enemy destroyed M railroad eight milos below Cau
ton, atdin the country through which they passed, but ueJ
Louse) and destroyed and carried c tt provision.
Over two hundred of the enemy were killed acd ciptar
ed. Fi'ty-flve out of seventy negro civalry were killed nei
Yazoo City. Several small wagon traits were taken auJ
desiroyed. No railroad btidgee were burned. Cypher dis
patches captured from the enemy's courier repo: I thair
transports going down the Yazoo rivsr.
CALL FOR A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Cbakgk C. H., March 8th, lSt4.
The Washington Chronicle, of the 3d lost., contains a rail
for a Republican National Un'os Convention (o .iu4t la
Baltimore on June 7tb, to nominate a candidate for fre.l
dent. Ail;whoarem favor of suppressing the rebellion
and the cacse thereof, are Invited to send delegates to th
Convention. It says, editorially, it cannot ha denied lhat
great bitterness is ahowtag ltelf ia the ranks of the Ke ab
lican party, which tbreatcned t ripen into someihing
worse than a Presidential contest. It say thtgood farth
dornands that all who send delegates to the Baltimore Con -vention
should stand byhe nomination.
from r (chmond decline in tobacco, faugab,
Ac-capture of btameiiu.
RicriifONP, March 8, 1884.
At auction, tdy, there wss a farther decline ia rhana
factnre.l and smokitg tobacco, sod sugar, and other ar
ticles. .
Brig. Gen. W. H. F. Leo is eipeoted from Fortrtss Moa
roe by next flag of trance boat.
The capture of the steamers referred! o yesterday, was
accomplished by fourteen men of the 5lh Virginia Cavalry,
under Actitrf Master Bentley. They crossed tbe Chesa
peake Bay la open boats, proceeded to Chris torn, boarded
the sterner and brought off a propeller, tcattled a lohooo
er, and raptured 40 prisoners, deatroylng a qoiatlty of
stores.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Chaelistoh, March Sib, 1864.
.11 shells were fired at the City to-day. No other atw
of JnterereBt. '
Tbe amount of notes ftfndsd at the Assistant Treosary
cilice in this City, for tbe past si days is two mfliioa,oae
hundred tbcusaad dollars. . .
. FUNDINO OF TREASURY NOTES. '
Macon, Oa., March 8th, 1834.
Upwards of -two and a half millions of treasury notes
have bean funded here in four per cent bonds. The peo
ple are now funding at the rate of over half a million daUj.
FROM DEMOPOL13.
pKMo'roLia, Ala., March 6th, 1664
Ireasury notes funded during fhe past week amount to
about three hundred thousand dollars.
Noth ing new from the front. .
FROM YAZOO CITY.
Atlaxta, Ca., March 8th, 13f.
Tbe 14 Appeal " has a special dispatch from -
MisBissioDi. dated March 8th, which savs that Boss ana
Richardson attacked the enemy at Yazoo City, driving
them into their redoubts, and on their gunboats at the
landing. We held the eity several hours, dsstroy lrg, valu
ble supplies of provisions, and cap taxing; a number of
horses. Oar loss was CO killed and wounded, in olo ling
Mavor Tn ur mound of the 14th Teoaeues Rerlment. The
nemy's loss not ascertained.