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BY FCITOJI A PIWCK, PROPIUKTOIIS, Tj whom alllplters on business must bt addressed. JA.S. FOLTON, Editor.... A. L. PRK'K, Associate Editor. Terms of Subscription. Weekly, six months, invariably in advance, $5 00 Dai!jpper, 6 months, invariably in advance,. .$15 00 3 month.. " 8 00 No subscription will be received for either paper, fr a prigtr peiiotl than six moult a, and none lor the Weekly paper for shorter ime VIf,ttIM)X V CO.. W flLL T?Ur" and nm G jlfl and Silver, anK, Treasury tJ ruuda'.te Note , Bonds, mock. c, ri 3i MARKET STREET. Feb. U. . 133 3oc&2l-2m S I TK OK JfOKTH CAUOLINA. DUPLiy COUMTY Hoa'hei !uiJ. Alley vs. Jorn Tech--y la Equity, Bill for Foreclosure. too Daniel w- Teachey TN THIS 'ASE it appearing that the defendant, Daniel ,1 w. Tachey, is a non-resident, ordered tnat publication d made tor mx weeks in tb Weekly Wiftningtou Jourral, notifying: tl.e siid Pauiel W. Teachey to appear at ih Court ot E.jaity tu be ' eld for said County and 'State on the fourth ?omliy of March next, and plead, answer, or demur to said bi'l ; or the same will be taken pro confesso an 1 set for hearing isparte as to him. Witt ea my hand officially 15th Feb.. A. P., 18G4. JERK PEARSALL, C. M. E. Feb. 17 lMU. Pr. adv. $24. 22-61 NOTICK. a PPUf'ATI'iV willbemada by tl.e nndersigted io the r rr?si'Int and Directors of the wilmir'.on fc Man chetter Hailr. ad CompaDy, for the renewal ot Certificate No. 301, for five st ares ot Capital titock, new Btending in iLe name or i. t . i;oteou. acceasea. BAFtt'LR BUNTING. Coru'r. Feb. lith 1 131-lt-2l-6t -Marion (S. C, l S'ar publish G weeks, and eertd bill to ttits office. WILMINGTON, X. U., MARCH 10, 1864 FuNDia Tte following is a statement of the amounts funded at tbe Depository here for Week ending Ftbrnary 27ih, :Z,:m " Varch 5th 651,300 ;aich 7th ai d S.li and up to noon on 'Jib, 337,400 $1043,200 YVe might retnaik litre, that we understanl the mcst of the lundin bus been done by parties from the u: roundiug countt and very little by cither the citizens or temporary residents of town. It is alao to-be re marked that the iuiiding which has been done, Lee been mostly for the purpo3e of paying taxes, and compara tively little by way of investment. The tax bill is the thing that will reduce the currency more than anything else. A large amount will certainly have to bs funded for the purpose of paying taxes, and of what goes over the tux of 33t j per cent, will absorb one third. Janizary Tax. We learn from E. Mckray, Esq., Aseiajr, that the apiount of January tax collected here so fur is Si ,097.000. There ij some still uncol lected or unascertained. The whole when finished up will'probably hi iu the clos nnlliois. neighbourhood of two '1 lie liilkiya. .Some days since we briefly alluded to ecrae stufled turkies thut we had heard had been eold to Mr. Bate of this phuv, who keeps a grocery store on Market Stiee, South side, above Front. We gave tbe facta preriady an stated to us, giving no name save that of tbe purchaser, lor more than one reason, the first or which, however, wa3 all saflicient we had heard ncne, and consequently kue,w none. Even bad we known the name, we would have cou I'aled it, for satisfac'ory rea Bone. Siuee that time we have received a letter from a gen tleman iu Jlichmond county, personally unknown to us bit whose name is that of a. highly respectable family of that c ounty, which letter, dated March Gib, 18C4, aaserla that the person referred to na Laving Bold the turkiea said to hftve been stuffed with corn -meal dough, is a highly respectable lady bearing the same name with the writtr of the letter, and further adds that the state ment given in our paper doca serious injustice to that lady. The lclttr goes on to give a statement, which, as the writer deems it due to the lady in ejaestion, wc subjoin, still giving no name. The letter says : This lady having a surplus of turkeys and contem plating a visit to her father, who lives in Marion vil lage, South Carolina, and being advised by her friends that poultry Ayould be . more desirable and command a higher piiee in the market by beiug killed, dressed and atulTvid, she aecordinly carried them down to "WilmiDg ton, end wishing to purchase soma sugar and coffee, she eut to a house, the only place where she was informed she coulJ get them. There the turkiea were examined, weighed, pronouuetd good by the man, and bought for $2 f0 per pound. She received a $100' bill in part payment for her turkeys, and "when she got to her fath er's, the bill was examined .and pronounced to be a counterfeit, and when9he returned to Wilmington, she got a young gentlemm, her friend, to go to the man who passed it on Ler and make him take it back, which be did. " Two respectable gentlemen were at your market- early next morning and saw one of Mr. Worth's part ners, buy one of the turkeys for S-i per pound, and re marked as be was going off, tbi3 is dtar living.' The turkeys were in fine order, and dressed in the usual manner, with biscuit, bacd corn bread, lard, Bait, black pepper and onions, and so far from a fraud' having been committed by a 'decently dressed woman,' I submit to your candor, was it not by one of yoar own townsmen ?." This is the whole statement furnished to us. As to the price given for the turkies we have no doubt that it was $2,50 per pound, as stated. A member of this firm saw some of the turkiea pointed rut to hira us be longing lo the lot in question, and noticed one in pai tidular, which certainly appeared to him to have been stuBed with corn meal dough, and not biscuit, lard, onions, etc. The turkiea, or at least Bomc of them, Bold for S3,S0 per pound, and not for four dollars, although some turkiea were sold that morniDg for four dollars. But most lolks thought $3,50 pretty high for corn dauzh. Of courpe we know nothing personally about the bill fptnrned as a counterfeit. WTe are told that it has since been funded here, and therefore pronounced genu ioe. if it ever "has been the custom to bring stuffed poul try to this market, we confess that we have been in ignorance of the existence of any such cu3tom. It was certainly a misunderstanding on tbe part of the lady as to what waa customary here. We have no doubt, from what we have heard, that it waa au innocent one. This is all we know about the matter. It is obvious that we could have no desire to cast a personal reflec tion ou a lady whose very name was unmentioned for the reason, among otbera, that it was wholly unknown to us. The considerations that induce us to forbear mention of it now will, we trust, be equally obvious. Now ia the time to fall back on " bog and hominy" if you have them. Next to nothing cornea to mar ket, and that must be bought and eold bv the ten dol lars' worth, or by some multiple of ten dollars. The restaurants and oyster shops are generally closed, partly for want of Btock, and partly for want of change. Change ia the worst difficulty. It stopj things coming in, or being bought or sold. Itroold be prudent, if it were practicable, for people t-i fund themselves until aiter the first of April. Ae waging qan be done; and no eatables can be obtained, it wcnid be desirable to find holes or caves in the ground tu which people could "retire for a brief hyber nation oi zotr or five weeks, daring which time the; VOL. 20. CONFEDERATE might derive sustenance and amusement froa sucking their paws after the uianr.er of the black b ar Seriously, things have gofto & pa?9 that is positively alarming, and which threatens consequences of the gravest character. We cofrag oursekej unable to see what people are to do if tiling keep on this way,-getting worse and - orse, as they will dj the :uar-r the first of April approaches. The appeal in the Alexandra case, from tbe Eogl"sh Court of Exchequer to the Court of Exchequer Cham ber, sitting 3 a Cort of Errors, has bietj dismissed by tie latter cn the ground of want of jurisdiction -This would mukc the decision of the Court cf Exchf qier final. TJiat decision, it will be recollected, was t'gainst the Government aeid.ia favor of the cluirnants. The crown lawyers will try to get it before the House of Lords, through soma loop hole or other Drowsed. We heardr thii m wniug, that a negro man belonging to Dr. Lucas, of Bladen county, anl a sailor, belongirg, wc supposv', to the City of Petersburg, were drowned last night by the Ujjsettirg of a boat in which tl.e negro was carrying seme sailors to tl-e Pe tersburg, then lying in thestieu'i. The Sailord were uader the kllu lice of liq'ior AVe have since heard no particulars. Of CouitsE. Amorg thoiie most active in the work of dtBtiuction at General Anderson's iron woiks above Richmond, was a Yankee who had been liberated from prison there, to receive employment in that establish mcnt. Again we would call atteniiou to the propriety of guarding carefully the pseudo Yackie "deserters" a:nt to woik in the mines in this State. These people so often prove to be spies or something else not good. TIIK WAK IS FLOXUDA. FoUR INVASIONS OF THE 8TATK. BY THIS YAN KEESTHE EXPERIMENT- O' NgliRO TROOPS THE BATTLE OF OULUSTRL THS LNEMY ROUT ED, ic. Correspondence of tha Richmond Wh-'g Lake City, Fla., Feb. 23 J, 186-1. Your readers will all be interested ia what mjy ffow be termed the War in Florid ; for the telegrapli and mails have doubtless efe this given you sufficient to at tract attention to this quarter. Jacksonville the city of burned churches and desolated squares was again made the gateway of approach three weeks ego last Sunday. 'Ihe enemy were reported as coming in force, under UenfSeymour their transports being eighteen io number, includicg the gunboats. -The country waa taken a good deal by surprise. We had becoma used to the "occupation oi Jacksonville so much bo, that it was a by-word, that when the enemy failed at some point of importance, they would turn their potent rage upon poor little Jacksonville. THE FIRST INVASION. They occupied the place in March, 1862, when thoy said they came to protect the city against the repre hensible incendiarism oi some of our own people ; and after this profession of goodness, and making great promiseaof an intention to hold the place forever, thus duping a good many of our citizens to take6ide3 vith them in some sort of a State governmrnt which they proposed, and fioding much lesa of their kind of Union ism than they expected, but more of a military elemon etration in their front than they looked for, they de parted "bag and baggage," after a three weeks stay in the "water oak city." TIIE SECOND INVASION- A XIGGEK SPECULATION. They eame again in October, 1862, under Gen. John M. Brannan, whose preliminary achievement waa that of taking the St. John's Bluff Battery, near the mouth of the river of that name, and about twenty milea below Jacksonville. This expedition turned out to be a very heavy negro trade, for Gen. Brannan relieved our bar raccoona of a tremendoua bevy of " contrabands" on that occasion, and instead of leaving the impression that be came to tread the path of glory on the field, even in the name of the "Stars and Stripes," he sat sail with bis cargo, perfectly Patisfied with having made a good operation. TIIE THIRD INVASION NEGRO TROCP3. They came e gain in March, 1863. Then of COUrse we expected certainly a " permanent occupation." They would not be playing the " King ot France " game so often. Now they introduced their experiment of the black regimentp, commanded by certain old broken down parsons of New England a Mr. Uig gingon and others, who have laid down the stole for the gilt buttons and epaulettes put cfF the new Adam, glorying in the old a set of men described by the citi zens, who were vouchsafed a sight of them, as the most ill-favored, bideous-visaged creatures to be called men ever beheld. i Gen. Finegn, on the Confederate side, concentrates hia few scattered companies at a point seven milea from Jacksonville, and be is joined by a few companies from Middle Florida and Georgia, swelling bis command perhaps to twelve hundred men. Tbe enemy i3 met on his first advance, and nis second, and nia inira, as ne sallies out day after day, a3 if to try the streoght of our lines, lhat demonstration showed that Sambo wU cat,' but he will not be depended on aa good fight ing material. hethcr from fear oi the baiter, or no quarter, or what Sambo i3 nretty authentically report ed to have fiinched when our infantry confronted him. All accounta agree that, at abaut the time of firing being beard within town, of skirmishing without. Sam bo", in considerable force, was seen makiDg rapid in gress. The infantry campaign cuaugeu io mai oi ariiuery. Several well-directed shots are thrown upon the town upon such points aa it ia supposed the enemy are post ed : they fall true to the mark; they come in dangerous proximity to quarters, and even closely moored gun boats. They do, their work well. "Whatncwa?" The cccmy have evacuated ! Sambo and Jonathan havr dpnarted together. Thu3 ended the third " inva sion," not without, however, leaving its malignant track in the burning of two'churchca and laying waste a number of squares of private residences iu tbe beau tiful little city of Jack-sonviile. TUE FOURTH AND LAST INVASION. Thcyrome again in February, 1864. And now ye have the " grand army " white and black tro0p3 in fantry, artillery and cavalry. They CDir.e to invade ; it ia "M child's play" no longer. They come to take and to " bold." .Charleston ia virtually abandoned surplus troops arc on hand they have played the game ot takicg Jacksonville full often now they -will "take the State." Deserters and fugitives have told them the pathway was open ; that our whole local force is not more than a dozen companies scattered broadcast over the estate, with a camp pretendwg to be on a large scale about seven miles from Jacksonville, known as Camp Fmcgan, etc. The enemy learn all this, and they come to take advantage ot it. They come o or 6.000 strorcr. and reinforjcementa reported on the way. They rush upon Camp Finegan at once, in tbe night. Our troops at that point scatter into the wooda, slipping adroitly through the fingera of the foe. The enemy auvaucc iwemy uj 1.1.-3 vu lumuux, i.v. the junction of the other railroad crosscg it, the place or village known aa Baldwin. Oar rail lines m their bands, cur cate seem3 desperate : but Beauregard is apprised of the move, and hia forces are on the way. TF.E ADVANCE TO LAKE CITY. The eremy advance still weatwareL toward Lake Citv. wcich haa long been the headquarters 01 tne Eastern Department. That i3 their present Rim. Small bodies of troops arrive for us from the western part of the State soma artihery, some cavalry, some infantry. Many citizens flock from the interior, armed and eemiDpcd, to aia in repemug me mvauer. uie advance cavalry ccnia wimm vuixc umioi jjie u; fourteen hundred in tbe body, but a few hundred ot tbem dismounted and thrown forward as infantry skir mishers. Our troopa are on band a few hundred tend a" skirmishing fight of a few hour's duration ocur? within bearing of the town tbe enemy are seeking to enter. Stranee to eav. this little resistance, either from I iU telling effect, or the moral e-Oeet of resistance at all, M STATES OF AMERICA-WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 17. 1864. 1 NO. 25. -j cnurs this party to retire and renin th main kree where they near ire fcou'.h prorg 'i ni. aiarv s river. ar taking poer.ion ai.d lortir.iog. ARRIVAL CF REIN FORCEMENT3 FOR GEN. FINEGAN The time is favorable to us ; cur troops come pour ing in from Gtrogia 30me of them veteran reeirm nts who have Seen long service. Gen. Colquitt and his bri gade are' en loute The celebrated Cba'hnm Artillery of Savannah, which stood the brunt of Fort Wagner for lon we;k3, corpes lumbering with ita weli-tried pieces find veteran heart?. They are hurried down. Body afier body of troops arivt1. Clinch's cavalry are expected to enter the Sta!e in the lear of tbe enemy, and thus cut tff tl.eir retreat while the main body o! the troops push them back.' Oar f rces concentrate and fortify at Oalustre, a epot 'pre serving its Irda ) name, (I think, fcijnifjing black ) It is the headwa 'ers of a creek of that vanae, being a coutijeus pwnmp on the rij.Lt of the ratiioad, inclining Southward. Oeeau Pond, or one of the inland Lnkcs of Florida, lying not far North, thus forming a good d-feasible position. Our thansand men. forces there concentrated abut five Our rifb rits and ;.redoub's connOvtd with tbe swa-np on Ve South, and Ocean Pond. o:i the North. THE BATTLE OF OL'LUSrEE DEFEAT OF THE ENEMV. On Satu day tu'iruing last, jtt three weeks after the landing at Jacklonville our little trmy advanced about three miles beyond O'nre, learning the enemy were making an advance movement. At 3 o'clock of the day the battle beg-in,, and continued until datk, all our force on the field being more or lesa engaged. It rugfd hotly during the whole time. Veterans who say they have been iu a dozen actions during the war, and came out without a scratch, now lie in our hospitals heie, wounded in tbe. little battle of Oulustre, in Florida. The verification of this is in the number of wounded on both sides ours cau hardiy be less than five hun dred, and pernaps eighty killed, while tie enemy is re ported to have lost more than double the number. Giving these figures for him tha benefit of exaggeration, even, certain it ia be hes met with a total defeat in Florida. Black troops were confronted on the field with our own dear .sons and brothers. White rten were side by side with them ! The wounded that fill all the empty buildings that could be appropriated in this, and the dead that have been buried, more fully at test the severity of the eogagemsnt. Besides over one hundred and twenty five of the enemy's wounded pris oners, we have taken one hundred-and fifty who sur rendered. Numbers were buriod on the field, and our citizens living on the lice of the enemy's march, say they had two. trains of ambulances to carry off their dead and bounded, besides every othecocceivab!e mcde of conveyance they could apply. v the enemy have gone back to Jacksonville, forty- five milea from where they fought the battle. Our forces follow them along the road and stragglers and wounded are picked up as they go. ,A lady at one point reports that Gen. Seymour passed along, looking haggard and pale, saying he had JostTialf of hi3 troops. , We captured a battery of seven guns, brass pieces, ba sidisjabout a thousand small arms. Gen. Ficegan, of thia division, wa5 in command on the occasion ; the movement of troons on the field being conducted by Gen. Colquitt, of Georgia. General Gardner, of Mid dle Florida was present at the battle, in consultation with General Finnegan. Oulustre is also the name o' the first railroad station below Lake City, and the bat tle ground is about fifteen miles from this place. The general report before the battle was that the enemy had none but white trorp3 with them, but the contest developedthe presence oi regiments of negro troops. 1 hua ended the- battle of Oula3tre ; thus closed th fourth invasion of Florida, via Jacksonville. They may come again, and will be looked for, and looked after, try it when they will. Youte, &c, Florida. From the United Stutta. We are indebted to a friend for copies of the Balti more Gazette of the 2d and 3d inst. Under the head of" General News " tl.e Gazette of the 2d has the following summary : Tbe Steamship Bremen reached New York yesterday with advices from Europe to the 17th ult. The Dan ish war still engrossed public attention, but do further battles bad been fought. The Danesstill occupied Dup peln and the Island of Alsen , but preparations were making to dislodge them from the former position, and there were also indications that the German troops would advance across the northern boundary of Schles wig into Jutland, which ia a part of Denmark proper. It iS'believed, however, that the war will soon close, onrl that thfi txistinrr difTfli-pnofi will hfi ndiusted. It has been announced ia various journals, for the past two days, that the Army of the Potomac or a large portion of it had resumed the offensive; and in apparent confirmation of this report the Washington Star of last evening states, on the authority of parties from Culpep er, that heavy faring, both of musketry and artillery, was heard cn Monday last in the direction oi the ICapi dan : but no other icformation.in regard to the move ment, or the extent cf the conflict, hud reached Wash ington np to noon ';sterday. The Federal troop3 in East Tennessee are said to have followed Lcngstrcet in pursuit as far &i Morristown- The latter is represented to be marching east in double quick time on each side of tbe Holston iiiver. The Alabama was at Singapore on the 3d of Janua ry la3t, and it was supposed that she would make her next appearance in the China Sea.steaming from thence across the Pacific to California, if r ot captured. President Lincoln bus approved the bill reviving the grade of Lieutenant General, and has sent to tha Sen ate the nomination of Gen. Grant for that position. The Gazette of the 3d haa the following summary : . The rumcrcd movement of the Army of the Potomac turt3 out to be in the shape of a 'cavalry raid on a grand pcale. The infantry udvance was simply design ed to divert the attention of General Lee, whilst Kil patrick and Cuatar operated on bis flanks. The prin cipal cavalry expedition, utdcr Kilpatrick, is said to have crossed the Kapidan west of the position occupied by the Confederate army, with the intention of moving in the direction of Gordocsville. But this statement ia wholly inconsistent with the camp rumor that places Kilpatrick at Spottsylvania O. II., alter having defeat ed llampton's legiou and captured several hundred priaoneis, including Gen. Hampton himself. This re puted Eucce;S receives, however' no connrma- tion from omcial sources, ana is, mereiore, upeu to question. We incline to the belief, nowever, hit Kiloatrick has reallv advanced through Spottsyl vania county southwest of Fredericksburg, and that his purpose is, if unopposed, to mave jn the direction of Kichniond, destroying tne railroad ana Driagea as r.e passes along. The defeat and capture of Hampton 13 another matter concerning which, as yet, we know nothing beyond the mere rumcr lor it is given as such that was circulating on Tuesday among -ihe soldiers of Meade's army. General Oustar does not appear to have proceeded farther westward than Stannardsville. The W-ashiDgton Star of last evenirg reporte that he has already returned to this side of tne Kapidan alter having destroyed a Confederate camp -and captured a number of horses and prisoners without losing a man. Kilpatrick's is, therefore, the only expedition that U of any importance ; but from tLe nature 01 tne roaas anu the recent rise in tbe rivers thatcros3 bi3 roufrc on the way to Richmond, or to the east of Richmond, if his nurpose is to move down the peninsula to c ortress Monroe, the obstacles he will have to surmount, apart from any enemy be may chance to encounter, may be regarded as such aa will tax hi3 resolution tomeui most. . A later di3patcB from the headquarters of the Army, of the Potomac auouuncts the return of General Cus tar. The latter, instead of only reaching Stannarda ville pructeded to within four milea ot Onarloltesvilk- where be encountered a bodv of Confederate cavasry under General Stuart, supported by infantry and also by several batteries. Finding himsJf thua confronted bv superior numbers, General Custar concluded to re turn by the wuy lie came. Cro.siDg . the RivauDa river, rie burned the bridge behind him, destroyed three flour mil's filled . with guiu and ftll back towards the Rapidan, where he halted for the night, to recruit the failing strength cf hi3 horses. ' TLe r.ext morning he skirmished with a body ( Confederate Cavalry oa the road to Bnrton'a Ford, but finding that additional forces were conccutiating against him. be suddenly wheeled aud crossed at uanus ora The enemy followed ia pursuit for epme distance, but failed to intact any damage. General unsiar prougni )f 1 1 1 1 1 Ij j (til V ia fifty prisoners though it h t ot to'f d i;o or where he get tbera a lurse number t f n grots and some 300 horses. A tekertni fioa) W;.3';irgoa wife:) reached us also at a late hour, cccfi.ms our opinion as to ihe route taken by Kilpttrick ; but g-raie thut rottirg h offi cially koown of hia wteroabou'a. Runups were our ieut, whie'i pjiicf-d him some eighteen miles (rom Rich mond. We are-, howevi r. pttttly admonished that thi3 ia there suimise ; a3 theie is no communication by which such a (act could te asc rtaincd."- Geijc-d Smith, w:io was i:: command ot the cavalry expedition that was organ z.d to move southward from Memphis to support Sherman, was at Cauo on Tues day last. The-telegram which r.otice-3 his ariival lur nisherf furih. r extracts from the diary of an officer who accompanied tLu exp(ditun From tl.H ecu-ce we lairn ihat in the fiht at Wet I'oint "t; e. Federal loss wj? forty. killed and woaud..d. The h es of the battle at Pontotoc is attiitu'id to the 3J Te::nts:e? cavalry, who broke at the firt fire. Six or seven pieces cf ar tillery were spiked and abandoned, arxl the los3 in the latter fjgbt is eptinuteJ at "ab ut or.e hundred most ly in prisoners " . The New York New3 aUtes that quite a lame adJi- lion id now t-eipg made to the lk-tt ot Admiral Farra go t. Vheu all the vesa-li arrive, 'hey vill cots' tute we ure told. th icrye-et fi tt, in j .hit of tiunTets, that has over been fitted ou'. in this country. General Seymour, who commanded the. Federal tro p3 in the recent itverae in Florida, likewise man oged tt e desperate, bio dy aod unsuccessful assault on Fort Wagner btf re it was captured, lie is reputed to he a brave and accomplished cflicer, hut ill fortune sttma to f tllow all his enterprises. From the Nassau Guardian. The following Form of Prayer and Thankpfriving to Almighty God for the Princess of Wales' fa" deli very of a Prince, waa prepared by His Grscv, the Arch biahop of Cauter'niry : - " Almighty and most ra-rciful God, by whose. gra cious gift mankind is increased, we humbly thank Thee for that Thou hast. voucb3 ifed lo deliver Thy servant the Princess, of Wales from the perils of childbirth, that 'I hcu hust made her a pjful mother, utd granted her the blessing of a son. May I by watchful eye and fatherly hand still be over her ; support and comfort he r ia the hours of weaknes3, and day by day' recew her strength ; that 31 she may ari33 and yo forth to praise l'hce iu Thy church', and serve Thee in all good works to the glory of Thy Uoly name. Defend the infant prince lrom every danger that may happen to the bedy, aud from all evil thabmay assault and hurt the soul. Enrich him .with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus, and as years advance, may he increaaa in graca, ia wis dom, and ail Christian virtues.. Look down, we pray Thee, with the favor that Thou bearest unto Thy peo ple upon the royal parents ; fill thera with all heavenly beuediction, that they may faithfully live and walk ac cording to Thy will in this life present, and may be par takers of Thine everlasting glory in the life to come. Implant in the hearts of iby people a de?p sense of this, and of Thy manifold m?rcie3 to us as a church and nation, and give us grace to shew forth our thank ulngss by dutiful affection to our Sovereign, by bro ;;orly love one towards another, and by constant obe e'lence.to Thy commandments ; so that passiDg through tuis life in Thy faith and fear, we may attain to Thy iieaveDly kingdom, through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." rI'li Four pec Cent, liimiiii. It is thought by s:me that the four per cent boud3 to be issued for the present currency can be be used in business transactions and will be passed from hand t ) hand as a Treasury note ia dow U3ed. But tbi3 i3 a mistake. The law authorizing the issue of these 4 per cent bond3 soys ; " the holders of all such Treasury otes shall be allow eu to fund 1 113 same in Registered Bonds, payable 20 years after their dalr;. Learing in terest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable oa the first day of January and July of each year." A registered bond cannot be sold or transferred with out first having the entries changed at the Treasury Department, which operation would cost so much time and trouble that but few transactions of that kind will be made. And it is well thafiit is so, for if the bonds could be used just a3 Treasury notes afe now used, there would be little or no diminution of the circulating me dium, and the country would soou be again cursed with too much currencv. The bones can be used in navment of texes due the Confederate Government, and they will. then be immediately cancelled, but they cannot be pass ed from band to band without changing thc-enlries on the Register s booka. 1 hia is our opinion of tha matter, I and it is sustained by the experience of others who have dealt in registered bonds. But some one may conclude that if this is the case, ha will not fund his money, because he want3 to trade on it or use it in purchasing su.h articles p.s he may need. Such persona will find, after the fit st of April, that they made a great mistake in not funding, for they will find, we think, that all notes of the present issu above five dollars, will cease to be current no one will take, them because they are subject to a discount of one third ; and if they are kept on band till the 1st Janu ary, 1865, they are taxed one hundred per cent., and the privilege of luuding lost. And these who keep their notes for the purpose of exchanging them alter the 1st of April for the new issue at the rafe of three dollars for two, will find it incoavenient to effect the exchange as speedily as they expect or may desire. So, takicg everything into consideration, we do not believe that any one can do better than exchange his notes lor 4 per cent, bonds before the hrst day cf April. These bonds are not subject to a tax for the year 1S64. Western Democrat. Duelling. Is there not a regulation of the Confeds erate service requiring the . dismissal ot those olliccr- who engage in tue unfair and barbarous practice of dueling, or challenging each other to fiht a duel? We think there 13 such a law, and ltr ought to ba enforced. Already several of our officers have been killed in duels or disabled for life, and we notice by correspondence published in a South Carolina paper, that Geo. N. G. Evans has beea trying to get up a duel , with Col. P. W. McMastcr. We loae enouga men by x ankee bul lets without resorting to the falsely called "cede of hon or.' 11 omcers want to snow tDcir nravery, or imper il the lives of each other unnecessarily, let them agree to charge a 1 ankee battery single-handed, without sup port of any kind. If they are not killed, probably a conhnemeat of .a lew months in a northern prison mav cool their passions. West. Democrat.- Fort Powell. One of those gloomy patriots who never see or at least never talk about anything but the dark side of the picture, says "the taking of Eort Pow ell is out a question of time." This is a military axiom entirely misapplied m this case. Any post tpat is in vested bv a competent icrce, and tiiat caa be eu: ou and starved or cau be approached by parallels, certainly must fall in time, unks3 rescued by a relieving army. But Fort -Powell is in neither of these categories. It 8tand3 in the middle or a wide expanse or salt water, where the Yanks cannot dig ditches, and it 13 not as sailed or assailable on the side from which it can be in definitely supplied with til it requires. It stands pre ciselv where Fort Sumter stands, except that it is not - - r. . .- .. . . ., I assailrd bv a n-jet ot monitors ana tremcaou3 snore batteries at short range. With a plucky garrison, Farragut's woo.len ships never can take Fort Powell, and it has got that garrison. So Commodore Faira gut can "peg away." Mobile 'Tribune. The correspondent of tbe Netv York IIeraTd, with thu 1 ankee army in Florid, ssnds to that paper a list ot casualties iu the late Confederate victoiy of Ocean Pond, wHeh he says is very imperfect. l is published as aa " additional " list to one sent two days before. The correspondent says it is impossible to get the list of one or two regiments. The name of each man i3 given and the'wounds of each named and described, ex cept ia the 1st N. O. (negro) regiment. Thi" aregate iu uine regiments cf infantry,, one companyVJf cavalry and four batteries l artillery, is aa follows: Killed, 13 officers ; 131 men. Wounded and missing, (generally both) 49 officers, 1.078 men. Grand total, killed, wounded and missing, officers and men, 1.271. J low much thia will be increased by the previous and Bub?(quent lists, we can only conjecture. . Richmond Sentinel The President baa commissioned three "privates aa officers, for gallantry at tha battle of Chickam&oga. r -- ' -?n '''g- J Vor the Joarnal. IIEADQUAUTKU3 Camp Ckkjimik, ) March 9 h, 1SG4. f At a Eeetirg of Opt. Rsberrj' Company, F.,csh Ke-tfiinenr N. C. T., the following proceeding were hx-1 : On motion, Capt. W. J. Itasberry was called to the chair, and piivafo Cerj.imin Browo appo;Dfed Secretary. The Chairman e xp'aiae d the object of the meetirg in a few brief and appropriaie remarks, statin? a3 arelou why the meeting nai cal'ed, was for the purpo of Rivin? the men another eppcrtunity of renewing their pledge of tteir lives, their honor", their all, to the cause of their country, atd that he hud no doubt that men whj had displayed the courage and the z?al they had alwnyj done since it had been hia fortune to b3 their leader, (eotv near ry two y ears,) wcu:d egiia promptly respond to the call of their coantrr. Thftt their acts of bravery aud dariDsr while knowa as the ''Xetherctitt Banners," wro cot yet forgotten by their country, nor woa. d it be. Eut their country expected them not to falter, atd he knew them to be the men not to s'op uatil the grand work waa finished. The Chairman then called for m;n wha wished to ro en- l at to ejep out, when tue whole c Jiupaay, with enthusiasm, Btepped to the frott. On motion, the chair then proceeded to appoint Serg't R fi. Breton, Privates D. II. Haniboa, J. B.C. Lane aud J. G. Worthinsrton to dra't resolutiooa for the meeting, who Eocn reported the folfowirg : Whereas, That we, mmber9 rf Torupany F., ( Cth Itesr- iuient N. C. TM beirg probably the greatest suflerera ofl any in the Reiaient, for the ret.s jn tint our property Las been mo3ily destroyed by the enemy, and oar families yet rerrain in their lines, therefore, Ileiolaed, That -we take the present opportunity to apaln tei der onr services to our beloved country, and pledge ourselves never to lay down our arms uatil this unholy war Bhall be ended by cn honorable peace. llesclccd, That the proceedings of thia meeting be pub lish d. .md that the Wiluiinjjtca Jo tynaijis re qaested to publish lhesaa:e. , W. J. ItASBESKY, Chairman. BgrjAiiiN Crown, Secretary. f For the Journal. Wilmington, March lCKh, 18C4. Editors Journal Gents : You will probably recollect with what pa triotic devotion the Presidents of the railroads in the tLea Confederate States ((-even) rushed to Montgomery and eiliteito President Davis their services at halt the usual charges for freight and passengers. Well, they really took the Government on their backs, ncd have so Jar carried it through thia war at half old time prices fi eight and passengers (troops) cow" paying but little moie than half old rates (in freight), and 2 cents per mile for troop3, while indi viduals pay ten to fifteen cents per mile on passengers, and five times old ratc3 on freight, and these iates hardly enable th3 roads to pay cxptnscs to say notL ing ot profi s. It ia true large dividends have in a few cases been made, bus it was becausea such roada had old supplies on baud, and the surplus could not be expended in repaiis tor want of materials and men to work them. Hence it was thought best to give the stockholders this money now and draw on them in future for re buildiDg the roads that would be about worn' out at the end of the war. To repay all this generous woik on the patt of the Railroads of the Confederacy, what dce3 the Cocgress do ? It taxes them to the full extent possible, and the very "reserve fund " set aside ia some cases to rebuild the roads at the end of the war and invected in most cases in Confederate Uond3 is taxed 0,9 surplus income at 25 per ceut. The tax is so heavy that were it not for the private business that some of the roads caa do, when Govern ment allows them, they could not pay expenses and the tax. For instance -after taxing income beyond all reason and so it takes back more than half of the half pcice paid for Government work they add five (5) per cent on the shares at the irtjlaled valuation. Truly, if the Yankees cannot subdue us the Confederate- Congress can if it goes on thus. .Where are the Statesmen ! of .the Country ? One Railroad in iforth Carolina, cn the main line, received last year.frcm Gov ernment for services at about half old rates $G53,000, and has paid and is now due atoout 400,000 in Confederate taxes. This sam3 road has had three "raid3" made on it with a loss of not less than $100, 000, ana now it is said Mr. Secretary of Treasury pro poses to pay claims due before. April 1st, in new issue at a reduction cf of the claim. Of course dividends are at an end for tne balance cf the war, and not only that, but tbe rails and machinery gone, acd no reserve or tenewal fund left to help build up. Is this honest? is it judicious ? or i it returning evil for goou ? While faim:rs, mechanics and others who srrve the govern ment are receiving the inflated prices, Railroads remain on their patriotism at old rates and now. pay for their folly. JUSTICE. For the Journal. Fort Holmes, Smith's Island, ,-N. C March 7th, 1SG1 Messs. Fulton-&' Price: Gentlemen 1 have waited a day or two thinking that perhaps some or.e more competent than myselt, would inform you aud your readers of tbe particulars ot the sinking of the Yankee gunboat " Peterholl, lately blockading off thi3 place. The facts as near aa I caa relate them are these : Oa Saturday last, the 5th inst:, information waa brought to the counmindicg officer, Col. Jno. J. nedrick, that a steamer was lying in rather closa on Che eastern- fide of the Island, and lor some purpose no doubt. He immediately ordered Capt. IJadbam, of the 3 lsT. C. Uattalion, Lit. Artil lery, with our 20 pounder Parrotf, and Lieut. Jcs. F Hellen, with his Whitworth, the whole under the di rection of Lt. Col. Tait, to that paricl the island near est to where the steamer was lying, and if within range to drive Ler ell or sink her. I he latter was done They were not long in getting down, and soon both guns were in position. It was then nbout 11 A. iu., whea Lt. Hellen let drive a Whitworth bolt, weighing 12 pound?, which ricoeheted near the. ship and struck her below the water line a little forward of midships. Now it was observed that the fehip was at oLchor, and from the trotting back and forth of the men on board, as they could be seen, gave evidence that they were in a fix. lhey were not. long, however, in slipping their cable or weighing anchor but before they could get off, Captain Badbam fired nine well directed shots, two taking effect, and Lt. Hellen, with stovevpipc Whit worth, tossed five (thunder) bolts, three of vbich took effect. By this time the Yank was out of range, bat lacked cousidcrable of having eaaecf mind. Tiny made every effort, no doubt, to keep the ship afloat, as they were seen to lower the boats as though they were going to plug a hole, or something of the hied. Ttete seems to be no doubt but that the first shot from the "Whit worth did the work, as they raised a flag to the fore mast immediately, and tucri scem3 to be tho ppinion 1 cf officers and men "ho were on the detacdment3. Too much praise cannot be given these officers and-men.; This is the first case where a Yankee blockading steam er has beea suck during the day, and in fair weather, on our coast, and by Confederate gens. The only evi dence we have that the ship ia the Petcrbff, is through sorre letters and other papers which have drifted ashore, directed to persons on board said ship. The crew no doubt got II in-boot3 to scm-2 of the other sVsips. This ia the way we shall continue to serve the boats wheu they come iu range. lt will not bj long before we s'iuil have a Yankee account of the .flair, zv.i tfr-n I hrpe to bear ot the destruction oi r::finy Yanks. Until then, odieu. LIVE OAK., From the liiohmo'nJ Whij;. Vroiti UulI--' l)iprtnuiit. . Our fcresa have occupied Sufblk for several days past, as learn f rom the Petersburg Kxprcpa. and up to Saiureby they had not beea disturbed. Our pick ets several joileu beyond Suff olk are said to have been driven hack Tnursdav in: H e .orj?et of the move ment will .7ubtks3 b'i developed at an early day. It ws idso rep or ted, but so -far ha3 not been con firmed, that Gen. Matt Ransom has fuccvednJ in reach irg Deep Creek, near Norfolk, and ttu3 gained the rear of tbe enemy, at liowers' Hill, midway bet ween Suffolk and Portsmouth, and captured sever.-. I hundred of tbe vandals, incinding many ru-groea. George M. Kaiu, Sr , formerly Cashier c f tbe Ports moitfn. Saving Fund Society. tnd Win. H. il. Hod.; es, Ca3bicr of the. Merchants' and .Mcehani Saving? Bank, bva been Et'-otf-t:C! to hard labor at ilat era-', fne charge agtiist them was that th y ,cit the fuyds ol their rpK-tivtr b.n k:- to Uiekmond,, and-rvtusi J to divulge by whose authority it waa done. . Sir. Illgf ia to Uii l.i on bread and water and to wear a lull and chain, iltv. J. If. Wint-uVM, '. K ctor ol the T.iniiv Rnim-r::il llburi-h, Portsmouth, being an hfpti mit to liiiid labor lor vwtc '.j n:i;u-ctuuiSL 1 , ti.P r-ubli? streets, with a bill ana chain to bis leg. anion, $2. Btfe'cMf&caVi each All Obituary ppji. prnat? paMicatioffliiaf every charao- NWdvVrthctntinteTiftcifag 'ttponVWvate ctaractfr 11 1 ----t.- f -' TLe Beqsbelkra'ef the 'fuilard'bf KtfpatricVs raid, and d'ari iie-twill jot- liberate tbe Yankee prisoners at Richmond; . , ; . nj -,.,. T lt'jxtt of the Pre A8ioftIti.' "DitvAedrRCTCdi?-K to the Act oT CongreH, la the ver lv53, by J. s. luaAsnKB, in ue ClMk VOffir of the FROM KICHKOND. : t . : SicnsioxD, MAivh 9th, 1W1. : Au extensh e sale of dry goods tocji place to day. Fuli prices v ere fceEcra'.Jr obtained, and for many lots an ad vance on rates heretofore was realized. FmidrEg is prcgrcsBicg freely. (Several Banks io this cify have been authorized to act aa depositaries. Ihe new currency will be recdjtho first week in April. FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, March 9, 1RC4. Five nioLitord wi re insiJo tLe bar this morning. Io oth er reBpecta the il et is unchanged. Ton eLeJIs were tired at Soru'er last n'ght, eiLt of wh eh Etruclr. Cattery Gregg opened on Battery Simkin this morning, which replied, and waa joined by the fiullivan's hlaod bat teries, and a lively artillery dnel waa kept np for several hours. omo officer cf distinction arrived to day in the encmj'a fleet. A small steamer came alongside the Ironsides, and immed;ately upon her departure a sa'uto cf 13 guns was fired from the Ironside s. Some unuf-ual activity was reporte d among the enemy 'a fleet in Folly river, on Tuesday night. FROM IlICilMOND-DISPATCn FltOif (i EM Kit A L ItAN&OM. IiicnuoNi), March 10th, lb04. The culy item of war tews to-dey is tho appearaiic of a gnnboat and two transports in York River, near Weit Point. Ihe object of tho visit La3 not yet been ascer tained. TheLetiblaturc cf Virginia adopted to day a resolution claiming and requiring exemption from lUlitary service of a number of officers in the employment of the Executive and Judiciary Department of the Btato Government, and public institutions, Justices of tho Peace included. Tho Legislatuie will adjourn sine die to-night. It has been raining heavily here all day. An official dispatch from ('en. Ransom to-night, from Bafl'olls, sajB that the enemy occupied Full ilk ia force ou Butday. We attnefeed tUtm oa tbe 9.U iaat., and drove them in a rcu'e out of the town, killing a number and cap turing one piece cf artillery and a largo quantity ot com missarV aid quartermaster btoroa, tho cnomy tlylng to Portsmouth, burning bridges and everything elso behind tbem. We pursued thera beyond Bernard's Milla. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE MESSAGE OF GOVEltNGH CROWN. MiLLEnaEViLi.il, Ga., March 11th, 1804 . Governor Crown's Keatage wa3 icad to-day. ltre :,m mends a vigorocs Stato policy on tho questions of relief to soldiers' families, cotton planting, illeul distillation, iru prcEsment ot provisions, the removal of slaves, and deser tions from tho army. The following is a eynoi nia of hU 10 marks cn other subjects : The late action of Cocgreea has ehakeu tho confidence of the pecp.'e in the justice or competency of the manage ment of cur financial nfiaira. Tho compulsory funding of seven hundred milliora of dollara within forty days, at a less rate of interest than ia pledged on tho face of tho notes resembles repudiation and had faith. The oecret seafion, iu whico were discussed important measures, were a blight ing curse, convenient lor canvassing wnai win noi uear mo light. Ucdcr tho tew miliiary bill with its nucocstiiutionat conscription, citi.o-ns wdl not it .1 tho ranita or wo urmy, but will stay at home detached, thui depriving the State of her active militia, and placing civil righta in subjection to military power. The suspension of the llamas Corpus, under the preten tion of necessity, confers upon President Davis powers de nied by the Conatitution. Tho jow or of Congress to sus pend tho Habeas Corpus in only implied, and is limited by express declaration in iavour 01 personal nocriy. congresn cannot confer judiciary powers upon tho Exccativo, aud warrants iaimed by tho Prcs'dsr t arc ia pluiu vlolati. u of the Constitution. If thia act ia acquiesced in, tho President Liny imprison whom he pleases. It la only neccss.iry to allege treasona ble efforts. No Court daro investigate tho case. The Legislature ia reconimenudj to taue prompt action to stamp the act with tho seal of their indignant nbnke. Tho Governor reviewa the causes ol tho war who 11 rc- snon&ib:e and how peaco should bo nought. Ho occupies hall ma mesHage ia huuwuiK iiu uuuuniiiiau vui atiti ui the war. The Northern Liemooraa ana moderate icepnu licans are cxhouorated from causing it. 'J?H9 responsibili ty rests exclusively with tho wicked Kcpublican leaders who denied tne compaot of tho Constitution and declared for an anti-slavery Iiible aud an anti-slavery God. Thesj leaders obtained possession ot the Federal government an l the Bouth was compelled, iu scll'-deJeiicu to ucver the coiu pait of Bovcreign B .ates. Wicked men promise to restore the union by the para dox of force. Under Uda pretence tha Habeas GVrjxa haa been trampled under foot, the ballot-box overawe d, and arruieB raised tLroughout the whole North to subdue rho'Sooth. A change of adminiHtraticn at Iho Nonh must take place before we can have peace. Thia revolution which delenda tho light to Btate bovereignty and self government did not produce the wr. An anncabla adjustment had boon juj' d by UecjIo, who declared ;ria aud other bratc ju re-hellion to the Federal oioveniment. The b5uiiC3 cf tho di.p-itch, an ucnt to ti lrim tho of Uotf, is wholly unintelligible. Jolknal. 'Us Kil'.cl of Time. It ccttls time to indurate and developc the pbyHieal system, and it also needd time to prove (Jovernments. A government but recently formed in aptly termed in fant ; and time is an essential cleiicnt iu the growth of au infant to manhood. The longer our country lasts the stronger it become the rnorj respect it commands from its own citizens. It aa already been ia existence three yearp, hun passed through fcevere ordeals, which hua tested its Htrength, aud thu3 fur has shown no faign of veukucH.ror dtrny. It bd3 become an absolute necessity to th? people, end will crow in ihtir t-Q.ctions as time advances. a All ihta Intelligencer. Livingston, who swindled some of our citiz?.)8 ho heavily last eumm ;r, and then escaped through our linte, bus been practising the suuie arta iu Hoetom, apu in consequence has kuud his way into prison. Hi Yankees consider Lir?i a Pccwtion emissary. It ifl to ii. l.nr.id the-V Will nuniaU OlUl U3 tua.i. Rich. Sentinel. CASII OK i:iJO 18U ! T., Neak I.ibkktv Kii.1.3, Va , Feb. Cth, IS-'J. i THE tJSDEKnIUNED ret-pccfuily r.iti7.nris an 1 soldiers of Bladt-n nutyf 1.. u,niiiinren to tliC that he is a cand!. date for th office oi r-heriH of said County, and wald te ici Hed to receive tlitir bapport. M elected be piougta hiaiNili to disdrgo "he d-itie me uuice wnu iud roujo fidelity arid zc.l w'hif.b La fra has characterized him kt a soldier. UENJ. F. IUNALU1, Capt. Co. A, iuth N. C. T. March Wi. 14a.3tAM-t Philil'M, .n Onslow Cona ty, on the 1ft h uir.. iy r.. - HATlREMi.orN-w Uanovcr County, t J L .ll n .-i uu'. u . , Mr. Hli-;rni,.i Mini LUCRE! I V r Tin1 iO''i it-i Couaty, Thrfo Note (V in Hohei 0:1 e.-.i-h for luiii an-a u....n, , , ,1a v hie? reH. p .i 'Y, y . r.M civine said Notos, ns All ,vr.tn a'..' wrofd agnos'. ret hey lv, ''l tm.nhV N. HOVvAlU). ir,i.2t -n :'t . w 1 pifs. copy thro- tiii.i's ii! .,t!i," tor piniAnt. Feb Fv'i titvi; J.'.-.-.ulv an i -i ! i v- r in ihn Mibciiber, n the 1.1 h ult.. k n.ulatto . - o..onjav"rV Hi' u),oi;t ion-, " .-r. r ,ri... -l...yp rrwqrd t ion will tiv": ! r his dlvery t.. n..-,.-r ik-.i - tllTHll K Ull I l i . that 1 can got. tarn. , P. (1. MONTA.:!''; 160-31 AS LaiinRtOB, New Hanover Co., I. EtEGrEATHiC . tt t
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