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TI1K TviLMlNUTON- JOURNAL. CO ?s K K It A T" T TTHJKSDA Y, APBIL 28, 164. TV 1 1 . M 1 S ( i T O Nf-JJ" UT-1 t for enbscriptiocs to the fouxnal Abvam k pujn f,fVr b.1s o the firgt 6t Mjy Canr,", 4e first d July. After the first of May, tlZul be taken only for what they are equivalent J in the tew currency. We regret to be compiled to make Ibis announcement, but we are i:ally compelled to do eo. We taunot pay our lands "with . five dollar bill?, cor 1 qnnlate any or the expenses of oar estab lishment with thtm without EubmittiDg to the discount d tfcia we cannot eflord. an 1 transactions hereafter with this office, new xa a currcrcy, or its equivalent, will be repaired. April 2Gtb, .1864. Money is getting much less plenty that is evident We can see it all around. Atybcdy who takes the tf cubic to step and think, must notice it. Considering the Ltavy fond.ng the withdrawal of one third of the uSfunded money by taxation on the money itfe-f, and another large amount by taxes upon other things, including the five per cent tax tojbe paid this eu miner, rioney is bennd to be scarcer. The won der to U3 is that tUacUct has cot mate itself apparent to ns teeter. Pi ices of. some f jw things begin to show the iQ:cts cf the redaction in the currency, and others will follow eventually. Of Gcnise, the enrrercy, like all other interests, de pends pi eatly upen military success. If we have that, then the currency can Lardiy fail to appreciate rapidly. If we have not that to the extent we Lope for, then of course the currency will either remain stationary or go backward1- U'c confess ourselves unwilling to con femp'ate tbcf consequences of absolute failure in the fi Id, Lr that v.cu!d he to cypress a distrust of the fidelity tLd rrovtfs of cur well-tried veterans, for which tic experience cf the past would afford neither jaatifica'-ica nor excuse. Wf mn?t Lrp-2 that the brief telegraphic report of Governor Vance's epeech at Fayetteville does not give an &cL q'le ictaef h:3 remarks there not that we ' cpcst'ic-ii i s ccrncttcr.3 cs far 3 it goes, but we can net tut 'e.iu to the belief that a fuller report wil' grc affy iu( diy cr explain seme cf tha positions and statements therein contained. TIi- Can hi. ian cf Saturday brings a report, probar bly ur.'re iuti;l, cl a portion of hi3 remarks, which re port is to be ccniir.ued. Until we can get the report at 1 i liU , v,Lii h ve tv., cse we will be enabled to do from tr.e Cfixcln.ici r.i.d Observer wc think it better to tbs'airj Ircm i-vj c strutted comment. So for ve ce-rfits that the impression made is not a pi' ; ? i ' re. 1 piea&rnt certainly than that made by II- W i k-srbf.iw' ejech, although even in that there v. rc i t-t s v h,i h in e ur (-pinion, haa better been cii)it e(i. 1 ih-3 M i tn.ei;t wt know that we are by (ji)Mnu: 'Arr.r ns v. c notice, fas been invited to ad. in? r-orri j.s ef the troops s'.a'ioncd in this vicinity cr at ihe ft.-ru, ar.d, ve pres-ome, may be expected to vis t W;hni.-i-toa, ia whici cat all here may cr j--y the op rtun ty i.f hi'.ui.. aa-.l ju lgirr? for themselves. 'j lie tivvt rt at is u vi ry entertaining public speaker, and cuti le p a vr r(v,ve5 in irts'ed and ctr-u-ed perhaps as v.! ij u."3 ii y iT:ut ia or o it, o: the' State, so that there will he v. ii sire to heir hiia , esven with thpse who t:." y liitl.r (r m nmy cf ihe positions he may as- 1 lit- nwi'tks I f mny n.uuie in. . lilt' IK on Itl-S V itsr," Vc. Vl ich is tl ctru'u.c, simcn pure " Conservatism V Whieii 1.; Y.V 1:1(1 !( !'.!.;( k jr.; d I ll.iii'fc e i; t! c wiapper" without which 1 v hAvi-.v. d by tic venders of a certain he tht tl.tre is none genuine ? Is Hol- be V ll i tin Via. t.. win i d i I 1 of i e w 'iiht "Conservatism ?" Is Koran and lie Progress its forerun liOr.c r eiuts (J: v ii.or Vancs hold the patent-right, r.d v; cl ti t ( i 1- unadulterated article ? Who is au thored to staiiv. '. Butt's" on ti e wrapper? Tie j t. e-rn to ?.-e- the great and absorbing questions with t! lluidn.Ue and Vanceite orgaus at Raleigh. At. or ti;;- e;uc'r at Jar fc in ' In- iiiatteis o; large or the State. in particu minor importance. The ap en r.Li.ier t'.tj-.' up-( -c io cm or ace ine ptopiu aa a jlo.i ut dine ni to the "Conservative party." . .. - . . i 1 1 i . ThtLii ir 1 jz'w b to vork, and wc Ehall see what we iha!i e e . a' ei 1 e .;- v. 1 ;it v.e fhali hear, if eve only keep our ey 6 a: el ur ear? op? d. Wc didn't want this thing. "We don't want it now; but tlrt ' Cuneeivative " leaders, the heada of Ihe firm of I1ci.d.v, V anck k Co , have quarrelled and dissolv- cJ, and each s- t up t-Lcn, rcmitdicgxia somewhat of the advertising rq-ip.btle tnce Lad over Sarsaparilla by ' Old lr. Jaccb To rr.scr.rt " ard " S. P. Townsend ;" by the way S. I Towteend called it ' Sasfrillay." They both sold Tcwrscnd's Sarsaparilla," and both clain.fd to Le tic cn'y genuine, though between our selves tl at cou'd ricke little d.ffcrence to the buyer, for ttry loh ver.tied mighty pocr stuff, only made to sell. Now rs to the gu.uireaes of the Sarsaparilla we mean " f.onsfrv&titm " in this State we are unable to decide. AV..7 Corcivafera we think we know some thing ab:ut, end r.c are under the impression that we like it and believe in it, but these parlizan, electioneer ing eiccrer ion?, initio to vend to the people for personal or parly pur-;cs.3 ve djn't think so much cf, and don't care v.hich ij the original. AVe therefore take no part in iLe? njojor contrcAersy between the organs of Mr Hcr.Di-x und Governor Vance about the genuiaeneB9 of lh ir respective party " Ccnservatism." The minor controversy, so Lr cs tLe&e organs appear to be cOn- cerned, Lvs a very eiiatant reference to the interests of tho pco-L r.r.d the Corf eJeracy. In that we profess having c..i inte rc:-t. Bat wc ermmenced this paragraph by t-a i-g t'-at we ciJa't want this Eqaabble, but since the " Ce na rvativj " loaders vill have it amonff them- selves, wo dv r.:-t expect it to end without bringing come tlinj.3 io ii-l.r, which, when loosed at carefully will proba'r ly be ic.v, and "when ssen make a note of." We c nfv?3 tht rs things appear to be working now, v.o uav.- i.o great inclination to go far out of oar way to u err j anythisg beating upon a canvass in which v e !. ei mat we are peiftct outsiders. We, and thcu?ai s . t oth.r, v ill think it best to rest upon our oara or a whila md tuut to l'rcvidctc:. At any rate we fid no di-ptsiiioa to pu. our laith in politicians, or to risk ihe pe-i sons' paichritude of cur only bat by pro j:c;i::r it ie.to iho air ia Lonorot either of the "Conser vative" cai'd.daic?, until they c:n tettle between them and ti.eir re-p.ciive Irknds which is genuine which is eatitld 10 Lave "I. Butts" e;n the wrapper.. The It:iY!h P ig e s Larp3 upon tha fact that tte Rikit-'h Co fele n!c, Wilmington Journal, Fayettc-viiL- Obe vet aod ti d ixsro' Jo u nal either sap port Gi.-Vt-r.jor Vanc.;. favor hia election in prefer-etic- io Mr. HcLDr: hue harping upon three papeu-3 n .t oi i.s puHar pxrly conservative stripe sup portit:g Gjvcinoi- Vasc:-, it forgets to say anything ab.pt the- g;ea ru'j , ry 0f the undoubted papfrs of that stripe wh ; upload him before and who Eupport Lieu n We re: n oa. cf t:e pipers in the State, and t.u'sil.: c f Ii -t -g'. wc know of no Holden paper. 'Tni" Conferva' iv-;" pa.xra a. Iluiaboro', Greensboro' and Salia' ury, s ii -. tl Vanc now aa they did two years ago. So, we euppose,"" at Milton, ia Caswell ccunty. The- Fayei.tev.ile Observer supported him be fore. All the papers that supported Governor Vanci before supDort him now, with the exceptiorof those-in I Rileigh who have deserted, and are givirg "fafe eig- nals," as one of them, the PtPgress sys. vvdj uo nof tbe Progress state these facts ? Tbey are the facts, bat they do not iait the game that is new on foot Tha impression see ma to have gone out that ins eid of waiting Gbant's movements in Virginia,. Genera! Lee will himself take the initiative, and attack Grant, or at least attack the "Yankee Army of the Potomac," for no one can tell for certain whether Grant i3 with that army or with the Army of the Cumberland, or whether he intends that his first attack should be upon Lee, or upon Johnston bis first movement against Richmond or Atlanta. It General Lee do?s assume the offensive, it will fend to a prompt solution of the doubt existing upon this 'subject, and compel Grant to show bis hand whether the cards sail him or not. It may be remarked that the papers of Atlanta lean strongly to the belief that the first movement of the enemy is to be made in their direction, while on the other band the Richmond pi pers appears to take it for granted that the first lead ing move of the campaign will be a fresh "on to Rich mond." Both may be nearly right. Both points are threatened, and-about equally. If Grant is left to choose hia own time and mode of procedare it is very likely that after having completed all his arrangements, he will move upon Richmond and Atlanta simultane ously. We notice that the Richmond Sentinel, which, if not an official organ, still seems very often to foreshadow events, holds the following language in its issue of Saturday, the 23 J instant : "The main thing we have to bear in mind is Grant's peculiar tactics, his rapid accumulative of numbers, and his celerity of movomeot We must endeavor to anticipate him and to strike first, if possible." Such language at this tim?, taken in connection with current rumors and impressions, may not be wholly without significance, which poseibly the events of the present week may explain cr dissi pate. . Tee report that General Forrest bad been killed turns out to be erroneous. Thtt intrepid commander "still lives" and haa command of the whola line of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from the point to which our trains run, up to Cairo. He enforces the Confederate conscription and impressment laws, and keeps the Yankees in Memphis and other points of West Ten nessee still in their possession in a state ot tear and: trembliDg. Fobbest enjoys the unbounded confidence of the people in all that country. He is the cavalry man out West, not excepting either Morgan or Wheiler. lie is a natural soldier, with the advan tage of good training under Van Dorn, who while living, was said to be the mcst dashing and successful cavalry officer in the country, notwithstanding his fail ure in the command of infantry, etc., at Corinth. For rest is notoriously averse to taking prisoners; and more bo new than ever. We hive heard recently. that this aversion has been much strengthened by the fact of bis having paroled a number of prisoners soasetime this spring, and finding nearly all of them fighting against him in two or three weeks without any exchange. He thinks that dead men tell no tales and violate no paroles. Perhaps he is right. . Soldiers will have their fun. The joke of tolling a civilian to ' come out " of a stove pipe hat is rather ancient. It is nc longer a novelty to denominate said article of bead-gear a " bee gum," but on Sunday after noon we were witness to an original passage of wit be tween some members of a Cavalry Company and a eqaad of Ye Home Guard. " Jack " said a " man cn horseback," 11 look at the new issues" meaning there by to indicate the invincible Home Guards. " No discount on them," said a member of the Guard. The commanding efficer of the Cavalry gave an order and the troop moved off, thu3 ending the colloqaj . The " new issues " has become quite a current phrase. 'Superior Court. The superior Court for this county commenced its sessions here Monday, His Honcr, Judge French, presiding. There, are some capital cases likely to come before the Court this week, of the result cf which due notice .will be given. The pipers generally have been republishing from the Mobile Tiibune, and commenting upon a corres pondence purporting to have pessed between Lord Ru3 sell and Lyoks cn the one hand, and Mr. Harrison, President Davis' private Secretary, on the other, on the subject of the building of war vessels for the Con federacy in British ports. We rather suspected the genuiness of this tffiir, and kept clear cf publishing it, especially as the first com munication of the series was dated on the first of April, and we had a slight bint on the subject. 1 here were also some queer circumstances that made U3 cautious. We wondered how such a thing should happen to come to light first away down in Mobile. Be3ides certain expressions struck us as not quite the thing. We see that one of the AugHsta papers " smells a mice," and expresses the opinion that it is a pretty well gotten up hoax. We rather think our Augusta co-temporary is right. It is harmless, we think ; at least we see no harm that it can do. If the corres pondence is genuine, the part ok it attributed to Mr. Davis, though signed " Burton N. Harbi30n, Pri vate Secretary," ia very different from the calm and dignified tone which has characterized all the previous productions of our distinguished jChief Magistrate. Humours of the enemy landing at Topsail or any other point in this vicinity, which got afloat during the last day or two seem to have been altogether without foundation. It rained pretty smartly Sanday afternocn, but on Mcnday morning the sky waa clear and the air refresh ing. The roada in Virginia are said to be ia fine order. Mr. Alexander Hidings, of l?orsythe County, N. C, committed suicide on the 1-1 lb instant by banging himself. He leaves a wife and eight children. Cau9e, fear of being made to enter the service. He wai one of those who bad furnished substitutes. Deserved Promotion. Oar readers will be gratified to learn that Brigadier General Hoxe, the gallant leader of our forces at Ply mouth, has beea promoted to the rank of Major-General comrj lommiasion to date from the capture of thit placp. 'he Mkrctjbt. We have received the first number of the Mercury, a weekly literary paper, the publica tion of which has just been resumed at Ealeigh by Wm. B. Smith, Esq. The Mercury ws formerly issued at Tarboro', but was suspended when Mr. Smith entered the army. It is an eight page paper, well-filled, and as well printed as any paper can bt in these times. Handsome illustrati&rhs arc promised and will no doubt be given in due time. The mt in the present number cannot, of course, be taken as any fair specimen of what will be doqe. .Price $10 for six months. A letter from D&ton, of the 20th, eavs : "I am o the opinion that something is on foot. Ihe deck ii cleared. We have probably Lad the lest review ot the army this Spring. The indications seem to point toi our front aa the next battle field. The Baleigh Confederate learns that the Adjutant Genera' of this State received a despatch, on Thursday last, inform lag him that Lieut. General Holmss baa been assigned to the command of th Beaerved Foroei " in North Car Una. 4 The enemy in Tenmes e is evidently drawing hia fare, s together rapidly with tie view to eaily and fcj roidiole operations in ' 'hit qurter. Oae way or ano'.ber he aims at Atlanta, less on account of the im portance of the place itself than tu-c-.uae cf its peculiar character ts t. great railroad centre, the possession of which would enable the euemy to interrupt our com munication very eerieusly if not fatally. What we are doing e nr. there, we hardly know. General Joukstok has the faculty of keepirg hia own counsel more perfectly p.rhapa than any oher leader .on either Bide. We trust. that iu the attention demoted to Virginia, Northern Georgia has not been forgotten. Defeat there would be hardly less disastrous than would a similar event in front of Richmond. The Xiid of tl War. Professor Newmanger says that next year a tre mendous comet will come right up to the earth, and one or the other will come to grief. "Vve will bet on the earth, but we tvon't insure the inhabitants, for the gas of which the comat is said to' be composed, msy get mixed up with the at m03pber3 of our good old globe, making a compound capable of stifling all its in. habitants. 'J hat, we venture to say, will end the war. But that is doubtful, even eboald the comet come im mediately in contact with" the earth. Some cmioent but irreverent philosopher has asserted that that the matter of which conrets are made is so attenuated that the largest of them, taif and all, might be sqaeczad in to a qoprt pot. Now what is a quart amODg one ? We can find -plenty cf people who will consume a quart of comet, or anything stronger between dark and bed time. No fears of the comet, we fear. Summer apt ears to tave ccme along butt-end fore most." Spring, the gentle morning twilight of the year, seems to have been forgotten in 1864. We bound Ircm ehiverh g to scortchicg, from freezing to perspiring. Yesterday the tbeirn deter was between 80 and 90, s'anding at 81 at 5 o'clock, p. m. " Snocxs " don't eee what the papers mean by making so much fuss about " the girls of '76, or either, for that matter. Snooks would prefer a smaller figure bt fore the 6 or 8. He ia not historical but practi cal. Upon .his point he is obstinate in hia preference for the new issu. A singular person. A Horje! A Horse! My Kingdom for Horse! The " boys," especially those who had been at the Theatre on Saturday night, had, not long after. a good joke on Mr. Bates, the talented young actor who took the part of Richurd III, on that occasion. Next evening Mr. Bates, along with all others inciud ed in the ' Home Guard," was set to guard the pub lie property, it falling to his lot to mouDt guard at the Confederate stables, whereupon some one " suggested that Richard might find a horse, or a muel, if he pre ferred that sort. of steed. Mr. Bates said neigh ! The "Age" for M ar oh reached ua yesterday. It is an excellent number, and contains not a single nn readable article cor one that is not worthy of being read. The Age is a monthly Eclectic Magaz're, published in Richmond, Va., at $10 for six months, $2 per single number. ti For the Journal. Fout Oampbbll, N. C, April 15th. 184. At a meeting Ik-LI at Fort Campbell on the 14th of April 1864, by the soi lier of ihia Garrison. (Apt. Jno. C. Rrb ertson wan appointed Chairn2a.11, and Lieut. Jno. L. Pool Secretary. v The object of the nieefrpr fcirig explained by the Chair man. the following jiaired ui3n : C&pt. W. b Brooke, Ber geama K. it. WUiixm, H. ;. liuilocK, H. V. Avent, were appointed to draft recla'icns. The committee having re tired tor a hoTt time, reporti d through their Chairmau the following resolution : Resolved. That the course pursued by Ilia Excellency Gov. Z' B. Vnnce duriosj the hostilities now existing be tween the Uiiited at. a Confederate States, has e icited our approval and sdiu-ration. Hid that onr thanks and the thanks cf al: North Carolina noidiers are due him tor fcis untiring eflorts in their behalf, while absent frcio then bonces and fireiiesin defence of their country's rights. liesolved. That the e, hah man of thistneetiusr be directed to write Gov. Yance to address the soldiers e f this com raafid at this plac, at such time as he may think proper. Jiesoloed, 'that the Chairman furnish e copy cf the fore going resolutions to Jov. Yance fend solicit his acceptence. Also, that a copy be fnriwhtd the Fayeueville Observer, Wilnr'ngton Journal &Ld Ealeigh Confederate for pnbiica-ti-jn. Oa motion, the mee'ing adjourecl. J0HJ5J C. K0BE3TS0N, Chairman. J. L. Tootf-Secretary. fl t or the Journal. Ai a meeting oV a portion of the citizens of Columbus county, held in the Court House in Whiteville, on Batur day. the 'd inBt., for the purpose of inviting Gov. Vance to address tha citizens ofaid county. On motion, Col. F. George was called to the Chair, and T.M. Smi'h requested to act as Secretary. On motion, (Jpt. W. J. Stanly, Col. V7.-M. Baldwin and W. T; Frink. Esq., were appointed to draft resolutions for the action of tte meeting, who reported threugh their Chairman the following : Whkssas, In times like the present, we deem it the right of the people to meet and consult for the public good ; thereiore, Jiesolced, Thai we heartily endse the course of our able arid patriotic Governor Z. B. Vance, and do therefore tender hint an invitation to addrets the citizar.s of Columbus county at the Court House in Whiteville, at such time as may snit the chairman ; and that the chairman be authorized to appoint a committee of three to ca:ry out the foregoing resolution. On motion, adopted. Whereupefn the chairman appointed tbe same committee to confer with the (J ivernor. A Ordered to be published in the Wilmington Journal. Fay etteville Observer and Kaleigh Confederate, requested to copy. On motion the meetiDg adjourned. F. GEORGE, Chairman. T. II. Smith, Sec'y, Tribute of Hespect. Camp Co. A, 40th N. C Taoopa, Fort Holmes, N. C, April 20, 3834. f At a meeting of the members of Co. . A, 40 ih S. C T., occasioned by the death cf cur fellow-soldier, W. J. How ard, who died in camp on the 11th day of April, 1864, on motion, Sergt. Jas. A. Bines was' called to the chair, and Private J. w. Tocker requested to act as secretary j after which Cop. W. H. Brown, and Privates A. D. Hill and B. N. WlQBtcn were appointed as a committee to arati reso lution1), who reported the following, which were uusni- 4 mously adopted : Whsbxas, it naa been the will of Uod, in Mia Alwise Providence, to remove from our midst our loved arid Hon ored fellow-soldier, Wm. J. Howard, and wehumbly bow r L' ia will in af nlnw IVdrAfn.. W Resolved, That a more consistent soldier haa seldom died in the eervfee of tbe Confederate States, and tbat tbe Company has lost one of its most noble and patriotic mem-ben- ; and though not publicly known, he waa loved by his f i iends, anO admired by" all who knew him for his many virtnea. tie was monest ana uuoDtrusive, possess ng the kindness of thought and delicacy cf feeling waicb charac terize the noblest spirits of earth. Besetted, Tbat we tender onr heartfelt smpathiea to his bereaved family and friends and pppecially (o the patt ner of bis life, with the reaction that his soul be trusted to his God " who floeth all things well." Confident in bis trust, his spark ot lite was breathed out aa sweetly as in the quiet repose cf a peaceful slumber. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the lamdy of the deceased, and to the Wilmington Jour nal for publication. JAS. A. HiflEa, Ch'n. J. W. Tccxsa. Lecy. A Sorghum Convention was held at Columbu?, Oaio, oa the 15th Januiry last. We-copy belesv the remarks of some of the speakers : Mr. Wren I fed four horses and two cowa on the blades thr.e weeks, and they did better than tbey did for the gtme time previous or since. I feed blades a$d tops together when the seed is not ripe. I believe with Mr. Branch, that the seed itself pays for the production a feed lor stock ; indeed, better than corn, by throw ing the green stalks to hogs and giving the blades and seeds to the cattle. .As to the hybridizing or mixing, I find it ia with Sorgho the same as corn, that ii the best seed ia select ed with ciie, a corresponding improvement will be made. I am of opinion that tie several varieties of euji cane in&i ripen aoout ice same ueue win mix in the bead. Mr. Clougb seemed to think that the varie ties did not mix in tbe flower. That it will mix there can be no doubt, for ceed so produced will bring forth a character peculiar to itself. I have never found any broooi corn in my cane to trouble me. A marriage took place at Newburyport, Connecti cut, last week, in which tbe ceremony of joining hands was entirely omitted, the bride groom having no banc's to use. Be bad his arms .blown cf! at the shoulders by a powder explosion, not even stumps remaining to which artificial ami can be attached. - TELEGRAPHIC Report of the Press Association. Entered according to the Act of Congress, ia the year ISM, by J. . Thrashek, in the UJerK's umce or no ivisinci Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Goorfia. YANKEE DEFJSaT IS LOUISIANA F20M EUROPE, AC., AC. Richmond, Va., Apiil 23d, 1364. Letters ia the Chicag Evening Journal, dated Ecore, April 10, aay that the Federal cavalry met a aerioua reverse at Pleasant Hill, DeSato Parish, La., w!th a loss of over two thousand men in killed, wounded and mis ing. Gen. Baostm, commanding the Federals, waa araong the wounded. The Peers delivered a jadgmect adverse to the crown in the Alexandra case, and diasnbBcd the appeal from the jadgment 0f the Courts. Garibaldi was enthusiastically welcom?d on his arrival at Southampton. ' Stat field, implicated ia tho Mpzzhii conspiracy against Napoleon, has resigned. , In the House of Lords, Earl Eoasell incidentally referred to the epurioua report of Secretary Mallory, and in:i jiated that he waa originally led by Seward to accept the report as genuine ; bnt, said the Earl, Seward states that having made further inquiries, he finds it to have been altogether a forgery. The Courts of London, Eome, Vienna, B;rl:o, St. Paters- burg, Spain and France, have agreed to recognize the Em peror of Jiexico on hia acceesionto the throne. Lincoln, in a speech at the Sanitary Fair, Baitimo:e, re ferred to the massacre at Fort Pillow, and said that if it was confirmed," ha would take retaliatory steps. ARBIYAL OF FLAG OF TBUCE BOAT. Psterssubg, April 24h, lc6i. A fl eg cf truce boat from Butler cemtrunicated with the French Steamer at City Point to-day, and tarried but' teD minutes. She brought no prisoners. A Frtncb courier came immediately to Petersburg and iastenei ta Bich mond. There is gcgat anxiety here to learn the particulate SEWS TBOM THE UNITED STATES. DaltoK, Ga., April 23d, 1S64. Northern dates of the 21st inst. have been received. Kzvr YCks,. April 20. - New Orleans papers of the 16th, say that Banks' headquarters is at Nachitocbes. The rebels are burning all the cotton on the Bed and Anachita rivers. In a Ekir&iiah with the reel cavalry, near Shreveport, we bad some wcandd Another si ght skirmish occurred near Nachitocbes on Wednesday, without results. Chicaco, Aptil 20. The Journal says that on the day after the disaster to tha 13th army corps, Gen. Cars a en gaged and defeated tha enemy, capturicg two thousand prisoners and twenty caason. Cairov April '20. Tao tuerillas along the river declare that they will not allow Northern men to work tha aban doned plantations. They recen'ly made a raid on the plan tations at Tensas, La , capturing a lare number of ne groes and mules, and killing Mr. Bollison m-ardering al after making them dig their own graves. Cincinnati," April 20. A Cattleburg (Ke&teftky) oh patch of April ) 9th, ays that Capt. Patrick has arrived there with one hundred prisoners captured at Paintsville. Hcdje'd rebel brigade attacked onr forces at Paintrille on Tuesday, bat were repu'sed. Cot. Gillespie pursued them and eurprUed them at Half Mountain, capturing seventy prisoners and property, together with thir wagon train. ilaj. JohnsoD, and Col. Clay are among the vriaondrs. Brig. Gen. Prince haa been ordered to the Command of the district of Cairo, Pada'.ab and Columbus. At New York oa the20 h, Cotton was firmer and h'gher. Go!dl67 FROBI jDALTON. Dalton, April 23 J, 18"4 The enemy's cavalry captured 24 of our cavalry near Spring Fiace, and killed tha Lieutenant in command, on yesterdav. Wheelfer, hearirg of it, ordered Colonel Ross to ma':u a dash in thair pickets on front of Tunnel flill, at daylight this morning, which resulted in the capture. of twenty one men and thirty b- -?es, atd thS killing of fi'teen men. The enemy are reported qui'e'activo at Cleveland. FROM THE SOUTHWEST BANK RETREATING AND PURSUED BY TAYLOR -CAPTURE OF YANKEE TRANSPORTS, &c. Me b:lb, April 23d, 1PG4. Western diap&tcherf report Banks retreatirig oa Natchez, and Gen. Taylor pursuing him. The Federal tiansporta coming out Red. River, with wont dad men, are reported to have bten captured. Fourteftn guaboats are aground above Bed ETver Falls. Official news haa been received that a gunbeat waa cap tured on the Yazoo Uiver, carrying sij;ht 2A pounder guns. The stores were removed acd the boat burnt. DESTR UCTION OF A YANKEE GUN BOAT AND CAP. TUBE OV HER ARMAMENT CAPTURE OF YAK- KEE3 IN. LOUISIANA BY GEN. TAYLOR. Dbmopolis, April 23, 18S4. A ch patch from Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, dad Yazoo City, April 221, eajs that a section of artillery, and a de. tachment of fcharihoolers, Col. Griffith, attacked end cap tured in that day a gun toat near tbat place while lylt g near tha snore, driving the men from their guna and flaally tke crew from the boat. Ha removed her fine armiment of eight twenty-four pounders and the most valuable Btores, acd then burnt h:r to the water's edge. Th3 cap tain and pilot were taken prisoners. A number of the crew were killed. Our casualties were smiU. Another despatch dated Canton, April 22d, says that Taylor has captured seven thousand, prisoneis, four hun dred wagons and nineteen pieces of artillery ia Louisiana. Two hucdred and twelve Federal prisoners, captured by Forrest at Fcrt Pidow, and Cola. Ives and Jackson near Florence, were brought here to-day,. TSE FLAG OF TleUCB COAT AT CITY POINT THE FRENCH VESSELS LEFT WIT HODx TOBACCO. Richmond, April 26th, 1864. Butler's flag of truce boat arrived at City Point yester day afternoon. Butler, in a communication to the coxa manding officer at City point, says : The limit of the time having arrived which was fixed by the Convention between tbe representatives cf the Emperor cf France and tbe Uni ted States for shipping tcacco at City Point, I bave sent Col. Pa jse, of mp staff, for the single purpose of deliver ing despatches for the commanding office; s of tbe French vessels'. The French steamers left during the afternoon. No to bacco waa sent down. THE ENEMY BACKING OUT. Obakgb C. H., Va., April 25th, 1S61. 1 he enemy's cavalry on yesterday, made a feeble de monstration in front of Ely's and German! Fords, aa if in tending to cross, but quickly wheeled about and returned in tbe direction of Culpeper Court Houeo. Nothing else of interest. r WESTERN NEWS. MoBtids, Ala.m April 25th, 1SS4. Western dispatcher confirm BaLks defeat on the 11th and 15th inst., at Grand Encore, losing 1,600 prisoners, with camp eqatptige. On the xSth-eleven boats carrying the Federal wcunded, passed Bonnet Carrie. Banks was at Fort DeEussey, calling for reinforcements. ' Taylor fol lowed Baaks frcm Mansfield. Beinfoi cements were going from New Oneans to Baton Bouge. Banks bad reached Natcnetochez, with his army in a damorah'zed condition Taylor waa veil up with him and pressing on. The Yazoo Valley ia clear of Yankees. A fire here destroyed a frame house to day. Loss severe. GBIEP.30K (FEDERAL) BEPORTED KILLED, Ac. Dalton, Ga., April 25. 1864, A lady who ccme through the lines to-day reporta that Forrest attacked Grieraon at Decatur, Teen., killing Grier- aon and cepturirg a large number of prisoner!. G9n. Wheeler had a geceral review of his cavalry, which waa attended by a large number of General efficers. GEN. HOKE A 31 A J OK GENERAL YANK EE HEWS, 4c, A. R-ICHuovp, Va., April 25, 1P64. Brigadier-General Hoko, who commanded tha land forces in the assault on Plymouth, has been promoted to a Major General. It ia officially estimated that the tithe in becon in Geor gia will exceed five million pounds. Letters, - purporting to be & correspondence between Lord Lyons and the President' private Secretary have been pronounced forgf rie&. No further developments ia regard to the French to bacco. - Baltimore papers to the 23d have been recsived. Ad. vices irom the. Potomac indicate active preparations fcT the coming campaign. Largenuiabera of tbe Rick h&Yo been transferred to Washington City All ths Sutlers, 2S00 in number, have left the army. Grant has established his headquarters in the field. Deserters from Gen. Lee's army rtport his whole force at,000men. Reinforcements aje constantly arriving. Additional Yankee accounts from Bed River, (not deem ed rehabl?) claim a decided vicfory over Kirby Enrth's forces in the battle at Pleasant Hill. Amorg the rebels killed were Gene, tfonton and Paraors. The New York World sajs that Chaso has sold, all hi surplus gold, and It is evident he will be compelled before, the year ia out to buy gold td pay the inteieEt of the pub lic debt. Gold cloeed on the 2?d lmt. at 175. European newels unimportant. All difficulties relet he to tha. Mexican crown has been adjusted.- Maximillian waa to sail on the 13th inst Information has been received from the Peninsula cf the landing of a large number of troops at Yorktown from ocean steamers. It is reported that the tegro regimentB stationed tbeie had become demoralized and sent away. FROM THE UNITED BTATE3 THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER. FLORIDA AT R3MEDI03 SAILING OF A FLEET FROU NEW YORK FROM FUSOPE, dc, Scc. KiCHiioND, April 2Gth, 1564. Baltimore papers of. the 22ad in3tant, furnish additional news. Letters from Havaana mention the arrival of tho Cor fed erate Steamer Florida at Reaiedios, Cuba, on tbe 11th. Saveral Unioa gunboats have gone over to take her. A flaet ef War Steameis went to sea irom New Yoik on Wednesday. The fliet wili touch at Hempton Roads it is said, their orders not to be opened until their departure from that pofct. Butler demands to be relieved from his present position, or have control of all military movements Laving their base within the limits of his Department. The Governor of New York has determined to call tbe Stae militia, regiments to do duty iu the forts around Npw York to allow tha forces stationed there to bo transferred to the fie). Bornsirie left Washington on the 2L t for Fortress Mon roe, ia f. sj.ccial steamer. In the Hocse of Commoca on the 8th, iTr. La3 ard said the Government was tafeirg nieasnres to investigate the alleged kidnapping of Irish emigrants in the service of the Federal arm;. . A latge (Company hao been formed ia England with a capital of one million of dollars, to purchase Bteamers to run the blockade brirginjt out cotton. The Emperor of Au tria has al owed tho formation of a corps of eix the usand volunteers for the Errperor of Mexi co. - The steamer tiatilda, uiit at Glasgow for the Confede rates, and hound from Cardiff-tor a rebel port, laden with iron and 8!eel, hrs been totally wrecked on Luody Island It is reported that tbe case of tha Tampero haa been settled, the owners constntiig to a verdict for the crown, with the nominal forfeiiure cf the vessel. A great part of the city of Doruarara h.ia been degtroi' ed by fire. Tte loss ia two to throe millions of dollars. The Supreme Court of AppeiU haa granted a new trial ta Fcrde, convicted of tbe renrdar cf Dixon, former clerk of the Honee of Representatives. Gen. We s?elE and the other cfSaurs captured at Plymouth arrived at Libb? rrison to-day. FROM Di.LT ON GEN. GK-A N'T. REPORTED AT CHAT TANOOG A. Dalton, Oa., April 2 tb 1864. It is cnrrentljr reported tl at Gca. Grant has arrived at Ohattanoca and taken comraan J of (he Army of the Cum berland. Davis' division is repoitcd at Lafayette. The enemy are reported to have moved back towards Cleveland from Red Clay. For th3 Jon-real. At roit niiAw. You shudder aa you think npon The cartif.ge cf ihe"Rrim rrport The deaola'ion when wn won The icntr t-.-ei.ches of tte fort. Bnt therft are dfed you may not know That tcoure tLe pulses iuto stii:e ; D:irk memoiries o' death'es wee Poiatirg the bay ;tet and knife. Ihs house is afhos, whore I dwelt Bejoud tho mighty inland tea; The tombBtcuea thatteted where I knelt By that o!dt;Lurch :n To tte Coupee. The Yankee fieuda that o.ime with fi Camped on the cot sec fated sod, And trampU-d in the dust r.nd mire The Holy Eucharist of God ! 1h. spot -phcre d irlicg mother sleeps, Ben'ath the giimpHe ot yon sad moon, Is crufhtd with sp.iijtered noarble heaps 'io stall the horse cf ecme dragoon ! God J when I ponder that bftiok day, - ' It makes my trantic spirit wince I marched with Le ngstree- far away, .Eat have bsheid tie ravage since. The tears are hot upon my face When th'nkitg -what bleak ia'e befell The only siattr of onr race A thing too horrible .to tel!. They say that, ers her eenses fled, She rescue of her brothers cried ; Then feebly bowed heretrickea head Too pare to live thus so she died. Two f those brothers heard no plea. With their proud hearts forever still John shrouded by the Tennessee, And Arthur there at Malvta Hill. But I have heard it everywhere Vibrating like a paFBii g knell ; 'Tis as perpetual as the mr And solemn as a funeral bell. By scorched lagoon and murky swamp Aiy wrath was never in the lurch; I've killed the picket in Ma camp And mary a pilot on hii perch. "Wi'-h deadly r.fl3, Fharpcned brand, A week ago, upon my steed, With Fori est and hia warrior band I made the heil-hounJa wriUio and bleod. You BliouTd have se? ii our leader go Upon the batle's burning narge, S ocpiDg like f .tlcon on tle loe, Heading the grey line's iron charge ! -All on'c8t8 from onr mined mrts, Weheard th' undying serpent hiss, And in the desert ot onrlieHirti - The tatal spell of Nemesis. The Southern yell rarg loud and high Toe moment that we thundered in, Sauting tha derr.or s hip and thigh, Cleaving them to the very chin. My r'ght arm bared for fiercer play, The le t one held the rein in Black ; In all the fury cf the fray I sought the white man, not tho black. The dabbled clots of brain and gore Across tbe swirling sabers ran ; To me each brutal viega bore The front of one accursed man. Throbbing along the frenzied vein, My blood sseeined kindled into song Th death-diige of the eaored slain, The slogan ot immortal wrorg. It glared athwart the dripping glaivea, It blazed in ee cb tivenjrfog ee The thmtnht cf decrated graves And some lone sister riTlfl MITIll Lit tin AM."'. v v. " " f ' J. B. B. Wilmington, April 25; h, 1E64 Nicb Patbiots. We hear of men (sajs the Milton Chronicle,) who have plenty of hogs and corn to iatten them, iatttnioj? ja3t enough pork to ab them. The idea is to keep the yover&meut irom getting ir, and if the Yankees do not get ail such "patriotic" hoga and their pigs, too, thfe Devil will ; which amouhla to the same thing in Datcb. Just think of it I A man with Coun try, Liberty, Property, everything at stak;,- aad tremb ling in the balance, willing to loe ail rather than let tbe Governmtnt get a piece ol hia meat ! Why, if the hogs themselves had a say in the matter, th;y would scorn y?ch IittieneEa of soul and contemptible Ee fish- ngs, if they did not eat their own thfoats in utter shame of their jneannesa and want ot patriotism. , A Pithy Pjsatr. i be iievr Mr. Shine, chan- lainof the House ot .Representatives in the Iowa Leg islature, oa the opening or ine recent session, prayed thu3 : - " Bless thou the yonng and growing State of Iowa, her Senators and liepreeentutives, the Governor and State Cfficers ! Give ua a sound carrency, pure water and undefined religion for Christ's sake. Amjn." TI1B DESERTERS I1VNO AT KM.-TOX, N. f. We fiDd in the North Carolina Presbyterian a letter from tbe Ilev Jobu Parrirf; Chaplain of the 54th regiment jn. lrpopa, giving a detailed account cf the capture, conviction ard hanging of twenty-two do. serters at Kinstcc. We tracts : "In our late campaign against Newbern, we captnr. ed m the ranks of the enemy; with arm ia thd- hands and dressed out. in the lankee toggery, twenty two men, who Were recognized and proved to be dtseiten from the Confederate service. 'I hey have all been trird by court martial, fcuad guilty, condemned and entered the peca'4y of death upon the gallows, 'lhcy were all turned over to cur brigade for execution, At the in stance of lirig. Gen. Hoke, I attended them inconfke- m?nt, in tte character of a minister of the gcsptl, and accompanied them to the gajlows. Thus I learned the ir history and leard their confessions. On Friday, the 5th instant, Joe. L. Haskett and David Jones, of Cia ven county, deserted from-tbe 10th Eegimcnt, were ex ecuted. They were illiterate men ; neither of them could read. Admitted they had deserted, but insisted that the Yan kees compelled them to take the oath and enlist. These weie the moet unfeeling and hardened men I have ever encountered. They had been raised up in ignorance and vice. They manifested but little if any cone, rn about eternity. They marched to the gallows with apparent indifference. Jones, though quite a young man, never r,Led a tear, lij oesertu g tbe 11 ig oi their country tbey were guilty of perjury, but they seem; d to regard it with indiflerer.ee. w ltn this slate ot icclmg they were launched into eternity. " Oa Friday, the 12th, five more of the pris rcn were brought to tltj scaffold. As all of the33 execu tions bad to tcke place within twenty four hours a'te r the publication of their sentence, I had only that spvee of time to devote to their religious instruction before they went to the bar cf God. The names of thesp ra n Vrere Amos Armyett. William Irving, Mitcbel Husi. k-, Lcwis Bryan and John Stanley all eh sorters n ni Nethercutt'B Battalion, and from Jones county. Upon entering the cell iu which they were confined, I aslicd if any of them were members of the church ? Armyat replied that he was, and bad been a Methodist for je Kg, tbat he was prepared to meet bis Judge ia peace. B it as I don't admit a man's lips as a test of hia Christiani ty, I taught them only i s siDDers against God of the most heaven defying character. I urged upon them the importance ot making a full acd complete confes sion of all their eius, before both God. and man ; yet 1 am afraid these men were willing to look the great t ia ot perjury of which they were guilty, fully in the fa:c. Yet tach one, before starting to the gillows. prcftes d to have made his peac with i is God, and two cf tl en were baptised in the Christian faith. I suggested to them that they owed to their fellow men one duty, v:z : tbat tbey should give to me the names of V e men wi.o had seduced them to desert and go to the enemy. 'Hi y thtry readily assented to, and gave me the uanr-ti of Ik? citizens of Jcns county, as the authors of their rem, tpgrace ana death, which names I took down ia writ ing end hat ded it' into the General's t fik-e, and tiny will JjO doub'j be properly attended to. At the t,'n! Iowa, Armj'ett, who waa tbe eldest of the five, made, r.s chief speaker, the following confess;on, written d jwn rn delivered : . "I believe my peace is made with God. J did wrorg in volunteering after I got to Ne wborn. I would rather have laid in jiil all my life linn hav? ebuo it. I bave rendered prayer unto Goi to forgive my pin. I tru9t in bim, and io him only." ( The prisoners c-uid" we all feel tbe sacae way ) Mitchell Bnsicli said : "I writ to Newbern and tbey (the Yankee?) told me if I did rot go into tht ir service, 1 should be taken tbreugTi the lines ut.d shot. In this way I was frightened into it." They nil de clared ; "vVe w eb. a statement .made to the N. ('. Troops that we lu-.ve done wrong and regret it ; an 1 I warn others not to follow onr example." v i "Oa Monday, the 15th inst , thirteen more mirched Jto the gallows. I made my first visit to them as chap .'.a on Sunday morning. The scene bogars all dc t.-iption. Some of tlKin were comparatively young men. Bat they had made the fatal mistake. They had only twenty-four hours to live, anel but little prepara tion had been nude for death. Here was a wile to s iy farewell to a husband forever, liere a mother to tak;: the last look at her ruined son ; and then a sister who had come to embrace for tCie last time the brother wh had brought disgrace upn the very name she bore, by his treason to bis country . I tcli.ihem they h;id sin ned against their country and tl.ut country would not forgive; but they had also sinned cgainet God, yet i oi would forgive, if they approached him with penitmt hearts, filled with a godly Borrow for .sia , and repos i their trust in the atoniDg blood of Christ. They gave, apparently, maiked attention to my ministration of the word and of prayer. On the nest morning before they were carried to the scallbld, I visited them again, and had with me a3 companions Rev. Mr. Thompson, chaplain of the 43d, Ilev. Mr. Sehenck, of Guilford ccunty, Rev. Mr. llines, Missionary to Brigade, ami Rev. R. R. Michaax, N. C. Conference. After read ing a chapter and prayer, I administered the ordinance of christian baptism to eight of iheee poor condemned wretches, after the manner tLe Paul and Silas admin islered it to the Jailor aDd h'u household iu the prisma at midnight in Philippi. They had received nD reli gious vit-it from any one except the one from my.-!! the preceding morning, and one- in the afternoon, at. my request, from Rev. Mr. Thompson. I administered baptism at the request made on the morning before. The thirteen marched to the gallow3 with apparent resignation. Some of them t hope were prepared f r their doom. Others I fear not. Oa the scoflul J tliey were alf arranged in one row. At a given Eignal the trap fell, and they were in eternity in a few momea'a. The scene was truly appalling. But it wag aa truly the deserter's doom. Many of them said I never ex pected to come to sucb an end as this. But yet they were deserters, and as such they ought to have expect ed such a doom. The names of thee misguided m n were, John I. Brock, Wm. Haddock, Jes.e Summer lin, A. I. Brittain, Wm. Jones, Lewi3 Freeman, Cal vin Huffman, Stephen Jones, Joseph Brock, Ijwii Taylor, Charles Cutnrell. W. C. Daughtry and John Freeman. Ten of them were deserters from Nalhcr cutt's battalion. On yesterday, the 22J, Williira I Hill and EPjeh Ktlluin were carried to the gallows and hanged as de serters. Kellum was quite a young man, unable to read, but guilty of tha dreadful crime according to his own showing. He professed to die ia perce, and rt- ceiyed the ordir ance .of baptism before death. JLe other looked very much like an impenitent man, ntd died leavDg a wife and three helpless children to bear the disgrace of ita heavy crima unto Ihe third and fourth generation. Remaecable PaopOEcr. Rev. Mr. Hall; inoursj of a recent lecture beore the Young Men's Chri&tian aa aociation in Ricbmond.on the subject of "The II s- tone Significance of tbe present revolution," related the foljowing incident iu tha life cf Daniel Wtdsttr, which is worthy cf regard. : In 1850. M.r. Webster, io the coarse of a conv-m- sition with some gentlemen of Maryland remarked, 'A terrible crista lS'at hand, Txe massof the .Northern people have beea educated in anti-slavery doctrints.and are thoroughly abolitionist in 8eutimtnt. They wid demand of the South that their c'octrine of abolitionism be accepted by them. I urge, you gentlemen of ibc South, to go among your people, aDd bee t him to ac cede to this demand oa the part of the North. They are reeoivca cn it, and, unless the South yield, the couutry is ruined." The renlv was. tbat when the de mand wus made the sword would be drawn and the ie&ue decided with tbat. Yakkke Deserters. The records at Ca3t!e Thun der give strange evidence concerning the remarkably f.'i I . r 1 . " TT- a i r . . uuc epirji oi ine i autice ariuy iq Virginia. . Wlmin the last few weeks nearly u hundred descr ers from f-Irant hovfi rQ cprl nvPP tha linn nr.rl nnmo nnlMn.. lum in tha"bo8om of the rebellion. For the last lew (:a they bave been particularly persevering in getting to Richmond uhead of time, uawilliog to wait tor Grant and 6tand tbe chances of being put to a grea t deal of unnecesaary trouble and in no little danger. It is be coming a cu3tomary eight to seeeqiads of five, s-x, eight or ten per day, marching up io Geo. Winder's office under guardjobut seeming esgny a d glad as if they were in tbe best. luck and with the best prospect3 in the world. We have Been a private letter from Oxford, Mi s:s sippi, in which the writer says : "It is imppssible to give an adequate description, oi the damige inflicted by Forrest upon the commands of Smith and Gricrsou. Fors'X'y miles the line of their retreat was marked with dead Yankees and horses. They rode Uieir horses no hard that nearly all died alter reaching Memphis. Smith returned alone to Memphis, and when uekeJ where his men were, replied that one half bad strag gled and the other half nad gone to h II, whizu was nearly the truth. Exchange.
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