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2Tj tcfcom iH Wfcr'on pusine ss must bg addressed. j AH. FULTON, Editor.... A. L. PIUtfE, Assooiate Editor. Tlrma of Suf4riptton. iVeekly.six monthn, i,nvariably in advance, $5 00 lilypapr, aionths, invariably In advance,. .$U 00 .Imontfis " 44 8 00 No Rbtriptun will be received (or either paper, for a ongf t period than six months, and none for the Weekly pai erf.ir a shorter timj. jOlKDI- K ' PBIOKS FOR NOKTH CAROLINA mrv th UtfUKKHMNED Commissioners of Ap W'ura's; :ient for the !Ute of North Carolina, do here-' i. iWir t!i foll'twiuiT to bo tho uniform prices for pro- u -n v iranreHxpd for the use of the government for the nex t t vo months, Mihject to alteration, nhould oircuniatancee, iiwanwhile.'necur to n;ak - it auvisanio: ti.nltta Ari, tr..l l.ee'rd. Per bush. 2 lbt.. 1 UHjiei icu,vci uunn. ios., w th handles, each wi hnt 44 side, per pound, hams 44 fchorjidsrit, per po&od jowie, " white or cornfield, ptr busk. 60 pounds, apple per gallon, 3 50 Ax . Itacnn, n HfftDS, r.iaady, Heof, I'rown r-tufl", Candies, . 4 f L.til.S, Clulh, ft l'J 50 13 00 2 25 2 25 1 10 20 25 peach, frffeh. set, per pound H.ilied, " corn, 44 good, per bnth. 2S lbs., tallow, per pound ' ailanientine, per poond, trace, per pair, woolen, for soldiers clothep, i 60 it ii .i 1. 25 25 CO yard Wide, 10 oz to yard, aid jro tala as to greater or less weight or width, per yaid, fi raw. per lb., Uio. per pound, 4 unt-helled, per bush. r.f 70 pounds, 5 bljelled, sacks not included, per huh. of 6 pounds, C sacks not included, per bush, of 50 lha., , c cotoii, yd. wide, 3 yds. to lb., per3ard, extra family, per barrel of 198 CoHon, Ctt!c, Corn, 60 50 i 'orirsieul, )ti!.s, Fk.ur, to poumls. 60 extra family, per sack of 98 lbs Euiertiae, per bbl. of J96 lb., , " per sack of S3 lbs., fme, per bM. of 196 lbs., sack of 98 lbs., l aled. per 100 pounds, '. UQbaied, " " wool, each, baled, per 100 lbs.," tibbaied, per 100 lbs., dry, per pound, green, " artii:ery, 1st class per head, ii 2d " " extra, .. .. .am r! 9 fl'lrt II. a ., no 55 25 ZO 25 4 3 5 6 4 3 1 700 600 110 COO coo it ti tt Fodder, Huts, Hat, 60 H, 25 75 lloi it ii iri'Mi, i tqnare or round per ton, hoop, per ton of 2 000 lbi. Hit r band, per ton of 2 000 ) onuds, COO boijer pifrte, p?r ton of 2,000 pr.ui.ds, 600 uerviceab'.e railroad, per ton of 2.V40 j,onnd3, 400 oatinva, per poand, 16 Jei b, lv tt;t rt, l.ard, l,e i'l.ei. wool domestic, per vard, 6 t iinp.iron, per lb., 15 fj-oJ," per 1,0C0 feet, 60 ciean, " poncd, 2 15 B;Ve, 44 ' 6 upper, 44 44 7 hurnest, per pound, 7 cano 44 gallon, 10 Ht.rglmni 44 '4 5 lt class per head, 700 21 44 44 600 3d 44 44 400 c.tra 44 it i .t Mules, N'ai's, 44 p r ker, 75 Ont-, 4' iheaf, unbdled, per 100 lbf., 4 " 14 '4 baled, 44 44 4 60 44- heiled, ter bushel. 4 ti8f.uluik'i, 44 cotton, yd wide, 7 cz. to yard, per yard, 1 " 44 cotton, yd. wide, 8 oz. to yard, per yaid, - 1 30 !,i?.tiM, 44 per bu-hel, 8 1V, 44 cow, por bush, of trt lbs., 10 l.'tt!:9, 44 Irisii. 4" 4 Q . 8Wf.,.t 44 4 r I'M.eri, i!i it'll,'4 peeled, per baHh. 3S lbH,, 8 60 " unpetled 44 44 5 t'oik, 44 tieh, nelt, per pouQd, 150 44 aH. 2 tiiiiuf, " fKd, per ounce, 55 Hicr, 4 new, 14 pound, 25 44 ..Id, 14 44 20 IJye, 44 Rood. 4- buh. ot 50 lbs., 0 Sa.-kn, " t wo iuh , OHnaburga. oach, 2 :-i,inia r, 44 oolton, yard wide, 4 yds to lb., pr iird, 1 30 14 41 Cwtton, I yard wide, 3 j yard to lb., per yard, . 110 Cotti.a n!iip':i44 3 yds to 11.., per yard, 175 hull, 'r -.RHt, er bush. 50 lbs." 15 44 Liverpool, per bushel of 50 lbs., 30 44 44 Y ritiia, per buhhel of 60 lbs , 20 Steel, ,4 cafit, per poniid, 4 f-P 4 ni:y, per pair, 15 Sf n,- thru:..!, 4- II jx per p;mnd, 10 soldiers' wool, per pair, 1 50 H,.-. p, 44 fat. per head, 25 fM'.ar, 44 S.rijwn, coimu n, per poun-J, 2 Soup, 41 hard, per pound, 40 Holt, 44 44 25 Shucks, 44 biili-d,44 44 100 Iba., 4 50 li..rts, 44 Rood,'4 bush, of 22 IhR,, . 1 Ship nu&, 44 44 44 44 44 37, 44 175 'IV, 44 hhick, per pound, 5 44 .o. n. 44 44 M Ten? ;,,!.. o ttou, M oz. t.) yd., per jard, J 30 fiiliiccOiNnt" hxifa, 3 00 4 4 44 I 2 60 Tohaecoffo 24 1 75 Tobacco I.iih 1 25 Tillow, 44 clean, per pouotl, 160 Vii!--.tr, 44 eidor per Rallon, 2 50 41 44 manuiiictured, p jr gallon, 1 25 k.Vht.key, 44 fc.od, 44 44 25 Whuat, 44 lirstra-o white, per bushel of CO pounds, 10 44 4 4 lair, per bah. of CO lbs;, 8 50 I 44 4 4 ordinary, per bush, of 0 lbs., 8 W boat at raw', 44 baled, per 100 Iba., 1 60 4 44 44 nnbaled, per 100 pounds, 1 od, 44 washed per pound, 6 4 4 4 4 U'iwatihed, per ponnd, 6 Witpons, 44 wood axle. 4 hqrse, new, each 350 44 44 iron aile, 4 borne, nw, each 375 .t i. woo,i 2 ii it 250 " 44 iren 44 2 44 i75 I Wheat, bian, 41 per bush, of 17 pourdj, 70 Yarn. 44 cotton, per Lunch a lbs., 10 1UKA t K l.AUHl, TliAUS, VAOONS AND nOKEBS. Hiilii'K lor n forage, per hundred pound, CO Kli.-iimg an I bacRing corn, sacks furuitdied by gov-" criiineat, per bushel, 25 Htro of two Lorise teams, waou and driver, ra tions turrishe.l by owner, per day, 12 (lire ct two horee teams, waRon and driver, rations iu nit-hou b Rovernmeut, per day, 8 Hire of foti' hutsa teams, wagon and driver, rations famished by owner, per day, 22 50 Hire of four hcrte teams, wagon and driver, rations furnished by government, per uay, 16 Hire of t horse teairs, wagou and diiver, rations (urnished by owner, per day, 25 Hire of j h-jrse toams, wagon and diiver, rations lnrnihed by gcvernmf-nt, per ay, 1ST Hire of laborer, rations farniihsd by owner, per day, 3 Htrecf laborer,' rations furnished by government, per day, , 1 75 Hir of laborer, ratio-s furnished by owner, per nvbth, 75 Hire of laborer, rations furnished by government, per month. ' .45 Hire of horses, per day, 1 oQ For the information of all persons coacerned, we publish tho following iuxtructiou, with the hope that tiey will be strictly obey ed. 44 N; oCicer, or &snt, shall impress the necessary sup plies which any pvtsou miy have for tha consumption of himself, his family employees, slaves, or to carry on his ordinary nucLauical, luanulactuiing or agricultural em ployments." (Signed) H. K. BUKOWIN, U. V. BLACKSTOCK, Corn's Appraisement for State of N. C. Raleigh, April 11th, 16ti4. April 1H. 30-2t. II fr: A AUTKllS CAFE FBAtt, ) Wilmikgton, N, C, March 30, 18C4. J ( VIKCULAH.) It having been ascertained that traitors in our midst have boen iu the habit of communicating information to the eueniy through our lines on the White Oak itiver and elsewhere, all crossing of these liues, except by permis sion horn these Headquarters', is hereby prohibited. Offi cers commandirjg out-posts of this command will arrest a ud ueml to these Headquarters all persons infringing this order. By Command of Maj. General Whiting : JAMES H. HILE, . , . Maj. 4 A. A. General. April 7th, 1P04. J 9 It John R. LarkinB A Wife, E. I., trs. Patrick Murphy, Adm'r, with tLi Will auueied, and JoLn Miller, Kxecutor of Chaa. Hen- In Equity. New Hanover County Fall Term, 1863. ry, uecta-d. J . Bill to Accounv. rimiambBUUMimi u, 10 be beard upon the bill J. and answer to P. Murpny. And it appearing to the satisfaction o the Court, that John Miller, Executor and one of the Defendants, in a non-resident : It i9 therefore ordered that publication betnacfe inthe Wilmington Weekly Journal for six u eeks, notifying said Miller to appear at the next :erm of this Court, at tho Court House ia the Town ot Wilmington, on the fourth Monday after the founh Monday in March 18t4, and tueu and there plead, answer or doo.ar, or jadgme.lt will be taken pro conftsso as to Teste : March 17. A. M. WADDELL, Clerk & If. B. per H. A, Bash, Deputy Clerk. VOL. 20. CONFEDERATE 9400 BKWARD. R4NAWAT from the frubseriber in Brunswick county, on tbe 22d isit , my man NATHAN. He is about 5 fret 2 or 3 inchel hVh. stout hnUt and toler. ably black, has a scar on his forehead and one n tie lett aide of his h.ad, and the hair over the two neam vVrv closely cut with scissors. 1 will give the above reward for the apprehension and delivery of the said boy to me at my residence, or his con- uaenieni in jau so tnat 1 can get him. A. A. WANET. March 3 1st 27 51 $50 R VVAH1J. RUNAWAY from the Subscriber, on the 2i5'h day Of March, my boy JIM, aged afeout 25 yeanj. Jim in about 5 feet and a half hi'sh. of a dark complexion : im an honest look, a little stoonint?. with a tmali car on the forehead 8a;d boy is supposed to be making his way m me lanaees. i will givetbe above rewaraior Ids (!e livery to me or confinement in anv i il so that I ean ctv. D..W. MOTT, LUlirgton, New Hanover Corrty, N. C. April 21st, IPC! 3f)-4t WILMINGTON, N. C, APIUL 21, 1&C4 Fighting at Plymouth, . C. We are inforrrud by a gentleman who left Tarboro' at 12 o'clock Tufesday, that our forces under command of Genserala IIgke, Hansom and Kkwpkr, attacked ihz Yankees at Plymoatb, X.C, at daylight cn List Mon day morning. The fight wea still going on when our informant left Tarboro.' The report of cecnon was heard np to that time. Oar iron-clad was io have move! down the Iloanoke on Monday, Com. Wood commands the iron-clad. It is reported by parties from within the enemy's lines at WashingtoS, 35 miles South of Plymouth, that the enemy had a force of about four thousand at Plymouth. There wa3 a re port on the streeta yesterday that Gen. IIokk bad been killed in the fight at Plymouth, but this, our In formant assures U3, is without foundation. The rcsu't of the battle was not known at Tarboro' when the cars left on Tuesday at 12 o'clock. The whole expedition was onder the commaLd of General LTcke. " P. S. From a trustworthy source ve gather the following additional news in regard to the Cght at Ply mouth : Oar forces under Gen. Iloke have captured one fort and driven the Yankee gunboats from Ply mouth. The fighting was still going on when cur in- fomant left. Our loss was believed to be about tLree hundred In killed and wounded. icclrTBing Col. Mercer. The Prtimt Situation of AC. Ira. Foe the first time this week we got a full mail yea terday, and find really little or noihiag iu it of any im portance in the way of news. Tha exoItcrne.it in re ference to immediate operations by the enemy in Vir ginia seem3, for the tim3 being to havj passed away cr ereatlv fallen oC. The supposed advance of Burxsids oa the south of the James river mrns out to bj no more than one of the customary raaraudiug expeditions from Fortress Monroe. It would appear that Burxside's expedition, said to be organizing at Annapolis has not yet left that place, nor is it all probable that it 13 ready to leave, or will be ready very soon. We still think that as it h nearly certain that it fonn3 part of the xombined movement against Richmond, no acta.il ad vance will ba made by any other portion of tlia attack ing fores until it is ready to co-operate, even although the roads should be in a condition to render such ad vane.' practicable, which we believe they ar not. The month of May is rapidly approachiug, and we think it will have fully arrived before anything import ant is attempted either iu Northern Virginia or North ern Georgia. Nothing has heretofore bfen done in tl e way of opening the main campaigns of the summer be fore May had fairly set in, and certainly the present season is not one favourable for an unusually early com mencement of hostilities on a grand scale, and it is upon that ecale alone that Grant will venture any thing agaicst either Lkk cr Joiinstox. Besides this, it is by no means improbable that the operations in the Jfcouthwcst, resulting so far unfavour ably to the Yankees, have interfered with their general plans, created delays, and perhaps rcndeied new com bination necessary. Forrest's attack upon Paducah, and capture of vast stores and material there, can h3r J Iy be without its effect in crippling the operations of the enemy in the West, wb.iL the failure cf Banks throws the balance of present eucccfs into our hands so far as Louisiana and Texas are concerned, and can hardly fail to influence the whole campaign in that sec tion. If the enemy is to carry out his programme against Richmond he cannot afford to detach veteran troops in sufficient numbers to recover his lost ground in the extreme Southwest. If he does detach such troops he simply renders certain a crushing defeat in Virginia and Northern Georgia. We alluded sometime ago to the idea that there wodd be no decisive moyements made by tbe troops under Grant before the beginning of June, or, in plain terms' until after the Black Republicans shall have met at Baltimore and nominated a candidate for the Presiden cy. There are reasons why this idea should be enter tained, and we think it likely that Lincoln would like to postpone thegrand opening until after that event, but we do not thijjk that he can possibly do so. The pressure is too strong to b3 resisted. Graxu must hazard a battle before he loses his veterans, whose time expires in May, and who have not re-enlisted to any considerable extent. A Wp apprehend that undue confidence is the great er rorUDc!eT which our people are afr present laboring. The army is in fine health and spirit The men have a well grounded confidence in themselves and iu their leaders, and no one doubts but that they will do all that b e men can do. The country shares this confidence with the army. But it will not do to expect impossi bilities. We must not expect too much of our brave troops. We must not expect uuiform or unbroken success. We must look for occasional reverses, if not at times disasters sufficient to try the nerves and depress the spirits of men unprepared for such things. It is about as well that our people shouldrepare themselves for untoward events, which, at times, will be certain to occur, otherwise they wUl be unable to bear Jhem with firmness, and rise superior to their de pretsing influences. We look for cheering new3 during tbe coming summer. We kuow that our men are ready for the fray they are veterans and wiil fight with the firmnass of veterans. They have been, many of them, in a score of battles, and are prepared lor more. As lor being "eager," ana "spoumg lor a ugui and so on, we hardly think that is the case with those who have seen much 'service. We have tallied with several who have done their duty well on many trying occasions, and who would not be anywhere but in the midst of any fight in which their command might be engaged, ar.d yet we have 6een few or none of those who had thus been, as it were, "through the mill," who did not speak thoughtfully and seriously of approach ing conflicts, and we have conversed with none from Lee's armyiwho did not and do not expect That army to be victorious in any conflict with the enemy on Vir ginia soil. Let ms be prepared to sustain reverses lor some such we must expect with firmness, and also to bear ourselves under victory without undue elaticn or premature relaxation of effort, and any relaxa, ticm -would be premature, until all won. in m W J&W jUK M 8y j . . 1 "' . . . , . , STATES OF AMERICA-WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 28,-1864. NO. 31- I? Banks is really caught above the lower 1 aft on Red River h; is likely to suffer great lo?s iudeed. It may be montbs before the Rd River be again high enough to permit . his fleet of gunboats nd trans ports to mike their way down to the Mississippi, and in that time then; is no knowirg what miy be their fate. It is truj that altbongh Farsagut's fleet may be caught in a tight place, the liver is still navigable for lighter draft stearufrs, and that these may be despatch' ed to carry troops to Banks aed supplies to his' i.rmy and Farragut'ii fl-ct : but these lighter dra't vessels will be in great danger cf be'og themselves captured or destroyed, on their way up, by Confederate batUiies and troops ; for the vessels that cm be used on this st rvice must be light, weak ehlls, and easily crushed. As we thought, there was a mistake about the gar risen of Fort Pihow. The numbe-r of whites was 300 ins ead of 3,000. Columbus, Ky., is on the Mississippi River, and also on tbe Mobile fc Ohio Railroad, some twenty miles below Cliro. Ocr Ra'eigh cotcmpoFaried notice tlw receip'c of a naw paper, 41 The Daily Conservative," j as t started in Raleigh aa an organ of Gov. Vancs, we suppose. It is acider the editorial management of John D. I1yman Esq. We have not yet sn any number of it. For the Journal. Anuvtr to 41 Cat.,." I have read with regret the criticisms cf " Cato " upon Mr. Stephens' speech. While i may be admit ttd that the unanswerable arguments of Mr. Stepdeks might have been prudentially postponed to a time when their utterance would not have s ibpeted him to a mis- constfUv'liou, such as " Cato " and a multitude of oth ers nave iaix into, 11 is nevertneiess a matter oi sur prise not unmixed with pain, that the frank endeavor to preserve and secure the liberties which have cost the world a reservoir of blood, should be so interpieted by mea of undoubted patriotjsni and intelligence. " Ca to " is no doubt a devoted Confederate, and satisfied with the " powers that be," and their untiring efforts to resist the.enemy and achieve oar independence. The writer of this jields to lo man the entertainment of more, exalted respect, love and adoration, personally, for Jefferson Davis, and the measures which he may deem necessary and proper to meet the exigencies by which he and his gallant army are surrounded. From the beginning of this contest Mr. Davis was his fi st choice, and his confidence has increasad as the circum stances of war have developed a character no less sym metrical and pei left, in his opinion, than that of Wash ington. Bat the writer, nevertheless, ascribes to Mr. iStephecs as lofty a patriotism and zeal for the cause, and looks upon him es a man whose ' opioions at this iiuic are peculiarly entitled to res ect and deep rtfl.ctior). WLea it is coosidcrcd tnat by a breath, he may be constitutionally clothed with tin; viry powers be deems so daDserom to our iberties, we think it must be conceded he priaenta to the world a f&r more uob!e spectacle than Cnr did wheu " thtice- upon the Lupercal he did- refuaa the crown," unless there lurks in Ylr. Stephens' breast the latent ambition which only time can developeand which made of Ca43.r, Rome's subsequent tyrant. We fjink he ought to be admired rather than condemned for bis avowal that the extraordinary deposit of power to any man is dacgerous to the liberty we are struggling so mau fully to preserve. The ttllusiou to Washington as Dictator in the Revo!u!ion is un'ortunate f. r 44 Cato," wheu we remem ber how opposed Washington was oti principle to any such iiLces.iity, atjd particularly so when it is remem bered that he never bus been recorded by any historian as having exercised the powers creating him one. It was acotfi icr ef; he was worthy of, aad ho is cur Chief Magistrate, but it was equally dangerous then as now, and should furnish no precedent whatever. The spirit of Mr. Stephens' speech has been shamefully misunder stood and perverted. Tkre is not a word or senti ment that is not ncble and worthy of be-ng taught by heart to every c'rlld in the cation. A calm and un prejudiced examination of "th? expressed vi,ews of Mr. Stt phen3 in hh ppeech, must lead to the conclusion that he is only opposed to the danger, that while endeavour ing he avoid Syila, we ehouid not rend the ship of state upon the rock of Charybdis. lie denies the existence of ihe danger which authorizes Conres-i to exercis? the .extraordinary power of suspending the writ cf habeas corpus. lie does not deny the existence of thei power, but refutes the minor premises of the proposition, that there is cause for believing there is a lack of patriotism in the people and a necessity to abridge their constitu tional privileges. It is a slanJer. oa the past and fu ture history of eur revolution. In case of danger to the Republic, the writ may be suspended, but the ex istence of that danger i3 stoutly denied, out of his un diminished confidence in the intelligence of the people to who.se Eufl -ages he is indebt-jd for the high position he holds belore tha world. The utterance of those views at this time may be seized upon as a species of aid and comfort to those tiisaffected persons, whose mutteiings are heard iu the broken intervals of our depression or exultation at the result cf our success or defeat, but they count without their host, when they include Mr. Stephens as dissatisfied with the government, its ad miuiniration, or its legitimate measures of defence agaiust the coinnmi enemy. He is for preserving the principles of" cur forefathers, which initiated the con test and can alone lend lustre and glory to tbe final overthrow of the tyranny wiih which we are threaten ed. He 13 lor securing to a grateful posterity the root, branches and leaves of the tree oU liberty lor whiB their and our forefathers struggled, and without which, it were worse thau useless to have shed the oceans of blood to resist the yoke of the Northern tyrant. REFLEX. t linpartHtit l)-ciion. Judge Ilalyburton, of the Confederate States Dis trict Court, delivered, on yesterday, a long and able de cision Eustaiuicg the constitutionality of the act eus- - ! .1 . T. - I 1 . 1 penuiUg tlic writ 01 ruweas iuhj. The case, for tbe petitioners, was argued by Hon H, S. Foote, R. T. Daniel, F. D. Smith, Eaton Nanex, Jfehn II. Gilmer, D'Marr and E. Orvis, and for ihe Government by P. II, Aylett, Esq., who essociateJ for the Government, Judge Monroe the venerable and dis dicguished Judge, for many yeats, of the District Court of Kentucky. 1 he argumtnt of the case occupied near ly two weeks, acd the following points were insisted upon by the. counsel for the petitioners,: lat. That the law was unconstitutional. 2d. That it constitutiocal, the court cbu!d Nevertheless go behind the return in any case in which a party was de taiced by authority of the President Secretary of War, aad inquire into the lacta of each care to acertainwhether there were sufficient grounda for detention. The court, In an opinion remarkable for its learnirg and abiliiy, ovtrru'ed ail the objections to thu act, andreinau ded the petitioners to the cstody of the proper officers. liichmowi Enquirer t ISii inst. A Worthy Example. We learn froin tbe Staun ton "Vindicator" that the recent call cf Brig. General Imboden upon the citizens of" Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah and other counties, to sup ply his command with rations and forage by each one sparing a little, wa3 answered by the people of Rock ingham, where he was encamped, in the most patriotic manuer. Committees wire appointed indifferent parts of the county to wait upon the citizens and learn what they couid spare. They did so, and taking the. state ment cf parties as to what provisions aLd forage they had, determined whatjimount it was their duty to send to Gen. Imboden 's command, which was promptly done. The result is ihat Gen Imboden'a command has had an abundance of beet, baccn, fbur and forage, and the peo ple have not Buffered at all. A little system in such things is of great advantage, and we heartily commend the system of Rockingham to other counties as worthy cf emulation, not only in regard to this command, but in reference to helping to supply the needs of the army ofNorthtrn Virginia. " Rockingham deserves, and will receive great credit lor her action in thie matter. - The Sabbath ia a quiet bend in the river of Time, which reflects tbe hues of.Heaven. f TELEGRAPHIC Report of the Prs Asaoclnilnn. ntered accoriinsr to:the Act of Congress, in the year lw3, by J. S. Thbasexk, in the Clerk's Office of the Dis trict Court of the Confederal States for the Northern District or Georgia. OFPldAL FBOM GENERAL FORREST THE FORT PILLOW" AFFAIB. BichmoA, Va., April 20lh, 1864. Geti. Forrest's official dispatch anncjincing the capture of Fort Pillow has been received at tbe War Department. Five hundred cf the seven Lnndrt dfnen composing the gar rison were killeJ. All the officers in the Fort were killed. Forreit's lota was twenty killed and sixty wounded. Over one hundred prinonerB who hid fled to the Fort frcm con scription ran into the river and were drowned. FROM RICHMOND. ricaMOKD, April 20th, 1PC4. iDfctrceiioijH Lave been given to tie first Auditor to re move his bureau to Montgomery next week. All the clerks except four have signified tbfcir willingness to go. Fandhig returns epgrfgite two hundred and thirty-seven millions ; twenty small depositories to hear from. The only fctate from which complctjetnrcs have been received h Georgia; amount funded seventy-two millions, one hun dred aud sixty-four thousand and fifty dollars. FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Okaxgb U. H., April 20:h,-18ei. The enemy have been busy for several days with review and inspection. No truth in the rumor that the enemy are falling back to Centreville. All quiet in front. FROM DA.1.TON. Dalton. Geo., April 20th, 1864. It i4generally believed lht the enemy is concentrating his forces at Rirggold and Cleveland, and before long warm work may be expected. The lin&s have been rigidly guarded recently and'but little in known of his movement. The weather is clear and pleasant, aud the roads are once more in good condition. THE LATE BATTLE IN LOUISIANA. Mcbilk, April 20tb, 18G4. Wealern dispatches report that in the battle at Mansfield, La., April 8ih, Bank was defeated with a loss of eight thousand men. Gen. Smith captured thirty-five Runs, two hundred wagons, and two thousand prisoners. The Fede rals admit their defeat. Generals Mont on and Pollcnac were severely wounded. Gen. Steele is surrounded on Little Missouri, awaiting reinforcements. DASH INTO PORT HUDSON. ttouiLKt April 20111, 184. Col. Powers with two hundred men dashed into Port Hudson on the 7th and captured one gun and 18 prisoners The Yankees admit a loss of ninety. Powers lost three wounded. FROM PLYMOUTH CAPTURE OF YANKEES AND NEGROES SINKING OF TWO GUNBOATS.' GOLDflfjBO', April 21st, 1864. The train just ia fiom Tarboro' reports that Plymouth hfiH been captured by General Hoke and 2,600 prisoners ta' en, half of them negroes, besides the sinking of two Gi! boats. Our lops is reported at two hundred and fiftv n L lled aad wounded. FROM THE UNITED STATES. Biciimond, April 2lst, 1864. A fleet of Uuuboats appeared yesterday in the Rappa hannock River, twelvo miles below Tuppabannock. A dredging apparatus was sent iu advauce searching for tor pedoes. The Hereld of th 18th has been received. There is nothing importaJt front Ihe army of the Potomac. All traces of the recent storm have passed away, and the weath er bright and beautiful. Mosby made another raid on-Saturday to Fairfax Sta tion, oaptunng trams, burnt twenty wagons and carried off" horse. ' Despatches fioin Chattarooga, of Fahirday, report all quiet. Defif rters from llu Cenfederiiten siy that Hardee's corps id Kf'h g to Virginia. Two meii were killed end seven wounded at Siinriesto, amoi-g the former was Lieut. Wilder, an .executive officer. Cakio, April 17. Forrest has abandoned Fort Pillow, leaving it a perfect wreck. His main body left tbe Fort on Wednesday morning, going North. Forrest Headquar-tc-fu ia believed to be at Jackson, f flicrs at Memphis are greatly exereiucd at tin Foit Pillow niapsacree. The soldiers threaten to show Forreet'a trfwi uo quarters here after. V.'irt A dma drova the Yankees from the Big Black a week ago and took ruaoy priboners. Tha echoosier Goldan Gaio was taken poSseesion of oa 'ho night of the 12tk, liiteen miles above Memphis. Guer rillas robbed the boat, passengers and crew of everything. The Duvals BlufE' tectiou is overrun with guerrillas . All boats approaching are fired into. On the 11th four hundred Texas cavalry attacked a camp of Unionist at lloaeville, on the Arkansas River, but were repulsed. . Mr. Nixon, Btato Representative from Franklin. Arkan sas, has been murdered, and tho reprf sentativea from Ar kansas county kidnapped. The gunboat Chenango exploded at Broxfclyn Navy Yard lasirnaay. von m a total ws-s. 01 persons were injured and 22 killed. The past week was one of e-xtraord:uaiy excitement in New irork, in financial circles. Bales of Gold on Saturday $53,000 at 173 to 173$. Tho Herald says tho time for the great closing crisis has not yet arrivpd : until it does, let usbj calm as fjoswible and prepare our n. rves for the crash, thjt theso small events merely foreshadow. FROM PLYMOUTH. Richmond, Va April 21st, 1SC4. A.n official despatch from Gen. Hoke, dated Plymouth, li. C, April 20 lb, says : I have stormed and carried this place, capturing one Brigadier, ,t00mcu, stores, and 25 pieces of artillery. . second dispatch. "Richmond, Va., April 21st, 1834 A telegram to the President, frcm Col. Jas. Taylor Wood, Bays abtut' ",600 priaontrs, including 400 negroes, were taptnred at Plymouth, also 30 pieces ot artillery 100,080 pounds ofnfeat, 1,000 barrels flour, fullgirrison outfit, two gunboats sunk, another disabled, and a small steamer cap tured. Our Ioki is about three bandre in all. Col. Mercer is amorg the killed. The Treaty 13twctii IfaixUnlllan niidt Wnpolion. (From the Memorial Diplomatique, Paris, Harch 13.) . 1 he draft of. a treaty was agreed upan at the Tuille ries, to be ratified so soon i s the Emperor Maxillian I shall have ascended the Mexican throne and announced his accession to tbe Court of the Tuilleries. It we are rightly informed, the treaty definitely settles two im portant questions firstly, the French occupation, and .fccondly, tbe claim of the French Treasary on the Mexican Government. It is already known that tbe pay and maintenance of the traopa engaged in tbe ex pedition have, since the 1st ot January, L.SC4, been oorne by Mexico ; this w.11 continue until their recall, which wU gradually beriLcted as thr regimen talliBisct the Mexicitu army are completed. Three battalions of tbe foreign hgioa, each 2000 men strong, and compos ed of enroileu volunteers, will remain in the service ot Mexico. Tho dssire of French officers to eater this service is so great that for some weeks past tbe number of aspirants las far txeeeded theranka to be fi led up. The Meacau -eot due to prance comprises, besides the pecueiary claims of private individuals drxly ac kcov i. dged, th- costs of the expedition and tbe advan ces madc-by the French Government to the Mexican treasury to. defray the expenses of the army of occupa tion. The debt will be paid by fourteen annual in stalments, each probably amounting to twenty-five millions, with tbe option of previous liquidation, should tbe condition of the M exican finances admit of it TirovvtLPPOTs-rr A fonufcdrum was eriven out at & New Oi leans theatre: " Why is Mr. Lincoln hke an owl in daytime?" the answer to which was: 44 Me-. cause be ia 4 A'Dlkm.' " A soldier, with bis and bis companion's rations ot -whiskey iu bimr biccougheu out, belore tbe Answer coo !d be given : 4t because he is a dd old fool." Tbe soldier spent tbe night ia irons, in meditation on the P.t esident'a capacity. 5 n ii From tho Columbia, 8 C, Gaardian. The Grwi Vlctaiy at 8hr vpo. v e have published for several days past, dispatches, more or leas positive in expression, to the euect that Commissary Backs bad sustained a crashing defeat near Shreveport, Louisiana, from General Kirby Smith, and that the Red River expedition would m conse quence be abandoned. Tbe Baltimore Gazette says tnat there is no doubt that the Tecbe and L. Fourche regions will once more be abandoned to the Confeder ates. The Joes of the enemy is reponted in the last dis patches received to have teen fourteen thousand. In order that onr rcadees may appreciate what the abandonment of this expedition means, and the depth of that humiliation which such a signal defeat involve?, we copy a letter in the St. Louis tiepubltcan, by which we learn the immense preparations made for the move ment up the Red River. Tbe easv success of the Yan kees in taking Fort De Russy at the outset prepared them cicely for the finale on Cain River, near Shreve port. The following is the letter : On Board Flag Ship Fort Da Rcsskt Tuesday, Man h 15. To understand the importance of the treat I expedition up the Red River, it is necessary to review the military situation in the beginning of March. Sherman had retained to Vicksburg from Lis grand but disappointed raid into Mississippi, and instead of directirg his forces towards Mobile, tbe point of the greatest and almost tbe only position of vital corjeern to the rebels, he detached a portion of them to Gen. Backs' assistance, who, it appears, had predetermined on scattering or demolishing the force .in West Louis iana. It is altogether probable that something in the sea sons had dictated this choice to Gen. Banks. For ex ample, the Red River is only high enough to be navi gable by the largest vessels during this month and tbe next, while the task of taking Mobile is one which might be undertaken at ary time, thongh it is unac countably strange that it was mot betrun in December ioBtead of May. As is well known, the columns under Gen. Franklin crossed from New Orleans to Brashear City aboutthe 1st intt., and tbence took up the line of march along the bayon Teche, substantially the Earns route pursued nearly a year ago, via Opelousas to Alexandria. The forces under Gen. A. J. Smitb, from the department of the Tennessee, comprising the brigade under Gen. F. K. Smith, Thomas and Eilet, embarked at Vicksburg on. the 10;h, aid proceeded down to the mouth of Red River, where they found an immense fleet of gunboats ready for the ascent. The twenty transports, preceded by the twenty gun boats, started from the MiBsiesiDDi on the 10th. and ascended the Red river as far as what is called the Old river, when we turned it into the Archafalays instead of continuing ud Red River. We found it, for twelve miles, a deep and navigable stream. Touching the naval force it may be well to remark that a more formidable fleet was never tinder a siagle command than that now on the western river under Ad miral Porter. The following geographical detail, taken from the Richmond Enquirer, will also be acceptable to our readersin connection with this news : 'Shreveport is the capital of Caddo Parish, Louisi ana, situated near the foot of. Caddo Lake, iu tbe north western part of the State. It is finely located for bu siness on tbe Red River, being surrounded by an ex ceedingly fertile planting region, about thirty miles be low the "great raft." m Since the war Shreveport has been an extensive de pot for commiesary and other stores for the Trans-Mississippi Confederate troops, and up to the time of the siege of Vicksburg, formed an important link in the 44 chain of supplies " for our Western army. There is a military prison there, which has at times contained a large number of Yankee prisoners. It is two hundred and thirty miles from the mouth of the river. Alexandria, one hundred and fifty miles from the mouth, is", we believe, the highest point on Red River ever visited by the enemy before the present expedi tion. Eishtv miles above is Nacbitcches. an old French town, settled in 1713. It is noted in history as the scene of a hard battle between the inhabitants and the Natchez Indians, 1732, resulting in the ex tinction of the Natchtz as a distinct nation. From Shreveport there runs a railroad Westward to Marshall, Texas, and sixteeu nule3 beyond, making a line in all some sixty miles in length. Many years ago a route was projected to Vicksburg, which was com pleted from the latter place West a,s far as the Washita River. Coiiferieri.t bugitr. A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph gives th.? following process for makiDg 44 Confederate sugar." As there is likely to be a great quantity of pyrup made from the Chinese sugar cane thi.syear, the mods of con verting it into f-ugar is worthy of being known : The process is simple and easy, and plain, in tne first place, the cane must not only be ripe, but fully ripe and the bett test of its ripeness is the hardness and brittleness of its seed, never being governed by its general tppearance. It is my opinion that the prime cuus2 of thin, dark, sour syrup, is owing to the green ness of the cane from which it is made. The cane being fully ripe, it is ground and the juice boikjd in the usual way. After it is put on to boil some alkali should be added, either Jye, soda or lime water, yet I know no special-quantity to be added. It makes very well to add a half pjnt of lime water occa sionally lor three or four times tor a kettle sixty or eighty gallons, until the scum ceases to rise on the top, which Bhould be removed with a strainer as fast as it rises. All the alkali, of whatever kind, can be added at once if you choose to do so. The fire should never be too hot for the first half hour to enable you to skim well. After that it can be bolid rapiuiy if you choose unlil it is ready to. take eff, which should not " be too soon, as thick syrup is much to be preferred, provided you wish to make sugar of it. when it has reached the stage of thick syrup., very little more boiling will convert it into Ejigar, which will granulate as soon as it cools. By boiling a little once or twice and experimenting for sugar, you will ulways know at what stage to remove it from the-kettle better than I can tell you, though 1 did not maise a emgiu failure. After removing it from tbe kettle, place it in some vessel a short while until Borne of its heat hus lett it, and then pour it into your barrels with the hoof s a little loose m order that the molasses may drip irom 11, of which there will not be as much as many might sup pose. Do cot Btir it alter removing it from the kettle as is the custom, or the graiaa will ba small and nne. Costume for Nkroes. A prolific and baneful source of the demoralization and dishonesty of our ne groes, says tne omnern umvaiur,; i men msaus passion tor tmttating tneir masters aca nnsirteco 11 the matter ci anss. xae ma itaoaunj re lation of other countries, the costume of Our negroes should be regvhted by taw, and they should never be allowed to array themselves in public iu tbe cast off finery of their betteis. To a person of refined taste, the airs and assumptions of dandified negroes (male and fe male) is most disgusting and ofiecsive ; and their desire to possess themselves of flashy and expensive ciothiDg leads to the commission of Dumberiess crimes ar.d im moralities, ar.d-8 riously uo'krminea all proper subjec tion and discipline. ' - We sbl. have more to say on this very rave and momentous question hereafter ; and we ore glad to per ceive that the Grand Jury cf Mobile has not overlook ed its hnportariee. We quote from one of. tbe papers of that city: . ... ' One grea-t source of temptation to the negro u his love ol dress. No slaveholder iucnishea his bluve with the apparel exhibited by them on extra occafcions. Their costume is the thief support of many ot thesho,- about the city. And trreu extravagance in this respect has not been checked or abated by the war. In anoth er city a uniform dress for ebves has been long m use, acd is much approved. We suggest the consideration of. the subject to onrwn municipal authorities." Prentice on Grkkllt. Tbe editor cf the New York Tribune saya that the question of the iutermar riaee of the white and black races is one that must be considered well and oeciuta on ai8pai3ionatciy. -"' editor shall ever find timself a gay and dasaing widower, we hope he will take just as mucn time as he pleaaes to consider diapo?ionately; that is without passion, whether he will marry a nigger or not. But we ap prehend that passion will gn the belter of him and in- Qline him to the nigger. General Joe Wheeler is the youngest Major General on the continent, being only twenty-aix jeara old. TKHMts OK ADVKRTfMlKro. 1 square, ertion, $2. of 10 lin.g or Ugi) foreth ftad ,,,! Special Notis will be charged 13 per iquare (or eBCn and e vary insertion. All Okituaries and private publication! of every charac ter, are charged as advertisements. ja-NoadvTtiBement,reflectinfl: npon private character can.under any ciccmbt AMcia.be admitted . Genius. The difference betweeu geniai, talent and ' mere cleverness is ns delicate, yet as distinct, as that between the colors of the rainbow or the fibres which compose the magnolia leaf. Geniup, says that rare old buffer, Johnson, rushes like n whirlwind, talent march es like a cavalcade of heavy men and heavy hores, cleverness skims like a swallow in the summer evening, with a sharn, shrill note, aOd a sudden turning. The man cf gecni3 dwells with man and with nature, the man of talent in his study, but the clever man dance here, there and everywhere, like e butterfly in a hurri cane, striking everything aLd enjoying nothing, but too light to bedashed to pieces. Tbe man of talent will attack theories a-the clever man will assail the in dividual, and slander private character. The man of genius despises both ; he heeds ncue, ho fearmofle, ho lives in himself, shrouded in the consciousness of his own strength, he interferes with none, and walks forth an example that 4yagles fly alone, they are but sheep that herd together.'' It is true that should a poisonous worm cross bis path he may tread it under his foot : should a cur enurl at him be may chastise him : but he will not, cannot, attack the privacy of another. Our misfortune ithe South has been tbe plentitade of men of,talent, tbe dearth of men of genius. Io the North they have no genius in the field or in politics tew in literature. For the most part, however, the genius of the South is yet hidden in the ranks. Criticism on Thayer. The following resolution was introduced in the Yankee Senate a few days ago by Mr. Saulsbury, of Deleware : Resolved, That the Chaplain of the Senate be respect fully requested hereafter to pray and supplicate Al mighty God ia ou,r behalf and not to lecture him, in forming him, under pretence of prayer, his, scid Chap lain's, opinion ia reference to his duty as the Al mighty, and that the said Chaplain be farther request ed as aforesaid, not under the form of prayer, to lec ture the Senate iu relation lo questions before the body. Mr. Howard objected to the resolutions, and the Sen ate went into Executive session. Homk Jneustuy. We learn from the Confederate that at the manufactory of Messrs. L. Froebch , Co., Kenansviile, N. C, from April 1st, 1861, to Match 1st, 1864, thii estab lishment has furnished 18 seta of surgical instruments, 800 gross of military buttons, 3,700 lance spears, ti 600 sabre bayonets, II, TOO cavalry sabrei, 2,700 orfi v-r'a sabres, 600 navy cutlasses, 800 artillery cutlasses, 1, 700 sets ot infantry accoutrements, 800 sabre belts, and 300 knapsacks. A New Valu op Sorghum. Tho inestimable value of this prodaction is onJy beginning to be appre ciated by our people. It may not be generally known that tbe grain or seed constitute tin excellent aud pro lific breadstuff- A correspondent writing to us on the subject, from Pattonsburg, says : 44I had fifty bushels of the seed which I raised last year, and a Bhort time ego I took six bushels to the mill and got it ground into llouc and have ben using it in my family for bread for several days. It makes really good loaf bread and light rolls, but still better butter bread ; m that way it can't be beat, if baked in the ordinary way of bak ing buckwheat cakes. Besides it makes fine chop for horses. Mine is the red seed." Lynchburg Virginian. r 1 History of tbe Itattle f ttcuytburg. The substance of General Buttei field's testimony be fore the Committee on the conduct of the Wir, iu rela tion to the battle of Gettysburg, is substantially aa fol lows : On the third day of the fight, according to his version, Pickett's division, which was stationed iu sup port ot tbe long line of rebel batteries which opened with such terrific force on our left and left centre on the afternoon of that day, after the firing had ceased, made a charge upon ocr position on the summit and elope of the bill, and were repulsed with grc it loss. Hastily reforming thejr broken columns they moved toward their left flank aud rejoined the main body ol ' Longstrect's corps. This necessarily left their rigbtr much weakened, and their batteries exposed to capture. Meade's officers represented to him the error of the enemy, and suggested that it should be prefittcd'by. But Meade dissented, and the result was that the rebels, at their leisure, hauled off their batteries from our front, and placed them ia positions to protect their retreat, which became geueral at 12 o'clock on the 4 th of July. Gen. Butti rfield expressed it as his opinjon that had a charge upon the rebel batteries, weakened, by Pickett's diversion aud repulse, have bee n made, they could have been Captured. General Buttcrfield was also examined as to the Chancelloisville buttle. Gen. Meade and Gen. Gibbon were beforo the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War for several hours to-day, in reen nee to the battle of Gettysburg. Ge. Gibbon's iestimc-ny controverted the statements which have been made by General Sickles and others. Gen. Meade was before the Committee to produce certain papers bearing upon the orders said to have been is sued' in regard to the retreat of the forces before tho second day of the fight: Wash. Cor. N. Y. Herald. TP Til (mta cf Ktkp-r. Aft a meeting of tho members of Co. D, 44th Kcgt., N. C. T., hId on the 13th of April, lfe64, Ciipt. I,. B. Anderso waippointed Chairman and Rergeant Bepj-imin rlemiDg, Jr. 'was appointed Secretary. The object ot tlie mealing having: been explained by the Chairman, a Committee was appointed cotibintirg of Lieut. G. w. Paiker, Sergeant W. B. Hansell, tSergtant W. D. Giadnon, J. 8. BarnLiil and J. N. Bynum to draft reooiutions cotcerniiiK thn death of I.t. J. . Eahton, Co. I), 44th Hr Rt. N. C. T. The Cumm tiee reported the lollowiog preamble atd tesoiu ions wbich wereunaniuiou8lv adopted: Whkkeas, It Jjfis been she will of the A II wise Disposer of events, in h'8 omnipotence, to tnke irom among u our fttttenicd friend and feil-jw-soldier, Lt. J. S. Kastoo, of Co. D 41th N. C. T., who died on tho Mh of April, A. D., ls;i, after a severe illness of ciu lit woe its tit the .-neral Hos pital No 4, Richmond, Va. Lieut. J. b. Eatori ofPnrd hi services to l:ia country in February, A. D , leaving his home and friends, the society of his wile andbttlw or.es, to embark cn this great ocean of war and hare, hi breast to tho wild Htcrm of battle in defence ot the altars aud liretjidew of our nnbuppy country. His conduct as an obedient and datiiul soldier, and his utjfljiichiug firmneus ia the hour ol trial, when the swilt messengers of death tell thick aud fast around him amid tho din of battle's wild rage, and the sharp crack of the nfie, whose notes seemed to stifle with tbe moans of the slain, need no comment from tho pen of those who are let to mourn Lis los. No pritcely grandeur clothed his mortal remainH, nor gaudy tomb need mark tha spot' where he lajH, for his history in peace or in war has built bj tbo heajtB ot his many friends, a fr more lasting and durable monument than the accomplishments of rt csn afford. Patriot soldiers, who left home audita pleasant associa tions 111 respond to hf country's call, uo more cache require.! of him. Therefore, liesolved, That we. tbe members of said Company, take this method of exprtssingonr deep and piucere ngret at the lots of our friend and icilow soldier J.feuf. J. 8. hast)", artd do tll'r our heartfelt sympathy to his beieaved family and friends. Jieeolved, That whilst we moarn tbe loss of our friend and acknowledge the wisdom acd goodoess of our cr. ttr ia his dipehp.ation for tbe welfare of all mankiud, we pledge our last wishes atd endeavours for the wlfaie ot the wid owed and fatherless and hutrby ak Divine aid In our great cause that of securing to ihem the benefit of liberty and independence. . 2iSot;;it That a copy of ihoRO proceedings he seT.t to the family of tho deceased and lo tho VVilmngton Journal for publfcation. L. U. ANDERSON, Chairman. RftTJiMiN "tEMiNO, Jk.. Secretary. Fajetteville Observer and the Daily Confederate pleas copy. Tub Virginia Volunteer Navy Company Th- amountt)f capital already sutwcrWd upo.i the l ) ka 'if the" -Virginia Volunteer" Nuvy Cimjiuny, exceeds 0110 million o' dollars. The chnrter cf the Co. autLoriz -a a maximum' capital of $10,000,00., but operations wiil ba commenced asso m us an amount euffi :ieat foe the inau guration of the enterprise bis bean subscribed and paid in. Ninety per ctnt. 1 f.the prt C:s go to the compaoy and crevs, and ten percent, to the Government. .It would, of course, be improper for ti e Directors to dis close their plans, but they have no ohj .ctioa to the pub lication ol the fact that their firnt Viflsel Will be com- rattnded by a gallant tfher of th C. S. . uvy, and she may night. pop out" of one of 8ur inlets the first dark- Sheep husbandry, during the pwt tea years, has ful len o3 about one filth in tne State of Ohio, arjd teariv five hundred thousand in New England. Ail on ac count of dogs- UIKI. At HhailoUe, N. C, April 6th, ot luptheria, WJt.t.l H WALTKli, ton of John D. and liaaah J. HUuly, , jpd si years. . In this town, on the 16th iuaUut, lira. A. C. iilT'lfclK, wife ! Daniel Bitter, agd i jears.
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