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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COS FEDERATE STATES OP AMERICA. "WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APBIk 31, 1661. "Confederate Soldlr," Fort FUbcr. Communication received. -We agree with nearly all o! it but think it requires some modification. Some carta c! it, aitncagn correct enougn, we tear nugoi nroJncc- results not contemplated by the writer. We will briefly Eay that the communication asks whcee fault it is that with provisions in country the families of soldiers are exposed to sunenng ror want of food. It is net the fault of the Picddent or of the Generator they do the best they can do to uuw care of the Yankee the commomcation the fault Of those at home, Militia officers, omcers m aiuihc ouarus .,,1 M others out of service wmj epwuiiuu upuu ncec-saries of life and --erase io rcaeem me pieaes xunuc tr ttc families of soldiers. Ikcse families cannot ana not starve while there are prorisions in the country, cor will their husband eons end fathers in the army submit to their starving. Bat we will not forestate the communication itself. We would like, if possible, to see the writer and explain what, we think, under the circumstances, had better be modified. In the meactime we would say to all to the people l0 He county authorities, to every one who has any- thicg to spare to every one who has anything to di vide, erare what you can sr.w, divide what you have for yourselves; sec that while there is any provisions in the country, the wives and children of iti defenders do not scffer. In this county we believe that although there may be isolated cases of suffering, still, as a gener al thing, the pcDf, or those in need of assistance were never more liberally or fully provided for. We do trust that Euch vs ill hereafter be the case in all the counties .of the State, acd especially of this region. The true friend of tic eoldier is the one who locks to ihi wants . of his family. Let the soldier in ccmp cr in fort feel that these dear to Lim run no risk cf suffering, and his teart is relieved and his arm stiengthened. The man who is not in the crmy ghticg, should be doing all he can Icr tLe cause at heme hy increasing the resources of the country contributing to the support of the sol dier in camp ard the relief of the dependent ones at home ret speculating on the government, or extor ting frcm the needy. The .war will' not last forever; the soldiers will return home, and they will come with memcrics in which will be freshly treasured the names of those who have net cieeharged their duty in these re spects, especially in the latter. Mutterings,not loud hut deep, already give warnings which cannot wisely be disregarded, warnings which it would not only be more patriotic but more prudent to teed in time. The combat c idently thickens, and appearances fa vor a very early opening cf hostilities in Virginia, upon a tcale of unexampled magnitude. No doubt there is force in tte reasoning that the enemy i3 ia a measure compelled to push things forward, ia order to avail themselves cf the services, in the opening conflicts, of a portion of ttcir veteran troops whose term Of service is about expiring, and who hr.ve not re enlisted. but we really question whether even with this incentive there may not be physical obstacles sufficient to pre vent aDy very active operations at as early a day as the news by telegraph would Bcem to indicate. If the weather in Northern Virginia hes been anything like that which v.e L,ve had here, the ground can hardly be practicable for artillery, and without this, it seem3 to U3 no decisive operations will be undertaken, nor even if undertaken decs it appear to us that they can b2 car lied forward. Vt" may be mistaken, but we hardly think so. At any rate., a ilw days will determine, and a few more may hrlvg us the news of more stirriDg events than any that have yet marked Even this war, fruitful as it has been in su;h. The collision may take place this week, bat we chould cot be. at all surprised if it Ehould be dcfcricd until nt.xt week or thewcek after. ft - Li accounts v;cuh- seem io agree mat .dur.n.ide is about attempting his auvancc up ou the South side of James River. . Thi3 advance will ba in connection with other movements cgaicst liichinond ar,d the fact that Bcrsside's forces have shown themselves at Sadwlk. Portsmouth and elsewhere ia that direction looks as if the main attempt was soon to be made, should unfavor able weather not interpcs2 insuperable obstacles. Of ccursc it becomes us not to say anything about what has been done cr will be done towards interfering with the practicability of 15 crn side's advance up tLe South side cf James Itivcr. That, he will have to find Out for himself, and no doubt he wiih He will proba bly receive a few IcfcCls in the art cf war that will be unpleasant at first, but may do him good eventually. Gold in New York is going up fast. 13 it simply the natural course cf financial affairs, or is it accele rated by the receipt of discouraging news from the West? Something is at work, and the matter ia rapidly passing beyond ail chance of control. Whether the reports from Fort Pillow ba accurate or not, (these published ;-ctcida) ws cannot say. That the Fort was taken is certain, with its garrison; and that many of the latter were slain, hardly admits of a doubt, but there is very probably some mistako in the figures. 3,000 seems like a largo number of whites to 400 ncgrce3. It seems like too large a garrison for six or eight guns. Surely a fort could hardly be Btorm cd and Euch a large garrison put to the swerd without a less of mere than 75 on the part cf the assailants. We will have to look for something .more definite and reliable. The Senate cf Pennsylvania is in dread cf another visit frcm Lee, hence their resolution in favour of mov ing the Eeat of government frcm Ilarrisburg to Philt. delphia lor greater security. Things are working reasonably well, everything ccn- Bilcred, and, we trust will soon work better. There a a screw Iooec in the transportation of mai matter semewhe re, or by seme officials cn the "Wilming ton and Mccchtfctcr Railroad. We have lately heard of letters leirg ten dajs cn the route from Wilraicgron to Cheraw, and we know cf a case where a letter is joetmsrked Sumter, S. C, April 13tb, (14G miles from Wilmirgtcn, direct rcute,) which was received this morning, the IS th inet. We rever like to allude to Euch thiegs, hut really it docs appear that there is great dereliction cf duty EcrncwLcre, and we do trust that things of this eort will be more carefully attended to. The prize Eteamer I'et, captured cfi Wilmington, N. C.,was eoldat Boston cn the 9th instant for $35,- 000. It ArrEAfcs that Cease's EO-ctdlcd gold certificates which he effers at $1C5, are not redeemable in gold. They are only receivable as gold in payment of dutieu at the Custom Uouse. Hence it is that they do not keep down the price of gold which continues to Wk have heard, indirectly, that Governor Vance will visit Wilmington at no distant day, and will pro- Daoiy address me people while here. Should he con clude to do so, we would suggest Tuesday of the frat week of Suj :rior Court as likely to furnish an audience iron, av eections of the county. . T . j)Liuive learn that on last Friday night the .tore cf Mr. Wm. n. DeNeal, on Market Street! "V1"" oiuv.Traa broken into, and robbed, among other things, of an amount of bacon valued at lour to five thousand dollars. Some five of the negroes (for it was done by negroes) have been causrht, aDd WrtfoM Uw bacon found ia their posgesgior.; Affairs In the Wt. There would seem to be no Ioogir any doubt that the enemy has Buffered a very wvt re revere at rfhteve portLouisiana, as welKas.ot Wo point. les see. The accounts, wbich .con.e to us slowly and through indirect tunnels, have no doubt been received . fQy bj th0 Yankee military authorities some time , with all the attempts at concealment by the Yankee Government, have become at leaBt partially known to the Yankee people, as is shown by the rapid . rise in gold, which fo still rising, and, we minis, rapidly passing beyond the control of those who setk to keep it down by any temporary expedients. Bakks would seem to be rather unfortunate. Like toe oior, civilian General from Massachusetts, Beast F. Butlm. he has taken part in few battles and no v.c-om.,. x. annearance in tie field, eg a commander, is a cure presage cf ultimate disasti r to his cause. And jet Banks is a Keen snrewa man. -v muu m decided taknt and energy. A self-made man, who to raise himself higher would stop at few things. Like Bctlee, he was originally a Democrat, but turned over and has become one among the most violent opponents of the principles upon which the Jtffersonicn Demo. cratic party was based. "Whether the Yankees lost fourteen thousand men a. SLrevepcrt or not, no one can yet say. It seems to b3 hardly probaole. It is probable and 'almost certain that they sustained an overwhelming defeat one from which they will not soon recover. F:ie. About a quarter before ten o'clock cn Mon. day night a fire broke out in a stable on Mulberry Street, between Third and Fourth, North side, belong. ing, as we hear, to Alfred Aldebmajj, Esq ,and to the estate of Col. Wm. C. Howard. The stable contained a quantity of dry forage and waj almost instantly enveloped in flames. Fortunately, the night was very calm,and the flames ascended straight up, otherwise the fire might have been very destructive there beiDg a number of light wooden buildings near to it. As it was the fire was confined to the -bujldiDg in which it originated and no other less incurred except some little damage to fencing, etc. We can not state the exact amount of loss, as we do not know how much forage or other articles may have been in the stable. We should not think the whole was very great, however, although at preEent it will be difficult to replace the building or its contents. The heaviest loss was probably a carriage or roekaway be longing to Mr. Alderman, said to have bc.n in the burn:! building. Daily Journal, yesttcday. IIeenan, the prize fighter, is thought to 1 3 gradually dying, so the Northern papers say. lie is te ing his time at it and not hurryiDg himself. He utver got over that beating by the English prize fighter. If April showers bring forth May flowers, what a flowery May we will have. Pardon us for the semi pun, but we really think moat people would prefer an abundance of Jlour, to any quantity of flowers. Thi3 is an evidence of taste, while the other thing over which the romantic go into ccstacies 13 s'mply a matter of eight and emell. Don't it rain ? The Old Five Dollar Bills. The Richmond Sentinel of Saturday, the 16th inst., says that the whole sum issued in bills of the denomina tion of five dollars, sine the fcundaticn of the Confed eracy, is 79,090,315-and supposes that from sixty to sizty-five millions would cover the amount of fives this day in circulation. These are. receivable in payment of taxes and for "funding at par until the first day of J uly, after which tLey will stand on the Eame footing with the tens, twenties and fifties of the old issue. The Sentinel says that by the last of this month, five dollar notes of the new isuue will prooably be ready for isEue. The old fives will then be devoted to their final uses : the payment of taxes or furcM.cg ia four per cents, for the same purpose. When the new currency act was passed dealers In com modities immediately rained tbiiir prices 33- per cent, to cover the depreciation of the currency. That excuse is no longer valid, and yet many, if not all of them, refuse to lower their pricej. Do they wish to bring down upon then heads the curses of this whole people ana damn themselves to everlasting inf&my as men who speculated upon the dis tresses of the people in this hour of the Nation's trial? At en who indulge in Buch Eog.ndelous knavery will surely be marked and will net be forgotten. The day of reckon ing wiil come. Then woe to those whose erasping ava rice has fed fat upon the necessities of their eaSerirg countrymen. We clip tho above from toe 'Daily Eebel." There is no use in oompUining. The " dealers in commodities" pay no attention to anything that can ba said. Prices are as high at this very time, if not higher, than they were on the Qrt of April, and from appearanoea, there is no prospect of tlicir getting lower. Already some dealers refuse to take $5 bills except at a diacouat of one-third. Verily this ia a great world, or rather great people, or little people compose it. It ia some comfort io know that there is an dUier "world, where account! will be squared, and all will get their jast dues. Shad ijt Richmond. The Richmond Whig says that last week the smaller shad sold there at ten to twelve dollars a pair. "We saw no ehsd here this season small enough to be squsezed into that eompass. Nothing New. The Tarboro' Southerner of the ICth says that everything seems to be quiet in and around Plymouth and Washington at the pTcsent time. At tha earnest desire of many oi our army subscri bers, we re -publish Major Curiy Combe's experiences in Mobile. It is rather a rich Eketch. Camp 50th Reg't N. O. T. ) April ICth, 18C4. $ Mtters. Editors: Tha following is the vote ot Captain J. O. A. Kel ly's C cmpany frcm Moore in the rec2nt election for Con gressman from the 7th district of North Carolina to fill the va ey occasioned by the death of lion. S. A. Christian. R.msey, 50 ; Foster and Lracb, 0. -II. Goldsboho'. N C. Anril 3d. 1S6. Messrs. Editors : Will you be so kind as to let It be known through the columns of yonr valuable paper, where weended soldiers can procure artificial limbs ? I know of eeveral that would be glad to know, so they could supply themselves. 1, my self, am one of that number, as you will see frcm the wj u ing that it is done witti the left hand. Respectfully, Ac. , 6UBSC-UBER. Wiil those engaged or engaging in the business, or ac quainted with it, please inform U3. We fhould be-glad to hear from them. For-tbe Journal. A Suggestion to ILull Hoad Of&ccis. The frequent occurence tf accienta on B ail Boade? by the breakage of wheels, admonishes moie precaution. A wheel may be cracked or otherwise damaged and starte d off on a trip, loaded with valaab'e lives, and from afla w give way on the read and throw the train oft the track an d case the death of some of the pa. ergers. Buch has beev the case twico recently on the YV. A M. R. H., and at least the last case was an oid crack in the wheel, which carsed it te break near this place, kiting a soldier instantly. 1 have been Informed by a gentleman, tt.t in Europe that they have a man to eo round aod strike each wheel With a hammer before the trains move out cf town, and it is to d by a peculiar ringing sound of tha wheel, whether it is in goed condition or cot. I would respectfully suggest tha same plan to Bail Boad efneeta in this country. J. E. B. Timmonsville, 8. O., April 13th, 1861. Issue of Ntw Currency. The following amounts have .teen issued in the ra w curr ency to the present time : Ia $500 notes, .$10 .ooo.oco . 13, ,120,000 . . 7 .W0.OOO . 1, 6S,000 . 14, 528,000 In 100 In 60 Ia 20 n II Jn 10 " Total $46 t 4,C00 Hichmond Sentinel, 1 Uh inst. Do j ou know who built" this bridge Y said Hook. &o.' replied Hook ; 'but if too sro oi at trse-n to over 1 Tpa'H bo Kxtrt From Korihern rp' lr..lvrt by t Tnl IATB AfFAIR in cans as. y '. rnj Anil Gtb. The following p art icxi far or CJot onil nSwi'a ? Ji iad m A.k,. hTe be6n received fomL'ttia Hoot, dated .here Ma ch 27: u f'colo-1 CUy'uu. will -m.il rce o Jry and cy- Lea"! hi 'Ztnuu, arfS. artillery there to gur-d he bridge ard cover the piL-e nlr.H. b proceeded witb Li 7n tffcihw'Xr. .be n,ain body .of the rebel Irmy wcro BHtioned, f-.r ;Le purple of festroW, pontoon b i ? and arn.y i-torre in that place Lieuten ant Greahouse, ot the lrt inainna. aca the 5th Kacsat caval j. wr sent in advance with one hundred teen, and ai.ivip at the brif ge saw a large force of rebels cn the oppcsiif side prcpa'iiog to ctobf Our officers hailed ti e ennnv. ju d fcld them they belonged to HhelbyS commaud, which ires ia Fedpral uoiform, and that the Federals wer' qo. thuja, and beg them harrj to their rescne. ' The rebels mbhed foward, and a fast as tfcey crcsaed were captuu d. Their nau were thrown into the river. In this wayippo hundred and 8 xty were captnred ; thirty five wagou8Jden with supplies, which were des'-oyed ; three hundred horncs and mul e, and a pajmastei'a safe, containing $60, GOO in r'onf-dcrate nj'iney. after w' 'ch jie bridge was bnrned. T( ' an.5 a march t-i tlhty rrilts was accompl:shed in . .?enty--four h.u.'rt ABMV CC'El' COMUANKS. Tb foMowirg important order has juat been f.saed : just oeeo i.suea : kPAKTMKNT, ) 1LS 11FF1CK, V 1, April 4,1864. ) WiK DiPAKTMKNT, ADJCTAKT (jKNKBA WaBhington By diiection of the Prc-ident of the United States, the following changes and assignme; ti ar3 made in army corps commands : Major General P. II. Sheridan ia assigned to the com mand oi the ca-alry corpn of the army of ths Potomac. Major General Gordon Gianger is relieved from the com mand of the 4th army corps, and Major General O. U. How ard is 8B8:gnf d in his etr-ad. Major General Hchofiold is asancd to the command of the 23d army corps. Major Geurral fc-lorcm wii; report to Major General Sher man, ccmcofinairg the division of the Mississippi, and Ma jor General btoueman will lepoit to Major General JBcho field, commanding the d pai .meut ol the Ohio, for asfclgn- ment. Mr-jor Gere: a' Gtaig'r v.iil report by letterto the Adju tant General otle army. Captain Hoi see Poller, I'tiled Fta(e3 Ordcarce depart ment, is t;nnonnced cs cu aid docamp to Lieut. Gen Grant, with rank of Lieotenai:t Colonel. . Bj order of the Secretary of War. E. I. TOWNSEND, . Assistant Adjutant General. That portion f this order relating to the consolidation of the 11th and 1-th corps h -s been amended co as to de nominate this ccoiol.diit on the 20:h, instead of the 1st corps. THK SNM S YLIUS FOR TUS Sru s'S CiMPAtaW1 "OK TO JtlCUMOM)" AGAIN. The WasLfngtcn correspondent of the New York Ill-rid, under date of the 10th ust., says : Preparations for ihe grand movement llfchmond, which will tow be dtlajed l.y ihe etorm b Vivgiuia, are going forward with quiet but vthemtnt energy. The re organizaiion ot U e -ruy of the Potomac Las been gener ally perfected. Gen. Haldy Fmith will command two army corps, wh'ch are orgar izi at Fortrens Monrf.e. The troops uc-df-T lia cozuinund wiii be pushrd up the Peninsu la, whilst the Ainy of the Potomac keeps Lee'sforces vig orously occupied. (.Jen. Hurneide wiH attempt hi cldrcute via GoJdEboro', cu'tin tde railroad at tlrat point. The World's correspondent exprepso the opinion that this grand con'biia,'"bu will compel the rrbth to fall back from the lice ot tha Hapldan to tLe defences of Hichmond, and that the jrreateet battle of the war wih be fought in the vicinity of the roi-l'ederate capita!. Ilealsostatt s that those defences have been Btresgthen'-d, and ttrttt mines have teen prepared at "eeveral vital parts." F'rorU IiicIlcoLtlor-.s. The United States papers contain the statement made by the Provost Marshal General, of the condition of the quotas of the several Statcj under the President's call for 200,000 meo, dated March 14, 1864, from which it appears thut every ttate except Illinois is ia " defi ciency " upon all the calls. The total deficiency ol all the States amounts to 324 712 men. If this deficiency indicates any popular feeling as to the war, the great States of New York, Pcnnsylvaoia. Ohio and MasBechusetts are the localities in which the greatest amount of opposition is to be found. New In the Northwest, Illinois Las lurhished 11,436 more than her quota : Indiua owes only 3.069 men ; Mich igan 7.187; Wisconsin 15;302 ; Iowa 13,144. Total due by Northwestern States, 38,798, from which Illi nois' eurplas of 11,486 dtducted, leaves a balance of 27,362 due. vV tere ate the peace men of the ISorth west ? There pc:m3 about enough left to organize what Mr. Jtfierson calkd u respictabie pubac meeting v:z: a chairman, Eccretary atd mover of rcsfcftutions. This deficiency ot 324,712 men exi3tirg in every State except Illinois after the great efforts made for volunteering, and the euormous bountks offered, indi cates a failure iu raiainj men that is remarkable. The " veteran enlistments " are omitted very wisely omit ted from this statement. The YaLkee authorities keep their own psopk in ignorance ol this great fact It is reasonable to assume timt if the " veteran re enlist ments ' had been large, so enccurcgiug a fact would not have been wi'U.eid troni the public, nor denied to the rebels. The fact tl at tLe onicuot of this credit is cautiously withheldt irorn the public, is strong evidenc3 that the " veieran re enlistment " ha3 not been such as wojtild teud to enccnrage the " fo!k3 at home " or to depress " the rebels in arms " Every circurcstaccs tLat can be glcanad from the U. States papers tends to reveal the fact that the enemy are more nearly exhausted in every porticular ol public spirit, finances and men than tho Confederacy. Public dieaati&faetion and discontent exist everywhere, and have culminated in open resiaauce in Ilhnois. This emeute, whicb the IJcrald' designates a3 " the beginning of civil war in Illinois," may, and doubtless, will be suppressed, but the causes will continue to ex ist which prcduccd ilie outbreak ; and the existence of this discontent, which thu3 bursts out in actual violence, will cause the retention of tro.ps within tha, " loyal" States to 6appress the "civil war" that threatens iheir rear. The TJ. S. militia, it is said, is to te called out. Such a call would aggravate the discontent, as well ai organize acd arm it. Massachusetts is buying Germans in Europe to fill her quota. Her people lave grovn rich enough to purchase exemption Irom defeuding the " Old Flag," and they buy up negroes and Dutch to stand the neces sary amount of killing required of the Bay State. Shrewd people that ! New Voik takes the Irish. . Penn sylvania and Ohio mn&t remain largely .in arrears. lh"3e are the States for Oens. Lie and Johnston to rescue from " conscript fathers." The 120,000 men, they owe to the provost marshal general would hail the Confederate army with delight, and rally in security behind its lines. Ritjt. Junguiier. Tl-e IJaiiUli Iion-Clads Undrr Flrr. The European papers contain an account of the re pulse of the Danish turreted iron clad Ilolf Krake by the Prussian land batteriis nt Eckernforde on 17th ol February. She was built at Glasgow, in Scotland ; she is covered with four and a half inch ircn plates, is of twelve buodied tons burthen, draws sixteeu feet water, and has two torreta or cupolas, carrying four sixty-eight pounder guns. Apertures at the top of the towers admit light and air ; mechanical arrangements allow of the ship being lowered until her deck is only a few inches above the surface. An officer wlio was on board duriDg the action sajs,: We passed Bolneas without -replying to tho fire of the battery stationed there, and took up tho position which had been designated. Here wa -anchored with our broad side towards two fixed batteries and one moveable field battery, which opened upon us a murderous fire with round Bhot, conical shell and ohrapcel. A torgue of land, pre vented our seeing the bridge we had been ordered to des troy. The enemy fired very well. His tixed batteries were masked, and it is therefore impossible to say how ranch damage we did him ; but I sent a couple of ehells at a rifted gun that rained conical shot upon ua from the heights, and when 6heering cfi bombarded a mill and a houae. We returned to Snderborg, after being engaged an hour and a half. The Rolf Krake stood the trial well. She was hulled sixty-six times, each'sbot beiag of itself stfEcieht to sink a wooden ship. The towers wore hit several times ; sixteen shots went through tto funnel, one through the steampipe, two throcgathe foremast, one through the manmast, two through the rcizzen, and from sixty to seventy through the bulwarks, small boats, sails and rig ging. The uc ck is torn up in many places ; the tackle much cut, three boats riddled ;very vulnerable point was bit, and I should like to have seen any part of the deck where a man conld have been stationed without certainty of death. We calculated that about five thousand vocnds of iron were expended upon us, acd you may sup- pose xnai we conirioaiea cur tmu.iv. auc uvb was ueai eniog, produced as much by our own fire as the missiles ot the enemy, whose shells fisw about in all directions. One, which bnr6t directly over the tower ia which I was stationed, sent in a shower of pieces, which set fire to two mattresses, damaged my irontipie, grazed my leg, emc ihed my telescope, and penetrated a coat lying by my side in half a dozen places. I am still deaf of ope ear frcm the dm otherwise not renca nun. one man in each tower was also slightly wounded, and, curiously enough, j lortc owes Lincoi.i oy.ddu men, rcnnsjivania owes it atpenrs that r Mitioner claims now 74,127 men. Ohio owes 39,230, and Massachusetts owts age, and to be exitnpt by re son zO,oy men. i otai m incse lc-ur estates, ie,iaj men, ment to do mill each in the leit check. The Danish batteries pre armed with French rifled guns. Is it a good policy to under estimate the power of the enemy ? The Federal authorities claim a net gain of 300,000 men since November, 1863 that their armies are stronger by three hundred thousand men tow than in November last. We may deny this, but how are we to prove it ? Would it not be better to put ourselves in readioeBS to me et this formidable host ? Columbus (Qa.,) Sun. Frcm the Raleigh Confederate. A Opinion from Jndgo Blanly. "'-J We present o our readers tolay, the following opinion, delivered by Ilis Honor Judge Manly, of the Supreme Court, on the late Act of Congress suspending the privilege o the writ of habeas corpus. ' It accords with the almost universal opinion of the Jndiciary of the Confederacy on the constitutionality of the lme act, and carries the weight of an additional Judicial authority for the power exercised by Congress. And it is the emanation of a legal mind imbued with soucd principles of Jaw. It will be received by the peo ple of North Carolina with the more re3f2ct, because of J udge Msnly's known character for conscienciom integrity-end devoted patriotism. We have now, the opinions of the majority of the Su preme Court, sustaining the law. Will the agitators respect the sanction of the Judiciary ?or will they contiuue to rotate ? In tli Mutter of Patrick Rafter. The answer of the officer having custody of the peti lionc. to the writ of habeas corpus, discloses a case which caDnot be prosecuted further under the writ. j Hie following return 13 mide.: " W. T. Shipp maketh oam mat farriCK itaner was arrestee and is now de tained by him, as a person liable to do military duty, and who is attempting to ayoid the same ; that his arrest and detention is in pursuance of the authority of the Secretary of War ot the Confederate States." rJ he act of Congress, after declaring the writ of habeas corpus suspended in its application to arrests made by the President or Secretary of War in cer'ain enumerated cases, provides that "duritg the suspension, no militrry or other officer shall be compelled, in acswer to any writ of habeas corpvt, to appear in person, or re turn tbe body of any person detained by him by the nuthority of the President or hecretary of War ; but upon tbe certificate, under oath, of the effieir having charge of ncy one so detained, that such person js de tained by him as a prisoner under the authority alcrc sa;d, further proceedings under the writ of habeas cor pus shall immediately cease, and remain suspended eo long as the oct shall conticue in force " It appears to me clear, from this provision of the law, that Congren intended to take away from the or dinary tribunals ol the country all ei.qu.ry by habeas corpus into trrests made by tLe Presideut or Secretary of War, professedly in ariy of the enumerated c scs Corgress is so guarded upon this point, that it pre scribes the form of the return which the offic-r cited by the writ is to make, and which it declares shall be suf ficient ; and t hit form tenders no issue, and leaves open no Opportunity for making an issue upon the construc tion ol the. law. The officer's return in the cas3 before me, pursues the form prescribed ; acd that by the terms of tLe act, puts an end to all furthe r ecquiry. It results that no quest ion can be properly raised. in the matter before me, uniits it be a question as to the power of Congre3 to pass such law. I see no sufficient ea son for holding the law invalid for defect of power. The Confederate Constitution (Art. 1, Sec. 9, par 2.) declares that ti e writ of habeas corpus shall not t"5 suspended unk-s. when in cases of rebellion or invrsion the public safety may require it. This is a "negative pregnant," which implies a power in Congress, within the sphere of t lie general uovcrnment's actioD, to sus pend the writ, 33 the Parliament of England was wont to do, Eubjrct to the limitation that tbe power shall be exercised only in caE's of rebellion and invasion, when the public - safety may require it. . Iovaded from all ejuart2r3 by the public tucmy, as the Statea were at the late session of Congress, the occasion bad arisen when that body might lawfully consider of the exigency lor a Euspension of tht writ. It did so consider ; decided in favour of n su p.ricioo ia the cds23 enumerated, and this decision is neasjii ilv conclusive. It is confided a hi-h txercise of the legislative power ; ont it 13 believed not to C3 D3yond its legiti mate range, while the mcmentcui and profound emer gencies, with which the country ia now struggling, i3 tt3 full justification. n Eiadavit is Lund timoug ihe papers, from which to ba 4 years ot thereof from enroll- tory eervke to the Confederate btates. According to the view taken by me of the law, the question thus raised is excluded lrom consideration. But if it ehcuid turn out that I am in trror in this con struction, and the point b- made ar.d considered, it will not avail the petitioner. The first section of the military bill provide? that nil white men between the ages of 17 and 50 shall be in the military service of the: Confederate Statea during the war. In the filth ecc' i jd, those between 17 an i 18 are pluc.d ch a reserve corp3, not to serve out of the State ia which they reside. In the eighth section, power is given to the President to detail from the clas between 45 and 50, persons for office, hDspital and other simiiur duties. No restriction seema to be im posed upon tbe employment of this latter clars ia mili tary field datieF; and the enrollment and arre3t for duty, of petitioner, is' not, therefore, an illegal Interference with his personal liberty. Indeed, had Congress limit ed the field oi'duty to the State, as in the case of per sons between 17 acd 18, the mustering Lim into service simply, and placing him in a camp cf instruction near the capital ot the Srate, which is the alleged trespass upon his rights, would not be illegal. The arrest and detention would not be without warrant cf law ; and the writ under which he is seeking redress is confined in its office to the enlargement from imprisonment or ens tody of persons so arrested and detained, and nono others. Upon the questions which have arisen out of the laws of Apr-Fond Septemb r, 1862, B3 well as that ot January last, usually called the Conscription Act, some luture occasion may be afforded of giving to the pub lic my views. At present I abstain from any discus sion of them, as it is not neccssiry, and tbey may be the subject of future reviews in the Court of which I am ameaiber. I deem it proper to elate, that the petition in the cr se does not set forth the alleged ground for the peti tioner's arrest : but I concluded to overlook this defect and meet at once the questions raised upon the con struction of the law. I mention it here, that it may not be regarded as a precedent against mc. In gener al it is believed to bz more consistent with a just and prompt execution ol the! laws to require petitioners to set forth the grounds of controversy so far as they are known ; and if the petition disclose a cute to which the act of euspension cleat !y applies, it seem3 to me it ought to be rejected. The petitioner is remanded to the custody ot the ofii- cer. ai. r. ju-lim-x. Inroads upon Leased Plantations. A corres pondent of the St. Louis Democrat, . writmg irom Natchez, Miea., March 20th says : In Concordia and Tensas parishes, in Loui siana, the rebels have recently caused much trouble. Nearly-all the Government plantations in that locality have te- ceived visits from marauding parties to such an extent that labor Upon' them has been almost entirely suspen ded. The first attempt to bieak up the scheme lor the production of cotton was made more than a month ago by the forces under Gen. Polignac. At that time tbey came up ndfirly to the bank of the river, and within full view of Natchez. Every plantation that they vis ited was stripped of mules and horses, necessary fcr carrying on work. Since that time the same depreda tions have been carried on by emsll bands of the enemy detached for that especial purpose. Several lessees have been captured, but in no case have they been taken to any distance. t They have been robbed of 'all valuables, and in some instances "stripped of coats, hate,, and boots. In one case a lessee was robbed of everything except his draw ers and sbirtiand left to make bia wayto town, twenty miles distant, on foot. The rebels say they have receiv ed positive orders to break up all the plantations where there is any attempt at the production of cotton. They will allow corn in small quantities to be produced, but will allow no extensive cultivation. In tbe vicinity of Waterproof, several plantations that were in full operation were made the especial tar gets for vengeance. That section was visited almost daily for two weeks, and each time there was found something worthy of being stolen. Every mule and horse that could be found was driven off to the Oua chita district for the benefit of the Confederacy. All goods that had been purchased for issuing to the ne groes were carried off, and, in maDy cases, the negrcea were robbed of what had been sold to them. The re bels expressed a lively desire to capture tbe horses, but they were successful only in a few instatjees. A New Fabric A . gentleman at Tarboro has sent u3 a scrap of cloth tbe warp cotton, and the fil ling one-third wool and two-thirds raccoon lur. The gentleman remarks that the fur is more readily obtained than wool, and our readers may be profited by the sug gestion. One thing is certain, the cloth is a stout, sub stantiel article, the fur mixing most admirabiy with the wool. It will make good warm clothing for coarse wear and for servants. That " same old coon " can by this means be made both useful and ornamental, even more so than ia the days of " coon Bkins and log cabins." , Ral. Confederate, TELEGRAPHIC Reports of -he Press Association. Entered according to the Act of Congress, io the year 1865 by J. B. Thkashkb, in jhe Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. -, FHOM DALTON. Dalion, OA., April 15th, 1864. All quiet in front. Five Alabamians who were to havs been shot to-day for desertion, were temporarily repriev ed by Gen. Johnston until President Davis could be heard from. Weather cloudy and cool. THE CAPTURE! OF FOBT FILLOW 8LAUGHTER CF YAK K EES AND NEGROES. Mobile, ipril 16th, 18C3. A special dispatch to the Advertiser and RrgUter, frojx Fort Pillow, April 12, says that Forreet attacked this place with Chalmers' division on yesterday. The garrison on sisted of 3000 tthite and four hundred negroea. The Fort i refnsmc to anrrftn.lor. rarriftd hvetorm. Format Bell's brigade aDd Chalmers led KcCu'.lough's ; both en tered the Fort cn opposite .sides simultaneously, when an iEdiEcrirtiicate slaughter loilowed. One hundred prisoners were taken and the balance Blain. The Fort ran with blo d Many who jumped into the river were drowned or shet in the water. Over one hundred thousand dollars worth, of storea were taken. Six guns were captured. The Confederate loss was 75. Lieut. Col. Eeid, of the 5th Mis sissippi, wfi mortally wouuded. NOflTHEIlS NEWS. EicuMOND, April 16th, 1SG1. Additional Northern news state that there was great ex citement at Joiiet.t.'Oro Illinois, caused by soldiers shoot ing citizen's. A fore ban brer. Bent to pic?ent further bloodshed The Penusjrlvanii Fenato adopted a reolution removing the seat of Government to Philadelphia. Meade will be retained in command of the army of the Potomac. It Is rair.irg tere to-day. No gar. FKOtt TIIE UNITED STATES. Kichmnd. .April 17th, ls64. The Baltimore Gazotre cf the 14:h has been received. Gold closed id New York ot 4 o'clock on tte 13th inet. at 1 7? 5 . On the 12'h sterling Hilis sold at 192. Flrnr has ad vanced 40 cents on the band A mon?ter speculation has been ccceuiftced in Ered fctnfls, extending throughout the Northwest. General news unimportant. LATER FfiOM THE UNITED RTATK8 FULTflEU AD VANCE IN GOLD. Eichmom, April 17tb, 18C4. Later Northern dates'state that the Army of thePotcmic '8 actively preparing for the ctming campaign. Brigadier General Torbett has been assigned to the command oi the 1st diviaiosi of cavalry. Gen. Wiiscn ia to relieve G.-ecg in command cf thf 'id division. Scouts report that Lonratrect, with the greater portion of hii army, Las reeefced RicLmon.. They also report that the officers of Gen. Lea's army have been ordered to send all the'- bagepe to llichmcnd before tho 9th, (,? 19ih) inBtant. At lp it eccoutta tho Confederate steamer (Jeoreia wan at Garonne, France, refitting for eca. During her recent voy age, she captured aud burned, in the B.iy cf BiBcay, the ship William Crampton, from New York. Latest o'lof itiots of gold in 'ew Yorfc was 173. FUPM HICHMOND. A gentleman frcm Maryland Bays he understood at -An-nopolic and other places which he visited recently, that Burneide would move up the South side of James River, if an advance in that direction be fond practicable. Moie rain fe11 here to-day. TEE YAUESE9 ADVANCING ON BlfACK WATER. RicniiohD, April 1G b-, 1EG1 Tha Petersburg papers of this raornirg report consider able e-xitementn tlie Eiackwster section, in consequence of an advance of tho Yankees. Several 6kirm?3he had taken place. The information ia daemed reliable. The Petersburg Expr.B; repie3nU Barnaida'j frco3 landirg in large Lumbers at Portsmouth on Wednesday. CONVENTION IN EAST TENNESSEE FROM THE UNITED &TATDS FOIiaC3T AGA1S ON 1 11E MOVE. Palton, April IG'.h, 1804. Northern dates of ihe 13ih in3tant have b3en received The East T.nnesace Convention met at KnoxvilJe on the 12th. Delegates from nearly every county were pre sent.. Tcm NciHofl made an explanation 0! his compromise ?J with Jefferson Davis. He denounced the acts of the Presi dent Lincoln ? as unconstitutional and regarded them as iu violation of the constitution. William Heiektll was elected President. Daniel TrewM'.t made a speech dcnoicifg the apostateB fi the bitterest f ermsr A combination of politician- against the admi-iatratijn exists in strong force. Andrew Johnston mado a spceea, declaring that the ne groes had been working tho rich lauds of Tecnessas long enpngh.; that slavery was already dead, and if we had no slaves there would be few traitors. Washington, A pill 12th. TLe railroad biidges over the Potomac, destroyed by the freshet Lave been replaced, New Orleans advices say that a large side-whecel Bteam er evaded the blockaders at Galveston, ad had gotten ?n with fire thousand stand of arms. New York, -April" 12ih. It is reptrtcd that B'shop ile Glasky las beta appointed AicIibihop of New York, and Bishop gpaulding ortJaltimore. Tho steamer Virginia, from Lverpool on the 2Dtk ult., has arrived. Tto Danish Conference is to meet at Lon don on the 12th April. Consols 91 J. Cotton was dull tnJ uncharged. The Steamer Ci'y of New York was wrecked at tho en trance of Queenstown harbor by running on a rock. She will prove a totipil lo.s. The Prussians attempted to carry Dppel by storm, but after an engagement lasling for five hoars their whole line was le pulsed. In New Ycrk ccttoa was quoted at 77 cento, and gold 171. Harris of Maryland, Slid Fernando Wood defended Long of Ohio. CArao, April 12th It is reported that the rebel Forrest, with a large force, was advancing 00 Padacah last night in four directions. Reinforcements Lave beau sen from Majfi-ld. . Nothing tianspirlrjg here. TYPGGIUPni.AL UNIGN CF BEL MA. Selma, April lGth, 1SC4. Hu tr'elrna Tjp:graphleal Union held a meeting this evening and passed resolutions sympathizing with the At lanta Union, and tendering a hearty co-operation in any meafcurea calculated to secure the rights cf the fraternity and a'o t rdercd tho coriespondingbecretaiy to communi cate wiili the coire-poLding Sectary of tLe Atlanta Union, s nd report as soon as practicable. TIIE ARMIES MO VINO. Okakqb C. H., April 17th, 18G4. T'eeerlers who h&Te entered our lines within tie pa&t week report that the enemy will begin to advance to-mcr row (Sur.day,) eight das rations bavi-g been issued for that purpoee. They abo report tLat the enemy are forti f jing Pony Mountain. CrrLPfPEH C. H,, .April 17. A citfzen just cut of tbe ene my's lines fa: 8 that the tumy will force afighteoon, in order to have ILeir eld troops, whose terms expire in May, (not one-fifth of v. hem have re etliated,) engaged ia it. The Yankee army is anj thing but in fine spirits. Meade is reported as receiving reinf jrcements rapidly. laaj. Cen. LI. F. Emitb, cf the army of the We6t, has been assigned to dnly ia this aimy as Chief Ergineer on (Jen. Leo's staff. All qaiet in front to-day. CONFEDERATE BIX PSK. CE3T. B0ND3, io. EiCHiiOKD, April 18th, 1834. Tlie Secretarv of the Treasury advertises this morning. that live million new guaranteed six percent, bonds wil1 bo sold at austion in this city, ia lots to. suit purchasers, on the 12-h of May. The number of prls vnera of war in KicLmoni at this time is less than two thousand, including 8C0 commijsioned officers. A.otber flag of truce boat is looko J for 03 Friday next, with prispners for exchange. The weather is clear this morning. It is believed t';at active military operations ia Northern Virginia will be commenced during this wefk by an ad vance cf Grant's army. FROM THE UNITED BTATES. Oqaxqs C. H., April 13th, 186.. Northern dates of tfce Uth and 15th Lave been receired at headquarters. On the 13th Gold went up to 179, but on tho newB that Chase had negotiated a loan of three hundred thousand pounds la London, it fell to 175, bat rallied and dosed at 177- I mi ' A FB. M ... urant writes down fc-scfliaial Joss at Missionar , and Lookout Mountain at six hundred k?Med, four n and wounded and seven hundred misrfns-. ' ' FROM RlCHND-UAPTaill. OF A YANKEB gpy , RJCUMOKD, April 18th. 18C1 Monsieur Panl, the French Cod wlar Agent at h cZt , vessel chartere b, him is at City Point and othe a'rfl pectod next week. 8 0re e The note signing Bareau of the Treasury Denartm . will be transferred to Columbia is weekA nuX " Thnraday. It reoorted that th n-at " .in . econa auditor. will be also temporarily removed to om point farthe, South, where the cost of sabaHtenc: J will ha i, iw. , Bichmond. Montgomery and Selma ara Imth " the probablelocaiioa ofthese bureaux for the present " Mr. Eo'zio Lugo, a Yankee spy, was arrested ontho i a, pabannock on Batuiday by detective Berze, wl.ilstn'ti point cro-sing tbe river. Maps of the harbors of Vlmk. ton, Wilmirgton, &c, showing the location of torpe.W were f uad on bis peuon. f FROM ATLANTA. Atlinta, APr:l ISth.-The Atlnta p.pets re i.taet, day, conced;-?g to the demaud of the printers, eiop t t'lfl Brg'stcr, which ho'da out. FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA.. Daltok. April ISih James FIndley, Chaplin ot ti, 53d Alabama Eeg'mtnt, was hung at Tunnel Hill to-dav for iLccu-agirg mutiny and carrying on secret corrosion deice with the enemy. lie made a full confei ui R knowing the the juttiiess of the sentence. It is reported that Getw Thomas has removed his hesj quarters to Einggtld, and hi. troops are removing the: 0 frcm Chattaroojia. The weather is clear and ror1 FUKTHEU NOltTHEKN AND EUROPEAN NEW-:. Richmond, April 19th, lsa. TLe Kew York Herald of the 15th icst., eaj s that on t! p 14th tie exciten,e-.t in tho go'd market was perfectly un contrclablc. At one time tbe premium rnu up to lL,j. it fell snddenly to 174. The Herald says tLat these rai:,l fluctuations are itartling omens, and if Grant ia defeated in the coming can paign, we may look for tie deluge. Flcur had further advaLced ten to twenty-five cents jnr barrel and Poik one dollar per barrel. The resolutions for the expulsion of Mr. Long, of o.i. were withdrawn, and a revolution of censure adopUd by yeas 0, riajs 70. A Convention of Ec pnblicets, di8r.ati.fkd with tho p.J- mi-istrafior, will be If Id at C?eve!nrd on the 20th of May, to r,cm5nate a car d. da' 0 fcr the Trctidercy. Lilc Iu'? frictda are a'-imed at tLu movement. The report that ircn clads are buildirg for the 4lI?ebels" in F.cice, with the coctivacce of the Rtvcrr. ment, is leiterated, and official docomonta aro published in tte Opinione Rationale ofPa-.Is, qonted to provo the tiuh cf the report. ( ATTURE OF A YANKEE KPY. Li-xnucEG, Va., April 19th, 1SG.. A Yiit kce- epy, under the assumed name of Sterl'cg K tg, and be'ieved to be the cDmrado of Dr. Raesovally, who w captured at Tappabacaock, hai been arrested at Marion, Virginia, and recognized by returned prisoners from Camp Douglf 18 as a Yankee detective from Chicago. When ar rested he repreBouted himself as CjI. Econd, of 'io 2d V ginia Confederate Cavalry. YANK BE NEVV3. Richmond, April 19th, lsCl. Baitiinore papers of tho lGth have been received. Thev aay that on Wednesday previous Buford, with a Confede rate force, rlcmacded the surrender of Fort IIallcck,at ColnmbD3, J-tuUcty, tEd allowed a rrspitc of five heers for tte -removal cf tte wcrcen and children. The laUtr were Eent to Cairo. Ia the meanwhile two steamers aniv ed at Columbus from lower Mississippi, with 3,003 vote rans cn their way home on furloughs. These were Ian Jul, and it was believed tbey would cnabli the commandant . t Fort Halleck to make good his defence. was unknown. The Confederates occupied Paducah again on tho I5:!i ixist. Col. IlickB,- comjnanding the fort, was summoned to surrender, but declined to accede to the demand. The Yankee version of the capture of Fort Pillow ha,n that two fligs of truce demanding the surrender of tho Fort was sent but they were not received. At 3 o'clock tho rebels poured iato the Fort, compelling a surrender. Tho incarnate fiends commenced an indiscriminate slangi er of both whites and .blacks. Out of agairisonof t'.oo (six hundred) only 200 remained alive. New Orleans advices to tho 9th inst. have been received Tha reported sinking of tho rebel ram Tcnnessoo in M ol.it Bay ia unfounded. A disastrous fire occurred ia Now Orlean. oa thoSih, destrojiug the warehouses cf E. A. Ycrk and A. F. Cock rane. The location of the fire U not stated. The "Ese" of the 7th Bays that tho French occupied Mattasaoras without opposition. Gold has fallen ia New York to 1 71 J , in conceqicrico ot rnmors put abat by Chaso that the Government would cf fer a large amount of sterling bills, and sell bonds for the future wants of tho Government, for the most they wou'd bring. The Paris corrcspotdort of tho New York Times n that one of the vessels built at Bourdeaux for tho rehol-i, and launched on Biackwater, (?) have gone back. Nothing later from Norfolk, Portsmouth'or tha Peninui l i FKOM DALTON. Dalton, Ga., April 1'jt.h, 1Hi'4. We bad a general review of the entire army to day, by Gen. Johnston, end notwithstanding the coldness of ilni weather, it wan largely attended, andthoaflu'r panned fit finely. The enemy are qiite active in front, and stirring times aro looked for by all. FROM TB-NH-MiaSiBBlPPI. Mobilb, Ala , Apiil 0h, 18C1. Wan en Adam, courier from Trans-Mississippi, report 1 that on tha 9th inst. Banks' courier to Fiacknn was cap tured. Banks says hasten up, that Le was lurrornded Ly rebel cavalry. Tho Red River has suddenly fal'en. Bonio foity transports aad gunboats were caught above tha Raft and carnot get out before the next winter riso. Mr. Thomas Maxwell, of Trfscaloosa, givea th. fol lowing eimple directions for making a corn-shcllcr : In a tight rcom, cr on a sheet, place acro38 trcsaeln a stout benrd, with two auger holes in it, one and a quarter and one and a half inches in diameter. Tut in the small end cf an ear of core, and strike it with n mallet, and you will shell corn na fast as with anvoth er -heller. From Florida Another Steamer Blowx Ur. A letter to the Savannah News, written on the 4 th, irom liivouac, ntur vj-uur jreeK, ia3i r loricia, nas tht' following : Last week three Yankee deserters came into our lints, wtto report that the reason why so many of tba enemy are deserting, ia in consequeDca of the Yankees placing negro officers over the white troops, and making them drill too much in the Jaot sun. Yesterday afternoon the Yankees attacked our pickets. They were about 1500 strong, and after a skirmish of about two hoars, the enemy retired. We lost one horse, and eeveral men slightly wounded. The enemy's Ioes ia not known. It ia supposed that they made this attack in order to find out our strength, beforo tbey made a general attack. A negio, who bebngs to a lady in Jacksonville, desert ed frcm the enemy a few days since, and came into our lines. lie reports that be beard the officers of bis com mand say that it was the intention of the Yackees to make a simultaneous attack on our forces at all points daring the latter part of April. A torpedo was placed a few days since in the St. John's river, and yesterday a Yankee steamer, loaded with arma and ammanuion. for two reeiments. wbiL' passing up, ran upon it, when it exploded. It blew the at earner to fragments, and nearly all on board perished. The wrecii 01 tne steamer now lines tho bank of the St. Johns, and the bodies of her dead are daily washed ashore. The New York Times cries out londly against miscecna- tion, that if it bad Conceived it possible that hostility to slavery would ever Lave led to wholesale lntcrmarnaco with negroes, the llepabifcan party wculd never have re ceived ajy oountenai.ee or support from us." TLe Timet now Bees and confesses its error. The United fcjtatis papers contain the statement mado bv the 1'rovost Marshal General, of the condition of the quota of the several States in the President's call for ZVU.VVV men, dated j-iarcn 14, icoi, irom which it appears that every btate, except lllinow, i in " deficiency " upon all the calls. The total deficien cy of all Statea amounts to 324,712 meo. xne captnre 01 rort nnow gCma to bs coBHrrned j the Bhrevesport news to some extectt ' 0
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