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BY FCLTOH A PIUCK, PR6PIUKT0RS, Tj ichom all Utters on business must b addressed. IAS. FULTON, Editor.... A. It. PBICg, Aaaociate Editor. Tenua of Subscription. '.Vock!y,'x months, invariably in advance, 15 00 Paily paper, 6 months, invariably In advance,. .$15 00 3 month..... " No subscription will be received for either paper, for a oiiRrr pei iod than six months, and none lor .the Weekly paper for a shorter time. $400 UEWAUU. rtsiWY trona the subscriber in BranBwick Ciuutv on the 'rti mat., my man NATIIAN. He is al.t u' - ifct 2 or 3 inches h'gh, stout built and toler ably h ai k, ti a scar on his foreneau auu uue on u.e uii fide of Iih tend, aud the hair over the two acarB very closely cut v,i h pcisoi. 1 will give ths ab-ve regard for the apprehension and delivery f the ea d y to me at my r si :.cc, ui his con finement in UK k tint F c an get hiui. A. A. WANET. March r-t " 27 51 NOXILK. T nil k L? ic-.kmunkd Laving quunicii as a u mm trains. ii: ii the. t-Htate of Thou a CJ. C'ra't, aeceased, at Mai:h trut, 1m 4, of the Court of fieaa anu inarier oes- ioris o! New H -mover county, hereby givea notice to all r-rnoiiH ind.-!,iid ta the estate to make immediate pay roent. i J uli ernoLH having claims against the same will pn-si n' tl f m titbin the time prescribed by law, or this notice wilt h' plead m bar of their recovery. Til )M ,s c. C1HFT, Ja , is authorized to settle all rlaMn figHiuHt ttie estate, and to receive and give receipts for uii .u.oijc) h due the Lane. MARY C. CRAFT, Administratrix. V.Mn.initori, N". C, April 4th, 1-4 Url-M 2--3t II AIIO.1 AlllKlth CAPfe KEAK ' Wii MiM.roN, N. C, March 30, 1I-C4 rjneULAf: .) It hdvii.g hrt'ri. aM-et t illed that ti alters iu our midst hue lc-rj in il:.- habit ef communicaMng information to ih tut uij thn u'ii our lines on the White Oak River and elHKwh'-it:, ail crcs-ongof these lines, except by permis- hi.u tio-D tin a-- tieaciuartera, is hereby prohibit', d. Olli t-i-ra c in tf j uding f ut-poats of this command will arrest ai (i n-.iU to Usfj(j lartcra ail persoua inlringing thiB 1.1 1. T. I y I'omiii .ii 1 d (Jonf ral Wuitiko : JAME8 11. HILL, Maj. 4 A. A. G"ncral. 'IH tf a pri, " h. iM;t. MUUCK. .'nil-: L' i :i having q jaliud as AdaoiniHtratcr of I. Jch i Devarje, duceased, at March Teim, lHt4 , of th" t'c-.irt f Hiai and (Juirter bef-aioLH of New liaoover . lit u-!y .iv'H notice to all persona Indebted to the il ta;i ceitat-ed, to make payment; and to those ;tf ii:ivi'ig (! m atraiuHl the sjmo to i recent themtiu'v su h-r.ti(.ifd wi hiu the time pruhcribed by law, otherwise '.hirt riii.i;e Aii; be pieadtd in bar of their recovery. M. K. D&VAXE, Acui'r. Varch Ul, 1-04. Til. I. I!!.' Sifir 11 at Ihn luta roiUgnA.. rf l.V-nP TW ' anc, deceased, oa Thureday, ths 2lat of April, J-SiM, tii j ;(.ri.-ii ibio projiorty of the estate of said dfeceaa t d, c'jusintiiig of stock of nil kinds, household and kitchen furniture, fanning uteunils, coru oa hand, fodder, bacon, a.d alow oiter articles too tedioui to enumerate. 6ix months w:li r.- giv-.u. and Loto aad approved buretiea re l"in d. M. K. DEVANE, Adm'r. April 1. 174-lt 2-i 3t. John 11. Larkiaa A Wife, f. I., ic Equity. I'atri'-k Mur hy, A u m r, the Wi:i a;iuexvd, and Miil.T, Kx.-cutor ol Chaa. ry, deceai' d. with ' New Hanover Countv John ! Fall Term, 13. Ucn- I Bill to Account. T Ull-S tu--K COMING ON, to be heard upon the bill and answer to t Murpby. And it appearirg to the i aUfactio'i or the Court, that John Miller, Executor, and cue ot ttu-I'tieudan's. is a non-rcaident : It ii therefore or lered that publication be made in the Wilmirgtou Weekly Journal for fix weeka, notifying said Miller to appear at the ut-xt terra of this Court, at the Court House id the Town ot v i:nii;ii;t.;ii. on the fourth Monday after the fourth Monday iu March IStii, and then an4 there plead, answer ordeuiir, or j lilyuiedt will be taken pro corfts$o as to hi .ii- T rt : A. M. WTAUDELL, Clerk & M. E. per 11. A. Bagg, Deputy Clerk. Winch 1. 25 6t EiciiLANDb, Feb. 15th, 1361. Xi.VVISCS UEKKi 1MFOHMED II AT A ;.'.:rO;iT has reached camp, that Hatvoy Cox ha 1 a:xi.l i ! i t the fainilica ut Boldie.'S could not be fed, that t'jev woa.d hive to be carried to the sea shore and l it into a boat ani shoved ell, and that I was the author ..i the rep.-ti. The report misrepresents myself, and Har vv ci,x u-ith. 'ilia lollowirg is about what 1 heard Har- vwv Cox t av on the suhi jet, or tha eubatance Gf what he h.iid Hoifietiii.e back, at liich!aud : The state of the war wan uuder discussion between Harvey Cox aad aome other persons prv.-ent. Cox remarked that rather than stop the w ir at thi time, or in other words, be subjugated, it would be, Ltttter to ficht until we lost all of our men, and ih. n takj the women and children and march them to the H.a bin re und et them adrift. He Baid nothing about the t,i..u:iea o! a ;!diera, but included all. Not washing to misre precut hyy peisoa, I haTO lurLifched Harvey Cox with ih above certificate. JOHN JARMAN. Tio above ii a-tuie copy of the original. W. J. HILL. 1 have had the above certificate published for the pur poMC of suiting myself right before the public. 1 would ask, where is the person who loves freedom, Lad not raher Hicr.liee his life in this struggle, than to be subject ed io the tender mercits of an inhuman foe, together with o ir own flaw turned loose upon us '! I believe there is i ii i lew, it ai.y, v. ho would not picter ooliteratioo, l m- luded in y n ninks, my own two eons, ervieis, tii:;o f, my wife and little children. who 1U thC HARVEY COX. 20-11 Apr-1 It rPAItl NKUSI1IP DISSOLVED. rpiIH UNUKHSTGNKD, the Kurving partner of tho late JL firm ut CliAl l' x K1N0J, hereoy gives notice to ail P'-rsoii J uvii'y claims agamsi ino saia nrm to present tin ui to Li.ii l .r payment, and all persona indebted to the K line are rtii s'ed to mike payment immediately so that Hi1 utltir ot the tircn may be settled at once. The prtitueriip heretofore existing having been dissolv ed by tne Jea;.h 1 1 Thomas C. Craft, the nudersigned will i - n iLiie the bufi..e!:s of meichAud.zing at the old stand, iu his own n;nu;. A. J. KINO. Apiil 4th, iMjl. 17t3t 'i8 3t VV1LM INGTON, N. C, APRIL 14, 18C4. Kiirriiimi ' Ititlil uit Ilia Hull r.tntl, anil our Halr8i lJrti ln of our llullroutla ly our own 'I I IMIW. Vo Lave icto lavournl with a very interesting ac onnt of matlCi-3 and thingg in the Southwest, with reft'retico i:t oii.j to the ravages committcil upon the Muhilt! ami Ohio, tho ,Selrna and the Southern ltail roaiJ by Sherman's troops, but also of the reckless and u-t lt;3:i destruction of property by our own troops there, a destruction, or rather a system of destruction which i.t eda to be curbed and restrained, if uot wholly for bid Icn. G- t.eral Sherman's army destroyed the bridges, eul-v.-rts, ware Iiou its, water atatiotis and tarn-tab!e3 on 43 ti.ilis of the MolnL1 and Ojio Railroad, and within this ili'iitict- toic up 4Jl tai'cs ot the track, on IC miles of which tier.' wa nothiag of cross ties loft but the osh?s; and the heavy raib cf which that road is built, tor the whole JiVance of 1C miles, were bent iu every con ccivaMo shape. There were two heavy bridges over rivers nearly a3 large as the Xensa at the crossing ol tlie Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, one smaller one, three quarters ut u mile of trestle, besides 43 smaller pieces and wooden culverts. lie tore up the trcck and burned the trestle work (of which there was vtry little, and no important bridge) cn 0 miles of the SJma RDad, which beiDg built with a light rail is more easily straightened than the heavy tails used on the Mobile acd Ohio Road. O.i the Southern (Vicksburg) Road, ha tore np about ; mihs of track, and burned a few bridges, and but little trestle work. That R3ad is not materially d.tllrigod. Gen. Sherman's great object seemed to be to de stroy the Mob.le and Ohio Railroad, and Ool. Flem ing, the Engineer and Superintendent was eqaally anx iou3 to repair it in the shortest possible time. The larger portion ol the. railroad hands had fljd in every directioa oa the approach of Gen. Sherman's army, aad another part cn the appearance of Gens. SMITH acd Griersok. Tne difibultks encountered iu collecting hands in a country so complexly desolated by the ene my will be easily understood. Xotwithataading this, an engine was run over the road Sherman- had de stroyed, in n days after the work wa3 commenced, or in 33 days after SxiKRVA.s'd army left Meridian -' and 4 days of the above time wag lost by heavy rain's so that tuO work wa3 actually accomplished in 25) working days ; and, in fact, the Mobile'and Ohio road waa iu working order four days before the Selma Road was ready to connect with it. A3 late as Ia3t week, the Southern road was'not yet in running order. la additioa to .U destruction effected by SnjajUN's HI VOL.20. CONFEDERATE army, Generals Smith cnJ Grikrsoh passed over 32 ..va " -" t" I destroying ell culverts, warehouses,. and water stations. Thr-y also tore up the track at intervals and bent tie raite. Oa this part of the road there is do timber, cr if any could be obtained it contd not be hauled except by railroads, aud, consequently, it was necessary to fioish the work below before anything could le dote towards repairing it. And, to make the mailer worse, our own fotiei burned the bridge over Tibbee River, one of the heaviest on the road, and a freshet occurnd two davs after the rebuilding of thi bridge was com menced, which has delayed operations a full week. However, the whoh work will be completed, notwith atandirg these d days and mishaps, in six weeks from the day the axe was stru.k in the first tree. Oar in formant says that the people out there consider it rapid work repairing 80 miles of railroad, or, which, accord ing to Gcnerul Sherman, " the deatructiou was veiy m ilea 1-1 f tho MAnil,' nna ll.lin K,19il rvr Iho ni-,i if iqo omplete," in six weeks, and we aime with them. The passecg r trains are muning with as m ich regu larity over Gm. Sherman's work is tlnjy did before his appearance. 111JJU1V IU Lt 11 Ijjt. U b UllU TVtJll IU1U1 UICJ S U 1 I UC I ,, rrtiding in the Southwest, in a recent letter, a private one, alluding to a briel editcrial paragraph in the Jour nal making referecca to the rapidity with, which the railroads destroyed by Sherman had beeu rebuilt, says : Yon are light 4 -it is eitdcr talking about destroying railrcada thau it. is doiuir it," if those who coatrol and manage them undorataad their buoint?ss and the g vcru ment wJl letd its iLfltience iu procuring tho necessary la bor to repair them ; provided hoicever, that the govern znent will either is?ue an order or pass a law which w.l- prevent cur own forces by making it a dealh penalty lor nothicg elso will stop it, from burning bridges and cars and destroying railroad property, every time they ijet scared, which ii vry fkkqukktly in this Southwestern Department (alwaya excepting Gen. Forrest's command). To such an extent has this been carried that nearly all the rowing Btcck of every roa'l West of the Tombigby River has been destroytd by our owa forces, and under no cir cumstances could the enemy have used it if captured. In the lecent raid, Gen. S. D. Leu sent -a detail up the Mobil 5 and Ohio Eailroad to destroy all "Zoose cars," and break the flanges of the tcheils, and tbey destroyed 33 cars along the road xchere the enemy never went. Gen, Cualmees aleo ordered the burning of one of the heaviest bridges over'a stream which could have been easily forded within 150 yards of the bridge, and which, in m juJgment, coald not have been Used by tee enemy it there had been the B'.ighteet cffjrt made to prevent them from crossingt. You can have no idea of tho insanity which seema to poa 8eB9 thtf'niioda of subordinate Genersrta and offijars to burn acd destroy property the moment the approach of a Yankee force ia annoutcad. Gen. Br ogles turned a pub lic road bridge near Columbu3, Mississippi, iu the recent raid, where there was only one foot aad a ha'f of water in the stream, and a lad rode across the stream half an hour afterwards. He had the fuel collected and plaoed on the fine railroad bridge it Columbus, when, to prevent the enemy using it, if indeed thai was possible it was only necessary to open the draw, which swung around, and rested on the Columbus shore, and would have left aii opening otJ feel, and tho bridg8 was G3 feet high. The Bame insane disposition, for I can call it by no milder term seemed to possess every Commandant of Pest" aud Military effioer in the State of Mississippi, where the enemy appeared. And this has been tha case In th3 Syuthwest ever since th9 beginning of the war. At tli3 evacuation of Columbus, Ky., the bridges were burned on tha railroads, when the enemy did not hare a car or an engine rciihin his domin ions of the sametguage, or that would run on these roads. Again, at Corinth, the bridges were barnid on tin Mem phis and Charleston, and the Mobile and Ohio Railroads, when the enemj had no rolling stock, and seven (7) trains loaded with government stores and containing upwards of one hundred (100) cars, and five millions vorth of pro perty had to be destroyed becauso tho bridges on the for mer road had been burned too soon. Its the first Ghikbson raid the cavalry got scared, and in their flight Btopped for nothing except to barn the trestle-work and bridges on the Mobile and Ohio Eailroad. I have never seea cars, en gines, or railroad property destroyed by our 01m forces that tho folly of it was not made apparent within ten days, and in a, majority of cases the iilroad Companies were asked to repair it. GOueral Beaurkoakd snw the folly of this while in command out here, and, sensible man aa he is, among the first ordeis issued iy him on assuming com mand at Chaileston waa one to prevent the destruction of Railroad property by our forces. I iifch tho other Gene rals had an eqial amount of Brains." These remarks are pretty sharp. Perhaps their tone is rather loo much so, but we fear there is too much occasion for theia. TLey certainly show up an abuse which cries alond for correction. Ciarrutlrig. Xight before last while Mr. Harry Brock, Con ductor ou the Wilmington & Manchester R. R , was going up to the steamboat to go over to the depot on tha Western tide of the river, two men accosted Jhim opposite to the Methodist Episcopal Church, on Front Street, and enquired about the starting of the train and the way to the depot. Mr. Brock told them he was going there himself, and would show them the way. Jle then went on, the men with him. The par ty went down the 8tep3 at the south end of the freight depot of the Wilmington and Weldon Boad, Mr. Brock in advance, the men following. Just as Mr. Brock vcached the bottom, he suddenly found his arms piniont.-d us in a vie?, while something was thrown over his mouth and around his neck, strangling him and at the fjnme time preventing his calling out. His pockets were searched and rifled of a valuable go!d watch, four hiuJrcd dollars in money, and perhaps some other val ug!cs, but of this we have not learned. A man, belonging perhaps to the railroad, coming with a light found Mr. Brock and had him conveyed to the Wayside Hospital, luckily very near, where, after proper restoratives had been applied, he revived, but was unable last night to go out on the train. He thinks that as the man with the light came he heard tbe sound as of persons running away, most probably the robbers alarmed at the approach of the light. The aflair probably occurred about 7 1 o'clock at night and in a very dark spot. It is a clear case of garrotiDg of the worst kind of highway robbery, and shows that there are very dan gerous characters abfmt. We have not seen Mr. Brock ourselves since the occurrence, and may be slightly mistaken in some particulars, which we give as we get them. We do not know wbe her he recol lects the appearance of the men suuciently well to identify them. stews It ins. We have as yet (Wednesday 4 p. m.,) no Xorthern mail, and we find little new in the papers from the South, if we except the Mtmphi3 (Atlanta) Appeal, which puts down Mr. Fulton, of North Carolina, as of the Raleigh Progress. This is somehow in connec tion with the Press Convention held bat week in Au gusta, which we regret our inability to attend. This is an item of news to us and will probably surprise the Raleigk Progress aforesaid. Oar editorial brethren seem tcrhave had a good time in Augusta, and all express their gratitude for courte sies extended. The following officers of the Press Association of the Confederate Stttfea were chosen lot the ensuing year 4 STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1864. ' NO. 30. 1 President. W. G. Clark, of the Mobile Adver- tiser. Secretary and Treasuier. X. Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. Diiecton Messrs. Barnes, of S. IVTorsk, of the Georgia ; Grutch- fikld, of Virginia ; Shannon, of Miasi.-sippi ; DcFon- TAIN IT,- North of S. U ; Paul, of Tennesnte ; Fulton, of Carolina. Nu Tr at uit. We understand that under orders from the War Depart meut, all passenger train9 are to be discontinued tor hx y days. Tho roadrT are to be monopolized by the Govern nieut fir the transportation of miils, troops, and stores. We trust that th s will yat an end to the practice, long pro valent we are told, of tail road officials and others, for warding ireigtit on private speculation, while goverument ireignt waa retting along tne Hue. inere has alio been a great deal of unnecessary tiavtl which must now he d is continaed. it is often the case that the trains are crowd ed with women and children, on some picayune expedition, wHiio tne wayworn soiaier nas to tand on tne piatiorra, ready to be sacrificed the moment an accident occurs. Our railroads are wearing out ; acd it is time the govern ment should exclude from th-ra all useless travel acd freight, and make them, what they ought, to be, mi itary roads. The saccers ot an entire campaign, yea, the very fare of the country may d pend on the rail; and the people suonia rranze this fact, and cheerfully renounce tne cats for tba occe, even though thoy nave to resort to "ahauk'a mare" or blind horses. -Sumter Watchman. If we understand the matter, the passenger trains will only be stopped in caee where Government freight has not been forwarded as rapidly as it Bhould have been. We learn from a reliable source that the Gov ernment is giving material aid in the transportation of grain and provisions for the City of Richmond, aiid other places. We learn that corn has been f-nt by orders from Richmond to the County of Columbus, where it is much needed. We would here suggest that similar arrangements could be made for Wilmington, if proper steps were taken in the matter by the proper persons. Will our Commissioners act in this matter ? there is nothicg like tryirg. Fx-Governob Alston, of Booth Carolina, died on TLnra day laat, th 7th instant, at his plantation on the Pee Deo. Bva recent arrival we have a file of the London Index np to the 10th of March. Peihapa in looking over it carefully we may be able to cull cut some mat ter oi interest to our readers. Extract from tlie Latest European Papers. Four new paddle steamers, built of steel, and of great speed, were built to leave Liverpool to engage in run ning the blockade. They are named the Badger, Let Her B, Fox and Let Her Rip, and were built for the service. The London Star eays that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's surplus will be very large considerably in excess of any amount that has yet been raised. There is every reason to- believe that the excess of calculated income over necessary and probable expenditure will be between three and four millions. The Florida arrived at Santa Cruz, Tenerifle, on the 4th of March, and sailed again on the 5th. The U. S. ehip" St. Louis reached Santa Crcz on the Cth. The Earl of Aberdeen is dead. Lord Asrburtoa is dead. . The London Post savs : " Five hundred thousand bales of cotton are stated to be now in the bands of tl Confederate Government, while two hundred thousanu bales would suffice to pay cfl the whole loan. A "large amount of bonds tave already been delivered, and cot ton received in exchange, according to agreement. There is, apparently, increased facility for running the blockade, and the difference between the delivery price of cotton in the Southern ports and that obtained for it in Liverpool may stimulate the purchase of botds ; indeed, the principal buyiDg for the last week has been on Liverpool account. There are also, as we have be fore stated, other negotiations in progress, to which we shall probably before long have again to refer." It is stated Jhat the four new blockade runners, reacy for eea at Liverpool, were going to have a grand trial of speed, in the shape of a race to the Iale of Man, on the 26th of March. The London Star Bays that Ihe bark Saxon, which was seized by the Vanderbilt, will be surrendered by the Federal Government. The London .Times, in an editorial on American af fairs, says that if any point of the case is clearer than it was two years ago, it is this : that the contest will be a long one, and that the end i3 not as yet so much n.3 foreshadowed. It argues that a3 yet the Federals have tflccted very little towards the subjagation of the South or the termination of the war ; and as regards the chances of the approaching campaigns, it thinks that' they are almost as promising for one Bide as the other. It concludes by stating that the Americans must Have learned by this time that they have nothing to fear fiom the udeivention of Europe, and that the results of the struggle, whatever they may prove, wil have been worked out exclusively by themselves. THb ILLINOIS E9IEUTE-THE CAUSES OF Til S, OUIDRKAK-THE IN8URUEC1ION" QUELL ED-MATTOON OAHRHONED. The papers contain full accounts of the recent dis turbance at Mattoon, Iilrnois. It appears that some of the Federal BOldiers had threatened to demolish a "copperhead" paper, in Edgar county, Illinois, and had forceJ the editor to apologize for bis attacks ou the Administration. The people there determined that this bullying operation should be the last in that section of the State, and the anti-Lincolniles armed themselves to prevent another one. None of the disturbance Occur red in Missourij though some of the citizens from ad ioining counties in that State participated in it. The fjffht occurred at Charleston, in Coles county, Illinois A letter from that place, to the Chicago Tribune; (Black Republican,) dated the 29ih uit., says : This afternoon a dreadlnl affair took place in our town, the most shocking in its details that has ever oc curred in our part of the State, owly in the morning squads of insurgents came in town lrom various direc tions, and, as the sequel will show, armed, and deter mined upon summary vengeance upon our soldiers. Durinsr the day premonitions of the coming trouble were too evident. Some tf the soldiers about to re turn to their regiments, were somewhat excited by li quor, and consequently rather boiatorous, but not bel ligerent, were more disposed fr lua than fight. About four o'clock a soldier, Oliver Sailee, stepped up to Xelson Wells, who has been regarded as the lead er of the insurgents in this county and placing his hands good naturedly ogaiLSt him, playfully asked him il there were any butternuts in the town ? Welis, re plied, " Ves you, I am one I" and, drawing his revolver, shof at Sailee, but missed him. In an in stant Sailee was shot from another direction and fell, but raising himself up, he fared at Wells, the ball tak ing tffjet in Lis vitals. He (Wells) went as far as Chambers & McCrcry'a store, and, passing in, fell dead. lhe insurgents were gathered behind Judge Ed wards' effice loading their fire arms, and then would step out and fire from the corner at the soldiers indis criminately with guns and revolvers. Of course, hav ing come fully prepared, they had vastly the advan tage over the soldiers, who were not expecting such an attack, and were, for the most part, unarmed. Those who were armed would hardly know at whom to fire until tbey were fired upon. The insurgents were seen to hurry to their wagons hitched at the square, and gather therefrom several guns, which were concealed under the straw. They were freely used and with terrible effect. Thomas Jtfiriea was the next to fall, receiving an ugly wound in the neck. William Oilman was ehot by B. F. Dukes, the ball striking a rib on the left side tnd glancing off. Dakea was then seen to fire at Col. Mitchell, and afterwards declared that he had killed him. Col. Mitchell receiv ed several shots through his clothes ; one hit his watch and glanced off, producing only a slight flesh wound on his abdomen. Ihe watch thrr3 providentially saved bis life. Dr. York, surgeon of the 54th Illinois, while passing through the Court House, was approached by Borne one behind, who took deliberate aim and shot him dead, the pistol being placed so close to him that the powder burned his coat. So iar aa we can learn. Dr. York was not actively engaged, in the aflray, Baye C7 in his i.rofepp:0 ;al cupicitv a surgeon, and iu trying to restore ord r. A Biiidier. AliieJ Swim, of Company G, 54h Illi nois, was shot, and taken to Dre. Allen and Vanlle ter's ( ffic where he soon died. - Mr. Swim lived some where n ar Casey, in Clark couuty, where he leaves a wife and three children. Htfls spoken of by all as having been uu txci lleut soldier and a good citizen. William ii. Hait, Deputy Provo-t Mat shal, was shot in several places, in the head and vitals ; bh wounds are probably mortal. James Goodrich, company C, 5th Illinois, rtceivtd a shocking wound, being shot in the bowels 11 s wound, we fear, will prove mortal Unarmed &i our boys were, Col. Mitchell soon ral lied all he could, cit'Zii.s and soldiers, and improvising such arms as could be Lad, gatheied at the southwest corner of the tquure, aa the insurgents retreated down the street, 1 mining east therefrom. D.spLtches were sent to Mattoon for soldiers, and - three hundred were soon on the way. The iu urgents. hulled somewhere near Mrs. Dickson's, und rematnid for some time, then turned and went tff. Beyond J. H. O'Hair'd residence they gathered together, consulted for a time, and then moved off in a northerly direction, cutting the tele graph wires as they went, unfortuna'ly before a dis patch could be sent to Dr. York's family, at Paris, giving notice cf his asaassinnation. About five o'clok the reinforcements from Mattoon arrived, and while in the Court House yard, Mr. John Cooter, from Salisbury, was captured and brought in as a prisoner, by Mr. VV. 11. Noe, and a soldier. Mr. Cooper hod taken an t-ctive part iu the affray ; when in front of Jetkin's store be attempted to escape, and when commanded to halt refused to do ho, whereupon Mr. Xoe fired over Mr. Cooper's head, who, in return, fired"at some of our men, when orders were given to fire upon bira, which was done, and he kill dead at Jenkins', door. Unfortunately one of the balls passed through the closed door ai d struck Mr. Jno. Jenkins in the groin, producing a serious and probably mortal wound. Mr. Cooper was shot tLrough the neck ani shoulder. When the insurgents were baited near Mrs. Dickson's, he wus heard to s.iy that as they now had no leader he was ready to lead them back and kill the soldiers and burn the town, or die in the attempt ; and at va rious places he was heard to threaten to cut out the hearts of the " Abolitionists," and use kicdred ex pressions. How many there were of the insurgents we do not know, nor can we estimate the t.umber, save by the siz1? of the squads that retreated in several directions. We think there may have been from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and all mounted. Who their leaders were we do not know precisely. J. H. O'Hair bhentt of this county was seen to hre three times at the soldiers. John Frazier, while sitting on his horse, was seen to deliberatfry fire five times at them, and then leave. Others of less prominence were equally warlike. The St. Loui3 Democrat says : It is nothing now that in many portions of Illicois, particularly the southern porlion, there hav3 existed the most dangerous element. " The worst kind of Cop perheads are to be found there. Xot only are resident Illinoisians to be found among them, but a considera ble number of dangerous characters properly belonging to this State have taken shelter there, where they have found congenial company, and would not be likely to be so closely watched by the military authorities as here. We have not failed to give timely warning, as far as we had the ability, of the movements of these men, ' lling our Union neighbors across the river to be on i heir guard against them. r his warning is never mere appropriate than at the present time. The President's amnesty proclamation has brought rebels in large num bers among us from the enemy's lines', many of whom may find it sgreeble to extend their travels to points where they are not bo well known as here. Another letter from Mattoon, dated the 31st uit., gays : Throughout last night and all of this morning the ex citement continued among our citizens, and the most vigorous measures were io progress to resist the ap prehended attack, but it seems that the capture of the spy last night was of more importance in a military point of view than was at first believed. He was ta ken in a suspicious locality, and at once owned his mission. On being pressed he gave full information relative to the position of his friends, stating-that there was a large force of them at Windsor, in Shelby coun ty, about eight miles west of this place; on the Terre Haute and Alton Railroad, and also at Copnim's Miils, a few miles south. His aggregate numbers, in some instances, as high as fifteen hundred. Yesterday, it is co.v positively known, the iriurgents near Windsor took a vote in their camp and unani mously resolved, with much enthusiasm, to move at once on Mattoon and release the prisoners. The failure of their scout, above named, to return, dampened their zeal, and wben it became known that he was arrested, the leaders of the gang became' fright ened, and, after much hesitation, the whole movement was given up. The Copperhead party from Xeoga, twelve miles below this place, have returned home telling their neighbors that there are five thousand Federal soldiers in Mattoon, and that it is no use to try to release the prisoners. A wise conclusion, but accepted a little too late for some of thf'se felldvis. The 4 thlndiaaa, ordered here from Indianapolis have left for C-tiro, en route for Xew Orleans, there being an adequate force here without them. J he 4lst Illiuois, Colonel Pugh, who were ordered here by telegram from Camp Bever, have gone into barracks, and will consti tute tha "garrison" for a short time. There is no doubt that the thirty Copperheads now id custody will not only b3 held, but will nave plenty of company. Pri soners are continually coming in. Everything indi cates the murdeious ar.d rebellious intent vf these men, who lacaed only numbers to continue tee open war they had begun. Last night the body of one of our suttlers was found on the railroad track shot through the heed The most intense int iguation prevails among the loyal men, and many, of before doubtful proclivities, have got their eyes opened to ihe real intents of their asao ciatcs, Dr. Shubal York, of the 4ib Illinois regiment, mur dered in the first outbreak at Charleston, was spoken of as the Union candidate for Congress in the seventh district, in place of John R. Eden. The Copperheads claim that the original disturbances grew out of some heated remarks of the deceased called cut by Eden's assault upon mm in a speech to the meeting held at Charleston on Monday. Dr. x ork was a gallant and estimable man and officer, and was connected with the regiment from the time of itslBrst organization at Anna in 1861. The main part of the o-iih regiment, as be fore stated in your dispatches was here at that time, but was forthwith sent to the scene of the affray The Copperheads at the very outset of the disturb ance cut the wires Last of Charleston, with the design of preventing aid being summoned from Indiana, but in this thev ailed. Help enough has been received from all quarters utterly to cqjv the insurgents, who are disbanding more rapidly than they assembled. It win - . . . . . ... v. doubtless soon appear whether they have discharged all the debt tbey owe the Government by now Blinking home. The Union men of this sectioa insist that the Government s-uall take such measures aa will rid this section of the pestilent gang of home rebels, whose treason has btea now declared and placed within reach of punishment. Mattoon citizens will never forget how sear the war came boae to them. The Chicago Tribune has the following article on the affair : . Both Cole3 and Edgar counties furnish striking proof and warnicg to all other counties in the State, that no lol r,PR.a oardxrkp pntrnatpd tn dialovftl men. Two meaner tools of the rebellion cannot be found in Illinois than tne two miamous orutuers, v m. o. O'H r, Sheriff of Edar county, and John S. O Hair, Sheriff of Coles county. Their father ia ex-Sheriff, Mike O'Hair, of Edgar, and both are " chip of the old block," and of the three it may ba said that it is a mia fortune to the loyal cause that the three are out of the reach of the rebel conscription, which would find them ready made to ita nses, and iar lees dangerous to ua in the rebel service. . . The share of Sheriff John O Hair, of Coles conntyH in the late distu'bancea, ia set down in our dispatches natural and inevitable reanltof the violations ot the constitu elsewhere. Both he and hia brother are men of desper- tion aryl the lawa by the party now in power, and we deem ate character,, and he seema to have ted In the bloody .ShH2 SIrjKIJffi! work begun and earned out. it waa a deliberate and murderous attack Cn the soldiers and Union citizens, I resalting ia the loss of WYeral lives, many wounded, and the fi ght of the assailants. It is noticeable in this case, as in Paris. Edgar county, a short time since, tnat the assembling wa3 not a chance one, that the copperheads came armed, with wagons, which were ar senals in reserve, and this with a delibeiate and deudly purpose. In the Edgar'county disturbance the bru'al and out rageous assaults of the Copperhead sheet at Paria had excited the veteran soldiers, who threatened to demol ish it, but the apoligies of tha editor saved him and it. But the Copperheads indighant at the success of the soldiers in backing down the organ of treason, has de termined on vengeance, and, aa is sworn to in the testi mony, the infamous Sheriff Wm. S. O'Hair, of Edgar county, secretly collected one hundred armed Copper: heads from Coles, Clark and Edgar counties, impudent ly calling them in the secret missive a posse comitatus. The gallant soldiers had seen rebels before, and a clean ing oat and rapid flight of tli3 miscreants took placa. One of them, named Canady, was captured, says the Paria Beacon. The sworn statement of Canady was. taken by a notary public. He declared that Sheriff O'Hair had sent for these men to come to Paria in squads of three or four, without arms, their guns to be brought iu wag ons, and secreted until occasion called for their use ; that a paper to this effect was read to him, signed by William O Hair, and witnessed by some of the best citizens of Paria amonjar them Amos Green, and we believe Jonathan Mayo waa mentioned in this connec tion. Col. Mayo positively denies having signed or seen such a paper. Can it be that forsrerv has been committed for the base purpose of inaugurating: a civil war in Edgar couoty ? Apropos ofi the Beast, the following incident hap pening at Fortress Monroe last week is authentic. Oae of the returned prisoners, a Colonel of the Confederate army, on hia way from Point Lookout to Richmond, was ushered into the presence of Butler, who said he desired to put some plain questions to the Colonel and wanted pertectly lrank; answers to them, promising that these answers would not effect, .in the kast, the Colonel's status aa a prisoner of war, one way or the otter. The uoionei desired mm to proceed. J ha following dialogue ensued between the two : Beast Butler. "If, in the incidents of war, I should fall a prisoner into your hands, what would you do with me ?" The Colonel. 'I ehould execute you on the spot," Beast Butler. "la ibis purpose cenerally entertain ed by theiOfficers of your army V ihe Uolonel. i'Yea, and theprivates too, Beast Butler. "Sir, I thank you for vour candor." The Colonel. "Sir, you are entirely welcome to Lit." The Colonel then retired under guard, and waa short ly afterwards waited upon by an aid de-camy of Butler, with an invitation from the Beast to dine at headquar ters. The Colonel had not eaten what could be called a dinner. lor eight months, but he promptly declined. Kich. Lors-memfhis Appeal. Railroad Accident and Loss of LifeJ A terri ble railroad accident occurred on the Petersburg and Richmond railroad at o 0 clock last Saturday mormog, involving the loss of four Jives and t'a wounding of two other persons. As the freight train for Richmond reached Dunlop's Crossing! two miles and a half this side of Petersburg, and waa passing through a deep cut, the boiler of the engine exploded, with a noise that was heard lor ten miles around. The engine waa blown to atoms, the tender and the two forward cars crushed, and the train stopped. W. A. Perdue, the engineer, bad both legs and hia right arm torn oil, his bead badly mangled, and his body thrown over into Mr. Dunlop's field. J. T. Bragg, the conductor, Mr. Wm. Parish, and li. C. Deales, the hreman, who were all on the en gine, were also killed. Mr. Bragg bad his right leg blown off, and was badly scaided. He lived half an hour. Parish and Deales, like the engineer, were killed instantly. One of the train hands was wounded on the head and a Boldier slightly in the face. The engine waa a first class one and was worth $50,J00. Every pane of glass in Mr. Danlop's house, some hundred or more yards from the scene of the ac cident, were shivered by the explosion. The cause of this sad catastropby must remain unaccounted for, as those who might have explained it have perished. Re lief was sent out from Petersburg to the wrecked traio as soon aa the character of the disaster was learned, and the dead and wounded properly cared for. Richmond Sentinet, lllh inst. Four Xew Steel Blockade Runners at Liv erpool. Four new paddle steamers, built of steel and of great speed , are about ready to leave Liverpool, to engage in running the blockade. They are named the Badger, Let Her B, and Let Her Rip, and were built for the service. Another report says that these ves sels were to have a trial of speed iu a race to the Isle of Man on the 26th of March. The London Post says : .Five hundred thousand bales ot cotton are stated to be now in the hands of the Confederate Government, while two hundred thousand would suffice to pay off the whole loan. A large amount of bonds have already been delivered and cotton received in exchange, aacord ing to agreement. There is, apparently, increased facility for running the blockade, aLd the difference between the delivered price of cotton in the southern ports and th&t obtained for it in Liverpool may stimu late the purchase of bonds ; indeed, the principal buy ing for the Jaat week has been on Liverpool account. There are also, as we have before Btated, other negotia tions in progre83, to which we shall probably before long have again to reler. Distinguished Visitors. The report that the hon est and responsible firm of Gold, Silver & Co., had left the Confederacy, is a fallacy, based upon erroneous and, perhaps, malicious information. They have, we understand, been held prisoners against their will ever since their disappearance from public view, something over two years ago. Ineir custodians were the bank ers. brokers, and old women of the Confederacy. We are glad to learn that the rigor of their confinement has been somewhat relaxed, and tnat a parole has occn granted them to move about the city. Gold appeared on the street yesterday, arm in arm -. 1 -1 r n u n n.,.1.,... f .... . 1. 1 Wltn DUVtr, luicub uu tuc yuioiiuae yji piuvisioua uuu bacon at the ''old prices," the latter of which was read ily attainable at sixteen and seventeen cents per pound, so glad were the market people to see t heir old tritnda again . Wherever the happy pair wended their way a crowd collected around lor a sight of them. Some said it was a sight f r sore eyes. ... It is uncertain now long the anove individuals win be saffered to remain at liberty, or to what degree the terms of their liberation will be extended or contracted. 1'hey are liable at any moment to be " gobbled up " by the bankers, anl brokers, and old women, and held as hostages for the exchange of Confederate ' promises," according to the cartel, at the rate of twenty or thirty for one. Ridimond Examiner. Tlie Ohio Convention. The Ohio Democratic Convention, which met at Columbus, on the 23d ol March, declared in favor oi m w I M & aicuieuaior rresiueui. The following resolutions, offeielby Judge M. Burchard, were adopted without a dissenting voice : Resolved, 1. That tha Democratio patty is now, as it i;ak ever been, devoted to the Constitution as transmitted to as by the frdmers of that instrument, and expounded by Jeflerson, Madison and Jackson, and an construed 10 me Virginia and lientncky resolutions ol 17SJ- ana ir-w, u construed in the report thereon ia the Virginia Leg is stare; and that for the maintenance of that Constitution and the nrpnervation of the Union founded under it, we here, as did the fathers of the republic, pledge life, fortune, aud sacred honor. Tk.f wa wtriM Kail ti ll H HilllnrV. f . o.n n.1 AVArv honorahiB eflort toward a restoration 01 the normal condi- tion oi this Union, to-wit : internal peace and harmony, and fraternal affection betseen the several States com- r&J: 'i!8!4 therefore uncomDroraiBinety oiiDosed to its continuance in power. 3 That we are opposed to the prosecution of the war We snhjagation or mates, or lor tne parpose ot aepn- tlM, rjghtBt and being Bli8fted tha ita ontinnftd pro- cation for auch objects will in tae eBi prove the utter de strnc Hon of civil libert-, we, therefore, demand tho imme- induration of peaceable mean atm anhonor. iv,..ittfhn. 4. Tnat the mob a-.iirit unw ahnnndiniz ia oar land ia the ple 1, of th, preBent administration has bowd the aeeda from which e now reaping a harvest of ortaw. . , TftXUtS OF iLDVfCKTIHIWO.' 1 square, aertien, $2. of 10 lines or u, for each and every In Special Notices will bo chared ti r.r qnare for each and every insertion, ' "- All Obituaries and private pDblicAtioijS oevcry charac ter, are charged as advertisement. No advertisement, reflecting upon private fcharfleter can, under ant ciKccn8TAWcai,e admitted . TELEGRAPHIC- It;pil of the Vrt Amoi Ixiion. Entered according to the Act of CongreHM, iathe7cnr 1S63, by J. S. Turarhkk, in Ihe Clerk's office of the Din- inci i.ouri or ma uonredera.ro cuteB for tho North ix-rn fistrici or ueorgi.v FROM VIRGINIA. Hi Milton 's Thou-,;, April 13th, 1H. A force cf Yankees, estimaW at one hundred, came to Falmonlh to-day and captured two waRa8. A skirmish ensued between the Yankees and Capt. Bago'a Provost Guard acd a party ircm Gobb's Georgia Legion. The Yankees, after remaining au hour, returned, going up the Warrenton road. THE CHARLESTON," JiTllNOH, A FPAIR. Fichjiokp, April'13th, 1;1. Tho collision between a party of citizens rnd another of BOldiers, at Charleston, Illinois, was Rreatiy exaggerated. A letter in the Chicago Times savs that not more than thirty men ou each Bide Tore cngageJ, aud after the atUir tha citizens went home. There was no Bnbflcqnont acsem blage of Copperheads in tho vicinity. Nothing new here to day. 'J FROM DALTOnT " Dalton, (a , April 13 ici Nashville dates to tho 10th have been received.' Tuorr was considerable excitement at MeirphiV, in consrunencn oftheFedenl pickets having been driven in ut German town. It is believed to have been a ieiut of Forrest, to enable him to get n-outh with his train containing pluid -r taken at Paducah. Washington dates to the Pth say Ilia ft Coll.xVftVred a ri8oIution proposing the expulsion of Lorg, of Ohio, for sentimenta uttered vesterday, laroring the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. St. Louis, April 8th It is reported that, several naval officers were captured on lied Ki?er, whilst coElicatiuc ootton. m . Niw York, April 8th The famous three hnndrcd pound er Parrot gnu on Cumaujjgs' Pomt exploded alter being fired 4313 times. GVN. WUEELEK ATTACKS TflK ENEMY. Gen. Wheeler attacked a small force of the enemy at daylight this morning near Benton, killing eoveral, and capturing 35 prisoneia and one Lieutenant, together with horses, pistols, carbines, &c. From the Affiujihis Appeal. Aunt Cook. There's not a maid in Madison, In corner nor in nook, That's half aa lovely as the ono Whoso name is Annie Cook ! Bome folks may think that she ii tart. And has a sour look ; But cone there are more gentle than This gentle Annie Cook 1 It racy be asket. and answered too Can she a ri al brook ? Bhe glories when she sees a belle bo kind ia Annie Cook ! One evening, wheD tho stars wore bright, A starlight walk 1 took, And clinging to my manly arm Was bright-eyed Annie Cook ! Asked I, as on we wandered far, " Know you MiB Fannin bnrok ?" " 1 do not know the homely girl." Boft whispered Annio took ? I talked of love, and all things else I learned, in school or book ; ladeed, I put my best licks " on To please Miss Annio Cook 1 And when 1 thought I'd fairly won The maid, by hook or crook , " Why, sir, you aro extremely dull," yaid lovely Annie Cook I shifted sail and tacked about, And tried anothf-r hook : " Yo'i never loved V " 1 nuver wilt Exclaimed MiM Annie Cook ! " Perhaps yoa n- ver have been wooed '!" bhe answered with a look : "I could be if I wanted to," Bung out Miss Annie Cook." "Are you iu love ? do tell ui now Perhaps with Fanuie tJuook 'r If not, vita whom ?" "A julep, Miai." That settled Aiinis Cook ! Wo reached her home ; 1 cat a while Examining a book; "Sir! do you t'ako thin for a neho-l V Inquired Miss Annie Cook. I rose and grasped my polihed cane, My hat as slily took 'r And, having nothing elue to take, Took leave of Annie Cook ! lhN Cahi. .h. Madison, Ga. The London Punch is evidently nn :itfrnlivr n -uh r of some of the Georgia ouocra. I 11 11 rf'ffiit r.iirn Iwr it publishea what it represents as the tier. nan d'claia tion of war agaimst the Djuc. but which is a clear and unmistakable plaigaMsm from what in known oh the "Georgia Platform." vVe lay the whole document, with some verbal alteration, bi ioie- our icwler-., who will not fail to recognize both the peculiar phrn filouy and the majestic principles of '-Georgia Plat form." UnKi nn t! tm1 n . ,11 . I " ..1.'.. I a I t 1 uuuju-nn;, a wm ii oujerjiivciy, ii)' UT.l.iijiiail'in or even the debilitating distrioution of inhen-iit or ac cumulative rights approximate unto no analytical propinquity to an infinitesimal re-integration ol politi cal relations. "State Sovertinty tiui U.e Sovereignty of the States" both with co-ordiuute cuiiputibiiuieH for an unrestricted development, chum tcnitoiiuily a well as te9tLeiicajty an invigorative icritcrution of enti ties, baatd on analypw, venficd by yn thtaiH, nud hal lowed by sediment. SeI-consciousne?s and conscientiousness nro nlilu violated for the, few and for the many sceptical c 11 tralization disturbs, cither by truditionul lorn: or cm plicated legahtiee, the mesmeric adhesion ol individuali ty to the progress of ideulism. Disquisition upon the inherent riht of mat Iw'ud to associated opposition to undtsirubie agencies miy rv: regarded as precluded by precedent, but it m.iy : logical to interpolate a series of evidences which if ex amined with due elaboration will serv ai b.;s a for a superstructure of irrefragable and adamantine tena city. State Sovereignty acd tie Sovereignty of tho Hivernl State naturalized into the CTeat lamily ot t.atio;js claim all the rights of their brethren and sinters, uiu1 who shall thrust them hungering awty from the gteul table spread by nature for the sustenance ol her tendtr oflapring ? Finally, but not exhaustive!?, acd witii nervol right of expatiation, we eppeal to intellectual America wan two watchwords that b--uni like thcstur.s in the blue empyrean of liberty. 1 hiae arc State Rights 1 And we therefore dcciee Federal- Execution, ond tli; government created ani vitalized by the Constitution muat eink disintegrated abashed and cxtinyutH! ed be fore the rampant Sovereignty of the States. AID' AND COMFoRT FOR THE KlSEMY. The Hh'i ington correspondent oi the New York 1'imes s -y- : It is stated in bisi informed circle thai .11 rs. J. Todd White, the Bister of Mrs. Lincoln, did pass through our lined for Richmond via Fir: rtt-s Monroe, with three trunks containing medicines and merchan dise, so th.t the chuckling of the rebel press over her safe traobit with rebel uniforms and buttons ot g jld waa founded in truth. Gen. Butler is not wont to bo a "respeetor of persons," and it ia considered her- a legitimate i.qairy wny nc permuted this wommi to pa?s to the enemy wiih her great quiutiy of c ;n:ra band properly when he arrests uli ouiers. Hope in the Future Who as not hit inclined to sit down aud imagine brilliancy in tiie lirure rather than to set to and ligh'en the present '! Though ? 1 sure as hope nlone indulged, will tfli.ction rem. io RUV'-ii 4 ry, at the beat. But let os-uiidurstand that t., h , e h :i good thing when backed by (arncnl ell ut; hit w may dream if we also omit not to work ; thai inay lay hold of eircuniefanca and j iish iur.-tlv alot-g ; and dreaming i8 and acquisition on th - iio ( i it;;j nesa. A darkey's ioatructiou lor pu.tiu on ii cVif r : "Fu88 de right arm, den da lef, and den gib one gonial coawnjsion." 4
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